In the eighth month of the bear market, the disappearance of the coin circle gradually spread, and the downturn became the main theme of the digital currency market. The confused and awkward atmosphere surrounded the major institutions. In a bull market, a project can take only a few months from start-up to landing on the exchange, which means that the exit cycle of the investment institution is very short. Now, as the leek has been cut to the end, the investment institutions slowly discover that they have become the last takers.
2018 is the cold winter of the coin circle, and it is also the winter of the organization. When you ask the CEO of top institutions, what is the value of the digital currency assets in their hands? As the currency bubble recedes, the capital pattern of 2019 will inevitably usher in a big reshuffle. It remains to be seen whether institutions that focus only on speculation will live through the winter.
However, in my opinion, projects such as Atox, which are more focused on blockchain technology itself, are bound to thrive in a healthy regulatory environment!
AtoX is a public blockchain system based on the fourth-generation blockchain technology created by a team from the Jewish nation. Based on this, AtoX Swap cross-chain wallet and decentralized exchange were established.
Different design ideas: The most important difference between AtoX and Ethereum, EOS and Bitcoin is that the design idea is different. Bitcoin can only be used as electronic money. Ethereum is just a technology that increases the smart contract to blockchain 2.0. Based on the fourth-generation blockchain technology, AtoX is committed to the global blockchain landing applications. It is a fourth-generation blockchain platform for the world, allowing developers to implement blockchain applications with high efficiency, high performance and fit for business.
2, The consensus mechanism is different: AtoX uses the RPCA consensus mechanism, compared with POW, POS, etc., can achieve higher TPS in performance to apply to more scenarios, and can save more computing performance.
3, The technical realization is different: AtoX is based on the fourth-generation blockchain technology, which breaks through the chain expansion problem caused by the low performance of the traditional blockchain technology. Through the technology of chain compression, the application construction can be realized more flexibly. Therefore, AtoX skills retain the advantages of a centralized platform, and can achieve the security and reliability of decentralization.
2018 has been passed, and the coin circle has also passed an unusually rich year. We may be involved in the tuyere of 2018, or perhaps as a bystander. We can only look forward to 2019, and we can do nothing but to cut through the fog and continue to forge ahead!


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// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

package org.chromium.chrome.browser.download.home;

import android.view.View;

/**
 * A coordinator that represents the main download manager UI page. This visually shows a list of
 * downloaded items and allows the user to interact with those items.
 */
public interface DownloadManagerCoordinator {
    /**
     * An obsever to be notified of internal state changes that should be represented as a URL
     * change externally.
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    public interface Observer {
        /** Called when the url representing the internal state of the coordinator has changed. */
        void onUrlChanged(String url);
    }

    /** To be called when the coordinator should be destroyed and is no longer in use. */
    void destroy();

    /**
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    /** @return A {@link View} representing this coordinator. */
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    /** To be called to push the url containing internal state to the coordinator. */
    void updateForUrl(String url);

    /** Adds {@code observer} to be notified of url state changes. */
    void addObserver(Observer observer);

    /** Stops notifying {@code observer} of url state changes. */
    void removeObserver(Observer observer);

    /** Vivaldi **/
    void showSettingsUI();
    void showSearchUI();
    void clearSelection();
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Q: Method multipartFormRequestWithMethod of AFURLRequestSerialization in iOS 8 doesn't work I have a problem : try app on iOS 8 and find that method multipartFormRequestWithMethod of AFURLRequestSerialization in iOS 8 doesn't work. In iOS 7 it works correct.
AFHTTPRequestOperation fail with timeout error if i send constructingBodyWithBlock parameter (i send block the same way as it do in tutorial).
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A potent, noxious gas odor – first noticed in the waters off Bayonne, N.J. – wafted to the shores of Staten Island and Queens yesterday, sickening at least 21 people and prompting hundreds more to frantically call 911.
"I started to see people go down like flies," said one shaken witness who had been standing outside the evacuated HIP medical clinic at 1050 Clove Road on Staten Island just after noon.
At least five people were treated for dizziness, headaches and nausea at local hospitals and released.
The Coast Guard said boaters first notified it sometime before 9:30 a.m. that a strong smell of gasoline was emanating from around the Kill Van Kull just west of the Bayonne Bridge.
By 10 a.m., fire officials said, they had received hundreds of 911 calls from panicked residents along Staten Island's north shore.
Connie Pascucci, 65, said she was at an exercise class at Snug Harbor at around 9:45 a.m. when she smelled the odor.
"It was unbearable . . . I thought it was terrorism," she said.
City workers at Clove Lakes Park, across the street from the medical facility, said the odor forced them to close down their operations site on the grounds from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The sickening smell also forced the evacuation of about 50 people at the HIP building, leaving the sidewalks outside strewn with medical workers and patients coughing and gasping as fire and ambulance crews flocked to the scene, offering them oxygen.
The smell hit Queens at around 1:30 p.m., when several dozen people in the area between Beach 90th and Beach 123 streets started calling the FDNY.
Debbie O'Sullivan, 40, of Beach 90th, said the odor made her head hurt.
"It's worrisome," she said of the mystery gas.
A spokesman for the city Department of Environmental Protection said four hazmat teams were dispatched to Staten Island after the agency received several phone calls reporting the smell mid-morning.
But by the time they got there, the workers didn't smell anything, nor did machines detect any volatile organic compounds in the air, said the DEP's Ian Michaels. He said the results of further air sampling may be known as soon as today.
The Coast Guard has been in touch with New Jersey officials to try to determine whether the source may be from a floating barge or could have occurred during the loading or unloading of gas along the waterfront, officials said.
But Bayonne fire officials said they checked for a suspected gas leak in the morning and found nothing. "It wasn't us," one dispatcher said.
1. Boaters report gas odor emanating from around the Kill Van Kull, west of the Bayonne Bridge, before 9:30 a.m.
2. Staten Island: Complaints are received from St. George area to around the bridge by 10 a.m.
3. Queens: Complaints received from Rockaways, specifically Beach 90th, Beach 98th, Beach 121st and Beach 123rd streets at about 1:30 p.m.


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Ghaziabad, May 20 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh has asked the officials to focus on developmental activities in such a way that Ghaziabad is included in the list of smart cities.
Singh, a Lok Sabha member from Ghaziabad, said during a review meeting here on Saturday that "not including Ghaziabad in the list of smart cities of India is shameful to all of us".
In the meeting, District Magistrate (DM) Ministy S. Nayyar assured the minister that the civil officers along with police and local bodies officers would give a thrust to developmental activities so that the city becomes smart in all aspects.
The three local MLAs, Mayor Ashu Kumar Verma along with the DM, Vice Chairperson of Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) Kanchan Verma, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) H.N. Singh and Deputy Municipal Commissioner D.K. Sinha were also present at the meeting called by the Union minister.


Has anyone had fibro in the head?
I went to a and e yesterday with severe pains in the head. Doc examined me and said it could be shingles or a fibro flare in my head. I don't have a rash yet so think its my fibro but I have never heard of it being in the head. I have had fibro for 3 years and have it severely. I have pain in most areas and use a wheelchair. Does anyone else have experience of this as I am worried it may be something more serious.
The pain in my head is not like my usual fibro. It's a stabbing pain and very severe, I take morphine and a cocktail of other drugs, and the drugs don't touch the pain in my head.
I have , I've had a heavy bruised feeling in the back either side it's pretty awful . It lasted about two days . Pain subsides as each day passes. That's how it was for me. I had lemon and ginger boiled up in pan with cloves it did help. A half a tea spoon of Himalayan salt . Also recommend dried seaweed in your bath . Absorbs through your skin iodine it's good for toxins . Good luck x you can get all of these on amazon cheap .
Oh by the way I should of said . Dilute your salt in boiled water and drink it . Recommended dose is half a level tea spoon full . I take it once every two days. You can google it. Salt is good but not the kind you buy in Tesco . Himalayan salt is pure .
It probably is fibro - pain in the head area is often more severe because of the tightness of the tissues in this area. If it gets worse in any way, or you develop nausea and vomiting you need to go straight back to A&E.
In the meantime, try a cold pack to ease the pain. A well wrapped ice-pack applied to the painful area should help quite a lot. You can buy the soft gel packs in Boots - they sell them for sports injuries,but I use them for everything.
I was treated with cold packs in France when I was taken ill there, and I was amazed how effective it was. The French pooh-pooh the British idea of applying heat to painful areas, whereas I am happy to try both and see which works best!
Fibro affects the whole body, so it isn't possible to get it only in some areas and it can cause pain anywhere (because it is actually a central problem, rather than a problem of localised damage).
However, predictable (not jumping around) local pain can often have another cause, even if related to Fibro, such as with myofascial pain.
That the doctor thought it might be shingles (seems like a weird place for shkingles though!) may suggest that it is neuropathic (nerve) pain. There is a condition called Trigeminal neuralgia that causes severe neuropathic pain in the face. Could the symptoms of that fit what you are experiencing?
Thanks everyone, Lindsey I looked up symptoms and doesn't seem to be that. My doc thought it was shingles due to new symptoms like inflamed scalp, and general itchiness and you can get shingles in the scalp. I am now having a hearing test on Monday as my tinitus has become unbearable and maybe this is linked to pain.
I get terrible pain in my face and head due to TMJ, which is very common with fibro, I am on Duloxetine now 40mg in the morning and 10mg Amitriptyline before bed, which helps me.I wear glasses and the pain in my temples is very bad as my glasses lean on them, so I have had to had them loosened that much they nearly fall off.
Yes, yes, yes. Its horrible. Especially on the left side. And also pain in my left eye, unbearable.
When I have it it's almost like a storm cloud with bolts of lightning. Really painful, sorry to hear that you're having these awful pains in your head. I hope it passes soon.
Yes I suffer extreme pain in my head when I have a flare in particular! I suffer nueralgia in jaw and teeth so hard to separate sometimes, but I can tell if the pain is like I can't touch the top of my head.. That's my fibro! However if your really worried about this you should go see your GP!
Has anyone suffering from fibro had major surgery - and problems?
Has anyone experienced hair loss as part of Fibro?
has anyone had a Colonoscopy?
has anyone with fibro ever been diagnosised with Proctalgia fugax?
Has anyone gained an allergy since having fibro?
Does anyone with fibro have an itchy head?


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Title 39 - Postal Service
CHAPTER I - UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER N - PROCEDURES Rules of Procedure Before the Office of General Counsel
PART 955 - RULES OF PRACTICE BEFORE THE POSTAL SERVICE BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS
§ 955.5 Preparation, contents, organization, forwarding, and status of appeal file.
39 CFR § 955.5 - Preparation, contents, organization, forwarding, and status of appeal file.
(a) Duties of the respondent. Within 30 days from receipt of the Board's docketing notice, or such other period as the Board may order, the respondent's counsel shall file with the Board an appeal file consisting of all documents pertinent to the appeal. The appeal file shall include:
(1) The claim and contracting officer's final decision from which the appeal is taken;
(2) The contract, including pertinent specifications, amendments, plans and drawings;
(3) All correspondence between the parties pertinent to the appeal;
(4) Transcripts of any testimony taken during the course of proceedings, and affidavits or statements of any witnesses on the matter in dispute made prior to the filing of the notice of appeal; and
(5) Any additional information considered pertinent.
(b) Duties of the appellant. Within 30 days after receipt of a copy of the appeal file, the appellant shall supplement the appeal file by transmitting to the Board any documents not contained therein considered to be pertinent to the appeal.
(c) Organization of appeal file. Documents in the appeal file or supplement, as applicable shall be arranged in chronological order where practicable, numbered sequentially, tabbed, and indexed, to identify the contents. Page numbering shall be consecutive and continuous from one document to the next, so that the complete file or supplement, as applicable, will consist of one set of consecutively numbered pages.
(d) Lengthy documents. The Board may waive the requirement to exchange or electronically file bulky, lengthy, or out-of-size documents, or tangible evidence in the appeal file on a showing of impracticality or undue burden. Documents or tangible evidence subject to a waiver will be available for inspection at the Board.
(e) Status of documents in appeal file. Documents contained in the appeal file are considered, without further action by the parties, as part of the record upon which the Board will render its decision, unless a party objects to the consideration of a particular document. Unless otherwise provided by Board order, any such objection shall be made at least 10 days prior to a hearing or the date specified for settling the record in the event there is no hearing on the appeal. If timely objection to a document is made, the Board will rule upon its admissibility into the record as evidence in accordance with §§ 955.14 and 955.21.
[74 FR 20592, May 5, 2009, as amended at 80 FR 31304, June 2, 2015]


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Want to add a little pizzazz to your classes or make homework more fun? Brain Pop is a fun interactive site that teaches important concepts in core curriculum subject areas through on-line movies, quizzes, and other activities. This is a subscription site, but there are several free movies available in each of the subject areas.
The site is crammed full of brightly colored, fun graphic images designed to engage kids. The site is organized according to subject area. The search tool and easy-to-read buttons make it easy to navigate.
Brain Pop features an impressive list of movies on various topics in subjects like science, social studies, math, English, health, arts and music, and technology. Around six in each subject area are free to the general public. A subscription is required for full access. Each section also has additional activities related to the selected subject, such as an experiment, comic strip, timeline, or printable activities. An interactive State Standards Tool is also available for selecting the movie that corresponds with the K-8 standard that you are teaching.


South Korea's opposition has agreed to end its boycott of the legislature over the government's policies regarding U.S. beef imports.
Lawmakers from the ruling Grand National Party reached a compromise agreement with the opposition Democratic Party Tuesday to restart meetings this Thursday.
The two sides agreed to revise a livestock epidemic law to reflect public concerns over U.S. beef safety. They also agreed to investigate the government's decision to reopen markets to U.S. beef.
The move came a day after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak fired three top ministers. Thousands of South Koreans have been protesting since Mr. Lee's government agreed to lift a ban on U.S. beef imports in April.
The protests forced Seoul to renegotiate the deal, which now limits imports of beef from cattle older than 30 months.
Older cattle are considered to be more susceptible to mad cow disease.
On Monday in Washington, the U.S. administration criticized the Democratic-party controlled Congress for refusing to ratify a free-trade agreement with South Korea.
Undersecretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla warned that the United States' hesitancy to sign the deal with a major Asian ally would give China a chance to win more influence in the region.


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Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Coming to 4K!!
The next action-packed chapter of the Star Wars saga – Star Wars: The Last Jedi – welcomes the return of original characters as well as in-depth looks of the saga's newest members. This release will include a feature-length documentary from Director Rian Johnson that takes fans on an intimate journey into the creation of Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The release will also include two exclusive scenes featuring Andy Serkis as Snoke prior to his digital makeover, scene breakdowns, deleted scenes, audio commentary and more. Families can bring the next chapter of Star Wars home digitally in HD and 4K Ultra HD and via Movies Anywhere March 13 and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray disc March 27.
This release will mark Disney's first title available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in both Dolby Vision™ HDR and Dolby Atmos® immersive audio, delivering consumers a transformative viewing experience!
Check out the Trailer below!
BURBANK, Calif. (February 20, 2018) — Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi—the next action-packed chapter of the Star Wars saga— Earned critical acclaim and the No. 1 spot atop 2017's list of highest-grossing films. The visually stunning film welcomes the return of original characters, including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Yoda, R2-D2 and C-3PO and further explores the deepening journey of the saga's new members, Rey, Finn, Poe, and Kylo Ren. Now families can bring home the movie digitally in HD and 4K Ultra HD™ and via Movies Anywhere on March 13, two weeks before the 4K Ultra HD™ Blu-ray, and Blu-ray™ disc on March 27. This release also marks Disney's first title available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in both Dolby Vision™ HDR and Dolby Atmos® immersive audio, delivering consumers a transformative viewing experience.
Director Rian Johnson takes fans on an intimate journey into the creation of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in a feature-length documentary, explaining his unique interpretation of the Force, detailing the painstaking process of creating Snoke, and deconstructing action-packed scenes from the film such as the epic space battle and the final confrontation. Johnson also reveals two exclusive scenes, featuring Andy Serkis as Snoke prior to his digital makeover, as well as 14 never-before-seen deleted scenes, in addition to his audio commentary.
Bonus features include*:
The Director and the Jedi – Go deep behind the scenes with writer-director Rian Johnson on an intimate and personal journey through the production of the movie—and experience what it's like to helm a global franchise and cultural phenomenon.
Balance of the Force – Explore the mythology of the Force and why Rian Johnson chose to interpret its role in such a unique way.
Scene Breakdowns
Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle – Get a close-up look at the epic space battle, from the sounds that help propel the action, through the practical and visual effects, to the characters who bring it all to life.
Snoke and Mirrors – Motion capture and Star Wars collide as the filmmakers take us through the detailed process of creating the movie's malevolent master villain.
Showdown on Crait – Break down everything that went into creating the stunning world seen in the movie's final confrontation, including the interplay between real-word locations and visual effects, reimagining the walkers, designing the crystal foxes, and much more.
Andy Serkis Live! (One Night Only) – Writer-director Rian Johnson presents two exclusive sequences from the movie featuring Andy Serkis' riveting, raw on-set performance before his digital makeover into Snoke.
Deleted Scenes – With an introduction and optional commentary by writer-director Rian Johnson.
Audio Commentary – View the movie with in-depth feature audio commentary by writer-director Rian Johnson.
* Digital bonus offerings may vary by retailer.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is packaged several ways to ensure fans get the most out of their in-home viewing experience. The Multiscreen Edition (formerly the Blu-ray Combo Pack) includes Blu-ray, and a Digital copy, giving viewers the flexibility to watch the film on different devices. Those with 4K Ultra HD capability may opt for a 4K UHD Collector's Edition, including 4K Ultra HD disc with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, Blu-ray disc, and a digital copy (where available). Dolby Vision delivers greater brightness and contrast, as well as a fuller palette of rich colors. Dolby Atmos places and moves audio anywhere in the room, including overhead. Together on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc, viewers will practically feel the Force in their own home.
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In an ambitious new era of Chemistry at King's we are establishing an innovative Chemistry department, free of conventional subject constraints and equipped to tackle the challenges of the future. By leveraging the unique strengths of Chemistry, the research vision at King's is to surpass the boundaries of the traditional discipline to address fundamental questions and drive new discoveries.
A focus of the department is to realise the transformative power of Chemistry at the interface with Biology and Medicine. We aim to advance functional biology by moving from a descriptive picture of Life Sciences to a quantitative understanding using chemical principles. We aspire to fabricate entirely new materials with creative fusions of Chemistry and Biology.
Our current research covers the breadth of Chemistry with Chemical Biology as common ground. In a successful fusion of cell biology, chemistry and physics we apply chemical approaches to gain access to the molecular mechanism of complex cell biological problems, working with the cell biologists of the Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and the Physics Department. To this we add state-of-the-art biophysical approaches, complemented by computational and synthetic/biosynthetic methods.
We are also developing new methods, including native protein mass spectrometry and its integration with other macromolecular structural data to understand the functional biology of surface membranes.
We have active research programmes with King's Division of Cancer Studies on cancer stem cells and strong connections with King's Institute of Pharmaceutical Science as well as biotech and Pharma, to develop therapeutic opportunities arising from our research.
Our research groups Sanz, Hogarth and Suntharalingam exploit novel physical and inorganic methods to create and probe small biomolecules and metallopharmeceuticals.
Barry and Wagner combine organic and chemical biology to investigate biomolecules, enzymes and biosynthetic pathways.
Rosta and Isaacson employ computational and structural biology approaches to investigate larger biological macromolecules and proteins.
Booth, Borysik, Eggert, Morris and Politis take biophysical, chemical and synthetic biology approaches with particular emphasis on designing and studying protein assemblies, probing natural membranes, creating synthetic membranes and devising new chemical tools to investigate cellular events.
The integration of Chemistry in biomedical research at King's is broader than the direct involvement of the Chemistry Department. Chemists, directly embedded in Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, in both drug discovery and delivery in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Nutrition, in the Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and in the Dental Institute, expand our opportunities for research and teaching.


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Abitare Architecture Projects A symbolic form
A symbolic form
Guido Incerti
In Sarajevo, a parents' house designed by Normal Arhitektura has become a major local landmark thanks to its elaborately designed surfaces and strong ties with the city's public spaces
This building in Sarajevo, a parents house which was made possible thanks to donations from families, voluntary organisations, NGOs and even the architects of Normal Arhitektura themselves, is designed to house the parents of seriously ill children being treated at the nearby University Clinical Centre.
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In Bosnia Herzegovina, a country with a population of three million, there are just two hospitals of this kind (compared with, say, the Italian region of Emilia Romagna, which has a population of four million and six such centres). Over the last five years over 50 architects, engineers, doctors and other professionals worked on the project on a pro bono basis.
Photo Eldin Hasanagić
The reception centre is a compact, five-storey building, cleverly designed to create a less solid feel and the dynamic, ethereal volume has now become an urban symbol. It contains ten apartments on three levels and a ground-floor that has close links with the public space and the city, as well as housing the kitchen, dining room and other convivial spaces. The basement has a fitness centre, a small conference room and educational workshops.
The exterior is all white – in stark contrast with the brightly-coloured interiors of the apartments designed by ten architecture practices – and is folded through the three levels on the southern side to provide each apartment with a different view of the surroundings. A "cut" on the north side breaks the uniformity of the façade and connects all three levels of the building with the rooftop terrace, as well as letting light reach the interior walkways. These give access to the green roof terrace, whose low trees and flowers were provided by donors and planted by volunteers, people of the city and friends of the project.
Parents House
Normal Arhitektura
Emir Salkić, Muhamed Serdarević, Armin Sadiković, Tarik Musakadić, Dino Eminagić
Arhitektornika, E-Design, Filter, Firma, In-Out, STUB, Studio non-stop,
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NGO – Heart for the children that are sick from cancer
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"""
Task Oriented Dialogue (TOD) enums and base classes.

This file defines standard tokens, classes for round and conversation structure, and a serialization class to aid in converting between these.

See `tod_agents.py` for usage of these classes to generate training data and `tod_world_script.py` for usage of these classes in simulated conversations.
"""
from enum import Enum
from typing import List, Dict
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from collections.abc import Iterable
from parlai.utils.misc import warn_once

STANDARD_CALL = "APICALL: "
STANDARD_RESP = "APIRESP: "
STANDARD_SYSTEM_UTTERANCE = "SYSTEM: "
STANDARD_USER_UTTERANCE = "USER: "

STANDARD_GOAL = "GOAL: "
STANDARD_API_SCHEMAS = "APIS: "

STANDARD_API_NAME_SLOT = "api_name"
STANDARD_REQUIRED_KEY = "reqArg"
STANDARD_OPTIONAL_KEY = "optArg"
STANDARD_DONE = "[DONE]"

CONST_SILENCE = "__SILENCE__"

class TodAgentType(str, Enum):
    USER_UTT_AGENT = "user_utt_model"
    API_CALL_AGENT = "api_call_model"
    API_RESP_AGENT = "api_resp_model"
    SYSTEM_UTT_AGENT = "system_utt_model"
    API_SCHEMA_GROUNDING_AGENT = "api_schema_grounding_model"
    GOAL_GROUNDING_AGENT = "goal_grounding_model"

TOD_AGENT_TYPE_TO_PREFIX = {
    TodAgentType.USER_UTT_AGENT: STANDARD_USER_UTTERANCE,
    TodAgentType.API_CALL_AGENT: STANDARD_CALL,
    TodAgentType.API_RESP_AGENT: STANDARD_RESP,
    TodAgentType.SYSTEM_UTT_AGENT: STANDARD_SYSTEM_UTTERANCE,
    TodAgentType.API_SCHEMA_GROUNDING_AGENT: STANDARD_API_SCHEMAS,
    TodAgentType.GOAL_GROUNDING_AGENT: STANDARD_GOAL,
}

@dataclass
class TodStructuredRound:
    """
    Dataclass for rounds.

    After the first (grounding) turn, conversations in the TOD structure are rounds of
       1. User Utterance
       2. System API Call
       3. API Implementation API Response
       4. System Utterance

    This class hold that data.
    """

    # Variables set by those using this class
    user_utt: str = ""
    api_call_machine: Dict = field(
        default_factory=dict
    )  # Hashmap of slot keys and slot values. Note that STANDARD_API_NAME_SLOT (`api_name`) is expected to be one of the keys here when this is nonempty; simulation metrics wonky without
    api_resp_machine: Dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    sys_utt: str = ""
    extras: Dict = field(
        default_factory=dict
    )  # Grab bag for extra data. Not currently referenced in any TOD core code, but a convenient leaky abstraction for passing dataset-specific data between Parser classes and realized agents/teachers.

    # Variables derived by class
    api_call_utt: str = field(init=False)
    api_resp_utt: str = field(init=False)

    def __post_init__(self):
        self.api_call_utt = SerializationHelpers.api_dict_to_str(self.api_call_machine)
        self.api_resp_utt = SerializationHelpers.api_dict_to_str(self.api_resp_machine)
        if (
            len(self.api_call_machine) > 0
            and STANDARD_API_NAME_SLOT not in self.api_call_machine
        ):
            warn_once(
                f"{STANDARD_API_NAME_SLOT} missing when API Call present. This may cause issues for simulation metrics."
            )

@dataclass
class TodStructuredEpisode:
    """
    Dataclass for episode-level data.

    This holds the information for grounding turns (Goal calls, API Schemas), the rounds
    of User/System/API Implementation communications, as well as any extra metadata that
    is useful for the episode.
    """

    # Variables set by those using this class
    delex: bool = False  # Set to true and this class will handle delexicalizing call + response utterances based on API calls and responses exposed to this class.
    domain: str = ""  # self-explanatory
    api_schemas_machine: List[Dict[str, List]] = field(
        default_factory=list
    )  # Expected to be a List of Dicts with the API name, required arguments, and optional arguments (specified by consts at the top of this file) as keys
    goal_calls_machine: List[Dict[str, str]] = field(
        default_factory=list
    )  # Machine-formatted API calls
    rounds: List[TodStructuredRound] = field(default_factory=list)  # self explanatory
    extras: Dict = field(
        default_factory=dict
    )  # Grab bag for extra data. Not currently referenced in any TOD core code, but a convenient leaky abstraction for passing dataset-specific data between Parser classes and realized agents/teachers.

    # Variables derived by class
    api_schemas_utt: str = field(init=False)
    goal_calls_utt: str = field(init=False)

    def __post_init__(self):
        self.api_schemas_utt = SerializationHelpers.list_of_maps_to_str(
            self.api_schemas_machine
        )
        self.goal_calls_machine = [
            call for call in self.goal_calls_machine if len(call) > 0
        ]
        self.goal_calls_utt = SerializationHelpers.list_of_maps_to_str(
            self.goal_calls_machine
        )
        # Add a done turn at the end
        self.rounds.append(TodStructuredRound(user_utt=STANDARD_DONE))
        if self.delex:
            accum_slots = (
                {}
            )  # separate since some slot values change as we go. Use this for delex first
            cum_slots = self.get_all_slots()
            for r in self.rounds:
                accum_slots.update(r.api_call_machine)
                accum_slots.update(r.api_resp_machine)
                r.sys_utt = SerializationHelpers.delex(r.sys_utt, accum_slots)
                r.sys_utt = SerializationHelpers.delex(r.sys_utt, cum_slots)

    def get_all_slots(self):
        result = {}
        for r in self.rounds:
            result.update(r.api_call_machine)
            result.update(r.api_resp_machine)
        return result

class SerializationHelpers:
    @classmethod
    def delex(cls, text, slots):
        delex = text
        for slot, value in slots.items():
            if isinstance(value, str):
                delex = delex.replace(value, f"[{slot}]")
            else:
                for v in value:
                    delex = delex.replace(v, f"[{slot}]")
        return delex

    @classmethod
    def inner_list_join(cls, values):
        if isinstance(values, str):
            return values
        return ", ".join(sorted([str(v).strip() for v in values]))

    @classmethod
    def inner_list_split(cls, s):
        if len(s) < 1:
            return s
        if s[0] == "{":  # for case when we're json serializing a dict
            return s
        split = s.split(", ")
        if len(split) == 1:
            return split[0]
        return set(split)

    @classmethod
    def maybe_inner_list_join(cls, values):
        if type(values) is dict:
            return str(values)
        if (
            isinstance(values, str)
            or isinstance(values, int)
            or isinstance(values, float)
        ):
            return values
        elif isinstance(values, Iterable):
            return SerializationHelpers.inner_list_join(values)
        else:
            raise RuntimeError(
                f"invalid type of argument for maybe_inner_list_join: {values}; type {type(values)}"
            )

    @classmethod
    def api_dict_to_str(cls, apidict):
        """
        Used for API Calls and Responses -> Utterance.
        """

        return " ; ".join(
            f"{k} = {SerializationHelpers.maybe_inner_list_join(v)}"
            for k, v in sorted(apidict.items())
        )

    @classmethod
    def str_to_api_dict(cls, string):
        """
        Used for API Call and Response Utterances -> Dict.
        """
        slot_strs = string.split(" ; ")
        result = {}
        for slot_str in slot_strs:
            if " = " not in slot_str:
                continue
            name, value = slot_str.split(" = ", 1)
            name = name.strip()
            value = SerializationHelpers.inner_list_split(value.strip())
            result[name] = value
        return result

    @classmethod
    def outer_list_join(cls, s):
        return " | ".join(s)

    @classmethod
    def outer_list_split(cls, s):
        return s.split(" | ")

    @classmethod
    def str_to_list_of_maps(cls, s):
        return [
            SerializationHelpers.str_to_api_dict(x)
            for x in SerializationHelpers.outer_list_split(s)
        ]

    @classmethod
    def list_of_maps_to_str(cls, list_of_maps):
        return SerializationHelpers.outer_list_join(
            [SerializationHelpers.api_dict_to_str(m) for m in list_of_maps]
        )

    @classmethod
    def str_to_goals(cls, s):  # convenience
        return SerializationHelpers.str_to_list_of_maps(s)

    @classmethod
    def str_to_api_schemas(cls, s):  # convenience
        return SerializationHelpers.str_to_list_of_maps(s)


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Home / Climate / Science & Technology / Shipping Industry Giants Commit to Transparent Reporting of GHG Emissions
Shipping Industry Giants Commit to Transparent Reporting of GHG Emissions
IndraStra Global Wednesday, October 07, 2020 Climate , Science & Technology Edit
The Sea Cargo Charter sets a new benchmark for responsible shipping, transparent climate reporting, and improved decision making in line with United Nations decarbonization targets.
On October 6, 2020, Global Maritime Forum, announced that a group of the world's largest energy, agriculture, mining, and commodity trading companies will for the first time assess and disclose the climate alignment of their shipping activities.
United Nations agencies estimate the international shipping industry to carry around 80% of world trade flows and to be responsible for 2-3% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.
Large industrial corporations are significant users of international shipping services. The shipping of crude oil, coal, iron ore, grain and other bulk commodities used worldwide make up over 80% of global seaborne trade. The Sea Cargo Charter is a global framework that allows for the integration of climate considerations into chartering decisions to favor climate-aligned maritime transport.
The Sea Cargo Charter establishes a common baseline to quantitatively assess and disclose whether shipping activities are aligned with adopted climate goals. The Sea Cargo Charter is consistent with the policies and ambitions adopted by member states of the UN's International Maritime Organization, including its ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by at least 50% by 2050.
"A standard greenhouse gas emissions reporting process will simplify some of the complexities often associated with reporting. It will encourage a more transparent and consistent approach to tracking emissions, which will be a critical part of making shipping more sustainable," says Jan Dieleman, President, Cargill Ocean Transportation, and Chair of the Sea Cargo Charter drafting group.
"The shipping industry as a whole needs to adopt a transparent approach, advocated by the Sea Cargo Charter, in order to fully understand the sector's overall greenhouse gas footprint and for us to collectively rise to the challenges faced," says Rasmus Bach Nielsen, Global Head Fuel Decarbonisation, Trafigura.
"The Sea Cargo Charter is an important step in laying the foundations for a net-zero emissions shipping industry. Collaboration such as this, from across the sector, is vital to scale-up customer demand for low- or zero-emissions shipping. This same spirit of collaboration is also vital in the pursuit of the technological advances needed to unlock decarbonization solutions, and in building industry support for regulation which can create an ambitious but level-playing field under which to invest. Building on this momentum we would like the IMO to use its 2023 strategy review to set the trajectory for the sector to move to net-zero emissions by 2050," says Grahaeme Henderson, Global Head, Shell Shipping & Maritime.
Founding Signatories of the Sea Cargo Charter include Anglo American, ADM, Bunge, Cargill Ocean Transportation, COFCO International, Dow, Equinor, Gunvor Group, Klaveness Combination Carriers, Louis Dreyfus Company, Norden, Occidental, Shell, Torvald Klaveness, and Trafigura.
"The Sea Cargo Charter enables leaders from diverse industry sectors to use their influence to drive change and promote shipping's green transition by choosing maritime transport that is aligned with agreed climate targets over that which is not," says Johannah Christensen, Managing Director, Head of Projects & Programmes at international non-profit, Global Maritime Forum.
The development of the Sea Cargo Charter has been led by global shippers – Anglo American, Cargill Ocean Transportation, Dow, Norden, Total, Trafigura – and leading industry players – Euronav, Gorrissen Federspiel, Stena Bulk – with expert support provided by the Global Maritime Forum, Smart Freight Centre, University College London Energy Institute/UMAS, and Stephenson Harwood.


Withdrawing money from an annuity is a decision that shouldn't not be taken lightly. This kind of movements will generate high costs that you need to consider in your retirement plan.
If you decided to withdraw your money before turning 59 ½ years, you must pay a 10% penalty and a regular income tax over the gains of your investment but the amount contributed to the annuity will be tax-free.
Similarly, if you decide to withdraw your money during the first seven years after buying the annuity you will be required to pay to the insurance company a surrender charge. These charges usually represent a 7% of the investment and it will decrease around 1% per year but in some cases the surrender charge ascends to 20%.


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Registration Opens for the Military Space USA Conference
SMi Group reports: The Military Space USA conference and exhibition will convene in LA, June 11th & 12th 2019.
SMi Group, organizers of Global MilSatcom, are proud to present the eagerly awaited, Military Space USA conference and exhibition, taking place in the heart of industrial space innovation and procurement – Los Angeles.
Featuring high level briefings from senior leadership across industry, government and allied partner states, Military Space USA will provide a holistic overview of developments in the 4th domain, including how organisational efforts such as 'SMC 2.0' are facilitating and delivering the space supremacy that is demanded by the warfighter.
Attendees will get the chance to meet and network with over 140 peers including: defence agencies, militaries, governments, disruptive agile space companies across the Silicon Valley along with established industrial primes that lead in the space domain.
For those interested in attending, places can be booked at http://www.milspaceusa.com/vuelio
Highlights of this year's agenda include: Delivering the Disruptive; Position, Navigation and Timing; Future Concepts and Capability; Space Situational Awareness (SSA); PAC & International Updates; SatCom; Space Assets in Support of Missile Defence; Small Satellite's and Launch Moving Forward; Battlefield Management Command and Control (BMC2); Theater Tactical and Hosted Payloads; Technologies and Capabilities to Build a Disruptive Architecture and many more.
Some of the many confirmed speakers include:
Major General Stephen Whiting, Commander, 14th Air Force and Deputy Joint Space Component Commander, US Air Force
Colonel Nickolas Kioutas, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, PEO, US Army
Colonel Patrick Williams, Commander, 2nd Weather Group, 557th Weather Wing, US Air Force
Colonel Kapil Jaiswal, Director, Directorate of System Applications, Directorate General of Signals, Indian Armed Forces
Colonel Jack Fischer, Vice Commander, 50th Space Wing, US Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Gary Thompson, Chief, Future Concepts Team, Space and Missile Systems Center, US Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Yun Kyong Sung, C4I Interoperability Officer, J6, ROK JCS
Dr Natalya Bailey, CEO and Co-Founder, Accion Systems
Dr Grant Stokes, Division Head, Space Systems and Technology, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Andrea Loper, Acquisition Program Manager, Space Vehicles Directorate, Integrated Experiments & Evaluation Division, AFRL, US Air Force
Demaryl Singleton, Infrastructure and Development Division Chief, DISA
Lars Hoffman, SVP, Launch, Rocket Lab
Mike Lewis, Chief Innovation Officer, NanoRacks
Richard Cobb, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, US Air Force Institute of Technology
Joseph Vanderpoorten, Chief, Advanced Concepts Division, Space and Missile Systems Center, MILSATCOM/Advanced Concepts, US Air Force
The full agenda is available to download from the event website: http://www.milspaceusa.com/vuelio
All active federal employees, to include Military Personnel, will be granted free admission to the event. However, in order to attend, pre-registration is required, which is subject to final approval by the conference organizer.
Any commercial organisations who wish to attend, can register on the event website.
Military Space USA Conference
June 11th – 12th 2019, Los Angeles
Gold Sponsor: Lockheed Martin
Exhibitor: XTAR
To sponsor, speak and/or exhibit at Military Space USA, please contact Alia Malick, Director by phone: +44 (0) 207 827 6168 or by email: amalick@smi-online.co.uk
About SMi Group: Established since 1993, the SMi Group is a global event-production company that specializes in Business-to-Business Conferences, Workshops, Masterclasses and online Communities. We create and deliver events in the Defence, Security, Energy, Utilities, Finance and Pharmaceutical industries. We pride ourselves on having access to the world's most forward-thinking opinion leaders and visionaries, allowing us to bring our communities together to Learn, Engage, Share and Network. More information can be found at http://www.smi-online.co.uk
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Thanksgiving is a new holiday for Wild's European players
Thanksgiving is a new tradition for European players.
By Sarah McLellan Star Tribune
November 27, 2019 — 9:33pm
Wild forward Kevin Fiala has been playing professionally in North America since 2015, debuting with Milwaukee in the American Hockey League before pivoting between the minors and the NHL until he latched on with the Predators for good two years ago ahead of last season's trade to the Wild.
But the native of Switzerland will experience a first on Thursday.
He'll celebrate Thanksgiving.
"I've actually never had a real one," Fiala said. "So, I'm looking forward [to] this year. … We were always gone kind of, but it looks fun — like you see in the movies."
Fiala isn't the only one on the Wild to grow up without the tradition of turkey, stuffing and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
It's a new custom for all those born in Europe, one of the many lifestyle and cultural differences players adapt to while shifting their hockey careers from overseas to the best league in the world — a change that, in comparison, makes the transition at the rink feel smoother.
"I'm always home when I'm on the ice," Fiala said. "Being here with the teammates, it's family. I'm here because of hockey. I feel comfortable playing hockey and being around hockey people."
As far as holidays go, Thanksgiving is the most significant addition for the European-born players.
Christmas is familiar, although it's on Dec. 24, and so is Halloween — just not to the extent it's embraced in the United States.
And much like they're trying to fit in with the team's style and structure, players have adopted this ritual, too.
"Once you get family and all that," captain Mikko Koivu said, "you kind of want to celebrate that, as well, and try to take something from it."
For his first Thanksgiving, Koivu was invited to former Wild player Willie Mitchell's house.
"Nothing's open," Koivu said. "That's how we learned the lesson."
Now the Finnish center is the one who will hand out invitations.
"You kind of know how it feels, so you want to invite them if possible," he said. "But at the same time right now, we've been away so much so, obviously, you kind of keep it with the family, too, and relax and spend some time with the family as well."
Defenseman Jonas Brodin's first Thanksgiving came while he was with Houston in the AHL, and he remembers getting asked to stand up and recite what he was thankful for.
"I didn't really know what to say there," he said.
That was in 2012, his first professional season in the Wild's pipeline since getting drafted 10th overall the previous year, and Brodin said it took him a couple of years to get comfortable living here after moving from Sweden.
"I had some people help me, but it was still pretty hard," Brodin said, referring to tasks like getting a Social Security number, setting up banking and even getting in a groove at the grocery store.
Those aren't the only adjustments, though.
The cities are larger, there's more traffic on the roads and the skylines are taller.
"People are more friendly, more open here," said Fiala, whose plan for his first Thanksgiving in Minnesota is to spend it with his Swedish teammates. "I feel like you get more compliments here from people."
What isn't as jarring to players is the action on the ice, even though figuring out how to acclimate to the smaller rinks and hectic schedules in the NHL while learning a new system can take time.
But that environment is what they know.
"The easiest part is just to play hockey," Swedish center Joel Eriksson Ek said. "Then you have your life outside of the rink. You just try to figure out what to do and where to go."
Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.
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Q: Is there a standard way to release preview features in VS Code extensions? My team is developing a Visual Studio Code extension, and we're considering to release some of our new features as preview/beta only shown to a limited number of users.
We can think of ways to do it manually, but were wondering if Visual Studio Code provides any "standard" way to release such preview features, in a similar way as what is done for Visual Studio Code Insiders.
Is there a standard way to release preview features in VS Code extensions?

A: In vscode 1.63 an enhanced ability to preview pre-release extensions has been added, see release notes: pre-release extensions.

As VS Code now allows extensions to offer pre-releases, you can opt-in
to install them and use the latest cutting edge features from
extensions. VS Code shows an additional Install Pre-Release Version
option in the extension Install drop-down menu for installing the
pre-release version of the extension.

Once installed, the following indicators make it clear if you are
using the pre-release version of an extension:

If there is a pre-release version of an extension that you have
already installed you can easily switch to it:

To publish a pre-release version, see release notes: publish pre-release extension versions.

Publishing Pre-Release Extensions
VS Code now supports extension authors to publish pre-releases for
their extensions through vsce by passing --pre-release flag. You can
now make your latest features available to users who chose to install
pre-releases and get early feedback before the official extension
release.

vsce publish --pre-release

VS Code Marketplace only support major.minor.patch for extension
versions and semver pre-release tags are not supported. Support for
this will arrive in the future. Because of this we recommend that
extensions use major.EVEN_NUMBER.patch for release versions and
major.ODD_NUMBER.patch for pre-release versions. For example:
0.2.* for release and 0.3.* for pre-release. VS Code will auto
update extensions to the highest version available, so even if a user
opted into a pre-release version and there is an extension release
with a higher version, that user will be updated to the released
version.

More information about pre-release extensions can be found in the Pre-Release Extensions topic.

A: No, I don't think there's a standard way of doing this, which leads to different extensions taking different approaches:

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*The C# extension requires you to uninstall the marketplace / release version. Then you need to manually download the .vsix file for the beta release from GitHub and install the extension from that. It looks like the Go extension is taking the same approach.

*Other extensions have two different versions published in the marketplace, such as PowerShell and PowerShell Preview. The latter has a preview badge in the marketplace by specifying "preview": true in package.json:

This approach also requires manually uninstalling or disabling the original extension before you can use the preview version.

*Finally, some extensions include experimental features in regular marketplace releases, but lock them behind a setting so users can opt-in. There's some risk of breaking non-experimental functionality this way if things aren't tested well.

There's also an open feature request with a pretty lengthy discussion on this topic, so there might be an official solution someday:

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*Allow extensions to publish beta releases and users to opt-in to them (#15756)


Aunt Sassy's Quilts came about as my "need" to have more time to play with fabric! For me, quilting is a joy; a time to leave the work day behind and to immerse myself in color, texture, and design.
How the name "Aunt Sassy" came about goes back 20 years ago. I was sitting at the kitchen table with my sister, 2 nephews, and 11 month old niece. Since Emmy was just starting to talk, my sister went around the table asking Emmy who each person was. First she named her older brother Dan or "Di-Di", then Matt, who she called "Mat-ty". When she came to me, there was a mischievous twinkle in her eyes when she proudly shouted out, "Sassy!" My sister nearly fell off her chair laughing. As anyone who knows me, Sassy describes me to a T. Since that fateful day, I've continued to be called Aunt Sassy by my niece. It is the only nickname I've ever had and one that I cherish. It seemed only appropriate to name the shop "Aunt Sassy's Quilts" as Emmy and I continue our special bond through quilting.
We started in the middle of Illinois corn country in the city of DeKalb, known for hybrid corn seed, the birth place of barbed wire, and home to Northern Illinois University. In March 2016, the store location moved to an 1100 square foot retail space in Geneva, Illinois. The building also houses Creative Sewing Center, a Babylock dealer. Our address is: 11 N. 1st Street.


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Benjamin Winik is flanked by two of his students, left. Molly Winik at the base of Masada. That's an ibex behind her (Photo Credit: Michael Winik). Perrin Bernard at the Ramle market.
By Abigail Klein Leichman, The Jewish Standard
When Benjamin Winik of Haworth finished his bachelor's degree in political science at McGill University in Montreal, he considered teaching English in France for a year. Then he received an email from Taglit-Birthright Israel — he'd participated in a free Birthright tour of Israel in 2010 — informing him of the possibility of teaching English in Israel through Masa Israel Teaching Fellows.
"I liked how the program in Israel sounded; they give you a lot more support," said Mr. Winik, now 24. "Moving to a foreign country is never easy, so you need that support system."
His experience teaching fourth- to sixth-graders in Rishon LeZion in 2012 to 2013 made him so fond of living in Israel that he opted to study for a master's in political science at Tel Aviv University the following year. He now lives in Washington, D.C., but his 22-year-old sister, Molly, has followed in his footsteps as a teaching fellow in the same Israeli school where he taught.
Read the rest of the article at The Jewish Standard.


Mr. Fabio Gianotti is a Security professional with more than 20 years on ICT and Information Security. Fabio currently covers position of CISO for UBI.S (part of UBI Banca) leading IT Security and Business Continuity department. Fabio has an extensive experience in Cyber Security & Fraud , IT Security Governance, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, IT Security Engineering and Security R&D. Previously he covered both Technical and Executive roles on Banking and CMT market as UniCredit Holding, Symantec, H3G, Vodafone, Colt Telecom, Alcatel, etc. As UBI.S CISO, Fabio's responsibilities is mainly to drive UBI security business strategy, covering cyber security, logical security and ICT security infrastructure aspects, ensuring adequate level of security for UBI, as required by ECB and local regulators within and outside the European Community, where UBI Banca is present.


2003, year in review. 2004, things to come.
Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Brannor McThife, Jan 2, 2004.
So, that year is finally over.
What do you remember about it? The first time you got zerg by assassins while frolicking on the green hills of Emain Macha? Your first ever level 50, and getting YOUR epic armour? Buying your own house? Reaching LGM status as a crafter? The friends and foes you've made? The arrival of your own personal nemisis in Cruachan Gorge/Forest Sauvage/etc.?
What is it that you remember?
For me, 2003 was not a perfect year. It started kind of good. I had been made redundant and was enjoying a nice little holiday where I could play all day long. I got to test SI thoroughly and met a bunch of the Server Admins as well as E&E's from the other realms. But after SI's release, a lot of my friends moved on to other things, like SWG in US, and I myself made a move to Asheron's Call 2 where I spent 3-4 months. I came back to DAoC after that to see how things were going, and then decided to move to South Africa where I got a really cool Job in August - but no more online gaming.
So, that's my year in MMORPG gaming in a nutshell, what was yours like?
Here's to the future, may it be better than the past.
2003 - The year when i focked up my studies *really* good cause of DAoC (or well, probably cause of other things, but daoc was what i did instead of studying).
2004 - The year when hopefully ill play less daoc, take controll of my life (nah, not a New Years resolution, i dont make those) and finish my university education.
2003 saw me do somthing i never thought i'd do, yes i got a mini-fridge! Which quite happily took up a small plot of land under my Computer desk, capable of holding a six pack of Coke/Dr. Pepper/Sprint/Etc.
In 2004 i hope too build on that by installing a gas hob, and small vegitable garden on my window-sill.
Projections are sketchy at the moment, but i'm looking at never having too leave my computer room ever again (except too get more loo-roll) by the year 2007.
2003 began badly for me both in RL and in game. Neither really picked up til about the summer. The year ended on a high in RL but a bit of a low in game as we've (Mid/Pryd) not really had our act together as a realm lately which always bothers me. 1.65 is going to be a nasty watershed for us and I'm already waiting for the gloats, I just hope it will be kept to a minimum.
ToA looks good. Frontiers looks excellent. Feedback from US on ToA doesn't make me think the game is dead, far from it.
Looking forward to both those expansions.
In terms of other games, there's plenty coming, but now DAoC has a got over a few hurdles where its doom was predicted any new offerings are going to have a hard time taking much away from this game. Though some people have publicly and loudly left the game, decrying it as bad, average whatever, these same people have often come back after looking around and realising there is less offered by other games in many cases.
Finally, GOA seem to be doing something with the community and this more than anything I hope continues, as it builds the proper sense of community needed for a game like this - I mean lets face it, in terms of depth any single player game blows away any massively multiplayer game, but the mmorpgs make up for it with variety and real people to interact with. So its on the community that any sensible provider will focus a large portion of their time.
I have to be honest though, I'm tired of the rollercoaster boost and nerf that Mythic are always playing around with. I understand the need and I also understand that somethings can't be properly predicted until they've been live for some time. But still, the elusive balance continues to be a problem.
Same here tho I have beer in mine and it is shaped like a football.
Been away 2 years, worth coming back?


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Marriott Hit by Massive Data Breach: 500 Million Starwood Customers Impacted
By Mike Lennon on November 30, 2018
Marriott International said early Friday that data on roughly 500 million customers staying at Starwood hotel properties had been compromised in a breach that gave unknown attackers access to the Starwood network since 2014.
The company said it has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property.
The hotel giant said that on September 8, 2018, it received an alert from an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood guest reservation database. The company said it "quickly engaged leading security experts" to conduct an investigation, which found that there had been unauthorized access to the Starwood network since 2014.
"Marriott recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it. On November 19, 2018, Marriott was able to decrypt the information and determined that it was from the Starwood guest reservation database," the company said in a breach disclosure.
According to the company, customers who made a reservation on or before September 10, 2018 at a Starwood property likely had their information compromised, which the company broke down as follows:
For approximately 327 million of these guests, the information includes some combination of name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest ("SPG") account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date, and communication preferences. For some, the information also includes payment card numbers and payment card expiration dates, but the payment card numbers were encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard encryption (AES-128). There are two components needed to decrypt the payment card numbers, and at this point, Marriott has not been able to rule out the possibility that both were taken. For the remaining guests, the information was limited to name and sometimes other data such as mailing address, email address, or other information. Marriott reported this incident to law enforcement and continues to support their investigation.
Marriott completed its acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in September 2016 to create the world's largest hotel company.
Starwood brands include: W Hotels, St. Regis, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Westin Hotels & Resorts, Element Hotels, Aloft Hotels, The Luxury Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Four Points by Sheraton and Design Hotels.
Starwood branded timeshare properties were also impacted by the incident.
"Marriott Hotels should have identified this breach through their cyber due diligence of Starwood in 2016 when it acquired the company," Ollie Whitehouse, global CTO at NCC Group, told SecurityWeek. "As result of buying a breach they will face a number of challenges at a board level around the levels of governance and diligence within the business. Had it performed a detailed compromise assessment as part of its due-diligence activity, the organisation's board would have been informed of the breach and been able to make a decision based on risk or put other warranties in place."
"Since the compromise started in 2014, the breach doesn't fall under the remit of GDPR," Whitehouse added. "However, the fallout would be incredibly severe under this regulation, and therefore any organisation looking to undergo an M&A deal now or in the future should learn from this example and ensure a comprehensive cyber security and compromise assessments are carried out to inform their understanding of risk."
Marriott said it was working to phase out Starwood systems and accelerate ongoing security enhancements to its network.
Shares of Marriott International are trading down approximately 6% in early trading Friday.
For more than 10 years, Mike Lennon has been closely monitoring the threat landscape and analyzing trends in the National Security and enterprise cybersecurity space. In his role at SecurityWeek, he oversees the editorial direction of the publication and is the Director of several leading security industry conferences around the world.
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Daily Bible Quotes » CHRISTIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:CATHOLIC ANSWERS » Why Do Catholic Bibles Have Seventy-three Books?
Baruch is one of seven Old Testament books found in Catholic Bibles but not in Protestant ones. Catholics call them the "deuterocanonical" (literally, "second canon") books; Protestants call them the "apocryphal" (literally, "hidden" - thus "unknown, spurious") books. In addition to Baruch, these books include Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (or Wisdom of Solomon), and Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus).
These deuterocanonical texts were included in the Septuagint, a third- century B.C. Greek translation of the Old Testament, which served as the Scriptures of the apostles and the generations that followed them. The earliest Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament - such as Codex Sinaiticus (fourth century) and Codex Alexandrinus (c. 450) - include the deuterocanonical books mixed in with the others.
Church councils at Hippo (393) and Carthage (397 and 419) listed these books (and the other sixty-six) as Scripture, endorsing what had become the general belief of the universal Church. The Council of Trent confirmed this canon in the sixteenth century.
How did Protestant Christians lose these books from their Bibles? The influential Protestant reformer Martin Luther deleted them. Though he insisted that Scripture must be the sole authority for the Christian faith, when scriptural texts did not support his teaching he tended to deny the authority of the books in which those texts were found.
The deuterocanonical books include passages that support the practice of offering prayers and sacrifices for the dead - and by extension, the doctrine of purgatory as well (see 2 Mc 12:39-46). Luther rejected this ancient teaching and practice of the Church, so he denied these books a place in the Protestant canon.
The books of the "second canon" are similar in style to other Old Testament books. Wisdom and Sirach are much like Proverbs. Tobit is in somewhat the same literary category as the Book of Job. Judith is comparable to Esther (two heroic Hebrew women who helped save their people). First and Second Maccabees are historical narratives like the Books of Kings and Chronicles. And Baruch is prophetic literature, akin to Jeremiah.
The New Testament closely reflects the thought of the deuterocanonical books in many passages. For example, Revelation 1:4 and 8:3-4 appear to make reference to Tobit 12:15. St. Paul, in 1 Corinthians 15:29, seems to have 2 Maccabees 12:44 in mind, and Hebrews 11:35 mirrors the thought of 2 Macca- bees 7:29.