Lisbon, PortugalThis Sunday Lisbon will host the 7th "RTP Portugal Half Marathon," one of the largest competitions regularly organised in the Portuguese capital.
In a strong bet of the organizers, with the leadership of Carlos Moya, vice-president of AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Road Races), this event presents a "new generation of runners that can be stars in the near future," as he said.
With the starting line in the centre of the largest bridge in Europe (Vasco da Gama, the name of Portuguese explorer who found the sea way to India from Europe in 1498), this event has more than 15,000 people running.
In the front, African runners are still the favourites to win. First, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya, (59:21, personal best) the winner of the Boston Marathon this year, and also the winner in Milan in 2002. But, this champion in five visits to Lisbon (in March, Lisbon Half Marathon, or September, Portugal Half Marathon) has never won, collecting one second place in this event, and two seconds and two third places in Lisbon Half Marathon.
The best opponents are the Kenyans Paul Kosgei (59:07 PB), the World Half Marathon champion in 2002 and winner of the 2006 Berlin Half Marathon, who intends to "win this race for the first time"; Richard Limo, fourth in the World Cross Country Championship in 2003, with a personal best of 26:50.20 in the 10,000m; Peter Kipkas (1:02:21), fourth in Lisbon Half Marathon (2000); Edwin Kibet (1:02:48), winner in the Barcelona (2005) and Valencia (2006) half marathons; Joshua Chelanga (1:01:01 PB), third in 2004 Berlin Marathon (4th in 2005); and Ethiopian Ambela Tolosa, winner in the Tokyo (2006), Paris (2004) and Sapporo (1998) marathons.
In the Portuguese field, the top runners include Eduardo Henriques (1:02:53 PB), European cross country runner-up in 1999, third in 2003; Luis Jesus, seventh in the 1998 World Half Marathon Championship (1:00:56 PB), and fourth in the 2006 Paris Marathon; and Helder Ornelas (1:03:27 PB), eighth in the 1999 World Cross Country Championships, and winner of the 2005 Milan Marathon.
In the women's pack, African runners are also the favourites to win, as we see the names of the Kenyans Nancy Kiprop (1:12:21 PB), first in this year's Lille Half Marathon; Pamela Chemchumba (1:09:09 PB) fifth in the World Half Marathon Championships in 2000 and 2002, and third in this year's Paris Marathon; Caroline Kwambai, 12th in the World Half Marathon Championships in 2001, and winner of the half marathons in Prague (2006) Cordoba (2005) and Glasgow (2003); and the Ethiopian Bezunesh Bekele (1:11:23), the winner of the Rotterdam Half Marathon in 2005.
Among the Portuguese, the front runners are Leonor Carneiro (1:17:49 PB), 5th in last year's edition; Helena Sampaio (1:10:15 PB), 4th in this event in 2001; and Analia Rosa (1:13.39), five times Portuguese cross country champion, in both short and long distance and 10th in the European Championships marathon.


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Help. All lithium ion cycles banned at USC
By rdalcanto,
October 5, 2017 in General Discussion
rdalcanto
EUC: V8
My son is a freshman at USC. He was using an Inmotion V8 to get around campus. USC just came down with a no lithium ion device policy. No electric bikes, no hover boards, etc, allowed in the dorms because of "fire risk." This is obviously a response to the cheap hoverboards that caught fire in the past. A quality EUC with a charge doctor is hardly a fire risk. Any advice on how to deal with this? He is a music major and has to carry around a heavy saxophone across a large campus. The EUC was awesome.
Rotciv
EUC: Z10
Not sure where Inmotion stands with UL certifications. If they are certified, take that to the school and make your argument that they are safe.
Perhaps they will make exceptions to UL certified electric personal assistive mobility devices.
1 minute ago, Rotciv said:
Good thought. I also drafted this letter:
Dear Mr VuNguyen,
My son Nicholas just informed me of the new USC ban on all Lithium Ion devices. This is obviously in response to the fires that occurred with the cheap, defective hover boards that became popular a few years ago. I am deeply disappointed that someone has made the enormous mistake of assuming that all lithium ion devices are a fire risk. The cheap hover boards caught fire because of the low quality chargers and poor design of the motherboards that allowed some of the cells to over charge, causing them to catch fire. Not all lithium ion devices are a fire risk. Lithium ion batteries are in all the residents phones and computers. High quality devices like my son's Inmotion V8 unicycle have sophisticated circuitry that monitor the charge state of every cell. Furthermore, the cells used are high quality batteries from Panasonic. In addition to that, he uses a device called a "charge doctor," that has been programmed to stop charging when the batteries are around 80% charged, which prolongs their life, and eliminates the fire risk completely. The housing agreement said no hover boards, which is reasonable considering their history. But to ban high quality devices, such as high end electric bikes and unicycles, is a policy dictated by ignorance and fear, and it is embarrassing to see this at an institution of "higher learning." In the not too distant future, nearly every vehicle in the parking garages will be powered by lithium ion batteries more than one hundred times larger than the batteries in the transport devices in question. This policy needs to be reconsidered using input from more knowledgable individuals, so that the rights of the students are not violated in such a blatant manner.
Richard A. DalCanto MD, PhD
WARPed1701D
EUC: Inmotion V8
IIRC the V8 itself is not UL certified but the official charger is. I don't think the 2.5A fast charger is UL certified. I remember reading this on here before so if you search you can double check this info. I think it was a post by @Jason McNeil
And for the sake of correctness the V8 uses MH1 Li-ion cells by LG not Panasonic. Don't give him a reason to debunk you letter.
1 minute ago, WARPed1701D said:
Thank you, correction made in the letter.
novazeus
EUC: KS-18s 9bs2 9bz10
i guess u heard a hoverboard just caught fire in a mall a short time ago. it sucks but the easiest word for all of government and institutions is no.
Made some changes to the letter. Thoughts?
My son Nicholas just informed me of the new USC ban on all Lithium Ion devices. This is obviously in response to the fires that have occurred with the cheap, defective hover boards that became popular a few years ago. I am deeply disappointed that someone has made the enormous mistake of assuming that all lithium ion devices are a fire risk. The cheap hover boards caught fire because of the low quality chargers and poor design of the motherboards that allowed some of the cells to over charge, causing them to catch fire. Not all lithium ion devices are a fire risk. Lithium ion batteries are in all the residents phones and computers. High quality devices like my son's Inmotion V8 unicycle have sophisticated circuitry that monitor the charge state of every cell. Furthermore, the cells used are high quality batteries from LG and they are charged at a slow rate. In addition to that, he uses a device called a "charge doctor," that has been programmed to stop charging when the batteries are around 80% charged, which prolongs their life, and eliminates the fire risk completely. The housing agreement said no hover boards, which is reasonable considering their history. But to ban high quality devices, such as high end electric bikes and unicycles, is a policy dictated by ignorance and fear, and it is embarrassing to see this at an institution of "higher learning." In the not too distant future, nearly every vehicle in the parking garages will be powered by lithium ion batteries more than one hundred times larger than the batteries in the transport devices in question. This policy needs to be reconsidered using input from more knowledgable individuals who understand lithium ion cells, the importance of charge rates and charge levels, the difference between cheap and sophisticated chargers, and the safety features which are now standard in quality circuitry, so that the rights of the students are not violated in such a blatant manner.
probably a bunch of dangerous flying batteries there, drones.
who_the
EUC: Nikola 100v
I'm a professor at SF State University (not exactly USC, but anyway) and my school banned hoverboards and other personal electric vehicles before the 2016-17 academic year. Thankfully, my building is accessible directly from a city street, over which the university has no jurisdiction.I ride my EUC right up to my building every day, then dismount and power off on university property. Unfortunately, our universities are increasingly becoming laboratories less for higher learning and more for legal liability and litigation.
we got like one attorney per ten people in the US, they run the government and they love people getting hurt.
correction only 1.3 + mil in US. seems like 1 per ten
Jag_Rip
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland
EUC: -
Wait, no Li-Ion Devices? That would be the first Smartphone, Tablet and Laptop-Free University Campus! These Devices all use li-ion batteries and can catch fire as easily btw.. or are they only allowing iPhones (no Samsung since they lit their Note on fire) ? Just ridiculous, when people that have no idea how stuff works make rules...
EUC: 18L, 18S
What @Jag_Rip said, are they going to collect everyone's phone and laptop at the door, ban all hybrid and electric cars, take everyone's drone or other RC toys away, take all smart watches and confiscate all e-cigarettes?
Li-ion batteries are in everything. Seems like a very poorly thought out rule to me. Maybe you should point out that they are going to have to ban all of the above...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love
Location: Everything is Awesome!
EUC: Tesla
Buy an MCM4 and switch to LiPo's like @Samppa?
Marty Backe
Top Members +
EUC: Two Mten3's, Custom Tesla V2, Nikola, KS-S18, MSP, Monster Pro, EX-N, two Sherman's
1 hour ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said:
Very cool suggestion. However, I'm afraid that you might not be able to convince the automatons at the University that it doesn't contain lithium ion batteries. Just like many airliners won't allow an EUC even if the batteries have been removed.
Common sense is being beat out of people
I would be curious to see the actual specific ban issued by USC to see whether it specifies certain lithium powered vehicles or whether it narrows it down to lithium ion batteries in particular. Most likely it has a list of lithium powered vehicles so simply switching to lithium polymer wouldn't work. Any personal electric vehicle could be targeted in general. Campus security is likely issued a blanket regulation guideline to ban any PEVs used on the grounds.
I wonder if compressed air is allowed?
https://www.wired.com/2012/11/air-motorcycle/
Snurre
Location: Uppsala, Sweden
EUC: mten, KS14S, InmotionV8, KS18L, IPSi5, AirwheelX3, InmotionV10F
4 hours ago, rdalcanto said:
a policy dictated by ignorance and fear, and it is embarrassing to see this at an institution of "higher learning."
I'm not a diplomat and I don't know Mr VuNguyen but I fear your wording may evoke a stubborn response. I would comb the hair the other way and praise the esteemed institution while pointing to some good sources of evidence to why their fears are ungrounded (academic namesdropping probably helps, but I can't help you there).
We all know that ignorance is the source of such decisions so why not start an enlightenment crusade?
Edited October 5, 2017 by Snurre
Jason McNeil
EUC: Many
10 hours ago, rdalcanto said:
Any advice on how to deal with this?
When we were the exclusive US distributor of Inmotion Wheels, there were some exploratory discussions about getting the V5F/V8 UL2272 certified, even the possibility of paying for it ourselves. There wasn't much interest from Inmotion at the time, so it wasn't pursued further:
Cost/Time: if there are no redesign requirements, the process takes several months. The fees to UL are about $35,000 per product & involves the destruction of between 15-20 Wheels during testing.
Inflexibility: when a product obtains the UL mark, it is then locked into a specific battery model. Should the supplier, like LG, decide one day to end-of-life that cell line, then the product will have to go through re-certification again. In the case of the V5F, if we wanted to replace the Samsung 2.2Ah 22P cells with a more modern cell, like the 3.2Ah MH1, then it would be subject to undergoing certification independently.
Voltage: the UL2272 spec sheet makes mention of an upper voltage limit of 60v. I've corresponded with an Engineer from UL about this, at the time I was told that it would be possible to have higher voltage packs, but since there haven't been any instances of this—example of Swagtron's V6/SwagRoller, it was re-engineered from an original 84.2v pack to 59.6v specifically for UL—I don't know if this correct.
During the Hong Kong Electronics trade-show next week, King Song are expected to be announcing UL certified versions for the 14D/16S.
While UL is an indicator of electronics safety, it does not necessarily follow that a device without UL is inferior, but how to convey this message to someone like Mr. VuNguyen? Perhaps providing him with the CE Certificate & Battery Datasheet would help your case.
CE Certificate for the V8
http://images.ewheels.com/V8-CE-MD.pdf
Datasheet of the MH1 Battery cells: Page 7-8 has some details about the torture testing process, there's some pretty extreme stuff, like charging them at 3x the standard rate, almost 10A!
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0674/3651/files/lg_mh1_spec_sheet.pdf
Edited October 5, 2017 by Jason McNeil
Thanks for the help! But, the link to the CE certificate doesn't seem to work....
13 minutes ago, rdalcanto said:
Link fixed.
In hindsight I think trying to ask the college to allow some units and not others simply on the owners word that it is a quality machine will be challenging. You need some kind of easy to read 3rd party certification that a university office official could glance over and then issue a pass or sticker for the device to indicate it is approved for use on campus. I would rewrite the letter to be less confrontational and agree that the Hoverboard situation was indeed dangerous and you understand their reaction (albiet late) but that lessons were learned and products now exist that are certified safe and they should be considered by a forward thinking university who should be encouraging mid-range eco-friendly transportation methods. If you can persuade them to allow UL certified devices then get your son a Segway One S1 for campus related stuff which has UL certification and keep the V8 for all other non-uni movements. It isn't ideal but meeting in the middle with reasoned discussion will likely get you closer to the result you'd like.
6 hours ago, Marty Backe said:
Unfortunatly Marty is right...common sense is lost...
I remember standing at the Emirates Check-In in BKK, with my empty KS16...opened to prove that no batteries are in it and what not...
Nope, no Chance, rule is: No EUCs on board or in Luggage whatsoever...does not help that it's an EUC with no battery :-(
Circuitmage
Location: Austin, TX , USA
EUC: KS 18L
a) I agree with the smartphone link. What are they going to do next? Outlaw any battery powered device?
b)There need to be some proactive steps here to help protect our use of these devices (certification, education, petitioning our local government). I just missed an opportunity this morning to promote my use of these....as I got off the train, an on duty police officer looked at me and my EUC and said "That's cool!". I should have stopped for a minute to talk to him and explain that with safe riding these things should not be banned. I will do that every chance I get going forward. If we don't do something now to help promote their future, all they have to do is start banning them. AND, we have to do it carefully. If you just start sending out email or letters requesting that they allow their use, that will get shot down. Right now, where I am, motorized things are not allowed on the sidewalks, but it is not enforced. I must admit, I have been shying away from law enforcement on these, and shouldn't be. If we can step up in a grass-roots manner and at least educate the people that are enforcing these laws, that's a good first step. I think it helps that these are really out-door PEV's (personal electric vehicles). If they can get recognized as that, we are good.
c)Maybe , as a university student, that is an opportunity to affect change. Universities love that stuff....start a student petition to change the rules, promote "training" and education, cite real-world laws being generated that recognize their use, help designate "proper" use paths (ie bike lanes, not indoors, etc.). I would think there are several things that could be done on-campus to help sway the rules.
dbfrese
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
EUC: Ks14
If you can't convince them otherwise, there's always working around the dorm rules. Does your son have a car he can store the wheel in? If so, he could charge the wheel elsewhere, like at the library while studying (presumably that is still done), in a classroom while attending a lecture, at a campus Starbucks, etc.
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
EUC: V12, V11, S18, Z10, V10F, V8, MTen3
5 hours ago, Jason McNeil said:
So there were supposed to be other upgraded versions of V8 around? I see V8+, V8S, V8C, V8D and V8F mentioned in the certificate.

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One way to fix it would be to output a simpler template for mobile devices and use media queries to determine which template the device is shown.
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It may be worth taking a look to see if the <table> layout can be reconfigured just with media queries, but I think it'll break down when we need to generate the labels.
How about using different layout for mobile screens like..
Specifying a different layout for mobile can work. You will still run in to issues with Camps that have 3 or more tracks.
Another option is to use the short code to display a track or two at a time, but still not ideal.
I think keeping the same table structure and adding some attributes will allow css to take over and help compact the display nicely.
I think we can make it easier by adding a data-track-title attribute to each session cell that contains the track title.
Browser support is the only issue I see with adding an attribute. What is the browser support position for development?
Should I create a css file for the default mobile styles?
Hey Nowell, sorry for the delay getting back with you.
It looks like support for `data-` attributes is pretty good.
All browsers can already use data-* attributes and access them using getAttribute. "Supported" refers to accessing the values using the dataset property. Current spec only refers to support on HTML elements, only some browsers also have support for SVG/MathML elements.
Your demo looks great. I tested on several mobile devices and it looks good. It does break down on IE < 10 on the desktop, but I don't think we need to worry about that since 99% of those users will have the window big enough to avoid the media queries kicking in.
Can you generate a patch for the plugin?
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I'm going to be on vacation next week, but I'll take a look when I get back if run out of time today.
Sounds good. I learned the complete process to submit a patch.
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The duplicate session titles was actually my fault; it's fixed in r501.
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But at the same time, his days don't seem very busy to us. The times we would classify as "work" consist of three 90-minute periods. If he had been a professor in a university today, he would have been denied tenure. If he'd been working in a company, he would have been fired within a week.
Today I worked from around 6am – 9am. Took my three kids to the park for a bit. Had some lunch. Back in the office at around 11 and then I was in and out till 2pm when my wife had to go out and I hung with the kids that didn't go with them.
Is that a lazy schedule?
did they have "money" in some form so that they're work didn't need to generate income thus they were free to do what they wanted?
did they buy out of consumerism in some fashion?
Finally, like most others I wonder how on earth I can emulate this schedule of working a reasonable amount of time and having leisure time? I've got it better than most, but I'm still working on it in many ways.
Of course, I have reviewed the author's book Rest. Yes you should read it.
I think most of us do what we can to valence our days. In the end I think it is about our choices and personal priorities.


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One of the crooks who allegedly robbed Kim Kardashian at a Paris hotel in 2016 has written a tell-all book containing strange and star-studded details of the heist targeting the reality TV queen, it was revealed Friday.
Yunice Abbas, who is accused of swiping $10 million in jewelry from Kardashian, said that he also ended up with the celebrity's cellphone — and was gobsmacked when singer Tracy Chapman called, according to an excerpt published in the French magazine Closer.
Abbas had just crossed paths with a police officer, moments after the robbery, when he heard the star's phone ring inside a bag containing her snatched jewelry. He picked it up and saw the "Fast Car" singer's name pop up.
"At the moment that I heard a police car, the sound of the phone made me jump. To my incredulous eyes, [Chapman's] name appeared on the phone's screen. It's not possible. I must be hallucinating," Abbas writes in the book, "I Sequestered Kim Kardashian," which which comes out Feb. 4.
An excerpt published by the magazine doesn't say whether the star-struck crook answered the call.
In another section of the book, Abbas pokes fun of Kardashian, dishing that she and her secretary brainlessly called 911 for help during the ordeal — despite being in France, where the US emergency line was useless.
"Our two beauties stubbornly tried to call 911 … the emergency call number for the US. Not very efficient when you are in Paris," Abbas mocks in his book, "I Sequestered Kim Kardashian," he mocks.
National emergency numbers in France include 15 for an ambulance and 17 for the police.
Yunice Abbas has written 'I Sequestered Kim Kardashian.'
The 40-year-old star eventually "complied" with the crooks after realizing they were not "threatening her life," he writes.
In October 2016, five thieves dressed like cops tied up Kardashian and held her at gunpoint at the swanky Hôtel de Pourtalès.
Abbas says he and the group then fled on bikes, according to the book. He also reveals that he and the group of crooks enlisted elderly accomplices to scout the hotel before snatching the jewels.
"What's more reassuring than the elderly, who are as peaceful as they are anonymous, to gather a maximum of information on scene," Abbas writes.
It's unclear why Abbas, who was arrested in 2017 and is awaiting trial, wanted to write a book confessing his involvement in the robbery.
Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint at her luxury apartment at Hotel de Pourtales, in Paris.
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High-priced bling swiped during the robbery included two Cartier diamond bracelets, a gold Jacob necklace, and earrings with diamonds made by Loraine Schwarz.
Kasrdashian wasn't hurt but her jewelry was never recovered.
Additional reporting by Isabel Vincent
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Nintendo opened its activities for the annual E3 2018 video game trade show with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Set to launch on December 7 for Nintendo Switch, the upcoming fighting game lets up to eight players square off in action-packed battles that are all about smashing beloved video game characters off the screen. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will include every single fighter ever featured in the series' nearly two-decade run, making it one of the biggest crossover events in gaming history. Fans can enjoy returning favorites like Ice Climbers and Pokémon Trainer, as well as newly announced fighters like Ridley from the Metroid series and Inkling from the Splatoon series. Reprising his role from the previous installment of Super Smash Bros., Xander Mobus will be the announcer once again.


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A: At first glance, a belt that efficiently moonlights as another belt might seem to violate the principle of senseless lack of utility. In this case, though, the utility manifests itself in the realm of style. That is to say, a reversible belt doesn't make any claim to hold up your pants better, or provide some other practical benefit. It just multiplies the possibilities of looking magnificent. And that's the kind of utility we can embrace. In fact, we have plans to someday release a reversible belt ourselves.
Nonetheless, while we conceptually endorse reversible belts, there's still the matter of execution. Regarding the belt you've got your eye on, we love the Caiman crocodile side. But we think the full-quill ostrich side should probably bury its head in the sand. In other words, we'd approach this one as a strictly one-sided belt if we were to incorporate it into our wardrobe.
Finally, yes, that buckle does look familiar. Same one we use on our cashmere belts. Good eye!
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There is a thin line between senseless lack of utility and trying too hard, and it can be found at Ian's Shoelace Site. While we admire attention to detail in unexpected places as much as anyone, we also have a thing for simplicity. Nine out of ten times we do Criss Cross or Display Shoe. With a dressier shoe we'll sometimes mix in Straight Bar, which requires a bit more effort for its streamlined effect but isn't so complicated that we suddenly feel like we're crocheting instead of getting dressed.
Specific lace types depend on the shoe, of course. We like natural laces (cotton, rawhide) over synthetic options, and stay away from any lace that's fat enough to qualify as a skinny tie.
Regarding end length, Professor Shoelace's obsession is instructive here. As his illustration suggests, a 10-inch end length leaves with you a fairly neat bow, and a 12-inch end length crosses into droopiness. For maximum artful dishevelment, we aim for 11 inches.
As for bi-color lacing, we classify that the same way we do dressing up for Halloween: Best left to children and chain-restaurant waitstaff.


Abstract: The "sEMG for Basic Hand movements" includes 2 databases of surface electromyographic signals of 6 hand movements using Delsys' EMG System. Healthy subjects conducted six daily life grasps.
The data were collected at a sampling rate of 500 Hz, using as a programming kernel the National Instrument's (NI) Labview. The signals were band-pass filtered using a Butterworth Band Pass filter with low and high cutoff at 15Hz and 500Hz respectively and a notch filter at 50Hz to eliminate line interference artifacts.
The hardware that was used was an NI analog/digital conversion card NI USB- 009, mounted on a PC. The signal was taken from two Differential EMG Sensors and the signals were transmitted to a 2-channel EMG system by Delsys Bagnoliâ"¢ Handheld EMG Systems.
The experiments consisted of freely and repeatedly grasping of different items, which were essential to conduct the hand movements. The speed and force were intentionally left to the subject's will. There were two forearm surface EMG electrodes Flexor Capri Ulnaris and Extensor Capri Radialis, Longus and Brevis) held in place by elastic bands and the reference electrode in the middle, in order to gather information about the muscle activation.
An illustrative photo is included in the data folder.
1) 5 healthy subjects (two males and three females) of the same age approximately (20 to 22-year-old) conducted the six grasps for 30 times each. The measured time is 6 sec. There is a mat file available for every subject.
2) 1 healthy subject (male, 22-year-old) conducted the six grasps for 100 times each for 3 consecutive days. The measured time is 5 sec. There is a mat file available for every day.
• Each row of these tables has the whole signal per trial. The signal value is measured in Voltage.
In summary, in each subject, there will be a mat file with 12 matrixes, in which matrix there will be 30 (trials) rows and 3000 (points of the signal) columns for database 1 (or 100 rows and 2500 columns for database 2).
Since the data is signals in time domain, part of it can be used for classification using signal processing techniques and methods, such as Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). Moreover, suggested features for extraction can be Integrated Electromyogram (IEMG), Zero Crossing (ZC), Slope Sign Changes (SSC), Waveform Length (WL), Willison Amplitude (WAMP) etc.
• C. Sapsanis, G. Georgoulas, A. Tzes, "EMG based classification of basic hand movements based on time-frequency features" in 21th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 13), June 25 - 28, pp. 716 - 722, 2013.
• C. Sapsanis, G. Georgoulas, A. Tzes, D. Lymberopoulos, "Improving EMG based classification of basic hand movements using EMD" in 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 13 (EMBC 13), July 3-7, pp. 5754 - 5757, 2013.
• C. Sapsanis. 'Recognition of basic hand movements using electromyography'. 2013.


Today Bekaert concluded an agreement for the acquisition of Aluheat, a Dutch company specializing in the newest technologies for condensing boilers for heating applications, based on an enterprise value of € 4 million. Aluheat is situated near Venlo and employs 25 people. The company achieves annual sales of € 10 million.
Bekaert has built up a leading position with the development of environment-friendly gas burners using unique metal fiber technologies. They offer a higher yield and lower consumption, and they limit damaging gas emissions. This is the result of the close partnerships that Bekaert has built up with its customers in heating installations sector. In industrial project applications, mainly for the paper industry, Bekaert offers its customers specific systems for the infrared drying of coatings on high quality papers.
This agreement is subject to approval by the appropriate authorities, but both parties anticipate timely closing of the transactions.


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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Iranian President Hasan Rouhani attended the trilateral Summit on Syria in Tehran.
In the joint statement, the leaders reiterated their belief that a military solution to the Syrian conflict could not be reached and that the conflict could be ended only through a negotiated political process.
The leaders also expressed their satisfaction with the achievements of the Astana format since January 2017, especially with the progress in reducing Syrian-wide violence and the contribution to peace, security, and stability in the country.
In a joint statement, the leaders emphasized that the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and its strong and continuing commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and stressed that everyone should respect them." it was said.
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Jamie Benn faces both a goals and an assists props bet in Monday's game against the Panthers. Let's analyze his on-ice performance this season, particularly when compared to the betting markets.
Jamie Benn Prop Bets (5/3/2021)
Jamie Benn Prop Bets vs. Panthers
In 22.4% of his games this year (11 out of 49), Benn has posted more than 0.5 goals.
Benn's average prop bet for goals is an over/under of 0.5 per game. He has scored 0.3 less goals per game than that average.
Benn has gone over on goals prop bets in just eight of his 35 chances (22.9%).
In only 11 of his 49 games (22.4%), Benn has racked up more than 0.5 goals -- his season-long average goals prop bet over/under.
Teams are scoring 2.8 goals per game against the Panthers this season, the 19th-most given up by a team.
Benn has collected more than 0.5 assists in 15 out of 49 games this season (30.6%).
Benn's per-game assists average (0.4) is 0.1 less than his average assists prop bet total (0.5).
Benn has covered his assists prop bet over/unders in just 10 out of 34 chances (29.4%).
Teams are averaging 4.8 assists per game against the Panthers this season, the 16th-most allowed by a squad.


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MBX Doubles New Business for Custom-Built Server Appliances
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Strong 2015 Performance Backed by Increased Build Capacity, New Technical Capabilities
MBX Systems today announced a strong 2015 performance for its custom server appliance business, highlighted by a 106% increase in new business from ISVs, OEMs and service providers that need turnkey hardware/software systems to deliver their applications or services. The growth was fueled by the 2014 addition of HPE OEM equipment as a base platform option, expanded EU manufacturing and logistics, and long-time strengths such as full customization capabilities and 99.5% defect-free systems.
UK-based Smoothwall, for example, selected MBX to manufacture its high-end Internet security and content filtering appliances and ship fully integrated systems directly to their customers around the globe. Key to the decision was MBX's ability to deliver a more customized platform and custom-branded chassis than Smoothwall's previous provider, and assist in optimizing their hardware systems for both current and future needs. Other factors included MBX's improved technical support, end-of-life component management and forecast-based purchasing model.
"We wanted more customization, more flexibility and better service than we were getting. MBX provided those benefits and has also become an important strategic resource," said Philip Smith, Head of Product, Smoothwall. "Their platform engineers understand exactly how our software performs, advise us how to configure our systems to optimize that performance, and help us stay ahead of the technology curve. They're not just a hardware builder. They're a partner."
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Plant upgrades enabling up to 640 systems to be configured and tested simultaneously at MBX's primary Chicago-area facility, accelerating final assembly and order fulfillment for larger batch sizes.
Connectivity to global manufacturing facilities through enhancements to MBX's Forge image and testing infrastructure, which eliminates weeks of customer scripting and associated costs by providing a pre-built system for capturing and managing customers' software images and process requirements.
A new REST API that simplifies MBX/customer systems integration, making it possible to sync ordering, fulfillment, inventory and billing information between systems without placing integration responsibilities on the customer's staff.
A 2015 Manufacturing Leadership High Achiever Award for Operational Excellence, marking MBX's second ML100 award in three years. MBX was selected over 13 other winners in the Operational Excellence category, including Fortune 500 and Global 500 giants Avnet, IBM, L'Oreal, Nissan and Dow Chemical.
"In 2015, in addition to turning in a strong performance and enhancing our manufacturing infrastructure, we laid the foundation for a series of new strategic initiatives that we will be announcing over the next 12 months. These range from new OEM relationships and an expansion of our global business capabilities to new services that will strengthen and simplify our customers' hardware programs," said Jill Bellak, MBX President. "This ongoing services expansion has built MBX into the largest company dedicated exclusively to engineering and supporting purpose-built hardware systems, earned us near-perfect customer satisfaction and retention, and helped relieve customers of hardware responsibilities so that they can focus on building their own businesses."
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Support passage and enforce vigilante law – Akufo-Addo tells police
Friday, 22 March 2019, 18:42 pm
President Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with some officers of the Ghana Police Service
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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his commitment to ending the worrying and unacceptable phenomenon of vigilantism in our body politic.
In his remarks at the end-of-year WASSA of the Ghana Police Service, on Friday at the Police Headquarters, President Akufo-Addo asked the police to support the passage and enforce vigilante law.
"As you know, I have tasked the Attorney General to prepare and submit to Parliament, as soon as possible, specific legislation to deal with this phenomenon of vigilantism, and provide appropriate sanctions against its occurrence. I am asking for the full support of the Police Service in the passage of the law, and in its enforcement. We owe it to the Ghanaian people and to generations yet unborn to maintain the peace and stability of our nation, which our generation enjoys."
President Akufo-Addo addressing the gathering.
"As I indicated in my Message on the State of the Nation to Parliament, I am determined to end acts of political party vigilantism. I have said so on several occasions, and I will repeat it again. Crime is crime, it has no political colour, and the police should act against any person or group of persons engaged in unlawful acts," he added.
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Describing the peace, the safety of people, and the territorial integrity as the most important things for a nation, President Akufo-Addo noted that the issue of law and order is particularly germane in the country, at a time when indiscipline, lawlessness, kidnappings, murders, assault by and against police officers, vigilantism, amongst others, are threatening the rule of law.
Hon Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior.
Government, the President added, is determined to work with the Police Service to guarantee the security of citizens in accordance with the rule of law, and assured that whatever support is required to ensure that the country has a Police Service that the people of Ghana deserve will be done.
"And to that end, we are, amongst others, constructing a new National Detective Training Academy in Kenyasi No.1, in the Ahafo Region; and we have promoted one thousand, five hundred and two (1,502) senior police officers and eighteen thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three (18,853) junior officers, since I took office in 2017, with over two thousand, two hundred and thirty (2,230) in the first quarter of 2019, a development which has been described as unprecedented by the IGP," President Akufo-Addo said.
President Akufo-Addo with COP Dr. George Dampare
He continued, "The construction of three hundred and twenty (320) housing units for officers at the National Police Training Academy is ongoing, and four thousand (4,000) police officers are being recruited into the Service, with two thousand (2,000) already under training. Government has, so far, supplied three hundred and twenty (320) vehicles to the Police Service, with two hundred and seventy-three (273) soon to be delivered. In addition, three (3) helicopters are being procured to facilitate Police operations, with some selected Police Officers set to be trained as pilots."
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Touching on the image of the Police Service, President Akufo-Addo commended the police for arresting the 'trotro' driver and his 'mate' who assaulted a police officer, Constable Julius Mawuli Ekpe, on the Mallam-Kasoa road in Accra.
"In and around the same time, some police officers were also seen assaulting two journalists, Malik Sulemana and Raissa Sambou. I am happy that the IGP has moved quickly to interdict the police officers, who were responsible for the assault, ordering immediate investigations into the matter," he added.
Section of some police officers at the event.
President Akufo-Addo noted that "it is important for the growth and development of society that justice is done to all manner of persons without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. It is in everybody's interest that the Police Service retains the neutrality and professionalism guaranteed under the Constitution."
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Morgan Stanley Gets OK to Complete Smith Barney Acquisition
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Jun 21st 2013 12:32PM
The final regulatory approvals needed for Morgan Stanley to complete its acquisition of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings (MSSBH) from Citigroup -- it currently holds a 65% ownership position -- have been received, Morgan Stanley said in a statement today.
Citigroup will receive a previously agreed upon cash payment of $4.7 billion from Morgan Stanley for the remaining 35% of Smith Barney it doesn't already own. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of June. Morgan Stanley will take an estimated $200 million net charge on its fiscal Q2 ending June 30.
In addition to its acquisition of MSSBH's outstanding ownership interest, Morgan Stanley intends to redeem all Class A preferred interests owned by Citigroup for an estimated $2.028 billion, the company said.
Commenting on the deal, James Gorman, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley, said, "This is a historic day for Morgan Stanley. It is the culmination of a multi-year effort to transform our business model into one that offers stronger shareholder returns and greater stability in volatile markets. ... With this milestone behind us, we have added momentum to carry out our full plan to achieve higher shareholder returns."
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Die Kathedrale von Nizza () ist eine römisch-katholische Kirche in der südfranzösischen Stadt Nizza. Die Kathedrale des Bistums Nizza wurde Mariä Himmelfahrt und der hl. Reparata gewidmet. Der Bau aus dem 17. Jahrhundert wurde bis zum Jahr 1949 weiter gestaltet. Die Kathedrale ist seit dem Jahr 1906 als Monument historique anerkannt.

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Die erste Kathedrale in Nizza war Mariä Himmelfahrt gewidmet und entstand im 5. Jahrhundert innerhalb der befestigten Stadt auf dem Burghügel; die einschiffige Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Cimiez hatte zunächst eine rechteckige Apsis, die in der karolingischen Ära durch eine halbkreisförmige ersetzt wurde; sie war mit einer Taufkapelle ausgestattet. Im 11. Jahrhundert wurde die Kirche auf drei Schiffe erweitert und nach Abschluss der Arbeiten im Jahr 1049 geweiht. Die durch Risse beschädigte Kirche wurde zwischen 1429 und 1486 wiederaufgebaut. Sie erhielt einen großen Chor mit einer Krypta darunter und mehrere Seitenkapellen. Nachdem der Bischofssitz im Jahr 1531 in die Kirche Santa Reparata verlegt worden war, wurde die alte Kathedrale zur Schlosskirche. Im Jahr 1706 wurde sie als Teil des Schlosses von französischer Artillerie auf Befehl Ludwigs XV. schwer beschädigt.

Die Kirche Santa Reparata war an der Stelle entstanden, an der im Jahr 1078 der Bürger Raimbald Rostagni eine Kapelle für die Reliquien der hl. Reparata gebaut hatte, die er aus Rom mitgebracht hatte. Am Fuße des Schlossbergs außerhalb der damaligen Stadt gelegen, wurde sie im Jahr 1185 Oratorium der Benediktinerabtei Saint-Pons und nach vergrößertem Wiederaufbau im Jahr 1246 Pfarrsitz. Inzwischen Teil der gewachsenen Stadt wurde sie zwischen 1455 und 1468 erweitert. Die Kirche wurde im Jahr 1531 von der Abtei Saint-Pons an die Diözese Nizza abgetreten, um zur Kathedrale zu werden; 1533 wurde die Verlegung von den Herzögen von Savoyen angenommen und 1590 ratifiziert.

Bischof Desiderio Palletta beauftragte im Jahr 1649 Giovanni Andrea Guiberto mit der Planung der neuen Kathedrale; dieser leitete die Arbeiten von 1650 bis 1680. Bereits im Jahr 1651 konnten sowohl das Querschiff als auch die Kuppel fertiggestellt werden, der Glockenturm der alten Kirche wurde abgerissen. Im Jahr 1655 stürzte der Gang ein und verletzte Bischof Palletta; die Arbeiten verliefen daraufhin langsamer. Bischof Enrico Provana von Leyni nahm im Jahr 1673 den Bau wieder auf, der ab 1685 unter der Leitung von Marc' Antonio Grigho durchgeführt wurde. Die Kathedrale wurde Mai 1699 von Bischof Provana von Leyni geweiht.

Der Glockenturm wurde von Carlo Antonio Castelli (unterstützt von Carlo Gioanetti) in den Jahren 1731–1757 auf Geheiß von Bischof Raymond Recrosio († 1732) gebaut. Die Fassade entstand erst zwischen 1825 und 1830 nach den Originalzeichnungen von Giovanni Andrea Guiberto. Im Jahr 1899 änderte Bischof Henri-Louis Chapon den Chorbereich, indem er die Seitenschiffe über das Querschiff hinaus fortsetzte und mit neuen Seitenkapellen die ehemals schweren Barockornamente ersetzte, in den Jahren zwischen 1900 und 1903 wurde die halbkreisförmige Apsis erstellt. 1906 wurde die Kathedrale zu einem historischen Denkmal Frankreichs erklärt, 1949 erhob Papst Pius XII. sie zur Basilica minor.

Innenraum
Über dem Hochaltar befindet sich ein Bild des Ruhms der hl. Reparata, der jungfräulichen Märtyrin, der die Kathedrale gewidmet ist und deren Reliquien hier seit dem Jahr 1690 aufbewahrt werden. Der im Genueser Barock gestaltete Innenraum umfasst zehn Kapellen. Die Kapellen sind der Muttergottes der sieben Leiden, der Kreuzigung, der hl. Rosa von Lima, den hll. Alexander von Rom und Bartholomäus, dem Heiligen Sakrament, der hl. Rosalia und der Jungfrau Maria, dem hl. Josef, der hl. Reparata, den vier gekrönten Märtyrern und Johannes dem Täufer gewidmet. Bis zum Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts war jede der Kapellen mit einer anderen Gilde verbunden, von denen jede die Verantwortung und die Kosten für ihre Instandhaltung trug.

Orgeln

Die Kathedrale besitzt drei Orgeln: eine befindet sich auf einer Tribüne über dem Eingang, eine weitere im Nordarm des Querhauses und die dritte im Proberaum des Chores. Die Hauptorgel wurde 1974 von dem Orgelbauer Boisseau erbaut. Das Instrument hat 69 Register auf vier Manualwerken und Pedal. die Spieltrakturen sind mechanisch, die Registertrakturen sind elektrisch.

 Anmerkung
 (D) = Diskantseite

Siehe auch
 Liste der französischen Diözesen

Weblinks

 Website der Kathedrale (französisch)

Einzelnachweise

Kathedrale
Römisch-katholische Kathedrale in Frankreich
Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kirche
Reparatakirche
Basilica minor
Kirchengebäude im Bistum Nizza
Barockbauwerk in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Barocke Kirche
Basilika (Bautyp)
Erbaut im 17. Jahrhundert
Kathedrale
Monument historique (Kathedrale)
Nizza
Kirchengebäude in Europa

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President Donald Trump intends to nominate Todd Harper to the NCUA board of directors. Harper, a Democrat, will serve the remainder of a six-year term expiring April 10, 2021. He will replace outgoing board member Rick Metsger, whose term expired in August 2017.
Harper has specialized in financial services policy over his two decades in government service. From 2011 to 2017, he led NCUA's Office of Public and Congressional Affairs and served as the chief policy advisor to the chairman at the agency. According to an article in CUToday, prior to working at NCUA, Harper served as a senior aide to Rep. Paul Kanjorski, a Democrat from Pennsylvania who was one of the co-champions of the Credit Union Membership Access Act of 1998.
As legislative director to Kanjorski, Harper also worked on bipartisan legislation concerning credit union capital rules, terrorism risk insurance, auditing standards and subprime mortgage lending.
As previously reported, Trump also nominated Rodney Hood, a former member and vice chairman of the NCUA board, for a seat on the board. Hood, who now serves as a corporate responsibility manager for JP Morgan Chase, has not received a confirmation hearing.
Like Harper, Hood's nomination is subject to Senate confirmation, and his term would expire Aug. 2, 2023.


text:
package com.orm.util.classdiscovery;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;

import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Enumeration;

import static java.util.Collections.enumeration;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class ResourcesClassScannerTest {
    private static final String MY_CLASS = "MyClass";
    @Mock
    ClassLoader mockClassLoader;

    @Rule
    public TemporaryFolder testFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
    private ResourcesClassScanner resourcesClassScanner;

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWhenNoResourcesPresentReturnsEmptyList() throws IOException {
        Enumeration<URL> emptyEnumeration = Collections.emptyEnumeration();
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources(anyString())).thenReturn(emptyEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(Collections.emptySet()));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWhenResourcesAreNullReturnsEmptyList() throws IOException {
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources(anyString())).thenReturn(null);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(Collections.emptySet()));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithPathToEmptyDirectoryReturnsEmptyList() throws IOException {
        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(testFolder.getRoot().toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(Collections.emptySet()));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithClassInNonClassDirectoryReturnsEmptyList() throws IOException {
        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(testFolder.getRoot().toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        testFolder.newFile("MyClass.class");

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(Collections.emptySet()));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithClassInBinDirectoryReturnsThatClass() throws IOException {
        File binDir = createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder("bin");

        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(binDir.toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(ImmutableSet.of(MY_CLASS)));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithClassInClassesDirectoryReturnsThatClass() throws IOException {
        File binDir = createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder("classes");

        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(binDir.toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(ImmutableSet.of(MY_CLASS)));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithClassInRetrolambdaDirectoryReturnsThatClass() throws IOException {
        File binDir = createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder("retrolambda");

        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(binDir.toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(ImmutableSet.of(MY_CLASS)));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithClassInPackageHierarchyReturnsThatClass() throws IOException {
        File binDir = createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder("bin/com/test");

        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(binDir.toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(ImmutableSet.of("com.test." + MY_CLASS)));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWithPackageNameExcludesClassesFromOtherPackages() throws IOException {
        File classesDir = createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder("classes/com/wanted");
        createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder("classes/not/wanted");

        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(classesDir.toURL()));
        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage("com.wanted"), is(ImmutableSet.of("com.wanted." + MY_CLASS)));
    }

    @Test
    public void getAllClassesWhenResourceReturnedIsAFileReturnsEmptyList() throws IOException {
        File fileNotDirectory = testFolder.newFile("classes");
        Enumeration<URL> resourcesEnumeration = enumeration(ImmutableSet.of(fileNotDirectory.toURL()));

        when(mockClassLoader.getResources("")).thenReturn(resourcesEnumeration);

        resourcesClassScanner = new ResourcesClassScanner(mockClassLoader);

        assertThat(resourcesClassScanner.getAllFullyQualifiedClassNamesInPackage(""), is(Collections.emptySet()));
    }

    private File createClassFileWithinDirectoryHierarchyInTestFolder(String directoryPath) throws IOException {
        File parentDir = new File(testFolder.getRoot(), directoryPath);
        assertTrue(parentDir.mkdirs());

        File classFile = new File(parentDir, MY_CLASS + ".class");
        assertTrue(classFile.createNewFile());

        return new File(testFolder.getRoot(), testFolder.getRoot().list()[0]);
    }
}


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Geneva (VNA) - Vietnam's traditional culinary arts fascinated foreign friends at the International Bazaar held at the UN Headquarters on November 24 to raise funds for disadvantaged children around the world.
The event, held by the UN Women's Guild (UNWG) in Geneva, the Permanent Missions accredited to the UN, Geneva government authorities and businesses, drew the participation of 60 foreign diplomatic offices and international organisations.
According to UNWG President Christine Evequoz, the bazaar has become a premier event in the international community. She highlighted that the event featured international fine arts, craft and food stalls selling wares and a lottery with over 200 prizes to be won.
In addition to excellent cuisine from around the world, visitors had a chance to enjoy a joyful atmosphere brought about by talented dancers, singers and music bands.


My plan for today was to come home, bake the Pistachio-Berry Slims and do a two-in-one Dorie's Cookies post for today's Tuesdays with Dorie. Instead, I hopped on the 99 bus, switched to the Number 15, and climbed the hill at Queen Elizabeth Park to Bloedel Conservatory. A once-in-a-decade event is happening right now and I decided to do a little bandwagoneering.
The corpse flower only blooms for a day or two, so it's not something that can wait until the weekend. I managed to get there during a lull in the line up and was able to spend some time with the (surprisingly not smelly) bloom, along with the plants and birds that inhabit the conservatory. It's quite a beautiful flower, even when not completely open as I saw it, the fabled scent associated with it gives its viewers an air of bravado, and its size is impressive. It's also a rare flower, both in timing and number. But, I don't think that's the whole of its appeal. Its ephemerality ties the rest of these qualities together, making it irresistible to news outlets and spectators alike. There's a powerful metaphorical appeal when something this singular takes so long to come to fruition, then withers in so short a span.
Or at least, that's where my thoughts turned afterward, over an Aperol Spritz and artichoke leaves at Seasons in the Park. I went there to escape from the heat and fortify myself for a stroll through the quarry gardens and then the trek back to my side of town. Thank goodness for the lounges of fine dining restaurants. You can come in as you are (in my case, post-corpse flower viewing) and have access to the full menu. It was a good afternoon, but by the time I got home, I had just enough left in me to water the garden and have a proper bit of dinner. Baking was not in the cards.
Luckily, I'd made the cast-iron pan chocolate chip bars a few weeks ago, which put me in the (rare for me) position of being ready for the week's post. Just like today's activities, my version of these bars was a deviation from plan. I have a very small cast-iron pan, so I already knew I'd be making them in a springform. What I sacrificed in caramelly browning, I gained in cakey moistness. I was also low on shredded coconut, so rather than go to the store, I threw in some cocoa nibs. The squares still had a pleasing coconut taste, but the nibs amped up the chocolate flavour and added a bit of crunch, too.
I sliced these up in thin wedges and can attest that they're equally good served with berries and whipped cream or unadorned. I gave three large portions away and still had more than a few days' worth of dessert for myself. Another example of a successful detour, I'd say.
July's Dorie's Cookies goodness can be found here and here at Tuesdays with Dorie.
I've always been intrigued by the corpse flower. It's figured into some books I've read, but I've never seen one myself. Thanks for sharing the pictures. That must have been something to see! Do you think I could use only cacao nibs instead of coconut? I don't like the texture of coconut so don't use it.
I'm glad I took the time to go and see the corpse flower, even if it was waning. I think you could skip the coconut altogether and use cocoa nibs for this. Stephanie used some dark chocolate and dried cherries in her version and I think this would be a great combination with the cocoa nibs.
These are SUCH a great dessert/ snack/ breakfast, right? And that corpse flower? SO cool!
So good! And healthy enough for breakfast, right? The corpse flower was cool!
We had a corpse flower here in California one year. It got a lot of media coverage and I learned alot. I did not get to see up close like you did. These cookies were good and sounds like they came out perfect despite the cast iron pan.
Ours got a lot of coverage, too. It's so interesting and so sad that deforestation and climate change are wiping them out in Sumatra.
ok– that is one crazy flower!! glad you had a recipe in the reserves for a busy week. i liked these bars, too.
Apparently, there is one getting ready to bloom in NYC, too!
Sounds like you had an amazing day – sorry Pistachio Slims, I'd swap you for this day too. I have never seen a corpse flower in bloom, though I know there's one in Sydney. Your cookies look great.


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Hats must not be worn in school and coats should be removed for studying and lessons.
*Please note, dresses and skirts should be an acceptable length and not too short. Dresses with an inappropriate low neckline or that do not cover the shoulders must be worn with a cardigan or jacket at all times.
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"LET US HOLD FIRMLY TO THE FAITH!"
INTRO: Starting off in faith is a good thing, but staying in faith is a great thing! We need to be cautious that we don't lose a firm grip on our faith, for if we do we will find ourselves really floundering with an unproductive spirituality.
(1. Christ as our high priest understands our weaknesses and is sympathetic to helping us - we don't have to be alone!
(2. Christ gives us His own example on how to fight the various kinds of temptations that Satan uses to draw us away from keeping our faith focused properly.
If there is one thing the Bible is clear about, it is that faith has to be exercised in order for us to stay firm in it! This will certainly be the case as we come into the last days where the Bible states that many will be deceived, and even the elect of God must be careful that they are not deceived!
The one thing we can be sure of is that we will be tempted! If we yield, we will not have firm faith. We need to understand the nature of HUMAN FLESH, and the nature of HOLY FAITH!
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that when we are tempted God is willing to help us, Christ faced temptation and beat it, and what He used is available to us today too – so, "let us hold firmly to the faith!"
1. People quit when they feel they are alone and no one understands!
a. No one likes the feeling that something can't succeed.
b. No one likes facing something that seems overwhelming.
2. So often we feel God doesn't understand the pressures we go through, that in His perfection He couldn't possibly know pain and loneliness.
3. This is where the incarnation comes in! Jesus came in human flesh as God so that there would be a way for Him to "feel" and know our human weaknesses.
4. God did not stay out of harms way, He faced it squarely so He can help us through the storms of life and when we feel our faith is slipping!
ILLUS: Joseph Mallord Turner, English painter, invited Charles Kingsley to his studio to see a picture of a storm at sea. In rapt admiration, Kingsley exclaimed, "It's wonderful! It's so realistic! How did you do it?"
The artist replied, "I went to the coast of Holland and engaged a fisherman to take me out to sea in the next storm. Entering his boat as a storm was brewing, I asked him to bind me to the mast. Then he steered his boat into the teeth of the storm.
"The storm raged with such fury that at times I longed to be in the bottom of the boat where the waves would blow over me. I could not, however. I was bound to the mast. Not only did I see the storm in its raging fury, I felt it! It blew into me, as it were, until I became a part of it. After this terrible ordeal, I returned to my studio and painted the picture."
It is written of the Savior, "Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted." (Heb. 2:18).
5. Christ can understand completely our struggle and pain, He has experienced it all.
b. As well as ministering to us because He also knows our human frame!
c. Christ sympathizes with our struggle and He conquered using the same tool available to us, God's Word!
1. Knowing all this, we can come to the throne of grace with confidence!
(1. "Mercy" is NOT getting what we DO deserve!
(2. "Grace" IS getting what we DON'T deserve!
b. God's desire for those who will come to Him is to help them!
a. We are told we can come boldly or with confidence even when we are struggling!
b. God is our High Priest who is touched by our experiences and struggles to fight against temptation. He died to redeem us, not reject us!
1. The first temptation Jesus faced in the wilderness was the temptation to turn to material things to SATISFY His needs.
a. Ironically, this was basically Israel's early test in the wilderness as well, it had to do with food and water.
b. Israel griped about the "heavenly bread" and wanted "phsycial flesh" instead. They failed this test.
2. There certainly wasn't anything wrong with Jesus making a stone into bread to satisfy His natural hunger, but to do it at Satan's request would have been to get sidetracked from the real issue at hand. He was about to begin His earthly ministry, and natural bread was not suppose to be His focus, that is the focus of this world.
a. The temptation here was to lose focus, from a spiritual one to a material one!
b. This will be a constant struggle as we live as God's people in this world!
c. While it might not have seemed like a big thing right at that moment, to start out with a focus on the material would certainly have led Jesus further and further away from His mission which was spiritual in nature!
3. We don't always see the price of yielding to temptation all at once, it is usually a gradual process that takes us from point "a" to point "b" in a process that moves us away from God.
4. Jesus avoids the temptation to start down the road of material appetites, for this would have corrupted His mission in the end!
ILLUS: G.H. Charnley, in The Skylark's Bargain, tells the story of a young skylark who discovered one day a man who would give him worms for a feather. He made a deal – one feather for two worms. The next day the lark was flying high in the sky with his father. The older bird said, "You know, son, we skylarks should be the happiest of all birds. See our brave wings! They lift us high in the air, nearer and nearer to God."
But the young bird did not hear, for all he saw was an old man with worms. Down he flew, plucked two feathers from his wings and had a feast. Day after day this went on. Autumn came and it was time to fly south. But the young skylark couldn't do it. He had exchanged the power of his young wings for worms.
That is our constant temptation in life -- to exchange wings for worms.
a. Heavenly bread is far more important than physical bread!
b. Israel got sick of the "bread from heaven" (Manna) - God provided it for them for every day to meet their full needs, but they tired of it!
c. Jesus never tired of the Word of God, and let us never tire of it either!
6. The church and the christian will always be in trouble when it turns away from the Scriptures, when the Word of God is diminished and the needs of human flesh are the main focus. When this happens we are in trouble!
7. Christ's security was not in physical bread, it was in the Word of God!
a. Since Jesus fought off this first temptation with Scripture and won, we can too since the same thing is still available for us today!
b. You will always do well to win over temptation if you have the Word of God ready at hand!
c. Jesus doesn't use tricks or fancy miracles to beat this temptation, He doesn't exercise His power as God, He uses the Word of God, and in doing so showed that we have the same power as he did!
d. If Jesus had resisted in any other way He could not have been an example to us, but because He used the same resource available to us we have no excuse.
1. Jesus now faced the second temptation. This is perhaps the greatest temptation for people in the church today, to choose the spectacular rather than the Scripture!
(1. In this passage Jesus said it was a "wicked generation that seeks for signs" - and the only sign He would give was the sign of Jonah, the image of 3 days and nights in the bowels of the earth – fulfilled in Christ's death and resurrection!
(3. Like a man named Billy Graham who has had no spectacular miracles accredited to his ministry except the millions who have found Christ as savior - he kept the message basic and focused!
(2. It can be easy to lose sight of what is important!
2. Jesus is being asked by Satan to do some extraordinary miracle that will "wow" the crowds at the Temple - then He could avoid all the mundane efforts or daily traveling, working, and preaching, the day by day hard work of ministry that has little shine to it.
a. Jesus' miracles certainly did attract crowds, but they never kept them for long!
b. While the crowds often followed Jesus excitably after He did a miracle, as soon as He began to teach repentance and faith, to give a glass of cold water, to visit the sick or those in prison, to clothe the naked, to bind up the broken hearted, to forgive others, and yes even to tithe - then we read the crowds left!
c. Remember in John 6 after the crowds were awed by Jesus, Jesus said that they must "eat His flesh and drink His blood" or they could have no part in Him - read John 6:66 "from this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him!"
3. It is also interesting to note that one of the characteristics of the last days will be "signs and wonders" - both from God and from the deceiver!
a. Hence in 1 John 4:1 we are called upon to "test the spirits."
b. The Bible even talks about the elect being led astray if that were possible, simply meaning that this undo emphasis on signs and wonders could even draw aside christians if we don't stay on guard.
c. Jesus even talked about those who will do miracles in His name (Matt. 7:21 ff.) but not necessarily be living for Him, He declares about these miracle workers that "I never knew you!" Miracles done even in Jesus' name don't necessarily indicate the godliness of those who "do them" the message they bring does this!
d. MIRACLES are not a guarantee that something is right - but the MESSAGE OF GOD'S WORD about Jesus Christ is always right!
4. In Matt. 11:20 we read this: "Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REPENT." Salvation was Jesus' goal, not performing signs and wonders for the crowds to be awed over.
5. Note how the crowds were not much different for the Apostles: In Acts 14:8-20 we read about Paul and Barnabus having just laid hands on a lame man and he was healed - the crowd went crazy and started to worship Paul and Barnabus as two gods, Zeus and Hermes! The Apostles had a hard time trying to get the crowd to accept them as humans when along came a few Jews that turned the crowds against Paul and Barnabus (Acts 14:19) so quickly that they stoned Paul and left him for dead! How fickle the crowd was, they liked being wowed, but not confronted for their sins!
6. It is so much easier to look for the spectacular and miss the obvious!
ILLUS: A little boy was talking to the girl next door. "I wonder what my mother would like for Mother's Day." The girl answered, "Well, you could promise to keep your room clean, go to bed when you are told, brush your teeth after eating, and quit fighting with your brothers and sister, especially at the dinner table." The boy looked at her and said, "No, I mean something practical!"
7. Jesus was facing a tough hard road, many days of ordinary ministry punctuated by times of great events, how tempting to bypass the every day ordinary stuff by doing something spectacular before the crowd at the Temple, a spectacular miracle would "wow" them right off and save Him lots of time establishing the fact that He was the Messiah!
a. Remember, these threee temptations are taking place just as He is about to start His public ministry!
b. The lure was to avoid the basic stuff, go for the spectacular!
c. Satan will use the "spectacular" in the last days to deceive people, we have got to know the "message!"
8. Jesus once again defeats this temptation with the Word of God: "do not test the Lord your God."
a. In other words, don't even think you can bribe God into avoiding the message of the cross!
b. It is noteworthy also that Satan never did quote the whole verse of Scripture when he attempted to use the Bible to tempt Jesus! He conveniently left a part of the passage out!
c. It is the WHOLE of the Bible we need to adhere to to keep from false doctrine!
1. The final temptation represented the desire for a "shortcut" to the RIGHT goal!
a. Jesus would be Lord over all the kingdoms of this earth!
b. Satan merely states here that since Jesus is going to get them anyway, why not let Satan give them to Him now and avoid the cross altogether!
c. This is the "ends justify the means" problem of our society today! "What difference does it make how we get there as long as the end result is good!"
2. All Jesus had to do was bow "once" and worship Satan!
a. How many bows to Satan does it take to lose? ONE!
b. The temptation here was to avoid all the pain and suffering, all the day by day efforts, all the routine servanthood stuff, just take the kingdoms now!
(1. This is the heart of the world, avoid sacrifice, suffering, serving ... "just give me the reward now!"
(2. The temptation here is to see the "ORDINARY" as somehow not the EXTRAORDINARY ... YET IT IS!
3. This temptation to take a "shortcut" is very real, and many take it today!
a. There are no shortcuts to holy living - it takes effort, daily routine serving, faithfulness, all over protracted periods of time!
b. It takes time and work to build a healthy ministry, to be a healthy christian, to do a fruitful work for God, it doesn't come in an instant like many of the instant things we have in society today!
c. There are "no shortcuts to glory!"
4. Jesus wins the day again through the Scriptures, and so can we!
a. Jesus fought every temptation with the written Word of God - the same source of fighting Satan's temptations is available to us!
b. If Jesus had used some other power to resist Satan besides the Word of God then we could not have seen Him as a High Priest, we would not be able to identify with Him had He used His powers as God, but because He used the Word of God we have the same Word to use today that He used to win!
5. This is how we "HOLD FIRM TO THE FAITH!"
a. In the last days the Bible says, "those things which can be shaken will be shaken" (Heb. 12:27-28) - only those who have a firm grasp on God's Word are going to be able to walk a clear path!
b. If we lay hold of God's Word it will lay hold of us!
c. Avoid the shortcuts, "Let us Hold Firmly to the Faith!"
(2. They lose focus on Christ and His Word!
(2. He shows us by example how to keep the focus!