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text:
import io
import random

from oslo_log import log as logging
from tempest.api.image import base
from tempest.common import waiters
from tempest import config
from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
from tempest.lib import decorators
from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc

CONF = config.CONF
LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class ImportImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
    """Here we test the import operations for image"""

    @classmethod
    def skip_checks(cls):
        super(ImportImagesTest, cls).skip_checks()
        if not CONF.image_feature_enabled.import_image:
            skip_msg = (
                "%s skipped as image import is not available" % cls.__name__)
            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)

    @classmethod
    def resource_setup(cls):
        super(ImportImagesTest, cls).resource_setup()
        cls.available_import_methods = cls.client.info_import()[
            'import-methods']['value']
        if not cls.available_import_methods:
            raise cls.skipException('Server does not support '
                                    'any import method')

    def _create_image(self, disk_format=None, container_format=None):
        # Create image
        uuid = '00000000-1111-2222-3333-444455556666'
        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
        container_format = container_format or CONF.image.container_formats[0]
        disk_format = disk_format or CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
                                  container_format=container_format,
                                  disk_format=disk_format,
                                  visibility='private',
                                  ramdisk_id=uuid)
        self.assertIn('name', image)
        self.assertEqual(image_name, image['name'])
        self.assertIn('visibility', image)
        self.assertEqual('private', image['visibility'])
        self.assertIn('status', image)
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
        return image

    def _require_import_method(self, method):
        if method not in self.available_import_methods:
            raise self.skipException('Server does not support '
                                     '%s import method' % method)

    def _stage_and_check(self):
        image = self._create_image()
        # Stage image data
        file_content = data_utils.random_bytes()
        image_file = io.BytesIO(file_content)
        self.client.stage_image_file(image['id'], image_file)
        # Check image status is 'uploading'
        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
        self.assertEqual('uploading', body['status'])
        return image['id']

    @decorators.idempotent_id('32ca0c20-e16f-44ac-8590-07869c9b4cc2')
    def test_image_glance_direct_import(self):
        """Test 'glance-direct' import functionalities

        Create image, stage image data, import image and verify
        that import succeeded.
        """
        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')

        image_id = self._stage_and_check()
        # import image from staging to backend
        resp = self.client.image_import(image_id, method='glance-direct')
        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image_id)

        if not self.versions_client.has_version('2.12'):
            # API is not new enough to support image/tasks API
            LOG.info('Glance does not support v2.12, so I am unable to '
                     'validate the image/tasks API.')
            return

        tasks = waiters.wait_for_image_tasks_status(
            self.client, image_id, 'success')
        self.assertEqual(1, len(tasks))
        task = tasks[0]
        self.assertEqual(resp.response['x-openstack-request-id'],
                         task['request_id'])
        self.assertEqual('glance-direct',
                         task['input']['import_req']['method']['name'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('f6feb7a4-b04f-4706-a011-206129f83e62')
    def test_image_web_download_import(self):
        """Test 'web-download' import functionalities

        Create image, import image and verify that import
        succeeded.
        """
        self._require_import_method('web-download')

        image = self._create_image()
        # Now try to get image details
        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
        self.assertEqual('queued', body['status'])
        # import image from web to backend
        image_uri = CONF.image.http_image
        self.client.image_import(image['id'], method='web-download',
                                 import_params={'uri': image_uri})
        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image['id'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('8876c818-c40e-4b90-9742-31d231616305')
    def test_image_glance_download_import_success(self):
        # We use glance-direct initially, then glance-download for test
        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')
        self._require_import_method('glance-download')

        # Create an image via the normal import process to be our source
        src = self._stage_and_check()
        self.client.image_import(src, method='glance-direct')
        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, src)

        # Add some properties to it that will be copied by the default
        # config (and one that won't)
        self.client.update_image(src, [
            {'add': '/hw_cpu_cores', 'value': '5'},
            {'add': '/trait:STORAGE_DISK_SSD', 'value': 'required'},
            {'add': '/os_distro', 'value': 'rhel'},
            {'add': '/speed', 'value': '88mph'},
        ])

        # Make sure our properties stuck on the source image
        src_image = self.client.show_image(src)
        self.assertEqual('5', src_image['hw_cpu_cores'])
        self.assertEqual('required', src_image['trait:STORAGE_DISK_SSD'])
        self.assertEqual('rhel', src_image['os_distro'])
        self.assertEqual('88mph', src_image['speed'])

        # Create a new image which we will fill from another glance image
        dst = self._create_image(container_format='ovf',
                                 disk_format='iso')['id']

        # Set some values that will conflict to make sure we get the
        # new ones and confirm they stuck before the import.
        self.client.update_image(dst, [
            {'add': '/hw_cpu_cores', 'value': '1'},
            {'add': '/os_distro', 'value': 'windows'},
        ])
        dst_image = self.client.show_image(dst)
        self.assertEqual('1', dst_image['hw_cpu_cores'])
        self.assertEqual('windows', dst_image['os_distro'])

        params = {
            'glance_image_id': src,
            'glance_region': self.client.region,
            'glance_service_interface': 'public',
        }
        self.client.image_import(dst, method='glance-download',
                                 import_params=params)
        waiters.wait_for_image_tasks_status(self.client, dst, 'success')

        # Make sure the new image has all the keys imported from the
        # original image that we expect
        dst_image = self.client.show_image(dst)
        self.assertEqual(src_image['disk_format'], dst_image['disk_format'])
        self.assertEqual(src_image['container_format'],
                         dst_image['container_format'])
        self.assertEqual('5', dst_image['hw_cpu_cores'])
        self.assertEqual('required', dst_image['trait:STORAGE_DISK_SSD'])
        self.assertEqual('rhel', dst_image['os_distro'])
        self.assertNotIn('speed', dst_image)

    @decorators.attr(type=['negative'])
    @decorators.idempotent_id('36d4b546-64a2-4bb9-bdd0-ba676aa48f2c')
    def test_image_glance_download_import_bad_uuid(self):
        self._require_import_method('glance-download')
        image_id = self._create_image()['id']
        params = {
            'glance_image_id': 'foo',
            'glance_region': self.client.region,
            'glance_service_interface': 'public',
        }

        # A non-UUID-like image id should make us fail immediately
        e = self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest,
                              self.client.image_import,
                              image_id, method='glance-download',
                              import_params=params)
        self.assertIn('image id does not look like a UUID', str(e))

    @decorators.attr(type=['negative'])
    @decorators.idempotent_id('77644240-dbbe-4744-ae28-09b2ac12e218')
    def test_image_glance_download_import_bad_endpoint(self):
        self._require_import_method('glance-download')
        image_id = self._create_image()['id']

        # Set some properties before the import to make sure they are
        # undisturbed
        self.client.update_image(image_id, [
            {'add': '/hw_cpu_cores', 'value': '1'},
            {'add': '/os_distro', 'value': 'windows'},
        ])
        image = self.client.show_image(image_id)
        self.assertEqual('1', image['hw_cpu_cores'])
        self.assertEqual('windows', image['os_distro'])

        params = {
            'glance_image_id': '36d4b546-64a2-4bb9-bdd0-ba676aa48f2c',
            'glance_region': 'not a region',
            'glance_service_interface': 'not an interface',
        }

        # A bad region or interface will cause us to fail when we
        # contact the remote glance.
        self.client.image_import(image_id, method='glance-download',
                                 import_params=params)
        waiters.wait_for_image_tasks_status(self.client, image_id, 'failure')

        # Make sure we reverted the image status to queued on failure, and that
        # our extra properties are still in place.
        image = self.client.show_image(image_id)
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
        self.assertEqual('1', image['hw_cpu_cores'])
        self.assertEqual('windows', image['os_distro'])

    @decorators.attr(type=['negative'])
    @decorators.idempotent_id('c7edec8e-24b5-416a-9d42-b3e773bab62c')
    def test_image_glance_download_import_bad_missing_image(self):
        self._require_import_method('glance-download')
        image_id = self._create_image()['id']
        params = {
            'glance_image_id': '36d4b546-64a2-4bb9-bdd0-ba676aa48f2c',
            'glance_region': self.client.region,
            'glance_service_interface': 'public',
        }

        # A non-existent image will cause us to fail when we
        # contact the remote glance.
        self.client.image_import(image_id, method='glance-download',
                                 import_params=params)
        waiters.wait_for_image_tasks_status(self.client, image_id, 'failure')

        # Make sure we reverted the image status to queued on failure
        image = self.client.show_image(image_id)
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('e04761a1-22af-42c2-b8bc-a34a3f12b585')
    def test_remote_import(self):
        """Test image import against a different worker than stage.

        This creates and stages an image against the primary API worker,
        but then calls import on a secondary worker (if available) to
        test that distributed image import works (i.e. proxies the import
        request to the proper worker).
        """
        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')

        if not CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint:
            raise self.skipException('No image_remote service to test '
                                     'against')

        image_id = self._stage_and_check()
        # import image from staging to backend, but on the alternate worker
        self.os_primary.image_client_remote.image_import(
            image_id, method='glance-direct')
        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image_id)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('44d60544-1524-42f7-8899-315301105dd8')
    def test_remote_delete(self):
        """Test image delete against a different worker than stage.

        This creates and stages an image against the primary API worker,
        but then calls delete on a secondary worker (if available) to
        test that distributed image import works (i.e. proxies the delete
        request to the proper worker).
        """
        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')

        if not CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint:
            raise self.skipException('No image_remote service to test '
                                     'against')

        image_id = self._stage_and_check()
        # delete image from staging to backend, but on the alternate worker
        self.os_primary.image_client_remote.delete_image(image_id)
        self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(image_id)

class MultiStoresImportImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
    """Test importing image in multiple stores"""
    @classmethod
    def skip_checks(cls):
        super(MultiStoresImportImagesTest, cls).skip_checks()
        if not CONF.image_feature_enabled.import_image:
            skip_msg = (
                "%s skipped as image import is not available" % cls.__name__)
            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)

    @classmethod
    def resource_setup(cls):
        super(MultiStoresImportImagesTest, cls).resource_setup()
        cls.available_import_methods = cls.client.info_import()[
            'import-methods']['value']
        if not cls.available_import_methods:
            raise cls.skipException('Server does not support '
                                    'any import method')

        # NOTE(pdeore): Skip if glance-direct import method and mutlistore
        # are not enabled/configured, or only one store is configured in
        # multiple stores setup.
        cls.available_stores = cls.get_available_stores()
        if ('glance-direct' not in cls.available_import_methods or
                not len(cls.available_stores) > 1):
            raise cls.skipException(
                'Either glance-direct import method not present in %s or '
                'None or only one store is '
                'configured %s' % (cls.available_import_methods,
                                   cls.available_stores))

    def _create_and_stage_image(self, all_stores=False):
        """Create Image & stage image file for glance-direct import method."""
        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('test-image')
        container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
                                  container_format=container_format,
                                  disk_format=disk_format,
                                  visibility='private')
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])

        self.client.stage_image_file(
            image['id'],
            io.BytesIO(data_utils.random_bytes()))
        # Check image status is 'uploading'
        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
        self.assertEqual('uploading', body['status'])

        if all_stores:
            stores_list = ','.join([store['id']
                                    for store in self.available_stores
                                    if store.get('read-only') != 'true'])
        else:
            stores = [store['id'] for store in self.available_stores
                      if store.get('read-only') != 'true']
            stores_list = stores[::max(1, len(stores) - 1)]

        return body, stores_list

    @decorators.idempotent_id('bf04ff00-3182-47cb-833a-f1c6767b47fd')
    def test_glance_direct_import_image_to_all_stores(self):
        """Test image is imported in all available stores

        Create image, import image to all available stores using glance-direct
        import method and verify that import succeeded.
        """
        image, stores = self._create_and_stage_image(all_stores=True)

        self.client.image_import(
            image['id'], method='glance-direct', all_stores=True)

        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client,
                                                  image['id'], stores)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('82fb131a-dd2b-11ea-aec7-340286b6c574')
    def test_glance_direct_import_image_to_specific_stores(self):
        """Test image is imported in all available stores

        Create image, import image to specified store(s) using glance-direct
        import method and verify that import succeeded.
        """
        image, stores = self._create_and_stage_image()
        self.client.image_import(image['id'], method='glance-direct',
                                 stores=stores)

        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image['id'],
                                                  (','.join(stores)))

class BasicOperationsImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
    """Here we test the basic operations of images"""

    @decorators.attr(type='smoke')
    @decorators.idempotent_id('139b765e-7f3d-4b3d-8b37-3ca3876ee318')
    def test_register_upload_get_image_file(self):
        """Here we test these functionalities

        Register image, upload the image file, get image and get image
        file api's
        """

        uuid = '00000000-1111-2222-3333-444455556666'
        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
        container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
                                  container_format=container_format,
                                  disk_format=disk_format,
                                  visibility='private',
                                  ramdisk_id=uuid)
        self.assertIn('name', image)
        self.assertEqual(image_name, image['name'])
        self.assertIn('visibility', image)
        self.assertEqual('private', image['visibility'])
        self.assertIn('status', image)
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])

        # NOTE: This Glance API returns different status codes for image
        # condition. In this empty data case, Glance should return 204,
        # so here should check the status code.
        image_file = self.client.show_image_file(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(0, len(image_file.data))
        self.assertEqual(204, image_file.response.status)

        # Now try uploading an image file
        file_content = data_utils.random_bytes()
        image_file = io.BytesIO(file_content)
        self.client.store_image_file(image['id'], image_file)

        # Now try to get image details
        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
        self.assertEqual(image_name, body['name'])
        self.assertEqual(uuid, body['ramdisk_id'])
        self.assertIn('size', body)
        self.assertEqual(1024, body.get('size'))

        # Now try get image file
        # NOTE: This Glance API returns different status codes for image
        # condition. In this non-empty data case, Glance should return 200,
        # so here should check the status code.
        body = self.client.show_image_file(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(file_content, body.data)
        self.assertEqual(200, body.response.status)

    @decorators.attr(type='smoke')
    @decorators.idempotent_id('f848bb94-1c6e-45a4-8726-39e3a5b23535')
    def test_delete_image(self):
        """Test deleting an image by image_id"""
        # Create image
        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
        container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
                                  container_format=container_format,
                                  disk_format=disk_format,
                                  visibility='private')
        # Delete Image
        self.client.delete_image(image['id'])
        self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(image['id'])

        # Verifying deletion
        images = self.client.list_images()['images']
        images_id = [item['id'] for item in images]
        self.assertNotIn(image['id'], images_id)

    @decorators.attr(type='smoke')
    @decorators.idempotent_id('f66891a7-a35c-41a8-b590-a065c2a1caa6')
    def test_update_image(self):
        """Test updating an image by image_id"""
        # Create image
        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
        container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
                                  container_format=container_format,
                                  disk_format=disk_format,
                                  visibility='private')
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])

        # Update Image
        new_image_name = data_utils.rand_name('new-image')
        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(replace='/name', value=new_image_name)])

        # Verifying updating

        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
        self.assertEqual(new_image_name, body['name'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('951ebe01-969f-4ea9-9898-8a3f1f442ab0')
    def test_deactivate_reactivate_image(self):
        """Test deactivating and reactivating an image"""
        # Create image
        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
        image = self.create_image(name=image_name,
                                  container_format='bare',
                                  disk_format='raw',
                                  visibility='private')

        # Upload an image file
        content = data_utils.random_bytes()
        image_file = io.BytesIO(content)
        self.client.store_image_file(image['id'], image_file)

        # Deactivate image
        self.client.deactivate_image(image['id'])
        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual("deactivated", body['status'])

        # User unable to download deactivated image
        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.Forbidden, self.client.show_image_file,
                          image['id'])

        # Reactivate image
        self.client.reactivate_image(image['id'])
        body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual("active", body['status'])

        # User able to download image after reactivation
        body = self.client.show_image_file(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(content, body.data)

class ListUserImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
    """Here we test the listing of image information"""

    @classmethod
    def resource_setup(cls):
        super(ListUserImagesTest, cls).resource_setup()
        # We add a few images here to test the listing functionality of
        # the images API
        container_fmts = CONF.image.container_formats
        disk_fmts = CONF.image.disk_formats
        all_pairs = [(container_fmt, disk_fmt)
                     for container_fmt in container_fmts
                     for disk_fmt in disk_fmts]

        for (container_fmt, disk_fmt) in all_pairs[:6]:
            LOG.debug("Creating an image "
                      "(Container format: %s, Disk format: %s).",
                      container_fmt, disk_fmt)
            cls._create_standard_image(container_fmt, disk_fmt)

    @classmethod
    def _create_standard_image(cls, container_format, disk_format):
        """Create a new standard image and return the newly-registered image-id

        Note that the size of the new image is a random number between
        1024 and 4096
        """
        size = random.randint(1024, 4096)
        image_file = io.BytesIO(data_utils.random_bytes(size))
        tags = [data_utils.rand_name('tag'), data_utils.rand_name('tag')]
        image = cls.create_image(container_format=container_format,
                                 disk_format=disk_format,
                                 visibility='private',
                                 tags=tags)
        cls.client.store_image_file(image['id'], data=image_file)
        # Keep the data of one test image so it can be used to filter lists
        cls.test_data = image

        return image['id']

    def _list_by_param_value_and_assert(self, params):
        """Perform list action with given params and validates result."""
        # Retrieve the list of images that meet the filter
        images_list = self.client.list_images(params=params)['images']
        # Validating params of fetched images
        msg = 'No images were found that met the filter criteria.'
        self.assertNotEmpty(images_list, msg)
        for image in images_list:
            for key in params:
                msg = "Failed to list images by %s" % key
                self.assertEqual(params[key], image[key], msg)

    def _list_sorted_by_image_size_and_assert(self, params, desc=False):
        """Validate an image list that has been sorted by size

        Perform list action with given params and validates the results are
        sorted by image size in either ascending or descending order.
        """
        # Retrieve the list of images that meet the filter
        images_list = self.client.list_images(params=params)['images']
        # Validate that the list was fetched sorted accordingly
        msg = 'No images were found that met the filter criteria.'
        self.assertNotEmpty(images_list, msg)
        sorted_list = [image['size'] for image in images_list
                       if image['size'] is not None]
        msg = 'The list of images was not sorted correctly.'
        self.assertEqual(sorted(sorted_list, reverse=desc), sorted_list, msg)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('1e341d7a-90a9-494c-b143-2cdf2aeb6aee')
    def test_list_no_params(self):
        """Simple test to see all fixture images returned"""
        images_list = self.client.list_images()['images']
        image_list = [image['id'] for image in images_list]

        for image in self.created_images:
            self.assertIn(image, image_list)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('9959ca1d-1aa7-4b7a-a1ea-0fff0499b37e')
    def test_list_images_param_container_format(self):
        """Test to get all images with a specific container_format"""
        params = {"container_format": self.test_data['container_format']}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('4a4735a7-f22f-49b6-b0d9-66e1ef7453eb')
    def test_list_images_param_disk_format(self):
        """Test to get all images with disk_format = raw"""
        params = {"disk_format": "raw"}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('7a95bb92-d99e-4b12-9718-7bc6ab73e6d2')
    def test_list_images_param_visibility(self):
        """Test to get all images with visibility = private"""
        params = {"visibility": "private"}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('cf1b9a48-8340-480e-af7b-fe7e17690876')
    def test_list_images_param_size(self):
        """Test to get all images by size"""
        image_id = self.created_images[0]
        # Get image metadata
        image = self.client.show_image(image_id)

        params = {"size": image['size']}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('4ad8c157-971a-4ba8-aa84-ed61154b1e7f')
    def test_list_images_param_min_max_size(self):
        """Test to get all images with min size and max size"""
        image_id = self.created_images[0]
        # Get image metadata
        image = self.client.show_image(image_id)

        size = image['size']
        params = {"size_min": size - 500, "size_max": size + 500}
        images_list = self.client.list_images(params=params)['images']
        image_size_list = map(lambda x: x['size'], images_list)

        for image_size in image_size_list:
            self.assertGreaterEqual(image_size, params['size_min'],
                                    "Failed to get images by size_min")
            self.assertLessEqual(image_size, params['size_max'],
                                 "Failed to get images by size_max")

    @decorators.idempotent_id('7fc9e369-0f58-4d05-9aa5-0969e2d59d15')
    def test_list_images_param_status(self):
        """Test to get all active images"""
        params = {"status": "active"}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('e914a891-3cc8-4b40-ad32-e0a39ffbddbb')
    def test_list_images_param_limit(self):
        """Test to get images by limit"""
        params = {"limit": 1}
        images_list = self.client.list_images(params=params)['images']

        self.assertEqual(len(images_list), params['limit'],
                         "Failed to get images by limit")

    @decorators.idempotent_id('e9a44b91-31c8-4b40-a332-e0a39ffb4dbb')
    def test_list_image_param_owner(self):
        """Test to get images by owner"""
        image_id = self.created_images[0]
        # Get image metadata
        image = self.client.show_image(image_id)

        params = {"owner": image['owner']}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('55c8f5f5-bfed-409d-a6d5-4caeda985d7b')
    def test_list_images_param_name(self):
        """Test to get images by name"""
        params = {'name': self.test_data['name']}
        self._list_by_param_value_and_assert(params)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('aa8ac4df-cff9-418b-8d0f-dd9c67b072c9')
    def test_list_images_param_tag(self):
        """Test to get images matching a tag"""
        params = {'tag': self.test_data['tags'][0]}
        images_list = self.client.list_images(params=params)['images']
        # Validating properties of fetched images
        self.assertNotEmpty(images_list)
        for image in images_list:
            msg = ("The image {image_name} does not have the expected tag "
                   "{expected_tag} among its tags: {observerd_tags}."
                   .format(image_name=image['name'],
                           expected_tag=self.test_data['tags'][0],
                           observerd_tags=image['tags']))
            self.assertIn(self.test_data['tags'][0], image['tags'], msg)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('eeadce49-04e0-43b7-aec7-52535d903e7a')
    def test_list_images_param_sort(self):
        """Test listing images sorting in descending order"""
        params = {'sort': 'size:desc'}
        self._list_sorted_by_image_size_and_assert(params, desc=True)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('9faaa0c2-c3a5-43e1-8f61-61c54b409a49')
    def test_list_images_param_sort_key_dir(self):
        """Test listing images sorting by size in descending order"""
        params = {'sort_key': 'size', 'sort_dir': 'desc'}
        self._list_sorted_by_image_size_and_assert(params, desc=True)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('622b925c-479f-4736-860d-adeaf13bc371')
    def test_get_image_schema(self):
        """Test to get image schema"""
        schema = "image"
        body = self.schemas_client.show_schema(schema)
        self.assertEqual("image", body['name'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('25c8d7b2-df21-460f-87ac-93130bcdc684')
    def test_get_images_schema(self):
        """Test to get images schema"""
        schema = "images"
        body = self.schemas_client.show_schema(schema)
        self.assertEqual("images", body['name'])

class ListSharedImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
    """Here we test the listing of a shared image information"""

    credentials = ['primary', 'alt']

    @classmethod
    def setup_clients(cls):
        super(ListSharedImagesTest, cls).setup_clients()
        cls.image_member_client = cls.os_primary.image_member_client_v2
        cls.alt_img_client = cls.os_alt.image_client_v2

    @decorators.idempotent_id('3fa50be4-8e38-4c02-a8db-7811bb780122')
    def test_list_images_param_member_status(self):
        """Test listing images by member_status and visibility"""
        # Create an image to be shared using default visibility
        image_file = io.BytesIO(data_utils.random_bytes(2048))
        container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
        image = self.create_image(container_format=container_format,
                                  disk_format=disk_format)
        self.client.store_image_file(image['id'], data=image_file)

        # Share the image created with the alt user
        self.image_member_client.create_image_member(
            image_id=image['id'], member=self.alt_img_client.tenant_id)

        # As an image consumer you need to provide the member_status parameter
        # along with the visibility=shared parameter in order for it to show
        # results
        params = {'member_status': 'pending', 'visibility': 'shared'}
        fetched_images = self.alt_img_client.list_images(params)['images']
        self.assertEqual(1, len(fetched_images))
        self.assertEqual(image['id'], fetched_images[0]['id'])

class ImageLocationsTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
    @classmethod
    def skip_checks(cls):
        super(ImageLocationsTest, cls).skip_checks()
        if not CONF.image_feature_enabled.manage_locations:
            skip_msg = (
                "%s skipped as show_multiple_locations is not available" % (
                    cls.__name__))
            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('58b0fadc-219d-40e1-b159-1c902cec323a')
    def test_location_after_upload(self):
        image = self.client.create_image(container_format='bare',
                                         disk_format='raw')

        # Locations should be empty when there is no data
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
        self.assertEqual([], image['locations'])

        # Now try uploading an image file
        file_content = data_utils.random_bytes()
        image_file = io.BytesIO(file_content)
        self.client.store_image_file(image['id'], image_file)
        waiters.wait_for_image_status(self.client, image['id'], 'active')

        # Locations should now have one item
        image = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(1, len(image['locations']),
                         'Expected one location in %r' % image['locations'])

        # NOTE(danms): If show_image_direct_url is enabled, then this
        # will be present. If so, it should match the one location we set
        if 'direct_url' in image:
            self.assertEqual(image['direct_url'], image['locations'][0]['url'])

        return image

    def _check_set_location(self):
        image = self.client.create_image(container_format='bare',
                                         disk_format='raw')

        # Locations should be empty when there is no data
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
        self.assertEqual([], image['locations'])

        # Add a new location
        new_loc = {'metadata': {'foo': 'bar'},
                   'url': CONF.image.http_image}
        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

        # The image should now be active, with one location that looks
        # like we expect
        image = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(1, len(image['locations']),
                         'Image should have one location but has %i' % (
                         len(image['locations'])))
        self.assertEqual(new_loc['url'], image['locations'][0]['url'])
        self.assertEqual('bar', image['locations'][0]['metadata'].get('foo'))
        if 'direct_url' in image:
            self.assertEqual(image['direct_url'], image['locations'][0]['url'])

        # If we added the location directly, the image goes straight
        # to active and no hashing is done
        self.assertEqual('active', image['status'])
        self.assertIsNone(None, image['os_hash_algo'])
        self.assertIsNone(None, image['os_hash_value'])

        return image

    @decorators.idempotent_id('37599b8a-d5c0-4590-aee5-73878502be15')
    def test_set_location(self):
        self._check_set_location()

    def _check_set_multiple_locations(self):
        image = self._check_set_location()

        new_loc = {'metadata': {'speed': '88mph'},
                   'url': '%s#new' % CONF.image.http_image}
        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

        # The image should now have two locations and the last one
        # (locations are ordered) should have the new URL.
        image = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(2, len(image['locations']),
                         'Image should have two locations but has %i' % (
                         len(image['locations'])))
        self.assertEqual(new_loc['url'], image['locations'][1]['url'])

        # The image should still be active and still have no hashes
        self.assertEqual('active', image['status'])
        self.assertIsNone(None, image['os_hash_algo'])
        self.assertIsNone(None, image['os_hash_value'])

        # The direct_url should still match the first location
        if 'direct_url' in image:
            self.assertEqual(image['direct_url'], image['locations'][0]['url'])

        return image

    @decorators.idempotent_id('bf6e0009-c039-4884-b498-db074caadb10')
    def test_replace_location(self):
        image = self._check_set_multiple_locations()
        original_locs = image['locations']

        # Replacing with the exact thing should work
        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(replace='/locations', value=image['locations'])])

        # Changing metadata on a location should work
        original_locs[0]['metadata']['date'] = '2015-10-15'
        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(replace='/locations', value=original_locs)])

        # Deleting a location should not work
        self.assertRaises(
            lib_exc.BadRequest,
            self.client.update_image,
            image['id'], [
                dict(replace='/locations', value=[original_locs[0]])])

        # Replacing a location (with a different URL) should not work
        new_loc = {'metadata': original_locs[1]['metadata'],
                   'url': '%s#new3' % CONF.image.http_image}
        self.assertRaises(
            lib_exc.BadRequest,
            self.client.update_image,
            image['id'], [
                dict(replace='/locations', value=[original_locs[0],
                                                  new_loc])])

        # Make sure the locations haven't changed with the above failures,
        # but the metadata we updated should be changed.
        image = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(2, len(image['locations']),
                         'Image should have two locations but has %i' % (
                         len(image['locations'])))
        self.assertEqual(original_locs, image['locations'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('8a648de4-b745-4c28-a7b5-20de1c3da4d2')
    def test_delete_locations(self):
        image = self._check_set_multiple_locations()
        expected_remaining_loc = image['locations'][1]

        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(remove='/locations/0')])

        # The image should now have only the one location we did not delete
        image = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(1, len(image['locations']),
                         'Image should have one location but has %i' % (
                         len(image['locations'])))
        self.assertEqual(expected_remaining_loc['url'],
                         image['locations'][0]['url'])

        # The direct_url should now be the last remaining location
        if 'direct_url' in image:
            self.assertEqual(image['direct_url'], image['locations'][0]['url'])

        # Removing the last location should be disallowed
        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.Forbidden,
                          self.client.update_image, image['id'], [
                              dict(remove='/locations/0')])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('a9a20396-8399-4b36-909d-564949be098f')
    def test_set_location_bad_scheme(self):
        image = self.client.create_image(container_format='bare',
                                         disk_format='raw')

        # Locations should be empty when there is no data
        self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
        self.assertEqual([], image['locations'])

        # Adding a new location using a scheme that is not allowed
        # should result in an error
        new_loc = {'metadata': {'foo': 'bar'},
                   'url': 'gopher://info.cern.ch'}
        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest,
                          self.client.update_image, image['id'], [
                              dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

    def _check_set_location_with_hash(self):
        image = self.client.create_image(container_format='bare',
                                         disk_format='raw')

        # Create a new location with validation data
        new_loc = {'validation_data': {'checksum': '1' * 32,
                                       'os_hash_value': 'deadbeef' * 16,
                                       'os_hash_algo': 'sha512'},
                   'metadata': {},
                   'url': CONF.image.http_image}
        self.client.update_image(image['id'], [
            dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

        # Expect that all of our values ended up on the image
        image = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(1, len(image['locations']))
        self.assertEqual('1' * 32, image['checksum'])
        self.assertEqual('deadbeef' * 16, image['os_hash_value'])
        self.assertEqual('sha512', image['os_hash_algo'])
        self.assertNotIn('validation_data', image['locations'][0])
        self.assertEqual('active', image['status'])

        return image

    @decorators.idempotent_id('42d6f7db-c9f5-4bae-9e15-a90262fe445a')
    def test_set_location_with_hash(self):
        self._check_set_location_with_hash()

    @decorators.idempotent_id('304c8a19-aa86-47dd-a022-ec4c7f433f1b')
    def test_set_location_with_hash_second_matching(self):
        orig_image = self._check_set_location_with_hash()

        new_loc = {
            'validation_data': {'checksum': orig_image['checksum'],
                                'os_hash_value': orig_image['os_hash_value'],
                                'os_hash_algo': orig_image['os_hash_algo']},
            'metadata': {},
            'url': '%s#new' % CONF.image.http_image}
        self.client.update_image(orig_image['id'], [
            dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

        # Setting the same exact values on a new location should work
        image = self.client.show_image(orig_image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(2, len(image['locations']))
        self.assertEqual(orig_image['checksum'], image['checksum'])
        self.assertEqual(orig_image['os_hash_value'], image['os_hash_value'])
        self.assertEqual(orig_image['os_hash_algo'], image['os_hash_algo'])
        self.assertNotIn('validation_data', image['locations'][0])
        self.assertNotIn('validation_data', image['locations'][1])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('f3ce99c2-9ffb-4b9f-b2cb-876929382553')
    def test_set_location_with_hash_not_matching(self):
        orig_image = self._check_set_location_with_hash()
        values = {
            'checksum': '2' * 32,
            'os_hash_value': 'beefdead' * 16,
            'os_hash_algo': 'sha256',
        }

        # Try to set a new location with one each of the above
        # substitutions
        for k, v in values.items():
            new_loc = {
                'validation_data': {
                    'checksum': orig_image['checksum'],
                    'os_hash_value': orig_image['os_hash_value'],
                    'os_hash_algo': orig_image['os_hash_algo']},
                'metadata': {},
                'url': '%s#new' % CONF.image.http_image}
            new_loc['validation_data'][k] = v

            # This should always fail due to the mismatch
            self.assertRaises(lib_exc.Conflict,
                              self.client.update_image,
                              orig_image['id'], [
                                  dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

        # Now try to add a new location with all of the substitutions,
        # which should also fail
        new_loc['validation_data'] = values
        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.Conflict,
                          self.client.update_image,
                          orig_image['id'], [
                              dict(add='/locations/-', value=new_loc)])

        # Make sure nothing has changed on our image after all the
        # above failures
        image = self.client.show_image(orig_image['id'])
        self.assertEqual(1, len(image['locations']))
        self.assertEqual(orig_image['checksum'], image['checksum'])
        self.assertEqual(orig_image['os_hash_value'], image['os_hash_value'])
        self.assertEqual(orig_image['os_hash_algo'], image['os_hash_algo'])
        self.assertNotIn('validation_data', image['locations'][0])


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Home » World News » Afghanistan: Civilians face 'deadly and dangerous' situation amid warning Kabul could fall in 90 days, former foreign secretary says
Afghanistan: Civilians face 'deadly and dangerous' situation amid warning Kabul could fall in 90 days, former foreign secretary says
Civilians in Afghanistan face a "deadly and dangerous" situation amid concerns that the capital Kabul could fall to the Taliban within 90 days, a former foreign secretary has said.
David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, warned the West not to take its eyes off Afghanistan as the Taliban's forces continue to make gains after British and US troops were withdrawn.
He said: "The time when troops were there was not used to develop a stable political settlement for the country and the great fear for the moment is that the gains being enjoyed by the people are on the rack."
Mr Miliband, who served as Labour's foreign secretary between 2007 and 2010, noted that thousands of Afghans are being killed, are fleeing or are homeless as a result of the Taliban advance.
The Islamists now control 65% of Afghanistan and have taken or threaten to take 11 provincial capitals, a senior EU official said on Tuesday, while US intelligence estimates that Kabul could fall within 90 days.
Mr Miliband said 5,000 civilians were killed in the most recent fighting, 30,000 people a week are fleeing the country, and 350,000 people are homeless.
He added the refugee danger is "real and present" to neighbouring states, with 100,000 leaving Afghanistan each month and going into Pakistan and Iran.
"It is predominantly in the region but some will try to make it to Europe as well," he added.
Mr Miliband said the approach since Britain and America entered Afghanistan in 2001 has been focused on the military endeavour first and then the political system.
"The abiding approach and I am afraid it ran right through the end, was that military endeavour should then be followed by an attempt to create a stable political system," he said.
"I argued, from the beginning of my time, that those two things had to happen in parallel. It started with the Bonn Peace Conference of 2001-2, which excluded significant swathes of the Pashtu population of the country.
"So, the difficulty of developing politics that is based on compromise in a country that is highly decentralised has been an abiding problem from the beginning.
"That is not to say that there haven't been significant gains, that as I say haven't yet been erased, but I think it's important to learn the right lesson.
"My lesson is, whether you are in the military, in diplomacy or in the humanitarian sector, none of them work without an effective approach to a political settlement.
"That can't be done sequentially – military then political – they have to be done together."
Earlier today, a new US intelligence assessment estimated that Taliban fighters could isolate Kabul in 30 days and possibly take it over in 90 days.
A US defence official cited US intelligence and said Afghan security forces could reverse the momentum by putting up more resistance.
Faizabad, in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, became the eighth provincial capital to be seized by the Taliban on Wednesday.
All gateways to Kabul, which lies in a valley surrounded by mountains, were choked with civilians entering the city and fleeing violence elsewhere, a Western security source there told Reuters.
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text:
Sick Free Jazz Guys Cover the White Light/White Heat Album
This is better than the original – although that's really not saying much. It's way funnier too, like what Rawles Balls might have done with it if they were a horn band. Lou Reed used up all his best songs on the Velvets' first album; White Light/White Heat is basically just a crappy garage band taking a stab at psychedelia. The members of Puttin' on the Ritz, whose song-for-song if not exactly note-for-note cover of White Light/White Heat is just out on Hot Cup Records, seem to share that view. The group is BJ Rubin on vocals, Moppa Elliott on bass and Kevin Shea on drums (half of irrepressible, iconoclastic free jazz crew Mostly Other People Do the Killing), Nate Wooley on trumpet, Jon Irabagon on saxes, Sam Kulik on trombones and Talibam's Matt Mottel on "Turkish organ" on Sister Ray.
Rubin is not much of a singer, although he enunciates well enough so you can understand the lyrics – which is half the fun. They're awful. Lady Godiva's Operation? He does both the lead and the overdubs in one take. Bastardizing its inner artsy pop song might have felt revolutionary for Lou and crew in 1967; these guys expose it as amateurish and overdone.
Likewise, on The Gift, Rubin's deadpan, nasal delivery is an improvement on John Cale's half-buried mumble, although the sad tale of Waldo Jeffers mailing himself to his beloved Marsha has not aged well either. I Heard Her Call My Name, as it goes completely over the top, Gossip-style, reveals the original to be a parody of soul music. Sister Ray, all seventeen minutes and sixteen seconds of it, sounds like a bad jam Lou came up with on the spot when Verve's people realized he was out of material. It's there that Rubin's enunciation really kicks in: counting how many times the word "ding-dong" appears in the song would make a great drinking game. The band – a formidable mix of A-list talent – basically slum it, playing the changes pretty straight with a minimum of the kind of mayhem they're capable of. Which seems intentional.
If you like this one, you should check out Bryan and the Haggards' equally sick album of Merle Haggard covers, Pretend It's the End of the World. The likelihood of this crew putting out another album isn't all that good, but here are some other overrated albums that definitely deserve this kind of treatment: Bitches Brew (guys, you would have the time of your life with this); Harvest, by Neil Young (super easy changes!); Evol, by Sonic Youth. Think about it.
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Concert Review: Sasha Dobson and Van Hayride at Banjo Jim's 5/6/07
Sasha Dobson, a jazz/pop singer who's now playing guitar as well, has become one of the few NYC artists to get any press in the NY Times, and she's earned it: she's what Norah Jones should aspire to be in a couple of years. Dobson has paid her dues playing small clubs over the past several years and sings in a lower register than Jones, but still invites the inevitable Norah comparisons since she's moved away from jazz toward a more pop style. Her stage persona is more confident, more world-weary and decidedly more mature, perhaps appropriately so. She has a fondness for minor keys and rhythms like bossa nova and tango which are well suited to her sultry delivery. Now if only she could stick to doing her own, surprisingly compelling original material instead of covering the likes of hacks like Richard Julian (who duetted with her on one of his songs and added absolutely nothing: to paraphrase Billy Preston, nothing plus nothing makes nothing).
Van Hayride, the headline act, shares a rhythm section with Dobson, the only conceivable reason (other than careless booking) for them to have followed on the bill: But segue or no segue, they were tremendous, and had the audience in hysterics throughout their completely over-the-top set. Van Hayride features the hardest working man in country music, Jack Grace as frontman plus the piano player from his country band along with guitarist Steve Antonakos (what NYC band is this guy NOT in???), doing country covers of Van Halen songs. These guys are smart: they know that 99% of heavy metal is comedy, and that Van Halen were its finest Borscht Belt practitioners. Grace does a spot-on David Lee Roth parody: during one song, he lay on the floor, the mic just out of his reach, as if so wasted that he lacked the eye/hand coordination to reach out and grab it. "Where's my mic tech," he growled. On another song, he slumped backwards against the drum kit, his head up against the kick drum. He put the mic everywhere but where it should be, and made his bandmates laugh to the point where they were screwing up. Which is all part of the act. Van Hayride is a thorough reminder of A) how moronic Van Halen's lyrics were, B) how even stupider Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing was and C) how absolutely necessary Van Hayride is. And it's a good thing it's these guys doing it. Grace is the consummate showman, whether fronting this unit or his own far more serious yet still gutbustingly funny band, and he's never lacked for excellent players behind him. Antonakos plays Eddie Van Halen's lines pretty much note for note, albeit without the fuzzy distortion or garish flourishes. Van Hayride are in a four-way tie for funniest New York band, along with Tammy Faye Starlite in all her many incarnations; cover band hellions Rawles Balls, whose most recent shows have turned into bacchanalian karaoke sessions; and Cocktail Angst, the Spinal Tap of lounge bands.
To fully appreciate Van Hayride, it helps to know the source material (Doug Henwood, I know you're out there): there's a certain target audience here, specifically those who were subjected to the stuff on FM radio in the early 80s (Van Hayride proudly declares that they're a "David Lee Roth only" Van Halen cover band). But judging from the response of the crowd in the club – a broad cross-section of ages and locales – you don't have to be a Van Halen fan (or hater) to get a kick out of this. Next time they play, you might as well jump ("So that's what the song's about?" Grace asked quizzically as they reached the end). Van Hayride plays every Sunday in May at 10 at Banjo Jim's.
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John D'Agata's Guided Tours of Unlikely Places
The Essay section in the bookstore being more usually populated with books of a traditionally modest size and length, the appearance on those shelves of so Brobdingnagian a book as John D'Agata's The Lost Origin of the Essay is something of a freak. Just shy of 700 pages, and nearly as thick as a Norton Anthology, D'Agata's second miscellany of a projected trilogy is of course meant to be nothing like those venerable surveys. Rather this is a willfully eccentric, alternate history of the form, with the editor impishly beginning, as it were, at the beginning, with the birth of the written word in Sumerian cuneiform, and then skipping down the centuries, picking the occasional quintessential, but more often gathering such curiosities, curios and anomalies as seemingly catch his fancy. At first glance, D'Agata would seem to simply have a preference for the exotic, but better say, he has a plan. As in his first anthology, The Next American Essay, published in 2002, this is an exercise in anti-canonical mischief, from the title on, and one either enjoys the editor's romping -- hopefully appreciating some, if not all of his often unlikely, if not just as often downright perverse selections, and the wittily reductive heresies, historical and literary, in his brief introductions, -- or not.
D'Agata is such a charming writer, so full of fine things, japes, surprises and genuinely clever misreadings of the established order, and the historical record, it is impossible not to like him. Reviewing his work to date, I found myself delighting not only in this latest effort, but also in his earlier collection, and his own book of essays, aphorisms and various noodlings, Halls of Fame. He is a very clever fellow. As an anthologist, he is a completely original and utterly unconvincing critic, but what of that? Doesn't mean he can't be enjoyed as an artist, though clearly he's not to be trusted as a librarian.
Arguing from an entirely false, in fact ludicrous, premise that insists the personal and philosophic essay has traditionally precluded, or at least restricted formal and personal idiosyncrasy, the "impulsive exploration," or what he comically insists on calling the "lyric" element in prose -- his highest abstract and ill-defined value -- he nimbly sidesteps any example from the canon that might show how silly his idea of the rigidity of the accepted essay is. He makes straw-men out of everyone from Bacon, bizarrely represented here not by one of his more famous essays, but by a list, to Addison, Steele, Johnson and Dickens, none anywhere present to speak for themselves*. The editor insists that this last disparate collection of names "regularly proffered the commerce of prose's usual conventions," as if Addison & Steele had never invented Sir Roger, Johnson hadn't argued himself into and out of doubt time and again, and, presumably in his "Uncommercial Traveler" or his journalism, Dickens somehow claimed a place among the essayists he didn't deserve. Skipping right over Lamb and Hazlitt to get to De Quicey in 1849, I suppose a more congenial spirit to his thesis, though I can't quite see in what way beyond his addiction to opium, and then bustling off after a truly obscure, and suitably purple, though doubtless worthy, Belgian previously unknown to me, named Aloysius Betrand, D'Agata shakes the dust of England from his sneakers and doesn't set foot again in English until 1941, when Virginia Woolf brings him briefly back from translations, poetry and other excerpted matter. Such is his globetrotting, and his careful avoidance of any history or chronology but his own, the casual reader of D'Agata would be left with an astonishingly scant understanding of just what it is he is arguing against.
What he is arguing for only really becomes clear when the reader, after being led a very merry chase indeed, finally arrives with him in the the latter end of the last century and is finally introduced to the modern, and post-modern practitioners on whom D'Agata has most clearly modeled his own style. Turns out, the essay he has been arguing for is no more an essay as such than the essayists he has been arguing so amusingly against are really guilty of the sins against lyricism he has insisted they committed, to a man. It is that word, "essay," D'Agata wants, but without all that annoying history attached. Having tried elsewhere to make it his own with just "lyric" applied as a modifier, he must not have been satisfied with the response he received for his efforts, though I certainly don't grudge him his curious griffins, or see why or where anyone else has either. Clearly quite erudite, in his own fun and funny way, he has insisted now on recasting the past to suit himself, and done a dazzling job of it, insofar as entertainment, if not actual scholarship, goes. (His selective history reminds me very much of Will Cuppy, an older comedian in the genre.) And again, why not?
It's all a bit precious, but it isn't as if he's likely to do much damage to anyone other than his students at the University of Iowa, and he might do them good, for all I know or much care. They're presumably young and can see for and to themselves. As for me, I'm looking forward to his next collection of oddments and I do not doubt it will be just as entertaining as his others. I can skip the bits that disagree with me. Why not? John D'Agata seems to, and it hasn't done him a bit of harm.
*As aren't, to make a quick list just from memory: Cowley, Pope, Leigh Hunt, Carlyle, Thackeray, Arnold, Stevenson, Beerbohm, Chesterton, Orwell, Hubert Butler, E, M. Cioran, Edward Hoagland, Wendell Berry, Gore Vidal... Such lists being pretty pointless here, as traditional anthologies, like traditional essays, are of course generally what are being dismissed, or ignored, as well beside the point.
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Heymann's latest position at Similarweb was that of Area Vice President for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
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Welcome to British Drum Icons, the latest feature to be added to our ever expanding website. This new sub-section of the site is dedicated to the celebration of British drummers who have been admired by many and been an influence to some of the biggest names in the industry.
In our constant search for new drumming heroes we often tend to forget those who blazed a path for others to follow. People like Clem Cattini, Brian Bennett and Bob Henrit were among a phalanx of drummers who came out of the melting pot of skiffle, when British rock music was at its infancy. They are the "without whom brigade" who laid the trail for Ringo, Moonie and Bonzo to follow. If you think you haven't heard these guys play, think again. Put together, their work is a fantastic and rich slice of music from the early days of rock 'n' roll and they are all still going strong today. They were and remain true innovators who have played with rock and pop's royalty.
We will start off with a few great drummers and will be adding more in time to make this a complete record of some of the greatest British drumming heroes. This first set of interviews were done by Mark Forster, who is regular contributor of feature interviews to mikedolbear.com, a news journalist of some 20 years and the inspiration behind the piece. So here they are, in no particular order.
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Paul Robinson and I were supposed to get together at Drummer Live but in the event, the racket there wasn't conducive to recording an interview and he came around to my place for a couple
Eric Delaney
Classic Eric Delaney I arranged to meet Eric Delaney at Tom's Drums in Denmark Street and believe it or not the great man was early while I turned up fashionably late. In the
Geoff Dunn
Geoff Dunn I have been aware of Geoff's name for 25 years now but we had never met. The first drum clinic I ever went to in London was 25 years ago to
Warren Cann He's the drummer behind one of the most recognisable beats in music history. He's also one of the pioneers of electronic drums, a visionary who saw the potential behind the odd-looking
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Steve White Steve White – looking ahead and moving forward Steve White is one of the most respected drummers in the U.K. and is renowned worldwide for having held the position of drummer
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Interview with Don Powell - Slade by Steve Grantley We had been thinking of including Slade drummer Don Powell in our Great British Drum Heroes section for some time. As Steve Grantley, drummer with Stiff
We recently caught up with Bill Bruford and threw a few interesting questions his way. What resulted was a facinating look into the mind of a British Drumming legend! What''s the job of a drummer
The Mighty Nicko McBrain Early in 1981, a youthful and acned Mike Ellis arrived at a north Wales venue to be greeted by a monstrous Sonor kit already set up on stage and
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Brian Downey, London, March 2007 There's little doubt that Thin Lizzy had an enormous impact on the world during the 1970's and 1980's and few rock aficionados could have failed to have been
Rat Scabies
Rat Scabies Rat Scabies is an enigma who I first bumped into 32 years ago in Henrit's Drumstore at a time when he and his punk mates were aggressively and enthusiastically changing the
John Coghlan
John Coghlan is best known for his work with Status Quo but apart from a self imposed drum free period, he''s been playing constantly since leaving the band. Bob Henrit went and had a chat
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Kenney Jones Kenney Jones - 40 years of Rock'n'Roll Ringo, Charlie, Keith, Mitch, Ginger… and Kenney. When the Small Faces charted in March 1965 with 'What 'cha Gonna Do About It', little did
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A HOUSE building company has been fined after a sub-contracted worker suffered serious facial injuries when struck by a falling beam.
Llandudno Magistrates' Court heard how the self-employed, joinery sub-contractor was injured on 25 November 2015 when he was struck on the head by a steel beam that fell during construction of a timber frame home at a site on Tremeirchion Road, Bodfari, resulting in serious facial injuries.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the principal contractor Williams Homes allowed its joinery sub-contractor did not closely supervise the work to ensure it was properly planned, managed and monitored.
Williams Homes (Bala) Limited of Eagle House, Severn Street, Welshpool pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 15 (2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. The company has been fined £60,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,233.66
Speaking after the case HSE principal inspector Paul Harvey said "Those in control of work have a responsibility to devise safe methods of working and to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to their workers in the safe system of working. If a suitable safe system of work had been in place prior to the incident, the serious injuries sustained by the sub-contractor could have been prevented."
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About Robert Rapier
Quick Response on 60 Minutes Story
As a result of Sunday night's 60 Minutes story about cleantech, a lot of people are emailing me or clicking in here for the first time. I will have a more in-depth report on my contribution to the story — including bits that didn't survive the editing process for a more complete context of my positions — but for now let me offer some quick answers to some questions/comments that are coming up frequently. First, if you have no idea what I am talking about, here is the story that aired last night:
Here are some quick answers to questions and comments.
I am Robert Rapier. I am a chemical engineer and author of Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil. I have spent over 20 years working in the energy business. I have worked in many areas of the energy industry — including a number of renewable energy projects — but have spent most of my time working on liquid fuels. You can view my CV here.
I was contacted by 60 Minutes because I have written a lot about flaws in our energy policies which ultimately resulted in a lot of wasted tax dollars — particularly on advanced biofuel projects. I have been critical of Vinod Khosla's history of going to Congress, making wild promises, getting tax dollars on the basis of those promises, and then failing to deliver.
My criticisms were two-fold. One was that he had no energy industry experience at all, and thus shouldn't ask taxpayers to fund his learning curve. By all means, feel free to fail — just not with my money. Note that my criticisms aren't merely about using tax dollars to push renewable energy; that's a perfectly good use of tax dollars when done correctly. In Vinod Khosla's response to Lesley Stahl, he noted all the money that had been spent trying to cure cancer, and asked if we should stop funding cancer research. My answer to that is "No, but we should be selective with our tax dollars. We don't fund just anyone who claims they can cure cancer — especially if they have no experience in cancer research."
The second is that by over-promising and failing to deliver (and I had many reasons for expecting this would be the case) he would damage the credibility of the advanced biofuels sector (which he undoubtedly has at this point). Mr. Khosla and I have discussed his approach, and we were not on the same page.
I am by no means a foe of cleantech. I have worked off and on in cleantech for many years, and my current job is in cleantech. I have been involved in scaling up projects that are running today — and I have been involved with some that failed. I am especially a fan of solar power, and have written about it positively for many years. (In fact, my largest investment win of 2013 was First Solar). I will provide more details on this later, but I gave several examples of cleantech successes to Lesley Stahl, and I told her that cleantech is not dead.
My criticism over the years of various biofuel boondoggles isn't because they failed; it's because in many cases it should have been obvious they would because we have tried essentially the same approaches that were being attempted. At times the wheel was being reinvented at taxpayer expense. If a venture capitalist funds a biofuel venture and it fails, then that's not my concern. If he does it with tax dollars, we need to be critical of what's being claimed — and hold people accountable for failure to deliver.
In the interview I pointed out that Vinod Khosla's biofuel investments are down by 85 percent or so, but (in comments that didn't survive editing) I also said that I felt his heart is in the right place and that he is putting his money where his mouth is. Further, I said that since private investors are funding his latest schemes — as in the case of KiOR, Gevo, and Amyris — it isn't of concern to me as a taxpayer since he isn't risking my tax dollars. In his earlier biofuel ventures like Range Fuels, he relied heavily on tax dollars to build a plant based on technology that has been around for a long time. As a result, you don't see me writing much about Gevo, in contrast to my writings about Range Fuels.
Note that I am not trying to distance myself from the story, but rather to provide more context for my comments. I stand behind what I said in the piece. I will have more details on the back story in a day or two, including exchanges that didn't make it into the final story. Until then you can also find me discussing the story on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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A novel approach for the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from aqueous solution of AgNO3 using culture supernatant of phenol degraded broth is reported in this work. The synthesis was observed within 10 h, and AgNPs showed characteristic surface plasmon resonance around 410 nm. Spherical nanoparticles of size less than 30 nm were observed in transmission electron microscopy. X-ray diffraction pattern corresponding to 111, 200, 220, and 311 revealed the crystalline nature of the as-formed nanoparticles. It was found that the colloidal solution of AgNP suspensions exhibited excellent stability over a wide range of ionic strength, pH, and temperature. The effect of pH and ionic strength indicated that stabilization is due to electrostatic repulsion arising from the negative charge of the conjugate proteins. The AgNPs showed highly potent antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and fungal microorganisms. The as-prepared AgNPs showed excellent catalytic activity in reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by NaBH4. By manufacturing magnetic alginate beads, the reusability of the AgNPs for the catalytic reaction has been demonstrated.
The authors are very grateful to Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Delhi for providing the funds to carry out the research activities. Also, the authors are thankful to SAIF IIT-Bombay, Mumbai for TEM facility. The authors are very grateful to Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur for allowing the use of facilities to carry out the experiments.


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