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Lenders in China, desperate to attract customers who are finding alternatives for their savings, are turning to giveaways. On offer at one branch in Beijing: An iPhone 6 Plus or a Mercedes-Benz.
Cash rebates, trips abroad, interest rates at the highest premium ever over the official benchmark rate, even free vegetables are among other goodies banks are dangling to get Chinese savers to deposit their yuan in savings accounts. The competition is expensive.
"Chinese banks are hemorrhaging their deposits," says Rainy Yuan, a Shanghai-based analyst at brokerage Masterlink Securities Corp. "There is no fix for this. All the efforts they made to win savers back will only push up the costs, so it's a losing battle to fight."
Higher returns from Internet funds and investment products such as trusts, combined with the promise of a soaring stock market, have China's banks feeling the drain. They lost 950 billion yuan ($153 billion) of deposits in the three months through September, the first quarterly drop since 1999. In the first 11 months, new deposits were 23 percent lower than in the same period last year, People's Bank of China data show.
The iPhone promotion, by Shenzhen-based Ping An Bank Co in October at a branch in Beijing, offered a 128-gigabyte iPhone 6 Plus in lieu of interest payments for depositing 38,000 yuan for five years. For parking 903,000 yuan for the same period, savers could pick one of four Mercedes-Benz models. A Mercedes A180, which costs 252,000 yuan, would give investors the equivalent of an annualized return of almost 7 percent, compared with the benchmark rate of 4 percent on five-year deposits.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission in September banned what it called "illicit" deposit-gathering practices, including gifts and rebates on deposits. Banks that flout the curbs could face punishment, the regulator said, without clarifying whether product giveaways in lieu of interest payments qualify as gifts.
China's investors have been pouring money into online money-market funds offered by the likes of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Baidu Inc. Yu'ebao, pioneered last year by Alibaba affiliate Alipay, drew 535 billion yuan in its first 15 months of existence from 149 million customers, more than the populations of France and the United Kingdom combined.
Users simply tapped a few buttons on their mobile phones to secure an annual rate of return that soared as high as 6.8 percent before falling to about 4 percent recently.
Meanwhile, households put 12.9 trillion yuan into high yield trust products as of Sept 30, making them the fastest-growing segment of what China defines as shadow banking, or financial activity outside the banking system. Trusts, which allow individuals to invest in real estate and other projects for returns of more than 10 percent, saw assets under management surge more than 10-fold since the start of 2009.
The Shanghai Composite Index's 43 percent surge over the past six months also has savers plunging into equities. In the first week of December, Chinese investors opened almost 600,000 stock-trading accounts, a 62 percent increase over the previous week, according to China Securities Depository and Clearing Co.
To stimulate the economy, the central bank on Nov 21 announced a cut in benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years, to 2.75 percent from 3 percent on one year deposits. At the same time, the maximum interest rate banks can pay customers was raised to 20 percent over the benchmark from 10 percent, allowing lenders the biggest leeway to set their own rates in modern Chinese history.
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Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank governor, had in March pledged to deregulate interest rates fully in one or two years. Moves toward that goal are eroding the cheap deposit base that has for decades helped buoy Chinese banks' profits. Rates fixed by the government created a spread of about 3 percentage points between savings and lending rates. The benchmark one-year lending rate was cut to 5.6 percent in November.
Mid-size and regional lenders will be most affected because unlike State-controlled banks, they lack extensive branch networks to lure retail customers and have to rely on more expensive and volatile funding from wealth-management products, company deposits and interbank borrowings, says Liao Qiang, the Beijing-based director of Standard & Poor's.
"The battle for deposits will only get worse as China moves ahead with interest-rate liberalization, which will drive up banks' funding costs and hurt profit," Liao says.


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Games are nonetheless tempting targets for hackers. Zynga's fashionable online game, Words With Friends, was lately hacked and greater than 218 million customers had their data stolen.
And as soon as hackers breach a game firm's defenses and get inside, they can steal identities, monetary wealth, and digital property in video games that can be resold for real-world worth. They can additionally carry an online game down and trigger an uproar from avid gamers who can't get into their favourite pastime.
So GamesBeat lately held a webinar to speak about the issue and how game companies can protect their players and themselves from cyberattacks. The assaults can additionally do large harm to the corporate's repute, the players' belief in you, and their religion in your safety practices — to not point out the sufferer firm's backside line. Reparations can be pricey.
Akamai sponsored the webinar. We have extracted a lot of the sensible recommendation that virtually any firm can profit from, and we've preserved the banter between our panelists.
Dean Takahashi moderated the session, and our audio system included Scott Adams, CEO of FraudPVP (previously of Riot Games); Lonnye Bower, chief working officer of game startup ProbablyMonsters (previously at Bungie); Steve Ragan, senior technical author at Akamai; and Jonathan Singer, senior supervisor for international video games business at Akamai.
Here's an edited transcript of our dialog.
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GamesBeat: We have a broad query for all of our panelists right here to begin with. How can game studios and builders protect themselves and their customers? Jonathan, might you sort out it first?
Singer: It's a fairly easy factor, however it's coding your login web page and your APIs with OWASP. Writing safe code in keeping with OWASP greatest practices, doing penetration assessments in your login endpoints with respected suppliers, all of those items — that's the doorway level to your video games. Anyone who has loads of expertise and is listening to this most likely is aware of this already, however it bears repeating that that's one of many issues you want to be doing to protect your players.
There's clearly loads of concern round [distributed denial of service] (DDOS) safety, round bot administration and anti-cheat, round identification. There are loads of totally different items that should be solved there, from loads of totally different angles. I perceive that numerous builders and publishers generally construct their personal options. They generally purchase their personal best-practice options. But there's so many points of safety to have a look at that basically, the place you need to begin is simply desirous about the participant and what they want.
Adams: I like the place you left that. That's one of many greatest issues. The very first thing any game firm ought to do is consider the players. I've been inside loads of totally different game companies, and companies generally. One of the issues that I at all times like to verify, from each degree, to consider is that whenever you're constructing the game and as you progress ahead to proceed it, it's important to be sure that safety and fraud and threat and all that stuff is on the desk as you make choices.
I've heard so many occasions from game builders: "I won't be defrauded. I'm a game company." Now we're attending to the place that occurs much less, however even with that data, in case you don't have an skilled on the desk whenever you're making the massive choices and planning out the game, you're going to finish up getting damage. If you're not used to pondering that approach, you're most likely going to go away loads of holes. As you provide you with a brand new characteristic, as you provide you with a brand new unit in your game, new concepts round how the game may play, then having somebody on the desk that thinks that approach is invaluable.
Another factor I'd say, particularly because the game launches, hearken to your buyer help, your participant help. Those guys are the entrance traces. They're seeing and listening to and speaking to your players. If they see one thing, take them significantly. Try to resolve that downside shortly, earlier than it turns into a much bigger downside.
Singer: If anybody on the market has that kind of mentality in their firm — "I'm just a game company" — the game business is without doubt one of the world's largest fully unregulated monetary markets. That's actually how you want to consider yourselves. The extra we transfer towards subscription fashions, you're accumulating PII. You're accumulating all of the contact data. You have bank card data. Players tie up a ton of worth in their accounts. The world is more and more conscious of that. It's a juicier and juicier goal for anybody who's occupied with earning profits. You're not only a game firm anymore.
Above: Lonnye Bower is COO at ProbablyMonsters.
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Bower: I actually really feel for the players who're on the market searching for an inspiring game to play. They're trusting the studios. They're trusting the builders that put video games out. They actually desire a difficult and gratifying expertise. On the game facet, you want to make sure that the entire groups are pondering and speaking about safety, actually from the preliminary phases, which works together with what Jonathan and Scott are saying. When you start creating the game, it must be a dialog you're having on day one.
Ragan: Quite a lot of the criminals that I researched goal two issues particularly: the avid gamers themselves and the authentication mechanisms used to get right into a game.
My suggestion is to concentrate on strengthening your entry controls and your identification administration controls for avid gamers themselves, and then consciousness coaching for the players. Make certain they perceive the dangers of password sharing, the dangers of account sharing, the dangers of attempting to buy game add-ons and issues from unapproved distributors or exterior events, all of the related dangers with that. That's an excellent space of focus as game companies develop new properties and broaden, as a result of the participant base goes to be the most important asset focused.
GamesBeat: How do you provide safety with out affecting the person expertise or game efficiency?
Ragan: You must make it in order that the entire protections in place don't destroy the gaming expertise for the person, by ensuring it's seamless. I've performed video games within the background the place anti-cheating mechanisms or account safety mechanisms are simply all a part of the method. It flows easily from one factor to the subsequent. In some circumstances, for authentication and verification, simply stepping into the game itself, you don't understand you're going via all these safety hoops. You're simply logging in to go and play.
I can let you know that one of many largest gaming corporations in the marketplace proper now, one which's actually fashionable for subscription-based companies, makes safety very easy and obtainable for each considered one of their players. They concentrate on person consciousness coaching and issues like that. But whenever you're going via all these safety hoops, you don't understand it. You simply log in and you go. All of that stuff occurs within the background, so it stays out of the way in which.
Bower: When I take into consideration safety for the customers to make sure their expertise and an ideal efficiency and expertise there, I take a look at two sides. I take a look at each the consumer and the server facet. When I say the consumer, it's any console or platform that you simply're taking part in on. Looking at that, you need to make sure that your game engineers are conscious of and capable of incorporate safety greatest practices after they're constructing their code, in order that we stop the power for hackers or dangerous actors to reverse engineer the game on that consumer.
Then, after we take a look at the server facet, this is able to be these companies that Steve talked about whenever you're logging into the game and authenticating. Both inside and game-facing, these should be deployed with safety protections in thoughts. I'd actually consider that as beginning with the precept of least privilege, the place the customers on the system have sufficient entry to do solely the duties they should carry out and nothing extra. Generally, engineering that approach ought to assist with the protections for the game. Talking in regards to the consumer facet, in the event that they're engineering the game with these greatest practices in place, it shouldn't actually influence the efficiency on the consumer facet.
Above: Scott Adams is CEO of FraudPVP.
Image Credit: FraudPVP
Adams: I agree with everybody up to now. But I might additionally say that you simply can't, I don't suppose, provide actually good safety and not not less than have an effect on the expertise. You can hold it manageable and hold it an excellent expertise.
One factor we must always all take into consideration if we're chatting with game studios and builders is that the earlier we can make it regular to, say, get some type of identification, a approach of communication, like your cellphone quantity and e-mail, when somebody performs a game — or the consoles, they've {hardware} IDs. If it's online, requiring both e-mail or cellphone — if we can make it so it's a traditional expertise for a game to make use of some type of two-factor authentication, that will be nice. Surprisingly, we haven't actually executed that. Some video games do and some don't. Once that's a norm, it's not a giant deal. Those sorts of issues can be excellent safety.
There's loads of new expertise on the market arising, issues like biometrics, that can assist us in the same approach, and then it's much less impactful to the expertise. The sooner that we as an business take observe and make this one thing all of us do and take significantly, the earlier issues will get harder for fraudsters.
Singer: To cap this off, the very first thing you do is cover as a lot as you can. Then, and that is what others have stated, you can't provide probably the most safe expertise with out affecting the person expertise. What you need to do is positively have an effect on the person expertise. You desire a little bit of safety theater to it, which can make some people wince, however you don't really need it to be theater. It's about giving them helpful instruments that safe the players that additionally make them really feel safe and construct belief.
If we're speaking about multi-factor authentication (MFA), if you would like customers to enroll in MFA, they must belief that after they offer you their cellphone quantity, you're not promoting that. You're not utilizing that. You can have it printed in a license settlement, however in case you don't do different issues to earn the belief of your players, you're not going to have the ability to give them a safer expertise. If they don't already belief you as a writer for different causes, it makes partnering together with your players on safety harder. They're much less more likely to work with you.
There's one thing to be stated for — the whole expertise of how they work together with you as an organization impacts your safety posture. That's right down to your advertising and PR, even. I do know I'm going a bit far afield from the technical safety dialogue, however you want to construct belief together with your customers in order that whenever you give them safety options to make use of, they imagine that you've got their greatest pursuits at coronary heart whenever you're accumulating the knowledge you want to additional safe them.
Bower: I'd like so as to add one remark to that, if I'll. Part of fostering a tradition of transparency and belief between the players and the studios is absolutely communication. If we're going to be including something that will influence the efficiency of the game, it's important that the studios or the builders have that communication open with the players, in order that they're conscious of what's taking place and why it's taking place. That will construct on the belief that we earn from them.
Singer: I fully agree. If you are taking DDOS for example, there are several types of DDOS options. Some may simply be, the players don't see it and they don't realize it's taking place. There are different sorts the place you block visitors, scrub visitors, it slows issues down, and impulsively players are having a unfavourable expertise, however it's not fully shut off. What does that appear to be? Do they know? Do they perceive what's taking place? That's a fundamental instance, however once more, speaking together with your players why you do issues that may have an effect on their game efficiency is vital to constructing belief with them total.
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AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson
A truly great movie soundtrack can make the listener want to see the movie itself. That was true of Curtis Mayfield's excellent Superfly soundtrack, and outside the United States, it was true of soundtracks for movies that came from Brazil (Black Orpheus), France (A Man and a Woman), and Greece (Never on Sunday). Unfortunately, there isn't a lot on this soundtrack that would make the listener anxious to see Bulletproof, a 1996 film that starred Adam Sandler as a drug dealer who was turning state's evidence and Damon Wayans as the cop who was assigned to protect him. Most of the tunes on this CD are either urban contemporary or rap, and most of them are average. None of the tracks is terrible, but most of them are pedestrian. Nonetheless, Bulletproof has its moments. The more memorable selections range from Salt-N-Pepa's catchy "Champagne" to Rahsaan Patterson's ballad "Where You Are," which underscores the urban/neo-soul singer's appreciation of Stevie Wonder but also shows that he is his own man. Meanwhile, Chicano rapper DTTX (a member of Lighter Shade of Brown) has a likable solo number in "Tha 2 of Us," which incorporates the chorus of the Bill Withers/Grover Washington, Jr. hit, "Just the Two of Us." The only time this CD detours into rock territory is on a metal mix of Delinquent Habits' Cypress Hill-influenced "Tres Delinquentes"; the tune, which features Cypress' Sen Dog, is an example of West Coast rap with a strong rock influence. And Black Grape's techno-minded "Reverend Black Grape" is the closest that the soundtrack comes to rave music. But urban and rap are the styles that dominate this soundtrack, which isn't a meltdown but definitely isn't as strong as it could have been.
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Akatsuchi is a Jonin from Village Hidden by Rocks. He is often described as a "shield" for the Third Tsuchikage. Although Deidara was a criminal and a member of Akatsuki, Akatsuchi has has a great admiration for Deidara.
Let's take a look at the abilities of Akatsuchi.
Taijutsu Earth Style – Golem Jutsu: Resummons a Stone Golem, or cause damage and Knockdown to the opponent's entire team if stone giant already exist in the field. The skill is immune to Interruption.
Ninjutsu Earth Style – Petrifying Jutsu: Generates a Shield of up to 2 units with the least Life points from your Lineup based on 20% of each unit's Resistance base attribute.
Ninjutsu, Taijutsu Earth Style – Sphere of Graves: Chases and Attacks a Repulsed unit, causes Knockdown.
Ninjutsu Summoning Jutsu – Stone Golem: At the beginning of a battle, summon 1 stone Giant of 100% Life of the original unit.
Ninjutsu Defender of Hidden Stone: At the beginning of a battle, generates a Sheild up to 9 Earth or Fire attributes ninjas from your field based on 30% of this unit's Resistance base attribute.
You can get Akatsuchi from the Kage Treasure. It will take almost 10 seal scrolls draw to get Akatsuchi.


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Home of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference
EST. 1869 | St. Cloud, Minnesota
2016-2017 x Regular Season Exhibition
Seasons Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Exhibition Regular Season Exhibition
NCHC
Minnesota Duluth
Clark Kuster
Jack Poehling
Ben Storm
Nathan Widman
Niklas Nevalainen
Nick Poehling
Ryan Papa
Jon Lizotte
Jack Ahcan
Patrick Newell
Jacob Benson
Judd Peterson
Mikey Eyssimont
Will Borgen
Jake Wahlin
Jimmy Schuldt
Robby Jackson
Dennis Cholowski
Garrett Forster
David Zevnik
Zach Driscoll
Blake Winiecki
Mika Ilvonen
Daniel Tedesco
Jeff Smith #1·G St. Cloud State · 2016-2017
St. Cloud State · 2018-2019 · Statistics
Maple Ridge, B.C.
Previous Team
Powell River (BCHL)
Season 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017
Timeline MIN W L T SOG SV GA GAA SV % SO for 2016-2017 Regular Season Exhibition
10/14/2016 L 1-4 at Minnesota State 1 60:00 0 1 0 24 20 4 4.00 .833 0
10/21/2016 W 6-5 at Minnesota 1 42:34 0 0 0 32 27 5 7.05 .844 0
10/28/2016 W 5-1 Alabama Huntsville 1 59:57 1 0 0 16 15 1 1.00 .938 0
11/04/2016 L 3-5 Minnesota Duluth 1 59:30 0 1 0 30 26 4 4.03 .867 0
11/18/2016 L 0-4 North Dakota 1 19:43 0 0 0 8 8 0 0.00 1.000 0
12/09/2016 L 1-3 Omaha 1 17:15 0 0 0 10 10 0 0.00 1.000 0
12/10/2016 W 4-2 Omaha 1 59:57 1 0 0 24 22 2 2.00 .917 0
12/30/2016 L 3-4 at Connecticut 1 57:52 0 1 0 30 26 4 4.15 .867 0
12/31/2016 W 4-2 at Arizona State 1 60:00 1 0 0 25 23 2 2.00 .920 0
01/06/2017 L 2-3 at Miami 1 61:23 0 1 0 34 31 3 2.93 .912 0
01/13/2017 W 2-1 at Minnesota Duluth 1 60:00 1 0 0 42 41 1 1.00 .976 0
01/14/2017 L 3-4 at Minnesota Duluth 1 24:25 0 0 0 12 9 3 7.37 .750 0
01/20/2017 W 3-2 Denver 1 62:09 1 0 0 26 24 2 1.93 .923 0
01/21/2017 L 1-3 Denver 1 58:29 0 1 0 38 35 3 3.08 .921 0
01/27/2017 W 2-1 at Bemidji State 1 59:42 1 0 0 27 26 1 1.01 .963 0
02/03/2017 W 3-1 at North Dakota 1 60:00 1 0 0 29 28 1 1.00 .966 0
02/04/2017 L 1-2 at North Dakota 1 60:35 0 1 0 26 24 2 1.98 .923 0
02/10/2017 W 4-2 Miami 1 60:00 1 0 0 32 30 2 2.00 .938 0
02/24/2017 L 3-4 at Denver 1 63:30 0 1 0 38 34 4 3.78 .895 0
03/03/2017 W 5-2 Colorado College 1 60:00 1 0 0 32 30 2 2.00 .938 0
03/04/2017 L 1-2 Colorado College 1 58:06 0 1 0 20 18 2 2.07 .900 0
Regular Season Totals 28 1497:02 10 13 0 734 665 69 2.77 .906 0
10/02/2016 W 6-2 University of Regina 1 20:00 1 0 0 4 3 1 3.00 .750 0
Exhibition Totals 1 20:00 1 0 0 4 3 1 3.00 .750 0
2016-2017 Totals 29 1517:02 11 13 0 738 668 70 2.77 .905 0
Skater Stats
Timeline G A PTS SOG PPG PPA SH SHA PIM FOW FOL BS + / - GW for 2016-2017 Regular Season Exhibition
10/14/2016 L 1-4 at Minnesota State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/21/2016 W 6-5 at Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/28/2016 W 5-1 Alabama Huntsville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/04/2016 L 3-5 Minnesota Duluth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/18/2016 L 0-4 North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/09/2016 L 1-3 Omaha 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/10/2016 W 4-2 Omaha 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/30/2016 L 3-4 at Connecticut 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/31/2016 W 4-2 at Arizona State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/06/2017 L 2-3 at Miami 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/13/2017 W 2-1 at Minnesota Duluth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/14/2017 L 3-4 at Minnesota Duluth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/20/2017 W 3-2 Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/21/2017 L 1-3 Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01/27/2017 W 2-1 at Bemidji State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/03/2017 W 3-1 at North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/04/2017 L 1-2 at North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/10/2017 W 4-2 Miami 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/24/2017 L 3-4 at Denver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/03/2017 W 5-2 Colorado College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/04/2017 L 1-2 Colorado College 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Regular Season Totals 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/02/2016 W 6-2 University of Regina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition Totals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016-2017 Totals 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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This is a great write up. I made sure I bookmarked this. How long did the job take from start to finish?
I am so jacked to install these things myself now too.
Thanks Hammeron this thread kicks ***.
Not that your guide would make me want to do this myself but you did an amazing job. Great work!
How's the "Hot Rod" cams sound? Is their a noticable difference for the price?


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by Rob Ennals - October 21 2010
People often compare Cape Town to San Francisco. Both are the big city on the west coast, are more relaxed than their eastern neighbour, are on a beautiful peninsular with cold water and beautiful beaches, have famous wine growing regions, beautiful mountains, a famous island prison, and a popular coastal driving route. The architecture also feels quite similar.
People in my hostel told me that Cape Town was much safer than Joburg, however checking online a few days later I found that Cape Town is even worse than the dystopian nightmare of Joburg, and according to some estimates, may be even more dangerous than Baghdad. Two of the people in my hostel had been violently mugged in the past week (one had three guns pushed in his face and was frog-marched to an ATM, the other was surrounded by a mob of youths who stripped him of everything except his clothes).
Cape town seems more integrated that Joburg. Although most white people still try to avoid going outside and prefer to get around by car, you will see some walking around the safer areas downtown. In the posher areas with armed security, such as the V&A waterfront, you will largely see white people walking around, but also an occasional black face. Similarly, although most restaurants are very much white or very much black, you will see the occasional black face in a white restaurant. Of course, it's possible that this observed difference is just a result of me having seen different parts of the two cities. You still see obvious examples of tensions about the past. A statue of Jan Smuts, a white leader who introduced some of the apartheid laws, is currently wrapped in black plastic bags, and has abusive graffiti written over the title plate.
The centerpiece of cape town is table mountain, a 3558ft flat topped mesa mountain that the city wraps itself around. The mountain has the classic mesa shape with a flat top and near-vertical sides. A popular hiking trail runs up to the top and the less energetic can ride to the top on a cableway. My guidebook told me that while the hike usually takes 2-3 hours, it was possible to do it in as little as an hour. I took this as a challenge, started my stopwatch, and set off on a sprint. After a few minutes I realized that I was in danger of passing out and falling off the mountain and so eased back to a more sustainable pace. On reaching the top I checked my stopwatch and discovered that I had just squeaked in under my target, taking 58 minutes. On the other hand I had completely ignored the reportedly spectacular scenery on the way up and not even noticed a beautiful waterfall that other people had photographed.


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var limit = require('./lib/limit');
var distSum = require('./lib/distSum');
var assertDist = require('./lib/assertDist');

// Constructor

var Cat = function (d, amount) {
  // Parameters:
  //   d (optional)
  //     a distribution
  //   amount (optional)
  //     mass of the distribution

  this.w = {};
  this.sum = 0;

  if (typeof d === 'object') {
    this.learnDist(d, amount);
  }
};

// Class methods

Cat.createFromDiscrete = function (disc) {
  // Parameters:
  //   disc
  //     discrete distribution
  return new Cat(disc.w, disc.sum);
};

// Public methods

Cat.prototype.addMass = function (dist) {
  // Directly add to distribution weights

  var k;
  for (k in dist) {
    if (dist.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
        this.w[k] += dist[k];
      } else {
        this.w[k] = dist[k];
      }
      this.sum += dist[k];
    }
  }
};

Cat.prototype.clone = function () {
  var c = new Cat();
  c.addMass(this.w);
  return c;
};

Cat.prototype.divergenceFrom = function (prior) {
  // Kullback-Leibler divergence D_kl(P||Q) in bits, where
  // P is this distribution and
  // Q is the given prior.
  //
  // Returns the information gained when switching from prior to this cat.

  var div = 0;

  prior.forEach(function (ev, pr) {
    var pi = this.prob(ev);
    div += pi * Math.log(pi / pr);
  }, this);

  // From nats to bits
  return div * Math.LOG2E;
};

Cat.prototype.entropy = function () {
  // Entropy in nats.
  var k, p;
  var sum = 0;
  for (k in this.w) {
    if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      p = this.w[k] / this.sum;
      sum += p * Math.log(p);
    }
  }
  return -sum;
};

Cat.prototype.events = function () {
  // Return a list of events with non-zero probability
  return Object.keys(this.w);
};

Cat.prototype.eventsWithMassAbove = function (minMass) {
  var self = this;
  return self.events().filter(function (ev) {
    return self.w[ev] > minMass;
  });
};

Cat.prototype.forEach = function (iteratee, ctx) {
  // Parameters:
  //   iteratee
  //     function (ev, probability, mass)
  //   ctx (optional, default to undefined)
  //     iteratee's this value
  var k, p;
  for (k in this.w) {
    if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      p = this.w[k] / this.sum;
      iteratee.call(ctx, k, p, this.w[k]);
    }
  }
};

Cat.prototype.getMassDist = function () {
  // Get distribution
  var d = {};

  var k;
  for (k in this.w) {
    if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      d[k] = this.w[k];
    }
  }

  return d;
};

Cat.prototype.getProbDist = function () {
  // Get distribution
  var d = {};

  var k;
  for (k in this.w) {
    if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      d[k] = this.w[k] / this.sum;
    }
  }

  return d;
};

Cat.prototype.has = function (ev) {
  return this.w.hasOwnProperty(ev);
};

Cat.prototype.learn = function (ev, amount) {
  // Parameters:
  //   ev
  //     string or distribution

  if (typeof ev === 'object') {
    this.learnDist(ev, amount);
    return;
  }

  if (typeof amount !== 'number') {
    amount = 1;
  }

  if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(ev)) {
    this.w[ev] += amount;
  } else {
    this.w[ev] = amount;
  }

  this.sum += amount;
};

Cat.prototype.learnDist = function (evDist, amount) {
  // Learn a distribution of events so that the total mass
  // raises by 'amount'

  assertDist(evDist);

  if (typeof amount !== 'number') {
    amount = 1;
  }

  var k, p;
  var sum = distSum(evDist);
  var psum = 0;  // psum stays 0 if evDist is empty.

  for (k in evDist) {
    if (evDist.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      p = evDist[k] / sum;
      psum += p;

      if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
        this.w[k] += p * amount;
      } else {
        this.w[k] = p * amount;
      }
    }
  }

  this.sum += psum * amount;
};

Cat.prototype.mass = function () {
  return this.sum;
};

Cat.prototype.mode = function () {
  // Return the category with the highest probability.

  var maxW = 0;
  var maxKey = null;
  var k;

  for (k in this.w) {
    if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      if (this.w[k] > maxW) {
        maxKey = k;
        maxW = this.w[k];
      }
    }
  }

  return maxKey;
};

Cat.prototype.prob = function (ev) {
  var raw;

  if (!this.w.hasOwnProperty(ev)) {
    return 0;
  }

  if (this.sum === 0) {
    raw = 0;
  } else {
    raw = this.w[ev] / this.sum;
  }

  // Ensure that rounding errors do not lead to non-probability values
  return limit(raw, 0.0, 1.0);
};

Cat.prototype.sample = function () {

  var r = Math.random();
  var sum = 0;

  var ev, p;
  for (ev in this.w) {
    if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(ev)) {
      p = this.w[ev] / this.sum;
      sum += p;
      if (r < sum) {
        return ev;
      }
    }
  }

  return null;
};

Cat.prototype.substractMass = function (dist) {
  // Directly substract from distribution weights

  var k;
  for (k in dist) {
    if (dist.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
        if (this.w[k] - dist[k] < 0) {
          this.sum -= this.w[k];
          delete this.w[k];
        } else {
          this.w[k] -= dist[k];
          this.sum -= dist[k];
        }
      }
    }
  }
};

Cat.prototype.unlearn = function (ev, amount) {

  if (typeof amount !== 'number') {
    amount = 1;
  }

  if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(ev)) {
    if (this.w[ev] - amount > 0) {
      this.w[ev] -= amount;
      this.sum -= amount;
    } else {
      this.sum -= this.w[ev];
      delete this.w[ev];
    }
  }
};

Cat.prototype.weight = function (ev) {
  if (this.w.hasOwnProperty(ev)) {
    return this.w[ev];
  }
  return 0;
};

Cat.prototype.weightSum = function () {
  return this.sum;
};

module.exports = Cat;

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Parler's Greatest Hits (from the Capitol Attack)
I watched the Parler videos so you don't have to. The findings left me speechless.
ProPublica has gone through thousands of videos from Parler (before it was torn down) that were shot on January 6, 2021, the day that Trump-loving insurrectionists stormed the Capitol of the United States. ProPublica pulled several hundred of the most relevant videos and helpfully compiled them into a timeline of events.
The on-camera action captured by Trump's actual supporters is… Well, it's something. Something that defies explanation — and any and all expectations.
I've screencapped what I consider to be the most interesting highlights.
I'm a Depression Warrior. This Is What 20 Years of War Taught Me.
There's hope, but get ready for a fight.
Image by Layers from Pixabay
I have Depression. The illness, not the mood. I was officially diagnosed over two decades ago. It sucks.
It sucks because of the uncontrollable mind job it does to you (no pun intended), and because most of the people around you have no idea what you're going through, or how they can help.
COVID-19 is causing Depression diagnoses to surge, leading to a much higher patient:doctor ratio. End of the day, that means existing patients have greater difficulty getting the ongoing help they need, while new patients may not find help at all. …
Donald Trump | Joe Biden
All the Things President Joe Biden WON'T Do
He's a real, normal human being who's not a narcissist
Both images by Gage Skidmore
With Donald Trump's four-year reign of self-centered governing coming to an ignoble end, let's take a quick look at the shameful, mortifying things Trump did. Because these are all things that Joe Biden most certainly will not do. (Since he's a human with a conscience and honor and integrity.)
Understand: I don't know Joe Biden. I can't say with certainty what he will or won't do as President of the United States. …
The Electoral College Is Stupid (and So Is the Senate)
Why do these outdated institutions still exist?
I was talking with a friend recently about the purpose of the Electoral College. She was in favor of the College; I am not.
I argued that no other free country in the world elects its leaders using an Elector system. It's a popular vote across the board; one person, one vote. Equal ground for every voter, and every vote counts.
My friend argued that without the Electoral College, the votes and voices of the states with smaller populations, in the heartlands of America, would never be heard. "Look at the map," she said. "Where do you see the majority of American residents?" I replied, "Where the biggest cities are, the metro areas." (Incidentally, a remarkable amount of these — by far the majority — are located along our two coastlines.) …
Trumpism is the Hot New Religion
Join the Dark Side. You know you want to.
bianca-stock-photos | Pixabay
When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President on June 16, 2015, he tapped into a side of America that many citizens had no idea existed. A fear-based underbelly where there's no such thing as compromise, where tribalism is the status quo, and where one's every action is based on the tenet of Us vs. Them.
What started as a fervent fan club of a Presidential candidate has evolved into an entire belief system. It's the stylish new religion that everybody who's anybody is talking about!
Trump was elected in 2016 on promises of "draining the swamp," vowing that he wasn't like other political candidates, that he was in fact not even a politician. Conservatives loved it — including, amazingly, Christians. Finally there was a candidate who would stand up for them, cut their taxes, repeal-and-replace that godawful Obamacare, restore capitalism in all its glory, prevent a person's race or sexual preference from giving them an advantage in life, and keep out the boogeyman from south of the border. Republicans may have craved this stuff, but the Religious Right wanted it even more. …
What's the Endgame for Evangelicals, Politically?
If they were to control every branch of American government… What then?
Photo by Ferdinand Stöhr | Unsplash :: Rotated to point to the Right by Robin Parrish
"State, you may kiss the bride."
As the political divide has grown infinitely wider and deeper in America, I'm not sure Conservative Christians, aka the "Religious Right," have thought through just how hard they're fighting for what they want. They seem to want control of the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court. But to what end? Have they really thought it through?
If Christians, and Evangelicals in particular, are becoming obsessed with controlling American government — and from my observations and experience as one of them, they are — then their investment in human governmental affairs has gone way off the reservation. They don't merely want Christian representation. …
Should Integrity Matter More Than Family? What I've Learned Being the Anti-Trump Black Sheep
My Conservative Christian family & friends think I've lost my way. I'm not the one that changed.
Gage Skidmore
I come from a very traditional family. I don't know much about my family on my dad's side; he was adopted. But my mom has a huge family that keeps growing all the time. And we love our traditions. We get together for Christmas for a big family potluck feast. We usually do the same at Easter.
We hug. Someone different is asked to pray over the meal each year (I've had my turn). When we finally eat, the kids go first in line; they have zero patience. We sit by an roaring fireplace. We tell stories. We laugh hysterically. …
In a Parallel Universe, Joe Biden Contracted COVID-19 Instead of Trump
Here's what Trump did
Gage Skidmore (image has been cropped from the original)
"This proves I was right in what I've been saying for months," said President Trump, stopping to speak to reporters on his way to Marine One. "Sleepy Joe is too weak to be President."
"Sir, do you have a message for him and his family?" asked a reporter, shouting to be heard over the helicopter's noise. She was plainly offering him an opportunity to be presidential, by sending prayers and/or well-wishes to the Biden family.
"Well, we'll have to see," replied the unmasked President, oblivious to the cue he'd been handed. "At his age — look, I'm pretty strong. I haven't caught the China Virus, he has. I don't know that Joe's weak necessarily, but people are saying that. That giant mask he wears all the time didn't do him any good, or so I've read. I hardly ever wear a mask, and look at me — doctors say I'm in perfect health! …
Is Being on the Wrong Side of History Worth It?
"Gimme gimme gimme NOW!"
victorgrigas | Wikimedia Commons
It's the classic Deal With the Devil.
Maddeningly, those who've made the deal fail — or perhaps refuse — to see it. Conservatives have traded their souls, the foundations of the "family values" their party supposedly stands for— in a Faustian deal that gets them what they want right now. A gift from the hands of Republican patron saint Donald Trump.
We're all programmed for instant gratification. It's not a sin; we live in the age of digital downloads and streaming content. …
Never Had Surgery? This Is What It's Really Like
There's a lot more to it than you see on TV.
National Cancer Institute / Unsplash
I'm 44 years old, and I've had three surgeries in my life. At the time of this writing, I'm scheduled for a fourth in less than 24 hours.
The first thing you should know is that every surgery is different. I can't give you precise details on what to expect from a facelift, or what happens when you have an appendectomy. Maybe you're having a rod put in your leg. Maybe you're having a tumor taken out. I can only give you what I know, but there are plenty of commonalities in most modern procedures.
My two most recent surgeries were spinal fusions, to fix a fractured spine. A fusion is where one vertebrae is "fused" to another. A few pieces of metal hardware are inserted, including screws, to force the two bones to hold together. It was supposed to be just the one fusion surgery, but there were complications. Hardware they put inside came loose, and somehow I contracted a severe infection that was in my blood and spread to the muscle tissue of my lower back. It had to be cleaned out by hand. This was done during the second, unplanned surgery, which also required a new fusion with bigger screws. …
Robin Parrish
Unlikely warrior fighting invisible illnesses and visible human stupidity. Storyteller by trade, ninja by imagination. Sports above-average beard.


There was a lot of debate in the 90s—academic, public policy, behavioral health—regarding the validity and veracity of Bug Chasing/Gift Giving (i.e. intentional HIV infection/ transmission). Regardless of whether the concept ever really extended beyond roleplay, concept, or isolated individuals, the notion of embracing one's own demise always felt incredibly poignant in the face of Falwell's "moral majority;" Reagan's silence; Cardinal O'Connor's stiff platitudes. When it really was the plague years, how could one not feel inclined to give in to rage, to subvert the moral fatalism of the Christian death cult, to meet the End head on without fear or uncertainty?


Hey y'all! Just a really quick post here to let you know what's going on here in the Tennessee hills at Neos Skin Care™ headquarters. As you may know, each year, I take 3-4 weeks off around Christmas and New Year's to be with my family, take care of clerical business tasks and just try to get caught up in other areas of my life as well as mentally and physically recharge. During that time, we are closed and I don't process orders or make product at all, unless it's for R and D purposes. The site and boutique is open with a discount code offered so people can place orders online through the shop during my absence. But they won't even be looked at until I come back from my "vacation".
So here's where it gets good. After careful consideration and a look at my schedule, I've decided to interrupt my break to have a flash sale this weekend. I don't usually do this while on "vacation". So why this time? Here's the absolutely honest to goodness truth. I need to raise a little cash to cover a few business expenses (supplies and such). Pssst! Supplies for new products to bring to the DIY Collection as well as standing favorites in the other collections. And also I need to purchase homeschool material for my son that wasn't planned for so it wasn't budgeted for. As I thought through the situations at hand and crunched numbers, it occurred to me that maybe, just maybe y'all would love a chance to take advantage of a last minute promotion AND to help a belle out in the process.
Soooo…..Saturday, December 31 at 12 noon through Sunday, January 1 until midnight (EST) the following will be on sale in the boutique during the Goodbye Old Year, Hello New Year Flash Sale. No codes. No hoops. Just put it in your cart to get the promo price this weekend.
In addition to these product discounts, I still have a number of containers and packaging available that I no longer need and will not use. I offered these up in a Deal Grab during our 12 Days of Thanks Customer Appreciation event. Some items that were claimed I didn't get the follow-up necessary for me to complete the Deal Grab. Others were never claimed. You may like to grab some of these at well below even large bulk wholesale prices while they are available. These offers stand until every last count of each item is claimed and headed to a new home. Just check this post on my Facebook Fan page for links to the individual Deal Grab posts. If there is something you're interested in, send me a message through the page or on my personal profile (for those on my friends list) to ask if any are still available.
That's all! I need to get some sleep and get up early to set the boutique up for the flash sale.
Have a blessed weekend and Happy New Year!


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Incredible sound quality and very snugly fitting in-ear phones at a very affordable price. It is one of the top earphone under 500 INR , probably could be competitive in higher price brackets too.
SoundMAGIC PL11 sound isolating earphones deliver incredible value for money and powerful bass response that is guaranteed to impress. It is one of the top earphone under 500 INR with wide array of accessories including silicone ear tips, cable clip and travel pouch make this earphone package complete.
Equipped with loads of features, the Sony MDR ZX110A Stereo Headphone is an amazing product to go for. You will simply love to have it as your companion.
Cable Hunter Earpods, meant to cancel out all those annoying ambient noise plaguing your hearing during musical appreciation.
With an ample 1.2 m Symmetric Cord, that allows you unrestricted head movement, and a simple finger-contoured housing design, that allows you to adjust it effortlessly, this earphone comes in a Black color with a host of customizable ear bud options. This fantastic product is extremely portable and lightweight.


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Q: What is the difference between ifeq( $(foo), ) and ifndef foo According to this link , it seems that both of these condition will be evaluated to the same results, so what is the difference between them?
ifeq ($(foo),)
    execute somethings
endif

and
ifndef foo
   execute somethings
endif

A: ifdef/ifndef do not expand the variable.
Example which shows different behavior:
bar =
foo = $(bar)

ifndef foo
$(info yes)
else
$(info no)
endif

ifeq ($(foo),)
$(info yes)
else
$(info no)
endif

Output:
no
yes

The first one sees the value "$(bar)" and fails. The second one expands the variables inside foo so it becomes "" and it passes.

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I read the part about keeping store bought yeast and store bought baked goods out of the house but I�m confused by the statement that the mother may never get over the transgression. What does that mean? She won�t give rise, will mold, go sour..?
I�m on week three and I�ve had store bought yeast (home brewing) in the kitchen. She smells fine, has medium size bubbles, etc. but I still don�t have lift to the bread. It tastes great (although dense) and the crust is amazing.
While developing recipes for Wild Bread, we were also developing recipes for the magazine, blogs, etc. During this time, we brought in some local bakery breads. All eight of the mothers we had on the counter became less active, and that Bake Day, our breads didn't rise nearly as much as they had in the past. We removed the bread from the immediate airspace, and the mothers bounced back. There was something about this interaction that negatively effected the mothers. Once the bread was removed, the problem went away, and we made it a point to keep breads far away from our counter mothers.
Due to this experience, the line in the book was meant to be a word of caution against your mother(s) and bakery breads sharing the same airspace.


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The Prague Film School Acting for Film Program offers an intensive, conservatory style curriculum instructing both the art and the craft of acting for the camera. While the vast majority of acting courses world-wide train students for theater, it's actually screen acting that offers the bulk of career opportunities. It's also screen acting that allows actors to engage with the largest audiences, across time and geography.
At Prague Film School, the Acting for Film Program helps actors recalibrate their performances for the screen and provides students the skills to embark on a successful career in film and television.
Students rigorously train in on-camera acting, voice, movement, acting theory and the business of acting. The program makes use of a variety of techniques ranging from Meisner's behaviour-based method, to technically oriented exercises designed to hone performances for camera.
The Film Acting Program works in tandem with the Filmmaking Program. Acting students have the opportunity to act in literally hundreds of student films that are shot throughout the year. By the end of the course, students will have ample footage for a reel.
Students in the course come from all over the world. This both enriches the course with a diverse palette of acting traditions and also provides students an invaluable network of international contacts to access upon graduating. The course is run in English.
Acting is both an art and a craft. Film acting students will learn the specific skills that make up the craft of film acting as well as delve into the entire filmmaking process. Students will learn, for example, how the cinematographer's shot sizes affect performance, how the sound crew's needs affects the actor's vocal range and volume and how the actor can make interesting choices using the frame as a proscenium device.
WHY STUDY FILM ACTING IN PRAGUE?
The Acting for Film program at Prague Film School prepares actors to become technically skilled, versatile and marketable in the film industry. Not only is Prague a beautiful historic location with an active student life, but hundreds of international productions have been shot in the city including Bourne Identity, Van Helsing, The Illusionist, Casino Royale, Wanted, and Prince Caspian, to name a few. Prague Film School provides access to the top local casting agencies and directors and several students from the Prague Film School Acting for Film program have landed roles in big budget productions coming to town.
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Three Prague Film School students have their features in the Official Selection at Tribeca: Ani Kennedy, Caitlin Burke and Emily Cohn.


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Pressure to withdraw charity status of RSS, HSS in U.K.
LONDON MARCH. 4. Britain's Charity Commission is under renewed pressure to withdraw the charity status of the U.K. unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, which have been accused of diverting charitable donations to fund sectarian violence in India.
A group of cross-community social activists from a number of London-based south Asian organisations held a candle-light vigil outside the offices of the Commission here on Monday evening and later gave a petition demanding immediate action.
"pour in from unsuspecting donors in Britain to Hindutva groups in the guise of charity". A spokesperson for the South Asia Solidarity Group, which organised the vigil, said there was enough evidence to "deregister" these organisations.
The petition, signed by 14 organisations including several women's groups, alleged t! hat funds raised in the name of welfare causes were being used to fund campaigns against minorities in India. It said extensive evidence had been collected by independent human rights organisations such as the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in support of these allegations.


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package de.javagl.jgltf.browser;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;

import de.javagl.jgltf.browser.MenuNodes.MenuNode;

/**
 * For internal purposes only.
 */
class MenuNodesCreator
{
    /**
     * For internal purposes only
     *
     * @param args Not used
     * @throws IOException If an IO error occurs
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        MenuNode samplesNode = new MenuNode();
        samplesNode.label = "Samples";
        samplesNode.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();
        samplesNode.children.add(createKhronosNode10());
        samplesNode.children.add(createKhronosNode20());
        //samplesNode.children.add(createTutorialNode());
        write(Arrays.asList(samplesNode), System.out);
    }

    /**
     * Create the {@link MenuNode} structure for the Khronos sample models,
     * version 1.0
     *
     * @return The root {@link MenuNode}
     */
    private static MenuNode createKhronosNode10()
    {
        String basePath = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KhronosGroup/" +
            "glTF-Sample-Models/master/1.0";

        List<String> names = Arrays.asList(
            "Box",
            "BoxWithoutIndices",
            "BoxTextured",
            "BoxSemantics",
            "Duck",
            "Avocado",
            "BarramundiFish",
            "SmilingFace",
            "2CylinderEngine",
            "ReciprocatingSaw",
            "GearboxAssy",
            "Buggy",
            "BoxAnimated",
            "CesiumMilkTruck",
            "RiggedSimple",
            "RiggedFigure",
            "WalkingLady",
            "CesiumMan",
            "Monster",
            "BrainStem",
            "VC"
        );

        List<String> types = Arrays.asList(
            "glTF",
            "glTF-Embedded",
            "glTF-Binary",
            "glTF-MaterialsCommon"
        );

        MenuNode root = new MenuNode();
        root.label = "Khronos Samples, v1.0";
        root.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();

        for (String name : names)
        {
            MenuNode modelNode = new MenuNode();
            modelNode.label = name;
            modelNode.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();

            for (String type : types)
            {
                MenuNode typeNode = new MenuNode();
                typeNode.label = type;

                String extensionWithoutDot = "gltf";
                if (type.equals("glTF-Binary"))
                {
                    extensionWithoutDot = "glb";
                }
                typeNode.command = basePath + "/" + name + "/" + type + "/" +
                    name + "." + extensionWithoutDot;
                modelNode.children.add(typeNode);
            }
            root.children.add(modelNode);
        }

        return root;
    }

    /**
     * Create the {@link MenuNode} structure for the Khronos sample models,
     * version 2.0
     *
     * @return The root {@link MenuNode}
     */
    private static MenuNode createKhronosNode20()
    {
        String basePath = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KhronosGroup/" +
            "glTF-Sample-Models/master/2.0";

        List<String> names = Arrays.asList(
            "TriangleWithoutIndices",
            "Triangle",
            "AnimatedTriangle",
            "AnimatedMorphCube",
            "AnimatedMorphSphere",
            "SimpleMeshes",
            "Cameras",
            "Box",
            "BoxTextured",
            "Duck",
            "SmilingFace",
            "2CylinderEngine",
            "ReciprocatingSaw",
            "GearboxAssy",
            "Buggy",
            "BoxAnimated",
            "CesiumMilkTruck",
            "RiggedSimple",
            "RiggedFigure",
            "WalkingLady",
            "CesiumMan",
            "Monster",
            "BrainStem",
            "VC",
            "Avocado",
            "BarramundiFish",
            "BoomBox",
            "Corset",
            "Lantern",
            "WaterBottle",
            "MetalRoughSpheres",
            "NormalTangentTest",
            "TwoSidedPlane",
            "Cube",
            "AnimatedCube",
            "Suzanne",
            "SciFiHelmet"
        );

        List<String> types = Arrays.asList(
            "glTF",
            "glTF-Embedded",
            "glTF-Binary",
            "glTF-MaterialsCommon"
        );

        MenuNode root = new MenuNode();
        root.label = "Khronos Samples, v2.0";
        root.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();

        for (String name : names)
        {
            MenuNode modelNode = new MenuNode();
            modelNode.label = name;
            modelNode.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();

            for (String type : types)
            {
                MenuNode typeNode = new MenuNode();
                typeNode.label = type;

                String extensionWithoutDot = "gltf";
                if (type.equals("glTF-Binary"))
                {
                    extensionWithoutDot = "glb";
                }
                typeNode.command = basePath + "/" + name + "/" + type + "/" +
                    name + "." + extensionWithoutDot;
                modelNode.children.add(typeNode);
            }
            root.children.add(modelNode);
        }

        return root;
    }

    /**
     * Create the {@link MenuNode} structure for the tutorial sample models
     *
     * @return The root {@link MenuNode}
     */
    /*
    private static MenuNode createTutorialNode()
    {
        String basePath = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/" +
            "javagl/gltfTutorialModels/master";

        MenuNode root = new MenuNode();
        root.label = "Tutorial Samples";
        root.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();

        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "TriangleWithoutIndices", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "Triangle", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "AnimatedTriangle", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "SimpleMaterial", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded-buffer"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "SimpleMeshes", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "AdvancedMaterial", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded-buffer"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "SimpleOpacity", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded-buffer"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "SimpleTexture", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded-buffer"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "Cameras", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded"));
        root.children.add(createTutorialNode(basePath,
            "SimpleSkin", "glTF", "glTF-Embedded-buffers"));

        return root;
    }
    */

    /**
     * Create a {@link MenuNode} with the given name as a label and children
     * that have commands created from the given base path and types
     *
     * @param basePath The base path
     * @param name The name
     * @param types The types
     * @return The {@link MenuNode}
     */
    /*
    private static MenuNode createTutorialNode(
        String basePath, String name, String ... types)
    {
        MenuNode modelNode = new MenuNode();
        modelNode.label = name;
        modelNode.children = new ArrayList<MenuNode>();

        for (String type : types)
        {
            MenuNode typeNode = new MenuNode();
            typeNode.label = type;

            String extensionWithoutDot = "gltf";
            if (type.equals("glTF-Binary"))
            {
                extensionWithoutDot = "glb";
            }
            typeNode.command = basePath + "/" + name + "/" + type + "/" +
                name + "." + extensionWithoutDot;
            modelNode.children.add(typeNode);
        }

        return modelNode;
    }
    */

    /**
     * Write the given list of {@link MenuNode} objects as JSON to the
     * given output stream. The caller is responsible for closing the
     * given stream.
     *
     * @param menuNodes The menu nodes
     * @param outputStream The output stream
     * @throws IOException If an IO error occurs
     */
    private static void write(
        List<? extends MenuNode> menuNodes, OutputStream outputStream)
            throws IOException
    {
        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
        objectMapper.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_NULL);
        objectMapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
        objectMapper.writeValue(outputStream, menuNodes);
    }

}


text:
Q: Querying Active Directory from SQL Server 2005 How can I query Active Directory from SQL Server 2005?

A: Yes.
Linked server:
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver
    @server = N'ADSI',
    @srvproduct=N'Active Directory Services',
    @provider=N'ADsDSOObject',
    @datasrc=N'Servername.domain.com'

Query:
select * from openquery
(
ADSI,'SELECT name
FROM ''LDAP://Servername.domain.com''
WHERE objectCategory = ''Person'' AND objectClass = ''user''
')

There are lots of examples if you search linked server and LDPA on Google.
I say this because LDAP can be quite complicated to work with.

A: In order to overcome the maximum limit of 1000 records returned at a time from the Active Directory queries, you can use the function which I wrote below.
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[tf_GetAllUsersFromActiveDirectory]
()
RETURNS
     @USERS TABLE
        (
              sAMAccountName    VARCHAR(25)             PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
            , givenName VARCHAR(200)
            , SN VARCHAR(200)
            , userAccountControl VARBINARY(8)
            , mail VARCHAR(200)
        )
AS
BEGIN

INSERT INTO @Users
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=A*)(sAMAccountName=B*)(sAMAccountName=C*)(sAMAccountName=D*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')
UNION ALL
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=E*)(sAMAccountName=F*)(sAMAccountName=G*)(sAMAccountName=H*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')
UNION ALL
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=I*)(sAMAccountName=J*)(sAMAccountName=K*)(sAMAccountName=L*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')
UNION ALL
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=M*)(sAMAccountName=N*)(sAMAccountName=O*)(sAMAccountName=P*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')
UNION ALL
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=Q*)(sAMAccountName=R*)(sAMAccountName=S*)(sAMAccountName=T*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')
UNION ALL
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=U*)(sAMAccountName=V*)(sAMAccountName=W*)(sAMAccountName=X*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')
UNION ALL
SELECT  sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, userAccountControl,mail FROM OpenQuery(ADSI, '<LDAP://YourDomain.com:389>;(&(objectClass=User)(|(sAMAccountName=Y*)(sAMAccountName=Z*)) );sAMAccountName,givenName, sn, mail,userAccountControl;subtree')

RETURN
END
GO

A: Just a note; to remove the link use
exec sp_dropserver 'ADSI';

A: Pretty general question but here are some pointers.
You need a linked server creating on the SQL Server that points to ADSI (Active Directory Service Interface) something like this will do it.
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver 'ADSI', 'Active Directory Services 2.5', 'ADSDSOObject', 'adsdatasource'
Then you can use the following sort of query.

SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY(ADSI, 'SELECT sAMAccountName
FROM ''LDAP://DC=MyDC,DC=com,DC=uk''
WHERE objectCategory = ''Person''
AND objectClass = ''user''')

You'll need to set the LDAP:// line appropriately (ask your AD admin for the details) and be aware that distributed adhoc queries using OpenQuery are disabled by default in SQL Server. Once you have the above though it should be pretty easy to google for any particular variations.


This review of The Way I See It written by Nikhil Govind appeared in the January–March 2018 issue of the literary magazine, Biblio.
Though I have written a fair number of reviews, this is the first time I feel compelled to briefly situate myself as a reviewer. This is because the book is of a now famous contemporary figure — Gauri Lankesh, the journalist and activist who was shot dead in Bangalore last year. I generally avoid such charged and over-determined topics to review, both for my inadequacies of knowledge (I do not know enough about southern Karnataka politics), but also because I am reluctant to have to face the disappointment of those who might expect a straight martyrography. So I submit that this is a perspective which will not read the book solely from the vantage of her awful death, but will rather try to review this collection as a generic, reasonably informed commentator on the contemporary South Indian landscape.
The Way I See It is a slim anthology that is organised thus: 1) Gauri Lankesh's early, more 'investigative' journalism in Sunday magazine; 2) an interview with her from 2000 when she had just taken over the important Kannada journal Lankesh Patrike founded by her father P Lankesh; 3) her more 'editorial' writing as well as personal profiles in that journal; and 4) a set of her writings as a columnist in publications such as the Bangalore Mirror, The Wire, Tehelka, etc. The final section of around 40 pages has Gauri's mother's reminiscences of her, as well as tributes by friends and colleagues from the media and the political world. Edited and anthologised by the sociologist Chandan Gowda, the book gives us a fairly rounded picture of a contemporary bilingual journalistic career. But it also reminds us of the urgent need for richly detailed media histories of all of our regional media ecologies. If anything can save us from the purely entertainment–driven news universe that we currently inhabit, it is only the sharp and steadfast voices of people like Gauri Lankesh.
An unavoidable pathos surrounds the book and for weeks the cover, which has a portrait of Gauri's bemused, warm, forceful look, has been staring unblinking at me. Her story, at its skeletal level, is remarkable enough. She was born to a father who was already well-known. P Lankesh was a talented novelist and filmmaker, though it was his association with the eponymous journal he founded in 1980, Lankesh Patrike, that made him a cultural celebrity. The journal inaugurated a unique style of reportage — at a time when print was dour and essentially concerned with reporting the dull statements of politicians, P Lankesh wrote with easy sarcasm, irreverence, courage and independence. He sustained this style for 20 years, till his death in 2000. And as much as anything he could have written, the fact that he refused to take advertisements for his journal showed his entrepreneurial mettle as well as his self-conviction. In following him in this difficult media business that required both political and entrepreneurial astuteness, Gauri showed both grit as well as a sense of adventure.
But it would take some time before Gauri fully claimed her father's inheritance. Growing up, the daughter of this famous Kannada writer felt far more comfortable in English-language journalism — in not just the language, but also the ideas. Perhaps there was a need to explore a different world from Bangalore and Karnataka. After her education in Karnataka, she went to Delhi for graduate study, and began to work there. This phase of her life is represented in the first section of this collection, and contains many interests that were to stay with her: there is a witty, impudent take on Sathya Sai Baba; there is a minute description of the travails of "drudge" Karnataka chief ministers and the Congress high command (politics reduced to the most trivial protocol and ego); a detailed, eyewitness account of the "stakeout" of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins; a sympathetic account of Coorg's demands for statehood; a fine, menacing account of Bangalore's first celebrity serial killer, one that details the life of the metropolitan underclass.
But in 2000 her father died and her life was upended. She returned to Bangalore, and decided to keep the journal going despite having inhabited a different world in Delhi for the better part of two decades. She returned to a place, institution and language with which she had only intermittent relations, and discovered how hard it was to run a journal in India without advertising support, and in the name of a father who was such a towering, self-confident institution.
She discussed some of this in the 2000 interview. However, neither in that interview, nor in the later profile, was there anything other than adoration of her father — as a person, father, litterateur and editor. This is a tad disappointing, but perhaps she had not yet had time to have a full sense of the Kannada literary world. Her sketches of important cultural figures such as film and theatre personality BV Karanth, writers Poornachandra Tejaswi and UR Ananthamurthy and actor Rajkumar are also thinly anecdotal and reverential. Of Rajkumar, she does distinguish the person Muthuraj (the talented actor who came from a disadvantaged community) from his alter ego — the star who flirted with narrower linguistic nationalisms. Perhaps the everyday busyness of the journal precluded more introspective accounts — and one must remember that she had only slowly begun to consolidate her knowledge of Karnataka's literary culture.
This slow consolidation was perhaps the happiest period of her life. She discovered that she had indeed inherited the entrepreneurial strain from her parents (her mother ran a large and successful saree store). Alongside the comradeship in the larger world, the primary friendships she cherished were many unnamed workers of the independent media industry (translators, printers, accountants). In the first decade of this century, her increasing immersion of politics in southern Karnataka led to a more clarified (if occasionally more polemical) ethic. Her concerns became more local, and she was able to visit many sites of conflict and get firsthand accounts. She found solidarity and humour even in jail. Gauri realised that questions of communalism were entangled with other questions — mobilisations around faith were often about real-estate interests, or the careers of government officials.
Though she was better known within Kannada journalistic circles, it is important to remember that she continued to contribute as a columnist to English media. Her 2007 Tehelka piece stands out for its attempt to give emotional complexity to governmental 'combing operations'. Beyond the circumstances of 'encounters', Gauri is able to communicate the pathos of parents wandering around trying to collect their son's dead body, their shock and ignorance regarding this son and the allegations against him, their being taken in police jeeps from place to unknown place, being re-produced in one mysterious governmental file after another. Many of these parents were illiterate and did not know the world beyond their cluster of villages, so one can imagine the trauma of their encounter with a bewildering police apparatus. Gauri rightly ended by saying that democracy is not to be measured by votes and elections but by thresholds of dissent.
Gauri Lankesh's work consistently took a strong stance on religion. Beyond the early Sai Baba piece, there was her longstanding struggle over a shrine in Chikmagalur. She argued strongly against religious deception — an argument that nowadays seems harder to make, when there is a more easy-going idea that a vague spiritualism is fine, and that the state need not actively take sides for or against religion. She recounted with great frustration her fight to preserve her father's dead body from all kinds of practices that he had made a point of disavowing in his life. Sometimes Gauri sought to actively reclaim the more progressive aspects of her caste — medieval Lingayat poets had spoken out strongly against inequality. Likewise, she appreciated that it was very difficult to disentangle religious inequality from everyday cultural practices. The argument against reform often ended up on a slippery slope — if one criminalises public caste segregation, will the state tomorrow criminalise the wearing of kumkum? Gauri was thus appreciative of the few in public life who took an active atheist stand — for example the Karnataka minister who spent the death anniversary of Ambedkar in a graveyard. West and South India have a particular legacy of questioning religious texts – Periyar and Phule serve as examples – but that legacy is under strain. It does seem – though this bears greater investigation by both the police and the professors – that the three infamous shootings of Narendra Dabholkar, MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh, were to do with their attitudes on religion, rather than any affinity with the organised Left.
…made a placard of protest and stood in the village market place for an hour, then marched alone for 21 km to the nearby taluk town of Sagara, and held a protest demonstration alone…She had never met Gauri.


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