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by Paul Lilly — Thursday, July 06, 2017, 10:45 AM EDT
Google Could Face Even Bigger Fine In EU Android Antitrust Case
Google just cannot seem to catch a break from European regulators. Fresh off being hit with a record-setting €2.42 billion fine (around $2.7 billion in U.S. currency) for favoring its own shopping search engine in search results over third-party comparison shopping tools, antitrust regulators in the European Union are now considering slapping Google with a subsequent penalty over its Android mobile operating system.
Back in April of last year, the European Commission determined that Google was using its dominant Android platform to gain an unfair competitive edge against rivals. An initial team of investigators looked into things after receiving a joint complaint filed by lobby group FairSearch, ad-blocking service Disconnect, Portuguese apps store Aptoide, and Russia's Yandex. The investigators took issue with Google requiring smartphone makers to pre-install Google Search and Google Chrome if they wanted access to other Google apps, and disallowing manufacturers from using rival versions of Android.
"If Google was forced to unbundle Google Play from its other Digital Life services, handset makers and operators would be free to set whatever they like by default potentially triggering a decline in the usage of Google's services," Richard Windsor, an independent financial analyst, told Reuters.
The potential fine is expected to be even higher than the record-setting one that Google was just recently hit with. That is assuming a panel of experts tasked with giving a second opinion on the initial investigation agree with the original findings. The fine would presumably take into consideration how long Google has allegedly been abusing its power—EU's original charge sheet issued last year states that Google's been involved in anti-competitive practices since January 2011.
"A decision would come none too soon. Google is hurting Android users, including by surreptitiously commandeering ever-increasing amounts of personal data," FairSearch lawyer Thomas Vinje said.
Google also stands accused of essentially bribing smartphone makers and wireless carries to only install Google Search on smartphones.
Tags: Android, Google, European Union, antitrust, European Commission, Android-Wear, (nasdaq:goog)
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A device called BEKey which is the size of a quarter and can be installed in 60 seconds on a proximity card reader could potentially be used to break physical access controls in 80 percent of deployments.
LAS VEGAS – A device the size of a quarter that can be installed in 60 seconds on a proximity card reader could potentially be used to break physical access controls in 80 percent of deployments.
The device, dubbed BLEKey, is used to read cleartext data sent from card readers to door controllers to either clone cards or feed that data to a mobile application that can be used to unlock doors at any number of installations.
The hack today unveiled at Black Hat is worrisome for facilities reliant on proximity cards and readers for access to buildings in critical industries or enterprises. Researchers Eric Evenchick, an embedded systems architect at electric car manufacturer Faraday Future, and Mark Baseggio, a managing principal consultant at Optiv (formerly Accuvant), used the ubiquitous HID cards and readers in a number of successful demos during their talk, but said that it's likely the same weaknesses that facilitate their attacks are present in devices from other manufacturers.
The problem lies around the Wiegand protocol, an "Apollo 11-era protocol," as Baseggio characterizes it. Wiegand has been studied by other security researchers who have also noted its simplicity—and lack of native security. The protocol's lack of encryption makes it simple to steal card codes, facility codes and other data necessary to clone physical badges for access, for example.
RFID readers such as those built by HID constantly beacon a signal. When an RFID card is in proximity, the card is energized by the reader, the researchers said, and sends bits back in the clear to the reader, which then sends that data to the door controller over the Weigand protocol. Some readers have a pinpad that acts as a form of two-factor authentication requiring a PIN in addition to the card swipe. Those models, however, are plagued by the same cleartext weakness negating the second form of authentication.
In addition, manufacturers such as HID—the researchers put up a screenshot of its online marketing material—claim the cards cannot be cloned, but in most cases Evenchick and Baseggio said that's not true.
The duo today also released to open source the schematics for building a BLEKey, posting it to Github. BLEKey is 18×30 mm in size and is based on BLE, or the Bluetooth low energy model. In addition to a battery, which accounts for most of the form factor, it also includes a Nordic chip popular in wearable activity monitors, a processor, radio and software stack in addition to other passive design components.
During their talk, Evenchick and Baseggio demonstrated a number of proof of concept attacks. They built a miniature version of a door—about 36 inches by 24 inches—replete with a card reader and wired door controller. An attacker would need access to the reader, which has a top cover held on by four screws. The researchers played a video showing them installing BLEKey in 60 seconds flat. Once the cover was unscrewed, there are four wires in the reader, two power and two data wires. One wire handles transmissions over Wiegand and BLEKey crimps into it, as does the other data wire and one of the power wires. Reconnecting the top and reinstalling it took a few seconds.
The researchers demonstrated card-present and card-not-present attacks via Bluetooth connections between the reader and BLEKey to a mobile device. The app reads card and facility codes, making it easy to clone cards or carry out remote replay attacks of those numbers.
For businesses reliant on these cards and readers for physical access, the researchers said reliance on the vendor for fixes may not be the best option. There are tamper detection features in the readers, for example, that can be switched on. Monitoring logs generated by the systems for anomalies, or even video surveillance of doors are other security options.
Some devices also support the Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) which does offer a secure channel between the reader and door controller, but must be configured properly otherwise it will fall back to transmitting over Wiegand, the researchers said.
FBI Warns of Egregor Attacks on Businesses Worldwide
The agency said the malware has already compromised more than 150 organizations and provided insight into its ransomware-as-a-service behavior.
Cryptologists Crack Zodiac Killer's 340 Cipher
The Zodiac's serial killer's 340 cipher, which couldn't be solved for 50 years, has been cracked by a remote team of mathematicians.
Divers Pull Rare Surviving WWII Enigma Cipher Machine from Bottom of the Baltic
This sealogged Nazi machine will undergo restoration.

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'Orshina' by Hanit Guli - read the full script on-line.
The night before he 'disappears' for a year, Israel and his wife Nili gather their daughters for a family dinner, and argue about whether or not to tell the girls the truth about where their father is going. Both girls have secrets of their own to reveal, however, and there are arguments aplenty during the darkly dysfunctional family meal.
Cast: 3F, 2M. Estimated run time: 1 hour 14 minutes.


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Raoul Berthelé, né Jean Augustin Raoul Berthelé le  à Niort dans les Deux-Sèvres et mort pour la France le  à Roulers (Belgique), est un ingénieur chimiste, photographe amateur, connu pour avoir photographié l'arrière-front de la Grande Guerre de 1915 à 1918.

Biographie

Il naît à Niort (Deux-Sèvres), département dont son père Joseph Francois Marie Berthelé (1858-1926) est l'archiviste départemental depuis 1882. Ce dernier poursuivant sa carrière dans le département de l'Hérault à partir de 1892, Raoul Berthelé effectue une partie de sa scolarité au lycée de Montpellier. Son père fut chargé de cours de paléographie et de diplomatique à la faculté des lettres de Montpellier, et est considéré comme l'un des pères de la campanologie française. Il est étudiant en sciences, ingénieur chimiste, à Montpellier lorsqu'il est mobilisé.

Appelé de la classe 1906, il avait auparavant été incorporé sous les drapeaux comme soldat de  à la  d'infirmiers à Marseille le . Il est reconnu apte au service armé par la commission spéciale de réforme de Marseille le , qu'il avait sollicité à cet effet. Il obtient le titre d'élève officier de réserve le . Officier d'administration de , il est affecté à l'hôpital militaire de Bourges le . Le , il rentre dans ses foyers.

Mobilisé à Lunel (Hérault) le , il est affecté à l'ambulance 15/16 en qualité d'officier d'approvisionnement. Après un passage à l'ambulance 3/15 à partir du , il rejoint le service métrologique des armées le .
Il décède le  à Roulers (Belgique), à l'ambulance 1/64, des suites de la grippe espagnole. Par acte transcrit le  à Montpellier (Hérault), il est reconnu comme soldat mort pour la France.

Fonds photographique Raoul Berthelé

Les Archives municipales de Toulouse ont reçu, en 1978, un don de Béatrix Faucher-Berthelé, de documents provenant de sa collection personnelle, de celle de son frère Raoul, son mari Benjamin Faucher (1886-1973), directeur des Archives départementales de la Haute-Garonne à partir de 1926, et de son beau-père Joseph.
Le fonds est constitué en majorité de documents de Raoul Berthelé : papiers militaires, carnets de prisonniers allemands, facture, mots de passe, imprimés dont des brochures de météorologie, correspondances, cartes d'état-major et plus de . Une majorité des clichés sont des négatifs stéréoscopiques, mais le fonds contient également plusieurs centaines de tirages collés dans dix carnets.

Dès 1915, il photographie son quotidien dans l'approvisionnement entre le front et l'arrière, à travers les départements de la Somme, la Marne, la Meuse. Ses clichés permettent de découvrir un secteur méconnu de la guerre, l'arrière-front.

À partir d', son affectation au service météorologique de l'Armée dans l'Aisne lui donne l'occasion d'effectuer des sondages en ballon captif et des voyages en avion de type biplan. Il réalise d'ailleurs à cette occasion de nombreuses vues aériennes. Tout au long de la guerre, il a également photographié son quotidien, ses amis et ses petites amies, sa famille.

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Naissance en juin 1886
Décès en décembre 1918
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Militaire français mort au combat lors de la Première Guerre mondiale
Naissance à Niort
Décès à Roulers
Décès à 32 ans
Mort de la grippe espagnole
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Yes. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is one of the most extreme "hate groups" in America.
Maajid Nawaz is a former extremist whose new role, speaking out against extremism, got him branded as an extremist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC, which bracketed Nawaz with racists and anti-Islamic bigots, had to apologize, retract its publication, and pay Nawaz $3.4 million.
This reporting is part of the problem. The SPLC is not "venerable"; it is contemptible. It is not a "civil-rights organization"; it is a scam. Whatever its origins, the organization rotted to its core and has become a financial and ideological racket.
If you favor immigration restriction, like the Center for Immigration Studies, you're a hate group, according to SPLC. These designations have caused real harm to the groups in question. Murray, when trying to speak at Middlebury, was shut down by shouting crowds, and violently mobbed, leaving his faculty companion injured and requiring a neck brace.
One gunman, who says he was inspired by SPLC's designation of the Family Research Council, showed up at the organization's Washington headquarters in 2012 intending to kill as many people as he could.
"I want to say plainly," Mark Potok of the SPLC said once of the groups his organization targets, "that our aim in life is to destroy these groups." Besides maligning and bullying its opponents in the culture wars, SPLC's fearmongering and hatemongering has another purpose, which is to raise obscene amounts of cash. It has become a vested interest immorally pursuing its own enrichment at the expense of all truth and decency.
The group's endowment is more than $400 million, according to its website. The Trump era has brought in massive flows of funds from well-heeled left-wing culture warriors, and well-intentioned liberals fooled into believing their donations would be used to fight extremists. Unfortunately, it cannot be used to fight the extremists who run the organization that benefited from these massive sluices of money. Less than one-third of SPLC's haul goes to programs compared to a nonprofit norm of about three-fourths … .
The other millions get scurried away in offshore accounts …, enrich the top executives who enjoy $300,000-plus salaries, and otherwise cover lavish overhead.
The SPLC's looseness and irresponsibility with "hate" labels has been noted, demonstrated, and proven by many journalists Left and Right. So has the group's nature as a fundraising scam. Somehow, though, SPLC still gets treated as a legitimate source of information and an important resource.
Last year, Apple donated $1 million to it, and JP Morgan gave another $500,000. Reputable news outlets that should know better cite SPLC as an authority.
This needs to end. The settlement with Nawaz and the retraction of the Islamic guide ought to be a wake up call to deep pockets and reporters alike: The Southern Poverty Law Center is not a good-faith actor, and it is not a reliable authority. It is a dishonest multimillion-dollar scam.
Its massive endowment means it won't disappear soon. But let it howl unheard on the margins of day-to-day events, and a long way beyond the margins of decency, as is its wont. But, please, stop citing the SPLC as authoritative. It's garbage.
Keith Ellison was formerly a member of the Nation of Islam, a racist black nationalist hate group. He has allegedly met with Farrakhan more recently and has worked with anti-Semitic and pro-terrorist Islamic organizations such as CAIR and ISNA.
Among the organizations, Jihad Watch and the Freedom Center.
The SPLC, despite its record of bad research and fraud, and its recent multi-million dollar settlement over an entry [Maajid Nawaz] on its anti-Muslim list, the basis for which any ban against Jihad Watch and the Freedom Center would be leveled, is considered an authority. And its hate maps and lists have been used to go after conservative groups fighting against Islamic supremacist and black nationalist groups of the kind that Ellison belonged to and continues to support.
Ellison's letter describes his idea of "hate groups" as having provided, "support for racist policies like the Muslim ban, and the 'zero tolerance' immigration policies".
Those are mainstream policies enacted by the President of the United States and supported by the majority of Americans.
What reason, excuse, or pretext do these fierce campaigners against normalcy, decency, truth and America give to themselves for their destructiveness, indecency, lies and subversion?
With all their virtue-signaling, what exactly do they claim is their virtue?
What good do "the well-heeled left-wing culture warriors" think they are doing when they donate huge sums of money to these mountebanks?
The Democratic Party, the George Soros-funded rebel groups, all the organizations and parties that make up the political Left are now openly and violently seditious.
What would they put in place of a democratic republic that guards everyone's freedom, and has achieved – through freedom and capitalism – world leadership, unrivaled military strength, and unprecedented prosperity?


In accordance with NAI's mission statement, InterpPress publishes books that improve the profession of interpretation over the long term. Potential titles include books on planning, contracting, design, interpretive writing, the history of the field, trends within the field, management, and interpretive techniques. Creative contributions and fresh perspectives are especially welcome.
All InterpPress books are available through NAI's association store.
Applied Interpretation: Putting Research into Practice offers practitioners, managers, and students of interpretation a source for interpretive theory, techniques, strategies, and experiences that have been shown, through research, to be successful in conveying interpretive messages. This resource is the product of 16 years of research that has evaluated traditional programs, school field trips, and visitor center and campfire programs. The findings, offered through vignettes and case studies, are the product of long-term assessments that range from three months to three years following an interpretive experience.
Nature-based preschools are powerful programs that fuse early childhood and environmental education to develop a child's lifelong connection with the natural world. With the number of this unique, cutting-edge program growing throughout the country, many nature centers are asking, Is a nature-based preschool right for us? Establishing a Nature-Based Preschool helps answer that question, and provides a how-to guide to move from concept to implementation.
Where did the profession of heritage interpretation begin? The History of Heritage Interpretation explores significant events in the history of the field, from its origins with the elders of tribal villages through the development of professional organizations around the world, with specific emphasis on the National Association for Interpretation in the United States. Essays are included from noted authors and pioneers in the field including Ted Cable, Cem Basman, Sarah Blodgett, Chris Nelson, Jim Covel and Carolyn Ward.
Interpreters use exhibits, brochures, signs, websites, site publications, and other visual media to tell their stories. Written for interpreters who have little or no training in graphic design but find themselves responsible for creating or overseeing the production of nonpersonal media, this book focuses on using basic principles of both graphic design and interpretation in nonpersonal media. Interpretation By Design addresses how to make decisions about type, color, and composition, as well as why an interpretive approach may be more effective for communicating with your audience.
This collection of essays represents some of the best work of two significant, contemporary voices in the field of interpretation, including original pieces written for this publication and reprints of articles that have appeared in National Association for Interpretation publications spanning three decades. Whether you are new to the field or an experienced interpreter, you will be inspired by Larry Beck and Ted Cable's unique ability to find interpretive lessons in tangential fields, beauty in the everyday, and hope in the future.
This second edition of Interpretive Planning: The 5-M Model for Successful Planning Projects draws from the author's more than three decades of experience in creating interpretive plans, and explains the process she has taught to hundreds of interpreters. This book can be a valuable tool for those wishing to develop an interpretive plan as well as those aspiring to work as a consultant or planner.
Lisa Brochu specializes in interpretive master planning, interpretive writing, and training. Lisa served as associate director for the National Association for Interpretation for a decade, during which time she was responsible for planning, development, and supervision of programs, products, and services for the organization. Before joining the NAI staff, Lisa was a freelance consultant and completed more than 150 projects for a wide variety of private, municipal, county, state, and federal agencies around the world. She has taught numerous classes and workshops related to interpretation and is recognized as a leading authority in the field. Lisa co-authored Personal Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience to Heritage Resources and Put the HEART Back In Your Community: Unifying Diverse Interests Around a Central Theme with Tim Merriman and Interpretation by Design: Graphic Design Basics for Heritage Interpreters with Paul Caputo and Shea Lewis. Lisa is a Certified Interpretive Planner and a Certified Interpretive Trainer, and has won numerous awards for her work in the United States and abroad, including the prestigious Fellow Award, the highest honor given by NAI to recognize excellence, innovation, and leadership in the field of interpretation.
Interpretive Solutions will help you harness the power of interpretive communications to improve critical resource protection issues and situations. Matching the right communications approach with the audience most in need of being reached can play a pivotal role in whether a situation stabilizes, improves, or worsens. Appropriate communications can make a positive difference in the role people play in helping to achieve desired resource protection outcomes and results.
The merging of sound interpretive methods with scientifically based resource protection messages is an emerging goal of most, if not all, land protection agencies and organizations. The steady gain of this blended approach is encouraging and, amid climate change, oil spills, unprecedented spread of invasive species, and radical changes to natural fire regimes, it is needed more than ever.
Interpretive Solutions is a joint effort between the National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Office of Education and Outreach, and National Association for Interpretation.
The executive editor of The Interpreter magazine will sharpen your skills for connecting with your audiences. The book introduces you to the strategies promoted by the National Association for Interpretation and the National Park Service for written interpretation, with a focus on developing tangibles, intangibles, universals, and interpretive themes in your writing, while avoiding trite expressions. These strategies and skills apply to your brochures, web sites, exhibits, public service announcements, books, magazine articles and other interpretive projects.
New and experienced managers looking for advice and ideas will find InterpPress's Management of Interpretive Sites: Developing Sustainable Operations Through Effective Leadership helpful in developing managerial and leadership skills. Whether you need to write personnel policies, develop a business plan, conduct meetings, or use interpretive efforts to convince visitors to become stewards of your resource, this book contains specific suggestions based upon the authors' combined 60 years of experience in running not-for-profit, governmental, and for-profit organizations.
Meaningful Interpretation: How to Connect Hearts and Minds to Places, Objects, and Other Resources is a training and learning tool for interpreters. Using a personal journaling format, this volume includes questions, text, exercises, and the insights of colleagues. It prompts the reader to explore the relationship of tangible resources to their intangible meanings, the role and purpose of interpretation, and the responsibilities of professionalism. This book is pertinent to all interpreters—brand new, experienced, volunteer, or paid professional. It includes natural, cultural, and historical examples and is useful for parks, refuges, zoos, museums, nature centers, and other places.
Meaningful Interpretation captures the essential philosophy and best practices of the National Park Service Interpretive Development Program (IDP). The IDP was created by hundreds of field interpreters through a series of workshops and training courses, and defines professional standards for National Park Service interpretation through a national benchmark curriculum.
The authors of this 216-page book from InterpPress have been studying nature centers since 1996 when they surveyed 100 nature centers and interviewed leaders in the field. The University of Texas Press originally published How to Create and Nurture a Nature Center in Your Community in 1998, when it received first place in NAI's Media Award Competition. Since then, almost 3,000 copies have sold and traveled as far as Africa, Japan, and South America.This revised edition provides up-to-date information and expanded discussion of topics key to nature center development. It outlines lessons learned since the first edition and important new developments in the field. The new edition includes updated information regarding organizations and resources, as well as expanded coverage of financial and organizational issues and government-based nature centers. The book, printed in full color, features more than 200 photographs.
This is the second edition of the first book published by NAI's imprint, InterpPress. Written in clear, concise language with many examples, Personal Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience to Heritage Resources employs the most current ideas in the interpretive profession. This 100-page book shares traditions back through Freeman Tilden's principles and Enos Mills' thoughtful ideas on nature guiding. It will connect you with more in-depth resources developed by authors such as Sam Ham, Bill Lewis, Douglas Knudson, Ted Cable, Larry Beck, and Joseph Cornell. Featuring more than 30 color photos, this resource shares approaches tested and proven by the National Park Service and many other organizations along with research concepts that back up their approaches. Authors Lisa Brochu and Tim Merriman collectively have more than 57 years experience in the interpretive profession as interpreters, consultants, planners and trainers.
Putting Interpretation on the Map: An Interpretive Approach to Geography is an electronic handbook for front-line interpreters, managers, and planners on incorporating maps and other geographic technologies into interpretive media, exhibits, and programs. This electronic book reviews basic geography concepts and map skills, and introduces resources from simple map activities to the most advanced geotechnologies.


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GRAMMY 2017 Hall Of Fame Song Inductees
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GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Adds 25 Recordings
Class of 2017 includes selections by David Bowie, the Beach Boys, Deep Purple, Merle Haggard, Billie Holiday, Nirvana, N.W.A, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, R.E.M., and Sly & The Family Stone
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In keeping with its ongoing dedication to preserving and celebrating timeless recordings, The Recording Academy has announced the 25 newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame. This year's collection acknowledges a diverse range of both singles and album recordings at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance. Each year recordings are reviewed by a special member committee comprised of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts, with final approval by The Recording Academy's National Board of Trustees. The Hall, now in its 44th year, currently totals 1,038 recordings.
List of 2017 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame recordings
"The GRAMMY Hall Of Fame represents all genres of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Academy has become renowned," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Memorable and inspiring, these recordings are proudly added to our growing catalog and are an integral part of our musical, social and cultural history."
Representing an array of tracks and albums, the 2017 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductees range from the Jackson 5's "ABC" to N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton. The list also features David Bowie's "Changes," Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock," Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Billie Holiday's Lady Sings The Blues, Prince's Sign "O" The Times, Merle Haggard's Okie From Muskogee, and the Beach Boys' "I Get Around." Other inductees include recordings by Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Cab Calloway And His Orchestra, Deep Purple, Dion, the Everly Brothers, Lesley Gore, Arlo Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie McTell, Mills Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, R.E.M., Lalo Schifrin, Sly & The Family Stone, Sonny & Cher, and Rod Stewart.
The 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). For updates and breaking news, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.
2017 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees
(Songwriters of singles in parentheses)
The Jackson 5
(Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, songwriters)
Motown (1970)
(David Bowie, songwriter)
RCA Victor (1972)
"THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS"
(Steve Goodman, songwriter)
Reprise (1972)
"(HEP-HEP!) THE JUMPIN' JIVE"
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
(Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer, songwriters)
Vocalion (1939)
"I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME"
(Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin, songwriters)
Capitol (1991)
"I GET AROUND"
(Mike Love, Brian Wilson, songwriters)
Sonny & Cher
(Sonny Bono, songwriter)
Atco (1965)
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, songwriters)
Clef (1956)
(Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, songwriters)
Warner Bros. (1991)
(Martin Quittenton, Rod Stewart, songwriters)
Mercury (1971)
"MISSION—IMPOSSIBLE"
Lalo Schifrin
(Lalo Schifrin, songwriter)
Dot (1967)
OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE
SIGN "O" THE TIMES
Paisley Park/Warner Bros. (1987)
(Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic , songwriters)
DCG (1991)
(Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, songwriters)
"STACK O'LEE BLUES"
Mississippi John Hurt
Okeh (1928)
"STATESBORO BLUES"
(Willie McTell, songwriter)
Victor (1928)
Ruthless/Priority (1988)
"THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN) "
Sly & The Family Stone
(Sly Stone, songwriter)
Epic (1969)
(Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant, songwriters)
Cadence (1957)
(Ernie Maresca, songwriter)
Laurie (1961)
"WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN"
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
Decca (1939)
"YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE"
(Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts, , songwriters)
"YOU DON'T OWN ME"
Lesley Gore
(John Madara, David White, songwriters)
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Bonnie Raitt: Mistress of the Blues


a strong line of storms is developing in Eastern TN and will move into WNC this afternoon. Some lsolated flash flooding cannot be ruled out with this system with over 1" of rainfall expected through the evening. Higher elevations above 3500' on the NC/TN will see snow showers early Wednesday morning, but I don't think anything more then a stray flurry will be possible around Downtown Asheville. The main story with this system will be the return to cold and the chance for some thunder as the system moves through.
There has been some rumblings of a snowstorm around WNC next week, and I have my eye on the potential. It is still to far out to discuss it in too much detail though because there is very little model consensus. Both the Euro and Canadian models show the system but are too warm for snow. I look for a these to come to some agreement over the next few days and we could be looking at two separate storms. Stay tuned, I will update when the picture becomes a bit more clear!


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Weekend Watch List: HBO Assumes The Throne
Published at 9:27 am on April 15, 2011
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and finish doing your taxes. You did do your taxes, didn't you? Don't tell me you forgot. Don't tell me you're scrambling at this very moment to sloppily fill out your Federal forms and ensure that you barely get anything resembling a refund. That would be tragic. Hilarious, but tragic. LET'S GO!
GAME OF THRONES – 9:00PM Sunday (HBO) After going big with "Boardwalk Empire" in the fall, HBO is back with another extremely lavish and expensive new series. And this one is a fantasy series based on the novels by George R.R. (Railroad?) Martin. It's gonna be just like "The Lord of the Rings," only with lots of sex and incest and stuff. Neat! Reviews are already coming in, and they are predictably glowing. And it has Sean Bean. I feel like Sean Bean deserves some kind of fan club or web meme. He's just so delightfully evil in every movie he's in. He was evil in "Ronin." He was fairly evil in "Rings." And he was way evil in "Patriot Games." If you want evil, you go Sean Bean. ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS – 8:00PM Tonight (NBC) FNL's final season already began airing on DirecTV a while back, but tonight the last hurrah for Coach Taylor and co. starts all over again on network TV. I feel awful for not watching this show more often. I always like it when I watch it, and yet I've never sat down and whizzed through an entire season, and there's NO good explanation for it. None. I'm one of people who could have helped save this show and kept it going for another year, but I failed. And for that, I'm real sorry. Mostly because I think Connie Britton is way hot. ANTICIPATION: CALL ME, CONNIE!
AMERICAN RESTORATION – 10:00PM Tonight (History Channel) The guys from "Pawn Stars" have a new show where they restore old antiquities back into working shape. They were the ones responsible for the whole Betty White renaissance. ANTICIPATION: FIXER UPPER!
BURN NOTICE: THE FALL OF SAM AXE – 9:00PM Sunday (USA) Fanboy favorite Bruce Campbell gets his own "Burn Notice" spinoff TV movie, in which he dazzles you for two hours with that glorious chin. It's like Leno's chin, only with more street cred. ANTICIPATION: CAMPBELL!
TV LAND AWARDS 2011 – 9:00PM Sunday (TVLand) TV Land spends an evening honoring old shows that no one watches anymore. Including reunions of the folks from "The Cosby Show," "The Facts of Life," and "Welcome Back, Kotter." And imagine having a job where, twenty years after you've been laid off, people still give you awards and stuff. Now you know why 85% of Americans want to be actors. ANTICIPATION: TOOTIE!


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Rape in our Military is at Epidemic Proportions
Recent information shows that the military has not been forthcoming when declaring that military related assaults and sexual harassment incidents have been dropping. The latest report indicates that over the past year more than 26,000 sexual assaults occurred during the year 2012. The real facts point to even higher numbers.
An important report from the Department of Defense's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office found that there had been an increase in the number of assaults by 6%. In real time that adds up to 3,374 soldiers being assaulted in 2012.
The 26,000 reported this year represents a 27% increase over the 19,000 reported the previous year. However, that number doesn't take into account the thousands of unreported assaults the victims could not bring in front of their superiors. The Department of Defense likes to refer to sexual assault as Military Sexual Trauma, (MST). The Military is quick to come up with a name for something as callous as rape, knowing how many cases there are is another story.
The glaring question should be, with a 27% increase in rape cases over the last year, why haven't these incidents been reported? What could be causing so many victims to not report such horrific crimes?
An investigation by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in March of this year, shed some light on the issue of rape in the military. The case Sen. Gillibrand was looking into concerned itself with the perception that the victim may have felt a fear from his/her superiors . When a victim fails to fill out a report after someone raped them, explains the military, it is because the victim has fears of retaliation. The Senator was trying to bring this culture of fear into the open for everyone to see.
The case Sen. Gillibrand was investigating concerned itself with Sgt. Rebekkah Havrilla. The Senator learned from her testimony about the permissive violent culture in our military. Havrilla told the subcommittee of the U.S. Army's failure to provide proper assistance following several instances of alleged sexual assault and rape.
Outraged, Gillibrand responded by saying, "When you enter the military, you may expect to lose a limb. You may expect to lose your life. But no one should be expecting to be assaulted or raped by one of their colleagues."
The co-founder of the Service Women's Action Network, Anu Bhagwati, commented on how important it is to involve the civilian courts with military rape cases. More importantly, she may have struck a chord with Gillibrand when she offered a series of possible reforms that would directly affect the military criminal justice system.
There was a case where the Air Force's chief of sexual assault prevention, Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, himself was arrested for sexual assault. Officers who use their authority to do the very act they were responsible to prevent, must be stopped. This culture of making the victim of the crime of rape feel so afraid of retaliation by their superiors that they leave the crime unreported, must be investigated by Congress. Folks like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand must continue to intervene for our soldiers.
Richard Andrew is a guest blogger for Ring of Fire.
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Move over hamburgers and other meaty treats – make way for the meatball! And I am not talking about the kind your mum used to make and slap alongside three veg (although they were indeed also very delicious), oh no siree! The humble meatball has been revolutionised and is popping up all over town in various guises. Here is your go-to list of where to find the best meatballs in Melbourne.
The Meatball & Wine Bar is without a doubt Melbourne's meatball mecca. What the 'G is to footy and the Espy is to live music…. You get the drift – it's awesome. Matteo Bruno, a television and film producer, opened the first Bar in bustling Flinders Lane in the latter half of 2012, before spawning another edition in Swan Street, Richmond about a year later. And, hipsters of the north rejoice – a third chapter will open in Smith Street, Collingwood in April, just in time for the Easter break.
Balls & All is the pick of the menu here. For $21 you choose a ball (pork, beef, chicken, fish or veg), a sauce (red – Italian tomato, white – creamy, green – pesto salsa verde) and something for your balls to sit on (Italian beans, creamy polenta, super MB potato smash, homemade pasta or something veg). And do not leave without trying a whoopee mac – homemade ice cream sandwiched between two cookies – or the meatball police will be called.
South Melbourne has born a brand new hole-in-the-wall cafe dedicated to these round morsels of awesomeness. Mama's Meatballs was the brainchild of locals Zoran Radovanovic and Helen Michael, who saw a gap in the market for a takeaway alternative to a burger. And when you try them, boy, you'll be glad they did. After years of home cooking and six months in the test kitchen, Michael has mastered the recipe for some of Melbourne's best meatballs using only local ingredients.
There are six flavours to choose from – traditional (beef and pork), pork and fennel, vegetarian (chickpeas and spinach), BBQ (beef), fish, and chicken and pine nut. Then choose from a cup, sub, wrap, roll or mini roll for them to lay their pretty little heads on. Handy dinner and family packs are also available.
Right in the heart of Melbourne's very own Little Vietnam is a Thai sensation. No, that's not a typo. Nestled down a side street off Victoria Street is Jinda Thai, which is jam-packed on any given night. The eclectic warehouse dining room is characterised by exposed brick walls, funky furniture and dainty lanterns, but the stand out feature is the striking portrait of Grandma Jinda who watches over diners as they tuck into their Thai treats.
Meatballs don't exactly spring to mind when you think Thai, but you simply can't go past the homemade pork balls at Jinda. These bite-sized beauties make the restaurant's recommended list of menu items and on consumption it's not hard to see why. The pork mix is a secret family recipe, lovingly coated with a pepper and garlic sauce, served on a bed of rice with a little side salad. Certainly worthy of a trip off the beaten track.
If you haven't got a festival in the diary, then put one in now. But before you do, like The Meatball Company on Facebook to see where they'll be taking their mobile kitchen next. Cos, in my humble opinion, no Melbourne meatball list would be complete without these guys.
Cooked in what looks like a ginormous cauldron, there are usually two to three types of meatball on offer – chicken, sage and pancetta; beef and mozzarella; and pork, fennel seed and chilli. You can devour them as a slider, in a bag or bun, or on top of a mouth-wateringly good garlic 'tater mash. And while we're on the subject of potatoes, make sure you get a side of shoestring fries, which are tossed in a special seasoning – they're almost as good as the balls!
The Prahran Market is a hub for all things sumptuous, with The Fresh Pasta Shop one of the many highlights. Owner John Pillakis has been hand making, as the name suggests, fresh pasta for 14 years, and prior to this was dishing out goodies at Cleo's deli. One of his best selling items at Cleo's was his homemade Thai Chicken and Cambodian Beef Meatballs. So popular in fact, they're now a staple at The Fresh Pasta Shop, but Pillakis insists they are not for pasta!
What makes them so good is the abundance of Asian herb coriander, not to mention the slathering of sweet chilli sauce on the chicken balls and 'special' sauce on the beef: a combination of sweet chilli, fish, oyster and more.
It's very easy to get distracted in Hawksburn's food haven, Stocked. One glimpse in the window and a cheese sample later, and you'll have forgotten what you've gone in there for – you'll want to take everything home!
Whatever you're purchasing do not leave without a container of the beef meatballs. Hand rolled and made in store, the chef attributes their rich flavour to fresh herbs and homemade sugo. Serve with pasta, parmesan and a fine drop of red, and you'll be in meatball heaven.
Perhaps best known for his scrumptious steaks and bang up burgers at Rockpool Bar & Grill, Neil Perry's Rosetta Ristorante is his first foray into Italian cooking. And it's safe to say he's nailed it. The position alone on the banks of the Yarra at Crown make it a must-dine experience, but the dishes are just delightful.
The Polpette al Forno – that's 'meatballs in the oven' in Italian – are as traditional as they come. Served as an antipasti – that's 'starters' in Italian – the combination of beef and pork is sufficiently moist and immersed in an aromatic tomato sauce, complete with a sprinkling of parmesan.
Another Italian eatery, Rossini, in the suburb of Malvern, is an iconic family favourite for those that live nearby. The menu offers an extensive list of pasta and pizza and if you were to pop into the kitchen, you'd almost expect to see a Nonna lovingly preparing the feast.
The Penne al Ragu – meatballs and meat sauce – is perfecto. The generous serving of balls is intermingled with al dente penne and topped with a layer of parmesan. If you're lucky, you might even be serenaded by one of the waiters, making you feel like you've just stepped into a restaurant in Rome.
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Divine presence, presence of God, Inner God, or simply presence is a concept in religion, spirituality, and theology that deals with the ability of God to be "present" with human beings.

According to some types of monotheism God is omnipresent; hence, the rabbinic teaching: "The Divine presence is everywhere."

Conceptualizations
The concept is shared by many religious traditions, is found in a number of independently derived conceptualizations, and each of these has culturally distinct terminology. Some of the various relevant concepts and terms are:
 Immanence – usually applied in monotheistic, pantheistic, pandeistic, or panentheistic faiths to suggest that the spiritual world permeates the mundane. It is often contrasted with transcendence, in which the divine is seen to be outside the material world.
 Inner light – in various religions, the presence of God as a "light". The Religious Society of Friends regards this concept as a fundamental belief.
 Divine light – an aspect of divine presence with qualities of illumination: thought, intellect, knowledge, insight, wisdom, being, divine love.
 Numen – Latin term for "presence", used historically to refer to a Roman religious concept.
 Theophany – the appearance of a deity to a human.
 Higher consciousness–is the consciousness of a higher Self, transcendental reality, or God.

Abrahamic religions

Judaism
 Angel of the Presence – an entity variously considered angelic or else identified with God himself.
 Shekhinah – the dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God and his cosmic glory.
The Sages of Israel have given expression of the Divine Presence (Hebrew: Shekhinah) in their writings:

Christianity

 Immanuel – "God with us," is a Biblical concept that deals with the concept of divine presence, often used by Christians as a title for Jesus
 Incarnation (Christianity) – Believed to be the second person of the Trinity, also known as God the Son or the Logos (Word), "became flesh" by being conceived in the womb of Mary.

Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in the Eucharist, although they differ about exactly how, where, and when Christ is present. While all agree that there is no perceptible change in the elements, some believe that they actually become the body and blood of Christ, others believe the true body and blood of Christ are really present in, with, and under the bread and wine which remain physically unchanged, others believe in a real but purely spiritual presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and still others take the act to be only a symbolic reenactment of the Last Supper.
  – Catholic and Orthodox (terminology differs) concept of Christ fully, truly and substantially present in the Eucharist with the physical species being substantially absent.

  – Lutheran concept of Christ being "infused" within the species of communion with these aspects still substantially present.

Indian religions
In Hinduism, an avatar is the appearance or incarnation of a deity on Earth.

See also
 Incarnation
 Logos (Christianity)
 The Kingdom of God Is Within You

References

Bibliography

 Borgen, Peder. Early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. Edinburgh: T & T Clark Publishing. 1996.
 Brown, Raymond. An Introduction to the New Testament. New York: Doubleday. 1997.
 Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making. London: SCM Press. 1989.
 Dupuis, Jacques. Christianity and the Religions. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. 2002.
 Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds in Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing. 1993.
 Greene, Colin J. D. Christology in Cultural Perspective: Marking Out the Horizons. Grand Rapids: InterVarsity Press. Eerdmans Publishing. 2003.
 Letham, Robert. The Work of Christ. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. 1993.
 Macleod, Donald. The Person of Christ. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. 1998.
 McGrath, Alister. Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 1998.

 Macquarrie, J. Jesus Christ in Modern Thought. London: SCM Press. 1990.
 Neusner, Jacob. From Politics to Piety: The Emergence of Pharisaic Judaism. Providence, R. I.: Brown University. 1973.
 Norris, Richard A. Jr. The Christological Controversy. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. 1980.
 O'Collins, Gerald. Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus. Oxford:Oxford University Press. 2009.
 ___ Jesus: A Portrait. London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 2008.
 ___ Salvation for All: God's Other Peoples. Oxford:Oxford University Press. 2008.
 Pelikan, Jaroslav. Development of Christian Doctrine: Some Historical Prolegomena. London: Yale University Press. 1969.
 ___ The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1971.
 Rahner, Karl. Foundations of Christian Faith, trans. W.V. Dych. London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1978.
 Tyson, John R. Invitation to Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press. 1999.

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Prostate Cancer UK Career Acceleration Fellowships
Closing Date: –
Research fellowship to enable promising early career postdoctoral researchers to pursue their own research goals and accelerate their career trajectories.
Prostate Cancer UK is the largest national men's health charity, with the mission to improve the care and welfare of those affected by prostate cancer, raise public awareness and increase investment in research.
Prostate Cancer UK's research investment strategy has been formulated to address three key areas where there are gaps in knowledge or expertise:
Better diagnosis (including risk stratification & disease prognosis).
Better treatment (for both localised & advanced disease, including improved prediction of which treatments will be effective for an individual).
Better prevention.
The Career Acceleration Fellowships provide funding for the most promising early career postdoctoral researchers to pursue their own independent research goals, and accelerate their career trajectories to ultimately ensure they make the biggest impact for men affected by prostate cancer.
These awards are designed to help researchers build a network outside of their home institution (and ideally outside the UK). It's their opportunity to establish collaborations and learn new skills & techniques from the best research environments to help them carve out their own niche and become an independent leader in prostate cancer research.
The duration of the fellowship must be between three to four years and projects must align with PCUK's research strategy.
This call replaces the previously named Travelling Prize Fellowships.
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Voice Redux: Tears of a Clone
by Joseph Malik | May 19, 2017 | Writing Craft | 0 comments
I was talking with another author about voice versus point of view, and she suggested that I put this in a blog post, so here goes.
I want to talk about POV. Again. My understanding is that what I'm about to tell you isn't even taught in some university writing classes anymore; students (including the author I was talking to this morning) are told to never shift POV.
This is insane, for a lot of reasons, and to explain why, we need to step back and look at POV versus voice.
Voice shifts are not a bad thing. Let's get that out of the way, first. I never had a writing professor or member of a critique group tell me, "You changed voice here, that's wrong." I did have them say, "This voice shift is unclear; clean it up." (I heard that a lot.) What they mean here by "voice" is what a lot of new authors call "POV," and we'll get to that in a minute.
Voice shifts are only "wrong" if you've been writing in close third the whole book and then suddenly head-hop or narrate; yes, that's jarring. Don't do it. If you set out with an omniscient third (narrative) voice from the get-go, though, you can–and should –move around a bit. In omniscient third, you write your narrator as an additional character with (in omniscient third subjective) his/her own distinct voice as a layer between the characters and the reader. In omniscient third objective, the narrator has no voice of their own, but tells the story dispassionately and somewhat transparently. Anyway, in omniscient third, shifts in narrative perspective become a storytelling tool, and a necessary one.
It's not understanding the delineation between voice and POV that gets authors into trouble. Hell, it gets editors into trouble. I received sample edits from editors who don't understand voice versus POV.
I think this is why so many aspiring authors spin out on voice; they're thinking in terms of POV (first person vs. third person) only, so they default to close third, because that's what a lot of third-person POV fantasy fiction is right now, so that's what they've read (looking at you, J.K. Rowling and GRRM; fantasy is TERRIBLE for this lately). When they do read something in omniscient (Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dragon's Trail) it doesn't register as anything other than "third person." They don't know the difference between close third and omniscient, so they don't know when you can get away with narration and voice shifts, and when you can't.
POV is not voice. POV is "first person," "second person," "third person." POV is point of view. You never, never — NEVER — shift point of view: first person to third person; first person to second person; etc. (Your narrator can do this, but you can't. And you and your editor need to keep your narrator on a tight leash when he starts doing this, because it brings the narrator out of the book and directly into the reader's face, and that's dangerous ground.)
Narrative voice is a subset of POV.
The two big narrative voices in fiction are third person limited (AKA "close third" or "tight third"), and third person omniscient. Third person limited is king right now. When literature professors look back on books written in the past 20 years, they'll see close third and say, "This was written in the typical early-21st-Century style . . ."
"What about first-person?" you ask. Well, in first-person, believe it or not, there are far more options for narrative voice, which again, a lot of new authors (so many young authors writing in first person these days) weave in and out of without seeing the lines on the road: first person voices include subjective narration, interior monologue (with or without stream of consciousness; c.f. The Catcher in the Rye), memoir, and "detached," which is also called objective autobiography. These are all different ways of framing the story, and you need to understand them all and then pick one and stick with it. Wobbly framing makes for an unstable structure. Don't be wobbly.
On framing, there's a neat trick in third person called the framed narrative (a story within a story; the best known example is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and if you're writing fantasy in framed narrative HOLY CRAP, PM ME, I WANT TO READ YOUR STUFF), and lastly (and certainly leastly) we should mention the dramatic/objective third, which is the polar opposite of omniscient and what I think a lot of fledgling authors are shooting for without knowing it. Dramatic third is a story driven by external action and dialogue, with no narrative interpretation. This happened. That happened. This happened. That happened. Dramatic/objective third is what you often get when someone who watches a lot of TV and movies decides that, dammit, they're going to write a book. And they do. This happened. That happened. This happened. That happened.
Having read mostly close third, many authors pick close third as their preferred voice, and they close-third the shit out of it. They keep the camera tight to one character in every scene, and when they shift scenes, they start to fuck up. Because there's another dimension to narrative voice, and that's character voice.
Fledgling authors give every character the same voice: theirs.
Character voice is a subset of voice, and it's how your characters interpret the world. It's not just their dialect and mannerisms, either. Character voice encompasses what they experience, how they filter it, what's important to them about it, even what they notice in the scene. Every character in your book has to speak, and think, and react, differently, no matter what POV and voice you choose.
Some of you have your fingers in your ears right now, going "LA LA LA LA LA CAN'T HEAR YOU," but that doesn't make any of this any less true.
Not every character is you.
In fact, I'd go further and say that, if you're doing it right, none of your characters are you.
Voice is hard. Voice writes slow. This is why a lot of indie fiction and first-attempt books, and quite a few genre fiction/pulp novels as well, have flat voicing. Character voices are the hardest thing about fiction writing. It's where you spend the most time fiddling. Voice is where you spend fifteen minutes taking out a comma, or two hours tweaking a phrase. Voice is where you really have to dig into your advanced writing techniques. Voice is hard because when it's done right, the reader doesn't notice it. Voice is thankless; invisible. Voice is a Japanese garden, grown and shaped one leaf and limb at a time over years until it looks effortless and natural; it's mimicry of the real world through the lens of the ideal.
Close third becomes a wad of wet cardboard when every character speaks with the same voice, and lack of distinct character voices is one of the first sure signs (outside of poor mechanics and spelling) that an author doesn't have the chops, yet. If you're writing close third, every scene that's framed through a different character should have a feel distinct to that character. It should read differently. Different things should matter to the character. The reader should see things that the other characters in the scene don't. It's hard.
What makes omniscient third even harder, though, is that you either have to remain invisible (in omniscient objective), or you have to build an additional character who is also not you, and determine their voice, and then you need to use that voice to tell the story (in omniscient subjective). That voice–the narrator– is a filter, a lens, for the voices of the other characters. The narrator is framed in omniscient third subjective, and becomes its own character on top of it. In omniscient, the narrator knows what the characters know. What the narrator decides to tell you is part of their character voice, and this is where you get into storytelling. What you reveal through your narrator is what makes the story funny, or scary, or sad. Think of your omniscient third subjective narrator as someone sitting in your living room with a drink in his hand, telling you a story. He didn't just see it happen; he's spoken with the people involved and knew what was going through their minds.
Picture the storyteller on your sofa again. Now, think of how much better any story gets when the person telling it does good impressions. Those impressions are your voice shifts. They're your "head hopping." It's character voices filtering through your narrator's voice. That's what you're shooting for with omniscient third. And it's really, really hard. It takes a long time to master.
Even in close third, character voices are critical. Your reader should be able to tell who the POV character is for each scene without you even telling them, much less titling it with the character's name. That's how distinct your characters need to be.
Reading a work with no distinct character voices is like listening to someone tell a long story while sucking at impressions.
When aspiring authors really get into trouble with "POV shifts" (which, again, is an insane term, because like I said, you're not going to shift from first person to third person, etc.; at least, I hope), is when they feel the need to shift both character voice and narrative voice and narrate — and again, not understanding POV from voice, so also not knowing that this is a HUGE no-no if you've already set the book in close third / limited omniscient — and then, suddenly, they're narrating, and there's nothing distinguishing their narrative voice from their characters' voices, which throws the shift into stark relief. At this point, the reader is lost: "Wait; who's talking, here? How do they know that?" Getting them back into the story after that is a real bitch. Do it repeatedly, and they'll stop trusting you. They will leave your book and never come back. And you don't want that.
If you have distinct character voices and a distinct narrative voice — and you're writing in omniscient — it's very easy to "change POVs" (shift voice), because the reader will automatically know who's talking to them just by the sound of the words in their head. Which is a pretty neat trick when you think about it.
Work on your voices. It takes time; it takes the most time of anything you'll do. But your readers, and even your characters, will thank you. Trust me.


ATK has reached an agreement with Airbus to manufacture and supply composite stringers and frames on the –1000 variant of the A350 XWB program.
The extra contract extends the work already being carried out on the A350 XWB by ATK who are already producing composite stringers and frames for the A350 XWB -900 have have delivered more than 10,000 parts since the creation of the program.
The A350 XWB work is performed at ATK's Aircraft Commercial Centre of Excellence (ACCE) facility in Clearfield, Utah. This contract expansion will allow ATK to hire additional professional and manufacturing employees, adding to Utah's job market. ATK's proprietary automated stiffener forming machines (ASFM) have been a key in the development and manufacture of high-rate production composite stringers and frames. This highly engineered technology is essential to manufacture the A350 XWB composite stringers and frames, which enables ATK to produce extremely high quality, dimensionally precise and highly repeatable composite components.


Ruth Carr bought ABUSHAMAH at the 2015 July Newmarket HIT Tattersalls Sales. This is a sale she has had tremendous success in the past & it wasn't long before he rewarded his owners. On his first run under a patient ride from PJ Mcdonald he finished 3rd at Thirsk, before going onto win over a mile at Redcar. He then ran twice more at the backend of the season, of which one of those was when he was only beaten half a length in a £20k Class 2.
He wintered really well at Ruth's & in his first full season with Ruth managed to win a Class 3 1m Handicap, as well as finishing placed on several occasions. He had a bit of a frustrating season during 2017, being unable to get his head in front, but still picked up plenty of prize money with places in Class 3 handicaps. He will be another who is going into 2018 as a very well handicapped horse & should win some nice handicaps.
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## Advantages

* NIO for both TCP and UDP
* Session Management
* Thread Pool, for the concurreny for some blocked IO, such as DB accessing.
* Project Template, for quick easy application
* All Kinds of Associate Assisted Libraries, including log(all levels are independent),  properties configuration, command line parameter parsing, all kinds of utilities and wrappers (mysql, redis, rapidjson, protobuf, AWS DynamoDB)

It including the following modules:

## Basic Tools and Utilities

* conf: a very simple tool to parse *.properties files
* cl: a very simple tool to parse command line parameters
* log: used for loging to local files and remote receivers
* net: a TCP and UDP client tool
* proto: simple code and decode tool base on GwcHead
* util: utilities such as simple md5, guid, trim, etc
* wrapper: including several wrappers on mysql cpp connector, hiredis, aws DynamoDB, rapidjson and protobuf. this is for easy and safity use.

## Server Frameworks

* tusst: deprecated
* server: the server framework
* my\_server: the server framework application template. It is easy to create a new application by the script **my_server/create_server.sh**, so please read it.
* example: some example applications. These examples are initialized by **my_server/create_server.sh**, and updated manually as needed.

The above jobs is inspired by my working experience in Tencent Company. I used
to code base on a simple C++ server framework. But after I left the company, I
found that there is not such a similar open source framewok for me. So I decided
to write new one.

I hope the whole project can be use an unity, as some of the mudules
are not independent to others. The core modules are the **server**, and it
bases on mudule **log**. But many modules are dependentless, you can only use parts of it if you
known how to.

# Installing

All the modules are only tested on linux, and the frameworks are only work in
linux servers which support epoll. To use the frameworks, please install them with the below
simple commands and then do as the demos.

$ cd build

$ make

$ make install

# License
See the **license** file for license rights and limitations (MIT License).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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The London Eye, a giant observation wheel in London of concrete were used for the foundations. The futuristic looking capsules, accommodating up to twenty-five passengers, were transported all the way from France by train through the chunnel.
Draw a row of vertical lines on each Big Ben's floor. These are the little windows of the tower. These are the little windows of the tower. Add some windows in the upper part of the building.
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Real-time polling station play The Vote returns for election night
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss and Nina Sosanya star in James Graham and Josie Rourke's theatrical experiment
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
Sat 7 Dec 2019 11.57 EST First published on Sat 7 Dec 2019 11.27 EST
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss and Nina Sosanya in the 2015 production of The Vote. Photograph: Phil Fisk/Channel 4
The play The Vote, a theatrical experiment broadcast live on television on election night in 2015, is to be revived in updated form this week, playwright James Graham and his co-creator and producer, Josie Rourke, have told the Observer.
Stars Catherine Tate and Mark Gatiss will be back together on the evening of Thursday's election to perform Graham's new version along with a full cast, including Bill Paterson and Nina Sosanya, for one night only at Bush House in central London.
The play is set once again in the final 90 minutes of polling in a marginal seat. In 2015, the original Donmar Warehouse production, labelled "a glorious night at the polling station" by the Observer, was broadcast on More4 in real time as voting closed, and was nominated for a Bafta.
What is a 'marginal' seat?
Marginal seats are parliamentary constituencies that have had a history of changing hands between parties, or in which the incumbent MP has a very small majority. Eleven seats were won by fewer than 100 votes in 2017. Often parties will target marginal seats with extra campaigning resources, as they are the places where they feel they are most likely to affect the balance in the House of Commons.
There are several seats, including Kensington, Dudley North, Southampton Itchen and Newcastle-Under-Lyme, where the 2017 margin between the Conservatives or Labour winning the seat was between 20 and 30 votes. The most marginal seat in the country, though, is North East Fife, held by the SNP over the Liberal Democrats by just two votes.
A three-way marginal, where the vote has recently been close between three parties, is much rarer.
Election night parties are thin on the ground, and many voters will be looking for distraction. Graham's play offers a compromise, since the playwright will be asked to read out the exit polls the minute the play finishes at 10pm.
"It is not your average Christmas show, but the strange, twee way we run elections in this country means that many polling stations are in the same places that carol concerts and nativity plays are being staged," said Graham.
"We wanted to bring people together, and Josie and I also felt that the arts often departs too quickly from the political scene and just hands the baton to journalists and pundits," he added.
Rourke said: "We enjoyed it so much the first time, we wanted to restage the whole exercise again. But it was fascinating to see what had changed."
The core mechanics of the play, its elements of farce, have endured, she added, because the key characters – the three clerks in the polling station, and those who come in to vote – are limited in time and space.
"Yet not only was the last time pre-European referendum, it was also at a time when people were still wondering about the possibility of a hung parliament and imagining what chaos that might bring," said Rourke.
"James is not looking to write a stinging political satire. He wants instead to be fair to all sides and so he remains hidden in the text."
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Critics denounce Quebec ban on religious symbols in public sector
Jun 17, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch
People protest Quebec's new Bill 21, which will ban teachers, police, government lawyers and others in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols such as Muslim head coverings and Sikh turbans, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
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By Allison Lampert
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Civil liberties and Muslim groups on Monday vowed to challenge a new law in the Canadian province of Quebec that bans some public sector employees from wearing religious symbols during work hours, arguing it triggered the "politics of fear."
Critics said the long-expected Bill 21 that was passed by the predominately French-speaking province's legislature on Sunday mainly targeted Muslim women who wear hijabs.
"We will be filing a challenge to the law," said Mustafa Farooq, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. "I think Bill 21 is a law that will do irreparable harm to communities in Quebec."
"This creates a second-class citizenship," he said, adding that the group would seek a court injunction to block the law that he called "a recipe for the politics of fear."
The law covers public workers in positions of authority, including teachers, judges and police officers, but exempts current government employees and civil servants.
It sets the province's centre-right Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government on a collision course with Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who promotes religious freedom, in a federal election year where Quebec is a vital battleground.
"Our position is clear: It's not up to politicians to tell people what to wear or not to wear," said Simon Ross, a spokesman for Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo Rodriguez.
"Canada is already a secular state and that is reflected in our institutions. This new law undermines fundamental rights and individual freedoms because it forces some people to choose between their religion and their job. We will monitor the implementation of the law."
Governments in Quebec have been trying for years to restrict civil servants from wearing overt religious symbols like headscarves and Jewish skullcaps at work in an effort to cement a secular society.
Quebec's immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, argued in a statement on Monday that "it is legitimate for the Quebec nation to decide in which form secularism applies in its territory and in its institutions."
Like France, which passed a ban on veils, crosses and other religious symbols in schools in 2004, Quebec has struggled to reconcile its secular identity with a growing Muslim population, many of them North African emigrants.
While the Quebec law does not single out any religion by name, Muslim headwear have long been a source of public debate in the province.
(Reporting by Allison Lampert in Montreal; Additional reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Editing by Paul Simao)
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This is one drama that just keeps giving, so we'll definitely be tuning in again this week. Selfish Kevin is getting rather desperate as his financial condition deteriorates, so he resorts to stealing money, from an old woman who has just died in a fire. Classy. Ken's desperate to win Pauline back, so he feigns illness, but she's far too clever to fall for that, and heads off to a nice hotel with her new fella. And of course, Heather finally falls pregnant, but she's a wee bit worried that Charlie may not be her baby daddy.


There are many myths and wives tail surrounding the idea of a hypo allergenic cat.
But is there really such a thing, and if so does that mean everyone with a cat allergy can enjoy a cat in their household? Yes and no.
There is no truly 100% hypoallergenic cats or cat breeds. The good news is that for the majority of cat allergy sufferers there is hope. If you are educated and do your research the majority of cat allergic people can find a cat or kitten that doesn't trigger terrible symptoms.
The main culprit in cat allergies, is the FEL D1 protein. This protein is found in the oil glands of the skin, in the saliva, and to a lesser extent the lacrimal and perianal glands. While there are 8 different identified cat allergens, FEL D1 is responsible for 90% of allergies.
There are certain breeds that have less of this protein, notably, the Siberian Forest Cat. This breed is a longhair that originates in Russia. It was found that many people with terrible cat allergies had little to no reaction to this cat breed. It has since been the topic of an independent research study of over 300 cats sampled. The result was that in fact the majority of them had very low to low levels for allergens in the saliva. Light colored, and spayed and neutered having even less. Silver colored intact adults had the highest amount.
Other breeds that may have lower allergens are the Balinese, Javanese, Oriental Shorthair, Cornish and Devon Rex, and the hairless Sphynx. These breeds have either less FEL D1, or have oily skin and coats that help the allergens to stay in the coat and not the environment.
What steps should an allergy sufferer take to insure a good cat match?
You can have an individual kitten tested for allergen levels. Most Siberian breeders can do this for an extra fee. Many breeders have tested all the breeding cats and proudly display each cats allergen levels along with any health clearances they have done.
Often breeders will allow home visits, or will send you a cloth that has been around the cats for a long period of time. That way you can test out your reaction before making a purchase. This is very important to do as well, because you may be allergic to one of the other 7 allergens cats carry.
Even if you do find a cat that fits and doesn't trigger moderate to severe symptoms, it's common to have mild allergy symptoms for a few weeks while getting adjusted to the very low to low levels the more hypoallergenic cat has. It is very important to speak to your doctor before thinking about adding a kitten to the family if you have allergies, they can also guide you on steps to take to ease the transition for you and kitty.


Not only does this large crucifix pendant boast a high polished, beautifully decorated cross, but it has the most stunning 14kt gold filled Corpus to compliment it. It's quite a sight!
The medal is proudly made in the USA.
Believe it or not, this was my second pendant from the Bliss collection. Whilst I really disliked the look of the first one (especially since the picture of it was so misrepresentative), I actually liked this one. Although, I normally prefer my silver to be polished and shiny, and not matte and dull.


design146 is a small creative agency based on the Gloucester Road in Bristol. Our client list includes larger companies such as Nationwide Building Society, ZimmerBiomet and Altus Financial Services, through to smaller local companies. We have built strong relationships with our clients, working with some of them for over 15 years.
Andy graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 1995 having won the Proctor & Stevenson design award. After an 8 week placement, Proctors asked him to stay and he had a fantastic 6 years learning the ropes of the design industry. In 2002, after a brief stint at a branding agency, he decided to start his own consultancy.
In 2017, after 6 years away from the business bringing up their 2 boys, Emma Carroll returned to help Andy in the studio.


Dominion Resources Buys Questar -- but Is It a Good Deal?
Questar doesn't come cheap, but it may make Dominion look a bit cheaper.
Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE:D) is getting bigger -- but investors don't seem to think bigger is better.
On Monday, Dominion announced that it has agreed to acquire natural gas distributor Questar Corporation (NYSE:STR) for $25 a share. As soon as the news broke, Questar shares shot up to within a few pennies of Dominion's promised purchase price. Dominion shares, on the other hand, sank 3%.
But were those sellers right?
Dominion is paying $25 per share for Questar. That's $4.4 billion for the target's equity. Dominion will also assume Questar's $1.6 billion debt load, so the total cost of acquiring Questar works out to a nice round $6 billion.
In exchange for this princely sum, Dominion will inherit Questar's $1.1 billion annual revenue stream and $220 million in annual income. Altogether, therefore, Dominion is paying an enterprise value of about 5.4 times sales for Questar, and about 27.3 times earnings.
Since the acquisition was announced, Questar shares are up 22% -- so somebody's feeling pretty happy over there. But what about the Dominion shareholders?
Although Dominion shares are down on the deal news, by and large I think this is a pretty good deal for Dominion shareholders. if you factor debt and cash into the picture, Dominion has a $68.9 billion enterprise value. Divided by $12.1 billion in annual sales, Dominion shares sell for a debt- adjusted price-to-sales ratio of 5.7. (That's bigger than their plain-vanilla 3.4 P/S ratio, which doesn't take account of debt.) So in effect, Dominion is getting Questar's revenues at a discount.
Earnings-wise, Dominion's $68.9 billion enterprise value divided by its $1.8 billion in trailing earnings yields a similarly adjusted P/E ratio of 38.3. So compared to the 27.3 multiple to earnings that it's paying to acquire Questar, it again looks like Dominion is buying Questar on the cheap.
With $961 million annually coming from its Questar Gas division -- more than 80% of annual revenues -- Questar is primarily a gas distributor. It also produces, stores, and distributes gas via pipeline. Dominion, on the other hand, is a much bigger operator, with gas distribution operations alone that rake in three times as much revenue ($2.9 billion) annually as Questar does. Electricity distribution contributes a further $1.9 billion to Dominion's business, while power generation dwarfs the company's other business lines with $7.7 billion in annual revenue.
Even after absorbing Questar's business, therefore, Dominion will remain very much a power generator first, and an electricity distributor third -- with natural gas distribution stuck somewhere in the middle. That middle unit will, however, get bigger as Dominion swallows and digests its smaller rival.
Valuation-wise, if we assume that Dominion spends down its cash reserves, and takes on new debt to finance Questar's buyout (this is an all-cash acquisition, after all), then the company's enterprise value will probably rise to roughly $75 billion after this deal closes. Divided by the $2 billion the merged company should earn annually, that works out to a going-forward debt-adjusted P/E of about 37.5 on Dominion stock -- versus Dominion's 38.3 earnings multiple before the deal.
I don't think 37.5 times earnings is a very good price to pay for a 6%-a-year-growing utility company paying a 4% dividend. I don't think Dominion stock is cheap at all. But with Questar in its pocket, the stock should at least look less expensive after the acquisition than it did before.


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Architects and Innovators/Architectes Et Innovateurs: Building the Department of Foreign and International Trade, 1909-2009/Le Developpement Du Minist
by Greg Donaghy (9781553392699)
Greg Donaghy
Category: Public Policy
Publisher: School of Policy Studies Queen's University
Architects and Innovators focuses on the personalities and careers of key, but often-overlooked, individuals who shaped the Department over the past century and offers a compelling and accessible introduction to the history of Canadian diplomacy by some of Canada's leading scholars. Included are reflections by Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, former prime minister and secretary of state for external affairs, Hon. Pierre Pettigrew, former minister of international trade and former minister of foreign affairs, and James Taylor, former under-secretary of state for external affairs and ambassador to Japan
Innovative and unique, Architects and Innovators emphasizes the vital role of individuals - politicians and civil servants - in the policy-making process.
Contributors include Eric Bergbusch (York University), Robert Bothwell (University of Toronto), David Elder (Queen's University), John English (Centre for International Governance Innovation), John Hilliker, Norman Hillmer (Carleton University), Hector Mackenzie (DFAIT), Francine McKenzie (University of Western Ontario), Hon. Roy MacLaren, Margaret MacMillan (Oxford University), John Meehan (University of Toronto), Carman Miller (McGill University), Kim Richard Nossal (Queen's University), Stephane Paquin (Sherbrooke University), Stephane Roussel (Universite du Quebec a Montreal), Michael Stevenson (York University), and Claire Turenne-Sjolander (University of Ottawa).
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Pulsatilla chinensis
(Bunge.)Regel.
Common Name: Bai Tou Weng
Pulsatilla chinensis is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.30 metres tall.
It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..
Although no mention has been seen for this species, at least one member of the genus is slightly toxic, the toxins being dissipated by heat or by drying the plant[
A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants.
Frohne. D. and Pfänder. J.
Brilliant. Goes into technical details but in a very readable way. The best work on the subject that I've come across so far.
Flora of the USSR.
Komarov. V. L.
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Israel Program for Scientific Translation
An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
E. Asia - N. China to E. Siberia.
Dry grassy places and rocky hillsides[
Perennials. Volumes 1 and 2.
Phillips. R. & Rix. M.
Photographs of over 3,000 species and cultivars of ornamental plants together with brief cultivation notes, details of habitat etc.
]. Forest margins and slopes at elevations of 200 - 3200 metres in China[
Requires a well-drained humus-rich gritty soil and a sunny position[
]. Tolerates alkaline soils[
Plants are hardy to about -20°c[
]. They are said to be difficult to grow in Britain, requiring a dry winter and spring followed by a warm humid summer[
Large plants have a deep woody rootstock and transplant badly[
A greedy plant, inhibiting the growth of nearby plants, especially legumes[
How to Enjoy your Weeds.
Hatfield. A. W.
Frederick Muller Ltd
Interesting reading.
Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever. It is most commonly taken as a decoction to counter infection within the gastro-intestinal tract[
The root is anodyne, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, astringent and sedative[
Atlas of Medicinal Plants.
Kariyone. T.
Nihon Rinshosha; Osaka
A good Japanese herbal.
Handbook of Chinese Herbs and Formulas.
Yeung. Him-Che.
Institute of Chinese Medicine, Los Angeles
An excellent Chinese herbal giving information on over 500 species. Rather technical and probably best suited to the more accomplished user of herbs.
Medicinal Plants of China
Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S.
Reference Publications, Inc.
Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject.
]. The root is an effective cure for bacterial and amoebic dysentery[
]. It is also used in the treatment of malaria, nose bleeds and haemorrhoids and is used externally to treat Trichomonas vaginitis[
]. The root is harvested in the autumn or before the plant comes into flower in the spring, it can be dried for later use[
The root contains the lactone protoanemonin which has an irritant and antibacterial action. Protoanemonin is destroyed when the root is dried[
The fresh herb is a cardiac and nervous sedative, producing a hypnotic state with a diminution of the senses followed by a paralysing action[
A constituent similar to digitalis can be extracted from the whole herb with the roots removed[
]. This is cardiotonic[
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in early summer in a cold frame. The seed usually germinates in about 2 - 3 weeks. Sow stored seed in late winter in a cold frame. Germination takes about 1 - 6 months at 15°c. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in the spring.
Root cuttings, 4cm long taken in early winter, potted up in a mixture of peat and sand[
Focus on Plants. Volume 5. (formerly 'Growing from seed')
Bird. R. (Editor)
Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. A good article on Corydalis spp.
]. They can also be taken in mid summer, planted vertically in pots in a greenhouse or frame.
Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2023-01-28. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Pulsatilla+chinensis>
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You've got 3 days to save on smart TVs, laptops, & more at Best Buy
You might think after all the action surrounding the holidays that this time of year is a little quiet when it comes to money-saving opportunities. Well, you'd be right. Things aren't nearly as crazy as Black Friday, but that doesn't mean there aren't some great ways to save. Take a look at Best Buy right now, which just kicked off a three-day sale on electronics. This sale, which ends on Sunday night, features smart TVs, Amazon Echo devices, laptops, and more. The items on sale are only available in limited quantities, so you might find some of the stuff you want sells out before you get to it. Don't wait until Sunday then.
The best of buys
Best Buy 3-day sale
This sale continues through the weekend and ends Sunday night. It includes free delivery, even same-day. Get deals on Smart TVs, laptops, smartphones, and more.
Various Prices
See at Best Buy
The Amazon Echo Show 5 has dropped to $44.99 during this sale. This price matches what we saw the Echo Show 5 hit during Black Friday. The device has jumped back up to its regular price at $90 since then, so you should grab one at this reduced cost while you can. You can also find this deal over at Amazon.
You can also save $120 on the Hisense H65 70-inch 4K smart Android TV today. We like the H65 series and gave it 4 stars out of 5. You'll like it, too, thanks to the built-in Android TV that gives you easy access to all your favorite apps. It also has Chromecast, Google Assistant, and Bluetooth connectivity.
Other deals include $300 off an Apple Watch Series 5, half off Lenovo's Smart Clock Essential, $200 savings on the Surface Pro X, and more.


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Q: Can you please tell me the Standard value of Min,Max,Throughput and Deviation in Jmeter I run this test under 10 threads,10 ramp up period where my loop is 2 . I can see the avg,min,max,throughput,deviation in summery report.But how can i understand whether this report is good or bad.I mean is there any standard value for this to compare with?enter image description here

A: There are no "standard values" and it's your job to analyze the results and state whether they are "good" or "bad".
Normally there should be some non-functional requirements for the project which should define anticipated load in case of Load Testing which should define maximum acceptable response time or minimal acceptable throughput (number of requests per second). If the metrics you're getting within the acceptable ranges - the results are "good".
If you don't have NFRs or SLAs  you can go for Stress Testing, i.e. start with 1 virtual user and gradually increase the load at the same time looking into Transactions Per Second chart. At some point you will notice that you ramping up more and more virtual users and throughput doesn't increase due to increasing response time - it will indicate the bottleneck so you will be able to inform the project/stakeholders that the system behaves normally up to X concurrent users and after that there is performance degradation.
Going forward consider running your JMeter test in command-line non-GUI mode with all Listeners disabled as GUI mode is only for tests development and debugging and Listeners don't add any value, they only consume valuable system resources.