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Royal Engagement Announcement To Come? Britney's Conservatorship To Continue?
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Prince William MIGHT ask Kate Middleton to marry him tomorrow, since June 3 and June 4 are "mysteriously blocked out" in the Buckingham Palace calendar.
Despite the fact that no one in the royal family has confirmed anything, Asda — a British supermarket chain — has already manufactured a line of commemorative plates and mugs. [WaPo]
This morning, there will be a conservatorship hearing for Britney Spears. Brit won't be in court, but a source says it seems "highly unlikely" that the conservatorship will be ended. [Radar Online]
"Bethenny Frankel's 30-pound weight loss three weeks after giving birth to an underweight baby girl, Bryn, is rubbing some new mothers the wrong way." Peg Moline, the editor of Fit Pregnancy magazine, says: "I worry about the message that sends to the rest of us out here, who aren't invested in that 'skinny girl' persona and don't have trainers." [NY Post]
Cameron Diaz and A-Rod: Trying real hard not to be photographed together. [Page Six]
Brad Pitt has joined the committee trying to bring the World Cup to the US. Since David Beckham wants the World Cup in the UK, perhaps they should have some sort of duel? Shirtless arm-wrestling? Just a suggestion. [Mirror]
Kirsten Dunst took the witness stand yesterday in the trial regarding her $2,000 Balenciaga handbag being stolen from the SoHo Grand Hotel. [NY Post]
The spokesperson for RAINN is not happy about Kristen Stewart saying that seeing paparazzi pictures make her feel like she's looking at someone being raped. [NY Post]
Spencer Pratt and his beard are cooking up something sinister. [PopSugar]
Heidi Klum celebrated her birthday Tuesday night with Seal and a Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas. [People]
"Money can't buy you class, but $5,000 can buy you lunch with Countess LuAnn de Lesseps." [Page Six]
Wow: The Globe is reporting that Sarah Ferguson, Duchess Of York, "slept with rich men for cash." [Perez]
Ronnie from Jersey Shore was partying at a club in the Hamptons when cops busted a bunch of folks for cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and marijuana. Ronnie was not one of those arrested, however. [Radar Online]
Amy Winehouse got smashed and kissed people and this is news. [Daily Mail]
Hey, remember back in 2007, when Lindsay Lohan went on a crazy drive down the Pacific Coast Highway? She was booked for possession of cocaine but never charged. Police reports just obtained by TMZ (of course) show that Lindsay's urine tested positive for coke. As if there were any doubt. [TMZ]
Oh, in 2007, Lindsay Lohan said, "I don't do drugs." And when traces of cocaine were found in the pocket of her jeans, she claimed that she had borrowed the pants. [TMZ]
Um, he Santa Monica PD spilled Lindsay's coke on the floor. [TMZ]
George Clooney's girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis, retweeted a message which read (in Italian), "I'm browsing again through the pages of Rolling Stone. Iggy Pop on the cover looks exactly like Jennifer Aniston." Then she Tweeted: "I JUST READ ON GOOGLE That I TWEETED something bad about J Aniston,let me be clear,it's a complete LIE,I would never do that!!" Later she said she had "problems" with Twitter: "I was at the beginning, not sure what 'retweeet' meant." Now you know! [Us Magazine, E!]
Elin Nordegren has decided to try and get full custody of her kids. She still wants Tiger Woods to be in their lives, but does not want joint custody. [Radar Online]
Larry David is appropriately cranky in this interview and talks about how he doesn't like previews, teasers or trailers: "If they did previews today for Gone With the Wind you'd have Clark Gable telling Vivian Leigh 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn' and then leaving her at the end. All in the preview." [Time]
As you may know, Leann Rimes was caught kissing Eddie Cibrian last year while she was still married to Dean Sheremet — and Eddie was married to Brandi Glanville. Later Leann and Eddie both left their spouses. Now Leann says: "I take responsibility for everything I've done. I hate that people got hurt. But I don't regret the outcome." She says there were problems in her marriage before she ever met Eddie, and says: "The hardest thing to hear is someone call either of us a home wrecker because we didn't walk into a perfectly happy marriage and ruin it." [Contact Music]
Running into your trainwreck ex on a plane? Yikes! Even when you're Kate Moss and he's Pete Doherty. [The Sun]
Khloe Kardashian's husband Lamar Odom was asked about Khloe's pregnancy and said: "I can't confirm that… She hasn't told me if she was pregnant. I probably would be the first to know." Unless she's hiding it for a big reveal on a reality show! [People]
Paul McCartney sang his classic song "Michelle" at the White House, and made it an ode to Michelle Obama. According to this report: "After serenading the first lady with the words, 'I love you, I love you, I love you,' McCartney joked that he just might be the 'first guy ever to be punched out by a president.'" Barack Obama was seen "swaying" along, though. [AP]
"For an English kid growing up in Liverpool, the White House — that's pretty special. He's a great guy, so lay off him." — Paul McCartney on Barack Obama. [NYDN]
Jon Gosselin's new girlfriend hates kids but wants to be famous. Obvs. [Us Magazine]
I kinda love Bruce Willis — Moonlighting, The Fifth Element, Die Hard — so I actually find his new vodka ad charming. Your results may vary. But remember: It could be worse. [NY Times]
A Jim Carrey/Ewan McGregor film has been barred from release by a California court. Breach of contract and other business issues. But the plot sounds interesting: A married man gets into a car crash, discovers he's gay and goes on a crime spree that eventually lands him in jail. [Reuters]
The cause of death for Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack: Still undetermined. [TMZ]
An interesting match-up: Jerry Seinfeld is directing a one man show by Colin Quinn. [NY Post]
Kevin Costner and his wife Christine have a new baby, who was born on Wednesday and is named Grace Avery Costner. It's the seventh child for Kevin and the couple's third kid together, and yet: No reality show! [ET]
Dennis Hopper's memorial was held in Taos, New Mexico yesterday, and Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer were among the mourners. [NY Post]
Laura Ling gave birth to a daughter yesterday, and named her Li Jefferson Clayton — a nod to her sister, Lisa Ling, and Bill Clinton, who helped get her out of North Korea. [People]
Nicki Minaj does kawaii for Vibe! [The Life Files]
Zach Braff is dating model Taylor Bagley. [NYDN]
Gary Coleman's ex-wife lied to the hospital about being his wife and authorized doctors to take Gary off of life support. [Us Magazine]
Behold: Chris Evans as Captain America. Well actually, just his face superimposed on to a drawing. I prefer him in this outfit. [PopWrap]
A new Thundercats series: Coming to Cartoon Network. [PopWrap]
The New Adventures Of Old Christine: Canceled. And not getting a second chance on ABC. [Deadline]
"One time, go off! If there's any one time to go off, this is it, because this is a disaster." — Spike Lee on Barack Obama. [NY Post]
"I think I train smarter now, where before when I was younger I would just throw around all kinds of weight and see how heavy we could go. A lot of it is based on ego when you come from the world of athletics and sports, but as you get older you just start to really listen to your body." — Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. [Mirror]
"It's a lot of hard work pretending to be a rock star, but it went really, really well and it's good. It was like doing karaoke but everyone's backing me up and telling me I'm good and laughing." — Russell Brand on acting in Get Him To The Greek. [AP]
"She just rolls her eyes and thinks, 'Oh, my God, my dad's a vampire. How embarrassing.' I'm sure even Obama's daughters say, 'Oh, my God, my dad's the president. How embarrassing.'" — Peter Facinelli, on playing Carlisle Cullen in Twilight: Eclipse. [USA Today]
"Retire? I'll only do that when I'm called from above." — BB King. [AFP]
"People have this perception of me - which is my fault - of maybe a rapper or Champagne-sipping and Hamptons and white fur and just cliché type of things that are just kind of old and dated and corny, which isn't how I am today, you know? That was just part of my image for a second. It wasn't who Sean is. You evolve - like, I need to retire my diamond necklace and fur jacket now. Things change. Times change." — Sean Combs, aka Diddy. [LA Times]

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1960 World Series Game 7 Live-Blog
7:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
8:00 - 11:00 EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
12:30 EST - Bing and Baseball
1:00 - 4 am EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
3:00 - 6:00 EST - 1960 World Series Game 7
Thought lost forever, tonight the world (those who didn't order the DVD from Amazon.com) gets to see the game broadcast for only the second time in history. This broadcast marks the 2nd time in only a handful of years that one of the most significant games in baseball history was unearthed from oblivion.
Years ago when I started getting serious about really old classic baseball broadcast, there were only a handful of games to be known out there. The widely circulated ones like the 1952 World Series, 1965 and 1968 World Series, as well as the 1969 Fall Classic. Most of the content was scattered over a multitude of private collector's who feared confiscation, regional sports networks/broadcast partners who feared losing their claim to copyrighted content or was hidden away in the various team/MLB vaults never to be seen by fans.
With the advent of MLB Network, it seemed MLB became more focused on filling their network with content as well as doubling down on their efforts to catalog all their existing footage. Likewise, this brought more collectors out of the woodwork and made visable to non-collectors who had footage that there was someone out there looking for it.
Not to continue on from this little history jaunt, this 1960 World Series game ranks up there with 1962 World Series Game 7, 1951 NL Playoff Game 3 and Aaron's 715 game as defining moments in MLB history. And tonight, for those of us not alive when Bill Mazeroski punched his HOF ticket with a 9th inning shot over the brick wall at beautiful Forbes Field, we get to experience what it must have felt like seeing it live.
In this game, we get to see in live motion, not edited to only show their great feats some truely legendary figures. Maris, Mantle, Groat, The Great One, and Yogi.
I only have 1 major groundrule for tonight, if you normally don't post or even if you do, make sure you use a unique username. It makes it easier to put words to one particular poster. If it is a thread of anonymous, it'll seem like all one person.
If you've just been a fan in the past and never posted, jump in tonight. You might not get another chance to chat with fellow classic broadcast fans during one of the greatest events we could possibly have.
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GL December 15, 2010 at 1:06 AM
One thing that I hope stands out is how rabid the Pittsburgh sports fans can be when you give them a product worth rooting for. For much of what we all have seen on TV, the Pirates fans were either a) given a horrible product or b) put in a stadium that had them removed from the action.
Tonight we will get to see the fans nearly on top of the players, not an empty seat to be found from the stadium all the way up to the top of the Cathedral of Learning.
GL December 15, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Just saw a commercial for the 2 DVD set. Video quality looks above passable. Can't wait to see game tonight. Won't be able to catch Bing special until repeat.
Checking in with broadcast running and I'm here.
First shot of that iconic scoreboard.
Image is soft, but who cares?
Steve December 15, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Man, I wish I had been in Pittsburgh that day (both 50 years ago and in mid-November!).
Learn to pull the ball? I've never heard of a hitter that went the other way TOO much.
I don't think I've ever heard that explination for an open stance.
Welcome Steve!
So far no modern commercials....or commercials of any kind. Keeps game moving but is taking away from the 'broadcast feel' of the game without the commercials intercut. Even if it would have been 10 Super Foamy ads over and over again.
ericpaddon December 15, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Got hold of the DVD set yesterday from Amazon so I've had a chance to see all of it. I'm impressed how the CF camera angle was now starting to emerge and make watching the play much easier than in the 50s broadcasts (though for the games in NY this wouldn't have been an option since Yankee Stadium didn't have a CF camera position until late in the 60s I think).
Pay close attention to the play prior to Hal Smith's HR when Clemented beat out a slow chopper for a hit to prolong the inning. For decades Jim Coates has been assailed for not covering first on the play and sportswriters gave an impression of Coates basically not doing anything on the play, but it looked to me, thanks to the telecast that he was running for the bag from the get-go and Clemente simply beat him there.
Look at that canon attached to Maris' shoulder. Good grief, there isn't a player living or dead that could have turned that sure double into an actual double.
The commercials BTW, do not exist on the original kinescope. Bing Crosby specifically asked they be deleted when making the original copy.
Thanks for the info Eric. Will keep an eye out.
Clemente was never a large man but at the ripe old age of 25, he has to weigh 120 lbs dripping wet.
Bing Crosby = DVR pioneer. On the dvd, do they tell you what actually does exist outside of this gameplay? Did Bing also ask for the cut down of pregame that MLB Network appeared to do or is this just a continuation of their standard practice?
First cut to theater audience, a nice showing of appreciation by the modern day Pittsburgh crowd.
The pregame is missing/spliced on the commercial DVD too and IMO also reflects the recorder following Bing's instructions. I'd note that the MLB airing has basically smoothed out the parts where the splices are more noticable on the DVD. I think Bing didn't want to have to sit through the National Anthem.
There was also a bad cut when Allen goes to commercial after Mazeroski's HR so we pick up Prince's postgame interviews just after they begin instead of the clean throw to Prince coming out of commercial. And sad to say this, but Allen's signoff is also not on the original copy. The kinescope ended after Prince wrapped up his interviews from the clubhouse.
Steve F. December 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
I hope that MLB didn't cut down the pre-game show. (Well, if they did, as long as it was for the TV broadcast only and it's on the DVD.) When I save a game from my DVR to DVD, I always like to include a very healthy dose of pre- and post-game show.
By the way, a comment on one of Bob Costas's comments from the pre-game. Are you kidding me--the game was broadcast in color, but the kinescoper filmed a black and white TV? YOU'RE FIRED!
But thank goodness the kinescoper--is that even a word?--didn't get drunk on Bing's wine and forget to change the reel after 20 minutes.
Actually, it was pretty standard to kinescope color broadcasts in B/W only in those days. Even if you had a color monitor at your disposal in those days, which was rare, you also had to use color film for the process which was a lot more expensive. That's why 1965 and 1968 which also aired in color originally, only exist in B/W as well.
If the kinescope could be subjected to the "LiveFeed" process it would be possible to restore the live videotape look of the original broadcast.
And that brings up an interesting point. This game is one of the most iconic games in MLB History. With the limited budge MLB Productions probably has in relations to a major motion picture studio this wouldn't probably be feasible. However, what would the community think if MLB went to the painstaking lengths of using the World Series Films footage to properly colorize the broadcast to a generally accurate level? There will be various points that they can sync the color to make sure it is accurate to the level of the highlight film.
Now I'm someone who believes original film content should be left alone when it comes to television and motion pictures. However, in this situation I don't know that it violates anything to take an inferior recording and improve it. I'm not talking about adding graphics or anything like that. Just restore the color.
Livefeed should have been an absolute must to these broadcasts.
They don't build ballparks like that anymore. What a gorgeous place to play a game.
Colorization I don't think has ever worked no matter how much one tries to do it. The one time I've seen it done with a sports broadcast it was horrible, which was the 1960 Masters. What made that especially horrible was they were colorizing what originally was a black and white telecast!
I suppose the Livefeed process would be a bit trickier for an outdoor event than something taking place in a studio, but at least we know the results can be outstanding. The problem is that Kevin, the guy who invented the process, I don't think has been able to attract too high a profile to see it take root more in the area of TV restoration.
For the guy who perfected the process, despite the legal ramifications it might present, he might find it in his interest to gain access to either a dvd or an original kinescope, apply the process and send a demo to MLB Productions to show what he can do.
Being contracted for something of that nature from a major entity like that can be an instant boost to your profile.
I found this article on the company MLB did employ to improve the quality of the kinescope.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10944991/1/technicolor-restores-historic-1960-world-series-content-for-re-broadcast-by-mlb-network.html
GL December 15, 2010 at 10:11 PM
Good Lord, I had forgotten about Kubek taking a shot to the throat. That's one of the most painful things I've ever seen in baseball.
Coates was covering, Richardson was the one doing nothing...except hitting everything in sight!
ericpaddon December 15, 2010 at 10:33 PM
It's amazing how at first Costas and Richardson acted as if they weren't even watching the play. But then they were later backtracking a bit and suggesting that Coates was trying to get the ball after breaking from the mound.
Bob Feller has died.
Steve F. December 15, 2010 at 10:58 PM
That really is quite a coat the Gunner is wearing.
RIP, Bob Feller.
Sad to hear that about Bob Feller. I stumbled across by chance his museum in Iowa this past summer and it was a nice place, filled with some good memorabilia. He was the last great baseball star whose career began in the 1930s and now that entire era is part of history.
I have to read a bit about Livefeed (anyone have any particularly good links--otherwise, it's Wikipedia here I come). But there would be no reason why the inventor of it couldn't run something like this thorugh it as a "spec" project and try to get MLB to buy it based on that.
As for colorization, I hear (but have not yet seen) that it is getting better. I'd like to see this colorized (since it was in color originally).
But for now, I'm just happy we have this to watch, materializing out of thin air--or Der Bingle's wine celler, at least!
DJC December 17, 2010 at 3:20 PM
I would love to see MLB fully restore all the old kinescopes through the livefeed process. You would think that because these are the only recordings of historic games (larsen,maz,52, etc.)that MLB would put everything they had into complete restorations; removing dirt, scratches, hairs and the like. I know that article posted above says that game 7 was cleaned up alot, but considering the technology we have today i'm sure alot more could (and should) be done.
Also, I'd be all in for colorization of game 7 as long as the livefeed process was done beforehand and the framerate was restored. I think I read somewhere about a British company that developed a way to extract original color out of black and white kinescopes but the name escapes me at the moment. One thing they could even try is aquiring one of the old color rca cameras used by nbc around this time and try to match how it picks up color under similar outdoor conditions. And lastly, when are we going to see MLB make good use of Blu-ray for releasing restored classic game broadcasts?


The City of Davis and many other local government entities are distributing masks for "free". While there have been some shortages and limited availability of masks for children, a big problem is counties and cities have different recommendations about use, e.g. because of risks of carbon dioxide build up for some, that some will fit poorly, but most often that the priority should be staying indoors - i.e. that masks should only be used if one HAS to go out.
There are these designer masks available. As far as I can tell this type became very popular due to the chronic air pollution in, e.g., Beijing. People there are wearing masks every day, and want to show off and also de-medicalize the issue via its most obvious sartorial component. (3M, after all, makes workplace safety equipment, and I joked earlier that thanks to child labor laws they make no masks for small faces - by the way I recommend their slightly upgraded N95 with the valve for Co2 exhaust....).
Anyway, the problem here is that these fashion masks - just like any masks that look like proletariat undergarments - encourage people to be outside, who should not be... they are a palliative for a much bigger structural problem, of course also here in California during latest and greatest wildfire fallout disaster.
I think you hit the nail on the head with this, Todd. The more utilitarian masks are freaky looking. And we should be freaked out -- freaked out enough to do something about climate change and the way that we lived on this planet. These designer makes make it all seem way too normal. We should not accept poor air quality as normal.


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Asia Green Biotechnology Corp. Secures Financing to Proceed with Research Activities
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Asia Green Biotechnology Corp. ("Asia Green" or the "Company") (CSE:ASIA) announced today that it has secured and completed an agreement with a director of the Company for the purpose of addressing certain expenses tied to ongoing research activities being conducted or which may be commenced by the Company pursuant to the terms of its technology licensing agreements with InPlanta Biotechnology Ltd. ("InPlanta"), Pathway RX Inc. ("Pathway") and Swysh Inc. ("Swysh"). The proceeds will be applied to facilitate certain research programs that are or may be undertaken jointly with Asia Green's technology partners, or to advance those programs the Company is developing with its regional and academic partners in SE Asia
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The OJJDP-funded National Gang Center has published "A Law Enforcement Official's Guide to the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model." This guide provides law enforcement with an overview of the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model, an evidence-based framework that offers strategies to help communities prevent and reduce gang violence. The guide includes information on the model's five core strategies, essential elements for implementing the model, advantages for law enforcement agencies, and how law enforcement officials can introduce the model within their communities.
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Abstract The adversarial training strategy has been effectively validated because it maintains high-level contextual consistency. However, limited to the weak capability of a simple discriminator, it is irresponsible and unreasonable to identify one from the sample source at a time. We introduce a novel discriminator module called Multi-View Decomposition which transforms the discriminator role from general teacher to specific adversary. The proposed module separates single sample into a series of class inter-independent streams and extracts corresponding features from current mask. The key insight in the MVD module is that the final source decision can be aggregated from all available views rather than a harsh critic. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed module can improve performance on PASCAL VOC 2012 and PASCAL Context dataset further.
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The Huntress: Craft museum showcases fashion made with paper
Houston Chronicle • Posted June 2, 2010 in In The News
An age-old playtime activity becomes reality with The Paper Runway, a new exhibit opening Saturday at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft that features fashions and accessories made from paper.
The juried exhibition showcases almost 50 pieces of fashion, many of which are suspended from the ceiling of the museum's main gallery space. Featured artists hail from the U.S., Israel, Europe, Mexico and South America. The show, which originated in Atlanta, next travels to Chile.
The recycling project highlights jewelry made from magazine pages, a men's suit fashioned from lottery tickets and a dress made with coffee filters. Some artists have crafted clothing using handmade paper; others have used materials such as dental floss, banana leaves and bark. An elaborate black and white ball gown covered in intricate paper cut outs by British artist Robert Ryan was once featured in Vogue magazine.
"One of the materials we celebrate in craft is fiber, and we've never done a paper exhibit all by itself," said Gwynne Rukenbrod, the museum's curator of fine craft. "The pieces are quite exquisite and extremely well crafted. It's fascinating to see the range of materials."
Some of the men's and women's apparel is wearable, she said, referencing the popularity of clothing made from paper and similar textiles in the 1960s.
The show includes several works by Tibetan artist Deepak Shrestha, who employs a traditional practice of cooking Daphne plants to form strips that are woven into cloth. His men's jackets and vests are on view — "beautiful, lightweight garments that are really appropriate for climates like his," Rukenbrod said.
She describes other fashions as "fantastical, almost 'costumey' — you think how uncomfortable that must be to wear." There are avant-garde necklaces, a wedding gown, a hand-felted hat, shoes and an intricately layered fan on view.
"It will be fun for visitors to identify everyday items that translate into fashion and accessories," she said. "It is so much easier to look at a dress (made with paper) than a collage. It allows us to feel a closer kinship to the show and the pieces in the show. Everybody understands and knows fashion. Whether it's your bible or not, it plays into everyone's life."
Look for jewelry by local paper and origami artist Marguerite Belkin in the museum's eclectic gift shop. The brooches, earrings and necklaces start at $25.


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Q: How to merge and expand filesystem LVM encrypted LUKS My filesystem:
$ df -h
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs                 9.8G     0  9.8G   0% /dev
tmpfs                    9.8G   18M  9.8G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                    9.8G  1.8M  9.8G   1% /run
tmpfs                    9.8G     0  9.8G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/fedora-root   49G   14G   33G  30% /
tmpfs                    9.8G  160K  9.8G   1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p5           976M  195M  715M  22% /boot
/dev/mapper/fedora-home   37G   28G  6.3G  82% /home
/dev/nvme0n1p1           256M   47M  210M  19% /boot/efi
tmpfs                    2.0G   12M  2.0G   1% /run/user/1000

The gnome-app 'Disks' show that I have a 400gb unused free space on /dev/nvme0n1.
How can I add those 400GB to my home partion, so that /dev/mappe/fedora-home will become 437 GB.
I use disk encryption (LUKS) and Fedora 29
EDIT
Parted -l
Output of sudo parted -l below:
Model: NVMe Device (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 512GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End    Size    File system  Name                          Flags
 1      1049kB  274MB  273MB   fat32        EFI System Partition          boot, hidden, esp
 2      274MB   290MB  16.8MB               Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 5      406GB   407GB  1074MB  ext4
 6      407GB   511GB  104GB
 4      511GB   512GB  1049MB  ntfs         Basic data partition          hidden, diag

lsbl
$ lsblk
NAME                                        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1                                     259:0    0  477G  0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1                                 259:1    0  260M  0 part  /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2                                 259:2    0   16M  0 part
├─nvme0n1p4                                 259:4    0 1000M  0 part
├─nvme0n1p5                                 259:5    0    1G  0 part  /boot
└─nvme0n1p6                                 259:6    0 96.7G  0 part
  └─luks-29414c5a-13ed-4ddb-9403-8aa5d983fd4f
                                            253:0    0 96.7G  0 crypt
    ├─fedora-root                           253:1    0   50G  0 lvm   /
    ├─fedora-swap                           253:2    0  9.8G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
    └─fedora-home                           253:3    0 36.9G  0 lvm   /home

EDIT 2
Thanks to the answer from @frostschutz I have some follow up / understanding questions.
My understading
From lsblk I can see the whole device and its partitions
From parted -lI can see the contents of each used partion.
So from lsblk I can see that nvme0n1 has a total size of 477 GB. That disk has 6 partions. I can see that partion 6 is the luks encrypted  container with three mountpoints.
The partitionnumber correspond to the output of parted
So:

*

*nvme0n1p1 = 260M is EFI boot (this I can se from parted -l)

*nvme0n1p2 = 16M is Microsoft reserved (I guess a recovery partition)

*nvme0n1p3 is missing. We can sort of deduce that there is 400 GB here - but not quite. we have 477G - 260M -16M - 1000M - 1G - 96.7G = 378G

*nvme0n1p4 = Basic data patitio, Ntfs - probably old windows - but hidden? Dont know what this is

*nvme0n1p5 = Boot,I guess this is for linux grub?

*nvme0n1p6 = the fedora install, encrypted with luks lvm container.

lsblk also shows me that I have 'room' from where partion 2 ends (290 MB) to partion 3 begins (406 GB).
My follow up questions
I can see that parted and lsblk disagrees about partion size? Parted says partion 6 is 104GB. lsblk says partion 6 is 96.7 GB
gnome program disk says I have 406 GB available.
Calculating total size minus used partions as reported from lsblk says I have ca. 378G
Looking at parted I have 406G minus 290M - so mayby 405
1: Which reported size should I trust?. Or rather why is lsblk reporting the wrong size? The difference seems to be larger than any difference from G (base 10) and GB (base 2?) -but is that it?
I understand how I create partition 3. I guess you randomly assign it 9 MB so we get a round number.
boot is today 1 GB - you assign newboot ca. 900 MB - as per my output of df this is plenty.
root is today 96.7 GB you assign it (200G minu 1200M) ca. 199G - because why not have plenty of space?
2: Is this correct?
I understand how to copy the data via dd.
I understand that you now want to delete partion 5 (old boot - just copied to 7), partion 6 (the one that does not exists?) partion 7 and 8 (newboot and newroot? - but we just created andcopied theese?)
3: So I dont understand why we delete theese new partions? Or is it only the numbering that gets removed?
4: *I don't understand why you create newboot and newroot again? It seems to me we create it, we copy data to it, we delete and we create it? If its not deleted (as per question 3) then why create it again?
The way I read it:I understand that the resize command afterwards expands the partion to the 511 GB spot.
But I dont think I have any data now? Where am I misunderstanding?
EDIT 3
When I get this far, later on, I will need to look into pvresize, lvextend and resize2fs.

A: So you have an unpartitioned gap of roughly 400GB in the middle of your disk (missing partition number 3). This gap is followed by your /boot partition (5) and a LUKS encrypted partition (6) with your fedora install inside. So you have partitions 1, 2, (3 missing), 5, 6, 4.
In this case I would boot a Live CD (don't mount anything) and move the partitions 5, 6 then grow partition 6. Partitions 1, 2, and 4 to be left untouched. This can roughly(!) be done like this:
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart unused3 290MiB 299MiB  # should be 3
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart newboot 300MiB 1199MiB # should be 7
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart newroot 1200MiB 200GiB # should be 8

This creates a partition number 3 (just to reserve the number), and two new partitions 7 and 8 to replace 5 and 6. It can only be done this way since your partition gap is large enough to contain both boot and root partitions.
Copy data over:
# dd status=progress bs=1M if=/dev/nvme0n1p5 of=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/newboot
# dd status=progress bs=1M if=/dev/nvme0n1p6 of=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/newroot

Only proceed if both copies were made successfully. If there was any problem up to here, delete the newboot and newroot partitions before rebooting, or you will run into UUID conflicts.
Restore the original partition numbering and grow to size:
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 rm 5 rm 6 rm 7 rm 8
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart newboot 300MiB 1199MiB # previously 7 now 5
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart newroot 1200MiB 200GiB # previously 8 now 6
# parted /dev/nvme0n1 resizepart 6 511GB

And after reboot, all that's left is pvresize, lvextend, resize2fs, ... normal grow operation as you see fit.
Note:  Verify every step with parted /dev/nvme0n1 unit mib print free or similar method. The commands above are all untested (since I can't easily replicate your situation just now). It's how it should work in theory but you may have to adapt in practice. Make a backup of your data first so if anything goes wrong you can just reinstall.
The alternative would be to just re-create the missing partition 3, luksFormat it, and add to your LVM. That way no data has to be moved, however every time you boot you have to open two LUKS containers instead of just one.
You can also try to move the partitions with gparted instead of doing it manually in the terminal. I never use that program myself so I don't know how well it can handle LUKS containers and the like.

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far. Bluebird Bakery didn't show, so I didn't buy anything.
I was slightly tempted by the jugs of frozen cider.
Wished I'd brought my cane before I got back to the car.
line runs off the top, there are a lot of tall blue bars below it.
potatoes while I was there.
turn left at that intersection.
but I took a complete tour of the store after buying it.
Then I drove home, ate lunch, and slept like a rock.
My sore throat is better, but now I'm blowing my nose. Viral, so far.
No other symptoms except feeling tired.
a barrel of vinegar that froze before it could turn to vinegar.
Probably an old joke, but people *did* make their own vinegar.
they started making jars in 1884, when Mason's patent ran out.
jar, so it's got to go back a bit further.
child. Hasn't been any change since the invention of the dome lid.
made in the forties are still on jars, they are still holding.
continued into the early twentieth century.
on to keep dust off. Or maybe it was waxed paper and a rubber band.
actually sealed the cap and they were available at any grocery store.
Of course, back in those days I never heard of a "working mother"
children, prepare the food and in many cases make the clothing.
was hungry men coming up her walk.
thinking that serving a meal in installments was a fancy city way.
about 10 or 15 miles north of Bangor and set out to build a house.
and he'd finish the house the next year.
He couldn't understand what was the matter with his wife.


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Q: Method could not be resolved In my header file:
Esame();
Esame(string);
Esame(string, Voto);

This is a c++ tester class:
//OK
Esame esame("Algoritmi e strutture dati", 30);
esame.stampaEsame();

//OK
Esame esame2("Metodi Avanzati di Programmazione");
esame2.setVoto(26);
esame2.stampaEsame();

//ERROR
Esame esame3();
esame3.setVoto(26); //Method could not be resolved
esame3.stampaEsame(); //Method could not be resolved

The code doesn't compile at all. Why it doesn't find the method if the object has been created with the same class in the code above?

A: esame3() does'nt call a default constructor. In your case the compiler is thinking that you have declared a method
It should be
Esame esame3;
OR
Esame esame3=Esame();
Using new to create an object would create an object that would be allocated dynamically..
In that case your class would have to be a pointer like this
Esame *esame3=new Esame;
You would have to use -> instead of . to access member method or variables..
esame3->method1();
esame3->varable1;

A: Esame esame3(); is a function declaration. esame3 doesn't name an object in this case. It declares a function called esame3 that takes no parameters and returns an object of type Esame.
This is called the most vexing parse.
To create an object using the default constructor, use Esame esame3; (no parenthesis):
Esame esame3;
esame3.setVoto(26);
esame3.stampaEsame();


Two-time champion tumbles out as Kerber, Petrova and Wozniacki advance to the semi-finals in Tokyo.
Sam Stosur knocked two-time champion Maria Sharapova out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, reaching the semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 (10) victory over the Russian.
Stosur broke Sharapova to go up 5-3 in the second set but then lost nine straight points as the Russian sent the match to a tiebreaker, which Stosur won on her fifth match point when Sharapova returned long.
"I knew that I had lost nine points and was just trying to stop the momentum swing,'' Stosur said.
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew after a bout of dizziness in her third-round match on Wednesday, sending Angelique Kerber of Germany to the semi-finals.
"Before the tournament on Sunday I was starting to feel not really good,'' Azarenka said.
Also, Nadia Petrova of Russia, trailing 4-1 in the second set, overcame sixth-seeded Sara Errani of Italy 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
She will next face Stosur on Friday. Defending champion and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 in the late quarter-final and will face Kerber in the semi-finals on Friday.
For Sharapova, it was only her second loss in 11 matches against Stosur, who has reached her first semi-final match since the French Open.
Sharapova, who won the tournament in Tokyo in 2005 and 2009, struggled with her serve and had five double-faults.
"She played a very steady game and I had a few more unforced errors than I would have liked,'' Sharapova said.


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Q: Как запустить spring MVC проект, используя JDK 7? Есть простенькое тестовое задание - разработать небольшое веб-приложение. Все бы ничего, но следует использовать Spring MVC 3.x и Java 7. Бьюсь уже третьи сутки, не могу просто запустить проект!
Использую следующее руководство: mkyong.com/spring3/spring-3-mvc-hello-world-example (обращаю внимание, что используется JDK1.6)
Проблема в том, что, когда я набираю проект и стартую его под JDK8 - все работает нормально, но когда выбираю JDK7 я получаю следующие ошибки:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start
component[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext
[/springMvcAttempt17_war]]

Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.keySet()Ljava/util/concurrent/ConcurrentHashMap$KeySetView;

SEVERE: Exception invoking method manageApp
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
Failed to start component[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/springMvcAttempt17_war]]

SEVERE: Exception invoking method createStandardContext
javax.management.RuntimeOperationsException: Exception invoking method manageApp
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:308)

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild:
start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component

[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/springMvcAttempt17_war]]

Собственно pom.xml:
    <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.exercise</groupId>
  <artifactId>springMvcAttempt19</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>springMvcAttempt19 Maven Webapp</name>
  <!--<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>-->

  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <java.version>1.7</java.version>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <finalName>springMvcAttempt19</finalName>
    <!--<finalName>hello</finalName>-->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.7.0</version>
        <configuration></configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
        <configuration>
          <server>mytomcat7</server>
          <path>/</path>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

web.xml
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
 "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >

<web-app>
  <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
</web-app>

Собственно все. Нет никаких больше классов и настроек. Есть index.jsp с HelloWorld! текстом - успешно работает на JDK8, но не работает на JDK7
Весь exception stacktrace:
SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/springMvcAttempt17_war]]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.manageApp(HostConfig.java:1692)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:465)
    at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:415)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1488)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$300(RMIConnectionImpl.java:97)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1329)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1421)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:849)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:322)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$2.run(Transport.java:202)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$2.run(Transport.java:199)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:198)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:567)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:828)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.access$400(TCPTransport.java:619)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler$1.run(TCPTransport.java:684)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler$1.run(TCPTransport.java:681)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:681)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.keySet()Ljava/util/concurrent/ConcurrentHashMap$KeySetView;
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.findParameters(StandardContext.java:3585)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.mergeParameters(StandardContext.java:5418)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5247)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
    ... 44 more

Feb 16, 2019 9:18:07 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean invoke
SEVERE: Exception invoking method manageApp
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/springMvcAttempt17_war]]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:729)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.manageApp(HostConfig.java:1692)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:465)
    at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:415)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1488)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$300(RMIConnectionImpl.java:97)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1329)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1421)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:849)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:322)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$2.run(Transport.java:202)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$2.run(Transport.java:199)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:198)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:567)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:828)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.access$400(TCPTransport.java:619)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler$1.run(TCPTransport.java:684)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler$1.run(TCPTransport.java:681)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:681)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Feb 16, 2019 9:18:07 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean invoke
SEVERE: Exception invoking method createStandardContext
javax.management.RuntimeOperationsException: Exception invoking method manageApp
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    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:465)
    at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:415)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1488)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$300(RMIConnectionImpl.java:97)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1329)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1421)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:849)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:322)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$2.run(Transport.java:202)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$2.run(Transport.java:199)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:198)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:567)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:828)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.access$400(TCPTransport.java:619)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler$1.run(TCPTransport.java:684)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler$1.run(TCPTransport.java:681)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:681)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
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    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:729)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.manageApp(HostConfig.java:1692)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
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PS Мне не обязательно решить именно ету проблему и стартануть именно етот проект. Мне подойдет любое решение, которое запустится на MVC3.x + JDK7

A: Во-первых, заменить jdk.version на
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>

Во-вторых, убрать
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.3</version>
    <configuration>
        <source>${jdk.version}</source>
        <target>${jdk.version}</target>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Ну и как-то странно, что в pom.xml у вас Jetty, а судя по ошибке используется Tomcat. Подозреваю, что корень проблемы в неправильной конфигурации IDE.


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Q: Let $z$ be a complex number $\ne 0$. What is the absolute value of $z\sqrt{z}$? $\color{red}{\mathbf{EDIT}}$ The question was misinterpreted - it was actually: 'what is the absolute value of $z/\bar{z}$?'; I'am grateful for the answers given on the original problem though and will keep this up as is in case someone else has a similar issue.
Exercise 3, page 379 of "Basic Mathematics" by S.Lang.
Problem: Let $z$ be a complex number $\ne 0$. What is the absolute value of $z\sqrt{z}$ $?
My approach to the question goes as follows:
Let $z = x + iy$ for real numbers $x, y$ different than $0$.
We have
\begin{align}
z\sqrt{z} & = (x + iy)\sqrt{z + iy} \\
& = x\sqrt{x+iy} + iy\sqrt{x+iy} &&\text{by distributivity}
\end{align}
We have
\begin{align}
|z\sqrt{z}| & = \sqrt{(x\sqrt{x + iy})^2 + (y\sqrt{x + iy})^2} &&\text{by definition} \\
& = \sqrt{x^2(x + iy)^2 + y^2(x + iy)^2} \\
& = \sqrt{(x^2 + y^2)(x + iy)} &&\text{by factoring} \\
& = \sqrt{(x^2 + y^2)} \sqrt{(x + iy)} \\
& = |z| \sqrt{z} &&\text{by definition} \\
\end{align}
The author's solution is $1$.
Thank you.

A: The simpler way is to use the polar representation. For $z=\rho e^{i\theta}$ and using only one value of the square root we have:
$$
z\sqrt{z}=\rho e^{i\theta}\sqrt{\rho} e^{i\theta/2}=\rho\sqrt{\rho}e^{i3\theta/2}
$$
so $|z\sqrt{z}|=\rho\sqrt{\rho}=|z|\sqrt{|z|}$ and it is $=1$ only if $|z|=1$.

A: https://ernstchan.com/b/src/1457375466-129.pdf
The question is actually "what is the value of $z /\overline{z}$.
Which is easy.  By theorem 2:
$|z /\overline{z}| = |z|/|\overline{z}| = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}/\sqrt{x^2 + (-y)^2} = 1$
;I don't see if Lang ever stated this in the text but it should be obvious $|z| = |\overline z|$

A: Using polar coordinates, you write $z=re^{i\theta}$, from which $\bar z=re^{-i\theta}$, thus
$$
z/\bar z=\frac{re^{i\theta}}{re^{-i\theta}}=e^{2i\theta}
$$
whose absolute value is $1$ as requested.

A: Let $w=z\sqrt{z}$ (where $\sqrt{z}$ is any determination); then
$$
w^2=z^3
$$
and so
$$
|w^2|=|z^3|
$$
which implies
$$
|w|^2=|z|^3
$$
Therefore
$$
|w|=\sqrt{|z|^3}=|z|^{3/2}
$$

For the question about the absolute value of $z/\bar{z}$, consider that
$$
|z/\bar{z}|=|z|/|\bar{z}|
$$
and $|\bar{z}|^2=\bar{z}\,\bar{\bar{z}}=z\bar{z}=|z|^2$, so $|z|=|\bar{z}|$.


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Will bungie add matchmaking to destiny raids, forum search
Real estate has to be really well thought out, so you really try to create experiences. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. You would still be able to find a group.
Strikes are like a warm up for Raids. This is me looking at the situation and asking you why a developer should do such a thing, since you obviously seem to think they should. The battle station and bunker, too. If you've completed the raid like I have you'll learn u need friends not ransoms, colt pistol dating it takes intense cooperation and on top of that what if someone gets to the end and lags out?
For more info on the rules of giveaways see this page. There is a public chat available in PvE, it's called Fireteam Chat, and nobody uses it. Take the guarantee of everybody communicating away, after and you're left with something that could very easily become a negative experience for everyone involved. At least everyone would have been exposed to the mechanics by that point even if they weren't good at them.
Stick in the matchmaking and stop trying to rail the players into a digital Love Canal experience.
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Each room could be rather large.
It would also be nice to to have matchmaking for nightfall, you don't always need a mic for those.
Because I don't want to see the day that Bungie add a feature that's likely to have a negative impact on player experience.
Who's going to know their roles for any fight that requires coordination? Who's going to carry the sword for Crota, and when are you gonna bring down his shields? Some people might not have a mic, some people might not speak your language. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Personally I'd get super frustrated if I was trying to matchmake into the beginning of the raid and kept getting dropped in at the end and missing out on all the loot.
Strange tales have reached our ears - tales of total strangers who have banded together to see the Raid all the way through to a triumphant finale. How is it ever a sensible idea to add something to the game that is more than likely to lead to a negative experience among the players? At the same time you're putting in factors that no one knows.
There have been other stories, of course. Players of all platforms are welcome here, dating bullying is not. You're talking about two completely different entities in terms of what's required to accomplish them. Other option is an easier raid mode with less complicated mechanics and lower level rewards e. Keep it civil and do not make personal attacks or use offensive language in addressing others.
Bungie Isn t Planning on Adding Raid Matchmaking to Destiny
There isn't an accurate way to judge how many people will talk or how many people will use a mic since there has never been the option of matchmaking in a raid.
People complain all the time about how difficult it is having an uncommunicative member of the fireteam for a Raid, where communication is vital.
Bungie just needs to have a lobby or area within the tower itself or a connection from the Director.
Apex Legends is dealing with cheaters by matching them together Digital Threat.
And make it automatic hot mic for the fireteam.
The futher in the mission the bigger the bonus. This is a good argument against matchmaking. What's the point in Bungie adding something if it's going to, on the whole, fail to achieve anything? The argument is always that the Raid is too difficult and requires too much precision teamwork for a randomly-made group of strangers to defeat, but that argument has never rung true.
Dear Bungie add matchmaking to raids. All Topics
Now go multiply that difficulty by five. Problem solved for me at least. Even more so, given the commitment required to complete the mode. Stay tuned for more pre-release news and highlights!
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Raid matchmaking is flawed from the ground up, I've highlighted the issues already and I'm not going to go over them again. But the people complaining about raid matching not being there aren't the same people are the people saying it's gonna be horrible. If they implemented a raid matchmaking, why wouldn't they implement a public chat as well like they did in Crucible.
Bungie May Consider Adding Destiny Matchmaking for Raids
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After watching so many Chatterwhite Strike players just mowing through Tiger without a mic. Maybe have some sort of chat system active where you can select an activity that you want to try and it broadcast it out to the tower. Unless everyone really knows what's going on and manages to get in sync and work out who the sword carrier is and work out when to shoot Crota's shield, it's a mess.
At this point this carney ride is a complete cluster -blam! Order Newest Oldest Best Worst. Absolutely no linking to livestreams, except official Bungie streams or past broadcasts. Best solution I've come up with is to only open up matchmaking once you've cleared the raid at least once.
You go into the court and the raid with a different mindset. It's dumb to think that by personally seeking out and friend-requesting strangers that this somehow guarantees a functional group. Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. Gorgon Maze and much of VoG however would be good examples. Go and try to beat mini-Crota in the Court of Oryx with five other people and no communication.
This seems ridiculous to me, as adding a matchmaking option would save me lots of time finding other people to raid with, leaving me with much more time to actually play Destiny. From your experience with Destiny can you guess why that might be? Now, as you said, name dating it is more needed in Raids.
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But nobody will want to attempt Vault of Glass or Crota's End with the intention of completing it, once they're in there with five other people and a complete lack of communication. Meaning that everyone will have come into contact with a lot of decent and multiple great players. Insults, personal attacks, condescension, or similar behavior relating to the merits of platform choice will not be tolerated. Calling anyone selfish on this point is calling the developers at Bungie selfish because implementing this is not hard at all and they just chose not to include it. This also sheds a bit of light on the balanced objectives Bungie is trying to juggle with each update.
Your comparing a raid to a strike though. How are you going to get people together to cleanse in the Templar Well? And I'm sure that anyone joining the matchmaking will soon learn that you will need to communicate. In all honesty, I do want to go to that tanker.
Bungie s still thinking about adding matchmaking to Destiny raids
With another Raid on the horizon, fans have been wondering if Bungie would reverse their stance on a lack of matchmaking for the mode. It's basically the closest we can get right now to Raid-level matchmaking, with it being a replication of the Crota fight and being pretty difficult. Completely automatic matchmaking as used for strikes would produce terrible experiences if it was applied to the current raids. We're having conversations about how Matchmaking might support the more challenging activities in Destiny.
Private matches, a staple of Bungie's Halo games, would allow friends to play Destiny against each other. The experience will pale in comparison to one with an organised, communicative group. Not every weapon has changed, or anything like that, but lots of core mechanics to the game have completely changed or improved for the better. Go ahead and put it in with the opt out option. While every time I write an article like this I'm flooded with Raid requests from readers eager to run it with me, that just isn't the case for the average player.
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Yoga is an excellent way to connect deeply to the wisdom of your body, and doing this is particularly important during pregnancy. Deborah takes you through a prenatal practice that emphasises breath: something that is crucial during delivery. This session creates a space for any emotions that may come up during this exciting time. The use of props such as a meditation cushion is recommended, to provide extra support where needed.
Moms-to-be might need to meditate even more than the average person, given how much their bodies are changing and all of the unknowns they are facing when it comes to the arrival of their little one. Deborah designed a practice with this in mind that serves a two-fold purpose. First, she invites you to welcome any emotions, anxiety and fears that might be present, as these are completely normal and addressing them through meditation can truly help you deal with them. Secondly, this guided meditation will help you develop a sense of inner strength, which will serve you well through labour and the following weeks of caring for your infant.


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Lancaster General Hospital earns top national honors
Lancaster General Hospital has been named to the Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals list for 2017.
Truven Health Analytics, IBM Watson Health, is one of the industry's most comprehensive sources of healthcare information. This is the 11th time LGH has appeared on the list since 1997, an achievement shared by only a handful of hospitals across the nation.
The 100 Top Hospitals study evaluates clinical and operational performance in 11 areas: inpatient mortality; 30-day mortality rate; complications; core measures; 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rate; severity-adjusted average length of stay; mean emergency room throughput; inpatient expense per discharge; Medicare spend per beneficiary; adjusted operating profit margin; and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems score.
The Truven study, conducted annually since 1993, utilizes data from independent federal sources, including Medicare records, and includes 2,740 hospitals.
Truven estimates that if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated in the 100 Top Hospitals winners:
More than 89,000 additional lives could be saved.
More than 61,000 additional patients could be complication-free.
More than $5.6 billion in inpatient costs could be saved.
The average patient stay would decrease by a half-day.
More about the 100 Top Hospitals study can be found at www.100tophospitals.com.
Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals, released America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2017.
Lancaster General Hospital is one of seven Pennsylvania hospitals listed in the 100 Best, and the only Pennsylvania hospital listed in America's 50 Best Hospitals. To review the complete list, click here.
The recipients of the America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals Awards™ demonstrate superior clinical outcomes across the majority of common inpatient conditions and procedures and sustained this performance for at least three consecutive years.
Healthgrades research revealed that America's Best Hospitals also outperform their peers in treating a core group of conditions that account for more than 80 percent of mortalities in areas evaluated by Healthgrades, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.
Patients treated in hospitals achieving the America's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ have, on average, a 27.1 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive this award.
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Duncan Airport  is located adjacent to Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.

See also
 List of airports on Vancouver Island

References

External links
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United States Army Sergeant Ray L. Billingsley (Service # 20530557) was born April 20th 1917 in Summer Shade, Kentucky. He was a highschool graduate and Indiana National Guardsmen before the United States entered World War II. He enlisted in the Army as a Sergeant in the Infantry Jan. 17th 1941 in Darlington Indiana. Sgt. Billingsley was awarded this Purple Heart medal for wounds received during World War II.
After his military service Ray Billingsley married Anna M. Stewart on Dec. 15th 1947 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Ray and Anna lived the rest of heir lives in Crawfordsville. Ray passed away Nov. 19th 1978 & he is buried at the Oak Hill Grant Avenue Cemetery, Montgomery County Indiana. Anna passed away Feb. 8th 2009 & she is buried next to her husband.
I am including 10 printed research documents & photos from the ancestry national archives files, find a grave, & WWII enlistment records.


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Villa Edelweiß steht für:

 Villa Edelweiß (Radebeul), Villa in Radebeul, Sachsen
 Villa Edelweiß, Villa in Immenstadt im Allgäu, Bayern, siehe Immenstadt im Allgäu  #Historische Stadthäuser
 Villa Edelweiß, Gebäude in Pörtschach am Wörther See, Kärnten, siehe Liste der denkmalgeschützten Objekte in Pörtschach am Wörther See #Q37828990


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Failure to Name Correct Defendant Fatal to Claim
Where plaintiff brought suit against a trucking company based on injuries he received while operating a forklift inside a trailer at the distribution center at which he was employed, summary judgment was appropriate where the defendant trucking company produced records showing that the truck plaintiff was injured in did not belong to it.
In Hashi v. Parkway Xpress, LLC, No. M2018-01469-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 23, 2019), plaintiff was a forklift operator employed by a distribution center. While plaintiff was operating a forklift inside the trailer of a tractor-trailer truck, the truck suddenly moved, causing plaintiff to fall to the ground. Plaintiff brought this suit for the injuries he sustained, naming as defendants the trucking company that he alleged owned the truck in question, the freight broker, and the unnamed truck driver.
The trial court granted summary judgment to both the trucking company and the freight broker, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.
Defendant trucking company "argued that summary judgment was appropriate because it was not the owner or operator of the tractor-trailer in which [plaintiff] was working when he was injured." Defendant trucking company submitted an affidavit from its president stating that the driver in question was not their employee, and that the company's truck was at the distribution center from 6:00 am to 7:08 am, while the injury occurred at 1:20 in the afternoon. The trucking company also submitted a bill of lading to support its alleged time-frame, as well as incident reports identifying the driver of the truck causing the injury. Based on this evidence the trial court granted summary judgment.
On appeal, plaintiff argued that the company president's affidavit should not have been considered because the "statement that he has personal knowledge of the facts in the affidavit is mere boilerplate language" and because he was biased. The Court of Appeals rejected these arguments, finding that the president's "personal knowledge of who [defendant] employed could be reasonably inferred based on his position as president of the company." Further, the Court noted that credibility issues that might derail a summary judgment motion "must rise to a level higher than the normal credibility that arise whenever a witness testifies." (internal citation and quotation omitted). Here, plaintiff "made only a generalized attack on [the president's] credibility," which was not enough to create an issue of fact. Because the trucking company presented evidence that they did not employ the driver or own the truck involved in the accident, summary judgment was affirmed.
Regarding summary judgment for defendant freight broker, the broker argued that it merely "arrange[d] for the transportation of freight at the request of customers needing such services," and that it "did not employ, control, select or hire" the relevant driver. Defendant freight broker submitted an affidavit from its risk manager supporting these allegations. Plaintiff argued that the freight broker was liable because the trucking company was acting as an agent of the freight broker, but the Court noted that the party alleging an agency relationship has the burden of proving its existence. (internal citation omitted). Here, defendant broker offered evidence in the form of the affidavit that it had an independent contractor relationship with the trucking company, that it "did not control the means of [the trucking company's] delivery to [the distribution center]," and that it "used reasonable care in contracting with [the trucking company] as a motor carrier." Plaintiff offered no evidence in response to these assertions, instead only alleging a generalized credibility issue with the affiant. The Court again rejected the credibility challenge, and summary judgment was also affirmed as to the freight broker.
This case reminds plaintiffs of the importance of a sufficient investigation before filing suit and naming defendants. Plaintiff may have had a valid case against the proper parties, but the defendants named here were not responsible for the incident.
Posted in: Premises Liability