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Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet changed color as it neared the sun. Here's why.
By Rafi Letzter - Staff Writer 07 February 2020
A solar pass made Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko much bluer.
A single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
(Image: © ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM)
The Rosetta spacecraft's rubber ducky comet has slowly changed color as it moved through space, from red to blueish and then red again.
According to a new paper published Feb. 5 in the journal Nature, the color change is a signal of a water cycle on the first comet ever visited by a human probe. As comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (Rosetta's comet's full name) crossed a boundary in its orbit around the sun, known as the frost line, ice began to turn to gas on its surface, sublimating away into space. When that happened, an outer layer of dirty ice on the comet's surface, full of reddish dust, blew away into the vacuum, revealing the bluer, cleaner ice underneath.
It's as if the comet had its own "seasons," the researchers wrote.
Related: Spectacular comet photos (Gallery)
The changes described here took place over a long time, between January 2015 and August 2016, the researchers wrote. That was the midpoint of Rosetta's time at the comet. The European Space Agency orbiter arrived on Aug. 6, 2014, and crashed into the comet itself on Sept. 30, 2016.
A diagram shows how the comet changed from redder to bluer and back to red again as it passed the sun. (Image credit: European Space Agency)
There were, in fact, two opposite cycles at work around the comet, the researchers wrote. Approaching the sun and crossing the frost line — about three times Earth's distance from the sun — exposed that more pristine, blue surface. But the coma, a hazy region around the solid nucleus made of dust and gas, got redder.
What caused that reddening? "Grains made of organic material and amorphous carbon in the coma" the researchers wrote.
In other words, all those microscopic grains of carbon-rich dust that melted off the comet's surface stopped reddening the surface and started reddening the coma.
Once the comet moved away from the sun again, its solid core reddened again as dust once again settled on the surface of the nucleus.
These changes, viewed over months from a color-sensitive camera that Rosetta trained on the comet, would not have been visible from Earth, the researchers said in a statement. Earth-based telescopes can't precisely distinguish a faraway comet's nucleus and coma. And comets often go through temporary changes that might confuse a telescope observing a comet in brief snapshots. Rosetta's two-year observation allowed for a more robust analysis of long-term trends.
Even though Rosetta's mission is over, the researchers wrote, there's still lots of data left to comb through, and more discoveries of this kind will likely be revealed.
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Although a smartphone is a communications necessity, your cel phone may be revealing more about you than you'd like. Cel phones today are offering services such as GPS navigation, Internet access and more. Plus the devices are also gathering information about you — data being marketed by your cellular provider to advertisers and other commercial services. It's called location-based services and advertising.
Cell phone and GPS tracking technology is increasing at a rapid pace. It is important to consider how this technology impacts your privacy when you purchase and use your cell phone.
Mobile ad services combine information from your phone's GPS location feature with other data from your service provider and package it up for sale to advertisers, keeping tabs on people through tags uploaded to their phones called cookies.
Can GPS tracking on my cel phone disclose my location?
Increasingly, the answer is yes. In the past, your general location could be verified by looking at your phone records to determine which tower was used to connect your call. Now, your location can often be tracked in real-time if your phone is turned on. Initially the notion behind location-based GPS tracking was public safety, but many companies are exploring commercial opportunities as well. These all revolve around location based cel phone GPS tracking services.
* GPS tracking system compares the timing of radio signals from satellites in space.
* Triangulation collects directional signals from cell phone towers.
* Wi-Fi local area networks track high-frequency radio signals from transmitters.
It is likely that the trend of including location-tracking components will continue as cell phone manufacturers comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enhanced 911 (E911) rule. The FCC's E911 initiative requires cell phone carriers to be able to pinpoint their customers' locations within 100 meters, so emergency responders can reach them in a crisis.
LBS can be used in a variety of contexts, such as health, work, personal life, etc. LBS include services to identify a location of a person or object, such as discovering the nearest banking cash machine or the whereabouts of a friend or employee. LBS include parcel tracking and vehicle tracking services. LBS can include mobile commerce when taking the form of coupons or advertising directed at customers based on their current location. They include personalized weather services and even location-based games. They are an example of telecommunication convergence.


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From Sao Vicente to Porto Moniz, Madeira
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To follow where we went and where these pictures were taken, use this map of Madeira. Recap: the main city is Funchal where we were staying on the south side of the island (see post on our hotel). In an earlier post, we had pictures of Pico de Ariero, one of the peaks in the middle of the island. Our bus took us from the peak to Santana on the north shore and continued along the shoreline to Sao Vicente (see last post).
In this post, we are posting pictures taken on the way from Sao Vicente to Porto Moniz located at the north western tip of the island. Most of Sao Vicente is hidden in the valley just behind the beach near where the main north-south cross-island thoroughfare ends.
We continued heading west towards Porto Moniz at the northwestern tip of the island in the bright yellow bus from Windsor Tours.
We stopped at another view point near Seixal. The city was visible in the background.
A waterfall splashes directly into the ocean. The old cliff side road is still visible. We used a 2-lane highway-tunnel to get through this area.
Near Seixal on the northern coast of Madeira.
Rocks and cliffs. In case you are wandering, the green bars in the sky were reflections of the interior lights (not to be confused with the birds) – many of the photos shown here were shot on a moving bus.
It must be so scenic to sail around these rocks and look at them at sea level.
Porto Moniz.
This was the turnaround point where we began to head back to the other side of the island.
Porto Moniz is famous for its natural swimming pool. Too bad we did not have time to jump in.
From Santana to Sao Vicente, Madeira
Continuing with the day trip around Madeira … after Pico de Arieiro, the bus took us north to reach the other side of the island (relative to the main city of Funchal) and started to climb again as it headed west. See the cliff on the right ? Remember that there were houses on top.
In this photo, the houses on the cliff were at about the same elevation as our tour bus – but we were separated by a valley.
The picture below is not taken from a plane but from the bus about 8 minutes after I took the picture above. You may recognize the same string of houses that are built on a cliff. That's how far the bus had climbed!
In the above photo, the eastern tip of the island is clearly visible. The landscape is beautiful and dramatic.
Santana is one of the bigger village/city on the north shore. We stopped there to visit the traditional small thatched triangular houses – they were a bit touristy but cheerful.
From Santana, we went along the shore in a east-to-west direction. We stopped at Beira de Quinta – one of the most beautiful view points.
Beira da Quinta overlooks Arco de São Jorge which is situated on a plateau next to the ocean.
The view at Beira de Quinta is stunning – even having a wide angle lens on the camera, it was not possible to capture the vastness of open space that was in front of us here – the open Atlantic Ocean on the right, and on the other side an arc of a mountain sits behind a plateau, casting a shadow on half of the plateau with terra-cotta roofed houses.
Looking further west.
After the view point, the bus descended onto the plateau and continued along a road that runs along the cliff. Our destination for lunch is at Sao Vicente, located roughly in the middle of the north shore.
The restaurant is situated right by the ocean at the base of a cliff and it has a gimmick.
The dining room rotates very slowly – about one revolution per hour so that all the diners have a chance to be seated at the waterfront.
For lunch, we were served fried black scabbardfish fish (I think) and fried banana, and Madeira wine of course.
Pictures of the trip continue in our next post.
Pico de Arieiro, Madeira
One day before A and F's wedding and after most of the guests had arrived from mainland Europe the night before, A's parents arranged a day trip for all the guests to see the island. A tour bus came by the hotel in Funchal, the main port and city, to pick up all the visiting wedding guests – the bride and groom came along with us – so it became a party bus.
Some of the pictures may appear blurry or patchy. That is because many were taken in the bus on the move through glass that might be reflecting some interior lights.
Our first destination was Pico de Arieiro which is the third highest peak on the island (1818 m, 5965 ft).
The road was winding and narrow, and the bus had to skirt right against the barrier when there is a vehicle on the other side. As we gained elevation, there were no trees to block our view. The passing scenery was great as was the illusion that we were about to fall off or fly off.
We think Madeira and the Spanish Canary islands are to Europeans like the Hawaiian islands are to mainland Americans. However, Madeira is much closer than Hawaii to the mainland, and it is in fact closer to the African continent than to Portugal (same latitude as Casablanca I was told).
At the top of Pico de Arieiro, there is an observatory, a gift shop and a small exhibit about local birds.
There is a path that leads northwards towards Pico Ruivo (1861m, 6106 ft), which is I think the highest peak in the island. That path has a daily average of 1000 tourists trekking on it, according to Wikipedia. It looked fairly easy – we could have done it if we had more time.
On the day, the weather was fine with partial cloud coverage of the surrounding peaks. Supposedly on a clear day, one can see both sides of the island as well as the neighboring island of Porto Santos; but on a cloudy day, the place can be completely covered by mists with zero visibility.
Madeira reminded me specifically of the big island of Hawaii. Both are volcanic in origin and each has an observatory at the top of the mountain. The difference is that Mauna Kea in Hawaii was 4,207 m (13,803 ft) and the air was so thin that it was hard to breathe at the top.
After the bus came down from Pico de Arieiro,we went through Ribeiro Frio ("cold river"), an area that is designated a UNESCO world heritage nature site due to the prehistoric wild Laurisilva forest. A trout farm is located here, however we did not stop as there were too many people.
After many more hairpin turns, ascents and descents, the bus took us north towards the shore. We passed the town of Faial.
The tour continues with our next post.
CS Madeira Atlantic Hotel & Spa
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Last month (October), we came to the Portuguese island of Madeira to attend a wedding of Sue's friend. Her friend, A who is from Madeira was marrying F from France.
A's family is in the travel business and they put together a wonderful package for the bridegroom's family and guests who came to the island. All visitors stayed at the CS Madeira Atlantic Hotel & Spa.
The bulk of the hotel and rooms are on top of the cliff while the spa and pools are right next to the ocean. There are several elevators that take guests up and down the cliff.
A water aerobics class had just started in the pool.
The hotel was rather quiet as it was not yet the peak season. The atmosphere was very relaxing – the pool and spa services were at our disposal. Neither the ceremony nor the reception was held at the hotel. Because the place is so spread out, it would feel a bit impersonal. For us, the arrangement was great because we had a chance to make new friends and be part of the party for the entire stay.
There is a dive site near the rock just offshore.
The hotel has two infinity pools.
Madeira is a subtropical volcanic island but surprisingly it has no beaches. The hotel built these jetties (see photo below) that allow guests to access the ocean – one can just jump off – it is not very deep as the bottom is just visible but deep enough for diving in head first.
More pictures of the island will be posted soon.
Swiss French versus Parisian French
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Tagged french
There are about 1.6 million French-speakers in Switzerland, about 20% of the total population. My tutor is Swiss and has lived his entire life in Lausanne. His father is French. I(Chris) suspect that I will be learning French with a slighty Swiss accent. But it is really not a concern one way or the other, because my English-American accent will be so strong that it will mask any Swiss influence.
Unlike the spoken standard German (Hochdeutsch) and Swiss German, there is as far as I know not much difference between Parisian French and Swiss French. A Swiss French speaker would have no trouble understanding a French speaker, while a French speaker would encounter only a few unfamiliar Swiss French words. The French also thinks the Swiss speaks relatively slowly and any deviations are just provincial (at least for the Parisians).
I will keep a running list of the differences here. In my first class, to check my competence, my tutor and I went over the numbers quickly. In France, the number 60 is soixante. To go higher than 69, one must also know base 20 mathematics. For 70, it is soixante-dix (sixty-ten). For 80, it is quatre-vingts (four-twenties) and 90 is quatre-vingts-dix (four-twenties-ten). The Swiss saved us from that mental calculation – 70 is septante (sept is 7), 80 is huitante (huit is 8) and 90 is nonante (neuf is 9, so this one is a bit different). Huitante is used mostly in the cantons of Vaud, Valais, and Fribourg, but not so much in Geneva or Neuchatel.
Hegistbury Head, Dorset
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While we were staying at Bournemouth, V took us to see Hegistbury Head which is located at the Eastern end of an arc that spans a stretch of the Dorset coastline, with Bournemouth roughly in the midpoint and Sandbanks at the Western end. See our earlier post about Sandbanks.
On our way to Hegistbury Head, we stopped along Southbourne's Overcliff Drive to see the (mostly empty) beaches below.
After passing rows of homes, we reached a parking lot with a cafe which marks the beginning of a nature reserve area. From here, we took a little train to Hegistbury Head.
The train took us through a shrubby area and then across a marshland on a paved path, we could see a row of beach houses in a distance.
They are not houses but rather large, very colourful cabins – much bigger than those we saw at Swanage.
The cliffs at the tip of the Isle of Wight from the beach.
Out of the blue sky in a flash was a formation of Red Arrows jets.
The Red Arrows is the British Royal Air Force aerobatic team (like the Blue Angels of the US navy).
There must be an air show nearby in Christchurch. Lucky us to have seen this unexpected feat.
As soon as the smoke trails faded, the weather changed suddenly with dark clouds rolling in from the north east direction across Christchurch Harbour.
Very dramatic dark clouds.
The ferry was rushing back to Mudeford on the other side of the harbour.
On the Channel side, it was just as spectacular.
Luckily, we were not caught by the rain and managed to get back on the train to the parking lot. We even managed to see a rainbow!
This is a Google map overhead view of Hegistbury Head with the harbour on the left and the Channel on the right.
Corfe Castle, Dorset
Corfe Castle is on a hill overlooking the village which bears its name in Dorset, England. We and V got here by steam train from Swanage (see earlier post).
The castle was built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century and commands a high point in the Purbeck Hills overlooking the area from Wareham to Swanage. Apparently, it was one of the earliest castles in England to be built using stone.
The castle was bought by John Bankes, Attorney General to Charles I in 1635. Bankes was a Royalist and the castle was besieged for many months during the English Civil War.
In the end, the Parliamentarians entered the castle and ordered it demolished, which resulted in the castle's current form. The stones were taken by locals to build their homes in the village.
The castle was bequeathed by the Bankes family in the 1980's to the National Trust which declared it a "nationally important" historic building and archaeological site.
From the castle which sits on top of a hill, looking north, Poole and its harbor are clearly visible.
Looking south, one can see the village of Corfe Castle and farms beyond which is the coastline. The white tents visible near the entrance were set up for a temporary exhibition about medieval life.
After visiting the castle, we wanted to have cream tea but were too late for the National Trust tea room. So we settled for the Bankes Arms and it was disappointing.
The scones were ok but the clotted cream was just not what we expected as it came out in plastic cups and tasted heavy and blend. Well, I (Chris) lived several years in Devon and had some very nice memories of Devonshire cream tea. Perhaps, because we were in Dorset ?!
At the end of the day, we took the other Purbeck Breezer route no. 40 from Corfe Castle back to Poole. So we circled Poole Harbour once in the clockwise direction. See earlier post about the no. 50 Purbeck Breezer which we took from Westbourne, crossed the entrance to Poole Harbour near Sandbanks, and reached Swanage.
We really had a great time with V touring the sights of Dorset by public transportation.
Swanage Heritage Railway
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After a fish'n'chips lunch by the Swanage waterfront (see earlier post), we and V stumbled into this train station while strolling in town. There was a train on the platform for Corfe Castle. We bought tickets hurriedly as the train was very much ready to depart (judging by the puffs of steam pouring out of the locomotive). We did not even know the timetable.
According to Wikipedia, the Swanage Railway was opened in 1885. After more than 70 years of service, it was due for closure in the 60's as the British railway infrastructure was being electrified. British Rail was proposing a bus service to connect Wareham and Swanage but it was deemed inadequate to handle the traffic in the summer months. Remember, Swanage is a beach town.
The line was closed in January 1972. But 4 months later, the Swanage Railway Society was formed with the objective of restoring an all-the-year-round community railway service linking to the main line at Wareham and which would be 'subsidised' by the operation of steam-hauled heritage trains during the holidays.
The Swanage Railway was about 6 miles in total linking Swanage to Nordon via Corfe Castle and Wareham. It reopened in 1995.
I (Chris) vaguely remember the upholstered seats in this type of carriages – the doors cannot be opened easily from the inside – most people lean out and turn the door handle on the outside.
As I leaned out the window, some unknown fine particles were hitting my face. It did not look black so I was not sure if it was soot.
Later during the day, we saw another steam locomotive. It was pulling a Pullman first class carriage with big windows. The Pullman luxury train concept was pioneered by George Pullman, an American that developed the sleeping car. The Pullman mainline rail service that ran in these parts of the UK ended in the late 60's, so these carriages are more than 50 years old.
Corfe Castle signal box(?) at the railway station.
Waiting room at the Corfe Castle railway station.
More about Corfe Castle in our next post.

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# The Node.js Event Loop, Timers, and process.nextTick()

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## What is the Event Loop?

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Why face-recognition technology has a bias problem in 2020
charlesdrewelementary August 13, 2020 Leave a Comment on Why face-recognition technology has a bias problem in 2020 Posted in News, Technology
Ongoing U.S. protests over racially biased policing will also be putting a spotlight on the tools of law enforcement, such as broadly used — but completely unregulated — facial recognition technologies.
Democrats in Congress are probing the FBI and other federal agencies to determine whether the surveillance software has been deployed against protesters, while states such as California and New York are considering legislation to ban police use of their technology.
At exactly the exact same time, major technology companies within the specialty are edging away from their artificial intelligence creations. Amazon on Wednesday declared a one-year drop in authorities use of its controversial facial recognition product, known as Rekognition, after years of pressure from civil rights advocates. IBM also recently announced it was abandoning facial-recognition research altogether, citing concerns about the human rights implications.
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What's in a face?
Law enforcement employs a selection of technology to make their jobs easier, but facial investigation is one which is especially powerful — and potentially harmful.
So-called"facial analysis" systems may be put to many uses, including mechanically deleting your iPhone, allowing a person to a building, identifying the sex or race of a person, or determining if the face matches a mugshot.
The problem is that no analysis process is precise. And while that's less of an issue when it comes to a locked iPhone, it becomes a major obstacle when used to recognize suspects that are human.
Rekognition, Amazon system, after identified Oprah Winfrey as man, of the way the software can fail in one notable example. It's also wrongly matched 28 members of Congress to some mugshot database. Another identification instrument year flagged a Brown University student in Sri Lanka bombings for a defendant, along with the pupil went on to get death threats.
"If you examine the top three companies [in the field], not one of them plays 100% precision. So we're experimenting in real time with real humans," said Rashida Richardson, director of policy research in the AI Now Institute.
Research indicates these errors are not aberrations. An MIT study of three industrial gender-recognition systems found they had mistakes rates of around 34 percent for dark-skinned women — a rate nearly 49 times that for white guys.
A Commerce Department study last year showed similar findings. Looking at cases where an algorithm erroneously identified two different individuals as the same individual, the study found that error rates for African people were just two orders of magnitude higher than for Eastern Europeans, who revealed the lowest rates.
Repeating this exercise over a U.S. mugshot database, the researchers discovered that calculations had the highest error rates for Native Americans and high prices for black and Asian girls.
Absolutely imperfect
The bias and inaccuracy study shows comes down to how these tools are developed. Algorithms"find out" to identify a face after being shown countless images of individual faces. But if are white men, the machine is going to have a more difficult time.
Joy Buolamwini, a top researcher on algorithmic bias, found this out the hard way as an undergraduate in computer science. One of her assignments necessitated interacting with a robot equipped with personal computer vision, but the robot was unable to"see" her. She later found that a pc camera did not understand her face — until she placed on a white mask.
"What a great number of these systems are doing are taking a look at vast amounts of information to comprehend the patterns inside, and then being used against another database to function in the real world," Richardson explained.
Some scientists believe that, with sufficient"training" of artificial intelligence and vulnerability to a widely representative database of individuals, algorithms' bias issue can be eliminated. Yet a system that classifies individuals can be dangerous, experts say.
For example,"smart policing" systems often rely on information showing past crime patterns to predict where crime are likely to happen in future. However, data on reported crime are heavily affected by authorities and, instead of being impartial,"is a reflection of the department's priorities and practices; local, state or federal interests; and individual and institutional biases," Richardson said in a recent paper.
There's no regulation for This
Calculations are, activists and researchers agree that the inverse — a system which could perfectly identify any person — could be much worse, as it could spell the end of privacy as Americans understand it.
"Face surveillance is harmful when it works when it doesn't," that the ACLU's Kade Crockford said during recent testimony to the Boston City Council.
That's why an increasing number of folks are calling for government limitations. Currently, facial surveillance from the U.S. is largely unregulated.
"To get something that disturbs my face once I look at my phone, I do not care. I want it to be good enough to secure my telephone, but it doesn't need to explain itself ," he said. Who is going to answer this?"
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Concurrent Programming with J2SE 5.0
By Qusay H. Mahmoud,
Java is a multithreaded programming language that makes programming with threads easier, by providing built-in language support for threads. The built-in primitives however, such as synchronized blocks, Object.wait(), and Object.notify() are insufficient for many programming tasks. This leads developers to implement their own high-level synchronization facilities, but given the difficulty of concurrency issues, their implementations may not be correct, efficient, or high quality.
The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition release 5.0 (J2SE 5.0), which is also known as Tiger, has provided a new path to multithreading in the Java programming language. The original mechanisms for coordinating threads with wait() and notify() are now enhanced with new and sophisticated mechanisms for working with threads. The new mechanisms are part of the java.util.concurrent package, which aims to offer a standard set of concurrency utilities that will ease the task of developing multithreaded applications and servers. In addition, such standards will improve the quality of such applications. The package has been defined through the Java Community Process as JSR 166: Concurrency Utilities.
This article provides an overview and an introductory tutorial to the new concurrency mechanisms that have been added to J2SE 5.0. It helps developers get started using the new java.util.concurrent package and its subpackages.
Limitations of Built-in Synchronization in J2SE 1.4.x
When writing multithread applications, the issues that may create difficulties are related to data synchronization; these are the errors that make design harder, and such errors are hard to detect. Built-in synchronization (methods and blocks) are fine for many lock-based applications, but they do have their own limitations, such as:
No way to back off from an attempt to acquire a lock that is already held, or to give up after waiting for a specified period of time, or to cancel a lock attempt after an interrupt.
No way to alter the semantics of a lock, for example, with respect to reentrancy, read versus write protection, or fairness.
No access control for synchronization. Any method can perform synchronized(obj) for any accessible object.
Synchronization is done within methods and blocks, thus limiting use to strict block-structured locking. In other words, you cannot acquire a lock in one method and release it in another.
Such problems can be overcome by using utility classes to control locking, such as Mutex, which is another term for a lock. A mutex, however, doesn't nest like synchronization methods or blocks.
public class Mutex {
public void acquire() throws InterruptedException { }
public void release() { }
public boolean attempt(long msec) throws InterruptedException { }
Which then can be used as:
mutex.acquire();
mutex.release();
} catch(InterruptedException ie) {
With J2SE 5.0, however, developers do not need to re-invent the wheel by implementing such utility classes. They can use the standardized classes that provide the common building blocks for developing multithreaded applications.
JSR 166 Concurrency Utilities
The JSR 166 (Concurrency Utilities) specification aims to standardize a simple, extensible framework that organizes commonly-used utilities for concurrent programming into a small package that can be easily learned by developers. It also aims to provide high-quality implementations consisting of classes and interfaces for atomic variables, locks, barriers, semaphores and condition variables, queues and related collections designed for multithreaded use, and thread pools and a custom execution framework.
The classes and interfaces are similar to those in Doug Lea's util.concurrent package, which has been available since the late 1990's. The java.util.concurrent package now includes improved and standardized versions of the main components in Lea's package. Similar packages include Sourceforge's Project: Java HPC Organization: Summary, and the JThreadKit Release 1.0.4.
Overview of the Concurrency Utilities
The java.util.concurrent package in J2SE 5.0 provides classes and interfaces aiming to simplify the development of concurrent classes and applications by providing high quality implementations of common building blocks used in concurrent applications. The package includes classes optimized for concurrent access, including:
Task scheduling framework: The Executor framework is for standardizing invocation, scheduling, execution, and control of asynchronous tasks according to a set of execution policies. Tasks are allowed to be executed within the submitting thread, in a single background thread (events in Swing), in a newly created thread, or in a thread pool. Also, the built-in implementations offer configurable policies such as queue length limits and saturation policy that can improve the stability of applications by preventing runaway source consumption.
Concurrent collections: New collection classes have been added, including Queue and BlockingQueue interfaces, as well as high-performance concurrent implementations of Map, List, and Queue.
Atomic variables: The java.util.concurrent.atomic package provides classes for automatically manipulating single variables, which can be primitive types or references. The implementations offer higher performance than would be available by using synchronization. This is useful for implementing high performance concurrent algorithms and for implementing counters and sequence number generators.
Synchronizers: General purpose synchronization classes that facilitate coordination between threads have been added including: semaphores, mutexes, barriers, latches, and exchangers
Locks: The synchronized keyword can be used for locking, but as mentioned earlier, this built-in monitor has its own limitations. The java.util.concurrent.locks provides a high-performance lock implementation, and also allows developers to specify a timeout when attempting to acquire a lock, multiple condition variables per lock, non-nested scoped locks, and support for interrupting threads that are waiting to acquire a lock.
Nanosecond-granularity timing: The new java.lang.System.nanotime() method that provides high-precision timing facilities has been added to enable access to nanosecond-granularity time source for making relative time measurements, and methods that accept timeouts such as BlockingQueue.offer(), BlockingQueue.poll(), Lock.tryLock(), Condition.wait(), and Thread.sleep(). Note that the precision of nanotime() is platform-dependent.
Using the new java.util.concurrent package offers a number of advantages, including:
Reduced programming effort: It is easier to use a standard class than re-inventing the wheel
Increased performance: The implementations have been developed and tested by concurrency and performance experts, and therefore, they are faster and more scalable than typical implementations
Increased reliability: The low-level concurrency primitives (such as synchronized, wait(), and notify()) are difficult to use correctly...and errors are not easy to detect or debug. On the other hand, the concurrency utilities are standardized and extensively tested against deadlock, starvation, or race conditions.
Improved maintainability: Applications that are based on standardized packages are easier to maintain
Increased productivity: Programmers are likely to already understand the standard library classes, so there is no need to learn new APIs
java.util.concurrent Package
The java.util.concurrent package provides utility classes commonly useful for data synchronization, including:
Semaphore: A classic concurrency tool
CyclicBarrier: A resettable multiway synchronization point (useful for parallel programming)
CountDownLatch: A utility for blocking until a given number of signals, events, or conditions hold
Exchanger: Allows two threads to exchange objects at a rendezvous point, and can be useful in pipeline designs
Semaphore: A semaphore is a classic concurrency control construct. It is basically a lock with an attached counter. Similar to the Lock interface, it can be used to prevent access if the lock is granted. The Semaphore class keeps track of a set of permits. Each acquire() blocks if necessary until a permit is available, and then takes it. Each release() adds a permit. Note that no actual permit objects are used, the Semaphore maintains a count of the number available and acts accordingly. A semaphore with a counter of one can serve as a mutual exclusion lock.
Barrier: This is a synchronization aid that allows a set of threads to all wait for each other to reach a common barrier point. The interface to the barrier is the CyclicBarrier class, called cyclic because it can be re-used after the waiting threads are released. This is useful for parallel programming.
CountDown Latch: A latch is a condition starting out false, but once set true remains true forever. The java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch class serves as a synchronization aid that allows one or more threads to wait until a set of operations being performed in other threads completes. This synchronization tool is similar to a barrier in the sense that it provides methods that allow threads to wait for a condition, but the difference is that the release condition is not the number of threads that are waiting. Instead, the threads are released when the specified count reaches zero. The initial count is specified in the constructor; the latch does not reset and later attempts to lower the count will not work.
Exchanger: Allows two threads to exchange objects at a rendezvous point, and can be useful in pipeline designs. Each thread presents some object on entry to the exchange() method and receives the object presented by the other thread on return. As an example, consider the classical consumer-producer problem (two entities share a channel); a description of the problem and a sample solution using built-in synchronization techniques ( wait() and notify()) is discussed in the Java tutorial and can be found here.
This can be rewritten in J2SE 5.0 using Exchanger as follows.
try { // Consumer thread
while (currentBuffer != null) {
takeFromBuffer(currentBuffer);
if (currentBuffer.empty())
currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
// ... handle ...
try { // Producer thread
addToBuffer(currentBuffer);
if (currentBuffer.full())
For more information on the java.util.concurrent package, see the package description. In addition, sample test programs using the above J2SE 5.0 synchronizers can be found in the article Getting to Know Synchronizers.
java.util.concurrent.locks Package
The java.util.concurrent.locks provides classes for locking and waiting for conditions that are distinct from built-in synchronization and monitors. This framework allows greater flexibility in the use of locks and conditions at the price of an awkward syntax. This package provides reader/writer locks.
Reader/Writer Locks
When using a thread to read data from an object, you do not necessarily need to prevent another thread from reading data at the same time. So long as the threads are only reading and not changing data, there is no reason why they cannot read in parallel. The J2SE 5.0 java.util.concurrent.locks package provides classes that implement this type of locking. The ReadWriteLock interface maintains a pair of associated locks, one for read-only and one for writing. The readLock() may be held simultaneously by multiple reader threads, so long as there are no writers. The writeLock() is exclusive. While in theory, it is clear that the use of reader/writer locks to increase concurrency leads to performance improvements over using a mutual exclusion lock. However, this performance improvement will only be fully realized on a multi-processor and the frequency that the data is read compared to being modified as well as the duration of the read and write operations.
For more information on the java.util.concurrent.locks package, see the package description.
java.util.concurrent.atomic Package
The java.util.concurrent.atomic package provides classes that support lock-free thread-safe programming on single variables. The classes here extend the notion of volatile values, fields, and array elements.
The classes in this package allow multiple operations to be treated atomically. As an example, a volatile integer cannot be used with the ++ operator because this operator contains multiple instructions. The AtomicInteger class has a method that allows the integer it holds to be incremented atomically without using synchronization. Atomic classes, however, can be used for more complex tasks, such as building code that requires no synchronization. Here is a sample sequence number generator that use the AtomicLong class:
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
public class SequenceGenerator {
private AtomicLong number = new AtomicLong(0);
public long next() {
return number.getAndIncrement();
Instances of classes AtomicBoolean, AtomicInteger, AtomicLong, and AtomicReference each provide access and updates to a single variable of the corresponding type. In addition, each class provides utility methods for that type, such as atomic increment methods.
The getAndSet() method of these classes automatically sets the variable to a new value and returns the previous value without any synchronization locks. The compareAndSet() and weakCompareAndSet() methods are conditional modifier methods: they take two arguments, the value the data is expected to have when the method starts, and a new value to set the data to. In other words, these methods have the ability to set a value automatically only if the current value is an expected value.
For more information on the java.util.concurrent.atomic package, see the package description.
J2SE 5.0 has added the java.util.concurrent package that provides standardized concurrency utilities. While the classes provided do not provide new functionality that couldn't be accomplished in the past, they are convenience classes designed to make development easier by providing high-quality implementations for data synchronization mechanisms. This package does for concurrent programming what the collection framework has done to data structures -- essentially freeing the developer from re-inventing the wheel with possibly incorrect and inefficient implementations.
Using the java.util.concurrent package can help you make your applications shorter, cleaner, faster, more reliable, more scalable, easier to write and read, and thus easier to maintain. However, it is important to note that using the package doesn't remove the responsibility of the developer from ensuring that the applications are free of deadlock, or CPU starvation. Developers still need to design their applications with concurrency and data synchronization issues in mind.
There is overlap between the classes. For example, a semaphore with one permit can be used to simulate a lock. Therefore, in order to use the new package in an effective and safe manner, several details need to be explored and clearly understood. It is a good idea to review the packages and the classes they offer.
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Special thanks to Martin Buchholz of Sun Microsystems, whose feedback helped me improve this article.


Warner Music Nashville Writer Devin Dawson has said the meaning of "God's Country" is up to the listener, but Blake Shelton's new video for the song leaves no doubt exactly where he believes "God's Country" is: his home state.
In the haunting video, new color footage is juxtaposed against black-and-white scenes of Oklahoma's desolate dust bowl days.
In the beginning, Blake explores the land and drives his truck, but eventually things get darker. At one point, he runs across a menacing rattlesnake. Then, the burning vintage tractor from the "God's Country (The Prequel)" video appears.
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From China to rural Oregon, cultures come together in "Welcome to Unity"
Posted on May 23, 2014 by Erik Erickson
Hilarity ensues when seven foreign exchange students move to a tiny rural town and join the football team to make friends with the locals.
It may sound like the script for the next Will Ferrell or Sacha Baron Cohen film. But it's actually the true story of "Welcome to Unity," a documentary screening around the Northwest this weekend.
After seeing a report by NPR's Tom Goldman on Burnt River High School's eight-man football team in 2009, Director Katie Mahalic and Cinematographer Anu Rana set out to Unity, a town of roughly 100 people in eastern Oregon, to film a short feature on the small town team.
But once they arrived they realized they had a bigger story on their hands. With help from Burnt River H.S. teacher Kerri Latshow, the filmmakers provided the students with hand-held cameras, and asked them to film themselves, reality TV style, throughout the 2009-2010 school year, capturing the experience of Chinese and Central Asian kids adapting to life in small town America.
The film just launched a Kickstarter campaign last week, hoping to raise money for final post production, and so they can travel during film festival season in the summer and fall. The campaign will last 48 days and Mahalic and Producer Pete Ryan hope to raise $30,000 dollars during that time.
"We have very little advanced funding," Ryan said. "Kickstarter will be our primary focus and we will reach out to our core audience."
The film returned to Unity for its first screening on Friday, plays across the border in Walla Walla on Saturday, and returns to Portland on Sunday.
Exchange students try their hands at American football (with mixed results) in a still from "Welcome to Unity"
Using the parties involved in the film, "Welcome to Unity" hopes to spread the word about the campaign by reaching out to friends and family and building from there.
"It's all about awareness," Ryan said on running a successful Kickstarter campaign. "Kickstarter campaigns live and die on awareness."
Ryan and Mahalic also plan on showing private screenings in different cities throughout the country, including a screening promised in Seattle sometime in June.
While the story of "Welcome to Unity" might sound unlikely, the message of the film is familiar.
"Everyone involved built strong emotional connections and the formation of the (football) team really brought everyone together," Ryan said. "We do come from different cultures, but that doesn't have to divide us."
Check out Welcome to Untiy's website and Facebook page for updates on upcoming screens and follow the Kickstarter campaign.
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Erik Erickson is a junior at the University of Washington majoring in journalism and business and also works for The Daily as well as the Everett Herald. He is a lifelong sports fan who bleeds purple and gold. Go Dawgs!
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How to Set a Screen Time Limit on Your iPhone or iPad With Guided Access
Chris Hoffman
Chris Hoffman is Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. He's written about technology for over a decade and was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Chris has written for The New York Times and Reader's Digest, been interviewed as a technology expert on TV stations like Miami's NBC 6, and had his work covered by news outlets like the BBC. Since 2011, Chris has written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times---and that's just here at How-To Geek. Read more...
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Guided Access allows you to set a screen time limit on your iPhone or iPad. This is great if you have a child–they can only play games for as long as you choose. The iPhone or iPad will be automatically locked after the time limit expires.
You could also use Guided Access this to restrict your iPhone or iPad to a specific application–like an educational app, for example–for a specific period of time. Afterwards, you can unlock the device and allow the child to use the device normally.
How to Enable Guided Access
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Guided Access is included in Apple's iOS operating system. The "time limit" feature was added to Guided Access in Apple's iOS 8. We've previously covered Guided Access as a way to lock down your iPhone or iPad for children, but it's also useful for other purposes
You'll need to enable Guided Access first. Open the "Settings" app and go to General > Accessibility. Tap "Guided Access" under Learning.
Enable the "Guided Access" slider and tap "Passcode Settings" to set a passcode. You can use the same passcode you use to unlock your iPhone or iPad, or a different one–it's up to you. If you have a device with a Touch ID sensor, the "Touch ID" option allows you to use your fingerprint to unlock Guided Access mode without having to type your passcode.
Tap the "Time Limits" option on the Guided Access screen to configure time limit sounds. By default, no sounds will play and Guided Access's time limit will end silently. If you'd like an audible alert when the Guided Access time limit is up, use the Sound and Speak options here.
The Sound option allows you to select a sound that will play when the time limit is up–by default it's "None," but you can tap the "Sound" option and scroll through the list of alert sounds on your iPhone and choose one. The "Speak" option will speak the remaining time aloud when you enable it–for example, it'll say something when there are approximately 30 seconds left. A notification will appear on the screen when this happens, but Speak makes the notification audible.
Pick an App and Set a Time Limit
Once you've enabled and configured Guided Access, you're good to go. Whenever you like, you can now open any app you choose (like a game). Then, quickly press the "Home" button three times in a row to enable Guided Access for that app.
Tap the "Options" button in the bottom-left corner of the Guided Access screen that appears and enable the "Time Limit" option. You can set any time limit you want in increments of one minute, from one minute to 23 hours and 59 minutes. Tap "Done" and tap the "Start" option at the top-right corner of the screen to put the device into Guided Access mode and apply your time limit.
Your iPhone or iPad will be locked to the specific application you chose. When the time limit expires, the iPhone or iPad will lock itself until you enter the PIN you provided earlier.
To leave Guided Access at any time–including before the time limit ends–just press the "Home" button three times in a row and enter your PIN. If you've enabled Touch ID, you can also just press the "Home" button once and leave your finger on the sensor. Tap "End" at the top-left corner of the screen if the Guided Access screen appears. Guided Access will be disabled.
While this is clearly useful for limiting gameplay time or restricting a child to an educational application, it's not ideal for controlling device screen time. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't provide a way to allow a child to use multiple apps on the device while setting a time limit.
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WASHINGTON — Doctors should get out of the business of making money off of providing prescription drugs to Medicare beneficiaries, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday. Currently, physicians who administer drugs paid for under Medicare Part B — which covers drugs administered in the physician's office — pay for the drug themselves up front and then are reimbursed at the average sales price plus a 6% markup. This system "gets into the notion of physicians or facilities making money off the arbitrage between acquisition price and reimbursement," Azar explained at a briefing with reporters following a speech he gave on President Trump's plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs.


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Serb member of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency Milorad Dodik said upon his return from Moscow that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on "almost all matters" and that Putin does not support "any sort of adventurism."
"Putin is in favour of saving the territorial integrity and the Dayton agreement," said Dodik, referring to the peace deal which ended the 1992-95 Bosnian war and defined Bosnia's constitutional order.
The meeting comes amid political tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina that emerged after Dodik announced that Bosnia's Serb-majority entity Republika Srpska would withdraw from the major state-level institutions, which many local and international actors assessed as steps towards the entity's secession. Dodik made the announcement after international peace envoy in BiH, whose presence Dodik's strongly objects, imposed law changes on banning the genocide denial and glorification of war criminals.
He did not recognise the international envoy, officially the High Representative, German Christian Schmidt who took office in August this year, replacing Austrian Valentin Inzko.
According to Dodik, he and Russian president talked for nearly an hour, and among the topics they discussed were investments, gas supply, economy as well as the construction of a Serb-Russian monastery.
"We spent the most of the time on political issues. Russia witnessed the signing of the Dayton agreement and has an intention to preserve the Dayton peace agreement, and is demonstrating it in every possible way," Dodik told a press conference and warned about the attempts to "desecrate" the Dayton agreement and Bosnia's Constitution, while putting the blame on Republika Srpska.
The Serb leader said he was "impressed" by Putin's knowledge of the situation and that the Russian president told him Russia would not support the appointment of the High Representative at the UN Security Council.
"The issues should be resolved by local actors and not someone from outside. Russia is not interfering with internal affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina the way the others are doing that," he stressed.
If he had to summarise the meeting with Putin in one sentence, Dodik noted, he would say that the Russian Federation supports everything that is in line with the international law.
Asked by N1 reporter why no photography was issued from Moscow's meeting, Dodik replied that this is a question for the Russian president's press office.
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Home Government Politics The Other Battle in Iowa
The Other Battle in Iowa
While the presidential impeachment trial rages on in Washington, with today's issue being Chief Justice John Robert's refusal to read a question from Rand Paul (R-KY) because it contained the name of Eric Ciaramella, there is another struggle going on in Iowa that is reaching its climax. Confined to the Senate chambers to attend the impeachment trial, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Amy Klobuchar have been shuttling back and forth between Washington and Iowa to battle for their positions, while candidates such as Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bloomberg have taken advantage of their situation to campaign hard in their absence.
Latest polls show Biden and Sanders as the frontrunners in the Iowa caucuses, but with Sanders stuck in Washington for the impeachment trial, he has been forced to wage a remote campaign, sending his aides to meet with delegates and try to gain momentum before the caucuses on Monday. Meanwhile, Biden has engaged on a whirlwind tour of Iowa across 20 cities to take advantage of the situation and pull ahead of Sanders while he fulfills his Senate duties.
Bernie Sanders by Matt Johnson
Sanders has been visibly uncomfortable during the impeachment proceedings, even publicly stating that he would "rather be in Iowa" that handle his Senate duties at the trial. Regardless, he has maintained his status as a frontrunner in Iowa and has gained momentum in future primaries such as New Hampshire and California.
Elizabeth Warren by Gage Skidmore
Warren, while publicly stating that her Senate duty is more important than politics, is also eager to return to Iowa, where her husband Bruce Mann has been attending events in her place. Despite the scheduling conflicts, she has steadily maintained support in the mid-teens along with Pete Buttigieg.
Pete Buttigieg by Lorie Shaull
Like Biden, Pete Buttigieg has also been on a tear across the state, hosting town halls and targeting rural areas that other candidates won't have the time to access. Taking advantage of an impeachment-free schedule, he's also maintained support in the mid-teens along with Warren.
Amy Klobuchar by Lorie Shaull
Also facing an obligation to remain in Washington is Amy Klobuchar, a moderate Democrat who gained the endorsement of Iowa state representative Monica Kurth. Klobuchar has been polling behind Warren and Buttigieg but still has a loyal following supporting her campaign in Iowa.
Michael Bloomberg by Gage Skidmore
Michael Bloomberg is trailing the caucus polls by a significant gap, but don't count out his influence on the primaries. Operating a self-funded campaign, the billionaire has taken out a Super Bowl ad to advance his campaign, tackling the issue of gun violence. Although considered an outside candidate to the DNC, Bloomberg's vast financial resources and political capital as the former mayor of New York cannot be underestimated.
As the candidates (or, for those stuck in Washington, their delegates) rush all around Iowa to drum up support, they prepare for Monday, when the caucuses begin. The caucuses are a complex process, but their outcome has been remarkably indicative of the ultimate winner of the party primary. Because of this candidates focus much of their efforts on Iowa, so that they can carry that momentum into other primaries to win the Democratic nomination.
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I have very strong opinions about the FICO score and what purpose it serves. If you know anything about me (and you will after this post), you know without a doubt where I stand.
So, let's look at it objectively then. A FICO score, as described by Dave Ramsey is an "I love debt" score. And the sad part is that we are not only teaching, but encouraging our kids to follow the guidelines of a culture that has "lost its mind" in order to raise this score and maximize the opportunity to get further into debt.
When you've become convinced that telling your kids to get into debt is better than showing them how to live within their means and save for the things they want, something is VERY wrong. Common sense has left the premises. That's what the FICO score obsession has forced us to do. Loose our minds and encourage our kids to follow along.
The FICO score has become the ultimate measure of financial fitness. But let's really talk about what this score is based on and what it stands for. The score is based on 5 things. 1. How well you've payed debt in the past. 2. How much debt you currently have. 3. How long you've been paying on this debt. 4. How much new debt you have and finally 5. What types of debt you have.
The FICO score IS NOT based in any way on your cash position or savings, your income, your net worth, your discipline in living below your means or your investments. In other words, you could be a millionaire who can write a check for an apartment building but be turned down as a tenant for a 2 bedroom apartment if you've stayed away from debt and have no FICO score. Makes complete sense, right?
BUT I NEED TO BUY A HOUSE!
The argument always comes up (especially in L.A.) that you MUST have a FICO score to purchase a home because it's impossible to do so without a loan. The truth is that if you've stayed out of debt and have no FICO score, you can get a loan through something called manual underwriting that actually looks at how well you manage money (not debt). But most people have NEVER heard of this or considered this as an option and the truth is not every bank does this. But they do exist and are most definitely an option.
Now I'm not telling you what you should or shouldn't do. And I know it's hard to be "weird" when everyone around you is not. I'm just sharing information that I wish I had had access to a long time ago.
In closing, from personal experience, I want to share that a life where FICO no longer rules your world is not a myth and is just so much sweeter. Not owing anything to anyone, waiting patiently and working your booty off to pay cash for a car, an education or a vacation, living below your means, having an emergency fund and savings for your kids college and your retirement beats the heck out of obsessing over a score that tells the world how well you play kissy face with debt. And having your kids see that and start their lives that way is truly priceless.


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Meryl Streep reveals why she joined 'Big Little Lies' season 2
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Meryl Streep tells crowd that Trump's kids are 'in jeopardy'
Actress Meryl Streep appeared at a fundraiser hosted by Stephen Colbert where she explained to the crowd that they should all be afraid that President Donald Trump's children are 'in jeopardy.'
PASADENA – Meryl Streep is opening up about why she decided to join the star-studded cast of "Big Little Lies."
Speaking to reporters during the HBO portion of the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles on Friday, the three-time Oscar-winning actress revealed that she was actually a fan of the drama.
"I loved this show," Streep, 69, said. "I was addicted to it. I thought it was an amazing exercise in what we know and what we don't know about people, about family, about friends, how it flirted with the mystery of things, what was unsaid, unshown, unknown, was sort of the pull, the gravitational pull of the piece, and it was so exciting, so when I got the chance to join the crew, I thought yeah.
"I wanted to do it, to be in that world," she continued. "The world that was created was amazing."
Meryl Streep opened up about why she decided to join season 2 of HBO's "Big Little Lies." (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
MERYL STREEP SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD BE AFRAID NOW THAT DONALD TRUMP'S KIDS ARE 'IN JEOPARDY'
Last January, HBO announced that Streep was set to star as Mary Louise Wright, mother-in-law to Nicole Kidman's character, Celeste.
In the upcoming season of the series — which is produced by Kidman and Reese Witherspoon — Mary Louise comes seeking answers about the violent death of her son, Perry, played by Alexander Skarsgard.
Witherspoon, who also plays Madeline Mackenzie on the show, previously shared her excitement about Streep's casting.
MERYL STREEP JOINS THE CAST OF 'BIG LITTLE LIES' FOR SEASON 2
"Beyond thrilled to have the one, the only, Meryl Streep joining the cast of #BLL for season 2," she wrote alongside a photo of the pair on Twitter. "Get ready for more wine, secrets, and Big Little Lies. Monterey better watch out!!!"
"Big Little Lies" season 2 will premiere on HBO in June.


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A Flying Jatt 4th Day Collection and Sunday box office earnings report: Tiger Shroff is turning out to be the very next charm star in bollywood. His movies are working amazingly great on box office despite getting average reviews. He had recently delivered two back to back hits to the industry. Although A flying Jatt's storyline appeared to be a weak one from first look but it was most awaited because of charm of Jackie Shroff's son. All we can say after observing the box office collections of A Flying Jatt is that the magic continues.
Its always a tough job for any new star to cross 50 crore club on the box office, doesn't matter whose son he actually is. Recent song of Tiger with girlfriend Disha Patani had created mass publicity with the potential viewers. Tiger had worked very hard to perform the never seen before action stunts in the film and it can be clearly seen.
Directed by world famous coreographer Remo the movie has special charm in avatar of Jacqueline. The film was released with almost no competition on the box office. Neither it faced any type of blacklash or boycott movement. A Flying Jatt collection had largely effected the earnings of Akshay Kumar's Rustom, which was going well since last 2 weeks and minting good amount on the weekends.
A Flying Jatt was released in over more than 2100 screens throughout the India. Out of the 2100 screens, around 1000 went towards multiplexes and pvrs' while the other count of 1100 screens went to single screens. Film reportedly performed poor in single screens in comparison to multiplexes.
The movie was released on Thursday which was definitely a special screening considering Janmashtami on that day. Since it was a festival release, the earnings are expected to cross 10 crores at least on the opening day. Film opened low with low marks of occupancy, minting only 7.10 crores on Thursday. The occupancy didn't growed too much in the night shows and maximum mark of 42% observed in metro cities.
The subsequent day was Friday and hopes were limited from it being a weekday. But since its one of the day fallen in 4 days long weekend, it should also be counted as weekend. A flying Jatt collection almost failed on the 2nd day earning strictly poor amount of 6 crores.
Considering the audience, talkie remains popular among young kids who went to theaters with their moms.
During the saturday the film perfromed strictly average on the box office minting only 07.60 cr rupees from the entire country. With the same Film has 3-day total of 20.70 cr nett.
On Sunday, the film boomed on the box office minting out the maximum from 1st weekend. The film performed strictly average in comparison to any other talkies of Tiger. It appears Tiger need to review script of the movies before approving them. As its 4th day collection, the movie was successful in earning a figure of 9.5 crore rupees. With this, the 1st weekend collection stands at 32 crore rupees from domestic and overseas market.


5/07/2014 · In this video you will learn how to find least common multiples of two one digit numbers and you will get the idea of finding common solutions.... This is a free lesson about finding a common denominator in fraction addition. The common denominator has to be a multiple of each of the denominators. The least common multiple of the denominators is the smallest possible common denominator, but it is not the only possible one. The lesson is meant for fifth grade.
Fifth-grade word problems include multiplication, division, fractions, averages, and a variety of other math concepts. Section Nos. 1 and 3 provide free worksheets students can use to practice and hone their skills with word problems. Section Nos. 2 and 4 provide the corresponding answer keys to those worksheets for ease of grading.... Finding a least common denominator (LCD), a selection of answers from the Dr. Math archives. We can't add or subtract fractions unless they have a common denominator. The least common denominator of two fractions is the least common multiple of the denominators of those fractions.
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9/10/2014 · Today's lesson in my 7th grade math class was on finding the greatest common factor and least common multiple of a pair of numbers. I started by gathering background information about what the students already knew about the GCF and LCM.
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Chez Andree is Closed for Business.
We would like to thank all our loyal customers through the years.
Since 1964, Chez Andrée has been known for country French Cuisine. Stanley and Andrée Lecureux opened the restaurant in what was originally a "railroad bar" that serviced the nearby Potomac Yards. Today Potomac Yards is populated with stores, but in the past it was a large rail yard. In those days the restaurant was known for a sign out front that read: "shirts and shoes required."
Today son Steve Lecureux and his sister Laurence Matrat are in charge, now that their parents have retired. And the restaurant has grown much larger and fancier, including the bar area with a large classic wood bar facing a spectacular mural that looks like a scene from Moulin Rouge. Today son Steve Lecureux and his sister Laurence Matrat are in charge, now that their parents have retired. And the restaurant has grown much larger and fancier, including the bar area with a large classic wood bar facing a spectacular mural that looks like a scene from Moulin Rouge.
Steve is often near the front door, and seems to remember the name of just about every patron who shows up. Not just a favorite with locals, there are others who travel quite a distance to make their repeat visits here. Some come for one of the signature dishes, steak au poivre, a New York strip sautéed with fresh cracked peppercorns and shallots. Or they chose the tournedos Henri IV, broiled filet mignon wrapped in bacon, crowned with an artichoke bottom, and topped off with béarnaise sauce. Fresh seafood is a specialty. Fresh fish dishes might include poached salmon, depending on what day it is.
Specialties include duck l'orange, rack of lamb, and chicken livers. A wide selection of wines comes from the wine cellar, including many from California and France. Desserts include fruit tarts, ice cream, chocolate mousse, and crème caramel.
Private parties, that very special birthday party, retirement parties, office parties, business luncheons and receptions are held in the private party room, which will hold almost forty people. Group rates are available, and there is ample free parking in the parking lot. Chez Andre is also a favorite for Christmas parties, New Years Eve, Valentines Day, Mothers Day and for retirement dinners. Chez Andree is conveniently located near Pentagon City, Reagan National Airport, Del Ray, Arlandria, Arlington County, Shirlington, 395 and Fairfax County. Gift certificates are available.


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Ulrich Karnatz (født 2. december 1952 i Rostock, Østtyskland) er en tysk tidligere roer, dobbelt olympisk guldvinder og firedobbelt verdensmester.

Karnatz vandt guld for Østtyskland ved både OL 1976 i Montreal og OL 1980 i Moskva, begge gange som del af den østtyske otter. Han var den eneste der var med i båden ved begge lege. Han deltog ikke ved andre udgaver af OL.

Karnatz vandt desuden hele fire VM-guldmedaljer i otter, i henholdsvis 1975, 1977, 1978 og 1979.

OL-medaljer
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The Films of Agnès Varda
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2002 • France
Starring Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda's charming follow-up to her acclaimed documentary THE GLEANERS AND I is a deceptively unassuming grace note that takes us deeper into the world of those who find purpose and beauty in the refuse of society. Revisiting many of the original film's subjects to explore the often unexpected effects that their participation in the project has had on their lives, this wonderfully warm and human epilogue once again takes gleaning as the starting point from which to explore what most interests Varda: the richness, complexity, and poignancy of life outside the mainstream. What emerges is a crazy-quilt tapestry of the personal, the political, and the esoteric that celebrates the spirit and creativity of those who forge their own path.
Up Next in Part 1: The Films
Le lion volatil
Starring Julie Depardieu, David Deciron, Frédérick E. Grasser-Hermé
Rom-com meets documentary in this charming hybrid that unfolds in the shadow of the regal Lion of Belfort, the sculptural mascot of Paris's 14th arrondissement, where Agnès Varda lived mos...
Ydessa, les ours et etc. . . .
Starring Ydessa Hendeles
Agnès Varda's lifelong interest in still portraiture informs this record of a provocative Munich exhibition by the artist Ydessa Hendeles that contemplates our need for nostalgia and comfort in a violent world through an assemblage...
The Beaches of Agnès
"If we opened people up, we'd find landscapes. If we opened me up, we'd find beaches." Originally intended to be Agnès Varda's farewell to filmmaking, this enchanting auto-portrait, made in her eightieth year, is a freewheeling journey...


In accordance with the provisions of section 44 of the Public Service Act 1999, I present you with my report on the state of the Australian Public Service for 2015–16.
I have steadily been releasing insights and evidence on the state of the service through regular updates on the State of the Service website. This approach has given agencies access to valuable data on their performance as soon as it was available.
The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit agreed in 2003 to extend the tabling deadline of the State of the Service component of my annual reporting to one calendar month after the tabling date of agencies' annual reports. This report is required to be tabled by 30 November 2016.


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Fresh Music Festival July 1st
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Start Date: July 1, 2012
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Location: Time Warner Cable Arena: 333 East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
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The best of R&B, Hip-Hop, Soul, and Comedy combine when the Fresh Music Festival comes to Time Warner Cable Arena on July 1. This year's festival features an outstanding lineup with some of today's hottest performers.
Click here to get a taste of what you will see live in July!
Artist Line-Up*
Doug E. Fresh
The first human beatbox in the rap world, and still the best of all-time, Doug E. Fresh amazes audiences with his note-perfect imitations of drum machines, effects, and samples of hip-hop classics. Fresh is one of the biggest names in rap music, and his first single "The Show/La Di Da Di," became a hip-hop classic.
Keith Sweat
One of the best-selling Platinum R&B artists of our time, Keith Sweat blazed the charts with many Top 10 hits including "I Want Her" (#1 R&B/#5 Pop). Sweat continued to rise with his sophomore album I'll Give All My Love To You, which hit #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and Keep It Comin, which debuted in the Top 20.
Still one of the hottest singing duos in the game, R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo has sold millions of records and landed a host of award nominations over the years. Today, they continue to sing all the hits, while continuing to leave the ladies wanting more.
Guy rose to fame with hits like "Groove Me," "I Like" "Piece of My Love," "Let's Chill" and "Do Me Right". In 1992, Aaron Hall collaborated with Charlie Wilson on the soundtrack to the hit film, Boomerang. Guy recently united and are rocking the New Jack sound that we all love.
SWV scored a string of Top 10 R&B hits such as "I'm So Into You," "Right Here," "Downtown," "Weak," "Anything" and "Your always on My Mind," establishing the trio as a commercial force in the 90's. SWV is one the world's top-selling female R&B groups and is one of the hardest working female groups in the entertainment industry today.
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Tickets are on sale now! Visit www.timewarnercablearena.com for ticket information. For more information about the festival, visit freshmusicfestival.com.
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Event categories: Live Entertainment and Music.
Soulful Noel
Start Date: December 21, 2021
End Date: December 22, 2021
Location:	Booth Playhouse: 130 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC


These dark slim fit jeans are absolute destruction. Broken holes, distressed denim, the future is now. With hand sanding and hand streaking, the craftsmanship is both old school and ahead of its time.
Fabric: Premium denim made with 100% cotton. Wash: 2827 Virtuoso, destroyed and whiskered, with hand sanding, streaking, and veining.
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NewYork-Presbyterian looking for as much as 500K sf
237 Park Avenue, 28 Liberty and One New York Plaza on hospital's short list
Jun.June 21, 2016 05:20 PM
By Rich Bockmann
Don't call a doctor, call a landlord! NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is checking out several locations in Manhattan where it can consolidate space into a new administrative center. The space could be as large as 500,000 square feet.
The hospital, the largest medical center in the city, staffs nearly 2,400 beds spread across six campuses in Manhattan and Westchester.
But the city's hospitals are increasingly looking to free up space that could be used for medical purposes by moving administrative and support functions into office buildings, and NewYork-Presbyterian is in the midst of a search with a handful of properties on the short list, sources told The Real Deal.
Those buildings include RXR Realty's 237 Park Avenue in Midtown as well as Brookfield Office Property's One New York Plaza and Fosun Realty's 28 Liberty Street in the Financial District, according to a source with direct knowledge of the search.
John Cefaly and Michael Burgio at Cushman & Wakefield are leading the search. The brokers could not be immediately reached for comment.
Earlier this year, NewYork-Presbyterian signed a 15-year lease for more than 10,000 square feet at 463 Seventh Avenue in the Garment District, as the Wall Street Journal originally reported. The hospital, which is affiliated with the Ivy League medical schools at Columbia and Cornell universities, has had financial and bookkeeping operations at the Adams & Company building since 2009, and the expansion brought its footprint to roughly 55,500 square feet.
But that pales in comparison to the institution's vast needs, and the hospital is looking for a location that can accommodate several hundred thousand square feet, possibly as much as half a million.
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What tenants are paying at RXR and Walton Street Capital's 237 Park Avenue
Fintech firm signs on for massive lease at 28 Liberty
Jack Terzi buying Downtown headquarters of Manhattan lawyers' association
RXR and Walton Street Capital near deal to sell 237 Park Ave stake to David Werner
Entertainment law firm takes 57K sf at
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Report says Fosun plans to sell its flagship Manhattan tower – but company denies this
London Stock Exchange relocating to the Financial District
RXR and Walton Street Capital now want to sell 237 Park in full


Project Bluelight is a privately funded anti-terrorist intelligence operation in support of Homeland Security Personnel.
A gathering of International Sword Masters and Martial Artists held from December 29th to January 3rd, at The Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. Mr. Goodwin has been asked to join the board and is a Master Teacher for this prestigious workshop.
Atlanta Stage Combat Studio (ASCS) is dedicated to the advancement of the art of Stage Combat for the professional theatre, film, and television industries. This commitment covers a wide range of services including: choreographic services for professional, educational, and live action productions; the training of the performer in the various weapon and unarmed arts; and the availability of stage-worthy weapons and specialty combat props.
The British Society of Stage & Screen Combat was founded in 1993 with the aim of improving the standards of safety, quality and training of stage combat and promoting a unified code of practice for the training, teaching and assessing of stage combat within the United Kingdom.
Starfire Swords, Ltd. produces blades for costume, decoration, and staged combat. They are created without edges or points. Starfire endorses the safety standards set by the Society of American Fight Directors.
We offer an extensive line of products which includes period clothing, jewelry, sculptures and well researched battle worthy edged weapons that you would have been proud to carry in any battle if you could go back in time. Apart from being time-tested weapons, these relics of history are excellent conversation pieces that could adorn your den or mantle.
The official website of professional wrestler extraordinare Austin Aries, where you will find everything you need to keep up to date with this international superstar's career.
Benny Urquidez radiates a rare energy which is the force behind his unique "fighting style", with his legendary "Jump Spinning Back Kick", nicknamed "The Jet" by his peers after witnessing the speed and accuracy of his lethal kick.
The finest stunt professionals in the world will be honored at the 2nd annual World Stunt Awards™ to be held on May 19, 2002 at the Santa Monica Air Center's Barker Hangar.
Your online sword and dagger resource. Specializing in Marto Swords in many shapes and sizes including the popular katana.
The official website for all that is Highlander. Journey through the grand scope of Highlander past, present, and future.
Nov. 5 - 7th in Vail, Co. - The Paradise Warrior Retreat Center is a melting pot for warriors of all ages, genders, nationalities, religions and disciplines. The purpose of the seminar-retreat is to give you the principles and strategies of fighting, which can be applied in any type of combat, or in day-to-day survival. Robert Goodwin will be teaching T'aiji at this retreat and the one in Malibu, CA in the spring. This is a great retreat. Eric Oram (a senior student of william Cheung), Gene LaBell ("The Toughest Man Alive"), Gokor Chivichyan (undefeated in over 400 fights), Benny Urquidez (63 world titles), and many more international fighters and trainers will be participating.


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With this know-how the chips inside something like an iPod might be compacted to a tenth their current measurement with ten times the pace. The CIO Perspectives Boards are regionally focused one-day government events for senior IT leaders at mid- to massive-sized organizations in the personal and public sectors.
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Survival is more than a science, more than an art - to both Grandfather and Tom it is a philosophy, a religion, unto itself. The wilderness is a temple, a place of worship, and a place of teaching. As Tom says in the Standard class, "only when you are a child of the Earth again, then and only then will the Earth call your name." Enter these temples through the doorway of survival and learn, through many new skills, techniques and workshops that Tom is unable to teach in any other survival oriented class, how to come back to the Earth as a child once more.


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Cheney and the Federal Prosecutor
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Even after being in office, former Vice President Dick Cheney is garnering headlines. In the end, politics is all about power- who makes the decisions, and even above that, who controls which decisions are going to be made- in a sense, who sets the agenda. During the 2000's while George W. Bush was president, Cheney had a strong presence in setting the agenda not only for the nation as a whole but for the direction of foreign policy, and certainly for the administration.
He made a habit of being out in front of issues, of having the first and often what became the defining word on issues, and I would argue that that is his strong suit as a politician. When you start the conversation, you can control it if you stay on your game. In the military and policy endeavors after Septemer 11th, Cheney and the Bush administration did just that- calling things preemptive strikes or cloaking major legislative changes and initiatives under the title of "Patriot Act." Whatever you think about either of these major acts or the thousands of minor ones, the Bush-Cheney administration started a lot of international conversations and largely led those conversations through to the 2008 presidential campaign, when many of them, in spirit and in rhetoric, came crashing down.
Recent accusations that Cheney more or less masterminded secret CIA actions come as no surprise to his opponents from the Bush era. What they do come as is a surprise to Cheney himself, at least from where I stand. Seeing him try to react in a way that protects himself to all of these accusations reveals just how uncomfortable he is in the reactive, responsive format. His preference is to say something, let it be out there and debated, but stick to his story and don't ask questions, thank you.
Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, named a special prosecutor to dig into interrogation techniques used by the CIA during the Bush era. Cheney, in kind, is highly critical of such an investigation. He said, in fact, that he might refuse to speak with a federal prosecutor.
Refuse? Mr. Cheney, with all due respect, you can't refuse to speak with a federal prosecutor. That's what a federal prosecutor is- the one who can ask anyone anything and you have to answer. You can't decide whether you want to talk to them or not. You are not in power anymore, Mr. Cheney.
Reuters reports that he replied to a question form Fox News Sunday's John Durham about whether he would talk to the federal prosecutor:
"It will depend on the circumstances and what I think their activities are really involved in. I've been very outspoken in my views on this matter."
"I'm very proud of what we did in terms of defending the nation for the past eight years, successfully,
And it won't take a prosecutor to find out what I think. I've already expressed those views," said Cheney.
Um, Mr. Cheney- a prosecutor is not interested in your views. They are only interested in the truth and the legality of that truth.
War in Afghanistan Continues, Grows
Saddest Day of my Presidency