Pear Tree Cottage: Signs of Life!
Garden Blogger's been a bit quiet lately owing to a fairly major indoor project! That hasn't stopped her from gardening and keeping up with seasonal work, it's meant that she hasn't had time to write about them.
Despite the many frosty mornings we've had recently, things are very definitely on the move. Plants are awakening from the winter coma and the first Snowdrops are appearing - HURRAH! The Hellebores are coming into flower and even the odd Primrose. How interesting that the differing plant cell structures can survive these icy temperatures. The Hellebores are all bent down and, as the temperature rises, they too rise up - with the sun! The Agarves (which over-winter in the greenhouse) are as tough as old boots to handle with their deadly spikes but in frosty temperatures just dissolve to mush. Something as innocent and gentle as a Snowdrop is by far the tougher! I couldn't resist buying 3 pots of Aconites and popping them in by the telephone kiosk. We have never had many of them in this garden so I'm hoping they'll multiply. The winter Jasmine is flowering and the tassles on the Garrya Elliptica are quite stupendous (considering all the horrors it suffered in its earlier life!) It's all very heartening spotting these these winter breakthroughs and reminds us that we have much much more to which we can look forward!


Thanks Roger! Yes, those bricks are a big help. I've often thought I should get another set. I keep wishing I had one or two more!
My how time flies! Not a lot of shop time over the last few weeks, but I finally got some time today. And it was quite enjoyable!
Last time I'd just started bending the Tie Bars. I started with them because they were only 1/16" thick. The Arch Bars are 3/32" thick! That's getting pretty substantial!
After I bent the middle bends, I used the hole jig to drill the two middle holes to attach the columns.
I wasn't very happy with how this went. It worked, but it just felt squishy to me. I could wiggle the bar back and fortha bit and it just didn't feel as precise as I would like.
Regardless, I finished up bending the four tie bars. This wasn't a fast process. It took 15-20 minutes per bar to get things bent correctly so that it all lined up, wass just the right height, and didn't have any twists in it anywhere. I just found it took a lot of tweaking.
For the next set of bars (Lower Arch Bars) I used a different technique. I calculated the location of the center holes and drilled them first.
Then I marked the locations where the bends should go.
The problem with drilling the holes first is that when you go to bend the bars, it wants to bend in the weakest spot – right where the hole is! :Duh: But, as long as I clamped over the hole and bent the other side it worked just fine. And I feel that the holes came out much more predictably.
Here's one of the Lower Arch Bar fitted to the bending pattern. Again, quite the time consuming process.
And this picture shows the set of 12 bars with the column holes drilled and bent to shape.
To drill the outer holes (the ones for the journal boxes) I was going to go back to the drilling jig. But before I did that, I needed to re-make the hole guide. Turns out that my first attempt had a couple of problems. First, the cross bar was too flimsy (I used 1/16" sheet material). And second, the holes weren't centered. They were in the correct positions lengthwise, just not centered. So, I made a new one using some 1/8" 1018 steel. This one turned out much better. The bottom one is the original one (note the non-centered holes), and the top one is the new one (with the more centered hole pattern).
Flipping it over, you can see the template with the hole pattern.
Then I just drilled the holes! The little brass bar clamp is just to keep the bars aligned with the jig.
And did the same thing with the Upper Arch Bar and the Tie Bar (they are the same, with the exception of the thickness of the bar).
And finally, we have all 12 bars bent and drilled!
You can't imagine how happy this little piece here made me! I still have to cut the bars to the correct length, but that'll be the next step.
Getting close to having the trucks complete!
Those little brass bar clamps are handy, got a set of those that come out once in a while for holding bits on.
Yeah, those little brass bar clamps do com in handy from time to time. You can't exert a lot of pressure with them, but for little things like this, the work great! Those are from back when i was doing some ship modeling.
Really taking shape now, it sure is time consuming putting holes in bent bars and getting it all to tie up.
I hadn't seen that type of bar clamp before. Looks useful. Good progress being made.
Really nice Kim. I admire how you try to hold everything to the closet tolerance in the beginning and that pays off in the end. If you have more bending to do, think about hardwood dies. They can easily be cut and shaped, the grain isn't going to split, and, you can easily adjust angles for springback. For thinner stocks, something about the wood makes things slide easier.
Hadn't thought about using Wood for a die for bending... Wonder if it would hold up to repeated use (repeated 10-12 times). The Aluminum jaws on my vise were starting to deform some on the edges after working over the dozen parts I had to make here!
Interesting idea for sure. One I'll have to consider in the future Guess its not that much different than using hard wood for forming copper, eh?
Nice work! I found the arch bars to be tricky - and that was with brass!
Figuring out where to start the bends, especially on the ends that hold the axle blocks, was particularly fussy - it's hard to get the height right while nailing the position of the bend. Too long and it interferes with the screw heads (especially if using hex heads). Too short and it does not look right, or at least hard to get them to look identical front to back.
Yes, those were quite the fiddly bits to be sure!
I'd love to see your Pennsy. Do you have a build thread going? Don't remember seeing it. If not, you should one and post a few progress photos!


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So, let's start with the basics. Cyber threats ("exposures," in risk management lingo), are internal and external, intentional and unintentional.
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Equality California (EQCA)
Vaishalee Raja
(916) 284-9187 vaishalee@eqca.org
Equality California Expands Marriage Fight
Leaders hired to strengthen work in communities of color, faith and to ensure the freedom to marry for same-sex couples
Equality California is bringing two leaders on board to expand EQCA's efforts to achieve full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Marc Solomon will lead EQCA's efforts to restore and keep the right to marry and increase public support and acceptance of LGBT families as its marriage director. Solomon led the fight to protect marriage equality in Massachusetts as the executive director of MassEquality.
Andrea Shorter will serve as coalition coordinator to strengthen and expand statewide coalition building efforts and to help bring resources and support to LGBT organizations, especially those who concentrate on issues impacting communities of color and faith. Shorter is co-founder and director of And Marriage For All, a public-education campaign that engages communities of color in dialogue about the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.
"We are thrilled to have such extraordinary, accomplished leaders join our team as we continue our efforts to achieve full equality for LGBT people and to keep doing the long-term work of changing hearts and minds," said Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California.
Solomon has worked full-time on efforts to protect marriage equality since February, 2004, just after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Massachusetts Constitution guaranteed the right of same-sex couples to marry.
"Marc Solomon has been a true leader and tremendous partner in our work to protect the right of same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts," said Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. "His ability to lead a grassroots campaign for social change is second to none."
Facing an unprecedented attack from Gov. Romney, Pres. Bush and the religious right, Solomon led the largest and most successful grassroots campaign in Massachusetts history to defeat efforts to amend the Massachusetts Constitution to take away the right to marry.
"I am thrilled to join Equality California and lead its efforts to ensure the freedom to marry," Solomon said. "Our work in Massachusetts centered on engaging hearts and minds around the stories of same-sex couples and their families. As Californians hear more from LGBT families in their own communities, I am sure that many more will come around to support the freedom to marry."
Shorter has a long track record of success in the fight for LGBT equality and other social justice issues. She is the co-founder and chair of the Bayard Rustin LGBT Coalition, the largest African-American LGBT political organization in the Bay Area.
"Andrea Shorter has a proven record of leadership and effectiveness," said San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty. "She will bring a needed infusion of grassroots organizing and her commitment to working in diverse communities to our cause."
"I am pleased to join forces with Equality California to direct and expand its coalition building efforts," Shorter said. "Our work through And Marriage For All to engage people of color and faith in honest, plain talk about the importance of the freedom to marry will complement EQCA's appreciation that true coalition building must extend beyond the purpose of meeting a singular goal such as marriage equality, but must work to create and support common ground, common cause across communities. I look forward to working with EQCA to grow a statewide broad-based coalition to advance long-term civil and human rights interests for all."
Shorter has served as deputy executive director of the NAMES Project Foundation/AIDS Memorial Quilt, where she worked with founder Cleve Jones to launch several key HIV/AIDS outreach and education initiatives targeting African-American and South-African communities. Additionally, she was the first African-American elected officer of the LGBT Caucus of the California State Democratic Party. Andrea serves on the Commission on the Status of Women for the City and County of San Francisco since being first appointed by former Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. in 2001. She was recently elected by her colleagues to begin an unprecedented fourth term as President of the Commission.
EQCA is also hiring regional field organizers in locations statewide including the Central Valley, Inland Empire and Orange County to support and expand its volunteer efforts on marriage, legislation and electoral work and to partner with other organizations committed to achieving equality for LGBT people. Job descriptions for open positions at EQCA can be found at www.eqca.org/jobs.
Equality California is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots-based, statewide advocacy organization whose mission is to achieve equality and civil rights for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Californians.
'Our Job Is to Pick Up the Baton,' Says Poor People's Campaign on MLK Day
"Today and every day let's honor King as we end racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the denial of healthcare, militarism, and this false narrative of Christian nationalism," said Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.
To mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, leaders of a modern iteration of the slain civil rights champion's final campaign called on U.S. politicians from both sides of the aisle—many of whose policies and actions are like those King condemned as the "evil triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism"—to step up and meet the needs of the country's poor and low-income people.
Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival released a video demanding the Biden administration and every member of Congress "meet with poor and low-wealth people, religious leaders, economists, lawyers, and public health specialists to address the systemic policy violence that threatens the soul of our nation."
"When prophets are killed or assassinated, our job is to pick up the baton and continue the work," campaign co-chair Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II said in the video. "Sadly, many will go to King events today and claim to honor the prophet. Elected officials on both sides of the aisle will go while even today, they are standing diametrically opposed to the things he fought for: addressing systemic poverty, addressing racism, ensuring voter protection, just immigration policy, just treatment of Indigenous people, healthcare for all, and dealing with the war economy and militarism."
As they do each year, officials—including Republican lawmakers who voted against an MLK Day holiday, the U.S. government King called "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today," and its agencies like the FBI that tried to destroy King—all took to Twitter to sing his praises.
Poor People's Campaign Petition Congress to Truly Honor MLK Legacy | Press Conferencewww.youtube.com
Rev. Liz Theoharis, also a co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, said in the video that "this Martin Luther King Day, we must continue a campaign for social, political, and economic rights, not simply commemorate a man. Today and every day let's honor King as we end racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the denial of healthcare, militarism, and this false narrative of Christian nationalism. Let us fight poverty, not people."
The video also includes messages from low-income Americans and advocates calling for healthcare, living wages, "and more so everyone can thrive."
"I live in North Carolina. I work 60 hours a week and more and I still don't make enough money to live comfortably," Matthew Byars said in the video. "I'm chasing the American Dream, but I'm living the American nightmare. Raise the minimum wage. Impacted people matter too."
King, along with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, launched the original Poor People's Campaign in December 1967, months before he was assassinated in Memphis while supporting a strike by Black sanitation workers. King said the movement's demands were $30 billion for anti-poverty programs, full employment for all, a guaranteed universal income, and the annual construction of 500,000 affordable homes.
SCLC president Ralph Abernathy led the campaign after King's murder, and in May 1968—just weeks after King's murder—his widow, Coretta Scott King, led demonstrators in a two-week protest in Washington, D.C., where participants demanded an Economic Bill of Rights.
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Thousands of poor people camped on the National Mall in a community called Resurrection City, which stood for six weeks—including on the day when Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) was assassinated on June 5—until police violently destroyed it and evicted the protesters.
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'Deeply Sinister': Emails Reveal Big Pharma Pushed Twitter to Silence Vaccine Equity Voices
"At a time when online mobilizations were one of the few forms of protest available to the public, Twitter was seemingly asked to shield the powerful from criticism," said one campaigner. "That should worry all those who care about accountability."
Drugmaker BioNTech and the German government pushed Twitter to "hide" posts by activists calling on Big Pharma to temporarily lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines—a move which would have given people the Global South greater access to the lifesaving inoculations, a report published Monday by The Intercept revealed.
Twitter lobbyist Nina Morschhaeuser "flagged the corporate accounts of Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca for her colleagues to monitor and shield from activists," according to The Intercept's Lee Fang. An email from Morschhaeuser said the German Federal Office for Information Security also contacted Twitter on behalf of BioNTech, whose spokesperson, Jasmina Alatovic, asked the social media giant to "hide" activist tweets targeting her company's account for two days.
Morschhaeuser, meanwhile, requested that colleagues track the hashtags #PeoplesVaccine—a movement for the temporary lifting of patent protections—and #JoinCTAP, a reference to the World Health Organization's Covid-19 Technology Access Pool. Morschhaeuser further warned that the advocacy group Global Justice Now shared an online signup form for a December 2020 People's Vaccine Day of Action.
"The allegations in this article suggest that government and industry tried to silence legitimate criticism during a crisis," Maaza Seyoum, Global South convener at the People's Vaccine Alliance, said in a statement Monday. "At a time when online mobilizations were one of the few forms of protest available to the public, Twitter was seemingly asked to shield the powerful from criticism. That should worry all those who care about accountability."
\u201c\ud83d\udce2 REACTION: German government and @BioNTech_Group asked Twitter to censor vaccine equity critics.\n\nNew #TwitterFiles piece by @lhfang shows how they worked to silence activists demanding a #PeoplesVaccine\n\nRead our reaction: https://t.co/VyaSBIbWnS\n\n1/\u201d
— The People's Vaccine (@The People's Vaccine) 1673889107
Global Justice Now director Nick Dearden also noted the troubling timing of BioNTech's censorship request during a period of global pandemic lockdowns.
"To try and stifle digital dissent during a pandemic, when tweets and emails are some of the only forms of protest available to those locked in their homes, is deeply sinister," he told The Intercept.
Fang writes:
It is not clear to what extent Twitter took any action on BioNTech's request. In response to Morschhaeuser's inquiry, several Twitter officials chimed in, debating what action could or could not be taken. Su Fern Teo, a member of the company's safety team, noted that a quick scan of the activist campaign showed nothing that violated the company's terms of service, and asked for more examples to "get a better sense of the content that may violate our policies."
But it shows the extent to which pharmaceutical giants engaged in a global lobbying blitz to ensure corporate dominance over the medical products that became central to combating the pandemic. Ultimately, the campaign to share Covid vaccine recipes around the world failed.
While U.S. President Joe Biden in 2021 heeded activists' calls and joined most of the Global South in backing a Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver at the World Trade Organization, most rich nations—including Germany—oppose the policy and have, along with Big Pharma, fought to thwart it.
"If the German government wants to show that it is now willing to side with public health over private profit, it must change its approach to pandemic response," Seyoum asserted. "That means backing efforts at the World Trade Organization to improve access to generic Covid-19 medicines and treatments, supporting the World Health Organization's mRNA Hub in South Africa, and standing up to corporate interests in negotiations over a Pandemic Treaty."
Outrage After Kerry Backs UAE Oil Exec as President of UN Climate Summit
Critics rebuke U.S. climate envoy for calling Sultan al-Jaber a "terrific choice."
Progressives on Monday reacted with outrage and disbelief after U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backed the appointment of Sultan al-Jaber to lead the the United Nations' annual conference on the climate emergency, saying the CEO of the United Arab Emirates' state-run oil company was not only qualified to preside over the summit, but that his background strengthened the case for his presidency.
As Common Dreamsreported last week, the UAE named al-Jaber as president of the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), scheduled to begin in November—a decision that was met with scorn from campaigners as al-Jaber is heads the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and a renewable energy firm in which ADNOC holds a 24% stake.
"I think that Dr. Sultan al-Jaber is a terrific choice because he is the head of the company. That company knows it needs to transition," Kerry told the Associated Press Sunday, despite the fact that scientists and advocates across the globe have also known for decades that policymakers must lead a rapid transition away from oil and gas-generated energy. "He knows—and the leadership of the UAE is committed to transitioning."
Advocates have warned that the UAE has not made clear how it plans to reach its stated goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, especially as it plans to increase production of crude oil by a million barrels per day.
The UAE is expected to become "the third largest expander of oil and gas production" between 2023 and 2025 as ADNOC embarks on the second-largest expansion of oil production of any company in the world, locking in more than 2.7 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions.
But when asked by Sky News Arabia about whether al-Jaber would have a conflict of interest at the conference, where leaders are expected to be pushed to take significant emissions-reduction steps, Kerry dismissed the concern.
"That's a first blush, very simplistic way to look at this," Kerry said, adding that "the only way we will meet this crisis and protect our citizens and build an economy for the future, is by reducing emissions."
Putting the ADNOC executive—who is also the UAE's climate enjoy and minister of industry and technology—in charge of COP28 drew comparisons from Progressive International leader Yanis Varoufaki to naming "a jihadist to oversee religious tolerance" or "a Nazi to oversee racial harmony."
"What could go wrong?" labor historian Erik Loomis asked sardonically.
\u201cJeffrey Dahmer placed to oversee anti-cannibalism commission. \n\nhttps://t.co/D7Yyz2MMAw\u201d
— Erik Loomis (@Erik Loomis) 1673888060
COP28 will follow the two most recent international climate conferences, held in Glasgow, Scotland and Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists were in attendance and policymakers failed to hammer out a final agreement requiring countries to phase out oil, coal, and gas extraction.
Kerry toldSky News Arabia that the UAE was not "involved in changing" the outcome of the COP26 and COP27 talks.
The former secretary of state acknowledged that there would be "a level of scrutiny" aimed at al-Jaber's appointment.
"And I think that's going to be very constructive," he told the AP. "It's going to help people, you know, stay on the line here. I think this is a time, a new time of accountability."
Acknowledging Kerry's negotiating of the Paris climate agreement in 2015—which despite its many flaws and shortcomings represents the strongest global pact ever reached on the issue—Leo Roberts of the climate think tank E3G said on social media that the U.S. politician's endorsement of el-Jaber represents "a really rather spectacular fall from grace."
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Happy Birthday, little brother. You've always been the best present I ever begged my parents for.
(And yes, that includes the car.
That, my dear, is one of the BEST photos ever!
Better than a car? What a recommendation! Happy birthday, brother.
Lovely picture! Happy Birthday Christopher!
Better than that Rick Springfield tape? Wow, Christopher IS special!


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Xiaomi announces its first 5G phone, the Mi Mix 3 5G
Natasha Lomas	Romain Dillet	11 months
Xiaomi doesn't want to miss the 5G bandwagon — the company just unveiled its first smartphone that comes with a 5G modem at a press conference in Barcelona. The Mi Mix 3 5G is a new variant of the Mi Mix 3, a phone that Xiaomi originally released in October 2018.
The company is trying to create a bezel-less phone with the Mi Mix line. Instead of a notch or a punch-hole display, Xiaomi has opted for a sliding front-facing camera. The result is a 93.4 percent screen-to-body ratio. You can find two cameras on the back of the device, which give you the ability to shoot slow-motion videos at 960 frames per second. The handset body is made of ceramic.
There are a few changes in the new device. First, Xiaomi has swapped the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 system-on-a-chip with a Snapdragon 855 system-on-a-chip — the same chipset you can find on the Samsung Galaxy S10. When it comes to the modem, the company is using Qualcomm's X50 5G modem.
It's always hard to grasp the advantages of 5G. That's why Xiaomi's Director of Product Management Donovan Sung started a video call with one of its telecom partner, Orange Spain. There was some latency and it wasn't that convincing.
At launch, Xiaomi is partnering with Orange, 3, Sunrise, Telefonica, Tim and Vodafone. The device will be available in May for €599 ($680) in two colors — Onyx Black and Sapphire Blue. Let's see if any 5G network will be ready by then.
Chipmaker Qualcomm's president, Cristiano Amon, stole a little of Xiaomi's thunder by naming the Mi Mix 3 5G first during a turn on stage at the press conference as a Xiaomi partner.
Amon took the opportunity to give a muscular sales pitch for 5G, claiming the next-gen cellular tech would come faster than the transition from 3G to 4G/LTE and bring transformative benefits for consumers — touting the likes of premium gaming on mobile to replace game consoles. That's because 5G should greatly lower latency and improve online gaming.
"5G is here. Not in 2020, not in late 2020 – it's here right now in 2019. 2019 is the year of 5G," he claimed, suggesting 5G device launches would be fast-followed by commercial 5G services as early as the second half of this year.
On device AI will also get a boost from 5G, Amon suggested, arguing that "every" app will be able to leverage machine learning thanks to reduced latency.
"You can unleash the power of the cloud for every app and service," he said.
"5G will improve substantially how we think about our phones," he added. "Everything will get better."
Xiaomi also used its first MWC new product launch event opportunity to announce the Mi 9 once again. The company has already unveiled its new flagship device earlier this week. It's a more traditional phone with a waterdrop-shaped notch, a Snapdragon 855 chipset and a triple camera system. You can find a 48-megapixel camera, a 16-megapixel wide-angle camera and a 12-megapixel telephoto camera on the back of the device.
The Mi 9 will be priced at €449 ($510) for 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, €499 ($565) for 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Pre-orders start from today in select European markets — devices should ship by February 28.
Xiaomi's Mi 9 includes a triple lens rear camera and wireless charging
There are now 224 million monthly active Xiaomi smartphone users globally. While Xiaomi phones aren't available in the U.S., you can now buy Xiaomi phones in Spain, the U.K., France and Italy in addition to many Asian markets.
Xiaomi also talked up its wider product portfolio, saying it has more than 2,000 Xiaomi-branded products in all, working with more than 200 partners. The company reiterated that it's committed to having a dual strategy of smartphones plus A-IoT
It singled out electric scooters to say it's shipped more than 560,000 Mi scooters to date. The Mi scooter was "probably the best selling personal transportation device in the world in 2018", it added.
At the event it also announced the launch of another new product: The Mi LED Smart Bulb — a connected light bulb that lets users control light color and brightness via their phone. It's priced at €19.90. The company tried to demo its smart home ecosystem but failed to turn off the air purifier using Google Assistant.
Xiaomi didn't say a word on its foldable smartphone. It looks like there's still some more work to do on the device.
Xiaomi teases a double-folding smartphone… ohhai digital triptych!


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Could Unbeaten Merchant Navy Take The Golden Rose?
Written on the 22 September 2017
The 2017 Golden Rose Stakes is a Group 1 set-weight race for three-year-olds held over a distance of 1400 metres at Rosehill Racecourse, with total prizemoney of $1,000,000. And this year it's anyone's guess who will win!
The yet to be beaten Merchant Navy sits at a comfortable third favourite with Ladbrokes at $8.50 behind favourite Menari ($2) and Pariah ($6).
Ciaron Maher-trained Merchant Navy drew a very lucky barrier 2, while the two favourites drew wide with 11 and 12 respectively.
Maher who is yet to race in Sydney with his Fastnet Rock colt, couldn't be happier with his draw.
"I don't know how the race is going to map out but certainly, on face value, I'm very happy to be in barrier two," Maher said. "It will be nice to get a bit of cover and Mark (Zahra) can assess when they come across as to where he wants to be."
It's really difficult to match him against Menari and Pariah who have the Sydney advantage. The colt had an impressive Group 3 win at Caulfield over 1200 metres and Maher is adamant he wouldn't want any other horse in the race.
"I'm very happy with our horse and I wouldn't be swapping him," he said. "I'm sure Gerald Ryan would be saying the same about Menari. I don't know how you line them up and there would be some form line somewhere.
"I'm not too worried about it and I'm just trying to have our bloke as best we can. He has travelled up well and he travelled up as a two-year-old when he was an emergency for the Sires' and it's always a bonus when they have done it before."
"He has been up here and he has had a couple of gallops the Sydney way of going," he said. "We gallop at Caulfield maybe once every four to six weeks the opposite direction and we work the opposite direction every second day at Caulfield, so he should be pretty ambidextrous.
"He worked (Tuesday) morning (at Rosehill) and sat off one and galloped nicely to the line. It shouldn't be (an issue) and if you're drawn in and get a bit of cover, it is easier than being drawn wide and skirting off the track."
Although Merchant Navy has never run in Sydney before, Maher is confident considering he's the only horse out of the three who has won over 1400 metres.
"He got the 1400m as a two-year-old and he has matured a bit as a racehorse," he said. "First-up he was quite happy to relax and come with a run and you would think the 1400m should be ideal for him. He has a good barrier, he has had a look around the track and I just hope for a smooth rest of the week and he should line up in great order."
Shy to the limelight, Queensland trainer Kelly Schweida is hopeful that Shogun Sun ($21), who made his debut in Sydney this month at the Run to the Rose, finishing 5th, will have his debut win at Rosehill for his owners.
"Shogun Sun has a great bunch of owners. I would love to win a good race for the owners of this horse."
This will be Shogun Sun's first run over 1400 metres, so it's certainly going to make for an interesting race.
(Photo: Merchant Navy trainer, Ciaron Maher - Photo source: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography)
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HPTN 035 phase II/IIb randomised safety and effectiveness study of the vaginal microbicides BufferGel and 0.5% PRO 2000 for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in women. The objective is to estimate the effectiveness of candidate microbicides BufferGel and 0.5% PRO 2000 Gel (P) (PRO 2000) for prevention of non-ulcerative sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Between 2005 and 2007, 3099 women were enrolled in HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) protocol 035, a phase II/IIb evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of BufferGel and PRO 2000 for prevention of STIs, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV). Incidences of STIs were determined by study arm, and HRs of BufferGel and PRO 2000 versus placebo gel or no gel control groups were computed using discrete time Andersen-Gill proportional hazards model.


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La resolución 710 del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, fue aprobada sin someterse a votación, el 12 de septiembre de 1991, tras haber examinado la petición de Letonia para poder ser miembro de las Naciones Unidas. En esta resolución, el Consejo recomendó a la Asamblea General la aceptación de Letonia como miembro.

El 17 de septiembre de 1991, la Asamblea General admitió a Letonia mediante la Resolución 46/5.

Referencias

Resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas aprobadas en 1991
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Resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas referentes a Letonia

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Occupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia in 'sham' referendums
By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva, Olga Voitovych, Simone McCarthy and Mick Krever, CNN
Updated 10:39 AM EDT, Fri September 23, 2022
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Four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine began voting in referendums on joining Russia, according to their separatist leaders, in a move that raises the stakes of Moscow's invasion seven months after fighting began.
The referendums, which are illegal under international law and dismissed as "a sham" by Western governments and Kyiv, could pave the way for Russian annexation of the areas, allowing Moscow to frame the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive as an attack on Russia itself.
Such a move could provide Moscow with a pretext to escalate its faltering war, which has seen Kyiv regain thousands of square miles of territory this month.
In an address Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the specter of nuclear weapons in his address, saying he would use "all the means at our disposal," if he deemed the "territorial integrity" of Russia to be jeopardized.
The votes, which are expected to take place over five days, were called by pro-Russian officials in the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, and in Russian-held parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south, with questions on the ballot varying slightly depending on the region. Together the four regions make up around 18% of Ukraine's territory.
A Finnish border guard officer stands near cars queued to enter Finland from Russia in Vaalimaa, Finland September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Janis Laizans
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The plans, which are being held under military occupation and effectively carried out at gunpoint, have been strongly condemned by both the government of Ukraine and its allies in the West. The European Union has said it won't recognize the results and has indicated it is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia.
The outcome of "sham" secession referendums is "almost certainly already decided," the UK ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, said on Twitter Friday. "There will be results publicised of something that didn't happen. I wonder whether anyone will even be called to vote," she wrote.
Putin backed the referendums in an address to the nation on Wednesday. "The parliaments of the people's republics of Donbas and the civil-military administration of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions decided to hold a referendum on the future of these territories. They have asked Russia to support this step, and we stressed that we will do everything to ensure the safe conditions for people to express their will," he said.
The separatist leaders in the four occupied regions said the referendums were underway on Friday as Ukrainian officials from occupied areas of the country accused pro-Russian forces of using coercive tactics.
"The long-awaited referendum has started, which is designed to restore the fair course of things in our land, to return peace to our homes, to consolidate the status of Donbas as part of our historical Motherland – Russia," Vladimir Bidyovka, head of the People's Council of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic said in a propaganda statement published on Telegram.
A service member of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic passes a banner at a polling station ahead of the planned referendum on September 22.
Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
'Pseudo-referendum'
Ukrainian officials from the occupied areas on Friday accused pro-Russian forces of subverting what should be a democratic process in the referendums on secession.
In both the Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, local authorities have urged people to vote from home, saying that ballot boxes can be brought to them.
The Luhansk region is almost entirely controlled by Russian and pro-Russian forces. But it remains contested – Ukrainian forces liberated the village of Bilohorivka earlier this week.
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The Ukrainian governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region on Friday said "Russians will calculate and draw any result that is favorable to them" in what he described as a "pseudo-referendum."
"The opinion of the population has no importance," Serhii Hayday said on Telegram, adding that an "armed man is involved in each polling station, the appearance of which should force people to meekly cast their vote."
In Mariupol, which is in the Donetsk region, "the main means of coercion for voting is door-to-door canvassing," said Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol's Ukrainian mayor, on Telegram.
"The commission consists of two people with a ballot box and ballots, and two armed men," he said. "They knock on the doors of apartments/houses, force neighbors to make people come to the commission. Coercion, coercion and more coercion. In fact, they offer to say 'yes' or 'no' directly into the barrel of a gun."
Andriushchenko is not in the city, but has been a reliable conduit for information from Mariupol. CNN is not able to independently verify his and other characterizations.
A woman casts her ballot in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 23, 2022.
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"Polling stations are located in shops and cafes," Andriushchenko said. "However, they are empty. There are no usual amenities such as polling booths there. The mark is made under the close supervision of armed people. This is what Russian democracy looks like."
Yurii Sobolevskyi, deputy head of the Kherson Regional Council, told CNN that the effort being carried out in his region has shown very little turnout.
"Most people are determined not to go," he said. "That's why this door-to-door idea came about, because when armed people come to your house, it will be difficult and dangerous even to refuse to vote."
He said that the United Russia political party – the ruling party in Russia – has been campaigning for secession while also handing out food packages to residents.
The Ukrainian mayor-in-exile of Melitopol – which is in Zaporizhzhia region, and occupied by Russia – also urged residents to boycott the vote.
A 'historical crime'
Observers say it seems unlikely that such a rushed process, in areas where many voters live close to the front lines of the conflict, can be successful or fair. Additionally, because of widespread internal displacement since the beginning of the conflict, voting databases are likely out of date. In Kherson for example, Ukrainian officials have said that about half the pre-war population have left.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which monitors elections, condemned what it said were "illegal referenda."
A referendum organized in Crimea in 2014, which officially saw 97% of voters back annexation, was ratified by Russian lawmakers within a week.
This time around, some regions plan to announce the results sooner than others. Authorities in Luhansk said they would announce results the day after voting finishes, whereas in Kherson, authorities will wait for five days after polls close.
A man from Luhansk region, who lives in Russia, votes at temporary accommodation facility in Volgograd, Russia on Friday.
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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov indicated on Friday that if the regions announce majorities in favor of joining Russia the ratification process would be a fast one, saying that they can become part of the Russian Federation "quite soon."
When asked if that would mean any attempt of Ukraine to regain the territories would be regarded as an attack on Russian territory, Peskov said: "Of course."
Jailed Kremlin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny called the referendums and Putin's "partial mobilization" of citizens for his war in Ukraine a "historical crime" in a court speech on Friday.
Navalny has filed an administrative lawsuit against the administration of penal colony number 6 in the Vladimir Region.
"This is involving hundreds of thousands of people in the crimes that Putin commits," the opposition leader said.
"He's like the mafia, you know? It is binding by blood hundreds of thousands of people with this mobilization and these fake referendums," Navalny added.
CNN's Anna Chernova contributed to this report.


Modernists and postmodernists often criticise conventional novels because they fail to represent life accurately. And they are half right. Most novels do fail in this regard because, for example, they tell unrealistically coherent stories and do away with periods of dullness. But is accuracy the proper measure? Why should the experience of reading a novel correspond as closely as possible to the experience of living life? You don't build a sandcastle to make it look like the beach.
I think people get confused on this point because art made out of words has no natural equivalent. Consider how music would strive to represent life accurately. Just set up a microphone and collect recordings of the world. Modernist cooking would be even easier. No plate of linguine with clams and garlic "truly" tastes of Italy. For that experience, dig up a shovelful of sovereign territory and put it on a plate.
Do you not like the idea of eating gravel or listening to an hour of traffic noise? How very unsophisticated of you. Do you get bored reading 1,000 plotless and unpunctuated pages? Ditto. It's easy to see why this kind of work so often comes with a side order of haughty verbiage. It must frighten readers into the belief that they are missing something in order to be read.
Innovation is important because it sometimes yields art that is meaningful to people. Traffic noise may well be beautiful, when skilfully edited. Hay, gold and charcoal all have their place as ingredients. Some modernist and postmodernist novels - I'll mention The Trial and The Mezzanine - are wonderful to read. Some that are not reveal wonderful techniques and possibilities. But more often, far more often, being boring is being boring, even when it is also being art.


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Beth's Podium Journey
October 18, 2016 November 6, 2017 Camilla Byk
Feeling sad posting this last blog from our wonderful features editor Beth Young
Beth has moved back to Australia after writing the features brief as an associate editor at Podium
Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a journalist.
But I wasn't so interested in the news, I was more into talking to real people and discovering what made them tick.
That's why I was so excited to come across Podium last year.
I'd been in London for a year, working at a bar to earn the cash I needed to travel Europe.
I'd moved from a little town in Australia where I'd worked as a reporter for a local paper.
The break was much needed, but I was starting to feel that itch to tell stories once more.
But to be completely honest, I'd lost a little confidence about my ability to be a journalist.
Print journalism had always been my passion, but I absolutely loved listening to podcasts.
So I went online and searched for work experience and volunteer opportunities.
Rocking up at the Pod that first day, I was so surprised to find that Camilla ran the entire operation out of her home!
I was thrilled when she asked if I'd like to be Podium's news/feature editor.
It's been such an honour writing the brief each week since then.
I've enjoyed getting to know our amazing team of talented journos. You'll all go far! I've no doubt about that.
I'll still be a part of the Podium team, but I won't be writing the brief anymore.
I've moved back to Australia and I've got a job fas a features writer for a national weekly magazine called That's Life.
We tell real-life stories about Australian people. Exactly what I love doing!
It's the Aussie equivalent of Take a Break in the UK.
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Camilla for bringing me on board.
You really helped to restore my confidence as a journalist.
The podcast I'm most proud of: https://soundcloud.com/podiumme/im-a-stripper-and-i-have-rights
Thank you Beth! A true example of a long-standing and very loyal journalist. She will go far, lucky Australia
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For them, that one email suggestion was a $125K idea. If that feels like it's aiming a little high for you, how about we look at how to get a $10,000 idea? And how to get them on a regular basis?
There are three steps you can use to create an environment for regularly creating those high-value ideas.
Recognize that the highest value ideas are probably hiding in plain sight. It's something that you've heard about before, but haven't seen how to implement. Or the answer is 'send an email' but you never thought an email could be that powerful. It's not about 'one email' it's about 'what's in the email'. How can you bring 'fresh eyes' to the possibilities in front of you to move you forward?
Instead, to their credit, they looked at every idea that was brought forward, and implemented many of them in innovative ways for their business, with the result that the business doubled in just over a year!
Unless you're brand-new in business (or you're just now learning marketing and sales) the idea usually isn't learning an entirely new system. It's one little tweak, one small action.
The temptation is to create a huge project to accomplish a particular goal. For example, if you've been networking without a lot of success, you may want to throw out networking as a client-generation tactic, and instead implement an online funnel.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of funnels. But usually 'fixing' your networking problems involves a tweak. You change your elevator speech. You try a new group. You re-examine your avatar. You decide you're going to network for referral partners, not for clients.
Any one of those tweaks could result in an extraordinary lift in your results. Don't throw out a method, system, or endeavor if you haven't tried 'the tweaks'. One slight tweak could result in you getting a long-term client who brings you $10,000… or more.
Sometimes the highest-value idea is already in your awareness, but it's fear holding you back.
You have an idea that might just be your next $10,000 idea, but… it would involve a risky action. An investment, or a reach out that might get a rejection. So you procrastinate.
Procrastination often revolves around fear – fear that you'll try something new, and STILL not get the result, then you'll feel like you have no more options. It's sometimes easier to say 'I'll try that if nothing else works' and keep your best idea in reserve.
Here's a hint: Your best money is hiding behind the scariest action. It's usually an action that is NOT hard from a physical sense (writing an email, making a phone call, saying yes to a mentor or coach) but it's terrifying emotionally.
I'm always on the lookout for the next $10,000 idea… or the next $100,000 idea. Which one of these is holding you back? And what are you going to do about it?
Share with me on Facebook your biggest 'AHA' from this article, and what level idea are YOU going to look for every week?
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A novel all-optical regeneration technique using loop-mirror intensity-filtering and nonlinear broadening in normal-dispersion fibre is described. The device offers 2R-regeneration function and phase margin improvement. The technique is applied to 40Gbit/s return-to-zero optical data streams.


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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals

import pytest
import six
from django.core.management import call_command
from django.core.management.base import CommandError
from django.test import TestCase

from gargoyle.manager import SwitchManager
from gargoyle.models import DISABLED, GLOBAL, Switch

class CommandAddSwitchTestCase(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.gargoyle = SwitchManager(Switch, key='key', value='value', instances=True, auto_create=True)

    def test_fails_with_no_arg(self):
        with pytest.raises(CommandError) as excinfo:
            call_command('add_switch')

        assert "No switch name specified. Please provide one." in six.text_type(excinfo.value)

    def test_fails_with_more_than_one_arg(self):
        with pytest.raises(CommandError):
            call_command('add_switch', 'x', 'y')

    def test_add_switch_default_status(self):
        assert 'switch_default' not in self.gargoyle

        call_command('add_switch', 'switch_default')

        assert 'switch_default' in self.gargoyle
        assert GLOBAL == self.gargoyle['switch_default'].status

    def test_add_switch_with_status(self):
        assert 'switch_disabled' not in self.gargoyle

        call_command('add_switch', 'switch_disabled', status=DISABLED)

        assert 'switch_disabled' in self.gargoyle
        assert DISABLED == self.gargoyle['switch_disabled'].status

    def test_update_switch_status_disabled(self):
        Switch.objects.create(key='test', status=GLOBAL)
        assert GLOBAL == self.gargoyle['test'].status

        call_command('add_switch', 'test', status=DISABLED)

        assert DISABLED == self.gargoyle['test'].status

    def test_update_switch_status_to_default(self):
        Switch.objects.create(key='test', status=DISABLED)
        assert DISABLED == self.gargoyle['test'].status

        call_command('add_switch', 'test')

        assert GLOBAL == self.gargoyle['test'].status

class CommandRemoveSwitchTestCase(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.gargoyle = SwitchManager(Switch, key='key', value='value', instances=True, auto_create=True)

    def test_fails_with_no_arg(self):
        with pytest.raises(CommandError) as excinfo:
            call_command('remove_switch')

        assert "No switch name specified. Please provide one." in six.text_type(excinfo.value)

    def test_fails_with_more_than_one_arg(self):
        with pytest.raises(CommandError):
            call_command('remove_switch', 'x', 'y')

    def test_removes_switch(self):
        Switch.objects.create(key='test')
        assert 'test' in self.gargoyle

        call_command('remove_switch', 'test')

        assert 'test' not in self.gargoyle

    def test_remove_non_switch_doesnt_error(self):
        assert 'idontexist' not in self.gargoyle

        call_command('remove_switch', 'idontexist')

        assert 'idontexist' not in self.gargoyle

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The Blue Parrot Fifth Avenue hotel is ideally located on Playa del Carmen's lively and picturesque fifth avenue. Guest will be convenient to the best shopping, dining and clubbing that Playa can offer. The hotel is also just a short walk away from the white sand beach of the Blue Parrot Beach club, where guests will get VIP access. The Blue Parrot hotel has 21 one and two bedroom suites; all suites feature a terrace, while select rooms have a rooftop terrace with partial ocean views. In room amenities include one king or two double beds, bathrobes, individually controlled air conditioning, flat screen television with satellite channels, telephone, hair dryer, in room safe, variety of small kitchen appliances, sealy pillow top mattresses, 'Yucatan Herbal' all natural bath products and Blue Parrot signature welcome basket.
This hotel is the right choice for any guests wanting to be located in an extremely central part of Mexico.
The hotel has a large outdoor swimming pool.
The Blue Parrot hotel has 21 one and two bedroom suites; all suites feature a terrace, while select rooms have a rooftop terrace with partial ocean views. In room amenities include one king or two double beds, bathrobes, individually controlled air conditioning, flat screen television with satellite channels, telephone, hair dryer, in room safe, variety of small kitchen appliances, sealy pillow top mattresses, 'Yucatan Herbal' all natural bath products and Blue Parrot signature welcome basket. Please note some amenities may be payable locally.
The hotel has a restaurant where a continental breakfast is served each morning and lunch and dinner is available a la carte. The hotel also has a bar which serves a large variety of cocktails, beer, spirits and soft drinks.
The Riviera Maya resort was once home to small fishing villages however has since been developed into a modern tourist corridor offering the best of fine dining, nightlife, spa retreats, shopping and golf in Mexico. The Riviera Maya is also known for having an expansive coral reef extending just off the coast which is home to an array of marine life including tropical fish, manta rays, dolphins and whale sharks.


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Was the 'original' Stonehenge located in Wales? Well a new study claims exactly that!
October 30, 2016 May 24, 2017 adminStonehenge, Wales
Various studies and subsequent researching has more or less established that the smaller bluestones (still weighing at around 2 tons each) of the Stonehenge were sourced from the Preseli Hills in Wales. But till now, most historians believed that these stone blocks were cut out and then simply transported all the way from Wales to the present location of the Stonehenge in the famous Wiltshire site, over a distance of 140 miles (225 km). However a new study (conducted by the collaborative effort of University London College, University of Manchester, Bournemouth University,…
Roman gold finger ring with intaglio of Roman god Mercury among treasures declared in Wales
October 4, 2016 May 24, 2017 adminRoman, Wales
A new set of archaeological treasures have just been declared after being found in Wales. Here are three of them A Roman gold finger ring © National Museum Wales This ring has a form typical of the third century AD, with a narrow angled hoop expanding markedly to form triangular shoulders either side of a setting containing a dark blue intaglio (carved gemstone). The intaglio has image of a standing figure – probably the Roman god Mercury – carved inside. It was found on farm land in the Community of…


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TEHRAN, November 18 - While the Saudi-led coalition and Washington have accused Iran of the Yemeni missile attack targeting King Khalid International Airport near Riyadh, Tehran has strongly denied the claims.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - On November 10, a panel appointed by the UN Security Council sent a confidential letter to diplomats, which states that it has seen no proof of Saudi Arabia's claims that Iran was responsible for the recent missile attack by the Yemeni Houthis targeting Riyadh, the US-based investigative website The Intercept reported on Friday.
According to the members of the panel, the tightening of Yemen's blockade by the Saudi-led coalition and the invocation by Saudi Arabia of paragraph 14 of resolution 2216, which allows UN member states to take measures to prevent the transfer of military goods to Houthis, is allegedly an attempt to impede the delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemeni civilians.
However, Riyadh insists that the closure of all Yemeni ground, air and sea ports by the Saudi-led coalition forces is temporary and will not interfere with food deliveries to the country.
Saudi Arabia has accused Iran with short-range ballistic missiles, one of which was intercepted by the Saudi Air Force in midair over northern Riyadh on November 4, in a claim described by Tehran as "contrary to reality."
Tehran has repeatedly denied rumors of arming the Yemeni Houthis.


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namespace content {
namespace {

// Windows-only skia sandbox support
void SkiaPreCacheFont(const LOGFONT& logfont) {
  RenderThread* render_thread = RenderThread::Get();
  if (render_thread) {
    render_thread->PreCacheFont(logfont);
  }
}

void SkiaPreCacheFontCharacters(const LOGFONT& logfont,
                                const wchar_t* text,
                                unsigned int text_length) {
  content::RenderThreadImpl* render_thread_impl =
      content::RenderThreadImpl::current();
  if (render_thread_impl) {
    render_thread_impl->PreCacheFontCharacters(logfont,
                                               string16(text, text_length));
  }
}

void __cdecl ForceCrashOnSigAbort(int) {
  *((int*)0) = 0x1337;
}

void InitExitInterceptions() {
  // If code subsequently tries to exit using exit(), _exit(), abort(), or
  // ExitProcess(), force a crash (since otherwise these would be silent
  // terminations and fly under the radar).
  base::win::SetShouldCrashOnProcessDetach(true);

  // Prevent CRT's abort code from prompting a dialog or trying to "report" it.
  // Disabling the _CALL_REPORTFAULT behavior is important since otherwise it
  // has the sideffect of clearing our exception filter, which means we
  // don't get any crash.
  _set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG | _CALL_REPORTFAULT);

  // Set a SIGABRT handler for good measure. We will crash even if the default
  // is left in place, however this allows us to crash earlier. And it also
  // lets us crash in response to code which might directly call raise(SIGABRT)
  signal(SIGABRT, ForceCrashOnSigAbort);
}

}  // namespace

RendererMainPlatformDelegate::RendererMainPlatformDelegate(
    const MainFunctionParams& parameters)
        : parameters_(parameters),
          sandbox_test_module_(NULL) {
}

RendererMainPlatformDelegate::~RendererMainPlatformDelegate() {
}

void RendererMainPlatformDelegate::PlatformInitialize() {
  InitExitInterceptions();

  // Be mindful of what resources you acquire here. They can be used by
  // malicious code if the renderer gets compromised.
  const CommandLine& command_line = parameters_.command_line;
  bool no_sandbox = command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kNoSandbox);

  if (!no_sandbox) {
    // ICU DateFormat class (used in base/time_format.cc) needs to get the
    // Olson timezone ID by accessing the registry keys under
    // HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones.
    // After TimeZone::createDefault is called once here, the timezone ID is
    // cached and there's no more need to access the registry. If the sandbox
    // is disabled, we don't have to make this dummy call.
    scoped_ptr<icu::TimeZone> zone(icu::TimeZone::createDefault());
    SetSkiaEnsureTypefaceAccessible(SkiaPreCacheFont);
    skia::SetSkiaEnsureTypefaceCharactersAccessible(
        SkiaPreCacheFontCharacters);
  }
}

void RendererMainPlatformDelegate::PlatformUninitialize() {
  // At this point we are shutting down in a normal code path, so undo our
  // hack to crash on exit.
  base::win::SetShouldCrashOnProcessDetach(false);
}

bool RendererMainPlatformDelegate::InitSandboxTests(bool no_sandbox) {
  const CommandLine& command_line = parameters_.command_line;

  DVLOG(1) << "Started renderer with " << command_line.GetCommandLineString();

  sandbox::TargetServices* target_services =
      parameters_.sandbox_info->target_services;

  if (target_services && !no_sandbox) {
      std::wstring test_dll_name =
          command_line.GetSwitchValueNative(switches::kTestSandbox);
    if (!test_dll_name.empty()) {
      sandbox_test_module_ = LoadLibrary(test_dll_name.c_str());
      DCHECK(sandbox_test_module_);
      if (!sandbox_test_module_) {
        return false;
      }
    }
  }
  return true;
}

bool RendererMainPlatformDelegate::EnableSandbox() {
  sandbox::TargetServices* target_services =
      parameters_.sandbox_info->target_services;

  if (target_services) {
    // Cause advapi32 to load before the sandbox is turned on.
    unsigned int dummy_rand;
    rand_s(&dummy_rand);
    // Warm up language subsystems before the sandbox is turned on.
    ::GetUserDefaultLangID();
    ::GetUserDefaultLCID();

    target_services->LowerToken();
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

void RendererMainPlatformDelegate::RunSandboxTests(bool no_sandbox) {
  if (sandbox_test_module_) {
    RunRendererTests run_security_tests =
        reinterpret_cast<RunRendererTests>(GetProcAddress(sandbox_test_module_,
                                                          kRenderTestCall));
    DCHECK(run_security_tests);
    if (run_security_tests) {
      int test_count = 0;
      DVLOG(1) << "Running renderer security tests";
      BOOL result = run_security_tests(&test_count);
      CHECK(result) << "Test number " << test_count << " has failed.";
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Protect yourself when lending farm machinery
Madelyn Ostendorf
Photo credit: Iowa Corn
In July of 2020, Jolene Palmer lost her husband Mike to lymphoma. In the six weeks before his passing, the couple made plans for how the crops on their Minnesota farm would be harvested that fall. Using their own equipment and working with a farmer who had helped them in previous years, fields would be harvested the way they always had.
"People in the community kept calling saying they wanted to help," Palmer recalls. "And the farmer who was helping me said, 'Just let them help.' It was the avenue we went down, because they said we could get harvest done in two days instead of two weeks."
As people called, she made a list of names and the equipment they offered to bring. Some people didn't have equipment but offered to drive if they could. She sat down with three farmers to coordinate which fields the equipment would go to and who would operate it. The first morning of harvest, Palmer met with volunteers, some of whom she had never met before, and handed out assignments.
"It was an incredible day. We had 12 combines, 12 grain carts, 28 semis, and 58 people to harvest 1,100 acres of corn," Palmer says. "One of the things we talked about that morning was that while we had a job to do, everyone should take their time, have fun doing it, and do it safely."
It's no secret farmers like to help one another in times of need. When lending equipment or helping a neighbor, it's also critical farmers take a moment to consider safety as well as liability in case something does go wrong.
READ MORE: A small-town effort for a fellow farmer and friend
Ensure safe lending
If you lend or use equipment that doesn't belong to you, there are three important questions you should ask.
Does my policy cover equipment rented or lent to a neighbor?
Does the person borrowing the equipment have experience with its use and safety features, and understand the risks?
Will the person borrowing the equipment be the one operating it?
"Before agreeing to lend equipment, the best route to go down is to speak to your agent about coverage," says Emily Berrier, farm underwriting and sales leader with Nationwide Insurance. "Think through the implications of how that piece of equipment is going to be used and the safety-related questions you should be asking."
Berrier says that when it comes to determining who is liable for a piece of borrowed or lent equipment — the owner of the equipment or the borrower — the waters get murky. It's also one of the reasons why it is important to not only think things through before lending, but to also have comprehensive coverage.
Because all farms and years are different, working with a farm agent is the best way to make sure your specific operation is appropriately covered, especially for those times when you may offer a helping hand.
"Whether it's a large operation or a small operation, each one is unique," says Berrier. "Our whole goal at Nationwide is making sure we're protecting the farmer. The best way to do that is to work with an agent that has expertise."
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Q: Should we create large number of folders within a list? For a list having 50K item it is more convenient for user to create folders to segregate list items logically. But if we consider performance, is it recommended to create large number folders of within a list?
What are the pros and cons of creating folders within a list?

A: I would suggest you create different content type or use the tagging feature to organize the items.
Check this for the list of Pros and Cons
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16166.sharepoint-2013-using-folders.aspx
Folder vs Metadata

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*SPS 2013 search makes it easy to find worthwhile files and list items with or without any added metadata.

*If you don't use metadata, SharePoint automatically adds metadata anyway to your documents. The document name, document type, folder name, created by, modified by etc. SharePoint adds about 20 metadata to your documents automatically without you having to do a thing. So in fact you are always using metadata.

*You can lose documents when placed in the wrong folder, but the same is true when you add the wrong metadata to a document. A good search engine alleviates those problems.

*Besides the time needed to add constantly new metadata to individual documents, there is no decent way to add or change metadata in bulk when its Term Store metadata. The Datasheet view options are grayed out when using the term store. Are you really going to ask you end-users to add metadata to individual documents when they want to move 50 documents from file share to SharePoint on any given day? Do you really want to use third party migration software for every instance that this occurs?

*Of course it is best practice not to create too many folder levels, but metadata grouping can only give you 2 levels of "folder like" structure. Sometimes you just need 3 levels to make the document structure logic for everyone.

*When you add a library web part view on a page, there is no way to tell in which folder you are at any given time, there is also no way to navigate to the parent folder. However, it's possible to invest in custom work to give library web part views that do show a breadcrumb and that has taken away the biggest disadvantage of using folders for my end-users.

A: As a Best practices you need to use the Index Column, this will help to improve the performance. You can have up to 20 Index column. Then you create Filter view Based on the Index column to quickly filter through large list.

In general, an index on a column enables you to quickly find the rows
  you want based on the values in that column, even when working with
  millions of items. When you combine indexes with filtered views, you
  can quickly retrieve the items you want.

Although folders (also called containers) are not required to use large lists and libraries, you can still use them to help organize your data and improve the efficiency of your data access. When you create a folder, behind the scenes you are creating an internal index.
It is important to consider the following when you use folders to organize a large list or library:

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*A folder can contain more items than the List View Threshold, but to
avoid being blocked, you may still need to use a filtered view based
on column indexes.

*If you choose the Show all items without folders option in the
Folders section when you create or modify a view in this list or
library, you must then use a filter that is based on a simple index
to ensure you don't reach the List View Threshold.

*It is often useful to make the default view show all the available
folders without any filtering so that users can choose the
appropriate folder when they insert new items. Displaying all the
folders also makes it less likely that items will be incorrectly
added outside the folders in the list or library. Note that, unlike
libraries, there is no automatic way to move items between folders in
a list.

read this for more information https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-lists-and-libraries-with-many-items-b8588dae-9387-48c2-9248-c24122f07c59?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

A: Depends on the customer's requirements. If the Customer has Records Management requirements, folders might be (and probably are) required. There is nothing wrong with folders. Some companies will never use tags or even notice or care that they can. It also depends on the number of files and how the customer is used to finding their stuff when needed, now. [Edit: The trade-off is that the customer must then actively manage those folders.]

A: Everyone has made some good suggestions here.  I will add that folders can excel when leveraged for user adoption.  Usually users will already understand how to work with folders.  While I wouldn't deploy a deep hierarchy of folders, I am fond of them because it allows me to setup default metadata values when documents are added.  You won't get very far asking users to input values after uploading a document, but if you setup rules based on folders - then it's easy to have your metadata added.

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Q: How to improve NSDictionary's performance I've got a lot of objects, every one has some tags, which are stored in NSDictionary. I've also got a loop, in which I'm iterating through all objects and do some stuff depending on object's tags. Method objectForKey: worsens performance a lot, if there are too many calls of it. How can I improve the performance? I've tried, for example, set "strong" instead of "copy" into @property, but that did not solve problem. Thanks!
EDITED:
Here is some kind of code, it is much more simple than the one in my project, of course. The Profiler says that the hot spots are in objectForKey:, not in doSomeStuff:. Can It be because of amount of its calls? Tags have got few objects, about 10 for each object, but the amount of objects is rather large
.h:
@interface MyObject : NSObject

@property (nonatomic, readwrite, strong/*copy*/  ) NSDictionary *tags;

-(void)doSomeStuff;

@end

.m:
@implementation MyObject
{
    NSDictionary *tags; // about 10 values for each object
}

-(NSDictionary *)tags
{
    return tags;
}

-(void)setTags:(NSDictionary *)newTags
{
    tags = [newTags copy];
}

-(void)doSomeStuff;

@end

using:
NSArray *objects = ... // a lot of items, > 1000
NSArray *rules = ... // NSArray of objects with property NSArray* Strings, about 50 strings

for (MyObject *object in objects)
{
    for (NSArray *rule in rules)
    {
        for (NSString *ruleString in rule.Strings)
        {
            // there is a more complicated check in my project, so you may imagine that there are 10 calls of objectForKey:, with different keys
            if ([object objectForKey:ruleString] isEqualToString:@"yes"])
            {
                [object doSomeStuff];
            }
        }
    }
}

A: If objectForKey is slow, your best bet might well be to create a custom (more efficient) implementation of hash for the objects that you're adding. It's possible that the default implementation is creating lots of clashes which is likely to affect performance.
Having said that, you don't say how many objects you're adding, what you're doing with them or what environment you're using. It's difficult to say much more than guess. In general, NSDictionary is pretty efficient.
Edit: To clarify based on the extra information you added... I don't think this is about improving the performance of NSDictionary. Given your numbers, you're calling objectForKey: over half a million times; of course this is going to be the most demanding operation. You need to think about optimising your algorithm (pre-computing?) rather than trying to making something that's already quick very slightly faster.

A: you should use standard library containers that are faster like hash_map.
#include <string>
#include <ext/hash_map>

typedef __gnu_cxx::hash_map<std::string,id> YouMap;

Using this containers you have to manage yourself the retain/release cycle of your objects.
Your .m file should also get renamed .mm to allow both Objective-C and C++ compilation.
you'll have to link with libstd++


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Christopher Coates Testifies to the United States Civil Rights Commission
September, 24, 2010 by nicedeb
Today, in the twilight of his career, former Voting Section Chief Christopher Coates, defying DOJ instructions, heroically stood up for truth and justice, against the lies, corruption and racial bias that infests the Obama/Holder Justice Dept.
In what J Christian Adams, reporting for Pajamas Media, calls the end of "a very bad week" for the Holder/Obama Justice Dept and its apologists, Coates testified to the United States Civil Rights Commission that "Obama political appointees dismissed the case because they are opposed to enforcing civil rights laws in a racially neutral fashion".
And that was just the beginning.
In a dramatic hearing in Washington, D.C., Coates simply destroyed the year-long spin from the Justice Department regarding the dismissal. Coates is the former Voting Section chief, and served as lead attorney on the Black Panther case. He has practiced voting rights law longer than any other lawyer at the Justice Department. His testimony today was the worst possible nightmare for the Obama political officials responsible for the dismissal.
I testified before the Commission in July that Obama political appointee Julie Fernandes made it clear that the Voting Section at the Justice Department would not be bringing any more cases against traditional national racial minorities, like the members of the New Black Panthers. Under oath, Coates corroborated my testimony.
The public has been wondering for over a year why the case was dismissed. Coates testified why today.
[There is a] deep-seated opposition to the race-neutral enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of whites who have been discriminated against.
Coates verified that the DOJ is infested with racially motivated hostility towards equal enforcement of the law. Like me, Coates testified about the history of open and pervasive hostility inside the Voting Section to protecting the rights of white voters. This hostility first emerged in the case against Ike Brown in Noxubee County, Mississippi, going back as far as 2004:
The opposition within the Voting Section to taking actions on behalf of white voters in Noxubee County, Mississippi, … was widespread.
Coates confirmed that senior managers didn't even want to open the investigation into discrimination against white voters in Noxubee County:
The Deputy Chief who was leading that election coverage asked me: "can you believe that we are going to Mississippi to protect white voters?"
Coates described how his memoranda were doctored by former Voting Section Chief Joe Rich, confirming my testimony as well as an article that appeared here at PJM this week.
It is disingenuous for some in the media to ignore this spiraling scandal. It will be even harder for critics like Commissioner Abigail Thernstrom to ignore testimony like we heard today. Today offers reasonable people like Thernstrom a chance at a redeeming reversal of course. Coates said:
The final disposition of the NBPP case, even in the face of a default by the defendants, was caused by this incorrect view of civil rights enforcement, and it was intended to send a direct message to people inside and outside the Civil Rights Division. That message is that the filing of voting cases like the Ike Brown and the NBPP cases would not continue in the Obama administration. The disposition of the NBPP case was not required by the facts developed during the case or the applicable law, as has been claimed, but was because of this incorrect view of civil rights enforcement that is at war with the statutory language in the VRA and with racially fair enforcement of federal law.
Overall, Coates painted a picture of racially motivated lawlessness inside the Department of Justice. I testified about the same circumstances, and there are many others who could provide sworn accounts of the same racially corrupt state of affairs.
America has only heard from two of us, but there are many more who know the truth.
Coates is now taking questions from members of the commission.
LIVE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights New Black Panther Party Testimony, here.
Read Adams' full report, here.
Coates' damning testimony can be read, here.
Does Commission member, Abigail Thernstrom still think this whole thing is "very small potatoes"? So far she's been yielding her questions.
Here's some background info on San Francisco attorney, Michael Yaki, who has been the most contentious and critical commission member during these proceedings. Among other things, he's a former District Director and a senior adviser for Nancy Pelosi.
PJ TV interviewing Hans von Spakovsky: "The Potemkin village of the civil rights division was just torn down by Chris Coates."
Von Spakovsky called Yaki's attempts to call Coates' integrity into question, "pathetic".
Todd F. Gaziano, the Congressional appointee to the Commission, being interviewed by PJTV says he found much of the testimony to be "shocking".
J Christian Adams calls the DOJ policy of opposition to the race-neutral enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, "evil and unconstitutional".
Verum Serum: Bombshell: Obama DOJ Enabling Voter Registration Fraud?
More from Coates' testimony:
That means that we have entered the 2010 election cycle with eight states appearing to be in major noncompliance with the list maintenance requirements of Section 8 of the NVRA, and yet the Voting Section which has the responsibility to enforce that law has yet to take any action. From these circumstances I believe that Ms. Fernandez's statement to the Voting Section in November 2009 not, in effect, initiate Section 8 list maintenance enforcement activities has been complied with.
Further, not to enforce the list maintenance provisions of Section 8 are likely to have partisan consequences as well. A number of the jurisdictions that have bloated registration lists are where there are sizable minority populations and are Democratic strongholds.
Michelle Malkin asked this question on Sept 7: Voter rolls: We see dead people. Does the DOJ?
The Obamacrats have every intention of engaging in voter fraud. What can be done to stop it?
Powerline: Christopher Coates takes the stand
Coates's testimony is a bombshell. It exposes a couple of Obama administration scandals at once. One involves the Obama administration's attempt to cover up the rationale for burying the case against the NBPP. The other involves the Obama administration's support for the racially based administration of justice.
Hot Air: Coates: Obama appointee told me to stop pursuing race-neutral enforcement of Voting Rights Act
AoSHQ: Coates' Testimony: Yes, The Civil Rights Division Now Has An Explicit Policy Of Not Protecting White Voters
Michelle Malkin: Culture of corruption: New Black Panther Party voter intimidation hearing live at 10am Friday; Updated: "Culture of hostility" at Holder DOJ
Instapundit:
DISTRACTION: So, yesterday reader John Mark Williams suggested that the Colbert testimony was intended to distract from coverage of Christopher Coates' testimony about the Justice Department's racism scandals. If so, it's worked. Front page of Daily Caller: Colbert. Drudge led with Colbert until the news of the Klein & Zucker firings came out. Limbaugh led off today talking about Colbert. NRO has covered Colbert at The Corner, but not Coates. Washington Examiner headline: Colbert. Looking around other sites, I see more about Colbert than Coates. Hot Air and Power Line did better.
John Nolte at Big Hollywood: Stephen Colbert: Dem's Trained Clown Trotted Out to Distract From Obama DOJ Scandal
Personally, I completely agree with Glenn Reynolds that having this idiot Colbert testify was nothing more than a Democrat stunt to take the media's eye off the very real and important testimony also taking place today regarding the Justice Department's racism scandals. So the more cringe-worthy and embarrassing Colbert's appearance is, the better. Naturally, the MSM will be all too willing to play along. They fully understand how damaging the DOJ Black Panther case is to the Obama Administration and have no desire to come anywhere near covering it.
And of course, there's Stephen Colbert, just as willing to play along — a narcissistic attention whore with no respect for the political process who thinks his schtick combined with a ten hour day he spent in the vegetable fields somehow makes him a compelling and important witness.
Oh, wow…I had forgotten about this – Andrew Breitbart reminds: Which Malik Shabazz Visited The White House In July 2009, Mr. President?
July 8, Representative Frank Wolf sent a letter to Judiciary Chairman John Conyers and Ranking Member Lamar Smith demanding hearings before the House Judiciary Committee.
July 9, Ten members of the House sent a letter demanding the DOJ Inspector General open an investigation.
July 13, The Dept. of Justice replied but their letter contained factual inaccuracies about the case
July 17 Smith and Wolf send a swift and pointed rebuttal
July 20, Low-level DOJ staffers were sent to the Hill to brief Wolf on the Panther story, but Wolf threw them out of his office claiming they weren't being truthful to him.
July 22, Wolf sent another letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding answers.
July 24, Portia Robinson, intergovernmental liaison at DOJ, sent a letter to the Civil Rights Commission trying to deflect attention.
July 25, a man named Malik Shabazz visited the exclusive, private residence in the White House.
July 30, the Washington Times broke the news that top political appointee, Tom Perrelli (the #3 official at Justice) was involved in the dismissal of the case. Perrelli was also a top campaign bundler for Obama.
The White House has assured the American people that the Malik Shabazz that visited the White House at that time is not the same Malik Shabazz at the center of the New Black Panther story. But, the White House has not provided any information to verify its contention or who this "other" Malik Shabazz is.
Linked by Michelle Malkin in Buzzworthy, thanks!
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tommy mc donnell says:	 September, 24, 2010 at 4:15 pm
the anti-white bias is not just in the voying rights division of the justice dept. its pervasive through the entire civil rights division of the justice dept. the people who work there not only think their job is not to protect white peoples rights, they think its to actively work to discriminate againist white in anyway they can. ask anyone who has been involved in an affirmative action(THE SELECTIVE OPPRESSION OF WHITE PEOPLE) case.
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brucetheeconomist says:	 September, 26, 2010 at 12:21 am
I hope this story get the attention it would seem to deserve.
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Lawson says:	 September, 27, 2010 at 9:37 am
Christopher Coates once told me that he hates women, hates Blacks, hates Jews and hates Muslims. He is a vile human being. I served as an election monitor for him during an election in South Carolina. I feel sorry for him. I can't believe that people like him worked at the Justice Department.
danielle says:	 September, 27, 2010 at 9:40 am
J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS has been investigated for voter intimidation in the South. He was accused of intimidating a Black couple by forcing them to check a Republican box on a voter registration form. He is now seeking to cause a Fox-News driven scandal to help boost his public profile and to help advance his career. I used to live next door to him while in law school. He had no credibility back then and still has none now.
Ronald says:	 September, 27, 2010 at 9:41 am
CHRISTOPHER COATES IS RACIST!!!!!!!!
nicedeb says:	 September, 27, 2010 at 10:12 am
Those last 3 comments were from the same IP:69.193.186.229. In other words – the same person pathetically lying to smear a man who's spent a huge chunk of his life protecting the voting rights of minorities.
I briefly considered deleting the comments, but decided to allow them to stand as a testament to how the left operates.
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