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#ifndef __http2_adaptor_h__
#define __http2_adaptor_h__ 1

#include "adaptors/http_common.h"
#include "server_private.h"

#include "qpid/dispatch/alloc.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/atomic.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/compose.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/ctools.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/log.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/protocol_adaptor.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/server.h"
#include "qpid/dispatch/threading.h"

#include <nghttp2/nghttp2.h>
#include <time.h>

size_t QD_HTTP2_BUFFER_SIZE = 16384;
size_t NUM_QD_BUFFERS_IN_ONE_HTTP2_BUFFER = 32;
size_t MAX_BUFFERS = 16;
size_t HTTP2_DATA_FRAME_HEADER_LENGTH = 9;

typedef struct qdr_http2_stream_data_t  qdr_http2_stream_data_t;
typedef struct qdr_http2_connection_t   qdr_http2_connection_t;
typedef struct qd_http2_buffer_t        qd_http2_buffer_t;

/**
 * Stream status
 */
typedef enum {
    QD_STREAM_OPEN,
    QD_STREAM_HALF_CLOSED,
    QD_STREAM_FULLY_CLOSED
} qd_http2_stream_status_t;

DEQ_DECLARE(qdr_http2_stream_data_t, qd_http2_stream_data_list_t);
DEQ_DECLARE(qd_http2_buffer_t,       qd_http2_buffer_list_t);
DEQ_DECLARE(qdr_http2_connection_t,  qdr_http2_connection_list_t);

struct qdr_http2_stream_data_t {
    qdr_http2_connection_t   *conn;
    void                     *context;
    char                     *reply_to;
    char                     *remote_site; //for stats:
    char                     *method; //for stats, also used in the subject field of AMQP request message.
    char                     *request_status; //for stats, also used in the subject field of AMQP response message.
    qdr_delivery_t           *in_dlv;
    qdr_delivery_t           *out_dlv;
    uint64_t                  incoming_id;
    uint64_t                  outgoing_id;
    uint64_t                  out_dlv_local_disposition;
    qdr_link_t               *in_link;
    qdr_link_t               *out_link;
    qd_message_t             *message;
    qd_composed_field_t      *app_properties;
    qd_composed_field_t      *footer_properties;
    qd_buffer_list_t          body_buffers;
    qd_message_stream_data_t *curr_stream_data;
    qd_iterator_t            *curr_stream_data_iter; // points to the data contained in the stream_data/raw_buffers
    qd_message_stream_data_t *next_stream_data;
    qd_message_stream_data_t *footer_stream_data;
    DEQ_LINKS(qdr_http2_stream_data_t);

    qd_message_stream_data_result_t  curr_stream_data_result;
    qd_message_stream_data_result_t  next_stream_data_result;
    int                            payload_handled;
    int                            in_link_credit;   // provided by router
    int32_t                        stream_id;
    qd_http2_stream_status_t       status;
    bool                     entire_footer_arrived;
    bool                     entire_header_arrived;
    bool                     out_msg_header_sent;
    bool                     out_msg_body_sent;
    bool                     use_footer_properties;
    bool                     full_payload_handled; // applies to the sending side.
    bool                     out_msg_has_body;
    bool                     out_msg_data_flag_eof;
    bool                     out_msg_has_footer;
    bool                     out_msg_send_complete; // we use this flag to save the send_complete flag because the delivery and message associated with this stream might have been freed.
    bool                     disp_updated;   // Has the disposition already been set on the out_dlv
    bool                     disp_applied;   // Has the disp been applied to the out_dlv. The stream is ready to be freed now.
    bool                     header_and_props_composed;  // true if the header and properties of the inbound message have already been composed so we don't have to do it again.
    bool                     stream_force_closed;
    bool                     in_dlv_decrefed;
    bool                     out_dlv_decrefed;
    bool                     body_data_added_to_msg;
    int                      bytes_in;
    int                      bytes_out;
    qd_timestamp_t           start;
    qd_timestamp_t           stop;
};

struct qdr_http2_connection_t {
    qd_handler_context_t     context;
    qdr_connection_t        *qdr_conn;
    pn_raw_connection_t     *pn_raw_conn;
    pn_raw_buffer_t          read_buffers[4];
    qd_timer_t              *activate_timer;
    qd_timer_t              *ping_timer;  // This timer is used to send a ping frame on the egress connection every 4 seconds.
    qd_http_bridge_config_t *config;
    qd_server_t             *server;
    uint64_t                 conn_id;
    char                     *remote_address;
    qdr_link_t               *stream_dispatcher;
    qdr_http2_stream_data_t  *stream_dispatcher_stream_data;
    uint64_t                  stream_dispatcher_id;
    nghttp2_data_provider     data_prd;
    qd_http2_buffer_list_t    granted_read_buffs; //buffers for reading
    time_t                    prev_ping; // Time the previous PING frame was sent on egress connection.
    time_t                    last_pn_raw_conn_read;  // The last time a PN_RAW_CONNECTION_READ event was invoked with more than zero bytes on an egress connection.
    qd_http2_buffer_list_t    buffs;      // Buffers for writing
    nghttp2_session          *session;    // A pointer to the nghttp2s' session object
    qd_http2_stream_data_list_t  streams;    // A session can have many streams.

    bool                      connection_established;
    bool                      grant_initial_buffers;
    bool                      ingress;
    bool                      timer_scheduled;
    bool                      client_magic_sent;
    bool                      woken_by_ping;
    bool                      first_pinged;
    bool                      delete_egress_connections;  // If set to true, the egress qdr_connection_t and qdr_http2_connection_t objects will be deleted
    bool                      goaway_received;
    sys_atomic_t 		      raw_closed_read;
    sys_atomic_t 			  raw_closed_write;
    bool                      q2_blocked;      // send a connection level WINDOW_UPDATE frame to tell the client to stop sending data.
    sys_atomic_t              q2_restart;      // signal to resume receive
    DEQ_LINKS(qdr_http2_connection_t);
 };

struct qd_http2_buffer_t {
    unsigned int  size;     ///< Size of data content
    unsigned char content[16393];   // 16k max content + 9 bytes for the HTTP2 header, 16384 + 9 = 16393
    DEQ_LINKS(qd_http2_buffer_t);
};

static inline unsigned char *qd_http2_buffer_base(const qd_http2_buffer_t *buf)
{
    return (unsigned char*) &buf->content[0];
}

/**
 * Return a pointer to the first unused byte in the buffer.
 * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
 * @return A pointer to the first free octet in the buffer, the insert point for new data.
 */
static inline unsigned char *qd_http2_buffer_cursor(const qd_http2_buffer_t *buf)
{
    return ( (unsigned char*) &(buf->content[0]) ) + buf->size;
}

/**
 * Return remaining capacity at end of buffer.
 * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
 * @return The number of octets in the buffer's free space, how many octets may be inserted.
 */
static inline size_t qd_http2_buffer_capacity(const qd_http2_buffer_t *buf)
{
    return QD_HTTP2_BUFFER_SIZE - buf->size;
}

/**
 * Return the size of the buffers data content.
 * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
 * @return The number of octets of data in the buffer
 */
static inline size_t qd_http2_buffer_size(const qd_http2_buffer_t *buf)
{
    return buf->size;
}

/**
 * Notify the buffer that octets have been inserted at the buffer's cursor.  This will advance the
 * cursor by len octets.
 *
 * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
 * @param len The number of octets that have been appended to the buffer
 */
static inline void qd_http2_buffer_insert(qd_http2_buffer_t *buf, size_t len)
{
    buf->size += len;
    assert(buf->size <= QD_HTTP2_BUFFER_SIZE + HTTP2_DATA_FRAME_HEADER_LENGTH);
}

ALLOC_DECLARE(qdr_http2_stream_data_t);
ALLOC_DECLARE(qdr_http2_connection_t);
ALLOC_DECLARE(qd_http2_buffer_t);

#endif // __http2_adaptor_h__

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Securing Network Devices for CCNA Security (210-260) IINS
By Brandon Carroll
Protect your Cisco iOS device networks from threats. This course provides you with an understanding of network security on Cisco iOS devices, meeting exam objectives for the CCNA Security (210-260).
Introduction and Course Overview 4m Router Planes and Password Policy 2m RBAC and Protocol Recommendations 2m Summary 0m
AAA Concepts
AAA Concepts 8m Lab: Configuring AAA 6m Comparing ISE and ACS 6m Lab: ACS Install & Authenticate User 8m SSH 1m LAB: Establish SSH Connection 4m Privilege Levels 4m LAB: Creating Parser View 4m Summary 2m
Secure Management
Overview: Cisco Configuration Professional 1m Cisco Configuration Professional 3m LAB: Configuring CCP 8m IOS File System 2m Managing Files 5m Managing Digitally Signed Images 5m Secure Management and Reporting 5m Memory and CPU 4m Netflow, SNMPv3, Management ACLs, and More 16m Summary 2m
Security on Cisco Routers
Overview 1m CoPP: Control Plane Policing 10m CPPR: Control Plane Protection 7m Authenticating Routing Protocols 6m LAB Preview 4m LAB: Configure Secure Routing Protocols 19m Summary 1m
802.1X Authentication 5m Definition of Terms 6m Protocol Communication 9m Actions 4m Process Flow 3m Summary 1m
Module 6 BYOD Overview 5m Device Onboarding 3m Single SSID vs. Dual SSID 4m Device Onboarding with BYOD 2m MDM Solutions 2m Summary 1m
Course Summary and AAA 1m ACS and Management Access 3m General Recommendations, 802.1X, and BYOD 5m
Our networks are faced with a number of threats that we must protect against. Among them are threats against the network devices themselves. This course, Securing Network Devices for CCNA Security (210-260) IINS, is one in a series of courses that meet all the objectives of the CCNA Security (210-260) IINS exam. In it, you'll learn important techniques used to mitigate these threats, including Control Plane Protection (CPPr) and Routing Protocol Authentication. In addition, you'll learn how 802.1X protects access to the network and how you can implement BYOD to onboard employees that would like to use their personal devices in the workplace. By the end of this course, you'll know how to better protect your networks and you'll be more prepared for the 210-260 IINS exam.
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Brandon is a CCIE (Security, #23837), Cisco Press author, and has over 13 years experience as a Cisco Instructor.
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Well hi there everyone, and welcome to the module, Secure Management. As we progress through this module we're going to look at quite a number of topics. We are going to begin this section by looking at something called a Cisco Configuration Professional. Now this is a software application, we're going to get into the details of how we can use it, but essentially it's going to give us a platform to manage our IOS devices, and to do that through a graphical interface, so it gets us off the command line and gives us sort of a graphical method of doing this. Now you might be familiar with Security Device Managers, the SDM applications, these Java-based applications. This is something similar to the SDM applications. Now in addition to looking at Configuration Professional, we're also going to take a look at how to work with the IOS file system, how to manage our files, how to manage our digitally signed images that we get from Cisco. We're going to take a look at IOS resiliency and see how we can make sure that we have a secure platform, a secure device that's running Cisco IOS, and that it is resilient. We're going to take a look at secure management and reporting briefly in this module. We're also going to look at memory and CPU and how we handle our memory and our CPU. And then finally we're going to look at Netflow, SNMPv3, Management ACLs, and more, so we've got quite a long list of topics to discuss in this section. So that's our introduction to this module, and let's go ahead and move into the next section here which is Cisco Configuration Professional.
Well hi there everyone, and welcome to Security on Cisco Routers. So let's talk about what we're going to see in this module. As we begin, we're going to talk about something called Control Plane Policing, or CoPP as it's abbreviated. We'll discuss why we need it and a little bit about how it's configured. We're going to also discuss Control Plane Protection, which enhances the granularity of Control Plane Policing. It gives us a little bit more control over exactly what we are protecting in terms of the control plane, and we're going to see that as we work through this module. We are also going to discuss how authenticating routing protocols is important, and we're going to jump into the lab and we're going to configure OSPF and EIGRP for secure routing. So that's what we have ahead of us, let's begin this section by talking about Control Plane Policing, what it is, what it's designed for, and how it's configured.
Well, hello there everyone, and welcome to our course summary. You know, we've made it this far, and I have to tell you that it's been extremely enjoyable for me to be able to spend this time with you and discuss these topics in terms of securing our network devices. As you've progressed through this course, recall we talked about a number of topics specific to our network devices like Management Plane Protection. We talked about AAA concepts and Secure Management. We stressed the importance, as we moved through this course, on the security of the infrastructure itself. And recall, if we don't secure that infrastructure then we have no network, so we really stressed the importance of that. We talked about the control plane, we talked about 802. 1X, and we talked about BYOD. We got into some of the details on our AAA concepts, and specifically we saw four ways that we could implement AAA. Now remember, AAA stands for authentication, authorization, and accounting, and so we talked about how those processes work. We said that we could use a self-contained method of implementing AAA, and if we did that self-contained method, then that would mean that we would have a database on our router or our switch, and we could use that database to authenticate our users, but we also saw how we could use Cisco Secure ACS for Windows or an ACS appliance, or that new product that we've been talking so much about in a number of courses, Cisco ISE, or Identity Service Engine.

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With weeks remaining until the election, Republicans controlling the House and Senate will double down on their attempts to remain in power. Whether it's another tax cut for the wealthy, or yet another continuing resolution which keeps the government open a little longer, the results will be the same.
Less tax revenue, more borrowing and increased federal debt. And less money for vital social programs, all part of their ongoing efforts to reduce our government to where it's "small enough to drown in the bathtub." While fiscal responsibility should always be a priority for Congress, Republicans are willing to use any means necessary to blow up the Federal budget as a pretext to their real goal; eliminating Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
And whenever they've had full control of Congress and the presidency, they've passed budget busting legislature like the 2001-2003 Bush tax cuts, the 2004 Medicare part D donut hole, and most recently last year's tax cut which doesn't take full effect until after the mid-term elections.
The fact that the latter adds another $1.9 Trillion to the deficit, and their proposed tax cut 2.0 would increase the deficit by another $3.8 Trillion isn't relevant to Congressional Republicans. What is relevant in the words of Grover Norquist is that they can; "... inflict pain. It is not good enough to win; it has to be a painful and devastating defeat. We're sending a message here. It is like when the king would take his opponent's head and spike it on a pole for everyone to see."
While their take no prisoner's attitude appeals to their supporters basest tribal instincts, ultimately it's a distraction, one which allows Republicans to hide in plain sight the fact that they continue to "socialize the losses, and privatize the profits," passing the risk for shady financial practices to the American people, setting the stage for another worldwide economic crisis.
With the Drumpf threatening more trade wars, and shutting down the government if he doesn't get his border wall, the chances increase with every misstep. Meanwhile Republican leaders claim they have a plan to avert a government shutdown on September 30th, hoping to postpone that fight until after the midterm elections.
Having allowed our government to shut be down twice this year, once in January and again, briefly, in February and demonstrating a great reluctance to confront a President who thinks that government shutdowns are a "great political issue", it remains to be seen how successful they will be.
One indication of just how clueless the Republican's economic policies continue to be comes from an April 2011 letter to the Central Virginian. Where "Many of the world's leading economists believe that this country cannot move forward on a psychological level when their government refuses to even admit culpability in the continued cover up of the greatest illegal transfer of wealth our nation and the world has ever witnessed."
"Restoring trust is crucial to our economic recovery, and trust will not be restored until those responsible for the financial crash are held accountable."
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The Fed's decision to use taxpayers' money to bail out the banks in 2009 and not the American people was intrinsically a political decision, one which has facilitated the upwards transfer of trillions of dollars of wealth from the middle class to the .1%
According to Tooze the Fed covertly provided close to five trillion dollars in liquidity and loan guarantees to non-American banks, along with roughly ten trillion dollars to foreign central banks through currency swaps. With an official at the New York Federal Reserve telling Tooze that it was like "a guardian angel was watching over us." If the full scope of what the Fed was doing were known, there would have been a massive uproar.
Perhaps more accurate statement should be; this happened because our justice system has stopped punishing financial criminals, and has evolved into a protection racket — no matter who's in office or which party's in power.
Since 2003, the Justice Department has practiced a policy of deferred prosecution agreements, allowing companies to escape criminal convictions in exchange for promising not to engage in any further illegal activity, along with a nominal fine. Leading several federal judges to call it a "façade of enforcement," a way to avoid the consequences of their illegal behavior because they are now "too big to prosecute."
Actions which have fueled the resentment of people around the globe, an anger that was exploited in this country by plutocrats like the Koch brothers with their astroturfed Tea Party movement in 2009 and culminating with the Drumpf as the loudest voice in the room.
Tooze writes that "it is an open question whether the American political system will support even basic institutions of globalization, let alone any adventurous crisis fighting at a national or global level."
Meanwhile, this administration and their G.O.P. cronies are busy hastening the next financial crisis along —doing everything possible to undermine our ability to deal with it. What often gets lost in most conversations about the Great Recession, is the magnitude of the damage that the 2008 financial contagion wreaked on democratic governments around the world.
According to Stanford University Business School Professor Anat Admati, the actions taken by our government and indeed governments around the world have contributed to a widespread breakdown and a lack of trust in any institution." "What we witnessed here … is kind of ominous. It raised a lot of questions about who controls society ― corporations or the elected government."
Nor is any coincidence that in the past few years we've seen a dramatic increase in nationalistic and fascist rhetoric from political candidates and leaders around the world, particularly this administration. Or that the Republican's messages have evolved from coded dog whistles straight into fear and conspiracy theories.
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The Government's plan to pursue its nuclear agenda under the auspices of a nuclear new build programme in the UK has singled out Hinkley Point as the first location for attempts at a 'nuclear renaissance'.
EDF, who are 90 per cent owned by the French state, have put in an application to the recently created Infrastructure Planning Commission, for two enormous, 1350MW generation 3 reactors, which are untried, untested designs. These EPR designs have experienced nothing but trouble in Finland, France & China, where projects there are behind schedule and over budget.
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Legal challenges, the on-going nuclear catastrophe in Fuksuhima, the lack of private finance available for this venture, these are but some of the problems faced by the nuclear barons, with further dirty dealing being exposed constantly. This has ranged from energy company workers running DECC or EDF spying on the environmental movement, through to both conspiring together to suppress events in Fukushima to stop the anti-nuclear movement gaining ground, as was revealed in the Guardian last summer.
The nuclear renaissance is plagued by problems. It's hardly surprising, as nuclear power has never been a sensible proposition for solving environmental problems despite it's being touted as such. Quite the opposite, the 'nuclear renaissance' is a project that will create more problems than it can solve. It's more of a resurrection Frankenstein-style than a Renaissance.
Just last week a report was presented to Parliament that revealed scandalous practice being carried out by both the current and previous UK governments - namely that both of these governments have been making policy-based evidence rather than evidence-based policy. All of this has been done with seeming impunity by both administrations in order to force nuclear new build through parliament and onto a misled public, serving the real agenda of all flavours of government. The real agenda has been hinted at a lot recently with surreptitious plans to replace Trident already underway despite the pretence that Trident is on the back-burner as well as the UK and French collusion to develop more nuclear weapons.
All sites identified for nuclear new build are in the few protected areas that exist in the UK. The Hinkley Point site exists within a mosaic of Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Internationally recognised and protected wetland. Last year when EDF were applying for permission for preliminary works, the Environmental Statement was nowhere near comprehensive enough, failing to properly account for, understand or assess the interactions between habitats and species on and off the 500 hectare site. The statement failed completely to assess important microbial and fungal species that play such important roles in any ecosystems focusing instead on larger more well-know species.
It seems that UK environmental legislation is nothing but window dressing when any government can go ahead with the most dangerous type of development known to man that will leave intractable wastes for timescales we can't begin to imagine, and not just in one of these places we value so much, but all of them.
This is why activists from South-West Against Nuclear earlier this week braved sub-zero temperatures to defend veteran Oak trees threatened by new nuclear development in the remote Somerset Countryside. The Oaks at Hinkley Point are veteran trees that are approximately 100 - 150 years old, they have that amazing quality of living and dead wood which provides a habitat for the most diverse range of species any indigenous tree in the UK can support. The Oaks here aren't just a few trees in a wider habitat, they are themselves a habitat, they are a living community whose ecological value is such that there is no justifiable reason why they should be removed to make way for a development that is increasingly unlikely to go ahead.
Nationally we really should be questioning the policy of ruining every one of the most important ecological sites remaining in our country in order to satisfy governments voracious appetite for infinite growth on a finite planet.
The earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan last year compounded pre-existing issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. What does the future hold?


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Q: How to reference resource bundle? I am creating a Java GUI and want to use a resource bundle to store all of my sql queries in a .properties file. My class for loading the resource bundle is in a package in the src/main/java folder where the .properties file is in the src/main/resources folder:

I keep getting a missing resource exception. What am i missing?
Other similar questions say to add the folder to the build path, which it is:

This is my call to get the resource bundle:

A: Remove the .properties file extension to form a correct basename as indicated by the official ResourceBundle guide
ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("dominiondatabase");

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In case you are planning a trip to West Bengal in future, do include in your travel itinerary – a trip to the "Mangrove Zoo". According to official sources, the world's first mangrove zoo, a dedicated facility accommodating the fauna of the Sundarbans, is to open in Jharkali, South 24- Parganas district West Bengal soon.
Jharkali is one of the access points of the Sundarbans. About 100 acres of mangrove vegetation has been earmarked as the location for this unique zoo.
"The facility will be located in Jharkhali and will be the first zoo in the world to hold mangrove fauna," said BR Sharma, member-secretary of the West Bengal Zoo Authority.
Animals found in the mangrove ecosystem such as the Royal Bengal tiger, spotted deer and wild boar, salt-water crocodiles, fishing cats, and otters – a living species of semi-aquatic mammals, would be housed at the zoo.
The hub will recreate the mangrove ecosystem to permit a conducive environment for the animals. It is also to be a centre for the rescue, rehabilitation and protection of those species that thrive exclusively in mangrove habitats.
"Work will start soon on the project. At this point we can't give a specific date. All the resources, including involvement of experts for the zoo will be through the West Bengal Zoo authority," said Sharma, who conceptualized the project.
"Necessary permits from the Central Zoo Authority have been obtained and the state government has already issued an order to transfer 100-acres of land, "according to Sharma.
The East coast of India is represented by 48 species of mangroves. The Sunderbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha); lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal.
India's Sunderbans was declared a World Heritage site in 1987 by UNESCO. The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests, and presents an excellent example of ongoing ecological processes. Mangroves are ideally suited to protect the river bed from erosion. They serve as barriers to coastal storms, conserve the soil, support sustainable fisheries, provide medical products and fuel wood and fodder, are habitats of wide range of flora and fauna, and act as nature's ecological security system in coastal estuaries. The area is known for its wide range of fauna, including 260 bird species, the Bengal tiger and other threatened species such as the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python.
"Sunderban" literally means "beautiful jungle or forest" in Bengali language. The name Sunderbans may also have been derived from the Sundari trees that are omnipresent in Sunderbans.
This one-of-a-kind zoo will help create more awareness about the mangroves and thus also help conserve this unique floating forest.
Wow, really? I hope they set up the mangrove zoo sooner. I bet it would be one of the greatest attraction of West Bengal for holidaymakers and animal lovers like me. Thanks for such useful information Ramya, I'll stick around for some more happening news like this!
Glad you liked the information on the mangrove zoo. Hopefully it will help in saving some of the endemic mangrove species of the region.
It is a great news. I would like to know more about it.


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Hear from those who have experienced UCAS clearing and journalism apprenticeships
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As part of the NCTJ's clearing campaign, the NCTJ spoke with students and alumni who had been through the clearing process themselves, or who had opted to enter the industry via a journalism apprenticeship.
Investigative journalist Kafui Okpattah entered the clearing process when he didn't get the required A-Level results for his first choice university to study journalism.
The 21-year-old also realised that his second university choice, to study politics and economics, was no longer the right fit for him.
He said: "On results day, I quickly started browsing courses. I had been to the University of Essex's open day and one of the things I learnt was that I had to choose an NCTJ-accredited course.
"I wanted to live away from home and have that university experience and the University was the best of both worlds – getting that degree and university experience while also getting the NCTJ diploma."
After writing to the journalism course leader and applying though the UCAS clearing process, Kafui was accepted onto the BA Multimedia Journalism course at the University of Essex.
During his time at university, he wrote an exclusive story about Jonty Bravery, who confessed about his urge to kill a year before he threw a six-year-old boy off a balcony at the Tate Modern. The story won Kafui the student top scoop award at the NCTJ's Awards for Excellence.
Kafui left university to work on the investigations team at the BBC as both a producer and reporter. He left the BBC in November 2021 and has spent time producing podcasts, writing a book and creating social videos for The News Movement.
His next career move sees him joining ITV as a reporter to carry out investigations and create original journalism.
He says of his journey into journalism through UCAS clearing: "It's changed now but there was definitely a bit of stigma going through clearing because you didn't go to your first choice university.
"But I found it a valid way into university and very quickly the stigma left, because it's not about how you get in, it's about doing the thing you always wanted to do and laying the ground work for a career in journalism.
"If you go through clearing, firstly don't fret too much. The only person who will know after the process is yourself. Don't be afraid to get in touch directly with the course director if that information is available online. Don't be afraid to really sell yourself. Passion counts for a lot.
"And don't rush it. Clearing is not just on the day of results day. If you rush it, you could pick a course that's not NCTJ-accredited and you really need it.
"Have a cry, dust yourself off and do your research."
Tim Fenton, senior lecturer on the BA Multimedia Journalism programme at the University of Essex, said: "We have had some very good students come to us through clearing. Journalists have to take quick decisions based on latest information. Making the most of grades that turn out to be better or worse than expected shows they can do that.
"I'm looking forward to talking potential applicants through their options, the likely shape of the future job market and the significance of the NCTJ diploma. Whether they come to us or not, it's always a very exciting, positive process."
For community news reporter Albert Tait, 20, the Community News Project offered him a route into the industry without needing to go to university. He joined the Henley Standard in April after deciding that university wasn't for him.
He said: "I really loved the course at university, but I knew exactly what I wanted to do in the future and the Community News Project offered that direct route into journalism.
"An alternative to university was really interesting and I didn't realise there was that option. I would have liked to know that there were other routes into the industry that are there.
"I am on a two-year apprenticeship, working for the paper four days a week and on the fifth day I do a full-day of training working towards the Level 5 diploma.
"University is a great place to figure out what you want to do. But if you know, then why not go straight into it? The opportunities are out there."
Cree-Summer Haughton completed her apprenticeship with ITV Central and Bauer Media Group and now works as a presenter and producer for ITV News.
She said: "I had the best time on my apprenticeship and I can honestly say that if I didn't do it, I don't think I would be where I am now in my career.
"I've always wanted to be a journalist but I didn't think that I had the qualifications to apply for a job, and I knew that I didn't want to go to university.
"I know that I learn better practically and that is exactly what an apprenticeship had to offer.
"The best thing about my apprenticeship was definitely the work environment and the opportunities it gave me. I had so many opportunities to go out and film on locations, work with reporters, work on the website."


The purpose of this documentation is to deep-dive into the code which delivers the major upgrade workflow in TripleO. For information about the steps an operator needs to perform when running this upgrade please see the operator docs.
The major upgrade workflow is delivered almost exclusively via Ansible playbook invocations on the overcloud nodes. Heat is used to generate the Ansible playbooks (during the 'prepare' command at the beginning, and 'converge' command at the end of the upgrade). The Queens_upgrade_spec may be of interest in describing the design of the workflow.
The entry point for the the upgrade CLI commands, prepare, run and converge, is given in the python-tripleoclient setup.cfg. All three are also defined in the same file, overcloud-upgrade.py.
The 'prepare' Heat stack update does not apply any TripleO configuration and is exclusively used to generate the Ansible playbooks that are subsequently invoked to deliver the upgrade.
As you can see the UpgradePrepare class inherits from DeployOvercloud. The reason for this is to prevent duplication of the logic concerned with validating the configuration passed into the prepare command (all the -e env.yaml files), as well as updating_the_swift_stored_plan with the overcloud configuration.
The prepare_env_file is automatically prepended to the list of environment files passed to Heat (as specified by prepare_command_prepends). It contains resource_registry and parameter_defaults which are intended to be in effect during the upgrade.
As a result the UpgradePrepare class inherits all the Deploy_parser_arguments, including --stack and -e for the additional environment files. We explicitly set the update_plan_only argument so that the Heat stack update does not get executed by the parent class and returns after completing all the template processing.
Instead, the Heat stack update is performed by a mistral workflow. On the client side the hook is in the update method defined in package_update.py. This invokes the package_update_plan mistral workflow in tripleo-common. The package_update_plan workflow has a number of tasks, one of which invokes the heat stack update using the update_stack_action.
Back on the tripleoclient side, we use base_wait_for_messages to listen for messages on the Zaqar_queue that is used by the mistral workflow.
and you can inspect the ansible playbooks which are used by the upgrade run before executing them.
Unlike the first step in the workflow, the upgrade prepare, the UpgradeRun class does not inherit from DeployOvercloud. There is no need for the operator to pass all the environment files and configuration here. The template processing and update of the stack and swift stored plan have already taken place. The ansible playbooks are ready to be retrieved by config download as demonstrated above. The upgrade run operation thus will simply execute those ansible playbooks generated by the upgrade prepare command, against the nodes specified in the parameters.
Either --nodes or --roles parameters are used to limit the ansible playbook execution to specific nodes. Both --roles and --nodes are used by ansible with the tripleo-ansible-inventory. This creates the ansible inventory based on the Heat stack outputs, so that for example Controller and overcloud-controller-0 are both valid values for the ansible-playbook --limit parameter.
As documented in the openstack overcloud upgrade run and the nodes_or_roles_helptext, the operator must use --roles for the controllers. Upgrading the controlplane, one node at a time is currently not supported, mainly due to limitations in the pacemaker cluster upgrade which needs to occur across all nodes in the same operation. The operator may use --roles for non controlplane nodes or may prefer to specify one or more specific nodes by name with --nodes. In either case the value specified by the operator is simply passed through to ansible as the limit_hosts parameter.
The --ssh-user and all other parameters are similarly collected and passed to the ansible invocation which starts on the client side in the run_update_ansible_action method call. The --skip-tags parameter can be used to skip certain ansible tasks with the ansible-skip-tags ansible-playbook parameter. The allowed --skip-tags values are restricted to a predefined set, validated against MAJOR_UPGRADE_SKIP_TAGS. Finally, the --playbook parameter as the name suggests is used to specify the ansible playbook(s) to run. By default and as you can see in the definition, this defaults to a special value 'all' which causes all-upgrade-playbooks-to-run. The value of all_playbooks in that previous reference, is stored in the MAJOR_UPGRADE_PLAYBOOKS constant.
As with the upgrade prepare, for upgrade run a mistral workflow is used to perform the 'main' operation, which in this case is execution of the ansible playbooks. On the client side the update_nodes_workflow_invocation is where mistral is invoked and takes as workflow input the various collected parameters described above. You can see that the update_nodes_workflow which lives in tripleo-common has parameters defined under the 'input:' section which correspond to the openstack overcloud upgrade run parameters.
There are two main tasks in the update_nodes_workflow, the download-config_action which is invoked in a first 'download_config' task, and the ansible-playbook_action action which is invoked in the 'node_update' task. This is ultimately where ansible-playbook-is-executed with processutils.execute.
Finally back on the client side we listen for messages on the run_zaqar_queue before declaring the upgrade-run-success!
The external-upgrade run command is used to upgrade the services whose deployment (and upgrade) procedure is not tied to execution on particular overcloud nodes. The deployment/upgrade procedures are thus executed from the undercloud, even though a full overcloud inventory is available for use.
The external upgrade playbook first executes external_upgrade_tasks and then external_deploy_tasks . The execution happens within the same Ansible play, so facts from external_upgrade_tasks are carried over to external_deploy_tasks . This is a mechanism which will allow you to amend what your deploy tasks do based on whether an upgrade is being run or not.
Often it's not desirable to run the tasks for all services at the same time, so external-upgrade run supports --tags argument to limit which tasks are run.
The UpgradeConverge class like the UpgradePrepare class also inherits from the DeployOvercloud class thus getting all of its parameters and template processing. The operator needs to pass in all Heat environment files used as part of the upgrade prepare including the container images file.
The main objective of the upgrade converge operation is to unset the upgrade specific parameters that have been set on the overcloud Heat stack as part of prepare. These are unset using the converge_env_file which is included in the list of client_converge_env_files passed to the Heat stack update.
The 'converge' applies all TripleO configuration against all overcloud nodes and thus serves as a sanity check that the overcloud was successfully upgraded, since the same configuration will already have been applied. The 'converge' will also leave the Heat stack in a good state for subsequent updates, for instance scaling to add nodes.
As these values are set in parameter_defaults a Heat stack update is required against the overcloud Heat stack to explicitly unset them. In particular and as pointed out in the operator_converge_docs until converge has completed, any operations that require a Heat stack update will likely fail, as the 'noop' of the DeploymentSteps in the prepare_env_file in particular means none of the usual docker/puppet/* config is applied. Setting something with parameter_defaults means it is used until explicitly unset via parameter_defaults as that value will override any other default value specified via the tripleo-heat-templates.
Unlike the prepare command there is no mistral workflow here and instead we rely on the parent DeployOvercloud class to invoke the converge_heat_stack_update and so the implementation is also simpler.
This section will give some examples of a potential developer workflow for testing fixes or in-progress gerrit reviews against python-tripleoclient, tripleo-common or tripleo-heat-templates for the upgrade workflow. This may be useful if you are working on an upgrades related bug for example.
If there is a failure running one of the upgrades related ansible playbooks, you might need to examine and if necessary fix the related ansible task. The tasks themselves live in each of the tripleo-heat-templates service manifests, under the upgrade_tasks section of the template outputs. For example see the containerized rabbitmq_upgrade_tasks.
Rerun openstack overcloud upgrade prepare $ARGS, so that the resulting ansible playbooks include your fix.
Finally run the playbooks with openstack overcloud upgrade run $ARGS.
If instead you need to add or fix something in the upgrades workflow itself, for example to handle a new parameter needed passed through to ansible, or any other change, you will need to patch python-tripleoclient and tripleo-common, depending on whether your fixes extend to the mistral workflow too.
There are many ways to patch your environment and the following is a different approach to the one used in the tripleo-heat-templates above where we patched the installed templates in place. In the following examples instead we clone tripleo-common and tripleoclient, patch them using gerrit reviews and then re-install from source.
The following example commands include complete removal and replacement of the installed tripleoclient and tripleo-common!
After switching to containerized undercloud, local tripleo-common changes to be applied in all Mistral containers.


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I have actually watched one of the Hobbit films but haven't watched the others. I wanted to read the ending before watching it. I just haven't made the time to read it. I think the problem is that I wasn't a huge fan of Lord of the Rings and I'm worried that I'm not going to enjoy and I'm going to feel like I've wasted my time!
Have you read The Hobbit? Did you enjoy it more than The Lord of the Rings? Let me know in the comments!
I read this one as a child, and it's one I would like to re-read. I hope it's a good one for you and better than LOTR. Enjoy!
I read The Hobbit after the first Lord of the Rings movie came out and enjoyed it. I admit though I loved the Lord of the Rings books even more. Hopefully you will like The Hobbit even if you didn't care for Lord of the Rings. I think they are different enough you just might. Hopefully. 🙂 Have a great week!


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The British Veterinary Poultry Association (BVPA) was founded in 1956 and is an active non-territorial division of the British Veterinary Association. Its membership is open to poultry veterinarians and scientists working with poultry. BVPA celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.
The BVPA gamebird Mycoplasma project has confirmed that Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) plays a central role in respiratory disease in pheasants and partridges.
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"Una Notte Italiana"
Potsdamer Schlössernacht 2019 will be fully dedicated to Italy
Anastasia Petrova, News from Berlin
The Potsdam Palace Night is dedicated to Italy with the motto "Una Notte Italiana". Not only the Italian inspired architecture of the unique grounds and palaces of the Sanssouci world cultural heritage will be enhanced with lovingly designed light installations, but the motto also invites to a diversified Italian cultural programme. This will include Commedia dell'Arte, sumptuous masks and costumes, a venetian gondola which will float close to the Roman Baths with Italian live music on the so-called Engine Pond as well as innumerable multi-faceted performances including a light and laser show with background music twice an evening. Strolling and enjoying – with all the senses.
Frederick II and Frederick William IV were once inspired by Italian architecture, adapted it for the cityscape, parks and castles and decorated their palaces with baroque sculptures and paintings. During the Potsdam Palace Night in August this year, this Italian tradition will be highlighted and staged in an opulent form that has never before been offered to visitors.
2018, due to the aridity and associated governmental orders, the planned fireworks had to be transformed into a light spectacle consisting of music, illuminations, projections and lasers. As this was very well received by the visitors, not only preventive but also with regard to sustainability and environmental protection is already being planned for a brilliant light spectacle, which will take place twice on both evenings.
The readings under the motto "Quiet tones, striking voices, exciting stories" with prominent voices from the film and television world. The organizers are also pleased that television presenter, actor and author Max Moor remains loyal to the event and will continue to act as patron of the literary program in 2019.
Potsdam Palace Night will be held from 16th till 17th August 2019 in Potsdam.
- https://www.potsdamer-schloessernacht.de/en/


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Q: How to use wildcards in createQueryBuilder? In my repository class i use:
public function getItemsByTag($tag)
{
    $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('c')
               ->select('c')
               ->where('c.tags LIKE %bipolar%')
               ->addOrderBy('c.id');

    return $qb->getQuery()
              ->getResult();
}

But unfortunately this doesn't work.. Anybody knows how this can work? Or do I have to build a custom query without the QueryBuilder?
Thanks!

A: If you don't want to substitute your query with variables but use a static string you have to put the string in apostrophes.
You have to use apostrophes instead of quotes! Otherwise the Doctrine2 Lexer will throw an Exception.
So in your case Mike you can use:
'c.tags LIKE \'%bipolar%\''

or
"c.tags like '%bipolar%'"

A: Searching based on a single parameter:
I think it should go:
public function getItemsByTag($tag)
{
    $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('c')
           ->select('c')
           ->where('c.tags LIKE :tag')
           ->addOrderBy('c.id')
           ->setParameter('tag', $tag);

    return $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
}

But I think that it is discouraged to do a LIKE as part of a where using the query builder so you should do:
$qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('c');

$qb->select('c')
   ->where($qb->expr()->like('c.tags', '?1'))
   ->addOrderBy('c.id')
   ->setParameter(1, $tag);

return $qb->getQuery()->getResult();

Check out the docs for more information, there is an example of a like expression in the section entitled Helper Methods
I should also point out that I used a different convention in each example for passing a parameter into a query, the first used a named parameter :tag which is set by setParameter('tag', $value) the second is just a numbered parameter ?1, you could have just as easily have used a named parameter in the second example if you wished to as well.
Searching with an array of parameters:
You also asked about doing an array of likes. Here it is with an OR expression but if you wanted to search for all tags you could change it to an AND.
In order to make a "LIKE array" you just have to build up the expression on its own.
$qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('c');

$orExpr = $qb->expr()->orX();

for ($i = 0; $i < count($tags); $i++) {
    $orExpr->add($qb->expr->like('c.tags', "?$i"));

    // You may have to set params later in a loop after $orExpr has been
    // added to the queryBuilder.
    $qb->setParameter($i, $tags[$i]);
}

$qb->select('c')->where($orExpr)->addOrderBy('c.id');

return $qb->getQuery()->getResult();

A: I don't know much about Symfony, but based on what I know about PHP and MySQL, I imagine you mean 'c.tags LIKE "%bipolar%"'.  You likely need quotation marks around %bipolar%.

A: simply:
public function getItemsByTag($tag)
{
    $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('c')
           ->select('c')
           ->where( $qb->expr()->like('c.tags', ':tags') )
           ->addOrderBy('c.id');

    $qb->setParameter('tags', '%' . $tag . '%' );

    return $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
}


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White Opal Meaning, Usage & Healing Properties
What Is White Opal?
White Fire Opal
White Opal Meaning
White Opal Healing Properties
Usages: How To Use White Opal
How To Identify Raw Opal
What is white opal meaning? White gemstones such as diamonds, pearls, white sapphires, and zircon may be recognizable to you. However, don't overlook the exquisite white opal and white opal meaning when selecting your next piece of white gemstone jewelry! Although there are many different types of opals, I'd like to concentrate on the advantages of white opal and white opal meaning.
So, what is white opal meaning? White opal refers to a magical stone with a lot of light. It features a lovely heavenly gleam and an unusual iridescence, making it exceedingly valuable to gem collectors. It's also recognized as porcelain opal or white milk opal.
White Opal is a lovely stone that has a special meaning for everyone. It's no surprise that it's been in high demand for so long! So, in this piece, I'll go over all you need to know about white opal meaning, white opal's healing abilities, and significance. If you understand how to use it, this gemstone can benefit you in a variety of ways! So, let's get down to biz.
Throughout history, these stones have been prized for their beauty, therapeutic capabilities, and links to celestial beings and heavenly spheres. The iridescent white opal is a gorgeous gemstone. It can be found in the wild in places like Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Slovakia.
The word opal comes from Upala which is a Sanskrit word, which means "precious stone." The name may have been inspired by Ops, a Roman Earth deity connected with harvest and fertility. White opal went out of style for a while. But it's making a resurgence in the crystal healing world thanks to its inspiring significance and powerful healing abilities.
White Opal is a fascinating stone with a long and illustrious history. It was generated millions of years ago when water and silica mingled in minute fissures in the ground. This pair hardened into the various forms of opals that can now be found all over the world.
Opals have always held a higher value than other precious gemstones like rubies and diamonds. However, opals flooded the market after their discovery in Australia in 1915, decreasing the stone's value. The water content in white opals is high. As a result, they are delicate and easily scratched. That's why it's necessary to exercise caution with them during your rehabilitation workouts.
Opal is a gemstone composed of silica-rich water. Hundreds of hydrated, tiny silica spheres make up this silica. White opal, also known as milky opal, has a delicate white appearance with bursts of sparkling opal color. Every color combination in the spectrum, including red, blue, purple, and green, may be seen in White Opal
So, what is white fire opal? The body color of white fire opal is commonly yellow, orange, or red, and it is clear to translucent. In the trade, this material is known as "Mexican opal" or "Mexican fire opal" because of its color play.
The White opal meaning is all about peace, innocence, and love. Women cherish it since white opal meaning is thought to bring the user closer to the mystical feminine. White Opal meaning is also related to good fortune, prosperity, and innovation. It's extensively employed in manifestation rituals to foster certain characteristics. This is a delicate stone with subtle yet powerful properties.
White opal has been used for several applications for many years. Jewelry is, of course, the most prominent reason. However, white opal has been used for a range of medical properties and benefits in both traditional and modern times.
White opal meaning indicates that it's all about prosperity in different ways. Using white opal in your daily spiritual practice can benefit your physical, mental, intellectual, and metaphysical well-being in significant and far-reaching ways. White opal can improve almost every element of one's life.
Here are some methods to benefit from the therapeutic powers of white opal.
Emotional Healing
The white opal meaning for emotional cases a lot. White opal's healing powers make it ideal for creating and sustaining emotional well-being. White opal awakens and brightens your heart. It also aids in the restoration of a lighter heart by sharing its sensual and soothing energy. The stone emits a soothing vibration. It aids in the maintenance of solid connections and partnerships.
White opal enhances your mental discernment, allowing you to efficiently manage complex facts and focus on specific parts that require your attention. It also attracts those who share similar interests, particularly those with a business mindset. This stone aids in clear thinking and sensible decision-making, especially in times of stress and confusion. It also offers a pleasant and productive environment in which you can carry out your goals. Finally, the stone aids in the maintenance of one's social rank and opulent lifestyle.
Any emotional issues you may be experiencing should be discussed with a qualified healer. They will be able to give you the best suggestions for using white opal for long-term emotional healing.
Physical Healing
In physical circumstances, the white opal meaning indicates that you will gain energy in your body. The white opal radiated the energy. This aids in the clearing of your physical body's energy flow. The stone is thought to help with insomnia and promote comfortable sleep.
The metaphysical characteristics of the stone are prized in medical astrology. If you have a fever, a chronic condition, or an infection, white opal is often taken to try to boost your immune system. These qualities are beneficial in the treatment of renal, liver, and hormonal problems. White opal is a therapeutic stone that can also help with psychological issues.
For self-healing, you could be tempted to employ white opal or other stones. Getting advice from a natural healer is usually a good idea.
White opal is a spiritual stone that gives its wearers a calm, clear-eyed perspective on life and their place in it. It's also reputed to be a powerful aura cleanser. This stone can be a helpful ally on your dream work and exploration journey. It's considered that sleeping with a white opal beneath your pillow can inspire and aid astral travel.
In the creative world, white opal has gained a lot of success. It is associated with the planet of creativity and invention. As a result, if you're experiencing creative blocks, insecurities, or a lack of inspiration, it's a great place to start.
Wearing an opal is supposed to let you express yourself more creatively. It aids in the alignment of your energy and creativity for improved results.
One white opal can be worn in a variety of ways, and you might prefer one over the other. I propose trying a few different approaches. When it comes to employing this therapeutic stone, there is no one-size-fits-all method. How you utilize it can be altered from day to day.
Wearing white opal in jewelry is perhaps one of the most widespread and artistically beautiful ways to use it. Wear it as a bracelet, necklace, ring, or pair of earrings. The objective is to keep the stone as close to your body as possible.
For instance, if you wear white opal as a necklace, it will remain close to your heart. Earrings will keep it close to your third eye, while a bracelet will keep it close to your pulse.
Many people like to carry their white opal in their purses, pockets, or backpacks. The most important thing is to hold your white opal so that you can regularly benefit from its healing effects.
White opal can be employed in a spiritual journey. The stone is excellent for meditation and aids spiritual enlightenment, particularly because it is connected to the Crown chakra.
White opals placed in strategic spots may help to generate the pleasant and caring vibe you desire in a workspace or home setting.
So, how to identify raw opal? The variation of natural opal is determined by two characteristics: transparency and, body tone. If you know how to identify raw opal, you can easily tell if an opal is natural or manufactured
Natural Opals come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
To better comprehend the differences between each precious opal gemstone, here is a list with descriptions.
Boulder Opal: Boulder opal comes from the Queensland opal fields and is the most powerful variety of Australian opal because of its ironstone marriage. Boulder Opal comes in a variety of dazzling, rich colors, and the dark ironstone base contrasts beautifully with the colored brilliance.
Black Opal: The dark body tone of Black Opal, which comes from the Lightning Ridge region, distinguishes it. If there are any colors within it, the black body tone produces a dramatic contrast, allowing the vivid hues of the opal to truly pop!
White Opal: Opal with a white milky body tone is known as "white Opal". The opal-colored flashes do not contrast as starkly as they do with Boulder and Black Opal due to their white "milky" body hue.
At a glance, the steps for identifying opals are as follows:
Step 1: Take a look at the opal's base tone. White opal is most likely a clear or white color in the body that flashes numerous hues. On the other hand, a real fire opal has a vivid yellow, orange, red, or mix of these tones as its base hue, with no other color flashes. If you see the stone's body tone is dark, black, blue, or green, it could be a real solid opal, a double, or a triplet.
Step 2: By glancing at the side of the mineral, artificial layers can be identified. A black or colorless base with a delicate opal facet characterizes the doubles. The triplets are made up of a black foundation, an opal finishing layer, and a plastic or quartz layer. A base in the stone indicates that it is not a solid opal.
Step 3: Examine the surface of the opal attentively to check if it has a shiny surface. A triplet's clear layer can provide a highly reflective surface.
Step 4: If it has a snakeskin design with vivid colors in large regions, it's most likely a manufactured opal.
Step 5: Finally, look at the stone's top. It's most likely a doublet or triplet if it appears foggy.
I hope you find this article helped you in knowing white opal meaning and now you'll be able to incorporate white opal's healing properties into your life.
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WILSON, L. grounded out to 3b (2-2 BBKK).
STEWART singled up the middle (2-2 KSBB).
SANDOVAL flied out to rf (1-1 BS).
CHANDLER reached on an error by 3b (1-2 KBKF); STEWART advanced to second.
ASHCRAFT singled; CHANDLER advanced to second; STEWART advanced to third, out at home p to 1b to p to c.
SELESKY reached on an error by 2b (2-1 BBK).
REEVES grounded out to p unassisted, SAC, bunt; SELESKY advanced to second.
DWYER struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 SBKBK).
BEDNAR lined out to ss (0-0).
LOWERY struck out swinging (2-2 KBFBS).
ADAMS flied out to lf (0-0).
CECERE struck out looking (0-2 KFK).
BEISNER singled to center field (0-0).
BEISNER advanced to second on a wild pitch.
RIVERA, N grounded out to 3b (3-1 KBBB).
SUCHY grounded out to 3b (0-0).
0 - 1 TILLERY doubled to right field, RBI (0-0); BEISNER scored.
TILLERY doubled to right field, RBI (0-0); BEISNER scored.
DIAZ grounded out to ss (1-1 KB).
WILSON, L. grounded out to 2b (1-1 KB).
STEWART singled through the left side (0-1 K).
SANDOVAL singled through the right side (1-0 B); STEWART advanced to second.
CHANDLER struck out swinging (0-2 SKS).
ASHCRAFT struck out looking (3-2 KFBFBFBK).
SELESKY singled to right field (2-0 BB).
REEVES doubled (1-1 BK); SELESKY advanced to third.
0 - 2 DWYER flied out to rf, SF, RBI (3-2 KBKBB); REEVES advanced to third; SELESKY scored.
DWYER flied out to rf, SF, RBI (3-2 KBKBB); REEVES advanced to third; SELESKY scored.
0 - 3 BEISNER singled to left field, RBI (0-0); BEDNAR advanced to second; REEVES scored.
BEISNER singled to left field, RBI (0-0); BEDNAR advanced to second; REEVES scored.
BEISNER advanced to second; BEDNAR advanced to third.
RIVERA, N walked (3-1 KBBBB).
0 - 4 RIVERA, N advanced to second; BEISNER advanced to third; BEDNAR scored on a wild pitch.
RIVERA, N advanced to second; BEISNER advanced to third; BEDNAR scored on a wild pitch.
SUCHY hit by pitch (2-1 KB).
FONFARA to p for HACKETT.
0 - 5 SUCHY advanced to second; RIVERA, N advanced to third; BEISNER scored on a wild pitch.
SUCHY advanced to second; RIVERA, N advanced to third; BEISNER scored on a wild pitch.
0 - 6 TILLERY flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-0); SUCHY advanced to third; RIVERA, N scored.
TILLERY flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-0); SUCHY advanced to third; RIVERA, N scored.
0 - 7 DIAZ singled to right center, RBI (1-1 BS); SUCHY scored.
DIAZ singled to right center, RBI (1-1 BS); SUCHY scored.
REEVES grounded out to ss unassisted (2-1 SBB).
LOWERY flied out to cf (1-0 B).
MOORE grounded out to 2b (1-1 KB).
ADAMS grounded out to ss (2-2 FBKB).
SHANNON to lf for WILSON, L..
DWYER flied out to lf (2-0 BB).
BEDNAR grounded out to p (1-1 BS).
BEISNER singled up the middle (3-2 KKBBB).
RIVERA, N walked (3-1 BBBKB); BEISNER advanced to second.
0 - 8 SUCHY singled through the left side, RBI (1-1 KB); RIVERA, N advanced to second; BEISNER scored.
SUCHY singled through the left side, RBI (1-1 KB); RIVERA, N advanced to second; BEISNER scored.
HWANG to p for FONFARA.
TILLERY flied out to rf (0-2 FF).
CECERE grounded out to ss (0-2 KF).
SHANNON singled to shortstop (1-2 KSB).
STEWART struck out swinging (1-2 BFKS).
SANDOVAL flied out to rf (2-2 KBFFBF).
DIAZ grounded out to 2b (0-0).
SELESKY grounded out to ss (2-1 KBB).
REEVES struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2 KBKK).
CHANDLER grounded out to 2b (1-2 BKFF).
ASHCRAFT struck out swinging (1-2 SKBS).
MOORE grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-1 KBB).
DWYER singled to shortstop (0-1 K).
DWYER advanced to second on a wild pitch.
BEDNAR lined out to lf (3-1 BKBB).
BEISNER grounded out to ss (0-0); DWYER advanced to third.
RIVERA, N struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 SSBBS).
ADAMS grounded out to ss (3-2 BFBKB).
CECERE struck out swinging (2-2 FKBBS).
RIVERA, G to p for KNAPP.
SHANNON grounded out to ss (3-2 BKBBKF).
NORMAN to p for HWANG.
SUCHY flied out to rf (1-0 B).
TILLERY grounded out to ss (0-0).
DIAZ hit by pitch (1-0).
SELESKY struck out swinging (1-2 KFBS).
STEWART flied out to rf (1-2 BFF).
SANDOVAL doubled down the rf line (2-0 BB).
CHANDLER grounded out to ss (0-2 KF); SANDOVAL advanced to third.
ASHCRAFT struck out swinging (1-2 BSFS).
REEVES grounded out to 2b (2-1 KBB).
DWYER grounded out to ss (0-1 K).
BEDNAR grounded out to 3b (3-1 BKBB).
ERATH to p for RIVERA, G.
LOWERY grounded out to 2b (1-2 KFB).
MOORE singled to right field (1-0 B).
ADAMS struck out looking (2-2 BBKKK).
CECERE singled to right field (2-2 KFBFB); MOORE advanced to second.
SHANNON flied out to lf (0-0).


Sir Robert Turing brought back a fortune from India in 1792 and revived the title. But he, and all the senior branches of the family, died off without male heirs, and by 1911 there were but three small clusters of Turings in the world. The baronetcy was held by the 84-year-old eighth baronet, who had been British Consul in Rotterdam. Then there was his brother, and his descendants, who formed a Dutch branch of Turings. The junior branch consisted of the descendants of their cousin, John Robert Turing, who was Alan's grandfather.
John Robert Turing took a degree in mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1848, and was placed eleventh in rank, but abandoned mathematics for ordination and a Cambridge curacy. In 1861 he married nineteen year old Fanny Boyd and left Cambridge for a living in Nottinghamshire, where he fathered ten children. Two died in infancy and the surviving four girls and four boys were brought up in a regime of respectable poverty on a clerical stipend. Soon after the birth of his youngest son, John Robert suffered a stroke and resigned his living. He died in 1883.
As his widow was an invalid, the care of the family fell upon the eldest sister Jean, who ruled with a rod of iron. The family had moved to Bedford to take advantage of its grammar school, where the two elder boys were educated. Jean started her own school, and two of the other sisters went out as schoolteachers, and generally sacrificed themselves for the sake of advancing the boys. The eldest son, Arthur, was another Turing whom fortune did not help: he was commissioned in the Indian Army, but was ambushed and killed on the North-West Frontier in 1899. The third son Harvey2 emigrated to Canada, and took up engineering, though he was to return for the First World War and then turn to genteel journalism, becoming editor of the Salmon and Trout Magazine and fishing editor of The Field. The fourth son Alick became a solicitor. Of the daughters only Jean was to marry: her husband was Sir Herbert Trustram Eve, a Bedford estate agent who became the foremost rating surveyor of his day. The formidable Lady Eve, Alan 's Aunt Jean, became a moving spirit of the London County Council Parks Committee. Of the three unmarried aunts, kindly Sybil became a Deaconess and took the Gospel to the obstinate subjects of the Raj. And true to this Victorian story, Alan's grandmother Fanny Turing succumbed to consumption in 1902.


Shouldn't those who pick on the attire of others be focused on their religious obligations instead of being the fashion police?
A few months ago, my son showed up for Friday prayers at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur in a t-shirt with the word 'Carlsberg' written on it. An elderly gentleman took him aside to 'advise" him on his attire. The size of the word on his tee was really tiny but in some weird way managed to catch the pakcik's eyes. My son was careful not to wear anything similar again. He began to avoid wearing any t-shirt with words on them when visiting mosques.
A few weeks later, on a visit to another mosque for terawih prayers in Ramadan, he was approached by yet another pakcik, who claimed my son's t-shirt once again was unsuitable to be worn to the holy place simply because it had a 10 cm x 10 cm picture of Spock, from the famous TV show, Star Trek. According to the man, wearing attire with improper visuals could disturb others from fulfilling their prayers.
Back home, my curious 16-year-old decided to seek clarification over the matter. I explained that the most important thing when choosing attire for prayers was to pick something clean and that covered the aurat.
"Then what is wrong with my t-shirts?" he asked.
"My t-shirts are comfortable, clean and proper. What makes you think they are not suitable?" he retorted, unsatisfied with my explanation.
"Remember when you spent a good one hour dressing up for your friend's BBQ dinner? When you can put in lots of effort to look presentable for a visit to your friend's house, why not do the same when you are visiting the house of God?" I asked.
My boy went silent for a while.
"What about those who put on bottles of minyak attar on their bodies when visiting mosques? The scent is usually so strong that at times I have trouble breathing! How can I focus on my prayers when I can't breathe?" my Arshad debated.
I had to admit that my boy had solid arguments. It is true. Those who pick on the attire of others should be focusing on their religious obligations instead of being the fashion police of the mosque.
Anyway, on the first evening of Syawal, my boy eagerly dragged me to the living room and made me sit in front of the television set.
"Look what some of our leaders wore during the Hari Raya prayers this morning," he instructed.
I smiled upon checking out the news.
Pointing at the TV screen, he said, "Look ma, one is in a bright orange baju melayu while another is wearing a striking pink baju melayu – those attire are not only disturbing others, but they are also unsuitable as they tend to cause temporary blindness," he joked.
I nodded, eagerly anticipating his next argument.
"But that's the point. If everyone ought to be treated equal, there should not be a question of who's who – kings, ministers, leaders or commoners – there should be no difference between us, right?" said Arshad once again making his point.
I don't think I have answers for all his questions. But clearly my son is wise. He is part of the youth of today who will not tolerate being spoon fed –and unwilling to accept what others are saying unless it makes sense to them.
Out of curiosity, I asked my boy what he intended to wear next Friday to the mosque – "My brand new, imported Metallica t-shirt," he answered with a smirk.
I smiled. Perhaps it is time for us to follow in the footsteps of our younger generation and start asking questions. Stop being a "yes" man and have some guts to stand for what we believe in instead.
After all, we've been tolerating so many things for far too long.
Maybe it is time to call a spade a spade.


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The Berkshires are Alive with Live Theater Opportunities this Summer!
July 22, 2014 at 9:00 am	(Berkshire County, Entertainment, Suggested Activity, Theater)
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Diverse Theater Selection Brings Entertainment & Education Opportunities for Entire Family
The Berkshires are alive! Get your tickets for a theater production and bring the family. There are options that fit all budgets!
The Berkshires region of western Massachusetts is filled with endless opportunities for learning and playing – especially in the summer. A popular vacation destination for locals and out-of-towners alike, the region offers up a wide variety of things to do, places to visit, and stuff to see. And this summer, some of the best stuff to see is on stage at the Berkshires' many theaters and performance spaces! From children's theater to clowning, Shakespeare to musicals, the Berkshires' numerous theater companies are dishing out shows that not only entertain, but also present valuable learning opportunities. Read the rest of this entry »
Ticket Giveaway: Family 4-Pack to Story Pirates at The Colonial Theatre
August 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm	(Berkshire County, Contest, Pittsfield, Suggested Activity)
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Story Pirates
The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA
Saturday, September 15th @ 2pm
Described as "Monty Python meets Schoolhouse Rock," Story Pirates is different every time, and includes a story that's improvised onstage based on suggestions from the kids in the audience. Enter to win a family 4-pack of tickets to see them at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Saturday, Sept. 15th at 2pm. Details on how to enter to win are below.
Story Pirates, a nationally respected education and media organization and creators of the pre-Broadway workshop, FOUND, perform a hilarious and kid friendly show presented by the Berkshire Theatre Group at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA on September 15th, 2012 at 2pm… and Hilltown Families has a family 4-pack of tickets to giveaway! Win a pack of tickets and take your family for a delightful Saturday afternoon performance! Deadline to enter to win: Wednesday, Sept. 12th, 2012 at 7pm (EST). More details below.
ABOUT STORY PIRATES
While many children's theater troupes tell stories to kids, the Story Pirates believe that every child has a story to tell! The process begins by collecting stories from local kids — whether it's a world where cats can fly or a rock opera about fuzzy alien tickle monsters, the Pirates will turn any short story into a hilarious sketch comedy musical! Described as "Monty Python meets Schoolhouse Rock," this show is different every time, and includes a story that's improvised onstage based on suggestions from the kids in the audience. Story Pirates is pitched perfectly to grown-ups and kids alike!
Story Pirates was founded in 2003 by a group of people seeking to bring quality education programs to under-resourced New York City public schools. The Pirates approach was to show kids everywhere that their ideas, their words, and their stories are important. They made kids' own stories the basis for a big, loud, outrageous, musical sketch comedy show; because they believe kids' imaginations are worth cultivating and ought to be celebrated. Story Pirates now operates branches in both New York and Los Angeles, and serves to over two hundred and fifty schools and community-based organizations annually around the country. Find out more about Story Pirates at www.storypirates.org.
ABOUT THE COLONIAL THEATRE & BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP
The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. Having united in November of 2010 under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, these two institutions are providing the Berkshires and beyond with the finest in live theatre, music, dance and the visual arts on five stages in Berkshire County, including The Colonial Theatre. The Colonial in Pittsfield (780 seats) re-opened in August of 2006, following a $21 million restoration, and boasts pristine acoustics, classic gilded age architecture and state-of-the-art technical systems. For more information on BTF call 413-298-5536 or go online to www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org.
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GHOSTLIGHT is thrilled to announce that our founder and artistic director, Dr. Evelyn Troester DeGraf, successfully completed her graduate program at Columbia University's prestigious Teachers College, defending her dissertation entitled "Rituals of Leadership: The Pre-Performance Practices of Renowned Choral Conductors" and becoming a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.). Her years of study, research, and hard work have paid off, and we could not be prouder of her.
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