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using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Caliburn.Micro;
using Cobalt.Core.Irc;
using Cobalt.Settings;
using Cobalt.Settings.Elements;
using MahApps.Metro.Controls;
using MahApps.Metro.Controls.Dialogs;

namespace Cobalt.ViewModels.Flyouts
{
    public class NetworksFlyoutViewModel : FlyoutViewModelBase
    {
        public override string Header
        {
            get { return "Networks"; }
            set
            {
            }
        }

        private readonly IDialogCoordinator _coordinator;
        private readonly ISettings _settings;

        [ImportingConstructor]
        public NetworksFlyoutViewModel(IDialogCoordinator coordinator, ISettings settings)
        {
            _coordinator = coordinator;
            _settings = settings;
            SelectedNetwork = Networks.FirstOrDefault();
            PropertyChanged += NetworksFlyoutViewModel_PropertyChanged;
        }

        ~NetworksFlyoutViewModel()
        {
            PropertyChanged -= NetworksFlyoutViewModel_PropertyChanged;
        }

        public IObservableCollection<NetworkElement> Networks => _settings.RootElement.Networks;

        private NetworkElement _selectedNetwork;
        public NetworkElement SelectedNetwork
        {
            get { return _selectedNetwork; }
            set
            {
                if (_selectedNetwork != value)
                {
                    _selectedNetwork = value;
                    NotifyOfPropertyChange();
                }
            }
        }

        private ChannelElement _selectedChannel;

        public ChannelElement SelectedChannel
        {
            get { return _selectedChannel; }
            set
            {
                if (_selectedChannel != value)
                {
                    _selectedChannel = value;
                    NotifyOfPropertyChange();
                }
            }
        }

        public bool CanAddChannel()
        {
            return _selectedNetwork != null;
        }

        public void AddChannel()
        {
            var add = new ChannelElement() {Name = "#"};
            _selectedNetwork?.Channels.Add(add);
            SelectedChannel = add;
        }

        public bool CanRemoveChannel()
        {
            return _selectedChannel != null;
        }

        public void RemoveChannel()
        {
            _selectedNetwork?.Channels?.Remove(_selectedChannel);
            _selectedChannel = _selectedNetwork?.Channels?.FirstOrDefault();
        }

        public void AddNetwork()
        {
            var network = new NetworkElement() { Name = "New Server"};
            Networks.Add(network);
            SelectedNetwork = network;
        }

        public bool CanRemoveNetwork()
        {
            return SelectedNetwork != null;
        }

        public bool CanConnect()
        {
            return SelectedNetwork != null;
        }

        public async void Connect()
        {
            var svm = Parent as ShellViewModel;
            var connection = new IrcConnection();
            var tab = new IrcTabViewModel(connection) {DisplayName = SelectedNetwork.Name};
            svm?.ActivateItem(tab);
            IsOpen = false;
            await Task.Yield();
            var nickName = SelectedNetwork?.UserProfile?.Nickname1 ?? _settings.RootElement.DefaultProfile.Nickname1;
            var fullName = SelectedNetwork?.UserProfile?.FullName ?? _settings.RootElement.DefaultProfile.FullName;
            var userName = SelectedNetwork?.UserProfile?.FullName ?? _settings.RootElement.DefaultProfile.FullName;

            await
                connection.ConnectAsync(SelectedNetwork.Hostname, SelectedNetwork.Port, SelectedNetwork.IsSecure,
                    nickName, userName, fullName,
                    SelectedNetwork.AutoReconnect, SelectedNetwork.Password, false, true);
        }

        private async void NetworksFlyoutViewModel_PropertyChanged(object sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.PropertyName == nameof(IsOpen))
            {
                await _settings.SaveAsync();
            }
        }

        public async void RemoveNetwork()
        {

            var mySettings = new MetroDialogSettings()
            {
                AffirmativeButtonText = "Delete",
                NegativeButtonText = "Cancel"
            };

            var result = await _coordinator.ShowMessageAsync(Parent, "Remove Network?", $"Are you sure you want to remove the network: {SelectedNetwork.Name}?", MessageDialogStyle.AffirmativeAndNegative, mySettings);
            if (result == MessageDialogResult.Affirmative)
            {
                Networks.Remove(SelectedNetwork);
                SelectedNetwork = Networks.FirstOrDefault();
            }
        }

        public override Position Position
        {
            get
            {
                return Position.Left;
            }
            set
            {
            }
        }
    }
}


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Ruby Rose On Why She Left Batwoman…Part Three?
by Jay October 19, 2020
by Jay October 19, 2020 0 comment
Ruby Rose again steps forward to the bat-inquisition.
The former lead of the CW series Batwoman has gone on record twice previously to disclose why she vacated the role of Kate Kane. Before, she cited her unpreparedness for the schedule of a lead actor. She has also gone on record to say her cited neck injury only reinforced her commitment to the role. Now, she chooses to delve deeper, this time citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We didn't get to finish the first season, " she explains, "which is such a shame, especially for a first season show. And then we went into lockdown with COVID and thinking of it in quarantine and lockdown, there was a lot of thought and reflection and kind of everyone did it. We all kind of thought where we're at and so did Warner Brothers [and producer Greg Berlanti] and we were discussing the show and we had a conversation."
Ruby Rose On Achievements and Regrets
As many now know, rather than kill off Rose's character, Kate Kane, or recast, showrunner Caroline Dries instead created an original character. Filling the cape and cowl following Kate's disappearance will be Ryan Wilder, played by LGBT actress Javica Leslie. As a lesbian and woman of color, Leslie's casting will appeal to both demographics.
However, the actress has no regrets on her involvement in the series. "I am so proud at what we achieved. We set out to achieve something pretty significant, you know, the first-ever live action Batwoman and the first-ever, out gay superhero, her and Kate Kane. And I love that character and the whole experience, but we did have a discussion and we mutually agreed that probably what was best for the show at the time that they go in a different direction and I go in a different direction. It was tough because it was sad [because] we love each other, but it made sense for so many reasons. And I think at the end of the day, I'm really excited to watch season two."
"And I feel as far as Kate's story, it kind of made sense now that handing over the mantle to somebody else would be a very sort of creative process for the producers and the show. And then, for myself, saying goodbye to that character is sad, but I also am excited for everything else that's coming up."
The second season of Batwoman is currently in production at their Vancouver set and will premiere some time in 2021.
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The alternating direction technique of multipliers (ADMM) has emerged as a robust technique for massive-scale structured optimization. Despite many recent results on the convergence properties of ADMM, a quantitative characterization of the impact of the algorithm parameters on the convergence times of the tactic is still lacking. During this paper we notice the optimal algorithm parameters that minimize the convergence factor of the ADMM iterates in the context of $ell_2 $-regularized minimization and constrained quadratic programming. Numerical examples show that our parameter selection rules significantly outperform existing alternatives in the literature.


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Bring your creativity and your appetite to Epcot through February for the first-ever International Festival of the Arts. On Friday through Monday from January 13th to February 20th, you can embark on your own adventure through the arts!
Live Art Demonstrations like You've Never Seen!
Professional artists from all over will be at Epcot to teach you their techniques and trade secrets in a series of fascinating seminars. You can expand your skills on everything from food photography, or the ancient art of Origami, and much more. All seminars are free of charge, but seats will fill up quick!
These treats may look too good to eat, but dig in! Edible art creators are whipping up delectable pieces of art to suit every taste. Everything from sugar cookies with abstract designs, to more savory options, the 'food studios' throughout Epcot are sure to inspire awe.
Everybody's favorite tracks from iconic Disney movies like Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and more come to life for the Disney on Broadway Concert Series. Every evening at 5:30, 6:45, and 8pm, see your favorite music come to life right before your eyes!
You can join in on the hunt with the Disney Figment's Brush with the Masters. This scavenger hunt takes you all throughout Epcot's World Showcase, and the most clever scavenger hunters who find every hidden dragon will get a surprise!
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The Notorious RBG will be noticeably MIA when President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Instead, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will deliver a "fireside chat" for students and faculty at the Roger Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island.
Ginsburg, a leader of court's liberal wing, has clashed with the president in the past, calling then-candidate Trump a "faker" who "really has an ego," leading Trump to lash out on Twitter saying "her mind is shot." Ginsburg later apologized for her comments.
However, her absence is due to a scheduling conflict. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced in late November that the State of Union would be Jan. 30. Ginsburg's Rhode Island talk was announced in late August. Four of her colleagues on the court are also not attending the address.
Ginsburg will be joined at the Rhode Island event by Judge Bruce Selya, who sits on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit.
"What Rhode Island can look forward to is a visit from a woman who is both a thought leader in this country — a historic figure in her own right — and someone who every person in this state would be pleased and proud to have for a neighbor," Selya, who also sits on the law school's board of directors, said in a statement.
Ginsburg attended all of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speeches, including when she famously fell asleep in 2010 and again in 2015, which she blamed on drinking too much wine.
Four of Ginsburg's colleagues are planning to attend: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch.
The other four justices who are not attending are Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is in California; Sonia Sotomayor, who is is in Panama; Clarence Thomas, who rarely attends; and Samuel Alito, who hasn't attended the speech since 2010, when he appeared to say "Not true" when Obama criticized the court's Citizens United decision.
This will be the smallest contingent from the court since 2008, when Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer and Alito attended George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.
All nine justices haven't attended a State of the Union, or a speech to a joint session of Congress, since 1972.
Several justices have spoken out against the address in the past. Roberts once called it "a political pep rally" and the late Justice Antonin Scalia described them as "cheerleading sessions" and said it was inappropriate for justices to attend.


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We drove the 225-hp 530i, which hits the bricks this October, followed a month later by the 184-hp 525i six and 325-hp 545i V-8 sedans (a wagon is expected a year later, with the hellacious V-10-powered M5 following that). All are available with a choice of three six-speed transmissions: stick, sequential manual, and conventional ZF automatic.
Best news of all: BMW expects prices to creep up only slightly. There. We know you'll all sleep a bit better tonight.
Few new-model unveilings have prompted as much fretting among the enthusiast faithful as has BMW's '04 5-series debut. Maybe that's because most of us don't see much room for improvement in a car whose ride, handling, and performance earned 10Best honors for six years running and first- or second-place finishes in nine of our comparison tests, and attracted paying customers in numbers that increased every year from its 1996 launch through 2002.
So it's little wonder that as rumors surfaced about the new 5-series' iDrive dash, ominous-sounding "active front steering" system, and inflated dimensions (1.3 inches taller, 1.8 inches wider, and 2.6 inches longer on a wheelbase stretch of 2.3 inches), Bimmerphiles became agitated. Some who went on to agonize over design czar Chris Bangle's "flame front" styling wound up in a force-five tizzy.
Well, after two days of intense thrashing over twisting goat paths on the Italian island of Sardinia, we're prepared to lay many of those fears to rest. For starters, Bangle has throttled his "flame" to a sweet spot between bold and beautiful. Crisp lines flow gracefully from front to back, framing surfaces that transition imperceptibly from concave to convex with no jarring interruptions, and a significantly widened track maintains the 5-series' trademark stance.
Inside, the dimensional upgrade buys rear-seat roominess: leg-crossing space increases 1.8 inches, and arm-waving width is up 1.3 inches. The iDrive system has been simplified so that the main menu now controls only four categories (navigation, entertainment, communications, and climate control). Options within each category are listed on horizontal buttons that are chosen by moving the knob fore and aft. Twirling and depressing the knob then selects an item within the submenu. There are fewer functions, and they're more accessible. Some, such as stability control, have even moved back to the more standard dash buttons. There's an optional multicolor head-up display, and a new Bluetooth wireless communications network can link the car's hands-free phone interface with the customer's own cell phone. The air conditioning even monitors humidity levels to prevent drying out occupants' mucous membranes.
To prevent the bulging dimensions from rendering the 5-series obese, BMW forms all bodywork of aluminum from the fire wall forward. Stamped, cast, and extruded parts are arc- or laser-welded together, then bonded and riveted to the remainder of the steel unibody to prevent galvanic corrosion. This construction lightened the front end by about 75 pounds. Bolt-on front-end crash-repair modules keep a lid on insurance premiums. Nearly all the suspension components are aluminum, as is half the driveshaft. Final curb weight is actually a bit less than the previous 5's, and its distribution is an ideal 50/50 front to rear.


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NFL team docs, consultants almost always agree on concussion diagnoses: Sills
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If the NFL is serious about caring for potentially concussed players, why doesn't it remove ultimate return-to-play decision-making from the team's doctor, and so empower the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant assigned to every sideline?
Critics of the NFL's sincerity in concussion management often ask this. And indeed, it would seem to make the most sense, as this "UNC" is not employed by the team, as the team doctor is, thus any perceived conflict of interest would be removed.
The NFL's chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, answered this question — and others pertaining to the league's ever-evolving protocols on concussion care — in a phone interview on Wednesday.
Wouldn't such a transfer of in-game return-to-play authority better aid the player? In reality, no, Sills said. Besides, UNCs "in practicality" already possess that authority. Or co-authority.
"What I mean by that is it is a joint, consensus decision that's made together between the team physician staff and the independent staff," Sills said.
"I liken it to what happens in the hospital when we have a patient in the intensive care unit. As we go on rounds, as a group of doctors we discuss our ideas, our hypotheses, and we reach a group consensus about what's the best course of action for each patient. And I think that's what's done in the concussion protocol. You've got the input of the spotters (the "eye-in-the-sky" booth athletic trainers), the team physicians and the independent personnel. That unaffiliated doctor and the team doctor arrive together at a decision."
Sills then dropped this news, regarding the rarity of disagreement.
"I can tell you that in the four years that I worked on the sideline as a UNC, and now the year that I've been with the league, I'm only aware — of all those evaluations, which obviously is in the hundreds — of one situation where the unaffiliated UNC and the NFL team physician came to different conclusions after reviewing all of the evidence," he said.
"And I'm proud to report that, in that case, the team physician did in fact go with the recommendation of the UNC because it was the more conservative recommendation — to keep the player out of the game. So I understand that (conflict of interest) concern, but in reality these medical professionals always land at the same place in virtually every case. The one time they didn't — and I would speculate in future cases, too — they're going to go with the more conservative recommendation. They're going to land on the space of keeping the player out of the game, because they want to be as conservative as possible."
So, then, why not leave the decision entirely to the unaffiliated professionals?
"That is not a scientifically sound idea," Sills said, "because there is a lot to be said about someone who knows the player's baseline. For example, with some concussions the only sign they may have is a personality change. We've seen that time and time again. I've seen that in my own practice.
"So if you never met that player before game day, sure, you can see if he has a seizure on the field — but it's that subtle change in personality they would never pick up on. So I think the best isn't 'either/or' – it's 'and/both.' "
Until filling the league's newly created position of chief medical officer last March, Sills was professor of neurological surgery, orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he founded and co-directed the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center.
Last year Sills co-authored the fifth incarnation of the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT 5), and saw to it that the NFL, for the first time, implemented that document's sideline and locker room best practices suggestions.
The league further upgraded the sideline-diagnosis protocol in December, to add seizure-like symptoms as an automatic no-return symptom for head-hit players, and — in a pilot program — to add a "central UNC" watching on TV to the list of medical professionals empowered to stop play so a player can be evaluated.
"You might ask, 'How is it that everybody sitting at home can have a better view of that than the doc on the sideline?' " Sills said, in explaining the pilot "central UNC" program, which will continue through Super Bowl LII. "As somebody who has been on a sideline for over 20 years as a doctor, you don't always see the field from the sideline. It's a chaotic place, there are some very large men who play this game and trying to see all parts of the field in real time is difficult.
"We felt an improvement would be to provide a central UNC who would be overseeing those broadcast videos."
Reports in December said Sills himself would act as the central UNC, watching the same broadcast feed as the viewer at home either at league headquarters or, in some cases, elsewhere. Untrue, Sills said in Wednesday's interview.
"In fact, we used some of our regular UNCs for that role … someone who doesn't work for the clubs, but rather is functioning just like our (on-site) UNCs on game day."
A suggestion: the central UNC should watch action only via "real-time" fibre-optic technology at the NFL's central replay command centre, so as to avoid the typical cable or satellite feed delays of up to 15 seconds which, if the intention is to pull a head-hit player before the next play, could prove logistically undoable — that is, too late — especially when a team goes hurry-up.
NO MORE TACKLE IN ILL.?
A coalition of Illinois politicians and concussion-prevention advocates on Thursday launched a campaign to ban youth tackle football in that state.
State Rep. Carol Sente joined a coalition of ex-football players, medical experts and advocates at a news conference in Chicago to urge passing of a new legislative proposal called Dave Duerson Act to Prevent CTE.
The proposed act is named in honour of the former Notre Dame and Chicago Bears star who killed himself at age 50, and was posthumously found to have CTE, a disease found in the brains of dozens of deceased former football players.
Illinois would be the first state in the U.S. to ban youth tackle football, according to Chris Nowinski, CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation and one of the initiative's chief advocates.
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Tiling a floor by yourself can seem like an intimidating task, but with the proper preparation, it can be an easy and enjoyable job. Be sure to use quality tile and take your time to avoid making mistakes. To tile a floor, you will need tile spacers, a tape measure, a bucket, a sponge or towel, a chalk line, a notched trowel, thin-set mortar, grout, and tiles.
The first step to laying tile is to get the right amount of tile. Measure the room that you are tiling using a tape measure and then record the measurements. You can either measure the tile yourself and then do the math to deduce how many tiles you will need, or you can take the measurements to an associate at your tile store who will help you determine the appropriate amount of tile.
If you are tiling a room that has carpet, this will need to be removed. Other surfaces, like hard wood or vinyl, can be tiled over. Once the floor is clear, sweep it thoroughly with a broom. Clean the floor of any debris and keep it clean throughout the tiling process to ensure that the tile remains sturdy after you lay it.
Using the snap chalk line, mark the center of your room. From here, lay the tile down row by row, including the spacers, to ensure they fit. Continue to use the chalk line for each row of tile. These lines will act as your guide when you begin setting the tile.
Mortar is the glue that holds the tile to the floor Place the mortar in the bucket along with the directed amount of water. Use a large stick to stir the mixture until it becomes thin and attains a cream like texture. Allow the mortar to sit for 10 minutes to harden a bit before applying.
Once the mortar has thickened, use your trowel to scoop some out of the bucket. Starting in the center of the room, make a thin 2 foot by 2 foot square with the mortar.
Place a tile on top of the mortar and press down firmly. Pressing too hard will result in the mortar being squeezed out from under the tile. Not pressing hard enough will make the tile loose once the mortar has dried. Continue applying mortar and laying tiles, and be sure to place spacers between each tile.
If you come to the wall and the tile does not fit, you can use a tile saw to cut the tile down to size.
Once all the tile has been laid, you will want to wait a few days for the mortar to dry before proceeding. If the mortar does not dry properly then the tile will be loose and will shift when walked upon.
After the mortar has had time to toughly dry, you will remove the spacers and apply the grout. The group will be mixed with water and then spread across the tile with your trowel. Make sure that it is spread evenly and gets between all the spaces of the tile.
After the grout is applied let it sit for thirty minutes and then use a wet towel or sponge to wipe excess grout from off the top of the tile. You may have to pass over each tile multiple times to remove all the grout. Be sure to not remove grout from in-between the tile as you clean.
After this wait a few more hours for the grout to dry and then your new tile floor will be good to go. Be sure to keep your tile clean and it will last for decades.


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When Henrik Danhage was around the age of 5, little did he know that his grandfather might have changed the course of his life with a single album.
Grandpa gave a young Danhage KISS's 1975 live album, Alive!, and the bombastic leads of guitarist Ace Frehley on classic tracks like "Strutter" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" set this unassuming Swedish boy on a wild musical journey.
Inspired by what he was hearing on that album, Danhage got his first guitar when he was 9 as a gift from his parents. To make things easier on his hands, Danhage's father even cut off the strings so he could just stand in front of the mirror to emulate what he heard on the albums.
"I was in front of the mirror pretending I was Ace Frehley, and some of the best guitar playing I ever did was during those two years," he said with a laugh.
The strings came back though, and the real work began. He began diving into the catalogs of '70s guitar virtuosos, including Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen with designs of learning how to master the instrument as these heroes did — even if he had to come up with proprietary techniques.
"These high-energy guitarists really made me feel special in my heart," said Danhage. "I realized that I'm not going to spend all the time learning their stuff, so I started coming up with my own little tricks instead.
"It took a little longer, but it made me find my own voice in the guitar, which now I am very happy for."
By the time he was 12, Danhage had some chops, enough so that he was called to join a local band called Penicillin that had access to a rehearsal studio for two hours a week.
Eventually, Danhage got a call from Tom S. Englund, frontman for Swedish power metal band Evergrey, in 2001. There was a need for a new axeman, and Englund thought Danhage was the man for the job.
Danhage's first Evergrey record, 2001's In Search of Truth, is generally regarded as one of the best progressivle albums of all time, thanks in large part to his singular approach to riffs and rhythms.
While he took a break from Evergrey in 2008 to focus on other projects, Danhage found his way back to the band in 2014 and was a main contributor to metal standouts Hymns for the Broken through 2022's A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Treatment).
And to pay tribute to Danhage's lasting impact on the metal world, he collaborated with Charvel on the limited-edition Henrik Danhage Signature Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1.
A total high-performance machine, Danhage's namesake model fits the vision that he first dreamt of as a teen looking at old ads in Guitar World magazines from the '80s.
"It was a fantastic ad with a bunch of other guys – Vinnie Vincent, Jake E Lee, of course Steve Vai – standing there with super cool custom guitars, badass clothing, big hair, and it just woke something in me," he admitted. "To this day, this is one of my biggest inspirations."
The first thing that stands out about Danhage's signature model is the relic finish – the only relic finish in the entire Charvel lineup.
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Rabbits eating your crop, £300 trees, 100-hour weeks: What it's like to run a Christmas tree farm
Rob Morgan works 100-hour weeks in the run-up to Christmas when he sells 15,000 trees in a month
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Christmas is nearly here.
And, if you haven't already done so, many of you will likely be putting up your trees this weekend.
But have you ever wondered what it's like on a Christmas tree farm?
This farm is one of the largest Christmas tree growers in Wales, selling between 15,000-20,000 a year.
Rob Morgan, owner of Gower Fresh Christmas Trees in Three Crosses, planted his first tree in 1997. The farm itself holds half a million trees.
As well as trees, there's also a Santa's grotto that features elves, reindeers and Santa himself.
"A lot of people think that we do nothing in the year and that the trees just grow naturally – all year we are very busy.
"I have four full-time staff that work all year round. The main jobs are keeping the weeds and bugs down and pruning the trees," Mr Morgan said.
Christmas tree farmer Rob Morgan (Image: Adrian White)
This dad has filmed every Christmas with his family for 16 years and the result is just brilliant
"The key to producing a quality tree is just putting a lot of time and effort into shaping them.
"I work all year in the farm. I'm in the trees every week looking for bugs and I'm with the reindeers every day.
"I'm also doing leaf and soil analysis. We are out in all weather conditions.
"In January and February we plant around 40,000 trees.
"It's a race against the season – in the summer we will label the trees ready for winter and we have got the grotto to put together.
"I import my seeds from Canada – that goes to a plant nursery for four years, then the plant goes into the ground for eight years, so from seed to sale you are looking at 12 years.
A tractor gathering in larger Christmas trees from one of the mature plantation fields growing 15-year-old trees (Image: Adrian White)
"It takes eight years for a 7ft tree to grow. People think they turn up and we plant a tree and next year it is 8ft but sadly that's not how it works.
"When I planted my first tree I didn't think that anything would ever happen but now I'm surrounded by half a million trees."
The Christmas tree farm opens in the middle of November every year. The pressure is on for Mr Morgan to make as much money as he can during the one month of the year that his business is open.
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Mr Morgan, 44, said: "I work 100-hour weeks. It's intense because the pressure is on to make as much money as you can.
"It's scary – in four weeks we make all our money and then we have to budget for the year.
"I have already lost a stone and half in weight from moving trees around, most people's aim is to lose weight after Christmas but mine is to put it back on.
"I usually wake up at 6am but I will wake up at 2am and worry for two hours and go back to bed. I'm worried that people are going to try and steal them as well as orders going out to customers – you just want everything right for families.
"Trees have gone missing in the past. It's stressful but I do yoga and go to the beach.
"I have 65 staff working for me during the Christmas period. We sell around 15,000-20,000 Christmas trees every year.
Half a million Christmas trees now grow on the acres of farmland (Image: Adrian White)
"We cut trees as you need them so they are as fresh as you're going to get. People travel from England to choose a tree and have a day out.
"Sometimes people are here for hours. We wrap the trees in netting and advise people on what tree to get – you can choose one from the shed or wander across the fields and choose one for yourself.
"We plan all year just for one month and once we open everything has to be perfect.
"The prices range from £5 to £300. The oldest tree we have got on land is 20ft – they grow about a foot a year.
"We sell trees up until we close on Christmas Eve. The Germans celebrate Christmas a lot later so they will put their trees up last minute so they can have the perfect tree.
"I do like Christmas but in the last week my smile does wear off slightly – it's hard and intense, my phone and emails never stop.
"After Christmas Eve everything shuts down – it takes about a week to relax."
The 44-year-old said that this weekend (December 15-16) is the best time to to buy a real Christmas tree.
He added: "A lot of people in Swansea this year bought their Christmas trees at the end of November which is early. But now is the perfect time to buy one to ensure it lasts for Christmas.
"We have so far sold around 17,000 trees this year."
Four staff work full-time all year at the site (Image: Adrian White)
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Last year, Mr Morgan delivered a tree to 10 Downing Street and met the Prime Minister after winning a competition.
This year, he presented the Foreign Office with a 14ft Nordmann fir as their Christmas tree after winning another competition - this time for the British Christmas Tree Growers Association for Best Short Film for their festive advert.
"In 2014, I came runner-up but in 2017 I won and it's the first time a Welsh tree was outside Downing Street.
"I'm a member of the British Christmas Tree Growers' Association. There's 500 members across UK and Ireland and each year we take a tree and enter it into a competition and the winner of that presents the tree to Downing Street.
"This year I had a two-hour tour of the Foreign Office after winning the competition for best social media video, it was a brilliant day out.
"My son came along to Downing Street with me last year and he came to the Foreign Office with me this year.
"I just love seeing my son experience it all with me," he said.
A herd of over 30 reindeer now populate part of the farm (Image: Adrian White)
Mr Morgan is the fifth generation of his family to farm the land. When he took over the farm, as it was then, he had the idea to plant Christmas trees.
"Before this it was quite a big business with sheep and cattle but the way farming was going it was getting harder and harder so I had an idea to plant some Christmas trees as I thought there was a gap in the market.
Processing an eight-year-old Christmas tree directly cut from the farm's plantation fields (Image: Adrian White)
"People thought I was crazy but it grew from there. No-one backed it as such – all the local farmers thought it was crazy – but I was persistent.
"All the rabbits ate the first ones I planted and I over-fertilised them but I kept going. It opened eight years later and it just went on from there.
"I started off clueless – no-one gave me much help or backed me on the idea but I just kept planting.
"When it first opened I sat in the car park on a sofa and I put a sign up to say 'Christmas trees for sale'. I had 450 to sell and I sold them within a week and I was amazed by that.
"The trees we get brought back to us after Christmas we just recycle and spread back on the lands, providing growth for everything else.
"As much as the reindeers enjoy being fed loads of food I think they enjoy the peace and quiet as well once we close for the year.
"When I sold all the cattle to grow trees it felt empty without animals so I bought two reindeers and now I've got 30.
"I do love my job and it's a beautiful place to work but it's nice to have a break from the trees sometimes.
"But you just keep smiling."
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THE GREAT DEPARTURE!
On a November evening in 1997, when we were both still living with our parents, I decided to go join my sister Chantale in her room. As we both sat on her bed, we started talking about our professional situation. We were both hair academy graduates, working in the same salon but knowing full well that we were missing something … the entrepreneurial flame. Although at the age of twenty-one and twenty-four, no one had really prepared us, the strength of our dreams was much greater than the fear we felt.
Our goal was to have a salon that looked: modern, stylish and yet familiar. That's why at that moment, I suggested that our business name could be "Salon Chanthalie" ("Chan" for Chantale and "thalie" for Nathalie) but Chantale quickly responded with: "It will be "Studio" because it will be more modern and Shanthaly will be written with an "S" at the beginning and a "Y" at the end. It will be more stylish!"
With sparkles in our eyes we knew this was the big start of a beautiful adventure. Shanthaly opened its doors 2 months later, on January 6th 1998.
REKINDLING THE FLAME
Time went by at a lightning speed and we found ourselves ten years later with more challenges to face. All of our dreams had come true. We had our modern, stylish salon with a friendly, family atmosphere. Our clientele was so loyal and growing that we now had four full-time stylists and a part-time assistant. With more dreams to conquer, a void began to appear. The routine of everyday life set in and little by little the sparkle in our eyes began to fade.
On a beautiful spring day, Chantale greeted her next client and as usual and styled her hair while maintaining conversation. Knowing that her daughter was graduating from high school in a few months, Chantale asked her what her daughter was thinking of doing as a career. Without any malice or even realizing who she was talking to, the customer replied, "My daughter wants to be a hairdresser, but I told her she was too smart to do that. She has a high enough academic achievement to go to college. She can't just become a hairdresser!" Chantale did not show her frustration and continued her work. When the salon closed, she was quick to tell me everything. We went through a whole range of emotions: frustration, anger, disappointment, sadness and discouragement. Afterwards, we pulled ourselves together and came to the conclusion that what this client had dared to say out loud was the perception of many other people regarding our profession. Without knowing it, this client had done us a favor, because it was at this precise moment that the flame was rekindled in our eyes and we understood that only we could change things. Our new mission would be to change the negative perception of our profession in our community. We had to raise the bar by being more professional in our customer service, in our clothing, but most of all in our knowledge. Education was the key to success! We promised ourselves that night that education and professionalism would be at the heart of Shanthaly's values and that our profession would be respected by our community. Ten years later, we can say: "Mission accomplished!
For those who are worried, the flame in our eyes is not ready to be put out, because now Chantale and I are on a quest to change the perception of the beauty industry one student at a time.......To be continued.......
Nathalie et Chantale Deslauriers
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package pwr

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"

	"github.com/itchio/savior"
	"github.com/itchio/wharf/wire"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
)

// A Compressor can compress a stream given a quality setting
type Compressor interface {
	Apply(writer io.Writer, quality int32) (io.Writer, error)
}

// A Decompressor can decompress a stream with a given algorithm
type Decompressor interface {
	Apply(source savior.Source) (savior.Source, error)
}

var compressors map[CompressionAlgorithm]Compressor
var decompressors map[CompressionAlgorithm]Decompressor

func init() {
	compressors = make(map[CompressionAlgorithm]Compressor)
	decompressors = make(map[CompressionAlgorithm]Decompressor)
}

// RegisterCompressor lets wharf know how to compress a stream for a given algorithm
func RegisterCompressor(a CompressionAlgorithm, c Compressor) {
	if compressors[a] != nil {
		log.Printf("RegisterCompressor: overwriting current compressor for %s\n", a)
	}
	compressors[a] = c
}

// RegisterDecompressor lets wharf know how to decompress a stream for a given algorithm
func RegisterDecompressor(a CompressionAlgorithm, d Decompressor) {
	if decompressors[a] != nil {
		log.Printf("RegisterCompressor: overwriting current decompressor for %s\n", a)
	}
	decompressors[a] = d
}

// ToString returns a human-readable description of given compression settings
func (cs *CompressionSettings) ToString() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-q%d", cs.Algorithm.String(), cs.Quality)
}

// CompressWire wraps a wire.WriteContext into a compressor, according to given settings,
// so that any messages written through the returned WriteContext will first be compressed.
func CompressWire(ctx *wire.WriteContext, compression *CompressionSettings) (*wire.WriteContext, error) {
	if compression == nil {
		return nil, errors.Errorf("no compression specified")
	}

	if compression.Algorithm == CompressionAlgorithm_NONE {
		return ctx, nil
	}

	compressor := compressors[compression.Algorithm]
	if compressor == nil {
		return nil, errors.Errorf("no compressor registered for %s", compression.Algorithm.String())
	}

	compressedWriter, err := compressor.Apply(ctx.Writer(), compression.Quality)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
	}

	return wire.NewWriteContext(compressedWriter), nil
}

// DecompressWire wraps a wire.ReadContext into a decompressor, according to the given settings,
// so that any messages read through the returned ReadContext will first be decompressed.
func DecompressWire(ctx *wire.ReadContext, compression *CompressionSettings) (*wire.ReadContext, error) {
	if compression == nil {
		return nil, errors.Errorf("no compression specified")
	}

	originalSource, ok := ctx.GetSource().(savior.SeekSource)
	if !ok {
		return nil, errors.Errorf("can only DecompressWire when source is a savior.SeekSource")
	}

	offset := originalSource.Tell()
	size := originalSource.Size()
	sectionSource, err := originalSource.Section(offset, size-offset)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
	}

	var finalSource savior.Source

	if compression.Algorithm == CompressionAlgorithm_NONE {
		finalSource = sectionSource
	} else {
		decompressor := decompressors[compression.Algorithm]
		if decompressor == nil {
			return nil, errors.Errorf("no decompressor registered for %s", compression.Algorithm.String())
		}

		var err error
		finalSource, err = decompressor.Apply(sectionSource)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
		}
	}

	finalOffset, err := finalSource.Resume(nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
	}

	if finalOffset != 0 {
		return nil, errors.Errorf("expected source to resume at 0, got %d", finalOffset)
	}

	return wire.NewReadContext(finalSource), nil
}

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Q: Custom Event Handler - How to define WithEvents? I'm trying to create a very simple custom event handler
Public Event wshActivate(ID As Long, ByRef cancel As Boolean)

Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)

    Dim numba As Long: numba = 10
    Dim cancel As Boolean: cancel = False

    RaiseEvent wshActivate(numba, cancel)

End Sub

What I don't get is how I'm supposed to define the WithEvents listener? How do I know this?

A: I don't know your intentions, but I have created something what works, based on your sample. First you need to have a Class module named Class1.

In ThisWorkbook module I have this code:
Private WithEvents cls As Class1

Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
    Set cls = New Class1
    cls.ImportantFunctionFromClass
End Sub

Private Sub cls_wshActivate(ID As Long, cancel As Boolean)
    MsgBox "this is a msg from an event inide the ImportantFunction"
End Sub

Class1:
Public Event wshActivate(ID As Long, ByRef cancel As Boolean)

Sub ImportantFunctionFromClass()
    Dim numba As Long: numba = 10
    Dim cancel As Boolean: cancel = False

    '...some relevant code...

    RaiseEvent wshActivate(numba, cancel)

    '...some relevant code...

End Sub

You can see I have put WithEvents in ThisWorkbook module.

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OPEC headquarters in Vienna
Production cuts of 1.2 million barrels a day agreed by Opec and its allies fall short of what was needed to rebalance the market, an analyst has said.
Ashley Kelty, oil & gas research analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, acknowledged that the reduction was larger than many expected.
But Mr Kelty said the impact of the cuts on crude prices would depend on the baseline point against which the new quotas are set.
He said: "If the baseline is on current production levels, then the net impact for the Saudis is in reality negligible relative to what they were producing before prices slipped from $80 highs.
"Consequently, it is hard to say what the long term impact will be.
"Our initial snap judgement is that prices will stabilise in the $60-65 per barrel range, as the cuts are likely to be insufficient to stem the near term supply glut, given US output is continuing to rise, albeit at a slower pace due to capacity constraints.
"It feels like a bit of a fudge, and the absence of the final communique at this late stage suggests that a lot of horse trading has been underway to reach a situation that tries to appeal to all parties, whilst ending up with a situation that will appease no-one."
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Hair care during lockdown
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Army continues special health services for pregnant women
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Sep 23, 2014 — #Hidden Crafts
PLASTIC - Plastika Skaza, d.o.o., Consensus, d.o.o. and Interseroh, d.o.o.
A plastic company like Plastika Saza is a true industrial entity. With a constantly full production line, an endless amount of objects leaves their factory daily. In an interesting experiment, the company teamed up with communications consultancy Consensus and Interseroh, who develops procyclen, a new, public waste-based plastic material. The team of architects Ursa Vrhunc and Mima Suhadolc and industrial designers Dejan Kos and Klemen Smrtnik focused on bringing this new material back to the public of whose waste procyclen was originally generated. Together, they developed a public, rentable shopping cart that enhances the experience of walking in the Ljubljana city center. Designer Emile de Visscher, on the other hand, used his Polyfloss machine — developed previously with an interdisciplinary team — to experiment with procyclen felting and opening ways for new uses of the material.


You never knew apples could be so interesting.
Given my fairly standard level of apple enthusiasm, I didn't expect to have much of a reaction to Rowan Jacobsen's Apples of Uncommon Character. I'd flipped through it a couple of times before and noticed that it really is a gorgeous book, but I hadn't bothered to actually read any of the text. A mistake. Because, yes, this book is pretty. It's a top-notch physical object, with its lovely cloth binding, glossy pages, and beautiful photographs. But what it really has going for it, like most great books, are its words. And when I finally got around to actually reading them, well, I couldn't stop. Reading them. Aloud. To everyone I know.
Apples of Uncommon Character is overflowing with gems like these. Obviously, Rowan Jacobsen knows how to turn a phrase. He's written a book about apples, but you don't have to care about apples to love it. You only have to care about words. Just don't be surprised if, by the end, you find yourself caring about apples a little bit, too.
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US lawmaker's rare trip to Kashmir upsets India
Thursday April 21, 2022
By Ayaz Gul
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, along with the President of Azaz Kashmir Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, speaks to the media during her visit to Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administrated Kashmir, Pakistan, April 21, 2022.
ISLAMABAD — U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar traveled to the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir on Thursday and promised to push Washington to pay more attention to the disputed region, drawing swift criticism from India.
"I don't believe that [Kashmir] is being talked about to the extent it needs to in Congress but also with the [U.S.] administration," Omar said after visiting the military Line of Control, or the de facto border separating Pakistani and Indian-ruled parts of the divided territory.
She spoke to reporters in Muzaffarabad, the administrative center of the Pakistani part of Kashmir, after making the rare visit for a U.S. lawmaker.
Omar, a member of President Joe Biden's Democratic Party in the U.S. Congress, is a naturalized citizen who was born in Somalia. She traveled to Islamabad for meetings with Pakistani leaders before traveling to Kashmir.
"On the question of Kashmir, we held a hearing in the [Congressional] Foreign Affairs Committee to look at the reports of human rights violations," she said.
India denies long-running allegations of rights abuses in its portion of the divided territory; it tightly controls access to Kashmir for foreign observers, including those from the United Nations.
New Delhi swiftly condemned Omar's visit to the Pakistan-ruled part.
"We have noted that she has visited a part of the Indian union territory … that is currently illegally occupied by Pakistan," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told a news conference in the Indian capital.
"Let me just say that if such a politician wishes to practice her narrow-minded politics at home, that's her business," he said. "But violating our territorial integrity and sovereignty in its pursuit makes this ours and we think the visit is condemnable."
India controls two-thirds of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region and Pakistan the rest, with both countries claiming Kashmir in its entirety. India ended the decades-old semi-autonomous status of its part of Kashmir in 2019 and divided it into two territories to be directly controlled by the federal government.
Islamabad condemned the move and demanded New Delhi reverse it, saying a long-running United Nations resolution bars the countries from unilaterally altering the status of the region.
The territorial dispute has sparked two of the three wars between the nuclear-armed South Asian nations since they gained independence from Britain in 1947, and Kashmir remains the main source of military tensions between India and Pakistan.
Earlier this month while speaking in Congress, Rep. Omar questioned what she called the reluctance of the U.S. government to criticize Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on human rights, warning he is "criminalizing the act of being a Muslim in India."
Days later, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some government, police and prison officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of New Delhi's rights record.
Critics say Modi's Hindu nationalist ruling party has encouraged religious polarization since coming to power in 2014. Right-wing Hindu groups have assaulted minorities, claiming they are trying to prevent religious conversions, among other abuses.
Some information for this report comes from the Reuters news agency.
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1980s → 1981 → November 1981 → 11 November 1981 → Lords Sitting
Europe: A Nuclear-Free Zone
HL Deb 11 November 1981 vol 425 cc232-5 232
§ Lord Jenkins of Putney
§ The Question was as follows:
§ To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage negotiations with the Soviet Union with a view to making Europe a nuclear-free zone.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Trefgarne)
No, my Lords. As long as the Soviet Union has theatre nuclear weapons, such as the SS20 missile, which can reach western Europe from bases well to the East of the Urals, and a massive superiority in conventional forces, a nuclear weapon-free Europe would be profoundly destabilising. It would weaken our ability to deter aggression, and might indeed encourage it.
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that this view is not widely shared outside Government circles and that there is growing a consensus of view, quite apart from the question of unilateral nuclear disarmament, that a first strike war is in being and that something will have to be done to arrest the process? Therefore, is he further aware that it is for the European nations to take part in this matter, and that it ought not to be left entirely to negotiations between President Reagan and President Brezhnev?
§ Lord Trefgarne
My Lords, I am aware that there is a view, of which the noble Lord is a distinguished proponent, which is at variance with the Government view, but I venture to suggest that those who hold that view are mistaken.
§ Lord Mottistone
My Lords, are the Government aware that there are many noble Lords who hold a totally different view to that expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Jenkins, and that in fact the majority of people in this country could be expected at this time to be opposed to his viewpoint?
My Lords, that is certainly the Government position.
§ Lord Kaldor
My Lords, would the noble Lord agree that the most important conclusion that emerges from his Answer is that we must as soon as possible get rid of our inferiority in conventional weapons? And are the Government taking all steps, with their allies, to ensure that the Russian superiority in conventional weapons which threatens us with annihilation because of the consequences of nuclear war, is a most urgent task to which all members of the NATO Alliance should give their consideration?
My Lords, the Russian superiority in convention forces is well known. They have the advantage (do they not?) of being able to dragoon their citizens into taking part in their miltiary organisations, and of course that is not the case so far as we are concerned. As the noble Lord will well know, our posture is one of flexible response, and that is the way I think it should remain.
Viscount St. Davids
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that the area of the Baltic Sea is in fact a nuclear-free zone except for the fact that the Russians, who wish it to be so, are the only nuclear armed force in the area? They could make it a nuclear-free zone at any moment, but instead they seem to prefer to have nuclear armed submarines and also to bring them into the coastal waters of countries which have no nuclear arms.
My Lords, it is of course the case that the recent incident of the Soviet submarine which entered Swedish territorial waters will be a salutary experience for the nations of that region.
§ Lord Brockway
My Lords, has the noble Lord noted recently two responses by Communist countries to the proposal of nuclear-free zones? Is it not the case that in the Northern European proposal the Soviet Union has agreed to an adjacent area, even if it did not include Kalo and the Baltic States; and is it not the case that in the Greek proposal for a nuclear-free zone in the Balkans two Communist countries, Romania and Bulgaria, have indicated that they would join it?
My Lords, it is certainly the case that the Soviet Union hastened to embrace proposals which leave their security unimpared while ours is degraded.
The Lord Bishop of Norwich
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the General Synod yesterday, made a major speech supporting the view held by the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, in this area, which was received with great warmth in the General Synod and may bring encouragement to the Government?
My Lords, I have not seen the speech to which the right reverend Prelate refers, but I shall hasten to obtain a copy.
§ Lord Gladwyn
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that a nuclear-free zone in Europe would involve the denuclearisation of the Soviet Murmansk Baltic and Black Sea fleets?
My Lords, I understand that the Soviet proposal does not go that far.
§ Lord Glenamara
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that many of us who do not believe in unilateral disarmament are, nevertheless, getting extremely worried about the rapid growth of nuclear weapons in western Europe? Will the Government take this rather more seriously than they appear to be doing?
My Lords, the noble Lord refers to the rapid growth of nuclear weapons in western Europe. The fact is that the growth of nuclear weapons on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain is even more rapid.
§ Lord Molloy
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that there are many people—some might be unilateralists and others would support the arguments submitted by the Government—who are asking one question; namely, if there should be any agreement either for a nuclear-free zone or a reduction in nuclear armaments, how would it be proved and tested and monitored that such agreements were honoured by both the Russians and the West? Ought not the Government to concentrate on this and perhaps make some statement in the not too distant future to explain to people what could happen if we should get back to the road of sanity and start curtailing nuclear weapons?
My Lords, the noble Lord has put his finger on a crucial feature of the negotiations taking place now and which will take place in the near future. That is, that anything we agree with the Soviets in this field must include a provision for adequate verification.
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that the Government's apparently slavish addiction to the nuclear weapon is worrying a lot of people who do not share my views about nuclear disarmament? Therefore, will he say whether there are any circumstances in which the Government would decide that it was proper for them to consider getting rid of the nuclear weapon?
My Lords, we will certainly agree to balanced measures of nuclear disarmament, when it can be shown that we are not thereby put at a disadvantage and that whatever we do agree can be, as I said earlier, properly verified.
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that the figures given recently by Mr. Brezhnev in an interview given to a German periodical are completely at variance with those given by Her Majesty's Government or relevant Ministers, and in view of that fact, would the Government be prepared to make some comments on Mr. Brezhnev's figures?
My Lords, not for the first time we have detected an element of ambiguity in figures put forward by the Soviets.
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Warmest 100 even hotter than forecast
By Justin Warren on Jan 26, 2013 11:33PM
How data analysis spoiled one of the world's largest song contests.
Nick Drewe, an online marketer from Brisbane, got the last laugh tonight after he successfully predicted the Top 10 songs voted in Triple J's Hottest 100 by analysing data from 35,080 votes published on social media.
Two weeks ago, Drewe announced that he felt confident he could predict the outcome of the Hottest 100, which attracts a whopping 1.5 million votes from Australian music lovers. His Warmest 100 website became a much-discussed hit, attracting 75,000 unique visitors within 24 hours of launch.
Drewe's predictions rattled broadcasters and bookmakers alike - the latter halted all betting on the Hottest 100.
Tonight, Nick Drewe's Warmest 100 correctly predicted the top three Triple J Hottest 100 songs, in order.
All 10 of the top 10 songs were predicted, five at the correct ranking.
And of all the songs in the Hottest 100, 92 of them were predicted by the Warmest 100.
The first few results announced had caused some doubts, but by late this evening it became clear the analysis had been wildly successful.
"It could barely have gone better," Drewe said after the number one song was announced.
"Earlier in the day, as the first few songs were announced, people were saying things on Twitter like 'Warmest 100, more like Coldest 100', but up by the time we got to number 30, the feedback online was mostly positive," he said. "People got more excited as the day went on."
How did he do it?
Radio broadcaster Triple J used social media to promote the annual music countdown. Participants could share their votes by posting to sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest using a button on the Triple J voting site. The resulting post contained a link to that user's unique vote page, showing all ten of their votes.
Drewe first had the idea for The Warmest 100 when he noticed the URL of shared votes contained a unique identifier. He then used the search mechanisms of the various social platforms to see how many votes he could find. "Facebook Graph Search wasn't that useful," he said, "I got 80 percent of the votes from Twitter."
It was then just a matter of collecting as many links as he could and visiting the resulting page on the Triple J website to scrape off the votes.
"I used a plugin called iMacros for Firefox," Drewe said. "People have since said I could have used a script in Perl or something, but I just used the tools I use every day."
(Drewe's day job is as Search Engine Marketing Manager at Search Factory in Brisbane.)
The votes were saved into a simple spreadsheet, and then tallied up. Nothing more sophisticated than a simple count was used to analyse the results.
It was Drewe's colleague Tom Knox, previously of music discovery site We Are Hunted, who had the idea of putting the list up on the web. The punningly named Warmest 100 site was then built using Wordpress hosted at HostGator. Drewe used a simple theme with each song as a post, adding widgets provided by YouTube or Soundcloud to allow visitors to listen to each song.
Friends Jack Murphy (designer) and Andy Thelander (developer) chipped in with free time to come up with the second round design for the site, which went live just prior to the official countdown. The replacement design made use of a new user-interface to improve the page-loading experience for users.
It was only after the story broke on music website TheVine that others waded in with more sophisticated analyses. Professor You-Gan Wang, Chair of Applied Statistics at the University of Queensland, confirmed that the sample size was large enough to predict perhaps 90 of the predicted songs that would ultimately prove to be in the official list.
Then David Quach, an Australian economist and MATLAB developer with Supported Intelligence in Chicago,also performed some statistical analysis on the data, which Drewe shared with him. Quach used a statistical technique called "bootstrapping" to analyse the potential accuracy of the sample data. He predicted that the number one song was 83 percent likely to match The Warmest 100 prediction.
The Warmest 100 team now expect their success will be a one-off - it will undoubtedly impact what access Australia's public broadcaster will provide to voting information.
The team speculate Triple J may take votes using custom 'walled garden' apps on Facebook, or use captchas to foil scripted vote downloads.
"There's some pressure on us to back it up with something," Drewe said. "But we have no specific plans."
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Q: htaccess redirect temporary old directory to current I changed one subdirectory name from website/A_tmp/para_1/para_2 to website/A/para_1/para_2 (used htaccess rewrite the url) after A_tmp in production for a few weeks. Now, after 1 year, google is still reporting 404 on A_tmp errors.
How to fix that problem? If htaccess can do the trick, how to write that?
Thanks a lot.

A: You can make 301 redirection in htaccess, so google will know that this resource is moved.

A: Create a 301 rule like this. Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} "(www\.)?example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^A_tmp(/.*|)$ A/$1 [L,R=301,NC]


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A Year of Violence in Bangladesh
Some of the secular writers killed in recent years in Bangladesh. From top left clockwise: Faisal Arefin Dipan, Shafiul Islam, Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, Rajib Haider, Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das.
In less than four years, Bangladesh has seen at least 15 bloggers, writers, and activists killed for their progressive and secular views. There have also been an unusually high number of fatal attacks on foreigners and worshippers.
The spate of killings of writers and intellectuals known for their progressive views is not random. The names of nearly all of those killed in recent years appeared on a list of 84 people created by a group of conservative Muslim clerics who accused the bloggers of "atheism" and writing against Islam. The clerics submitted the list to a special government committee in 2013, and openly stated that many bloggers are "apostates" and should be "killed".
Bangladesh is a non-religious parliamentary democracy, in which the right to free expression is enshrined by Bangladesh's constitution. Yet the government, the judiciary and police forces have not taken sufficient measures to deter extremists from targeting the bloggers and the publishers.
On the contrary, authorities have blocked critical websites and arrested multiple bloggers from the black list. In 2015, just days after secular blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death at his apartment, Bangladesh's Chief of Police warned that "free-thinkers and bloggers should not cross the limit of tolerance while expressing their views on religion." Many are skeptical of police efforts to investigate the murders.
Blacklisted bloggers choose exile
These circumstances have prompted many bloggers and online activists to take refuge in safe havens abroad. However, this has not been easy for them, or their families. Blogger and online activist Mahmudul Haque Munshi, who is in exile in Germany, wrote in his blog Swapnokothok (Dreamweaver) earlier this year about choosing exile:
আমি কখনো ভাবিনি আমাকে আমার মাতৃভূমি ছাড়তে হবে। [..] মোবাইল নাম্বার ওপেন ছিলো ব্লগে তাই কল করে হুমকি ধামকি দিতো কিছু মানুষ। ব্লগে পোস্ট দেয়া হতো সরকার চেঞ্জ হলে কোন দশজন ব্লগারের লাশ পড়বে। আমার নাম থাকতো সেসব লিস্টে। আমরা পাত্তা দিতাম না। কারন ব্লগের লেখালেখির কারনে ব্লগার খুন হবে এটা ছিলো এক ধরনের হাস্যকর চিন্তা তখন। সেই হাস্যকর চিন্তাটাই সত্যি হয়ে দেখা দেয় ২০১৩-র ১৪ই ফেব্রুয়ারি। আমার খুব কাছের একজন মানুষ, একজন ব্লগার থাবাবাবা কে হত্যা করা হয় কুপিয়ে তাঁর বাসার সামনে।
I never thought that I would leave my country. […] My mobile number was mentioned in my blog so I got frequent calls threatening me. On other blogs, writers would say which ten bloggers would be killed if the current government falls. My name was on those lists. But I didn't let it bother me. Because back then killing bloggers for their writing was an unthinkable and laughable idea. But that laughable idea became a reality on 14 February of 2013, when one of my close friend, blogger Thaba Baba (Ahmed Razib Haider) was hacked to death in front of his home.
He went on to describe the guilt he feels in leaving his country:
আমার মনে একটি অপরাধবোধ আছে। যে যুদ্ধটা আমরা করছিলাম, সে যুদ্ধটা ছেড়ে চলে আসার অপরাধবোধ। কিন্তু এ কেমন যুদ্ধ? ছায়ার সাথে মানুষ কিভাবে যুদ্ধ করে? [..] যারা চাইছিলেন আমি দেশে থেকে যেন মারা যাই, তাঁদের বলতে চাই, আপনাদের চাওয়াটা পুরন হবে না। আমি বেঁচে থাকবো, আমার করার আছে অনেক কিছু। সব শেষ না করে মরে গেলে তো হবেনা।
I have a guilty feeling. The fight we fought but then abandoned, leaving the battlefield. But how is this war? How can you fight with shadows? […] Those who wanted me to die in vain, I would like to tell them, you will not win. I will live, I have to do a lot of things. I cannot die before achieving some of that.
The killings went on in 2016. Nazimuddin Samad, a student of law in the Jagannath University and a vocal critic of religious extremism was killed in April this year. Also in the same month, Rezaul Karim Siddique, an English professor at Rajshahi University, was found hacked to death near his home.
Xulhaz Mannan, the editor Bangladesh's first LGBT news site. Image courtesy of PEN International.
LGBT activist Xulhaz Mannan, along with theatre activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, were killed on 25 April 2016. Mannan was the founder and editor of the country's first news website for LGBT citizens.
Ansar al Islam #Bangladesh /AQIS claims responsiblity for the murder of Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tanoy. pic.twitter.com/Jing4yRsf7
— Tasneem Khalil (@tasneem) April 26, 2016
Many of these killings have been claimed on the Internet or on social media by accounts believed to be linked to ISIS, Ansar Al Islam or Ansarullah Bangla Team. These groups have also claimed responsibility for what appear to be random killings of regular citizens.
The attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery
On the night of 1 July 2016, five young men in their twenties, some educated abroad and coming from affluent families, stormed into the Holey Artisan Bakery in the upscale Gulshan area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which is frequented by foreigners. They took several dozen hostages, both foreigners and locals, and opened fire on police.
The next morning, a joint force combining the Bangladesh Army, paramilitary group Border Guard Bangladesh, the police and the elite force Rapid Action Battalion raided the Holey Artisan Bakery to end the hostage crisis. Some hostages were released, and others managed to escape, but 29 people were killed, including 20 hostages (18 foreigners and two locals), two police officers, five gunmen, and two bakery staff. This was the worst terror attack in the country's history.
Amaq News Agency, which is affiliated with ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Photos of the attackers, sporting the signature ISIS red keffiyehs and black punjabis and the bloody images of the slain hostages emerged on the Internet.
On the 7 July, militants attacked police guarding the congregation at Sholakia, where the largest Eid prayers in Bangladesh were taking place, leaving three dead. Later on that month police raided a terrorist den in the capital Dhaka and killed nine militants. The police reported they found bombs, ammunition and two black ISIS flags from the den.
The police have maintained that they all are not from ISIS, but members of the banned local militant outfit Jamaat-ul Mujahideen, Bangladesh.
Law enforcement authorities also have published a list of about 200 individuals who were reported missing over the last year and a half and who are feared to have dangerous motives. Some of the missing men were traced to flying abroad to Malaysia and Turkey and then their trail mysteriously disappears.
In the course of the following months the police continued to raid the homes of suspected militants, hoping to deter further attacks. Recently it has emerged that Canadian Bangladeshi Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury (alias Abū Ibrāhīm al-Hanīf) orchestrated the 1 July militant attack and he sought and won approval for it from ISIS. He was killed in a raid by Bangladesh police on 26 Septembe 2016. On 24 December 2016 police conducted another raid and captured a number of militants. Two militants died as they detonated their suicide vests.
Timeline: Militancy in Bangladesh https://t.co/P64GY0K2Yq
— Norrfika (@norrfika) December 3, 2016
The killings of innocents have stopped for now, but the danger looms large as the militants are active underground. Months after the Gulshan attack, Dhaka's restaurants remain empty and foreigners have cancelled their travel to Bangladesh and amid increased security measures. 2016 was a landmark year for militancy in Bangladesh and it remains to be seen what the future holds.
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"I looked at Daisy. Her eyes were glittering and her cheeks were pink. This was Daisy with a Plan. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for her birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn't about Daisy at all. (Naturally, Daisy is furious.) Then one of their guests falls seriously, mysteriously, fatallyill - and everything points to poison. Suddenly, Fallingford feels like a very dangerous place to be. And when someone close to Daisy looks suspicious, the girls must reveal the truth . . . no matter the consequences."