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Dutch election: Europe's far-right populists fail first test
Unknown Dutch election: Europe's far-right populists fail first test,
Far-right populism in Europe failed its first test of 2017 when thenationalist firebrand Geert Wilders came a distant second in the closely-watched Dutch election.
Conservative Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed victory in The Hague Wednesday night, amid wild cheering and whistling from his jubilant supporters.
"This night is a night for the Netherlands -- after Brexit, after the American elections -- where we said stop it, stop it to the wrong kind of populism," he said.
Turnout was 81%, according to state broadcaster NOS, the highest in three decades. Long lines formed at some polling stations as voters turned out in droves.
The election was widely seen as a test of populist right-wing sentiment in Europe, ahead of the French presidential vote in April and the German national election in September.
With 94% of the votes counted, Rutte's Party for Freedom and Democracy, the VVD, was projected to win 33 seats in the national parliament out of a total of 150. Wilders' Freedom Party, the PVV, was on course to win 20 seats, only one more than the mainstream Christian Democratic Appeal and D66 parties.
Rutte's party, which lurched to the right in response to the populist wave, won eight fewer seats than in 2012, but the VVD's success staving off the challenge from Wilders was celebrated as a victory.
Wilders, who is staunchly against mass immigration and the European Union, was defiant, claiming he was "part of the winners."
"Rutte uses terrifying words when he says that the elections have put a halt to the wrong type of populist ... (He) has not got rid of me yet," he said.
Relief in Europe
During his speech to supporters, Rutte said many European leaders had already called to congratulate him on his victory.French President Francois Hollande called it a "clear victory against extremism."
"The values of openness, respect for others, and a faith in Europe's future are the only true response to the nationalist impulses and isolationism that are shaking the world," he said.
Germany's foreign ministry said: "Large majority of Dutch voters have rejected anti-European policies... That's good news. We need you for a strong Europe!"
Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentilioni tweeted that the "anti-EU right" had lost in the Netherlands. "All together for change and revive the (European) Union."
However, Nicolas Bay, Secretary General of France's far-right Front National, congratulated Wilders, tweeting that his "party progresses, it's a real success." The Front National's presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, is polling strongly ahead of France's first round of voting on April 23.
Wilders: 'European spring' will come
Even though his party won a handful more seats than in 2012, the result is a blow for Wilders, who had been leading polls for much of 2016.
He rode the same wave of anti-establishment fervor that saw UK voters opt to leave the European Union, and the election of US President Donald Trump.
Wilders ran on a "de-Islamification" platform, calling for Islamic schools to be closed and the Quran and burqa to be banned.
Wilders said he was still expecting to see a "European spring" for his supporters.
"I think our influence has been enormous ... Our patriotic spring will continue, will really start. And if they need me or if they need the PVV for talks (on a coalition) then I am happy to take part," he said.
"If not, then they haven't seen the back of me yet."
Netherlands 'deeply divided'
Andre Krouwel, political scientist at the Free University Amsterdam, and owner of election website Kieskompas, said the only conclusion from the election result was that the Dutch were "deeply divided."
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"It's very difficult to interpret this election result other than this is a very polarized result, people have abandoned the centrist parties but they have also abandoned the left-wing project ... the left together has 37 seats in the 150-seat parliament," he said.
Krouwel also said Wilders, despite his slight gain of seats, now faced being almost powerless in the new political environment.
"The very vocal minority ... dominated the elections and everybody focused on Wilders. But in the end he's totally impotent to do anything. Nobody wants to coalition with him," he said.
Ballot papers are piled up waiting to be sorted and hand counted at the mayor's office in The Hague on Wednesday.
The final days of the election were dominated by a diplomatic row with Turkey over the Dutch government's refusal to allow Turkish ministers to address political rallies in the Netherlands.
Krouwel said the war of words between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Dutch government in the past month may have boosted support for Rutte.
Coalition talks to begin
More than 28 parties took part in the election and, with none winning a majority, a coalition is inevitable.
Final results may not be known before Friday, the head of the ANP election service Mark Westerhoff said. There are 22 of 388 municipalities left to report.
When the results are complete, Rutte will begin negotiations to form a government. Potential partners include the GroenLinks (Green left) Party and the Socialist Party, which were poised to win 14 seats each.
Support for the PVDA (Labour) party, which had been Rutte's partner in government, plunged from 38 seats to nine.
In his victory speech, Rutte struck a conciliatory note.
"Now in the next couple of weeks and months it is important to unite the country, we have to make sure that we form a stable government so that the country for the next four years can be governed wisely," he said.
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Prospects of Bharatiya Janata Party in Kendrapara are further strengthened with return of veteran coastal Odisha leader Bijoy Mohapatra, who is considered as one of such personalities in the states to have sharpest political minds.
He resigned from the party last December along with his friend and Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray, but BJP said his resignation was never accepted.
The party's new vice president Baijayant 'Jay' Panda welcomed back Mohapatra and said his mind was changed after discussiohns wtih him and state-in-charge Arun Singh.
Addressing to the press Panda added Mohapatra also had spoken to BJP President Amit Shah and general secretary Ram Lal before changing his mind to return back.
In the state has also often been referred as Naveen Patnaik's bete noir. He was a minister in late Biju Patnaik's cabinet. He was founding member of the Biju Janata Dal too.
In 2000 he was denied ticket for the Patkura assembly seat by Patnaik. The same year he ensured loss of BJD's candidate.
Over the years Mohapatra formed his own party and merged with NCP. Later he joined hands with BJD after breaking ties with NCP.
There are 7 assembly segments in the Kandrapara Lok Sabha and in 2014 BJD grabbed Mahanga, Mahakalpada, Kendrapara (assembly) and Patkura.


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Q: In mysql How to find number of sundays in a month In mysql how to find number of sundays in month by usnig month in where clause
Ex:
month(log_date)=month(now());
    month(log_date) = 12;

output: 5 sundays

A: Possible way to do it which avoids using any tables. This finds the number of days in the month, and depending on that and what day of the week the last day is then it just returns a value
SELECT CASE DAYOFMONTH(LAST_DAY(NOW()))
        WHEN 31 THEN
            CASE DAYOFWEEK(LAST_DAY(NOW()))
                WHEN 1 THEN 5
                WHEN 2 THEN 5
                WHEN 3 THEN 5
                ELSE 4
            END
        WHEN 30 THEN
            CASE DAYOFWEEK(LAST_DAY(NOW()))
                WHEN 1 THEN 5
                WHEN 2 THEN 5
                ELSE 4
            END
        WHEN 29 THEN
            CASE DAYOFWEEK(LAST_DAY(NOW()))
                WHEN 1 THEN 5
                ELSE 4
            END
        ELSE 4
    END

A: SQL query for get total sunday in given month from DB
USE BETWEEN :- BETWEEN operator selects values within a given range.

Note :-  DAYOFWEEK actually returns 1 for Sunday

SELECT count(*) AS total_sunday FROM `table` WHERE DAYOFWEEK(`date`) = 1 BETWEEN '2017-11-01' AND '2017-11-30';

A: In mysql just copy and paste the query given below. It will give you number of Sundays in current month.
WITH RECURSIVE offdays as(
SELECT
LAST_DAY(CURDATE()-INTERVAL 1 MONTH) + INTERVAL 1 DAY AS `Date`,
DAYNAME(LAST_DAY(CURDATE()-INTERVAL 1 MONTH) + INTERVAL 1 DAY) AS `DayName`
UNION ALL
SELECT `Date` + INTERVAL 1 DAY, DAYNAME(`Date` + INTERVAL 1 DAY)
FROM offdays WHERE `DATE` < LAST_DAY(CURDATE())
) SELECT count(*) FROM offdays where DAYNAME(DATE) = 'Sunday';

you will get number of sundays in current month. Just replace the CURDATE() with any date. The query will give you the number of Sundays of the month of the date supplied.

A: Try this function, you use like

count_days_in_month($date_month,$day_idx);

$day_idx is 1 - 7 where Sunday is 1, Saturday is 7
eg.
select count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',1);
delimiter //
create or replace function count_days_in_month(input_date DATE,dayindex INT)
returns INT
DETERMINISTIC
    BEGIN
        declare start_day_idx INT default (select dayofweek( date_sub(input_date,INTERVAL (DAYOFMONTH(input_date)-1) DAY )) from dual);
        declare days_in_month INT default (SELECT dayofmonth(LAST_DAY(input_date)));
        declare days_over_28  INT default (days_in_month-28);

        if days_in_month > 28 then
            if (days_over_28 > (dayindex-start_day_idx)) and ((dayindex-start_day_idx) >= 0) then
                return 5;
            else
                return 4;
            end if;
        else
            return 4;
        end if;
    END//

Eg to test the count of all days in a month:
select
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',1) 'Sun',
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',2) 'Mon',
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',3) 'Tue',
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',4) 'Wed',
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',5) 'Thur',
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',6) 'Fri',
    count_days_in_month('2020-02-01',7) 'Sat'
from
    dual;//

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Q: Not able to insert an XML in a table I have an XML that has to be inserted in production DB. A row got accidentally deleted due to which a batch job has failed to run. So, I need to insert an XML. I have this XML in test region schema.
I tried to convert XML from varchar2 to clob, but was not possible. I was then  told to convert XML from varchar2 to XMLType and then to CLOB.
I tried this -
CREATE or replace procedure insert_xml_data
 IS
   str varchar2(32767);
BEGIN
  str :='<huge xml data>';
  INSERT INTO TABLE VALUES (ID, XMLType(str));
END;
/

But, I get an error that says -

Error: ORA-06550: line 2, column 23940:
  PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" when expecting one of the >following:
* & = - + ; < / > at in is mod remainder not rem
      <> or != or ~= >= <= <> and or like like2
     like4 likec between || multiset member submultiset
SQLState:  65000
ErrorCode: 6550
Error occured in:
BEGIN

Can anyone please help me here? OR a better way to accomplish this?
XML finally has be to in CLOB type.


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February 19, 2017 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:23 am Finance Tagged with: Deep State, eurodollar, Fed, GMO, Greece, Lavrov, Obama, sacred, soft coup, Trump 4 Responses »
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Looks like a must read: [..] a special preview excerpt from FED UP: An Insider's Take on Why The Federal Reserve is Bad for America by Danielle DiMartino Booth.
She agrees with me: "The one true growth industry? That would be all that high cotton harvested in high finance. Since 2007, world debt has grown by about $60 trillion, enriching legions of investment bankers one bond deal at a time."
Created in 1913 after the Panic of 1907, the Federal Reserve was founded to keep the public's faith in the buying power of the U.S. dollar. After failing miserably in the 1930s, the Fed aimed to be more responsive. This led the institution to find discipline in the rising macroeconomic models championed by top monetary theorists. During the ensuing "Quiet Period" in American banking, deposit insurance prevented panics, the Fed controlled interest rates and manipulated the money supply, and though occasional disruptions flared, like the failure of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company in 1984, no systemic risk erupted for seventy years. The Fed had tamed the volatile U.S. economy.
Until September 2008, when all hell broke loose in a worldwide panic that completely blindsided and, embarrassed the Federal Reserve. The Fed had used billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to bail out Wall Street fat cats. Everyone blamed the Fed. Just before 9 a.m., the door to the chairman's office opened. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took his place in an armchair at the center of a massive oval table. The members of the FOMC found their designated places around the table; aides sat in chairs or couches against the wall. With staff, the room contained fifty or sixty people, far more than normal for this momentous occasion. In front of each FOMC member was a microphone to record their words for posterity. To a casual observer, the content of their conversation would be obscured by economic jargon.
This day, their essential task was to vote on whether to take the "fed funds" rate—the interest rate at which banks lent money to each other in the overnight market—to the zero bound. The history-making low rate would ripple throughout the economy, affecting the price to borrow for businesses and consumers alike. Bernanke was calm but insistent. His lifetime of study of the Great Depression indicated this was the only way. His sheer depth of knowledge about the Fed's mishandling of that tragic period was undoubtedly intimidating. By the end of the meeting, the vote was unanimous. The FOMC officially adopted a zero-interest-rate policy in the hopes that companies teetering on the brink of insolvency would keep the lights on, keep employees on their payrolls, and keep consumers spending. It would even pay banks interest on deposits.
Free cash. We'll even pay you to take it! As they gathered their belongings, everyone shook hands, all very collegial despite the sometimes vigorous discussion. They journeyed back to their nice homes in the toniest neighborhoods of America's richest cities: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington, DC. They returned to their lofty perches, some at the Eccles Building, others to the executive floors of Federal Reserve District Bank buildings, safely cushioned from the decision they had just made. Most of them were wealthy or had hefty defined benefit pensions. Their investments were socked away in blind trusts. They would feel no pain in their ivory towers.
A Eurodollar is a dollar held anywhere outside the US.
While we urge readers to listen to the full interview below, here are some of the highlights, starting with "why the Dollar shortage a symptom of an inherently unstable system." As Snider explains, "the dollar shortage isn't so much the shortage per se, it's the fact that it's a symptom of what is an inherently unstable system." He notes that "the reason banks are withdrawing from the system is that it's just is no longer tenable" and "so there has to be some kind of – whether you want to look at it like another Bretton Woods – conference, a global monetary system, a global monetary get together where people start to analyze solutions to the problem as they are rather than keep trying to apply band aids that are not going to work. " But, he concludes, "step one of that task is to actually recognize the problem as it is and so doing more stimulus or doing more QE isn't going to solve anything it isn't do anything just like prior QEs and prior stimulus haven't done anything either because the problem is an unstable system."
Snider focuses on the Eurodollar system, which he defines as a problem of "decay and dysfunction" and explains that "nothing ever happens in a straight line even the Eurodollar problem has not been a singular event. It's not been a decade long straight line of decay and dysfunction." He goes on to say that the fact that after enough time these markets have adjusted to the fact that the economy's going to be bad for a very long time until something actually changes and so true reflation is predicated on something actually changing rather than the hope that something might change.
Looking at history, Snider observes that "what happened in July 2008 obviously was the fact that everyone decided almost all at once that wasn't the right interpretation of what the Fed was doing nor was it the right interpretation of the dollar system overall. So, that reflation ended in reality which was the dollar system was eroding and it was eroding in a very dangerous way and that's why oil prices essentially crashed from July till I think January 2009." An implication of the ongoing reserve currency funding shortage is that, according to Snider, despite the occasional blip (arguably funded by massive Chinese credit creation), "reflation is going to fail and there's nothing the Fed can do about it." He goes on to state that "until they fix the global dollar problem we're not going to fix the global economy and so we're kind of stuck gyrating between various levels of really bad. We go from the lack of recovery to what looks like a global recession to the lack of recovery and back again" as a result he thinks that "reflation is going to fail."
[..] Snider summarizes by saying that "the fact that these markets realize that there's a problem in Eurodollar system, there's no banking to be had, no additional marginal banking capacity being added and without it none of these stuff really matters, none of these other stuff really matters. That's the only thing that truly matters" and concludes gloomily that "the probability scenarios for economic and financial future are much darker now than they were three years ago."
It's blowing the EU apart but its de facto leader says she has "no power to address this problem". That's just great.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested on Saturday that the euro was too low for Germany but made clear that Berlin had no power to address this "problem" because monetary policy was set by the independent ECB. Merkel made her remarks at the Munich Security Conference as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looked on. They seemed aimed at addressing recent criticism from a top trade adviser to President Donald Trump, who has accused Germany of profiting from a "grossly undervalued" euro. "We have at the moment in the euro zone of course a problem with the value of the euro," Merkel said in an unusual foray into foreign exchange rate policy.
"The ECB has a monetary policy that is not geared to Germany, rather it is tailored (to countries) from Portugal to Slovenia or Slovakia. If we still had the (German) D-Mark it would surely have a different value than the euro does at the moment. But this is an independent monetary policy over which I have no influence as German chancellor." The euro has fallen nearly 25% against the dollar over the past three years, touching a 14-year low of $1.034 in January. But it has since risen to roughly $1.061. In late January, Peter Navarro, the head of Trump's new National Trade Council, said the euro's low valuation was giving Germany an edge over the United States and its European Union partners. His comments came weeks after Trump himself said the dollar's strength against the Chinese yuan "is killing us", deepening concerns that his administration could pursue a more confrontational, protectionist approach to trade. Merkel and other German officials pushed back forcefully at the time.
Lots of Deep State pieces these days. Greenwald provides some balance.
The deep state, although there's no precise or scientific definition, generally refers to the agencies in Washington that are permanent power factions. They stay and exercise power even as presidents who are elected come and go. They typically exercise their power in secret, in the dark, and so they're barely subject to democratic accountability, if they're subject to it at all. It's agencies like the CIA, the NSA and the other intelligence agencies, that are essentially designed to disseminate disinformation and deceit and propaganda, and have a long history of doing not only that, but also have a long history of the world's worst war crimes, atrocities and death squads. This is who not just people like Bill Kristol, but lots of Democrats are placing their faith in, are trying to empower, are cheering for as they exert power separate and apart from—in fact, in opposition to—the political officials to whom they're supposed to be subordinate.
And you go—this is not just about Russia. You go all the way back to the campaign, and what you saw was that leading members of the intelligence community, including Mike Morell, who was the acting CIA chief under President Obama, and Michael Hayden, who ran both the CIA and the NSA under George W. Bush, were very outspoken supporters of Hillary Clinton. In fact, Michael Morell went to The New York Times, and Michael Hayden went to The Washington Post, during the campaign to praise Hillary Clinton and to say that Donald Trump had become a recruit of Russia. The CIA and the intelligence community were vehemently in support of Clinton and vehemently opposed to Trump, from the beginning. And the reason was, was because they liked Hillary Clinton's policies better than they liked Donald Trump's.
One of the main priorities of the CIA for the last five years has been a proxy war in Syria, designed to achieve regime change with the Assad regime. Hillary Clinton was not only for that, she was critical of Obama for not allowing it to go further, and wanted to impose a no-fly zone in Syria and confront the Russians. Donald Trump took exactly the opposite view. He said we shouldn't care who rules Syria; we should allow the Russians, and even help the Russians, kill ISIS and al-Qaeda and other people in Syria. So, Trump's agenda that he ran on was completely antithetical to what the CIA wanted. Clinton's was exactly what the CIA wanted, and so they were behind her. And so, they've been trying to undermine Trump for many months throughout the election. And now that he won, they are not just undermining him with leaks, but actively subverting him. There's claims that they're withholding information from him, on the grounds that they don't think he should have it and can be trusted with it. They are empowering themselves to enact policy.
Now, I happen to think that the Trump presidency is extremely dangerous. You just listed off in your news—in your newscast that led the show, many reasons. They want to dismantle the environment. They want to eliminate the safety net. They want to empower billionaires. They want to enact bigoted policies against Muslims and immigrants and so many others. And it is important to resist them. And there are lots of really great ways to resist them, such as getting courts to restrain them, citizen activism and, most important of all, having the Democratic Party engage in self-critique to ask itself how it can be a more effective political force in the United States after it has collapsed on all levels. That isn't what this resistance is now doing.
The timing is indeed very peculiar.
[..] what until recently was a trickle of private data captured about US individuals by the NSA with only a handful of people having full, immersive access, suddenly became a firehose with thousands of potential witnesses across 16 other agencies, each of whom suddenly became a potential source of leaks about ideological political opponents. And with the universe of potential "leaking" culprits suddenly exploding exponentially, good luck finding the responsible party. However, the implications are far more serious than just loss of privacy rights. According to civil right expert and prominent First Amendement Supreme Court lawyer, Jay Sekulow, what the agencies did by leaking the Trump Administration information was not only illegal but "almost becomes a soft coup", one which was spurred by the last minute rule-change by Obama, who intentionally made it far easier for leaks to propagate, and next to impossible to catch those responsible for the leaks.
This is his explanation: "There was a sea-change here at the NSA with an order that came from president Obama 17 days before he left office where he allowed the NSA who used to control the data, it now goes to 16 other agencies and that just festered this whole leaking situation, and that happened on the way out, as the president was leaving the office. Why did the Obama administration wait until it had 17 days left in their administration to put this order in place if they thought it was so important. They had 8 years, they didn't do it, number one. Number two, it changed the exiting rule which was an executive order dating back to Ronald Reagan, that has been in place until 17 days before the Obama administration was going to end, that said the NSA gets the raw data, and they determine dissemination.
Instead, this change that the president put in place, signed off by the way by James Clapper on December 15, 2016, signed off by Loretta Lynch the Attorney General January 3, 2017, they decide that now 16 agencies can get the raw data and what that does is almost creates a shadow government. You have all these people who are not agreeing with President Trump's position, so it just festers more leaks. If they had a justification for this, wonderful, why didn't they do it 8 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. Yet they wait until 17 days left. One potential answer: they knew they had a "smoking gun", and were working to make it easier to enable the information to be "leaked" despite the clearly criminal consequences of such dissemination.
As this point Hannity correctly points out, "it makes it that much more difficult by spreading out the information among 16 other agencies, if they want to target or take away the privacy rights, and illegally tap the phones, in this case General Flynn, it's going to be much harder to find the perpetrator. Sekulow confirms, noting that back when only the NSA had access to this kind of raw data, there would be a very small amount of people who have access to this kind of data. "But this change in the Obama Administration was so significant that they allowed dissemination to 16 other agencies, and we wonder why there's leaks." Sekulow's conclusion: "President Obama, James Clapper, Loretta Lynch should be held accountable for this."
Russia's no big fan of -unfetterred- globalization either: "I hope that (the world) will choose a democratic world order – a post-West one – in which each country is defined by its sovereignty."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Saturday for an end to a world order dominated by the West and said Moscow wanted to establish a "pragmatic" relationship with the United States. Lavrov was speaking at the Munich Security Conference shortly after US Vice President Mike Pence told the audience Washington remained "unwavering" in its commitment to the US-led NATO military alliance as it faced a more assertive Russia. Lavrov said that the time when the West called the shots was over and, dismissing NATO as a relic of the Cold War, added: "I hope that (the world) will choose a democratic world order – a post-West one – in which each country is defined by its sovereignty."
Lavrov said Moscow wanted to build relations with Washington which would be "pragmatic with mutual respect and acknowledgement of our responsibility for global stability." The two countries had never been in direct conflict, he said, noting that they were actually close neighbours across the Baring Straits. Russia wanted to see a "common space of good neighbour relations from Vancouver to Vladivostok," he added. Pence was in Europe along with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and defence chief James Mattis as part of efforts to reassure allies rattled by President Donald Trump's "America First" stance and his calls for improved ties with Russia despite the continuing crisis in Ukraine.
"He said Russia had "many years ago" initiated work at the United Nations to discuss information security. "Our western partners evaded that work.."
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pushed back against accusations that Russian hackers meddled in last year's U.S. presidential election, saying no one had put forward any proof and former President Barack Obama's administration ignored repeated overtures to discuss cyber-security norms. "Somehow when we are blamed, no one asked for facts," Lavrov said at the Munich Security Summit on Saturday. "Give us some facts." In his remarks, made in response to an audience question about whether Russia interferes in other countries' elections, Lavrov portrayed Russia as a leader in efforts to focus on information security. He said Russia had "many years ago" initiated work at the United Nations to discuss information security. "Our western partners evaded that work," he said.
After Donald Trump won the election in November, the U.S. intelligence community issued an assessment that Russia sought to sway the election in his favor through the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign staff. In the waning days of his administration, Obama imposed new sanctions on Russia's military intelligence agency and the successor agency to the KGB, saying the actions had been directed "at the highest level" of the government. [..] "I have seen no facts, there were just some accusations that we tried to hack some Democratic party website; that's happening in France, Germany, Italy," Lavrov said. He went on to point blame at the U.S. and make a reference to recent leaks that the CIA may have spied on French political parties before the 2012 election there. WikiLeaks released e-mails making that claim this week.
Lavrov said he had suggested to the Obama administration in 2015 that the two countries discuss working together on cyber-security, and repeatedly asked former Secretary of State John Kerry about the proposal. "For a year we had no reaction from them," he said. "Then in December last year they said let's meet, and later they said now we have transitional administration let's postpone it."
Not the first time in history people flee from the US to Canada.
Nine asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a U.S. border patrol officer tried to stop them and a Reuters photographer captured the scene. As a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer seized their passports and questioned a man in the front passenger seat of a taxi that had pulled up to the border in Champlain, New York, four adults and four young children fled the cab and ran to Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the other side. One by one they scrambled across the snowy gully separating the two countries. RCMP officers watching from the other side helped them up, lifting the younger children and asking a woman, who leaned on her fellow passenger as she walked, if she needed medical care. The children looked back from where they had come as the U.S. officer held the first man, saying his papers needed to be verified.
The man turned to a pile of belongings and heaved pieces of luggage two at a time into the gully – enormous wheeled suitcases, plastic shopping bags, a black backpack. "Nobody cares about us," he told journalists. He said they were all from Sudan and had been living and working in Delaware for two years. The RCMP declined on Friday to confirm the nationalities of the people. A Reuters photo showed that at least one of their passports was Sudanese. The man then appeared to grab their passports from the U.S. officer before making a run for the border. The officer yelled and gave chase but stopped at the border marker. Canadian police took hold of the man's arm as he crossed. The border patrol officer told his counterpart that the man was in the United States illegally and that he would have detained him. Officers on both sides momentarily eyed the luggage strewn in the snow before the U.S. officer took it, and a walker left on the road, to the border line.
Overview of the damage done across the world by GMO.
We currently face a desperate, almost farcical push for GM crops in the UK and Europe, characterised by hyperbolic and inaccurate claims. So rather than taking those claims on trust, let's look at the impacts of GM crops in countries that have adopted them. That means North and South America, where GM crops were first launched in 1996. The cultivation of herbicide tolerant crops in Argentina began in 1996 with GM soya and spread swiftly through the country. As Argentina's Grupo Reflexion Rural (GRR) wrote to the Vatican in April 2013, "The model was based on the political decision that Argentina, which had once been the grain basket of the world and a producer of healthy and high-quality foods, would be transformed into a producer of animal forage, firstly, to provide fodder for European livestock, and then for livestock in China."
At first, herbicide tolerant crops seemed to simplify the farming process, especially for larger mechanised farms. Instead of skillful weed management, farmers applied large quantities of the herbicide glyphosate, mainly from the air. Powerful groups of investors helped drive GM soya production. Small farmers could not compete and many have left or been driven off their land, often into urban slums. People who remain in the countryside and small towns find themselves bombarded from the air with increasingly complex mixtures of chemicals intended to combat the problem of increasing weed and pest resistance. Although GM crops were promoted as a means to reduce levels of pesticides used, pesticide use in Argentina has increased massively, "from nine million gallons (34 million litres) in 1990 to more than 84 million gallons (317 million litres) today".
[..] Europe has been wise to resist the pressure to adopt GM crops for cultivation except for a GM maize mainly grown in Spain. In the face of the evidence from countries with experience of these crops, and their associated cocktails of agrotoxics, why should Europe be forced to consider another GM crop for cultivation? But Europe should go further. The soya boom is driven by markets for animal feed, in the form of soya meal or cake, and biodiesel from soya oil. Vast quantities of both are imported into Europe, making it a major driver of South America's unfolding GM disaster. The EU should surely stop importing GM animal feeds and oils from North and South America.
Indeed Europe should change its whole approach to livestock and crop production to address human health impacts, biodiversity loss and climate change. Far from being a "museum of world farming" as the UK's current environment minister, Owen Paterson, likes to claim, Europe could show the way to a rich and varied GM free agriculture that provides nutritious, healthy food and jobs. It would at the same time address the profound degradation of soils and accelerating biodiversity loss, caused to a great extent by the industrial model of agriculture to which genetically engineered crops belong.
"All I know is that we are all being pushed," he said, searching for the right words. "Pushed in the direction of somewhere very explosive, somewhere we do not want to be."
The assumption is that the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, will cave in, just as he did when the country came closest yet to leaving the euro at the height of the crisis in the summer of 2015. But the 41-year-old leader, like Syriza, has been pummelled in the polls. Persuading disaffected backbenchers to support more measures, and then selling them to a populace exhausted by repeated rounds of austerity, will be extremely difficult. Disappointment has increasingly given way to the death of hope – a sentiment reinforced by the realisation that Cyprus and other bailed-out countries, by contrast, are no longer under international supervision.
In his city centre office, the former finance minister Evangelos Venizelos pondered where Greece's predicament was now. "[We are] at the same point we were several years ago," he joked. "The only difference is that anti-European sentiment is growing. What was once a very friendly country towards Europe is becoming increasingly less so, and with that comes a lot of danger, a lot of risk." When historians look back they, too, may conclude that Greece has expended a great deal of energy not moving forward at all.
The arc of crisis that has swept the country – coursing like a cancer through its body politic, devastating its public health system, shattering lives – has been an exercise in the absurd. The feat of pulling off the greatest fiscal adjustment in modern times has spawned a slump longer and deeper than the Great Depression, with the Greek economy shrinking more than 25% since the crisis began. Even if the latest impasse is broken and a deal is reached with creditors soon, few believe that in a country of weak governance and institutions it will be easy to enforce. Political turbulence will almost certainly beckon; the prospect of "Grexit" will grow.
"Grexit is the last thing we want, but we may arrive at a point of serious dilemmas," said Venizelos. "Whatever deal is reached will be very difficult to implement, but that notwithstanding, it is not the memoranda [the bailout accords] that caused the crisis. The crisis was born in Greece long before." Like every crisis government before it, Tsipras's administration is acutely aware that salvation will come only when Greece can return to the markets and raise funds. What happens in the weeks ahead could determine if that is likely to happen at all. Back in Syntagma, Costopoulos the good-natured farmer ponders what lies ahead. Like every Greek, he stands to be deeply affected. "All I know is that we are all being pushed," he said, searching for the right words. "Pushed in the direction of somewhere very explosive, somewhere we do not want to be."
Greek banks never recovered.
Nonperforming loans last month posted a major spike of almost 1 billion euros, reversing the downward course set in the last few months of 2016. This has generated major concerns among local lenders regarding the achievement of targets for reducing bad loans, as agreed with the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the ECB for the first quarter of this year. Bank sources say that after several months of stabilization and of a negative growth rate in new nonperforming exposure,the picture deteriorated rapidly in January, as new bad loans estimated at €800 million in total were created. This increase in a period of just one month is considered particularly high, and is a trend that appears to be continuing this month as well.
Bank officials attribute the phenomenon to uncertainty from the government's inability to complete the second bailout review, fears for a rekindling of the crisis and mainly the expectations of borrowers for extrajudicial settlements of bad loans. Senior bank officials note that a large number of borrowers will not cooperate with their lenders in reaching an agreement for the restructuring of their debts, in the hope that the introduction by the government of the extrajudicial compromise could lead to better terms and possibly even to a debt haircut
Banks further observe that the issue of the extrajudicial settlement, along with the matter of the deferred tax assets for the tackling of banks' losses from the write-off or sale of bad loans, are of major significance to the general issue of dealing with the NPL problem, so they have to be arranged rapidly. Even more important to the banking sector is the completion of the pending bailout review, as uncertainty and the re-emergence of fears over a possible Greek exit from the eurozone have frozen the market and encouraged many people to avoid paying their dues in anticipation of negotiations. This unexpected deterioration in the quality of loan portfolios in recent weeks has banks on edge, as NPLs will have to be reduced by €2.5 billion by end-March, which will be particularly difficult to achieve given the fresh addition of another €800 million.
Forced out of work by Troika demands.
During seven years of a grinding economic crisis, Dimitri Tsamopoulos has lost at least half the clients from his once bustling tax consultancy. But in the past few months, business has jumped, not because the Greek economy is finally recovering but because it is falling even deeper into the abyss. With the Greek government pushing through more tax increases to comply with austerity requirements, more than 21,000 self-employed workers and small firms have shut down in the past two months, with many seeking help from accountants like Mr. Tsamopoulos to close their books. Yet many are not actually closing their businesses. "Most of these people will keep working," Mr. Tsamopoulous said, arching an eyebrow from behind his desk as clients waited in a smoky room outside. "But now, they'll do it on the black market. They're saying they need a way to survive."
Greece is the crisis that never quite goes away for the EU, and with another tense negotiation with creditors scheduled for this coming week, the country is struggling to recover from the longest downturn in the eurozone. The budget-slashing policies and reform medicine required by creditors have done little to revive growth, leaving Greece even more dependent on the three international bailouts the country has received since 2010. Few problems are more ingrained, or harder to combat, than the shadow economy, which appears to be growing again as new austerity measures compel once law-abiding Greeks to go off the books. Greece's black market is estimated at 20 to 25% of the gross domestic product, as more people have stopped reporting their income to avoid paying taxes that, by some estimates, have risen to 70% of an individual's gross income.
As of last month, unpaid taxes in Greece had soared to €95 billion, up from €76 billion two years ago. Most of that is considered uncollectable. "The heart of the matter for an ever-rising number of citizens and businesses is that they simply do not have the financial resources anymore to meet their rising tax obligations," said Jens Bastian, an economist and a member of a team of European Union specialists that helped supervise the country's earlier bailouts. Short on alternatives, he said, "many are falling back into the gray economy."
Again: US and EU need to be very careful about this. And act.
Tension between Greece and Turkey escalated further on Friday after a Turkish coastal patrol boat fired live ammunition during a military exercise in Greek territorial waters in the eastern Aegean Sea. [..] a Greek diplomatic source described the incident in the area around the eastern Aegean island of Farmakonisi, as "a grave violation of international law." "Turkey's unacceptable act raises serious concerns about the potential consequences of its behavior on the stability of the wider region," the same source said. Greek defense officials were reportedly preparing to lodge a demarche with Ankara and brief allies and international organizations on the incident.
According to the Defense Ministry, Turkish authorities issued a navigational telex, or Navtex, the day before informing of a military exercise with live ammunition within Greek territorial waters, east of Farmakonisi, on Friday [yesterday] morning between 7 and 9 a.m. The Greek Defense Ministry responded by issuing a Navtex turning down the Turkish notification, saying it covered Greek territorial waters. Turkish authorities have previously issued similar notifications without executing them. The Greek gunboat Nikiforos was sent to the area to monitor the Turkish Kusadasi vessel, which fired a volley of shots from small caliber (up to 40mm) guns between 7.40 and 7.55 a.m., until it left the area just before 8 a.m.
[..] Friday's incident occurred in the wake of repeated Turkish violations of Greek air space and increased tensions between Athens and Ankara, which were further fueled last month when Greece's highest court blocked the extradition of eight Turkish officers to Turkey for their alleged involvement in July's failed coup. Reacting to the development on Friday, Greece's conservative opposition requested a meeting of the country's National Council of Foreign Policy. "We are deeply concerned to witness Turkey's insistence on provoking [Athens] and maintaining a climate of tension in the Aegean," New Democracy shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said in a letter to Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.
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Defend The Sacred: Documentary from Kyle Bell on Vimeo.
Capturing the heart of a movement that is constantly evolving is difficult. How do you capture Spirit? "Defend The Sacred" is a short documentary that attempts to capture the spirit of Indigenous people at Standing Rock.

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Weekends are made for relaxation.
Rejuvenation. Late nights and lazy mornings. Big, hot mugs of coffee and long, drawn out breakfasts.
This isn't just about leisure. This is about what is essential to making the upcoming, possible. Monday. Ugh. Just the word leaves you with a chill, doesn't it? Lucky for us, we're given the amazing gift of Saturdays.
But Sunday…oh Sunday. I don't know about you, but I have a love-hate relationship with Sundays. Sure, they're part of that relaxing weekend, but they're also filled with minute details, last minute errands, grocery trips, laundry, and gearing up for the week ahead. Sunday is a big day in our house.
We're meal planners – the kind of people that plan out a list of meals, structure our shopping trips (there are always multiple stops) around what we need, and then spend hours in the kitchen washing, chopping, mixing, cooking, and packing.
It's what makes the week work smoothly for us, and it's a routine we've come to rely on.
If you're a pro meal planner, an avid freezer meal maker, or even if you're new to the whole "make ahead" game, there's one essential component of a successfully smooth "cook day": dinner for when you're so exhausted you can't even think about food anymore!
That's right, you planned out a whole week (or even a whole month for you freezer folks) of food and yet it's dinner time, you're exhausted and hungry, and there's nothing to eat!
How does that happen after hours of cooking?
Well, no matter what you fill your busy Sundays with, I have your solution!
Enter: this delicious, easy, and hands-off lemony chicken and roasted potatoes! It's a one-dish meal where you can throw all your ingredients into a large (9×13) casserole dish, mix, and pop it into the oven. There's very little washing and chopping, and just a few stirs throughout the whole process.
The best part about this meal is that it is simple but still bursting with flavour and it is such a flexible meal that virtually any extra vegetables that you may have laying around could be thrown into the mix. I love pairing it with some roasted carrots! It's great on its own but equally fantastic paired with a salad, a pilaf, or some garlic bread.
This meal is a regular on our busy Sundays, and I promise you that no matter what you fill your weekends with – meal planning, soccer practices, piano recitals, hiking, or just hanging out – you will love the new freedom that this Sunday meal brings!
Sundays are now officially a fun, easy day in the weekend again!
Add all ingredients to a large (9x13) casserole dish and stir to combine. For lemon, squeeze the juice out first and then add in lemon wedges whole. If adding any additional vegetables, only add now if these vegetables will need a long time to cook through and caramelize (for example beets, turnips, etc.). Otherwise, wait to add to dish until after the first half hour of cooking is over.
Place dish in preheated oven and allow to cook through for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, open up oven and stir/mix all the ingredients. Place back into the oven and allow to cook for another 15 minutes. Repeat until the chicken is cooked to your liking. Total cook time will be anywhere from 1-1.5 hours. If you don't want your chicken and potatoes to get as caramelized, make sure to add a bit of extra water to the bottom of your pan.
If you're up for a fantastic grilling recipe, we have an excellent Lemon-Herb Chicken recipe here, as well as cooking a whole chicken in your crockpot for those times you want easy meat to pop into weekly meals.


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Is the Bugatti EB110 GT to this decade what McLaren F1 was to the last?
We've witnessed two Bugatti EB110 GTs go under the hammer, setting new records in less than a fortnight. The sudden influx of EB110s is unlikely to be a coincidence. Clearly, the market is now looking at this 90s icon with interest, and we expect prices to reach new heights in the years to come.
Both cars that were auctioned earlier this month fetched over $2 million, beating the initial estimates by a mile. Earlier this week, another EB110 GT sold for approximately $2.2 million, and now RM Sotheby's has listed an extremely rare prototype for $2.5 million. It shows that the values of these cars are slowly creeping up, and we think it won't be long before the EB110 GT crosses the $3 million mark.
In a previous article, we had compared the EB110 GT with the McLaren F1 – a car that's valued at around $20 million! Here's why we think the EB110 could be the McLaren F1 of this decade.
In 1999, Tesla's Elon Musk had purchased a McLaren F1 for around $1 million. 7-years later, a pristine example was sold for $17.05 million by RM Sotheby's. In subsequent years, the prices of the F1 hovered around the $14 million mark. In 2015, Rowan Atkinson sold his car for a cool $12.5 million; and this was a car that had suffered serious damage in a crash. Finally, in 2021, another F1 hit the auction block and was sold for a record $20.5 million.
McLaren F1 prices over the years
Now, let's take a look at the prices of the EB110 GT.
In 2005, Gooding and Co. had sold a silver EB110 GT at Pebble Beach for $282,500. In 2014, the prices went up to approximately $775,000, and a few years later, the EB110 became a $1 million car. Prices of these cars have doubled since then.
Bugatti EB110 GT prices over the years
The McLaren F1 and the Bugatti EB110 GT have seen exponential growth in value. While the prices of the F1 might hit the sealing in the near future, the EB110 still has a long way to go. This makes it one of the best blue-chip investments.
We are now at a stage when these cars are getting more and more desirable. This reflects in their auction prices. Here, we can draw parallels with the luxury watch industry and how the desirability of a certain timepiece results in a massive spike in its value.
Take the turquoise dial Patek Philippe Nautilus for example. Here's a watch that's limited to 170 units and retails for $52,500. The same timepiece was offered by Tiffany & Co at an auction, and it sold for $6.5 million.
The Ferrari 250 GTO is also a good example of how a product's desirability pushes up its value. As the car got more expensive, it attracted more investors. Now, there were more people willing to buy the car, and yet fewer people were willing to sell them. It resulted in an exponential growth in its value, and the rest is history.
The Bugatti EB110 GT has reached a threshold where there is renewed interest in the car, pushing the values up. With the industry transitioning to hybrids and pure electric powertrains, the demand for cars like the EB110 is only going to rise.
Our eyes are now on RM Sotheby's Amelia Island auction. Let's see how much the blue EB110 GT prototype fetches this time.
Related Topics:EB110, EB110 SS, McLaren F1


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Q: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Im kinda new to Windows server, but have been checking out Microsoft Azure and like the IaaS.
Just a question about SSO verse Azure Active Directory Sync.
Im moving my infrastructure into Azure, my base is a AD server, "dirsync" or AD FS server and a few web servers etc. We use Google Apps for Email, Calendar and Drive.
So I see that there are two ways to keep my AD directory and Azure directory in sync. SSO and Azure Active Directory Sync.
If I use Azure Active Directory Sync and not setup AD FS on a server with SSO, will I still be able to use SSO with my Azure Directory to Apps the Microsoft have in the Azure portal?
The only reason I would need a AD FS server if I had Apps/Services on site that I wanted to use SSO with, correct?
I plan to run, kayako and CrashPlan in two VM's in Azure. Both will use LDAP/AD for usernames/password authentication. But would be cool to get SSO for both webapps so employees can sing-on via the myapps.microsoft.com portal.

A: The two ways are DirSync and AAD Sync. Refer: Synchronization Previews Now Available for Microsoft Azure Active Directory.

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*Sync = Same Sign On between on-premise and cloud

*Sync + ADFS = Single Sign On between on-premise and cloud

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myapps.microsoft.com is for third-party vendors like SalesForce who have asked Microsoft to add them as a SaaS application to AAD. It's not for company specific apps.
For company specific apps., you need ADFS as above.
Having done that, if your user SSO's into your app. and then wants to use e.g. SalesForce, they won't have to login again.


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Russell C. Roof Jr., 88, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2019 at The Grand, Ilion. Russ was born on August 28, 1930 in Little Falls, the son of the late Russell and Greta Young Roof, and was a graduate of Van Hornesville High School class of 1948. On October 30, 1982 he was united in marriage to Lynn Heafey in Herkimer.
Russ served as the Clerk of The Herkimer County Legislature until his retirement. Prior to that, he had served as Clerk of Workers Compensation, he was a former supervisor for the Town of Stark, a town board member and a co-owner of the Van Hornesville Bowling Center. Russ was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Herkimer and was the Church Treasurer of the Starkville Lutheran Church. He was very involved with the Herkimer County Republican Party as well as local Republican Groups.
Russell is survived by his wife, Lynn; his daughter and son in law, Mary and Matthew Schmitt of Castleton, NY; his two grandchildren, Lucas and Thomas Schmitt; a step daughter and son in law, Julie and Joseph Constantine of Amsterdam, NY; his step son and his wife, Bradstreet and Iris Tompkins of FL; his sister in law, Lori Tubia of Mohawk; his brother in law, Carmen Tubia of Mohawk; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his sister and brother in law, Helen and Frank Cureau.
The family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to the staff on the Fourth Floor of The Grand for the wonderful care they provided Russ during his time there.
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import java.io.File;
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public abstract class DealObject {

	public abstract void task(File file, Map<String, String> param);

	public void doloop(File f1, Map<String, String> param) {
		if (f1.isDirectory()) {
			for (File f2 : f1.listFiles()) {
				doloop(f2,param);
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		} else {
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What is USB Type-C?
by Tom Kopin, Global Engineering Specialist, Kramer Electronics
Face it: You know the USB connector has gone mainstream when it starts appearing in cars.
Just about every model sold today (trucks and SUVs, too) has at least one if not two USB ports in it. And most of the time, drivers and passengers use them to charge their smartphones, occasionally playing music or uploading a contact list for hands−free calling. (In case you hadn't noticed, USB connectors are showing up in airplanes, on newer cruise ships, and on trains, too!)
The USB port has become so ubiquitous that it's even starting to appear on high−end connected appliances. There's not a whole lot that this versatile data/power connection can't do, and you can now buy USB switchers – basically, spiffed−up versions of the old USB "octopus" cable hubs, but with individually−selected outputs for things like switching KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) ports in AV applications.
Now, there's a new version of USB coming to town – 3.0.
It runs a lot faster than 2.0 (maximum data rate in excess of 5 GB/s) with a correspondingly higher clock speed; one that is high enough to actually create interference with 2.4 GHz Wi−Fi connectivity in smartphones and tablets (which is why you don't see USB 3.0 on those gadgets yet!).
With a new specification comes a new connector, the 24−pin Type−C plug. It's a lot smaller than the older Type−A plug we're used to, and it also features a symmetrical, reversible design – you can plug it in either way, and it will still work. (We just heard a big cheer from all of you who spend minutes trying to figure out which way to plug in your Micro USB connector and charge your phone at 11:30 PM!)
There's more to USB 3.0 than just a faster connection, though. Unlike the current specification, USB 3.0 can deliver up to 100 watts of power, in either direction, which simultaneously streaming serial data. The latest extension of the standard − USB 3.1 – ups the data streaming rate to 10 Gb/s, about what first−generation Thunderbolt (PCI−X over DisplayPort) could handle.
Back to the connector.
Type−C came into being because Type−A is too large for mobile devices and ultra−slim notebooks. Ultimately, it will replace the Type−A connector completely, and that's not just because it's a small, reversible connector.
The USB 3.0/3.1 specification also creates what's known as an Alternate Mode. In short, you can use some or all of the pins on a USB Type−C plug to carry display data, turning your USB connection into a display connection. VESA's DisplayPort 1.3 connector and Lattice's superMHL plug were the first to support Alternate mode through USB Type−C, and HDMI recently joined the fun in early September.
That's a lot of stuff to jam into any connector, let alone one this small!! Yet, this is the way the world of interfacing is headed; getting rid of all the unique, incompatible plugs and jacks we relied on for so many years with our computers, televisions, and personal electronics. If a manufacturer of thin laptops, phones, and tablets hasn't gone completely wireless yet, chances are the connector of choice on their latest gadgets will be USB Type−C.
Perhaps the coolest feature of Type−C is that it is a "smart" connector.
If you plug one end into a USB port on your laptop and the other into an HDMI connector on your display, the laptop interface will know things are operating in display mode and configure the port accordingly. Yank that plug out and tie it up to a wall transformer, and bingo – you're in charging mode.
In Alternate Mode, the source and display resolution will determine how many pins are to be used on the connector. With HDMI, version 2.0is supported (3840x2160p/60, 8−bit RGB color), and with DisplayPort, you can up that to 10−bit 4K. Higher versions of DisplayPort and the relatively−new superMHL interface standard also use Display Stream Compression, which means you can push an 8K signal (7680×4320 pixels) at 60 Hz through that same Type−C plug. (So many pixels, so little space…)
And there you have it – perhaps the USB plug to end all plugs. USB Type−C can replace Type−A, Mini (still used a lot on printers and scanners), and the two different "micro" versions found on phones and cameras. That would simplify things considerably, wouldn't it−
And now you know…
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New York City - 1979: the streets are filled with roving bands of stray dogs who are fighting amongst themselves for a piece of territory. Into the fray comes Dox E. Dog, a Miniature Dachshund who got separated from his owner in Brooklyn on a trip from California. Dox befriends several other misfit strays who are being bullied by more aggressive dogs. Among his new friends are an English Bulldog, a German Shepherd, and a Miniature Pinscher. After hooking up with their mutual friend Angela, a Boston Terrier, and twin Chihuahuas, Isabella and Roberta, while playing in Prospect Park, Dox sees the "homebody" dog Ann, a Poodle who lives in a tony brownstone in the upscale area of Park Slope, Brooklyn. Dox convinces the other strays to follow Ann, but they balk since homebodies and strays don't mix. However, Ann comes out on the balcony of her room to talk to the others and discovers the hidden dangers of living on on the streets.


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Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Here, surrounded by falling leaves, Millay is sending God a message: Don't let any more leaves fall or I shall be consumed by glory! I will be immolated by the fiery passion this beauty is birthing!
But in those same falling leaves, is there any message that God is sending us?
Finding God in all things–this is the sacramental life. Things that are visible and tangible to our senses more and more become the vehicles whereby we are able to see the invisible and hold in our hands the intangible. The sacramental life is where the invisible becomes more real than the visible, the spiritual more alluring than the physical. The sacramental life is one in which more and more we "consecrate" things around us to God's service and receive all things, as small and common and ubiquitous as leaves, as blessings from God and more and more things around us become visible signs of invisible realities.
When we become able to see God's messages of love in something as simple as the sacrament of a falling leaf, we become rich indeed!


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Llanwrtyd Wells è una cittadina di circa 600 abitanti del Galles centro-orientale, facente parte della contea di Powys (contea tradizionale: Brecknockshire o Breconshire) e della parrocchia civile di Llanwrtyd e situata alla confluenza dei fiumi Irfon e Cammarch e ai piedi dei Monti Cambrici.

Ex-stazione termale, detiene il primato di essere la più piccola località con status di città del Regno Unito.

Geografia fisica
Llanwrtyd Wells si trova ad est dei Monti Cambrici, tra le località di Llandovery e Builth Wells (rispettivamente a nord-est della prima e a sud-ovest della seconda), a circa 8 km a sud di Abergwesyn e a circa 30 km a sud-ovest di Llandrindod Wells, nonché a circa 50 km ad ovest di Hay-on-Wye, la città gallese che segna il "confine" con l'Inghilterra.

Storia
Llanwrtyd Wells fu un importante centro termale tra il XVIII e il XIX secolo, grazie all'abbondanza di ferro e zolfo delle sorgenti vicine, in seguito chiuse quando i fanghi passarono di moda.

Le proprietà curative delle sorgenti furono scoperte nel 1792 da una persona del luogo che soffriva di scorbuto. Da quel momento in poi, soprattutto in epoca vittoriana, iniziarono a giungere nella località persone provenienti da varie zone del Galles.

Feste ed eventi
 Folk 'n' Ale Weekend
 Llanwrtyd Wells Festival Weekend
 Man vs Horse Marathon
 Mid Wales Beer Festival
 Morris in the Forest
 Mountain Bike Festival
 World Bog Snorkelling Championships
 Welsh International Four Days Walks
 Welsh International Cycle Rides

Gemellaggi

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comunità di Powys
Località termali del Regno Unito

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EBMUD expected to officially declare stage 1 drought on Tuesday
Bay City News
No end in sight for California drought
Parts of Northern California are experiencing extreme drought conditions. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for two counties.
OAKLAND, Calif. - The East Bay Municipal Utility Board of Directors will consider officially declaring a stage 1 drought at its meeting Tuesday.
Staff members from the utility provider will present its 2021 Water Supply Availability and Deficiency Report and recommend the board establish a district-wide voluntary water use reduction of 10 percent.
Under that scenario, the district would also purchase supplemental water from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project. Most of EBMUD's water comes from Sierra snowmelt above the Mokelumne River.
The board will also consider tapping Sacramento River water through the Freeport Regional Water Project, which it's done during previous droughts. The Freeport facility is a joint EBMUD project with the Sacramento County Water Agency.
SEE ALSO: Parched Bay Area gets much-needed rain after dry month
A summary of the latest WSDAR report says EBMUD's "water supply is not sufficient for meeting customer demands and storage targets after meeting flow obligations in the Lower Mokelumne River."
Through April 18, "Mokelumne precipitation" was at 54 percent of average, according to the report, which also said East Bay precipitation was at 33 percent of normal. Statewide, rainfall numbers are at 34 percent, the lowest since 1977.
As of April 18, EBMUD storage facilities were at 69 percent capacity. Pardee is the healthiest, at 89 percent of capacity, followed by Camanche at 56 percent. The East Bay supply is at 69 percent capacity, according to the report.
It also says the Northern Sierra/Trinity snowpack was at 36 percent of normal on April 19, with the Central Sierra at 42 percent. The Southern Sierra was at 18 percent of normal.
MORE: Newsom declares drought emergency in Mendocino and Sonoma counties
If the plan is implemented, starting May 1, EBMUD will begin informing customers about drought conditions and ways to reduce water use through available platforms. The district will also educate and inform about preparing for drought and implementing conservation measure for more efficient use indoors and outdoors.
Tuesday's virtual public meeting of EBMUD's board of directors begins at 1:15 p.m. and can be found here, webinar ID 970 6508 6667 and passcode 238500. Or call (669) 900-6833.


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News > Latest Poker News > Phil Ivey Was an Honest Cheater, Says UK Appellate Court, Edge-Sorting Appeal Shot Down
November 4, 2016 Latest Poker News
Phil Ivey Was an Honest Cheater, Says UK Appellate Court, Edge-Sorting Appeal Shot Down
Phil Ivey's winning habits do not seem to extend to the courtroom. Just two weeks after a judge in New Jersey ruled that Ivey had been in "breach of contract" when he "won" $9.6 million at the Borgata's baccarat tables in 2012, an appellate panel of judges in the UK upheld a ruling that he'd been "cheating" during a similar winning streak at Crockfords Casino in London.
Phil Ivey, seen here outside London's High Court during his initial case against Crockfords Casino, has lost his appeal, but his attorney calls the decision "unclear." (Image: Press Association)
In both cases, Ivey and an accomplice, Cheng Yin Sun, had been employing the practice of edge-sorting while playing baccarat variations. This is a highly skilled process in which gamblers identify tiny discrepancies on the backs of playing cards in order to determine whether they will be favorable to the player.
Decision Crockfords
Ivey and Sun would ask the dealer to rotate certain cards 180 degrees, explaining it was for superstitious reasons. But in reality, the players were sorting the cards into two groups of high and low, so that they could be identified later. They also requested an automatic shuffler be used because, unlike a manual shuffle, it does not change the cards' orientation.
Ivey and Sun left Crockfords $7.7 million to the good, which at the time was around $12 million, and were told that their winnings would be wired to them. But at some point afterwards, the casino caught on the scheme, and the money never arrived.
Ivey sued Genting Casinos, which owns Crockfords, but the judge ultimately dismissed the case in November 2015. While he called Ivey a "truthful witness," he ruled that edge-sorting was not a "legitimate strategy," as Ivey had himself argued it was.
On Thursday, an appellate panel of three judges upheld the ruling by 2 to 1, a decision that Ivey claimed "makes no sense."
An Honest Cheat
"The trial judge said that I was not dishonest and the three appeal judges agreed, but somehow the decision has gone against me. Can someone tell me how you can have honest cheating?" he asked the court.
Court of Appeal Justice Mary Arden said that the fact that Ivey did not regard himself as cheating was irrelevant.
"In my judgment, this section provides that a party may cheat within the meaning of this section without dishonesty or intention to deceive: depending on the circumstances it may be enough that he simply interferes with the process of the game," she said.
"On that basis, the fact that the appellant did not regard himself as cheating is not determinative."
Ivey's only and final recourse is to seek permission to appeal to the UK's Supreme Court, which his lawyer, Matthew Dowd, said he would do.
The ruling "leaves the law totally unclear as to what constitutes cheating at gambling," said Dowd.
skaterick wrote...
November 4, 2016-10:01 pm
scandals and poker players , I am getting tired of it all .
99TERRANCE99 wrote...
November 5, 2016-9:46 pm
They agreed to the rules before letting them play now cry foul after they lose if they didnt lose wew wouldnt hear nothing ,i dont think its right odds are stacked against you already by the house
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Nathaniel Bacon was on born July 14, 1802, in Ballston Spa, New York, to a farm family of English descent who had settled in the beautiful eastern New York location after the Revolutionary War. Bacon received private tutoring and academy education in his early years, and in 1824 graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York. After graduation, he studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1827. In the same year he married Jane S. Sweetman, of Salem, New York. The next year he opened a law office in Rochester, New York. He practiced there for several years.
In the years before Bacon was appointed to the Circuit Court and thus to the Michigan Supreme Court Bench, he held several local offices, including those of Prosecuting Attorney and Judge of Probate. In 1855, upon the death of Judge Whipple of the Second Judicial Circuit, Nathaniel Bacon was appointed to serve out the term. He acted as a Michigan Supreme Court Justice until 1858 when the Court was reorganized. After his service to the state, Bacon continued in the post of Circuit Judge until his death.


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The Almanack Welcomes Caperton Tissot
Please join me in welcoming Saranac Lake resident Caperton Tissot as the newest contributor to the Adirondack Almanack. Caperton's work has appeared in Adirondack Life, Adirondack Explorer, and includes a shared weekly "Friends and Neighbors" column in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
She has published two books on her own Snowy Owl Press, History between the Lines, Women's Lives and Saranac Lake Customs (2007), and Adirondack Ice, a Cultural and Natural History (2010). Caperton will be writing regularly about Adirondack ice through the winter.
During the last three years Caperton has held a number of oral history workshops, and is currently touring the region with an Adirondack ice slide show and book signings. She also coordinates a winter lecture series at the Saranac Lake Free Library. "It is," she says, "a wonderful way to meet new folks and learn about Adirondack art, history and culture."
When not traveling or writing, she and her husband are active skiers, snowshoers, hikers, paddlers and bikers.
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Ronald Murray plus connu sous le nom de Flip Murray, né le  à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie, est un joueur américain de basket-ball. Il a été sélectionné à la  de la Draft 2002 par les Bucks de Milwaukee. Il est notamment connu pour ses qualités physiques et pour sa rapidité.

Murray s'est fait connaître à la suite d'un très bon début de saison chez les Supersonics de Seattle même s'il a d'abord joué 12 matchs pour les Bucks de Milwaukee. Il rejoint ensuite les Cavaliers de Cleveland avant de jouer pour les Pistons de Détroit, les Pacers de l'Indiana, les Hawks d'Atlanta, les Bobcats de Charlotte et les Bulls de Chicago.

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 2002-2003 : Bucks de Milwaukee
 2002-2006 : Supersonics de Seattle
 2005-2006 : Cavaliers de Cleveland
 2006-2007 : Pistons de Détroit
 2007-2008 : Pacers de l'Indiana
 2008-2009 : Hawks d'Atlanta
 2009-2010 : Bobcats de Charlotte
 Depuis 2010 : Bulls de Chicago

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Posted July 28, 2018 by Kyle McFadden Cup
Byron runs sixth in first practice at Pocono as Hendrick still searches for win No. 250
William Byron was sixth-fastest in the first Cup practice Saturday, eyeing his first win at NASCAR's top level. Photo: Dominic Aragon/The Racing Experts.
LONG POND, Pa. — William Byron and Hendrick Motorsports aren't having the seasons they hoped for.
Through 20 races, Byron, who busted onto the NASCAR national touring scene with a Truck Series championship in 2016 and XFINITY Series title in 2017, is 21st in the Monster Energy Cup Series points standings with no wins and just one top five. Hendrick, meanwhile, hasn't won a race in exactly a year.
Optimistically, that cold stretch could come to an end this weekend, as Byron showed some speed, running sixth in the first practice session at 173.320 miles per hour.
"I feel like we have good speed," Byron said. "Early there in practice, I think the biggest thing is just trying to not fall off [with tire wear] so much. I think we fell off a pretty good amount. We have to work on that a little bit."
In his first start at Pocono earlier this year, Byron qualified 14th and finished 18th. In 2017 XFINITY Series race at the track, he placed 12th and in the 2016 truck race, he started on the pole, led 44 of 60 laps, and triumphed.
"Last time we were here we had a pretty good run," Byron said. "So hopefully we can improve on that."
Pocono is typically an uncomfortable circuit for rookie drivers like Byron, but the 20-year-old says he likes the "Tricky Triangle."
"I feel comfortable. I was pretty comfortable the first time here," Byron said. "This time around, it's understanding what the car is going to do and how you can improve those qualities is really important. I think coming here a second time is good to understand what the car is going to do with certain changes and kind of get a better idea of those things and hone in on it."
When asked if he believes he can snag a win Sunday, whether with sheer speed or fuel mileage, Byron said, "I'd like to. There are some guys who are very quick. It's going to be hard to beat them. But yeah, every week is to go out there and win. I think, realistically, try to finish in the top 10 first and kind of see where we stack up from there."
If it were to happen — Byron going to Victory Lane — it'd present a few culminations: Byron's first Cup win and Hendrick's long-awaited, benchmark 250th win.
"It would mean a number of things: That we improved that much to get to that point. To be able to win would be something really special and I think outside of that, to be the team to get that win would be really cool too," Byron said.
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The 64th Alaska Science & Engineering Fair event will be March 29-31, 2019 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Online Registration for K-12 Alaska Students: All participants must register online at least two days before the science fair.
Registration Night – Project Setup: Friday, March 29, 2019. Friday, the day before the judging event, 5:00PM–8:00PM, at the Northway Mall.
Registration Night is when you submit your paperwork, pay the entry fee (the fee is waived for online registrations received early!), go through the safety check, set up your project, and receive your Science Fair T-shirt. Senior High students must also turn in their paperwork for their final Scientific Review.
Arrive any time between 5:00PM–7:30PM. Allow approximately an hour to register. Please do not arrive early. 5:00PM tends to be the busiest; try a little later for faster registration times.
Late registration is available on Saturday morning only for those students who meet the following criteria: 1. The teacher/chaperone has notified the Science Fair Director of the late registration; 2. The student has done an electronic registration by noon on Thursday (the day before Registration Night).
Awards Ceremony: Sunday, March 31, 2019. 1:00PM. Duration approximately 2 hours.
Note to High School students: High School students, please do your paperwork before you begin your research. Your eligibility for the top prizes depends on having your paperwork in order. See the 2019 ISEF and local forms here. You may also find the ISEF forms at the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) site: https://student.societyforscience.org/intel-isef-forms.
Prepare for your project's safety check! When you set up your project at Registration, it must have a safety inspection. These pages extracted from the Safety Inspector Training slide show (1.3MB PDF) describe items that may not be on your project display.
You can use items such as glass tubing, vinegar, and plant soil during your research, but please don't bring such items to the science fair. Take pictures of them! Put the pictures on your display.
Do you need these "unsafe" items at the science fair? No! Do your project ahead of time. At the science fair, describe what you did. The judges care that you can express your understanding of your project; they do not need you to reproduce the work in front of them.
Objects like these belong in a picture on your display board. Do not bring them to the science fair.


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Jeremy Scott threw himself a raging after party at Parisian hotspot Le Regine last night.
I spotted Misshapes DJ and Gap model Leigh Lezark behind the DJ booth in a Henry Holland Spring 09 dress and wondered, "Shouldn't she be wearing a Mickey Mouse dress?"
But before I could ask my dance partner about party dress etiquette, Jeremy Scott leapt into the DJ booth, in the tiger uniform at left, to embrace Leigh. And then, as if he could read my mind, Henry Holland jumped into the group hug. Designers Erin Fetherston and Alex Wang held court in the corner and come to think of it, only good things - dresses and shoes? - could come from that talented group reading my mind.


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What You Need to Know Most About Character Voice
I'm kind of embarrassed to admit I didn't have much of an understanding of character voice at the beginning of this year. None of my professors in college really talked about it. I think I remember learning the definition in high school and reading it briefly in a few writing tips.
In truth, I've probably heard the fact that "Voice is one of the biggest draws for getting an agent or editor" more than I've actually heard tips on writing voice. Since then, I've gotten to the heart of what voice is. Or so I think. You'll have to judge for yourself. Here's what I found for anyone who might be struggling like I once was, or anyone who wants to learn more.
First, by definition, "voice" can refer to the writer's style, the narrator's style, or, your characters' persona, thoughts, speech patterns, and word choice.
Sometimes when people think of character voice, they think of first-person narration, but really, all characters have a voice of their own, even if they aren't telling the story.
To illustrate, here are three lines from Harry, Ron, and Hermione:
"Don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you..."
"Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?"
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me."
If you've read the books, I bet you can tell who said what.
Voice is made up of two things: What the character talks (or sometimes thinks) about, and how she says it. In other words:
What the Character Thinks or Talks about + How She Says it = Voice
Hermione believes in following rules and frequently tells Ron and Harry to do likewise. She's also very logical and intelligent. In the first line above, she chooses to warn Harry, and then explains, logically, why he should heed her warning. Ron usually says those comical one-liners, and his language is usually a little coarser than the other two. Because Harry is frequently accused of things, he often has to defend himself, "I don't go looking for trouble."
What Your Character Talks About
So, what does your character choose to talk about? What does he not talk about?
In Lord of the Rings, the Hobbits often talk about food. They're Hobbits, so they eat a lot more than the other characters and therefore food is important to their culture. Because they bring up food a lot, we know that's what they are thinking about on their journey.
They don't casually strike up conversations about advanced battle tactics; they don't have a war-based background. And any conversation they do have about battle tactics wouldn't be on the same level as a warrior.
So their background, culture, interests, and experience influence their voice.
If your character is a nutritionist, she might look at her lunch and talk about complex carbs, protein, calories, and vitamins. A fashionista might notice that her best friend is wearing this season's color. A dentist might see people's teeth first.
Remember, what your character chooses to talk about reflects what he's thinking about. I know that sounds obvious, but have you really considered it? If your character says something, it's also conveying to your reader what's on his mind at that moment.
You can work that to your advantage by having your character say something surprising in a specific situation. (Tweaking an example from my own manuscript,) if I have a character break up with her boyfriend, and she's crying, and someone tries to comfort her, and she says, "It's not Zach so much. Now I have to go to the dance looking like a complete idiot." Not only is the response surprising--she's not crying over the loss of Zach, but her potential embarrassment--it also reveals character--she's more concerned with her image than the loss of her significant other.
Having that specific line stated in that situation conveys a lot about the character and her relationship with her boyfriend. It conveys what she's thinking about most.
Next time, in Part 2 of this, I'll delve into how characters talk, mentioning some of the potential problems and a few minor techniques you can use for a character's voice.
UPDATE: Read Part 2 here!
(Listen or watch this writing tip on Youtube)
11:00 AMSeptember C. Fawkescharacter, character voice, Creative Writing, fiction writing, for aspiring writers, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pippin, second breakfast, The Hobbit, Tips for Writers, voice, Writing Tips2 comments
Fantastic!! I love your formula:
So simple yet so correct. Voice is powerful, when I have other critique my work they usually love or write what I've written based on voice (narrative and character). Looking forward to part 2!
September C. Fawkes September 28, 2013 at 8:38 AM
It really is powerful. Voice made me fall in love with Lemony Snicket, but others couldn't stand him. :) Thanks James.


Federal Foreign Labor Certification Data Center experiencing delays in processing foreign agricultural workers' applications. Delays could jeopardize Louisiana sugarcane harvest.
The federal Foreign Labor Certification Data Center is experiencing delays in processing foreign agricultural workers' applications to work in the United States because of a dispute over prevailing wages in Pennsylvania.
Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said the processing delays could mean the Louisiana sugarcane harvest will be delayed.
Wage rates for H-2B workers will also substantially increase when the prevailing wage issues are settled.
"The big issue is, if the sugar mills cannot get the workers in the plants by harvest time, then the entire Louisiana sugar market will be negatively impacted," Strain said.
Jim Simon, general manager of the American Sugarcane League, said a wide cross section of the Louisiana sugar industry uses guest workers in the H-2A and H-2B programs to plant cane and work in sugar mills as laborers and boilers.
Strain called for a reform of the guest worker program and proposed a plan to streamline the application, certification and approval process of foreign workers for H-2A and H-2B visa programs. "The majority of our guest workers return to the United States and work year after year in our farming and forestry industries, sugar mills, food processing plants and seafood plants. But their work visas must be processed every year.
For more information about foreign labor certification, visit the U.S. Department of Labor website at http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/about.cfm.


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Q: Enable text box based on radio button selected I have a Radio Button List that lists different business categories.  The last option is the Other category.  When the user selects the Other category, I want to be able to enable a text box that the user can then enter further information to explain the Other selection.
Currently, I am attempting
    If rblCategory.SelectedIndex = 20 Then
        txtOther.Enabled = True
        lblOther.Text = rblCategory.SelectedItem.Text()
    End If

In this excerpt, I am basing it on the index, but I've also tried basing it on the Text field as well as the Value field, but I still have not gotten it to work.  Any suggestions?

A: If your breakpoints aren't being hit, that is a good clue that something bigger is wrong. Do all of the controls you are working with have ViewStateEnabled=true? For a radio button list, I think you may need to set CausesValidation=true, and also AutoPostBack=true. Some controls do not post back by default and I think that may be one of them.

A: You could probably simplify this by simply hooking into the OnCheckChanged event of that last radiobutton.
Private Sub OtherRadioButton_CheckedChanged(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles OtherRadioButton.CheckedChanged
    Dim r As RadioButton = CType(sender, RadioButton)

    txtOther.Enabled     = r.Checked
    lblOther.Text        = r.Text
End Sub


Unit 37 regulates hunting opportunities for big game in New Mexico and covers 1,647 square miles. Public lands comprise 620 square miles (38%) of the total land covered by this game management unit. The greater region is best serviced by Alto. The elevation of the region ranges from a low of 4,400 feet to a high of 11,600 feet above sea level. Wildfires have burned nearly 58 acres here in the last two years, providing opportunities for new vegetation and attracting a variety of wildlife. This unit is a gateway to these forested and wilderness areas: Lincoln National Forest Capitan Mountains Wilderness. Additionally, 4 sites are open to the public for access to managed private lands.