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//----------------------------------------------------------------
// SimplyCastAPIConnector.cs
// Copyright SimplyCast 2014
// This projected is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
//  (see the attached LICENSE.txt).
//----------------------------------------------------------------

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using SimplyCast.Common.Responses;

namespace SimplyCast
{
    /// <summary>
    /// SimplyCast REST API connector.
    /// See https://app.simplycast.com/?q=api/reference
    /// </summary>
    public class SimplyCastAPIConnector
    {
        #region Properties
        /// <summary>
        /// The public key, used to identify the user.
        /// </summary>
        private string publicKey;

        /// <summary>
        /// The secret key, used in generating signatures.
        /// </summary>
        private string secretKey;

        /// <summary>
        /// API URL, sans the resource endpoint.
        /// </summary>
        private string apiURL = "https://api.simplycast.com/";
        #endregion

        public string URL
        {
            get { return this.apiURL; }
            set { this.apiURL = value; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// API constructor
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="publicKey">The public key to make the request with.</param>
        /// <param name="secretKey">The secret key to make the request with.</param>
        public SimplyCastAPIConnector(string publicKey, string secretKey)
        {
            this.publicKey = publicKey;
            this.secretKey = secretKey;
            ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;
            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;
        }

        #region Utility Functions
        /// <summary>
        /// Main API calling function.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">The entity response return type.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="method">The HTTP method (GET, POST, etc).</param>
        /// <param name="resource">The API resource (the part of the URL
        /// between the base URL and the query parameters.</param>
        /// <param name="queryParameters">A dictionary of request query
        /// parameters.</param>
        /// <param name="requestBody">A serializable object containing the
        /// rquest body.</param>
        /// <returns>A response entity.</returns>
        public T Call<T>(string method, string resource, Dictionary<string, string> queryParameters, object requestBody)
        {
            string requestBodyString = "";
            if (requestBody == null)
            {
                requestBodyString = "";
            }
            else
            {
                requestBodyString = this._Serialize(requestBody);
            }

            string date = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("r");

            string requestBodyHash = "";
            if (requestBodyString.Length > 0)
            {
                requestBodyHash = System.Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SimplyCastAPIConnector.BytesToHex(System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create().ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestBodyString.Trim())))));
            }

            string authHeader = this._GenerateAuthHeader(method, resource, date, requestBodyHash);

            string url = this.apiURL.Trim('/') + '/' + resource.Trim('/');
            if (queryParameters != null && queryParameters.Count > 0)
            {
                url = url + "?";
                foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> q in queryParameters)
                {
                    url += System.Uri.EscapeDataString(q.Key) + "=" + System.Uri.EscapeDataString(q.Value) + "&";
                }
                url = url.TrimEnd('&');
            }

            HttpWebRequest webHandle = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
            webHandle.Method = method;
            webHandle.Headers.Add("X-Date", date);
            webHandle.Accept ="application/xml";
            webHandle.Headers.Add(authHeader);

            if (requestBodyString.Length > 0)
            {
                int contentLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestBodyString).Length;
                webHandle.ContentType = "application/xml";
                webHandle.ContentLength = contentLength;
                webHandle.Headers.Add("Content-MD5",requestBodyHash);
                Stream requestStream = webHandle.GetRequestStream();
                requestStream.Write(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestBodyString), 0, contentLength);
                requestStream.Close();
            }

            HttpWebResponse webResponse;
            try
            {
                webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)webHandle.GetResponse();
            }
            catch (WebException e)
            {
                if (e.Response != null)
                {
                    webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response;
                } else
                {
                    throw e;
                }
            }

            Stream receiveStream = webResponse.GetResponseStream();
            StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8);
            string responseData = readStream.ReadToEnd();
            readStream.Close();
            receiveStream.Close();

            if ((int) webResponse.StatusCode >= 400)
            {
                APIException exception;
                try
                {
                    Error error = this._Deserialize<Error>(responseData);
                    exception = new APIException(error.Message);
                    exception.StatusCode = webResponse.StatusCode;
                    exception.StatusDescription = webResponse.StatusDescription;
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    exception = new APIException("An error condition occurred from the API, but could not be deserialized.", e);
                    exception.StatusCode = webResponse.StatusCode;
                    exception.StatusDescription = webResponse.StatusDescription;
                }
                throw exception;
            }
            else if (webResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NoContent) {
                return default(T);
            }

            //Bypass the serializer if the caller wants to handle it itself.
            if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
            {
                return (T)Convert.ChangeType(responseData, typeof(T));
            }
            else
            {
                return (T)this._Deserialize<T>(responseData);
            }
        }

        private string _GenerateAuthHeader(string method, string resource, string date, string requestBodyHash)
        {
            string signature = (method + "\n" + date + "\n" + resource + "\n" + requestBodyHash).Trim();

            System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1 hmac = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1();
            hmac.Key = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(this.secretKey);

            string authStr = this.publicKey + ':' + SimplyCastAPIConnector.BytesToHex(hmac.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(signature)));
            return "Authorization: HMAC " + System.Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authStr));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Given an array of bytes, convert it to a hex representation.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bytes">The array of bytes to convert.</param>
        /// <returns>A hex string.</returns>
        public static string BytesToHex(byte[] bytes)
        {
            string str = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
            {
                str += bytes[i].ToString("x2");
            }
            return str;
        }

        private T _Deserialize<T>(string xml)
        {
            T obj = default(T);

            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
            using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(xml))
            {
                 obj = (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
            }

            return obj;
        }

        private string _Serialize(object serializableObject)
        {
            string serialized = "";

            XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
            ns.Add("", "");
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(serializableObject.GetType());

            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
            {
                serializer.Serialize(writer, serializableObject, ns);
                serialized = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
            }

            return serialized;
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

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Tungsten has become popular among avid and professional anglers because of its smaller size compared to lead in compatible sizes. Because it is more dense then lead, a tungsten weight is 50 percent smaller in size then a lead counterpart. Many professional anglers have stated that the smaller, denser weight performs better in heavy cover.


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The losers from the 2017 summer transfer window – Premier League
byCalcio Insider
With the English transfer window having reached its conclusion, Calcio Insider peeks into the proceedings of a couple of clubs, who should be disappointed with their business over the summer.
Arsenal:
The Gunners began their summer business early with the signing of Sead Kolasinac which was followed by the recruitment of Alexandre Lacazette in July. However, the club failed to bring in any players since with the likes of Gabriel, Kieran Gibbs, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain parting ways. The Ox, in particular, had become a fan favourite at the Emirates, and his departure will have a minor sense of disappointment. On the other hand, the club managed to keep Alexis Sanchez beyond the summer, but the Chilean is still said to be fuming at missing out on a deadline-day move to Manchester City. The Gunners had hoped to sign Monaco's Thomas Lemar in order to permit Sanchez's sale to the Citizens, but things didn't go their way in the dying stages of the transfer window.
Swansea City:
The Swans probably made the highlight signing on deadline day with Renato Sanches joining from Bayern Munich on a season-long loan. Paul Clement has previously worked as an assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at several clubs, and he used his relationship to his advantage. Regardless of this, the new signings still have huge boots to fill with Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente having left the Liberty Stadium. The pair contributed to more than 75 percent of the Swans' success last term, and their efforts are unlikely to be unforgotten as the club preserved their top-flight status. Summer signings Tammy Abraham and Wilfried Bony will be tasked with getting on the scoresheet with the latter making his Swans comeback following an unsuccessful spell at Manchester City. Renato is another who could hit the ground running, but it will depend on how he adapts to his new surrounding.
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The industry of packaging keeps evolving. It has seen a lot of products with materials ranging from cardboard, brick cartons and glass to plastic. The use of plastic in the packaging industry is significant. Both HDPE and LDPE are used widely in packaging. Plastic is both used in flexible and rigid packaging.
For exporting fruits and vegetables one product that is extensively used is "Leno bags" or "Mesh bags". Leno bags offer resistance from damage due to moisture since their mesh structure permits the flow of air through the fabric of the bag, thus keeping the contents of the bag away from contamination due to humidity. Leno bags are made from Polypropylene. They have good strength and durability. The bags can thus sustain rough handling during transport. They are also resistant to corrosive chemicals and fungus. The bags allow the buyer to view the contents with ease, thus inspection is facilitated. Leno bags are also comparatively lighter in weight to its counterpart products like jute bags or corrugated boxes. It has become the need of the day to cater to the growing demand with cost effective packaging. Leno bags also have a good shelf life based on its use.
Leno bags are broadly used for packaging of onions. Onions require ventilation once packed. To ensure freshness of onions the air circulation needs to be guaranteed. Hence Leno bags are the economical and worthwhile solution.
Leno bag designs have also progressed over the years. Bags now have drawstrings for opening the bags which add aesthetic appeal to the bags while enabling easy operation. Also bags now have lamination with the required information about the vendor.
Sunbeam Lenopack Pvt. Ltd and the group of companies has been a group which has successfully sustained in the competition of leno bag manufacturers and has further emerged as a company which embraces change in terms of new developments. The group of companies encourages research and takes necessary steps to bring about diversification in the appropriate direction. It is a group which is cognizant about the advancements in the packaging industry and tries to inculcate these improvements in their production techniques.
The group has evolved from manufacturing leno bags from PP tape which was earlier purchased from PP thread suppliers to now manufacturing PP tape in house while making using of virgin material and ensuring the quality of its end product.
Another important aspect is that the working community functions together as a family and every production order is worked out with a positive drive and enthusiasm. Also the group holds a great standing in terms of conduct, demeanor and work ethic with its client base. The company owes its success today to the far sightedness of the senior directors, informed decision making, its calculated risk approach, and largely to its working community and the rapport with its clientele.
If you use our Leno bags, satisfaction is confirmed. The company pledges to secure supreme quality while consistently upgrading to better standards.


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Q: Use Scala macros to generate methods I want to generate aliases of methods using annotation macros in Scala 2.11+. I am not even sure that is even possible. If yes, how?
Example - Given this below, I want the annotation macros to expand into
class Socket {
  @alias(aliases = Seq("!", "ask", "read"))
  def load(n: Int): Seq[Byte] = {/* impl */}
}

I want the above to generate the synonym method stubs as follows:
class Socket {
  def load(n: Int): Seq[Byte] = // ....
  def !(n: Int) = load(n)
  def ask(n: Int) = load(n)
  def read(n: Int) = load(n)
}

The above is of course a facetious example but I can see this technique being useful to auto generate sync/async versions of APIs or in DSLs with lots of synonyms. Is it possible to also expose these generated methods in the Scaladoc too? Is this something possible using Scala meta?
Note: What I am asking is quite different from: https://github.com/ktoso/scala-macro-method-alias
Also please don't mark this as a duplicate of this as the question is a bit different and a lot has changed in Scala macro land in past 3 years.

A: This doesn't seem possible exactly as stated. Using a macro annotation on a class member does not allow you to manipulate the tree of the class itself. That is, when you annotate a method within a class with a macro annotation, macroTransform(annottees: Any*) will be called, but the only annottee will be the method itself.
I was able to get a proof-of-concept working with two annotations. It's obviously not as nice as simply annotating the class, but I can't think of another way around it.
You'll need:
import scala.annotation.{ StaticAnnotation, compileTimeOnly }
import scala.language.experimental.macros
import scala.reflect.macros.whitebox.Context

The idea is, you can annotate each method with this annotation, so that a macro annotation on the parent class is able to find which methods you want to expand.
class alias(aliases: String *) extends StaticAnnotation

Then the macro:
// Annotate the containing class to expand aliased methods within
@compileTimeOnly("You must enable the macro paradise plugin.")
class aliased extends StaticAnnotation {
    def macroTransform(annottees: Any*): Any = macro AliasMacroImpl.impl
}

object AliasMacroImpl {

  def impl(c: Context)(annottees: c.Expr[Any]*): c.Expr[Any] = {
    import c.universe._

    val result = annottees map (_.tree) match {
      // Match a class, and expand.
      case (classDef @ q"$mods class $tpname[..$tparams] $ctorMods(...$paramss) extends { ..$earlydefns } with ..$parents { $self => ..$stats }") :: _ =>

        val aliasedDefs = for {
          q"@alias(..$aliases) def $tname[..$tparams](...$paramss): $tpt = $expr" <- stats
          Literal(Constant(alias)) <- aliases
          ident = TermName(alias.toString)
        } yield {
          val args = paramss map { paramList =>
            paramList.map { case q"$_ val $param: $_ = $_" => q"$param" }
          }

          q"def $ident[..$tparams](...$paramss): $tpt = $tname(...$args)"
        }

        if(aliasedDefs.nonEmpty) {
          q"""
            $mods class $tpname[..$tparams] $ctorMods(...$paramss) extends { ..$earlydefns } with ..$parents { $self =>
              ..$stats
              ..$aliasedDefs
            }
          """
        } else classDef
        // Not a class.
        case _ => c.abort(c.enclosingPosition, "Invalid annotation target: not a class")
    }

    c.Expr[Any](result)
  }

}

Keep in mind this implementation will be brittle. It only inspects the annottees to check that the first is a ClassDef. Then, it looks for members of the class that are methods annotated with @alias, and creates multiple aliased trees to splice back into the class. If there are no annotated methods, it simply returns the original class tree. As is, this will not detect duplicate method names, and strips away modifiers (the compiler would not let me match annotations and modifiers at the same time).
This can easily be expanded to handle companion objects as well, but I left them out to keep the code smaller. See the quasiquotes syntax summary for the matchers I used. Handling companion objects would require modifying the result match to handle case classDef :: objDef :: Nil, and case objDef :: Nil.
In use:
@aliased
class Socket {
    @alias("ask", "read")
    def load(n: Int): Seq[Byte] = Seq(1, 2, 3).map(_.toByte)
}

scala> val socket = new Socket
socket: Socket = Socket@7407d2b8

scala> socket.load(5)
res0: Seq[Byte] = List(1, 2, 3)

scala> socket.ask(5)
res1: Seq[Byte] = List(1, 2, 3)

scala> socket.read(5)
res2: Seq[Byte] = List(1, 2, 3)

It can also handle multiple parameter lists:
@aliased
class Foo {
    @alias("bar", "baz")
    def test(a: Int, b: Int)(c: String) = a + b + c
}

scala> val foo = new Foo
foo: Foo = Foo@3857a375

scala> foo.baz(1, 2)("4")
res0: String = 34

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Join the RRB crew where they will be bringing a little slice of their Los Angeles manufacturing into 718 Cyclery! Join in as they will be showcasing a number of their bike bags as well as the tools needed to produce them. Come for the bags, stay for the fun! We will be raffling off a number of their rad bags during the event as well as RRB will be producing promotional bags in-house for your viewing pleasure. Feast your eyes folks as this is a rare opportunity and space is limited so be sure sign up to reserve your position. These promotional bags will only be available during the event of and quantities will be limited! Take home a piece of American Manufacturing. MUSA!
Friday May 10th, 2019 - Casual Friday Ft. Brad and Ester form Road Runner Bags.
Swing by the shop and work directly with Brad and Ester from RRB. Test fit a variety of bags on your bike and work directly with the markers, designers and operators of Road Runner Bags. Talk bags, bikes and adventures during this casual Friday.
Saturday May 11th, 2019 - Croton Point!
Join 718 Cyclery as we host Road Runner Bags during our annual Croton Point overnighter. Join the 718c crew as we ride out of the city, on a number of closed bike paths through the woods and into Croton for a night of camp fire ceremonies, merit badge awarding and maybe a bag raffle or two! Road Runner Bag's own Brad and Ester will be joining in on the tour. Be sure to come out to engage in on the festivities as this years calendar of events is going to be a good one!


Mukha Mukhi over Attack On YS Jagan; YSRCP Vs TDP..
YSRCP Chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was attacked by a man identified as Srinivas, a waiter working at a restaurant at the Visakhapatnam airport, on October 25. The accused has claimed to be his fan and approached him for a selfie. The opposition chief was scheduled to leave for Hyderabad and was waiting in the VIP lounge. Post the incident, both ruling TDP and the opposition party leaders have traded charges among each other and the same has been continuing. TV9 media which met the family members of the accused at his village in East Godavari district, has conducted a Mukha Mukhi programme. In the said programme, YSRCP leader Koyya Prasad Reddy and TDP's Kaki Govinda Reddy have submitted their points.


When you've got a perfect look, there's really nothing much you should do with it other than hanging on to it for the rest of your days. That's just what the Red Wings do with their sweaters that have stayed essentially the same since the very get-go. After all, when you can say you've had everyone from Gordie Howe to Steve Yzerman all wearing essentially the same sweater, that's impressive and even more so in an era where making things new and updated is all the rage.
Best: Well this is awkward. Detroit has essentially gone unchanged with their sweaters since 1937. The only real alterations have come in sprucing up the winged wheel logo and then adding names to the back of the sweaters in the late 1970s. Considering how bad the Wings were in the 70s, fans needed to know just who they were rooting for.
When it comes down to picking a "best" Red Wings sweater it's down to red or white. Put me down as a fan of the (now) road white sweater. Dominating with just one color sometimes doesn't do it for me and even with the Red Wings being just red and white with their colors, even the menacing all red look can be too much.
Worst: For the worst all-time Red Wings sweater we have to go back to the days when they were called the Detroit Cougars and apparently that meant dressing up like an oversized candy cane. In the 1927-1928 season, the Cougars' sweater had horizontal stripes up and down the length of it with a bold "DETROIT" right smack through the middle of the sweater. When you're rolling with just two colors that can get to be rough to look at and these peppermint-flavored nightmares are a good reason why we're thankful photographs in that era were in black and white.
Classic at all costs: It's incredible that the Wings have kept the same look for over 70 years and haven't deviated off and introduced a new logo or a third sweater at all through recent years. The Wings fan base is big enough so that introducing something like that could mean even more money for owner Mike Ilitch and given how good the Wings have been for nearly the last 20 years having third jerseys with the names of Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan, Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom, or Henrik Zetterberg would be huge sellers.
Instead, the Wings keep it real and the only different sweater they've worn at all came in the 2009 Winter Classic when they threw on the franchise's original Detroit Cougars sweater for the day.
Assessment: This original six franchise just keeps doing things right on and off the ice and keeping a classic look unencumbered by ad wizard-enhanced new logos, shoulder patches, or third jerseys keeps the Wings sweater looking old school and classic at all times. It's up there with Chicago as one of the best looking teams in the NHL.


You are a God who wants us to be honest with You. Like David, pouring out his complaints before You, so You want me to be an authentic person. You are eager to hear about my fears, my frustrations, my dreams and my dashed hopes. Friends of family can help me, but they are limited and can only take so much. But You invite me to haggle things out with You because You are a God who enjoys living life with His children. Although this is so different from the God many follow, it is Who You, Yahweh, the God of the Bible are.
Lord, help us to remember that we are not our own. Before we make a major decision, help us to realize that we do not have that right: You do. We are Your servants and You want to guide and direct us. So help us pray, consider the spiritual impact of our choices and get the counsel of the godly. Remind us that we are not free agents. We belong to You. We should not move without first consulting You. We should not buy a house or change jobs without consulting You, O Lord. We should not bounce from church to church or spouse to spouse. We need to submit our wills to Yours, O Lord.
Father, I pray for Christian students at secular colleges. O Lord, help them to get involved in Christian fellowships like Campus Crusade for Christ, The Navigators, or InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Help them not to be afraid of questions, but help them seek and find satisfying answers from Christian websites like www.christiananswers.net. May they return home with a stronger faith and may they lead many of their fellow students to faith in Jesus Christ. Help them not to isolate themselves, I ask.
Lord, over 6 million people live in the Indian province of Himachal Pradesh, yet only .09% claim any form of Christianity. This province draws many Hindus as they make religious pilgrimages and participate in idolatry. Yet there is some light shining in this darkness: "In 1991 all known Christians were 4,435 in number and only 90 churches were functioning. Between 1992 and 1998 over 1,200 were baptized and 150 churches were planted" (source: Operation World). O Lord, please double the number of believers every year for the next 5 years, I ask. May Your Spirit grant many the repentance that leads to life.
Father, please bless Sisters In Service, "a global outreach ministry that focuses on women. SIS informs, mobilizes and equips U.S. advocates to extend God's love to women and children through local partnerships in the least reached places of the world. [Their] goal is to multiply laborers who focus on the 'least of these,' on women in unreached lands. In these cultures women are the least valued, least fed, least educated and least reached over all. [They] open outreach doorways in Iraq, India, China, the Middle East and Southeast Asia." O Lord, prosper and bless this work. Provide for them, grant them safety and harmony and empower them by Your Spirit, I ask.
Empower me to walk with You today, I request in the Savior's Name, Amen.


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The Eagle: a Roman centurion travels beyond "the end of the world"
Directed by Kevin Macdonald, screenplay by Jeremy Brock, based on the novel by Rosemary Sutcliff
Human beings are insatiably curious. All things being equal, they're eager to know about other places, times and people—and not simply the official version either. Who wouldn't like to know what people were like a thousand or two thousand years ago, how they acted and thought, what they felt deeply about, how they both resembled and differed from us?
With its visual and dramatic capabilities, film offers the possibility of bringing the dead back to life, or at least some semblance of them. Spectators tend to be willing to suspend disbelief if a movie is engaging and intriguing (and, somewhere behind that, truthful) enough.
Some historical moments are more appealing than others, one of them being the Roman occupation of Britain (which lasted, more or less, from 40 to 400 AD). Ancient Rome retains its fascination, and the notion of this seemingly sober, stoical, well-disciplined society attempting to subdue the primitive Britons (who much later turned into a seemingly sober, stoical, well-disciplined people themselves) holds a special interest.
We know or we think we know something about the modern Italians and British, and, in terms of "national characteristics," for whatever that classification is worth, they seem very unlike one another as peoples. So the notion of the Romans having conquered and inhabited Britain for hundreds of years seems odd and improbable, and that is a good starting point for attracting an audience.
Kevin Macdonald (State of Play, The Last King of Scotland) has directed The Eagle, from Jeremy Brock's screenplay based on the 1954 novel by Rosemary Sutcliff. The story is this: in 140 AD or so, a young Roman centurion, Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum), newly arrived in Britain, sets about solving the mystery of what happened to the Roman legion commanded by his father two decades earlier. This Ninth Legion (composed of 5,000 soldiers) was supposedly slaughtered by tribes in Caledonia (modern-day Scotland), north of Hadrian's Wall, and the unit's eagle standard seized.
After an engagement with bloodthirsty local Britons in which Marcus proves his valor as a commander and receives serious injuries, he is rewarded by Rome with medals and, much to his dismay, given an honorable discharge. When Marcus helps save the life of a slave, Esca (Jamie Bell), he takes advantage of having a companion who knows the language and territory and, once the Roman has healed somewhat, the two set off north of the Wall alone to recover the eagle (and restore his father's reputation).
Having undergone various hardships, including an attack by "rogue warriors," the pair are directed toward a deserter from the Ninth who tells them part of the story. Soon afterward, they are captured by the savage "seal people," to whom Esca presents himself as the master and Marcus the slave. The seal tribe, who live by the sea in northern Scotland, turn out to possess the eagle, which they now venerate as a religious icon.
The Eagle is not a disaster, but it's not especially successful either. It is worth noting, first of all, that Sutcliff's original novel was intended for children, for better or worse, and the characterizations are not terribly complex.
Marcus acts bull-headedly and exclusively out of a sense of personal, family and civic pride from beginning to end. "Can you imagine anything more magnificent than to be a soldier of Rome," he asks his uncle (Donald Sutherland), "to serve with courage and honor?" This is never seriously challenged. The American-born Channing is effective within the narrow limits set him.
Esca, the slave and companion, is also lacking in dimension. He swears an oath of allegiance to Marcus and never deviates, although he appears to at one point. Jamie Bell strains in the role.
The reconstructed "seal people" tribe veers close to stereotype on more than one occasion. The treatment here of the indigenous population is not as complex as in many of the better American Westerns of the 1950s.
Is the film intended as something of a warning about the pitfalls of empire and imperialism, meant perhaps to shed light on current events? We think so at one point, when one of the warrior-Britons presides over the beheading of a Roman soldier, and screams in the direction of the occupiers' encampment, "You have stolen our land and killed our sons!"
Various parallels between the past and the present continue to be drawn, including descriptions of the atrocities carried out by the foreign army. When Marcus asserts to Esca that "The eagle [standard] is Rome," the latter recounts how his family died at the hands of the Romans and declares, "Rome also did that."
The slave suggests that the Romans who lost their lives in Caledonia 20 years before essentially died for nothing, exclaiming at one point: "Why did they [the lost legion] have to come north?… There's nothing here worth taking. Why couldn't they be satisfied with what they had?" Furthermore, the Roman politicians at home are portrayed as wealthy and arrogant.
However, these hints and suggestions of contemporary relevance are largely forgotten in the heat of the adventure, and we seem meant to conclude, in the end, that the pursuit of the eagle has been worthwhile after all, from a number of points of view. The film ends with a ceremony dedicated to honoring the martial dead, in which Marcus's viewpoint, that there is nothing more "sweet and fitting" than dying for one's country, seems restored to its place of pride.
As a right-wing website correctly points out, "If there's a cautionary subtext here about the vulnerability of a modern superpower, however, it's not something Macdonald seems determined to beat audiences over the head with. Instead, I suspect what people will remember most about The Eagle is the film's unapologetic commitment to honor and integrity."
Marcus has more of a "multi-cultural" perspective by the end of the film; he has come to see that bravery and honor are not exclusively Roman property. He also recognizes that the local population is at least as convinced of the rightness of its cause as the Romans.
All right, but aside from that?
There are interesting aspects to the film. It is coherently done. It is not gratuitously bloody and sadistic in the manner of Braveheart and Gladiator, although it leans in their direction from time to time. The Scottish landscape is often breathtaking; the reconstruction of Roman military tactics is apparently accurate, at least in places. We learn a few things, we think about a different world and time.
Even if the legend of the annihilated Roman legion is not true (as modern scholarship apparently has concluded), the idea of a quest north of Hadrian's Wall (built 122-128 AD), beyond "the end of the world," from the Roman point of view, is a fascinating one.
Still, the results are weak.…
Macdonald asserts that the filmmakers attempted to take "a very naturalistic, realistic approach in the film, in the way we shot it.… I come from documentaries and come from more realist tradition, I wanted to take that approach."
It may very well be that The Eagle is shot in a more naturalistic way, but that is no guarantee of truthfulness or depth. As is often the case today, the capturing of detail comes at the expense of a broader grasp of things.
No one need pine for the Hollywood epics of the past (much less the Italian "sword and sandal" quasi-industry). The epic genre (set in ancient Rome and Egypt, biblical times, etc.) flourished in the 1950s. One thinks of Samson and Delilah, Quo Vadis, Salome, Barabbas, The Robe, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Sign of the Pagan, The Silver Chalice, The Egyptian, Land of the Pharaohs, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Esther and the King, King of Kings, Sodom and Gomorrah, Cleopatra, The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Greatest Story Ever Told…and more.
One historian of the film industry comments bluntly: "By the mid-1950s, the blacklist and new technologies led Hollywood to concentrate on apolitical, spectacular films such as biblical epics, westerns, and musicals." A considerable flight from examining contemporary American reality in the wake of the purges of left-wing artists no doubt occurred, and an officially conformist and stagnant culture could have done no better than search for subjects consecrated by church and state. (Westerns and low-budget science fiction films perhaps lent themselves more easily to social criticism and self-criticism.)
Nonetheless, those epics, foolish and turgid as they often were, managed to convey more of a sense of the sweep of history than a film such as The Eagle. They dwelt, perhaps excessively and bloatedly, on "titanic," collective issues in a panoramic fashion: the collapse of empires, wars and uprisings, the emergence of Christianity as a mass, oppositional movement to the Roman Empire and so forth. In that sense, they were far more "historically conscious" than present-day films.
And no wonder. The anti-communist purges did enormous damage, but it could not erase memory and consciousness as a whole. The writers and directors had been alive during great, traumatic events in the middle of the twentieth century. Many of the European filmmakers had experienced first-hand the end of dynasties, revolutionary crises, the rise of dictators. In that sense, their vision was more "realistic."
On the other hand, what have Macdonald and his generation—born in the late 1960s and early 1970s—of younger British writers, directors (Tom Hooper, Christopher Nolan, Sam Mendes, Shane Meadows, Guy Ritchie, Joe Wright, etc.) and performers experienced? They grew up under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, then a decade of Tony Blair. A right-wing consensus prevailed. The working class was largely suppressed, its socialist heritage under relentless attack. History and the study of history were devalued by various ideological trends.
A good deal of money was to be made in film and television, often in Hollywood directly. In place of a fierceness about life and reality, which had characterized a previous generation of British writers and directors, concerns about image and career prevailed.
One had to be sensible. Making big waves never did anyone any good. Of course, one was still opposed to the ugliest side of capitalism; one was tolerant…and in favor of tolerance; one was opposed in principle to war; one was still vaguely concerned about social questions, but the personal was the political now, anyway, wasn't it?
The amorphous liberalism, the weakened awareness of and orientation to the class struggle, the imprecision about historical matters—the overall vagueness—all this inevitably helps produce weak artistic results.
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It's been increasingly evident for years: smartphone users are digging bigger phones as they do more on screens, and spend less time talking on the phone. And there's no sign of the appetite for super-sizing mobile handsets abating — not according to a new report from Yahoo-owned mobile analytics firm Flurry.
The firm has looked at a top slice of data taken from the 1.6 billion devices it tracks every month — focusing on the top 875 devices it says accounted for 87 percent of sessions in March 2015 — to explore global active device usage by screen size. Flurry found that phablets have more than tripled their share of usage since last year.
In January 2014, Flurry recorded just 6 percent of active users were on phablets versus 68 percent using 'medium phones' (devices with a screen size between 3.5 inches and 4.9 inches). But by March this year phablet usage had swelled to a fifth (20 percent), with medium phones squeezed down to 59 percent.
Full-sized tablets are also being cannibalized — or capped — by phablets, with a shrinking overall share of active users:
Apple's first phablet, the iPhone 6 Plus, went on sale last fall — finally affording iOS users who want to remain on Apple's platform the option of using an i-Phablet. That pent up demand has evidently contributed to driving phablet usage.
That said, Android remains the dominant force in phablets — which is not surprising, given how many more large-screened Android smartphones there are to choose from versus just the one iPhone. Flurry found that around one-third (36 percent) of Android users are using phablets versus just 4 percent of iOS users. So iOS developers are still mostly going to be focused on building smaller phone experiences — and on iPad apps (full-sized tablet usage accounts for a fifth of iOS usage).
By contrast, Android usage on full size tablets is very weak (just 3 percent) — underlining what we knew already: that Android tablets have flopped, but also that there has been less impetus and demand for full-sized Android slates because Android phones have had larger screens for longer.
Flurry has also charted the growth in Android device makers offering phablets — noting that Android phablets only made up 10 percent of overall Android phones back in 2013. But, two years on, phablets account for close to a third (27 percent) of all Android devices. So really the Android phablet is the Android tablet.


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FORT MYERS BEACH MASSAGE THERAPIST ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
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Lee County Sheriff's Office SVU detectives arrested 70-year-old Barry Gould on Saturday on sexual assault charges.
Authorities say Gould was an independently contracted massage therapist at Armando's Day Spa on Fort Myers Beach. During a massage session, they say he inappropriately touched a client.
Colleagues who work with him at the spa say they were shocked. They say that because Gould was an independent contractor, they would call him in to do massages from time to time. But, that they only ever had positive reviews about him.
No one at Armando's Day Spa could imagine that anyone they work with would ever violate a client.
Colleen LoRae is the spa's manager and an esthetician. LoRae says she asked Gould to do a massage in the room next to her on Saturday.
"When the client came out I asked how her massage was. She said it was fine. She gave a very nice tip, so I had absolutely no clue that anything was wrong until a sheriff's deputy came in asking if he worked there," she said.
LoRae says she was surprised to find out that Barry Gould had been arrested and was accused of inappropriately touching a client, all while she was just in the next room.
"I'm totally shocked. We all are. I cried when I even heard what she said happened," LoRae said.
After the incident, deputies were able to locate Gould at the Community Outreach Center on Fort Myers Beach. They collected his DNA and arrested him.
People in the community were also shocked that this would happen. Gabriel Alwin is from Port Charlotte. "There's probably a prison so somewhere with his name on it that he should be in," Alwin said.
Grace Gilmore is visiting Fort Myers Beach. "It breaks my heart to hear that those people who were affected by that and went through situations where they just thought they were safe going to get a massage," said Gilmore.
Armando's Day Spa has strict rules about keeping clients covered and making sure they are comfortable during the messages.
They say that was Gould's last time setting foot inside any of their massage rooms. "He will never work here again. I mean we won't ever be calling him, obviously," said LoRae.
Gould is being held on $50,000 bond.
FLORIDA'S LOWELL PRISON IS CESSPOOL OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY STAFF, FEDS SAY IN BLISTERING REPORT
ALLEGED PEDOPHILE, WHITE SUPREMACIST ARRESTED IN KIDNAPPING OF 12-YR-OLD GIRL. "Through manipulation and grooming" Nathan Larson convinced his victim to send inappropriate pictures of herself and run away with him, law enforcement officials said.


Hurricane Sandy is building to be quite the storm here on the East Coast. All members of the JK family have checked in and everyone is doing fine. Despite the weather, our staff is in the office, our crews are on the road, and we're open for business.
On the first and third Thursday of the month, movers from across North America participate in a discussion on Twitter, called MoveChat, where stories, tips, and advice are shared. Every chat, we discuss a specific part of the moving process. This week the topic was, "What happens after the move" and what follows is an edited transcript of the discussion.
Today, we would like to provide 7 tips that will help you be better prepared for move day, leading to a successful move.
My name is Joe, and I'm the new Social Media Coordinator at JK Moving Services. Over the past few weeks I've been getting settled in and learning how we do things. Being new, I can easily recall that from the outside, moving seemed simple. In its goal, I guess, it is. Your belongings need to be packed up and picked up, then dropped off safe and sound at your new home or office. But as I've learned in my short time here, achieving this goal consistently, day after day, requires recognizing and managing inherent complexities and challenges that aren't obvious from an outside perspective.
On the first and third Thursday of the month, movers from across North America participate in a discussion on Twitter, called MoveChat, where stories, tips, and advice are shared. Every chat, we discuss a specific part of the moving process. This week the topic was, "How to Handle a Senior Move" and what follows is an edited transcript of the discussion.
One of the questions our Archives Division frequently encounters is, "Why should I store my records off-site? What's the benefit?" Today, we would like to answer with 5 reasons you should store your records off-site, at a dedicated records center.


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We all know just how close Valentine's Day is getting, so it feels like a pretty good time to DIY a little something for your V-Day pressies anyway. And it only takes 5 minutes, so you pretty much HAVE to do it. Right? Right!
The holographic circles are from Amazon. The peachy pink dots are also from Amazon ($9 for a box of 1,000 stickers!). And surprise…the silver stars can also be bought on Amazon OR pretty much any office supply store, where the sticky tabs and yard sale stickers are. You can find them SUPER easily and they're probably my favorite of all.
Once you stick them on your paper in a haphazard (or organized) pattern, wrap your gifts as usual and you're good to go. I added some pastel painted wood hearts (which are from here) and colorful string to finish things off, but I think they look great on their own too.
Are you as into DIY gift wrap as I am? What weird(ish) things are you obsessed with? I would love to know!
This is so cute! And I love that you can have one roll of paper and make it look different infinitely!
Thanks KNC! It's amazing what you can do with a few rolls of stickers, right? So fun and easy.
That is such a cool idea, and I love how you combine rather pale colours with silver stickers!
I can totally see you creating your own line of wrapping paper. Thanks for sharing such a fun and easy DIY!
i agree with you! i LOVE wrapping paper.
to this day i beat myself up for not buying that flamingo paper at marshalls a couple of months ago.
i just wished other people could love it as much.
last year for our office xmas exchange, i picked my gift solely because of the wrapping paper.
i opened it sooo carefully and i kept it.
Haha. Love that Les. I've kept wrapping paper from gifts in the past too. Sometimes it's just too good to throw away.
Love these! So fun. I think they'd be perfect for so many occasions.
Thanks Kelsey! Yep, you could totally use this technique for lots of occasions. Good call!
Love this idea and how easy and convenient it is!
This is such a smart idea, a real time-saver!!
Thanks Eleanor, Ari, and Marwa.
We too are suckers for wrapping paper. It just makes a gift that much better. This could quite possible be the cutest Valentine's grift wrap ever!
Pretty cool. That seems so easy.
I hate when I should wrapping a gift because I can't make it well.
That is AWESOME and cute u are so creative that's good thanks for sharing ur creativity I appreciate it THANKS#U ARE AWESOME #CREATIVE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!


Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959) is an American astropheesicist at the Lawrence Berkeley Naitional Laboratory an a professor o pheesics at the Varsity o Californie, Berkeley. He is a member o the American Academy o Airts & Sciences, an wis electit a Fellae o the American Association for the Advancement o Science in 2003. He is an aa member o the Naitional Academy o Sciences. Perlmutter shared baith the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy an the 2011 Nobel Prize in Pheesics wi Brian P. Schmidt an Adam Riess for providin evidence that the expansion o the universe is acceleratin.
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In 2010, Heidi Acosta, a Stay-at-Home Mom, was looking for an exceptional Kinder/Elementary experience for her first born. She found out about a new school hoping to open in her neighborhood called Citizen's of the World Charter School Hollywood. As a former Educator herself, she could not have been more excited to hear about this school and its mission. At the first meeting, pregnant with her second child, she quickly became a Founding Parent. Writing the Charter, finding the Principal, making shirts to sell at the Larchmont Family Fair, and tons of Outreach, were all a part of the first days, weeks, and months. Finally, the school opened, and, she remained on the Fundraising Committee even though her son would not be a part of the actual school until Kinder 2011.
Being an active member of the CWC Family since the beginning, with children in both the Elementary and Middle Schools, inspired Heidi to return to teaching last year as a Certified Substitute. Mrs. Acosta, a graduate of Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL, has degrees in Elementary Education of Spanish Speaking Children, Spanish and Latin American Studies. She has taught in Miami, FL and Brooklyn, NY for a total of 7 plus years while also taking Master's Level Courses. She is excited to continue in her position as a Substitute for CWC where she is dedicated to promoting the success of each student.
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Alonso, Rajski to run Murphy's in house political ops
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's picks to scrutinize candidates for hundreds of judgeships, county prosecutors, members of commissions and authorities, and old-fashioned patronage jobs are Adam Alonso and Scarlett Rajski. Alonso, a consultant who has worked on Hudson County campaigns for Hoboken...
Assembly lawyer, campaign staffer to Counsel's office
A veteran lawyer for the State Assembly and a former clerk to Chief Justice Stuart Rabner will assume top posts in the Chief Counsel's office when Phil Murphy becomes Governor next week. Murphy has named Kate McConnell and Parimal Garg...
Christie lawyer will run Murphy's Authorities Unit
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy will keep one of Chris Christie's top lawyers to oversee New Jersey Transit, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and more than fifty other independent authorities and commissions. Mary Maples will serve as Deputy...
Sweeney dumps Sacco as Transportation chairman
Senate President Steve Sweeney has removed Nicholas Sacco (D-Hudson) as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and replaced him with Bob Gordon (D-Bergen). This comes as no surprise, since Sacco aligned himself with factions of the Democratic party that had...
Asaro-Angelo named Labor Commissioner
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has nominated Robert Asaro-Angelo, the son of union organizers and a familiar face to New Jersey labor leaders as Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. Asaro-Angelo checks three boxes for Murphy: he's an experienced Democratic strategist, has...
Kean calls for bi-partisan approach
As Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Union) prepares to work with his third Governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, some insiders believe he'll like his job better. Kean had a strained relationship with Chris Christie, who tried to oust him two...
Murphy moves to Dad's old office
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Damian Lillard came into the NBA as a relatively unknown, and he has elevated himself to near All-Star status along with his team to near contender-level. Lillard is pretty well-respected now. He has gone toe-to-toe with the Chris Pauls, Steph Currys and Kyrie Irvings of the world and come out on top, at least some of the time. Damian has certified himself as a proven clutch scorer as well.
Lillard plays with a chip on his shoulder, as if he has something to prove — and he's been proving it ever since he came into the NBA. There are a lot of really good point guards in the NBA right now and this program will take you inside the game of another one of them who has thrust his name into the conversation.


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 Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809), French sculptor
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Do you wish to refresh yourself on a hot summer day? Take a sip of your favorite juice and instantly get refresh. Besides, juices are considered to be healthy and also energetic. It can help you energize yourself after a long tiring outing or even after a gym session. Let us look at the top 10 best brands of juice.
If you wish to get the taste of mango in winter then Frooti can be the best option for you to satisfy your mango thirst. This brand is highly popular in India as well as across the globe. One of the most appealing features of this brand is that it is made of fresh mango pulp.
This is another popular brand that has fans all over the world. The Del Monte juices are available of various flavors and also considered to be healthy. It provides that refreshing taste and keeps you energetic throughout the day.
This is another popular brand for juices that gained popularity in less time. This American based brand for juice is available in various countries as well as Europe. Plus, wide range of flavors give you lot of options. This means, you can get refresh with your favorite fruit juice.
This South African based fruit juice brand is highly popular across the globe. Ceres is known for providing high quality juices that uses natural ingredients and processed with no preservatives.
If you are health conscious and looking up for refreshing drink then you can consider juices from Harvest. This American based juice brand is highly popular around the world for offering juices that are made of organic items, low sugar, and high fiber. This juice can be your favorite and healthy breakfast that can start your day with energy.
Next on the list we have Tropicana that is highly popular for providing variety of flavors to juice lovers. This brand claims to offer juices that are made without adding any preservatives and also packaged with utmost care.
If you really care about your body structure and want to avoid the acidic drinks then you may sip on Minute Maid juices. This is one brand that claims to offer juices that is very high on fiber and uses fresh fruit pulp. Besides zero preservatives make the juice healthy and ideal for your morning breakfast.
The mixture of fruits and vegetables can be found in this brand's juice. The delicious taste can fill your hunger in just few seconds also letting you choose a healthy option over the oily and fried food items.
This is another popular brands for juices and especially orange. One of the most appealing features of this brand is that it also offers juices to diabetic people. This means, it makes juice with less or zero sugar.
Right on top of the list, we have the most popular brand of juice, Real. It provides range of options and flavors including fruits and vegetables.
These are the top 10 best juice brands that you can prefer over a fried food item for your morning breakfast or for evening cravings.


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The Hands Across America Rug is a fun classroom carpet with soft blended colors that will spark lively discussions about world unity. Children will enjoy identifying each child's home continent represented by the colored bars in the carpet border. Kids will have even more fun at school with this educational carpet!


Dies irae is the first retrospective publication about the Italian photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin.
Paolo Pellegrin (Rome, 1964) is one of the most active and concerned photojournalists of our time. Member of Magnum Photos since 2001, he collaborates on a regular basis with magazines such as Newsweek and The New York Times Magazine. Among the numerous prizes he was awarded with in his career, we would like to mention the Leica Medal of Excellence (2001), the Eugene Smith Grant (2006) and the Robert Capa Gold Medal (2007).


Rabbit and Lilly star in the latest issue of ELLE Decoration.
Rabbit's been in the press again. Here he is photographed for ELLE Decoration whilst wearing his Yellow Wilmot Dog Jumper.
Much copied, the Wilmot is the original chunky dog sweater that launched a thousand imitators. Each Wilmot dog jumper is hand-knitted in a traditional cable knit, with ribbing at the neck and shoulders for that retro look. Created from top quality pure natural wool, this jumper is gorgeously soft and much warmer than horrid acrylic fibres.
They're easy to slip on and feature a special loop hole so they can be worn over your dog's harness. Plus, because we use the finest quality pure new wool your dog stays dry even when you're caught in a light shower.
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Manyatta United's Benson Ochieng contest for the ball with a player from Lugari Blue Saints during the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom National finals at Kinoru stadium in Meru. PHOTO COURTESY
Benson Ochieng, one of the outstanding players in the second edition of Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom has signed a five -year contract with Kenya Premier League side Gor Mahia.
The 18-year-old striker was signed on 1st September 2020 with a statement on Gor Mahia's website confirming the teenage sensation had joined the club. Ochieng made history by becoming the first player to score a hat-trick for Western Stima in a KPL match. This earned him a KPL Sports Journalist Association of Kenya (SJAK) player of the month award in December 2019, becoming the third Western Stima player to win the award.
"I credit the far that I have come to working hard and believing in myself. I would like to thank Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom for providing the platform where I got to kick-start my football journey to the national league. I wish to urge the youth to take advantage of their God-given talents and take them seriously as they can take them far," said Ochieng.
The Kisumu Day form four student played a pivotal role in ensuring his former team, Manyatta United bagged the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Season Two national title after scoring the winning goal against Rift Valley's Al-Ahly to win the game 2-1.
Benson's star shone throughout the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom tournament, winning the top scorer's award at the regional and national level and was among the few who were selected to attend a mentorship and training session in Spain organized by Safaricom.
In what has been a good few weeks for Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom players, the tournament's current Rift Valley region most valuable player Timothy Ouma who turned out for Laiser Hill and Rowland Makati formerly of Dagoretti Mixed were signed by Nairobi City Stars.
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NEWTOWN - As shock rippled through town over Monday's suicide of a Sandy Hook man who lost his daughter in the elementary school shooting, families were turning to each other to grieve their common loss.
"That is something good that comes out of such a horrible tragedy - that people are looking out for one another," said Dan Rosenthal, Newtown's top elected leader, who has mental health experts on call to supplement the town's in-house grief counseling network.
Concern over this town's well being follows Monday's news that 49-year-old Jeremy Richman took his life at the old Edmond Town Hall.
Richman's death made national headlines in part because he was a leading figure in town who was making good out of the grief of losing his daughter, Avielle, in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. Richman ran the Avielle Foundation, a home-grown nonprofit that supports research into the roots of violence in the brain.
Richman's death also drew national attention because it came just days after the suicides of two teenagers who attended the Florida high school where 17 students and staff were murdered in 2018.
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All in one mailserver image designed to work with [Mailmanager](https://github.com/voltgrid/mailmanager) for user account creation and management.

[Roundcube](https://github.com/macropin/docker-roundcube) is a great webmail
that works well with this image.

Features:

- Postfix
- Dovecot (IMAP / POP3)
- ClamAV / Amavisd
- Spamassasin (with self-update)
- MySQL backend for authentication (use official `docker.io/mariadb` container)
- SSL / TLS for all services

## Environment

See `entry.sh` for the environment variables used to configure the container.

## Status

Stable. Used in production on a small scale for many years now
without any known issues. However since this is based on CentOS 6, new deployments are discouraged.

# TODO

Documentation is lacking.


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