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Evidence-based medicine and its standard practice
When Archibald Cochrane formulated his vision for evidence-based medicine (EBM), it was driven by an absence of reliable, robust evidence supporting frequently accepted medical interventions. His observations provoked meticulous evaluations of novel interventions, which subsequently emphasised the need for high-quality evidence in medicine (1). Today, EBM has defined modern medicine; its goal is to minimise the uncertainties in clinical decision-making (2) and to increase the use of high-quality evidence. In practice, this involves the integration of clinical expertise and patient values with the best available evidence (3). As illustrated in Figure 1, EBM ranks different types of clinical evidence according to the risk of various biases which may hinder their quality, creating a hierarchical system. For example, observational studies are considered to have a higher risk of bias than randomised controlled trials (RCTs); and systematic literature reviews (SLRs) and meta-analyses provide the most robust and reliable forms of evidence.
Figure 1. Hierarchical system of EBM research quality, redrawn from Novella 2017 (4)
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic on 11th March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO)(5). As of 20th August 2020, there have been 22,256,220 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported and 782,456 deaths (6).
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) issued a statement on the 16th March 2020 regarding the prioritisation of nationally sponsored COVID-19 research, urging all sectors within scientific research to contribute at pace (7). As efforts switched to combat the pandemic, a sharp increase in COVID-19-focused research was observed. Figure 2 illustrates the sudden increase in literature referencing COVID-19 in 2020 registered in the Medline database, from 379 publications in January or February to 10,548 publications in May or June.
Figure 2. The number of publications referencing COVID-19 in the Medline database in 2020
Despite the rapid increase in COVID-19-related research, high-quality RCT evidence is limited, with other sources of evidence more readily available (8). This trend is a response to the significant pressure to find existing or novel treatments and/or develop a vaccine for COVID-19 to combat the current global public-health emergency.
In response, key agencies within the UK and Europe have introduced changes to their standard processes for producing evidence guidelines, and the evaluation of medical products and regulation. A summary of updated guidance from a few UK- and European-based agencies are discussed below.
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
NICE has adapted its recommendation process, following previously published methods for guidelines developed in response to health and social care emergencies (9). Utilisation of available evidence is a top priority.
The lack of RCT data has necessitated steps to ensure the quality and validity of other sources of evidence, for example real-world data, which has been used to inform COVID-19 NICE guidance (8). A critical appraisal of evidence, including a risk of bias assessment is required, based on a suitable checklist. For example, the Newcastle-Ottawa scale and the critical appraisal skills programme (CASP) checklist are recommended for appraising non-randomised studies and qualitative studies, respectively (8).
In health and social care emergencies, the speed with which NICE examine evidence and publish guidelines related to the emergency is also expedited. Some stages of development may be undertaken iteratively or in parallel (9). The guideline imposes trade-offs for shortening, omitting, or accelerating the process and methods for developing NICE guidelines (9). Additionally, early in the pandemic, NICE prioritised therapeutically critical COVID-19 topics (10).
As well as producing rapid guidelines, NICE have been working with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to rapidly review the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 treatments to produce an evidence summary (10). For example, NICE have produced a rapid review of remdesivir based on two RCTs (including a meta-analysis of the two) and one observational study, which demonstrated a potential clinical benefit in COVID-19 patients (11). The rapid evidence summary highlights key information regarding the appropriate use of remdesivir in clinical practice, which may be pivotal in the treatment COVID-19 within the National Health Service (NHS).
Remdesivir is the first COVID-19 treatment intervention recommended by the EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for a conditional marketing authorisation (12). The European Commission fast-tracked the decision-making process and granted conditional marketing authorisation in July, less than a month after it was submitted (13). The conditional marketing authorisation facilitates early access to medicines within the EU, based on the assessment of less comprehensive data than normally required (14). In April 2020, for part of this assessment, the CHMP commenced a rolling review of remdesivir (15).
Before the pandemic, a market authorisation application was completed with all the supporting data available at the beginning of the evaluation process. However, during public health emergencies, rolling reviews enable faster evaluation of promising medicines, in which the agency will review data as it becomes available. This enables the review process to be completed in a shorter time frame.
Pandemic conditions may also encourage the 'compassionate use' of medicines. This enables unauthorised medicines in development to be prescribed to patients with no other treatment options or who cannot enter clinical trials (16).
To provide support during the COVID-19 crisis, the MHRA has introduced flexibility in their regulation process (e.g. good manufacturing practice [GMP] and good distribution practice [GDP]), in order to advance the supply of key healthcare products and the wider pandemic response within the UK (17). The first COVID-19 intervention to receive positive scientific opinion by the MHRA using the more flexible regulation process was remdesivir (18).
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
The SMC has responded to the pandemic by adapting their usual procedures (19). New submissions or resubmissions are no longer being accepted in order to free up availability of staff to support activities relating to the pandemic. New submissions relating to COVID-19 are the priority.
The public health emergency resulting from COVID-19 has paved the way for novel, expedited methodologies for the approval of medicines and health technologies. Accepted practices for EBM are currently unfeasible, which has meant medical agencies across the UK and Europe have had to adapt their processes.
The limited availability of high-quality RCTs and long-term outcomes data has led to a reliance on observational data, which reduces confidence in outcomes due to the inherent high risk of bias in such studies. In addition, there is pressure to expedite decision making to ensure rapid access to treatments or vaccines for COVID-19. In this scenario, it is essential to adapt processes and methods whilst ensuring as much rigour as possible before normal EBM can be resumed.
1. Cochrane A. Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections of Health Services: Nuffield Trust; 1971.
2. Shah H, Chung K. Archie Cochrane and his vision for evidence-based medicine. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009;124(3):982-8.
3. Masic I, Miokovic M, Muhamedagic B. Evidence based medicine - new approaches and challenges. Acta Inform Med,. 2008;16(4):219-25.
4. Novella S. Responding to SBM critics. 2017. Available at: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/responding-to-sbm-critics/.
5. Archived: WHO Timeline - COVID-19. 2020. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/27-04-2020-who-timeline---covid-19.
6. WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard. 2020. Available at: https://covid19.who.int/.
7. NIHR. DHSC issues guidance on the impact of COVID-19 on research funded or supported by NIHR. 2020. Available at: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/dhsc-issues-guidance-on-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-research-funded-or-supported-by-nihr/24469.2020.
8. NICE. Assessing the quality of wider sources of data and evidence in our guidance on COVID-19. 2020. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/covid-19/assessing-the-quality-of-wider-sources-of-data-and-evidence-in-our-guidance-on-covid-19.
9. NICE. Developing NICE guidelines: the manual. Process and methods [PMG20]. Updated 17th July 2020. Appendix L: Interim process and methods for guidelines developed in response to health and social care emergencies. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg20/resources/appendix-l-interim-process-and-methods-for-guidelines-developed-in-response-to-health-and-social-care-emergencies-8779776589/chapter/health-and-social-care-emergency-guideline-recommendations.
10. NICE. Our approach to COVID-19. 2020. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/covid-19.
11. NICE. COVID 19 rapid evidence summary: Remdesivir for treating hospitalised patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. Evidence summary [ES27]. 2020. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/es27/chapter/Key-messages. .
12. EMA. First COVID-19 treatment recommended for EU authorisation. 2020. Available at: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-covid-19-treatment-recommended-eu-authorisation.
13. European Comission. European Commission secures EU access to Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19. 2020. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1416.
14. EMA glossary: conditional marketing authorisation. 2020. Available at: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/glossary/conditional-marketing-authorisation.
15. EMA starts rolling review of remdesivir for COVID-19. 2020. Available at: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-starts-rolling-review-remdesivir-covid-19.
16. EMA glossary: compassionate use. 2020. Available at: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/glossary/compassionate-use.
17. MHRA regulatory flexibilities resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19). 2020. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mhra-regulatory-flexibilities-resulting-from-coronavirus-covid-19.
18. MHRA issues a scientific opinion for the first medicine to treat COVID-19 in the UK. 2020. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-supports-the-use-of-remdesivir-as-the-first-medicine-to-treat-covid-19-in-the-uk.
19. SMC response to COVID-19. 2020. Available at: https://www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/about-us/latest-updates/smc-response-to-covid-19/.


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Q: htaccess Redirect Causes Errors I'm working on a website that has been built sloppily.
The website is filled with regular links that are translated into the corresponding .php pages by the .htaccess page.
This is it:
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^koral/(.*)/$ page.php?name=$1
RewriteRule ^koral/(.*)$ page.php?name=$1

RewriteRule ^(.*).html/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)$ cat.php?cat=$1&page=$2&order=$3&dir=$4
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ cat.php?cat=$1
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ product.php?cat=$1&product=$2

<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
</IfModule>

First of all, I would love some help regarding whether or not this page has everything it should. I've never messed with it before.
Secondly and my main issue, if, for example, I would write the address www.thewebsite.com/foobar.html, it would be translated into www.thewebsite.com/cat.php?cat=foobar by the .htaccess page, and it would give a database error (and reveal information about the database).
I've put a check into cat.php which checks if the category exists, but I can't redirect the user to the 404 error page. There's a page called 404.shtml in the website, but redirecting the user to it causes the .htaccess to just change it again to cat.php?cat=404.
Is the way they used the .htaccess page normal? Should I change this system?
And how are users sent to error pages? From what I understood the server should be doing it on its own?
I would love some clarification... There is some much about this subject I don't understand.
Update:
This is my new .htaccess page
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^error.php?err=(.*)$ Error$1.html

# Only apply this rule if we're not requesting a file...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
# ...and if we're not requesting a directory.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]

RewriteRule ^koral/(.*)/$ page.php?name=$1
RewriteRule ^koral/(.*)$ page.php?name=$1

RewriteRule ^(.*).html/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)$ cat.php?cat=$1&page=$2&order=$3&dir=$4
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ cat.php?cat=$1
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ product.php?cat=$1&product=$2

<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
</IfModule>

Because the redirecting is in the code and the user cannot see it, I allowed myself to write the link in a non-clean way. I tried turning it into a clean URL but the following does not do anything:
RewriteRule ^error.php?err=(.*)$ Error$1.html

Can someone please help me understand why? I thought since error.php is a real page, I should put it before the conditional but it didn't work. BTW, I saw in an article about .htaccess that the page should start with Options +FollowSymLinks. It seems to me that everyone sort of has their own way of writing it. Is there a guide or something like that, which I can be sure is authentic and covers all the bases there is about .htaccess?
Thank you so much!!

A: Your regex is wrong anywhere. Literal dot needs to be escaped using otherwise it will match any character. Also it is better to use L and QSA flags to end each rule properly.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^koral/([^/]+)/?$ page.php?name=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.html/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]*)/?$ cat.php?cat=$1&page=$2&order=$3&dir=$4 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.html$ cat.php?cat=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.html$ product.php?cat=$1&product=$2 [L,QSA]

A: Using rewrite rules to work around links to .html pages that don't exist is unusual in my experience, but it's really just a different take on "pretty" URLs, e.g. www.thewebsite.com/foobar/ gets routed to cat.php?cat=foobar on the backend.
Your 404 issue is different. You need to be able to display error pages.
One option here is to rewrite requests as long as they don't request an existing file. This is very common for serving up static content like images, CSS files, and the like. To do this, you can use the -d and -f options to RewriteCond, which apply when requesting a directory and file respectively:
RewriteEngine On
# Only apply this rule if we're not requesting a file...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
# ...and if we're not requesting a directory.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.html$ cat.php?cat=$1 [L,QSA]

Now, requests to 404.shtml should go through, because you're requesting an existing file on the filesystem.
Note that the RewriteConds only apply to the single RewriteRule that immediately follows. For additional RewriteRules, also include additional RewriteConds.

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Q: extract object inside other object I have next code:
let otherObject = {stat: 1, pos: 3, ..... other parameters};

function someF() {
    return {
      valid: false,
      otherObject,
    };
}

this function return next object:
{
   valid: false,
   otherObject
}

but what I need is to get parameter of otherObject:
{
   valid: false,
   stat: 1,
   pos: 3,
   .....
}

A: You can use the spread operator:

let otherObject = {stat: 1, pos: 3};

function someF() {
    return {
     ...otherObject,
     valid: false,
    };
}

console.log( someF() );


International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research invited applications for Creche Teacher Post to administer activities of its creche facility for children. Eligible candidates can apply to the post on or before 05 January 2016.
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), a premier research Centre invited applications for the posts of Creche Teacher (temporary post) to administer activities of its creche facility for children. The eligible candidates can apply to the post through the prescribed format on or before 05 January 2016.
Pay Scale: Rs 16,000 per month.
Educational Qualification: Graduate from any stream with NTT certification.
Eligible candidates can apply to the post through the prescribed format along with CV with supporting educational and work experience documents to establishment@icts.res.in on or before 05 January 2016.


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Sunny Kathleen Franco (born 10 June 1997) is an Australian women's soccer player who plays for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League.

Club career
Queensland is known to have been producing players of calibre for the Matildas, from Sue Monteath to current captain, Clare Polkinghorne. Sunny Franco has retained this legacy as Matildas captain under the U17 contingent.

While the team is gearing up for the AFC U16s Girls Championships, Franco is headed for doubling as a World Cup qualifier and a major contender to represent Australia. The sixteen year player has fortified her position within the past year by producing remarkable goal scores in the Championship qualifiers last November in Manila.

Fast and quick to react, her yielding skill has been a result of her hard work training with a coach and undergoing a vigorous sprint-training. An aggressive midfielder reminding one of fellow Queenslander Tameka Butt, she is noted for her "pace, confidence on the ball, vision, technical ability, physicality and an eye for goal".

Brisbane Roar
In October 2014 she scored her first W-League goal against Melbourne. A month later she scored six goals in the AFC U-19 qualifier for Australia.

In October 2016, Franco returned to Brisbane Roar.

Manly United
Franco joined Manly United in April 2017.

Western Sydney Wanderers
Franco joined Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2017–18 season.

Newcastle Jets
Franco returned to the W-League in December 2020, joining Newcastle Jets

Return to Brisbane Roar
In March 2021, following the conclusion of the 2020–21 W-League regular season, Franco joined Brisbane Roar ahead of the finals series.

Return to Newcastle Jets
Following the finals series of the 2020–21 W-League season, Franco returned Newcastle Jets, signing with them for the 2021–22 W-League season.

References

External links

1997 births
Living people
Australian women's soccer players
Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players
Sydney FC (A-League Women) players
Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players
Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women) players
A-League Women players
Women's association football midfielders

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The City of Toronto will be releasing a draft of its new Official Plan (OP) at the end of this month. This will be the first OP for the amalgamated City of Toronto, and will replace 7 existing OPs. It will also follow a new approach for Toronto (and elsewhere) by being a more-broad based policy plan, with the more detailed land use interpretations (height/density) embedded in follow-up zoning by-laws.
Over the next few months, the plan will be debated by residents and Council. It's shaping up to be a bit of battle (the traditional suburban vs. urban), but hopefully it will be a constructive process. At least people are realizing that this is an important document, and that Toronto is (to steal a title from one of the background reports) "at the crossroads".
I'll try to post updates and some background info on this initiative, and would welcome feedback from others on issues you are facing in your towns/cities.


I'm happy you'll be spending their birthdays at the Disneyland Resort because there's no better place to celebrate a special occasion! Be sure to pick up complimentary birthday buttons for your daughter and grandson at City Hall in Disneyland Park or the Chamber of Commerce in Disney California Adventure Park so they'll receive birthday wishes from Cast Members and other Guests!
My favorite place to have a special meal is Blue Bayou Restaurant. It's located right inside the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, so you can request a table near the water upon arrival and wave to Guests floating by in boats headed to the water below! If you decide to dine there or have any other table-service meals planned, let your server know you're celebrating birthdays because you'll receive some extra magic. You can also choose to purchase a custom decorated bakery cake to enjoy after your meal at table-service restaurants for a memorable birthday treat. These cakes come in a variety of sizes, flavors and themes and can be ordered by calling (714) 781-3463.
For a unique, behind-the-scenes look at Disneyland Park, consider taking the Walk in Walt's Disneyland Footsteps Guided Tour together. You'll learn what inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland Park and experience classic attractions before enjoying a yummy meal, included in the cost of the tour. A great seasonal tour would be Disney's Happiest Haunts Tour, which is only offered during Halloween Time! You can book a guided tour by calling (714) 781-8687.
Happy birthday to your loved ones, Judy, and I hope you all have a perfectly pixie-dusted visit to the Happiest Place on Earth! Please write back with any other questions you may have.


Internet of Things – Barcelona, the world's mobile capital, held the Mobile World Congress (MWC) from February 27th to March 2nd. MWC is one of the most influential mobile events in the world as it consists of over 2,000 companies internationally. Some of this year's featured categories are 5G, App Development, and Connected Living through the Internet of Things.
With the growth of the tech industry, many cities are looking for ways to use digital information or the Internet of Things (IoT) to solve some of their biggest problems. Barcelona is a smart city that has implemented new technology to better connect and enhance the city's efficiency with digital sensors that monitor parking and waste management. During the 2008 financial crisis, Barcelona suffered economic hardships which made it difficult for the city to financially sustain itself. In efforts to rebuild its structure, the city channeled energy into becoming what is now called, SmartCity Barcelona, through the integration of the IoT.
It is through success stories such as Barcelona that enable other cities to identify and harness new technologies to increase efficiency. What is a smart city? There are multiple buzzwords encompassing this idea such as intelligent, green, livable and sustainable. These buzzwords however, are regarded as linked components through a continuous network of digital information generated by people. Through the web of interconnectivity, cities can extract data needed to improve infrastructure. In other words, the stronger the connection within the network, the smarter a city will become. Use of the Internet of Things is vital in assisting the development of a sustainable society.
Driven by urbanization, many cities are thriving thanks to the integration of the IoT―which not only refer to sensors, but also includes a diverse group of technologies such as smartphones, augmented reality and cloud computing.
Partnership with the Internet of Things helps cities like San Jose and Copenhagen utilize smart technology which translates to an increase in environmental stability, economic growth and quality of life for its residents.
Many may not know of the problems California has faced such as droughts and major water pipeline failure in August 2016. San Jose has taken preventative measures to ensure this does not happen again through determination to become smart. Its location is an advantage because it is nestled in Silicon Valley, a popular area for tech startups. With San Jose's Go Green Vision plan, it aims to address issues such as wasted energy, polluted air, and water supply challenges through partnership of Smart Cities USA and Intel Corporation's pilot program to sustain economic growth.
Intel's program and Smart Cities USA will implement digital sensors throughout the city to interpret some of the environment's problem areas, such as wastewater, air pollution, and transportation systems that help the city make effective decisions based on real-time data. It is through these data residents can become more educated about their surroundings and take curative measures conducive to their community. For instance, on days with polluted air, people can take Uber or carpool with friends to reduce car pollution.
In 2014, Copenhagen was awarded the World Smart Cities Concept award in Barcelona for its Copenhagen Connecting (CC) project. Like San Jose's project, CC aimed to create a greener community knitted together with the Internet of Things and a conscious neighborhood of residents. Most cities including Copenhagen, use an array of digital sensors to collect data and interact within the city. But to shake things up, Copenhagen is using street lighting as its framework to improve the city's integration.
The use of the city's street lighting is an excellent platform as there is no need to create new housing for the sensors; lamp poles are plentiful throughout the city.
"The lighting poles are also excellent for housing sensor equipment for water, wind and pollution as well as for traffic sensors," says Søren Kvist, spokesperson and Project Manager at Copenhagen Solutions Lab, Copenhagen's incubator for smart city initiatives.
Using new and existing technologies to create an ecosystem of connectivity makes a city efficient. Copenhagen demonstrates this concept well by showing how lighting can be a viable source for building this web of interconnectivity.
"LED-luminaires also have an important advantage as they are always operating. 'They're never totally switched off, only dimmed to extremely low levels. This means that other equipment will have power supply, regardless of the time of day," says Kvist.
Many cities are dealing with numerous economic hardships from recessions to growing populations. While San Jose and Copenhagen have differences in terms of smart city design due to variations in environmental and cultural characteristics, the two share a desire to create economic growth for their cities.
San Jose's project is expected to bring in about 25,000 clean-tech jobs as part of its economic strategy. With these new jobs, residents will have the opportunity to become part of a new workforce in different sectors such as healthcare, transportation and disaster response. Following pursuits to succeed in economic leverage, the city aspires to create an open-data system with the aim to encourage sharing of bigger business ideas from local entrepreneurs that complement the city's clean-tech jobs.
In Copenhagen, the CC project predicts almost €592 million in economic leverage and €104 million in new jobs if the project succeeds, according to a report done on the project's socio economic analysis.
Copenhagen Connecting is well underway as it brings the user experience side of Internet of Things to its residents. For instance, as part of Copenhagen's hygge-style approach, the project has implemented a sensor-based bike post which records the number of riders cycling in certain areas. The post shows bikers how many riders have taken this route, thus giving that extra boost of encouragement for others. The CC project is also working to alleviate its problem of traffic congestion through improved traffic management fueled by the IoT. According to the Business in Copenhagen site, the project will reduce travel time for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists by up to ten per cent.
San Jose plans to improve the quality of life for its residents by establishing a more user-friendly infrastructure. It plans to design a digital neighborhood dashboard which will allow access to real-time data information and create an open dialogue for residents to interact and find solutions to problems that may arise. Though not as busy as surrounding cities, San Jose makes for an excellent place to experiment with new technologies and concepts. The city itself is working to build a downtown area from scratch. This is very useful in building the infrastructure required for the Internet of Things as new technologies can be placed directly within systems being created.
Will the IoT save the day?
It is through ideas of everyday people that form the basis of what a smart city should and can represent. The migration of people to urbanized communities has birthed the creation of the smart city―which is beneficial for the many creative, tech and business professionals. However, issues such as quality of life have risen. Traffic is one of the top problems urbanized cities deal with around the world.
As the world moves into the era of transformative technologies, the potential to make our communities more livable are endless. The transformation into a world powered by the Internet of Things will provide cities the tools needed to create a communicative network for its residents to access.
Without a community of educated residents, smart cities would diminish because it is only through the distribution of shared information that people will be able to make better decisions about their place in the world. It is well understood a device can only be as intelligent as its user. With that said, how are you becoming an integral part of your city? What improvements can be made in your city and do you envision the Internet of Things to solve some of its issues? We'd love to hear your thoughts.


The forthcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend symbolizes many different things to many Americans. The holiday traditionally is a day to honor and remember men and women who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The Memorial Day weekend also serves as the kick-off of summer with millions of Americans traveling near and far to enjoy the first four day holiday of the season.
To auto-racing enthusiasts, the Memorial Day Weekend is all about the Indianapolis 500, the annual racing car event which traditionally takes place on the 4-day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway Indiana.
More than 250,000 spectators are expected to attend the event this year, while millions more will be watching via online and national TV to experience one of the greatest spectacles in auto racing, not to mention one of the most prestigious motorsport events in the world.
The Indy 500 event is highlighted this week at popular online retailer WorldofWatches.com with their High Speed Adventures promotion, featuring over 230 men's and women's racing inspired watches from today's leading watchmakers, including Invicta, Red Line, Swiss Legend, Elini Barokas, Bulova, Luminox, Diesel, Akribos XXIV, Lucien Piccard and Seiko, all at deep-discounted savings too.
The Invicta Speedway Reserve men's chronograph is the quintessential racing watch. This high-performance men's timepiece features an 18K rose-gold plated stainless steel case that is an impressive 45mm diameter and 20mm thick in size. The robust case is presented on a matching bracelet in brushed and polished 18K rose gold plated stainless steel.
The stationary black plated steel tachymeter bezel with screened markers encircles the metallic brown dial with three subdials, luminous hands and Arabic numeral hour markers. Features include a day and date calendar, small-second, 30-minute and 12-hour registers.
Additional features include a locking screw-down crown and caseback for water-resistance to 500 meters or 1,650 feet. Premium Swiss-made quartz movement inside assures you of precise time-keeping accuracy.


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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using NUnit.Framework;
using XenAdmin;
using XenAdmin.Core;

namespace XenAdminTests
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A class for exposing private fields of classes. This avoids having to make fields public
    /// in the production code, therefore maintaining encapsulation while allowing testing.
    ///
    /// Look in LicensingTests.LicenseSummaryWrapper for example usage.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="TClass">The type of the wrapped class.</typeparam>
    internal abstract class TestWrapper<TClass> where TClass : class
    {
        private readonly TClass _item;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TestWrapper<TClass>"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="item">The class that is to be wrapped.</param>
        public TestWrapper(TClass item)
        {
            Util.ThrowIfParameterNull(item, "item");
            _item = item;
        }

        private static TClass GetControlFromWindow(IWin32Window window)
        {
            Control control = Control.FromHandle(window.Handle);

            if (!(control is TClass))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("window is not a " + typeof(TClass).Name, "window");
            }

            return control as TClass;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="TestWrapper<TClass>"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="window">The window.</param>
        public TestWrapper(IWin32Window window)
            : this(GetControlFromWindow(window))
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TestWrapper<TClass>"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="windowText">The window text of the window being wrapped.</param>
        public TestWrapper(string windowText)
            : this(Win32Window.GetWindowWithText(windowText, w => Control.FromHandle(w.Handle) is TClass))
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the value of the private field from the wrapped class of the specified name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TField">The type of the field.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the private field.</param>
        /// <returns>The value of the private field from the wrapped class of the specified name.</returns>
        protected TField GetField<TField>(string name)
        {
            Util.ThrowIfStringParameterNullOrEmpty(name, "name");

            try
            {
                return (TField)_item.GetType().GetField(name, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(_item);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Assert.Fail(string.Format("Field {0} of {1} throws {2}.", name, typeof(TClass).Name, e.GetType().Name));
                throw;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the value of the private field from the wrapped classes *base* class of the specified name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TField">The type of the field.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the private field.</param>
        /// <returns>The value of the private field from the base class of the wrapped class of the specified name.</returns>
        protected TField GetBaseClassField<TField>(string name)
        {
            Util.ThrowIfStringParameterNullOrEmpty(name, "name");

            try
            {
                Type baseType = _item.GetType().BaseType;

                if(baseType == null)
                    throw new NoNullAllowedException("Base class type was null, check the class has a base class");

                return (TField)baseType.GetField(name, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(_item);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Assert.Fail(string.Format("Field {0} of {1} throws {2}.", name, typeof(TClass).Name, e.GetType().Name));
                throw;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the wrapped object.
        /// </summary>
        public TClass Item
        {
            get { return _item; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Executes the private method with the specified name from the wrapped class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the private method.</param>
        /// <param name="parameters">The parameters of the private method.</param>
        protected object ExecuteMethod(string name, object[] parameters)
        {
            return _item.GetType().GetMethod(name, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).Invoke(_item, parameters);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Executes the private method with the specified name from the wrapped class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the private method.</param>
        /// <param name="types">The types of the parameters of the private method.</param>
        /// <param name="parameters">The parameters of the private method.</param>
        protected object ExecuteMethod(string name, Type[] types, object[] parameters)
        {
            return _item.GetType().GetMethod(name, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic, null, types, null).Invoke(_item, parameters);
        }
    }
}

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Life After Lord of the Rings for The Fellowship
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When Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy took the world by storm between 2001 and 2003 it looked certain that the group of heroes known as 'The Fellowship of the Ring' would become massive stars in the world of films. Relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, most of the Fellowship had stayed away from Hollywood and seem to have done the same since. With a couple of characters set to return to Middle Earth in the upcoming Hobbit trilogy I decided to see what had become of everyone else who took part in one of the most loved, most successful and simply best trilogies of all time!
Elijah Wood – Frodo Baggins
Peter Jackson plucked Elijah Wood from near obscurity to helm this enormous series. Has so much pressure and weight ever been felt before by an actor? I'm not sure. The star of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Wood looked like he would have a huge career of success and with roles immediately after this trilogy in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Sin City it looked as though a career at the highest level was attainable for the young actor. However, recent years have seen the majority of Wood's work come in voicing video games and going to television series. Although, this move to television cannot be complained about as he stars in the hilarious series Wilfred. You can't help but feel like he could have had it so different though. Wood has done voice work in films such as 9 and Happy Feet but nothing that big or that successful has come his way in the floods that he may have been expecting. Elijah Wood will be taking on the role of Frodo Baggins once more in The Hobbit trilogy.
Ian McKellen – Gandalf
Probably the most famous of all the actors in Lord of the Rings and one of the best actors that England has ever produced, Sir Ian McKellen is now synonymous with Middle Earth as he portrayed the magnificent wizard and good friend to Frodo Baggins, Gandalf. McKellen has had an interesting career since Lord of the Rings; he finished off the X-Men trilogy, had a brief stint in British television soap Coronation Street and leant his voice to the fantastical feature Stardust. He also starred in an unsuccessful remake of cult television hit The Prisoner alongside Jim Caviezel. His work this decade has mainly consisted of short films but McKellen will be returning to Middle Earth for The Hobbit trilogy and will play an important part in getting the story going!
Viggo Mortensen – Aragorn
Aragorn was one of the fan favourite characters in the Lord of the Rings films and for good reason. He was a very honest, strong, caring soldier and took his duties as a protector of the hobbits very seriously. Since the end of the trilogy, Mortensen has not been as prolific as some other cast members but when he has made a film it has received critical acclaim: A History of Violence, Eastern Promises (which got Viggo Mortensen a Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role), The Road and A Dangerous Method. These all cemented Mortensen as one of the best actors from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Sean Astin – Samwise Gamgee
He is the best friend that everybody wants! Astin's career probably speaks for itself when you take into consideration that if you remove the Lord of the Rings from his career his most famous film is still The Goonies. Since the conclusion of Return of the King, Astin has not appeared in too many films and has been limited to small guest roles in television series' including Alphas and Franklin & Bash. Astin, like his on screen best friend Elijah Wood, has also done a lot of voice work starring in animated television shows such as Special Agent Oso and the recently rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alongside Jason Biggs.
Orlando Bloom – Legolas
Commonly nicknamed 'Orlando Bland', Bloom is arguably (although this wouldn't be a very long argument and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong) the WORST actor among the Fellowship. Yet despite this Bloom has tasted success in Hollywood in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Aside from this, Bloom has starred in the distinctly average Troy and Kingdom of Heaven as well as the ultimate flops The Three Musketeers and The Calcium Kid. The latter being a comedy mockumentary about a milkman turned boxer who ends up fighting the world champion in his hometown; having seen too much of The Calcium Kid than I would have liked it is amazing that anyone actually thought it would be a good idea. Orlando Bloom should not act anymore. Unfortunately, Legolas has been written in to The Hobbit. Jesus Christ.
John Rhys-Davies – Gimli
It's hard to believe that the man who played short tempered dwarf Gimli is almost eighty years old! And Rhys-Davies boasts a back catalogue of projects dating all the way back to 1964! It is both ridiculously astonishing and incredibly commendable just how much work Rhys-Davies does and he is clearly a man that loves his trade. Before Lord of the Rings, he had already tasted success in a trilogy after appearing in the Indiana Jones films. Unfortunately, since the ending of the trilogy Rhys-Davies has slowed down in his acting and has not done anything of the same success and popularity.
Dominic Monaghan – 'Merry' Brandybuck
Dominic Monaghan is a very wonderful little English actor, despite being born in Germany. After his journeys in Middle Earth ended Monaghan said that he was inundated with fantasy roles but he wanted to try something else and that something else came in what would become the biggest show on television: LOST. In LOST, Monaghan played one of my favourite characters, drug addicted wannabe rock star Charlie Pace. After leaving LOST Monaghan starred in FlashForward which was unfortunately short lived and he also starred in Goodnight Burbank which didn't go down too well.
Billy Boyd – 'Pippin' Took
Branded a 'fool of a Took' by Gandalf, along with Merry Pippin provided some much needed comic relief to a trilogy that otherwise focussed on such a serious story and dark themes. If you asked everyone who the actors were that portrayed the Fellowship on screen then Billy Boyd would probably be the one that least people thought of. This is unfortunate but I can't imagine Boyd would be too concerned as he has not done too much acting work since Lord of the Rings.
Sean Bean – Boromir
Although his motives were unclear throughout The Fellowship of the Ring Boromir won the hearts of audiences the world over as he played his part in possibly the greatest death scene ever to be shot as he lost his life attempting to save Merry and Pippin. Sean Bean was already a very famous actor in England after playing Major Richard Sharpe in ITV's television movies'. Since his Middle Earth demise Bean has continued to have a huge film and television career appearing in National Treasure, Silent Hill, Outlaw and Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. On television Bean has starred in hit shows such as Red Riding and Game of Thrones. In it for the shortest time but arguably having the best of careers out of the Lord of the Rings alumni.
With The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey out in December it looks set to launch the huge careers of Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage as well as many more!
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'The Good Doctor' Gets a Good Trailer
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Okay, so it's got Orlando Bloom playing the lead role and we know he is not a good actor in any sense of the word, but just watch the trailer before you completely dismiss this film already.
The Good Doctor tells the story of a young, anxious doctor by the name of Martin Blake who has spent his life looking for respect. When he meets 18 year old patient Diane who is suffering from a kidney infection Blake gets the much needed self-esteem boost that he has been after as he takes care of her and makes her better. However, as her health keeps improving Blake becomes scared at the thought of losing her so begins to tamper with her treatment, keeping Diane sick and in the hospital with him.
This is a thriller and I think that the story line is a really interesting one and will raise plenty of questions about the seriousness of the actions that the main character takes and may even force people to question if this happens for real. Orlando Bloom, what is there to say? A storyline this good deserves an actor just as good. Unfortunately in this case it doesn't have one and so Bloom has had to step in but in the trailer he looks as though he does an average job, and anything has to be better than The Calcium Kid.
With a supporting cast including Riley Keough (The Runaways), Wade Williams (Prison Break) and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) The Good Doctor could turn out to be a surprisingly decent film upon its release. I think the trailer does well to inject a sense of excitement and suspense into the audience and it really does well to portray the themes and topics that the film will put across as it deals with such sensitive and quite frightening issues.
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Are Dr. T. Colin Campbell's findings that casein is the most carcinogenic toxin known to man correct?
Are Dr. T. Colin Campbell's findings that casein is the most carcinogenic toxin known to man correct? It's something that those in the ANTI-plant based movement camp like to debate. Their main talking point is that casein fed to the rats were in doses higher than most humans would ever consume in a real life setting. In this video Colin finally addresses his critics about this squarely, and puts the argument to bed.
I like how at the end of the video he asks, "What would you conclude?" I'm guessing, but I'm pretty sure he's probably not asking you or me but his peers. Those who have decades of experience in this kind of research.


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Report of Huawei's 3G wireless network in North Korea raises eyebrows
By World Tribune on September 17, 2019
FPI / September 17, 2019
Geostrategy-Direct.com
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un insists on isolating the nation's population from the world. Merely purchasing a Western-made movie on the black market can get a North Korean citizen sent to a prison camp, or worse.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un checks his smartphone. / KCNA
So, why would the young dictator be interested in Chinese tech giant Huawei's 3G technology?
"Perhaps the answer is that this technology will serve as another means of control. State propaganda can be ramped up and, most alarming, citizen surveillance increased," Joseph Kim wrote in a Sept. 3 analysis for the George W. Bush Institute.
"This is not a foreign concept for Huawei," Kim noted in reference to the Trump administration's crackdown on Huawei's access to U.S. markets and technology.
Recent reports say that Huawei is engaged in a secret project to help build and maintain wireless networks in the reclusive North.
News of Kim's sudden interest in 3G comes around the same time that North Korea and China recommitted to strengthened exchanges between their armies — further guaranteeing that China remains North Korea's strongest ally.
Kim Jong-Un "thrives on isolating the nation's citizens and manipulating information," Joseph Kim wrote.
In July, Radio Free Asia reported that seven North Korean teenagers were arrested for watching South Korean movies.
The North Korean regime has tacitly permitted markets to operate. Approximately 19 million people in a nation of 25 million directly and indirectly depend on the markets to make a living.
"However, adding 3G infrastructure and increased surveillance means the regime will have the ability to more closely monitor and control those markets, including who crosses the North Korean/Chinese border to bring across prohibited items such as foreign movies and South Korean TV shows for sale and distribution," Joseph Kim wrote.
"Additionally, the 3G infrastructure may help check a corrupted police force."
It estimated that 20 percent of the North's population currently subscribe to state owned cellphones.
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This anti-theft smart purse has a cut-resistant strap, a GPS chip that reports its position to a cell network, and a panic alarm. The inspiration for this high-security handbag came after the creator, Joan Dao's mother was mugged. Watch this video to see this secure, wearable technology created.
Dao: So I went online to see if I could buy a purse that had two criteria. It was beautiful and it was secure. And what I saw was one or the other, but never both. So the inside of slash group, it could be your favorite fabric, favorite leather. It looks like a bag, it acts like a bag because it is. It runs on a biometric fingerprint scanner. So it locks to you and only you, and has a GPS chip.
So should your purse get lost in any location for any reason, you can always track it. We made it a specific failing into the strap where it will break. And when it breaks, it releases 120 decibels of sound. In addition, it will alert local authorities to the local police station. And you have like a health warning type of thing. So Digi's processor should be able to send that transmission not only of the GPS coordinates but also be able to send a help signal.
Johnson: So I'm the design engineer. So, I do all the aesthetic exterior parts, the fabrics on the outside, the interior lining and then I also make the textile that goes in between the internal lining and external whining, which is what makes the backslash proof and puncture resistant. Today we've specifically been working on the structural support that goes inside of the bag, which are these pieces that help support the structure of the bag as well as hold the lock in place so that the bag actually can stay closed when it's locked.
Ziegelski: So I am the mechanical engineer on the projects that we have an endoskeleton inside of it composed of steel rods and cables. And my job has been to take what Ty gives me as a design and turn that into an actual structure.
Johnson: While we're currently aiming to have a completed prototype by the end of this year. And then by the end of like May, we hope to have about 500 products ready for retail.


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Early reviews call 'Don't Look Up' an Oscar contender and the funniest film of the year
"'Don't Look Up' is a brilliant political satire and Adam McKay at his best. Easily the funniest film I've seen all year."
Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, and Jennifer Lawrence in "Don't Look Up." Niko Tavernise/Netflix
By Kevin Slane
We're still 11 days away from the star-studded satire "Don't Look Up" hitting theaters. But the earliest tweet-length reviews of the movie, which was filmed in the Boston area, suggest that Netflix's big-budget comedy could be in line for "double-digit" Oscar nominations.
The film, which director Adam McKay readily admits is a parable for climate change, centers around two astronomers (Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) who must convince the world to pay attention to the comet that has a "100 percent chance" of destroying the planet if no action is taken.
The pair's dire warnings are largely ignored by an indifferent public, as well as a combative administration that includes President Jamey Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her son/presidential aide Jason (Jonah Hill).
Following the world premiere of the film earlier this month, attendees shared their early reactions on Twitter, where the conensus seems to be that the film is both unbelievably bleak and very funny. Many critics also suggested that "Don't Look Up" could be in line for multiple Oscar nominations, with one critic from Variety suggesting double-digit nominations for the film wasn't out of the question.
Before it arrives in theaters December 10 or hits Netflix on December 24, here are some of the first reactions from critics about "Don't Look Up."
IndieWire Editor at Large Anne Thompson called "Don't Look Up" both "dead serious and hilarious."
Adam McKay's Don't Look Up is a dead serious and hilarious end of the world comedy, a Melancholia meets Dr. Strangelove —with a top ensemble in fine form, led by DiCaprio, Lawrence, and Streep. DiCaprio had been seeking a film to address the climate crisis in just the right way.
— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) November 19, 2021
Kyle Buchanan, of The New York Times, used actress Kirsten Dunst's inside joke of describing a film destined for multiple awards as "shrimpy" in his tweet-length review.
DON'T LOOK UP: I suspect the Academy will find this very shrimpy. Much to discuss, including Leonardo DiCaprio in a love triangle with two women over 40, Ariana Grande as Vox Lux, and a terrifyingly yassified Cate Blanchett as faux Mika Brzezinski
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) November 19, 2021
Erik Davis, of Fandango, called "Don't Look Up" a "hilarious and horrifying satire."
We've seen how the U.S. reacts to an impending apocalyptic disaster in other movies, but how would we REALLY react? #DontLookUp is a hilarious & horrifying satire about how painstakingly hard it is for us to actually save the day. It's what you expect, but it's super entertaining pic.twitter.com/MmjDztw5nX
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) November 19, 2021
The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg called "Don't Look Up" a "present-day 'Dr. Strangelove.'"
DON'T LOOK UP is a present-day DR. STRANGELOVE — a funny, sickening, brilliant reminder of just how fucked the world will be if we don't quickly get our shit together. Great perfs by one of the best casts ever assembled. Hilarious song from Ariana/Cudi. Stay thru the end credits! pic.twitter.com/CCysSsbazv
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) November 19, 2021
Variety's Jazz Tangcay theorized that Academy voters will "lap this film up."
Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio walking into the Oscar race. Leo superbly playing against type that is landing him that nom. Voters will lap this film up. It's Adam McKay doing what he does best, knocking satire out of the park #DontLookUp pic.twitter.com/zjXbGOU3lO
— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) November 19, 2021
Scott Menzel, of the Hollywood Critics Association, called "Don't Look Up" "the funniest film I've seen all year."
Don't Look Up is a brilliant political satire and Adam McKay at his best. Easily the funniest film I've seen all year. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, & Mark Rylance are all freaking great in this. Oh, and Ariana Grande's Just Look Up needs to be nominated. #DontLookUp pic.twitter.com/PTcizxYKoA
— Scott Menzel (@ScottDMenzel) November 19, 2021
Los Angeles-based film critic Courtney Howard called "Don't Look Up" both "outrageously funny" and "on-point."
Adam McKay's #DontLookUp is outrageously funny w/ satire that's absolutely on-point. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence & Meryl Streep are marvelous. Timothée Chalamet is the MVP. Nicholas Britell's score, perfect.Editor Hank Corwin is a master at smash cuts, heightening comedy pic.twitter.com/nIUlisCAqK
— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) November 19, 2021
Jenelle Riley, of Variety, suggested that "Don't Look Up" could be in line for "double-digit" Oscar nominations.
Wouldn't be surprised to see cinematography, costume, and especially visual effects all in the mix. Noms could actually break into the double digits. Adam McKay could pull off a triple crown of noms with picture, director, and screenplay tho its a competitive year for all three.
— Jenelle Riley (@jenelleriley) November 19, 2021
Freelance film writer Tomris Laffly called "Don't Look Up" director Adam McKay's "best movie by a healthy margin."
DON'T LOOK UP is the Wag The Dog-meets-Deep Impact satire I didn't know I needed in my life. Hilarious, and absolutely the best target Adam McKay's manic impulses has ever found. Ever. (Yeah, it's his best movie by a healthy margin.) Great stuff!
— Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly) November 19, 2021
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Best sunset view on JejuSarabong Park includes two oreums, great views over sea and land
▲ Directly east of Sarabong is Byeoldobong Oreum, accessible by walking trails between the two. A popular walk through the park is the seaside cliff trail from Sarabong to Byeoldobong. Photo by Colleen Hyde
Not all oreum hikes involve driving to the nether reaches of the island. Some are nearly as close as the local Family Mart.
Sarabong Park is located on the northern shore of Jeju City, and provides great hiking within the city. Rising above eastern Jeju City, Sarabong Oreum towers 148 meters over the Jeju harbor and ferry port.
Sarabong is perhaps best known though for its spectacular sunset viewing. The sunset as seen from Sarabong is even considered one of the top 10 views on Jeju Island. Mangyang Pavilion at the top is a prime location for watching the sun set into the sea.
Karissa Bryant, an English teacher in Jeju City and frequent Sarabong visitor, feels that "the views are breathtaking from every point, especially at sunset."
Directly east of Sarabong is Byeoldobong Oreum, accessible by walking trails between two. A popular walk through the park is the seaside cliff trail from Sarabong to Byeoldobong.
Though not as visited as Sarabong Oreum, it is definitely worth the short hike to the top. Trails go up both the east and west slopes to a treeless top with 360 degree views of the sea and the island.
Sarabong's Sanji lighthouse is also a popular destination in the park. It was built in 1917 and was the first manned lighthouse on Jeju Island. This classic white lighthouse presides over sweeping views of the sea and the city. Directly behind the lighthouse is Sara Temple.
Sarabong also has ties to a famous Jeju historial figure, Kim Man Deok, a beloved female doctor hailing from a wealthy family. When Jeju people were starving in 1794 she sold all her estate to feed them. The Korean king heard of her charity and offered her a job in his palace. After working at the palace she returned to Jeju and was buried there. Kim's grave is located in southern Sarabong park at Mokchungsa Temple.
▲ Sarabong is touted as the best place on Jeju to catch the sunset. Quite a boast for an island with miles of west-facing shoreline. Photo courtesy Jeju Provincial Government
The park is also the site of one of Jeju's most important yearly shaman rituals, the Youngdeung Gut, which is performed each spring by shamans on the eastern side of Sarabong Oreum. The ritual is held to say farewell to the Jeju sea gods that are important to the haenyeos (women divers) and fishing community.
In more recent Jeju history, Sarabong was used by the occupying Japanese army in World War II as an underground fortress. At the top of the oreum next to the gazebo is a fenced- off entrance to one of the Japanese tunnels. The Japanese built the underground tunnels in case of invasion by the Allied forces. Today the oreum is a peaceful park with only the tunnel entrances to remind us of its military history.
Another example of Sarabong's military history is also near this gazebo, a stone smoke mound designated as Jeju monument #23 that is hundreds of years old. Smoke mounds are still found along Jeju's coast and were used for communication in the island's defense. Since the original city harbor was located below Sarabong this smoke mound was vital to the city's safety.
Sarabong Park is an excellent place within the city to both enjoy Jeju's nature and stretch your legs. Allow two hours to enjoy both oreums and all the hiking trails. The park is located in the eastern part of Jeju City above the harbor and ferry terminals and borders the town of Hwabuk. The Jeju National Museum is nearby.


The ELEKTRA microcasa-a-Leva espresso machine is the original iconic lever operated machine. Test results prove it to be still the best. Simultaneous espresso and steaming of milk are available.
The ELEKTRA Microcasa-A-Leva espresso machine is the original lever operated espresso machine. Test results prove it to be still the best, due in part to the spring operated piston. This stunning iconic machine can provide simultaneous espresso and steaming of milk for lattes/flat whites.


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package tcp

import (
	"context"
	gotls "crypto/tls"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/pires/go-proxyproto"
	goxtls "github.com/xtls/go"

	"v2ray.com/core/common"
	"v2ray.com/core/common/net"
	"v2ray.com/core/common/session"
	"v2ray.com/core/transport/internet"
	"v2ray.com/core/transport/internet/tls"
	"v2ray.com/core/transport/internet/xtls"
)

// Listener is an internet.Listener that listens for TCP connections.
type Listener struct {
	listener   net.Listener
	tlsConfig  *gotls.Config
	xtlsConfig *goxtls.Config
	authConfig internet.ConnectionAuthenticator
	config     *Config
	addConn    internet.ConnHandler
}

// ListenTCP creates a new Listener based on configurations.
func ListenTCP(ctx context.Context, address net.Address, port net.Port, streamSettings *internet.MemoryStreamConfig, handler internet.ConnHandler) (internet.Listener, error) {
	listener, err := internet.ListenSystem(ctx, &net.TCPAddr{
		IP:   address.IP(),
		Port: int(port),
	}, streamSettings.SocketSettings)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, newError("failed to listen TCP on", address, ":", port).Base(err)
	}
	newError("listening TCP on ", address, ":", port).WriteToLog(session.ExportIDToError(ctx))

	tcpSettings := streamSettings.ProtocolSettings.(*Config)
	var l *Listener

	if tcpSettings.AcceptProxyProtocol {
		policyFunc := func(upstream net.Addr) (proxyproto.Policy, error) { return proxyproto.REQUIRE, nil }
		l = &Listener{
			listener: &proxyproto.Listener{Listener: listener, Policy: policyFunc},
			config:   tcpSettings,
			addConn:  handler,
		}
		newError("accepting PROXY protocol").AtWarning().WriteToLog(session.ExportIDToError(ctx))
	} else {
		l = &Listener{
			listener: listener,
			config:   tcpSettings,
			addConn:  handler,
		}
	}

	if config := tls.ConfigFromStreamSettings(streamSettings); config != nil {
		l.tlsConfig = config.GetTLSConfig(tls.WithNextProto("h2"))
	}
	if config := xtls.ConfigFromStreamSettings(streamSettings); config != nil {
		l.xtlsConfig = config.GetXTLSConfig(xtls.WithNextProto("h2"))
	}

	if tcpSettings.HeaderSettings != nil {
		headerConfig, err := tcpSettings.HeaderSettings.GetInstance()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, newError("invalid header settings").Base(err).AtError()
		}
		auth, err := internet.CreateConnectionAuthenticator(headerConfig)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, newError("invalid header settings.").Base(err).AtError()
		}
		l.authConfig = auth
	}

	go l.keepAccepting()
	return l, nil
}

func (v *Listener) keepAccepting() {
	for {
		conn, err := v.listener.Accept()
		if err != nil {
			errStr := err.Error()
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Tell me again Daddy what a wonderful thing the Heller decision was: "Sorry, Mandatory Gun Registration Is Constitutional."
My thanks to Pete at WRSA for bringing my attention to this.
Now, be a good Snowflake NRA Kool Aid drinker and repeat after me, "Heller was a wonderful decision. Heller secured our right to arms. Heller was a wonderful decision," etc., etc., ad nauseum.
Pete sent this with the comment, "Time for some Vanderboeghian knifework."
My email to ole Declan will, I hope, be up to my old standards. More about that later. For now, read what a boon Heller was to our liberty.
Sorry, Mandatory Gun Registration Is Constitutional
Declan McCullagh
Mandatory gun regulation has long been the bête noire of Second Amendment advocates, who worry that it's the final step before firearm confiscation.
The surprise is that, even after last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling on gun rights, mandatory registration could be constitutional. It may not be the wisest public policy. It may not be practical. But after the D.C. v. Heller decision, it also may not violate the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
That question is at the heart of a second lawsuit underway against the city of Washington, D.C. It also arose last week when the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to mandatory regulation because it does not "invalidate any and every regulation on gun use."
Even some pro-gun scholars and advocates reluctantly agree. "I think under the Heller decision, registration would be constitutional," Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, Wash., told CBSNews.com this week. "It doesn't make it good public policy."
This isn't a mere abstraction: four years ago, after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to much of New Orleans, local police, the national guard, and U.S. Marshals began breaking into homes at gunpoint and confiscating lawfully-owned firearms.
"Registration is probably not unconstitutional," says Don Kilmer, an attorney in San Jose, Calif. who has sued two California counties for denying law-abiding citizens permits to carry concealed weapons. "There's a difference between registration as a permissible regulation and registration as good policy."
Part of this conclusion stems from the approach that the pro-gun side adopted when suing to overturn the District of Columbia's handgun ban. To make their case appealing to as many Supreme Court justices as possible, the attorneys shouldered the legal equivalent of a rifle instead of a shotgun, and argued only for Americans' right to possess firearms for self-defense -- not for the right to avoid registering them.
Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion in Heller noted that, because the plaintiffs "conceded at oral argument" that they do not "have a problem with... licensing," the court would "not address the licensing requirement." The appeals court in that case did, however, and suggested that registration was just fine: "Reasonable restrictions also might be thought consistent with a 'well regulated militia.' The registration of firearms gives the government information as to how many people would be armed for militia service if called up."
At this point it's probably helpful to look at the actual text of the Second Amendment, which reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
In legal circles, there's a never-ending (more like all-consuming) debate about how to interpret such language. To oversimplify: Some conservative justices, including Scalia, tend to look to the original meaning of the words in ordinary use at the time it was written. Others argue for the concept of a "living Constitution," meaning the Constitution is dynamic and should evolve over time to reflect evolving social values.
You can figure out for yourself which school of thought ended up on which side in last year's 5-4 Heller decision.
The problem for gun rights advocates is that, if you look at the language and custom at the time the Second Amendment was written, laws like the Militia Act of 1792 pop up. It required men between the ages of 18 and 45 to register themselves for militia service, and specified they have certain weapons such as a "good rifle." Similarly, a report from Philadelphia in 1823 showed that there were 12,678 rifles in private hands, indicating some records of who owned what.
"Systems akin to registration were quite common at the time of the framing of the Constitution and the time of the ratification of the Bill of Rights," says Dennis Henigan, vice president for law and policy at the Brady Campaign and author of the new book Lethal Logic. "Even before that the state militia statutes had the same kind of requirements, so they can track how well the militia was armed."
Then again, the reason for registration in Colonial America was the opposite of today's. In the 1700s and early 1800s, public policy encouraged firearm ownership. Now governments that mandate gun registration tend to want to discourage it.
At the moment, a minority of states including New York, Maryland, California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts require mandatory registration for handguns. Others, like Pennsylvania, require sales of handguns to go through a dealer, who keeps records of the transaction.
Under federal law, there's no formal registration for any non-automatic firearm, and unrecorded transfers between private citizens are permitted. A kind of distributed registration requirement exists for anyone buying a firearm through a dealer; they must fill out Form 4473, which the dealer is required to keep on file for 20 years. (Fans of the movie Red Dawn probably remember Form 4473's cameo appearance. And, yes, attorney Stephen Halbrook, author of a book about World War II, has noted that the Nazis "disarmed Berlin's Jews using the Weimar firearm registration records.")
No less an authority than the late William Rehnquist, who became the chief justice of the Supreme Court, once wrote a memo saying there is no "serious legal obstacle" to registration. Rehnquist was no anti-gunner; he subsequently wrote the opinion in U.S. v. Lopez (striking down the Gun-Free School Zones Act) and joined the majority in Printz et al v. U.S. (striking down part of the Brady bill). Then again, because he wrote that memo while an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, it's not clear how much of it represents his own opinion.
That brings us back to today's gun debate, and the possibility that a case involving registration will end up, before too long, in front of the Supreme Court.
The leading candidate is a lawsuit that Fairfax, Va.-based attorney Stephen Halbrook (who questioned now-Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Second Amendment record before the Senate Judiciary committee) filed against the District of Columbia. The nation's capital is no fan of firearms, and after the justices in Heller required it to change its laws, it begrudgingly complied by erecting the strictest gun registration and licensing regime in the nation. There are vision tests, training courses, taxes, fees, written tests, criminal penalties, fingerprinting, work history disclosure, and an open-ended ban on any firearm that police deem a "danger to the health, safety, and security" of the community.
Halbrook's brief filed in federal court on July 31 says, simply, "An arm protected by the Second Amendment may not be required to be registered... It cannot be imagined that the Americans of the founding generation would have deemed any requirement that all of their firearms be registered with the Crown or, later, any government entity, as consistent with their right to possess firearms, any more than they would have viewed speaker registration consistent with the right to utter opinions."
Anyone browsing gun-rights forums on the Internet will see plenty of analogies between the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, often with comparisons like: "I can't wait for the law which says that not only must newspapers register their printing presses and get licenses to publish, but so must individuals register their computers and printers and get licenses to print or to blog."
Eugene Volokh, a professor of law at UCLA and curator of the libertarian-leaning Volokh.com site, addresses this in an article in the latest UCLA Law Review. It argues that a registration requirement is commonplace among other constitutional rights.
Volokh writes: "Even speakers may sometimes need to register or get licensed. Parade organizers may be required to get permits. Gatherers of initiative signatures may be required to register with the government, and so may fundraisers for charitable causes, though such fundraising is constitutionally protected." He adds that even the right to marry and the right to vote can require licenses or registration, and he believes gun rights are "more like the trackable rights, and that it is the untrackable rights that are the constitutional outlier."
A First Amendment analogy can be found in a 1958 case involving the NAACP, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the civil rights group could not be forced to disclose the names and addresses of its members to the state of Alabama. (Abortion is another example: nobody thinks that the current Supreme Court would uphold a law saying that pregnant woman seeking abortions must register with the government, even though the right to an abortion is not as evident in the Constitution as the right to keep arms.)
Dave Kopel of the Golden, Colo-based Independence Institute takes a hybrid view of the constitutionality of registration. "Registration of militia guns, the gun which a person brings to militia service, to fulfill his militia obligation, is almost certainly constitutional," he says. "As for non-militia guns... the First Amendment parallel is Supreme Court rejection of registration of NAACP members."
So does Don Kilmer, the California attorney suing over concealed carry. "Based on the Second Amendment, registration can only be linked to militia service, such that you would be required for example to register militia-style weapons," Kilmer says. "You may be required to let the government know you have an AR-15, but you may not need to let them know that you have an over-under shotgun that you use for sporting clays and duck hunting. Of what good is a 12-gauge over-under going to be for the militia?"
Complicating matters is that not all registration laws are identical. One law might require centralized registration of all future handgun sales, while another could require reporting of all existing guns in private hands. And licensing laws like the District of Columbia's might demand more than registration -- but permission from the authorities -- before a gun can be owned legally.
Alan Gura, who argued the Heller case before the Supreme Court last year and seems to be heading there again in a lawsuit against Chicago, suggests a way to square the Second Amendment with 18th century history. "My answer on this would be, sadly, (registration) is constitutional although perhaps only if the government is serious about organizing a militia. The fact is that the framers had gun registration for this purpose, and the D.C. Circuit (in the case that led to Heller) specifically approved of registration being constitutional."
Translation: Because the District of Columbia isn't requiring its to denizens turn out on Saturday mornings for militia practice at the National Guard Armory on East Capitol St., its law might be unconstitutional. Maybe.
(Some state constitutions provide more protection for gun owners. Idaho's Constitution is unambiguous: "No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition." And it's worth noting that after the Katrina debacle, Congress voted to prohibit federal officials from confiscating firearms after a "major disaster or emergency.")
In the past, some anti-gun types have tried to enact forms of mandatory national registration. An unsuccessful 1995 bill, H.R. 169, would have imposed California-style registration of handguns nationwide through a "federal handgun registration system." Violations would have been punished by up to 12 years in prison. The author of the bill, Rep. Cardiss Collins, D-Illinois, told her colleagues at the time that "I still believe the best way to control handguns is to ban them outright."
For the record, the Brady Campaign's Dennis Henigan says his group advocates mandatory registration of all future gun transactions, even between private parties. But it is not calling for registration of existing firearms.
Part of the problem in guessing exactly how courts will respond to challenges like the one involing the D.C. registration requirement is that the Heller majority decision didn't specify what kind of laws (except for ones relating to violent felons, or carrying guns in courthouses) are constitutional or not. It didn't even say how judges should approach the question.
"The question is not whether registration will or won't be upheld, but whether courts require the government to demonstrate a fit between means and ends of the sort they require when evaluating time, place, and manner regulations of speech," says Randy Barnett, a professor at Georgetown Law School who wrote in 1998 that the Second Amendment may "not preclude such gun regulations as registration." Barnett adds: "There should be no category of regulation--including registration--that can be adopted free of any showing that it is necessary to acheive a compelling government objective."
It's true that in some situations, registration has led to confiscations, and the 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court that views the Constitution as protecting the individual right to bear arms is a slender one. But then again, not all laws that may be divisive, counter-productive, and difficult to implement will be ruled unconstitutional.
Any government that expects me to register, license, or otherwise give some kind of account of my guns can blow it out of their ass, sideways.
I said at the time that if Heller could, indeed, be counted as a victory that it was one only in the narrowest sense of the word.
Here's a speech by Boston T. Party on the Heller decision
Yank said...
Since the entire purpose of the US Constitution was to restrict the power and authority of the government then it stands to reason that the SCOTUS is not and never was intended to be permitted to interpret that document and its intent that restricts its authority..
hence SCOTUS has NO legal or Constitutional authority to determine the constitutionality of the Bill of Rights or any other part of the Constitution.. their decision is not only invalid it is also illegal and an overstepping of their authority as specifically limited by the very document they attempted to redefine.
As such all free men are bound by law and duty to ignore it.
Ed Rasimus said...
I understand being upset that Heller didn't clear up the issue once and for all, but Supreme Ct opinions seldom do--witness slavery, civil rights, protected speech, death penalty, interstate commerce, etc.
The cited article tells the author's interpretation, not decided law. Phrases like "may" and "could" mean that the issue is undecided, not lost. The Scalia statement that since the issue was not raised in the filing, the questions of local registration were not addressed means nothing more than that. The whole piece is filled with reporting of the facts, not fulfillment of our wishes.
Will gun laws in lib-controlled sections of the nation (AKA crime-infested rathole cities) be over-turned? Unlikely. Will the rest of us lose our rights? Molon Labe.
Don't look for defeat when all that you are going to find is explanation of what actually occurred.
Meanwhile, back in the world of folks who deal with real people with real intentions and capabilities, the result of weapon registration is always the same: population control, then population reduction.
So, the theoretical people are speculating now that only weapons WITH militia functionality are going to be Constitutionally registered? And, almost all weapons are useful to a militia?
How much checking and engraving does a single-shot rifle or shotgun have to have before it is "Militia Useless"?
Just like in California, gun registration is equivalent to surrender. No.
Damn, forgot to put the link in my last comment http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/03/29/boston-t-party-the-future-of-the-second-amendment-post-heller/
Molon Labe.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
~George Washington~
Here's the elephant in the room being overlook about militia registration back in the late 1700's:
The men were required to register and report AN arm suitable for militia use.
They were not required to register every weapon in the household.
Hmmm....something about the article by "Declan" strikes me the same way I'm struck when walking near a horse who's had too many apples....
Go ahead....require registration....really. DO it!
Then let's see just how bad ass you really are, Statist.
I can predict that enforcement of compliance will not be such an easy thing for you.
Believe it.
Trainer is right. National registration is one of the lines that shall not be crossed, and it will initiate change Declan won't f**king believe.
My Oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, demands it. My Rights are enshrined in the Constitution, but the Constitution is not the SOURCE of my Rights. My Rights are endowed by my Creator, as the Founders held self-evident. No man can revoke my Rights, nor can the Supreme Court. The most they can do is infringe upon my God-given Rights. I can suffer through abuses while I find them tolerable, but I will not register, nor turn in any of my firearms. When Declan, or any other treasonous son of a b*tch decides that I have to, then I go to war. It really is that simple.
One argument the anti's have is the 2nd only covers militia arms of that period such as flint locks, and not modern "assault rifles". I say we go with that and only register our Brown Bess muskets.
cj428 said...
In 1967 when the Lawful currency was recalled the U.S. Constiution was suspended. The purpose of the Constiution was to come up with A currency that could be used throughout the coutry, Article1 section10. The rest of the Constitution was there to protect coinage and limit the powers of the central goverment. The Bill of Rights was added when they couldn't get the majority of the states to ratify it. You do not need A license to exercise A right. Once They start licnseing rights they become A privileges subject to goverment rules. Under the Milita act men were required to register for duty. We all know were this controversy with the goverment is headed
#1-All my current weapons are, by the current thought of "militia-ready", non-registrable, being old milsurps. But they still shoot as well as the "militia-ready" arms.
#2-All my future purchases will be through private sales, thereby avoiding Form 4473.
#3-What ScotJ said, that it was the MEN who were required to register for the militia, and to merely "show" that they had a firearm in good working order.
(Remember, this was in the days when you made your own ammo/lead balls, and didn't purchase them to fit a standard caliber & rifle).
I don't have to register my lathe. He he hah ha ho.


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On WBOC-TV, Secrets of the Eastern Shore tells the amazing story of the artist Julia Purnell of Snow Hill, Md.
Most every chapter in the Secrets book, Eastern Shore Road Trips 2: 26 More One-Day Adventures on Delmarva, ends with a fun and interesting story from days gone by. In the road trip to Snow Hill, Md., that section tells the story of a housewife there whose journey to becoming an artist began at the age of 85, after she landed in a wheelchair. Jim…
Author Jim Duffy shares "Underground Railroad Journeys" in Pocomoke City on Sun., Feb. 10
Award-winning writer and storyteller Jim Duffy will share keystone stories, surprising finds, and life lessons learned from his work on the book, Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva. The presentation in Pocomoke City, Md. will touch on a number of heroes of the Underground Railroad here on the Eastern Shore, including Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. The presentation is at 2pm on Sunday, Feb.…
Secrets of the Eastern ShoreJanuary 27, 2019
QUOTE OF THE DAY, 1852: "Each Member of the Clerical Staff Must Bring 4 Pounds of Coal Each Day."
Everyone knows workplace conditions were a animal in times gone by, but it's still eye-opening to consider just how different things were. Consider this old poster, which I saw on a recent visit to the Furnacetown Living Heritage Village near Snow Hill, Md. The Village is on the site of an old bog-iron-making operation, but these Furnacetown rules actually apply to the clerical…
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NEVER TOO LATE: The Snow Hill Woman Who Became an Artist at Age 85
Most every chapter in the new Secrets book, Eastern Shore Road Trips 2: 26 More One-Day Adventures on Delmarva, ends with a fun and interesting story from days gone by. In this free excerpt from the road trip to Snow Hill, Md., that "Way Back Machine" section tells the story of a woman there who became an artist at the age of 85, after landing…
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Snow Hill/Wilmington Character of the Day: Hall of Famer Judy Johnson
Clutch: That's the word that pops up when baseball people talk about how Judy Johnson earned his place among the game's all-time greats. Johnson wasn't particularly strong, or fast, or powerful. He stood less than 6 feet tall and weighed less than 150 pounds. There was nothing flashy about his style. But "no one would drive in as many clutch runs as he…
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Indianapolis, IN — An exhibit in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's museum is among the numerous activities IMS has planned to observe Mario Andretti's 1969 Indianapolis 500 victory. A commemorative logo — featuring Andretti's likeness, the Borg-Warner Trophy and his signature — was unveiled by Andretti last week in Indianapolis, and will adorn the cover of the 2019 official race program.
The 50th anniversary celebration begins May 1 with the specially-curated exhibit about Andretti and his career. It will feature historic Andretti cars, many making their first appearance at the museum, along with video and audio recordings of Mario and the Andretti family, and personal memorabilia. Andretti will also be featured on the IMS Bronze Badges.
Andretti won the 53rd Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1969, driving the STP Oil Treatment Hawk III-Ford fielded by team owner Andy Granatelli. His career also includes a Formula One World Championship, four IndyCar championships, a Daytona 500 win and victories in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. Watch his Automotive Hall of Fame induction ceremony speech.
The 103rd Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 26, and the IndyCar Grand Prix will be May 11.


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The most common joint is the flat full joint. This type of joint is equal with the stone surface, though slightly inwardly. Another is to add shadow, but this joint is more reserved for the professional bricklayers. A joint as made by pushing mortar between the bricks. Keep a board stuffed with mortar just below the horizontal joint and use your trowel to scrape it from the board into the joint.
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Clean up all the mess and make sure all cement residue is removed form your tools to keep them in pristine condition. Now call in the employer to show them the results and get the well earned respect (and money) for finishing the wall with some nice brick joints!