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Congratulations to 2020 Provincial Champions and Thank You from Baseball PEI
09/21/2020, 1:30pm ADT
By Baseball PEI
Baseball PEI would like to thank all players, coaches, parents and minor baseball associations for a successful 2020 summer season, despite all of the changes and challenges posed by Covid-19!
With the season starting three-five weeks later than usual, the first baseball games took place on 26 June 2020. While there were several changes due to Covid-19 and restrictions and guidelines set forth by the CPHO of Prince Edward Island, each age category played a complete season and completed Provincial Championships. While Provincial Championships were in a different format than usual – most divisions had best-of-three quarterfinals and/or semifinals, with a one-game Final – Prince Edward Island was the only province in Canada that was able to complete Provincial Championships in baseball in 2020.
As well, five minor baseball associations across PEI saw growth in numbers of registered players, and starting on 26 September, seven minor baseball associations across PEI will be participating in Baseball PEI's new Fall Baseball Pilot program for four-five weeks (with 27 teams taking part in four age categories). Despite challenging circumstances surrounding this season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Baseball PEI has had a successful season, and that is down to the great work done by its membership!
With the completion with the last Provincial Championship on Sunday, 20 September, Baseball PEI would like to congratulate the following 2020 Provincial Champions and runners-up:
Provincial Champion: Capital District Islanders
Runner-up: Summerside Chevys
Provincial Champion: Summerside Chevys Kirev
Runner-up: Capital District Murray
Runner-up: Eastern Express
Provincial Champion: Bedeque Blue Jackets
Runner-up: Western Mariners
Provincial Champion: Charlottetown Royals
Runner-up: Summerside Chevys Howell
Provincial Champion: Eastern Express
Provincial Champion: Northside Cubs
Provincial Champion: Cornwall Cougars
Runner-up: Stratford Athletics Eveleigh
Provincial Champion: Cornwall Cougars Hood
Eastern Express 15U "AAA" Tryouts
06/01/2020, 10:00am ADT
Any players eligible to play baseball in the 15U division this summer in Cardigan, Northside, Souris, and Stratford associations are invited to try out for the Eastern Express 15U AAA team. First tryout times are scheduled for Thursday, June 4 and Tuesday, June 9 at Church Field, Morell, from 6:45 - 8:45 pm.
Interested players MUST contact Duane Smith at jdgotell70@gmail.com to register to tryout so we can organize numbers to abide by CPHO rules for Covid-19. There are several new rules and guidelines for baseball this year and we ask that you please refer to them (https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/198f-2168963/2020_Baseball_PEI_RTP_Guidelines.pdf#_ga=2.4691441.359242110.1591016937-1954251289.1583858777). We ask that when you do arrive at the field, please remain in your vehicle until otherwise directed and we will provide more information and guidance at that time. Please do not enter dugout or onto the field until directed by coaches. Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to a great season on the field!
Baseball PEI Preparing for Return to the Field for the Summer of 2020
In consultation with the Chief Public Health Office (CPHO), the Sport and Recreation division of the Department of Health, and Sport PEI, Baseball PEI and its minor baseball associations have created a plan for return-to-play for the 2020 summer season.
As outdoor team sports are permitted to be on the field on 1 June – as part of Phase #3 of the Renew PEI Together plan – Baseball PEI will be lifting its suspension of all activities on 1 June. This means that associations and groups are allowed on the field, provided they follow the rules laid out by the CPHO in regards to Phase #3. For example, during Phase #3, there can be a maximum of twenty (20) people at an outdoor gathering and physical distancing must take place. Baseball PEI and its minor baseball associations will follow the rules and guidelines set out by the CPHO. This means for the month of June, associations will conduct tryouts, practising and training in ways that have a maximum of twenty (20) people – including coaches and players – at the field at one time. Parents/guardians will drop off their children and either leave or wait in their vehicle to ensure that the maximum number of people in an outdoor gathering does not exceed twenty (20). Baseball PEI will not be scheduling any games during June.
According to the CPHO, the maximum number of people permitted in an outdoor gathering will rise from twenty (20) to a higher number on 1 July (that exact number is not yet known). As such, starting on 2 July, Baseball PEI will be scheduling regular-season games for July and August at all categories. There will be no tournaments on Prince Edward Island this summer except for Provincial Championships. Baseball PEI is also looking to hold Provincial Championships at the conclusion of the regular season; this may take place at the end of August or in early-to-mid September, depending on a few factors. Baseball PEI will announce the dates and formats of Provincial Championships for 11U "AA" and higher in mid-July.
With that being said, there will be many differences in baseball programming this summer. Some examples of this will be that certain game rules will be adjusted at all levels to maintain physical distancing and unintentional physical contact. Players will have to use their own gear, and in situations where gear must be shared (i.e. aluminium/composite bats, catcher's gear), the gear must be thoroughly sanitized/disinfected before another player using it. Dugouts will only be allowed to have a certain number of people in them at one time, based on the length (for example, if a dugout is twenty (20) feet long, only a maximum of four people could be in the dugout at one time to maintain proper physical distancing), and anybody else on that team will have to be outside of the dugout. Dugouts will have to be sanitized after each game by the team using them. More time will be allotted between games and practices for teams to sanitize and leave the field before another group coming to the field. Parents/guardians/fans will have to drop off their child and watch from their vehicle and will not be able to go to the field to watch games/practices. Players/coaches cannot go to the field unless completely healthy. There will be no spitting, gum, sunflower seeds or anything that could produce droplets from the respiratory tract. The link to our Return-to-Play document can be found here: https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/7ddd-2176706/Baseball_PEI_RTP_Guidelines__26_May_2020_.pdf#_ga=2.203462610.359242110.1591016937-1954251289.1583858777 (please note that this is subject to change, based on feedback/guidelines from the CPHO).
This is a time and situation that requires some fluidity and creativity. In some circumstances, it may be necessary to change rules and policies between now and the start of the regular season, and even into the regular season, based on the health and safety our players and members. As well, the membership of Baseball PEI should be aware that if there were to be a spike in cases in Covid-19 on PEI, our programming could be suspended instantly by order of government. It should also be noted that if there were issues with players, teams, parents/guardians and fans breaking physical distancing measures and/or maximum outdoor gathering rules at Baseball PEI-sanctioned activities, minor baseball associations and Baseball PEI could be subject to further warnings and even possible shutdown of activities if these issues take place multiple times. Now, more than ever, we need the Island baseball community to work hard and come together to ensure all rules and guidelines issued by Baseball PEI and the CPHO are met and followed, for players to have the best possible experience this summer.
Our goal is to maintain a balance between our children and young players having a fun and rewarding summer with their health and safety. At times, it can be a difficult balance, but Baseball PEI and its member associations are committed to this for the summer of 2020. There will be some added difficulties. It will involve constant vigilant reminders from parents, guardians and coaches to players about observing physical distancing and the modified rules in place. It will also involve parents/guardians having to drop off their young ballplayers and either leave or watch from their vehicle. It will involve changing habits that have been ingrained in many people for years, if not decades. However, at the end of the day, the focus is on the children of Prince Edward Island playing the great game of baseball enjoyably and safely this summer. During these difficult and unprecedented times, Baseball PEI is very excited to have the opportunity to offer baseball programming. To do this effectively, it will take efforts from all stakeholders, from Baseball PEI to minor baseball associations, umpires, players and coaches, parents and guardians. There will be challenges; however, the challenges are worthwhile for our children to play the great sport of baseball this summer. We expect the baseball community on PEI to rise to this challenge in order to provide fun and rewarding programming to our membership this summer.
In less than two weeks, let's play ball!
Eastern Express Calling for 2020 Head Coach Applications
03/05/2020, 8:15am AST , By Baseball PEI
Tentative Schedule for 2020 Baseball NCCP Clinics Released
01/31/2020, 12:00pm AST , By Baseball PEI
Provincial 15U Announce Times for First Three Tryouts
04/15/2019, 9:00am ADT , By Baseball PEI
PEI Youth Selects Hosting Annual TCMM Tournament in June
04/08/2019, 1:15pm ADT , By Baseball PEI
Baseball PEI P.D. Camp Scheduled for Friday, 12 April Has Been Cancelled
04/08/2019, 9:30am ADT , By R. Byrne


What steps should i take to fix my gut?
Does meat + plant juice = all bases covered?
Has anyone found a CHEAP and healthy way of juicing?
What do folks think about juicing vegetables from the garden?
Bone Broth Fast: Day 2. Any tips for reducing cravings/getting mind off solid food?


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Q: Does classpath definition in Manifest.mf override or supplement library-path in EARs? I'm having a difference of opinion with another developer (as well as empirical evidence) regarding the use of Class-Path in MANIFEST.MF.
I have an EAR with a bunch of jars in my /lib folder.  In my application.xml I have defined my <library-path> to be /lib, however I believe that is the default setting/value anyhow.
In my root, I have an my-ejb.jar file.  Within the EJB, I have a MANIFEST.MF with a Class-Path entry.
So the questions now are:

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*If a classpath entry is found in the EJB manifest, does the classloader still have access to all the jars/libs that are in /lib even if they are not explicitly specified in the manifest?

*If no classpath entry is found in the manifest, does the EJB have access to any/all jars in /lib?

*If a jar is specified in the manifest in a different location than /lib, does it take precedence over what is found in /lib?

*How does a classloader resolve an issue where there are entries in the manifest for non-existant jars?

*Are all these rules dependent on the container implementation, or are these part of the java specs somewhere (I haven't been able to find it anywhere).

Part of the issue comes up due to a third-party EJB that I am using with a Manifest that is poorly written (looking for libs in the root folder, non-existant jars, etc).  So I can rewrite the manifest, however, I also question how this would work in the case of a signed EJB jar.  Would I be able to move a dependency lib from the location as defined the the manifest?

A: Unfortunately, classloading is process specified for application server type.
In main cases it looks like this. While server search class for ear through classpath it consequently walk and search:

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*clases loaded into memory at boot time from server owned jars;

*classes from WEB-INF for web project, if different classpath is not pointed in MANIFEST;

*in lib folder, if it defined;

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*No, if jar does not exist ClassNotFoundException would be thrown.

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*ClassNotFoundException would be thrown.

*Yes, it depends from server to server. Different servers try to optimize loading procedure in different ways, and due to them we have some artefacts of project deploying and working.

You can edit MANIFEST in jar and sign it again, if you have required.

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Dublin Airport Information
Dublin Airport Car Rental
Rental Returns
Dublin Airport is located a mere 10 kilometres north of Dublin city centre, so transfers are easily arranged. The terminal lies near the crossroads of the M1 and M50 motorways, and the ride takes around 30 minutes outside of rush hour. The most convenient way to get back and forth is with cheap car hire in Dublin Airport, but there are several other options available. Traffic can be an issue, so it's worth arriving at off-peak hours if you have any say in the matter.
Whether you've arranged Dublin Airport car rental or have a friend in town who doesn't mind picking you up, it's easiest getting to and from the terminal by car. Passengers can be picked up and dropped off immediately outside the terminal, but waiting isn't allowed.
Dublin Airport also has 3,600 short-term parking spots in the car-park adjacent to the terminal. Of course, with a rental car you only need to drive to the drop-off point so that the attendants can shuttle you to the terminal entrance. Four times as many long-term spaces are available.
Roughly 700 buses serve Dublin Airport each day, connecting across County Dublin and its surrounding suburbs on fixed routes. Airlink and Aircoach connect from the Arrivals Hall to key areas across Dublin, including bus and railway stations.

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ARTNEWS S.A. And Brant Publications To Merge
29 Jul 2015 / 0 Comment
NEW YORK CITY – Aiming for scale in the global marketplace, ARTNEWS S.A. and Brant Publications have announced plans to merge. The deal, publically disclosed on July 29, joins the assets of the two legacy media companies to create what its owners are calling the world's largest and most influential print and digital publisher of in-depth, comprehensive and scholarly writing, art-related news, information and art business intelligence.
Peter M. Brant, CEO Brant Publications, Inc.
Headed by art collector and paper executive Peter M. Brant, Brant Publications – publisher of the print journals Art in America, The Magazine Antiques and Modern Magazine – will retain the majority share of the new, publically-traded company, which will be consolidated under a single digital platform at www.artnews.com. Izabela Depczyk will remain as CEO of ARTNEWS S.A., whose properties include ARTnews, Art & Business Monthly and Skate's Art Market Research. Brant's Interview magazine is not part of the deal.
Upon completing the merger, ARTNEWS S.A. will maintain Art in America on its current publication schedule of 11 issues a year and will launch a new bundled print subscription offer under the Art in America brand with ARTnews focusing on special themed editions that have proven successful with the readers, such as the best-selling ARTnews issue "The World's Top 200 Collectors." The Magazine Antiques will continue to publish six times annually while Modern Magazine will remain a quarterly.
Izabela Depczyk, CEO, ARTNEWS S.A.
According to Depczyk, ARTNEWS S.A. currently enjoys 800,000 unique users per month across all digital platforms but sees traffic expanding to 2,000,000 unique users following the merger. In a joint release, Brant Publications and ARTNEWS S.A. said it would have 52 percent share in the United States print art magazines market.
Brant noted, "We plan to strengthen our focus on digital content and online news reporting across all platforms. The combination of Art in America's digital resources coupled with those of artnews.com will ensure that the company is the leading online resource for the art and design industries. We also see Skate's Art Market Research as an area that has a significant growth potential."
A spokesman for the new company said no staff reductions are anticipated.


The article analyzes the situation and has traced the development of international road freight in Bulgaria in line with developments in other EU countries. Based on made a research of statistical data are analyzed and monitored the development of international freight transport in Bulgaria. Described is carried transport work (in t and tkm) of the Bulgarian companies for international road of freight.
Keywords: road freight international transport, cargo turnover, transport work, transportation.
During the period 1957-1959 years for Bulgaria in the first steps in international road transport. In 1960 it became a separate entity called (SO MAT). It has established itself as one of the most prestigious large firms for international road transport, particularly in traffic between Europe and the Middle East, working in cooperation with over 60 foreign companies and transported to 35 countries. In exports include: machinery, metals, electronics, chemical and pharmaceutical products, industrial products are leading exports. It also exported commodities, and textiles, carpets, minerals, ferrous metals, chemical fertilizers. It imports machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, solid fuels, chemicals, industrial consumer goods, food products and raw materials for food production in key areas to be on to commit international freight are CIS countries, former Russian republics and other. In the period from 1990 to 1996. - SO MAT turns from fully state-owned company in a much smaller private companies for international freight. Creating a lot companies for international freight and open new markets for the transport industry. Over the past 10 years in Bulgaria, several changes have occurred that directly affected the international carriage of goods. Bulgarian carriers increased quality of service by modernizing its vehicle fleet. After Bulgaria enters the EU in 1997 have changed and simplified the number of operations in the organization of international road transport when crossing the state borders and through the territory of a country (Fig. 1). By road in the country today is shipped 98% of food and 100% of chemicals and 93% of goods such as machinery, plant products and other miscellaneous goods. Road transport dominates at the transport of agricultural products, construction products and plant protection and fertilizers (68%, 67% and 60%).
issues in the accession countries to the EU. Today in the EU have 27 Member (Fig. 2), including Bulgaria, applying the general transport law of the Community common transport policy. This leads to the development of transport system of Europe and in the internal borders and with other countries.
The total volume of domestic work for Europe's road freight transport in 2009 is 2.293 billion tkm . Road freight transport in Europe is constantly evolving. For the period 1995 to 2009 performed transport work has grown by 31.3% (from 1.289 billion tkm in 1995 to 1.691 billion tkm in 2009), ie average growth rate per year is 2%. Road transport is particularly important for the EU because it carried 74% of the total volume transport operation (Fig. 3). Main competitor - railways carried only 16% of the workload. Volume of transport work in the domestic international road transport in Europe. The total volume of domestic work for Europe's road freight transport in 2009 is 2.293 billion tkm volume. Road freight transport in Europe is constantly evolving. For the period 1995 to 2009 performed transport work has grown by 31.3% (from 1.289 billion tkm in 1995 to 1.691 billion tkm in 2009), ie average growth rate per year is 2%. Road transport is particularly important for the EU because it carried 74% of the total volume transport operation (Fig. 3). Main competitor - railways carried only 16% of the volume work.
All in EU member countries road transport is the dominant mode excluding Estonia and Latvia where rail transport is by about 2 and 20% more volume of work compared to road.
In 2009, four countries made 51.6 percent of total EU transport job: Germany -18.18%, Spain, 12.53, 10.69, Poland and France 10.26%.
International road freight accounts for about 1/3 (537.14 billion tkm) of the total work of road transport for 2009 (Fig. 4), the national road is the other 2/3-1154.3 billion tkm.
In 2000-2006 the growth of international road freight is higher than that of national (domestic transport) due to a general increase in trade, facilitated by the expansion and liberalization of road transport.
An important technical performance index the operation of road transport is the length of the carriage. There is a significant difference in this indicator for domestic and international transport (Fig. 5 and 6). 46% of all the road freight shipping for distances over 300km are over 500 km in international road freight, while inner there are only 2%.
Fig. 5. Distribution of freight for inner shipments according to their length.
International road freight transport is an important factor for the development of the Common Market of the EU, 95% of international transportations in the Community.
Road transport plays a key role in ensuring that trade flows with neighboring countries that have land borders (the Western Balkans, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, the countries of East, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Turkey, Norway, Switzerland) .
Fig. 7 and 8 shows the distribution of the transport operation by carriers registered in the EU, respectively according to country of unloading and loading state (2006).
Difficult administrative and customs barriers are responsible for ensuring effective freight loadability to the east. Assessment of the International Road Union (IRU) 40% of the total transport time is lost due to administrative inconsistencies. The main task is working on facilitating border crossing procedures to reduce time and cost of transport. It is customs cooperation. Low levels of road safety and poor road infrastructure in the eastern EU countries are also the cause of inefficient road transport relations.
There have made small steps toward opening the transport markets in neighboring countries and they are more bilateral and regional initiatives. These agreements ensure reciprocal market access based on a quota basis. Quotas based on the multilateral level are awarded by the Conference of Ministers of Transport but they are providing only about 5% of all transport operations. Some countries neighboring the EU are interested in increasing market access for road transport. This can be achieved through progressive elimination of quantitative restrictions in exchange for implementation of standards that ensure the quality of road transport services between the EU and neighboring countries. An example is the agreement the UN on driving and the rules on rest periods in international road transport (AETR), which oblige EU member country and neighboring countries (joined AETR) to implement mandatory digital tafografi in newly registered vehicles.
On 07.07.2011 the Commission published a plan of the EU, which has more than 20 actions to strengthen transport relations with neighboring countries, including road transport.
International road freight transport carried 81% of the total volume of work modes of international communications (Fig. 9), which is 7% higher than the EU (see Figure 2.) And was developed at the expense of other modes of transport .
Fig. 10 shows the dynamics of transport in tkm work in domestic and international traffic for the period 2000-2010. The average growth rate during the year, respectively with 10 and 29.9%, which was significantly higher than that of Europe (2% average growth rate of international freight). The high rate of growth in international road freight transport is due to the liberalized market and increase the average vehicle distance.
In 2010 the volume of transport work performed in innter services is 6.12 billion tkm, while in international almost twice the 13.33 billion tkm. Such excess is typical of small countries, where if you compare the work done as the amount of transported cargo in innter shipments, it is higher (compared with domestic shipments in 2010 were transported 117.27 million tons cargo, and in international 12 74 2000 tons). Reduced workload in tkm in the international trucking 2005-2008 can be explained by the preparation and adoption of Bulgaria for EU membership and the reorganization of work for transport companies to meet Community requirements.
Fig. 11 and 12 shows the percentage of the volume of transport work in 2010 respectively by the side of the unloading and loading. The main transportation work for 88% (3 979.9 million. tkm) and 80% (1 940.50 million. tkm) is to and from EU countries who are gradually established as a major trading partner of Bulgaria, leading to corresponding shift of transport flows.
The greatest amount of cargo is unloaded in Greece (1 061.1 thousand tons), Romania (643.9 thousand tons) and Germany (542.1 thousand tons). The largest volume of transport operation is done unloading of goods in Germany (1 293.6 million. tkm), Italy (649.1 million. tkm) and Greece (66.5 million. tkm).
The greatest amount of cargo loaded in Greece (920.5 thousand tons), Romania (348.5 thousand tons) and Germany (149.6 thousand tons). The largest volume of transport operation is done unloading of cargo in Greece (million 557.4. tkm), Germany (290.5 million. tkm) and France (252.7 million. tkm).
Demand for transport services in international traffic shall be determined by the country's foreign trade and transit flows, and the competitiveness of the Bulgarian transport companies. Growth and changing geographical structure of exports and imports are the main external factors shaping developments in the transport sector in Bulgaria.
■ General EU transport policy and transport legislation are a good prerequisite for the development of the European internal market for transport.
■ International road freight transport is an important factor for the development of the Common Market of the EU, 95% of international transportation in the Community.
■ Road transport plays a key role in ensuring that trade flows with neighboring countries that share land borders. Strengthen transport relations with these countries is an important task for the EU and is part of his current policy.
■ The proportion in international shipments for 2010 on road freight transport in Bulgaria is 81% compared with 14%, 3% and 2% for rail, inland waterway and pipeline transport.
■ In the period 2000-2010 the growth rate per year in volume of transport operations in tkm in Bulgaria is much higher (5 times at home and 15 times in international freight) higher than that of the EU.
■ EU members country is now established as a major trading partner of Bulgaria, which is associated with the development of transport links to and from these countries.
1. Симеонов, Д.Г., В. Пенчева. Взаимодействие на видовете транспорт, Русе, 2001 г.
5. Симеонов Д.Г., В. Пенчева. Ръководство по взаимодействие на видовете транспорт. Печатна база при РУ"А. Кънчев"-Русе, 2003.
Статья посвящена анализу ситуации и развитию международных грузовых автомобильных перевозок в Болгарии в соответствии с подобным развитием в других странах ЕС. На этой основе проведено исследование статистических данных, в котором анализируется и отслеживается развитие международного грузового транспорта в Болгарии. Описаны выполненные транспортные работы (в т и ткм) болгарских компаний на международной грузовой дороге.
Стаття присвячена аналізу ситуації й розвитку міжнародних вантажних автомобільних перевезень у Болгарії відповідно до подібного розвитку в інших країнах ЄС. На цій основі проведене дослідження статистичних даних, у якому аналізується й відслідковується розвиток міжнародного вантажного транспорту в Болгарії. Описано виконані транспортні роботи (у т і ткм) болгарських компаній на міжнародній вантажній дорозі.
Pencheva V. I. Gagova P. V.
Associate professor, PhD, University of Ruse, Ruse, Bulgaria. PhD student, University of Ruse, Ruse, Bulgaria.


The start of a new year means time to think about the future and typically that means thinking about ourselves.
But what if we thought about others?
The Kain Foundation is one way in which we can lift our focus beyond ourselves and tonight two representatives will try to breathe new hope and interest into a topic that leaves some people jaded – that of charity and goodwill.
We have Danyelle from The Kain Foundation, and former Adelaide Show guest and participant in a Kain Foundation project, Tom Williamson.
Our sponsor this week is Cash And Carry Stores, Rundle Street.
In IS IT NEWS, Nigel's theme is Charity.
Our SA Drink of the week is Yalumba.
We have an Adelaide Visa Council with two defendants.
David Washington from In Daily is still on annual leave so no Midweek News Wrap, Talk Of The Town.
Yalumba 2012 The Scribbler Cabernet Shiraz. Tasting notes.
Cash and Carry Stores, Rundle Street. See advert at bottom of page.
The Kain Foundation exists to enrich lives.
While it is a charitable foundation, the secret to its model is its focus in making sure that enrichment flows two ways: it wants to create opportunities for children and youth in need to fulfill their potential AS WELL AS give businesses and their employees the chance to experience projects. And tonight, Danyelle Robson and former participant, Tom Williamson, will hopefully enrich our minds with their stories.
And our song this week, Could I Be Wrong by Baker Suite featuring Paul Grabowsky on piano, recommended by our musical curator, Adrian Miller, from Radio Adelaide's Monday night program, Songcatcher.


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Back to Kenya
The Masai Mara, the most famous of Kenya's game reserves, has been called "the most magnificent wildlife theatre in the world", and with good reason. Part of the same eco-system as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara hosts with it that great natural spectacle, the annual wildebeest migration.
Faultless. At all three camps the service was faultless and the staff leaned over backwards to help us.
Sandy Campbell
The Masai Mara is Africa's original big game park, and it remains one of the most exciting. The reserve in south-western Kenya adjoins Tanzania's Serengeti, their borders separated by the Mara River, a border which of course means little to the wildlife which roams freely between the two territories.
Like the Serengeti, the Masai Mara is a region comprised mostly of acacia-studded grasslands interspersed by woodland - perfect terrain for game-viewing. The Mara and Talek Rivers are the lifeblood of the park and attract a diversity of wildlife even during the dry months.
The Masai Mara is most famous for its annual migration, which sees almost 1 and a half million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle migrate northwards around July of each year in search of fresh pasture in what is considered one of nature's greatest spectacles. Predators, including lion and cheetah, follow in hot pursuit. In October, the animals begin their return south to the Serengeti.
Of course, the Masai Mara is much more than the Great Migration, and whether you visit in time to witness the famous river crossings or not, you're guaranteed to see a stunning array of wildlife.
In and around the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Game drives, walking safaris and fly-camping are offered by most camps and lodges in the Masai Mara. Hot air ballooning is also possible. Opportunities to learn more about Masai culture are also available at many camps, whether through village visits or in guided activities led by Masai guides.
The migration is a stunning spectacle, and for those visiting the Mara at the right time of year it is almost always worth the effort to include one full-day game drive to the Mara River to see the famous river crossings. That said, the migration naturally attracts many safari-goers, and those seeking peaceful game-viewing may prefer to avoid the congregation of vehicles that pursues the migratory herds each year as readily as the preying lion and cheetah.
Where you stay in the Mara will dictate the activities and game-viewing opportunities available to you. The core national reserve receives the most vehicle traffic, particularly during the peak migration season, whereas the surrounding conservancies are generally much quieter and offer some of the best private camps, with fantastic game-viewing and guiding. However, many of the remoter camps are too far to comfortably access the Mara River area during migration season. For this reason, it is often sensible to split your time between 2 camps.
The Masai Mara combines well with a trip to the Rift Valley Lakes and/or Samburu National Park. For those with less time, fly-in safaris are possible, but we recommend a stay of at least 3 nights to really explore the region.
A few days relaxation on Lamu, Pemba or Zanzibar makes a wonderful finale to any safari in the Masai Mara.
The Best of Kenya
This small group itinerary is perfect for those who want to see as much of Kenya as possible but with relatively little time in which to do so. Visiting the Samburu, Lake Nakuru and the incredible Masai Mara, you can expect brilliant game-viewing. The small group departure will see you stay in good-standard lodges and travel with knowledgeable guides, making for a fantastic introduction to East Africa.
Prices from £1595 pp
Discover Kenya Family Activity Safari
'Discover Kenya' is an adventurous alternative to a traditional driven safari, offering families a chance to escape the beaten path and explore on foot, by bike and by 4x4 the best that Kenya has to offer. Designed for holiday fun and not as a challenge, the 7-day itinerary is suitable for active families with children aged 10 and over, and can also be adapted to suit small groups and couples.
Kenya in Style
Escape the crowds and experience Kenya at its most wild and remote on this 9-day luxury safari and beach holiday visiting the private Mara North Conservancy in the Masai Mara and the upmarket luxury beach lodge, Ocean Spa, on the southern Kenyan coast.
Masai Mara Sleepout
This 4-night Masai Mara Sleepout offers you the ultimate romantic getaway. Spend a night in Serian Safari's most intimate property, the Nest, a unique tree house with room for just two guests. This is a chance to experience the Masai Mara in quiet isolation – to completely immerse yourself in the serenity of the African bush.
Rift Valley Lakes and Maasai Mara Eco-tour
A short, low-cost safari visiting Kenya's Maasai Mara and Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha, perfect as a standalone trip or as an extension to one of our Mount Kenya climbs.
The Great Migration Fly-in Safari
This 8-day private safari is designed to get you as close to the Great Migration as possible, from both the Kenyan and Tanzanian sides of the border! Starting in the Mara, you'll stay at the classic Bateleur Camp, before flying south to the Serengeti for 2 nights bush camping at the fabulous Serengeti Under Canvas, a luxury mobile camp that moves in conjunction with the migratory herds. A 2-night stay on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater follows.
Basecamp Masai Mara
Basecamp Masai Mara is an eco-safari camp situated on the banks of the Talek River, the natural border to the Masai Mara National Reserve.
Cottar's 1920s
Cottar's 1920s Safari Camp is situated in its own private concession in the Masai Mara. Furnished to resemble a classic Victorian safari camp, it offers exclusivity in the heart of the Mara.
Stay 6 nights, pay 4, at Cottar's 1920s
Elephant Pepper Camp
Elephant Pepper Camp occupies a fine location in the northern Masai Mara. Built in the 1980s, it's one of the older camps in the area and has a classic safari ambiance.
Entim Mara Camp
Tucked away in woodland on the edge of the Mara River, and just a short drive from the confluence of the Mara and Talek rivers, is the lovely Entim Camp. Each of this small, luxury camp's twelve elevated tented rooms has a view of the Mara River and the savannah beyond from its comfortable verandah.
Governors' Camp
Governors' Main Camp is one of the oldest and best-located camps in the Masai Mara. It is also one of the biggest, and lacks the intimacy of the Mara's more exclusive camps.
Il Moran Camp
Part of the Governors Portfolio, Il Moran Camp is a classic, permanent safari camp with a superb location in the heart of the Masai Mara. Much smaller than Governors' Main Camp, it caters more to honeymooners.
Ilkeliani Camp
Ilkeliani is a permanent tented camp located by the Talek River, just outside the boundaries of the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Kicheche Bush Camp
Kicheche Bush Camp is one of the smallest camps in the Kicheche portfolio of luxury safari camps. It's a classic bush camp with a great location in a private conservancy of the Masai Mara.
Kicheche Mara Camp
Kicheche Mara Camp is a tented bush camp designed in a classic style. It has a great location in the northern Mara plains, within a private conservancy and hence away from the crowds of the busy National Park.
Little Governors' Camp
Little Governors' Camp is the sister camp to Governors' Main Camp, one of the Masai Mara's original safari camps. It is small and intimate, unlike its sister camp, and superbly located in the little visited Mara Triangle region.
Mara Plains Camp
Mara Plains Camp is one of the Mara's finest luxury bush camps - a tiny, intimate camp with just seven guest tents, located in the privacy of the exclusive Olare-Motorogi Conservancy.
Mara Rianta Camp
A medium-sized luxury lodge, Mara Rianta Camp is ideally situated in the northeast of the Maasai Mara Reserve, just outside the private Mara North conservancy, and directly overlooking the Mara River.
Mara Springs
Mara Springs is a simple bush camp situated 3km from the edge of the Maasai Mara reserve, alongside the forested banks of Sekenani River–a prime game-viewing area at the foot of the Naunare Hills.
Ngare Serian
Ngare Serian is one of the Masai Mara's most intimate camps, with just four guest tents. It is located above the Mara River, in the private Mara North Conservancy, and is typically booked on an exclusive basis.
Offbeat Mara Camp
Offbeat Mara is a small, semi-permanent bush camp located in the remote Mara North Conservancy, away from the crowds of the busy Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Rekero Camp
Rekero Tented Camp is a classic bush camp with an enviable location in the Mara Confluence region of the Masai Mara Reserve, making it perfectly positioned to catch spectacle that is the annual wildebeest migration.
Richard's Camp
Richard's Camp (now Richard's Forest Camp) is a highly exclusive seasonal tented camp situated in a conservation area north-west of the Masai Mara National Reserve.
Royal Mara Camp
Royal Mara Camp enjoys a fabulous position in the heart of the Masai Mara, where it sits directly in the path of the annual Great Migration.
Sala's Camp
Sala's is a fabulous small tented camp pitched between the Keekerok River and the seasonal Sand River in the Masai Mara Game Reserve. This is one of the quieter regions of the Mara, close to the Tanzania border.
Saruni Mara
Saruni Mara Camp is a very stylish Italian-owned retreat, situated in the hills of the private Mara North conservancy, outside the Mara National Reserve - perfect for those safari-goers wanting to escape the crowds.
Saruni Wild
Saruni Wild is a small, intimate bush camp situated in the private Mara North Conservancy. Ideal for families and small groups, the camp consists of just three bush tents which can be booked on an exclusive basis.
Serian Camp
Located in the Mara North conservancy, Serian Camp is a traditional tented bush camp. It is set in a secluded valley and offers just six stylish tented suites overlooking the Mara River.
Speke's Camp
Situated in a private conservancy to the north of the main Masai Mara Game Reserve, Speke's Camp is a charming, low-key bush camp offering excellent value and an escape from the crowds.
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Volume 48, Number 1 (2001) Peace
The Fleeting Dove
Jacques B. Doukhan
Elie Wiesel and Jane Sally Kiasiong-Andriamiarisoa
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Shalom: The Hebrew View of Peace
Shalom - Eirene - Peace
Reinaldo Siqueira
The First Peace Treaty with Israel: If It Was Possible, Then, Why Not Today?
Randall W. Younker
Amram Elofer
"Looking for Shalom in All the Wrong Places"
Clifford Goldstein
We Must Save Peace
Shlomo Elbaz
Peace in the Holy Lands?
Alan Haber ben Eleazar, Eliyahu
Lot or the Peace Between Opposities
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The History of Shabbat Shalom
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WV Gov. Justice gives COVID-19, vaccine update
Wuhan tests 10 million people, finds few virus infections
FILE – In this May 15, 2020 file photo, people line up for medical workers to take swabs for the coronavirus test at a large factory in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. The Chinese city of Wuhan has tested nearly 10-million people for the new coronavirus in an unprecedented 19-day campaign to check an entire city. (Chinatopix Via AP)
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected late last year, has tested nearly 10 million people in an unprecedented 19-day campaign to check an entire city.
It identified just 300 positive cases, all of whom had no symptoms. The city found no infections among 1,174 close contacts of the people who tested positive, suggesting they were not spreading the virus easily to others.
That is a potentially encouraging development because of widespread concern that infected people without symptoms could be silent spreaders of the disease.
"It not only makes the people of Wuhan feel at ease, it also increases people's confidence in all of China," Feng Zijian, vice director of China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told state broadcaster CCTV.
There is no definitive answer yet on the level of risk posed by asymptomatic cases, with anecdotal evidence and studies to date producing conflicting answers.
Wuhan was by far the hardest hit city in China, accounting for more than 80% of the country's deaths, according to government figures.
A city official announced Tuesday that the city completed 9.9 million tests from May 14 to June 1. If those tested previously are included, virtually everyone above the age of 5 in the city of 11 million people has been tested, said Li Lanjuan, a member of a National Health Commission expert team.
"The city of Wuhan is safe," she said at a news conference with city officials.
The campaign was launched after a small cluster of cases was found in a residential compound, sparking concern about a possible second wave of infections as Wuhan emerged from a 2 1/2 month lockdown.
The industrial city on the Yangtze River in central China spent 900 million yuan (about $125 million) on the tests, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It quoted Executive Deputy Mayor Hu Yabo as saying the cost was "totally worthwhile" to reassure residents, lifting a "psychological lockdown."
Clarence Tam, an assistant professor of public health at the National University of Singapore, called the results reassuring but said more information is needed about the value of this kind of mass screening when the risk is already low.
He noted that the tests, while generally accurate, sometimes give a positive result for uninfected people, and the very low number in Wuhan was well within the range of expected error.
"As more countries adopt mass screening strategies, a challenge will be to try and minimize the chances of detecting false positives," Tam said in an email response to The Associated Press. "This has some implications, because in Wuhan for example, those who tested positive and more than 1,000 of their contacts were quarantined."
The rapid testing of so many people was made possible in part through batch testing, in which samples from up to five people are mixed together, Xinhua reported. If the result is positive, then the people are individually tested.
National resources were also mobilized to help, said Wang Weihua, deputy director of the Wuhan Health Commission, according to Xinhua. Together, these efforts raised Wuhan's daily testing capacity from 300,000 to more than one million, she was quoted as saying.
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Q: Is there a way to re-trigger the thread's originating event in JavaScript? I'm trying to introduce a modal to confirm a user's intent before proceeding.  In order to do this dynamically, I'd like the original call-stack to trigger from the very start.  For example, if someone submits a form and I'm doing something like this:
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     return positive;
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Then my sure function might look like this:
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        var orig = sure.caller; // trying to get the original trigger
        jQuery('#sure_yes').click(function() {
            confirmed_sure = true; // set this bit so when we recursively call below it won't loop
            jQuery('#sure').remove();

            setTimeout(function() {
                return orig(); // this is the part I want to re-fire the form submit
            });
        });
        jQuery('#sure_no').click(function() {
            jQuery('#sure').remove();
            return false;
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        return false;
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Notice I have the orig() call, which is utilizing Function.caller (I know it's deprecated; if there's a better option I'm all ears!) to try to get the original function, but it's not QUITE working how I want it to.
I see in the DevTools when I put in breakpoints on the var positive line that it IS being hit a second time from the orig() call, but it doesn't re-submit the form.  I'm thinking that's because I'm re-executing the anonymous function INSIDE the submit() call, but not the submit() call itself.
I have tried using sure.caller.caller, sure.caller.arguments.callee.caller, arguments.callee.caller.caller and arguments.callee.caller.arguments.callee.caller to define orig, but no matter what I cannot seem to re-trigger the original submit query.
So my question is: is there a way I can store, then execute the originating event which caused the original JavaScript stack in a programmatic way? (For this example I used it was submit(), but in other cases it might be click() or something else.)

UPDATE FROM CONVERSATION: Yes, this is technically possible, if hacky. It relies upon depreciated (but still supported) caller and arguments. Basically just need to re-work the orig value to be a target+type pair, and call that to re-execute, like so:
  var orig_target = new_confirm.caller.arguments[0].originalEvent.target;
  var orig_type = new_confirm.caller.arguments[0].originalEvent.type;
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A: UPDATE FROM CONVERSATION: Yes, this is technically possible, if hacky. It relies upon depreciated (but still supported) caller and arguments. Basically just need to re-work the orig value to be a target+type pair, and call that to re-execute, like so:
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  var orig_type = new_confirm.caller.arguments[0].originalEvent.type;
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New Literary Agent Alert: Renee Nyen of KT Literary
About Renee: Several years in the editorial department at Random House's Colorado division provided Renee with the opportunity to work with bestselling and debut authors alike. After leaving Random House, she came to KT Literary in early 2013 to cultivate her passion for YA literature. Drawing on her editorial experience, she loves digging into client manuscripts and helping authors shape the best story possible. You can follow her on twitter @Renee_Nyen. She is seeking: Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction. "I'm always interested in YA historical fiction, mystery, sci-fi, and thrillers, but genre is not as important to me as strong prose and compelling characters."
Reminder: New literary agents (with this spotlight featuring Renee Nyen of KT Literary) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.
About Renee: Several years in the editorial department at Random House's Colorado division provided Renee with the opportunity to work with bestselling and debut authors alike. After leaving Random House, she came to KT Literary in early 2013 to cultivate her passion for YA literature. Drawing on her editorial experience, she loves digging into client manuscripts and helping authors shape the best story possible. You can follow her on twitter @Renee_Nyen.
(Tips on how to find more agents who seek your genre/category.)
She is seeking: Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction. "I'm always interested in YA historical fiction, mystery, sci-fi, and thrillers, but genre is not as important to me as strong prose and compelling characters."
Submission Guidelines: Please submit a query letter with the first three pages of your manuscript pasted in the email to queries (at) ktliterary.com.
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Q: Gatsby's internal router has issues with special characters I am experiencing an issue where I have a page with a matchPath set to /*.
This works for content that doesn't have special characters in the URL, such as my terms page. However, for my test page with special characters in the URL, it briefly loads (indicating that it has found the page properly), but then Gatsby (most likely the Reach Router) loads a 404 instead.
What could be the cause of this? I am unsure whether or not I have found a bug, or if I am doing something wrong.
I am using Gatsby 2.
Here's my package.json:
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Havana, 20 September 2018. As part of the 22nd MITM Americas tourism fair held in the emblematic Meliá Cohiba, Meliá Hotels International Cuba has presented its latest offerings for the MICE segment. The hotel chain has consolidated its presence on the island by becoming a benchmark for organising events, conferences and incentive groups.
With over 70 multipurpose spaces and 11,800 m2 at the 10 destinations it operates, as well as alternative locations at beaches, pools, gardens and terraces, Meliá Cuba offers a wide range of products to ensure social and professional events are a success.
The company is also planning new openings and offerings soon. Two large hotels focusing especially on events and incentives will open at the end of the year.
The new Paradisus Los Cayos, the company's fourth Paradisus but first new-generation hotel in Cuba will open its doors in December. Its MICE segment facilities will turn this hotel and Cayo Santa María into the new hub for major events. The establishment provides 959 m² for meetings, divided into four areas: 1 large 910 m² ballroom that can hold a total of 910 people in theatre format and 500 in banquet style. There is also a 49 m2 meeting room.
The magnificent Meliá Internacional, focused especially on event tourism, will also open in Varadero at the end of this year. Its exclusive design makes it one of the chain's most innovative hotels. With a modern conference and convention centre that includes nine spaces for events—seven meeting rooms ranging from 26 to 41 m² and a main room totalling 1039 m² that can hold 1039 people in theatre format and 577 in banquet style—Meliá Internacional has now become the reference for events and meetings in the seaside resort of Varadero.
Besides these new hotels, the company will open INNSIDE Camagüey with over 600 m² of multipurpose space as part of its future developments. The Jagua hotel will also be rebranded into INNSIDE Cienfuegos Jagua, which will include a capacity of 350 m² for groups and events.
An ambitious refurbishment plan will also be implemented in Meliá Habana to expand MICE facilities in the capital. The plan involves adding a further 168 rooms and creating a modern conference and convention centre. It will have a total events area of 2800 m2, including a 1000 m² ballroom, which can be divided into four multipurpose rooms, and seven event rooms adding 1000 m² more to the hotel's facilities. It also has large spaces for coffee breaks and alternative locations on terraces and at the pool.
The chain's presence throughout the island and the facilities it offers for business tourism has created synergies between city and holiday destinations and led to the expansion of attractive amenities and combinations for the MICE segment.


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"... Elasticity of cloud assists in achieving availability of web applications by scaling up a cluster as incoming traffic increases and keep operational costs under check by scaling down a cluster when incoming traffic decreases. The elasticity of cloud makes performance modeling and analysis non-‐trivi ..."
Elasticity of cloud assists in achieving availability of web applications by scaling up a cluster as incoming traffic increases and keep operational costs under check by scaling down a cluster when incoming traffic decreases. The elasticity of cloud makes performance modeling and analysis non-‐trivial. In the context of Java-‐based web applications, a key aspect is the performance of the garbage collector (GC). Existing tools for analyzing the performance of a GC are tailored for a single Java process, hence not suitable for comparative garbage collector performance analysis across all the nodes in a cluster in the cloud. The variation in GC performance stems from a multitude of sources, for example (but not limited to) multi-‐ tenancy, non-‐uniform arrival traffic and other systemic factors. The objective of the project is to employ unsupervised learning techniques to detect bad nodes (where, for example, Full GC time on a bad node would be much higher than the healthy nodes).
"... lucent.com This article is an editorial note submitted to CCR. It has NOT been peer reviewed. Authors take full responsibility for this article's technical content. Comments can be posted through CCR Online. The past few years have witnessed a lot of debate on how large Internet router buffers shoul ..."
lucent.com This article is an editorial note submitted to CCR. It has NOT been peer reviewed. Authors take full responsibility for this article's technical content. Comments can be posted through CCR Online. The past few years have witnessed a lot of debate on how large Internet router buffers should be. The widely believed rule-of-thumb used by router manufacturers today mandates a buffer size equal to the delay-bandwidth product. This rule was first challenged by researchers in 2004 who argued that if there are a large number of long-lived TCP connections flowing through a router, then the buffer size needed is equal to the delay-bandwidth product divided by the square root of the number of long-lived TCP flows. The publication of this result has since reinvigorated interest in the buffer sizing problem with numerous other papers exploring this topic in further detail-ranging from papers questioning the applicability of this result to proposing alternate schemes to developing new congestion control algorithms, etc. This paper provides a synopsis of the recently proposed buffer sizing strategies and broadly classifies them according to their desired objective: link utilisation, and per-flow per-formance. We discuss the pros and cons of these different approaches. These prior works study buffer sizing purely in the context of TCP. Subsequently, we present arguments that take into account both real-time and TCP traffic. We also report on the performance studies of various high-speed TCP variants and experimental results for networks with limited buffers. We conclude this paper by outlining some interesting avenues for further research.
"... To my wife, Eryn, who shares my hopes and visions and has kept them strong in the face of life's challenges. To my parents, who taught me that hope and vision are worth having and, perhaps more importantly, worth sharing. To my Wise mentor, who helped me develop a vision for biology and the study of ..."
"... Abstract — In the on-going debate on how large Internet router buffers should be, of particular interest is a recent claim that 10-50 packets of buffering suffice, permitting all-optical buffering in the Internet core. It is argued that TCP traffic, when well-paced (typically by slow access links), ..."
Abstract — In the on-going debate on how large Internet router buffers should be, of particular interest is a recent claim that 10-50 packets of buffering suffice, permitting all-optical buffering in the Internet core. It is argued that TCP traffic, when well-paced (typically by slow access links), can achieve acceptable link utilisation with very small buffers. In this paper we investigate if this result holds in the presence of highperformance scientific applications connecting over high-speed access links. Our results show that the presence of a significant proportion of high-speed access links necessitates larger buffers at the core link. However, we show that end-host TCP pacing by such applications can alleviate the problem effectively. I.
"... Abstract — The past few years have seen researchers debate the size of buffers required at core Internet routers. Much of this debate has focused on TCP throughput, and recent arguments supported by theory and experimentation suggest that few tens of packets of buffering suffice at bottleneck router ..."
Abstract — The past few years have seen researchers debate the size of buffers required at core Internet routers. Much of this debate has focused on TCP throughput, and recent arguments supported by theory and experimentation suggest that few tens of packets of buffering suffice at bottleneck routers for TCP traffic to realise acceptable link utilisation. This paper introduces a small fraction of real-time (i.e. open-loop) traffic into the mix, and discovers an anomalous behaviour: In this specific regime of very small buffers, losses for real-time traffic do not fall monotonically with buffer size, but instead exhibit a region where larger buffers cause higher losses. Our contributions pertaining to this phenomenon are threefold: First, we demonstrate this anomalous loss performance for real-time traffic via extensive simulations including real video traces. Second, we provide qualitative explanations for the anomaly and develop a simple analytical model that reveals the dynamics of buffer sharing between TCP and real-time traffic leading to this behaviour. Third, we show how various factors such as traffic characteristics and link rates impact the severity of this anomaly. Our study particularly informs all-optical packet router designs (envisaged to have buffer sizes in the few tens of packets) and network service providers who operate their buffer sizes in this regime, of the negative impact investment in larger buffers can have on the quality of service performance. I.
Are Bigger Optical Buffers Necessarily Better?
"... Abstract — Conventional wisdom suggests that bigger switch buffers translate to lower packet loss. However, we have observed in simulations (using ns2) that buffer sizes in the range of interest for optical packet switched networks show unexpected behaviour: larger buffers can cause higher losses fo ..."
Abstract — Conventional wisdom suggests that bigger switch buffers translate to lower packet loss. However, we have observed in simulations (using ns2) that buffer sizes in the range of interest for optical packet switched networks show unexpected behaviour: larger buffers can cause higher losses for open-loop (real-time) traffic when it multiplexes with closed-loop (TCP) traffic. In this short paper we develop a simplified Markov Chain model that helps explain this anomalous behaviour. The phenomenon observed in this paper can be of serious concern to all-optical packet switch designers and network service providers, who make huge investment in setting up the network infrastructure, but only to realise potentially degraded performance if appropriate care is not taken when dimensioning their router buffer sizes. I.
"... This paper outlines a data mining approach to analysis and prediction of the trend of stock prices. The approach consists of three steps, namely partitioning, analysis and prediction. A modification of the commonly used k-means clustering algorithm is used to partition stock price time series data. ..."
This paper outlines a data mining approach to analysis and prediction of the trend of stock prices. The approach consists of three steps, namely partitioning, analysis and prediction. A modification of the commonly used k-means clustering algorithm is used to partition stock price time series data. After data partition, linear regression is used to analyse the trend within each cluster. The results of the linear regression are then used for trend prediction for windowed time series data. The approach is efficient and effective at predicting forward trends of stock prices. Using our trend prediction methodology, we propose a trading strategy TTP (Trading based on Trend Prediction). Some preliminary results of applying TTP to stock trading are reported.
"... Abstract — Optical packet switches of the foreseeable future are expected to have severely limited buffering capability, since storage of optical signals remains a difficult and expensive operation. Our observations in simulation of TCP and realtime traffic in networks with such small buffers have r ..."
Abstract — Optical packet switches of the foreseeable future are expected to have severely limited buffering capability, since storage of optical signals remains a difficult and expensive operation. Our observations in simulation of TCP and realtime traffic in networks with such small buffers have revealed regions of anomalous performance in which losses for real-time traffic become higher as buffers get larger. The detrimental impact of larger optical buffers is studied in this paper and three new contributions are made. First, we develop a Markov chain model that allows analytical computation of loss. Our model validates observations from simulation, and opens the doors to an analytical understanding of how various factors affect the anomaly. Second, we study the anomaly under realistic traffic mixes containing persistent and non-persistent TCP flows, and show that the traffic mix does not significantly alter the anomaly. Third, we show that larger diversity in packet size between TCP and real-time traffic increases the severity of the anomaly, and is an important consideration when sizing optical switch buffers, particularly since real-time and TCP ACK packets are significantly smaller than the TCP data packets. Our study informs switch manufacturers and network operators of factors to consider when selecting optical buffer sizes in order to achieve desired performance balance between TCP and real-time traffic. I.
"... Abstract — There is widespread debate regarding the nature of TCP traffic in today's Internet- while some researchers have shown that it exhibits long-range dependent (LRD) properties, others argue that it can be modelled as a Poisson process due to the high degree of traffic aggregation that exists ..."
Abstract — There is widespread debate regarding the nature of TCP traffic in today's Internet- while some researchers have shown that it exhibits long-range dependent (LRD) properties, others argue that it can be modelled as a Poisson process due to the high degree of traffic aggregation that exists in the core. In this paper, we investigate the nature of TCP traffic as the Internet core moves towards an all-optical packet switched network with very limited buffering (few tens of KiloBytes) capability. In particular, we show that the bottleneck link buffers have a large influence on the aggregate TCP arrival process: large buffers can induce synchronisation amongst TCP flows, thus creating significant burstiness (equivalently LRD), but as buffers become smaller, the TCP aggregate can be well approximated as a Poisson process. Our work has major impact on the design and analysis of future high-speed optical packet switched networks with very small buffers. I.
"... Abstract — To overcome the need for large buffers to store contending bursts in optical burst switched (OBS) networks, a recent variant called time-sliced OBS (TSOBS) suggested that bursts be sliced and spread across multiple frames of fixed-length time-slots. This paper generalises TSOBS to allow a ..."
Abstract — To overcome the need for large buffers to store contending bursts in optical burst switched (OBS) networks, a recent variant called time-sliced OBS (TSOBS) suggested that bursts be sliced and spread across multiple frames of fixed-length time-slots. This paper generalises TSOBS to allow a hierarchy of frames. Termed hierarchical TSOBS (HiTSOBS), this scheme supports several granularities of rates, and permits multiple traffic classes with different loss-delay requirements to efficiently share the network. We present an architecture for HiTSOBS, and offer it as a viable option for the realisation of flexible and cost-effective OBS networks. I.


A few weeks ago, I got to tag along on one of chef Matt Lightner's foraging expeditions to the Oregon Coast. With us were Merrick, the CEO of branding/ad/creative agency Tangible Worldwide, and his girlfriend (both adventurous epicureans), my dear friend Kimberley Sevcik, and Jason, a sous chef from Castagna. Wildcrafter Lars Norgren was our de facto tour guide—teaching us about a parasitic vine called dodder that wraps itself prettily around salicornia (aka pickleweed) and illuminating the forest for us by pointing out wild mountain blackberries, hedgehog mushrooms and bracket fungus, and edible (and medicinal) weeds of all sorts. Here's the story, which you can also read online in the New York Times' T: Style.
On a recent Sunday morning, Matt Lightner, the bespectacled 29-year-old chef of the heralded Castagna Restaurant in Portland, Ore., was hunched over a bed of salicornia at Netarts Bay on the Oregon Coast. Salicornia, also known as pickleweed, is a salty-tasting succulent that grows like a weed—" wait, it is a weed!—in marshy, brackish areas.
Lightner was leading a foraging field trip of sorts. He introduced the assembled group of foodists to Lars Norgren, a towering figure with a mop of unkempt gray hair and an encyclopedic knowledge of wild plants.
"This is a salt-marsh species of lamb's quarter," said Norgren, surveying a plot of salicornia. "You could flood the Portland market for several years with this little—what is it? An eighth of an acre?"
Norgren often accompanies Lightner on his gathering forays, steering him clear of Destroying Angel mushrooms and hemlocks and singling out oddities like an orange parasitic vine called dodder. Though he was once a full-time wildcrafter (he dislikes the term "forager," preferring "wildcrafter" or "picker" instead), these days Norgren spends most of his time buying wild edibles from local pickers and selling them to Portland restaurants such as Castagna, EVOE, Le Pigeon and Nostrana via his company, Peak Forest Fruit.
"Matt is typically ordering things that nobody else buys," Norgren told me.
Salicornia is still a marginal item, even in local-foods-obsessed Portland, where Norgren sells it at the Hollywood Farmers' Market. Lightner uses a few sprigs of the raw plant on a dish of sea urchin, caramelized beets and black-garlic puree.
"You want to get this idea that you're in the ocean," Lightner said. "The salicornia is really crisp and livens things up."
As unlikely as it sounds, foraging is hot. A recession-friendly habit—what could be cheaper than picking weeds for your supper?—it is also a logical (if extreme) extension of the local-foods movement. Slow Food chapters across the country are touting foraging walks; companies such as the botanist John Kallas's Wild Food Adventures run sold-out edible-plant workshops and clam digs; and community gleaning organizations are popping up like mushrooms from coast to coast.
But while high-end restaurants have long featured chanterelles and ground cherries on their menus, not many chefs actually take time out of the kitchen to harvest for wild ingredients themselves.
During peak foraging times, the chef is in the forest as many as three times a week. "It's not necessarily the coast," he says, alluding mysteriously to fruitful groves that are closer to Portland.
Back on the coast, he and Norgren led their retinue into a moss-covered forest on the side of the road.
"This here is a sword fern," Norgren said. It puts up very impressive fiddleheads, but it's seriously bitter. You get people who say "fiddlehead ferns," and there is no such species as fiddlehead ferns. It's a stage of every fern!
Norgren first pointed out an evergreen huckleberry bush and a chicken of the woods mushroom: "Within a couple of days of it appearing, it's inedible; it goes from being as tender as raw meat to tough as cardboard!" He then gestured to a mat of oxalis, or wood sorrel, which Lightner was already busily collecting in a flat Tupperware container.
"Wood sorrel, which has three heart-shaped leaflets (it's often mistaken for a clover), has a sour flavor, and three times the level of iron found in spinach. We use it for a lot of things at the restaurant, from desserts to savory dishes," Lightner said. "It's acidic, so it goes well with tartares and things that could use a little sour flavor." Wood sorrel is also abundant in Portland: it grows in yards, parks, even on the side of the street. Not all Portlanders can swing a meal at Castagna, but they can pluck wood sorrel from their own backyard.
Fifty years ago, wild mushrooms were as rare on Portland menus as salicornia is now. (According to Norgren, chanterelles fetched just 15 cents a pound back then.) Though salicornia likely won't gain the same foodie status as chanterelles any time soon, Lightner's innovative use of these local weeds—elevating dishes with a crunchy texture here and a sour flavor there—is exposing Castagna diners to the riches in their own backyards.


For the past few days now I've been comparing the cloud base and the visibility layers to both what I'm seeing outside as well as the Aviation Weather's "Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Tool" page and the Windy information is DRAMATICALLY inaccurate. So far I've found the FAA's Aviation Weather page to be about 10x more accurate for clouds and visibility under 5000' MSL. It is amazing the number of times in Windy that I'll look at the Metar of an airport and it shows MVFR or IFR conditions, and yet the cloud base and/or the visibility layer do not show ANY clouds at all over that region. That is a sure sign right there that the Windy information is in-accurate.
Today, right now, Windy shows literally NO clouds over my home airport and vis is unlimited yet my home airport is currently MVFR and you can't even see the runway from the airport web cams (I think it's actually degrading to IFR since the Metar was released.) Counter this to the FAA Aviation site and it fully shows MVFR conditions for my entire area with splotches of IFR and LIFR nearby, which is accurate.
I'd encourage any pilot to compare what you are seeing on Windy to https://www.aviationweather.gov/hemst and see for yourself just how inaccurate Windy is for your flight needs. It was a real eye-opener to me!!!
@rbush Hi, it is not clear if you are talking about current conditions or forecast.
Which of these products do you find inaccurate?
About clouds forecasting: It is tricky in many cases. Fog or small-scale convective clouds are hard to predict even for the current day. It happens often that fog is not caught by clouds layer at all.
About metars: They code real measurement and I do not expect that they are wrong. Only thing which comes to my mind is that they can be outdated.


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Mark criticises Government over fracking plans
Mark Williams, Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, has criticised the Government over its plans for fracking under Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Mark took the unusual step of attending a Committee of which he was not a member to raise his concerns about the plans directly with the Minister.
The plans, which have been criticised by a number of organisations, including the RSPB, the National Trust, the Angling Trust and others, would see companies allowed to frack under previously protected areas, with Sites of Special Scientific Interest being dropped from the list of protected areas altogether.
Mark said "I was disappointed to hear the Minister attempt to justify fracking under Sites of Special Scientific Interest. These are areas that are home to some of our most rare and threatened wildlife, and there is real concern about the impact that fracking will have on them.
"During the debate on the Infrastructure Act, the Government agreed that fracking would be completely banned in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks and Sites of Special Scientific Interest. To make a u-turn on such an important safeguard is very concerning, and shows a serious lack of understanding by the Government of how delicate these areas are.
"My Liberal Democrat colleagues and I are calling on the Government to reverse these damaging plans, and to ensure that our important natural areas are fully protected from the dangers of fracking."


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Nats win 8-1
Ben Goessling The Washington Times - April 26, 2009, 06:50PM
Plenty to like about this one for the Nationals. They went 5-for-12 with runners in scoring position, drove in four runs with two outs, allowed no runs from the one error they made and got another impressive start from Jordan Zimmermann. And their bullpen didn't allow a hit in 3 2/3 innings. Doesn't sound like a 4-13 team, does it?
The problem, of course, is consistency, which the Nationals still have yet to demonstrate. But they have to feel pretty good about their chances with Zimmermann at this point. He started shakily, throwing 30 pitches in the first inning, but didn't let the inning snowball after walking Jose Reyes to start (which is not a good way to begin a game).
He struck out the heart of the Mets' order (Beltran-Delgado-Wright) five times, and only allowed one extra-base hit, from Delgado in the first inning. Three times, he struck out Wright, including two on curveballs—once looking on a 1-2 count with a runner on third in the first, the other time swinging on a 2-2 count in the sixth.
If it seems like those are gutsy situations for a 22-year-old kid to be throwing curveballs to a three-time All-Star, you're right. It's just that Zimmermann has a good enough curveball and plenty of guts to make it work.
"Everybody knows he's got a live arm, and (the breaking pitches) will keep people from cheating on the fastball and timing him," manager Manny Acta said. "He's got four pitches. I think the best one is that curve that he has. It's slower, so it kind of changes up the pace for the hitters."
Assuming the Nationals draft Stephen Strasburg (probably only something a surgeon could prevent at this point), the Nationals' rotation could look like this in a year: Strasburg, Zimmermann, Lannan, Olsen, Martis. Two left-handers, all 25 or under, only one under club control for less than four more seasons. That's how you start contending.
You also do it with consistent offense, which the Nationals haven't showed yet. But they showed flashes Sunday. Jesus Flores (who had an outstanding series) hit another homer, and Austin Kearns absolutely crushed one 420 feet to center. This is still a team with a lot of boom-or-bust hitters, which might have to change at some point, but there's potential there. They also continue to work counts and knock pitchers out early; only one pitcher (Atlanta's Jair Jurrjens) has lasted through the seventh inning against them.
Now, all this can change very quickly in Philadelphia, where Shairon Martis gets a very tough road test tomorrow night. But heading down there, the Nationals at least got a glimpse of what they look like when things go right.
Rizzo: Market won't deter Nats


CLEVELAND -- All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor and the Cleveland Indians have reached agreement at $10.55 million for a 2019 contract, a huge raise over the $643,200 he made last year.
The 25-year-old Lindor hit .277 with 38 home runs and 92 RBI last season for the AL Central champions. He has been an All-Star in all three of his full seasons in the majors.


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Pakistan confident in defending $1.5 billion fuel subsidy at IMF review
March 4, 2022 (MLN): Despite a choppy path through rising commodity prices in the international market, the Pakistani rupee (PKR) managed to gain 33 paisa against the US dollar as the currency closed day trading at PKR 177.5 at the interbank market.
During the day, the rupee traded within a very narrow range of 20 paisa per USD, with an intraday high bid of 177.75 and an intraday low bid of 177.60.
While the currency has been on a bumpy ride all week, it lost 39 paisa against the dollar as it closed last week at PKR 177.11 per USD.
However, the currency took some breather on Tuesday, posting a small gain of 6 paisa.
The ongoing instability in the interbank market is linked to the geopolitical disruption created after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sent prices of global commodities into an upward spiral due to the threat of a supply shortage in the coming days.
In addition, Ukraine's western allies have also stepped up sanctions as it has shut down a few Russian banks from SWIFT's financial network while limiting Moscow's ability to deploy its $630 billion foreign reserves.
In addition, the trade deficit as a result of large import bills has put pressure on the local unit. In the month of February, however, Pakistan's trade deficit widened to $3.1 billion, compared to a deficit of $3.4 billion in the previous month, down 9.7% MoM while imports fell 2.3% MoM fell.
On foreign exchange reserves, the rapid growth in the trade deficit is driven by higher imports and a slight slowdown in remittances, pushing SBP's reserves to $16.46 billion, which could put pressure on the current account, says Asad Rizvi, the former head of the treasury at Chase. said Manhattan.
In February, foreign exchange reserves continued to be under pressure, falling for the fourth straight week, he added.
The country's total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined $350.9 million or 1.51% WoW to $22.87 billion during the week ending February 25, 2022, compared to $23.22 billion in the previous week.
Meanwhile, the local unit has lost Rs 19.95 against the USD from July'21 to date, while in CY22 it has depreciated by 0.78 paisa with the month-to-date (MTD) position down 0.018 %, according to data collected by Mettis Global.
Over the past 52 weeks, PKR has lost 14.2%, reaching its low of 178.235 on December 29, 2021 and reaching its high of 152.28 on May 7, 2021.
In addition, the local unit has depreciated by 8.19% since its high on October 25, 2021, at EUR. While the local unit has a weekend of 11.34% against GBP since its peak on April 9, 2021.
Within the open market, PKR traded at 177.50/178.50 per USD.
Meanwhile, the currency gained 1.7 rupees against the British pound as the day's closing price was PKR 236.45 per GBP, while the previous session ended at PKR 238.18 per GBP.
Similarly, the value of PKR rose 1.8 rupees against EUR, which closed today at PKR 195.42 at the interbank.
On the other hand, within the money market, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) conducted an Open Market Operation (OMO) in which it injected Rs 2.33 trillion into the market over 7 days at 9.76 percent.
The overnight repo rate near the end of the session was 9.70/9.90 percent, while the 1-week rate was 9.75/9.85 percent.
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Each Master Bedroom Suite has a kingsize bed and well-designed en-suite bathroom. Two of the suites feature adjoining guest rooms with optional kingsize or twin beds, verandahs and en-suite bathrooms with both showers and bathtubs. One suite has an outdoor garden shower. Another features a private sitting room with trundle bed for children or a nanny. Sea Salt's connecting suites are ideal accommodations for family units who require both proximity and privacy.
We had such a wonderful stay at Sea Salt! It is a very comfortable villa, yet with an understated elegance. We were so pampered and well taken care of by Nigel, Chef Norman and the amazing staff that we didn't want to leave. The spacious villa was perfect for our group and I especially loved the large pool and the beautiful ocean views. We enjoyed magnificent sunsets and meals expertly prepared by Chef Norman.


This one is not a git problem, as mentionned in another message.
You'll get better chance on an apache-related list I think.
next step, and will be the one using webdav.
> "warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout"
That can mean you need a git update-server-info on the server.


The appointment of Michael Mukasey as Attorney General is a sign that Bush is supporting Rudolf Guliani for President. Mukasey, a Jewish lawyer from the upper West Side of Manhattan, is a intimate who swore in Mayor Guliani in both 1994 and 1998. His son works for Guliani's firm.
Just because Bush's name will not be on the ballot next year, that does not mean that Bush is not going to do everything in his power to keep his failed Iraq war policy in place. Guliani and Mitt Romney are outdoing each other to see who can be the most belligerent anti-Islamic candidate in the Republican race.
Once Guliani is nominated, Bush's smear machine that savaged John McCain in South Carolina in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004 will go into overdrive against Hillary Clinton and Bill Richardson, who should be her running mate. But Guliani's three wives will amply demonstrate his own lack of dedication to any set of principles. The Republicans are ignoring their own positions on social issues and supporting the divorcee because, as in Kerry's case, they think he can win. Guliani should lose the election by a very narrow margin.
Once the election is over, Bush will probably attack Iran so by the time the new president takes office, the nation should be in even worse shape than it is now. Also, attacking Iran will render inoperative all campaign promises by whoever wins.
Presidential elections are about foreign policy, because all other issues can be finessed by the voters in the Congress. The president is the only Commander-in-Chief.


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"It's the economy, stupid!"
The success of Bill Clinton's 1992 election campaign was partly credited to its focus on "the economy, stupid," when referring to what voters cared about. Today, that refrain still resonates for many who feel the cycle slowdown that is now a year and a half old, but the drop in May payroll job growth still jolted the Wall Street consensus.
Regardless of the lens through which one views the economy, it should be concerning that, month-to-month gyrations aside, year-over-year (yoy) job growth has now fallen to a 27-month low (Chart), with yoy growth in not-seasonally-adjusted payroll jobs also dropping to a 27-month low (not shown).
But a month earlier, yoy payroll job growth was already in a clear cyclical downturn that had begun in February 2015. In fact, at the time it was just a hair (0.02 percentage points) above a 21-month low. In cyclical terms, nothing fundamental has changed as a result of Friday's job report.
This cyclical downturn in job growth is part of the overall U.S. growth rate cycle (GRC) downturn that began a year and a half ago. This was the reason we warned last summer that the Fed's rate hike plans were on a collision course with the economic cycle.
Then, right after the December rate hike, when major Wall Street houses were expecting four or five additional rate hikes in 2016, we declared that, "With the GRC downturn set to deepen, a full-blown rate hike cycle remains improbable" (USCO Essentials, December 2015).
This rate hike cycle has been exceptionally ill-timed in cyclical terms, starting a full year inside a cycle slowdown – the longest lag we have ever seen between the start of a GRC downturn and the beginning of a Fed rate hike cycle. Now – even if a mid-2016 hike were not effectively off the table – we would have seen the longest lag ever between the first and second Fed rate hikes.
The reason for the Fed's difficulties in this regard should be clear. But it does not seem to realize that its plans are still on a collision course with the economic cycle. And unless a growth rate cycle upturn begins to take shape, its next move may end up being a rate cut.
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