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The Mysterious Origins of Awa Odori
Dancers take to the streets of Tokushima | © cotaro70s/Flickr
Christine Bagarino
Summertime in Japan is the season of buzzing cicadas, brilliant fireworks and raucous street festivals. One of the biggest street festivals that takes place during the summer is the Awa Odori.
A centuries-old dance party that over a million people take part in around the country each year, Awa Odori is best characterized by the refrain sung and chanted by dancers:
– Japan National Tourism Organization
The dance is easily recognized by its distinctive style: women dressed in traditional Japanese garb and pointed hats made of woven rushes and men dancing crouched low in a "foolish" posture, imitating the movements of drunken revelers, though it's not unheard of for them to be a bit inebriated themselves.
Female Awa Odori dancers | © ajari/flickr
Despite the dance's popularity, however, the exact origins of Awa Odori are still up for debate. Here are four popular theories.
It started as a drunken dance party
Many people believe that Awa Odori originated from a massive celebration held in the 16th century. 'Awa' refers to the region known as modern-day Tokushima prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, while 'odori' means dance. To fête the completion of Tokushima Castle, the feudal lord of Awa province, Hachisuka Iemasa, threw the party to end all parties. The townspeople are said to have drunk so much that they swayed wildly as they danced, forming the early steps of Awa Odori.
Tokushima Castle, demolished by government order during the Meiji period | Wikimedia Common
It was born out of the Obon Festival
Obon is an annual period of remembrance and honoring one's ancestors. Folk dances and chants have traditionally been used as a part of Buddhist custom to welcome visiting spirits and over time this evolved into people joyfully dancing accompanied by flutes, drums, prayer gongs and shamisen (a three-stringed instrument) during the three days of the Obon festival.
While praying for the deceased may seem like a solemn spiritual activity, Obon festivities could become quite rowdy. Feudal laws passed in Tokushima during the 17th century suggest that Obon dancing was something of a public disturbance there, and this may have been the direct forerunner to the modern-day Awa Odori dance.
Close up of one of the thousands lanterns at Nara's annual (mid-summer) lantern festival. For over 800 years, these Kasuga Taisha lanterns have been lit to guide ancestors back to earth on their annual pilgrimage, Obon.
It shares its origins with Noh theater
Noh theater is the classical style of Japanese musical drama, and one of the oldest forms of theater in the world. Noh was born out of traditional Japanese folk dances known as furyu, which featured vibrantly colored costumes and the music of gongs and taiko drums. Local records show that a furyu performance was held in Awa province as early as the 1500s, and this performance may have influenced the birth of Awa Odori in the region.
Wood block print of a scene from a Noh play | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
It was created to promote tourism
Whatever the origin, Awa Odori was never formally referred to by that specific name until the 20th century, when the local Tokushima government began promoting the dance as a tourist attraction for the region. Today, Tokushima hosts the largest Awa Odori festival in Japan every year in mid-August, with the second-largest festival taking place at the end of August in the Koenji district of Tokyo.
Whatever your beliefs on how it originated may be, it's a festival worth experiencing for yourself.


With all of the election news blaring (thank goodness the end is soon here), some important health policy issues have been somewhat lost in the milieu. Below is a quick summary of what has caught my attention as of late (a heads-up for readers).
Medicare/SNF Class Action Settlement: This is profound on a number of levels though I have seen very little analysis on the decision. A nationwide "group" of Medicare beneficiaries and their families, all suffering (some passed) from one or more chronic illnesses, sued the Federal government on a class-action basis alleging denial of Medicare coverage based on the "improvement" criteria imposed by Medicare intermediaries. The gist of the case is as such. In each instance, a SNF resident was admitted meeting the qualifying criteria (three day prior hospital stay, requiring skilled services). In each instance, Medicare benefits were subsequently denied to these residents, even though the skilled service requirement remained, as the resident's condition stabilized or failed to show improvement. The suit further alleged that in certain cases, care levels diminished or skilled services reduced or ended as the individuals involved, were not able to pay for additional care privately. Briefly, without the presumption of Medicare coverage, the presumption of continuation of skilled services like therapies evaporates, requiring the resident to then pay privately for continuation of service.
The settlement arose when Medicare officials agreed to re-write the claim adjudication manuals to make "clear" that Medicare coverage is only conditioned upon Medicare eligibility, a three day prior inpatient qualifying stay (hospital) and the requirement and delivery of, daily skilled services (as presently defined). Denial of continued coverage should only occur when the skilled service is no longer required based on the resident's care needs, not based on improvement or lack thereof. Nowhere in existing Medicare regulations is there a requirement for "improvement" yet the standard has been universally applied by Fiscal Intermediaries (Medicare claims adjudication contractors).
The case, coming out of Vermont, is expected to be published soon and the class encompassing more than 10,000 beneficiaries nationwide. The implication is that this group, as well as other beneficiaries, can appeal coverage decisions (where coverage was discontinued) for claims prior to January of 2011 (when the suit was filed). Note: This will limit claim review exposure unless the decision provides greater detail due to Medicare's 18 month limit for re-filing claims (18 months from denial or service discontinuation if denial is implied). Additionally, many residents in the class will no doubt be dead with closed estates, thereby limiting a reconsideration of coverage claim.
What I don't know yet is how this decision will impact claims going forward. I am awaiting details on the following questions/concerns.
Appeal information as applicable from intermediaries.
Coverage guidance to providers to continue to bill Medicare as long as a skilled service is still required.
Any RUG guidance and assessment guidance for interpretation of therapy services in particular. Ordinarily, some assumption of continued therapy hinges on documentation of improvement of some type and guidance is necessary to document minutes for other reasons (prevention of decline, safety, etc.).
When intermediaries will be instructed by Medicare on the "revised" interpretation of coverage.
Medpac Recommends Cut to Part B Therapy Caps: In their November 1 report to Congress, Medpac recommends a 33% reduction to the current Part B Outpatient therapy cap; presently $1,880 reduced to $1,270. Additionally, Medpac is recommending that the Manual Medical Review process expand to all "therapy" services including those provided in hospital outpatient departments, whenever a cap is exceeded. Currently, the process kicks-in at $3,700. Set to expire at year-end is the exception process with hard-caps going into place in January of 2013, unless Congress acts to extend the cap limits and the exception process. Medpac's report is the first shot at creating a recommended action for Congress prior to the January date. Medpac further recommended, in conjunction with their continuation of the manual review process, a streamlined review approach. Core to this recommendation is a ten-day turnaround and the use of two MAC contractors nationwide for consistency and focus. Anyone who wishes to view the report, e-mail me at hislop3@msn.com or leave a comment on this post with your contact e-mail and I will forward it to you.
Medicare Sued for Inappropriate Setting Determination Denials: This one fascinates me particularly as it is the first suit I am aware of implicating Medicare's RAC contractors and post-care denials. In this case, the American Hospital Association, joined by four other healthcare providers sued HHS and CMS for allowing RAC contractors to retrospectively, deny outpatient claims filed under Part B determining that the care should have been rendered inpatient and the claim submitted via Part A. The suit alleges illegality in denial of payments when cases are retrospectively reviewed. What is interesting is that "inappropriate location" of care is an odd justification for denial, especially when the setting is less costly to Medicare. While it has always been illegal to improperly bill Medicare, including under-billing, rarely have I seen (in fact never) claims denied retrospectively as inappropriate, simply based on the use of a lower cost or alternative setting. Typically, a claim properly billed has never been reversed or denied based on location and certainly not a judgment call such as this appears – seemed more appropriate inpatient. No allegation or substantiation is provided as to whether the care rendered was inadequate, merely wrongly located. Why this case bears watching is that the RAC issues are brewing in terms of the programs costs, its inter-relationships and lack of impartiality, and the incentivized methodology that exists to "recover" overpayments. Denials of this nature and the appeals are incredibly expensive for providers and clearly, the suit incorporates by description, the cost vs. benefit insanity of having to appeal denials of this nature.
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WASHINGTON—Admitting that his competitive spirit got the best of him, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry apologized Friday for trying to outdo his fellow cabinet members by spending $72 million of taxpayer money on a lampshade. "I deeply and sincerely regret becoming swept up in the office-decorating fervor of my colleagues and subsequently allocating over $70 million of my department's budget for this lampshade," said Perry, who admitted he ordered the shade from an antiques agent in Paris' Porte de Clignancourt district to impress other cabinet members after seeing Ryan Zinke's cocobolo-and-stingray-leather office door and the lavish Moroccan tapestries hung throughout the waiting area of Ben Carson's "Desert Caravan"-themed office. "American citizens should not have to shoulder the cost of paying for a lampshade woven from vucana silk, hand-stitched with contrasting saffron-spider thread, and crowned by the world's seventh-largest ruby, so I will be returning the lampshade in its lacquered presentation box as soon as a Learjet can be chartered to convey it." Despite parting with the lampshade, Perry will keep the the lamp itself, which his grandfather fashioned from a football-shaped Jim Beam decanter commemorating the 1964 Cotton Bowl.


Richard Pryor died today at age 65. I hate to see him go, but I'm also glad he doesn't have to suffer with multiple sclerosis anymore.
The guy was masterfully funny. Like every other kid, I hid his albums and tapes from my parents, and then snuck them out for a listen when they weren't around. I remember taking those tapes everywhere. He was just so damn funny that your gut would hurt from laughing. I can't think of anyone else who could consistently provoke that kind of reaction from people.
Pryor broke down a lot of doors. People accused him of being the most foul-mouthed comedian of his time. So what? He recognized that words really aren't that dangerous if you don't hide them away. People were shocked by the things he said, but he said them to break down the power of those words and find humor in truth.
No one else found a way to take their own tragedies and turn them into humor. Whether it was drug abuse, shooting his car with a magnum, or getting burned alive, Pryor made his audiences laugh with him without feeling pity.
Tonight, Sirius Radio channel 104 is playing a tribute to Richard Pryor. I decided it'd been long enough since I heard his voice. Despite having bought all of those old albums and tapes before, I went out to Best Buy and bought the last box set of "Richard Pryor: …And It's Deep Too!" tonight. I'm sitting here loading them onto my iPod as I write.


Life if filled with ups and downs. The thing is, the more deeper you get, the worse it is opposite i.e Happiness.
I sometimes sit and think, why do I want to write down everything about my life and then share it with everyone. What exactly is that I seek ? I keep reading the articles and then realize, its definitely not for seeking attention, not for feeling better, not for making everyone else except me look bad, but for just storing it as life lessons.. May be it will help someone..
I kind of get lost thinking about the list.. Its long and really is spontaneous. Thanks to my sister, half the movies I see are her suggestions.. She dominates my choice of Indian movies.. I don't have to think too much.. She selects one, I love it.. regardless of which language it is.. I'm glad to be my sister's brother, not just because of the movies.. There is much more to it and I can't find words that would describe it in vivid details.
The memories invigorate my imagination. I'm not sure of what I think most of the times.. But life certainly cannot be a planned execution.. There is only so much you can plan and hope somehow the plan works out.. Planning has never been my thing.. I guess I've developed this in the last 3 4 years and now, I can't think without ending up in a plan.
I'm planning for a 5-day stop at home starting this Wednesday so I can spend time with family. Its been a lot of complaining and visiting them is the least I can do.


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The MDA covers over 43 different forms of neuromuscular diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. For a complete list of diseases covered, click here.
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We also offer support groups for families.
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Disabling these does not appear to disable other routes though. For example, a Post model is still accessible via /posts, /posts/view/1, etc, whereas I was hoping to hide all these default views from public, only allowing specific content to display in the routes of my choosing.
Could search engines index two pages for the same content if my configuration remained with default routes turned on? If not, I still don't really like the idea of the public figuring out the core route for a page and being able to access it through a non-public, yet still accessible, URL.

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Is she enjoying Hollywood stardom? "I don't think I would ever term myself as a Hollywood star… ever," she responds with a loud laugh, while admitting that "things seem to be going quite well". That sounds like an understatement. "Well it's always great, isn't it, when you feel a level of creative fulfilment in your work?" says Gwendoline in her lovely melodic voice.
She has every reason to be in good spirits. Her film career is in flight and life post-Westeros looks exciting. She has loved Star Wars since she was six, she tells me later, ushering me into her hotel suite and settling beside me on the sofa, poised, hands clasped. "Everyone wants to be in Star Wars. It is such a huge global phenomenon; I desperately wanted the role."
Elisabeth Moss and Gwendoline Christie in Top of the Lake: China Girl.
The latest instalment in the franchise sees Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker in a prominent role with an apparently shocking twist. There will also a strong focus on a new generation of characters, including purple-haired Vice-Admiral Holdo, played by Laura Dern.
Since the release of The Force Awakens, Gwendoline's "chrome trooper" has become a fan favourite. "Phasma seems to have ignited a lot of curiosity," she says. "The idea of a woman exhibiting a violent attitude is not something we see a huge amount of in mainstream media."
There is speculation that Phasma has a much bigger role in the upcoming film, directed by Rian Johnson, but inevitably the actor is giving nothing away beyond referring to her character as "a threatening presence".
Can she say anything about the plot, which continues the story of the powerful Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega) and resistance pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac)? "Well, no." A few seconds of dead air are interrupted by a hearty laugh.
She is less restrained about her excitement at working with one of her role models, Carrie Fisher (General Leia Organa), the Hollywood legend who died suddenly at the end of last year. "Princess Leia spoke to me," says Gwendoline of the original Star Wars. "She felt different, she was smart and she was strong."
No wonder Gwendoline was "very, very starstruck" when she was introduced to Fisher. "When I meet someone I admire like that, I keep myself as far away as possible from the person, you know, don't bother them, eyes down at the floor. I am overcome with shyness. But, actually, Carrie was incredibly warm. Everyone around her felt electrified by her wit and humanity. She was so open about her struggles with mental illness. The sheer force of personality is ravishing."
As Captain Phasma in the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The same could be said of Gwendoline. It's no coincidence that the characters that have defined her career so far have been warriors ranging across the moral spectrum, from Brienne of Tarth – all goodness and altruistic selflessness – to the pure evil of Captain Phasma.
She inhabits the kind of roles that are still rare for women. Brienne of Tarth, for example, is considered to be plain looking. "It has been thrilling for me to play her, particularly since she is a woman much maligned by society due to the way she looks," she says.
I'm really not interested in talking about the bullying; what I am interested in is transcending that, because there is too much of an emphasis on suffering. We need to look at how we overcome it.
As for Captain Phasma, audiences didn't even get a glimpse of her face in The Force Awakens, the stormtrooper being clad from head to toe in metal.
"I've never really placed a huge emphasis on people's physical being," she says. "I remember Carrie Fisher referring to her body as her 'brain bag'."
It's a subject that fascinates the actor, who is as intellectually curious as she is warm and funny. "We are so used to seeing images of women who are mostly conventionally attractive, and frequently scantily clad, and I found that a little restrictive," she says. "We have had a homogenised view not just of women, but really of the world. I think we all want to see ourselves represented [on screen] in some way."
She has an affinity for playing outsiders, "characters that feel like they aren't seen and don't fit in. Most of my life I have felt somewhat outside of the conventions of society – and certainly outside the conventions of the acting community."
Gwendoline was born and raised in West Sussex, "the only product of my mother and father". She is deliberate about her choice of words, avoiding the term "only child".
In fact, she describes her early life as "idyllic – I grew up in the countryside surrounded by fields and forests. I used to play outside all the time. I was generally alone, but I loved to read."
Away from the sanctuary of her close-knit family, however, life was difficult. "I absolutely hated school because I was bullied quite a lot." She was bookish and "really enjoyed being in the library, but I didn't enjoy the other students".
Was she bullied because of her height? "I don't think it was just my height." She pauses. "I don't know. I'm really not interested in talking about the bullying; what I am interested in is transcending that, because there is too much of an emphasis on suffering. We need to look at how we overcome it."
She explains her own coping mechanism: "I looked for where the sunshine was – for those who'd be more accepting and stimulating."
As a child, Gwendoline threw herself into hobbies – dancing and rhythmic gymnastics (she had to stop because of a spine injury at age 11). "Retrospectively, I realise what I loved about gymnastics was the rigour of being disciplined and precise, and then applying the flow of emotion and imagination to that."
Films provided "escapism", she says, singling out Orlando (1992), directed by Sally Potter, as "important". I can't help mentioning that she has been compared to the film's star, Tilda Swinton. "Well, that is an incredibly generous comparison," she exclaims. "I think she is a truly exceptional artist; she is doing her own thing."
It's something Gwendoline has always done, too. Her parents were "incredibly supportive" and there's a story that when she was young her father told her, "You can do anything a boy can do."
"He didn't use those exact words," says Gwendoline. "But he did say, 'There's no reason why you can't achieve anything.' "
Intent on acting from an early age, she recalls watching films as a teenager and wondering why the women's parts were so often boring. "When we studied classical plays at school, I wanted to play the male parts. I didn't understand why women would be treated in a certain way just because they were women. It didn't make any sense. A lot of things didn't make any sense."
Life began to make more sense when Gwendoline left school and enrolled in art college. "I became friends with artists working in the fashion industry, and musicians. That is really where I found my family – unconventional people who were totally accepting of themselves in all of their colourfulness and extreme personalities."
She went on to study acting at Drama Centre, London – "a conservatoire with a classical training and method approach" which she describes as life-changing. "It was hard, 12 hours a day, six or seven days a week. It was psychologically rigorous. You were broken down and sometimes criticised. It caused you to have an internal investigation of who you were, and that gave me confidence. They trained us to be artists."
In her early 20s, Gwendoline also began working for the actor Simon Callow (Outlander, Four Weddings and a Funeral). "He gave me an enormous amount of confidence," she says. "He also educated me. He had an incredible house filled with music and books, and I looked after his two wonderful dogs. He is one of the closest and most trusted people in my life."
With Callow's support, Gwendoline's career took off via well-reviewed stage performances and supporting roles in films including The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, before being cast as Brienne of Tarth in 2011. In doing so, she defied predictions that she'd find it difficult to work because of her height.
In fact, her stature and dramatic looks played to her advantage. With friends in the world of couture – she was interested in fashion long before art college – Gwendoline was in high demand as a model and became a muse of Vivienne Westwood. These days, she often collaborates with her partner of five years, British fashion designer Giles Deacon.
She won't discuss her relationship with Deacon, citing her need for a private life that's just that. "Because of the phantasmagorical nature of being an actor, you have to have your own reality," she says.
She explains that her "friends, family and partner form such an essential part of that reality that I do everything I can to get home, to see people as much as possible – because it is that life which is going to feed your work".
Steering the subject back to her career, she happily tells me she is about to work alongside Steve Carell in The Women of Marwen. And she is enthusiastic about her recent role in Jane Campion's Top of the Lake: China Girl, the sequel to Campion's award-winning 2013 TV drama. In it, she played Miranda Hilmarson, a Sydney police officer assigned to work with detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) investigating the death of a woman whose body washes up on Bondi Beach.
A confirmed Campion fan, Gwendoline wrote to the New Zealand director pleading to be cast in the series, which also stars Nicole Kidman.
"I love Jane because she is interested in women, in a fairer balance between men and women, and she is very interested in the subject of misogyny." She adds that Top of the Lake: China Girl "deals with what it is to be a woman and a mother, what it is to deal with feeling marginalised".
Other than spending time with friends and family, Gwendoline's current focus is firmly on her career. So, what are her goals? "To create my own material – write it, direct it, design it, produce it. That is what I would love to do – if I wasn't so idle and lacking in imagination!"


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Happy birthday, Holly!
Hello! I'm Holly and I'm a Qualified Early Years Educator from Kettering Venture Park. I've been with Busy Bees for 5 years. During that time, I've gone from not being a very confident practitioner to doing my NVQ 2 in Team Leadership, and being able to lead in the absence of a senior and having the faith in myself to apply and be successful in coming on to this amazing trip to Singapore.
Our time is nearly up here and what an amazing experience we've all had! I have experienced a lot on both a professional level and a personal level. Whilst here I have thrown myself out of my comfort zone, whether it's going to Head Office and experiencing "Office Life" for the first time (which isn't usually part of my job), to having my feet eaten by fish in KL, to spending time with the group of UK seniors and managers, which turned out to be the biggest confidence boost I could possibly have had. I've had to share my view points with them during meal times in the evening which I've really enjoyed and I have not felt that there is a difference in our job roles. It's also helped me realise my voice is just as important as theirs and not be afraid to hold back when I've gotten homesick or when I haven't agreed with them on some subjects, or to share some amazing practice and experiences with them. I have also had the pleasure of sharing fabulous days and experiences with the group too.
I've really loved being in setting at Pat's Schoolhouse at The Grassroots' Club. Elsie and Raisah at the setting have been fundamental in what I've learnt there. I've loved being in Nursery (which is 3-4-year olds). There was an initial shock in the difference in teaching styles but as I've stayed with the class the more I've seen the benefits, which I will be taking back to the UK with me along with many activity ideas.
I've also gained a bond with a couple of the children which I think will stay with me for a very long time. I think that all three of us (Kirsty, Hannah and I) arrived at the setting as guests but have now left with many friends.
Whilst here I celebrated my 30th Birthday, which at times has made me emotional, because I'm not used to being made a huge fuss out of, it's made me really appreciate the bond our group has gained throughout this experience; I really couldn't have imagined experiencing Singapore and KL with anyone else. On my 30th we went to the top of the Sky Park at Marina Bay Sands which had the most stunning view. I then got very spoilt by the girls with the presents I got, they noticed the little things I liked such as Lego, Star Wars and books, which really touched me. My setting also got me a birthday cake, and sang Happy Birthday to me in Chinese and English which was lovely.
I have loved every minute of this experience. I arrived with a combination of excitement and nervousness; I'm leaving with more knowledge, confidence, and memories that will last a lifetime.
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With the increasing complexity and functionality availability in next-generation firewalls and 'virtual' firewalls, it is especially important to ensure these are configured and managed correctly.
A full review of the ruleset will be investigated in line with the security architecture and the business supporting services after understanding gained from the operational use of the security device.
Weak / obsolete firewall rules could expose unnecessary service information of the servers hosting the business applications which could aid an attacker to exploit the weakness following a compromise.
The firewall security assessment will commence with a review of the compliance and security policies the business has agreed to.
Our consultant will request documents are made available by the client for review. This will include policies, applicable change requests and firewall setup documentation as well as a network diagram detailing positioning of the firewall in-scope for analysis by JAW Consulting UK.
This review will be conducted from the perspective of a white box audit.
It is critical any documentation about the firewall configuration, firewall rules set and any subsequent change control paperwork are reflected in the actual current state of the firewall. As part of the review, any variants with the paperwork will be raised as a finding.
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The client will also need to supply electronically ideally a copy of the firewall configuration and rule base.
If the firewall is from a shared service provider, rules only pertaining to the business and any general rules need to be provided. Rule ordering and priority is also important and this information should be included with any provided firewall rule base details.
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Two news articles from the Toronto Star describe the sudden appearance of balanced rocks in the Humber River. It's a cute application of centers and binaries.
Who made the mystery statues in the Humber River?
Thanks to Skip Hills for submitting these articles!


I asked Kimberly if I could use her letter here because she is much nicer than I am when talking about the needs of people who use Medicaid.
I'm going to start this letter by telling you the truth. I just turned nine-months-old yesterday, so Nana said she'd write this letter for me. I just don't want to deceive you.
I have a really rare syndrome called Eagle's Barrett. It effects like 1 in 40,000 kids and I just happen to be one of them. You see, Mr. President Trump, I don't have any stomach muscles. And there's a long list of stuff that goes with this syndrome referred to as prune belly because my stomach is shriveled up like a prune. Actually, you can see my liver protruding from my tummy and I have chronic kidney disease and a whole long list of other stuff. I'm really lucky 'cuz a lot of kids with what I have don't live and 20 percent succumb to the disease before the age of two. But Nana and Uncle Anthony say I'm blessed and everyone has challenges in life, so I'm not different, I'm special like everyone.
Anyway, my operation to get stomach muscles is going to cost a lot of money; like in the six figures money. And there's no way my family can afford this type of drastic surgery.
My Mom and Dad are really sick so my Uncle Anthony is going to adopt me. And when you adopt a kid, the insurance they had with their parents follows them. So, I am on Medicaid and have a lot of doctors at the University of Iowa who depend on me to see them regularly so they can say I need this or that to stay healthy. I really don't get all of it, but so far I'm doing really good.
I will not be able to sit on my own for long periods of time without the operation to build stomach muscles; I will not be able to crawl or walk and, my chronic kidney disease and a long list of other things can never be cured, so hopefully with a good food like green beans and stuff, I won't have to have a kidney transplant. However, lots of kids have to go on what is called dialysis. I don't know what that is, but it doesn't sound good.
I am smart and am doing things that normal nine-month-old babies don't do. I have eight teeth and wave hi and bye-bye and arch my eyebrows when someone talks like a baby to me. Please. I'm smarter than that.
I am funny and everyone stops me and says "he's the cutest baby I've ever seen." I've enclosed a picture. I'm not vain, but I do feel I was born for a purpose. Even when I was in Mommy's tummy, I fought to stay alive and here I am ready to do my part in the world to make it a better place. Maybe one day when I'm all grown up, I'll be a senator, or even President like you, and tell the world what you did for me so that I could have a healthy and successful life.
So, here's what I'm asking, and I'm sorry to put you in this position, but I think you're the only one who can make a difference in my life. I don't want my insurance to change and, in return for helping me and other kids like me, when you grow older, maybe I could come visit you and tell you how much I appreciate and respect what you did for me by supporting Medicaid. My Uncle Anthony would make sure that I always know that you are the one who helped me achieve the things I knew I could achieve.
Thank you for wanting to be president and helping everyone not only like me, but poor people and sick people who need help to survive.
Nana says "We are our brother's keeper" and that's what I will grow up believing.


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Q: Error sending email with gmail I have the following code:
 Email email = new SimpleEmail();
    email.setHostName("smtp.googlemail.com");
    email.setSmtpPort(465);
    email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator("ruth.sistem@gmail.com", "XXXXXX"));
    email.setSSLOnConnect(true);
    email.setFrom("ruth.sistem@gmail.com");
    email.setSubject("TestMail");
    email.setMsg("This is a test mail ... :-)");
    email.addTo("ruth.sistem@gmail.com");
    email.send();

I can not connect to gmail, an error burst with connection appears, however all connection information are correct, do not know what is blocking the connection from my code for sending the email, I can not send a simple email and I do not slightest idea what it is.
 org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException: Sending the email to the following server failed :                                                          smtp.googlemail.com:465
at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.sendMimeMessage(Email.java:1410)
at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.send(Email.java:1437)
at com.observatorioLegislativo.util.EmailTeste.enviaEmailSimples(EmailTeste.java:27)
at com.observatorioLegislativo.util.EmailTeste.<init>(EmailTeste.java:13)
at com.observatorioLegislativo.bean.Teste.main(Teste.java:41)
Caused by: javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.googlemail.com,  port: 465;
 nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1972)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:642)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:317)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:176)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:125)
at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:194)
at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:124)
at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.sendMimeMessage(Email.java:1400)
... 4 more

Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:317)
at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:207)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1938)
... 11 more

appreciate the help

A: I believe that snippet is taken from the Apache Commons Email API User Guide.
GMail blocks Access for less secure apps by default for security reasons so this might be causing your problem (as it did mine).
Log in to your GMail account and go to this URL:
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

Set to Enable.
Email email = new SimpleEmail();

try {
    email.setHostName("smtp.googlemail.com");
    email.setSmtpPort(465);
    email.setAuthenticator(
        new DefaultAuthenticator("hogwarts-mailer@gmail.com", "password"));
    email.setSSLOnConnect(true); // disable in case of EmailException
    email.setFrom("hogwarts-school@gmail.com", "Hogwarts School");
    email.setSubject("Hogwarts Acceptance Letter");
    email.setMsg("We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at "
        + "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.");
    email.addTo("harry-potter@hedwig.com");
    email.send();

} catch(EmailException ee) {
    ee.printStackTrace();
}

DISCLAIMER:
By doing so, you have disabled one of GMail's security features.
  Proceed at your own risk (or use a dummy email).

Related reading: Sending E-Mail Using GMail SMTP via Apache Commons Emails

A: Not required to put it in try and catch only changing the settings in gmail to allow lesser secure apps will do.
Just go to:
1.My account>>Sign in & Security>>Scroll to the bottom of the page and u will see the section:"Allow less secure apps: OFF"
2.Just turn it on and it will be done.
Img:Secure access image

A: This happened to me as well when I tried to send email from ktor server app using SimpleEmail. The difference in my case was that I had my email at custom g-suit domain with 2-step verification turned on and I couldn't use "less secure apps" settings:

This setting is not available for accounts with 2-Step Verification enabled. Such accounts require an application-specific password for less secure apps access

I generated app spefific password and used it instead of my main gmail password and it worked.
        val email = SimpleEmail()
        email.hostName = "smtp.gmail.com"
        email.setSmtpPort(587)
        email.setAuthenticator(DefaultAuthenticator("info@customdomain.app", "APPLICATION_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD"))
        email.isSSLOnConnect = true
        email.setFrom("info@customdomain.app")
        email.subject = "TestMail"
        email.setMsg("This is a test mail... :-)")
        email.addTo("foo@bar.com")
        email.send()

Create app password info

A: Since Google has disabled 3rd party app access
you may need to create an App password and use that in your application it may work.
you can create an app password from here.
    val email = SimpleEmail()
    email.hostName = "smtp.googlemail.com"
    email.setSmtpPort(587)
    email.setAuthenticator(DefaultAuthenticator("YOUR_EMAIL", "APP_PASSWORD"))
    email.isSSLOnConnect = true
    email.setFrom("YOUR_EMAIL")
    email.subject = "Test Email"
    email.setMsg("Mail testing")
    email.addTo("recipient email.")
    val mime = email.send()

A: Try smtp.gmail.com, and Port 587.  These are the settings I use. (With STARTTLS, but 'normal' password for authentication....I believe your SSLOnConnect is fine the way it is)

A: The JavaMail FAQ has tips for debugging connection problems.
Most likely there's a firewall or antivirus program preventing you from connecting.


text:
Q: Configure Jenkins to Execute tests in UFT I am running UFT Test Suite manually on the host machine, however i now have the requirement to run the smoke tests as soon as the new build is delivered in jenkins. For that i need to run the test suite automatically using Jenkings. Can someone help me in the direction, how this can be achieved? I have never used Jenkins before.

A: Looks like theres a plugin for Jenkins which enables integration with HP UFT.  Take a look at the Jenkins wiki page for instructions about how to install and use it.

A: As you didn't mention that you are using ALM so I am assuming that you have some kind of driver script in vbs which runs your test suite. You do not necessarily require any plugin in jenkins to run your UFT suite(however you can also check the suggestion given in the previous answer). Create a job in jenkins and call your vbs file (driver file) or a bat file which kicks off your execution your test machine.
Your test execution machine can be configured as jenkins slave. Only thing which you need to take care off is to remove the settings which can let go your jenkins slave machine which is your uft execution machine in standby mode or locked user mode(uft scripts will fail otherwise). You can handle this by configuring windows settings(if admin allows) or by using some small scripts to move mouse after some intervals.
Your test execution job in jenkins(master) machine can be made dependent on the job which goes to success when new build is available. As soon as new build is available - that job goes to success then your Test job gets notified and connects to UFT execution machine(slave) and starts running your test.

A: I am trying to integrate ALM with jenkins but not working
Started by user admin
Running as SYSTEM
Building in workspace C:\JENKINSHOME\workspace\CLRP_AUTO_RN
[CLRP_AUTO_RN] $ C:\JENKINSHOME\workspace\CLRP_AUTO_RN\HpToolsLauncher.exe -paramfile props05092020010832244.txt
"Started..."
Timeout is set to: -1
Run mode is set to: RUN_PLANNED_HOST
Unable to retrieve test set folder: Node not found.
Node not found.
Starting test set execution
Test set name: CLRP Smoke Test Automation Run, Test set id: 104
Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))
Could not create scheduler, please verify ALM client installation on run machine by downloading and in installing the add-in form: http://almserver:8080/qcbin/TDConnectivity_index.html
Build step 'Execute Micro Focus functional tests from Micro Focus ALM' changed build result to FAILURE
Finished: FAILURE


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East Riding, Parishes
HESLINGTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892.
Heslington Parish main page
Wapentake and Petty Sessional Division of Ouse and Derwent - County Council Electoral Division of Heslington - Poor Law Union and County Court District of York - Rural Deanery of Bulmer - Archdeaconry of Cleveland - Diocese of York.
This parish is situated partly on the outskirts and partly within the city of York. Prior to March 25th, 1884, the parish was divided into the two townships of Heslington St. Paul's and Heslington St. Lawrence, but by a Local Government Order, which came into operation on the above date, the two townships were united, and the parish designated Heslington. Its total area is 2,655 acres rateable value, £4,269; and its population in 1881 was 477. The soil is gravel and sand, and the subsoil sand.
The manor of Heslington formerly belonged to the Heskeths, a junior branch of the Lancashire family of that name, and passed in marriage to the Yarburghs, now represented by Robert Wilfred Bateson de Yarburgh, Esq., J.P., who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Captain W. H. Key, of Water Fulford Hall, and Matthew Imeson, Esq., Pickhill, Thirsk, have also estates in the parish.
The village is pleasantly situated on the eastern side of the vale of the Ouse, about two miles east-south-east of York, and consists of a few farmsteads and cottages, two inns, the church, two dissenting chapels, a school-house, and the grand old hall, which gives to it the charm of antiquity. The church of St. Paul, rebuilt in 1858, on the site of an earlier structure, is a handsome stone edifice in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and western tower surmounted by a spire. The total cost was about £3,000, which was defrayed by George and Alicia Maria Lloyd, of Stockton Hall. Mrs. Lloyd was the daughter and eventual heiress of John Greame, Esq., of Sewerby House, and granddaughter of Charles Yarburgh, Esq., of Heslington. The interior fittings are of oak, and the font of Caen stone. All the windows are filled with stained glass. The reredos was a subsequent addition, erected at the cost of the late Mrs. Bateson de Yarburgh. It is divided into five principal compartments, with smaller ones, and stone columns between. In the centre panel is a Maltese cross, and in the others are the four evangelists. The cross and figures are executed in mosaic work, with very small coloured tiles on a rich gold ground. The chancel floor was also laid at the same time with encaustic tiles, in a pretty design. The registers date from about the middle of the 17th century. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, and incumbency of the Rev. Frederick Peel, Mus. Bac., Oxon. Its net yearly value is £285, derived from 44 acres of glebe, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and Queen Anne's Bounty. It was formerly in the gift of the Prebendary of Ampleforth, in York Cathedral, and to whom the rectorial tithe, amounting to £190, still belongs.
The Vicarage House, presented by the lord of the manor when the parish was separated from that of St. Lawrence, is an antiquated building in which the Rev. Sidney Smith once resided. A picture of it is given in the last published life of the great wit.
There are two nonconformist chapels in the village, one belonging to the Wesleyans, built in 1844, and the other to the Primitive Methodists, by whom it was purchased from the Independents about seven years ago. The National school, with master's residence attached, is a neat red brick building with stone dressings. Over the entrance is the following inscription :- " This school was projected by the late lamented Yarburgh Yarburgh, Esq., and erected by his sister and her husband, George and Alicia Maria Lloyd, as an affectionate tribute to his memory, 1856." The school will accommodate 90 children, and has an average attendance of 56. The old school, built in 1795, has been converted into a dwelling-house.
A hospital for eight poor men and one poor woman, of the age of 50 years or upwards, was founded in 1608 by Sir Thomas Hesketh (the then lord of the manor), who endowed it with a rent-charge, now yielding £45 a year, out of Castle Mills at York. It was further endowed, by one of the founder's family, with £5 a year, paid by the representatives of the late Lady Amherst; and R. W. Bateson de Yarburgh, Esq., gives £20 annually. According to the terms of the will, if a male inmate dies, leaving a widow, the latter cannot retain possession of the dwelling longer than one month. The original hospital stood near the mansion of the lord of the manor, but in 1795 Henry Yarburgh, Esq., took it down, and erected the present more commodious building on the west side of the hall, but without the grounds.
Heslington Hall, which has long been the residence of the Yarburgh family, is a fine old red brick building in the Elizabethan style. Its walls are almost hidden beneath a mantle of ivy, which adds to its picturesque appearance. An inscription on the south wall of the south wing states that - "this ancient mansion was originally erected by Thomas Rymes, Esq., one of Queen Elizabeth's Council for the northern part of England, and secretary and keeper of Her Majesty's seal for the said Council, A.D. 1578. It was restored, altered, and enlarged by Yarburgh Yarburgh, Esq., in 1854." It retains, however, much of its original appearance, and is a fine example of a mansion of the time of Queen Elizabeth. It consists of a centre block, with north and south wings, enclosing three sides of a square. In the centre of this square, surrounded by a velvety lawn, stands the figure of a hunter in sylvan costume, with a quiver of arrows slung from his shoulder, and holding a deer by the horns. The principal entrance is by an ornamental porch, ascended by steps which lead to a spacious hall, with an elegant and elaborately carved roof. Around the walls are shields painted on panels, 60 in number, bearing the arms of the family and their alliances up to the present time. There are also several portraits of the family and others, by renowned artists. The drawing-room, 30 feet in length, corresponds in style. Adjoining are several other apartments, and there was formerly a gallery 108 feet in length. The gardens are extensive, and contain a number of fine old hollies and yew trees, retaining the fantastic shapes into which they were trained and cut, according to the style of gardening prevalent a century or two ago. This hall is said to have been erected and arranged for the reception of Queen Elizabeth, had Her Majesty visited the north.
The Yarburgh family is one of great antiquity in the country. About the time of the Norman Conquest they were seated at Yarburgh, in Lincolnshire, of which place they were lords, and they continued to reside there for several centuries. About 300 years ago, they settled at Balne and Snaith, in the West Riding, where two of them attained the honour of knighthood. James Yarburgh, Esq., of Snaith Hall, godson to King James II. and one of His Majesty's pages of honour, acquired the lordship of Heslington by his marriage with Anne, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Hesketh, Esq. By this marriage there were seven sons and three daughters: the eldest of the latter married Sir John Vaubrugh, Knt., the famous architect of whom the wit wrote -
"Lie heavy on him, earth, for he
Laid many a heavy load on thee."
Four of the sons inherited the estates in succession, the last of whom, Charles, married, first, Mary Griffin, of Wirksworth, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He married, secondly, Sarah Griffin, of Wirksworth, and by her had two sons and five daughters. Mary, the eldest daughter, married the Rev. Wm. Coates, but died without issue. Four of the daughters of the second marriage died young. Sarah, the third daughter, married John Greame, Esq., by whom she had a son, Yarburgh Greame, Esq., and a daughter, Alicia Maria, who married George Lloyd, Esq., of Stockton Hall, and had issue - George John, Yarburgh Gamaliel, Henry, Edward, and a daughter.
Mr. Charles Yarburgh died in 1789, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who, dying issueless in 1825, the estates devolved upon the eldest surviving son of the second marriage, Nicholas Edmund Yarburgh, Esq., D.L., Major of the 3rd regiment provisional Militia, and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1836. This gentleman was never married, and at his death was succeeded by his nephew, Yarburgh Greame, Esq., of Sewerby, who assumed the surname and arms of Yarburgh. At his death, without children, the property descended to his nephew, George John Lloyd, who, in 1857 assumed the surname and arms of Yarburgh in place of those of Lloyd. He married Mary Antonia, daughter of Samuel Chetham Hilton, Esq., of Pennington Hall, Lancashire, by whom he had two daughters, Mary Elizabeth, and Susan Anne. The former married George William, third son of Sir Robert Bateson, Bart., and inherited the property on the death of her father. Mr. Bateson thereon assumed, by royal licence, the family name of de Yarburgh. Robert Wilfrid Bateson de Yarburgh, the present owner of the estate and lord of the manor, is the eldest son of this marriage.
The parish accounts go back to the year 1716, and contain amusing examples of the spelling and doings of those days. The two largest items in the churchwardens' books were always "pade for the churchwardings dinner at visitation," and "spent in ale at the lection of churchwardins." Of the total amount raised annually for church rate, more than one half was paid away for dinners and ale. Another curious item, which occurs on almost every page, is paid for "foumard's head . . . . fourpence."
The churchwardens were occasionally very unmanageable officials, who gave the clergyman no small amount of annoyance, as the following extract from an old book, dated August 1st, 1647, will show
"At York Castle. - John Garthwayte, clerk, deposeth that one Herbert Cook, being churchwarden of Heslington, detayneth the register book belonging to the sayd towne, insomuch as this that the minister cannot therein record the names of such persons as are baptized and buried within that parish. And the sayd Herbert Cook sayd that he would burn the sayd register before he would deliver it unto him. The said Herbert Cook is an ordinary frequenter of alehouses upon the Sabbath and Fasting Dayes, and he hath been seen drunk several times on those dayes. He is by common fame a babbler and quarreller. He is such a contentious spirit that his neighbours stand in awe of him in respect of suites at law, and he hath now a dozen suites on foot. The parson actually saw him one daye bunching an old man, and he hath often seen him distempered with drink. The sayd Cook, moreover, did undertake, for twenty shillings, to keep all the company of weavers within the city of York seven years in suite."
Formerly, service was held in the church only once a month, and it was conducted with a view to brevity. Within the memory of the older inhabitants a few years back, we are told, football was freely indulged in by the youths of the village on Sundays, in the churchyard. The old church was a Norman building, remarkable for nothing except its antiquity and its dilapidated condition. The pulpit was an old "three decker," reaching almost to the roof, and large enough for York minster; and the high-backed box pews so completely concealed their occupants, that they were not unfrequently used as sleeping apartments.
[Description(s) from Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892)]
Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades in Bulmer's Directory of 1892.
[Last updated at 10.17 on Sunday, 22 December 2019, by Colin Hinson. ©2019]
Last updated Thu, 16/04/2020 - 10:08 - maintained by Colin Hinson


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package org.apache.hadoop.fs;

import org.junit.BeforeClass;

import java.io.IOException;

import static org.apache.hadoop.test.PlatformAssumptions.assumeNotWindows;

public class TestSymlinkLocalFSFileContext extends TestSymlinkLocalFS {

  @BeforeClass
  public static void testSetup() throws Exception {
    FileContext context = FileContext.getLocalFSFileContext();
    wrapper = new FileContextTestWrapper(context);
  }

  @Override
  public void testRenameFileWithDestParentSymlink() throws IOException {
    assumeNotWindows();
    super.testRenameFileWithDestParentSymlink();
  }
}


text:
Horizon Zero Dawn Series coming from Titan!
Comic News, Games, Titan
Titan Comics and Guerrilla embark on an exciting adventure together, as they announce the first original comic book series set in the world of the global smash-hit PS4 game Horizon Zero Dawn. The hotly-anticipated debut issue is set to arrive in stores summer 2020 with a cover by superstar artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau.
Set on a far future Earth, where nature has reclaimed the planet but massive, animal-like machines now rule the land, Horizon Zero Dawn follows the story of Aloy, an extraordinary young woman whose quest to solve the riddle of her mysterious origins takes her deep into the ruins of the ancient past.
Released in 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn garnered praise from both fans and critics alike, receiving numerous awards including the 2018 Writers Guild of America Award for Achievement in Videogame Writing and the 2018 BAFTA Games Award for Original Property.
Titan's new comic book series – co-created by Anne Toole, one of the writers of Horizon Zero Dawn, with artwork by fan-favorite artist Ann Maulina – takes place after the events of the game as Talanah, a strong and determined hunter, struggles to find purpose after her trusted friend Aloy disappears. When a mysterious threat emerges in the wilds, she sets out to hunt and to defeat it, only to learn that a whole new breed of killer machines stalk the land!
Issue #1 is set to debut in comic stores on July 22, 2020, with a range of amazing variant covers to collect, including artwork by superstar artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, fan-favorite digital illustrator Loish, Peach Momoko (Captain Marvel, Black Widow), original game art, plus much more! Fans of Horizon Zero Dawn can also look forward to a one-shot prequel comic book, which leads into this brand-new issue #1 to be released as part of Free Comic Book Day 2020
"Fans are going to absolutely love the stories we have to tell of Talanah and Aloy as we expand the Horizon Zero Dawn universe in this new comic series. I'm really excited to see their reaction when this explosive new story arrives." – Tolly Mags – Horizon Zero Dawn comic editor.
Horizon Zero Dawn #1 hits comic stores and digital devices on July 22, 2020, and will be available to pre-order from the Diamond Previews May catalog.
For further news and developments, follow Titan Comics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Updated: July 10, 2020 — 12:58 pm
Tags: Guerrilla, Horizon Zero Dawn, Maulina, Titan Comics, Toole
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RAWALPINDI: The 72nd Independence Day was celebrated on Tuesday with full zeal and enthusiasm amid tight security arrangements as 2,000 policemen were deployed in the city.
The main flag hoisting ceremony of Rawalpindi Division was held at the auditorium of Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) where ADC to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Col (retd) Zahoor Akhtar Kiyani was the chief guest.
Rawalpindi Commissioner Saif Anjum, Mayor Sardar Naseem, Regional Police Officer Fayyaz Ahmed, DC Umer Jahangir, Additional Commissioner Tariq Salam Marwat, City Police Officer Abbas Ahsan and Resident Director RAC Waqar Ahmed attended the ceremony.
The ceremony was also attended by district and police officers, notables, members of Christian and Sikh communities, transgender people, school children and the people belonging to various walks of life.
At the Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench. Senior Judge Ibadur Rehman Lodhi and Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf hoisted the national flag.
A contingent of the Punjab Police presented the guard of honor. Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation Flag Hoisting Ceremony was held at Flashman's Hotel.
Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Zahid Latif Khan hoisted the flage at the chamber. Senior Vice President Nasir Mirza, Vice President Khalid Farooq Qazi, former president Sohail Altaf, members of the executive committee and a large number of traders attended the ceremony.
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) organized a flag hoisting ceremony at ANF headquarters to celebrate Independence Day with full enthusiasm.
A flag hoisting and cake cutting ceremony was organised by district police at Police Lines, Headquarters. SP Headquarters Ali Raza hoisted the national flag. Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) and Pir Mehr Ali Shah- Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi also organized programmes to celebrate the day.
Elaborate security arrangements were made and around 500 police personnel were also deployed in Murree which was thronged by thousands of visitors from across the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 15th, 2018.


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Does anyone out there know what a haiku is?
Why yes, yes, we learned it in school. It's a Japanese poetic form consisting of seventeen syllables, divided into three lines of five, seven and five syllables.
And yet there are still people in the world who believe themselves to be showing off their intelligence and even, ye Gods, sensitivity, by attempting to "compose" haiku extempore. I've seen it happen in real life as well as on the internet (obviously)and in Simpsons episodes about precocious kids. It's horrendous. The fact is that, unless you have decided to adopt some restriction of English metre or rhyme, the haiku is free verse, end of story. The intellectual effort needed to fit the seventeen syllables is equivalent to solving crossword puzzles in one dimension. It's much less intellectually challenging a form than the limerick, for example; damn few people can write a good one of those.
How the hell did the haiku get so popular? I can only blame English teachers. Nobody, apart from a few freaks, Orientalists and other statistical anomalies, would have bothered with trying to import this form into English otherwise. Obviously, as with so many abstruse and foreign forms, Ezra Pound has to cop some of the blame for introducing the English speaking world to the bloody thing in the first place, but I find it rather difficult to believe that a single one of these 456 people has ever heard of him (yup).
The point is that the haiku has the considerable advantage as a form of verse that it can be written badly with next to no mental effort. It is therefore an ideal verse form to teach to people who are too thick to be worth teaching and who don't want to learn; for example, computer science students on compulsory liberal arts courses. Furthermore, it's easier to mark than free verse; it's just a matter of counting to seventeen and checking that the line breaks are in roughly the right place, optional caesura, optional seasonal image, ten out of ten for you little Clyde and no messy embarrassment at having to tell someone that their precious piece of self-expression is no bloody good. The haiku cult allows you to sit down and perform a quick, straightforward quantitative check to see whether what you are reading is poetry or not, and how many of us could do with one of those? And so, a hundred thousand kids every year get an embossed certificate notarised by the government to tell the world that they're not devoid of an inner life. Talk about grade inflation.
Update: It appears that not everybody agrees with me. Very well then, I fight dirty. Try reading through your slim volumes of Basho after I inform you that if a haiku has the right number of syllables, it can be sung to the tune of the first three lines of "Agadoo" by Black Lace.


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«Encyclopedic Games» as a Way of Historical Reflection
Vladislav V. Kirichenko+−
Vladislav V. Kirichenko
Encyclopedic Games
Historical Reflection
Places of Memory
Cultural Memory
History of Everyday Life
History of Mentality
Kirichenko, V. (2019). «Encyclopedic Games» as a Way of Historical Reflection. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies, 1(4), 130-152. https://doi.org/10.24411/2658-7734-2019-10040
This paper is devoted to the analysis of the specifics of historical reflection in computer games. The author shows how games can accumulate history, reflect on it, transform it for the sake of game conventions, and also change cultural memory in some way. Gameful historiography is sometimes associated with the concepts of "edutainment" and "serious game", which have as their goal the teaching of historical material. However, the author's term "encyclopedic game" is used in the study to designate such types of games that in their essence can be "read" as a form of reliable knowledge, but at the same time, they were created as independent products with a partially fictional world. The main objective of the study is an attempt to identify ways of organizing historical material in the form of a computer game. During the study, the author describes the general features of the history of games and its problems, justifies the use of the term "encyclopedic game", and identifies various types of "encyclopedicism". As a result, the author concludes that the "encyclopedic game" is a unique form of medium of computer games that can embody the history of everyday life and mentality in the "total" form.
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Email: kirlimfaul[at]gmail.com


So, where on earth did I get the concept of Fassbendering from? Well, I first really noticed Michael Fassbender when he played Azazeal in Hex, and my reaction to the show was pretty much "meh, pale Buffy rip-off, but serious kudos to that guy who's really enjoying himself far too much as the Big Bad". Later on I realised that he was the actor from Guinness ad who dived off the Cliffs of Moher and swam to New York to say "Sorry" to his brother for hitting on the brother's girlfriend. The fact that Fassbender had ended that ad by grinning and appearing to hit on the brother's girlfriend again, suggested a trend – this was a guy who just couldn't stop grinning mischievously because he was always enjoying himself far too much. Fassbender fell off my radar for a while so I only belatedly noticed that he grinned with some malevolence in Rupert Everett's BBC TV movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, as he got to be both an impeccably impassive servant and a sadistic serial killer; who, several years before Heath Ledger's Joker, took a distinct pleasure in being tortured by Holmes. I also later caught up with ITV's Poirot and discovered that Fassbender had smoked, drank, drawled and grinned his way thru After the Funeral.
But, daft as it sounds, it was Fassbender's subsequent role in Hunger that led me to go online and define Fassbendering, because, when announcing the casting news from Cannes the Irish Times, for reasons best known to themselves, decided to accompany the story that Fassbender was taking on this big serious role in what one would expect to be a grim sombre film, with a photo of Fassbender cracking up on set – as if there was nothing on this planet, not decency, not logic, that could prevent Fassbender from enjoying himself too much… And indeed Hunger did provide one moment which I deemed Fassbendering above and beyond the call of duty. In the midst of a serious performance in a serious film he still managed to sneak in a scene where, after being beaten up and then dropped naked and bloodied on the floor of his cell, his Bobby Sands rolls over, blood streaming from his mouth, and slowly grins at the camera… On retrospect this is obviously the moment where Sands realises he can defeat his captors by doing this to himself by going on hunger strike, but would anyone but Fassbender dare to do communicate this by a grin, that also serves to indicate that he knows he is doing a great job with this role and still can't quite believe his luck.
Fassbender had a straight man role in Inglourious Basterds opposite Mike Myers' absurdist British officer, and then in one of the tensest sequences in the film, but I argue that he was able to play things straight because he didn't need to Fassbender, he'd already infected the entire ensemble. Christoph Waltz's ecstatic glee at his role is pure Fassbendering, especially his appreciation of the musical qualities of Italian names and Diane Kruger's explanation of her leg injury, during which he has to go off to one side to laugh himself sick. The trailer for Jonah Hex left me in tears of laughter as Fassbender's first appearance as henchman Burke saw him grinning manically while dressed as a droog and setting fire to a barn with someone trapped in it. You can only hope that one day Fassbender gets to truly cut loose with the madmen/auteurs behind the Crank films.
So what is Fassbendering? I used 300 for the definition because it's the supreme example of a man just obviously enjoying himself far too much for something that's meant to be paid work, hence my quip – "On being handed the cheque he probably said 'No, really I couldn't. It's just been such a blast. Can I keep the cape?" Now, Fassbendering is not unique to Fassbender, but only in one sense as I will argue in a minute. I would argue that the Red Hot Chili Peppers can be audibly heard Fassbendering their way thru BloodSugarSexMagik because when you listen to it you feel that they would do this for free, they are so obviously deriving too much enjoyment from their paid work. But Fassbendering always has a positive undertone, what is enjoyable for the performer is enjoyable for the audience too, unlike fiascos like Ocean's 12 where a group of actors obviously having a ball does not translate into the warm hug of the audience that the same actors having a ball provides in Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 13. Fassbendering therefore is high praise when I use it for another actor, as I have occasionally done (Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Importance of Being Lady Bracknell, Death of A Salesman, 7 Reasons to Love Scott Pilgrim, The Field, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Pygmalion, X-Men: First Class).


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from __future__ import print_function
import peewee
from playhouse.migrate import PostgresqlMigrator, migrate

from redash.models import db
from redash import models

if __name__ == '__main__':
    db.connect_db()
    migrator = PostgresqlMigrator(db.database)

    cursor = db.database.execute_sql("SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name='alerts' and column_name='rearm';")
    if cursor.rowcount > 0:
        print("Column exists. Skipping.")
        exit()

    with db.database.transaction():
        migrate(
            migrator.add_column('alerts', 'rearm', models.Alert.rearm),
        )

    db.close_db(None)


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Nuclear Issues--North Korea nuclear program (25)
International Relations--U.S. foreign policy (20)
International Relations--Diplomacy (16)
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(-) Conflict & Conflict Resolution--Governance (2)
International Relations--NATO (2)
Governance--Middle East policy (1)
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(-) Broadcast Appearance (5)
(-) Future of Diplomacy Project (5)
Middle East Initiative (3)
Analysis & Opinions - MSNBC
How Will Trump's Iran Deal Decision Impact Foreign Policy?
Jake Sullivan
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Before President Trump announces his decision on the Iran Deal, Former US Ambassador to NATO Nick Burns and Former Senior Policy Advisor for Hillary Clinton's Campaign Jake Sullivan join Andrea Mitchell to discuss what this decision could mean for foreign policy.
Analysis & Opinions - EastWest Institute
Podcast: A Changing U.S. Foreign Policy
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Staffing gaps and significant personnel changes at the State Department have raised concerns about the direction of U.S. foreign policy, especially amid public statements by President Donald Trump concerning American alliances and positions on issues around the world. Ambassador Cameron Munter invites Ambassador Nicholas Burns to share his insights and ideas, including on timely topics such as the U.S.-Russia relationship following the re-election of Vladimir Putin, Transatlantic relations and changing perceptions about the future role of NATO, and a possible meeting between President Trump and his North Korean counterpart on nuclear nonproliferation and security.
Ambassador Burns was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President George W. Bush. Prior to that assignment, he was also U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Currently, Burns is the Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and also director of The Future of Diplomacy Project.
Can Pompeo, Mattis impact Bolton's role?
| Mar. 23, 2018
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Cafe Bernard welcomed new owners Sept. 1. Alejandro Vazquez and Anabel Meza deftly serve up the traditional French fare we love and expect and bring a breath of fresh air to the much beloved cafe. Our breakfast Saturday was truly divine and prompted this letter: potatoes were perfectly crisp outside and seasoned to perfection, herbs de Provence in just the right amount in my omelette and the waffles were so light and airy my husband literally closed his eyes to savor that first heavenly bite. The cafe is scrubbed clean, with crisp white curtains, and the case is stuffed with the fresh-baked goods we all adore. This couple, who have almost 30 years between them in the Roaring Fork Valley's restaurants, are the ideal people to carry on Cafe Bernard's tradition. In fact, the Cafe's ever-present French Maid gracing the Midland Avenue side of the building is named Annabelle. Go meet Alejandro and Anabel and enjoy Bernard's 2.0!
The wreath has been hung on the Aspen Chapel tower for 34 years during the holiday season. It would not be there without the cooperation and help of John Howard and his crew: Javi, Javier and Juan. The 9-foot wreath is carried out from storage, the bow attached, and, with Michael Bonds in the tower running the winch, it is maneuvered around the deck roofs with cables and lifted into position. They also help us take it down and put it away.
All of us at the chapel are grateful to John and his crew for the time they give from their busy schedules to make this happen each year. A special thank-you to them and all the workers who make Aspen look so magical during the holidays.


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title: "Pudasjärven metsästysseuran kesäkokous 6.8.2016"
author: "Hannu Nissi"
modified: 2016-08-12
tags:
  - metsästys
  - vuosikokous
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## Pudasjärven metsästysseuran alueella huonot metsäkanalintukannat
Pudasjärven metsästysseura piti kesäkokoustaan lauantaina 6.elokuuta.2016

Kokouksessa todettiin, että alueen metsäkanalintukannat ovat hyvin huonot. Yksi poikue on havaittu. Vesilintukannat lienevät jonkinlaisella tasolla. Sen sijaan jäniksiä on enemmän kuin edellisinä vuosina, mutta ensimmäiset havainnot jänisrutosta on jo tehty.

## Hirvenmetsästys
Hirvikanta  on  vähintään edellisen vuoden tasolla ja suunta on ylöspäin. Hirvikannan kasvun negatiiviset vaikutukset on seuran  alueella  havaittu. Jo kaksi pahaa hirvikolaria seuran alueella on tapahtunut tämän kesän aikana. Todettiin, että nyt on syytä erityiseen varovaisuuteen iltojen pimetessä.

## Metsästyskiintiöt
Metsästyskiintiöistä päätettiin rauhoittaa metsäkauris kokonaan ja entinen Tuulisalmen alue rauhoittaa kokonaan pienriistan metsästykseltä. Rauhoitus ei koske hirvenmetsästystä eikä sorsastusta. Metson ja koppelon osalta jatkettiin entistä kiintiötä: yksi lintu jompaa kumpaa sukupuolta.  Yhteensä  metsäkanalintukiintiö on kolme lintua.

## Vierasoikeusjärjestelmä
Vierasoikeusjärjestelmä säilyi  ennallaan.  Jäsen  voi tuoda yhden vieraan viitenä päivänä. Saatu saalis on poissa isännän kiintiöstä. Pienpetojen metsästykseen voi seuran ulkopuoliset päästä  korvauksetta  ilmoittamalla asiasta seuran puheenjohtajalle.

## Riistariihi
Seuran hirviteurastamon, Riistariihen, vuokrausmaksut muille hirviseurueille säilyivät ennallaan, hyvin edullisina. Hirviseurueen jäsenet olivat tyytyväisiä hirviteurastamon toimintaan ja tasoon. Emännille jää enää tehtäväksi vain valmiiksi leikattujen tai jauhettujen, vakuumipussiin pakattujen lihojen pakastaminen.


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Q: How can I override Serilog's use of ToString on Guid (or other built-in primitives)? I'm using Serilog for logging a multiplayer game with Guid as the identifier for players.
The logging is more noisy than I prefer, so I'm looking to trim it down for some sinks. Typically only the first 8 digits of a Guid are needed by humans (ie - me) to debug issues. I've written an extension method for Guid called ShortForm(), and I'd like Serilog Console, File, and Slack sinks to use this, instead of the full Guid.
public static string ShortForm(this Guid guid)
{
    if (guid == Guid.Empty)
        return "????????";
    return guid.ToString().Substring(0, 8);
}

I tried using Destructure.ByTransforming() in the constructor but it didn't seem to work:
string _outputTemplate = "[{@t:HH:mm:ss} {@l:u3}] {@m}\n{@x}";
ExpressionTemplate _consoleExpression = new ExpressionTemplate(_outputTemplate, theme: TemplateTheme.Literate);

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration().
   ... etc snipped ...
   Destructure.ByTransforming<Guid>(g => g.ShortForm()).
   WriteTo.Console(formatter: _consoleExpression).
   CreateLogger();

In my codebase:
//code
Log.Information("{@Guid} disconnected from {IP}", removedGuid, serverEvent.EndPoint);

//console output
[12:30:54 INF] 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 disconnected from 127.0.0.1:59548

//or, if authenticated:
[12:34:01 INF] 3babffd8-68cb-41c2-87b6-d2beffbd431b disconnected from 127.0.0.1:51933

Is there a way to do this?

A: I looked up a Serilog's repository and found that Guid processed as a Scalar type and no ways to use .Destructure.ByTransforming to transform it. You may look at https://github.com/serilog/serilog/blob/697a23189e3068bfe0da1460a2676913239d2757/src/Serilog/Capturing/PropertyValueConverter.cs#L45.
But you can use a custom formatter to format your Guid to String (https://github.com/serilog/serilog/wiki/Formatting-Output#format-providers).
I have made a little test - https://gist.github.com/sergey-miryanov/544b8413da70a0be455ac3903c1a781c