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About Luxander Pond
Luxander is a genderqueer trans person. They identify as pansexual and queer, as an atheist and feminist, as a Social Justice Rogue and a disabled person. Lux makes YouTube videos and blogs about gender, religion, mental illness, and whatever else they find interesting. They also have a gaming channel and lofty dreams of someday being a YouTuber and blogger full-time.
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That's Not My Name
July 27, 2015 Luxander Pondgender, misgendering, name, trans*
Since I started taking testosterone, I've been significantly more sensitive to being misgendered. I work at a busy gas station, so I see a lot of people throughout the day and I get misgendered frequently.
One of the weird ways this has manifested is through people incorrectly guessing how to pronounce my name. My nametag says "Luxander". (It used to say "Lux" but I didn't want to keep answering the "what is that short for" question so I fixed it.) Most of the times people mispronounce it, they squint and ask if my name is "Luxandra." Someone asked if it was "Luxandria" one time. Yesterday, someone asked if it was Lux-on-dra, with the long A.
Okay, so I recognize that there are people with dyslexia and other disorders that result in difficulty reading. However, this happens so often and (if you'll pardon the phrase) so aggressively that I'm pretty sure it's not just dyslexic people doing it.
This also happens when I've said my name. Specifically, I get my depression meds through a community health clinic. I have to call and leave a message on the nurse's line if I have any questions or need a change in my meds before my next appointment. Obviously you need to state your name in the message. Every time I can remember getting a call back from them since changing my name, the woman says "Luxandra" and it's infuriating. (I usually miss answering the phone, so they leave a message and I can't correct them.)
I think people just can't reconcile the gender they read me as and the gender they read my name as having. After all, the greek word andros means "man" and that root is often used in English words. Plus, "Alexander" is a pretty common name, similar to my own, and almost exclusively used as a masculine name.
This is weird and I don't like it.
Has anyone else had people persistently mispronounce their name based on assumptions about their gender? I'm curious to see if others experience this.
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28 thoughts on "That's Not My Name"
Reverend Matt
I know quite a few people who have transitioned/are transitioning. The name issue is one of the most obvious and persistent ways people get it wrong. Mispronunciation/misstatement (e.g. saying Alexander rather than Luxander) certainly has been an issue for a few of them, worse still is coworkers who use their birth name rather than their chosen name for the very specific purpose of denying who they really are.
Meggamat
Why do words ending in vowels seem feminine anyway? Is it a universal thing?
Jadehawk
it's a latin/greek thing, so it's common in most euro languages. doesn't apply elsewhere.
Thanks. I lookad at a list of Chinese names since and I guessed that it might be more regional.
left0ver1under
Many languages and cultures do, not just English or Western Europe. And it happens to both personal and family names (see: Russian suffixes, female Sharapova and male Sharapov). Celtic male names end with an "n", the female names with a vowel (Keira Knightly of "Bend It Like Beckham", Kieran Dullea of "2001: A Space Odyssey"). You'll also see this with East Europeans, Japanese and other peoples.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaur
Tsu Dho Nimh
Part of the problem is that "Luxander" or "Lux" is not a common name in the USA, if anywhere, so the viewer has a tendency to either read it as whatever common name the reader's brain tosses up first, OR think "what the heck IS that name" – in programming terms, it throws an exception handling error, then they have to think about the word instead of automatically handling it.
Run some experiments on the customers: Put "Les" or "Andy" on the name tag for a while and see if the misgendering continues.
Lux Pickel
I wonder what would happen if I put an A at the front of it. Because it's already a really similar name to Alexander. People would probably just think it was Alexander with a weird choice of vowel. But it would throw off the proper syllable stresses of my name. Interesting to think of experimenting, but I'm too lazy and my boss would probably be mad and confused at how much of the plastic stuff in the label maker was being used.
Meggamat … In English, we have the HIStory of MANkind, which pisses off feminists and lets them glaim sexism. In Spanish it's "LA HistoriA de LA RazA (all feminine nouns) which clearly means that Latin America is a bastion of equality.
I think it comes out of Latin and Greek … embedded thoroughly in the language.
Yes, I would like to glaim sexism. Where do I go/who do I see to glaim a sexism?
I had a cis female friend in college named Glenn after her grandfather. She'd complain that she would tell people her name and they'd reply, "Gwen?"
I think problems can occur without gender confusion as well, for example a friend named Alexa being called Alexis, because Alexa is unusual. My autocorrect didn't even want go accept it.
ildi
Back (way back) in the day my brother Attila would get mail from the military saying "we need women like you in the military." I get it that feminine names end with an -a in the romance languages, but really, ATTILA? I hope their algorithms have been updated since then.
I mean… I hear that name and think of Attila the Hun so it's definitely masculine-reading to me. How strange.
Curiously, yes, but the opposite. I only recently started testosterone therapy, but before that, people frequently misheard my legal, female name. It starts with an A, it's unambiguously female, and you're probably heard it before. I'd say my name, and people would be like 'So, Andrew?', or 'Arthur, isn't?' 'Adam? ADAM?' 'Order for Andre?' I usually had to repeat the process a few times before they got it. I found it pretty thrilling, even though I plan on going by zero of those names.
Hah, that does sound like it would be fun pre-transition. My commonly used nickname before was "Elly" so there wasn't that ambiguity. Just the annoyance of people spelling it wrong.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk-
If there's one thing I've been kind of regretting for the last 8 years it's having given my eldest a slightly unusual name that is similar but not the same as another name.
People constantly understand the wrong name.
They especially understand the wrong name when she herself says it. Rather than accepting that they might have to learn a new name or that they might not have understood it correctly, they assume that the child is too stupid to know her own name.
I guess gender then adds another factor. Whenever people's assumptions clash with reality, it must be reality that's wrong.
My brother (b. 1965) was named after a football coach, my father's friend. I have known only 5 people (including my brother, and the coach) with that name–two men, three women. My brother gets his name mis-named constantly, to fit his masculinity… but the three women with that name reported people being confused, too (it's not a common name), and they too had people feminize the name by adding letters to make it fit their expectations.
I've had to learn thousands of names (at least temporarily) as a prof, and my brother's experience has made me keenly aware that names are important, and that they are often gotten wrong. I try very hard to get everything right, but have had students, having faced years of disappointment, tell me not to even try, for some names. For example, "Nguyen"–three students, and each pronounced it differently. The second was the one who told me not to bother, and I respected her wish.
Names really are important. There is no excuse for an Oscar presenter to mispronounce Quvenzhane Wallis (or for me to not know the code to put the accent mark over her last "e"), or for newscasters to get a name wrong, pretty much ever (possible exception for live coverage of a breaking event?). There are reasons, but not excuses, for wrong-naming in some other circumstances… but not twice.
Tl-dr–yes, my brother has experienced this, in a very different context from yours. Yes, it is annoying. No, it is not something to just ignore (IMO). Yes, it is weird, and no, I don't like it either.
I've noticed a pattern of folks relatively consistently adding an "a" to the end of my name, both speaking and writing. I feel like they see me as female and feel like they need to feminize my name for it to "fit." It's really frustrating.
This happens to me a lot. My name is Ilan which people who assume I'm female will commonly assume is Ilana or Alana. When people assume I'm male it tends to be Ian or Alan. I had an unusual name before transition which was actually mispronounced even more than Ilan is, so I'm used to it…partly why I chose an equivalently uncommon name. I just spell it out after I say it so they get it right.
I introduce myself in most cases as "Lux" and I've started to spell it so people don't call me "Lex" which seems to happen pretty often. (Not sure if that's a gendered thing because it is happening more often the more masculine I look.) "Hi, I'm Lux, with a U."
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I'm pretty sure most of it is pattern seeking – our brains are always patching together meaning from incomplete sensory input, so most people will literally misread or mishear if their brain is primed to expect something else.
When they've been told and do it out of malice, that's horrible, denying one's identity.
I hate it when I have to read out somone's name and it#s not clear what the pronounciation is.
There's a lot of Gaelic names that seem simply illogical if you don't already know them.
Mhari is one that's quite common- (pronounced either Varry or Marry depending on the person)
I'm cis and have one of the most common names for my gender so I've never had this issue.
HOWEVER-
one day I was meeting an intern who was coming to work for us and they introduced themselves,
"Hi, I'm Neil"
The person in question looked (to me) female, so asked
"Is that Neil?"
"…yeahl"
anyway I called them Neil for the rest of the day until the end when I say their name on the register as "Niamh" pronounced N-eve- female name.
I asked them the next day and it turned out that I'd misheard them and they were too embarrassed to correct me.
I felt like such an asshole, apologised and never spoke of it again.
Timothy (TRiG)
I'm Irish, and have never heard of the name Mhari. It looks like the genitive case of Mari, which is a name I've seen only once, and the woman who had it was not from a Gaelic background.
TRiG.
Hi Lux, I'm in a somewhat similar situation, I'm currently not on HRT yet (still waiting to hear back from the medial facility that handles that) but it's been becoming more evident of my sensitivity of the gender pronoun :/. This week alone I've been called "dude" on multiple occasions, had to deal with medical complications (not associated with my transitioning) and the woman on the phone went "just gonna fill out all the other Information, like how you're obviously a boy" and ending with "Sir". I sometimes can smile and shrug it off but it's eating away at me :/ Since I'm not on Estrogen I still have 0 outwardly signs of being feminine. I've been going by the name Nicky/Nikki as it has nice feminine sound ot it, but people have been calling me Nick for so long (that's what I went by before I put two and two together of how I really am).
Ugh, that sounds rough =/ I hope that if you choose to start estrogen things will get easier. The over-the-phone part is hard unless you do vocal training of some kind since there's not much you can do to change your voice.
All the sympathies.
bosonhiggs
Your name is odd, why should anyone know how to say it or remember it? All these made up names, while making their holders feel special, are bound to cause problems. Try the suggestion upthread of putting a more well-known name on your name tag and you'll probably notice a big change. It doesn't have to be a "common" name, just something that has a little more familiarity to regular people. Being an older person, I had to laugh about the short version–Lux used to be a detergent brand in the "olden days". Try Jax–short for Jaxson!
I mean, it wasn't constructed to be like this, but it can easily be viewed as a modified version of the name "Alexander". The formula already exists for greek-based names ending in "-ander". It's not my "made up name" that causes the confusion, it's the obviously masculine perception of the ending of my name being incongruent to their seeing me as a woman.
Which is happening less and less now that I've been on hormones for nine months and look more masculine.
How about the late great Lux Interior, lead singer of The Cramps, as another example of your name's spelling? ^_^ (However, the origin of his name is a little different….)
http://www.thecramps.com/media/cramps_red_HI.jpg
He was, and Poison Ivy still is, among my personal heroes.
People who purposely misgender trans folks are committing murder. They know that this will cause intense emotional harm, and that is why they do it.


The number of Americans filing initial applications for unemployment benefits fell to a 42-year low last week in the latest sign the labor market is poised for further gains. First-time claims for the week ending July 18 dropped by 26,000 to 255,000, the lowest level since 1973, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected a dip of just 3,000.
The four-week average, which smooths out volatility, declined by 4,000 to 282,500. Last week's decline was likely accentuated by two big summer auto plant shutdowns. Yet the total was a record low after adjusting for population gains since 1973. Initial jobless claims are a reliable gauge of layoffs. And with the unemployment rate at a seven-year low of 5.3% and a growing number of workers feeling confident enough to switch jobs, many employers are holding on to staffers.
"There is certainly no sign of the labor market losing momentum," says Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics. The economy has gained nearly 3 million jobs in the past year. With that many more people earning paychecks, economists forecast that spending should pick up and help fuel growth for the rest of this year.
Even so, there are some signs of ongoing weakness in the job market. The unemployment rate fell in June mostly because many of the unemployed stopped looking for work, rather than found jobs. The proportion of Americans working or looking for work fell to a 38-year low. And average hourly pay was unchanged last month from May. Pay has risen at roughly a 2 percent annual pace since the recession ended in 2009, below the 3.5 percent typical in a healthy economy.


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warning('off','Drake:RigidBodyManipulator:UnsupportedJointLimits')
warning('off','Drake:RigidBodyManipulator:UnsupportedVelocityLimits')
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r = removeCollisionGroupsExcept(r,{'heel','toe'});
r = compile(r);

request = drc.iris_region_request_t();
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fp.xstar(3) = fp.xstar(3) + 0.50; % make sure we're not assuming z = 0
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lc.publish('IRIS_REGION_REQUEST', request);

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Over the last years we have witnessed extensive disapproval of the fashion world when dealing with collections or campaigns inspired by different cultures. As a fact, criticism on alleged cases of cultural appropriation has been rising to the stars throughout the years and does not seem to come to an end.
Generally speaking, cultural appropriation is defined as the unrecognized or inappropriate adoption of traditions, practices, ideas, etc. of one culture by members of another cultural, usually the latter being more dominant.
Indeed the artistic heritage of different cultures has often inspired fashion collections -with all the criticism that goes with this choice-: Urban Outfitters, subject to complaints raised by the Navajo Nation; Gucci accused of disrespecting the religious Sikh turban; Isabel Marant, strongly criticized by an indigenous community of Oxaca, Mexico because she had allegedly copied Mexican embroidery designs and also Marc Jacobs and his choice of styling dreadlocks on his models down the runway.
And these are just a few examples of the variety of designers and artists who have been widely inspired by indigenous cultures and for this have been strongly criticized.
Can cultural appropriation pose a real obstacle to designers' inspiration? Which are the boundaries and how should all of this be tackled under a legal perspective?
The World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") has been quite active throughout the years in attempting to properly address issues concerning the so-called traditional knowledge ("TK"), i.e. knowledge, know-how, skills and practices that are developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, often forming part of its cultural or spiritual identity.
As a fact, TK does not enjoy a strong protection within the system of Intellectual Property Rights as there is no international instrument that grants tout court protection for TK.
Some countries indeed have special laws in place for certain cultural heritage, but this circumstance is just a needle in the hay and definitely does not represent a milestone in this field.
To face this situation, the WIPO has set up an Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore ("the Committee"), which has been actively working to find solutions that will ensure -among others- the right protection for TK.
The next step on the WIPO's agenda is its 39th session of the Committee which will take place starting March 18th 2019, so to bring on negotiations with the objective of finding an agreement on the viable legal instruments to be adopted for the protection of TK.
While waiting for the results of the WIPO's initiative, a glimpse at the possibility of extending existing legal instruments to the protection of TK feels appropriate: in this respect, copyright seems to be the most suitable. In fact, the Italian Copyright Law (L. 633/41) grants protection to a wide range of creative intellectual artworks belonging the most various fields and created by any means of expression, as long as they are characterized by a certain degree of creativity. To this extent, any human community, either put together by its common religious beliefs, artistic values or ethnicity, may -in principle- claim a TK which is unique and creative for the mere fact of being the direct expression of its traditions and beliefs. Moreover, the sole externalization of the work of art would be enough for giving rise to copyrights, with no need for registration, in so making access to protection easier for the interested human communities.
Following these arguments, even TK expressions characterized by the lowest degree of externalization, being the latter verbally expressed, written or even embodied in a religious hat, could potentially find shelter in the Copyright Law. This way local communities could actually prevent misappropriation of their cultural heritage, while also -putting it in a more materialistic perspective- considering whether or not taking an economic advantage from the popularity and recognition of their traditions.
However, the legal concerns do not end here. In fact, it is easy to see that in a community of people where the TK stems from it is not possible to identify a single owner of the moral right to the work of art, which is required for giving rise to copyright protection. Moreover, even if an author may be detected, this protection would last for a limited period of time, given that -according to section 25 of the Copyright Law- the right of economic exploitation arising from the creation lasts only until 70 years after the death of the author (with some minor exceptions).
Another existing tool that might be adapted to grant protection to TK is the one of geographical indications ("GIs"), which have been already used for preserving traditional products -such as liquors, sauces and teas- from misappropriation. In this respect, it is to note that GIs might be particularly useful when dealing with handmade products or crafts whose characteristics are linked to their particular geographical origin or local heritage and customs. Further advantages are provided by the unlimited duration of the protection granted and by the possibility of collective ownership.
However, TK protection under GIs' provisions is not completely exempt from inconsistencies under a legal perspective. To name one, GIs only prevent the registered indication from being exploited, while leaving the knowledge itself and the techniques that may embrace such knowledge out of the scope of protection.
To sum up, there is for sure a certain degree of confusion on how TK is protected and the only sure thing is that designers are becoming more and more aware of the importance of cultural heritage.
At this point, we'll just have to wait and see if the WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore will put down the cornerstone of TK's protection.


In the work on base of calculations by FEM of castellated I-beams the approximate relations for evaluation of stress level and stress concentration factor in vicinity of hexagonal fillet openings under transverse bending are derived. Calculation of simply supported castellated I-beams under action of one concentrated force applied in mid-span and two symmetrically applied forces was performed. Proposed relation for equivalent stress near openings differentiate role of each force factor V and М and allow determine level of stresses in castellated beams in wide diapason of the opening parameters under different length ratio with engineering accuracy. Obtained results were verified with experiment test on steel castellated beam with 4 m length.
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Highways can be a friend or an enemy depending on circumstances and point of view. If you are interested in preserving and promoting a quieter world with more natural sounds in the soundscape like birds and so on, then highways like the 401 are one of your greatest nemesis. If you need to get somewhere in Ontario, then the 401 might be fairly handy – depending on the time of day of course.
Being a non-driver and a sound artist I suppose my sentiments lie more in the former category. About once a week I must walk across a major highway and along busy six lane thoroughfares on bridges and sidewalks. It is not a listening experience that I look forward to. It is the sonic equivalent of walking through mounds of mud and manure in order to make your way to work.
Therefore, there is enough built up angst and nausea in me regarding traffic noise to warrant the creation of a suite of pieces that I will be exhibiting at Modern Fuel under the name Playing on the 401. Instead of using these pieces to vent my anger, I will be doing something more humorous and playful. I will recast recordings of the 401 into new listening situations that engage the gallery visitor in a world of play and acoustic experimentation. The 401 will be heard through hair salon dryers from the 50's, through a set of beads with speakers on them, through speakers that you move around your head, and through the sound filtering effects of clay flower pots. All of the listening contexts will require visitors to physically interact objects in order to hear the 401. As a sound artist, it will be my goal to make these interactions with the 401 in its recorded form to be more sonically satisfying then the pedestrian experience of the real thing.


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The Weasley brothers were always a force of entertainment to be relied on at Hogwarts, even after they left in a pretty spectacular fashion. Is there any better way to drop out of school than setting off enchanted fireworks during a grueling OWLs exam? Yeah, we didn't think so. Even after the Weasleys left, they still had a pretty entertaining presence in the hallowed halls of the ancient school. Try as they might the Hogwarts staff could never keep all those Weasley and Weasley products off campus.
This George figurine is the perfect way to celebrate the mischievous yet courageous duo! The head rotates so he can keep his oversized eyes wide open for his next trouble making opportunity. George, especially when he's paired with his twin, Fred is sure to add interest to your Harry Potter Pop! Vinyl collection. And one thing is for sure, where ever you put him he's sure to be a force of mischief.


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Notes: Here is a detail from a lovely Japanese glazed plate which I've had for years. I love the sage green coloured background which contrasts perfectly with the bottle green leaves.
Notes: After yesterday's rain, I was glad to get out for a lovely sunny walk this afternoon. Still plenty of crunchy leaves underfoot. I went down low for a different perspective, showing the rays catching the path.
Notes: Spent a lovely day today roaming around the Ashridge Estate at the Geolympix Geocaching MEGA Event with a couple of friends. The Autumn colours were much in evidence, and this was a lovely little scene which I couldn't resist. Perfect for this week's 52 Weeks 2018 – Topic 5, Fall (Season).
Notes: I love these trees and always say hello when I walk past!
Notes: A quick shot from the garden today. The castor oil plant sheds its leaves regularly so there's usually a brown one lurking under the healthy ones.
Notes: I went to visit Mum today while Dad was out chasing steam trains at Ongar. The sun came out eventually and this rather lovely shadow of the Jasmine leaves appeared on the wall of their patio.
Notes: Oh dear. Another day low on inspiration. But here we are – another item for the Treasure Hunt. I've had these old faithfuls for years but they are very comfortable. Perfect for Treasure Hunt Theme #61 – Slippers.
Notes: Alistair was due to head home to the North East today, but before he set off we went to look for a new geocache in Holybread Wood. It was quite cold but the sun was shining and there was some lovely light filtering through the trees.
Notes: Yesterday's shot was a drain, and so is this, in a way. It's the artificial rill in the gardens at Hylands Park. Unfortunately, it could do with clearing of leaves (the bottom should be a shiny stainless steel too). The water wasn't running today and it all looked a bit mucky. But I liked the contrasts in shapes and textures here, seen on a visit with Alistair. We enjoyed tea and cake in the stables café after a little walk around the grounds.


When I was a young child my parents took me and my two sisters on a trip to Yosemite. My only real conscious memory was that of a small hole in the roof of the cabin in which we stayed. My other "memories" are from the pictures that were taken. My next trip there was on my honeymoon in 1980. That's when my wife and I fell in love with it…and each other of course. So every couple of years since then we make our pilgrimage to absorb the beauty that is the America's second national park. The valley in particular is where 99% of visitors flock to in order to see the granite cliffs, domes, and waterfalls. For me there is a sense of peace when I hike the trails of the valley as I study its beauty and wonder. But at the same time I know that the violence, the amazing forces that made this wonderful valley are essentially still in action today. Erosion.
First, it was repeated glaciers that formed the nearly mile deep, mile wide, four mile long valley that we all enjoy today. Frozen water under the force of gravity slowly over thousands of years carved away at the weaker granite leaving only the tough stuff. This is a tribute to edifices such as Cloud's Rest, Half Dome, North Dome, Sentinel Dome, Glacier Point, The Three Brothers, and El Capitan. These points were made of stuff so strong that they survived the glaciation process…survival of the fittest. They had the luck of being made of stone that was denser than the surrounding rock that was eventually grinded down and carried away.
I see a chiropractic implication in this…of course. Humans too are subjected to the survival of the fittest postulate. But we are not solely dependent upon being made of stronger or denser stuff to survive, but we each have an additional ally on our sides that counters the erosive powers of time and gravity, and uses the forces of thermodynamics, chemistry and physics to create health and well being. Without this ally we would quickly succumb to the same forces that destroy rock and create mountains and our lifespan would be short indeed. This ally is what we term Innate Intelligence.
Think about it. There is nothing in the rock that cares about whether it is big or small, or whole or in pieces. It is a rock. But something in your body cares. It is a something that loves you and cares for you and uses the same forces that wear down the rock, that wear down you, to build and continually rebuild your body for 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 years. It knows what to do each and every time. It always makes the right decision. It is perfect. So why do we eventually die? Despite the perfect Innate Intelligence that we all have our bodies will still succumb to the same forces that helped to create us. In this universe, with these laws of physics, that is inevitable. But for now we each have Innate. So in the next article I will discuss the forces of Innate and how they act upon our body, and more importantly, how subluxation interferes with these life giving forces. Stay tuned.
ta`�Jx�Jegeneration and/or herniation. And you know that the purpose of the chiropractic adjustment is to correct the subluxation as much as possible to help prevent the progressive degeneration that is subluxation.


Bill Schor, AKA "Schorman" completed the Grid on December 13, 2012 with an out and back hike via the Jewell Trail to Mt. Jefferson. He was accompanied by his lovely wife, Diane, Steve Barbour (Little Brown Mushroom), Per Frost and Per's trusty companion, Cinnilla. On the return trip, midway down the Jewell Trail, they met up with Ed Hawkins and Gary Tompkins. Ed then presented Bill with his Grid patch. The path to the Grid Finish has been a challenging one for Bill. February 13, 2010 at 11:45 while descending Sabbaday Brook Trail, Bill's life changed forever. He vividly recalls, being caught up in the moment and foolishly glissading on boiler plate ice, out of control down the trail.
07/21/2007- Completed Pemi Loop in single day.


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St Johns is a district around the station of the same name in south-east London. It lies within the Borough of Lewisham and borders the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It makes up the northwestern part of Lewisham along with Telegraph Hill.

St John's is noted for its mid 19th-century housing, constructed as Deptford New Town, and protected as the Brookmill Road and St John's Conservation Areas since 1972 and 1976 respectively. It was also the site in 1957 of one of Britain's worst railway disasters.

Etymology
The district is named after the dedication of the Church of England parish church of St John, Deptford that was established in 1855. The church lies at the top of the hill, almost adjacent to the railway station which borrowed its name. The area encompasses streets between Brookmill Road and Lewisham Way, bound by Friendly Street in the west and railway embankments in the south-east. Parts of northern Brockley may be included in the designation, which includes Brockley's Farmers' Market.

History

Deptford New Town was conceived by the Lucas family as an affordable and spacious alternative for the working classes of mid to late 19th century Deptford. Originally from Cumbria, the family made their wealth in South Carolina, where they built and managed water-powered rice mills.

There are a few older buildings - the most notable being the late 18th-century Italianate mansion known as the Stone House. St John's Church was built in 1855, designed by PC Hardwicke

St John's station opened in 1871, at a time when housing construction was still in full swing.

Conservation Areas

The Brookmill Road Conservation Area was designated in 1972, and is bordered by Friendly Street, Brookmill Road, the southern and eastern boundaries of the properties on Albyn Road, and the railway line. The St John's Conservation Area, created four years later, covers the area between this and the Lewisham Way.

Brookmill Road Conservation Area is subject to an Article 4 Direction, preserving the character of the area by prohibiting many kinds of external alterations.

Population

The population of the area is mixed, largely reflecting the huge rise in property prices in recent years. A few houses are council owned, some are let, and most are owner-occupied. In the five years surrounding the arrival of the Docklands Light Railway at Deptford Bridge and Elverson Road, house prices in the area quadrupled. This resulted in an unusual mix of wealthy city folk commuting to Canary Wharf and less well-off people who had lived in the area for some time. The recent establishment and expansion of Brockley Farmers' Market, nearest station to which is St. John's, is evidence of on-going gentrification.

1957 railway crash

At 6:20pm on Wednesday 4 December 1957, in dense fog, two trains collided at St Johns station, killing 90 people and injuring 176 more. It remains one of Britain's worst railway disasters.

Due to the adverse weather, trains were late and crowded. The 5.18pm electric train from Charing Cross to Hayes, with 1,500 passengers on board, was stationary beneath the railway bridge carrying the line to London Victoria, to the east of St Johns station. The 4.56pm steam express train from Cannon Street to Ramsgate, carrying 700 people, ploughed into the rear of the standing train at 30 mph. The last three carriages of the steam train came to rest before they had even passed out of the station.

The 10-coach electric train in front suffered catastrophic damage as coach 8 was run through and completely destroyed by the coach immediately behind it. The leading coach of the steam train concertinaed into the steam engine in front, throwing both off the tracks to the left and dislodging a column which supported the bridge overhead. The bridge immediately collapsed, destroying of the leading coach, and crushing the second and half of the third.

Further disaster was narrowly averted two minutes later when the driver of the 5.22pm from Holborn Viaduct to Nunhead, travelling on the elevated section, noticed that the bridge was at an angle and stopped his train. Had he not done so, the front coach or perhaps two coaches would have tumbled onto the wreckage below.

The official report into the incident, written by C. A. Langley and published in June 1958, goes into great detail, and includes diagrams of where each carriage came to rest, and images of the collapsed bridge as viewed from the Hither Green side. The report holds Driver W. J. Trew of the steam express solely responsible for the accident.

The report also remarks on the misfortune of the bridge supports being knocked out. This was a particular problem because the bridge crossed at an acute angle, necessitating a much longer unsupported span than for a perpendicular crossing. Langley writes "I know of no other case in which a bridge has collapsed in this way, but in view of the serious consequences of this accident the problem will be considered in future bridge design." Overhead photography of the current bridge shows exactly how this was achieved, in a design which has become commonplace for acute-angle crossings.

Future

The area is compact, well-delineated, and protected from excessive development. However it is surrounded by very varied areas.

Greenwich lies to the north, and is rapidly spreading south to fill the under-utilised space along Greenwich High Road, as expensive housing developments are constructed. Greenwich is a tourist hotspot and a centre for entertainment and dining. To the east, but not immediately accessible due to the River Ravensbourne, is Blackheath, a genteel, pretty, and even more sought-after suburb. To the south lies Lewisham, with a shopping centre dissected by major roads, and a hub for public transportation in the form of light rail, heavy rail and bus services. To the north lies Deptford, an old-fashioned yet vibrant area including, according to BBC News, London's best shopping street.

Transport
St Johns station is in London Travel Zone 2 and serves the area with services to London Cannon Street via London Bridge and services in the other direction towards various destinations in South East London and Kent. St Johns is served by many Transport for London bus services connecting it with areas in South and Central London including Lewisham, Greenwich, New Cross, Peckham, Woolwich, Thamesmead, Catford, Eltham, Sidcup, Canada Water, London Bridge and Victoria.

References

External links
St John's Church
Lewisham Borough Council

Areas of London
Districts of the London Borough of Lewisham

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Small U.S. city rallies in support of immigrant
Plattsburgh, New York. (Richard Cavalleri / Shutterstock.com)
Plattsburgh, an American city in New York State, is tiny in size but big-hearted on combatting racism.
Zach Hirsch reports for North Country Public Radio that the city of nearly 20,000 is fighting back with love after an immigrant was harassed following the U. S. presidential election.
Originally from Bhutan, Tenzin Dorjee is a pillar of his community. He co-owns the Himalaya Restaurant in Plattsburgh with his wife and organizes an annual Tibetan arts and culture festival that draws artists and musicians from across the globe. He became a U. S. citizen six years ago. Ironically, Dorjee says he fled Asia to escape persecution related to his Tibetan heritage.
After a series of racially motivated incidents were directed at him following the election, Dorjee shared his fears on Facebook. The reaction from Plattsburgh residents, Hirsch writes, has been overwhelmingly supportive. "I've had community members come up to me and say 'Tenzin, we are behind you all the way,'" Dorjee tells North Country Public Radio. Tenzin's story attracted a wider audience after being picked up nationally by NPR.
To learn more about immigrants in U. S. cities, read this week's Citiscope feature about a first-of-its-kind U. S. program that identifies leaders within Nashville's immigrant communities.
North Country Public Radio


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Ikimonogakari Singer Kiyoe Yoshioka Voices Singer-Songwriter Girl in Original Short Anime "Massara"
"I think this is a kind of work that you can feel 'real'."
Mikikazu Komatsu
November 30, 2021 8:20pm EST (11/30/21)
As reported, an original short anime "Massara" (Whole New) inspired by Ikimonogakari singer Kiyoe Yoshioka's first original solo song of the same name was posted on Ikimonogakari's official YouTube channel last night. And it was revealed that Yoshioka voiced one of its two protagonists, Nazuna, by herself. She previously made a guest voice appearance as Eevee in the 2013 film Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened, and this is the first time for her to play the lead role in an anime film.
Popular voice actress Kana Hanazawa (Kuroneko in Oreimo, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) is also cast as another protagonist girl, Yuna.
The anime's story centers on a singer-songwriter, Nazuna, who is about to stop chasing her dream, and a very shy girl, Yuna. They meet and influence each other to create their own future. Yoshioka said of her VA debut, "I tried my best I could, and when I realized it, it was over in an instant. The animation was so beautiful that I was drawn in and was able to enjoy working on it. I was very moved by the scene where Nazuna and Yuna, the two main characters' thoughts and inner struggle for the songs are depicted, and their feelings crossed each other. One of the highlights of the film is the faithful reproduction of the scenery of the station where I used to perform on the street when I made my debut. I think this is a kind of work that you can feel 'real.' I hope you will all enjoy it."
And Hanazawa adds, "The animation was so delicate and captivating that I wanted it to be released in theaters as it was, and I felt that it was a work that was created with great care. I've listened to a lot of Yoshioka-san's singing voice, so I was very happy to be able to participate in such a wonderful project. She was very friendly and talked to me (during the recording with Yoshioka). I became more and more a fan of her personality, which is refreshing and gentle, and makes me feel comfortable being in the same space with her. I think the anime has a joy of being able to enjoy Yoshioka-san's voice to the fullest, and also has the depth of flavor of the songs you listen to while feeling the story!"
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Q: C++ Can't compare dereferenced char pointer to char I have an input string, and I want to find how many spaces are there in the string.
Here's my code
// input string
std::string str = "abc d e f";

// convert string to cstring
char* cstr = new char[str.length()+1];
std::strcpy(cstr, str.c_str());

// iterate through the cstring and count how many spaces are there
int num_of_spaces = 0;
char* ptr = cstr;

while (ptr) {
    if (*ptr == ' ') {
        ++num_of_spaces;
    }
    ++ptr;
}

However, I got an error message on the if (*ptr == ' ') line that says: Thread 1: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code = 1, address=0x100200000)
Isn't *ptr a char type value because ptr is a char* pointer and I dereferenced it to *ptr. If so, why the comparison is not valid?

A: You don't want while (ptr), you want while (*ptr), that is, while the thing ptr points to isn't a zero character which marks the end of a C-style string.

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Banksters, Corporate Welfare, Tyranny
World Leaders Pave the Way for a Corporate Coup d'Etat: How to Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership
27th April 2014 alternativefreepress
Abby Martin and Anya Parampil
Media Roots: April 25, 2014
Negotiations for the world's biggest trade deal have been conducted in total secrecy over the last four years. What's worse, the deliberations are being held between multinational corporations and world leaders that are paving the way for a global corporate coup.
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) consists of twelve Pacific Rim countries: Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the US.
Over 600 corporate advisors are consulting on the TPP to establish an international court tribunal made up of corporate representatives, which could supercede the sovereignty of countries involved and override existing laws. But despite the drastic implications this deal could have concerning everything from food safety to pharmaceutical costs, a stunning new report by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) reveals that neither ABC, CBS, nor NBC have even so much as mentioned the TPP since Obama's State of the Union address in February of 2013.
Given the magnitude of this so called "free trade" agreement and the corporate media's blacking out of the issue, it's important to look back at some of Breaking the Set's coverage of the TPP.
First, Kevin Zeese, co-founder of It's Our Economy, explains why the mainstream media has ignored the story and calls the TPP a 'privatization' of state owned enterprises.
Kevin Zees on the TPP Corporate Coup d'Etat
Breaking the Set explains how the media distracted citizens in order to allow Congress to sneakily introduce a measure to put the TPP on a legislative fast track, an undemocratic move that undermines public debate.
How Bridgegate Distracted America from TPP Fast Track
Margaret Flowers, Organizer for Popular Resistance, discusses why fast tracking the TPP is so dangerous to the democratic process, and why everyone should care about this trade deal.
How You Can Stop the TPP: Say No to Fast Track!
Then, Abby interviews legislative representative of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Mike Dolan. Dolan breaks down the content of the TPP chapter released by Wikileaks and explains how the legislation will affect global citizens.
Mike Dolan on Dangers of TPP Fast Track
(read the full article at Media Roots)
Learn more at:
www.stoptpp.org
www.exposethetpp.org
https://www.citizen.org/TPP
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44 South Circular Road is part of an early 18th century Georgian street-scape founded on the Gardiner Estate. It is an end of terrace house on the west end of South Circular Road.
As a protected Georgian building we were specifically commissioned to oversee the refurbishment and development of 44 South Circular Road. We were asked to conserve the structure and interiors as much as possible but were also keenly aware that this building must serve its occupants, and be a comfortable, attractive place for everyday living.
Our aim was to produce 6 no. apartments (5 no. 1-bed, 1 no. 2-bed) to the highest standards both in refurbishment and interior.
Firstly, there were two areas to consider: the main house, consisting of 3 existing apartments, and the rear extension, which was in very poor condition. While the main house was in need of a lot of restoration work of its own, we investigated the possibilities for the rear extension. We discovered that it was better to demolish and rebuild the rear rather than attempt to restore it as the extensive wet and dry rot throughout was permeating the building. The rebuild would prevent damage from spreading further. This afforded the additional 3 apartments to be built.
To stay in keeping with the original building as much as possible, brick was salvaged from the rear and used in the rebuild. Existing details, such as windows, joinery and cornicing were carefully recorded. We then replicated these details during the rebuild to match the existing building.
Externally, conservation and restoration continued on the main building including cleaning & re-pointing the existing external brickwork, refurbishment of external granite steps, restoration of existing front door, insertion of new cast-iron handrails to match the existing ones, refurbishment of existing sash windows and the refurbishment of existing roof and cast-iron rain water goods.
The interiors of the building were kept modern and clean while maintaining sensitivity to the to the building's heritage with the use of specific materials, colours and light.
The result is that this building is a triumph in planning and conservation, marrying classical character with modern convenience.


Editor's notes: Last month, we discussed developments in antibody technology. This month there is a useful perspective paper in Science from Cohen and Corey that lays out the rationale and history of the development of broadly neutralising antibodies for the prevention of HIV. Animal studies show that lower doses of antibody are needed to prevent HIV infection than to control it after the infection has occurred. However, many animal studies are conducted with a narrow range of viruses in the infecting inoculum. Humans are generally exposed to a whole swarm of viruses, meaning that greater breadth of coverage may be needed to protect from infection. Nonetheless, the rapid advances in synthesis of molecules that have additional active sites, such as the bioengineered triphasic antibody, combined with the ongoing proof of concept studies such as antibody-mediated prevention (AMP) mean that we can hope that biomedical prevention beyond PrEP is only just over the horizon.
Broadly neutralizing antibodies to prevent HIV-1.
Cohen MS, Corey L. Science. 2017 Oct 6;358(6359):46-47. doi: 10.1126/science.aap8131.
Advances in technology—especially single-cell antibody cloning techniques—have led to the isolation and characterization of antibodies from people with HIV infection that can neutralize many variants. These are referred to as broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). Such antibodies can be detected in about 25% of persons with untreated HIV-1 infection, reflecting a host immune response to unremitting viral replication, generation of large numbers of viral variants, and shifting antigen exposure. Although bnAbs may exert some selective pressure as they develop, they generally do not reduce viral burden, improve health, or slow the progression of disease. However, they offer considerable opportunities for treatment and prevention of HIV-1 infection in others. At this time, hundreds of bnAbs have been identified; those that have attracted the most attention are bnAbs with the greatest breadth, neutralizing the largest number of HIV-1 strains, including those traditionally most neutralization resistant; or bnAbs that have the greatest potency, requiring the smallest concentration to neutralize resistant strains of HIV-1.


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package org.w3c.domts.level1.core;

import org.w3c.dom.*;

import org.w3c.domts.DOMTestCase;
import org.w3c.domts.DOMTestDocumentBuilderFactory;

/**
 *    Retrieve the entire DOM document and invoke its
 *    "createAttribute(name)" method.  It should create a
 *    new Attribute node with the given name. The name, value
 *    and type of the newly created object are retrieved and
 *    output.
* @author Curt Arnold
* @see http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-DOM-Level-1-19981001/level-one-core#ID-1084891198
* @see http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=236
* @see http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom-ts/2003Jun/0011.html
* @see http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=243
*/
public final class hc_documentcreateattribute extends DOMTestCase {

   /**
    * Constructor.
    * @param factory document factory, may not be null
    * @throws org.w3c.domts.DOMTestIncompatibleException Thrown if test is not compatible with parser configuration
    */
   public hc_documentcreateattribute(final DOMTestDocumentBuilderFactory factory)  throws org.w3c.domts.DOMTestIncompatibleException {
      super(factory);

    //
    //   check if loaded documents are supported for content type
    //
    String contentType = getContentType();
    preload(contentType, "hc_staff", true);
    }

   /**
    * Runs the test case.
    * @throws Throwable Any uncaught exception causes test to fail
    */
   public void runTest() throws Throwable {
      Document doc;
      Attr newAttrNode;
      String attrValue;
      String attrName;
      int attrType;
      doc = (Document) load("hc_staff", true);
      newAttrNode = doc.createAttribute("title");
      attrValue = newAttrNode.getNodeValue();
      assertEquals("value", "", attrValue);
      attrName = newAttrNode.getNodeName();
      assertEqualsAutoCase("attribute", "name", "title", attrName);
        attrType = (int) newAttrNode.getNodeType();
      assertEquals("type", 2, attrType);
      }
   /**
    *  Gets URI that identifies the test.
    *  @return uri identifier of test
    */
   public String getTargetURI() {
      return "http://www.w3.org/2001/DOM-Test-Suite/level1/core/hc_documentcreateattribute";
   }
   /**
    * Runs this test from the command line.
    * @param args command line arguments
    */
   public static void main(final String[] args) {
        DOMTestCase.doMain(hc_documentcreateattribute.class, args);
   }
}


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Q: How to add element after label before input with simpleform I am trying to add a character counter to an app I am helping with but the app uses simple form gem for the page i need to work with. The Gem seems pretty cool expect that it auto generates the html and i need to figure out how to add my custom div after the label and the input so i can add the character count and change it as it goes.
I can do this with jquery but i am wanting to do an initial hard coded count for initial load just in case the user has an old browser without javascript.
<%= simple_form_for @organization do |f| %>

    <%= f.simple_fields_for :projects do |project| %>

        <%= project.input :description, :placeholder => 'What does your project do?', input_html: { class: 'project-description' }, :maxlength => 255 %>
    <% end %>

I want to add the character limit to the description tag.


Undergraduate Alejandro E. Panduro (left), a cognitive science major, and postdoctoral researcher Hee Rin Lee, who focuses on computer science, work together with caregivers for people with dementia.
"Caregivers conceived of robots not only managing difficult aspects of caregiving - but also for supporting joyful and fun activities," said Laurel Riek, a professor of computer science at UC San Diego, and the paper's senior author.
Most technology designed to support caregivers only seeks to educate, rather than to reduce burden. Caregivers sometimes also have access to virtual support systems and connections to clinicians via smartphones or desktop computers, but again this focuses on education and not direct assistance. By contrast, homecare robots could provide caregivers the respite they sorely need. Before building the robots, it is crucial to get caregivers' input so that the robots are well designed and actually useful. "It is imperative researchers take a community-health focused approach to understanding stakeholders' perspectives prior to building the technology," Riek said. "Especially in healthcare robotics - one should not walk in with a technology hammer."
As dementia progressed, caregivers wanted robots to interact more with the person with dementia by helping with daily tasks and offering reminders. The robots that caregivers imagined acted as counselors and facilitators - and sometimes as the "bad guys" who could say "no" to the person with dementia.
Robots should interact with humans via voice activation - much like a smart speaker. More specifically, caregivers wanted the robots to use voices that their loved ones would be familiar with - caregivers or doctors. Caregivers also wanted robots to be capable of facial recognition.


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Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Ronald Agénor.

Qualifier Yahiya Doumbia won the title by defeating Jakob Hlasek 6–4, 6–4 in the final. Doumbia became the first professional player ever to win two ATP tournaments as a qualifier, after also winning at Lyon in 1988.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References

External links
 Official results archive (ATP)
 Official results archive (ITF)

Grand Prix Passing Shot
ATP Bordeaux
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Q: refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad I have been struggling to get basic metrics from the CloudWatch agent. I've been getting this error and I have no idea what it means nor can I find resources online which talk much about it

refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed

I followed the instructions here and have read through the documentation carefully. Again, the goal is just to read in some basic metrics from my EC2 instance to CloudWatch. Here are the steps I have followed:

*

*Followed instructions here "To create the IAM role necessary to run the CloudWatch agent on EC2 instances" and then assigned it to my instance.

*wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

*

*ami id is ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-20190628 (ami-0cfee17793b08a293)

*Install the .deb with command sudo dpkg --install --skip-same-version ./amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

*

*note --install and --skip-same-version is just -i -E as done in the docs

*generated a config.json with the wizard, located here /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json. I pasted the contents under the error message below.

*modify the /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/common-config.toml file to point to new credentials of cwagent (since not using root user) with the following:

root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc# tail -n 4 common-config.toml
#### BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK ####
[credentials]
shared_credential_file = "/home/cwagent/.aws/credentials"
#### END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK ####

*

*fetch config and start agent with sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json -s

here's the error I'm seeing in the logs now, and I'm assuming why this is why I can't see any metrics
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/logs# tail -n 20 amazon-cloudwatch-agent.log
2019/10/29 22:41:08 Reading json config file path: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json ...
2019/10/29 22:41:08 Reading json config file path: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.d/file_config.json ...
2019/10/29 22:41:08 I! Detected runAsUser: cwagent
2019/10/29 22:41:08 I! Change ownership to cwagent:cwagent
2019/10/29 22:41:08 I! Set HOME: /home/cwagent
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! will use file based credentials provider
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! cloudwatch: get unique roll up list []
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! Starting AmazonCloudWatchAgent (version 1.230621.0)
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! Loaded outputs: cloudwatch
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! cloudwatch: publish with ForceFlushInterval: 1m0s, Publish Jitter: 37s
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! Loaded inputs: disk mem
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! Tags enabled: host=ip-172-31-71-5
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! Agent Config: Interval:10s, Quiet:false, Hostname:"ip-172-31-71-5", Flush Interval:1s
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z I! will use file based credentials provider
2019-10-29T22:41:08Z E! refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed
2019-10-29T22:42:37Z E! refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed
2019-10-29T22:43:37Z E! refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed
2019-10-29T22:46:37Z E! refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed
2019-10-29T22:49:37Z E! refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed
2019-10-29T22:52:37Z E! refresh EC2 Instance Tags failed: SharedCredsLoad: failed to get profile, metrics will be dropped until it got fixed

and the config.json I used
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin# cat config.json
{
    "agent": {
        "metrics_collection_interval": 10,
        "run_as_user": "cwagent"
    },
    "metrics": {
        "namespace": "TestNamespace",
        "append_dimensions": {
            "AutoScalingGroupName": "${aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
            "ImageId": "${aws:ImageId}",
            "InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}",
            "InstanceType": "${aws:InstanceType}"
        },
        "metrics_collected": {
            "disk": {
                "measurement": [
                    "used_percent"
                ],
                "metrics_collection_interval": 60,
                "resources": [
                    "*"
                ]
            },
            "mem": {
                "measurement": [
                    "mem_used_percent"
                ],
                "metrics_collection_interval": 60
            }
        }
    }
}

EDITS
I got it working after I removed the credentials modification
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc# tail -n 4 common-config.toml
#### BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK ####
#[credentials]
#shared_credential_file = "/home/cwagent/.aws/credentials"
#### END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK ####

and after I went ahead and copied the config file to the default location it checks (even though the docs say you can pass the file name as I did).
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin# cp config.json /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin# cd ../etc/
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc# chown cwagent:cwagent amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json
root@ip-172-31-71-5:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc# ls -l
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 cwagent cwagent 4096 Oct 30 22:05 amazon-cloudwatch-agent.d
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cwagent cwagent  611 Oct 30 22:11 amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json
-rw-rw-r-- 1 cwagent cwagent 1144 Oct 30 22:05 amazon-cloudwatch-agent.toml
-rw-r--r-- 1 cwagent cwagent 1073 Oct 30 22:05 common-config.toml

A: The error appears to be related to accessing tags that are associated with Amazon EC2 instances.
The installation instructions you linked suggest creating an IAM Role with the CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy policy attached. This policy includes permission to describe tags:
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "cloudwatch:PutMetricData",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
                "ec2:DescribeTags",
                "logs:PutLogEvents",
                "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
                "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
                "logs:CreateLogStream",
                "logs:CreateLogGroup"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ssm:GetParameter"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/AmazonCloudWatch-*"
        }
    ]
}

It would appear that the CloudWatch Agent on that server is not receiving such permissions, and is therefore unable to list the tags.
Therefore:

*

*Confirm that an IAM Role has been created and that it includes the CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy policy

*Confirm that this IAM Role has been assigned to the Amazon EC2 instance that is running the CloudWatch Agent

*If it is still failing, check whether there are any credentials stored locally on the instance that the Agent could be using instead of the IAM Role assigned to the instance


Judge Andrew Napolitano is revealing more from the FOIA documents containing Hillary Clinton's email. Using her unsecured server, and not an approved State Department server, Napolitano said, through her email, she revealed the location of French fighter jets, the size and location of no-fly zones in Libya, and the location of Ambassador Chris Stevens. Do you remember Hillary calling Chris Stevens a "friend," as she stood by his coffin? Take a look at this email at Gateway Pundit, sent by Hillary (known as hrod – cute, huh?) the night of the Benghazi attack –– and friends, hrod reported Chris Smith to be dead. Not Chris Stevens, and not Sean Smith (who worked with the Ambassador, and was also murdered).
Judge Napolitan's reports have been mind-blowing, not because we didn't already know, but because he says he has proof. Read it here and here. Related: A$$holes and Clowns v. Lawless Liars and Security Threats.
This woman should rot in hell.
Hi Mustang, amen to that!
A Beautiful Sentiment! Well said!
That was Raymond Maxwell. I was looking around for him a couple of weeks ago. Not much new since Fall 2015. He was demoted.
Hillary was caught as the head honcho pushing for the overthrow of Ghadaffi and arming terrorists to do so against the advice of generals and the pentagon.
Did we not hear from Blumenthal and all his advice to Hillary regarding Libya and all the business deals he was looking for ?
We know Hillary's relationship with George Soro's and his love for overthrowing governments.
Money. It is always about the money.
Dennis Kuchinich was in touch with Ghaddaffi's son on tape trying to figure out what was going on as the Libyan push did not make sense from the U.S. involvements interests. Kuchinich explains with Fox the secret tapes and the mistrust of Hillary.
Guest, I remember this. Wandered why he was talking to Gaddafi, who we could have easily handled. Reagan did it, and Gaddafi sat on his thumbs for years. Horribly destabling to Libya, and to the US. Maybe Hillary was selling arms for the Clinton Foundation treasury.


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Dimensions (WxDxH) Inside 10 " x 7 5/8" x 4"
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Quick outfit shoot at the break. I'm wearing my new Asos shoes which I'm in love with and this cute little white jacket that I have for years now and almost never wear. Basic Zara jeans and top and you're ready for work.... don't forget your sunnies if you want to spend a bit of time outside, enjoying the sun!


It's as if men get in the ministry and treat the first few years like the kid who shoots hoops in his driveway, imagining he is LeBron James. Eventually, he hopes, he'll get the chance to really wow someone.
The problem is that pastors often use ministry for their own personal fulfillment and success. Here are a few disastrous results that follow.
1. You turn your congregation into a means to the end of your self-fulfillment. Rather than serving your congregation for their benefit, you will expect them to benefit you.
2. You become discontent with your current role in ministry, and look for the next step up the pastoral ladder. After all, you're so much better than where you are now, right?
3. Your self-esteem becomes the barometer for your ministry. And anything that negatively affects your self-esteem becomes your enemy in ministry.
4. TED Talks influence your philosophy of ministry more than the Bible. You'll be more interested in practical effectiveness than a theological foundation.
5. You stop viewing your ministry within the scope of God's kingdom. Your ministry becomes the means through which you fulfill your life plan, rather than a means by which God works out his redemptive plan.
6. Your definition of ministry success is focused on you. Your goals are way too small if your idea of "arriving" as a pastor is a book deal and some conference speaking gigs.
7. Your identity becomes rooted in your ministry growth. Your identity, of course, is really in Christ, and any growth in ministry should be a by-product of your relationship with him, and ultimately from his sovereign grace.
Ironically, the kids that make it to D-1 or pro levels are the ones who slog through jump shot drills, free throws, and sprints when no one is looking. Not the ones who practice the miracle shots from the edge of the driveway.
This something I always have to keep in check for myself (Not hat I qualify as a young pastor) I think we have to keep a balance between the passion we have for our call, and the humility required to live it out. Also as someone who once struggled with a lack of confidence it is easy for success to go to my head. I have to remember I am never above cleaning the bathrooms, and changing a diaper in the nursery if need be.
Thanks for sharing, Jon. Blessings on your ministry!
It's just all very sickening. Think SMALL and trust a big God.
Of course Christians have created the pastoral ladder, or if they didn't create it, then they have certainly embraced it, I have a belief that satan created it and in their pride Christian leaders have followed (in general terms). I'm pretty sure Paul the Apostle and many other saints from bygone days would have rejected many of today's conferences. The American dream is to make something of yourself, to be successful, God's desire is that you follow him and not the world. The pastoral ladder, that we have invented would appear to be more worldly than Godly. I can find a conference every weekend of the year, finding a disciple of Christ who has submitted to the Lord is a lot more difficult to find.
John Piper once said something that speaks well to this issue: that even a pastor whose sermons are viewed by people all over the world (as his were) should not preach for that whole eventual audience, but rather preach for the congregation over whom he has responsibility. It's a good word for keeping pastors focused on their primary duties of ministry.
Yes indeed, Jim. It's also a good checklist for guys who write such posts!
Seeking for personal fulfillment is actually something that permeates the church.
With 32 years as a believer in Jesus, the Christ, I have come to the sad conclusion that the church in our day and age has drifted very far from the calling and purpose that God has placed upon her.
1. Are utterly committed to the fulfillment of HIS purposes and agenda.
2. Show forth the very life and nature of His Son in the midst of a sick, dying world.
Although we tend to give a hearty "Amen" to those purposes, we're not very good at living and walking it out.


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Acetone Enema
By: Gabino Iglesias
In: Books
"Acetone Enema" Book Review
Written by Gabino Iglesias
Published by Nicholas Alan Tillemans
Written by Nicholas Alan Tillemans
2012, 89 pages, Fiction
When it comes to writing an honest and specific preface, author Nicholas Alan Tillemans nailed it. Here's the first paragraph of the preface for Acetone Enema:
"This collection of short stories and poetry is intended only for mature audiences. The stories herein are often concerned with unnatural sex acts, sexual violence and erotic dismemberment and destruction."
The collection kicks off with "Acetone Enema", a story that quickly shows Tillemans delivers what his preface promises. When a man falls in love with a headless woman, his life changes drastically. As time passes, the couple starts to explore anal sex and the man couldn't be happier. Then, things take a dark turn. While Suzy doesn't have a mouth, she somehow finds a way to devour those around her. Despite the gruesome discovery, there's something this relationship that makes the man push on.
Things keep rolling with "The Mechanics of Perversion", a tale about a man who ends up overpowered by a phallic object that manages to become a substitute for his penis (and which he carries in a satchel). Told in the first person, this narrative packs as much sex and horror as the other four, but the psychological aspect takes center stage and the dark trip becomes more interesting because of it.
The third tale, "Baby Hunter", is the highlight of the collection and, given the fact that there are only five stories in the book, it's the last one I'll discuss.
"Baby Hunter" is a story/rant/monologue hybrid told from a first person narrator who thinks babies are parasites and need to be killed immediately. The man sees himself as a hunter who's doing the right thing despite knowing his views are very unpopular. The narrative goes from wonderfully disturbing accounts of what the hunter did with the dead babies' bodies to a strange tale of something the man witnessed, to a critique of the way society treats pregnant women.
The poems included in the book more or less follow the same themes touched in the short fiction pieces. However, since they are much shorter, they lack the same power. That being said, they do work well as short morsels that offer a change of pace between stories.
Acetone Enema is short but, given the subject matter being dealt with and the predominant first person narration, just under 100 pages is the perfect length to offer a taste of what Tillemans does without making the collection feel repetitive. If the title piqued your interest, then this book's definitely for you.
Author: Gabino IglesiasWebsite: http://amzn.to/1VVzCVG
Gabino lives in Austin, Texas, where he reads an inordinate amount of books and pens down reviews only for the big bucks he makes doing so. When he was about 12, his mother would tell him that reading all the H.P. Lovecraft and Poe would not lead to anything good. Being on the staff page at Horror DNA is the confirmation of that.
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Bachelorette Sam Frost Wiki, Age, Instagram, Weight loss and Net worth
Date of Birth/Birthday: Tuesday, April 4, 1989
Net worth of Radio Host Sam Frost
Who is Sam Frost Boyfriend?
Wiki and Facts
Some celebrity gets huge popularity because of their love affairs and Bachelorette Sam Frost is one of them. Introducing Sam Frost, we can call her as a television and radio personality and is best known for appearing the popular show 'The Bachelorette Australia'. Bachelorette Sam Frost was born on 4th April 1989 making her current age to be 28. This television personality often appears on limelight due to her relationship issues and manages to grab the benefits and popularity from these gossips and issues. According to the wiki of Bachelorette Sam Frost, her birth took place in Australia where she was raised up. This television personality and the host is also popular for appearing at 'The Bachelor Australia' and '2Day FM.' Her ethnicity is white and holds an Australian citizenship.
Sam Frost is a radio host and media personality by profession. There is no information available about her early life including her studies and University. She is able to recognize herself as a celeb in this young age as she is highlighted frequently in medias through her relationship issues. And yes, radio host Frost has many things to achieve in upcoming days as she possesses all sorts of qualities to be popular on medias.
Sam Frost was able to recognize herself in the crowd by winning the second season of 'The Bachelor Australia' which was the adaptation of US series in 2014. In 2015, her impressive and appealing qualities made her appeared in another similar show 'The Bachelorette Australia' which was one of the top-rated popular shows among the youngsters.
In November of 2015, Sam Frost joined 2Day FM with Rove McManus for a breakfast show named 'Rove & Sam.' Bachelorette Sam Frost reveals that while being at 2Day FM she has been through a weight loss of 5 kg. This popular radio show lasted until January of 2017 which let her acquire all sorts of popularity.
This sexy radio host is now set to appear as a contestant on 'Hell's Kitchen Australia' which will be premiered this year. She has much more things to achieve in her life and has enough time to progress and raise her career. Till date, she is popular only because of her love affairs and weight loss issues.
Bachelorette Sam Frost is in her initial stage of her career and has been accumulating impressive figure of net worth. As of 2016 when radio host Sam Frost was just at the age of 27, she was paid with a massive figure of salary around USD 250000 from 2Day FM which is itself a massive salary but is less in comparing to the salary rewarded to her co-host Rove who received USD 370000 per year. As per the source, Sam Frost was paid less due to the lack of prior experience. It is expected that the host holds a net worth near two million dollars. Recently, this media personality has gifted a car from her boyfriend which market price is said to be USD 50 thousand dollars.
At present, Sam Frost is said to be dating Dave Bashford since October 2016. They were spotted on the beach near Sydney walking together. This lovely couple met with each other with the help of their mutual friends. Recently, they were caught together at a Double Bay Restaurant for a dinner. Till date, media personality Frost has been in love relationship with numerous guys.
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This incident took place on William Bachelor's Bar T Ranch northeast of Merriman, Nebraska. Steve Moreland's dad and granddad, Bob and J.J. (Jack) Moreland purchased the home valley part of this ranch in 1946. It was then called the Green Valley Hereford Ranch for many years before later becoming part of Steve and Carol Moreland's Spearhead Ranch. It is now owned by their son, Brock, his wife Chelsie, and their son and daughter, and they call it the Circle M Ranch.
William D. Bachelor, rancher of north of Merriman, and Jim Cole were arrested by Sheriff Kime and E.L. Davis Monday noon at the Bachelor ranch on a charge of butchering stolen beef. They were taken to Valentine where Cole was lodged in the County Jail and Bachelor taken to the home of his brother. According to officers, they found freshly butchered beef at the Bachelor ranch and called upon him to produce the hide. He explained that the dogs had dragged the hide away and he could not produce it, but that the beef was one of his own herd.
Cole tells a different version of the story saying that the animal was taken from the "Windy" Brown herd across the line in South Dakota and taken to the Bachelor ranch where it was butchered. He said that the hide had been placed in a sack and that he put it in the Bachelor car and that Bachelor took it away to bury it.
Since the sentencing is purported to have been done in South Dakota, a charge was filed in Bennett County against both Cole and Bachelor. Bachelor was taken to Martin Wednesday and gave bond for appearance. Cole's hearing will be at a later date.
At a hearing held before Circuit Judge J.R. Cash in Martin last Tuesday, W.D. Bachelor was bound over to District Court, and on his plea of not guilty was released on bond of $1000. The cash bond was furnished by Ben Bachelor. Mr. Bachelor did not give any testimony himself, but was represented by his attorney, Mr. Hooper from Gregory. He will be tried at the spring term of District Court in Bennett County.
Two changes of venue were asked from the courts of M.V. Pock and Theo. H. Dover, Justices of the Peace, and the hearing was conducted in Judge Cash's court. A great deal of interest was evidenced, and a number of people from Merriman were present.
Jim Cole, who was arrested with Bachelor on the charges of stealing a cow from the Berthol Brown herd, plead guilty before Judge Cash at Bonesteel, So. Dak. last week and was sentenced to five years in the South Dakota state penitentiary. He will be taken to Sioux Falls at once to begin serving his sentence.
At the hearing Tuesday the testimony of four witnesses was taken, that of Berthol Brown, owner of the critter alleged to have been butchered, and Jim Cole, who confessed to the theft of the critter. Cole stated that he and Bachelor had been stealing and butchering beef since 1932, most of the beef being stolen from the Brown herd.
E.L. Davis, Special Agent for the Nebraska Stockgrowers Assn., and Otho Kime, Sheriff of Cherry County, also gave testimony for the state. They stated that Bachelor refused to show the hide on questioning; that he first said he had buried the hide and later said he destroyed the hide.
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IOA confident that Tokyo Olympics will be best ever
IANS 23 July, 2020 2 min read
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday expressed confidence of the success of the Tokyo Olympics. In its statement to mark one year to go for the postponed Games, IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said that the coronavirus pandemic has thrown new challenges around the world.
Photo: Indian Olympic Association logo
"There are some drawbacks but there are many benefits too in this one-year period. Our National Sports Federations (NSFs) are taking precautionary measures to ensure the welfare of the athletes and officials whilst staying optimistically focused on the Olympic Games. There is a long road ahead of us," said Mehta.
"We are confident that the IOC (International Olympic Committee), its associates and our friends in Tokyo would be hosting the best ever Games in the history of the Olympic movement one year from now."
Originally scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9 this year, the Tokyo Olympics was postponed in an unprecedented move due to the outbreak of coronavirus in mid-March.
The Games are now scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021, but a number of health experts have expressed doubts over whether the situation around the pandemic will be stable enough for the Games to go ahead.
Earlier, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori admitted that it won't be possible to host the Games next year if the current situation around the coronavirus pandemic prevails in the Japanese capital.
He also said that whether the Games will take place will depend upon the availability of a vaccine for Covid-19.
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Roaring 40's is a rindless cheese but is matured in black wax. The wax helps the cheese retain moisture and keep out oxygen, creating a smooth and creamy texture and sweet flavour. The paste is cream-coloured, with a spattering of blue mould throughout. The aroma is not overpowering, a bit sweet and creamy. The full-bodied cheese coats the palate and provides a complex taste profile with a sweet, mild, creamy and nutty notes. Roaring 40's leaves a wonderful lingering aftertaste. Look for a fresh, nut-studded baguette to pair your portion with.
Pairing it with a smoky Australian Shiraz or your sweet favourites for a perfect match!


Two busy roads will close from next month to make way for Aberdeen Christmas Village.
Broad Street, which is usually open to buses and bikes, will be temporarily closed from 5am on November 12 until 11.30pm on January 6.
Upperkirkgate will close between its junctions with Gallowgate and Flourmill Lane from 6pm on November 16 until 11.30pm on January 6.
There will also be parking restrictions on Broad Street between its junctions with Union Street and Queen Street from November 12 until January 6.
Other city centre streets including Blackfriars Street, St Andrew Street, Netherkirkgate and Schoolhill will also have restrictions.
As previously revealed by the Evening Express, Aberdeen's Christmas Village will double in size this winter, extending along Upperkirkgate for the first time.
A Santa Express train, slingshot bungee jump ride and Santa's grotto are among new attractions at the village, which organisers claim will be "bigger and better" than before.
Arranged by Aberdeen Inspired, Aberdeen City Council and Codona's, it will return to the city on November 22 and run until Hogmanay.
Other new rides include candy cane bungee trampolines for children, spinning bumper cars and the freak-out ride.
Old favourites like the carousel and helter-skelter will also return.
Adrian Watson, chief executive of Aberdeen Inspired, said: "There is going to be a fantastic festive atmosphere as the Aberdeen Christmas Village returns to Broad Street.
"The event has grown since it was first established and we can't wait to bring it back this year.
"Road closures are an essential part of this and we would encourage the public to plan ahead for their journeys and utilise available transport options.
"This is also a great opportunity to benefit from Alive After Five, which offers free parking in council car parks from 5pm, and enjoy everything the city centre has to offer this Christmas.


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