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Q: int io.jsonwebtoken.SignatureAlgorithm.getMinKeyLength()' no such method error while generating a token key for authentication Hello all I am trying to use JJWT to generate a security token for authenticating users. But getting this error. Here is my pom.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.6.3</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>angular-spring-crud</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <name>angular-spring-crud</name>
    <description>Angular-Spring crud project</description>
    <properties>
        <java.version>11</java.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
    <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
    <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
    <version>0.9.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
    <artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
    <version>0.11.2</version>
</dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <excludes>
                        <exclude>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </exclude>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

Here is my method to generate a token if needed
protected void successfulAuthentication(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, FilterChain chain,
                                            Authentication auth) throws IOException, ServletException {

        Date exp = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + EXPIRATION_TIME);
        Key key = Keys.hmacShaKeyFor(KEY.getBytes());

        Claims claims = Jwts.claims().setSubject(((User) auth.getPrincipal()).getUsername());
        String token = Jwts.builder().setClaims(claims).signWith(SignatureAlgorithm.HS512, key).setExpiration(exp).compact();
        res.addHeader("token", token);

    }

How to solve this problem? I tryed before to changed version of jjwt to 0.11.2 but got a build eror it couldn't find a jar file.
My full stack trace
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'int io.jsonwebtoken.SignatureAlgorithm.getMinKeyLength()'
    at io.jsonwebtoken.security.Keys.hmacShaKeyFor(Keys.java:84) ~[jjwt-api-0.11.2.jar:0.11.2]
    at com.example.angularspringcrud.security.AuthenticationFilter.successfulAuthentication(AuthenticationFilter.java:53) ~[classes/:na]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:233) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:213) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:336) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:103) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:89) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:336) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.CorsFilter.doFilterInternal(CorsFilter.java:91) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:336) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doHeadersAfter(HeaderWriterFilter.java:90) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:75) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:336) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:110) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:80) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:336) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:55) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:336) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:211) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:183) ~[spring-security-web-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117) ~[spring-web-5.3.15.jar:5.3.15]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:197) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:540) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:357) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:382) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:895) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1732) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) ~[tomcat-embed-core-9.0.56.jar:9.0.56]
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ~[na:na]

2022-01-29 16:55:37.395 DEBUG 14992 --- [nio-8080-exec-4] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : "ERROR" dispatch for POST "/error", parameters={}
2022-01-29 16:55:37.395 DEBUG 14992 --- [nio-8080-exec-4] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped to org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.error.BasicErrorController#error(HttpServletRequest)
2022-01-29 16:55:37.396 DEBUG 14992 --- [nio-8080-exec-4] o.s.w.s.m.m.a.HttpEntityMethodProcessor  : Using 'application/json', given [*/*] and supported [application/json, application/*+json, application/json, application/*+json]
2022-01-29 16:55:37.396 DEBUG 14992 --- [nio-8080-exec-4] o.s.w.s.m.m.a.HttpEntityMethodProcessor  : Writing [{timestamp=Sat Jan 29 16:55:37 EET 2022, status=500, error=Internal Server Error, path=/login}]
2022-01-29 16:55:37.397 DEBUG 14992 --- [nio-8080-exec-4] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : Exiting from "ERROR" dispatch, status 500

A: You did not implement right io.jsonwebtoken dependencies.
These are the three dependencies you have to implement correctly;
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
            <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
            <version>0.11.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
            <artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
            <version>0.11.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
            <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
            <version>0.11.2</version>
      </dependency>


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AVS Awards 2013
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242 Social Housing Units in Salburua, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Auteur photo: Aitor Ortiz
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This promotion has been selected by the European Federation of Public, Cooperative & Social Housing (CECODHAS) to be included in the European project POWERHOUSE, as a representative example of Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB).
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The presented building occupies the central position of these five towers and it is meant as "a milestone in the landmark" with its red colour, which is intended to express optimism and confidence in a social and architectural context of predominantly grey colour.
Modalidad Public housing
Fecha de inicio de obra 2009-02-12
Fecha del certificado final de obra 2011-04-15
Dirección Avenida Varsovia 10, Bulevar Salburua 7, 9, 11 y 13 y Gabriela Mistral 10, 12, 14 y 16
Álava (Spain)
Iñaki Garai (ACXT-IDOM)
Vivienda y Suelo de Euskadi, S.A. (VISESA)
Construcciones Sukia Eraikuntzak S.A.
Otros técnicos
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Arturo Cabo
Ricardo Moutinho

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ZIP code 72827 Education Attainment Charts
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Figure 4 shows the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who either have no schooling or dropped out of school before completing high school. 72827 shows it has 6% percent who dropped out of school which is the 4th smallest percent who dropped out of school of all the other zip codes in the area. The zip code with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is 72841 with a percent who dropped out of school of 33% measures markedly bigger.
Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. ZIP code 72827 has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates degree at 43% of the total and is ranked #1.
In terms of advanced education, Figure 6 shows the percentage breakdown of all people who have received a post secondary education, what is the highest level obtained. ZIP code 72827 has the largest proportion of percent of people with an Associate degree at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. ZIP code 72827 has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates Degree at 43.3% of the total and is ranked #1.
A detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10 and allows detailed comparison between different attainment categories. ZIP code 72827 has the largest proportion of percent of people with an Associate degree at 34.6% of the total and is ranked #1.
ZIP code 72827 School Enrollment Charts
ZIP code 72827 Area Schools Charts
Figure 23 lists the schools in the area along with the school district and other information. Some of the Area Schools are: Western Yell Co. High School, Danville Middle School, Danville High School, S.C. Tucker Elementary School, and Western Yell Co. Elem. School. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total school enrollment for all grades at the school using NCES Common Core data. Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Waldron Elementary School ranks the largest with a value of 757 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Booneville Elementary School (738), Two Rivers High School (523), Waldron Middle School (511), and Paris Elementary School (498). The difference between the highest value (Waldron Elementary School) and the next highest (Booneville Elementary School) is that the enrolled students is about is only about 2.6% larger.
Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers. Good measures are lower because they indicate less students for any one teacher to educate. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Oden High School ranks the largest with a value of 9.2 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Western Yell Co. High School (9.3), Danville High School (10.4), J.D. Leftwich High School (10.9), and Oden Maddox Elementary School (11.5). The difference between the lowest value (Oden High School) and the next lowest (Western Yell Co. High School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is only slightly larger.
Zip code 72827, Arkansas Education Data
Figure 1: 72827, AR At least High School Education
Figure 2: 72827, AR Bachelors Degree or Better Education
Figure 4: 72827, AR School Dropout Rate
Figure 5: 72827, AR Education Attainment Breakdown
Figure 7: 72827, AR Bachelors Degrees Field of Study
Figure 8: 72827, AR Bachelors Degree Obtained
Figure 9: 72827, AR Education Attainment by Level Comparison (Age 25+)
Figure 10: 72827, AR Education Attainment Detailed Comparison (Age 25+)
Figure 11: 72827, AR Detailed Education Attainment Breakout by Age Group (Age 18+)
Figure 12: 72827, AR Detailed Education Attainment Breakout by Race (Age 25+)
Figure 13: 72827, AR Detailed Male and Female breakdown of Educational Attainment
Figure 14: 72827, AR School Enrollment by Aggregate Categories
Figure 15: 72827, AR Overall Public vs. Private School Enrollment
Figure 16: 72827, AR Public vs. Private K-8 School Enrollment
Figure 17: 72827, AR Public vs. Private High School Enrollment
Figure 18: 72827, AR Public vs. Private College Enrollment
Figure 19: 72827, AR Public vs. Private Graduate or Professional School Enrollment
Figure 20: 72827, AR Total Enrolled in Schools
Figure 22: 72827, AR Public vs. Private Preschool
Figure 23: List of Schools in the 72827, AR Area (2013)
Figure 24: 72827, AR School Enrollment (2013)
Figure 26: 72827, AR School Racial Mix (2013)
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Govan based Hedge Fund operators RCN are proudly leveraging Big Data to the max. Their Student Debt Mega Alpha Fund is one of the most imaginative schemes in the whole of the financial industry landscape, from Singapore, through Soho, to Stateside.
RCN use Big Data in innovative, unique and inventive ways. They sort it, search it and extrapolate it. They are the masters of enrichment, the seers of capital projection and the liberators of measures. In short, they ensure that all aspects of macro and micro economics can be subject to stress testing in order to identify contradictions, capitalise on discrepancies and reap rich rewards, whilst at the same time offering the nation these services for free.
The main fund at RCN is a complex financial vehicle that ensures the fair and democratic redistribution of government assets to the needy corners of the private sector. This is carried out with the minimum of fuss, the removal of risk and the maximisation of gain, and at a fraction of the total value of the underlying instruments.
A good Big Data buy in any language.
Boston based ULEC don't just use data, they eat, sleep, breath and drink it. They are now literally rolling in the green ones, having enjoyed something of a major miracle in acquiring the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to convince a high number of wealthy people to part with serious amounts of cash, and for frequently unknown motives.
Chuck 'Truck' McTravis, office manager at ULEC in Singapore had this to say. "As the old-timers here will tell you. It ain't what you know, it ain't who you know, and it ain't what you know about who you know. It's about Big Data leverage, analytics, and the wise and rapid application of what you know, about who you know, and who you don't' know".
I may not know what any of it means, but I can appreciate business excellence, meritorious data management and masterful ethics when I see them.
When we enquired about the current global status of Big Data and what the future might bring, we were told by their semi-official spokesperson that "Big Data has arrived". When pressed on this issue, the conversation went off record, and a second representative of SBS told us that "Yes, Big Data has arrived. It has arrived at an undisclosed location; it was handed over to unnamed recipients, for enigmatic aims, uses and purposes; to be deployed in unknown ways, at an ambiguous time and place; and, for totally mysterious ends.
On those points we are 150% certain.
I for one, as an experienced hack in this field, have total confidence in the SBS assessment of Big Data and the future of this magnificent and growing set of tools, thingamajigs and gizmos.
Information on Big Data use at DCT (Dongalong Creek Traders) is at best sketchy, but there is every indication that it has contributed to the dealing turnaround which has positioned Dongalong as a major provider of omni-channel services and supplies in China, South America and North Korea.
Despite various attempts, I could not find a spokesperson who would go on record to explain the amazing success of Big Data operations at Dongalong. Needless to say, Ricky Jones at reseller Patos en La Niebla, had this to say to us in a recent telephone interview "In my view, the success of Big Data at Dongalong is inextricably linked to roses, wine, the continual upgrading of legacy systems and what I like to call 'the strategy of the ducks', or thereabouts", and added, rather enigmatically, "you can't get a small koala through the eye of a needle, but you can get a reasonably sized camel through Dongalong Creek".
At Brenda's Haytch Em Gov, people are ramping up the use of Big Data to bring about a radical reduction in government expenditure. Unchained from the dogma of professionality, the UK administration is replacing overpaid, over-educated and over-bearing statisticians, with Data Scientists who can produce 'the required numbers', a priori, and at less than a tenth of the cost. If this works well, as no doubt it will, other professions, such as medicine, teaching and the law enforcement agencies, will also be subjected to the Big Data 'democratisation' treatment.
At Heisenberg Labs they were able to scale pharmaceutic production from a relatively small mom and pop boutique line to major manufacturing capability thanks to big data and big data connections.
In the humble beginnings, Heisenberg Labs relied on information inside people's heads rather than on the data in their non-existent computer systems, and this was not enough when demand for their product increased by more than a thousand fold.
Heisenberg President and Founder, Doctor W. White, had this to say to us in a recent interview. "We have the best quality ingredients, the best quality products and the best quality Big Data. We scaled everything. The rest is history." Well, the proof is there for everyone to see.
What represents the success of Big Data at Heisenberg's was further underlined by the corporation's Legal Counsel, Saul Goodman, who left us with this one: 'If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it', and, of course, "we had Big Data".
Forget all the rumours about guns, Nana and hardening up, this is the real deal. Choppers' Big Data Burritos operation is the exponent par excellence of Big Data in non-traditional retail, parallel universe logistics and organised alternative business.
One of their schemes involves using a clever and totally legal tax friendly arrangement. Chopper is able to export crates of Big Data from the UK over to le continent, pay no stamp duty – or whatever – on it, and then re-import that very same Big Data without incurring any additional overheads. Once back in jolly old England – and in between "sipping tea and doing the Morrison dancing" – the Big Data can be marked up and sold on, but without incurring the same costs that would have been imposed had the Big Data not been exported.
We tried to contact Chopper about this nice little Big Data earner, but when we finally got through to them his personal assistant declined to comment 'on the record'. However, we the off-the-record catch-up did include the enigmatic use of the business terms "HMRC", "trouble", "try it, sunshine", "toast" and "curtains".
Well, that about wraps it up. As you can see, there are many verifiable Big Data stores, and not just the seven that I have presented here. Released to the general public in the genuine spirit of Big Data marketing comradeship.
So there's no need to despair, there are cohesive, coherent and verifiable Big Data success stories out there, as this article clearly proves. Now go forward to fight the good Big Data fight, with all your might and with all your organisations lolly.
Many thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the journey, and I hope it has inspired you to go on to achieve Big Data greatness.
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Support breast cancer research as you 'laugh for the cure'—a comedy show with a great cause!
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"Susan G. Komen Charlotte is excited to give supporters a unique and clever opportunity to 'laugh it off!' and support the cause. Comic great, Bobby Collins will be the headlining comedian at the 2016 Laugh for the Cure event on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the McGlohon Theater in Uptown Charlotte.
Komen Charlotte and Wells Fargo present the annual Laugh for the Cure event to celebrate breast cancer survivors and raise money for community health programs and research. The evening fun includes a cocktail reception, silent and live auctions, entertainment, and a hilarious PG-13 comedy show.
As one of America's sought-after comic performers, Bobby Collins is known for making people laugh at the 'everyday' observations of life. 'Laughing can be a stress reliever,' says Collins. 'And when I interact with the audience, they see new things about their everyday world that make them smile. It's a release.'
'Being able to see the humorous side of life's ups and downs – like a rained out fundraising event – is just what our supporters deserve and will enjoy,' says Tami Simmons, Executive Director of Komen Charlotte. 'As we celebrate 15 years of Laugh for the Cure, we want to make it a very special and memorable event for everyone.'
'Laugh for the Cure' has grown from a modest grass-roots effort started in 2002 by a group of friends in Charlotte each of whose lives have been touched by breast cancer, to a national Susan G. Komen program. Laugh for the Cure was founded and led by Tammy Greyshock in celebration of her mother (now a 28 year survivor), to remember loved ones she and her friends had lost, celebrate survivors and assist those in the community currently impacted by the disease" -Blumenthal Performing Arts.
General admission tickets include a pre-show reception—which will begin at 5:30p, free heavy hors d'oeuvres buffet, a cash bar and admittance into the comedy show. For an additional $15 you can purchase VIP seats that in addition to the general admissions perks will include access to the VIP reception, complimentary drink and end of the night goodie bags.
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Dr Joan McMichael was born on February 8th 1906 in India, as Joan Catherine MacPherson in a tent in Gudrunwala in the Punjab; indeed, she was delivered by her own father, who was to become the Inspector General in the police of the Indian Raj. Much to her disapproval, he was to, several times, arrest Mahatma Ghandi.
In the early 1920s, she went to Edinburgh University, being one of the first women medical students to study there. In spite of having had no science training previously at all, she graduated as a doctor in 1929. Like many of her contemporaries, she became aware of politics in the 1926 general strike, having treated strikers who had been physically assaulted by police and this contributed to radicalising her views enormously.
Some years later, she joined the Labour Party and then the Communist Party in 1936, remaining a staunch, even leading, Communist for the rest of her life. During the Spanish Civil War, she was involved in Medical Aid for Spain and then went on the support Medical Aid for China. Her increasing interest and involvement in politics led to the breakdown of her first marriage to a fellow student, John McMichael, later Sir John, and also the father of her first two sons, from whom she was very sad to be parted.
At the beginning of the Second World War, she worked for the blood transfusion service in Slough. Later, she became Medical Officer for Health in West London, where was noted for her dedication to occupational health. (See pic left, Joan is in the white coat.) Joan served on a Ministry of Supply advisory committee. She married Bill Carritt (see separate entry), with whom she had two children, a girl and a boy.
A member of the Party's Executive Committee for a time, Dr Joan McMichael was an early champion of children's and workers' health rights and was instrumental in carrying out Britain's first industrial mass X-ray screening for tuberculosis. After the war, she became Medical Officer for Health for London County Council, working especially with children with disabilities in the Fulham and Hammersmith areas, a field in which she remained involved well into the 1970s, writing a book on the subject.
Joan McMichael was a leader of the post-war squatters' movement, which enabled families living in appalling conditions to move in and occupy empty luxury dwellings. She was particularly active in the struggle at Fountain Court, just off Buckingham Palace Road, where homeless families moved into unoccupied flats. In 1947, she was elected one of three Communist councillors to Westminster Borough Council, where a particular interest of hers was in fighting for better housing and conditions for working people.
She was even better known for using her medical skills, setting up Medical Aid for Vietnam in 1965, following a visit to the World Congress of Women in Moscow 1963, as chair of a group of some fifty women delegates from Britain. She had listen, spellbound, to accounts of horrifying terror and torture that the Vietnamese people were enduring. This so moved her that she dedicated the remaining 24 years of her life to the cause of peace in Vietnam. She became close friends of the head of a hospital in Hanoi, the director of the Vietnamese Institute for Medical Research and the Minister of Health. Twice, she was able to hold discussions with Ho Chi-Minh on what the medical needs of the country were and how supporters in Britain could help.
Joan's expertise on medical problems in developing countries, aided by her experience in Vietnam, led to her writing a book on solutions to health issues in such countries. Her energy was, however, mostly devoted to Medical Aid to Vietnam, which she indisputedly led. Some £2.5 million was raised to send penicillin, anti-malarials and other drugs; even blood donated in Britain was reduced to serum and transported across the world by MAV.
Towards the end of the war in Vietnam, Joan poured her efforts into raising funds for a completely refurbished and re-equipped hospital in the devastated country. This dedication was recognised by the Vietnamese government in 1980, when it awarded her the Order of Friendship. Late in life, she married Jack Askins (see separate entry), a fellow Communist campaigner for the Vietnamese people, who died two years before Joan, who herself died aged 83 on August 6th 1989
Sources: Morning Star (n.d.), Guardian August 16th 1989, and other sources
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Waiting. It is not attractive word. It seems boring. What if… you were waiting for something that would change your life? How would you get ready for it? Would you make yourself busy, filling your life with noise and distraction? Rushing to get gratification. Would you spend all your time doing everything… but slowing down? NO?


David Guttenfelder was recently on assignment in North Korea for The New York Times. He decided to bring readers on his journey by streaming live video on Periscope.
As one of the few Western journalists who has traveled widely in North Korea, David Guttenfelder believes that photography can open a window onto a country. And on a recent trip to that closed society, he took that credo to a different level.
A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world's least-known places and brings back pictures of a country defined for many by mystery and war.
About 31 floors up in his hotel room.
Firing up his Periscope app, Mr. Guttenfelder pointed his iPhone outside his hotel window and began to stream live video. Soon, he was being peppered with questions from online viewers: What was it like? What did he eat? How was it working there? That intense curiosity — not to mention engagement — was similar to when he had posted images to Instagram, not only during his recent visit, but also dating back to his tenure as The Associated Press's chief Asia photographer.
Mr. Guttenfelder, who left the news service last year and is now a National Geographic photography fellow, had gone to North Korea for a six-day assignment for The New York Times, initially to photograph a trip by Gloria Steinem and other peace activists who were meeting with North and South Korean women. But as with any of his more than 40 previous trips there, he found time to document daily moments.
Face it: In a place as walled-off and mysterious as North Korea, any image not produced by the state was a revelation. In a way, Mr. Guttenfelder said, he felt it was his responsibility to show the outside world the reality away from stage-managed events.
"There's probably not a better place to test the power of photography and photojournalism than a place that has never really allowed photography or foreigners there," Mr. Guttenfelder said.
That approach dates to one of his earliest trips to North Korea in 2000, when he accompanied then-Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright on a visit to Pyongyang. Back then, the Communist government gave new meaning to the notion of a closed society: The windows on his bus were covered with drapes, and he was told not to even bother taking out a camera. Even the windows of his hotel were covered.
The importance of that visit took a back seat to things he began to notice on the periphery, like a scene of children tossing snowballs. At one point, when Dr. Albright was at a ceremony where food was being donated, he noticed a child who was cutting up in class. He could identify, imagining himself as a child being the class clown. It was a breakthrough moment.
He embraced that approach in earnest in 2013, when North Korea allowed local 3G mobile phone service, permitting him to do everything people in the United States were doing on their smartphones, including using Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare. While others used the technology for personal reasons and connections, he saw the value as a journalist in an isolated society.
But once there, he took advantage. During a drive in the countryside, he again pointed his phone out the window, showing rural scenes.
David Guttenfelder shares his experiences on the road in North Korea with viewers on Periscope.
Bringing outsiders into close contact with life in North Korea — if only via a phone or a laptop — continues to guide Mr. Guttenfelder. He has been curating @EverydayDPRK, an Instagram feed in which he features images taken by foreigners living in or visiting North Korea. His contributors include a model-turned-English-teacher from California; a tour guide who had made some 150 trips there; and an Indonesian stay-at-home father.
Each one offers another peek, another piece of the puzzle. Each image also helps dispel some of the misconceptions about the country.
Granted, a dictatorship wary of the outside world is not an easy place to work. Some critics would counsel him to stay away altogether, rather than try any engagement. Mr. Guttenfelder said that despite the constraints, he had not been censored, which in some ways makes his responsibility even greater: to decide what is real or not.
You can view Mr. Guttenfelder's full photo interactive from North Korea here.
Follow @dguttenfelder on Twitter to see his next Periscope broadcast. @dgbxny and @nytimesphoto are also on Twitter. Lens is on Facebook and Instagram.


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Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29's new home for exclusive music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, excites, and (literally) moves us. This is where we'll champion their voices.
Ella Mai wants people everywhere to love themselves, and those around them, "naked" — though it doesn't have to be quite so literal. The artist, who joined Kehlani for her SweetSexySavage World Tour, and is celebrating the two-year anniversary of her EP Time, has crafted the ultimate track for an authentic life with "Naked." Now, the song has an equally powerful music video ready to spread her message.
For Mai, who has released three EPs over the last two years and has her debut studio album on its way, the video for 2017's "Naked" was very much about human connection — hence the dozen or so "characters" shedding their pretenses (but not necessarily their clothes) on camera. The video also connects to the larger social movements of the last year: At one point in the video, several characters hold up signs with different hashtags on them, from #MeToo to #PrayForPuertoRico.
Refinery29 spoke to Mai about her new video, the social issues dear to her heart, and what it means to truly go naked.
How did you come up with the concept for the video?
"The song is a story in itself, so I didn't want anything too complicated, or have a bunch of stuff going on. I wanted it to be really simple and to the point, which I think we executed quite well. The hashtag part came in a bit down the line... As time was going on, we saw more [hashtags] in the media, like #MeToo, and I thought it would be perfect to incorporate in the video... I feel like we put it in the video perfectly, as to not take away everything else that was happening within it. [As for the cast,] there were people from different walks of life, different races... I wanted to make it [clear] that people were still thinking about these hashtags."
How did you decide which hashtags to use?
"As we were coming up with the treatment for the video, [that] was when the hurricane hit Puerto Rico. At first we were thinking about people from different walks of life... so we thought we could show a family who maybe lost their homes [in the hurricane.] That ended up being a bit too detailed to show within the video, because you [only have so much time.] We came up with this idea, me and a lady at my label, for the hashtags.
"The crazy part about it is there is a different hashtag every week, which is really sad but it's just how the world works. I picked which ones meant the most to me, and what I thought was most important to portray in the video. We picked about five or six. The one that is most important to me, personally, is the one that I'm holding, which says #Justice4Grenfell, which is a fire that happened in London in an apartment building. It was public housing, for people who don't have a lot of money. The government knew it was an unsafe place to live, and it caught on fire. [Editor's note: According to a report published by The Guardian in November of 2017, 71 people reportedly died in the Grenfell fire.] A lot of the real facts have been hidden from the media. That one is [close to my heart] because it's close to home, but I think all the hashtags are important in their own right.
"The #MeToo and Time's Up movement is also extremely important. Puerto Rico. #DefendDACA, because I think it's crazy that Trump wants to send people back to somewhere that some people have [barely even] been to."
Do you have a favorite moment in the video?
"I love the scene where all of us are laughing and smiling together, because the video is very serious... There's a moment in the video where we are all laughing, talking to each other, and I just thought that there's a real feeling of love, even though we are all so different in the video, even though we don't know each other."
How did you find people to appear in the video?
"There was a casting agency that was used, but I got to go through all the options and see who fit. There were loads of options, which made it quite easy for me. I wasn't looking for somebody in particular, really, and capture people from all walks of life and different races... I really wanted to make sure that every walk of life was represented as best as it could be... There really wasn't a profile, like 'Oh, we need this person, and this person.'"
What advice would you give a young woman seeking a career in the music industry?
"Just to be yourself. I think the industry has changed quite a lot from when I was very young... But I think, with social media... I think there's a lot more room to be yourself. You don't have to put on this image of 'Oh, I have to be this perfect being. I have to always look happy.' I think there's a lot more room to express yourself, rather than just do what your label wants you to do, or what you're 'supposed' to portray as a woman. I think that boundary has been broken already, so you can now be true to yourself and do what you believe in and what you really want to do."
Do you think that #MeToo has come to the music industry yet?
"I don't know if it's come to the music industry, at least in the media as much as in the film industry. I definitely do think that it's something that happens in music, as it does in every industry and everyday life. It's something that women, and also men, have to deal with, and it's definitely not fair... I hope that if someone has been in that situation, that they can have their moment and build up the courage to tell their story, because it can help someone else."
What does it mean to be "naked" to you? In the video, no one is completely without clothes.
"To me, it's not really about being physically naked. I didn't want to have to take off my clothes in order to tell this story. It's somebody accepting you for who you are. It can be without clothes, it can be with all the clothes you have on if that's what makes you feel comfortable. It can be bareface or with a full face of makeup if that's what makes you feel comfortable. It's also about accepting yourself, and taking somebody as they are, whatever that as they are is."
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"Can the interest rate on consumer loans of $2500 or more governed by California Finance Code § 22303, render the loans unconscionable under California Finance Code § 22302?"
"With roots predating the Anglo-American legal tradition, the doctrine of unconscionability has been used to temper the consequences of certain bargains arising in the course of economic life. The California Legislature is entitled to subject loan transactions, like other contracts, to the unconscionability doctrine's nuanced blend of tractability and protection of human dignity. It did so here.
In doing so, the Legislature chose to retain the flexible standard of unconscionability even as it did away with interest caps on consumer loans of $ 2,500 or more. By its action, the Legislature recognized to some degree how commerce depends on fairness, and functioning markets on meaningful choices. Although courts must proceed with caution in this area, the possibility that an interest rate is unconscionable in a particular context is not so different relative to any other kind of potential contractual defect that it justifies concluding that courts lack power or responsibility to address unconscionable interest rates. In light of the Legislature's choice, as reflected in the text, context, and history of the relevant statutory provisions and the unconscionability doctrine, we conclude the interest rate on consumer loans of $ 2,500 or more may render the loans unconscionable under section 22302 of the Financial Code."
De La Torre v. Cashcall Inc., 2018 Cal. LEXIS 5749.
The Supreme Court was unfazed by the prospect of the courts becoming the final arbiters of interest rates on consumer loans. In the court's view, the concept of unconscionability is context-specific and malleable. Therefore, the courts would not be setting caps per se. Although the Supreme Court did not decide the question of class certification in this case, these comments would seem to make certification very challenging or even impossible. The Supreme Court also did not foresee a flood of litigation due to the limited remedies available. We will only have to wait to find out whether that will be the case.
The End Of The 2017-2018 Session Is Nigh!
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Ice climbers and mountain adventurers fear climate change creates new unpredictable risks | CBC News Loaded
Ice climbers and mountain adventurers fear climate change creates new unpredictable risks
Extreme weather, floods, fires and landslides related to climate change are shifting the way Canadian adventure sports enthusiasts approach backcountry — as risks get harder to predict.
Rock falls have climbing community on alert, perhaps more careful, but still keen to hit the peaks
Yvette Brend · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2023 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: January 22
Ice climber Will Gadd, shown in a handout photo, rappelled into the bowels of Greenland's ice cap. Gadd is familiar with the risks of his sport but also wary of the new unpredictability climate change is bringing to mountain adventure. (The Canadian Press/Handout - Christian Pondella)
As a pro athlete, William Gadd has climbed the ice of Niagara Falls, Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro and Greenland glaciers. But he says now climbing routes are changing or crumbling.
Living in Canmore, Alta., Gadd spends more than 200 days a year in the wilderness, and says glacial melt, forest fires, rock falls and wilder weather all have a visceral effect on him.
"This is where I live and work and my office is falling apart," said Gadd.
"Imagine if you showed up in downtown Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and your office building either wasn't there or was on fire."
Climate change has already begun to change high elevation areas of the world. Researchers say that's expected to continue and at times be dramatic, as mountain faces and riverways are redrawn by the geological forces at play — at times creating sudden unexpected hazards for the people who adventure in remote mountain zones.
Extreme weather, floods, fires and landslides linked to climate change are shifting the way Canadian adventure sports enthusiasts approach the back country — as risks get harder to predict.
"The hard part for me now is figuring out what the new risks are," said Gadd.
Climber Micah Handell stands on the rock slab or pillar that fell from the Stawamus Chief rock face near Squamish, B.C., on Sept. 20, 2021. This image was taken during a climb on August 24. (Micah Handell)
The 'glue' holding rock walls together is melting
Geomorphologist Dan Shugar from the University of Calgary confirms Gadd's observations. He says that as glaciers along steep rock walls thaw, the stuff that cements much of the high mountain areas together turns to liquid.
"Frozen water or ice that's contained in the rock permanently, begins to melt," explained Shugar.
"The glue that's holding the cracked rock together is then liquid water. So those rocks can fall apart."
Large rockfall found on Snowpatch Spire in southeast B.C. will change park forever: climber
Rock slides that shook Squamish linked to climate change, expert says
Glaciated rock has already been under excruciating pressures from the grinding and weight of ice over time. As that ice retreats — releasing its grip on the rock — the pressure release creates cracks, layering the rock with fault lines parallel to the surface like the layers of an onion.
When this rock is then subsequently frozen, thawed, flooded or hit with summer heat, this spreads cracks which then join, causing chunks to sometimes shear off.
Climate change researchers say this is just one of the processes beginning to cause massive change in mountain areas.
A study published this month by Shugar and John Clague of Simon Fraser University forecasts a reshaping of mountain faces and river routes in more dramatic shifts than have been seen in 11,700 years, since woolly mammoths roamed the earth.
They outline change already occurring in the Yukon and British Columbia. Their paper was inspired after observing how the Kaskawulsh Glacier, one of the largest in the St. Elias Range, began to divert the Ä'äy Chú (formerly known as Slims River), the Alsek and Yukon Rivers.
They also show similar shifts happening near the Bering, Grand Pacific and Melbern glaciers along the Alaska/Yukon border. They say large river systems will continue to reorganize as glaciers vanish and allow them to flow in more direct routes to the sea — changing water paths, altering ecosystms and even creating more coastal fjords.
B.C. landslide triggered 100-metre tall lake tsunami, study shows
Landslide triggers massive debris cascade in remote part of B.C. coast
Shughar, 43, says he's expecting a lot of change to iconic spots in his life. He says even the signature turquoise colour of Alberta's lakes — like Peyto and Moraine — may change.
"I expect I'll still see glaciated mountains as an old man. But they'll be different."
Peyto Lake in Alberta's Banff National Park. As climate change reshapes mountains, the iconic turquoise of lakes like this may change, says geologist Dan Shugar.
Uptick of fatal slides worldwide
Internationally, studies show rock-slope failures already accelerating.
Slumping slopes have killed people in Europe and Asia, where slides have been triggered by monsoons and cyclones. In July 2022, seven people were killed when an Alpine glacier collapsed in the northern Italian Alps. Video showed a cascade of snow, ice and rock down the slopes of Marmolada, the highest Dolomite peak.
The Himalayan expedition gateway town of Joshimath is sinking where two valleys meet. More than 670 buildings in the 20,000-person community in northern India have formed cracks, according to the BBC.
A 3rd landslide could happen at any time on Joffre Peak, scientist says
1 Nelson police officer dead, 1 critically injured in avalanche near Kaslo
Back in Canada, slides have also been on the rise. But, for the most part, they have happened in remote areas with few people. "It's still not a huge risk when you consider the total area of landscape is still pretty low," said Shugar.
Paul Adam, manager of citizen science for the Centre for Natural Hazards Research at Simon Fraser University, says climate change is playing a role in recent slide events.
"It's getting wetter, getting drier, it's getting hotter, it's getting colder. It definitely plays a role," said Adam, a 40-year climber who says he will avoid certain areas, but won't stop climbing.
"[Slides] are occurring more often. You require a bit more care. But I wouldn't say it's making any riskier on a day-to-day basis."
Climbing community rocked by recent rock falls
But recent slides that erased popular climbs have shaken the climbing community.
In late December, guide James Madden noticed a cloud of dust as he was scoping weather conditions in the Purcell Mountains near Snowpatch Spire, a 3,000-metre-high rock tower in Bugaboo Provincial Park in southeast B.C.
Climbers on the Bugaboo Spire summit traverse, with Snowpatch Spire in background, in Bugaboo Provincial Park in southeast B.C. (B.C. Parks)
The slide sheered off a mass of rock and turned one of the world's hardest alpine climbs into a 50-thousand-cubic-metre rubble pile.
"This really has changed the face, literally the rock face, of that spot," said Shugar.
While this event was relatively small, and hurt nobody, other slides have been fatal, like one that hit a highway during the November floods of 2021 when a debris slide swept across Highway 99, killing five people southwest of Lillooet.
A year before that a catastrophic slide on the central coast of B.C. in November 2020 touched off a tsunami in a glacial lake that devastated Elliot Creek and Southgate River with a slide of timber, mud and rock.
WATCH | Massive 2020 landslide on B.C. central coast seen by helicopter:
Helicopter pilot discovers 'massive' landslide on B.C.'s Central Coast
Helicopter pilot Bastian Fleury flew to B.C.'s Southgate River on Dec. 10, 2020, to investigate why trees and logs were floating down the nearby Bute Inlet. The pilot found evidence of a massive landslide that had carved the creek bed into a canyon.
Researchers determined that the slide hit a glacial lake with such force it triggered a 100-metre-high wave that devastated a 10-kilometre stretch of river and touched off a massive underwater avalanche.
In 2019, east of Pemberton, B.C., a large chunk of Joffre Peak split off, spreading a debris pile over five kilometres.
The debris trail from landslides on Joffre Peak as seen from an airplane on May 18, 2019. (Gerry Kollmuss)
Mountaineer Drew Brayshaw, a hydrologist and geoscientist with Statlu Environmental Consulting, fears forest fires more than rockfall.
He's spent years studying the changing climate, watching glaciers retreat and worked as an undergraduate with geohazard researcher Matthias Jakob, assessing the massive Mount Meager slide in 2010. Brayshaw lost his mentor in a paragliding accident.
Brayshaw says it's important to gauge risks, but not let them paralyze you; perhaps don't pose for selfies beneath a large rock that could fall. But he points out that driving a car is also dangerous.
"I don't want to scare people away. I love the outdoors."
Yvette Brend
CBC journalist
Yvette Brend works in Vancouver on all CBC platforms. Her investigative work has spanned floods, fires, cryptocurrency deaths, police shootings and infection control in hospitals. "My husband came home a stranger," an intimate look at PTSD, won CBC's first Jack Webster City Mike Award (2017). Got a tip? Yvette.Brend@cbc.ca
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Here comes Jane on the magic carpet dropping me down some lovely pictures and info about her new book launch.
Ailsa – it's me again. Hello Jane, got time for a quick freshly brewed coffee? Lily is saving you a biscuit but I've got some pastries too!
I trust you've recovered from your book launch last week, and are ready to re-enter the fray when mine hits the market on Thursday 30th March. Yes, fine thanks and raring to get going on your launch.
GRASS SHOOTS is the sequel to "Breath of Africa." It is a tender inter-racial love triangle which concludes the saga of Caroline's and Charles's families.
They climb an erupting volcano, Ol Donyo L'Engai ("The mountain of the gods"), on the Kenya / Tanzania border.
They explore archaeological sites along the coast, and go on safari in Kenya's exotic game reserves.
The story pivots round the devastation in a highland village caused by violence after the elections of 2007. It touches upon present-day problems with foreign aid, which is beset by politics and corruption. It explores the possibility of alternative ways to help themselves out of the morass, including input from the grass roots – ordinary villagers – and a burgeoning Kenyan middle class.
The name of my fictitious charity, which is founded in the United Kingdom, is Grass Shoots; and a significant part of the action takes place in the make-believe highland village of Amayoni, which – in Swahili – means birds.
There's not so much magic and superstition this time around, but the "bush telegraph" works with astonishing precision, and there is still the mystery of the ancestral cave, which finally reveals its secret.
Jane lived in Kenya for over half a century, where she brought up her large family. An intermittent freelance journalist and business owner, she has written a cookbook, Museum Mixtures (1989) in aid of the National Museums of Kenya, and a History of her church in Eastbourne (2013).
Her first novel, Breath of Africa (2013) was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. It draws on her experiences growing up in the country she still calls her home. Grass Shoots, the sequel, completes a family saga through to modern day Kenya. The novella, I Lift Up My Eyes, (2015) is set in Sussex.
A world traveller, Jane has bought a bird book in every country she visited. Now living in the UK, she is a business mentor and dressage judge, while indulging her love for choral singing, watching tennis, and playing bridge.
Thank you so much for having me, Ailsa – see you later!!
I love books about Africa. I'll try one of these. Thanks, Ailsa, for sharing this.


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'What is it going to be like when furlough ends next month?' - staggering 900 food parcels handed out in one week
Job losses and end of furlough creating huge demand at The Rock Foundation food bank as supplies of free food stretched to limit and people in tears
The number of people queuing for food in Grimsby has reached historic levels with many in tears.
Volunteers at The Rock Foundation now issue around 900 food parcels-a-week, due to the level of hunger in the community brought about by unemployment and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Founder, Pam Hodge said there has been a steep rise in the number of people asking for food from the Rock Foundation food bank on Wellington Street, Grimsby.
At the start of the month there was a total of 730 food parcels distributed to people desperate to stave off hunger.
Terri Allen, Rock Foundation Food Bank manager preparing food parcels with volunteer Julie Everett (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
'This is all that is feeding me' - food bank reaches crisis levels as stocks run low while demand soars
Aldi, Asda, Iceland, Sainsbury's and Tesco rules as tough restrictions start Monday
That has now reached 900 in one week.
Pam said: "That is even before furlough ends next month."
She added: "We have had a lot of people sent to us from the Job Centre where people have just been made redundant and have no where to get food to feed themselves and their families. It is very sad. It is getting difficult to supply everyone. What is it going to be like when furlough ends next month?
"There are many of them in tears when they come to collect a parcel because they never expected to be queuing for food. You just think how lucky the rest of us are to be in work and having the chance to go out and buy food."
Pam Hodge, founder of the Rock Foundation alongside Councillor David Hasthorpe, Blue Lights Brigade volunteer and deputy mayor of North East Lincolnshire (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
At the start of this month Rock Foundation volunteers made an impassioned plea for more donations to help feed the starving people of North East Lincolnshire.
In March at the start of the lockdown there were around 450 parcels handed out each week. Throughout April, May, June and July volunteers gave out around 500 bags of food each week. That went up to an average of 650 last month and last month it peaked at 730 parcels.
Volunteers spend every day creating food parcels which provide everyone with at least nine meals.
Recipients all get the same three breakfast meals, three lunches and three teas in every parcel, with a range of food including, tuna, pasta and some frozen food.
The Rock Foundation Food Bank team, from left, Terri Allen, manager, Julie Everett, volunteer, Pam Hodge, founder, David Hasthorpe, volunteer. (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
People attending the food bank come from all walks of life and include lots of single people picking up parcels. There are couples who need food and those with children who are desperately seeking food.
The volunteers appealed in particular for basic foods, including bread, milk, meat, vegetables and fruit.
Pam urged other businesses in North East Lincolnshire to help out in the crisis by contacting Rock Foundation on 01472 488026 or call in at the food back at the former Holme Hill school on Wellington Street.
900 food parcels were given out at the Rock Foundation last week (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
If you are interested in supporting the Rock Foundation, you can send donations to: The Rock Foundation UK, 39-41 Heneage Road, Grimsby DN32 9ES.


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La ex strada statale 665 Massese (SS 665), ora strada provinciale 665 R al Confine Massese (SP 665 R) in Emilia-Romagna, e strada provinciale 74 Massese (SP 74) in Toscana, era una strada statale italiana che collegava le località di Parma e di Aulla.

Percorso
L'arteria aveva inizio a Parma, valicava l'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano attraverso il passo del Lagastrello, entrando così in territorio toscano, attraversava quindi la Lunigiana, e vari paesi tra cui Licciana Nardi, per poi innestarsi infine sulla strada statale 62 della Cisa nei pressi di Aulla.

Storia
Venne istituita col decreto del Ministro dei lavori pubblici n. 643 del 29 maggio 1989, mutuando il percorso della strada provinciale 6 di Langhirano e fino al confine Massese (SP 6) e della strada provinciale 22 della Val d'Enza (SP 22), con i seguenti capisaldi d'itinerario: "Innesto s.s. n. 513 a Parma - Langhirano - Capoponte - Palanzano - Monchio delle Corti - Passo di Lagastrello - Innesto s.s. n. 62 presso Aulla".

In seguito al decreto legislativo n. 112 del 1998, dal 2001, la gestione del tratto emiliano è passata dall'ANAS alla Regione Emilia-Romagna che ha provveduto al trasferimento dell'infrastruttura al demanio della Provincia di Parma; nello stesso anno la gestione del tratto toscano è passata dall'ANAS alla Regione Toscana che ha provveduto al trasferimento dell'infrastruttura al demanio della Provincia di Massa e Carrara.

Strada statale 665 dir Massese

La ex strada statale 665 dir Massese (SS 665 dir), ora strada provinciale 75 Massese dir (SP 75), era una strada statale italiana che si snodava nella provincia di Massa e Carrara.

Rappresentava una variante al percorrimento della ex SS 665 tra il Passo del Lagastrello e la località "Il Pontino" nel comune di Licciana Nardi: il suo itinerario proseguiva la risalita del torrente Taverone sino alla località di Comano per poi costeggiare il Monte del Giogo fino al ricongiungimento con la ex SS 665 stessa.

Venne istituita col decreto del Ministro dei lavori pubblici n. 643 del 29 maggio 1989, mutuando il percorso della strada Comano-Passo di Lagastrello, con i seguenti capisaldi d'itinerario: "innesto con la s.s. n. 665 in località Pontino - innesto con la s.s n. 665 presso il Passo di Lagastrello".

In seguito al decreto legislativo n. 112 del 1998, dal 2001, la gestione è passata dall'ANAS alla Regione Toscana che ha provveduto al trasferimento dell'infrastruttura al demanio della Provincia di Massa e Carrara

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Voci correlate
Passo del Lagastrello
Lunigiana
Parma

Altri progetti

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Following is the chart representation of migrant statistics data from Yemen, Rep. to other countries during the year 2010 and 2013. All the data shown here are based on the statistics	information gathered from various sources. Also check migrant stocks to Yemen, Rep. during the year of 2010 and 2013.
Below are the top 10 countries to receive most of the migrants from Yemen, Rep..
To Saudi Arabia 800,000 migrants.
To United Arab Emirates 201,451 migrants.
To United States 50,126 migrants.
To United Kingdom 16,629 migrants.
During 2010, most of the migrations from Yemen, Rep. were to countries like Saudi Arabia (894,109), United Arab Emirates (60,401), United States (58,342), Israel (53,515), Jordan (19,591), United Kingdom (16,568), West Bank and Gaza (9,917), Sudan (4,638), Germany (2,817), France (1,923).
During 2013, most of the migrations from Yemen, Rep. were to countries like Saudi Arabia (800,000), United Arab Emirates (201,451), Kuwait (51,598), United States (50,126), Qatar (40,737), Israel (31,408), Libya (20,957), Bahrain (18,564), United Kingdom (16,629), Egypt (8,803).


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Q: Split cell when table is too long for a page I have table in that one of the cells or most of the cells are too big for a page so I want to split the cell or do something that can generate pdf.
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So when I generate pdf then it is showing table is too big for a page. I know the fact that one of the cells are too big for a page so how can I split a cell or something to generate pdf.

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Q: django admin uploaded file processing Here's what I want to do, and I did not find something similar in my search so far.
In my admin page, I have a Filefield in my model. The rest of the fields are all read only.
I want to be able to upload a file and process it immediately and to extract info from it to assign to these read only fields.
I thought of overriding the clean_(modelfield) method for this FileField and do this parsing and assigning stuff in it. But this is not done right after the file is uploaded, right? I thought this is done when the form/entry is saved.
Next I thought of adding a custom button to this admin form called 'process' which can be clicked after the file is uploaded. This would trigger the assignment of values to the read only fields.
But I am not able to decide on what is the best approach to process the file and display the updated fields in one page without too much of tinkering.
Any thoughts? Thanks

A: There are two solutions that I can think of with my limited knowledge. Since, by default, the file upload will only start once the request is posted, an alternative way needs to be designed.
1. Upload file via a script and process the file: Use a script (eg: JQuery script) to upload the file and once upload is complete, trigger a script (onComplete event) to render the values into read-only field. This entire process can be associated to your "Process" button or a time-delayed trigger once the FileField is changed.
2 Custom form for file upload: You can detach the file field and other fields (read only fields that you mentioned). If you design a custom form with just the file upload field and once the user submits the request, you can render another form with rendered initial values in the read only fields. That way you need not have any script but you will have to have 2 forms.
Hope this helps. If you find any other solution, do share it :)