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package acceptance

// All tests in this file are remote tests that use Terrafarm to manage
// and run tests against dedicated test clusters.
//
// Required setup:
// 1. Have a GCE account.
// 2. Have someone grant permissions (for new *and* existing objects) for the
//    GCS bucket referenced in `archivedStoreURL`. You'll want permissions
//    granted to the following email addresses:
//      a. The email address you use to log into Google Cloud Console.
//      b. Your default Google Compute Engine service account (it'll look like
//         111111111111-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com)
// 3. Set the environment variable GOOGLE_PROJECT to the name of the Google
//    Project you want Terraform to use.
//
// Example use:
//
// build/builder.sh make build && make test \
//	 TESTTIMEOUT=48h \
//	 PKG=./pkg/acceptance \
//	 TESTS=Rebalance_3To5Small \
//	 TESTFLAGS='-v -remote -key-name google_compute_engine -cwd terraform -tf.keep-cluster=failed -tf.cockroach-binary=../../cockroach'
//
// Things to note:
// - You must use an SSH key without a passphrase. It is recommended that you
//   create a neww key for this purpose named google_compute_engine so that
//   gcloud and related tools can use it too. Create the key with:
//     ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine
// - Your SSH key (-key-name) for Google Cloud Platform must be in
//   ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine
// - If you want to manually fiddle with a test cluster, start the test with
//   `-tf.keep-cluster=failed". After the cluster has been created, press
//   Control-C and the cluster will remain up.
// - These tests rely on a specific Terraform config that's specified using the
//   -cwd test flag.
// - You *must* set the TESTTIMEOUT high enough for any of these tests to
//   finish. To be safe, specify a timeout of at least 24 hours.
// - Your Google Cloud credentials must be accessible by Terraform, as described
//   here:
//   https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/
// - There are various flags that start with `tf.` that control the
//   of Terrafarm and allocator tests, respectively. For example, you can add
//   "-tf.cockroach-binary" to TESTFLAGS to specify a custom Linux CockroachDB
//   binary. If omitted, your test will use the latest CircleCI Linux build.
//   Note that the location has to be specified relative to the terraform
//   working directory, so typically `-tf.cockroach-binary=../../cockroach`.
//   This must be a linux binary; on a mac you must build with
//   `build/builder.sh make build`.
//
// Troubleshooting:
// - The minimum recommended version of Terraform is 0.7.2. If you see strange
//   Terraform errors, upgrade your install of Terraform.
// - Adding `-tf.keep-cluster=always` to your TESTFLAGS allows the cluster to
//   stay around after the test completes.

import (
	gosql "database/sql"
	"fmt"
	"math"
	"net/http"
	"strconv"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"golang.org/x/net/context"

	"github.com/montanaflynn/stats"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"

	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/acceptance/terrafarm"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/base"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/server/serverpb"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/storage"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/timeutil"
)

const (
	archivedStoreURL = "gs://cockroach-test/allocatortest"
	StableInterval   = 3 * time.Minute
	adminPort        = base.DefaultHTTPPort
)

const (
	urlStore1s = archivedStoreURL + "/1node-10g-262ranges"
	urlStore1m = archivedStoreURL + "/1node-2065replicas-108G"
	urlStore3s = archivedStoreURL + "/3nodes-10g-262ranges"
	urlStore6m = archivedStoreURL + "/6nodes-1038replicas-56G"
)

type allocatorTest struct {
	// StartNodes is the starting number of nodes this cluster will have.
	StartNodes int
	// EndNodes is the final number of nodes this cluster will have.
	EndNodes int
	// StoreURL is the Google Cloud Storage URL from which the test will download
	// stores.
	StoreURL string
	// Prefix is the prefix that will be prepended to all resources created by
	// Terraform.
	Prefix string
	// CockroachDiskSizeGB is the size, in gigabytes, of the disks allocated
	// for CockroachDB nodes. Leaving this as 0 accepts the default in the
	// Terraform configs. This must be in GB, because Terraform only accepts
	// disk size for GCE in GB.
	CockroachDiskSizeGB int

	f *terrafarm.Farmer
}

func (at *allocatorTest) Cleanup(t *testing.T) {
	if r := recover(); r != nil {
		t.Errorf("recovered from panic to destroy cluster: %v", r)
	}
	if at.f != nil {
		at.f.MustDestroy(t)
	}
}

func (at *allocatorTest) Run(t *testing.T) {
	at.f = farmer(t, at.Prefix)

	if at.CockroachDiskSizeGB != 0 {
		at.f.AddVars["cockroach_disk_size"] = strconv.Itoa(at.CockroachDiskSizeGB)
	}

	log.Infof(context.Background(), "creating cluster with %d node(s)", at.StartNodes)
	if err := at.f.Resize(at.StartNodes); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	checkGossip(t, at.f, longWaitTime, hasPeers(at.StartNodes))
	at.f.Assert(t)
	log.Info(context.Background(), "initial cluster is up")

	// We must stop the cluster because a) `nodectl` pokes at the data directory
	// and, more importantly, b) we don't want the cluster above and the cluster
	// below to ever talk to each other (see #7224).
	log.Info(context.Background(), "stopping cluster")
	for i := 0; i < at.f.NumNodes(); i++ {
		if err := at.f.Kill(i); err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("error stopping node %d: %s", i, err)
		}
	}

	log.Info(context.Background(), "downloading archived stores from Google Cloud Storage in parallel")
	errors := make(chan error, at.f.NumNodes())
	for i := 0; i < at.f.NumNodes(); i++ {
		go func(nodeNum int) {
			errors <- at.f.Exec(nodeNum, "./nodectl download "+at.StoreURL)
		}(i)
	}
	for i := 0; i < at.f.NumNodes(); i++ {
		if err := <-errors; err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("error downloading store %d: %s", i, err)
		}
	}

	log.Info(context.Background(), "restarting cluster with archived store(s)")
	for i := 0; i < at.f.NumNodes(); i++ {
		if err := at.f.Restart(i); err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("error restarting node %d: %s", i, err)
		}
	}
	at.f.Assert(t)

	log.Infof(context.Background(), "resizing cluster to %d nodes", at.EndNodes)
	if err := at.f.Resize(at.EndNodes); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	checkGossip(t, at.f, longWaitTime, hasPeers(at.EndNodes))
	at.f.Assert(t)

	log.Info(context.Background(), "waiting for rebalance to finish")
	if err := at.WaitForRebalance(t); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	at.f.Assert(t)
}

func (at *allocatorTest) RunAndCleanup(t *testing.T) {
	defer at.Cleanup(t)
	at.Run(t)
}

func (at *allocatorTest) stdDev() (float64, error) {
	host := at.f.Nodes()[0]
	var client http.Client
	var nodesResp serverpb.NodesResponse
	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/_status/nodes", host, adminPort)
	if err := util.GetJSON(client, url, &nodesResp); err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}
	var replicaCounts stats.Float64Data
	for _, node := range nodesResp.Nodes {
		for _, ss := range node.StoreStatuses {
			replicaCounts = append(replicaCounts, float64(ss.Metrics["replicas"]))
		}
	}
	stdDev, err := stats.StdDevP(replicaCounts)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}
	return stdDev, nil
}

// printStats prints the time it took for rebalancing to finish and the final
// standard deviation of replica counts across stores.
func (at *allocatorTest) printRebalanceStats(db *gosql.DB, host string) error {
	// TODO(cuongdo): Output these in a machine-friendly way and graph.

	// Output time it took to rebalance.
	{
		var rebalanceIntervalStr string
		var rebalanceInterval time.Duration
		q := `SELECT (SELECT MAX(timestamp) FROM rangelog) - ` +
			`(select MAX(timestamp) FROM eventlog WHERE eventType='` + string(sql.EventLogNodeJoin) + `')`
		if err := db.QueryRow(q).Scan(&rebalanceIntervalStr); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		rebalanceInterval, err := time.ParseDuration(rebalanceIntervalStr)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if rebalanceInterval < 0 {
			// This can happen with single-node clusters.
			rebalanceInterval = time.Duration(0)
		}
		log.Infof(context.Background(), "cluster took %s to rebalance", rebalanceInterval)
	}

	// Output # of range events that occurred. All other things being equal,
	// larger numbers are worse and potentially indicate thrashing.
	{
		var rangeEvents int64
		q := `SELECT COUNT(*) from rangelog`
		if err := db.QueryRow(q).Scan(&rangeEvents); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		log.Infof(context.Background(), "%d range events", rangeEvents)
	}

	// Output standard deviation of the replica counts for all stores.
	stdDev, err := at.stdDev()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	log.Infof(context.Background(), "stddev(replica count) = %.2f", stdDev)

	return nil
}

type replicationStats struct {
	ElapsedSinceLastEvent time.Duration
	EventType             string
	RangeID               int64
	StoreID               int64
	ReplicaCountStdDev    float64
}

func (s replicationStats) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("last range event: %s for range %d/store %d (%s ago)",
		s.EventType, s.RangeID, s.StoreID, s.ElapsedSinceLastEvent)
}

// checkAllocatorStable returns the duration of stability (i.e. no replication
// changes) and the standard deviation in replica counts. Only unrecoverable
// errors are returned.
func (at *allocatorTest) allocatorStats(db *gosql.DB) (s replicationStats, err error) {
	defer func() {
		if err != nil {
			s.ReplicaCountStdDev = math.MaxFloat64
		}
	}()

	q := `SELECT NOW()-timestamp, rangeID, storeID, eventType FROM rangelog WHERE ` +
		`timestamp=(SELECT MAX(timestamp) FROM rangelog WHERE eventType IN ($1, $2, $3))`
	eventTypes := []interface{}{
		string(storage.RangeEventLogSplit),
		string(storage.RangeEventLogAdd),
		string(storage.RangeEventLogRemove),
	}

	var elapsedStr string

	row := db.QueryRow(q, eventTypes...)
	if row == nil {
		// This should never happen, because the archived store we're starting with
		// will always have some range events.
		return replicationStats{}, errors.New("couldn't find any range events")
	}
	if err := row.Scan(&elapsedStr, &s.RangeID, &s.StoreID, &s.EventType); err != nil {
		return replicationStats{}, err
	}

	s.ElapsedSinceLastEvent, err = time.ParseDuration(elapsedStr)
	if err != nil {
		return replicationStats{}, err
	}

	s.ReplicaCountStdDev, err = at.stdDev()
	if err != nil {
		return replicationStats{}, err
	}

	return s, nil
}

// WaitForRebalance waits until there's been no recent range adds, removes, and
// splits. We wait until the cluster is balanced or until `StableInterval`
// elapses, whichever comes first. Then, it prints stats about the rebalancing
// process. If the replica count appears unbalanced, an error is returned.
//
// This method is crude but necessary. If we were to wait until range counts
// were just about even, we'd miss potential post-rebalance thrashing.
func (at *allocatorTest) WaitForRebalance(t *testing.T) error {
	const statsInterval = 20 * time.Second

	db, err := gosql.Open("postgres", at.f.PGUrl(0))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer func() {
		_ = db.Close()
	}()

	var statsTimer timeutil.Timer
	var assertTimer timeutil.Timer
	defer statsTimer.Stop()
	defer assertTimer.Stop()
	statsTimer.Reset(statsInterval)
	assertTimer.Reset(0)
	for {
		select {
		case <-statsTimer.C:
			statsTimer.Read = true
			stats, err := at.allocatorStats(db)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			log.Info(context.Background(), stats)
			if StableInterval <= stats.ElapsedSinceLastEvent {
				host := at.f.Nodes()[0]
				log.Infof(context.Background(), "replica count = %f, max = %f", stats.ReplicaCountStdDev, *flagATMaxStdDev)
				if stats.ReplicaCountStdDev > *flagATMaxStdDev {
					_ = at.printRebalanceStats(db, host)
					return errors.Errorf(
						"%s elapsed without changes, but replica count standard "+
							"deviation is %.2f (>%.2f)", stats.ElapsedSinceLastEvent,
						stats.ReplicaCountStdDev, *flagATMaxStdDev)
				}
				return at.printRebalanceStats(db, host)
			}
			statsTimer.Reset(statsInterval)
		case <-assertTimer.C:
			assertTimer.Read = true
			at.f.Assert(t)
			assertTimer.Reset(time.Minute)
		case <-stopper:
			return errors.New("interrupted")
		}
	}
}

// TestUpreplicate_1To3Small tests up-replication, starting with 1 node
// containing 10 GiB of data and growing to 3 nodes.
func TestUpreplicate_1To3Small(t *testing.T) {
	at := allocatorTest{
		StartNodes: 1,
		EndNodes:   3,
		StoreURL:   urlStore1s,
		Prefix:     "uprep-1to3s",
	}
	at.RunAndCleanup(t)
}

// TestRebalance3to5Small tests rebalancing, starting with 3 nodes (each
// containing 10 GiB of data) and growing to 5 nodes.
func TestRebalance_3To5Small(t *testing.T) {
	at := allocatorTest{
		StartNodes: 3,
		EndNodes:   5,
		StoreURL:   urlStore3s,
		Prefix:     "rebal-3to5s",
	}
	at.RunAndCleanup(t)
}

// TestUpreplicate_1To3Medium tests up-replication, starting with 1 node
// containing 108 GiB of data and growing to 3 nodes.
func TestUpreplicate_1To3Medium(t *testing.T) {
	at := allocatorTest{
		StartNodes:          1,
		EndNodes:            3,
		StoreURL:            urlStore1m,
		Prefix:              "uprep-1to3m",
		CockroachDiskSizeGB: 250, // GB
	}
	at.RunAndCleanup(t)
}

// TestUpreplicate_1To6Medium tests up-replication (and, to a lesser extent,
// rebalancing), starting with 1 node containing 108 GiB of data and growing to
// 6 nodes.
func TestUpreplicate_1To6Medium(t *testing.T) {
	at := allocatorTest{
		StartNodes:          1,
		EndNodes:            6,
		StoreURL:            urlStore1m,
		Prefix:              "uprep-1to6m",
		CockroachDiskSizeGB: 250, // GB
	}
	at.RunAndCleanup(t)
}

// TestSteady_6Medium is useful for creating a medium-size balanced cluster
// (when used with the -tf.keep-cluster flag).
// TODO(tschottdorf): use for tests which run schema changes or drop large
// amounts of data.
func TestSteady_6Medium(t *testing.T) {
	at := allocatorTest{
		StartNodes:          6,
		EndNodes:            6,
		StoreURL:            urlStore6m,
		Prefix:              "steady-6m",
		CockroachDiskSizeGB: 250, // GB
	}
	at.RunAndCleanup(t)
}


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HomeCinemaTVUBON launched 40 inches Smart LED TV in India at Rs 18,999
UBON launched 40 inches Smart LED TV in India at Rs 18,999
The gadgets accessories and consumer electronics brand UBON has announced the launch of its new Smart LED TV in India. The 40 inches UBON Smart LED TV is a full HD ready display and comes with a double HDMI Port. The Television also equips a 24w speaker. The new Smart TV has been manufactured in India under the "Make in India" initiative. Besides this, the company has also roped in the actor Rana Daggubati as its brand ambassador to enter into the South Indian market.
Commenting on the new launch, Mr. Mandeep Arora, Managing Director, UBON said, "Ahead of the festive season, we at UBON have launched our most awaited product- the all-new 40 inches Smart LED TV. Considering the current scenario, consumers always tend to expect new products in the market at pocket-friendly prices. As people are always looking for something new and innovative in terms of design and technology, this newly launched LED is a perfect amalgamation of sleek design and trendy features packaged at a pocket-friendly price." He further added, "With this launch, UBON has added another milestone in its journey and is optimistic towards bumper sales ahead of the festive season."
The new UBON Smart LED TV features a 40 inches full HD display with 1920×1080 pixels of resolution and a 16:9 screen ratio. The device offers a 50Hz refresh rate to offer good picture quality. The device runs on Android 9 TV OS and is RoHS Compliant certified. For crystal-clear sound, it comes integrated with a 24w speaker and double HDMI ports to connect a gaming console, Blu Ray players and set-top box. The LED Television comes with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory along with a headphone connector.
The new 40 inches UBON Smart LED TV comes with a price tag of Rs 18,999 and there will be PAN India availability of the product including online as well as offline portals.
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Twilight – III: Beneath Trident's Tomb
Reviews Corrections House Isis Leviathan Nachtmystium Oranssi Pazuzu Sonic Youth The Atlas Moth Twilight xasthur
Twilight III: Beneath Trident's Tomb 01. Lungs 02. Oh Wretched Son 03. Swarming Funeral Mass 04. Seek No Shelter Fevered Ones 05. A Flood Of Eyes 06. Below Lights
III: Beneath Trident's Tomb
01. Lungs
02. Oh Wretched Son
03. Swarming Funeral Mass
04. Seek No Shelter Fevered Ones
05. A Flood Of Eyes
06. Below Lights
[Century Media Records]
The ever-revolving door of black metal supergroup Twilight has made it an incredibly interesting project to follow. Over the years and the course of three albums, members of some pretty formidable bands have come and gone, including Xasthur Nachtmystium, and Isis to name but a few. So, naturally, the final chapter in their blackened tome comes complete with a new line-up, this time boasting members of The Atlas Moth, Leviathan and Sonic Youth(!?). That's all well and good in terms of pedigree, but how does the music match up to the promise?
'Lungs' quickly sets out to define this bleak rollercoaster of a journey with searing guitar feedback and noise, before drudging into a mid-paced industrial dirge, that progressively layers and twists under its own buckling weight. It's a disorientating and queasy atmosphere that pervades through the three minute run time, but it's one that comes about as the sum of it's parts: the depressive trawl of Leviathan, the surging power of the The Atlas Moth and the familiar-but-alien off-kilter approach of Sonic Youth.
These seemingly disparate elements provide the bulk of the material within Beneath Trident's Tomb and routinely jostle for space in a way that many groups would make sound messy and unrefined. However, here, within this dense cacophony of somewhat familiar and depressing black metal and otherworldly elements, it appears to limp through them seamlessly. This is all the more obvious when the group turn their attention to longer compositions, mostly within the core tracks of the album. 'A Flood Of Eyes', for instance, is the only track on the album to carry a direct song-writing credit for Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), but his hand in the track becomes immediately obvious through the presence of fuzz-ridden guitars that are pushed to the forefront, even through the background of blastbeats and screeched vocals that the genre so demands.
Beneath Trident's Tomb isn't the easiest listen throughout. In fact, it spends a huge amount of time trying to as intentionally obtuse as possible by trading the ever shifting textures of blastbeat dominated black metal for a more mid-tempo approach that crawls along lethargically. These dank holes of sound and atmosphere aren't exactly new to the genre or even the band themselves, but here they're lathered in so many layers of distorted guitars and industrial screech that at times it can incredibly hard to discern where exactly the music is leading up to. This makes it all more the fascinating.
If the out of this world sounds of Oranssi Pazuzu met the stark and bleak atmosphere of Corrections House, you find yourself trapped in a dense tar pit much like that ones invoked on Beneath Trident's Tomb. It's dense, angular, and an all around tough listen, which are the exact qualities that make it so horrifyingly captivating. A brilliant swansong that takes an intense microscope to some of the more forward thinking dark crevices of black metal.
Twilight – III: Beneath Trident's Tomb gets…
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Trump Travel Ban And The Courts of Injustice February 10, 2017
Tags: Dr. Robert Owens, Immigration, ninth circuit court ruling, open borders, Trump Travel Ban
The Ninth Circus out on the Left Coast denied the Justice Department's request on Sunday for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump's ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees. These politically motivated doctrinaire ideologues that custom dictates we must refer to as judges do not follow the basic instructions for their job. It is not to make policy or to judge the correctness of policy as set by the other two branches of government. It is to determine whether or not the actions of the other two branches follow the law. This is the exact opposite of what the Seattle based U.S. District Judge James Robart and the three judges of the Über liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has done.
According to the Congressional Research Service Federal immigration law includes Section 1182(f), which states: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate"
This makes it abundantly clear that President Trump's Executive Order concerning a temporary ban on refugees in general and specifically from certain countries known to be either in a state of domestic war or previously declared as state sponsors of terrorism. Obviously the "So-Called" judges are not even pretending to rule according to statute. They are countermanding an order by the chief executive of the United States to an executive department and thus interfering in the operation of another branch of government for political purposes.
The argument that this is imposing a religious ban which is unconstitutional is not based on the Constitution.
The original, unamended Constitution contains only one explicit reference to religion. This is the Article VI ban on religious tests for "any office or public trust under the United States." Even though there have been many court cases testing the relationship between church and state they have all dealt with the First Amendment no establishment clause and none have involved the religious test ban. It clearly applies to federal office holders. That has never been questioned and even the Progressives and their Living Document ACLU attorneys have never before tried to stretch it to fit the revolutionary cause De jure.
Beside which the President's travel ban is obviously not a religiously based ban since people of all religions are banned and the citizens of the most populous Islamic countries are not.
In Chicago we used to look at the courthouses filled with crooked judges and fixit lawyers and say, "It may say justice on the outside but that doesn't mean there's any on the inside." After eight years of the Outfit running the country and 28 years of the Progressives packing the courts with political hacks this is what we have. A judicial system that legislates from the bench protected by life-time tenure and a nation habituated to following their every whim.
That twin headed bird of prey, the government party has been rebuked and rejected by the newly motivated member of the country party with their voter revolution. Now they mount their three pronged counter revolution: one, the Courts to overturn the actions of our President; two the legislatures to talk everything to death, obstruct, obstruct, obstruct; and three the liberal fascists out in the street burning property and beating anyone who disagrees with them.
The lawlessness of the American Judicial system is on open display and it it isn't pretty. It reminds me of the politicization of the IRS, the Justice Department, the EPA and every other bureau of the Obama regime.
The Progressive foe our President Trump faces is like the Hydra, a monster in Greek mythology. It had many heads and every time someone would cut off one of them, two more heads would grow out of the stump. So too this insidious rot will attack from many quarters. It will shift and change morphing from this to that trying to never appear to be what it really is a generations long attempt to subvert limited government, personal freedom, and economic opportunity and substitute it with central planning and the authoritarianism that always requires.
Don't fooled by the biased courts, the perpetually re-elected political hacks who confirm political hacks to the bench, or their propaganda arm the ABCCBSNBCCNNMSNBC cartel. This fight isn't over, or at least it shouldn't be. According to Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution Congress has the power and the authority to control the jurisdiction of the courts. In fact it clearly states the jurisdiction exists, "with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make." If Congress had the backbone it could trim the sails of the judicial man-of-war as it attacks our liberties and common sense. Keep your eye on the prize. Support the President with calls to your representatives and your prayers.
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Instead of trying to install Land Desktop from the original DVD, try copying the contents of the DVD to a new folder on the hard drive of the Windows 7 machine. Then, run the installation from there by clicking on the Setup.exe file.
I haven't tried this with anything newer than Windows 7 but it worked flawlessly on my Windows 7 64 bit computer.


Survival China Travel Tips and Tricks. These China Travel Tips, Survival Techniques, will help you get around and make your trip to China easier This item:Fun on Earth by Roger Taylor Audio CD .83 . Audio CD ( November 19, 2013); Number of Discs: 1; Format: Import; Label: EMI Import; Nov 19, 2013 In many ways "Fun on Earth" is exactly what fans could expect from a 2013 Roger Taylor solo album, and at the same time also shows the.
Released: Nov 11, 2013. Genre: Rock Label: Virgin EMI Number Of Tracks: 13. The man who first made a name for himself as the percussion master for Queen. On "Fun on Earth". Jeff Beck – born 24 June 1944, rock guitarist, he played with The Yardbirds. He has own bands The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert. Страна (главный офис): Япония, Вес, кг: 13.8, Мощность на канал, Вт: 125 (8 Ом), 165 (6 Ом), 235 макс. Roger Taylor ( Queen) 26 июля 1949, Дерсингем, Норфолк. Roger Taylor, legendary rock icon and full-throttle drumming powerhouse, has confirmed the release of his fifth studio album 'Fun On Earth.


So he pushed and pushed until the chair was beneath the bird-cage, and then he sprang noiselessly upon the seat -- for his monkey form enabled him to jump higher than he could do as a boy -- and from there to the back of the chair, and so managed to reach the cage and take it off the peg. Then down he sprang to the floor and made his way to the door. "Open!" he commanded, and at once the door obeyed and swung open, But his voice wakened Mrs. Yoop, who gave a wild cry and sprang out of bed with one bound. The Green Monkey dashed through the doorway, carrying the cage with him, and before the Giantess could reach the door it slammed shut and imprisoned her in her own bed-chamber!
The noise she made, pounding upon the door, and her yells of anger and dreadful threats of vengeance, filled all our friends with terror, and Woot the Monkey was so excited that in the dark he could not find the outer door of the hall. But the Tin Owl could see very nicely in the dark, so he guided his friends to the right place and when all were grouped before the door Woot commanded it to open. The Magic Apron proved as powerful as when it had been worn by the Giantess, so a moment later they had rushed through the passage and were standing in the fresh night air outside the castle, free to go wherever they willed.
"Quick!" cried Polychrome the Canary; "we must hurry, or Mrs. Yoop may find some way to recapture us, even now. Let us get out of her Valley as soon as possible."
So they set off toward the east, moving as swiftly as they could, and for a long time they could hear the yells and struggles of the imprisoned Giantess. The Green Monkey could run over the ground very swiftly, and he carried with him the bird-cage containing Polychrome the Rain-bow's Daughter. Also the Tin Owl could skip and fly along at a good rate of speed, his feathers rattling against one another with a tinkling sound as he moved. But the little Brown Bear, being stuffed with straw, was a clumsy traveler and the others had to wait for him to follow.
However, they were not very long in reaching the ridge that led out of Mrs. Yoop's Valley, and when they had passed this ridge and descended into the next valley they stopped to rest, for the Green Monkey was tired.
"I believe we are safe, now," said Polychrome, when her cage was set down and the others had all gathered around it, "for Mrs. Yoop dares not go outside of her own Valley, for fear of being captured by her enemies. So we may take our time to consider what to do next."
"I'm afraid poor Mrs. Yoop will starve to death, if no one lets her out of her bedroom," said Woot, who had a heart as kind as that of the Tin Woodman. "We've taken her Magic Apron away, and now the doors will never open."
"Don't worry about that," advised Polychrome. "Mrs. Yoop has plenty of magic left to console her."
"Yes, for I've been watching her for weeks," said the Canary. "She has six magic hairpins, which she wears in her hair, and a magic ring which she wears on her thumb and which is invisible to all eyes except those of a fairy, and magic bracelets on both her ankles. So I am positive that she will manage to find a way out of her prison."
"She might transform the door into an archway," suggested the little Brown Bear.
"That would be easy for her," said the Tin Owl; "but I'm glad she was too angry to think of that before we got out of her Valley."
"Well, we have escaped the big woman, to be sure," remarked the Green Monkey, "but we still wear the awful forms the cruel yookoohoo gave us. How are we going to get rid of these shapes, and become ourselves again?"
None could answer that question. They sat around the cage, brooding over the problem, until the Monkey fell asleep. Seeing this, the Canary tucked her head under her wing and also slept, and the Tin Owl and the Brown Bear did not disturb them until morning came and it was broad daylight.


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Between ancient ruins and alluring beaches: Why everyone loves Greece!
Thessaloniki City Square
Thessaloniki-Greece
By Joseph Francis
Few countries have defined the western world like Greece. The birthplace of democracy and dialectic philosophy, it boasts a deep and enthralling culture that rarely fails to impress. Its wealth of ancient ruins is rivalled only by Rome and its crumbling cities circa 500 BC reveal a bygone time of heroes and heroism, bloody war and technological prowess. But it's not just the temples and relics that people come for; sprawled over the sparking waters of the Ionian and Aegean, this country also brings irresistible beaches and romantic towns of whitewashed cubism, a rugged backcountry of limestone cliffs, sweeping olive fields in Crete and even snow-tipped mountains in the Peloponnese.
Here is a Greece travel guide to the great variety of attractions and activities that make this land of islands and mountains, legends and myth, on Europe's extreme southern edge so darn alluring.
Speckling the waters of the Mediterranean Sea like a string of resplendent pearls, the Greek Islands are simply not to be missed. Roughly divided in two sections, between the Aegean east and the Ionian west, they offer everything from mountain trekking to beach lazing to partying. Favourites include the Italian-flavoured Corfu (Ionian), with its stone-cut towns and cypress forests; Santorini (Aegean), home to the cascading whitewashed villages of Oia and Fira, and Rhodes (Aegean), where medieval cities play host to luxurious spa hotels and sparkling white sands hug the shores. Meanwhile, Zakynthos (Ionian) is famed for its much-photographed Shipwreck Cove and Mykonos (Aegean) offers some of the most hedonistic party nights in the Med.
Greek food – of course!
A medley of moussaka and crumbling feta cheese, fried haloumi and Kalamata olives, crusty pitas and spanakopita spinach pastries, meat-packed gyros, salty seafood straight from the Med, cold soups, gritty coffees, uber-fresh and tasty olive oil and boiled greens straight from the Cretan hills, the Greek kitchen is one of the best-loved on the planet – and for good reason! Be sure to quiz your Greek food guide on the national favourites and acquaint yourself with the local tavernas to catch a glimpse of the traditional and earthy side of Greek cooking.
Athens and the Acropolis
Despite Athens' indelible problems with pollution and political upheaval, most all Greece tour guides will recommend hitting the city for at least a day. Why? Because it is home to the bucket list UNESCO Heritage Site of the Acropolis – that's why! Soaring on its own bluff in the middle of the enchanting Plaka district of the city, this grand monument boasts the likes of the Parthenon and the Erechtheum – both remnants of the Athenian Golden Age of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. And while you walk in the footsteps of Pericles and Demosthenes, it's also possible to see the ancient Agora of Athens too, where Plato and Socrates would have chatted away and Athens's imperial matters were once decided.
Set in the heart of the majestic Peloponnesian foothills, the crumbling acropolis of Mycenae has to be one of the most enthralling of all the country's ancient sites. The old city's formidable Cyclopean Walls come steeped in myth and legend (it's said that the mighty boulders used to build them were transported here by Cyclops across the plains), while tales of Agamemnon, Perseus and Menelaus all coalesce between the excavated palace and pyramid tombs. Put simply – this one's not to be missed!
As one of the largest islands in the entire Mediterranean, Crete is certainly deserving of a mention of its own. A rectangular cut-out that divides the Ionian, Aegean and Libyan seas, it is a place of soaring mountains and limestone canyons, rugged coastal sections and undulating fields of some of the world's best olives. Delve into towns like Chania to sample Venetian history, go to Knossos for some breathtaking Cretan palaces, or head to the untrodden seaside for fantastic sands like Falasarna and Elafonisi. And then of course there's Malia, erupting on the island's eastern flank with sleepless bars and endless 18 to 30s parties.
Hailed as the home of one of the best-preserved Greek amphitheatres on the planet, the UNESCO site of Epidaurus sits nestled in the midst of the fir forests and limestone hills of the Argolid. It was once the most revered healing complex in the known world, and today Epidaurus tour guides reveal everything from crumbling gymnasiums to 2,000-year-old stadiums. What's more, theatre troupes still perform here in the famous arena during the summer, drawing huge crowds with their renditions of Euripides, Aristophanes, Aeschylus and more!
Formed and shaped by the Byzantines, Ottomans and Romans alike, the throbbing port town of Thessaloniki looks and feels just a little different to Greece's other major towns. Thessaloniki tour guides reveal a catalogue of truly gorgeous historic sites, ranging from the UNESCO-attested church of Saint Demetrius to the Rotunda of Saint George and Vlatades Monastery, all alongside the fortified hillsides of Ano Poli. But it's not all about history here either and this thumping university town is fast becoming one of the favoured partying spots on the mainland, boasting oodles of enchanting tavernas and port-side bars to boot!
Mysterious Delphi
The must-see archaeological site on the Greek mainland, Delphi was once the most sacred spot in the known world. City leaders and generals would flock here from as far afield as the Black Sea and the Italian Boot to ask the famous Oracle of Delphi for portends. Today, travellers enjoy one of the country's finest ancient history museums, while the columns of the famous Temple of Apollo – where the oracles would once have breathed the sulphuric fumes of the volcanic mountain springs before offering omens – still loom on the hillside.
Joseph 'Rich' Francis is a freelance travel writer who has travelled extensively in Asia and Europe. He particularly enjoys the jazz bars of Poland, the ski slopes of Austria and the beaches and cities of India.
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Q: How to UNION different datasets in SSRS? I have several datasets/tablixes on my report (e.g. seven datasets). All datasets have the same fields: First field is the primary key, the other fields are integer values. E.g:

and five other tables...
Now what I want is to generate a new dataset, which UNION all datasets, then groups them by the ID and sums up all the fruits. Thus the new dataset looks like this:

I Know that I could write a new SQL query which unions all the seven existent queries, but in my case this would be a very, very long query. So I wonder if this is possible by using pure SSRS functionality (e.g. expressions on calculated fields)?

A: I think that would not be a very long query if you only have 7 tables. Use this query in just 1 dataset then put the data in one tablix.
SELECT ID,
      SUM(APPLES) AS APPLES,
      SUM(BANANAS) AS BANANAS,
      SUM(TOMATOES) AS TOMATOES)
FROM
(
SELECT * FROM TABLE1
UNION
SELECT * FROM TABLE2
UNION
SELECT * FROM TABLE3
UNION
SELECT * FROM TABLE4
UNION
SELECT * FROM TABLE5
UNION
SELECT * FROM TABLE6
UNION
SELECT * FROM TABLE7
)
GROUP BY ID

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Q: More specific antonym to "lodger" than "landlord" You can distinguish between someone who's paying for a room and paying for an apartment or house with lodger versus tenant.
Is it possible to distinguish between someone who offers a room for rent and offers an apartment or house for rent? Are there any hyponyms for "landlord" that make this distinction?
I checked onelook.com's reverse dictionary, and the thesauri recommended on meta, and didn't find anything.

A: The word that comes to mind is homeowner, and this source uses it in the context you mention.

A: In this discussion of boarding-house on Wikipedia (yes, a less-than-authoritative reference) the persons renting are referred to as lodgers.  The operator is referred to as landlord. The term rooming house also seems to be used interchangeably.
While I have never seen such usage, the terms boarding-house keeper or boarding-house owner (or rooming house keeper or owner) would seem appropriate. It should be noted that boarding-houses and rooming houses usually provided some meals, and that is not suggested in the original question.

A: Lessor is the word for somebody who leases something, which is a more general and impersonal term than landlord/-lady.

A: Well tenant is the antonym of landlord.
From Oxford English Dictionary (OED):

landlord, n.
Originally, a lord or owner of land; in recorded use applied only spec. to the person who lets land to a tenant.
tenant, n
One who holds a piece of land, a house, etc., by lease for a term of years or a set time. (The ordinary current sense. Correlative to landlord.)

Lodger would also strangely be the closest antonym for lodger.
From OED:

lodger, n.
One who resides as an inmate in another person's house, paying a certain sum periodically for the accommodation.
One who lodges a person; a host. Obs.

Renter may also apply, depending on how the word is used:

renter, n
A person who collects rents (esp. those belonging to a corporate body), taxes, or tribute.

Or host:

host, n
A man who lodges and entertains for payment; a man who keeps a public place of lodging or entertainment; the landlord of an inn.

A: It seems, though, that the words "lodger" and "renter" might be used meaning the opposite things, depending on the conext, while the words "landlord/landlady or lesser" and "tenant" are far less ambiguous...


SLC40A1 is an iron-regulated transporter assumed to play roles in intestinal iron absorption and cellular iron release. It mediates iron efflux in the presence of ferroxidase. Defects in SLC40A1 cause hemochromatosis type 4 (HFE4), which is an autosomal dominant iron-loading disorder.
Synthetic peptide made to an internal portion of the human protein (within residues 250-300).
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Dropmix Review – Music Mixing for the Masses
Some artists play guitar, or drums, or piano, still others play brass or woodwind instruments. But there's a segment of the musical population that use samples as their instrument, mixing and remixing sound, both common and uncommon, with oft times sublime results. Layers and loops of sound, swirling, solid and pumping, rising up in crescendos, then crashing down to barely a whisper.
In Dropmix, from Hasbro and Harmonix, players are given the tools to make their own genre bending mixes, using samples from decades worth of songs, and artists from all over the musical spectrum.
Does it work? You bet it does, and stunningly well. Read our review of Dropmix to find out more about this unique game / musical experiment.
Dropmix Overview
So what IS Dropmix? It's part sampling kit, part musical instrument, part game, and ALL awesome. Dropmix is the brainchild of Hasbro Toys and Harmonix (makers of Rock Band, Dance Central, and the original designers of Guitar Hero). You might say that Harmonix knows a thing or two about music, specifically licensed music. And that last bit is an important distinction because in Dropmix players will be mixing sound clips from some of today's modern tunes alongside music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
But never fear, there's no computer manipulation or "real" mixing going on. Each of these sound clips are represented by a playing card containing an NFC chip (short for near field communication). Each card displays information about its audio clip such as artist, song title, genre, type of clip (vocals, guitar, keys, drums, etc.), and volume.
These cards are placed onto the main gaming area, an electronic device with 5 colored pads, and a large "Dropmix" button at one end. Players sync the board to their device via Bluetooth using the free app. Then when they place one of their cards down onto the gaming board, the card communicates to the board what track is being played, and the device beams that to the phone to play the audio.
Add a card right next to the first one and the app will not only begin playing both tracks, but will pitch shift both so that they're playing in the same key, AND will shift the tempo so that they're playing in sync. Continue adding cards and the app just handles all of them, with grace and aplomb.
Dropmix Cards
Even though the device and the app do all of the heavy lifting, the cards are where Dropmix really shines. It's clear Hasbro selected Harmonix for their musical acumen and experience with licensing. The game comes with 60 unique cards, but as of this writing there are hundreds more cards in circulation, found in Playlist packs of 16, and Discover packs of 5.
Every one of the 129 Dropmix cards sent to us by Hasbro
The cards are standard playing card size with an NFC chip embedded in the paper. This chip allows the card to rapidly communicate with the device, which in turn begins playing the song.
If you look closely you can see the outline of the embedded NFC within the card.
Dropmix cards feature a significant amount of information on the front, along with some details which can be found when viewing the song within the app. Represented genres include Rock, Hip Hop, Pop, Country, and Electronic, which are further broken down into identities (sort of like subgenres as it were).
Dropmix Gameplay
Dropmix offers 3 different modes of gameplay: Clash (a head to head game for 2 one or two player teams), Party (a co-op game where each player has their own deck but works with the other players to achieve a high score), and Freestyle (throw down some cards and make some mixes). But how do you actually get started?
The Dropmix App
Dropmix offers a free smartphone app. Download and install the app for iOS or Android, then connect the app to your device by hitting the big Dropmix button.
Connecting the app to the board.
The app has a settings panel which allows you to change volumes, set winning scores, and displays the battery level for the board.
You can choose to review the cards in your collection, or listen to your saved mixes.
And of course play the game. Selecting the main play menu allows you to select from one of three play style options.
Dropmix "Vs" Mode
Vs mode allows two teams of one to two players to compete head to head with each other, each team trying to be the first to reach either 15 or 21 points (changed in the settings panel).
Each team gets 2 cards to play to the board, and each card scores points for the team in various ways. White cards offer special scoring bonuses, so playing them at the right time can let a team rake in a lot of points.
Dropmix Party Mode
Party mode is a co-op game in which the group of players is trying to beat a previous high score. Each player gets their own deck, and the group collaboratively plays to the board while the game spits out "rules" for that turn:
Play a blue card, and a red card. Or play a card with a volume of 2, or play a yellow vocals card. At the end of the game, rejoice in your score and hope that it beat the previous high.
Dropmix Freestyle Mode
Each of the play modes has its own unique appeal, but the Freestyle mode was my family's favorite. There's just something about grabbing a stack of cards and throwing down some tracks. This must be what a samplist must feel like…taking some random disparate audio tracks and making something more than the sum of their parts. Laying down drums, keyboards, vocals, guitars, and even brass, to get a song that is uniquely your own.
Dropmix, in Freestyle mode, even allows you to change the pitch and tempo of the song on the fly. Incredible for a consumer level "toy".
You can even change the tempo and key.
My absolute favorite thing about Dropmix is the knowledge that at some point, the distinct collection of tracks, pitch, and tempo that you're listening to right now…yes, that grouping of audio, has never been heard in the history of the world. It literally gave me chills.
Check out this video of my sons and I playing a quick game of Dropmix.
One of the most powerful things about Dropmix is the community which has raised itself up around this device. The Reddit Dropmix sub (/r/dropmix) is one of the most helpful and considerate Reddit subs I've ever seen. You can find people asking questions about card packs, sharing tracks with each other (via the killer built in sharing panel in the app), and just having a good time.
The Dropmix community has even come up with a fun and unique throwback way to store cards, using old school clear cassette tape cases. More than one user has created elaborate "J Card" templates that you can print out for your personal card storage.
Even though I could gush about this game all day, there are a few things that should be noted. The cards in Dropmix contain a chip which means that should the card get bent it would likely stop working (in part or completely). This never happened to me, but I always felt a bit nervous it would happen.
Because of the NFC chip in the middle of each card, the center of the card is ever so slightly taller than the surrounding area. This means that over time you'll see oddly consistent whitening and wear. It doesn't affect gameplay but it can result in unsightly blemishes on your cards. You can sleeve them if you don't want this to happen.
Storage in the game is also a problem. The base game comes with 60 cards which all fit easily underneath the board. But if you add more expansion packs there's no good place to store them. Even should you opt for the cassette case route, the box offers no place to contain them.
It should also be noted that while there are a large number of cards, not all of them are "real" artists. Many of the cards you might play are simply the "house band". This makes sense as it prevents Hasbro from having to pay royalties on every card. But you might be scratching your head at some of the band names, or perhaps just assume that Harmonix is cooler than you and has discovered the next big thing.
Dropmix is amazing.
If you've gotten to this part of the review and you're surprised by that fact then you haven't been paying attention. Not only is Dropmix a technological masterpiece, it's dead fun to play (alone or with friends), and great to listen to. Dropmix constantly engages you…tweak this pitch, shift between major and minor keys, change the tempo. Then mix a little rap and rock, or pop and metal. There's even country music cards that can be added in as well.
Play Dropmix at home, at parties, or anywhere you might have people wanting fun and excitement.
Designer: N/A
Artists: Eric Nyffeler, James Weinberg, Jeff Lowry, Jerome Vogel, Kate O'Hara, Sander Berg, Vance Kelly
Publishers: Hasbro
Mechanism(s): Area Control / Area Influence
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The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States.  Via the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of  on glaciated and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Plateau.

Route
The river rises southwest of Hartville in northern Stark County, and initially flows westward, through Uniontown into southern Summit County, where it passes through the Portage Lakes area south of Akron, and Barberton.  From Barberton the Tuscarawas flows generally south through Stark and Tuscarawas counties; the communities of Clinton, Canal Fulton, Massillon, Navarre, Bolivar, Zoar, Dover, and New Philadelphia were developed along its banks.  South of New Philadelphia, the river turns southwest and west, flowing past Tuscarawas,  Gnadenhutten, Port Washington, and Newcomerstown, sites of former Lenape people villages at the time of the American Revolutionary War, into Coshocton County, where it joins the Walhonding River at the city of Coshocton (a former major Lenape site) to form the Muskingum River.

From Barberton downstream, the Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed parallel to the river in 1828–30 to provide for improved transportation of products and passengers. Usage began declining in the 1850s, and the canal was damaged beyond repair by flooding in 1913.  Portions of the canal's towpath route are maintained as a hiking and bicycling trail.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Tuscarawas River has also been known historically by the names Little Muskingum River (or, "East branch of the Muskingum"), Mashongam River, Tuscarawa River, and Tuskarawas Creek, all derived from Native American terms.

, the state of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has recommended limits on the consumption of fish taken from the river, due to contamination by mercury and PCBs.

Tributaries
The Tuscarawas River collects Chippewa Creek in Summit County near Clinton, and Wolf Creek in Norton, and Sandy Creek in Stark County near Bolivar.  In Tuscarawas County, it collects Conotton Creek southeast of Zoar; Sugar Creek at Dover; and Stillwater Creek north of Tuscarawas.  Nimishillen Creek, a tributary of Sandy Creek, drains the city of Canton.

Flow rate
At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge in Newcomerstown, the annual mean flow of the river between 1922 and 2005 was 2,591 ft³/s (73 m³/s).  The highest recorded flow during the period was 46,800 ft³/s (1,325 m³/s) on January 26, 1937.  The lowest recorded flow was 216 ft³/s (6 m³/s) on August 15, 1944.

At an upstream gauge in Massillon, the annual mean flow of the river between 1938 and 2005 was 466 ft³/s (13 m³/s).  The highest recorded flow during the period was 10,700 ft³/s (303 m³/s) on July 5, 1969.  The lowest recorded flow was 45 ft³/s (1.3 m³/s) on September 20, 1999.

In popular culture
Conrad Richter's novel, The Light in the Forest (1953), features True Son recalling a memory set along the Tuscarawas River.
The band Sun Kil Moon refers to the Tuscarawas in their song "Carry Me, Ohio", with the lyric, "Tuscarawas flows into the prairie land". The Tuscarawas ultimately feeds the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

See also
List of rivers of Ohio

References

Rivers of Ohio
Muskingum River
Rivers of Coshocton County, Ohio
Rivers of Stark County, Ohio
Rivers of Summit County, Ohio
Rivers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Allegheny Plateau
Tributaries of the Ohio River

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The exercise also has immense importance for military ties between India and Sri Lanka, in the backdrop of the growing influence of China in the Indian Ocean region.
During the last few days of Mitra Shakti, the two-week long joint military exercise between India and Sri Lanka being held in Pune, discussions were held on possible terrorist scenarios and operational drills were conducted. These drills focussed on coordination and joint battle procedures, said Army officials.
The fifth chapter of Mitra Shakti has been underway at the Aundh Military Station for the last two weeks and will conclude on Thursday. An Infantry company from both countries is participating in the exercise, which is focussing on counter-insurgency and counter-terror operations.
Brigadier Alok Chandra from the Indian Army and Brigadier Ajith Pallawela from the Sri Lankan Army are the military observers for the exercise.
The exercise also has immense importance for military ties between India and Sri Lanka, in the backdrop of the growing influence of China in the Indian Ocean region. One of the upcoming exercises on the schedule of the Indian Army is one with Maldives, which is slated to take place in Belgaum.


A veteran teacher who was pulled from the classroom after she described the childhood oddities of Trump aide Stephen Miller has returned to her classroom at Franklin Elementary in Santa Monica.
Nikki Fiske, 72, had been placed on "home assignment" while school district officials determined whether she had violated rules against disclosing information about students.
Much has been said and written about how a liberal enclave could produce someone like Miller, 33, who is substantially credited with (and blamed for) some of President Trump's most hard-line policies.
Fiske's recollections, published in the Hollywood Reporter, centered on her memory of him as a third-grader in her class. She recalled a messy child who would spread glue on his arm, pull off the dried strips and eat them.
The brief article was presented as Fiske's account "as told to Benjamin Svetkey," who is a senior editor at the publication.
Fiske's decision to describe her former student was widely denounced, both by Trump supporters and others who felt she was out of bounds to disclose a child's behavior in this way, even though Miller is no longer a child.
But others defended her, and she has a following as an educator.
Fiske has avoided the media spotlight since the article was posted.
Santa Monica school officials won't say whether Fiske was disciplined. Lesser forms of discipline could include a warning or a letter in a personnel file — or her short time away could be recorded as a paid suspension.
Whatever the case, she gets to keep her job, according to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
"We have conducted a thoughtful review and we have addressed the matter with the teacher," said spokeswoman Gail Pinsker.


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Dark Knight DVD becomes the year's bestseller
In just one week the DVD for The Dark Knight became the biggest-selling disc of 2008. According to Warner Bros. (and reported by Variety), an estimated 13.5 million units of The Dark Knight have sold since it went on sale just seven short days ago.
Dark Knight debut breaks Blu-ray sales record
In its first day of release Warner Bros. sold 600,000 copies of The Dark Knight on the Blu-ray format, shattering the previous record by more than double. Paramount's Iron Man sold 260,000 copies on Blu-ray on its first day of release when it came out on September 30.
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On March 3, 2009 those that have been waiting patiently for a big screen movie featuring DC Comics' Amazonian princess will get the next best thing. Warner Home Video will release their next animated feature, Wonder Woman, an all-new direct-to-video adventure that serves as an origin story for the heroine. IESB sat down for an interview with the film's director, Lauren Montgomery, and discussed how the project got started, her approach to bringing Diana's story to the screen, the decision to jettison some of the dated aspects to the character's history so that she could be updated to stand side-by-side with other DC heroes and deciding on the look of her in the movie:
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import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

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 * Cell that holds value as double. Not extendable.
 *
 * Fields must be read using Reflection. See {@link cellmate.extractor.CellReflector}
 */
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    @Label
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    public DoubleValueCell(String label, double value) {
        this.label = label;
        this.value = value;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) return true;
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

        DoubleValueCell that = (DoubleValueCell) o;

        if (Double.compare(that.value, value) != 0) return false;
        if (label != null ? !label.equals(that.label) : that.label != null) return false;

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int result;
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        result = label != null ? label.hashCode() : 0;
        temp = value != +0.0d ? Double.doubleToLongBits(value) : 0L;
        result = 31 * result + (int) (temp ^ (temp >>> 32));
        return result;
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Q: Is there any IDE (netbeans preferably) plugins for boost.build? I find boost.build v2 very interesting and easy to use. Are there any IDE (netbeans preferably) plugins available for this?
Off the topic :
I tried to register with netbeans community but never received the validation mail. How can i get it sent again? I am interested in building a boost.build plugin for NetBeans if one doesn't exists.
(sorry if this post is irrevelant to this forum)
Thanks,
Kiran Mohan

A: You can use it with Eclipse as a custom builder. That said, I recommend using cmake instead of bjam (and I think there's some cmake integration in NetBeans, although I never used it).


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Q: change column name pandas Is it possible to change the name of a column in a pandas data frame if it starts with a certain word.
e.e If column starts with DEP then change the full name to KEEP.
[col for col in df if col.startswith('DEP') then KEEP].

A: Is it possible, but not recommended, because get duplicated columns names:
df = pd.DataFrame({
        'DEP1':list('abcdef'),
         'B':[4,5,4,5,5,4],
         'C':[7,8,9,4,2,3],
         'DEP2':list('aaabbb')
})

print (df)
  DEP1  B  C DEP2
0    a  4  7    a
1    b  5  8    a
2    c  4  9    a
3    d  5  4    b
4    e  5  2    b
5    f  4  3    b

df.columns = ['KEEP' if col.startswith('DEP') else col for col in df]
print (df)
  KEEP  B  C KEEP
0    a  4  7    a
1    b  5  8    a
2    c  4  9    a
3    d  5  4    b
4    e  5  2    b
5    f  4  3    b

So then if select column KEEP it return all duplicated columns in DataFrame:
print (df['KEEP'])
  KEEP KEEP
0    a    a
1    b    a
2    c    a
3    d    b
4    e    b
5    f    b

So if want filter all columns starting with DEP use filter with regex ^ for starting string:
df1 = df.filter(regex='^DEP')
#alternative solution
#df1 = df.loc[:, df.columns.str.startswith('DEP')]
print (df1)
  DEP1 DEP2
0    a    a
1    b    a
2    c    a
3    d    b
4    e    b
5    f    b

A: You can pass a callable to rename
df.rename(columns=lambda x: 'KEEP' if x.startswith('DEP') else x)

You can either reassign this to the name df or use the inplace=True argument.

A: This isn't what you've requested, but I strongly recommend you keep characters after DEP to differentiate your column labels. The reason is much of Pandas functionality becomes unusable and you lose information by using duplicate labels.
One way is to use a dictionary mapping:
df = pd.DataFrame({'DEP123': [1, 2, 3], 'Test': [4, 5, 6],
                   'DEP983': [7, 8, 9], 'Test2': [10, 11, 12]})

mapper = {col: f'KEEP{col[3:]}' for col in df.filter(regex='^DEP')}
df = df.rename(columns=mapper)

print(df)

   KEEP123  KEEP983  Test  Test2
0        1        7     4     10
1        2        8     5     11
2        3        9     6     12

A: I agree with jpp , do not using the duplicated column names
df.columns=df.columns.str.replace('DEP','KEEP')
df
Out[866]:
  KEEP1  B  C KEEP2
0     a  4  7     a
1     b  5  8     a
2     c  4  9     a
3     d  5  4     b
4     e  5  2     b
5     f  4  3     b


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Q: String alignment without monospaced font I want an aligned string across multiple rows in a right-click menu in excel. The right click menu is added like this:
 CommandBar contextMenu = Globals.ThisWorkbook.Application.CommandBars["List Range Popup"];
 CommandBarPopup subMenu = (CommandBarPopup)contextMenu.Controls.Add(Type: MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, Before: 1, Temporary: true);
 subMenu.Caption = "Assumptions Drill Down";

I then iterate database results and add to the subMenu in the proceeding rows
Current result as below (using string padding):
As the character spaces are not even (non-monospaced font) the columns are not aligned. I've tried to do something like the below to get the pixel size of the string and then covert back to the required string padding integer but I cant get it to work:
    private static double GetStringSize(string stringText)
    {
        Bitmap b = new Bitmap(1, 1);
        Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(b);
        SizeF size = g.MeasureString(stringText,
            new System.Drawing.Font("Calibri", 10, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point));
        return size.Width;
    }

*

*Is there a way to set font on a right click to monospaced (i dont believe so)

*If I cant do (1.) how can I make sure spacing in each column is even - so for example evenly align a user of 'iiiii' vs 'QQQQQ'
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Rockers Of Limbo Deliver Raucous Fun With New Track & Video 'Let's Go'
Posted on: November 18, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0
Of Limbo/Big Panda Records. Long Beach, CA Rockers Of Limbo have released a raucous & fun new track and video, 'Let's Go'. Known for high energy, on the brink of out-of-control live shows, they create an electric atmosphere that is infectious – making it impossible not to have a good time. The band is racing forward and ready to move to another level with their career.
Of Limbo says "The song started with the riff and everything just fell into place around that. "Let's Go" just felt like the right sentiment for the energy of that riff. Then lyrically it's, "What is a song called 'Let's Go' about?" It's about saying Fuck It and leaping before you look, rather than waiting around for this or that excuse you have created for your inaction. It's also that the safe option is always to stay with what you know. But getting out of your comfort zone is even if it's scary or harder at first is ultimately much more rewarding. Just go for it and make things happen!"
The 'Let's Go' video was filmed at Baur Films Studio in Long Beach, CA – Directed by Tony Vercelli. They continue "Luke came up with the initial idea to shoot a video in what we call "the Metallicar", our beat up 2013 Hyundai hatchback that we use to fart us across Long Beach when we aren't touring. We were just going to put a 360 videocam up in the middle of the car and decided to just drive around being crazy. From there, the idea took on a life of its own and Jake made an Animatic/Story board that took it to another level. When we realized how much cooler hanging upside down and riding on the roof and shit like that would be, we knew the only option would be to shoot it on green screen. Our friend Juan and his son from Arts Break service, who tend to our tour vans mechanical needs, came down to the studio and jacked the car up so we could simulate the wheels spinning and overall supervise that we weren't gonna do anything stupid… Well, anything too stupid! We knew it wasn't going to end up looking like some Disney/Marvel quality shit. But that almost gives it more charm, honestly. Makes it feel like vintage B grade movie style from the golden era of American cinema."
The band has previously released songs that include 'Happened Again, 'Nothing But Now'; 'Nicotine'; and 'Fight For Your Right' (Beastie Boys cover).
Performance wise, Of Limbo pride themselves on making every show a party. They have toured with Wolfmother, Hinder, Candlebox, Buckcherry, Joyous Wolf,andBlue Oyster Cult, among others.
Of Limbo will be playing select live dates in the 4th quarter of 2022, with plans for more new music releases and tour dates starting in early 2023
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A quick, keto-friendly recipe for cinnamon rolls that uses a modified version of fathead dough. I top these with maple cream cheese icing!
There's nothing like a delicious, warm cinnamon roll. The way that your teeth sink into the layers of buttery, flakey dough, brown sugar and the glaze is everything! This recipe for keto cinnamon rolls is super easy to make & allow you to have this treat without guilt. Since they use fathead dough these cinnamon rolls are also gluten-free.
Why make Keto Cinnamon Rolls?
Cinnabon is the king of all things cinnamon rolls. However, few low-carb and keto-eaters enjoy Cinnabon because each roll has nearly 900 calories, including 127g of carbs!
Like most other recipes, I remade this dish because I had a taste for one and knew that I finally had all of the tools to make this a reality.
What's in these Keto Cinnamon Rolls?
This recipe includes a variation on regular keto cinnamon rolls. I infuse these with some maple flavoring that I got from Amazon, Sukrin Gold, and pecans.
Besides the maple and pecan, this recipe includes a sweet version of fathead dough.
Fathead dough is a low carb and keto-friendly dough that can be used to make everything from Everything Bagels, Fathead Dough Pizza, Keto Philly Cheesesteak Pockets and these cinnamon rolls.
Fathead dough includes mozzarella cheese, cream cheese, eggs, and almond flour.
What I love about fathead dough is that it's super versatile and easy to make. It also allows these to be gluten-free cinnamon rolls.
What do you use for sweetener?
This recipe includes a brown sugar replacement called Sukrin Gold as a sweetener.
For this recipe, I'm teaming up with Sukrin USA to bring this sweet treat back into our lives.
If you haven't heard of Sukrin USA, they have a line of all natural, 0-calorie sugar replacements. They also have all-natural, whole food baking mixes and flours.
I first started using Sukrin a while back when I was starting keto and wanted brown sugar for a recipe. At the time, they were the only keto-friendly brown sugar substitute and I've been hooked on their Sukrin Gold ever since.
How do you make keto cinnamon rolls?
Since this is a fathead dough recipe, then it'll be important to make fathead dough.
I prefer to mix fathead dough by hand with a mixing bowl and a silicone spatula. To cut down on dishes, I use the same microwave-safe glass bowl for the entire dough making process. This set of glass bowls that I got from Amazon is my go-to because they have lids, which is perfect when I'm prepping ingredients or marinating protein.
If you'd like to make fathead dough in a stand mixer, I'd recommend that you use the dough/bread attachment and use the guard. I have this one from KitchenAid and it's pretty awesome! Plus, it includes the dough hook and the guard to prevent splattering ingredients.
What happens if my dough is too sticky?
I've realized that different almond flour brands mix differently. I'm using this almond flour, but you may be using something else.
If you make the dough as listed in the recipe and it sticks to your hands, then you'll need to add more almond flour. I recommend adding 1 tbsp of almond flour and kneading the dough a little more.
Continue to add almond flour 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough can easily release from your hand.
Don't attempt to roll out the dough until it can release from your hand. As a rule of thumb, if the dough is too sticky to lift up, then it'll be too sticky to roll out.
How can I get a more circular shape?
When I first made these, I was not quite concerned about whether they'd be super circular like regular cinnamon rolls.
After making my roll, I cut my dough and sat them next to each other in a pie pan. This meant that some of these were not as circular and had uneven shapes.
If you want this to be picture perfect, then you can place each cinnamon roll in the cup of a muffin tin. The muffin cups will force the rolls to hold their shape as they cook. I use this silicone muffin pan that is microwave and dishwasher safe.
This recipe makes 8-10 Keto Maple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls.
Mix the almond flour, baking powder and Sukrin:1 in a small bowl and set aside.
Mix until well incorporated and a ball of dough forms. When I first tried this recipe, I used the normal amount of almond flour for fathead dough (~3/4 cups), but the dough was too sticky. If yours is sticky just add a tablespoon of almond flour at a time until you can pick up the dough without it sticking to your hands.
Cover the ball of dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate it for 5-10 minutes. This allowed the dough to firm up a bit more and cool down.
Place the dough in between two baking pan sized pieces of parchment paper. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin.
Make the Cinnamon Pecan Filling by combining all of the ingredients. Use a baking spatula to spread it over the rolled out dough.
Use a knife to cut the cinnamon rolls.
Place the cinnamon rolls in a pie pan or place each roll in the cup of a jumbo muffin tin.
Create the cream cheese icing by combining all of the ingredients. Top the cinnamon rolls with the icing immediately. Enjoy!
Can the almond flour be replaced with coconut flour?
Hi! I haven't tried this, but you can substitute coconut flour. However, it isn't a one-to-one substitute. Typically, you'd only use 1/4 cup of coconut flour for every 1 cup of almond flour in a recipe.
Can I make them without baking the day before and bake them in the morning?
I haven't tried this. The only problem that I see is that the dough includes baking powder. If you leave it in the refrigerator overnight, the benefits of using it to help them rise will probably not work. I'd recommend making the icing, mixing the dry ingredients for the filling, and mixing the dry ingredients for the dough as a way to prep.
Hi, I tried this recipe the other night and never saw in the instructions when to add the teaspoon of Maple Extract (for the fathead dough)… also i used the exact amount of almond flour you listed (1-1/4 cup), and when I tried to mix it into the mozzarella and cream cheese mixture, everything went flying upward into a blob and globbed around and into the top of the beaters… a complete mess. I probably wasted half the dough trying to get it out of the spines of the beaters… and off my fingers. Also, the stuff was near impossible to roll out (I used two sheets of parchment paper like you said), but it stuck to the paper and i lost even more dough that stuck to the paper when I tried to roll the whole thing up. I must say, however, the finished product was delicious, and my husband asked if I would consider making them again…but I am reluctant to do so, unless you can offer better suggestions (and also answer the question of when to add the maple extract to the dough). Thank you.
I adjusted the instructions so that it's clear to add the maple extract when you add the eggs. I must have overlooked that. Thank you!
Also, I've never made this dough using a stand mixer. I always mix fathead dough in a bowl. If you prefer to use a stand mixer, then you can place the almond flour/dry ingredients on the bottom. This way, it doesn't fly up because it will have the cheeses on top. Another option is to add it to the mixer slowly, use the guard, and set the mixer speed on low.
Lastly, one of the recipe notes mentions how to make adjustments for flour that is too sticky. I've found that the dough stickiness really depends on the brand of almond flour that you use. So, adding a tbsp of almond flour to the dough at a time until you can lift it is really the best way to prevent the mess that you mentioned – if it's too sticky to lift, then it will be too sticky to roll it out. To make this clearer, I'll add some of these notes into the body of the blog post.
Just made these wonderful cinnamon rolls with a friend who just started Keto about a month ago. I am on maintenance now for almost 2 years. She was shocked at how amazing the rolls tasted. I will definitely make these again. To me, they taste even better than carb loaded cinnamon rolls. Very grateful for Sukrin products and your expertise in creating these beautiful rolls. Thank you so much!!!
Wow, Amanda! Thanks so much for taking the time to review this recipe! We love these rolls in my house and can't believe they're keto & low carb. Congrats on reaching maintenance and sharing this dessert as an option with your friend!
I haven't tried the recipe yet but I plan to soon. Can you substitute the sweetener for swerve sweetener?
Hi! Yes – you can definitely substitute for your favorite sweetener.


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Her continuous experimental approach to light led Papatzanaki to the use of different materials and often to inventive means and innovative ways of creation. This first extensive exhibition of her work in Chania, includes a plethora of work, about 80 light sculptures and wall-mounted reliefs made of industrial materials such as Plexiglas, aluminum, stainless steel, bronze and light, as well as photos printed in transparency or on canvas, and finally, prints on paper.
Inspired by the Herakletian Unity of Opposites, Papatzanaki juxtaposes transparent materials, which allow the transmission of light, with opaque materials that restrict it, thereby forming abstract light forms. "The light of the works surpasses their limits as objects, saturating the space and highlighting the possibility that human consciousness can transcend material reality," says Papatzanaki. The perception of each piece varies according to the relationship between the natural light of the environment and the artificial light of the work as well as to the viewer's position.
The artist believes that each of the material's properties evokes a viewer-specific emotional response and mental image. Light is a loaded universal symbol, directly connected to life and metaphorically to truth, and as a basic element of our visual perception, to the process of research, thought, and evaluation. The behavior of light as mass and energy corresponds to the dual human nature as body and spirit. Primordial light is the ultimate boundary of our world. Light signifies the rhythm of life and the passage of time; light discovers and reveals.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated, bilingual (Greek and English) catalog with introductory essays by Dr. Daniel Belasco, Director of the Al Held Foundation, New York, and Dr. Thodoris Koutsogiannis, Exhibition Curator.
Antonia Papatzanaki, born in Chania on the island of Crete is a renowned international Greek artist. She was educated in the Athens School of Fine Arts, the Vienna Hochschule für Angenwandte Kunst, and she acquired her Master's degree of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in New York. Papatzanaki is the recipient of many prestigious awards including F.V.S. zu Hamburg Foundation, Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation, Gerondelis Foundation, Lynn, MA, Foundation for Hellenic Culture, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, and Katonah Museum of Art, NY; in addition to winning Panhellenic and international competitions held to choose and fund artists for the creation of public art. Her public light installation Agora was exhibited at Battery Park during 2000-2001 as part of the Temporary Public Art Program of New York City. Several of Papatzanaki's outdoor public works are permanently installed throughout Greece, including her sculpture Lighthouse in the square of the Kato Patisia Metro Station, Athens. Papatzanaki has exhibited widely—notable among her many solo exhibitions are Stratifications, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, 2016; Refractions, Ekfrasi – Υianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2013; Robust Matter and Image, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymnon, 2010; Antonia Papatzanaki, Recent Works, Tsatsis Projects / Artforum, Thessaloniki, 2008; and Visions of Light, Chashama, 112 Gallery, New York, 2007. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Transplants, John Jay College for Criminal Justice, New York, 2018, The Muses Project, A Dialogue between Art and Science, The House of Cyprus –Embassy of Cyprus, Athens, 2017; The Right to be Human, Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art –State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2017; Whispers, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymnon, 2016; History-Irony, Vorres Museum, Paiania, Athens, 2015; Harmony, 22nd Seoul International Art Festival, Chosunilbo Museum, South Korea, 2014; New: Illusion or Reality, 4th Biennial, Tashkent, 2007; and Artistic Fragments, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, 2005. Further work has been acquired by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Copelouzos family collection, the Vorres Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, and the American College of Greece.. She currently maintains studios in Athens, Greece and New York City.
The event is part of the exhibition series "Return—Cretan Artists Returning Creatively to Chania." This program of the Municipal Art Gallery of Chania was designed in 2011 by Dr. Thodoris Koutsogiannis to acquaint Chanian audiences with the work of important artists both from Chania and generally from Crete. Presented to date are the well-known artists Yannis Metzikof (Theatre Costumes and Masks, From the Stage to the Museum, 2011); Michalis Manousakis (Time Space, 2012); and Dimitris Andreadakis (Anthropometrics, 2014). The presentation of the work of Antonia Papatzanaki is the fourth exhibition of the Return series and the first contribution by a female artist.


1. Get small plates and skinny glasses.
No, not tapas—actual, smaller dinner plates can make you feel more satisfied when eating the same amount of food. In a Cornell University study, people who ate burgers served on smaller plates thought they were eating almost 20 percent more calories than they really were. And in another study from Cornell, researchers found that it works with smaller serving spoons, too: Dieters who used a two-ounce serving spoon took less food than those using a three-ounce server.
Your glasses matter, too: People pour about 19 percent more fluid into short, wide glasses than they do into tall, skinny cups, according to the Journal of Consumer Research. If you're consuming a beverage with calories—a cocktail or glass of juice for a treat, switch out the tumbler for a tall drink of… whatever you're having.
2. Step away from your desk and put away your phone.
Eliminate distractions while you eat: If your mind is elsewhere, you'll need more taste sensations—like sweetness, saltiness and crunchiness—to be satisfied. A Dutch study found that dieters had a harder time determining the sweetness of a beverage while trying to concentrate on a mental task.
Defusing distractions during your meal is called "mindful eating," where dieters focus on being aware of act of eating as well as the food they're eating. Piles of studies have shown that this technique helps increase weight loss without a direct focus on calories. You don't have to chant and meditate while you chew, though: Just eliminate distractions. Turn off the TV, put away your phone and save your reading for after lunch; instead, focus on the colors, textures and flavors of what you're eating.
A three-month study from Ohio State found that diabetes patients significantly lowered their blood sugar with this strategy. And a British study found that it helps you later in the day—mindful dieters in the study not only ate less at the distraction-free meal, but downed fewer calories the rest of the day.
3. Listen to your mother: Chew your food.
Part of that mindful eating: Chewing your food thoroughly. Mom's advice has some science behind it, too: In a study from China, men who chewed each bite of food 40 times ate 12 percent fewer calories at a meal after a 12-hour fast than those who chewed just 15 times. The study was small, but included another benefit of more chewing: The 40-chew group produced less ghrelin, a hormone that is related to feeling hungry.
This tip does double duty: First, if you warm up with a beverage an hour before your meal, you could eat less. By consuming hot liquids, like tea, 60 minutes before eating, you can feel fuller faster and eat fewer calories—134 fewer, according to a 2008 study from Penn State. And if your tea has cinnamon, it can give you a bonus benefit: In a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the spice increased sugar metabolism by a factor of 20 at the next meal.
Whether you have the warm drink or not, follow it with some water right before your meal. In a study from Virginia Tech, participants who drank two, eight-ounce glasses of water before meals lost 36 percent more weight over a 12-week period than those who skipped the pre-meal beverage.
5. Never eat directly from a bag, and be sure to measure your snacks.
Eating a pre-measured serving on a plate or in a bowl will help you consume less if you aren't eating mindfully. Mindless snacking from a bag can result in the bag being emptied—even if that wasn't your intention.
6. Set half of your meal aside.
If your food is out of sight, it can be out of mind—and stay out of your gut. This simple trick has helped dieters for years: When you're served a meal at a restaurant, ask for a second plate or to-go box to be delivered with your meal. When you're served, cut the portion in half, setting aside the second half of the meal. Then begin eating the remaining half of your portion.
Moving the half-portion away from you could make you less likely to eat it: In a 2015 study from Ohio State University, researchers found that obese people have more food visible around the house than their non-obese counterparts. And other studies have found that moving food a further distance from you can result in eating less: In a study of a candy dish, people ate 1.8 more pieces per day when the bowl was placed on their desk as opposed to 6 feet away.
But here's the coolest part: You don't necessarily have to skip eating the second half of the meal. Just putting the food out of sight might help you be more satisfied with the first half. In a study from Cornell, researchers found that people just like a clean plate: The average adult across the world finishes 92 percent of what's on their plate. And emerging psychological research indicates why: When you're a kid, you're taught to "clean your plate," and many adults don't feel satisfied until they do. By strategically removing half of an overstuffed restaurant portion, you can clean your plate—and still lose weight.


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America East content with nine teams in its league
By Kevin DoyleAug 27, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
When the dust settled, for the time being, with teams jumping around from one conference to another during conference realignment, the America East lost Boston University to the Patriot League, but picked up Massachusetts Lowell, formerly a Division II school from the Northeast 10. One would think that the America East would have sought to add an additional team to have an even ten teams in the league, but that did not come to fruition. And, according to commissioner Amy Huchthausen, that's okay.
Huchthausen told Ryan Restivo of Big Apple Buckets:
I feel like we're in a good spot right now with our presidents, this branding campaign was their initiative and I'm really proud to see where it's ended up as a result of that as we look ahead to the future, would it be better just from scheduling purposes to have an even number? of course it would, but the America East has been at nine for several years now and we've managed to make it pretty well with an odd number. You don't want to add someone just to add someone.
The America East has been locked at nine teams since the 2005-06 season, and have been able to make it work. Prior to that year, Northeastern was in the league before heading off to the Colonial Athletic Association.
What is dangerous is if other schools from the America East begin to look for greener pastures. Earlier in August, Shades of 48, a blog about William & Mary athletics, released an investigative article with email dialogues from Tom Yeager, the commissioner of the CAA, to people associated with the other schools in the conference. The topic? Among several things, poaching Albany and Stony Brook from the America East.
Both of these schools became associate members of the CAA over the summer as they are set to embark on their first year in the league for football. Stony Brook, in particular, is a school that has made a serious commitment to athletics and is on the rise. One would think that the CAA presents them more opportunities to elevate their program than the America East, but they maintain they are content in the nine team league.
"There's always concern that someone will leave, in this fluid environment that we've had for the last few years, there's very few commissioners in the country who aren't thinking about that, but at the same time that's where you really have to focus on the relationships that you have with existing schools," Huchthausen said. "Make sure that they're open and transparent, you're working with them so they are being honest and upfront with you, but at the end of the day a school's going to decide what they want to decide so no commissioner can control that."
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