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Data from: Contrasting genetic structure of sympatric congeneric gastropods: do differences in habitat preference, abundance, and distribution matter?
Fragment sizes of different microsatellite markers for Steromphala pennanti DNA samples. Column one gives the individual (P=Point du Chay, SJ=St Jean de Luz, LOC=Loctudy, V=Vilagarcia, H=Cap de la Hague, SV=San Vicente de la Barquera); other columns give marker names. Absent data is represented by "-1".
Fragment sizes of different microsatellite markers for Steromphala umbilicalis DNA samples. Column one gives the individual (B=Biarritz, C=Cap de Carteret, LOC=Loctudy, LP=Les Pierrieres, S=San Vicente de la Barquera, SW=Swanage, V=Vilagarcia); other columns give marker names. Absent data is represented by "-1".
Different localities' (column 1) timed search (individuals/minute) abundance estimates of Steromphala umbilicalis (column two) and Steromphala pennanti (column 3). Localities north of the habitat gap labelled "1" in column 4, south of the habitat gap labelled "2".
Aim: The relationship of population genetics with the ecology and biogeography of species may be explored by comparing phenotypically similar but ecologically different congeners with overlapping ranges. We compared genetic differentiation between two congeneric rocky intertidal gastropods across a major portion of their sympatric range. We hypothesized that the habitat generalist with high abundance and continuous distribution would exhibit comparatively less genetic differentiation than the habitat specialist with low abundance and a fragmented distribution. Location: Northeast Atlantic from the northwest Iberian Peninsula to southern British coastline. Taxon: Gastropoda, Trochidae, Steromphala (formerly Gibbula) Methods: Field surveys were conducted to assess presence/absence and abundance of Steromphala umbilicalis (generalist) and S. pennanti (specialist) at 23 localities along ~1800 km coastline. We isolated polymorphic microsatellite markers for both species (seven loci for S. umbilicalis and eight for S. pennanti) and used these to genotype 187 S. umbilicalis and 157 S. pennanti individuals. We used standard population genetic analyses to compare patterns of genetic differentiation between species in relation to the field surveys. Results: Steromphala pennanti showed a more fragmented distribution, significantly lower abundance, and greater genetic differentiation than S. umbilicalis. One S. umbilicalis population towards the north of the range (southern Britain) was genetically distinct from all other sampled populations. Steromphala pennanti showed greater genetic differentiation between three southern localities, which may be attributable to its fragmented distribution and lower abundance because of limited availability of its preferred fucoid habitat in this region. We also suggest that oceanographic currents could be associated with regional genetic structure. Main conclusions: The habitat generalist showed high local abundances, continuous distribution and low regional genetic differentiation across much of its range. We found the opposite pattern for the habitat specialist. Our study highlights the importance of considering ecological (e.g. abundance, habitat preferences) and abiotic variables (e.g. ocean currents and temperature) for understanding differences in genetic structure of sympatrically distributed congeners.


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Home / Perspective / IPL's sheen wears off | OCT 13 , 2015
IPL's sheen wears off
Once a hot property, the T20 league is now losing its charm for advertisers
Krishna Gopalan
In November 2012, an overjoyed senior management at PepsiCo India found it hard to control its glee after bagging the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for a jaw dropping ₹396.8 crore for a five-year period. In a statement to the media, the company's CEO, beverages, Gautham Mukkavilli went as far as saying that cricket was a religion in India and IPL was its most revered temple where the faithful flock to. "Given its historic association with the game, brand Pepsi will add new lustre to the tournament," he went on to add.
Last week, the company said it was considering exiting this sponsorship deal after being a part of it for three years. The story is that Pepsi is miffed following the negative publicity around the IPL, which started with the spot-fixing controversy and eventually led to the suspension of two teams – Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals – for two years. While the scandal around this much hyped tournament is hard to miss, Pepsi too has been looking for an honourable exit. Much of this starts from having hugely overpaid for the sponsorship deal. Real estate major, DLF was the title sponsor for five years starting 2008 after having paid ₹200 crore. Pepsi's intent to double that when the other interested party, BhartiAirtel's bid was ₹315 crore, was inexplicable at that point.
At an annual marketing and advertising budget of around ₹300 crore, Pepsi was setting aside a handy ₹80 crore each year for the cricket tournament, which ran for barely two months. Without a doubt, cricket was a big draw, though the question really was about how far could a sponsor go? This was no more evident than in 2013, the first year of the now Pepsi IPL, when television ratings (TVR) for the tournament dropped to just 3 from 4.7 in the first edition in 2008 and dipped further to 3.6 in 2012. Clearly, fragmented viewership and a general perception of an overdose of cricket were hitting the IPL hard. Nothing seemed to have changed over 2014 and even this year with TVRs still below 4.
For Pepsi, which had evidently overpaid, the relentless bad publicity around the IPL provided it the perfect exit option.This is at a time when other large advertisers are slowly moving their monies outside cricket. Havells India, with an estimated advertising spend of ₹250 crore during the 2015 fiscal, had a 90% exposure to cricket till 2012. Today, that number is down to just 30%, with less than half of that going to the IPL. The company's vice-president, marketing, Vijay Narayanan points to the IPL facing a peculiar situation where TVRs have dropped, though advertising on it remains expensive. For the recent edition this year, the broadcaster was charging at least ₹5.2 lakh for a 10-second spot, which was substantially higher than the ₹4.5 lakh it charged in 2014. "In that scenario, it is not efficient for an advertiser. Besides, we do not want to talk to the same audience all the time," he reasons.
With two more years of IPL sponsorship up for grabs, who will pick it up and at what price is anybody's guess. Irrespective of how it plays out, it will be interesting to see if the winner pays anything close to what Pepsi spent. By the looks of it, that seems a little difficult.
Television ratings
Spot-fixing scandal
Gautham Mukkavilli
Vijay Narayanan

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iPhone X group review
iPhone X group review: four opinions on the tenth-anniversary Apple phone
30 November 2017 Last updated: 01 February 2021
The Uswitch Tech team convenes for an iPhone X meeting.
The iPhone X is the most talked-about smartphone for years. And with good reason.
After years in a holding pattern, Apple threw out its age-old blueprint for handsets this time around and did away with the home button that's been a fixture of iPhones since the first model landed back in 2007.
And then there's the small matter of the price. Priced from £999, it's Apple's most expensive smartphone ever. And is the best part of £300 more costly than high-end Android rivals.
So what's the story? Is iPhone X really 'all that'? We put four of best men on the case to find out.
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Catherine Hiley
Lover of loud music. Lifelong Saints FC fan. Disney Princess.
As a hardcore Android fan, I was pretty sceptical about the £1,000 iPhone. After all, how could it possibly be worth that kind of money?
But even I couldn't help but get a little swept along with the excitement of the tenth anniversary iPhone.
When I took it out of the box on the day it launched, everyone crowded around my desk to get a better look at it.
There was a collective 'Ooooh' as we all saw the iPhone X for the first time. I have to admit, it does look something special.
Although smaller than I'd imagined, the handset is carrying one of the biggest, brightest screens I've seen on a smartphone.
And it's remarkable how quickly you stop noticing the black notch cut out of the top of the display for the front-facing camera and antenna.
But what really sets this phone apart from all the others is what goes on behind the screen.
Thanks to the absence of the home button, you've got to navigate by swiping.
Swipe up to get to the homescreen. Swipe from the top left to bring up the control centre. Swipe up and right to 'throw away' apps once you've finished with them. It's surprisingly intuitive and I got used to it very quickly.
Face ID was pretty easy to set up and worked so seamlessly that initially I didn't even notice the phone unlocking.
It was only once I passed it to a friend who was prompted to enter the passcode that I realised it had been registering my facial features and unlocking in a matter of milliseconds.
And it wouldn't be fooled by a photo of me either. Thanks to the 3D face mapping, only the original would do. Which was rather reassuring.
It did struggle to recognise me first thing in the morning though, which was a tad soul-destroying to say the least.
Let's face it, none of us look our best when we've just woken up, but does my half-asleep Saturday-morning mug really look completely different to my Friday-night face? Apparently so.
Luckily, after a few attempts, it began working again, so I've decided to blame the poor lighting in my bedroom rather than my panda eyes and bed-hair.
I'm a bit of an amateur photographer. And by that, I mean I like to fill my phone up with pictures of my cat and post photos of my food on Facebook.
But as much as I enjoy taking snaps, I have zero photography skills. So I need a smartphone camera that gives me great results without any know-how.
Thankfully, the iPhone X does exactly that. It comes with a great Portrait Mode that artfully blurs the background and brings the subject of the photo into stunningly sharp focus.
There's also lots of additional lighting effects to make your photos look extra professional. The Spotlight Mode looks especially dramatic and Instagram-tastic.
The other feature I was curious to try out was Animoji. For those of you who've missed the hype, they're emojis that you can animate with your face.
So you record your facial movements and the emoji will mirror what you're doing. You can even add your voice so the Animoji not only mimics your expressions but talks in your voice too.
As you can imagine, it's addictively fun to use. But as the tech is only available on the iPhone X, your friends won't be able to send Animoji back to you unless they also have a £1,000 iPhone.
Want more on the iPhone X? Read our standalone review.
Christine Torlay
Sufferer of chronic wanderlust. Cosmetics hoarder. Proud Starbucks groupie.
At a princely £999, the iPhone X certainly had a lot to live up to in my book. This sentiment is certainly skewed by the fact that I've very recently jumped ship to Android and am still in the blissful honeymoon period.
Given the price and my new-found love for my Samsung Note 8, it's fair to say I was sceptical that the iPhone X could win me over.
On opening the box, I was struck by the time-honoured sleek look and feel of the device. It's something Apple seems to get bang-on each and every time. The curved, shiny body exudes an air of quality and luxury and the phone felt very comfortable in my hand.
Going through the set-up process was relatively simple, however once I was on the home screen, I realised that not having a home button wasn't as easy to get used to as I thought it would be.
Because I'm so accustomed to my Note 8, I assumed the "swiping" action would be innate by now. I was wrong.
I found myself pressing the screen as if there were a home button far too many times, a habit which frustratingly seemed to take forever to break.
Being a self-confessed tech novice, understanding camera specs is like learning a foreign language. Aperture, optical zoom, megapixels - where do I even begin?
So, it's always important to me that a phone has a camera with settings that are easy to use and quite simply make my pictures look incredible with minimal effort. Am I asking too much? Apparently not for the X, as this phone did just that.
My favourite feature by far was the Portrait Mode. As with the iPhone 8 Plus, this mode enabled me to take pictures of professional standard very easily and blurs the background, while bringing the subject into super-sharp focus.
If I didn't know better, I'd have said my pictures were taken on a high-grade DSLR camera. The colours were vivid, sharp and still really clear when shooting in low light.
After watching the live launch of the iPhone X, one thing I couldn't wait to try was the Animoji. This is a cute little feature that allows you to create animated emoji and send them as messages. Suffice to say it was very amusing!
One alarming thing I did notice though was the device seemed to get hot. I assumed it was because I had been playing with it for a little while and had a few apps running so I gave it a little rest.
However, even when I was being conscious of the fact and only using the camera, for example, the phone still seemed to heat up quickly.
I guess the major question everyone is asking is, is the iPhone X worth the money? In my opinion, no. £999 is a colossal amount of money for something that is going to depreciate the more you use it.
The features are cool and the camera is quality but I didn't come across anything that made it an absolute knockout compared to the iPhone 8 Plus. One thing I can guarantee though, Animoji are hilarious!
Ernest Doku
Avid gadget geek. Recluse. Uswitch tech talker.
Having drifted into becoming a full-time Android user for the better part of a year, returning to the features and foibles of the iPhone and iOS was a bit of a culture shock. Even more so with the face-scanning, home button-free iPhone X.
Thankfully the migration process was less painful than expected. The handy 'Move to iOS' app transported all my photos, texts, contacts and apps quickly and securely during set-up.
Whilst warming up, I did take time to marvel at the awesome display and revamped design. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and other bezel-free devices almost make the iPhone 8 design look a bit old-fashioned.
But seeing the astonishing technical feat of packing an expansive display in a relatively small form factor, along with the attractive glass rear and chrome accents certainly put the iPhone X back on a par in the style stakes for me.
Finally powering it up revealed a bewildering array of changes to the user experience when it comes to navigating the iPhone X, even compared to using the iPad Pro on iOS 11.
Gone was the humble home button and its lightning-fast fingerprint reader. So most core actions, whether you're dismissing apps to unlocking the phone itself, are now performed with a swipe up from the base of the device.
In its place from a security perspective is Face ID. This uses an array of cameras at the top of the device to rapidly scan the peaks and valleys of your face to act as a password.
Regardless of the number of calibrations, I still found the Face ID scanning less responsive compared to scanning the traditional thumbprint, unless I was sitting bolt upright and staring directly at the phone.
Equally, my face being partially obscured by bed covers or wearing a hoodie often made this innovation a bit of a non-starter.
Such drastic changes to the iPhone simply felt a bit bizarre at first. However, that initial steep learning curve gives way to muscle memory taking over. After a while, using the phone becomes a breezy but familiar experience that is as slick and responsive as ever.
The unmitigated luxury and the overall package of the iPhone X experience shines brighter the longer you spend with it.
Bluetooth connectivity to wireless headphones is swift and unbroken. Meanwhile the power under the hood for gaming and productivity alike is unparalleled and the overall sheen from day-to-day use brings an unexpected joy.
A solitary and hopefully temporary disappointment is the lack of optimised for the iPhone X's uniquely shaped display.
To see all of my favourite go-to apps, from Google Play Music to Inbox and Calendar, cropped by black bars across the top and bottom proves to be a frustrating experience.
That said, software is being updated daily to take advantage of the iPhone X's vivid 5.8-inch screen, so hopefully this is merely a temporary frustration.
The iPhone X is an unmistakeably pricey way to get into the iOS ecosystem.
But with a bevy of refreshing features, an incredible screen and an all-new frame, it's a financial decision that your heart justifies more every moment you spend with it.
Vinegary churl. Poptimist. Likes girls' music.
The iPhone X is the tenth anniversary Apple phone. And for most of those ten years, the iPhone and I have been locked in a tight clinch.
I've owned other phones. But not for long. I always came back to the iPhone eventually.
But I'm not blind to iPhones' flaws. Like lots of other lapsed fanboys, by last year I'd grown a bit tired of Apple's increasingly staid design.
It was as though my ardour and steadfastness was being taken for granted.
Enter the iPhone X, which is billed as a radical break from Apple's recent past and is being touted by Apple as the future of smartphones.
The big change from previous iPhones is that it ditches the physical home button that's been a fixture of all Apple handsets from day one.
The result is a shimmering all-screen front that's impossibly modish. And makes my iPhone 7 Plus, where the screen is flanked by two huge expanses of dead space, seem creakingly old fashioned.
The beauty of it is that by removing the home button and allowing the display to take up the entire front of the iPhone X, Apple has managed to fit a 5.8-inch screen into a phone that's pretty compact.
But there are other consequences. With no home button to press, you've got to learn a whole host of new gestures to perform key functions. Such as closing apps, taking a screenshot and, of course, returning to the home screen.
Initially you feel a little all-at-sea. I'm sure I'm not the only person who kept reaching for a home button. But once you've unlearned all your old habits, the iPhone X becomes a joy to use.
Perhaps the slickest feature though is Face ID. As the name suggests, this is facial security technology that takes perhaps a minute or two to set up and allows you to unlock the iPhone X just by looking at it.
The iPhone X isn't the first phone to offer this. But it's certainly the phone that does it best. Unlocking it takes a second or so and recognised me 99.9% of the time. And on the few times it conked out, it was in low-light conditions.
Elsewhere, pretty much everything is done with the sense of aplomb that you've come to expect from Apple.
The dual camera is great, for instance, and belies its ho-hum spec sheet to serve up shots that are jam-packed with colour and rich detail.
A larger aperture means it lets more light for some of the best 'low-light' shots we've come across on a smartphone.
Around the front, the selfie camera now has a Portrait Mode that makes for superior self-portraits that let you fade out background details and bring your face into super-sharp focus.
And there are some neat studio lighting effects too, which may or may not help you on your mission to win Instagram fame.
The most arresting of the bunch is probably stage lighting, which gave me the air of a disgraced Vaudeville entertainer. A look I've heard that's going to be big on Insta next year.
More wholesome are Apple's Animoji, which harness the front-facing camera to record your speech and facial mannerisms to create an animated animal avatar in your image.
It's something that kids are bound to go for in a big way. And even though I'm way too old for cute animals, I'll happily concede I'm staggered at just how precisely the Animoji replicate my tics and movements.
Whether Animoji are a flash-in-the-pan or the start of a brand new, cutesier way to communicate remains to be seen.
But we can say for sure that the iPhone X itself is a giant step forwards for Apple smartphones and pocket technology in general. If you've got £1,000 going spare, you know what to do.
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well last year team honk raised over 30k. i know! how amazing truly truly amazing. thank you for your support and your generous donations, it will have made a world of difference to people living incredibly tough lives, both here in the UK and across Africa.
12 months later instead of my walking shoes i'll be getting my dancing shoes on. oh yeah that's right, me dancing. dancing a lot. in fact dancing in a danceathon. thankfully not in a thong. 6 hours of dancing though, yep 6 hours, at the wembley arena in london all for red nose day.
on sunday 8th of march claudia winkleman and other celebrity friends are hosting the very first comic relief danceathon at wembley arena, raising money towards helping those in need.
2000 people will be dancing for 6 hours, to 12 different dancing styles along with 12 of the nations best dance instructors. styles will change every 30 minutes and we will be dancing everything from bollywood to disco. 500 of these people will be fellow bloggers Team Honk.
so people, will you please please PLEASE sponsor me? did i say please??
follow this link to my just giving page which is linked back through to the red nose day sponsorship pages for the danceathon. each participant has been challenged to raise a minimum of £150.00. that's a total of 300k for the full 2000 dancers and 75k of that will be team honk! immense stuff yes?
it could easily be so much more this is why i would like to challenge myself to £500.00 which is pretty hefty i know for one person, however betfair have very generously pledged to get my sponsorship going by donating a whopping £150.00. so i'm out of the starting block!
so please, not sure if i have said please yet? sponsor me to shake my toosh for 6 whole hours to raise money for those that really need it.


Made by the Ideal Company, this unusual device – an eye massager – promised to cure imperfect vision and eye diseases such as cataracts which cause blindness. The rubber cups are placed on closed eyelids and the rubber circle in the middle squeezed. This produced suction every time the circle was pressed, creating a massaging effect.
It was invented by Charles A Tyrrell who owned The Ideal Company. Tyrrell was a masseur who qualified as a doctor in 1900. He was condemned by the medical establishment as a quack and a fake for producing products with dubious medical credentials such as the Ideal Sight Restorer.


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package com.github.games647.fastlogin.bukkit.listener.protocollib;

import com.comphenix.protocol.PacketType;
import com.comphenix.protocol.ProtocolLibrary;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketAdapter;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketContainer;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketEvent;
import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.FuzzyReflection;
import com.comphenix.protocol.utility.MinecraftVersion;
import com.comphenix.protocol.wrappers.BukkitConverters;
import com.comphenix.protocol.wrappers.WrappedGameProfile;
import com.comphenix.protocol.wrappers.WrappedProfilePublicKey.WrappedProfileKeyData;
import com.github.games647.fastlogin.bukkit.BukkitLoginSession;
import com.github.games647.fastlogin.bukkit.FastLoginBukkit;
import com.github.games647.fastlogin.bukkit.listener.protocollib.packet.ClientPublicKey;
import com.github.games647.fastlogin.core.antibot.AntiBotService;
import com.github.games647.fastlogin.core.antibot.AntiBotService.Action;
import com.mojang.datafixers.util.Either;

import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.KeyPair;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.PublicKey;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.security.SignatureException;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Optional;

import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;

import lombok.var;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;

import static com.comphenix.protocol.PacketType.Login.Client.ENCRYPTION_BEGIN;
import static com.comphenix.protocol.PacketType.Login.Client.START;

public class ProtocolLibListener extends PacketAdapter {

    public static final String SOURCE_META_KEY = "source";

    private final FastLoginBukkit plugin;

    //just create a new once on plugin enable. This used for verify token generation
    private final SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom();
    private final KeyPair keyPair = EncryptionUtil.generateKeyPair();
    private final AntiBotService antiBotService;

    private final boolean verifyClientKeys;

    public ProtocolLibListener(FastLoginBukkit plugin, AntiBotService antiBotService, boolean verifyClientKeys) {
        //run async in order to not block the server, because we are making api calls to Mojang
        super(params()
                .plugin(plugin)
                .types(START, ENCRYPTION_BEGIN)
                .optionAsync());

        this.plugin = plugin;
        this.antiBotService = antiBotService;
        this.verifyClientKeys = verifyClientKeys;
    }

    public static void register(FastLoginBukkit plugin, AntiBotService antiBotService, boolean verifyClientKeys) {
        // they will be created with a static builder, because otherwise it will throw a NoClassDefFoundError
        // TODO: make synchronous processing, but do web or database requests async
        ProtocolLibrary.getProtocolManager()
                .getAsynchronousManager()
                .registerAsyncHandler(new ProtocolLibListener(plugin, antiBotService, verifyClientKeys))
                .start();
    }

    @Override
    public void onPacketReceiving(PacketEvent packetEvent) {
        if (packetEvent.isCancelled()
                || plugin.getCore().getAuthPluginHook() == null
                || !plugin.isServerFullyStarted()) {
            return;
        }

        if (isFastLoginPacket(packetEvent)) {
            // this is our own packet
            return;
        }

        plugin.getLog().info("New packet {} from {}", packetEvent.getPacketType(), packetEvent.getPlayer());

        Player sender = packetEvent.getPlayer();
        PacketType packetType = packetEvent.getPacketType();
        if (packetType == START) {
            PacketContainer packet = packetEvent.getPacket();

            InetSocketAddress address = sender.getAddress();
            String username = getUsername(packet);

            Action action = antiBotService.onIncomingConnection(address, username);
            switch (action) {
                case Ignore:
                    // just ignore
                    return;
                case Block:
                    String message = plugin.getCore().getMessage("kick-antibot");
                    sender.kickPlayer(message);
                    break;
                case Continue:
                default:
                    //player.getName() won't work at this state
                    onLoginStart(packetEvent, sender, username);
                    break;
            }
        } else {
            onEncryptionBegin(packetEvent, sender);
        }
    }

    private boolean isFastLoginPacket(PacketEvent packetEvent) {
        return packetEvent.getPacket().getMeta(SOURCE_META_KEY)
                .map(val -> val.equals(plugin.getName()))
                .orElse(false);
    }

    private void onEncryptionBegin(PacketEvent packetEvent, Player sender) {
        byte[] sharedSecret = packetEvent.getPacket().getByteArrays().read(0);

        BukkitLoginSession session = plugin.getSession(sender.getAddress());
        if (session == null) {
            plugin.getLog().warn("Profile {} tried to send encryption response at invalid state", sender.getAddress());
            sender.kickPlayer(plugin.getCore().getMessage("invalid-request"));
        } else {
            byte[] expectedVerifyToken = session.getVerifyToken();
            if (verifyNonce(sender, packetEvent.getPacket(), session.getClientPublicKey(), expectedVerifyToken)) {
                packetEvent.getAsyncMarker().incrementProcessingDelay();

                Runnable verifyTask = new VerifyResponseTask(
                        plugin, packetEvent, sender, session, sharedSecret, keyPair
                );
                plugin.getScheduler().runAsync(verifyTask);
            } else {
                sender.kickPlayer(plugin.getCore().getMessage("invalid-verify-token"));
            }
        }
    }

    private boolean verifyNonce(Player sender, PacketContainer packet,
                                ClientPublicKey clientPublicKey, byte[] expectedToken) {
        try {
            if (MinecraftVersion.atOrAbove(new MinecraftVersion(1, 19, 0))) {
                Either<byte[], ?> either = packet.getSpecificModifier(Either.class).read(0);
                if (clientPublicKey == null) {
                    Optional<byte[]> left = either.left();
                    if (!left.isPresent()) {
                        plugin.getLog().error("No verify token sent if requested without player signed key {}", sender);
                        return false;
                    }

                    return EncryptionUtil.verifyNonce(expectedToken, keyPair.getPrivate(), left.get());
                } else {
                    Optional<?> optSignatureData = either.right();
                    if (!optSignatureData.isPresent()) {
                        plugin.getLog().error("No signature given to sent player signing key {}", sender);
                        return false;
                    }

                    Object signatureData = optSignatureData.get();
                    long salt = FuzzyReflection.getFieldValue(signatureData, Long.TYPE, true);
                    byte[] signature = FuzzyReflection.getFieldValue(signatureData, byte[].class, true);

                    PublicKey publicKey = clientPublicKey.key();
                    return EncryptionUtil.verifySignedNonce(expectedToken, publicKey, salt, signature);
                }
            } else {
                byte[] nonce = packet.getByteArrays().read(1);
                return EncryptionUtil.verifyNonce(expectedToken, keyPair.getPrivate(), nonce);
            }
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | InvalidKeyException | SignatureException | NoSuchPaddingException
                 | IllegalBlockSizeException | BadPaddingException signatureEx) {
            plugin.getLog().error("Invalid signature from player {}", sender, signatureEx);
            return false;
        }
    }

    private void onLoginStart(PacketEvent packetEvent, Player player, String username) {
        //this includes ip:port. Should be unique for an incoming login request with a timeout of 2 minutes
        String sessionKey = player.getAddress().toString();

        //remove old data every time on a new login in order to keep the session only for one person
        plugin.removeSession(player.getAddress());

        if (packetEvent.getPacket().getMeta("original_name").isPresent()) {
            //username has been injected by ManualNameChange.java
            username = (String) packetEvent.getPacket().getMeta("original_name").get();
        }

        PacketContainer packet = packetEvent.getPacket();
        var profileKey = packet.getOptionals(BukkitConverters.getWrappedPublicKeyDataConverter())
                .optionRead(0);

        var clientKey = profileKey.flatMap(opt -> opt).flatMap(this::verifyPublicKey);
        if (verifyClientKeys && !clientKey.isPresent()) {
            // missing or incorrect
            // expired always not allowed
            player.kickPlayer(plugin.getCore().getMessage("invalid-public-key"));
            plugin.getLog().warn("Invalid public key from player {}", username);
            return;
        }

        plugin.getLog().trace("GameProfile {} with {} connecting", sessionKey, username);

        packetEvent.getAsyncMarker().incrementProcessingDelay();
        Runnable nameCheckTask = new NameCheckTask(
                plugin, random, player, packetEvent, username, clientKey.orElse(null), keyPair.getPublic()
        );
        plugin.getScheduler().runAsync(nameCheckTask);
    }

    private Optional<ClientPublicKey> verifyPublicKey(WrappedProfileKeyData profileKey) {
        Instant expires = profileKey.getExpireTime();
        PublicKey key = profileKey.getKey();
        byte[] signature = profileKey.getSignature();
        ClientPublicKey clientKey = ClientPublicKey.of(expires, key, signature);
        try {
            if (EncryptionUtil.verifyClientKey(clientKey, Instant.now())) {
                return Optional.of(clientKey);
            }
        } catch (SignatureException | InvalidKeyException | NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
            return Optional.empty();
        }

        return Optional.empty();
    }

    private String getUsername(PacketContainer packet) {
        WrappedGameProfile profile = packet.getGameProfiles().readSafely(0);
        if (profile == null) {
            return packet.getStrings().read(0);
        }

        //player.getName() won't work at this state
        return profile.getName();
    }
}

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La Grune est une petite île Anglo-Normande située en face de la pointe nord de l'île de Sercq.

Toponymie
Grune dérive probablement du vieux-norrois grunnr, « haut fond » ou « fond marin ».

Géographie
Il s'agit d'un îlot rocheux inhabité, accessible à marée basse, situé à une vingtaine de mètres de la pointe nord de Sercq. Son point culminant est à .

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste des îles des îles Anglo-Normandes

Liens externes
  « La Grune : Weather »

Bailliage de Guernesey
Île dans les îles Anglo-Normandes
Île inhabitée
Île accessible à marée basse

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On this day in 2011: Sunderland appoint Martin O'Neill as manager
By PA Staff 03 December 2020
(Image credit: Owen Humphreys)
Martin O'Neill was unveiled as Sunderland's new manager on this day in 2011.
The Northern Irishman, then 59, signed a three-year contract to replace Steve Bruce, who had been sacked three days earlier.
O'Neill, a boyhood Sunderland fan, took over at the Stadium of Light after a 2-1 home defeat to Wigan had left the club 16th in the Premier League.
O'Neill made a promising start to life as Sunderland manager (Owen Humphreys/PA)
He was returning to management for the first time in 16 months following his resignation as Aston Villa boss in August 2010.
The former Leicester and Celtic boss, who had also had spells at Wycombe and Norwich, had been the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Bruce.
O'Neill was considered one of the game's leading managers after guiding Villa to three successive sixth-place finishes in the top flight and to the League Cup final in 2010, when they lost 2-1 to Manchester United.
He had also enjoyed success at Leicester, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League, and Celtic, who won three league titles, three Scottish Cups and a League Cup during his five years in charge.
O'Neill was unable to find the winning formula at the Stadium of Light (Owen HUmphreys/PA)
His impact at Sunderland was instant. The Black Cats won seven of his first 10 fixtures to ease relegation fears before finishing the season in 13th place.
But despite signing England winger Adam Johnson and Scotland striker Steven Fletcher, the following campaign did not go to plan and, in March 2013, O'Neill was sacked.
An eight-game winless run had left Sunderland back in 16th place and O'Neill, who won 16 of his 55 Premier League matches at the club, was replaced by Paolo Di Canio.
Martin O'Neill
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Q: Running tests in PhpStorm for Laravel Homestead vagrant VM I've got a fresh installation of Laravel Homestead based on this: https://laravel.com/docs/master/homestead
And a fresh new project using Laravel new.
I'm trying to run the example tests through PhpStorm's "Run configurations" but I get
vagrant:///Users/si/vagrant/Homestead/usr/bin/php /home/vagrant/.phpstorm_helpers/phpunit.php --no-configuration /home/vagrant/Code/homestead/tests
Testing started at 00:49 ...

Process finished with exit code 1
Cannot find PHPUnit in include path (.:/usr/share/php)

In the PhpStorm PHPUnit settings I have the PHPUnit library loaded with "Use custom autoloader" pointing at the composer autoload.php file like this:
/Users/si/Code/homestead/vendor/autoload.php

And composer has added the PHPUnit executable at
/Users/si/Code/homestead/vendor/bin/phpunit

I'm confused as to why PhpStorm can't find this PHPUnit executable when I'm telling it to use the composer autoload to find it.

A: OK, I fixed this. I had added a remote interpreter in the PHP settings, but was still using 'local' settings in the PHPUnit settings. I added a new PHPUnit settings configuration 'By Remote Interpreter' in the Languages and Framdworks > PHP > PHPUnit settings screen.
I selected 'Use custom autoloader' and specified the following:
/home/vagrant/Code/homestead/vendor/autoload.php

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Edition Kunzelmann
Three Trios for Three Flutes, Op. 14 (Three Flutes)
Furstenau, Anton
Overture to Semiramide (Three Flutes)
Fantaisie Brilliante on Themes from Bizet's Carmen (Flute and Piano)
Borne, Francois
Waltzes (4) (Flute and Piano)
Joplin, Scott
Trio (Three Flutes)
La Gaiete, Op. 3 in C major (Flute and Piano)
Flute Sonatas (12), Op. 3 - Volume 3, Nos 7-9 (Flute and Piano)
Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste (John)
Flute Quartet No. 2 in A (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
Flute Quartet No. 1 in G (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
Flute Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Andante and Allegro (Flute and Piano)
The Four Elements (Flute and Piano)
Schnyder, Daniel
Quintett Op. 67, No. 2 in E Minor (Wind Quintet)
Danzi, Franz
Portrait of Charlie Parker (Flute and Piano)
La Concorde; Introduction and Rondeau brillant on Themes from "La Vestale" (Flute, Clarinet, and Piano)
Furstenau, Moritz
Flute Sonatas (12), Op. 4 - Volume 4, Nos 10-12 (Flute and Piano)
Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste (da Gant)
Flute Quartet No. 4 in D (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
Flute Quartet No. 3 in B flat (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
Flute Concerto No. 2 in d minor Op. 31 (Flute and Piano)
Flute Concerto in D minor (Flute and Piano)
Bach, C. P. E.
Flute Concerto in A Major (Flute and Piano)
Quantz, Johann Joachim
3 Duos Concertante for 2 Flutes
Trio Sonatas, Op. 3 - Volume 2 (Two Flutes)
Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin
Trio No. 3 in C Major (Three Flutes)
Devienne, Francois
Trio (Sonatina) in D Major (Three Flutes)
Sinfonia Concertante in D Major - 2 Flutes and Piano
Stamitz, Anton
Sinfonia Concertante for Two Flutes in D Major - Full Score
Salon Pieces for Flute and Piano Volume 3 (Flute and Piano)
Rondo in D Major, K373 (Flute and Piano)
Reverie & Petite Valse (Flute and Piano)
Caplet, Andre
Quintett Op. 68, No. 2 in F Major (Wind Quintet)
Quintett Op. 67, No. 3 in E-flat Major (Wind Quintet)
German Music for Flute - Volume 2 (Flute and Piano)
Flute Sonatas (6) Volume 2 (Flute and Piano)


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Upgraded MLS on main computer. This went through the process of getting the great "file" as was documented would be the case ahead of time. No worries here.
Upgraded MLS manually on the other computer (where restores are tested; this computer is also in the office, but is never used to synchronize MLS for obvious reasons).
Took a post-upgrade backup from the main computer and restored it as I have done hundreds of times before on the old computer. Restore works, logout/login, things work, but not Finances. When trying to view old expenses I get the prompt about needing the file from HQ.
Is this normal? The last backup I tried was from two days after the main computer's upgrade, so this isn't anything lingering, or anything with dates close together. I've reinstalled MLS and nuked every file I can find with 'mls' in the name.... sill no go. It'd be nice if MLS could still restore backups as it has done in the past so I know that they are completely valid in case of an emergency.
Searching through this forum has not led me to anybody else hitting this, so it may just be my stake. I'll call HQ if needed, but figured I'd start here in case this is a 3.5 beta blip.
Hard to tell if this is intended or not. Since CUBS, there is an issue when doing a restore prior to the last send/receive. This might be a way of alerting CHQ that a restore has been done and steps need to be taken to insure data integrity.
I need to understand this. You say you have a second computer on which you have MLS but the second computer isn't officially the one that connects to HQ. Did I understand correctly?
Sounds like a completely unusual set-up which is simply not supported.
mrrad wrote: I need to understand this. You say you have a second computer on which you have MLS but the second computer isn't officially the one that connects to HQ. Did I understand correctly?
The thing we don't understand completely is the role of doing a send/receive in making a restored backup usable. Is that a new requirement of MLS 3.5? I don't know.
But fundamentally, dajoker is simply trying to restore a backup he made in order to verify that the backup is truly good. After all, a backup which can't be restored is no backup at all. Aside from the possibility that a send/receive is now required to make a restored backup actually usable (which he correctly stated he will not and should not do on this other computer), he's simply restoring a backup onto an installed version of MLS. That doesn't seem like such an unusual or unsupported situation -- that's exactly what you would do if you were moving MLS to a new computer.
Well, if we want to test the theory, how about backing up the main machine and then immediately restoring the backup to the same machine and see what happens?
If my theory is correct, the finances will be locked out until one or more send/receives are done. He's got 3 days to work with LUS if it does't unlock.
Or we could wait for a MLS developer to stop by.
RussellHltn wrote: Well, if we want to test the theory, how about backing up the main machine and then immediately restoring the backup to the same machine and see what happens?
Weep, wail, teeth gnash.... bah!
This is a serious problem that will prevent you from logging in.
[Ljava.lang.Object;@1f8253 has tried unsuccessfully to restore your database. You will need to restore your database from a backup copy before you can proceed.
Kinda wishing I'd backed up the entire MLS backup now. The backup, for the record, worked on the other system (the one for testing backups) though finance is still locked. That makes me think this restore problem could be a fluke, or at least I hope it is.
One small addition: it tells me my password is wrong if I enter it incorrectly; that's almost encouraging that it can tell the difference.
dajoker wrote: 'com.pointbase.me.jdbc.jdbcSQLException: Undefined object: SELECT * FROM USER_ACCOUNT WHERE [*] USERNAME=?
Bummer. I forget, is this one of the nights that LUS is open late? Last I heard, they were staying open until Midnight instead of just 8PM.
Dunno... I moved the unit directory (as mentioned in the backup/restore wiki here: https://tech.lds.org/wiki/Lost_user_names_%28MLS%29#Option_B:_Restore_the_most_recent_backup_from_disk ) and then recreated from the backup. All is well, latest transactions still show up, payees still missing addresses, and no prompt about finance stuff. This wasn't a perfect test because of that issue but it makes me think there is something outside of the unit that somehow indicates this system has the magical finance file. For now, crisis averted... time to go home before I blow something else up.
Thanks for the suggestion, btw.
I have not been able to restore an MLS backup to another computer since version 3.3 was released. Since that version, MLS has always called for a Send/Receive, which I have declined to do, because I assumed it would cause the backup computer to become the primary computer, putting the regular administrative computer out of commission.
On one occasion under an early version of 3.4, I needed to restore to an administrative computer. The restore called for a Send/Receive, which I did, since it was to the proper computer. The S/R was successful and all was in order.
My suspicion since then, but purely my own idea from my own experience, is that the S/R is now required as a part of the restore process. It would not surprise me in the least find this belief confirmed.
That's interesting, but has not been my experience. This second computer has never done a Send/Receive. Further, after my blow-it-away-and-start-over due to the restore error, I did not need to do a Send/Receive on the original computer. My current suspicion is that there is some kind of file outside of that <unisNumber> directory which enables finance. I'll post when I find it.


From May 2014, 20:14 exhibition was exhibited in gallery spaces across the south-west; including Exeter and Tavistock, presenting prints created by staff and student members of the PUPS Society. A free choice of printmaking imagery and printmaking processes was allowed, resulting in a diverse collection of prints created for the viewers of this exhibition.
An Etched print inspired by a photograph taken by my sister Imogen Marsh, created into my own simplified print version.
Using the etching process to spend time creating delicate detail and textures into the copper plate, to illustrate the background, the flowers and the bubble bee. Used Chine colle (yellow tissue paper) to create the body features of the bubble bee and used green and black intaglio inks to create the natural look of the image.
I used a section from my lino sheet created for my past project 'Surface' to produce this print.
It is a 20cm by 20cm image repeated for an edition of 14 signed prints.
Plymouth cityscape image, printed in black coloured relief ink.


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Airfix: The Golden Years GB
Completed Group Builds
2018 Groupbuilds
Airfix: The Golden Years Gallery
By Enzo Matrix, May 27, 2018 in Airfix: The Golden Years GB
The poll will appear here when the GB has finished
1. Q1
Heather Kay 3,431
Lost in the crowd.
Location:Lost in the crowd.
Interests:Too many to list!
The thing about these "golden age" Airfix kits is they often don't take long to build. Obviously, some larger kits, like the B29 for example, take longer, but the single-seat fighters don't take long at all.
The 1978 tooling for the Hawker Hurricane MkI only has about 20 parts altogether, but looks the part nonetheless. With some aftermarket PE upgrades, a vac-form canopy, and a spare weekend, I'm quite pleased with the result. I still forgot to add the stirrup step. Oh well, I'll do it later.
Hawker Hurricane MkI, P3707 NN-A, No 310 (Czech) Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, Duxford, October 1940.
Build thread here:
TonyW 4,746
It's time to add my Lancaster to the Gallery...
An interesting build for me.
I usually build straight out the box using materials available when the kit was new. My builds are also usually a fair bit older than this kit, with it's 1980 issue date. It's put up a bit of a fight, but I think that's more down to my rather odd mindset and fading abilities than the kit itself. I struggled with a bit of photoetch on this build, only for the detailing to vanish once the fuselage was buttoned up. Drilling out the fuselage windows was a good idea, filling the holes with Glue 'n Glaze less so. The glue does dry transparent, but not exactly flat. The dodgy optics catch my eye when looking at the model. That explains the lack of glazing on the port side, I'm having a think as to how to finish this area.
I don't know if it's my abilities fading or the very hot weather at the moment, but the brush painted finish gave a bit of trouble by drying far to quickly. It looks a bit rough in places. Likewise, my filling efforts around the upper turret looked fine when done but show a slight shadow now, a week or two later.
It's not a competition winner by far, but I've enjoyed the change of scenery and I've now got a plane I wouldn't normaly consider for my display shelves. Result!
Enough soul searching, here's the finished item. The outside shots were taken this morning in my garden. The plane is sat on a woolboard insulation panel. I've left things pretty much alone, photographicaly and photoshop wise, and just pointed and pushed the button. Ditto the black background shots. A bit of cropping and added borders are it for mods.
Another quick "before teatime" build. The 1978 Airfix Supermarine Spitfire MkIa is regarded by many to be an accurate rendition of the type, a benchmark for 1/72nd scale kits of the aircraft. This example came from a 1990s boxing, and exhibited modifications to make the kit a snap-fit model.
I wanted a pilot in this model, but I also wanted him to be animated with an arm raised as if indicating "all clear" to his ground crew. After digging through my Bits Box for a suitable figure, I settled on a German pilot of unknown origin since other figures simply wouldn't fit in the cockpit! Aside from an after market vacuum-formed canopy, so it could be positioned opened, the model has no added extras. Paints were Humbrol, Xtracrylics and Phoenix Precision, the decals which replicated the classic Airfix markings are from Xtradecal, while a set of Spitfire stencils came from Propagteam.
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire MkIa, N3277 AZ-H, No 234 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, Middle Wallop, April-August 1940.
theplasticsurgeon 5,868
Location:Cotswolds
Interests:Archery
Tim's TBM3 Avenger with decals from Academy kit.
Foxbat 1,374
Location:Crook
Interests:Anything you have to look at twice to identify
Type 97 Chi Ha medium tank.
A bit rough round the edges, but done in 'classic' style and a lot of fun.
Build thread here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235039101-type-97-chi-ha-medium-tank-finished/
And for size comparison, here it is with a Matchboz PzKpfw II ofthe same scale and similar vintage.
Edited August 8, 2018 by Foxbat
GREG DESTEC 3,734
Location:Scotland
Interests:World War 2 subjects in general. Aircraft in particular.
Reissue of BT-K the first Airfix Spitfire kit in 1/72 scale.
Built out of the box with minimum tools and unpainted. This caused me a few problems with the finish as you can see a couple of light patches on the model which are areas i have probably not sanded polished enough before the application of floor polish. The transfers went on great though!!
This is actually the late 70's tooling of the Spitfire and not the original 1953 kit. Issued with the 1/48 F-22 Spitfire to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Spitfire.
Cheers Greg
Quite probably my final entry for this GB, I present the 1978 moulding of the Westland Whirlwind.
Westland Whirlwind MkI, P6984 HE-H, No 263 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, Exeter, December 1940.
A new concept for a long-range day and night fighter was issued by the Air Ministry in 1935. The Westland Whirlwind had a rather anonymous career, although it proved to be a robust aeroplane with excellent flying characteristics. The airframe was good, but was marred by the choice of power plant. The Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines were brand new, and really needed time for their manufacturers to fettle them. War, however, intervened, and Rolls-Royce found themselves with huge demands for Merlin engines. Sadly, it proved impossible to redesign the Whirlwind to accept Merlin power plants, and by the time the Peregrine issues had been sorted out and operational squadrons had been formed the De Havilland Mosquito was beginning to enter service, somewhat eclipsing the poor old Whirlwind. Eventually, squadrons were converted to Hawker Typhoons, and the Whirlwind was retired from front line service in 1943.
This kit was first issued by Airfix in 1978, replacing a tooling from the late 1950s. As a kit, it has some good details, and builds up into a nice representation of the Whirlwind. My boxing dated from the 1990s, so the transfers were fairly fresh. I chose some replacement resin wheels from Barracuda Models to replace the kit ones, but apart from one or two cockpit upgrades the kit is basically as Airfix intended. I found the open gear doors a trial to fit, with little contact area. Cleaning up the 20mm Hispano cannons was a chore, and if I still cared by that point I might have entertained fabricating brass replacements. I had enormous problems with painting, with all kinds of issues with primer not adhering to the plastic. I started out with every intention of airbrushing the model, but ended up with the hairy stick. Happily, although marred by some silvering and being a bit translucent, the transfers went on adequately. By the time I'd finished I was happy to see the back of this little plane. I doubt I'll try and find a better kit, or another Airfix Whirlwind, as at best is was only a bit part player during 1940. I do now have an example of the type in my 1940 collection, though.
WIP thread here:
Ray S 2,578
Ray S
Location:Forest of Dean, UK
Interests:Ships mainly,
This was going to be an out-of-the-box build, but it soon became apparent that I was not going to be happy with a ship and no railings, so I quickly ordered some etch from Tom's Modelworks. Rigging was EZ-Line, paint was a mixture of brands including Humbrol, Revell and Colourcoats. I had good fun with it, and I hope it is better than the ones of the QE I did when I was a youth!
The build log can be found here if you want to see how it unfolded!
Thanks to all who have contributed and encouraged EVERYONE in this Group Build, it had has been a brilliant one!
Edited August 16, 2018 by Ray S
Tidy the post
peterairfix 2,437
Location:Taunton
HMS Daring at sea.
Finally got her finished and my first seascape the kit didn't give me much greif besides a few sink marks that's it.
Excuse the pics I will try and get some better ones but here's what I have achieved.
Here's my 'Build it as a ten year old would have done' Zero fighter.
Started last night, finished a few minutes ago. Commando Comics provided all the references I needed. Bright yellow and bright red were strangely missing from the Authentics Japanese set, Airfix solved the problem with their bottled paints though, so no hold ups there!
Two pictures will do, it's only a fun build, not a serious replica! It kept a smile on my face all the way through, especially adding the bullet holes.
Edited August 18, 2018 by TonyW
nimrod54 8,590
Location:Lancashire
Angel Interceptor
Gerry Andersons Captain Scarlet
Airfix 1/72
This is the 1980 snap fit kit re-released by Airfix in 2011. I re-scribed the panel lines and added a Retrokits cockpit insert which came with a seated Angel. It was primed and painted with Halfords paints straight from the rattle can using Gloss Appliance White for the main colour and a mix of Citadel and Humbrol acrylics for the detail painting. The decals and stencils are from the kit and are some of the best that I have come across in an Airfix boxing. After completing the decals I applied a pin wash to the panel lines using Abteilung 502's Starship Filth oil paint.
by John L, on Flickr
TimV1969 397
Location:Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Scorpion Light Armoured Reconnaisance Vehicle (1975)
Finished mostly in humbrol paints (102 and 33 for the camouflage), and Pan Pastels for the weathering. Decals from the kit, plus aftermarket Union Flags. Commander figure is from the Matchbox LRDG set with different legs, and added headphones. A relatively painless build, except for having to scratchbuild an extra track tread each side, and super-glue them in place...
BIG X 10,054
When the fun stops - stop....
Location:Saddleworth
Interests:...the fun has stopped...
AIRFIX 1/72 Pontoon Bridge
Well, it's been a bit of an 'epic trek' – even by my meandering standards. This not so 'accurate scale model' seems to have been a part of the childhood memories of many of us. So may I present my bridge. It's given me hours of fun, over forty five years after the last time I pulled one out of a box.
Last time around it came with tanks, troops and even a DUKW. There are no ducks this time, but at a whopping 13 parts in total I thought it deserved a bit of 'help'.
If you are familiar with the kit you will notice I dispensed with one of the main spans – as initial measurements showed it would be over 2ft long. This also allowed me to position the pontoons closer together – which looks a little more 'realistic'. I also glued the spare side supports together as they only had detail on one side. I also added a bit of scratch detail…
Fishplates for connecting the side supports
RSJs under the main span
Handrails on the walkways
Chains for anchoring the bridge
Soldiers and vehicles – for scale
Bridge signs and weight indicators
A base with a canal to sit it all on
Apart from that it's pretty much OOB as they say.
If you like this but haven't seen the build thread – you can find it here – though it does ramble on a bit…
Thanks for looking and happy modelling - Steve
Interests:Fleet air arm 8th Army and the Western Desert Real Ale, Craft Beer, Malt Whisky Holidays and Travel Runrig Good food
Sopwith Pup, 4 Squadron RNAS. Painted with Revell Olivgrun for PC10 and Citadel Bleached Bone for the doped linen. Went together fine but I had some problems with the transfers as outlined in the WIP
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Ozzy 4,496
Model junkie
Location:Salisbury (England)
Interests:World war 2 modelling, and cooking
Airfix dog fighting double Me 110 and Spitfire serial number 03141-9
My pair of Wildcats join the completed list.
It's been interesting building two versions side by side. The kits took on completely different characters as the builds progressed. The FAA version went together very nicely, with hardly a hiccup throughout. The prop even spins up when a breeze hits it! The US version was a whole lot different. I sanded down about half the rivet detailing as it looked a bit much for a shiny, dark coloured plane. Once painted though, it looked terrible. The rivets now seemed to be under a far too thick coat of paint. I ended up rubbing the whole thing down and repainting it. Then the transfers gave problems. The blue of the stars and bars was far too vivid and a fair bit of careful painting was needed to cover the blue with airframe colour. It also took more than one go to get a semi gloss finish I was reasonably happy with. Then rigging the aerial fought back a bit with the chosen fishing line used refusing to go on straight. It's done now and sits quite happily on its original stand. The pair look good to me and can join the rest of my out the box builds.
Here's the pair together...
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AdrianMF 9,823
Location:London, UK
And the "Old Airfix" B-25J Mitchell, finished with the eight-gun nose (handy for putting nose weight in if you forgot). I added some cockpit detail which is all but invisible now due to some strange reaction between canopies, future and masking tape, leaving the canopies unsalvageably murky. I trimmed lots of bits in the wing root area to avoid ending up with anhedral on the outer panels. Paint was Halfords grey primer followed by Humbrol polished aluminium, both rattle can. This kit has long since been eclipsed by the Hasegawa B-25J but it was cheap on Ebay and I enjoyed it on the whole. Build thread is here.
Ventora3300 2,632
Still a 'Nostalgia Modeller' - I'll get over it...
Location:Stirling, UK
Interests: Modelling! Keep fit. Food. Drink. (in any order)
1/144 Airfix 'Sky King' Series De Havilland Comet 4B finished and in the Gallery at last.
Looking at the instructions for this kit, what impressed me was that this beauty was actually in service when the kit was originally issued in 1961. Quote: 'The current Comet 4B, now in service with British European Airways, is one of the latest developments of the original De Haviland Comet of 1949, the world's first passenger jet aircraft. British European Airways now operate Comet 4B's on their longer stages, such as those from London to Athens, Copenhagen and Moscow, the shorter high density routes now being taken over by the Vickers Vanguard'. So, this was not a rendition of a museum piece but was at the cutting edge of civil aviation. Just exactly what a twelve-year old wanted to fly round the room!
(From Wiki): The Comet 4 first flew on 27 April 1958 and received its Certificate of Airworthiness on 24 September 1958; the first was delivered to BOAC the next day. The Comet 4 enabled BOAC to inaugurate the first regular jet-powered transatlantic services on 4 October 1958 between London and New York (albeit still requiring a fuel stop at Gander International Airport, Newfoundland, on westward North Atlantic crossings). While BOAC gained publicity as the first to provide transatlantic jet service, by the end of the month rival Pan American World Airways was flying the Boeing 707 on the same route,
The Comet 4 was ordered by two other airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas took delivery of six Comet 4s from 1959 to 1960, using them between Buenos Aires and Santiago, New York and Europe, while East African Airways received three new Comet 4s from 1960 to 1962 and operated them to the United Kingdom and to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Comet 4A ordered by Capital Airlines was instead built for BEA as the Comet 4B with a further fuselage stretch of 38 in (97 cm) and seating for 99 passengers. The first Comet 4B flew on 27 June 1959 and BEA began Tel Aviv to London-Heathrow services on 1 April 1960. Olympic Airways was the only other customer to order the type.
An Airwaves 1/144 detailing set was used and I 'procured' the BOAC decals from the US boxing and my imagined scenario was that it was painted up in BOAC colours in error before this 4B ended up with BEA. Quote from BEA Plans 6 Nov 1959, 'B.E.A. are due to take delivery of their first jet airliner, de Havilland Comet 4B G-APMB, the first of a fleet of seven. Like B.O.A.C.'s Comet 4s, deliveries are ahead of the contract schedule; original 4B delivery date was January 1, 1960' So I did a little forgery to change G-APMF into G-APMB.
Build thread is here:
Many thanks to all you modellers who commented and supported during the build - onwards and upwards!
malpaso 1,578
Location:"Strong Country" Hampshire, UK
Interests:Early aviation, interwar and classic 50's US jets
1974 Spitfire Vb 1/72
Pleased to submit my classic Airfix Spitfire. Built pretty much from the box. As the roundels were slightly out of register, I used a mix of the originals, latest Issue stencils and national markings from KP.
zebra 4,193
Location:Melbourne
1/72 Short Skyvan, 1974 (I think) mould, in Royal Thai Police markings using Siam Scale decals.
Build thread is here
GOLDEN HINDE 1\72
Built as airfix intended using just the plans and no extra rigging I didn't use the crew as they were so badly moulded they weren't worth using.
Lawzer 2,591
Location:Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Interests:Typhoons, I like typhoons...
Hawker Typhoon 1B
Well thankfully I managed to get the new tool clear parts fitted (although I think I may remove them and put on the original part as otherwise I'd be left with a kit with no canopy ).
Rockets and rails from the new tool kit.
Rest OOB (with the addition of the V's thanks to @stevej60 ) so it could be done as a rocket carrier. Some VERY basic scratching but overall I'm fairly happy with the result.
Would I build another? TOO RIGHT!!!
(apologies for the terrible photos!)
Here's another less than serious build, a War Picture Libraryc inspired Westland Whirlwind.
A right bruiser of a plane, all guns and engines. This one is Airfix's second attempt at the type. The canopy, engine cowlings and undercarriage got a makeover in the seventies. I like both versions, but then I am a collector and a builder, so I would say that, wouldn't I?
A smooth enough build, although straying a bit close to a proper model for this type of thing. The Comic story follows the real life story of the plane fairly closely, including squadron codes and all. I've followed the comic cover scheme for the V-HE code on one side and in a nod to the original Airfix issue H-HE on the other. The original codes got tried just because I had a couple of spares. Once on the fuselage, I thought they looked far to good to not keep. A bit of an odd thing to do, but then again, copying comic covers is not exactly mainstream in the first place!
Enough waffle, here's the plane itself...
JOCKNEY 5,564
Location:West Highlands, Scotland
Grumman Widgeon / Gosling Seaplane 1/72 Scale originally produced 1959
I naively thought that given the small number of parts that this would be a nice quick build, err I was wrong. Unknown to me when I started this kit has a well deserved reputation for being troublesome. I found by filing down the locating pins, that some of the parts can be persuaded to fit ! The work in progress is below.
Photos below, thank you for the support and encouragement along the way
cheers Pat
AIRFIX 1/76 K2Y Ambulances
These Bedford K2Ys were taken from a couple of RAF emergency sets. They were built OOB with the only additions being some little lenses for the headlights and plastic windscreens made from a piece of OHP film. The original drivers have been swapped for PSC drivers. There is much discussion over where & when the RAF may have used K2Y or 'KATYs' – so I went down a different route and put them into service with the army instead. There are plenty of documented photographs of KATYs being used by the British army during the Normandy campaign and so I chose to allocate them to the 18th Light Field Ambulance regiment of the 11th Armoured Division. The decals for the arm of service came from Skytrex. Most of the other decals came from the kit, except the tiny red crosses at the very front and back of the roof – which were again cobbled together from a Skytrex sheet. The 'well used' look comes courtesy of some Flory washes. The 'background' features my recent GB builds of the Airfix Church and Pontoon bridge.
I hope you like them - they were a very easy build & If you want to check out the build thread you can find it here…
Thanks for looking as always & happy modelling - Steve


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package org.blueo.db;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.List;

import org.blueo.commons.FormatterWrapper;
import org.blueo.db.config.raw.DbGlobalConfigRawData;
import org.blueo.db.java.DataLoader;
import org.blueo.db.java.PojoBuildUtils;
import org.blueo.db.sql.GenericSqlBuilder;
import org.blueo.db.sql.SqlBuilder;
import org.blueo.db.vo.DbEnum;
import org.blueo.db.vo.DbTable;
import org.blueo.db.vo.DbTablePair;
import org.blueo.pojogen.EnumGenerator;
import org.blueo.pojogen.JavaFileGenerator;
import org.blueo.pojogen.bo.PojoClass;

import com.google.common.base.Objects;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

public class DbTool {
	private final String excelPath;
	private String previousExcelPath;
	private boolean printToConsole;
	private SqlBuilder sqlBuilder = new GenericSqlBuilder();
	// Internal process fields
	private DbGlobalConfigRawData dbConfig;
	private List<DbTablePair> dbTablePairs;
	private List<DbEnum> dbEnums;

	private DbTool(String excelPath) {
		super();
		this.excelPath = excelPath;
	}

	public static DbTool build(String excelPath) {
		DbTool dbTool = new DbTool(excelPath);
		dbTool.init();
		return dbTool;
	}

	public static DbTool build(String excelPath, String previousExcelPath) {
		DbTool dbTool = new DbTool(excelPath);
		dbTool.previousExcelPath = previousExcelPath;
		dbTool.init();
		return dbTool;
	}

	private void init() {
		DataLoader loader = DataLoader.build(excelPath);
		DataLoader previousLoader = null;
		if (previousExcelPath != null) {
			previousLoader = DataLoader.build(previousExcelPath);
		}
		dbConfig = loader.getDbConfig();
		dbTablePairs = this.buildDbTablePair(loader, previousLoader);
		dbEnums = loader.getDbEnums();
	}

	private List<DbTablePair> buildDbTablePair(DataLoader loader, DataLoader previousLoader) {
		List<DbTable> curr = loader.getDbTables();
		List<DbTable> prev = Collections.emptyList();
		if (previousLoader != null) {
			prev = previousLoader.getDbTables();
		}
		List<DbTablePair> dbTablePairs = Lists.newArrayList();
		//
		for (DbTable c : curr) {
			DbTablePair dbTablePair = new DbTablePair();
			dbTablePair.setCurrent(c);
			dbTablePairs.add(dbTablePair);
			for (DbTable p : prev) {
				if (Objects.equal(c.getName(), p.getName())) {
					dbTablePair.setPrevious(p);
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		return dbTablePairs;
	}

	public void generateCreateDdls() {
		FormatterWrapper formatterWrapper;
		if (printToConsole) {
			formatterWrapper = new FormatterWrapper(new Formatter(System.out));
		} else {
			String filePath = String.format("%s/%s", dbConfig.getDdlDir(), dbConfig.getDdlFileName());
			formatterWrapper = new FormatterWrapper(FormatterWrapper.createFormatter(filePath));
		}
		for (DbTablePair dbTablePair : dbTablePairs) {
			formatterWrapper.format(sqlBuilder.createOrAlterSql(dbTablePair));
		}
		formatterWrapper.close();
	}

	public void generateEnums() {
		for (DbEnum dbEnum : dbEnums) {
			PojoClass pojoClass = new PojoClass();
			pojoClass.setPackageName(dbEnum.getPackageName());
			pojoClass.setName(dbEnum.getName());
			//
			EnumGenerator enumGenerator;
			if (printToConsole) {
				enumGenerator = new EnumGenerator(pojoClass);
			} else {
				enumGenerator = new EnumGenerator(pojoClass, dbConfig.getSourceDir());
			}
			enumGenerator.setValues(dbEnum.getValues());
			enumGenerator.generateClassCode();
		}
	}

	public void generatePoAndDaos() {
		for (DbTablePair dbTablePair : dbTablePairs) {
			PojoClass pojoClass = PojoBuildUtils.buildEntityClass(dbTablePair.getCurrent(), dbConfig);
			PojoClass daoClass = PojoBuildUtils.buildDaoClass(pojoClass, dbConfig);
			if (printToConsole) {
				new JavaFileGenerator(pojoClass).generateClassCode();
				new JavaFileGenerator(daoClass).generateClassCode();
			} else {
				new JavaFileGenerator(pojoClass, dbConfig.getSourceDir()).generateClassCode();
				new JavaFileGenerator(daoClass, dbConfig.getSourceDir()).generateClassCode();
			}
		}
	}

	// -----------------------------
	// ----- Get Set ToString HashCode Equals
	// -----------------------------

	public String getExcelPath() {
		return excelPath;
	}

	public DbGlobalConfigRawData getDbConfig() {
		return dbConfig;
	}

	public boolean isPrintToConsole() {
		return printToConsole;
	}

	public SqlBuilder getSqlBuilder() {
		return sqlBuilder;
	}

	public void setSqlBuilder(SqlBuilder sqlBuilder) {
		this.sqlBuilder = sqlBuilder;
	}

	public void setPrintToConsole(boolean printToConsole) {
		this.printToConsole = printToConsole;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		builder.append("DbTool [excelPath=");
		builder.append(excelPath);
		builder.append(", previousExcelPath=");
		builder.append(previousExcelPath);
		builder.append(", printToConsole=");
		builder.append(printToConsole);
		builder.append(", sqlBuilder=");
		builder.append(sqlBuilder);
		builder.append(", dbConfig=");
		builder.append(dbConfig);
		builder.append(", dbTablePairs=");
		builder.append(dbTablePairs);
		builder.append(", dbEnums=");
		builder.append(dbEnums);
		builder.append("]");
		return builder.toString();
	}

}


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My family loves pasta but I'm always worried about the carbs. If you're like me then maybe you've tried substituting pasta with zucchini or squash. I love these alternatives, but my kids? Not a fan. So when a friend told me about skinny noodles.. I got excited, grabbed a pack of it and went straight to the kitchen to try it.
I used Skinny Noodles Shirataki Spinach Fettuccine for this recipe. It takes time to prepare them properly: rinse well, blanch and dry fry.. but it's definitely worth it! Do the prep work right to make sure your noodles won't come out wet. Dry frying will make them receptive to whatever sauce you are going to add them to.
If you are also looking for a diabetic-friendly, low carb pasta substitute, these Shirataki noodles are perfect as they have zero glycemic load.
A low carb pasta recipe you'll absolutely love!
Prepare the pasta. Dry fry for 2-3 minutes.
Heat oil in a large, deep fry pan over medium heat. Cook bacon, stir for 4-5 minutes until they start to crisp. Remove and drain on paper towel.
Return pan to heat and melt half the butter. Add prawns and stir for 2-3 minutes until cooked. Then add pasta to fry pan with bacon and remaining butter. Toss, season and serve.
Topping it with cheese is optional.
Try this recipe and let me know how it goes!


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Q: WPF Custom Textbox control within UserControl RelativeSource causing TextChanged event to fire even after loaded I have a custom user control defined in XAML like this:
<UserControl x:Class="MyUserControl"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MyApplicationName"
             xmlns:wpf="clr-namespace:LibVLCSharp.WPF;assembly=LibVLCSharp.WPF"
             mc:Ignorable="d"
             >

Within it, I have a custom textbox control, called CustomIndicator which inherits TextBox in code-behind, placed in XAML like this:
<local:CustomIndicator x:Name = "Parameter1" Background="{Binding ElementName=Parameter1, Path=OffColor}" Text="{Binding myUserParameter1, StringFormat=N1, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}, Mode=FindAncestor}}" OnText="1" OffText="1" ModuleKey="D1" ModuleName="1" Height="20"/>

After the user control is loaded, in Me.Loaded, I loop through all of the controls and add a TextChanged handler to the CustomIndicator (recall it is a custom Textbox control) like this:
AddHandler TryCast(ctrl, TextBox).TextChanged, Sub(sender, e) ControlValueChanged(sender, e)

I'm positive it's being added after both A) the user control is initialized/loaded and B) the custom textbox control, CustomIndicator, is initialized/loaded...I put a breakpoint at the adding of the handler and confirmed both are IsInitialized/IsLoaded=True.  However, the TextChanged event is still firing because it appears that the binding is still occurring yet later.  If I change the XAML to this, it doesn't fire, but I also don't get the value:
<local:CustomIndicator x:Name = "Parameter1" Background="{Binding ElementName=Parameter1, Path=OffColor}" Text="{Binding myUserParameter1, StringFormat=N1, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" OnText="1" OffText="1" ModuleKey="D1" ModuleName="1" Height="20"/>

The removal of the "RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}, Mode=FindAncestor}" makes the TextChanged stop firing late, but I also don't get the value.  How can I add the handler such that it is, truly, after everything is loaded, including the binding?
Running a trace, by the way, did reveal the following:
System.Windows.Data Information: 10 : Cannot retrieve value using the binding and no valid fallback value exists; using default instead. BindingExpression:Path=myUserParameter1; DataItem=null; target element is 'CustomIndicator' (Name='Parameter1'); target property is 'Text' (type 'String')

Don't know if the trace helps...but I'll also mention that myUserParameter1 holds the value of 0 (or some other numeric value, which is set in the Loaded="Window_Loaded" event of the main window), and the textbox is still blank by the end of the Me.Loaded event.

A: Though it isn't really solved, I found a solution that works.  The two things I did were 1) added a FallbackVaue to my bindings, and 2) changed the order of the user control instance creation and update of values.  While those two things don't fully explain what was going on, they're good enough to provide the needed functionality.


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OH THE PLACES
Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:19PM ET / Published Mar. 02, 2012 12:03PM ET
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment
Did you have your green eggs and ham this morning? Fans across the country are celebrating the 108th birthday of famed children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Celebratory activities for Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991 at the age of 87, are planned in his birthplace of Springfield, Mass., as well as his longtime home of La Jolla, Calif. But the opening of The Lorax, the latest Suess book to be adapted for the big screen, is said to be the national ode to the man to wrote such famed books as The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! March 2 also marks Read Across America Day, marked by Lorax stars Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, Taylor Swift, and Betty White.
Read it at The Washington Post


Solar hot water and heat is easier than you think! You don't need solar panels to create solar hot water or even solar heat. Yes, you need solar panels to create electrical power to run electronics and appliances, but hot water and heat, it is easy!
The real trick is knowing how to install these systems on roofs or walls and maintain the integrity of the building, but any builder knows how to do this. Our Ecuadorian builders are quite interested in the hot water and air ideas, and can easily duplicate it for their own personal use. This is the idea! Gaia Sagrada can show by example to our Ecuadorian neighbors what can be done for very little, and be "off the grid" in this way when it comes to hot water and air. Anyone can do it, even people without technological prowess.
And that's just to get you started! We are trying some of these things at Gaia Sagrada and you can too!


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Elissa K. Moore Counsel
emoore@mcguirewoods.com
Elissa focuses on corporate services and transactional and regulatory matters for healthcare providers and companies.
In this capacity, she concentrates on acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, private offerings of securities, governance and corporate formation issues, and joint ventures. She has drafted and assisted with negotiation of purchase agreements and other transaction documents, operating agreements, management agreements, lease agreements and medical director agreements. She has counseled ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, physician groups and other healthcare providers with respect to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse laws, the Stark Act, tax-exemption issues and general healthcare compliance issues.
She was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from 2000 to 2001.
Representation of a private equity fund in the multi-million dollar acquisition of an administrative services provider to a multi-site ophthalmology practice in New York.
Represented national ambulatory surgery center management company in acquisitions of surgery centers.
Represented physician-owned hospitals in sales to national acquirers.
Negotiated surgery center lease agreements on behalf of national ambulatory surgery center company.
Represented large physician group in general corporate governance issues and drafting of governance documents, employment agreements, space and equipment leases and purchase documents.
Negotiated management agreement, physician employment agreements and leases in connection with co-management of surgery center by hospital.
Healthcare Compliance, Regulation & Policy
Healthcare Transactions
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD, Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Health Law, Health Law and Policy Law Review, 2004
University of Southampton, MSc, 2002
Northwestern University, BS, 2000
Member, Mecklenburg County Bar Association
Member; Young Professional Representative, Mentoring Committee, American Association of Healthcare Lawyers
Member, North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys
Author, "Hospital-Physician Partnerships: The Drivers, Obstacles and the Benefits," Annals of Health Law, The Health Policy and Law Review of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Vol. 19, Issue 1, 2010
Co-author, Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Legal and Regulatory Issues, Fourth Edition, Publication of the American Health Lawyers Association, August 2009
Author, Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Update - Summer 2009, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, June 11, 2009
Author, California Hospital Files First Lawsuit Challenging a Recovery Audit Contractor Reopening, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, May 7, 2009
Author, RAC Preparation - 7 Key Steps and Best Practices, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, April 15, 2009
Author, Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Update - Spring 2009, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, March 31, 2009
Author, A Primer on RAC Appeals, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, March 31, 2009
Author, Hospitals and Health Systems - Provider-Based Status: The Rules and Common Issues, April 11, 2008
Co-author, "Hospitals and Health Systems: Provider-Based Status: The Rules and Common Issues," Health Care Law Monthly, April 2008
Co-author, "Executive Summary: The Application of the Fraud and Abuse Laws and EMTALA to Physician-owned Hospitals," Physician Hospitals of America, March 2008
Co-author, "Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Physician – Owned Hospital – What Causes the Political Chasm?," ASC Review, January 31, 2008
Co-author, "Friendly Alliances Between Gastroenterologists and Hospitals," American Journal of Gastroenterology, November 2007
Co-author, "Physician Owned Hospitals - The Best of Times and the Worst of Times," Physicians Hospital Association PULSE Magazine, March 2007
Co-author, "Selling a Physician-Owned Hospital - 15 Key Concepts," Health Care Law Monthly, February 2007
Co-author, "Your Top Legal Worries for 2007," Outpatient Surgery Magazine, January 2007
Speaker, "Buying and Selling Shares in an Ambulatory Surgery Center" and "Five Anti-Kickback and Stark Act Cases," 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, June 8-10, 2010
Speaker, "Responding to RAC Audits," 2009 North Carolina Healthcare Provider Conference:Confirming Quality and Cost Challenges, McGuireWoods LLP, September 24, 2009
Speaker, "Accelerating Hospital-Physician Collaboration," 7th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, June 11-13, 2009
Speaker, "Buying and Selling Shares in an Ambulatory Surgery Center," 16th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, October 2009
Speaker, "Successfully Structuring Physician Hospital Joint Ventures - Key Tips for Short and Long Term Success," 15th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, October 23-25, 2008
Speaker, "ASCs - Current Legal and Regulatory Issues," 14th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, October 18-20, 2007
Speaker, "Development of an ASC for Interventional Pain Management," American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers, June 23-24, 2007
Speaker, "ASCs - Buying and Selling Ambulatory Surgery Centers," 5th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, June 14, 2007
Co-presenter, "Selling an ASC," McGuireWoods LLP Teleconference, May 22, 2007
Co-presenter, "Accelerating Hospital-Physician Collaboration," McGuireWoods LLP/Sg2 Webinar, May 2007
Speaker, "The Pros and Cons of Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures," McGuireWoods LLP Carolinas Health Forum, April 30, 2007
Speaker, "Legal and Business Issues Impacting Ambulatory Surgery Centers," Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Health and Hospital Committee, March 30, 2007
Moderator, "Health Care for the Uninsured," Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Health and Hospital Committee Seminars, Spring 2007
Speaker, "Selling an ASC," 13th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference, October 26-29, 2006
Moderator, "Litigation Risks in the Purchase and Sale of Health Care Facilities," Chicago Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Health and Hospital Committee, Fall 2006
Speaker, "The Art of ASC Development - Can We Make It a Science?," American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Societ of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers, June 24-28, 2006
Speaker, "Legal Issues Facing ASCs," Idaho Association of Ambulatory Surgical Center Association, September 21, 2005