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THE DIOCESE OF THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
THE BISHOP'S CHARGE TO THE ONE-HUNDRED AND TWELFTH SESSION OF SYNOD
AT THE SYNOD OPENING EUCHARIST IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, NASSAU
Bishop Laish Zane Boyd entering Christ Church Cathedral - FILE PHOTO
ON MONDAY, 21ST OCTOBER, 2013, AT 7:30 P.M.
I welcome you all into Christ Church Cathedral this evening on the occasion of the Opening Service of the 112th Session of the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
We welcome:
His Excellency, the Governor General and Lady Foulkes
The Rt. Honourable Prime Minister
The Honourable Chief Justice
The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister
The Honourable Loretta Butler-Turner representing the Leader of the Opposition
Former Governor General, the Hon. A. D. Hanna
Dr. Ranford Patterson, President of the Bahamas Christian Council
Archbishop Drexel Gomez, Bishop Gilbert Thompson, The Dean, Archdeacons, Canons and other members of the clergy and their spouses.
The Lay Delegates to the 112th Session of Synod from all over our beloved Diocese
Archdeacon Bryan Hobbs from our Companion Diocese of Southeast Florida
The new Chancellor, Mr. Justice Bernard Turner, the new Vice Chancellor, Mrs. Diane Stewart, the new Registrar, Mrs. Tonya Bastian-Galanis to their first synod in these posts and look forward to many more.
All Diocesan Officials
The newly-appointed Director of Education, Mrs. Italia Davies, to her first synod in this new post. We welcome the Deputy Director of Education along with Principals, Senior Administrators and students from our four Anglican Schools, including the St. Anne's School Choir.
Mrs. Tiffany Hall-Sweeting, newly appointed Diocesan Youth Officer to her first synod in that capacity.
Diocesan Office Staff
Catechists, Lay Readers, Servers from all over the diocese.
My brothers and sisters.
We welcome those sharing in this service via Cable Bahamas Television, ZNS TV 13 and ZNS AM and FM radio, as well as via live internet streaming through the diocesan Website.
Thank you for sharing with us.
We are grateful to the Dean and Staff of the Cathedral, Mr. Henderson Burrows, Mr. Christopher Smith and all of the ministries that have come together to make this service possible
Please join me in thanking God for the ministry of the St. Anne's School Choir. They are led by Mrs. Karolanne Jervis and Mr. Darrel Hurston.
We remain indebted to Archdeacon James Palacious, Miss Linda Farrington and the hard working Diocesan Office Staff who do an excellent job every year in preparing for the business sessions of Synod.
To God be the glory.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore since it is through God's mercy that we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
It is our privilege to convene this 112th session of Diocesan Synod and to declare it open in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
We begin our Charge by focusing on St. Paul speaking to the Church at Corinth in New Testament times. As a young church in a large thriving seaport city there were many distractions: false teachers, commerce and materialism, ideas cultures and practices from all over the world. It was a struggle to maintain the identity, integrity and message of the gospel in all of this. Sounds like our own day, doesn't it?
In this reality Paul urges the saints at Corinth to be steadfast because "since it is through God's mercy that we share in this ministry, we do not lose heart."
It is a privilege to meet and to be the church in our own times. History is full of difficult times and in every age the faithful have been put to the test: whether it was Moses leading a large group of people through the wilderness and the trying experience they all had; or them trying to settle in the promised land, a new and often uninviting land; or Elijah fleeing for his life in a climate made intolerable for the faithful by King Ahab and Queen Jezebel; or when Paul wrote to Timothy lamenting the direction so many were headed in, when he said that people would be "lovers of their own selves, … lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof." (2 Timothy 3:2, 4 and 5). These times described are akin to the challenging times we face in our world today, the pressures, worries, forces, the screens( TV and computer), the information overload and circumstances that affect us. But in this environment as a church we must stand fast, do right and believe that God is still in charge of His world. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:58, "Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
1 Peter (4:12) advises us further: "Dear friends, DO NOT be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you."
Human life is still a wonderful thing: being live, having the power to move and to make choices. We still live in two beautiful countries, The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands. We must ever forget this: our cup is half full, not half empty. However there are things that challenge, upset and offend us. In these kinds of times the Church must stand fast and never give up. This world is God's and we do our part, stand firm and persevere in all of the quarters we frequent, and we let God do the rest.
We Christians must also seek to make the world a better place and do all in our power to cause others to do so as well. That is why a social awareness and social conscience must always accompany the gospel. The Christian must look out into the world and challenge the world to be a better place, while reading our Bibles and newspapers and magazines.
I wish to commend the current majority party for all of its genuine efforts to make a difference. However I am quick to encourage the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition to do their best since the "Government of the Bahamas" is the union of both majority and minority parties joined in the running of affairs for the good of that country.
In my view there is still too much "political" fighting in the governing chambers, and in other quarters of this country – rather than a differences-aside, get-down-to-work attitude that seeks to build this country in spite of political and other differences. AND BOTH PARTIES ARE GUILTY OF THIS FROM TIME TO TIME.
In my view, elected officials, party leadership and rank and file membership often lose sight of the higher call of national development because of petty politics.
This is not good.
I wish to take this opportunity to welcome to this diocese the new Royal Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, His Excellency Peter Beckingham and Mrs. Beckingham. Governor Beckingham was sworn in on Wednesday, 9th October.
We wish him well in his new assignment. The Anglican Church pledges him our full support. We wish him and Mrs. Beckingham a happy stay in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
We also take this opportunity to congratulate the newly-elected government of the Turks and Caicos Islands: the Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, and the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Charlene Cartwright-Robinson. I wish them and their parties well. I challenge them to stand firm in their respective roles and to work together for TCI.
We sympathize with the new leadership because the new constitution gives inordinate power to the permanent secretaries in government ministries who report directly to the Deputy Governor. This means that cabinet ministers literally have authority and no power.
This is a weakness on the part of the new constitution. It does create a vexing impediment for the current leaders, but press on, my brothers and sisters, in spite of this.
Crime continues to be a major concern for all of us. I commend present and former governments on sincere efforts to deal with crime. I commend the current Minister of National Security for recent efforts: the public crime forum, increased deployment of the police and other agencies, and his own personal commitment. (Incidentally we keep the Minister, Mrs. Nottage and family in our prayers at this time. May they be encouraged, and lifted up by our love and by our prayers.) However, there is still so much more that can be done. In my opinion, Law enforcement agencies know who some perpetrators are and where some things are happening and they do nothing. Some persons who need to be persons of interest are not touched. Politics, party and organizational, continues to hamper the course of justice. Regardless of our political, racial economic or social status, no person is or should be perceived to be beyond the reach of the law.
Genuine efforts have been made to improve the administration of justice and we urge that these continue. The greater coordination between the various arms of the judicial system is commendable, as it is already bearing fruit.
The availability of legal counsel, the selection of jurors, the availability of police and citizen witnesses SHOULD all work in harmony for the dispensing of justice and SHOULD NOT facilitate the prolonging of cases. No one part of the system must be allowed to hold the rest of the system to ransom "Justice delayed is justice deemed."
Worldwide there has been a debate on alternative dispute resolution systems. This is a good thing. If we had more trained arbitrators and mediators who could settle disputes that would help. Perhaps Justices of the Peace could also be empowered and encouraged to do more as keepers or facilitators of the peace rather than simply persons who prepare documents. This is a biblical principle that we see in the elder sitting at the gate resolving disputes. This would help to relieve the tension and diffuse conflict. This is also a crime-fighting tool.
The crime picture in The Turks and Caicos Islands is less complicated than here in The Bahamas. Happily they are experiencing less crime in recent times than they had been. I commend the government, the police and the citizens for these improvements.
I wish to applaud the government, other groups and individuals for bringing us to the point of having a National Heroes Day Holiday and a Majority Rule Day Holiday.
Columbus Day or Discovery Day speaks to a historical reality which cannot be overlooked, i.e., the meeting of what was then two worlds. However, it is easy to see how there might be a need to focus on other realities which speak more to the priorities of our present age. A focus on National Heroes is symptomatic of a maturing national consciousness. Careful attention must now be given to the criteria for being designated a National Hero. We must not cheapen the National Hero process by emotion, short-sightedness, poor planning and rash decisions.
Similarly, the matter of local honours must be looked at carefully so that there are clear categories and transparent criteria for qualifying. I admire and respect the honours from Great Britain; however, having our own is a part of evolving national identity.
Majority Rule Day is another timely observance. Whatever your colour or politics, one has to admit that 10th January 1967 is the most significant day in Bahamian history since Emancipation. Apart from being about sovereignty and self-determination for the black masses, it ushered The Bahamas into a new economic era such as had not been experienced before. More education, exposure, accessibility of resource and availability of resources catapulted this country into a prosperity that is the envy of the world. I recognize that many cringe at the thought of another public holiday added to the calendar and the fact of the matter is that holidays do add to the cost of doing business in the country. It would be good if as we embrace an additional holiday we each commit to doing better on our jobs on all working days.
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME/ PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN (NHIS/PDP)
I wish to applaud the local discussion about the National Health Insurance Scheme and the Prescription Drug Plan – one under discussion and the other already initiated in a basic form. Both are good initiatives because there are far too many people who cannot get decent health care or adequate prescription medication because they cannot afford it.
The Turks and Caicos Islands have had a National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) in place for a number of years. It is s good thing that has done a lot of good. It does have its limits in that some persons who need preventative care cannot get it in a timely or simple fashion. Citizens are also concerned about the fact that patients have to do a lot of travelling, i.e., from Grand Turk to get medical services in Provo, or even to travel to The Bahamas, Cuba, The Dominican Republic or the USA for medical services. Some of this is unavoidable. However, with the amount that has been spent on the two new hospitals in Grand Turks and Providenciales, we encourage the government to continue to work hard toward the providing of all the basic medical services-preventative and interventional.
I say again that these national health and prescription plans are VITAL since there are too many poor people and some not so poor, who suffer because they cannot afford even basic health care.
Unemployment remains a biting concern in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The country is still feeling the effects of the redundancy exercises of a few years ago where many skilled civil servants were allowed to leave the service. The private sector there is relatively small and fairly limited and so there has been no real increased availability of jobs generally. So concern is great. We encourage the government to continue to seek foreign and local investment and to do whatever else it can to stimulate the economy. We are delighted that this is an area that the new governor has already expressed his commitment to.
In the Bahamas, we are deeply concerned because it is said that unemployment is as high as 19 – 23% in some islands. We have a particular concern for Grand Bahama which had two major hurricanes from which it has not yet recovered, and continued economic decline of staggering proportions. However all the islands have these challenges.
We encourage the government to continue work harder to spread the wealth and to create opportunity for all. The hopes and aspirations of the people need to be facilitated. We need to make it easier for Bahamians to do business and to invest in their own country, particularly those who want to start their own business.
And with respect to working, there are many Bahamians and Turks and Caicos Islands who work hard. However, there are too many who do not have a good work ethic at all: many want a job but do not want to work. Local and foreign business-owners have commented on this. If we are not careful we will make it too expensive for business owners to run businesses and we will eventually lose employing entities. Those who complain about the availability of jobs need to be careful how they conduct themselves when they get one lest they destroy the reputation of our two countries.
In this increasingly global environment workers must take their jobs seriously since they are not just competing with workers at home but with workers all over the world.
I wish to commend successive governments for raising the issue of Value Added Tax as an alternate source of revenue. This is a timely discussion as the system instituted in various forms all over the world. We recognize that customs duties, as a principal source of revenue for governments, are not desirable or sustainable, and that many countries have moved away from it.
The issue of VAT is a complicated one that draws many reactions for and against. I urge the government of the Bahamas to move forward with caution, to increase and widen education and discussion, to allay fears and concerns, and not to rush to any hasty formulations or to implementation.
PRICE CONTROL
Following on the question of taxation there is an even greater concern about prices in the Bahamas. I continue to be amazed at the fact that merchants make as much as 400-500% profit on a basic Florida price. Such mark-ups are criminal. Food prices continue to rise making it harder for people to feed their families. The government needs to look into this and stem this mark-up tide by some means.
I am quick to add that one difficulty which retailers face is pilferage, employees and sometimes others who steal. Many merchants have to wrestle with this and it is not fair to them. It is the reason for SOME of the mark-up. If you are concerned about prices, stop stealing from your boss. Do an honest day's work. When you steal you drive up the cost of doing business and eventually make it bad for everyone.
As citizens of our respective countries, we need to be aware of the value of our natural environments. Once spoiled it is hard or impossible to get them pristine again. Littering, dumping waste, overdevelopment and other forms of degradation need to be curtailed BY ALL OF US.
Governments must continue to strike the balance between development and protecting the environment. Proper Environmental Impact Studies must be done. Developers need to comply with local laws. Here in the Bahamas, both in New Providence and the Family Islands, we have some scandalous, scandalous examples of this not being done. I urge the government to put its foot down and help to protect our land.
These are only some of the issues to some of the concerns about which we pray and agitate. The Church must continue to be the Church. How?
· Stand on the Gospel tradition – the Bible teaches and encourages a set of values and a way of life that cannot be beaten.
· Set the right example in your life. None of us is perfect but we are called to a standard that Jesus calls us to.
· Be people whom others can respect and look up to.
· Show forth in your life on Monday through Saturday what you stand for by going to church on Sunday. For too many of us there is a divide between the two. We have one set of values on Sunday, which we throw away for the rest of the week. People do not see what we claim to believe, and so they take us and our faith for a joke. Why? Because they do not see seriousness in us.
· Support the work and ministry of your church. That is the spiritual family to which you belong so let your allegiance be seen in your living, your priorities, your commitments and your finances.
· Be a good citizen. The biblical standard is that we should render to Ceasar and to God what belongs to each. Our faith should be lived out in part in our national responsibilities. Give time to your country. Serve your country. Respect and support the laws and programmes and initiatives of your country.
· Get back to basics. Prayer, Bible reading, Acts of Christian charity, personal sacrifice, individual devotion, going to church regularly.
Do not give up. This is God's world and these are God's two countries. Never get tired and say that all is lost because all is never lost if citizens who believe in God keep on working and building because that know that faith in Jesus is lived out in whatever country Jesus put you in. Even national life is a part of the ministry of the Christian so in this service and in all Christian work we persevere.
"Therefore since it is through God's mercy that we have this ministry, we do not lose hear"t.
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Canada 'Investing Massively in AI'
AI is an "easy and recognizable shorthand" for the digital economy PM Trudeau hopes to foster.
Matt O'Brien
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Canadian computer scientists helped pioneer the field of artificial intelligence before it was a buzzword, and now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hoping to capitalize on their intellectual lead.
"We've been investing massively in AI," Trudeau told a conference of tech entrepreneurs Friday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before name-dropping several of the Canadian academics he said provided the underpinnings of the technology during an "AI winter" when most weren't paying it much notice.
Trudeau has become a kind of marketer-in-chief for Canada's tech economy ambitions, explaining the basics of machine learning as he promotes a national plan and government investments to "secure Canada's foothold" in AI research and education.
He said Friday that Canada is making a "deliberate choice," but not an easy choice, to embrace change at a time when new technology is disrupting workplaces and leading to anxiety and fear about the future. He said leaders also have a responsibility to shape the rules and principles to guide the development of artificial intelligence.
His visit headlined MIT's Solve initiative, which connects innovators with corporate, government and academic resources to tackle world problems. He also spent time visiting a technology lab, chatting with engineers and asking pointed questions about hydroponics, neurology, robots and kids' coding programs.
Trudeau isn't the only head of state talking up AI — France's Emmanuel Macron and China's Xi Jinping are among the others — but his deep-in-the-weeds approach to promoting Canada's knowledge-based economy has caught U.S. tech companies' attention in contrast to President Donald Trump, whose administration "got off to a little bit of a slow start" in expressing interest, said Erik Brynjolfsson, an MIT professor who directs the school's Initiative on the Digital Economy.
"AI is the most important technology for the next decade or two," said Brynjolfsson, who attended the Trump White House's first AI summit last week. "It's going to completely transform the economy and our society in lots of ways. It's a huge mistake for countries' leaders not to take it seriously."
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Uber and Samsung have all opened AI research hubs centered in Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton.
They were drawn in large part by decades of academic research into "deep learning" algorithms that helped pave the way for today's digital voice assistants, self-driving technology and photo-tagging services that can recognize a friend's face.
Canada's reputation as a welcoming place for immigrants is also helping, as is Trudeau's enthusiasm about the AI economy, Brynjolfsson said.
"When a national leader says AI is a priority, I think you get more creative, smart young people who will be taking it seriously," he said.
AI is an "easy and recognizable shorthand" for the digital economy Trudeau hopes to foster, said Luke Stark, a Dartmouth College sociologist from Canada who studies the history and philosophy of technology.
A former schoolteacher, Trudeau is "smart enough to know when to learn something so he can talk about it intelligently in a way that helps educate people," Stark said.
Stark said that also allows Trudeau to "push into the background some of the less high-tech, less fashionable elements of the Canadian economy," such as the extraction of oil and gas.
The visit comes amid talks between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico over whether to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement. Negotiators have now gone past an informal Thursday deadline set by U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, increasing the likelihood that talks could drag into 2019.
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Big waterfall or small dog?
Now, I don't mean that all dogs (or children) look alike. Rather, I mean that our default way of looking at a dog is from a standing position looking down at them. Most dog photos dog owners snap are taken very quickly, spur of the moment without time to think or plan how we want to shoot.
This is usually because each of our dogs is the cutest, most brilliant canine kid in the world and we want to capture that hilarious thing he or she is doing that makes him or her that much cuter.
In the first one, we have a funny expression that still cracks me up every time I look at it, but notice that the camera is above the dog's head shooting down and the angle of his head to the camera makes it look considerably skinnier than it does in the photo on the right. The one on the right was taken about level with the dog's face, straight on to the nose. If these were the only two pictures you'd ever seen of my dog, would you still feel certain these were both of the same dog?
Now look at the length of my dog's front legs. The are folded and parallel to the camera. Compare that to the front leg in the photo on the right. Notice how the leg now forms a similar angle to the lens that draws the eye back to the dog. But this time, it's his leg that looks exceptionally long.
Next, let's look at wide angle perspectives that create a sense of size.
In the photo on the left, you could argue that the dog (and man) look really small, or, if you imagine the dog and man to be average sized, you might see this more as the waterfall looking really big. On the right, we have an example shot tighter, but again, it's wide, the camera is further back, and it's shot from a standing position angled downward. This creates the impression that the bench, man, and dog are all a little shorter than they really are.
Both images were shot from the floor looking up at my dog hanging over the edge of a sofa. In the photo on the left, the back legs are not visually connected to the front end of the dog. They visually look like either there is a second dog in the photo or the visible dog was cut in half with his back legs moved to the side. I can assure you that no animals were harmed in any way in the making of this post.
In the photo on the right, I got up tight to my dog's back paws and created more of a silhouette effect. By changing the perspective so that I am both closer and looking up, the paws look huge! Notice that the one on the right looks significantly bigger than the one on the left. This is because it was closer to the camera and it's turned at a slightly different angle that makes the full breadth of the pad visible, but angled to the camera.
Your Assignment: Experiment with the visual effects you can create by changing where you're angle to the subject. Move up, move down, move all around. Try shooting from above and shooting from down low. Try head on, too. None of these angels are right or wrong; they just create a different perspective that affects the way the eye perceives the shape of the subject. Bonus Tip: want to look taller and thinner? Have the iPhotographer get down low and shoot at an upward angle.


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305. Brendon Bolton
Coach Inductee
Tassie Mariners/North Launceston/Tasmanian Devils/Clarence/North Hobart/Box Hill/Hawthorn/Carlton, 1995-2016
COACHING CAREER
> 60 games, North Hobart captain-coach, 2003-05
> Six games, Tasmanian Devils senior coach, 2006
> 21 games, Clarence senior coach, 2008
> 41 games, Box Hill senior coach, 2009-10
> Five games, Hawthorn senior coach, 2014
> 13 games, Carlton senior coach, 2016
> Hawthorn assistant coach, 2011-15
> Tasmanian Devils assistant coach, 2006
> George Town U19 Premiership, 1994
> Tassie Mariners, 1995-97
> 47 games, North Launceston, 1996-2001
> 24 games, Tasmanian Devils, 2001-02
> Clarence, 2002 and 2008
> North Hobart, 2003-07
> North Launceston TFL premiership, 1998
> Clarence SFL Premier League premiership, 2002
> North Hobart SFL Premier League premiership, 2003
> Horrie Gorringe Medal for SFL Premier League Best and Fairest, 2003
> Darrel Baldock Medal for Best on Ground in TFL Grand Final, 1998
> Multiple NTFL vs. SFL representative (including Weller Arnold medal for Best on Ground, 2003)
Hailing from George Town, Brendon Bolton first came to the football world's attention in 1998, when, aged just 19, the highly skilful rover won the Darrel Baldock Medal as best on ground in North Launceston's 1998 TFL premiership win over Clarence. After moving to Hobart and spending the 2002 season with Clarence where he won a second premiership, Bolton made his first foray into coaching in 2003, being appointed captain-coach of North Hobart at the age of just 24. A physical education teacher by profession, Bolton took to coaching with great skill, and in his first season the Demons romped to the premiership, demolishing Hobart to the tune of 110 points. Bolton's own form was outstanding and he took out the Horrie Gorringe Medal as the competition's Best and Fairest player that season.
After three years at the helm, Bolton joined the Tasmanian Devils as an assistant under Mathew Armstrong in 2006. Bolton had been a formation player with the Devils from 2001-02, and when Armstrong resigned late in the season, Bolton was appointed as caretaker, guiding the side to three wins from their last six games to only just miss the finals. After losing out on the senior job in 2007 Bolton returned to North Hobart, however it was then that the chronic hamstring injury that would spell the end of his playing career began to plague him, and he retired at the end of 2008, a year in which he had coached his old side Clarence.
At the end of that season Bolton was head hunted by Hawthorn for the dual role to coach the club's VFL affiliate, Box Hill and as Hawthorn Development Coach. Bolton's two seasons in charge of the Hawks both resulted in finals appearances, and on the back of these results he was appointed an assistant under Alastair Clarkson. Over the following five years Bolton's reputation as one of the finest readers of the game grew, and when Clarkson was forced to stand aside through illness in mid-2014 it was Bolton who was chosen as his interim replacement, coaching the Hawks to five straight wins from his five games in charge. Hawthorn's prolonged success during this period meant that the club's assistant coaches were highly sought after – none more so than Bolton – and in late 2015 Bolton was named senior coach of Carlton, only the second man the Blues had ever appointed to the role to have never played VFL/AFL football. He could not have had a more promising start, guiding the Blues to four consecutive wins from Rounds 5-8 in 2016 – the first time the Blues had won four straight matches since 2011 – confirming in the process his place on the list of fine AFL coaches to have come out of Tasmania.


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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty – traktat ABM podpisany w 1972 roku traktat między Stanami Zjednoczonymi a Związkiem Radzieckim o nieograniczonym czasowo ograniczeniu rozwoju, testowania i rozmieszczania systemów antybalistycznych (ABM – Antiballistic Missile). Jak wynika z art. I traktatu, jego celem było "ograniczenie systemów antybalistycznych każdej ze stron traktatu (ZSRR i USA) i zapobieżenie rozmieszczeniu przez którąkolwiek ze stron systemów ABM na jego terytorium". Jakkolwiek układ dopuszczał pewne ograniczone rozmieszczenie systemów antybalistycznych, jednakże zapobiegał utworzeniu systemów narodowych, w efekcie czego zapewniał nieskrępowaną możliwość balistycznego ataku jądrowego przez każdą ze stron. Traktat ograniczał możliwość rozmieszczenia systemów antybalistycznych jedynie do określonej w nim liczby rakietowych systemów lądowych oraz umieszczonych na Ziemi systemów radarowych.

Zawarcie traktatu
"Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems" zawarto z 26 maja 1972 w Moskwie, zaś dokumenty ratyfikacyjne wymieniono 3 października 1972 roku.

Ograniczenia traktatowe

Artykuł III
Art. III traktatu ograniczał rozmieszczanie systemów antybalistycznych do explicite w nim wymienionych. Przepis ten zezwalał na jeden stały lądowy kompleks ABM w każdym z krajów, ulokowany w pobliżu jego stolicy lub bazy międzykontynentalnych pocisków antybalistycznych (ICBM). Ograniczał jednocześnie liczbę pocisków przechwytujących zainstalowanych w tych bazach do 100, podobnie jak liczbę ich wyrzutni.

Instalacje antybalistyczne wokół stolicy kraju nie mogły ponadto posiadać więcej niż sześć kompleksów radarowych – długość promienia każdego nie mogła zaś przekraczać 3 km. Systemy ABM wokół pól startowych ICBM mogły natomiast posiadać dwa wielkie i 18 małych radarów. Przedstawione postanowienia uwzględniały aktualny na dzień zawarcia traktatów stan posiadania obu stron traktatu w zakresie instalacji ABM – radzieckich instalacji moskiewskiego systemu ABM wokół Moskwy i amerykańskiego systemu Safeguard w pobliżu wyrzutni pocisków ICBM – Minuteman w Grand Forks w Północnej Dakocie. Amerykański system Safeguard został jednak wyłączony po zaledwie 8 miesiącach funkcjonowania, na mocy decyzji ówczesnego sekretarza Obrony USA Donalda Rumsfelda (radary funkcjonują do dziś jako urządzenia wczesnego ostrzegania), radziecki system zaś działał przez cały okres zimnej wojny i do dzisiaj (2008).

Artykuł IV
Art. IV zezwalał na przeprowadzanie, w wyznaczonych centrach testowych, niektórych testów systemów antybalistycznych niedozwolonych przez art. III do rozmieszczenia, jednakże systemy dozwolone do testowania, jak również do rozmieszczenia podlegały regulacji artykułu V, zgodnie z którym każda ze stron zobowiązywała się nie rozwijać nie testować i nie rozmieszczać systemów ABM lub jego komponentów bazujących na morzu, w powietrzu, przestrzeni kosmicznej, a także mobilnych systemów lądowych. Na mocy traktatu, dozwolone było rozwijanie, testowanie i rozmieszczanie wyłącznie stałych, lądowych systemów antybalistycznych, przy czym rozmieszczanie musiało uwzględniać ograniczenia wynikające art. III.

Utrata mocy obowiązującej
14 grudnia 2001 r. Stany Zjednoczone wykorzystały klauzulę dotyczącą wypowiedzenia ABM i przedstawiły notę z wypowiedzeniem, które miało wejść w życie po upływie sześciu miesięcy (zgodnie z art. XV pkt. 1 Traktatu). Było to spowodowane zamachami z 11 września 2001 r. oraz koniecznością zabezpieczenia się USA przez przed szantażem nuklearnym ze strony państw zbójeckich i organizacji terrorystycznych. W uzasadnieniu administracja prezydenta Busha podkreśliła zmianę sytuacji na arenie międzynarodowej oraz nakreśliła jawiące się przed Stanami Zjednoczonymi niebezpieczeństwa i zagrożenia:

Traktat ABM utracił moc obowiązującą 13 czerwca 2002 roku.

Zobacz też

 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (I).

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Many systems are used to classify the world's forests. Some systems classify a forest according to the characteristics of its dominant trees. A needleleaf forest, for example, consists of a forest in which the dominant trees have long, narrow, needlelike leaves. Such forests are also called coniferous (cone-bearing) because the trees bear cones. The seeds grow in these cones. A broadleaf forest is made up mainly of trees with broad, flat leaves.
Forests in which the dominant trees shed all their leaves during certain seasons of the year, and then grow new ones, are classed as deciduous forests. In an evergreen forest, the dominant trees grow new leaves before shedding the old ones. Thus, they remain green throughout the year.
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Many scientists classify forests according to various ecological systems. Under such systems, forests with similar climate, soil, and amounts of moisture are grouped into formations. Climate, soil, and moisture determine the kinds of trees found in a forest formation. One common ecological system groups the world's forests into six major formations. They are (1) tropical rain forests, (2) tropical seasonal forests, (3) temperate deciduous forests, (4) temperate evergreen forests, (5) boreal forests, and (6) savannas.
Tropical rain forests grow near the equator, where the climate is warm and wet the year around. The largest of these forests grow in the Amazon River Basin of South America, the Congo River Basin of Africa, and throughout much of Southeast Asia.
Of the six forest formations, tropical rain forests have the greatest variety of trees. As many as 100 species-none of which is dominant-may grow in 1 square mile (2.6 square kilometers) of land. Nearly all the trees of tropical rain forests are broadleaf evergreens, though some palm trees and tree ferns can also be found. In most of the forests, the trees form three canopies. The upper canopy may reach more than 165 feet (50 meters) high. A few exceptionally tall trees, called emergents, tower above the upper canopy. The understory trees form the two lower canopies.
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Tropical seasonal forests grow in certain regions of the tropics and subtropics. These regions have a definite wet and dry season each year or a somewhat cooler climate than that of the tropical rain forest. Such conditions occur in Central America, central South America, southern Africa, India, eastern China, and northern Australia and on many islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Tropical seasonal forests have a canopy about 100 feet (30 meters) high. One understory grows beneath the canopy. Bamboos and palms may form a dense shrub layer, and a thick herb layer blankets the ground. The animal life resembles that of the rain forest.
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The canopy of temperate deciduous forests is about 100 feet (30 meters) high. Two or more kinds of trees dominate the canopy, and another 15 to 25 kinds may be present. Most of the trees in these forests are broadleaf and deciduous. They shed their leaves in fall. The understory, shrub, and herb layers may be dense. The herb layer has two growing periods each year. Plants of the first growth appear in early spring, before the trees have developed new leaves. These plants die by summer and are replaced by plants that grow in the shade of the leafy canopy.
Large animals of the temperate deciduous forests include bears, deer, and, rarely, wolves. These forests are also the home of hundreds of smaller mammals and birds. Many of the birds migrate south in fall, and some of the mammals hibernate during the winter.
Some temperate areas support mixed deciduous and evergreen forests. In the Great Lakes region of North America, for example, the cold winters promote the growth of heavily mixed forests of deciduous and evergreen trees. Forests of evergreen pine and deciduous oak and hickory grow on the dry coastal plains of the Southeastern United States.
Temperate evergreen forests. In some temperate regions, the environment favors the growth of evergreen forests. Such forests grow along coastal areas that have mild winters with heavy rainfall. These areas include the northwest coast of North America, the south coast of Chile, the west coast of New Zealand, and the southeast coast of Australia. Temperate evergreen forests also cover the lower mountain slopes in Asia, Europe, and western North America. In these regions, the cool climate favors the growth of evergreen trees.
The strata and the plant and animal life vary greatly from one temperate evergreen forest to another. For example, the mountainous evergreen forests of Asia, Europe, and North America are made up of conifers. The coastal forests of Australia and New Zealand, on the other hand, consist of broadleaf evergreen trees.
Boreal forests are found in regions that have an extremely cold winter and a short growing season. The word boreal means northern. Vast boreal forests stretch across northern Europe, Asia, and North America. Similar forests also cover the higher mountain slopes on these continents.
Boreal forests, which are also called taiga, have the simplest structure of all forest formations. They have only one uneven layer of trees, which reaches up to about 75 feet (23 meters) high. In most of the boreal forests, the dominant trees are needleleaf evergreens-either spruce and fir or spruce and pine. The shrub layer is spotty. However, mosses and lichens form a thick layer on the forest floor and also grow on the tree trunks and branches. There are few herbs.
Many small mammals, such as beavers, mice, porcupines, and snowshoe hares, live in the boreal forests. Larger mammals include bears, caribou, foxes, moose, and wolves. Birds of the boreal forests include ducks, loons, owls, warblers, and woodpeckers.
Savannas are areas of widely spaced trees. In some savannas, the trees grow in clumps. In others, individual trees grow throughout the area, forming an uneven, widely open canopy. In either case, most of the ground is covered by shrubs and herbs, especially grasses. As a result, some biologists classify savannas as grasslands. Savannas are found in regions where low rainfall, poor soil, frequent fires, or other environmental features limit tree growth.
The largest savannas are tropical savannas. They grow throughout much of Central America, Brazil, Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Animals of the tropical savannas include giraffes, lions, tigers, and zebras.
Temperate savannas, also called woodlands, grow in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. They have such animals as bears, deer, elk, and pumas.
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Faravahar – Origins and Symbolic Meaning
What is the Faravahar?
Faravahar Meaning
The Faravahar in Use Today
The Faravahar, also known as Farr-e Kiyani or Forouhar, is one of the best-known ancient symbols of Zoroastrianism.
The symbol has existed since ancient times and remains one of the most important national and cultural symbols of Persia (modern day Iran).
In this article, we'll be taking a quick look at the symbol of the Faravahar, its meaning and the various interpretations of its symbolism.
The Faravahar is a symbol that's comprised of a sun disk with wings spread out on either side, and a seated male figure at the center, most commonly seen in ancient Persian art and architecture. It's a highly detailed and intricate representation of the winged sun disk, one of the most ancient symbols found in art, architecture and seals from ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Sumer, Judah and Assyria.
Although the Faravahar is a Persian symbol, it's neither Zoroastrian nor Persian in origin. In fact, it's believed to have originated in Mesopotamia as a depiction of Ashur, a winged deity, that may have symbolized divine kingship.
The Farvahar first appeared in Persia during the Achaemenid Persian Empire. After the Achaemenian dynasty, the use of the Faravahar in Persian architecture and art declined, regaining popularity once again in the modern era.
The Faravahar symbol can still be seen on many ancient Iranian standing sites like the Yazd Atashkadeh, the Tomb of Ferdowsi and Persepolis. It can also be seen on older school and bank buildings in Iran which are carefully preserved to this day.
Although the Faravahar was famous in ancient Persia, what it meant to the Persians is still unknown and remains a mystery to this day.
According to Zoroaster, a great Iranian philosopher and the founder of Zoroastrianism, the Faravahar represents his principles of 'Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds'. It's also said to represent a Fravashi (a guardian angel) which is what gave it its name.
The symbol also represents life after death. Simply put, the message given by the Faravahar is that if you behave well and lead a humble life here on Earth, you will be compensated for it with a good life after death.
Each element of the Faravahar has its own special meaning, so let's take a look at the significance of this symbol in a little more detail.
Wisdom of Age: the male figure in the Faravahar is said to be that of an old man who reminds one that the elderly can be good guides. It's also a reminder to heed the words of the wise and experienced.
Three Principles of Zoroaster: there are two wings spread apart, one on each side of the man in the center which are divided into three segments. These indicate the three principles of Zartosht: good reflections, good words and good deeds.
Three Opposing Principles: the lower part of the symbol (similar to a feathered tail) is also divided into three separate parts. Their meaning is completely opposite to that of the wings, representing 'bad reflections, bad words and bad deeds'. It suggests avoiding bad choices and staying away from the wrong path which can bring misfortune and misery to humans
Positive and Negative Forces: there are two loops on either side of the Faravahar, which are representative of positive forces and negative forces. The loop representing positive forces is directed toward the face of the figure and the latter is at the back to show that we must keeping looking forward for the good things in life and turn our backs on the bad.
Eternity of Universe and Soul: the central circle around the old man shows that the spirit is endless and the universal and soul are eternal. Since it's a circle, it clearly shows that there is no beginning or end. The central ring also tells us that the consequences of a man's action will come back to him in this world and that it is the soul of the righteous that will enjoy the reward in the other world.
Choosing the Right Path: one of the old man's hands on the Faravahar is pointing upwards to show that there's only one direction to choose in life which is the forward path.
Faithfulness and Loyalty: on the other hand is a ring known as a ring of promise which shows the respect for promises. Some interpreters say that it's a ring of covenant that's used in wedding ceremonies to represent faithfulness and loyalty.
Although there are several different interpretations of the individual elements of the Faravahar, all of these are fairly new and came into existence after the 20th century. Therefore, we may never know what the symbol represented exactly in ancient times.
There is still a great debate about what the symbol actually means since what it represented in the minds of those who adapted it from Mesopotamian and Egyptian reliefs is still unclear.
The Faravahar is a popular symbol for many jewelry designs and tattoos as well as clothing items. It's used by people all over the world who take it with them as a token of good luck. Below is a list of the editor's top picks featuring the Farvahar symbol.
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For Zoroastrians, it's a special reminder of their life's purpose: to live well and behave well in a way that helps spiritual progression of one's soul. Since the symbol is interpreted in many ways, it calls to a wide range of people who come from various religious beliefs and cultures.
The Faravahar continues to be a popular symbol among modern day Iranians and Zoroastrians. While the actual meaning of the symbol may be difficult to decipher, it remains a beautiful and meaning symbol open to interpretation.
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Justice Department clears Cigna, Express Scripts merger
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Cigna Corp. and Express Scripts Holding Co. have announced that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has cleared their pending merger, terminating the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. In March 2018, Cigna announced its plans to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion.
According to the companies' September 17 press release, expiration of the HSR waiting period satisfies one of the conditions necessary to the consummation of the transaction. Completion of the transaction remains subject to certain state regulatory approvals and filings required in connection with the transaction, including clearances from certain departments of insurance, and the satisfaction of all closing conditions.
"We are pleased that the Department of Justice has cleared our transaction and that we are another step closer to completing our merger and delivering greater affordability, choice and predictability to our customers and clients as a combined company," said David Cordani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cigna. "Together, we believe we will be able to do even more to reduce healthcare costs, expand choice, and improve patient outcomes," said Tim Wentworth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Express Scripts.
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Agnes Birkemose's bloody name tag. A detail from the cover of the Danish first edition of 'Finale'.
Paralyzed, Agnes has stopped struggling to free herself from the ropes. She hardly breathes.
I never liked author branding. I never felt comfortable being one. I always had this urge to challenge whatever brand people forced on me. It felt like some sort of prison to me. Like I had struggled all this time to make it, only to find myself as a prisoner of my own creation. I guess, those feelings found their way out writing 'Finale'.
'Finale' will be published in English on May the 25th, and in German on May the 14th.
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Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles game preview
Nov 8, 2015; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Miami Dolphins running back Lamar Miller (26) runs with the ball against the Buffalo Bills during the first half at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports, Nov 8, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Philadelphia Eagles running back DeMarco Murray (29) runs the ball in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Philadelphia won in overtime 33-27. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
Time: Sunday, 1 p.m.
Though Sam Bradford and Jordan Matthews hooked up for maybe a season-saving touchdown last week, it's been the Philadelphia Eagles' running backs who have come to the rescue of late.
The Eagles will search for more heroics from their ground game Sunday against one of the league's worst teams versus the run when the Miami Dolphins visit Lincoln Financial Field.
While Miami's faltering defense has it in danger of falling out of the AFC playoff picture, the Eagles (4-4) are still very much alive in the NFC - in part thanks to Bradford's 41-yard connection with Matthews to end a 33-27 overtime victory at Dallas.
Two running backs, though, might be a bigger reason for Philadelphia's surge of three wins in four games to claw within a half-game of East-leading New York.
After a slow start, DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews have made for a potent combo in the backfield. They combined for 620 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the last four games, much better production than the 179 yards and two scores they totaled through Weeks 1-4 - including Murray's absence in the third game.
The average yards per carry for the pair has risen from 2.9 in the first half of the season to 5.6 since.
With Murray and Mathews churning out yards and Bradford finding his comfort zone in coach Chip Kelly's offense, the Eagles are averaging 438.8 total yards and 28.8 points in their last four games. Compare that to 294.0 yards and 19.5 points in their first four and things are looking up.
"We're getting that swagger going," Matthews told the team's official website. "We're going to go out there, practice hard all week and try to put a good product out on the field against the Dolphins."
Miami (3-5) saw hope for its season with back-to-back blowout wins following coach Joe Philbin's firing in early October. Reality hit, though, with consecutive losses of 36-7 at New England on Oct. 29 and 33-17 at Buffalo last Sunday.
The Dolphins will have to figure it out in Philadelphia, where they have lost two straight. The Eagles have won three consecutive meetings overall.
While the Eagles have averaged 28.1 rushing attempts and 121.6 yards on the ground, the Dolphins have seen opponents attempt a league-high 31.5 and they rank second-to-last with 142.1 yards surrendered.
Murray faced Miami once with Dallas in 2011, rushing for 87 yards on 22 carries. Mathews combined for 208 yards on 35 rushes in two matchups while with San Diego in 2011 and 2013.
It's a running attack Ndamukong Suh is familiar with from his days with Detroit.
"Philly has two great running backs," he said. "I've seen them both. Obviously I've been able to stop both of them."
But Miami's prized offseason acquisition has been double-teamed often, and opposing running games have feasted on the Dolphins. The latest stat line, and probably most embarrassing, came when the Bills piled up 266 yards and three touchdowns on the ground while throwing the ball just 12 times last week.
The rushing yards were the most by any team through the NFL's first nine weeks, and the Dolphins became the first team ever to allow two 100-yard rushers and a 150-yard receiver in the same game.
Some of the responsibility falls on the offense, which looked dominant during consecutive wins of 38-10 at Tennessee on Oct. 18 and 44-26 at home over Houston on Oct. 25 in interim coach Dan Campbell's first two games. But Miami trailed big early against the Patriots and Bills, leading to more runs from the opposition.
"At the end of the day we have to find a way to win games," quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. "Whether it's the offense scoring points, the defense making a big stop or complementing each other. It's a team sport and we have to feed of each other and find a way to come out with a win."
Helping will be the absence of rookie linebacker Jordan Hicks on Philadelphia's defense. Hicks, who had two interceptions and three fumble recoveries, was placed on season-ending injured reserve after he tore his left pectoral tendon against the Cowboys.
The Eagles hope for returns from wide receiver Nelson Agholor (ankle) and linebacker DeMeco Ryans (hamstring), but left tackle Jason Peters (back) says he is 50-50.


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PDP offers legal assistance to JKLF, Jamaat-e-Islami to contest ban
Baramulla: Mehbooba Mufti-led People's Democratic Party has offered legal support to the recently-banned outfits of Jamaat-e-Islami (J-K) and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
Addressing a gathering here on Tuesday, senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig said, "We are ready to offer Jamaat-e-Islami and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front legal assistance, whether in Jammu and Kashmir High Court or Supreme court, provided they trust us."
Last week, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had criticised the central government's decision to ban JKLF, which had kidnapped her sister Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989.
"YasinMalik renounced violence as a way of resolving J&K issue a long time ago. He was treated as a stakeholder in a dialogue initiated by then PM (AtalBihari) Vajpayee ji. What will a ban on his organisation achieve? Detrimental steps like these will only turn Kash (sic) into an open-air prison," Mehbooba had tweeted on the day when the central government had banned JKLF.
Centre had banned JKLF saying the outfit is actively engaged in inciting secessionism and illegal funneling funds for fomenting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
In February this year, the central government had also banned Jamat-e-Islami for a period of five years.
Both the organisations were banned after being categorised as "an unlawful association under Section 3(1) of the Unlawful Prevention Act 1967", by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The government has launched a crackdown against 'separatist' elements in the valley in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack.
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What is the value of iOS code signing?
All those hours you spend on getting code signing to work properly on your machine, on your CI and on your co-workers Mac… your app and the App Store would be just a safe and secure without it.
Is code signing really a problem for developers?
Yes! On the fastlane repo alone, over 1,700 GitHub Issues are related to code signing. That is over 30% of all incoming requests. On Stackoverflow you can find over 3,000 questions around iOS code signing, even though it's not related to actual code.
Why do we have to codesign iOS apps?
Code signing allows Apple to control what software can be installed on iOS devices.
Code signing ensures your app doesn't get modified by a third party on the way from your Mac to the end-users iPhone.
You sign your app with your signature, it ensures that the app is from you.
What's the problem with the current process?
Once someone has access to your Apple credentials, they can easily revoke all your certificate, create new ones, and update the provisioning profile to use theirs.
When you submit your iOS app for review, the app gets resigned by Apple after being approved, so your code signature isn't actually used when the end-user downloads your app.
When you create a new Certificate Signing Request you can select Saved to disk. This means, if someone has access to your Apple Developer Account, they can create as many new, valid certificates as they want, without having access to your email account.
For many iOS developers, the account credentials never leave their computer (e.g. if they use Xcode and fastlane), but there is also a handful of third party web services that ask for your Apple ID credentials, which are then stored on their servers. If the service isn't open source, there is no way for you to know how the credentials are stored and secured.
Don't require code signing locally on the developer's machine at all. Tools like the iTunes Transporter already verify the checksums and validity of the uploaded binary. Just by doing this one thing, you never have to deal with code signing again.
And assuming your Developer account doesn't have 2-factor auth enabled, there would be no difference in the security across the whole process.
The alternative would be to do all the code signing completely automatic in the background via Xcode. That's already the case (previously known as Fix Issue button), and it works great for some use-cases, however once your team reaches a certain scale, you'll quickly run into its limits (see codesigning.guide).
Enforce 2-step verification for all Apple Developer accounts, offer a way for teams to easily add multiple phone numbers or email addresses. Access to production apps is important enough to enforce 2-step verification for all accounts.
Once your app is approved, the owner of the app should be asked to confirm that this version should be shipped. This can be done either via email or SMS verification, but not via the iTunes Connect Web UI directly, as otherwise people with access to the portal could confirm your app release. This could even be its own iTunes Connect role.
The above mentioned techniques won't work for Ad Hoc builds, code signing should still be required as before.


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Q: Impala with Sas 9.4 : not import data with create table creating a table with Sas and Impala I can't import data with many columns (more than 1500). The table is created but the data is not written and the following error is generated:
ERROR: CLI execute error: [Cloudera][ImpalaODBC] (110) Error while executing a query in Impala:
   [HY000] : AnalysisException: Syntax         error in line 1: ...,xxx`)  VALUES ( ? , ? , ? , ? , ? , ? , ? , ...
    ^ Encountered:         Unexpected character Expected: CASE, CAST, DEFAULT, EXISTS, FALSE, IF, INTERVAL, NOT, NULL, TRUNCATE, TRUE, IDENTIFIER
Thank you

A: I try to create a view or a table with engine SAS Impala (ODBC impala ClouderaImpalaODBC-2.5.36.1009-1.x86_64) RedHat 6.8. And I get this error:
ERROR: CLI execute error: [Cloudera] [ImpalaODBC] (110) Error while executing a query in Impala: [HY000]: AnalysisException: Syntax
        error in line 1: ... King ((a.trns_dt between {d '31.10.2015'} and {d '^ 2 ... Encountered:
        Unexpected character Expected: CASE, CAST, EXISTS, FALSE, IF, INTERVAL, NOT NULL, TRUNCATE, TRUE, IDENTIFIER Caused BY:
        Exception: Syntax error
We have seen that characters that are passed impala can not read such. "{}".

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The Artist's Legacy Workbook
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The Artist's Legacy Workbook is a resource developed to help artists, artist's families, and executors in preparing for, navigating, and managing an artist's legacy after their death. Personal and professional experience led to the development of a workshop, sponsored by th Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersoville Vermont, and supported by an Innovations and Collaborations Grant from the Vermont Community Foundation in 2015. The success of these workshops has led to this effort to reach more artists and artist's families through the sale and promotion of materials developed for the workshop.
The commitment to this project began one hot and humid afternoon in 2011 when I was crawling around a small shed, attempting to select works by a recently deceased Vermont artist for an exhibition. Sadly, the challenge that afternoon was to find artwork that didn't have mold on it, given that it had been stored in uncontrolled conditions. I was horrified.
I barely knew what to say to the artist's heirs. Most of the work in the shed was going to require massive conservation in order to have future value of any kind. My thoughts, however, came quickly – something must be done so that other art is not lost because the artist made no provision for their work after their death. That is how The Legacy Project began.
For me personally, thinking about legacy goes back several decades. My aunt, Julia MacFarland (1900 – 1999), left no instructions for the disposal of three apartments full of her artwork and artifacts. It fell to me, her artist niece, to make those decisions. To this day, I have not the faintest idea what she wanted.
I studied with Corita Kent (1918 – 1986), known at the time as Sister Mary Corita, a rising star nationally in the pop and art culture movement. When Corita lay dying she reached out to me and said, "You make all the decisions." This was an assignment from my teacher, which would last a lifetime.
One of the charges to the Executive Director of Bryan Memorial Gallery is the ongoing mission of preserving the estates of two artists: Alden Bryan (1913 – 2001) and Mary Bryan (1907 – 1978). Over thirty years, the process of securing their legacies has come slowly. One day, those who knew the artists personally will no longer be with us. What will remain?
"I'd rather be painting. . ." could be going through your mind as you contemplate these stories, and while I would be too, consider this sad but true recent story. The artist aged 51 had died unexpectedly, and his closest survivor was a stunned sibling 1,000 miles away. Hurriedly, an exhibit was put together by a local gallery with the artwork priced to sell so the sibling could pay for transportation to get his things. Only one painting remains in a public space in the town where he resided. Four years after his death, there is barely a trace that this artist was a vibrant presence where he lived and worked. His work still sits in a relative's attic. No institution owns his work, and there are very few paintings posted on the Internet. Except in the heart, oblivion can happen quickly.
"After ecstasy, the laundry." My teacher repeated this Zen saying often. In the case of your artistic legacy, no one is going to do the laundry for you, unles you already have an art staff. Conversations about your artistic legacy can add a poignant dimension to your relationships when you make your wishes known to your heirs while you can still discuss them.
An organized legacy can
ensure that your work goes where you want it to go.
bring happiness (and relief) to your family.
enhance local institutions through donations.
secure your role in the life of your community.
encourage the next generation(s) to realize the importance of the arts in making a more enriched way of life for all.
Most of us love to tell our own stories, and to make sure they are remembered as we remember them. On the following pages there are many questions to ask yourself about what you want for the future of your artwork and your art story when it outlives you. There are three sections to this workbook. Section One is for the living artist with suggestions as to how to proceed, when to donate, whom to name and what to expect. These suggestions are not legalities, but rather emotional and practical preferences for those fine points of an artist's legacy that no one is going to know unless you tell them. Section Two is for your heirs, though all sections include relevant information for you and for them. Section Three consists of blanks for you to fill in if you want to keep your answers to the questions raised here in one place.
If you're anything like me, these pages may encourage you to clean up your act, in ways such as signing artwork you like, and throwing away artwork you don't like. In the end, who would know but you what your best work is, and where it should go?
— Mickey Myers
Jeffersonville, Vermont, 2015
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using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

namespace QiniuDemo
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        public static string HAMCSHA1(string content, string key)
        {
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            //byte[] dataBuffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(content);
            //byte[] hashBytes = hmacsha1.ComputeHash(dataBuffer);
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            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(content);
            byte[] byteKey = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);

            HMACSHA1 hmac = new HMACSHA1(byteKey);
            CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(Stream.Null, hmac, CryptoStreamMode.Write);
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Q: Can someone explain how this happened? I seem to be having some odd results when running netdiscover on my home network.  From the cable modem to my scanner (skipping a few peripherals), here's the basic layout:

The cable modem is connected to our router, which also serves as DHCP server and primary Wi-Fi AP.
From there (again, skipping peripherals) the connection goes to a LAN port on another router, which has been stripped of its router roles (DHCP, etc) and acts only as a secondary Wi-Fi AP.
My laptop is connected to the secondary AP, running Windows 7 x64.
I'm running netdiscover from a virtual machine on my laptop, which is running Backtrack Linux.
The virtual machine is connected to my network via a VirtualBox adapter, running in "bridged" mode.
The network's addresses are in the 10.0.0.0/8 range of RFC 1918 address space.

So, I ran netdiscover on the Backtrack VM.  Most of the addresses returned were pretty much as expected, except for two.
 IP            At MAC Address      Count    Len   MAC Vendor
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 192.168.2.1     00:17:9a:8f:69:cf    01    060   D-Link Corporation
 192.168.2.1     00:17:9a:8f:69:d0    01    060   D-Link Corporation

I've got a fairly solid guess as to what this is - a D-Link VoIP router that we're only leaving connected (hard-line to the router) for its VoIP functions.  The IP address looks like it may be a factory default (I'll be troubleshooting that another time) for the device.
What's I'm scratching my head over now is:  Why was the D-Link device at 192.168.2.1 able to receive and return the ARP packets across a 10.x.x.x network?

A: Unless you specifically state a range to use, netdiscover will scan for common networks, so this would include 192.168.0.0/16.
An ARP request is broadcast at layer 2, so even though the backtrack PC is on a different IP network to the voip box, the arp request will still be seen and replied to.  The request would be in the form of an ARP Probe, which does not contain an IP address to reply to - the reply is sent at layer 2 to the mac address of the device originating the request.
An ARP Probe is a method for determining whether an IP address is in use currently.  It is usually used by a device prior to "claiming" an IP address, to ensure no one else on the local network is using it.  It can however be used to see what addresses are being used on the local network, and seems likely that netdiscover would use it.
While an arp probe is part of the layer 3 IP protocol, it operates at layer 2.  The packet looks a bit like this:
From MAC: <host mac address>, To MAC: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, Payload: "Is anyone using IP address 192.168.1.1"

So the destination mac is the broadcast mac address - all ones, it matches all addresses.  Therefore any layer 2 device such as a switch, will broadcast it out of all ports in the same broadcast domain that the packet was received on.  In a domestic router, this means all LAN ports (the lan ports on a domestic router are switchports).  If any of the LAN ports are connected to another router's LAN ports, then the LAN ports are all in the same broadcast domain - the packet will be broadcast out of the port on the first router that is connected to the second router, the second router will see the packet is destined for ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff and so will broadcast it out of its own lan ports.
The point here is that a layer 2 broadcast packet will be seen by every device on the network, regardless of IP addresses.
So every device sees it.  The voip device sees that it is an ARP probe, and that the IP address the sender is after matches the IP address it has configured, and so replies.
It cannot reply to the originating devices IP address, because the very nature of an ARP probe is that it is used by a device that does not yet have an IP address - it is used to see whether the IP address it wants is already in use. So the place in the packet where the senders IP address would ordinarily be is all zeroes.
And ARP probe reply is therefore sent to the MAC address of the sender.