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In this second volume, the Bow Street Society investigates more baffling problems posed by a colourful array of clients. Can a crime be solved before it's committed? How have people fallen from a window that can't be opened? How has a dead man disappeared from his own portrait? These are just some of the questions the Bow Street Society must answer to expose the fantastic truths behind these bizarre cases. In this volume are:
The Case of The Desperate Deed
The Case of The Scandalous Somnambulist
The Case of The Chilling Chamber
The Case of The Ghastly Gallop
The Case of The Peculiar Portrait
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The Case of the Gentleman's Gambit & Other Stories is the fourth volume of shorter mysteries to feature the group. Wherein they must solve peculiar problems posed by their colourful array of clients, such as: "how did gold vanish from a moving train without four guards seeing the thief?", "Is a ghost from Whitechapel haunting a wealthy woman?" and "Can playing cards be used to poison someone?" These are just some of the questions the Bow Street Society must answer to expose the fantastic truths behind these bizarre cases. In this volume are:
The Case of the Terrific Theft
The Case of the Whitechapel Wraith
The Case of the Fowler Fortune
The Case of the Gentleman's Gambit
The Case of the Puma Problem
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The Case of the Russian Rose & Other Stories is the third volume of shorter mysteries to feature the Bow Street Society. Wherein they must solve peculiar problems posed by their colourful array of clients, such as: "how is a pocket picked in an empty train compartment?" and "How did a bullet vanish from a gun without being fired?" These are just some of the questions the Bow Street Society must answer to expose the fantastic truths behind these bizarre cases. In this volume are:
The Case of the Pesky Passenger
The Case of the Taken Teacup
The Case of the Russian Rose
The Case of the Crooked Cottage
The Case of the Baffled Bride
The following is a full list of all published titles in the Bow Street Society Casebook series of short story collections. There is no particular order to these collections. None of the stories feature a murder as the source of the mystery. All titles are available to purchase as an eBook and paperback from Amazon. They are also free to download if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited. All works are written by award winning crime author, T.G. Campbell, and are independently published.
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THE CASE OF THE GENTLEMAN'S GAMBIT
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An illusionist, medical doctor, veterinary surgeon, architect, freelance journalist, solicitor, artist, cabman, secretary, and newspaper journalist are all called upon by the Society's clerk, Miss Rebecca Trent, to investigate a plethora of peculiar puzzles. From a sweet-shop owner who believes he's losing height at an alarming rate to the mysterious disappearance of a woman from inside a carriage. From a beloved family pet being the subject of a bizarre accusation, to a conversation with a dead man, to an unjust dismissal from a toy makers. Each Bow Street Society member must draw upon their knowledge and expertise to solve these baffling problems once and for all…
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The Case of The Shrinking Shopkeeper
The Case of The Winchester Wife
The Case of The Perilous Pet.
The Case of The Eerie Encounter
The Case of The Christmas Crisis
THE CASE OF THE FEARFUL FATHER
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THE CASE OF THE PECULIAR PORTRAIT & OTHER STORIES
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The Case of The Fearful Father & Other Stories is the fifth volume of shorter mysteries to feature the group. Wherein they must solve peculiar problems posed by their colourful array of clients, such as: "how is a thief using newspaper advertisements to commit his crimes?", "How did a burglar disappear from a locked room?" and "What made a teetotaller violently sick during a visit to the Blue Lily?" These are just some of the questions the Bow Street Society must answer to expose the fantastic truths behind these bizarre cases.
~ "This intriguing collection of Victorian detective stories is highly atmospheric and obviously well researched." William Coniston (Amazon.co.uk)
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The number of connection timeouts to the session redis servers (which are on the mc* boxes) is worryingly high, lately.
This might be related to T102199.
rEABFe4e78dcc4dce: Revert "Conversion to using getMainStashInstance()"
hoo raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.
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that seems to coincide with 1.25wmf16 1.25wmf15 ?
I am going to depool db1035, it happens around the same time and it is giving me connections errors too. Jobs (redis) on that host are failing me.
"normalized_message": "Error connecting to 10.64.16.24: Can't connect to MySQL server on '10.64.16.24' (4)"
$ grep 'Failed connecting to redis server' hhvm.log | grep -c "Jul 27 07"
$ grep 'Failed connecting to redis server' hhvm.log | grep -c "Jul 27 08"
$ grep 'Failed connecting to redis server' hhvm.log | grep -c "Jul 27 09"
$ grep 'Failed connecting to redis server' hhvm.log | grep -c "Jul 27 10"
$ grep 'Failed connecting to redis server' hhvm.log | grep -c "Jul 27 11"
$ grep 'Failed connecting to redis server' hhvm.log | grep -c "Jul 27 12"
Revert "Conversion to using getMainStashInstance()"
ori mentioned this in rMWb12fe91abee6: Updated mediawiki/core Project: mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter….
Looks like the hhvm.log errors at "Connection timed out" (from https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/blob/master/hphp/system/php/redis/Redis.php). That's from the PHP C fsockopen() wrapper.
I don't see the "too many clients" error, and the graphs show very low conns/server, so even 1k ulimit can't be the issue there.
I have a vague idea that https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/rEABF9ffa4003226c46813dfd6616ce173252b1f258c2 was surfacing a problem that already existed more often. It's probably best to leave it reverted for the moment, especially to get an idea if the rate of failure decreases linearly with the decrease in requests. I have a feeling it won't (in a good way), but that's just a guess. I was able to correlate a couple instances of these failures on flourine with a redis server I was strace'ing. I have put the logs for that on mc1004:/tmp# /home/rush/redisfailures.txt I don't see a smoking gun there.
Using a really simple redis client on mw1145 and a few mw* hosts I was able to generate some failures per 100K requests. Generally 5-8 failures to connect on a timeout of 1s, which go away as I increase the timeout to 2 or 3 seconds in general. What is the timeout in production for our redis client?
Still a bit sick and I'm out of ideas for the moment. Maybe this digging will lead someone else to something.
Also I was only able to mock the failure to connect errors from mw* hosts, I tried from the mc* host to itself (even teh same ip) and it never happened.
we could run a redis server with a higher verbosity logging format.
Is that graph supposed to be instantaneous_ops_per_sec? I would expect a total_commands_processed graph to just be non-decreasing except on restarts.
Good point. I believe this is being collected based on config at modules/redis/templates/redis.pyconf.erb and from what I can see it is collecting the correct param but it must be providing a delta at collection time. So I think this is somewhat of a hybrid between osp_per_second and total_commands_proc.
I'm at a stopping point here where I think we need to (re)consider a few courses of action. It seems our memcache timeout in prod is 250ms and our redis timeout is not set and the default is 1s. mc also uses nutcracker which does some of the heavy lifting re: connection pooling. There are a number of things recently that have been transitioned from mc to redis.
The order of magnitude jump in redis connection errors happened on the 23rd when https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/wmf%252F1.26wmf15/ hit the wikipedias but https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/221885/5 isn't far behind.
If I break down the errors by mc* host https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P1076#4926 it does seem interesting that 5 of the top 7 offenders are in rack A5. That switch seems to be somewhat suspect in terms of buffering and connection rate handling, but I don't think it's purely indicative of isolation of failure since it is so spread around otherwise.
I think the general theme here is the aggregate change in usage pattern for redis has resulted in a large increase in failures. This is probably due to a combination of factors at the heart but primarily connection pool handling and buffering that a large timeout smooths over.
It seems like redis in general needs more tuning and testing at scale for the use cases coming down the line. Hopefully I'm wrong and there is some easier and obvious solution.
Yes, let's give it a shot. We have wanted to try it anyway. I made the requisite changes to the production nutcracker configuration already.
I configured MediaWiki to use Nutcracker for connections to the sessions redis cluster a little over an hour ago. We have not had an error since, and the rate of edit failures due to loss of session data is down relative to its value pre-switchover.
The redis metrics in ganglia show a higher number of overall active connections, but the rate at which new connections are coming in has dropped to zero. This is expected; it means Nutcracker's connections are indeed persistent.


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UK Government 'fanning the flames of seperatism' in Wales says Labour MP
Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture by Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
The UK Government are "fanning the flames of separatism" in Wales with their attitude towards the other nations of the UK, a Welsh Labour MP has claimed.
Nia Griffith, the MP for Llanelli, said that the Conservatives were showing "brazen disregard for the devolution settlement" and had decided to "ignore the Welsh Government" when handing out levelling up funds.
She added however that it was not the UK Government in itself that was the problem but rather the people running it.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Nia Griffith said: "The way the Conservatives are running the levelling-up fund and the community renewal fund shows brazen disregard for the devolution settlement.
"The Tory UK Government are completely ignoring not only the Welsh Government, but the partnership work done between the Welsh Government and Welsh local government leaders on strategic priorities.
"Instead, we have an England-focused Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which has not dealt with Wales since pre-devolution days in 1999, and which has allowed previous Tory Ministers to give money to each other's constituencies, to the detriment of more disadvantaged areas. Will the current Secretary of State be any better?
"Again, that contrasts with the close working relationship that the Welsh Labour Government have with the leaders of the 22 Welsh unitary authorities, whatever their political colour, throughout the pandemic, recognising the vital role and burdens that councils have shouldered.
"We can contrast that with what we hear from council leaders in England about the lack of consultation with the Tory Government. In dealing with the covid pandemic, time after time there was no real consultation, nor even sometimes any communication from the UK Tory Government to the other nations of the UK.
"Perhaps that should not surprise us, given the poor communication even within the Tory Cabinet and the Prime Minister's absence from Cobra meetings, but it has serious consequences. It is not only a poor way to run the UK; it also fans the flames of separatism.
"It is important that we pin the blame clearly on the Conservative Government for the way they behave, rather than allowing the idea to take hold that it is the existence of a UK Government that is the problem.
"As we talk about a better balance of power, wealth and opportunity across the UK, we must also celebrate the huge benefit that comes with being part of the UK and being able to tackle big problems such as climate change together."
'Veto'
During the same debate, Conservative MP Simon Baynes said that the levelling up funds needed to be handed put by the UK Government because parts of Waleshad been "historically been starved of investment by the Welsh Labour Government in Cardiff bay".
"Part of the issue that we are dealing with is that Labour almost entirely represents south Wales, and it has only one seat north of the valleys, in Alyn and Deeside," the Clwyd South MP said.
"Therefore, it does not surprise me that Labour Members really do not understand how much people in north Wales feel left behind and uncared for by the Welsh Government. I am afraid that her remark bears out exactly what I am saying."
Craig Williams added that devolution was all about "power nd control" for Welsh Labour.
"I have seen the discussions around what mutual respect means for Labour Members," the Bridgend MP said.
"They do not mean mutual respect; they mean that they want the Welsh Government to control all decisions. It is not about putting things together; it is about having a veto over what this Government are doing."
He added: "Looking at the political map of this place, above the Brecon Beacons there is beginning to be a political discourse of two countries—or three with mid-Wales—where there is a palpable feeling of neglect coming from the south Wales Labour party, as we see it.
"That is the theme of devolution since Labour has been at the helm—power and control.
"I very much welcome the increase in funding to the local authorities, especially the rural ones. I am big enough to say from the Conservative Benches that the First Minister of Wales got many of the decisions right during covid, and he did a good job in the round, but now is the time to restore the civil liberties to my constituents and to Wales.
"Now is the time to back off from the day-to-day control and, I am afraid, the nanny state, to a certain degree, that seems to develop around the covid rates."
If Boris is fanning the flames of independance, please SHUT UP and let him get on with it. It will be the first good thing that a Tory has ever done for Cymru
Quornby
Sorry Nia but it was Labour that stole from the Aberfan fund. Now if "Welsh" Labour was autonomous in reality as well as in name it might be different.
Yes it's time for a New Wales 🏴 kick all English party's out of wales 🏴
Boris and his Brit fanatics are doing a splendid job. Keep it going chaps!

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"The fallen warriors we honor on Memorial Day cherished liberty and freedom enough to lay down their lives to preserve our way of life," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "We owe them eternal gratitude and we must pass those sentiments on to future generations." Sec. Shinseki will deliver the keynote address at a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Richardson (AK) National Cemetery.
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Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day when the tradition of decorating Civil War graves began in 1866. This day of remembrance still brings loved ones to the graves of the deceased, often with flowers as grave decorations. To honor veterans buried in national cemeteries, Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) staff and volunteers typically place small individual American flags on each grave. Alternatively, "avenues of flags", flanking both sides of the cemetery entrance, are displayed. (These may include burial flags awarded to the survivors of veterans interned in the cemetery). The VA maintains more than three million gravesites at its 131 national cemeteries. In 2010, more than 111,800 burials took place in national cemeteries.
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Things get worse for Prince Andrew: Accused of using n-word, as pet project loses support
The fall-out continues over Andrew's BBC interview and his friendship with multimillionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
By Martha Ross | mross@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 18, 2019 at 11:38 am | UPDATED: November 25, 2019 at 8:28 pm
VIDEO: Prince Andrew interview sparks near-universal condemnation
As if Prince Andrew's weekend of bad PR couldn't get worse with his "disastrous" BBC interview, the Duke of York is now being accused of using the n-word during a Buckingham Palace meeting with a former government aide.
The Financial Times also reported that the Pitch@Palace initiative Andrew sponsors as a royal family member has lost support from companies KPMG and Aon. Sky News added that accounting firm KPMG has decided to not renew its sponsorship of PItch@Palace in order to distance itself from the queen's embattled second son.
The allegation that the Duke of York used the n-word came from Evening Standard columnist Rohan Silva, who said that he heard Andrew use the racial epithet during a 2012 meeting at Buckingham Palace, HuffPost reported.
At the time, Silva was a Downing Street advisor to the tech economy and said he was discussing trade policy with the prince. He asked the prince whether the government department responsible for trade "could be doing a better job."
Silva, who is of Sri Lankan heritage, alleges that Andrew replied: "Well, if you pardon the expression, that really is the n—– in the woodpile."
Today's @EveningStandard exclusive: Prince Andrew accused of using n-word in palace meeting with Downing St aide pic.twitter.com/x8mg18chzp
— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) November 18, 2019
It's not clear what role Andrew played in U.K. trade policy in 2012.
Andrew previously served as the special U.K. representative for trade but was forced to step down after his ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein became headline news in 2011.
Andrew had to leave his prominent trade position after he was photographed walking with Epstein in Central Park during a stay at the financier's Manhattan home in December 2010. One of Epstein's alleged sex slaves, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, also gave an interview to the Daily Mail in early 2011, in which she alleged she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times in 2001 when she was 17.
Silva said hearing the n-word from a member of the royal family left him "reeling," HuffPost said. He told the Evening Standard: "For a long time afterwards, I kicked myself for not confronting the prince on his choice of words."
Palace sources issued strong denials to the Evening Standard, insisting Andrew did not use the phrase and would never use such language, HuffPost reported.
But in a column he published Monday, Silva wrote about another exchange with Andrew in 2011 in which he used racially charged language, HuffPost said.
The duke interrupted Silva during a discussion about the tech economy by saying: "What you have got to remember, is that you'll never get anywhere by playing the white man."
Silva said he believed that Andrew was trying to make the point that the government "shouldn't be trying to reform the EU through the slow-moving proper channels, but perhaps be a bit more cunning in forcing through change."
After losing his job as trade envoy, Andrew tried to make a name for himself in other ways by promoting U.K. business interests and entrepreneurship. Andrew founded the Pitch@Palace initiative in 2014 to support entrepreneurs by connecting them with potential investors and supportive business contacts.
The Financial Times reported that both the Pitch@Palace network and another initiative Andrew sponsors, the Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA), rely on support of partners, which include universities, nonprofit organizations and major UK and Chinese corporations.
One of the founding partners of Pitch@Palace was KPMG, the Financial Times said. Other business supporters of Pitch@Palace told the Financial Times they are reviewing their involvement, in light of Andrew's BBC interview.
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Post-Symposium Excursions
For the Pre and Post Symposium excursions, please remember to include in your travel plans the airfare from or to the city where the excursion will start. In some cases this could be your arrival point in Brazil.
Excursion 1: National Park of Chapada dos Veadeiros (18/06 to 23/06) - 6 days
Departure: from Pirenópolis and arrival in Brasília.
Group Leaders: Cassia Munhoz (Universidade de Brasilia) and José Roberto R. Pinto (Universidade de Brasilia)
Number of participants: Minimum = 20 , Maximum = 40
Due to the nature of the roads, this excursion will be done in small buses or vans (each with capacity for 13-14 people with luggage)
Price: BRL $2700.00. If the organizer has confirmed your place in this excursion, please use this PayPal form to submit payment for registration. You will be asked to select your excursion from the drop down menu. Please see cancellation policy below.
Local: Alto Paraíso (http://www.altoparaiso.go.gov.br/) on the Veadeiros Plateaux, a highland complex with altitudes ranging from 800 m to 1650 m located in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil (centered at c. 14° S, 47° W). The complex has a very diverse landscape including areas of grasslands and low scrubby cerrado on rocky outcrops at high altitude, and cerrado woodlands on shallow soils derived from quartzitic and arenitic rocks. The flora of the Veadeiros Plateaux is rich and contains many endemics.
Day 1 (18/06): Departure from Pirinópolis (8:30 a.m.), travel to Alto Paraíso. Visit to a rubber tree plantation. We will see serpentine cerrado vegetation of Goiás state (Niquelândia), where Cerrado species shows Ni hyperaccumulation, and other heavy metals. Arrival in Alto Paraíso (6:00 p.m.).
Day 2 (19/06): Seasonally dry tropical forests are present on mountain slopes – there are deciduous and semideciduous forests distributed in regions with pronounced seasonality in rainfall and, in most cases, mineral-rich substrates. The dry forests are usually scattered throughout other vegetation types such as wet forests, savannas and woodlands and the transition between forest-savanna, has a species composition very different from Cerrado sensu stricto. Malvaceae (Cavanillesia umbellata- Brazilian Baobab, Pseudobombax tomentosum); Bignoniaceae (Handroanthus and Tabebuia), Fabaceae (Hymenaea, Acacia, Anadenanthera) Anacardiaceae (Myracrodruon urundeuva), Cactaceae.
Day 3 (20/06): Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. Located on an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The park was listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001. It occupies an area of 655 square kilometers. We will do a trail (about 8 km) through rocky grasslands, rocky cerrado and palm swamp with a rich and endemic flora, especially in the Eriocaulaceae, Lythraceae, Clusiaceae/Calophyllaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Melastomataceae, Xyridaceae and Velloziaceae. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is noted for its waterfalls. We will see waterfall of 80 to 120 meters high, include the Canyons. (http://www.icmbio.gov.br/parnachapadadosveadeiros/).
Day 4 (21/06): Visit to the OCA BRAZIL Institute (http://www.ocabrasil.org/). The Institute Oca Brazil manages a nursery of native Cerrado species in the city of Alto Paraíso de Goiás. The nursery is a reference in quality standards being used as a training school for nursery owners. Visit to the "Loquinhas" waterfall (http://www.veadeirosoficial.com.br/onde-ir/loquinhas/), we will be able to see gallery forest and cerrado sensu stricto. Free time after 3:00 p.m., city tour, shopping gifts crafts. There is also an optional possibility of a hot air balloon flight (The maximum number of persons per flight is 8 and the flight lasts approximately 1 hour and the cost will be around US $130 per person).
Day 5 (22/06): "Fazendinha" Private Farm Cerrado Nature Reserve (http://www.fazendinhacogumelo.com/#!oquefazer/cjg9). We will do a track through of the rocky grasslands, rocky cerrado, palm swamp and gallery forest. Grassland Landscape rich in star-flowers (Eriocaulaceae, Xyridaceae and Cyperaceae). Climb to the belvedere viewpoint to see the sunset in the mountains. Luau dining experience in "Fazendinha" with fire pit and moonlight.
Day 6 (23/06): Return to Brasilia (arrival around 1:00 p.m.).
Excursion 2: Coastal Forests and Dunes (18/06 to 21/06) - 4 days - Canceled
Due to logistic concerns Post-Symposium Excursion 2: Coastal Forests and Dunes has been cancelled. However, an excursion with the same itinerary has been included as Pre-Symposium Excursion 3. The dates for the new Pre-Symposium Excursion are from 07 to 10/06. Please look at the Pre-Symposium web page for more information.
Cancellation Policy for Excursions (Penalty)
If you have not done so already, please make your payment for the Excursions by April 1st.
Cancellation with substitution of participant - 15%
Cancellation without substitution prior to 15 April - 50%
Cancellation without substitution after 15 April - no refund


In the latter part of 2007, a full township grid was created along with the Mojo Report. The grid is based on the original measurements shown by the BLM township survey. Different section lines on the Mojo Grid has measurements from all subsequent surveys found to compare against the BLM measurements and field notes. The field notes for our township outline location bearings of witness trees in relation to the light wood stakes used as the BLM Section corners and ¼ section posts. BLM Section corners located in swampy areas frequently used witness trees found in swamps such as Titi and Bay. Pine trees were generally used as witness trees on dry land or high ground.
A theory came into play that if most pine trees on high ground were harvested over the course of history for the local lumber mills, than most or all of the lightwood stakes placed by the BLM could have been destroyed or obliterated by the harvest. If this were the case, then perhaps we should be looking into Section corners identified by the BLM field notes located in swampy areas, since pine trees do not grow well in the swamps. BLM field notes were checked for the nearest Section corner to our proximity identified with witness trees typically found in swamps. The nearest area was referenced by 4 bay witness trees at the SW corner of Section 17, on the same line as our property. In early 2008, we hired Brian Pascoe #7237 to survey the area of the SW corner of Section 17. A calculation and instruction was given to Mr. Pascoe to look in an area around 96.37' west and about 38' south of the ACC concrete monument currently used by others as the location for the Section 17 SW corner. This calculation was made from the Mojo grid comparing the BLM measurements against measurements shown on other surveys. The comparison of measurements showed a difference of where the potential true corner location could be. Mr. Pascoe surveyed for 3 days. On the third day, an old lightwood stake was discovered in the swamp. Mr. Pascoe found the stake 95.94' west and 28.36' south of the ACC monument. Evidence of witness trees were also found. Mr. Pascoe filed document #97037 for Corner Certification with Labins and the State of Florida in 2009. The judge in our Walton County case disregarded the testimony of the lightwood stake, and supported the location of the ACC monument as the section corner. The line that the judge ruled on also was not straight, as required by the BLM. No case law was cited in the ruling.
The first survey company hired by the family to verify the SE corner of Section 16 was Bannerman Surveyors Inc. The land mass involved in the dispute measured 164' X 660' and the Section Corner corner location could reflect the same difference of at least 164'. An "ACC" concrete monument used by the other party in the dispute was surveyed and an archaeological excavation was performed at the bearings of the 4 pine witness trees identified with the original BLM field notes. Bannerman found potential evidence of residual root mass at one of the four locations. Two of the witness tree locations were thought to be under a county maintained road, and arrangements would be needed with the county to be able to excavate under the road. The was no evidence of a tree at the fourth location. A sample of the root mass was sent to be radio carbon dated. The results were that the tree was likely to be from the 1900 -1910 time frame. The BLM tree would be dated at about 1800-1820, or older depending on the age of the tree in 1825. This indicates at least a 100 year discrepancy involved with the sample.
In the meantime, research for this report indicated that potential to find evidence of a true corner location was likely at about 300 feet or more south of ACC monument that has been certified. We took a tape measure and began looking for evidence in the area of 300' or greater. A lead pipe with a brass cap was found embedded in a county maintained road. There was an indentation in the asphalt that looked as if someone tried to pry it out. The brass capped top was hammered over to the side and into the asphalt. The top of the cap is not visibly accessible to look for a surveyor's mark. Bannerman was asked to come back and look into the location of the pipe found and survey the distance found. A request was also made to look for any monumentation well south of the ACC monument currently used as the NW corner of Section 27 and any sign of monumentation showing the NE corner location on the other side of the 4 Mile Creek, also for Section 27. Greg (didn't catch the last name) came out for two days to complete the tasks requested and the bill for his work was paid. A report from the work done by "Greg" has never been sent to the family. Bannerman Surveyors have been used by the Department of Transportation for the State of Florida on a regular basis for surveys on roadwork, etc.


Versatility is a major aspect in a musicians skill set and Grant Chris proves himself worthy once again with 3 back to back to back releases showing what's been keeping him busy this summer and showing his fluidity in 3 different sounding tracks. Paradise in My Mind takes a slower and more melodic approach and Grant manages to smoothly ride the production which was handled by the dynamic duo Billist and Juda, who can be found in many of Grant's tracks. The song focuses on Grants emotions towards personal experiences and how he manages to handle them all and hints at future plans, a more personal track which helps the listener get to know Grant and hear him out.
Second track, IF, steps back a bit from a the personal aspects and focuses primarily on Grant's self worth and where he stands in people's lives, all of this on top of a heavier and bumpier beat that comes to a much slower halt near the end and Grant boasts about his plans of taking over the game if given the chance, and with fluidity and skill set this vast, I personally don't doubt it. IF is my personal favourite from the latest tracks released and being the mind behind the artwork was great experience.
Finally, Grant ends off the trifecta with a raw Hip Hop approach to keep the more old school fans on their feet titled West Lodge Freestyle. A bar-for-bar freestyle where Grant steps forward with his plan and executions in the music scene and how he manages it all, with no chorus, it gives Grant the chance to really speak and if you listen close, he's got a lot to say.
These are the first few tracks we've heard from Grant recently but with momentum like this, I hope he channels that energy into an EP or album soon because this much talent cannot go unheard. Check out the tracks below and keep your eyes out for more from Grant Chris.


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I've had some time to play with the EVDO options out there – I ended up getting a Sprint card in addition to the Verizon one I had as well. The Sprint card is a Novatel Wireless EX720, and I have the usual 5GB monthly plan.
Both Verizon and Sprint have similar UI's for their management applications. I like Verizon's statistics graphing capabilities, but I much prefer the Sprint application for everything else – it seems to be better adapted to deal with Windows Vista.
This is from the same location, the same night. The Verizon towers seem to be pretty consistently slower than Sprint. I'll do some additional testing over the next week or two to see if things stay the same. Thus far, I'm going to stay with Sprint.


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News / by Michele Ingelido - November 7, 2017 1:33 pm
Xiaomi May Release A Rugged Phone In H1 2018
According to an industry insider, in the first half of 2018 Xiaomi will launch its first rugged phone. The phone is tipped to have a waterproof, shockproof and dustproof chassis….
Xiaomi Mi7 Is a Full Borderless Phone In New Renders
New renders of Xiaomi Mi7 have surfaced and they show an outstanding device, with an even more incredible design than the one of Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. They are not…
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Xiaomi Mi7's SoC Will Be Official In December
According to a new leaked invite that has just surfaced on Weibo, the next mobile flagship processor by Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 845, will be officially announced in early December. There…
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Xiaomi Mi7 May Be Less Powerful Than Expected
Rumors have recently suggested that Xiaomi Mi7 will be among the first phones to sport the Snapdragon 845 SoC by Qualcomm (the first after Samsung Galaxy S9), but it seems…
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Xiaomi Mi7 May Launch In February 2018: Maybe At MWC?
According to the latest rumors coming from China, Xiaomi Mi7 will be officially announced in February 2018 with the best technologies available on the market. It is the same month…
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Xiaomi Mi7 Will Be More Powerful Than Samsung Galaxy S9 (Rumors)
According to new voices, Xiaomi Mi7 will be more powerful than Samsung Galaxy S9, and this means that it will have better performances. We are talking about the hardware side…
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Xiaomi Mi7 Spotted On Benchmarks With Snapdragon 845
We are still so far from the launch of Xiaomi Mi7, the next flagship phone by the Chinese company that will be officially unveiled in the first half of 2018….
Xiaomi Mi7 Allegedly Being Optimized For Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 will be the next flagship SoC made by Qualcomm for smartphones, and Xiaomi Mi7 will be one of the first devices to sport it under the hood….
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One of the most interesting features of the new Apple iPhone X is Face ID, a technology which makes the phone recognize the face of its owner (even in the…
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Colorado Regulators Ditch 'Absurd' Rule Treating Marijuana Publications Like Porn
Vet recommends medical marijuana for pets in pain
A photo of President Barack Obama, a former marijuana user, is seen on the cover of 'Cannabis Now' magazine at the HempCon medical marijuana show, May 24, 2013, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Marijuana-themed publications won't be treated like pornography in Colorado, state regulators announced Thursday in the face of lawsuits.
The rule would have forced stores to keep publications with a "primary focus" on pot away from shoppers under the age of 21, and was mandated by a package of legislature-approved marijuana regulations signed into law by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 28.
Colorado's State Licensing Authority said the rule was unconstitutional and would be ignored. An "emergency rule" issued by the licensing authority said "such a requirement would violate the United States Constitution" and Colorado law.
The decision was made with input from the state attorney general's office. "We support the laudable goal of keeping retail marijuana out of the hands of those under 21, but that has to be consistent with the Constitution," a spokesperson for the state attorney general told The Denver Post.
Colorado's marijuana-regulating legislation mandated that the licensing authority adopt a rule by July 1 "[r]equiring that magazines whose primary focus is marijuana or marijuana businesses are only sold in retail marijuana stores or behind the counter in establishments where persons under [21] years of age are present."
"We applaud the Attorney General's decision to declare as unconstitutional this absurd rule that marijuana-related publications be treated like pornographic material," said Mason Tvert, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project.
"The idea that stores can prominently display magazines touting the joys of drinking wine and smoking cigars, yet banish those that discuss a far safer substance to behind the counter, is absolutely absurd," said Tvert, who co-directed the successful Amendment 64 campaign that legalized pot in Colorado. "The fact that legislators passed this rule despite being informed it is a gross violation of the U.S. Constitution demonstrates the bigotry that still exists with regard to marijuana. It is time for our elected leaders to get over their reefer madness and recognize that a majority of Coloradans – and a majority of Americans – think marijuana should be legal for adults."
[PHOTOS: Suburban N.Y. Mom's Alleged Pot Business]
It's unclear if other restrictions might be deemed unconstitutional. Two federal lawsuits, one filed by the three pot publications – High Times Magazine, The Daily Doobie and The Hemp Connoisseur – and anotherby the ACLU on behalf of booksellers, had sought to have the rule declared unconstitutional in court.
Permanent rules for recreational marijuana will be crafted by Colorado's State Licensing Authority with input from an appointed "representative group" of citizens over the summer. A formal rule-making hearing is scheduled for the week of August 19.


A man was critically wounded Thursday evening in an Austin drive-by shooting.
The 32-year-old was shot in the chest at 7:28 p.m. when a dark-colored car pulled up in the 4800 block of West Washington, and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
He was in critical condition at Stroger Hospital.


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Yamaha's smart pianos work with Alexa and teach you how to play
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Of the many things we expected to see at IFA 2017, cutting-edge instruments weren't one of them. But Yamaha is using its time in Berlin to showcase the Clavinova all-electric, smart pianos, which use an iOS device and LEDs above each key to teach you how to play. With the Smart Pianist application, which will also be available on Android next year, you can learn how to play tracks in real-time thanks to blue and red lights that will come on every time you're supposed to hit a key. (Red LEDs are placed above white keys, blue above the black ones.) Not only that, but if you can read music, there's a chord chart being displayed on the iPad in real-time for whatever song you're playing.
In terms of Alexa compatibility, Amazon's virtual assistant isn't built into the Clavinova smart pianos. Instead, you're able to trigger different commands by plugging something like an an Echo Dot to them. The only caveat is that you'll need to route that through a MusicCast-powered hub, which is essentially Yamaha's answer to Apple AirPlay and Google Cast. It's not the most intuitive process, but it's still fun to see in action — especially if it works quite smoothly, as was the case during our demo. For instance, you can tell Alexa to play you a song on your piano, in case you want rather save a few minutes and not browse your music library.
Here's the other, and arguably main, caveat: Yamaha's Clavinova CSP models start at $4,000, depending on your piano configuration And if you're feeling adventurous, the company also has a Grand Piano that works with a similar iPad app and plays itself for $60,000. It just depends on how much you want to impress.
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Association meetings continue to show robust growth: ICCA
by BEA Reporter
Record year of association meetings sees Barcelona top city rankings while the Asian market remains stable.
In another successful year for the association meetings industry, the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has captured a record number of 12,558 international association meetings in 2017 – with 346 additional meetings compared to 2016. This is the highest annual figure that ICCA has ever recorded in its yearly analysis of the immediate past year's meetings data.
"In a world of disruption and unpredictability, the continuing growth in international association meetings is a welcome anomaly, but is not that surprising," ICCA CEO, Martin Sirk, says. "We are still in a period of revolutionary change in terms of scientific and technological advancements, which are transforming traditional association fields such as healthcare and trade.
"To make sense of the tsunami of new data and information, association communities need to meet. Not just at their traditional, well-established meetings, but in new gatherings specifically invented to serve new academic fields or to reach out to new audiences. These are the pressures that we believe will continue to boost the sector for many years to come."
City and country rankings
The cities in this year's top 5 remain unchanged since 2015, but Barcelona surpasses regular first and second-place holders Paris and Vienna to claim the top spot. Taking first place for the first time since 2004 with 195 meetings in 2017, Barcelona knocks last year's number one Paris down to second place. Vienna holds its previous position in joint second place with Paris, and Berlin and London are placed in fourth and fifth. Madrid stays in seventh place for another year, and last year's other number seven, Amsterdam, drops out of the top 10 to 16th place, making way for Prague to climb three places to join the top 10 in eighth place. As in 2016, Singapore, Lisbon and Seoul remain in sixth, ninth and 10th place respectively.
Notable risers are Buenos Aires, jumping from 17th to 11th place, Budapest, jumping from 16th to 12th, and Hong Kong, jumping from 19th to 13th. Rome remains in 20th place for another year. Newcomers to the top 20 in 2017 are Tokyo and Montreal.
Top 20 city ranking by number of meetings organised in 2017:
Rank City # Meetings
1 Barcelona 195
2 Paris 190
3 Vienna 190
4 Berlin 185
5 London 177
6 Singapore 160
7 Madrid 153
8 Prague 151
9 Lisbon 149
10 Seoul 142
11 Buenos Aires 131
12 Budapest 128
13 Hong Kong 119
14 Dublin 117
15 Copenhagen 115
16 Amsterdam 112
17 Bangkok 110
18 Tokyo 101
19 Stockholm 97
20 Montreal, QC 96
21 Rome 96
Since 2016 there has not been much change in the top 10 country rankings, apart from a minor shift in positioning. As it has done for the past two decades, U.S.A. remains in the number one position with 941 meetings, 7 more than reported at this time in 2016.
Top 20 country rankings by number of meetings organised in 2017:
Rank Country # Meetings
1 U.S.A. 941
2 Germany 682
3 United Kingdom 592
4 Spain 564
5 Italy 515
6 France 506
7 Japan 414
8 China P.R. 376
9 Canada 360
10 Netherlands 307
11 Portugal 298
12 Austria 281
13 Republic of Korea 279
14 Australia 258
15 Sweden 255
16 Brazil 237
17 Switzerland 230
18 Poland 216
19 Belgium 208
20 Denmark 203
The annual ICCA country and city rankings report only includes international association meetings that rotate between at least three countries, have a proven attendance of at least 50 participants, and are held on a regular basis. The ICCA rankings should thus not be mistaken as providing an overview of the entire meetings industry.
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How to Prolong the Life of Cut Flowers
Cut flowers will die eventually, but they don't have to wilt right away. While each specific type of bloom may require slightly different care, tulips, for example, continue growing after being cut, adding up to several inches to their stem length in a vase.
Scrub, clean and thoroughly rinse a flower vase before using it.
Fill the flower vase halfway with room-temperature water and add a floral preservative. If you don't want to use a commercial product, add 2 tbsp. of fresh lemon juice, 1 tbsp. sugar and 1/2 tsp. bleach to each quart of water in the vase as a homemade floral preservative. While you're at it, fill a sink several inches deep with room-temperature water.
Cut flowers will die eventually, but they don't have to wilt right away.
Whether you cut the flowers yourself or receive an arrangement from a flower shop, there are steps you can take to prolong their lives for up to two weeks.
Hold the cut flowers up against the base of the vase and eyeball roughly where the water line will fall on the stems once the vase is filled to within an inch of the brim. Don't forget to figure in that you'll be cutting about an inch off the bottom of the stems before putting the flowers in the water. Next, pull or cut off any leaves that fall beneath the estimated water line, but leave any thorns in place.
Hold the ends of the flower stems in the sink, under the water, as you trim the ends off the flower stems at a slant, using a sharp knife that does not have a serrated blade. Place each stem in the vase right after you cut it.
Keep your cut flowers away from fruit and out of direct sunlight, warm drafts and direct heat. This includes not placing them on top of the refrigerator or television set. Shift your flowers to a cool place at night to keep them fresher.
Hold the cut flowers up against the base of the vase and eyeball roughly where the water line will fall on the stems once the vase is filled to within an inch of the brim.
Hold the ends of the flower stems in the sink, under the water, as you trim the ends off the flower stems at a slant, using a sharp knife that does not have a serrated blade.
Pour the old water out of the vase every two days and replace it with fresh, room-temperature water. Add more floral preservative. Check on the flowers each day and remove any that show signs of rot.
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Q: Cannot figure out which two objects are attached to different ObjectContext objects So I recently took a system (MVC/Entity Framework) that we have and added in a bunch of Cached Repositories to speed it up. It seemed to work fine in testing, however when we pushed it out we have been randomly getting this error from random users:
Exception Message: The relationship between the two objects cannot be defined because they are attached to different ObjectContext objects.

Stack Trace: at System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.DataClasses.RelatedEnd.ValidateContextsAreCompatible(RelatedEnd targetRelatedEnd) at System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.DataClasses.RelatedEnd.Add(IEntityWrapper wrappedTarget, Boolean applyConstraints, Boolean addRelationshipAsUnchanged, Boolean relationshipAlreadyExists, Boolean allowModifyingOtherEndOfRelationship, Boolean forceForeignKeyChanges) at System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectStateManager.PerformAdd(IEntityWrapper wrappedOwner, RelatedEnd relatedEnd, IEntityWrapper entityToAdd, Boolean isForeignKeyChange) at System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectStateManager.PerformAdd(IList`1 entries) at System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects.ObjectStateManager.DetectChanges() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.DetectChanges(Boolean force) at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.GetStateEntries(Func`2 predicate) at System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbChangeTracker.Entries() at System.Data.Entity.DbContext.GetValidationErrors() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.SaveChanges() at ClinicalCMS.Domain.CMSContext.SaveChanges() in C:\Projects\BeaconEDC\ClinicalCMS.Domain\CMSContext.cs:line 255 at BeaconEDC.Areas.DataEntry.Controllers.EngineController.MarkComplete(Int64 studyId, Int64 subjectId, Int64 formIteration, StudyAssignment assignment, String caseId, StudyForm studyForm) in C:\Projects\BeaconEDC\BeaconEDC\Areas\DataEntry\Controllers\EngineController.cs:line 375 at BeaconEDC.Areas.DataEntry.Controllers.EngineController.Edit(Int64 studyId, Int64 subjectId, Int64 formIteration, Int64 studyFormId, FormCollection collection) in C:\Projects\BeaconEDC\BeaconEDC\Areas\DataEntry\Controllers\EngineController.cs:line 312 at lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c.b__9_0(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ActionInvocation innerInvokeState) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncResultWrapper.WrappedAsyncResult`2.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.AsyncInvocationWithFilters.<>c__DisplayClass11_0.b__0() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.AsyncInvocationWithFilters.<>c__DisplayClass11_2.b__2() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethodWithFilters(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass3_6.b__4() at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass3_1.b__1(IAsyncResult asyncResult)

Now, I write to the database in lots of places, but it always reports this in the same place. But there is nothing I'm seeing in that part of the code that use anything from any of the cached repositories. I literally just create a new object, add a bunch of stuff to it (that are either strings, longs, integers, or dates), add it to the context, and save changes.
To make things more frustrating, I've never been able to reproduce this in Visual Studio. Only occurs on the server.
So my question is, is there any way of getting more information out of that exception? Some way of telling exactly what two objects it is talking about?
Here is the bit where it is failing:
HatterasGlobal global = repo.HatterasGlobal(iid, caseId, "FormStatus");
if (global == null)
{
    global = new HatterasGlobal();
    global.CaseID = caseId;
    global.GlobalName = "FormStatus";
    global.Mode = 1;
    global.Value = "C";
    global.Modified = DateTime.Now;
    global.HatterasInstrumentID = iid;
    global.StudyId = studyId;
    global.SubjectId = subjectId;
    global.FormIteration = formIteration;

    repo.Add(global);
}
else
{
    global.Value = "C";
    global.Modified = DateTime.Now;

    repo.SaveChanges();
}

// set the date complete
HatterasGlobal dateGlobal = repo.HatterasGlobal(studyForm.Form.IID, caseId, "DateComplete");
if (dateGlobal == null)
{
    dateGlobal = new HatterasGlobal();
    dateGlobal.CaseID = caseId;
    dateGlobal.GlobalName = "DateComplete";
    dateGlobal.Mode = 1;
    dateGlobal.Value = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
    dateGlobal.Modified = DateTime.Now;
    dateGlobal.HatterasInstrumentID = iid;
    dateGlobal.StudyId = studyId;
    dateGlobal.SubjectId = subjectId;
    dateGlobal.FormIteration = formIteration;

    repo.Add(dateGlobal);
}
else
{
    dateGlobal.Value = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
    dateGlobal.Modified = DateTime.Now;

    repo.SaveChanges();
}

The line that it is actually bombing on in the stack trace is this guy:
HatterasGlobal dateGlobal = repo.HatterasGlobal(studyForm.Form.IID, caseId, "DateComplete");

But I suspect it is having a problem with repo.Add(global). All that does is this:
public void Add(HatterasGlobal global)
{
    _context.HatterasGlobals.Add(global);
    _context.SaveChanges();
}

Here is where the Context is registered (Unity):
container.RegisterType<CMSContext>(new PerRequestLifetimeManager(), new InjectionConstructor());
...
container.RegisterType<IDataEntryRepository, CachedDataEntryRepository>(new PerRequestLifetimeManager(), new InjectionConstructor(typeof(CMSContext)));

Inside the repo, the context is initialized like so:
protected CMSContext _context;
public EFDataEntryRepository(CMSContext context)
{
   this._context = context;
}

(The EFDataEntryRepository is the base class for CachedDataEntryRepository.)
Here is an example of how I'm doing the caching:
public override Study Study(long id)
        {
            var study = HttpRuntime.Cache["Study-" + id + "-" + HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name] as Study;
            if (study == null)
            {
                lock (CacheLockObject)
                {
                    study = HttpRuntime.Cache["Study-" + id + "-" + HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name] as Study;
                    if (study == null)
                    {
                        study = base.Study(id);
                        if (study != null) HttpRuntime.Cache.Insert("Study-" + id + "-" + HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name, study, null, _absolute, _sliding);
                    }
                }
            }

            return study;
        }

Does that help?

A: "at ClinicalCMS.Domain.CMSContext.SaveChanges() ..."  You need to dive further down the exception stack past the "...", that will be the meat of the problem.
The usual culprit for this will be code that is passing entities around. As a simple example:
public IEnumerable<RelatedEntity> LoadRelated()
{
    using (var context = new MyDbContext())
    {
        return context.RelatedEntities.ToList();
    }
}

public void SaveEntity(ParentEntity entity)
{
    using (var context = new MyDbContext())
    {
        context.ParentEntities.Add(entity);
        context.SaveChanges()
    }
}

public void SomeAction(ParentEntityViewModel viewModel)
{
    var relatedEntities = LoadRelated();
    var relatedEntity = relatedEntities
        .OrderBy(x => x.ApplicableDate)
        .First(x => x.ApplicableDate >= DateTime.Now);
    var newEntity = new ParentEntity
    {
        Name = viewModel.Name,
        RelatedEntity = relatedEntity
     };
     SaveEntity(newEntity);
}

... again, a bare-bones example for demonstration. This normally manifests when code is using things like Repository patterns which are either leveraging different bounded contexts (i.e. different DbContexts that load the same entities) or where the DbContext in question has multiple instances declared such as a different lifetime scope depending on whether you use an IoC Container or not.
The above example is using 2 different instances of a DbContext. The related entities were loaded in the first, but the Save uses a second. When we create a parent entity and associate an entity still tracked by the first and then give it to the second, we would get that error you are seeing.
Given you are seeing the error in production but not in testing I would suspect one of two things:

*

*This is a rare scenario that users are tripping that you aren't reproducing when testing.

*This is a concurrent session issue and your caching is doing something naughty.

I'm leaning towards #2 given caching and entities are never something that should really ever be done. If your DbContext is scoped per-request via an EF context, and you are loading entities then throwing them into a static cache, while that request is active, other requests which will spawn other DbContexts might pick out entities from a cache. These entities would be associated with the other request's DbContext and would likely result in errors like what you are seeing.  Any caching you do should only ever be done at a session state, not static / cross-session.

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Ex-Baldwin AD hired for same job at Dallastown, will replace retiring Tory Harvey
Former Baldwin athletic director Vince Sortino has been hired for the same job at Dallastown, replacing the retiring Tory Harvey.
Ex-Baldwin AD hired for same job at Dallastown, will replace retiring Tory Harvey Former Baldwin athletic director Vince Sortino has been hired for the same job at Dallastown, replacing the retiring Tory Harvey. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/07/22/ex-baldwin-ad-hired-same-job-dallastown-replace-harvey/816195002/
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Vince Sortino has been hired as the new athletic director at Dallastown High School.
Sortino will replace the retiring Tory Harvey with the Wildcats.
Sortino was the AD at Baldwin in western Pennsylvania, but his position was recently eliminated.
It's not uncommon for someone to feel a little uneasy when discovering that his job is being eliminated.
Vince Sortino found himself in just that situation recently.
The longtime athletic director at Baldwin High School in western Pennsylvania, however, remained confident that he would find a new job after his former district announced that it was eliminating his $125,000 position on June 13 in a controversial cost-cutting move.
Sure enough, the 54 year old didn't find himself out of work too long.
Thursday, Sortino was officially named to take over for the retiring Tory Harvey as the new AD at Dallastown High School, with a listed salary of $98,000.
Vince Sortino (Photo: PHOTO COURTESY OF LINKEDIN)
The Wildcats are a large-school program, competing at the Class 6-A level in sports such as football and basketball. They've traditionally fielded one of the stronger athletic programs in York County.
"I felt comfortable in being able to find something," Sortino said during a phone interview Sunday. "So, it just came down to a matter of where I wanted to be. I didn't want to go out of state, and I didn't really want to go all the way to Philly, so when Dallastown opened up I was really happy to have an opportunity to talk to them about the position."
It only took a month between losing his position at Baldwin before he accepted his new job at Dallastown, which will officially begin the first full week of August.
"I'm excited to get started," Sortino said. "I've always loved the area. I have a friend that lives in Hanover and I have some other family that live over in Lancaster. So I've been around the area before and me and my wife are just so excited to become a part of the Dallastown community."
"The right fit:" Sortino was a special education teacher for 28 years in the Baldwin School District as well as the school's AD the past 12 years.
The decision to take the Dallastown job came down to one thing — being the right fit.
"The last interview I had was really just to get to know each other and find out if it's the right fit," he said. "And that's not only for the school district but for myself. And I really liked that they expressed that. They told to me to ask any questions so that they knew that I would feel comfortable coming here. So they did their due diligence of what they needed to do."
Lots of experience: Sortino brings a wealth of experience with him from his time at Baldwin. In addition to his district duties as the AD, Sortino was also on the board of directors for District 7 (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League) as well as the chair of softball and hall-of-fame committees for that district.
Sortino's hard work did not go unnoticed by his peers. They voted him as the 2015 Regional Athletic Director of the Year.
"I was really honored by that," he said. "Because that's voted on directly by your peers who are fellow athletic directors."
Sortino will take over the reins from Harvey, who has been a mainstay at Dallastown for more than 20 years. Sortino's initial impressions of both Harvey and the district as a whole were quite positive.
"Tory is a great guy with a great reputation across the state," Sortino said. "And the school district has a great reputation and I was just so impressed with the administrative leadership team there. All of them … the superintendent, the assistant superintendent, the principals and the human resources director, and their reputations, all go a long way."


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Since 1945, The Conference on Iroquois Research, as it is more formally known by its founders and supporters, has provided a unique collaborative forum for anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, artists, ethnohistorians, historians, linguists, and Native scholars and Elders whose research focuses on the Haudenosaunee. This academic retreat fosters a holistic approach where native and non-native researchers from all disciplines share the same podium with only one session in progress. Although the venues have changed over the last half century, from its informal encounters at the Allegany State Park administrative building in Red House, the focus, the spirit and the integrity of the conference continues to burn brightly. Come join us at the Wood's Edge.
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Great Law of the Iroquois
"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation... even if it requires having skin as thick as the bark of a pine."
Since 2009, the conference has been "on the road", to use the vernacular, to allow different Haudenosaunee communities to host the event and to encourage local scholars from those communities to participate. Past programs are now accessible online and the launch of the much anticipated peer-reviewed journal, Iroquoia, will help strengthen the organization's commitment to formally document some of the scholarly discussions fostered by the conference. Lastly, in order to assist young scholars, new scholarships have been launched as a attribute to Mary Druke Becker (1951-2006) - organizer of the conference for many years, North American Indian Traveling College founder, Ernest Benedict (1918-2011), and his daughter, educator and cultural historian Salli Benedict (1954-2011).
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Haudenosaunee, an autonym of the Iroquois, means "people of the long house." Many have suggested that the name, Iroquois, was a "given name" by neighbouring Algonkian-speaking people, which was later adopted by Europeans.
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people of the standing stone
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people of the hills
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people of the great swamp
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people of the great hill
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The Haudenosaunee or the Iroquois Confederacy originally consisted of 5 nations. From east to west, this alliance between the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca, would later expand to include the Tuscarora in 1722. It must be noted that the Haudenosaunee have also absorbed and adopted many other peoples into their cultures. Today, while most Haudenosaunee live in 18 communities, located predominately in eastern North America, (U.S. N=10, Canada N=7, Canada and U.S. N=1), some have taken residence in more urban settings.
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Lizzo Slaps Back At Tomi Lahren After Impeachment Controversy, Tells Her To 'Do Better'
Lizzo celebrated President Trump's impeachment but was called out by conservative commentator Tomi Lahren.
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This past week President Trump became the third United States president in history to be impeached. The news has divided the nation. Back in September, popular singer Lizzo predicted this by tweeting "Impeachment" with a peach emoji. On December 18, she replied to her own tweet, writing "this aged well."
Controversial conservative commentator Tomi Lahren responded to her, using one of Lizzo's own song titles against her. Now Lizzo is clapping back, according to Harpers Bazaar.
Lahren is strongly pro-Trump and was very vocal about her opinion that he should not have been impeached and that he did nothing wrong. She's been known to go after anyone, famous or not, that speaks out against the president. Thus, it wasn't surprising when she started the online altercation with Lizzo.
"Well @realDonaldTrump is still your president. Truth hurts. #KAG2020," she replied to Lizzo's tweet.
In typical Lizzo fashion, the singer was undaunted by Lahren and let her know it.
"The only thing that hurts is this country is divided by hatred fueled from people like you.. why don't u do better and give ya boy some advice on telling the truth, he's gonna need it," she told Lahren.
Lahren didn't finish her tirade there, but rather replied with more reasons why she feels the impeachment is a "witch hunt". This is a term the president himself has used a lot throughout the past month.
Last night I covered the Democratic Debate here in LA. The best part was being reunited with @jessica_grose and the second best part was seeing the looks on the faces of the Leftist media members when they saw me. Yeah biznitches, it was me. The worst part was watching these socialist wannabes lie to the American people. #TeamTomi #winecave #DemocraticDebate #LMU #PBS
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As The Inquisitr previously reported, the U.S. House of Representatives made the decision to impeach President Trump this past week due to what many found to be an abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. This all came about due to a now famous phone call the president shared with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who was newly elected to his position.
In the phone call, President Trump appeared to try to strike a deal with President Zelensky, offering him military aid if, in turn, he would look into Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. He was particularly interested in finding out the reason why an investigation into Biden's son had ended.
Even though President Trump has officially been impeached, he seems to be denying that it ever happened.
On Saturday, President Trump assured an audience of conservative high school students that he isn't going anywhere.
"Their own lawyer said there's no impeachment. What are we doing here?" he asked.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to turn over the impeachment articles to the Senate.


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Accuracy of images Provo firm uses in PCMR talks again challenged
Developer's computer-generated renderings 'false and photoshopped,' a critic says
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The mountainous backdrop to the Park City Mountain Resort parking lots is visible from numerous vantages across the community.
But, some say, a Provo firm continues to show misleading computer-generated images as it pursues a major development proposal at the PCMR base area.
Critics of the proposal from PEG Companies have for months challenged the accuracy of the images created by the developer's side, contending that they show mountainous terrain that in actuality is not there. The inaccurate terrain in the background, critics say, can diminish the impact of buildings that are part of the development proposal and are shown in the foreground of the images.
The computer-generated images again were noted during a Park City Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday. The images were not the primary focus of the meeting, another in a series of lengthy ones about the project, but they drew attention from the opposition to the project.
One of the project critics, Empire Avenue property owner Doug Lee, posted a message centered on the images on the City Hall online broadcast of the meeting. He said in the message the ridgeline "is materially wrong and misleading."
"The ridgeline to the center and right of the photo is false and photoshopped from another part of the mountain," Lee wrote in the message.
Some of the critics who testified on Wednesday also touched on a desire for accurate visuals, calling for a three-dimensional rendering of the project that shows the mountains in the background as they actually appear.
The consternation regarding the computer-generated images highlights the building tension about the development proposal as a Planning Commission vote appears to be approaching after more than a year of discussions. There had been similar worries about the images produced by the PEG Companies' side months ago, but the issue unexpectedly became prominent again on Wednesday.
The PEG Companies' side on Wednesday indicated the images are not designed to show a reduced scope of development and instead are meant to be visual aids.
The developer and the Planning Commission discussed other perspectives that could be shown in computer-generated images. PEG Companies said afterward in a prepared statement it would "provide an additional view from car-level as you enter the base area" from a point toward the northern border of the land.
"As we are in the master plan process only at this point, we have provided many renderings and volumetric studies going back to the first of the year, including a 3D model using existing context and topography imported from Google Earth," PEG Companies said in the statement, adding that more architectural details would be provided during a different phase of the talks.
PEG Companies earlier reached an agreement with PCMR owner Vail Resorts to acquire the land for the project. There are development rights attached to the land dating to the 1990s, but an additional approval is needed before a project can proceed. The deal between Vail Resorts and PEG Companies is not expected to be finalized until after the Planning Commission discussions.
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Gates Foundation-funded grant seeks to "advance transformational change in public higher education"
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Temple University has received a Transformational Planning Grant, funded by the Gates foundation, to develop new approaches for recruiting and evaluating prospective Temple students.
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) announced today that Temple University is one of only seven universities nationwide selected to participate in an innovative, one-year project that seeks to transform the way higher education is delivered.
Temple will receive $225,000 as part of the Transformational Planning Grant project—an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—to research, develop and test new university business models that can increase access, improve student success rates and find greater cost efficiencies.
"I am delighted that Temple was one of the few universities selected to receive this unique grant," said Temple University President Neil D. Theobald. "Temple has an unwavering commitment to leading the way in addressing the national crisis of affordability and access in higher education. This grant affirms that Temple's bold and innovative model has the potential to serve as a national prototype."
Temple's Transformational Planning Grant will be used to develop new approaches for recruiting and evaluating prospective Temple students. The project will be piloted among students in Philadelphia area high schools whose potential may be overlooked by traditional measures of achievement, such as standardized testing. Temple also will analyze how these "non-cognitive" approaches—strategies that take into account factors such as a student's grit, determination, self-assurance and self-advocacy—can be incorporated into the university's academic policies, financial aid strategy, and advising and support services.
"The common goal of this grant and Temple's many recent groundbreaking initiatives, from Fly in 4 to our new financial literacy programs, is to give more students the opportunity to earn a Temple degree in four years," President Theobald said. "Our current and future students deserve nothing less."
APLU intends to use its national network to work to scale the most promising findings and practices of Temple and the six other grantees—California State University, Fresno; Florida International University; Georgia State University; Portland State University; the University of Akron; and the University of Illinois at Chicago—to help its more than 200 public university members across the country better meet the needs of their evolving student populations.
APLU and USU conducted a rigorous application and review process for urban universities interested in participating in the Transformational Planning Grant project. The seven institutions chosen demonstrated evidence of being early adopters, measured by the degree to which they have already begun to convene stakeholders and implement system-level change. The seven sites will be supported by APLU and USU networks, which will capture and promote promising practices and broker support for the sites if they need additional resources or expertise.
"Public research universities are being asked to educate more students and effectively prepare them for the workforce and society at the same time they continue to face reduced state and local funding," APLU President Peter McPherson said. "Temple is well-positioned to identify effective ways forward that can help transform the delivery of public higher education as we know it."


Many people are already planning summer vacations, but what does your RV look like after storage from a long season last year? If you want to spruce up the interior of your camper or trailer, consider RV upholstery replacement as an affordable alternative to paying for a full interior remodel.
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Durability – lightweight, loosely woven fabric may look pretty in your decorating dreams, but won't withstand repeated use, especially under weather conditions that many experience while camping or RV traveling.
Easy to clean – The better upholstery fabrics are treated to prevent staining, but selecting the right type of upholstery can make a huge difference in how easy it can be kept clean. Recommendations of popular choices include marine vinyl or other durable commercial-grade fabrics such as Sunbrella, and those that are Crypton® upholstery fabric, which resists moisture and has antibacterial properties.
What can be replaced in your RV?
Consider a new look for the folding dinette cushions to add a little pizazz to the eating area of your RV. Cushions can be one color or fabric, with accent piping around the edges for a fresh look.
Sofa beds vary by style and method of installation, but replacing the upholstery on the sofa bed can add a brand new look to that area of the RV. Extra cushions and accent pillows add additional color and style choices. Headboards on bed units may also be upholstered, giving the bedroom area a dramatic new look.
Some people like the chairs inside the RV to match the other furniture, like the sofa and dining benches, while others like to have a separate seating area and use different upholstery colors to show separate sections within a small area.
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Let's do the Time Warp again! The cast of the 1975 cult classic, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' — including Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon — reunited for the first time in 25 years in honor of the film's 40th anniversary! Click to watch!
It's just a jump to the left and a step to the right. Fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show are dancing the Time Warp in celebration of the film's 40th birthday. The film's stars —, 69, Barry Bostwick, 70, , 69, , 68, and Patricia Quinn, 71 — came together to talk about their experiences in making the biggest midnight movie in history!
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The cast hadn't been in the same place in over two decades, reports Today, but it's not every year that Rocky Horror turns 40. In addition to celebrating the film's anniversary, the cast reunion will be a part of a special-edition reunions issue of Entertainment Weekly, helping Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Brad and Janet blow out the candles on their birthday cake.
Tim looked good, even after suffering a stroke in 2013. He and the rest of the stars recalled that, though it's fun to watch, making the film wasn't always a blast. "I got pneumonia, " Susan recalled. "The house itself had been used for other classic horror films, but they hadn't put the roof back on. That was leaking and open. And it was December, January. It was winter."
Before Rocky Horror was a movie, it was a theatrical production that featured Tim, Patricia and Meat Loaf. Meat Loaf remembered how he "weighed about 315 pounds" and hit the stage every time wearing "fishnet stockings and high-heel shoes."
That kind of fashion risk didn't translate into box office gold, and the film struggled during its initial release. But, after smaller theaters started showing it at midnight on Saturdays, Rocky Horror became the longest-running theatrical release in movie history!
Impressive records aside, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is important for its message. "The thing that resonated for me more than anything was, 'Don't dream it, be it, ' which was a really good idea, " said Tim, citing the name of the musical's most powerful song. "Really good slogan." Susan also added, "I've had so many people come up to me and say that film helped them through a dark time."
The special edition of Entertainment Weekly hits newsstands on Oct. 9. Are you a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, HollywoodLifers? Who is your favorite character?
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