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67th Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference
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John Rogers Award Reception and Dinner
Friday Morning Schedule and Faculty - Track 1
Friday Morning Schedule and Faculty - IEL Forum
Friday Afternoon Schedule and Faculty
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Conference Co-Chairs
Michael P. Lennon, Jr.
Mayer Brown LLP
Laura M. Robertson
Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Arbitration
Module Chairs
Cyber Security Module
Bart Huffman, Locke Lord LLP, Austin, Texas
Environmental Module
Tracie Renfroe, King & Spalding, Houston, Texas
International Module
Elisabeth Eljuri, Sierra Oil & Gas, Mexico City, Mexico
Regulatory/Compliance Module
Kenneth R. Vogel, FTI Consulting, Inc., Houston, Texas
US Litigation & Dispute Resolution Module
Kimberly Robinson Phillips, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas
US Transactional Module
Omar Samji,
Jones Day,
Advisory Board members should register using the special link sent to them by email.
Registration includes the Conference, the John Rogers Award Reception and Dinner, meals and the course material provided online, which may be printed or saved by customer. Printed course material may be obtained for an additional $150 fee.
Regular Registration Fee
$795 - Non-Member registration fee
$575 - IEL Supporting or Sustaining Member Employee
$575 - IEL Young Energy Professional Member
$575 - CAIL Member or Member Employee
$575 - Government Employee
$150 - Law Student / Full-time Professors
$225 - Materials Only (Not attending)
$150 - Printed Binder (In addition to registration fee)
Schedule and Faculty
Welcome and Overview
The Problem with Washington - Crude Oil Exports as a Case Study
Kevin J. Avery, Manager, Federal Government Affairs, ConocoPhillips Company, Washington, D.C.
Recent Developments in Oil and Gas Law
This session will be a review of important cases and other developments in oil and gas law over the last year.
Professor Christopher S. Kulander, Director and Instructor, Oil & Gas Law Institute, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
Rules versus Principles: A Discussion with Andrew Fastow (Ethics)
Mr. Fastow will give an honest look at how he and others propelled Enron to over $100 billion in revenue, which simultaneously orchestrated the decimation of over 1000 jobs and $40 billion in market value. Mr. Fastow will offer his view on ethical decision making in an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment that amplifies ethical conflict while selectively undermining principles-based decision making.
Andrew S. Fastow, Former CFO of Enron, Houston, Texas
Networking Luncheon
Thursday Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
Kimberly Robinson Phillips, Assistant General Counsel, Global Litigation – Americas, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas
What's Shaking: Seismic Activity and Unconventional Oil and Gas Activity
There have been a number of recent studies and articles linking unconventional oil and gas activity to man-made, or induced, seismic events. This session will explore the current state of the research and the latest lawsuits on the subject. This session will also explore a number of pending or recently passed regulatory responses to the topic.
Barclay Nicholson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, Texas
Comparative Analysis of State Preemption and Home Rule Jurisprudence Affecting U.S. Shale Plays
This topic will include a comparison of legislation, court decisions and anti-fracking efforts in various regions addressing the ability of local governments to regulate or prohibit shale development. A discussion of trends and emerging issues will be included.
Timothy B. McGranor, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP, Columbus, Ohio
Mark J. Mathews, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Denver, Colorado
Bill Kroger, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas
Enhancing Deal Process: Critical Steps for Corporate and MLP Boards and Committees to Minimize Litigation Risk
The formation of Master Limited Partnerships is on the rise, bringing with them complex litigation issues concerning conflicts, drop downs, and other commercial issues. The panel will share insights to avoid common pitfalls and share lessons learned from recent MLP court decisions and experiences.
Michael Holmes, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Dallas, Texas
Lori Muratta, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Shell Midstream Partners, Houston, Texas
Srinivas M. Raju, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, Delaware
Litigation Challenges in the Oil and Gas Industry: What Keeps Us Up at Night?
Oil and Gas heads of litigation and compliance will share their insights on public and private civil litigation and white-collar litigation threats that are keeping them up at night. They will explore these issues from various business perspectives: upstream, downstream, midstream and oil field services, and share tips to minimize and avoid these threats.
David Woodcock, Jones Day, Dallas, Texas
Laura Robertson, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Arbitration, ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, Texas
Patrick K. Craine, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Josh M. McMorrow, General Counsel – North America and Global Litigation, Weatherford International, Houston, Texas
Omar Samji, Module Chair, Jones Day, Houston, Texas
Recent Trends in Contractual Risk Allocation (Post-Macondo)
A discussion of recent trends in contractual risk allocation in the energy industry focusing on insurance and indemnity issues, particularly in the post-Macondo business environment.
Michael A. Golemi, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, Texas
William W. Pugh, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, Texas
Avoiding De Facto Energy Partnerships Under Texas Law: An Overview of the ETP $535M Dollar Verdict
An overview of the agreements and arrangements between Energy Transfer Partners and Enterprise Products, lessons learned and model contract language and conduct to avoid a finding of de facto partnership, and unresolved issues which may be answered on appeal.
Ileana M. Blanco, DLA Piper, Houston, Texas
W. Christopher Schaeper, DLA Piper, Houston, Texas
A&D Strategies in Low Commodity Price Conditions: In-Court and Out-of-Court Options
A discussion of developing and implementing acquisition and divestiture (A&D) strategies to navigate volatile market dynamics and commodity price declines.
Stephen T. Olson, Jones Day, Houston, Texas
Tom A. Howley, Jones Day, Houston, Texas
Counterparty Bankruptcy Risk in a Low Price Commodity Environment
Examination of practical concerns, recent legal developments, and preparatory steps that energy and commodity companies can take if a counterparty has weakening credit or files for bankruptcy.
Andrea Pincus, Reed Smith LLP, New York, New York
Paul B. Turner, Reed Smith LLP, Houston, Texas
John Rogers Award Dinner honoring
Mark G. Papa
Riverstone Holdings LLC, Former Chairman and CEO of EOG Resources, Inc.
Friday Morning Concurrent Sessions
Bart Huffman, Module Chair, Locke Lord LLP, Austin, Texas
Cybersecurity for the Oil & Gas Industry
Three speakers with significant legal and technical experience share their perspectives on cybersecurity for the oil & gas industry, including the role of the oil & gas sector as critical infrastructure, an overview of the threat environment, and how companies are thinking about governance to address, manage, and mitigate pervasive cyber risks. The speakers will discuss emerging standards and guidelines for information security and cyber threat information sharing, and they will also share best practices and insight on security incident preparedness and response.
Jason C. Chipman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.
Randy V. Sabett, JD, CISSP, Cooley LLP, Washington, D.C.
Robert Wallace, Director, Security and Investigations, Mandiant®, A FireEye® Company, Dallas, Texas
"Reasonable and Appropriate" Security in the Information Age
The speakers will interact as a panel with the audience concerning "reasonable and appropriate" security measures in an era of extraordinary computing power and data growth. With that in mind, the group will further explore digital risk assessment and effective communication to the Board or executive leadership.
Elisabeth Eljuri, Module Chair, Vice President, Chief Negotiator and Chief Legal Counsel, Sierra Oil & Gas, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico's Energy Reform: A Review of the First Bid Rounds and the Road Ahead
The implementation of Mexico´s Energy Reform during 2015 came along with a difficult oil & gas outlook. The first four tenders of the so called "Round One" for the award of Exploration and Extraction Contracts seek to encourage private investments and to increase Mexico's oil production: nevertheless, many lessons have been learned from these first tenders and there is more to be learned in order to truly maximize the "Five Year Term Program (2015 – 2019) for Exploration and Extraction Tenders".
Elisabeth Eljuri, Vice President, Chief Negotiator and Chief Legal Counsel, Sierra Oil & Gas, Mexico City, Mexico
Juan Carlos Serra, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C., Mexico City, Mexico
David Bertoch, Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, Texas
Resource Nationalism and Political Risk Management: A Quest for Stability
Whether it is the case of a new-country entry or existing investments that are sunk in a particular jurisdiction, investors in the energy business need to understand how to navigate around political risk and the key considerations that arise when faced with specific government actions. The panel will discuss political risk in these projects and steps to mitigate same, including some of the more significant arbitral decisions in respect of expropriations of oil and gas projects.
Nigel Blackaby, Co-Head International Arbitration, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Washington, D.C.
John P. Bowman, King & Spalding, Houston, Texas
Deans of Oil and Gas Practice Lecture and Luncheon
Tracie J. Renfroe, Module Chair, King & Spalding, Houston, Texas
Hot Topics in Legacy Oilfield Litigation
This panel will provide an update on the growing domestic and international claims asserting environmental impacts from historic oil & gas operations, including a discussion of the intersection of express and implied contract provisions with current regulatory standards.
Tracie J. Renfroe, King & Spalding, Houston, Texas
Andrew M. Stakelum, King & Spalding, Houston, Texas
Carol M. Wood, King & Spalding, Houston, Texas
Update on Technical Issues in Legacy Litigation & Shale Gas Production
Produced water impacts from historical operations
Saltwater injection: NGO suits to enjoin California's issuance of saltwater injection permits
California SB 4 implications: notification, disclosure, monitoring
Seismology: implications of recent studies
Methane: impacts on groundwater
Air emissions: volatiles & particulates
Waters of the U.S.
John Connor, President, GSI Environmental, Houston, Texas
Murray Einarson, Haley & Aldrich, Inc., Oakland, California
Kenneth R. Vogel, Module Chair, Houston Energy Group, FTI Consulting, Inc., Houston, Texas
New Environmental Regulations Impacting Energy Development
The Obama administration has proposed major changes in land use, air and water regulations, as well as regulations that impact the consumption and emissions of fossil fuels that are likely to have important effects on the production and use of energy resources. The panel will examine the practical and public policy impacts of some of those new regulatory proposals or new rules.
Kenneth R. Vogel, Houston Energy Group, FTI Consulting, Inc., Houston, Texas
Erik Milito, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C.
Adam Kron, Environmental Integrity Project, Washington, D.C.
How Revenues Should be Collected for the Use of Federal Lands for Energy Development
In the past year, new proposals have been floated concerning both the valuation and the basic financial terms of federal leases. The panel will examine the practical and public policy impacts of some of those new regulatory proposals or new rules.
Mark S. Barron, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Denver, Colorado
Jayni Foley Hein, Policy Director, Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University School of Law, New York, New York
IEL Forum
Erica Powers, University at Albany, Albany, New York
Annemarie Torrez, Supervising Counsel, Chevron, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
An unscripted opportunity to discuss current issues in energy practice.
Prof. Owen L. Anderson
KBH Center for Energy Law & Business
Kuntz Chair and Ross Professor Emeritus
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Lawyer Ethics in Pop Culture
As lawyers, we often forget that our standards of professionalism and ethics differ greatly from the way that non-law-trained people think that lawyers behave. From Perry Mason (good lawyers never lose) to The Good Wife, what makes for good drama is often "bad ethics." This session will cover what clients think lawyers should be doing and what the ethics rules tell us that we should be doing.
Nancy B. Rapoport, Acting Executive Vice President & Provost, Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, Affiliate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
A Fireside Chat: Perspectives on the Legal Department's Role in Meeting the Current Challenges to the Energy Industry
Michael P. Lennon, Jr., Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, Texas
Laura M. Robertson, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Arbitration, ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, Texas
Janet Langford Carrig, Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, Texas
Alan R. Crain, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Governance Officer, Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Texas
Elizabeth Matthews, Vice President & General Counsel, Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Houston, Texas
Kevin McDonald, Deputy General Counsel, Governance, Compliance & Corporate Services, Marathon Oil Corporation, Houston, Texas
This program is approved by the State Bar of Texas for a total of 11 hours, including 2 hour of ethics. Course ID Number: 901338192. Credit hours for other states will vary and are subject to each state's approval and credit rounding rules.
For this conference, IEL will directly apply (if requested) for course accreditation in the following states: California, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Some of these states may not approve a program for credit hours before the program occurs. Attorneys may be eligible to receive CLE credit through reciprocity or attorney self-submission in other states. IEL conferences are typically accredited by all mandatory CLE states.
The cost of housing is not included in tuition. However, rooms (in limited number) have been reserved at the JW Marriott Hotel, 5150 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77056. Registrants should call 1.800.228.9290 and advise them they are attending the "IEL – Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference" to receive a reduced room rate of $199 ++ per night. The last day to obtain this special rate is January 29, 2016.
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John Rogers Award Reception and Dinner - $6,000 each - SOLD OUT
The Petroleum Club of Houston
Honoring Mark G. Papa, Partner at Riverstone Holdings LLC and former CEO and Chairman of EOG Resources Inc., from 9/1998 to 7/2013
Recognition in the Conference brochure, which will be mailed to several thousand interested counsel and business leaders and will reach many thousands more through email and Internet announcements.
Company/firm logo prominently displayed in the Conference brochure and final program.
Company/firm logo on the Conference website, with link to company/firm website.
Recognition at the reception and dinner.
2 complimentary registrants at the Conference.
Up to 8 guests at the reception and dinner.
One reserved table at the dinner, if desired.
An opportunity to display company/firm materials at the event or at the Conference.
Advisory Board Dinner Headline Sponsorship - $5,000 each - SOLD OUT
(Only 1 Allowed)
Recognition in the Conference brochure, which will be mailed and/or emailed to several thousand interested counsel and business leaders and will reach many thousands more through web announcements.
Recognition at the reception & dinner.
Up to 3 guests at the dinner.
Wi-Fi Sponsor - $3,000 each - SOLD OUT
Name/Logo reflected in wifi access code
Prominent recognition on the Conference Background Slide
1 complimentary registrant at the Conference.
Canvas Bag - $3,000 each - SOLD OUT
Name/Logo on one side of canvas bag
Networking Luncheon - $3,000 each
Recognition at the luncheon.
I complimentary registrant at the Conference.
Up to 2 guests for the luncheon.
Deans of Oil and Gas Practice Lecture Luncheon -$3,000 each
Lecture presented by Owen L. Anderson, Academic Director, John B. Turner LL.M. Program Energy, Natural Resource & Indigenous Peoples, Eugene Kuntz Chair in Oil, Gas & Natural Resources, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, The University of Oklahoma College of Law
(Space permitting), a seat at the luncheon head table.
Exhibitor - $1,500 each
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For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Licia Maria (Lilly) Hogarth, Project Manager, Institute for Energy Law, at 972.244.3424.
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Q: Minimax algorithm with weird behaviour when depth is high I am writing a connect 4 ai using minimax and alpha-beta pruning. When I set the depth to something low like 10, it works as expected. When I set it to something higher like 20, the minimax algorithm takes too long time as expected because there is too many nodes to search. But when I set the depth to something high like 40, it finds a move really fast, and the move is often really bad. The number of nodes visited also stays the same with different high depths like 40 and 50. What could be the reason for this? Also, sometimes, the AI plays worse at higher depths than at lower depths. What could be the reason for this? The minimax function takes the depth into account when returning the evaluation, so it should favor the longest path to a loss/bad score and it should take the shortest path to win/good score.
Most relevant part of the code:
#define COLS 7
#define ROWS 6
#define SIZE COLS * ROWS

static int explore_order[COLS] = {3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 0, 6};
uint64_t bitboard[2];
int moves[SIZE];
int move_count = 0;
int initial_depth = 10;
int move_scores[COLS];

int c4_minimax(bool is_maximizing, int depth, int alpha, int beta) {
    if(c4_check_win(bitboard[(move_count) & 1])) {
        if(is_maximizing) {
            return MAX_SCORE;
        }
        else {
            return MIN_SCORE;
        }
    }
    else if(c4_is_board_full()) {
        return 0;
    }
    else if(depth == 0) {
        //return c4_evaluate();
        return 0;
    }

    bool* valid_moves = c4_get_valid_moves();
    if(is_maximizing == true) {
        int max_eval = MIN_SCORE;
        for(int i = 0;i < COLS;i++) {
            if(valid_moves[explore_order[i]] == true) {
                c4_make_move(explore_order[i]);
                int eval = c4_minimax(false, depth - 1, alpha, beta);
                c4_undo_move();
                max_eval = max(max_eval, eval);
                alpha = max(alpha, eval);
                if(beta <= alpha) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return max_eval - depth;
    }

    else {
        int min_eval = MAX_SCORE;
        for(int i = 0;i < COLS;i++) {
            if(valid_moves[explore_order[i]] == true) {
                c4_make_move(explore_order[i]);
                int eval = c4_minimax(true, depth - 1, alpha, beta);
                c4_undo_move();
                min_eval = min(min_eval, eval);
                beta = min(beta, eval);
                if(beta <= alpha) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return min_eval + depth;
    }
    return 0;
}

Initial call:
int c4_find_best_move() {
    bool* valid_moves;
    int best_val = MIN_SCORE * 2;
    int move_val = 0;
    int column = -1;
    valid_moves = c4_get_valid_moves();
    for(int i = 0;i < COLS;i++) {
        if(valid_moves[explore_order[i]] == true) {
            c4_make_move(explore_order[i]);
            move_val = c4_minimax(false, initial_depth, MIN_SCORE, MAX_SCORE);
            move_scores[explore_order[i]] = move_val;
            c4_undo_move();
            if(move_val > best_val) {
                column = explore_order[i];
                best_val = move_val;
            }
        }
        else {
            //Non-valid moves:
            move_scores[explore_order[i]] = 0;
        }
    }
    return column;
}

bool* c4_get_valid_moves() {
    static bool valid_moves[COLS];
    for(int i = 0;i < COLS;i++) {
        if((TOP & ((uint64_t)1 << heights[i])) == 0) {
            valid_moves[i] = true;
        }
        else {
            valid_moves[i] = false;
        }
    }
    return valid_moves;
}

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The applicable visa fee is as per the current exchange rate.
There is a service charge of 18 USD per application.
All charges have to be paid only in cash.
You can track the status of your passport via SMS for 5 Turkish Liras.
Completed application form for short-term visa with a date and 2 signatures.
Certificate of travel medical insurance. It must state coverage for the Schengen area of any medical expense that might arise such as urgent medical attention and/or emergency hospital treatment, repatriation for medical reasons or death, during the entire period of the visa applicant's intended stay. Minimum coverage must amount to 30.000€; and it must be arranged at least for 7 days even if the applicant will stay less.
Confirmed hotel booking or invitation letter (private accommodation certificate) if friends or family members intend to accommodate you during your entire stay or Host's residence permit.
Company's certificate of registration to the Chamber of Commerce, extract from the official gazette, company certificate of activity, signatory circular.
Pensioners must bring their pensionar card and photocopy. Also the bank statement of his retirement account.
Personal bank account statements for the last 3 months signed and stamped by the bank or the original bank account booklet; if the applicant is employer or bussiness partner, the bank account statements of his/her company. Should includes money which will cover the travel expences. For travels of 7 days or less you should have 589,62 euros, for each additional day you should have 65,52 euros more.
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For foreigners, residence permit and its copy.
For foreingers residing in Turkey all documents except application form and passport copies should be translated into spanish.
We kindly recomend you to apply at least 15 days before your travel.


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/*
 * This file is part of the Symfony framework.
 *
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien.potencier@symfony-project.com>
 *
 * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
 * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
 */

namespace Symfony\Bundle\AsseticBundle\Tests;

use Symfony\Bundle\AsseticBundle\FilterManager;

class FilterManagerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    protected function setUp()
    {
        if (!class_exists('Assetic\\AssetManager')) {
            $this->markTestSkipped('Assetic is not available.');
        }
    }

    public function testGet()
    {
        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\\Component\\DependencyInjection\\ContainerInterface');
        $filter = $this->getMock('Assetic\\Filter\\FilterInterface');

        $container->expects($this->exactly(2))
            ->method('get')
            ->with('assetic.filter.bar')
            ->will($this->returnValue($filter));

        $fm = new FilterManager($container, array('foo' => 'assetic.filter.bar'));

        $this->assertSame($filter, $fm->get('foo'), '->get() loads the filter from the container');
        $this->assertSame($filter, $fm->get('foo'), '->get() loads the filter from the container');
    }

    public function testHas()
    {
        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\\Component\\DependencyInjection\\ContainerInterface');

        $fm = new FilterManager($container, array('foo' => 'assetic.filter.bar'));
        $this->assertTrue($fm->has('foo'), '->has() returns true for lazily mapped filters');
    }

    public function testGetNames()
    {
        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\\Component\\DependencyInjection\\ContainerInterface');
        $filter = $this->getMock('Assetic\\Filter\\FilterInterface');

        $fm = new FilterManager($container, array('foo' => 'assetic.filter.bar'));
        $fm->set('bar', $filter);

        $this->assertEquals(array('foo', 'bar'), $fm->getNames(), '->getNames() returns all lazy and normal filter names');
    }
}

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Walk Score — the Seattle-based provider of neighborhood walkability scores — is offering real estate agents and brokers the ability to create fliers that show off the best features of a property's neighborhood, such as restaurants, shopping, parks and schools.
The company says its Neighborhood Flyer tool can be customized, shared online, and printed for open houses. For $5 per property, agents receive a PDF file that they can print out as many times as they want, plus a Web link to share with clients or post online.


/ How To Choose An IT Service Company For Your Business?
How To Choose An IT Service Company For Your Business?
When you are choosing the company which will manage your IT services you need to reconsider several factors. Nowadays, you have a large variety of options, but the company of your choice needs to meet all your demands and help you improve your business. The selection process might be challenging, but with our help, this decision will be easier. Follow our steps and choose the best IT support firm for your company.
The price can significantly influence your decision, but you need to find a balance here. Choosing the cheapest practice might not be the best idea, especially if you heavily rely on IT services. It is important to choose the company that works best for you. Most of the IT companies will provide you the estimate of costs and tell how long the job will take. Be aware, that with technology some things can go wrong, so these estimates aren't always accurate. When checking the price, you need to discuss the options and terms of payment.
When hiring an IT business, you need to make sure they are actually qualified for the job. Choose a company that supplies your systems and can fully support the services you provide. For example, does the company focuses on large enterprises or small and medium business, what are their areas of expertise and do they provide additional services.
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Q: How do I get the bounds of the display for the Mac OS X application with keyboard/mouse focus? I am using the following script to 'maximize' the current application window on my mac.
It works fine when the frontmost application window is on the main / larger external display, or when my laptop is not connected to an external display.
However, when I am connected to an external display, and the window I am trying to maximize is on my laptop display (not the external, primary display), this script ends up enlarging the window to the dimensions of the larger display.
try
    tell application "Finder" to set b to bounds of window of desktop
    try
        tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
            set bounds of window 1 to {item 1 of b, 22, item 3 of b, item 4 of b}
        end tell
    on error
        tell application "System Events" to tell window 1 of (process 1 where it is frontmost)
            try
                set position to {0, 22}
                set size to {item 3 of b, (item 4 of b) - 22}
            on error
                click (button 1 of window 1 where subrole is "AXZoomButton")
            end try
        end tell
    end try
end try

I believe the issue is the way I am getting the desired bounds, b:
bounds of window of desktop
This seems to always return the bounds of the primary display.
What I need is a way to detect the bounds of the display for the current running application that has keyboard and mouse in focus.
NB: I am totally cool if the solution to this is in Swift and not Apple Script.

A: Have you considered this:
tell application (path to frontmost application as text)
    set zoomed of window 1 to true
end tell


Effective sprout suppression is a fundamental part of potato storage, and although temperature can sometimes be used, sprouting must often be controlled by application of post-harvest treatments, such as chlorpropham, or CIPC - long established as the major global sprout suppressant. Treatment of potato stores involves, in most cases, application of CIPC as a hot fog which is introduced into the storage building under pressure using specialist thermal fogging equipment. Best practice requires use of the store ventilation system to help to distribute this fog evenly throughout the crop to optimise the suppressant's activity and to minimise residues.
CIPC inhibits sprout development by preventing plant cell division, which is required for sprout growth. Application as a thermal fog results in the deposition of millions of small particles of CIPC on the tuber surface which all act as localised sources of vapour (CIPC slowly sublimates from a solid to a gas in the potato store) which diffuses into the soft sprout tissue as soon as it forms and controls growth.
CIPC is also available in a liquid formulation for application directly to tubers on a conveyor at store loading. This type of application is common in Europe but is not covered by NPTC PA9; operators require PA12. Care needs to be taken with treatments made at store loading because CIPC also stops the wound healing process, leaving the potato vulnerable to weight loss and disease. Anyone considering using this type of formulation should refer to the label recommendations and contact Sutton Bridge CSR for advice on 0800 02 82 111.


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Q: Tomcat not closing connections, remains in sleep mode We are using tomcat 6.0.26 with MySql 5.1, the connection to database is set up in server.xml as given below,
<GlobalNamingResources>
<!-- Editable user database that can also be used by
     UserDatabaseRealm to authenticate users
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<Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
          type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
          description="User database that can be updated and saved"
          factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
          pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />

 <Resource name="jdbc/abs" type="javax.sql.DataSource"  maxActive="150"   maxIdle="5"  username="XXXXXXXXXXX" testWhileIdle="true"  removeAbandonedTimeout="60"  maxWait="-1" removeAbandoned="true"
    validationQuery="select 1" driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" password="XXXXXXXXXXX" minEvictableIdleTimeMillis="30000" timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis="300000" url="jdbc:mysql://XXXXXXXXXXXX?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8"/>

    <Resource driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" maxActive="150" maxIdle="5" maxWait="-1" testWhileIdle="true" minEvictableIdleTimeMillis="30000"  removeAbandonedTimeout="60"  timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis="300000" name="jdbc/1234" password="XXXXXXXXXXX" removeAbandoned="true" type="javax.sql.DataSource" url="jdbc:mysql:///XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8" username="XXXXXXXXXXX" validationQuery="select 1"/>

When I run show full processlist in MySql it shows a lot of connection remaining in sleep mode, what could be causing this?
Regards,
Rohit

A: A javax.sql.DataSource is a connection pool to MySQL. You application server will open some connections to MySQL (which remain in sleep mode) and use them every time you do a:
DataSource ds = ...;
// you get one of the 'sleeping' connections here
Connection conn = ds.getConnection();
// you return the connection to the pool here (it does not actually closes it)
conn.close();


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Infoverity Named to Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing U.S. Private Companies
The IT services firm ranks #1291 on the Inc. 5000, with three year growth of 317%
(Dublin, OH) — Inc. Magazine today ranked Infoverity No. 1291 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Infoverity is a leading global provider of Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM) strategy and implementation, data governance and analytics, managed services and hosting solutions that help clients in the retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, financial and healthcare sectors to simplify and maximize the value of their information.
Founded in 2011, Infoverity has seen rapid growth over the past four years and three year sales growth of 317%. Infoverity has also been named a Best Place to Work by Columbus Business First and a Best Place to Work in IT by Computerworld in 2016 and 2017.
"Making the Inc. 5000 list is an honor and is great recognition of our extraordinary growth in the past six years," said Matt Wienke, founder and CEO. "We continue to execute on our vision to be a premier MDM, PIM, Data Governance and Analytics, Managed Services and Hosting solutions provider and take pride in our strong industry partnerships."
The 2017 Inc. 5000 list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment— its independent small and midsized businesses. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including Infoverity's company profile, can be found online at http://www.inc.com/profile/infoverity.
"Each year for 36 years, Inc. has recognized the fastest growing companies in America, and this year's set of winners places the bar very high indeed", says Inc. President and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schurenberg. "The 2017 Inc. 5000 is the most competitive crop in the list's history. Companies that made the list, on average, have grown sixfold since 2013. During a stretch when the economy grew only 6.7 percent, that's a result most businesses could only dream of. As an Inc. 5000 honoree, Infoverity now shares a pedigree with Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, GoPro, Timberland, Clif Bar, Patagonia, Oracle, Box, Grubhub, and dozens of other alumni that have gone on to become household names."
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The 2017 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2013 to 2016. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2013. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2016. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2013 is $100,000; the minimum for 2016 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.
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Founded in 2011, Infoverity is a leading global professional services organization focused on solving business problems caused by the proliferation and diversification of data in large enterprises. Infoverity is named among the Best Places to Work in IT by IDG's Computerworld and by Columbus Business First. Infoverity provides Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM) strategy and implementation, data governance and analytics, managed services and hosting solutions that help clients in the retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, financial and healthcare sectors to simplify and maximize the value of their information. Partners include Dell Boomi, Dun & Bradstreet, Informatica, inRiver, Priint, Perfion, Reltio, Riversand, SAP, and Stibo Systems. Infoverity's global headquarters is in Dublin, Ohio, and additional service and support teams are located in Spain, Germany and Russia. For more information, please visit Infoverity.com and follow @Infoverity on Twitter.


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REAR UNDERRIDE GUARDS are metal bumpers that hang from the back of a trailer and prevent vehicles from riding beneath a tractor in a rear end collision. Although rear guards must meet federal safety standards, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found many underride guards buckle, break or fail in relatively low-speed crashes — with deadly consequences.
EXAMPLE OF REAR UNDERRIDE GUARD
Rear guards are the main safety measure for reducing underride deaths and injuries when a passenger vehicle crashes into the back of a tractor-trailer. In 2009, 70 percent of the 3,163 people who died in all large truck crashes were occupants of cars or other passenger vehicles. Underride makes death or serious injury more likely since the upper part of the passenger vehicle's occupant compartment typically crushes as the truck body intrudes into the vehicle safety cage.
Cars are designed to absorb crash energy to minimize injury to their occupants. According to Adrian Lund, President of IIHS, "hitting the back of a large truck is a game changer. You might be riding in a vehicle that earns top marks in frontal crash tests, but if the truck's underride guard fails… your chances of walking away from even a relatively low-speed crash aren't good."
Defective Underride Guard During 35-mph Full Width Test
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates more than 5,000 passenger vehicle occupants are injured and 423 each year when their vehicles strike the backs of large trucks. IIHS analyzed 1,000 large truck crashes of which 78% involved underride collisions.
According to Lund, damage to the cars in some of these tests was so devastating that it's hard to watch the footage without wincing. If these had been real-world crashes, there would be no survivors."
Decapitation is a serious threat in underrides. In 3 of the crash tests the heads of the dummies in the car made contact with either the intruding trailer or the car's hood after it tore free and pushed into the occupant compartment during a center rear collision at only 35 mph.
35 mph Full Width Crash into Rear of Hyundai Trailer
35 mph Full Width Crash into Rear of Wabash Trailer
Offset tests
The Institute also ran tests with overlaps of 50 percent and 30 percent to find out what happens when a car hits the trailer with only part of its front instead of head-on.
In a 35 mph test with a 50 percent overlap, the guard on a Vanguard trailer allowed severe underride. The trailer was made by Vanguard National Trailer Corp., and the guard is certified to U.S. and Canadian standards. In contrast, the Wabash trailer's guard successfully prevented underride in the same test. The outcome for the Wabash was different when the overlap was reduced to 30 percent. The struck end of the guard bent forward, and there was severe underride.
This test shows that even the strongest guard left as much as half of the rear of the trailer vulnerable to severe underride. The guard only worked as intended when the striking car engaged the center.
Severe Underride – Vanguard Trailer at 35 mph with 50% Overlap
No Underride – Wabash Trailer at 35 mph with 50% Overlap
Offset tests put stress on the unsupported outboard ends of the underride guard. The vertical frame that attaches the guard to the trailer chassis is closer to the center of the guard and farther away from the ends. Therefore, preventing underride in narrow overlap crashes may only require stronger support and wider vertical frames.
Another problem is that regulatory gaps allow many heavy trucks to forgo guards altogether. When they are present on exempt trucks, guards don't have to meet 1996 rules for strength or energy absorption.
"Underride standards haven't kept pace with improvements in passenger vehicle crashworthiness," Lund says. "Absent regulation, there's little incentive for manufacturers to improve underride countermeasures, so we hope NHTSA will move quickly on our petition."
According to Truck Safety Advocate and Attorney, Patrick Steinfeld, "while we have seen significant improvement in the crash worthiness of automobiles in the last decade, there has been little improvement on strength or energy absorption of underride guards in the last 20 years."
"We encourage the Federal Government to make our roads safer for the traveling public by mandating new rules regulating strength and energy absorption of rear underride guards.
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In any accident your attorney will bring a claim against all responsible parties. The adverse parties in car accidents are generally straightforward and usually involve the driver and owner of the vehicle. Occasionally there may be an additional party like an employer or governmental entity. Although a personal injury attorney may have a lot of experience in car accidents he/she may not recognize or appreciate the complexities involving multiple potential defendants like the following: Read more
The Laws are Different
Every state has laws regulating drivers in their state. Generally, personal injury attorneys deal with the same rules of the road you are familiar with… like speeding, turning and failure to yield. However, interstate trucking is also regulated by federal laws, rules and regulations in addition to industry customs and practice, company procedures and policy. Did you know there are federal laws that dictate how long a truck driver may drive and how long they must sleep? Read more
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Because of the catastrophic damage a 72,000-pound big-rig can cause in an accident, interstate trucks are required to maintain insurance policy limits significantly higher than vehicles. More money means corporate trucking companies are going to mount a bigger defense to protect their money, including more experts and bigger legal defense teams. With multiple defendants come multiple insurers. This makes trucking accident more complicated and contentious then car accidents. Read more
Trucking is a Business
It is important to understand that trucking is a business often involving millions of dollars in annual earnings. Trucking companies have significant financial exposure in truck accidents and a vested interest to protect their profits. Therefore, trucking cases are more contentious then your typical car accident. Read more
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Tax lien investing is fraught with risk for most investors. Here's everything you need to know
Dan Kelley
October 23, 2018 in Investing
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Purchasing tax lien certificates is one way to get real estate exposure in your portfolio without actually investing in property. While sophisticated investors can make decent returns by investing in tax liens, novices can easily get burned.
Here's how it works: When a property owner fails to pay his or her taxes, the municipality in which the property is located can sell its tax lien — the right to foreclose on a property when the owner has failed to pay taxes.
Investors buy the liens in an auction, paying the amount of taxes owed in return for the right to collect back that money plus an interest payment from the property owner. Interest rates vary, depending on the jurisdiction or the state. For example, the maximum statutory interest rate is 16 percent in Arizona and 18 percent in Florida, while in Alabama the rate is fixed at 12 percent, according to the National Tax Lien Association, or NTLA, a nonprofit that represents governments, institutional tax lien investors and servicers. The winner of a tax lien certificate is typically the investor willing to accept the lowest interest rate. Most tax liens purchased at auction are sold at rates between 3 percent and 7 percent nationally, says NTLA's Executive Director Brad Westover. The property owner has a redemption period — generally one to three years — to pay the taxes plus interest.
If the property owner fails to pony up the property taxes by the end of the redemption period, the lienholder can initiate foreclosure proceedings to take ownership of the property. But that rarely happens: The taxes are generally paid before the redemption date.
The interest rates make tax liens an attractive investment. Liens also are first in line for repayment, even before first mortgages. "I've had a few clients and friends who have invested in tax liens on a big-time basis almost as a business and have done well," says Martin Cass, regional director private client services at BDO USA, an accounting firm in West Palm Beach, Fla. "But it's complicated. You have to understand the details."
Auction methods
The auctions can be held on the Internet or in person and work in several different ways, depending on the municipality.
One is known as bidding down the interest rate. The municipality establishes a maximum rate, and the bidder asking for the lowest interest rate beneath that maximum wins the auction.
Another variation involves bidding a premium on the lien. The bidder who offers to pay the highest premium above the lien amount wins the auction. The premium can earn interest and may be paid back to the lienholder at redemption, but not always.
Individual investors who are considering investments in tax liens should keep one point in mind above all: Do your homework. "You have to know the property," says Richard Zimmerman, a partner at Berdon LLP accounting firm in New York City.
"You should really understand what you're buying. Be aware of what the property is, the neighborhood and values, so you don't buy a lien that you won't be able to collect." You want to avoid properties with environmental damage, such as one where a gas station dumped hazardous material.
You also have to be careful about when you do your research, says Joanne Musa, a tax lien investment consultant and founder of TaxLienLady.com. "People get a list of properties and do their due diligence weeks before a sale," she says. "Half the properties on the list may be gone because the taxes get paid. You're wasting your time. The closer to the date you do your due diligence, the better. You need to get an updated list."
Besides checking out the property and all liens against it, the prospective bidder also should check the prices for sales of similar properties and get the results of recent tax sales. "You want to know what the interest is bid down to, or what the price of the lien is bid up to in recent tax sales to see if it's profitable or not," says Musa.
Things to learn
If you win a lien at auction, you must learn your responsibilities. For example, in Illinois, within four months of purchasing a lien, you're required to notify the property owners that you possess the lien and can foreclose if they don't repay, Musa says. Then another letter must be sent before the end of the redemption period.
Tax liens also have an expiration date. "Sometimes it's six months after the redemption period," she says. "Don't think you can just buy and forget about it." Any rights held by the lienholder to foreclose on the property or to collect his or her investment from the property owner expire when the lien has expired.
After you've bought a lien, you may want to pay taxes on the property in the years that follow, so no one else can purchase a lien and thus have a claim on the property.
Richard Rampell, chief executive of Rampell & Rampell accounting firm in Palm Beach, Fla., was part of a small group that invested in local tax liens in the late 1990s and early 2000s. At first, the partners did well. But then big institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds and pension funds, got involved in auctions around the country, tempted by the high yields.
The bigger investors helped bid down interest rates, so Rampell's group wasn't making significant money anymore on liens. "At the end, we weren't doing much better than a CD," he says. "For the amount of work, it wasn't worth it." Given the entrance of big investors into the tax lien market, it's more difficult for individuals to acquire attractive liens.
You also may encounter difficulty gaining title to a property in the event of foreclosure. For example, it may have other liens, Rampell says. "This is something the average investor shouldn't look at," he says.
Because tax lien investing involves so much due diligence, it might be worthwhile to consider investing passively through an institutional investor who is a member of the National Tax Lien Association. Westover says 80 percent of tax lien certificates are sold to members of the NTLA. He says he can match up interested investors who become NTLA members with institutional investors who focus on this area of the market.
NTLA membership for investors with less than $1 million to invest costs $500 a year. The membership fee for institutional investors ranges from $2,000 to $10,000, depending on the size of their investment portfolio. These institutional investors can generate returns ranging from 4 percent to 9 percent a year, he says.
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Drepturile omului în Cuba sunt prevăzute în Capitolul al VII-lea din Constituția Cubaneză, "Drepturi fundamentale, îndatoriri și garanții", capitol în care sunt specificate drepturile referitoare la muncă, securitate socială, protecție, igienă, îngrijire medicală și educație gratuite, libertatea opiniei (în ceea ce privește obiectivele socialismului), libertatea religioasă și de asociere.

Cu toate acestea, guvernul comunist condus de Fidel Castro a fost acuzat în numeroase rânduri de violarea anumitor drepturi ale omului, încă de la Revoluția Cubaneză din 1958.

În august 2009 Cuba avea 208 de prizonieri politici.

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What questions do you have? When you start a new class do you start out with questions or do you show up expecting to have your knowledge increased like a water being poured into an empty glass? Most of us have problems formulating questions. It is not a skill that we have been taught nor is it one that is prized by the traditional school system.
If you've been in most any American school for the last hundred years or so, you know that school loves questions and answers. They are all over our standardized state tests and they cover the multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, T or F parade we have seen over and over. But who is asking the questions and who is expected to come up with the correct answers?
Teachers ask questions and students are supposed to come up with answers, right? So your job as a student has been to collect answers, hopefully mostly correct ones, to earn passing scores on a test over subjects which might interest you (or not), by a person who might know you and your interests (but probably not). So most of us have not learned how to ask questions, only produce answers. Mistakes and experimentation lead to a lot of incorrect (but sometimes really interesting and life-changing) answers. Schools and teachers mostly find that an inefficient and cumbersome way to proceed.
If you have spent time around any 3 year-old, you know that they have questions about everything. The thing is that you used to be that 3 year-old. Your brain started out in a position to ask questions about things that don't make sense to you. You probably drove your parents crazy for a while asking why, who, where and how. But you learned. The more you were able to explore areas of your interest, the more you probably learned about that thing. You also were able to connect your new information to the stuff you already knew. There are all kinds of reasons for that (which you can research if you are interested) but that isn't the main point. The main point is: your brain already comes into the world able to learn and ironically, the education system may be the main reason you don't use questions the way you should.
The fact is that a main way to express interest in something or someone is to ask questions. Don't believe me? Think about a young couple as they are getting to know one another. They ask a lot of questions about all kinds of things, partially because they don't know, but mostly because it gives them time to be in the presence of the one they care about. How do you know when it's over between the two? Do they talk, ask questions and show interest in the other person.
So when you are attending your classes, your college classes that YOU signed up for, nobody held a gun to your head, and you show up the first day and all the days after with no curiosity and no questions, it's over. See, if you are doing the readings or projects or labs, it's expected that you will have questions. Just like the idea student in high school was the one who came with all the homework done and a pile of correct answers, you need to be the ideal college student who comes to class with the homework done and a pile of interesting questions. That is not for the professor's benefit that you ask questions, it's for you. That is how you will get the most out of your classes and it will save you from the boredom many of your classmates will experience, because they don't know this secret.


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package org.apache.flink.formats.hadoop.bulk;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
import org.apache.flink.core.io.SimpleVersionedSerializer;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink.filesystem.AbstractPartFileWriter;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink.filesystem.BucketWriter;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink.filesystem.InProgressFileWriter;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink.filesystem.WriterProperties;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

/** The part-file writer that writes to the specified hadoop path. */
public class HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter<IN, BucketID>
        extends AbstractPartFileWriter<IN, BucketID> {

    private final HadoopPathBasedBulkWriter<IN> writer;

    private final HadoopFileCommitter fileCommitter;

    public HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter(
            final BucketID bucketID,
            HadoopPathBasedBulkWriter<IN> writer,
            HadoopFileCommitter fileCommitter,
            long createTime) {

        super(bucketID, createTime);

        this.writer = writer;
        this.fileCommitter = fileCommitter;
    }

    @Override
    public void write(IN element, long currentTime) throws IOException {
        writer.addElement(element);
        markWrite(currentTime);
    }

    @Override
    public InProgressFileRecoverable persist() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The path based writers do not support persisting");
    }

    @Override
    public PendingFileRecoverable closeForCommit() throws IOException {
        writer.flush();
        writer.finish();
        fileCommitter.preCommit();
        return new HadoopPathBasedPendingFile(fileCommitter).getRecoverable();
    }

    @Override
    public void dispose() {
        writer.dispose();
    }

    @Override
    public long getSize() throws IOException {
        return writer.getSize();
    }

    static class HadoopPathBasedPendingFile implements BucketWriter.PendingFile {
        private final HadoopFileCommitter fileCommitter;

        public HadoopPathBasedPendingFile(HadoopFileCommitter fileCommitter) {
            this.fileCommitter = fileCommitter;
        }

        @Override
        public void commit() throws IOException {
            fileCommitter.commit();
        }

        @Override
        public void commitAfterRecovery() throws IOException {
            fileCommitter.commitAfterRecovery();
        }

        public PendingFileRecoverable getRecoverable() {
            return new HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable(
                    fileCommitter.getTargetFilePath(), fileCommitter.getTempFilePath());
        }
    }

    @VisibleForTesting
    static class HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable implements PendingFileRecoverable {
        private final Path targetFilePath;

        private final Path tempFilePath;

        public HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable(Path targetFilePath, Path tempFilePath) {
            this.targetFilePath = targetFilePath;
            this.tempFilePath = tempFilePath;
        }

        public Path getTargetFilePath() {
            return targetFilePath;
        }

        public Path getTempFilePath() {
            return tempFilePath;
        }
    }

    @VisibleForTesting
    static class HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverableSerializer
            implements SimpleVersionedSerializer<PendingFileRecoverable> {

        static final HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverableSerializer INSTANCE =
                new HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverableSerializer();

        private static final Charset CHARSET = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;

        private static final int MAGIC_NUMBER = 0x2c853c90;

        @Override
        public int getVersion() {
            return 1;
        }

        @Override
        public byte[] serialize(PendingFileRecoverable pendingFileRecoverable) {
            if (!(pendingFileRecoverable
                    instanceof
                    HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter.HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable)) {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                        "Only HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable is supported.");
            }

            HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable hadoopRecoverable =
                    (HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable) pendingFileRecoverable;
            Path path = hadoopRecoverable.getTargetFilePath();
            Path inProgressPath = hadoopRecoverable.getTempFilePath();

            byte[] pathBytes = path.toUri().toString().getBytes(CHARSET);
            byte[] inProgressBytes = inProgressPath.toUri().toString().getBytes(CHARSET);

            byte[] targetBytes = new byte[12 + pathBytes.length + inProgressBytes.length];
            ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(targetBytes).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
            bb.putInt(MAGIC_NUMBER);
            bb.putInt(pathBytes.length);
            bb.put(pathBytes);
            bb.putInt(inProgressBytes.length);
            bb.put(inProgressBytes);

            return targetBytes;
        }

        @Override
        public HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable deserialize(int version, byte[] serialized)
                throws IOException {
            switch (version) {
                case 1:
                    return deserializeV1(serialized);
                default:
                    throw new IOException("Unrecognized version or corrupt state: " + version);
            }
        }

        private HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable deserializeV1(byte[] serialized)
                throws IOException {
            final ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(serialized).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);

            if (bb.getInt() != MAGIC_NUMBER) {
                throw new IOException("Corrupt data: Unexpected magic number.");
            }

            byte[] targetFilePathBytes = new byte[bb.getInt()];
            bb.get(targetFilePathBytes);
            String targetFilePath = new String(targetFilePathBytes, CHARSET);

            byte[] tempFilePathBytes = new byte[bb.getInt()];
            bb.get(tempFilePathBytes);
            String tempFilePath = new String(tempFilePathBytes, CHARSET);

            return new HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable(
                    new Path(targetFilePath), new Path(tempFilePath));
        }
    }

    private static class UnsupportedInProgressFileRecoverableSerializable
            implements SimpleVersionedSerializer<InProgressFileRecoverable> {

        static final UnsupportedInProgressFileRecoverableSerializable INSTANCE =
                new UnsupportedInProgressFileRecoverableSerializable();

        @Override
        public int getVersion() {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                    "Persists the path-based part file write is not supported");
        }

        @Override
        public byte[] serialize(InProgressFileRecoverable obj) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                    "Persists the path-based part file write is not supported");
        }

        @Override
        public InProgressFileRecoverable deserialize(int version, byte[] serialized) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                    "Persists the path-based part file write is not supported");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Factory to create {@link HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter}. This writer does not support
     * snapshotting the in-progress files. For pending files, it stores the target path and the
     * staging file path into the state.
     */
    public static class HadoopPathBasedBucketWriter<IN, BucketID>
            implements BucketWriter<IN, BucketID> {
        private final Configuration configuration;

        private final HadoopPathBasedBulkWriter.Factory<IN> bulkWriterFactory;

        private final HadoopFileCommitterFactory fileCommitterFactory;

        public HadoopPathBasedBucketWriter(
                Configuration configuration,
                HadoopPathBasedBulkWriter.Factory<IN> bulkWriterFactory,
                HadoopFileCommitterFactory fileCommitterFactory) {

            this.configuration = configuration;
            this.bulkWriterFactory = bulkWriterFactory;
            this.fileCommitterFactory = fileCommitterFactory;
        }

        @Override
        public HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter<IN, BucketID> openNewInProgressFile(
                BucketID bucketID, org.apache.flink.core.fs.Path flinkPath, long creationTime)
                throws IOException {

            Path path = new Path(flinkPath.toUri());
            HadoopFileCommitter fileCommitter = fileCommitterFactory.create(configuration, path);

            Path inProgressFilePath = fileCommitter.getTempFilePath();
            HadoopPathBasedBulkWriter<IN> writer =
                    bulkWriterFactory.create(path, inProgressFilePath);
            return new HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter<>(
                    bucketID, writer, fileCommitter, creationTime);
        }

        @Override
        public PendingFile recoverPendingFile(PendingFileRecoverable pendingFileRecoverable)
                throws IOException {
            if (!(pendingFileRecoverable
                    instanceof
                    HadoopPathBasedPartFileWriter.HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable)) {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                        "Only HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable is supported.");
            }

            HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable hadoopRecoverable =
                    (HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverable) pendingFileRecoverable;
            return new HadoopPathBasedPendingFile(
                    fileCommitterFactory.recoverForCommit(
                            configuration,
                            hadoopRecoverable.getTargetFilePath(),
                            hadoopRecoverable.getTempFilePath()));
        }

        @Override
        public WriterProperties getProperties() {
            return new WriterProperties(
                    UnsupportedInProgressFileRecoverableSerializable.INSTANCE,
                    HadoopPathBasedPendingFileRecoverableSerializer.INSTANCE,
                    false);
        }

        @Override
        public InProgressFileWriter<IN, BucketID> resumeInProgressFileFrom(
                BucketID bucketID,
                InProgressFileRecoverable inProgressFileSnapshot,
                long creationTime) {

            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Resume is not supported");
        }

        @Override
        public boolean cleanupInProgressFileRecoverable(
                InProgressFileRecoverable inProgressFileRecoverable) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}


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William Archila is the author of The Art of Exile (Bilingual Review Press, 2009), which won an International Latino Book Award in 2010 and was honored with an Emerging Writer Fellowship Award by The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD. He has been published in AGNI, American Poetry Review, Notre Dame Review, Crab Orchard Review, and The Georgia Review, among others. His book was featured in 'First Things First: The Fifth Annual Debut Poets Roundup' in Poets & Writers. His second book, The Gravedigger's Archaeology (Red Hen Press, forthcoming), recently won the 2015 Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize.
The Gravedigger's Archaeology
The Gravedigger's Archaeology writes the urban landscape of the US immigrant, a figure constantly reminded of the nameless and the dispossessed who struggle back home in Central America. Moving between past and present, these poems record a vigil of loss left by the emptiness of tedious excavation―both psychological and spiritual. They travel the fragments and vestiges of a war, the return to one's homeland or place of childhood, unearthing the landscapes of a jazz riff, myth, or work of art. In a lyrical, sometimes elegiac language, the poems map the complex territory of an exile who understands the answers lie in the ground.
Praise for The Gravedigger's Archaeology
"Tough music is the first phrase I reached for in describing William Archila's poems, early Coltrane or perhaps Sonny Rollins or Mingus as analogues. For his dominant (though certainly not exclusive) themes are the almost unspeakably violent world of his Salvadoran childhood and the struggles of immigrant life in the United States, and yet spiraling up repeatedly in stunning riffs of word-song is the rare thing called duende, marvelous in itself but also in its evocations of beauty to be found in the life fully lived, the struggle never abandoned. The Gravedigger's Archaeology is an aesthetic and moral triumph, and I felt honored to have read it."―B.H. Fairchild, National Book Critics Circle Award winner
"In his brilliant second book, The Gravedigger's Archaeology, poet William Archila excavates the cratered memory of war and its aftermath, his pen chiseling a language of 'black roosters & fossil bones' in a lost country, 'a country rift in half.' But Archila's pen is also a spade, as poet Seamus Heaney suggested, and this spade unearths 'the ribcage / still clinging to its shirt and bodies / dumped in a black lava bed'. This is clandestine territory for the lyric, but it is territory Archila traverses with consummate skill. I have been waiting many years for a book that would guide us through that time and place, exhuming the remains with grace and dignity. Archila has written it."—Carolyn Forché
They Write By Night
This video by Poetry.LA features Red Hen author William Anchila's newest poem!
Archila featured on Poets.org's Poem-A-Day series
Congrats to our incredible poet and accomplished author William Archila for his feature on The Academy of American Poets. He was highlighted on their website's Poem-a-Day series! Read "Spirits"
Pasadena Now article on the PMCA 15th anniversary and RHP reading
Pasadena Now covered the Pasadena Museum of California Art 's 15th anniversary events, which included a poetry reading by Red Hen Press authors William Archila, Douglas Manuel and Lisa C. […]
Poets & Writers showcases William Archila's talk about immigrant life
William Archila speaks with author Mariano Zaro about his early influences and how growing up as an immigrant in the United States has made an impact on his writing. Watch


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  Chenereilles est
       un village
       localisé dans le département de Haute-Loire en Auvergne. Elle totalisait 280 habitants en 2008.

Le parc d'habitations, à Chenereilles, se décomposait en 2011 en quatorze appartements et 235 maisons soit
 un marché plutôt équilibré.

Si vous pensez venir habiter à Chenereilles, vous pourrez facilement trouver une maison à vendre.

À proximité de Chenereilles sont positionnées géographiquement les villes de
Lapte à 6 km, 1 432 habitants,
Montfaucon-en-Velay à 7 km, 1 142 habitants,
Montregard à 7 km, 610 habitants,
Le Mas-de-Tence à 8 km, 165 habitants,
Mazet-Saint-Voy située à 9 km, 1 078 habitants,
Grazac localisée à 8 km, 893 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Chenereilles est située à seulement 28 km de Firminy.

La commune propose quelques  équipements, elle dispose, entre autres, de une boucle de randonnée.


Gospel music is good stuff. I'm a fan. I have been deeply affect by gospel over the years. Especially the music of Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, Richard Smallwood, Hezekiah Walker, the Hawkins, the Clarks, Andrae Crouch, Israel Houghton, Kurt Carr, Tye Tribbett, the list goes on. Lately, I've been uninspired. There seems to be a very strong commercial drive to get the next hit. I realize that this is nothing new in the global marketplace of pop music and the "Christian" sub-genres have been absorbed into that same stream. In fact, after spending weeks listening to new releases, I heard a 1984 recording of Edwin Hawkins, Taste and See and it was like a breath of fresh air to hear a song so thoughtfully composed.
With that being said, it's very refreshing to hear this recording from DOXA, Centered. DOXA is the name of the worship music ministry of Dr. Eric Mason's church Epiphany Fellowship. My dad recommend this to me and the first thing I heard when I previewed it was the glorious horn parts and lush changes. Yes, Lord! Looking into it more deeply through the handy lyrics link on their website, I found that several of the songs were actually written or co-written by "holy hip hop" artist, Shai Linne. How cool is that? Can we start seeing more lyricists lending their gifts to creating congregational music? There seems to be a strong sense of collaboration between the lyricist, the musical director (Aaron Johnson, I think), and the pastor who also sings on the recording. Less stars, more community. They have included a few good examples of using creativity combined with congregational considerations. Hymns and popular tunes covered and rearranged without losing their familiarity. There's a freshness to this recording that brings to mind the music of next gen black artists like Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, or even the band-for-music-geeks, Snarky Puppy.
I'm not sure that I've picked on that I can use at New City Fellowship. I'm going to listen for a few weeks and see what sticks with me.
This weekend at New City Fellowship, I'm introducing a new tune called "You Are My God and King" which I learned last year at the LDR Conference thanks to Michelle Higgins. The song is performed by Donnie McClurkin and it features verses in Spanish and French. How could we pass up on that?
I'm going to do a psalmist thing and complain for a minute.
Everything is broken. I'm surrounded by malfunctions, glitches, short circuits, cracks, wear, tear, and all-consuming entropy. Can I just give you a brief list? My dishwasher leaks, my clothes-washer is making a loud grinding noise, there's a gutter falling off the side of my house, the front storm door is warped and can only stay closed by being locked, the power locks in my van's door don't work, the CD player in my car is broken, the speedometer/odometer in my car is broken, my acoustic guitar neck is warped and it's "fretting out", our laptop runs too slow, our home stereo speaker has a short and cuts in and out, even my dog has a malfunctioning pancreas and he has to have enzymes in his food or he would get "the runs" so bad that he would starve to death…you get the picture. I bet you have a similar list in your head that you can review of everything that's broken in your life.
Of course, people are broken as well. We have fears, anxiety, pet peeves, grudges, prejudices, blind-spots, disorders, dysfunctions, and disagreements. Our hearts seem to constantly go back to the same sins and the same idols. We can't ever seem to get over these persistent dysfunctions and move on with our lives.
This morning, my complaint about the little things that are broken in my life (the locks, appliances, etc.) made me think about why we allow brokenness like racism to persist, year after year, without doing anything to fix it.
It's too expensive to fix. My family has a lot of broken stuff but the most frequent response to the problem is that it would cost way too much to fix. The solution is there but we don't have the resources to put the solution into action.
It's permanently broken. Usually, this is a cheap toy that happens to become one of our kid's favorite things to play with. Then inevitably, it breaks so bad that no super-glue or tape or whatever could fix it. It has to go in the trash forever because it's just too far gone. Just get over it!
It doesn't bother me, so why should I fix it. We have a light switch in our bathroom that is wired wrong. It turns on when it's down and off when it's up. Of course, this is not really a problem to me at all. Why risk electrocuting myself when it's not really an issue?
If I'm honest, I prefer the brokenness. My CD player is broken in my car and that really was a bother at first. I couldn't stand rolling around town in silence listening to the weird engine noises (probably more brokenness). Then I started listening to podcasts with an iPod and little portable speaker. I found that I much preferred this to listening to the radio or my CD collection. Let the CD player stay broken because now I have "This American Life" whenever I desire.
These excuses for brokenness are also at the root of why I allow sin to persist in my heart or we allow oppression to persist in our culture.
Now, it's time to stop complaining. I can stop complaining because in Christ, all things are being made new. The brokenness will not become LORD over all because there is already a LORD over all who is in the business of restoration and redemption. The promises in scripture are the antidote to all our excuses to allow brokenness to persist.
There is nothing that is too expensive. I can't change this because I don't have the resources. I can't even stop my own sin, so how can I ever expect to bring cultural change. However, we have in the riches of Christ all that we need for life and godliness. He has paid the full price, and in him, we have access to resurrection power. We have an overflowing bank account of grace and peace that we can access at anytime. We might have to give up our life in the process but even in that, to die is gain because of the riches of Christ.
There is nothing that is permanently broken. I want to give up on the brokenness. Many times, I would rather throw away a broken relationship rather than do what is necessary to fix it. But, Christ will never give up on any brokenness. We have a promise that there will one day be a new heavens and a new earth. There is nothing in this world that Christ cannot redeem by the power of the gospel. The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ. Jesus is the ultimate in "green" living. There's nothing broken that he won't recycle into a new creation. There's no trash in the kingdom.
There is nothing that I can ignore because it doesn't bother me. I might be able to close myself off from oppression or down-play my sin through denial. But, the Lord promises to discipline those that he loves. He has promised that though injustice seems to go unchecked, there is a righteous judge in heaven who will bring vindication to the meek and reckoning to the wicked. The Lord is committed enough to righteousness and loves me enough as his child that he will not allow me to remain comfortable with my sin or comfortable with oppression. Any branches that do not produce fruit will be pruned and thrown into the fire.
There is no brokenness that will actually benefit me. I can't always say that I despise my sin. There are times when it feels so easy and right to give my heart over to sin. Also, I can't always say that I despise oppression. In fact, as a white person in the US, I receive many benefits that I didn't even work for as a result of racism. This brokenness appears to benefit, protect, and advance my personal well-being. However, I can trust that the Lord Jesus has promised that his Spirit will transform and renew my mind to be able to discern his perfect and pleasing will. He has promised that he will lead me into paths of righteous for his names sake. In the light of His word, I will know all truth and wisdom and the scales will fall from eyes to behold the wretched vanity of sin and glorious beauty of grace and peace.
Everything is broken, but in Christ all things are made new.
That's the hook for this new song that our church is going to learn this weekend. Of course, "Awesome" is a word that gets over-used in our American lexicon.
Obviously, we are not awe-struck by the pizza, and the hair-do does not strike awe to all who behold it. A quick search of the use of "awesome" in the bible brings up 33 references in the ESV. Most of them are describing God's awesome deeds done on behalf of his people. He is awesome because He has demonstrated His power in wondrous acts of deliverance and justice. So, the "awe" inspiring traits of God are not like the wonder of something like the Grand Canyon. It's more like the way we use the word to describe a relentless military campaign of "shock and awe".
Kirk Franklin mashed up Mullins' song with his tune "He Reigns".
The "awesome" is generally used in the Isaac Watts hymn "How Sweet and Awe-full is the Place" because the word "awful" has completely taken a negative meaning today.


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