text:
Q: Heroku: Wrong number of arguments for rake precompile Background: I am attempting to update a Heroku app from 14 to 20. I believe I have all the gems bundled properly and am now hoping to push the app.
Given similar cases I have come across online, my guess is that I must update some gem. However, when I run update, it appears that all gems are fully up-to-date.
~/Doc/gentle-island-2510 | master >8  git push heroku master
Enumerating objects: 41, done.
Counting objects: 100% (41/41), done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (29/29), done.
Writing objects: 100% (33/33), 4.45 KiB | 2.23 MiB/s, done.
Total 33 (delta 21), reused 6 (delta 2)
remote: Compressing source files... done.
remote: Building source:
remote:
remote: -----> Building on the Heroku-20 stack
remote: -----> Using buildpack: heroku/ruby
remote: -----> Ruby app detected
remote: -----> Installing bundler 1.17.3
remote: -----> Removing BUNDLED WITH version in the Gemfile.lock
remote: -----> Compiling Ruby/Rails
remote: -----> Using Ruby version: ruby-3.0.0
remote:        Purging Cache. Changing stack from cedar-14 to heroku-20
remote: -----> Installing dependencies using bundler 1.17.3
remote:        Running: BUNDLE_WITHOUT='development:test' BUNDLE_PATH=vendor/bundle BUNDLE_BIN=vendor/bundle/bin BUNDLE_DEPLOYMENT=1 BUNDLE_GLOBAL_PATH_APPENDS_RUBY_SCOPE=1 bundle install -j4
remote:        Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/............
...
remote:        Bundle complete! 14 Gemfile dependencies, 59 gems now installed.
remote:        Gems in the groups development and test were not installed.
remote:        Bundled gems are installed into `./vendor/bundle`
remote:        Removing bundler (1.17.3)
remote:        Bundle completed (134.54s)
remote:        Cleaning up the bundler cache.
remote: -----> Installing node-v12.16.2-linux-x64
remote: -----> Detecting rake tasks
remote: -----> Preparing app for Rails asset pipeline
remote:        Running: rake assets:precompile
remote:        rake aborted!
remote:        ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 2)
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:111:in `initialize'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb:37:in `new'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb:37:in `build'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb:101:in `block in build'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb:101:in `each'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb:101:in `inject'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/actionpack-5.2.6/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb:101:in `build'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/engine.rb:510:in `block in app'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/engine.rb:506:in `synchronize'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/engine.rb:506:in `app'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb:47:in `block in <module:Finisher>'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `instance_exec'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `run'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:61:in `block in run_initializers'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:60:in `run_initializers'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:361:in `initialize!'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/config/environment.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:337:in `require'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:337:in `require_environment!'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/railties-5.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:520:in `block in run_tasks_blocks'
remote:        /tmp/build_f44696fb/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/sprockets-rails-3.2.2/lib/sprockets/rails/task.rb:61:in `block (2 levels) in define'
remote:        Tasks: TOP => environment
remote:        (See full trace by running task with --trace)
remote:
remote:  !
remote:  !     Precompiling assets failed.
remote:  !
remote:  !     Push rejected, failed to compile Ruby app.
remote:
remote:  !     Push failed
remote: Verifying deploy...
remote:
remote: !       Push rejected to gentle-island-2510.
remote:

A: I resolved this by removing Gemfile.lock then running bundle install and pushing a new commit to Heroku.
I also added an environment variable RAILS_ENV=production to the app in Heroku (Settings > Config Vars). Once I added this I was able to push the application successfully.

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This topic describes the Host Profile report. The following figure shows the Host Profile report, listing all the suspicious hosts.
The following figure shows the different panels of this view.
On the Activity Heading panel allows you can view the activity name, IP address, the time the report was generated, along with the start and end date.
Note: The Host Profile report does not display a score in the Activity heading panel.
The Activity Fields panel displays the following fields from the Mongo DB database.
Least Busiest Hour The hour with the lower number of requests.
Busiest Hour The hour with the highest number of requests.
Longest No-traffic Period (hours) The longest break without any traffic for this IP.
Total Bandwidth The total bandwidth consumed for sending and receiving.
Domain Total The total number of domains accessed by this IP.
Average Bandwidth The average bandwidth to send or receive per session.
External IPs The number of external IPs accessed.
Rare User-Agents The number of rare User-Agent strings seen from this IP.
The Activity Histograms panel displays the Session Size Histogram. This is a vertical histogram which depicts the host activity in blue color.
Vertical Histogram: The data is depicted in the form of a vertical histogram in case of an Hours or Session Size Histogram.
Horizontal Histogram: The data is depicted in the form of an horizontal histogram in case of Domains Histogram.
The Activity Heat Maps panel displays the HTTPS Requests Overview heat map. The heat map is plotted based on days (X-axis) and hours (Y-axis). The count of the activities is computed based on the average of several activities. The color codes displayed for the activities vary as it is dynamic. The heat map is displayed from the start date of the report which is displayed above the Heading panel. For example, on a particular day on the 23rd hour if the activity is high then the dark blue color code is displayed on the heat map.
Note: The high rate of activities during a particular period is not indicative of suspicious activity on the host. The color codes only depict the rate of activities during any period.
The Activity List panel is displayed based on the percentage of traffic on the field it accessed. For example, Daily User Agent Settings and Countries.
In the Warehouse Analytics toolbar, click View All Jobs.
A list of jobs along with their schedule name and time are displayed on the View tab.
Note: If no list is displayed, select a date from the calendar to view a list of jobs.
Double-click on an execution based on the Host Profile model.
The Host Profile report is displayed.
You can investigate a host profile report.


One of Rochester's essential summer sounds is the University of Rochester's Hopeman Memorial Carillon, which has pealed out from the top of Rush Rhees Library for the last 42 years. (The 50 hand-cast bronze bells came from the Netherlands, and replaced the original bells from 1930.) When it's not striking the hours, it is playing real tunes as well as classical and modern compositions; a devoted group of amateur and professional carillonneurs sends those sonorous tones across the UR campus and into the surrounding community.
The Hopeman Carillon concert series, a UR summer fixture, winds up its July series next Monday, July 27, with a performance by Sue Bergren, an organist and carillonneur from Indiana. You can look into the Hopeman Carillon's restoration project at Rochester.edu/aboutus/carillon, and learn its history at a Rush Rhees Library exhibit, "Chime to Carillon", running to the end of July.
Hopeman Carillon Concert featuring Sue Bergren will take place Monday, July 27, on the University of Rochester Eastman Quadrangle. 7 p.m. Free. 275-2828, Rochester.edu/about us/carillon.


US-based equipment manufacturer National Flooring Equipment has appointed Nick White as country manager for its UK and Ireland operations.
White will be tasked with building the company's increasing presence in the UK and has extensive flooring industry knowledge. He will also aim to strengthen relationships with new and existing distributors and rental companies across the region.
White has six years of experience in the flooring industry, having previously held roles at Nilfisk and Tennant. His roles involved building and maintaining relationships with clients from both the industrial and commercial sectors. White was also actively involved in the running of a number of major national accounts.
National Flooring Equipment offers a full range of surface preparation equipment including grinders, polishers, strippers, shot blasters and correlating dust collectors. National's products are also available across Europe.


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'The Secret Life of Muslims' web series, co-produced by a UC Santa Barbara scholar, nominated for Emmy, Peabody awards
By Jim Logan
Hijabs for beginners; Secret Life of Muslims
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Mona Damluji
The comedian Ahmed Ahmed remembers when he was done acting. After multiple roles as a terrorist, he told his agent he didn't want to play an evil-doer any longer. "And the phone stopped ringing," he said.
Ahmed recounts the story in an episode of "The Secret Life of Muslims," an often funny and occasionally sobering series featuring a diverse group of people talking about what it's like being Muslim in America. The videos are intended to squash stereotypes and the notion that Muslims are the homogenous mass of swarthy terrorists perpetuated in the news media and popular culture, said Mona Damluji, an assistant professor in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Film & Media Studies, and a producer of the series.
"Being Muslim has no single meaning," she said. "There are more than 1.7 billion Muslims in the world and just as many individual experiences of being Muslim. Just like any other spiritual identity, it is about so much more than religion: it's cultural and perhaps more than ever it is political. Inflammatory ideas and images that equate Islam with terrorism have a very long history in Western media and politics and are so pervasive that some Americans don't even recognize the absurdity of Muslim terrorist caricatures repeated over and over in Hollywood movies, video games and popular TV shows like 'Homeland' and '24.'
"And then these same images echo in political rhetoric and become even more dangerous," Damluji continued, "because as we have seen they have the power to start wars and instigate hate crimes. I believe that media is not just part of the problem, but can also play a critical role in changing misperceptions of Muslims and other minorities."
Directed by Hollywood veteran Joshua Seftel, the series earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding short documentary. The award ceremony is Oct. 5 in New York City. In addition, "The Secret Life of Muslims" was a finalist for a Peabody Award. Originally hosted by Vox.com, all 14 videos are available on the Secret Life of Muslims Facebook and YouTube pages.
Damluji worked with Seftel on numerous projects in the past, including the PBS series "NOVA." Seftel also produced and directed "The Secret Lives of Scientists & Engineers" as a web series for NOVA. Seftel shared Damluji's interest in addressing the growth of Islamophobia in this country since 9/11 and reached out to her in 2015 with an idea. "What if we did something like the 'Secret Life of Scientists,' but for Muslims?" she recalled him asking. "I loved the idea that this short doc series could do more than just 'humanize' Muslims, and instead uplift the voices of real people to call out the fact that the media does such a horrendous job of representing Muslims. At the same time, we could help change the narrative by featuring great storytelling from the point of view of Muslims."
The series features 18 people, including UCSB alum Reza Aslan (who is also an executive producer), talking about Islam and the discrimination they face — much of it borne out of ignorance. They're not bitter people, though. Most of them use humor, some of it tinged with incredulity. That's the way Damluji wanted it.
"One of the first things we talked about was that the series had to make people laugh," she explained, "because humor is a beautiful way to disarm a viewer, especially those who think they already know all there is to say on the subject of being Muslim. The challenge was how it could be done in a way that allowed us to laugh, but did not minimize the seriousness of the issue at hand. Anti-Muslim racism is not a joke — extreme bigotry is a dangerous phenomenon that can have life-or-death consequences. Yet if you can get someone to laugh it has the potential to break the tension around this very serious topic, and it can really open their mind and bring them in and make them want to hear what else you have to say."
The videos aren't all fun and games, of course. One tells the story of Rais Bhuiyan, who was shot in the face after 9/11 by an angry white supremacist who killed two others he believed were Muslims. Bhuiyan, despite his wounds, fought to keep his assailant from being executed. In another, Linda Sarsour talks about her successful fight to have New York City schools observe Muslim holy days.
For Damluji, the series' success offers more than the chance for Muslims to dispel stereotypes and challenge Islamophobia. "The show has exceeded my wildest hopes," she said, "and I look forward to seeing what it might inspire and what comes next from other media makers. Young Muslims especially are changing the game and really thinking outside the box to imagine what's possible in today's world of digital media and online sharing."
The series was made possible, in part, by grants from the Ford Foundation, Pillars Fund, New York Community Trust and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
Jim Logan
jim.logan@ucsb.edu
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text:
using namespace editor;

editor::s2c_Dispatcher::s2c_Dispatcher()
	: cProtocolDispatcher(editor::s2c_Dispatcher_ID, ePacketFormat::JSON)
{
	cProtocolDispatcher::GetDispatcherMap()->insert({s2c_Dispatcher_ID, this });
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ÆÐŶÀÇ ÇÁ·ÎÅäÄÝ¿¡ µû¶ó ÇØ´çÇÏ´Â Çڵ鷯¸¦ È£ÃâÇÑ´Ù.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool editor::s2c_Dispatcher::Dispatch(cPacket &packet, const ProtocolHandlers &handlers)
{
	const int protocolId = packet.GetProtocolId();
	const int packetId = packet.GetPacketId();
	switch (packetId)
	{
	case 207562622: // AckRunSimulation
		{
			ProtocolHandlers prtHandler;
			if (!HandlerMatching<s2c_ProtocolHandler>(handlers, prtHandler))
				return false;

			SetCurrentDispatchPacket( &packet );

			const bool isBinary = packet.GetPacketOption(0x01) > 0;
			if (isBinary)
			{
				// binary parsing
				AckRunSimulation_Packet data;
				data.pdispatcher = this;
				data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
				packet.Alignment4(); // set 4byte alignment
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.projectName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.mapFileName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.pathFileName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.nodeFileNames);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.taskName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.result);
				SEND_HANDLER(s2c_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, AckRunSimulation(data));
			}
			else
			{
				// json format packet parsing using property_tree
				using boost::property_tree::ptree;
				ptree root;

				try {
					string str;
					packet >> str;
					stringstream ss(str);

					boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, root);
					ptree &props = root.get_child("");

					AckRunSimulation_Packet data;
					data.pdispatcher = this;
					data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
					get(props, "projectName", data.projectName);
					get(props, "mapFileName", data.mapFileName);
					get(props, "pathFileName", data.pathFileName);
					get(props, "nodeFileNames", data.nodeFileNames);
					get(props, "taskName", data.taskName);
					get(props, "result", data.result);
					SEND_HANDLER(s2c_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, AckRunSimulation(data));
				} catch (...) {
					dbg::Logp("json packet parsing error packetid = %lu\n", packetId);
				}
			}
		}
		break;

	case 1279498047: // AckRunProject
		{
			ProtocolHandlers prtHandler;
			if (!HandlerMatching<s2c_ProtocolHandler>(handlers, prtHandler))
				return false;

			SetCurrentDispatchPacket( &packet );

			const bool isBinary = packet.GetPacketOption(0x01) > 0;
			if (isBinary)
			{
				// binary parsing
				AckRunProject_Packet data;
				data.pdispatcher = this;
				data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
				packet.Alignment4(); // set 4byte alignment
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.projectName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.result);
				SEND_HANDLER(s2c_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, AckRunProject(data));
			}
			else
			{
				// json format packet parsing using property_tree
				using boost::property_tree::ptree;
				ptree root;

				try {
					string str;
					packet >> str;
					stringstream ss(str);

					boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, root);
					ptree &props = root.get_child("");

					AckRunProject_Packet data;
					data.pdispatcher = this;
					data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
					get(props, "projectName", data.projectName);
					get(props, "result", data.result);
					SEND_HANDLER(s2c_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, AckRunProject(data));
				} catch (...) {
					dbg::Logp("json packet parsing error packetid = %lu\n", packetId);
				}
			}
		}
		break;

	case 4276051529: // AckStopSimulation
		{
			ProtocolHandlers prtHandler;
			if (!HandlerMatching<s2c_ProtocolHandler>(handlers, prtHandler))
				return false;

			SetCurrentDispatchPacket( &packet );

			const bool isBinary = packet.GetPacketOption(0x01) > 0;
			if (isBinary)
			{
				// binary parsing
				AckStopSimulation_Packet data;
				data.pdispatcher = this;
				data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
				packet.Alignment4(); // set 4byte alignment
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.result);
				SEND_HANDLER(s2c_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, AckStopSimulation(data));
			}
			else
			{
				// json format packet parsing using property_tree
				using boost::property_tree::ptree;
				ptree root;

				try {
					string str;
					packet >> str;
					stringstream ss(str);

					boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, root);
					ptree &props = root.get_child("");

					AckStopSimulation_Packet data;
					data.pdispatcher = this;
					data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
					get(props, "result", data.result);
					SEND_HANDLER(s2c_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, AckStopSimulation(data));
				} catch (...) {
					dbg::Logp("json packet parsing error packetid = %lu\n", packetId);
				}
			}
		}
		break;

	default:
		assert(0);
		break;
	}
	return true;
}

editor::c2s_Dispatcher::c2s_Dispatcher()
	: cProtocolDispatcher(editor::c2s_Dispatcher_ID, ePacketFormat::JSON)
{
	cProtocolDispatcher::GetDispatcherMap()->insert({c2s_Dispatcher_ID, this });
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ÆÐŶÀÇ ÇÁ·ÎÅäÄÝ¿¡ µû¶ó ÇØ´çÇÏ´Â Çڵ鷯¸¦ È£ÃâÇÑ´Ù.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool editor::c2s_Dispatcher::Dispatch(cPacket &packet, const ProtocolHandlers &handlers)
{
	const int protocolId = packet.GetProtocolId();
	const int packetId = packet.GetPacketId();
	switch (packetId)
	{
	case 2415569453: // ReqRunSimulation
		{
			ProtocolHandlers prtHandler;
			if (!HandlerMatching<c2s_ProtocolHandler>(handlers, prtHandler))
				return false;

			SetCurrentDispatchPacket( &packet );

			const bool isBinary = packet.GetPacketOption(0x01) > 0;
			if (isBinary)
			{
				// binary parsing
				ReqRunSimulation_Packet data;
				data.pdispatcher = this;
				data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
				packet.Alignment4(); // set 4byte alignment
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.projectName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.mapFileName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.pathFileName);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.nodeFileNames);
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.taskName);
				SEND_HANDLER(c2s_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, ReqRunSimulation(data));
			}
			else
			{
				// json format packet parsing using property_tree
				using boost::property_tree::ptree;
				ptree root;

				try {
					string str;
					packet >> str;
					stringstream ss(str);

					boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, root);
					ptree &props = root.get_child("");

					ReqRunSimulation_Packet data;
					data.pdispatcher = this;
					data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
					get(props, "projectName", data.projectName);
					get(props, "mapFileName", data.mapFileName);
					get(props, "pathFileName", data.pathFileName);
					get(props, "nodeFileNames", data.nodeFileNames);
					get(props, "taskName", data.taskName);
					SEND_HANDLER(c2s_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, ReqRunSimulation(data));
				} catch (...) {
					dbg::Logp("json packet parsing error packetid = %lu\n", packetId);
				}
			}
		}
		break;

	case 2272961170: // ReqRunProject
		{
			ProtocolHandlers prtHandler;
			if (!HandlerMatching<c2s_ProtocolHandler>(handlers, prtHandler))
				return false;

			SetCurrentDispatchPacket( &packet );

			const bool isBinary = packet.GetPacketOption(0x01) > 0;
			if (isBinary)
			{
				// binary parsing
				ReqRunProject_Packet data;
				data.pdispatcher = this;
				data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
				packet.Alignment4(); // set 4byte alignment
				marshalling::operator>>(packet, data.projectName);
				SEND_HANDLER(c2s_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, ReqRunProject(data));
			}
			else
			{
				// json format packet parsing using property_tree
				using boost::property_tree::ptree;
				ptree root;

				try {
					string str;
					packet >> str;
					stringstream ss(str);

					boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, root);
					ptree &props = root.get_child("");

					ReqRunProject_Packet data;
					data.pdispatcher = this;
					data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
					get(props, "projectName", data.projectName);
					SEND_HANDLER(c2s_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, ReqRunProject(data));
				} catch (...) {
					dbg::Logp("json packet parsing error packetid = %lu\n", packetId);
				}
			}
		}
		break;

	case 3081823622: // ReqStopSimulation
		{
			ProtocolHandlers prtHandler;
			if (!HandlerMatching<c2s_ProtocolHandler>(handlers, prtHandler))
				return false;

			SetCurrentDispatchPacket( &packet );

			const bool isBinary = packet.GetPacketOption(0x01) > 0;
			if (isBinary)
			{
				// binary parsing
				ReqStopSimulation_Packet data;
				data.pdispatcher = this;
				data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
				packet.Alignment4(); // set 4byte alignment
				SEND_HANDLER(c2s_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, ReqStopSimulation(data));
			}
			else
			{
				// json format packet parsing using property_tree
				using boost::property_tree::ptree;
				ptree root;

				try {
					string str;
					packet >> str;
					stringstream ss(str);

					boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, root);
					ptree &props = root.get_child("");

					ReqStopSimulation_Packet data;
					data.pdispatcher = this;
					data.senderId = packet.GetSenderId();
					SEND_HANDLER(c2s_ProtocolHandler, prtHandler, ReqStopSimulation(data));
				} catch (...) {
					dbg::Logp("json packet parsing error packetid = %lu\n", packetId);
				}
			}
		}
		break;

	default:
		assert(0);
		break;
	}
	return true;
}

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text: Q: Why Vgg16 uses relu after each convolution layer? In the CS231N course, it says we want zero-centered data to prevent the local gradient from always being the same sign of upstream gradient coming down, which causes inefficient gradient updates. But using relu in each layer is gonna output all positive numbers, how to solve the inefficient gradient update problem?


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text:
West Side rail yards bid is pressure tactic, critic claims
Anne Michaud
Transit advocates are skeptical of the city's claim that buying rights to develop the West Side rail yards is crucial to financing the No. 7 line extension. Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign suspects that it's just a pressure tactic by the city to get the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to sell the property for less than it's worth. The MTA "should hold out for a better price," he says.
The city is offering $500 million and says it needs the revenue from the site's developers to finance the $2 billion subway project. At the end of last month, the MTA board voted to enter into negotiations with City Hall over the offer.
Got (low-fat) milk?
Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Major Owens, both Brooklyn Democrats, have introduced federal legislation to help bodegas and other small stores stock fresh produce, low-fat milk and real fruit juice. The bill, called the Bodegas as Catalysts for Healthy Living Act, has the support of the city's Bodega Association and would fund Small Business Administration grants for the stores. The bill aims to counter national obesity trends and their subsequent cost. Legislators say the state's Medicaid program spends $3.5 billion a year on obesity-related health problems.
Vito Fossella does Dems
In a dramatic turnaround from previous years, Rep. Vito Fossella, R-Staten Island, is associating himself with local Democratic officials at every opportunity. Mr. Fossella "can't wait to be seen with me anywhere he goes," says state Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, who is supporting the Democratic challenger for Mr. Fossella's seat, Steve Harrison. Ms. Savino even appeared in the congressman's last constituent newsletter. It's an effort by Mr. Fossella to appear bipartisan as ratings for President George W. Bush and the Republican-led Congress plummet. Mr. Fossella's spokesman insists that the congressman has long worked with Democrats.
Spano's fate uncertain
Some Democratic insiders insist that challenger Andrea Stewart-Cousins has a good chance to oust state Sen. Nick Spano, R-Westchester, despite trailing badly in fund raising. Mr. Spano has $779,000 to spend, while Ms. Stewart-Cousins has $154,800, according to financial reports filed last month. Insiders point out that Ms. Stewart-Cousins had only a third of that amount at the same time two years ago. She lost that election by just 18 votes. Maybe more important, the Working Families Party has decided to sit the race out. Last time, the party endorsed Mr. Spano.
Campaigns in disarray?
Two Democratic primary campaigns in Brooklyn have insiders scratching their heads. Assemblyman Roger Green, who is forsaking his seat after two decades to take on U.S. Rep. Ed Towns, has done virtually no fund raising. Experts say he needs several hundred thousand dollars to have any chance. Meanwhile, former Brooklyn Councilwoman Tracy Boyland has not posted financial disclosures for her campaign for the state Senate, and has been avoiding calls from local reporters. She faces an attempt by her opponent, state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery, to remove her from the ballot.
MTA returns fire
The MTA scoffs at a statement made by Councilman John Liu, D-Queens, that adding a $5 million antenna to a $212 million security contract with Lockheed Martin showed incompetence. Mr. Liu accused the MTA of "building a house and forgetting to draw up plans for the roof and beams," and blasted the agency for piecemeal planning and exorbitant spending. An MTA spokesman says the antenna is for a statewide wireless network and is covered by a Lockheed contract separate from the security systems agreement. The MTA chose Lockheed to avoid the cost and delay of finding a separate contractor. "As usual," the spokesman says, "John Liu is long on opinions but short on facts."
Moving in, moving on
James Whelan, senior adviser to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, has been appointed to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center's operating board. Mr. Whelan was the executive director of the Hudson Yards Development Corp. and lobbied to pass the rezoning of the far West Side.
Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein, angling to be the Democratic leader of his chamber, will do so with a new press secretary/regional director. Anthony Guglielmi will assume the job from Jason Hegt, who is taking a position in Washington.
Jerel Klue, press assistant to City Councilman Eric Gioia, has been promoted to chief of staff.
Matt Lipsky is leaving as communications director of the Neighborhood Retail Alliance to attend Duke University Law School.
Erik Engquist and Kira Bindrim contributed.
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The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive 1 (MSFD) provides a framework in which Member States must take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain 'good environmental status' in all of the EU's marine waters by 2020. Achieving this objective means that the EU's seas are clean, healthy and productive and the use of the marine environment is sustainable. The MSFD includes eleven qualitative "descriptors" 2 describing what the environment should look like when good environmental status has been achieved. Commission Decision 2010/477/EU on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters 3 guides Member States on how this objective is to be achieved.
the identification of measures or actions that need to be taken in order to achieve or maintain good environmental status.
The Commission has to assess whether these different elements meet the requirements of the Directive for each Member State. When necessary, the Commission can also ask for additional information and provide guidance on any changes needed.
Member States reported in 2012 after the first implementation phase covering the initial assessment, the determination of good environmental status and the identification of environmental targets. The Commission published an assessment 4 of these elements, concluding that Member States showed limited ambition in setting environmental targets. This assessment also highlighted a lack of coherence and consistency in implementation across marine sub-regions and marine regions.
In the next stage of implementation, Member States were required to establish and implement monitoring programmes by July 2014 5 and to notify them to the Commission within three months of their establishment. The monitoring programmes aim to assess the environmental status of marine waters and progress towards the achievement of environmental targets.
This report complements the 2014 Commission report and aims to set out Member States' progress towards more consistent and coherent implementation of the MSFD in order to achieve good environmental status in the EU's marine waters by 2020.
The Commission presents its assessment of the monitoring programmes submitted by the Member States listed above. The report assesses the consistency and appropriateness of each Member State's monitoring programme, as well as looking at regional coherence. The report also provides guidance on any changes the Commission considers necessary.
The first part of the report analyses Member States' monitoring programmes in relation to their determination of good environmental status and associated environmental targets. The second part considers further steps on monitoring to be taken at national and EU level to achieve and maintain good environmental status of the EU's marine waters by 2020.
The accompanying staff working document 10 to this report contains a detailed analysis of each Member State's monitoring programme in light of the eleven qualitative descriptors in the MSFD, as well as providing specific guidance to each Member State.
In order to assess if Member State monitoring programmes constitute an appropriate framework to meet the requirements of the MSFD, the programmes were assessed by considering their purpose, spatial scope, coverage of descriptor categories and environmental targets, implementation timeline, adequacy in relation to the obligations of the MSFD and other relevant legislation, and regional coherence.
The twenty Member States reported over 200 monitoring programmes, including nearly 1 000 sub-programmes.
As shown in Figure 1 the majority of monitoring activities (73 %) are focused on assessing the environmental state of Member States' marine waters and impacts from human activities. 41 % of activities are related to monitoring pressures from human activity (e.g. presence of suspended particulate matter in the water column decreasing water transparency or nutrient enrichment causing eutrophication; or marine litter accumulated on beaches), 19 % focus on human activities causing the pressure (e.g. dredging activities in ports, or agricultural activities and urban waste water discharges, or inappropriate solid waste management), while only 12 % focus on the effectiveness of measures to mitigate these pressures and their impact (e.g. effects of measures to reduce nutrient loss, or to improve solid waste management). This lack of emphasis on assessing measures can be partly explained by the fact that Member States were not required to have their measures operational before the end of 2016 (Article 5(2) of the MSFD).
As there is overlap between programmes and their function, the sum of the different monitoring activities is greater than 100 %.
The monitoring of biodiversity (Descriptors 1, 4 and 6) accounts for 41 % of the effort. 13 The focus on biodiversity could be explained by the work already being done on monitoring to implement other EU legislation, such as the Birds Directive, 14 the Habitats Directive, 15 the Water Framework Directive, 16 the Bathing Water Directive, 17 the Nitrates Directive 18 and the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation. 19 These include monitoring requirements directly linked with the MSFD descriptors. For instance, under the Birds Directive, Member States have to take into account trends and variations in populations of wild bird species that benefit from special conservation measures. Member States' monitoring of the population, size and abundance of sea birds therefore serve requirements stemming from both the Birds Directive and MSFD.
59 % of the monitoring activities are linked with the remaining eight descriptors, with relatively limited monitoring of energy including underwater noise 20 and contaminants in seafood (Descriptors 11 and 9) (4 % each), non-indigenous species (Descriptor 2) (5 %), and marine litter and hydrographic changes (Descriptors 10 and 7) (6 % each). Contaminants in waters (Descriptor 8), eutrophication (Descriptor 5) and commercial fish (Descriptor 3) are better covered (13 %, 11 % and 9 % respectively of the monitoring efforts).
beyond Member States marine waters.
As shown in Figure 2, the highest proportion (68 %) of Member State monitoring takes place in coastal waters, while a high proportion also occurs in territorial waters (57 %) and in the EEZ (51 %). The lowest proportion (6 %) takes place in continental waters beyond the EEZ.
As explained above, Member States have generally linked their monitoring programmes to existing programmes required under other EU legislation, which could explain the prevalence of monitoring in coastal waters. Monitoring programmes beyond Member States' territorial waters are limited. This may be explained by a number of factors, such as the cost of such monitoring and the need to focus on key pressures and impacts, which occur closer to shore.
Member States were required to develop and implement their monitoring programmes by 15 July 2014. Figure 3 shows the proportion, by descriptor category, of monitoring programmes expected to be in place by 2014, 2018, 2020 and after 2020. In 2014, the descriptors most monitored by Member States were contaminants in seafood (Descriptor 9), commercial fish (Descriptor 3) and eutrophication (Descriptor 5). By 2020, based on Member States' self-assessment, the monitoring programmes for eutrophication (Descriptor 5), mammals, reptiles, fish and cephalopods (Descriptors 1 and 4) and contaminants (Descriptor 8) will be in place. For commercial fish (Descriptor 3), hydrographical changes (Descriptor 7), marine litter (Descriptor 10) and seabed and water column habitats (Descriptors 1, 4 and 6), nearly 90% of the monitoring programmes are expected to be in place by 2020.
Monitoring programmes for non-indigenous species (Descriptor 2) and underwater noise (Descriptor 11) will require a clear acceleration to ensure proper coverage given the MSFD deadlines for the update of marine strategies by 2018, and achieving good environmental status by 2020. Additional effort is also needed for the biodiversity descriptors (Descriptors 1, 4 and 6) and in particular for those not covered by existing legislation.
Figure 4: Date by when Member States expect their monitoring programmes to be in place to cover their good environmental status needs.
Figure 4 shows the proportion, by Member State, of monitoring programmes expected to be in place to assess progress towards good environmental status by 2014, 2018, 2020 and after 2020.
Five Member States reported their monitoring programmes were in place for most categories of descriptors as of 2014. Four Member States had no monitoring programmes in place in 2014. Overall, the monitoring programmes were only partially adequate by July 2014, the date at which they should have been created and implemented in accordance with Article 5(2)(a)(iv) of the MSFD. As a consequence, Member States will have significant gaps in the data available for assessing progress towards good environmental status and environmental targets as required for the 2018 assessment.
According to Member States' reports, the situation is expected to improve progressively over time: by 2018, nine Member States are expected to have a full (or nearly full) coverage of the descriptor categories and by 2020 a total of fifteen Member States will have their programmes in place. Overall, Member States have for the most part identified 2020 as the point by which most of their monitoring programmes will be fully in place. This is reassuring only insofar as it means that MSFD monitoring is expected to be fully operational by that date.
Nevertheless, five Member States have either not reported on their intentions or have announced that their monitoring programmes will not be fully in place even after 2020 – the year by when Member States are required to achieve good environmental status.
Similar observations can be made for the coverage of environmental targets by Member States' monitoring programmes, 27 although the timelines reported indicate that Member States generally expect that monitoring needs will be adequately covered before 2020 – see Figure 5.
Twelve Member States are expected to have monitoring activities in place to measure the environmental targets they have defined. Ireland plans to cover all targets but will only do so after 2020, by when good environmental status should have already been achieved. The other seven Member States do not plan to monitor part of the targets they have defined.
As explained above, targets related to commercial fish and shellfish species (Descriptor 3), eutrophication (Descriptor 5) and contaminants in seafood (Descriptor 9) will benefit from the monitoring programmes set up under other EU legislation. Most of them are either already covered or likely to be covered by 2018.
Additional work is needed in order to ensure Member States collect the necessary data to assess progress towards good environmental status and targets. Member States are expected to report on these in 2018, especially for those descriptors where progress has not been sufficient such as non-indigenous species (Descriptor 2), marine litter (Descriptor 10), underwater noise (Descriptor 11) and biodiversity descriptors (Descriptors 1, 4 and 6) not covered by existing legislation.
The adequacy of Member States' monitoring programmes in relation to the requirements of the MSFD was assessed. Detailed findings on each Member State's monitoring programme are available in the accompanying staff working document. This technical assessment has been made on the basis of the main components of Member States' monitoring programmes, in particular the aspects and the parameters monitored, the frequency and the spatial scope.
The results show Member States' monitoring programmes to be either 'appropriate', 'mostly appropriate', or 'partially appropriate' in meeting the requirements of the MSFD in terms of assessing environmental status.
The combined contribution of each Member State's monitoring programme to each descriptor category is shown in Figure 6. The information presented in this figure was used to assess the number of descriptor categories that are considered to be covered (or not) by each Member State. On that basis, conclusions are drawn on whether the Member State's monitoring programme is considered to be mostly, partially or not appropriate (Figure 7).
The shortcomings identified in the 2014 Commission report in terms of lack of consistency and comparability in applying Decision 2010/477/EU amongst Member States is confirmed in this assessment. Therefore only an indicative comparative assessment was possible in the context of this report.
Most Member States have identified gaps in their programmes and are aware of the key areas that need further work. Gaps have generally been noted in monitoring methodologies and methodological standards (e.g. for seabed habitats and water column habitats and contaminants), lack of monitoring data and knowledge (e.g. for non- indigenous species (Descriptor 2), hydrographical changes (Descriptor 7), marine litter (Descriptor 10) and underwater noise (Descriptor 11)).
Some pressures and impacts will only be monitored effectively once a regional approach is in place, given their inherent transboundary nature (for instance those related to mobile species, non-indigenous species and underwater noise).
Overall, on the basis of the technical assessment, the Commission considers that none of the Member States' monitoring programmes are fully appropriate and meet the requirements of the MSFD, in particular on monitoring progress towards achievement of good environmental status. Four Member States' monitoring programmes could be considered as mostly appropriate, thirteen others as partially appropriate and three Member States' monitoring programmes are not appropriate.
Most Member States have based their monitoring programmes on existing monitoring undertaken under other EU legislation or through their respective Regional Sea Conventions. The Water Framework Directive, the Habitats Directive and the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation are the pieces of EU legislation most commonly linked to the MSFD monitoring programmes. In that sense, it can be considered that monitoring programmes are generally consistent with other relevant legal obligations.
Marine litter (Descriptor 10) and underwater noise (Descriptor 11) monitoring programmes are the only monitoring programmes that are being put in place exclusively because of the MSFD.
Almost all reporting Member States have developed programmes to monitor marine litter, which is encouraging.
There is appropriate spatial coverage and frequency of monitoring litter on the beach. In the North-East Atlantic Ocean, ingested litter is also monitored systematically in seabird strandings. A satisfactory degree of consistency in monitoring programmes is found in most marine regions, and links to international and regional standards are clear. Most Member States refer to the monitoring guidance developed by the MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter, which provides the necessary harmonisation.
Nevertheless, there are several areas 28 that need urgent improvement. For instance, litter monitoring in the seabed and water surface and monitoring of micro-litter is far from adequate. There is no systematic and comparable monitoring of the impact of litter on marine animals and nature. Localisation and the extent of human activities generating marine litter are often not covered by the monitoring programmes in place.
Member States' monitoring programmes were also assessed in terms of their regional coherence, within the regions defined in Article 4 of the Directive. Member States have generally referred to regional coordination in their monitoring programmes, in particular by using indicators and standards agreed by the Regional Sea Conventions to assess environmental status under the MSFD.
The assessment revealed a moderate to high degree of coherence within the Member States of the Black Sea, North-East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea regions respectively and a low to moderate degree in the Mediterranean Sea region.
For Member States in the Black Sea, North-East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea regions, the assessment shows high levels of coherence in some specific cases such as in terms of spatial scope, or the monitored elements. This is the case, for example, for monitoring of contaminants (Descriptors 8 and 9) and marine litter (Descriptor 10) in the Baltic Sea and Black Sea regions. Overall, monitoring across the sea-basin appears more harmonised in the case of the Baltic Sea and the North-East Atlantic Ocean (including non-EU Member States).
Member States whose waters are part of the North-East Atlantic Ocean region have created monitoring programmes at regional level for all descriptors; however, further work is required to make these more consistent, for example with regard to non-indigenous species (Descriptor 2) where coverage is limited as only five Member States have reported monitoring programmes for this descriptor.
Member States in the Mediterranean Sea region need to develop more consistent monitoring through regional efforts for a number of descriptors, such as in the case of non-indigenous species (Descriptor 2) and underwater noise (Descriptor 11).
In addition to transboundary issues covered by some descriptors of the MSFD (such as non-indigenous species, marine litter and underwater noise) some Member States have highlighted the pressures and impacts caused by climate change, ocean acidification, as key issues of a transboundary nature that are directly or indirectly addressed through MSFD monitoring programmes.
Member States' monitoring programmes will help build an improved knowledge base, especially regarding the underwater noise and sea-floor integrity descriptors (Descriptors 11 and 6). This should improve the next assessment by Member States of their marine waters, which is due in 2018.
Some Member States have put in place adaptive monitoring programmes, which should ensure they remain appropriate if their good environmental status or target indicators are redesigned in the light of improved knowledge or new standards and practices at regional level, or to reflect changing pressures. Although flexibility is a positive feature, care is needed to ensure that these adaptive monitoring programmes do not lead to monitoring coverage being negatively affected in the longer term.
The analysis of the monitoring programmes launched under the first MSFD implementation cycle shows that, even though considerable efforts have been made or will be accomplished in the near future, in most Member States additional action is needed to ensure an appropriate and timely coverage of the monitoring programmes. More progress needs to be made to ensure that approaches are comparable across Member States and to make sure the monitoring programmes are improved so they constitute an appropriate framework that meets the MSFD requirements.
An improved coverage should be ensured for descriptors that are not covered, or only partly, by existing legislations. For eight Member States, particular attention should be given to ensure a full and timely monitoring coverage of the targets fixed according to Article 10 of the MSFD. Member States should consider using their monitoring programmes to gauge the effectiveness of their measures, thereby helping them assess the distance to meeting the targets they have set themselves, when updating them as required by the MSFD.
In terms of spatial coverage, the analysis shows that monitoring programmes seem to be located where pressure and impacts are likely to be the highest. This should nevertheless be confirmed by an appropriate analysis of the risks so that priorities in terms of monitoring are identified on a technical and scientific basis.
Only a few Member States had operational monitoring programmes in place in 2014, while many are only expected to be fully in place by 2018 or even 2020. Therefore urgent progress on monitoring is needed to meet the requirements of the MSFD including the 2018 updates of the initial assessment of their marine waters and good environmental status, and importantly the achievement of good environmental status by 2020.
Monitoring programmes are not always adequate to ensure the effective monitoring of the status of the EU's marine waters, towards achieving good environmental status and the associated targets, set by Member States. This is particularly the case for non-indigenous species, marine litter, underwater noise and biodiversity descriptors not covered by existing legislation.
Further coordination among Member States, particularly through action at regional and sub-regional level, is essential to deliver consistent and comparable data and improve the spatial scope of monitoring programmes. This could potentially reduce costs, through more effective monitoring across disciplines and among Member States.
take into account their programmes of measures when updating these monitoring programmes in accordance with Article 17 of the MSFD, so as to be able to measure their effectiveness in meeting the Directive's objectives.
on the basis of the Member States' individual assessments (available in the accompanying staff working document), launch a specific and focused dialogue with Member States at significant risk of not meeting the requirements of the MSFD in order to ensure their compliance with the Directive.
Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive), (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).
The 11 qualitative descriptors are defined in Annex I of the MSFD and include D1– Biodiversity, D2 – Non indigenous species, D3 – Commercial fish and shellfish, D4 – Food webs, D5 – Eutrophication, D6 – Sea-floor integrity, D7 – Hydrographical changes, D8 – Contaminants, D9 – Contaminants in seafood, D10 – Litter, D11 – Energy, including underwater noise. For the purpose of this report the Biodiversity descriptors (D1, 4 and 6) have been grouped according to the main species groups and habitat types, as follows: birds, mammals and reptiles, fish and cephalopods, seabed habitats and water column habitats. This additional grouping results in a total of 13 descriptor categories.
Commission Decision 2010/477/EU of 1 September 2010 on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine water (OJ L 232, 2.9.2010, p. 14).
This requirement is provided for in Articles 5(2)(a)(iv) and 11 of MSFD.
This obligation in the Directive applies only to the 23 coastal Member States, and not to the 5 land-locked Member States.
For the purposes of this report, September 2015 was used as a cut-off date.
The UK report excluded waters surrounding the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Malta and Poland have since submitted their reports, but given the late submission, an assessment of these could not be made for the purposes of this report. To date (October 2016) Greece has not yet submitted its report. The Commission will, at a later stage, communicate and make public its assessment and guidance to the Member States not included in this report.
For Portugal and the United Kingdom, the Commission's initial recommendations in its 2014 report were updated to reflect the data on Macaronesia for Portugal and on Gibraltar for the UK.
This graph does not include data from Latvia, Italy and Portugal as their reports were submitted in a non-standardised structure. The monitoring programmes cover several spatial areas, therefore could refer to coastal and territorial waters.
Percentages are calculated based on total number of monitoring sub-programmes reported.
This descriptor refers to the introduction of energy in the marine environment, including underwater noise. Given the scientific and technical development behind this descriptor is still maturing, Member States have exclusively concentrated their efforts on underwater noise, and the descriptor will be referred to as such for the purposes of this report .
Transitional waters are bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline in character as a result of their proximity to coastal waters but which are substantially influenced by freshwater flows as defined by Directive 2000/60/EC. Coastal waters extend to 1 nautical mile from the baseline, as defined by Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Territorial waters (out to 12 nautical miles), Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (up to 200 nautical miles), Continental Shelf beyond EEZ as defined under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
'Beyond Member States' marine waters' refers to areas outside the jurisdiction of the Member State (including in waters of neighbouring States).
The sum of the different monitoring activities is greater than 100%, as programmes and their functions overlap. No data from Latvia, Italy or Portugal are included in this chart, as their reports were submitted in a non-standardised structure.
'Not reported': timeline of coverage of good environmental status not reported.
As explained in footnote 2 above, 13 categories of descriptors have been defined.
Some of these issues such a as marine litter are already being considered in the framework of the common implementation strategy of the MSFD.
International commitments include the Rio+20 process (United Nations conference on sustainable development) and the 17 sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted in September 2015.
Roadmap on the Fitness Check of monitoring and reporting obligations in environment policy, http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/index_en.htm.
The MSFD requires from Member States detailed and coordinated input. In order to facilitate this work, Member States and the European Commission have set up an informal programme of coordination, the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS).


On New Year's Eve, James will perform an intimate one-hour concert with Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Owen Young and vocalist Caroline Taylor. Proceeds from this concert will benefit the new Spruce Peak Arts Center Foundation and its education programs.
The event will take place at Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, VT, on December 31, 2010, at 8 pm. The concert is part of the Grand Opening Celebration of the new Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center.
Benefit tickets will be available through the JamesTaylor.com Store tomorrow, December 15, at 11 am EST. To learn more about the Foundation, click here.


For Natasha Heinz, it was really not a phase. After spending 11 years reading Alternative Press in her hometown in Brazil, she moved to Ohio and landed a job at her favorite magazine. Now, she's constantly cold but sure as hell the happiest she's ever been.
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With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we all deserve to lay back, have fun, and take a break from life's daily grind. While most of us may plan to take a vacation to the nearest ski resort or fly to a tropical island somewhere on the coast, people who can afford to pay a couple more thousand dollars may be interested in experiencing some of the most expensive vacations that include a chartered yacht to the Greek Isles, staying at a Chateau in France, and enjoying a private Island in the Bahamas.
Yes, a vacation worth almost $8,000 doesn't seem too daunting than the other items on this list. However, the exclusivity of this cruise is what makes it as luxurious as the others. At a maximum of 94 guests, this cruise ship promises to provide you with personal services from their crew on board. Here you can enjoy a trip to the open seas while drinking great bottles of wine and champagne in your own suite.
Maybe a vacation at a grand chateau is what you need for your extravagant holiday. The regal Chateau le Camarguais in Carpentras, France can accommodate only up to 32 guests, which ensures you of an almost exclusive holiday. Here you can enjoy amenities such as an outdoor pool and a sports complex.
If you're looking for a more tropical vacation, then maybe you will want to fly to Jaco, Costa Rica to stay at the Zephyr Palace. High above on the mountaintop is this luxury resort where you get to enjoy a fantastic view of the Pacific Ocean. Guests at Zephyr Palace have access to a secluded beach, golf course, an infinity pool, jacuzzi, gym and spa.
If you feel that staying in a chateau isn't royal enough for you, then maybe spending a week for a holiday at Helen's Tower will tickle your fancy. This enchanting stone tower will give you a panoramic view of the Scottish seas and its surrounding landscapes.
All forty guests of Helen's Tower are served fresh meals using the finest local ingredients such as lobster, scallops, beef, and lamb. There are also other activities available here such as horseback riding, fishing, and golf.
Translated in English as destination house, Casa El Destino is one holiday location you will want to visit if you have $105,000 to spare for a week's vacation. The luxury villas in this resort come with a great view of the waters, access to two Jack Nicklaus golf courses, beach clubs, pool and spa. The villas here have seven rooms and can accommodate 14 guests, so you can ask your friends to tag along.
This grand estate has facilities such as seven luxury suites, fireplaces, a private theater, wine cellar, a fitness room, and a private gondola. Guests here can have access to ski at Deer Valley and Deer Crest.
This century-old complex is where you want to go if you feel like you need a luxury holiday along the countryside. What await you at the Villa Bellissima VI are 22 grand suites, each with a terrace, screening rooms, and business rooms. They also have amenities such as an outdoor pool, a tennis court, a bocce court, a basketball court, and a gym.
This high-class hacienda has played host to many A-listers, royalties, and multi-millionaires. With its steep price tag for a week's stay (almost a quarter of a million), you will get to enjoy your own private island with amenities, such as a pool, bar, and a wine cellar.
If you've hit the jackpot while playing at the gazillion casinos in Vegas, you might just want to treat yourself by staying at the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms. At its price, staying here for a week will cost you a whopping $238,000 just on accommodations alone! But of course, you get to enjoy the amenities that go with the room, such as an entertainment room, a poker table, a plasma TV, a rotating bed, a terrace with a glass enclosed pool, and let's not forget a 24/7 butler service.
Another private island resort that lands on this list of the most expensive vacations can be found in the Bahamas and is owned by world-renowned magician David Copperfield. Musha Cay is one destination where you'll discover magic! With its 500 acre land, 25 sugar-sand beaches, a 10,000 sq.ft.- house, plus four additional guest houses, this could be one of the greatest holiday destinations on this list.
Nygard Cay is another island in the Bahamas and could also be one of the holiday spots you'd die to go to. Owned by fashion businessman Peter Nygard, this private island has 10 bedrooms, pools, jacuzzi, and an 82-ft. Italian yacht that you can rent.
Some of the famous names that have visited here are Oprah Winfrey, Robert DeNiro, Sean Connery, and former U.S. President George W. Bush — talk about rubbing elbows with the stars!
How about spending $350,000 on a whole week's villa sound? The Royal Villa at Grand Resort Logonissi also lands as one of the world's most expensive hotel rooms. This villa features a magnificent view of Athens.
It boasts two large master bedrooms, luxury baths, and access to the hotel's facilities, such as an indoor heated pool, a secluded beach, steam rooms, and a butler service. Mel Gibson and Leonardo DiCaprio are some of the big stars who have already stayed at this resort.
This private island in the Caribbean lands second on the priciest vacations list. This tropical island owned by Sir Richard Branson is surrounded by coral reefs and is home to a few hundred flamingo birds. Google's co-founder, Larry Page had his wedding here back in 2009, while Eddie Murphy had his honeymoon.
Other A-listers that have been to Necker Island include Robert de Niro, Mariah Carey, Sarah Ferguson and Princess Diana. Also, it's in Necker Island that Richard Branson broke a Guinness World Record for having four people riding a kitesurf simultaneously.
No, this vacation spot is not on a tropical island, but it will give you an exclusive view of Lake Geneva and the Alps. Staying at the Royal Penthouse Suite can be your most expensive vacation idea since this suite also tops the most expensive hotel room in the world.
This suite has multiple bedrooms, baths, its own private gym, an elevator, and a grand piano. It was reported that the world's richest man Bill Gates has already stayed in this suite.


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The format for dialing to United Kingdom from the US is:
011 44 - - - - - - - - - -
00 44 - - - - - - - - - -
+ 44 - - - - - - - - - -
What is the main language spoken in United Kingdom?
The language spoken by the majority of British is English.
What currency is used in United Kingdom?
The currency in use is the British Pound, locally symbolized as £, and having an international currency code of GBP.
Where is United Kingdom?
United Kingdom is in Western Europe. Its status is: Independent.
How to send a fax to United Kingdom
Send a fax to Jersey (+44)
Send a fax to Germany (+49)
Send a fax to Liechtenstein (+423)
Send a fax to Guernsey (+44)
Send a fax to Monaco (+377)


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With a world of difference between commercial and specialty coffee, Tim Sturk – Director of Operations at Servest FoodCo – calls on operators to always deliver on their menu
I started my journey in coffee in 2008. I was walking the streets of London with James Hoffmann, 2007 World Barista Champion. He was teaching me about specialty coffee. It was miles different from what the likes of Starbucks, Costa and Caffè Nero were putting out. Specialty coffee was served in smaller cups... for the same price as my 12oz or 16oz monster coffee from the branded chaps.
Specialty coffees (not 'special coffees' or gourmet coffees) had this thing on them called 'latte art', and to be honest, I was blown away that with just a few subtle movements of the milk jug, the baristas were making these coffees look... well, outstanding and delicious. Of course I wanted mine hotter but very quickly came to learn and eventually accept that yep, a lower temperature milky beverage did actually taste better. Damn. At that time specialty coffee accounted for less than 5% of the world's production of green coffee. What and who defined what was different?
The most amazing experience of my newly embarked upon coffee career was served by this lovely chap in White Cross Market. He was serving something called a flat white, in a 6oz cup. It was only £1.50 and wasn't it the best coffee I had ever had in my life? I went back to this coffee cart on a weekly basis for over a year and it never disappointed. In 2009, that guy wearing the flat cap became the 2009 World Barista Champion. His name was Gwilym Davies. The 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Barista Champions all had one thing in common: Square Mile Coffee, the pioneer of Specialty Coffee in London in my humble opinion. I accept that there have been other roasteries buying specialty grade coffee before Square Mile, but Square Mile drew a line in the sand and raised the bar for everyone and spoke directly to baristas. For that, I thank them.
We are back to what is 'specialty coffee' and who defined it? A remarkable pioneering woman named Erna Knutsen, who passed away in June of 2018 at the age of 96 is credited with coining the term 'specialty coffee'.
Specialty Coffee is undefinable some might say. But I will define it in my own words: specialty coffee is not just about the stuff in your cup. It is about every step of the journey that brought it to you. Starting with the barista who served it; the shop owner who bought it from the roaster who bought green beans from the people who brought it to the uk, the people who unloaded the containers in Europe, the people who loaded it at the origin country, the captains of the ships who ensured its safe transport, the people who got it to the ports, the people who loaded the bags on to the trucks, the people who sorted the beans and picked out any defects before bagging it up, the people at the mill who managed the processing, the people who picked it, the people who pruned and preened the trees during the growing season and eventually to the people in the nursery five years before that who got the seedlings to bud.
You get the idea I hope that there are many hands involved in this process and what makes specialty coffee special is that every hand involved is trying not to remove anything of the quality that is inherent in the growing coffee fruit. Specialty coffee is quantified by licensed Q(Arabica) and R(Robusta) Graders who are certified independently by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). For a green coffee to qualify as a specialty coffee it must score more than 80 points out of a 100-point scale. Anything below 80 points is considered commercial with varying grades from high quality to low quality.
If you understand the wine industry ratings you may be able to grasp this concept for coffee. A coffee that is classified as specialty will command a higher price for the grower and this is important. Specialty is not an accreditation, it is not Fair Trade, Rain Forest or Soil Association. Specialty grading is given to a coffee, not a farm. But to achieve a specialty grade the farm has to be doing things 'right'.
In 2008 there were only a handful of coffee shops offering specialty coffee; in every sense of the phrase. Today there are over 500 specialty coffee shops in London alone, not to mention Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, etc. There has been a 100-fold growth in coffee shops and roasteries. But interestingly there has not been a 100-fold growth in the specialty coffee green bean production and sales. By this model specialty coffee should account for upwards of 50% of world sales. But it doesn't. It is hovering somewhere under 10%. This tells me that many of us have jumped onto the specialty coffee bandwagon: producing latte art flat whites, and charging accordingly. To be fair there has been an investment in training but not necessarily in the coffee itself. We are generally still buying commercial coffee, making it look like specialty and charging specialty prices for it! Our coffees do taste better but this is largely because our milk is better, it is textured and no longer volcano hot. I don't think we can blame consumers, they believe us when we say our coffee is 'specialty', and they willingly hand over £2, £2.50, £3, £3.50 or more for the privilege. Surely we can be better than this?
Specialty coffee is not a pretty picture on top of a milky beverage. It is everyone in the supply chain doing their part to make life better for everyone in it. Businesses need to make money... but there is a difference between making money (building a long-term viable business) and taking money (filling the tills today with no concern for tomorrow). Making money is about the future of the coffee industry on every level.


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/bin: single-user mode essential binaries.
/usr/bin: multi-user mode non-essential binaries (for all users to enjoy).
/usr/local/bin: binaries intended for all users, which are not installed via the package manager?
/usr/local/sbin: system binaries installed by some means other than the package manager?
KDE also seems to pollute my $PATH. I'd remove it, if I wasn't sure it was going to break KDE somehow. It's probably that way for a reason.
Question: Following the above "rules", is there a "standard" place to put multi-user mode, single-user non-essential binaries? i.e. say I write a script to check my mail; I want to run it, but not anyone else who uses this computer. Where does it go?
Of course one answer is "This is Linux, put it anywhere you want, fool". But I wonder if there's a convention that others follow. ~/bin would seem to follow the pattern. But I don't like polluting my ~ with directories unless I have to. And my ~ doesn't otherwise mirror /. ~/.bin would be hidden but I'm always afraid to make hidden directories in ~ just in case some program uses a directory with that name for its own config files.
If I can't think of anything else I'm just going to put all my personal scripts into ~/.sammich.
All my code related items are under ~/code. I do have ~/code/bin in my path. Helps keep ~/ less cluttered with just one directory instead of 3 or 4. Under code I also have directories for scm check outs, Rails projects, some old PHP projects, etc.. Also open to better ideas.
I use a ~/bin directory for user scripts, if it's worth anything I either copy it to /usr/local/bin or hack together a quick ebuild to place it properly.
btw. /opt is, from what I can see, often used for binary blogs (often commercial software like vmware and the likes) so someone might link the actual binaries to /opt/bin just to make sure only those really willing to run blobs do?
~/code/bin sounds like a good possibility.
If I had anything major enough to write an ebuild I'd probably go that route too. So it'd at least be version controlled and uninstall would be handled right.
I have a ~/local. I put little script I write in ~/local/bin. And the few projects whose development I follow and build by hand, I configure with --prefix=$HOME/local, so I can make install them without worrying about them messing up my nice filesystem (puts files in ~/local/(bin|include|lib|share),etc. Works well for me.


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Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya,  (15 September 1861 – 12/14 April 1962), also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, who served as the 19th Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.

Visvesvaraya is regarded in India as one of the foremost civil engineers whose birthday, 15 September, is celebrated every year as Engineer's Day in India, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. He is also often regarded as "the maker of modern Mysore". According to Prajavani, a Kannada language newspaper, he is also the most popular figure in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

Visvesvaraya worked as a civil engineer for the government of British India and later as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Mysore. For his services to British India, he was appointed CIE and later knighted KCIE. For his services to the Kingdom of Mysore and the Republic of India, he was awarded the Bharata Ratna by Government of India in 1955.

Early life
M. Visvesvaraya was born on 15 September 1861 at Muddenahalli, Kingdom of Mysore (in present-day Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka) in a Telugu Brahmin family to Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry and Venkatalakshmi. His ancestors hail from Mokshagundam, a village in present-day Andhra Pradesh, and had migrated to the kingdom around three hundred years prior to Visvesvaraya's birth.

Visvesvaraya received his primary education in Bangalore and earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Madras. He later studied at the College of Engineering, Pune (then College of Science at the University of Bombay) and graduated as an engineer, receiving Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCE). It was here that he became a member of the Deccan Club and was its first secretary; he would therefore have been well-acquainted with the progressives in Pune, including Sir R. G. Bhandarkar, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, and Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, who were all members of the club.

Career
Visvesvaraya began his career by working for the Government of British India, working in Bombay Presidency and other British-held colonies in the Middle East. He later worked for Hyderabad State. After retirement, he began his administrative and statesmanship career and continued his engineering career in the Kingdom of Mysore.

Engineering career
Visvesvaraya became an assistant engineer in 1885 at the Public Works Department, Bombay, in Bombay Presidency.

In 1899, Visvesvaraya was invited to join the Indian Irrigation Commission where he implemented an intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan Plateau and designed and patented a system of automatic weir water floodgates that were first installed in 1903 at Khadakvasla Dam near Pune. These gates raised the storage level in the reservoir to the highest level likely to be attained without causing any damage to the dam. Based on the success of these gates, the same system was installed at Tigra Dam in Gwalior and later at the KRS Dam at Mysore, Karnataka. He later became the chief engineer of the Laxmi Talav Dam near Kolhapur.

In around 1906/1907, the Government of British India sent Visvesvaraya to the British Colony of Aden (present-day Yemen), to study water supply and drainage systems. The project prepared by him was successfully implemented in Aden.

After opting for voluntary retirement in 1908, Visvesvaraya took a foreign tour to study industrialised nations. Then, for a short period, he worked for Nizam Osman Ali Khan. He was one of the chief engineers of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad who suggested flood relief measures for the city, which was under constant threat by the Musi river. He achieved celebrity status when he designed a flood protection system for the city. He was instrumental in developing a system to protect Visakhapatnam port from sea erosion. This dam created the biggest reservoir in Asia at the time of its construction.

In November 1909, at the invitation of Dewan Sir V.P. Madhava Rao, Visvesvaraya joined as a chief engineer of Mysore State. He was the Chief Engineer of the KRS Dam at Mysore. He was also later the chairman of the board of engineers for the Tungabhadra Dam in Hospet, Karnataka.

Premiership
In 1912, Visvesvaraya was appointed Diwan of Mysore by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. He served for nearly seven years until 1918. With support from the maharaja, Visvesvaraya contributed to the general development of the Kingdom of Mysore.

During his premiership as Diwan, Visvesvaraya was responsible for the founding of factories and institutions funded for by the maharaja, including Mysore Soap Factory, Parasitoid Laboratory, Mysore Iron & Steel Works in Bhadravathi, Bangalore Polytechnic (now Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Bangalore), Bangalore Agricultural University, State Bank of Mysore, Century Club, Mysore Chamber of Commerce (now Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry), Mysore Apex Chamber of Commerce (now Apex Chamber of Karnataka), and numerous other industrial places.The Bangalore Press was also established during his tenure as Diwan. He was also instrumental in the founding of Government Engineering College (now University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering) at Bangalore in 1917, one of the first engineering institutes in India. He commissioned several new railway lines in Mysore Railways (now part of Southwestern Indian Railways).

Visvesvaraya encouraged private investment in industry during his tenure as Diwan. He was instrumental in charting out a plan for road construction between Tirumala and Tirupati.

Visvesvaraya gave his technical advice for the location of Mokama Bridge over the Ganga in Bihar. At the time, he was over 90 years old.

Career timeline
 Assistant Engineer in Bombay, 1885; served in Nasik, Khandesh (mainly in Dhule) and Pune
 Services lent to Municipality of Sukkur, Sind, 1894; designed and carried out waterworks for the municipality
 Executive Engineer, Surat, 1896
 Assistant Superintending Engineer, Pune, 1897–1899; visited China and Japan, 1898
 Executive Engineer for Irrigation, Pune, 1899
 Sanitary Engineer, Bombay, and member, Sanitary Board, 1901; gave evidence before Indian Irrigation Commission
 Designed and constructed automatic gates patented by him at Lake Fife Storage Reservoir; introduced a new system of irrigation known as "Block System", 1903; represented the Bombay Government at Simla Irrigation Commission, 1904; on special duty, 1905
 Superintending Engineer, 1907; visited Egypt, Canada, United States, and Russia, 1908
 Consulting Engineer to Hyderabad/Nizam State supervised and carried out engineering works on Musi river; Hyderabad floods of 1909
 Retired from British Service, 1909
 Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government of Mysore, 1909
 Diwan of Mysore, Public Works Department and Railway, 1913
 Board of Directors of Tata Steel, 1927–1955

Awards and honours

Visvesvaraya was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1911 by King Edward VII. In 1915, while he was Diwan of Mysore, Visvesvaraya was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good.

After India attained independence, Visvesvaraya received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1955. He received an honorary membership from the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, a fellowship from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and several honorary degrees including D.Sc., LL.D., D.Litt. from eight universities in India. He was the president of the 1923 session of the Indian Science Congress.

Recognition
Visvesvaraya received recognition in many fields, most notably education and engineering. Visvesvaraya Technological University in Belagavi (to which most engineering colleges in Karnataka are affiliated) was named in his honour, as well as prominent colleges like University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore; Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore; and Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur; Visvesvaraya Hostel, IIT (BHU) Varanasi; Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore.

The College of Engineering, Pune, his alma mater, erected a statue in Visvesvaraya's honour. Two metro stations in India, one in Bangalore on the Purple Line (Sir M. Visveshwaraya Station, Central College), and another one in Delhi on the Pink Line (Sir Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh), are named after him.

On 15 September 2018, to celebrate his 158th birthday, Visvesvaraya was honored with a Google Doodle.

Death
Visvesvaraya died on 12/14 April 1962, aged 100.

Visvesvaraya was known for his sincerity, time management and dedication to his cause. Visvesvaraya was a strict lacto-vegetarian who never ate meat or eggs. He was also a non-smoker and a teetotaller.

A very important part of Visvesvaraya's nature was his love for Kannada language. He set up Kannada Parishat for the improvement of Kannada. He wanted seminars for Kannada supporters to be instituted and conducted right in Kannada.

Memorial at Muddenahalli
Visvesvaraya National Memorial Trust manages a memorial for Visvesvaraya at his birthplace of Muddenahalli. The memorial exhibits his awards, titles and personal belongings, including his living room, spectacles, cups, books and block with which his visiting cards were printed. Models of the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, which Visvesvaraya designed and supervised the construction of, are exhibited. The memorial is adjacent to his house, which was refurbished and is regarded as a shrine by locals.

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Pregnant horse and foal die after being tipped off owner's truck 'to avoid vet bill'
WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES. The neglected horse and her unborn foal died after they were dumped as Storm Brendan took hold when she was callously left
Emily Hall
Kelly-Ann Mills
Cecilia was lifted out of the mud (Image: Happy Endings Rescue/Triangle News)
A pregnant horse and her unborn foal have died after her cruel owners dumped her in the middle of Storm Brendan.
The seven-year-old mare was tipped off the back of the truck into the mud as the wind and rain lashed down.
Exhausted horse Cecilia was left unable to get up, but a landowner saw her plight and with volunteers from Happy Endings Rescue managed to get her on her feet and get her to a vet.
However, she was weakened by months of neglect and her night lying in the mud, and she and her unborn foal died on Friday.
Those involved in her rescue say horses being dumped has become an epidemic as callous owners simply don't want to pay the vet's bills.
Katie Snalune, director of Newnham Court Equine Clinic, which treated Cecilia, said they were seeing dumped horses on "a daily basis".
But she did not survive (Image: Happy Endings Rescue/Triangle News)
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She explained how Cecilia had been brought into the clinic in Maidstone, Kent, on January 15 weighing only 185kg.
"She was covered in mud from head to toe, and had a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute, showing signs of severe dehydration and endotoxaemia, secondary to diarrhoea," she said.
"Cecilia was put in intensive care and treated with plasma, intravenous fluid therapy, anti-endotoxins, anti-diarrhoeals, intestinal adsorbents, electrolytes and careful refeeding."
The horse had a severe worm infestation and was six months in foal.
"Despite intensive care, Cecilia deteriorated developing multi-organ failure and was put to sleep," Katie added
"We are devastated that her intestinal damage was too severe to save her and her unborn foal.
"It is a sad state of affairs that this is a daily occurrence for us being presented with emaciated diarrhoeic ponies.
"This is a totally preventable disease that merely requires good pasture management, appropriate nutrition and worming.
"These are basic requirements for any horse owner to provide and it is just not acceptable that this continues on and on, on a daily basis, let alone the cruelty of being dumped off a truck.
"We continue to work alongside Happy Endings Rescue doing all we can to bring these poor animals back to health."
Co-founder of Faversham-based Happy Endings, Chris Johns, said there was no way the mare could have walked to where she lay.
"Normally, people tie them to a tree a drive off but she hadn't been tied, she'd been tipped off in a heap in the mud," he said.
She was found dumped in a pile of mud (Image: Happy Endings Rescue/Triangle News)
"It was obvious she had been tipped off the back of a truck as there were no hoof prints in the mud, only tyre tracks. She did not get there by herself.
"She has severe muscle damage from where she had been struggling to try and get herself up and had carved into the mud while thrashing around.
"Being a flight animal, she must have been absolutely petrified, lying there for hours desperately wanting to get herself up, while trying to escape but not having the strength to stand.
"To leave an animal to die in these conditions is beyond cruel.
"We got her up and got her to the vet, she stood all the way there in the trailer but her body just shut down. She weighed 185kg, and had a body condition score of one.
"People say owners like this need educating and I've got no problem with that.
"I'd happily offer free vet care or to be contacted if I'm needed - but you can't teach people to care.
"You can't teach them that dumping an animal, sick but alive, in the mud like that is wrong. She must have been petrified.
"There's nothing the vets didn't try to save her, and the saddest thing is that she was in foal."
A fundraising page set up to cover Cecilia's care has reached more than £15,000.
"People may not realise but she's one of many, and we can't make a difference unless people support us," he added.
"Kent has got a massive horse problem and there aren't any big centres to take horses but with people's help, we can do more."
A spokeswoman for the charity added: "At least she knew love and care in her final hours. Who knows what this poor girl had been through, but we know that suffering did not happen overnight.
"Sadly the horse crisis is ongoing and we are determined that she will not die in vain; we must try and help other horses before they too lose their fight.
"Sleep well precious girl."


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Operating within archaic organizational structures, very few of our nation's teachers have opportunities to incubate and execute ideas prompted by their deep knowledge of students, families, and communities. This includes ideas about how best to integrate technology. What if—along with adopting new tools for personalized, on-demand learning—our education system learned a thing or two from the technology sector about how to run a productive 21st-century workplace?
From my own observations, classroom management skills play a huge part in a teacher's willingness to try new things. In my classroom if I do a lesson on paper (which I had to do a week ago because the internet was out) the students behave differently than in one of my normal lessons. They are more docile, like the elephant chained to the post, because, I believe, this is familiar to them. A lot of technology integration and innovative ideas happen at the middle school and high school level, but is that too late?