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Serial Swatter Sentenced to 20 Years Prison
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March 29, 2019 9:38AM PT
Tyler Barriss, the 26-year-old California man responsible for making a hoax 911 call that led to the 2017 death of a Wichita, Kan. man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, the Associated Press reports.
An argument between two "Call of Duty" players over a $1.50 bet led to the fake call after one player asked Barriss to "swat" the other. "Swatting" is the practice of calling in fake threats to send law enforcement and emergency responders to an unsuspecting person's home. Barriss called Wichita police and told them he'd murdered his father and was holding the rest of his family hostage. He allegedly gave police an address he thought belonged to the "Call of Duty" player he wanted to swat. But, it belonged to 28-year-old Andrew Finch, who was uninvolved in the argument. Police responded to Finch's home and shot and killed him when he answered the door. It was the first time a swatting incident resulted in someone's death in the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Barriss under a deal in which he pleaded guilty in November to a total of 51 federal charges related to fake calls and threats, according to the AP. Prosecutors were seeking a 25-year sentence and the defense a 20-year sentence.
The Wichita officer who shot Finch wasn't criminally charged. The "Call of Duty" player who asked Barriss to swat his opponent, 18-year-old Casey Viner, was charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to make a false report, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The other person involved in the argument, 19-year-old Shane Gaskill, was charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and wire fraud. Authorities say the pair talked about hiding their involvement in the case, and Viner wiped and factory-reset his iPhone.
Finch's family has sued the city of Witchita and the officer involved in the shooting.
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Inside the Trade That Could Decide the 'Call of Duty' World League Championship
admin Call Of Duty, Call of Duty World League Championships, Call of Duty: WWII, esports, Features	Call Of Duty, Call of Duty World League Championships, Call of Duty: WWII, esports, Features
There's no bigger name in competitive "Call of Duty" than OpTic Gaming, and over the last three years, no team has come close to matching the run of the Green Wall. Starting in April 2015, the OpTic roster of Seth "Scump" Abner, Ian "Crimsix" Porter, Matthew "FormaL" Piper, and Damon "Karma" Barlow won 18 major live tournaments, and capped it all off with the "Call of Duty" World League Championship during last year's "Infinite Warfare" season.
But earlier this year, OpTic's roster was falling apart. Every new season brings a fresh "Call of Duty" game to compete in, and this year's was "WWII," a return to the series' classic boots-on-the-ground action. OpTic thrived during a run of more futuristic games, including the jetpack-aided "Infinite Warfare," but their winning ways didn't translate cleanly to the simpler historical battlegrounds of "WWII."
As rival teams like Rise Nation, Team Kaliber, and Luminosity Gaming racked up major wins, tensions simmered behind the scenes at OpTic. Finally, a move was made in early May: FormaL had been traded to Luminosity for fellow assault rifle (AR) specialist Sam "Octane" Larew, while Anthony "Methodz" Zinni was acquired from Team Kaliber to replace the benched three-time champion, Karma.
Keeping any "Call of Duty" roster together for three years is a feat, considering the frantic roster shuffle that exists between major tournaments, and but the news was still shocking given the immense success built during their run. Fans, fellow players, and commentators labeled the move the end of an era for professional "Call of Duty," and the dissolution of a dynasty.
Splitting apart any team in the middle of a season is a gamble, especially with a pre-"WWII" track record like OpTic's. Even so, it was hard to argue against the end result for OpTic Gaming. Through crafty maneuvering and surely considerable resources, the foundering organization traded and acquired its way back into a seeming contender, bringing in a pair of "WWII" major winners to join with Scump and Crimsix, the reigning "Infinite Warfare" champions.
And the players on either side of the key trade—OpTic's Octane and Luminosity's FormaL—both had compelling, albeit very different reasons for making the move. Now both will battle this weekend in the Call of Duty World League Championship for their share of the $1.5 million prize pool, plus the chance for each to prove that his respective new team came out ahead in this particular gamble.
Different directions
Prior to the trade, OpTic's players mostly kept their frustrations out of the public eye. But alongside the news came revelations in an OpTic "Vision" episode that internal struggles had dogged the team for years, and that "the only thing holding our team together was winning," said Scump. Crimsix suggested that petty squabbles had derailed practices and relationships, while OpTic CEO Hector Rodriguez claimed the roster hadn't had a team dinner together in two years.
"We honestly had issues that had been around for a long time, much longer than people thought—but when we won tournaments, it's easy to see past the negatives," said FormaL, who suggested that they were overconfident coming into the "WWII" season. Asked about issues with past teammates, he's diplomatic with his response: "Behind the scenes, it was more good than the bad. It only ended bad, but we had a lot of good times and laughs together."
OpTic coach Tyler "TeePee" Polchow suggested "a lot of complacencies that struck in with the previous roster was very tough to overcome," with poor practices and mounting frustrations within the team. It all came to a head after OpTic lost back-to-back grand finals series to FaZe Clan in April's Pro League Stage 1 Playoffs. TeePee said that the "choke" made the players "lose a lot of confidence in the lineup and want to make a change."
In fact, they had already been in touch with Octane before the choke. Luminosity won the CWL Birmingham Open and placed top three in a trio of other "WWII" events, and Octane was considered one of the game's best AR players. According to Octane, Luminosity management was initially against the idea of a move, given their "WWII" success, but after working through many trade permutations, they finally reached a deal with OpTic.
"A lot of politics were involved in the trade. A lot of stuff that could've happened didn't. It was a long process," Octane recalled. "I was on vacation during the whole thing, just trying to relax, but I was on my phone eight hours a day trying to figure things out."
Octane took flak from fans who didn't understand why he would leave a winning team in the heart of a successful season, but for him, joining OpTic was always a dream—and validation, too.
"OpTic has a legacy in 'Call of Duty,' so growing up watching them, it was surreal. It's like when a high school basketball player gets drafted into the NBA, and starts playing along with the people he was watching," Octane told Variety. "I wanted to be on OpTic for basically my whole career. I've played and played and practiced, and did all of these things to get to this point, and it was a huge personal achievement of mine. I realized that I put this much effort into something and I achieved it—it was a huge confidence boost."
He believes that the skill ceiling with this new roster is higher than on Luminosity, but for Octane, it's about more than just winning in "Call of Duty"—and about more than just winning right now, at that. As the popularity of esports continues to surge, top pro players have become celebrities and cultivated large online followings, with ample rewards and opportunities in tow. Past OpTic star Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag is a prime example: he parlayed his competitive fame into YouTube and streaming success, and now runs his own team, 100 Thieves.
Joining OpTic "was a career decision that I couldn't pass up," said Octane. "Obviously, 'Call of Duty' is really, really important. But outside of 'Call of Duty,' it helps me grow my personal brand and things like that. If I were to turn it down, that would not be a smart idea."
"I really enjoy being on the team. It's been a learning experience, to say the least, because every team I've been on is just 'Call of Duty'—just win. On OpTic, it's like, 'What are you doing for your content? Are you streaming? Are you tweeting?' Things like this. And I was like, 'Oh shit, I should probably get on that,'" he added. "I worked my whole career to get to this point, and now that I'm here, I'm learning all these things and viewing my life completely differently."
Adjusting to change
Even so, winning is paramount right now—and that's true for both OpTic and Luminosity as they enter the Call of Duty World League Championship in Columbus, Ohio this weekend. The five-day event is the culmination of the entire season, with an enormous prize pool up for grabs and the chance to be crowned the ultimate "Call of Duty: WWII" champions.
Comparably-skilled pro players aren't just plug-and-play components, however. There are conflicting play styles to smooth out, new strategies and communication quirks to work through, and personalities to align within a short window of time. Luminosity initially struggled to adapt following the move, and fans feared a late-season downgrade. Coming out of OpTic's frustrations and inconsistent performances, FormaL admitted that he first had difficulty fitting into the thriving Luminosity roster, which he blamed in part on his previous team experience.
"At first, it was tough. The way we played on OpTic was not the right way to play the game, and I had to pretty much learn a whole new game, which was part of the struggles we had as a team at first," said FormaL. It was also strange to have different voices in his headset during tense matchups: "I had been playing with the guys on OpTic for so long that it felt so weird. Not hearing the same voices in the game took some getting adjusted to."
FormaL first soaked up as much knowledge as he could from his new teammates, but said that he's now taking more of in-game captain role to help support the squad. He suggested that they're feeling confident going into the weekend, and that "we've improved so much and are really looking good." Ultimately, in hindsight, he believes the trade was necessary: given OpTic's results before the move, they probably weren't going to make much of a run, and he wasn't in a good place personally.
"Yes, it needed to happen. I was in a very toxic environment and was not happy at all," said FormaL. "Hopefully, Champs will be the event my team really comes together and shows why we made this team."
What about OpTic, then? With fellow newcomer Methodz as another offensive-heavy AR Slayer, Octane opted to change up his play style for the benefit of the team. He's become a more vocal in-game leader and changed his break-off routes and movement patterns to be more aware of his teammates. Changing his approach was difficult, but Octane credited Scump and Crimsix's leadership for helping him through it.
"It was weird at first because I was kind of the cliché AR player that just gets kills, but now I'm worrying about what everyone's doing on the map at all times," he said about the role change. Following a surprising 7th/8th-place finish at the Stage 2 playoffs, OpTic recently holed up together for a pre-Championship boot camp. Octane suggested that it could be the difference-maker that raises OpTic's fortunes this weekend.
"We've been improving a lot. That's been really, really good to notice. Before that, we were just lost. We had no idea what was going on," he admitted. "It helps because we sat down, the four of us in a room, and hammered out the issues. And I've seen drastic improvement from where we started."
Ready for action
Avid "Call of Duty" fans will watch the combat closely this weekend, looking to see whether either one of these successful organizations can notch the big "WWII" season win. Are the teams hoping for a grudge match at some point during the Championship? And does the higher-placing team ultimately "win" this trade, regardless of the weekend's overall outcome?
Neither FormaL or Octane seems to care very much. They're both very happy with their new homes, for varying reasons, and both feel like they're in a good position to succeed. Octane said that viewers and commentators are more likely to make a big deal out of a potential matchup than the actual OpTic and Luminosity players are, especially since they've already battled it out since the trade.
"We played them—we beat them, and they beat us. I think they got their animosity out of their system. As soon as we played them and beat them the first time, I didn't care anymore," said Octane. "I think the rivalry is more for the fans: you know, Matt vs. his old team, me vs. my old team. But within the players, I don't think it's that big of a deal. I'm good friends with everyone on LG."
Even so, if the fated matchup comes, Octane promised to give fans a show. "I don't really view it as a rivalry," he added, "but obviously, I'm going to go a little bit harder when I play them."
Suspect in Fatal Swatting Case Confessed After Arrest, Says Detective
admin Call Of Duty, News, swatting, Tyler Raj Barriss	Call Of Duty, News, swatting, Tyler Raj Barriss
A Los Angeles man admitted to police that he placed a faked emergency call to 911 operators last year that led to a fatal police-involved shooting in Witchita, Kansas, an L.A. police detective testified in a Kansas court Tuesday, the Witchita Eagle reports.
Tyler Raj Barriss, 25, was charged last year with involuntary manslaughter, giving false alarm, and interference with law-enforcement officers. He was extradited to Kansas from California. In his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, the judge in the case ruled that there was sufficient evidence to hold Barriss for trial.
Wichita police say Barriss made a fake phone call to authorities on Dec. 28 after an argument over a small wager on a "Call of Duty" match. The person he argued with allegedly gave Barriss a false address, which Barriss used to lead police to the home of 28-year-old Andrew Finch. Finch was shot and killed by police when he came to the door.
Tuesday's hearing included testimony from the Los Angeles police detective who questioned Barriss following his arrest as well as the Wichita police officer who fatally shot Finch.
In his testimony, Los Angeles police detective Edward Dorroh told the court Tuesday that Barriss admitted to going to a local library in Los Angeles to sign into the WiFi there with his smartphone and place the fake calls to police.
"To cut to the chase, he confessed," Dorroh said Tuesday, according to the Witchita Eagle. "It was straightforward."
The detective also said that Barriss told him he knew how dangerous making those calls was and then read what Barriss told him, from a transcript of the police interview: "I did know that, yeah. I'm not gonna deny that. I did know. It's just the fact that the worst possible outcome happened is so unfortunate."
Wichita Deputy Chief Troy Livingston previously said that police arrived at Finch's home shortly after receiving calls to the city's town hall. They arrived at the address given, believing they were responding to a murder and hostage situation. Police shot and killed Finch after he appeared to lower his hands while standing in front of his home. After the shooting, police discovered four other people inside, but no body or any hostages. This is believed to be the first swatting incident to involve a fatality.
The officer who fired the fatal shot will not be criminally charged, the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office announced last month. But the DA added that the shooting should not have happened and noted that the investigation only weighs potential criminal charges, not civil liability or potential police department policy violations.
In making his determination, District Attorney Marc Bennett concluded that the officer who fired the single fatal shot from his rifle believed that Finch had drawn a gun from his waistband and was raising it to shoot at officers who thought they were responding to a deadly hostage situation.
The officer who fired, identified as Justin Rapp, testified in court Tuesday that he didn't see a weapon in Finch's hands before firing his gun at him, according to the Witchita Eagle.
Barriss faces unrelated charges in connection with another swatting incident that occurred in Canada, according to the Globe and Mail. Calgary police say they charged Barriss with mischief and fraud following a swatting incident on Dec. 22. Calgary 911 said it received a phone call that day from a man who claimed he shot his father, and was holding his mother and younger brother hostage. He gave them an address in Calgary's Bankview neighborhood belonging to an unnamed woman, who told police she was targeted because of her online persona. No one was hurt in the Calgary case.
The Sedgwick DA's office is also looking into an April incident in which Barriss apparently managed to get on Twitter from jail, where he threatened to swat others, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office said.
Barriss' next appearance is in June.


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Nach einem knallharten Training im Fitnessstudio (naja wie knallhart joggen auf dem Laufband und Bauchübungen sein können), habe ich endlich die Zeit meinen Blogpost fertig zu stellen.Gestern haben wir "Fifty Shades of Grey" angeschaut. Ursprünglich war ich etwas skeptisch. Die Besetzung hat mir nicht soo gefallen. Wer das Buch gelesen hat, hat sich Ana und Christian bestimmt auch anders vorgestellt. Aber nachdem ich den Film gesehen habe kann ich sagen: Ich liebe Dakota Johnson. So eine tolle Schaupielerin. Hat ihre Rolle bezaubernd gespielt. Und wer sieht so gut (und nicht billig aus), wenn er fast 2 Stunden lang ständig nackt ist? Ich habe immernoch die Melodie im Kopf: "love me like you do, l-l-love love me like you do...".
After a hard workout in the gym I have the time to finish my blogpost. Yesterday we watched "Fifty Shades of Grey". Well, I was sceptic a little bit, which was perhaps down to the fact that I don´t like the cast. But now i can say: I love Dakota Johnson. Such a beautyful and smart person. And who looks so good (and not trashy) naked in a film? Now i can´t get the tune out of my head. "love me like you do, l-l-love love me like you do...". Moving to my desire: I want to show my new coat. Isn´t he adorable? On this sunny day I was inspired by the colours of our location (I like graffiti, it´s a sort of contemporary art) and decided to stick with bubblegum tones that reflected the environment. My favorite part about this look is the bubblegum coat from zara and the matching Valentino pumps.
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Q: Longest path in graph I have one general question considering graph theory. If we have that minimal degree of node in graph is $\ge k$ than G has path length $\ge k$. I saw this example on this site already, but I have one question. If we guess that longest path in graph is length r $v_0v_1\cdots v_r$ then $d(v_0)\ge k$. And how we know that every neighbor of $v_0$ is inside this path? If I know definition of path, than every node has degree 1 or 2, so if $k\ge 2$ this shouldn't be true, right? So my question is how we can know that every neighbor of $v_0$ is inside path? PS, also I saw that if we add one node that is not neighbor of $v_0$ then we get longer path which is contradiction, but again how we can claim that if $k\ge 4$ then all 4 neighbors of $v_0$ are inside path when we can only have 1 or 2 as degrees of node in path

A: There are two things that can be called paths. One is a path graph, which is a graph that looks like
v1 --- v2 --- v3 --- ... --- vn

in which every vertex does in fact have degree $1$ or $2$. Another one is a path inside another graph. These can be defined as a sequence of vertices, or as a sequence of vertices and edges, but they always correspond to subgraphs of your original graph that are isomorphic to the path graph.
So if you have a graph $G$ with minimum degree $k$, and you've found a longest path $P$ inside $G$, then $P$ gives us a subgraph in which every vertex has degree $1$ or $2$. However, in $G$ as a whole, those vertices have degree $k$ or more. It's not even necessarily an induced subgraph: there might be other edges between the vertices in the path, which are not part of the path graph.
And that's what happens when you look at this vertex $v_0$ in the path $v_0, v_1, v_2, \dots, v_r$. In the path subgraph, it has degree $1$. In $G$ as a whole, it has degree $k$ or more.
If $v_0$ were adjacent to any vertex not on the path, we could extend the path. This is a contradiction if we chose the path to be the longest path there is.
So $v_0$ must have at least $k$ neighbors in $G$ as a whole among $\{v_1, v_2, \dots, v_r\}$, even though only one of those, $v_1$, is $v_0$'s neighbor in the path subgraph.

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LA's Housing Authority Is Understaffed And The Unhoused Are Suffering From It
By Ethan Ward
Published Mar 31, 2022 2:07 PM
"Ideally, the housing authority would receive a complete referral packet," says Carlos VanNatter, director of Section 8. "We'd review it, everything is in order, we'd process it to issue a voucher. But that does not always happen."
(Courtesy Housing Authority of the City of L.A.)
Staffing shortages at the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) are affecting the process of helping people experiencing homelessness find a home.
Many low-income unhoused people rely on Section 8, or emergency housing vouchers, to access Los Angeles' pricey rental market and HACLA plays a critical role in the homelessness crisis. The delays in processing these vouchers underscore not only the difficulty unhoused people face, but also partly explain why housed residents say they don't see a differencein the amount of people living on the streets.
Beverlene Robinson, an assistant housing manager at HACLA, said the pandemic caused a lot of understaffing.
"It's not normal," Robinson said. "We are making adjustments to get the job done. Sometimes there will be delays. Sometimes we will drop the ball."
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HACLA is one of the nation's largest public housing authorities with an annual budget of more than $1 billion. It receives funding, in part, from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Section 8 administrative fees and rent from public housing residents.
Robinson oversees a team of four in the agency's Application, Processing, Issuance and Contracting department which handles applications submitted by people who found a Section 8 apartment to rent. She said each member of her team averages a caseload of roughly 103 people and they don't always physically take the files home. Once pandemic restrictions began to ease, they came into work once a week; they're now coming in twice a week.
Carlos VanNatter, HACLA's director of Section 8, said they are working to fill vacancies, but it's been difficult.
"Some of the issues we've seen in this hiring market are people want to telework 100% and we're not there," VanNatter said. "Candidates have a lot of options right now. We've had situations where they don't show up for interviews, or they go through the process and get an offer and don't accept."
Overwhelmed By Referrals
VanNatter said their agency has also been overwhelmed with referrals from homeless service providers. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) frequently refers unhoused people to HACLA for assistance in getting into housing. The process from start to finish should take about a month, but can vary depending on individual situations. You can learn more about LAHSA's role here.
Unhoused people are supposed to have a dedicated case manager to hold their hand through the entire process. The goal is to ensure they have completed applications with the proper documentation. VanNatter described it as a complex web due to the vast amount of nonprofits they work with.
"Some are really good, some are not as good," VanNatter said. "They could have their own capacity issues where they're overwhelmed working on applications and they could be short staffed themselves."
Those kind of staffing issues directly impact unhoused people. If there are pieces of the puzzle missing, HACLA is forced to reject applications and request corrections causing delays to getting applications approved. HACLA said they provide training to homeless service providers to make the process smoother, but it doesn't always work.
Many unhoused people prefer to live in their tents while they wait for Section 8 applications to be approved.
(Ethan Ward
LAist)
Otis Gossett, an unhoused man in downtown, has waited months for his Section 8 voucher approval while living in a tent with his dog. Gossett previously told LAist in Nov. 2021 that he was certain it would only be a few weeks before he finally moved into his new apartment. Three months later,he was still waiting.
Finding a landlord who will accept a Section 8 voucher is hard work. Many landlords are hesitant to work with formally unhoused people. VanNatter said landlords aren't legally allowed to discriminate against voucher holders, but they can get very creative when coming up with reasons to deny them; such as bad credit or not meeting income thresholds.
Robinson said she fell in love with HACLA's mission 27 years ago. She's aware of the role they play in alleviating the city's homelessness problem.
"I think everyone together, the politicians, you, myself, the clients, we can all do better," she said.
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John Ross House, also known as Old Matt's Cabin, is a historic home located at the Shepherd of the Hills farm near Branson, Taney County, Missouri.  The original section was built in the mid-1880s or mid-1890s, as a single cell log structure.  It was subsequently enlarged with frame additions through 1910.  It features a stone exterior end chimney.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

External links
The Shepherd of the Hills website

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Bungalow architecture in Missouri
Houses completed in 1912
Buildings and structures in Taney County, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Taney County, Missouri

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require 'spec_helper'
require 'whois/parsers/whois.centralnic.com.rb'

describe Whois::Parsers::WhoisCentralnicCom, "status_registered.expected" do

  subject do
    file = fixture("responses", "whois.centralnic.com/sa.com/status_registered.txt")
    part = Whois::Record::Part.new(body: File.read(file))
    described_class.new(part)
  end

  describe "#disclaimer" do
    it do
      expect(subject.disclaimer).to eq("This whois service is provided by CentralNic Ltd and only contains information pertaining to Internet domain names we have registered for our customers. By using this service you are agreeing (1) not to use any information presented here for any purpose other than determining ownership of domain names, (2) not to store or reproduce this data in any way, (3) not to use any high-volume, automated, electronic processes to obtain data from this service. Abuse of this service is monitored and actions in contravention of these terms will result in being permanently blacklisted. All data is (c) CentralNic Ltd https://www.centralnic.com/")
    end
  end
  describe "#domain" do
    it do
      expect(subject.domain).to eq("fynbos.sa.com")
    end
  end
  describe "#domain_id" do
    it do
      expect(subject.domain_id).to eq("CNIC-DO501005")
    end
  end
  describe "#status" do
    it do
      expect(subject.status).to eq(["ok"])
    end
  end
  describe "#available?" do
    it do
      expect(subject.available?).to eq(false)
    end
  end
  describe "#registered?" do
    it do
      expect(subject.registered?).to eq(true)
    end
  end
  describe "#created_on" do
    it do
      expect(subject.created_on).to be_a(Time)
      expect(subject.created_on).to eq(Time.parse("2007-09-27 18:14:53 UTC"))
    end
  end
  describe "#updated_on" do
    it do
      expect(subject.updated_on).to be_a(Time)
      expect(subject.updated_on).to eq(Time.parse("2013-11-02 13:42:11 UTC"))
    end
  end
  describe "#expires_on" do
    it do
      expect(subject.expires_on).to be_a(Time)
      expect(subject.expires_on).to eq(Time.parse("2014-09-27 23:59:59 UTC"))
    end
  end
  describe "#registrar" do
    it do
      expect(subject.registrar).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Registrar)
      expect(subject.registrar.id).to eq("C30342")
      expect(subject.registrar.name).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.registrar.organization).to eq("Paragon Internet Group")
      expect(subject.registrar.url).to eq("http://www.paragon.net.uk")
    end
  end
  describe "#registrant_contacts" do
    it do
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts).to be_a(Array)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts.size).to eq(1)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Contact)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].type).to eq(Whois::Parser::Contact::TYPE_REGISTRANT)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].id).to eq("H323273")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].name).to eq("Maarten Groos")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].organization).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].address).to eq("farm 215 fynbos reserve\nPO Box 1314")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].city).to eq("Gansbaai")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].zip).to eq("7220")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].state).to eq("Western Cape")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].country).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].country_code).to eq("ZA")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].phone).to eq("+27.283880920")
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].fax).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.registrant_contacts[0].email).to eq("maarten@farm215.co.za")
    end
  end
  describe "#admin_contacts" do
    it do
      expect(subject.admin_contacts).to be_a(Array)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts.size).to eq(1)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Contact)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].type).to eq(Whois::Parser::Contact::TYPE_ADMINISTRATIVE)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].id).to eq("H323273")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].name).to eq("Maarten Groos")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].organization).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].address).to eq("farm 215 fynbos reserve\nPO Box 1314")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].city).to eq("Gansbaai")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].zip).to eq("7220")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].state).to eq("Western Cape")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].country).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].country_code).to eq("ZA")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].phone).to eq("+27.283880920")
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].fax).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.admin_contacts[0].email).to eq("maarten@farm215.co.za")
    end
  end
  describe "#technical_contacts" do
    it do
      expect(subject.technical_contacts).to be_a(Array)
      expect(subject.technical_contacts.size).to eq(1)
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Contact)
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].type).to eq(Whois::Parser::Contact::TYPE_TECHNICAL)
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].id).to eq("C30342")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].name).to eq("Seb de Lemos")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].organization).to eq("Paragon Internet Group")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].address).to eq("St Andrew's House\nSt Mary's Walk")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].city).to eq("Maidenhead")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].zip).to eq("SL6 1QZ")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].state).to eq("Berkshire")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].country).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].country_code).to eq("GB")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].phone).to eq("+44.2031377651")
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].fax).to eq(nil)
      expect(subject.technical_contacts[0].email).to eq("domains@paragon.net.uk")
    end
  end
  describe "#nameservers" do
    it do
      expect(subject.nameservers).to be_a(Array)
      expect(subject.nameservers.size).to eq(2)
      expect(subject.nameservers[0]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Nameserver)
      expect(subject.nameservers[0].name).to eq("ns1191.websitewelcome.com")
      expect(subject.nameservers[1]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Nameserver)
      expect(subject.nameservers[1].name).to eq("ns1192.websitewelcome.com")
    end
  end
end

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AA Driven COTY 2018: Why the Hyundai i30 N made the top 10
By Tony Verdon • 31/10/2018
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AA Driven Car of the Year 2018: Hyundai i30 N
Hyundai chose the i30 hatchback to launch its new range of high-performance N models, and the result has been greeted with international acclaim. So much acclaim that supplies of the i30N hot hatch have been scarce until recently.
Driven was lucky enough to drive an early pre-production model at Hyundai's mini version of the Nurburgring track, at the Namyang testing ground north-east of Seoul in June last year.
Young engineers working on the project under the guidance of the head of the N division Albert Biermann, were excited to get feedback about their first foray into a true high-performance hatch.
They made no secret of their ambition to produce a model that could compete with the traditional international hot hatch champions, the Volkswagen Golf GTI, the Honda Civic Type R, and the Ford Focus RS.
Biermann made it clear the i30N would not include expensive carbon fibre finishing and other costly additions common on some more expensive sports models.
Instead Hyundai aimed to produce a model that could be driven straight from the showroom to the track, where it could put a mischievous smile on the face of buyers, "the smile you can't hide when driving high performance cars", he told us.
The engineers have succeeded in doing that, as our AA/Driven New Zealand Car of the Year judges could testify after two days of testing at Pukekohe Park raceway.
Read more: Hot hatch battle: Ford Focus RS Limited vs Hyundai i30 N
The car can be thrown around the cones at speed, while sticking to the tarmac as the crackle and pop expected from a hot hatch belts out from the twin exhaust outlets.
But it is also a car that is easy to drive on suburban roads, without the aggression some sports hatches bring to the driving experience.
While the interior is pleasant enough, it is not overly flash. The seats hold the driver comfortably enough through twisty turns, and the ride in normal drive mode is not harsh. It is an easy car to hop in and just drive.
The 2-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine produces 202kW of power at 6000rpm and 354Nm of torque from 1450-4500rpm. The car will accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds.
It has five drive modes, electronically controlled suspension, and even launch control, which regulates the amount of torque sent to the front wheels — and so minimising wheel spin.
The hot hatch has a rev-matching system, with a button on the steering wheel helping to deliver fast downshifts. There is also an active variable exhaust system and an electronic limited slip differential that applies varying torque levels to each of the driven wheels, reducing wheel slip and minimising understeer in corner.
The international popularity of the model has meant New Zealand fans eager to buy the car have had to wait until now to get their hands on one. However few will be disappointed, especially considering the i30N sells here for $54,990 plus on-road costs.
The Hyundai i30N is one of 10 finalists in this year's AA/Driven New Zealand Car of the Year Award, to be announced in December.
Vote for your pick in the people's choice award, at aa.co.nz/peopleschoice, and go in the draw for a Fijian cruise.
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Written by Marguerite Duras
"Brilliant theatre, pure and simple. Don't miss it." – The Age
A brutal murder is committed in a small town in France. The dismembered corpse is dropped from a railway viaduct onto passing trains below… All except the head. Based upon an actual event, L'amante anglaise is a beautifully poignant and emotionally powerful portrait of lost passion.
This modern classic psychological thriller from celebrated French author, Marguerite Duras, takes you right inside the heart and mind of the perpetrator and is a fascinating and compelling true crime story.
Pierre (Rob Meldrum) and Claire Lannes (Jillian Murray -2015 Green Room winner, Best Female Performer, Independent Theatre) are ordinary human beings leading everyday lives until catastrophe occurs. Over the course of the drama, they effortlessly reveal the beauty and brutality of their inner selves and create a painstaking portrait of lost passion. Performed exquisitely and directed by Laurence Strangio, L'Amante Anglaise is a rare and unmissable work of theatre.
It is a rare distinction for any production to have three consecutive seasons in Melbourne, but L'amante anglaise proved so popular that its first two seasons at La Mama sold out. After its first season at 45Downstairs sold out in 2016, it had a return season in February 2017.
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Yesterday evening was a beautiful night here on Kwaj and for once we didn't have anything planned so we headed over to the skate park after dinner. D's been skateboarding since he was a kid and Sky loves doing anything that Daddy does. It's something fun to do as a family and helps break out of the the everyday routine. Plus, it makes us look way cooler than we actually are!
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Halsey, Mumford and Sons and Lil Pump were set to perform at the 2019 event
Clockenflap, one of Asia's largest music festivals, has been pulled following a week of heightened violence between police and protesters during the anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong.
The 60,000-capacity festival, which was due to run from November 22-24 with Mumford and Sons, Halsey and Lil Pump set to perform, has been cancelled amid safety concerns.
Festival organisers said in a statement: "Due to the escalation in the crisis this week, and the uncertainty this creates for the coming weeks, Clockenflap 2019 will be cancelled. We still believe in bringing people together in positive ways, and will continue to unite people through the power of music and arts." See the full text below.
Clockenflap 2019 Important Notice pic.twitter.com/hzsDWNu0Dg
— Clockenflap (@clockenflap) November 15, 2019
Ticket-holders will receive refunds within four weeks.
Clockenflap is one of Asia's most high-profile festivals. In the past the festival, which is popular among Hong Kong's expat community, has seen headline sets from The Chemical Brothers, Erykah Badu, Chic, and New Order.
The Hong Kong pro-democracy demo has now run into its fifth month. Yesterday (November 14), a 70-year-old man died after he was struck on the head with a brick while a student protester died after falling from a building in the previous week.
Clockenflap, which is held at the city's Central Harbourfront Event Space, was founded by three British promoters in 2008.
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Art Wolfe is coming to Australia to give a lecture one night followed by a seminar the following day. He will be in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in March next year. WA based photographer Denis Glennon is organising his visit.
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Gerry, are you attending the public lecture or the more expensive seminar? I reckon the seminar sounds much more interesting. $400.
surenj wrote: Gerry, are you attending the public lecture or the more expensive seminar? I reckon the seminar sounds much more interesting. $400.
Thanks for posting this Andre. I've made a deal if I get enough money back from my tax return this Saturday, then I'm booking the seminar. Not sure about the public lecture bit. But if I can't go to Antarctica this year (or the next) then this is probably the closest I'll get to reliving it Plus I might learn how to take better photos too!
Tax man was kind to me this year, so I'll be booking the seminar tomorrow. Anyone think its worth the extra for the public bit as well ? Andre which bit are you going to ?
I'm going to the seminar as well. I'm considering the Friday talk as well, just not decided yet.
I had a good think about it and just decided to do Saturday Seminar. Hopefully if we get a few of us we can turn it into a bit of a social event.
So I'm booked into the Workshop starts at 9am. Who else is coming down, as it would be good to catch up with anyone else that is attending!
radar wrote: Hamilton Island as a small group workshop with Art Wolfe.
I believe Art Wolfe is such an excellent photographer (even if shoots Canon), I am going to bothe the evening seminar, and the saturday workshop here in Melbourne. Even taking my wife along as well.


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Elgi eyes second slot in global air compressor market
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Coimbatore : With a goal to be the second biggest player in the global air compressor market by 2027, city-based Elgi Equipments is displaying a new product at the expo to be held in April next in Hanover in Germany, a top company official said.
The firm stood number two in the country and number seven globally, Elgi Managing Director, Jairam Varadaraj told reporters here.
The company had 12 installations of the new product.
Made in India products had not made any major impact at the global level, he said, adding that Elgi's technology breakthroughs would transform the conventional boundaries of compressor technology with a relentless focus on increasing performance and energy efficiency.
With the number one company with $5 billion and the next at $1.38 billion, it was a hard task to bridge the gap and reach to the aspiring spot, he said.
Earlier, the company welcomed over 200 employees, students and industry representatives to the 1st edition of Technology Day 2018 and unveiled the company's 'State of The Future Art'– a signature initiative focused on fostering innovation.


Maverick Vinales admits that matching Yamaha MotoGP teammate Valentino Rossi's pace in the Malaysian Grand Prix was "impossible" for him.
Rossi led the majority of the Sepang race on Sunday, but was being reeled in by Marc Marquez when his hopes ended with a crash at Turn 1 with four laps to run.
Vinales, who ended a 25-race winless run for Yamaha by winning last time out at Phillip Island, recovered from a lacklustre qualifying display to finish fourth in Malaysia, losing time stuck behind Alvaro Bautista's satellite Ducati in the early laps.
But the Spaniard admitted that even without qualifying poorly, the pace being set by Rossi and Marquez at the head of the field was not attainable for him.
"If I could do 00s low, maybe I could win the race, but today was impossible," said Vinales. "The track was so slippery, I was even struggling to do 2m00s high.
"Four laps to go, I didn't have grip on the tyres. I destroyed the tyres. But I'm happy we have consistency there.
"I think today I could not keep 2m00s-low because it was so hot, and also I got stuck with Bautista and other riders, for me it was so difficult to overtake.
"My chance to go on the podium went away, but I'm happy I was pretty close to Alex and Johann at the end. I did my best.
Vinales added that seeing Rossi command the race for most of the distance was little surprise, and that the Italian's performance comes as another important boost for Yamaha.
"I always saw Valentino at the same distance [ahead of me], I think we were riding really good," recalled Vinales.
"Honestly I was thinking today he could win the race – he had nearly the same pace than me [in practice], and always in the race he gives a little bit more.
"Before I started the race, I thought Valentino could win, and when I saw him in front, I think, 'he can go'.


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Devoted mom uses unconventional method to find daughter a kidney
Lesley Hauler, AOL.com
Oct 8th 2015 10:50AM
When Karol Franks' 29-year-old daughter, Jenna, was diagnosed with kidney failure, the family tried everything to find a donor. After years on the donor waiting list, the family still had.
The family started using social media, creating a Facebook page and even a hashtag #Kidney4Jenna, reports Fox 11. The family even went so far as to create and upload a video onto YouTube, asking viewers "Are you my type?" in hopes of finding a compatible donor.
A post shared by Karol Franks (@okarol) on Sep 3, 2015 at 10:20pm PDT
However, it's the family's latest effort that's going viral, and surprisingly, the stunt has nothing to do with the Internet.
After the Facebook posts, tweets, videos and Craigslist ads failed to find a suitable kidney for Jenna, the family went mobile -- literally.
KTLA reports that Karol took to the campaign to the streets of Los Angeles last week, with the family's appeal painted on their SUV. The plea read: "DAUGHTER NEEDS KIDNEY TYPE O" along with an email address kidney4jenna@gmail.com.
Jenna's father told KTLA that the entire incident is almost surreal.
"How ironic that something as simple and old fashion as a sign on the back window explodes into this sensation." Edward Franks, Jenna's Father
Photos of the vehicle blew up after being posted by strangers on social media.
One photo posted to Twitter had more than 9,000 retweets.
This honestly needs to go viral pic.twitter.com/JTRScRcWv8
— Tatum (@TatumBateman) September 27, 2015
Despite all the attention on social media, the family has still not found a donor.
According to her Facebook page, Jenna was diagnosed with a rare urological defect and began dialysis in high school.
Although she received a kidney transplant three years later, "that kidney has petered out, and Jenna has started dialysis again," the page writes.
Jenna is on the donor list but according to her family, it can take up to 10 years in Los Angeles to find someone with the same type O blood.
PRT #kidney4jenna. 29 year old Jenna has been waiting over 10 years for a kidney! pic.twitter.com/PuQUJUKXXe
— Loraine Gentle (@LoraineGentle) October 7, 2015
This is not a new situation for the Franks family. Unfortunately, Karol Franks says they've had to deal with kidney failure in the family before.
"My dad died at 28 years old from kidney disease, and my daughter is on dialysis," the mother told KTLA.
"It was scary then and it's scary now...The thought that she has to struggle with this, it's hard. " Karol Franks, Jenna's mom
For more information on becoming a donor, people are asked to visit the Facebook page or contact the Franks family at kidney4jenna@gmail.com.
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Q: Word or expression to describe overlapping patterns? I'm trying to characterize the appearance of two overlapping patterns. I'll try to describe the type of visual effect I'm thinking of with an example, but I don't have an actual image at hand.
The example: start by imagining a many-paned window that has strong sunlight coming through it. You would see the shadow lines of the panes (*) on the floor. Now place a tree outside the window. The tree would cast its own shadow consisting of branches & leaves. On the floor you have the mixed shadow lines from both tree and window.
Now this is just an example - don't focus too much on the exact window/tree specifics. The key is that the final impression (the shadow on the floor) has completely mixed together the two sources of the imagery.
What is a word or expression that would describe this mixing of patterns?

(*) actually the muntins / mullions of course, not the actual clear glass itself

A: The closest words would be commingled and coalescent.

Commingle: to blend thoroughly into a harmonious whole.
Example: that fine and funny book, in which horror and laughter are commingled.
[Merriam-Webster]

Coalescent: Coming together to form one mass or whole.
Example: the tumour cells were distributed into discrete and coalescent nodules.
[Lexico]

You could also use superimposed.

Superimpose: to put especially a picture, words, etc. on top of something else, especially another picture, words, etc., so that what is in the lower position can still be seen, heard, etc.
Example: The book cover had a picture of a dove superimposed on a battle scene.
[Cambridge English Dictionary]

A: I think the word 'overlap' could be used to good effect. In your example, you could express the phenomenon as an overlapping of shadows from different sources. I can imagine 'overlapping' being used to describe other types of patterns mingling too, like digital images for example.
Other words which might fit (depending on the specifics of the phenomenon) are: meld, merge, combine, mingle, intermingle, blend, fuse, etc.

A: imbricate, adj. and n.
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†1. Formed like a gutter-tile or pantile. Obsolete.
1656   T. Blount Glossographia   Imbricate, square and bent like a roof or gutter-Tile, which the Latines call Imbrex; also covered with such a Tile.
2.a. Covered with or composed of scales or scalelike parts overlapping like roof-tiles; e.g. said of the scaly covering of reptiles and fishes, of leaf-buds, the involucre of Compositæ, etc.
b. Of leaves, scales, etc.: Overlapping like tiles.
1796   P. Russell Acct. Indian Serpents Coromandel I. 7 (T.)   Two rows..of larger scales, ovate and imbricate.
1852   J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 483   Branchiæ..composed each of imbricate plates in two series.


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After scoring in Rochester return, next up for Brian Gionta: PyeongChang (Video)
By Sean LeahyFeb 3, 2018, 9:02 AM EST
Friday night in Rochester was "Hometown Heroes Night" at the AHL Americans game versus the Toronto Marlies. The theme was fitting considering the situation: Brian Gionta, the hometown boy who hadn't played a game since April 9, suited up for one night before heading off to captain the U.S. men's team in the PyeongChang Olympics.
To make things even more perfect, the 39-year-old Gionta, who played for the Rochester Jr. Americans when he was 15, scored midway through the second period, causing the nearly 10,000 in attendance inside Blue Cross Arena at the Community War Memorial to erupt.
Brian Gionta did not disappoint in his appearance with the Amerks Friday – here's his first goal of the night!
MORE: https://t.co/nEXxVkts9i pic.twitter.com/syrjLeq5NU
— 13WHAM (@13WHAM) February 3, 2018
"It sends chills up your back when something like that happens," said Gionta, who's been skating with the Americans since October and signed a one-game tryout contract last week.
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The Amerks would fall 4-2, but that was secondary to the moment Gionta provided to the fans in the building and the send-off they gave him after the game.
"The support was great tonight as we had close to a full building, but unfortunately we came up just short," Gionta said. "I appreciate everything that the organization has done for me and providing me with this opportunity. Some guys had to sit out because of the veteran rule, so I cannot thank them enough."
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Matt Ellis signs an AHL contract with Rochester
By Dhiren MahibanJul 9, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
Matt Ellis will return to the Buffalo Sabres organization for an eighth season.
The 33-year-old has signed a one-year, American Hockey League contract with the Rochester Americans for the 2015-16 season.
The forward appeared in 39 games with the Buffalo Sabres last season scoring one goal and one assist while averaging 8:19 in time on ice.
Ellis also played 38 AHL games with the Americans scoring seven goals and six assists.
He has split the past three seasons between Buffalo and Rochester.
In 356 career NHL games split between the Sabres and Detroit Red Wings, Ellis has scored 21 goals 49 points.
Buffalo acquired Ellis off of waivers from the L.A. Kings during the 2008 preseason.
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Sabres' Pysyk collapsed during a pickup basketball game (Updated)
By Dhiren MahibanFeb 28, 2015, 1:15 PM EST
Buffalo Sabres property Mark Pysyk, who is currently with the AHL's Rochester Americans, reportedly collapsed during a pickup basketball game at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.
According to Kevin Oklobzija of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the 23-year-old was taken to hospital in an ambulance, but he was "fairly alert and his vital signs were close to normal".
Pysyk played in Friday night's 4-3 overtime loss to the Toronto Marlies and was with the team this morning as they had a team breakfast and an off-ice workout.
Oklobzija added that Pysyk hasn't had a similar issue in his three seasons with the Sabres.
Update: The Americans confirmed the Democrat and Chronicle story adding the defenseman is still being evaluated in hospital.
Originally the Sabres' first-round selection (23rd overall in 2010), Pysyk has appeared in seven games with the Sabres this season registering two goals and an assist while averaging 18:11 in ice time.
He was reassigned to Rochester on Thursday following the Sabres 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Coach Ted Nolan expressed his desire to have the defenseman with the parent club this week.
"Last time he was up, he looked ready for prime time," said Nolan on Monday.
Adding, "I know where he should be, but in the process we're going through here, it's out of our control."
Pysyk has appeared in 51 AHL games this season registering three goals and 15 points to go along with 30 penalty minutes.
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Ducks' Heatley clears waivers (Updated)
By Dhiren MahibanDec 30, 2014, 12:45 PM EST
Anaheim Ducks forward, Dany Heatley, who was placed on waivers by the club Monday, has cleared.
ROSTER MOVE: Dany Heatley has been assigned to the @NorfolkAdmirals (AHL).
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) December 30, 2014
The 33-year-old has appeared in six games for the Ducks this season in which he's failed to register a point while carrying a minus-3 rating.
In 869 career NHL games with the Ducks, Wild, Sharks, Senators and Thrashers Heatley has 372 goals, 791 points and 620 penalty minutes.
Originally the the second overall selection at the 2000 NHL Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, Heatley won the Calder Trophy has the league's top rookie following the 2001-02 season where he scored 26 goals and 67 points in 82 games with Atlanta.
With the exception of a two-game conditioning assignment this season, Heatley has never played in the AHL.
Heatley is on a one-year, $1 million contract this season and becomes an unrestricted free agent in July.
Heatley, Paarjarvi-Svensson, Pinizzotto & Hackett clear waivers.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) December 30, 2014
Steve Pinizzotto remains with the Oilers and participated in the team's morning skate today.
The Buffalo Sabres have assigned goaltender Matt Hackett to the Rochester Americans.
With Magnus Paajarvi clearing waivers, St. Louis is expected to recall a forward from the Chicago Wolves. Paajarvi has been assigned to the AHL club. Chris Porter was placed on IR today. St. Louis currently has 21 players on its' active roster.
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Sabres recall Pysyk from AHL
By Dhiren MahibanDec 28, 2014, 11:15 AM EST
The Buffalo Sabres have recalled defenseman Mark Pysyk from the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League the club announced Sunday.
According to Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News, the recall is a result of defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen falling ill on Saturday.
Pysyk, 22, is on his second recall with the Sabres this season. He was recalled by the Sabres on Dec. 21 and appeared in two games averaging over 20 minutes in ice time before being reassigned Dec. 24.
Pysyk has a goal and 10 assists in 30 AHL games this season.
Originally Buffalo's first-round pick (23rd overall) in the 2010, Pysyk has appeared in 65 games for the Sabres scoring two goals and 10 assists.
The Sabres are back in action Monday when they visit the Ottawa Senators.
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Early last month, a report surfaced claiming iOS 6 would bring Siri to the iPad. The claim surmised that, more than anything, Apple struggled with "Siri's UI than actual functionality." A corroborating claim on Monday is bringing even more heat to the rumor, saying that Apple figured out how to implement its voice assistant by limiting her presence on the iPad's screen.
According to 9to5 Mac, Siri is going to look different than how we've come to know her on the iPhone 4S. Instead of hogging the entire display, Siri will take up a fraction of the iPad's available screen real estate (as seen in the mockup above). "The Siri iPad interface takes very little space over the iPad interface currently in use, and is designed with the same linen texture as on the iPhone 4S," 9to5 Mac said. "Siri for iPad also work from the lock screen."
Apple is said to be testing Siri functionality on both the new iPad and iPad 2, but sources are saying only the new iPad is likely to get the feature. We'll find out in less than a week if Siri is coming to the new iPad (and iPad 2) when WWDC kicks off on June 11.


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Yekaterina Nagimaya is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two silver medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m events.

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The Film Batyrlar will be Premiered in Kazakhstan
Who were they – the warriors of the Great Steppe? What did they live for, what moved them when they performed their heroic exploits? The film Batyrlar will show all of it. It will be premiered on March 12th. The storyline is based on the legends about the famous batyrs: Karasai, Agyntai, and Taimas.
The film was produced by Khabar Agency. The uniqueness of the movie is that there are no famous actors acting in the project; although stars are known to always guarantee the success of any film. Movie director, Askar Uzabayev changed the stereotype and was pleased with the outcome.
"I like to rely on young actors for my films, those actors who do not act in many Kazakh movies. From there, I can see certain magic on the screen. The audience who watched the movies appreciates it as well," said filmmaker, Askar Uzabayev.
The movie is not only about the battles of Kazakhs with Kalmyks. It also addresses the topic of unity and the destructive consequences of strife. The authors said that the film turned out to be bright and, most importantly, historically accurate. Even the costumes worn in the Batyrlar film were made in medieval design.
"The life of our ancestors was not easy, in fact, it was very difficult. I believe that if now we had been sent to that time, we would have not survived. So, I realized that our ancestors were very strong people in terms of spiritually and morally," said the leading actor, Nazar Sharkhan.
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Essay on Sonny's Blues
One of the most read short stories of James Baldwin, it is also one of his earliest works. The short story was initially published in the year 1957, and eight years later, it was included in the 1965 collection called 'Going to Meet the Man'. This collection contained works ranging from 1948 to 1965 and therefore, gave the readers a chance to see the development of James Baldwin over the years.
The short story was published in the Partisan Review, a very well-known American literary magazine. It is a work that deals with a tale of suffering, redemption and community. The story is set in Baldwin and is set in Harlem, a community that Baldwin knew very well. It is one of the most popular works of James Baldwin's.
Summary Essay of Sonny's Blues:
Sonny's Blues is a tale written in the first-person narrative. At the beginning of the story, the narrator reads about his younger brother named Sonny, who has been caught in a drugs bust, for selling heroin. Then the narrator speaks about his day. The readers come to know that the narrator is a teacher at a school in Harlem. Because of the news that he has received about his brother, he is really upset and cannot get his mind off Sonny. He begins to think about all the boys in his class at school, and how they do not have any bright futures ahead of them. Most of them are likely to be doing drugs in the future, just like Sonny. Later that day, after school, he meets a friend of his brother's. This friend tells him that his brother is going to be locked up and they will make him detox. However, eventually, he will be let out and be all alone.
The narrator does not write to his brother in the beginning. After some time, his daughter Grace dies because of Polio. And then he decides to write his brother Sonny a letter. He writes one and sends it. Sonny writes back a letter and thus, the two brothers get in touch again. At this point, the readers come to know more about the relationship that these two brothers share. In the letter that Sonny writes back to the narrator, he has tried to describe how he ended where he has. After this, the two brothers stay in constant touch. After Sonny comes out of jail, the narrator is there for him. He asks Sonny to come and stay with his family, and Sonny ends up in their family apartment.
Time passes and one day, they are having a family dinner and the dinner turns into an extended flashback about their parents. In this flashback, the narrator recalls how his father and his brother Sonny used to fight with each other and how they were so similar in spirit. The narrator describes how his father was a drunken man and died when Sonny was just fifteen years of age. He recalls how Sonny used to be very quiet and withdrawn and how his father was very loud-talking but pretended to be tough and big. Then, the narrator thinks about the last time that he saw his mother alive right before he went off to war. She had told him the story of how his uncle died before he went to the war. A few drunken white men had deliberately run over his uncle and killed him. His mother had also told him that his father had seen his uncle being killed by these white men. This experience had traumatized his father deeply and he was never the same. Therefore, his mother told him that he has to watch over Sonny. Two days after this conversation, the narrator had been married to Isabel and then, he had gone off to the war. The next time, he came back was because his mother had died. He had to come back for the funeral.
When he comes back for the funeral, he has a conversation with Sonny. During this conversation, he tries to figure out who this person is. This is how much the two brothers are distant from each other. He talks to Sonny about what he wants to do in life. To this, Sonny replies that he wants to be a jazz musician and want to be a pianist. The narrator dismisses this plan of his. He does not understand this plan or aim and does not find it good enough for his brother. The two brothers also try to talk about his living arrangement for the rest of his high school life. This discussion eventually leads to an argument. Sonny does not know who Charlie Parker is and he is reprimanded by the narrator for this. The narrator accuses Sonny of not wanting to live at Isabel's parents' house. The narrator even says that he does not want to finish high school. The two brothers have a long discussion and eventually come to a compromise. Isabel's parents have a piano and the narrator tells his brother he can play it whenever he wants if he goes to school. Sonny agrees because he is excited about the piano. However, he is also a bit reluctant about the school.
Sonny begins to stay at Isabel's and everybody supposes that he goes to school. Whenever he is at home, he plays the piano. However, he does not show any emotion and he does not talk to anyone in the house. Sonny loves music and thus, he enjoys a lot all the time that he plays the piano. But the rest of the people who live in the house do not really enjoy as plays it for a lot of time.
Time passes and it is discovered that Sonny has not been going to school. Instead of going to school, he has been going to Greenwich Village to spend some time with his jazz friends and also to do drugs. He tries to hide the truancy letters but one eventually reaches the house. When Isabel's mother confronts him, he admits to having spent all his time in Greenwich Village with his musician friends. The two get involved in a quarrel. Because of this altercation, Sonny realizes that he has been a huge burden on the family and he needs to do something about it. After two days only, he joins the navy and leaves the house. Sonny also drops out of school. The narrator is still on the war and he does not even know whether his brother is alive or dead until one day when he receives a postcard from Greece. When the war gets over, the two brothers return to New York. Even after coming back to the city, they do not meet or talk to each other for a long time. When they eventually meet, they fight. In fact, they fight every time they meet. After one such fight, Sonny tells the narrator that he could consider him dead from that point on. The narrator walks away from him, thinking that there will come a day when Sonny will be in need of his help. The flashback ends here.
The story has flashed forward to what the readers would assume is the present. On Saturday, when Isabel has gone out of the house along with the children to visit their grandparents, the narrator begins to contemplate searching Sonny's room. While he considers this, he begins to describe a street-corner revival meeting that is happening in their street. Both the brothers are watching this revival meeting in which a woman is singing and it almost hypnotizes them.
Sonny comes to the house and asks the narrator if he wants to see him play in Greenwich Village. The narrator is unsure about this but he reluctantly says yes. Sonny then begins to talk about his addiction to drugs. He says that when he saw the lady singing at the revival meeting, it reminded him of all the times when he was under the influence of heroin. He says that having heroin coursing through your veins makes you feel like you are in control and there are times when you need to feel that way. The narrator asks him whether or not he has to feel like that to play the piano. Sonny says that some people do. The two brothers begin to talk about suffering and the narrator asks Sonny whether it is worth killing yourself in order to escape a little bit of suffering. Sonny thinks about it and replies that he is not going to die any faster than anybody else who is trying not to suffer. Sonny tells him that the real reason that he wanted to leave Harlem was to escape the drugs and get rid of his addiction.
The two brothers go to the jazz club in Greenwich Village. After spending some time there, the narrator realizes that the people in the club and of the entire village respect Sonny a lot. He realized how revered his brother was there. He hears as Sonny plays the piano. When Sonny begins, he falters a little bit as he has not played for more than a year. However, as he spends some time playing, he gets back his form and his playing becomes just like it was a year ago. He enchants everyone in the club including the narrator, with his music. The narrator feels really happy to see his brother playing so well. He sends a cup of scotch and milk up to the piano for Sonny. The two brothers share a moment and feel a connection with each other. The narrator finally understands that it is actually through music that Sonny is able to turn his suffering into something useful and worthwhile.
One of the bigger themes in this story is the obligation toward brotherly love. The narrator's mother, when asks him to watch over Sonny, in a way asks him to be his brother's keeper. The narrator is left in a sort of a dilemma. He has to watch over his brother despite the rocky relationship that they have shared for the last few years. Since their mother's death, Sonny's life has all been about drug abuse. The two brothers are involved in fights again and again. In fact, the tension between the two brothers increases so much that after one such fight, Sonny tells the narrator to consider him dead from that point. He basically meant that he did not want anything to do with him. This statement, in a way, echoes the biblical story of Abel and Cain. Just like Cain, the narrator also turns his back on his brother. He thinks that there will come a day when Sonny will need his help. He, at first, even fails to respond to Sonny when he is in prison. In a way, he has failed to live up to the desires of his mother. However, this failure is temporary. He makes up for it in the second half of the story. By the end of the story, the narrator takes Sonny back into his house. He constantly watches over Sonny and worries for him as he emerges from the darkness of prison and drug abuse.
The story also deals with the themes of rage and fury. Throughout the story, we see the narrator talking about the rage in people around him and how it used as a way of showing the conflicts that haunt the characters of the story. In the first half of the story, we see the narrator describing his students as "filled with rage". He says that they are aware of the limited number of opportunities available to them. He says that knowledge gives birth to an internal rage that is destructive in nature and threatens to completely destroy their lives. However, these students have nowhere left to go. Therefore, this anger of theirs turns to themselves only and leads them into a life that is devoid of all the virtues and is filled with darkness and nothing else.


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Hugh Cameron  was a Scottish footballer who played league football for Rochdale and non league football for various other clubs.

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There are four ways to thaw a frozen turkey — and three of them are bad. Each one, for one reason or another, increases the likelihood of someone coming down with a case of food poisoning. And that's not the way you want to remember your Thanksgiving.
Like on the kitchen counter, or the dining room table, or in any other room of your house.
Besides being really weird to have a turkey defrosting in some random bedroom or dare I say it, the bathroom, thawing a turkey at room temperature is a terrible idea. Uncooked meat or poultry (including frozen) shouldn't be left at room temperature for more than two hours. Any longer than that and you're just begging for a case of food poisoning.
So, don't even think about this one.
First of all, most microwaves are too small. If you have a turkey small enough to cram into your microwave, you don't really need to resort to this method in the first place. There's a better option for you a bit further down the page.
But even supposing you had some colossal microwave oven, this still would not be a very good plan. Given the number of different wattages, power levels, minutes per pound and other variables, the most likely outcome of microwave thawing is a turkey that's still frozen in some parts, while other parts are already cooked. Not good. Stay away from this method.
It's technically possible to safely thaw a frozen turkey in a sink full of cold water, but it won't be easy.
The problem is, you need to allow 30 minutes of thawing time for every pound of frozen bird, and you MUST keep the water at 40°F or colder the entire time. For a large turkey, that means monitoring the temperature with an instant-read thermometer and changing the water every half hour for 12 hours!
What's so special about 40°F? That's the lower limit of the Food Temperature Danger Zone. If the turkey gets any warmer than that, it gives dangerous bacteria a chance to multiply like crazy. So unless you're strictly committed to changing the water up to 24 times, don't bother with this method.
And by the way, whatever you do, don't try to thaw a turkey in HOT water. That's even worse. I saw someone recommending that in the comments section of some web site, and I just about choked on my eggnog.
Make sure that your refrigerator is at 40°F or colder.
Place the bird on a tray or in a pan to collect any juices that leak out.
Keep it at the bottom of your fridge so that any leakage won't contaminate anything below.
Allow 24 hours for every 4 to 5 pounds of frozen turkey.
As you can see, thawing a 20-pound turkey in the refrigerator will take the better part of a week. So plan ahead! A bit of preparation will ensure that you're not faced with a still-frozen turkey on Thanksgiving morning.


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Olympic Figure Skater Mirai Nagasu on What It's Like to Compete on Your Period
It's not awkward — really.
By Elizabeth Narins
Parading around an Olympic ice rink with the entire world watching is stressful enough on its own — but doing your thing in a skimpy costume while you're on your period takes balls an extra brave set of ovaries.
Luckily, Team USA figure skater Mirai Nagasu didn't have to deal with her monthly flow during this year's Winter Games — although it was a close call. "I had my period on the way to the Games," says the 24-year-old.
That's not to say she's never hit the ice during that particular point of her cycle. "It's really not that big of a deal. You just stick a tampon up there," she says, adding that exercising on the ice during her period tends to be therapeutic. "Periods can induce cramps for me, which I find exercise helps [alleviate]."
She likens cramps to an elite athlete's muscle soreness — both suck, but you get used to them. (After all, what's the alternative?!)
Mirai adds that she's not much of a leaker, which lets her focus more on nailing her triple axels than worrying about bleeding through her skating outfits. "Panty liners are super helpful if you just want to protect your underwear," she says.
And although it's never happened to her, Mirai acknowledges that the risk of leaking is ever-present — but not to let it get to you: "You just have to pretend like it never happened."
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Evgenia Medvedeva: A cold head and a hot heart
Translation of recent interview with Evgenia Medvedeva.
Evgenia, how was the previous season? Was it physically hard?
– For me it passed fleetingly, with every competition I was getting an unforgettable experience. I can't say that it was hard, or vice versa – incredibly easy. It was a working season. In terms of physical fatigue … I always perfectly understand that there are times when you want to lie down and rest. But you can't do that in figure skating, because the shape is immediately lost, so there was no rest during the season.
When did you start to train fully?
– We started to prepare seriously about three months ago. Now the programs are ready, we are preparing for test skates in Sochi.
Ilia Averbukh did your programs, as in the previous season. Decided not to risk with the change of choreographer?
– We already have a well-managed team, so we did not see any reason to change the choreographer.
How much do you participate in preparation of new programs?
– Of course, I trust all people from my team, we always work side by side, but if I don't like the music, feel that I can't skate to it, I always say about that. Whether I like this artistic image, music, whether I feel it or not. Of course, they help me to feel it, but if something is still wrong, how can I skate the program if I don't feel the music? Then we change.
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Tell us about new programs.
– Content in the short program remained the same: everything in the second half, the jumps remained the same. The free program we changed technically – now in the first half I have only a double axel, all combination are in the second half, including a flip-toe loop. The content remained the same, we changed the layout, moved everything to the second half.
How conservative was the preparation for the Olympic season, did you deliberately refuse from any unusual ideas, risky combinations in order to provide a margin of stability?
– We didn't remove anything much, but didn't add anything, we followed the old path.
Tell us about your skates, did you have any problem breaking into them? What boots do you prefer, tougher, softer?
– Apparently, I have such a technique of jumping that the right boot constantly breaks down. I prefer light and tough boots, they make boot for me by a cast of foot. Usually, I need about a week to break into new boots, during this time I already get used to them and do all the elements just like in old ones.
Does the process of growing up affect the training process in recent years?
– Lately there has been a lot of talk about puberty, including that this also should affect me. I don't think about it, I just do my job together with a team that supports me and helps in everything. While there are no problems.
How easy do you adapt to changing conditions – the quality of the ice, the temperature on the ice rink? How do you deal with colds?
– Yes, moving from competition to competition, changes in quality of ice and temperature happen, but it is important to understand that everyone is in equal conditions, you need to get used to it. I haven't got a cold for a very long time, but sometimes there are viral diseases at the skating rinks, when everyone falls ill. You can't escape from this.
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How has your perception of music and artistic images in programs changed over the past three years?
– Artistic images have become more spiritual and deep, and the musical themes have become a little more serious.
According to rumors, next season we will have a new GOE scale, from -5 to +5. What do you think about it?
– Yesterday I read the news that men's quads want to evaluate from -5 to +5. But about the girls' triples no changes have been announced yet, don't believe in rumors. But I am curious what changes we will have, If there will be any changes. Innovations are always interesting.
Usually, girls came to figure skating in unconscious age, parents bring them. Was there a moment, in 10-12 years, when it seemed that the choice of sport was wrong and it was necessary to go, for example, to jump on a trampoline?
– No, at the age of 12 there was such a turning point, when I realized that I was in the right place, doing the right thing, that I chose the right sport. Serious sport began when at the age of eight I came to Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze and for the first six months it was necessary to get used to the new pace of work. Somewhere from the age of nine, I already got used and began to work normally in such mode.
During your career were there some crises, when you wanted to go to another coach, change the choreographer, or maybe switch to pairs?
– No, for sure I've never wanted to do pairs! I'm not a person who can say: "I want like this!" I could not even think of going to another coach, changing the choreographer and something like this. For several years now we have a working team with coaches, choreographer, dressmaker. No one even thinks about destroying this team.
Do bad costumes, in which you can't skate, happen?
– Yes, of course, failures with costumes happen, but Olga (Evgenia's dressmaker) always takes into account any wishes and ready to make changes, even if she had to work all night before flying out for competitions. Therefore, even if a costume does not fit, then it is quickly refined.
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How do you mentally prepare at competitions? Do you get excited or calm down?
– You know, I do both. The most correct definition of this condition will be "a cold head and a hot heart." Inside, everything must be with absolute concentration and tranquility. I need quite a lot time to gain such state. On the one hand, emotions are important to show the image and music, and on the other hand, you can not let them overwhelm you.
Uncontrollable jitters happens?
– I have never had such a panic "Oh my God, now I'm going on the ice, what to do!" Perhaps, I have such a character, but I think, it is mostly the merit of the coaches and parents who raised me so.
Didn't you have such a feeling at competitions when the girls around are nervous, worried, and you are sitting and thinking: "Why am I so calm? Probably it isn't normal!"?
– No, I hadn't such. The fact is that I do not look at other people at competitions, I do not see anyone at all. Firstly, I'm constantly in headphones, listening to music, and secondly, before the start I talk only with my coach. If someone comes up to me, starts a conversation, I may not notice it, pass by. It happened more than once and then they told me: "Zhenya, I came to you, wished you luck and you did not answer at all, looked the other way and left!" I think: "When was it? I do not remember anything of that! "Absolute concentration, I close myself and I'm starting to set myself.
What sports do you watch besides figure skating? Did you watch World Championships in Athletics?
– I watch gymnastics. The athletics watched only when it was at our skating rink in Belyaevo. There were big TV, and when I walked I saw that the World Athletics Championships was going on, but I didn't have a possibility to watch it.
And the fught of McGregor – Mayweather?
– The fact is that I do not even have a TV, or computer in my room, only a phone. I find out about the fight by accident, I was never interested in these sports, that's not for me. So I was asleep.
by Sergei Lisin matchtv.ru
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