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School, police looking into pre-prom photo that appears to show students giving Nazi salutes
By Rachel DeSantis
Baraboo High School seniors were photographed giving an apparent Nazi salute before last year's junior prom. (Twitter)
School officials and the local police department of a Wisconsin town are investigating after members of the high school's senior class were photographed giving an apparent Nazi salute before last year's junior prom.
A photo of the Baraboo High School class of 2019 surfaced late Sunday, showing a group of about 50 boys standing on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse with their arms outstretched above their heads, laughing and smiling.
One boy in the front can also be seen flashing the "OK sign," a symbol that the controversial site 4chan attempted to spread as a white supremacy symbol last year.
Lori Mueller, the Baraboo School District administrator, wrote on Twitter that the photo is "not reflective" of the district's educational values and beliefs.
"The District will pursue any and all available and appropriate actions, including legal, to address," she wrote.
Baraboo parents also received a letter Monday morning from Mueller informing them of the photo's existence and of an impending investigation.
"Early this morning, a photo that was taken last spring of some Baraboo School District students who appear to be making extremely inappropriate gestures began circulating on social media. The district has confirmed at this time that the photo was not taken on school property or at a school-sponsored event," the letter read.
"We want to be very clear: the Baraboo School District is a hate-free environment where all people, regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, are respected and celebrated."
The Baraboo Police Department said in a statement Monday it was aware of the photo, and would be assisting the school district with its investigation.
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Baraboo High School administrative assistant Angie Cowling told the Baraboo News Republic that because of the controversy surrounding the photo, the high school was put in a "soft hold" Monday, meaning students are not allowed to leave school grounds without a parent's permission and office approval.
The photo, which was taken ahead of the class of 2019's junior prom, first surfaced on social media late Sunday on a private Twitter account called Welcome to Baraboo, which describes itself as a parody account not associated with the high school.
"We even got the black kid to throw it up #barabooproud," the caption read, referring to the salute.
It appears the photo was taken by a local photographer operating under the name Wheel Memories. The company's website has a section called "BHS Prom Pics," though instead of photos, it features a bizarre message condemning "malevolent behavior on the part of some in society."
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"It is too bad that there are those in society who can and do take the time to be jerks; knowingly and willingly to be jerks!" the message reads. "The internet can be a wonderful tool but for some there is an overwhelming urge to destroy. . . . To anyone that was hurt I sincerely apologize. To those who have harmed them, we as society often ignore them I have chosen not to do that. YOU ARE JERKS! Grow up!"
One student featured in the photo, Jordan Blue, sent a statement to journalist Jules Suzdaltsev saying that while he appears in the group, he did not partake in the hand gesture, which he says was prompted by the photographer.
"I clearly am uncomfortable with what was happening. I couldn't leave the photo as it was taken within 5 seconds," he said. "The photographer took the photos telling us to make the sign, I knew what my morals were and it was not to salute something I firmly didn't believe in."
Blue added that his classmates have bullied him since middle school.
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"These are the boys of Class of 2019, nothing has been done and my question is . . . With (sic) anything ever be done," Blue said. "I truly & firmly believe we need to make a change to this horrible act, it needs to stop."
Since the controversy erupted, users have taken to Twitter to express their frustration with the photo.
"I am a Baraboo student and I am not proud for what our class did," a user named Khrystyna wrote. "It is unacceptable and sad that we are only now noticing this. However, not all students were involved in this so please don't attack kids just because they attend BHS."
It is so hard to find words...
This is why every single day we work hard to educate. We need to explain what is the danger of hateful ideology rising. Auschwitz with its gas chambers was at the very end of the long process of normalizing and accommodating hatred. https://t.co/13AzZaMGJR
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) November 12, 2018
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland also weighed in, writing, "It is so hard to find words. This is why every single day we work hard to educate. We need to explain what is the danger of hateful ideology rising. Auschwitz with its gas chambers was at the very end of the long process of normalizing and accommodating hatred."
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Meanwhile, residents of Baraboo took action against the photo, and dropped by the same courthouse steps to take a picture of their own, this time featuring symbols of love instead of hate.
A photo shared with WISC-TV News 3 showed dozens of people making a heart shape with their hands and holding rainbow pride flags.
Baraboo, a town of about 12,000 located 50 miles north of Madison, reportedly faced a similar controversy in 2012 when a group of teenagers stuck Confederate flags on their trucks to honor a friend who had died in a car crash.
The police department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while Mueller told the Daily News she is unable to comment further as the investigation is ongoing.
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About IFE
Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2018 Wednesday December 5th, 2018 by Information Forum for Eritrea
Mussie Calmerfalk Ephrem
Mussie Calmerfalk Ephrem is a Swedish – Eritrean political scientist and lawyer. He has been a Swedish politician for almost two decades. As a human rights expert, he has been following the political development in the Horn of Africa for several years. He works as a legal and political adviser.
Roland Chauville
Special Adviser
Roland Chauville is a passionate human rights and non-profit professional with ten years' experience in leadership, fundraising, and staff and project management. He is the former founder and executive director of UPR Info, an NGO dedicated to promote the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the largest international human rights mechanism. In ten years, UPR Info has become the world reference on the UPR. The organisation has enabled thousands of human rights defenders to advocate for their rights at the international level and it has established the largest human rights advocacy platform in the world, giving voices to hundreds of human rights defenders and NGOs from over 150 countries. Roland is a dual citizen of Switzerland and France and holds a Masters in International Relations from University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, in France.
Huda Bakhet
Originally from Eritrea, Huda Bakhet worked for five years in Brussels at the European Commission where she implemented development projects in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. She was then responsible for communication and advocacy with European governments at the Zurich Insurance Group. Since 2015, Huda worked with AMIC where she develops and implements projects to support unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Geneva. She has developed partnerships with companies, such as Hewlett Packard and BNP Paribas, for projects that support the professional integration of young Eritrean refugees. She currently works at the Audemars Piguet Foundation. She holds a degree in economics from the University of Montreal and a certificate in human rights from the University of Geneva's law department.
Christophe Rouiller
Christophe is what we call a "Slasher". Indeed, for more than 12 years, he has been assisting small associations, foundations and startups by taking care of their accounting and advising them on their development strategy. With a background in accounting and business management, he has also launched several entrepreneurial projects when opportunities arose. He has an extensive experience on the field in a number of countries such as Kenya, South Sudan an fields in international NGOs and non-profit foundations. Christophe grasps as many brillant opportunities that have come his way, with one common thread: accounting and management. He currently holds a position as a Application Manager at Retraites Populaires in Lausanne.

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Posted inFilm/TV
by Joel E. Siegel November 17th, 2000 August 29th, 2020
Budgetary restrictions help make independent features just about the only American movies worth watching these days. Unable to afford the special effects that have supplanted writing and acting in most Hollywood productions, indie filmmakers necessarily concentrate their energies on screenplays and performances. At the very least, their small-scale efforts retain a human dimension that has nearly vanished from Tinseltown's machine-tooled, demographics-driven blockbusters.
You Can Count On Me, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan's flatly titled directorial debut, won the best-picture and best-screenplay awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival. It's an intimate, carefully crafted film, perhaps better suited to television than the big screen. But Lonergan's evenhanded empathy with his multidimensional characters and the high level of performances he draws from his cast make the movie consistently absorbing if, ultimately, somewhat less than fully satisfying.
Lonergan, who wrote the lively mob comedy Analyze This, opens with a terse, sobering prologue that casts a shadow over the rest of his narrative: A married couple die in a highway accident. A policeman sorrowfully delivers the news to their two young children. At the funeral, the silent, grieving sister and brother clasp hands, cementing a bond that will both sustain and vex them for the remainder of their lives.
Following opening credits depicting Scottsville, the film's fictional upstate New York setting, Lonergan leaps ahead two decades and introduces us to the grown-up siblings. Sammy (Laura Linney) is a single mother who still resides in her childhood home and works as a bank loan officer. A churchgoer devoted to raising her 8-year-old son, Rudy (Rory Culkin), she maintains a half-hearted relationship with her commitment-shy boyfriend, Bob (Jon Tenney).
Sammy's orderly existence is shaken up by the unexpected return of her younger brother, Terry (Mark Ruffalo), an embittered drifter who has escaped what he regards as the stifling confines of his hometown. Sammy's pleasure at the prospect of this reunion crumbles when she discovers that the purpose of Terry's visit is to seek a handout to assist the pregnant girlfriend he's left behind. Terry bickers with his exasperated sister while assuming the role of surrogate dad for Rudy, who was abandoned before birth by his ne'er-do-well father.
Lonergan's screenplay discreetly skirts the bathetic pitfalls of domestic drama. As the film evolves, we discover that his characters are more complex than they initially appear. Sammy's placid façade conceals a reckless streak. She impulsively embarks on a clandestine affair with Brian (Matthew Broderick), her uptight boss whose pretty, ill-tempered wife is pregnant with the couple's first child. Even Sammy's consultations with her open-minded priest (wittily played by the filmmaker) fail to resolve her conflicted relationships with her two lovers and black sheep kid brother.
At first glance, rootless Terry seems bent on self-destruction, but his rebelliousness turns out to be a shield to protect a core of disillusionment and vulnerability. Bonding with Rudy, he liberates the boy from his overprotective environment, introducing him to the pleasures of fishing and pool halls and, ultimately, forcing him to face the truth about his feckless biological father.
You Can Count On Me proves to be a star-making vehicle for Ruffalo, an intense, brooding actor in the outsider mold of James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Jack Nicholson. With his shambling walk and swarthy features, he seethes with inchoate emotions, driven by the early loss of his parents and his inability to find a place or person that corresponds with his amorphous needs. Although the fair-haired Linney is improbably cast as his sister—the pair bear no trace of physical resemblance—she brings to the role the same intriguing combination of decorousness and libidinousness that sparked her performance as Mary Ann Singleton in the television miniseries Tales of the City. Rory, the latest spawn to emerge from the Culkin moppet factory, turns out to be the best so far, an introspective child performer without a trace of cuteness. Only Broderick falls short of the ensemble's excellence. His horny control freak Brian is cartoonishly callow, a stick figure in a film otherwise populated by rounded characters.
Atmospherically photographed by Stephen Kazmierski and discreetly underscored by Lesley Barber's mixture of chamber and country music, You Can Count on Me undeniably fulfills its modest ambitions. All that's left to debate is whether Lonergan should have taken a larger bite of life than he's chosen to chew. At the fade-out, his characters, whom we have come to know and care about, remain essentially unchanged. "Life's like that," observed my companion at the press screening, whose admiration for the movie surpassed mine. She's right, of course, but the question remains whether it's unreasonable to desire more from a work of art than an accurate reflection of reality. CP


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Fehily all set for emotional Newbury send-off
Noel Fehily
Noel Fehily admits he will be feeling emotional at Newbury as the curtain comes down on his celebrated career with three rides on Saturday.
While recognition came relatively late in life in jockey terms, Fehily has been widely regarded as one of the best horsemen of his generation.
The past decade has undoubtedly been fruitful for County Cork-born Fehily, who began life in Britain riding for Charlie Mann — for whom he had his first winner, Ivy Boy, in 1998.
He also rode his first Grade One winner for Mann, on Air Force One at Punchestown.
It was deputising for an injured Ruby Walsh on the likes of Master Minded that launched him into the big time, though, and secured him the job riding for owner Jared Sullivan, in whose colours he won the 2013 and 2014 King George VI Chase on Silviniaco Conti.
In 2017, Fehily rode Buveur D'Air to win the Champion Hurdle; then 24 hours later he was on his old favourite Special Tiara, who was successful in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. He came within a whisker of winning the three biggest prizes at the meeting when finishing second in the Gold Cup on Minella Rocco.
Unfortunately this season Fehily has been suffering with his health, having had complications from appendix surgery in January that saw him rushed back into hospital.
Despite returning to win at the Cheltenham Festival this year aboard Eglantine Du Seuil, the 43-year-old has decided to retire at the top on Saturday.
Fehily said: "I shall enjoy the day, but it's definitely going to be an emotional occasion as well. Riding is all I have ever done and all I have ever known."
Fehily's biggest success at Newbury came on Parlour Games in the Grade One Challow Hurdle in 2014. He had two near-misses in the Hennessy Gold Cup, now the Ladbrokes Trophy.
"The Hennessy was the race I would have loved to have won," he said.
"If you are living in Lambourn it's the big race for that time of year. I was second a couple of times, behind Native River on Carole's Destrier in 2016 and second in 2008 when Air Force One was runner-up to Madison Du Berlais, but never quite managed to win it."
In recent seasons he has been based with Harry Fry, who was credited with the training of Fehily's win on Rock On Ruby in the 2012 Champion Hurdle while he was assistant to Paul Nicholls.
Fry said: "He has been a huge part of helping us getting to the point we are at, and has been part of many of our biggest days. There have been many memorable occasions, not least Unowhatimeanharry winning at Cheltenham.
"We had that fantastic double at Punchestown with Unowhatimeanharry and Minella Awards. He will be irreplaceable, but it is one chapter closing and another opening. Hopefully we can send him off in style."
He added: "Rock on Ruby put us on the map, and he was on board when he won the 2012 Champion Hurdle. He is a brilliant jockey. It is not just about his input as a jockey, but his fabulous input into plans to make sure the horses are running in the right races. He is a great horseman.
"After what he went through in January and February with his health, it was great for him to ride a winner at the Festival and announce his retirement plans on his own terms.
"When we took out a licence we said the rides are there if he wants them, and thankfully he wanted them more times than not. We can look back at some fond memories."
Fry is hoping to send Fehily out on a winner with the unbeaten Get In The Queue in the Goffs UK Spring Sale Bumper.
"Hopefully we will be able to pull it off (for Noel), but I've never been under pressure like it. He is a very exciting young horse that is two from two," said Fry.
Fehily also rides Prabeni for his old boss Mann in the Be Wiser Insurance Juvenile Handicap Hurdle and Out Of This World for Fry in the feature EBF & Tba Mares' "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle Series Final.
Ninth win for nine-year-old Tai Sing Yeh
Durable nine-year-old Tai Sing Yeh made all to win the concluding six-furlong handicap at 16/1.
Tosen Wish continues Horgan's purple patch
Pony-sized Tosen Wish defied a fifteen-month absence to make a winning start for Joseph O'Brien in the featured seven-furlong handicap.


French artist Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903) painting this lovely scene in 1856. This oil on canvas work measures 27.7 x 41 cm (10 7/8 x 16 1/8 in) and is held by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
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KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..

if ! command -v kubectl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "Please install kubectl before running this script"
  exit 1
fi

source "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/common.sh"

RUN_FROM_DISTRO=${RUN_FROM_DISTRO:-false}
MAKE_DIR="${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/images/kubemark"

if [ "${RUN_FROM_DISTRO}" == "false" ]; then
  # Running from repository
  cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/release-stage/server/linux-amd64/kubernetes/server/bin/kubemark" "${MAKE_DIR}"
else
  cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/server/kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz" "."
  tar -xzf kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz
  cp "kubernetes/server/bin/kubemark" "${MAKE_DIR}"
  rm -rf "kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz" "kubernetes"
fi

CURR_DIR=`pwd`
cd "${MAKE_DIR}"
make
rm kubemark
cd $CURR_DIR

GCLOUD_COMMON_ARGS="--project ${PROJECT} --zone ${ZONE}"

run-gcloud-compute-with-retries disks create "${MASTER_NAME}-pd" \
  ${GCLOUD_COMMON_ARGS} \
  --type "${MASTER_DISK_TYPE}" \
  --size "${MASTER_DISK_SIZE}"

run-gcloud-compute-with-retries instances create "${MASTER_NAME}" \
  ${GCLOUD_COMMON_ARGS} \
  --machine-type "${MASTER_SIZE}" \
  --image-project="${MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT}" \
  --image "${MASTER_IMAGE}" \
  --tags "${MASTER_TAG}" \
  --network "${NETWORK}" \
  --scopes "storage-ro,compute-rw,logging-write" \
  --disk "name=${MASTER_NAME}-pd,device-name=master-pd,mode=rw,boot=no,auto-delete=no"

run-gcloud-compute-with-retries firewall-rules create "${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-kubemark-master-https" \
  --project "${PROJECT}" \
  --network "${NETWORK}" \
  --source-ranges "0.0.0.0/0" \
  --target-tags "${MASTER_TAG}" \
  --allow "tcp:443"

MASTER_IP=$(gcloud compute instances describe ${MASTER_NAME} \
  --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" | grep natIP: | cut -f2 -d":" | sed "s/ //g")

if [ "${SEPARATE_EVENT_MACHINE:-false}" == "true" ]; then
  EVENT_STORE_NAME="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-event-store"
    run-gcloud-compute-with-retries disks create "${EVENT_STORE_NAME}-pd" \
      ${GCLOUD_COMMON_ARGS} \
      --type "${MASTER_DISK_TYPE}" \
      --size "${MASTER_DISK_SIZE}"

    run-gcloud-compute-with-retries instances create "${EVENT_STORE_NAME}" \
      ${GCLOUD_COMMON_ARGS} \
      --machine-type "${MASTER_SIZE}" \
      --image-project="${MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT}" \
      --image "${MASTER_IMAGE}" \
      --tags "${EVENT_STORE_NAME}" \
      --network "${NETWORK}" \
      --scopes "storage-ro,compute-rw,logging-write" \
      --disk "name=${EVENT_STORE_NAME}-pd,device-name=master-pd,mode=rw,boot=no,auto-delete=no"

  EVENT_STORE_IP=$(gcloud compute instances describe ${EVENT_STORE_NAME} \
  --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" | grep networkIP: | cut -f2 -d":" | sed "s/ //g")

  until gcloud compute ssh --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" "${EVENT_STORE_NAME}" --command="ls" &> /dev/null; do
    sleep 1
  done

  gcloud compute ssh "${EVENT_STORE_NAME}" --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
    --command="sudo docker run --net=host -d gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.0.12 /usr/local/bin/etcd \
      --listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:2380 \
      --addr=127.0.0.1:4002 \
      --bind-addr=0.0.0.0:4002 \
      --data-dir=/var/etcd/data"
fi

ensure-temp-dir
gen-kube-bearertoken
create-certs ${MASTER_IP}
KUBELET_TOKEN=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d "=+/" | dd bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null)
KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d "=+/" | dd bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null)

echo "${CA_CERT_BASE64}" | base64 -d > ca.crt
echo "${KUBECFG_CERT_BASE64}" | base64 -d > kubecfg.crt
echo "${KUBECFG_KEY_BASE64}" | base64 -d > kubecfg.key

until gcloud compute ssh --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" "${MASTER_NAME}" --command="ls" &> /dev/null; do
  sleep 1
done

password=$(python -c 'import string,random; print("".join(random.SystemRandom().choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(16)))')

gcloud compute ssh --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" "${MASTER_NAME}" \
  --command="sudo mkdir /srv/kubernetes -p && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo ${MASTER_CERT_BASE64} | base64 -d > /srv/kubernetes/server.cert\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo ${MASTER_KEY_BASE64} | base64 -d > /srv/kubernetes/server.key\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo ${CA_CERT_BASE64} | base64 -d > /srv/kubernetes/ca.crt\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo ${KUBECFG_CERT_BASE64} | base64 -d > /srv/kubernetes/kubecfg.crt\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo ${KUBECFG_KEY_BASE64} | base64 -d > /srv/kubernetes/kubecfg.key\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo \"${KUBE_BEARER_TOKEN},admin,admin\" > /srv/kubernetes/known_tokens.csv\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo \"${KUBELET_TOKEN},kubelet,kubelet\" >> /srv/kubernetes/known_tokens.csv\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo \"${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN},kube_proxy,kube_proxy\" >> /srv/kubernetes/known_tokens.csv\" && \
    sudo bash -c \"echo ${password},admin,admin > /srv/kubernetes/basic_auth.csv\""

if [ "${RUN_FROM_DISTRO}" == "false" ]; then
  gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
    "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/release-tars/kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz" \
    "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh" \
    "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/configure-kubectl.sh" \
    "${MASTER_NAME}":~
else
  gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
    "${KUBE_ROOT}/server/kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz" \
    "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh" \
    "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/configure-kubectl.sh" \
    "${MASTER_NAME}":~
fi

gcloud compute ssh "${MASTER_NAME}" --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
  --command="chmod a+x configure-kubectl.sh && chmod a+x start-kubemark-master.sh && sudo ./start-kubemark-master.sh ${EVENT_STORE_IP:-127.0.0.1}"

# create kubeconfig for Kubelet:
KUBECONFIG_CONTENTS=$(echo "apiVersion: v1
kind: Config
users:
- name: kubelet
  user:
    client-certificate-data: "${KUBELET_CERT_BASE64}"
    client-key-data: "${KUBELET_KEY_BASE64}"
clusters:
- name: kubemark
  cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: "${CA_CERT_BASE64}"
    server: https://${MASTER_IP}
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: kubemark
    user: kubelet
  name: kubemark-context
current-context: kubemark-context" | base64 | tr -d "\n\r")

KUBECONFIG_SECRET=kubeconfig_secret.json
cat > "${KUBECONFIG_SECRET}" << EOF
{
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "kind": "Secret",
  "metadata": {
    "name": "kubeconfig"
  },
  "type": "Opaque",
  "data": {
    "kubeconfig": "${KUBECONFIG_CONTENTS}"
  }
}
EOF

LOCAL_KUBECONFIG=${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/kubeconfig.loc
cat > "${LOCAL_KUBECONFIG}" << EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Config
users:
- name: admin
  user:
    client-certificate-data: "${KUBECFG_CERT_BASE64}"
    client-key-data: "${KUBECFG_KEY_BASE64}"
    username: admin
    password: admin
clusters:
- name: kubemark
  cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: "${CA_CERT_BASE64}"
    server: https://${MASTER_IP}
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: kubemark
    user: admin
  name: kubemark-context
current-context: kubemark-context
EOF

sed "s/##numreplicas##/${NUM_NODES:-10}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}"/test/kubemark/hollow-node_template.json > "${KUBE_ROOT}"/test/kubemark/hollow-node.json
sed -i'' -e "s/##project##/${PROJECT}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}"/test/kubemark/hollow-node.json
kubectl create -f "${KUBE_ROOT}"/test/kubemark/kubemark-ns.json
kubectl create -f "${KUBECONFIG_SECRET}" --namespace="kubemark"
kubectl create -f "${KUBE_ROOT}"/test/kubemark/hollow-node.json --namespace="kubemark"

rm "${KUBECONFIG_SECRET}"

echo "Waiting for all HollowNodes to become Running..."
start=$(date +%s)
until [[ "$(kubectl --kubeconfig="${KUBE_ROOT}"/test/kubemark/kubeconfig.loc get node | grep Ready | wc -l)" == "${NUM_NODES}" ]]; do
  echo -n .
  sleep 1
  now=$(date +%s)
  # Fail it if it already took more than 15 minutes.
  if [ $((now - start)) -gt 900 ]; then
    echo ""
    echo "Timeout waiting for all HollowNodes to become Running"
    exit 1
  fi
done
echo ""
echo "Password to kubemark master: ${password}"

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Discover Financial's Payment Brand Ties Up With Sage Pay
May 29, 2019, 10:26:00 AM EDT By Zacks Equity Research, Zacks.com
Discover Financial Services ' DFS payment brand, Discover Global Network, recently entered into an agreement with Sage Pay via which, the latter provides better and wider options to pay for online and in-store transactions to Discover Global Network cardholders that consist of Discover, Diners Club and affiliate network cardholders in the UK and Ireland.
Merchants will now be able to offer more payment options and reach out to more customers.
48% Discover cardholders have altered their merchant or spending type if their payment was not accepted while they were travelling around the globe. Discover Financial expects this tie-up to add to the number of places where its cardholders already operate its card for purchases.
Notably, Sage, which provides multiple payment options to cardholders at primary hospitality and retail merchants across the UK and Ireland is the perfect partner for this undertaking by Discover Financial. Sage Pay would be able to enrich its portfolio as well as allow partners to boost their global reach with this deal.
This is yet another strategic step taken by the company to help it stay committed toward improving its services for customers.
Last year, it also tied up with Elo to expand its footprint in Brazil. The deal allowed Diner Club Brazil cards issued by Elo to run on the Discover Global Network, comprising acceptance at 42 million merchant locations and 2 million ATMs in more than 190 countries and territories. Earlier this year, Discover Global Network also reached an agreement with Barclaycard wherein the merchants of the latter are allowed to accept Discover, Diners Club International and affiliate network cards both for in-store and online buys.
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World health officials mobilize on Zika threat
Sebastian Smith
AFP February 2, 2016
Health ministry personnel in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus on February 1, 2016
Health ministry personnel in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus on February 1, 2016 (AFP Photo/Orlando Sierra)
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - World health officials mobilized with emergency response plans and funding pleas Tuesday as fears grow that the Zika virus, blamed for a surge in the number of brain-damaged babies, could spread globally and threaten the Summer Olympics.
The World Health Organization, which declared the outbreak an international emergency Monday, said it had created a global Zika response unit to contain the virus and get to the bottom of a corresponding rise in severe birth defects and a potentially crippling neurological disorder.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescents Societies joined the WHO in calling the outbreak an "emergency," and appealed for 2.4 million Swiss francs ($2.36 million) to fund the response.
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi meanwhile announced it had begun research into a vaccine for Zika, for which there is currently no specific treatment.
Developing a vaccine could however take years, experts say.
Zika, which was first identified in Uganda, causes relatively mild flu-like symptoms and a rash. But the apparent link to birth defects and a potentially paralyzing neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome is causing worldwide alarm.
In Brazil, which has been hardest hit by the outbreak sweeping Latin America, Olympics organizers said they are concerned but downplayed fears -- one day after the government warned pregnant women not to attend the Games.
"We are sure we will win this battle and it will not affect the Games," said Rio 2016 organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada.
The Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21, during the southern hemisphere winter, which means there will be fewer of the mosquitoes that transmit the disease, organizers underlined.
WHO expert Anthony Costello emphasized the urgency of rapid action, stressing there was no reason to believe the crisis would remain limited to Latin America, where 25 countries so far have reported Zika cases.
"We are worried that this could also spread back into other areas of the world where the population may not be immune, and we know that the mosquitoes that carry Zika virus... are present through most of Africa, parts of southern Europe and many parts of Asia, particularly south Asia," he said.
Underlining Costello's point, Thai officials announced a man had contracted the virus in the country.
Cape Verde, off the coast of west Africa, and Indonesia have also reported domestic Zika cases.
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Jitters over the virus have spread far beyond the affected areas to Europe and North America, where dozens of cases have been identified among travelers returning from Latin America.
Costello, an expert in microcephaly -- a condition in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains -- said health officials worldwide needed to adopt a standard definition and measurement of the condition in order to respond to suspicions it is being caused by pregnant mothers catching Zika.
"The development of diagnostic tests is absolutely critical," he said.
"At the moment we believe the association is guilty until proven otherwise."
UNICEF for its part said it was working with governments to get information out to pregnant women on how to protect themselves from mosquito bites -- currently the only way to prevent the virus.
A Dutch women's rights group meanwhile offered to send free pills to trigger an abortion to pregnant women in Latin America, a region known for its restrictive abortion laws.
"We are extremely worried that (the outbreak) might cause increasing unsafe abortions," said Rebecca Gomperts, founder and director of Women on Web.
Latin American countries, particularly Brazil, have reported a surge in babies born with microcephaly since the Zika outbreak was declared in the region last year.
Since October, Brazil has reported some 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly, of which 270 have been confirmed -- up from 147 in 2014.
Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica and Puerto Rico have all warned women not to get pregnant.
Ecuador said Tuesday it had registered its first pregnant woman infected with Zika, saying her baby was at low risk for microcephaly because she was already near the end of her second trimester.
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Nepal marks Wetland Day with bird watching activities! - Nature-Treks.com :: Pure Nature with Adventures.
Nepal marks Wetland Day with bird watching activities!
The government of Nepal marks 2nd February as wetland day. This day various species of migrating birds flying to other parts of the world visit this region. Nepal covers 0.01 per cent of the world's total landmass in which there are 9.5 percent of various species of wildlife.
There are 886 species of Birds and 208 Mammals, the tallest bird – 'Sarus' and the highest altitude flying bird 'Bar headed Goose' both of these are found in Nepal. From the highest point Mt. Everest (8848m) which is located in the Northern side of the country and the lowest point (70 meters above sea level) is located at Kechana kalan of Jhapa District where we can find different varieties of wildlife in Nepal.
The wetland day is celebrated for a week starting from 2nd February 2019, in which different bird watching experts, scientist and book writers are here from various parts of the world to take part in the wetland day they also do research and upgrade their knowledge on various species of birds.
Among local species most common birds found in Nepal are Cuckoos, Woodpecker, Peacock (Peafowl), Parakeet, Spotted dove, Hill Myna, Jungle Fowl, Black Drongo, Bulbul and Rock pigeon, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has red listed fifty five species as endangered. The World Wetland Day 2019 highlighted the importance of wetlands and climate change and made has set the main motto as 'Wetlands and climate change'.


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March 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Florida Theatre, 128 E Forsyth St #300
Jacksonville, FL 32202 United States + Google Map
The Florida Theatre presents Pink Martini! Featuring a dozen instrumentalists, Pink Martini with vocalist China Forbes, blurs the lines between classical, pop, Latin and jazz music, invoking a very cool 60's-era cocktail lounge vibe to perform its multilingual repertoire, which include fan favorites "Amado Mio," "Hey Eugene" and "Ninna Nanna."
One Night of Queen
May 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
One Night of Queen, performed by Gary Mullen and The Works, and featuring the hit songs "Killer Queen," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Another One Bites The Dust," "Fat Bottomed Girls," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and more, is a spectacular live concert that recreates the look, sound, pomp and showmanship of one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
Brit Floyd – World Tour 2021
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Little River Band with special guest Lords of 52nd Street
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Performing their biggest hits of the 1960s and 1970s, The Turtles, Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog Night), The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Vogues and The Cowsills return for the Happy Together Tour 2020.
June 13 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Don't miss a hilarious night of stand up comedy with comedian Bill Maher as he takes on the Florida Theater Saturday, June 28.
Johnny Lang
Grammy-winning blues guitarist Jonny Lang returns to perform his new songs "Make It Move," "Snakes," and "Last Man Standing" from his latest release Signs.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Wheels of Soul 2021
Daily's Place, 1 Daily's Place
Jacksonville, 32202 United States + Google Map
Don't miss Jacksonville natives The Tedeschi Trucks Band at Daily's Place on Friday, June 26.
The Doobie Brothers – 50th Anniversary Tour
Don't miss the legendary rock band The Doobie Brothers as they take on Daily's Place Friday, June 12.
Classic rock band REO Speedwagon topped the charts with the songs "Time for Me To Fly," "Take It On The Run," "Can't Fight This Feeling," "Keep on Loving You" and "Roll With The Changes."
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Generally the answer is YES, i have been wearing my watch for 5 years without issue, pretty much everyday. However, these watches are 100 years old or older. They were built well, but were not designed to endure outdoor sporting activities such as mountain biking. The watches will lose time if continuously jolted, if jolted violently the mainspring can fail. If you are going to do a vigorous activity either wear a more appropriate time piece or take off the watch until you finish.
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The patented watch holding mechanism, is guaranteed for life meaning: If a part of the mechanical mechanism fails due to faulty manufacturing, we will correct the issue. We will not cover under obvious misuse or excessive forces. The straps are perishable items and will fail over time. You can prolong the life of your strap with specialist oils. The watches carry no guarantee, except the watches will be working and keep good time when they are sent to clients.


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In most major cities around the world you can cycle on the street and feel safe as there are designated lanes and drivers respect the cyclists. However, as cautious as you can be there are always risks involved in riding a bike on the road. There are many things that you can do to stay safe on road and a lot of tips that people have compiled to make sure that all fellow riders are safe while out on the roads.
Get your handlebar and always have your helmet on as well as other protective gears. Also, ensure that your bike is roadworthy before you go on a ride. Get a mirror so that you can see your surroundings always. Driving on the road you're expected to learn and understand the rules of using the highway. Don't attempt to beat red lights, ride against traffic or cycle on the pavement unless it's a designated bicycle path. Be sure to look in your mirror when approaching an intersection. Don't use headphones or your mobile phone.
There is the chance of colliding with motorists or pedestrians coming out of a side street, parking lot, or driveway. Always make eye contact with other road users, especially at junctions, to ensure that you can be seen.
Always use a bright white front headlight with flashing mode when riding at night. It can also be flashed at motorists who might otherwise Right Cross you when riding in the daytime. It's required by law, anyway. A headlamp mounted on your head or helmet is the best because it further ensures that other pedestrians and drivers see your light. Consider wearing bright or reflective clothing, especially in bad weather and in towns, at night.
When unsure that a driver can see you, wave your arm. Your arm going left and right catches people's attention. Yelling or using a bell or loud horn can also get the attention of other road users. You may feel it's awkward waving or yelling, but which is better: feeling embarrassed or getting hit?
The slower a car is going, the greater the chances of the driver seeing you. Drive slowly — especially in a bad weather or at night — so that you can easily stop if you must. Going fast is bad in wet weather as the slippery surface makes it harder for you to quickly stop.
Learn how to read signals from other road users. Don't just assume the vehicle is going straight ahead simply because it isn't signaling right. Always avoid 'undertaking' any vehicle in this situation — it's better to hang back until the vehicle has moved away.
Your actual lane position depends on road conditions. On fast roadways with few cross streets (and less chance of getting hit at intersections), you should ride farther right. On slow roads with many cross streets, you should ride farther left. Signal clearly always. We hope that these tips will help you to stay safe on the road and keep you away from danger.


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$2.9 million: 2111 S.W. 21st Ave. sold in June. The four-level Colonial Revival mansion was built in 1916 on a third of an acre in Portland Heights. It has six bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths and "nanny quarters." At 8,117 square feet, the sale price breaks down to $373 a square foot. Annual taxes were $32,665.
Vaivoda considered the neighborhood's historic landmark houses when selecting red brick as a main component of this residence in Nob Hill. The house was built in 1999 on an 8,276-square-foot lot on a cul-de-sac with only four dwellings. It has four bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and 3,982 square feet ($497 a square foot). The listing agent was Dan Volkmer of Windermere Stellar. Annual taxes were $13,441.


In the England vs Rest of Europe Golf Croquet Challenge, the RoE overcame a 19:13 deficit at the end of the singles on day one to win 33:31 after the doubles. There were many exciting games with some outstanding jump shots and long hoops from both sides. John Solomon presented the cup and miniatures to the winning team. The cup was kindly donated by Chris Sheen on behalf of Musk Sausages. The event was judged by all to have been a great success and it is hoped to make it an annual event with the RoE holding the event in 2002.


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Q: AssertionError: DatabaseBackend is not running In FastAPI, I need to dynamically connect to a database after a POST request, i.e, in the POST request body, I receive database_name on which I need to connect.
So I have tried this:
import databases

@app.post("/computers/", response_model=Computer)
async def create_computer(computer: ComputerIn):

    DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://username:password@localhost/"+computer.database_name
    database = databases.Database(DATABASE_URL)

    database.connect()

    ...

But I get the following error:

File
"/home/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/databases/backends/postgres.py",
line 169, in acquire
assert self._database._pool is not None, "DatabaseBackend is not running" AssertionError: DatabaseBackend is not running

Any idea why this might not work ?
Thanks

A: Two things:

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*You forgot the await keyword. Here's an example taken from the github's page https://github.com/encode/databases
# Create a database instance, and connect to it.
from databases import Database
database = Database('sqlite+aiosqlite:///example.db')
await database.connect()

# Create a table.
query = """CREATE TABLE HighScores (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(100), score INTEGER)"""
await database.execute(query=query)

*It is not good practice to connect to a database on every request. It is better to connect at runtime and then share the connection pool, so that at every request a new connection is not create. Instead, the currently active connection pool is used, wasting fewer resource.
See https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/events/ for further information

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Ski Vent Clic looking towards a busy year as cross-country ski trails open
Posted by Reid Masson | Jan 3, 2022 | Family, Sports
Although Ski Vent Clic's cross-coutry ski trails are not yet open, the paved portion of the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail between Highway 34 and Cassburn Road has sufficient snow for a short jaunt on skis. Photo: Reid Masson
There's never been a better time to take up cross-country skiing.
Ski-Vent-Clic – which maintains more than 18 kilometres of cross-country ski trails that form a circuit with various loops around Vankleek Hill – had a banner year in 2021, with 240 members signing up. With Ontario having implemented new public health care regulations on Monday (January 3), the club is expecting another busy year in 2022.
"Last year was a phenomenal year, possibly due to COVID," said Karl Holmes, secretary of Ski Vent Clic, speaking prior to Monday's announcement of the new regulations. "I think once the snow comes people will start signing up again."
As of last week, Ski Vent Clic already had 120 members for this season, thanks to a pre-Christmas special. Ski Vent Click adult passes are available for the 2022 ski season for $40, or $80 for a family pass. Memberships are free for children under 13. Passes are available for the 2022 ski season through the club's new website. You can also contact Ski Vent Clic for information by messaging through its Facebook Page, or by email at [email protected]. The club provides email notifications of trail conditions to anyone on its mailing list.
The low cost of an annual membership, the proximity of the trails to Vankleek Hill, exercise and outdoor socializing are what attracts many newcomers to the sport.
"It's not expensive, we're outdoors and socially distant," Holmes noted. "We had more families joining last year than ever before."
About 60 per cent of those who use the trails are from Vankleek Hill, however visitors also come from communities throughout the region and as far away as Ottawa and Montreal. When conditions allow it to be open, Beau's Brewery in Vankleek Hill is a popular attraction for out-of-town skiers using the local trails.
"Beau's helped us out there for a few years, because that's a natural place to go after a hard day of skiing," Holmes laughed.
Although the local trails are not open, there is one spot were newcomers to the sport and those who want to try out new equipment can visit. The paved portion of the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail between Highway 34 and Cassburn Road has sufficient snow for a short jaunt on skis.
"If somebody wants to go out and try their new Christmas skis they can do it there," Holmes said. "It's not groomed, but it is passable."
Due to the nature of the scenic trails around Vankleek Hill, there needs to be a significant snowfall to allow the entire route to open.
"So many of our trails are in the woods," Holmes explained, "Before we even groom the trails we have to run it through with a groomer and heavy sledge to pack the trail."
Ski Vent Clic's 18 kilometres of trails are maintained by volunteers and are almost entirely on private land that property owners have given permission to the club to use. Maintaining the trails requires more than just grooming the trails in winter, as when landowners make changes to their property volunteers with Ski Vent Clic have to modify the trails route.
"There are changes every year, because so much of our trail passes over private property," Ski Vent Clic's secretary explains. "Every year we go out and have to rework the trail and find a new way of getting around something, or put in a bridge to get over a ditch,"
Landowners are supportive of the club, Holmes says.
"We have the full cooperation of everybody whose land we have permission to cross."
A major supporter of Ski Vent Clic is Champlain Township, which provides a grant to the club each year. Ski Vent trails are available free to the public during the township's winter festival held each February and Holmes says the club has a great relationship with the township's recreation department.
To accommodate visitors, all of the major trail entries have a payment system using a QR code on their phone. Non-club members can purchase a day pass for $8 and skiers who want to just use the trails for a day are encouraged to donate using their phones via PayPal by scanning the QR code on the signage.
"This is the way we capture people who come to just stay for the day, or who are friends of somebody," Holmes said. "We operate on the honour system."
Volunteers from Ski Vent Clic at work on the trails in November of 2021. Photo courtesy Ski Vent Clic
Ski-Vent-Clic maintains more than 18 kilometres of cross-country ski trails that form a circuit with various loops around Vankleek Hill. Photo courtesy Ski Vent Clic
Map of the Ski Vent Clic trails around Vankleek Hill.
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No Charges Filed Over Racist Rant Incident in East Haven
Published April 12, 2019 • Updated on April 12, 2019 at 11:48 am
Police said they will not make any arrests after video of a woman's racist rant at a supermarket in East Haven made rounds on the internet and prompted an investigation.
The incident happened on a Friday night in March at ShopRite on Foxon Road and a portion of it that was captured on video appears to show a woman using racial slurs aimed at an African American man.
The tirade at the supermarket continued when the woman, a former Hamden Public Schools employee, made 911 calls to police. In the 911 calls provided by East Haven Police, the woman said she was angry and wanted to talk to an officer.
While on the phone with police, she again used expletives and racial slurs to describe him.
Police said the woman was later identified as Corinne Magoveny-Terrone. She is a former Hamden Public Schools employee.
The superintendent of Hamden Public Schools said Magoveny-Terrone was a clerk in the central office and resigned as an investigation into the video got underway.
The superintendent also said that since it appeared the woman's children were there at the time of the incident, the district filed a report with the Department of Children and Families.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Children and Families called the video disturbing.
They went on to write in part:
"The Department does investigate reports that a parent or other person responsible for a child's care is acting erratically or in an impaired fashion that puts a child's safety at risk or is injurious to their well-being. Under CT law, we are unable to disclose child protection records publicly."
East Haven police said the office of the State's Attorney declined to move forward with charges with anything other than a dual breach of peace arrest and police are declining to make dual breach of peace arrests because they don't believe the male victim in the video deserves to be arrested.
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Has HP minced its latest convertible, or is everyone going to lap up this leatherbound laptop?
The Spectre Folio's 13.3-inch touchscreen display has a magnetically mounted pivot point in the middle of its back that allows you to use it as a traditional laptop with a hinge, or flip it into a tablet. For most use cases this is a great convertible solution and there's a lockable display plus trackpad position that we could see getting a lot of use.
The Spectre Folio is the first device we've tested with an eighth gen Y-series CPU, which were announced back in August of 2018. The hyper-efficient dual-core Core i7-8500Y CPU in the Spectre Folio is the fastest Amber Lake CPU available, but it's also passively cooled — a feature we imagine to be essential for a PC that is wrapped in tanned thermal blankets. The vast majority of today's premium 2-in-1s use U processors which have transitioned to 4 cores over the last year, so pretty much any other 2018 convertible will offer roughly double the raw compute power of the Spectre Folio. This device does punch above its weight in general home and work tasks by boosting to a speedy 4.1GHz over short periods, but it scores 45% less than a Lenovo Yoga 920 with a quad core i7-8550U CPU in Geekbench multi-core CPU tests. So it's a little underpowered.
This chip also takes a hit in the graphics department with the Intel UHD Graphics 615 scoring between 45 and 60% lower on 3DMark's Time Spy when compared against similar 2-in-1s with Intel HD 620 GPUs. Then again, anyone after a leatherbound laptop probably won't be too disappointed that it's not capable of even the lightest video gaming.
The HP Spectre Folio is definitely priced as a premium device, starting for a Core i5-8200Y CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB PCIe SSD. The model tested here has a Core i7-8500Y, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, but you can go all the way up to a 1TB SSD if you have to splash about.
If you want a raw deal on power, performance and price, then the Spectre Folio is the laptop for you.


So, when will the update finally hit? Magento has been mum on giving an exact release date, but we still expect it to come by the end of 2018, especially since it's been over a year since the last major Magento release (2.2).
Magento 2.3 is anticipated to make an even bigger splash than 2.2, which focused mostly on smaller bug fixes and refinements. 2.3 promises an exciting mix of new core features paired with smaller optimizations and back-end efficiencies.
These are the expected features we're most excited to see from Magento 2.3.
Progressive Web Applications (PWA's) utilize the latest technology to combine the best of web and mobile applications. PWA's essentially load like any other webpage but offer the user the functionality to work offline, receive push notifications, and much more.
Magento 2.3 is expected to capitalize on the many benefits of PWA's by releasing a 'studio' which will contain the tools developers need in order to design their own PWA in Magento's front-end. Additionally, the Magento PWA Studio will have a demo site feature that will make testing its features much easier for developers. Read more about Magento's PWA Studio here.
GraphQL is a query language for API's, as well as a server-side runtime for executing queries by using a type system defined by a user's data. Magento 2.3 will introduce the new GraphQL API language, which will make data retrieval possible for PWA's. By optimizing these queries, developers will see a much speedier front-end experience with Magento 2.3.
Currently, Magento supports only REST and SOAP API requests. In order to also offer support for GraphQL, Magento 2.3 will include an all-new layer that interfaces directly to the query API and could provide even greater functionality in the future by supporting mutations to checkout and payment processes. These mutations would impact storefronts through checkout, order, and my account functionality.
The Magento community is helping bring the much-requested Multi-Source Inventory (MSI) functionality to Magento 2.3. This new core feature will allow merchants to natively manage their inventory and tap into separate warehouses for order fulfillment.
Additionally, Magento's MSI system will feature a reservation system for inventory that will replace the direct decrementing of stock. This will virtually eliminate re-indexing and performance issues during peak order times.
Currently, altering the schema of a Magento database is done by writing code with InstallSchema and UpgradeSchema. With Magento 2.3, developers will be able to make this change by using a declarative database schema. This will allow developers to define database structures and changes in XML, making it possible to roll back a module or functionality to an earlier version.
In an effort to enhance the security of the platform, Magento 2.3 will implement two-factor authentication. This will require users to verify their credentials to sign in by sending a security code to their phone or email. Although two-factor authentication is already used by many companies, the feature is surely a welcome extra layer of security for members of the Magento community.
Magento 2.3 will also implement Google reCAPTCHA, a security service that protects websites against spam and harmful bots. In addition to the new two-factor authentication system, reCAPTCHA will help ensure that Magento 2.3 is the most secure version of the platform to date.
Magento 2.3 promises to bring significant changes to the platform that will greatly improve the experience for developers. Although a specific release date has yet to be announced, expect it to arrive before the end of the year. Click here for more information on the update.
InteractOne can help with your Magento site build or upgrade. Contact us for help with getting your site updated. Or, call us to talk with a Magento expert at 513-469-3345.


Support your local high street for Small Business Saturday!
Saturday 1st December marks this year's Small Business Saturday; a day to celebrate and support the many wonderful local and small businesses here in York and across the UK.
Cllr Keith Aspden, Liberal Democrat Executive Member for Economic Development and Community Engagement, is encouraging residents and visitors to get involved in this year's Small Business Saturday and take the opportunity to visit the local high street and support local businesses in York.
Small Business Saturday is now in its sixth year and has reached millions of customers and businesses across the UK. If you would like to get involved and find our more information, then please visit: https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/#get-involved.


President Donald Trump gave a televised address on Thursday about the latest mass shooting.
A gunman killed at least 17 people at a Florida high school on Wednesday, injuring more than a dozen others.
Trump called for actions that make a "difference" in his speech, but he did not mention guns.
President Donald Trump on Thursday called for action after the horrific school shooting in Florida the day before that left at least 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured.
"It is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. We must actually make that difference," Trump said from the White House, where he said he was speaking with a nation "in grief."
The shooting happened Wednesday afternoon when a man armed with what authorities say was an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle attacked Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, near Fort Lauderdale. Authorities and family members by Thursday afternoon had begun to identify the dead, which included students and faculty members.
"Yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil," Trump said at the beginning of his address.
Trump said he was planning to visit Parkland to meet with families and officials involved in the response and would meet with state governors and attorneys general later this month to focus on making schools safer. He said it was time to tackle the "difficult" issue of mental health in relation to shootings, but he did not mention guns.
He insisted that no students should fear attending an American school and sought to speak directly to "America's children."
"You are never alone, and you never will be," he said. "You have people who care about you, who love you and will do anything to protect you."
Trump tweeted about the shooting earlier Thursday morning.
"So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior," he wrote, referring to the suspect, identified by authorities as Nikolas Cruz, 19. "Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!"
On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that his "prayers and condolences" went out to the victims' families.
"No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school," he wrote.
Some lawmakers have already called for new regulations and congressional action since the shooting, while others have said there shouldn't be a "knee-jerk" reaction to the violence.
At a conference of county sheriffs in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised "we're going to do something" and "we can and must do better."
"It cannot be denied that something dangerous and unhealthy is happening our country," he said.


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Women's basketball beats Albright, Ithaca, advances to Sweet Sixteen
Joe LaRocca
Center Priscilla Singleton-Eriyo '23 and forward Morgan Dauk '21 celebrate their win over Ithaca and advancement in NCAA. (Photo courtesy of Sports Information.)
Less than 24 hours after topping Albright in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, women's basketball (20–8, 6–4 in the NESCAC) defeated Ithaca (23–6) 69-61 on Saturday to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. This marks the women's first NCAA appearance since 2015.
"We are thrilled to still be playing this deep into March, and I'm so proud of our team and the way they're playing," Eph head coach Pat Manning said after Saturday's win. "This group is the epitome of a team, and I'm just thrilled that I have an opportunity to have another week with them."
In Friday's win against Albright, the Ephs fought hard to secure a 68-46 lead when the final buzzer sounded. In the first quarter, the two teams traded blows, with the Ephs taking a narrow 14-13 lead at the end of the quarter. The Ephs, however, began to pull away in the second, going on a 10-0 run and extending their lead to nine at the half.
The third quarter saw the Ephs dominate on defense, holding the Lions to just seven points. Despite Albright holding the women to ten points, the women still took a double-digit lead into the fourth quarter.
The Ephs only extended their lead in the fourth, scoring 24 points on offense and blowing the game open by the middle of the quarter. The Ephs' largest lead – 22 points – ended up being the final margin.
In Saturday's game, the Bombers seized an early 16-8 lead, but the Ephs played a 12-2 run to take the lead early in the second quarter. Mikaela Topper '21 scored a 3-pointer with under a minute left of the first half and cut the halftime deficit to just one point at 30-29. Maggie Meehan '21 and Topper scored 17 of 29 points in the first half for the Ephs.
In the game's second half, the Ephs took the lead after shooting an impressive 10 of 14 (71.4 percent) from the field in the third quarter. With a four-point lead going into the fourth quarter, the Ephs never allowed the Bombers to cut the point deficit.
"We started off a bit slowly, but when we relaxed and just played our game, everything else started falling into place," Manning said. "[Initially], we were reacting more to them than just playing our game. In the second half, though, we did what we do best."
The Ephs exhibited standout performances across the board. The guard duo Topper and Meehan '21 excelled with their combined stats of 34 points and five assists. Forward Maddy Mandyck '22 played an all-around game with 10 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three steals. Coming off the bench, guard Gabby Martin '21 and forward Morgan Dauk '21 scored 18 points and seven rebounds together, and guard Devin Biesbrock '23 played strong perimeter defense.
"[Dauk, Biesbrock and Martin] off the bench were a tremendous boost to us," Manning said. "They made big impacts every minute they played."
On Mar. 13, the women will continue in the tournament, taking on No. 1 Tufts (28–1, 10–0 in the NESCAC). The Jumbos suffered their lone loss of the season against Bowdoin in the finals of the NESCAC Tournament.
The Ephs have played the Jumbos in two close games this season and feel especially motivated to face a familiar NESCAC rival with an Elite Eight berth on the line.
"We're playing at a really high level right now," Manning said. "Our players are confident, and this is the best that we've played all season. We're peaking at exactly the right time."
Joe LaRocca,


Does Agile address the 25 point Federal IT Reformation plan?
In this talk, Devin & Manoj will address what the biggest challenges are in adopting Agile in government. Devin and Manoj will discuss the challenges they have faced during their recent work with various government agencies. Some of the challenges discussed will be issues with culture, stakeholder participation, and budgeting/contracting process. They will also talk about possible solutions to these challenges.
Manoj Vadakkan has been working in the IT Industry for close to two decades. He has been Managing Software Development projects of various sizes for the last 10+ years and has been practicing Agile/Scrum principles and practices for 5+ years. Manoj is passionate about transitioning the world of work using Agile/Scrum principles and practices.
Devin Hedge brings almost two decades of experience working in the IT Industry in his role as an Agile Adoption specialist. He has been Managing Software Development, Enterprise Engineering and Program Performance Management projects of various sizes for the last 10+ years and has been practicing some form of the Agile/Scrum principles and practices for the past 14 years. Most recently Devin has worked bringing Agile practices and principles to the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Dept. of State, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the US Postal Service.
Join us for PMIWDC's quarterly executive breakfast meetings in the District. Building on the overwhelming success of the past year, the P.M. in the A.M. series will continue to feature cutting-edge speakers, good food and great opportunities for connecting with other PMs, all in a no-nonsense format designed especially for a busy PM's midweek schedule.


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Novak Djokovic: Everyone holds me accountable for everything in tennis at the moment
Novak Djokovic has made it clear that he is not happy with the way he is being portrayed in the media, saying "everyone holds me accountable for everything that happens in tennis at the moment".
The world No 1 is currently the president of the ATP Player Council, but the organisation and the ATP Board have come in for a lot of stick in recent months.
The ATP Board opted not to renew Chris Kermode's contract as ATP president and chairman despite support from several top players including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, while they also decided not to suspend Justin Gimelstob despite legal proceedings against the American.
Gimelstob faced an assault charge, but later pleaded no contest to a felony charge and was sentenced to three years of probation and 60 days of community service.
A week later and he stepped down from his role on the ATP Board, but those on the Board and the ATP Player Council have come in for plenty of stick.
The likes of Federer, Nadal and Stan Wawrinka have all been very outspoken and Djokovic, especially, has been on the receiving end.
The 15-time Grand Slam winner was asked about recent events during a press conference in Rome.
"I feel that I've been exposed way too much for being president of the council, having that role," he said. "Everyone holds me accountable for everything that happens in tennis at the moment, which I think it's unfair because I'm not the only one there.
"If someone wants to understand the way the structure works, then he wouldn't be having that kind of approach.
"That's what I'm trying to talk to you about here, not about information that's going out. Some of them are correct, some of them are not. I just feel that the way we go about things, there is a lack of respect."
"Everyone holds me accountable for every single thing that happens in tennis at the moment."@DjokerNole opens up on how he's been portrayed as the head of the ATP Player Council and speaks on the price increase for Federer's match.#IBI19 pic.twitter.com/g5cj36a9hb
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) May 14, 2019
He added: "I do have respect of players, of course. I'm very privileged to be leading the group. But I cannot make decisions on behalf of the group, nor any of my stands can make a difference in majority votes for someone else or something else. That's going to be the same kind of process now."
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Faces [UN]bonded by Marcelo Monreal
Fashion | September 10, 2015 |
Image courtesy of Marcelo Monreal
Marcelo Monreal's Surreal Collages Replace Our Insides With Beautiful Blooms
Marcelo Monreal is a Brazilian collage artist who cracks skulls in the most beautiful way possible. Digitally splitting parts of models and celebrities faces (Christopher Walken and Kate Moss are among them), he fuses beautiful blooms with the broken shapes.
Small, colorful flowers grow from behind eye sockets, in the place of noses, and out of mouths. This surreal series is called Faces [UN]bonded. In Monreal's opinon, people don't often tell us who they really are.
Instead, they keep parts of their real selves hidden. He opens them up with his collages and reveals the rare moments in which we see the beauty that's behind their appearance.
more. www.facebook.com/marcelomonrealartist
Art | January 21, 2021
Gerhard Richter's Cage paintings (2006) will remain at Gagosian Beverly Hills until April 3. They were a cornerstone of the artist's retrospective, Gerhard Richer: Painting After All, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York last year. In conjunction with this key group of six paintings, a new group of drawings created by Richter on consecutive days during the summer of 2020 is being shown for the first time. Read more
LEE BUL: UTOPIA SAVED
Lee Bul (b. 1964) is an artist based in Seoul, South Korea. Trained as a sculptor during the period of social and political upheavals of the 1980s, she started off her artistic career with performative pieces that incorporated wearable soft sculptures. In the 1990s she gained international recognition with a series of provocative works, including her scandalous installation of fresh fish left to decay and her Cyborg sculptures, hybrids of machine and organic forms. Read more
Ado Vabbe. Kumu Art Museum
Art | January 8, 2021
From 28 August, Kumu Art Museum will host Ado Vabbe: Wunderbar, the largest ever exhibition of the works of Ado Vabbe (1892-1961), who is one of the most intriguing names in Estonian art history and a forerunner of avant-garde art. Read more
Mondrian and De Stijl
Art | December 30, 2020
Holland at the beginning of the last century was the birthplace of a totally new form of art, an abstract art based on strict relations between rectangular forms, color planes, and straight lines. In October 1917, during the First World War, a group of young artists in neutral Holland joined forces to create a magazine. Called De Stijl, it presented and promoted this new, innovative art. Read more