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Sessions to Wyden: It's 'Secret Innuendo' That His Recusal Was 'Problematic'
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In testy exchange, AG Jeff Sessions decries "secret innuendo being leaked out there" about his recusal https://t.co/8FmQaGbK1C pic.twitter.com/IFQxlClIal
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Senator Ron Wyden: Mr. Comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic, and he couldn't talk about them. What are they?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Why don't you tell me? There are none, Senator Wyden. There are none. I can tell you that for absolute certainty. This is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me, and I don't appreciate it, and I've tried to give my best and truthful answers to any committee I've appeared before, and people are suggesting through innuendo that I have been not honest about matters and I've tried to be.
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This is a turn key home based Cleaning Company, located in the Los Angeles area.
Currently a sale of assets.
This business had over 70 weekly clients in 2018 and grossed about $115,000, with net of about $85,000, and was listed in about 20 directories on the internet, with a great looking profile on websites like, Google business, Yelp and Thumbtack.
A new owner just needs to reactivate the ads, seller will assist with the process.
Due to partnership split, the current owner has a few accounts, but had not focused on this business.
Needs some marketing and new energetic owner to expand this business and take it to the next level.
Has a website, phone number dedicated to this business.


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45% rise in applications for the financial year 2018-2019 compared to the same period for the previous year
India and US among countries with the highest number of incoming applicants in Software Development, AI & Machine Learning, Fintech, and Enterprise/Cloud sectors
Fifth consecutive year of year-on-year growth in the numbers of applications for the Tech Nation Visa as the UK tech sector continues to attract exceptional talent worldwide
44% of Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa applications were for the tech sector in 2018-2019
The outstanding levels of talent resulted in Tech Nation endorsing roughly half of applications received
Tech Nation endorsement application processing for Start-up and Innovator visa categories due to begin in September
Tech Nation, the leading network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs in the UK, has for the fifth-year running revealed a continued rise in demand for applications for the Tech Nation Visa, as the UK's world-leading digital technology sector continues to attract exceptional talent from around the world.
Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, commented: "The UK continues to attract talent from all around the world. This is thanks to our world-leading academic institutions, strong access to finance and long standing reputation for innovation.
"Making sure we have the talent and skills so the tech sector can continue its incredible growth, is a priority of our modern Industrial Strategy.
"Following the publication of the Immigration White Paper, Home Office have also launched the new Startup and Innovator routes as part of Tier 1 to attract the brightest tech entrepreneurs. We are determined to ensure the tech sector has access to the talent that it needs."
The countries with the highest amount of visa applications continue to be India and the USA, from Software Engineers and Business Developers in Software Development, AI & Machine Learning, FinTech and Enterprise/Cloud sectors. Nigeria, Russia, Canada, Australia, China and South Africa also top the list for number of applications.
First launched in 2014, the visa enables the brightest and best tech talent from around the world to come and work in the UK's digital technology sector, contributing their cutting-edge expertise, creativity and innovation to maintain the UK's position at the forefront of the global digital economy.
Since its inception, the scheme has experienced year-on-year growth in the number of applications received for the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa for Digital Technology. For the financial year 2018-2019 it saw a 45% increase with a total of 650 applications, compared to 450 for the previous year.
Tech Nation is one of five designated competent bodies (DCB) appointed by the Home Office for the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa, which together endorse applicants who can demonstrate exceptional talent or exceptional promise across digital technology, engineering, medicine, science, the arts and media. Tech Nation specifically endorses those applicants via the digital technology track, and receives approximately half of all the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa's applications.
Each DCB is allocated 200 endorsement places per financial year, with the opportunity to draw upon a contingency pot of 1,000 additional places allocated by the Home Office in the event of unprecedented levels of incoming exceptional talent. As a result of the outstanding quality and demonstrable talent of applicants during the financial year 2018-2019, Tech Nation endorsed roughly half of the applications it received, and as a result exceeded its allocation of 200 endorsement places by roughly 63%. The visa has received over 1,650 applicants, with 900+ endorsed from over 50 countries worldwide since 2014.
Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration, commented: "The tech industry is vital to the UK economy and I am encouraged to see that there has been an increase in the number of visas issued to people investing in the UK and choosing to start a business here.
"We announced the new Start-up and Innovator visa to enhance the UK's visa offer to leading international talent and I am determined to see this continue as we leave the EU and introduce a skills-based immigration system.
"I am spending this year speaking with businesses and communities, including the tech sector, about our plans for a system that focuses not on where someone is from but on the skills and talents they can bring to our country."
Matt Jeffs-Watts Head of Visas at Tech Nation commented: "The UK tech sector is an incredibly attractive place to work, with its unparalleled connectivity, access to exceptional talent, and significant levels of innovation and investment.
"This view is evidenced by the overwhelming enthusiasm from Tier 1 Exceptional Talent applicants wishing to enter the UK tech sector. It is this level of talent and skill that will help in the UK keeping its position at the forefront of the global digital economy."
Herman Komashko, Digital Engineer from Uzbekistan and Tech Nation Visa alumni commented: "Receiving endorsement from Tech Nation is a public recognition that tells you 'your work has a positive impact, keep it up', and at that very moment, every particle of your brain starts working faster.
"The UK tech network is the biggest asset, and it's fascinating what kind of people you can run into. The freedom to work and move within the UK provided by the Tech Nation Visa is what allows us to experiment and understand where we can contribute the most."
Brenda Della Casa, award-winning Content Leader, Writer and Strategist from New York, and Tech Nation Visa alumni commented: "I am extremely humbled and proud to be a Tech Nation Visa recipient and I love the Tech Nation community. I am an ambassador for the programme and do all I can to make others aware of the scheme and assist them in their application journey. This has been the biggest achievement and blessing of my professional life."
Josue Vivas, Nuclear Design Engineer based in Oxfordshire and Tech Nation Visa alumni from Venezuela commented: "Clearly, the tech sector is moving fast thanks to the focused investment in different cities across the UK and the push for Tech Nation outside London. This diversification across cities and academic centres has created tech hubs away from London.
"The Tech Nation Visa route provides you with access to a great network of professionals and thinkers, and widens your vision of the sector."
To find out more at Tech Nation's Visa Alumni Network.
In September, Tech Nation will begin processing endorsement applications on behalf of digital technology entrepreneurs for the two new Start-up and Innovator Visa routes, building upon the successful operation of the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa and extending its support for international entrepreneurs wishing to establish their tech business in the UK.
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Canon Completes Another Chapter in the RF Lens Story – Introduces Two New Budget-Friendly Lenses for EOS R Full-Frame Mirrorless Users in Latin America
MELVILLE, N.Y., September 21, 2021 – Canon U.S.A., Inc. – Latin America Division, a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the RF 16mm f/2.8 STM and RF 100–400mm f/5.6–8 IS USM lenses. Both lenses invite current EOS R series users and those who are considering a move to Canon's prominent mirrorless system, such as the EOS R or EOS RP, to expand their content creation abilities with the visual drama of an ultra-wide-angle lens and true telephoto-only zoom lens. As the "lens first" EOS R series continues to expand, these latest lenses open the door to a wide-range of imaging creators, encouraging them to test the powers and possibilities of their art.
Ultra-Wide Perspectives:
Whether you are excited to start exploring the creative world of ultra wide-angle photography or someone who is looking to add another lens to expand your imaging offerings, the Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM is compact, lightweight and affordable. Long gone are the days of optical corrections or sharpness challenges – the new ultra-wide, 16mm RF lens, for full-frame cameras, comes with a fast and bright f/2.8 maximum lens aperture, as well as smooth and brisk AF (autofocus). This lens is a strong addition to the landscape, architecture or travel photographer — but it also provides the vlogging creator and the EOS Webcam Utility software user the power to integrate environments into their imagery, with its super-wide coverage.
Additional features of Canon's new ultra wide-angle prime lens with 16mm focal length f/2.8 include:
Compact size and light weight — similar to RF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Truly Telephoto Possibilities:
The Canon RF 100–400mm f/5.6–8 IS USM provides users with a versatile and popular zoom range that brings subjects closer with ease. It's an affordable and easily hand-holdable entry into the world of super-telephoto, full-frame photography and video. Offering superb performance and sharpness, the 100–400mm focal length provides a versatile range for all types of telephoto opportunities — be it portraits and documenting events, to sports, birding and wildlife. And, for the first time in a non-L-series lens, the RF 100–400mm will accept optional Canon RF 1.4x and 2x tele extenders, offering even more telephoto potential in a lightweight package. Yes, the Canon RF 100–400mm is an excellent gateway into the world of wildlife, nature, and sports photography. However, this lens and its super-telephoto abilities can also be leveraged for the video content creator or vlogger when compiling b-roll type footage or for subjects who are at a distance.
Additional features of the Canon RF 100-400mm include:
f/5.6 – f/8 variable maximum aperture
Easy hand-held operation — lighter than EF 70-300 IS II lens
Up to 5.5-Stopsi optical IS and 6-stopsii correction with coordinated IS
To learn more about the RF lenses, please visit www.cla.canon.com.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $33 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2019† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2020. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., Inc. – Latin America Group, sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.cla.canon.com/rss. For media inquiries, please contact cla_pr@cla.canon.com.
i Based on CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Associations) standards. Testing performed at focal length of 400mm using EOS R.
ii. Based on CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Associations) standards. Testing performed at focal length of 400mm using EOS R5.


I have started working through all of the various fabric files I have and started centralizing them and cleaning them up for general consumption. These fabric scripts cover a variety of tasks from deployment and maintenance of various products to deploying some of my code. I will be updating the repository as needs arise, and as always am welcome to any input.
Using my fabric files is actually pretty simple, however you need to have fabric installed on your workstation before anything will work.
nessus.plugin_push  Pushes plugin tarball to the remote scanner.
nessus.prep         Prepares a vanilla system for use as a Nessus scanner.
prep.prep           Generic preparation script for CentOS/RHEL boxen.
prep.sshkeys        Pushes the management keys to remote server.
prep.template       Performs the needed actions to make the host templatable.
pvs.prep            Prepares a vanilla system for use as a PVS sensor.
sc.getfeed          Pulls the plugin feeds from SecurityCenter to the local box.
Before we run anything, you will need to copy the `fabfile/config.py-dist` file to `fabfile/config.py` and make the appropriate changes in this file.  Once thats done, it should be a simple matter of running the appropriate command against a host.  Note all of the output is whats being returned back from the remote system as the commands are being run, and while generally can be ignored if everything went as expected, this output can be useful when things go awry.
You can even assign roles, or classes of systems if you want to work on multiple machines at once. In general, there is a lot of power with fabric to build and maintain systems centrally without any agent installed on them (unlike Chef or Puppet) and has been my primary way to manage the hosts that I have. I know the trade-offs between agent-based solutions and agent-less ones like fabric and Ansible, and I just seem to prefer agent-less.
If you would like to see more of what fabric can do, I'd highly recommend heading to the Fabfile.org website.


Glass is a combo sequel, existing as 2 Split 2 Unbreakable. The film plays off the twist epilogue from Split which revealed that the James McAvoy/Anya Taylor-Joy thriller took place within the same world as the 2000 Bruce Willis/Samuel L. Jackson cult classic Unbreakable. That film was somewhat divisive 18 years ago, turning off many with its unspoiled "Hey, this is a real-world superhero drama!" reveal just before (2.5 years after Blade and four months after X-Men) the superhero movie sub-genre entered its secondary mainstream phase. Ironically, it suffered a fate not unlike Mystery Men, a pinpoint superhero satire (one very much aimed at the notion of superhero stories as white male power fantasies) that got clobbered by the opening weekend of… The Sixth Sense.
18 years later, superhero movies are all the rage, and Glass (hopefully) represents the culmination of Shyamalan's recent artistic and commercial comeback which began with The Visit and continued with Split (which snagged a $40 million opening weekend and legged it to $137m domestic and $275m worldwide). It also represents the first wholly original cinematic universe (in at least a few decades) give-or-take Fast and Furious (which became a cinematic universe by accident by being unable to snag both Vin Diesel and Paul Walker for the first two sequels). Come January 18, 2019, Glass will be a big deal to fans of Unbreakable, fans of Glass and folks who just think it looks like an exciting and offbeat fantasy thriller. It'll benefit from being the first "big" movie since the triple whammy of Aquaman, Bumblebee and Mary Poppins Returns a month prior.
Moreover, and this could be the kicker, it may benefit from a generation of adult moviegoers who grew up with Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs and now have kids who are old enough to tag along. As someone who never gave up on him even during the grim years (2006-2014), I'm beyond thrilled to see my faith (eventually) rewarded as the filmmaker has embraced his destiny (ala Bruce Almighty) as a maker of high-end pulp. It has been even more wonderful to see a generation of young genre filmmakers who grew up on Shyamalan's early triumphs making their own genre classics (Searching, A Quiet Place, etc.) that retain the empathetic spirit which made everyone cry at the end of The Sixth Sense. Even if this comeback doesn't stick, that's a hell of a legacy.


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This article was published on July 13, 2020
What was the better investment in 1985: Super Mario Bros or Apple stock?
Burn your portfolios, tech bros
Callum Booth
Callum is the Managing Editor of TNW. He covers the full spectrum of technology, looks after editorial newsletters, and makes the occasional (show all) Callum is the Managing Editor of TNW. He covers the full spectrum of technology, looks after editorial newsletters, and makes the occasional odd video.
Wanna hear something disgusting? A vintage copy of Super Mario Bros. on the NES was just sold at auction for $114,000.
Admittedly, it's one of the most influential games ever (it introduces Mario to the world) and the specific copy was given a 9.4 grading, which means it's in near-perfect condition. Oh, and there's some weird technicality about a cardboard hanger tag that makes it super rare. But still… $114,000?
This got me thinking — how good of an investment would it have been buying a copy of Super Mario Bros. and leaving it somewhere safe for 20-odd years? Well, I'm going to find out.
After a bit of consideration, I decided that the best thing to compare it to is Apple stock. The Cupertino company has been the darling of investors for years now, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owning $91.3 billion of it, making up 43% of its portfolio.
So, let's find out which would've been a better investment.
I couldn't find a specific US release date, but Super Mario Bros. was launched in Japan on September 13, 1985 — so I'm going to use this date.
After a bit of digging, I found the rough price range of NES games from a print issue of Electronic Games Monthly:
Now, as Super Mario Bros. was a flagship title, let's just assume that it was one of the most expensive games on the NES. That means it would've had a retail cost of $49.99.
Next? Well, we need to find out how much Apple stock cost on September 13, 1985. Which I did:
It closed at $0.281250 on that day, meaning $49.99 worth of it would leave us with 177.74 Apple stocks.
Not bad at all.
In terms of dates, the $114,000 copy of Super Mario Bros. sold on July 10, 2020. At close on the same day, a single Apple stock was worth $383.679993.
This means your 177.74 Apple stocks were worth $68,196.14 last Friday. Oof.
Yep, the mint condition copy of Super Mario Bros. is worth $45,803.86 more than all those sweet, delicious stocks.
But don't tear up your investment portfolio just yet (I know how close you were), as this is a bit of a blip for one main reason: the rarity of this specific copy of the game.
Let's look at the rarity first.
A bit of browsing on Price Charting shows that even an unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. normally only goes for, on average, $298.26.
Of course, there's a fair amount of variation here and none of these new copies were officially graded, but hey, it gives us an idea.
So yeah, if you were thinking of heading to your parents' loft to try and find that beat-up copy you used to play with your siblings, and make a killing, you might be disappointed.
Anyway, let's wrap this up and answer the question: what was the better investment in 1985 out of Super Mario Bros. and Apple stock? Well, you know damn well it's the NES game, people!
Well, as long as it was a very specific version in mint condition. Otherwise it would've been Apple stock.
I think all that's left to say is this: suck it, Buffett.
(Update — July 14, 2020: Whoops, I tried to be a Clever Callum and account for stock splits, not realizing that the prices I used at the start had already been adjusted. This meant I came up with a figure that was way too high and an answer that was incorrect. Sorry!)
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19.45 (11) (a) The administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the office of state employment relations shall, with the board's advice, promulgate rules to implement a code of ethics for classified and unclassified state employees except state public officials subject to this subchapter, unclassified personnel in the University of Wisconsin System, and officers and employees of the judicial branch.
19.45 (11) (b) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall establish a code of ethics for unclassified personnel in that system who are not subject to this subchapter.
32,357m Section 357m. 19.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 5.05 (5s), all records under this subchapter or subch. III of ch. 13 in the possession of the board are open to public inspection at all reasonable times. The board shall require each person wishing to examine or copy a statement of economic interests and any information contained therein to do so only at the office of the board, and shall require an individual wishing to examine or copy a statement of economic interests or the list of persons who inspect any statements which are in the board's possession to provide his or her full name and address, and if the individual is representing another person, the full name and address of the person which he or she represents. Such identification may shall be provided in writing or in person. The board shall record and retain for at least 3 years information obtained by it pursuant to this subsection. No individual may use a fictitious name or address or fail to identify a principal in making any request for inspection.
32,358 Section 358. 19.56 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
19.56 (2) (b) 6. Is made available to the official by the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the department of tourism in accordance with sub. (3) (e), (em) or (f).
32,359 Section 359. 19.56 (3) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
19.56 (3) (e) (intro.) A state public official who is an officer or employee of the department of commerce Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may solicit, receive and retain on behalf of the state anything of value for the purpose of any of the following:
32,360 Section 360. 19.56 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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April 30, 1926: The first of a two-night engagement for Frances (Judy) and her entire family, under the stage name "Jack and Virginia Lee and Kiddies," at the Garick Theater in Virginia, Minnesota.
April 30, 1932: "The Gumm sisters" (Judy and her two sisters) performed as part of the Maurice L. Kusell Benefit for the Jewish Educational Fund at the Philarmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
April 30, 1939: Judy returned to Los Angeles, and MGM, from her personal appearance tour to New York and went directly into rehearsals for her next film, Babes in Arms co-starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of their famous, and wildly popular, "let's put on a show" series of musicals.
April 30, 1940: Filming on Strike Up The Band continued with more scenes shot on the "Exterior Delmonico's" and "Interior Backstage" sets. Time called: 9:00 a.m.; dismissed: 4:20 p.m.
Later that evening Judy made her weekly appearance on Bob Hope's radio show, titled "The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope" broadcast by NBC Radio. Judy sang "Ma, He's Makin' Eyes At Me." No recordings from this show are known to exist, but Judy did sing the song nine years later as a duet with Bing Crosby on his weekly radio show broadcast October 5, 1949.
Listen to "Ma, He's Makin' Eyes At Me" here:
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Ma!%20He's%20Makin'%20Eyes%20At%20Me!.mp3
Photo: Judy Garland with Jerry Colonna and Bob Hope on "The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope" broadcast by NBC Radio, circa early 1940.
April 30, 1942: Recording session for For Me And My Gal. Judy was not a part of this recording session. Her co-star George Murphy pre-recorded "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" and with co-star Ben Blue, "Tell Me." Both songs were not used, it's unknown if they were filmed. Also recorded on this day was "What Are You Going To Do About The Boys?" with Ben Blue and The King's Men.
Note that the Daily Music Report lists the title of the film as [The] Big Time. That was the original title for the film.
Listen to "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" here:
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Im-Sorry-I-Made-You-Cry-Outtake-G-Murphy.mp3
Listen to "Tell Me" here:
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/What-Are-You-Going-To-Do-About-The-Boys.mp3
Listen to "What Are You Going To Do About The Boys" (extended version) here:
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Tell-Me-Outtake-G-Murphy.mp3
April 30, 1945: Production on The Harvey Girls continued. Judy was not needed from April 26th through May 2nd, but as this fun photo shows, her co-star John Hodiak filmed the fight sequence. A stunt double did most of the work for him which is painfully obvious when watching the film!
April 30, 1947: Filming on The Pirate continued with scenes shot on the "Interior Reception Room" set. Time called: 9:45 a.m.; arrived: 10:25 a.m.; dismissed: 5:20 p.m.
April 30, 1949: Filming on Annie Get Your Gun continued with more work on the "I'm An Indian, Too" number. Judy was due in makeup at 8:30 a.m.; due on the set at 10:00 a.m.; she arrived at 10:05 a.m.; lunch: 12:25-1:25 p.m.; time dismissed: 5:45 p.m.
April 30, 1952: Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron poses with Judy at the piano to promote "Music Week" in Los Angeles. Judy was currently enjoying great success with her engagement at the Philharmonic in L.A.
April 30, 1953: Judy was in Lexington, Kentucky, having just performed at "The Blue Grass Festival" the previous day. On this day, Judy visited children at the local Shriners Hospital.
April 30, 1954: This wonderful article about A Star Is Born was published in "Collier's" magazine.
Scans provided by Kim Lundgreen. Thanks, Kim!
April 30, 1957: Young Lorna Luft (Judy's second child) interrupted Judy's radio interview with "Nightline." Apparently, the rest of the interview doesn't exist.
April 30, 1972: This ad promoted the upcoming series of articles of excerpts from Mickey Deans' book about his life with Judy in those last few years. Deans was Judy's fifth and final husband. The book is titled "Weep No More My Lady." I don't consider it a real "biography" of Judy's life although he does write about her years prior to meeting him based on what Judy had told him (and probably on what he had read). The book was, and is, controversial for many reasons not least of which, allegedly, Deans signed the book deal on the same day as Judy's death.
April 20, 2019: Summer Stock premiered on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive. Check out the blog post here for details.
Check out The Judy Room's Filmography Pages on Summer Stock here.
New Judy Garland Cd – "From The Heart"
On This Day In Judy Garland's Life And Career – May 1


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Richard Sherman defended the hit on Rob Gronkowski in the AFC Championship
The concussion protocol calls first for rest. Gronkowski suffered a concussion in the second quarter of the Patriots' 24-20 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars . After missing eight games in 2016, as well as the entire postseason, it was a relative return to health in 2017 for Gronkowski. With the NFL's new concussion protocol rules, players must be taken to the locker room if they show signs of a concussion.
Edmund stuns Dimitrov for Australian Open semifinal spot
And it doesn't matter who I play. 5 - Edmund has posted five consecutive tour-level match wins for the first time in his career. "Everybody wants to beat you". World No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki turned on the style in her match to take another step towards a maiden Grand Slam title. Obviously a dream is to win them.
Dyche signs new deal to stay at Burnley until 2022
Burnley announce that manager Sean Dyche has signed a new long-term contract. Crystal Palace and Everton have previously been linked with an approach for the 46-year-old, but the Clarets have revealed that their long-serving boss has penned a new four-and-a-half-year deal.
New England wins AFC championship, defeating Jacksonville 24-20
With tight end Rob Gronkowski out of the game with a head injury, Amendola owned the fourth quarter. The New England Patriots will face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII , 13 years after the two sides met in Super Bowl XXXIX.
Dimitrov ends Kyrgios' Australian Open run
The victory ensured Nadal will stay world number one whatever happens in the rest of the tournament, but he knows he will need to play better against sixth seed Marin Cilic in the next round. The Bulgarian had the opportunity to serve out the match when he broke Kyrgios' serve to go 5-4 up in a tense fourth set, but was forced to a tiebreaker where he converted his second matchpoint.
NFL Rejects Super Bowl Program Ad for Featuring Phrase '#PleaseStand'
The #PleaseStand ad has been accepted to run during National Basketball Association and NHL games, which Polk says makes the NFL's decision not to run it even more egregious. The statement seems to lack any introspection or sense of irony as for two years millions of fans have been saying that football isn't "designed" for the "political statements" represented by the constant stream of anti-American protests mounted by millionaire players.
Wenger finally admits why Sanchez left Arsenal to join Manchester United
Speaking to MUTV, Sanchez added: "Since I was a young lad I've always said that my dream was to play for Manchester United , and I'm not just saying that because I'm here now and today it's come true". Overall Martial has the more consistently high stats, and perhaps is the one that deserves his spot in United's team. With injuries affecting Mkhitaryan in his early months at United, Mourinho said the player needed time to adjust to the physicality and intensity of the Premier League.
Eagles Fan Who Collided With Pole In Subway Is OK
The Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings 38-7 and will head to the Super Bowl February 4th to face off against the New England Patriots . Video captured Desai, wearing a Brian Dawkins jersey, running with the train auto - then hitting the pole and bumping into the train.
Zille to meet schools, health facilities over #WaterCrisis
There's been lots of rhetoric, but no specific details of exactly what will happen on Day Zero . "If we want this disaster plan to be adopted with as little risk and inconvenience as possible' we need to look at the local context of each water distribution point ".
Javier Mascherano leaving Barcelona after seven seasons
Local reports suggested Barca will receive around €10m from Hebei Fortune for the transfer. It's speculated that the 33-year-old may now be in line to complete move to the Chinese Super League, although a statement on the club website does not indicate where the midfielder is going next.
Michael Jordan responds to Kemba Walker report
I love Kemba Walker. "I'm over it, " Walker said of the trade report. Walker made his first All-Star appearance previous year but hasn't been able to equal the production that brought him there. "Also, we've been asking about players", Jordan said. For the Hornets, it's going to be particularly challenging because they want to include one of their less-than-desirable contracts in a package.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: I've always dreamed of playing for Arsenal
During a six-year stint in which he won three league titles he was also crowned World Player of the Year in 2008 for his phenomenal 42-goal contribution to a campaign in which United also won the Champions League. He knows he's not there yet but we are getting back to where we should be. For me, he's been fantastic. The Chilean worldwide was recently spotted inside Old Trafford posing in his new number "7" kit for United.
Rod doing double duty, adds ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' gig
This time, A-Rod will succeed Boone in ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball booth. Sporting News' Michael McCarthy first reported the news . During the postseason, when Fox Sports and TBS control the TV rights, A-Rod would continue to serve as a Fox Sports baseball analyst with Kevin Burkhardt, Frank Thomas and guests such as David Ortiz and Keith Hernandez.
Oklahoma RB Abdul Adams transfers to Syracuse
Adams, a rising junior who rushed for 825 yards and a touchdown on 112 carries as a Sooner, will sit out the 2018 season due to NCAA rules. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Adams had only 14 rushing attempts over OU's last six games and did not touch the ball in the Big 12 title game or Rose Bowl. Adams is one of 11 mid-year enrollees for Syracuse.
Kobe Bryant Nominated For an Oscar for Animated Short Film 'Dear Basketball'
The film is an animated version of the letter Bryant wrote for "The Players' Tribune" announcing his retirement from basketball . An 18-time NBA all-star is now also an Oscar nominee: Kobe Bryant is up for an Academy Award in the animated short category for his collaboration with artist Glen Keane and composer John Williams on " Dear Basketball ".
Semis at stake as Nadal, Wozniacki take centre stage
It was Wozniacki who regained the initiative early in the decider, three unforced errors in the third game from Suarez Navarro giving the WTA Finals champion a break for a 2-1 lead. He reached his 11th grand slam quarter-final, tying Goran Ivanisevic for most quarter-final appearances at majors by a Croatian man. "She made me step back behind the baseline a little bit, and that made the difference", Wozniacki said.
Morata and Fabregas ruled out of semi-final clash
Former Arsenal midfielder Fabregas is absent because of a hamstring strain, meanwhile, which also kept him out of the games against Norwich City and Brighton. 'I have another night before to decide the starting 11, ' Conte said. However, defender Andreas Christensen has been cleared to play, despite having been substituted at the weekend due to a head injury.
Referees' controversial call kept Patriots close in AFC title game
The Jaguars were penalized six times for 98 yards in Sunday's AFC Championship Game while the Patriots were penalized just once for 10 yards, which was a holding penalty on a kickoff. -With 55 seconds to play remaining in the first half and two timeouts, Jacksonville took a knee on consecutive plays instead of trying to make something happen.
Mischa Zverev's heavy fine for 'poor performance'
The No.32 seed quit his match against eventual quarter-finalist Hyeon Chung while trailing 2-6 1-4 last Tuesday, citing illness after 48 minutes of play. It meant new Grand Slam rules were implemented by the International Tennis Federation and they are being used for the first time in Melbourne. Players are now able to claim 50 percent of their prize money if they pull out before their first match, an incentive created to allow someone else to play instead.
Swansea stun Liverpool 1-0 to dent Merseysiders top four hopes
Liverpool hadn't lost in the league since October 22, a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham. Firmino came closest to scoring deep into stoppage time, but his header across the goal came back off the left-hand post and Adam Lallana was unable to steer home the rebound as Swansea breathed a sigh of relief at the final whistle.
Fernandinho joins Nicolas Otamendi in signing contract extension at Manchester City
Fernandinho joined City from Shakhtar Donetsk for £30m in 2013 and he has since gone on to make 212 appearances for the club in all competitions. " This is a Club with a fantastic future and I want to be a part of it for as long as possible ", he told City's official website.
Liverpool Fans on Twitter React to Shock Defeat to Rock Bottom Swansea
It was Liverpool's first defeat since October, but the points were priceless for Swansea , who cut the gap between themselves and those above the relegation places to just three points. Liverpool found it tough to test Fabianski despite dominating possession after the restart, Salah curling outside the right-hand post before Kyle Naughton's excellent challenge denied Andrew Robertson a one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
Street footballer Sanchez to provide spark at Man United
The Chile global looked destined for Manchester City until recently, with the Sky Blues appearing set to wrap up a move for around £20m having originally agreed a £60m fee with Arsenal last summer. Mkhitaryan's former Dortmund team-mate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has also been heavily linked with a move to north London, though, and perhaps reuniting the pair could prove to be exactly what Arsenal need to close the gap on the rest of England's "big six".
How Arsenal Or Man City Could Get Jonny Evans For £3 Million
However, according to a BBC report , West Brom face the risk of losing Evans for £3m in the summer should they not remain in the Premier League this season. The Baggies are now second bottom, three points from safety, and have won once in their last 22 league games. I'm not bothered about seeing him, we haven't had a bid.
Ref was first to congratulate Tom Brady after sport
The reigning National Football League champion Patriots overcame a stubborn Jacksonville Jaguars 24-20 in the AFC title game, while the Eagles crushed the Minnesota Vikings 38-7 in the NFC decider to set up a February 4 clash in Minneapolis.
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adduc\memoize-apc
===

This library provides the ability to wrap a call to a function with
caching functionality backed by Apc. It builds on the [memoize-php]
library by Dominion Enterprises.

Example
---

```php
$memoize = new Adduc\Memoize\Apc();

$compute = function() {
    // Perform some long operation that you want to memoize
};

$result = $memoize->memoizeCallable('myLongOperation', $compute);
```

[memoize-php]: https://github.com/dominionenterprises/memoize-php


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Ledyard is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 14,837 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Ledyard is the 77th largest community in Connecticut.
Ledyard is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.82% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ledyard is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ledyard who work in office and administrative support (10.34%), management occupations (10.16%), and food service (8.50%).
Ledyard is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Ledyard, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
Also of interest is that Ledyard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Ledyard is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Ledyard really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Ledyard perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The population of Ledyard is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.88% of adults in Ledyard have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ledyard in 2010 was $42,765, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,060 for a family of four.
Ledyard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ledyard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ledyard residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ledyard include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ledyard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
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I've been trying to plan my week at JavaOne (coming up in 3 short weeks) and I'm having a real challenge. As a relatively new Product Manager in the SE team, there's absolutely no shortage of areas I could focus on.
One thing that has struck me from reading the program though, is the incredible diversity of the Java Ecosystem. I always awed with it while I worked at Eclipse, but I see it even more so now that I have a broader scope. For example, at JavaOne this year there are almost 200 different organizations represented from the very large IBM's to the very small solo-consultant companies. Within Oracle, we have representative from all the worldwide development labs and hubs including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. You can expect as usual to see lots of talks from the VMware/IBM/RedHat's of the Java ecosystem — but what sticks out to me is there's lots of content coming from the SMB orgs like CloudBees, Avast and EngineYard. I'm also pretty keen to see what the NFL has to say :).


Price includes free use of: Wi-Fi internet in the hotel, Wi-Fi internet in the rooms, Parking, Shuttle bus, Lounge, Baby cot, Child chair, Children playground, Indoor swimming pool, Deckchairs, Pool towels, Fitness.
Bed & breakfast, Full board available on additional payment.
Wireless internet is available in the lobby-bar.


Filtering olive oil is a standard procedure carried out by all large enterprises in order to improve the appearance of the product. The purpose of the procedure is to present the consumer with an aestetically pleasing appearance because unfiltered oil tends to look rather murky. However, it reduces the quality of the product as it removes aromatic and therapeutic substances such as fenols including oleuropein, oleacein and oleaocanthal.
Only if you purify the oil by means of a harmless mechanical process can it retain all its beneficial qualities, vitamins and trace elements. The trace elements, which are responsible for its cloudy appearance, lend the oil its characteristic natural juice taste.
Unfiltered olive oil should be lightly shaken before use to ensure an even blend of all trace elements.
Organic products are safe foodstuffs which go through a chain of controls in all phases of agricultural food production – from the field right through to the supermarket shelves. They do not contain any ingredients harmful to your health or to the environment such as chemical substances, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides or artificial fertilizers. The coveted lable BIO can only be attached to those products that have been produced in compliance with the regulations governing organic products and that carry the relevant certificate from an organic controls authority.
The national identification number for all certified products of organic farming.
The description "Product of organic farming".
The approval stamp of the certifying organisation.
Green olive oil is produced from fruit that hasn't had time to ripen as the olives are picked in October.
These unripe olives contain the most polyfenols.
What is the importance of polyfenols?
It has been established that polyfenols, especially oleocanthal, have the same chemical composition as the well known anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen. The medical profession is well aware of the damage inflammation can cause the arteries and polyfenols protect them from just that..
The polyfenols contained in olive oil include hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, oleacein, oleuropain, oleocanthal and others.
Polyfenols are a natural part of olive oil and they act as antioxidants protecting the oil from spoiling when affected by oxygen and sunlight. As a result, olive oil with a high polyfenol content is endowed with a high degree of protection and hence long life. Consequently its consumption protects the human organism from oxidization damage.
There is a direct corelation between fenol content and the taste of olive oil. A fenol content of between 70 and 250 ppm lends the oil a pleasant sweet fruity taste while that of 250 to 450 ppm gives the oil a more pronounced fruity taste which is slightly bitter. Olive oil with fenol content above 450 ppm gains the characteristic strong bitter taste. BITTER IS BETTER!
According to the European directive 432/2012 issued by the European Food Safety Authority the producer can attach the coveted Health Claim label to his product only if the oil contains at least 250mg/kg polyphenols. It means, that in 20g of olive oil ( 1tbsp )must be more than 5mg polyphenols.
In addition, the label should inform the consumer that the beneficial effect of the oil can only be achieved if he takes in at least 20 g of olive oil per day. The fenol content per 100g of oil should also be included.
The superiority of our oil becomes obvious when you compare the 432/2012 EU directive with the result of an analysis of our oil's fenol content , carried out by the National Kapodistrian University in Athens. The analysis established that 20 g of our oil contains 15,5 mg of Tyrosol and Hydroxytyrosol derivates. This is three times higher than the 5 mg stipulated by the EU directive. Our oil has now been officially added to an EU certified list of oils that protect against oxidization of blood lipids.


It was January and we hadn't expected such amazing weather whilst in Barcelona so to make the most of such a bright and warm day we jump in a taxi and weaved our way up the very steep streets of Carmel Hill to the colourful Park Guell! This beautiful green space is free to walk around for the most part but the area where Gaudi (the celebrated Spanish architect and designer who had a unique and individual style!), had been let loose to create, you will have to pay a small fee to enter – but this will get you close up and interacting with the incredible mosaics that cover the area!
MOSAIC : a decoration on a surface made by pressing small pieces of coloured tile, glass or stone into a soft material that then hardens to make pictures or patterns / something made up of different things that together form a pattern … The masterclass of which is right here in the park as you try to settle your eyes on one piece alone just so you can take it all in!
The patchwork of broken tiles on the curving benches that look out over the city are extraordinary and you get totally lost in the twists and turns of the patterns that form such vibrant scenes all around! The park's stone, sand, palm trees and hundreds of bright lime green parakeets – that sqwark and fly about overhead – are all reflected in the gorgeous colours of random bits of broken tiles and miscellaneous bits of pottery that all come together so inspiringly!
The view over the city below from the Gaudi terrace, where you can stop and have refreshments, are perfectly framed by the palm trees and ceramic spires that are dotted about! And once you have marvelled at every tile, swirl of colour and intricate pattern you can leave the Gaudi area and explore, climbing still higher within the tropical planting of the wider park … cool, tranquil with again more stunning views, it was a delight!
Whatever the weather it's a park worth visiting … if you like the unexpected, love creativity, crave nature, want a different view point, search for juxtaposing landscapes, want to see something a little bit bonkers then this is the place for you … whether you spend a wonderful morning hiking up there or a lazy afternoon in one of the many hang out spots – this park has it all and we are so glad we got to experience it in all it's glory!
Oh wow – how beautiful!
We were there in February but arrived too late to get into the mosaic area of the park and had to make do with the nature trail which just wasn't the same..
I agree this is a definite must see for Barcelona, we spent hours in complete awe looking all the amazing tiles and sculptures. Its just too hard to describe what its like to be there (although you do a very good job here!), but its well worth the hike up the hill as the views are absolutely stunning. Sadly none of my pics are anywhere as nice as the ones you've taken but seeing these really makes me want to go back again. Great blog!
thanks for the great tips – we're going on a city break to Barcelona next month so we'll definitely be checking out these sites. Its looks amazing. Can't wait!


How wonderful Cindy. I love dolphins, but have never been this close to a pod. Even seeing them at a distance brings me joy!
Awww, so appreciative that you care about them Brad. They and I appreciate it greatly!
Lovely creatures and amazing photos!
Free! The way they are supposed to be!
Such splendid shots, Cindy!! Love the dolphins and sea lions with their whiskers. The detail here is amazing!
Ahhh, so happy you enjoyed the 🐬🐬!
Thanks much Lyn & cheers!
Wonderful captures! Happily undisturbed as nature intended.
How wonderful! I love the curves of dolphins and the whiskers of seals.
They are such handsome and mysterious creatures……..
Hugs to you my friend & thank you too!
What an incredible experience and wonderful captures!
Thank you Sue. Seeing them in these massive pods is always a big thrill!
Wow Cindy! What a wonderful sight!
Yes! Encouraging to see them healthy, free and unharassed!
Cindy, just what I needed. Your images brought a sense of calm. Thanks.
Thank you for capturing these fabulous creatures fir us, Cindy! Je l'adore!
Oh how delightful,. And your photos are wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing. A rare treat.
What a lovely thought for you to have. Hugs to you & happy week!
So glad & thank you!
They seem to incorporate fun into everything they do!
PS: Did you receive me email?
Yes. Swimming with them en-mass in the wild is truly an amazing experience.
Lol… There are more important things in life to get bugged about.
About the best example you can get a freedom, beautiful images!
Yes, these creatures like birds seem to be the most free in the world.
That must have been a thrilling boat ride. I'm astonished that they were so bold, are they learning that some humans are safe?
They are fast, so you have to move fast with them, and then they want to play, in the wakes, racing and surfing with the boat, which is how all these pics were taken. I have swum with them on several occasions in the past off the island of Lanai where they were snoozing and mating and resting which was a very different experience then having them race your boat in open ocean. All experiences with these creatures in the wild are pure magic. Seeing them in pens in resorts or parks breaks my heart.
You just want to kiss that last seal, with his whiskered nose!
You are a good person, not everyone reacts this way.
Everytime I see them in the wild it is a serious thrill. Captivity is just the opposite. I swam outside a sea-pen at a "swim with dolphins," resort in Tahiti. The dolphins were like shells of themselves, totally different then the joyous, playful creatures in the wild.
How fun. Great pictures too.
Your comment was in my spam folder. Sorry I missed it and thank you!
Yes, the dolphins thought so too!
What amazing photos so much detail.
I am very pleased you enjoyed them & thank you Diana!
I am grateful for people like you who appreciate these amazing creatures. Thank you!
Now I am just green with envy. Great photos and what a wonderful experience. Wonder what happened to all the fish in the ocean that Irma churned up. 😦 Worried about them.
Storms like Irma wreck such havoc. We were in the Caribbean right after a hurricane and there were dozens of conch shells tossed onto the beach. I took some home, but we couldn't fit them all in the suitcases. I always worry about animals in extreme events too. I wonder what happened to the birds…..
Ahhh, very pleased you like these awesome guys!
they are so sweet and cute!
Thank you so much for supporting these amazing creatures. They need our support!
Thank you Lyn. It is so incredibly different to see these amazing creatures free, covering huge amount of territory, so quickly and skillfully and playing all the time, compared to seeing them depressed in tanks, performing tricks for food.
Yes they do have ❤ and personality, all the sea mammals do. In places like Antarctica many critters haven't learned to be afraid of humans and they will come right up to you, curious. Humpbacks spy hoop and look at you with a plate sized eye, penguins pick at your coat, skuas land close to your camera, too close for a shot. They haven't haven't had enough contact with humans to learn how afraid they need to be. A Japanese whaler was there while we were and we saw it for several days, loading up the gunpowder and the harpoons, hunting minke whales that were visiting our ship. I expect by the time the Antarctic animals learn, it will be too late.
It is so not okay. I really get bugged when hotels have them in pools which I have seen in Oahu and Tahiti. I snorkeled during off hours, around a dolphin pen in Tahiti that offered swim with dolphins experiences for the tourists. The dolphins were listless, depressed and non-reactive, so entirely different then there are in the wild. They swim with the tourists for food and it makes me sad.
Beautiful dolphins! We hope we could meet one during one of our dives.
If you go to the island of Lanai, you can swim with large pods of spinner dolphins. It is thrilling.
Beautiful world and pictures, thank you.
Thank you for the thoughtful appreciation and be well!
Yes, if we pay attention!
WOW! By far the best pics of dolphins I've come across today. Amazing photography Cindy. Dolphins are such beautiful creatures with such kind and happy looks. I saw them in Watamu in my country, Kenya where I did a sea excursion and snorkeling. Check it out. Thanks.
What a thoughtful comment! Thank you. I am finally off the boat after 30 days and am catching up. Heading over to your blog now!


Doo Consulting can develop and conduct a single or multi-day planning charrette in advance of any project. We collaborate with the entire team and project stakeholders to create an integrated process for a deep dive into a project's sustainability planning. This is much more than the typical LEED Workshop and requires planning including the gathering of data, stakeholder analysis and event logistics. Project goals that may justify a facilitated charrette process include Net Zero design, Living Building Challenge projects and corporate or municipal sustainability initiatives.


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namespace Swan.Samples;

using System.Text;

public static partial class Program
{
    internal class SampleCopyTarget
    {
        public float Id { get; set; }
        public decimal AlternateId { get; set; }
        public string? Score { get; set; }
        public DateTime CreationDate { get; set; }
    }

    internal class SampleCsvRecord
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public int? AlternateId { get; set; }
        public string? Name { get; set; }
        public string? Description { get; set; }

        public bool IsValidated { get; set; }
        public bool? ValidationResult { get; set; }

        public float Score { get; set; }

        public DateTime CreationDate { get; set; }
        public DateTime? AccessDate { get; set; }

        private static readonly string[] RandomWords = (
            "Hello, this is a test of the beautiful SWAN library. \r \r \r \r "
            +
            "It is helpful because it contains some easy to use code and stuff that is handy at all times. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n  "
            +
            "Swan is free to use and it is MIT licensed. It is a collection of patterns and helpful classes that make it super easy to code complex stuff \n "
            +
            "For example the AppWorker class allows you to write threaded background services and catch start and stop events. "
            +
            "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. "
            +
            "Provides methods for creating, manipulating, searching, and sorting arrays, thereby serving as the base class for all arrays in the common language runtime. "
            + "The CSV formatters allow you to quickly and easily read to and from CSV files.  \r \r \r \r \r  "
            +
            "\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \" \"quoted\""
            +
            "It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose injected humour and the like."
            + "SWAN also provides helpful extension methods for string manipulation").Split(new[] { " " },
            StringSplitOptions.None);

        public static List<SampleCsvRecord> CreateSampleSet(int size)
        {
            var result = new List<SampleCsvRecord>();
            var random = new Random();

            for (var i = 0; i < size; i++)
            {
                var descriptionLength = random.Next(5, RandomWords.Length);
                var descriptionSb = new StringBuilder();
                for (var wi = 0; wi < descriptionLength; wi++)
                {
                    descriptionSb.Append(
                        $"{RandomWords[random.Next(0, RandomWords.Length - 1)]} ");
                }

                var record = new SampleCsvRecord
                {
                    AccessDate = random.NextDouble() > 0.5d ? DateTime.Now : new DateTime?(),
                    AlternateId = random.NextDouble() > 0.5d ? random.Next(10, 9999999) : new int?(),
                    CreationDate = random.NextDouble() > 0.5d ? DateTime.Now : DateTime.MinValue,
                    Description = descriptionSb.ToString(),
                    Id = i,
                    IsValidated = random.NextDouble() > 0.5d,
                    Name = RandomWords[random.Next(0, RandomWords.Length - 1)],
                    Score = Convert.ToSingle(random.NextDouble() * random.Next(10, 1000)),
                    ValidationResult = random.NextDouble() > 0.5d
                };

                result.Add(record);
            }

            return result;
        }

    }

    internal class SampleException : Exception
    {
        public SampleException()
            : base("This is a sample exception.",
                new("An inner exception is shown here"))
        {
            InnerReference = this;
            Aggregates = new(new Exception("EXCEPTION 1"), new Exception("EXCEPTION 2"),
                new Exception("EXCEPTION 3"), new Exception("EXCEPTION 4"));
        }

        public object InnerReference { get; }

        public AggregateException Aggregates { get; }
    }
}

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Dr Tim Upson, Curator of Cambridge Botanic Garden took time off from his day job last month to talk to the Gardening Club about lavendula – lavender to you and me! Tim seems to have a thousand and one jobs ranging from taking responsibility for ithe Garden's 39 acres and collection of over 8,000 plant species, leading on major developments, including the restoration of the Glasshouse Range and Main Gate, and aspects of the Sainsbury Laboratory build to undertaking research in the field and teaching on the Garden's education programme. Add to this formidable list a few committees, directorships and more and you can appreciate that we were wondering what kind of talk would be delivered to us!
We need not have worried – a consummate professional, Tim gauged the talk just right from the excellent, informative slides to the commentary given in straightforward language. A complex subject was made totally accessible. Who would have thought that there were so many different types of lavender? Wherever you go in most parts of the world it seems that you can trip over a lavender bush – be it Arabia, Somalia, India, the Canary Islands, Morocco ………….as well as in pots on Sandringham patios and in your own garden.
Such a brief article cannot do justice to this talk – have a look at Tim's book 'The genus lavendula'. So I shall restrict myself here to recommendations for our gardens, For the good old-fashioned English lavender – lavendula angustifolia – look no further than Hidcote (dark violet flowers), Beechwood blue, Ashdown Forest and the very old cultivar Nana Atropurpurea – all with violet flowers and the pink flowering Miss Katherine. Remember to prune these so that keep their shape. Look within the heart of the plant and you should see small shoots on the side of stems. You should prune so that these shoots are left below where you cut. You can prune with a pair of secateurs or with some shears. The shoots will push out to form the new greenery of the plant. Lavenders like a really good haircut so be brave about it. Many people tentatively snip off the old flowering stems. This is certainly not a hard enough prune. But take care, with this type of lavender pruning is a job for early summer after flowering or next spring around March time. Put a note in your diary now!
Do try growing some of the less hardy lavender but use containers as they do not like our winters! Just beware of the rosemary beetle, a beautiful lavender-striped beetle which has taken a liking to lavender and is starting to tour the UK. The best way of disposing of it is to squeeze between the fingers as you do with the lily beetle.


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Energy company AET has been one of the festival's four primary sponsors for 15 years.
The decision by the local energy concern Azienda Elettrica Ticinese (AET) to pull the plug on its sponsorship after this year's edition of the Locarno Film Festival (Aug 3-13) is "a disaster", according to festival president Marco Solari.
A report by local news outlet Ticinonews suggested that, although the sponsors' contributions are not made public, "a rapid calculation" would translate into a "weighty particpation" in the six digit range.
In a statement, AET's CEO Roberto Pronini explained that "the deep structural changes affecting Europe's electric energy market and the ensuing difficulties based in Switzerland" had forced AET into "a drastic downsizing" of its sponsorship policy.
AET had been one of Locarno's four main sponsors for 15 consecutive editions since 2002.
The energy concern is also pulling out of sponsoring hockey clubs in Lugano and Ambri-Piotta and the annual JazzAscona festival.
Speaking exclusively to Screen, Locarno's head of sponsorship Raphaël Brunschwig admitted that it will "not be easy" to find a replacement for AET as main sponsor, but he is "confident" that this will be achieved in good time before the festival's 70th edition next year.
He confirmed that two of the other main sponsors – department store chain MANOR and UBS bank – have extended their financial commitment until 2019.
A spokesperson for the remaining main sponsor Swisscom – which has sponsored the festival for the past 20 years – commented that "our commitment is an important statement for Ticino and we are happy with the partnership," adding that "for strategic reasons, we prefer not to comment on the extent and duration of ongoing partnerships".
However, Screen understands that the festival has a letter of intent from Swisscom for the period until 2019.
In addition, Raphaël Brunschwig noted that the sponsors again provide around 30% of the festival's budget of $13m (CHF13m) this year, and confirmed that Switzerland's Federal Office of Culture (BAK) will be allocating $1.55m (CHF1.51m) annually between 2017-2020 to Locarno from its $3.46m (CHF3.38m) festival budget.
This autumn will see the festival overseeing the refurbishment of the town's historic cinema Ex*Rex as it is transformed into the new GranRex with $820,000 (CHF800,000) support from the Leopard Club and $102,000(CHF100,000) from an investor.
Private individuals can become a seat patron for $512 (CHF500) and have the chair display their name in future, or pay $512 (CHF500) for two vintage chairs from the old Ex*Rex cinema.
Alternatively, they can have their name recorded on the patrons' wall of the newly renovated cinema known as the GranRex Auditorium Leopard Club in return for a payment of $3073 (CHF3,000).
Brunschwig said that the festival now has a lease agreement until 2031 on the cinema, which had stopped operating regularly in 2007. "What we had been paying in rent and other costs for two weeks for the cinema to open during the festival, will be the sum we'll be spending for the whole year from 2017," he noted.
Moreover, the festival will have three brand new screens at its disposal in its new headquarters at the Palazzo del Cinema, which is under construction near La Rotonda, for the 70th anniversary.
Pandora Filmproduktion's Christoph Friedel and Claudia Steffen, who were in Locarno earlier this week with the world premiere of Christian Schwochow's biopic Paula on the Piazza Grande, are to co-produce the second feature film by Swiss director Tobias Nölle whose debut Aloys premiered in the Berlinale's Panorama last February where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.
Nölle's "poetic action thriller" set in the near future, Deaf (Taub), will see him being reunited with Aloys producer Christof Neracher of Hugofilm Productions, which premiered Michael Koch's Marija, co-produced with Pandora, in Locarno's Competition.
Deaf was one of three Swiss projects presented at this year's Alliance for Development in Locarno last weekend.
Writer-director Corinna Belz, whose documentary portrait Peter Handke – Bin Im Wald. Kann Sein, Dass Ich Mich Verspäte… had its world premiere in Locarno this week, has also turned her attention to the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker.


Volt owners worried about their vehicle's safety can get a loaner vehicle, or just sell the car back to GM.
Volt owners can get a loaner while NHTSA investigations are under way, or GM will take the vehicle off their hands entirely.
Little known fact: OnStar is alerted whenever a Volt is involved in an accident, and within 48 hours GM dispatches a team of technicians to drain the vehicle's battery, which is the proper safety protocol for the vehicle, until it is fully repaired.
But that EV safety protocol may not be good enough for the National Highway Traffic and Safety Association, and it may be cold comfort for worried drivers reading headlines about Volts catching fire three weeks after the safety agency conducted side-impact crash tests. Although GM says that drivers and occupants are in no danger from battery fires even in the event of an accident, they're willing to buy back Volts from owners.
Anything to keep their customers happy, said GM CEO Dan Akerson in an interview with the Associated Press. Akerson stands by the Volt's safety, emphasizing that conventional gasoline engine-equipped vehicles can catch fire after an accident. But the company is also focused on customer satisfaction, even if it means taking their product back for a refund.
GM has already announced that it will loan vehicles to Volt owners until the NHTSA investigation is complete, and 16 owners have inquired about this offer, though only two have taken GM up on it. No details on how the buy-back program would work were given.
This latest announcement shows that GM is taking this investigation seriously, and reacting swiftly to concerns from consumers and regulators. The company has established a senior engineering team to develop changes to the vehicle that will eliminate concerns of potential post-crash electrical fires. The auto manufacturer says it also will work with other car makers and industry organizations to develop and promote electric vehicle safety protocols.
It seems that by addressing the issue head on, the manufacturer is hoping to avoid dampening enthusiasm for its award-winning extended range hybrid. GM will miss this year's goal of selling 10,000 Volts, and is targeting 45,000 sales for next year.


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text:
Tuis > Sing 'it
Skinned by Antjie Krog
Franci Vosloo 2013-12-04
Titel: Skinned
Skrywer: Antjie Krog
Uitgewer: Umuzi
Koop Skinned by Kalahari.com.
Often – no, constantly – in life one is confronted with words that are carefully and perhaps not so carefully planned, whether it be the words of poets, novelists, journalists or politicians. Less often one is confronted with words that lay bare the language breathing within the self. And even less often, one is confronted by how softly and intimately language could be in your non-mother tongue.
In considering Antjie Krog's writing oeuvre, what is apparent is the range of genres and subject matter she employs, and although her primary genre remains poetry she has, through political and autobiographical fiction writing, and through the translation of others' and her own work, moved beyond a purely poetic profile and has engaged directly with other identities and different kinds of intimacy.
Thirteen years after Krog's first anthology in English translation, Down to my last skin (2000), her second anthology, Skinned, has been published (2013). Ideally, Skinned has to be read within the thematic frameworks Krog has formed throughout her career as a poet, woman, wife, mother, journalist and political and social narrator. Ideally, we as readers would have read her iconic poem, "Ma", published in her very first volume, Dogter van Jefta (1970), where she introduces at least two aspects of her poetics to the reader: that of her style ("poem/ without fancy punctuation/ without words that rhyme/ without adjectives/ just sommer/ a barefoot poem –"), and also, on a meta-poetical level, how her habitus as a poet will play out. Krog openly asks for amnesty for not being the kind of poet that she is (and will be) expected to be; that she will cross boundaries.
This approach highlights what Kristeva (1982; 2004:204) calls the relation between the internal dimension of a text and the external context, ultimately laying bare the authenticity of the subject in writing. The writer becomes a "subject in process and a subject on trial. As such the speaking subject is a carnival, a polyphony, forever contradictory and rebellious" (Kristeva 2004:204). When the separation between the subject and object is vague and they are pseudo-entities, a dialectic relationship is established between attraction and repulsion. The mother as object becomes the first victim of expulsion – the mother becomes the first abject in the process of abjection (Kristeva 1982, 2004:206).
Given the inclusion of "Ma" in Down to my last skin, the absence of the poem in Skinned is compensated for by the very first poem in the latest volume, "poet becoming" (15), which is a translation of "Digter wordende" in the volume Kleur kom nooit alleen nie (2000). This poem echoes Krog's description in A change of tongue (2003:105) of how, when she takes up the pencil, "everything inside her comes together. Fits. Each open synapse melts perfectly into her pencil and her entire being finds its balance. Her whole body feels light and infused with sound." Poetry as an embodied act, reflective of its bodily, sensory and psychic process, is a constant thread in Skinned, resonating in "writing ode" (19), "transparency of the sole" (38) and in the section "becomings" (141). Including these poems in Skinned highlights the underlying materiality and embodiment of Krog's poetic language, creating what Klopper (2004:6) describes as a "materiality, [a] rhythm and pitch of language, [a] vocalic range, [...], ... working together to create a body of sound, which is not separate from the physiological body but acts on it, in it, transforming it into the sound of its own articulation".
The second part of the volume, titled "The lady as allegory", comprises translated poems from Lady Anne (1989), none of which appears in Down to my last skin, thus opening up a new avenue of thought and a window for the English reader into what Krog describes in the introduction (11) as a wrestling with "a colonial vision". It is no coincidence that Krog, at the age of twelve, blots out a picture of Lady Anne Barnard in her history textbook, cutting out, on the other hand, "the picture of the utterly handsome journalist John Fairburn" (Krog 2003:64).
Although Fairburn's role in press freedom is mentioned in passing, it must have had an (un)conscious effect on Krog's journalistic approach in her life as a writer. It is also not accidental, Krog's rewriting at that stage, of a history that would later figure in her poetry. The poem "ending 1" is a fitting ending to this section, giving language to the dilemma the poet experiences in writing about the epic heroine, struggling to detach herself from having to have dealt with the other and the other's kind of language. On a meta-level this can be read as a prelude to the last poem in the volume, "on my behalf" (170).
Expanding on the theme of writing, intimacy and history, the third section reveals glimpses of the "marginalized trajectories" (11) from which Krog detaches herself in "on my behalf". The stone-desert narratives are carefully constructed to give voice to the speakers, the narrators of a part of the country that is seldom appreciated in literature for its simple, yet unique social and historical existence. The translations, done by Krog herself, speak of an intimacy with the language of the people of the Richtersveld, and an understanding of the landscape that shaped their existence. Giving them, as well as the many voices in the /Xam and African languages, a voice in English translation enriches the linguistic landscape of the country. Being a combination of translations from /Xam into English into Afrikaans, and of Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa into English into Afrikaans, this section of poetry is unique in terms of the translational processes that are visible and recognisable rather than invisible.
The most diverse section in Skinned is arguably "Vernacular white". Starting with "land" (114), also included in Down to my last skin, Krog unswervingly lays bare the double hold this country has on her. Following "land" are two historical poems, "Bessie" (108) and a poem about an engraving of 18th-century Table Mountain (110), articulating "(… the mountain as forerunner/ Of how apartheid and forgiveness were applied against a continent's clamour)".
The inclusion of "toilet poem" (121) in Skinned is no surprise. Whenever a text utilises the abject – that which is expelled or abandoned – the self is depicted as unstable, breaking down the barrier between the inside and the outside, between that which is clean and appropriate and that which is not. What essentially happens, is that things1 like urine, defecation, menstrual blood, semen and vomiting threaten not only the clean body, but also human consciousness regarding individual identity and security (Mansfield 2000:83). According to Lacan (in Grosz 1990:88) all sexual organs and stimuli comprise a rim between two bodily surfaces – an in-between space between the interior and exterior body. The thresholds (of language: "territory of poetic themes", "piss", "shit"; and content: "changing tampon and pad to pee in townships", "tampon – swollen red mouse", "every nerve ending erect with revulsion") are aptly portrayed in this poem. According to Viljoen (2009:191–2), Krog, in Otters in bronslaai (1981), starts moving towards a more grotesque, abject presentation in her poetry where she uses the body in graphic relation to other entities such as poetry and the landscape. In view of her crossing and shifting of boundaries, and in view of the presence of the abject in her poetry,2 Kristeva's (1982:207) notion of literature as apocalypse is relevant. This kind of literature is situated on a delicate boundary where identities either don't exist or barely exist: where identities are double, vague, heterogeneous, metamorphosed, and abject. Essentially this kind of literature is an encoding of man's struggle – his most intimate and poignant apocalypse. The question remains: "Does one write under any other condition than being possessed by abjection, in an indefinite catharsis?" (Kristeva 1982:208).
In this very section we also find the most beautiful poems about Table Mountain, as well as Krog's "country of grief and grace" (132). Apart from an entirely political reading, the latter poem could also be read as a reference to English and Afrikaans, where the voice of the other is slung in anger at the writer who reaches out past the boundaries of truth and exclusion for the sake of survival, greater recognition and a larger presence in a country that belongs to "the voices of those who live in it". In the fifth part of this poem, "this body bereft" (139), Krog introduces the title of her next volume of poetry:
this body bereft
this blind tortured throat.
The body, the text, the language of the poet are made visible, something which according to Nel (2008:52) alludes to the bereft body. The element of loss and grief embedded in the title not only indicates bodily degeneration, but could also refer to the loss and grief as an integral part of the poet's "moving closer" to a different yet closely interlinked literary field in South Africa through translation. It could point to a bereavement of the poet's language and poetry through writing in English.
The fifth and final section of the volume includes poems from the volume Body bereft (2006), and to someone who has read the volume, the poems in this section are nothing new. However, the ageing body has a spectacular presence in these texts through descriptions of bodily parts and bodily functions, but also in the materiality of the text itself, the structure of the poems. The semiotic aspect of these poems disturbs the symbolic, creating a bodily landscape that goes hand in hand with the bodily field of reference (Kristeva 1986:120). The poet thus becomes the text, inhabits the text and becomes part of the articulations and rhythms of the text. The poem "it is true" (153) specifically embodies this textual-bodily landscape.
Skinned ends with what could be seen as a poem of self-celebrated deliverance: the poet granting herself freedom from others' unapproachability, from accountability, from guilt in all its shades, from being the voice of the marginalised and from taking on another's and others' skin(s). Ultimately, the poet is free to move beyond boundaries, to move in the absence of boundaries, inhabiting, as it were, the realness of the ageing body and emptiness as a final attempt at being and belonging.
Skinned, together with Down to my last skin and Body Bereft, indicates an important trope in Krog's becoming and being a poet, translator and translated poet in English. The volume is a good representation of her oeuvre as well as of the essence of her poetics. Although a reading of this anthology will be much enhanced by knowledge of Krog's oeuvre, it is an invaluable source of Afrikaans poetry in translation, reflecting also on the internalised processes that writing and translating (as writing) involve.
Bakhtin, MM. 1984. Rabelais and his world. Transl Hélène Iswolsky. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Grosz, E. 1990. The body of signification. In Fletcher, J and A Benjamin (eds) 1990, Abjection, melancholia, and love. The work of Julia Kristeva. London: Routledge.
Klopper, D. 2004. Difference, displacement and translation: re-inscription of Afrikaner identity in Antjie Krog's A change of tongue. Paper presented at Transculturality in the diaspora: spaces, cultures and identities conference, Bremen University, Germany, November 2004.
Kristeva, J. 1982. Powers of horror. An essay on abjection. New York: Columbia University Press.
—. 1986. Revolution in poetic language. In Moi, R (ed) 1986, The Kristeva reader. New York: Columbia University Press.
—. 2004. French theory. Irish Pages,2(2):201–4.
Mansfield, N. 2000. Subjectivity. Theories of the self from Freud to Haraway. New York: New York University Press.
Nel, A. 2008. Liggaam, teks en parateks in Antjie Krog se Verweerskrif. LitNet Akademies 5(3):1–24.
Viljoen, L. 2009. Ons ongehoorde soort. Beskouings oor die werk van Antjie Krog. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS.
1 I deliberately use the word "things" as it refers to both the tangible and the intangible - "physical flows" or "bodily refuse" in a bodily context (Mansfield 2000:83).
2 On taboo, see Douglas (1966); on the carnivalesque and the grotesque body, see Bakhtin (1984), specifically his questioning of the boundaries between official and non-official spheres in society and its role in social transformation.
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(PIX11) — It's a special day for the Intrepid; it turns 70 years old on Friday.
Back on August 16th, 1943, the ship was commissioned and sent into service during World War II, its crew fought against the Japanese.
Now thousands come visit the Intrepid Sea, Air & space Museum every year, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise even calls it home.
Some of the original sailors were also on hand Friday to ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.
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