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Once the soap is melted, add a few drops of red soap colorant and mix until you have your desired color. As the soap base solidifies pretty quickly, you might have to melt again for 15 to 20 seconds as you color it.
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Be sure to allow each layer to cool for about 10 minutes before adding the next color. When you're finished, let the soap harden for one hour (or, if you're in a hurry, stick it in the fridge for 15 minutes).
When your soap is solid, remove it from the plastic container. You can definitely leave the soap as-is and shape it into a big rainbow bar… or you can make it even more cool.
Use a sturdy knife to (carefully!!) cut out a piece of your bar. Shave it to form whatever shape you want and put it back into a plastic container.
Melt another bar of white soap base (all at once this time!) and pour it over your rainbow piece. Set it aside until it's cooled and solidified. Like before, this should take about an hour.
Remove the soap and cut it into bars. After you cut it, the rainbow block should shine through the white base. Gorgeous!
Who says ornaments have to be wintry? If you like a little extra whimsy along with your snowflakes, Santas and woodland creatures, look no further than a felt rainbow. Hang 'em on your own tree or stitch up a bunch for friends!
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And had a fine Christmas, let me tell you!!! The weather, last week, was all snowy and had the potential to produce a Christmas like I remember-banks of white snow, a feeling of cocooning inside your house- the Christmas lights burning through the mask of white- but no, rain followed by wind yielded dirty snow banks and that decidedly spring-like look. Then, a surprise snowstorm changed it all- nice clean white snow again! We spent Christmas Eve wrapping presents -this year, Annie got in on the wrapping- and while I stayed in the bedroom and wrapped the ones she couldn't see, she was a real little trooper and wrapped and tagged and worked really hard. When it was all over, we put the presents under the tree and stuffed all the stockings. I noticed she was looking at the piles pretty intensely, so I asked what was up. She said that she had looked through them all, and that she didn't know if Santa was going to come. Hmmm, I thought. 9 years old and right on the cusp of "Should I believe or not?"I asked if she wanted to put out the cookies and milk for Santa, and she thought that she would. But with reluctance. But all was right in her world on Christmas morning!!!!! She ran out (at 5:15 a.m., by the way) and saw the gifts under the tree. She got a sad little look- said that "Santa hadn't left her anything, just you guys" when she backed right into her new piano! (well, clavinova, in reality) with a big tag on it saying "To Annie, love Santa, Thanks for the treats". Later, she said that she knew Santa wouldn't let her down- since she was aware a clavinova was very expensive, and that we couldn't afford one, but that Santa made her one of her very own. So, one more year of "still believin'~!
The biggest surprise was from my in laws- after I had unwrapped all the presents (they tend to give "family type" things- works for me), my mother in law said hold on, I have to get one more thing- and out comes an embroidered leather jacket for me! Holy cow! I was really surprised!
We had roast beef with the in laws yesterday, turkey with mom and my sister on Christmas Day (Mom had come here for Christmas breakfast) and we are off to my brother-in-law's tomorrow-if the weather holds.
I've been afraid to ask my 11 year old about it, but my husband told me that our son said he isn't quite sure whether he still believes in Santa or not. I'm amazed and thrilled that he's made it this long and is still wondering! Oh, to be a child again . . .
I wanna see the leather jacket!
Glad you had a good Christmas! I was quite pleased with the new snow too.
Sounds like a lovely Christmas. All the best in the new year and I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday!


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Check the table below to view what 'band of supports' are available to you based on your situation.
*parents who qualify for Band AJ under Jobseeker's allowance/benefit receive maximum subvented childcare of €80 for full day care per week.
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A parasite has insidiously invaded the body of America. It has fed and grown large on nutrients from government handouts and now is enervating its host, our capitalist system.
Since our president entered the White House in January 2009 through September of this year 5.9 million people have been added to the SSDI or Social Security Disability program. That compares with less than 2.5 million jobs created during the same period. According to Social Security Administration data, currently including spouses and children, SSDI rolls have swollen to a bloated 10.9 million. A record one in fourteen workers is now on the SSDI dole. It's like checking in a hotel and never leaving. Of the 653,877 souls that departed the program in 2011, 36% departed by being gracious enough to die, while 52% reached retirement age and seamlessly switched to other benefits. Only 6% returned to work and 3.6% exited the program due to medical improvement. According to Congressional Research Services this program cost taxpayers $128.9 billion in 2011 and was in deficit to the tune of $25.3 billion. Funded by the 1.8% payroll tax and comprising nearly 18% of all social security spending, at current pace the trust fund may be exhausted by as early as 2015.
I pulled up http://www.ssa.gov/ (then click disability) to look for myself at the so called "Listing of Impairments" and if length is an indicator for program efficacy, then SSDI would be one of the world's greatest government safety net plans. There is a kaleidoscope of ailments from which to choose. Under Section 12, "Mental Disorders" section of the Disability Evaluation there is, statistically, a qualifying syndrome for all of us, not just in America, but in the entire universe. This one category alone printed out to twelve full pages.
Certainly each of us carries familiarity with subsection 12.04, "Affective Disorders". It would be tiresome to redact the entire section but some examples are in order. Ever had "decreased energy", "feelings of guilt or worthlessness", "difficulty concentrating", "sleep disturbance", "anhedonia" (I had to look it up), or psychomotor agitation (I didn't bother to look it up). If you answered yes to any one of these infirmities and it results in "difficulties maintaining social functioning", or "marked difficulties maintaining concentration", or "repeated episodes of decompensation" (I don't know and don't care), then bingo you are eligible for disability. If you don't qualify on my above snippet, don't despair, there are literally dozens of other possible maladies of the mind listed and most of us, if we want, can fall neatly into one or more of the mental illness baskets.
Somehow, if you are classified to be of sound mental composition, perhaps an examination of your Musculoskeletal System (in Section 1) might strike gold. Basically this section is all things "back" related. From my own experience and talking to doctors, virtually every person in their thirties and older will show "bulging" disks or some other form of spinal degeneration. It is quite difficult to medically argue against back pain. Fortunately for claimants, fibromyalgia has recently been added to our list of eligible diseases under SSDI. Often if your head hurts or you have muscle aches of indeterminate origins and doctors can't specifically diagnose any name disease, they may call it fibromyalgia. Thank goodness SSDI can fill this void, since because of its non-specificity of symptoms, health insurance companies often turn down these highly subjective claims.
The SSDI program is a microcosm of what ills the job market in America. When our president took office 40% of the population received some sort of government assistance. That number now stands at over 55%. There is an alphabet soup of welfare programs that create disincentive to seek gainful employment. Zerohedge.com published an excellent chart demonstrating when you add in all the free government goodies that a single mother with one child with gross income of $29,000 receives, that she effectively ends up with $57,327 in net income and benefits. She is better off than the mom with gross income of $69,000 who after taxes has a net income and benefits of $57,045. Some of the giveaways include SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as Food Stamps. If boredom sets in, look up CHIP or TANF. There is also Medicaid and the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Have a look for yourself. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-27/when-work-punished-tragedy-americas-welfare-state Zerohedge.com published another chart on 11/22/12 demonstrating that a single parent family of three earning minimum wage ($14,500) per year has more disposable income than the family making $60,000 per year. The Wall Street Journal last week published some of the exchanges between Speaker Boehner and the President where the President kept repeating that he did not think the country had a spending problem. My translation is that he has no intentions of reducing any of the runaway programs that insidiously degrade our economic structure. The new tax increases on the "rich" are projected to bring $600 billion in revenues to the Treasury Department over the next decade. Deficits are projected to be $6.8 Trillion or elven times as much.
While there is certainly intransigence on both sides of the aisle, the President as chief of state needs to rise above and be a leader. If not addressed in a meaningful way, our profligacy will one day in the not too distant future destroy our country. The Federal Reserve's rigged artificially low interest rates are the only firewall standing between us and bankruptcy. Imagine if short term rates were 5% and the 10 year treasury was sitting at 7%. Imagine servicing our $16 trillion debt at these rates. The time to act is now.


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George Floyd's Brother Calls for an End to Violent Protests
Emily Puckering
George Floyd's brother, Terrence Floyd, has spoken out about his brother's death and has called for an end to the protests.
Let's recap this tragic story...
It all happened on Monday...
Passers-by in Minneapolis witnessed and filmed 2 police officers arresting George Floyd for a suspected forgery.
Police found George matching a suspect's description in his car.
Even though he didn't resist arrest, one of the officers got him on the ground and pinned him there by pressing their knee into his neck.
This position was clearly very painful for him...
"Please, please, I can't breathe," George can be heard begging in harrowing footage as the officers remain standing. "My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts," he moans as passers-by begin to gather and repeatedly tell the officer to stop leaning on him.
Multiple witnesses are arguing with the officers when he starts to lose consciousness...
"He's not f****** moving!" one witness shouts as another says, "Get the f*** off him, he isn't moving!" One of the officers responds with, "This is why you don't do drugs, kids."
After around 4 minutes of the officer kneeling on him, George is completely unresponsive.
An ambulance arrives, the paramedics check his pulse and move his body onto a stretcher - he was later pronounced dead in the hospital.
George was only forty-six-years-old...
this man, #GeorgeFloyd did not deserve to die. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/w405ouIk5V
— moon (@moon)1590639498.0
And he did not deserve to die.
The police officers involved have shown absolutely no emotion, regret, or urgency...
And a huge amount of backlash has hit the headlines.
Four of the officers involved have now been fired.
And the officer who kneeled on George, whose name is Derek Chauvin, has been arrested for 3rd-degree murder.
But this hasn't stopped the haunting footage of George's death circulating online...
SAY HIS NAME. GEORGE FLOYD. HE WAS AN INNOCENT MAN, AND HE WAS MURDERED. HE COULDN'T BREATHE, AND HE BEGGED FOR HIS… https://t.co/7WNH4pzDLY
— 🐌 (@🐌)1590620093.0
And it has left millions of people both heartbroken and disgusted.
People all around the world have been left furious over George's unjustified death.
It's really hard to tweet about this shit bc we have to use our voices but I also don't want to minimize the depth… https://t.co/FbH2y78hm8
— Kiana Ledé (@Kiana Ledé)1590567945.0
But many are feeling completely hopeless due to the fact that this blatant racism is happening more and more in our country.
When will this violence stop?
And when will our country do something to put an end to police brutality against black people?
Protests have been held in George's memory all around the country...
Including in Washington, Chicago, New York City, and even in the United Kingdom.
But it's safe to say that the protests have been the most imminent in Minneapolis...
This is the protest that took place yesterday in Minneapolis over the murder of George Floyd. The last photo shows… https://t.co/TXav6Wldmk
— 🦇 (@🦇)1590593877.0
Which is where George was killed.
The protests started on Wednesday last week...
Thousands upon thousands of protesters took to the streets on Wednesday to express their hurt and their anger at the injustice.
But things very quickly turned violent.
As thousands of people took to the streets, the police force became involved when shops started getting looted and police cars were being attacked.
Police officers in riot gear pelted the crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets...
"Rare Footage" . Protest #Video From #Minneapolis against the killing of #GeorgeFloyd .… https://t.co/k6PH0Bi97p
— The Voice Of Liberty® (@The Voice Of Liberty®)1590581647.0
And when protestors began fighting back, things turned very ugly and the mass brawl continued into the night.
But things were far from over...
A Minneapolis Police Station was set on fire to mark the third evening of rioting. Thankfully, the station had been evacuated beforehand so nobody was seriously hurt.
The scenes have been truly apocalyptical...
No police in sight https://t.co/baiDgxktNi
— Max Nesterak (@Max Nesterak)1590726777.0
And even though the protest was to demand justice for George, so many people were left fearful for their own lives in the chaotic streets of Minneapolis.
Nearly a week on, things aren't calming down...
In protest at the death of George Floyd, asphyxiated by a white policeman, the streets of Minneapolis (USA) look li… https://t.co/awLpHvuHTK
— Ratchanok Wandee (@Ratchanok Wandee)1590714280.0
And the police have been behaving in a manner more brutal and extreme than ever before to get protestors off the streets - which only pours more fuel on the flames.
Many police officers aren't holding back...
Here's my leg today. This is from a non-lethal projectile, fired by Minneapolis police while I covered protests of… https://t.co/zMpRtwMg1b
— Andy Mannix (@Andy Mannix)1590614745.0
And they've been attacking anybody who stands in their way.
So many people have now been severely injured in the protests...
Some images from the #GeorgeFloyd protests in #downtownsandiego today. There were medics helping injured protesters… https://t.co/lRSB5d3fEn
— Andrew Chesser (@Andrew Chesser)1590987127.0
And it turns out that George Floyd's family is completely heartbroken by all of this violence.
George's brother, Terrence Floyd, spoke to Good Morning America today.
He was clearly overcome with emotion when he spoke of his brother and how he was a "motivator" who "always saw the bright side of things."
Terrence traveled from his home in Brooklyn to visit the site in Minneapolis where his brother was killed.
He was asked about his thoughts on the violent protests, to which he said: "I do feel like it's overshadowing what's going on. Like I said he [Floyd] was about peace. He was about unity. But the things that are transpiring now... they may call it unity but it's destructive unity."
"That's not what my brother was about."
"It's OK to be angry, but channel your anger to do something positive or make a change another way because we've been down this road already," Terrence then said.
This violence isn't what George would have wanted.
"The anger, damaging your hometown is not the way he'd want," he added.
It is truly heartbreaking to see the pain that Terrence and the rest of his family are enduring right now...
EXCLUSIVE: George Floyd's brother Terrence says he feels like violent protests are "overshadowing what is going on… https://t.co/iR0hegioQ3
— Good Morning America (@Good Morning America)1591012399.0
And it is important to hear and listen to his words. Rest in Peace, Floyd. We send our deepest condolences to Terrence and his family during this unimaginable time.
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Gilgit-Baltistan:Resettlement and royalties
IN Pakistan where water and other energy resources are becoming increasing- ly scarce, the creation of large-capacity dams appears a sensible idea. However, the creation of such reservoirs has been a contentious issue as in the case of the Kalabagh dam project which had to be shelved.
The most recent project to be put on course — after three decades — was the Diamer-Bhasha dam. Meanwhile, the upgrading of Mangla Dam has failed to live up to expectations, even though the main project of raising the dam`s height was completed in 2008. The sticking points tend to be squabbling among the provinces over projected revenues and the reset- tlement of and compensation for those displaced. Both Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have laid territorial claims to the Diamer-Bhasha dam, for example, while raising the height of Mangla Dam has affected 50,000 people. The issue of resettlement and compensation has not yet been addressed, leading to resistance by the affected communities against the filling of the reservoir.
It is thus welcome news that the government is considering preparing a formula for sharing royalties and resettlement costs in such a manner that the maximum benefit goes to the people displaced by the projects. Currently, no such formula exists, and these ideas are to be discussed during a US-Pakistan dialogue on reforms in the water sector and international lending, scheduled to begin on Nov 2. Reportedly, the example under study is the revenue-sharing arrangement in Brazil under which six per cent of the gross revenues are allocated to the affected areas with half the amount going to the provinces and the other half to affected municipalities. If such a formula is created, it could remove the confusion over royalties and resettlement. It has been suggested that a clause in the constitution promising the profits to the province where the relevant power station is located has complicated matters, because power generation is given precedence over issues faced by displaced persons. This charge should be carefully examined and the matter resolved at the earliest. Resistance to dams that are sorely needed in a water-scarce country will continue until clarity is achieved over how the projects are to proceed. (Dawn)
This entry was posted in Business, Columns, Culture, Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, Latest News, Pakistan.
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Harry Quinn entered Camp Shelby in September [Annotator's Note: 1943] and stayed there for about a week. From there,...
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U.S. soldiers in a jeep in a European forest in 1944.
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French countryside in 1945.
Building faade with sign of Mairie de Glonville, France on 17 March 1945
Building faade with sign Mairie de Glonville.' "Mayor's Place. Glonville, France. 17 March 1945"
Naval ship off English coast in 1944
Naval ship off English coast in 1944.
U.S. soldiers discover a crashed U.S. aircraft in Bamberg, Germany in 1945
U.S. soldiers discover a crashed U.S. aircraft in Bamberg, Germany in 1945. "B29 downed at German Airport in Bamberg."
A Texaco sign above an automobile garage with ambulances parked in front in France in 1945
A Texaco sign above an automobile garage with ambulances parked in front in France in 1945.
Street promenade with the Herrider Tor in the background at Ansbach Germany in the 1940s
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Not automated enough – there are too many steps in deploying and testing OpenStack today. At a minimum, you'll end up with 30 commands and that's simply too much. At this point, you think "fine, but I can create a script" which is a fine solution, but it leads us to the next point.
"I want install X, but what configuration is needed?' – the usual question for deploying OpenStack with new features. Not all developers following "document your development code". A utopia we can only dream on.
"I want to deploy this time a slightly different topology" – it means you either need to copy your current configuration or create a new workspace and let's face it, you simply want one-liner to do it for you.
New release? new way to deploy! – new OpenStack releases often introduce new changes to the way we deploy OpenStack – commands can be changed, configuration and it's challenging for the average user to track such changes.
So perhaps we understand at this point why we need InfraRed, but what is it exactly? if I'll try to describe it shortly then I would say it's a plugin based system, written in Python, that leverages Ansible for creating optimal user experience for various different tasks, when only one of them is deploying and testing OpenStack. But InfraRed already has plenty plugins to tackle other tasks as well.
What I like the most about InfraRed is the user experience. It let's you pick the tools you need for your specific tasks, without assuming anything on your environment or prior knowledge. Ansible is one of the easiest ways to automate today and this is the main reason InfraRed folks chose it to be such an integral part of the project.
InfraRed let's you jump in at any phase. You can choose to deploy OpenStack from scratch or start with testing an already existing OpenStack deployment. You choose.
In the next few lines, I'm going to show you how to use InfraRed to deploy OpenStack (RDO Ocata release) and run Tempest tests on the deployed OpenStack cloud.
Now run it for the first time!
isolated environment for plugins execution.
ssh                 Interactive ssh session to node from inventory.
collect-logs        Collect log from all nodes in the active workspace.
By default InfraRed doesn't include any plugins. The first time we ran it, it looked for plugins.ini where you should specify which plugins you would like to use. In case you didn't create the file, InfraRed will create it for you by default in your workspace (we'll discuss workspaces in more detail later) and install all the default plugins.
Next, we can proceed to the actual deployment.
Some may think that OpenStack deployment starts with installing OpenStack, but actually in most cases, you need to provision resources first.
Virthost – you might have one physical server, but in order to deploy RDO Ocata release, you need a minimum of three nodes. So what do you do? you create three virtual VMs on your physical host and InfraRed handles that for you with the virsh plugin.
OpenStack on Openstack – perhaps you don't have servers at all and all you have is access to already existing OpenStack. InfraRed let's you the option to provision all the resources you need in order to deploy OpenStack on your already existing OpenStack. Resources such as instances, networks, subnets and port. It's done with the openstack plugin.
Since this is our first full infrared command, let's explain it argument by argument.
virsh is the plugin name. You can see what arguments are available for the virsh plugin by typing infrared virsh -h (for InfraRed general arguments, type infrared -h ), You may see a very long list of arguments, while most them are required for running the virsh plugin, InfraRed will use default values in case you don't specify one of them.
WARNING [virsh] Argument 'bootmode' was set to 'hd' from the spec defaults source.
WARNING [virsh] Argument 'topology-network' was set to '3_nets' from the spec defaults source.
WARNING [virsh] Argument 'host-validate' was set to 'True' from the spec defaults source.
InfraRed needs the host IP address and the private SSH key in order to be able to connect and run commands. These parameters are specified by --host-address and --host-key flags accordingly.
--image-url specifies which image you want to use for the topology you specified. Each of the VMs will use the image specified by --image-url.
Now that we have all the resources we need (VMs with configured networks and OS), we can move to deploying OpenStack. Since RDO Ocata is based on TripleO, we'll use tripleo-undercloud and tripleo-overcloud plugins.
The first step, would be to install the undercloud with tripleo-undercloud plugin.
--version specifies which openstack release to use for the undercloud deployment. for each flag, you can specify `-h` and it will show you which values can be used.
That's all you need for installing the undercloud. Once the undercloud installation is complete, we can proceed to deploy the overcloud with the tripleo-overcloud plugin.
A Little bit longer than the undercloud installation, but overcloud deployment is indeed much more complex.
--version specifies which openstack release to use for the overcloud deployment. This can different than the undercloud release, although it's not recommended.
`–introspect` is a Boolean variable that controls whether the introspection step will be executed or not. Introspection is used to retrieve hardware attributes that can used later during the deployment.
You may be wonder why do we need --deploy yes .well, each infrared command can be split into smaller commands. We may want to run introspection first, but not the actual deployment. So then we would have one command to run introspection and one command to deploy afterward. In such case the command with –introspection yes would also include –deploy no. In our case, we decided to run introspection and deploy with one command.
--post will run several post tasks such as creating an external network, that can be later used for testing. It can also run specific configuration that is not yet supported integrally by tripleo (e.g lbaas installation).
--network-protocol specifies which internet protocol to use. It can be either 'ipv6' or 'ipv4'.
--deployment-files specifies which overcloud templates to use. 'virt' is usually used for virtual POC, test environments. You can also you composable templates.
First, the --deployment-files flag changed from 'virt' to 'composable_roles'.
In addition to that, we added a new flag called --role-files which specifies which role to use. In this example, we chose to have a separate networker node.
Note: if you want to use the networker role, you have to provision a networker node with the virsh plugin.
Great, we have OpenStack deployed. That wasn't too hard, right? now, you may used to verify each one of your OpenStack deployments or you simply don't believe that overcloud deployment can suddenly be that easy. For that, we can use the tempest plugin and test your new deployment.
Running all the tests takes time, so InfraRed devs added an argument to specify which type of tests you are interested in. neutron will run only the networking tests.
InfraRed also allow you to upgrade undercloud and overcloud. You can, for example, upgrade from mitaka to newton. The upgrade is basically N -> N+1, you can't leap two versions forward.
overcloud upgrade requires the --deployment-files flag to know which kind of upgrade to perform (composable or 'standard').
If you asked yourself where InfraRed keeps all the files related to your specific executions, then the answer is in the .workspace directory. The first line InfraRed printed when you executed infrared virsh was WARNING There are no workspaces. New workspace added: workspace_2017-03-19_11-21-46 which means InfraRed didn't find any workspaces and created one for you.
One of the files there is the hosts file. The file used by InfraRed or more accurately, Ansible, to connect to your provisioned hosts and that's why you don't need to specify the physical host or the nodes each time you execute a new plugin.
To manage workspaces (create a new one, list existing workspaces) use infrared workspace.
patch-components – not directly related to OpenStack, but it let's you repackage RPMs with your code (locally or from Gerrit) and then inject them to OpenStack deployment.
There are many cool features I didn't cover in this post. I recommend to go and read the official InfraRed documentation here.
Q: What is the different between openstack plugin and tripleo-undercloud, tripleo-overcloud plugins?
A: openstack leverages Ansible OpenStack modules (shade) to control resources on existing OpenStack cloud while tripleo-* plugins let you deploy OpenStack from scratch.
Q: How can I list all the available plugins and where I can find their repositories?
A: infrared plugin list is used to list the plugins. The plugins repsoitories can be found here.
Q: Can I create my own plugin?
This blog needs some refinement. For example, the topology argument is of format type:num[,…] and not num:type[,…]. Also, in the "–host-address190.40.2.50" argument, a space is missing between the argument and the address.
It would also be nice to see explanation of all arguments used. For example, –network-protocol ipv6 is never mentioned.
Also added sections for composable deployments and upgrades.
Could you post document for SR-IOV deployment of Openstack.


The European Central Bank (ECB) today reported the M1, M2 and M3 monetary aggregates for the month of July. On an annual basis, M1, M2 and M3 increased 4.8%, 3.8% and 3.4%. The M3 money aggregate ended the month on €10,004,322 million, that's more than 10 trillion euros. It was the first time in history the M3 money aggregate was above €10 trillion.


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Toronto, ON – May 21, 2021 – i3 Interactive Inc. (CSE: BETS) (FRA: F0O3) (OTC: BLITF) (the "Company") announces that further to its press release dated April 20, 2021, trading in the common shares of the Company remains halted pursuant to entering into a binding letter of intent to merge with a leading company (the "Target") in the online gaming space in India (the "Transaction"). The Transaction aims to transform the Company's existing business by accelerating its mission to achieve a user base of over 20 million players across Fantasy Sports, Poker, Rummy and Mobile eSports by the end of 2022. The Transaction is considered a fundamental change pursuant to Policy 8 of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE"). It is anticipated that trading in the Company's common shares will remain halted until the Transaction is completed and all necessary filings have been accepted by applicable regulatory authorities.
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Health Education Center relocates to Balch Street
A program that educates thousands of Akron-area fifth- and sixth-graders each year about human growth, development and reproduction is getting a new home.
The nonprofit Health Education Center of Akron Inc. is moving this week from the Morley Health Center in downtown Akron to the Balch Street Community Center.
The Health Education Center is a field-trip destination for 2,000 to 3,000 students per year from Akron Public Schools and other districts and private schools throughout the region.
Middle-school students come to the center to spend two hours learning about personal hygiene, puberty, fetal development and the male and female reproductive systems during an abstinence-based curriculum, said director Kristen Sharp, who has a master�s degree in health education.
The program includes models, displays and a multi-media presentation with �some fifth- and sixth-grade humor sprinkled in there,� Sharp said. �We strongly maintain respect for our bodies and for the topic.�
The center opted to lease space in the city-owned property because the Summit County health department is running out of available room in the downtown Akron building, she said. The renovations cost more than $20,000.
The Health Education Center started in the 1970s after then-Akron Health Commissioner John Morley had the idea to provide sexuality education and drug prevention for area middle-school students. As D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) programs spread, the center has opted in recent years to focus only on sexuality education.
Parents sign a permission slip for students to participate.
�The parents, we�re just here to augment their efforts,� Sharp said. �The parents are the primary educators of everything � their morals, their beliefs.�
Students benefit from getting out of their regular classrooms to learn about their changing bodies and reproduction, Sharp said.
�We have found that it is so effective to get them out of their environment when we�re talking about such a sensitive topic,� she said. �They�re able to hear the information. They�re able to grasp the information more.�
Classes will begin Friday at the center�s new location, 220 S. Balch St., Akron.
For more information about the Health Education Center, go online to http://itstime?forthetalk.com.
Study examines spanking
New research published last week in the online version of the professional journal Pediatrics links spanking young children with future bad behavior and lower vocabulary.
The study examined parental reports of spanking their children between ages 3 and 5 and then followed their behavior and vocabulary at age 9.
The researchers found even low levels of corporal punishment by mothers at age 5 �was associated with higher levels of child externalizing behavior at age 9, even after an array of risks and earlier child behaviors were controlled for.� Externalizing behaviors include physical aggression, verbal bullying, defiance and other harmful actions.
Children who were frequently spanked by their fathers at age 5 had lower receptive vocabulary scores at age 9, according to the report.
Cheryl Powell can be reached at 330-996-3902 or cpowell@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow Powell on Twitter at twitter.com/abjcherylpowell.


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Cable operator Fidelity Communications admits it that secretly created the fake-grassroots "Stop City-Funded Internet" campaign to kill Missouri municipal net
Cory Doctorow 12:42 pm Thu Feb 8, 2018
Isaac Protiva wanted to know who was behind the "Stop City-Funded Internet" campaign that was pouring a fortune into scuttling the plan to build a fast, efficient, low-cost city network in his hometown of West Plains, Missouri; after a lot of digging, he discovered that (naturally), the "collection of fiscally conservative Missourians" who were nominally behind the site was actually the local cable-monopoly, Fidelity Communications, who came clean (but never apologized).
Protiva figured it out because DM Web Dev Group, Fidelity's Scottsdale, Arizona ad agency littered the stopcityfundedinternet.com site with filenames like "Fidelity_SCFI_Website_V2.jpg."
After Protiva outed Fidelity, they published a letter admitting to being behind the astroturf campaign, and then whined that the citizens of West Plains weren't treating the company fairly and expressed their hurt bewilderment that the townspeople might want to provide their own network rather than rely on the kind of cable monopolist who creates deceptive websites to interfere in town politics.
Municipal broadband networks are cheaper, faster and more reliable than the commercial ones provided by telco/cable duopolies, and that's why 750 US communities now provide their own municipal networks.
In the case of West Plains, however, the ISP was up against city administrator Tom Stehn, who appears to have played things by the book and was savvy enough to have enlisted congressional support for his city's broadband plans. Stehn is also an engineer, which may explain why the municipal network has not run into some of the same problems similar projects in other cities across the nation have encountered.
Back in December 2015, the city decided to build its own municipal fiber network after a survey of local businesses revealed that they were unhappy at the quality and cost of their internet connections. Some firms were paying three times the amount for similar connectivity available in nearby cities.
Of course a mystery website attacking city-run broadband was run by an ISP. Of course [Kieren McCarthy/The Register]
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Interim Report: No Proof Insurers Labeled Katrina Wind Claims as Flood
A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government's flood insurance program.
At the same time, the Department of Homeland Security says that although its "limited review" did not uncover any evidence, it could not rule out the possibility that such shifting of claims by insurers participating in the Write-Your-Own program occurred.
DHS said it reviewed 98 National Flood Insurance Program claim files in Mississippi and interviewed officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, homeowners and insurance experts.
"Our sample revealed no evidence that wind damages were improperly attributed to flooding," DHS reported.
After reviewing the 98 flood claims, DHS found only two had clear mention of wind damage involvement in the claim. Overall, the report concluded, "There was no indication that wind damage was attributed to flooding or that flood insurance paid for wind damage."
DHS said it spoke with 20 flood adjusters who did damage investigations and reviewed their files but found nothing improper.
"Most adjusters were not involved in any wind damage assessments and felt they were not under pressure from WYOs to attribute wind damage to flooding," the report states.
June Holmes, interim CEO for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), said insurers hope the report "will put to rest the plethora of misstatements accusing insurers of improperly shifting wind claims to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and that we can move forward to identify the best solutions to the nation's natural catastrophe crisis.
DHS did, however, note that certain "complicating factors" meant it "could not rule out the possibility" that shifting of claims occurred. Among the "complicating factors" the report cites are difficulty in distinguishing between wind and flood damage, especially when all that is left on a property is slab; policy language that excludes coverage if flooding occurs concurrent with wind or other causes of damage; adjusters working for WYO insurers which it said creates a perception of conflict of interest; and limited oversight of WYO by FEMA.
DHS said it plans to issue a final report but gave no date.
Disputes over coverage for wind versus water damage from the 2005 hurricane season have arisen between policyholders and private property/casualty insurers in the Gulf States. While many of these disputes have been settled, a number are still in court or arbitration.
The DHS report follows another one on the subject issued earlier this summer from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The GAO report suggested there could be a conflict of interest when the private insurer for a damaged property allocates wind and flood losses between itself and the federal program.
Officials for FEMA, which administers the NFIP, told GAO staffers they do not have authority to collect wind damage claims data from WYO insurers, even when the insurer services both the wind and flood policies on the same property.
"As a result, for hurricane-damaged properties, such as those damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, NFIP does not have all the information it needs to ensure that its claims payments were limited to damage caused by flooding," the GAO found. "Concerns over the processing of these flood claims are heightened when the same insurance company serves as both NFIP's WYO insurer and the property-casualty (wind) insurer for a given property. In such cases, the same company is responsible for determining damages and losses to itself and to NFIP, creating a potential conflict of interest."
GAO also said that the lack of both flood and wind damage data limits the usefulness of FEMA's quality assurance reinspection program for NFIP flood claims. GAO found that the NFIP reinspection program does not incorporate a means for systematically collecting and analyzing both the flood and wind damage data together to reevaluate the extent to which wind and flooding were deemed to have contributed toward damages to the property.
According to FEMA, the NFIP paid nearly $16 billion in flood claims in 2005. Since 1978, the NFIP has paid $31.4 billion for flood insurance claims and related costs.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Department of Justice is weighing whether to intervene in a lawsuit that accuses insurers of overbilling the federal government for flood damage from Hurricane Katrina, according to a judge who unsealed the case earlier this month.
Two sisters who worked for E.A. Renfroe & Co., a Birmingham, Ala.-insurance adjusting firm that helped State Farm Insurance Co. adjust claims after Katrina, filed a whistlblower suit in April 2006. High-profile litigator Richard "Dickie" Scruggs filed the suit on behalf of the women, Cori and Kerri Rigsby.
The suit remained under seal to allow the Justice Department to weigh whether to intervene. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Walker in Gulfport, Miss. unsealed the case over obections from the DOJ that doing so could undermine its decision-making process.
The suit accuses insurance companies of pressuring engineers to falsify reports so storm damage could be blamed on flood water instead of wind, which transferred the costs to the NFIP.
The Rigsbys' suit isn't the only one of its kind. In Louisiana, group of former insurance adjusters have a suit pending that also accuses insurers of overbilling the NFIP for Katrina. U.S. Attorney David Dugas decided against intervening in that proceeding.
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Enterprise T1088 Bypass User Account Control Shamoon attempts to disable UAC remote restrictions by modifying the Registry.
Enterprise T1043 Commonly Used Port Shamoon has used TCP port 8080 for C2.
Enterprise T1083 File and Directory Discovery Shamoon attempts to access the ADMIN$, C$\Windows, D$\Windows, and E$\Windows shares on the victim with its current privileges.
Enterprise T1107 File Deletion Shamoon attempts to overwrite operating system files with image files.
Enterprise T1112 Modify Registry Once Shamoon has access to a network share, it enables the RemoteRegistry service on the target system. It will then connect to the system with RegConnectRegistryW and modify the Registry to disable UAC remote restrictions by setting SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy to 1.
Enterprise T1050 New Service Shamoon creates a new service named "ntssrv" to execute the payload.
Enterprise T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information Shamoon contains base64-encoded strings.
Enterprise T1012 Query Registry Shamoon queries several Registry keys to identify hard disk partitions to overwrite.
Enterprise T1105 Remote File Copy Shamoon can download an executable to run on the victim.
Enterprise T1018 Remote System Discovery Shamoon scans the C-class subnet of the IPs on the victim's interfaces.
Enterprise T1053 Scheduled Task Shamoon copies an executable payload to the target system by using Windows Admin Shares and then scheduling an unnamed task to execute the malware.
Enterprise T1035 Service Execution Shamoon creates a new service named "ntssrv" to execute the payload.
Enterprise T1071 Standard Application Layer Protocol Shamoon uses HTTP for C2.
Enterprise T1082 System Information Discovery Shamoon obtains the victim's operating system version and keyboard layout and sends the information to the C2 server.
Enterprise T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Shamoon obtains the target's IP address and local network segment.
Enterprise T1124 System Time Discovery Shamoon obtains the system time and will only activate if it is greater than a preset date.
Enterprise T1078 Valid Accounts If Shamoon cannot access shares using current privileges, it attempts access using hard coded, domain-specific credentials gathered earlier in the intrusion.
Enterprise T1077 Windows Admin Shares Shamoon accesses network share(s), enables share access to the target device, and copies an executable payload to the target system, and uses a Scheduled Task to execute the malware.
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Written by Henry Martin
Movement of goods and people is key to any economy and Dublin is addressing the increase in volume by investing in redevelopment, we speak with Pat Ward Head of Corporate Services Dublin Port Company to find out what's on the horizon
New European Economy: Dublin has had a steady increase in traffic and cargo recently as well as major international cruise liners. What sort of figures are Dublin Port Authority currently doing compared to before 2008?
Pat Ward: Dublin Port's volumes are growing rapidly. In the three years from 2013 to 2015, cargo volumes grew by 17.3% and, in the first half of 2016, they grew by a further 8.0%. Total throughput for 2015 was 32.8 million gross tonnes with 7,166 ship arrivals in the year, exceeding the port's previous record levels of 2007. Looking specifically at the ten year period from 1997 to 2007, throughput at the port was increasing year on year, growing from 16.9 million gross tonnes to the previously held record of 30.9 million gross tonnes in 2007. This has since been eclipsed by the growth of 2015. Were these recent rates of growth to persist into the future, the Port's volumes would double over the 13 years to 2026.
NEE: Why do you think there has been such an increase in shipping and containers to Dublin over the last two years?
P.W: A combination of factors; in previous years, growth in Dublin Port was driven by increasing exports. However, in 2015, the strengthening of domestic demand saw imports rise slightly faster than exports. Volumes in 2015 were 1.9 million gross tonnes or 6.1% higher than in the Port's previous record year of 2007.
"Dublin Port Company's €230 million Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project will largely be completed in the next four years."
A commitment to investment by Dublin Port Company itself and private companies operating at the port has undoubtedly played a role. Private companies have invested more than €80 million in cranes and other handling equipment over the past number of years, signalling the Port's readiness to meet demand, which in turn encourages it. Dublin Port Company itself is investing €230 million in its Alexandra Basin Redevelopment project, the largest single redevelopment of port infrastructure in the history of the port to meet the future demands of the industry.
NEE: How do you see Dublin port compared to the volume of Cargo of Rotterdam or Antwerp?
P.W: Rotterdam is Europe's largest port and its cargo volumes reflect the size and scale of its operations and favourable geographic location. As Ireland's largest and busiest port, Dublin Port enjoys its own unique position in the market, with easy access to important shipping routes and road networks for an increasing number of customers. Last year was an exceptional year for Dublin Port, with trade volumes exceeding all previous records, with 2016 set to be another record-breaking year.
NEE: How do you see Dublin in relation to the future of attracting more major cruise liners. Will Dublin Port Authority be promoting itself as a major port for cruise liners in the next 5 years?
P.W: Yes, absolutely. Dublin Port Company has established Cruise Dublin, a new Cruise Tourism Development and Marketing agency to grow Dublin as Ireland's premier port of choice for cruise. Cruise Dublin's role is to promote Dublin to cruise lines internationally, working collectively with its members who are drawn from the city's leading retail outlets, visitor experiences and tourism bodies. Its formation comes as cruise tourism is growing at a rate of 20 per cent per annum at Dublin Port, and projected to grow substantially in the coming years. This year alone Dublin Port has scheduled 113 cruise calls for the season, the largest number to date.
Dublin Port Company's €230 million Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project will largely be completed in the next four years, meaning that larger ships, including the world's largest cruise liners, will be able to routinely call at Dublin, turn within the expanded Alexandra Basin West and berth as far upriver as East Link Bridge, adding a new dimension to the cityscape.


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There are 18 crew members registered for the Naval Base Point Loma.
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This one's all about the gals (mostly).
Hanging out in the K'tan.
Daddy with the original "Mini-me."
Pretty in a pink hat.
Testing out the Super Seat.
Of course, she's mainly interested in chewing on her dress.
Sibling curiosity. And love. But mainly curiosity.
Tom: "You need to eat some chicken first."
Abby: "It's not chicken. It's a chicken nugget."
Yes, Abby- you're too right. And shame on us for falling back to fast food for dinner. Again.
Michael: "Mama. Kitty (hi-TI). Papa. Dada."
Our little boy is talking, folks! It's about time.


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Vintage Tom Waits "Get Behind The Mule" T-Shirt
Tom Waits, the bluesy singer songwriter with the raspy voice, released Mule Variations, his 13th album, on ANTI- in 1999. Waits had been performing since the early 70s and had gained a reputation for his Beat-influenced Americana. He spent a decade with major label Island Records in the 80s but jumped to ANTI-, a sister company to Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion's punk label Epitaph, with this release. Waits has been with them ever since. Mule Variations won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. This original Tom Waits shirt, with light wear and fade, is from his 1999 Get Behind The Mule Tour shirt in support of Mule Variations.
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Asteroid 2012 TT5 Is The 'Killer Rock' — Asteroid Will Impact Earth On September 24, Doom-Mongers Say
JohnThomas Didymus
Following doomsday predictions that an asteroid impact that triggers widespread extinction of species would occur between September 22 and 28, conspiracy theorists have been speculating about the "near-Earth asteroid" that would cause the predicted catastrophe.
And despite the recent statement by Paul Choda, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, that there are no asteroids threatening to hit Earth in the "foreseeable future," and that all presently known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) have less than 0.01 percent chance of impacting in the next 100 years, doomsday theorists continue to tout the 200-meter-wide asteroid 2012 TT5 as the near-Earth asteroid to watch as September 22-28 approaches.
It is known that at least six near-Earth asteroids will pass close to Earth between September 22 and September 28. But according to conspiracy theorists, asteroid 2012 TT5 is the best candidate for the predicted September asteroid impact apocalypse.
What do we know about 2012 TT5?
Asteroid 2012 TT5 is expected to make closest approach to Earth on September 24 at a distance of 0.0625 AU, equivalent to about 9.35 million kilometers. The minimum calculated distance, allowing for the possible inaccuracies in plotting the trajectory of the space rock, is 8.33 million kilometers (4.6 million miles or 0.55 AU).
Asteroid 2012 TT5 Will Whizz Past Earth At a Minimum Distance Of 8.33 Million Miles
The distance of 8.33 million miles (0.055 AU) places asteroid 2012 TT5 just outside the boundary of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs), defined as asteroids measuring about 150 meters or more in diameter and approaching Earth at a range of about 0.05 AU (approximately 7.5 million or 4.65 million).
Despite the fact that NASA rates the chances of 2012 TT5 hitting Earth on September 24 as very slim, conspiracy theorists are betting on the asteroid as the "killer rock."
Doom-mongers say that NASA's assessment that the chances of asteroid 2012 TT5 hitting Earth on September 24 are slim is based only on calculated probabilities and that actual events can and do beat calculated odds.
Some doom-mongers point to the fact of a significant level of uncertainty about the trajectory of 2012 TT5 to support the argument that 2012 TT5 could defy expectations.
The asteroid is assigned a "condition code" of six, on a scale that ranges from zero (orbit highly certain) to nine (orbit highly uncertain). This, according to conspiracy theorists, means that the margin of error in calculating the trajectory of asteroid 2012 TT5 could be more significant that realized.
But some skeptics have countered this argument, saying that in most cases the condition code moves towards zero as astronomers refine their observations and determine with greater certainty the trajectory of threatening astronomical objects. But there is always the chance that further refinement of measurement of a body's orbital path yields unexpectedly alarming trajectory plots, doomsday theorists reply.
Biblical doomsday prophets are exploiting the wiggle room to predict that asteroid 2012 TT5 is set to spring a surprise on experts on September 24, a day after the Day of Atonement, September 22-23.
"The Asteroid name is 2012 TT5 — it is closest to the earth on September 24, 2015 — this is an astronomy fact!!
But in no way as of now is it forecast to impact the earth — but objects in space are very unpredictable!
Who would have thought that on January 26, 2015 we will have a very close call with a third of a mile wide asteroid named 2004 BL86?
So the main point is that there is a chance that on September 24, 2015 — Judgment Day — that there could be an Asteroid breakup or a major impact with the Earth — if the scripture in Revelation 8:1-7 is primed for that scripture to be fulfilled."
Biblical doomsday theorists are linking predictions of an asteroid impact catastrophe in September with Revelation 8, where an angel performs an atonement day ritual in heaven and then "casts fire" from "heaven" toward Earth.
In Revelation 8, the atonement day judgment unfolds in seven stages. Each stage is heralded by a trumpet blast that cues an apocalyptic event. The graphic references to "fire and hail mixed with blood" and a "burning mountain" that plunges into the sea and wipes out a third of all life suggests to biblical doomsday theorists a detailed prophetic description of an asteroid impact event.
[Images: Getty via The Weather Network]


How can I delete the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool?
A friend unknowingly downloaded the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool (KB905474). But I haven't installed it on my Windows XP Pro (SP3) computer. How do I find and delete the file?
any further advice muchly appreciated.
to see which updates are those, may be it is not only wga.
and when it starts to download choose cancel.
it may stop it from showing the notification.
turn off and then turn on automatic updates.
there will be also a do not show option, if you search the option.
as i can't test this, it is just a guess based on some random experiences which may or may not work.
- Searched for "KB905474" & windows genuine advantage tool a few times, before initial posting of this question.
- had a look in Windows/system 32 on 'C' drive - nothing there, I don't think ?
oh where oh where does Windows put an install file after it has been downloaded but not installed ?
Hello, you might want to check what the default folder for downloads is in your browser. What browser are you using?
Do you by any chance have a download manager/program like, flashget, orbit downloader, idm, etc.? If you do, make sure to check the settings in downloader to find out default download folder.
Also chances are if genuine tools was downloaded with windows update and it wasn't used, it was cleared if you use something like crapcleaner to get rid of your temporary files. Bottom line is, if the file wasn't installed and you can't find it, no big deal......it is not using much space and it is not running.
open this directory, if there are no update files then, it wasn't installed.
C: is where os is installed, if you have installed os in another drive use another letter.
with this settings, it will never be installed, try to delete it only to free your memory, as there is no possibility of installation.
you can also search "KB905474" on your c drive or default download location.
may be you will find the file.
choose any of the last three options.
no updates will be automatically installed.
2. system restore can also be used to remove installed UPDATES.
3. go to control panel add and remove programs >> click on show updates and remove the update as you know the name.
this for both you and your friend.
Hello, if the tool was only downloaded and not installed, it is just a matter of navigating to the default download folder setup in your system. Most times it is under Downloads in the My Documents folder. Once you find the tool there, just delete the file. You can also use the search function in XP to find the file.
A system restore should do the trick, then just don't install the update. If it doesn't, follow the steps listed here to remove it.
he said his friend installed it but he didn't....at least that is what I understood from reading his description.


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BMW Zagato Roadster Debuts in Pebble Beach
BMW sponsored this year's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, and the star of the show was undoubtedly the BMW Zagato Coupe. The car was a Z4-based coupe with traditional proportions. It proved to be an interesting blend of Italian and German design sensibilities. Rather than a Zagato one-off done without the blessing of the manufacturer, the two companies' design staff worked on the car jointly. The result was fully sanctioned by BMW as an official Vmax concept – meaning it is fully registered, crash tested, smog certified and the like.
At Pebble Beach, BMW is introducing a follow up – the Zagato Roadster. According to BMW, it was created "in just six weeks work of lavish hand craftsmanship." That isn't just six weeks of building either, it is from the first design idea. Of course, they already had the basis there with th Coupe, but it is still impressive nonetheless.
The decision to offer a Roadster model was made by Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design and Andrea Zagato after the first one was so well-received. "This car is not designed only as an elegant convertible, but also as a masculine and extremely dynamic sports car which evokes a powerful driving experience," says Zagato chief designer Norihiko Harada, describing the design philosophy behind the BMW Zagato Roadster.
The front end remains the same, once again featuring the kidney grille with "Z" shaped mesh. Zagato's collaboration means the car is much swoopier and more dynamic than any production BMWs; inset sculpting can be found everywhere you look. The car is even said to retain Zagato's signature double-bubble roof, only in convertible form. Details really make this car; things like the subtle propeller-inspired wheels and airplane-wing roll bars that pay tribute to shared aviation history. The BMW Zagato partnership seems to be working out really well, and we wouldn't be surprised if more came of it in the future. More as in a production project? Time will tell.


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Radiangames Crossfire Now Available on Xbox Live
Radiangames second game title Radiangames Crossfire is now available for download thruogh Xbox Live. It is available for download for a price tag of $3 or for 240 Microsoft Points and to celebrate the launch of Crossfire, Radiangames is also given sountrack for both Crossfire and JoyJoy as a free download but for limited time period.
About Radiangames Crossfire:
Radiangames Crossfire is an innovative and visually stunning shooter for one or two players. The game's innovation comes in the form of a warp ability that allows the player to switch to the top or bottom of the screen at any time. This addition flips the classic fixed-screen shooter genre on its head and opens up new layers of intensity and strategy.
Here is a Launch trailer of the game:
By Raiz Khan on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 07:13


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Q: How to add an element to 'body' using Prototype? I have created an element like this:
var myDiv = new Element('div');
myDiv.update('Hello!');

I want to add myDiv to body.
I tried
$('body').insert(myDiv);

But it is not working. I also tried
$('body')[0].insert(myDiv);

thinking that $('body') was returning an array. Even that didn't work.
How can I add myDiv to body?
Thanks.

A: $ is a shorthand for document.getElementById(), $$ is the more versatile prototype function. To access the (first) body element in your document, use:
$$('body')[0].insert(myDiv);

A: How about
$(document.body).insert(myDiv);

?
Differently from jQuery, in Prototype, $('body') fetches the element with the id body.

A: $$('body')[0] works fine

A: As Pekka said, you first need to extend document.body with Prototype's DOM extensions to be able to use Prototype's insert() method.
Although Firefox seems to somehow be able to execute the insert() anyway :)
for more information: http://www.prototypejs.org/learn/extensions

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Q: MYSQL stored procedure delete I have stored procedure:
BEGIN
SELECT @id_for_del := ful.social_id
FROM facebook_users_likes ful
where
(select count(*) from facebook_users fu where fu.social_id = ful.social_id) = 0;
IF NOT @id_for_del IS NULL
THEN
DELETE from facebook_users_likes WHERE social_id = @id_for_del;
END IF;
END

Select returns me 46 000 lines but delete only one line per execution stored procedure.
So, how to delete all 46 000 lines at once?

A: Here is a direct translation of the select into a delete:
DELETE FROM facebook_users_likes ful
WHERE (select count(*) from facebook_users fu where fu.social_id = ful.social_id) = 0;

It is more efficient to use not exists in this context:
DELETE FROM facebook_users_likes ful
WHERE NOT EXISTS (select 1 from facebook_users fu where fu.social_id = ful.social_id);

This is especially true if you have an index on facebook_users(social_id).


Spyder5EXPRESS – Easy and fast calibration for your screens.
Spyder5PRO – Advanced-featured, interactive calibration for all of your laptop and desktop displays.
Spyder5ELITE – Expert color accuracy delivers the most precise and comprehensive calibration, including projector and video displays.
Main application: When naming and saving a profile immediately after calibration: if there are double-byte characters in the profile name, these are now stripped/removed from the name and you'll be warned this has happened. If at least one character remains in the profile name, it will be saved with the modified name. If the entire name was double-byte characters, you'll be prompted to start over and enter a new profile name. (Previously, the presence of double-byte characters in a profile name would cause problems, such as non-working profiles or crashes).
Main application: A few miscellaneous spelling/translation problems were fixed.
SpyderUtility (background operation): The "GammaTracker.cpp" error alert will no longer appear. In the past, this could happen at various times: waking from sleep, hibernation, switching graphics cards on laptops with dual cards. If you'd disabled SpyderUtility from launching automatically on startup or login to prevent these alerts, we recommend leaving it enabled after installing the 5.2 version. SpyderUtility ensures that the calibration curves in the video card of a WiIndows system are loaded on system startup and it will actively keep them loaded while you're using your system.
SpyderUtility: Now displays a notification when it's first launched, which also tells you if the Spyder5 is connected or not. Can be optionally disabled in SpyderUtility:Preferences:General.
SpyderUtility: Now displays "What's New" information from Datacolor, using both notifications as well as a new "What's New" menu command to manually display the information.
Main application: Fixed a problem that could cause the monitors database to be downloaded on each launch (with progress indication).
Main application: Fixed cosmetic problems with some of the graphics on assorted screens, where dark bar edges could appear on the right and/or bottom.
SpyderUtility: In its Preferences dialog, the Cancel button now works correctly.


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A free nationwide screening programme for cervical cancer led to 100 women being diagnosed in its first year.
THE NATIONAL CERVICAL cancer screening programme has led to 100 women being diagnosed with the disease in the first year of operation.
CervicalCheck provides free smear tests to women between 25 and 60 years of age.
In the first 12 months of the programme, 284,800 women attended screenings. Of that number, almost 85% of test results were either negative or normal.
The other 14% showed low grade abnormalities and 1.4% showed high grade abnormalities.
Of the women who had abnormal results, 11,100 were sent for further investigation and 4,700 received treatment when they underwent a colposcopy.
Tony O'Brien, Director of the National Cancer Screening Service, said that uptake on the programme was highest for women aged betweeen 25 to 29 years, and lowest for women aged 55 to 60 years.
He added that older women would be targeted in the hope that more may seek the service.
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Evaluation oxygen deficiency in the Chesapeake Bay
Wencheng L. Slater, James J. Pierson, and Michael R. Roman Wencheng L. Slater et al. Wencheng L. Slater, James J. Pierson, and Michael R. Roman
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Canter of Environmental Science
Received: 19 Nov 2017 – Accepted for review: 18 Jan 2018 – Discussion started: 30 Jan 2018
Abstract. The objectives of the Dead Zone Zooplankton research project (NSF OCE-0961942) were to study the effects of the onset, development, and dissipation of hypoxia (DO < 2 mg L−1) on the plankton food web in the Chesapeake Bay. Here, we present the hydrologic and meteorology data from CTD, Scanfish, and the Safety Measurement System (SMS) of the research vessel to describe the environmental conditions of the bay during the project. We collected data from the mesohaline portion of Chesapeake Bay from 37.5–38.5° N and from 76–76.5° W during six research cruises in 2010 and 2011. We analyzed the temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen from hourly CTD casts using principal component analysis (PCA) to understand variations in hydrography among depths, stations, seasons, and years. In addition to using the commonly accepted standard of hypoxia (DO < 2 mg L−1), we also estimated the oxygen supply and demand of the copepod Acartia tonsa according to the surrounding temperature and salinity. The hypoxia in the bay began in the late spring, developed from the bottom layer upstream, progressed toward the sea, became fully established in summer, and gradually dissipated in autumn beginning in the downstream regions. However, we observed that extreme weather could interrupt this succession and reignite hypoxia events after summer. Our PCA results indicated that temperature was the major driver of environmental conditions, and dissolved oxygen in the bottom layer was the second most important driver. Within each temperature group, we found that samples from 2011 and the north station were less oxygenated than samples from 2010 and the south station. Comparing the two metrics of oxygen deficiency, we found that the duration, distribution, and severity of environmental oxygen deficiency could be underestimated using the traditional metric, especially under warm and salty conditions. We recommend that temperature and species-specific metrics be considered along with dissolved oxygen concentration when setting water quality goals for management. We uploaded the CTD data to the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.687991; hyphen is part of the DOI), and we stored the Scanfish and SMS system data in the Rolling Deck to Repository (https://doi.org/10.7284/901570; https://doi.org/10.7284/901574; https://doi.org/10.7284/907638; https://doi.org/10.7284/901618; https://doi.org/10.7284/902443; https://doi.org/10.7284/902721 for the six cruises, respectively).
How to cite. Slater, W. L., Pierson, J. J., and Roman, M. R.: Evaluation oxygen deficiency in the Chesapeake Bay, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2017-129, 2018.
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Wencheng L. Slater et al.
RC1: 'Review of 'Evaluation oxygen deficiency in the Chesapeake Bay'', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Review ESSD-2017-129 Chesapeake oxygen', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jun 2018
DeZoZoo CTD Data J. J. Pierson https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.687991
Cruise Catalog: HRS100524JP J. J. Pierson https://doi.org/10.7284/901570
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We conducted six cruises in 2010 and 2011 to understand the effects of low dissolved oxygen to the ecosystem in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. We also estimated the oxygen supply and demand of zooplankton according to the surrounding environment. We found that hypoxia could be underestimated if only using dissolved oxygen, especially under warm and salty conditions. Instead, we recommend that temperature and species-specific metrics also be considered when setting water quality goals for management.
We conducted six cruises in 2010 and 2011 to understand the effects of low dissolved oxygen to...


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Q: Need to figure out how to parse GETDATE() to compare it against HHMMSS value in a table to find elapsed time I need to find a way to create an alert that will alert me of the elapsed time of a non-sql batch job. The information on the batch job is recorded in the database.
I have a table named F986110 that records the submission time of these batch jobs. The date is recorded in the JCSBMDATE field as a six number value 1YYDDD, where YY = the last two digits of the current year and DDD is the current day numbered from Jan 1. For example, Feb 25, 2011 would be 111056. The time is recorded in the JCSBMTIME column in a military style hhmmss format, but no leading 0 for times before 10am. There is also a status column that indicates processing (P), waiting (W), and done (D).
My task is to send an alert out for all jobs that are in P or W status for longer than 15 minutes.  I've been banging my head against this for some time. I've found a lot of good stuff that is pointing me in the right direction but having to parse the system time, compare it to each record returned, and alerting on those (if any) that match is beyond my skills.

A: Convert JCSBMDATE (1YYDDD) and JCSBMTIME to datetime
declare @t table (JCSBMDATE char(6),JCSBMTIME varchar(6))
insert @t select '111056', '104602'
insert @t select '199365', '81602'

select dateadd(d,
               right(JCSBMDATE,3)-1,
               convert(datetime,'01/01/' + substring(JCSBMDATE,2,2),3)) +
       convert(datetime, stuff(
                         stuff(JCSBMTIME,
                               len(JCSBMTIME)-3,0,':'),
                               len(JCSBMTIME),0,':'))
from @t

Reverse conversion which is more index friendly
select '1' +
       right(year(getdate()),2) +
       right(1000+datepart(dy, getdate()),3) as JCSBMDATE,
       right(1+replace(convert(char(8),getdate(),8),':',''),6) as JCSBMTIME

You can easily adjust getdate() with dateadd(mi,-15,getdate()) to get JCSBMDATE and JCSBMTIME values 15 minutes ago.