Indeed it would have been a miracle if Andreas Lasnik had not taken the path to being a professional footballer. Since his early childhood, the life of the boy from the Austrian province Styria was all about the beautiful game. He grew up a stone's throw away from the sports ground in Maria Lankowitz and his family shared the love for the game. "My father and my brother played themselves, my mother helped out at the home games of Maria Lankowitz in the cafeteria and my aunt was the club`s groundskeeper. So I almost grew up on the football field," Lasnik recalls.
Early on it was clear that football would play a very important role in the life of the blonde boy. His life took a decisive turn when he was just just nine years old. At that time he signed his first contract in Portugal. At least that`s what you could call it. Andreas attended one of Hermann Stessl`s football camps, where the former youth-coordinator of Austria Vienna, Mark Schruf, noticed his talent. He promised to invite him to a summer camp in San Diego in the following year, if he would meet up a list of conditions. These included individual football practice as well as good grades in school. "This was a turning point for Andi, because from that time on he has followed his way without making compromises", remembers his father Gerald.
While other kids at his age were watching cartoons on TV, Andreas watched technique-trainings of Ajax Amsterdam on VHS cassettes and tried to imitate the exercises immediately. "He was perhaps not the greatest talent, but he was extremely willing to learn and could reproduce things very quickly", his father says, who worked out individual training plans that were tailored to the age of his son, in order to stabilize and strengthen his body.
His talent was certainly no secret to the Austrian Bundesliga teams and Sturm Graz wanted the ten-year-old to play for their youth department. Due to the big amount of time that Andreas would lose in commuting to Graz the family decided against it. A decision that shouldn`t harm the development of a future national team player. Again and again he was invited by big teams to major tournaments to support them as guest player. At the age of ten he faced a crowd of 15,000 people when he played a youth game for Austria Vienna just before a game in the European Cup at the Ernst-Happel-Stadium.


Moreton Valence is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
MORETON-VALENCE, a parish, with a scattered Village, in Wheatenhurst district, Gloucester; on the Gloucester and Berkeley canal, 2½ miles WSW of Haresfield r. station, and 3½ NNW of Stonehouse. Post town, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Acres, 1,432; of which 33 are water. Real property, £3,972; of which £250 are in the canal, and £520 in railways. Pop., 337. Houses, 75. The property is much subdivided. Standish House belongs to Lord Sherborne, and is occupied by R. Potter, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £85. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is chiefly later English; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and was recently repaired. A section of the parish, which contained a pop. of 180 in 1861, is within Framilode chapelry.
P. T. Stroud (121) 8 m. NW. Pop. 348.
A parish in the hundred of Whitstone, bordering on the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church, dedicated to St. Stephen, is a very ancient structure, having on the north side a Norman doorway, with a semicircular arch, within the curve of which is a rude figure representing St. Michael fighting with Satan under the form of a dragon, sculptured in low relief. Here are iron works.


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Víctor Santos (Valencia, 1977), tras iniciarse en el mundo del cómic en 1998, se ha convertido en uno de los autores españoles internacionales más prolíficos de los últimos años.
Entre 2005 y 2006 realiza para Soleil la serie juvenil de creación propia para el mercado francés Young Ronins, tras lo que da el salto al mercado americano con novelas gráficas como Zombee y Demon Cleaner, escritas por Miles Gunter para Image y Antarctic press, y Filthy Rich con Brian Azzarello para DC comics. A partir de 2009 se convierte en el dibujante regular de la serie The Mice Templar, escrita por Bryan Glass y Mike Oeming y publicada por Image comics.
A la vez comienza a trabajar para la editorial estadounidense IDW, primero en la serie de Witch & Wizard, con Dara Naraghi adaptando los personajes del bestseller de James Patterson, y a continuación en Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, primero con guiones de Eric Powell y Tracy Marsh, y después con Jason Ciaramella. Con Boom! Studios ha ilustrado números de Golpe en la Pequeña China (con Fred Van Lente), Sleepy Hollow (con Eric Carrasco) y Evil Empire (con Max Bemis). Incluso escribió e ilustró una historia para la adaptación al cómic de la serie de animación Historias Corrientes.
Como guionista ha escrito tres antologías de Los Reyes Elfos, dos spin-offs de la serie y las novelas gráficas la Sangre de las valkirias y Ragnarök (dibujadas por Pere Pérez), Ezequiel Himes: Zombie Hunter (con Alberto Hernández) , Silhouette (con Jesús Alonso Iglesias) y recientemente Infinity:Outrage (con Kenny Ruiz), la adaptación al manga del famoso juego de miniaturas Infinity Corvus Belli.
Otros trabajos son cómics de superhéroes como la miniserie Furious con su compañero de fatigas en The Mice Templar, Bryan J.L. Glass, también con Dark Horse, y Black Market, escrita por Frank Barbiere para Boom! Studios.
Su trabajo más personal como autor completo es Polar (www.polarcomic.com), un proyecto online, que sirve como banco de pruebas en algunos de los temas del cómic que más le interesan, sobre todo narrativos y de composición de página. Sus tres temporadas han sido publicadas por Dark Horse como una trilogía de libros con los títulos Polar: Came from the cold (2013), Polar: Eye for an eye (2015) y Polar: No mercy for sister Maria (2016). Recientemente ha comenzado a serializar una nueva historia en esa misma página titulada Guts.
Sus últimos proyectos son la serie para Image comics Violent Love, de nuevo con Frank Barbiere, la novela gráfica Sukeban Turbo con Sylvain Runberg para Glenat (Francia) y la novela gráfica Bad Girls con la guionista Alex de Campi para el gigante editorial Simon & Schuster. Su obra Rashomon, una historia que mezcla género detectivesco y samurais producida inicialemnte en España, ha sido publicada por Dark Horse en una nueva edición de tapa dura en color.
Sus premios incluyen 6 galardones del Salón del Cómic de Barcelona, dos del Salón del Comic de Madrid. En 2014 ha sido nominado al prestigioso Premio Harvey por su labor en Polar: Came from the cold. Las páginas originales de Polar protagonizaron una exposición de gran éxito en la Galerie Glénat de París en 2016.
Además, Constantin films y Dark Horse Entertainment han unido fuerzas para llevar Polar a la gran pantalla en una producción de Netflix con las estrellas Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katherin Winnick y Matt Lucas y el galardonado director Jonas Ackerlund. Será estrenada en 2019.
También The Mice Templar está actualmente en desarrollo como proyecto de serie de animación para TV producido por Mike the Pike y Gaumont Animation.
Con sus trabajos en Filthy Rich y Witch & Wizard ha conseguido puestos de los más vendidos en la prestigiosa lista del New York Times.
Born in Valencia in 1977, Victor is one the of the most prolific international Spanish authors. He has written and illustrated a variety of comics in Spain and France, including Los Reyes Elfos, Pulp Heroes, Young Ronins, Lone in Heaven, rashomon, Seppuku and Black Kaiser.
He began his American adventures with Demon Cleaner and Zombee, written by Miles Gunter, and Filthy Rich, written by Brian Azzarello, one of the first titles of DC´s Vertigo Crime line. His last works are the new current series of The Mice Templar, written by Bryan JL Glass and Mike Oeming, the James Patterson´s Witch & Wizard series written by Dara Naraghi and the Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters series written by Eric Powell and Tracy Marsh, and later with Jason Ciaramella, published by IDW.
With Boom! Studios has illustrated issues of Big Trouble in Little China (with Fred Van Lente), Sleepy Hollow (with Eric Carrasco) and Evil Empire (with Max Bemis). Even wrote and illustrated a story for the animation show adaptation Regular Show.
He has continued practicing tasks of writer for other artists in Spain, writing three Los Reyes Elfos anthologies, two spin-offs and the graphic novels la Sangre de las valkirias (Blood of the valkyries) and Ragnarök (drawn by Pere Pérez), Ezequiel Himes: Zombie Hunter (with Alberto Hernández), Silhouette (with Jesús Alonso Iglesias) and recently Infinity: Outrage (with Kenny Ruiz), the manga adaptation of the famous wargame Infinity Corvus Belli.
Other works are the ownership superheroes book Furious, written by his Mice Templar mate Bryan JL Glass and published again by Dark Horse and Black Market, written by Frank Barbiere for Boom! Studios.
His most personal project as complete author is Polar, an online noir comic strip, a place where to experiment with the storytelling and the composition. Its three seasons have been published as a dialogated and remastered trilogy of books by Dark Horse titled Polar: Came from the cold (2013), Polar: Eye for an eye (2015) and Polar: No Mercy for Sister Maria (2016). Recently he has begun a new serialized story titled Guts.
His last works are the ongoing series Violent Love for Image comics written by Frank Barbiere again, the GN Sukeban Turbo with Sylvain Runberg for Glenat comics (France, and IDW in USA) and recently the graphic novel titled Bad Girls with writer Alex de Campi published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery 13.
His Spanish samurai noir graphic novel Rashomon has been published in USA by Dark Horse in a new color hardcover edition.
He has won six awards of the Barcelona international comic convention and three in the Madrid con. In 2014 he was nominated to the prestigious Harvey Award for his work in Polar: Came from the cold. The original art of the Polar graphic novels had a succeful exhibition in the Glénat Gallery in Paris in 2016.
Constantin films y Dark Horse Entertainment have joined forces to bring Polar to the big screen in a Netflix production with stars Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Matt Lucas and the awarded director Jonas Ackerlund. It will be premiered in 2019.
The Mice Templar series is also currently in development as TV animation series project by Mike the Pike and Gaumont Animation.


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Antonio Lafuente García (1953, Granada) é um pesquisador do Centro de Ciências Humanas e Sociais do Conselho Superior de Investigações Científicas da Espanha na área de estudos da ciência. Tem trabalhos nas temáticas Ttrada expansão colonial da ciência e na relação da ciência com seus públicos e com conhecimento profano. Mais recentemente pesquisa a relação entre tecnologia e bens comuns, bem como os nexos entre novos e velhos patrimônios. O interesse pelos bens comuns conduziu-lhe ao estudo dos problemas que propõe a expansão dos direitos de propriedade intelectual em ciência, como também à análise das relações entre os conceitos de governança, conhecimento aberto, participação, democracia técnica, biz science e cultura científica.

Dirige desde sua fundação no ano 2007 o Commons Labs no MediaLab-Prado de Madri, onde compartilha suas contribuições teóricas no estudo sobre os commons, dentre as quais se destaca a formalização da teoria de seus quatro meios consistentesː o corpo, a natureza, a cidade e o meio digital. Como exemplos dos commons nos vários meios podem ser citados: no corpo, o DNA; na natureza, o ar limpo, o espaço exterior, os lugares de pesca, os bosques e o mar; na cidade, o sistema de esgoto, as atividades nascidas na vida urbana tais como dançar valsa, jogar ao futebol ou pintar grafiti; no digital, a família de protocolos de internet, o software livre, a Wikipédia e o OpenStreetMap. Lafuente define o commons como "o que é de todos e de ninguém ao mesmo tempo. No castelhano antigo mais que descrever uma coisa, dá conta de uma atividade que se faz em proveito de todos. O procomún, os commons, em todo o caso, não é definível, porque evoca a existência de bens muito heterogêneos que vão desde os velhos pastos comunais aos novos mundos da biodiversidade, o folclore ou a gastronomia".

Sua posição intelectual defende a abertura do conhecimento e a democratização do mesmo, não o  permitindo ficar dentro de um reduto reservado aos expecialistas. Esta abertura exige um replanejamento ou reinvenção da política implantando soluções que impeçam ou dificultem a privatização de questões tais como "a função fotosintética, o ciclo dos nutrientes ou a polinização das plantas, as sementes, os fundos oceânicos e os aquíferos", devendo ser responsabilidade de todos a transmissão a gerações futuras dos dons da natureza e da cultura, bem como a reafirmação de um compromisso com a defesa do bem comum e dos novos patrimônios.

Para Lafuente, as criações tecnocientíficas supõem uma assemblage de humanos e robôs. Parte da confiança dos processos da interação social está se deslocando de forma crescente para máquinas e sistemas que utilizam procedimentos codificados e automatizados. Como exemplo, Lafuente cita a Wikipédia, onde as edições realizadas por bots representam uma alta percentagem do número de edições totais.

Livros
 Lafuente, Antonio; Alonso, Andoni y Rodríguez, Joaquín. (2013). ¡Todos sabios! Ciencia ciudadana y conocimiento expandido. Cátedra. Madrid, 198 pp.
 Lafuente, Antonio et alii. (2012). Las dos orillas de la ciencia. La traza pública e imperial de la Ilustración española. Marcial Pons. Madrid, 352 pp.
 Lafuente, Antonio y Alonso, Andoni. (2011). Ciencia expandida, naturaleza común y saber profano. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina, 240 pp.
 Lafuente, Antonio. (2007). El Carnaval de la Tecnociencia, Gadir, 365 pp.
 Lafuente, Antonio, Cardoso, Ana y Saraiva, Tiago. (2007). Maquinismo ibérico, Doce Calles, 478 pp.
 Sánchez Ron, J. M. y Lafuente, A. (2007). El laboratorio de España. La Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas, 1907-1939, Residencia de Estudiantes, 631 pp.
 Sánchez Ron, J. M., Lafuente, A., Romero de Pablos y Sánchez de Andrés, L. (eds.) (2007). La Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas: El laboratorio de España, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, 631 pp.
 Lafuente, A., Valverde, N y Pimentel, J. (eds.) (2004). El telescopio de reflexión. Newton entre luces y cristales. - CSIC, Madrid, 107 pp.
 Lafuente, A. y Valverde, N. (2003). Los mundos de la ciencia en la Ilustración española, FECYT, 249 pp.

Ligações externas
 Antonio Lafuente na Wikimanía 2015 apresentando a palestra  "El anarchivo de los comunes"

Nascidos em 1953
Naturais de Granada (Espanha)
Cientistas da Espanha
Socioeconomia

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August 10, 2018: A jury in San Francisco found Monsanto liable for the terminal cancer of a school groundskeeper who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma after using Roundup. The jury awarded damages for causing his terminal cancer as well as punitive damages against Monsanto after learning of their behavior and their failure to warn about the risk of cancer.
Dewayne Johnson sprayed Roundup, which contains glyphosate and is made by Monsanto, around school campuses in the Benicia Unified School District to control weeds. Dewayne was hired as the integrative pest manager, but after using Roundup for several years, he noticed lesions on his skin. Mr. Johnson reached out to Monsanto directly to inquire if his new skin condition was due to exposure to Roundup.
The jury awarded $250 million in punitive damages after learning all the details of Mr. Johnson's use of Roundup, his attempt to learn the reason behind his skin lesions, his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma cancer, his terminal diagnosis and estimated short time left to live, and Monsanto's failure to warn consumers or even Mr. Johnson when he directly inquired about the risks of Roundup exposure.
The punitive damage verdict for Monsanto's behavior is on top of the $39 million in damages awarded to Mr. Johnson for his terminal cancer diagnosis from Roundup.
If you or a loved one used glyphosate products such as Roundup, contact a non-Hodgkin Lymphoma lawyer at Levin Simes Abrams to discuss your options. You can reach us at [email protected], through our site, or call us at 1-888-426-4156. For more information check our page on Roundup, glyphosate and the links to non-Hodgkin Lymphona.


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Opisthotropis lateralis est une espèce de serpents de la famille des Natricidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre :
 dans le nord du Viêt Nam ;
 en République populaire de Chine dans les provinces du Guangxi, du Guizhou, du Hunan et à Hong Kong.

Description
L'holotype de Opisthotropis lateralis, un mâle, mesure  dont  pour la queue. Cette espèce a la face dorsale gris olivâtre et sa face ventrale blanc jaunâtre. Ces deux teintes sont séparées de manière très nette par une ligne noire courant le long des flancs. C'est un serpent ovipare.

Publication originale
 Boulenger, 1903 : Descriptions of new snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history, , ,  (texte intégral).

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Notes et références

Serpent (nom scientifique)
Natricidae


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The Wall Street Journal reports that insurers are bringing their insurance plans in compliance with new rules and laws that make mental health and substance abuse insurance coverage available to millions of Americans. "The law, called the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, ensures that employees receive the same level of mental-health benefits as they do for medical and surgical care. It bans a plan from using deductibles for the treatment of mental-health disorders or substance abuse that are different from ones for medical and surgical care. And there can no longer be limits on treatment if no limits on medical and surgical care are in place as well.
The Associated Press reports that aides who helped with President Bill Clinton's health care reform effort are pushing to help President Barack Obama pass his health system overhaul this year. The aides "are adamant that the Democrats can't afford another health care disaster. But they're divided on whether scaling down Obama's plan would be an acceptable solution. ... 'If Bill Clinton couldn't get it done, and Barack Obama can't do it, no Democrat will ever try again, ' said economist Len Nichols, health policy director at the New America Foundation. A Clinton White House health budget aide, Nichols has been operating as an unofficial adviser to lawmakers and administration officials wrestling with details of the current legislation.
In his latest Kaiser Health News column, done in partnership with The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn writes: ''[F]or much of the last year, Republicans have been scaring the bejeezus out of seniors by telling them that Democrats were out to destroy Medicare. But the Roadmap makes clear that it's not Democrats who seek massive, disruptive changes to the program. It's the Republicans. If the coming engagement between the Republicans and President Obama help the public to understand that reality, extending the debate might actually be worth it" (2/8). Read entire column. This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J.
News outlets report on how the fate of the health care overhaul might affect health industry mergers and biotech firms. BusinessWeek : "With Congress' sweeping overhaul of the health system stalled, industry will seek its own answers to a push by government and the private sector to rein in costs, said Curtis Lane, senior managing director at MTS Health Partners, a New York-based equity fund." An aging population will further increase health spending, and "[o]ne solution will be increased consolidation, with companies led by WellPoint Inc., the biggest U.S. insurer by enrollment, and Community Health Systems Inc., the largest publicly traded hospital chain, scooping up rivals unable to 'spread rising costs across fewer customers, ' said Paul Keckley, of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions" (Nussbaum and Tirrell, 2/8).
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today in response to new health spending projections released by CMS which found that health care's share of the economy grew 1.1 percentage points in 2009 - the largest one-year increase in GDP share since the federal government began keeping track in 1960: "Rising health care costs are crushing our economy and adding a burden on working families and employers across the country. The new CMS data confirm that rising health care costs are driven by increases in underlying medical costs, not health plan administrative costs. In fact, the proportion of health insurance premiums that go towards administrative costs is declining as overall health care costs continue to soar.
"With the possible demise of health care legislation, getting back to business as usual may not be the best thing for the nation's drug makers, " The New York Times reports. "After all, in return for the prospect of tens of millions of newly insured customers and a large degree of regulatory certainty, the pharmaceutical industry had agreed to pay a relatively small price: $8 billion a year in discounts and fees. It was a modest compromise for an industry with $246 billion in prescription drug sales last year. But now, with the health care overhaul on a back burner in Washington and possibly dead for this year, drug makers are getting a sinking sense of how a piecemeal public policy future might look for them.
President Obama on Thursday at a Democratic National Committee fundraising reception presented his most clear-cut strategy to date for passing health reform, the New York Times ' " Prescriptions " reports. Obama said that after lawmakers work out the differences between the House and Senate reform bills ( HR 3962, HR 3590 ), he wants to meet publicly with Democrats, Republicans and independent experts to consider the measures and clarify particular reform provisions. Obama said lawmakers and the independent experts would then hold a debate on the overhaul proposals before Congress decides whether to pass a reform bill. Obama also said he wants to work through the proposals "in a methodical way, so that the American people can see and compare what makes most sense.
BusinessWeek : "Mississippi will receive $18.5 million from drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. as part of a settlement over claims the company promoted the anti-psychotic Zyprexa for ailments it was not federally approved to treat, Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday" (Byrd, 2/4). Radio Iowa : "The state currently provides 'family planning services' - like 'the pill' - for low income women between the ages of 13 and 44. (A proposed) bill would allow low income women to remain eligible until they reach the age of 55" (Henderson, 2/4). Minnesota Public Radio : "The Minnesota Legislature returned to work Thursday, with health care and jobs getting the early attention.
Los Angeles Times : "California's largest for-profit health insurer is moving to dramatically raise rates for customers with individual policies, setting off a furor among policyholders and prompting state insurance regulators to investigate. Anthem Blue Cross is telling many of its approximately 800, 000 customers who buy individual coverage -- people not covered by group rates" that the increase will kick in March 1 "and may be adjusted 'more frequently' than its typical yearly increases." About 2.1 million Californians are covered by individual insurance policies, while 21 million are covered by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). "The size of the individual rate increases prompted state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner recently to call for a review of Anthem's charges.


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Ground Breaking Ceremony in Penn Township
By Firefighter Matthew Glass
On Monday morning, February 11, West Grove Fire Company crews attended a ground breaking ceremony at the former Red Rose Inn, for the new construction project taking place at the intersection of West Baltimore Pike and North Jennersville Road (796). The project consists of multiple phases to produce a better traffic flow through the intersection. Left turn lanes will be added to North and South Jennersville Road, as well as a right turn lane on the north side of Jennersville Road. The ceremony was attended by different community and project members, alongside members of the WGFC as well as Troopers from Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. The project is expected to be complete sometime mid-summer.
Units: Assistant 22, Ambulance 22-1, Squad 22, Rescue 22
Mutual Aid: PSPA
Members and career staff along side PSPA, project managers, and PA Representative Lawrence.
An overhead view of the West Baltimore Pike and 796 (North Jennersville Road) project which will improve traffic flow through the busy intersection.


HOW MANY CHILDREN CAN COME CLIMB PER ADULT AT THE HANGAR?
Parents provide constant supervision. Parents keep children within arms reach at all times. Children at this age are still developing awareness of risk and the potential for harm.
Parent/Guardian in within arms reach at all times. Children at this age are still developing the ability to be aware of their surroundings and being mindful of those around them. Parents must stay close to ensure a child or their children do not wander into another climbers fall zone.
Parents must stay near on the mats and supervise their children. But not be within arms reach or on the mats unless they have a timid or unsure climber who requires spotting.
Parents must be present and available in the facility, though are not required to be on the mats while the kids are climbing unless the children prove to be at increased risk of harm to themselves or others.
If it's your children's first time at the gym, the parent or guardian of children 12-15 should be present with the children, at least for the start of the session until the kids become familiar with the climbing gym environment.
HOW OLD DOES MY CHILD NEED TO BE TO CLIMB UNATTENDED?
People under the age of sixteen needs to be accompanied by someone who is over the age of 19. Anyone ages 16-19 can climb unattended at the gym with a parents permission and a signed waiver on file.
CAN ANYONE OTHER THAN A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN SIGN A WAIVER?
No. To avoid inconvenience go online to our website and fill out the waiver.
WHAT IF I AM A STUDENT TRAVELING AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT AND UNDER THE AGE OF 19 AND MY PARENTS ARE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, PROVINCE OR CITY?
Your must plan ahead and have them fill out a waiver before you come to the gym to climb. Our waiver is available online so they can fill it out from just about anywhere they have internet access and then we will have it in our system.
Appropriate active clothing is recommended; no skirts or dresses please. Climbing shoes are available to rent for drop-in climbing, and are included with most youth programs. On occasion, size availability may be limited. All children may bring a pair of clean indoor shoes, ideally snug-fitting runners, as a backup.
IS IT SAFE TO CLIMB WITHOUT ROPES?
Bouldering is a form of climbing that doesn't use rope or harnesses. It's well suited to children. Similar to a playground or a gymnastic mat, The Hangar has over a foot of thick foam flooring that allows a climber to climb and fall with a reduced risk to the climber. All children are taught how to fall safely and are supervised while climbing (by a parent or in the case of a class, an instructor) Effective spotting techniques may be used with timid or unsure climbers. The Hangar does our best to reduce risk to climbers and instructors, however bouldering does entail inherent risks.
HOW OLD SHOULD MY KIDS BE TO COME CLIMB?
It really depends on your child, climbing requires focus, agility and co-ordination as well as a fair amount of determination to try and try it again! We have kids as young as four and five years that enjoy climbing. Please ensure your child is well rested and well fed before they come in. This will ensure they have the energy and stamina to succeed!
DO WE HAVE TO RENT CLIMBING SHOES?
Yes. Climbing shoes are mandatory. They will allow you to have better footing on the wall and have a better sense of where your feet are on a hold. This will make you feel more confident to make your next move and safe knowing your feet have a good grip on the wall. Socks are a good idea to prevent blisters. You can wear rental shoes with or without socks, it's your preference.
We want the sport to be accessible to everyone so our prices are very competitive with other gyms. And there's no ferry cost!
HOW LONG CAN WE CLIMB FOR?


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Q: Is there a way to really pickle compiled regular expressions in python? I have a python console application that contains 300+ regular expressions.  The set of regular expressions is fixed for each release.  When users run the app, the entire set of regular expressions will be applied anywhere from once (a very short job) to thousands of times (a long job).
I would like to speed up the shorter jobs by compiling the regular expressions up front, pickle the compiled regular expressions to a file, and then load that file when the application is run.
The python re module is efficient and the regex compilation overhead is quite acceptable for long jobs.  For short jobs, however, it is a large proportion of the overall run-time.  Some users will want to run many small jobs to fit into their existing workflows. Compiling the regular expressions takes about 80ms.  A short job might take 20ms-100ms excluding regular expression compilation.  So for short jobs, the overhead can be 100% or more.  This is with Python27 under both Windows and Linux.
The regular expressions must be applied with the DOTALL flag, so need to be compiled prior to use. A large compilation cache clearly doesn't help in this instances.  As some have pointed out, the default method to serialise the compiled regular expression doesn't actually do much.
The re and sre modules compile the patterns into a little custom language with its own opcodes and some auxiliary data structures (e.g., for charsets used in an expression).  The pickle function in re.py takes the easy way out.  It is:
def _pickle(p):
    return _compile, (p.pattern, p.flags)

copy_reg.pickle(_pattern_type, _pickle, _compile)

I think that a good solution to the problem would be an update to the definition of _pickle in re.py that actually pickled the compiled pattern object.  Unfortunately, this goes beyond my python skills.  I bet, however, that someone here knows how to do it.
I realise that I am not the first person to ask this question - but perhaps you can be the first person to give an accurate and useful response to it!
Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

A: As others have mentioned, you can simply pickle the compiled regex.  They will pickle and unpickle just fine, and be usable.  However, it doesn't look like the pickle actually contains the result of compilation.  I suspect you will incur the compilation overhead again when you use the result of the unpickling.
>>> p.dumps(re.compile("a*b+c*"))
"cre\n_compile\np1\n(S'a*b+c*'\np2\nI0\ntRp3\n."
>>> p.dumps(re.compile("a*b+c*x+y*"))
"cre\n_compile\np1\n(S'a*b+c*x+y*'\np2\nI0\ntRp3\n."

In these two tests, you can see the only difference between the two pickles is in the string. Apparently compiled regexes don't pickle the compiled bits, just the string needed to compile it again.
But I'm wondering about your application overall: compiling a regex is a fast operation, how short are your jobs that compiling the regex is significant?  One possibility is that you are compiling all 300 regexes, and then only using one for a short job.  In that case, don't compile them all up front.  The re module is very good at using cached copies of compiled regexes, so you generally don't have to compile them yourself, just use the string form.  The re module will lookup the string in a dictionary of compiled regexes, so grabbing the compiled form yourself only saves you a dictionary look up.  I may be totally off-base, sorry if so.

A: Just compile as you go - re module will cache the compiled re's even if you dont.  Bump the re._MAXCACHE up to 400 or 500, the short jobs will only compile the re's they need, and the long jobs benefit from a big fat cache of compiled expressions - everybody's happy!

A: Some observations and musings:
You don't need to compile to get the effect of the re.DOTALL flag (or any other flag)-- all you need to do is insert (?s)  at the start of the pattern string ... re.DOTALL -> re.S -> the s in (?s). Do a Ctrl-F search for sux (sic) in the re syntax docs.
80ms seems a very short time, even when multiplied by "many" (how many??) short jobs.
Does each job require a new Python process to be started? If so, isn't 80ms small compared with process startup and shutdown overhead? Otherwise, please explain why it is not possible, when a user wants to run "many" small jobs, to do the re.compiles once per batch of jobs.

A: OK, this isn't pretty, but it might be what you want.  I looked at the sre_compile.py module from Python 2.6, and ripped out a bit of it, chopped it in half, and used the two pieces to pickle and unpickle compiled regexes:
import re, sre_compile, sre_parse, _sre
import cPickle as pickle

# the first half of sre_compile.compile
def raw_compile(p, flags=0):
    # internal: convert pattern list to internal format

    if sre_compile.isstring(p):
        pattern = p
        p = sre_parse.parse(p, flags)
    else:
        pattern = None

    code = sre_compile._code(p, flags)

    return p, code

# the second half of sre_compile.compile
def build_compiled(pattern, p, flags, code):
    # print code

    # XXX: <fl> get rid of this limitation!
    if p.pattern.groups > 100:
        raise AssertionError(
            "sorry, but this version only supports 100 named groups"
            )

    # map in either direction
    groupindex = p.pattern.groupdict
    indexgroup = [None] * p.pattern.groups
    for k, i in groupindex.items():
        indexgroup[i] = k

    return _sre.compile(
        pattern, flags | p.pattern.flags, code,
        p.pattern.groups-1,
        groupindex, indexgroup
        )

def pickle_regexes(regexes):
    picklable = []
    for r in regexes:
        p, code = raw_compile(r, re.DOTALL)
        picklable.append((r, p, code))
    return pickle.dumps(picklable)

def unpickle_regexes(pkl):
    regexes = []
    for r, p, code in pickle.loads(pkl):
        regexes.append(build_compiled(r, p, re.DOTALL, code))
    return regexes

regexes = [
    r"^$",
    r"a*b+c*d+e*f+",
    ]

pkl = pickle_regexes(regexes)
print pkl
print unpickle_regexes(pkl)

I don't really know if this works, or if it speeds things up.  I know it prints a list of regexes when I try it.  It might be very specific to version 2.6, I also don't know that.

A: In a similar case (where every time some input needs to be run through ALL of the regexes), I had to split the Python script in a master-slave setup using *nix sockets; the first time the script is called, the master —doing all time-expensive regex compilations— starts up and the slave for that and all subsequent invokations exchanges data with the master. The master stays idle maximum N seconds.
In my case, this master/slave setup was found to be faster in all occasions than the straightforward way (many invokations against relatively little data every time; also, it had to be a script because it is called from an external application without any Python bindings). I don't know whether this would apply to your situation.

A: I had the same problem and instead of patching python's re module I opted to create a long running regex "service" instead. Basic code appended below. Please note: It is not designed to handle multiple clients in parallel, i.e. the server is only available once a client has closed the connection.
server
from multiprocessing.connection import Client
from multiprocessing.connection import Listener
import re

class RegexService(object):
    patternsByRegex = None

    def __init__(self):
        self.patternsByRegex = {}

    def processMessage(self, message):
        regex = message.get('regex')
        result = {"error": None}
        if regex == None:
            result["error"] = "no regex in message - something is wrong with your client"
            return result
        text = message.get('text')
        pattern = self.patternsByRegex.get(regex)
        if pattern == None:
            print "compiling previously unseen regex: %s" %(regex)
            pattern = re.compile(regex, re.IGNORECASE)
            self.patternsByRegex[regex] = pattern
        if text == None:
            result["error"] = "no match"
            return result
        match = pattern.match(text)
        result["matchgroups"] = None
        if match == None:
            return result
        result["matchgroups"] = match.groups()
        return result

workAddress = ('localhost', 6000)
resultAddress = ('localhost', 6001)
listener = Listener(workAddress, authkey='secret password')
service = RegexService()
patterns = {}
while True:
    connection = listener.accept()
    resultClient = Client(resultAddress, authkey='secret password')
    while True:
        try:
            message = connection.recv()
            resultClient.send(service.processMessage(message))
        except EOFError:
            resultClient.close()
            connection.close()
            break
listener.close()

testclient
from multiprocessing.connection import Client
from multiprocessing.connection import Listener

workAddress = ('localhost', 6000)
resultAddress = ('localhost', 6001)
regexClient = Client(workAddress, authkey='secret password')
resultListener = Listener(resultAddress, authkey='secret password')
resultConnection = None

def getResult():
    global resultConnection
    if resultConnection == None:
        resultConnection = resultListener.accept()
    return resultConnection.recv()

regexClient.send({
    "regex": r'.*'
})
print str(getResult())
regexClient.send({
    "regex": r'.*',
    "text": "blub"
})
print str(getResult())
regexClient.send({
    "regex": r'(.*)',
    "text": "blub"
})
print str(getResult())
resultConnection.close()
regexClient.close()

output of test client run 2 times
$ python ./regexTest.py
{'error': 'no match'}
{'matchgroups': (), 'error': None}
{'matchgroups': ('blub',), 'error': None}
$ python ./regexTest.py
{'error': 'no match'}
{'matchgroups': (), 'error': None}
{'matchgroups': ('blub',), 'error': None}

output of service process during both test runs
$ python ./regexService.py
compiling previously unseen regex: .*
compiling previously unseen regex: (.*)

A: As long as you create them on program start, the pyc file will cache them.  You don't need to result to pickling.

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Q: MapReduce java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 I try to run a mapreduce in java, but get this error.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
        at com.mapreduce.WordCount.run(WordCount.java:23)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:70)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:84)
        at com.mapreduce.WordCount.main(WordCount.java:18)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:147)

WordCount.java
package com.mapreduce;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.*;

public class WordCount extends Configured implements Tool {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        int res = ToolRunner.run(new WordCount(), args);
        System.exit(res);
    }

    public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Path inputPath = new Path(args[0]);
        Path outputPath = new Path(args[1]);

        Configuration conf = getConf();
        Job job = new Job(conf, this.getClass().toString());

        FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, inputPath);
        FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, outputPath);

        job.setJobName("WordCount");
        job.setJarByClass(WordCount.class);
        job.setInputFormatClass(TextInputFormat.class);
        job.setOutputFormatClass(TextOutputFormat.class);
        job.setMapOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
        job.setMapOutputValueClass(IntWritable.class);
        job.setOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
        job.setOutputValueClass(IntWritable.class);

        job.setMapperClass(Map.class);
        job.setCombinerClass(Reduce.class);
        job.setReducerClass(Reduce.class);

        return job.waitForCompletion(true) ? 0 : 1;
    }

    public static class Map extends Mapper<LongWritable, Text, Text, IntWritable> {
        private final static IntWritable one = new IntWritable(1);
        private Text word = new Text();

        @Override
        public void map(LongWritable key, Text value,
                        Mapper.Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
            String line = value.toString();
            StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(line);
            while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                word.set(tokenizer.nextToken());
                context.write(word, one);
            }
        }
    }

    public static class Reduce extends Reducer<Text, IntWritable, Text, IntWritable> {

        @Override
        public void reduce(Text key, Iterable<IntWritable> values, Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
            int sum = 0;
            for (IntWritable value : values) {
                sum += value.get();
            }

            context.write(key, new IntWritable(sum));
        }
    }

}

I undarstand that it means there are no elements in the array, but what do I need to do run it? I'm using Maven to import all the necessary libraries. I'm running it on Windows. The code is an example from http://www.macalester.edu/~shoop/sc13/hadoop/html/hadoop/wc-detail.html

A: You need to launch your program with arguments corresponding to the input path and the output path, so your launch command should be of the next format:
java -cp <my-classpath-here> com.mapreduce.WordCount <input-path> <output-path>


If you were to ask Peter Fleischmann, he would chuckle and tell you about his life story.
Peter is a Holocaust survivor who left a part of Czechoslovakia now known as the Czech Republic and immigrated to New York to escape the Nazi Occupation when he was a mere teen. Today, he travels to schools and talks about the story of his journey to freedom. Born in 1927, Peter along with his parents and brother lived a peaceful life until the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938. After that, life became considerably tougher for Peter's family.
Luckily, with help from his Uncle Phillip who lived in America, Peter and his family were able to make it out of this situation by traveling through various countries including France, Mexico, and Cuba, before reaching the United States. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to ask Peter some questions after he spoke to all of Millburn Middle School's students during an assembly in the winter.
What was your life like before the Nazi occupation?
Great–it was great. My family was well-off, we lived comfortably, and there was a loving family surrounded me.
How did your experience living under Nazi occupation affect the rest of your life? In other words, what impact did this experience have on you?
The most important thing that it taught me was if you feel something isn't right, step up and do something that will have some impact, but never stay silent.
Do you consider yourself fortunate?
Extremely (chuckles). I am grateful that my family was able to escape the Nazis and emigrate here to the United States. And, look, I'm still alive! Healthy and around!
What were the three years of Nazi occupation like for your parents?
It had quite an impact on my parents. As time went on, my father was no longer allowed to work. I don't know much about my mother, but I know that my mother was also really concerned.
How do you think it affected the younger generation of the time and the older generation?
It affected me because I was helpless and I couldn't stand up for my generation. I felt some responsibility.
The people who were not Jews–were they helpful, prejudiced, etc.? Did they immediately change?
I know that there was a couple nearby that our uncles and aunts knew. When the Nazis came, they became Nazis. A lot of people took advantage of the situation. There were some people however who were kind enough to assist Jews. Sadly, there weren't enough of them.
When you emigrated to the U.S. to start a new life, what were some of the challenges that you faced?
I didn't know English, not one word! I learned it in high school. In high school, I took up track and trombone and earned a degree in journalism.
When did you feel that America was your home?
From the minute I stepped off the boat (laughs).
Have you visited Czechoslovakia since you left? If so, when did you go back?
Yes, I have gone enough times to start the "Fleischmann Family Tour Business!" (joking) I've taken everyone in my family–my grandkids, my cousins, everyone!
Did you meet any people you knew before the war?
Yes–there was a friend that I used to play with every summer. Today, that man is alive and still lives there! Every time I go back, we see each other, and we're still friends!
Before his departure, Peter had two important messages for us. First, we should promise to tell his story and spread the word. "I am part of the last generation that survived the Holocaust," Peter stated. "Retell this story so the world remembers the Holocaust and so that it won't die out. The world needs to remember," he continued.
Peter also says that we should speak up if we believe something is not right. Stand up for yourself in any way possible, and never back down.
It was a pleasure interviewing Peter and witnessing his presentation during our assembly. He was an energetic and cheerful; remember to spread the word!


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A few of the above questions may be dancing in your head when you receive the invite to your organization's holiday party. These are reasonable questions — but if you want to use the events this month to advance your career, your primary question should be: How can I connect with the right people, in the right way? – and building your career brand.
Understand that the primary goal is not to have fun: An office holiday party serves a different function than one with your family or friends. This isn't about completely relaxing and letting loose—unless you want a starring role in the water cooler drama the next day. It's not about sampling each appetizer. It's not about hanging out with the same people you see at lunch everyday. It is, however, about building your brand while spending time with key individuals who you can't connect with organically because they're in a different functional area or located at different offices. If you need to stop home to take a nap or eat something before arriving at the event so you aren't zoning out or fixated on the buffet table, give yourself time to take care of yourself. Then, once your foot steps in the door of the party you should be fully committed to being outwardly engaged and involved until you leave.
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Of course, if someone approaches you that you do know or if you've met some other groups of people and are ready for something more familiar, it's completely fine to stop and enjoy the moment. Don't be rude to the people who already know and like you — just be intentional in widening your circle. Yes, it is a party. But it's also work and directly connected to getting work done, and establishing a brand value.


Methodologic assessment after functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Objectives: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has become the procedure of choice to treat chronic rhinosinusitis. However, no standard method has been suggested to measure FESS outcome. In this study, we used different methods to measure FESS outcome, to determine which method was the most accurate. Methods: Forty-nine patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who underwent FESS were enrolled in this study. Nasal polyps were present in 27 patients. On the day before FESS and 12 weeks after the procedure, all patients filled out a Chinese- language version of the 31-item Rhinosinusitis Outcome Measure (CRSOM-31) and received acoustic rhinometry to measure the second minimal cross-sectional area (MCA 2) of the nasal cavity, as well as an endoscopic examination and a computed tomography (CT) scan. Results: When CRSOM-31, MCA , end2scopy, and CT scores were analyzed, a good correlation was observed between preoperative endoscopy and CT scores in patients with or without nasal polyposis (r = 0.459, p = 0.016; r = 0.578, p = 0.005, respectively). Postoperatively, a good correlation was observed between CRSOM-31 and CT scores in patients with nasal polyposis (r = 0.405, p = 0.036), as well as between CRSOM-31 and endoscopy scores in patients without nasal polyposis (r = 0.64, p = 0.001). Conclusions: Our results showed that it is difficult to choose a method with which to measure FESS outcome accurately. However, a longer follow-up time and more patients are needed to justify these short-term postoperative results.


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How Erin Phillips redefined the WNBA and Women's AFL
In Articlesby Australian Sports Camps June 29, 2017
Image credit Herald Sun.
For most mere mortals, the dream of reaching the elite level in their chosen sport is one of the greatest challenges you can set for yourself. However, doing that in two completely unrelated sports might seem near impossible. Unless of course your name is Erin Phillips. Please read on to find out more of this amazing athlete. As well as how Erin Phillips redefined the WNBA and Women's AFL.
Erin Phillips is one of Australia's most decorated female basketball players of the last 15 years. Some of her finest achievements include:
Achieving the WNBL (Women's National Basketball League) 'All-Star Five' in 2005.
Joining the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) in the United States in 2006.
2 times WNBA Champion with the Indian Fever in 2012 and the Phoenix Mercury in 2014.
Representing Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics, taking home a silver medal from China in 2008.
Making an Impact on the inaugural WAFL Season
But just last year in the inaugural season of the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW), Erin made the decision to return to Adelaide to play Aussie Rules Football, after two decades out of the game and put her hand up for the draft. She was quickly drafted to the Adelaide Crows and became Co-Captain for the first season of the 8-team national women's competition.
In her first year playing AFL since she was a 13-year-old girl (the only girl in the team at the time) dominating the junior's competition in Adelaide, Erin returned with a bang.
Not only did she help the Adelaide Crows win the inaugural Australian Football League Women's season. She also had some amazing personal highlights and completely dominated the competition.
Kicking Goal of The Year in round 3
Receiving best player on ground in the Grand Final against Brisbane
Winning the AFLW best and fairest medal for 2017
Winning the AFLW Players' Most Valuable Player Award.
Transitioning from WNBA to AFLW
But the decision to try her luck at AFLW did not come easy. After all, being hurt, potentially meant losing her lucrative $100,000+ WNBA contact. Also, there was no certainty that she would be able to play at the highest level. Certainly after twenty years out of the game. Although, Erin did play in 2004 in the "Slowdown" charity match for the Little Hero's foundation.
Luckily, she had the full support of the General Manager Greg Bibb. As well as head coach Fred Williams from the Dallas Wings. Both happy for her to try her hand at Professional AFL.
"It's something we talked about even near the end of last season," Williams said. "Our thoughts on it are, your players go overseas and play [basketball], and things can happen. [Australian rules] football can be a little rougher sport, but if you're tough enough, you can handle it. And, I think Erin is a person who can push her limits without getting herself hurt.
"With her family ties to football over there in Australia, we felt comfortable that she was making a personal decision to do something she really, really wanted to do, and we supported her on that."
Once she had the support of her WNBA coaches, Erin came back to Australia. Since then, redefining what's possible for female sports stars.
Since then the sheer scale of her success in the first AFLW season is helping to open the doors for future female players. Those who want to play AFL at the highest level, which has not always been possible.
In fact, Erin quit aussie rules football at 13. This was because they would not allow her to play against the boys once she got older.
Credit (Adelaide Now / Tom Huntley)
Let's Hear From Erin
But despite this gender bias, Erin has very fond memories of her time playing junior footy.
"Yeah, I was the only girl there, but my teammates really respected me," she said. "My coaches did, too. So, I just absolutely loved waking up early on a Sunday morning and getting dressed for the game five hours early. Also, waking Dad up to have warm-up kicks. Those are the special memories I remember most."
Now at 32 years old Erin has just recently announced her retirement from the WNBA. She plans to focus her attention on her family, wife and former Adelaide Lightning teammate Tracy Gahan, and twins Brooklyn and Blake. Though Erin still has every intention to return the AFLW next year and keep playing as long as she can.
"I don't want to just be a one-season player, but that will depend on how the body holds up," Phillips said. "I'm 31, and 32 in May, and I just don't have the luxury of saying I'll definitely play next year and another five years but I'm going to keep playing both for as long as I can."
Erin is not only an amazing sport person. But also, a great role model for all young women who want to carve out a career as a professional athlete. And, with opportunities for female athletes growing each and every year there are lots of reasons to start practising and see just how far the journey can take you.
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All of our ranks are based on traditional military ranks or honorific titles that date back many hundreds of years in Europe and many are still used in both Europe and America. What you may see; however, is a slight change in order with some ranks and others are not to be found. We have customized our rank structure to suit our curriculum. We do not use rank belts as do Asian style martial arts. Our ranks are displayed by chevrons worn on the left sleeve of our uniform shirt. There is one variation in the rank system at the level of Armsman I. Members who train in steel weapons will, "Go blue," and earn their blue chevron upon completion of their test for Armsman I. Members that train in composite or wooden weapons will earn a red chevron instead of blue at the completion of the test.
Novice I – No Insignia.
Novice II – 1 red chevron.
Novice III – 2 red chevrons.
Armsman I – 2 red chevrons, 1 blue chevron.
Armsman II – 2 red, 1 blue, 1 purple chevron.
Sergeant – The above plus 1 brown or 1 gold chevron depending on area of specialty.
Scholar – All above plus 1 black chevron.
Free Scholar – Plus a second black chevron.
Provost – All above plus a black star (stars are worn above all chevrons).
Master at Arms – All of the above plus a second black star.
Knight – Known as a "floating" rank. 1 green chevron worn above all other chevrons.
Grand Master – 1 White star atop 1 green chevron only. No other stars or chevrons are worn.


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public class AllTestsActivity extends android.app.NativeActivity {

    static {
       System.loadLibrary("integration_tests");
       System.loadLibrary("indexer_tests");
       System.loadLibrary("all_tests");
    }
 }

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package org.apache.ws.axis.security;

/**
 * @author Werner Dittmann (werner@apache.org)
 *
 */

import org.apache.axis.AxisFault;
import org.apache.axis.Message;
import org.apache.axis.MessageContext;
import org.apache.axis.SOAPPart;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.ws.axis.security.handler.WSDoAllHandler;
import org.apache.ws.security.SOAPConstants;
import org.apache.ws.security.WSConstants;
import org.apache.ws.security.WSSecurityEngineResult;
import org.apache.ws.security.WSSecurityException;
import org.apache.ws.security.handler.RequestData;
import org.apache.ws.security.handler.WSHandlerConstants;
import org.apache.ws.security.handler.WSHandlerResult;
import org.apache.ws.security.message.token.Timestamp;
import org.apache.ws.security.util.WSSecurityUtil;
import org.apache.xml.security.utils.XMLUtils;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPHeader;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPHeaderElement;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;

public class WSDoAllReceiver extends WSDoAllHandler {

    protected static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(WSDoAllReceiver.class.getName());
    private static final Log tlog =
        LogFactory.getLog("org.apache.ws.security.TIME");

    /**
     * Axis calls invoke to handle a message.
     * <p/>
     *
     * @param msgContext message context.
     * @throws AxisFault
     */
    public void invoke(MessageContext msgContext) throws AxisFault {

        boolean doDebug = log.isDebugEnabled();

        if (doDebug) {
            log.debug("WSDoAllReceiver: enter invoke() with msg type: "
                    + msgContext.getCurrentMessage().getMessageType());
        }
        long t0 = 0, t1 = 0, t2 = 0, t3 = 0, t4 = 0;
        if (tlog.isDebugEnabled()) {
            t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        }

        RequestData reqData = new RequestData();
        /*
        * The overall try, just to have a finally at the end to perform some
        * housekeeping.
        */
        try {
            reqData.setMsgContext(msgContext);

            Vector actions = new Vector();
            String action = null;
            if ((action = (String) getOption(WSHandlerConstants.ACTION)) == null) {
                action = (String) msgContext
                        .getProperty(WSHandlerConstants.ACTION);
            }
            if (action == null) {
                throw new AxisFault("WSDoAllReceiver: No action defined");
            }
            int doAction = WSSecurityUtil.decodeAction(action, actions);

            String actor = (String) getOption(WSHandlerConstants.ACTOR);

            Message sm = msgContext.getCurrentMessage();
            Document doc = null;

            /**
             * We did not receive anything...Usually happens when we get a
             * HTTP 202 message (with no content)
             */
            if(sm == null){
                return;
            }

            try {
                doc = sm.getSOAPEnvelope().getAsDocument();
                if (doDebug) {
                    log.debug("Received SOAP request: ");
                    log.debug(org.apache.axis.utils.XMLUtils
                            .PrettyDocumentToString(doc));
                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                if (doDebug) {
                    log.debug(ex.getMessage(), ex);
                }
                throw new AxisFault(
                        "WSDoAllReceiver: cannot convert into document", ex);
            }
            /*
            * Check if it's a response and if its a fault. Don't process
            * faults.
            */
            String msgType = sm.getMessageType();
            if (msgType != null && msgType.equals(Message.RESPONSE)) {
                SOAPConstants soapConstants = WSSecurityUtil
                        .getSOAPConstants(doc.getDocumentElement());
                if (WSSecurityUtil.findElement(doc.getDocumentElement(),
                        "Fault", soapConstants.getEnvelopeURI()) != null) {
                    return;
                }
            }

            /*
            * To check a UsernameToken or to decrypt an encrypted message we
            * need a password.
            */
            CallbackHandler cbHandler = null;
            if ((doAction & (WSConstants.ENCR | WSConstants.UT)) != 0) {
                cbHandler = getPasswordCB(reqData);
            }

            /*
            * Get and check the Signature specific parameters first because
            * they may be used for encryption too.
            */
            doReceiverAction(doAction, reqData);

            Vector wsResult = null;
            if (tlog.isDebugEnabled()) {
                t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
            }

            try {
                wsResult = secEngine.processSecurityHeader(doc, actor,
                        cbHandler, reqData.getSigCrypto(), reqData.getDecCrypto());
            } catch (WSSecurityException ex) {
                if (doDebug) {
                    log.debug(ex.getMessage(), ex);
                }
                throw new AxisFault(
                        "WSDoAllReceiver: security processing failed", ex);
            }

            if (tlog.isDebugEnabled()) {
                t2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
            }

            if (wsResult == null) { // no security header found
                if (doAction == WSConstants.NO_SECURITY) {
                    return;
                } else {
                    throw new AxisFault(
                            "WSDoAllReceiver: Request does not contain required Security header");
                }
            }

            if (reqData.getWssConfig().isEnableSignatureConfirmation() && msgContext.getPastPivot()) {
                checkSignatureConfirmation(reqData, wsResult);
            }
            /*
            * save the processed-header flags
            */
            ArrayList processedHeaders = new ArrayList();
            Iterator iterator = sm.getSOAPEnvelope().getHeaders().iterator();
            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement tempHeader = (org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement) iterator
                        .next();
                if (tempHeader.isProcessed()) {
                    processedHeaders.add(tempHeader.getQName());
                }
            }

            /*
            * If we had some security processing, get the original SOAP part of
            * Axis' message and replace it with new SOAP part. This new part
            * may contain decrypted elements.
            */
            SOAPPart sPart = (org.apache.axis.SOAPPart) sm.getSOAPPart();

            ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            XMLUtils.outputDOM(doc, os, true);
            sPart.setCurrentMessage(os.toByteArray(), SOAPPart.FORM_BYTES);
            if (doDebug) {
                log.debug("Processed received SOAP request");
                log.debug(org.apache.axis.utils.XMLUtils
                        .PrettyDocumentToString(doc));
            }
            if (tlog.isDebugEnabled()) {
                t3 = System.currentTimeMillis();
            }

            /*
            * set the original processed-header flags
            */
            iterator = processedHeaders.iterator();
            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                QName qname = (QName) iterator.next();
                Enumeration headersByName = sm.getSOAPEnvelope().getHeadersByName(
                        qname.getNamespaceURI(), qname.getLocalPart());
                while (headersByName.hasMoreElements()) {
                    org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement tempHeader =
                        (org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement) headersByName.nextElement();
                    tempHeader.setProcessed(true);
                }
            }

            /*
            * After setting the new current message, probably modified because
            * of decryption, we need to locate the security header. That is, we
            * force Axis (with getSOAPEnvelope()) to parse the string, build
            * the new header. Then we examine, look up the security header and
            * set the header as processed.
            *
            * Please note: find all header elements that contain the same actor
            * that was given to processSecurityHeader(). Then check if there is
            * a security header with this actor.
            */

            SOAPHeader sHeader = null;
            try {
                sHeader = sm.getSOAPEnvelope().getHeader();
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                if (doDebug) {
                    log.debug(ex.getMessage(), ex);
                }
                throw new AxisFault(
                        "WSDoAllReceiver: cannot get SOAP header after security processing",
                        ex);
            }

            Iterator headers = sHeader.examineHeaderElements(actor);

            SOAPHeaderElement headerElement = null;
            while (headers.hasNext()) {
                org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement hE = (org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement) headers.next();
                if (hE.getLocalName().equals(WSConstants.WSSE_LN)
                        && hE.getNamespaceURI().equals(WSConstants.WSSE_NS)) {
                    headerElement = hE;
                    break;
                }
            }
            ((org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHeaderElement) headerElement)
                    .setProcessed(true);

            /*
            * Now we can check the certificate used to sign the message. In the
            * following implementation the certificate is only trusted if
            * either it itself or the certificate of the issuer is installed in
            * the keystore.
            *
            * Note: the method verifyTrust(X509Certificate) allows custom
            * implementations with other validation algorithms for subclasses.
            */

            // Extract the signature action result from the action vector
            WSSecurityEngineResult actionResult = WSSecurityUtil
                    .fetchActionResult(wsResult, WSConstants.SIGN);

            if (actionResult != null) {
                X509Certificate returnCert = actionResult.getCertificate();

                if (returnCert != null && !verifyTrust(returnCert, reqData)) {
                    throw new AxisFault(
                            "WSDoAllReceiver: The certificate used for the signature is not trusted");
                }
            }

            /*
            * Perform further checks on the timestamp that was transmitted in
            * the header. In the following implementation the timestamp is
            * valid if it was created after (now-ttl), where ttl is set on
            * server side, not by the client.
            *
            * Note: the method verifyTimestamp(Timestamp) allows custom
            * implementations with other validation algorithms for subclasses.
            */

            // Extract the timestamp action result from the action vector
            actionResult = WSSecurityUtil.fetchActionResult(wsResult,
                    WSConstants.TS);

            if (actionResult != null) {
                Timestamp timestamp = actionResult.getTimestamp();

                if (timestamp != null
                    && !verifyTimestamp(timestamp, decodeTimeToLive(reqData))) {
                    throw new AxisFault("WSDoAllReceiver: The timestamp could not be validated");
                }
            }

            /*
            * now check the security actions: do they match, in right order?
            */
            if (!checkReceiverResults(wsResult, actions)) {
                throw new AxisFault(
                    "WSDoAllReceiver: security processing failed (actions mismatch)");

            }
            /*
            * All ok up to this point. Now construct and setup the security
            * result structure. The service may fetch this and check it.
            */
            Vector results = null;
            if ((results = (Vector) msgContext
                    .getProperty(WSHandlerConstants.RECV_RESULTS)) == null) {
                results = new Vector();
                msgContext
                        .setProperty(WSHandlerConstants.RECV_RESULTS, results);
            }
            WSHandlerResult rResult = new WSHandlerResult(actor, wsResult);
            results.add(0, rResult);
            if (tlog.isDebugEnabled()) {
                t4 = System.currentTimeMillis();
                tlog.debug("Receive request: total= " + (t4 - t0) +
                        " request preparation= " + (t1 - t0) +
                        " request processing= " + (t2 - t1) +
                        " request to Axis= " + (t3 - t2) +
                        " header, cert verify, timestamp= " + (t4 - t3) +
                        "\n");
            }

            if (doDebug) {
                log.debug("WSDoAllReceiver: exit invoke()");
            }
        } catch (WSSecurityException e) {
            if (doDebug) {
                log.debug(e.getMessage(), e);
            }
            throw new AxisFault(e.getMessage(), e);
        } finally {
            reqData.clear();
            reqData = null;
        }
    }
}


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Innovation District
Positive trends in the gaming industry emerge from PAX East despite controversy
The Expo Hall at PAX East in Boston last year.
Basim Usmani
Innovation District Gaming Seaport PAX East
The recent PAX East video game convention that took place from April 11-13 at the Boston Convention Center was meant to be a moment of re-invention for the PAX brand, however, some of the controversial issues that dogged the event and its founders in the past seem to keep re-emerging. That didn't stop some attendees from making headway on some of the gaming industries most pressing social issues.
The PAX series of conferences was initially the brainchild of Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, who were best known for writing a Web comic called Penny Arcade, when they started the conference in Bellevue, Wash. The event now draws more than 70,000 attendees, and, as some recent events have shown, the popularity of the conference can withstand some pretty intense controversies.
In 2010, Mike Krahulik set off a chain reaction of PR disasters when he penned a controversial comic strip that used a character who rapes its victims as a gag. The comic was criticized for being insensitive to sexual assault victims.
Those who expressed their criticism online were lambasted on Twitter by Krahulik's fanbase. Penny Arcade didn't help matters when it printed shirts and merchandise based on the offending comic strip. Krahulik also made remarks on Twitter mocking "Trigger Warnings" for offensive material. He also issued a non-apology, that added to the drama. (For a complete timeline of the fiasco, see here).
In the four year's since the incident, the PAX owners seemed to have put the moment behind them.
However, the sore spot was irritated again this September when Krahulik said he regretted pulling the offending merchandise off the shelves while he was on stage at PAX West in Seattle. Company president Robert Khoo later echoed his sentiments, declaring that those offended by the strip should have been ignored, rather than engaged. The Penny Arcade founders then issued another apology with Krahulik seeming somewhat repentant.
Measures were announced for PAX East that signaled that those involved wanted to make the convention more inclusive for everyone.
Attempts to Make Amends at PAX East
This year's PAX East featured a Diversity Lounge, volunteer-run rooms where outreach and social groups, like Toronto's Gaymer group, could set up booths to provide resources for LGBT, minority, and female gamers.
Instead of providing a solution, however, the Diversity Lounge felt like it existed on the margins of the convention.
Save for the moment when Krahulik tweeted that he was going to be playing a card game at the lounge on Saturday, it remained relatively quiet and somewhat detached from the rest of PAX East.
However, there were a handful of panels that did take on social topics such as race, women, LGBT gamers, and online harassment.
Attempting to Bridge the Gender Gap
A few of the panels did not fare much better than the lounge, many with audiences of less than a dozen sitting in rooms set up for close to a hundred attendees. The feeling among many was that although resources were being provided for some of the underrepresented members of the gaming community, the panels were too marginalizing to engage the average PAX East attendee.
"I feel too often there is very little listening," said Joystiq managing editor and PAX panelist Susan Arendt of one of the problems with the more critical discussions at PAX East. "After giving my panel (on being a woman in the gaming industry), it's clear gender issues and acceptance issues still need to be discussed. Too often it feels like everyone is just waiting for their turn to give their opinion."
Arendt, a longtime gaming industry journalist, said she is often let down by the way the online discussions break down between both those offended by sexism and the sexists themselves.
Karen Rivera, managing editor for Pixelitis, was on the same panel and expressed her continuing disappointment about how people cheered when Krahulik expressed his opinion that the offensive merchandise shouldn't have been taken down.
Calls to boycott PAX have been made since the initial offensive comic strip, but until this year, no one actually stayed away from the conference. However, this year, for the first time, Nintendo decided not to attend. Both Sony and Nintendo pulled out of this year's PAX East for undisclosed reasons, although it has been speculated that they may have been disinclined to attend due to the controversies surrounding the event.
Many attendees, like Rivera, separate the founders from the event, which is a must attend for industry folk. "To be honest, I begrudgingly made peace with the idea of coming this December. At the end of the day PAX is some place I want to go to. The creators are in a position of power, but to me, PAX means the entire community," Rivera said.
For a sign of how wide the gender gap is at an event like PAX East, look to the bathrooms, literally, the numbers tell quite a story.
Due to a gender ratio that, according to PAX President Khoo, was 35 women to 65 men, the Boston Convention Center converted six women's bathrooms to men's rooms and the women's room by the Diversity Lounge to a gender neutral one. Rivera was excited at first when she noticed a line at the women's room, thinking there were a lot more females attending the event. "Until," she said, "I realized that there were a handful of women's rooms at best in the entire convention center."
Trolling and Bullying Online
One female game developer, Zoe Quinn of the avant garde text adventure "Depression Quest," had to deal with a deluge of harassment from internet "trolls" after her game was published.
"It got so vile," she said, "I had to change my phone number."
After uploading her game onto a streaming service, she started to get sexually explicit and anonymous rape threats, which unfortunately are par for the course for many female gamers who disclose their gender while playing online games. It got to the point where someone emailed her a link to a message board thread in which commenters were "planning to do awful things" to her.
"I took a screen shot of the discussion just to laugh with my friends, a lot of the people posting on that thread took issue with me being a girl claiming to be depressed when, according to them, 'girls can't be depressed, because a man will always be willing to help them'," Quinn recounts.
The next day she began getting threatening phone calls from unknown numbers. "It was just some random guys who would call and threaten to do sick things to me. I changed my number and had to lay low," she said.
Quinn decided to make something positive out of the situation and polled the 300 or so online trolls, to find out what exactly their problem was. She presented her findings, alongside research from Patrick Klepek, senior news editor of Giant Bomb, at a PAX panel titled, "Why Internet Jerks are Not Going to Win, and How You Can Help."
Quinn found that those harassing her were much more willing to engage with her than she initially thought they would. She found that their hatred thrived on a feeling of powerlessness, and that they didn't think of the object of their hate as a real person but a concept of a person.
Quinn realized that, "haters thrive on the silence of good people."
During his presentation, Klepek confirmed Quinn's findings. "By staying silent we've given complete control of the internet to a specific kind of person," he said.
"When you actually talk to the people who are the most vitriolic, and ask them a genuine question, you find that they are completely disarmed and will drop the act. They're sort of taken aback that you actually paid attention to them," Klepek added.
While informative, the discussion was a bit one-sided. Despite the panel being packed with 100 people, none in attendance were likely those doing the online bullying themselves. "When you put on a panel like that," Klepek said, "the people who show up are not the people you're talking to. You're preaching to the choir."
Tackling Diversity as Well
Another woman who featured prominently in many of the diversity oriented panels was Dianna Lora, community manager of Dualshockers, a gaming editorial site staffed mostly by minorities with a focus on New York City gaming news. Dianna said that the women in gaming panel was the highlight of her career.
"It was so very powerful to see a panel packed with women. It was such a good vibe," says Lora.
Lora also noticed an interesting commonality among some panelists she took part in talks with. "On the three panels I spoke at, three of the five panelists were Hispanic. We sat back and thought, whoa – that is actually amazing." she said.
Before fully taking on bullying and bigotry the gaming industry needs more visibility from women, minorities, and members of the LGBT community.
At a Hip-Hop and Gaming panel, Gerard Williams, the editor in chief and chief executive of Hip-Hop Gamer, spoke about how difficult it was to break into the field of games journalism that was overwhelmingly white.
"I remember people used to always define me as weird," Williams said. "Being black in this industry, you have a lot of people suggest or think that you can't do this."
Hip-Hop Gamer now has major partnerships with companies like Sony Entertainment and New York's HOT97 radio station.
Williams says that it's only a matter of time before game editorial reflects the diversity of gamers and game development. "I'll take the hits now so that we can all eat and make money in the future," he said.
Dianna Lora agrees with much of what Williams said. "It's an uphill battle when you're a minority trying to gain that respect in this industry that has a very corporate way of viewing things," she said.
She is hopeful that some of the issues that plague the tech and gaming world can be solved by more LGBT community members, minorities, and women taking things into their own hands.
"If you feel there is something missing, we have the power now to change that," Lora said. "We can fill that void."
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I need to service the camera on my passport. Other than the obvious #4 Torx screws that are visible is there a trick to getting the back off?
You're a brave one. I had my camera replaced two months ago on my Passport. Sounds like a common issue.


Arsenal FC have completed the transfer of Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang from German Bundesliga side, Borussia Dortmund.
The transfer deadline day deal has reportedly cost Arsenal in the region of £60m which may also involve Olivier Giroud moving to London rivals Chelsea. Aubameyang's transfer is a club record for Arsene Wenger's Arsenal which has been known to be very thrifty on the transfer market.
The 28-year old Gabon International will help bolster Arsenal's attacking options after the departure of Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United and Theo Walcott to Everton.
Aubameyang's move to the Gunners was dependent on Dortmund finding a replacement in Chelsea's striker Michy Bathuayi which then allow Giroud to move to Stamford Bridge.
Before joining Borussia Dortmund, Aubameyang who is known for his speed played for Milan, Dijon, Lille, Monaco and then Saint-Étienne.


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Arsenal consider targeting Gelson Martins on a free transfer this summer
admin | June 6, 2018 | Arsenal, English Premier League, Portugal, Sporting Lisbon | No Comments
Arsenal have reportedly expressed an interest in making an audacious move for Sporting Lisbon winger Gelson Martins on a free transfer this summer.
The Gunners could sign the Portugal international on a free transfer this summer, according to Italian outlet Transfer Market Web, as quoted by the Daily Express.
The north Londoners are considering a move to try and lure the 23-year-old attacker to The Emirates this summer.
The Gunners are believed to be on the lookout for a number of new players this summer as manager Unai Emery looks to build a squad capable of winning the Premier League next season.
Martins is reportedly considering his future away from the club and could terminate his contract after the club's training ground was attacked by fans.
The north London outfit are likely to have a more restricted transfer budget this season due to their failure to qualify for the Champions League for the last two seasons.
Arsenal ended up in sixth place in the league standings and without a trophy last season.


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Norman Gary Finkelstein (født 8. december 1953 i Brooklyn, New York City) er en amerikansk akademiker uddannet i statskundskab, der har skrevet bøger og artikler om Israel og Palæstina, hvori han bl.a. argumenterer for, at Israel-lobbyen praktiserer en økonomisk og politisk udnyttelse af jødeforfølgelserne. Han afslørede i 1984 journalisten Joan Peters som historieforfalsker.

Bibliografi (uddrag)
Hans mest kendte bøger er disse:
 Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict  (1995)
 The Holocaust Industry; Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering  (2000)
 Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (2005)

Henvisninger
 Finkelsteins hjemmeside

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