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Q: Certificate Authority Not Working If my understanding is correct, a CA acts like a parent certificate that is used to verify other certificates that have been signed by the CA certificate without having to install multiple server certificates for web services such as a FTP server, web server, Nextcloud, OpenVPN server etc?
I'm trying to create a CA certificate that I can distribute to my local network and onto friends' over a WAN so that when they and try and access one of my services it will be safe to connect to. For example instead of giving them several certificates for each service I'm hosting I can just give them one, the CA certificate.
Each server certificate is obliviously signed by the CA so by having the one CA certificate installed on their machine this will automatically verify the server certificates because it was signed using the CA in the first place. Correct?
Problem is today I tried to install the CA certificate on to my Windows client PC and tried accessing my OpenMediaVault GUI over HTTPS and I'm still getting a unsecure warning screen.
The code block below shows the entire creation process of the CA and server certificates. I will include a screenshot of the directory tree so you can see all the files and folders. I will also include the contents of the configurations files
My Guide
# Make OpenSSL Directory
mkdir ~/Desktop/OpenSSL

# Make Child Directories
mkdir -p ~/Desktop/OpenSSL/{ca,configs,"csr's",keys}

# Change Directory Into OpenSSL Directory
cd ~/Desktop/OpenSSL

# Create CA Certificate
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout ca/cakey.pem -out ca/cacert.pem -days 3650 -sha256 -nodes -config configs/ca_openssl.cnf

# Create serial file
echo '01' > serial

# Create index.txt
touch index.txt

##
### Create server certificates ###
##

# OpenMediaVault
openssl genrsa -out keys/OpenMediaVault.pem 4096
openssl req -new -key keys/OpenMediaVault.pem -config configs/openmediavault_openssl.cnf -out "csr's"/OpenMediaVault.csr

# OpenWrt
openssl genrsa -out keys/OpenWrt.pem 4096
openssl req -new -key keys/OpenWrt.pem -config configs/openwrt_openssl.cnf -out "csr's"/OpenWrt.csr

##
### Sign Server Certificates With CA ###
##

# OpenMediaVault
openssl x509 -req -CA ca/cacert.pem -CAkey ca/cakey.pem -in "csr's"/OpenMediaVault.csr -out certificates/OpenMediaVault.crt -extfile configs/openmediavault_openssl.cnf -extensions v3_req -CAserial serial

# OpenWrt
openssl x509 -req -CA ca/cacert.pem -CAkey ca/cakey.pem -in "csr's"/OpenWrt.csr -out certificates/OpenWrt.crt -extfile configs/openwrt_openssl.cnf -extensions v3_req -CAserial serial

# Convert PEM to CRT
openssl x509 -outform der -in ca/cacert.pem -out "My Custom CA".crt

# Convert PEM to PKCS12
openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey ca/cakey.pem -in ca/cacert.pem -certfile CACert.crt

'ca_openssl.cnf'
[ ca ]
default_ca    = CA_default        # The default ca section

[ CA_default ]
dir                   = ~/Desktop/"OpenSSL Certificates"
certs               = $dir/certs
crl_dir               = $dir/crl
database           = $dir/index.txt
new_certs_dir       = $dir/newcerts
certificate        = $dir/cacert.pem
serial             = $dir/serial
crlnumber          = $dir/crlnumber
cr                 = $dir/crl.pem
private_key        = $dir/private/cakey.pem

[ req ]

# Don't prompt for the Domanin Name (DN). Use configured values instead.
# This Saves having to type in your DN each time.

prompt              = no
string_mask         = default
distinguished_name  = req_distinguished_name
x509_extensions     = v3_ca

# The size of the key in bits
default_bits    = 4096

[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName             = GB
stateOrProvinceName     = SOME_PROVINCE
localityName            = SOME_CITY
organizationName        = domain
organizationalUnitName  = domain
commonName              = domain Certificate Authority
emailAddress            = user@domain.com

[ v3_ca ]
# Extensions added to the request

basicConstraints = critical, CA:TRUE
keyUsage =         critical, keyCertSign, cRLSign

'openmediavault_openssl.cnf'
[ req ]

# Don't prompt for the Domanin Name (DN). Use configured values instead.
# This Saves having to type in your DN each time.

prompt              = no
string_mask         = default
distinguished_name  = req_distinguished_name
req_extensions      = v3_req

# The size of the key in bits
default_bits    = 4096

[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName             = GB
stateOrProvinceName     = SOME_PROVINCE
localityName            = SOME_CITY
organizationName        = OpenMediaVault
organizationalUnitName  = OpenMediaVault
commonName              = OpenMediaVault.local

[ v3_req ]
# Extensions to add to a certificate request

basicConstraints = CA:FALSE
keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
subjectAltName = @alternative_names

[ alternative_names ]
DNS.0   = domain.com
IP.0    = 192.168.1.123

'openwrt_openssl.cnf'
[ req ]
# Don't prompt for the Domanin Name (DN). Use configured values instead.
# This Saves having to type in your DN each time.

prompt              = no
string_mask         = default
distinguished_name  = req_distinguished_name
req_extensions      = v3_req

# The size of the key in bits
default_bits    = 4096

[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName             = GB
stateOrProvinceName     = SOME_PROVINCE
localityName            = SOME_CITY
organizationName        = OpenWrt
organizationalUnitName  = OpenWrt
commonName              = OpenWrt.local

[ v3_req ]
# Extensions to add to a certificate request

basicConstraints = CA:FALSE
keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
subjectAltName = @alternative_names

[ alternative_names ]
DNS.0   = domain.com
IP.0    = 192.168.1.1

I installed the 'OpenMediaVault.crt' from the '/certificates' directory and 'OpenMediaVault.pem' from the '/keys' directory.
The 'certificate.pfx' file is the result from the last command in the 'My Guide' section and was imported into Windows certmgr. I used the 'My Custom CA.crt' file with Firefox's certification options.
What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks
Will
UPDATE 1
I think I have found the cause of the problem. When I access https://openmediavault.local (which is the common name set in the certificate) I get this message
"The certificate is only valid for the following names:" The two shown in my screen (one blurred out for privacy) are the subjectAltNames I added. Why do the alternative names work but the CN doesn't? I accessed it from https://192.168.1.123 and I have a green padlock in my Firefox address bar.

UPDATE 2
Just to let you know I added the CN into the subjectAltName and everything works perfectly.
As a side question related to OpenSSL, I'm now hoping to make some OpenVPN certificates. Can the CA made with OpenSSL sign my OpenVPN certificates?

A: Yes, if the SAN (subject alternative name) extension is present, browsers won't look at the CN anymore. This is specified in RFC 2818 sect. 3.1, Chrome started enforcing this about two years ago (Chrome 58), Firefox did the same for publicly-issued certificates about three years ago (Firefox 48). I don't know if Firefox still has exceptions for private CAs. (Good job debugging that issue yourself, btw!)
Anyway, you'll have to re-issue your certificates with all names that you want to use in the SubjectAltNames.


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Pope, Cardinal congratulate Obama, urge he give priority to freedom, justice and most vulnerable
by Catholic News Service
U.S. President Barack Obama, who won a second term by defeating Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, smiles before addressing supporters during his election night victory rally in Chicago Nov. 7.
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Pope Benedict XVI congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on his re-election, saying that he prayed the ideals of freedom and justice that guided America's founders might continue to flourish.
The Vatican did not make public the full text of the pope's telegram to Obama, which was sent via Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Nov. 7.
"In the message, the Holy Father sent his best wishes to the president for his new term and assured him of his prayers that God might assist him in his very great responsibility before the country and the international community," the Vatican said in a statement.
The pope also told Obama he was praying that "the ideals of liberty and justice that guided the founders of the United States of America might continue to shine" as the nation goes forward, the statement said.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said he hopes that Obama would also promote "a culture of life and religious freedom."
It is the hope of everyone that President Obama "respond to the expectations" of the American people and "serve law and justice for the well-being and growth of every person, by respecting essential human and spiritual values and by promoting the culture of life and religious freedom, which have always been so precious in the tradition of the American people and their culture," Father Lombardi said.
The role of president of the United States is "an immense responsibility not just for the great nation, but for the whole world, given the United States' role on the world stage," Father Lombardi said, expressing hopes that the president would be able to "find the best ways to promote the material and spiritual well-being of all and effectively promote integral human development, justice and peace in the world."
U.S. Catholic bishops have been at odds with Obama over his support for legalized abortion and his administration's plan to require that the private health insurance plans of most Catholic institutions cover surgical sterilization procedures and artificial birth control, which are forbidden by the church's moral teaching.
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, also congratulated President Obama on his re-election.
"The people of our country have again entrusted you with a great responsibility," Cardinal Dolan said. "The Catholic bishops of the United States offer our prayers that God will give you strength and wisdom to meet the difficult challenges that face America."
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New York State rekindles fight over private-school curriculum standard
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The fight over school independence is set to flare once again.
The state is reviving its plan to hold private-school curriculum to public-school standards.
The New York State Education Department has announced a series of public meetings in the coming months as it develops a "substantial equivalency" curricular policy for religious and private schools.
Arguing that more oversight would ensure that all schools satisfy basic educational guidelines, the state floated a plan last year that would have given officials greater control over everything from curriculums to hiring.
The proposal would have allowed public school authorities to vet independent schools for compliance with state requirements, and schools deemed to be in violation would be subject to penalties including closure.
But the state shelved that plan after an outpouring of resistance from parents and private school administrators, who argued that their independence was being trampled.
NYSED is now reviving the plan and will hold six virtual meetings for individual regions across the state beginning later this month.
"All children, regardless of their race or religious beliefs, deserve access to a high-quality education that will allow them to meet their full potential," said Interim Commissioner Betty A. Rosa in a statement last week. "As we begin the process of engaging our partners in the field, we anticipate constructive and thoughtful discussions to develop an inclusive framework for determining substantial equivalence for the students of New York State."
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Calls for more government control over private schools originated with increasingly vocal critics of Jewish schools.
They argue that yeshivas are failing to provide basic secular education in favor of religious immersion — an approach, they assert, that leaves students ill-prepared after graduation.
The sector pushed back on the state's plans, countering that Jewish parents have the right to prioritize religious education for their kids.
Private schools — including elite Manhattan institutions — also resisted the state's proposal.
The New York State Association of Independent Schools filed a lawsuit in Albany Supreme Court in arguing that the state's plan would compromise the very independence that makes them attractive to parents.
"The Board and I are committed to leading an educational system where all learning environments, whether public or private, respect and affirm students' racial, linguistic, cultural and religious identities, and we look forward to hearing the thoughtful input from educational leaders across the state throughout this endeavor," said NYSED Vice Chancellor T. Andrew Brown in a statement.
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Q: Firefox SVG rect size not drawn for size greater than 300,150 The following jsfiddle works correctly in chrome but not in firefox(at least in 16 and 21)
(Look for size of rect)
http://jsfiddle.net/ej5Zk/9/
    <svg>
<g>
    <rect y="0" x="0" width="400"  height="463"  />
</g>
</svg>

A: Actually it works incorrectly in Chrome and correctly in Firefox.
You generally want to set a width and height when embedding SVG in html
Per the SVG Specification
The 'width' attribute on the outermost svg element establishes the viewport's width, unless the following conditions are met:

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*the SVG content is a separately stored resource that is embedded by reference (such as the 'object' element in XHTML [XHTML]), or the SVG content is embedded inline within a containing document;

*and the referencing element or containing document is styled using CSS [CSS2] or XSL [XSL];

*and there are CSS-compatible positioning properties ([CSS2], section 9.3) specified on the referencing element (e.g., the 'object' element) or on the containing document's outermost svg element that are sufficient to establish the width of the viewport.

Under these conditions, the positioning properties establish the viewport's width.
Since all the above conditions are true you need to use a style which means an explicit width since that maps to style, or a CSS width property. It seems most other UAs ignore the above specification requirements.

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Q: "The machine with the name 'c6401' was not found configured for this Vagrant environment." Error I plan to work with Apache Ambari. To start, I've done everything according to https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Quick+Start+Guide. But whenever I try to start vms, I get following error:
The machine with the name 'c6401' was not found configured for
this Vagrant environment.

A: Had this error today on mac and decided to update this post with the solution that worked for me.
Steps

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*Delete all redundant machine folders ./.vagrant/machines (.vagrant folder is a hidden folder within the repo)

*Run vagrant global-status --prune command in the root of the project

*Destroy vagrant setup vagrant destroy

*Ensure no related machine exists in the virtualbox UI

*Run vagrant up again
cheers!

A: Please open the VagrantFile under the centos6.4 directory and verify if you see contents like this:
  config.vm.define :c6401 do |c6401|
# uncomment the line below to set up the ambari dev environment
# c6401.vm.provision :shell, :path => "dev-bootstrap.sh"
c6401.vm.hostname = "c6401.ambari.apache.org"
c6401.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.64.101"
end

I had faced a similar issue. The problem was that I had deleted the Vagrantfile that comes by default with ambari-vagrant.git and had run 'vagrant init', which creates a standard template file that doesn't have any reference to c6401 machine.
If you are on the same boat, just do a
git checkout centos6.4/VagrantFile

from under ambari-vagrant directory and try re-running
vagrant up c6401


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, anciennement  (aussi connu sous le nom ), est un studio américain de développement et un distributeur de jeux vidéo basé à Cary, en Caroline du Nord. Le studio est détenu à 40 % par le géant chinois de l'internet Tencent mais le fondateur du studio, Tim Sweeney, conserve le plein contrôle du studio avec 51 % des actions.

Historique
Fondé en 1991, Epic MegaGames sort la même année son premier jeu, ZZT. Les trois années suivantes, Epic sort les jeux Epic Pinball en 1993 (jeu de flipper développé par Digital Extremes) et deux jeux de plate-forme développés et édités par l'entreprise, Jazz Jackrabbit en 1994 et Jill of the Jungle en 1992.

En 1998, Epic MegaGames sort son premier jeu en 3D, Unreal. Le succès du jeu pousse la firme à développer et vendre son moteur, l'Unreal Engine puis à sortir une série de jeux fondés sur l'univers d'Unreal, les Unreal Tournament sur PC et Unreal Championship sur Xbox. Une suite, Unreal 2, voit aussi le jour en coopération avec Digital Extremes, qui a déjà collaboré sur Unreal et Unreal Tournament.

Entre 2002 et 2005, Epic commercialise quatre nouveaux jeux de la série Unreal : Unreal Championship, Unreal Tournament 2003 (originellement développé comme «  »), Unreal Tournament 2004, et Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict (développé sous le nom de code « UT2005 »). Si la série Unreal Tournament reste une exclusivité PC, les deux Unreal Championship sont commercialisés respectivement sur Xbox et Xbox 360. À l'exception de Unreal Championship 2, tous sont développés conjointement avec Digital Extremes.

Grâce à la nouvelle version de son moteur, Epic développe ensuite ses jeux majoritairement sur consoles : Gears of War sur Xbox 360 sorti en novembre 2006, et un an plus tard sur PC, Unreal Tournament 3 sur PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 et PC en 2007, Gears of War 2 sur Xbox 360 vers la fin de l'année 2008 et Gears of War 3 sur Xbox 360 en 2011, la licence Gears of War étant rachetée par Microsoft Studios en janvier 2014.

En , Epic annonce la version 4 de son UnrealEngine, dont les premières images et vidéos sont dévoilées en mars 2011, et le présente comme le successeur direct, autant dans l'aspect que dans le fonctionnement, de l'Unreal Engine 3.

, la sortie de jeux tels que Bulletstorm, développé en collaboration avec People Can Fly, est controversée en raison de sa violence.

En , une participation de 40 % dans Epic Games est acquise par Tencent pour  de dollars.

Début , Cliff Bleszinski, le lead designer d'Epic Games, annonce son départ du studio. Il était un membre clef des franchises  et , et a au fil du temps obtenu une grande notoriété dans le milieu du jeu vidéo.

Le , Fortnite sort aux yeux du grand public et incorpore le mode joueur contre l'environnement, baptisé Sauver le monde. Deux mois plus tard est ajouté le mode battle royale, baptisé Battle Royale, qui permet à Fortnite et à Epic Games de gagner rapidement en notoriété. Dix mois après sa sortie, on recense  de joueurs. Fin 2018, le jeu franchit la barre des  de joueurs.

Le , Epic lance l'Epic Games Store, une plateforme de distribution de contenu en ligne, en concurrence directe avec Steam. En mai 2019, Epic Games annonce l'acquisition du studio Psyonix, développeur de Rocket League et envisage de sortir le jeu dans sa plateforme de distribution de jeux vidéo en ligne.

En , Epic Games annonce avoir réalisé une levée de fonds de 1,78 milliard de dollars, parmi lesquels  d'euros proviennent de Sony.

En , Epic Games réalise une nouvelle levée de fonds, récoltant . Sony y contribue à hauteur de  d'euros, détenant désormais 1,5 % du capital de l'entreprise.

Le , Epic Games rachète ArtStation, un marché en ligne dédié aux artistes professionnels.

Le 2 mars 2022, Epic Games fait l'acquisition de Bandcamp, magasin de musique en ligne sans DRM.

Apple et Epic Games
En , Epic Games reproche à Apple de pratiquer un taux élevé (30 %) prélevé lors de l'achat sur la plateforme iTunes. Pour y remédier, le studio de développement de jeu propose alors à ses joueurs sur Apple de ne plus passer par iTunes, mais directement par son service (notamment sur l'achat de biens virtuels). En conséquence, Apple bannit de ses appareils les téléchargements de jeux appartenant à Epic Games, dont Fortnite, faisant perdre une part de marché importante au développeur de jeu. Depuis, les deux entreprises sont engagées dans une bataille juridique.

Epic Games Publishing
En mars 2020, Epic Games annonce son souhait de devenir éditeur par le biais de sa structure Epic Games Publishing. Les trois principes de ce nouveau venu dans l'édition de jeux vidéo sont les suivants :
 la liberté créative absolue et pleine propriété ;
 les projets entièrement financés ;
 le partage 50/50 des bénéfices.

Trois studios ont pour le moment rejoint Epic Games et ont établi un partenariat :
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 Playdead (Danemark) ;
 genDESIGN (Japon).

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Verona sex offender back behind bars
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STAUNTON - A man convicted as a teen in 2012 for sex crimes involving a minor in Staunton is back behind bars after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.
Court records show that a Virginia State Police special agent received information in early February that Justin L. Hosey, 21, of Verona, was allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl, according to a search warrant.
Authorities interviewed the girl and she admitted sending nude pictures to Hosey, who is also accused of sending the girl explicit photos of himself through his cellphone and various apps, including SnapChat, Skype and Facebook, state police said.
Questioned by police, Hosey said he left his cellphone inside his grandmother's Honda Fit, the search warrant said, and the phone was seized.
Hosey was arrested on four charges of having consensual sex with a minor 15 years of age or older, four charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two charges of possessing obscene material, and single charges of enticing a minor to perform in porn and failing to register as a sex offender, a jail official said.
In 2012 while still a juvenile, Hosey was convicted of forcible sodomy and aggravated sexual battery, according to the Staunton Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. He was ordered held in the Department of Juvenile Justice until his 21st birthday, which was May 17, 2015. Police arrested Hosey on Feb. 8.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 11.
Hosey is being held at Middle River Regional Jail.
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As Russian Collusion Investigation Continues, Trump Says He Believes Putin
November 13, 2017 DocHoc Donald Trump, Russian Collusion, Uncategorized Leave a comment
Poor Russian President Vladimir Putin. All this talk here among the nation's top legal authorities about how he influenced our country's 2016 presidential election has insulted the Russian leader.
At least that's how Donald Trump sees it, and he seems to stands with Putin on the issue because he brought up the insult issue in the first place. Together, Trump tweeted over the weekend, he and Putin can make a better world.
I extend the normal caveat when it comes to Trump's dangerous gibberish: No, I'm not making this up.
During his Asian trip over the weekend, Trump had this to say about Putin to reporters on Air Force One after he talked to the Russian leader in Vietnam:
He said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times. Every time he sees me, he says, 'I didn't do that.' And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it.
I think he is very insulted by it.
When he was asked later to expand on his comments later, Trump told reporters:
I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election. As to whether I believe it or not, I am with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with the leadership.
Wrapped around this claim that Russia "did not meddle" and then its awkward "currently constituted" qualification—this is a classic Trump move of discombobulation and lying to have it both ways—was yet another big announcement on Twitter.
When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. There always playing politics – bad for our country. I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!
Let's set aside just for a moment that many of our national leaders and intelligence officials, including U.S. Sen. John McCain, strongly believe Putin, a former KGB officer, has ordered the assassination and arrests of his enemies and that any rational person understands the Russian government is an authoritarian dictatorship. The actual rhetoric and language stylistics of Trump's brazen comments also deserve some attention.
(1) Note the repetition of "he didn't meddle" and "I believe, I really believe," in the initial comment. Whether Trump is just improvising or deploying a calculated move, the repetition is meant to reinforce an obvious lie. That Trump lies is nothing new, but this is obviously an attempt to cast doubt on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, which is looking into the Trump's regime collusion with Russia in order to sway the election, which is obvious at this point. Keep repeating a lie and eventually people will believe it.
(2) "He means it." Trump doesn't have any capability to form evidence-based arguments so he focuses on the visceral. That Putin, another liar, "means" anything in particular on any given issue is also steeped in ambiguity. Putin, just like Trump, means just the opposite of what he often says directly when he speaks on important issues. They are both calculated liars.
(3) Look how carefully Trump qualifies his next statement. "I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election." So Trump believes that Putin FEELS he didn't meddle in the election. Does this meanTrump believes that Putin actually did meddle but just doesn't FEEL that he did? Expert and seasoned liars like Trump always leave themselves a way out. It goes something like this: All I said was that Putin feels like he didn't meddle, not that he didn't meddle.
(4) "I think he is very insulted by it." This is nothing less than an appeal to Americans to feel sorry for a ruthless autocratic leader accused of ordering assassinations. In other words, the blowback from the Russian collusion into our election has hurt Putin's feelings. But why should Americans care if Putin feels insulted? He's the leader of a hostile, non-democratic country that has declared a cyberwar on our country and will continue to wage it as long as he's in power.
(5) Then Trump comes back with a statement indicating it doesn't matter what he believes, even though he believes that the insulted Putin believes he didn't meddle. (Confusing, right?) Trump, see, is "with our agencies" but only "especially as currently constituted with the leadership." In other words, Trump only believes his own lackeys. This is yet another strenuous qualification in a slithery use of rhetoric, and, of course, is subject to change given circumstances.
(6) The "haters and losers" tweet—Trump's name calling is his preferred method of argumentation—means that only the haters and losers don't want a "good relationship" with Russia, which is, as Trump emphasizes, "a good thing, not a bad thing." It's not just a "good thing" but also "not a bad thing." It's also wasted, say-nothing words that should make any rational person cringe at its schoolyard-level discourse.
Taken together the statements and tweet show us a president incapable of stating the truth directly on any important issue, which is horrific in its own right but not as bad as the larger, specific story here.
The larger story is that Trump is trying wiggle out of the fact he and his regime brazenly colluded with Russian in order to sway the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He's trying the reframe the narrative—see, folks, collusion with Russia is actually good—because people involved with his campaign with connections to Russian have been indicted, and one has even plead guilty to perjury in this regard.
What makes it much worse is that the supposedly insulted Putin is a "thug and murderer," according to McCain.
McCain was highly critical of Trump's weekend remarks about how the U.S. should collaborate with Russia and Putin to solve world problems.
"President Trump today stated that he believed Vladimir Putin is being sincere when he denies Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and reiterated that he hopes to cooperate with Russia in Syria. There's nothing 'America First' about taking the word of a KGB colonel over that of the American intelligence community. There's no 'principled realism' in cooperating with Russia to prop up the murderous Assad regime, which remains the greatest obstacle to a political solution that would bring an end to the bloodshed in Syria. Vladimir Putin does not have America's interests at heart. To believe otherwise is not only naive but also places our national security at risk."
Each moment of somewhat normalcy or a lull in Trump's and his administration's assault on democracy in this country is followed by Orwellian rhetoric or developments showing our country faces a real fascist threat. Our democratic institutions—especially the mainstream media—are beginning to show signs of weakness under the duress of the onslaught.
Meanwhile, despite some disparate protest movements in the country, no real united opposition party exists right now trying to thwart Trump and his regime from its immoral domestic agenda and its brazen corruption, which includes the obvious collusion with Russia and its despot. Maybe U.S. democracy ends "not with a bang but a whimper," to paraphrase the poet T.S. Eliot.
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I finished the Open (wasn't 15.5 a suckfest?) and despite my wacky schedule have been working out regularly. Even when life gets crazy working out makes me feel so much better. Do you feel the same way?
and then back down two weeks later for her wedding. She was the most beautiful bride. Details to come.
A pro to going to Texas on back to back trips (other than seeing the people I miss the most...my family), lots of Mexican food. Yum!
Walter's first birthday was a few days ago. We celebrated with a trip to the dog park. He was in Puppy Heaven and swam for the first time.
And finally, the most exciting update yet, Beerita now comes in Jumbo size! My life is complete.


The threat of hacking implantable defibrillators and other devices is already growing.
SCENARIO: Pay off an anonymous hacker or face the possibility that patients with implantable defibrillators would die. That was the dilemma facing Janet Smith, CEO of Midtowne Community Hospital.
Too late she found out that the computer system of one of the surgical practices employed by the hospital was hacked. It was a simple enough operation. One unthinking click by the administrative staff on a link in an official-looking email, and the system was surreptitiously compromised.
The back-door access to the computer system provided the hackers with a treasure trove of unencrypted patient data including name, medical history, type of medical device implanted, and models and serial numbers of the devices.
While the hackers had a selection of devices to choose from — pacemakers, insulin pumps, cochlear hearing implants, blood glucose monitors and deep brain stimulators, among others — they targeted patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), which monitor and respond to heart activity by sending shocks to the system to restore normal heart rhythm.
The ICDs were designed to be wirelessly connected to external wands and ICD programmers. Data collected in the wands was downloaded to the IT system in the surgical practice so the physicians could review and manage each patient's medical problems.
The RFID-enabled wands were supposed to be unidirectional, but the hackers were able to reverse-engineer the access after determining the radio frequency used and the engineering specifications of the ICDs and wands, which they found online — mostly in the technical and user manuals published by the manufacturers.
Each of the ICDs contained a small computer chip similar to those found in smart thermostats, televisions and refrigerators, all of which have been hacked recently to send out spam or just annoy users.
The hackers wrote and inserted programming code into the IT system of the surgical practice so that when information from the ICD devices was downloaded, code would be inserted that could induce fatal heart arrhythmia via the patients' defibrillators.
It only required the hackers to trigger the code to activate it. And that's what they threatened to do if the ransom was not paid.
While the extortion scheme was similar to the 'Cryptolocker' shakedown — which locks organizations out of their own files, forcing them to pay for access — this ICD threat offered a much more deadly outcome. And there was no positive outcome that Smith could see.
ANALYSIS: The hacking threat to implantable cardiac defibrillators has been known since at least 2008, when a team of university researchers proved it was able to reverse-engineer an ICD's communications protocol to reprogram it to change the operation of the defibrillator, including its therapy settings.
Kevin Fu, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, who was on the team and is a leader in the field of device security research, likened implantable medical devices to unlocked cars during a presentation at Dartmouth University.
"There are people, if given the chance, who will cause harm and we shouldn't just leave our doors unlocked," he said.
While hacking is usually done for financial reasons, there have been instances where physical harm was intended, he said, mentioning an attack seven years ago on an epilepsy support group website, where hackers embedded flashing animation that induced seizures in those using the site.
"I think it would be naïve to ignore the fact that some of these people exist so we need to at least have a certain level of protection against this kind of maliciousness," Fu said.
Michael Thoma, vice president, chief underwriting officer, global technology at Travelers, said he was "not aware of any actual claim or incident beyond what is available in the literature that it can be done," he said.
"When you stop to think about the environment we are heading into — where hospitals are completely relying upon electronic medical records that are integrated to control medical devices in hospitals and obtain information back from the devices — the scenario exists that something like that could happen.
"You read all the time about attempts to attack all sorts of institutions, and hospitals are not immune to that. When you think about the 'Cryptolocker' scenario, not only could it bring a hospital to a complete standstill, but the reputational harm would be huge.
"It would make what happened in Dallas after Ebola at that hospital look minor," he said.
That leaves the possibility, however, that it could become a focus for terrorists looking to create panic and death, Lauer said.
Experts noted that as of now, hacking of implantable devices is only being done by researchers, universities and hackers who identify and expose security weaknesses.
Mark Wood, president and CEO of LifeScienceRisk, a series of RSG Underwriting Managers, acknowledged that it was "theoretically possible … . Am I aware that it's happened? I have not yet seen a claim or a report that it's happened.
It's more likely that instead of the sophisticated scenario portrayed above, hackers would simply use RFID to jam the devices with a denial-of-service attack, said Jerry Irvine, CIO of Prescient Solutions, who is also on the National Cybersecurity Task Force.
"They could basically overburden it so much that it can no longer react, so people will die or equipment will malfunction or give an overdose of medication," he said.
In addition, researchers have noted that many hospital IT systems lack cutting-edge cyber security.
"Unfortunately, computer security in many hospitals and similar providers reminds me of the very early days of computer security when security was the domain of system administrators and network security types," said Gary McGraw, chief technology officer at software security consultancy Cigital Inc., in an article on SearchSecurity.com, a site of "Information Security" magazine.
That prompted a review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which two years later, in 2014, offered guidance to strengthen the safety of medical devices to better manage cyber security risks.
Top concerns included malware infections on network-connected medical devices or computers, smartphones and tablets used to access patient data; and failure to provide timely security software updates or patches to devices or networks.
The guidance recommended to manufacturers that they consider cyber security risks as part of the design and implementation of medical devices, and submit documentation to the FDA about the risks they identified and the controls put in place to mitigate those risks.
It also recommended that manufacturers submit plans for providing patches and updates to operating systems and medical software.
Still, said Jay Radcliffe during a presentation at the 2013 Black Hat Conference, cyber security concerns have not been cited by the FDA as a reason for rejecting any implantable medical devices.
And, said OneBeacon's Lauer, patching implanted devices is difficult, as it often requires surgery.
The article also noted that reporting of incidents is not required by the FDA unless a patient is harmed.
A study by researchers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst found that there are millions of people with wireless implantable medical devices, and about 300,000 such IMDs are implanted every year. The life of such a device can last up to 10 years.
Wood of LifeScienceRisk said that if a device malfunctions and results in bodily injury, regardless of the reason, there would likely be an allegation of product liability.
If a carrier's coverage did exclude software issues, the insured's E&O policy would probably be triggered, he said.
As for who would be involved in such a claim, the list could be a long one, including the hospital, physician, caregivers, device manufacturer, Internet provider, cloud provider, and anyone who provided consulting services to anyone involved in the process, plus all of their insurance companies.
Lauer noted that when claims involve device manufacturers, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prevents plaintiffs from relying on state negligence or liability rulings; the High Court determined that such laws cannot pre-empt federal laws and the FDA's safety determinations.
If extortion or crime is involved, it's unclear if that would be an insured loss, he said.
Corporate Privacy: Nowhere to Hide. Rapid advances in technology are ushering in an era of hyper-transparency.
Implantable Devices: Medical Devices Open to Cyber Threats. The threat of hacking implantable defibrillators and other devices is growing.
Athletic Head Injuries: An Increasing Liability. Liability for brain injury and disease isn't limited to professional sports organizations.
Vaping: Smoking Gun. As e-cigarette usage rises, danger lies in the lack of regulations and unknown long-term health effects.
Aquifer: Nothing in the Bank. Once we deplete our aquifers, there is nothing helping us get through extended droughts.
Most Dangerous Emerging Risks: A Look Back. Each year since 2011, we identified and reported on the Most Dangerous Emerging Risks. Here's how we did on some of them.
The relationship between a broker and insured is determined by its nature, not by length of time.
Roger Crombie suggests that insurance policies may need to include trigger warnings.
The ACA's sweeping changes have many benefits, but adequate insurance limits for expanded accountable care organizations is a concern.
The risk to brand or reputational damage was seen as the top concern of risk managers, who also ranked cyber risk as a top 10 global risk for the first time.
As e-cigarette usage rises, danger lies in the lack of regulations and unknown long-term health effects.
It's only a matter of time before a form of accountable care organizations focused on value-based health care purchasing emerges in comp.
Liability for brain injury and disease isn't limited to professional sports organizations.


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De pronte professor is een kort stripverhaal van Suske en Wiske uitgegeven voor Technopolis, het Vlaamse doe-centrum voor wetenschap en technologie in Mechelen. Het album is uitgebracht begin juni 2006. Er was geen voorpublicatie.

Locaties
Dit verhaal speelt zich af op de volgende locaties:
België, Mechelen, Technopolis, afgelegen villa, rotswand, ravijn.

Personages
In dit verhaal komen de volgende personages voor:
Suske, Wiske, tante Sidonia, Lambik, Jerom, professor Barabas, geheim agent, Vera Vanduren, Krimson en handlangers, politie.

Uitvindingen
In dit verhaal spelen de volgende uitvindingen mee:
 een DNA-scanner

Het verhaal

Suske, Wiske, Lambik en Jerom zijn in Technopolis als professor Barabas hen belt, zijn collega professor Vanduren werkt in opdracht van het Vlaams Ministerie aan een DNA-afleesapparaat. Een misdaadorganisatie bedreigt hen en de vrienden gaan naar een afgelegen villa om de professor te helpen. Lambik en Jerom vinden Vera, de huishoudster, erg aantrekkelijk. Er wordt een aanslag gepleegd en Jerom wordt bevroren door de handlangers van Krimson. Suske, Wiske en professor Vanduren gaan naar de kelder en gebruiken een frietgeweer, door een truc met cola kunnen ze ontsnappen. Ze komen bij een meertje en bouwen met lege olietonnen een vlot. Wiske valt van het vlot en dreigt te verdrinken, maar dan blijkt professor Vanduren energieker te zijn dan hij lijkt.

Door een truc van Vera kunnen de vrienden ontsnappen uit de kelder en vinden de bevroren Jerom voor de deur. Door een kus van Vera ontdooit Jerom sneller. Suske, Wiske en professor Vanduren proberen aan de handlangers van Krimson te ontkomen en klimmen op een rotswand. Ze kunnen de boeven tegenhouden, maar dan vindt Wiske de papieren van de professor en ziet dat hij daar nog een snor droeg. De snor is verdwenen in het water bij de reddingsactie en als Wiske hem hiermee confronteert bedreigt hij de kinderen met een pistool en vlucht weg.

Suske en Wiske worden door de handlangers van Krimson gegrepen en ook Vanduren wordt gepakt, de boeven rijden met hen in een terreinwagen weg. Lambik en Jerom houden de wagen tegen, maar die valt dan in een ravijn. Suske en Wiske redden zich met een doek die als parachute wordt gebruikt en de professor vertelt dan dat hij een geheim agent is, de echte professor is door deze afleidingsmanoeuvre veilig ontsnapt met de DNA-scanner. De politie pakt de handlangers op, maar Krimson zelf kan in een helikopter ontkomen. De vrienden kijken gezamenlijk naar de televisie als professor Vera Vanduren te zien is, en tante Sidonia vindt de aandacht van Lambik en Jerom voor de vrouw niet zo leuk.

Uitgaven

De uitgave is in beperkte mate verschenen en alleen verkrijgbaar bij Technopolis zelf. Het is ook verspreid via scholen.

Externe link
Samenvatting

Pronte professor


Vuk Radović has participated as a legal counsel in a number of large foreign investment projects concerning M&A. His expertizes are Company Law, Corporate Law and Corporate Governance.
Vuk Radovic is professor at the Faculty of Law University of Belgrade, Company and Commercial Law.
Mr. Radovic attended Doctoral studies with emphasis on Takeover Law between 2004 and 2007. After completing his studies at the Law Faculty of Belgrade University, Vuk Radovic acquired his LL.M. degree at the Pittsburgh University, Law School in 2004.
During his career Vuk Radovic was Assistant Professor at Company Law, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy Law and Stock Exchange Law. During 2005 Professor Radovic instructed brokerage management seminar for business professionals at Agency for Bankruptcy Trustees Licensing and lecturer at official bankruptcy trustee course held at First Municipal Court in Belgrade.


We designers love to fashion ourselves as "problem solvers," but let's face it: the line between solving problems and creating them is blurry at best. What problem is being solved by a $1,500 pair of heels, or a $150,000 car, or a $150,000,000 architectural extravaganza in the Bois de Boulogne? The truth is, no matter what designers say, we have never simply answered problems. The act of design vacillates between the functional and the beguiling, often performing one while claiming the other. Le Corbusier dismissed the architecture of his beaux-arts contemporaries as cloying, while he looked longingly to the brutal utility of the grain elevators and factories devised by American engineers. A half century later, Rem Koolhaas jettisoned function in favor of performance: "functionality is boring; performance is about what role the building plays and what kind of scene it triggers." There has long been an ideological divide between the utilitarian and the emotional, between rational design and the decorative arts, but the balance of power is shifting: In the battle between the head and the gut, the gut's now cleaning up.
The empathy economy is booming. Facts are out, feelings are in. This is attributed, at least in part, to a kind of brand-mania that asserts that everything from your razor blade to your public library to the IRS needs to have a relatable personality. Everyone is in the business of brand management: artists, designers, businesses, celebrities, politicians, museums, universities, armies, nations. (Is it only a matter of time before we're debating our intergalactic positioning?) Branding is supposedly not about what something says, or what it means, but how it makes us feel. A brand is a promise. It's the putative guarantee of the emotional payoff on an investment in a particular product, place, or individual. So the new handbag makes us feel chic and knowing; the laptop, savvy and contemporary; the vodka, suave and sophisticated; the museum, refined and sensitive. When we talk about a strong brand, what we mean is that it consistently delivers the emotion it promises. The most successful brands, or at least the ones everyone emulates, have the knack for using design to produce an emotional coherence that spans from content to product to experience. Think Apple or BMW or Chanel. Not everything has to look alike, but it all has to feel alike. Whenever we encounter them we get that familiar brand sensation. That tingling tells you its working.
So if the goal of design is emotional coherence, how is that end achieved? Enter the mood board: the most quotidian, slightly-embarrassing and now ubiquitous design tool. The mood board has long been associated with the softer design arts—fashion, interiors, styling—that trade in allusion and affect. Decorators used them, serious architects didn't. There's no science to it, simply a collection of inspirations and influences: an array of Xeroxed pictures pinned to a foamcore panel or scattered on the studio floor, a cloud of references composed to evoke atmosphere. Their very vaporousness is the point. Pictures joined together don't signify any one thing, but rather inchoate feelings. An image of a silky kitty, when juxtaposed with an angora bunny, a desiccated dandelion, and an eskimo anorak, is freed from the bonds of the corporeal and becomes the essence of fluffiness. For the professional brand manager the mood board attempts to render, in a handful of swiped images, some vague quintessence that's difficult to achieve with words.
As the longing for emotional connection spreads from how we want our clothes or living room to feel, to how we want our minivan or pharmaceutical or constitutional democracy to feel, the mood business continues to expand. (A friend recently told me her therapist encouraged her to make a mood board expressing the feelings related to her recent divorce.) This expansion is fueled, in large part, by the sheer overabundance of available images. It's hard to remember that a couple of decades ago, finding pictures of things was actually quite arduous and involved countless hours of random page flipping. Now a few seconds of furious key-stroking produces endless examples to regurgitate. Every possible idea is immediately diluted by retroactive references. That glut of images is constantly resifted through personal curation tools such as Pinterest and Tumblr, and inspiration websites such as ffffound.com or vfiles.com. Such hyper-individualistic online collections, in turn, become open-source mood repositories scavenged by branding professionals.
Why assemble collections of your own when there are millions that exist ready for appropriation? Need to evoke cozy softness with a vaguely synthetic overtone, an early seventies color palette, and just a touch of glam rock? Missile silo chic? Mid-century Crimean beach culture? I can guarantee someone out there has that covered. There are even Pinterest pages dedicated to collecting other mood boards: collections of collections. And then, of course, there is Instagram, which turns every individual life into a social network mood board. The carefully curated Instagram account is essentially a personal image management tool: private life as public brand.
While the ascendency of mood boarding reflects the way brands, from commercial products to people, are imagined at this moment, the question remains why we are all so susceptible to manufactured emotion. Why are we so needy? Perhaps this yearning is a reaction to the lurking presence of Big Data. As vast files of meta-data and personal search histories are ferreted away in some server farm in god-knows-where, we crave the kind of anodyne, gauzy experiences that at least promise something warmer and more human. When everything is available all the time and we're inundated with information in every way, shape and form, we're left no choice but to favor what makes us feel.


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Plaats in Hongarije


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package io.pivotal.arca.dispatcher;

import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.app.LoaderManager;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Loader;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.MatrixCursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.test.LoaderTestCase;
import android.test.mock.MockContentProvider;
import android.test.mock.MockContentResolver;

import junit.framework.Assert;

import java.io.FileDescriptor;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB)
public class ModernRequestDispatcherTest extends LoaderTestCase {

	private static final String AUTHORITY = "com.test";

	private static final Uri TEST_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY);

	public void testSychronousQuery() {
		final Query query = new Query(TEST_URI);
		final QueryResult response = getDispatcher().execute(query);
		final Cursor result = response.getData();
		assertNotNull(result);
		result.close();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousQuery() {
		final Query query = new Query(TEST_URI);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getDispatcher().execute(query, new QueryListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final QueryResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				final Cursor cursor = result.getData();
				assertNotNull(cursor);
				cursor.close();
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousQueryReset() {
		final Query query = new Query(TEST_URI);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getResetDispatcher().execute(query, new QueryListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final QueryResult result) {
				latch.countDown();

				final Cursor cursor = result.getData();
				assertNull(cursor);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousQueryError() {
		final Query query = new Query(TEST_URI);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getErrorDispatcher().execute(query, new QueryListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final QueryResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				assertNotNull(result.getError());
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testSychronousInsert() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Insert insert = new Insert(TEST_URI, values);
		final InsertResult response = getDispatcher().execute(insert);
		final Integer count = response.getData();
		assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), count);
	}

	public void testAsynchronousInsert() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Insert insert = new Insert(TEST_URI, values);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getDispatcher().execute(insert, new InsertListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final InsertResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				final Integer count = result.getData();
				assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), count);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousInsertReset() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Insert insert = new Insert(TEST_URI, values);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getResetDispatcher().execute(insert, new InsertListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final InsertResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
                assertTrue(result.getData() == 0);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousInsertError() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Insert insert = new Insert(TEST_URI, values);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getErrorDispatcher().execute(insert, new InsertListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final InsertResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				assertNotNull(result.getError());
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testSychronousUpdate() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Update update = new Update(TEST_URI, values);
		final UpdateResult response = getDispatcher().execute(update);
		final Integer count = response.getData();
		assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), count);
	}

	public void testAsynchronousUpdate() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Update update = new Update(TEST_URI, values);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getDispatcher().execute(update, new UpdateListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final UpdateResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				final Integer count = result.getData();
				assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), count);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousUpdateReset() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Update update = new Update(TEST_URI, values);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getResetDispatcher().execute(update, new UpdateListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final UpdateResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
                assertTrue(result.getData() == 0);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousUpdateError() {
		final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
		final Update update = new Update(TEST_URI, values);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getErrorDispatcher().execute(update, new UpdateListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final UpdateResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				assertNotNull(result.getError());
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testSychronousDelete() {
		final Delete delete = new Delete(TEST_URI);
		final DeleteResult response = getDispatcher().execute(delete);
		final Integer count = response.getData();
		assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), count);
	}

	public void testAsynchronousDelete() {
		final Delete delete = new Delete(TEST_URI);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getDispatcher().execute(delete, new DeleteListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final DeleteResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				final Integer count = result.getData();
				assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), count);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousDeleteReset() {
		final Delete delete = new Delete(TEST_URI);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getResetDispatcher().execute(delete, new DeleteListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final DeleteResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				assertTrue(result.getData() == 0);
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	public void testAsynchronousDeleteError() {
		final Delete delete = new Delete(TEST_URI);
		final AssertionLatch latch = new AssertionLatch(1);
		getErrorDispatcher().execute(delete, new DeleteListener() {
			@Override
			public void onRequestComplete(final DeleteResult result) {
				latch.countDown();
				assertNotNull(result.getError());
			}
		});
		latch.assertComplete();
	}

	private RequestDispatcher getDispatcher() {
		final MockContentResolver resolver = new MockContentResolver();
		resolver.addProvider(AUTHORITY, mProvider);
		final RequestExecutor executor = new RequestExecutor.DefaultRequestExecutor(resolver);
		return new ModernRequestDispatcher(executor, getContext(), mLoaderManager);
	}

	private RequestDispatcher getResetDispatcher() {
		final RequestExecutor executor = new RequestExecutor.DefaultRequestExecutor(null);
		return new ModernRequestDispatcher(executor, getContext(), mResetLoaderManager);
	}

	private RequestDispatcher getErrorDispatcher() {
		final RequestExecutor executor = new ErrorRequestExecutor();
		return new ModernRequestDispatcher(executor, getContext(), mLoaderManager);
	}

	private final MockContentProvider mProvider = new MockContentProvider(getContext()) {
		@Override
		public Cursor query(final Uri uri, final String[] projection, final String selection, final String[] selectionArgs, final String sortOrder) {
			return new MatrixCursor(new String[] {});
		}

		@Override
		public int bulkInsert(final Uri uri, final ContentValues[] values) {
			return values.length;
		}

		@Override
		public Uri insert(final Uri uri, final ContentValues values) {
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The Daily Plant : Monday, April 20, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg & City Parks Foundation Announce New Catalyst Parks That Will Receive Targeted Influx Of Public And Private Investment
On Friday, April 17, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, City Parks Foundation Executive Director David Rivel and Katie Ellman, President of Green Shores NYC announced the latest round of the four-year Catalyst for Neighborhood Parks, a public-private partnership that combines City-funded capital improvements with the City Parks Foundation's privately funded arts, sports, education and community-building programs. The Mayor also detailed results from the previous four-year project, all aimed at revitalizing parks throughout New York City with strong community involvement and support.
"Over the past four years, the sixteen parks of the Catalyst initiative have helped reinvigorate the communities they are part of," said Mayor Bloomberg. "By working together, neighborhoods across the City are reclaiming their parks and the future of their neighborhoods. We look forward to achieving similar results in even more City neighborhoods during the next phase of the Catalyst initiative."
The next phase of the Catalyst will revive three significant waterfront sites – Soundview Park in the Bronx; East River Park in Manhattan; and Calvert Vaux and Kaiser Parks in Brooklyn – over 350 acres of parkland. City Parks Foundation will provide $5 million worth of staff time and programming in the parks to identify, connect, and strengthen parks stewards and help local groups engage effectively in citywide policy and advocacy efforts, overseen by Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of the Parks Department and City Parks Foundation.
For its part, the City is making a combined total of $130 million in capital improvements in these park regions over the next four years. As a result, other public and private investment in these parks will grow as community interest and involvement in the parks increases, resulting in better waterfront parks and citizens who are empowered to protect these precious assets.
"By building interest in local parks, connecting people together to envision a positive future for their neighborhoods, and sustaining broad support for parks over time, the Catalyst program is dramatically increasing parks usage and contributing to the health and vibrancy of communities citywide," said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Benepe. "The Catalyst program has been so successful that we now use it as a model for gathering community input and building local involvement in all of our parks projects and programming."
"The success of the Catalyst initiative is not measured in the number of capital projects advanced or in the number of dollars spent, but in the capacity created within each community to shape the future of their parks and neighborhoods through active and sustained partnerships with city government and a variety of stakeholders around these parks," said Executive Director of City Parks Foundation David Rivel.
In 2004, the Catalyst program launched in four regions of the city – the Astoria and Long Island City waterfront in Queens; Harlem in Manhattan; Highbridge in the Bronx and Manhattan; and Red Hook in Brooklyn. Originally chosen for their potential for improvement, the four Catalyst sites have experienced significant transformations over the past four years: the number of organizations and groups active in the parks has doubled, volunteer hours have increased by 380 percent, attendance at free sports instruction and concerts has increased by 160 percent, and capital investments have topped $100 million – five times the original amount committed.
Major successes of Catalyst include millions to restore and reopen the historic High Bridge connecting the Bronx and Manhattan and reconstruct the Marcus Garvey Park bandshell in Harlem; Green Shores NYC, a local parks group cultivated through the last Catalyst initiative has become a strong advocate for Astoria and Long Island City parks; positive community relations in Red Hook built through after-school programs and consistent and ongoing dialogue with park planners.
Support for the Catalyst for Neighborhood Parks initiative has also been provided by: the Altman Foundation; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Independence Community Foundation; The J.M. Kaplan Fund; Merck Family Fund; National Fish & Wildlife Foundation; New York Community Trust; The Scherman Foundation; The Starr Foundation; The Timberland Company; New York City Environmental Fund; New York State Department of State Office of Coastal, Local Government and Community Sustainability; New York State Department of State Quality Communities Program; the New York City Council under the leadership of Speaker Christine C. Quinn; Hon. Carolyn Maloney, Member of Congress, 14th District; Hon. Gregory Meeks, Member of Congress, 6th District; Hon. Jose Serrano, Member of Congress, 16th District; Hon. Nydia Velazquez, Member of Congress, 12th District; Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, NYS Senator, 18th District; Hon. George Onorato, NYS Senator, 12th District.
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Rapidian's first fund drive goes social, makes education a priority
Posted on March 16, 2012 by Sally Duros
By Sally Duros
In April, The Rapidian is going to launch its first fund drive in a big way. It's going social.
"We are still working on a sustainibility plan for The Rapidian," said Holly Bechiri, Managing Editor, "and we have really good support from our community and we felt they would want to be part of our sustainability as well."
The two week drive begins April 16 with a week of education to explain to the Grand Rapids, MI., community why they should open their check books to pay for The Rapidian's citizen journalism services.
The Rapidian fund drive is geared to reach 250 donors, not to raising a specific dollar amount, Bechiri said.
The second week begins April 23 with an online social rally led by 25 hand-recruited sharing partners. They'll get the word out through Facebook, Twitter, Google+ — whatever their preferred social network — to support The Rapidian.
Sharing partner in chief is Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell. Other sharers will be artists, musicians, reporters, board members, photographers, local businesses and key local personalities.
It's planned that the first week will generate a buzz and raise awareness. Beginning April 16, The Rapidian will unveil the elements of the campaign, and feature a new article on the home page every day explaining why the funding is needed, who The Rapidian serves, and why its coverage is important.
In putting together the campaign, The Rapidian takes a chapter from online fund-raising campaigns that include consistent online messaging by participants across platforms.
This messaging includes a hashtag: #RapidianFundDrive. The message is: "Join me in supporting The Rapidian: the hyperlocal news source powered by the people of Grand Rapids." There's even a Twibbon that can be used on Facebook.
The fund drive week will kick off with a Storify collected from the Twitter launch. During that week, The Rapidian will be holding a contest that challenges the audience to describe The Rapidian in ten words or less. And they'll show four kickoff videos. And of course, donors can win tote bags, buttons and other appropriate kinds of swag.
Currently The Rapidian, which is a registered 501©3 non profit, is run by full-time managing editor Bechiri; a three-quarter time community engagement specialist; a ten-hour per week web person; and a business development person who works on commission.
Several smaller local businesses advertise online through The Rapidian. In addition, they've found sponsors for some of their beats– these include music, food, and of course, the beer beat.
The Rapidian started as a citizen journalism project of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, which has been around 25 years. Launched in 2009, The Rapidian was funded with $200,000 in grant money from the Knight Foundation and others including the local community foundation.
It's now graduated to being a department of the GRCMC, Bechiri said. "We're proud to work alongside community media providers in television, radio, theatre and education."
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Amazon has shared the first official image from the set of the upcoming Australian Amazon Original series, Back to the Rafters.
Georgina Haig will be taking on the role of Rachel Rafter, joining the returning original cast in the first scripted Australian Amazon Original series for Prime Video.
Additional newcomers to the series include HaiHa Le, Libby Tanner, Rose Riley, Aaron McGrath, Bruce Spence and introducing Willow Speers and Kaspar Frost.
Back to the Rafters picks up six years since we last saw the Rafter family. Dave and Julie have created a new life in the country with youngest daughter Ruby, while the older Rafter children face new challenges and Grandpa Ted struggles to find his place. As Dave enjoys his new found freedom, Julie must reconcile her responsibilities to the family. They might not be under the same roof, but the same honesty, love and laughter bonds them more tightly now than ever before.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 19: Head coach Mark Jackson of the Golden State Warriors shouts instructions in the game with the Los Angeles Clippers in Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on April 19, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The Warriors won 109-105. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
Mark Jackson hasn't coached in the NBA since he was let go by the Golden State Warriors in 2014. Jackson led the Warriors to back-to-back playoff appearances. If you ask Andre Iguodala, he will tell you the NBA black balled Jackson.
"It was the politics," the former Finals MVP said. "Once they want you out they're going to find something." He then went on to explain the scapegoats Golden State and the NBA used to push Jackson out.
"So it was the church in the facility…On Wednesday night service he would set up a computer and he'd just preach," he explained. "One particular issue—from what I heard—were his views on gender or marriage or what the Bible said on your sexuality."
Jackson's name has been mentioned with teams such as the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Houston Rockets, and now the Indiana Pacers, per Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson of Heavy.
In August, Jackson was on Instagram with former backcourt running mate Reggie Miller and shared that he wants to coach again.
"I look forward to the day I'm coaching again," Mark Jackson told Miller in an Instagram Live interview with Reggie Miller.
Last week Jackson was on Instagram with his daughter Heavyn Jackson and reiterated that he wants to again.
"I look forward to the day that somebody gives me an opportunity to be a head coach, and lead an organization. I truly look forward to that day.
Jackson helped develop Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and gave Draymond Green an opportunity during his time in The Bay Area.
"The biggest difference is for Mark [Jackson] we were young and unproven and had to create an identity. Create an edge for us that gave us the confidence to walk on the floor and we could be anything on any given night. He is an unbelievable motivator in terms of the way he can articulate himself and give some type of fuel on a nightly basis,"said Curry.
"He would come in the locker and we would talk about X's and O's, but then we would talk about life for five minutes. For young guys like us at the time, we needed all that edge in competitiveness and a guy that would go to war for you in the media," Curry said. "Sometimes it was to the detriment of those upstairs [Warriors management] we were all grinding to get to that next level and he helped us get there. There is no secret I didn't want him fired when it went down with Bob Meyers, Joe Lacob, and Peter Guber. They wanted to make a decision and brought in Steve [Kerr]."
"It was tough seeing Coach (Jackson) go, but at the end of the day the front office did what they felt would be best for us to win," said Thompson. "They've made great moves in the past, so no reason not to trust them on this move. I've talked to Steve and he seems really good, like a guy who is really going to open it up for us. I'm excited to work with him."
Even Steve Kerr, who took over for Jackson still to this day has nothing but nice things to say about Jackson's time in the Bay Area.
"When I was in TV, I was doing Warriors games for years," Kerr said two seasons ago."Every year, they were one of the worst defensive teams in the league. Mark came in and made a focus on being a tough, defensive-minded team."
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