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Mining worldwide: Where should crypto miners go in a changing landscape?
Which nations are the new harbors of miners, and where can Ether and Bitcoin be successfully — and profitably — mined in 2022?
One of the main themes among the crypto community in 2021 was China's aggressive policy toward mining, which led to a complete ban on such activities in September.
While mining as a type of financial activity has not gone away and is unlikely to disappear, Chinese cryptocurrency miners had to look for a new place to set up shop. Many of them moved to the United States — the world's new mining mecca — while some left to Scandinavia and others to nearby Kazakhstan, with its cheap electricity.
Mining activities can't stay under the radar forever, and governments around the world have begun to raise concerns over electricity capacity and power outages.
Erik Thedéen, vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority — who also serves as director general of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority — has called for a ban on mining proof-of-work cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) in Europe.
As jurisdictions around the world begin to crack down on mining-related activities, it begs the question: "Where is it still profitable, and legally favorable, to mine crypto?"
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It's no secret that the U.S. is the main country for crypto mining, particularly in the Lone Star State, Texas. After the exodus from China, crypto miners and billions of dollars of capital flooded into the southern state. This is largely due to state policy, with Governor Greg Abbott having actively supported the Bitcoin industry.
Philip Salter, CEO of crypto mining firm Genesis Digital Assets, told Cointelegraph the reason the state became a popular destination for miners:
"The most prominent location for miners worldwide may be Texas right now. Its huge amounts of wind and solar power are causing a surplus of affordable energy. Privately owned power grids ensure a fast path for new projects, without being hindered by slow bureaucracy. The benefits of Texas aren't so new though. Miners started building there already years ago, even if not as aggressively as now."
Texas has experienced its own problems with electricity infrastructure, with massive blackouts affecting much of the state in 2021 amid unseasonable winter storms. But miners there have been relatively understanding about electricity consumption, and large companies have even periodically turned off equipment to give priority to residential consumers and critical infrastructure.
America's northern neighbor, Canada, has also been actively attracting mining companies. Recently, authorities in Alberta invited cryptocurrency miners to the province, touting its cheap electricity prices thanks to an abundance of local natural gas.
Latin American countries have been expending considerable effort to attract miners, with El Salvador, in particular, showing a favorable attitude toward mining. The country was the first in the world to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender. The Salvadoran government has not hesitated to directly invest in Bitcoin and even plans to build a city dedicated to the preeminent cryptocurrency where electricity to mine BTC will reportedly come from volcano-fired geothermal plants.
Costa Rica is also gradually becoming mining-friendly due to low electricity prices. Thanks to mining, a hydroelectric power plant that was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic has now reopened.
Large crypto companies have also begun to set up operations in Costa Rica. Chia Network, a blockchain network created by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, has agreed to provide technical services for Costa Rica's national climate change initiatives.
Argentina was very popular among miners until the government decided recently to cut subsidies for miners and raise taxes on mining activities. So far, these financial policy changes for mining are limited to the province of Tierra del Fuego, which is known for its cold climate. Nevertheless, Argentina remains a good place for mining farms even after the electricity price increases, keeping in mind the energy crisis in competing regions like Europe.
Mining is still possible in Europe
Crypto mining operations in Europe remain relatively limited, as high electricity prices amid the energy crisis and a generally skeptical attitude toward cryptocurrencies from regulators make crypto firms think twice before locating to the continent.
Indeed, the Nordic nation of Iceland was previously a hotspot for Bitcoin mining, with its subarctic volcanic landscape providing cheap electricity and low cooling costs for mining farms.
A mining farm of Genesis Mining in Iceland. Source: Marco Krohn.
However, late last year, the country's national electrical company, Landsvirkjun, cut the amount of power it would provide to energy-intensive industries like Bitcoin mining and aluminum smelting, citing capacity concerns.
Despite limitations on the continent, there are a few spots in Europe where miners have decided to set up shop where geography and climate play an important factor in attracting business.
In Georgia, located in the Caucasus region, the large number of hydroelectric power plants built during the country's time as a Soviet republic — along with its relatively modest population — have provided a large amount of cheap electricity for miners.
Major crypto mining companies have already set up operations in the country. Back in 2014, Dutch mining company Bitfury opened its first data center, with a draw of 20 megawatts, in the eastern Georgian city of Gori.
The success of Bitfury opened the eyes of many Georgians who actively began to acquire powerful video cards and create their own small crypto mining farms. According to the World Bank, 5% of the Georgian population was engaged in crypto mining in 2018.
It should also be noted that Russia remains an epicenter for crypto mining thanks to low energy costs and a cold climate.
Andrei Loboda, public relations director of BitRiver — the largest cryptocurrency mining colocation services provider in Russia — shared with Cointelegraph some specific regions where it will be convenient for miners to work if the Russian government becomes more supportive of cryptocurrencies:
"According to BitRiver, today, about 300,000 individuals are engaged in mining Bitcoin alone in the Russian Federation. Our company performs energy-intensive, high-speed computing in data centers in a number of the Russian Federation regions, including the Irkutsk Region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The green and digital technologies that we implement in our work as part of the digital energy transition have already given an additional impetus to the development of the regions."
Is mining worth it?
Geography is a critical element for miners to consider, be it for electricity and cooling costs or regulatory concerns. However, there are some expenses, like hardware, that miners will carry with them wherever they go.
With demand for mining equipment on the rise and a recent slump in the markets after 2021's bull run, when is mining worth it with all the hardware costs?
A homemade Bitcoin mining rig with GPUs. Source: Bitcoin Wiki.
2021 was the most profitable year for mining Ether (ETH) with graphics processing units since 2016. This is not surprising, as Ether's price more than quadrupled last year. But the main issue for miners is electricity and equipment expenses, and the price of the latter is growing rapidly.
Nevertheless, while the profitability of Ether mining remains high, the payoff period for equipment purchases is growing, partly due to the London hard fork in August 2021 that reduced the payout for each block mined from 8–20 ETH to 2 ETH. Another negative factor for miners will be the much-anticipated transition of the Ethereum blockchain to a proof-of-stake consensus, after which they will have to start mining altcoins or recertify as stakers on the network.
The Bitcoin network's mining difficulty recently hit an all-time high despite the strong decrease in BTC's price in January, which hit a monthly low of around $34,300.
It is surprising that, against this background, the cost of ASICs didn't fall. At the same time, the ASIC payoff period this year is a little over 1,000 days, or almost three years. Not everyone can afford to carry those expenses for such a long time.
There are a multitude of changing factors that miners have to take into consideration, but one thing is clear: Cryptocurrency mining is a flexible, adaptive industry, and firms have proven they are willing to relocate to more beneficial locations should their current one prove less than ideal.
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Today three very bad bills came out of the House Executive Committee. They are: HB758 (background checks on private transfers), HB873 (so called "assault weapons" and .50 caliber ban) and HB1078 (one gun a month). All votes were 8 to 5. The votes were all along party lines, with the Democrats voting for the bill. All of these bills are going to the floor of the House of Representatives.
Today beside Todd Vandermyde testifying, we also had Ronnie Barrett (of Barrett rifles) Mark Westrom (of Armalite) Joel Brunsvold (National Shooting Sports Foundation) and Mac MacWilliams. All were brilliant. The problem is none of it mattered, this is Springfield. Now, we the lobbyists, have to meet with each legislator. We need you to call your legislators and tell them you oppose these bills as well as SB16, which is in the Senate.
If you get this alert and are not an ISRA member, please join. You can also make a legislative donation on our website: www.isra.org. We could really use your donation right now.
This is going to be a long and tough battle-hang in there.
Please pass this alert along to all your gun-owning friends.
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There were a couple of committees which met today in which bills were amended.
$10. That would actually help because some people get into trouble for forgetting to renew their FOID card.
registration requirement. Here's the problem, in Iowa they are called Sivet Cats, in the south they are called Swamp Kitties, in Europe they are called Pole Cats, here we call them Skunks. What ever you call them they stink. So does SB1471.
Be sure you call your Senator and ask them to vote against SB1471.


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Mortdecai Review
by That Shelf Staff | January 23, 2015, 10:44 am
It only takes the first few seconds of Mortdecai to realize that the movie that's going to follow will be an unmitigated disaster. Considering that it wasn't screened in advance of its release for critics – a sure sign of embarrassment on the part of the studio that made it – I wondered how far the executives at Lionsgate in the States even got before giving up on the project entirely. I'm guessing most people in the company probably didn't bother to sit through the whole thing unless they absolutely had to.
It's an unworkable script based on a somewhat forgotten about series of British novels from the early 70s that read as being patently unfilmable and now stars American actors who can only do fey aristocratic stereotypes. I guess it's supposed to be a comedy, but during the Thursday night showing I watched with a paying audience, even forced laughter was hard to come by. Entire stretches would go by with silence so deafening that a pin drop probably would have damaged everyone's eardrums from shock.
Johnny Depp – sporting a hideous handlebar moustache and an even worse British affectation – plays the eponymous Charlie Mortdecai, a wealthy, aristocratic art dealer and accomplished fence of stolen goods that's on the brink of insolvency thanks to some poor business decisions. He sees a way out of his personal and tax debts by agreeing to help a thoroughly square MI5 detective (Ewan McGregor) track down a long thought mythical painting by Francisco Goya painting. The painting, which isn't only rare but also allegedly has Swiss bank account numbers on the back, is sought after by a terrorist (Jonny Pasvolsky) who wants to use the profits to fund attacks, a Russian mobster (Ulrich Thomsen) who Mortdecai screwed over, and a boorish Los Angelian (Jeff Goldblum) with a nymphomaniac daughter (Olivia Munn). Aiding Charlie in his quest is his frustrated wife (Gweneth Paltrow) and his trusty henchman (Paul Bettany).
An adaptation of Kyril Bonfiglioli's somewhat satirical James Bond parody Don't Point That Thing at Me from 1972, the script comes courtesy of Eric Aronson, who previously has only had one other credited gig: the Lance Bass/Joey Fatone rom-com On the Line from 2001. Every major problem with Mortdecai starts at the script level. Aronson never gives his actors anything funny to say, and tonally the material can never decide between slapstick, satire, parody, or anarchy. What's worse is that the hodgepodge of comedic styles is clearly being presented by someone who can't understand a single one of them. It reads as if a bunch of North Americans wanted to remake MacGruber in Britain or create a new Austin Powers type franchise, but with a wealth of pretension and no clue what a comedy is. It also can't keep its basic story logic straight, often hinging on characters whose allegiances will turn before they're even fully introduced, the villains are nonthreatening, unfunny, and pointless, and it's frustrating that the film's MacGuffin would have been destroyed hundreds of times over given what happens to its hiding space for the length of the film. At least the film thinks that both its audience AND its characters are a bunch of idiots.
That's probably why the decision was made to bring in David Koepp to direct-slash-salvage whatever could be gotten out of this mess of a screenplay that should have never been used. Koepp previously worked with Depp on the Stephen King adaptation Secret Window and most recently directed the underrated and really fun Premium Rush. He also happens to be the guy who wrote the scripts for Jurassic Park, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible. Koepp is a good filmmaker, but a better writer, so maybe the mentality here was that hiring a director that was also a writer would allow for rewrites in the moment and on the fly. That's not what happens here. Koepp can frame things in a good looking manner, and the film's more inspired moments of action and pratfalls hint at something that could have been better and not as dire as the final results. He's forced to keep cutting away to stand alone gags in the desperate hope that maybe something funnier is happening away from the actual story. He's not wrong. The funniest scene in the film and only genuine belly laugh comes from a flashback to Mortdecai's university days, and even that scene will work best when glimpsed on YouTube in a few years and out of context from the film as a whole. The best plan of attack would have been to just let Koepp rewrite the whole thing from top to bottom. That would be logical. Precisely nothing about Mortdecai is logical or novel.
So Koepp can't really play his film for laughs or for the plot – which manages to outsmart itself to a degree where a four year old could pick out the holes – and he just settles for the only thing he can do: let his cast run roughshod over the material. It's the work of someone who spent a lot of time looking through the camera to set things up, but probably only shrugged whenever someone approached him with a question. And when your leading man is Johnny Depp, who is inching ever closer to becoming such a soul sucking parody of his own persona that he could become a black hole collapsing in on himself, that's the worst directorial decision that can be made.
Depp moans, groans, and stumbles through his performance that's akin to watching the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day off where Edie McClurg is trying to impersonate Jeffrey Jones on the phone strung out to 115 minutes only with a tenth of the laughs. Depp has good comedic timing, and a couple of choice barbs land not because they're particularly funny, but because he knows how to hit a mark. For the most part, though, this is Depp firmly on autopilot, allowing his facial hair (the jokes from which are tiresome immediately and make the half of the gags that don't involve genital mutilation) and his wacky voice do all the work for him. You don't want to spend time with Charlie Mortdecai because he isn't a funny character. This character is too shitty for open mic night in the Catskills. You want to throw the guy down a flight of stairs immediately and watch him bleed out. His charm isn't misplaced. It's non-existent. The equal can be said of Paltrow, except she's worse because unlike Depp, she doesn't even have a perfunctory understanding of comedic timing for something that's supposed to be zany. They have great chemistry together, but only because Paltrow can only follow Depp's lead.
Thankfully, McGregor and Bettany are on hand to not exactly be hilarious, but to give a concentrated effort and elicit the smiles the rest of the film is sorely lacking. McGregor walks a nice line between sympathetic and sleazy with his swaggering G-man routine, and his crush on Mortdecai's wife showcases McGregor's comedic chops. McGregor has been quietly breaking away from the roles he normally gets offered, and hopefully people start taking notice of his versatility soon (and in better films).
As for Bettany, he's a smart actor who can bounce between refinement and thuggery quite brilliantly, and he's the only actor here that's firmly able to wrestle control away from Depp in their scenes together. Putting on a thick cockney accent and hulking up to a great degree, Bettany stays consistent in his work, and that's probably because he's only a blunt object with an insatiable and unexpected sexual appetite. A film about McGregor or Bettany's characters would have been vastly more interesting. They bring layers that Depp and Paltrow can't be bothered with.
Actually, maybe firing Depp and having McGregor or Bettany play the lead in a less goofy fashion would have made for a more entertaining film. That and actually letting Koepp try to make something out of the material instead of turning him into a pointless hired gun could have saved everything. As it stands, Mortdecai is every bit as insufferable as its deathly pre-release buzz has suggested it is.
David Koepp • Don't Point That Thing at MeJonny Pasvolsky • Eric Aronson • Ewan McGregor • film • Gweneth Paltrow • Jeff Goldblum • Johnny Depp • Kyril Bonfiglioli • Mortdecai • Olivia Munn • Paul Bettany • review • Ulrich Rhomsen
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For addressing CVE-2015-2482, CVE-2015-6052, CVE-2015-6055, and CVE-2015-6059, what updates apply to my system?
CVE-2015-2482, CVE-2015-6052, CVE-2015-6055, and CVE-2015-6059 are vulnerabilities in the VBScript engine. Although the attack vector is through Internet Explorer, the vulnerability is addressed by this update (3093983) only for systems running Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11. For Internet Explorer 7 and earlier and for systems without Internet Explorer installed, the vulnerability is addressed by the update described in MS15-108.
The update that addresses CVE-2015-2482, CVE-2015-6052, CVE-2015-6055, and CVE-2015-6059 depends on the version of the VBScript and JScript scripting engines that are installed on your system. Consult the following table for update information.
Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities exist when Internet Explorer does not properly validate permissions under specific conditions, potentially allowing a script to be run with elevated privileges.
In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website that is used to attempt to exploit this vulnerability. In addition, compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content could contain specially crafted content that could exploit these vulnerabilities. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action. For example, an attacker could trick users into clicking a link that takes them to the attacker's site. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could elevate privileges in affected versions of Internet Explorer.
The vulnerabilities by themselves do not allow arbitrary code to be run. However, the vulnerabilities could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability (e.g., a remote code execution vulnerability) that could take advantage of the elevated privileges when running arbitrary code. For example, an attacker could exploit another vulnerability to run arbitrary code through Internet Explorer, but due to the context in which processes are launched by Internet Explorer, the code might be restricted to run at a low integrity level (very limited permissions). However, an attacker could, in turn, exploit the vulnerabilities to cause the arbitrary code to run at a medium integrity level (permissions of the current user).
The update addresses the vulnerabilities by adding permission validations to Internet Explorer.
Expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, click RDP.File, and then click the File menu and select Export.
In the Export Registry File dialog box, type RDPfile HKCR file association registry backup.reg and click Save.
Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Software, expand Microsoft, expand Windows, expand CurrentVersion, expand Explorer, and then expand FileExts.
Click .rdp, and then click the File menu and select Export.
In the Export Registry File dialog box, type rdp HKCU file association registry backup.reg and click Save.
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Restore the registry key by using Regedit to restore the settings saved in the .REG files.
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly discloses the contents of its memory.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could provide the attacker with information to further compromise the user's system.
The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain functions handle objects in memory. Microsoft received information about the vulnerability through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. When this security bulletin was originally issued, Microsoft had not received any information to indicate that the vulnerabilities had been publicly used to attack customers.
In a web-browsing scenario, successful exploitation of an ASLR bypass requires that a user is logged on and running an affected version of Internet Explorer, and browses to a malicious website. Therefore, any systems where a web browser is used frequently, such as workstations or terminal servers, are at the most risk from ASLR bypasses. Servers could be at more risk if administrators allow users to browse and read email on servers. However, best practices strongly discourage allowing this.
The update addresses this ASLR bypass by helping to ensure that affected versions of VBScript properly implement the ASLR security feature. Microsoft received information about this vulnerability through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. When this security bulletin was originally issued, Microsoft had not received any information to indicate that this vulnerability had been publicly used to attack customers.
V1.1 (October 14, 2015): Bulletin revised to correct the security impact and severity for CVE-2015-6046. This is an informational change only.
V1.2 (October 16, 2015): Bulletin revised to announce a detection change in the 3097617 cumulative update for Windows 10. This is a detection change only. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.
V2.0 (October 29, 2015) Bulletin revised to announce the release of a new Windows 10 cumulative update (3105210) to address an additional vulnerability, CVE-2015-6045, which has been added to this bulletin. Only customers running Windows 10 systems need to install this new update. Earlier operating systems are either not affected or have received the fix in the original updates of October 13, 2015. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3105210 for more information and the download link.
V2.1 (January 27, 2016): Bulletin revised to add CVE-2015-6184. This is an informational change only.


In Milan and the surrounding regions of northern Italy, thin cuts of meat are breaded and pan-fried, creating a delectably crispy exterior and juicy interior. Tonight, we're using this technique with chicken and pairing it with a lighter take on potato salad, brightened by the fruity zest and juice of a Meyer lemon. We're also topping the chicken with a sweet-tart jam made with dried Turkish figs, which turn soft and luscious when cooked down with a bit of honey and verjus.
Wash and dry the fresh produce. Heat a large pot of salted water to boiling on high. Medium dice the potatoes. Finely chop the figs. Thinly slice the celery. Using a peeler, remove the yellow rind of the lemon, avoiding the white pith; mince the rind to get 2 teaspoons of zest (or use a zester). Quarter and deseed the lemon. Peel and thinly slice the shallot; place in a bowl with the juice of all 4 lemon wedges.
Add the potatoes to the pot of boiling water. Cook 12 to 14 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a fork. Turn off the heat. Drain thoroughly and return to the pot.
While the potatoes cook, in a small pot, combine the figs, verjus, honey and ¼ cup of water. Season with salt and pepper. Heat to boiling on high. Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, 4 to 5 minutes, or until the figs have softened and the mixture has thickened. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside in a warm place.
While the fig jam cooks, crack the eggs into a medium bowl; beat until smooth. Place the flour and breadcrumbs in 2 separate medium bowls (or plates). Season the flour with salt and pepper. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels; season with salt and pepper on both sides. Working 1 piece at a time, thoroughly coat the seasoned chicken in the flour (tapping off any excess), then in the beaten eggs (letting the excess drip off), then in the breadcrumbs (pressing to adhere). Transfer to a plate.
In a large pan (nonstick, if you have one), heat a thin layer of oil on medium until hot. Once the oil is hot enough that a few breadcrumbs sizzle immediately when added to the pan, add the breaded chicken. Cook 4 to 6 minutes per side, or until golden brown and cooked through. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate; immediately season with salt and pepper.
To the pot of cooked potatoes, add the shallot-lemon juice mixture, lemon zest, capers, celery and 2 tablespoons of olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Stir to thoroughly combine; season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the potato salad, fig jam and cooked chicken to serving dishes. Serve with the fig jam on the side. Enjoy!


Panasonic has officially debuted the first 2 mirrorless cameras for its full frame, mirrorless L mount – the Panasonic S1 and S1R.
Or at least they sponsored an event which had cameras that sort of worked.
Despite the lack of final firmware and the minimal shooting time for those who attended, we do at least have a preview of what these cameras will do. I feel fairly optimistic. Panasonic Lumix is going to be a major player this year in the mirrorless camera market.


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Aretha Franklin's funeral will be held on 31 August in her hometown of Detroit, her publicist has said.
Tributes have flooded in for "boundary breaking" soul legend Aretha Franklin, who has died aged 76 after suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer.
Aretha Franklin's nephew has described her as being in good spirits and says he believes his aunt will "pull through", days after she was said to be gravely ill.
A source close to the singer confirms reports that the 76-year old soul star is gravely unwell.
Aretha Franklin is "gravely ill" with cancer, according to multiple outlets.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pioneering radio and TV host Joe Franklin, who gave breaks to the likes of Al Pacino and Bill Cosby on his variety show long before they became famous and who boasted he never missed a broadcast in decades, has died at age 88.
He died Saturday of cancer, which he had had for a few years, longtime producer and friend Steven Garrin said. Franklin often is credited with developing the standard TV talk show format, sitting behind a desk while interviewing wanna-be celebrities, minor celebrities and the occasional bona fide celebrity.
After Franklin's TV show ended in 1993, he worked on his late-night radio show. He continued to work even after he developed cancer, doing celebrity interviews on the Bloomberg Radio Network.


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Q: sd card won't mount when an android phone is connected after 12.10 fresh install I just upgraded to 12.10 via a fresh install. Mounting my Xperia Neo V in 12.04 worked flawlessly however I just discovered that the sd card can't be detected and mounted in 12.10. How can I solve this? Thanks in advance.
P. S. I can mount it via a card reader though and it mounts ok in Windows 7. So it surely can't be hardware related.
EDIT: Sony Ericsson Neo V running Android 2.3.4. USB mass storage is already turned on.

A: Try connecting the phone with the computer first.
Then change the connection type to mass-storage.
Wait for some time like 5 minutes.
If it is still not working then try this..
Pull the usb cable just a little bit out from the computer side.. ( just a tiny bit) and wait for a couple of minutes..
if it starts working then you may push the usb - cable back in properly.
I faced similar issue..
If it still doesn't work then :(

A: It seems to be a kernel regression. This bug report covers the issue. Let's hope Canonical squashes this bug A.S.A.P.
EDIT:
Yet to verify but according to this bug report, the bug has been fixed. Update to the latest Ubuntu kernel via Software updater to rectify this problem.
Bug has been fixed with the latest kernel update

A: I've just encountered the same issue with my Fly DS210 mobile phone with a SD-card. After plugging into the USB, it asks to choose the operating mode: flash-drive, webcam, serial, etc. After I choose Flash-drive, the phone hangs, nothing mounts and there appears a strange empty mounted directory inside /media.
The solution that worked in my case, was to uninstall the usb_modeswitch package. It handles such multipurpose devices, and switches them from usb-storage to usbserial mode.

A: I had the same problem with my Sony Ericsson Xperia ray connected by usb with my laptop running Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10. Tested with Suse 12.2 and (brrrrr) Windows XP - no problem there.
After the news that Canonical would take over responsibility for kernel 3.5, I got the idea to update to a kernel from the 3.6-branch. I took the kernel 3.6.6 from UpUbuntu http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/11/install-linux-kernel-366-in-ubuntu.html and now it works again. The SD-card on my phone is showing up on the laptop and the phone is showing contact to the computer.

A: I faced the same problem with my Xperia Ray ICS because USB-connection mode was not set to mass storage. Now it works.

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The company which owns the franchise for Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda cars in the Republic is to transfer its operations to Volkswagen next year.
Motor Distributors Limited said it had reached agreement with Volkswagen on the deal, which comes into effect on October 1 2008, following talks which started in 2003. It said there would be no job losses or changes in employment terms and conditions for its 120 workers as a result of the move.
Under the terms of this agreement, Motor Distributors will form a new company to operate the Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda business and all staff currently dedicated to these brands will transfer to this new company in July 2007. The new company will operate under the ownership and management of Motor Distributors until the transfer date.
Motor Distributors Limited will be represented on the board of this new company for an agreed period after Volkswagen acquires ownership. It first acquired the franchise to distribute the Volkswagen Beetle in Ireland in 1950. In 2006 Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda had a combined share of 16.7% of the passenger car market.


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Et o Yt (mayúscula: Ը: minúscula: ը; armenio : ըթ) es la octava letra del alfabeto armenio creado por Mesrop Mashtots en el siglo quinto.

Tiene un valor numérico de 8. Representa la vocal central media no redondeada (/ ə /).

Esta letra es similar a la letra armenia Ր ր excepto que tiene una línea horizontal que sobresale a la derecha desde la parte inferior.

Esta letra es única por derecho propio; sólo puede aparecer en el comienzo y el final de una palabra. Debido a esto, cualquier pronunciación de esta vocal en medio de cualquier palabra se transcribirá como sin Et (por ejemplo, la palabra փրկել tiene ə, pero su transcripción no tiene ը).

Códigos informáticos

Galería

Véase también

 Alfabeto armenio
 Mesrop Mashtots
 Vocal central media

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Ը en Wikcionario
 ը en Wikcionario

Letras armenias

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Ingrid Bicu
Seconded National Expert (PEA Romania)
strategic communication, elections, international affairs
Home / About Us / People / Ingrid Bicu
Ingrid Bicu is currently serving as expert on strategic communications and elections at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), seconded by the Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania.
Her position within the Romanian EMB was director of Communications and International Affairs, also responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of Romania's international assistance projects in the electoral field.
Previous affiliations include the Romanian National Intelligence Academy and the Open Source Centre within the Romanian National Intelligence Agency. Ingrid also contributed as lecturer and expert in the fields of knowledge management, competitive intelligence, collaborative solutions.
She participated in various national and international events and training programs on topics related to elections, international cooperation, strategic communication, regional and global security as well as in a number of election observation missions.
Engage with Ingrid Bicu on Twitter at @ingrid_ioana and on LinkedIn at http://linkedin.com/in/ingrid-bicu
BA in Law and BA in Communication and Public Relations - National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Bucharest, Romania)
Most Recent Work
Figure 1: While most of the countries and territories that held elections amid the COVID-19 have seen a decline in turnout, there has been a number of countries and territories where the turnout increased. Image credit: International IDEA.
Going against the trend: elections with increased voter turnout during the COVID-19 pandemic
Figure 1. Internet penetration in 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic moves economic, political and social activities online and creates pressures to reduce the remaining digital divide fast and further grow the global village.
Source: The authors based on data from http://www.internetworldstats.com; https://countrymeters.info/en/World
COVID-19 as an accelerator for information operations in elections
Image credit: International IDEA
Risk mitigation measures for national elections during the COVID-19 crisis
Communication guidelines for EMBs during COVID-19 crisis
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Transitional Elections and Peacebuilding
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El impacto del COVID-19 en las elecciones de transición y la construcción de paz


Alphie has finally grown into his knees.
Alphie, 1 day old, sporting his make-do baby goat coat.
This was the best he was able to straighten his legs at first.
Alphie, 2 weeks old. He still has "goat knees" but his legs are straight.
Sometimes kids are born with what seems like ligament problems. CryBaby's kid was and at first Alphie's front knees, besides being knobby, were stiff and he couldn't straighten his legs. This happens when there is so little room in the womb that the kid's legs are cramped. They can't stretch their legs properly and are born with contracted tendons. Some folks splint these but my vet said no need to. As the kids use their legs the tendons stretch out properly, and there is no permanent damage. Happily, that was the case with Alphie too.
In that last picture, I can see a nice full udder under there! His mom takes good care of him. He is so handsome. Continued good health!
I can't imagine how uncomfortable that would have been for him if he had had splints on his front legs. How would the little guy have gotten up and down? Glad nature did the trick in straightening his legs out. He sure is a cutie!
It's hard to let nature do its magic, she can be slow at times, but she is generally thorough.
Yay for Alphie! I've heard that splints are difficult to keep on goats anyway. Since little goats are so active it makes sense that the tendons would just fix themselves. He is a handsome boy. What are you doing with him as he ages? I don't imagine that a pet whether fits into your breeding plan with your limited space.
Barb, the good news is that she is producing quite a bit more than Alphie needs. That means we can share the milk! I'm still waiting for the antibiotic withdrawal period to be over, however, before we can consume it too.
Mama Pea, I think the same thing. I wonder, too, if they wouldn't try to compensate for the splints and have other problems.
Donna, it's just knowing when to let that happen or when to intervene! I worry as I contemplate which route to go.
Nina, right now he's being kept for breeding plans. For how long that will be for remains to be seen. It has more to do with genetic diversity than anything else.
he's a cute little thing and growing like a bean.
He IS a handsome little fellow. He has such nice coloring.
Awww ... he's such a cutie.
Pam, it's true, he is a pretty masculine looking little guy.
Gill, they do grow fast!
Susan, we agree. Dan is especially pleased because he likes dark colored goats.
DFW, I can't help but agree!
Renee, me too, LOL No progress to report yet.
Yay nature doing what it is supposed to do without human intervention. :) part of stewardship is knowing when to let it take its course.
Alphie is a sweet little one. I'm happy to hear the vet feels he can stretch his legs slowly as he starts to grow, instead of splinting them. I love his coloring, and can't wait to see pictures of him running around learning new things.
I hope you had a Blessed Easter?
We went down south to Texas to help my parents out by working on their property. Returned home Sunday night, it was a great visit.
He is SO very GORGEOUS!!! Enjoy!
Cloud, it's always the best way. Just knowing when to leave it along versus when to intervene is difficult though.
Sandy, getting a photo of him running would be something. He loves to run! It sounds like you had a lovely Easter. Dan had to head out Sunday morning, so we just celebrated with French toast.
Aww..Alphie is such a cutie pie. So adorable.
Nancy, Noonu Enoch, & Bridget thanks!
Jen, as of about 5:15 this morning, nothing's happening. Yesterday though, she had a bit of mucous trailing from her birth canal, so it's getting close!
Hey Ziggy, What's The Holdup?
Who Flipped The Green Switch?
Potholders! Thank You Mama Pea!


Valentine's Day is all about love, and we've got a whole lot of love for our friends and family too. We reject the idea that Valentine's Day is just for couples. Grab your best friends, make a sparkling RAYS cocktail, and snack on some chocolate together. Share a drink with your parent's (because who do you really love more than them?) Have a night out with your favorite people and celebrate the big L-word, doesn't matter if you're in a relationship or not.


Thinking about beginning Home Health Aide training in Groves, TX? Find both classroom and online CNA and HHA classes here. Search by zip code.
There has never been a better time to begin Home Health Aide Training in Groves, TX. As the median age of the United States' population becomes higher, the need is higher than ever for competent Home Health Aide professionals. As healthcare technology becomes more portable and less expensive, many people intend to be cared for in the home as opposed to nursing facilities or hospitals. In most cases the care required consists of tracking vital signs and helping with daily activities like preparing meals and housecleaning. In the long run, earning your HHA Certification in Groves, TX will be a rewarding and empowering experience that might change your life, together with the patients you care for.
Why Choose a Career as a Home Health Aide in Groves, TX?
In general a home health aide (HHA) provides caregiving assistance that allow people to remain at home as opposed to being taken care of in a health care facility. HHA's deliver basic caregiving services including monitoring a patients' medication schedule and vital signs, cooking meals, personal grooming, light housekeeping tasks, and companionship. It can be a demanding career, for that reason the turnover is commonly high. So why would you want to go after such a career?
As Americans grow old, it is anticipated that a growing number of elderly are going to opt to stay in their own homes as long as they can. This is causing a rise in demand for caregivers to deliver services in residential settings, assisted living facilities, as well as adult day care programs. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics rates the job outlook for home health aides as "excellent." In truth, it's the second-fastest growing occupation in the U.S. (following that of registered nurses). Careerinfonet.org estimates job availibility for Home Health Aides will increase by 69% or over 700,000 more jobs dueing the ten year period 2010 to 2020.
Home health aides carry out duties which might be required on a range of schedules. Which means you are generally granted the option for a flexible or non-traditional work schedule. For example, you might visit a client in their house daily, weekly, or on any other schedule. You can also choose to work overnight shifts for patients who require all night monitoring. Home health aides in Groves, TX can easily work part-time or full-time. This comes in handy if you are looking for work that permits you to accommodate child care responsibilities, continuing education, or any other commitments.
Being a home health aide means you could have different employment routes available to you depending on your work preferences. HHAs are hired by home health care agencies, assisted living facilities, adult day care programs, nonprofit organizations, and private parties (families). You'll see a different level of benefits, support, and work environment based upon the type of employer. Many caregivers prefer to be independent and do private-duty jobs so that they have more control over their schedule and patients.
If you are contemplating a health care career, training to be a home health aide is an excellent entry point. This enables you to obtain practical experience in the field, and even to continue working, while you pursue becoming a CNA, LPN, registered nurse, or another occupation in the medical industry.
Ordinarily you will find enough demand in the local area that home health aides do not have to travel far for work, unless they so desire. If you want to have the ability to easily relocate, the demand is such that you shouldn't have any trouble doing so. Keep in mind, training and certification requirements may differ from state to state so you will likely need to confirm you have the needed training to satisfy local requirements.
Finally, but most importantly, this occupation enables you to do work which can make a difference in the lives of the patients you serve. If you happen to be a caring person who values the chance to help people live their life with dignity, becoming a home health aide in Groves, TX is likely the ideal occupation for you!
Thank You for creating such an informative site. I was able to get more info about the various schools in my area and found one that works for me. I'm now ready to begin my training and can't wait to be a Certified Home Health Aide.


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Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice Review: "Time to break a few more Hearts, I guess!"
Larry is back! And this time he makes the Caribbean unsafe to save his loved one. That sounds like a big task for the little man in the white suit, maybe too big. Because: Leisure Suit Larry has a problem that is not of a playful nature. Society has changed, opinions, currents, morals - and thus also what is still funny or already inappropriate. In our review of Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice, we'll tell you whether the protagonist comes across as casual enough that you can simply smile away from embarrassment.
Finally vacation, says Larry, and sets off for the South Seas. The sunny Caribbean seems to be the perfect setting for a game from the Larry series: hot temperatures, hot girls, hot clothes, cool cocktails. And then just rip open women? The story is not that clumsy after all. Larry Laffer makes a living as a secret agent, is confronted with mystery and otherwise does what men do who wear shirts, jackets and long trousers at 45 degrees in the shade.
Vacation on "Cancum"
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice is an old-school point-and-click adventure game. As Larry Laffer, you wander through visually impressive, because hand-drawn, game environments, looking for objects and subjects with whom you can interact and then trying out what can be done with the collected stuff. That has often succeeded, but sometimes too absurd to be understandable on a logical level. You can probably guess: The quality of the puzzles varies greatly. It doesn't have to be difficult in every situation at the same time, but overall the level of challenge is quite high and corresponds to what one is familiar with from similar puzzle adventures.
Finally humming at the hotel, the adventure can begin. Source: Assemble Entertainment
Players are supported by technology in the form of Larry's smartphone, on which useful apps are installed that help to combine objects and to keep an eye on the goals of the game. Sometimes the great strength of the game becomes apparent: Most puzzles motivate you to try it out, require you to think outside the box, but the help brings them to a level that does not overwhelm even beginners in the genre. You always have at least a vague idea of what to look for. You never get into a real dead end. Great!
Another quick travel function is also helpful. You can travel to the individual islands using the travel app. It's quick and saves nerves. At the end of the day, the game time is almost 20 hours, not least because some tasks found their way into the game as deliberately implemented time wasters and not because it was absolutely necessary for play. So be it: The majority of the playing time is spent in an entertaining way.
Even if some puzzles turn out to be tough nuts and the logic suffers from time to time, the puzzles are not really unfair. This shows how well the developers have transferred the classic idea of point-and-click adventures into a modern era. What Larry Laffer Games used to suffer from - namely partially unsolvable puzzles - is no longer noticeable. You have actually created challenging, but always manageable game situations. Because that's the central game element in a puzzle adventure, you can only take your hat off to Larry. If frustrating moments arise, these are usually transformed by the sarcastic humor. Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice is basically funny, no question about it.
Pull moral club or leave it stuck?
With offshoots from the Leisure Suit Larry series, it is like comedies: the danger of jokes that wears off is always hanging over the production like a sword of Damocles. It's no different with Wet Dreams Dry Twice. The game makes use of common clichés, and not too tightly. Sometimes it's funny and exaggerated, sometimes terrifyingly absurd, sometimes wrong - it's the stereotypical Larry humor that you either appreciate, simply accept or criticize. It ultimately depends on how much fun you can have with Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice.
There is cum a game environment where you don't want to hide the screen quickly when mom knocks on the door. Image rights: Assemble Entertainment
A big grin, which you can have when starting the game in view of a few gags, becomes narrower the longer you play the adventure. That doesn't mean that later jokes are automatically the worse ones. On the contrary: there is always something to laugh at - whether you should is the other question.
In fact, there is a far bigger problem visible today, that of social policy and morality. What was common a few decades ago is frowned upon today, is ostracized, and often rightly criticized. Larry's joke hasn't adjusted enough over the years, it seems. Yes, it's about irony and often the black humor context is not only obvious, but literally jumps in the player's face - what is no longer up-to-date, however, is the latently sexist undertone, the game with stereotypes.
As much as this is meant as a joke, one could have done educational work packed into the game at the same time, perhaps in view of the crude currents that flow in the real world. More swipes at Larry's inappropriate tendencies would have been welcome. So it's like it always was: If you don't find the macho in a white suit funny, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice won't be able to change your mind either. Anyone who likes the typical humor that makes others feel ashamed will be well served in the successor. But you have to be able to refrain from swinging the moral club.
Regardless of how you feel about the jokes and comments, behind the vulgar chatter there is a real background story that you are happy to follow.
Oh, cum on: some gags are so terribly striking. Image rights: Assemble Entertainment
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice is a playful success, the puzzles are fun, the sound is great, the look is terrific in places - and yet the spark does not want to skip the entire playing time. It's not the game itself - what Crazy Bunch and Assemble Entertainment got out of the basic idea of the series is ultimately excellent.
It is apparently due to Larry Laffer, who has fallen out of time with his appearance, his humor, his manner. In the first offshoot Wet dreams don't dry was exactly the running gag, the time travel itself - and the joke behind it worked. Now at times it seems as if you don't know what to do with the worn-out grinder. And so the tightrope walk between high quality playfulness, good humor, sparkling sarcasm and stupid jokes to make others feel ashamed, is always noticeable.
Age: not specified
Long-term motivation: low
Sub-genre: point-and-click puzzles
Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
Developer: CrazyBunch
Official Website: Link
Cost: 34,99 Euro
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice basically relies on three success factors that have made the entire series great: penis jokes, penis gags and penis humor. The developers have succeeded in mixing these basic ingredients in a balanced ratio. In other words: Larry Laffer is as good as he was in 2020 in 1987. How good is that? Players now have to decide for themselves just as much as they did then. After all: you can get involved in it purely playfully!
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice is a double-edged sword: Sometimes great puzzles and a good story meet a successful presentation and, at best, idiosyncratic humor. Yes, there are a lot of jokes, but with others you have to shut your eyes to be able to wave that through as sarcasm. It's like with the heaps of comedians sprouting out of the ground: you either like their joke or you switch off.
It is similar with Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice and that is bad in parts, because what Assemble Entertainment and Crazy Bunch have playfully put together is seldom in the genre of the already rare point-and-click classics. A little less offensive would have done the joke good. Larry Laffer should have been able to take part in a further development after his time travel and that would certainly also succeed without letting the macho be too soft, too adapted. Of course you understand the swipes behind the gags and of course the jokes don't reflect the opinions of the developer or the publisher. Because the games industry is also struggling with sexism problems and far worse hostility, Larry Laffer seems to be partly out of place with his views from the eighties, which of course were already out of date back then.
Disregarding moral and socio-political considerations, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice presents itself as an excellent puzzle game that sometimes babbles, sometimes challenges, and seldom annoys. Overall, you are offered a worthwhile gaming experience for around 20 hours, but the content is strongly geared towards its target group. Fans of the series will cheer for the quality, newcomers can feel how it was over 20 years ago when Al Lowe and Mark Crowe released the first offshoot of the series and were overwhelmed by the concentrated power of the slippery jokes.
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice draws its humor from provocations, you have to know that, you should be able to accept that - then you will have a lot of fun with the game. Anyone who blushes with shame at vulgar gags should think twice about making a purchase. Fortunately, there is a free demo available.
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Amazon's announcement that it will locate one of its two new "headquarters" in Long Island City, Queens triggered immediate backlash among some elected officials and residents of the community who fear the effects it will have on local housing prices and already strained infrastructure, among other consequences. But the residents of CityLights, the largest affordable co-op in Queens, are particularly incensed by the deal, and are calling out city and state officials for giving the nearly trillion-dollar technology giant billions in public subsidies while continuing to deny their own demand for an extension of a property tax abatement that they enjoyed for two decades.
Amazon, CityLights residents also say, will pay far less for leasing land for its new campus than the co-op does each year.
Built on state-owned land, CityLights' ground lease alone costs nearly $500,000 annually for the 700,000-square-foot building. By comparison, Amazon is expected to pay about $850,000 for the roughly 4 million square feet that the company will occupy in Long Island City.
In a phone interview, Rock said it was "shameful" that CityLights residents have had to fight the city and the state for over a year-and-a-half for much-needed relief while Amazon was enticed with untold incentives (the negotiation process was in secret, with non-disclosure agreements signed).
In a letter to CityLights residents in June, Zemsky indicated that ESD was working with the city "to craft a tailored solution." But, he noted that the state could not act without approval from the city's Department of Finance. Neither ESD nor the city Department of Finance responded to requests for comment for this article.
"I'm not even sure how to put into words how upsetting this is," Rock said.
Note - This article has been updated to note that CityLights' tax bill was $5.1 million, not $5.2 million.


The Clippers are trying to move Chris Kaman. The Jazz are going to have to dump either Kirilenko or Boozer this year (or see Boozer walk), and the way Millsap is playing, I'd rather it be the latter. And yes, Boozer for Kaman straight up works from a salary cap perspective. Oh, and did I mention that Kaman has ADHD? I think that will go over quite well with Jerry at practice.
Upside: The Jazz get a young, high-quality big man who blocks shots and boards like a maniac. They also get something in return for Carlos.
Downside: The aformentioned ADHD, Kaman gets hurt a lot (but then again, so does the Booze), and the unfortunate possibility that the Clippers might not be interested in the trade because it doesn't really solve their Randolph/Camby/Kaman logjam that's making them want to move Kaman in the first place.
I've been thinking about that trade recently. In the now, we can shift Okur to the 4 and bring 'Sap off of the bench again (or start 'Sap & bring Okur off the bench... with AK). But in the future (see: next year), does it impact Okur coming back? Or 'Sap, because one of the 3 will have to come off of the bench. And doesn't adding Kaman just make cap space after the year (to resign everyone) a bigger problem than having Booze walk?
Does it at all matter that he's hideous looking?
Well, the nice thing is Kaman makes less money than Boozer so in some ways it helps. But you're right in that another sense it doesn't because we still have to dump someone or else pay the luxury tax. However, if we had Kaman, Okur would be more expendable. I like Memo, but a Millsap/Okur front line is just as bad if not worse than a Boozer/Okur front line in terms of defending big bodies.
As for Kaman's looks, I like the fact that if he were on the team we'd have the worst looking player in the NBA and the best looking (Korver).
As Boozer sits on the bench more and more this year, I become more and more convinced that his mind is already in Miami.
Agreed. You should check out today's D News article in which he lists his "friends" in the Heat organization. Let's just say they include the owner and former players like Zo. . . it's not a short list.
The order is based on the players ability to further the previously mentioned stereotypes. Kaman is too good of a defender to be #1, however, his looks still put him near the top of the list.
Another option is too rest D-Will for the remainder of the year rather than risking further injury, tank the season, get a top 5 draft pick and select Tyler Hansbrough who would fit in brilliantly.
So my proposal is to bring back D Will, Milsap and Brewer. Keep AK, Memo and Harpring (strictly for stereotypical purposes) and get 6 of the aforementioned individuals to fill in the gaps. That would make my day.
PS Bring back Gerry MacNamara!
This cannot have effect as a matter of fact, that is what I suppose.


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Q: How to run MongoDB $Merge from command line (how to specify source?) This MongDB Merge Doc page shows the following example:
{ $merge: { into: "myOutput", on: "_id", whenMatched: "replace", whenNotMatched: "insert" } }

Can I run this from the command line?  Do I have to put something in front of it?  I see "myOutput" is the target collection name.  How do I specify the "from" collection name.

A: $merge is an aggregate stage, so you can just aggregate the collection you wish to merge from.
To simply merge two collection by id shell would be:
db.FROMCOLLECTION.aggregate([{ $merge: { into: "myOutput", on: "_id", whenMatched: "replace", whenNotMatched: "insert" } }])

You can also make changes to existing docs with other stages and/or only merge some docs by adding a $match stage.
db.FROMCOLLECTION.aggregate([{$match: {someField: 'match this'}}, { $merge: { into: "myOutput", on: "_id", whenMatched: "replace", whenNotMatched: "insert" } }])


Is Google Really Big Brother?
Paranoia? Lauren Weinstein doesn't seem to think so, her blog post entitled "The Dark Side of Google" http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000108.html , paints a very clear picture of the danger of a single entity possessing all of the data.
According to a recent USA Today article "In just seven years, Google has emerged as one off the most influential companies of the 21st century, a multinational whose recent forays into classified ads, book publishing, video, Wi-Fi and telecom make its data empire ever more powerful." The article goes on further to quote Jeff Chester, head of the digital Center for Digital Democracy saying "Google could easily become the poster child for a national public movement to regulate data collection".
Lets take a look at Google's new analytics tool. As a reporting tool, Google Analytics offers good features and functionality. Google Analytics tells publishers who their website referrers are, what pages visitors are viewing, the length of the visitor stay, what items are purchased. Google Analytics data can be used to develop new technologies, and optimize pay per term influence ranking.
Google wants to make money, and like it or not, data is a commodity. Google will likely use the data from their various ventures to develop new technologies and personalize content. Conspiracy theorists believe that the Google's aggregate data will also be used to optimize the fees charged for pay-per-click, influence organic ranking or worse yet sold.
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is located at 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue, just five blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The penitentiary is currently open for daytime tours every day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. We are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Tickets are available online and at the door, subject to availability. All of our daytime programming ("The Voices of Eastern State" Audio Tour, Guide-Led Tour and Discussion, Hands-On History experiences, artist installations, and exhibits) is included in one admission price.
Below you'll find answers to frequently asked questions. Don't see what you're looking for? Contact us at [email protected].
What are your current health and safety policies?
The health and safety of our staff and visitors remains our top priority, and we will always meet or exceed all guidelines issued by the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All policies are subject to change as we continue to monitor trends.
Visitors are not required to provide proof of vaccination at this time. All Eastern State staff have been fully vaccinated.
Per state and city guidelines, masks are not required at this time; however, all visitors and staff who choose to wear a mask are welcome to do so.
Please review our Health and Safety page for additional information.
There are lots of tours, exhibits, and programs on your website. What's the best way to see the penitentiary?
All of our daytime programming ("The Voices of Eastern State" Audio Tour, Hands-On History experiences, artist installations, and exhibits) is included in one admission price.
When you arrive, you'll get an mp3 player and headphones that will guide you through the penitentiary complex and explain the prison's history. This audio guide contains a main audio tour route, plus additional stops for subjects like escapes, sports, sexuality, race, and more.
First, we recommend that you listen to our main audio tour (audio stops 1-10), which lasts about 40 minutes. The main audio tour ends at The Big Graph and its climate-controlled companion exhibit Prisons Today. From there, you can explore freely and tour at your own pace, listening to (or skipping) stops based on your interests. While you're taking the audio tour, you'll encounter artist installations and exhibits throughout the property. Most of them are accompanied by audio tour stops that you can listen to for more information.
Throughout the day, we offer quick, interactive tours led by our educators. This program is what we call Hands-On History. Current Hands-On History experiences include Soup Alley, Hospital, and Catholic Chaplain's Office. They're a great way to explore otherwise-off-limits areas of the prison and learn more about life at Eastern State and in prisons today.
When are you open?
The penitentiary is open for daytime tours every day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Last entry is at 4:00 pm. We are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
How do I buy tickets?
Tickets are available online and at the door, subject to availability.
How much do tickets cost?
When purchasing online, daytime tour admission is $17 for adults, $15 for seniors, and $13 for students and children ages 7-12. When purchasing at the door, daytime tour admission is $19, $17, and $15, respectively. (Not recommended for children under the age of seven.)
Do you offer group rates?
Yes! We are currently accepting reservations for virtual group tours, self-guided audio tours (discounts for groups of 15+), and guide-led group tours (subject to availability and current capacity).
Visit our Group Tours page for more information.
Do you offer any special discounts?
Yes! In addition to our student, children, and senior rates for daytime tours and our group rates, we offer a variety of special discounts.
Discounted admission is available by request for Museums for All, ACCESS Card, and SEPTA Key Reduced Fare card holders. Card holders will be granted $2 admission for up to four guests for daytime historic tours or Night Tours: Summer Twilight. Visiting guests must present their valid ID upon arrival. Offer not valid for Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary.
Upon request, visitors with a disability will receive $2 admission for daytime historic tours or Night Tours: Summer Twilight. Offer not valid for Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary.
Philadelphia high school students may use their student ID to gain entrance to Eastern State during daytime tour hours for FREE, thanks to STAMP, a city-wide initiative led by Art-Reach. Offer not valid for Night Tours: Summer Twilight or Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary. For more information, visit www.art-reach.org/STAMP.
If you'll be visiting several different Philadelphia attractions you can save 40% or more on admission to 3, 4 or 5 top attractions with Philadelphia CityPASS.
Can I cancel or reschedule my visit once I have tickets?
Yes! We offer a worry-free online booking policy for our daytime tours. This policy allows the flexibility to make reservation changes, including cancellations and refunds, up to 24 hours in advance of your visit, without incurring fees. Simply send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know if you'd like to reschedule or request a refund.
Please Note: There are no refunds or exchanges for special events, including Night Tours and Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary.
I'm visiting from out of town. Can you recommend a hotel?
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. is a charitable nonprofit organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Proceeds benefit preservation efforts at this National Historic Landmark. Thank you for your support!
Eastern State Penitentiary is located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130. You can access customized driving directions on Google Maps.
The penitentiary is accessible to Philadelphia Trolley Works, Big Bus, The Phlash, Philadelphia Bike Tours, and several SEPTA bus routes. Visit our Directions and Parking page for more information.
Where can I park?
While we do not have our own parking lot, there is a parking lot neighboring us at 22nd St & Fairmount Ave. Parking costs vary. For exact pricing, please call Parkway Corporation at (267) 765-3665.
Additionally, you can find parallel parking bordering the penitentiary. Eastern State is so large that it occupies one full city block. Bordering Eastern State on the west (to the left if you are facing the entrance) is 22nd Street. On the Eastern State side of 22nd Street, parallel parking is free and unlimited. The same is true of Brown Street, which borders our back wall. Again, parking is free and unlimited only on the Eastern State side of the street. If you choose to park anywhere else in the neighborhood, just exercise caution and read all signs.
Eastern State Penitentiary is also accessible by public transit.
Visit our Directions and Parking page for information about alternate transportation options.
Is the neighborhood safe?
Eastern State Penitentiary is located in beautiful, historic Fairmount, a neighborhood of Victorian homes and some of the best restaurants in the region. We are located in the Parkway Museums District, just five blocks away from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
We are fortunate that Fairmount is quite safe. You should, of course, take all the safety precautions that you would normally take. Lock your car, and don't leave valuables in clear view inside the vehicle.
When should I arrive?
Eastern State Penitentiary is open every day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The last entry is at 4:00 pm, but most visitors spend about two hours on site.
How long does the tour take?
When you arrive, you'll follow a one-way route through the site, which begins with our main audio tour. The main audio tour, which provides a general overview of the penitentiary's history, includes ten audio stops and lasts about 40 minutes total.
From there, you can end your tour or continue to explore additional audio stops, artist installations, and exhibits. Depending on your interest in doing this and the time you have, this could take several hours.
Eastern State Penitentiary is open rain or shine, and the building does not have climate control. Summers can be quite hot, and winters can be quite chilly. Please dress for the weather, and be sure to wear appropriate footwear. Sandals, flip-flops, open-toed shoes, and high heels are not recommended.
Do you have a cafeteria?
While there are no dining facilities within the penitentiary complex, there are several wonderful restaurants in the surrounding neighborhood. Here you'll find a list of select restaurants within walking distance of the penitentiary. We strongly recommend calling ahead to make reservations for large groups.
Can I take pictures?
Yes! Eastern State Penitentiary may be the most picturesque place you've seen in years. We encourage you to bring a camera when visiting the historic site, but we ask that you honor the following policies when photographing here.
In addition to the general admission fee, non-members must purchase a daily "photography equipment pass" if they wish to use a tripod, monopod, or easel while on site. Equipment passes are $10 per person and are valid only on the day they are purchased. While we recommend you purchase your tickets online in advance, photography equipment passes can only be purchased at the admissions window on site. Want free admission and free photography equipment passes all year long? Become a Member today!
No portrait photography is permitted during public hours. Eastern State Penitentiary defines portraiture as any posed photography of an individual or group taken by a professional, amateur or student photographer. This includes, but is not limited to, wedding photography, engagement photography, headshots, band photos, and family portraits.
Any photographer (professional, amateur, or student), ad agency, or other commercial entity wishing to photograph models (professional or amateur); wear costumes or use props; photograph the building without visitors; photograph in non-public spaces; or conduct shoots that require equipment must make reservations in advance.
Visit our Photography and Filmmaking page for more information about setting up a private photo shoot.
Is there a weapons policy?
If you have to ask, it's best that you leave it in the car or, better yet, at home. We are dedicated to providing a safe, fun, and educational experience for every visitor. Therefore, weapons of any kind, pepper spray, pocketknives, lighters, flashlights, alcoholic beverages, and any other potentially dangerous objects are not permitted inside the penitentiary.
We have a strict "no guns" policy, which means that even persons licensed to carry a firearm, including off-duty law enforcement officers, will not be permitted to bring their weapon into the penitentiary complex (and we can't hold them for you, either).
Is it appropriate for kids?
Eastern State Penitentiary is a wonderful place to bring kids ages seven and up. Our Eastern State Challenge booklet, free with admission for kids, provides an engaging scavenger hunt throughout the prison complex.
Eastern State is not recommended for children under the age of seven. The building is in a state of semi-ruin and can pose safety hazards to unattended children. There are also some audio tour stops that contain adult content. (These stops are appropriately marked.) Although we do not offer programming for children under the age of seven, they are welcome to visit and their admission is complimentary.
Is the penitentiary safe?
Thousands of visitors tour Eastern State Penitentiary every week without incident.
That said, Eastern State Penitentiary was abandoned for more than 20 years and remains in a state of semi-ruin. Visitors should exercise caution and stay within the clearly marked public areas. Ground surfaces can be uneven, and stone edges can be sharp. Please watch children carefully, as the building can pose safety hazards to unattended children. For visitors' safety, the penitentiary complex is monitored by a closed circuit surveillance system.
Download our public statement regarding lead-based paint hazard.
Is it scary?
Our daytime tour programming is not meant to provide a scary experience. Most visitors find the historic cellblocks to be surprisingly beautiful.
The tour content can be disturbing at times, but our goal is to explain and interpret the penitentiary's complex history, to place current issues of corrections and justice in an historical framework, and to provide a public forum where these issues are discussed.
If you're interested in a more immersive, theatrical experience, you'll enjoy Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary, which features five haunted houses plus historic tours, themed bars, live entertainment, and more. Halloween Nights raises funds for the year round historic preservation and educational interpretation of Eastern State Penitentiary and does not affect daytime operation of the historic site.
Is it haunted?
Many people believe that Eastern State Penitentiary is haunted. As early as the 1940s, officers and prisoners reported mysterious visions and eerie experiences in the ancient prison.
The penitentiary has been featured on the Travel Channel's Most Haunted Live, Ghost Adventures, and Paranormal Challenge; Fox Television's World's Scariest Places; TLC's America's Ghost Hunters; and MTV's FEAR. Footage captured on the second tier of Cellblock 12 by paranormal investigators during filming of SyFy's Ghost Hunters may be the most controversial ghost sighting in history.
During the filming of Paranormal Challenge, host Zak Bagans called Eastern State Penitentiary "one of the most haunted places in the world." Jack Osbourne, host of the Travel Channel's Portals to Hell, agreed. After filming the series, he noted, "Eastern State Penitentiary really freaked me out… The place is terrifying… Easily one of the most haunted places I've ever been."
Can I conduct a paranormal investigation at Eastern State?
Paranormal investigations (including the use of EVP recorders or other pieces of paranormal investigation equipment) are not permitted at Eastern State Penitentiary. While we know this is an area of interest for many, our mission drives our work. At this time, we are focusing our resources on maintaining and expanding programs that explore the penitentiary's history and connections to contemporary criminal justice reform. Thank you for your understanding!
Is the penitentiary accessible?
Eastern State Penitentiary offers a wide range of services for our patrons. For information on ADA accessibility, service animals, captioning, ASL interpretation, and other accommodations, please visit our Accessibility page.
Our staff is available to assist all guests to the best of their ability.
If you have additional concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to contact our administrative offices at [email protected] or (215) 236-3300.


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La Magnifica Fabbrica
240 anni del Teatro alla Scala
da Piermarini a Botta
4th December 2018 – 30th September 2019
Exhibition curated by Fulvio Irace and Pierluigi Panza
Exhibition design by Italo Lupi Ico Migliore Mara Servetto
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This exhibition traces 240 years of La Scala's architectural history, from its foundation based on the designs of the architect, Giuseppe Piermarini, to Mario Botta's extension work planned for next year. From 3rd August 1778, the date on which it opened its doors, to the present the "magnifica fabbrica" has been the scene of many changes. It has been the mirror that has reflected the city's social development, its changes in tastes and it has been in the forefront in the introduction of technologies. What Stendhal defined as "the world's prime theatre" has seen kings, emperors, revolutions, wars, many architects and artists who have re-drawn it. Next year, there is to be a new challenge: the creation of a new tower containing offices and services behind the fly tower.
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The Teatro alla Scala began life thanks to two acts of destruction of our architectural heritage and two refusals. Of the acts of destruction, one was accidental – the third fire to devastate the Regio Ducal Theatre – and one was deliberate – the demolition of the church of Santa Maria della Scala, to make way for the new theatre. The refusals came from the greatest architect of the day, Luigi Vanvitelli, who declined the invitation to design the new theatre, preferring to send to Milan his protégé, Giuseppe Piermarini, and from that immortal composer, Christoph Willibald Gluck, who preferred to leave the honour of inaugurating a theatre far from Vienna to the younger court composer, Antonio Salieri.
In one month, the architect of the Chamber, Piermarini, charged with designing two new theatres in Milan, prepared "all in his own hand" the drawings: plans, cross-sections, drawings of the façade and many interior details, all complete with an estimate of costs: 494,000 lire. And in less than two years, the theatre was built – in neo-classical style – and inaugurated on 3rd August 1778. Similarly, the theatre was restored in record time between 2002 and 2004 by Mario Botta, and it reopened on 7th December 2004 with a performance of the same opera: Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
Yet, between these two dates, numerous changes took place at the "magnifica fabbrica" of La Scala, which has mirrored the social and technological changes affecting the city and society and has been a forerunner in the introduction of technologies. The exhibition documents this history through operas, panels, videos, pictures, photographs and projections.
The theatre is a soft belly, ready to adapt to any new social or technological demand. And so, from the very beginning, Piermarini's theatre adopted many changes. In particular, as Luigi Lorenzo Secchi, La Scala's chief engineer for half of the 20th century, wrote "in the period between 1821 and 1830, through the direct intervention and conception, or inspiration, of Alessandro Sanquirico, architect and scene designer, Piermarini's great auditorium underwent consistent renewal, to the extent that the style and appearance of the whole auditorium changed, even down to the lighting, which originally employed candles and then oil lamps". In February 1831, the architect, Giuseppe Tazzini, added the porticoed wing in Via Filodrammatici, while the wing along Via Verdi had already been built and altered.
The next architectural revolution affecting the theatre did not come from within, but from without, when, between 1856 and 1858, the row of houses facing the theatre were demolished to make way for what was to become Piazza della Scala. This represented a revolution in the view of the theatre, which the exhibition demonstrates through technological solutions of great effect. We must remember that in 1865 work began on the arch of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele; in 1872, the statue of Leonardo da Vinci was unveiled; then, one after the other up until 1922, the façade of Palazzo Marino was built, the Banca Commerciale was constructed to the left of the square and the Ragioneria comunale (city accounts' office) on the right, all designed by Luca Beltrami. Meanwhile, in 1883, La Scala had opted for electric lighting, and was supplied by the Edison company's new Santa Radegonda power station, a short distance from the Cathedral.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the theatre-going public changed with the arrival of Arturo Toscanini. He put an end to the theatre as a salon and ordered that in the auditorium the lights be dimmed, silence respected and that it should be forbidden to enter once the opera has begun. In 1907, the "mystic gulf" or orchestra pit was created, thus lowering the area occupied by the musicians.
From 1932, Luigi Lorenzo Secchi renewed all La Scala's interiors. He designed the vertical distribution of the theatre creating the mirrored staircases (between the hall leading to the stalls and the ridotto of the boxes) in 1933; in 1937, he introduced the first moveable panels on the stage; then came the foyer, the ridotti of the boxes and the balconies giving La Scala that New Empire look that distinguishes it.
On the night between 15th and 16th August 1943, La Scala was bombed. Once the unstable structures had been secured, Secchi began reconstruction work. The decoration of the boxes was restored using Sanquirico's original papier mâché casts. The chandelier, which had been destroyed in the warehouses of Bovisa where it had been stored in 1940, was reconstructed and placed back in the auditorium, with its 352 lamps and the Bohemian crystal chains. And so, La Scala was reborn. On 11th May 1946, Toscanini, recently returned from the United States, conducted Mafalda Favero and the debutante, Renata Tebaldi, with Giovanni Malipiero in the inaugural concert.
Other events characterised the post-war years, from the renovation of the vault to the installation of new technological services, to the construction of the Piccola Scala, later closed, and to the creation of what was be known as the Scala System, which includes the former Andsaldo works, converted into the workshop where the scenes and costumes are produced.
Then came the major restoration work undertaken by Mario Botta between April 2002 and December 2004.


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