The ThreatMetrix solution differentiates between returning customers and potential fraudsters at login. This allows Lloyds Banking Group to offer a virtually frictionless login experience for most users while accurately detecting high-risk or anomalous login attempts, including remote access sessions.
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading provider of current accounts, savings, personal loans, credit cards and mortgages. It has over 30 million customers, with 11 million online banking users and 6.5 million active mobile users.
The bank's vision is to provide simpler, seamless customer interactions across online and mobile. This relies on effective recognition of returning customers and the ability to offer near-frictionless access to online accounts whether via desktop or the mobile app. It is also underpinned by the need for a robust fraud solution that could effectively detect high-risk or anomalous behavior in real time, detecting fraudulent takeovers before they happen.
Protect the customer base from fraudulent account takeover.
Accurately detect behavior indicative of a remote access session.
Detect malware attacks by looking at anomalies relating to devices, locations and login sessions.
Secure consumer retail banking logins with minimal requirement for physical security tokens as a second factor of authentication. Tokens are very costly to rollout and are also associated with increased customer friction.
Financial services transactions are high value targets for cybercriminals, fueled by large-scale security breaches that have flooded the market with easily available stolen identity data. Lloyds Banking Group estimated its fraud losses could peak at around $60 million per year by 2018 if it didn't stem the tidal wave of fraud attacks.
The technical battle was continuing to evolve. Fraudsters were cloaking their location using proxies or the TOR browser, and using ever more creative ways to either impersonate or directly access user devices.
Customers were being duped into unwittingly being involved in the fraud, as social engineering attacks grew rapidly. Users were downloading malware via phishing attacks, or executing a fraudulent transaction after accepting a convincing story from the fraudster.
Corporate- and commercial-scale attacks were rising.
The bank needed a solution that could identify anomalies relating to connecting devices, locations and customer behavior that could help it accurately combat these fast-evolving, complex fraud patterns.
The ThreatMetrix solution is underpinned by the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network, which harnesses global shared intelligence from millions of daily consumer interactions, including logins, payments and new account applications. Using this information, ThreatMetrix creates a unique digital identity for each user by analyzing the myriad connections between devices, locations and anonymized personal information.
Device profiling: Device identification, device health and application integrity, as well as detection of location cloaking or spoofing, (proxies, VPNs and the TOR browser).
Threat intelligence: Harnessing point-in-time detection of malware, Remote Access Trojans (RATs), automated bot attacks, session hijacking and phished accounts, then combining with global threat information such as known fraudsters and botnet participation.
Identity data: Incorporating anonymized, non-regulated personal information such as user name, email address, telephone number and more.
Behavior analytics: Defining a pattern of trusted user behavior by combining identity and transactional metadata with device identifiers, connection and location characteristics. Every transaction can be analyzed in the context of this behavior pattern and historic context globally.
The bank could authenticate every login attempt against this trusted and unique online digital identity, checking whether the device, location and behavior of the customer correlated with anonymized information held by The Network.
Remote access attempts were detected by harvesting information from the customer's device, the transaction itself and the transaction context. This was then correlated to historical transaction records and patterns of trusted customer behavior to detect anomalies and patterns that might indicate a remote access session.
The ThreatMetrix policy engine is highly customizable and allows the bank to incorporate its own tolerance for risk, fine-tuning its response to login sessions.
ThreatMetrix Trust Tags enabled the bank to effectively differentiate between fraudsters and returning customers. Trust can be associated dynamically with any combination of online attributes, such as devices, email addresses, card numbers or any other attributes involved in accepting, rejecting or reviewing an insurance application.
ThreatMetrix SmartID identifies returning users that wipe cookies, use private browsing and change other parameters to bypass device fingerprinting. This improves returning user detection and reduces false positives.
ThreatMetrix deep connection analysis technologies give the bank a clearer view of suspicious events. Fraudsters often attempt to hide behind location and identity cloaking services, such as hidden proxies, VPNs and the TOR browser. ThreatMetrix accurately detects the use of these technologies and, in the case of proxies and VPNs, allows the bank to see the true IP address, geolocation and other attributes of each event.


The school provides opportunities for presenting oneself in front of wider audience in Sangeeth Sabhas. Sangeeth Sabhas - a new buzz word for students. Stage fear can be languished only by actually ascending the stage. Realizing this, the school has introduced a pioneering concept of Sangeeth Sabhas for the students. The first Sangeeth Sabha was held on 3rd December, 2003 in memory of our Violin Teacher late Smt. Gomathi Sitaram. She was working in FAS School since 1980. Not only do these Sabhas inspire a sense of confidence in the learners but also encourages them to learn beyond the syllabus and present audience friendly programmes. Sangeeth Sabhas have become a regular feature of the School calendar. We have Six Sabhas, two each of Carnatic and Hindustani conducted during the months of July, and January/February, one exclusively for Tiny Tots and one for Bharatanatyam Dance. These programmes generate a lot of excitement and result in spirited performances not only among the students but among the faculty members as well.
In the year 2005, the school specifically started an innovative idea of classical music initiation for tiny tots in the age group of 5 to 7 years. Starting them at young, the school believes that the young minds in the most impressionable age should be exposed to the wonderful impact of music.
Every year the school organizes the Thyagaraja Utsav to commemorate the Aradhana of Saint Shri Thyagaraja with religious fervor and a rich fare of classical music. Music maestros, teachers, students and in fact the entire Chembur take part in this mammoth festival. Aradhana of the saint composer from Thiruvayaru, Thyagaraja is observed with great solemnity and musical fervor. The Unchavrithi procession in the early morning attracts a good number of devotees of the bard with several families coming forward to perform the Pada-Puja and offer alms. The rendering of the Pancharatna kritis which see a big gathering of music lovers from near and far taking part is an emotional experience of the power of music.
Every year the school students pay tribute to their gurus by felicitating them. This programme attracts a galaxy of distinguished personalities from academics and the musical fraternity. It is customary that during this programme the teachers render a concert which is a much awaited affair.


The next Albuquerque Death Cafe will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Gail Rubin's home. At the Death Cafe, people come together in a relaxed, confidential and safe setting to discuss death and end-of-life issues, drink tea (or your favorite beverage) and eat delicious cake or cookies.
If you want to attend, send an email to Gail [at] AGoodGoodbye.com to RSVP for the address and directions. Or join the Albuquerque Death Cafe Meetup group to RSVP and be kept apprised of upcoming events. Click here to go to the Meetup page.
Albuquerque was the site of the second Death Cafe held in the United States – the first one west of the Mississippi!
Gail Rubin hosted this pioneering event in September of 2012. A Certified Thanatologist (a death educator), Ms. Rubin has since facilitated dozens of Death Cafe conversations.
The Death Cafe concept was started in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Jon Underwood. He was influenced by the ideas of Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz, who started holding Cafe Mortel events in France and Switzerland.
Learn more about the Death Cafe movement.


[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 20, 22, 25, 37, 39, 591.
[S52] Cook County Herald, 20 Sep 1912, p. 1, col. 1.
[S8] Edwin Weidner, The Weidner History, 13, shows birth year of 1843 only.
[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 32, date extrpolated from age at time of death, 70 yr 7 mo 24 da.
[S52] Cook County Herald, 20 Sep 1912, p. 1, col. 1, obituary states he was born 20 Jan 1843, and birth location.
[S384] Letter, Victoria Brehm to John J. Weidner, 06 Aug 1997, states he was born 20 Jan 1843.
[S405] The Cemetery Committee, Vernon Township Cemetery Inscriptions, Lake County, Illinois, 111 headstone shows 20 Jan 1843 as the birthdate.
[S533] 06 Jul 1860 1860 U. S. Census, Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois, USA, Wheeling Township, page 153, dwelling 1071, family 1032, 1860 census states he was 17 years old and born in Bavaria.
[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 32.
[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 32 & 591 full date.
[S8] Edwin Weidner, The Weidner History, 13, year only.
[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 32, full date.
[S52] Cook County Herald, 20 Sep 1912, p. 1, col. 1, full date.
[S384] Letter, Victoria Brehm to John J. Weidner, 06 Aug 1997, location only.
[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 32, date only.
[S52] Cook County Herald, 20 Sep 1912, p. 1, col. 1, date and location.
[S11] John J. Weidner, Compiled Birth, Death, 25.
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Holger Teschke (* 13. Juli 1958 in Bergen auf Rügen) ist ein deutscher Autor. Er schreibt Lyrik, Dramatik, Hörspiele und Prosa. Teschke lebt als freischaffender Autor in Berlin und Sassnitz auf Rügen.

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Holger Teschke wurde 1958 in Bergen auf Rügen geboren und wuchs in Sassnitz auf. Nach seiner Schulzeit und Lehre fuhr Teschke bis 1980 zur See und studierte dann Schauspielregie in Berlin. Er arbeitete als Dramaturg und Autor am Berliner Ensemble, war Artist in Residence und Gastregisseur in Nordamerika, Australien und Südostasien und unterrichtete als Gastprofessor für Regie und Theatergeschichte an der NYU, Cornell University, Notre Dame University und von 2001 bis 2010 am Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

Seit 2006 arbeitet er als Regisseur und Autor mit der Seebühne Hiddensee zusammen, wo er u. a. "Robinson Crusoe", "Bericht an eine Akademie", "Der Sturm", "Faust" und "Moby Dick" inszenierte.

Seit 2010 unterrichtet er an der Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin Theatergeschichte und Dramaturgie. Holger Teschke schreibt Theaterstücke, Hörspiele, Essays und Gedichte und für Theater der Zeit, mare, Lesart und den Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Werke (Auswahl)
 Bäume am Hochufer. Gedichte. Berlin; Weimar: Aufbau-Verlag, 1988
 Jasmunder Felder, Windschlucht New York. Gedichte. Berlin; Weimar: Aufbau-Verl., 1999. ISBN 3-351-01892-4
 Timon von Athen (nach Shakespeare). Übersetzung & Bühnenfassung, UA Darmstadt 2005
 Der Sturm (nach Shakespeare). Kinderhörspiel, DLR Berlin 1989
 Der Schatzhüter im Burgwall. Kinderhörspiel DLR Berlin 1990
 Effi Briest (nach Fontane). Bühnenfassung, UA 2001 Staatstheater Cottbus
 Jungfrau Maleen. Kinderhörspiel. Regie: Barbara Plensat. Prod.: DLR Berlin, 2003.
 Georg Forster, Weltumsegler. Zum 250. Geburtstag des Revolutionärs, Tagebuchautors und Naturforschers. Radio-Feature. Prod.: DLR Berlin, 2004.
  Andersen in Berlin, Hörspiel zur Weihnachtszeit, Deutschlandradio 23. Dezember 2008 – Sprecher: Martin Seifert
 Rügen. Jahreszeiten einer Insel. Berlin: Kiepenheuer, 2005. ISBN 3-378-01074-6
 Deutschland ist grässlich, das Geld ist knapp. Becketts Winterreise durch Hitlers Reich. Feature. Prod.: MDR, 2006.
 Robinson Crusoe. Hörspiel Deutschlandradio Kultur 2007
 ... dieses Thule am Saum der Ostsee. Hörspiel / Neue Streifzüge durch das Rügenland (nach J. J. Grümbke). Deutschlandradio Kultur 2008, Sprecher: Udo Schenk, Lutz Riedel und der Autor
 20 000 Meilen unter den Meeren (nach Jules Verne) Kinderhörspiel DLF Kultur 2008
 Inselzeiten. Rügen und Hiddensee. Mit Fotografien von Karsten Bartel, Berlin: Kiepenheuer, 2008. ISBN 978-3-378-010956
 Eulenspiegel, der Seeräuber – Regie: Wolfgang Rindfleisch Kinderhörspiel – DLF Kultur 2011
 Ingrid Babendererde, Bühnenfassung, Uraufführung am 20. September 2014 am Volkstheater Rostock
 Heringe. Ein Porträt, Naturkunden Matthes & Seitz Berlin 2014
 Mein Cape Cod, mare-Verlag Hamburg 2015
 Seezeichen. Gedichte, Edition Rugerup Berlin 2018
 Ein Schauspielhaus zwischen Himmel und Meer. 200 Jahre Theater Putbus auf Rügen. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Berlin: Theater der Zeit, 2015. ISBN 978-3-95749-055-1
 Der Deutsche Simplicissimus. Hörspiel zu Grimmelshausen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 2018
 Flüchtlingsgespräche in Dänisch-Sibirien. Hörspiel, Deutschlandfunk Kultur 2019
 Requiem für eine Katze. Patricia Highsmith zum 100. Geburtstag. Hörspiel, DLF Kultur, 2021
 Brechts Papierkrieg / Brechts Paper War  Ausstellung mit Grischa Meyer, Augsburg & New York City, 2022
 E.T.A.Hoffmanns Eckfenster Hörspiel DLF Kultur 2022

Auszeichnungen
 Kritikerpreis der Berliner Zeitung für Dramatik 1989
 Nikolaus-Lenau-Preis der Internationalen Lenau-Gesellschaft für Lyrik 1994
 Neruda-Preis für Lyrik 2004
 Kulturpreis der Kulturstiftung Rügen 2005
 Arbeitsstipendium der Stiftung Preussische Seehandlung 2006
 Kinderhörspielpreis der Stadt Karlsruhe 2008
 Ehrenmitglied Seebühne Hiddensee 2019

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Drama
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Featureautor
Bühnenautor
Dramaturg
Theaterregisseur
Übersetzer aus dem Englischen
Übersetzer ins Deutsche
Hochschullehrer (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Berlin)
Schriftsteller (Berlin)

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Opinion: Supporting parents and children in the early years during (and after) the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Gabriella Conti (UCL Economics) stresses that maintaining early childhood interventions during the pandemic is crucial to avoid exacerbating inequalities in human development.
The coronavirus pandemic is a shock of global proportions, but its impacts – both current and future – are unlikely to be felt equally. While pregnant women and children have so far been largely spared from the direct health effects of COVID-19 (Sutton et al. 2020), the associated uncertainty, disruption in economic activity and reduction in essential services are causing increased stress and economic burden on parents. These costs are unlikely to be borne equally: vulnerable parents and children – be it of low socioeconomic status, disabled, at risk of harm, in poor quality or overcrowded housing, or single parents – are at particular risk.
It has been noted that, unlike previous recessions, the current crisis has two particular features: it is harming women's labour market prospects more than men's; and it is increasing the volume of home production, currently widening existing gender inequalities, for example in relation to childcare (Hupkau and Petrongolo 2020). What are the likely consequences for children? While an evolution of gender norms and a speedy economic recovery are possible, the existing literature shows that profound shocks at critical stages of development can have long-term consequences (Conti et al. 2019). However, preventing longer term damage is possible, if we act promptly.
Possible impacts of COVID-related shocks
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented mix of shocks. In addition to the public health threat, there is the stress associated with possible personal losses, the health risk in case of key workers, the risk of facing unemployment with related income loss, the reduction in vital services, and the increase in isolation following the social distancing restrictions. While there is no directly comparable precedent, the existing literature can provide some insights.
Stress. Several studies have examined different sources of stress experienced in the prenatal period and in the first years of life, ranging from wars and terrorist attacks, to natural disasters and extreme weather events, or to the death of a family member. They have shown adverse impacts not only on physical health and cognition, but also on mental health – usually affecting to a greater extent women of lower socioeconomic status (SES) (Almond et al 2018, Conti et al. 2019).
Economic hardship. Plenty of evidence exists on the adverse impacts of the Great Recession. A study from the US (Currie et al. 2015) shows an increase in health disparities between more and less advantaged mothers, with the former reporting increased prevalence of unhealthy behaviours and worse physical and mental health, while the latter even show benefits. Changes in labour market conditions also affect intrahousehold conflict, domestic violence and child abuse (Doyle and Aizer 2018).The costs could be high: for example, the lifetime costs of child maltreatment in UK amount to £89,390 and £940,758 per victim for non-fatal and fatal cases, respectively (Conti et al. 2017).
Hence, the covid-19 pandemic is likely to increase inequalities in multiple inputs in the production of child development, with low-SES, vulnerable parents less able to provide safe, stable and stimulating home environments, food security, nurturing care, appropriate time investments or sensitive parenting.
Policies to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on parents and children
What can be done to mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19? Protecting workers against income losses is obviously critical, and the government has implemented a series of reforms to this effect (Adam et al. 2020); further actions will likely be needed to prevent an increase in child poverty. However, it is now crucial to also provide direct support to parents whose economic security is threatened, or who have lost vital sources of support, such as nurseries and children's centres, or networks of relatives and friends.
Home visitation for parents is a widespread early-intervention strategy in many countries. I have contributed to recent evidence on a flagship programme targeting first-time disadvantaged mothers, the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) in the US, showing long-term improvements in maternal and child outcomes and reductions in government welfare expenditures (Kitzman et al. 2019, Olds et al. 2019). In face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFP has switched to telehealth to ensure the continuity of services; however, in some sites, family nurses are being redeployed.4 In England, where NFP is present since 2007 under the name Family Nurse Partnership, most services continue via telehealth to help first-time teenage mothers.
In addition to more targeted programmes, in England there is also a universal health visiting service. While no evaluation to date exists, evidence from the Scandinavian countries on similar universal programmes shows long-term impacts on health and socioeconomic outcomes (Conti et al. 2019). Notwithstanding the evidence, councils have seen a £531 million cash terms reduction to their public health budgets between 2015/16 and 2019/20.
Prior to the pandemic, a third of health visitors were already responsible for 500-1000 children, instead of the 250 recommended. In face of the pandemic, many community health services (including health visiting, but excluding safeguarding) have been partially or completely stopped. Home visits are now carried out mostly virtually, with the number of universal contacts reduced and prioritised, face-to-face contacts only carried out in case of a compelling need, and with a focus on vulnerable families. However, there is substantial variation, within and across sites, due both to differences in operationalisation of the national guidelines, definitions of vulnerabilities, and available technology. This increases the risk that newly vulnerable parents and children are undetected and left without help. Additionally, in some areas, health visitors have been redeployed in large numbers, possibly as many as 50-70% for up to six months. This increase in inequality of access to universal services is likely to translate into increases in inequalities in child development, hence it is imperative that redeployment calculations account for potential increases in local demand due to increased needs. While available evidence is scarce, a study from Denmark (Kronborg et al. 2016) shows that a two-months nurse strike which caused a reduction in care around birth increased the number of general practitioner (GP) contacts in the first month of life11 and reduced exclusive breastfeeding.
It is now known that inequalities in many dimensions of child development emerge early, and if not promptly acted upon, tend to persist and widen. I have shown that inequalities in foetal development by neighbourhood deprivation emerge since the beginning of gestation (Conti et al. 2018), and that inequalities in socio-emotional skills at five years of age have increased between the 1970-2000 birth cohorts (Attanasio et al. 2020). To avoid further increases as a result of COVID-19, it is imperative to ensure sustainable delivery of early interventions in support of parents and children. Going forward, we should use this crisis to rethink the system towards a greater focus on prevention, greater integration between children's education, health and social care services, and a cabinet-level Children and Families' Minister in order to make our society more resilient for the next crisis – whatever its nature might be.
This article was first published in Vox on 1 May.
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John Hickenlooper launches his presidential campaign at Denver Civic Center on March 7, 2019. He will soon launch a new campaign — this time for the U.S Senate — according to several people close to him. (Photo by Evan Semón)
John Hickenlooper is not a flake. He just tends to play one when he's on TV.
In the first big TV shot of his presidential campaign, playing the lead role in a CNN town hall, Hickenlooper surprised no one in Colorado when he upended a perfectly decent performance with an entirely unforced error. Hick is a well-known gaffe machine, but after two terms as Denver mayor and two as Colorado governor, we're used to it. We call it quirkiness. Hickenlooper himself will admit to foot-in-mouth issues.
But the rest of America? That's what this campaign is about after all. What did they think of Hickenlooper's response to a question from Dana Bash on whether he would pick a woman as his running mate?
Here's the clip. And here's the transcript. And here we go.
"Of course," he said, which would have been a reasonable place to stop.
"I'll ask you another question," he then said to Bash. "How come we're not asking, more often, the women, 'Would you be willing to put a man on the ticket?' "
The crowd was stunned. As one who has watched Hickenlooper closely for years, I thought it was just one of his lesser jokes. But it wasn't only a joke, not when the issue for the post-middle-aged white guy is gender.
Hick told CNN reporter Dan Merica that he was trying to make the point that "too often media discounts the chance of a woman winning."
"That is what I am talking about. People can take it out of context," he said.
It's a good point. And upon hearing it, I was pretty sure that's what he meant to say. It would have been far better, though, if that had been what he actually did say, which was pretty much the opposite of what he meant. This wasn't a matter of context so much as Hickenlooper fumbling the script. On Twitter, there have already been Hickenblooper sightings. The pundit class, which has been kind to Hickenlooper, may be less so. In other words, it wasn't the town hall Hickenlooper was hoping for.
His spokesperson, Lauren Hitt, did her best to defend her boss, who has employed plenty of women in key positions during his time in politics, including his last lieutenant governor, Donna Lynne.
"I think most Americans understand what he meant," Hitt began in Hick's defense.
When I suggested that most Americans actually didn't understand what he meant, she tried again: "Do we all wish that he had gotten the line out better? Of course."
She pointed out that Hickenlooper has said that if you're looking for the candidate who's the best talker, he might not be your best choice. I think that's a fair analysis. But she said that Hickenlooper would have many more chances to make his case, particularly to voters he meets in Iowa and New Hampshire. She says they'll see the same candidate they saw at the town hall — someone, she argues, with good ideas and a strong record. Also someone, she added, "who is quirky and might need a few lessons in elocution."
I think it's a little late for lessons. And what people saw in the town hall was typical Hickenlooper. He struggled at times with getting his words in correct order. He had the oddly misplaced laugh. And we saw the first-ever presidential candidate asked to re-tell the story of the time as a college freshman he took his mom to see "Deep Throat." It was actually a semi-endearing, if weird, story, but that and the vice-president quote would overwhelm everything else he said, including his stance against the death penalty.
And the problem for Hickenlooper is, this was not his first gaffe of the campaign. You may recall what happened when Joe Scarborough asked Hick if he thought of himself as a "proud capitalist." This was not anything like a tough question — or shouldn't have been, even in the new era of Democratic neo-socialism or whatever you want to call it. This was a Hick layup. Hick made his mark as a brew pub entrepreneur who was there at the beginning of the mad success that is LoDo — the launch pad for his political career. Can you be an entrepreneur and not be a capitalist? (Hint: no.) Hick wouldn't exactly say. He would say he rejected labels.
Days later, he came up with a better answer — that he's not a capitalist in the way that Donald Trump defines the word. Come on, even Elizabeth Warren says she's a proud capitalist.
So, where does the town hall performance leave Hickenlooper? I'm guessing just about where he was before the town hall. He didn't do anything fatal to his campaign. But he didn't help himself the way the other longshot candidate with a funny name — Pete Buttigieg — has done. This was a chance to move out of the 1 percent crowd. You only get so many chances at that. And the candidate who isn't the best talker may not be the best bet to break out in the debates.
There's also the Michael Bennet question. Is there enough room for two Colorado Democratic moderates — who both now reject the term "moderate" — in the race. Everyone expects Bennet to get in the race next month. I've been told that Bennet is around 90 percent certain to get in, but I'm thinking it's closer to 99 percent at this point. And Hick's struggle might help push him to 100 percent.
Bennet already has a pre-launch viral video — of his Senate floor takedown of Ted Cruz. It apparently set CSPAN records, which must make even Beto jealous. I doubt if Hickenlooper's stumble will make it all the way to viral — however you actually measure that. But, in a crowded and unforgiving field, I think we can measure it this way: It has to be way too close.
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Dona Dunsmore March 22, 2019 at 9:48 am
I am a woman and I heard the comment and thought it was just a jokey remark. Jeez, we have a wonderful line up of Democratic candidates but I am pretty sure ridicule and snark will narrow the field. It's a wonder to me that anyone runs.
john in denver March 22, 2019 at 3:55 pm
HIckenlooper's fortunate string of flawed opponents may have run out.
I am uncertain what sort of "success" he could mount in the next few months. He won't outraise several candidates, won't attract major "known" staff for the campaign, won't receive nearly the endorsements of several other candidates. Hard to imagine him having a breakout moment in a two-night debate extravaganza in June.
I expect he will hang in until the Iowa caucus is complete, look at the results, and realize he won't have the significant monetary resources or extensive organization needed to compete in the Super Tuesday lineup.
With his background, maybe a clean up position as Secretary of Commerce?
Jay March 22, 2019 at 10:25 pm
What an unfortunate time for a quick witted sarcastic response to be taken seriously. Poor guy…he just can't get out of his own way.
At this point we have to ask…even if it might be tongue in cheek…but if he doesn't get chosen for a VP spot by a woman…what are his chances for hanging in the west wing?
Vicki Lindner March 24, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Democrats like me are looking for symbols that one of the many Presidential candidates is worth supporting, based on what he or she stands for, how he or she presents to the public, what they've done, and what they propose for the country's future. (Climate change action, for me, is a must–and I don't trust Hickenlooper, the oil and gas man, there. ) But there's another issue: How would each candidate play on the World Stage, help us recoup the international clout Trump has damaged and destroyed? HIckenlooper and Bennett just don't have that clout, that stature, though they may have represented Colorado voters pretty well. ( Bennett, I've been told, has approved almost all of Trump's conservative judge choices. ). I would prefer a candidate with national political experience, and long held moral values… Right now I'm edging toward Bernie. Everything the man says is based on a long history of his beliefs and actions.
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Germany technical director Oliver Bierhoff has admitted he made mistakes in the scandal surrounding Mesut Ozil's international retirement last summer.
A German of Turkish descent, Ozil's place in the team was the subject of fierce debate during the tournament, after which he penned an explosive resignation letter accusing the German football federation (DFB) and its president Reinhard Grindel of structural racism.
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Movie Review: Adhugo
| | 2018-11-07
Abhishek Varma, Nabha Natesh, Ravi Babu and others
Director - Ravi Babu
Producer - Suresh Babu, Ravi Babu
Banner - Flying Frogs
Music - Prashant Vihari
Ravi Babu's latest film Adhugo has caught attention because of its lead, a piglet. Ravi Babu tries something that is challenging for a low budget regional film. Combining live-action with visual effects technology is a daring attempt. It is not easy to pull off such films with a restricted budget and hence Adhugo couldn't create an impact with its visual effects.
Many gangs are after a piglet named Bunty for various reasons. Two gangs are after it for the sake of a pig-race and two other gangs are after it as it swallows a micro-SD chip that has valuable information. A love pair (Abhishek, Nabha) and a kid are caught in the circus.
There are numerous characters and many unknown faces playing most of the key characters. Among the known faces there is Ravi Babu who deliberately acts like a clown for the sake of comedy. Nabha Natesh who recently debuted with Nannu Dochukunduvate has a cute face, but nothing much to do in this film. Abhishek Varma gets on your nerves with his irritating expressions. Vijay Sai and others do Ravi Babu's brand of comedy.
Ravi Babu is an intelligent filmmaker who comes up with innovative ideas. But he is also eccentric at times. He has made some good films and also few terrible movies. Adhugo falls into the latter category that will make you cringe throughout the run time.
Songs are absolutely not needed, but somehow three songs have been squeezed into the narrative. None of the songs are impressive and the background score is cartoonish. Cinematography is poor and the visual effects are tacky.
Iffy humor
Lousy writing
Horrible acting
Tacky VFX
Ravi Babu must be lauded for daring to make a live animation film with limited resources. He must be fully aware of the limitations and shortcomings in attempting such film. However, like always he went on to make the film with piglet playing the central character. He has woven a script around a piglet character with the aim of making a comedy that entertains kids and families.
We can appreciate him for the efforts and trying out something that is new on Telugu screen. However, Ravi Babu faltered with the writing and direction. His attempt to make a whacky comedy turned out to be torturous and unfunny. He has included numerous characters to keep the story moving, but that has made it all the more boring and at times confusing. Roping in new or lesser known actors for playing important characters has done more damage to the film. Absurd comedy scenes like a pig pooping on a character's face make it unwatchable and disgusting.
The VFX is tacky but it is okay for our standards, especially in this budget. There is scope for making a very good slapstick comedy, but Ravi Babu utterly fails as a writer. Even Satyanand's experience wasn't helpful. Not a single scene is funny in the film that even the short run time feels like an eternity. Adhugo is a film that cannot be recommended to kids even. Even a miracle couldn't save such a lousy film.
Verdict: Crappy Comedy!


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Huldenberg és un municipi belga de la província de Brabant Flamenc a la regió de Flandes. L'1 de gener del 2014 tenia 9668 habitants. Conté els nuclis d'Huldenberg, Loonbeek, Neerijse, Ottenburg i Sint-Agatha-Rode. És regat per l'IJse que hi desemboca al Dijle al parc natural del Dode Beemde a Neerijse.

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As an approved supplier for Wetherspoon, Wilton Carpets Commercial has manufactured bespoke carpet inspired by the locality for The Rose Salterne, one of the chain's newest establishments.
With a reputation for respectfully and tastefully converting landmark buildings in towns right across the UK into public houses, Wetherspoon has transformed the former site of Bideford Grammar School, seeking inspiration from the mid-century modernist era during which the current building was constructed.
Originally conceptualised as an over-scale pattern, the scale of the shell design went through several iterations to provide a carpet that met with the exacting requirements of the designer, but that would also work to reduce wastage within the layout. The 80% wool 20% nylon carpet was installed by Floor Furnishings, Cardiff and was manufactured at Wilton Carpets Wiltshire production site, helping to minimise transportation and speed up installation times.


Rhiannon is the Advisor Engagement Marketing Manager at Intuit QuickBooks Australia. She is passionate about solving the biggest pain points for accountants and bookkeepers, using her deep understanding of their sector to develop and launch initiatives to make their lives easier. In her free time, she's an Italian cuisine connoisseur, possesses an exceptional talent for floral arrangements, and enjoys spending time with her beautiful family.


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Dyscolus durangensis is een keversoort uit de familie van de loopkevers (Carabidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1882 door Bates.

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Greek-Russian tycoon intervenes in politics
May 2, 2017 02.05.2017 • 21:55
Ivan Savvidis, the Greek-Russian businessman and owner of PAOK Thessaloniki football club, raised eyebrows on Tuesday while pledging his support for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by saying that he reminds him of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Savvidis told the Proto Thema news site that he almost started clapping when he heard Tsipras's speech in Parliament defending an amendment that wrote off a fine imposed on tobacco firm SEKAP, in which he owns a majority stake.
"I felt the same when I heard Putin in 2000," he said.
The Russian businessman, who is also part of an investment group that recently bought out Thessaloniki port (OLTH), made no secret of his true colors, describing Tsipras as a "precondition for success in the future," and blasted main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis as an "indifferent" politician who "will never be prime minister."
He went on to say that Tsipras should take ND to court because it led the country to the situation it is in now. But he made an exception, saying that he "loves and respects" its former leader Costas Karamanlis, who was prime minister from 2004 until 2009.
According to analysts, Savvidis's remarks came in response to Mitsotakis's opposition to the government's amendment writing off a fine against SEKAP.
He also reportedly turned against ND because of its stance toward him during last year's controversial TV license auction and after the party had opposed another amendment which wrote off PAOK's debts.
Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts for businesses, self-employed
Amendment eyeing restrictions on cigarette sales withdrawn after outcry
Greek PM, Chinese president eye joint prospects
US economist Galbraith sheds light on Varoufakis plan
Chinese and Greek premiers discuss extending ties
Closer bilateral cooperation with China a 'strategic choice', Greek PM says


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Is 621 a Prime Number?
Is 621 a prime number? A prime number is divisible only by 1 and itself, which means it has no other divisor except 1 and the number itself. On the contrary, composite numbers have more than two factors. To determine if 621 is a prime number or composite, we need to divide it with numbers from 1 to 621. To find out the answer to this question "is 621 is a prime number" and to gain a detailed understanding of "how and why is 621 a prime number or a composite number?" Let's learn more.
Is 621 a prime number? - No
Is 621 a composite number? - Yes
Factors of 621 - 1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 69, 207, 621
Is 621 a perfect square? - No
Prime Factors of 621 - 3, 23
No, 621 is not a prime number. The number 621 is divisible by 1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 69, 207, 621. For a number to be classified as a prime number, it should have exactly two factors. Since 621 has more than two factors, i.e. 1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 69, 207, 621, it is not a prime number.
Why is 621 not a Prime Number?
To understand whether 621 is composite or prime, it is important to find its factors.
Factors of 621: 1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 69, 207, 621
Since 621 has more than 2 factors, we can say that 621 is not a prime number.
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Is 621 a Composite Number?
Yes, since 621 has more than two factors i.e. 1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 69, 207, 621. In other words, 621 is a composite number because 621 has more than 2 factors.
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Is 621 a Prime Number? No
Is 621 a Composite Number? Yes
Is 621 an Odd Number? Yes
Is 621 an Even Number? No
Is 621 a Perfect Cube? No
Multiples of 621 621, 1242, 1863, 2484, 3105, 3726, 4347, 4968, 5589, 6210
Is 621 a Perfect Square? No
Square Root of 621 24.919872
Square of 621 385641
Cube Root of 621 8.531583
All primes except 2 are odd.
A perfect square (square number) is always a composite number.
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Is 22 a Prime Number? - No
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The current technological machine of information and communication operates at the centre of human subjectivity, not only in the depths of human memory and intelligence but also in human sensibility, feeling and unconscious fantasy. It is precisely where art and technology overlap that a series of critical reflections in the form of visual art emerge. As curators, we hope to capture artists' current practice in the relevant discursive field and present it to multiple audiences through the exhibition.
French artist, Elise Morin's The Spring Odyssey is a complex work that uses the latest imagery to contemplate ecology, technology and human emotion. In this global body of work that mixes photography, video, painting, and sound, Morin focuses on current research by NASA experts working with biologists to address the issue of radiation resistance that humans face living in space. Morin examines a mangrove forest in Ukraine that has been transformed into an open-air laboratory and explores different artistic dimensions around it. The exhibition will present the artist's VR work for the project in their entirety, the former being seen by the artist as "a rite of passage towards a new physical reality mixing science and technology around a powerful invisible phenomenon and to question the fluctuating limits of our intuitions."
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O'Malley Ends Campaign For Governor
Todd PittengerFebruary 1, 2018
The Kansas Governor's race has one fewer candidate.
Former state representative Ed O'Malley, a moderate Republican, announced on Thursday that he is ending his campaign.
In a statement O'Malley said "I know many supporters will be disappointed. I am, too. I cannot help but feel as if I have let so many people down. Yet, the flip side of our shared optimism for the future of Kansas has to be brutal realism about what it will take to get there. It was an honor to run this campaign. I pledge to continue working for the greater good of all Kansans."
There are still 10 Republicans in the race, 5 Democrats, and 2 Independents.
Complete list of candidates:
Jim Barnett
Jeff Colyer
Wink Hartman
Mark Hutton
Ken Selzer
Patrick Kucera
Ethan Randleas
Tyler Ruzich
Dominic Scavuzzo
Arden Anderson
Josh Svaty
Jack Bergeson
Richard Kloos
Greg Orman
I am hopeful for the future of Kansas and won't stop working to strengthen it. I am forever thankful to the most amazing network of passionate Kansans who helped with this campaign. https://t.co/IU3Kic8ERF
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The village of Pitres is a short walk away from Cortijo Opazo. Here can be found a well stocked supermarket, butchers, bakers, hardware store, bank (with cash machine accepting most cards), chemist and a 24 hour health centre. On Fridays there is a lively market that attracts people from the local area. Best buys here are fruit and vegetables. Portugos is also a short walk in the opposite direction and offers a more limited selection of shops including a bakery open daily.


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A: Here's the htaccess code to allow everything in CSP
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A: The best way would be not applying any policy.
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Increasing drug-related mortality rates over the last decade in Scotland are not just due to an ageing cohort: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study
By SA McDonald et al.
Of the four nations of the UK, Scotland had the highest population- level drug-related (DR) mortality rate in 2018 of 29.8 per 100,000 – about four times the drug poisoning mortality rate for England and Wales in 2018 (ONS, 2020) – which is potentially the highest DR mor- tality rate in the European Union (NRS, 2019), and one of the highest DR mortality rates worldwide (Degenhardt et al., 2011). Trends in an- nual deaths suggest that the situation has become markedly worse in the last few years. In Scotland the annual number of drug‐related deaths doubled between 2008 and 2018 from 474 to 1187, with a 27% rise ob- served between 2017 and 2018 (NRS, 2019). Both the magnitude of, and the observed increasing trend in, DR mortality rates constitute a public health crisis for Scotland (Nicholls et al., 2019).
Between 2001 and 2011, decreased DR mortality rates have been re- ported for males aged 15–29 years; however, rates increased in the 30– 44 year age-group (Brown, Allik, Dundas, & Leyland, 2019) – this sug- gests that the raised DR rates in later years might simply reflect a cohort of drug users becoming older, with cumulative risk behaviours and/or worsening health with age leading to premature mortality (Pierce, Bird, Hickman, & Millar, 2015) – an 'ageing cohort effect'. However, other ex- planations are possible, such as evolving drug choices amongst current users over time (for instance, changing patterns of polydrug use, such as illicit benzodiazepines in combination with heroin, or an increase in injecting relative to other modes of administration, as seen for e.g., co- caine), austerity (which impacts on provision of addiction treatment), homelessness, and (less plausibly) a changing age distribution of new users. It is therefore of importance to distinguish an ageing cohort from other possible drivers of an increasing DR mortality trend (House of Commons, 2019).
The principal objective of our study was to investigate temporal trends in DR mortality rates amongst people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scotland over the past decade (2009–2018), and to quantify associa- tions between DR mortality and factors such as age, sex, and region. We utilised the record linkage of data on individuals diagnosed with hep- atitis C virus (HCV) – a condition predominantly affecting those who inject drugs in Scotland and associated with a two-fold increased DR mortality risk (Merrall, Bird, & Hutchinson, 2012) – to examine trends in DR mortality amongst PWID diagnosed with this infection. Studying DR mortality amongst Scotland's HCV-diagnosed cohort has the advan- tage of providing a suitable denominator to permit age and time effects on mortality rates to be distinguished, and also helps understand and improve the initiatives of Scotland's HCV Action Plan to co-locate HCV testing and management with drug addiction services (Hutchinson et al., 2015).
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BORDER SURGE MIGRANT CHILDREN HEAD TO U.S. TO FLEE CRIME, FUELED BY BELIEF THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAY
By ALBERTO ARCE • AP5:07 A.M.JUNE 29, 2014
ARRIAGA, Mexico — On the last day of school Gladys Chinoy memorized her mother's phone number in New York City and boarded a bus to Guatemala's northern border.
With nothing but the clothes on her back, the 14-year-old took a truck-tire raft across the Naranjo River into Mexico and joined a group of five women and a dozen children waiting with one of the smugglers who are paid $6,000 to $7,000 for each migrant they take to the United States.
The women and children waited by the train tracks in this small town in the southern state of Chiapas until the shriek of a train whistle and the glare of headlights pierced the night. Suddenly, dozens of teens and mothers with young children flooded out of darkened homes and budget hotels, rushing to grab the safest places on the roof of the northbound freight train and join a deluge of children and mothers that is overwhelming the U.S. immigration system.
The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011. Children are also widely believed to be crossing with their parents in rising numbers, although the Obama administration has not released year-by-year figures.
The crisis has sparked weeks of bitter political debate inside the U.S., with the administration saying crime is driving migrants north from Central America and congressional Republicans saying Obama's policies are leading migrants to believe children and their mothers will be allowed to stay.
In interviews along the primary migrant route north to the United States, dozens of migrants like Gladys indicated that both sides are right.
A vast majority said they were fleeing gang violence that has reached epidemic levels in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in recent years. The migrants also uniformly said they decided to head north because they had heard that a change in U.S. law requires the Border Patrol to swiftly release children and their mothers and let them stay in the U.S.
The belief that women and children can safely surrender to authorities the moment they set foot in the U.S. has changed the calculus of tens of thousands of parents who no longer worry about their children finishing the dangerous trip north through Mexico with a potentially deadly multiday hike through the desert Southwest.
"The United States is giving us a great opportunity because now, with this new law, we don't have to try to cross the desert where so many people die. We can hand ourselves over directly to the authorities," Gladys said, adding that she hopes to become a doctor.
The smiling teenager with long black hair said she was more excited about seeing her mother again than she was scared about the trip. Her mother said she was aware of the dangers but decided the risk was worth it after five years apart.
Reached by phone at home, the mother said she decided to send for her daughter because "if she gets across she can stay here, that's what you hear."
"Now they say that all children need to do is hand themselves over to the Border Patrol," said the mother, who declined to provide her name because she is in the U.S. illegally.
The migrants' faith isn't totally misplaced. While Mexicans generally are returned across the border quickly when they're caught, overwhelmed border facilities leave the government with no way to care for most Central American children and their parents. The Central American minors who cross the border alone have generally been released into the care of relatives already in the U.S., while mothers with children are let go with a notice to appear later in immigration court.
While many children and families may eventually be ordered out of the U.S., many are reporting in calls back home that they're free to move around the U.S. while their cases wend through a process that can take years.
The Obama administration estimates that between October 2013 and September 2014 it will have caught 90,000 children trying to illegally cross the Mexican border without their parents. Last year, the U.S. returned fewer than 2,000 children to their native countries.
"The story is that you have to give yourself up to the Border Patrol, provide a contact in the United States and you'll be freed even though they give you a court date far in the future," said Ruben Figueroa, a member of the Mesoamerica Migrant Movement, who works in a shelter for migrants crossing the southeast Mexico state of Tabasco. "If you combine this information with the violence in the streets and extortion keeping people from living their lives, the result is a massive exodus."
Rocio Quinteros worked selling snacks in front of a school in San Miguel, 80 miles outside the capital of El Salvador, until gangsters' demands for a percentage of her income made it impossible to make a living.
She said that when she could no longer afford to pay, members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang threatened to recruit her 14-year-old son instead. This month, she told local gang members she was taking her four children, ages 11 to 17, to see their sick grandmother in another city. Then they abandoned their packed-dirt home on the northeastern edge of the city and headed north.
"They ask you for 100 and you give it, then they ask for 200, and they suffocate you until you have to hand over everything, even your house," she said as she waited with her youngest child in the women's section of Arriaga's migrant shelter. "If we had stayed in El Salvador, I already would have had to bury one of my sons."
In Carmensa, the neighborhood that she and her children abandoned, dozens of homes sit empty because their owners have gone to the United States. The remaining residents described daily lives marred by constant fear.
Gonzalo Velasquez, 66, said he had fled the countryside for San Miguel when El Salvador's 1980s civil war forced him off his small farm in the countryside.
"I lived through the war but this is different," he said. "Before, we knew who was shooting. Today nobody knows ... If you have little kids, young ones, it's better to go so they don't go into the gangs."
Quinteros said she believed she was saving her children by fleeing to a place where they wouldn't be subject to gang recruitment.
"On the way north you have the hope of living and the risk of death," she said. "Back home death is certain."
The Obama administration announced last week that it was opening family detention centers on the border to reduce the number of women and children that are released. On Friday, President Barack Obama delivered a personal message to Central American parents considering sending their children to the U.S.: Don't risk it.
"Our message absolutely is don't send your children unaccompanied, on trains or through a bunch of smugglers," Obama told ABC News. "Do not send your children to the borders. If they do make it, they'll get sent back. More importantly, they may not make it."
It's a tough sell for Central American migrants who say life at home has simply become intolerable.
As Gladys and her companions boarded the train Thursday night, Natanael Lemus, a 30-year-old mechanic from El Salvador, dragged his 10-year-old son, Edwin, and 12-year-old daughter, Cynthia, by the hands as he ran alongside, asking those already aboard for help getting them onto the roof.
On the crowded and slippery roof, Lemus cut black plastic trash bags into raincoats for his wife and kids and tied them to the train with ropes so they wouldn't fall off. He explained that he wanted to leave behind his workshop in the capital, San Salvador, because extortion made it impossible to earn a living.
"If you buy a car, they come to extort you. … If they see you put on some nice pants or sneakers, they come to extort you," Lemus said. "You can't work like that."
He said that after taking his wife and children north he would wait in Mexico for a chance to cross on his own and hopefully not get caught.
But most important, he said, was getting his wife and children into the hands of the Border Patrol, the first step in what he hoped would be a new and better life.
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Q: Selenium RC test passes when it should fail on verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("string")) I have a suite of Selenium tests that I created in the Selenium IDE and ported over to Java. In several tests I use the Java equivalent of the verifyTextPresent command to confirm some text on the page (verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent())).
I found an spelling error in the text on the page when running the test from the IDE, but the error was not caught when running the test via Selenium RC/TestNG. Here's an example of the code that I have and the text that is causing the problem (spelling error in bold):
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Please correct the errors indicated below.
You need to add a least one restriction.
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verifyTextPresent | Please correct the errors indicated below.
verifyTextPresent | You need to add at least one restriction.

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verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("Please correct the errors indicated below."));
verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("You need to add at least one restriction."));

Since both versions of the test have the correct text, why is the Selenium RC version not catching the error? Has anyone else had this problem?

A: The reason why this happens is that the test continues to run after the call to verifyTrue(). Verifications in Selenium catch the exceptions that would be thrown by a failed verification, as opposed to an assertion which throws an exception and causes the test to fail. Because verifications catch exceptions instead of throwing them, the test passes.
At the end of the test, the method checkForVerificationErrors() needs to be called to see if any of the verifications failed. If the method is not called, any verification errors will be ignored and the test will still pass (absent any other problems).
A discussion on the Selenium Google Group about the error itself is here. A discussion about the various verifications vs. assertions is here.

A: I had a similar problem... My workaround is to use assertTrue() instead of verifyTrue(). I hope it works for you to.


text: Q: Comparing spectra of Laplacian and Schrödinger operator Let $M$ be a closed (compact without boundary) Riemannian manifold. Is there a body of results that compares the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator with that of Schrödinger operators $-\Delta + V$? To make it more specific, a particular Schrödinger operator that is well-studied is $L = -\Delta + cR$, where $R$ is the scalar curvature of the manifold and $c$ is a positive constant, with $c = \frac{1}{2}$ or $c = \frac{1}{4}$ being two popular choices for $c$. Is there any way to compare the spectrum of $L$ and $\Delta$? At least in the special case of surfaces, or manifolds of nice curvature properties? I realize that the question is very broad-ranged and vague, but this is mainly a reference request. Thanks!


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In a time where camera manufacturers are pushing 165 fps, 3240 zigapixels (ok I'm exaggerating…), there might be a more sere option: The Holga. In this article Lorraine Healy explores the streets with her toy film camera.
From the moment I got my first 35mm camera, back in my native Argentina in my late teens, I felt drawn to street photography. I had grown up in Buenos Aires when little kids took the public bus or subway alone to get to school or spent a couple hours on a suburban train going to play sports, and nobody would worry about it. With a camera in hand, I naturally associated that sense of freedom with the rich urban universe I had witnessed since I could remember. Fare money, a roll of film, and I was good to go.
In 2002, already living in the U.S., my mentor gave me a Holga S camera, the first model: a basic medium format plastic box that needed to be taped so the back would not fall off while you were shooting. She said, "I think you're really going to like this." She was right—boy, was she ever right! In my life as a photographer, there has been a before and after the Holga.
One of the key elements of the Holga that my friend knew I would love was this: the shutter and the winder are not connected. This camera was so simple, so basic, some would say so primitive, that you could actually decide how much or how little of the frame you were going to advance after taking a shot. This allowed for superimpositions in camera, the result being almost diptychs to panoramas, double exposures, mirrored exposures, all of them always different.
The image above was one of my first Holgapans that worked. You can see there is a consistent light leak throughout: these were the days before I had learned to tape inside the body of the Holga at some key points to avoid the darned things. But this was the shot when I said to myself, "sold!" I still cannot look at this image with that disembodied leg disappearing into the next frame without smiling.
A lot of people disparage the world of plastic or toy cameras as either a gimmick or a hip affectation. The Holga, the Diana, old vintage thrift store finds, Lomography products—yeah, yeah, yeah, hipsters wanting to be cool and the nostalgia just as easily achieved with an Instagram filter.
In my own street work, the Holga has given me not just a different look, but also a way of exploration into a deeper truth about urban life: its chaotic bombardment of noise and visual stimuli as well as the islands of Zen-like tranquility. With a Holga N medium format camera you get 12 6×6 shots (my preference) or 16 4.5×6 shots, so in other words: not so many. However, a Holga N retails for about $30.
Yes, the days of cheap film are over and a medium format roll will cost you $8 for the roll and maybe another $8-10 for developing. But a $30 camera? Who is to stop you from buying two or a dozen, loading them up with expired film from your freezer, and going out to shoot until your hands stop working?!
One of my favorite things in the world is going out on a street, familiar or new, with two or three Holgas loaded up and stuffed into my pockets. And then taking them out randomly, advancing the film maybe a full frame, maybe less, take another one out, shoot, advance, keep walking. Pretty soon I have no idea which image I shot with which Holga. I get to see the random results when I get the long strip of film, uncut, back from the lab. Like this one, on a long walk from Washington Square to beyond Chinatown in Manhattan.
With a little bit of practice, it is a cinch to shoot a Holga from the hip, or the neck, or the top of the table at a café. The camera looks so out of date, so blatantly plastic, so unlike a sleek digital that you are afforded instant invisibility. People might do a slight double take and wonder "is this person taking my….? Nah" and they dismiss you right away. I think these guys at a Parisian café probably were on to me as I slid by, Holga in hand shooting away. But then, if you are a Parisian guy hanging out at a café you are probably used to having your picture taken.
Traveling with a stack of Holga cameras is a pleasure. You can take them apart and put them in your checked suitcase because, guaranteed, nobody will be interested in swiping them. You will have to carry your 120 film with you in your carry-on, to avoid it being cooked by X-rays, which brings us to the issue of which film?
The printed sheet of paper that comes with your newly-purchased Holga, purporting to be an instruction manual, will tell you to always use 400 iso film or faster. The Holga plastic lens offers a real single aperture somewhere between f8 and f11 (some say f9-f13), a shutter speed of about 1/100 sec, and four focusing distances from "close-up" (say, 3ft) to infinity. In most situations, 400 iso, whether color or B&W, will be your best friend.
However, there are some places in the world where the light is way too bright for 400, even with a Holga. I have had entire rolls blown out beyond any software's capacity of highlight recovery, shooting under sunny conditions in Northern Argentina, for example. The best advice I can give you is to invest a little money and get a variety of films (slide, color and B&W negative) in a variety of speeds. Especially if you are going to be traveling with your Holgas, it pays to be prepared for whatever kind of light you might encounter.
800 iso works really well in early morning shoots or interiors without a lot of light (a city market, for example), but it is getting harder to find. Fuji has stopped manufacturing its beautiful 120 800 film, although you can still get some on eBay. For night shooting, Ilford 3200 achieves remarkable results.
Newer Holga models have a Bulb setting, too, so a faster film combined with a longer exposure can give you fantastic images even in very dark settings. Just be advised that, when traveling on planes with roll film, any iso higher than 800 will get zapped. So if you are taking some 3200 film on your trip, ask for a hand inspection. Ask nicely!
At this point you might be asking yourself, is it worth the hassle? Changing 120 rolls after 12 takes, airport X-ray machines, Gaffer's tape, when I can just slip my Fujifilm X100s into my jacket pocket and be all set? Well, I do both. Take my X100s, which I adore, and a bunch of Holgas. And my iPhone. Then I'm ready. And back a few years ago, when I could carry a bit more weight around than I'm able to now, my 1953 Yashica 124 TLR would have been around my neck too. I'll still take it on a road trip, the car doesn't care how many cameras I load.
As photographers, we know cameras are tools. I was always happy to shoot with decent cameras with decent lenses but never owned a first class piece of glass until I got the X100s two years ago. I've always been rather clumsy with my cameras and the idea of spending a small fortune on a lens only to have it scratched or messed-up on a trip was terrifying. Enter the Holga: first thing I do, when a new one comes in the door, is throw away the lens cap. I have shot some of my Holgas so much that their shutters simply give up the ghost. Then they become pinholes.
If there is anything I've learned in all these years shooting with Holgas is that the "plastic/toy camera" look alone won't cut it—the general softness of the image, heavy vignetting, the ethereal feel are just not enough. Gesture, serendipity, and the kind of "good luck" that comes from doing it thousands of time: those are the things that count.
Champs Elysees Paris. Holga N with Ilford 5. ©Lorraine Healy.
I happen to think that great vivid color is next to godliness, so I don't really mind if a shot like the one below has a slight blur caused by the man walking forward. The finger pointing like a gun exactly at his belly, the wacky background provided by the graffiti playing against the man's introspection, even the fact that the film had been in the freezer for a long time and clearly the numbers from the protective paper bled into the emulsion itself (see the 8s on his sleeve), all make this an image I treasure. I agree with what Chilean photographer Chris Leskovsek wrote on a recent post here, [street] photography does not need to be perfect.
Boom! Buenos Aires, Holga N with Lomo 400 color negative film. ©Lorraine Healy.
The shot below was taken in the Tuscan town of San Gimigniano, Italy, in the summer of 2005. If you looked at it closely, you could swear it had been taken 80, a 100 years before. If I showed you the entire negative, you would see that this image is a crop of the top right hand corner of the image, maybe 40% of the entire negative.
The part I cropped out was hopelessly overblown and it showed a souvenir shop like the ones you see all over Tuscany: pieces of pottery edging the door, wine bottles, postcard stand. On the shadow side of the street was this scene. We were actually, the two women in the frame and myself, looking for the public restrooms, which were at the end of the street.
I believe this image has a lot of 'thereness' and a deceiving sense of 'when,' although I did not set out to achieve that. The graininess of the film combined with the lack of sharpness of the Holga plastic lens created the sense of timelessness helped by the unmistakably medieval background of San Gimigniano. Because of the crop I didn't have the usual film edges that I like to keep so I added a Kubota frame that I like a lot.
As photographers, we get accused of being too obsessive, too light-oriented, addicted to gear, desperate to keep all variables under our control. But if you love street photography, maybe not so much. Because you have to be willing to be surprised by what will meet you there, perhaps street photographers are a more flexible bunch. Street photography with a Holga is a way of truly letting go: choose the film you think best fits the light and situation and that's it. Then prepare yourself for waiting by the mailbox until that magic roll comes back ready to be scanned.
All looks good and Ive been doing a lot of great pics over the years with my Holgas until recently when after a long break I found I could no longer find or see the frame numbers appearing in the little red window. Thus I could no longer space my shots correctly. A bit of checking online confirmed that whoever now owns Kodak is trying to cutting costs and anyway who else uses outdated cameras that use film spacer numbers?