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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Wexflow.Core
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides access to a network share.
    /// </summary>
    public class NetworkShareAccesser : IDisposable
    {
        private string _remoteUncName;
        private string _remoteComputerName;

        /// <summary>
        /// Remote computer name
        /// </summary>
        public string RemoteComputerName
        {
            get
            {
                return this._remoteComputerName;
            }
            set
            {
                this._remoteComputerName = value;
                this._remoteUncName = @"\\" + this._remoteComputerName;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Usernamme
        /// </summary>
        public string Username
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Password
        /// </summary>
        public string Password
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        #region Consts

        private const int RESOURCE_CONNECTED = 0x00000001;
        private const int RESOURCE_GLOBALNET = 0x00000002;
        private const int RESOURCE_REMEMBERED = 0x00000003;

        private const int RESOURCETYPE_ANY = 0x00000000;
        private const int RESOURCETYPE_DISK = 0x00000001;
        private const int RESOURCETYPE_PRINT = 0x00000002;

        private const int RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_GENERIC = 0x00000000;
        private const int RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_DOMAIN = 0x00000001;
        private const int RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_SERVER = 0x00000002;
        private const int RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_SHARE = 0x00000003;
        private const int RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_FILE = 0x00000004;
        private const int RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_GROUP = 0x00000005;

        private const int RESOURCEUSAGE_CONNECTABLE = 0x00000001;
        private const int RESOURCEUSAGE_CONTAINER = 0x00000002;

        private const int CONNECT_INTERACTIVE = 0x00000008;
        private const int CONNECT_PROMPT = 0x00000010;
        private const int CONNECT_REDIRECT = 0x00000080;
        private const int CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE = 0x00000001;
        private const int CONNECT_COMMANDLINE = 0x00000800;
        private const int CONNECT_CMD_SAVECRED = 0x00001000;

        private const int CONNECT_LOCALDRIVE = 0x00000100;

        #endregion

        #region Errors

        private const int NO_ERROR = 0;

        private const int ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 5;
        private const int ERROR_ALREADY_ASSIGNED = 85;
        private const int ERROR_BAD_DEVICE = 1200;
        private const int ERROR_BAD_NET_NAME = 67;
        private const int ERROR_BAD_PROVIDER = 1204;
        private const int ERROR_CANCELLED = 1223;
        private const int ERROR_EXTENDED_ERROR = 1208;
        private const int ERROR_INVALID_ADDRESS = 487;
        private const int ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER = 87;
        private const int ERROR_INVALID_PASSWORD = 1216;
        private const int ERROR_MORE_DATA = 234;
        private const int ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259;
        private const int ERROR_NO_NET_OR_BAD_PATH = 1203;
        private const int ERROR_NO_NETWORK = 1222;

        private const int ERROR_BAD_PROFILE = 1206;
        private const int ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_PROFILE = 1205;
        private const int ERROR_DEVICE_IN_USE = 2404;
        private const int ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED = 2250;
        private const int ERROR_OPEN_FILES = 2401;

        #endregion

        #region PInvoke Signatures

        [DllImport("Mpr.dll")]
        private static extern int WNetUseConnection(
            IntPtr hwndOwner,
            NETRESOURCE lpNetResource,
            string lpPassword,
            string lpUserID,
            int dwFlags,
            string lpAccessName,
            string lpBufferSize,
            string lpResult
            );

        [DllImport("Mpr.dll")]
        private static extern int WNetCancelConnection2(
            string lpName,
            int dwFlags,
            bool fForce
            );

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        private class NETRESOURCE
        {
            public int dwScope = 0;
            public int dwType = 0;
            public int dwDisplayType = 0;
            public int dwUsage = 0;
            public string lpLocalName = "";
            public string lpRemoteName = "";
            public string lpComment = "";
            public string lpProvider = "";
        }

        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a NetworkShareAccesser for the given computer name. The user will be promted to enter credentials
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="remoteComputerName"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static NetworkShareAccesser Access(string remoteComputerName)
        {
            return new NetworkShareAccesser(remoteComputerName);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a NetworkShareAccesser for the given computer name using the given domain/computer name, username and password
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="remoteComputerName"></param>
        /// <param name="domainOrComuterName"></param>
        /// <param name="userName"></param>
        /// <param name="password"></param>
        public static NetworkShareAccesser Access(string remoteComputerName, string domainOrComuterName, string userName, string password)
        {
            return new NetworkShareAccesser(remoteComputerName,
                                            domainOrComuterName + @"\" + userName,
                                            password);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a NetworkShareAccesser for the given computer name using the given username (format: domainOrComputername\Username) and password
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="remoteComputerName"></param>
        /// <param name="userName"></param>
        /// <param name="password"></param>
        public static NetworkShareAccesser Access(string remoteComputerName, string userName, string password)
        {
            return new NetworkShareAccesser(remoteComputerName,
                                            userName,
                                            password);
        }

        private NetworkShareAccesser(string remoteComputerName)
        {
            RemoteComputerName = remoteComputerName;

            this.ConnectToShare(this._remoteUncName, null, null, true);
        }

        private NetworkShareAccesser(string remoteComputerName, string userName, string password)
        {
            RemoteComputerName = remoteComputerName;
            Username = userName;
            Password = password;

            this.ConnectToShare(this._remoteUncName, this.Username, this.Password, false);
        }

        private void ConnectToShare(string remoteUnc, string username, string password, bool promptUser)
        {
            NETRESOURCE nr = new NETRESOURCE
            {
                dwType = RESOURCETYPE_DISK,
                lpRemoteName = remoteUnc
            };

            int result;
            if (promptUser)
            {
                result = WNetUseConnection(IntPtr.Zero, nr, "", "", CONNECT_INTERACTIVE | CONNECT_PROMPT, null, null, null);
            }
            else
            {
                result = WNetUseConnection(IntPtr.Zero, nr, password, username, 0, null, null, null);
            }

            if (result != NO_ERROR)
            {
                throw new Win32Exception(result);
            }
        }

        private void DisconnectFromShare(string remoteUnc)
        {
            int result = WNetCancelConnection2(remoteUnc, CONNECT_UPDATE_PROFILE, false);
            if (result != NO_ERROR)
            {
                throw new Win32Exception(result);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
        /// </summary>
        /// <filterpriority>2</filterpriority>
        public void Dispose()
        {
            this.DisconnectFromShare(this._remoteUncName);
        }
    }
}


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A thank-you note or email, can show your appreciation, boost your career, help you get a job offer and strengthen your relationship with a professor, co-worker or networking contact. Sometimes, however, we find ourselves staring at a blank card or screen with no idea where to begin. Leadership in Action has you covered with a video about how to write an appreciation thank-you note.
While appreciation thank-you notes are essential to know about for your professional and personal life, another important thank-you note to know how to properly write is one to an interviewer after a job/internship interview.
After the interview, it is important to follow up with your well-written thank-you note as soon a possible, says thebalancedcareers.com.
Sending a thank-you note shows the interviewer that you appreciate their time and that you are eager to hear from them soon. This is your opportunity to get your name in front of people one last time and leave a positive impression.
Use the first paragraph to thank the interviewer for taking the time to meet with you. Mention your interest in the job and your enthusiasm.
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The event was organized by the IT-Center of the Moscow Aviation Institute, as well as by the university's partners, ATO.events. More than 50 students from MAI, Higher School of Economics and Bauman Moscow State Technical University participated in mixed teams to find solutions for current cases together. Topics suggested by the organizers for the Hackathon are: Implementing gamification in electronic sales channels, determining a safe place for landing a drone, a strategy for interaction between the site and social networks, matchmaking at the airport and aircraft fleet maintenance, and create a tool to track information about launching rockets.
1. The team of the club "Lambda" MAI.
All participants and, of course, the winners were awarded with memorable gifts from the sponsors and partners of the Hackathon: the companies Aeroflot and ATO.events.
The past Hackathon became not only an excellent platform for students, but also gave them a unique opportunity to meet and get valuable advice from representatives of leading companies in the aviation industry: Airbus, Aeroflot, Brussels Airline, Infomost Consulting, Finnair , FlyDubai, SITA, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier, Lufthansa Consulting, Apollo Aviation Group, Utair, International Air Transport Association (IATA), airline "NordStar", "NordWind", "Yakutia", "Sibir", "UTair", "AZUR air"," Yakutia", "ALROSA" and many others.


Hi all, a few images of some slides I made yesterday from tissue taken from a nice Carex.pendula AKA 'Pendulous sedge' that is growing in my garden. This is a monocotyledonous plant and has some very nice anatomy that I thought some may enjoy.
These sections were cut at 10µ and 5µ. Generally the thicker sections will show overall morphology and stain more heavily for the same staining protocol, whilst the 5µ (in this case) ones will show more fine detail and stain more lightly - a little counter-intuitive maybe, but more tissue basically means more stain!
Here are a few images, all stained with Safranin and Fast-green.
Some interesting detail of the area around the main-vein, this image is actually from a 5µ section.
Close-up of main-vein. The torn-looking hole above the two large 'eyes' (xylem vessels) of the vascular-bundle is where a large xylem vessel has ruptured as the tissue has expanded during rapid growth - commonly seen in mature xylem.
Nice view of a vascular-bundle showing also the fiber bundles above and below the vascular-bundle, thus completing the 'strut' that includes the vascular-bundle and supports the leaf surfaces. Between these 'struts' (see 1st image and others above) mature leaves have air-spaces, slightly less mature leaves may still have parenchyma in this position.
That's all I have for now, I only sectioned the leaves and also some of a large 'Day Lily' (Hemerocallis.fluva) in my garden. At this time I'm building a modest collection of slides showing different types of leaf, these and the Lily being monocotyledonous, together with the anatomical/morphological features that adapt them to their particular natural environments.
I should have a few images from the Lily sections soon also.
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Very nice sections and photographs, and the descriptions, explanations and labelling are particularly appreciated.
MichaelG & tgss, many thanks chaps, thanks for your kind comments.
Hi all, another nice section!
This is a section through the lower (near base) zone of a developing shoot of the Carex.pendula plant. The outer three layers are each a fused leaf, typical of monocotyledons and especially grasses, and in this case sedges. Together these fused blades form a tube which supports the later leaves and flower-spikes as they develop. The upped regions of these and other leaves will open out into blades, but form these supporting sheaths at their lower regions.
From the fourth (inclusive) layer the leaves may be seen to be blades, rather than fused all the way round. In the center is a stem, around which a series of younger stems and their accompanying developing floral spikes may be seen to be developing. This arrangement will ultimately result in the long, pendulous flower spikes that give Carex.pendula it's name, and it's typical grass-like form.
Definitely another winner. Excellent material. You mentioned in your initial post the the sections shown were either 5 or 10 microns. Pretty thin for plant sections - what type of microtome are you using?
Hi Tom, I use a Shandon 0325 retracting rotary microtome with 'Feather' disposable blades, grade S35. I routinely section at 10µ for a 'quick look' at tissue. This after a dip in Toluidine-blue while still in wax section form, allows me to make a quick assessment of a section or series of sections for their integrity and to see if I have the desired plane of sectioning and am at the desired 'place in the tissue'.
This is the voracious beast - the 'Mighty Shandon' as you'll see mentioned in many of my posts and threads - I found her unused and in mint condition for a ridiculously fair price about 3 years ago, and haven't looked back!
File comment: The MIGHTY SHANDON!
For an overall morphological slide I will section at 10 or 12µ, tissue permitting. For finer work such as embryology or cell division I will most often use 5µ, sometimes 3-4µ. I've sectioned pollen grains down to the 1µ limit of the Shandon, but sections that thin are of limited use if cut from paraffin-wax, better to go to plastic for the 'semi-thin' realm and an 'ultra microtome' that has a microscope attached and is for plastic-embedded tissue.
These sections and slides are all from tissue fully processed through the 'paraffin method' and not untreated 'raw' sectioning as by hand or even freezing microtome.
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Hi Bill old friend, many thanks for joining my adventure! Pleased you like the images.
You, kind Sir, could publish a textbook... You have a natural talent for botany..
Ahh! Now I understand. 10µ for a 'quick look' eh! Sure, why not Lovely equipment and lovely work John. I obviously need to have a close look at the rest of your posts, being a newcomer on the forum.


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Q: how do i ignore duplicate rows in table when inserting into a different my table in sql I have 2 tables, 1 has ~2100 rows and the other is empty. The filled table has lots of repeated data and i would like to insert rows from the filled table to the empty one but without the duplicated data.
I have tried doing this but this just added every row.
INSERT INTO table2 (empID, name, salary)
SELECT t1.EmpID, t1.Name, t1.Salary
FROM table1 t1
WHERE t1.EmpID NOT IN (SELECT table2.empID FROM table2)

I would like to know what's the best way to go about doing this.

A: You can use NOT EXISTS instead, because it will fail if sub-query return null value :
INSERT INTO table2 (empID, name, salary)
    SELECT t1.EmpID, t1.Name, t1.Salary
    FROM table1 t1
    WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM table2 t2 WHERE t2.empID = t1.empID);

A: You mentionned that the target table is empty. If you want to insert non-duplicated records from the source table, you could just use select distinct:
INSERT INTO table2 (empID, name, salary)
SELECT DISTINCT EmpID, Name, Salary FROM table1

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Looking for a Fig Leaf: US & UK Mull Punitive Action against Syria
Here we go again. The US and Britain are whipping themselves once more into a frenzy over the actions of an evil strongman in the Middle East. This time around the recipient of American and British ire is Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. He is suspected of having ordered a series of attacks with chemical weapons on rebel strongholds in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, a mostly agricultural area to the east of the capital.
Depending on the source, anywhere between 322 (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights) and 1729 (Free Syrian Army) people were killed on the early morning of Wednesday, August 21. The Syrian government initially denied the use of chemical weapons and later claimed the rebels were to blame for the attacks. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) reported some 3,600 cases of people admitted to local hospitals on the morning of the 21st with neurotoxic symptoms of whom 355 died later that day.
A team of United Nations observers is now trying to ascertain facts on the ground. Their work is hampered by continued fighting in the affected area and less-than-helpful authorities. Also, as time goes by, traces of the possible chemical attack become harder to document.
"The Syrian government initially denied the use of chemical weapons and later claimed the rebels were to blame for the attacks."
However, we may be reasonably certain that before long both Washington and London will conclude that a chemical attack has indeed taken place and that Mr al-Assad – admittedly no choirboy – is to blame. Intelligence agencies such as the CIA and MI6 will obligingly furnish the proof needed in order to justify retaliatory air strikes and possibly even a full-blown intervention.
True to the script he inherited from his predecessor, US president Barack Obama, on Monday already mentioned that his government was looking to assemble a "coalition" to "make this work." In the likely event that the US, Britain and their lesser allies feel the need to intervene before a UN sanctioned mandate is obtained, a legally sound precedent is required.
According to the New York Times, the Obama Administration is looking at the 1999 conflict in Kosovo when then-president Bill Clinton went ahead with air strikes against Serbia in order to protect endangered civilians. Partially as a result of this unilateral US military operation, the UN formally adopted the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm in 2005.
The R2P norm may now be conveniently employed as a legal fig leaf for punitive military action against the Syrian regime. The writing is very much on the wall: Even before UN observers on the ground in Syria have had a chance to report their findings, US Secretary of State John Kerry accused the government in Damascus of perpetrating a "moral obscenity." Whitehouse spokesperson Jay Carney said that the US government has "very little doubt" that the Syrian government is culpable and promised to release an intelligence report shortly to back up his assessment.
One cannot help drawing parallels with the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. Then too intelligence agencies duly produced detailed reports on that country's vast stockpiles of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) among which mobile plants for producing chemicals weapons right on the battlefield. The fact that these reports were the product of wild speculation – and had merely sprung from the minds of desk-bound spies suffering both from an excess of zeal and lack of competence – now seems lost on President Obama and his team.
It may be a cliché to state that history does indeed repeat itself, but we now are watching this process take shape. The outcome is also depressingly predictable: Rather than contributing to an end of hostilities in Syria, the indignant powers of the west will in all likelihood make matters worse by entering a civil war they don't quite understand and moreover lacks any "good guys" to support.
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From whimsical to lacy, the 13 doilies in this collection fit any home décor. All are made using crochet cotton thread from sizes 30, 20, and 10 to size-5 perle cotton. Beginning crocheters will enjoy honing their skills with these easy-level designs. Pineapples, filet, shells, and scallops are just a few of the types of stitches and techniques taught in this wonderful book of doilies.


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When I downloaded the patch I started the .exe file and it says that I don't have the game installed... but I do!
The patch only works with the original retail CD version of the game. There are several different patches and they are language specific, so you need the right one for your version of the game.
If you bought the game online from GOG or somewhere, it should already be patched to verion 1.2.


I loved the first book in this new series so I was very happy to get the second. Set in a vineyard in the small town of Sunshine Creek, (near Vancouver, I think?) this book focuses on another of the gorgeous Kinkaide brothers, Declan.
Jordan was the focus of the first book in the series, A Better Man, and his twin Declan is the focus here. The twins are fraternal and as different as night and day. Declan is the serious one. As a child he had learning disabilities which weren't diagnosed for years, so he always struggled. That made him determined to excel at something, and that something became financial management.
His long time assistant, Brooke, works with him in his California office. After his parents death, things are upended at the family vineyard and Dec needs to get home, and that's where this story starts.
With no flights available for a few days, Brooke suggests driving the 15 hours to Sunshine Creek and reluctantly Dec agrees. Little does he know how life-changing that drive will be. His super efficient assistant turns out to be a fearless, fun loving girl, and Dec is at a loss how to handle it. Slowly it dawns on him that he is enjoying himself, something his very serious self hasn't experienced in a long time. And Brooke finally admits to herself that she is in love with her boss, but wonders how she will get through the wall he has built around himself.
Lots of ups and downs along the way, but the path leads directly to romance. This was a one nighter for me, I couldn't put it down. Do read this series in order though, it will be more enjoyable to get all the back story before moving to this new book.
PERFECT FOR YOU by Candis Terry. Avon (February 28, 2017). ISBN 978-0062471840. 368p.
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Have to share this review 🙂 I love one-night reads, and as it's the second in the series it proves the author has more than one good book in her tank.


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"Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1946 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, The Blue Grass Boys. The song has since been recorded by many artists, including Elvis Presley.
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" is the official bluegrass song of Kentucky. In 2002, Monroe's version was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the United States Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, CMT ranked "Blue Moon of Kentucky" #11 in its list of the 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.
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Bill MonroeEdit
Bill Monroe wrote the song in 1946, recording it for Columbia Records on September 16. It was released in early 1947.[1] At the time, the Bluegrass Boys included vocalist and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjoist Earl Scruggs, who would later form their own bluegrass band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. Both Flatt and Scruggs performed on the recording, although Bill Monroe supplied the vocals on this recording.
The song, described as a "bluegrass waltz", had become a United States wide hit by 1947[2] and also became enormously popular with other bluegrass, country, and early rockabilly acts. The song was revered by the Grand Ole' Opry and others;[2] Carl Perkins played an uptempo version of this song in his early live performances.
Elvis PresleyEdit
The search for another song to release along with "That's All Right"[3] at Sun Records in July 1954 led to "Blue Moon of Kentucky" via Bill Black. According to Scotty Moore
We all of us knew we needed something...and things seemed hopeless after a while. Bill is the one who came up with "Blue Moon of Kentucky"...We're taking a little break and he starts beating on the bass and singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky", mocking Bill Monroe, singing the high falsetto voice. Elvis joins in with him, starts playing and singing along with him
—The Blue Moon Boys - The Story of Elvis Presley's Band, [4]
Elvis Presley Scotty and Bill, with the encouragement of Sam Phillips, transformed Monroe's slow waltz in 3/4 time, into an upbeat, blues-flavored tune in 4/4 time.
After an early rendition of the song, Sun Records owner Sam Phillips exclaimed, "Boy, that's fine, that's fine. That's a Pop song now!."[5] Presley responded, "That sounds like Carl Perkins!"[6] As with all of the Presley records issued by Sun, the artists were listed as "Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill".[7]
The same night that Dewey Phillips first played the flip side of this first release of Presley's music on WHBQ ("That's All Right"), Sleepy Eye John at WHHM loosed "Blue Moon of Kentucky". Bob Neal of WMPS played the record too. The pop jockeys, entranced by something new, began slipping "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in amongst the easy listening pop of Teresa Brewer, Nat Cole, Tony Bennett and others.[8]
With Presley's version of Monroe's song consistently rated higher, both sides began to chart across the Southern United States.[9] Billoard has the song listed only in Memphis, and as #6 with "That's All Right" at #7 on October 9 in the C&W Territorial Best Sellers.[10] By October 23, "Blue Moon" was in the top 10 in Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans, with "That's All Right" absent from the listings.[11]
Fellow Sun Records artist Charlie Feathers has often claimed that he came up with the arrangement of the song used by Presley.
Other recordingsEdit
In 1954, The Stanley Brothers recorded a version of the song using Presley's 4/4 arrangement with bluegrass instrumentation, neatly bridging the stylistic gap between Monroe's and Presley's approaches.[12] Bill Monroe subsequently rerecorded and performed the song using a mixture of the two styles, starting the song in its original triple metre, 3/4 time, arrangement, then launching into an uptempo 4/4 rendition.
Numerous artists have recorded the song, including John Fogerty, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Ronnie Hawkins, Rory Gallagher, LeAnn Rimes, Paul McCartney, Boxcar Willie, Ray Charles, Jerry Reed, Jimmy Martin, and Raul Seixas.
In 1995, the remaining Beatles - Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr - performed an impromptu 4/4 version of the song that was eventually released on the Bonus DVD of The Beatles Anthology video release. McCartney had earlier performed and released the song in 1991 as part of his appearance on MTV Unplugged.
↑ Sleevenotes to Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, All the Classic Releases, 1937-1949, CD box set by JSP (2003).
↑ a b The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday page 39. ISBN ;: 978-I-4234-2042-2
↑ Official legal title of Crudup's (and Elvis's) 'That's All Right'
↑ The Blue Moon Boys - The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. page 20. ISBN 1-55652-614-8
↑ The Blue Moon Boys - The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. pages 41, 42. ISBN 1-55652-614-8
↑ Elvis '56 DVD
↑ http://www.scottymoore.net/articles.html
↑ EPE (July 21, 2004). "Elvis Presley Sun Recordings". elvis.co.au. Retrieved on August 17, 2007.
↑ Billboard Oct 9, 1954 page 62
↑ Billboard Oct 23, 1954 page 44
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Kentucky's State Bluegrass Song: Blue Moon of Kentucky
NPR report including various versions
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Meet the members of House and Senate ed.
The House and Senate Education committees have started their meeting schedules early in this session.
The House Education committee kicked off the 88th legislative session's committee schedule on Wednesday with a report from Secretary of Education Melody Schopp on the Department of Education's educational outcomes.
On Thursday, the Senate Education committee met for the first time during the 2013 legislative session with a presentation from S.D. Board of Regents Executive Director Dr. Jack Werner on the recent study of the purpose of postsecondary education.
Rep. Jacqueline Sly (District 33) is the Committee Chair and a Majority Whip for the Republican Party. Sly is a retired teacher with 37 years of experience, which she said were mostly spent in the Special Education field.
Rep. Jenna Haggar (District 10) serves as the Committee's Vice Chair. Haggar, a chiropractic assistant, is beginning her second term in the House and said "she was very excited" about serving on the committee at the first meeting.
Rep. Julie Bartling (District 21) returns to the House after a two-year break; she had previously served from 2001-04 in the House and 2005-10 in the Senate. Bartling is the Assistant Minority Leader in the House.
Rep. Blaine Campbell (District 35) is newly elected to the legislature out of Rapid City. Campbell, a subcontractor in the technology industry, said he is looking forward to serving on the committee.
Rep. Scott Ecklund (District 25) begins his first term in the legislature this session. Ecklund is a family physician with 30 years as an Associate Professor at the University of South Dakota Medical School.
Rep. Paula Hawks (District 9) enters her first term in the legislature this year. Hawks lives in Hartford and was a high school science and technology teacher in the West Central School District for 10 years.
Rep. Timothy Johns (District 31) is starting his first year as a legislature in the 88th session. Johns is the Lead-Deadwood School District's attorney.
Rep. Dan Kaiser (District 3) comes to the legislature for his stint hailing from Aberdeen. Kaiser is a war veteran with 10 years of law enforcement service.
Rep. Elizabeth May (District 27) joins the legislature for the first time this year. May is currently a ranch and business owner in Kyle and taught off and on for 20 years.
Rep. Ray Ring (District 17) is beginning his first term in the legislature this year. Ring was an Economics Professor at the University of South Dakota for 33 years and said he has consulted the state's Legislative Research Council in past years.
Rep. James Schaefer (District 26B) returns for his second term in the House and on the education committee. A rancher outside of Kennebec, Schaefer graduated from Northern State University with a teaching degree and taught for seven years.
Rep. Mike Stevens (District 18) makes his way to the legislature for the first time this year. Stevens previously served 22 years on the Yankton School Board.
Rep. Burt Tulson (District 2) is back for his second term in the legislature. Tulson is a substitute teacher and said his wife was a kindergarten teacher for nearly 30 years.
Rep. Kathy Tyler (District 3) comes to the Capital to serve as a legislator for the first time. Tyler was a middle school teacher for 24 years, which she joked was "really, really good preparation for the legislature." She was also a school board member for 13 years.
Rep. Hal Wick (District 12) revisits the legislature for another term in the House. Wick, a retired small business owner from Sioux Falls, is beginning his 19th year in a legislative career that has spanned five decades.
Sen. J. Mark Johnston (District 12) heads the Senate Education Committee as the Chair. Johnston begins his third year in the Senate and is a returning member of the education committee.
Sen. Timothy Rave (District 25) is beginning his third year in the Senate and 11th as a legislator. Rave, a paramedic operations manager out of Baltic, is on the education committee for the third time and will serve as the Vice Chair.
Sen. Angie Buhl (District 15) enters her second term in the Senate. Buhl is the Minority Whip for the Democratic Party. Buhl comes from an education background as her mother was an elementary teacher.
Sen. Phil Jensen (District 33) is switching from the House to the Senate this year, which is fifth as a legislator. Jensen, a small business owner from Rapid City, said at the first committee meeting that he was looking forward to helping the advancement of K-12 education.
Sen. Ryan Maher (District 28) starts his seventh year as Senator this session. Maher is the Majority Whip for the Republican Party and said he was happy to be a part of the committee.
Sen. Bruce Rampelberg (District 30) returns for his second term in the House. A retiree from Rapid City, Rampelberg expressed a "real strong interest in education," at the opening committee meeting.
Sen. Deb Soholt (District 14) is in her inaugural year in the legislature. Soholt, a registered nurse, said she believes healthcare and education are currently in a state of transition.


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EUD has produced materials that the National Associations of the Deaf or any other interested parties can use to do their lobbying work during the European elections 2019.
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A special train service for people living with dementia has been launched in North Yorkshire.
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Alex Celler - Blue Vaudeville For several years now, Greece's Alexandros Berdos—AKA Alex Celler—has been plying his brand of dance floor-focussed tech house on labels like Moon Harbour, Tuning Spork and Cecille. Four-tracker Blue Vaudeville makes no move to deviate from the past. The title track gets to work with vaguely tribalistic percussion, quickly packing in a thick bassline. Pulled from The Matrix and popping up at various junctures, Laurence Fishburne's voice seems wholly pointless here. However, it does pair reasonably well with the transcendent synths which Celler uses for melody.
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Victory for Thabane faction
By Sunday Express	 On Dec 20, 2021
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane
. . . as court okays GNU indaba,
. . . but this could be a pyrrhic victory as faction doesn't have numbers to oust Majoro
Pascalinah Kabi
ALL Basotho Convention (ABC) leader Thomas Thabane and his party's national executive committee (NEC) have been given the greenlight by the Constitutional Court to go ahead with their proposed meeting with all political parties represented in parliament to discuss the formation of a government of national unity (GNU).
The meeting, to discuss the formation of a GNU to replace the current Moeketsi Majoro-administration, had initially been pencilled in for 15 December 2021 at the AME Hall in Maseru. It had to be aborted after two of Dr Majoro's ABC loyalists, Keketso Lepheane and Tlali Mohapi, obtained a last-minute interim Constitutional Court order to stop it pending the finalisation of their application to permanently halt it from proceeding because it allegedly violates the constitution.
Messrs Lepheane and Mohapi have another pending constitutional application to stop Mr Thabane and the NEC from recalling Dr Majoro. That application will be heard on 22 December 2021.
The duo had argued that the proposed GNU meeting was "treasonous" as it had been convened to oust the prime minister.
However, the constitutional bench comprising of Justices Molefi Makara, Keketso Moahloli and Fumane Khabo on Thursday issued a final judgement dismissing Messrs Lepheane and Mohapi's bid to permanently stop the meeting. The bench ruled that their fears that the political parties would engage in treasonous conduct "lacked merit."
But the ruling could well turn out to be a pyrrhic victory for Mr Thabane and his allies. This after the presiding judge Makara warned them against any treasonous conduct at the GNU meeting. He did not clearly articulate what would amount to treasonous behaviour at the meeting, save to say that the security forces would immediately descend on the parties if they ever engaged in such conduct.
"The ABC is calling all spheres of our political landscape to this meeting in accordance with the exercise of the freedom of association which is now being interfaced with the freedom of expression. Under these premises, the court therefore comes to a decision that the fears entertained by the applicants lack merit," Justice Makara said.
"Consequently, the court declines to grant the reliefs sought by the applicants and this is indicative that the court sanctions the contemplated conference to go on as scheduled."
But in a statement that might give the parties a conundrum in their discussions aimed at forming a new government to replace the current one, Justice Makara, said, "the meeting should not risk discussing things which would be unlawful".
"The court is well aware that treason and sedition are offences which should be handled by our security and safety forces at their very first manifestations. In law, for an offence of sedition or treason to stand, it has to be complemented by a treasonable or seditious act.
"The offence does not just lie in the thinking, it must be reciprocated or completed by the acts which will be of a subversive nature and effect. The court concludes by hoping that the conveners of the meeting would not frolic into such dangerous dimensions. We are tired. What we are desiring, what the nation is desiring is peace, progress, development and enjoyment of our God-ordained human rights and fundamental freedoms," Justice Makara said.
It remains to be seen how the ABC and the other parties will negotiate this conundrum and refrain from treason and sedition as per Justice Makara's warning.
The meeting, called for by the ABC's secretary general Lebohang Hlaele, appears to have been a carefully orchestrated ploy to remove Dr Majoro by mobilising other parties that have previously demanded a GNU but are not in the current coalition. These include the opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and Alliance of Democrats (AD). If the Thabane faction were to convene the meeting and garner the support of all or most of the parties represented in parliament to form a GNU peacefully, and without retort to any violence, then that action will be perfectly lawful. But that is a likely tall order as some key parties have rejected the faction's GNU overtures while others remain undecided. That still renders the Thabane faction's court victory a pyrrhic one.
The ABC's NEC voted to recall Dr Majoro on 2 December 2021. It had then resolved to replace him with the now fired cabinet minister and current ABC deputy secretary general, Nkaku Kabi.
But Dr Majoro refused to resign and make way for Mr Kabi. He even taunted his own party, saying only legislators in parliament had the power to propose people for appointment as prime ministers by His Majesty, King Letsie III. Equally, only MPs could remove premiers through a no confidence vote in parliament, he said.
Parliament is currently on its annual Christmas break and even if it was in session, it does not appear that the Thabane faction has enough numbers to remove him if he maintains his rejection of his recall. The GNU effort is meant to overcome that hurdle by enticing parties like the LCD and AD, that have a combined 23 seats, and have previously vociferously supported the idea of a GNU. But even if the LCD and AD emerge to support the recall, the Thabane faction will likely fall short of the required majority to oust Dr Majoro.
The Democratic Congress (DC), which anchors the current coalition alongside the ABC, has categorically stated its opposition to the GNU. So is Professor Nqosa Mahao's Basotho Action Party (BAP) which has dismissed the whole GNU idea as a ruse by the Thabane faction to help it win its factional wars at the expense of the national interest.
The DC and BAP have a combined 37 seats. Given that other political parties are still cagey about the idea of a GNU and that some ABC MPs, especially those already serving in Dr Majoro's cabinet, are unlikely to support his overthrow for fear of losing their plum jobs, it is doubtful that the GNU idea will ever materialize even if the Thabane faction convenes the GNU meeting. With 37 seats of the DC and BAP already supporting Dr Majoro, it will be difficult for the Thabane faction to garner the simple majority to oust Dr Majoro. Under the present constitution, only a simple majority is required to oust a prime minister. But under proposed reforms, a two thirds majority would be required in future to remove the prime minister.
DC deputy leader and Home Affairs Minister, Motlalentoa Letsosa, on Wednesday said his party "has always been opposed to a GNU because we don't see how it will benefit the country and its people".
BAP leader, Nqosa Mahao, told a Wednesday press conference that a GNU was not in the best interests of the nation. He said it was a ploy by an ABC faction to lure all political parties into its fold to help it win its internal fight with its rivals for control of the party. Prof Mahao was ABC deputy leader from 2019 until April this year when he jumped ship to form the BAP. He cited a plot by Messrs Thabane, Hlaele and Dr Majoro to oust him from the party. It is therefore understandable that he would prefer to watch his erstwhile rivals tear each other apart than help them resolve their power struggles.
Other parties are also sitting on the fence. In separate interviews with this publication, they said they could only comment on the issue after they have heard the ABC's proposals regarding what is in store for them should they agree to the GNU arrangement.
In his 13 December 2021 letter inviting the parties to the GNU meeting two days later, Mr Hlaele had said his party "has come to a realisation that the time has come for political parties to put aside our differences and work together to prepare a new Lesotho for the benefit of the entire Basotho nation".
"Based on the latest developments unfolding in the country, we are inviting political parties in the 10th parliament to meet with us to apply our thoughts on the formation of a new government inclusive of all political parties in parliament, a government that will lead the country to next year's elections which will be free and transparent, where everyone will be able to freely participate without any hurdles on their way.
"Based on the sensitivity and urgency of this issue, we are inviting you to a meeting on Wednesday 15 December 2021 at AME Hall at 2pm to discuss working details and how best we can run with this issue going forward (sic). We would appreciate your cooperation for the benefit of the development of the country and wellbeing of the entire Basotho nation," Mr Hlaele said.
The meeting was then halted after Dr Majoro's allies won an interim interdict against it. But now that the court has given it the greenlight, albeit with the caveat that it should not engage in treason, Lesotho is assured of more political drama.
Mahase dismisses bizarre Thabane application to escape jail
Lekulo resigns from LNA post


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For those who have been to India, the book will immediately transport you back there with scenes of its beggars, rickshaws, holy cows, saddhus and temples and earthenware teacups handed out by Chawallahs easily visualised from Kusy's writings. There's also the remembrances of train ticket queues and "purgatory" rooftop and buttock numbing journeys aboard buses, boats trains and tuk-tuks. "Express trains", taking 41 hours to travel 2,175km provide a timely reminder of why the advent of cheap flights these days may indeed be not such a bad thing!
Underpinning the book is Kusy's obvious love of the country and which has seen him continuously return there. But whether it is the funny Indian "signs", beautiful sights encountered or simply dealing with the hardships of daily travel, Kevin and I in India ensures a great read of the ultimate backpacking trip through India in the 80's. Told in raw and honest fashion the story doesn't try to sell you India, but everything about it screams out just how amazing this country is and why every backpacker worth his or her salt, should definitely get there at some point in their life.


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Where do you think WW3 will start?
Thread starter Saucycarpdog
karamazovnew
Let's see...
Europe? nope because we rely on Soviet gas.
Africa? Yeah right, they have constant wars there but nobody seems to care.
Israel? Too well defended. Except if they attack first. Which they have done before and again, nobody seemed to care.
South America? Yeah... right...
Oceania? Nope. Too damn peaceful.
So that only leaves Iran, North Korea and China.
North Korea has made such a bad name for itself that even China wouldn't support them. On the contrary, I'd imagine they invade it first to keep the US out. And since the ideology is the same nobody would have anything to say about it, plus the population would welcome them. South Korea and Japan would also win from this, not having to care about nukes anymore.
China, well somebody suggested a case of civil war. But considering just how tight security is (Falun Gong is a great example of how they deal with pretty much any level of unrest), no way.
So that only leaves Iran and it's the "best" option for an all out world war. They've been surrounded on all sides which almost gives them the right to actually own nuclear weapons for defense. The population is very much behind their leaders. Even the opposition would hate a "liberating US army". The Russians have so far supported Iran and an invasion would plunge the US deeper into recession, China would buy everything in America, raise the dollar, crash the US home economy which would then lead to war with China to recover the assets. By this time Russia would jump to the aid of Iran to get their hands on the whole Middle East. This would draw North Korea out, India might take advantage and attack Pakistan. Israel might nuke somebody or get nuked themselves, well... you got the picture.
Malikaw
*You must see the reality of the situation. Do you know how many times we've come close to world war three over a flock of geese on a computer screen? Do you know what triggered the last world war? An argument over how many telegraph poles Germany owed its war debt creditors! Telegraph poles! Ha ha ha ha HA! It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side?*
I don't know where WW3 will start >.<. I think it will occur because of something silly involving hacking, or an assassination of a Dictator or President in the middle east. BUT MOST LIKELY THE DECLINING OF RESOURCES, that we will fight over the remaining of.
On the plus side anybody know where that quote came from, it sort of had to do with the topic on hand and person that names it gets a cookie.
Pig Mazurka
Underwater. No one expects the fish...
Andothul said:
BonsaiK said:
Saucycardog said:
The title says it.
Do you think world war 3 will start in Israel? Germany? North Korea? Australia?
It won't happen. The political and cultural landscape of the planet has permanently changed in such a way as to make a third world war impossible. The closest thing we'll ever get is the current "war on terror" which really isn't a world war any more than the "war on drugs" is a world war.
That's a rather naive assessment off the world in my opinion.
While i agree it won't happen now, that doesn't mean its impossible and any student of history knows that is fact it is inevitable.
My professor explained it this way. The world is one big powder keg, all it needs the right fuse and a spark. That fuse will most likely be a fight over the Earths ever lessening resources most likely oil.
Also anyone who knows a bit about history knows that you cannot have 2 world superpowers. The world isnt big enough for 2 and one will fall. China is quickly becoming a superpower
Edit: And to the Original question i'd say the Korean Penisula or the Indian/Pakistan
I would argue that China is a regional superpower with dreams of becoming a world wide one, such as the U.S. is right now, but I don't see it happening without a major shift in how they govern. They are increasingly having troubles trying to keep the rural farmers and villages happy, they receive foreign aide, and they don't have a blue water navy, though they are working quite hard on the last bit. Couple it with a declining population (severe shortage of women) and India's rise, and I would say India is the most likely nation to attain Superpower status.
PMorgan18
dashiz94 said:
Um...I'm pretty sure Germany started the second World War when they INVADED Poland.
They wouldn't have invaded Poland if it wasn't for the ridiculousness of the Treaty of Versailles.
The treaty destroyed the German economy allowing Hitler to rise to power and use the German people's hatred and distrust to setup his Third Reich.
Like others have said, I reckon it's already started. The middle east is already at war and things between China and USA and just gonna get worse as China gets more powerful. I'm not sure about the rest of the world but here in Australia we are getting almost overrun by imagrants and they're trying to change our culture so that's not gonna end well. Somethings gonna give eventually and it won't be pretty when it does. I say the all out world war will start somewhere in the middle east.
Prince Regent
tycho0042 said:
My guess will be North korea invades south korea, we move to assist,, china moves for north korea then bam, whole thing goes to hell
Tough I always wanted to go to Asia I wonder what good the deployment of Escapists will do. Tough you're right in that it would probably go to hell.
Anyway if there's going to be a third WW I'm guessing it will only be after the major economical and military power has shifted to asia and most notably China. But I wouldn't expect a world war anytime soon. Maybe in 40 years or so.
dashiz94
PMorgan18 said:
Oh! You were referring back to one of the initial causes of the war. Okay, that makes sense then. I thought you were honestly going to make the point that England and France retaliating to Germany started WWII. But nope, I see that you actually know your history. Good for you.
camsha
wherever I say it will
Zeema
The Furry Gamer
All GANG UP ON AMERICA
just saying i called it
That was a root cause, but the war itself didn't start until they invaded Poland. Trying to put all the blame on Britain and France really isn't fair since the German people knew full well what was going on at this point.
Professor James
I think it's going to happen on Earth.
Astoria said:
here in Australia we are getting almost overrun by imagrants and they're trying to change our culture so that's not gonna end well. Somethings gonna give eventually and it won't be pretty when it does. I say the all out world war will start somewhere in the middle east.
Australian culture?
Oh your religious values based upon reverence for the land and your a belief in a "Dreamtime". Most of those imigrants probably don't even know how to play the didgeridoo.
Good luck in stopping those Imigrants that are "trying to change your culture"
Les Awesome
Azerbaijan, those jerks are the masterminds of all the world wars
BanicRhys
I don't like that the OP assumes that WW3 is an eventuality.
NinjaOnXTC
A super-power war will probably happen some time soon, it's cause will be the exponential increase in cyber-terrorism and it being linked back to China, this is annoy USA and they will declare war, then Fallout will become reality .
Prince Regent said:
Oh your religious values based upon reverence for the land and your a belief in a "Dreamtime" will all change. Most of those imigrants probably don't even know how to play the didgeridoo.
An example is some schools aren't allowed to celebrate Christmas because there is one muslim child at the school. Believe it or not we do have a culture here in Australia and it's being taken away from us.
renegade7
Wars don't just start one day, there's years of buildup before actual hostilities, and a lot has to go wrong before actual conflict occurs. Fortunately, most countries in the world put a lot of resources into preventing war, so I doubt a WW3 is likely.


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