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namespace MassTransit.Services.Subscriptions.Server
{
    using System;
    using Magnum.StateMachine;
    using Messages;
    using Saga;
    using Subscriptions.Messages;
    using Util;

    /// <summary>
    ///   Manages the lifecycle of a subscription through the system
    /// </summary>
    public class SubscriptionSaga :
        SagaStateMachine<SubscriptionSaga>,
        ISaga
    {
        static SubscriptionSaga()
        {
            Define(() =>
                {
                    Correlate(DuplicateClientRemoved)
                        .By(
                            (saga, message) =>
                            saga.SubscriptionInfo.ClientId == message.CorrelationId && saga.CurrentState == Active);

                    Correlate(ClientAdded)
                        .By((saga, message) => saga.SubscriptionInfo.EndpointUri == message.DataUri
                                               && saga.SubscriptionInfo.ClientId != message.ClientId
                                               && saga.CurrentState == Active);

                    Correlate(SubscriptionRemoved)
                        .By(
                            (saga, message) =>
                            saga.SubscriptionInfo.SubscriptionId == message.CorrelationId && saga.CurrentState == Active);

                    Correlate(DuplicateSubscriptionAdded)
                        .By((saga, message) => saga.SubscriptionInfo.MessageName == message.Subscription.MessageName
                                               && saga.SubscriptionInfo.EndpointUri == message.Subscription.EndpointUri
                                               && saga.SubscriptionInfo.ClientId != message.Subscription.ClientId
                                               && saga.CurrentState == Active);

                    Initially(
                        When(SubscriptionAdded)
                            .Then((saga, message) =>
                                {
                                    saga.SubscriptionInfo = message.Subscription;
                                    saga.NotifySubscriptionAdded();
                                })
                            .TransitionTo(Active));

                    During(Active,
                        When(SubscriptionRemoved)
                            .Then((saga, message) => saga.NotifySubscriptionRemoved(message.Subscription))
                            .Complete(),
                        When(DuplicateSubscriptionAdded)
                            .Then((saga, message) => saga.NotifySubscriptionRemoved(saga.SubscriptionInfo))
                            .Complete(),
                        When(DuplicateClientRemoved)
                            .Then((saga, message) => saga.NotifySubscriptionRemoved())
                            .Complete(),
                        When(ClientAdded)
                            .Then((saga, message) => saga.NotifySubscriptionRemoved())
                            .Complete()
                        );

                    RemoveWhen(x => x.CurrentState == Completed);
                });
        }

        [UsedImplicitly]
        public SubscriptionSaga(Guid correlationId)
        {
            CorrelationId = correlationId;
        }

        [UsedImplicitly]
        protected SubscriptionSaga()
        {
        }

        public static State Initial { get; set; }
        public static State Active { get; set; }
        public static State Completed { get; set; }

        public static Event<AddSubscription> SubscriptionAdded { get; set; }
        public static Event<AddSubscription> DuplicateSubscriptionAdded { get; set; }
        public static Event<RemoveSubscription> SubscriptionRemoved { get; set; }

        public static Event<DuplicateSubscriptionClientRemoved> DuplicateClientRemoved { get; set; }
        public static Event<SubscriptionClientAdded> ClientAdded { get; set; }

        public SubscriptionInformation SubscriptionInfo { get; set; }

        public IServiceBus Bus { get; set; }

        public Guid CorrelationId { get; set; }

        void NotifySubscriptionAdded()
        {
            Bus.Publish(new SubscriptionAdded {Subscription = SubscriptionInfo});
        }

        void NotifySubscriptionRemoved()
        {
            NotifySubscriptionRemoved(SubscriptionInfo);
        }

        void NotifySubscriptionRemoved(SubscriptionInformation subscription)
        {
            Bus.Publish(new SubscriptionRemoved {Subscription = subscription});
        }
    }
}


I've just released Ember 0.5.8. The official release announcement can be found on the main Worldforge site.
The main new feature is the multi threading framework which I've written about before on this blog. It's a pretty Big Thing, as it we're so utterly dependent on having dynamic data.
Another thing which went into this release, but which won't be apparent for any user, is a large restructuring of the media repository. It's mainly Jayr's work, but I've also helped out. Basically it amounts to defining common naming and structuring standards for the media repository so that it becomes easier to both contribute and use the assets therein. I've updated some of the media guidelines to reflect this.
And for the first time in a couple of years we now provide win32 binaries. Getting Ember to build on win32 (through msys) was a real chore, but the plan is to keep the code base compatible enough so that each subsequent release of Ember will have win32 binaries.
There's been some other developments in the FOSS game world too.
* Ryzom has a much more assets.
* Ryzom textures are smaller (between 256 and 512 pixels whereas most of Worldforge's are 1024 - 2048 pixels).
* Ryzom textures are only available as png whereas Worldforge provides source assets for all textures (usually .psd).
* Ryzom only provides diffuse textures whereas Worldforge usually provides specular and normal/heightmap versions too.
* Ryzom assets are made in a particular art style, whereas Worldforge has opted for a natural style. This is however just for the Mason world. I would love to see a world using Ember and Cyphesis with the Ryzom assets.
Another big thing is the Indie Humble Bundle, which is a collection of six excellent indie games, available for a user set price. It's truly an excellent deal, especially since part of the money paid is donated to charities. And not only that, since they so far received more than 1 million USD they've now opened up the source code for four of the games as FOSS. It's really a remarkable thing.


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Adam Gunton
Filmmaker and Writer
Cheesemint
#JustWatched Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
Get Out is a film that will have a legacy that stretches far beyond itself. Not only is it going to have a place as an important film text but it's going to be cited as a critical academic text. Many essays, articles and think pieces will be drawing upon Jordan Peele's work, and rightly so because it says so much, without patronising, without dumbing down and without complication.
It's an impressive script performed by an equally impressive cast. I can't imagine a better group of actors for this. The way they all have the ability to change the tone of a scene with the delivery of a single line is rare. The whole piece reminded me of Bryan Forbes's The Stepford Wives, in particular the party scene where we, the audience, and Chris get some clear signs that something isn't right. While the audience is sometimes given a little bit more information than Chris, the information we're given doesn't help us understand what's going on but merely alerts us to the fact there's more danger than he realises and we're almost screaming the film's namesake at the screen. It's a clever technique that's often handled badly in horror films.
But to call this a horror film is a huge discredit to this film. It's so much more than that. It makes me question my behaviour as a white man, my family's behaviour. I can imagine a lot of people are saying this film is relevant right now because Trump has recently taken office but this will always be relevant. We need more cinema like this.
#just #justwatched #justwatched #getout #jordanpeele
© Adam Gunton


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package io.lettuce.core.cluster.topology;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Set;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import io.lettuce.core.RedisURI;

/**
 * @author Mark Paluch
 */
class NodeTopologyViewsUnitTests {

    @Test
    void shouldReuseKnownUris() {

        RedisURI localhost = RedisURI.create("127.0.0.1", 6479);
        RedisURI otherhost = RedisURI.create("127.0.0.2", 7000);

        RedisURI host3 = RedisURI.create("127.0.0.3", 7000);

        String viewByLocalhost = "1 127.0.0.1:6479 master,myself - 0 1401258245007 2 connected 8000-11999\n"
                + "2 127.0.0.2:7000 master - 111 1401258245007 222 connected 7000 12000 12002-16383\n"
                + "3 127.0.0.3:7000 master - 111 1401258245007 222 connected 7000 12000 12002-16383\n";

        String viewByOtherhost = "1 127.0.0.2:6479 master - 0 1401258245007 2 connected 8000-11999\n"
                + "2 127.0.0.2:7000 master,myself - 111 1401258245007 222 connected 7000 12000 12002-16383\n"
                + "3 127.0.0.3:7000 master - 111 1401258245007 222 connected 7000 12000 12002-16383\n";

        NodeTopologyView localhostView = new NodeTopologyView(localhost, viewByLocalhost, "", 0);
        NodeTopologyView otherhostView = new NodeTopologyView(otherhost, viewByOtherhost, "", 0);

        NodeTopologyViews nodeTopologyViews = new NodeTopologyViews(Arrays.asList(localhostView, otherhostView));

        Set<RedisURI> clusterNodes = nodeTopologyViews.getClusterNodes();
        assertThat(clusterNodes).contains(localhost, otherhost, host3);
    }

    @Test
    void shouldFailWithoutOwnPartition() {

        RedisURI localhost = RedisURI.create("127.0.0.1", 6479);

        String viewByLocalhost = "1 127.0.0.1:6479 master - 0 1401258245007 2 connected 8000-11999\n";

        assertThatThrownBy(() -> new NodeTopologyView(localhost, viewByLocalhost, "", 0).getOwnPartition()).isInstanceOf(
                IllegalStateException.class);
    }
}

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The contrails of China's DN3 test launch.
Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon infosite has posted an article that reports China recently carried out a flight test of a new anti-satellite missile, highlighting the growing threat of Beijing's space warfare capabilities.
He notes that the flight test of the Dong Neng-3 direct ascent missile was tracked by U.S. intelligence agencies on July 23 from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, in northwestern China, according to U.S. defense officials familiar with reports of the launch. The officials said the launch was not successful and the DN-3 appeared to malfunction in the upper atmosphere after the night launch.
The launch occurred after Chinese authorities posted a notice to airlines to avoid flying near the flight path of the missile. The missile's flight was captured in photographs and video by several Chinese Internet users near the Jiuquan facility. Despite the failure, China's space warfare program is said to be advancing rapidly as an asymmetric warfare weapon that will allow a less capable Chinese military to defeat the U.S. military in a future conflict continues on the path to development. The Pentagon's annual report on the Chinese military states that in December the Chinese created a new Strategic Support Force that will unify space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities, with the report adding that the PLA continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space.
Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command and a space warfare expert, said both China and Russia are advancing space-war fighting capabilities. "China right now is ahead of Russia because they've been on a consistent path for a longer time," Hyten said in an interview in Omaha last week. Hyten said the U.S. military currently has a "very robust space capability. And the threats that we face are actually very small.
However, the significant U.S. advantage in space is eroding and satellites are becoming more vulnerable to attack. "We have very old space capabilities too, very effective space capabilities, but they are very old and not built for a contested environment," Hyten added.


If the student were to lose points on the assignment because of the use of this source, the student is likely to be reluctant to contact that librarian in the future. Findings — Donors, internal and external to the library and to the university, have shown an interest in funding projects that reduce textbook costs for students. This need seems self-evident, with benefits for all involved; yet establishing strong collaborations between librarians and instructors isn't always as straightforward as it might seem. Others still may be completely unaware of what assistance the library has to offer. When working with students, librarians serve as bridges as well. Many librarians often have difficulty accepting the role that their distance from the assignment may have played in these failures. Rossman will address such issues as legal and board policy considerations, contracts and procedures, promotion and marketing, partnerships, and other common challenges in the fundraising process.
He has over twenty years of experience as a professional librarian and currently serves as research and instruction librarian at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. But if you're a newbie, how do you know where to begin, let alone where to go from there? The cause and the consequences of an unsuccessful assignment are typically associated with either the instructor who created the assignment, the students to whom it was assigned, or some combination thereof. Practical implications — Libraries have traditionally supported the mission of access to information and for academic libraries that has sometimes included access to textbooks. We have to know how to perform circulation tasks, reference duties, run a storytime program, clean up a massive spill, and even understand some technical service components. This is exacerbated by instructors who may resist sharing or even discussing elements of their courses with those outside their discipline. He has over twenty years of experience as a professional librarian and currently serves as research and instruction librarian at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Limitations on classroom time, for example, often make it difficult to include library instruction. As educators prepare students for today's information-rich world, it is imperative for librarians to work more closely with instructors to develop, administer, and evaluate assignments. It will help you help students learn the difference between fact-finding and research, and why research is important. It is well thought-out both in its presentation and content. For example, even if an instructor wants to alter an assignment, the curriculum process may prohibit an individual from doing so. In this book, veteran instruction services librarian Mc Adoo lays out the fundamentals of the discipline in easily accessible language.
Structured in a way that's easy to digest, McAdoo shows students what research is and what it entails, the stages of research, and the elements of a term paper; the essential steps in preparing for research, and how to understand the assignment;how libraries and librarians can help; pointers for selecting a research topic and appropriate information tools; strategies for conducting searches that will save time and effort, from using keywords to constructing more sophisticated searches; how to understand, read, and evaluate search results; the dos and don'ts of conducting research ethically, including how to cite sources and how and why to avoid plagiarism; and guidance for shaping research results into quality writing. Unfortunately, these collaborations do not always occur, and assignments involving the library fail. McAdoo has a bachelor's degree in psychology, an M. And yet, as bridge builders, the simple reality is that when a library is involved in completing an assignment, librarians do share responsibility for an assignment's administration and its ultimate success or collapse. Abdicating responsibility is not the proper response. In turn, this may create an unintentional wall with the instructor, who may believe the librarian is incompetent for misinterpreting what was intended. Librarians have a professional responsibility to be involved with any assignment involving the library.
McAdoo, provides step-by-step guidance, from understanding the stages of the research cycle to determining the kind of research to conduct. For example, when students are told they cannot use encyclopedias, does this mean only general encyclopedias or subject-specific ones as well? Monty McAdoo has a bachelor's degree in psychology, an M. Lastly, there may be institutional impediments in place blocking effective collaboration. The wealth of McAdoo's real-world suggestions included throughout this guide are priceless, and this reviewer, an experienced academic librarian, plans to try out some of them soon. Making these sorts of decisions is all part of an academic or school librarian's daily routine; but it is not uncommon for public librarians to have to make similar judgments while working with students completing homework assignments. When we are involved in working with students completing assignments, we must be prepared to accept some level of responsibility for the consequences—good or bad. The sheer amount of information available can be intimidating to even the most skilled researchers.
Because librarians experience challenges like these on a firsthand basis, one of the most visible bridge-building roles a librarian can play is sharing these experiences and working with the instructor to create more effective assignments. He is also interested in the philosophy of library and information science. But even with a well-designed assignment, addressing the student's expressed needs while interpreting the instructor's expectations is often a difficult balancing act. In addition to providing traditional library user education, he has developed and teaches an undergraduate class on information ethics and has also taught graduate-level courses in both counseling and research. Jumping head first into a research project is a surefire recipe for stress and confusion. There are both qualitative and quantitative methods to induce donors to fund these types of projects.
His research interests include faculty understanding and use of information literacy and information technology. Packed with useful tips and techniques, this handy guide offers advice on working with both students and instructors to develop successful assignments that integrate your library's resources. Conversely, many librarians believe they have a monopoly on information or on teaching students to work with it. Professional demands on time are common. Four of the more common challenges to effective collaborations are: personality, practical, perceptual, and institutional.
The webinar will take place on March 15. Being a great teacher is part and parcel of being a great librarian. Arguably, though, the most troubling consequences are the intangible ones such as the librarian being perceived as unhelpful or even incompetent. For example, the role of librarians in the educational process is often misunderstood or overlooked by instructors. While this is clearly not true, it is also something some librarians are loathe to admit. Librarians have similar difficulties understanding the collateral damage that failed assignments can have on the library and library staff. And the bridge metaphor is fitting because creating a bridge is exactly what academic librarians must do in order to connect with faculty members and students to provide more visibility for library resources and services and to instill recognition of their usefulness.


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Q: Why these factor added? Is this a formula I wonder why these factors are added? And what is that λ symbol?
$$\frac{x^4+4x^2}{\sqrt{x^2+4}}dx
=ǭ_3 (x) \sqrt{x^2+4}+λ\int \frac{dx} {\sqrt{x^2+4}} dx
and then
=(Ax^3+Bx^2...$$
So what is it?
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Grading the Antonio Brown trade from Steelers to Raiders: Who won?
By Bill Barnwell
The Antonio Brown trade, at its core, is about money. It's about a lot of other things -- power, respect, aging and double standards all come to mind -- but at the end of the day, this is a trade about money, which is why I didn't think it was going to happen. I'm not sure there has been a swap like this in recent memory, in which a superstar player on a veteran deal was dealt away in the prime of his career without offering his team any sort of salary-cap savings.
In making this trade now, the Steelers are passing up the opportunity to keep one of the five best wideouts in football on their roster for $22.2 million of cap space for the opportunity to eat $21.1 million in dead money on their 2019 cap and let that guy play for somebody else. Organizations only eat that sort of dead money when they have a player commit some serious off-field indiscretion (Junior Galette, Ray Rice), or if they're rebuilding and dumping underwater contracts from the previous regime (Marcell Dareus), and that's usually over two seasons.
As a 30-year-old receiver who led the league in touchdown catches last season, Brown is none of those things. For a team regularly in contention with an aging quarterback to willingly turn 11 percent of its salary cap into dead money requires a very specific, strange set of circumstances to go wrong. To make that decision and net a pair of midround picks is potentially unprecedented.
When it appeared the Steelers were only cranky about Brown, I assumed both sides would eventually work toward a resolution, mostly because it didn't make financial sense for the team to tie up its cap space to let Brown go somewhere else. The point where things shifted was when Brown went onto social media and indicated that he also wanted a change of scenery. It wasn't quite Terrell Owens doing sit-ups in his driveway, but Brown's decision to go onto Twitter and call out Ben Roethlisberger didn't do his situation any favors.
In the process of trying to push his way out of Pittsburgh, Brown eroded the organization's leverage. The Steelers spent the past two months publicly flailing, alternately leaking stories that suggested a trade hinged on getting a first-round pick, then suggesting it wouldn't. They set a final offer deadline for Friday and then let that deadline come and go. After news conferences and statements from various levels of the organization seemingly contradicting each other, they were forced to settle for third- and fifth-round picks from the only team that seemed seriously interested in bidding for Brown throughout the entire process.
Imagine going 12 months back in time to tell the biggest Steelers fan you know that Pittsburgh traded Brown for two midround draft picks. Heck, imagine going back six months ago and telling the biggest Steelers fan you know that they would get worked in a deal by the Raiders.
If you want to trace back to where everything went wrong in the relationship between the Steelers and Brown, it starts with one of the best contracts in modern league history. After Brown's second year in the league yielded an 1,108-yard season, the team gave the 2010 sixth-round pick a considerable raise by signing him to a five-year, $42 million extension with an $8.5 million signing bonus. The Steelers were only able to sign Brown after two seasons because he was drafted under the old CBA; had Brown been drafted after the 2010 season, the Steelers would have needed to wait for a third year before signing Brown to a deal.
In Year 4, Brown broke out as one of the top wideouts in the league with a 1,499-yard campaign. From 2013 to '16, Brown averaged -- -- 120 catches, 1,578 yards and 11 touchdowns per season. Because he was under contract through the end of the 2017 season, though, the Steelers were able to pay Brown just $28.8 million over that four-year span, which is a little more than the annual average salary guys such as Robert Meachem and Laurent Robinson were getting in free agency. Former Steelers teammate Mike Wallace hit free agency and netted a five-year, $60 million deal with the Dolphins that paid him $36.9 million over three seasons before he was cut after 2015.
Brown was making less than half of his true market value, and while most players deal with that during their rookie deals, he was struggling with it on his second contract. With the Steelers' cap tied up thanks to years of subpar financial decisions, they repeatedly restructured Brown's deal to create pockets of short-term cap room without giving him any notable raise. (For those unfamiliar with how the cap works, these restructures meant that Brown would receive most of his weekly base salary as an upfront bonus in March; he would take home the same amount of cash and get paid earlier, but the Steelers would be allowed to spread the cap hit for the restructured bonus over several years, creating temporary room.)
In part because of those cap concerns, Pittsburgh waited five years and for the final year of Brown's extension to give its star receiver an extension. Most teams will say that waiting until the final year of a deal to hand out a new contract is organizational policy, with Pittsburgh among them, but the Steelers gave Roethlisberger an extension with two years left to go on his rookie deal in 2008.
When they did give Brown his deal, they applied a cap structure that is generally unique to the Steelers. Most teams hand out extensions to star players by giving an upfront signing bonus and guaranteeing at least two years of base salaries, which makes it extremely likely a player will remain on the roster for those two seasons. For a star quarterback or a transcendent player like Brown, a team will either explicitly guarantee three seasons or structure the contract in a way that it would be virtually impossible to cut a player for cap reasons.
Instead, the Steelers have a policy of guaranteeing only the bonuses in the first year of their deals. Cameron Heyward's deal has $15 million guaranteed, with a $12 million signing bonus and a $3 million roster bonus paid in Year 1, but nothing else afterward. Elite guard David DeCastro has a $16 million guarantee, all of which is in his signing bonus. Even Roethlisberger's most recent extension consists of a $31 million signing bonus with no other guarantees, although the veteran quarterback did get partial guarantees for injury only in Years 2 and 3.
After waiting for years to get his contract, Brown got $19 million guaranteed when he signed his deal, all in the signing bonus. Throw in a $910,000 base salary and Brown took home $19.9 million in 2017 as part of a four-year, $68 million extension. That's good money, of course, but when DeAndre Hopkins signed his extension six months later, he took home $24 million in 2017 and still had a $12.5 million guaranteed base salary for the following season. Brandin Cooks' extension paid $11 million in Year 1, but the structure of the deal basically guarantees he'll take home $63.5 million over the next four seasons. Brown only gets to that ballpark if he continues to be great.
The reason a player would be comfortable taking a deal with that sort of structure is because the large signing bonus generally shields them from being cut, even without a guaranteed salary. Heading into last season, for example, the Steelers had to choose between keeping Brown on their roster with a cap hit of $16.8 million or either cutting or trading him, which would have incurred $15.2 million in dead money. In that scenario, they would choose to keep Brown 999 times out of 1,000, but you also can imagine how that one-in-a-thousand example might be enough to antagonize Brown, if only because it just happened.
Pittsburgh's last mistake -- and a clear sign that it was not expecting to move on from Brown anytime soon -- was when it restructured his deal last offseason. The Steelers owed him a $7.9 million base salary and a $6 million roster bonus, neither of which were guaranteed, but instead converted $7 million in salary and the $6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus. The move paid Brown that $13 million up front, with the remaining $915,000 coming during the season, and it cleared out $9.7 million in cap space in 2018. It's the sort of thing you do only if you're absolutely sure you're not going to need to part ways with that player the following season.
If the Steelers hadn't restructured Brown's deal, they could have traded him and owed $11.4 million in dead money. The deal would have represented a $7.5 million cap savings. Instead, because they used Brown's deal to create more short-term cap space, they will owe $21.1 million in dead money on their cap for Brown this year, which is believed to be thelargest single-season dead money total for a player in league history.
Given what has happened over the past decade, you might understand why Brown would feel disrespected, even on a deal with an average annual salary in new money of $17 million per season. There was no chance that the Steelers, who exploited one of the best bargains in football for years, were going to uproot their contract structure by giving Brown a new extension or even guarantee a future season with three years left on his current deal. Instead, they preferred to let someone else pay Brown.
It's one of the same reasons why they weren't able to come to terms with Le'Veon Bell, who says the Steelers offered him only $17 million guaranteed as part of a five-year, $70 million deal. That contractual policy is going to cost the team both of its star weapons in the same offseason, and its cap philosophy is going to make it feel the pain of that decision in one of the final seasons of Roethlisberger's career.
Compare the Steelers to the team that has kept them from a return trip to the Super Bowl over the past eight seasons. The Patriots rarely restructure contracts, and when they do, it's not the sort of maxed-out move the Steelers pulled with Brown. The only player on the Pats' roster with a restructure cap hold of more than $1.3 million in 2018 or 2019 is Tom Brady. The Pats also had a bargain of a deal similar to Brown's initial extension with the six-year, $54 million extension they handed to Rob Gronkowski after his second season in the league, but unlike the Steelers, the Patriots have sweetened Gronkowski's deal by adding incentives to keep their star tight end happy.
Of course, it's tempting to lump the Amari Cooper trade in with this deal and point out that the Raiders essentially traded Cooper and two midround picks for Brown and a first-rounder. It turned out that way in the long run, of course, but it's the wrong way to think about things. The Raiders didn't make the Cooper trade knowing that Brown would come available for a pittance. Comparing the relative merits of Brown and Cooper is irrelevant because the Raiders never had a chance to choose between them.
Evaluating this trade in a vacuum, it's difficult to find an argument against the Raiders making the move. The draft pick compensation is a drop in the bucket for a team with three first-round picks, as new general manager Mike Mayock did well to resist Pittsburgh's attempts to negotiate for a first-round pick through the media. The 66th and 141st picks are equivalent to the 41st pick in a typical draft by the Chase Stuart draft chart, while the traditional Jimmy Johnson chart has them add up as something closer to the 61st selection. Either way, if you want to invoke a recent Raiders trade, this is the same organization that used third- and fifth-round picks to trade for Martavis Bryant and AJ McCarron under Jon Gruden's watch.
Financially, the Raiders entered the offseason with more than $60 million in cap room, so absorbing a new deal for Brown wasn't going to be an issue. AB's new contract is reportedly a three-year pact worth $54.1 million with $30 million guaranteed, which is a far cry from the zero dollars and zero cents that was remaining in guarantees on his Steelers deal.
In reality, it's not even as huge of a contract as it might seem. Brown wasn't going to take a pay cut, so any team trading for him was going to pay him a minimum of the $15.1 million he was due this season. We don't yet know how his deal is structured, but with that $30 million number, it seems likely that he got a second guaranteed year as part of this new deal, which isn't crazy by any means. You would figure that a team trading for Brown would expect to have him on its roster for at least two seasons.
The $54.1 million figure produces an annual average salary of $18,033,333, which also isn't an accident, given that the largest annual average salary for any wideout is Odell Beckham Jr.'s $18 million per year. Brown might have to hit incentives to get to that mark, but it appears that the Raiders added about $3.75 million per year to Brown's existing contract. In a league in whichSammy Watkins got three years and $48 million in free agency last year -- a mark that would translate to $51 million after a year of cap inflation -- is giving Brown $54 million over three years really unreasonable? I don't think so.
On the field, this move reminds me a lot of why the Cowboys traded for Cooper, actually. When I analyzed that deal, I wrote that the Cowboys were acquiring Cooper to help evaluate Dak Prescott in anticipation of a possible extension this offseason. Trading for Cooper also allowed the Cowboys to get ahead of a terrible wideout market, and while nobody could have anticipated that the Cowboys would go on a 7-2 run with Cooper in the lineup, there was logic to the move.
Here, Oakland has its own evaluation to conduct. Gruden spent a year with Derek Carr, and while the results were uneven at times, Carr didn't have a great receiving corps. He did get to throw 101 passes to Jared Cook, who had a career year, but Jordy Nelson looked well past his prime at age 33. Seth Roberts continued to lose the battle against drops. With Cook a free agent, Carr was staring down at a Week 1 receiving corps of Nelson, Marcell Atemanand Derek Carrier. I don't need to tell you how Brown makes that better.
If the Raiders do decide to draft a quarterback in the first round, getting to play with Brown makes it way easier for Kyler Murray or Dwayne Haskins to adjust to the pro game. Few receivers in the league remain as skilled at getting themselves open against just about any possible kind of coverage. With limited weapons elsewhere in the lineup and a mediocre roster in the middle of a rebuild, Brown is well-positioned to get all the targets he could desire. It would hardly be a surprise if he became the first player to rack up 200 targets in a season since Julio Jones did it in 2015.
There's also realistically a marketing element to this move. When I wrote about the Cooper trade, I mentioned that the closest billboard in Las Vegas to the Raiders' future stadium featured Gruden, and Gruden alone. After trading away Cooper and Khalil Mack in one season, it was a smart move to keep Gruden on the board, since he seemed to be the only one sure to make it to Las Vegas for 2020. Trading for Brown gives the Raiders a star to build around as they relocate to Sin City. People weren't going to line up to buy Carrier or Ateman jerseys. Brown is a bona fide superstar.
Is there a chance this all goes south? Of course, especially in Year 2. Remember that Gruden inherited Keyshawn Johnson when he took over the Bucs in 2002. The two won a Super Bowl together in Gruden's first season with Tampa. Halfway during the subsequent campaign, Gruden's relationship with Johnson became so toxic that the Bucs sent Johnson home and deactivated him for the final seven games of the year.
Even if that happens, though, the Raiders will be out some money and a pair of midround picks. There's nobody like Brown in this free-agent class, and there's nobody who will move the needle more for their fan base who also would have considered Oakland. There's risk involved here, but it's a risk the Raiders had to take.
One of the reasons the Steelers will be able to make this trade and sleep at night is the presence of JuJu Smith-Schuster, who doesn't turn 23 until November and looks to be one of the most promising young wideouts in recent memory. Since entering the starting lineup in Week 9 of his rookie season, Smith-Schuster has averaged 91.8 receiving yards per game, which ranks fourth in the NFL behind Hopkins, Jones and Brown.
Hopkins and Jones are clear No. 1 options in their own offenses, while Smith-Schuster has had to cede massive amounts of touches to Brown. Smith-Schuster has averaged 9.6 targets per game to Brown's 11.3, while Hopkins has averaged 10.9 and Jones 10.3. Give Smith-Schuster a larger role, hand over some targets to second-year wideout James Washington, and the Steelers should be fine. Right?
It's not quite that simple. For one, plugging Washington in as a guaranteed starting wide receiver is dangerous. The Steelers have hit in the recent past on wideouts like Brown, Smith-Schuster, Wallace andEmmanuel Sanders, but they've also used third-round picks on Dri Archer, Sammie Coates and Markus Wheaton, none of whom developed into regulars. Washington caught just 42.1 percent of the passes thrown to him as a rookie; it's still way too early to judge him, of course, but it's not as if the 60th overall pick has done something to make us think he's a plug-and-play starter.
Smith-Schuster and Brown aren't exactly the same sort of receiver, either. Yahoo's Matt Harmon tracked both of their seasons and found that Smith-Schuster lined up far more frequently in the slot, which resulted in way less press coverage. Brown was double-teamed more than 10 times as frequently as Smith-Schuster was. With Brown gone, the Steelers will likely continue to let Smith-Schuster take more than half of his snaps in the slot, but the wildly talented third-year wideout will undoubtedly see more attention. The Steelers also will need to find someone capable of winning against press coverage on the outside without Brown.
Pittsburgh probably has to find at least one veteran wide receiver to chip in, which is going to be a pain given the aforementioned dead cap hold on Brown. The team already has mooted the idea of restructuring Roethlisberger's contract to create cap room, but with one year left on the 37-year-old's deal, any change is going to be an extension to keep Roethlisberger around while creating short-term cap space. The Steelers eventually will pay for their accounting, as they are with Brown here, but they should be able to create $6-7 million or so in cap space with a Roethlisberger extension, which could go toward a new wideout.
They'll also probably run the ball more frequently in 2019 with Brown on the Raiders. They threw the ball on 67.4 percent of their offensive snaps last season, the second-highest rate in football behind the Packers. A more successful Steelers team will run the ball with a lead more frequently in the fourth quarter, but even after accounting for changes in game script, the Steelers should trust James Conner more than they did a year ago. Conner touched the ball 20.7 times per game last season, down from Bell's 27.1 in 2017.
I normally consider these grades from the team's perspective, in part because it's usually easier to understand how a team functions and thinks over the course of dozens of acquisitions and releases than it is to think about things from the perspective of a player who might sign only one or two deals over the course of his career. Every player in the NFL is vastly underpaid in a vacuum, but in the context of a league with a salary cap, the money matters.
From my perspective, it sure looks like Antonio Brown battled to get what he wanted and succeeded. He wanted to call out Roethlisberger for disrespect and did so publicly, sparking an embarrassing comment from general manager Kevin Colbert about the Steelers having 52 kids under Roethlisberger. Brown wanted guaranteed money and a raise from an organization that regarded that as anathema, and he played his cards right and ended up getting exactly that from another organization. He wanted to be respected and appreciated for his work.
No, his chances of winning a Super Bowl aren't as high as they were a month ago. After going underpaid for the better part of a decade, though, you can understand why Brown would want to take advantage of what will probably be his last chance to get top-wideout money. The Steelers will still be good on offense in 2019, but without their star receiver and with Bell following him out the door, they might have cost themselves one last chance to win a Super Bowl with Roethlisberger at the helm.
Clark: AB is the winner in his trade to the Raiders
Ryan Clark details why Antonio Brown got everything he wanted after being traded from the Steelers to the Raiders.
How did Brown to the Raiders come together?
Adam Schefter details the process of how the Steelers and Raiders agreed on an Antonio Brown trade and what it means for both teams.
Fowler: Raiders presented best offer for Brown
Jeremy Fowler says the Raiders always wanted Antonio Brown in their offense and they "were the last team standing."
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AVAILABLE NOW 2 Bedroom Terrace House To Let in St Helens. With access to local transport links and Tindale Shopping Center.GroundfloorEntranceA Upvc entrance doorway leads to the foot of the stairs and a door to the ground floor living accommodation.Lounge (3.91m x 4.14m (12'10" x 13'07" ))A spacious reception room situated at the front of the property with a window, there is a white fire surround with marble effect hearth and electric fire, central heating radiator, access to the under stair storage cupboard and a door into the kitchen/diner.Kitchen/Diner (4.93m x 2.26m (16'02" x 7'05" ))Fitted with cream base units, contrasting black work surfaces and cream tiled splash backs. Space for small dining table and chairs and for further free standing appliances. A window overlooks the rear and a Upvc glazed doorway leads out, there is a central heating radiator and the boiler is situated in this room.First FloorLandingAccess to the first floor rooms and the loft hatch.Bedroom One (3.15m x 4.95m (10'04" x 16'03" ))Situated at the front of the property with central heating radiator and window.Bedroom Two (2.64m x 2.36m (8'08" x 7'09" ))Situated at the rear of the property with window and central heating radiator.Bathroom (2.16m x 2.34m (7'01" x 7'08" ))3 Piece white suite comprising bath with shower over and glass screen with brown tiles, WC and wash hand basis, heated chrome towel rail and laminate flooring. Frosted window to the rear.Externallyto the rear of the property is a concrete yard area.
Situated in the Horndale area of Newton Aycliffe, Sillars Properties are pleased to welcome a well presented, three bedroom, detached family home to the rental market. The property is ideally located within walking distance of local schools and other local ameneties. The accommodation comprises: Entrance Hall, WC, Living Room/Dining Room and Kitchen to the Ground Floor. The first floor offers three bedroom and a family bathroom. Externally is an enclosed yard to the rear. Internal viewing is highly recommended.Entrance HallLight and airy entrance hall with laminate, wood effect flooring, access to WC, Living Room and stairs. Understairs Storage cupboard, with meters.WCDownstairs toilet/cloakroom comprising WC and basin, uPVC window with frosted glass to rear.Living Room/Dining Room (5.88m x 3.60m)Spacious, open plan living room/diner with double glazed windows to the front aspect bearing fitted blinds, wood effect laminate flooring.Kitchen (2.1m x 3.59m)Modern fitted kitchen with matching wall and base units, laminate flooring, door to rear serving access to yard, built in oven and hob.Stairs And LandingCarpeted stairs to first floor, storage cupboard on landing.Bedroom One (3.29m x 3.64m)Located to the front aspect, double glazed window overlooking front, carpet, gas central heating radiator.BathroomFamily bathroom comprising bath with shower over, basin and low level WC. Extractor fan, double glazed window and vinyl flooring.Bedroom Two (3.71m x 2.55m)Double bedroom to the front aspect, window overlooking front, carpet and radiator.Bedroom Three (2.95m x 2.04m)Located to the rear aspect, window overlooking garden, built in wardrobes, carpet.Garden/YardEnclosed rear yard, with lawned area to side. Single gate leading out to parking space.Garage (2.4m x 4.83m)Single garage with up and over door to front, electricity in garage with lighting and sockets.DisclaimerPlease note that these particulars have been prepared in good faith by Sillars Properties Ltd to give a fair overall view of the property and cannot be relied upon as statements of fact. To this end, potential purchasers must satisfy themselves by personal inspection regarding any aspect of the particulars. Sillars Properties Ltd do not have any liability as regards to details provided herein. Any areas or measurements referred to are given as a guide only and not precise. Purchasers must rely on their own enquiries. The included services have not been tested/surveyed; appliances, equipment or facilities, and the representation is limited to a fair representative guide only, without prejudice, and offered without responsibility on the part of the Agents or their clients. These particulars do not form any part of an offer of a contract and either the agents or their employees have any authority to make or give any representations or warranties whatever in relation..
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Description Copeland Residential are delighted to offer this recently TOTALLY REFURBISHED 3 bedroom semi detached house which has been fully rebuilt internally. Fully re-wired with new heating, new kitchen, new bathroom, skimmed walls, new flooring & decor in 2017. The property has gardens to front & rear and off street parking Offer an entrance hall accessed via a new composite door, to the edge of the hallway a ground floor w/c can be found. 2 reception rooms are available, the lounge has a Bay window to the front along with new flooring and skimmed walls. The dining room is a great size for families and offers an open aspect to the breakfasting / kitchen. The kitchen measures around 17'4" in length providing ample space for a breakfast table, patio doors are located in this area and provide a pleasant outlook to the Southerly facing rear garden. Also off the kitchen is a utility room with plumbing for washing machine and wall mounted combination boiler. To the 1st floor 3 bedrooms all with new flooring can be found, 2 bedrooms are double and 1 single. The bathroom benefits from both bathroom and shower facilities along with a heated towel rail and part tiled walls. Externally the gardens have been relaid to the front and rear, off street parking is located to the front of the property. Be quick as this house is in stunning condition and is rare to the market in this location. Property briefly Enter into the hallway via a double glazed composite door, double glazed door to side, laminate flooring, stairs to the upper floor, smoke alarm and radiator. Ground floor w/c with w/c, hand wash basin, double glazed window to side and laminate flooring. Lounge. 12'7 x 11'6. Bay double glazed window to front, radiator, tv and telephone points. Dining Room. 13'8 x 11'6. Open aspect to kitchen and radiator. Kitchen / Breakfast Room. 17'4 x 8'10. Double glazed patio door and window to rear, New kitchen with ample wall and base units, electric oven and hob, extractor fan, sink with drainer and mixer taps, spot lights to ceiling, laminate flooring and radiator. Utility room with plumbing for washing machine, combination boiler, laminate flooring and double glazed window to side. Landing, double glazed window to side, loft access and smoke alarm. Bedroom 1. 11'7 x 10'5. Double glazed window to front and radiator Bedroom 2. 11'6 x 8'8. Double glazed window to rear and radiator. Bedroom 3. 8'3 x 5'6. Double glazed window to front. Bathroom. 8'11 x 5'2. Double glazed window to side, bath with shower over via boiler, w/c and handwash basin, chrome towel rail, laminate flooring, waterfall effect taps to both bath and handwash basin, spot lighting to ceiling, extractor fan, laminate flooring and part tiled walls. Externally there's lawned gardens to the front and rear, the rear garden is Southerly facing and benefits from recently laid turf. A path to the side leads to the front, off street parking is located to the front for approximately 2 cars.
Description Two bedroom mid terrace home, located in the centre of the village the property is within easy walking distance of shops and schools and only a short distance from major motoring links and public transport. Internally the property comprises: entrance lobby with stairs to first floor, living room and dining kitchen. To the second floor two bedrooms and family bathroom. Externally there is an enclosed yard at the rear. The property will be redecorated throughout. EPC C Lounge 13'10" x 11'7" Kitchen/Dining Room 14'10" x 7'5" Bedroom One 14'11" x 10'5" Bedroom Two 10'5" x 8'6" Family Bathroom Pets Considered, Part DSS with Guarantor Considered.
****AVAILABLE WITH ZERO DEPOSITS**** Entrance hall with stairs leading to the first floor. The lounge is neutral in decor and carpets and is flooded with light from the large window to the front. The lounge leads to the impressive kitchen/diner to the rear of the property which is fitted with a modern range of wall and base units with contrasting work surfaces and comes with an integrated gas hob and electric oven and extractor hood. There is space for a washing machine and fridge freezer. French patio doors lead out to the rear garden. The master bedroom comes with fitted wardrobes and is double in size. Two further single bedrooms which are both neutrally decorated. The family bathroom has a white suite with electric shower over the bath. Lawned garden to the front of the property with a driveway and low maintenance enclosed garden to the rear. Gas central heating and double glazing throughout.
NEW... NEW... NEW... Attention First Home Seekers this attractive economically priced stone built 2 bedroom Home might just prove a perfect match. Internally the property offers fitted kitchen, bathroom with white suite, laminate flooring, gas combi central heating, UPVC double glazing and early viewing is recommended. Originally constructed around 1900 the property is within reach of local shops, schools and the Stanley to Newcastle and Consett bus routes as well as being around minutes 5 drive from Stanley Town centre with it's range of larger and local stores . Nearby are also fantastic local attractions including Beamish Open Air Museum, Tanfield Railway, Causey Arch and many rural walks.Entrance Lobby (0.94m (3'1") x 1.12m (3'8"))Laminate floor.Lounge (3.81m (12'6") x 4.22m (13'10"))Electric Stove set in adam style fireplace.Kitchen/Dining Room (4.85m (15'11") x 2.59m (8'6"))Stainless steel sink unit single drainer set in a range of modern wall and floor units. Plumbed for automatic washer. Radiator.Landing (1.98m (6'6") x 0.99m (3'3"))Bedroom (1) (3.76m (12'4") x 3.61m (11'10"))Cupboard over stairs. Laminate floor. Radiator.Bedroom (2) (2.77m (9'1") x 3.25m (10'8"))Laminate floor. Radiator.Bathroom (1.96m (6'5") x 2.13m (7'0"))With white suite of panel bath, pedestal basin and low level w.c. Shower over bath with screen. Part PVC clad walls. Laminate floor. Radiator.ExternallyUseful rear yard.ViewingBy appointments with agents.
Description Dynamic Property Management are delighted to offer this large 4 bedroom first floor apartment in Stanhope. This deceptively spacious property offers 2 reception rooms along with a modern fitted kitchen, well proportioned bedroom sizes and is spread over 2 floors. Applications invited from Professionals only, please. For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact our office on This property comprises of: Ground Floor: Entrance Hall Featuring access to the first floor and the cellar below. First Floor: Lounge - 4.45m x 8.82m This room holds three bright front facing windows, a traditional style fire encased in a dark mantelpiece and more than enough space to hold an array of furniture, this vast room could be a perfect space to relax. Kitchen - 3.03m x 3.08m With natural wood cabinets at base and eye level, a bright rear facing window next to the stainless steel fitted sink and a large cooker with an extractor hood above. Also included is the space and plumbing for various appliances, and the combi boiler for the property. Study / Miscellaneous - 2.53m x 2.43 With access to the separate utility room and enough space to use comfortably as a study or play room, this room features light painted magnolia walls and a light neutral carpet. Utility Room - 2.53m x 2.43m Featuring plumbing and electrics for appliances and access to the first floor bathroom, this room also contains the same wall and carpet colours as the room before, making it flow with the rest of the first floor wonderfully. Second Floor: Bedroom 1 - 4.09m x 3.19m Starting off the second floor is master bedroom, with light painted walls, a light neutral carpet and access to the fire escape through a large glass door, this room would make a brilliant space to unwind. Bedroom 2 - 3.02m x 4.75m Similar in size to the first bedroom, this second room can be accessed by the hallway and the first bedroom, and contains a dark wood flooring and bright painted walls with a papered feature wall, bright front facing window and radiator. Bedroom 3 - 2.85m x 3.64m Containing the same dark wood flooring and magnolia painted walls with a floral papered feature wall, this room also contains a similar front facing window and radiator. Bedroom 4 - 2.63m x 4.60m Finishing off the last of the bedrooms is this light space, with white painted walls and the same dark wood flooring found in the other bedrooms, this room also contains a front facing window and a decorative black mantelpiece. Bathroom - 3.13m x 3.93m Featuring the same wood flooring as the rooms before, this family bathroom also contains magnolia painted walls and a white toilet, basin and bath with a separate glass shower cubicle, and a rear facing window.
Beautifully presented hidden gem of a mid terraced 2 bedroomed house with Loft room aswell, located in Spennymoor and really must be viewed to fully appreciate the quiet location of this property. The house briefly comprises of; entrance lobby leading to a through lounge/dining room with feature fire place and inset electric fire, kitchen with modern units, two double bedrooms and a 1st floor bathroom with electric shower over the bath, staircase on the landing leading to a loft room offering an ideal versatile room. The property is situated in a lovely location away from main roads. The house also offers gas central heating via a combination boiler, double glazing, rear court yard with brick built utility shed and a gravelled garden to the front. Viewing highly recommended.
Deceptively spacious semi detached family home in popular village location. With floorplan comprising; Entrance Hallway, large Living Room with french doors to rear patio, Kitchen & Dining Room with integrated appliances and adjacent outhouse/storage. To the first floor, there are 3 bedrooms -2 doubles & 1 single and Bathroom. Externally, there are lawned gardens to the front, and large patio area with lawned gardens to the rear.
Internal inspection is essential to fully appreciate this deceptively spacious three bedroomed house which is well presented and maintained throughout with modern fixtures and fittings, it is sure to appeal to a range of tenants. The impressive floor plan comprises of an entrance hallway with cloakroom/WC, spacious living room with feature fireplace, open plan kitchen and diner with french doors to the rear garden. To the first floor there are two double bedrooms, further well proportioned single bedroom and modern bathroom/WC. Externally there is a driveway for off street parking and a fence enclosed rear garden. The property is located within easy reach of Durham City centre and the A167, giving easy access for commuting across the region. EPC RATING - CGround FloorEntrance HallWith radiator and doors to the living room and cloakroom/WC.Cloakroom/WcWith WC, pedestal wash basin, tiled splashbacks, radiator and UPVC double glazed opaque window to the front.Living RoomSpacious reception room with UPVC double glazed windows to the front and side, feature fireplace housing an electric fire, laminate flooring and two radiators.Open Plan Kitchen And Dining RoomImpressive open plan kitchen and dining room fitted with a range of wall and floor units having contrasting worktops incorporating a stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, built in stainless steel electric oven, gas hob with extractor over and plumbing for a washing machine. Further features include a fridge/freezer space, tiled splashbacks, a unit housed gas central heating boiler, understairs storage cupboard, a radiator, a UPVC double glazed window to the rear and UPVC double glazed french doors leading in to the rear garden.First FloorLandingHaving a UPVC double glazed window to the side and access to the loft.Bedroom OneGenerous double bedroom with a UPVC double glazed window to the front and radiator.Bedroom TwoFurther double bedroom with a UPVC double glazed window to the rear and radiator.Bedroom ThreeWell proportioned single bedroom with a UPVC double glazed window to the front, radiator and airing cupboard.Bathroom/WcFitted with a modern white suite comprising of a panelled bath with mains fed shower over, WC and wash basin inset to a vanity unit. Having tiled splashbacks, radiator, shaver point, extractor fan and UPVC double glazed opaque window to the rear.ExternalTo the front of the property is lawned garden and driveway for off street parking, whilst to the rear is an enclosed lawned garden with paved patio area, a shed and access gate to the side.
ATTRACTIVE SINGLE STOREY LODGE IN QUIET LOCATION IN STREATLAM PARK ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES:- Entrance Porch, Kitchen, Lounge, 2 Double Bedrooms & Bathroom. Enclosed Gardens with Lawn & Flower Borders. Single Storey Outbuildings comprising Wood/Coal Store, Lean-to Garden Store to rear & Greenhouse. Single Detached Garage & Private Parking. Part Secondary Glazed. Oil Fired Central Heating. Part-time housekeeping work could be available under a separate contact. Situation North Lodge is situated in a quiet location in Streatlam Park. It is approached by a private drive through the Park gates at South Lodge from the A688 Barnard Castle/Staindrop trunk road which gives easy access throughout the County. The market town of Barnard Castle in the Tees Valley is within 2 miles of Streatlam Park. Newcaslte-upon-Tyne is 40 miles to the north and Darlington 15 miles to the east with the east coast train service and Teesside Airport 6 miles beyond. The A.l is accessed at Scotch Corner off the A66 trans Pennine road. Description The property comprises a traditional single storey Lodge which has been modernised to form the present comfortable accommodation in a pleasant setting. The property has full oil fired central heating and a multi-fuel stove and has secondary glazing to most of the windows. There are gardens to the front, side and rear with a small range of outbuildings including a coal and log store. The accommodation is arranged on one floor and comprises:- Side Entrance from drive into:- Porch with coir matting and alarm control panel. Window overlooking the Park. Door into:- Kitchen: Range of white wall and floor units and green laminate worktops, Hotpoint free standing electric cooker in black with ceramic hob and grill and oven. Worcester oil boiler, stainless steel sink unit and drainer, tiled splashbacks, wood effect vinyl, water treatment unit, Indesit free standing fridge/freezer, plumbing for washing machine, storage cupboard, central heating programmer on wall, radiator. Lounge with multi-fuel stove on tiled hearth with timber surround, secondary glazing, radiator, carbon monoxide alarm, recess with glass shelf and cupboard below, fitted fawn carpet. Hallway with fitted fawn carpet, radiator, telephone point, smoke alarm, loft hatch. Front entrance porch with secondary glazing. Door to external. Bedroom 1: Large double bedroom, secondary glazing, radiator, telephone point, cupboard with shelves. Bedroom 2: Double bedroom, fawn fitted carpet, radiator, secondary glazing. Bathroom: Bath with timber panel, W.C. and wash basin in vanity unit, shower cubicle with Mira Event XS shower, secondary glazing, heated towel rail, wood effect vinyl, extractor fan, wall heater, radiator, tiling half height around bath. Outside Rear Garden There is an enclosed garden to the rear of the property with a lawn, flower borders and trees. There is a range of single storey outbuildings including a wood/log store and former privy etc. and behind is a lean-to garden store. To the side of the property there is a greenhouse. Front Garden To the front of the property there is a garden with shrubs and a lawn and there is a path to the front door from the drive. Garage With up and over door, light and power. Oil tank at side of garage. Parking There is a concrete parking area in front of the garage and a further parking area on tarmac adjacent to the property. Services The property has full oil fired central heating and a multi-fuel stove. Private water supply. Drainage to septic tank. There will be a charge of 100.00. per annum towards the cost of emptying and maintenance. Mains electricity. There is a security light at the side entrance. Terms The property is available to let unfurnished initially for a period of 6 months but this can be extended into a longer term. The rent required is 650.00.per calendar month. In addition the tenant will pay 100.00 per annum towards the emptying and maintenance of the septic tank. Deposit A refundable deposit of 650.00 will be payable. Administration Charge A charge of 150.00. plus VAT will be made to cover the costs of drawing up the Tenancy Agreement dealing with references etc. This sum will be payable to John G Hills & Partners on signing the Agreement. Viewing By arrangement with the Agents, John G Hills & Partners, Estate Office, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5EW Council Tax We understand from Durham County Council that the property is in Band C for Council Tax and the amount payable for the year 2018/19 is 1,726.73.
Tucked away on the edge of Gilesgate, this home is located in a highly residential area and close to the local primary school. Approaching the house there is unallocated parking available on street to the front. The front yard boasts a smart established hedge row leading to the front door, and on crossing the threshold the quality of the refurbishments is apparent. The house has been redecorated throughout, fitted with new flooring and has a new kitchen, bathroom and ensuite bathroom. To the first floor there is a fantastic sized lounge and kitchen. The kitchen lends itself to allow access for a family dining table or breakfasting areas, perfect for entertaining. To the first floor there is a handy WC located on the way up the stairs, and upstairs there are two fantastic double bedrooms located to the rear. The third bedroom is fitted with a charming wooden bedframe, ideal for young children. Both bathrooms have been modernised to a high standard. To the back, there is an enclosed south facing garden with patio space, which catches the sun perfectly on an evening. There is also a secure courtyard located between both houses. Gilesgate is a well known village, located only 1 mile of Durham City, allowing easy travel into the centre by foot, bus or car. There are a host of local amenities including a Sainsburys Local, pubs, hairdressers and takeaways. Bradford Crescent is located close to the popular Durham Retail Park, containing Argos, B&Q, Tesco Express and petrol stations. There are excellent schools nearby, and Sunderland Road gives excellent access to the A690 and A1(M).


CBSO Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and her partner are pleased to announce they are expecting a baby at the end of August. Mirga will take a short maternity leave from July until mid-November 2018 when she will resume conducting the CBSO in the orchestra's 2018-19 concert season at Symphony Hall and around the world. She remains fully committed to her role as Music Director and is currently working on artistic plans for the new season, to be announced in the coming months. Stephen Maddock OBE, Chief Executive of the CBSO, commented that "the whole CBSO family is delighted about Mirga's wonderful news".


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The wigs, each displayed along the walls of Rachubinski's salon, come with their own name and personality.
"[There's] different styles, we can order them in a color that the client feels comfortable with and we will have them come back we can fit it and cut it to their liking and go over care instructions and send them home with their new girl," explains Rachubinski.
For Alexander, who is now in remission, she knows Peaceful Purpose can help others feel just a bit more confident as it did for her.
"I'm glad it's over, it was traumatic, but I survived and thrived," said Alexander, while viewing pictures of her shaved hair.
Peaceful Purpose hopes to grow their mission, currently fundraising for a $35,000 goal this year. All funds will go towards paying for free hair cuts, wigs and upkeep for anyone embarking on this road after a breast cancer diagnosis.
Although wigs are made available for anyone that has medical hair loss, providing locks of hair with no price tag is only a small way Peaceful Purpose hopes to help.
For more information on how to donate visit https://www.peacefulpurposeinc.com/support.


Answer: Files which are given the .STM extension are known as HTML Form files, however other file types may also use this extension. If you are aware of any additional file formats that use the STM extension, please let us know.
Where do I download the software to view this video please?


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Q: Why username and password do not match I'm working on this for two days but I cannot figure it out what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to just create a simple login form. I have a user and an admin. When I'm trying to log in as a user it says the user username and password are invalid even if my password and username are correct and when I'm debugging there are no errors.
<?php
session_start();

function getDatabaseConnection() {
    $servername = "localhost";
    $username = "root";
    $password = "";
    $dbname = "Acme_jeux";

    try {
        $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username,$password);
        // set the PDO error mode to exception
        $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
        //echo "Connected successfully";
        return $conn;
    } catch (PDOException $e) {
        echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
    }
}
$messageErreur = "";

function teteHtml($titre) {
    ?>
    <!DOCTYPE html>

            <title><?php echo $titre ?></title>
            <meta charset="UTF-8">
            <link rel="stylesheet" href="CSS/Styles.css">

        <?php
    }

    function enTete($messageErreur) {
        ?>

visitors

                        <?php
                         include 'counter.php';
                        ?>

                <?php
            }
            ?>

                Accueil
                Enregistrement
                Achat
                Parents

                                    <?php if (isset($_SESSION["uname"])) { ?>

                    <form action="index.php" method="POST">
                            Deconnexion
                        </form>
                    <?php } else { ?>
                        Connection
                    <?php } ?>

            <?php

            ////////Footer////////////////

            function footer() {
                ?>

    <?php
}

login.php
<?php

include 'Fonctions/fonctions.php';
teteHtml("Login");
enTete($messageErreur);

//store the values found in SESSION
$username = "";
$password = "";
$loginError = "";
if (isset($_POST["login"])) {
    createCookie();
    echo $loginError;
} else {
    if (isset($_POST["deconnexion"])) {
        deleteCookie();
    }
}

function createCookie() {
    //if (isset($_POST["uname"], $_POST["psw"])) {
    if (isset($_POST["login"])) {
        //check if the system is lock
        if (isset($_SESSION["login_error"]) && $_SESSION["login_error"] >= 3) {
            die("Several tries are forbidden!");
        } else {

            $connection = getDatabaseConnection();

            $salted = "wrntjkhn4wervfmm" . $_POST["password"] . "wo2i45djk";
            $hashed = hash('sha512', $salted);

            $stmt = $connection->prepare("CALL p_login(?,?)");
            $stmt->bindParam(1, $_POST["username"]);
            $stmt->bindParam(2, $hashed);
            //echo json_encode($stmt->errorInfo());
            // call the stored procedure
            $stmt->execute();

            if ($row = $stmt->fetch()) {
                $_SESSION["username"] = $row["username"];
            } else if ($_POST["username"] == "admin" && $_POST["password"] == "admin") {
                $_SESSION["username"] = "admin";

            } else {
                if (isset($_SESSION["login_error"])) {
                    echo $_SESSION["login_error"] . "jjjj";
                    $_SESSION["login_error"] ++;
                } else {
                    $_SESSION["login_error"] = 1;
                }
                if ($_SESSION["login_error"] >= 3) {
                    echo "you put 3 times wrong password.";
                }
                //echo gettype($_SESSION["login_error"]). ($_SESSION["login_error"] >= 3);
                die("password and username are invalid");
            }
        }
    }
}

function deleteCookie() {
    //$_SESSION["uname"] = "";
    session_destroy();

    //refresh the page
    //header("Location: Mon_compte.php");
}

include 'html/login.html';

?>

login.html
<form  method="POST" action="login.php" >
    Username
    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter Username" name="username" required>

    Password
    <input type="password" placeholder="Enter Password" name="password" required>

    <button type="submit" name="login">Login</button>

    Forgot password?
</form>

stored procedure p_login
BEGIN
select username, password from users
    where username = p_username and password = p_password;
END


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Q: UIImagePickerController is not asking for permission on first use too
I tried setting CFBundleDisplayName and Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description but still not working
But in the settings it has permission on/off
I tried uninstalling the app and installing again but it never asks permission if it is off it shows the above screenshot...user has to go to settings and turn it on.
so how to make it ask for permission on first use.
Here is the code that I am using
let imgPicker:UIImagePickerController=UIImagePickerController()
imgPicker.delegate=self
imgPicker.sourceType=UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary
imgPicker.mediaTypes=[kUTTypeImage as String,kUTTypeMovie as String]
UIApplication.sharedApplication().keyWindow?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(imgPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)

A: I just created an extension to do this you should be able to just add it to your code and hook up the outlet to what ever triggers the image picker in your app.
   // MARK: - UIImagePickerControllerDelegate Methods
extension UIViewController:UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate{

@IBAction func newImgTapped(sender: UIButton) {
    let imgPicker = UIImagePickerController()
    imgPicker.delegate = self
    let status = AVCaptureDevice.authorizationStatusForMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)
    if status == AVAuthorizationStatus.Denied{

        let changeYourSettingsAlert = UIAlertController(title: "You do not have permissions enabled for this.", message: "Would you like to change them in settings?", preferredStyle: .Alert)
        let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .Default, handler: { (UIAlertAction) -> Void in
            guard let url = NSURL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString) else {return}
            UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url)
            print("opensettings")

        })
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .Cancel, handler: nil)

        changeYourSettingsAlert.addAction(okAction)
        changeYourSettingsAlert.addAction(cancelAction)
        presentAlert(changeYourSettingsAlert)

    } else {
        let Alert = UIAlertController(title: "Where would you like to get photos from?", message: nil, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet)
        Alert.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = sender.bounds
        Alert.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = sender
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .Cancel, handler: nil)

        imgPicker.allowsEditing = true
        imgPicker.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover
        imgPicker.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = sender
        imgPicker.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = sender.bounds

        presentAlert(Alert)

        let camera = UIAlertAction(title: "Take a Photo", style: .Default) { (camera) -> Void in
            imgPicker.sourceType = .Camera
            self.presentViewController(imgPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
        }

        let photoLibrary = UIAlertAction(title: "Choose from Library", style: .Default) { (Photolibrary) -> Void in

            imgPicker.sourceType = .PhotoLibrary
            self.presentViewController(imgPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)

        }

        if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera){
            Alert.addAction(camera)
        }
        if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary){
            Alert.addAction(photoLibrary)
        }
        Alert.addAction(cancelAction)
    }
}

public func presentAlert(sender:UIAlertController){
    presentViewController(sender, animated: false, completion: nil)
}

public func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(picker: UIImagePickerController) {
    dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
}

hope that helps.


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There will be another photojournal edited by Ki Wong and her group.
They are more young and energetic and each issue will focus upon one facet of photography, the first issue will be about: Information.
They planned to publicate 4 issues (distributed by MCCM also), but I convinced them try to push the limits to 26 (which will include all 26 letters of the English alphabets); this will be our own lexicon of lens culutre, I will contribute one essay in each issue, the best is yet to come.


Actually I have no words to describe my feelings. Your kitchen design looks very beautiful. Which designer has designed it? It's my dream kitchen.
The M&M's Kitchen designs are just awesome. I have not seen this type designs on any other blog. Thanks for sharing.
The modular kitchen designs are really awesome and attractive. The colors of the cabinets and furnishings are really great and looks cool. Usually modular kitchen laminated countertops are decorative, durable and moisture proof. The cost depends upon the thickness of the countertop and quality material used. Melamine resin wear layer strengthened with aluminum oxide is preferrable to buy. Nowadays advanced techniques like photograpic technology is also used to make the kitchen realistic and effective.
Good kitchen design is a skill that is very much in demand. Modern homes need to have kitchens that are both spacious and practical, and fitting this in around kitchen layouts and the other rooms in new build homes is a difficult process.
Awesome !! The modular kitchen designs are really awesome and attractive.I have found a new alliance opportunity for Designers/Interior Designer and Architect with a company called GROHE. if you are any of them.. to associate with GROHE Designer Alliance.
Thanks for posting pictures of your kitchen. Your kitchen designs have sure made me a fan of your blog with so many interesting and smart kitchen designs.
Our Kitchen Worktops have been crafted for contrast and style. Functional significance is not lost on us which is why we provide our worktops are made from some of the most common materials, including wood, laminate, granite and Corian.
I love how modern this kitchen is, it is right up my alley. This is something that I would love to have in my dream home. There is no way that would fit in my small kitchen right now. Maybe I could do something similar to it though.
The style is very modern! Everything looked movable. Although the owner feels like he/she don't cook much, guest appreciate the space much and enjoy to dine. Lovely!
Wow...these designs and concepts are so much different than what we usually do. Nevertheless, they are quite striking.
Its so beautiful! What an excellent combination of color and designs.... !! Love it..
Thanks for posting pictures of your Kitchen Backsplash Ideas.
just discovered your blog and I love it! thanks for posting like them.


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Pacing feet, rants, executions: inside the Orlando killer's rampage
By By Peter Eisler, Yara Bayoumy and Letitia Stein
Published : June 16, 2016
By Peter Eisler, Yara Bayoumy and Letitia Stein
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Patience Carter had been on the floor of the bathroom stall for hours, her right femur shattered by a bullet, pinned beneath friends and strangers.
They all had reached the same dead end in a frantic rush to escape the gunfire at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub. The 20-year-old had watched Omar Mateen's feet as he paced about; she'd listened to his rants to hostage negotiators about U.S. bombings in Afghanistan and his allegiance to militant Islamic groups.
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Now, she could hear the police shouting outside. "Move away from the walls! Move away from the walls!" And she saw Mateen's feet backing towards the stall.
"He said, 'Hey you!' to someone on the floor inside the bathroom and shot them, shot another person and then shot another person," Carter recalled, imitating the sound of the gun. "Bow! Bow! Bow!"
It was near dawn on Sunday, three hours after Mateen had begun his savage assault on the popular gay dancing spot.
Within moments, police were breaking through the wall.
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"They told him, 'Put your weapon down! Put your weapon down!' He didn't, so they engaged in gunfire. They got him. They shot him dead," Carter said.
In the days following the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, survivors' tales have begun to emerge, recounting the horror of a siege that killed 49 people, as well as the attacker. Their stories reveal a scene of fear, desperation and sometimes methodical carnage, as well as a fraught, prolonged rescue.
(Graphic showing progression of massacre: http://tmsnrt.rs/1Uzxm1V)
In the moments after Mateen was shot, water poured from broken pipes in the demolished wall, a bloody tide filling the bathroom floor where bodies and wounded lay.
Carter called out to her friends –- they'd come down as a trio from Philadelphia, dancing and laughing through the first night of her first Florida vacation. They chose the club after searching the Internet for fun dance spots.
One of Carter's companions, another 20-year-old named Tiara Parker, responded to her calls, saying she'd been shot in the side. The other, Akyra Murray, just 18 and the life of the party, was slumped over Parker's lap, silent and motionless.
A man who'd been trapped in the stall with them took Murray's pulse and said she was still breathing. Moments later, a SWAT team member pulled Carter out of the room, dragging her to safety by her arms. As she slid across the bloody floor, she saw Murray's phone and grabbed it.
"I truly believed that after I was told she was breathing, that her pulse was still going, that I would be able to get that phone back to her," Carter said.
In the ambulance, rescuers cut away Carter's bloody clothing. They told her the bullet that shattered her right leg had also passed through her left leg.
Later, Carter would learn that Murray didn't make it. Lying in the hospital, among dozens of wounded, she wrote a poem. "The guilt of being alive is heavy," it concluded.
"MAKING SURE THEY'RE DEAD"
It was just after last call and many of Pulse's 300 patrons were finishing their last drink when Mateen, 29, entered around 2 a.m. with what one law enforcement official has described as a Sig Sauer MCX military-style rifle and Glock 9 mm handgun.
Angel Colon, 26, was hugging friends and saying goodbye when he heard "a big shotgun."
Everyone froze as the gunfire continued, he said. Then everyone ran. Three bullets ripped into his leg, knocking him down. People trampled over him. "All I could hear was the shotgun, one after another, and people screaming, people yelling for help."
Mateen moved through the club, spraying bullets into a crowd that had been heaving to salsa and merengue dance music. Many of victims appear to have been killed in those first frantic minutes. For five to 10 minutes, he was "just shooting all over the place," Colon said.
Investigators later reported that victims' wounds suggested Mateen used both guns.
Some patrons fled through a door to a patio area at the side of the building, scrambling to take cover as they made it outside. Others escaped through a side door. And some headed toward a rear area walled off from the main part of the club.
Mateen shot many people multiple times, "making sure they're dead," said Colon. He aimed his gun toward Colon's head but the bullet struck his hand. Another grazed his hip.
An off-duty police officer, in uniform and working security at the club, heard the gunfire from his unmarked car outside. He called immediately for backup and headed for the entrance, where he exchanged fire with Mateen, police said. Within minutes, other officers had joined him, and the firefight continued.
Acrosstown, Christopher Hunter, associate medical director of Orange County Emergency Medical Services System, got an emergency text around 2:15 a.m. Up to 20 patients, it said, multiple gunshot wounds. He wasn't sure it was real, so he called dispatchers to confirm.
He placed Orlando Regional Medical Center, the city's main trauma facility, under "status black". The rarely used emergency code redirected all patients to other hospitals unless they were shooting victims or in the throes of a heart attack.
At the hospital, Chadwick Smith, a trauma surgeon, called for backup, waking up other doctors. "I said, this is not a drill, this is not a joke," he said. "I need you here as fast as I can."
TERROR IN BATHROOMS
After exchanging fire with police, first with the lone officer, then with the others who joined him, Mateen retreated to the club's walled-off back room, where dozens of patrons had taken cover.
Many crammed into a pair of bathrooms along the rear wall. Carter and her two friends were in one, crammed with others in a single stall. Angel Santiago, 32, was in the other, also jammed in a stall full of people.
"We just kept hearing gunfire over and over and over again," he said. "And it just kept getting louder, closer, and I actually could start to smell what I guess was gunpowder."
Mateen burst into Santiago's bathroom, spraying gunfire. Santiago was hit twice, in his left foot and right knee. "There were a lot of people hit; there was a lot of blood," Santiago said.
The gunman then moved to the other bathroom, where Carter and her friends were hiding. More gunfire rang out, and more screams. As bullets pierced the stall, Carter and her friends all were hit.
None of the survivors seemed certain about how long the shooting lasted. But at some point, Mateen paused, hunkered down in the back room.
Police used the opportunity to rescue some of the wounded in the main room. One officer dragged Colon out of the club and across the street to a Wendy's restaurant."I look over and there's just bodies everywhere.We're all in pain," he said.
Police decided not to pursue Mateen into the back of the club, fearing for the safety of the people trapped with him.
"We did not want to risk their lives, and so we then contained that scene until SWAT operators go there," Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said in an interview, referring to Special Weapons and Tactics officers.
A SEA OF WOUNDED
The firefighters at Station 5, just steps from the club, heard the shots before the emergency calls came in. People still were rushing out of the club as they arrived.
The firefighters pulled some of the wounded back to safety behind the firehouse. Ambulances loaded the wounded up -- three at a time in some cases -- and turned around immediately for the minute or two drive back to Orlando Regional. Others were transported in police cars, in trucks, in any available vehicle, officials said.
Some of the victims were shot at close range in the chest, head, stomach and even the pelvis, said Joseph Ibrahim, a trauma medical director at Orlando Regional, where most of the 53 wounded were treated.
Inside the club, the hostages remained in the bathrooms, waiting.
"We lay there for hours," Santiago said, "hoping that police would come through at that point in time and save us all."
Police were waiting, too, trying to figure out a safe way to end the siege.
Mateen had called 911 after his initial assaults in the bathrooms, first hanging up at about 2:30 a.m., then calling again and speaking briefly with a dispatcher, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.The dispatcher called him back. Mateen made his claims of loyalty to militant Islamic groups.
When he was off the phone, he kept talking, sometimes to himself, and sometimes addressing the hostages directly.
He telephoned a TV station. A producer picked up the 2:45 a.m. call. "I will never forget the words he said to me," Matthew Gentili of News 13 said. "I'm the shooter. It's me. I am the shooter," Gentili said in a post on the station's website.
He said he did it for Islamic State, Gentili said. At one point, Mateen, who was born in New York to Afghan parents, began speaking a language Gentili believed to be Arabic. "At the time, I didn't know what he was saying. He was speaking so fast."
In his conversations with police, Mateen suggested he had explosives with him, so the SWAT team decided on a plan to breach the rear wall of the bathrooms. At 5 a.m., they detonated explosive charges along the back of the building, then finished breaking through the wall with an armored vehicle.
Within minutes, Mateen was dead.
(Additional reporting by Bernie Woodall in Orlando and John Walcott in Washington. Editing by Jason Szep and Stuart Grudgings.)
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