My son, Cole, was invited to play fall baseball. Although as a family, we have been committed nightly to sports for both Cole and his sister, Tess, since early spring, I was able to sell my wife on the idea. It was a chance for Cole to play against better competition and to prepare him for next year's season. We reluctantly agreed to have Cole play; I was asked to be the coach.
I accepted the opportunity to coach this team with mostly players I did not know. Because it was fall baseball, we did not have the opportunity to work with the team with the exception of two optional practices. I was told the leagues purpose was to build skills but mostly have fun. I am not sure the other coaches got the memo that it wasn't about winning (they seemed to find time to practice weekly).
Whether in business or sports, you need to be a stickler for the fundamentals. If you are to grow and get better in either, make sure you understand your role and responsibilities. My team was pulled together from numerous teams and the kids who were all good players but had different levels of understanding of the fundamentals. Because of the lack of preparation, we were teaching and learning on the fly. I expected and coached to the minimum of fundamental baseball such as the outfielder hitting the cutoff man on a hit to the outfield (which many of the 10 year old's had not been taught), along with who covers second base on a steal and even how to properly field grounders. This created a challenging fall baseball outcome.
By the end of each Sunday, after a long day of baseball, I went home exhausted. It didn't dawn on me as to why? After some reflection, I came to the conclusion that I hate to lose! Whether it is checkers, a game of pickup basketball, a business deal, or coaching my son's baseball team, I like to win but I really hate to lose. It is part of my DNA.
One parent whose son was on our team would continue to remind me that the goal of the league was to have fun and build skills. But the kids didn't want to lose either; they always knew what the score was. And more importantly, I don't ever want my son or myself to get comfortable with losing.
When my wife Ami and I play any game whether a board game or miniature golf, we want to not only win but do is decisively. It is friendly competition (most of the time) but each of us wants bragging rights. It is part of our DNA and we wouldn't change it because it has helped us both excel in our careers. Even Ami's father, Dr. Donald Miesner, who is a retired college professor and a Lutheran Minister, aggressively plays every family game to win. I am confident that if we were playing baseball, and he was pitching to his wonderful son in law, this 80 year old wouldn't hesitate to throw a fast ball close to my head to move me off the plate. This little "chin music" would be to ensure I don't get the advantage on him as the pitcher but also to give him the edge.
I remember having dinner with a senior executive from IBM years ago when I asked him what helped him rise to the top of IBM? His answer was simple, "I hate to lose. Winning is OK. But if I lose, you don't want to be around me." I never could understand the salesperson that was OK with losing. As a manager, I wanted them to feel some pain when they lose and take a step back and understand why; only then should they move on.
Hating to lose should be hiring criteria. If you can isolate this in a person's genetic makeup, you will find an employee that will give you all their discretionary effort to win.
In life, there are winners and losers. This is reality and regardless of the culture of trying to make everyone feel like they are a winner, it just isn't so! Hating to lose is just as important as wanting to win. Hating to lose hurts and helps you want to prepare to win.
What have you done to prepare yourself to win in life and your career?


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Hacienda Board of Directors: Time to Leave?
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Based on DNA evidence, a male LPN was arrested Jan. 23 and charged with sexual assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult who resided at Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix. He allegedly raped and impregnated a 29-year old nonresponsive quadriplegic, who gave birth December 29, 2018, much to the surprise of staff. Frantic employees worried about the baby turning blue during the 911 call, but both mother and baby survived. The nurse surrendered his license after the arrest. Two doctors were removed from Hacienda. The facility CEO resigned about a week after the birth. Should the Board of Directors also resign?
Governor Ducey's Call for Termination
To resign or not to resign – that is the question facing the Board of Directors for Hacienda Healthcare. Last Friday, Arizona Governor Ducey called for the termination of all "senior leadership", including the Board. His series of six tweets expressed outrage after the Arizona Republic reported appalling behavior by Hacienda's CEO. Specifically, it described how former CEO Bill Timmons groped employees, made sexually explicit comments, and exhibited explosive and bizarre behavior back in 2006 that continued for at least some years. The Board knew about it and according to the Governor, protected Timmons' job by keeping him at the helm.
To characterize the sexual assault and pregnancy incident as shocking, sickening, and horrendous fits the facts. To further learn that an organizational culture may have contributed the scenic backdrop for such an awful act is remarkably troubling. To find out that the Board tolerated sexually-charged and outrageous CEO misbehavior in 2006, is not particularly surprising, given the pre-Weinstein period referenced by the first reported complaints. It may well be disgusting, as many women have experienced firsthand, but not a big surprise.
Fast forward to 2019 and the Governor's call for termination. Just who should resign and who shouldn't?
Before we answer that question, let's look at the Governor's role and tweets. Laurie Roberts of the Arizona Republic raised excellent questions to Governor Ducey. She asked him to explain how the state is supposed to ensure safety when the institution – in this case Hacienda's Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) for the Intellectually Disabled – isn't even required[i] to be licensed? Especially since the facility gets 90% of its funding from government. It also had a near monopoly on the type of institutional placements Hacienda provided.
Roberts pointed out that Timmons donated $4000 to the Governor's campaigns, and bragged to state officials about his relationship with the Governor. He purportedly touted his high-ranking connections as a way to get officials to back off. Despite Gov. Ducey's denial, we too are concerned that the relationship may have influenced the amount of governmental oversight given to Hacienda HealthCare. Hacienda's skilled nursing facility, at the same location as the ICF, received the lowest possible 1-star federal rating from Medicare[ii]. Only five nursing facilities out of 68 homes in Arizona were rated that low. Yet, the current state rating showed an A for Quality. Sounds like a notable discrepancy. There were questions in 2016 and 2017 relating to financial improprieties as well, that some feel should have been pursued more vigorously.
One could argue that the state had an obligation to protect vulnerable adults – many of whom were actually placed there by the state. The system failed, and the state's role in failure to protect the resident cannot be overlooked.
Board Bylaws
All nonprofit organizations have boards of directors. They add and replace themselves according to their individual organizational bylaws. Gov. Ducey called for the Hacienda Board to be "terminated", which is not very practical, since the Board controls itself according to its bylaws. No individual has "termination powers", per se. Therefore, to replace board members immediately, the simple way is for current members to resign and for new board directors to be appointed. New prospects need to be qualified, experienced and ready to serve. Should this happen? Let's look at a few angles on this question. After examining these angles, you might ask yourself if there will be any board members left.
Overlapping Boards
First, the Governor said his "confidence level in that institution and its leadership is zero". It's important to note that Hacienda, Inc., the Intermediate Care Facility where the rape occurred, is one of at least eight corporations in the Hacienda family. According to state records, there are six nonprofit corporations and two for-profit corporations[iii] in this family of companies. Hence, if confidence in the Board of one company is shaken, then confidence in the rest of the companies should also be questioned. The Board members serve on multiple boards within the family. For example, the Board chair Tom Pomeroy, and Treasurer Ralph Wallwork serve on all eight boards. Board members appeared to have between three and six years of experience with Hacienda. In other words, plenty of time to be familiar with the organization, but not "too much" time as to be vulnerable to and cozy with management. Twelve years is often cited as "too much" time on a board, and loss of independent judgment occurs. While directors may have retained their independence, maybe they didn't give enough attention to each of the eight companies inside Hacienda. The current crisis will require even more time and attention. Members who don't have the time to do a quality job on the Board should resign.
Did the Board Fulfill Hacienda's Mission?
The unpaid "job" of board director is to preserve the mission of the organization. Hacienda, Inc.'s mission reported on its GuideStar profile, is "to enrich the lives of individuals with special needs in a home-like atmosphere, to acknowledge each individual and each family as unique with distinct needs. To improve the standards in our community by providing the highest quality of care…" In 2017, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. It was founded to provide residential care for medically fragile, developmentally disabled children. Board members should ask themselves if they are comfortable that this mission was fulfilled in 2018. At best, we would give a C grade for meeting mission, but on the "highest quality" expectation, it's an easy call to mark Failed.
Two Roles for the Board
The late Peter Drucker, a management guru, studied organizations and leadership intently. Some of his thinking is dated. For example, all managers were men in his world, and sexual harassment was not a subject he identified. But much of his thinking is timeless. He understood the need for the Board to be an executive board that hires, reviews, and removes management if necessary, and who advises management in helpful ways. He also highlighted the board's role in public and community relations. Overall, these two board roles address what management is doing and what external publics want and expect.
Did the Board Meet Public Expectations?
There are many immediate groups that are Hacienda's stakeholders. Vulnerable children and adults, and their families are stakeholders. The San Carlos Apache tribe of which the victimized woman was a member, is a stakeholder. Associations who advocate for the disabled comprise another group. By addressing stakeholder needs and the company's brand in the marketplace, a board helps ensure trust and future long-term support for an organization. Drucker stressed "The governing board of directors must be a board that represents no one except the basic long-term interests of the enterprise."[iv] Board members should ask themselves if they met external public and community interests well enough to ensure the long-term future of Hacienda.
Criminal employees are a risk to every healthcare service business. If the DNA results hold up in court, the offending employee will hopefully be found guilty. Further, CEO Timmons (who also chaired the ICF board) has resigned. The Board needs to assure that there was no pattern, no extension of the one incident, and that the quality of hiring practices, nursing direction and medical care are sufficient to meet highest performance expectations. The Hacienda brand has been hurt due to this egregious incident, but perhaps it could recover, if care is otherwise outstanding. But if members think their work is done by finding the perpetrator and changing the CEO, then it's time for those members to step down from the Board.
How Well Did the Board Monitor Management?
This question is probably the most critical. It's hard for the average consumer to be comfortable with the Board's oversight of management in light of the Arizona Republic's revelations about Hacienda's former CEO's groping and disgusting conduct. Really, the Hacienda board knew of the CEO's behavior? Shall we understand this to mean, that since members joined the Board in 2012 (or sooner), they also heard of behavior problems? So, it wasn't only in 2006? If this is news to some of the newer Board members, then perhaps a few such members can stay, and their lack of knowledge chalked up to a poor orientation.
As a reminder, though, the Board should have discussed its code of conduct and implications in the post-Weinstein era. After all, it's been more than a year. Healthcare is not exempt from sexual harassment in the workplace, even when the CEO has a poster in his office claiming "Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated". Such hypocrisy fits the Harvey Weinstein model quite well. Did the Board think of Timmons as a superstar, in the same way Hollywood thought Weinstein was "god"? It's time for us to ask the Board the Nixon Watergate question – what did you know and when did you know it? The Board should identify those who knew of leadership behavior problems of the magnitude described. Those who turned a blind eye to the CEO and a changing society, in favor of protecting the CEO need to resign; those (if any) in the minority who advocated Timmons resign or be fired may consider staying for continuity.
A footnote to the hiring and oversight of the CEO. Hacienda's new leader Patrick White is a former Board member. We hope the state's requirement to bring in a third-party management team will be successful. This will be challenging because "imposed" management or an imposed board will be adversarial. Such relationships are not helpful to building a high-performing organization. In addition to operations and safety, the team needs to address culture which – news flash – is not something one can simply mandate or change overnight. The CEO and new management group also need to address the sad one-star rating [ii] of the skilled nursing facility. It's reasonable to expect that Mr. White had already been advocating for upgraded performance when he was on the Board. If not, then our consumer confidence in his leadership judgment is seriously lowered. The Skilled Nursing Facility board and the Hacienda, Inc. (ICF) board formerly chaired by Bill Timmons need to be rebuilt at minimum. Bring in some new Board members – at least five – who can help raise standards, who can adequately monitor and support management, and who will help build a truly worthy organization.
Your residents, patients, families and public constituents expect it. Easy call.
For more on long-term care ratings, see Nursing Home Quality & Long-term Care Ratings – free at ConsumerHealthRatings.com
[i] In light of the Hacienda incident, the 23-member Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council recently issued a report "Sexual Abuse of Arizonans with Developmental and Other Disabilities" that includes a recommendation to remove state licensing exemptions for facilities serving people with intellectual disabilities.
[ii] At the time the resident's pregnancy was discovered, Hacienda's rating at NursingHomeCompare was 1-star. Medicare updated its ratings on January 30, 2019, which showed improvement to 3 of 5 stars. This new Overall Rating is considered average. Improvements in reporting staffing ratios caused the Overall Rating to go up. Quality of resident care remained 2-stars.
[iii] For-profit Hacienda corporations listed with the Arizona Corporation Commission include Innovative Home Health Care (2006), and retail South Mountain Health Supply (1997). Nonprofits include Hacienda HealthCare (parent), Hacienda Children's Hospital (opened in 2015), Hacienda Skilled Nursing Facility (2004), Los Ninos Hospital (1997), Arizona Children's Health Care Corporation (1997), and the original Hacienda, Inc. (1970).
[iv] Peter F. Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, 1974
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Sept. 2021 Update on the staff member, Nathan Dorceus Sutherland, who was charged with rape in January 2019: https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2021/09/02/2018-rape-of-vegetative-hacienda-patient-ends-with-guilty-pleas/
In a separate issue, announced Nov. 2021, William J. Timmons, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hacienda HealthCare, Inc. (Hacienda), was sentenced to 3 years supervised probation and financial restitution of $774,000 by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge for his involvement in an elaborate while collar fraud scheme. Last year, in September 2020, the organization also entered into an $11 million civil settlement to allow Arizona to recover misused funds. Read more here: https://www.azag.gov/press-release/former-ceo-hacienda-healthcare-william-timmons-sentenced
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Marco Asensio Says He Never Considered Leaving Real Madrid
Real Madrid star Marco Asensio claims that he has never considered a career away from the Santiago Bernabéu.
Real Madrid star Marco Asensio claims that he has never considered a career away from the Santiago Bernabéu, despite often being the subject of transfer rumours linking him with a move to the Premier League.
The 22-year-old is set to be a major part of Los Blancos' squad this season following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, and Asensio showcased his talents brilliantly during the international break by being directly involved in five of Spain's six goals against Croatia.
The former Mallorca prodigy has often been linked with a move to England, but Asensio insists that he has never thought about leaving Real Madrid.
"I've never had the intention to go anywhere," Asensio said, quoted by Goal. "This is my third season, in this one I think I have continuity and more prominence, and I'm seeing the performance I'm doing."
The youngster still has five years left on his current contract in the Spanish capital, and all signs are pointing to Asensio becoming a pivotal figure in Real Madrid's long-term future.
Having already made 95 appearances for the club, where he has scored 21 goals and claimed 15 assists, it is no surprise that the midfielder has already fought his way into contention for a regular spot with the Spanish national team.
As well as a more senior role with Real Madrid, the appointment of Luis Enrique as the new manager of Spain will likely propel Asensio even further into stardom.
The former Barcelona head coach showcased his faith in young players during the international break by including the likes of Saúl Ñíguez, Rodri and Dani Ceballos in his squad for their UEFA Nations League doubleheader.
Report: Spurs make approach to sign Marco Asensio
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly made an approach to sign Real Madrid star Marco Asensio.
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Zidane rules out Marco Asensio sale from Real Madrid
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane confirmed that he is not willing to let the club sell Marco Asensio.
Real Madrid signs Marco Asensio through 2023
Marco Asnesio has emerged as the next star-in-the-making at Real Madrid, and he'll stay put for the foreseeable future.
Marco Asensio is Real Madrid's present and future
Real Madrid's Marco Asensio is right now that player that's swimming with sharks but has a bite of his own.
Report: Real Madrid puts €700M valuation on Asensio
Real Madrid will not sell rising star Marco Asensio for anything less than an eye-watering figure.
Asensio's ascension at Real Madrid is inevitable
Marco Asensio is proving himself to be one of the world's best young players on the rise.
Report: Arsenal Preparing for Asensio Bid
Arsenal are lining up an optimistic bid for Real Madrid starlet Marco Asensio.
Infected pimple keeps Asensio from Real's UCL opener
Marco Asensio will miss Real Madrid's Champions League opener against Apoel Nicosia on Wednesday night because of an infected pimple


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La 82ª edición de la París-Roubaix tuvo lugar el 8 de abril de 1984 y fue ganada por el irlandés Sean Kelly. La prueba contó con 265 kilómetros.

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If there's one character fans tend to most closely link to the storied Jurassic Park film franchise, it's probably Jeff Goldblum's deadpan snarking chaos theorist Ian Malcolm. However, nearly as indelibly associated with the series is Sam Neill's portrayal of heroic paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in the first and third Jurassic Park films. Despite a long career full of memorable roles, Neill will seemingly never escape the shadow of his time battling dinosaurs - not that he really seems to mind all that much.
This held true during a recent video interview with ShortList, designed to promote Neill's new film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a dramedy helmed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi. As revealed yesterday, Neill confirmed during the interview that he will again work with Waititi on the aforementioned Marvel Studios blockbuster. Sure enough, Neill was asked later in that same interview about the prospect of reprising the Alan Grant character in the upcoming Jurassic World 2, and offered a rather tongue-in-cheek reply.
"I think the problem is that no one knows where Alan Grant is anymore. He's retired from paleontology. He's sick to death of dinosaurs and running. He's not quite as fleet of foot as he was, and he's now retired to Dayton, Ohio, and has a very successful accountancy business. I think that's what's happened to Alan. Either that or he's dead."
"How do you recover from all of that stuff? I don't think therapists are trained to deal with post-dino stuff. No. I don't think you get over it. Accountancy would be one way."
As for what his response would be should Universal indeed contact him about a return, Neill played coy, leaving it a bit unclear as to whether he simply doesn't think he'll get the invite or whether he just doesn't want to come back.
"The call hasn't come. And no one can find Grant. He's disappeared. Someone found his hat. His hat was floating on the Hudson river, but that was the last ever heard of him."
Neill's old Jurassic Park co-star - and now future Thor: Ragnarok co-star - Goldblum confirmed that he would be open to playing Ian Malcolm again back in April, so if Neill does indeed return to the franchise for Jurassic World 2, it would mark the first time the Malcolm and Grant characters have shared the screen since the original film.
While both have of course appeared in Jurassic sequels, they have always been in separate adventures, and fans would no doubt get quite excited were a proper reunion to happen. That said, one wonders whether Chris Pratt's Owen Grady might find himself overshadowed by the classic JP heroes should such a momentous event take place.
Jurassic World 2 opens in U.S. theaters on June 22nd, 2018.


Baby names that are also official ranks and titles, like Prince or Lord, are not allowed in New Zealand. In the case of the name Justice, lawyer Dr Bevan Marten thinks the government has it wrong – and he's offering to represent pro bono any parent who wants to use it.
The Department of Internal Affairs' annual list of rejected baby names reliably produces a few eye-popping moments. Notable entries from the newly published list for 2017 include the symbols '.' and '/'. But the bulk of names are rejected in order to prevent confusion with official ranks and titles: the parents of would-be Princes, Princesses, Lords and Justices are politely asked to revisit their decisions.
But what if the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages gets it wrong? In the case of Justice (or Jahstice, Justus and Justyce, all of which were declined in 2017), I think they have.
In fact, if there are any parents out there who want to name their child Justice, and are rebuffed by the Registrar, let me know. I would be happy to take your appeal pro bono in the hope of establishing a precedent.
For the record, I have no objection to the Registrar-General's oversight of what is normally regarded as a special, family-orientated decision. There are names no child should ever be burdened with – the trend for punctuation marks in 2017 is a case in point. Few would disagree there is a role for the state to intervene in extreme cases, even if deference to parents' creative urges means letting some more eccentric monikers through. We can't all be Charlottes and Olivers.
In January 2017, the New Zealand Herald reported that Justice was the name most often turned down for registration, with 77 rejections since 1995. New Zealand law states that a name will be "undesirable in the public interest" if it "without adequate justification is, includes, or resembles, an official title or rank". But in the case of Justice, there is ample justification for an exception to be made.
It is true that Judges of the New Zealand High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court are called Justice. For example, a former Dean of my Law School is now the Honourable Justice Palmer, or "Palmer J" for short. Imagine a child with the same surname were called Justice. I accept there would be potential for confusion, at least once he grew to an age where he might feasibly be mistaken for a judge. This non-judicial Justice Palmer might even try and use such confusion to his personal advantage – although the risks involved in doing so would be severe, given the importance of protecting the role of the judiciary. The likelihood of really serious confusion – as opposed to getting undeserved special treatment from a rental car booking agent – seems low. Judges tend to do the bulk of their public-facing work in courtrooms where formal procedures and attire serve to distinguish the judicial role.
I think the positive aspects of having children called Justice outweigh these potential downsides. True, Justice is used as a title, but more fundamentally it is a concept. A virtue pointing towards fairness. The goal of identifying right from wrong. In law school classes we talk about upholding the interests of justice, promoting access to justice, and facilitating the administration of justice. But justice is an idea that should be at the forefront of everyone's thinking. Our sense of justice should guide our actions in daily life, as we each do our bit to keep our communities strong, and help New Zealand along as a democracy.
Concepts like chastity, prudence, honour and liberty have long served as names. Justice should be alongside them – a rare name to be sure, but one reflecting the parents' dedication to this concept, and their desire to have their child grow up with a constant reminder of the path they should walk in life.
So let's get the Family Court to rule on this, in the interests of justice. And all the little Justices to come.


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The 2017 Golden Globes nominees have been announced
2016-12-12 08:30:00by Hubert Vigilla
Big things for La La Land
The nominees for the 2017 Golden Globes were announced this morning. On the film side, Damien Chazelle's La La Land leads with seven Golden Globe nominations. Other major players on the film side include Barry Jenkins' Moonlight and Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea, with strong showings by Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge and David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water. On the TV and streaming side, major kudos to Westworld, This Is Us, and Transparent.
Also, surprise Deadpool appearance in Best Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. (Bigger surprise: Martin Scorsese's Silence is nowhere to be seen.)
Check out a full list of nominees below.
[via LA Times]
Motion picture, drama
Motion picture, musical or comedy
Motion picture, animated
My Life as a Zucchini
Motion picture, foreign language
Divines, France
Elle, France
Neruda, Chile
The Salesman, Iran
Toni Erdmann, Germany
Actress in a motion picture, drama
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Actor in a motion picture, drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don't Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Supporting actress in any motion picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Supporting actor in any motion picture
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Director, motion picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
Screenplay, motion picture
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Original score, motion picture
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arrival
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka, Lion
Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer, Hidden Figures
Original song, motion picture
"How Far I'll Go" (Moana)
"City of Stars" (La La Land)
"Can't Stop the Feeling" (Trolls)
"Faith" (Sing)
"Gold" (Gold)
Television series, drama
"Game of Thrones"
Television series, musical or comedy
Television limited series or motion picture made for television
"American Crime"
"The Dresser"
"The Night Manager"
"The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story"
Actress in a television series, musical or comedy
Sarah Jessica Parker, "Divorce"
Issa Rae, "Insecure"
Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin"
Actor in a television series, musical or comedy
Donald Glover, "Atlanta"
Gael García Bernal, "Mozart in the Jungle"
Nick Nolte, "Graves"
Actress in a television series, drama
Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander"
Claire Foy, "The Crown"
Winona Ryder, "Stranger Things"
Evan Rachel Wood, "Westworld"
Actor in a television series, drama
Billy Bob Thornton, "Goliath"
Actress in a limited series or motion picture made for television
Riley Keough, "The Girlfriend Experience"
Sarah Paulson, "The People v. O.J. Simpson"
Charlotte Rampling, "London Spy"
Actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television
Courtney B. Vance, "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story"
Riz Ahmed, "The Night Of"
John Turturro, "The Night Of"
Supporting actress in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television
Olivia Colman, "The Night Manager"
Lena Headey, "Game of Thrones"
Mandy Moore, "This Is Us"
Supporting actor in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television
Sterling K. Brown, "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story"
John Lithgow, "The Crown"
Christian Slater, "Mr. Robot"
John Travolta, "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story"
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    kill_all_processes

    # pull information out of the server log so that we can get failure management in jenkins to highlight it and
    # really have it smack people in their logs.  This is a severe correctness problem
    grep -a5 "CACHE.*ALTERED" ${LOG_DIR}/openshift.log

    echo "[INFO] Dumping etcd contents to ${ARTIFACT_DIR}/etcd_dump.json"
    set_curl_args 0 1
    curl -s ${clientcert_args} -L "${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}/v2/keys/?recursive=true" > "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/etcd_dump.json"
    echo

    # we keep a JSON dump of etcd data so we do not need to keep the binary store
    local sudo="${USE_SUDO:+sudo}"
    ${sudo} rm -rf "${ETCD_DATA_DIR}"

    if [ $out -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "[FAIL] !!!!! Test Failed !!!!"
        echo
        tail -40 "${LOG_DIR}/openshift.log"
        echo
        echo -------------------------------------
        echo
    else
        if path=$(go tool -n pprof 2>&1); then
          echo
          echo "pprof: top output"
          echo
          go tool pprof -text ./_output/local/bin/$(os::util::host_platform)/openshift cpu.pprof | head -120
        fi

        echo
        echo "Complete"
    fi

    # TODO(skuznets): un-hack this nonsense once traps are in a better state
    if [[ -n "${JUNIT_REPORT_OUTPUT:-}" ]]; then
      # get the jUnit output file into a workable state in case we crashed in the middle of testing something
      os::test::junit::reconcile_output

      # check that we didn't mangle jUnit output
      os::test::junit::check_test_counters

      # use the junitreport tool to generate us a report
      "${OS_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" tools/junitreport
      junitreport="$(os::build::find-binary junitreport)"

      if [[ -z "${junitreport}" ]]; then
          echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled junitreport binary"
          echo
          echo "If you are running from a clone of the git repo, please run"
          echo "'./hack/build-go.sh tools/junitreport'."
          exit 1
      fi

      cat "${JUNIT_REPORT_OUTPUT}"                             \
        | "${junitreport}" --type oscmd                        \
                           --suites nested                     \
                           --roots github.com/openshift/origin \
                           --output "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/report.xml"
      cat "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/report.xml" | "${junitreport}" summarize
    fi

    ENDTIME=$(date +%s); echo "$0 took $(($ENDTIME - $STARTTIME)) seconds"
    exit $out
}

trap "exit" INT TERM
trap "cleanup" EXIT

set -e

function find_tests {
  find "${OS_ROOT}/test/cmd" -name '*.sh' | grep -E "${1}" | sort -u
}
tests=( $(find_tests ${1:-.*}) )

# Setup environment

# test-cmd specific defaults
API_HOST=${API_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
export API_PORT=${API_PORT:-28443}

export ETCD_HOST=${ETCD_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
export ETCD_PORT=${ETCD_PORT:-24001}
export ETCD_PEER_PORT=${ETCD_PEER_PORT:-27001}

os::util::environment::setup_all_server_vars "test-cmd/"
reset_tmp_dir

# Allow setting $JUNIT_REPORT to toggle output behavior
if [[ -n "${JUNIT_REPORT:-}" ]]; then
  export JUNIT_REPORT_OUTPUT="${LOG_DIR}/raw_test_output.log"
fi

echo "Logging to ${LOG_DIR}..."

os::log::start_system_logger

# Prevent user environment from colliding with the test setup
unset KUBECONFIG

# test wrapper functions
${OS_ROOT}/hack/test-util.sh > ${LOG_DIR}/wrappers_test.log 2>&1

# handle profiling defaults
profile="${OPENSHIFT_PROFILE-}"
unset OPENSHIFT_PROFILE
if [[ -n "${profile}" ]]; then
    if [[ "${TEST_PROFILE-}" == "cli" ]]; then
        export CLI_PROFILE="${profile}"
    else
        export WEB_PROFILE="${profile}"
    fi
else
  export WEB_PROFILE=cpu
fi

# Check openshift version
out=$(openshift version)
echo openshift: $out

# profile the web
export OPENSHIFT_PROFILE="${WEB_PROFILE-}"

# Specify the scheme and port for the listen address, but let the IP auto-discover. Set --public-master to localhost, for a stable link to the console.
echo "[INFO] Create certificates for the OpenShift server to ${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}"
# find the same IP that openshift start will bind to.  This allows access from pods that have to talk back to master
SERVER_HOSTNAME_LIST="${PUBLIC_MASTER_HOST},$(openshift start --print-ip),localhost"

openshift admin ca create-master-certs \
  --overwrite=false \
  --cert-dir="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}" \
  --hostnames="${SERVER_HOSTNAME_LIST}" \
  --master="${MASTER_ADDR}" \
  --public-master="${API_SCHEME}://${PUBLIC_MASTER_HOST}:${API_PORT}"

openshift admin create-node-config \
  --listen="${KUBELET_SCHEME}://0.0.0.0:${KUBELET_PORT}" \
  --node-dir="${NODE_CONFIG_DIR}" \
  --node="${KUBELET_HOST}" \
  --hostnames="${KUBELET_HOST}" \
  --master="${MASTER_ADDR}" \
  --node-client-certificate-authority="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt" \
  --certificate-authority="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt" \
  --signer-cert="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt" \
  --signer-key="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.key" \
  --signer-serial="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.serial.txt"

oadm create-bootstrap-policy-file --filename="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/policy.json"

# create openshift config
openshift start \
  --write-config=${SERVER_CONFIG_DIR} \
  --create-certs=false \
  --master="${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
  --listen="${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
  --hostname="${KUBELET_HOST}" \
  --volume-dir="${VOLUME_DIR}" \
  --etcd-dir="${ETCD_DATA_DIR}" \
  --images="${USE_IMAGES}"

# Don't try this at home.  We don't have flags for setting etcd ports in the config, but we want deconflicted ones.  Use sed to replace defaults in a completely unsafe way
cp ${SERVER_CONFIG_DIR}/master/master-config.yaml ${SERVER_CONFIG_DIR}/master/master-config.orig.yaml
openshift ex config patch ${SERVER_CONFIG_DIR}/master/master-config.orig.yaml --patch="{\"etcdConfig\": {\"address\": \"${API_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}\"}}" | \
openshift ex config patch - --patch="{\"etcdConfig\": {\"servingInfo\": {\"bindAddress\": \"${API_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}\"}}}" | \
openshift ex config patch - --type json --patch="[{\"op\": \"replace\", \"path\": \"/etcdClientInfo/urls\", \"value\": [\"${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}\"]}]" | \
openshift ex config patch - --patch="{\"etcdConfig\": {\"peerAddress\": \"${API_HOST}:${ETCD_PEER_PORT}\"}}" | \
openshift ex config patch - --patch="{\"etcdConfig\": {\"peerServingInfo\": {\"bindAddress\": \"${API_HOST}:${ETCD_PEER_PORT}\"}}}" > ${SERVER_CONFIG_DIR}/master/master-config.yaml

# Start openshift
OPENSHIFT_ON_PANIC=crash openshift start master \
  --config=${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/master-config.yaml \
  --loglevel=5 \
  &>"${LOG_DIR}/openshift.log" &
OS_PID=$!

if [[ "${API_SCHEME}" == "https" ]]; then
    export CURL_CA_BUNDLE="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt"
    export CURL_CERT="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.crt"
    export CURL_KEY="${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.key"
fi

wait_for_url "${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}/healthz" "apiserver: " 0.25 80
wait_for_url "${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}/healthz/ready" "apiserver(ready): " 0.25 80

# profile the cli commands
export OPENSHIFT_PROFILE="${CLI_PROFILE-}"

#
# Begin tests
#

# create master config as atomic-enterprise just to test it works
atomic-enterprise start \
  --write-config="${BASETMPDIR}/atomic.local.config" \
  --create-certs=true \
  --master="${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
  --listen="${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
  --hostname="${KUBELET_HOST}" \
  --volume-dir="${VOLUME_DIR}" \
  --etcd-dir="${ETCD_DATA_DIR}" \
  --images="${USE_IMAGES}"

os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "cmd/validatation"
# validate config that was generated
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "openshift ex validate master-config ${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/master-config.yaml" 'SUCCESS'
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "openshift ex validate node-config ${NODE_CONFIG_DIR}/node-config.yaml" 'SUCCESS'
# breaking the config fails the validation check
cp ${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/master-config.yaml ${BASETMPDIR}/master-config-broken.yaml
os::util::sed '7,12d' ${BASETMPDIR}/master-config-broken.yaml
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "openshift ex validate master-config ${BASETMPDIR}/master-config-broken.yaml" 'ERROR'

cp ${NODE_CONFIG_DIR}/node-config.yaml ${BASETMPDIR}/node-config-broken.yaml
os::util::sed '5,10d' ${BASETMPDIR}/node-config-broken.yaml
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "openshift ex validate node-config ${BASETMPDIR}/node-config-broken.yaml" 'ERROR'
echo "validation: ok"
os::test::junit::declare_suite_end

os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "cmd/config"
# ensure that DisabledFeatures aren't written to config files
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "cat ${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/master-config.yaml" 'disabledFeatures: null'
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "cat ${BASETMPDIR}/atomic.local.config/master/master-config.yaml" 'disabledFeatures: null'

# test client not configured
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc get services" 'Missing or incomplete configuration info.  Please login'
unused_port="33333"
# setting env bypasses the not configured message
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "KUBERNETES_MASTER=http://${API_HOST}:${unused_port} oc get services" 'did you specify the right host or port'
# setting --server bypasses the not configured message
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc get services --server=http://${API_HOST}:${unused_port}" 'did you specify the right host or port'

# Set KUBERNETES_MASTER for oc from now on
export KUBERNETES_MASTER="${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}"

# Set certificates for oc from now on
if [[ "${API_SCHEME}" == "https" ]]; then
    # test bad certificate
    os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc get services" 'certificate signed by unknown authority'
fi

# login and logout tests
# bad token should error
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc login ${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --certificate-authority='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt' --token=badvalue" 'The token provided is invalid or expired'
# bad --api-version should error
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc login ${KUBERNETES_MASTER} -u test-user -p test-password --api-version=foo/bar/baz" 'error.*foo/bar/baz'
# --token and --username are mutually exclusive
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc login ${KUBERNETES_MASTER} -u test-user --token=tmp --insecure-skip-tls-verify" 'mutually exclusive'
# must only accept one arg (server)
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc login https://server1 https://server2.com" 'Only the server URL may be specified'
# logs in with a valid certificate authority
os::cmd::expect_success "oc login ${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --certificate-authority='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt' -u test-user -p anything --api-version=v1"
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "cat ${HOME}/.kube/config" "v1"
os::cmd::expect_success 'oc logout'
# logs in skipping certificate check
os::cmd::expect_success "oc login ${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --insecure-skip-tls-verify -u test-user -p anything"
# logs in by an existing and valid token
temp_token=$(oc config view -o template --template='{{range .users}}{{ index .user.token }}{{end}}')
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc login --token=${temp_token}" 'using the token provided'
os::cmd::expect_success 'oc logout'
# properly parse server port
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text 'oc login https://server1:844333' 'Not a valid port'
# properly handle trailing slash
os::cmd::expect_success "oc login --server=${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --certificate-authority='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt' -u test-user -p anything"
# create a new project
os::cmd::expect_success "oc new-project project-foo --display-name='my project' --description='boring project description'"
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc project" 'Using project "project-foo"'
# new user should get default context
os::cmd::expect_success "oc login --server=${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --certificate-authority='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt' -u new-and-unknown-user -p anything"
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc config view' "current-context.+/${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}/new-and-unknown-user"
# denies access after logging out
os::cmd::expect_success 'oc logout'
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text 'oc get pods' '"system:anonymous" cannot list pods'

# log in as an image-pruner and test that oadm prune images works against the atomic binary
os::cmd::expect_success "oadm policy add-cluster-role-to-user system:image-pruner pruner --config='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig'"
os::cmd::expect_success "oc login --server=${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --certificate-authority='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt' -u pruner -p anything"
# this shouldn't fail but instead output "Dry run enabled - no modifications will be made. Add --confirm to remove images"
os::cmd::expect_success 'oadm prune images'

# log in and set project to use from now on
VERBOSE=true os::cmd::expect_success "oc login --server=${KUBERNETES_MASTER} --certificate-authority='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/ca.crt' -u test-user -p anything"
VERBOSE=true os::cmd::expect_success 'oc get projects'
VERBOSE=true os::cmd::expect_success 'oc project project-foo'
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc config view' "current-context.+project-foo/${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}/test-user"
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc whoami' 'test-user'
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc whoami --config='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig'" 'system:admin'
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc whoami -t' '.'
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc whoami -c' '.'

# test config files from the --config flag
os::cmd::expect_success "oc get services --config='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig'"

# test config files from env vars
os::cmd::expect_success "KUBECONFIG='${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig' oc get services"

# test completion command help
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc completion -h" "prints shell code"
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "openshift completion -h" "prints shell code"
os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oadm completion -h" "prints shell code"
# test completion command output
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc completion" "Shell not specified."
os::cmd::expect_success "oc completion bash"
os::cmd::expect_success "oc completion zsh"
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oc completion test_shell" 'Unsupported shell type "test_shell"'
# test completion command for openshift
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "openshift completion" "Shell not specified."
os::cmd::expect_success "openshift completion bash"
os::cmd::expect_success "openshift completion zsh"
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "openshift completion test_shell" 'Unsupported shell type "test_shell"'
# test completion command for oadm
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oadm completion" "Shell not specified."
os::cmd::expect_success "oadm completion bash"
os::cmd::expect_success "oadm completion zsh"
os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text "oadm completion test_shell" 'Unsupported shell type "test_shell"'
echo "oc completion: ok"

# test config files in the home directory
mkdir -p ${HOME}/.kube
cp ${MASTER_CONFIG_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig ${HOME}/.kube/config
os::cmd::expect_success 'oc get services'
mv ${HOME}/.kube/config ${HOME}/.kube/non-default-config
echo "config files: ok"
os::test::junit::declare_suite_end

# from this point every command will use config from the KUBECONFIG env var
export NODECONFIG="${NODE_CONFIG_DIR}/node-config.yaml"
export KUBECONFIG="${HOME}/.kube/non-default-config"
export CLUSTER_ADMIN_CONTEXT=$(oc config view --flatten -o template --template='{{index . "current-context"}}')

# NOTE: Do not add tests here, add them to test/cmd/*.
# Tests should assume they run in an empty project, and should be reentrant if possible
# to make it easy to run individual tests
cp ${KUBECONFIG}{,.bak}  # keep so we can reset kubeconfig after each test
for test in "${tests[@]}"; do
  echo
  echo "++ ${test}"
  name=$(basename ${test} .sh)

  # switch back to a standard identity. This prevents individual tests from changing contexts and messing up other tests
  oc project ${CLUSTER_ADMIN_CONTEXT}
  oc new-project "cmd-${name}"
  ${test}
  oc project ${CLUSTER_ADMIN_CONTEXT}
  oc delete project "cmd-${name}"
  cp ${KUBECONFIG}{.bak,}  # since nothing ever gets deleted from kubeconfig, reset it
done

# Done
echo
echo
wait_for_url "${API_SCHEME}://${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}/metrics" "metrics: " 0.25 80 > "${LOG_DIR}/metrics.log"
grep "request_count" "${LOG_DIR}/metrics.log"
echo
echo
echo "test-cmd: ok"

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A photo of bank robber Jesse James in his coffin was turned into a collectible "stereographic" photo.
Just a year ago, the Pentagon decided to allow photos of the closed coffins of those killed in combat!
And there have been controversies about newspaper photos showing mortally wounded U.S. troops.
During the Civil Rights 1960's, Emmett Till's mother insisted on an open coffin for her murdered son, proof of how he had been beaten to death. A photo of the boy's mangled face and head was published in papers on the front page.
During the civil war, Mathew Brady and others originated combat photography, and bodies were part of the display. A photo was even secretly taken of President Lincoln in his coffin.
It seems to me that Newspapers and TV display pictures of dead bodies more frequently when they are far away from home....the body of a dead Iraqi soldier is much more likely to make it into print or on the tube than that of a U.S. soldier mortally wounded.
Sometimes a photo show the seconds before death...as in the famous "falling man" photo on 9/11. That man was never identified, which also makes it easier for an editor to put a picture in, or a TV station to air video. Would they have used the photo if he had been identified?
One of the most iconic photos of the Vietnam War was of a South Vietnamese soldier executing a prisoner...a photo of a death.
Remember the L'Express Commuter plane crash in Ensley, just outside Birmingham in 1991? There was live television footage shown in which the blackened body of a victim could be seen still strapped into his or her seat. Live TV is fraught with dangers like that.
Gary Coleman is far from alone.
There is always a morbid curiosity about the end, and always a media willing to exploit it.


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A spot for Youtube to sell those ads we all love. A fair amount of cleanup and compositing to get this one looking great.
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My DNN website have been getting spammed with Login Attempts from different IP addresses.
I'm looking forward for your advice, what should I do to encounter this spam?
1) Change your registration type to "verified" (if it is "public").
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I really wanted to do something for the charity Movember, last year I donated to a few friends and family who were growing their Mo for the charity, but that didn't seem enough. So this year I decided to put my crafty skills to work and created this.


text:
Q: Xquery where clause in nested for loop I have 2 xml documents that I need to reference in a nested FLWOR statement.
MJH source.xml
<data-set>
 <record>

CONTACT

 <column>AGGREGATE_REPORT</column>
 <change>Dropped</change>
 <logic>Related to agCenter</logic>
 </record>
<record>

QNR_DESIGN_TEMPLATE

 <column>LOGO1</column>
 <change>Dropped</change>
 <logic>Related to agCenter</logic>
</record>
</data-set>

This is the outer document and I need to extract the 'table' and 'column' values per row.
MVReport - a collection of report documents that contain SQL statements.
....
<xml-property name="queryText"><![CDATA[select v.*
from poi_visit_details_v v
where v.site_id=?
and v.std_code_id in ('15', 'TelephoneMonitoringVisit')
and to_char(v.actual_visit_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd') = substr(?, 0, 10)
and (reports_access_pk.site_access(v.SITE_ID, ?) = 'Y'
or reports_access_pk.superuser_access(?) = 'Y')
]]></xml-property>
<xml-property name="queryText"><![CDATA[select v.*
from poi_visit_details_v v
where v.site_id=?
and v.std_code_id in ('15', 'TelephoneMonitoringVisit')
and to_char(v.actual_visit_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd') = substr(?, 0, 10)
and (reports_access_pk.site_access(v.SITE_ID, ?) = 'Y'
or reports_access_pk.superuser_access(?) = 'Y')
]]></xml-property>

....
This collection is the inner loop where I need to find all SQL statements that contain the word "select" and the 'table', 'column' values returned from the outer loop.
Here is my xquery.
The issue I have is how to reference the outer 'table','column' values in the inner loop's "where ... and ..." clauses?
for $target in doc("H:\MJH source.xml")/data-set/record
let $tTable := $target/table
let $tColumn := $target/column
for $sql in collection("MVReport") //*:xml-property[@name = "queryText"]
where $sql contains text "select"
and $sql contains $tTable
and $sql contains $tColumn
let $report := base-uri()
return <report><name>{$sql/base-uri()}</name><sql>{$sql}</sql></report>

Thanks for your help.

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Telecom Equipment
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ultra broadband
Sanjay Malik
Amit Marwah
5G-led ultra broadband to soon become a reality in India: Nokia executives
Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said that ultra-broadband, along with Internet of Things (IoT), and need to reduce latency will drive need for 5G technology in India.Danish Khan | ETTelecom | Updated: June 22, 2017, 14:39 IST
NEW DELHI: Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said that ultra-broadband, along with Internet of Things (IoT), and need to reduce latency will drive need for 5G technology in India. In an interaction with ET's Danish Khan, Nokia's India head Sanjay Malik and head of head of End-to-End Sales Solutioning Amit Marwah talked about the company's recent agreements with Bharti Airtel and BSNL, and developments around the 5G technology. Edited excerpts
Sanjay Malik, Nokia India head
What are views on 5G technology and its relevance for the Indian market?
Sanjay: In India, we are helping transform the networks towards 5G. We working towards defining the roadmap from 4G to 4.5G to 4.9G, and ultimately to 5G technology. And, to work on some use cases and apps that are more specific to India. This transformation will not be a one shot so we need to look at how do we integrate into the existing networks. It's more of preparatory phase for getting into 5G.
Amit: We have R&D center in Bangalore. We want to create an experience center in that R&D center, and use it to work with key stakeholders in the industry including the operators to try to discover the requirements for 5G in India. And, also to use that channel to then push it back in to the standardisation body.
5G is moving much faster than anticipated. Whole cycle of 2G which took 10 years to develop in teh world, 3G took lesser and 4G even lesser time. Today, India is sitting at par with any other place in the world in terms of technology, and we want to leverage that opportunity here.
Amit Marwah, head of End-to-End Sales Solutioning
What are Airtel's thoughts behind the signing the MoU with Nokia?
Sanjay: The thoughts are around introducing 5G here, and what are the steps required for the same. Besides, what kind of applications are needed to define the target segment, leading to a complete 5G strategy.
Please provide more details on BSNL partnership and 5G MoU?
Sanjay: We are the L1 for BSNL's expansion and transformation program that consists of 2G, 3G and 4G. As part of this project, we will have 4G launches happening in 2018. We are currently working on advanced purchase order for BSNL.We would be doing the rolling out in west and south zone, which is 60% of their requirement in India.
Parallel to that, it is more of an exploratory mode on 5G and about setting up the foundation.
Which could be initial use case of 5G in India?
Amit: Globally, we have a set of use cases such as medical IoT, Industrial 4.0, connected cars, and smart city IoT. The idea behind doing these collaboration in India to try to discover what is more relevant for the Indian market, and look at possibility of rural connectivity, agricultural IoT which might be more relevant for India and develop those things across.
What are telcos' expectations from 5G technology in India?
Amit: There are three main drivers of 5G - ultra broadband, reducing latency to milliseconds and to connect machine to machine and IoT devices. All these pillars are relevant to India. The way data is growing, ultra-broadband will become a reality in India. Ultra-broadband is also driven by use cases such as virtual reality and M2M connectivity. There could be many other use cases in medical applications.
How soon India can see real action on the 5G front?
Sanjay: The commercial launch would still be around 2020. Lab trials, field trails, and content and application trials will start happening around 2018 in India.
Before 5G, there are going to be technologies like 4.5G, 4.5G pro and 4.9G, massive mimo and active antenna that telcos would adopt to add capacity and improve coverage.
There are talks about 5G spectrum in India. Which are the most relevant 5G spectrum bands for the Indian market?
Amit: It's a progressive step the government is wanting to take in the right direction. 5G is moving very fast so it is important to start discover and look at possibility of what spectrum exists in India and start working on it. Globally, the ecosystem is not only talking about 3.5 GHz or 700 MHz, but also about millimetre waves and centimetre wave and gigahertz of spectrum going forward. 3.5 Ghz is generally a good spectrum which has been globally adopted so far do this first set of 5G. India is in line with that and it's a very good move.
( ETTelecom is organising The 5G Congress on November 24 in New Delhi. Stay tuned for more.)
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In Andergast, King Efferdan and his notoriously superstitious suspects await a state visit from high-ranking dignitaries. For centuries the kingdom has been at odds with neighboring Nostria, but now first steps are being undertaken toward a lasting peace. But a plague of crows troubles the king, for the birds are acting with unusual aggressiveness, even attacking humans. Moreover, there are those among the citizens of Andergast who swear that the crows are bringing them dark nightmares. As the belligerent creatures infiltrate even the castle itself, the king seeks a skilled bird catcher - an opportunity for young Geron to prove that the reputation for ill luck that has followed him since childhood is undeserved.
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REVIEW: Bokida – Heartfelt Reunion
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by JimDeadlock24 May 20179 min readAdd comment
3D open world adventure. It's a grand Easter egg hunt where every so often you discover secret entrances to areas containing physics-based puzzles.
Genre: Adventure, Puzzle
Developer: Rice Cooker Republic
Publisher: Rice Cooker Republic
The game first teaches you the movement and tools. Oh, and what glorius controls these are! You can use a controller but I found this to be one of those games where you need accuracy, and the right-stick just doesn't cut the mustard, you need the mouse for accurate targeting. WASD to move, spacebar to jump and tab (or 1234) to scroll through your four mouse-activated tools, which are: Build – set a 'seed' block and then extend more blocks from it in any direction – this is by far the most widely used; Cut – mouse wheel to rotate angle of cut and hold to increase length; Push – rarely used; Clean – remove blocks, hold to increase cleaning area.
Early Impressions – Movement
The game makes you feel like Superman, as if anything is possible. There are huge mountain peaks which seem impossibly steep but as long as there's a slight angle you can bound up them like a mountain goat and when you reach the summit the world is laid out beneath you, all the better to spot the next black orb to collect. You then leap from the summit and glide through the air to home in on your 'prey' like a hawk. You instinctively seek out tall poles and land on the tip, giving you the best all-round vision of the scene below, just like a bird would.
I while ago I played Fumiko! which has a similar concept but I found the controls to be a bit vague and frustrating at times, not being able to accurately pinpoint landing spots or gauge distances properly. Bokida is the opposite. You can effortlessly land on the tiniest target, instinctively know whether or not you have enough height to make that ledge, and generally feel like you're in total control of your spatial awareness.
Using Your Tools
I've never played Minecraft, but as I understand it the building mechanics are similar. The first, and most common usage is to climb vertical walls. You stick a block on the wall, and then extend it to make a small platform (or you want to show off – to yourself, I guess – you can use single blocks), then repeat up the wall to make a ladder and hop from one step to the next to reach the top. Watch out though because, as with real mountains, the vertical walls are not always flat, they bend in various directions to make your jumping and block placement that little bit trickier.
In some cases you don't need to stick your ladder to a wall, you can simply create a vertical 'pole' and add platforms to it as you go, to climb straight up into the air. Your instinct in this game is to always try to gain as much height as possible.
The Cut/Push tools I must admit I haven't used much, but there are certain areas/puzzles that require them so they're not totally useless. The Clean tool is mostly used for removing accidentally-placed blocks when you're creating a structure, like the eraser on the end of your pencil.
Your Build tool also has another usage – you can target a distant block and pull yourself towards it with right-click, which can sometimes be useful for delicate landings, and again, there is a specific puzzle that requires extensive usage of this.
All in all, these tools give you the feeling that your imagination is the only limit to what's possible. Total freedom.
The first aspect of the puzzles in this game is to actually find them and identify them as puzzles, this is not always obvious. Once you realise that you're supposed to do something, the next task is to work out which mechanics you're supposed to use on it and then, finally, solve the puzzle. It has an open, real-life feeling to it.
There are three types:
Monoliths – these are the 'main' puzzles which result in cutscenes and progress the gameplay. You can solve them one after another to complete the game quickly, but by doing so you will only experience a fraction of the overall game.
Easter Egg Hunt – there are 67 orbs hidden throughout the environment. I spent a lot of time hunting these before I ever went near a Monolith. You become more and more familiar with the world as you seek them out. Hot tip: make sure your screen is clean, otherwise you'll be chasing after that tiny speck of ketchup thinking it's an orb!
Hidden Areas – these are also optional, but are the best puzzles in my opinion. They force you to use your tools in ever more inventive ways, and sometimes reward you with new abilities. So far I can slow time and shoot/shatter blocks. These are non-essential abilities but they sure are a lot of fun!
Getting Your Bearings
A huge circle dominates the sky, a long cable hanging down from it with a rectangular object on the end of it (and later on, further cables to mark completed Monoliths). For a while I was wondering what this was for. I tried cutting it; I tried pushing it. In the end I realised that it's the marker of the centre of the world, so wherever you are you can get your bearings and always know where the centre is. It's good, but it could be better…
I would like to also see not necessarily N/S/E/W compass directions, but at least some kind of direction labels. You do get to know the world up to a point, but the monochrome aspect does not make it easy to remember landmarks. Ideally, press M for Map would be great!
Another slightly annoying feature is the way that the names of areas are displayed as you enter them – Observatory; Gully; Twin Peaks; Temple; Lagoon etc – but the name only lasts about 10 seconds before it fades out? Why is that? I constantly forget where I am, I want to see the title there all the time please.
It's a monochrome world of greys and whites but beautiful nevertheless. The light and shadows not only look great but also serve a practical purpose, to enhance your depth perception for judging your landings. Occasionally a puzzle solution will treat you to a brief splash of colour, for example bright, low-poly fish swimming around.
There has been talk of slowdowns when there are too many blocks used in the world. There is a 'clear all' function to solve this issue. However, I have 8Gb RAM and had no problems whatsoever in a world crammed to the rafters with my endless block structures. I even checked my RAM usage now and then to see if my mega-buildings were having any effect on my RAM. Nope. Nothing of the sort.
I have a 1920×1200 monitor and when I first played Bokida I was delighted to see that it filled my screen properly. Somewhere down the line it stopped giving me that as an option and now I'm down to the standard 1920×1080 – this may be my fault somehow, but thought I'd mention it.
In general, 90% of game music annoys me. Even some supposedly relaxing tunes. Bokida is in that 10% that I can listen to endlessly. It's pleasant when I focus on it, but it also easily fades into the background when I'm concentrating on a puzzle. I don't know what that elusive recipe is, but Bokida has it.
Story/Proverbs
There are marked stones dotted around the world which display 2 or 3 mystical Chinese sayings. They don't seem to be clues or story progression although I could be wrong. For me they add a bit of passing interest but nothing more.
The general movement and climbing aspects are skills that improve with experience and it's a gentle, enjoyable learning curve. The puzzles have huge variety and are very engaging, with medium difficulty. The solutions can often be reached in many different ways, you can build them in a free-form manner any way you like. The solutions give a lot of satisfaction and you can stand back and admire your work afterwards, while smoking your imaginary pipe and leaning on your imaginary spade.
Achievements are mostly ones you have to chase after, which is good. Trading cards available if that matters to you. Steam Cloud, which will be especially useful for me when Linux support is launched, which is promised soon.
Some may argue that it's short, but those are people who make a bee-line for the end. There is more than enough content here to justify the price if you spend the time to look for it. Just messing around sandbox-style could fill many hours for me.
Even before I started with any of the challenges, I already found this to be a wonderful experience, climbing peaks, soaring through the sky, building/destroying structures and generally having a whale of a time. Once the novelty had (slightly) worn off, it was on to the thrilling task of finding orbs and solving puzzles.
I review many games, and usually I play enough to experience all the main aspects of the game, write my review and move on. I'm enjoying Bokida so much that I'm lingering with it and neglecting my other reviews. Naughty but nice.
Tagged asadventure, Bokida, Heartfelt Reunion, open-world, puzzle, Rice Cooker Republic
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I'm a rabid Linux user. My main focus is puzzlers or anything with puzzle elements in it. I also like forward-planning strategy and discovery/adventure. Games that engage your brain without too much urgency.
I don't go for multiplayer games in general, and you couldn't make me play FPS if you tied me to a chair and held a blowtorch to my toes. The big exception is Rust! I've played 3,000+ hours and I run a server for it, come and join us!


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The digital economy is demanding new skills from workers, but too many students finish high school unprepared for the future. To explore how emerging technology and new approaches to education could address that, this week, I moderated a Twitter chat with McGraw-Hill SVP Jeff Livingston and Rashid Davis, principal of New York's Pathways in Technology Early College High School. You can check out a Storify of the conversation here, or see an abridged version of the conversation below.
We started the Twitter chat with some context. McGraw-Hill's svp of College and Career Readiness Jeff Livingston pointed out that the topic is especially relevant now because, in addition to the changing economy, the high school diploma has lost so much of its value.
At the same time, we're seeing the emergence of all kinds of new technologies – like adaptive learning platforms and online courses.
Science and technology skills are more in demand than ever before, but there are mismatches between what employers need and what students are learning.
This didn't come up explicitly in the Twitter chat, but it's worth noting that a few recent surveys have highlighted this gap. A McKinsey survey in December found that only 42 percent of employers think students are prepared for work while 72 percent of educational institutions do. In a recent GE survey, C-suite execs said linking schools with business was one of their top priorities. Davis' Pathways in Technology Early College High School, in New York, is one example of how that can happen. The school is backed by IBM and in six years, students get a high school degree, an associate's degree and better chances for an entry-level position at IBM when they graduate. Chicago offers similar schools and educators in Maine, Massachusetts and elsewhere are also looking at the model.
… And others emphasized that focusing on STEM subjects shouldn't come at the cost of learning "softer" skills.
The chat also highlighted how new adaptive learning technology and analytics platforms could personalize education so that schools can better assess what students actually know, not just how much time they spent in a classroom.
As schools and families explore these different options there will doubtlessly be plenty more debate but Livingston and Davis emphasized that students can start by creating a plan.
Its great that this conversation is front and center. College and Career Readiness are of paramount importance to the nation, specifically the economy. There has been a lot of talk about whether colleges are preparing students properly for work. I guess the fundamental question is whether college as an institution was designed for that.
What if there were parallel degrees. One an academic degree, and the other a 'career degree?' Right now, you have to choose a major which in large part is one or the other. With the lowering cost of high quality educational materials (online), why isn't it possible to do both at the same time.
What's missing right now is the ability to package online education into employer-recognized credentials. I'm working on a way to do this over at Ecruit (http://www.tryecruit.com) so fingers crossed that we can find a way to better help student jobseekers prepare for the real world!
I wished I had seen it a day earlier so I could have shared it with our Twitter chat group.
Excellent synopsis, I hope that we are able to get together for another Twitter chat again soon.


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February is Library Lovers' Month and somehow we almost missed it. This month-long series of events is a celebration of school, public and private libraries.
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Q: How do split only numbers from a given string of "$##,##,###.###" in JAVA I am stuck with a problem of splitting just the numbers from a given input string
take an example of a total bill of

TOTAL  =  $19,67,456.45

Now, for the arithmetic calculations we need just the numbers removing the

$    ,     .

and so every string which tries to come in the entire string of

TOTAL=$##,##,##,###

Finally we should have just the numbers for performing arithmetic calculations on bill.
I tried to solve this as follows
    String price = "$12,23,44,555"
    String ArrArgs[] = price.split("");
    for (int i=2;i<ArrArgs.length;i++){
        if (ArrArgs.equals(".")){
            break;
        }
        if ((ArrArgs[i]).equals(",")){

        }else {
            strPrice = ""+strPrice+ArrArgs[i];
            System.out.println("Adding "+ArrArgs[i]);
        }
    }

BTW All I am doing is to automate a testcase in Selenium WebDriver for bills greater than $99,99,99,999.
Thank you in advance :)

A: do like this
NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
Number number = format.parse("$19,67,456.45");
System.out.println(number.toString());

Output
1967456.45

A: Try it with the String.replaceAll function:
String TOTAL = "$19,67,456.45";
System.out.println(TOTAL.replaceAll("[\\$,.]", ""));

The function takes a regular expression.


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A Secret Meeting
Red Door Reads Picnic 2018
Serena Gilley
A Secret meeting at the Fairy Council...
The golden-red fairy stood quietly, his flame-like wings stroking the air inside the Council Chamber slowly, calmly. He hoped it would appear to all those gathered for this senseless--and secret--meeting that he was completely immune to the tension that filtered like dysfunctional Fairy Dust through the night's moonbeams dancing in through the windows. But Kyne was not immune. He'd simply been through all this before and had learned to ignore it.
"You understand what we're asking?" the council leader asked, clipping his words as if he'd prefer to be clipping Kyne's wings.
"Absolutely," Kyne replied. "You want me to spy on other Fairies."
"Not spy. That's an ugly word."
"Then what word would you rather use? Stalk? Monitor? Survey?"
"Hmm, survey... now that's an interesting idea. But no, we simply want you to watch, to keep your eyes open for any Fairies who might be engaging in... you know... human-ish behaviors."
Kyne knew exactly what he meant. There were rumors that magical creatures in this region had been experimenting with the most forbidden of human activities. Apparently the Council felt Kyne was the appropriate one to find information on this.
"Why me?" Kyne asked, although of course he had a fair idea of the answer. "Why drag me into this?"
"I think you know why," the council leader replied, leaning forward on his perch and buzzing his wings. "You are more highly motivated than some. You are uniquely qualified to speak to the issues of human and Veiled interaction."
"I've never done anything to validate those rumors!"
At least, not so far as the Council could prove.
"If you don't wish the matter of your spotted record or your murky parentage to be brought into question here tonight, Kyne, then I suggest you cooperate."
Kyne felt his blood flowing hot. He had to strain to keep his wings still, to remain where he was and not fly across the room to show the damn council leader just how very unique he was. But that would only cause more trouble.
He clenched his fists, clenched his jaw, and clenched whatever else had a muscle in it. Somehow he would get through this and no one, not one magical creature in this whole damn hemisphere, would see him react. He could keep it under control. He had to.
"My parentage has nothing to do with my work or how I live my life," he hissed, since that's the only sound he could make right now.
"It has everything to do with it," the council leader said evenly. "I should think you'd take great pleasure in using your unique abilities for our benefit, not merely your own."
Pleasure. If the council leader had half an idea just how much Kyne knew about pleasure, he'd have made sure someone--any other Fairy in the world--had been placed in this position. Kyne, after all, was the worst possible choice to calmly and disinterestedly study the possibility of Fairies dabbling in human sexual passion.
Copyright Serena Gilley. All Rights Reserved.


Mar 14, 2012 | AM 15, Hvalbåter/Catchers, Hvb M, May Waving, Dutch Society for Walvisch Vaart, S.N.
AM 15, "May Waving", the catch for Flk "William Barendsz" (II) in rough seas.
Foyn its Whaler "Minerva" nearest camera. For unknown if it was taken before or after Chr. Salvesen took over the ship along with Foyn their other catchers in 1902 (Lardex.net).


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Ciak! Let's have lunch
Why Ciak! Let's have lunch?
Because Giggi has done 13 movies and 1 episode of leaders of "The Boys of 3C" directed by Claudio Risi.
The madam of Duccio Tessari (1976)
I am photogenic of Dino Risi (1980)
Sends me Picone of Nanni Loy (1983)
Yesterday- Vacations to the sea of Claudio Risi (1985)
Candy from a stranger of Franco Ferrini (1986)
Ginger e Fred of Federico Fellini (1986)
Those of the helmet of Luciano Salce (1987)
Teresa of Dino Risi (1987)
The boys of the 3 C of Claudio Risi (1987)
Carla- Four stories of Women (1990)
SPQR in the role of "The Matricianus" (13 episodes) of Claudio Risi (1998)
During the years thanks to his different working experiences, Giggi has had the occasion to know so many important characters of the national and international worls, both of the world of show business and of the politics: King Uberto of Savoia, S.A. the Princess Grace of Monaco, S.E. Armando Kock Ambassador of the Order of Malta, The Honorable Walter Veltroni.
Here some Giggi pictures, in particular with Giancarlo Giannini in "Mi manda Picone" by Direct Nanni Loy and a beautiful pic of Dino Risi - With the Great Master Giggi has done 3 movies.
THE SPECIAL FRIENDSHIPS
During the years thanks to his different working experiences, Giggi has had the occasion to know so many important characters of the national and international worls, both of the world of show business and of the politics. Among these characters who occupies a really special place in his heart he is Aldo Fabrizi, a great actor, a great man, a great Roman. Giggi has had the honor to receive by the friend Aldo a special dedication, that he jealously holds guarded: "To Luigi Tondinelli with a list of whishes good for all the uses but first of all the one that"
Institutional personalities:
King Uberto of Savoia
S.A. the Princess Grace of Monaco
S.E. Armando Kock Ambassador of the Order of Malta
The Honorable Walter Veltroni
Actors, singers and performers whom Giggi has met during his artistic e cinematic life:
Aldo Fabrizi, Sergio Leone, Vittorio De sica, Ferruccio Amendola, Claudio Amendola, Romina Power, Christian De Sica, Giancarlo Giannini, Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Ettore Scola, Giulietta Masina, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Pippo Baudo, Maurizio Arena, Margot Hemingway, Barbara De Rossi, Duccio Tessari, Walter Chiari, Antonello Venditti, Francesco Venditti, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Niki Tognazzi, Mario Schifano, Mark Kostabi, Angelo Infanti, Mario Brega, Carlo Lizzani, Gianni Morandi, Dino Risi, Marco Risi, Claudio Risi, Renato Pozzetto, Fiorello, Nanni Loy, Oreste Lionello, Armando Zappi, Armando Travaglioli, Luciano Salce, Serena Grandi, Luca Barbareschi, Antonello Fassari, Nino Frassica, Nadia Rinaldi, Eleonoire Casalegno, Francesca Chillemi, Roberta Capua, Loretta Goggi, Cristiana Capotondi, Fabio Ferrari, Eleonora Giorgi, Massimo Ciavarro, Francesco Salvi, Mauro Di Francesco, Franco Ferrini, Marina Viro, Fabrizio Bracconieri, Lionello Manfredonia, Branko, Asia Argento.
Timetables:
12:30-3:30 a.m.
Open every day for lunch and dinner
Sunday open only lunch
Groups of up to 70 people are accepted.
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Q: Google App Engine authorization to Google Cloud SQL Instance (Second Generation) When trying to connect my Google App Engine to my Google Cloud SQL Instance (Second Generation), I cannot find the "...Authorized App Engine applications section..." (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/cloud-sql/#PHP_Build_a_starter_application_and_database).
Am I just blind, or does this not exist anymore?
If it doesn't exist, how does one connect a Google App Engine to a Google Cloud SQL (Second Generation)?

A: Please review the limitations of Google Cloud SQL Second Generation.

Because Cloud SQL Second Generation instances are in beta, the following features are not available:

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*Service Level Agreement (SLA)

*MySQL 5.5

*MySQL 5.6 is supported.

*Google App Engine connectivity. Connectivity is supported for other clients, including Compute Engine, Managed VMs, Container Engine, and your workstation.

*....

A: I'd like to mention that although Google App Engine connectivity is not yet supported for the Cloud SQL Second Generation like the way is supported for Cloud SQL 1st Gen, however this doesn't mean that you cannot use Cloud SQL 2nd Gen with your App Engine applications.
You can use access control model which is described in this article as used for other applications. Since IP address of your App Engine application will be not a static address, you will need to authorize 0.0.0.0/0 IP range as an allowed network and use Allow only SSL connections feature of the Cloud SQL to allow only SSL connections. Configure SSL and generate keys and client certificate for your application and establish a secure connections using SSL.

A: Right now, App Engine cannot be used with CloudSQL Gen2. It should be possible once the CloudSQL Gen2 graduate to General Availability but right now, if you need to use it with App Engine, you'll need to stick with CloudSQL v1


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/ Corporate / Billion-Euro Order: Siemens to Build Rhine-Ruhr Express
Billion-Euro Order: Siemens to Build Rhine-Ruhr Express
Matt Ball on March 26, 2015 - in Corporate, Rail
Munich, March 26, 2015—Siemens was officially awarded today a record-breaking order from the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region. The municipalities involved in the new Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) rail transport concept commissioned Siemens to supply 82 Desiro HC electric multiple units and to provide maintenance services for a period of 32 years. With a total volume of more than €1.7 billion, this is the largest regional rail transport order ever won by Siemens in Germany.
"This is a huge success for Siemens' rail business. The project will secure existing high-quality jobs in North Rhine-Westphalia and create new ones. Our state-of-the-art train is good news for millions of commuters along the Rhine and Ruhr rivers in Germany's most densely populated region," said Jochen Eickholt, CEO of the Siemens Mobility Division. The company will not only supply the new trains, but also service them for 32 years. A service order of this scale is a first for the German rail industry. Siemens will build a maintenance facility in Dortmund-Eving, where up to four trains can be serviced simultaneously and around 100 new specialists will work in multiple shifts. Plans for the facility foresee a vehicle hall, specialized workshops, an outside washing station and stabling tracks for up to ten trains. Overall, Siemens will then have invested around 150 million Euros in its rail technology sites in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Praised as the region's project of the century, the RRX will help ease the steadily worsening traffic conditions along the Rhine and Ruhr when delivery of the trains begins in 2018. The region is one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe, with a population of roughly ten million and numerous transit routes. In particular, the key route between Cologne and Dortmund has been heavily impaired for years by overburdened public transport networks and rail connections.
Through the optimized extension of the railway network and potential shift of traffic from road to rail, the RRX is expected to eliminate thousands of car trips every workday. The first RRX trains are scheduled to enter service by late 2018 and operate in the region at speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour. Plans call for quarter-hour service once the rail infrastructure project has been completed.
The Siemens order includes newly developed high-capacity, double-decker trains from the proven Desiro family. Each train consists of four cars, will be 105 meters long and have a seating capacity of 400. During operation, two units will be connected to form an eight-car express with 800 seats. Desiro trains are already operating in countries such as Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Russia, Switzerland and Thailand, soon to be joined by Austria.
This press release, press pictures and additional material are available at www.siemens.com/press/RRX
For further information on the Mobility Division, please see www.siemens.com/mobility
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world's largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading supplier of combined cycle turbines for power generation, a major provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2014, which ended on September 30, 2014, Siemens generated revenue from continuing operations of €71.9 billion and net income of €5.5 billion. At the end of September 2014, the company had around 343,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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