Molecular and cellular immunobiology of the maternal fetal interface / edited by Thomas G. Wegmann, Thomas J. Gill III, Eric Nisbet-Brown.
Wegmann, Thomas G.; Gill, Thomas J.; Nisbet-Brown, Eric.
Based on papers presented at the Third Banff Conference on Reproductive Immunology held at the Banff Center for Continuing Education, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Jan. 12-14, 1989.
00^aMolecular and cellular immunobiology of the maternal fetal interface /^cedited by Thomas G. Wegmann, Thomas J. Gill III, Eric Nisbet-Brown.
^aNew York :^bOxford University Press,^c1991.
^axx, 324 p. :^bill. (some col.) ;^c25 cm.
^aBased on papers presented at the Third Banff Conference on Reproductive Immunology held at the Banff Center for Continuing Education, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Jan. 12-14, 1989.


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Q: how to solve an installation error on python I tried to install panda using pip and it was unsuccessful and I got an error saying "OSError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor..
I uninstalled and installed two other versions of python and I got the same error whenever I want to install modules..Any idea on how to solve the problem?

A: Uninstall Python and remove all Python directories from the "User PATH" Environment Variable (And if there are only Python directories, then delete the variable):

Then reinstall Python, and don't forget to check "Add Python to PATH" (Important).

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Occupying it's own hilltop in Abruzzo with breathtaking views overlooking the valley and mountains in the distance, this fortified medieval village inside the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga national parks is a giant leap back in time. A classic example of an Italian medieval hill town, the remote location was abandoned long ago suspending it in time.
Part of an extensive revitilization of architectural heritage, the restoration was designed to conserve and revive the entire village of Santo Stefano as an "albergo diffuso" and preserve the integrity and authenticity of each building and the surrounding landscape in original period detail. Working alongside local organizations, the town mayor and the national park service, the project prohibited any new construction, bringing the village back to life without sacrificing its identity.
Surrounded by fortified walls, the enclave is comprised of numerous houses, outbuildings and squares and an assortment of modified spaces that retain their rustic character with cleverly hidden modern conveniences. Utilizing original materials, furnishings and textiles from the region, the traces of a bygone countryside life remain in every corner. The interiors are inspired by photographs by early 20th century photographer and linguist Paul Scheuermeier with thick stone walls, rustic wood and a few cave like dwellings. A mix of twenty nine rooms offer a choice of simple and elegant en suite options for two to four guests each.
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On Sunday, December 18th, Samsung provided the citizens of Madrid with a spectacular light show (or projective 4D video-mapping to be more precise) at the Plaza de Cibeles. Thousands gathered to watch the stunning display of technology as the Cibeles Palace, which also serves as Madrid City Hall, was transformed into a dazzling Christmas toy factory.
Christmas really is a time of joy and wonder, and Samsung is dedicated to bringing technological magic to all corners of the globe. To keep the spirit alive, Samsung is also contributing a hi-tech float to Madrid's January Three Kings Parade. Not only that, but a group of children with the most creative proposals for a float will be selected to participate in the parade and ride on the float.


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ON THIS DAY: May 10, 2018
Posted on May 10, 2018	by wordcloud9
May 10th is
World Lupus Day *
World Migratory Bird Day *
MORE! Max Steiner, Tonita Peña and Elena Kagan, click
WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
Christianity: Ascension Day/The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord/ Ascension Thursday – traditionally, Christ's fortieth day on Earth after the Resurrection – the day of his ascension into Heaven
Mexico/El Salvador – Día de la Madre
(mothers' day)
Micronesia – Federation/Constitution Day
28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China
AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest
Siege of Jerusalem, by David Roberts, 1850
1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands, naming them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there
1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France
1775 – Representatives from the Thirteen American Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia
1801 – The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America
1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1837 – New York City banks fail, and during the subsequent recession, unemployment reaches record levels, as high as 25 % in some areas
1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut
1865 – Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill in Kentucky
1869 – The first transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western U.S., is completed at Promontory Summit in Utah when the golden spike is driven in
Missing from the photo: all the Chinese workers, who were not allowed to appear
1872 – Victoria Woodhull is the first woman nominated for President of the U.S, by the Equal Rights Party
1876 – The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II
1888 – Max Steiner born in Austria, American composer for theatre and a pioneer in composing Hollywood film scores; nominated for 24 Oscars, winning for The Informer, Since You Went Away and Now, Voyager; best known for his scores for King Kong, Gone With the Wind and Casablanca
1893 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883
1893 – Tonita Peña born, renowned influential American Pueblo artist and teacher
Corn Dance, by Tonita Peña
1894 – Dmitri Tiomkin born in Russia, American film composer; nominated for 22 Academy Awards and won three times, for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, The Old Man and the Sea, and also won an Oscar for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon"
1898 – Ariel Durant born in Russia, American historian and co-author with her husband of the eleven volume The Story of Civilization
1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin born, British astronomer and astrophysicist, first person to receive a Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe, proposed an explanation for the composition of the stars in her thesis that was confirmed four years later by Henry Norris Russell, who was often given credit for the discovery even though his paper credited her work
1901 – Hildrus Poindexter born, African American bacteriologist, expert on the epidemiology of tropical diseases, particularly Malaria; commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service; My World of Reality is his autobiography
1909 – 'Mother' Maybelle Carter born, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
1911 – Bel Kaufman born, American author and educator, known for her novel Up the Down Staircase
1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton and five crew members arrive at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island; Polar and Naval historians regard the voyage as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever undertaken, through shifting ice, heavy seas, freezing temperatures and high winds
1918 – Diva Diniz Corrêa born, Brazilian marine zoologist; first woman director of the University of São Paulo of the Department of Zoology
1919 – Ella Grasso born, American Democratic politician, daughter of Italian immigrants; Governor of Connecticut (1975-1980), the first woman elected as governor of a U.S. state who wasn't the wife or widow of a past governor; U.S. Congresswoman (D-CT 1971-1975); Connecticut Secretary of State (1959-1971); Connecticut State House of Representatives (1952-1957), the first woman elected as Floor Leader (1955)
1922 – The United States annexes the Kingman Reef in the North Pacific Ocean
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972
1927 – Nayantara Sahgal born, Indian author, one of the first women from India to receive wide recognition for her works in English; Rich Like Us
1933 – In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings
1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford born, British-American novelist; her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all time, and all of her 35 novels have best bestsellers
1940 – WWII: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
1940 – WW II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain
1942 – WWII: Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign
1947 – Caroline B. Cooney born, American young adult author of suspense, horror and mystery novels; winner of an ALA Best Book for Young Adults award
1948 – The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising, which remain in effect until 1991
1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach #1 on the Billboard charts
1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk
1963 – Debbie Wiseman born, English composer and conductor for film and television; Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music; film scores include Tom and Viv, Before You Go, and Lesbian Vampire Killers; for TV, she did the scores for Wolf Hall, The Promise and A Poet in New York
1974 – Eric Clapton records "I Shot the Sheriff"
1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan
1981 – François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France
2004 – World Lupus Day is sponsored by the World Lupus Federation as a call-to-action on behalf of millions of people of all ages who are affected by lupus, for more funding for research and better disease management
2005 – Germany dedicates a national Holocaust memorial
2010 – President Obama nominates Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court
2013 – One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere
2018 – World Migratory Bird Day * is designated by a coalition of bird conservation and environmental groups as a twice-a-year event, on the Second Saturdays in May and October, in order to unite their separate efforts to raise awareness of the dwindling populations of many migratory birds
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said rival Bernie Sanders would "end all the kinds of health care we know" and criticized his new TV ad in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Thursday night.
And as polls show a much tighter than expected race in Iowa, Clinton questioned whether Sanders' supporters will actually show up to the state's caucuses in three weeks. Meanwhile, she said she would be open to an all-female presidential ticket.
The interview will air at 9 p.m. ET, just as the Republican presidential candidates face off in their sixth debate. And it comes just three days before Democrats' own debate, as Clinton tests out lines of attack she might deploy Sunday night at the debate hosted by NBC.
Clinton's focus with Maddow, whose fans include many progressive voters, was squarely on her Democratic rival.
Asked about Sanders' strong support from young people and first-time caucusgoers, which the Des Moines Register compared to the coalition that beat Clinton in 2008 in the state, the former secretary of state said that she has a large base of committed supporters, and questioned whether Sanders' fans would really turn out on a cold Iowa February night to caucus.
On health care, an issue that has dominated the Democratic primary in recent days, Clinton hoped to convince Democrats that Sanders' single-payer health care plan is not feasible and warned it would destroy the status quo.
While Sanders' plan would replace much of the current health care insurance system, it would not take away any coverage, the fact-checking website found. And contrary to Clinton's claim that Republican governors could strangle Sanders' plan, Politifact notes that his plan includes provisions to allow the federal government to take over if states are not cooperating.
Clinton does correctly note that Sanders has so far failed to put out details of his single-payer plan, making it almost impossible to evaluate with much detail or accuracy.
"If you're going to say 'free heath care, Medicare for all,' you owe it to voters to say, this is what it will cost," Clinton told Maddow. And she added that the Affordable Care Act is one of the greatest accomplishments in the Democratic Party's history, saying that that it shouldn't be jeopardized by a divisive push for a single-payer plan.
On a different topic, Clinton took issue with a new Sanders campaign ad released Thursday. "There are two Democratic visions for regulating Wall Street. One says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do," Sanders says in the ad, clearly referring to Clinton, though not by name.
Top Clinton officials alleged on a conference call with reporters that the spot violates Sanders' pledge not to run negative ads. But Maddow wasn't buying it. "I have seen the ad that you're referring to. Honestly, it is not much of an attack," Maddow said.
Clinton pushed back. "What I think people reacted to is that it was a very broad assertion that caught up all Democrats," Clinton replied. "I mean basically it's a very direct criticism of President Obama, who, as you might recall, took a lot of money form the financial industry when he ran in 2008. That didn't stop him from" pushing for Wall Street reform.
"It's a funny kind of charge. It's sort of a pox on all your houses for all the Democrats," she added.
Incidentally, Sanders' campaign agrees with that interpretation.
The Democratic front-runner did joke that if she might consider picking Leonardo DiCaprio, fresh off his turn as a frontiersman in "The Revenant," if she needs a more manly choice.


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Q: Authentication of both client and server in subscription based model My current business model takes a loss upfront on hardware in the hopes that the service will be paid for continuously. When service is not paid for the instructions are sent to the client hardware to stop functioning.
I want to find a way to decrease the chances that someone sets up a rouge server to keep the client hardware functioning even though it has not been paid for. This has the added benefit of ensuring that rouge servers are not setup to simply take over client machines for malicious purposes.
In a very simple attempt to get the ball rolling I have setup the following "system":

*

*Hardware based serial numbers are collected from the client machine before deployment and are combined through encryption with 2 pieces of information known to the server.

*The encrypted value is stored on the client machine.
2a. The 2 pieces of information are always known to the server.

*When the client first connects to the server it passes the hardware serial to the server.

*The serial is combined with the information and encrypted.

*The encrypted value is passed back to the client to see if it matches the stored value.
This system seems to work, but I would not be here asking if it is valid if I thought it was the best solution to my problem.

A: Hardware serial numbers can be easily spoofed, so that's not a reliable authentication measure.
I think you're thinking about this too hard - there are already very well-established methods to do just this, namely SSL, or more broadly, RSA public key authentication. If you use strict key fingerprint verification, then that's all you need to establish both client and server identity.

A:
I want to find a way for client machines to authenticate that they are talking to the correct server, not something hijacked, or just the wrong product server.

Client and server certificate authentication can do this.

Would this protect against rogue instructions?

You're not clear on what this means. "Rogue instructions" isn't an industry standard term. If you're asking if it will keep accidental commands from being run by a trusted computer, then no. Harden your application to discard dangerous/malicious commands.

Is this going to be enough to protect against theft of hardware if the client is always looking for a "goodboy" message from the server?

No. If your service is that sensitive, do client certificate authentication and put it behind a VPN that requires two-factor authentication in addition to using public key crypto like @EEAA recommends. Something like an RSA token or a smartcard in addition to login credentials should prevent a stolen laptop from connecting to your service. Also consider doing whole disk encryption on mobile computers that are vulnerable to theft, so that a thief cannot even get into the computer in the first place.


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Q: How can I instruct Nautilus to pre-generate thumbnails? I have a large library of PDF documents (papers, lectures, handouts) that I want to be able to quickly navigate through. For that I need thumbnails.
At the same time however, I see that the ~/.thumbnails folder is piling up with thumbs I don't really need. Deleting thumbnail junk without removing the important thumbs is impossible. If I were to delete them,  I'd have to go to each and every folder with important PDF documents and let the thumbnail cache regenerate.
I would love to be able to automate this process. Is there any way I can tell nautilus to pre-cache the thumbs for a set of given directories?
Note: I did find a set of bash scripts that appear to do this for pictures and videos, but not for any other documents. Maybe someone more experienced with scripting might be able to adjust these for PDF documents or at least point me in the right direction on what I'd have to modify for this to work with PDF documents as well.

Edit:
The response to this question has been quite overwhelming. Let me first thank everyone who participated in solving this. The question, its answers and all the discussion around it are a great example of how the collaborative effort of many parties can lead to an optimal solution. This is exactly what makes Linux and Open Source so great.
All of the provided answers would deserve the bounty I originally put up for this question. Still, there's only one bounty to award. I owe it to all future readers to choose the answer that solves the problem in the most efficient way. To determine which solution that is, I did a final test run, comparing the three scripts in compatibility, speed and output quality. Here are the results:

Thumbnailer 1, by rosch:
Compatibility: ✔ spaces in file name ; ✔ spaces in directory name ; ✘ freedesktop compliant
Speed: 95 PDFs in 12,6 sec
Quality: stock nautilus quality
Additional Perks: 1.) automatically skips files with preexisting thumbs ; 2.) No additional packages needed
Thumbnailer 2, by Martin Orda:
Compatibility: ✔ spaces in file name ; ✔ spaces in directory name ; ✘ freedesktop compliant
Speed: 95 PDFs in 70,0 sec
Quality: significantly better scaling than the stock images.
Additional Perks: 1.) automatically skips files with preexisting thumbs 2.) compatible with a wide range of image formats besides PDF 3.) platform-independent, does not rely on GNOME-components
Thumbnailer 3, by James Henstridge:
Compatibility: ✔ spaces in file name ; ✔ spaces in directory name ; ✔ freedesktop compliant
Speed: 95 PDFs in 10,8 sec
Quality: stock nautilus quality
Additional Perks: 1.) automatically skips files with preexisting thumbs 2.) compatible with all file formats that are identified by the preinstalled thumbnailers

All three scripts are excellent. Each has its distinct set of advantages and disadvantages. Rosch's solution works out of the box and might be the right choice for users with a minimal installation.
Marcin Kaminski created a very versatile script that works with a variety of file formats and is DE-independent. It excels at thumbnail quality but does so at the expense of speed.
In the end it was James' solution that fit my use case best. It's fast, versatile and offers the options to skip over files with preexisting thumbnails.

Overall winner: James Henstridge

Additional information: All three scripts are fully compatible with nautilus-scripts. You can easily install them following this tutorial.

Edit 2: Updated review with improved script by rosch.

A: Nautilus's thumbnailing routines actually come from the libgnome-desktop library, so it is possible to run the same thumbnailers outside of the file manager.
The API is a little complex, but the following Python script should help:
#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import sys

from gi.repository import Gio, GnomeDesktop

def make_thumbnail(factory, filename):
    mtime = os.path.getmtime(filename)
    # Use Gio to determine the URI and mime type
    f = Gio.file_new_for_path(filename)
    uri = f.get_uri()
    info = f.query_info(
        'standard::content-type', Gio.FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE, None)
    mime_type = info.get_content_type()

    if factory.lookup(uri, mtime) is not None:
        print "FRESH       %s" % uri
        return False

    if not factory.can_thumbnail(uri, mime_type, mtime):
        print "UNSUPPORTED %s" % uri
        return False

    thumbnail = factory.generate_thumbnail(uri, mime_type)
    if thumbnail is None:
        print "ERROR       %s" % uri
        return False

    print "OK          %s" % uri
    factory.save_thumbnail(thumbnail, uri, mtime)
    return True

def thumbnail_folder(factory, folder):
    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(folder):
        for filename in filenames:
            make_thumbnail(factory, os.path.join(dirpath, filename))

def main(argv):
    factory = GnomeDesktop.DesktopThumbnailFactory()
    for filename in argv[1:]:
        if os.path.isdir(filename):
            thumbnail_folder(factory, filename)
        else:
            make_thumbnail(factory, filename)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))

Save this to a file and mark it executable.  You may also need to install the gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 package if it is not already installed.
After that, simply invoke the script with the files or folders you want to thumbnail as arguments.  Thumbnails will be saved to ~/.thumbnails where applications like Nautilus expect to find them.

A: I wrote a package that modified James' script to include multiprocessing and the option to recursively generate thumbnails. The package is pip-installable. Check here for installation instructions.
An example of usage is:
thumbgen -w 4 -r -d your_directory

*

*-r: recursively generate thumbnails

*-w: number of cores to use

A: The thumbnail specification includes shared thumbnail repositories , which allow for  pre-generating thumbnails to be distributed along with the associated files rather than have every user generate their own thumbnail. So in theory you could generate thumbnails and then add them to a shared repository thus removing the need to generate them in future if you cleared out your thumbnails directory, or moved them all to a different machine or whatever.
http://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html#DIRECTORY
This Ask Ubuntu page come up in the results of a search when I was trying to find out if any application supports shared thumbnail repositories. Sadly it appears that no application supports them.

A: The script below should do the job. It uses evince-thumbnailer which - as far as I know - comes with every gnome installation and is the default thumbnailer.
Save as pdfthumbnailer.sh and make it executable.
Usage: pdfthumbnailer.sh dir1 [dir2, ...]
#!/bin/bash

F1=$HOME/.thumbnails/normal
F2=$HOME/.cache/thumbnails/normal
SAVE_FOLDER=$F1
[ -e $F2 ] && SAVE_FOLDER=$F2

# the thumbnailing function
evincethumb() {
    outname=$(echo -n "$(readlink -f "$0")" | \
    perl -MURI::file -MDigest::MD5=md5_hex -ne 'print md5_hex(URI::file->new($_));')
    # no work if thumbnail already present
    [ ! -e $SAVE_FOLDER/${outname}.png ] && {
        echo "$0"
        #uncomment only one of both thumbnailers
        #convert -thumbnail 128x128 "$0"[0] $SAVE_FOLDER/${outname}.png 2>/dev/null
        evince-thumbnailer -s 128 "$0" $SAVE_FOLDER/${outname}.png 2>/dev/null
    }
}

# make our function visible to the subshell in "find -exec" below
export -f evincethumb

# loop through all given folders
for folder in "$@" ; do
    find "$folder" -type f -exec bash -c evincethumb {} \;
done

Restriction:

*

*does not add Thumb::URI and Thumb::MTime attributes to the thumbnails as pointed out by James Henstridge. So far I have seen no evidence that the default evince-thumbnailer is doing so. In other words..as long as nautilus does not regenerate the thumbnails the script can be used for the job.

Notes:

*

*prints the name of the file when generating a new thumbnail, skips generation if existing

*speed: 37 pdf files tested with both evince-thumbnailer and convert (from imagemagick): 3seconds for evince-thumbnailer and 14seconds for convert.

*generates thumbnails recognized by nautilus

*path names handled by the perl URL:file module (spaces and other characters are correctly translated into a file uri)

*needs perl, present in a default installation

*files unhandled by evince-thumbnailer will simply output an error - muted with 2>/dev/null

*look at the MimeType line in /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer to see a list of handled file types

*updates: starting from 12.04 the thumbnail folder seems to be ~/.cache/thumbnails.
More robust paths using readlink.

Inspiration:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683394

A: Got distracted for a while and rosch beat me to it :) Didn't know evince-thumbnailer existed (I'm not a Gnome user) but anyway, since I've already written it, here it goes. It requires imagemagick installed, check and install if not there with:
which convert || sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Save as mkthumb.sh (for instance), chmod +x mkthumb.sh it and execute it with absolute paths as arguments (you can use -s as its first paramterer to skip generating thumbnails that already exist) i.e.:
user@host $ ./mkthumb.sh -s /home/user/Downloads /home/user/blah
Processing directory /home/user/Downloads/pics/
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/FeO08.jpg
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/UrOCu.jpg
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/34ATZ.gif
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/WBRE3.jpg
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/LjLdH.jpg
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/xvvae (1).jpg
SKIP /home/user/Downloads/pics/itcrowd.jpg
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/76180344.jpg
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pics/fgk5N.jpg
....

The script (I've modified it slightly to support most images, you can add more extensions if you need them):
#!/bin/bash

# USAGE: mkthumb.sh [-s] <abs_path> [abs_path]
# create nautilus thumbnails for images and PDFs in the directories (and their
# sub-directories) given as parameters.
# -s is used to skip generating thumbnails that already exist

skip_existing=0
if [[ "${1}" == "-s" ]]; then
  skip_existing=1
  shift
fi

mkthumb() {
  file="${1}"
  dest="${2}"
  convert -thumbnail 128x128 "${file}[0]" "${dest}" &>/dev/null
  if (( $? == 0 )); then
    echo "OK   ${file}"
  else
    echo "FAIL ${file}"
  fi
}

OLDIFS="${IFS}"
IFS=$'\n'
for dir in $@; do
  realdir=`realpath "${dir}"`
  echo "Processing directory ${realdir}"
  for file in $(find "${realdir}" -regextype posix-egrep -iregex \
  '.*\.(pdf|png|jpg|gif|jpeg)'); do
    md5=$(echo -n "${file}" | perl -MURI::file -MDigest::MD5=md5_hex -ne \
          'print md5_hex(URI::file->new($_));')
    dest="${HOME}/.thumbnails/normal/${md5}.png"
    if [[ -f "${dest}" ]]; then
      if [[ "${skip_existing}" == "0" ]]; then
        mkthumb "${file}" "${dest}"
      else
        echo "SKIP ${file}"
      fi
    else
      mkthumb "${file}" "${dest}"
    fi
  done
done
IFS="${OLDIFS}"

It handles files with spaces in their names without issues.
A bit of testing here:

user@host $ find .thumbnails/
.thumbnails/
.thumbnails/fail
.thumbnails/fail/gnome-thumbnail-factory
.thumbnails/normal

# ok - no thumbnails present.

user@host $ ./mkthumb.sh -s /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/
Processing directory /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/800pdf.pdf
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/3_TO_pricelist.pdf
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/111011-speisekarte-mit-desserts.pdf
OK   /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/1186157_r4f3a355eb104a (1).pdf

user@host $ touch tstamp

user@host $ ./mkthumb.sh -s /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/
Processing directory /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/
SKIP /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/800pdf.pdf
SKIP /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/3_TO_pricelist.pdf
SKIP /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/111011-speisekarte-mit-desserts.pdf
SKIP /home/user/Downloads/pdf/test/1186157_r4f3a355eb104a (1).pdf

# running nautilus once now to see if it generates new thumbnails

# checking for new thumbnails:

user@host $ find .thumbnails/ -newer tstamp

# None.


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(X)YMTP
Mini Light Parade Showcase
Past Productions Gallery
Monsoon Lab
Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program has been in existence for over 20 years and provides arts opportunities and education to many members of the Globe-Miami-San Carlos community. With a focus on theatre, including music and stagecraft, we offer one of the most engaging project-based learning experiences for children in this region. We regularly hear about how our participants have grown in confidence and competence in both character and academics because of their experience with our program.
Our Arts Outreach Program also provides theatre arts classes at local elementary schools, serving over 1,500 children annually. In recent years, we developed our own mini-musical theatre curriculum, choosing themes from popular children's stories like Peter Pan and Jungle Book. The children developed skills in movement, rhythm and singing while exercising their imagination and developing empathy for the characters. And most of the time, the children thought they were just having fun! We also had the privilege of introducing many of these children to live theatre for the first time, sponsoring school trips to see our production of Mary Poppins Jr. and Lion King Jr. and others.
For several years, SYMTP has prioritized creating opportunities for older youth to develop skills as instructors through work with our younger children. Last year, we formalized this process with a Teen Mentorship Program. Our teen mentors work with children ages 6 to 14 in various theatre productions, giving acting direction, music direction, as well as working in stagecraft and theatre technology. These teenagers worked directly under our experienced staff and have grown in their ability to educate and empower the kids, while being effective and inspiring role-models as both performers and people.
SYMTP 2020 Staff
Visual Arts Director
Diana Tunis
Diana Tunis is an Arizona certified K-8 teacher with a Highly Qualified endorsement in Art. Diana has a lifetime of artistic experience and is a multifaceted artist. She has instructed classes at Gila County Community College, High Desert Middle School, as a full time art instructor, and as the Visual Arts Director for the Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program since its inception over 20 years ago. Diana continues to strive for perfection as she transforms deceptively mundane fabrics and sticks into something truly magical and unique for the children on stage.
Music Director, Co-Director of Programs
Leslie Kang Kim
Leslie Kang Kim fell in love with the children of SYMTP before she even moved to Globe when she saw Jungle Book Kids in 2009. She felt privileged to join this vibrant community as Music Director and has since worked on thirteen productions. While she remembers getting the goosebumps during the kids' performance of "Do You Hear the People Sing," she is probably happiest when hearing the kindergarteners sing "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?" Leslie delights in all the ways that the kids are growing as artists, people and leaders. They are the ones who make her heart sing.
Drama Director, Co-Director of Programs
Lyndon Baker
Lyndon Baker has starred in several SYMTP productions with his most memorable role as Sebastian in The Little Mermaid Jr. Since graduating in 2013, he has helped on numerous shows with set building, lighting and sound. The highly acclaimed production of Lion King, Jr. was Lyndon's debut as Drama Director, with a record of 56 cast members and a crew of mentors to lead. With his natural empathy and focus on each child, Lyndon created a culture of exploration and empowerment for each participant. In addition to his theatre resume, Lyndon brings to SYMTP his experience with children, business management skills and expertise with technology and design.
Supporting Director, Outreach Program Lead
Marissa Baker
Marissa Baker hails from Toronto, where she worked several years in summer camps and after school programs for children as well as a program director for an assisted care facility for the elderly. Always willing to help, Marissa's cheerful efficiency was a welcome addition to our dressing room during Shrek Jr., which had a record number of quick changes. For our mammoth production of Lion King Jr., Marissa brought her talents in dance and movement as well as organization and creative problem solving with set building. With her natural warmth and individual care, no child felt left out or behind with Marissa around!
Help Us Continue to Provide Outreach to the Youth of Our Community.
The SUMMER YOUTH MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM is made possible by generous support from our SPONSORS and donors like you. ❤ Thank you!
Stay tuned for upcoming events!
© 2019 Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program. All Rights Reserved. Website created eighty88 design.


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Mesothelin Antibodies May Be Key to Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Heidi Anne Duerr, MPH
Compared to healthy women, the researchers found significantly higher serum mesothelin antigen levels in women with ovarian cancer, benign conditions, and unexplained infertility. Luborsky and colleagues further noted that mesothelin antibodies had a higher affinity in the infertility groups, especially premature ovarian failure and ovulatory dysfunction, than that in the healthy, benign, or ovarian cancer groups. Specifically, they found significantly higher positive sera in women with premature ovarian failure and ovulatory dysfunction as compared to normal sera.
Researchers from Rush University Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center at University of Washington have identified biomarkers that may lead to earlier identification of those at risk for ovarian cancer. Based on previous epidemiologic studies showing that women with infertility problems and women with ovarian cancer have autoantibodies to ovarian antigens, Dr Judith L. Luborsky, associate director for basic research at Rush University Cancer Center and professor in the departments of pharmacology, obstetrics and gynecology, and preventive medicine at Rush University Medical Center, and colleagues explored the possibility that women with infertility problems have antibodies to the well-characterized ovarian cancer antigen mesothelin.
Luborsky and colleagues looked at sera from patients with infertility (n = 109), healthy women (n = 152), patients with ovarian cancer (n = 28), and benign ovarian tumors or cysts (n = 24). The researchers also used 16 serum controls to assess nonspecific serum reactions and to determine a cutoff value for a positive result. Sera mesothelin levels were measured using standard sandwich immunoassay.
Compared to healthy women, the researchers found significantly higher serum mesothelin antigen levels in women with ovarian cancer, benign conditions, and unexplained infertility. Luborsky and colleagues further noted that mesothelin antibodies had a higher affinity in the infertility groups, especially premature ovarian failure and ovulatory dysfunction, than that in the healthy, benign, or ovarian cancer groups. Specifically, they found significantly higher positive sera in women with premature ovarian failure and ovulatory dysfunction as compared to normal sera. However, the number of positive sera found in the unexplained fertility, endometriosis, or benign conditions did not differ from normal sera.
"This study extends previous studies which showed that women with infertility and women with ovarian cancer have antibodies to ovarian antigens and shows for the first time that women with specific categories of infertility have antibodies to a well-known ovarian cancer biomarker," the researchers explained.
Although the researchers did not examine the specific relationship between the biomarker and the progression of the disease, they do have some theories. "It has been hypothesized that an autoimmune response precedes or somehow contributes to the development and progression of malignant tumors," Luborsky told the press. "We think that antibodies may arise in response to very early abnormal changes in ovarian tissue that may or may not progress to malignancy, depending on additional triggering events. Or, alternatively, antibodies may bind to normal cells in the ovary, causing dysfunction and leading to infertility-and, in a subpopulation of women, to the development of ovarian cancer."
"The finding is extremely important because at present medical tests are unable to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages, which is why death rates from this disease are so high," Luborsky added. "With the discovery of the mesothelin antibody, we now have what appears to be a biomarker that can potentially be used in screening tests to help us conquer ovarian cancer."
How is ovarian cancer diagnosed?
Coding of Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis DelayedAssessment Tool Quantifies Risk for Ovarian Cancer
Luborsky JL, Yu Y, Edassery SL, et al. Autoantibodies to mesothelin in infertility. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 August 16 [Epub].
Rush News Room. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center Discover Antibody That May Help Detect Ovarian Cancer in its Earliest Stages. Rush University Medical Center News Releases. August 17, 2011.


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Weekday Arts Events (Oct. 24-27)
CHRISTOPHER WILSON
Band of Horses comes to Charlotte for two nights this week, starting Thursday.
Kids will be kids—and adults will feel like kids—at this uptown science museum. From live animals to grand experiments of physics, the museum offers a multi-disciplinary adventure.. National Parks Adventure THROUGH NOV. 18, an IMAX film that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, explores stunning scenes in "America's most legendary outdoor playgrounds."
"Zef" is a counter-culture movement in South Africa currently embodied by the alt-hip-hop outfit Die Antwoord. The New York Times, in a story about the group, defined zef as "the nasty, freaky, gleefully trashy underbelly of post-apartheid white South African culture."
JEFF JACKSON MEETS JEFF JACKSON
Writer Jeff Jackson interviews North Carolina Senator Jeff Jackson in this pre-election event at Goodyear Arts. The former Jeff Jackson is a member of the arts residency program.
The offshoot of its sister location on Randolph Road, the Mint Museum Uptown has a renowned craft and design exhibit that showcases works in a variety of materials, as well as collections of American, contemporary, and European art. Fired Up: Women in Glass THROUGH FEB. 26, 2017 focuses on work by women in the glass medium. The museum says this exhibit is the first major one of its kind in the U.S. Women of Abstract Expressionism THROUGH JAN. 22 put the focus on female artists who are part of this important American movement. See work from the likes of Elaine de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler.
Raitt, who made Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time list, is a blues vocalist/guitarist who broke through the mainstream with 1989's Nick of Time. That was her tenth album (with previous releases being critically loved but not universally embraced), and she's released seven since.
This Broadway musical is sure to be a hit in a city full of singles. Tackling the awkwardness of blind dates, the show could bring some self-awareness to your own outings. If you're married, you can revisit the days that are—thankfully—behind you.
UPTOWN ART CRAWL
The first entry in this new monthly series arrives Sept. 22 in uptown. McColl Center, UNC-Charlotte's Projective Eye Gallery, Goodyear Arts, Levine Museum of the New South, the Mint Museum, and other venues participate. Free buses help to shuttle visitors around the venues.
This indie rock act is popular enough in Charlotte that the Fillmore added another show while the guys are in Charlotte. And it's solid timing: New LP "Why You Are OK," produced by Grandaddy's Jason Lytle, came out in June.
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
The Rossini opera is a tale of hidden identities, romance, and zaniness. Even 200 years after it premiered, it's a fixture in opera houses across the world.
Categories: Agenda, Arts + Culture


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NPMG 6420 Organizational Management and Leadership
NPMG 6420 Organizational Management and Leadership: Welcome & Course Readings
NPMG 6420 Required Course Readings
Abonyi, G., & Van Slyke, D. M. (2010). Governing on the edges: Globalization of production and the challenge to public administration in the twenty-first century. Public Administration Review, 70s, S33–S45.
Alahmad, A. (2010). To be ethical or not to be: An international code of ethics for leadership. Journal of Diversity Management, 5(1), 31–35.
Andersen, J. A. (2010). Public versus private managers: How public and private managers differ in leadership behavior. Public Administration Review, 70(1), 131–141.
Beckwith, S. L. (2006). Publicity for nonprofits generating media exposure that leads to awareness, growth, and contributions [electronic resource]: Chicago, IL: Kaplan.
Bellé, N. (2014). Leading to make a difference: A field experiement on the performance effects of transformational leadership, perceived social impact, and public service motivation. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 24(1), 109.
Bennis, W. (2007). The challenges of leadership in the modern world: Introduction to the special issue. American Psychologist, 62(1), 2–5.
Bennis, W. (2010). Art of followership. Leadership Excellence, 27(1), 3–4.
Berry, F. S. (2007). Strategic planning as a tool for managing organizational change. International Journal of Public Administration, 30(3), 331–346.
Bons, P. M., & Fiedler, F. E. (1976). Changes in organizational leadership and the behavior of relationship- and task-motivated leaders. Administrative Science Quarterly, 21(3), 453–473.
Chantel, C. U. (2007). What followers want from leaders: Capitalizing on diversity. Nonprofit World, 25(5), 15–16.
Chong, E., & Wolf, H. (2010). Factors influencing followers' perception of organisational leaders. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 31(5), 402–419.
Cooper, T. L. (1987). Hierarchy, virtue, and the practice of public administration: A perspective for normative ethics. Public Administration Review, 47(4), 320–328.
De Graaf, G. (2011). The loyalties of top public administrators. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(2), 285–306.
Dunn, W. N., & Miller, D. Y. (2007). A critique of the new public management and the neo-Weberian state: Advancing a critical theory of administrative reform. Public Organization Review, 7(4), 345–358.
Entwistle, T. (2011). For appropriateness or consequences? Explaining organizational change in English local government. Public Administration, 89(2), 661–680.
Farazmand, A. (2009). Building administrative capacity for the age of rapid globalization: A modest prescription for the twenty-first century. Public Administration Review, 69(6), 1007–1020.
Haque, S., & Pathrannarakul, P. (2013). E-Government towards good governance: A global appraisal. Journal of E-Governance, 36(1), 25–34.
Jaskyte, K. (2012). Boards of directors and innovation in nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 22(4), 439–459.
Johnson III., P., & Bonnego, E. (2009). Public administration and the increased need for cultural competencies in the twenty-first century. Adminstrative Theory and Praxis, (M. E. Sharpe), 31(2), 206–221.
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Führerbunker és la denominació que rebia el refugi antiaeri situat al costat de la Cancelleria del Reich, a Berlín, destinat a protegir els alts comandaments de l'Estat i de les forces armades de l'Alemanya nazi durant la Segona Guerra Mundial. Formava part d'un complex de búnquers subterranis construïts en dues fases (1936 i 1944) i fou la darrera de les casernes generals del Führer (Führerhauptquartiere) que va utilitzar Adolf Hitler durant la guerra.

Hitler va traslladar-se al Führerbunker el 16 de gener de 1945. A partir d'aquell moment, l'edifici va esdevenir el centre neuràlgic del règim nazi fins a la fi de la Segona Guerra Mundial a Europa. Hitler i Eva Braun s'hi van casar el 29 d'abril de 1945, tot just 40 hores abans que la parella se suïcidés, també al búnquer.

Després de la guerra, els soviètics van enderrocar tots els edificis de la Cancelleria. El complex subterrani va romandre pràcticament inalterat fins a finals de la dècada dels 1980, malgrat alguns intents de demolició. Les seccions excavades de l'antic complex de búnquers van ser majoritàriament destruïdes durant la reconstrucció d'aquesta zona de Berlín. El lloc va romandre sense senyalització fins al 2006, quan es va instal·lar una petita placa amb un esquema esquemàtic. Alguns passadissos del búnquer encara existeixen; però estan tancats al públic.

Història
El 1935, els arquitectes Paul Troost i Leonhard Gall van redissenyar l'interior de la Cancelleria del Reich per tal que fos el domicili de Hitler i, entre altres reformes, hi van construir un refugi antiaeri situat a un metre i mig de profunditat conegut com el Vorbunker ("búnquer superior"). Completat el 1936, es va anomenar oficialment "Refugi antiaeri de la Cancelleria del Reich". Com que, a l'inici del conflicte, Hitler no passava gaire temps a Berlín, estava pensat com un refugi temporal.

Tot i això, l'increment de la intensitat dels bombardejos aliats sobre Berlín i la major permanència de Hitler a la capital del Reich van fer evident la necessitat d'una expansió del complex de búnquers per tal que esdevingués un refugi permanent. Per aquest motiu, el 1943 va començar la construcció del  Führerbunker, a encara més profunditat que el Vorbunker. Construïda per la constructura Hochtief com part del programa de construcció subterrània iniciat a Berlín el 1940, l'obra es va acabar l'any següent. Els dos búnquers es van connectar a través d'una escala situada en angle recte que permetia tancar els dos espais separadament.

Hitler es va traslladar al Führerbunker el 16 de gener de 1945, seguit per les persones de la seva màxima confiança, com Martin Bormann. La seva promesa, Eva Braun, i el seu fidel aliat i ministre de propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, s'hi van unir a l'abril, mentre que Magda Goebbels i els seus sis fills residien al Vorbunker. Dues o tres dotzenes més de personal de suport, mèdic i administratiu també es van refugiar amb els jerarques nazis. Entre ells, hi eren les secretàries de Hitler (incloent Traudl Junge), una infermera anomenada Erna Flegel i el sergent Rochus Misch, que era alhora guardaespatlles i operador de centraleta telefònica.

Inicialment, Hitler seguia fent servir l'ala de la Cancelleria del Reich que no havia patit danys pels bombardejos. Així doncs, mentre va ser possible, mantenia les seves conferències militars de la tarda al seu despatx. Posteriorment, prenia el te amb les seves secretàries i, llavors, baixava al búnquer per passar-hi la nit. Després de diverses setmanes amb aquesta rutina, Hitler només sortia del búnquer per a passejar breument el seu gos Blondi pels jardins de la cancelleria. El búnquer estava molt ple de gent, l'atmosfera era molt densa i els atacs aeris ja eren diaris. Hitler preferia quedar-se al nivell inferior, més tranquil i on podia dormir. Les conferències solien ser nocturnes, sovint allargant-se fins les 5 de la matinada.

Segons relats dels supervivents, Adolf Hitler, després de tenir coneixement que les forces armades que havien d'alliberar Berlín s'havia rendit als russos, va ordenar trucar a un funcionari judicial per d'oficialitzar el seu casament amb Eva Braun, després d'això es va suïcidar al costat a la seva ja dona. Pel que sembla les seves restes i els de la seva esposa van ser trets al jardí de la Cancelleria i se'ls va calar foc per evitar que els russos poguessin capturar-los. El búnquer va ser pres per les forces soviètiques el dia 2 de maig de 1945. Després de la guerra, les restes del búnquer van romandre oblidades durant anys i semienterrades en una illa urbana erma adjacent on va existir el Reichstag, i els del antebúnker demolits per les autoritats de l'Alemanya de l'Est, almenys parcialment, l'any 1988 per construir sobre ells apartaments.

El maig de 1995, el Parlament regional de Berlín va decidir clausurar el Führerbunker per a construir nous habitatges, rebutjant la proposta del partit d'Aliança 90/Els Verds que demanava la permanència del lloc com a monument històric, encara que és possible que les habitacions de l'última planta, la més profunda, continuïn intactes, encara protegides pels 3 metres de formigó del sostre. El búnquer o el que en queda (penúltim i últim nivell) es troba sota una plaça i s'ha testejat la seva ubicació amb ones sòniques.

Característiques
El Führerbunker fou construït a més profunditat que el Vorbunker i amb molt més reforç. Així doncs, era a uns 8,5 metres sota el jardí de l'antiga Cancelleria del Reich i 120 metres al nord del nou edifici de la Cancelleria del Reich a Voßstraße 6. A més de ser més profund sota terra, el seu sostre estava fet de formigó i tenia  gairebé 3 m de gruix. Unes 30 habitacions petites estaven protegides per aproximadament 4 m de formigó; les sortides donaven als edificis principals i hi havia una sortida d'emergència cap al jardí.

Les cambres de Hitler es trobaven en aquesta secció més nova i profunda que, al febrer de 1945, es va decorar amb mobles d'alta qualitat extrets de la Cancelleria i amb diverses pintures a l'oli. Després de baixar les escales a la part inferior i passar per la porta d'acer, hi havia un llarg passadís amb una sèrie d'habitacions a cada costat: a la dreta hi havia els generadors, sales de ventilació i la centraleta telefònica i, a l'esquerra, hi havia el dormitori d'Eva Braun i una avantcambra (també coneguda com la sala d'estar de Hitler) que conduïa a l'estudi. A la paret penjava un gran retrat de Frederic el Gran, un dels herois de Hitler. Una porta donava pas a l'habitació de Hitler, modestament moblada. Al costat hi havia la sala de conferències/mapes (també coneguda com a sala de reunions/situació) que tenia una porta que donava a la sala d'espera.

Com que la construcció es trobava sota el mantell freàtic, calia que unes bombes d'aigua funcionessin contínuament per a evacuar l'aigua. Per aquest motiu, l'ambient dins del refugi (que ja de per si era molt espartà seguint les directrius de Hitler) es trobava enrarit, acústicament parlant, ja que també disposava d'un generador dièsel que proporcionava electricitat. Els sistemes de comunicacions incloïen un télex, una centraleta telefònica i un equip de ràdio de l'exèrcit amb una antena exterior. A mesura que, al final de la guerra, les condicions es van deteriorar, Hitler rebia gran part de les notícies sobre la guerra de les emissions de ràdio de la BBC i per missatgeria. L'accés al búnquer estava molt controlat i no es permetia que ningú hi accedís armat. La ventilació també estava molt protegida, ja que es temia que un atac amb gasos pogués afectar els ocupants, de manera que existien portes hermètiques que protegien contra aquest tipus d'atac químic.

Referències

Edificis de Berlín
Refugis antiaeris
Búnquers

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4 days in Paris Itinerary
Created using Inspirock Paris travel route maker
Get out of town with these interesting Paris side-trips: Chartres Cathedral (in Chartres) and Palace of Versailles (in Versailles). There's much more to do: don't miss a visit to Louvre Museum, explore the world behind art at Musee d'Orsay, stroll around Luxembourg Gardens, and contemplate the long history of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.
Plan my Paris trip by asking Inpirock to come up with tips and suggestions.
If you are flying in from United States, the closest major airports are Paris-Orly Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport and Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport. September in Paris sees daily highs of 70°F and lows of 53°F at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 2nd (Wed) to allow enough time to travel back home.
Find places to stay Sep 29 — Oct 2:
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Scarlett Johansson husband Romain Dauriac
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Q: Is this correct ASN.1 syntax? There is a great ASN.1 tool called asn1c ( https://github.com/vlm/asn1c ).
Sadly when I try to use it on Wireshark's Remote-Operations-Information-Objects ( https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/tree/master/epan/dissectors/asn1/ros ), it fails with the following error:
ASN.1 grammar parse error near Remote-Operations-Generic-ROS-PDUs.asn:20 (token "!"): syntax error, unexpected '!', expecting ')'
Cannot parse "Remote-Operations-Generic-ROS-PDUs.asn"

Since I'm fairly new to ASN.1, I'd like to ask if this
(CONSTRAINED BY { -- must conform to the above definition --} !
 RejectProblem:general-unrecognizedPDU)

is actually a correct ASN.1.  I guess it is, since Wireshark's tools/ans2wrs.py parses it successfully. Both tools are said to support the 2002 version of ASN.1.
So:

*

*Is this correct ASN.1 ()?

*Is it some kind of an extension?

*Can I actually replace that expression with something that wouldn't change the resulting C structures?

A:
Is this correct ASN.1 ()?

Yes.
To validate it, copy the content of the 3 files in ros folder in the left box (schema) of https://asn1.io/asn1playground/ and hit compile

Is it some kind of an extension?

It depends on what you mean by extension.
ASN.1 is a set of documents.
Free tools usually limit themselves to Basic Notation (document x.680) and some Encoding Rules (documents x.690, x.691, etc)
The notation the tool you are using is choking on is Information Object Specification (document x.681). If you find an open source tool that handles it properly, please add a comment here (I'm very interested)

Can I actually replace that expression with something that wouldn't change the resulting C structures?

Nope
If you remove the constraint, you will still find plenty of other productions that won't be parsed (OPERATION, parameterized types)
To know more about information objects:

*

*https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.880-199407-I/en

*https://www.oss.com/asn1/resources/asn1-made-simple/advanced-topics.html
EDIT:
Look at this file https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/blob/master/epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/ros.asn
They have stripped all the information objects and replaced them with deprecated ASN.1 type ANY
bind-invoke  [16]  --OPERATION.&ArgumentType({operation})-- ANY

May be this is the one to use.


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L'Agnata di De André
Sardinia, Italy
The epitome of rustic country chic is L'Agnata di De André in Sardinia. This ivy-covered manor house is a hidden corner of country bliss and once the home of famous Italian singer and poet, Fabrizio De André. In 1975, Fabrizio and his wife, Dori, discovered this abandoned old shepherds working farmhouse and fell in love with its magical natural surroundings, leading the couple to buy the property and its land. An inspiration to many of his songs and poems, L'Agnata di De André became their family home and now is open for guests to share this breathtaking experience with them.
The garden takes in olive groves, a zen fountain, shaded walkways and pergolas as well as enchanting lake and hidden pool, that feels like you're swimming in the wild. This boutique hotel is the perfect country escape.
This corner of Sardinia is a rural paradise. Just inland from Gallura in the north of the island, you're surrounded by rolling hills and the sound of nature. "We wanted to share with others this corner of paradise", Dori Ghezzi wife of Fabrizio De Andre.
The rooms are split between the medieval manor house and a stone villa but all follow the 'Arte Povera' style. Formed of 10 individually decorated rooms, all have their own individual quirks with plenty of Sardinian heritage and style to go round.
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The hotel's restaurant sits within the traditional manor house and serves up hearty Sardinian cuisine, made from ingredients from carefully selected local producers. From rich breakfasts and lunches, to romantic dinners on the veranda, indulge in some delicious traditional delicacies whilst you take in the breathtaking surroundings.
Peace and quiet and just lounging in the sun in this heavenly garden, this isn't the type of break to race about – this is time to reconnect, with yourself and with nature.
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Richard Dawkins the Great Thinker
Topics: Linguistics, Orthography, Syntax Pages: 2 (351 words) Published: June 23, 2013
Here are the views of some researchers about the bottom-up reading model:
Leonard Bloomfield:
The first task of reading is learning the code or the alphabetic principle by which "written marks...conventionally represent...phonemes." (Bloomfield and Barnhart 1961) The meaning of the text is expected to come naturally as the code is broken based on the reader's prior knowledge of words, their meanings, and the syntactical patterns of his/her language. (McCormick, T. 1988) Writing is merely a device for recording speech. (Bloomfield and Barnhart 1961) Emerald Dechant:
"Bottom-up models operate on the principle that the written text is hierarchically organized (i.e., on the grapho-phonic, phonemic, syllabic, morphemic, word, and sentence levels) and that the reader first processes the smallest linguistic unit, gradually compiling the smaller units to decipher and comprehend the higher units (e.g., sentence syntax)." (Dechant 1991) Charles Fries:
The reader must learn to transfer from the auditory signs for language signals...to a set of visual signs for the same signals. (Fries 1962) The reader must learn to automatically respond to the visual patterns. The cumulative comprehension of the meanings signaled then enable the reader to supply those portions of the signals which are not in the graphic representations themselves. (Fries 1962) Learning to read...means developing a considerable range of habitual responses to a specific set of patterns of graphic shapes. (Fries 1962) Philip B Gough:
Reading is a strictly serial process: letter-by-letter visual analysis, leading to positive recognition of every word through phonemic encoding. (McCormick, T. 1988) Lexical, syntactic and semantic rules are applied to the phonemic output which itself has been decoded from print. (McCormick, T. 1988) Example
A widely accepted instructional program that incorporates several bottom-up principles is the phonic approach to reading.
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