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How to control the security settings of social media such as the topic of online gaming, etc. and how to personally identify the danger of both the medium, because the information in the red team training and Age phishing is confidentiality, considering the square cover of the mail and phone calls for senior and young children. You can appeal, especially if such abuse is vulnerable. Not a difficult situation.
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Pep Guardiola – Manchester City 'need someone else' set for more spending
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Braydon gets to Nashville just in time for Man City's final match of the tour vs. Tottenham and returns the captains armband.
Steve Nicol believes that Man City's big summer spending has made the club favourites to win the Premier League.
Mark Ogden says for Man City to defeat Real Madrid so comfortably is a morale booster in any competition.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Pep Guardiola is set to spend again after admitting Manchester City "need someone else" before the transfer window closes.
The City manager watched his team round off their preseason with a third successive victory on — a comfortable 3-0 win over West Ham in Iceland.
Portuguese playmaker Bernardo Silva made his first appearance for the club along with new signings Danilo, Kyle Walker and Ederson Moraes but despite spending around £200million already this summer, Guardiola is hoping for at least one more signing.
"I think we need someone else, something else, a little bit more," he told a news conference.
"I never complain in my career as a manager and I was so satisfied with the guys last season.
"The transfer window finishes on August 31, we have time to see what is going on with the people coming and going. We will see."
Pep Guardiola says his side need a little bit more this summer.
Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling were on target as City won comfortably on the back of impressive victories over Real Madrid and Tottenham in the United States.
Guardiola has been pleased with how preseason has gone but says his players need to work hard in the coming week to secure a place in next week's Premier League opener against Brighton.
"In the last three games we have scored 10 goals against top teams and conceded just one," he added.
"The stability of the team has been good. We didn't concede too much, we always created more than the opponents and that's why we are quite satisfied but the reality starts now.
"We have to do that under pressure. We did it without pressure in friendlies and now we have to see how we react under pressure.
On team selection, Guardiola added: "They have to convince me this week. I have confidence in them so it's not about that but i have one week to think about it. I have to see Brighton their qualities and their stadium and I'm going to decide."
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan won't be involved though as he continues his recovery from a cruciate knee ligament injury that has ruled him out since December.
However, Guardiola is hopeful he could play in a friendly against Girona in Spain shortly after the game against Brighton.
"I think he's close to coming back," the Catalan added. "Maybe he'll get minutes in Girona. I don't know, we're going to ask the doctor because of course he was injured for a long time.
"We don't want to take any risks. He has to be strong but of course his quality is perfect for the way we want to play."
Jonathan is ESPN FC's Manchester City correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @jonnysmiffy.

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The 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) kick-started November 7 in Marrakesh (Morocco).
COP22 is the fourth COP to take place on African soil - the second time in Morocco – presenting an important opportunity to place special emphasis on the continent's needs and proposals. Africa is among the world's regions most vulnerable to climate change and its key priorities include ensuring that global ambitions and historic responsibilities regarding means of implementation, particularly predictable financing, to facilitate low carbon climate resilient development are in line with the continent's development goals.


I am still the me that you once knew. The me that you once laughed with. The me that you cared so much about.
Much may have changed with me; however, I. AM. STILL. ME.
If you see me looking into empty space, remind me of the past–I want to remember how well I've lived my life.
You see, the person I have become today may not be the person you have hoped to see. But the person you see before you is much the same way inside. Do not be deceived by what you see; dig down deeper.
I feel the joy in your victories; the pain in your losses. I celebrate your presence; I long to hear your voice. I wait for you to walk into the room; I mourn when you leave. You are the light amidst the darkness I am in.


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"I don't participate in violence at all"
One common misconception is that "if I do not come into contact with violence in any way, then I do not participate in it."
Here are five key roles that each of us has in our lives in relation to violence. Check which of them are dominant in your case:
Accomplice — I condone and by implicit consent agree with the so-called security forces (army, police, secret services, justice system) who are prepared to and do use threats of murder, maiming and torture
Co-governor — by my own citizenship I unwillingly share in the responsibility for the crimes committed by the state and civil society
Sponsor — I provide support for the apparatus for violence from my own pocket (taxes, duties, tolls, etc.)
Victim — at any moment I can face unaccountable professional aggression from armed authorities who are often incapable of empathy and recompense
Role model — I demonstrate to the people around me (children included) the permissibility and admissibility of staying in a violent society over the long term.
The most shameful of these roles, of course, is our inability and unwillingness to let people be — i.e. our unwillingness to stop forcing neighbors to support threats and murders financially and morally (via citizenship, taxes, education, etc.).
What's wrong with legalized violence?
How to protect yourself and your loved ones
"If a crime is committed in my presence…"
"If I don't feed my own army, will I have to feed another's?"
"But who will protect the homeland?"
How to protect yourself from the homeland
Pacifism — a betrayal of the homeland?
Why do people kill each other (and can't stop)?
Does the strongest survive?
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Cracks in the NDA?
Akali Dal and Shiv Sena have both decided to contest forthcoming polls independent of the BJP
By VENKATESH KESARI
|24 Jan 2018 4:45 PM GMT
NEW DELHI: At least two of the major allies of the BJP in the National Democratic Alliance have shown the red flag to the alliance on the eve of the crucial budget session, with the Akali Dal now following the Shiv Sena in announcing its decision to contest forthcoming elections alone. Both the political parties have thus,taken the first step to move out of the BJP led coalition at the centre, and the state.
The Shiv Sena signalled its exit from the NDA announcing its decision to contest all future elections, including the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the Maharashtra Assembly elections, on its own. The Shiv Sena that has become increasingly critical of the BJP, unanimously adopted a political resolution at its national executive in Mumbai, maintaining that it will not have poll alliances with the BJP from now on. However, it will continue to be in government in Maharashtra with the BJP.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has broken its silence now, to announce that it will contest the Haryana Assembly elections on its own. It had snapped ties with the Indian Lok Dal last year after decades, but will now also contest against the BJP. This is expected to have repercussions on the alliance in Punjab, currently in opposition, and at the centre just as the BJP led government is preparing to present the budget in Parliament next week.
The Akali Dal has moved to appoint observers in Haryana, appointing senior leader and MP Balwinder Singh Bhunder as the party in charge for the state that will go to the polls next year.
The Akali Dal has already decided to contest at least 55 of the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana. It claims that as many as 35 Assembly seats in the state have a sizeable presence of Sikh voters. This will be the first time that the party will be contesting as a major player, having decided to spread its wings as it were into the neighbouring state. Party president Sukhbir Singh Badal was quoted in the Tribune as saying, "since the Akali Dal is a party of Punjabis, we are looking at providing a political leadership to the Punjabis settled in Haryana. The political leadership there is largely for Jats and Punjabis want an own political platform." It might be recalled that the Jats in Haryana are particularly upset with the current BJP government.
Meanwhile Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray addressed party workers after the national executive maintaining that there was speculation that the Lok Sabha polls will be held in 2018 itself. He attacked the "continuously lying" BJP government, and directed the party cadres to begin preparing for the polls. Relations between the BJP and the Shiv Sena turned bitter after 2014, when the BJP captured power at the centre, and emerged as the single largest party in Maharashtra with 122 seats as against the Shiv Sena's 63.
The relationship between the BJP and Shiv Sena, allies since the mid-80s, has turned bitter since 2014 when the BJP won power at the centre on its own under Modi and later emerged the single largest party in Maharashtra, winning 122 seats against Shiv Sena's 63. In the May 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won 42 of 48 seats with the Sena winning 18. But in October 2014, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance broke off and contested the assembly polls against each other. In February 2017, it was Uddhav Thackeray who declared that the Sena would contest the municipal corporation elections, including those for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on its own.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made light of the Shiv Sena move when asked of this by reporters in Davos. "Let's wait, they have been saying many things. As of now we are in alliance in the government and this government will complete its term," he said.
Significantly the Telugu Desam, another major ally of the BJP, seems to be straining at the leash as well. Although Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has travelled with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Andhra Pradesh, sources suggest, that he is worried about losing ground and space to the BJP in his state. An indication of this was the decision by the Telugu Desam to vote against the government, and join Opposition ranks,against the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament. This had come as a surprise to the BJP, although after this move there has been little officially to suggest a growing distance between TDP and the BJP. However, the sources said Naidu's relations with the Opposition leaders remain close, and he certainly cannot be seen as an eternally loyal NDA ally.
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All-Star guards Damian Lillard and John Wall didn't make the team. But Thompson did. Along with his Splash Brother, Stephen Curry. That's a big deal.
There is another reason. Today, the Warriors decision to not to trade Thompson in pursuit of Kevin Love became official.
Love will be traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers today. No, the Warriors didn't choose Thompson over Love. They chose Thompson, Curry and David Lee over Love and the contract of Kevin Martin. They chose chemistry and well-roundedness over the potential that comes with Love's superstar talent.
A championship? With this roster?
Of course, being a productive player for Team USA, being the primary reason the Warriors didn't acquire Love, Thompson will have a much higher profile entering this season.
Thompson plans on making his mark as one who gets it done on both ends.


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See the graduation rates for each Staten Island public high school
State data shows that 84% of Staten Island's 4,833 cohort graduated in June and August last year -- a 1.3% increase from last year's 82.7%. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
By Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — High school graduation rates across the state continue to rise, including at Staten Island public and charter high schools, according to data released Wednesday by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
Data showed 84% of Staten Island's 4,833 cohort graduated in June and August last year -- a 1.3% increase from last year's 82.7%.
The data tracked students — in public and charter schools — who entered ninth grade in 2016, with Staten Island figures reflecting the four-year graduation rate for students.
Staten Island is just below the statewide 84.8% rate, and above New York City's 78.8% graduation rate.
Here's a look at graduation rates at Staten Island public and charter high schools.
Staten Island Technical High School
Graduation rate: 100%
Curtis High School
Graduation rate: 76%
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The NYSED announced that the overall August graduation rate increased to 84.8% for the 2016 cohort, up 1.4 percentage points from 83.4% for the 2015 cohort.
The 2016 cohort rate is 8 percentage points higher than it was a decade earlier, when the 2007 cohort graduation rate was 76.8%.
With the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and related school closures, the Board of Regents and NYSED took several regulatory actions to ensure no student was negatively affected academically and that students eligible to graduate in 2020 could do so. Some students were exempt from the requirement to take a Regents exam at the end of their course of study amid the pandemic, provided the student passed the course.
These exemptions applied to students in grades seven to 12, and will have an impact on graduation rates beginning with the 2016 cohort and on subsequent graduation cohorts, NYSED said.
"During the pandemic, we all have been forced to adjust how we go about our daily lives," said Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr., who was elected to his current role earlier this week. "When our schools were abruptly required to close last March, the Board took the necessary action to ensure the safety and well-being of all students while providing them with the opportunity to progress academically. We thank school communities for their tireless efforts to ensure continuity of learning for all students during this unprecedented time."
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Preview: Texas And Oklahoma Hoping To Turn Things Around In The Cotton Bowl
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The Sooners and Longhorns both need a win. Who get's it done?
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On its face, this year's Red River Showdown is not as high caliber as those of years past. Both Texas and Oklahoma come into the contest limping after each suffered losses the week prior. Through just two weeks of conference play, there's only one Big 12 win between these two teams. There probably aren't national implications for this game, but the Sooners and Longhorns both hope to alter the trajectories of their seasons.
Texas head coach Tom Herman comes into his fourth showdown in the Cotton Bowl, facing increased criticism after the Longhorns lost 33-31 last week to the TCU Horned Frogs in Austin as two possession favorites. Herman is 27-16 with the Longhorns, and pressure is mounting this season for him to begin turning Texas into a team that regularly competes for – and wins – championships. Last year's 7-5 regular season fell well short of those expectations, but a victory in Dallas would indicate that maybe the program is making progress.
Pacing the Sooners' sideline will be Lincoln Riley, who finds himself in an unfamiliar situation as head coach at Oklahoma. Following three straight Big 12 championships and appearances in the College Football Playoff, the odds seemed to favor the Sooners dominating this conference once again. Oklahoma, however, appears to have lost a bit of their mojo, as the Sooners have folded late in games twice in two weeks, starting 0-2 in conference play for the first time since 1998. With the success they've had, there's plenty of pride in Norman, and the Sooners will be itching to get back to their winning ways.
When: Sat, Oct 10, 11:00 AM CT
Where: Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX
Forecast: Low 80s, Sunny
Betting Line: OU -2.5 O/U 72
No. 22 Texas Longhorns (2-1)
Texas comes into this contest averaging 51 points per game, which is better than any other team in FBS. Those numbers are somewhat deceptive, however, as the Longhorns have struggled to move the ball at times in 2020. The team's success offensively is often predicated on the play of their senior single caller, Sam Ehlinger, who's got a 173.2 passer rating through a trio of contests. Ehlinger can sling it, but can also tuck the ball under his arm to pick up yardage.
The senior's scrambles have accounted for a good chunk of Texas' rushing yards this season, as the running game has been inconsistent for the Longhorns, who are managing 5.5 yards per carry. Texas does have a group of capable backs led by junior Keaontay Ingram, but none of them have really broken out in 2020. When the offensive line gives Ehlinger time, the ability to throw the ball has been a definite strength in this young season. Joshua Moore leads the team with 18.8 yards per reception, but he's yet to prove himself as a definitive No. 1 wide receiver for the Longhorns.
Texas' defense in Chris Ash's first year as defensive coordinator continues to be a work-in-progress. The defensive line, headlined by pass rusher Joseph Ossai, has really carried the load on that side of the ball. At linebacker, the Longhorns have had issues, and have found themselves out of position in their pass defense. They're currently yielding 377 yards through the air, but Texas does have four picks on the season.
Texas Keys To The Game
Move The Chains – Texas is going to need to come out and have a balanced attack in this game in order to keep the chains moving for their offense. If they can do that, they'll avoid some unfavorable third down situations that could lead to turnovers and potentially stall drives. Being able to get into a rhythm offensively will give Texas a good chance to win this football game.
Win The Turnover Battle – Most likely Longhorns likely won't be able to prevent Lincoln Riley's offense from finding success on Saturday. If Texas can take a possession or two away from the Sooners, though, that'll make big difference in this game. That means that the Longhorns will need to get a turnover defensively, and handle the ball when they're on offense.
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Lincoln Riley's had the best offense in the Big 12 for what feels like forever, and while they're not as explosive as would be expected, the Sooners are still very prolific at scoring points. On average, Oklahoma is scoring 37.7 points per contest, and most of that has to do with redshirt freshman Spencer Rattler. Rattler is a less mobile quarterback whose ability to get the ball downfield makes him elite in college football, and he's currently completing 73.4 percent of his passes.
Outside of Rattler, though, Oklahoma has yet to have a real leader emerge to help out the young quarterback. Wideout Charleston Rambo and tight end Austin Stogner are leading pass catchers for the Sooners, but this season's Sooners have yet to showcase a lethal playmaker among all the talent on hand. A committee of running backs lead Oklahoma, who's had some issues along the offensive line in opening up holes and protecting the quarterback.
The defense continues to try and improve under second year coordinator Alex Grinch. There have been positives, like the Oklahoma run defense, which is holding opponents to 85 yards per game on the ground. Still, through two conference games, the Sooners have struggled in pass coverage, frequently giving up big pass plays downfield.
Oklahoma Keys To The Game
Take Care Of The Ball – Oklahoma will make it more difficult for them to win if they give the ball over to Texas. If the Sooners can keep from having costly turnovers, though, they should be able to drive the ball on the Longhorns and set themselves up to score some points.
Win The Line Of Scrimmage – No matter the circumstances, the Red River Showdown usually comes down to which team does a better job of winning in the trenches. A lot of eyes will probably be on Oklahoma's defensive line to get pressure on Sam Ehlinger, and the Sooners' offensive line has struggled thus far to totally mow down their opposition. Texas also hasn't been strong up front, so if Oklahoma can edge out the Longhorns here, it'll be advantageous.
This game has traditionally been a fight, and I expect this one to be a hard-fought contest. Oklahoma has a few things in their favor that makes Vegas think they'll pull this one out. It's rare for a team like the Sooners to lose three in a row, and that's a factor in a lot of people's minds. Oklahoma's won five Big 12 titles in a row and been the most dominant team in the conference throughout its inception, and Lincoln Riley is a very good coach.
The team that can run the ball successfully in this game usually wins, however, and there is where Texas could have a slight edge. The Longhorns have been better statistically than the Sooners on offense through three games, and Sam Ehlinger is a more finished product than Spencer Rattler at this juncture. Herman's teams have been strong as underdogs, so I'll go ahead and go with the upset in this one. Texas by a field goal.
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Half-Life 2: Episode Three reveal at E3?
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Valve could be due to unveil Half-Life 2: Episode Three at E3.
It follows after an email from the company which said the Portal 2 E3 event had been replaced by 'a surprise'. No further details were offered apart from the following:
"However, per international treaties regarding the definition of the word 'surprise', of which both Aperture Science and Valve are signatories, the time, date and content of the actual surprise will only become available as you experience the surprise," the email said.
Portal 2 will still be shown at E3, but just by press appointment instead, when the show takes place in two weeks. We'll be at the show to bring you full coverage.
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Summit County caucuses select delegates for county and state assemblies
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Summit County Democrats and visitors gather at Summit Middle School in Frisco for the 2020 nonpresidential primary caucus.
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FRISCO — The Summit County Democratic and Republican parties gathered separately Saturday for the nonpresidential primary caucuses to assign delegates, propose party platforms and select precinct organizers.
Despite the fear of the novel coronavirus, which emerged in Summit County prior to the weekend, and the fact that this was a nonpresidential primary caucus, organizers were pleased with the turnout of community members who wanted to get involved in local and state politics.
"Considering the request for people over 60 to not come to crowds, we had a good turnout," Summit County Democrats Chairwoman Patricia McLaughlin said, adding that the caucus had 94 attendees. "One of the things that I was excited about was that we had a good number of younger voters present and new people — people that hadn't participated before."
The Democratic Party assigned 56 delegates to represent Senate candidates: 37 to Andrew Romanoff, 14 to John Hickenlooper, three to Erik Underwood, one to Trish Zornio and none to Stephany Rose Spaulding. One delegate was uncommitted.
On April 18, there will be a state convention that will consider the five Senate candidates. These candidates, as well as others who are on the ballot through petitions rather than the caucus process, will be voted on in the nonpresidential primary election June 30.
McLaughlin said there was a lot of enthusiasm during the caucus process and energetic discussions at caucus tables. She also said there were several young people who wanted to be precinct organizers.
"One of the things that really excited me was the fact that we had young people wanting to be (precinct organizers)," McLaughlin said.
Precinct volunteers will be officially selected at the county assembly March 25. According to McLaughlin, one of the most important roles for a precinct organizer is to serve on the vacancy committee, which votes to replace an elected official if they leave office before their term ends. That is how Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence was appointed to fill the District 1 sear after Dan Gibbs resigned.
As for county commissioners, McLaughlin said the Democratic Party will nominate its picks at the county assembly. The party is only aware of four candidates who have publicly announced their intent to run for commissioner positions: Democrats Lawrence (the incumbent), Julie Sutor and Josh Blanchard. Bruce Butler is running as an independent candidate.
On the Republican side, Summit County Republicans Chairman Mike Tabb reported that there were 24 people at the caucus.
"It was very smooth," Tabb said. "Turnout was light. I kind of expected that given that we don't have quite the hot topic on the Senate side."
Tabb said the primary objective of the meeting was to recruit precinct captains for each of the 20 precincts and to elect delegates to the Republican county assembly March 26. He said the Republican Party doesn't have a specific number of delegates for the county assembly and doesn't assign delegates to candidates.
Tabb said the delegates will vote at the multicounty assemblies for candidates for Senate District 8, Colorado House District 61 and the 2nd Congressional District.
While most of the county commissioner candidates who have announced that they're running for office are Democrats, Tabb said there's still time for new candidates to file and that he is hopeful there will be a Republican candidate. If there isn't a Republican candidate, Tabb said the Summit County Republicans might support an unaffiliated candidate like Butler, who would be aligned with the party's conservative values.
"If we don't have a Republican running, we very much like his focus on local issues and being prudent with our spending, which we don't think the commission has been in recent years," Tabb said.
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Nokia Launches Lumia 920 In Middle East
The new Windows Phone 8 enabled handset has made its official debut in the region.
by Neil Churchill
Nokia has officially launched its Lumia 920 phone in the Middle East, labeling it Windows Phone 8's flagship device and "the world's most innovative smartphone".
At an impressive event in Dubai, Nokia demonstrated its latest innovations it hopes will steal back some of the market share in an industry that in recent years has been dominated by Apple, Samsung and Blackberry.
The phone introduces several new forms of consumer-friendly technology including PureView imaging – a floating camera lens to ensure smooth picture and video taking and a wider aperture for low-light conditions, City Lens view – a built-in augmented reality viewing option, and wireless charging.
Speaking at the launch, Tom Farrell, vice president for Nokia Middle East, said: "We are delighted to announce the launch of the Nokia Windows Phone 8…it is without doubt the world's most innovative smartphone and I am proud to say Nokia is back.
"The Middle East is one of the top key markets for Nokia and continues to be strongly committed to this region. This is testament with UAE and Saudi Arabia being among the six global markets for Nokia to introduce the new Lumia range.
"The availability of a user interface in the local language combined with strong operator offerings are two key elements in satisfying demands of consumers from the region," he added.
The Lumia 920 is Nokia's first Arabic-enabled phone and will be available exclusively through du in the UAE and Mobily in Saudi Arabia. Farrell revealed the handset has already sold out of its pre-ordered stock.
Farid Faraidooni, chief commercial officer at du, said: "The Nokia Lumia 920 Windows 8 smartphone represents the pinnacle of mobile technology, and we are proud to be the exclusive telecom carrier in the UAE.
"Our partnership with Nokia has resulted in expanding choice of innovative mobile handsets available for our customers, and we would like to congratulate them on yet another exciting product launch."
The phone's camera uses the brand's PureView technology – a floating lens which reduces blur and unsteadiness on shots and Nokia says is capable of taking in five times more light than competing smartphones, enabling clearer images in lower light.
Other tricks including removing unwanted objects or people from images, creating perfect shots were impressive when demonstrated at the launch.
The Lumia also incorporates augmented reality into one of its in-built apps, City Lens, overlaying local information of buildings, streets and amenities onto the screen.
• 4.5 inch Nokia PureMotion HD+ WXGA IPS LCD
• Super Sensitive touch
• Nokia ClearBlack with high brightness mode and Sunlight Readability Enhancements
• 2000mAh with integrated Qi wireless charging
• 1.5GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4
• 8.7MP with Nokia PureView advanced optical imaging stabilization and Carl Zeiss optics
• Full 1080p HD video capture at 30fps
• 32GB mass memory with 7GB free SkyDrive storage
Neil Churchill November 12, 2012


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28925 Pacific Coast Highway is a 6,636 square foot mixed-use retail and office building situated on 18,198 square feet of land ideally located on the NE signalized corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Kanan Dume Road in the prestigious and affluent Los Angeles County sub-market of Malibu, CA. The subject property is well positioned along prestigious Pacific Coast Highway just blocks from the Pacific Ocean amongst a sea of multi-million-dollar homes. 28925 Pacific Coast Highway is a mixed-use property consisting of ground floor retail and second story office space. There are four retail units on the ground floor which average 935 square feet. Current retail tenants include Gravina Malibu, a well known Italian Restaurant that has been a staple in the community, a dress shop, and a hair salon. One retail space consisting of 287 square feet is currently vacant. There are three office units on the second story which average 793 square feet. Currently, 1,704 square feet of office space is vacant. In total, the property is currently 62% occupied. All leases are month to month, creating significant flexibility for an Owner-User Buyer or value-add investor. Investors are presented with the opportunity to add value through stabilization for immediate upside. From an Owner- User perspective, the property offers opportunities to both retail and office users, as an owner-user Buyer has the ability to occupy a either the retail or office space, or both. 28925 Pacific Coast Highway benefits from excellent visibility and frontage along both Pacific Coast Highway and Kanan Dume Road. Daily traffic counts along Pacific Coast Highway exceed 30,000 vehicles per day. The subject property is located a half mile from Point Dume Village, a mall which features retail amenities such as Pavilions, Starbucks, Sun Life Organics, and Subway. 28925 Pacific Coast Highway is located approximately 5.6 miles from Pepperdine University, an 830 acre college campus home to over 3,500 undergraduate students. 28925 Pacific Coast Highway is well located in Malibu, best known for it's 21 mile coastline. The property is located less than 1.50 miles from Zuma Beach, Point Dume State Beach, and Paradise Cove Beach. It is also located about 5.6 miles from Pepperdine University. The beaches attract tourists from all over the world - in years past, Malibu has attracted more than 7.4 million visitors over it's Summer seasons. Holiday weekends alone have been known to bring over 450,000 visitors to Malibu.
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The Skin We're In
Can you guess the most popular tattoos in Honolulu?
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Legendary tattoo artist Mike B. would be thrilled if we asked for a tattoo that is not of a plumeria.
Photo: Olivier Koning
Truman capote, who became an expert on death-row inmates following publication of In Cold Blood, said the one common denominator among the several hundred killers he met was that they all had tattoos. That was a chilling forensic observation at the time.
But times, to say the least, have changed. Now everybody has gotten inked: men, women, boys, girls, babies and, no doubt, dogs and cats. So what are the most popular tattoos in Honolulu? We contacted several local tattoo shops to find out.
"It's like turtle, fish, turtle, plumeria, turtle, plumeria, turtle," tattoo artist Cody Zeek of Sacred Art Tattoo in Waikiki says of the daily lineup.
Legendary tattooist Mike B, who has been coloring skin in Honolulu for 32 years since beginning at the equally legendary China Sea tattoo shop on Smith Street, now works at Skin Deep Tattoo in Waikiki, where most of Honolulu's tattoo shops are located. Female tourists tend to like plumeria and hibiscus because they want to take a piece of Hawaii home with them, he says. Male tourists favor koi, the overgrown, decorative Japanese goldfish.
But when the fleet is in at Pearl Harbor, says Mike B, sailors still go for the more traditional, old-timey tattoos like skulls, crosses and cartoon characters. He even does the occasional "Mom" on a bicep.
The biggest change since Capote's day is all the young women getting tattoos. And where they get them. "Arms, legs, backs … the same places men get them," he says. They also like little flowers and Asian characters in the small of their backs.
Kandi Everett is an artist who also got her start at China Sea but now works by herself by appointment only on the edge of Chinatown. "My specialties are pinups," she says. She also does fine art, nudes and figure drawings, the kind that hangs on walls. But tattoos still bring in the most money.
Tattooists, especially the ones who have been around for a while, are iconoclasts by nature and speak wistfully of the days when tattooists considered themselves part of a secret society. "There used to be about five tattooists and now there are over 1,500 registered" in Hawaii, Everett says. She calls herself a stealth tattooist and "international woman of mystery," and is best known for tattooing a guy's face on his bald head so when he bows, it looks like he's still looking at you.
At Pacific Soul Tattoo on Ward Avenue, owner Suluape Steve Looney specializes in traditional Samoan tattoos. Resident tattooist Paulo (no last name, he says) does mostly Polynesian tattoos there. "The Polynesian tattoo movement is going really strong," he says.
The cost for tattoos varies, but usually starts at about $50 for little ones and go into the thousands of dollars for full back art that takes several sessions.
Tattoos are forever. But what happens when you get a tattoo you no longer want? You go to see someone like Dr. Curtis Takemoto-Gentile at Abracadabra Tattoo Removal. He's actually a family physician who bought a laser machine that allows him to remove unwanted ink. The most popular tattoos removed? Names—those of former girlfriends, wives, husbands or boyfriends.
"The laser is really great," says Takemoto-Gentile. "There are no side effects, scarring or infection." Still, the most encouraging thing about his business is that he's never had to remove a tattoo that said "Mom."


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Q: Writing a custom Android OS I hope this is the right place to ask this.
I would like to work on an Android build with a completely custom OS. I was inspired by this project that ported Inferno to Android.
I would like to do this legally (obeying all terms of service and what-not) if possible, and I have no problem with disclosing my source code to a carrier.
Do any of you have experience with this? What are the considerations for getting a custom build to work with a carrier?
Since I am building on Android, I probably won't have to worry about cell/3g/4g hardware drivers, and I would like to buy a phone from the carrier anyway just to make sure it will be supportable.

A: I'm one of the creators of the Inferno project you mentioned. Anyway, making a completely custom OS for an Android phone will be difficult; a lot of the hardware will be undocumented or only drivable by Linux binary blobs. What we did (and what Boeing has also done recently for a commercial project) is strip away all the Java from an Android system, leaving a basic Linux upon which you can build your own custom interface. This lets you use all the hardware (since the drivers are in Linux), but everything that the end users see will be your stuff. There are a variety of ways to go from there. Inferno implements a virtual machine, so we can abstract the Linux stuff into our own Inferno-style world.
I don't think there should be any problems with the carriers. We started with a Cyanogenmod ROM and hacked on that; custom ROMs are just fine! I never had any problems, even when I was swapping my little pay-as-you-go SIM card among several phones running Gingerbread, ICS, and Inferno.

A: Head over to the AOSP source, and clone it. Strip out what you don't need in your branch and begin the kernel patching! You'll need to modify the kernel in portions to make it compatible (fairly) with the device you're on. The Android kernel is in fact a very close cousin of the Linux Kernel, and in Linux 3.3, they've begun merging the two. After this is done, write your interfacing mechanisms (be it a display, web interface, etc) and you can test it out on your platform.

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One of the most important aspect of my work as a psychiatrist has been advocating for my patients. This advocacy has needed to be persistent and constant because society is very quick to blame the mentally ill for their impairment. Over the years my job has been to speak for my patients' rights and needs. Sometimes it has been in the disability form to Social Security Administration , sometimes it has been to an employer who labeled my depressed patient as "lazy," and sometimes to a judge trying to deny a mentally ill mom, the custody of her children. The scars of mental illness cannot be seen but they run deep, encompassing all aspects of an individual's life.


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Q: Adding zero in front of a number python I am making program which will go through all possible choices.
Range is from 00000 to 99999.
For example:
00001,00002...01000,01001,01002...99999.
The problem is that i can make string as '00000' but as i convert it to int in order to add extra 1 to keep cycle going only one 0 appears. In that case i will get 0+1 = 1 and i need 00001.
Not completely sure how should i do it with lists because i might need it in the future for certain operations (to get one element from a current number 00450, 01004, 94571...)
Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated! :)

A: You can use zfill(num) on strings to add leading zeros
def convert_int(number,decimals) :
    return str(number).zfill(decimals)

print convert_int(1,6) #prints 000001

A: I don't know if this is exactly what you want, but you can use string formatting. For example, this will turn int('00000') + 1 into '00001':
new_i = '%05d'%(int('00000')+1)
where %05d adds as many trailing zeros as necessary to whatever comes after % so the total length of the final string formatted number is 5.


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My heart is broken of the hurt that one of my so called friend make.
I am stay in the darkness and crying in salents.


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Attention any 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students interested in learning more about the history of the United States: a new club will begin meeting on some Tuesdays to enjoy lively discussions on various topics in U.S.History. This U.S. History discussion club will start this afternoon from 2-3pm in Room 129. Please see Mr. Perry or 7th grader, Mikaela H., for more details.
Attention Student Leadership Team: our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, after school in room 124. As always, looking forward to seeing you there!
Attention all Anime' Club members, Mrs. Powers had to change the day to Wednesday this week so do NOT stay after for Anime' today. Come to tech ed room tomorrow after school instead.
Good morning Beautiful Mind Campaign! We are meeting again today after school in room 125. See you then!
All band and chorus students participating in the Junior Districts Festival Auditions this Saturday should see Mr. Grina today during lunch to pick up the information sheet and permission slip.


Last week's title was dead on, "Euro to Follow the Pound." The breakdown from the triangle happened on Tuesday, and it was straight down from there, likely completing wave (i). A small bounce may develop in wave (ii), but remember what we cautioned several weeks ago. This triangle has been so long in development, that the break out of it may happen more or less in a straight line.
We've been waiting for significantly bearish news out of Europe for a long time now, and even though we don't buy into "policy divergence" as a way for USD to strengthen, that's certainly a possibility, especially if we get news that the banking system is going to require ECB or state sponsored support. Notice the Sustainable Bear reading (lower grey zone) on RSI late in the week. This tells us any bounce should be corrective and rully retraced. A drop below the 1.09 area means the next structural support is 1.05. We're still expecting a move below parity.
If our euro count is correct, it makes sense that the pound would start the week with some strength too. We'll look for more of a "time" correction than significantly higher prices, and the trendline should be resistance. Even a break above that level, though, is unlikely to change the larger psychology on the pound.
I had a conversation with a colleague this week about the pound's "fundamental" value, as opposed to the technical action. My response was that psychology was the only "fundamental" that really mattered. George Soros refers to this concept as "reflexivity," or market participants actions in the marketplace influencing the direction, and therefore causing "fundamental" reactions. It's the old story that the "market makes the news" not the other way around. Given the still Sustainable Bear readings, even after a big bounce, the upside action should be fully retraced before a final low. A market forecasting friend has a 9-year cycle low count for the pound in February 2017, and that sounds about right to me.
As traders, sometimes the best trade is not to trade. That sums up my feeling here. Our top count is bearish, but Thursday's bullish reversal from trendline support leaves the alternate as equally likely. It'll take a drop below the up trendline to suggest our top count has better than even odds of success.
Unlike it's commodity currency brother the Aussie, NZDUSD looks much clearer. In fact, we suggested it would find support at the up trendline, and now we're looking for the down trendline to halt the rally sometime this week. A drop below the up trendline will complete the wave (iii) decline, but ultimately we should see lower prices before a more lasting bounce. The Sustainable Bear reading confirms this view.
It's been a long time since we've had something constructive to say about USDCAD. But, Friday's action confirmed Thursday's key reversal pattern, and gives the bears something to work with. We now have a potentially completed upside corrective pattern, after a clear five down for wave (A) off the January 2016 high. We're now looking for an impulsive move down that may find temporary support at the up trendline off the wave (A) low. A move towards 1.2000 may be underway. Of course, this doesn't concur with our NZD count, but may be the reason that our AUD count is in question. Potential commodity strength (especially oil) would seem to make sense if our USDCAD count is correct. The recent consolidation in oil does point upward to the low $60s, potentially.
Notice that the USDJPY still hasn't registered a Sustainable Bull reading since the "Brexit" low. Is that what you'd expect if indeed wave III up had started? No. While prices have pushed above short term resistance, they're still below several down trendlines and structural resistance. We're not going to abandon our call for one final new low unless prices show evidence that's convincing. Be patient, as both counts remain on the table.


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Here's A Look At The Lowest-Selling Albums From 15 Best-Selling K-Pop Artists
Most of these albums still had really impressive sales!
No matter how many album sales a K-Pop artist has made, they will, of course, have one album that has the least amount. When it comes to some of today's best-selling artists, however, even their less popular albums still sold what can be considered a ton of copies compared to other groups! Here are the lowest-selling albums of 15 of the best-selling K-Pop groups. Note that Japanese albums, reissued/repackaged albums, and compilation albums aren't included!
15. Stray Kids
Stray Kids' lowest-selling album was I Am Not, released on March 26, 2018 with the title song "District 9", which still sold 159.3k copies!
14. BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK's lowest-selling album was How You Like That, released on July 17, 2020 with the title song "How You Like That", which still sold 306.9k copies!
13. MONSTA X
MONSTA X's lowest-selling album was Trespass, released on May 14, 2015 with the title song "Trespass", which still sold 37.0k copies!
12. IZ*ONE
IZ*ONE's lowest-selling album was COLOR*IZ, released on October 29, 2018 with the title song "La Vie en Rose", which still sold 282.8k copies!
11. NCT 127
NCT 127's lowest-selling album was NCT #127, released on July 10, 2016 with the title song "Fire Truck", which still sold 136.6k copies!
10. Wanna One
Wanna One's lowest-selling album was 1÷x=1 (Undivided), released on June 4, 2018 with the title song "Light", which still sold 644.8k copies!
BIGBANG's lowest-selling album was Always, released on August 16, 2007 with the title song "Lies", which still sold 122.7k copies!
8. GOT7
GOT7's lowest-selling album was Got It?, released on January 20, 2014 with the title song "Girls Girls Girls", which still sold 64.1k copies!
7. SHINee
SHINee's lowest-selling album was Romeo, released on May 25, 2009 with the title song "Juliette", which still sold 29.6k copies!
Girls' Generation's lowest-selling album was Gee, released on January 7, 2009 with the title song "Gee", which still sold 100.0k copies!
5. Super Junior
Super Junior's lowest-selling album was Twins, released on December 5, 2005 with the title song "Twins (Knock Out)", which still sold 124.3k copies!
4. SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN's lowest-selling album was 17 Carat, released on May 29, 2015 with the title song "Adore U", which still sold 108.1k copies!
TWICE's lowest-selling album was The Story Begins, released on October 20, 2015 with the title song "Like Ooh-Ahh", which still sold 214.4k copies!
2. EXO
EXO's lowest-selling album was For Life, released on December 19, 2016 with the title song "For Life", which still sold 442.6k copies!
BTS's lowest-selling album was O!RUL8,2?, released on September 11, 2013 with the title song "N.O", which still sold 343.7k copies!
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Kickstarter Spotlight – Urban Myth
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By Christian Johnson Features 10/27/2012
Lately it seems Kickstarter has been rising the totem of popularity amongst indie comic creators and fans alike. I don't know about you, but there are two things I love seeing from this thriving industry: creators finding fresh outlets to push their masterpieces out to the world (with the help from a strong and loyal community of course) and creators that take a timeless idea and make it heavily readable.
That being said, you're going to want to support this awesome Kickstarter project, this weeks Kickstarter Spotlight. Urban Myth is a graphic novel that will consist of 75 pages from a group of artists who's goal is to offer an unique spin on classic mythology. Here's their Kickstarter video pitch.
Urban Myth is truly a labor of love that is as diverse and unique as the very world we live in. Let me tell you folks, if the premise of each story doesn't draw you in then the art certainly will. Seriously, any title with industry great Eric Battle (JLA, X-Men and Aquaman) attached to is going to be WELL worth the money. The creator Raymond Ayala and others have formed a universe that has multicultural appeal, but they need your help to reach their $5,000 goal in order to get this graphic novel out there.
There's some pretty neat things in store if you choose to support this ambitious endeavor. You can get anything from a digital download of the book to T-shirts, wallpaper, to numerous other goodies. The biggest reward of them all is a chance to become a character in the graphic novel! Yep, that's right folks, the creation of a character with your very likeness will be added to the pages of the book in a story. It would be insane to pass up the opportunity to be a superhero!
Time is running out, so support this Kickstarter anyway you can to make this dream an reality. Watch the video. Sound off in the comments below. What do you think of this project? And, If you don't have the coin to pitch in, you can always lend a helping hand by sharing on the various social media channels. Let's get the word out folks, Urban Myth Gets Comic Booked!
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Q: How to use TaxonomyPicker Control with Form Customizer? I am trying to customize form using SPFx Form Customizer solution. My form requires TaxonomyPicker control.
I am importing TaxanomyPicker and then trying to add control in render method.
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In the above code, the context control is expecting BaseComponentContext but I am getting FormCustomizerContext from props.
How to resolve this issue?
Is there any way to convert FormCustomizerContext to BaseComponentContext?
Or how to create/get BaseComponentContext value?
Please help.

A: This is a common problem when using the PnP React Controls in a Form Customizer Extension. To address the type mismatch, you can cast the FormCustomizerContext as any.
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Russia's Car Market to Shrink by One-Quarter This Year
General view shows a Lexus showroom in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
Forecasts for a more than 24 percent drop in car sales in Russia this year are "optimistic," automakers said Thursday, suggesting that the ruble slump could mean further price rises or the end of foreign imports.
Russia's car market, which has boomed since the fall of the Soviet Union more than 20 years ago when Russians raced to buy foreign cars, has shrunk as the economy weakened under the weight of Western sanctions over Ukraine and lower oil prices.
Consumers have mostly put off large purchases, although in December hundreds rushed to buy cars and other durable goods to spend their rapidly devaluing rubles before prices rose. The ruble fell more than 40 percent last year.
The Association of European Businesses, a lobby group, said sales could drop more than 24 percent this year after falling 10.3 percent in 2014 because of high inflation and high interest rates on car loans following a central bank rate hike.
Joerg Schreiber, chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee, expected 1.89 million new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles would be sold in Russia in 2015 compared with 2.49 million in 2014.
Some automakers said his forecast was optimistic.
Marcus Osegowitsch, Russian head of German carmaker Volkswagen AG, said his company wanted to keep prices stable but it was facing an environment where "nobody earns money."
"Honestly, in the current environment … we all lose a lot of money so we have to adjust prices depending on the environment and the competition," he told reporters, adding Volkswagen raised prices by between 6 and 8 percent on Jan. 1.
Philippe Saillard, head of Nissan in Russia, said the AEB forecast was "slightly higher" than the level he expected, while Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. said the outlook was "very optimistic."
"We would say somewhere between 1.5 and 1.7 million," said Koichi Takakura, the Russian director at Suzuki Motor.
Schreiber said some car models may be forced out of the market, but declined to name which.
Auto makers with a high level of local production are better positioned than importers but they are also being hit hard as many car components come from abroad.
Car imports could eventually dry up because of the ruble, Nissan's Saillard said, although the company did not plan to suspend imports to Russia "at this stage."
AEB's Schreiber said auto makers were still committed to their existing investments in Russia, but "regarding new investment projects one can expect some restraint."
"The ruble devaluation is not necessarily the worst, one could have coped with it," said one foreign car industry executive who asked not to be named.
"The biggest problem is nobody wants to invest in Russia now because political events of 2014 have undermined the faith in stability — no one can say what comes next."
Russia's Iconic Lada Cars Hit by Plunging Ruble
The price of Russia's most popular car, the Lada, will increase by 9 percent from Thursday because of the plunging ruble, said the country's largest carmaker...
Toyota Follows AvtoVAZ by Raising Car Prices in Russia
Following behind Russian automaker AvtoVAZ, Japan's Toyota announced Tuesday that it would raise prices in Russia by an average of 20 percent in 2015...
Carmakers Nissan-Renault Suspend Orders on Some Models in Russia
Japan's Nissan Motor Co and French partner Renault SA have stopped taking orders for some cars in Russia and could raise prices on others if the ruble's...


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Mix yogurt with vanilla extract.
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Thinly slice fruit and place along inside of popsicle molds.
Freeze overnight. Remove popsicle from mold once frozen.
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Logs by Date » Logs for Winter 134 A.E. - 135 A.E. » Perspective
Title: Perspective
Time Period: December 24, 134 A.E.
Summary: Old friendship established in the best way. Drunk.
The pub at the inn is usually a merry enough place, and Christmas Eve is no different — at least in semblance. There are probably those drinking there rather than sitting home alone, lying to themselves through a mouthful of Scotch that they're with friends celebrating the season by drinking themselves into drunken stupor. There are those, too, who truly do count the regular drunks here as their best friends. Misery loves company and the regulars have shared tales, laughter and tears along with many a pint of cider.
One of the pub patrons does not have any such illusions — he neither celebrates nor considers himself among his friends, though he is a touch tipsy with a few too many glasses. He stares into the half-empty brandy snifter on the table in front of him, as if to will himself the strength to finish it, or perhaps for it to be magically refilled.
Bridget and some of the other militia types have been taking up a portion of the pub for a significant portion of the night, and judging by the empty glasses around, they've been going strong for some time. But at least the lady warrior is mostly stable still, at this point.
Stable enough that she's gone and grabbed another round of drinks.
However! The lone man sitting at a table on his own gets her attention, as well as that itching feeling of familiarity poking through a tipsy haze. So, with her load of fresh glasses, she steps over and kicks out a chair. To sit in, of course. "Hope you don't mind. These are heavier than they look," she says with a nod of greeting. "Not too many people come to a pub to drink alone, you know." Full of social grace, she isn't, but then again, she never really was.
"No? It seems the proper place to do it on Christmas Eve, if one has no home to do it in," he murmurs, turning blue eyes on the woman as she sits down. Everyone looks a little familiar to him in this place, and yet strange all at once. The alcohol isn't helping, and she was much younger the last time he saw her.
"Your friends'll be missing their drinks, though feel free to rest there as long as you need," he says nonchalantly, picking up his glass to tip back another swallow. He closes his eyes to relish the sweet burn. "A merry lot. You make me a tad bit homesick for my friends, truth be told."
"Well, I guess if you have special circumstances, it's alright then." Bridget glances over at her group, but she looks back to Beisdean with a conspiratorial look, "I'm betting they don't even notice. Or, if thye do, maybe I'll tell them they drank them already." Despite them sitting there on the table.
She picks one up, leaning back in her chair and propping her boots up on the far end of the table. "Only when they're drinking. Or gambling. Or rutting some young thing, I'm sure." She waves them off, her gestures exaggerated. "So if you're homesick, what are you doing here then?"
"Circumstances," Beisdean replies vaguely, then frowns as he peers at her face, something in her voice, something in her mannerism recalling the past. Another mouthful of brandy finishes off the glass and brings a flush to his pale skin.
"I used to live here… it's been a long time. You wouldn't be … Bridget… by any chance?" His voice is doubtful, though if the girl he knew were to grow up into a woman, the woman sitting beside him is just the woman she'd be.
When he calls up her name from the ether, Bridget lifts an eyebrow at first, but she nods readily enough. "I would be. And you've just got to be Beisdean, if you bothered to remember my name." Very few people bothered, when they were younger. People are better about it now, but you know, she carries a sword.
"How the hell are you?" She says, the first real smile cracking her expression; it's rough, but genuine all the same. "Truth be told, I didn't think I'd be seeing you after you left here. Where'd you run off to?"
Her smile draws one from him, and his eyes seem to clear, his posture seems to draw straighter. "It's good to see you," he says, and it's the most sincere uttering of that phrases he's made in the two days he's been in town.
He turns the brandy snifter on the table, something to keep idle hands busy when there's nothing in the glass to drink. "South. To England," Beisdean explains, which in turn explains the slight muddying of his Scottish accent. "The north for a few years, and then the south. Near London, or what's left of it, the past … God, nine years?"
Beisdean glances at the group of militia men, then back to her, with raised brows. "You keepin' the citizenry safe, then?"
"You, too. Hell, you're a sight for sore eyes, you are." Bridget chuckles a bit into her glass before taking a drink, but she sets it down again to look his way. "Practically a world traveler. What brings you back up our way?" There's a small pause before she thuds an elbow on the table and points over at him. "Not that I'm not glad to see you."
Her hand moves to pat her sword hilt at his question, "Doing my best to. Gives me something to do around here, at least."
"Only if the world can be travelled by horse in a fortnight," Beisdean says with an answering chuckle, but it falls away. "My mother died. I came to pay my respects, pick up the few things she owned. I should've come sooner, but…"
A shrug fills in the blank. Nothing he can say is really good enough, at least not to ring true in his ears. All the excuses he'd made sound hollow now that she's dead. He knows, since he's been saying them for the past two days. "I'm sure you're good at it," he nods to the sword. "I know I've always been happy to be on your good side. I've no illusions that you'd best me in a fight." He never was much of a fighter.
"Depends on your perspective, doesn't it? How big the world is, I mean." There's the implication that for her, the world is actually quite small. "I was sad seeing her go, your mum. I didn't see her too often after joining the militia, but she was always sweet to me." Bridget reaches over the table, around drinks, to give him a pat on the arm. Comfort being one of those things she's out of practice in, it's a little harder than it should be, but she means well. "I wouldn't let yourself fret too long, about should'ves."
Before she lets herself get downright maudlin, she tips up her glass to finish it off before setting it to the side. "For the record, I was always glad to be on your good side, too. And don't worry, I wouldn't hit you too hard."
He nods, eyes downcast when she expresses her condolences, swallowing audibly. He lets her quip push away the sad mood; his chuckle is a little rough and thick.
"Good. I'm not a big fan of pain, Bridge," he says with a smile. "As for perspective…"
"'I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams,'" Beisdean intones in the voice he used to use for storytelling, only one much deeper and masculine than that of the little boy he once was. He sighs a little and looks to the window. "The play says Denmark's a prison, but I could say the same for Dornie. It's not one I plan to let hold me for too long, though. I've come at my ma's request, but she didn't ask me to stay. What about you? Any family or that sort of thing?"
"Oh, you come back handsome and educated, do you? You couldn't have come back a little dumber?" Bridget laughs there, a low, gravely sound, and at the moment, a bit of a sloppy one as well.
Her feet drop to the floor as he goes on, though, and her own sigh might be indicative of the fact that she feels similarly. But the mention of family gets a soft, brief, not at all mirthful chuckle. "Well, dad brought home the skin of that kelpie what killed my mother. And then died not too long after himself." Her gaze falls down to the foam clinging to the sides of her empty glass, going a little distant. "But my aunt and uncle took me in after. So, I do still have family. And the boys, of course," she says with a motion toward the militia.
The sequel to the sad tale he already knew is a sad epilogue, and Beisdean frowns. "I'm sorry to hear that, Bridge," he echoes her sentiment of moments before. "I'm glad you've found a place for yourself here. I had one back home — in Clovelly, I mean. It's been a long time since I thought of Scotland as home. If I ever did."
He picks up her glass and his. "I'll get us a refill, and you can fill me in on the gossip. For once we can snigger behind everyone else's backs, hm?" He heads to the pub's bar and in a few moments turns back with full glasses.
"It happens," is her soft dismissal of just how sad her own tale makes her, complete with a wave of her hand. "A place, of sorts. I still find myself feeling the urge to take to the sea, though." It's probably not something she would have said sober, but at the moment, she doesn't seem to notice what exactly's coming from her mouth.
She does manage a smile and a nod as far as accepting refills — but then she never does turn down a drink. And by the time he gets back, she's shaken off the dreariness, at least. "Nine years of gossip you want in one go, is it? Well, I can do my best."
Beisdean hands her the glass and then clinks his own against it. "Well, maybe we should break it up. Volume One, perhaps. Four and a half years in one go a little more reasonable? Or we can do four and five for an asymmetrical approach. Or five and four."
Sinking back into the chair, he glances at the other militia men. "They're not gonna come play big brother and beat me up for chatting up the kid sister of the group, are they? Speaking of your 'boys,' one of 'em greeted me coming into town. If I didn't have a duty to complete here, I would have skipped Dornie altogether, based on his welcome. Is any strange traveller automatically suspect these days?"
"I think not," Bridget says, casting an eye over that way, "They know I can take care of myself. And they know I hate it when they try to do it for me." The way she rolls her eyes, she may have spent some time proving that point.
His story, though, makes her frown. "Not everyone's very… well tempered. Some of us are more suspicious than others. Who was it? I could rough him up a bit, if you want." Which may be her own favorite way of solving interpersonal disagreements with her co-workers. Maybe. "I'm sorry you got a bad welcome. Truth is, with bandits and such, sometimes it's best to be careful. But doesn't call for being, you know, a dick."
Her coarse language makes him smile, as does her volunteering to rough up his assailant. "God, no… I may not be the roughest or toughest of men, Bridget, but I still have a masculine pride that rages at the idea of having a girl do my fighting for me," Beisdean says with a merry laugh.
"No, the secret shall be mine and his to keep, and my ego will survive an untimely death, but it's sweet of you to offer," he decides.
Bridget laughs again at that, her head shaking as she moves to take another drink. "You men take away all the fun, you know that, don't you?" As she sets down her glass, her arms fold on the table and she looks over at him, her expression turning a bit more serious.
"I'm not like that. I know some are, maybe a lot are. But I try to treat people right."
"It's good to see you, Bridget," Beisdean says again. "It's nice to have some people in this world that are what they seem to be, that you can trust to be honest and fair and not fake. You're a rare soul… at least from what I've seen in my travels."
He leans back in the chair, stretching long legs out in front of him. "Now about that gossip…"
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The difference between candidate and confirmation.
It's a bold claim: half of the Kepler Space Telescope's big haul of new planets aren't planets at all. Instead, they're small or failed stars. That's the kind of takeaway it's easy to get from the recent press release from the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço in Spain. It says that half of the objects in Kepler's candidate catalog are likely eclipsing binary stars or brown dwarfs, rather than Jupiter-or-larger gas giants, meaning that something like 52 percent of the planet candidates aren't planets at all.
Don't worry, though. We didn't just lose hundreds of planets.
But there's an important distinction to make here. The Kepler Space Telescope has discovered more than 1,000 planets. The official count sits at 1,006 right now. But in addition to the tally of confirmed exoplanets, Kepler has a separate catalog, the Kepler Objects of Interest (KOI). These are objects that Kepler has spotted, but the data on them is much shakier.
Kepler can only find planets through a process called transiting. A planet must pass in front of its star, and Kepler must be aimed right at it to detect a tiny bit of light dimming from the star. It's something like watching a mosquito pass in front of a street light from a few blocks down. With just one such sighting, it's impossible to be sure you've seen a planet. So those unconfirmed events are usually marked for follow-up observations to figure out what is going on in those systems.
There are 4,696 unconfirmed planets, many of them because they are large enough to stretch the definition of a planet. The results from the Instituto de Astrofisica draw from KOIs, rather than its confirmed planet catalog.
"If a planet candidate has an inferred size of greater than than of Jupiter, there is a high probability that it is really due to an eclipsing binary, but there is no 'nail in the coffin' to definitely rule it out as a planet based on Kepler data alone, so we leave it designated as a candidate," Jeffrey Coughlin, a Kepler researcher at NASA, said in an email. "Santerne et al. collected follow-up observations of candidates with very large inferred sizes, and as expected, found that a large fraction are indeed false positives."
So rest easy – there aren't suddenly a lot planets out there beyond our solar system. Instead, the KOI catalog has been potentially reduced down in size, with many of the candidates that would have been ruled out eventually being ruled out all in one fell swoop. It clears the way for better research into the unconfirmed Kepler catalog, and can help find the real planets from the stellar impostors.
"As far as I've read, their analysis only applies to KOIs, and they did not rule out any fully-confirmed planets," Coughlin says.


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The `gp_stat_replication` view contains replication statistics of the `walsender` process that is used for Greenplum Database Write-Ahead Logging \(WAL\) replication when master or segment mirroring is enabled.

|column|type|references|description|
|------|----|----------|-----------|
|`gp_segment_id`|integer| |Unique identifier of a segment \(or master\) instance.|
|`pid`|integer| |Process ID of the `walsender` backend process.|
|`usesysid`|oid| |User system ID that runs the `walsender` backend process.|
|`usename`|name| |User name that runs the `walsender` backend process.|
|`application_name`|text| |Client application name.|
|`client_addr`|inet| |Client IP address.|
|`client_hostname`|text| |Client host name.|
|`client_port`|integer| |Client port number.|
|`backend_start`|timestamp| |Operation start timestamp.|
|`backend_xmin`|xid| |The current backend's `xmin` horizon.|
|`state`|text| |`walsender` state. The value can be:

`startup`

`backup`

`catchup`

`streaming`|
|`sent_location`|text| |`walsender` xlog record sent location.|
|`write_location`|text| |`walreceiver` xlog record write location.|
|`flush_location`|text| |`walreceiver` xlog record flush location.|
|`replay_location`|text| |Master standby or segment mirror xlog record replay location.|
|`sync_priority`|integer| |Priority. The value is `1`.|
|`sync_state`|text| |`walsender`synchronization state. The value is `sync`.|
|`sync_error`|text| |`walsender` synchronization error. `none` if no error.|

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