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Global Linear Alpha Olefins Market By Type (1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene & Others), By Application (Detergent Alcohols, Alkylbenzenes & Others), By End Use Industry (Automotive, Cosmetics & Pharmaceuticals & Others), By Region, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2024
Global linear alpha olefins market is projected to cross $ 21 billion by 2024, growing at a steady rate. These olefins are industrially important alkenes with the chemical formula CXH2X and are generally manufactured through oligomerization of ethylene or through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Markedly, linear alpha olefins are used as co-monomers in the production of plastics including polyethylene and polypropylene. Among the linear alpha-olefins,1-hexene demonstrates unique properties, and is used in several applications, including its use as a co-monomer during the manufacturing of polyethylene, production of aldehydes and fatty acids for plasticizers. While, volatility in the prices of raw materials coupled with strict environmental regulations are expected to pose a challenge for the growth of the market.
The market for linear alpha-olefins has been segmented into type, application, end-use industry and region. Based on type, the market has been segmented as 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, others. Among these, 1-Hexene holds a significant market share in global linear alpha olefins market as poly-alpha-olefins finds use in automotive engines as synthetic lubricant and as polyethylene in packaging industry. Based on application, the market has been segmented as detergent alcohols, alkylbenzenes (linear & branched), polybutylene, oilfield chemicals, synthetic lubricant, low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and others. LLDP is witnessing growing demand from numerous industries, as it is used as packaging material.
Regionally, the market for linear alpha-olefins has been segmented as North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East & Africa. Markedly, North America is the leading demand generator of linear alpha-olefins. Europe also accounts for a substantial proportion of the global consumption of linear alpha-olefins. Additionally, high demand from end-use industries such as packaging, automotive, pharmaceuticals and chemical industries is expected to fuel linear alpha-olefins market in Asia-Pacific.
Some of the key players operating in global linear alpha olefins market include, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Sasol Limited, Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem), Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, The Dow Chemical Company, Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd, The Linde Group, Exxon Mobil Corporation, INEOS Oligomers, among others. Players operating in the market are using strategies such as mergers and collaboration and product development to register growth in the market.
To analyze and forecast global linear alpha olefins market size.
To forecast global linear alpha olefins market based on type, application, end-use industry and regional distribution.
To identify drivers and challenges for global linear alpha olefins market.
To examine competitive developments such as expansions, new product launches, mergers & acquisitions, etc., in global linear alpha olefins market.
To conduct pricing analysis for linear alpha olefins market.
To identify and analyze the profile of leading players involved in the manufacturing of linear alpha olefins.
Some of the leading players in global linear alpha olefins market are Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Sasol Limited, Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem), Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, The Dow Chemical Company, Idemitsu Kosan Co.Ltd, The Linde Group, Exxon Mobil Corporation, INEOS Oligomers, among others.
TechSci Research performed both primary as well as exhaustive secondary research for this study. Initially, TechSci Research sourced a list of leading manufacturers across the globe. Subsequently, TechSci Research conducted primary research surveys with the identified companies. While interviewing, the respondents were also enquired about their competitors. Through this technique, TechSci Research could include the manufacturers which could not be identified due to the limitations of secondary research. TechSci Research analyzed the product offerings, distribution channels and presence of all major players operating in global linear alpha olefins market.
TechSci Research calculated global linear alpha olefins market size by using a top-down approach, wherein data for various end-user segments was recorded and forecast for the future years. TechSci Research sourced these values from the industry experts and company representatives and externally validated through analyzing historical data of these product types and applications for getting an appropriate, overall market size. Various secondary sources such as company websites, news articles, press releases, company annual reports, investor presentations and financial reports were also studied by TechSci Research.
Linear alpha olefins manufacturers and suppliers
Organizations, forums and alliances related to linear alpha olefins
In this report, global linear alpha olefins market has been segmented into following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:
Market, By Type:
1-butene
1-hexene
1-octene
1-decene
1-dodecene
Detergent Alcohols
Alkylbenzenes (Linear & Branched)
Polybutylene
Synthetic Lubricant
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)
Market, By End-use industry:
Cosmetics & Pharmaceuticals industry
Company Profiles: Detailed analysis of the major companies present in global linear alpha olefins market.
5. Global Linear Alpha Olefin Industry Overview
6. Global Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
6.2.1. By Type (1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, Others)
6.2.2. By Application (Detergent Alcohols, Alkylbenzenes (Linear & Branched), Polybutylene, Oilfield Chemicals, Synthetic Lubricant, Low-density polyethylene (LDPE), High-density polyethylene (HDPE), Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), Others)
6.2.3. By End-use industry (Automotive industry, Cosmetics & Pharmaceuticals industry, Chemical industry, Paper industry, Consumer goods, Others)
7. Asia-Pacific Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
7.2.1. By Type
7.3. China Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
7.3.2.1. By Type
7.3.2.2. By Application
7.4. Japan Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
7.5. India Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
7.6. South Korea Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
7.7. Australia Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
7.8. Indonesia Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
8. Europe Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
8.3. United Kingdom Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
8.4. Italy Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
8.5. France Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
8.6. Germany Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
8.7. Russia Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
9. North America Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
9.3. United States Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
9.4. Mexico Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
9.5. Canada Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
10. South America Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
10.2.1. By Type
10.2.2. By Application
10.3. Brazil Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
10.3.2.1. By Type
10.3.2.2. By Application
10.4. Argentina Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
10.5. Colombia Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
11. Middle East & Africa Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
11.3. South Africa Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
11.4. Saudi Arabia Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
11.5. UAE Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
11.6. Iran Linear Alpha Olefin Market Outlook
15.2.1. Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
15.2.2. Sasol Limited
15.2.3. Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem)
15.2.4. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
15.2.5. The Dow Chemical Company
15.2.6. Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd
15.2.7. The Linde Group
15.2.8. Exxon Mobil Corporation
15.2.9. INEOS Oligomers
Linear Alpha Olefins Market


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Tesla Autopilot Versus Bicyclist - Video
Will bicyclists DIE because Tesla Autopilot won't see them?
Our good friends, KmanAuto and past InsideEVs contributor, Mike Anthony, are at it again, but this time it's with a bike. Not long ago, a Stanford University researcher, Heather Knight, published a controversial Tesla Autopilot review entitled "Tesla Autopilot Review: Bikers will DIE" . Of course these two had to put Mike's life at stake to see if Knight's title is accurate.
Editor's Note: Please do not try/attempt anything you see in these videos yourself, as it is not something InsideEVs' would suggest to do.
Tesla Autopilot Bike Detection
Mike rides a bike right in front of the Tesla Model S multiple time, for a series of tests. The tests are run from 18 mph up to 30 mph. The Tesla Model S has the first-generation Autopilot system and firmware 8.1 (17.11.10).
The tests cover human on bike, bike alone, moving bike, stationary bike, bike perpendicular to the car, bike facing the car, and bike traveling in the same lane with the car.
Further to the video, Teslarati spoke with Chis/KmanAuto about his feelings regarding the improvements to Autopilot 1.0. He shared (via Teslarati):
"The switch to 8.x firmware, where Tesla used new programming to process the radar information, dubbed 'enhanced radar', brought Autopilot up to where we'd expect and able to detect humans and most large animals (dogs, deer etc)."
Check out the video and Kman's notes below to learn about their findings, and to see if Mike survived.
Video Description via KmanAuto on YouTube:
Human on a Bicycle TESLA Collision Tests Will Mike go SPLAT! Tesla Autopilot Kill Bikers? LETS FIND OUT! Human Collision Test! ---------------------------- Prompted by an Article written by "Heather Knight", a Roboticist and researcher at Stanford University, Titled "Tesla Autopilot Review: Bikers will DIE" , Myself and my Trusty sidekick Mike, took it upon ourselves yet AGAIN to Test out Tesla Autopilot against a Real, Live, Human on a Bicycle. Here are our Results...
SUCCESS It detected and stopped for a bike in the middle of the lane. Though, it saw the bike as a "Car", most likely due to it being long ways in the lane, the width reflects back to the radar more so like a "Car" then a bike.
SUCCESS This time, even though I was quite far back when I activated Autopilot, it detected the bike so quickly & soon that it wouldn't even let the car get to the set speed of 25mph.
SUCCESS The Tesla's Radar saw Mike & bike, and stopped for him. It appears due to the bike being Long-Ways in the lane, between the Radar & Camera, it had detected at distance, however, became "Unsure" of itself once stopped. Tesla's are programmed on the side of caution, as such, required driver to check for vehicles & people before resuming.
SUCCESS & Partial Fail Interesting Result! Somewhat expected though based on our tests from last year. The Tesla Model S slowed down, and followed Mike. Once Mike moved over to the shoulder of the road, the car attempted to resume it's course and speed. Unfortunately, at this point, the radar could no longer see the Bike and the Side Sonar did not appear to detect it quick enough before Driver took over, and could have resulted in a Minor hit. Though, also note, We are testing using the old Autopilot 1.0 Hardware. Autopilot 1.0 Sonar has a maximum range of 4ft (1.22 meters), where as Autopilot 2.0 hardware (What is being used currently in Tesla Production for Model S, X, & 3) has a range of 8 ft (2.44 meters) may be enough to have detected the bike from the side. Also, hardware 2.0 incorporates the use of 8 cameras giving a 360* Visual to the computer, where as autopilot 1.0 only has a single forward facing camera.
PASS/FAIL Pass = The Model S detected the bike and slowed the vehicle down. Fail= Vehicle did not bring itself to a complete stop. Instead of a complete stop, the Autopilot Panicked and sounded collision alert. In this case, the swerving "drunk driving" of Mike, brought him in and out of the radars detection zone. As such, when the car was too close to maintain a lock on him, sounded the collision alert for driver to take over.
Complicated I, as the driver became nervous. I touched the steering wheel, result, deactivating autopilot. However, after touching the steering wheel, Autopilot deactivates and becomes TACC (Traffic Aware Cruise Control). TACC is similar to Autopilot, only does NOT steer the car. It can still bring the vehicle to a complete stop and activate collision avoidance. In this case, TACC slowed the vehicle down until the bike was clear of the vehicles path, then the car resumed it's speed.
Mixed Emotions The car did see the bike last second, and did attempt to slow the vehicle. However, it did not do so quick enough. The car COULD detect the bike at a far enough distance away, however, it took too long for the car to be able to determine if the bike was going to cross paths or wait for the car to pass. By the point it made a determination, Accident Avoidance became Accident Mitigation, or in other words, the car did it's best to reduce the damage that would be caused from a inevitable collision.
Conclusion While Autopilot is not Full Autonomous, it has remarkable Collision Avoidance features especially for only having Autopilot Version 1. With Version 2 hardware out and the software updates bring all it's hardware online piece by piece, the only thing that can happen is more improvements. While shaky, I'd need to say the only way Autopilot will kill Bikers is if the Driver of the car is Drunk, completely distracted (Mis- Using Auto-pilot as if it were Full Autonomous)
or asleep. Used as designed, it will SAVE lives.
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Nantucket Gate Blog is here to wish you a happy Black History Month! Every February, we get a chance as a nation to reflect on the unquantifiable contributions that African Americans have added to our society, as well as consider ways we continually wipe out racism towards people of color in our country. This year, we are here to help you explore a few different ways you can celebrate Black History Month. The nice part is, you can do most of these things within the comfort of your Tacoma, WA apartment!
February is a great time to enjoy books, poems, or discourses by Black authors. Reading is an effective way to experience a window into the lives, hardships, injustices, and culture of others, with the African American community being one of the most accessible. We recommends works by Ralph Ellison or Toni Morrison and poetry by Langston Hughes or Maya Angelou!
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May 4, 2016 by Mitch Bartlett 7 Comments
Apple iOS comes with a iTunes Radio feature. Users love it, but some have become confused about how to turn the radio off. As a result, they get stuck with the radio playing in the background on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
You can turn the radio off by force closing the Music app, controlling the music from the app, or using the Control Center. Just use these steps.
Option 1 – From Control Center
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and the Control Center should appear. This will work while you are on any screen in any app, even on the Lock screen.
Select the "Pause" button.
Option 2 – Force Close App
Double push the "Home" button (the button below the screen).
A list of running apps appears. Close the "Music" app off the screen by swiping it upward and the radio will stop running.
Option 3 – Pause From Music App
You can bring the music to a stop by pausing it from the Music app.
Open the "Music" app.
Tap the "Pause" button.
Can I stop the music instead of pausing it?
Not really. The way they designed the feature only allows pausing really, which essentially is the same as stop.
I don't have anything that looks like what you are describing, but a radio is playing music and I don't know how to turn it off. What are you talking about?
You might be using a third party radio or music app. You may also be using it in iOS version 6, which doesn't come with iTunes Radio. In this case, you can force close the app that is playing music by double-tapping the Home button, then tapping and holding an app. From there, you can swipe over to the app, then tap the red – to close it.
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Tom Vilov says
I have a lot of my own music on my iphone 11 that I like to play. I do not need or want the iPhone RADIO. All of the sudden the iPhone Radio comes up when I click on the music icon. Is there any way I can stop it rom coing up? All I want to see is my music when I click on the music icon.
Tommie Manny says
I have no " home button ", how do I turn radio station off ?
Having same issue, Every-time I connect my iPhone 11 Pro Max to radio just to charge my phone it automatically starts playing music though the car speakers and sometimes it's loud.. How can I turn off music so it doesn't play every time? When I want to charge my phone.?
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South Dakota is an expansive, sparsely populated midwestern U.S. state where rolling prairies give way to the dramatic Black Hills National Forest. Black Hills is home to 2 historical monuments carved right into towering granite peaks: Mt. Rushmore, the iconic depiction of 4 revered U.S. presidents, and Crazy Horse Memorial, a tribute to the storied Native American tribal leader.
Visiting the commemorative and actual locations of the geographical center of the United States.
As we have traveled around the United States we have adopted some strange challenges. One of these has been to visit the locations of where the Ingalls family, of Little House on the Prairie fame, once lived. One of the places they called home was the small town of De Smet in South Dakota.
I still get excited when I get the chance to visit a new museum dedicated to air and space, so when I discovered on our journey through South Dakota the South Dakota Air & Space Museum at Ellsworth Airforce Base I jumped at the chance to visit.Like many such aerospace museums there was plenty of interesting aircraft on display. There are over 30 vintage military aircraft ranging from World War II bombers to the modern-day B-1.


text:
import socket
from unittest import mock
import uuid

from cinderclient.v3 import client as cinderclient
import glance_store
from glance_store._drivers import cinder
from oslo_config import cfg
from oslo_log import log as logging
from oslo_utils import strutils

from glance.common import wsgi
from glance.tests import functional

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

CONF = cfg.CONF

class TestLegacyUpdateCinderStore(functional.SynchronousAPIBase):

    def setUp(self):
        super(TestLegacyUpdateCinderStore, self).setUp()
        self.vol_id = uuid.uuid4()
        self.volume = mock.MagicMock(
            id=self.vol_id,
            status='available',
            size=1,
            multiattach=False,
            encrypted=False,
            delete=mock.MagicMock(),
            update_all_metadata=mock.MagicMock(),
            update_readonly_flag=mock.MagicMock())
        self.volume.manager = mock.MagicMock(get=lambda id: self.volume)
        self.cinder_store_mock = mock.MagicMock(
            attachments=mock.MagicMock(),
            client=mock.MagicMock(), volumes=mock.MagicMock(
                get=lambda v_id: mock.MagicMock(volume_type='fast'),
                create=lambda size_gb, name, metadata, volume_type:
                self.volume))
        fake_ip = '127.0.0.1'
        self.fake_socket_return = [[0, 1, 2, 3, [fake_ip]]]

    def setup_stores(self):
        pass

    def setup_single_store(self):
        glance_store.register_opts(CONF)
        self.config(show_multiple_locations=True)
        self.config(show_image_direct_url=True)
        self.config(default_store='cinder', group='glance_store')
        self.config(stores=['http', 'swift', 'cinder'], group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_volume_type='fast', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_user_name='fake_user', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_password='fake_pass', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_project_name='fake_project',
                    group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_auth_address='http://auth_addr',
                    group='glance_store')
        glance_store.create_stores(CONF)

    def unset_single_store(self):
        glance_store.register_opts(CONF)
        self.config(show_multiple_locations=True)
        self.config(show_image_direct_url=True)
        self.config(stores=[], group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_volume_type='', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_user_name='', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_password='', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_project_name='', group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_store_auth_address='', group='glance_store')
        glance_store.create_stores(CONF)

    @mock.patch.object(cinderclient, 'Client')
    def setup_multiple_stores(self, mock_client):
        """Configures multiple backend stores.

        This configures the API with two cinder stores (store1 and
        store2) as well as a os_glance_staging_store for
        imports.

        """
        self.config(show_multiple_locations=True)
        self.config(show_image_direct_url=True)
        self.config(enabled_backends={'store1': 'cinder', 'store2': 'cinder'})
        glance_store.register_store_opts(CONF,
                                         reserved_stores=wsgi.RESERVED_STORES)
        self.config(default_backend='store1',
                    group='glance_store')
        self.config(cinder_volume_type='fast', group='store1')
        self.config(cinder_store_user_name='fake_user', group='store1')
        self.config(cinder_store_password='fake_pass', group='store1')
        self.config(cinder_store_project_name='fake_project', group='store1')
        self.config(cinder_store_auth_address='http://auth_addr',
                    group='store1')
        self.config(cinder_volume_type='reliable', group='store2')
        self.config(cinder_store_user_name='fake_user', group='store2')
        self.config(cinder_store_password='fake_pass', group='store2')
        self.config(cinder_store_project_name='fake_project', group='store2')
        self.config(cinder_store_auth_address='http://auth_addr',
                    group='store2')
        self.config(filesystem_store_datadir=self._store_dir('staging'),
                    group='os_glance_staging_store')
        glance_store.create_multi_stores(CONF,
                                         reserved_stores=wsgi.RESERVED_STORES)
        glance_store.verify_store()

    def _import_direct(self, image_id, stores):
        """Do an import of image_id to the given stores."""
        body = {'method': {'name': 'glance-direct'},
                'stores': stores,
                'all_stores': False}

        return self.api_post(
            '/v2/images/%s/import' % image_id,
            json=body)

    def _mock_wait_volume_status(self, volume, status_transition,
                                 status_expected):
        volume.status = status_expected
        return volume

    @mock.patch.object(cinderclient, 'Client')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder.Store, 'temporary_chown')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder, 'connector')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder, 'open')
    @mock.patch('glance_store._drivers.cinder.Store._wait_volume_status')
    @mock.patch.object(strutils, 'mask_dict_password')
    @mock.patch.object(socket, 'getaddrinfo')
    def test_create_image(self, mock_host_addr, mock_mask_pass, mock_wait,
                          mock_open, mock_connector, mock_chown, mocked_cc):
        # setup multiple cinder stores
        self.setup_multiple_stores()
        self.start_server()

        mocked_cc.return_value = self.cinder_store_mock
        mock_wait.side_effect = self._mock_wait_volume_status
        mock_host_addr.return_value = self.fake_socket_return
        # create an image
        image_id = self._create_and_import(stores=['store1'])
        image = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id).json
        # verify image is created with new location url
        self.assertEqual('cinder://store1/%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        self.assertEqual('store1', image['locations'][0]['metadata']['store'])
        # NOTE(whoami-rajat): These are internals called by glance_store, so
        # we want to make sure they got hit, but not be too strict about how.
        mocked_cc.assert_called()
        mock_open.assert_called()
        mock_chown.assert_called()
        mock_connector.get_connector_properties.assert_called()

    @mock.patch.object(cinderclient, 'Client')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder.Store, 'temporary_chown')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder, 'connector')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder, 'open')
    @mock.patch('glance_store._drivers.cinder.Store._wait_volume_status')
    @mock.patch.object(strutils, 'mask_dict_password')
    @mock.patch.object(socket, 'getaddrinfo')
    def test_migrate_image_after_upgrade(self, mock_host_addr, mock_mask_pass,
                                         mock_wait, mock_open, mock_connector,
                                         mock_chown, mocked_cc):
        """Test to check if an image is successfully migrated when we

        upgrade from a single cinder store to multiple cinder stores.
        """
        # setup single cinder store
        self.setup_single_store()
        self.start_server()
        mocked_cc.return_value = self.cinder_store_mock
        mock_wait.side_effect = self._mock_wait_volume_status
        mock_host_addr.return_value = self.fake_socket_return

        # create image in single store
        image_id = self._create_and_import(stores=['store1'])
        image = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id).json
        # check the location url is in old format
        self.assertEqual('cinder://%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        self.unset_single_store()
        # setup multiple cinder stores
        self.setup_multiple_stores()
        cinder.keystone_sc = mock.MagicMock()
        # get the image to run lazy loading
        image = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id).json
        # verify the image is updated to new format
        self.assertEqual('cinder://store1/%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        self.assertEqual('store1', image['locations'][0]['metadata']['store'])
        image = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id).json
        # verify the image location url is consistent
        self.assertEqual('cinder://store1/%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        # NOTE(whoami-rajat): These are internals called by glance_store, so
        # we want to make sure they got hit, but not be too strict about how.
        mocked_cc.assert_called()
        mock_open.assert_called()
        mock_chown.assert_called()
        mock_connector.get_connector_properties.assert_called()

    @mock.patch.object(cinderclient, 'Client')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder.Store, 'temporary_chown')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder, 'connector')
    @mock.patch.object(cinder, 'open')
    @mock.patch('glance_store._drivers.cinder.Store._wait_volume_status')
    @mock.patch.object(strutils, 'mask_dict_password')
    @mock.patch.object(socket, 'getaddrinfo')
    def test_migrate_image_after_upgrade_not_owner(self, mock_host_addr,
                                                   mock_mask_pass,
                                                   mock_wait, mock_open,
                                                   mock_connector,
                                                   mock_chown, mocked_cc):
        """Test to check if an image is successfully migrated when we upgrade
        from a single cinder store to multiple cinder stores, and that
        GETs from non-owners in the meantime are not interrupted.
        """
        # setup single cinder store
        self.setup_single_store()
        self.start_server()
        mocked_cc.return_value = self.cinder_store_mock
        mock_wait.side_effect = self._mock_wait_volume_status
        mock_host_addr.return_value = self.fake_socket_return

        # create image in single store, owned by someone else
        image_id = self._create_and_import(stores=['store1'],
                                           extra={'visibility': 'public',
                                                  'owner': 'someoneelse'})
        image = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id).json
        # check the location url is in old format
        self.assertEqual('cinder://%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        self.unset_single_store()
        # setup multiple cinder stores
        self.setup_multiple_stores()
        cinder.keystone_sc = mock.MagicMock()
        # get the image to run lazy loading, but as a non-admin, non-owner
        resp = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id,
                            headers={'X-Roles': 'reader'})

        image = resp.json
        # verify the image is updated to new format
        self.assertEqual('cinder://store1/%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        self.assertEqual('store1', image['locations'][0]['metadata']['store'])
        image = self.api_get('/v2/images/%s' % image_id).json
        # verify the image location url is consistent
        self.assertEqual('cinder://store1/%s' % self.vol_id,
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])
        # NOTE(whoami-rajat): These are internals called by glance_store, so
        # we want to make sure they got hit, but not be too strict about how.
        mocked_cc.assert_called()
        mock_open.assert_called()
        mock_chown.assert_called()
        mock_connector.get_connector_properties.assert_called()


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The Persistence of the Trump Narrative?
Nikolas Gvosdev | July 2020
One of the goals of the U.S. global engagement project has been to focus attention on different foreign policy narratives that move within U.S. domestic politics. The 2016 elections brought to the fore tendencies that had been assumed to be on the fringe in U.S. foreign policy (retrenchment, transactionalism, withdrawal). As I have noted on a number of occasions, the 2020 elections, while they are most likely going to be decided on domestic issues, do represent a very clear choice in foreign policy as well.
Many of my interlocutors assume (or hope) that the Trump administration will represent but an aberration from a U.S. tendency towards global leadership and forward engagement. However, familiar voices (to those who follow the USGE program) like Ian Bremmer, Colin Dueck or Nahal Toosi remind us:
Astute observers of U.S. foreign policy have been making the case, as we move into the 2020 elections, not to see the interruptions in the flow of U.S. foreign policy solely as a result of the personality and foibles of the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In other words, we need to move from thinking that Donald Trump is the problem—and that once he is removed, U.S. foreign policy snaps back like elastic into its accepted and familiar shape—and viewing his political rise and his administration in the context of longer-term trends in both American domestic as well as international politics.
This is what makes Chris Fettweis's recent essay in The National Interest such an interesting read. Having demonstrated that the transactional/retrenchment narrative can reach the White House, will this make other governments more amenable to compromise with the U.S.? Fettweis asks:
The potential for a Trump 2.0, and perhaps one not quite so remarkably incompetent, will always exist. The unseemly populist-nationalism that lurks right under the surface of American politics can re-emerge, conceivably doing even more damage to the system if run by a sophisticated operator. Those sitting across the negotiating table from U.S. diplomats will have to wonder whether a hardline approach to U.S. initiatives would strengthen the know-nothings. Perhaps a concession here or capitulation there would better serve their true long-term interests. Avoiding a second coming of Trump will sit atop their shortlist of national priorities.
What this means is that other governments may decide that any strengthening of the "America First" narrative within American domestic politics would damage their interests. As a result:
Other leaders will need to focus squarely on how their actions affect American politics and will seek to avoid giving any aid or rhetorical ammunition to wannabe Trumps, those inevitable copycats who appeal to the same voters who brought him to power. Thus in the long run Trump may do something he was never able to do while in office: help his country receive more cooperation and achieve its initiatives.
Earlier I commented on the TIGRE proposal, and in particular how "This is an agenda which touches both on national security concerns but which could also appeal to a variety of domestic political constituencies. It is also a way of reconnecting the defense and foreign policy agenda with the "main street" concerns about jobs and sustainable prosperity, and also connects to concerns about supporting democracy and human rights." One way its proponents might be able to gain buy-in from allies and partners–and for them to help underwrite its proposals–is to point to the alternative. Thus, we could see emerging, not only in this election, but, as we move into the 2020s, a creative tension between some versions of "America First"–particularly among members of the Senate–and the "democratic community" proponents.
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The recently re-opened Orange County Historical Museum in downtown Hillsborough has a fascinating new exhibit, which provides extensive details into one of the local area's prominent Native American tribes. Courtney Smith (pictured above), exhibits and programs director at the OCHM, provided the Enterprise with a tour of the exhibit, titled 'Yesah - Journeys of the Occaneechi.' It provides a glimpse into the nomadic lives of the Occaneechi - a tribe of resourceful and resilient people who overcame many obstacles over the centuries to thrive in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
Adam Powell (Mebane Enterprise)
The Rise of the Occaneechi: Part I
By Adam Powell and Cynder Rodriguez Enterprise Staff Writers
Oct 27, 2020 Updated Oct 27, 2020
The recently re-opened Orange County Historical Museum in downtown Hillsborough has a fascinating new exhibit, which provides extensive details into one of the local area's prominent Native American tribes.
Courtney Smith, exhibits and programs director at the OCHM, provided the Enterprise with a tour of the exhibit, titled 'Yesah - Journeys of the Occaneechi.' It provides a glimpse into the nomadic lives of the Occaneechi - a tribe of resourceful and resilient people who overcame many obstacles over the centuries to thrive in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
"The title of the exhibit reflects what conclusions i came up with," said Smith. "Yesah, it's a term in the Tutelo Saponi language that means "the people". And they very much see themselves as one people. So that part represents everything they have in common with all of the other tribes. What's different - what's unique about their story is the many journeys they made. They physically, culturally moved around a lot."
The Occaneechi journey began thousands of years ago, came to historical significance and prominence in the 17th century in what was then Colonial Virginia, and now resides today in the Alamance County community of Pleasant Grove as the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation - one of eight Native American tribes within its borders formally recognized by the State of North Carolina.
"We're beginning at 10,000 BCE (Before the Current Era) and bringing you up to the present. There's a lot of story information and the story gets told through the artifacts as well (in the exhibit)," Smith said.
The Occaneechi were located in the center of the Great Trading Path, a key Native American trail in the North Carolina and Virginia countryside in the mid-1600s. As Smith explained, because they had many brave and durable warriors, the Occaneechi for a time had significant economic and military might, and challenged other local tribes for supremacy in their region.
"There was going to be turf were between them and the Iroquois," Smith indicated. "Trading was going on long before the Europeans arrived. The Europeans entered into a situation that already existed. The Great Trading Path that I-85 kind of follows along went from Virginia to South Carolina."
"They (the Native American) were going back and forth East and West getting the different goods that they needed and wanted. When the Europeans did arrive, what they brought into it was metal items, wool, guns, hatchets, kettles, glass and unfortunately liquor. All of these are going to have a huge effect on the Occaneechi's life."
As it turned out, the Occaneechi had something that the English and other early European colonists very much wanted - something that had become high fashion back home.
"What did the Europeans want? What were the Europeans getting out of this? They were getting buckskins," Smith explained. "The course of history is changed because Europeans started wearing breeches. If the Europeans hadn't started wearing pants, they wouldn't have wanted the buckskins. So it's all about fashion. Breeches get invented and leather holds up better than wool pants. The deerskins was finer and more flexible than the cow leather so that was in hot, hot demand. So the colonists who came over, we hear about them growing tobacco, making lots of money off of tobacco. You also hear often about the beaver trade. But in this area, the hot item was buckskin."
Within the Orange County Historical Museum, there are authentic buckskin gloves, pants, and other clothing items worn by the two men widely considered to be in the inspiration for the naming of Orange County.
"We found these buckskin gloves that William III of Orange wore and gave as a gift, and they've been preserved all these years," Smith said. "In a portrait of William V of Orange, you can see he's all decked out in the buckskins."
According to Smith, nobody knows definitively when the Occaneechi were in Orange County, though there is evidence that they were in the area in the late 17th century.
"These Yesah tribes were here and there were three earlier (archaeological) digs that have uncovered evidence of Yesah tribes here that weren't specifically the Occaneechee. They were Eno or other groups. But at this time, up to 1676, there were probably Occaneechi here. (Early maps) do show the Occaneechi living near the Eno, and that looks a lot like the Eno river in Hillsborough there."
"We do know from accounts that the Occaneechi were living on an island in the middle of the Roanoke River which you can't see anymore because it's under the Kerr Lake (in southern Virginia), before they covered it up with water (in the early 1950s). They were the superpower. They were living their best life. In fact, they were so powerful that everyone was speaking their language, because that was the language of trade (during that era), as English became later on."
Unfortunately for the Occaneechi, their era of dominance as one of the preeminent Southern tribes in the years preceding widespread European influence in the New World came to a shocking and tragic conclusion in 1676, when Englishman Nathaniel Bacon and his band of colonists routed the tribe in a battle.
"In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers attacked them (the Occaneechi) living in the Roanoke River, living in Virginia, and killed as many as 300 in a massacre. Some stayed there, but a large group moved down to Hillsborough," Smith explained. "I say large group, but not really, because the village was home to about 50-75 people. There were three separate cemeteries, there so that tells you things aren't that great."
"After the massacre, the English are going to be essentially in control of the trade now," she continued. "The Occaneechit are still profiting very much from it and trade is actually going to peak at this time. And, again, it's a fashion thing. There's a cattle disease in continental Europe. So they can't bring cattle into England because they don't want to infect their cattle so they're going to bring in deer skin."
Also during this period, the Occaneechi found themselves increasingly at odds with the rival Iroquois, who saw an opportunity following the 1676 massacre of the Occaneechi to capitalize on their diminished capacity to fight.
"Also at this time the rivalry, the Iroquois are like, 'Oh, the Occaneechi are weakened' so they started coming down (and engaging the Occaneechi)," Smith said, "It wasn't the glass beads and the trinkets (the Native Americans were trading with the English). That's not what they were after. They were after the guns. And they needed to protect themselves from Englishmen, the Iroquois, and other tribes."
In Part II of our story on the rise of the Occaneechi, we will dig deeper into the history of this proud local tribe from our extensive private tour of the new exhibit at the Orange County Historical Museum.
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Pioneer director Julie Dash is set to join Spelman University as a Distinguished Professor in the Arts this fall, positioned to leave a mark on the next generation of future filmmakers, artists, and creators.
Twenty-six years ago, filmmaker Julie Dash broke through racial and gender boundaries with her Sundance award-winning film (Best Cinematography) "Daughters of the Dust." With its release, she became the first African-American woman to have a wide theatrical release of a feature film.
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Summary: All of Roma's transfer market activity this summer
RomaPress Staff
The transfer window in Italy officially closed yesterday evening at 20.00 CET – marking an end to the abnormal and atypical period that clubs throughout Europe experienced due to the COVID-19 crisis.
It was an especially particular transfer market period for Roma as they bid farewell to former President James Pallotta, who sold the club to Dan and Ryan Friedkin of The Friedkin Group – a deal that was made official on the 17th of August.
The father-son duo, who were officially confirmed last week by the club's Board of Directors as the new President and Vice President of Roma, did not appoint a Sporting Director upon their arrival and entrusted all transfer market activity to Roma CEO Guido Fienga and fellow executive Morgan De Sanctis.
Given his lack of knowledge and familiarity of the transfer market, Fienga appointed two prominent Italian agents (Gabriele Giuffrida and Paolo Busardò) to assist him in several outgoing and incoming operations, all of which are below.
Pedro – Free transfer (from Chelsea)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Free transfer (from Arsenal)
Marash Kumbulla – A two-year loan for €2 million with an obligation to buy for €13.5 million plus €3.5 million in bonuses (from Hellas Verona)
Borja Mayoral – A two-year loan for €2 million with an option to buy in June 2021 for €15 million and in June 2022 for €20 million (from Real Madrid)
Chris Smalling – A permanent transfer for €15 million (from Manchester United)
Cengiz Ünder – A loan with an option to buy (to Leicester City)
Diego Perotti – A free transfer (to Fenerbahçe)
Aleksandar Kolarov – A permanent transfer for €1.5 million plus €500,000 in bonuses (to Inter)
Patrik Schick – A permanent transfer for €26.5 million plus 10% of the profit in the case of any future transfer (to Bayer Leverkusen)
Justin Kluivert – A dry loan deal (to RB Leipzig)
Robin Olsen – A dry loan deal (to Everton)
Daniel Fuzato – A dry loan deal (to Gil Vicente)
Ante Ćorić– A loan with an option to buy (to VVV Venlo)
Alessio Riccardi – A loan with an option to buy and a counter-option (to Pescara)
Mert Çetin – A loan with an obligation to buy (to Hellas Verona)
William Bianda – A loan with an option to buy (to Zulte Waregem)
Alessandro Florenzi – A loan with an option to buy (to PSG)
Mirko Antonucci – A dry loan deal (to Salernitana)
Nicolo Zaniolo flees the capital, returns to La Spezia
Leipzig consider move for Nicolo Zaniolo
Official: Radja Nainggolan joins Daniele De Rossi at Spal
Ola Solbakken details first impressions of Mourinho and life in Rome


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March 3, 2011 / Half Life 2: Episode Two
Nightmare House 2
Tags: HL2 Theme: Horror/Mystery, HL2 Theme: Hospital/Asylum, HL2 Theme: Multi-level, HL2 Theme: Surreal, We Create Stuff
Author: We Create Stuff Team
Download: Official Site (300mb)
The story resumes with the player lost and confused inside of a hospital known as "Never Lose Hope" with no understanding of how you came to be there, except from a vague memory of the mysterious, haunting girl from Nightmare House. Soon it will be difficult to determine between a dream and reality. How long will it take for you to realise that escape is no longer an option? Wake up, it's time for the real nightmare to begin.
Before you get to sink your teeth into the main dish, the prologue is your first course to feast on, which is a remake of the original Nightmare House, giving it a completely new visual make over with various changes to gameplay and other improvements. This is done to make it link with the sequel much more closely and allows it to tie into the story that is soon to come. I only vaguely remember the first part, also (poorly) reviewed here. Small instances eventually sparked my memory such as the room with mattresses and the usable key. Not much to go by really, but enough to recall similar events taking place before. The prologue as a whole isn't too bad, definitely an improvement in many aspects where the design and effects come across better. The fights against zombies however get stale quickly and it's not exactly easy to avoid them either. Had a bit of a problem at the beginning area because of the darkness, missing a vital location to proceed and caused myself to search aimlessly in the wrong area. The map pretty much flows closely to the original and ends in a similar manner.
Once you've gotten through the prologue, Nightmare House 2 starts up where you will find yourself awakening inside of a holding cell with padded walls and the door to freedom is unlocked. Right away you can tell that something is definitely not right here and, of course, you're the one who will go out there to find out what. From the moment you exit the cell, the mod throws in a dosage of creepy atmosphere as an attempt to keep you tense at all times when roaming around. The long, darkly lit halls and flickering lights are there to keep you unsettled until something happens. Whether or not you see what it was. The majority of the mod will take place within the walls of the 'Never Lose Hope' hospital across its entirety, but there's plenty of variety to be had despite the setting never changing, all depending in which part of the building you currently reside in. Soon enough you will meet up with some unwanted guests, as patients will start seeking you out like mindless zombies. And they're not going to stop for tea, forcing you to take them down with the fire axe you find early on.
Eventually you will meet up with another character, Dr Romero, you communicate with through monitors. He wants to help you and the only contact you have up until this point, shedding some hope in your situation that you'll get through this alive and you're not alone. Well, besides from those things trying to kill you of course. Nightmare House 2 is split up into seven chapters, each one tries to set itself apart as a different experience from the last only to ensure additional variety to avoid wearing the gameplay too thin. One example in a much later chapter, takes place within the maintenance areas and your flashlight will stop working, forcing you to use flares you come across to navigate and occasionally get attacked in the process, but only lasts long enough before it even begins to become tiresome. Without spoiling too much concerning the actual events, there will also be situations you're accompanied with others through a level, but these don't take too much away from the experience and fit their roles nicely, allowing areas to remain tense since they don't know anymore than you do. I kept having this feeling that the mod will soon break away from what it's doing so well at and turn into something focused on action once I saw the SWAT members while I was crawling through some vents. I thought they're going to attack me on sight and be a constant enemy from now on. What the team does well is keep things consistent within its theme, while allowing for new things to pop here and there without deviating from its core.
The experience for me though wasn't very scary, there was some definite atmosphere, but a lot of the time the attempts to creep you out are only there to startle you and soon become predictable when they're next going to occur. And they happen quite often within close proximity of each other. There is a lack of fear too, which probably comes from being armed to the teeth with firearms. Even so, the axe is more than enough in any situation and my weapon of choice, removing a lot of the tension there could have been had from the presence of zombies. However, that doesn't take away from the fact that the presentation of the effects are brilliantly done and was one of the main reasons I wanted to keep moving forward. The second being the immersion. The paranormal is always trying to mess with your head, using illusions and mind games to put you off track. Other times an event won't be triggered unless you're looking in a specific direction. There is even an interesting twist to lure the player in the right direction by mysteriously locking and opening doors, which I found to be a suitable decision. There's generally a lot of doors and hallways located throughout each of the levels and it would only become bothersome by getting confused in which direction you should be going. Locking doors prevents the player backtracking unnecessarily and ensures they push forward. Another feature that threw me off from the start is the edges of the screen are faded black, a bit hard to get used to at first but adds additional atmosphere to the experience and less bothersome the longer I played. Other players may feel different about this though.
I only had a few problematic situations which stopped me dead in my tracks for a short while. There was one room with the ECG flat lining I couldn't figure out how to exit, once again because of the darkness that pops up in this area. I started to think it was a bug, only to find some vent hiding in the void of blackness nearby. There was also an issue which prevented progression in the storage areas where one of the NPCs got stuck behind a door which doesn't lock until you've made your way further into the area. Without realising it, I couldn't progress since I couldn't get him back out. It can be resolved by a simple reload of the nearby checkpoint and double checking that everyone follows you throw each door, but they generally do a good job of navigating anyway, so a minor blunder with little progression lost that I feel worth pointing out just in case.
Visually the mod is impressive in different regards, from the construction of the levels to the presentation of the effects, great use of colour correction and scripted events, which come across as a very well polished piece of work. I find that I kept forgetting that I was even playing a mod at all. Level design is generally done well, representing the locations with the right amount of detail, adding shape into the corridors and rooms where necessary and ensuring the place feels like a hospital. There's a broad mix between clean and dirty locations, the former more aimed toward the medical areas while the latter in areas for staff only, like the maintenance areas or lower sections of the building, but as a whole still manages to feel gritty overall. Each level is generally well lit unless the gameplay calls for it to get dark. I've never really found total darkness to be a scary element in horror gaming and find that it is rarely done well, since not being able to see anything is more of an annoyance than anything else. Nightmare House 2 also makes use of this trope, but avoids the experience constantly shrouded in a blanket of shadow.
Even though there is plenty of light around, doesn't mean you're going to be safe which is an unsettling tone in itself. Atmosphere is a vital tool here and is further enhanced by good use of sound, from the whispers of a ghost to the sudden voice of the speaker announcer. New voice work is present and a welcome addition for the characters you will meet up. I didn't feel anyone was overdoing it, the quality was high and they remained in character and role. Good enough for me. It becomes more effective during the finale where a lot of speech is used for the last task you must take on. Except overlapping voices can happen. In fact, I thought the ending area was a fitting choice and avoided going for a simple boss fight. Technically this is a final boss fight, but the approach is more to do with following the events to affect the environment than shooting down a bigger brute with every ammo in your pocession, which I find a more tiresome type.
An impressive feat at creating an immersive sequel with enough quality that I forget I was even playing a mod. The visuals, presentation and effects are great with a nice atmosphere, while the scare elements become predictable.
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London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
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London 2012 Summer Games
By daveypodmore,
July 6, 2009 in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Athensfan 1081
Athensfan
I don't know what they'll show - but it's RUSSIA, for goodness sake. It is arguably one of the most interesting countries on earth, with serious ambition. It's going to be an amazing show, and potentially an Opening Ceremony unlike any other we've seen before.
I share your optimistic expectations.
baron-pierreIV 385 posts
Athensfan 198 posts
Olympian2004 164 posts
JMarkSnow2012 154 posts
it will be the most boring opening ceremony after atlanta :S
Fly over for a visit. There were some wonderful moments, but also quite a few disorganized looking head-scratchers. It wasn't terrible, but I have yet to speak to anyone on this side of the pond who
daveypodmore
I will always see Beijings as a celebration that the Chinese beat their drums to the same beat and Londons a celebration that we each beat our drums to very different beats. Im certainly not trying
daveypodmore 520
Location:Stamford, UK
And another piece of great humour as it was Ken who was a driving force behind the bid
The best use of me of the pixels is shown on the DVD its in the Frankie and June segment with the front of an underground train driven by Ken Livingstone projected onto the inflatable house with the image of the pixels creating the tube walls speeding past in the background. Its incredible I don't remember seeing it in the actual footage of the night but its well worth a look
I have to buy that DVD, when I am the next time in London
cormiermax 89
cormiermax
Flag Bearer
Location:Nova Scotia
Interests:Olympics, Cycling, Golfing
I think Sochi will be epic, it will probably be on the scale of a summer opening and might just surpass a few of them.
It better be. I'm counting on dem Russkies to outdo the Yimouans in terms of over-the-topness...in a winter way!!
Olympian2004 511
Olympian2004
Location:Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
You can also order it online on Amazon - but I'd rather order it at Amazon UK, since the DVD is a lot more expensive on Amazon Germany (I don't know how expensive shipping from the UK is, though):
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/London-2012-Olympic-Games-DVD/dp/B008T5M4O8
Amazon Germany: http://www.amazon.de/London-2012-Olympic-Games-Import/dp/B008T5M4O8
I'm planning to order it, too - as soon as I have a new permanent address, since I have to move for my new job.
Addendum: Shipping from the UK to Germany costs 2.28 pounds extra, according to Amazon UK.
I just noticed that they only accept credit cards or voucher codes (at least for international customers, I reckon). I suppose I definitely need a credit card now.
illustrado 75
illustrado
off current topic: is anyone on this board a working men and women or one of the 'industrialist' in the pandemonium section? i need to know the steps in you choreography. (because i'm going to use it for my exercise routine)
Left, right, right. Heel...ball...shuffle and kick.
JMarkSnow2012 387
JMarkSnow2012
Location:Oop North
Facebook is probably the best place to find them- and you're going to have to decide which particular type of work routine you're interested in, as power-loom workers would have a different set of moves from steam engine workers, and so on (and groups of industrialists would probably turn out to be combining different sets of worker moves and adding their own!).
Here, do the ONE DAY MORE choreography from LES MIZ instead.
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Somebody posted this on SSC...the first 16 minutes of the OC; pretty close to where CAF sat.
[utube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8s29gUII14[/utube]
It just looks so messy here. And I wondered; gee, this is the best Boyle & his team worked on for over two years? Granted, it's an amateur video, but still I don't think it's going to be one for the ages. The NBC and OBS coverages certainly made it look better than it actually was.
Edited January 18, 2013 by baron-pierreIV
Being there my impression wasn't this is messy, my impression was this is incredible. Im sure Martin feels the same, what do you think Martin? Messy or incredible?
I just checked the video, I wished I hadnt commented now, that video gave me a headache. No Olympic ceremony can be judged from such a video, ridiculous
it is messy but is was intended to be messy that's why it's brilliant.
DarJoLe 93
DarJoLe
'Messy'?!?
The part of the ceremony is called PANDEMONIUM. The Industrial Revolution changed everything, carved up the green, rolling hills of Britain and caused chaos in its power, ambition and legacy.
Still amazed at how certain people believe an Olympics ceremony should be, like it's laid down in a law and anything that deviates is considered 'amateurish'.
Indeed, very shaky.
Filmed by a former Gamesbids member from many years ago though.
Messy is completely the wrong word. It wasnt regimented like Beijing. It felt incredible, you knew everybody knew what they were doing and when then needed to do it, it felt real, not like a giant robot or machine. It was human, it was real, it was incredible. The Pandemonium section was the best piece of stage craft I have ever seen.
It looked bad on TV.
chaotic or 'organize chaos' might be right word for the section. i'm still astonish on how they tear the meadow apart.it must have been a logistical nightmare.
See, and yes, it's moot -- I would rather they had worked on putting the whole meadow set 'together' -- rather than ripping it apart. In any theatrical presentations, the audience always gets awed and wows when a super-complicated set comes together...when all the pieces fall into place. I understand DB tried to approach it differently, but for me, it didn't work. Instead of positive energy building up; it was bringing in negative energy instead. (And I understand it had to set the stage for Pandemonium; but maybe they could've found a different way to stage it.) Anyway, I hope the Russians and Brazilians return to the more 'regimented, disciplined' formats. I would've felt cheated of my $$$ if I went and paid to see London in person. Just my 2 quid.
They 'put' the rings together. That was the whole point of the Pandemonium section. Ripping up the meadows (which is what in real life happened) led to the unveiling of the Industrial Revolution set, which in turn led to the forging of the rings.
I was by design and necessity messy (organized chaos), and Beijing was intentionally precise. Had Beijing wanted to do a messy chaotic segment they would have, I don't think precision was an option for London.
I still don't know exactly what happened with all those countdown and cinematic fly-over sequences.
It's not what I hoped from London but it was their ceremony and now it's over, on to Sochi. London may find it's organized chaos bookended between the 2 most grand Olympic ceremonies of all time.
I HOPE so. (But there's Vancouver in there tho...which I thot was the 3rd best Winter OC so far.)
They 'put' the rings together.
Eeeehh. That was not enuf IMPOV. It was too slow and predictable. I mean when they were starting to float together...I knew..okey, they're coming together. WHere was the element of surprise? Nowhere. And of course, the fireworks would rain down. Why didn't they try to defy gravity a little? and maybe have the pyros on the upper side rather than on the downward side?
Anyway...that bit was just too predictable.
It certainly did.
It certainly didn't! :P
Luv this thread
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Q: differential inequality with $f$ and $f'$ Let $f$ be a continuously differentiable function such that for all real numbers $x$ :
$$(f(x))^2+(1+f'(x))^2 \leq  1 .$$
How do you prove that $f = 0$ ?
I managed to prove that $f$ was bounded between $-1$ and $1$ , $f'$ between $-2$ and $0$ and therefore that $f$ was decreasing and I was trying to integrate the inequality but i'm stuck now .


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From the moment you meet Adrienne Diercks, it's clear you're speaking with someone who is grounded, thoughtful and present in a way most of us aren't. As executive director and founder of Project SUCCESS, Diercks, along with her team, has been helping some 13,000 Minneapolis students in grades 6–12 "dream about their futures and take the steps to get there" every year. Through discussion and opportunities such as classroom workshops, theater productions and college tours, Project SUCCESS helps students "take everything they have inside them and turn that into action to achieve their dreams." In 24 years of this work, Diercks estimates the organization has served well over 100,000 students. Diercks knew "with every ounce of my being that it was the right thing to do" from the beginning. However, she never imagined the organization would grow this large. Her life is a reflection of her nonprofit work; she has enabled the success of thousands by expanding Project SUCCESS from her own experience.
Diercks grew up in Minneapolis, attending the public schools she now serves. "Growing up, I couldn't imagine what my job would be; what I cared about was that I would be passionate about what I did for my work," she says. Diercks traveled to California for college, and as her senior year approached, she realized she didn't have a plan post-graduation. She coordinated a group of friends to meet with every couple of weeks, and together they planned their futures and held each other accountable.
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