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For the past year, or so now, I've produced cinemagraphs for the California State University Channel Islands website. It's been a lot of fun and has pushed me to look at my photography and video work through a new set of eyes. I'm loving the process of making them as well. I want to share a few here, so I hope you guys enjoy them.
Please check out the CSU Channel Islands website to see others that we've worked on at the university.


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Q: How do I enable Git for Visual Studio/Team Server 2013 We have a Team Project we created in 2013. The web site of the project allows Git Repos to be created, but in Visual Studio 2017 the Git repos we created are always Offline and exhibiting other odd behaviors (loading TFVC's interface in Visual Studio even when connecting to a Git repo within it for example). I used Fiddler to check out the traffic and noticed that this particular project is missing the SourceControlGitEnabled = true flag. A project we created a year and a half later DOES include the SourceControlGitEnabled flag and works properly.
Is there a TFS Team Project setting we can alter/enable or do I have to create a new Project with Git as the repo and migrate everything to it?

A: When you create a new repo in the Team Project in TFS2013, there should be a warning as below:

Note that some versions of Visual Studio will only provide full Team
  Explorer integration with a repository that has the same name as the
  team project. Users may need to manually clone this new repository to
  use it in Visual Studio.

This maybe the limitation of TFS2013 with GIT, either manually clone this new repository to use it in Visual Studio or create a new Project with Git as the repo and migrate everything to it, both should be work.

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Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by Campercoxy, Nov 5, 2014.
Welcome to the forum Bridget, enjoy your travels.
Welcome from nr Kings Lynn!
Hi and a very warm welcome.
Welcome Bridget from another Autocruise owner from Saham Toney .... I can smell the lavender from here.
We need some more females in the Norfolk Mafia, Welcome indeed.
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Q: VS 2012 debugging Unexpected symbol reader error while processing  I have a problem with debugging my program in Visual Studio 2012 -
when I try to debug the code by inserting some breakpoints, they seem not to work - when I hover on them a message pops up
The breakpoint will not currently be hit. Unexpected symbol reader error while processing <file.exe>
I tried searching for similar problems in the internet but I haven't found any solutions
I'd appreciate any help, thanks!

A: [VS 2012] Ok I got the answer that fixed this problem, so I'll post this here so that people have no such problem in the future.
A solution is to change
   Debug -> (app) Properties-> Configuration Properties -> Debugging

from Auto to Mixed.
The breakpoints will automatically work.
[VS 2015] Closing all instances of VS 2015 and restarting fixes the problem for a while at least. The 2012 fix does not work.

A: For Visual Studio 2017, closing all open instances and restarting worked for me.
I might have gotten away with closing fewer, for example instances with unrelated solutions open, but I have not tested that.

A: I had a VS 2017 C++ DLL called from VS 2013 C# application. Upgrading the application to VS 2017 solved the problem.

A: Just a side note to the answer accepted, you should checkout /DEBUG:FULL  in Linker->Debugging in Visual Studio 2017 upwards

Beginning in Visual Studio 2017, the build system in the IDE defaults to /DEBUG:FASTLINK.

This limited PDB can't be used for debugging when the required build products are not available, such as when the executable is deployed on another computer.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/debug-generate-debug-info?view=vs-2019

A: In VS2017, I have to clean up and close the whole solution, then delete the .vs folder from the solution folder, then recompile to fix it.


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LA Liga was founded in April 1928 and has gained a popularity and millions of audiences not only in Spain, but worldwide as well, especially the two most successful teams in the history of the league as well as their football rivalry, Barcelona FC and Real Madrid CF.
The league consists of 20 teams that go head-to-head against each other to win the trophy (1st place) and also qualify for a Champions League spot (First 4 teams) or finish 5th or 6th in order to qualify for the second-tier European club league, which is called Europa League.
As for the bottom 3 of the table, they get relegated to Segunda División.
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Team Winner 2nd Place Season
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La Liga teams have always had a strong presence in European competitions, with a total of 18 European Cup/ Champions League trophy wins (13 for Real Madrid and 5 for Barcelona).
Real Madrid hold an impressive number of 13 European Cup (Champions League) wins and is the highest record in the history of the competition with the second place far behind with AC Milan holding 7 titles.
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I still can't believe I was interviewing Captain America's Chris Evans just a couple of weeks ago. I know. Fangirl time. And let me say, rightfully so. Because this guy is the real deal. He is so kind, so sweet, so considerate, so good-looking, and SO funny!
This interview was really fun, and we learned a lot about the guy who wears the Captain America uniform and carries that red, white and blue Shield.
Which brings me to one of the questions we had for Chris.
How did it feel to put that uniform back on?
Chris: I feel good now. I didn't in the beginning. In the beginning, it was terrifying. Don't our brains just manage to go to the most negative thing possible?
Whenever there's something in front of us, you just focus on what the worst possible outcome could be. So when I began the movie, it was all the things that could go wrong and how this could be a mistake. Over the course of five or six movies now, it feels great.
The Russo Brothers and Marvel and everyone have made it such a wonderful environment. They've proven themselves time and time again to be great filmmakers, and now, it's like a point of pride when you see the suit. You're excited to get the suit on and you're very honored and humbled that you get to have some sort of a connection to it because it is bigger than…you know what I mean.
Captain America will live on, there will be other Captain Americas. There will. And it will live on a lot longer than I will. So it's just nice to kind of have a little place in its lineage.
Captain America: Civil War is a little darker than the previous films. We were curious about how Chris felt about that.
How did you feel about the darker role for Cap?
Chris: It was nice. I think for the most part with Cap, the trickiest thing about the character is that he's just a selfless guy. He's not one of these brooding characters where you can, as an audience member, connect to his conflict and struggle.
He's very selfless, and I think to some degree it can feel vanilla. It can feel boring. His goal has always been doing what other people need. And I think in this movie, it's the first time he kind of did what he wants, and that's a little bit of a departure for him.
But it's nice because it's motivated by family. Cap woke up seventy years later and everyone he knows is dead. And you have Bucky, this one guy, this one person who is the remaining chapter of his life before. So you're pitting his current family with his old family and you can't ask any man to choose that.
Chris: My arm to this day is not the same. It's a fake helicopter, obviously, and it's on a rig, so you can actually move it. They did move it and it actually required [me] to hold it.
Not like I'd get any sympathy out of you anyway, (we all laughed- he is so funny!) but I really did bang something up. It was a trick scene, but they're [the] good scenes. I think it's harder doing scenes with Downey because he's such a force.
He's so good and he owns the oxygen, and he comes in the room and he's powerful and the spine of the film is that conflict. So when you have those scenes… I mean, you've all seen the movie.
There's a limited amount of scenes where it's really just us, when we're not fighting, just us talking. And that's the framework for the conflict. And if you don't invest in those moments, the conflict is going to be sour and fall flat. So those few scenes that we have where it's just him and I were really intimidating to make sure you want to match him.
Who would be a good faceoff for Captain America on Team Cap?
Chris: Scarlet Witch would be trouble, wouldn't she? And we're lucky we have her, because without her when you look at Team Iron Man… just even having the Vision. Paul Bettany, he's still dangerous on the battlefield. But Vision is so wonderful and so powerful. We'd be in trouble without Scarlet Witch, we really would.
Because of your friendship with Bucky, is your friendship with Falcon changing in this movie?
Chris: That's been one of the big questions, are you Team Bucky or Team Falcon? It's tricky because in the comic books, one of these guys gets the shield. I don't know what Marvel is going to do.
I don't want to give them the shield anyway [LAUGHTER] but I guess I gotta, which is fine. And listen, it's not my job to pick.
It's a beautiful relationship. Buck, like I said, Bucky is the friend from old, and Falcon is the friend from today and they're both great people, both great characters, both great actors. So, [LAUGHS] I'm thankful it's not my decision. Whatever happens, happens.
If you could go back in time, and have dinner or a conversation with someone from history, who would it be with?
That's tough. Maybe JFK. Have you guys been watching the Race to the White House? So good. And it really is an amazing landscape.
I think it's a really tricky thing to try to be a politician, even being an actor. Imagine being a politician, where you have to back everything you say. I think where politics struggles is when politicians become too political.
I think JFK was one of the last guys that felt to me like he's speaking like a human and it feels like a man talking. And he was tackling enormous issues of the time.
So I think it's a real interesting dichotomy- of being in this austere position when the country needed so much and he had to marry so many difficult challenges. People really didn't want him to win either. I mean like, look. They shot him. In the end, they got him. He is one of the most interesting characters that I can think of.
Growing up who was your favorite superhero?
Chris: I didn't have one. I had an older sister. That's why when I have kids, I'd love for my oldest child to be a girl because I think it softens up the boy.
Whatever Carly wanted to do, we did. So, My Little Pony and Care Bear, that was it. Just being in Carly's room was a big deal.
So comic books were not on my radar. I liked Star Wars, which was maybe the coolest thing about me, but that was my dad being like "please, [LAUGHTER] please like Han Solo" and I was like, but Tender Heart Bear. [LAUGHTER] It's not untrue, it's really sad.
When we were getting arranged for this group photo, I couldn't believe my luck. I'm not very aggressive when it comes to getting right next to the talent. But this time, I was right next to Chris.
And then, the photographer had to rearrange him, and he turned to me and said, "I'm sorry." Wow. So sweet. Such a gentleman. And so considerate. So there I am in the back, but I'll never forget how kind he was to me.
There are more interviews to come, including Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Paul Bettany (The Vision), Emily Van Camp (Agent 13) and the Russo brothers! Plus lots more from ABC TV! Here's a little teaser about the interview with Paul Bettany. So good!!
Captain America: Civil War hits theaters May 6!
Very cool – can't wait to see the movie!


From time to time, we all need to remind ourselves of our history, as it explains our present and predicts our future. When in South Florida, Cauley Square Historic Railroad Village is one of the best places to relive the 1900 railroad history. The village, which is located in Miami Dade County, is often described as the Nostalgic Village for its historic value to both locals and visitors.
The Cauley Square Historic Railroad Village's name comes from William Cauley, a tomato farmer and a rich businessman who developed residential cottages, warehouses, offices and amenities along the railroad tracks in 1903. After destruction by the 1992 Hurricane Andrew, restoration began and now Cauley Square stands more beautiful than ever. It features about ten acres of gardens, birds, private patios, flowers and tropical canopies. There are also water fountains, statues, adorable plazas and breathtaking pathways through the woods. The gardens are best known for hosting events such as weddings, graduation parties, anniversaries and birthday parties.
Cauley Square is a great place to hang out with the whole family. The Tea Room is the most famous of Cauley Square niceties and serves delicious soups, salads and desserts for the whole family. The Village Chalet is the best bet for a special dinner or lunch with a loved one. The Latin Corner for ice cream and milk shake is highly recommended. Your children will love a ride on a pony and carriage and you will definitely love the rustic, friendly atmosphere. Collectors and non-collectors alike will love antique shopping in the cottages for artifacts from the 1900s. Whether you need a feel of the old South Florida or perhaps a quiet outdoor place to relax, Cauley Square Railroad Village meets all your needs. It does not only offer serenity in the middle of Miami, but also nostalgia and history lessons for the whole family.


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Hoi An Ancient Town is one of the 3 tourist destinations clustered along the coastline of Vietnam's Central, together with Hue and Da Nang. Ancient Town is definitely one of the most charming cities I've ever visited. If you have been to Luang Prabang (Laos), you get the idea. It's a riverside port town where the structure has been preserved impeccably from its 15th - 19th century architecture. The narrow streets are lined up with quaint boutiques, shops, galleries, cafes and restaurants which are all painted yellow orange for a unique and consistent look. Some even grew a mossy patina effect adding more to its atmosphere. Although very touristy, it wasn't always like that for Hoi An. At one point in its history, it was the biggest harbour in Southeast Asia and the commercial capital of the once powerful Champa Empire.
15th century - the Chams lost to the Viet people and lost control of Hoi An. The Nguyen lords took control and Hoi An regained its prominence.
Da Nang became the new center of trade reducing Hoi An to a backwater port where it stayed untouched for the next 200 years. This is what you now see in Hoi An.
During its heyday, Hoi An was an international port and the center of commerce. Nationals from all over Asia specially the Chinese and the Japanese took up half-year residency here to conduct their trade. They spawned their own communities which make up this cultural melting pot. They got along well living side by side of each other - even though the Japanese Bridge was the demarcation line between the Chinese and the Japanese.
We stayed at An Hoi Hotel, a charming family-run hotel that is right across the bridge from Ancient Town. It is also along the river which gave us a river-view breakfast from their 2nd floor alfresco restaurant. It was a comfortable hotel that made Hoi An a much better experience for us.
The beach is a good 8 kms from Ancient Town but easily reached by bicycle. It was too cold to take a swim and the waves were crashing down like crazy - ideal for surfing! The beachfront is wide and sand is powder-fine with beige/white color. Already, access to the beach is blocked by 5-star multi-national resort and hotel chains who are adjacently lined-up along the beach. They also fenced-in their property lines from their neighbors effectively cutting off their guests within their grounds. Long walks on the beach? It's not gonna happen here.
Ancient Town is off limits to cars - only bicycles and motorbikes are allowed. This frees up the town's narrow streets to the throng of tourists who flock to the shops, restos, cafes and galleries lined up with their patina-infused orange/yellow structures.
Hoi An is one place where you can have a professionally tailored suit and pants done in 24 hours at less than half the retail price of Europe or N. America. Price ranges from $70-$300 depending on fabric, Kashmere wool commanding the hefty price tag. Shirts go from $15 to $20.
The recent years were unforgiving to Hoi An. Flood waters reached record levels specially in 2010 when water reached above 6 feet inside the houses transforming their streets into canals. Hoi An became Venice as boats became the mode of commute.
What strikes me about the flourishing multiculturalism of Hoi An is the level of racial tolerance their Vietnamese hosts exercised. These traders, refugees, migrants were accepted by the Vietnamese and allowed to practice their own religion and continue their ethnic tradition and culture. A story goes that Chinese from the Ming Dynasty took refuge in Hoi An after the Qings defeated the Mings in China (I could not verify this, even through Google searches). Two thumbs up to the people of Hoi An for being a benefactor to these people who chose to call Hoi An their new home.
It felt heavy parting with Tuyen at the airport in Da Nang. For nearly 4 months, we were traveling together 24/7, looking after each other, complemented each others' blind spots, and worked together in everything that needed to be done. Our friendship deepened as we faced the challenges of the open road together. I miss her and I know it won't be soon before I meet another traveler I can get along with as I did with her. Godspeed, Tuyen. Know that you will always be special to me.
WARNING: there is a hard-sell on the selling of tickets for Ancient Town, making tourists believe it is mandatory to enter the town. Ticket outlets are virtually on every entrance way, staff even stop you to check your tickets and the loud speaker system incessantly remind people (in 4 or 5 languages) to buy tickets. IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO BUY TICKETS! You can enter Ancient Town and go to the shops and restaurants without tickets. You only need to buy the tickets if you visit the specific museums or houses that are designated for the purpose.
instead of hiring transport to the beach, just rent a bike. It's a pleasant 8km bike ride to the beach.
(Jan 25, 2014) I love this story, full of interesting information. I love Hoi An, I love you too!


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Șeica Mare (in dialetto sassone Marktšielken, in latino Selk maior, in ungherese Nagyselyk, in tedesco Marktschelken o Grosschelken) è un comune della Romania di 4.914 abitanti, ubicato nel distretto di Sibiu, nella regione storica della Transilvania.

Il comune è formato dall'unione di 6 villaggi: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, Petiș, Șeica Mare, Ștenea.

Di un certo interesse è il Tempio evangelico, risalente al XIII secolo.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni del distretto di Sibiu

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Natividad Almeda-Lopez (8 de septiembre de 1892–22 de enero de 1977) fue la primera mujer abogada de las Filipinas, siendo aceptada en el foro en el año 1913. Fue también la primera mujer que defendió a una mujer en los tribunales.

Ha sido descrita como un "modelo del movimiento feminista"

Vida personal
Se casó con Domingo Lopez, un abogado, cuando tenía 30 años de edad y tuvieron tres hijos, Marita, Lulu y Jake. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ella y sus tres hijos fueron evacuados de Manila a la ciudad de la que procedía el esposo, Tayabas

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Almeda-Lopez pasó los exámenes en 1913 pero debido a que era demasiado joven tuvo que esperar un año antes de unirse al colegio de abogados.
A los 26 años de edad dio un discurso en la Asamblea Legislativa Filipina en defensa de los derechos de las mujeres. En 1919 había sido contratada por el Buró de Justicia y fue promovida a fiscal ayudante de la Oficina del Fiscal General. En 1934 el presidente Manuel Quezon le proporcionó un nombramiento permanente como juez de la ciudad en los tribunales de Manila, un cargo que ella había desempeñado de forma interina durante tres años.

Honores
Desde su muerte el gobierno de las Filipinas ha honrado su memoria de diversas formas. En 1996 le dio su nombre a una calle, Recibió tres honores presidenciales, la medalla presidencial al mérito por su liderazgo en el movimiento feminista en 1955, en 1966 se le reconoció por su labor en pro de los derechos de las mujeres y en 1968 la recibió por tercera vez.

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Nacidos en Manila
Abogadas de Filipinas
Juezas de Filipinas
Feministas de Filipinas
Mujeres de Filipinas del siglo XX


filtering, how to apply it to different kinds of data.
with additional concepts that can be useful in different kinds of domains.
of simple parts with well defined interfaces.
recombine them in various ways.
recombinations and reconfigurations are doing to the algorithm.
there's a number of things that we can do right now with item-item.
One example is incorporating a concept of the trustworthiness of users.
the overall collaborative filtering structure.
reputation score for a user.
We can weight users by trust before computing item similarities.
have more impact in the recommendations.
Avesani's 2004 paper on Trust-Aware Collaborative Filtering.
We can also extend it with notions of importance for items.
to be a better recommendation.
One application of this is when we're recommending research papers.
in addition to how similar it is to another paper.
This is similar to the idea of scoring web pages by how central they are.
scoring system that computes an authority or an importance score for an item.
replace the weights with something else entirely.
filtering instead of collaborative filtering.
how its similarity is computed, and this can work relatively well.
instead of computing them from a similarity.
example, the squared error of predicting ratings.
to directly learn these coefficients.
adding additional concepts, reweighting vectors, and those kinds of things.


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Vladimir Nabokov on Writing, Reading, and the Three Qualities a Great Storyteller Must Have
"Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that prism, is the art of literature."
"Often the object of a desire, when desire is transformed into hope, becomes more real than reality itself," Umberto Eco observed in his magnificent atlas of imaginary places. Indeed, our capacity for self-delusion is one of the most inescapable fundamentals of the human condition, and nowhere do we engage it more willingly and more voraciously than in the art and artifice of storytelling.
In the same 1948 lecture that gave us Vladimir Nabokov's 10 criteria for a good reader, found in his altogether fantastic Lectures on Literature (public library), the celebrated author and sage of literature examines the heart of storytelling:
Literature was born not the day when a boy crying wolf, wolf came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels: literature was born on the day when a boy came crying wolf, wolf and there was no wolf behind him. That the poor little fellow because he lied too often was finally eaten up by a real beast is quite incidental. But here is what is important. Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that prism, is the art of literature.
Vladimir Nabokov by William Claxton, 1963
He considers this essential role of deception in storytelling, adding to famous writers' wisdom on truth vs. fiction and observing, as young Virginia Woolf did, that all art simply imitates nature:
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth. Every great writer is a great deceiver, but so is that arch-cheat Nature. Nature always deceives. From the simple deception of propagation to the prodigiously sophisticated illusion of protective colors in butterflies or birds, there is in Nature a marvelous system of spells and wiles. The writer of fiction only follows Nature's lead.
Going back for a moment to our wolf-crying woodland little woolly fellow, we may put it this way: the magic of art was in the shadow of the wolf that he deliberately invented, his dream of the wolf; then the story of his tricks made a good story. When he perished at last, the story told about him acquired a good lesson in the dark around the camp fire. But he was the little magician. He was the inventor.
What's especially interesting is that Nabokov likens the writer to an inventor, since the trifecta of qualities he goes on to outline as necessary for the great writer — not that different from young Susan Sontag's list of the four people a great writer must be — are just as necessary for any great entrepreneur:
There are three points of view from which a writer can be considered: he may be considered as a storyteller, as a teacher, and as an enchanter. A major writer combines these three — storyteller, teacher, enchanter — but it is the enchanter in him that predominates and makes him a major writer.
To the storyteller we turn for entertainment, for mental excitement of the simplest kind, for emotional participation, for the pleasure of traveling in some remote region in space or time. A slightly different though not necessarily higher mind looks for the teacher in the writer. Propagandist, moralist, prophet — this is the rising sequence. We may go to the teacher not only for moral education but also for direct knowledge, for simple facts… Finally, and above all, a great writer is always a great enchanter, and it is here that we come to the really exciting part when we try to grasp the individual magic of his genius and to study the style, the imagery, the pattern of his novels or poems.
The three facets of the great writer — magic, story, lesson — are prone to blend in one impression of unified and unique radiance, since the magic of art may be present in the very bones of the story, in the very marrow of thought. There are masterpieces of dry, limpid, organized thought which provoke in us an artistic quiver quite as strongly as a novel like Mansfield Park does or as any rich flow of Dickensian sensual imagery. It seems to me that a good formula to test the quality of a novel is, in the long run, a merging of the precision of poetry and the intuition of science. In order to bask in that magic a wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle even though we must keep a little aloof, a little detached when reading. Then with a pleasure which is both sensual and intellectual we shall watch the artist build his castle of cards and watch the castle of cards become a castle of beautiful steel and glass.
Indeed, as important to the success of literature as the great writer is the wise reader, whom Nabokov characterizes by a mindset that blends the receptivity of art with the critical thinking of science:
The best temperament for a reader to have, or to develop, is a combination of the artistic and the scientific one. The enthusiastic artist alone is apt to be too subjective in his attitude towards a book, and so a scientific coolness of judgment will temper the intuitive heat. If, however, a would-be reader is utterly devoid of passion and patience — of an artist's passion and a scientist's patience — he will hardly enjoy great literature.
Lectures on Literature is a wealth of wisdom in its entirety. Also see Nabokov on the six short stories everyone should read, then revisit famous writers' collected insights on writing, including Elmore Leonard's 10 rules of writing, Walter Benjamin's thirteen doctrines, F. Scott Fitzgerald's letter to his daughter, David Ogilvy's 10 no-bullshit tips, Henry Miller's 11 commandments, Jack Kerouac's 30 beliefs and techniques, John Steinbeck's 6 pointers, and Susan Sontag's synthesized learnings.
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Newcastle & Celtic among clubs eyeing Crystal Palace's James McCarthy
Exclusive - Newcastle United are ready to make an offer for Crystal Palace midfielder James McCarthy this month, with Magpies boss Steve Bruce a long-term admirer of the Irish international.
Bruce has tried to sign McCarthy on a number of occasions during his career and is keen to bolster his current options in central midfield. The fact that the player is on course to be out of contract at Palace at the end of the season only adds to his possible availability.
McCarthy has made 261 Premier League appearances | Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images
Matty Longstaff has returned to the Newcastle midfield in recent weeks, while Bruce has relied on Isaac Hayden for much of the campaign so far. Jeff Hendrick can play both on the right and centrally and Sean Longstaff and Jonjo Shelvey are others at Bruce's disposal.
But the Magpies have lacked a settled midfield all season.
90min has learned that Scottish champions Celtic are also interested in McCarthy and are ready to open talks about a move home to Glasgow. McCarthy, who represents Ireland internationally through his grandfather, even supported Celtic as a child.
But Celtic are struggling to come up with a suitable offer that would tempt the 30-year-old to head back to Scotland - where he started his career with Hamilton - because of the riches potentially available to him by staying in the Premier League.
McCarthy represents Ireland but was born & raised in Scotland | Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
90min understands that it is not just Newcastle showing interest in England, with Burnley, Sheffield United and West Brom also keen on McCarthy, giving him plenty of possible options.
Current club Palace are even open to him staying at Selhurst Park as well, although the Eagles are yet to decide what kind of contract they would be willing to offer him.
McCarthy established himself as a Premier League calibre midfielder with Wigan and later starred for Everton until various injuries, including a broken leg in 2018, limited his impact.
McCarthy made his name in the Premier League with Wigan | Paul Thomas/Getty Images
He joined Palace in 2019 and made 33 Premier League appearances last season. But while injury has once again affected him in 2020/21, the player has returned to matchday squads in recent weeks.
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Iran intercepts UK-interest vessels in Straits of Hormuz
on: July 21, 2019 In: Freight
*Iran seizes British flagged oil tanker
Lagos — Indications are that over the weekend, forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, (IRGC(N)) intercepted two UK interest vessels within international waters.
Both vessels were transiting on an ingress routing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf, in a ballast condition. The first vessel intercepted was the Stena Imperio at approximate location N26.34.00, E056.21.00 21nm NNE of the Al Harf Peninsula. The vessel is UK Flagged and Swedish owned.
The vessel can be seen to have reduced cruising speed and conducted evasive manoeuvres at around 1511hrs UTC before turning towards Iran where its AIS signal was lost.
The vessel is believed to be carrying 22 crew including Indian, Russian, Philippine and Latvian nationals. The second vessel detained is believed to be the MT Mesdar. The vessel is Liberian Flagged but the UK owned and managed.
The vessel appears to have been intercepted at 1610hrs UTC at location N26,02 E054,55, 51nm NNW of Dubai when the vessel was seen reducing speed and made a sharp turn towards Iranian waters. The Mesdar is believed to have been carrying 24 crew including Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian and Philippine nationals.
Since the incidents were reported the MT Mesdar has returned to the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) as of 1810hrs UTC.
Reporting from Iranian sources stated that the MT Masdar was not detained, instead was notified on the environmental and maritime regulations and was then allowed to continue on its way. It is unclear whether the presence of a Russian national (a close ally of Iran) as vessel master was instrumental in the release of this vessel.
Whilst the MT Mesdar appears to not be detained the MT Stena Imperio is currently assumed to be under detention by the IRGC(N).
This is highly likely to have been a premeditated and calculated operation by the IRGC(N), that may have involved additional larger Iranian assets.
The precise methodology of interception is unclear; however, it is possible that warning shots may have been used to intimidate the vessel masters into altering course. At this time, no details of distress signals have been received.
The interception of these vessels is likely to have been a pre-planned operation and intended for use at a time where Iran perceives there to be strategic narrative to be leveraged.
Whilst this incident appears to be a dramatic escalation of events within the Persian Gulf, it is essential that these incidents are viewed within the context of wider events. Currently, Dryad assess these latest incidents to be a further evolution of a localized issue between Iran and the UK, and as such, there is deemed to be no additional increase in the risk profile to wider international shipping beyond UK interest vessels.
Iran has repeatedly contested the legal legitimacy of detaining the Iranian tanker Grace I and has repeatedly stated that it would conduct retaliatory detentions on UK interest vessels. Recently UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt commented that the UK would be prepared to release the tanker for assurances that the vessel would not call in Syria.
On Thursday 18th July Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was reported to have held a "constructive and positive" meeting with Iranian officials in London to discuss the tanker. However, on 19th July the Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif commented in an interview that the UK appears to be working against wider EU interests with respect to the preservation of the JCPOA agreement by siding with the US and acting in accordance with US interests and not those of its E3 partners.
In addition to these statements, the government of Gibraltar released a statement stating that "…at a private meeting of the Supreme Court on an application by the Attorney General, the Court has extended the period of detention of the vessel, Grace 1, for a further 30 days and has set a new hearing for 15 August 2019," It is therefore assessed that these latest incidents are in direct retaliation to the court judgment extending the detention of the Grace I.
As a result of these latest incidents, it is almost certain that the UK will seek to bolster its Naval resources within the region. Dryad has received unconfirmed reports that in addition to HMS Montrose already within the Persian Gulf and HMS Duncan en-route from the Mediterranean, the UK is considering the deployment of HMS Kent currently in Portsmouth and the support vessel RFA Wave Knight, currently in the Western Mediterranean. The renewed focus will likely be applied to the US Maritime coalition; however significant issues around legal legitimacy and rules of engagement will be a significant barrier to full implementation of this.
It must also be noted that in targeting British interests in the Strait of Hormuz, and not those of the US, it is likely that Iran is attempting to target what it perceives as the 'weaker', 'junior', coalition member (alongside the US).
This, in turn, is realistically an attempt to drive a wedge between the US and its allies, and further weaken any potential maritime coalition. It is clear as the UK will be forced to respond, but will find few avenues to do so, both militarily and diplomatically, the UK is unlikely to alter its position of support alongside the US, however in doing so UK vessels operating within the Persian Gulf will likely face heightened risks in the medium to long term.
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3 Things to Watch in the Stock Market This Week
By Demitri Kalogeropoulos – Nov 14, 2021 at 7:00AM
NYSE: TGT
Nvidia is one of several hot stocks set to announce earnings results in the next few trading days.
Stocks dropped last week for the first time in several weeks last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.08%) and the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.25%) shed less than 1%. The indexes remain near record highs, though, with the Dow up 18% so far in 2021 while the S&P has gained a whopping 25%.
Earnings season brings more reports that could move wider markets over the next few days. Let's take a closer look at a few highly anticipated announcements on the way, from Nvidia (NVDA 2.84%), TJX Companies (TJX -0.69%), and Target (TGT 0.89%).
Nvidia growth
Investors have high expectations heading into Nvidia's Wednesday's earnings report. The chip giant is expected to boost sales over 40% to $6.8 billion thanks to soaring demand across key portfolio categories, including gaming and its data center business. Rival AMD added to the optimism by announcing surging sales gains last week.
The buy thesis for Nvidia stock rests on its ability to maintain dominant market share positions in booming semiconductor niches like gaming and artificial intelligence. Shareholders are hoping that these wins will allow its market capitalization to expand quickly over the next few years.
This week's report won't determine the long-term value of Nvidia stock. But it's likely to set another sales record for the business.
Target's customer traffic
Target's share price rally in 2021 raises the stakes for its third-quarter announcement, set for Wednesday morning. The retailer has been a winner from pandemic-related changes to shopping behavior. It has added over $10 billion in new market share since early 2020.
This week's report should show continued growth momentum as shoppers gravitate toward its premium and exclusive merchandise. The digital selling channel should be a standout, too. Look for profit margins to continue holding around 10% as more sales shift toward that niche and as Target's average prices rise.
Investors will be watching for any signs that customer traffic is slowing heading into the peak holiday shopping season. That's unlikely. But the bigger question is whether the chain can secure enough inventory, at the right prices, to handle what should be an epic period ahead for demand to close out 2021.
TJX Companies' inventory
The Wednesday earnings report from TJX Companies, the off-price retailer, should contain plenty of good news for shareholders. Sales in the first half of the fiscal year more than doubled compared to the same period in 2020, when COVID-19 forced the closure of most of its retailing base. But revenue is also up a solid 16% compared with the same period in 2019.
TJX in mid-August revealed that its growth accelerated in Q2 as more people returned to old shopping habits. That success persuaded CEO Ernie Herrman and his team to issue cautiously optimistic comments about the third quarter. Its home furnishings segment and apparel business should both benefit from high demand in each of these areas.
The key concern heading into the holidays is whether TJX's buyers are still finding plenty of quality inventory deals. Its last report showed no concerns there, despite rising prices across the industry and major supply chain issues. If the retailer navigated through those challenges again in Q3, then it should be entering the holiday season in a great inventory position.
Demitri Kalogeropoulos has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends The TJX Companies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Detroit 48202: Conversations Along A Postal Route is a feature documentary in Five Acts that examines the rise, demise, and contested resurgence of Detroit through the lens of African-American mail carrier, Wendell Watkins, and the residents he has faithfully served for thirty years.
Wendell's route takes him through the main streets and back alleys of the New Center area of Detroit, which sits in the shadow of the former GM headquarters, a regal building that once symbolized the aspirations of the city's elite. The conversations Wendell has along the way foreground the voices of black working class Detroiters, who relate a nuanced and complex narrative about the history of the city's crisis and the struggle of Detroiters to re-imagine an inclusive and equitable city.
A look into the work of underground filmmaker Danny Plotnick and his love for Super-8 film.
DETROIT HIVES follows Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey, a young couple from East Detroit who are working to bring diversity to the field of beekeeping and create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity. It is estimated that Detroit has with well over 90,000 empty housing lots to date. In an effort to address this issue, Tim and Nicole have been purchasing vacant lots and converting them into bee farms. DETROIT HIVES explores the importance of bringing diversity to beekeeping and rebuilding inner-city communities one hive at a time.


With one election out of the way, and a new one in the offering, we will come back to the mantra of the Bill Clinton era -- "it's the economy, stupid." Much of the current debate over immigration, climate change, health care, has economic roots. I don't think that Donald Trump is a true populist, but he got the votes of many working class Americans who voted for Barack Obama in places like Michigan and Pennsylvania and Ohio. My concern is that both parties are offering economic solutions that are intended to solve 20th century concerns. We're at under 5% unemployment, which is a good number. It's considered full employment. The problem is that we seem intent on bringing back an economy that is no longer feasible. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders appealed to so-called blue collar manufacturing workers, promising to bring back jobs either through trade policy or immigration policy. The problem is that most unskilled manufacturing jobs are lost not because of immigration or sending plants overseas. They're being lost to robotics. That isn't going to change. So, maybe its time to rethink the economy, and begin to look to other places for employment that has a future.
I want to come back to a book I reviewed earlier -- Beyond the Modern Age (IVP Academic) by Gob Goudzwaard and Craig Bartholomew. They offer an interesting take on economics, contrasting "directly productive labor" and "transductive labor." "Directly productive labor" is something like manufacturing. You create a product and you sell it, producing income. Transductive labor, includes raising children, caring for the elderly, the environment, inclusion of people with special needs, music performance, education, and activities like this. These vocations, whether paid or not, do not produce a product, but enhance society and culture, and thus life. They are also less damaging to ecosystems, human health, and the like. The problem is judging the economic value of transductive labor, and so we place less value on such vocational choices. Because transductive labor can't be judged on the basis of productivity, the ability to sustain this needed sector of the economy is increasingly challenged, even as it is increasingly needed.
A market-based economy ultimately degrades the environment and health, because it focuses on increasing productivity. We already live in a disposable economy, but this is not sustainable. So, we need to rethink our economy, with the future in mind not the past. Coal, for instance, is not the future. But, whole economies, such as West Virginia, are based upon it. How do we move forward?
Perhaps the answer is an economy of care, where instead of setting a goal of increased levels of luxury consumption, we focus on "higher levels of meaningful employment, increased health care, better care for the environment, and poverty alleviation around the world become the core issues of public policies, including for major international institutions and organizations." [Beyond the Modern Age, p. 239].
Of course, this will require rethinking our understanding of wealth, of productivity, or relationships. I'm not an economist. This whole idea of "transductive" labor is new to me, but it's intriguing. Of course, I am a contributor to that form of labor. Unless you consider a sermon a product, it's hard to judge ministry on that level (though we try). We do the same with education. We put production standards on education, focusing on "outcomes," using tests to judge effectiveness. Of course, that means we put less emphasis on things like the humanities, music, and the arts. Yet, these may be the key to the future economy, rather than the hallowed "STEM." Not that I have anything against STEM, but it's not the end of all things. Maybe, if we spent more time on economies of care, we would shift our priorities away from military production to civilian production -- like maybe high speed trains and public transportation that works for all.
For more on this I recommend reading the final chapters of this book, Beyond the Modern Age.


Are you talking about Octavia or Cynthia?
Cause one is an Academy Awards darling who is getting the best reviews of her career and the other is an acclaimed stage actress who is starring in an extremely baity and awaited biopic.
Of course we'll talk about them on this thread. What do you want us to talk about?
Hopefully Leonardo DiCaprio it should be campaign in lead actor for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and for the 2nd time for Best Actor.
and Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie campaign as both in supporting. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood get 10 or more nominations at the Oscars 2020 just my own predictions.
About A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood it should be Tom Hanks in lead actor not supporting, the character his playing is the main center of the movie, i guess Tom Hanks will get nomination on Best Actor category.
Cynthia Erivo is my numero uno on my list and want to as Best Actress at the Oscars 2020 for Harriet.
Lupita Nyong'o is my second list in the Best Actress category for the Oscars 2020 for the movie Us and i'm sure and hoping that Elizabeth Moss will get nomination for Best Supporting Actress, about Winston Duke as Best Actor a little bit shot on my list.
Joaquin Phoenix is the big competition of Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor as Joker in the movie titled Joker. Leo DiCap and Joaquin Ph is a little bit tied on my list competiting on 2020 Oscars for Best Actor, I bet the movie Joker get nomination on Best Picture like Black Panther this 2019 and strong for Best Hair & Make-Up Styling.
Honey Boy is the movie that i'm excited about and to watch it, hopefully Shia LaBeouf get nomination at the Oscars 2020 for Best Supporting Actor (He's on my top 10). And I don't know if Lucas Hedges or Noah Jupe push as Best Actor or lead actor for this movie 'cause they have the same character they have been played this movie.
Will the The Lion King get nominations at the Oscars 2020? But this movie listed on my top 10 running for the Best Picture, and nominate as Best Animated Feature too?
The Late Night movie will get nominations on Best Picture, Best Actress (Emma Thompson), Best (Original? or Adapted?) Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Mindy Kaling). I want Emma Thompson push as Best Actress that will be Mindy Kaling on Best Supporting Actress.
At last Charlize Theron will be get her nomination again for the movie Fair And Balanced, hoping that Charlize Theron on Best Actress contention and Nicole Kidman for Best Supporting Actress. Nicole Kidman still busy this year she have 3 or more movies that she's have.
Hotel Mumbai is my another on my top 10 listed for Best Picture, Dev Patel is also on my top 10 as running in Best Actor and Armie Hammer also on my top 10 for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars 2020. Also this movie deserve been get nomination for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and more.
It is a big miracle if Zac Efron (but I would be happy) get nomination for Best Actor at the Oscars 2020 for the movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile, for he is on my next top 10 competeting for Best Actor. Maybe Lily Collins for Best Supporting Actress i guess and hopefully.
The Laundromat is the have some big names and Oscars fave actors on it, like Meryl Streep i'm sure she's get her nomination for Best Actress for this movie, Gary Oldman maybe get his nomination too as Best Actor and Antonio Banderas for Best Supporting Actor.
Awkwafina in The Farewell will be her ticket for get her first ever nomination at the Oscars in Best Actress category.
This one movie that extremely hope that get attention at the Oscars and get nominations the movie called Aurora and from the Philippines, atleast maybe on Best Foreign Language Film, I know it a long-shot for Best Picture and long-shot for Best Actress for Anne Curtis. Also Best Director is long-shot too for Yam Laranas. For your considerations..
Are you talking about Octavia or Cynthia? Cause one is an Academy Awards darling who is getting the best reviews of her career and the other is an acclaimed stage actress who is starring in an extremely baity and awaited biopic. Of course we'll talk about them on this thread. What do you want us to talk about?
Academy Awards darling? Wouldn't go that far.
No, Tom Hanks is definitely supporting according to people who have read the script.
Well 3 nominations in 7 year isn't so bad either.
When she gets a nomination for a film that isn't a BP nominee then I'll call her an Academy darling. Otherwise, she's just been a coattail except for The Help.
When your film gets 3 nomination, you ain't coattail.
Still a BP nominee lol.
This is one of the worst things I've ever seen in my life.
This is one of the worts things I've ever seen in my life.
LOL. Agreed. I hope they still have time to fix it because Aladdin is near and dear to my heart, and they better not mess it up.
How dare he! Blueface should have been forbidden!
I have tarantino and scorsese for sure in my best director list for this oscars but not sure on the others.


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#include "HTTP.h"
#include "ts/List.h"
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#include "P_Cache.h"
#include "I_Tasks.h"

#include "api/ts/InkAPIPrivateIOCore.h"
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  HTTPHdr m_cached_req;
  HTTPHdr m_cached_resp;
  float m_qvalue;
};

enum APIHookScope {
  API_HOOK_SCOPE_NONE,
  API_HOOK_SCOPE_GLOBAL,
  API_HOOK_SCOPE_LOCAL,
};

/// A single API hook that can be invoked.
class APIHook
{
public:
  INKContInternal *m_cont;
  int invoke(int event, void *edata);
  APIHook *next() const;
  LINK(APIHook, m_link);
};

/// A collection of API hooks.
class APIHooks
{
public:
  void prepend(INKContInternal *cont);
  void append(INKContInternal *cont);
  APIHook *get() const;
  void clear();
  bool is_empty() const;
  void invoke(int event, void *data);

private:
  Que(APIHook, m_link) m_hooks;
};

inline bool
APIHooks::is_empty() const
{
  return nullptr == m_hooks.head;
}

inline void
APIHooks::invoke(int event, void *data)
{
  for (APIHook *hook = m_hooks.head; nullptr != hook; hook = hook->next())
    hook->invoke(event, data);
}

/** Container for API hooks for a specific feature.

    This is an array of hook lists, each identified by a numeric identifier (id). Each array element is a list of all
    hooks for that ID. Adding a hook means adding to the list in the corresponding array element. There is no provision
    for removing a hook.

    @note The minimum value for a hook ID is zero. Therefore the template parameter @a N_ID should be one more than the
    maximum hook ID so the valid ids are 0..(N-1) in the standard C array style.
 */
template <typename ID, ///< Type of hook ID
          ID N         ///< Number of hooks
          >
class FeatureAPIHooks
{
public:
  FeatureAPIHooks();  ///< Constructor (empty container).
  ~FeatureAPIHooks(); ///< Destructor.

  /// Remove all hooks.
  void clear();
  /// Add the hook @a cont to the front of the hooks for @a id.
  void prepend(ID id, INKContInternal *cont);
  /// Add the hook @a cont to the end of the hooks for @a id.
  void append(ID id, INKContInternal *cont);
  /// Get the list of hooks for @a id.
  APIHook *get(ID id) const;
  /// @return @c true if @a id is a valid id, @c false otherwise.
  static bool is_valid(ID id);

  /// Invoke the callbacks for the hook @a id.
  void invoke(ID id, int event, void *data);

  /// Fast check for any hooks in this container.
  ///
  /// @return @c true if any list has at least one hook, @c false if
  /// all lists have no hooks.
  bool has_hooks() const;

  /// Check for existence of hooks of a specific @a id.
  /// @return @c true if any hooks of type @a id are present.
  bool has_hooks_for(ID id) const;

private:
  bool hooks_p; ///< Flag for (not) empty container.
  /// The array of hooks lists.
  APIHooks m_hooks[N];
};

template <typename ID, ID N> FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::FeatureAPIHooks() : hooks_p(false) {}

template <typename ID, ID N> FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::~FeatureAPIHooks()
{
  this->clear();
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
void
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::clear()
{
  for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
    m_hooks[i].clear();
  }
  hooks_p = false;
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
void
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::prepend(ID id, INKContInternal *cont)
{
  if (likely(is_valid(id))) {
    hooks_p = true;
    m_hooks[id].prepend(cont);
  }
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
void
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::append(ID id, INKContInternal *cont)
{
  if (likely(is_valid(id))) {
    hooks_p = true;
    m_hooks[id].append(cont);
  }
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
APIHook *
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::get(ID id) const
{
  return likely(is_valid(id)) ? m_hooks[id].get() : nullptr;
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
void
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::invoke(ID id, int event, void *data)
{
  if (likely(is_valid(id))) {
    m_hooks[id].invoke(event, data);
  }
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
bool
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::has_hooks() const
{
  return hooks_p;
}

template <typename ID, ID N>
bool
FeatureAPIHooks<ID, N>::is_valid(ID id)
{
  return 0 <= id && id < N;
}

class HttpAPIHooks : public FeatureAPIHooks<TSHttpHookID, TS_HTTP_LAST_HOOK>
{
};

typedef enum {
  TS_SSL_INTERNAL_FIRST_HOOK,
  TS_VCONN_START_INTERNAL_HOOK = TS_SSL_INTERNAL_FIRST_HOOK,
  TS_VCONN_CLOSE_INTERNAL_HOOK,
  TS_SSL_CERT_INTERNAL_HOOK,
  TS_SSL_SERVERNAME_INTERNAL_HOOK,
  TS_SSL_SERVER_VERIFY_INTERNAL_HOOK,
  TS_SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT_INTERNAL_HOOK,
  TS_SSL_SESSION_INTERNAL_HOOK,
  TS_SSL_INTERNAL_LAST_HOOK
} TSSslHookInternalID;

class SslAPIHooks : public FeatureAPIHooks<TSSslHookInternalID, TS_SSL_INTERNAL_LAST_HOOK>
{
};

class LifecycleAPIHooks : public FeatureAPIHooks<TSLifecycleHookID, TS_LIFECYCLE_LAST_HOOK>
{
};

class ConfigUpdateCallback : public Continuation
{
public:
  ConfigUpdateCallback(INKContInternal *contp) : Continuation(contp->mutex.get()), m_cont(contp)
  {
    SET_HANDLER(&ConfigUpdateCallback::event_handler);
  }

  int
  event_handler(int, void *)
  {
    if (m_cont->mutex) {
      MUTEX_TRY_LOCK(trylock, m_cont->mutex, this_ethread());
      if (!trylock.is_locked()) {
        eventProcessor.schedule_in(this, HRTIME_MSECONDS(10), ET_TASK);
      } else {
        m_cont->handleEvent(TS_EVENT_MGMT_UPDATE, nullptr);
        delete this;
      }
    } else {
      m_cont->handleEvent(TS_EVENT_MGMT_UPDATE, nullptr);
      delete this;
    }

    return 0;
  }

private:
  INKContInternal *m_cont;
};

class ConfigUpdateCbTable
{
public:
  ConfigUpdateCbTable();
  ~ConfigUpdateCbTable();

  void insert(INKContInternal *contp, const char *name);
  void invoke(const char *name);
  void invoke(INKContInternal *contp);

private:
  InkHashTable *cb_table;
};

void api_init();

extern HttpAPIHooks *http_global_hooks;
extern LifecycleAPIHooks *lifecycle_hooks;
extern SslAPIHooks *ssl_hooks;
extern ConfigUpdateCbTable *global_config_cbs;

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Lonely and forlorn after their mother's death and their sudden arrival at Aunt Mabel's seaside boarding-house, John, Mary and Ben Mallory are unimpressed with their new life in England. But there are wonderful surprises in store for them when they discover a secret way into the grand and empty house next door. Soon all sorts of unexpected events will unfold as the siblings encounter a whole host of eccentric characters and happenings.
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Emilio Colombo (11 April 1920 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian politician, member of the Christian Democracy, who served as Prime Minister of Italy from August 1970 to February 1972.

During his long political career, Colombo held many offices in several governments. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1955 to 1958; Minister of Foreign Trade from 1958 to 1959; Minister of Grace and Justice from 1970 to 1972; Minister of Treasury from 1963 to 1970, in 1962 and from 1974 to 1976; Minister of Budget in 1968 and from 1987 to 1988; Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1989; Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1980 to 1993 and from 1992 to 1993. Colombo, a fervent Europeanist, served also as President of the European Parliament from 1977 to 1979.

In 2003, he was appointed Senator for life, a seat which he held until his death.

Early life and education
Colombo was born in Potenza, Basilicata on 11 April 1920. He grew up, along with his six brothers, in a middle-class family; his father, Angelo Colombo, was a public administration's official, while her mother, Rosa Tordella, was a housewife.

In 1935, he founded the first local section of Catholic Action (AC), a widespread Catholic association and one of the few non-fascist organizations, admitted by the regime of Benito Mussolini. In 1937, Colombo became the president of Potenza's Catholic Action and member of the National Council of Catholic Action's Youth. In the same year, he obtained the classical lyceum diploma at the "Quintus Horatius Flaccus" high school in Potenza.

In 1941, Colombo graduated in law at the Sapienza University of Rome, with a thesis on canon law. On 1 August 1942, he was enrolled and took part in the World War II. In September 1943, after the armistice, Colombo returned to Basilicata, starting his political commitment based on anti-fascist and Christian democratic principles. From 1944 to 1947 he was appointed general secretary of Catholic Action's Youth.

Political career
Colombo entered politics as a member of the Christian Democracy (DC) in 1943. In the 1946 election, Colombo was elected to Constituent Assembly of Italy with nearly 21,000 votes, becoming one of the youngest members of the parliament. He was elected for the constituency of Potenza–Matera, which will remain his stronghold for all his political career.

After two years, in 1948, Colombo was re-elected in the Chamber of Deputies for his constituency, with more than 43,000 votes. From May 1948 to July 1951, he was appointed undersecretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests in the 5th and 6th governments of Alcide De Gasperi. During these years, Colombo was carried on a successful mediation in Calabria, in 1949, during clashes for the occupations of the lands by peasants. He also collaborated with minister Antonio Segni in the approving of the agrarian reform. The land reform, approved by the Parliament in October 1950, was financed in part by the funds of the Marshall Plan launched by the United States in 1947 and considered by some scholars as the most important reform of the entire post-war period. The reform proposed, through forced expropriation, the distribution of land to agricultural laborers, thus making them small entrepreneurs and no longer subject to the large landowner. If in some ways the reform had this beneficial result, for others it significantly reduced the size of farms, effectively removing any possibility of transforming them into advanced businesses. However, this negative element was mitigated and in some cases eliminated by forms of cooperation.

Prime Minister of Italy

A number of progressive reforms were introduced during Colombo's time as prime minister. A housing reform law of 22 October 1971 introduced new criteria for land expropriations and provisions for urban renewals. Under a law of 6 December 1971, state funds were made available for the construction of a kindergarten in every local authority. A law of 30 December 1971 introduced new regulations covering protection of female workers and maternity insurance.  The duration of maternity leave was extended two months prior to, and two months after confinement for all employees, and all female workers were entitled to an earnings-related indemnity, equal to 80% of earnings (including agricultural workers and tenant farmers). Also introduced was an entitlement to voluntary extra period of leave for six months during the first year of the child's life, with job security and an indemnity equal to 30% of earnings, together with an entitlement to paid absences due to the child's sickness during the first three years if the child's life. In addition, a special natality allowance was introduced for self-employed women in the agricultural, artisan, and commercial sectors.

Later he became president of the European Parliament (occupying that office from 1977 until 1979) and foreign minister of Italy (from 1980 until 1983, and again from 1992 until 1993). In February 2003 then president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi bestowed Italy's highest political honour on him, by nominating him Senator for life.

In the first five years as lifetime senator, he was an independent. From 2008 until his death in June 2013, Colombo was a member of the Autonomies group, formed mainly by elects in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

After the inconclusive elections on 24–25 February 2013 and the following difficulties of the hung Senate in electing a presiding officer, Colombo became Provisional President of the Senate until the election of Pietro Grasso on 16 March 2013. The most oldest Senator, Former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, was due to inaugurate the new legislature but his unavailability benefited Colombo.

After the death of Giulio Andreotti on 6 May 2013, Colombo became the last surviving member of the Italian Constituent Assembly.

Personal life
In November 2003, he admitted to have used cocaine (for "therapeutic purposes") over a 12- to 18-month period.

Colombo died in Rome on 24 June 2013 at the age of 93.

Honours and awards
: Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour
: Commemorative Medal of the 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire
 : Knight of Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
 : Grand Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
: Gold Medal of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, in 2011.

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The gruesome lynching of Madhu, a 27-year-old Adivasi youth of Chindakki in the Attappadi area of Palakkad district once again demonstrated how political parties and successive governments have neglected this area for decades. In fact, Attappadi had garnered national attention following the high Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) since 2010. A study undertaken by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) in 2012 revealed that there were 81 such cases (0–3 years) during the period 2010–2012 and 63 during 2012–13. In the wake of a large number of deaths of infants, the government had announced a special package of Rs 400 crore for tribal welfare in Attappadi. But the irony is that the funds were not properly used, and the deaths of the newborns continued in the Adivasi areas with 30 deaths in 2014, 14 in 2015, 9 in 2016 and 10 in 2017 (till July).
The seriousness of the issue was well reflected in the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his hurricane election tour in Kerala in May 2016, when he equated the poverty and malnutrition deaths among Adivasis and tribals in Kerala to that of south Saharan countries like Somalia. IMR was 85 in Somalia during 2015, whereas IMR in the Attapaddi region, as per a study by the National Institute of Nutrition in 2013, was 66 compared to 12 in the rest of Kerala.
What went wrong in Attappadi?
Do the tragedies in Attappadi reflect the flaws in the much-trumpeted 'Kerala model of development' hailed by a number of leading economists and luminaries like Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen? A case study of Attappadi throws light on such intricate issues connected with development and the attitude of governments and the civil society to the underprivileged and marginalised sections.
The 745-sq-km Attappadi area with an Adivasi population of around 10,000 was the first tribal block in Kerala. In the immediate post-Independence period, more than 90 per cent of the area constituted deep reserve forests. After around 15 years, the forest cover came down to 82 per cent, followed by a steady depletion of forest area, which is now around 20 per cent. In fact, the enactment of The Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1967, restricting the landholding to a maximum of 15 acres per landlord led to the widespread sale of private forestland at throwaway prices by half a dozen landlords, who owned the lion's share of land in Attappadi. The new owners mainly comprise of contractors, timber merchants and sawmill owners virtually finished the forests through the extensive felling of trees. While the governments failed to check the menace, majority of the political leaders were in collusion with such groups. Thus, the process of deforestation continued unabated till 1980, when the Silent Valley controversy caught the attention of environmentalists and nature lovers even at the international level.
The destruction of forests not only created serious environmental and ecological impacts such as shrinking water sources, climatic change etc, but also adversely affected the life of Adivasis. They had to abandon the cultivation of traditional crops like ragi, corn, millets and pulses. Goat and cattle farming became extinct, and collection of minor forest produces such as honey and medicinal herbs became impossible. Unemployment and poverty became the facets of the Adivasi population. The changed demography of the area adversely affected the life and sustenance of the majority of Adivasis, with the settlers pushing them out of their land and traditional livelihood. The percentage of Adivasi population in the area came down from 91 per cent to 41 per cent during the last 50 years. In the same period, the non-Adivasi population increased from 9 per cent to 59 per cent in the region.
A survey report shows that the settlers, who migrated from Central Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, encroached upon 10,472 acres of Adivasi land in the Attappadi block. The worst sufferers were the Irula tribe that lost 8,996.14 acres, followed by the Mudugas (1,083.17 acres) and the Kurumbas (26 acres). Ironically, the influential political leaders of the area encouraged the large-scale influx of non-tribals and managed to grab large tracts of forest or Adivasi land. Naturally, they became the strong supporters of the settlers' lobby. Moreover, a number of political leaders, especially those espousing the case of settlers, managed to procure large landholdings at throwaway prices and converted them into plantations using the workforce of Adivasis, denying them minimum wages.
Thus, despite a series of agitations and campaigns by various Adivasi organisations over the last three decades, the state has been unable to tackle the basic issue of the restoration of the Adivasi land and its distribution among the landless Adivasis. No doubt, the restoration of the alienated land is a complex issue, but the main hurdle in working out a solution in protecting the interests of the Adivasis is the lack of sincerity and commitment on the part of mainstream political parties. While a couple of regional parties openly bat for the cause of the settlers, other major parties and their leaders have sympathies with the settlers and not the Adivasis. In 1999, the state government identified land in the remote areas of the Sholayar panchayat for distribution among landless Adivasis. However, a large majority of Adivasis, despite accepting the title deeds of the land, did not move to the barren land bereft of basic amenities or infrastructure. Above all, out of the 2523 land dispute cases registered in Attapadi area, only 13 cases totalling 44.77 acres have been settled so far.
The story of the development of the Adivasi areas was equally horrendous. The political masters and bureaucrats were the key players. It was almost after two decades of independence that new projects and schemes meant for the development of the area were envisaged. The state government had declared Attappadi as the first tribal block in Kerala in 1975 with the aim of ensuring the all-round development of the Adivasis. Following the announcement, the central and state governments pumped substantial funds for the construction of roads, houses, bridges and other basic infrastructures. But an illegal nexus of contractors, political intermediaries and bureaucrats virtually torpedoed the major projects and schemes, and siphoned off the lion's share of such funds. By the late 1980s, a series of stories of corruption and scam on the utilisation of funds had surfaced, which virtually turned Attappadi into a fertile land for organised corruption. Besides the various schemes launched by the central and state governments, a number of funding agencies and NGOs had stepped in with various projects in the areas of afforestation, water conservation, education, health and literacy among Adivasis. Their organised activities, in many cases, alien to the indigenous culture and customs had virtually derailed the traditional lifestyle of sections of the local population.
Ironically, some of the policy decisions of the governments – though claimed to be with good intentions – boomeranged against the overall interests of the indigenous people. One such decision was the total prohibition imposed in the area with effect from April 1995. All arrack and toddy shops were closed down and the toddy tapped from the Attappadi area was sent outside in bulk. The worst victims of the decision were the Adivasis. The large majority of the Adivasis, who traditionally used liquor during extreme winter and for their rituals and customary practices, started brewing illicit liquor in their hamlets. Soon several Adivasi hamlets in the interior areas had turned into dens manufacturing and selling country liquor. The organised liquor mafia operating from outside the area used them for their illicit liquor business. With their connivance, ganja cultivation also started in the interior forest areas. Such activities led to a slew of operations by enforcement agencies with frequent raids and harassment of Adivasis. While Adivasis became the victims of such operations, the illicit liquor mafia and enforcement agencies flourished with the backing of the local political leaders.
Another decision was the ban on cattle rearing in Attappadi on the grounds that the extensive use of hilly terrain for such purposes had adversely affected the fragile ecology and flora–fauna of the area. This decision was part of one of the most ambitious developmental programmes namely the Attappadi Wasteland Comprehensive Environmental Conservation Project launched in 1995 with a financial assistance of 2.19 billion USD from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation under the aegis of the Attappadi Hill Area Development Society (AHADS). No doubt, the above project had undertaken a number of schemes such as eco-restoration through the planting of trees, construction of bunds, rainwater harvesting etc, skill development and income generating programmes for Adivasis, and restructuring of Adivasi hamlets with better houses, community centres etc. However, by discouraging traditional vocations such as cattle–goat farming and agriculture among Adivasis and settlers in the name of eco-restoration and by creating lakhs of man-days for these sections, the above project had ultimately alienated large chunks of Adivasi population from their traditional sources of livelihood. More than that, some of the programmes or schemes initiated under the project were dropped halfway or had become unviable in the changing socio-economic scenario. Its adverse impact continues to affect a sizeable section of Adivasis and its latest manifestation was the series of infant deaths in the Attappadi area. The paradox is that even the additional funds sanctioned by the central and state governments to meet such tragedies on war footing were not properly used. In such a scenario, more and more newborns may perish, more and more Madhus will become victims of mob-mania, and the powerful settlers lobby with the direct or indirect backing of the state superstructures will remain ever powerful.


While we had one week in Sydney we also tried to meet as many of our friends as possible. We used to live in Potts Point but decided to stay in an AirBnB in Bondi just to be closer to the water and also thinking the girls might like it a bit better. It turned out to be such a good decision also as we were so lucky with our accomondation, neighbours and just having friends living around the corner from us.
One night I went out to have dinner with dear friends in Bondi at Lox Stock and Barrel. Oh my I would lie if I'd say that I had forgotten how good the food in Australia is, as it is just something I often think about. We had a wonderful and delicious dinner there, really highly recommend it.
Before meeting at the restaurant I had some time and went to the beach, sat down in the sand, watched the last surfers catching some waves and the sun to set. It was beautiful!


I've heard statistics about how marriages break up more often AFTER the kids come (even for non-adultery issues) rather than before. During my pregnancy, I had a really hard time understanding that. To me, sharing the bond of the child I was carrying with Randy was so huge that it was difficult to see what could become greater than that. With Jude on the outside now, I'm able to understand better. The outside forces that come with adding a person (or two) to your family are quite unpredictable and can act like the fire used to refine silver. If you stay in it long enough with the purpose of purification and growth, you'll survive. But, if you jump out too soon with the complaint that its too hot, then you'll have very little to show for it.
My point is that I get it now. Parenting includes really hard days and stretches you farther than you ever thought you could go. But I also have seen what a difference an attitude can make. Have you ever wanted to prove someone wrong and that forced you to try just a little bit harder at something? I've heard some parents complain - at length - about parenthood. I never wanted to be like that. The way I thought was, if having kids was so bad, why'd you have them in the first place? I know, that's not a very nice way to be, but honestly, that's how I felt. So, having waited a while to have kids, I (we) were very purposeful about it. And I was (still am) very motivated to not be a miserable mom. I do understand where the overwhelming chaos can come from, but I also know that we often are what we set out to be. So, to reinforce the positive side of this coin, here are some great things about motherhood.
- Since your choices directly affect someone else (state of mind, eating/nursing, way of life), motherhood is helping me be a better person, work harder and grow more than I ever would have without it.
- When even a half of a smile makes your heart melt, motherhood compels you to appreciate the little things and in turn increases your gratitude for life.
- Without any effort on your part, people are friendlier after you've had a baby. Especially since we walked consistently throughout my pregnancy, our neighbor's are coming out more, wanting to see the baby.
- Though daunting to some, parenting is also empowering. You are given the opportunity to make decisions - decisions that you think are best. Of course, you're not always going to be right, but you get a chance to really learn that and then feel good when you are. Maybe its just a control thing, but its been very freeing to me.
- No matter where Randy is, I have a part of him that I can spend the day with. Makes me love both of them even more!
I am in awe of single parents doing all of this on their own. I might have a very different discussion here if that were my situation. But when you have help and keep everything in perspective, having Jude is one of the best things in the world.
So true! Parenting is tough and puts a strain on your marriage that I never expected. However, when I see the hubs with Avery, I love him more! Just wait until Jude is laughing and saying things like "may i pwease hab a snack?"! Yes...you can have whatever you want!
This was sweet. I feel like you were taking the words right out of my mouth.