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import unittest
import os

from utils.kubernetes import KubeStateProcessor, NAMESPACE
from utils.prometheus import parse_metric_family

import mock

class TestKubeStateProcessor(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        """
        Preload all protobuf messages in a dict so we can use during
        unit tests without cycling every time the binary buffer.
        """
        cls.messages = {}
        f_name = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'fixtures', 'prometheus', 'protobuf.bin')
        with open(f_name, 'rb') as f:
            for msg in parse_metric_family(f.read()):
                cls.messages[msg.name] = msg

    def setUp(self):
        self.check = mock.MagicMock()
        self.processor = KubeStateProcessor(self.check)

    def test_process(self):
        metric = mock.MagicMock()
        metric.name = 'foo'
        self.processor.process(metric)  # this should never fail

        metric.name = 'a_metric'
        method = mock.MagicMock()
        setattr(self.processor, 'a_metric', method)
        self.processor.process(metric)
        method.assert_called_once()

    def test__eval_metric_condition(self):
        metric = mock.MagicMock(label=list(), gauge=mock.MagicMock(value=1.0))

        # empty label list
        self.assertEqual(self.processor._eval_metric_condition(metric), (None, None))

        # no 'condition' label present
        for name, value in (('foo', 'bar'), ('bar', 'baz')):
            l = mock.MagicMock(value=value)
            l.name = name  # name is a reserved kw in MagicMock constructor
            metric.label.append(l)
        self.assertEqual(self.processor._eval_metric_condition(metric), (None, None))

        # add a condition label
        l = mock.MagicMock(value='true')
        l.name = 'condition'
        metric.label.append(l)
        self.assertEqual(self.processor._eval_metric_condition(metric), ('true', True))

    def test__extract_label_value(self):
        self.assertIsNone(self.processor._extract_label_value('foo', []))

        l1 = mock.MagicMock(value=1)
        l1.name = 'foo'
        l2 = mock.MagicMock(value=2)
        l2.name = 'bar'
        l3 = mock.MagicMock(value=3)
        l3.name = 'bar'
        labels = [l1, l2, l3]
        # in case of labels with the same name (shouldn't happen) return the first occurence
        self.assertEqual(self.processor._extract_label_value('bar', labels), 2)

    def test_kube_node_status_capacity_cpu_cores(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_capacity_cpu_cores']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_capacity_cpu_cores(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.cpu_capacity', 1.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.cpu_capacity', 1.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.cpu_capacity', 1.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_capacity_memory_bytes(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_capacity_memory_bytes']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_capacity_memory_bytes(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.memory_capacity', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.memory_capacity', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.memory_capacity', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_capacity_pods(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_capacity_memory_bytes']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_capacity_pods(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.pods_capacity', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.pods_capacity', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.pods_capacity', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_allocateable_cpu_cores(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_allocatable_cpu_cores']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_allocatable_cpu_cores(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.cpu_allocatable', 1.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.cpu_allocatable', 1.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.cpu_allocatable', 1.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_allocateable_memory_bytes(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_allocatable_memory_bytes']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_allocatable_memory_bytes(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.memory_allocatable', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.memory_allocatable', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.memory_allocatable', 3892240384.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_allocateable_pods(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_allocatable_pods']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_allocatable_pods(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.pods_allocatable', 110.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.pods_allocatable', 110.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.pods_allocatable', 110.0, ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_deployment_status_replicas_available(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_deployment_status_replicas_available']
        self.processor.kube_deployment_status_replicas_available(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_available', 1.0, ['deployment:heapster-v1.1.0', 'namespace:kube-system']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_available', 1.0, ['deployment:hello-node', 'namespace:default']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_available', 1.0, ['deployment:kube-state-metrics-deployment', 'namespace:default']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_deployment_status_replicas_unavailable(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_deployment_status_replicas_unavailable']
        self.processor.kube_deployment_status_replicas_unavailable(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_unavailable', 0.0, ['deployment:heapster-v1.1.0', 'namespace:kube-system']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_unavailable', 0.0, ['deployment:hello-node', 'namespace:default']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_unavailable', 0.0, ['deployment:kube-state-metrics-deployment', 'namespace:default']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_deployment_status_replicas_updated(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_deployment_status_replicas_updated']
        self.processor.kube_deployment_status_replicas_updated(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_updated', 1.0, ['deployment:heapster-v1.1.0', 'namespace:kube-system']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_updated', 1.0, ['deployment:hello-node', 'namespace:default']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_updated', 1.0, ['deployment:kube-state-metrics-deployment', 'namespace:default']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_deployment_spec_replicas(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_deployment_spec_replicas']
        self.processor.kube_deployment_spec_replicas(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_desired', 1.0, ['deployment:heapster-v1.1.0', 'namespace:kube-system']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_desired', 1.0, ['deployment:hello-node', 'namespace:default']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.deployment.replicas_desired', 1.0, ['deployment:kube-state-metrics-deployment', 'namespace:default']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_ready(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_ready']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_ready(msg)

        expected = [
            ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa'],
            ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4'],
            ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk'],
        ]

        calls = self.check.service_check.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args, kwargs = call[1], call[2]
            self.assertEqual(args[0], NAMESPACE + '.node.ready')
            self.assertEqual(args[1], self.processor.kube_check.OK)
            self.assertEqual(kwargs['tags'], expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_status_out_of_disk(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_status_out_of_disk']
        self.processor.kube_node_status_out_of_disk(msg)

        expected = [
            ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa'],
            ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4'],
            ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk'],
        ]

        calls = self.check.service_check.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args, kwargs = call[1], call[2]
            self.assertEqual(args[0], NAMESPACE + '.node.out_of_disk')
            self.assertEqual(args[1], self.processor.kube_check.OK)
            self.assertEqual(kwargs['tags'], expected[i])

    def test_kube_node_spec_unschedulable(self):
        msg = self.messages['kube_node_spec_unschedulable']
        self.processor.kube_node_spec_unschedulable(msg)

        expected = [
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.status', 1,
             ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-9cfa', 'status:schedulable']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.status', 1,
             ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-aah4', 'status:schedulable']),
            (NAMESPACE + '.node.status', 1,
             ['node:gke-cluster-massi-agent59-default-pool-6087cc76-fgnk', 'status:schedulable']),
        ]

        calls = self.check.gauge.mock_calls
        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 3)
        for i, call in enumerate(calls):
            args = call[1]
            self.assertEqual(args, expected[i])

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Real-life experience ont he drums, as in working with other musicians and being the foundation of a song, keeping the rythm in line. Meeting people who might be alot like me. That's two things, I know!
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Jitka is a Czech female given name. It is nickname of Hebrew name Judith, meaning He will be praised or woman of Judea. The old Czech form is Jutka, derived the German name Jutta. Name day celebrate 5 December. Pronounced "YIT-kah".

Famous bearers
 Jitka ze Svinibrodu - Czech princess
 Jitka Babická - Czech figure skater
 Jitka Čechová - Czech actress
 Judita Čeřovská - Czech jazz and swing singer
 Jitka Čvančarová - Czech actress
 Jitka Harazimova - Czech professional bodybuilder
 Jitka Janáčková (born 1973, Mladá Boleslav), a Czech-Czechoslovak sprint canoer
 Jitka Kocurová - Czech model
 Jitka Landová - Czech Biathlete
 Jitka Legatová, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer
 Jitka Licenik - Czech-Canadian journalist
 Jitka Molavcová - Czech actress and singer
 Jitka Němcová - Czech director
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 Jitka Bartosová - Czech linguist
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 Jitka Snížková (1924 - 1989), a Czech composer, music educator and musicologist
 Jitka Traplová, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer
 Jitka Válová - Czech painter
 Jitka Válková, a Czech beauty pageant contestant from Třebíč
 Jitka Zelenková - Czech pop singer
 Jitka Zelenohorská - Czech actress

See also
 3395 Jitka (1985 UN), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1985 by A. Mrkos

Czech feminine given names

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Health authorities and charities in Gaza are stepping up efforts to persuade women to be tested for breast cancer, hoping to overcome social stigma over dealing with the disease.
As part of a "There's no shame in it" campaign launched by private charity Fares Al-Arab in conjunction with the health ministry, Muslim preachers have been promoting early detection and bakers have enclosed similar messages in bread packages.
A Palestinian woman leaves a mobile clinic set up in a truck after a breast cancer check up, during a campaign aimed to raise public awareness in Gaza over the need for early tests to discover breast cancer, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2021. (Reuters)
A mobile testing van has taken to the road, providing scans for some 150 women a day over the past week at the start of the annual international breast cancer awareness month in October.
"'There's no shame in it' is a message of hope and safety for every women, telling them to go ahead and check," said Georgette Harb, the campaign's leader.
Palestinian women participate in a breast cancer awareness campaign aimed to raise public awareness in Gaza over the need for early tests to discover breast cancer, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2021. Picture taken October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
"There is a category in the community that deals with the issue as shameful, and they deal with breast removal and the word breast as if it was obscene or shameful," said Harb.
Breast cancer accounts for 32 percent of the cases of cancer among women in Gaza, the health ministry said.
Cancer patients there face multiple problems ranging from poverty, the lack of medication in the territory's hospitals and some difficulty going for treatment to Israel, the West Bank and beyond due to permit restrictions.
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But lately, these animals are getting a taste of their own medicine and several of the worlds navy's are sending out combat vessels to deal with them, among them is the United States Navy.
Piracy in Somalia has been a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the civil war in Somalia in the early 21st century. Since 2005, many international organizations have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy. Piracy impeded the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses, costing an estimated $6.6 to $6.9 billion a year in global trade in 2011 according to Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP).
According to the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), a veritable industry of profiteers also arose around the piracy. Insurance companies significantly increased their profits from the pirate attacks, as the firms hiked rate premiums in response.
The military response to pirate attacks has brought about a rare show of unity by countries that are either openly hostile to each other, or at least wary of cooperation, military or otherwise. It is the first time since World War 2 that all five permanent members of the UN Security Council have deployed forces on the same side.
As long as ships go to sea there will be piracy. The Gulf of Aden is three times the size of the Gulf of Mexico and requires enormous resources to patrol. To manage the problem, nations must work together to develop the right strategy and provide the resources to confront pirates directly as well as confront the sources of piracy in Somalia.
Forums such as shared awareness and de-confliction (SHADE), sponsored by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, could be the place to develop the strategy. SHADE brings together more than 30 nations to coordinate maritime activities to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.


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Governor signs Horn bill dedicating section of Interstate 75 to fallen Navy SEAL
LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, stands with the family of Navy SEAL and Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator John Marcum as Gov. Rick Snyder signs Senate Bill 51 into law — officially designating a portion of highway I-75 in Genesee County to be known as the "John Wayne 'Dusty' Marcum Memorial Highway."
"It was an honor and a truly humbling experience to work on this legislation," Horn said. "John was a true American hero and this small gesture will serve as a reminder of the courage and honor he served with on a daily basis."
Horn also extended a special thanks to Marcum's close friend Jim Johnston for bringing the issue to his attention and recommending the legislation.
Editor's note: A print-quality photograph is available by clicking on the image or by visiting the senator's website at: www.SenatorKenHorn.com. Click on "Photowire" under the Media Center tab.
Photo Caption: State Sen. Ken Horn poses for a photo with Marcum's sister Kaylee, her husband Dave and their two children Grace and Carter Pierle as Snyder signs Senate Bill 51 into law as Public Act 39 of 2016.


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Green roofs are vegetated rooftops that can provide myriad benefits including absorption of stormwater, increase in energy efficiency of buildings, and reduction of the urban heat island effect, among others. At The Nature Conservancy (TNC), we recently developed a robust characterization of green roofs in NYC (https://zenodo.org/record/1469674). Effective planning for future green roofs should be informed by an understanding of realistic potential for them (i.e., where are buildings generally suitable for green roofs) and need (e.g., where are benefits of green roofs most needed). We propose a Summer of Maps intern use available data to a) identify buildings that are likely to support a green roof based on existing guidelines, and b) evaluate data at the scales of Census Tracts and Community Districts to prioritize areas in greatest need of green roofs based on metrics related to social vulnerability, urban heat stress, and stormwater absorption needs.
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Parcel Data for NYC
Spatial Prioritization Data:
NYC Heat Vulnerability Index (based on 2014 data from NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene; available at NYC Community Board and potentially Census Tract scales)
US Census-Data (American Community Survey-derived data on Social Vulnerability; available at Census Tract scale and similar data summarized for Community Districts)
Estimates of Sewershed Boundaries and Priority Sewersheds for NYC.
Open Space data such as parks and vegetated areas.
Maps and Reports that will be created:
A key product we anticipate being developed from this work is a list of buildings that are potentially suitable for green roofs based on existing guidelines described in this report. We would also expect maps and reports to be produced that convey which areas (Census Tracts and Community Districts) should be prioritized for new green roof installations. Such products would incorporate information about existing green roofs and buildings identified as potentially suitable for green roofs, as well as data related to vulnerability of communities (based on heat vulnerability and social vulnerability metrics), stormwater management needs, and existing open space.
In addition to these products, we would expect explanations of how analyses were done, and if possible, reproducible scripts, such that analyses can be easily updated as new data become available.
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Spatial prioritization of areas to target for new green roofs can help us inform effective plans and policies in NYC to maintain and increase greenspace, particularly in geographies of greatest need. Though some existing datasets and analyses inform this work already, we lack rigorous understanding of where there is potential for new green roofs, which is critical to ensuring targets are achievable. Results of the proposed work can be shared directly with planners and decision-makers to help convey the challenges and opportunities present in the areas they represent.
Furthermore, data on buildings with potential to support green roofs can be overlaid with data on land ownership to inform strategic outreach and coordination with landowners. For example, if individual institutions or companies own multiple buildings identified as suitable for green roofs, particularly in areas with greatest need, we can target outreach to these property owners to maximize our impact.
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Third of people too embarrassed to admit they are lonely at Christmas
New research released by Mind today suggests a third of people (36%) are too embarrassed to admit they are lonely at Christmas.
Quarter of people feel unable to ask for help when struggling emotionally.
One in ten people consider taking their own life because of the festive period.
One in five people feel like they have nowhere to turn for support.
The general population poll¹ of 2,051 people also found that over a quarter of people (26%) would not feel able to ask for help at Christmas if they were struggling emotionally. Mind is calling on people to donate to their Christmas Appeal to help the charity make sure nobody has to cope alone this Christmas.
Although loneliness is often associated with older people, the age group most likely to say they feel embarrassed to admit that they're lonely at Christmas is 18 to 24 year olds (45%) with people aged 65 and over actually least likely to say they felt embarrassed (29%).
Two in five people (38%) also said they would be less likely to talk about their mental health to loved ones at Christmas time. Women were more likely to feel this at over two fifths (45%) compared to less than a third of men (31%). Although it is not necessarily women who come off worse over the festive period, there is often one person in the house who coordinates the day and a lot can fall on their shoulders, easily leading to increased feelings of stress and anxiety.
Perhaps another reflection of this can be seen in the fact that women were also slightly more likely than men to say they feel lonely at Christmas even when surrounded by family with 15% compared to 12% of men.
Compounding this is the fact that one in five people (22%) say when they are sad or upset they feel like they have nowhere to turn to for support. Most worryingly, however, is that this rises to almost half (49%) in people currently experiencing mental health problems.
The effects of not feeling able to reach out for support for your emotional wellbeing at Christmas can be potentially devastating and almost one in ten people admitted that they have considered taking their own lives because of the festive period (9%) with a similar number considering harming themselves. It is even higher in people currently experiencing mental health problems, with double the number considering taking their own lives (20%) and almost a quarter considering self-harming in response to the festive period (23%).
Becky Gore, 30, from Swansea experiences panic attacks and depression. She used Mind's online information services when she felt she had nowhere else to turn and credits it with saving her life:
"The Mind website has been a vital lifeline to me during my darkest moments. In the middle of the night, when all my friends are asleep and their phones are switched off the Mind website has just been there for me. On a couple of occasions, the Mind website has actually saved my life. I've been close to ending my life and just reading a story on the website of somebody in a similar situation has given me a small glimmer of hope, to keep going... to try again the next day... to choose hope, despite the darkness."
Stephen Buckley, Head of Information for Mind, said:
"Although for many people Christmas is a time of festivity, it can bring its challenges and for some people it can accentuate feelings of loneliness which can really impact on our mental health. If you're already struggling under the emotional toll of the festive period, not feeling able to reach out for support can leave you thinking that there's nowhere to turn. That's why Mind is here. We can ensure that everyone has the support they need, whether through our Infoline, free digital guides on coping at Christmas, or our online peer support community Elefriends. We can't provide these without your support, so please donate to our Christmas Appeal to help us make sure nobody has to cope alone this Christmas."
¹ Polling was conducted by Populus who interviewed 2,051 GB adults 18+ online between 1 and 2 November 2017. The data excludes responses where a person preferred not to answer a particular question or for whom the questions were not applicable.


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When the envelope containing a first draft marked King's Speech landed on Richard Price's desk, it sat unopened for more than six weeks. WHen he finally did read it, the Liverpool Institute old boy recalls with amused understatement: "I thought, yes this is quite good."
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Ashley is the owner and clinical director of Beyond Borders CBT, a teletherapy group practice serving 12 states and various countries, specializing in OCD, Anxiety, Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors & Psychedelic Integration. Ashley is licensed in 6 US states, but lives in central Mexico where psychedelic practices are an integral part of the culture. She specializes in modern forms of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, particularly Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which provides a valuable framework for Psychedelic Integration. Ashley received her undergraduate degree from the University of Memphis then accepted a life-changing opportunity to work in East Africa. The experience in Africa was the catalyst for her interest in mental health. Returning to the US, she then received her graduate degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Tennessee where she was a national LEND fellow (Leadership & Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) and received comprehensive training in modern forms of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Ashley has completed various academic and experiential trainings in Psychedelic Integration both in the US and abroad and has particular interest in the intersection of traditional treatments for Anxiety disorders and Psychedelics.


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The integration of technology into educational environments has become more prominent over the years. The combination of technology and face-to-face interaction with instructors allows for a thorough, more valuable educational experience.
Intelligent Web-Based English Instruction in Middle Schools addresses the concerns associated with the use of computer-based systems in teaching English as a foreign language, proving the effectiveness and efficiency of technological integration in modern classrooms. Highlighting cases based on current practices in four diverse schools, this book is a vital reference source for practitioners and researchers interested in the educational benefits of educational technologies in language acquisition.
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The text discusses the implementation and success of using computer software to teach English as a foreign language. The software, designed by the author of the text, is a web-based learning system entitled Computer Simulation in Educational Communication (CSEC). The text discusses trials of the system at four different middle schools in China. The first several chapters of the text delve into the topic of communication technology and language education in general, as well as hitting on several language education theories specifically. The text then moves into the nuts and bolts of CSEC, and the implementation thereof. Results are analyzed, and the cost-effectiveness of CSEC is discussed. The text will be of interest to educators looking for new ways to teach a language or the researcher looking at ways technology may be applied to learning.
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Jiyou Jia is a full professor at Department of Educational Technology, Graduate School of Education, and Director, International Research Center for Education and Information, Peking University, China. He received his BS and MEd from Peking University, and PhD from University of Augsburg, Germany. He was a visiting scholar to Free University Berlin, Germany and KAIST, South Korea. His research interests include educational technology and artificial intelligence in education. He has published more than 80 articles in international and national journals and peer-reviewed conferences, and authored or edited five books. He has been responsible for or taken part in more than ten national key projects and international cooperation projects with Germany, Korea, USA, and Canada. He serves as a reviewer for six international journals indexed in SCI/SSCI, a member of editorial board of five international journals, and program committee of more than ten international conferences, an advisory expert for several scientific, government, and social organizations, and was invited to give speeches in a dozen international or national conferences. He won the 20th IAAI (Innovative Application of Artificial Intelligence) Deployed Application Award by AAAI (Association of Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), USA in 2008, the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of China in 2010, Best Paper Award from 15th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education in 2011, Excellent Award for the 6th educational research achievement of Capital Beijing, China in 2012, and seven research and teaching awards from Peking University.
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Bhandardara is around 60-kilometre away from the Kasara Railway Station. Ratanvadi is the base village for Ratangad fort trek, which is further 15-kilometre away from the Bhandardara .
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Reaching Ratanwadi is a little bit of tricky as it is very difficult to find a shared vehicle to there. So I decided to hitchhike and walked to the starting point of the road to Ratanwadi. You can enjoy the beautiful view of Bhandardara lake and Arthur dam from here. After waiting for half an hour, I managed to get a lift on a bike to Samrad village, which is the base village for Sandhan Valley. Ratanwadi is around 8 kilometre before the Samrad. The road is going along the edge of the lake, and you can see the awesome view of the lake from many points.
Ratanvadi is a small village consisting less than 50 houses and a popular Shiva temple called Amruteshwar. The temple is completely carved out of blacks stone and is built in 900AD. After spending some time near the temple I started walking towards my destination. The trail to Ratangad fort starts 300 meters away from the road to the temple. Even I have the GPS coordinates to the fort, I confirmed the path with a villager. Also, I have recorded the GPS coordinates of the trail that I followed and its link is available in the description part.
The trail to Ratangad fort from Ratanwadi is 5.3 kilometres long. It is just a beginner lever trek, and I took around 2 hours and 30 minutes to the reach the top with multiple breaks. The trail starts from an altitude of 730 meters and the maximum altitude of the fort is 1,263 meters. There is a small dam in the trail after 750 meters from the starting point. After the dam, I entered the forest and started hiking towards the fort. Now it's a 2-hour jungle walk and I enjoyed it well.
There is a meeting point of Harichanagad trek and Ratangad fort trek trails at a distance of 3.6 Kilometer from the starting point. The trail on the right side is going to Samrad village. The path on front-left leads to Harichandragad fort, and I need to follow the path on the front-right to reach Ratangad fort.
There are four entrance gates to Ratangad fort. Two of them are on the side in which I am ascending to the fort. The other two are on the other side of the fort. In the end, the trail opens up into huge rock patch. Don't worry you do not need to do any rock climbing here. There are 3 steel ladders which take you to the top of the rock patch. Be careful while climbing these ladders as some steps are lost and broken. I kept my camera inside the bag and started climbing the ladders. Now, I can see Ratanwadi village, Bhandardara dam, Pravara river and surrounding peaks as a scenic landscape.
After climbing all the ladders, I reached the first gate of the fort. There is a huge cave on my right side. The cave can accommodate around 25 peoples and I am going to stay tonight in this cave. On weekends the villagers put up a shack in this cave, where you can get lime juice, tea, snacks, Maggie. They also arrange lunch and dinner on request. I kept my bag in the cave and start walking towards the edge of the fort. Now, the colossal cliffs are unfolding in front of my eyes, one behind the other. The robustness of Sahyadris can be experienced only from a few forts and Ratangad is one of them.
I continued walking on the trail leading to the top. There are many water tanks and cisterns on the fort. All of them are contaminated. There is an underground water cistern containing pure and chilly water throughout the year. The opening of this tank is only 2 to 3 feet height. I filled my bottles and started walking towards the top. The fort has a natural rock peak with a cavity in it at the top which is called 'Nedhe' or 'Eye of the Needle'. A stormy wind blows through the Eye of the Needle. I climbed up on the top of the nedhe. Be very careful while doing so. I am now at the highest point of the fort! The view from the top is mesmerising with a complete 360-degree panoramic view. I sit here for a while to enjoy the beautiful sunset.
After watching the beautiful sunset, I went to the cave and started preparing my dinner. I really enjoyed eating the dinner under the sky by seeing the cliffs of Sahyadri hills. Today I am going to stay in the cave. I will start trekking towards Sandhan valley by tomorrow early morning.
This is the second of the trip. I woke up at 5 at the cave. Since the cave was full of darkness, I waited for some time. While I came out of the cave, I realized that sun rays had started bursting and the horizon was yellowish. I felt as if the sun was peeping at me through the ghats. I enjoyed the beauty and serenity.
Today must be a long trek. Firstly, I need to go to Sandhan Valley and descend it completely. Then to Dehene village. Samrad is the base village of Sandhan Valley trekking, but I don't need to go there. I have another route which will take me to the starting of Sandhan Valley trekking point. Sandhan Valley is situated at a distance of 4.7 km from here. I have got a company of two people, Mahesh Pawar and Avinash Pratap Singh, both of them reached Ratanghat fort in the early morning after a night trekking. They had planned to return back to Ratanvadi, but with an interest in my plan, they agreed to trek Sandhan Valley with me and then return to Ratanvadi.
The trail to #Sandhan #Valley is starting from the #Tyrambak #Darwaza which is on the other side of the fort. we started at 7:30 and reached at Tyrambak Darwaza within 30 minutes with some breaks to fill the water bottles from the underground water cistern and to shoot some snaps at Nedhe, The Needle of the Cave. Now, there are more than 75 steep steps on the rock and thus the altitude is changing rapidly. Surprisingly the other side of the fort is still wrapped in the darkness and the view of ghats from the darkness is quite soothing.
We have reached a small forest filled with small pieces of rocks on the trail. After one km trekking descending through this forest, we reached a dry field and again walked towards Sandhan Valley. After having a stop for breakefast, we reached Sandhan Valley at 9:30 AM.
Sandhan Valley, The Valley of Suspense or The Valley of Shadow is one of the greatest canyons in the splendid setting of Sahyadri western ghats. The water carved Valley is around 4 km long and 200 feet deep. The deep narrow rock floored ravine is located between the two high walls of a mountain range. At some places, its width is less than 3 feets while at some other places, sun rays are unable to reach the ground. This is why it is Valley of Shadow!
The first one and half kilometre trail is not challenging. People make moves without any difficulty. Now we have to cross a water pool of 4 feet high. It is full mud with many travels through it. Thus, we are forced to carry all luggage on the head. My two companions left me from there and they returned to Samrat. Thanks, guys. will meet you somewhere sometime. Now, I am alone in the crowd and the remaining travel is really adventurous. Missing or slipping of one step may be missing of the life itself. There are 4 places including 2 rappeling points where I need support from someone to get down the rock patches. I got help from some other trekking groups. It is advisable not to trek here alone here. You need enough patience to get down some rock patches since there are long queues.
Finally, I did it. thank God! I took around 4.8 km to completely descend it due to the zigzag nature of rock patches. My companions returned because they heard that there was no return way to Samrat village other than a 40 km long one. it is because one can't take the return on the same route. But, I came to know that there is another way which will take you to the starting point of the trekking if you want to go back to Samrat.
Now, I need to go to Dehene village where I will get the bus to Asagoan. Dehen village is around 6 km away from here. The trail is along the side of a dry river bed. But, some parts of the river are so fascinating with pure water. Hills are reflecting on the water. wow. beautiful.
Finally, I reached Dehene village at 4 pm after trekking of 15 kilometres. The village contains less than fifty houses. Dehene is a base village for Ajoba hill trekking. The hill contains "Valmiki Ashram" and a cave where Goddess Sita stayed with her two sons Luv and Khush. The hill got its name from the term "Ajoba" which means grandfather in Marathi – a term that Luv and Khush used to address Saint Valmiki, who wrote Mahabharat by sitting here.
The Bus to Shahapur is available here, but not frequently. Daily, only four buses. The first bus is leaving at 6 in the morning and then at 10 am, and 2 pm. The last bus is leaving at 5 PM.
I made a walk through the village and waited for the bus in a small tea shop. The bus has reached at 5 pm and it started the travel after a waiting of 15 minutes. The bus is running only for me and a man.
After one hour and 15 minutes travel, I reached Shahapur and caught an auto to Asagoan railway station which is 2 km away from here. And, now I am back to Mumbai.
New Pizza treat in Thane!
Behind the Concrete Jungle of Thane, Mumbai.


Odonate assemblages were compared between replicate sets of shallow lakes that had been created and acidified by open-cast mining across a large area (2,451 ha) of southwest France (Arjuzanx, Landes); one set of lakes (n = 5) was experimentally restored by liming with calcium carbonate, whereas another group (n = 5) was left as untreated reference lakes. Both odonate adults and exuviae were sampled bimonthly during May–August 1998. Elevated turbidity and conductivity in limed lakes were the only physicochemical measures differing between restored and reference lakes, because deacidification occurred naturally, even in reference lakes during the 17 years after the onset of restoration. Restoration by liming can apparently lead to effects on lake turbidity that might be considered adverse. Twenty-four and 19 odonate species occurred among adults and exuviae, respectively, but there were no significant differences in richness between restored and reference sites. However, significantly, more exuviae were collected from the reference sites (588 vs. 180), where exuvial diversity and rank abundance indicated more evenly structured assemblages than those in restored lakes. Ordination showed that adult assemblages differed significantly between restored and reference lakes, and varied highly significantly with lake turbidity. This effect occurred because a small group of generally scarce adults were characteristic of reference sites (Chalcolestes viridis, Lestes virens, Cordulia aenae, Leucorrhinia albifrons, and Sympetrum sanguineum). Exuviae of these same species were less abundant at restored sites, but exuvial assemblages overall did not discriminate between restored and reference lakes. We conclude that lake restoration by liming can reduce diversity and larval numbers among odonates and subtly affects adult assemblages. In this case study, adult assemblages discriminated best between the lake types involved in the experiment, but important additional information arose from exuvial abundance and structure. This study indicates that natural recovery processes after acidification in formerly open-cast areas––rather than chemical intervention through liming––might lead to preferable conservation outcomes.


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Getting Exchange or Office365 Calendar to Sync on your Google Pixel
Merry Christmas to me! I was due for a phone upgrade with Verizon so I opted for the new Google Pixel phone! I went with the 5" model because I hate giant "Zack Morris" phones. So far I like everything on the Pixel except how Google wants you to setup email.
If the only email you use is Gmail, then you have nothing to worry about. By default the only email client that comes with the Pixel is the Gmail client, and it works well for Gmail users.
However, if you are like me and millions of other users, you need Exchange or Office365 support for work email. The Gmail client will setup the email part for that fine, but it will not work with Exchange/Office365 calendar. WTF Google!?
No problem, Bauer-Power here! To make this work, you just need an easy to use third party email client. I found a free one that works great in the Google Play store called VMWare Boxer Email!
The cool thing about it, at least on the Pixel, is that it integrates with the Google Calendar client. VMWare Boxer has it's own built in calendar display though, so if you want to use Google's Calendar client you will want to disable calendar notifications in VMWare Boxer.
For you Evernote users, VMWare Boxer has integration for that as well!
Once I installed VMWare Boxer for email, everything else on the Pixel was pretty bad ass. My only gripe is their lack of Exchange support.
Do you have a Pixel? Do you like it? Dislike it? Let us know in the comments.
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How To Handle NAT Reflection on a Sonicwall for a Cisco Expressway One NIC Configuration
Holy hell folks. I ran into an issue over the last few weeks that seemed way harder than it should have been in my opinion. The problem I ran into was a mix of a difference in terminology between Cisco and Sonicwall, and how they handle traffic going from an internal LAN to a WAN IP. For instance, for this setup Cisco said that I needed a NAT reflection policy on my firewall. Well, Sonicwall doesn't know what a NAT reflection policy is, because they call it a loopback policy.
Another thing I ran into is how Sonicwall handles loopback, it's not how Cisco wants it done. For instance, when you want an internal LAN server to talk to another server on it's public IP address, Sonicwall NAT's the connection outbound in order to communicate to the public IP of the server you want to connect to,
Ok, that being said, here is a really basic diagram of my setup. The IP addresses have been changed to protect the innocent. In this example, 1.1.1.1 is the public IP of my Expressway-E device that is NAT'd to it's internal LAN IP of 192.168.1.3. The Expressway-E is setup with a single NIC, with static NAT enabled.
In this configuration, Expressway-C (192.168.1.2) sends traffic to the public NAT IP of Expressway-E (1.1.1.1) so Cisco says you need a NAT reflection policy on your firewall. In an ASA firewall, you would configure that as follows:
object network obj-192.168.1.2
host 192.168.1.2
object network obj-1.1.1.1
host 1.1.1.1
nat (inside,outside) source static obj-192.168.1.2 obj-192.168.1.2 destination static
obj-1.1.1.1 obj-1.1.1.1
Simple enough right? Not on Sonicwall. What I found, as I mentioned before, is that with the loopback policy, which Sonicwall documentation, and support says needs to be configured from "All firewalled subnets" usually, causes the outbound traffic of Expressway-C to be NAT'd to a public IP address in order to send traffic to the public NAT'd IP address of Expressway-E. Because of that nonsense, in order for traffic to flow the way you need it to, you actually have to assign a public NAT address for Expressway-C as well, and configure it for NAT, then use the internal and external IP of Expressway-C in a specific loopback policy with Expressway-E... Confused yet?
Let me see if I can break this down...
On the Sonicwall, assign a public IP address for Expressway-C, let's use 1.1.1.2 in this example. You will need to create a NAT rule to to point 1.1.1.2 to 192.168.1.2. Make sure it's reflexive so that the outbound traffic of 192.168.1.2 goes out as 1.1.1.2 as well. Your network should now look like this:
Now you need to create your loopback policy (NAT reflection) as follows:
Original Source: 192.168.1.2
Translated Source: 1.1.1.2
Original Destination: 1.1.1.1
Translated Destination: 192.168.1.3
Original Service: Any
Translated Service: Original
Inbound Interface: Any
Outbound Interface: Any
Comment: NAT reflection
Once we did that, the Expressway setup correctly, and our external MRA phones were able to register and make inbound and outbound calls. When I set this up my Cisco Engineer's mind was blown, but it was the only way we could get it to work.
One thing to note, even though you created a NAT address for Expressway-C, it's still not exposed to the public in your firewall rules (At least it shouldn't be, if it is you need to check your rules). This whole setup is just so Expressway-E knows who is talking to it, and can send the appropriate traffic back to Expressway-C.
If this is confusing to you, take comfort in the fact that it took me two weeks to figure this out, and Sonicwall support, and Cisco TAC was no help at all. I'm writing this in the hopes that it will help out some other poor Systems/Network Engineer that has to make a Cisco Expressway work with a Sonicwall in the future, because there is no documentation on this ANYWHERE!
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Holy crap Yahoo! Can't you get your security shit together?
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It's happened yet again. It was only a few months ago when Yahoo revealed that around 500 million of their users had their accounts hacked back in 2014. This latest report double the last report of affected users at roughly 1 billion users! This attack, Yahoo says, dates back to 2013.
From RT:
Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013, making it the email company's largest data breach.
The tech company said the information stolen by hackers may have included names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates and security questions and answers.
The company said it believed bank account information and payment card data was not affected.
Wow Yahoo... Really?
This information is now being made available only because Verizon is looking to buy out the once formidable Internet giant. Verizon is offering a cool $4.8 billion.
With all of the news about Yahoo's crappy security, I think Verizon should lower their bid...
What do you think about this? Let us know in the comments.
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Waste of time: Obama's "BS" review of alleged cyber attacks from Russia
An interesting story popped up yesterday in several mainstream news publications that Obama is ordering a " deep dive" into alleged reports of Russian hackers affecting the US Elections. This comes on the heels of a similar report that some members of Congress are asking for the same thing. Namely RINO's like John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
From Politico:
President Barack Obama has ordered a "deep dive" into the cyberattacks that plagued this year's election, the White House said Friday.
Obama has asked the intelligence community to deliver its final report before he leaves office.
The review will put the spate of hacks — which officials have blamed on Russia — "in a greater context" by framing them against the "malicious cyber activity" that may have occurred around the edges of the 2008 and 2012 president elections, said White House principal deputy press secretary Eric Schultz at a briefing.
Another report from RT says that whatever findings they uncover won't even be made public!
President Obama has ordered US spy agencies to prepare "a full review" of election-linked cyberattacks, but the public may never see it. The report should be ready before Obama vacates office and it is likely to be disclosed only to "a range of stakeholders."
Great, so they are going to investigate, review logs and all that jazz, but won't let any of us regular folks know about it? How much do you want to bet that this is all theater and they won't really do anything? It's all a big front to blame the Democrat's loss this election on something other than the fact that the DNC picked the wrong pony to run in the race!
The interesting thing about all of this nonsense is that the idea of Russian hackers sort of started when Wikileaks began leaking the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) emails, however there was absolutely no evidence of that either!
From Trent Lapinski at Medium:
I'm the former CEO of a tech startup who lives in San Francisco, I have 15-years of experience in the tech industry, and I've spent the last year and half of my life working with some of the World's best software engineers when it comes to developer operations, cloud orchestration, and data security. I also have a marketing background, and regularly research the psychology of persuasion, and propaganda.
I've personally analyzed every leak from this election season, and I have seen zero evidence the Russians have anything to do with the leaks. Unless some form of evidence is provided, it is my professional opinion the leaks are the result of an insider given the extent and complexity of the data that was leaked.
A government is attempting to manipulate and control this election, but it is not the Russians. It is the Obama administration.
Two days before the Presidential debate, the US government officially accused Russia of hacking, and interfering in the U.S. election. However, much like the Bush administration when accusing Iraq of having Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) — which did not exist, the Obama administration has provided zero evidence for these accusations. They are trying to use their authority to convince the American people that Russia has something to do with Wikileaks, and the Trump campaign with no evidence.
Another interesting thing to note, is that there is no actual evidence that the election was hacked at all. Everything is speculation, blame and an excuse from a party that thought they had the election in the bag, then lost big time!
From NYMag.com:
There is, as of now, no evidence that any voting systems were compromised on Election Day, merely speculation and theorizing. The speculation that Russia literally hacked into our voting system and added millions of fake ballots to swing the election is Hollywood fiction.
The funny thing about all of this is that there is evidence that our own government, particularly the Department of Homeland Security, did apparently try to hack into Georgia's state office firewall. This particular firewall was protecting the office that overseas elections in Georgia!
From Cyberscoop:
Georgia's secretary of state has claimed the Department of Homeland Security tried to breach his office's firewall and has issued a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson asking for an explanation.
Brian Kemp issued a letter to Johnson on Thursday after the state's third-party cybersecurity provider detected an IP address from the agency's Southwest D.C. office trying to penetrate the state's firewall. According to the letter, the attempt was unsuccessful.
The attempt took place on Nov. 15, a few days after the presidential election. The office of the Georgia Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the state's elections.
Maybe instead of wasting more tax dollars on investigating alleged hacks from Russia that probably didn't happen, perhaps our government should take a look in the mirror, because the only evidence of attempted hacking from a government so far is not coming from Russia, it's coming from DHS!
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How Customization Is Shaping Technology
Japanese mobile provider SoftBank has announced that it is releasing two customized Star Wars phones ahead of this December's release of the new Star Wars spinoff, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." The Sharp-manufactured phones will come in a black Dark Side Edition and a white Light Side Edition. SoftBank's Star Wars phones illustrate a trend towards customized products that is transforming technology in the smartphone industry as well as other industries. Here's a look at a few of the ways customization is catching on.
Modular Smartphones
One way customization is influencing technology is the emergence of modular smartphones. The concept of a modular smartphone is that individual parts of the phone can be removed and switched to add functionality as needed without the need to purchase a new device. Google began working on a modular smartphone project in 2011 under the aegis of Project Ara, which envisioned a phone with customizable processors, batteries, displays and cameras.
Google abandoned the project this year, but other companies have continued to move forward with modular smartphones. This year saw the release of the LG G5, which allows modular components to be inserted by removing the phone's chin and battery and plugging the battery into an accessory. Components introduced with the launch included modular audio enhancement and camera grip accessories.
Customized Computers
The concept of modular smartphones was inspired by customized computers, something PC enthusiasts have been building for decades. Hardcore computer users often assemble computers from scratch by piecing together motherboards, power supply units, cases, monitors, keyboards and other components. Gaming enthusiasts often customize their computers by upgrading their graphics cards for a better user experience.
While this may sound intimidating to the non-tech user, kits are available to help teach children how to assemble their own computers from component parts. For instance, Kano makes kits that anyone can use to build and code computers for around $150. For those who want customized computers without having to build them, providers such as Puget Systems will help you assemble a computer from parts you select, with specialized components such as high-quality fans to keep noise down to a minimum. Puget also makes specialized computers for heavy graphics users, video editors and 3-D designers, along with pre-built computers and base systems that users can tweak as desired.
3-D printing is one of the most revolutionary technologies impacting customization. Whereas traditional manufacturing works from a physical mold, 3-D printing produces physical objects from a digital blueprint that can be used to create a mold, prototype or product. This allows for a greater range of design flexibility, since the digital model can take on any three-dimensional shape the designer can conceive. 3-D printing also can employ a greater range of materials than traditional manufacturing, with the same printer able to create objects from plastic, metal, ceramic, paper and even biomaterials.
3-D printing is being applied to a wide range of customized products, from personalized jewelry to customized smartphone cases. One industry that has already felt the impact of 3-D printing in a major way is the shoe industry, where top brands such as Nike and Adidas are offering customers the opportunity to go online to select from a variety of customized designs. In the future, as 3-D printers drop in price, shoe manufacturers expect that customers will be able to print their own customized shoes right at home. 3-D printing is also making a major impact on the healthcare industry, where the flexibility of digital design is providing patients with customized prosthetics, implants and even skin for burn victims.
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Martín JA, Solla A, Venturas M, Collada C, Domínguez J, Miranda E, Fuentes P, Burón M, Iglesias S, Gil L (2015). Seven Ulmus minor clones tolerant to Ophiostoma novo-ulmi registered as forest reproductive material in Spain. iForest 8: 172-180.
The Spanish elm programme began in 1986 in response to the devastating impact of Dutch elm disease on natural elm stands and urban trees. Its main objectives were to conserve remaining genetic resources and select and breed tolerant native elm genotypes. After 27 years of work conducting susceptibility trials on thousands of elm genotypes, the first seven tolerant Ulmus minor trees are now being registered by the Spanish Environmental Administration. This paper presents the results of the susceptibility tests on these clones and their distinctive genetic, morphological and phenological features. In all susceptibility trials the commercial "Sapporo Autumn Gold" clone, which is highly tolerant to O. novo-ulmi, was used as a control. The registered clones were named "Ademuz", "Dehesa de la Villa", "Majadahonda", "Toledo", "Dehesa de Amaniel", "Retiro" and "Fuente Umbría". The most tolerant clone was "Dehesa de Amaniel", as its wilting values were below 5% during the two consecutive inoculation trials performed in Madrid. "Fuente Umbría", tested over four consecutive years in Guadalajara and Palencia, was the Spanish clone with the most reliable tolerance level to O. novo-ulmi. The "Ademuz" and "Majadahonda" clones had the highest ornamental scores and are promising trees for use in urban environments and tree breeding for ornamental quality. These two genotypes showed a later bud burst phenology than the other U. minor clones, demonstrating suitability to areas with late frost events. The Spanish programme aims to substantially increase the range of tolerant native elms through new selections and crossings to gain a better understanding of the genetic basis of resistance.
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Mit Kolorismus wird bezeichnet:

in der Bildenden Kunst
 Kolorismus (Malerei), eine malererische Ausdrucksform
 Dresdner Kolorismus, Maltradition in Dresden
 Düsseldorfer Kolorismus, Stilrichtung der Düsseldorfer Malerschule
 Göteborger Kolorismus, schwedische Maltradition der Göteborger Koloristen (Göteborgskoloristerna)
 Polnischer Kolorismus, eine Kunstbewegung des "Pariser Komitees" in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts

in der Musik
 Die "Koloristen", eine Gruppe von deutschen Orgelmusikern des 16. Jahrhunderts


Alejandro Álvarez Cadilla studied scriptwriting with Oscar-nominee Pedro Loeb and is a graduate of The Oxford School of Drama. His first short film LE TRAC was personally selected by Edward James Olmos for the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival. His second short film DEEP SLEEP won Best International Short Film at the London Independent Film Festival and had 33 official festival selections worldwide. His first feature documentary DISPORTRAIT, a co-production with ZDF/Arte and the Tribeca Film Institute, won the Golden Prague Grand Prix TV Award and was nominated for a Robert Award in Denmark.
Canadian artist William Fisk has a once in a lifetime opportunity: to be represented by a renowned American gallery. Having been let go by his Canadian dealer, Fisk has double-mortgaged his home, staking his family's future and well-being on this gamble so that they can survive while he paints a new body of work for the American market. A successful sale will mean his career will reach a level he never imagined, but failure to interest the New York gallery's collectors will mean ruin.