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Expert: If CIA agent in Pakistan not diplomat, not immune
by Joshua J. McElwee
jmcelwee@ncronline.org
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News that Raymond Davis, the American who sparked a diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and Pakistan by shooting two men dead in the city of Lahore last month, was working for the CIA means U.S. claims that he is a diplomat with immunity have "no basis," says one expert.
The revelation also raises questions about how Pakistanis will tolerate the continued American military presence in their country in the midst of unmanned drone attacks and with U.S. troops scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, say others.
Davis' connection with the CIA first came to light Sunday in a report in the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, which cited U.S. officials confirming he was working with the clandestine agency as a private contractor.
The U.K.'s Telegraph reported yesterday that the spy may have been acting as the CIA's station chief in the country.
U.S. officials say Davis was attached to the American diplomatic delegation at the time of the shootings and therefore is entitled to diplomatic immunity. In a press conference last week, President Barack Obama described Davis as "our diplomat" in Pakistan.
Davis -- who is a former special forces soldier and former employee of Xe, the controversial private military contractor previously known as Blackwater -- has said that he was acting in self defense against a pair of suspected robbers.
With the revelation that Davis at least contracted with the CIA, "there seems to be no basis for saying he has immunity," said Mary Ellen O'Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
"Because the U.S. said he was a member of the staff of the Consulate in Lahore, it's plain to me that consulate staff would not have immunity in a case like this," she said.
At stake in the question of whether Davis was acting as a diplomat in Pakistan are American claims that he cannot be prosecuted for the shooting deaths, said O'Connell, author of The Power and Purpose of International Law.
In order for Davis' shootings to fall under the scope of diplomatic immunity, they must have taken place while he was on the embassy staff in Islamabad, she said.
In a Jan. 28 press release, the U.S. embassy in Pakistan said Davis was a "staff member of the U.S. Consulate General in Lahore." In a Jan. 30 release, the embassy said Davis "is a member of the U.S. Embassy's technical and administrative staff."
The discrepancy between the two reports reflects that the treatment given to embassy and consulate staffs is different, said O'Connell, because diplomatic immunity involves a certain amount of international compromise.
"Nation states make a big concession in providing immunity to diplomats; they are less willing to be so generous to consuls and consulate staff," she said.
Pakistani authorities have challenged Davis' account that he was acting in self defense when he shot two motorcyclists Jan. 27. They point to the fact that both victims had been shot five times, and one had been shot from behind.
The authorities also raise questions about the items which were found in Davis' vehicle, which included a Glock pistol and five magazines; 75 rounds of pistol ammunition; a GPS tracker; and a flashlight headlamp.
The contents of his car also raise questions about Davis' status as someone attached to the U.S. embassy, said another expert.
Those kinds of items "probably aren't the kinds of things that people are just driving around with in Pakistan, unless they are doing work that's more than just providing physical security at the embassy or one of the consulates," said David Alvarez, a political science professor at Saint Mary's College of California.
Alvarez -- who was cautious to say that the details of the spy's position in relation to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan still seemed unclear -- also said that if Davis was working for the CIA as a contractor, U.S. officials' public support of diplomatic immunity for him may indicate that other contractors elsewhere work under similar assumptions of immunity.
It's possible that "arrangements have been made" between contractors and U.S. government officials, said the author of Spies in the Vatican: Espionage and Intrigue from Napoleon to the Holocaust.
While the outcome of the U.S. call for immunity for Davis will ultimately be up to a Pakistani court -- which has given authorities until March 14 to determine Davis' immunity status -- the longer the dispute continues, the worse it could be for Pakistani/U.S. relations, said a Pakistani expert.
"The delay in the two governments getting together to resolve this out of the public eye has fueled a lot of resentment inside Pakistan," said Shuja Nawaz, a political and strategic analyst at The Atlantic Council.
That resentment, Nawaz said, also comes at a time when many Pakistanis are upset about the CIA's continued use of unmanned attack drones in the country.
"A very large majority of people inside Pakistan … think that the drone attacks are never justified," said Nawaz. "Since this is apparently a CIA operation, it will further inflame people against other CIA operations in Pakistan."
With the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan scheduled for 2014, Nawaz also said improving relations with Pakistan is considered "critical" by the United States.
[Joshua J. McElwee is an NCR staff writer.]

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What is Optical Fiber? What is the Difference Between Single mode Fiber and Multimode Fiber?
Do You Know What is Optic Fiber?
The optical fiber is generally divided into three layers: fiber core, cladding and coating. The fiber core and cladding are composed of glass with different refractive indexes. The fiber core is a glass (germanium-doped silica) with high refractive index , and the fiber cladding is a silica glass (pure silica) with low refractive index. Light enters the fiber at a specific angle of incidence, and full emission occurs between the fiber and the cladding (because the refractive index of the cladding is slightly lower than the core), so that it can propagate in the optical fiber.
The main function of the coating is to protect the optical fiber from external damage, while increasing the flexibility of the optical fiber. As mentioned earlier, the core and cladding are made of glass and cannot be bent and fragile. The use of the coating layer protects and prolongs the life of the optical fiber.
A layer of outer sheath is added to the non-bare fiber. In addition to protecting it, the outer sheath of different colors can also be used to distinguish various optical fibers.
Optical fiber can be categorized as singlemode fiber and multimode fiber according to the transmission mode. Light enters the optical fiber at a specific incident angle, and full emission occurs between the optical fiber and the cladding. When the diameter is small, only one direction of light is allowed to pass through, which is a singlemode fiber. When the fiber diameter is large, it can allow light to enter and propagate at multiple angles of incidence. At this time, it is called a multimode fiber.
What is Characteristics of Optical fiber
Optical fiber has two main transmission characteristics: loss and dispersion. The loss of an optical fiber refers to the attenuation per unit length of the optical fiber, which unit is dB/km. The level of optical fiber loss directly affects the transmission distance of optical fiber communication system or the distance between relay stations. Fiber dispersion refers to the fact that the signal transmitted by the fiber is carried by different frequency components and different mode components, and the transmission speeds of different frequency components and different mode components are different, which leads to signal distortion.
Fiber dispersion is divided into material dispersion, waveguide dispersion and modal dispersion. The first two kinds of dispersion are caused by the signal not being a single frequency, and the latter kind of dispersion is caused by the signal being not a single mode. The signal is not a single mode will cause mode dispersion. Singlemode fiber has only one fundamental mode, so there is only material dispersion and waveguide dispersion, and no modal dispersion. The multimode fiber has inter-mode dispersion. The dispersion of the optical fiber not only affects the transmission capacity of the optical fiber, but also limits the relay distance of the optical fiber communication system.
What is Single mode Optical Fiber
Light enters the optical fiber at a specific incident angle, and full emission occurs between the optical fiber and the cladding. When the diameter is small, only one direction of light is allowed to pass through, which is a singlemode optical fiber. The central glass core of a singlemode fiber is very thin, the core diameter is generally 8.5 or 9.5 μm, and it works at wavelengths of 1310 and 1550 nm.
What is Multimode Optical Fiber
Multimode fiber is a fiber that allows multiple guided mode transmission. The core diameter of a multimode fiber is generally 50μm/62.5μm. Because the core diameter of a multimode fiber is relatively large, it can allow different modes of light to be transmitted on one fiber. The standard wavelengths of multimode are 850nm and 1300nm respectively. There is also a new multimode fiber standard called WBMMF (Wideband Multimode Fiber), which uses wavelengths between 850nm and 953nm.Both single-mode fiber and multi-mode fiber have a cladding diameter of 125μm.
What is the Difference Between Singlemode Fiber and Multimode Fiber?
Transmission Distance of Optical Fiber
The smaller diameter of the singlemode fiber makes the reflection tighter, allowing only one mode of light to propagate, so that the optical signal can propagate farther. As the light passes through the core, the amount of light reflection is reduced, reducing attenuation and causing further signal propagation. Because it has no inter-mode dispersion or small inter-mode dispersion, singlemode fiber can transmit 40 kilometers or more without affecting the signal. Therefore, singlemode fiber is generally used for long-distance data transmission ,telecommunications companies, cable TV providers and universities, etc.
Multimode fiber has a larger diameter core and can transmit light in multiple modes. In multi-mode transmission, due to the larger core size, the inter-mode dispersion is larger, that is, the optical signal "spreads" faster. The signal quality will be reduced during long-distance transmission, so multimode fiber is usually used for short-distance, audio/video applications and local area networks (LANs). And OM3/OM4/OM5 multimode fiber can support high-speed data transmission.
Bandwidth and Capacity of Optical Fiber
Bandwidth is defined as the ability to carry information. The main factors affecting the width of the optical fiber transmission band are various dispersions, of which the modal dispersion is the most important. The dispersion of the singlemode fiber is small, so it can transmit light in a wide frequency band for a long distance. Because multimode fiber will produce interference and other complex problems, it is inferior to singlemode fiber in bandwidth and capacity. The bandwidth of the latest generation of multi-mode fiber OM5 is set to 28000MHz/km, while the bandwidth of single-mode fiber is much larger.
Cost of Optical Fiber
If singlemode fiber has higher bandwidth and longer transmission distance, why do we need multimode fiber? Cost may be the key to this problem. Because the core diameter of the singlemode fiber is too small, it is difficult to control the optical transmission, so a laser is required as the light source body. Since the optic transmitter and receiver is very expensive, the cost of using a singlemode fiber will be higher than that of a multimode fiber. This fact has prompted most data centers to use multimode fiber to save costs.
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By Bill Benson
Tulsa Race Riot Marks Its Centennial
The 1921 race riot in Tulsa began on Monday, May 30, Memorial Day, when a young black man stepped into an elevator, tripped, and either grabbed a young white girl's arm to steady himself, or stepped on her foot. She screamed. No one else witnessed what transpired on that elevator.
Someone suspected a possible assault and called the police.
He was 19 years old. His name was Dick Rowland. He shined shoes on Main Street. A number of Tulsa's lawyers knew Dick, because he shined their shoes, but none believed him capable of assault. He had stepped into the elevator, because he wanted to use the restroom on the top floor.
She was 17 years old. Her name was Sarah Page. She had a job operating the elevator that day.
Dick and Sarah were teenagers, but he was black, she was white, and this was Oklahoma in 1921. They might have known each other before this day. Only Dick and Sarah knew what occurred on that elevator, and Sarah refused to press charges.
The next day, Tuesday, May 31, Tulsa police detained Dick Rowland, questioned him, and placed him in a jail cell atop the Tulsa County Courthouse. He sat there, alone, feeling terrified.
That afternoon the Tulsa Tribune published a sensationalized account of the incident that incited Tulsa's white citizens. "Lynching is feared if the victim is caught," the newspaper reported. A mob of one, perhaps two, thousand white men gathered around the courthouse by sundown.
Tulsa's Chief of Detectives James Patton later said, "If the facts in the story, as told to the police, had only been printed, I do not think there would have been any riot whatsoever."
Sheriff Willard M. McCullough positioned his deputies around the courthouse, but three white men, members of the mob, dared to enter the courthouse and demand that the Sheriff turn Rowland over to them. The courageous Sheriff stood up to the mob and refused to comply.
A number of blocks away, on Greenwood Avenue, a smaller group of black men met to decide how best to protect Dick. Carrying firearms and ammunition, they marched to the courthouse to confront the white mob. By then, many of the whites had rushed home to get their guns. A shot was fired.
"Throughout the early morning hours, on Wednesday, June 1, groups of armed White and Black people squared off in gunfights." Facing an increasing number of white attackers, the blacks fled their homes and raced north on Greenwood Avenue to the town's very limits, in a mass exodus.
Many called their section of Tulsa, "Little Africa," or "the Black Metropolis of the Southwest."
It was then that the white mob moved in to loot and cart off whatever they could grab. Then, they began to set fires in Tulsa's Greenwood district, torching a series of now empty homes and businesses.
After sunup, the whites ramped up their attack. They headed to the airport to fly planes over the burning town, several square blocks of now incinerated debris. From the air, riflemen shot down the desperate fleeing people, while others dropped "burning turpentine balls," onto several buildings.
By mid-morning the National Guard had arrived to declare martial law and to restore order, but by then some 35 square blocks of Tulsa had been converted into burned-out rubble. "Black Wall Street," "at that time the wealthiest Black community in the United States," was gone, destroyed by a mob.
No one with reasonable certainty can determine the exact numbers injured or killed: at least 39 dead, perhaps as many as 300; and upwards of 800 injured.
Of the homeless black people, evicted from their homes, "thousands, however, were forced to spend the winter of 1921-22 living in tents." The whites then claimed for themselves the former black section.
No jury or judge ever convicted one perpetrator of the devastation and atrocities that the victims had witnessed, felt, and endured. Reparations, yet today, are frequently called for.
Within a year of the riot, a survivor named Mary E. Jones Parrish published her account, calling it, Events of the Tulsa Disaster. In it she said, "When mob violence first began, it originated in the South, and its victims were Black men and women. Today the hand of King Mob is being felt in all parts of the United States, and he is no respecter of person, race, or color—not even sparing white women."
And just as quickly, all of Tulsa's residents refused to talk about what had happened in their town. Few wanted to know how and why? They preferred to ignore it. They chose silence for decades.
In recent years, people in Oklahoma are more open about the riot. They have set up commissions, conducted investigations, and identified the murdered and dispossessed. Today it is known as "the single worst incident of racial violence in American history," and it happened one hundred years ago this weekend.


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Morfologia
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Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a l'oest de Borneo (Indonèsia).

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Q: uwp switch data template - rebinding itemsource I'm making a win 10 universal app and I have two arrays of objects:
private ObservableCollection<Song> Songs;
private ObservableCollection<JonPlaylist> Playlists;

and a listview to display the data inside of them:
<Page.Resources>
        <DataTemplate x:DataType="data:Song" x:Key="SongDataTemplate">
            <StackPanel>
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                    <TextBlock Name="ListSongName" Text="{x:Bind Title}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
                    <TextBlock Name="ListArtist" Text="{x:Bind Artist}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>

    <DataTemplate x:DataType="data:JonPlaylist" x:Key="PlaylistDataTemplate">
        <StackPanel>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <TextBlock Name="ListSongName" Text="{x:Bind Title}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
            </StackPanel>
        </StackPanel>
    </DataTemplate>

</Page.Resources>

Listview:
<ListView Name="SongListView" ItemsSource="{x:Bind Songs}" IsItemClickEnabled="True"
                  ItemClick="SongListView_ItemClick"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource SongDataTemplate}" />

The problem is that I want to be able to switch between the two arrays/collections which are of different data types.
I've been trying to accomplish this with the data templates as page resourses, and rebinding the listView.ItemSource and listView.ItemTemplate:
private void SwitchViewButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
            SongListView.ItemsSource = Playlists[0].GetType();
            SongListView.ItemTemplate = this.Resources.ElementAt(1);

}

However I do not know if this will work. Will it be better to utilize user controls and a visual state manager?

A: Rather than trying to rebind/re-template a single list view, why not have two list view controls and show/hide them as required?
I would very much recommend using the VisualStateManager to do this and employing the x:DeferLoadStrategy="Lazy" to address performance concerns.
Let me know if you need further information about any on the above.

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Q: Meteor: Accounts.createUser() doesn't create user i'm building an application where people Can't create their account by themselves but the first user created (me) can create users in a form in the application.
It's why I setted in /lib/config/account.js: forbidClientAccountCreation: true,
My problem is, I can't create users in my form when I'm logged .. (even if I set this option above with false.
Here is my code:
userAdd.js:
Template.userAdd.events({
'submit .new-user': function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var email = $('input[name="email"]').val();;
    var username = $('input[name="username"]').val();;

    Accounts.createUser({
        email: email,
        username: username,
        password: 'toto',
        profile: {

        }
    });

    event.target.email.value = "";
    event.target.username.value = "";
}
});

/server/publications/user.js:
 Meteor.publish('users', function() {
   return Meteor.users.find();
 })

 Meteor.users.allow({
   'insert': function (userId, doc) {
     return true;
   }
 });

My userList where I display the list of the users:
Meteor.subscribe('users');

Template.usersList.helpers({
   users: function() {
     return Meteor.users.find();
   }
});

I tried also with Meteor.users.insert() but it doesn't work too ..
Could you help me please ?

Added the Routes:
FlowRouter.route('/users', {
name: "users",
 action: function() {
    BlazeLayout.render('applicationLayout', {
        menu: 'menu',
        container: 'usersList'
    });
 }
});

AccountsTemplates.configureRoute('changePwd');
AccountsTemplates.configureRoute('forgotPwd');
AccountsTemplates.configureRoute('resetPwd');
AccountsTemplates.configureRoute('signIn');

AddUser.html
<template name="userAdd">
  <form class="ui form new-user">

            Email
            <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email">

            Username
            <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username">

        <button class="ui button icon right labeled teal" type="submit" name="submit">Valider</button>

  </form>
</template>

user.js
Template.tableUser.helpers({
  email: function() {
    return this.emails[0].address;
  }
});

.Packages
insecure                # Allow all DB writes from clients (for prototyping)
kadira:flow-router
semantic:ui
flemay:less-autoprefixer
underscore
kadira:blaze-layout
arillo:flow-router-helpers
zimme:active-route
aldeed:collection2
accounts-password
useraccounts:flow-routing
useraccounts:semantic-ui
accounts-base

That's all related to the Accounts...

A: Thanks @JeremyK and @Sasikanth!
It's working now,
I changed my code to server side. Don't know if all is perfect but here is the working code:
addUser.js:
Meteor.subscribe('users');

Template.userAdd.events({
 'submit .new-user': function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var email = $('input[name="email"]').val();
    var password = $('input[name="password"]').val();
    var firstname = $('input[name="firstname"]').val();
    var lastname = $('input[name="lastname"]').val();

    Meteor.call("createUsers", email, password, firstname, lastname);

    event.target.email.value = "";
    event.target.password.value = "";
    event.target.firstname.value = "";
    event.target.lastname.value = "";
 }
});

/server/methods/user.js
Meteor.methods({
 createUsers: function(email, password, firstname, lastname) {
    Accounts.createUser({
        password: password,
        username: firstname + ' ' + lastname,
        email: email,
        createdAt: new Date(),
    });
 },

 deleteUser : function(id){
    return Meteor.users.remove(id);
 },
});

user.js
Template.tableUser.events({
  "click .delete": function () {
    var idUser= this._id;
    Meteor.call('deleteUser',{_id:idUser})
  }
});

Thank you very much :)


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Farhan Akhtar's family dinner with daughters and Shibani Dandekar in Bandra
Updated: Jan 14, 2020, 07:30 | Pratiksha Mestry
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Farhan Akhtar was out on a family dinner, which saw Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, daughter - Shakya Akhtar, Akira Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Honey Irani and Shibani Dandekar. All pictures/Yogen Shah
The entire family was all smiles when snapped by the shutterbugs at a popular restaurant in Bandra, Mumbai.
In picture: Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi snapped at the restaurant.
Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar do not shy away from the media or the public glare to profess their love for each other. Their Instagram account is all about pictures filled with Public Display of Affection (PDA), and their cryptic captions leave their fans scratching heads to decode it.
Recently, rumour mills about the duo getting hitched started doing rounds. According to media reports, Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar seem to be planning a February or March wedding this year. There were also reports that have been accepted by Farhan's daughters and his ex-wife Adhuna Bhabani.
In picture: Shakya and Akira Akhtar were clicked busily in their phones by the paparazzi.
Now, Farhan's father Javed Akhtar has spilled beans on the likely marriage. When the lyricist was asked about his son's marriage, he said, "I have just heard it from you. I was with Farhan on his birthday, which was the day before yesterday. He didn't tell me anything about this. But you never know, children can be very secretive."
In picture: Shibani Dandekar sported a checkered shirt, paired with basic denim during the outing.
Javed Akhtar also praised the nature of Shibani. Speaking about the model-turned-VJ, Akhtar said, "I have met her many times. She is a very sweet girl."
In picture: Shibani Dandekar with Farhan Akhtar, Honey Irani and Zoya Akhtar.
On the professional front, Farhan Akhtar was last seen in The Sky Is Pink, directed by Shonali Bose and co-starring Priyanka Chopra, Zaira Wasim, and Rohit Saraf. He will next be seen in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Toofan, a boxing drama that hits theatres on October 2, 2020.
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Stormy Daniels Day: West Hollywood to Honor Porn Star with Key to the City for Her 'Resistance' Against Trump
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The city of West Hollywood is set to award pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels with a key to the city on Wednesday and proclaim May 23rd as "Stormy Daniels Day," in honor of "her leadership in the #RESIST movement," against President Donald J. Trump.
The City of West Hollywood is proclaiming May 23rd as "Stormy Daniels Day" and giving @StormyDaniels a key to the city. The City says Stormy is receiving these honors because of her leadership in the "#Resist Movement" pic.twitter.com/zQLTK8vMeD
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"In these politically tumultuous times, Daniels has proven herself to be a profile in courage by speaking truth to power even under threats to her safety and extreme intimidation," the West Hollywood statement reads.
"Following the election of President Trump, the West Hollywood City Council affirmed the City of West Hollywood's commitment as a sanctuary city and reaffirmed the City's commitment to its core values, which includes respect and support for people."
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is also scheduled to appear at Chi Chi La Rue's, a gay adult store.
"We've all been joking around here that it's going to be a stormy day in West Hollywood!" West Hollywood city spokeswoman Sheri Lunn says.
The adult film actress — who is suing President Donald Trump in an effort to nullify a non-disclosure agreement for which she was reportedly paid $130,000 by attorney Michael Cohen in 2016 — was recently accused of covering up sexual harassment allegations made by fellow adult film star Tasha Reign.
Reign told the Daily Beast that during the filming of The Set-Up, she was "sexually assaulted by one of [Stormy Daniels'] crewmembers."
"He groped and grabbed me from behind," Reign claims.
Immediately after the incident, Reign told Daniels what had occurred. Rather than take appropriate action, Daniels "did not handle the situation appropriately, respectfully or professionally," claims Reign.
"I was assaulted on her set and she didn't give me any care or attention, and didn't even send that man home."
"You probably made him cry. He's crying right now," was Daniels' alleged response to Reign's claims.
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Antonio Lopez, 38, was shot and killed Feb. 21, 2014 near Eighth and San Salvador streets, a short distance from the college campus. Antonio Lopez was shot twice in the back.
The medical examiner's officer said Antonio Lopez died from two bullet wounds to his back.
Valdez said Antonio Lopez might have been targeted because he was an undocumented immigrant.
The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office says a man wielding a knife who was killed last Friday by a San Jose State University police officer died from two gunshot wounds to his back.
Antonio Lopez Guzman, 38, was shot to death by SJSU police Sgt. Mike Santos near Eighth and San Salvador streets, a short distance from the college campus, according to San Jose police.


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Court Finds in Favor of Students Who Spoke Up Against Sin
A recent court finding has come out on the side of two Christian students who spoke against homosexuality in accordance with their beliefs. A Pennsylvania school district's anti-harassment policy was found to be overbroad and violated the rights of the Christian students.
Judges from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals declared that the First Amendment contained no "harassment exemption" to the free speech clause.
"No court or legislature has ever suggested that unwelcome speech directed at another's 'values' may be prohibited under the rubric of anti-discrimination," the judges wrote in a 29-page opinion.
The issue here is bigger than one local school district. Attorneys for the students saw the finding as a "tremendous blow against the political correctness movement." It reaffirmed that "students do not leave their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate."
The "political correctness" movement in America is pushing to redefine one of the common words dealing with our public relationships: tolerance. The traditional definition of tolerance was to respect the beliefs and practices of others even though you might disagree with them.
Political correctness demands that you endorse and promote other people's values and lifestyles. Any objection to others' values or practices is immediately labeled "intolerance" or "bigotry" and a cry goes up for more hate crime legislation to stop you.
Josh McDowell, writing in Focus on the Family magazine, states: "I believe that this fundamental change in meaning — and thinking — represents one of the greatest shifts in history, and most people are missing it. Because the new tolerance declares all beliefs equally valid, Christians will face increasing pressure to be silent about their convictions — in school, at work, in the public square — because to speak out will be seen as an intolerant judgment of others' beliefs and life styles."
If we soul winners were being thrown to the lions or burned at the stake, we would know exactly where the enemy was and how to stand firm. But before the lions came, public opinion began subtly turning against believers.
This new definition of a common word signals a major shift in Satan's strategy to stop Bible believers from preaching against sin and proclaiming the gospel.
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says that those who are arguing that the establishment clause of the Constitution is in danger may be overlooking a more serious threat to the free exercise of religion.
"If we are not careful, we are going to lose our right to preach what we believe and say what we believe in the public square," he said.
Dennis Prager, writing in the Wall Street Journal puts it this way: "If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of teaching about good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil."
This is exactly what is happening. Homosexual activists have changed their sexual preference into "orientation" to escape the blame for their sin. Their battle cry is "tolerance" by the new definition. "They are clamoring for hate crime legislation as part of an overhaul of the nation's laws to favor homosexual activity and to punish those who articulate what has been known as traditional morality for the past 19 centuries," declared Land.
If you faced the lions or the stake you would probably have enough boldness to stand. Can we afford to be less bold today as the basis is laid for persecution?
We must first redouble our witness to the truth of the gospel. Then we must support those lawmakers who are bold enough to stand against this evil. We cannot let their accusations of judgmental intolerance and bigotry slow us down in proclaiming the truth.
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This hempstead sure court is one of the most popular and well-liked cocktails at the local bar. It is a favorite for people of all ages and all races. It is made with rye whiskey and a mix of bitters, ginger and lime juice, and it is perfect for sipping on a cold winter day.
This drink is also a favorite for weddings. It is a cocktail that combines gin, brandy, and lemon juice in the traditional way, and it has become such a summer staple that many people think it will never go out of style. The name came about because it was commonly given to people as bridesmaids at weddings and it was popular for a while, but it has been replaced by the more generic and now more common cocktail named after the island where it was invented.
The island is called hempstead in the original recipe, but it has since been nicknamed by the locals "hank" which derives from the fact that the island is named after the kind of hemp grown there. The cocktail has many variations including the more traditional version that includes a lemon drop. I've included some of my favorites below, but if you want to try one yourself, check out my favorites page.
The island has a long history of being used for hemp, primarily for the production of rope. Hempstead is one of the few places anywhere in the world where you can buy your own rope, and is well worth the drive to get there.
Hempstead is currently home to a prison, but we don't know where that prison is or how long it's been there. The island has a long history of being used for hemp, primarily for the production of rope. Hempstead is one of the few places anywhere in the world where you can buy your own rope, and is well worth the drive to get there.
Hempstead is one of the few places in the world where you can buy your own rope, and is well worth the drive to get there.Hempstead is one of the few places in the world where you can buy your own rope, and is well worth the drive to get there. There is a huge amount of information in the Hempstead forums, so there is no need to wait for the release of a completely unknown guy.
There are many types of hemp: flax, linen, hemp cloth, hemp rope. The hemp rope comes in a variety of sizes, styles, and lengths to suit your needs. Hemp rope is made from hemp, which is a plant that grows in tropical climates. Hemp is a natural resource that is used to make rope. The rope could be made from hemp because hemp is used to make rope, but hemp rope has a slightly different feel to it that is more like hemp cloth.
Hemp rope will give your room a modern look, especially if you are looking for a way to make a statement. Hemp rope can also be used for a variety of other things, like for decorating, making garlands, and even to make hammocks. For the last reason, hemp rope is usually used for hanging Christmas lights. Other things that hemp rope can be used for include rope hammocks, hanging blankets, and even a few things for your dog.
hempstead rope is more useful for decorating, hanging blankets, and even hammocks. It comes in many different colors and designs so you can find something that fits your decorating style. You are usually able to find hemp rope at places that sell rope, or even online, such as the brand-new hempstead. Just be sure to look around before you decide on a specific color or pattern.
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A wise person once said that if you are a collision shop owner who wants to purchase or learn about the new equipment, go to the trade show. But if you want to learn how to make money to pay for that new equipment, attend the CCRE's "Step Up To The Plate" Annual Convention, held at the Las Vegas Imperial Palace on November 4, 5, 6, 2004. This will be CCRE's biggest and best event yet. Check out the following lineup of pertinent seminars and their key speakers.
8:00-9:00 CCRE's Kick-Off of this three-day event begins with a one-hour general meeting. Hear where CCRE has been, where CCRE is headed, and what CCRE is focusing on that can be shared openly. Find out how various "legal causes of action, " such as tortuous interference, disparagement, discrimination, and restraint of trade are still being pursued by CCRE. Purchase videos, CD-DVD's, and books to make your business more profitable.
9:00-10:00 Loss In Market Value: A Valuable Tool: Presented by attorney David Wattel, this legal viewpoint on the benefits and importance of educating consumers and attorneys on why the pursuit of diminished value (loss in market value), and the proper repair of vehicles, are critically important to you.
10:15-12:00 Arbitration-Mediation- and Other Issues: Erica Eversman Esq., admired author and industry advocate, delivers valuable information on subjects of awareness of the various legal issues that shop owners and consumers face.
1:00-2:00 Know The Law: Professor, lecturer, and author of several legal desk references, Mr. Bruce Cornblum Esq. will discuss issues of legal awareness and potential liability for shop owners. Topics may also include anti-trust, steering, betterment, state laws, and more.
2:00-3:00 Legally Losing Hard Earned Money: A crazy title for a great seminar covering such issues as Mechanic- Artesian Lien Laws, describing how inappropriate state laws can create potentially expensive problems for shop owners.
3:15-4:00 Paying Close Attention: Shop owner Ann Spink will show us how written statements on insurer-prepared estimates can potentially lead you liable if you ignore or are not aware of insurers' intent.
4:00-5:00 Question and Answer Session: Attendees can ask attorneys present questions relating to industry issues. Some material may also be handed out.
8:00-12:00 Become An Expert Witness: Post-Repair Inspectors Patrick Yurek and Ken Klein host this power-point presentation to those interested in learning more about becoming an Expert Witness. Learn from the professionals the ins-and- outs of a lucrative career in PRI. Many helpful tips will make this class a must- attend event.
1:00-2:00 Join The Tough And Proud: Hosted by industry leader Rocco Avellini, learn of the many successes and rewards that a career in PRI has to offer.
2:00-3:00 Getting Paid: Hosted by Tony Lombardozzi, Bob Klem and Lou Russo, in this seminar you will learn how easy it is to make a reasonable profit on every vehicle you repair, including that on all paint and materials used.
3:15-4:00 Marketing and Developing Discussion: This presentation by successful shop owner Barrett Smith covers subjects like preparing handouts that educate consumers, advertising that sells, and replacing lost revenue streams.
4:00-5:00 Preferred Collision Professionals: Taught by successful shop owner John Padula, PCP is a unique franchise concept that generates revenue through buying and marketing power and innovative marketing strategies that get you around the steering tactics we all face.
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Liv Birgit Christensen's blog post, "Norwegian Names – Naming Patterns in Norway," breaks it down to as simple as possible. Read & learn.
Let us now explore each of these three parts.
Children in Norway were traditionally named after their grandparents. The tradition exists still today, but is much less practiced.
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Arts & Entertainment	By Daniel Carroll	| Thu Feb 07, 2019 | 12:00am
SBIFF Closing Night Film: 'Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story'
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Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story
Featuring never-before-seen interviews and footage with some of the biggest names in surfing, director Wyatt Daily illustrates in his feature-length documentary Spoons why Santa Barbara is one of the most influential surf cities there is. The film explains how this came to be, showing area legends Reynolds Yater and George Greenough inspiring the modern shortboard to Al Merrick becoming the biggest surfboard maker in the world. The Independent caught up with Daily recently to talk about his surf doc, which is slated to be the Closing Night Film of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
The film shows that Rincon and Santa Barbara have had a tremendous impact on the entire surf industry, with both legendary surfers and surfboards coming from here. Do you think, historically, Santa Barbara's influence on the surf world has been overlooked? Absolutely. To me, surfing history has always been told this way: Hawai'i invented it, Australia embraced it, California commoditized it. But when you look at the deep roots of surfing in Santa Barbara and how much it has contributed to the culture, the impact is profound. And it continues to be.
In what ways, in 2019, do you think this influence continues to occur? Well, Santa Barbara still produces top talents in surfing, with athletes like Conner Coffin and Lakey Peterson competing at the highest level in the World Surf League. In any given session, you will be treated to the world's best surfing right next to nameless shredders and low-key style masters. The talent pool is deep and diverse. And Santa Barbara continues to be a torchbearer for the cottage industry of handmade surfboards.
Surfboard shaping is a crucial part of the surf culture, so the fact that so many quality shapers continue to produce and innovate equipment while celebrating the craft is very important.
Finally, there's Rincon. It's the ultimate test track for surfboard design, and it's an excellent wave for surfers to experiment with and express themselves. It's so versatile, so high quality, and so perfectly situated that it will continue to be one of the world's great proving grounds of surfing.
One of the most fascinating characters in the film is George Greenough, with his early inside-the-barrel footage and his tiny kneeboard that helped spark the shortboard revolution. How would you describe Greenough and his impact on surfing today? George's influence is in every surfboard fin, in every cutback, and in every barrel ride. He showed us the way to ride waves. And, he's the ultimate backyard surfboard builder. He experimented with radical materials like carbon fiber way before they became commonplace. But he also built boats, cameras, and camera housings. And the windsurfers he made in the '80s could be considered some of the most technically advanced boards designed to ride on water. Many of his ideas that he was pioneering in the '60s haven't even been fully explored yet! Shapers like Marc Andreini have been experimenting with his edge board concepts, which could open a whole new world in big-wave paddle surfing and unlock yet another approach to wave riding.
But I think George's greatest achievement was his attitude for innovation, and that's what I hope people get from this film; to inspire people to completely disregard the status quo and take their own path.
Beyond having access to the miracle of Rincon, what is it about Santa Barbara that breeds such a flourishing culture of surf innovation? It's really tough to say. Santa Barbara is just a little spot on the map, and the locals would like to keep it that way. There is very much an attitude of being humble, not making a lot of noise, and appreciating surfing for what it is. Despite being a bastion of wealth, Santa Barbara has the roots of a working-class community; fishermen, farmers, and ranchers built it to what it is today. And that culture is still very much alive. Maybe it's the unique geographic location — the way the mountains seem to plunge into the sea and how sometimes there seems to be its own weather system. Or maybe it's the spirit of the Chumash. Whatever it is, Santa Barbara is a truly special place, and I think that fact alone shows a correlation with the surf culture.
SBIFF Closing Night Film Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story premieres 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, at The Arlington Theatre (1317 State St.). See sbiff.org.
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We were at the bookstore yesterday looking through the science fiction and fantasy section, and I decided to get the one-volume Chronicles of Narnia edition, given that several of ours are falling apart or not even around anymore, mostly because of the efforts of one particular child. Most annoyingly, it has the wrong order of the books, so I had to write the correct order in the table of contents so the kids know what order to read them in.
Now I have good friends who like to support the publisher's chronological order for reading these books, and I don't really hold it against them, but they're simply wrong. The books should be read in the order of publication. Sometimes people point to a letter Lewis wrote suggesting that it can be read in chronological order, and there really are times when you can appeal to authorial intent to establish something in the canon of the fiction. For example, Dumbedore is gay and always was. How do we know that? The author said so. Period. She made the fiction, and she can tell us what's true in it. It's her intellectual property, and she has the right to say what's true in her fiction.
With all respect to Lewis as the author, this is a simply a terrible reason for reordering the books, and he as a literary critic should have known better. Not knowing that another book is coming later does not mean that it didn't come later. So not planning out the whole series at once does not mean you can read them in any order. In fact, there are all sorts of literary reasons not to read them out of order.
This entry will spoil one of the major plot elements of the new Harry Potter film, The Prisoner of Azkaban (and I assume the book too, though I haven't read it), so don't read any further if you don't want to ruin it. It might also ruin my favorite episode of Andromeda and one of the most interesting elements of Babylon 5, but you can avoid that by skipping the last part (when I address other movies and TV shows) if you just want to read what I have to say about Harry Potter and the philosophy of time involved.


I've just finished taking the Bing Ads Accreditation exam , which is free until the end of September. Microsoft is graciously offering this exam for free as part of its rebranding promotion, which includes the renaming of adCenter to Bing Ads and Search Alliance to Yahoo! Bing Network. Offering something for free is always good at getting attention; in my opinion however, Microsoft did this a bit hastily.
The first issue with offering the Bing Ads test for free is the lack of updated questions. Sure, there are a few questions on updates to adCenter/Bing Ads features. The problem is that throughout the test the questions constantly reference adCenter, not Bing Ads! This also holds true for the Yahoo! Bing Network, which is never mentioned in the test either. Microsoft, if you are offering the test free for rebranding purposes, it makes more sense to make sure you call your own advertising platform (Bing Ads) and Network (Yahoo! Bing Network) by the correct name.
On top of missing a great opportunity to drill the correct/new name of Bing Ads and the Yahoo! Bing Network into the accredited professionals' heads (assuming they pass the exam), the substance of the test still seems to be mostly textbook definitions. The only exception is when Microsoft starts asking about how to navigate and use their desktop editor, which is still called adCenter desktop in the test. Although this tool is useful for agencies who manage multiple accounts, it is not a necessity for everyone that manages a PPC campaign on Bing Ads to download and use the desktop editor.
As a recently re-accredited Bing Ads professional, I would love to hear your feedback on the rebranding and renaming of Bing Ads and the Yahoo! Bing Network. Also, if you have taken the Bing Ads test, please share your thoughts about it in the comments section below.


Liberals demanding Constitutional shelter from big government, like thieves demanding justice, are always good for an ironic chuckle.
Except for the sacred right to kvetch in print, I no more expect to hear the left hollering about Constitutional rights than I expect to see union teachers packing pistols. Once you accept the idea that government should provide protection, education, food, shelter and medicine, you must either ignore the Constitution's quaint notions of rights, gold and guns, or vilify them as outdated throwbacks to barbarism.
Never the less, the Supreme Court's loathsome decision in Kelo vs. The City of New London is so obviously unjust that even liberals are outraged enough to mention the Constitution. With Kelo the Supremes effectively granted unlimited power to local governments to take private property from one individual and give it to another.
The Court's 5-4 liberal majority has thrown out the 200 year-old Fifth Amendment restrictions on eminent domain. Those restrictions allowed taking private property only for "public uses," like highways, firehouses, and necessary government buildings. Sure, ballparks or housing projects muddy the "public use" water, but before Kelo at least politicians had to fake a concern for the public before condemning a property for seizure.
The only "public use" required now is that the government must collect more tax loot from the new owners than it did from the old. Private developers can bid for private property by offering higher tax payments. Politicians can then condemn property, buy it for a song and give it to the highest tax bidder. Is this a great country or what? There is hardly a commercial project imaginable that wouldn't provide more tax revenue than a private home. Let the bribery and bulldozing begin!
There have been reports of petitions all over the country for local and state laws to protect private property from Kelo confiscation. But there is no defense against the Supremes. They have the final word on everything. Just ask them.
Eleven states have laws that allow medical use of marijuana. The Supreme Court decided this year in Gonzales vs. Raich, that the feds could still arrest people who used marijuana even if that use is legal under state law. County sheriffs are supposed to defend the rights of local citizens, but don't expect to see deputies surrounding marijuana clinics to fight off DEA agents. The Supremes have effectively nullified state law.
The irony thickens when we consider that Raich plainly contradicts their 1995 decision in U.S. vs. Lopez. In the Lopez case they decided that Congress had no authority to declare "gun free school zones" because guns in schools had nothing to do with interstate commerce. Good call. But homegrown pot, given free to someone without ever crossing a state line also has nothing to do with interstate commerce, yet the Supremes have declared that the feds can bust pot smoking cancer patients.
Local laws offer little protection against overreaching federal power when local authorities refuse to defend their own innocent citizens against flimsy claims of federal authority.
The Kelo decision means that no home, farm, or business in the country is safe from some politician's idea of the public good. Nor are they safe from an influential organization's desire for property it can't buy or doesn't want to pay market price for. Combine that with the snooping, searching and snitching of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act and the Constitution may as well not exist.
There is no appeal of Supreme Court decisions. The only way to overcome the courts abuse of our rights is to select judges who will put things right. Those opportunities are rare. Even so, bad decisions by the court have been reversed throughout our history.
George II will soon have the even rarer opportunity to select two judges. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that George II, a man extraordinarily fond of federal power, will select candidates who will restore Constitutional limits on his power. It is even less likely that the President's enemies in Congress, themselves in the thrall of limitless federal power, would allow such judges to be confirmed.
There's a last irony surrounding the Supreme's trampling of the Constitution. It is that many who are not politicians and who see the oppressiveness of Kelo, would never support jurists who would reverse it, judges like Rehnquist or Thomas who have the respect for our Constitution that a majority of the Court must have to restore our property rights and defend our freedom. Respect for the Constitution would inevitably result in the dismantling of socialist programs and a shrinking of federal power. Who wants that?


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Hope your Monday is off to a great start! Here's the Panel Patter team talking about some great comics. We'll lead off with a book that re-started James down the comic path..
When I was first getting back into comics around 2008 (after an almost 20 year absence), one of the first books I read was The Killer. It really broadened my notion of what a comic could be, showing me a world that was way more interesting and hard-edged than the superhero comics I remembered (and given that the comic is French, it also gave me a look at a non-American point of view). Looking at vol. 1 again for the first time in close to eight years, and given the time since then that I've spent thinking critically about comics, it actually reads even better than I remember.
The Killer tells the story of an unnamed hired killer, entirely through first person narration. In the first volume of the story, the reader learns all about this killer's history, his methodology, and his world view (in addition to seeing his methodical life start to crack). For an action-oriented story, it's pretty philosophical. The killer has a pretty cynical, hard-edged view of life and he doesn't think much of the rich people he typically kills, or (for that matter) the poor. He sees us as selfish, oppressive and hypocritical, which in turn makes it easier for him to do what he does.
It's a shame that the thing almost everyone knows about British comics is The Snowman. From the limited amount of Raymond Briggs that I've been able to get my hands on, I know that he's great at camouflaging melancholy, dark humor, even emotional devastation, in light-hearted illustrations and sweet characters - a very British mode that resonates with me powerfully. Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart doesn't go quite that far, but it occupies a similar emotional space. It's the tale of a mother and son forced to spend the summer together after the son's estranged father asks him not to come to Florida as previously planned, as his new wife is having a baby. The son is entering teenager-hood, a social misfit but basically a good kid, nursing his self-loathing as teenagers do - his best friend's a jerk, he thinks his mom is dumb, no one understands him boohoohoo. His mother is a lumpy, dumpy, lonely librarian who entertains dreams of something more but doesn't do anything to make them happen -- she's accepted her semi-pathetic fate. But she loves her son tremendously, and is at a loss for how to show that in light of his classic teenage rejection of anything that smacks of an interest in his life.


text:
package config

import (
	"reflect"
	"testing"

	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/registered"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/securitycontext"

	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
)

func noDefault(*api.Pod) error { return nil }

func TestDecodeSinglePod(t *testing.T) {
	pod := &api.Pod{
		TypeMeta: api.TypeMeta{
			APIVersion: "",
		},
		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
			Name:      "test",
			UID:       "12345",
			Namespace: "mynamespace",
		},
		Spec: api.PodSpec{
			RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyAlways,
			DNSPolicy:     api.DNSClusterFirst,
			Containers: []api.Container{{
				Name:                   "image",
				Image:                  "test/image",
				ImagePullPolicy:        "IfNotPresent",
				TerminationMessagePath: "/dev/termination-log",
				SecurityContext:        securitycontext.ValidSecurityContextWithContainerDefaults(),
			}},
		},
	}
	json, err := testapi.Codec().Encode(pod)
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
	}
	parsed, podOut, err := tryDecodeSinglePod(json, noDefault)
	if !parsed {
		t.Errorf("expected to have parsed file: (%s)", string(json))
	}
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v (%s)", err, string(json))
	}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(pod, podOut) {
		t.Errorf("expected:\n%#v\ngot:\n%#v\n%s", pod, podOut, string(json))
	}

	for _, version := range registered.RegisteredVersions {
		externalPod, err := testapi.Converter().ConvertToVersion(pod, version)
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
		}
		yaml, err := yaml.Marshal(externalPod)
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
		}

		parsed, podOut, err = tryDecodeSinglePod(yaml, noDefault)
		if !parsed {
			t.Errorf("expected to have parsed file: (%s)", string(yaml))
		}
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v (%s)", err, string(yaml))
		}
		if !reflect.DeepEqual(pod, podOut) {
			t.Errorf("expected:\n%#v\ngot:\n%#v\n%s", pod, podOut, string(yaml))
		}
	}
}

func TestDecodePodList(t *testing.T) {
	pod := &api.Pod{
		TypeMeta: api.TypeMeta{
			APIVersion: "",
		},
		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
			Name:      "test",
			UID:       "12345",
			Namespace: "mynamespace",
		},
		Spec: api.PodSpec{
			RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyAlways,
			DNSPolicy:     api.DNSClusterFirst,
			Containers: []api.Container{{
				Name:                   "image",
				Image:                  "test/image",
				ImagePullPolicy:        "IfNotPresent",
				TerminationMessagePath: "/dev/termination-log",
				SecurityContext:        securitycontext.ValidSecurityContextWithContainerDefaults(),
			}},
		},
	}
	podList := &api.PodList{
		Items: []api.Pod{*pod},
	}
	json, err := testapi.Codec().Encode(podList)
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
	}
	parsed, podListOut, err := tryDecodePodList(json, noDefault)
	if !parsed {
		t.Errorf("expected to have parsed file: (%s)", string(json))
	}
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v (%s)", err, string(json))
	}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(podList, &podListOut) {
		t.Errorf("expected:\n%#v\ngot:\n%#v\n%s", podList, &podListOut, string(json))
	}

	for _, version := range registered.RegisteredVersions {
		externalPodList, err := testapi.Converter().ConvertToVersion(podList, version)
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
		}
		yaml, err := yaml.Marshal(externalPodList)
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
		}

		parsed, podListOut, err = tryDecodePodList(yaml, noDefault)
		if !parsed {
			t.Errorf("expected to have parsed file: (%s)", string(yaml))
		}
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v (%s)", err, string(yaml))
		}
		if !reflect.DeepEqual(podList, &podListOut) {
			t.Errorf("expected:\n%#v\ngot:\n%#v\n%s", pod, &podListOut, string(yaml))
		}
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
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Jagex Partners will deliver live game publishing and operational services tailored specifically to the needs of third-party studios. Central to the offer is access to Jagex's living games publishing suite of services, including user acquisition, digital marketing, analytic and audience insight systems, monetisation design, billing systems, customer support and community leadership.
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Partner studios will also benefit from a proprietary tech platform that will integrate partner titles into Jagex's live operations ecosystem - including player account management and authentication, monetisation, virtual currency management, distribution, hosting and player insight tools.
Jagex Partners will embrace PC, console and mobile titles and, in addition to Western markets, will provide access to China, the world's biggest games market, thanks to parent company Fu Kong Interactive.
Phil Mansell, CEO, Jagex, said:
"With RuneScape becoming a $1 billion franchise, Jagex has proven its credentials as a best-in-class living games publisher, running robust live game services at scale, all while nurturing and growing player communities. Jagex is in a position of strength and prosperity and we feel it's the right time to share that expertise and support other developers in bringing their games to market, assisting them to build and sustain strong communities and evolve their live games into living games."
John Burns, SVP Publishing, Jagex, said:
"Jagex is uniquely placed to deliver publishing and operational services for studios developing live games. We want to partner with developers who see their game growing into a franchise, attracting millions of players and become a living game that can exist for 15-plus years.
"Jagex Partners is so much more than a go-to-market publishing service - it's the entire toolkit to launch and run a game in live operations, backed by years of experience. We're offering our expertise in services, retention and monetisation; our deep game analytics and player insight systems, our marketing automation, in addition to our 24/7 customer support and award-winning community leadership."
Jagex Partners is led by a dedicated and experienced publishing and services team, bringing senior live game professionals into the company to work with long-term Jagex talent.
Jeff Pabsthas been appointed as VP, Third-Party Publishing. With a proven track record of success in growing online gaming businesses across North America, Europe and Asia, Jeff joins Jagex from NCSoft West, California. Jeff previously held senior commerce and publishing roles at Sega, Trion and Microsoft.
Simon Bullhas become Head of Third-Party Marketing. Prior to joining Jagex in 2017, Simon has 20 years' experience in video game marketing with tenures at Electronic Arts, Trion Worlds and NCSoft.
In addition,Sarah Tilleyhas joined Jagex as Head of Third-Party Product Management. Formerly of CCP, Sarah has more than seven years' experience designing and running monetisation systems.
Jeff Pabst, VP, Third-Party Publishing, said:
"Publishing and successfully operating a live game is a complex and multi-disciplined ask for any studio. Jagex's strength is in operating live games as living games, supported by a full suite of live game services and systems and millions of players. Now we're building on those strengths to make Jagex Partners a standalone offering in the third-party publishing market. It's an offering that will cater to an individual third party's need to deliver tailormade live game services, to facilitate audience acquisition, retention and growth. We're looking forward to taking that offering to third parties at Gamescom."
Studios wishing to discuss Jagex Partners can view more at www.jagex.com/partners or contact the team at partners@jagex.com
ENDS #


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