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US Navy gets largest and most expensive destroyer ever
USS Zumwalt (U.S. Navy photo illustration)
After suffering numerous problems with the latest class of surface warships, the Navy is hoping for a win with the introduction of the largest destroyer in United States history.
On Monday, the Navy launched the new USS Zumwalt into Maine's Kennebec River for the first time. Originally designed simply for shore bombardment, the ship is now intended to serve multiple purposes, including backing up Marines on clandestine missions.
The massive Zumwalt – which is 100 feet longer than the Navy's current class of destroyers – features unique angles that deflect radar, advanced sonar and guided missiles, and has a new type of gun that shoots rocket-powered warheads up to 100 miles.
"The concept of the Zumwalt is sort of a bridge between the traditions of the past and the new world of networked warfare and precision guided munitions," said Loren Thompson, defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, according to Fox News. "It's not so much a radical concept as it is an attempt to pull off a full range of missions with a ship that has one foot in the present and one foot in the future."
To go along with its forward-looking nature, many of the Zumwalt's operations are automated. There are so many computers running the ship that it will only require about 158 crew members to be on board. A typical Navy destroyer requires almost double that number.
"The Zumwalt is really in a league of its own," said defense consultant Eric Wertheim, author of the 'The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World,' to the Daily Mail.
In fact, the Navy's plan to pack in so much sophisticated technology carried such a high price tag that some senior Navy officials tried to kill off the project. Instead, the program's goal was narrowed: Rather than build 20 ships, the Navy would approve the construction of only three.
Currently, the Zumwalt is on track to cost more than $3.5 billion. That's a hefty sum, but, much to the relief of Navy officials, the ship's construction is on time and on budget. Previous Navy programs, like the new fleet of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), haven't been nearly as lucky.
Although significantly smaller than destroyers, the LCS have been swamped with complications ranging from technical issues to cost overruns. Last year, the Navy said it had brought the cost for each LCS down to under $400 million, but the first two each carried a $700 million price tag.
To make matters worse, one suffered a major leak-causing crack in its hull, while the other's on-board technology failed to distinguish underwater mines from light hitting the waves. The LCS' computer networks also proved to be susceptible to hackers, and a Defense Department study found that the ships are "not expected to be survivable" in combat.
"[The LCS] is a total disaster," Norman Polmar, a naval historian, analyst and author, told Fox News.
The Zumwalt's construction has been relatively smooth in comparison. Its christening ceremony was originally scheduled for early October, but was delayed into the spring due to the government shutdown.
The ship is named after Admiral Zumwalt, a Bronze Star winner who served during World War II, appointed women to serve on ships for the first time, and battled against racial discrimination in the Navy.
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The Navy's newest combat ship could be hacked at any moment


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2009 MOVIE LIST2009 GUEST LIST BIFFF MOVIE LIST
The Fall of the House of Usher live concert
The BIFFF has always wanted to give the most complete overview of fantastic film in all its variety and diversity, closely following every evolution in the genre. We've also always highlighted its most important aspects – those of the future, the present and the past – by focusing on a certain country, honouring the pioneers and veterans of the genre, highlighting the work of certain production companies or putting the attention on directors who are not enough known or recognized by the cultural "establishment". We started this 27th edition with a special event in collaboration with the Belgian National Orchestra, Bozar, Ars Musica and the Cinematek. On 23 March 2009 at 8pm, the silent movie "The Fall of the House of Usher", was screened in Bozar, with original music by the Belgian composer Peter Swinnen. The BNO was directed by Dirk Brossé. This project was a world première The Fall of the House of Usher, directed in 1928 by Jean Epstein, is the adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Roderick, last of the Ushers, asks a friend to join him in his sinister family mansion. He's obsessed with painting the portrait of his sick wife Madeleine. While her health keeps deteriorating, she strangely looks more lively and vivid on the painting. After her inexplicable death, she's buried in the family crypt. But on a stormy night, Madeleine returns from her tomb. The French director and novelist did not only highlight the fantastic elements present in Poe's oeuvre, his film also showed an experimental style unseen for the time period. He was a reputed theorist of cinema, especially passionate about editing and camera movement. Epstein, at first assisted by a certain Luis Bunuel, made his reputation with this film, of which the strange images still fascinate after 80 years.
Edition: Edition2009
Sections: Special Event
Location: BOZAR
Dates: 23/03/2009
Dirk Brossé

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This Nando's has the unusual distinction of having nearly half of its seating outdoors, which is great in nice weather, but not so great any other time. To their credit, there is a nice canopy creating shade for the patio, as well as very nice patio furniture, sofas, etc. The outdoor area becomes an ice rink in the winter.
This was out first visit to Nandos so we weren't sure what to expect. I'm assuming that the decor (which we liked) is standard and the quality of the food (which we liked) is average for Nandos. The staff were friendly, but scarce, tending to hang out by the food prep area or hostess station. This was problematic because we received one entree in 25 minutes (a chicken salad with dates) and then waited and waited for the other entree.
This store is the closest to the Pentagon and is in a new Arlington area shopping centre surrounded by main roads with the major traffic jams to prove it. Parking is in underground car parks where you pay a fortune upon return to your car, my machine didn't take cash and would only except cards which cost me dear with a UK card.


Is an event manager liable for damages to guests that happen because some unknown person had to meddle with the equipment and break it? Well, the OLG Hamm told us more on November 09, 2007 (9 U 120/07).
Around 10 p.m. on Februar 22, 2005, the light equipment hanging from the ceiling of party tent, crashed into the audience and hurt several persons during the concert. During the later criminal investigations, the prosecuting office noticed that the cross beams had been tampered with by an unknown person. The plaintiff is the company, who set up the tent on behalf of the event manager and sold, by own account, beverages. This person is suing the manager for the loss in profits because the manager did not ensure the safety of the audience and that caused a decline in the sold beverages.
The OLG Hamm dismissed the case. The manager cannot be held liable for unforeseeable defects. It is without question that tent had to be kept so safe with reasonable means. Interactions of third parties are always possible but it is unreasonable to address every possible (however unlikely) issue when making premises safe.
This is especially true in this case as the tampering required the collaboration of two persons to loosen the lighting equipment.


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New MRI technique identifies previously undetected epileptic seizure sites
A glutamate imaging technique called GluCEST (glutamate chemical exchange saturation transfer) used with a high-field 7T magnetic resonance system shows the potential to identify subtle lesions in the brains of drug-resistant epilepsy patients, according to a research team from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. While still in the early clinical research phase, this new neuroimaging technique may lead to improved clinical outcomes for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy.
An estimated 65 million individuals worldwide have epilepsy, and approximately 22 million experience seizures that cannot be controlled by medication. Drug-resistant epilepsy patients have surgical removal of lesions, and they undergo structural and functional imaging for surgical planning. However, for a large percentage of these patients, conventional MRI, FDG-PET, SPECT, and magnetoencephalography – even used in conjunction with scalp electroencephalography (EEG) – may not adequately localize the seizure focus.
Kathryn Davis, MD,, assistant professor of neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine, and co-authors of a study published in the October issue of Science Translational Medicine, hypothesized that the GluCEST method would be able to localize the hemisphere containing the epileptic network by visualizing increased glutamate in the hippocampus of patients with nonlesional temporal lobe epilepsy. They conducted a study of four nonlesional drug-resistant epilepsy patients being treated at the Penn Epilepsy Center and eleven healthy patients as controls.
The imaging technique relies on unique chemical properties of glutamate that permit water molecules surrounding the chemical to be visualized at very high resolution. An increased signal from the surrounding water molecules indicates increased levels of glutamate.
The researchers reported that concentrates of glutamate measured by GluCEST were both qualitatively and quantitatively higher in the ipsilateral hippocampus than in the contralateral hippocampus in all four epilepsy patients. They confirmed these findings by electroencephalography, which identifies the side of the brain emitting irregular waves as a seizure is occurring. In all of the healthy individuals, the GluCEST signal for glutamate was equivalent in either side of the hippocampus.
"The demonstration that GluCEST can localize hot spots of increased glutamate is a promising step towards improved treatment," said Dr. Davis. "Finding the epileptic foci in a specific brain region gives clinicians critical information to guide targeted therapies that have the potential to control seizures in patients who currently do not have treatment options."
The researchers are optimistic that the GluCEST imaging technique offers the possibility for expanded epilepsy treatments that could include surgery or laser ablation therapy. They stated that one of the reasons that they formally published the findings of such a small patient study is that they hope sharing their results might expedite validation of the technique.
This research program is funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). Richard Conroy, PhD, director of the NIBIB Division of Applied Science and Technology said in a press release that the GluCEST imaging technique's ability to image distinct patterns and changes in glutamate levels in brain structure could be indicative of identifying neurological disorders.
Davis KA, Nanga RPR, Das S, et al. Glutamate imaging (GluCEST) lateralizes epileptic foci in nonlesional temporal lobe epilepsy. 2015 Sci Transl Med. 7;309:309ra161.
New MRI technique identifies previously undetected epileptic seizure sites. Appl Radiol.
By Staff News Brief| November 19, 2015


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As with adults, an FASD diagnosis in a young person reduces his or her moral culpability and acts as a mitigating factor.
Also as with adults, the consequence of a diagnosis can an increase in time in custody for ostensibly rehabilitative purposes (R. v. D.L.T., 2002 ABPC 101, R. v. E.L.J., [1998] Y.J. No. 19, R. v. T.P.F., 2005 ABQB 68, R. v. C.H. (2011), 316 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 65, also R. v. C.T.H., 2015 MBCA 4). It has been observed that FASD poses challenges to rehabilitation (R. v. Bird, 2008 ABQB 327).
However other youth courts have expressed concern that increased time in custody could result in more exposure to a negative peer group, which is concerning given the susceptibility of youth with FASD to peer pressure (R. v. B.G.L., 2005 BCPC 643),
It is appropriate to bring a young person back to court for monitoring during the sentence (R. v. L.E.K., 2001 SKCA 48).
Below is a list of cases:
Alberta - R. v. Bird, 2008 ABQB 327
Alberta - R. v. D.L.T., 2002 ABPC 101
Alberta - R. v. I.D.B., 2004 ABPC 219 - R. v. I.D.B. 2005 ABQB 421R. v. I.D.B. 2005 ABCA 99
Alberta - R. v. JAB, 2000 ABPC 141
Alberta - R. v. T.P.F., 2005 ABQB 68
British Columbia - R. v Lambert (1996) 75 BCAC 227
British Columbia - R. v. BGL, 2005 BCPC 643
British Columbia - R. v. DRU, 2004 BCPC 120
British Columbia - R. v. EAJ, 2005 BCPC 64
British Columbia - R. v. J. [1996] B.C.J. No. 2754 (PC)
British Columbia - R. v. SRR, 2003 BCSC 1990
British Columbia - R. v. T.G.T., 2014 BCPC 210 (Doherty J.)
Manitoba - R v C.P., 2020 MBPC 45 (CanLII) (Devine J.)
Manitoba - R v McKenzie, 2021 MBCA 8 (CanLII) (Burnett J.A., leMaistre J.A., Spivak J.A.)
Manitoba - R. v. C.T.H., 2015 MBCA 4
Manitoba - R. v. JDB, 2007 MBPC 48
Manitoba - R. v. S.A., 2014 MBPC 17 (Pullan J.)
New Brunswick - R. v. CP, 2009 NBCA 65
Newfoundland and Labrador - R v J.R., 2020 NLPC 1319Y00075 (CanLII) (Gorman J.)
Newfoundland and Labrador - R. v. CH (2011), 316 Nfld & PEIR 65, 2011 CanLII 67656 (PC)
Ontario - R. v. LAB, 2007 ONCJ 538
R v Henderson, 2018 SKPC 27 (Anand J)
R v HJR 2019 CarswellMan 46, 2019 MBPC 12, 153 W.C.B. (2d) 572
R. v F.D., 2016 ABPC 40 (Andrew J.) (YCJA)
R. v J.P., 2018 SKQB 96 (Elson J)
R. v JM, 2016 SKPC 34 (Hinds J)
R. v MG, 2017 ABCA 163
R. v NM, 2018 CarswellMan 168 (PC; Martin J.)
R. v Okemow, 2017 MBCA 59 (Mainella JA)
R. v RDF, 2018 SKPC 28 (McIvor J)
R. v RTJ, 2018 ABQB 451 (Renke J)
R. v S.R.M., 2018 MBQB 86 (McKelvey J.)
R. v T.C.M., 2017 YKTC 32 (Cozens J.)
Saskatchewan - R v. BM, 2003 SKPC 83, 2003 SKPC 133 - R. v. BLM, 2003 SKCA 135
Saskatchewan - R v. JLM, 2005 SKPC 28
Saskatchewan - R. v. L.L.B., 2013 SKPC 165 (Whelan J.)
Saskatchewan - R. V. ML, [2000] SJ NO. 17
Saskatchewan - R. v. PJM, 2008 SKPC 43
Saskatchewan - R. v. SLP, 2002 SKPC 52
Saskatchewan - Re S.L.N. [1998] S.J. No. 709


Thanks to Deb @ Focused on the Magic for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop!
Love the picture of the beach. The way you used the palm trees makes it a step above. Who wouldn't want to be there relaxing right now!
awwww yeaaahhh... you'd never know how close the chaos of the parks are with this shot!
Beautiful picture! Postcard perfect and so relaxing! Thanks for sharing and for joining in the DWW Blog Hop today.
Great pic! I love that even in WDW, you can enjoy a relaxing day at the beach.
Beautiful! If I could transport myself there right now I would!
What a beautiful and perfect shot for this week's theme! What a great spot to just hang out.
So nice...wish that was my view today!
A little patch of paradise!!
**sigh** looks pretty darn relaxing to me! They even saved that hammock for me... sweet!


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import logging

from taskflow.patterns import linear_flow, unordered_flow

from pumphouse import events
from pumphouse import flows
from pumphouse import task
from pumphouse import exceptions
# from pumphouse.tasks import floating_ip as fip_tasks
from pumphouse.tasks.network.nova import floating_ip as fip_tasks
from pumphouse.tasks import image as image_tasks
from pumphouse.tasks import keypair as keypair_tasks
from pumphouse.tasks import snapshot as snapshot_tasks
from pumphouse.tasks import volume as volume_tasks
from pumphouse.tasks import utils as task_utils
from pumphouse import utils
from pumphouse import plugin

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR = "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname"

provision_server = flows.register("provision_server", default="image")
network_manager = plugin.Plugin("network", default="nova")

class EvacuateServer(task.BaseCloudTask):
    """Migrates server within the cloud."""

    def __init__(self, cloud, block_migration=True, disk_over_commit=False,
                 *args, **kwargs):
        super(EvacuateServer, self).__init__(cloud, *args, **kwargs)
        self.block_migration = block_migration
        self.disk_over_commit = disk_over_commit

    def execute(self, server_info, **requires):
        server_id = server_info["id"]
        self.evacuation_event(server_info)
        # NOTE(akscram): The destination host will be chosen by the
        #                scheduler.
        self.cloud.nova.servers.live_migrate(server_id, None,
                                             self.block_migration,
                                             self.disk_over_commit)
        server = self.cloud.nova.servers.get(server_id)
        self.evacuation_event(server.to_dict())
        server = utils.wait_for(server.id, self.cloud.nova.servers.get)
        migrated_server_info = server.to_dict()
        self.evacuation_event(migrated_server_info)
        return migrated_server_info

    def evacuation_event(self, server):
        if HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR not in server:
            LOG.warning("Could not get %r attribute from server %r",
                        HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR, server)
            return
        hostname = server[HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR]
        LOG.info("Perform evacuation of server %r from %r host",
                 server["id"], hostname)
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": server["id"],
            "type": "server",
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "action": "",
            "data": dict(server,
                         status=server["status"].lower(),
                         image_id=server["image"]["id"],
                         host_id=hostname),
        }, namespace="/events")

class ServerStartMigrationEvent(task.BaseCloudTask):
    def execute(self, server_id):
        LOG.info("Migration of server %r started", server_id)
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": server_id,
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "server",
            "action": "migration",
        }, namespace="/events")

    def revert(self, server_id, result, flow_failures):
        msg = ("Migration of server {} failed by reason {}"
               .format(server_id, result))
        LOG.warning(msg)
        events.emit("log", {
            "level": "error",
            "message": msg,
        }, namespace="/events")
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": server_id,
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "server",
            "progress": None,
            "action": None,
        }, namespace="/events")

class RetrieveServer(task.BaseCloudTask):
    def execute(self, server_id):
        server = self.cloud.nova.servers.get(server_id)
        return server.to_dict()

class SuspendServer(task.BaseCloudTask):
    def execute(self, server_info):
        self.cloud.nova.servers.suspend(server_info["id"])
        server = utils.wait_for(server_info["id"], self.cloud.nova.servers.get,
                                value="SUSPENDED")
        suspend_server_info = server.to_dict()
        self.suspend_event(suspend_server_info)
        return suspend_server_info

    def suspend_event(self, server):
        LOG.info("Server suspended: %s", server)
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": server["id"],
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "server",
            "data": server,
        }, namespace="/events")

    def revert(self, server_info, result, flow_failures):
        self.cloud.nova.servers.resume(server_info["id"])
        server = utils.wait_for(server_info["id"], self.cloud.nova.servers.get,
                                value="ACTIVE")
        resume_server_info = server.to_dict()
        self.resume_event(resume_server_info)
        return resume_server_info

    def resume_event(self, server):
        LOG.info("Server resumed: %s", server["id"])
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": server["id"],
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "server",
            "data": server,
        }, namespace="/events")

class BootServerFromImage(task.BaseCloudTask):
    def execute(self, server_info, image_info, flavor_info, keypair_info,
                user_info, tenant_info, server_nics, server_dm):
        restrict_cloud = self.cloud.restrict(
            username=user_info["name"],
            tenant_name=tenant_info["name"],
            password="default")
        if keypair_info is not None:
            key_name = keypair_info["name"]
        else:
            key_name = None
        server = restrict_cloud.nova.servers.create(
            server_info["name"], image_info["id"], flavor_info["id"],
            block_device_mapping=dict(server_dm),
            nics=server_nics,
            key_name=key_name)
        server = utils.wait_for(server, self.cloud.nova.servers.get,
                                value="ACTIVE")
        spawn_server_info = server.to_dict()
        for volume_id in dict(server_dm).values():
            volume = self.cloud.cinder.volumes.get(volume_id)
            volume = utils.wait_for(volume.id,
                                    self.cloud.cinder.volumes.get,
                                    value="in-use")
            self.attach_event(volume.id,
                              server.id)
        self.spawn_event(spawn_server_info)
        return spawn_server_info

    def attach_event(self, volume_id, server_id):
        LOG.info("Volume updated: %s", volume_id)
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": volume_id,
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "volume",
            "action": "attach",
            "data": dict(server_ids=[server_id]),
        }, namespace="/events")

    def spawn_event(self, server):
        LOG.info("Server spawned: %s", server)
        if HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR not in server:
            LOG.warning("Could not get %r attribute from server %r",
                        HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR, server)
            return
        hostname = server[HYPERVISOR_HOSTNAME_ATTR]
        events.emit("create", {
            "id": server["id"],
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "server",
            "action": "migration",
            "data": dict(server,
                         image_id=server["image"]["id"],
                         host_id=hostname),
        }, namespace="/events")

class TerminateServer(task.BaseCloudTask):
    def execute(self, server_info):
        self.cloud.nova.servers.delete(server_info["id"])
        self.terminate_event(server_info)

    def detach_event(self, volume_id):
        LOG.info("Volume updated: %s", volume_id)
        events.emit("update", {
            "id": volume_id,
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
            "type": "volume",
            "action": "detach",
            "data": dict(server_ids=[]),
        }, namespace="/events")

    def terminate_event(self, server):
        LOG.info("Server terminated: %s", server["id"])
        events.emit("delete", {
            "id": server["id"],
            "type": "server",
            "cloud": self.cloud.name,
        }, namespace="/events")
        server_volumes = server.get("os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached",
                                    [])
        for volume in server_volumes:
            self.detach_event(volume["id"])

def reprovision_server(context, server, server_nics):
    flavor_ensure = "flavor-{}-ensure".format(server.flavor["id"])
    user_ensure = "user-{}-ensure".format(server.user_id)
    tenant_ensure = "tenant-{}-ensure".format(server.tenant_id)

    server_id = server.id
    server_start_event = "server-{}-start-event".format(server_id)
    server_finish_event = "server-{}-finish-event".format(server_id)
    server_binding = "server-{}".format(server_id)
    server_retrieve = "server-{}-retrieve".format(server_id)
    server_suspend = "server-{}-suspend".format(server_id)
    server_terminate = "server-{}-terminate".format(server_id)
    server_boot = "server-{}-boot".format(server_id)
    server_sync = "server-{}-sync".format(server_id)
    server_dm = "{}-device-mapping".format(server_binding)
    server_volumes = "{}-volumes".format(server_binding)
    volumes_delete = "{}-volumes-delete".format(server_binding)

    pre_suspend_tasks, pre_suspend_sync, pre_boot_tasks, image_ensure = \
        provision_server(context, server)

    if server.key_name:
        keypair_ensure = "keypair-{}-ensure".format(server.key_name)
        keypair_flow = keypair_tasks.migrate_keypair(context, None,
                                                     server.tenant_id,
                                                     server.user_id,
                                                     server.key_name)
        if keypair_flow is not None:
            pre_suspend_tasks += [keypair_flow]
    else:
        keypair_ensure = "keypair-server-{}-ensure".format(server_id)
        context.store[keypair_ensure] = None

    migrate_server_volumes = volume_tasks.migrate_server_volumes(
        context,
        server_id,
        getattr(server,
                "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached"),
        server.user_id,
        server.tenant_id)
    pre_boot_tasks = pre_boot_tasks + [migrate_server_volumes]

    flow = linear_flow.Flow("migrate-server-{}".format(server_id))
    # NOTE(akscram): The synchronization point avoids excessive downtime
    #                of the server.
    flow.add(
        task_utils.SyncPoint(name=server_sync,
                             requires=[flavor_ensure] + pre_suspend_sync),
        ServerStartMigrationEvent(context.src_cloud,
                                  name=server_start_event,
                                  rebind=[server_retrieve]),
        RetrieveServer(context.src_cloud,
                       name=server_binding,
                       provides=server_binding,
                       rebind=[server_retrieve]),
        SuspendServer(context.src_cloud,
                      name=server_suspend,
                      provides=server_suspend,
                      rebind=[server_binding]),
    )
    if pre_boot_tasks:
        flow.add(*pre_boot_tasks)
    flow.add(
        BootServerFromImage(context.dst_cloud,
                            name=server_boot,
                            provides=server_boot,
                            rebind=[server_suspend, image_ensure,
                                    flavor_ensure, keypair_ensure,
                                    user_ensure, tenant_ensure,
                                    server_nics, server_dm]),
    )
    restore_floating_ips = network_manager(context, server.to_dict())
    if restore_floating_ips:
        flow.add(restore_floating_ips)
    flow.add(
        TerminateServer(context.src_cloud,
                        name=server_terminate,
                        rebind=[server_suspend]))
    if context.config.get("delete_source_volumes"):
        flow.add(volume_tasks.DeleteServerVolumes(context.src_cloud,
                                                  name=volumes_delete,
                                                  rebind=[server_volumes],
                                                  requires=[server_boot]))
    context.store[server_retrieve] = server_id
    return pre_suspend_tasks, flow

@provision_server.add("image")
def rebuild_by_image(context, server):
    image_id = server.image["id"]
    image_binding = "image-{}".format(image_id)
    image_ensure = "image-{}-ensure".format(image_id)

    pre_suspend = []
    if image_binding not in context.store:
        image_flow = image_tasks.migrate_image(context, image_id)
        pre_suspend.append(image_flow)

    return pre_suspend, [image_ensure], [], image_ensure

@provision_server.add("snapshot")
def rebuild_by_snapshot(context, server):
    server_id = server.id
    snapshot_ensure = "snapshot-{}-ensure".format(server_id)

    snapshot_flow = snapshot_tasks.migrate_snapshot(context, server)

    return [], [], [snapshot_flow], snapshot_ensure

@network_manager.add("nova")
def restore_floating_ips_nova(context, server_info):
    flow = unordered_flow.Flow("post-migration-{}".format(server_info["id"]))
    addresses = server_info["addresses"]
    for label in addresses:
        fixed_ips = addresses[label]
        if not fixed_ips:
            continue
        fixed_ip = fixed_ips[0]
        for floating_ip in [addr["addr"] for addr in addresses[label]
                            if addr['OS-EXT-IPS:type'] == 'floating']:
            fip_retrieve = "floating-ip-{}-retrieve".format(floating_ip)
            if fip_retrieve in context.store:
                fip_flow = fip_tasks.associate_floating_ip_server(
                    context,
                    floating_ip, fixed_ip,
                    server_info["id"])
                flow.add(fip_flow)
            else:
                raise exceptions.NotFound()
    return flow

@network_manager.add("neutron")
def restore_floating_ips_neutron(context, server_info):
    return None

def evacuate_server(context, flow, hostname, requires=None):
    server_retrieve = "server-{}-retrieve".format(hostname)
    server_binding = "server-{}".format(hostname)
    server_evacuate = "server-{}-evacuate".format(hostname)
    server_evacuated = "server-{}-evacuated".format(hostname)
    flow.add(EvacuateServer(context.src_cloud,
                            name=server_evacuate,
                            provides=server_evacuated,
                            rebind=[server_retrieve],
                            requires=requires or []))
    if server_binding not in context.store:
        context.store[server_binding] = hostname
        flow.add(RetrieveServer(context.src_cloud,
                                name=server_retrieve,
                                provides=server_retrieve,
                                rebind=[server_binding]))

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


My friend Lucy sent me an email a couple of days ago with some words of support and a cheering photo of her pup, Poppy. I adore Poppy even though I've never met her or her owner, both of whom live on the other side of the planet. Ain't blogging grand?
Yep. Blogging really is grand.
SO loving the idea of guest dog blogging!
(plus there is some talk down here of another visit to your shores…and there will be NO way of missing out on seeing you next time. NO way).
Oh, Poppy, such a cutie.
And Lucy, she's just awesome, as are you. Hooray for dogs! Hooray for blogs!
Another sweet pup. Sending one of Sinbad to you – hope he makes you smile a little bit.
great to see some doggy devotion shared around the globe – blogging is grand!
We got 2 pups from the SSPCA at Christmas – sending the photo as I type.
Blogging IS grand. What a sweet girl Poppy is.
Ah! that's my granddog! she really is that gorgeous.
My sister and family have a wee Jack Russel too, and I'll send on a pic of our Bob when he was with us.
PS Love the Wolfhounds too, but how much room do they need!
I really hope things get better soon, and am sending you good thoughts out into the blogging ether.
I don't have any dog photos (although have been squealing at all the cute shots) but I can supply copious amounts of cat pictures!


Our Field Stalker is designed from the ground up to be one of the most versatile hunting rifles available. At 7.5 pounds it is just as ideal for a long stalk as it is in a hunting stand. The sporter stock gives it the timeless look and feel of a classic hunting rifle, while the modern CNC machined action, fluted bolt, match grade barrel, and pillar bedding gives the Field Stalker all the performance we demand from every rifle we build.
Rifle weight is 7.4 pounds without optic.


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package com.twitter.summingbird

/** Monoid stands alone. */
import com.twitter.algebird.{ Monoid, Semigroup }

object Producer {

  /** return this and the recursively reachable nodes in depth first, left first order
   * Differs from transitiveDependencies in that this goes up both sides of an either
   * and it returns the input node.
   */
  def entireGraphOf[P <: Platform[P]](p: Producer[P, Any]): List[Producer[P, Any]] = {
    val above = graph.depthFirstOf(p)(parentsOf)
    p :: above
  }

  // The parents of the current node, possibly not its dependencies
  def parentsOf[P <: Platform[P]](in: Producer[P, Any]): List[Producer[P, Any]] = {
    in match {
      case AlsoProducer(l, r) => List(l, r)
      case _ => dependenciesOf(in)
    }
  }

  def retrieveSummer[P <: Platform[P]](paths: List[Producer[P, _]]): Option[Summer[P, _, _]] =
    paths.collectFirst { case s: Summer[P, _, _] => s }

  /**
    * Begin from some base representation. An iterator for in-memory,
    * for example.
    */
  def source[P <: Platform[P], T](s: P#Source[T]): Producer[P, T] = Source[P, T](s)

  implicit def evToKeyed[P <: Platform[P], T, K, V](producer: Producer[P, T])
    (implicit ev: T <:< (K, V)): KeyedProducer[P, K, V] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer[P, K, V](producer.asInstanceOf[Producer[P, (K, V)]])

  implicit def toKeyed[P <: Platform[P], K, V](producer: Producer[P, (K, V)]): KeyedProducer[P, K, V] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer[P, K, V](producer)

  implicit def semigroup[P <: Platform[P], T]: Semigroup[Producer[P, T]] =
    Semigroup.from(_ merge _)

  def dependenciesOf[P <: Platform[P]](p: Producer[P, Any]): List[Producer[P, Any]] =
    p match {
      case AlsoProducer(_, prod) => List(prod)
      case NamedProducer(producer, _) => List(producer)
      case IdentityKeyedProducer(producer) => List(producer)
      case Source(_) => List()
      case OptionMappedProducer(producer, _) => List(producer)
      case FlatMappedProducer(producer, _) => List(producer)
      case KeyFlatMappedProducer(producer, _) => List(producer)
      case MergedProducer(l, r) => List(l, r)
      case WrittenProducer(producer, _) => List(producer)
      case LeftJoinedProducer(producer, _) => List(producer)
      case Summer(producer, _, _) => List(producer)
    }

  /** Returns true if this node does not directly change the data (does not apply any transformation)
   */
  def isNoOp[P <: Platform[P]](p: Producer[P, Any]): Boolean = p match {
    case IdentityKeyedProducer(_) => true
    case NamedProducer(_, _) => true
    case MergedProducer(_, _) => true
    case AlsoProducer(_, _) => true
    // The rest do something
    case Source(_) => false
    case OptionMappedProducer(_, _) => false
    case FlatMappedProducer(_, _) => false
    case KeyFlatMappedProducer(_, _) => false
    case WrittenProducer(_, _) => false
    case LeftJoinedProducer(_, _) => false
    case Summer(_, _, _) => false
  }

  def isOutput[P <: Platform[P]](p: Producer[P, Any]): Boolean = p match {
    case Summer(_, _, _) | WrittenProducer(_, _) => true
    case _ => false
  }
  /**
   * Return all dependencies of a given node in depth first, left first order.
   */
  def transitiveDependenciesOf[P <: Platform[P]](p: Producer[P, Any]): List[Producer[P, Any]] = {
    val nfn = dependenciesOf[P](_)
    graph.depthFirstOf(p)(nfn)
  }
}

/**
  * A Producer is a node in our tree, able to generate new items and
  * have operations applied to it. In Storm, this might be an
  * in-progress TopologyBuilder.
  */
sealed trait Producer[P <: Platform[P], +T] {

  /** Exactly the same as merge. Here by analogy with the scala.collections API */
  def ++[U >: T](r: Producer[P, U]): Producer[P, U] = MergedProducer(this, r)

  /** Naming a node is so that you may give Options for that node that may change
   * the run-time performance of the job (parameter tuning, etc...)
   */
  def name(id: String): Producer[P, T] = NamedProducer(this, id)

  /** Combine the output into one Producer */
  def merge[U >: T](r: Producer[P, U]): Producer[P, U] = MergedProducer(this, r)

  /** Prefer to flatMap for transforming a subset of items
   * like optionMap but convenient with case syntax in scala
   * prod.collect { case x if fn(x) => g(x) }
   */
  def collect[U](fn: PartialFunction[T,U]): Producer[P, U] =
    optionMap(fn.lift)

  /** Keep only the items that satisfy the fn */
  def filter(fn: T => Boolean): Producer[P, T] =
    // Enforce using the OptionMapped here:
    optionMap(Some(_).filter(fn))

  /** This is identical to a certain leftJoin:
   * map((_, ())).leftJoin(srv).mapValues{case (_, v) => v}
   * Useful when you are looking up values from
   * say a stream of inputs, such as IDs.
   */
  def lookup[U >: T, V](service: P#Service[U, V]): KeyedProducer[P, U, Option[V]] =
    map[(U,Unit)]((_, ())).leftJoin(service).mapValues { case (_, v) => v }

  /** Map each item to a new value */
  def map[U](fn: T => U): Producer[P, U] =
    // Enforce using the OptionMapped here:
    optionMap(t => Some(fn(t)))

  /** Prefer this or collect to flatMap if you are always emitting 0 or 1 items
   */
  def optionMap[U](fn: T => Option[U]): Producer[P, U] =
    OptionMappedProducer[P, T, U](this, fn)

  /** Only use this function if you may return more than 1 item sometimes.
   * otherwise use collect or optionMap, which can be pushed up the graph
   */
  def flatMap[U](fn: T => TraversableOnce[U]): Producer[P, U] =
    FlatMappedProducer[P, T, U](this, fn)

  /** Cause some side effect on the sink, but pass through the values so
   * they can be consumed downstream
   */
  def write[U >: T](sink: P#Sink[U]): TailProducer[P, T] = WrittenProducer(this, sink)

  /** Merge a different type of Producer into a single stream */
  def either[U](other: Producer[P, U]): Producer[P, Either[T, U]] =
    map(Left(_): Either[T, U])
      .merge(other.map(Right(_): Either[T, U]))
}

case class Source[P <: Platform[P], T](source: P#Source[T])
    extends Producer[P, T]

/** Only TailProducers can be planned. There is nothing after a tail */
sealed trait TailProducer[P <: Platform[P], +T] extends Producer[P, T] {
   /** Ensure this is scheduled, but return something equivalent to the argument
   * like the function `par` in Haskell.
   * This can be used to combine two independent Producers in a way that ensures
   * that the Platform will plan both into a single Plan.
   */

  def also[R](that: TailProducer[P, R])(implicit ev: DummyImplicit): TailProducer[P, R] =
          new AlsoTailProducer(this, that)

  def also[R](that: Producer[P, R]): Producer[P, R] = AlsoProducer(this, that)

  override def name(id: String): TailProducer[P, T] = new TPNamedProducer[P, T](this, id)
}

class AlsoTailProducer[P <: Platform[P], T, R](ensure: TailProducer[P, T], result: TailProducer[P, R]) extends AlsoProducer[P, T, R](ensure, result) with TailProducer[P, R]

/**
 * This is a special node that ensures that the first argument is planned, but produces values
 * equivalent to the result.
 */
case class AlsoProducer[P <: Platform[P], T, R](ensure: TailProducer[P, T], result: Producer[P, R]) extends Producer[P, R]

case class NamedProducer[P <: Platform[P], +T](producer: Producer[P, T], id: String) extends Producer[P, T]

class TPNamedProducer[P <: Platform[P], +T](producer: Producer[P, T], id: String) extends NamedProducer[P, T](producer, id) with TailProducer[P, T]

/** Represents filters and maps which may be optimized differently
 * Note that "option-mapping" is closed under composition and hence useful to call out
 */
case class OptionMappedProducer[P <: Platform[P], T, U](producer: Producer[P, T], fn: T => Option[U])
    extends Producer[P, U]

case class FlatMappedProducer[P <: Platform[P], T, U](producer: Producer[P, T], fn: T => TraversableOnce[U])
    extends Producer[P, U]

case class MergedProducer[P <: Platform[P], T](left: Producer[P, T], right: Producer[P, T]) extends Producer[P, T]

case class WrittenProducer[P <: Platform[P], T, U >: T](producer: Producer[P, T], sink: P#Sink[U]) extends TailProducer[P, T]

case class Summer[P <: Platform[P], K, V](
  producer: KeyedProducer[P, K, V],
  store: P#Store[K, V],
  monoid: Monoid[V]) extends KeyedProducer[P, K, (Option[V], V)] with TailProducer[P, (K, (Option[V], V))]

/** This has the methods on Key-Value streams.
 * The rule is: if you can easily express your logic on the keys and values indendently,
 * do it! This is how you communicate structure to Summingbird and it uses these hints
 * to attempt the most efficient run of your code.
 */
sealed trait KeyedProducer[P <: Platform[P], K, V] extends Producer[P, (K, V)] {

  def collectKeys[K2](pf: PartialFunction[K,K2]): KeyedProducer[P, K2, V] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer( collect { case (k, v) if pf.isDefinedAt(k) => (pf(k), v) })

  def collectValues[V2](pf: PartialFunction[V,V2]): KeyedProducer[P, K, V2] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer( collect { case (k, v) if pf.isDefinedAt(v) => (k, pf(v)) })

  /** Prefer this to filter or flatMap/flatMapKeys if you are filtering.
   * This may be optimized in the future with an intrensic node in the Producer graph.
   * We know this never increases the number of items, and we know it does not rekey
   * the partition.
   */
  def filterKeys(pred: K => Boolean): KeyedProducer[P, K, V] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer(filter { case (k, _) => pred(k) })

  /** Prefer this to filter or flatMap/flatMapValues if you are filtering.
   * This may be optimized in the future with an intrensic node in the Producer graph.
   * We know this never increases the number of items, and we know it does not rekey
   * the partition.
   */
  def filterValues(pred: V => Boolean): KeyedProducer[P, K, V] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer(filter { case (_, v) => pred(v) })

  /** Prefer to call this method to flatMap if you are expanding only keys.
   * It may trigger optimizations, that can significantly improve performance
   */
  def flatMapKeys[K2](fn: K => TraversableOnce[K2]): KeyedProducer[P, K2, V] =
    KeyFlatMappedProducer(this, fn)

  /** Prefer this to a raw map as this may be optimized to avoid a key reshuffle */
  def flatMapValues[U](fn: V => TraversableOnce[U]): KeyedProducer[P, K, U] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer(flatMap { case (k, v) => fn(v).map((k, _)) })

  /** Return just the keys */
  def keys: Producer[P, K] = map(_._1)

  /** Do a lookup/join on a service. This is how you trigger async computation is summingbird.
   * Any remote API call, DB lookup, etc... happens here
   */
  def leftJoin[RightV](service: P#Service[K, RightV]): KeyedProducer[P, K, (V, Option[RightV])] =
    LeftJoinedProducer(this, service)

  /** Do a windowed join on a stream. You need to provide a sink that manages
   * the buffer. Offline, this might be a bounded HDFS partition. Online it
   * might be a cache that evicts after a period of time.
   */
  def leftJoin[RightV](stream: KeyedProducer[P, K, RightV],
    buffer: P#Buffer[K, RightV]): KeyedProducer[P, K, (V, Option[RightV])] =
      stream.write(buffer)
        .also(leftJoin(buffer))

  /** Prefer to call this method to flatMap/map if you are mapping only keys.
   * It may trigger optimizations, that can significantly improve performance
   */
  def mapKeys[K2](fn: K => K2): KeyedProducer[P, K2, V] =
    KeyFlatMappedProducer(this, fn.andThen(Set(_)))

  /** Prefer this to a raw map as this may be optimized to avoid a key reshuffle */
  def mapValues[U](fn: V => U): KeyedProducer[P, K, U] =
    IdentityKeyedProducer(map { case (k, v) => (k, fn(v)) })

  /** emits a KeyedProducer with a value that is the store value, just BEFORE a merge,
   * and the right is a new delta (which may include, depending on the Platform, Store and Options,
   * more than a single aggregated item).
   *
   * so, the sequence out of this has the property that:
   * (v0, vdelta1), (v0 + vdelta1, vdelta2), (v0 + vdelta1 + vdelta2, vdelta3), ...
   *
   */
  def sumByKey(store: P#Store[K, V])(implicit monoid: Monoid[V]): Summer[P, K, V] =
    Summer(this, store, monoid)

  /** Exchange values for keys */
  def swap: KeyedProducer[P, V, K] = IdentityKeyedProducer(map(_.swap))

  /** Keep only the values */
  def values: Producer[P, V] = map(_._2)
}

case class KeyFlatMappedProducer[P <: Platform[P], K, V, K2](producer: KeyedProducer[P, K, V], fn: K => TraversableOnce[K2]) extends KeyedProducer[P, K2, V]

case class IdentityKeyedProducer[P <: Platform[P], K, V](producer: Producer[P, (K, V)]) extends KeyedProducer[P, K, V]

case class LeftJoinedProducer[P <: Platform[P], K, V, JoinedV](left: KeyedProducer[P, K, V], joined: P#Service[K, JoinedV])
    extends KeyedProducer[P, K, (V, Option[JoinedV])]


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World Meteorological Organisation says that 2021 was one of the seven warmest years on recor
In Geneva today, the World Meteorological Organisation, (WMO) announced that the year 2021 was one of the seven warmest years on record. Although average global temperatures were temporarily cooled by the 2020-2022 La Niña events, 2021 was still one of the seven warmest years on record, according to six leading international datasets consolidated by the […]
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Interview with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, […]of Azerbaijan on foreign policy
| Asie, Contributing Writers, Diplomatic Pouch, Economy
Interview with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan on foreign policy Q: You have a long outstanding career in diplomacy, and now you are the Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan on foreign policy. What are the foreign policy priorities of your country? As they say, foreign policy is the continuation of domestic politics by other means, and therefore it should be guided by national interests. And the first and foremost priority for Azerbaijan…
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Description "Cobine Plays Carmichael, Vol 1" (LP) is not a CD, but an LP record re-released by Really Good Music, LLC. All arrangements are by Al Cobine except "One Morning In May" by Mike Lucas and "Up A Lazy River" by Chris Gallaher. This recording is Vol. 1 and it's companion Vol. 2 explores the music of Hoagy Carmichael. This is a collector's item. This is also for those jazz lovers who somehow missed this the first time around. If you want to hear big band jazz at its best then this LP is a must. Highly recommemded. For you jazz educators...your students will eat this up.


Another month gone, so here comes another summary of the products I finished up. I mostly worked through some skincare in March, as I've been traveling and haven't been reaching for a ton of different makeup products lately. I got to the bottom of a handful of nice products, so let's chat a bit about about each one of them.
I had some fun recently at Sephora and LUSH and wanted to share the new stuff I'm trying out. I had a couple of products I wanted to return to Sephora and I took the opportunity to pick out a few more fun things, and I had a few necessities I wanted to pick out from Lush. I can talk about my first impressions and share a few swatches, as well.
There are just a handful of products that I used up over the last month that I have to talk about! I haven't used up as many products as I sometimes do on a monthly basis, but I have several different kinds of skincare products as well as a dry shampoo. Here are my thoughts on each of them.


Want to colour your hair at home? Don't get started until you've read our expert DIY hair colour tips.
If you are going darker, use a semi- permanent rather than a permanent colour. Semi-permanent colours fill your hair with colour without lightening the colour underneath.
If you're going lighter, choose a shade that's no more than two to three shades lighter than your own. Check on the box what your result will be and if it's not possible on your hair colour, put the box back on the shelf!
Highlights are always best tackled by a professional. Be sure to have several shades of highlights rather than one. This will make the result look more natural and will give less of an obvious regrowth.
Read the instructions carefully before using a colour product, stick to the development times and do a skin test 48 to 72 hours before you colour if you're going to apply it to your scalp.
Do be careful when reapplying regrowth. Don't let the roots get too out of control or you're likely to get a "banding" effect on the next application.


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Heritage Institute Fellowships
Heritage Institute is a faith-based 501 non-profit organization which exists to make an impact on the communities of Travelers Rest, Greer, and Anderson by making mental health services affordable to those living in the upstate. We also will train graduate students by contracting with private practitioners who are licensed by the state as supervisors and approved by their respective professional organizations as supervisors. Heritage Institute will also equip licensed professionals with the latest theories, models, techniques, and research by offering continuing education courses monthly. Lastly, Heritage Institute will offer two-year term Fellowship positions for those who have completed their academic graduate work and who are seeking pro-visionary license by the state.
Fellows will apply for two-year terms at the conclusion of their internships. A committee of five; two Supervisors, two from the board, and one Community Partner will review applications for Fellows. Heritage Institute will employ a minimum of two and a maximum of five Fellows. Fellows will receive a stipend of $18000 annually and 70 percent of income from client fees. Fellows will have specific tasks that promote Heritage Institute, Mental Health Professions, as well as Community Well-being.
Therapy rooms will be available at Heritage Family Center in Travelers Rest, Greer Counseling Associates in Greer, and Main Street Family Therapy in Anderson.


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A total of four Russian Premier League teams began their UEFA Europa League campaigns this week, with mixed results from their first-leg matches in the competition's Round of 32 knockout phase.
Spartak Moscow welcomed Athletic Bilbao to the Russian capital, while cross-town rivals Lokomotiv and CSKA faced away trips to OGC Nice and Red Star Belgrade respectively. Zenit also ventured overseas, facing Scottish champions Celtic. RT Sport has provided a rundown of reports, goals, gaffes, quotes and quips from this week's Russian Europa League action.
CSKA Moscow were the first of the four Moscow clubs to kick off their 2018 European campaign, travelling to the Serbian capital to play Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday night.
Allied to CSKA's Moscow rivals Spartak, home fans created a giant tifo before the game showing an intimidating masked gladiator between the Red Star and Spartak logos.
Amid sleet and strong winds at Rajko Mitic Stadium, CSKA saw most of the ball although the home team spurned good chances through Nemanja Radonjic and Damien Le Tallec either side of half-time, with Igor Akinfeev saving well on both occasions.
Red star's El Fardou Ben Nabouhane also went close for 1991 European Cup winners Red Star, although goalkeeper Milan Borjan saved well from CSKA's Vitinho at the other end.
Vitinho also fired wide when well-placed late on, but 2005 UEFA Cup winners CSKA will be confident going into the return leg at VEB Arena in the Russian capital on Thursday.
Spartak Moscow's first competitive game of 2018 was at home to Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League Round of 32 on Thursday night. The boys from the Basque country got a taste of Moscow's biting -14 winter temperatures, but that didn't stop them from putting on a blazing performance at Otkrytiye Arena.
La Liga side found themselves 3-0 up at half-time as it quickly became apparent that reigning Russian champions Spartak were still trudging through their domestic league winter break. However, that excuse seemed redundant versus a team entering the game on the back of a winless streak spanning six games, and languishing 13th in the league.
Two goals came courtesy of Aritz Aduriz, who opened the scoring on 22 minutes by beautifully rounding the keeper before slotting home after a wondrous assist from strike partner Raul Garcia. Some 17 minutes later, Aduriz doubled his tally and Bilbao's lead by knocking in a loose ball from a set piece.
Spartak did have their moments. Captain Denis Glushakov first pinged a shot off the post and then headed the ball just wide, both chances sandwiched either side of a scissor kick from Luiz Adriano. However, Spartak's woes were compounded in first-half injury time when Kutepov turned the ball into his own net trying to clear Mikel Rico's shot off the line.
In the second half, Spartak mounted a meagre recovery operation, pulling one back on the hour mark through Luiz Adriano, but any fightback from thereon fizzled out and the game finished 3-1 to the visitors.
The match did mark the debut of January signing Sofiane Hanni for Spartak, who need a small miracle to advance in the competition when they visit the San Mames Stadium next week.
For the first half hour of Lokomotiv Moscow's match against Nice in France, it seemed they too were ailing from a two-month void of competitive matches.
The Railwaymen looked as though their tie was over inside half an hour when former Milan and Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli netted after four minutes and then slotted home a penalty on 28 minutes to make it 2-0 in the south of France.
Loko pulled a goal back through their own spot kick on the stroke of half-time; Manuel Fernandes stroked home to pull one back and halve the deficit for the Russians. Portuguese midfielder Fernandes has been vocal about Lokomotiv's resolve, especially when asked about their chances of staying atop the Russian league, where they sit eight points clear of second-placed Zenit.
The former Benfica and Valencia man seemed like he was on a one-man mission to prove himself right, and after the restart rattled home an equalizer from a looping free kick into the bottom corner on 69 minutes.
Then, just eight minutes later, Fernandes netted his hattrick - his second in the competition this season - by slotting low to the keeper's left after clever work by Anton Miranchuk to make it 3-2 and complete a dramatic comeback for Loko.
The Fernandes-spearheaded fightback, which propelled him into the reckoning for Europa League player of the week, means Lokomotiv could even afford a 1-0 home defeat in the return leg and still advance to the last 16.
Zenit St. Petersburg suffered a narrow away defeat to Scottish champions Celtic in Glasgow. Zenit posed little threat and appeared rusty throughout, having last played competitively in mid-December. Roberto Mancini's team almost conceded in the opening stages, although Celtic's Olivier Ntcham shot just wide when well-placed on eight minutes.
At a typically fever-pitch Celtic Park, the hosts dominated for large spells although only secured a breakthrough on 78 minutes, when Callum McGregor met substitute Charly Musonda's cross and volleyed emphatically past Zenit keeper Andrey Lunev.
Zenit's best chance in the match came when new signing Anton Zabolotny tested Celtic goalkeeper Dorus de Vries from close-range effort on 15 minutes, but de Vries was largely untroubled.
Midfielder Daler Kuzyaev was lucky to escape further punishment in the first half when he dragged down McGregor, shortly after being given a yellow card for dissent by Slovenian referee Damir Skomina.
Zenit boss Roberto Mancini introduced Argentine duo Matias Kranevitter and Sebastian Driussi on the hour mark, but the duo were ultimately unable to change the game and Celtic held on for a well-deserved win.
After the game, Mancini said his team can turn around the deficit when the sides meet in St. Petersburg next Thursday. "We need to improve for the second game, but the result is not a big problem, 1-0 is a score we can change," said the Italian.
"We lost this game 1-0 but with another 90 minutes we can change the result. We can play better, we can be more offensive with our striker. We need to improve up front," he added.


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Children of Palestine are routinely, severely, and officially abused by ethnic-cleansing, land-thieving, war-crime committing Zionist-Israel (The Zionist Project). Only thoroughly disgusting people support it. Children are often abused simply because the Zionists are allowed to get away with it.
Where is Barack Obama on this? He's exactly where George W. Bush was. Just as Bush before him, Obama turns a blind eye to the huge sins of Zionism because many Zionists have amassed huge fortunes via the evil that is usury by which they exert equally huge power and control over the U.S. government. The banksters who are very disproportionately Neoconservative, that is to say Zionist, control the Congress and White House and via those institutions, the Supreme Court. They purchased the government while the people slept, put to sleep by the mass media also still largely controlled by corporations beholden to those same banksters.
Non-Zionist Americans (includes many Jews) are marginalized in their own country. Anti-Zionist Americans (also includes many Jews), often honest truth-tellers and seekers, have been internally censored, banned, and attacked.
The following comes via: Child Prisoners.
From the moment of arrest, Palestinian children encounter ill-treatment and in some cases torture, at the hands of Israeli soldiers, policemen and interrogators. Children are commonly arrested from the family home in the hours before dawn by heavily armed soldiers. The child is painfully bound, blindfolded and bundled into the back of a military vehicle without any indication as to why or where the child is being taken. Children are commonly mistreated during the transfer process and arrive at the interrogation and detention centres traumatised, tired and alone.
During interrogation, children as young as 12 years are denied access to a lawyer and visits from their families. These children will generally not be permitted to see a lawyer until after they have provided a confession to the interrogator. Whilst under interrogation children are subjected to a number of prohibited techniques, including the excessive use of blindfolds and handcuffs; slapping and kicking; painful position abuse for long periods of time; solitary confinement and sleep deprivation; and a combination of physical and psychological threats to the child, and the child's family.Most children confess and some are forced to sign confessions written in Hebrew, a language they do not comprehend. These interrogations are not video recorded as is required under Israeli domestic law.
Don't fall to the temptation of taking the Zionists and doing all those things to them. Don't sink to their level. Begin though to put a stop to them.
Pull the rug out from under them (without even harming them) by denying them U.S. tax dollars and by doing away with the utterly evil banking system that supports them and gave them their start. Convert the American economy from the moronic Federal Reserve System to United States Notes (interest-free, debt-free, tax-free, and inflation/deflation-free).
Do all of that without destroying any Jews whatsoever. Treat them the way they should have been treating the Palestinians all this time. No one needs to starve or be homeless or otherwise abused.
We need universal repentance, not punishment, not violence, not greed, not vengeance but mercy, forgiveness, and truth.
Benjamin Netanyahu and all Zionists and Neocons, stop being evil.


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Dancing Master was a developed over a week for Philadelphia Developer's Night's July "move your body" game jam. Essentially it is a local multiplayer that randomly generates foot prints on the floor to the beat of the song playing. I was responsible for artwork and single player level design. Aaron Chaplin was responsible for Unity development and programming.
During my internship at Cipher Prime my first assignment was to make a game in Unity in 5 days. The game essentially was to get my boss, William Stallwood, home from a night of too much drinking. The mechanic was to use the right and left arrow keys to keep the character balance. A full write up of the process can be found on Cipher's blog here.
Pictured above and below are images from the game as well as from Philadelphia developers night where after the five days was presented to a group of 50+ developers.


"I can't believe it!" my cousin said to me the other day, "someone's just bought a $10 in-app purchase on my mother's phone, and she doesn't even know what I'm talking about!". Sounds familiar? How about your 2-year-old niece knowledgably tapping away on Talking Tom and buying herself a brand new action for $1.99? In-app purchases are fast becoming a very popular model, and the more common they become, the bigger the problem they impose. Especially considering the way today's mobile app stores work.
In order to buy apps, and in Apple's case, even download free apps, you must enter a valid credit card number. This number is stored in your account, and can be seamlessly used again and again to purchase apps and app add-ons. While you might need to know the account's password as well, many times that doesn't present much of a problem, considering it's you or your kids/nieces/nephews/partner/friends/etc. who are making the purchase. So what exactly are in-app purchases? What should you know about them? And how can you protect yourself from wasting money?
While I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about, I'll give a brief explanation. In-app purchases are any additional levels, actions, items, and subscriptions you can buy from within a mobile app. An app can be completely free, but require an in-app purchase to work fully. An app can also be completely free, but entice you with in-app purchases to get more gold coins, super powers, levels, or any other content you might want.
Don't get me wrong, in-app purchases can be great; when done right, they can give you the option to choose the exact content you want to pay for, and get it only after trying out the app and making sure this is really what you want. On the other hand, in-app purchases can be easily made by mistake, but someone else using your phone, or even by you in a moment of weakness which you later come to regret.
Are All In-App Purchases Alike?
The short answer to that is no. There are actually several kinds of in-app purchases, and it's important to understand exactly which one of these you're getting yourself (or already got yourself) into.
These are purchases of content you only have to make once, and can include game levels, maps, new features, etc. When you make a purchase like this, you don't have to make it again even if you delete the app. If you try to make it again, it should download for free.
These are purchases you're likely going to have to make again and again. Good examples are extra coins, ammo, health, etc. for games, and other services that can be wasted or expired. These are items you can use up, and when they're gone, they're gone. Also, if you delete the app, they're not restored, and you need to download them again. These are especially dangerous, as they can be made again and again, with no limits.
These are purchases that are billed on a monthly or weekly basis. They can either be automatically renewed or not. These can include newspaper on magazine subscriptions, location services subscriptions, and even gaming subscriptions.
If you've experienced some heartache over these purchases, or want to avoid problem in the future, you can make sure no one, including you, can easily make these in-app purchases from your device.
Go to Settings –> General –> Restrictions, and tap on "Enable Restrictions". If you're doing this for the first time, you'll have to enter a create a new PIN code by entering it twice. From here on, when you access your Restrictions again, you'll have to tap in this code, so make sure you remember it.
Next, scroll down and find "In App Purchases" and slide the switch to OFF. That's it, you've disabled in-app purchases on your device.
Open the Google Play Store app, open the menu and choose "Settings". Scroll down to User controls, and choose "Set or change PIN". Enter a PIN you're going to remember, and then mark the checkbox next to "Use PIN for purchases". This is not a complete disable as in iOS, but it adds another layer of security. Now you just need to make sure no one but you knows this PIN code!
Someone's Already Made An In-App Subscription On My Device! How Do I Cancel?
First of all, don't panic. In-app subscriptions can be easily cancelled, so if you've caught it on time and haven't made multiple payments yet, you can escape relatively unharmed.
Open the App Store app on your device, and tap on "Featured" at the bottom of the screen. Tap the Apple ID button – you will need to enter your password or log in if you're not logged in already – and tap the "View Apple ID" button. Scroll down and find the "Manage App Subscriptions" button, which will open your subscription manager. From here, you can select the culprit subscription and switch the Auto-Renewal option to OFF.
Note that if you don't have any subscriptions, this button will not show.
Open the Google Play Store app, open the menu and choose "My Apps". Find your Subscriptions, and tap the app you want to cancel the subscription for. Click on the details page for the app, and then click "Cancel". If for some reason you can't see this option, you'll have to contact the developer to cancel your subscription.
In-app purchases can be great, but as with anything, you need to stay informed and protect yourself from unnecessary waste of money. If you have kids or random people playing with your device, restricting in-app purchases is probably the best option of all. You can always remove the restriction when you really want to buy those extra Angry Birds levels.
Do you have an interesting/amusing/tragic in-app purchase stories? Know of other ways to deal with them? Share in the comments!
There seems to be no way to prevent purchases. My 11yo child has repeatedly done unauthorized purchases. Total is somewhere around 20 000€.
Only thing that has helped is unallowing internet purchases on your credit card. Only temporarily enable them when you need to do purchases yourself and then disable it again. I wish there was a service that would always require SMS authorization for any credit card purchase or give you a notification that a purhcase was made. This would have to be associated with CREDIT CARD, not account, because he can create new account whenever. Note that MasterCard Securecode doesn't work, because app providers do not participate in such programs.
I was recently charged for a Google Play in app purchase on my Android, I didn't get the service and they did not ask for my debit card pin but the charge was made. I would like to know how on earth that was possible without my PIN, I put in my other card details tho except my PIN. I am seriously worried about my bank account safety!
I was recently charged for a Google Play in app purchase, I didn't get the service and they did not ask for my debit card pin but the charge was made. I would like to know how on earth that was possible without my PIN, I put in my other card details tho except my PIN. I am seriously worried about my bank account safety!
I was charged for a Google Play in app purchase service on my android I didn't even get. The amazing thing is how they asked for all my debit card details except my pin and the charge was stil made, how on earth where they able to get money from my account without my card pin? That's what I want to know. Please if someone can clarify me on this, I'll be glad. I'm seriously worried about the safety of my bank account.
my easiest solution was not entering any data for credit / debit cards. if they want to pay, they can use their own card lol!
I've had that happen but, after being charged 14.95 twice, I was able to get my money back. Now I go a lot slower when I install apps on my phone.
As the saying goes "A fool and his money are soon parted" The In-App Purchases were invented just to separate users from their money. Convenience has its price.
I think in-app store in children apps should be upfront and require confirmation before the deal is processed, because children often click on anything that looks interesting. Placing the in-app store in shady or ambiguous words can be considered cheating children to click on them.
Amazing article. I've always been wary about apps that have in-app purchases but now I can be sure on restricting them. Thanks a ton!
Thanks for sharing this Yaara. These in-app purchases do trouble a lot while gaming!
I found that disabling in-app purchases will cause certain apps to no longer work.
Pandora stopped working for me.
Yes, I assume there will be some apps that either require in-app purchases, or will stop working for other obscure reasons.
You can always switch in-app purchases on and off according to your needs.
That's a real pain considering how often I use the likes of Pandora. My solution is to use LastPass for a complex password and set a short cache time for the password.
Very useful article -- I had no idea about this potentially dangerous problem! PIN'ned my Play Store account immediately.


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Aether, æther or ether may refer to:
Look up aether or ether in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Aether (classical element), the material supposed to fill the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere
Aether (mythology), the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology
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Luminiferous aether, considered in late 19th century physics to be the medium through which light propagates
Ether, a class of chemical compounds, or specifically:
Diethyl ether, which has the common name "ether"
Ether (cryptocurrency), created as part of the distributed computing platform Ethereum
AETHER, an atmospheric radiative transfer algorithm
Aether in telecommunication - open source platform for 5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF)
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GamingEdit
Aether (video game), a 2008 puzzle game
Aether, a fictional planet, main setting for the 2004 video game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Aether, a gatherable object in Aion (video game)
Aether, a realm in Call of Duty: Zombies
Aether (previously Æther), a type of energy in Multiverse (Magic: The Gathering)
Aether, one of the first Minecraft mods to be made
Aether, a unique skill only Ike can learn in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Rivals of Aether, a 2017 fighting game
Ether, a recurring item in the Pokémon series
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Æther Shanties, a 2009 album by Seattle Steampunk band Abney Park
Aether (album),a 2001 album by Australian jazz trio The Necks
Ether (Babble album), a 1996 album by British–New Zealand electronic dance music group Babble
Ether (B.o.B album), a 2017 album by American rapper B.o.B.
Ether (Fischer-Z album), a 2008 experimental music project by British rock group Fischer-Z, the creative product of British multimedia artist John Watts
Ether Song, a 2003 album by British band Turin Brakes.
SongsEdit
"Ether" (song), a 2001 song by American rapper Nas
"Aether", a song by Robin Hitchcock on his compilation album You & Oblivion
"Ether", a 2016 single by heavy metal band Make Them Suffer
Other mediaEdit
Aether–The Reality Stone (Red gem), a weapon and plot device in Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appeared in the film Thor: The Dark World
Other usesEdit
Ether (Book of Mormon prophet), a prophet from the Book of Mormon
Ether, North Carolina
Aether, a mountain bike from Bird Cycleworks
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Ethernet, a computer communications technology
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Racing Tips for your horse racing week
2YO RACING WEEK
Cheltenham Festival Big Race Trends
Just like a jockey or trainer, most people having a bet on the Cheltenham Festival are happy to come away with one winner. The four-day National Hunt extravaganza is arguably the most competitive meeting in the world and is brimming with quantity and quality in equal measure.
There will always be a few short-priced favourites at Cheltenham, but they're not going to be a quick way to make money and there have also been plenty of occasions when they've been turned over.
There are definitely some trends, though, to help with the picking of Cheltenham winners. The handicaps have their own trends, but it is worth looking at them once the final entries have been announced so you know who is running in what race and what sort of weight they will be carrying.
The Grade One races are easier to examine in advance as many horses' targets have been well publicised, so it is worth trying to pick out one or two trends from some of the big races.
The Festival starts with the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, which has been won by Ireland on nine of the last 14 runnings. Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh have won the last two and are responsible for the favourite Douvan. However, Brave Inca was the last outright favourite to win the race in 2004.
Past Festival form is a reliable pointer for the Arkle Chase with nine of the last 12 winners having won or been placed previously. Nicky Henderson has won the race five times and Barry Geraghty has ridden the winner in three of the last six years, so Josses Hill appeals on those trends. Favourites have a poor record and the hot-pot Un De Sceaux hasn't run at Cheltenham before either.
Wednesday starts with the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle and the last 15 winners have been aged five or six. Leading fancies Outlander and Parlour Games are both seven.
Age is key in the RSA Chase as well as the last eight winners have all been seven, as have 14 of the last 18. That puts Kings Palace at the forefront of considerations, especially with the eight-year-old Coneygree and six-year-old Don Poli having other options.
In the Champion Chase, three of the last five winners have been nine-year-olds, which could bode well for the past two winners of the race – Sprinter Sacre and Sire De Grugy now that they have turned nine. Sprinter Sacre's big-race jockey Geraghty, meanwhile, has won five of the last 12 renewals.
The World Hurdle has been a race for multiple winners as Baracouda, Inglis Drever and Big Buck's have won nine of the last 13 runnings between them. Jonjo O'Neill has trained two of the other four winners, but he no longer has a contender after last year's winner More Of That was ruled out.
The only thing you can guarantee about the Triumph Hurdle on the Friday is a four-year-old will win it!
As for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the highlight of the entire week, running at the Festival before, especially in the RSA Chase, has been a feature of recent winners. Favourites have a strong record in the race as well, with seven of the last 12 winning, while the winner tends to be aged between seven and nine. Irish trainers, meanwhile, have won only three of the last 17 renewals.
Looking at the trends then is one way of trying to pick a winner. But then you could have just as much success by closing your eyes and pointing at the racecard.
Labels: Cheltenham Festival 2015, Cheltenham Trends, RSA Chase, Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Triumph Hurdle, World Hurdle
Contact: jason@highclassequine.com
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Visit this former slate mine where slate was both quarried and mined underground in Cornwall. Carnglaze is affiliated to the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site as members of the Cornish Mining Attractions Marketing Association. Find out about the miners' ingenuity and skills, and how slate roofed the Industrial Revolution. You will go on a self-guided underground tour (may be guided in high seasons) to learn how the mine was worked, ending at the Underground Lake with its crystal clear blue/green water. Browse the comprehensive collection of minerals mined and quarried in the South West, after which you will descend a flight of 60 steps taking you about 150m into the hillside and 60m below ground. Carnglaze Caverns is a constant 10°C underground, cool in Summer, warmer in Winter! A jumper and sensible footwear are recommended. As the Caverns are underground it makes for an ideal wet weather activity in Cornwall.
Wander through the Terrace Garden along its zigzag pathways leading up to the Enchanted Dell. Follow the Woodland Walk through Quarry Wood (4 acres of bluebells in Spring!) to a panoramic view of St Neot village, before looping back down to the main site: a round walk of approx. 25 minutes, or longer if you are counting the faeries! Picnic in the Walled Garden; browse the well-stocked Crystals and Crafts Shop; enjoy the tranquillity and listen to the birdsong! Children's trail information is available at the Ticket Office. A great day out for all the family.
The first of the three Caverns, the Rum Store, was one of the nation's safe storage areas during WW2. It is now used as a 400 capacity concert and event venue with outstanding acoustics and atmosphere, offering a wide range of musical entertainment and events throughout the year.
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I thought it was going to be scary in the caverns but it wasn't, it was great.
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The Philippine forests are threatened by shifting cultivation ("kaingin"), mining, conversion to other land uses and timber poaching / illegal logging. Besides Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the protective functions of the forests (water retention, soil conservation), the highly endemic terrestrial biodiversity and the basis for livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous People (IP) are critically endangered. To counteract the negative trends, the Philippine Government has endorsed in 2010 the Philippine National REDD+ Strategy (PNRPS).
Since then, DFS is supporting the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in the implementation of REDD+ eligible activities on sub-national level and in the preparation of the country's readiness to participate in the REDD+ mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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De Commissie Hoeksche Waard (CHW) is een samenwerkingsverband tussen de vijf Hoeksche Waardse gemeenten Binnenmaas, Cromstrijen, Korendijk, Oud-Beijerland en Strijen.

Doelstelling
De commissie werd opgericht in oktober 2005. Er is sprake van een niet-vrijblijvende samenwerking tussen de gemeenten.

Het doel is samen beleid te ontwikkelen voor bovengemeentelijke onderwerpen die voor de hele Hoeksche Waard van belang zijn. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan projecten op economisch gebied (inrichting bedrijventerreinen), ruimtelijke ordening, woningbouw en het in stand houden van het Nationaal Landschap Hoeksche Waard.

De samenwerking is ook bedoeld om samen sterker te staan in het overleg met andere overheden.

Samenstelling
In de commissie zitten twee vertegenwoordigers van elk college en een vertegenwoordiger van de gemeentesecretarissen.

Voorzitter is de burgemeester van Binnenmaas als grootste gemeente. Participanten zijn de provincie Zuid-Holland, het Waterschap Hollandse Delta en de Drechtsteden.

Externe link
 Commissie Hoeksche Waard

Geschiedenis van Hoeksche Waard
Nederlandse politiek in 2005
Nederlandse politieke organisatie
Politiek in Zuid-Holland

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