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Congress wiped out, can't be revived even with calcium injection: Asaduddin Owaisi
Pune: The Congress party has been "wiped out" from the landscape and can't be revived even if it was administered a "calcium injection", AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said while addressing a public meeting for the October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections here on Sunday.
Owaisi claimed top leadership of the Congress has "ignored" important elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. "The Congress has been wiped out from the political spectrum of the country. It can't be revived even by a calcium injection," he said. Slamming the BJP, the Hyderabad MP said the ruling party has passed a bill in Himachal Pradesh making it mandatory for a citizen to give a one-month notice for religious conversion.
"I will not be surprised if (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi brings such bill in Parliament," he said. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra in coalition with the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) of Prakash Ambedkar under the aegis of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).
The VBA had won Aurangabad Lok Sabha seat. Notably, it split votes of Dalits and Muslims which affected the prospects of many candidates of the Congress in Maharashtra in the polls. In the 2014 assembly elections the AIMIM had won two seats. For the forthcoming Maharashtra elections, the party has been in talks with BBM leader Prakash Ambedkar. However, the talks between the two parties have hit a roadblock over allocation of seats.
The AIMIM is upset with the BBM for offering it "meagre" number of seats and their alliance seems to be over. However, Ambedkar recently denied the VBA had closed its doors on the AIMIM and said he was always open for discussions.
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Note that, due to logistics restrictions, we are only able to offer 175 tickets for each of the Keynote lectures. We strongly encourage you to register early to secure a seat. Those without tickets will be able to follow the keynote lectures via a live video stream in an adjacent room.
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Kiruna - Reindeer, frozen rivers and the awe-inspiring Icehotel
Posted by ~Summer~ on February 06, 2012
in Around the world in 80 days, Fun-filled family outings
Visiting Kiruna was like a dream come true for me.
I mean, having stayed in Sweden for over 3 years and not visiting the famous Icehotel which has been featured in documentaries around the world, it would really be a pity. And what about riding a snowmobile through snow-covered forests and across frozen rivers in the middle of the night? I probably won't get a second chance to do that once I return to the tropics. Then there is the mysterious, breathtaking but somewhat elusive Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights) that I had hoped to witness, and even if I didn't have that stroke of luck eventually, well, at least I tried. Better to have tried and failed than to have failed to try.
Facts about Kiruna:
1) Kiruna has around 20,000 inhabitants.
2) It was founded in 1900 as a mining town, and today, its iron ore mine is said to be the most technically advanced and the biggest underground mine in the world.
3) It is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometres north of the Arctic circle.
4) The sun doesn't set between May 30 and July 15, and perpetual daylight lasts from early May to early August. This natural phenomenon is called the midnight sun.
5) The opposite occurs from early December to early January, when the sun doesn't rise and this is called polar night. Can you imagine 24-hours of night time?
6) Every year in winter, the Snow festival is held with activities including scooter jumping, reindeer racing, an ice sculpture contest, and more.
We were greeted by mountains of pure white, glistening snow the moment we arrived at Kiruna airport. Since the airport was only located 8km southeast of town, it was a short drive to our hotel after we were picked up by Kiruna Guidetur. By the way, we had booked the grand package trip with them which is pretty much all-inclusive if you wanna explore Kiruna and its surrounding.
Considering our last minute booking, we were lucky to get a nice double room in Vinterpalatset, ranked #1 out of 11 hotels in Kiruna on Tripadvisor. We were allocated a room in the annex building which was separate from the main building, so while that meant we had to dress up in full gear for breakfast every morning, it also meant that we had a bigger bedroom and a bigger adjoining bathroom.
On our first night, we set out on an adventurous Northern Lights tour as we rode on snowmobiles, braved the freezing temperatures and endured biting cold winds. Of course, Angel was too young to ride on the snowmobile so she had to sit in a sledge with one of us and be pulled along by our tour guide. Well, let me just tell you that no matter how many layers of clothes you had on you, and regardless of how accustomed you were to winter temperatures, you would still be cold out there!
The sledge was equipped with reindeer skin which was one of the best insulation materials on earth. We were told that reindeer have hollow hairs and supposedly if you were to put snow on their skin, it won't melt. So, I used it as a blanket to wrap Angel and keep her warm because I was just so scared she would suffer from hypothermia or frostbite which at a point of time, I really thought she did and that gave me a bad fright.
We rode through snow-covered forests, saw mountain hare tracks, sped across the frozen Torne river and then stopped for dinner in a little wooden hut as we huddled up by the campfire. It was my first time eating reindeer meat and well, I have to admit it tasted pretty good. I guess anything hot would taste yummylicious when your body is freezing.
Initially, I was rather reluctant to switch drivers because Angel was clinging to me like a scared little bear and all I wanted was to hug her, assure her and keep her warm. She was really my brave one who endured through the many hours of cold and only acted up a little while in between. Anyway, I was glad that I decided to try driving the snowmobile after all, if not I might have jolly well missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I don't think I was an expert driver at it (not surprising considering I'm a bad driver in real life too) but hey, I MADE IT and we all arrived back safe and sound! Kudos to Angel for being the youngest one to survive that tour which lasted past midnight!
You know, in places all covered with snow, baby strollers don't really work well unless you have those with wheels as big as tyres. Well, ours didn't so fortunately, we rushed to town and managed to buy a sledge just 15 minutes before the shops closed and we settled our form of transport for Angel for the next three days.
She really loved it and kept calling it the 'slide' since she couldn't pronounce 'sledge' well. But she was half right after all because whenever jw pulled her down the slopes, she would slide down, giggle non-stop and feel like she was on the quest of her life. In fact, she could even sleep in the sledge after we realised that our backpack fitted in nicely as her backing. See, how is it that she could sleep in subzero temperatures with chilly winds blowing and snow falling onto her face, I would never know.
Oh, another thing I loved about the sledge is that I get to ride on it too, with Angel. Sometimes she would ask for company and that would be when I would happily reply "Ok, mummy sit with you!" and my brawny hubby would shake his head but have no choice but to pull us both along. He could even run and turn it into an exhilarating roller coaster ride for us though it was a strenuous job for him. Yes, thanks dear, you did a marvellous job at it!
The second morning, we went out on a Sami culture tour where we met the Sami people, learnt about their culture and came up close with the reindeer. The Sami people are Europe's northernmost and the Nordic countries' only officially indigenous people. Their best-known means of livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding. They also make a variety of handicraft, something that interests me, and they range from sami knives, drums, gakti (clothing) to woven baskets and dolls. We bought from them a wooden birch cup just so for memory keepsake and to support the Sami way of life.
Well, of course, lectures and Q&A sessions don't interest my 2-year-old that much. She was much more keen to be out in the cold and come face to face with the reindeer, many of which were only a year old and were somewhat tame and shy.
Not only were we able to pat the reindeer, take close-up shots with them and feed them, we were also able to go on our first ever reindeer sled ride!! Ok, it's not like you will have a bunch of reindeer pulling you along a jungle trail or something, we were pulled by just one experienced, strong, male reindeer around a small, round track. Which was actually perfect for Angel, not too long out in the cold and yet had the chance to do something fun and new.
See? After the ride, she said she was thirsty and this was how she quenched her thirst. We had lunch in a traditional Sami-style tipi and once again had a nice warm lunch by the campfire. Ok, no prizes for guessing what we had. Right, reindeer stew, again. With carrots this time and Angel devoured all of them before asking for more.
After meeting the reindeer, it was time to proceed to Jukkasjärvi, a village near Kiruna, where the renowned Icehotel was located. Yippee, we were finally here!
Some interesting facts about the Icehotel:
1) It is the world's first ice hotel. It is also the biggest hotel of ice and snow in the world, spanning over 6,000 m².
2) The hotel is made out of snow and ice blocks taken from the Torne River, even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. It is said that pure freshwater is even purer in ice form because the freezing process eliminates the minerals, salt and impurities. Therefore, it is only natural to serve drinks "in the rocks" instead of "on the rocks".
3) Every year in April when spring arrives, the hotel melts away and returns to the river in an eco-cycle. Then, an entirely new one is reconstructed - this means that the art suites and hotel architectural design is unique year after year!
4) The Icehotel only exists between December and April, and has been listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Sweden.
5) Every year as soon as winter begins, a team of acclaimed international snow builders, architects, designers and artists gather in the village of Jukkasjärvi far north of the Arctic Circle. This year, which marks Icehotel #22, is designed by artists from 15 countries all over the world.
For more information on the Icehotel, visit http://www.icehotel.com/uk/.
Now you understand why I was anticipating my visit to Icehotel so much? I mean, it's like magic before my eyes! Apart from Disneyland, I mean.
This was the igloo-like entrance to the Icehotel. Back in 1990, a French artist held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the same area. One night when there were no hotel rooms available in town, some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the exhibition hall. They slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin, and became the first guests of the "hotel". That was how the whole Icehotel concept was born.
I guess I was a little naive to expect the Icehotel to really look like a multi-storey hotel. I mean, c'mon, an elevator made out of ice?? What was I even thinking?
The reception area of the hotel was simple, a reception table made of ice and a friendly receptionist dressed in a cape. When we opened the door beyond, this was what greeted us, a breathtaking lobby made of ice columns, snow walls, ice sculptures and even an ice chandelier.
There were signboards that led us to the different places including a bar, church, dressing room, hotel rooms and suites for over 100 guests. Interestingly, the inside of the Icehotel was maintained at a temperature of -5°C to -8°C, so after braving outside temperature which was worse, we actually felt warm to be in the Icehotel.
The dressing room was the only place which was not at freezing temperatures and there were even saunas available. Toilets and lockers were also found and the guests had to keep their baggage here because guess what, if you take them to your room, your shampoo, lotions, creams and contact lens fluid will freeezzzzeee.
We spent a long time just in the lobby because Angel figured out those ice blocks could double up as slides and she had a fun time just gliding, and falling, down the ice. Thankfully we had the entire afternoon to ourselves today so well, no harm in letting our girl immerse in some icy fun.
After that, we made our way through the corridors to explore the rooms and art suites. It was pretty amazing to me how a perishable material like ice could be used to build solid walls and corridors.
This was how a typical ice room looked like, equipped with an ice bed, ice chairs, ice table and reindeer skin. Come night time, guests who were staying over would be issued warm sleeping bags.
I had initially planned to stay one night at the Icehotel just so to have that unique experience, alas the guide actually advised that "it might be too cold for small kids and they usually don't like it", so we backed out and saved quite a sum of money eventually. The good news was that the entire Icehotel was open to winter visitors (yes, including every art suite and hotel room) up till 6pm daily and there were even guided tours in English.
We moved on to explore each of the 16 art suites, which I would say was the highlight of the visit. Each suite had an unique theme and was specially designed, so you were pretty much in for a surprise every time you stepped into a new room. I couldn't help it but be blown away by all the ice and snow sculptures and marvelled at the amount of hard work that went behind.
My favourite room was the metamorphosis-themed one with the butterflies and cocoon, probably influenced by my girl's love for the holometabolous insect.
Having visited the Icebar in Stockholm, we of course could not miss visiting the mother of all Icebars here in Jukkasjärvi, where the whole concept of having an ice and snow bar was conceived. In fact, it had become so successful that we now have Icebars in not only Stockholm, but also London, Copenhagen, Oslo and the latest Istanbul.
Just like the Icehotel, every year, the Icebar changes its theme and design. It takes about 35 to 40 tonnes of ice to make one Icebar.
Imagine drinking vodka from a glass made of ice and dancing on a floor of snow, quite an incomparable experience, isn't it?
Last but not least, we also visited the ice church, which has become an attraction for couples from all over the world. Each winter, almost 150 weddings are held at the Icehotel. It was said that "perhaps being in this unique setting, in the here and now that happens once, the art of exchanging rings and vows is treated with extra special reverence".
Despite the cold temperatures, I'm pretty sure that for all the couples who were married here, they gained warm and precious memories to last for a lifetime.
So, with that, we bidded farewell to the Icehotel and were glad to have set foot in it.
It was Chinese New Year's eve that night and being in a cold city thousands of miles away from home, it wasn't any like the typical steamboat dinner we always had at home. We had wanted to dine at a bar restaurant but the kitchen was closed, we went to a fast food restaurant and that was closed too. Ok, we get it, it was a Sunday and Europeans don't work on Sundays. But hey, don't people need to eat dinner everyday?
In the end, we were lucky to be able to take away some pizza and pasta from a kind boss who accepted our order just five minutes before his shop closed for the night. Angel and I became the "delivery girls" on our sledge, jw was the "driver" and we had a fun ride home. Ok, fun for me at least, I remembered squealing in delight while riding over the snow. So, we had a simple but happy reunion dinner in the comfort of our hotel room that night.
On the third day, which was the first day of Chinese New Year, whaddaya know, we were still in Kiruna and it was below -20°C! We actually had the dogsled tour lined up for us today (you know, the one we did in Sälen before) but we decided to cancel it in the end and not put Angel through another freezing cold ride. Seriously, I remembered I couldn't feel my toes at all during the dogsled tour.
Jw was right to make a point that a family vacation should be an enjoyable one for everyone, so we decided to take it free and easy on our final day in Kiruna. Our plan was to visit the iron ore mine but sadly, we were told that children under 6 years of age were denied entry. In the end, we made our way to the Kiruna church.
As one of Sweden's biggest wooden buildings, the Kiruna church was built between 1909-1912 in the form of a Lapp cottage. The light entering from above, together with the ceiling design, resembled that of a typical Lapp cottage. It had been previously voted as Sweden's best looking church and in 2001, it was voted by the Swedes as the most beautiful public building in Sweden.
Jw took the time to write our names on the book as I coaxed Angel to sleep. We really appreciated the peace and were glad to stay warm and take shelter from the howling winds. For a while.
Then, we also took a long walk and visited the house of the first managing director of the iron ore mine - Hjalmar Lundbohm, who was also regarded as the founder of Kiruna. His house now functioned as a museum and cafe and we were the only ones there on a peaceful Monday. It was a simple afternoon complete with sandwiches and coffee.
On our way home, we saw this beautiful sunset against a fairytale blanket of snow. I didn't know why but the snow here seemed to be more shinier, glossier and more luminous than snow I had seen elsewhere.
So I couldn't resist it but request to take a jumping shot against that pretty backdrop. It's surely going to stand out from the jumping shots we did at beaches filled with sand and blue waters.
On our last night, we had a delectable dinner at our hotel restaurant and I felt adventurous enough to tell jw that I wanted to build a snowman outside our cottage though it was really cold that night. You know what, I did it myself because we didn't want to let Angel feel the chill after her bath. After ermmm, two hours, this was what I achieved. One of the most hideous looking snowmans I had ever come across. But hey, I DID IT MYSELF and I'm still proud of it. Angel came out to view the finished product and well, at least she said "Snowman, snowman!" (she can say "monster" too) and wanted to take a picture with it. *smug look*
So, we missed out on the Northern Lights but this was a picture taken from the Aurora Sky Station, an hour's drive from where we stayed in Kiruna on that exact night that we were on the lights quest. Apparently it was too clouded on our side but at this sky station, the skies are pretty clear every night. Once again, I had planned to come here but I was told that to get here, we needed to take a chair lift up a steep hill and this was not advisable for a small kid, so we gave up again. See, Angel darling, mummy and daddy gave up so many things for you. BUT, it's all worth it to know that you are safe and happy.
I then read online that on 24th January, the day we departed, there was a phenomenal, dazzling display of Northern Lights in many places due to a solar storm and it was even sighted in places like Canada and London where you rarely see these lights. So, I guess we were really not fated to see it.
You know, I actually camped out and laid beside my hideous snowman the last night after jw and Angel went to bed. I gazed up into the sky, saw a clear sky adorned with bright stars and little pieces of white clouds floating around. It was a moment of peace, of tranquil and of reflection. Yes, I didn't see the lights but I did see shooting stars. And you know what was the best of it all? I had my beloved hubby and baby on this fun family vacation, and to know that this would yet be another bagful of smiles and happy memories stored in my heart, it just made it the happiest heart in the world that night.
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Ai Sakura February 6, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Such an amazing opportunity. And your girl looked so cute on the sledge! I hope to visit a winter wonderland with my girl soon too.. she had a small opportunity with snow last Dec at 313somerset and she liked it so much.
~Summer~ February 7, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Thanks Ai, yeah I think all kids love snow and hope your little one will get more chances to play with it!
KWL February 6, 2012 at 12:25 PM
wow you are not just a happy mum, but a lucky mum, lucky wife, lucky daughter! envy that you have the opportunities to enjoy life so much and visit so many places n counting! keep your blogs coming, love reading them!
so true WL, I totally agree! Lucky me! Thanks for your continued support!
Hehe I love Kiruna too! It's really a peaceful and beautiful place. And SH and I made a pact to come back too when we are old. hahaha. Maybe we can leave our kids at home and visit Kiruna together!
Cool, can't wait for that day to come!
Ming February 6, 2012 at 4:55 PM
what a wonderful experience!!! and the sledge is a wonderful idea! i'm glad she agreed to sit on it rather than run around on the snow cos you'll have a hard time chasing her! :)
haha yeah, she'd prefer to sit in it than run around cos' there was just too much snow and too cold! I do, too!!
Jessica February 7, 2012 at 12:46 AM
Hi, Summer. I really enjoy your blog and would like to feature you this Wednesday as my up-and-coming blog of the month. If you are cool with that, just let me know and I'll write about and promote your blog this Wednesday :)
Hi Jessica, thanks much and it means a lot to know you like my blog. Sure, go ahead and I'll pop by your blog very soon! Thanks in advance!

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Natural-gas royalties could top $1.2 billion in Pa.
PITTSBURGH - Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy.
In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 photo, Shawn Georgetti climbs out of his John Deere tractor on his 167-acre family dairy farm in Avella, Pa. With royalties from a Range Resources gas well on his property, Georgetti has been able to buy newer farm equipment that's bigger, faster, and more fuel-efficient. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Read moreAP
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In Pennsylvania alone, royalty payments could top $1.2 billion for 2012, according to an Associated Press analysis that looked at state tax information, production records, and estimates from the National Association of Royalty Owners.
For some landowners, the unexpected royalties have made a big difference.
"We used to have to put stuff on credit cards. It was basically living from paycheck to paycheck," said Shawn Georgetti, who runs a family dairy farm in Avella, about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
Natural gas production has boomed in many states over the past few years, as advances in drilling opened up vast reserves buried in deep shale rock, such as the Marcellus formation in Pennsylvania and the Barnett in Texas.
Nationwide, the royalty owners association estimates, natural gas royalties totaled $21 billion in 2010, the most recent year for which it has conducted a full analysis. Texas paid the most in gas royalties that year, about $6.7 billion, followed by Wyoming at $2 billion and Alaska at $1.9 billion.
Exact estimates of natural gas royalty payments aren't possible because contracts and wholesale prices of gas vary, and specific tax information is private. But some states release estimates of the total revenue collected for all royalties, and feedback on thousands of contracts has led the royalty owners association to conclude that the average royalty is 18.75 percent of gas production.
"Our fastest-growing state chapter is our Pennsylvania chapter, and we just formed a North Dakota chapter," said Jerry Simmons, the director of the association, which was founded in 1980 and is based in Oklahoma. "We've seen a lot of new people, and new questions."
Simmons said he hasn't heard of anyone getting less than 12.5 percent, and that's also the minimum rate set by law in Pennsylvania.
By comparison, a 10 percent to 25 percent range is similar to what a top recording artist might get in royalties from CD sales, while a novelist normally gets a 12.5 percent to 15 percent royalty on hardcover book sales.
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Usain Bolt Claims He Ate 1,000 Chicken McNuggets at 2008 Olympics
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Have you ever wondered what the world's greatest athletes eat during the Olympics?
In his new book, "Faster Than Lightning," track star Usain Bolt claims that he ate 1,000 Chicken McNuggets during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, according to Susannah Cahalan of the New York Post.
Bolt apparently thought that Chinese food was "odd," so he went to McDonald's throughout his 10 days in Beijing. He was 22 years old at the time.
The amount he had per meal varied. Some meals he would have a box of 20 McNuggets, and others he would have multiple boxes. He estimated that he ate 100 McNuggets per 24 hours during his 10 days there.
"Man, I should have gotten a gold medal for all that chowing down," Bolt writes.
Eating that many McNuggets during the Olympics might seem crazy, but the fastest man on the planet didn't let it slow him down.
In case you were wondering, each McNugget has 47.5 calories and 3 grams of fat, according to McDonald's nutritional information.
Bolt won three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics: the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4x100 meter relay.


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Fantastic data for those that dream to make a full War in Mediterranean game some day. Many thanks.
Was the Monginevro under German charter at time? It was a new Italian motorship.
I am perplexed as well. Maybe because she was supposed to carry German cargo she got some German guns, or maybe the Italians failed to provide guns in time?
I think the first is more probable. Maybe it took some important German cargo.
Correct, it had 1,492 tons of German cargo and 192 German motor vehicles loaded for the M.41 convoy.


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The Australian state of New South Wales has been declared entirely in drought.
The Federal Government has announced immediate measures to provide thousands of farms with up to A$576m ($430m; £330m) in relief funding.
23 percent of the state is also experiencing "severe drought", according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
The emergency conditions have been caused by a period of unusually dry weather with less than 10mm recorded in some parts of the state.
The Government has responded with a compensation package to help rural communities, including two lump sum payments worth up to A$12,000 for eligible households.
In a joint statement, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud, said: "We will stand with Australia's farming families every step of the way as they cope with this devastating drought: listening, caring, responding and delivering.
An immediate package of $190 million will be used to make it easier to receive loan support, mental health provision, and lower the threshold to access funding.
"This increase will give farming families what they sorely lack during drought—cash income. This additional income will help put food on the table and cover basic expenses such as bills and school fees and will flow through to businesses in country towns doing it tough," they added.
The drought conditions in Australia have been echoed around the world as a period of extreme weather has caused severe wildfires in California and impacted farmers in Europe.


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Q: How to paginate with apache kafka messages A pagination system is done with total records and specify offset to start paginate.
How can I get total records and offset in kafka from console?

A: Kafka doesn't paginate. A topic is a sequential log of events.
However, your consumer group has an initial or stored offset, and on the next poll, will read up to max.poll.records for the next "page" after that offset.
If you want to count the number of records in a non compacted topic, you can use GetOffsetShell tool to query the first and last offset, then subtract the difference. For a compacted topic, there are gaps in those numbers and the only reasonable way to count records is to consume the entire topic

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Unraveling Web3 mania: do Smart legal Contracts really need blockchain?
For the Web3 community, it seems like a rhetorical question hardly worth consideration.
The issue is that Smart Legal Contracts (SLCs) are one of Web3's great breakout use cases. From the birth certificate onwards (or a company's formation documents – i.e. their birth certificate) nearly every aspect of life is defined by legal instruments. SLCs have the ability to bring Web3 technology to more people and more companies than virtually any other use currently imaginable.
While legal services, enterprises, SMEs, and the greater population all interact many times per day with web services, they nearly never (on average) do so with Web3 or blockchain. To them, the question isn't rhetorical at all.
So, what do we get with Web3 (aka distributed ledger technology or blockchain) that we don't with the web service platforms that run every other aspect of my digital existence?
As the leading supplier of legally compliant SLC technology – we think SLCs need Web3, here's why:
Legal agreements need to last, sometimes a very long time. The current gold standard for the persistence of a legal agreement is parchment paper – bonds issued on it in 1624 by the Lekdijk Bovendams water board in the Netherlands are still paying €15 per year in interest. On the day they were issued, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots (James I) was king of England.
A decentralized ledger exists as long as some entity (preferably a plurality of entities) maintains a version of it, even if a company like Hunit ceases to trade. If the lawfirm that wrote a modern equivalent of the Lekdijk Bovendams bond (or the law firm's successors in interest) continued to maintain a version of the ledger indefinitely, a digital bond would have an equivalently long lifespan. Its arguable that its external data connections (such its banking integration) would cease to function over time, but Hunit's approach to SLCs is based in natural language, partly because using natural language to agree upon the intention of the parties, (rather than the use of explicit code syntax which only captures the agreed mechanics) allows for an SLC to be periodically rectified by its parties over time as technical environments evolve. Our view is that a legal agreement exists for the benefit of its parties – putting the continued cooperation of a third party into the mix adds an undesirable externality.
Indelibility
It's hard to overstate the impact of indelibility and its consequence, legal certainty. The moment the accuracy of a legally significant record is brought into doubt, litigation over the facts of a case ceases and litigation of the facts commences. Any single-party managed record will always be subject to the lingering question of legitimacy – Web3 technology was precisely created to solve the problem how to enable trust between mutually suspicious counterparties that lack the unrealistic go-between of a 'perfect intermediary'.
Web3 networks are extremely difficult to breach (not the case for web services). Granted that the distributed ledger technology's (DLT) code does not contain bugs, it operates using cryptographic techniques that represent the current (pre quantum computing) state of the art. With its use of sequential 'hashing' and an even moderately distributed ledger, attempts to modify the data of an SLC (either the agreement or its onboard record of execution) become immediately apparent and are autonomously rejected by the DLT network itself. In fact, a very large percentage of the underlying server platforms running a particular DLT network can be breached by the same bad-actor in a coordinated attack without compromising the security of the data and computational ability of DLT network running upon them – they are essentially operating on different layers.
Rivalrous-ness
The original use of DLT's trust-enabling infrastructure was to create a digital objects that could not exist in multiple places at once. These digital objects (tokens / coins) are 'rivalrous' in that if I possess it, you cannot. As anyone familiar with information technology will know, it is nearly impossible to systematically prevent the proliferation of perfectly identical copies of an original digital file. Only Web3 technology can perform this task and, when used in the context of SLCs, this capability provides certainty over a) the one 'true' copy of a legally binding agreement existing between parties (very useful if litigation occurs) and b) digital assets it may manage (such as tokenized representations of shares, bonds, intellectual property rights, etc.)
Resilience encompasses an SLC's operation as a self-executing legal agreement rather than its simple existence. Short of shutting down a Web3 network entirely, which would require neutralizing every node within it, an SLC will always be capable of executing upon its underlying code elements regardless (or in the face of) attempts to stop it. A web service on the other hand can be turned off for any number of reasons, some as simple as the service provider forgetting to pay their cloud computing bill. As with persistence, making the 'self execution' part of a self executing agreement dependent upon a third party is a deeply undesirable externality in a bilateral legal relationship.
Liability avoidance
For the reasons mentioned above about security and indelibility, we presume that a single-party managed web service for SLCs would be subpoenaed, questioned or sued in a non-trivial percentage of litigation. Using a DLT-based approach offers a structural pre-emption to many such eventualities.
Private, bilateral relationships
Privacy levels vary by DLT protocol, but the Hunit's selected protocols provide a high fidelity replication of the how law is practiced today – agreements are private between their parties until and unless a party divulges (or is compelled to divulge) its contents to an external party. Hunit leverages the encryption built into a DLT network to keep an SLC's data and its execution logs exclusively private to its parties and their appointed observers. As we know from frequent news articles, web services are routinely breached or used by their rightful owners for purposes that exclusively benefit them. Any external review of a legal agreement should only be possible with the express consent of one or more of its parties (or a court of law).
Ownership of digital identity
DLT potentially serves multiple functions within an SLC, including management of what is known as 'self sovereign' digital identity. We believe that private, bilateral relationships can only wholly exist when the subject of a digital identity is also its exclusive owner and manager. In this context, this means that your KYC/AML documentation, additional accreditation, what SLCs you have entered into and what actions you have taken within them is data that is exclusively visible to you. External review of this information (or parts of it) should only occur when explicit permission is granted. We know of no example of a web-service based system that structurally fulfills these goals – a company operating a web service may operate it in such a way as to fulfill these goals, but they would always have the power to change their mind in the future.
Decentralized approach to a decentralized sector
Law is, by its nature, a highly decentralized sector. Large numbers of legal professionals provide services to an even larger number of clients which interact with one another via a preposterously large number of legal instruments. Our view is that changing the core nature of a sector is a significant challenge for any technology. We believe that a DLT network used by legal professionals to create and record legal agreements for their clients should be treated as common infrastructure where each firm has the equivalent interest in maintaining its integrity on behalf of their clients using it.


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            _alignList: null,
            currentAlign: '',
            defaultDir: core.options.rtl ? 'right' : 'left',
            icons: {
                justify: icons.align_justify,
                left: icons.align_left,
                right: icons.align_right,
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            }
        };

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        let listUl = listDiv.querySelector('ul');

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The Heritage Chrono Blue has a 42mm steel case with a bi-directional, rotatable bezel with matte blue aluminium insert. The case houses a self-winding, mechanical TUDOR-modified ETA 2892 (28,800vph, c 42 hour power reserve) movement with additional chronograph module. The watch is fitted with a stainless steel bracelet and is supplied with a complimentary blue, orange and white fabric 'NATO' strap which is hand-made by a fifth generation French weaving family.


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Mars Hill Hoops Coach Dealt Off Court Tragedy While At First Game
Jeff Clockedile
Jeff Clockedile Published: December 5, 2022
An opening night that will never be forgotten
The regular season for high school sports is set to begin this week as basketball, hockey, skiing, and cheering squads were using this past weekend as a primer for play. Many preseason tournaments were taking place and providing players and coaches excitement with the dawn of a new season.
One coach, new to the varsity level had that excitement dampened on Friday night while on the sidelines coaching in his first game. Paul Deschaine has taken over the Central Aroostook girls' varsity basketball team, after several years at the middle school level in Mars Hill. Deschaine and his 2022-23 Panthers team traveled to Washburn for a preseason round robin game. The game would quickly become secondary to everything else going on in Deschaine's world.
The support was right behind you the entire time
While coaching his new squad in Washburn, fire crews were arriving on scene to battle a blaze that had broken out at Deschaine's home. Fortunately, his wife and family were at the game supporting their husband and father. There were three pets lost in the blaze. Coach Deschaine is a father of three, with one being just 6 months old. In the moments of word spreading about the news, many parents of players and the players stepped up and helped the Deschaine family through a turbulent time.
In speaking with coach Deschaine, he is grateful for the support the community has provided them in the days following the tragedy. Deschaine was back on the sidelines on Saturday night, coaching the Panthers and his "tune squad." The team and parents have rallied around the coach and his family, getting them back on their feet.
The most impactful lessons are learned off of the court
The Panthers season has already been a success, as the players have seen that sometimes life can deal you a bad hand when you least expect. They have been watching their coach deal with real life problems while trying to lead them into a new season. These are the life lessons that will have more impact than any win or loss.
A GoFundMe campaign was launched to help the Deschaine's with all necessary items they will need for today and the coming days.
2022 Ellsworth Christmas Parade
The 42nd Annual Ellsworth Christmas Parade was held Sunday evening, December 4th after being postponed a day because of the rain and heavy wind.
Source: Mars Hill Hoops Coach Dealt Off Court Tragedy While At First Game
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001 03/20/85 DRI SHIPS GEM
Digital Research Inc.'s (DRI) new Graphics Environment Manager (GEM) system
software was shipped as scheduled to original-equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) February 28, the company announced March 11, 1985.
The concept of a graphics user interface was first developed for the Xerox
Star, then used on the Apple Lisa and Macintosh, and now used on GEM
software. GEM runs on any computer based on the Intel 8086 family of
microprocessors and the MS-DOS or Concurrent DOS operating system.
"Now that GEM has shipped, an extremely large number of personal computer
users will have access to the latest user-interface technology," said John
Rowley, president of Digital Research. "And they can be assured of a wide
range of application programs as more than 350 independent software vendors
(ISVs) worldwide have been trained to write GEM application software.
The following OEMs have received GEM software for use with selected models
of their personal computers -- Applied Computer Techniques / Apricot Inc.,
Northern Telecom, CONTEL/CADO, Texas Instruments, Epson America and
Commodore. Digital Research has also transported GEM to run on Atari's new
line of ST computers based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. Other OEM
agreements are in progress with manufacturers of both high- and low-end
microcomputers.
In addition, a number of ISVs are writing applications to GEM. These
include Lifetree Software, Spinnaker Software, Thorn EMI, Hayden Software
and Sierra On-Line. Their products span a range of applications from
educational software to office-automation programs.
Active ISV Support
To provide ISVs with the level of support they need to produce GEM-based
software, DRI offers a comprehensive ISV program. Included in the GEM
Programmer Support service are the GEM programmer's toolkit, which contains
GEM software and a complete IBM PC development environment, a toll-free
number for technical support and a Compuserve account to keep ISVs up to
date on GEM. The price of these tools and support is $500.
GEM-based applications will run on any system equipped with GEM. ISVs can
license unlimited distribution rights from DRI to bundle GEM software for
the IBM PC family and 100 percent compatibles with their applications for
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No surprise here, "13 Reasons Why" is absolutely *smashing* Twitter records
By Rachel paige
It's almost been one full week since Netflix's latest original, 13 Reasons Why, hit the streaming site, and the show doesn't appear to be slowly down anytime soon. So many binged the series during the first weekend, and have spent the last week singing the show's praise all across social media, especially Twitter. You've probably seen one, or a hundred, mentions of #13ReasonsWhy on your timeline in the past week.
There have actually been so many tweeting their love and support for the show, 13 Reasons Why is smashing Twitter records left and right — and it is so rightfully deserved. The show is GREAT. Seriously, go watch it right now, and then Tweet us when you're done.
According to Twitter data, in the past week, the show has already reached 3.4 million Tweets (and gained 200,000 tweets in just one hour alone on a Thursday afternoon. Wondering why so many of you are at home watching, but also, that's totally fine).
Even more impressive, 13 Reasons Why had the best first week Twitter performance for 2017. If it keeps gaining Twitter traction at this rate, it will beat the top show of 2016, the premiere of Orange is the New Black Season 4.
So what are you waiting for? STOP READING THIS AND GO BINGE THE SHOW. If nothing else, we've got to get 13 Reasons Why to 13 million tweets.


Abstract: The HEC Zephyr 650 supports Active Power Factor Correction (A-PFC) which eliminates the need for an external voltage level switch (115/230) on the back of the power supply.
HEC is a power supply manufacturer who primarily deals with OEM's, but also has a few models for the retail market. PCSTATS was fairly pleased with the HEC WinPower Win 550UB and Ace 580 UB power supplies reviewed several months back, and it's good to see HEC has refreshed its retail product lineup once more.
The new HEC Cougar and Zephyr series power supplies look every bit as good as the competition, but HEC has obviously done its homework here. Cautious consumers should take comfort that these units pass both ATi CrossFire and nVIDIA SLI certification.
The Zephyr 650 is HEC's flagship power supply. With a 650W rating, the Zephyr 650 PCSTATS is testing today can certainly dish out enough power to keep multiple hard drives and multiple PCI Express videocards running happily along. The chrome plated power supply chassis features a distinctive 120mm blue LED illuminated fan, and a smaller 80mm fan at rear. We'll find out shortly whether the HEC Zephyr 650 is in the same class as Seasonic or Forton. The Zephyr 650W retails for about $150 USD ( $180CDN / £75 GBP).
User's Manual, Power Cord, Velcro Ties, Screws.
The HEC Zephyr 650 adheres to standard ATX dimensions (139 x 150 x 85mm), and does no use modular cables. HEC's Zephyr 650 supports the ATX 2.0 standard, and is natively equipped with a 24 pin ATX main power connector. If you're using an older motherboard, pins 21-24 are detachable. HEC has you covered no matter the type of system or motherboard you're using. The Zephyr 650 has both an ESP12V and ATX12V connectors.
According to HEC, both the +3.3V and +5V line can deliver a maximum of 24 Amps each for a total combined output of 140W. There are four +12V rails with 17 Amp ratings each for a combined power output of 576W.
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Review: Harry Nilsson, "Losst and Founnd"
November 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments
Welcome back, old friend. Omnivore Recordings has delivered one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year with the first posthumous release from the late Harry Nilsson (1941-1994). Losst and Founnd premieres 43 minutes of "new" Nilsson music, and as the man himself sings on the title track, "what a miracle" it is. While longtime fans and collectors will be familiar with a handful of these recordings from their inclusion on a posthumous publishing promo and ubiquitous bootlegs of the sessions, it's safe to say that nobody's heard them sounding quite like this. Original producer Mark Hudson has spiffed up and completed these tracks in Nilsson's memory, enlisting a number of his old friends (such as Jimmy Webb, Van Dyke Parks, and Jim Keltner, as well as son Kiefo Nilsson) and creating his first new album since 1980's Flash Harry.
The opening title song is the obvious "single" here. The melodic "Lost and Found" is the slickest, most "produced" track on the LP with its shimmering guitars, horns, harmonies, and a big hook. It's a bit like what Nilsson might have sounded like fronting the Traveling Wilburys, and makes for an exciting opener to a low-key, amiable collection. Nilsson was crafting these recordings at the time of his death in 1994, after years of self-imposed exile from the studio. It's clear that even with a voice diminished by time and cigarettes, his creative spark hadn't abandoned him at all.
"U.C.L.A.," one of two songs on the Perfect Day publishing promo, is quintessential Nilsson. The wistful, elegiac lament's melody accompanies a lyric that's both melancholy and dryly witty ("There's no one left to lie to/But my car") with trademark Nilsson wordplay. There's even a final glimpse of that famous Nilsson falsetto. Of course, Harry couldn't help but pay homage to his friends and musical heroes The Beatles: "There is no place like Penny Lane/There's no more yesterday/But something in the way you move me/Keeps me movin' on from day to day." Those references are set to corresponding instrumental flourishes, recalling the artist's clever reworking of the Fabs' "You Can't Do That" on his 1967 debut. The other song introduced on Perfect Day, "Animal Farm," has abundant charm. Nilsson's dry vocal almost calls Randy Newman to mind, while the woozy brass arrangement and "Give Peace a Chance" quote keep it happily idiosyncratic.
Losst and Founnd showcases the many sides of the always-eclectic artist, from humorous to earnest. From Nilsson the balladeer, there's the loping lament "Woman Oh Woman" with its Brian Wilson-esque arrangement featuring voices, sleigh bells, and brass, and Van Dyke Parks on colorful accordion; the sweetly touching, harmony-rich "Lullaby;" and the slow, dreamy anthem "Love Is the Answer." The latter was written with Perry Botkin, Jr. for their short-lived 1980 musical Zapata (another project worthy of re-evaluation). Those seeking Nilsson's more rock-oriented side won't be disappointed by the raucous if slight "Yo Dodger Blue," which deserves a play or three at Dodger Stadium. Nilsson cries "Rescue boy!" on "Lost and Found," and the "Rescue Boy" motif is later developed in a lively medley with the oldie "Hi-Heel Sneakers." It's certainly touching to hear the late-in-life Nilsson on the happily positive, bouncy admonition to "Try." There's more than a hint of "All You Need Is Love" in the sing-along melody ("There's no limit to the blue sky/All you gotta do is try, try, try") and a beautiful simplicity to the track.
A couple of well-chosen covers spotlight Nilsson as an interpretive singer, an area in which the vocalist always excelled. His rendition of Yoko Ono's "Listen, the Snow Is Falling" has a lo-fi appeal here. Nilsson's vocal is swathed in echo over the lightly grooving Asian motif. (Nilsson additionally recorded many of Ono's songs including three on the 1984 Ono tribute Every Man Has a Woman and "Never Say Goodbye" from her musical New York Rock.) Even better still is the take on Jimmy Webb's "What Does a Woman See in a Man," originally recorded by Webb on his 1993 album Suspending Disbelief. The story goes that Nilsson was always bugging his close friend Webb, he of gorgeously sincere songs like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman," to write something funny. Well, here's Jimmy with an admittedly rare stab at humor which Nilsson surely savored. Webb has added ironically sensitive piano, while Jim Cox has provided a beautiful string arrangement. Of course, Webb being Webb, the melody can't help but being gorgeous. Nilsson, even with his voice in a rough state, sells the song with relish. It makes for the perfect closer to this affecting album.
Producer Hudson along with executive producers Brad Rosenberger and Lee Blackman has selected eleven fine cuts for Losst and Founnd. Greg Calbi has mastered for sublime sound throughout, and Hudson has supplied a heartfelt personal introduction. Not every track which has circulated from the Nilsson/Hudson sessions has made the cut here, with "245 Lb. Man," "It's All in the Mind," "Misery and Gin," "Strange Love," and a remake of "This Could Be the Night" all absent. So, while it's a tantalizing to consider that there may be further releases to come (Nilsson left behind volumes of excellent demos, as well), Losst and Founnd is all that fans could have hoped for and more over these past decades: a poignant last hurrah from a singular artist and soul. As Nilsson sings in "Lullaby," "There's nothing left to say but I love you." Indeed, we still love you too, Harry Nilsson.
Losst and Founnd will be available tomorrow at Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada!
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steve0 says
The Amazon U.S. link shows no CD version available, but has the other formats. Any idea if this was somehow delayed?
Joe Marchese says
The CD has been released, but Amazon has been experiencing some major (and very frustrating) supply issues for CDs recently. I would expect it to be back in stock shortly.
Thanks Joe!!
Received e-mail from Amazon saying it was out on cd. Tried to order but then told it was not available. Had to order this on cd from Australia (live in UK). Enquired if it was actually being released on cd and assured it was.
Larry Davis says
I actually saw the CD at my local Newbiry Comics and will buy it next week ..
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They're used for wild flowerthey develop mostly on broad meadows and greens.
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0:11Skip to 0 minutes and 11 secondsI like to do a lot of scaffolding. At the beginning of the year or when I first meet a group, I generally focus on pair work. Then I try to put two pairs together, so they're already working in small groups of four. Later on, I can introduce groups of three, five, six. And I'm also quite specific on the instructions. I try to give very clear instructions. I want all learners to have accountability for their group work. So they have to know that at the end of the activity, there will be some kind of follow-up or wrap-up. I think it's also important to assign roles.
0:54Skip to 0 minutes and 54 secondsBut that depends on the age of the learners and also on the characteristics of the subject or the language level. Pair work, because it encourages students to use English. I often organise pair work for them, because it's not so embarrassing for them, because I'm not there. I mean, I'm there, but I'm in the background, so there isn't pressure on them and they can use English quite freely. We've been thinking about that, all the groups of teachers, and we decided to use the co-operative learning and two different special plans to improve the understanding when they are reading and when they are solving different problems. We have a new distribution in the class. They are sitting down in groups of four.
1:49Skip to 1 minute and 49 secondsAnd they have different roles. There is a supervisor, there is a co-ordinator, there is a speaker. And I don't remember the other - the environment. The atmosphere in the class is just completely different. And they feel more comfortable, more confident. And they can use usually the help of their partner, and if they can't solve the problem, they use the help of the group. And if they can't, they come to ask for help. Starting off with pair work or with smaller group work is really important to make it easier for our learners to work effectively. It's very hard to just say, do group work.
2:38Skip to 2 minutes and 38 secondsWhen it's structured and when there's more accountability, we're actually making it much easier for our learners to know what is expected of them and how to do it. And one other point, I think with the increased use of iPads and internet, again, the timing is really important. Because some learners will find material information very quickly. And others will take much longer, because it's in another language. So I think to give time constraints is quite important.
Now we're going to look at the language subject teachers use to organise and manage pair and group work. You'll hear our teachers discussing how they help learners to get the most out of pair and group work.
For example: I'd like you to work in pairs, A and B. 'A' is going to read text 1 and 'B' is going to read text 2. You'll then share two facts you already know about renewable energy and two new things you've learned about it.
Compare your answers with the document below.
How do you guide your learners so they get the most out of doing pair and group work? Do you set up your classroom for pair and group work? What's your classroom like? What do you like about it? Describe it for us in the comments box.


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N Korea Assaults South Leader Over Nuclear Remarks
By Fern Remedi-Brown on March 28, 2014 No Comment
South Korea President Park Geun-hye has been on a mission to reunify with North Korea. On March 24 the South Korean leader met at The Hague with U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In the meeting, the leaders of the three countries pledged to cooperate vis à vis N Korea's nuclear and missile programs. In The Hague, Ms. Park gave a speech, warning that the North's nuclear devices could land in the hands of radical extremists. In response to her remarks, the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, verbally assaulted her, likening her to a "peasant woman" who was "blabbering." He also said she was a pawn in the hands of the U.S. and that she must learn to cease such reckless babble.
On March 22, prior to the landmark Japan-South Korea summit in The Hague, North Korea test-fired 30 short-range missiles into the sea. This action was in direct opposition to demands from Seoul and Washington, D.C. to stop these tests, which they called "provocative."
On March 26, during the summit meeting, N Korea sent two additional medium-range ballistic test missiles into the sea, ostensibly in response to the meeting. This is in direct violation of United Nations resolutions, prohibiting Pyongyang from conducting such tests. In response, the UN Security Council set up urgent closed-door sessions to discuss potential condemnation of these launches.
Ms. Park became president of South Korea on Feb. 25, 2013–-just two weeks after N Korea had launched a third nuclear test–the first two occurring in 2006 and 2009. This quashed efforts towards engagement with the North–-something that was part of her presidential campaign. Prior to election, she had promised to set as priority "national reconciliation" as well as social welfare and "economic democracy."
President Park is the daughter of former President Park Chung-hee, and she served as South Korea's first lady after her mother was murdered in 1974 by a North Korean gunman trying to assassinate her father. In 1961 Park Geun-hye's father became president of South Korea after seizing power in a military coup. He was assassinated in 1979 by his spy chief. Ms. Park is the first female leader of South Korea, which has the most gender inequality among developed nations.
In her speech in The Hague, Ms. Park said that North Korea's nuclear program must end. She said that to avoid doing so could lead to an accident more dangerous than Chernobyl. North Korea's official Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland protested Ms. Park's remarks, saying that they "violently trampled" on an agreement made last month when the two countries had met and agreed to end slander across the North-South border.
The recent verbal assault from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in response to Ms. Park's speech about nuclear dangers was not the first time he had insulted her. In the past, he had made negative remarks about her gender, referring to "the venomous swish of her skirt." Response by South Korea was that the North's comments were lacking basic etiquette and were deeply regrettable.
President Park Geun-hye has made reunification one of her key platforms. In 2013, she offered a trust-building process to the North. She cautioned, however, that she would not accept any threats to national security. By October, the president issued words of caution, saying that the situation between the North and South was "grave." She said that "watertight security" would be essential to ensure that the North would take the path of genuine changes and safeguard peace. Tensions continued to mount with accusations on both sides.
On March 27 a North Korea fishing boat strayed over the maritime border into South Korea waters, sailing for nearly two kilometers, ignoring warnings to return home, before the boat was seized. The crew members were taken into custody for investigation to determine if the three men were trying to defect.
While in Europe, President Park visited the remains of the Berlin Wall, looking at the hope stemming from East and West Germany's reunification. While there, she expressed that she looks forward to the time when the demilitarized border between North and South Korea will, too, become a symbol of peace.
In response to the North's latest nuclear assaults, however, what will be the outcome of the recent UN Security Council talks remains to be seen. It is unclear whether or how N Korea will be punished for its continued violation of UN resolutions. At this point, reunification of the North and the South looks far away, but as the South's leader, President Park, remarked recently, she has hope for a peaceful reunification.
By Fern Remedi-Brown
BBC News Asia
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WELCOME to the Fitzpatrick Home on the Internet. We are the descendants of generations of Fitzpatricks who have joined together to celebrate the name Fitzpatrick and all its variations. We connect Fitzpatricks everywhere and promote our rich and fascinating history, heritage, culture and traditions with Fitzpatricks around the world. Our community embraces all forms of the surname and includes Fitzpatrick, FitzPatrick, Fitz-Patrick, Fitz, Fitch, Mac Giolla Phádraig, Mac Gilla Pátraic, MacGillapatrick, McGillpatrick, McKilpatrick, Kilpatrick, KillPatrick, Kirkpatrick, Ó Maol Phádraig, O'Mulpatrick, Mulpatrick, McIlpatrick, McIlfatrick, McIlfatherick, McElfatrick, Patrick, Patchy, Parrican, Parogan, MacSéartha, McShera, Shera, Mac Ostigan, McOstigan, Ostigan, Costigan, and others.
The Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society was founded in 1993 in Ireland by Ronan Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., to bring together understanding of the Fitzpatrick nation. By 1998, researchers from the US and UK had made contact and so began a far-reaching inclusion of Fitzpatricks from all over the world. Those early researchers have been the motivators and drivers for our growth as they freely share a rich knowledge of Fitzpatrick life, history, genealogy and DNA analysis for the benefit of all. And more, they were also joined by Fitzpatricks who still live on and tend the fields of their ancestors in their ancient kingdom of Ossory. We are continuously joined by Fitzpatricks searching for their own origins and our community has steadily grown to include people in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere. Our community is International, diverse and all inclusive, providing a dynamic mix of people and is a rich resource for all Fitzpatrick genealogy researchers. This has been our home on the Internet for many years and we communicate through a private, free to join mailing list, and through social media.
Since the year 2000 we have organised Fitzpatrick International Clan Gatherings, which are two-day events, in Ireland, where members gather to discuss their research, share experiences, visit the ancient sites of their Fitzpatrick ancestors, find new inspiration, and tell stories in the Irish tradition of the seanchaí. The Society has now held six successful International Gatherings in Ireland, in 2000, 2002, 2004 in Portlaoise, and 2007, 2010, and 2013 in Kilkenny and all have included a Gathering Banquet for attendees. The Seventh Gathering was recently held in August of 2018 in Portlaoise. These weekend events are enriching experiences for reconnecting with your old home in Ireland and have been a wonderful opportunity to meet with Fitzpatricks at home. We have successfully held local Regional Gatherings and events in the US in 2018 and 2019.
Following the 2000 Gathering, the Fitzpatrick - Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society community initiated a Y-DNA study, led by world-renowned forensic genealogist Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick. With now over 460 male participants, this Y-DNA study is one of the largest, oldest, and most important surname studies to date. All are welcome to participate in this ongoing project if they can find a male in their family willing to submit a sample. Our understanding of the different Fitzpatrick lineages has grown, and participants receive regular updates on the study, gain a better understanding of where in Ireland their Fitzpatrick ancestors originated, and sometimes find lost relatives.
Our historical researchers have searched out old manuscript sources which document who we are. Our genealogical researchers have rigorously identified descendants of Upper Ossory and other Fitzpatrick lineages and created family trees that will be the manuscript sources of the future. Our DNA analysts have helped some of us to identify common ancestors in our past and will contribute to the understanding of the Irish genetic profile in the future. This knowledge is all freely shared within our community.
Wherever you are, if you have a Fitzpatrick or any variation of the name in your genealogical history, you are one of us. If you don't know who you are but are searching, you are one of us. If you are a researcher with an interest in all things Fitzpatrick, you are one of us. And, most importantly, if you are the mother of a Fitzpatrick, you are a very special one of us. Whatever your interest, you are very welcome. We invite you to explore these pages about this illustrious Clan, and join us in the efforts of our Society.


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package other;

import org.junit.Test;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

/**
 * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
 *
 * @author wangqing
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public class TestImage {

    @Test
    public void testImageIo() {
        File ff = new File("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Pictures\\0ce2967529b279e4bdf449365aedf990.jpg");
        if (!ff.exists()) return;
        try {
            BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(ff);
            int ww = img.getWidth();
            int hh = img.getHeight();
            assertTrue(ww == 680);
            assertTrue(hh == 479);
            long len = ff.length();
            assertTrue(len == 164946);

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            fail("出现异常");
        }
    }
}


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<?php

namespace Drupal\Tests\media\Functional;

use Drupal\media\OEmbed\Resource;
use Drupal\Tests\media\Traits\OEmbedTestTrait;

/**
 * Tests the oEmbed resource fetcher service.
 *
 * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\media\OEmbed\ResourceFetcher
 *
 * @group media
 */
class ResourceFetcherTest extends MediaFunctionalTestBase {

  use OEmbedTestTrait;

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected $defaultTheme = 'stark';

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected function setUp(): void {
    parent::setUp();
    $this->useFixtureProviders();
    $this->lockHttpClientToFixtures();
  }

  /**
   * Data provider for testFetchResource().
   *
   * @return array
   */
  public function providerFetchResource() {
    return [
      'JSON resource' => [
        'video_vimeo.json',
        'Vimeo',
        'Drupal Rap Video - Schipulcon09',
      ],
      'XML resource' => [
        'video_collegehumor.xml',
        'CollegeHumor',
        "Let's Not Get a Drink Sometime",
      ],
    ];
  }

  /**
   * Tests resource fetching.
   *
   * @param string $resource_url
   *   The URL of the resource to fetch, relative to the base URL.
   * @param string $provider_name
   *   The expected name of the resource provider.
   * @param string $title
   *   The expected title of the resource.
   *
   * @covers ::fetchResource
   *
   * @dataProvider providerFetchResource
   */
  public function testFetchResource($resource_url, $provider_name, $title) {
    /** @var \Drupal\media\OEmbed\Resource $resource */
    $resource = $this->container->get('media.oembed.resource_fetcher')
      ->fetchResource($resource_url);

    $this->assertInstanceOf(Resource::class, $resource);
    $this->assertSame($provider_name, $resource->getProvider()->getName());
    $this->assertSame($title, $resource->getTitle());
  }

}


Bitcoin is uniquely positioned to rescue economies in crisis. Owning bitcoin means being a participant in a resilient and rapidly expanding global financial network – one that is independent of politics and central authorities.
In economies where governments strive to establish stability, bitcoin is already providing protection against inflation and access to consumer finance services that allow people to go about their daily lives in the midst of the worst economic circumstances.
As the currency crisis in Greece unfolds, some have proposed that the country's government has an unprecedented opportunity to use bitcoin to restructure its economy. While government adoption of bitcoin as a currency or payment infrastructure may still be years away from reality, consumer and enterprise adoption in developing economies is defying expectations.
Since 2014, global bitcoin adoption has grown month-over-month despite a general decrease in the bitcoin price. The United States and Europe continue to lead global bitcoin use, but data recently released by bitcoin payment processor BitPay suggests that the most rapid adoption is occurring in Latin America.
BitPay's transaction figures are a testament to just how rapidly this adoption is taking place, revealing a 510% increase in Latin America's bitcoin transactions from 2014 to 2015, compared to an increase of only 70% in Europe.
These numbers are so compelling because they point to the one factor that differentiates Latin American economies from those with more stable currencies– a real need for alternatives.
Latin American countries are no strangers to economic instability. Argentina, for example, has a history of military coups and consequent economic crises dating back to the 1930s. In 2001, Argentina defaulted on over $100bn in international loans, plunging the economy into crippling recession. Argentina's peso now suffers from one of the world's highest inflation rates – often over 20% per year. This high inflation means that the money supply is growing significantly faster than the economy, causing devaluation to the national currency.
These economic policy decisions have real negative impact on average Argentines. Faced with the volatility of the peso, restaurants often write their menus on chalk boards or with pencil in order to avoid reprinting menus each month with different prices.
Inflation and currency devaluation aren't confined to Argentina, however. These currency issues also currently affect Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil, whose histories of bank crises and economic mismanagement have eroded the confidence their populations have in their governments and banks.
"Now that Bitcoin exists, we hope that Greek workers and merchants can use it to protect their income through this crisis."
- BitPay business development manager Pablo Magro.
To fight inflation, Latin Americans have historically stored their wealth in American dollars. The increasing restrictions some countries have placed on buying dollars have left these citizens financially vulnerable.
In Argentina, even though government restrictions were somewhat relaxed after the peso experienced a sudden drop in value in 2014, those who are approved to buy dollars are limited to purchasing just 20% of their income, capping their monthly savings at $2,000.
Getting this approval is a cumbersome process, leaving most Argentines with a higher restriction barrier to exchange their local currency. However, the numbers are rising from $39.2m p/day bought in June to $60m p/day bought in July, forcing the government to tighten the restrictions.
Extreme restrictions on currency exchange have led to the emergence of a black market specifically for trading pesos for dólar blue, American dollars with an exchange rate that runs about 50% higher than the official exchange rate.
Acquiring dollars this way is illegal and risky, so Argentines seeking to protect their savings often buy ADRs (American Depository Receipts), local bonds denominated in dollars, gold, silver, and other commodities that are traded on local and international stock exchanges.
News of bank closures in Greece in the past month have sparked panic, then bank runs, leaving many Greek citizens without regular access to their bank accounts.
For Latin Americans, this situation is already too familiar. Among Latin America's 600 million inhabitants, more than 60% are unbanked, meaning they have no access to bank accounts.
Despite the obvious economic need, most financial institutions are unable to serve this unbanked population.
Fortunately, purchasing and using bitcoin does not require a bank account. All it takes is just a mobile phone, which 70% of Latin Americans happen to have. In contrast to the banking system, the Bitcoin network operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and can be accessed by anyone on the internet. It presents an immediate, accessible solution to receive wages and securely store savings at very low cost, with no additional resources or hardware required.
Entrepreneurs and companies have already begun to make bitcoin solutions available to consumers in the region. Belize's Advanced Cash is particularly significant example, accepting bitcoin payments for top-ups to its popular digital wallets and prepaid cards which are used throughout Latin America. This mainstream integration of bitcoin payments is allowing both banked and unbanked customers to secure their savings in the cloud.
Some critics accuse Bitcoin of being a solution in search of a problem, but currency crises like the one Greece now faces prove that current financial frameworks are often part of the problem. The top-down solutions proposed for struggling economies can complicate the road to stability. The IMF recently released a report that states that "benefits do not trickle down," a warning for Greece to consider as it restructures its economy.
Bitcoin can protect the remaining wealth of Greek citizens by providing them a grassroots-level solution for storing value independent of banks. By accepting bitcoin for payment, Greek businesses can protect their own earnings and provide consumers with real uses and a liquid market for bitcoin savings.
This opportunity for lower and middle class citizens to use bitcoin as a method for local exchange has never been greater, and it may be an important insurance against the financial turmoil expected for Greece.
"Living first-hand through the Argentinian economic turmoil following the 2001 default, we could only wish we had bitcoin as a solution to protect our income from inflation and devaluation," said BitPay project leader for the Copay bitcoin wallet, Matias Alejo Garcia.
"Now that Bitcoin exists, we hope that Greek workers and merchants can use it to protect their income through this crisis," he said.


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/*
 * $Log: RGBAComponentTest.java,v $
 * Revision 1.2  2011/01/20 17:40:50  vizigoth
 * Fixed up all record tests to the point where they all pass.
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2011/01/20 11:15:09  vizigoth
 * Change of package name from embeddable to record.impl.
 *
 * Revision 1.5  2009/12/18 17:56:02  vizigoth
 * Interim check in to help with some training activities. Early support for reading Preface objects from MXF files.
 *
 * Revision 1.4  2009/03/30 09:17:55  vizigoth
 * Refactor to use SMPTE harmonized names and add early KLV file support.
 *
 * Revision 1.3  2008/10/15 09:46:53  vizigoth
 * Improvements alongside documentation improvements.
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2008/01/14 21:16:58  vizigoth
 * Minor change due to refactoring of element names in RGBAComponentKind.
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2007/11/13 22:16:37  vizigoth
 * Public release of MAJ API.
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2007/11/13 21:22:31  vizigoth
 * Added AMWA license to all Java files.
 *
 */

package tv.amwa.maj.record.impl;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;

import tv.amwa.maj.enumeration.RGBAComponentKind;
import tv.amwa.maj.io.xml.XMLBuilder;
import tv.amwa.maj.record.RGBAComponent;
import tv.amwa.maj.record.impl.RGBAComponentImpl;

// TODO check and enhance tests

public class RGBAComponentTest {

	RGBAComponentImpl rgbaNullAndEmpty = null;
	RGBAComponentImpl rgba8BarBlues = null;

	final static String expectedXML = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>" +
			"<aaf:RGBAComponent xmlns:aaf=\"http://www.smpte-ra.org/schemas/2001-2/2007/aaf\">\n" +
			"  <aaf:Code>CompBlue</aaf:Code>\n" +
			"  <aaf:ComponentSize>8</aaf:ComponentSize>\n" +
			"</aaf:RGBAComponent>\n";

	@Before
	public void setUp() {

		rgbaNullAndEmpty = new RGBAComponentImpl(RGBAComponentKind.Null, (byte) 0);
		rgba8BarBlues = new RGBAComponentImpl(RGBAComponentKind.Blue, (byte) 8);
	}

	@After
	public void tearDown() {
		rgbaNullAndEmpty = null;
		rgba8BarBlues = null;
	}

	@Test
	public final void testHashCode() {

		assertFalse(rgbaNullAndEmpty.hashCode() == 0);
		assertTrue(rgbaNullAndEmpty.hashCode() != rgba8BarBlues.hashCode());
	}

	@Test
	public final void testRGBAComponentRGBAComponentKindByte() {

		assertEquals((byte) 8, rgba8BarBlues.getComponentSize());
		assertEquals(RGBAComponentKind.Blue, rgba8BarBlues.getCode());
	}

	@Test(expected=NullPointerException.class)
	public final void testRGBAComponentRGBAComponentKindByteNull() {

		new RGBAComponentImpl(null, (byte) 0);
	}

	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
	public final void testRGBAComponentRGBAComponentKindByteNegative() {

		new RGBAComponentImpl(RGBAComponentKind.None, (byte) -3);
	}

	@Test
	public final void testEqualsObject() {

		RGBAComponent aliensEqual = new RGBAComponentImpl(RGBAComponentKind.Blue, (byte) 8);

		assertFalse(aliensEqual.equals(null));
		assertTrue(aliensEqual.equals(aliensEqual));
		assertTrue(aliensEqual.equals(rgba8BarBlues));
		assertTrue(rgba8BarBlues.equals(aliensEqual));
	}

	@Ignore @Test // FIXME make this test pass on Windows
	public final void testToString() {

		assertEquals(expectedXML, rgba8BarBlues.toString());
	}

	@Test
	public final void testClone() {

		RGBAComponent cloned = rgba8BarBlues.clone();
		assertFalse(cloned == rgba8BarBlues);
		assertEquals(cloned, rgba8BarBlues);
		assertEquals(rgba8BarBlues, cloned);

		cloned.setComponentSize((byte) 4);
		assertEquals((byte) 4, cloned.getComponentSize());
		assertEquals((byte) 8, rgba8BarBlues.getComponentSize());
	}

	@Ignore @Test // FIXME make this test pass on Windows
	public final void testAppendXMLChildren() {

		assertEquals(expectedXML, XMLBuilder.toXMLNonMetadata(rgba8BarBlues));
	}

}