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Addictive Drugs and Stress Trigger Similar Change in Brain Cells, Animal Study By Patrick Zickler, NIDA NOTES Staff Writer
Preventing relapse is the most formidable challenge to successful treatment of drug addiction. After months or even years of abstinence, former users may experience powerful cravings that lead to resumption of drug abuse. A single exposure to drugs, an environmental cue associated with past drug taking, or a stressful event can precipitate renewed, uncontrollable drug seeking and abuse. Susceptibility to relapse, like the onset of addiction, is in part a consequence of changes to nerve cells in the brain. In recent experiments aimed at increasing understanding of the nature of these changes, NIDA researchers have established that most major drugs of abuse can induce long-term potentiation (LTP) in dopamine-releasing cells in an area of the brain called the VTA (ventral tegmental area). LTP primes these cells to react more strongly--and release dopamine more abundantly--in response to future exposures to the drug. Because dopamine's roles include alerting the mind that something important is happening or about to happen and triggering feelings of pleasure, this finding could help explain addiction's extraordinary and long-lasting hold over people. The researchers showed that stress also induces LTP in VTA cells, a possible clue to the long-observed connection between stress and relapse. Addictive Drugs and Stress Increase Sensitivity of Dopamine Cells in Mice Researchers injected mice with either saline, an addictive drug (cocaine, amphetamine, morphine, nicotine, or alcohol), or a nonaddictive drug that is active in the brain (carbemazepine or fluoxetine). Twenty-four hours later, the scientists measured the electrical properties of dopamine cells from the animals' ventral tegmental area (VTA). Cells from mice exposed to addictive drugs exhibited a higher ratio of AMPA to NMDA currents than did those of mice exposed to nonaddictive drugs or saline, indicating establishment of long-term potentiation (LTP), a condition that causes the cells to release dopamine more abundantly than they previously would have. The researchers also exposed mice to stress, but not to any drugs, and found the same LTP "fingerprint" when they examined VTA cells 24 hours later. Addictive Drugs and LTP
Dr. Robert Malenka at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues at Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco, first demonstrated that a single exposure to cocaine can establish LTP in the brain cells of mice (see NIDA NOTES Vol. 16, No. 5). Subsequently, the researchers set out to determine whether other addictive drugs have a similar effect on dopamine cells in the VTA. Dr. Malenka explains, "We found that amphetamine, morphine, nicotine, and alcohol, each of which is addictive but has its own molecular mechanisms of action, all trigger the same change that we saw with cocaine. We also found that medications that are active in the brain but not addictive do not have this effect." In their studies, the investigators demonstrated LTP by documenting an increase in the electrical activity in a VTA cell component called the AMPA receptor. When stimulated, AMPA receptors generate an electrical current that prompts the cell to release dopamine, with the strength of the current determining how much dopamine is released. In general, a repeated application of the same stimulus will result in the same amount of AMPA current and dopamine release. When a drug or other stimulus establishes LTP, however, subsequent exposures to it generate higher AMPA currents and more copious dopamine release. The increase in AMPA activity that signifies LTP is confirmed experimentally by showing an increased ratio of AMPA current to the current generated by another cell component, called the NMDA receptor. Dr. Malenka and his colleagues measured AMPA:NMDA ratios in mouse VTA cells before and after a single exposure to an addictive drug or a psychoactive medication. The ratios increased, indicating LTP had been established after exposure to amphetamine, morphine, nicotine, or alcohol. There was no increase, however, after exposure to the nonaddictive medications fluoxetine (an antidepressant) or carbemazepine (an antiseizure medication). "These observations are an intriguing followup to the results the research group found when they looked at the impact of cocaine alone," says Dr. Susan Volman of NIDA's Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research. "The study's finding that dissimilar addictive drugs act in a similar way to usurp an important neurobiological process supports the hypothesis that LTP plays a role in the transition from drug abuse to addiction and might contribute to relapse." Stress and LTP
Laboratory studies have shown that stress can cause reinstatement of drug taking in animals, and researchers believe that for some people, stress may play a role in the initiation of drug use or relapse to use after a period of abstinence. To examine this relationship, Dr. Malenka and his colleagues investigated whether stress in the absence of drug taking can induce LTP. Mice that had not been exposed to drugs were forced to swim for several minutes in a water tank with no escape. When investigators examined the animals' VTA cells 24 hours later, they found the same increased AMPA:NMDA ratios they had observed in mice exposed to addictive drugs. The association of stress with LTP helps explains what seems at first to be a puzzling relationship between stress and the development of addiction, Dr. Volman observes. "Stress is unpleasant, a negative stimulus. Addictive drugs, on the other hand, have a pleasurable effect, at least initially. The finding that stress alone can induce changes similar to those caused by drugs in VTA cells indicates the possibility of a priming mechanism that could make someone who has experienced stress much more vulnerable to addiction," says Dr. Volman. LTP could also be part of a neurobiological mechanism that explains the observed association between stress and drug reinstatement in animals or relapse by humans. "Reinstatement and relapse are like reawakening a learned behavior. It is possible that the effect of stress, like that of drugs, plays a role in this reawakening," Dr. Volman says. "The changes we see in dopamine cells in the VTA may be a key neural adaptation that contributes not only to addiction, but also to the interaction of stress with drug abuse and addiction," concludes Dr. Malenka. "This adaptation may also represent a potentially important target for therapeutic intervention in the treatment of addictive disorders." Saal, D.; Dong, Y.; Bonci, A.; Malenka, R. Drugs of abuse and stress trigger a common synaptic adaptation in dopamine neurons. Neuron 37(4):577-582, 2003. Long-Term Potentiation in Dopamine Cells Long-term potentiation (LTP) is one of the brain's key mechanisms for registering experience and using it to shape future responses, as in learning and remembering. When an experience or other stimulus induces LTP in a cell, the cell responds more strongly to future exposures to the same stimulus. For example, if you hit a fast ball for a home run, LTP is part of the reason you might get excited the next time you are at the plate and see a fast ball coming. illustrate how LTP occurs, using the example of dopamine cells in the brain's
ventral tegmental area (VTA). Top image: The process begins when a drug or
other stimulus raises the level of the brain chemical glutamate. The glutamate
in turn stimulates specific sites, called AMPA receptors and NMDA receptors,
on the dopamine cells. The two receptors then interact to produce an electrical current that causes dopamine to flow from the cell's reservoir through the cell's membrane into the space outside the cell. Bottom image: Once LTP has been
established, subsequent exposure to the same stimulus results in a higher
AMPA current than occurred in response to the initial exposure, resulting in greater dopamine release. Volume 18, Number 5 (December
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Fierce local pride is a Charleston institution. It has helped sustain the city for more than 300 tumultuous years—from colonial times, through the Revolutionary and Civil wars, to the present. Pride has also sustained hundreds of historic Charleston buildings—a big reason that travelers visit today. Be sure to take a stroll down East Bay Street (especially the section known as Rainbow Row) to admire the pastel houses bedecked with their breeze-cooled piazzas.
Spend some time lolling in the near-tropical warmth of Charleston's beaches, admiring the stoic architecture of The Citadel (the state's military college) or exploring the Charleston historic district, and you'll likely find this a very pleasing corner of the cosmos.
Charleston is on a peninsula bordered by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, which provide a natural, watery barrier that has pushed growth and development toward the north. For instance, King Street, the city's main shopping strip, is now bustling not only on its lower end (long famous for high-quality antiques) but also on its upper end (known for bars, restaurants and shopping that also appeal to the younger set).
The city's original settlers laid out the streets in a checkerboard plan, beginning with the intersection of King and Broad streets, which remains the premier address of old Charleston law and real estate firms. The corner of Broad and Meeting is aptly called the "Four Corners of Law" because of the four types of law represented on each corner: the U.S. Post Office (U.S. law), City Hall (municipal law), South Carolina State Courthouse (state law) and St. Michael's church (God's law).
South of Broad (nicknamed SOB), the residential neighborhood encircled by the harbor, is still the most expensive spot to call home (a few bed-and-breakfasts allow you to do this, if only for a short time). You'll probably hear locals refer to the area around and in between North and South Market streets as "the Market," a popular spot that includes many eateries, touristy shops and the historic covered market, where vendors sell various goods.
Areas such as East Cooper and West Ashley carry the implicit phrase "of the" (as in East of the Cooper), which explains their locations with respect to the city's two rivers and provides visitors with a useful trick to get their bearings.
Various islands dot Charleston's harbor and coast, such as Isle of Palms, Sullivan's Island, James Island and Kiawah Island, some of which have historic sites, beaches or other attractions.
In 1670, a group of English colonists traveled up the Ashley River and settled Charles Towne, named in honor of King Charles II of England. Ten years later, the colony relocated across the river to a more desirable site—the peninsula. By 1690, the city had become the fifth-largest in North America—a port town with busy wharves and a harbor full of sailing ships. But it was the area's tremendously successful rice-cultivation industry, made possible by the knowledge of enslaved people from the rice-growing regions of Sierra Leone, that made it rich. The Lowcountry rice plantations proved so profitable that their owners filled the city and countryside with elegant mansions.
At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1776, Col. William Moultrie's fort on Sullivan's Island held against the firing of British forces, giving the new nation one of its first victories. After the war, Charles Towne became the city of Charleston, and its native sons played a key role in the formation of the new national government.
The city prospered and grew tremendously in the antebellum period. Charleston's rich plantation economy depended on an enslaved labor force. Africans and African Americans not only worked on the plantations, but also served as domestic servants and craftspeople in the city. The antebellum structures that remain today were built by slaves.
Tensions over states' rights and slavery led the state of South Carolina to secede from the U.S. in December 1860. Charlestonians cheered from the rooftops as the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Though the Confederates won that battle, the ensuing siege nearly destroyed Charleston. The war brought an end to slavery and forever changed the city's way of life. By the early 1900s, phosphate mining and a navy yard were bringing jobs and new residents to Charleston.
The city's wealth of architectural gems survives in no small part because of local citizens who, during the 1920s and '30s, formed the country's first historic district with regulatory control, thus preserving the structures. In the 1970s, the abundance of historic buildings and rich legacy were finally tapped by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. Travelers still visit Charleston for its architecture, southern charm and appealing seaside climate.
In 1931, Charleston became the first city in the U.S. to establish a historic district to preserve its architectural heritage. It was a good place to start: Of the 2,000 or so buildings in the district, 73 predate the Revolutionary War and 736 were constructed in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
For a quick introduction to the city's historic sites, stop at the visitors center on the north side of the Historic District for brochures and information. If you have a car, consider leaving it in the parking garage at the visitors center and taking a DASH (Downtown Area Shuttle) to the sights. Riding DASH is free, and parking within the Historic District is difficult and extremely limited.
When night falls, Charleston is full of activity. The city is home to several colleges and a growing population of young professionals, so on any given night there are a variety of animated spots with live bands. You can find everything from laid-back dessert bars with acoustic guitar performances to nightclubs and salsa spots.
Because of a city mandate, downtown bars in the historic area must close at 2 am. Parking in downtown is extremely limited, and towing is enforced, so seek out a parking garage or be careful where you leave your car.
Charleston's dining scene rivals that of much larger cities. The number and diversity of top-quality restaurants has resulted in the annual Wine and Food Festival each March, an event that draws in guests—and chefs—from all over.
The emphasis is often on Lowcountry recipes, sometimes given a contemporary slant. And as might be expected of a seaside city, Charleston is a great place for seafood. Shrimp, oysters and crab turn up in a variety of dishes, including the local favorite, she-crab soup (cream-based and laced with sherry). You should also try Carolina red rice and fried green tomatoes. Look for Beaufort or Frogmore stew (named for the towns just down the coast)—also known as a Lowcountry Boil—a combination of sausage, corn, potatoes and shrimp.
Shrimp and grits, a celebrated Lowcountry dish, can be found on almost every menu in the city. And hoppin' John (an African-inspired mixture of rice and field peas) also should not be missed.
Note that smoking is not allowed in restaurants or bars.
General dining times are 7-10 am for breakfast, 11:30 am-2:30 pm for lunch and 7-9 pm for dinner. If you're trying to get into a popular restaurant, call ahead for reservations.
Expect to pay within these general guidelines, based on the cost of a dinner for one, not including drinks, tax or tip: $ = less than US$20; $$ = US$20-$30; $$$ = US$31-$40; and $$$$ = more than US$40.
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Q: Is it necessary to run "ROLLBACK" in MYSQL? I executed multiple queries SQL statement in between START TRANSACTION and COMMIT.
If anything goes wrong, the process terminated in between without executing COMMIT and nothing will happen to the database. So far, everything seems fine without executing ROLLBACK.
My doubt is, is it necessary to run ROLLBACK if anything bad happens?

A: If you have autocommit disabled, any non-commited transaction is always rolled back at the end of the session.
You can read more about it on the documentation
That said, I'd be explicit about it (just in case the session doesn't end when "something goes wrong") and call it.

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Memory Is an Antimuseum
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The memory is an antimuseum, an invisible art that transforms each individual. It is ever developing, much related to spaces, in fact, memory is strictly related to spaces. They are formed in context of space and time, as I will later develop. Ever since the notion of memory came to be it was closely related and developed and explained using places, spaces, buildings. The perfect metaphor for memories is the city. The memory starts from something simple and by cumulating information it develops and grows. This metaphor connects the idea of memory and Architecture on a different, deeper level that normal. There are moments in history that are better recollected form the ruins of sculptures or of buildings than from the written stories. Greeks we're the ones to invent the art of memory, then it passed, like all the other arts, on to Rome and into European tradition. The technique was to impress "places" and "images" in to memory. At its time, a trained memory was of great value. Frances Yates describes the process in the book The Art of Memory: the process begins with imprinting on the memory a series of loci and places through the mnemonic type of place system. The person travels through a building a creates memories in the form of images that he stores in his mind, then he has to describe the visited place in the same sequence and with as many details as possible. "The soul never thinks without a mental picture" Aristotle Merot describes the memories as being strictly
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//Problem 1. Exchange If Greater
//Write an if-statement that takes two double variables a and b and exchanges their values if the first one is greater
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using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;
class ExchangeGreater
{
    static void Main()
    {
        //Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
        Console.WriteLine("Enter two numbers.");
        Console.Write("Enter first number: ");
        double firstNum = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        Console.Write("Enter second number: ");
        double secondNum = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

        if(firstNum > secondNum)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", secondNum, firstNum);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", secondNum, firstNum);
        }
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Who Invented Numbers?
When numbers appears, first thing that come to your mind would be "math". Maths@Singapore cover the topics taught in US elementary schools for the grade to strengthen and reinforce the foundations of our students, before stretching them with more advanced topics. We will also strengthen the math competencies of our students, so that they can effectively master the fundamentals and go beyond the math curriculum in US elementary school, and grow into confident and high-achieving math learners.
Numbers are beautiful, curious symbols when you stop and think about it. If there are aliens out there, they would count the same way but they would use different symbols than we do.
Evidence indicates that we began to count as early as 20,000 years ago when tally marks were discovered in Africa on an artifact known as the Ishtango Bone.
While tallying is a form of counting, the formal creation of numbers and counting beyond one expanded around 4,000 BC in Sumeria, one of the earliest civilizations, located in southern Mesopotamia in what is now southern Iraq.
Historians believe that as trade flourished worldwide, the need for numbers and counting independently developed as well.
The Arabic numeral system we know today was developed by two mathematicians from ancient India: Brahmagupta from the 6th century BC and Aryabhat from the 5th century BC.
The ancient Egyptians made the leap from using numbers to count to using them to measure things around 3,000 BC.
They invented the cubit, a sacred and precise measurement marked on officially ordained sticks kept in the temples. A cubit is the length of a man's forearm, from elbow to fingertips, plus the width of his palm.
Furthermore, the Egyptians were the first civilization to invent individual symbols for different numbers.
They used a line as a symbol for one, a rope as a symbol for ten, a coil of rope for a hundred, and a prisoner on his knees begging for forgiveness, arms upraised, as the symbol for one million.
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Peter Radatti, Big Data Problems and Rewards

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Peter Radatti
 Peter V. Radatti is a scientist, prolific inventor (30+ patents), Founder/ President of CyberSoft Operating Corporation, established in 1988. Their products are 100% made in the United States with corporate sales of COTS products primarily to governmental agencies and integrated into multiple cross domain solutions, data centers and weapon systems. Short video about CyberSoft follows. He has distinguished achievements resolving complex problems that are otherwise difficult to solve. During this time working in the defense industry he invented many systems which were actively engaged in defense and intelligence work. Some of these systems were large scale, including the project to connect the first super computers to the Arpanet, which became the Internet. He also designed and built the Systems Integration Data Center for the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), was responsible for significant portions of the computer security of the Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS), contributed security systems for the Battle Logistics Systems. Through his companies Pete also has significant experience with signal, computer security and UCDMO (Unified Cross Domain Communications). He has held multiple clearances including an EBI. Scientist, inventor and executive consistent cross-functional, cross-industry success driving diverse public and private, government, high-technology, food and medical services firms to identify, design, manufacture, market and support computer virus software, innovative medical machines and devices, holistic food products and complex computer programs. Influential academic researcher, speaker and leader with intrinsic talent for conceptualizing and communicating vision, approach, substantiation for designs, devices, processes and approaches that are independent from legacy thought processes, history or presumed assumptions.
Big Data, Big Problems and Potentially Big Rewards
 One of the terms for this massive amount of internet data is Big Data. It is not information because there is too much to extract anything of use, as is. That is a Big Problem. Too much, too fast, too difficult to find the needle in a hay-stack. Commercial companies have found ways to extract information from the data. The problem is that they are only interested in a very small, focused amount of information available from easier to control areas. Government requirements are different, the information needed is not commercial, but predominantly regulatory. Stop espionage, stop criminal activity such as sex trafficking and street drugs, illegal pornographic images and protect the major national asset of the Internet. There are also significant costs to the general public due to scams on the Internet. While criminal in nature many of these scams are performed by enemy nations to raise capital and dysfunction. The continued existence of these scams and software attacks makes the US government look ineffective in policing its own territory. A profound national problem. There are answers using existing technology such as cryptographic hashing, deep inspection, white and black listing followed by advanced pattern and lexical analysis. No research and development required, only integration of existing COTS products. The answer is fast, light data reduction followed by slower, in depth forensic analysis of isolated high value data which turns big problem big data into big reward information that is actionable.
Cliff Bragdon
 Dr. Bragdon is a recognized educator, researcher and consultant specializing in urban-regional planning, sustainability, transportation, homeland security-resilience, simulation, and environmental health. Distinguished Professor, Dean and Vice-President over a 50 year career including Georgia Tech, Emory University School of Public Health, Florida Tech, FAU and Dowling College National Transportation Center. Founded and directed the Center for Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security™ (FAU), and the Global Center for Preservation and Resilience™ (FIT).Consultant/advisor to two U.S. Presidents, U S Congress, four governors, 150 mayors and 75 Fortune 500 corporations, eight federal agencies (DOD, DOT, FAA, EPA, HUD, DOL, DOE). International consultant and invited speaker to the UN, WHO, NATO, EU and three Olympic Committees. Author of Transportation Security, Noise Pollution: The Unquiet Crisis, among others and contributed chapters to 12 other books. $60 million in funded research as Principal Investigator, expert witness up to the Supreme Court. New York Engineer Achievement Award of the Year, NAS-NAE Acoustical Society of America Fellow, Charter Board Member Association of Energy Engineers, Lifetime Achievement Award Who's Who Publication Board. Chaired international transportation and security symposia in France, Mexico and the United States. Medical Service Corps, Captain, U. S. Army, Bio-Acoustics, Surgeon General. Elected Sector Chief Director of InfraGard Tampa Bay Members Alliance, October, 2020.
The Big Four Enemy Nations: A Threat to Global Resilience and Cybersecurity in the Free World
 It appears that four enemy nations are collaboratively linked, leading efforts to create cybersecurity threats to the United States and the free world using multiple initiatives impacting our institutions of government, defense, education, finance, religion and family. These "big four" enemy nations, in order, include: China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. This block of four enemy nations are using cyberattacks, disruptive technologies and information warfare as the New Generation Warfare. For example both the DNI and FBI have published an overview of trade craft, potential vulnerabilities, and espionage threats these country's are using to undermine the U.S. Most recently are indicators of compromise that Iran and Russia are interfering in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election (FBI Flash Alert 29 Oct 2020). Diverse hactivist security threats, utilized by the Big Four, are inventoried. Examples include infrastructure impacts, stealing academic research and technology: students and professors operating as non-traditional collectors of intellectual property (referred to by China as "Military and Civil Infusion"), water and utility malware code initiated by Russia, as well as instituting drone codes for security surveillance of DOD sensitive locations (China), advancing suicide drones, nano-swarming with advanced AI (Iran), and bio-weapons technology (China). An integrated and interdisciplinary Global Resilience initiative is proposed. It is built on four interrelated elements of resilience (safety, security, health and sustainability) detailed to protect the free world that includes addressing mobility-transportation-logistics preservation, and the involvement of all 16 InfraGard sectors in a workshop and charrette.
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Speaker Bio
 Sloan Grissom is an Associate and the Counterterrorism Practice Lead at Constant Associates, a disaster management, health security, and counterterrorism consulting firm based out of Los Angeles, California. Ms. Grissom holds a Master of Public Health in global disaster management, humanitarian relief, and homeland security and has led numerous initiatives to support government entities at all levels prepare for, respond to, and recover from both man-made and natural disasters. Ms. Grissom previously worked at the Port of Long Beach Security Division in critical infrastructure protection and currently serves as Constant Associate's Program Manager for FEMA's Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center (IMAAC) outreach campaign.
Introduction to the Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center
 The Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center (IMAAC) provides a single point of contact for federal government coordination and dissemination of dispersion modeling and hazard prediction products to support response to real-world incidents involving hazardous materials (HAZMAT) or chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) incidents. IMAAC is a no-cost resource that may be activated in response to incidents such as chemical refinery fires, train derailments resulting in a chemical release, and other HAZMAT/CBRNE incidents that pose a threat to public and responder health and safety. Overall, IMAAC provides a single point of contact for reaching the expertise of numerous federal government agencies in support of your response to a HAZMAT/CBRNE incident.
Start date: December 15, 2020
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End time: 12:00 p.m. EST
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High above the Los Angeles skyline sits 71Above, the city's "hottest" restaurant located within the US Bank Tower. Whether a native Angeleno or tourist with a palate for fine food, the restaurant with 360 degree views of the city, has become a place to see and be seen at.
Measuring 950 feet above ground, 71Above is not for the faint of heart diners who have a fear of heights or fast moving elevators. One can't help but feel a little mysterious when heading to dinner from having to check-in at ground level to taking not one but two elevators to reach the final destination. Stepping into the luxurious designed bar lounge area, the segmented pillars along the floor to ceiling walls, detail how far San Diego, New York, Atlanta, and other cities are from the city of angels.
It's pretty easy to see why 71Above has become one of the best restaurants with a view (courtesy of Eater LA). Looking out into the city reminds me how massive it is with freeways extending every which way, lights flashing from nearby buildings, and the non-stop infrastructures popping up all over the city.
For those wanting to guarantee a table overlooking the city, the restaurant offers guests the opportunity to purchase their seats in advance which is literally the same as paying for your meal (dinner: $70 per person). I personally opted not to do so, and was pleased with my seating option. I will say this...next time, I might opt to purchase one of the Chef's tables (seats four), to watch the kitchen staff prepare meals.
Lead by executive chef, Vartan Abgaryan (Red Pearl), the modern American cuisine is robust in flavor, plays with vibrant colors, and takes taste buds on an exploration each course at a time. The three course meal is well priced at $70 per person, minus the additions of regular/non-alcohol beverages and desserts.
Wondering if it's worth visiting for the view? I always say it's what you make of it, but refrain from bringing a selfie stick. The upscale dress code does dictate the type of people who dine at 71Above, yet there are the occasional curious souls who must grab a shot of themselves gazing out into the city.


Miami and South Florida Brides mark your calendar for Sunday, July 29th from 12 noon to 4pm to attend the Florida Bridal Showcase. This 'Over the Top' bridal show takes place at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel. Start making plans with your wedding party to attend this show and see the latest in wedding decor and styles.
The Florida Bridal Showcase is a great start in planing your wedding weekend. You will enjoy an afternoon in the fabulous South Beach area meeting the top wedding professionals in the wedding and event industry. You will get a chance to spend quality time with these wedding vendors and see their design and styling concepts that will assist you in planning and designing your own unique wedding.
For more information or to purchase tickets to attend the Florida Bridal Showcase click here. You and your friends will truly enjoy a Sunday afternoon at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel.


• Study the effectiveness of the implementation of the changes in law made by HB 3459, 83 R.S. Study the feasibility and desirability of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system in this state and of authorizing coastal property owners to grant easements to governmental entities to construct and maintain stabilized dunes.
House members appointed by Speaker 4/25/2014, pursuant to HB 3459, 83rd Legislature, R.S.


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Coshocton, River View staying home in Week 6
Cameron Teague Robinson
COSHOCTON — We have passed the midway mark of the high school football season, and two Coshocton County teams have seemed to hit a groove: Coshocton (3-2) and Ridgewood (4-1) have both won three in a row, and they have put themselves in good positions for playoff berths.
River View is still struggling to get its first win of the season, but it has seen constant improvement. Without looking too far ahead, each team is preparing to start the final stretch of the season on the right foot.
Ridgewood vs. Garaway
When and where: 7 p.m. Friday at Garaway
Records: Ridgewood (4-1); Garaway (2-3)
Last week: Ridgewood defeated East Canton 31-0; Garaway lost to Sandy Valley 51-26.
Since Ridgewood's Week 2 loss to Waynedale, the Generals have looked like a different team. An offense that coming in was a question has found its feet, totaling 61 points in the three wins since.
Against East Canton, the same was true as the Generals moved the ball well when their starters were on the field. The strength of the Generals has been their defense, and it was again as they held the Hornets to less than 100 yards of total offense.
This week though, the Generals will be facing a more explosive and talented offense in Garaway, but a win Friday would put them in the driver's seat for the Inter-Valley Conference Championship.
Coach's comments: "This gives us a chance to be outright league leaders right now," John Slusser said. "It's a big game."
"It's a totally different type of game when you play Garaway. They are willing to make a bad play in order to try for a big one, because eventually they will catch you. They have the athletes to do that," Slusser said. "We are going to have to move the ball and score some points. We are also going to have to control the ball and the clock."
Meadowbrook vs. River View
When and where: 7 p.m. Friday at Don Rushing Stadium
Records: Meadowbrook (5-0); River View (0-5)
Last week: Meadowbrook defeated Lore City Buckeye Trail Warriors 40-0; River View lost to Maysville (60-16).
The Black Bears have not won a game yet this season, but their consistent improvement makes it seem as if a win may be coming soon. But last week didn't go as planned for River View, as the team turned the ball over six times through the air.
The defense couldn't find its footing either, and the team went into the half trailing 48-0. The Black Bears will have to put last week behind them and focus on another dangerous team in Meadowbrook this week.
Coach's comments: "Our boys are working hard and are excited," Bob Forgrave said. "They are a great group of guys who have worked hard and deserve a victory. Meadowbrook will be a good challenge for us."
New Lexington vs. Coshocton
When and where: 7 p.m. Friday at Stewart Field
Records: New Lexington (2-3), Coshocton (3-2)
Last week: New Lexington lost to Tri-Valley 35-0; Coshocton defeated Cambridge 38-14.
Coshocton, like Ridgewood, has shown great improvement since its Week 2 loss. The Redskins are finally healthy, and it's showing on the offensive and defensive side of the ball.
A healthy Zach Michael has given Coshocton another weapon on offense, and quarterback Andrew Mason has found a connection with tight-end Dallas Griffiths.
But again, like Ridgewood, Coshocton's first-team defense has been a strength for the group, and the unit will be leaned on as the team enters the final stretch of the season.
Coach's comments: "We are finally getting healthy, and that was a big thing. The guys up front are getting more experience, and the more experience they get, the better they are going to be," Jim Woodrum said. "I told them Saturday and again on Monday, they can't get complacent. There is nobody looking at us saying, 'Hey they won three in a row let's not even play this week.' It's not like that and the kids know that."
"We have to tackle well in space, and that's going to be very important. We will have to play well offensively in order to keep their offense off the field, and they have a lot of kids playing both sides of the ball, so the more we can stay on the field offensively the better we will be on defense," Woodrum said.
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Saturday Night Fever (Atlantis Theatrical)
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BIRTWAL – Guy (Ron Capinding) and Girl (J-Mee Katanyag) decide to meet up after almost a year of romancing each other online, except that their descriptions of themselves might be a little bit too farfetched from the truth. They both agree to wear blue, but end up both donning green. Would their online romance be sufficient for them to hold onto once they see that they are both far from the virtual image that they have made for themselves?
This one is a bit hard to watch but innovative nonetheless. The two main characters share the stage with four flat screen TVs displaying their conversations online, which is probably the best way to do it. In a way, it makes the audience feel as though they are part of the action themselves. It must have been challenging for the two actors to pretend texting all the time like that in front of the audience. What you'll find really striking here is not the play itself, but rather the critique of society that it offers you. How do you know which is reality and which is fantasy nowadays, in a society governed by the dynamics of social media, could you still distinguish between what's real and what's made-up?
KUBLIHAN – Julio (Abner Delina, Jr.), a senior, and Mike (Joshua Tayco), a freshman, find a quiet spot that is theirs alone to deal with the pressures and expectations involved in being a teenager. They form a bond that almost goes beyond friendship, only for it to be broken by news that the former has been accepted to UCLA, in line with his family's plans to migrate to the United States.
This one is really entertaining because it is plain weird, well at least the character of Julio, like he is on drugs or something. It is just he always seems high when he rambles about random nonsense that you would expect from the everyday life of a teenager with raging hormones. But you warm up to him rather quickly and embrace his quirks, for the mere reason that he is such an enjoyable character to watch. Mike is the quiet one, but his silence perfectly complements the firebrand nature of the other. Their bromance hints on a gay angle, but it is not fully explored.
It's not as if they have to. Regardless if they are homo or hetero, in the end you just see two human beings being there for each other, trying to figure out the conundrum that is life. But the world is full of hellos and goodbyes, and parting ways is an inevitable thing. And so while you might feel bad for them at first, you end up realizing that it is just a dry run for what is to come as they knock on the doors of adulthood. The two actors should be commended, especially Delina Jr. for pulling off such an act, which could be a hit or miss depending on the demographic of the audience present.
HINTAYAN NG LANGIT – Represented by a really white and brightly lit sauna, limbo is what Lisang (Edna Vida Froilan) has been calling home for the last two years since she died. For whatever reason, she just keeps on delaying her ascent to heaven despite his dead husband's big influence on the administration, as far as crossing over is concerned. She spends most of her time picking fights with the Bantay (Ronna Sabellina), who comes along one day with a newbie. Manolo (Nonoy Froilan) is Lisang's ex, a jilted lover she was supposed to elope with before she got knocked-up by another man. With such emotional baggage in tow, the duo is about to unleash their grudges against each other in purgatory.
If Kublihan is entertaining, Hintayan ng Langit is simply touching. Why so? 1) It tackles the love story of two elderly individuals, which means; 2) It will be a showcase of what-ifs galore and looking back at life with the wisdom of all the years they have accumulated on Earth. For a predominantly younger audience, such a story would always be a good watch because of the lessons you pick up along the way. It helps a great deal that the script is witty, often just sarcastic that it does not fail to crack you up. And of course, the rapport between the real life husband and wife tandem is just too adorable to dismiss.


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It's that time of year again! This Thursday night I am headed to the Georgia Council of Teachers of English Annual 2015 conference at the Brasstown Valley Resort. This is my second year presenting, and I'm totally pumped about it. I'm looking forward to sharing some of what I've learned this past year about student writing and exploring the impact of their writing through genuine reflection. If you're headed there too, I hope to see you there. My session info is inside.


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Bubble: Code-Free Programming with Emmanuel Straschnov and Joshua Haas
Podcast Tuesday, November 19 2019
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The vision of code-free programming has existed for decades. Software engineers have always dreamed of empowering non-technical users with the same creative tools that programmers have access to.
For many years, the underlying technology of the web was not powerful enough to make this dream a reality. Platforms such as WordPress, Squarespace, and Wix have allowed for some of the functionality of programming without writing code, but the scope of what those tools could accomplish was limited.
Today, the web has caught up. Improvements in browser technology and client devices mean that the end user has access to more powerful technology. The API economy encapsulates large amounts of functionality into cheap, well-defined functionality. No-code platforms are finding success among developers and non-developers, after persisting for several years as their technology matured.
Bubble is a code-free platform for building websites, startups, and internal tools. Emmanuel Straschnov and Joshua Haas are the founders of Bubble, and they join the show to tell the story of Bubble, and give their perspective on engineering, business, and the low-code movement.
The story of Bubble is strikingly similar to that of no-code tools Airtable and Webflow, which we have covered in previous episodes. All of these products have taken years to get to maturity, with no shortcuts–only gritty, difficult engineering problems and performance improvements. Each of these no-code platforms has an inspiring story behind them, and persistent founders who eventually got their product to success.
Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com
We are hiring a content writer and also an operations lead. Both of these are part-time positions working closely with Jeff and Erika. If you are interested in working with us, send an email to jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com.
We will be at KubeCon San Diego 2019, and AWS re:Invent Las Vegas. We are planning a meetup at re:Invent on Wednesday December 4.
Meet Fastly, the edge cloud platform that powers the brands you love, like Spotify, The New York Times, and GrubHub. With Fastly, websites and apps are faster, safer, and way more scalable. Try it free at fastly.com/sedaily.
CloudBees Rollout lets you manage feature flags easily. When you have a solution to manage feature flags at scale, you're empowered to continuously and intelligently roll out changes as soon as they are code complete on any platform – even mobile. Experience how CloudBees Rollout can help you with every release. Visit softwareengineeringdaily.com/rollout to get a free trial.
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Today we check out some of the awesome new Dwarf models from Atlantis Miniatures!
Thanks to Atlantis for sending these over for us to have a look at in this unboxing! You can check out their full range or Dwarves, along with all their other miniatures over at their website!
Next Weeks Pre Order – The Soul Wars Begin!


This manual page documents briefly the conqstrat command.
Conquest and used as the default when the universe is initialized.
-v        Be verbose about everything.
-d        Turn on lots of debugging.
to re‐run this command to re‐install your own AI again.
conquest (6), conqai (6), conqoper (6).
distribution.  It is  also  the  default  AI  compiled  into  Conquest.
install it in an initialized game with conqstrat -U <conqrule.easy.
<schizo@debian.org>  for the Debian system (but may be used by others).


Solid wood chairs with maximum seating comfort.
Ergonomics, comfort, and durability are the Alpha and Omega of our chairs. That is why they are tested comprehensively from the development stage onwards at our in-house test lab. Whether four-legged, cantilever, or swivel base, our chairs guarantee a comfortable and relaxed seating position for long and leisurely times at the table. And with almost limitless design options, our leather, natural leather, fabric, Stricktex and Softstrick covers will always be a talking point.


Sometimes I can't even get to the task at hand because I'm too busy putting things on my to-do-list. Then onto the business of figuring out how I'm going to get them all done.
She goes on in the article to say; "If I could only slow down and be still someday, I'd (—-fill in the blank)." And I'm thinking to myself, I'm retired. I don't have to do this or that if I don't really want to. As a matter of fact I'm the one who writes about being in the moment all the time.
Sometimes having a snowy day where we can't do much of anything else gives us the opportunity to slow down and ask ourselves that very question, what could I do?
I picked my magazine up because I'd been wanting to read it for a while. I opened it to this article first thing, and in this small gesture I got a reminder lesson on the more important things in life. All we have exist within our untamed moments, and if we're too busy cluttering our thoughts with things to do later, we miss out on what life has to show and offer us…in the now.
Excellent post Connie! I love snowy days for this reason. Sometimes we do need to move slower.
And that's the truth, we do Nico! Thanks for your kind words.


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Velký diamant je asterismus. Skládá se z hvězd Cor Caroli (v souhvězdí Honicích psů), Denebola (ocas souhvězdí Lva), Spika (Panna) a Arcturus (Pastýř). Je trochu větší než asterismus Velký vůz.

Uvnitř Velkého diamantu leží hvězdy, které se označují jako souhvězdí Vlasy Bereniky. Mnohé blízké galaxie, včetně kupy galaxií v Panně, se nacházejí uvnitř tohoto asterismu, přičemž některé z nich mohou být snadno pozorovatelné i amatérskými dalekohledy.

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Walled Gardens, Semantic Data and the Open Web: an Interview with Steven Pemberton
Submitted by Jos Poortvliet
During the NLUUG end-of-year conference "The Open Web" in Ede, Netherlands, we did an interview with keynote speaker Steven Pemberton. Steven Pemberton is a researcher at the Center for Math and Information Technology in Amsterdam and has been involved with the web since it's first incarnation - he vividly remembers the day the connection from Europe to the US was doubled to 128 Kbit.
Steve, can you introduce yourself to the DOT audience?
Well, I've been involved with the web since ever - I was among first 25 non-military users of the Internet. I gave several workshops during the first web conference, among others about clientside scripting and have been involved in various W3C commissions, working on standards like HTML4, XHTML, CSS, XForms and RDFa.
As a researcher I have of course been researching and preparing for the future. We try to maintain a long-term vision, routinely looking ahead 10 years, sometimes more. I feel the effects of the internet on our current lives have not even started to flesh out - change can only go as fast as people can incorporate it into their lives.
So you expect much more invasive changes compared to what we have seen already?
Oh, yes. I expect a second enlightenment. The first book press resulted, over the course of several hundreds of years, into the first enlightenment The web will enable the second one. Paradigm shifts come exponentially faster, approaching a singularity where we can't see beyond.
Singularity on Wikipedia
What did you talk about during your keynote?
Openness, mostly. There are issues in various area's, right now - our data isn't ours. Open standards and net neutrality are key for accessibility, both for people with say mobile devices or non-standard operating systems and web browsers, but also for partially sighted - something we'll probably all will have to live with one day.
Currently we are moving to what I call meta standards. CSS would be an example - it lets you layer stuff on top of other things. From the point of view of openness, this allows content to be re-purposed because it is separate from the implementation. This is very important in device independence and accessibility. SVG would be another example - you have a nice graphical interface, yet the page below it is open for eg search engine indexing. We're also moving to a more declarative approach. Take XForms. It does not show how a radio button needs to look, but it just describes what it is supposed to do (select something from a list). So the same XForms based form works on a desktop, a cell phone, but also over a voice browser and I've even seen a demonstration over an IM network.
Steven during the keynote
The biggest danger the web currently faced are what I call walled gardens. When talking about Web 2.0 you often see references to Metcalfe's law: the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of nodes. Take a network, split it in two and value halves despite you having access to both. That's why it's good there is one email network; that's why it is bad there are many independent IM networks. That's why it's good there is one WWW. Web 2.0 is about users adding value to websites (wikipedia, flickr, facebook). But this currently leads to some new kind of lock in based on commitment. It takes a lot of work to bring all your data into a web 2.0 site, so you don't want to move and have to do it again somewhere else. Currently there is no standard way of getting data out. It makes it hard to choose a site - say you add all your genealogy data to one site, then discover a very interesting tree on another site. What do you do, do it all over again? And what if the site closes down? Or your account? Take a recent Facebook incident: an account got closed because the user tried to download the email addresses of his/her friends into Outlook! And imagine losing your Google mail account with years of email, agenda and other data.
So what is the solution? What you want is some sort of a personal site with all your own data. Then the data can be connected to other data by search engines. For that we need a way to say on a site to explain to search engines what some piece of data represents (eg genealogy, foto & place & data). One of the technologies which can do this is RDFa, it's like a CSS of meaning. This improves search and user experience; it improves services; and aggregators can create value by joining data.
So what happens in the future?
Well, I expect the walled gardens to go. Or, at least I hope so. The net neutrality is a perquisite for this - it creates and helps to maintain a open market, where closing your garden has a negative effect. But there are plenty of dangers. Take Google. I applaud their motto of 'do no evil', and certainly they do attempt to follow up on it. But what if you look forward 10 years? 10 years ago, Yahoo was the big gorilla in the room, and now - it's almost gone. Nobody would have thought it could happen but it did. What if Google is bought by a third party, 10 years down the line? What happens to our data?
The Free Software community rarely looks forward that long. Three years is a long time for us - 10 years is an eternity. Is that a problem?
Yes, it is. I see how Free Software mostly copies what the proprietary competition is doing, it doesn't innovate enough. For that I think we have to move on to a next generation infrastructure, and most importantly programming language. And Free Software needs to take it on to develop the next language.
Math Example
In the middle ages, 1545 to be exact, the mathematician Cardan wrote in his Ars Magna (in Latin, thus my thanks to Lambert Meertens for this translation):
Raise the third part of the coefficient of the unknown to the cube, to which you add the square of half the coefficient of the equation, and take the root of the sum, namely the square one, and this you will copy, and to one {copy} you add the half of the coefficient that you have just multiplied by itself, from another {copy} you subtract the same half, and you will have the Binomium with its Apotome, next, when the cube root of the Apotome is subtracted from the cube root of its Binomium, the remainder that is left from this is the determined value of the unknown.
What he was trying to say was that one root of x3 + px = q is calculated so:
d = (p/3)3+(q/2)3
c = sqrt(d)
b = c + (q/2)
a = c - (q/2)
x = cuberoot(b) - cuberoot(a)
a calculation that any reasonably trained schoolchild can even prove nowadays.
(taken from Steven's website from a talk at ApacheCon, 2007)
What would that language be?
Well, it needs to focus on doing more in less. Current deskops use C and C++ - fine now, but with technologies like employed by XForms you can do 10 to 1000 times more with the same work. We were working on interpreted languages in the 80's and 90's and everybody said we were crazy. After all, computers were barely capable of running those. But we understood that in 10 years, computers would be so much faster it wouldn't be a problem. And doing all the computing for a webpage on the server simply does not scale - it MUST move to the client.
So wouldn't python and ruby help in this move to higher-level languages?
Well, it's a start, but I'm looking more at a 10000-fold improvement. In 10 years computers will again be many orders of magnitute faster than now - current languages are completely overkill, a waste of time.
If you look at the math example, you see it's not just shorter but also allows for new functionality, transformations and insight you didn't have before. We need to realize how the world has changed to see how it will change. In 1960, you leased a PC from IBM and got a bunch of programmers for free. These days, it's almost the other way around. Programmers are the most scarce resource, hardware is cheap. Free Software in particular should realize this - any project has a lack of hands, any time.
What desktop software are you familiar with?
Well, I use Ubuntu at home, and something linux-y at work, I don't know what. I'm very much a command line person, having used Unix since version 6, somewhere in the 70s. And in research I'm very much an infrastructure guy. So I'm not well versed in the KDE and Gnome world.
A final tip or comment for the readers?
Technology needs to be focused on what you want to do. Take a file system. Say file systems would not be abstracted away by the kernel, like now. The file system would be like a toolkit - applications would be tied to it. Imagine how much more limited that would be in terms of exchange of data. But our GUI tool kits, our user interface, IS tied to an application, an OS, a device, a form factor. So interoperability needs to move deeper into the operating system. That's what I've been researching since the 80's, and what needs to be done.
The talk I had with Steven was very interesting - while reading the article you'll probably find many of his ideas floating around in KDE as well. Independence of screen size, input devices and platform - we're doing that with our libraries, and Plasma in particular. We're allowing the use of any higher-level language for scripting using Kross, and have many different bindings to allow for writing full applications.
RDFa - the CSS of meaning - Nepomuk anyone? And we're fighting the walled gardens with Silk and the Social Desktop initiative.
Still, it would be interesting to hear his ideas on what we are doing - after all, he's been thinking about these things before we started hacking ;-)
I am also interested in getting the 1000 times improvement in productivity he talks about, and I wonder if we need a new language for that...
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In the event that JMSN's original wasn't sensual enough, the official remix of "Cruel Intentions" will certainly do the trick. Tapping Sweden's Snoh Aalegra for the rework, the two prove to be the perfect duo when it comes to crooning about matters of the heart. Snoh's soulful, yearning vocals take the single to new heights, reinforcing the overwhelming regret JMSN sings about.
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Cairo museum - The largest Egyptian collection, including the complete treasure of Tut-Ankh-Amen. At the moment there are two mummy rooms , with climate control, for the royal mummies.
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Q: Do not use System.out.println in server side code I heard that using System.out.println for logging purposes is a very bad practice and this may force the server to fail.
I don't use this approach but I am very interested in knowing why System.out.println could make so trash things when used in backend code.

A: System.out.println is an IO-operation and therefor is time consuming.
The Problem with using it in your code is, that your program will wait until the println has finished. This may not be a problem with small sites but as soon as you get load or many iterations, you'll feel the pain.
The better approach is to use a logging framework.
They use a message queue and write only if no other output is going on.
And another benefit is that you can configure separate log files for different purposes.
Something your Ops team will love you for.
Read more here:

*

*http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html

*Logger vs. System.out.println

A: It is considered to be bad because System.out.println(); eats more cpu and thus output comes slow means hurts the performance. (Actually every I/O operation eats cpu).

A: The reason is not that the server might fail but it might be hard to find such output on the server. You should always use some kind of logging framework with a defined behaviour and output file.

A: For one, having multiple requests hitting your server and printing the log on System.out isn't good practice.

*

*All the logs gets printed on screen (file descriptor). There's no way to scroll back and read the log.

*System.out isn't synchronized. There must be a concurrency management to manage printing via System.out

*You can't determine log levels through System.out. You can't separate your log levels to separate outputs on the fly.

I hope this helps.

A: Check out Adam Biens article in the Java Magazine edition November/Dezember about stress testing JEE6 applications - it's free online, you only have to subscribe to it.
On page 43 he shows, that a server applications which manages to handle 1700 transactions per second falls down to only 800 when inserting a single System.out.println with fix String in each.

A: It's a bad practice because when your application goes in Production, you can't separate application logs from server logs.
Prod teams want that you separate logs produced by your application from the ones from the app server (tomcat, websphere, etc...) : they want to be able to monitor the app server diffrently from the application itself.
Moreover, using System.out, you can't define the log level : in Production, you don't want to print debug information.

A: *

*Program will wait until the println has finished.
Loggers use message queue and write only if no other output is going on.

*System.out.println (SOPs) are not thread safe (i.e asynchronous)
Loggers are thread safe (i.e synchronous)

*Loggers are highly configurable
a.    Formatting, Limiting log content achievable by loggers
b.    Multiple destination logging –file, console, DB

*SOPs write logs into Server log files.
We need to keep application logs separate from Server logs as it may lead       to Server Failure

*Server applications which manages to handle 1700 transactions per second  falls down to only 800 when inserting a single SOPs with fix String in each

A: Using standard out is bad practice.  However if you have a library, or code which uses System.out and System.err you can write your own PrintStream which logs the thread name and  info() and error() the text instead.  Once you have done this, you may be more relaxed about using System.out as it will write to the logs e.g. log4j.
Ideally you will use the proper logs directly esp for debug level logging. IMHO its doesn't have to matter that much, provided you don use the built-in System.out/err! (A big assumption admittedly)
Whether you use System.out which is re-directed to a file or use log4j or Java Logger to write to a file, the performance is almost exactly the same.

A: One more reason is that System.out and err are PrintStreams, which are consuming all underlying IOExceptions. See this methods of PrintStreams:
/**
 * Writes the specified byte to this stream.  If the byte is a newline and
 * automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be
 * invoked.
 *
 *
 Note that the byte is written as given; to write a character that
 * will be translated according to the platform's default character
 * encoding, use the print(char) or println(char)
 * methods.
 *
 * @param  b  The byte to be written
 * @see #print(char)
 * @see #println(char)
 */
public void write(int b) {
    try {
        synchronized (this) {
            ensureOpen();
            out.write(b);
            if ((b == '\n') && autoFlush)
                out.flush();
        }
    }
    catch (InterruptedIOException x) {
        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
    }
    catch (IOException x) {
        trouble = true;
    }
}

/**
 * Flushes the stream and checks its error state. The internal error state
 * is set to true when the underlying output stream throws an
 * IOException other than InterruptedIOException,
 * and when the setError method is invoked.  If an operation
 * on the underlying output stream throws an
 * InterruptedIOException, then the PrintStream
 * converts the exception back into an interrupt by doing:
 *

 *     Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
 *

 * or the equivalent.
 *
 * @return true if and only if this stream has encountered an
 *         IOException other than
 *         InterruptedIOException, or the
 *         setError method has been invoked
 */
public boolean checkError() {
    if (out != null)
        flush();
    if (out instanceof java.io.PrintStream) {
        PrintStream ps = (PrintStream) out;
        return ps.checkError();
    }
    return trouble;
}

So an IOException from the underlying stream is ALWAYS consumed, and usually the people never call checkError on System out, so they are not even knowing that something happened.


Includes digital pre-order of The Music Of William Arkle and Other Recordings. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it's released.
Pre-order of The Music Of William Arkle and Other Recordings. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it's released.
Contains 6 Page PDF Booklet with sleeve notes by Professor Bruce Charlton.
The first three tracks on this CD were originally released on cassette in November 1986 and given away free of charge to members of The Enid's fan club known as 'The Stand'. 'Seascape,' 'Somerset Sketches' and 'Snowdonia were composed by the artist, philosopher and composer William Arkle nearly twenty years previously in 1968 but no-one not even the composer had heard it until it was realised and performed by Robert John Godfrey in 1986.
Enid aficionados will note that one of William Arkle's paintings "The Father And The Mother" was also used on the cover of The Enid's 1984 reissue of "In The Region Of The Summer Stars".
Tracks 1 – 3 written by William Arkle; arranged and performed by Robert John Godfrey.
Tracks 4 – 5 written and performed by Robert John Godfrey.
Track 6 written by Robert John Godfrey and performed by The Enid.
William Arkle, who was called Bill by his friends, was born in 1924, and died in 2000. As well as composing music Arkle was a spiritual philosopher, painter, poet, teacher and visionary.
never famous and he remains an obscure figure. (The figure whom Arkle most brings to my mind is that other visionary Englishman; William Blake who died in almost equal obscurity but is now recognised as one of the greatest lyrical poets and also an influential illustrator)."


It is not only the psychology of the people that makes them so exacting - Their geographical situation has been equally problematic.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women? merely adored.
This calls for a very special plan of psychology and extreme violence.


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Marumba est un genre d'insectes lépidoptères de la famille des Sphingidae, de la sous-famille des Smerinthinae et de la tribu des Smerinthini .

Description

Distribution

Biologie

Systématique
Le genre a été décrit par l'entomologiste anglais Frederic Moore en 1882. L'espèce type pour le genre est Marumba dyras  (Walker, 1865)

Synonymie
 Burrowsia Tutt, 1902
 Kayeia Tutt, 1902
 Sichia Tutt, 1902

Taxinomie
 Liste des espèces
Marumba amboinicus - (C Felder, 1861)
Marumba cristata - (Butler, 1875)
Marumba diehli - Roesler & Kuppers, 1975
Marumba dyras - (Walker, 1865) - espèce type pour le genre
Marumba fenzelii - Mell, 1937
Marumba gaschkewitschii - (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Marumba indicus - (Walker, 1856)
Marumba jankowskii - (Oberthur, 1880)
Marumba juvencus - Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
Marumba maackii - (Bremer, 1861)
Marumba nympha - (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Marumba poliotis - Hampson, 1907
Marumba quercus - (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - seule espèce européenne
Marumba saishiuana - Okamoto, 1924
Marumba spectabilis - (Butler, 1875)
Marumba sperchius - (Menetries, 1857)
Marumba tigrina - Gehlen, 1936
Marumba timora - (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

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Genre de Lépidoptères (nom scientifique)
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Anatomy of a Ransomware Hack: A Modern Hostage Crisis
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Just last week, a huge segment of the eastern part of the United States suffered fallout from a ransomware hack of the computers controlling the extensive gasoline pipeline system of Colonial Pipeline Co. On May 7, 2021, Colonial found a ransom note on a control room computer demanding a $4.4 million payment to unlock the pipeline's computers. The hack, called a ransomware attack, brought the pipeline to a standstill, effectively cutting off over 45% of the gasoline supply to the East Coast. (wsj.com) The immediate drop in gasoline availability sparked long lines at gas stations as drivers looked to stock up in the face of a deepening shortage. In the meantime, the CEO of Colonial, Joseph Blount, had to decide whether to pay the ransom or try to repair the damage done by the attack perpetrated by an Eastern European criminal gang known as DarkSide.
The attack on Colonial Pipeline serves as an example of a lucrative form of extortion for criminals—ransomware. According to Coveware, a ransomware response company, the average ransomware payment in the first quarter of 2021 equaled $220,298, up 43% from the previous quarter. (coveware.com) Not surprisingly, no sector of society appears off-limits to cybercriminals. Some of the most prevalent ransomware targets include hospitals and public sector institutions such as schools and municipalities. The allure of attacking hospitals derives from the critical nature of computers in everything in their operations, including essential instruments, lab records, pharmacies, and patient information. The imminent threat to patient safety drives the urgency to pay off the ransom. In September of 2020, amid the pandemic, criminals launched the most significant ransomware attack against a hospital system in US history. (nbcnews.com) The ransomware targeted United Health Services and impacted the 400 hospitals they service in the US and the UK. Although United Health Services did not pay the ransom, the attack cost them $67 million.
Ransomware works by infiltrating computer systems with software that takes control of computers and encrypts the data stored in these systems rendering them useless. Imagine if you came home to your house or returned to your car after work and the locks were changed, and it would take a master locksmith hundreds of years to pick the lock. That is what happens to files on ransomware computers. Special software jumbles up the computer's data, and only one specific key can unscramble the data. Unlike a physical combination lock which may have tens of thousands of possible combinations, computer encryption generates trillions and trillions of possible combinations. To put this in perspective, according to calculations provided by the data security firm Scram Software, it would take all the personal computers in the world working together 13,689 trillion trillion trillion trillion years to crack high level, 256-bit encryption. (scrambox.com) Clearly, brute force will not unlock a ransomware attack.
The best solution to a ransomware attack is not to get infected in the first place. Such a solution sounds glib, but hackers need to get past the security built into computer systems to start their attack. According to cybersecurity company, LastLine, hackers use different approaches to install their malicious software on victim's computers, including insecure passwords, malicious e-mail links, and drive-by downloads. Insecure passwords include short or obvious ones such as one's name, child's name, or company name. Hackers also use e-mail scams to trick people into revealing their passwords to the hacker. Drive-by downloads directly place malicious software on a victim's computer through insecure or out-of-date web browsers. Additionally, computer administrators need to keep their systems backed up and keep the clean backups utterly separate from the computer system to get fully restored to pre-attack working order.
Ransomware attacks continue to proliferate across the globe with increasing ransom demands. In the case of United Health Services, the company did not pay the ransom, but it cost the company close to $70 million in lost billing and repair. Fortunately, no patient was harmed in the attack. However, in Germany last year, a woman died due to a ransomware attack. In September 2020, because the system was down in the Dusseldorf Hospital treating her, the doctors needed to move her to another uninfected hospital in Wuppertal, about twenty miles away. Unfortunately, she did not survive due to treatment delays. (nytimes.com) The general position in the US to never pay ransom remains. Still, the CEO of Colonial pipeline decided to pay the $4.4 million ransom to try and get the pipeline up and running as soon as possible. Our lives now depend on computers to do their job and provide their support across every sector of society, from hospitals to pipelines and electrical grids. Ransomware hackers appear to have no regard for the health and safety of anyone, so we must double down on the defense against ransomware attacks and have solid preparation for when an attack occurs.
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MITRE, a non-profit that specializes in scientific and technical projects to support government organizations, took the top spot on Glassdoor's second annual list of the Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance. It earned a rating of 4.5 out of 5. North Highland, a management consulting group based in Atlanta that includes an IT practice, followed with its own rating of 4.5.
Other tech companies on the list were Agilent Technologies (No. 3, rated 4.4), SAS Institute (No. 4, rated 4.4), National Instruments (No. 7, 4.3), LinkedIn (No. 8, 4.3), FactSet (No. 9, 4.3), Rackspace (No. 11, 4.3), Orbitz (No. 12, 4.2), Novell, (No. 13, 4.2), Citrix Systems (No. 19, 4.2), Hitachi Data Systems (No. 20, 4.2) and NAVTEQ (No. 23, 4.1).
To be considered for the list, companies required to have 20 Glassdoor reviews between July 26, 2011, and July 25, 2012, and at least 10 reviews from July to July the previous year.
When we look at the themes … employees are talking about feeling a great deal of pride in the company, they love the leadership, they feel it's very transparent. Of course, they continue to talk about great perks such as workout sessions at work, free food, flexible schedules, work-from-home options, but a lot of companies have those…. They talk about their work and life balance being very much in sync.
Just as interesting as who made the list was who didn't — not Apple (rated 3.7) nor Microsoft (rated 3.6) but Yahoo (rated 4.0) came close despite all the turmoil at the top.


A monumental interactive sculpture in the sky. Choreographed by visitors in real time through their mobile devices, the sculpture is a crowd-controlled visual artwork on a giant, floating canvas. A collaboration with Janet Echelman premiered at the TED conference in 2014.
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THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1
September 18, 2020 / Release Date
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Country Pop, Pop Rock / Genres
Worst of 2020
He winds up with a modern sound -- it's a busy digital production, filled with skittering drum tracks and thick overdubs -- but The Speed of Now, Vol. 1 almost feels old-fashioned in how it turns 2010s sounds into adult contemporary.
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A bloated, overproduced, and unnecessary eleventh studio album by the country stalwart Keith Urban. The Speed of Now Part 1 is an album that is better left in the past. (4.2 / 10)
Track picks: "With You," "Better Than I Am," "We Were" (both versions), "Live With," "Forever"
Tracks I don't like: the ones I haven't already mentioned, with a specific highlight on "Soul Food"
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I wish I could say it's better than Ripcord and Graffiti U. But even though it is, I feel like it's a little too praising to an album that's more of the same. To be fair, though, its rating would be a little higher if he had learned from Ripcord that country music just doesn't fit Nile Rodgers's groove.
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Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1
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Out The Cage (feat. Nile Rodgers & Breland)
Ain't It Like A Woman
God Whispered Your Name
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Frances Katherine Provenzano
Last of the Bohemians
Frances Katherine Provenzano, former Head of Advertising and Design for Cost Plus Imports, artist, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, passed away at her home in San Francisco on November 2nd, 2018. She was 94.
Born to Sicilian immigrants Carmela Musumeci and Carmelo Manuli in Greenwich, Connecticut on March 23, 1924, Fran was the youngest of four siblings: Fillipa, Phillip and Katherine. She became the first in her family to go to college, receiving her Bachelors degree from Syracuse University in Fine Arts and her Masters in Education from Columbia Teachers College.
What started off as a small, localized San Francisco company, Cost Plus Imports expanded into the national scene with Fran's designs at the helm. As the Head of Advertising and Design for Cost Plus for over 20 years, Fran's bold, witty designs gave Cost Plus the "highly recognizable" style (quoted from the San Francisco Chronicle in 1979) that launched it into the phenomenon it is today. Her designs became synonymous with the company, receiving acclaim for Fran's ability to elevate simple items such as cocktail napkins and wrapping paper to a fine art. Some of her most popular designs include San Francisco manhole cover rubbings, a laughing Mona Lisa series, a running shoe homage, and Queen Elizabeth at a party.
Fran's sense of humor and fun-loving nature will be fondly remembered by her loved ones. She was a master of practical jokes and pranks, and loved to laugh with others over stories and witty banter. She will also be remembered for her fiery spirit and impassioned opinions. She was a talented artist, who continued her love of painting and sketching well into her nineties, painting vibrant still lifes at her home studio and with her art group. She was an avid reader, who could always provide a good book recommendation, and one could often find her reading in her sitting room, with her dog Godiva by her side.
Fran is survived by her daughters Katherine Provenzano (Joshua Hoover) and Carol Provenzano Kelly (Kenneth Munson), grandchildren Sophia, Stuart and Joseph, many nieces and nephews including: Martha, Nicki, Kathie, Carmela, Tommy, Phillip, John, .. And cherished friends and beloved dog Godiva.
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