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import md5
import os
import sys

import swift_tools

import list_reducer
from list_reducer import TESTRESULT_KEEPPREFIX
from list_reducer import TESTRESULT_KEEPSUFFIX
from list_reducer import TESTRESULT_NOFAILURE

class ReduceMiscompilingFunctions(list_reducer.ListReducer):

    def __init__(self, functions, silextract, tester):
        list_reducer.ListReducer.__init__(self, functions)
        self.silextract = silextract
        self.tester = tester

    def run_test(self, prefix, suffix):
        if len(suffix) > 0 and self._test_funclist(suffix):
            return (TESTRESULT_KEEPSUFFIX, prefix, suffix)
        if len(prefix) > 0 and self._test_funclist(prefix):
            return (TESTRESULT_KEEPPREFIX, prefix, suffix)
        return (TESTRESULT_NOFAILURE, prefix, suffix)

    # Split functions in a module into two groups: Those that are under
    # consideration for miscompilation vs those that are not. Eventually, we
    # will split the module into separate partial modules and then compile so
    # we can find miscompiles. For now, we just look for crashsers in the
    # optimizer.
    def _test_funclist(self, funcs):
        funclist_hash = self.get_funclist_hash(funcs)
        funclist_path = os.path.join(self.silextract.config.work_dir,
                                     'func_list_' + funclist_hash)
        with open(funclist_path, 'w') as funclist_file:
            for f in funcs:
                funclist_file.write(f + '\n')

        print("Checking to see if the program is misoptimized with func "
              "list: %s" % funclist_path)

        # Split the module into the two halves of the program.
        (outfile_stem, outfile_invert_stem) = \
            self.get_output_filename_stems(funclist_hash)
        outfile = self.silextract.get_suffixed_filename(outfile_stem)
        outfile_invert = \
            self.silextract.get_suffixed_filename(outfile_invert_stem)
        self.silextract.invoke_with_functions(funclist_path, outfile)
        self.silextract.invoke_with_functions(funclist_path, outfile_invert,
                                              invert=True)
        return self.tester(outfile, outfile_stem, outfile_invert,
                           outfile_invert_stem)

    def get_output_filename_stems(self, funclist_hash):
        filename_stem = funclist_hash
        return (filename_stem, filename_stem + '_invert')

    def get_funclist_hash(self, funcs):
        m = md5.new()
        for f in funcs:
            m.update(f)
        return m.hexdigest()

class OptimizerTester(object):

    def __init__(self, silopt, passes):
        self.silopt = silopt
        self.result = None
        self.passes = ['-' + p for p in passes]
        m = md5.new()
        for p in passes:
            m.update(p)
        self.pass_hash = m.hexdigest()

    def get_filepaths(self, optstem, nooptstem):
        f = self.silopt.get_suffixed_filename
        return (f(optstem + '_' + self.pass_hash),
                f(nooptstem + '_' + self.pass_hash))

    def __call__(self, filepath_to_opt, filepath_to_opt_stem,
                 filepath_to_notopt, filepath_to_notopt_stem):
        (out_optpath, out_nooptpath) = \
            self.get_filepaths(filepath_to_opt_stem, filepath_to_notopt_stem)
        sys.stdout.write("Trying to optimize functions...")
        self.silopt.input_file = filepath_to_opt
        result = self.silopt.invoke_with_passlist(self.passes, out_optpath)
        if result['exit_code'] == 0:
            print(' NOCRASH!\n')
        else:
            self.result = self.silopt.input_file
            print(' CRASH!\n')
        return result['exit_code']

def function_bug_reducer(input_file, nm, sil_opt_invoker, sil_extract_invoker,
                         pass_list):
    functions = [s[1] for s in nm.get_symbols(input_file) if s[0] == 'F']

    print("Base case crashes! Trying to reduce *.sib file")

    # Otherwise, reduce the list of pases that cause the optimzier to crash.
    tester = OptimizerTester(sil_opt_invoker, pass_list)
    r = ReduceMiscompilingFunctions(functions, sil_extract_invoker,
                                    tester)
    if not r.reduce_list():
        print("Failed to find miscompiling pass list!")
    sil_opt_invoker.input_file = tester.result
    cmdline = sil_opt_invoker.cmdline_with_passlist(pass_list)
    print("*** Successfully Reduced file!")
    print("*** Final File: %s" % sil_opt_invoker.input_file)
    print("*** Final Functions: %s" % (' '.join(r.target_list)))
    print("*** Repro command line: %s" % (' '.join(cmdline)))

def invoke_function_bug_reducer(args):
    """Given a path to a sib file with canonical sil, attempt to find a perturbed
list of function given a specific pass that causes the perf pipeline to crash
    """
    tools = swift_tools.SwiftTools(args.swift_build_dir)
    config = swift_tools.SILToolInvokerConfig(args)
    nm = swift_tools.SILNMInvoker(config, tools)

    input_file = args.input_file
    extra_args = args.extra_args
    sil_opt_invoker = swift_tools.SILOptInvoker(config, tools,
                                                      input_file,
                                                      extra_args)

    # Make sure that the base case /does/ crash.
    filename = sil_opt_invoker.get_suffixed_filename('base_case')
    result = sil_opt_invoker.invoke_with_passlist(args.pass_list, filename)
    # If we succeed, there is no further work to do.
    if result['exit_code'] == 0:
        print("Success with PassList: %s" % (' '.join(args.pass_list)))
        return

    sil_extract_invoker = swift_tools.SILFuncExtractorInvoker(config,
                                                              tools,
                                                              input_file)

    function_bug_reducer(input_file, nm, sil_opt_invoker, sil_extract_invoker,
                         args.pass_list)

def add_parser_arguments(parser):
    """Add parser arguments for func_bug_reducer"""
    parser.set_defaults(func=invoke_function_bug_reducer)
    parser.add_argument('input_file', help='The input file to optimize')
    parser.add_argument('--module-cache', help='The module cache to use')
    parser.add_argument('--sdk', help='The sdk to pass to sil-func-extractor')
    parser.add_argument('--target', help='The target to pass to '
                        'sil-func-extractor')
    parser.add_argument('--resource-dir',
                        help='The resource-dir to pass to sil-func-extractor')
    parser.add_argument('--work-dir',
                        help='Working directory to use for temp files',
                        default='bug_reducer')
    parser.add_argument('--module-name',
                        help='The name of the module we are optimizing')
    parser.add_argument('--pass', help='pass to test', dest='pass_list',
                        action='append')
    parser.add_argument('--extra-silopt-arg', help='extra argument to pass to '
                        'sil-opt',
                        dest='extra_args', action='append')

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CFP: Rural Modernity: A Collection of Essays
modernistudies	September 4, 2014 0 Comments
Call for Chapter Proposals
Rural Modernity: A Collection of Essays
Deadline for Proposals: December 31, 2014
Edited by Kristin Bluemel, Monmouth University and
Michael McCluskey, University College London
We are seeking proposals for submissions to a collection of essays devoted to the theoretical and historical elaboration of the concept of rural modernity as it is worked out in literary, artistic, and other cultural objects and movements in early
twentieth-century Britain.
Please email queries to
Kristin Bluemel: kbluemel@monmouth.edu or
Michael McCluskey: michael.mccluskey@ucl.ac.uk
Despite the interwar explosion of books, advertisements, films, paintings, and pictures that depicted rural life, no study to date has looked into representations of the rural across diverse media. Nor has any study considered the relation of rural representation in early- and mid-twentieth-century culture to rural people who, as much or more than urban dwellers, grappled with the forces and effects of modernization and modernity. Rural Modernity aims to bring together essays on fiction, non-fiction, arts, crafts, and films to identify the interconnected—at times conflicting—ideas that images of the rural helped to circulate and to open up "rural modernity" as a particularly useful framework for further studies of interwar art and literature, and, more broadly, British culture.
Possible subjects include Writers: H. E. Bates, Adrian Bell, Kenneth Grahame, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Thomas Hardy, Winifred Holtby, A. A. Milne, H. J. Massingham, Beverley Nichols, A. G. Street, Flora Thompson, Mary Webb, Francis Brett Young Artists: Evelyn Dunbar, Spencer Gore, Duncan Grant, Augustus John, Thomas Hennell, Laura Knight, Clare Leighton, John Nash, Paul Nash, Samuel Peploe, Gwen Raverat, Eric Ravilious, Stanley Spencer, Philip Wilson Steer Preoccupations: villages, cottages, country houses, farming, gardening, tourism and motoring, ramblers and anglers, folk dancing, Peacehaven and the Plotlands movement, rural industries and organic communities Media: books, prints, paintings, illustrations, photography, film, and mass print media.
The aims of writers and artists who engaged with ideas of the rural—evocation of lost worlds, celebration of new discoveries, participation in modernist experiments—tell only part of the story, and, while the essays included in Rural Modernity explore these motivations, they also seek to move beyond perceived oppositions between rural and urban/art and craft/modernism and middlebrow. The conception of rural modernity argued for in this collection makes connections within—and between—these distinctions while allowing for the complexity of the idea of "rural modernity" itself. How was it imagined? How was it marketed? Who promoted it and who opposed it? How have social historians and cultural geographers contributed to our understanding of rural modernity, and how can the concept of rural modernity contribute to literary studies, film studies, print culture studies, and art history?
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El Bray Wanderers Association Football Club es un club de fútbol irlandés de la ciudad de Bray. Fue fundado en 1942 y juega en la FAI First Division. Su rival principal es el Shamrock Rovers de la ciudad de Dublín. El club, fundado en 1942 y elegido miembro de la Liga en 1985, es oriundo de Bray y juega sus partidos como local en el estadio de Carlisle Grounds. El equipaje del club es verde y blanco, de ahí el apodo del equipo: The Seagulls (Las Gaviotas). El actual gerente y el director de fútbol es Pat Devlin, mientras que el gerente general es Jack O'Neill.

Historia
El club fue fundado en 1942, su clásico rival es el Shamrock Rovers. A lo largo de toda su historia, ha logrado 5 títulos nacionales (3 en la FAI First Division y 2 Copas de Irlanda).

En 1990, disputaba su primera final a nivel nacional en la Copa de Irlanda frente a St Francis FC, logrando una contundente victoria de 3 a 0 y ganando su primer título.
En 1999, disputó la final contra Finn Harps FC. Este partido se jugó tres veces, debido a que los primeros dos partidos empataron (0 a 0 y 2 a 2 respectivamente). Hasta que en el tercer partido Las Gaviotas lograron ganar por 2 a 1, llevándose así su segundo título en esta copa.

Al ganar la Copa de Irlanda en 1990 y en 1999, tuvo la oportunidad de disputar la Liga Europea de la UEFA pero quedó eliminado en la ronda previa frente al Trabzonspor y Grasshopper-Club Zürich, respectivamente.

Estadio

Jugadores

Plantilla 2016

| colspan=7 style="background: #FFFFFF" align=center| Porteros

|-
| colspan=7 style="background: #FFFFFF" align=center| Defensas

|-
| colspan=7 style="background: #FFFFFF" align=center| Centrocampistas

|-
| colspan=7 style="background: #FFFFFF" align=center| Delanteros

|-

  = Lesionado de larga duración
  = Capitán

Entrenadores

 Amby Fogarty (1972-1985)
 Pat Devlin (1985-1990)
 John Holmes (1990-1995)
 Pat Devlin (1995-2005)
 Tony McGuirk (2005)
 Pat Devlin (2005-2006)
 Tony McGuirk (2006)
 Eddie Gormley (2006-2010)
 Pat Devlin (2010-2011)
 Keith Long (2011-2012)
 Eddie Gormley (2012)
 Pat Devlin (2012-2013)
 Alan Mathews (2014-2015)
 Maciej Tarnogrodzki (2015)
 Trevor Croly (2015)
 Mick Cooke (2015-)

Récords
Mayor Victoria: 7–0 v Cobh Ramblers , 7–0 v St. Mochta's 2007 FAI Cup,
Peor Derrota: 8–1 v Dundalk FC
Más Puntos en una Temporada: 72 en 1999–00
Goleador en una temporada: 19, Eamon Zayed, 2003
Más Goles en la Historia del Club en Liga: 72, Jason Byrne 1998–03, 2012–13

Palmarés

Torneos nacionales

 FAI First Division (3):1986, 1996 y 2000.
 Copa de Irlanda (2):1990 y 1999.

Participación en competiciones de la UEFA

Enlaces externos

 Sitio web oficial
 Bray en UEFA.com

Bray Wanderers F.C.

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Past PresidentsTiffany2020-11-24T14:08:53-06:00
T.J. PhillipsPast President 2011-2016
Brother Phillips started his law enforcement career in 1985 with Dothan Police Department and retired in 2012. He have been an active member of the Fraternal Order of Police since 1985. He served as local lodge president from 1991 to 2003, was selected local lodge member of the year in 2005 and was selected as Alabama State Member of the year in 2005. He has served as Member of the Year Committee chairperson and the Vest Committee chairperson. Brother Phillips was elected Sergeant of Arms with the State Lodge in 2003 to 2006, 2nd Vice President 2006-2008, Vice President 2008-2011, and State President 2011-2016 and has been an active Past President since 2018. He also served on Membership Recruitment and Retention – Southeast District with the Grand Lodge from 2011-2015.
John SamniegoPast State President 1997-2001
John Samniego served as President of the Alabama State FOP from 1997-2001. Beginning his law enforcement service over 40 years ago, after graduating from the University of Alabama, John worked for the Tuscaloosa Police Department where he dedicated more than 20 years to Narcotics Investigations before being promoted to Assistant Chief of Police of the Tuscaloosa Police Department. He first came to Shelby County as the Chief Deputy of the Sheriff's Office in 2003, and he served in this capacity until he was elected to the office of Sheriff in 2014. In his 40+ years in law enforcement, over 25 years of this experience has been in supervisory and command-level roles. He was elected Sheriff of Shelby County in 2015 where he is currently serving.
Walter CrookPast President 1986-1988
Brother Walter Crook is a 50 year member of the Alabama Fraternal Order of Police where he has served in a number of capacities during his tenure. He began his career with the Gulf Shores Police Department and moved to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Department where he served as Sergeant and Investigator. He later moved to the Foley Police Department where he was hired as Chief Investigator before his retirement. He is a charter member of Baldwin County Lodge #43 and currently serves as Chaplain for Lodge 43. He was elected Alabama FOP Member of the Year in 1984 and again in 2017.
Barney HardingPast President 1970-1972
Barney Harding joined the Alabama State FOP in 1969. He has served as Guard, Vice President and President while also serving on various committees. He was integral in establishing several Alabama lodges. He also served as legislative committee chairman, and the National By-laws committee chairman. He was active in lobbying efforts in the Alabama legislature as well as getting a Merit System Bill passed for free education for LEO families. Brother Harding served at the Huntsville Police Department, Scottsboro Police department, Fountail Correctional Center and Auburn Police Department.


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Q: Prefix Meaning "At Most"? Is there a prefix meaning "at most" or "capped at"? I'd like to describe a spherical cap (Wikipedia, Wolfram) that is at most a hemisphere. The blue solid in the diagram below shows the type of cap I'm comfortable referring to as a subhemispherical cap (a term I just made up to differentiate from the red solid, which is also a spherical cap,) however 'sub-' is strictly less than, whereas I mean to say less than or equal to. I thought of subhemispherical cap or hemisphere, which depicts nicely that a hemispherical cap is in fact a hemisphere, but it does sound somewhat cleaner to call it a subhemi- or hemispherical cap (although the oddity of calling a hemisphere a hemispherical cap makes me prefer the former.) I list hemi- second both times as it is the edge case.
Still, what I really want is to combine the two into one term, i.e. [prefix]hemispherical cap. This would avoid the awkwardness of those phrasings and would be an easily repeatable phrase in a paper.
By the way I do find unfortunate that the word cap here does not fit with the common English usage, synonymous with lid, if it did I could just call it a spherical cap.
Also this has to be easy to understand, if the prefix is too niche I can't use it (although I'd still be curious to hear it.)

EDITED: For extra clarity on what I want, what I came up with, and added an image.

A: Perhaps the language of topology would give you more scope than the language of spherical geometry, e.g.

*

*The surface of the sphere is a set of points S

*A partial cover of S  a collection of subsets that contains
some but not all of the points in S.

*A bounded partial cover is a collection that satisfies some
bound, e.g. on the shape, size, number of subsets, or any other
property one might care to define.

*A hemispherically bounded partial cover would then have the
properties you are looking for, provided that you define
"hemispherically bounded" in an earlier step.
This is not a single-word answer, but with such a definition you could then introduce a term of your own, such as a cup cover, and use it within the scope of your document.
I have to confess that this is a somewhat frivolous use of topological language, but it might do the job.

A: You could say that the cap is within or inside of the hemispherical cap: Endohemispherical cap
End- meaning inside of or within, as in
endorse, endocardial, endergonic, endoskeleton, endoscope, endogenous
Source: https://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/skrichard/ComSkills2/RootsPrefixesSuffixes

A: EDIT
Mathematically, you want to say where theta is <= 90 degrees.
By definition, a subset can also contain the entire set.  By analogy, a sub-hemispherical cap can include the entire hemisphere.  I would state this as a definition before using it.

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A Tale of Two Incarcerated Women
Chelsea Manning has done a great service in finally stripping away the last vestige of excuse from the figures who refuse to support Julian Assange, says Craig Murray.
By Craig Murray
CraigMurray.org.uk
On International Women's Day on March 8 Chelsea Manning was imprisoned yet again, this time for refusing to testify against Julian Assange before a Grand Jury. Chelsea has already suffered over seven years of total imprisonment – no American had ever previously spent more than three years in jail for releasing government secrets to the public, in a land which had historically valued free speech.
I am in awe of Chelsea's courage in refusing to testify, and shocked at a system that imprisons somebody for contempt of court for maintaining dignified silence.
Chelsea has also done a great service in finally stripping away the last vestige of excuse from the figures who refuse to support Julian Assange, pretending that they do not believe he faces extradition to the United States, and that the legal issue is not about Wkileaks' right to publish.
The potential charges in Sweden – always based on quite ludicrous accusations – were dropped years ago after he was finally interviewed in the Ecuadorean Embassy by Swedish police and prosecutors, and it became very plain indeed there was no viable case against him.
Manning: In jail again. (Wikimedia Commons)
Chelsea has gone to prison for refusing to participate in the prosecution of Wikileaks for publishing materials that revealed war crimes in the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Chelsea is a whistlebower, not a publisher. Assange is a pubisher, not a whistleblower. If Assange can be prosecuted for publishing official secrets, then so can every newspaper editor or television editor involved in the receipt of whistleblower material.
There is a massive, a fundamental, media freedom issue at stake here. Even so, the MSM in the UK do not even have the guts to state the truth about what causes Julian to be confined to the Ecuadorean Embassy, let alone to support his right to publish.
Meanwhile in Iran
Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is in jail in Iran for spying for the British. She is certainly not an MI6 officer, and I can't see that she would have sufficient access to information to make her of much use as an agent (as MI6 calls its informants). That she was involved in training Iranian journalists or citizen journalists in ways the Iranian government did not like is much more probable, but does not amount to espionage. Even if she were some kind of low level informant to MI6 (which I doubt), the Iranian authorities have sufficiently made their point and it is time to let her go.
The British government's attitude to this case has been particularly interesting and extremely unusual. I cannot criticise them for the things they have done, because they are the things I used to get frustrated with them for never doing. But their handling of this case is truly out of the ordinary.
The UK allows dual citizenship. It has been longstanding Foreign Office policy that the UK does not give consular protection to UK dual nationals in the country where they are also a national. If the other state does not allow dual citizenship, it might not recognise any British standing in the matter. But there is another compelling reason for the standard policy of not assisting in these circumstances.
When working in Embassies, I used to get infuriated by cases where I wished to help people but was not allowed to, because they were dual citizens. It was explained to me, that if in Nigeria alone we accepted as consular cases all the British/Nigerian dual nationals in Nigerian jails, that would already double the FCO's entire consular caseload worldwide. To accept dual nationals as consular cases everywhere in their other homeland would increase consular work by a large multiple and require a very large increase in FCO resources.
I nevertheless always felt we could do more. That the British government had, prior to yesterday, already done so much to try to help Nazanin Zagahari Ratcliffe, even though she was an Iranian dual national in Iran, was already extremely unusual. That the UK has now "adopted" the case, raising it to the level of a state dispute, is something not just unusual, but which I don't think has happened since the First World War. Please note this is not the same process as granting Zaghari Ratcliffe herself diplomatic status, which has not been done.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband, Richard Ratcliffe. (Wikipedia)
Again, I can't criticise the FCO for this, because adoption is something I had urged them to do in a past case while I was on the inside, (shout out to my friend John Carmichael), again being told by the FCO it was not possible as we never do it.
Whether the move is effective or wise in this case, is quite another question. It seems to me likely the Iranians will take it as confirmation that she is a spy. I would urge the Iranian government to take this course; they should now declare the the adoption of the case as a state dispute proves that Zaghari Ratcliffe is a spy, and having been proven right before the world, they will let her go as an example of mercy and compassion.
There are two fundamental points here. The first is that Iran has been subjected for years to crippling sanctions and an international campaign of hate spread by western government propaganda and their MSM. Western governments have aligned themselves with Saudi and Israeli sponsored brutal proxy wars against Shia communities across the Middle East, which look to Iran for protection. If the Iranian government is defensive and suspicious, is that really surprising? The week after the British government declared Hezbollah, the political and security organisation of Lebanese Shias, to be nothing but a terrorist organisation, do the Tories really think the Iranians will be looking kindly on them and their demands over Zaghari Ratcliffe?
The second point is that the entire purpose of the state "adopting" a case, is to make available the dispute resolution mechanisms which operate between states. But the UK only a few days ago repudiated the International Court of Justice, the final arbiter of such disputes, over the Chagos Islands. As the UK shows total contempt for international law, this attempt to access its remedies will be met with derision by the wider international community.
Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010.
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14 comments for "A Tale of Two Incarcerated Women"
Rebecca Olsen
ChelseaManning is NOT a woman. You can change your name but you can't change your sex. Quit feeding in to this madness.
This article should be expanded to the tale of three women to include Reality Winner.
I don't know if Ratcliffe is guilty of espionage or any other crime.
She may be entirely innocent. She may be guilty. Unless you have intimate knowledge of the case and the individuals concerned, you just can't say. It may be that she is innocent but the Iranians believe her to be guilty in good faith.
Certainly it is true that British Spook Organisations have a long history of using such people for espionage and subversion.
What is also true is that the US quite openly has a Regime Change programme in place against Iran, involving terrorist groups like the MEK which have caused mass casualties in Iran, sabotage and political subversion, with a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Bolton, Pompeo, and the Orange Baboon himself, brag about this on a daily basis and shout about it from the rooftops.
Iran faces daily threats of military aggression from America and the Zionist Regime, cyber warfare, assassinations and bombings, economic strangulation, and constant propaganda vilification. Under the circumstances, Iran is entitled to be on its guard, maybe even a little bit paranoid.
If the Foreign Office can "spring" Ratcliffe from jail by conferring on her some kind of diplomatic status, maybe Iran could do the same thing with Julian Assange.
And of course the UK is more of a satellite of the US than East Germany ever was of the Soviet Union.
Allot folk's have no idea how large the Corporate prison system actually is in the U.S. which holds the most people in the entire world. Even more than Communist Cinia with over a billion people.
Sep 18, 2015 Enter the biggest prison system in history
The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. Abby Martin explores the dark reality of conditions in America's prisons, who is warehoused in them, and how things got this way.
https://youtu.be/ZG7pa-DuHSs
Kay Weir
Chelsea Manning is a great hero of human rights and democratic principles that have been abandoned by the US and UK. To accept going to prison a second time, this time to support Wikileaks, and Julian Assange, now in prison in the Ecuador Embassy in Britain, shows enormous courage. May angels protect her.
It's shocking to realise how far the US and UK have gone in rejecting principles of justice and international law,and the UN Charter.
Mainstream media seem unaware of the hell hole this has consigned millions to in the world to as a result of
the West's wars. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been knocked off the front pages, in favour of misrepresenting yet another war this time on Venezuela, the latest target of western warmongers. Behind all this is the future of the UN, which is constantly being flouted by western countries who, at the same time with forked tongues love to lecture other countries about the rule of law.
Thank you for your keen eye and sense of fair play in international affairs Mr. Murray. The players would do well to pay attention to your suggestions, and I wonder if you dare set up an international Good Sense Agency, contracting out to faltering intelligence agencies and governments. (?)
Eva Coombs
Chelsea has 'amour propre' self respect, she has earned more than that, as a shining example of defiance of the deep state, sadly she is almost alone!
Jeff Harrison
Given the contempt that "The West" holds for the international mechanisms that they themselves set up but transparently only intended to be used against non-Western countries, I wouldn't expect the Iranians to pay much attention to the author's arguments.
Bob Van Noy
It's incredibly refreshing to see Craig Murray on CN. There are two distinct topics discussed here both of enormous significance. The deeply important first amendment fight going on around WikiLeaks and then the incredible, ongoing US manipulation of Iran that has been a feature of America's Deep State since forever (at least 1953 or earlier). Clearly we must finally sort out the collusion and obfuscation that have characterized these two issues from their beginnings.
If one simply reads David Talbot's "Devils Chessboard" one can see the purely evil manipulation of a Sovereign and Democratic Government by those who deemed themselves more worthy. Time for it to end. Many Thanks…
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/10/27/checkmate-on-the-devils-chessboard/
Going to a country like Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, etc etc, to train journalists is frankly, stupid and asking for trouble. It also suggest a kind of arrogance insofar as it suggests that the host country needs some kind of training for journalists not available in that country. Journalistic output generally reflects a particular country's government and if you look at the US or UK, you won't find many journalists on MSM giving an alternative point of view. True, alternative journalism can be found on the internet and periodicals, but bit by bit this is slowly being censored and shut down. Even this very day 'ZH', a well known alternative news site (really well worth a look if you haven't heard about it), has been banned from the facebook platform because facebook doesn't agree with ZH content. Facebook are not apparently censoring ZH for any kind of inflammatory hate speech etc, but they just don't like the political content of ZH. I suppose the old adage "if you go to Rome do as the Romans' do" is the only way forward these days.
OlyaPola
"Going to a country like Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, etc etc, to train journalists is frankly, stupid and asking for trouble."
Well as in Russia in the 1990's some don't remember the catechism that "Abscence makes the heart grown fonder and familiarity breeds contempt."
That proved useful in various ways as does the opponents' continued immersion in derivatives of orientalism.
Ma Laoshi
When the Trump admin went absolutely ballistic about that stupid "pastor" in Turkey, escalating up to a frontal attack on the Turkish Lira and thus risking a breakup with a key NATO ally, it could be safely inferred that this pastor-without-a-significant-flock-to-tend was indeed a CIA spy. Occam's razor leads us to a similar conclusion here: that Ms. Ratcliffe was, if not a spy, then at least some agent of the British special services. In his convoluted wording, Mr. Murray all but admits that he also understands as much, but obviously considers it unhelpful to put this in writing.
But British naughtiness vs Iran goes a good deal further than this article mentions. Together with the other usual suspects they seem to be involved in fomenting domestic terrorism in Iran. And just last August, when there was some posturing that a US strike on Iran might be imminent, the ever-eager War Minister Williamson rushed to the cameras with his unsolicited confirmation that in such an event, Britain would of course join the party. That makes Britain a straight-up enemy of Iran, though in fairness there was little left to prove after Britain waged war against Iran's Syrian ally; if Ms. Ratcliffe pledges allegiance to this enemy, then returns to Iran to engage in political activism there, is it so strange that there are consequences?
If London wants its girl back, they'd better play nice for a while and offer something very attractive in return.
Quite. The very fact that the UK govt is "breaking" its own rule of not interfering in the detention/imprisonment of one of its dual citizens when they are being held by the govt of that citizen's other citizenship is highly suspicious, frankly.
Oddly enough, well not really, the BBC world service and NPR constantly cover instances of "wrongful arrest/detention/imprisonment" of journalists (or so-called journalists) and others like, say "human rights workers" or "tourists" or "ethnic minorities," when those people are held by countries who do not toe the western diktats: China, Russia, NK, Iran and so on, yet rarely or only in passing do they mention the US doing likewise (often with the help of the UK – renditions and so on).
On NPR there has been no mention of Chelsea Manning being imprisoned, no mention of the Assange "case," just as there was no mention of the Marzieh Hashemi detention. The BBC has mute about these cases, too.
We hear nothing about the conditions under which American prisoners are held (solitary confinement used a lot and often for long periods of time – and this is a known psychological torture technique); about the near slave labor expected of prisoners; about the necessity of the prisoners having to work for literally a few cents a day in order to purchase foodstuffs; of the deliberate curtailing and or reduction in family members being able to visit prisoners. And forget Guantanamo – well, we are supposed to, aren't we? And forget Abu Ghraib and the "black sites" where the CIA and their friends tortured prisoners. Instead we reward the torturers and those who destroy the evidence of their criminal, despicable and immoral actions – Haspel springs immediately to mind.
Orwellian on every bloody level.
> frontal attack on the Turkish Lira and thus risking a breakup with a key NATO ally, it could be safely inferred that this pastor-without-a-significant-flock-to-tend was indeed a CIA spy.<
It's been rare to see anyone who has caught on to that CIA phony pastor and how the Turkish lira just happened to lose value, causing the Turks serious problems in foreign denominated debt and USD priced commodities. There's even a book on how the US uses finance as a weapon against other states.
Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis Paperback – August 28, 2012
by James Rickards


While waiting for our orders from Brick Plate and El Phante, T and I checked the other kiosks in Gastro Park and we spotted something interesting... Mexican Bulalo.
Hello, Tolyo's Soup n' Grill.
We were convinced to try the Mexican Bulalo when we saw "bone marrow" (PHP165, regular | PHP180, with bone marrow). Unfortunately, they were out of the delectable marrow. But since we were still curious with how Mexican Bulalo tastes like, we ordered a bowl.
The soup was served in less than 10 minutes and my first impression was... it was a small serving for PHP165.
Wondering why this is called Mexican? There were some beans too in the soup. But it didn't give the dish a distinct taste.
Sadly, I was not impressed and will not be back to try the other dishes.
Tolyo's Soup n' Grill is located at Gastro Park, 1st Street, Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City.


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Digame: Esoteric Esa is Decolonizing Ancestral Spiritual Practices
by Virginia Isaad December 21, 2022 December 27, 2022
Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad aka Esoteric Esa is an astrologer, psychic tarot reader, and bruja and founder of Souliminati. She created the Modern Spiritual Latina oracle and hosts the award-winning podcast, Better Work Bitch! She is dedicated to eliminating the negative misconceptions around spiritual work including brujería and decolonizing spiritual practices. The Mexican-Peruvian entrepreneur's oracle deck is the first of its kind featuring 28 oracles that pay tribute to Mesoamerican and South American spiritual ancestry through detailed symbolism, astrology, brujeria, esotericism, herbal knowledge, numerology, and sacred cultural landmarks of indigenous ancestors. She writes about spirituality and astrology (including for HipLatina) and in 2023 she is offering spiritual work courses and private mentorship programs.
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Which Latina(s) have had the greatest impact on your life and why?
Frida Kahlo, Selena and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have all had tremendous impact on my life in a positive way. They're all brave and unapologetic with their beliefs like myself. Selena being adamant by expressing herself through her wardrobe that was considered too risqué by her traditional father was so inspiring to me at a young age. She displayed an example of what breaking machismo Latinx stigmas looked like and I was doing that on my own as early as elementary school. Not wearing bustiers of course, but I was challenging the masculine hetero-norms in my culture and household, and she was an example of self-empowerment even when you're being gaslighted. Reassurance I needed early on in my childhood to positively reinforce my own bravery.
If you could meet a Latina icon who is no longer alive, who would it be and why?
I would love to sit with Mexican Poet, Philosopher and Nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. During her time in the 1600s, religion was one of the very limited methods a woman could receive any education. She was a feminist and publicly wrote many pieces on the importance of education access for women. I'd like to know more about how she continued the courage to fight on for such radical change. She was a creator of original thought, and that's something that's always been rare, most especially in today's era.
"You have to know where you come from in order to know where you're going." My dad.
If you could pursue a career in an industry other than your own, what would it be and why?
Feels so silly to say, but singing. I'd want to be an Opera singer. I actually have a descent voice for it, but I am super shy about this secret. I would like to get formal training before I die, however.
Who was the first person to believe in your dreams/goals?
My mother hands down. She taught me early on to dream big and never told me my aspirations were too far fetched.
What do you wish more people understood about what you do?
I wish they understood how much work goes into holding myself accountable and how much active shadow work it takes to operate at a level of integrity and quality with regards to all the intuitive channeling invested in spiritual services. It's daily practice, constant self-awareness and accountability, and discipline needed in order to do this work ethically. Doesn't mean I'm a moral compass, it simply means I'm a work in progress willing to honestly and lovingly partake in the healing journey alongside everyone else because I am not superior. That's what makes a great spiritualist and accurate reader.
The knowing that my professional work is part of keeping my grandmother's legacy alive. She was my first maestra, she is my muse and she is part of everything I do. My grandmother was a Psychic Tarot Reader for many years. Her final year before her passing, she passed on everything she could to me, unknowlingly that her time would come. I am so grateful for our final conversations. I wish we could be here together doing this work, but now I do it in her honor, aside from it being my passion.
How did you end up on the professional path you're on now?
I decided to leave my well established corporate job. I failed twice before I successfully became an entrepreneur. It took a lot of perseverance and a lot of, "f*ck this shit! I deserve better!" moments to be where I am now. I learned from several worthy and beautiful teachers before I took on any labels or titles. I am a big believer in receiving true apprenticeship work. Nowadays people Google and think that makes them a professional.
What is your greatest professional achievement so far? Personal achievement?
My greatest professional achievement and personal go hand-in-hand really. I am writer. I didn't become a writer, I believed I was a writer and therefore I am. As a little girl I had many diarys and journals where I would write poems. As early as 5 years old. I studied Journalism and PR in college and when I landed my first "big girl job," one of my first bosses (who was a female) ripped my writing apart. She tore my spirit apart and encouraged me to do something else in terms of profession. She said my writing was horrible and it wasn't the line of work for me. I believed her, and I was heartbroken. It took years to trust my writing. I worked at it, and secretly would practice differing writing formats. I never thought I would be a contributing writer for online media. When I started writing for HipLatina, I was so grateful, and also ashamed. Worried my writing wouldn't be good enough. I had amazing editors who helped me strengthen my writing and now I write for Cosmopolitan online and other beautiful publications. My dream of healing my wounded writer came full circle.
What is a goal you have that you haven't accomplished yet and what are you doing to get closer to accomplishing it?
My next goal is to get my writing published in print. I can't spill in what ways just yet. It's a nice surprise that I am getting very close to accomplishing.
What pop culture moment made you feel seen?
I'd have to say, seeing Jennifer Lopez sing at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden. Sure, one could debate on her vocal range and performance of the song's execution. But seeing a Boricua, a Latina, and someone I've always admired in media be up there front-and-center for the nation to watch ring in a new era was emotional for me. Say what you want about JLo, but that woman works hard, and that moment was exemplary of the power of women, Latines, and children of immigrants, and how we can be part of the American Dream. In fact, we ARE the American Dream. We deserve to be acknowledged and our the sacrifices of our ancestors are part of the history of this Country. I felt seen and I was proud to see her have that moment of recognition.
It hasn't been easy for me to practice self care. I struggled with that up until my first year of being an entrepreneur. Growing up, I wasn't taught what self care was or looked like. Until I hit burnout as an entrepreneur. I practice self care through my spiritual practices of course, but also through writing poetry, spending time with people who create safety for me, and by forcing myself to rest when needed.
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Shoutout an Instagram account that could use more love and tell us why you're a fan:
@colorsyouthorg because their work centers LGBTQ affirmative counseling for humans under 25 years old, which is a critical time for navigating personal identity. Especially since it is a known fact that LGBTQ+ young adults and teens are at a higher risk for suicide.
Shoutout your favorite Latina owned business and why:
This is not fair! LOL So many! @recla.ma founded by Cindy Rodriguez. She's helping women of color reconnect with nature while developing spiritual grounding techinques through hikes. It's beautiful to witness the group of women she organizes each hike. She's also Indigenous Peruana and a phenomenal music playlist curator.


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Dom Constantino of Braganza (; 1528–1575) was a Portuguese nobleman, conquistador, and administrator of the Portuguese Empire. Born a member of the powerful House of Braganza, he is best known for having served as Viceroy of Portuguese India and for initiating the Portuguese conquest of Sri Lanka.

Biography
He was the son of Dom James, 4th Duke of Braganza from his second marriage to Joana of Mendoça, daughter of Diogo of Mendonça, High-Alcaide of Mourão.

When he was 19 years old, he was appointed by King Dom John III of Portugal as his special ambassador to the baptism ceremony of King Henry II of France's son.

In 1558, he was appointed by the regent Dona Catherine of Habsburg (King Dom John III's widow) as the 20th Governor of Portuguese India, using also the title of 7th Viceroy. He left Lisbon on 7 April 1558 and arrived in Goa on 3 September.

He was a remarkable organiser of the local State, and he conquered Daman, Ceylon (nowadays known as Sri Lanka) and the island of Manar.

A first expedition, led by Viceroy Dom Constantino de Bragança in 1560, failed to subdue Jaffna, but captured Mannar Island.  By June 1619, despite sharp resistance from Cankili II of Jaffna, there were two Portuguese expeditions; a naval expedition that was repulsed by the Malabari corsairs and another expedition by Dom Filipe de Oliveira and his land army of 5,000, which defeated Cankili and conquered Jaffna, strengthening Portuguese control of shipping routes through the Palk Strait.

His government in India took three years and eight days, and during that period he made important reforms. He was considered by the historian C. R. Boxer one of the most fanatic Portuguese governors of India together with Dom Francisco Barreto (1555–1558).

He protected the poet Luis Vaz de Camões, during his stay in India.

He was later governor of Ribeira Grande, in the island of Santo Antão, Portuguese Cape Verde, from 1562.

Dom Constantino afterwards returned to the Kingdom. There he married his cousin, D. Maria de Melo, daughter of the 1st Marquess of Ferreira and 1st Count of Tentúgal, D. Rodrigo de Melo, and Dona Brites de Menezes (daughter of Dom Antão de Almada, 3rd Count of Avranches). The couple had no issue. King Sebastian of Portugal thought, in 1571, to appoint him as perpetual viceroy of India, but he refused.

Tooth relic
According to Mutu Coomara Swamy, Constantino claimed to play a part in capturing and destroying the Tooth-Relic of Gotama Buddha, during the wars of the Portuguese. The native authorities however, maintained the relic was kept safe from harm.

Ancestry

See also
House of Braganza
Duke of Braganza
Portuguese India
List of colonial heads of Portuguese India
 Relics associated with Buddha#Relics in Sri Lanka
 Relic of the tooth of the Buddha
 Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira

References

Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil – Vol. II, page 443. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

External links
 Genealogy of Constantino of Braganza, in Portuguese
 "Constantino de Bragança" in Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, vol. 7, eds. David Thomas and John Chesworth, Leiden - Boston, Brill, 2015, pp. 841-845.

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Home News New World, Amazon Games forced to rollback servers
New World, Amazon Games forced to rollback servers
Players mistakenly flooded with in-game currency
Andrea Schietroma
The first weeks of life of N have been studded with many more problems than expected, which have created too many headaches for gamers and developers. The most recent problem that hit Amazon Games' MMORPG even forced the team to do a so-called rollback servers to bring the situation back to normal.
As communicated in a post appeared on the game's official forum, a hotfix to the game database would have created an unfortunate side effect: some users should have received one compensation for gold lost due to an in-game tax issue, but this proved to be totally off the charts, with some players literally inundated with in-game currency.
It goes without saying that, shortly afterwards, users then understandably went to spend the gold obtained at the auction house, irreparably compromising the server economy of New World. Therefore, the only possible choice for the development team was to restore the servers to the situation before the origin of the problem and apply the necessary solutions.
Ultimately not an easy start to the first real title released by Amazon Games (if we exclude the case Crucible), which has already faced several cases of object duplication and some serious bugs that negatively impacted the game experience.
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The Amis Music Festival () is a cultural event held in Dulan Village, Taitung County. The event promotes music, arts and various cultures of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, and is the first of its kind in Taiwan.

History

The very first Amis Music Festival was organized in 2013 by Suming Rupi, an indigenous singer-songwriter from the Pangcah (Amis) people, and the Dulan villagers in an effort to stimulate tribe-oriented economic development in their hometown. Suming derived inspiration for the event from performing at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK and the Festival of Pacific Arts. The festival is held around mid-November, resting one year after every two years.

The festival has its own Amis Music Festival Flag designed with specific symbolic significance.

The story of how Suming Rupi founded the Amis Music Festival and the Amis Music Festival Flag was documented in the 2016 documentary Suming Carrying The Flag (扛旗子的人-Suming), which was first aired as an episode in the TV program Songs Blowing Over the Island  (吹過島嶼的歌) of the Taiwan Indigenous Television. The full documentary film was also selected for the 12th Native Spirit Festival in 2018, which is an international film festival in the UK.

In 2017, Suming received the Taiwanese Presidential Cultural Awards' youth creativity award for his work in promoting traditional indigenous culture in Dulan village, with President Tsai Ing-Wen noting that it had resonated well with young people.

Performances and location

For each edition of the festival, the organizers invite different tribes and representatives both locally and abroad to participate, connecting the indigenous cultures of Taiwan and those from around the world. For 2019, apart from the Pangcah/Amis (阿美) themselves, these included the Pinuyumayan (卑南), Rukai (魯凱), Paiwan (排灣), Bunun (布農), Tsou (鄒族), Atayal (泰雅), and Siraya (西拉雅) people from Taiwan, and many more tribes from Australia, Japan, Philippines, Morocco, New Caledonia, and Tahiti.

In order to focus attention on the overall theme of aboriginal heritage rather than individual performers, no detailed schedule is published in advance. Online publicity simply notes the participation of various tribes. The first festival in 2013 saw 1,000 visitors and has grown to over 3,000 in 2017.

The "Dulan Arena", which is the stadium at Suming Rupi's alma mater Dulan Junior High School has been transformed into a stage for performances during the Amis Music Festival. For 2019, the Pacifalan (都蘭鼻) cape near the village was chosen as the location for the festival.

References

External links

 Amis Music Festival official site
 Amis Music Festival Facebook
 Amis Music Festival Instagram
DJ Hatfield (Berklee College of Music): Of Music and Other Diversions: The 'Amis Music Festival (video of a presentation at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Albuquerque, November 15, 2018)
Clement Robin: A Taïwan, un festival de musique aborigène Radio France Internationale, October 30, 2016 (radio feature, in French)

Indigenous culture in Taiwan
Taiwanese culture
Music festivals in Taiwan


These fragrant, tangy and spicy prawns will leave you finger-licking! Make sure you serve with plenty of serviettes.
In a bowl, mix coconut cream and curry paste. Add the prawns and coat well. Leave to marinade for 15 minutes. Skewer prawns onto 16 long bamboo skewers.
In another bowl, mix ginger, the rest of the coconut cream, fish sauce and the zest and juice of 1 lime to make the Lime Coconut Sauce. Season with sea salt if needed.
Heat the grill. Cook the naan bread for 1-2 minutes each side. Keep warm.
Cook the prawn skewers with drizzle of oil for 4-5 minutes or until turned bright pink, cooked through and slightly charred.
Top prawn skewers with coriander and chilli. Serve with Lime Coconut Sauce, lime wedges and the Garlic Nann bread.


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Q: Storm Water flooding Is there a method in Arc Gis for mapping storm water runoff in an urban environment assuming that the sewers are at full capacity. I just want to map roughly where the water will flow over the land over paved surfaces
I have a DEM, a land use map and have already calculated the flow direction and streams network. I wish to find out what areas will flood in the study area during an extreme rainfall event.

A: When you start getting into hydrograph routing (flow rate vs time), you are leaving the GIS realm and get into specialized hydraulic modeling software.  HEC-RAS is great for open channels, and can handle pipe flow, but needs hydrology (how much runoff are you getting) input (often from HEC-HMS).  The mix of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling required to (relatively accurately) do urban stormwater flood modeling is a really narrow niche field.  The models all have a bunch of calculation options and methodologies, various input parameters to select from and assumptions to make.  Plus, most of the commercial software is pretty expensive.
Don't be offended by this, but rather than look for another piece of software, I suggest you look for another person to take this off your desk.  For perspective, if a civil engineer with a CAD background said he was going to create some massive multi-user spatial database from scratch and wanted to know which software to use, what would you tell them?

A: I would suggest you take a look at Aquaveo's WMS. It is a GIS platform in which you can actually run most of HEC's applications. It is actually a swiss army knife for leveraging water resources issues. It seamlessly integrates CAD, GIS and raster data features with the intent to handle better and visualize multiple water resources scenarios. It handles almost any file format that you throw into the mix. I believe this to be one of the toughest challenges a water resources engineer faces on a daily basis. Data interoperability is key, as most Hydrology & Hydraulics studies demand quite a bit of research. In the process, you will most likely end up with an array of files of different sources and therefore different file formats. The ability of your main GIS platform to read and process all the raw data, i.e.(.dwg,.shp,.txt,.csv,.tin,.jpg,.gpx,.ras,.hms, etc) along with its capability of using all of your graphics card juice  and core processors hardware efficiently, for visualization and rendering; are the true value of the same.


Phase-locked activity is thought to be an underlying mechanism controlling aspects of memory, recognition, circadian rhythms, and epileptic seizures, yet no general theoretical framework has been shown to predict the existence of a simple form of phase-locked activity, phase-locking between 2 reciprocally coupled endogenously oscillating neurons. Here, we investigate a general method for predicting the behavior of coupled bursting neurons.
Previously, Oprisan, Prinz, and Canavier produced a general theoretical framework that used phase resetting theory to predict the existence, stability, and phase relations (phase-locking) of 1:1 phase-locked modes in networks consisting of 1 biological (bio) and 1 model neuron (mdl) reciprocally connected with artificial inhibitory synapses. First- and second-order phase response curves (PRCs) measured from each neuron in open loop configuration define a relationship between intervals of stimulus (ts) and recovery (tr) for each neuron, where ts is the time interval between burst onset and stimulus delivery and tr is the time interval between stimulus delivery and burst onset. When these neurons are coupled, a 1:1 phase-locked mode, that is a periodic mode of activity in a network of two neurons where each neuron fires one burst per network period, may exist if and only if these relationships are compatible, allowing the time evolution of the coupled system to be 1:1 periodic. For such cases, phase relations for the network, ts and tr, can be derived. This method is quite general, requiring few assumptions-those being that 1) the effects of a stimulus die out within one cycle period, and 2) the closed loop bursts are similar to the open loop bursts used to generate the PRCs .
In this work, we extend the theoretical framework of Oprisan et al.  to the case of networks with excitatory synaptic coupling. Using the Pyloric Dilator neuron from the Stomatogastric Ganglion of the American Lobster as our biological cell, we experimentally prepared 86 networks using 5 biological neurons, 4 model neurons, and heterogeneous synapse strengths between 1 and 10,000 nS. We show that the method is robust to biological noise. It is accurate for 94% of the networks we tested, if we do not include the data two from special cases, one in which the coupling becomes effectively continuous and another in which complex behavior results from a discontinuous PRC. These 2 cases represent 16% of all networks tested. Accuracy of predicted phase relations are illustrated in Figure 1. Of the 26 networks where phase-locking was both predicted and observed, phase relations were accurately predicted in 19 networks (73% of cases). In 7 networks, the phase relationships were correctly predicted, however, the firing order was incorrectly predicted, e.g. instead of the bio neuron leading the mdl neuron, the mdl neuron leads the bio neuron (23% of cases). This error is represented as a sign error in ϕnetwork. In summary, phase-locked activity in networks of reciprocally excitatory bursting neurons can be predicted from the PRCs of the individual neurons.
Observed vs predicted network phase, ϕnetwork, where ϕnetwork = ϕbio - ϕmdl. Zero phase is defined as the start of a burst.


Make The Most Out Of Your Garden – Turn It Into A Hangout Spot!
Just because Autumn is here and it's colder out, doesn't mean you can't still get out and spend time in the garden.
Even though your garden might not see much action until Spring, it might be a good idea to upgrade it now. A lot of garden supplies and equipment go on discount during months with less demand for them. If you're thinking of taking on a project for garden improvement, why not turn it into a hangout spot?
The best way to get the most out of your garden space is to make it a place for get-togethers and parties. You can invite friends around or spend some quality time there with family. You might even want to relax there by yourself. Here are some tips for turning your garden into a hangout spot.
According to a Which report, October is the best time to buy garden furniture. With the summer over, there's less demand for it. Garden furniture retailers will be trying to get rid of their stock with discounts and special offers. You can often grab great bargains at this time!
Start with some excellent garden dining furniture. It's perfect for hosting dinner parties or even having a BBQ next summer. You could also get some garden sofas or deck chairs for friends to hang out.
Keep in mind that while it's a good time to buy, it's not the best time to leave furniture outdoors. However, you can get products for treating garden furniture throughout bad weather conditions. You could also use plastic slip covers to protect your pieces. A smart alternative may be to store them in the garage until the weather brightens up.
Before you start adding equipment and decorations, you'll want to put down some decking. Having a decked area is great for creating a hangout spot. It looks good and makes a sturdy platform for any furniture you wish to add.
There are many places you can buy wood for garden decking. You might want to consider using recycled railway sleepers. They're easy to lay down and fit together. You can also buy them ready-treated and measured to make things easy.
You can implement your decking yourself or have a handyman do it for you. With the leftover wood you have, you might even want to create a shed or upgrade your fencing!
A patio is a fantastic addition to your garden. What's better is if you get an enclosed patio, you can use it all year round! It's a great place for putting your garden furniture, having dinner, and hosting parties. You can be surrounded by nature but still shielded from the cold weather.
Look into contractors in your area. Many can install a patio for you to your specifications. It may be costly, but it's a fantastic addition for your home. There are all kinds of garden patio style ideas which can add a lot to your garden.
To finish your perfect garden hangout area, you should add some decorations. Outdoor lighting, garden ornaments, and hanging baskets can make your garden look fantastic.
You might also want to style it up by planting some flowers or trees. Autumn is prime time for many plants and flowers. It can make for a fun little project and put the finishing touches on your garden hangout spot.


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The highest-paid female YouTuber is a 7-year-old who earned $28 million in 2021
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Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa's central Sahel


[keycloak-user] Single Sign On without browser redirect.
1.  I want to make use of our own login/signin pages residing in App1 and App2 rather than redirecting to KeyCloak Login Page, and post the request to KeyCloak similar to org.keycloak.testsuite.util.OAuthClient#doGrantAccessTokenRequest. I am successful in getting AccessToken in App1, but how can I achieve SSO with App2 in this scenario?
2.  If I can't have login pages to be on my apps, then can I have multiple login themes, in such a way that I can have different theme per app(per client). Right now I see that I can have only one theme per realm.
3.  I have native mobile apps for these two apps, so I need to make sure my architecture supports login thru native apps as well.
4.  Currently I am using Java Servlet Filter Adapter to make use of KeyCloak, I gave my secured pages url (/secured/*) for the filter KeycloakOIDCFilter and for non secured pages in my application ( where url is "/*") I have added another filter to refresh the token using "refreshableKeycloakSecurityContext.refreshExpiredToken(true);" This works perfect when I am using httpsession, but when I make stateless using the tokenstore to use cookie, then I can't get hold of   refreshableKeycloakSecurityContext with out replicating the httpsession across multiple instances of my web servers. If this is not the right way, then how can I maintain session with IDP from my non secured pages?
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It's counteracted by adding this macro to all your abilities.
As a quick test I dragged my pet ability, smack in my case, to the pet bar so I could see easily when it was cast. I then ran my favourite macro and watched whether there was a delay when it was off cooldown before it cast, of which there was a noticeable one.
I then just added the pet casting lines to the "keypress" section of the macro (added all 3 lines so it works with any pet) and reran the test. This time the ability seemed to cast instantly as the cooldown ran out.
This is just my opinion/experience of course and I could easily be wrong, but it seemed to help.
No idea if this will be affecting anything else detrimentally in the macro but I would assume/hope not.
Post Macros will not work unless you set a loop limit.
I have never tried it in a rotation macro, but my experience with it, makes me think it would case issues.
Add a line in the keypress section (I'm at work so I cannot test this, but it should not be on a global so Keypress should work without causing hangups, but if if does hang just move it down to the first line of the body).
Disclaimer: this probably will stuff up your opener though, as you will not register as being in combat untill your first shot hits the target and as such your pet is goiing to hang out by you until that happens so you will not get t eh extra front end damage that you would get from sending your pet as you shoot with a /Petattack.
So I run with a Rylak with is in the Chimaera family. It has an ability, Froststorm Breath. This ability is a channeled exotic ability. How would I macro this into a normal rotation so it channels it for a full duration without stopping?
You don't. What you should do is go to your stable and retire that pet. Just by using Froststorm Breath, youre absolutley killing you dps output, especially in aoe situations. The reason being is because that ability is channeled therefore during the entire time its being channeled, youre pet will not use any other attack, he will do absolutely nothing except channel Froststorm Breath. So if your spamming that channeled spell you arent able to use Kill Command, Pets basic or special attacks, pet's gonna stay focus capped, no Beast Cleave(which is way more damage than Froststorm Breath on its own).
But a possible small dps boost for aoe(especially doing solo content) is with a core hound via their Molten Hide ability which deals damage to anything that attacks it with melee for 10secs and has a cd of 1 minute.
Like i said it'll probably be unnoticable in raids and dungeons, but probably worth checking out for solo content especially if using 2 hounds and hunter companion talent.
Because I am a noob, why do we need the weakaura's if we have the lazy macro?


Holiday party planning can be such a pain, let's make it easy! At Howl at the Moon, this year's company holiday party, office holiday party or holiday outing with co-workers is a breeze to plan. Everyone will be talking about it until next year! Whether you are looking for a party room, an event venue or private party locations you can stop your search right here! We specialize in special events. Our lively and interactive live entertainment is perfect for all kinds of party goers. We will worry about rocking high-energy music from the stage, pouring drinks at the bar, and keeping the buffets topped off while you sit back and enjoy.
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The landmark Power of Myth series is presented in a lavish 25th anniversary package.
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) spent his life studying the myths of mankind. It is a fascinating topic, but before Campbell, most of the work in the field had been the province of scholars. Campbell's triumph was his ability to present his findings in a way that made them compelling, and appealing to the general public. The culmination of all of this were the six programs that make up The Power of Myth series, which originally aired on PBS in 1988. Each episode contained a one-hour conversation between Campbell and Bill Moyers, focusing on a specific topic in relation to mythology.
I remember watching these shows at the time, and being surprised at how popular they were. There was a reason for it though, as they were great, and not at all what one might have expected. The simultaneous publication of the book The Power of Myth only served to underscore the phenomenal reach of Campbell's findings. The Power of Myth was a true cultural event, and remains one of the finest efforts in this field ever.
The Power of Myth has been available on DVD for a while now, but the new 25th Anniversary Edition of it from Athena is definitive. This is a three-disc set, with a plethora of extras, offered at a very reasonable price.
Episodes one through five were recorded at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Northern California. This makes perfect sense, as Lucas has always credited his Star Wars films as being inspired by the classic myths. The incredible success of those basic stories speaks for itself as to the ongoing importance of mythology in the world.
The first episode addresses this directly. In "The Hero's Adventure" Campbell discusses Star Wars explicitly, as well as the stories of other heroes of the ages, such as Buddha, Jesus, and an Iroquois Indian. The power of dreams and fantasy is also discussed, as well as the psychoanalysis of Carl Jung.
"The Message of the Myth" follows, and focuses on the spiritual elements of mythology. These are relatively straight-forward, as many of the main topics are the basis of religions. Campbell and Moyers discuss creation, sin, morality, and others in this. They also veer off into a segment about the religious qualities of computers, which is quite intriguing.
The third in the series is "The First Storytellers," which is pretty self-explanatory. The basic stories are explored, but again, Campbell veers off into areas that might not initially come to mind. These involve killing for food, harmony with nature, animal massacre (the buffalo), initiations, and more. A talk about the role of shamans leads into the main topic of "Sacrifice and Bliss," which is the fourth program. Campbell begins with a discussion of Chief Seattle, then moves further into a talk about the Earth and agricultural renewal. The idea of sacrifice is also brought up, including that of humans.
The fifth and final Skywalker Ranch show is "Love and the Goddess." This is another wide-ranging program, going from a talk about the troubadours and romantic love, all the way into a comparison of Mother Earth with that of fertility. For the final show, the two decamp to New York, and the American Museum of Natural History. Topics in this episode include the circle as a symbol of life, masks, Shiva, and infinity.
There are more than two hours of bonus materials, with the majority being 105 minutes of additional interviews with Campbell. I found this material to be pretty interesting, but a 33-minute piece with George Lucas was captivating as well. Also included are profiles of Campbell's influences, episode photo galleries, and a biography of Bill Moyers. A 12-page booklet rounds out the extras.
It is unfortunate that Joseph Campbell passed before these programs aired, as I think he would have been gratified to see just how big an impact they had. For anyone who has never seen The Power of Myth, this new 25th Anniversary Edition is definitely the one to get. The six programs have lost none of their luster over the years, and the extras are worthwhile as well. This set is an early 2013 highlight from Athena, and recommended.


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Internet Laughed At This Guy's First Attempt At Cristiano Ronaldo's Bust, So He Tries The Second Time
Last March, the unveiling of Cristiano Ronaldo's bust at the Madeira airport went viral. Unfortunately for the sculptor of the piece, Emanuel Santos, it happened for all the wrong reasons, as the internet mercilessly mocked the statue for its lack of likeness to the football superstar. After the massive public ridicule, the sculptor, unsurprisingly, felt defeated. "This is hard to talk about," says Emanuel while barely holding back tears, "It was too sudden" he reflects on the experience. However, this year he got challenged by B/R Football to redeem himself and create a new bust.
The original sculpture for the airport was actually Santos' first bust, yet the artist took up the challenge. Having your first attempt at something so brutally shut down can certainly break someone, but Emanuel reassures that it only made him stronger. "I want my son to understand that if he enjoys doing something very much, [he] doesn't let himself be defeated with negative criticism. Sooner or later, if we believe in ourselves and are persistent, we can succeed in life" the sculptor remarks. With this mindset, Santos set out to create another sculpture in hopes to redeem himself. Check out the result below and tell us if you think he succeeded!
More info: Twitter (h/t)
Last March, this Cristiano Ronaldo's sculpture went viral
The internet mocked it for having little resemblance to the football superstar
And it's no surprise that it quickly became a meme
The sculptor of the piece, Emanuel Santos, felt defeated after facing such harsh criticism…
As Ronaldo's sculpture was his first attempt at creating a bust
However, this year, the artist decided to redeem himself and recreate the infamous sculpture
And here's the result of his second attempt
Watch the video about Santos' journey
People on the internet were quick to support Emanuel Santos
Do you think he did a great job? Tell us in the comments below!
Source: boredpanda.com
Rating Internet Laughed At This Guy's First Attempt At Cristiano Ronaldo's Bust, So He Tries The Second Time is 5.0 / 5 Votes: 2


Interfaces can be ignored if they offer no monitoring value. Look in the C:\Program Files\PathSolutions\TotalView\IgnoreList.cfg file.
This file contains all of the interfaces that the user has selected to be ignored. To add an interface back to monitoring, it should be deleted from this file. The file must be saved, and the PathSolutions Service must be Stopped and Re-started to have this interface monitored again.
Interfaces that are ignored by the system, typically offer no value. They are listed in the C:\Program Files(86x)\PathSolutions\ TotalView\IgnoreType.cfg file.
These interfaces (null, loopback, etc.) may be ignored on monitored devices. The list may be modified by adding interface descriptions or removing interface descriptions.