Sinn and Conn Valley Sinn and Conn Valley is a small settlement on the coast nestled just south of Francesca and Standfjord. This puts it squarely between El Dorado and Whiskeytown.
Although small in size and population, Sinn and Conn Valley has existed for nearly a decade. Semper Mort have occupied the area since long before it was settled, and can be considered a native population, though it remains unclear why they are so prevalent in the area.
Jedidiah Conner, a Vegasian has governed the town since it was founded, and his friend Markus Sinclair, a Solestros oversaw economic development.
They arrived with the Ash Riders, led by a Diesel Jock named Ripsaw. The three have worked together since the beginning to ensure that Sinn and Conn Valley grew to be a prosperous town. This often involved slave labor. This all changed two years ago however. Lord Shivver is the current de facto ruler of Sinn and Conn Valley, although Jedidiah Conner is still officially governor. Lord Shivver leads the Children of Abaddon, an authoritarian Final Knight military force that seized control of Sinn and Conn Valley two years ago in a rapid slave rebellion turned coup. This coup was followed by a round of questioning, and any citizen that gave less than satisfactory answers was executed repeatedly until they stopped coming back.
The town lost nearly half its population that night. Not a single member of the Nation of Accensor was spared. The soldiers of the Children of Abaddon settled into their new role as enforcers of the new regime. They are hardened warriors, fiercely loyal to Lord Shivver, and intolerant of disobedience within their own ranks. They patrol the streets once every hour, looking for anyone breaking the laws of the town.
Any resistance to their rule is met with a brutal sweep and suppression of the town, usually resulting in one or more public executions. Current life within Sinn and Conn Valley is hard.
Everyone who is not a member of the Children of Abaddon is a second-class citizen, and the laws are applied more harshly towards them. The constant patrols of the Children of Abaddon keep the streets safe of the more powerful monsters, and citizens are expected to be productive because of this. Guards and soldiers often go hungry due to lack of work.
The Strains within Sinn and Conn Valley are treated equally by the Children of Abaddon with a few exceptions. Travelling Nation of Accensor are tolerated, but viewed with supreme suspicion by the current regime, and Retrogrades are expected to keep their faces covered and decent at all times.
All religion is tolerated within Sinn and Conn Valley, and often viewed fairly relative to each other.
The Children of Abaddon are only recently allowing trade and communications to once again flow in and out of Sinn and Conn Valley, and thus relations with the nearby factions have yet to be tested.
Before the invasion, the town enjoyed favorable relationships with Stanfjord, the Homesteaders, the Crimson Woods Cell, and the Cult of Moby.
Stanfjord is a prestigious Bridgewalker town of scholars and luminaries, primarily concerned with academic pursuits. They had been investigating the local Semper population before the invasion, and also to trade Bayweed for Lithium. They are considered one of the most innovative medical practitioners and researchers on the Western Coast, and are often times the leaders of their respective fields. They rarely mingle with the common citizen of Sin & Con Valley, but when they do, they usually remain objective and focused on the task at hand. Relations between towns are strained but not uncivil.
The Homesteaders are a collection of Mericans from various fiefdoms, with large farms and ranches dominating their lands. They often came to Sinn and Conn Valley to sell herb, meat and produce, with Rustwood Shards as one of their few imports. They are often aloof and independent, consisting of 13 firmly established fiefs, falling under the privy of the Baron of the Valley. They wield a mass of economic power they has yet to be tainted by the Children of Abaddon, and look at the occupied city of S&CV (Pronounced "Essen-See-Vee" by the Homesteaders) with suspicion.
The Crimson Woods Cell is the only faction to maintain a presence near Sinn and Conn Valley, often coming into to town with Bloody Tooth Fungus to help treat any sick or wounded members of town. They are viewed as philanthropists who share what resources they have to help the town.
The Saltwise of Sin and Con Valley reside in the roughest part of the bayside flotilla, bordered by both the Diesel Jocks and sea-faring Rovers. Often times in direct competition with the other strains, saltwise struggle to find relevance in departments outside of the watergate leading to town. Due to their segregated position, though, they have splintered into a variety of groups and organizations spanning the watery depths of the Sin & Con bay. The Cult of Moby, in particular, is a collection of Saltwise who live off the coast of Sinn and Conn Valley. They have devoted their lives to the service of creatures they call Garwhales, who they claim bring a good harvest, although no one outside of the cult has ever seen a Garwhale. One of the crops they often come to town to trade is Bayweed.
Other strange creatures also call Sinn and Conn Valley their home. One such creature is called the Grue. It's unknown whether it's a unique creature or an entire classification of them, but it's been blamed in multiple disappearances and deaths. Not much is known about this creature other than it is a pure and opportunistic hunter in the night. All this is known to you, as a true resident of Sinn and Conn Valley. You've seen cruelty, kindness, order and anarchy. These travelers have no idea what to expect from this town.


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UK Judge rules against Apple in Samsung patent case, claims Galaxy Tabs 'are not as cool'
Jordan Kahn Jul 9 2012 - 5:56 am PT
Reports from last week noted that Samsung's attempt to lift Apple's preliminary injunction placed on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States was rejected by District Judge Lucy Koh. Today, in Apple's ongoing patent cases with Samsung in the United Kingdom, Bloomberg reported Judge Colin Birss ruled against Apple, claiming Sammy's Galaxy Tabs "are not as cool." It is hard to imagine Apple losing in any more of a complimentary way, as Judge Birss claimed his decision was based partly on the fact Galaxy tablets "do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity" as iPad.
The Galaxy tablet doesn't infringe Apple's registered design, Judge Colin Birss said in a ruling today in London. He said that consumers weren't likely to get the two tablet computers mixed up.
The Galaxy tablets "do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design," Birss said. "They are not as cool."
The company provided a full email statement regarding today's decision (via Pocket-lint). Samsung explained the court referred to roughly 50 pieces of prior art when dismissing Apple's case:

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Gun Confiscation ALWAYS Precedes Genocide
dericiousknitty December 13, 2015 December 12, 2015 Eyes to See, Martial Law, Military, New World Order, Total Control, War
Yesterday, The Common Sense Show interviewed Larry Pratt, the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America. Mr. Pratt expressed strong opinions in the areas of school safety plans, generalized public safety and Obama's future intention of issuing an Executive Order in order to seize as many American guns as possible.
Listen to the Larry Pratt Interview
(The Pratt Interview begins approximately 30 minutes into the interview)
American Are At Extreme Risk
The San Bernardino event is a watershed event. American lives, on a grand scale, are at risk in ways unlike at any time in our past. Not only are 14 Americans dead at the hands of radicalized Muslims tied to ISIS, there is the promise of more to come.
The New York Times is reporting that Enrique Marquez, the man who procured the arms used in the San Bernardino ISIS sponsored terror event, has warned both FBI authorities and the American public "That there are so many sleeper cells, so many people just waiting".
Obama, once again is becoming America's number one gun salesman. However, most of the new gun buyers are not first-time buyers. Many are adding to their cache of weapons, which is no doubt spurred by the ever-increasing false flag terror events in places like San Bernardino.
Most Americans are still looking to this administration to solve the terrorist threat. Any sightly aware American know that the CIA, acting during this administration, created and funded ISIS. Our unaware fellow citizens are on the path to self-destruction.
Most Americans believe it is appropriate to give up liberty in the name of obtaining some measure of security.
America's Views On Terrorism Courtesy of the Main Stream Media
One would think that everyone would know that giving up the guns is a prelude to genocide. It happened 17 times in the 20th century.
The most recent Rasmussen Poll question: In the light of recent ISIS terror attacks, are Americans willing to waive their rights in order to achieve some measure of self-perceived safety?
-92% of surveyed American citizens now consider radical Islamic terrorism to be a threat to the United States. 73% consider the threat to be very serious.
-53% of Americans feel less safe in the face of Islamic terrorism than they did after 9/11.
-50% of Americans feel that the American government is not devoting enough attention to combating Islamic terrorism.
-53% of Americans believe that controlling the Internet, whenever possible is needed to combat terrorism. This is more important than allowing complete freedom of the internet.
-57% of surveyed Americans believe that it is more important to protect a terror attack than to preserve individual liberties.
-33% of individual voters believe it is a good idea to monitor individual Muslims in this country.
All of these surveys were taken before last week's San Bernardino incident.
Americans Failure to Learn From History Is Noteworthy
These statistics are shocking, disheartening and upsetting. Most Americans know nothing of history. Our founding fathers understood how to deal with terrorists. Americans are allowing themselves to be led to slaughter.
Among the rights we will give up will be Second Amendment.
Many Notables Had It Right
George Washington was quite clear in his resolve in having an armed citizenry. An armed citizenry that first and foremost who would defend themselves from their own government.
Renowned to be an absolute man of peace, Gandhi was a staunch advocate of citizens having guns in order to protect themselves from their government
Shout From the Rooftops
How quickly we forget that the United Nations sits willing and able to take our guns upon the signal from the White House.
How Well Does Gun Control Work?
It Is Time for Some Serious Civil Disobedience
Even infamous people, in history, warn us not to give up our guns.
Will You Follow Obama and Hitler or Thomas Jefferson?
NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUN FOR ANY REASON
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Q: Make a system call in dart? I want to execute a python or a java class from inside dart.
The following is a snippet which I have used from a stackoverflow question Java
Runtime currentRuntime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process executeProcess = currentRuntime.exec("cmd /c c:\\somepath\\pythonprogram.py");

I would like to know how to make such calls in dart.
Basically I have a UI where in the user uploads  code in java and python.I want to execute the uploaded code from the dart environment instead of creating a routine in java or python on the folder where the code is uploaded.
I personally dont know if this is possible, since dart is purely in a VM.
I want to execute the following command
java abc

from inside dart.

A: You can simply use Process.run.
import 'dart:io';

main() {
  Process.run('java', ['abd']);
}

You can also access to stdout, stderr and exitCode through the resulting ProcessResult :
import 'dart:io';

main() {
  Process.run('java', ['abd']).then((ProcessResult pr){
    print(pr.exitCode);
    print(pr.stdout);
    print(pr.stderr);
  });
}

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BARR Advisory Unveils Enhanced Associate Training Program
By Jen KnobelFebruary 8, 2021Careers, Company Culture, News, Working Remotely
A new year means new opportunities and, for BARR Advisory associates, a new training program. The company has grown by leaps and bounds the past year, with new team members having to quickly adapt in order to keep up with client demand.
Hannah Kenney, manager, cyber risk advisory, took note of this issue and sprang into action, leading to the redevelopment of BARR's associate training program, the BARR Buddy Program.
"As one of the first associates and the first fresh-out-of-college hire, I was a completely blank slate,"said Kenney. "My nature is to standardize processes, creating guides for myself in order to move toward doing my job more independently."
Before long, Kenney's knowledge base grew, and she became a go-to associate for new hires with questions.
"My perspective allowed me to identify very clear goals and objectives that are necessary for success here at BARR," she said.
Kenney pitched her idea for the BARR Buddy program to the leadership team, and received positive feedback instantly. She was off and running. The result? A fully immersive, standardized training program that touches on each of the company's core values.
"The strongest associations tie to our values of simplicity and future ready," said Kenney. "We're providing new hires with the most important skills needed to hit the ground running in terms of client work. And we personalize the training according to their specific role and preferred learning methods."
Kenney describes the program as dynamic, with a mix of classes taught internally, third-party courses, and self-guided resources. As for what she's most excited about?
"BARR Buddy office hours!" she said. "We now have a daily, standing meeting for new hires where they can talk about everything from granular, task-related items to more generalized questions about BARR's culture, benefits, expectations, and beyond."
The new office hours also provide associates with an opportunity for group discussion, which often leads to sharing of advice across new team members.
"These meetings are fun and generate a sense of camaraderie," said Kenney. "And we definitely deviate from work-talk and into pop culture, personal goings-on, and weekend plans."
Kenney's vision to simplify the onboarding process has provided new associates with a sense of stability.
"It's a safe place to learn, make mistakes, and get acquainted with the BARR way," she added. "Onboarding shouldn't be an opportunity to just throw knowledge at someone, but rather an immersive way to welcome them into your organization."
The new program also includes opportunities for existing employees to gain further training by becoming a "knowledgeBARR contributor" (KBC), an initiative led by Melody Marra, client service operations manager. Marra's vision for knowledgeBARR is for associates to have a chance to share what they know about any given topic with the rest of the team.
"I believe the best way to learn is by teaching, and we encourage each BARR associate to teach on any topic they feel relevant to work or life in general—from the latest cybersecurity trends to creative writing to community service and more," said Kenney.
BARR plans to continue enhancing the program as needs change.
"Our industry is ever-evolving by necessity. With new technology, threats, and opportunities, it's silly to assume training can be a one-and-done process. Training is a multiplier. Our ability to provide unparalleled support to our clients is either greatly increased or diminished based on the level of training each associate has."
The program will set an even more secure foundation for BARR's future, providing endless opportunities for associates to better themselves and the company.
"Every time an associate invests in themselves and takes training into their own hands, it makes the company better as a whole."
To learn more about BARR's new training program and job opportunities, contact us.
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Piggy bank, coin bank. Red retro rotary dial telephone design. Approximately 6.75 inches X 3.75 inches X 6.25 inches. Cold cast resin with rubber stopper. Handle lifts off receiver.
Perfect for kids that have never seen a rotary dial phone.


Abstract: The charge asymmetry in t t-bar events is measured using dilepton final states produced in pp collisions at the LHC at sqrt(s)=8 TeV. The data sample, collected with the CMS detector, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 inverse femtobarns. The measurements are performed using events with two oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons) and two or more jets, where at least one of the jets is identified as originating from a bottom quark. The charge asymmetry is measured from differences in kinematic distributions, unfolded to the parton level, of positively and negatively charged top quarks and leptons. The t t-bar and leptonic charge asymmetries are found to be 0.011 +/- 0.011 (stat) +/- 0.007 (syst) and 0.003 +/- 0.006 (stat) +/- 0.003 (syst), respectively. These results, as well as charge asymmetry measurements made as a function of t t-bar system kinematic properties, are in agreement with predictions of the standard model.


On Sunday 12th November, Her Excellency Kate Smith CMG, British Ambassador to Greece, together with several other Ambassadors and Diplomatic Dignitaries, attended the Annual Service of Remembrance at St Paul's Church.
A wreath of Poppies was laid upon the Altar at the start of the service which included the hymns "Praise my soul", "Eternal Father strong to save", "Blest are the pure in heart", "O God our help in ages past", and "Now thank we all our God".
Captain Richard Blackwell RN, read from the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon, and Her Excellency the British Ambassador read from St Matthew's Gospel.
Fr Leonard gave a thought-provoking sermon on "Wisdom" (full text available here) after which the intercessions, lead by Lynn Stavrou, prayed for all those who had died in the Two World Wars and in the many wars since then.
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
This was followed by a 2 minutes' silence after which the National Anthem of Great Britain was sung.
An outdoor Service of Remembrance was later held at Alimos War Cemetery in Phaliro. At the cemetery representatives of the Anglican, Greek Evangelical and Greek Orthodox Churches participated in the Service, lead by Fr. Leonard, the Anglican Chaplain. Many Ambassadors and other senior diplomats laid wreaths on behalf of their countries. Readers and some of the music was provided by students from St. Catherine's British School and members of the British Embassy. The National Anthems of Great Britain and Greece were sung. Lt. General Florus, who took the salute, was the senior member of the Hellenic Armed Forces at the ceremony.


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Counter Space: MoMA Considers the Kitchen
By Nancy Matsumoto| November 4, 2010
This article appears in November/December 2010: Issue No. 14 of Edible Manhattan.
To paraphrase the famous French epicure Brillat-Savarin, "Show me where you cook and I'll tell you who you are."
To paraphrase the famous French epicure Brillat-Savarin, "Show me where you cook and I'll tell you who you are." Stuffed with kitchen artifacts ranging from the sugar cube to the flow-through tea bag to frozen-food knives and plastic pitchers, the Museum of Modern Art's "Counterspace: Design and the Modern Kitchen," on exhibit through March 14, examines the evolution of culinary accoutrements as a window into 20th-century culture.
MoMA has acquired various cooking-related objects throughout its history, adding the iconic Chemex coffeepot to its collection alongside rarefied canvases, but a single important acquisition last year sparked the idea for this culinary-centric show. Post–World War I progressive architects' utopian goal of bringing beautiful and functional design to the masses extended to a well-designed, efficient, hygienic and standardized "New Kitchen," and Austrian architect Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky's seminal Frankfurt Kitchen was the most lasting of these designs. When the Museum purchased it last year, MoMA curator Juliet Kinchin was inspired to make it the centerpiece for an exhibit. "The museum has collected certain functional, well-designed and utilitarian kitchen objects since the 1930s," says Kinchin, "but the Frankfurt Kitchen gave us a much larger architectural focus."
The exhibit's first section showcases the efficient kitchen design that flourished between the world wars, some of which were born of wartime technology: heat-resistant glass from Corning Glass Works, beakers from Coors Porcelain Co. and Wear-Ever cake pans. Schutte-Lihotzky's rationally planned 1926–27 kitchen—with its built-in waste container and food warmer, aluminum storage bins and efficient countertop workspaces—was a compact, ergonomic wonder. Ten thousand of them were manufactured as part of an ambitious project to address Germany's post-war shortage of public housing.
The exhibit next examines the transformation of the kitchen in post–World War II America. As birth rates soared and suburbs boomed, fully automated appliances flooded the market. Tupperware and dishwashers starred in glamorous ad campaigns, magazine spreads and even movies. Refrigerators and ranges became highly exportable consumer products and even propaganda tools. Take, for example, the famous 1959 televised skirmish between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev dubbed "The Kitchen Debate." Nixon, showing off a model American kitchen, asked the Russian leader, "Would it not be better to compete in the relative merit of washing machines than in the strength of rockets?"
The exhibit concludes with an examination of the kitchen's overt and hidden messages. A smart selection of artworks explores how the space serves as a symbol and can evoke a welter of emotions from nostalgia to loneliness and anxiety. Tom Wesselmann's 1963 Still Life #30 embodies the optimistic abundance of the postwar period with a pink refrigerator door and a collage of all-American foods, including Rice Krispies, 7Up and Dole pineapple. Martha Rosler's 1975 feminist video Semiotics of the Kitchen lampoons that narcotic of the frustrated housewife, the cooking show.
Kinchin notes that a number of current kitchen design trends did not make it into this show: solar energy, recycling and the use of recycled materials, and the proliferation of kitchens in corporations and workplaces. I don't know about you, but I'm setting the alarm clock in my cryogenic chamber for the 21st-century sequel.
Photo courtesty of the MoMA. www.moma.org
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Amateur Surgeon 3 Review
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Joe Jasko
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Joe Jasko on Aug 13, 2013 at 1:00pm
Arcade Simulation
Highly addicting and fun surgery-based gameplay. Awesome sense of progression through upgrading your surgeon. Tag-team surgeries are a great addition to the core formula. Commendable free-to-play model. Lots of challenge and replay value to be had. Sketchy operating tools galore!
Overall storyline isn't all that interesting. The humor falls a bit flat at times, and isn't as wonderfully twisted as it was in the previous games.
Who needs med school anymore?
Ah, the life of a surgeon: having people's lives in the palm of your hand, wearing that prestigious white doctor's coat, and raking in those big paychecks so you could buy yourself a diamond-encrusted surgical blade if you really wanted to. It's such a shame, then, that society makes us have to jump through hoops and finish years of med school just to have the chance at the dream. Sure, I get they want us to, you know, practice operating on people, and to know what we're doing and all, but what about the rest of us who just want to perform some surgery now? Well that's where Amateur Surgeon 3 from Adult Swim Games comes in, where the only things you'll need to become a world-famous surgeon are a mobile device and a bloody pizza cutter.
In Amateur Surgeon 3, you play as Ophelia Payne, the aspiring new protégée of Alan Probe, the crusty-pizza-delivery-guy-turned-surgeon whom you played as for the first two Amateur Surgeon games. For the first time, we have several different world maps, which house multiple surgeries in all sorts of outlandish environments like prisons and jungles: paving the way for some pretty ridiculous and nicely varied scenarios. We also have the new introduction of tag-team surgery, with assisting sub-characters like Mr. Giblets, the genetically-enhanced pug, who each come with their own special powers that can be used whenever you find yourself in a procedural pinch.
All of the basic fundamentals of amateur surgery from the first two games return here in this third installment, and everything is polished to a nice (albeit bloody) sheen. Cauterizing flesh wounds with a rusty lighter has never felt so fluid, and pulling random objects like biting piranhas or wooden stakes out of people's bodies is an absolute breeze. In addition to all of your basic actions, there are also a number of unique surgery components that you'll encounter across your adventure as well, like electrocuting flying bats inside of a patient's stomach, or sawing off a little mangled arm stump with your chainsaw before a new prosthetic one can be attached. The game is bloody, gross, and expectedly weird, but I wouldn't have my surgeries any other way.
Not only is the cartoony presentation and light-hearted premise a real joy to take in, but the gameplay itself is just downright fun; so much so, that it's got me thinking of abandoning this whole video game journalism thing and applying to medical school to get this show on the road. But my favorite part about Amateur Surgeon 3 this time around is the way you can actually progress in the game, by earning new upgrades and skills to make later surgeries more easy-going: perhaps, dare I say, rising up the ranks from Amateur Surgeon to Novice Surgeon? By successfully completing surgeries, you'll earn coins that can be used to unlock a number of multi-tiered upgrade paths, which do everything from improving the effectiveness of your lighter, to reducing the amount of injury that's caused when pizza cutter is introduced to skin.
Amateur Surgeon 3 also has the biggest amount of replay value out of any other game in the series. In each surgery, you build up a combo meter by stringing together successful moves without making any mistakes, and you score points by doing everything from stapling a tiny pocket wound, to replacing entire sections of a patient's broken spine. Score high enough and you'll earn a three-star ranking. But for those of you who really want to shed that "amateur" designation from your title, each level also comes with two additional bonus stars that can be earned, which task you with completing the surgeries under some high-stress parameters, like not making a single mistake the entire time, or dealing with double amounts of hazards like live bats or fire roaches.
Along these lines, I have to bring up Amateur Surgeon 3's free-to-play model: a first for the series, but one of the better examples I've seen of freemium done right in a mobile game. The only things that you'll probably have to buy in the game are completely optional tag-team partners, although even they can be earned through sheer dedication and surgical perseverance. Besides the occasional full-screen ad or two, the only times you'll need to wait is after you've completely botched three surgeries and run out of lives. Your essential "lives" in the game are represented by blood packs, each of which takes 30 real-time minutes to recharge after being depleted. What's great about this is that the game actually encourages you to be good at playing it, and to make strategic decisions about which missions you think you'll be able to take on next without failing. And besides, the repercussions of botching a real-life surgery are probably a whole lot worse, so we really shouldn't be complaining about some 30-minute wait time here.
However, for as great as the game is, one thing that does manage to dampen the whole experience has to do with the actual story of your surgery adventures. A lot of the storyline dialogue tends to drag on for way longer than what's probably necessary, and the humor just isn't as prevalent or twistedly sick as it was in the first two games: like you would fully expect it to be in a game that's slapped with the Adult Swim brand on it. I constantly found myself skipping through the dialogue without really reading it, or replaying older surgeries so I didn't have to move forward and be hit with another rambling story interaction. Of course, you always have the option to skip every one of these story segments, and I guess it's still a real testament to how fun the gameplay is that I couldn't sit still through it long enough without getting the itch to take my pizza cutter to another victim – I mean, "patient" in need.
I've always felt that Adult Swim's Amateur Surgeon series contains some of the most overlooked and underappreciated games on the entire App Store today. But now with Amateur Surgeon 3, they have released what is easily the best game in the series to date, and with a truly commendable free-to-play model, I really hope this one catches on with players faster than those blood-sucking leeches caught on to some of my patients in the jungle portion of the game. While the gross-out concept and humor might not be for everyone, there's still no denying how much fun and rewarding the actual gameplay is, for gamers and real-live surgeons alike. And if you happen to have a friend or family member who's been impaled by something lately, don't hesitate to give me a call – I've been trying to boost up my field experience lately.
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The Best Places to Catch a Sunset in Taos Ski Valley & Beyond | Taos Ski Valley Official Tourism and Travel Website.
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The majesty of Taos Ski Valley—ringed by soaring, white-peaked Sangre de Cristo Mountains (a range in the Southern Rockies)—is undeniable. Adventure awaits around every corner. What you might not know is that during winter, outdoor sports like skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and hiking aren't the only draws—so is our epic alpenglow.
When you're done doing some epic shredding, or stomping, stay in your parka and snow pants but grab your camera so that you can capture one of Nature's most beautiful light shows on Earth. The surreal light that graces these mountains before nightfall has attracted visitors and artists to Taos for hundreds of years; you can view this wonderous sight yourself as well as through also the eyes of modern-day artists at a multitude of art galleries in the town of Taos, including Pat Woodall Fine Art. If you're an artist, you can even sign up for a class and learn some techniques from local experts—former President George W. Bush visited Taos for exactly this reason, not long ago!
A guided, family friendly snowmobile tour with Taos Ski Valley Wilderness Adventures is one of the most popular ways to explore the mountains in Taos Ski Valley and capture a sunset from up high. With a genuine Wild West cowboy flare, Big Al has been guiding snowmobile tours (and horseback rides during the summer and fall) here for more than three decades. As you can imagine, he has a treasure trove of entertaining stories to tell! A snowmobile tour is a great way to ride high onto the peaks and ridges above our charming village. There are three guided tours each day—including, of course, a lesson on how to operate a snowmobile—that take you out to some beautiful vistas overlooking the ski slopes.
Tours can fill up quickly during peak season, thus we recommend reserving a slot well before your arrival. The last afternoon tour is the one to book if you wish to enjoy the alpenglow as you ride beyond the treeline to almost 12,000 feet above sea level. Be ready to capture some memorable pictures as you wind your way along a mystical trail through a winter wonderland of snow-covered meadows and pine forests as well as aspen glades.
Northside at Taos Ski Valley—with its 1,200 acres of private alpine wilderness—is known for some of the most thrilling mountain bike trails in New Mexico. In winter, its network of mountain paths becomes a fitness lover's paradise where you'll find tranquility and beautiful scenery close to our village. The snowshoe hikes at Northside can be anywhere from one to several miles long, as the trails lead to Bull of the Woods Mountain and back down. Floating atop a fresh blanket of snow, breathing the pristine mountain air, hearing the swooshing sounds of your snowshoes, all while viewing our gorgeous mountain scenery is a multi-sensory experience. Lots of forest-dwelling animals live here; you'll almost certainly see snowshoe hare and bobcat tracks marking the meadows and maybe even catch a glimpse of these beautiful creatures! Some routes along Bull of the Woods Road are shared with the snowmobile trail, which makes it easy to reach hiking trails that are rarely frequented and often yield untouched snow. This is a great place to find solitude. As this is a privately owned area, a daily access permit is required and can be purchased for $10 or you can buy a budget friendly seasonal permit if you're going to be here longer.
One of the best places to watch the sunset at Northside is Jean's Meadow, which is named after Jean Mayer who (alongside his brother Dadou) founded the Hotel St. Bernard, one of the ski valley's first European-style ski lodges and restaurants. As the sun dips towards the horizon to the west, another option for wide-open views of the sky and mountains is a meadow that is a short hike down from the Sawmill Trail. Please note that once the sun sets it gets dark and cold quickly, so make sure to bring a headlamp to light your way and extra layers to keep you warm no matter what time of year you choose to stay after dark.
Along with the St. Bernard, there are cozy and comfortable lodging options both inside the village and immediately downhill from it including the historic Amizette Inn, with views of the Rio Hondo, and the Columbine Inn (where you can watch the stars shimmer in the sky while you soak in the outdoor hot tub).
The Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument is just a short drive away from Taos Ski Valley and is one of the most dynamic places to visit while in Taos, offering sweeping views of the Taos mountains. After crossing the iconic Rio Grande Gorge bridge, to take in jaw-dropping views you can park your car or bike either on the east rim of the gorge or in the rest area on the west rim. The view from the west rim includes the bridge and has been featured in countless magazines and movies over the years. Photographers, painters, and others love the inspiring scenery both from the bridge and the West Rim Trail, on the west side of the gorge, which is great for hiking and biking. The trailhead—and many local artisans with their wares—can be found in the rest-area parking lot. If you walk out along the trail, keep your eyes open not just for benches overlooking the gorge but also bighorn sheep that make their home there.
Whether the sheep make a guest appearance or not, experiencing a sunset at this site is incredible. The entire Taos range lights up with the most vibrant orange, pink, and purple hues imaginable! Bands of color fade from one into another, ultimately blending into an ethereal atmospheric phenomena where the sky becomes the lightest silvery pink before darkening into twilight when the first stars appear. It's awe-inspiring, to say the least.
After the light show, as you head back uphill to the ski valley, there are several spots on Highway 150 to stop for food and beverages. They include Pizaños, a locals' favorite specializing in New York-style pizza, house-made salads, and classic Italian-style entrees. Check out the Taos- themed artwork and look for names on the menu that pay homage to some of the owners' favorite ski runs, like the Whitefeather Pizza and Fifth Chute deli sandwich. To experience a modern spin on nostalgic favorites, check out medley, an upscale addition to our local restaurant scene. The owners are the chefs and their passion for what they do is evident in every detail. Locals love the Happy Hour, and there is a selection of over 500 wines, spirits, and beers available for purchase at the Wine Shop next door as well as in-house.
You really can't go wrong catching a northern New Mexico sunset anywhere that you can find an open view, whether it's to the west or back toward the mountains, but we hope that our suggestions help you find the panorama you seek as well as a way to warm up afterwards!
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Haunted Adventure Garden and Rat Race Maze at La Plaza Community Garden, SW corner of 9th St and Ave C, NYC.
Sunday September 16, 2018 11:30 AM Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn (Northern entrance to Prospect Park) Join us for a leisurely bike ride out to Rockaway Beach to enjoy an endless Summer afternoon of swimming, and relaxing on the beach! Invite your friends! Meet new ones! Let's have a party on the beach!
Outdoor Bike Repair classes in La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden (SW corner of 9th Street and Avenue C, Manhattan, NYC) every Tuesday now starting at 7:00pm until October 31st, 2018. Read more about our bike repair classes and workshops here and see our full calendar of events here. All of our classes are free and open to the public, feel free to just drop in!
Come to a bike repair workshop every Sunday and Wednesday at the Time's Up Brooklyn space (99 South 6th Street in Williamsburg) starting at 6:30pm. You can bring your own bicycle and work on it yourself with the aid of Time's Up mechanics. You can use our tools and we have recycled bike parts available for sale. Bikes are awesome! They're ecofriendly, good exercise, faster than the speed of light, and fun! Let's be good to our metal and rubber friends.


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Q: Multiple dependencies when trying to achieve the third normal form Imagine I got the following DB:
a          //primary key
b
c
d

At such the following functional dependencies are valid:
a -> bcd
b -> cd
c -> bd

Wht should I do to pass it to the third normal form?
I tried to separate as follows:
a -> b          //this b is the foreing key to the b of the other tables
b -> c
b -> d

Is it correct?

A: You are thinking about it the wrong way. You do not play around with the dependencies (unless this is some toy HW problem that specifically tells you to); you want to split the table up so that all tables are in 3NF. In your case, this would be (I think!!):
ab
bc
cd
Where the italicized letter represents a key. Now, an example of why you do not play with dependencies:
Say this database was of people and held their SS, BDate, and Name. You could then say that SS -> BDate, Name, since it is pretty much true that your SS number is unique to you. Now, when you play around with dependencies, you play around with what the data means. It's not really up to you to say that SS number can determine your name; it simply is. Saying SS -> BDate and eliminating the Name attribute is simply false.
Similarly, with your database, although ABCD don't mean anything, their dependencies are fixed and not to be changed. So, that was my super long way of saying: split the tables, don't touch the dependencies!! =)


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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Students at Ozarks Technical Community College could be facing a dramatic tuition increase if the state cuts education spending again, the school's chancellor warned.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office says he's leading Republican attorneys general from 20 states in support of President Donald Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch.
Morrisey's office said in a news release that the group sent a letter of support Wednesday to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Patrick Leahy, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.


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Legacy Media Is Crushing Hard on D.C.'s Dining Scene Right Now
The New York Times and Esquire swoop into town with tons of praise
by Gabe Hiatt Nov 15, 2019, 10:04am EST
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Esquire just ranked Seven Reasons, helmed by chef Enrique Limardo, No. 1 on its list of 22 best new restaurants in America.
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As the nation's seat of power and a place with no shortage of soulless suits, D.C. frequently invites a brand of scrutiny from out-of-town media outlets that raises righteous anger from some of the regular people who actually live here. It's practically a pastime in the District to call BS on whatever pandering, parachuting estimation of dining or sports fandom or other cultural mores from writers in New York or Boston.
So it's come as a pleasant surprise, albeit one without the furious rush of hackle raising, to see both the New York Times and Esquire roll into town recently with overwhelmingly nice things to say about D.C.'s restaurants.
This week, Esquire Food & Drinks editor Jeff Gordinier released a list of 22 Best New Restaurants in America that included three D.C. venues and named a D.C. star, Kwame Onwuachi, as the magazine's Chef of the Year.
Gordinier gave artsy, modern Latin American hit Seven Reasons the No. 1 spot, celebrating the 14th Street newcomer for its black rice topped with prawns and pork cheeks and its "more-is-more extravagance." He ranked Onwuachi's Kith/Kin at No. 9, giving the 2-year-old Afro-Caribbean spot "new" status because of how the chef has confidently hit his stride with "audacity" and "originality." The editor also included Green Almond Pantry, the Mediterranean daytime cafe and market in Shaw, at No. 21, writing that proprietress Cagla Onal-Urel "seems to treat each salad and dip and Mediterranean sandwich and roasted vegetable with the sort of loving care you'd expect from l'Arpège in Paris."
All that affection came on the heels of an ink-stained hug from an outlet that loves to look down on D.C. At the end of October, Brett Anderson wrote a story for the Times titled, "10 Reasons Why Washington D.C. Is a Great Restaurant City."
The food writer identifies the D.C. stereotype — that "the strivers coursing through the capital's halls of power represent the entire population; luxury, status and predictability rule in the kitchen, and the best meal to be had is a dry-aged steak." — before disarming it with a high-brow listicle identifying a key factor in Washington restaurants right now:
"The most powerful force driving the critical reassessments are restaurants from immigrant and first-generation American chefs and restaurateurs, many of whom cut their teeth in the surrounding suburbs."
In addition to Limardo and Onwuachi, he showcases the diversity of the D.C. scene with vignettes on chefs with Hong Kong heritage (Yuan Tang of Rooster and Owl, Henji Cheung of Queen's English); a Cuban-Peruvian restaurateur cooking modern Mexican (Victor Albisu of Poca Madre); and established favorites for Lao (Seng Luangrath at Thip Khao), Filipino (Tom Cunanan at Bad Saint); and Taiwanese/Cambodian (Erik Bruner-Yang at Maketto). There's even some love for Western immigrants, including the Greek influences at work Komi (Johnny Monis) and the Italian-Spanish marriage occurring at Del Mar (Fabio Trabocchi and Maria Font Trabocchi).
Is D.C. officially cool? Esquire and the Times say yes. Depending on readers' age and income bracket, that may be evidence for or against the argument.
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10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City [NYT]
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Welcome to this week's look at what's on in Abergavenny from May 8th – 21st. You can add your own events to our calendar and get featured by filling in our events form.
Monday 7-9pm starting 8th May.
For more details or to book a place please contact Jemima Jones.
On this class it will be all about the Sourdough.
Find out all the steps to make a classic sourdough in this two hour session.
On this class you have the option of buying a sourdough starter kit, it will have the essentials you need to create your own sourdough at home.
All of our classes are 7 – 9 pm and take place in our classroom above the shop.
The demonstrations are £25.00 per person, per class; £30.00 with the sourdough ingredients pack (optional).
You will get to sample all of the food produced on the evening along with a glass (or two!) of wine.
If you have any dietary requirements then please tell us at the time of the booking, and we will try our best to accommodate you within our menu plan.
Full payment is required at the time of the booking to secure your place!
The payment is non refundable and non transferable.
Suggested donation £5 per head.
Meet Fred, the two foot tall cloth puppet who fights prejudice every day. He just wants to be a regular guy, part of the real world, to get a job and meet a girl, but when threatened with losing his PLA (Puppetry Living Allowance), Fred's life begins to spiral out of his control.
Hijinx is an inclusive theatre company based in Cardiff. All of their productions include learning disabled performers alongside performers without learning disability. Meet Fred features three performers with learning disabilities, all of whom were heavily involved in the devising of the production.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 sell-out show Meet Fred is 'sharp, funny and vastly entertaining' (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian).
Chair Yoga led by Cathy Genevie at the Abergavenny Community Centre every Thursday from 11.30am-12.15pm.
Probably the most entertaining group to come out of the 60's and 70's. Their musicianship, harmonies and of course their humour make them, as their peers say, 'The Guvnors'.
You will be rocking and laughing as well as rolling to their new show 'The Soundtrack Of Our Lives'. Featuring 'Afternoon Delight', Ray Stevens version of Misty and the ever-popular William Tell Overture.
You are guaranteed to leave a Barron Knights show with the feeling that you have had a tremendous night out.
The Open Mic Appreciation Society of Abergavenny hosts open mics in various pubs in Abergavenny.
Join them this week for open mic at The Bridge Inn.
2 hour Minecraft Club in Abergavenny Library for £8 per session every Friday!
Coffee Morning every Friday at the Community Center at 11am.
Friday Night Knitting Club every Friday 5-6pm at the Abergavenny Community Centre.
The 7 Corners Cafe show a different film every Friday with fish and chips. Check out their Facebook page for a cryptic clue of what film they'll be showing this week.
Bird walk with Steve Butler and (we hope) a chance to see sand martins feeding their young. Meet at 9.00am in the Byfield Lane car park.
You may know Bring and Buy or Car Boot sales or e-Bay, but this is different.
This very first Give & Take event in Abergavenny involves no money. It's Free Entry as well!
It's spring cleaning time, clearing out the clutter.You brings things, you take other things away if you need them.
Don't bring anything you cannot carry by yourself from, or to, your car.
Don't bring anything your very best friend wouldn't be happy to take away.
There will be refreshments and cakes for a small contribution.
Most important don't park on Park Street; come to Merthyr Rd car park entrance.
Interested in plants and gardening?
This private 1½ garden is open for the first time to raise funds for St Peter's Church which needs over £500,000 to carry out urgent repairs to the roof and tower. Plants and teas. It is about 2½ miles west of Abergavenny just off the A40. Turn down the lane by Pyscodlyn Farm Caravan site and follow signs. Pant yr Onen, Llanwenarth Citra, Pant yr Onen, Llanwenarth Citra.
Join them every Sunday for open mic at The Farmers Arms.
Samba-inspired drumming and percussion workshop. No previous experience necessary, tutors make it fun and accessible for all!
Thursday 14 February 1895 was the triumphant opening night of The Importance of Being Earnest and the zenith of Oscar Wilde's career. Less than 100 days later he found himself a common prisoner and bankrupt, sentenced by the Crown to two years hard labour for homosexuality. But what happened during the trials and what did Wilde say? Was he harshly treated or the author of his own downfall? Using the actual words spoken in court, we can feel what it was like to be in the company of a flawed genius – as this less than ideal husband was tragically reduced to a man of no importance.
Mappa Mundi give audiences a chance to see the real Oscar for the first time, fighting for his art as well as his life as we get a real sense of Oscar's intellect at full stretch – his complexity, wit and deep humanity.
Co-written by John O'Connor and Merlin Holland; the grandson of Oscar Wilde.
A Theatr Mwldan Co-production supported by the Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Government and the National Lottery.
Join them this week for open mic at The Somerset Arms.
ABBA MANIA is accepted as the world's number one touring ABBA tribute production.
So dig out those platforms, dust down those flares, join in and enjoy all of your favourites including: 'Mamma Mia', 'Voulez Vous', 'Dancing Queen', 'Winner Takes It All', 'Super Trouper' and much more.
Degsy used to rub shoulder with Chris Hutton – lead singer of a band called "The Rain". Chris was later to be replaced Liam Gallagher and "The Rain" became OASIS!
Degsy met Liam on the streets of Levenshulme and Burnage before Oasis became massive!
Buy in advance from the club or pay on the door.
Held in Abergavenny Market Hall, the Antiques Faire takes place every third Sunday of the month.
The very popular FB Pocket Orchestra takes its listeners back to the hot jazz, blues, ragtime & popular dances of the 1920/30s and earlier.
The members originally began playing together in various FB Music & Media Projects and officially began playing as The FB Pocket Orchestra in 2012.


Indulge yourself in cozy atmosphere, fine cuisine and dining. We will have live Russian music. Come, dance and have fun. Violinist Rafael Javadov and Alena Petrushevska will entertain you all night. After 11:00 we will have a DJ with best international hits.
You can pre-pay your tickets for $12 by paypal on our web-site www.new-arbat.com before March 3 or pay $15 at the door.
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LONDON (AP) 锟?New York Jets backup linebacker Jamari Lattimore is being evaluated for a concussion and is listed as doubtful to play in the team's game against the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium.
Marshawn Lynch scored on a 9-yard run with 12:07 remaining to take the lead, Bruce Irvin return an interception 49 yards for a TD and Seattle received another stellar defensive effort to close the season with six straight wins.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., issued a five-tweet response on Saturday after President Trump and others attacked her by promulgating a video with jarring images of the 9/11 attacks.
"I did not run for Congress to be silent," she wrote. "I did not run for Congress to sit on the sidelines. I ran because I believed it was time to restore moral clarity and courage to Congress. To fight and to defend our democracy."
She continued: "No one person — no matter how corrupt, inept, or vicious — can threaten my unwavering love for America. I stand undeterred to continue fighting for equal opportunity in our pursuit of happiness for all Americans."
Omar, who is Muslim, has come under assault in recent days for comments she made last month at a fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Her opponents focused on her use of the phrase "some people did something," implying that it minimized the attacks that brought down the Twin Towers in New York and gravely damaged the Pentagon. Almost 3,000 Americans died in those attacks and the crash of a hijacked airliner in Pennsylvania.
The blowback was fierce. On Thursday, The New York Post responded by splashing an image on its cover of the burning Twin Towers. On Friday, President Trump waded into the controversy and shared video footage of the Sept. 11 attacks.
"WE WILL NEVER FORGET!" he exclaimed on Twitter.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was among the Democrats who said Trump's video crossed a line.
This country was founded on the ideas of justice, of liberty, of the pursuit of happiness. But these core beliefs are under threat. Each and every day. We are under threat by an administration that would rather cage children than pass comprehensive immigration reform.
An administration that would rather give billionaires tax breaks than provide a little cushion for working people. An administration that would rather attack fellow Americans who are transgender and wear our country's uniform than fight for equality and opportunity for all.


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25 Sep The Death of Nuance
Posted at 11:24h in Economics by David Bahnsen
I advertised the fact that I was going to see Wall Street 2 on opening day too much, and now after 73 requests that I review it, I feel a bit of a moral obligation to do so. I did say that I was not expecting a great movie, but I suppose now that I have seen it a bit of elaboration is in order.
The movie was not even close to as bad as I figured it would be. The previews had a way of making you think a rather cartoonish family love-opera was coming, and though the movie included all the nonsensical drama one would expect from an episode of Gilmore Girls, they surprisingly achieved a movie first, with nonsensical drama second. So kudos.
Yes, the movie is almost retarded in its depiction of Wall Stree during the financial crisis, but the first movie, which was a masterpiece, did not exactly burn down barn doors in its depiction. Oliver Stone advertised to those of us who actually have studied the crisis that he has not studied it, but rather was content read the cliff notes (i.e. or more specifically, one or two books). So the institutional villain of the movie buys "Bear" on the cheap (could it be JP Morgan and Jamie Dimon that we are talking about?), setting up the unavoidable reality that the movie was going after Jamie. But when the CEO of the firm he "stole" killed himself, Oliver kind of brought in a bit of an Enron element. And then, when he proceeded to make the movie's villain a blend of Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and the Dukes of Hazzard, well, let's just say Stone "overreached" … But it was funny. And nothing cheers me up more than finding myself rooting for the movie's version of a bad guy. Postmodernism is a funny thing, and if you want to damn a system for being greedy and evil, you are going to have to accept the fact that some of us like what you are trying to damn, or at least like the view at the condo.
The movie's biggest flaw was not its handling of the 2008 crisis. That coverage did not make any sense at all, and if any movie tries to cover 2008, it is going to suffer from a class warfare/"we don't really know what a credit default swap is but we think it ruined the middle class" kind of thing. I do believe the idea that Wall Street caused a guy named Johnny to buy a $700,000 house on $50,000 of income is pretty funny, and I especially think that the idea of Wall Street buying and selling Credit Default Swpas causing Johnny to not make his mortgage payment is super funny. So Oliver Stone successfully amused me, and to his credit, he almost always does. But the worst part of the movie was a sort of idiotic environmentalism that somehow lacked any attempt at nuance or credibility. Again, it was funny. But boy oh boy was it lame. And lame is way worse than idiotic. All they had to do was nuance their neo-Marxist greenism, and they would have had me from hell0. But alas, they went the lame route, and even though this short-haired Buhdda in the mountaintop gal who forgot to tell her boyfriend she had $100 million was super good at blogging and loved the ozone layer – A LOT, I was, shall we say, not impressed. The death of nuance indeed.
A fantastically (and suprisingly) entertaining movie, and one I will likely see again (soon). Class warfare is the name of the game in Hollywood, and they are a dying breed of people who actually create from an authentic ideology. No BS from those cats – just raw, lame, idiocy. Ultimately, Oliver Stone lacks the IQ to understand what the real moral takeaway of his movie is likely to be. I think I know, though. And when all is said and done, I am guessing the applications for jobs where people wear suits that don't look like the ones my mom made me wear to Sunday School are about to increase. So thank you, Oliver Stone. Both for the stuff you did on purpose (make an entertaining film), and the stuff you did without any premeditation whatsoever.
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function export_csv_model_stats_repertoires(handles, repertoireNames)

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If the manufacturers' instructions are not followed the consequences can be costly.
The expression "If all else fails, read the instructions," can be used for projects such as assembling a bookcase or learning a new smart phone. But this expression is too little, too late for items which are of a high value, and are complex by nature and are installed in a kitchen for example.
The Council recommends that the manufacturers' instructions for installation are followed at all times– even if a friend or an expert installs the item for you, for example, as part of an expensive kitchen redesign with lovely new equipment the instructions must be followed.
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package com.cloudera.sqoop;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import com.cloudera.sqoop.testutil.ImportJobTestCase;

/**
 * Test cases that import rows containing multiple columns,
 * some of which may contain null values.
 *
 * Also test loading only selected columns from the db.
 */
public class TestMultiCols extends ImportJobTestCase {

  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(
      TestMultiCols.class.getName());

  /**
   * Do a full import verification test on a table containing one row.
   * @param types the types of the columns to insert
   * @param insertVals the SQL text to use to insert each value
   * @param validateVals the text to expect when retrieving each value from
   * the db
   * @param validateLine the text to expect as a toString() of the entire row,
   * as imported by the tool
   * @param importColumns The list of columns to import
   */
  private void verifyTypes(String [] types , String [] insertVals,
      String [] validateVals, String validateLine) {
    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine, null);
  }

  private void verifyTypes(String [] types , String [] insertVals,
      String [] validateVals, String validateLine, String [] importColumns) {

    createTableWithColTypes(types, insertVals);

    int i = 0;
    for (String val : validateVals) {
      verifyReadback(++i, val);
      LOG.debug("Verified column " + i + " as value: " + val);
    }

    verifyImport(validateLine, importColumns);
    LOG.debug("Verified input line as " + validateLine + " -- ok!");
  }

  public void testThreeStrings() {
    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)" };
    String [] insertVals = { "'foo'", "'bar'", "'baz'" };
    String [] validateVals = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
    String validateLine = "foo,bar,baz";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testStringsWithNull1() {
    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)" };
    String [] insertVals = { "'foo'", "null", "'baz'" };
    String [] validateVals = { "foo", null, "baz" };
    String validateLine = "foo,null,baz";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testStringsWithNull2() {
    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)" };
    String [] insertVals = { "null", "'foo'", "'baz'" };
    String [] validateVals = { null, "foo", "baz" };
    String validateLine = "null,foo,baz";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testStringsWithNull3() {
    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)" };
    String [] insertVals = { "'foo'", "'baz'", "null"};
    String [] validateVals = { "foo", "baz", null };
    String validateLine = "foo,baz,null";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testThreeInts() {
    String [] types = { "INTEGER", "INTEGER", "INTEGER" };
    String [] insertVals = { "1", "2", "3" };
    String [] validateVals = { "1", "2", "3" };
    String validateLine = "1,2,3";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testIntsWithNulls() {
    String [] types = { "INTEGER", "INTEGER", "INTEGER" };
    String [] insertVals = { "1", "null", "3" };
    String [] validateVals = { "1", null, "3" };
    String validateLine = "1,null,3";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testMixed1() {
    String [] types = { "INTEGER", "VARCHAR(32)", "DATE" };
    String [] insertVals = { "1", "'meep'", "'2009-12-31'" };
    String [] validateVals = { "1", "meep", "2009-12-31" };
    String validateLine = "1,meep,2009-12-31";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testMixed2() {
    String [] types = { "INTEGER", "VARCHAR(32)", "DATE" };
    String [] insertVals = { "null", "'meep'", "'2009-12-31'" };
    String [] validateVals = { null, "meep", "2009-12-31" };
    String validateLine = "null,meep,2009-12-31";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testMixed3() {
    String [] types = { "INTEGER", "VARCHAR(32)", "DATE" };
    String [] insertVals = { "1", "'meep'", "null" };
    String [] validateVals = { "1", "meep", null };
    String validateLine = "1,meep,null";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testMixed4() {
    String [] types = { "NUMERIC", "INTEGER", "NUMERIC" };
    String [] insertVals = { "-42", "17", "33333333333333333333333.1714" };
    String [] validateVals = { "-42", "17", "33333333333333333333333.1714" };
    String validateLine = "-42,17,33333333333333333333333.1714";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testMixed5() {
    String [] types = { "NUMERIC", "INTEGER", "NUMERIC" };
    String [] insertVals = { "null", "17", "33333333333333333333333.0" };
    String [] validateVals = { null, "17", "33333333333333333333333.0" };
    String validateLine = "null,17,33333333333333333333333.0";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  public void testMixed6() {
    String [] types = { "NUMERIC", "INTEGER", "NUMERIC" };
    String [] insertVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42"};
    String [] validateVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42" };
    String validateLine = "33333333333333333333333,17,-42";

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine);
  }

  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // the tests below here test the --columns parameter and ensure that
  // we can selectively import only certain columns.
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  public void testSkipFirstCol() {
    String [] types = { "NUMERIC", "INTEGER", "NUMERIC" };
    String [] insertVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42"};
    String [] validateVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42" };
    String validateLine = "17,-42";

    String [] loadCols = {"DATA_COL1", "DATA_COL2"};

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine, loadCols);
  }

  public void testSkipSecondCol() {
    String [] types = { "NUMERIC", "INTEGER", "NUMERIC" };
    String [] insertVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42"};
    String [] validateVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42" };
    String validateLine = "33333333333333333333333,-42";

    String [] loadCols = {"DATA_COL0", "DATA_COL2"};

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine, loadCols);
  }

  public void testSkipThirdCol() {
    String [] types = { "NUMERIC", "INTEGER", "NUMERIC" };
    String [] insertVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42"};
    String [] validateVals = { "33333333333333333333333", "17", "-42" };
    String validateLine = "33333333333333333333333,17";

    String [] loadCols = {"DATA_COL0", "DATA_COL1"};

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine, loadCols);
  }

  /**
   * This tests that the columns argument can handle comma-separated column
   * names.  So this is like having:
   *   --columns "DATA_COL0,DATA_COL1,DATA_COL2"
   * as two args on a sqoop command line
   *
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public void testSingleColumnsArg() throws IOException {
    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)" };
    String [] insertVals = { "'foo'", "'bar'", "'baz'" };
    String [] validateVals = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
    String validateLine = "foo,bar,baz";
    String [] loadCols = {"DATA_COL0,DATA_COL1,DATA_COL2"};

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine, loadCols);
  }

  /**
   * This tests that the columns argument can handle spaces between column
   * names.  So this is like having:
   *   --columns "DATA_COL0, DATA_COL1, DATA_COL2"
   * as two args on a sqoop command line
   *
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public void testColumnsWithSpaces() throws IOException {
    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)", "VARCHAR(32)" };
    String [] insertVals = { "'foo'", "'bar'", "'baz'" };
    String [] validateVals = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
    String validateLine = "foo,bar,baz";
    String [] loadCols = {"DATA_COL0, DATA_COL1, DATA_COL2"};

    verifyTypes(types, insertVals, validateVals, validateLine, loadCols);
  }
}


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How do you start a tall tale?
What is an example of a tall tale?
What are the four elements of a tall tale?
How tall was the real Paul Bunyan?
What is the purpose of a tall tale?
Is John Henry a tall tale?
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Once you reach an outpost, head into the local tavern and search the back of the room for the Mysterious Stranger. Sitting beside the Mysterious Stranger, on top of a barrel, will be a journal titled the Shroudbreaker. Approach the book and choose to "Vote For Tall Tale" to begin the Shroudbreaker voyage.
"Tall tales" are stories that are told as if they were true but contain exaggerated or unbelievable parts. Popular tall tale characters from American folklore include Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry. For example, Paul Bunyan is a legendary lumberjack of gigantic proportions.
Elements of a Tall Tale:
The hero of the story is a super-human person who is often unusually large or strong.
The hero of the story believes he is a common man and uses ordinary language.
There is a problem that needs to be solved.
Details of the story are exaggerated beyond belief.
Bunyan was a powerful giant, 7 feet tall and with a stride of 7 feet. He was famous throughout the lumbering districts for his great physical strength.
Tall tales were meant to illustrate the abilities of a person or explain the natural phenomenon that people were experiencing.
In "Steel Drivin' Man," Scott Reynolds Nelson argues that the John Henry story was no tall tale, and Henry himself no myth. Historians have long speculated that the John Henry ballads, which began circulating in the 1870's, referred to a real railroad worker, but Mr.
Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale." A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. Paul Bunyan was a hero of North America's lumberjacks, the workers who cut down trees. He was known for his strength, speed and skill.
Legend- A story that was based on a true person or event, but has been exaggerated into something that is not true. Tall tale- An untrue story that uses exaggerations and uses characters with super-human abilities to explain certain events.
: a story that is very difficult to believe : a greatly exaggerated story.
Fairy tales generally have some sort of fantastic element, and might feature magic, imaginary creatures, and often a conflict between sides that are clearly good and evil. A myth has its basis in religion, often telling stories of supernatural beings or creators, and usually explaining some sort of natural phenomenon.
Babe the Blue Ox
Paul Bunyan went out walking in the woods one day during that Winter of the Blue Snow. He warmed the little ox up by the fire and the little fellow fluffed up and dried out, but he remained as blue as the snow that had stained him in the first place. So Paul named him Babe the Blue Ox.
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Historians believe Bunyan was based in large part on an actual lumberjack: Fabian Fournier, a French-Canadian timberman who moved south and got a job as foreman of a logging crew in Michigan after the Civil War. The French pronunciation of Jean's full name is believed to have evolved into the surname Bunyan.
His brawn, 6-foot height, and supposed two sets of teeth made him strong, efficient and fearsome among his peers. He died in 1875 after being struck in the back of the head with a mallet during a brawl. As what usually happens with tall tales, this story grew bigger and bigger as it was told and retold over the years.
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American and Canadian folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox.
The Blue Ox is a creature with origins in North American legend and folklore, specifically that of the United States and Canada. It appears solely in the legend of the Giant Paul Bunyan, as his pet named "Babe".
In the town of Kelliher, Minnesota, there is a park called Paul Bunyan Memorial Park, where there is a grave site that says that Paul Bunyan is buried there.
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Paul supposedly dug out the Grand Canyon by dragging his axe behind him while he walked. Paul and Babe are reported to have created the land of 1,000 lakes by walking in the snow and leaving behind footprints, that later turned into lakes. Some tales even say Paul made the Great Lakes as a watering hole for Babe.
Although several states throughout the United States claim Paul Bunyan as their own, he is rightly attributed to Michigan. On Nov. 6, 2006, the state of Michigan officially designated Oscoda as the "true birthplace of the legend of Paul Bunyan as first set in ink by James MacGillivray."
Why was Paul Bunyan carried by five storks? He was too heavy for just one stork. He was too important for them to risk dropping him. His parents lost him, and the storks were bringing him back.
Mount Hood: Oregon's beautiful mountain is often tied to Paul Bunyan, who is said to have used a pile of rocks to put out a fire he made while camping there. The Mississippi River: According to Bunyan legend, this famous river was first created when Paul accidentally spilled a heavy tank of leaking water onto the land.
How does Paul Bunyan stop the rain? He dives into Lake Superior and swims up a pillar and stops the rain.
The moral of Paul Bunyan is: Use the gifts you have been given to do thoughtful things to show care for others and society in general.
She's Lucette Diana Kensack, a buxom 17-footer, and for a while, she was accompanied by a midget Paul Jr., his hand raised in wave. Lucette was billed as Paul's sweetheart until 2001, when a local wag "discovered" a marriage license and proclaimed her Paul Bunyan's wife.
Americans know Paul Bunyan as a supersized logger who created Minnesota's lakes when his bootprints filled with water and dug Lake Superior as a watering trough for his giant blue ox — but also carved the Grand Canyon with his ax. Ten years later, a former logger-turned-advertising manager for the Red River Lumber Co.
These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Edward S. O'Reilly in the early 20th century and are considered to be an early example of fakelore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the "big man" idea of characters, such as Paul Bunyan or John Henry.
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