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Q: Constructor not defined: .() can anyone please help with how to resolve this error?
I am getting this error  Constructor not defined: [GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers].<Constructor>()
at GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers CreatePartnerUsers = new GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers();
global class GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers implements Database.Batchable{
   global Set<Id> listOfContacts = new Set<Id>();
   global String query = '';

   global GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers(Set<Id> contactsList){
     System.debug('Contacts List : ' +contactsList);
      listOfContacts= contactsList;
      query = 'select id, Email,ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c, phone, FirstName, LastName, AccountId,Account.Name, MailingStateCode, Agent_Code__c,vlocity_ins__Type__c from contact where id in :listOfContacts AND ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c != Null AND AccountId != Null';
   }

   global Database.QueryLocator start(Database.BatchableContext BC){
      return Database.getQueryLocator(query);
   }

   global void execute(Database.BatchableContext BC, List<sObject> scope){
     Map<Id, Account> accMap = new Map<Id, Account>();
     Set<Id> accSet = new Set<Id>();
     Map<String, User> userConMap = new Map<String, User>();
     Map<String, Contact> conMap = new Map<String, Contact>();
     List<User> usersToUpsert = new List<User>();

     system.debug('scope:'+scope);

     for(sobject s : scope){
          Contact con = (Contact)s;
          conMap.put(con.Id, con);
          accSet.add(con.AccountId);
     }
     System.debug('***ConMap :***' +conMap);
     System.debug('***accSet*** ' +accSet);
     for(Account acc : [SELECT Id, Name, GA_Agency_Code__c, IsPartner FROM Account WHERE Id IN :accSet]){
         System.debug('***acc*** ' +acc);
         if(acc.IsPartner)
           accMap.put(acc.Id, acc);
     }
     System.debug('***accMap***' +accMap);

     for(User usr : [select id, contactid,FederationIdentifier from User where contactid in : conMap.keySet() and profile.Name = 'BCBSM FSA Login']){
          userConMap.put(usr.contactId, usr);
     }
     System.debug('***userConMap***' +userConMap);
     Organization thisOrg = [SELECT InstanceName,IsSandbox,Name,NamespacePrefix,OrganizationType FROM Organization];
     Profile BCBSMFSAProfile = [SELECT Id FROM Profile WHERE Name LIKE '%BCBSM FSA Login%' Limit 1];
        for(String conId : conMap.keySet()){
          Contact con = conMap.get(conId);
          User usr = userConMap.get(conId);
          System.debug('***con***' +con);
          System.debug('***ConMapSize***'+conMap.size());
          System.debug('***usr**:'+usr);
          if(con != Null && (accMap.containsKey(con.AccountId) && accMap.get(con.AccountId) != null && accMap.get(con.AccountId).GA_Agency_Code__c != null) && string.isNotBlank(con.Email) && String.isNotBlank(con.ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c))
          {
          System.debug('***Debug Statement***');

          if(usr != null){
              System.debug('*UserIf*');
                User u = new User(Id = usr.Id);
                     u.FederationIdentifier = con.Email;
                     u.Email=con.Email;
                     u.CommunityNickname = con.FirstName +' '+ con.LastName +' '+ con.Agent_Code__c;
                     /*Nickname is updated by concatenating the full name with Agent */

                usersToUpsert.add(u);

           }
           else{
               System.debug('***UserElse***');
                String buildUserNameExt = '';
                If (thisOrg.isSandbox){
                  buildUserNameExt = '.'+ thisOrg.InstanceName;
                }
                User PartnerUser = new User(FirstName = con.FirstName,
                     Username = con.FirstName.deleteWhitespace()+'.'+con.LastName.deleteWhitespace()+'-'+con.Agent_Code__c+'@bcbsm.agent'+buildUserNameExt,
                     ContactId = con.Id,

                     ProfileId = BCBSMFSAProfile.Id,
                     Alias =con.FirstName.substring(0,1) + string.valueof(con.Id).substring(12,18),
                     Email = con.Email,
                     EmailEncodingKey = 'UTF-8',
                     LastName = con.LastName,
                     /*Nickname is updated from Agent Id to Contact Full Name */
                     CommunityNickname = con.FirstName +' '+ con.LastName +' '+ con.Agent_Code__c,
                     TimeZoneSidKey = 'America/New_York',
                     LocaleSidKey = 'en_US',
                     LanguageLocaleKey = 'en_US',
                     StateCode = con.MailingStateCode,
                     FederationIdentifier = con.email,
                     isActive=true);

                     System.debug('PartnerUser Object&&&&&&&:'+PartnerUser );
                     usersToUpsert.add(PartnerUser);

               }
           }
      }
       System.debug('***usersToUpsert***' +usersToUpsert);
       Database.upsert(usersToUpsert);
    }

   global void finish(Database.BatchableContext BC){
   }
}

Test class:
@isTest

 private class GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers_Test {

  private static testMethod void insertPartnerUser(){
 {

      UserRole userrole = [Select Id, DeveloperName From UserRole Where DeveloperName =
 'System_Administrator' Limit 1];
    user usr = GA_OBJ_TD01_TestDataCreation.UsrRec('System
  Administrator','testsysadm@bcbsm.com','System Administrator');
    usr.UserRoleId  = userrole.id;
    database.insert(usr);
    system.runAs(usr){

       //static testMethod void insertPartnerUser(){
        List<Account> listOfaccs = new List<Account>();
        List<Contact> lisOfcntcts = new  List<Contact> ();
        //Inserting an account & making it as partner

        Account AORSRacc = GA_OBJ_TD01_TestDataCreation.AccRec();
        AORSRacc.RecordTypeId=Schema.SObjectType.Account.getRecordTypeInfosByName().get('Account - Agency').getRecordTypeId();
        AORSRacc.GA_Agency_Code__c='89899';
        database.insert(AORSRacc);

        Account AORSRacc1 = GA_OBJ_TD01_TestDataCreation.AccRec();
        AORSRacc1.RecordTypeId=Schema.SObjectType.Account.getRecordTypeInfosByName().get('Account - Agency').getRecordTypeId();
        AORSRacc1.GA_Agency_Code__c='89800';
        database.insert(AORSRacc1);
        listOfaccs.add(AORSRacc);
        listOfaccs.add(AORSRacc1);

        Contact conta =  GA_OBJ_TD01_TestDataCreation.cntactRec(AORSRacc1.id);
        conta.recordTypeId = Schema.SObjectType.Contact.getRecordTypeInfosByName().get('Account - Agency').getRecordTypeId();
        conta.vlocity_ins__Type__c='Agent';
        conta.ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c='15768';
        conta.Active__c = True;
        lisOfcntcts.add(conta);

        Contact conta1 =  GA_OBJ_TD01_TestDataCreation.cntactRec(AORSRacc.id);
        conta1.recordTypeId = Schema.SObjectType.Contact.getRecordTypeInfosByName().get('Contact -
  Delegate').getRecordTypeId();
        conta1.vlocity_ins__Type__c='Agent';
        conta1.Active__c = True;
        conta1.ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c='15748';
       conta1.email= 'test1.test21@gmail.com';
        lisOfcntcts.add(conta1);
        database.insert(lisOfcntcts);

        list<user> usrLst=new list<user>();
        user hisusr = GA_OBJ_TD01_TestDataCreation.UsrRec('BCBSMTest Partner
   User','testsalesrepmail@bcbsm.com','BCBSM Both');
        hisusr.ContactId = conta1.id;
        hisusr.IsActive = True;
        usrLst.add(hisusr);
        insert usrLst;

        GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers CreatePartnerUsers = new GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers();

        Test.startTest();
        ID HistoricalAccountCaseBOBBatchid = Database.executeBatch(CreatePartnerUsers);
        Test.stopTest();
  }
 }
 }

}

A: In the class GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers, because you have defined a constructor with single parameter, you will need to define the default constructor explicitly which you are calling in this line of your test class OR use the constructor with parameter which you have defined.
GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers CreatePartnerUsers = new GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers();
Hope it helps!

A: Your issue is that the constructor you have defined is expecting Set<Id> contactsList:
global GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers(Set<Id> contactsList){
     System.debug('Contacts List : ' +contactsList);
      listOfContacts= contactsList;
      query = 'select id, Email,ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c, phone, FirstName, LastName, AccountId,Account.Name, MailingStateCode, Agent_Code__c,vlocity_ins__Type__c from contact where id in :listOfContacts AND ARV_Agent_Portal_User_Id__c != Null AND AccountId != Null';
   }

However in your test class you are not passing anything to the constructor when you make an instance of the class:
GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers CreatePartnerUsers = new GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers();

So in response the error you are getting Constructor not defined: [GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers].<Constructor>() is simply notifying you that the compiler cannot find a constructor with no parameter. You need to pass a set of ids to the constructor.

A: Your batch class uses parameterized constructor that you are using in start method for query filter.
And you are already creating the contact data in the list: lisOfcntcts, you can use that list to convert to set and pass that to the constructor while creating the instance of the class. Pseudo code:
GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers CreatePartnerUsers =
    new GA_AP_CreatePartnerUsers(new Set<Id>(lisOfcntcts));
ID HistoricalAccountCaseBOBBatchid = Database.executeBatch(CreatePartnerUsers);

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Direct flights to Tagbilaran (TAG)
Tagbilaran Airport - Airport code: TAG
Home	› Airports	› Philippines	› TAG Tagbilaran
Non-stop flights to Tagbilaran (TAG)
Did you mean flights from Tagbilaran?
Tagbilaran Airport is a small airport in Philippines. It is an international airport. In total there are 4 airports around the world that have direct flights to Tagbilaran in 2 countries. Currently, there are 3 domestic flights to Tagbilaran.
Tagbilaran is mainly known for activities and sightseeing & culture.
Most tourists come to Tagbilaran to visit Bohol.
All direct flights to Tagbilaran Airlines flying to Tagbilaran Intercontinental flights International flights Domestic flights Alternative airports FAQ
This month, there are 120 flights arriving at Tagbilaran Airport, which are 28 flights per week or 4 flights per day.
The most frequently departed flights to Tagbilaran are routes from Manila (MNL) in Philippines and Seoul (ICN) in South Korea. These two routes together are operated 120 times this month, and make up for 100% of all monthly arrivals at Tagbilaran Airport.
The longest flight to Tagbilaran TAG is departing from Seoul (ICN). This non-stop flight takes around 4 hours and 50 minutes and covers a distance of 1,927 miles (3,102 km).
List of all direct flights to Tagbilaran
Below you can find a list of all cities and countries that have direct flights to Tagbilaran, ordered by popularity.
89 flights this month
El Nido (ENI)
Airlines flying to Tagbilaran
Currently, there are 6 airlines that fly to Tagbilaran. Below you can find the list of airlines that operate all TAG flights:
Philippine Airlines (PR)2 routes to TAG
Cebu Pacific (5J)2 routes to TAG
AirAsia (Z2)1 route to TAG
Jeju Air (7C)1 route to TAG
PAL Express (2P)1 route to TAG
AirSWIFT (T6)1 route to TAG
Intercontinental flights to Tagbilaran
The only intercontinental flights to Tagbilaran Airport (TAG) are from Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia, as of January 2021.
* Please note that there are no direct services from Europe, the United States, Canada, Southern America, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle-East, Southern Asia, China, Japan, Central Asia or Oceania.
Non-stop flights from East Asia to Tagbilaran
Jeju Air: year-round flights from Seoul (ICN).
PAL Express: year-round flights from Seoul (ICN).
Non-stop flights from South-East Asia to Tagbilaran
AirAsia: year-round flights from Manila (MNL).
Cebu Pacific: year-round flights from Davao City (DVO) and Manila (MNL).
Philippine Airlines: year-round flights from Davao City (DVO) and Manila (MNL).
International flights to Tagbilaran
Flights from South Korea to Tagbilaran
Seoul is the only city in South Korea with direct flights to Tagbilaran. From Seoul, you can fly non-stop with Jeju Air or PAL Express.
Domestic flights to Tagbilaran
Flights from Philippines to Tagbilaran
There are 3 airports in Philippines that have non-stop domestic flights to Tagbilaran.
From Davao City, you can fly non-stop with Cebu Pacific or Philippine Airlines.
From El Nido, the only airline with direct flights is AirSWIFT. This is a seasonal route that starts in February and ends in March.
From Manila, direct flights are offered by AirAsia, Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines.
Alternative airports near Tagbilaran
Flying to an alternative airport near Tagbilaran could give you other options to reach your destination. For example, the possibility to fly with a different airline or alliance, or finding a cheaper airfare. For this reason, alternative airports near to Tagbilaran (TAG) are listed below. The closest alternative airports are Dumaguete (DGT) and Cebu (CEB).
DumaguetePhilippines
CebuPhilippines
Camiguin, MambajaoPhilippines
Dipolog CityPhilippines
Bacolod CityPhilippines
Cagayan de Oro CityPhilippines
OZC
OzamizPhilippines
How many airports are there in Tagbilaran?
There are 3 airports in Tagbilaran: Tagbilaran Airport (TAG), Sibulan (Dumaguete) Airport (DGT) and Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB).
What is the best airport to fly into Tagbilaran?
You have multiple options when flying into Tagbilaran. Although Tagbilaran (TAG) is a convenient airport to reach the city, the biggest airport near to Tagbilaran is Cebu (CEB), Mactan-Cebu International Airport, which offers you additional options.
How many airlines fly to Tagbilaran?
There are 6 airlines flying to Tagbilaran from 4 airports around the world, as of January 2021.
Which airlines fly to Tagbilaran?
Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and AirAsia operate most flights to Tagbilaran. To get a full overview of all operating airlines, please use the airline filter.
Which alliances are flying to Tagbilaran?
There are no alliances flying to Tagbilaran at the moment.
How many nonstop flights are there to Tagbilaran?
There are roughly 120 flights arriving at Tagbilaran every month (or 28 flights each week), from a total of 4 airports worldwide.
What is the official name of Tagbilaran Airport?
The official name of Tagbilaran Airport is Tagbilaran Airport.
What is the airport code of Tagbilaran Airport?
The airport code of Tagbilaran Airport is TAG.
What are the most popular flights to Tagbilaran?
Manila, Seoul and Davao City are the 3 most popular routes to Tagbilaran. For a complete overview of all flight routes to Tagbilaran, please use our flight map.
How long is the flight to Tagbilaran?
Manila to Tagbilaran 1h 35m
Seoul to Tagbilaran 4h 50m
Davao City to Tagbilaran 1h 15m
El Nido to Tagbilaran 1h 45m

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With each passing year, the reunion grew and grew and grew.
So much so, in fact, the 18th Annual Reunion – which will be held Aug. 3-5 will, as Clegg, the group's tireless president said the other day, "Reach the peak of hockey's iceberg" when Willie Marshall, the American Hockey League's all-time leading scorer, appears as a special guest for the unique and history filled three-day weekend.
Clegg announced that Marshall, who played three of his 20 AHL seasons with the Reds at the former and legendary RI Auditorium, "is coming home to receive the fist ever Ray Ross Perseverance Award, named in honor and memory of the late Reds standout who played pro hockey for 14 seasons, 10 of which came as a speedy right winger for the Reds.
Marshall will accept the prestigious honor on Sunday, Aug. 5 from Ross' sons – Gary, Glen and Gregg - during the awards ceremony that will be held at the famed carousel building inside Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick beginning at noon.
Marshall is an honored member of the AHL Hall of Fame and was induced its inaugural year of 2006. He played for Pittsburgh (4 seasons), Hershey (7), Providence (3), Baltimore (5) and Rochester (1).
The Reds Heritage Society Reunion is a three-fold event that's filled with hockey history unlimited and information as well as tickets can be purchased by calling Mal Goldenberg at (401)-782-6623 or mal@rmcri.com.


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Flames of the Torch: On journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance
When prominent Saudi Arabian journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who in the past criticized the reign of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, disappeared after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, the story struck some as familiar. In a world in which secrets are power, journalists, working as truth-seekers, sometimes go missing or are killed by the groups they attempt to uncover.
Since Khashoggi's disappearance, senior Turkish officials stated that within the two hours after he arrived at the Consulate, Khashoggi was killed by a team of fifteen Saudi agents, who flew in that day, dismembered him with a bone saw and took him out of the consulate. However, Saudi officials, including the Crown Prince, claim no part in the disappearance, and on Oct. 3, even stated "We have nothing to hide," and Turkish investigators were free to search the consulate.
Although Turkey has always been at odds with Saudi Arabia, it is important to note that this skepticism does not answer the question of where exactly Khashoggi is.
Given that information on Khashoggi's whereabouts could be corrupted by these disagreements, readers understandably have a hard time following along. But in the event that concrete evidence is found on Khashoggi's apparent death, readers around the world will feel the gravity of daring to uncover the truth.
The journalist is not treated as a noble hero in other countries, and rarely seen as virtuous in today's United States — but we have to consider the result of Khashoggi's work if he had not disappeared.
Through his reporting work and commentary on Saudi leadership, including his column in The Washington Post, he has shown his dissent for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; a man who is known for putting dissenters in prison. Khashoggi is well aware of those who have been killed or imprisoned while fighting for truth. He knows the risks, he understands that people aren't going to like what he publishes and he resonates with activists around the world.
Yet, he never chose to stop working for the sake of his protection. That's because his work protects the freedom of decision-makers all over the world.
President Donald Trump's response to this alleged murder has been met with deserved criticism, from Democrats and Republicans.
"Here we go again with you know you're guilty until proven innocent," Trump told the Associated Press, comparing the allegations against Saudi Arabia to the allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Instead, he believes "rogue killers" killed Khashoggi, "a feeling" he from speaking with the king Salman of Saudi Arabia.
"He said he and his father knew nothing about it. I spoke to the king yesterday, the crown prince, today wanting to know what was going on, what was happening, and he said very strongly that he and his father knew nothing about it but … they've already started a major investigation to find out," Trump said.
This dismissal of the gravity of such an act reflects Trump's own view of the media and journalists as a whole. A slow and muted response by Trump and his administration, coupled with his anti-press verbiage — "enemy of the people" — fails to recognize the ever-needed purpose of a journalist.
For a journalist's job is to serve as the fourth estate of democracy, a bridge between the people and the government, serving as a key check on the powers of local and national communities. Even in countries in which a democratic state is not established, journalism serves the same purpose: To ask the questions the people need the answers for.
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The Mandrare River in the Amosy region of southeastern Madagascar flows into the Indian Ocean near Amboasary Sud. The Mandrare River Camp, where we stayed, is near the village of Ifotaka, about three and a half hours' drive from Ft. Dauphin. The river flows through the semi-arid Antandroy spiny forest region forming a deciduous gallery (riverine) forest. The sacred spiny forest area hosts the ornate tombs of the Antandroy ancestors. Lemur species found in the area are ring-tailed lemur, verreaux's sifaka, mouse lemur, and white-footed sportive lemur (which we saw but could not photograph).
Mandrare River Camp has six tents on the river bank, each with solar hot water and solar electrical power for lighting.
The sisal is used to make a soft rope, used to tie up livestock. The big trucks that haul it really tear up the roads.
The Antandroy people protect large pristine wildlife areas of spiny forest that are home to the ornate graves of the Antandroy ancestors. Sacred areas are marked by zebu horns.
Riverine (or gallery) forests are corriders along rivers or wetlands in landscapes that are otherwise dry. Ifotaka Community Forest protects sub-arid thorn thicket with some dry gallery woodland. It was established in 2006 as the south;s first protected area to involve local communities in its management. Its 20,000 hectares are managed rather than strictly protected. Mandrare River Lodge is at the southern end of the protected area.
At the beginning of the rainy season when we visited, the water level was just starting to rise in the river due to rains in the mountains.
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A Forecastle Experience To Remember
Forecastle was my first complete music festival experience. As it was an "urban festival," I was able to enjoy the comforts of a hotel room and the late night food of my choice. When I arrived with my fellow festival goers, I was first struck by the fact that a portion of the event was located beneath an underpass; the main stage was framed by the Ohio River. Beyond the festival was the bridge we drove across to get into Louisville. The setting was serene and sprawling, and although crowds got dense at points (especially at the various stages, of course), the festival was not overwhelming to walk into.
As the day wore on, the crowds began to get more dense, and fortunately, Friday was a relatively cool day. I spent a lot of time exploring the grounds, drifting from stage to stage. There were many booths that sold merchandise, all types of food and drink, and art booths (one of which belonged to the official Forecastle artist himself, Status Serigraph). Many oddities wandered the grounds, including an odd papier-mâché man supported by three or four people (he was probably a pop-culture reference, but I don't know it), a couple of monster-looking creatures, and various Chinese dragons. A ship was beached in the middle of it all; it was often inhabited by women dressed as mermaids, and a beautifully tattooed man painted the boat with intricate designs that evolved and grew throughout the weekend.
There were four stages, and each stage seemed to draw a different crowd; the Ocean stage generally housed more EDM and experimental groups such as Mimosa and Tune-Yards (these crowds were generally populated by much younger people), and the Port stage was generally visited by a more relaxed, generally older crowd that came to see groups like Sun Kil Moon and Joy Vance.
The Mast and Boom stages were home to the bigger acts. On Friday, these included JJ Grey & Mofro on the Mast Stage (this was the largest one and the first you saw walking in) and The Black Lips on the Boom stage. The unfortunate thing about Friday's lineup was that I wanted very much to see Spoon and The Districts (Spoon being one of my main musical high school obsessions and The Districts being a group I'd had the privilege of seeing in Bloomington a year prior). Instead, I ended up being dragged into the Twenty One Pilots crowd in order to get up close for Outkast.
Initially, I was skeptical. I got some great photographs of Twenty One Pilots; don't get me wrong, they are talented musicians much like the many other amazing artists who played on the stages of Forecastle this July. However, I'd seen them last summer at Piqnic and been relatively unimpressed (I have not heard much of their music, which probably contributed largely to this disinterest).
But being in an excited crowd is infectious. At one point, lead singer Tyler Joseph urged everyone to get up on each others' shoulders and get closer to the music. Josh Dun—the currently pink-haired drummer—also crowd surfed, playing his drums on a board being held up by what I hoped was able-bodied helpers and not unsuspecting crowd members. I have to give it to them: Twenty One Pilots does know how to put on a good show. They are always full of energy and never fail to get the crowd to go insane (which is generally full of devoted fans, but still).
Once Twenty One Pilots ended, I found myself five rows from the front. After an hour of waiting in a dense, sweaty crowd (an act I reviled at the time but quickly grew to appreciate throughout the weekend), the lights went dark and a black and white American Flag appeared projected onto a giant red screen, against which was silhouetted Big Boi and Andre 3000.
They emerged, Andre 3000 sporting a white wig and a jumpsuit with a price tag. They immediately got the show going, belting out hit after hit. The crowd went ballistic; it was amazing. Earlier that day, I had spoken to somebody on his way to the festival. He had told me that Outkast was the only reason he'd come. Now I fully realized why this might be the case. Of course Outkast is a duo we know and love for fondly sung-to hits like "Ms. Jackson" and "So Fresh, So Clean," but everyone on stage (backup singers, DJ, and instrumentals alike) truly had a wonderful time. Being exposed to such positive, talented, and, might I say, raunchy artists in such an in-your-face way was the perfect way to start off the weekend right.
On Saturday, I arrived to see Boy & Bear just beginning their set. The folky indie-rock band—composed of David Hosking, Killian Gavin, Tim and Jonathan Hart, and David Symes—came all the way from Sydney, Australia. Towards the end they played the popular single "Southern Sun," which preceded their second album, Harlequin Dream. Hearing it live was a beautiful experience; the 70's-inspired relaxed simplicity of the song really shone through from the stage. You can listen to the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3q_SchLR0I
Then I ran into some friends holding front-row spots for the next band, Lord Huron, who I'd never really heard before. The five-man Los Angeles indie-folk band came out on stage with a lot of positive energy. Lead singer and founder Ben Schneider couldn't keep a grin off his face, and by the time I left their show I was smiling and dancing with the crowd, as per his example.
Then began the best three-show succession I will probably ever experience in my life. A friend and I had resolved to be in front for Jack White—he's almost as much of a die-hard fan as I am—and fortunately two of my other favorites were playing consecutively before him at the same stage. We squeezed close to the front for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, but couldn't get all the way to the front because die-harder Jack White fans solidly populated the first three rows, and had been doing so since the gates opened at noon (Jack White wasn't scheduled to go on until 9:30). Apparently arriving five hours early simply wasn't enough for Jack White, but third row was all right too.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings played an amazing set. They were more contagiously upbeat than anyone I'd seen before. I own the album Give The People What They Want, almost every song of which they played. Sharon Jones did not once stop dancing… in fact, she even tried teaching us some new-old dance moves between songs! Recently cancer-free, Jones obviously had a newfound zest for life that she wanted to share with everybody whose life she touched. As a part of her crowd at Forecastle, I was able to receive some of this extreme happiness. The perspective she created with her remarkable new outlook on life was extremely touching. Speaking on her plans after performing for us that Saturday evening, Jones memorably said, "I'm gonna fish my way back to happiness!" (Literally- she had plans to go to a lake and fish.) She and her Dap-Kings (and let's not forget the Dap-Ettes) played music that was all at once uplifting, sassy, strong-willed, and full of hope for the future.
After Sharon Jones, Band of Horses came on. A huge name for many music lovers, Band of Horses played against what looked to be North woods imagery. Presenting a much different sound from Sharon Jones, they mellowed out the crowd with deeply emotional songs like "No One's Gonna Love You," "Older," and "Infinite Arms." Ben Bridwell sang true to everything I'd heard recorded of them, and even though Band of Horses does not have a necessarily fast or upbeat tone, one could not help but feel warm inside watching them smiling and playing and deeply feeling what they were giving to us. On stage, Bridwell was accompanied by Tyler Ramsey on guitar, who played a long solo at one point that completely blew me away. They were accompanied also by Ryan Monroe on keyboard and guitar, Bill Reynolds on bass, and Creighton Barrett on drums. You can listen to my favorite Band of Horses song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H1h32vqDxE
Once Band of Horses blew us away with their most popular song "Funeral," we were left to wait for the long-awaited Saturday headliner. Along with just a couple other things, seeing Jack White had been at the top of my bucket list for years. I'd never gotten the chance to do it until now, and to be honest it didn't feel like it was actually going to happen. The surrounding crowd also seemed to be in extreme anticipation as well, and we had all gotten to know each other somewhat after standing in the same place in close quarters for the past several hours as White's top hat- and suspender-wearing cronies set up the stage. Just as I opened my mouth to say something to the person behind me, everything went dark and her eyes went wide. I spun around and—lo and behold—it was Jack White in the flesh.
Now, folks, I promise you I'm not too crazy. But at that moment my eyes welled up with tears and I just couldn't contain my happiness. I had never felt so star-struck until this moment. The entire crowd roared, and Jack White and his band members assumed position on stage. The stage was lit completely blue, and every person on stage glowed eerily under the blue light. Lilly Mae Rische stood to his left in a flowing white retro frock that made her look like some sort of beautiful, fiddle-playing ghost. Fats Kaplin sat behind White playing an instrument I later found out was a theremin. Other supporting members were Daru Jones on drums, Dominic Davis on bass, and Ikey Owens on keyboard.
Every song Jack White and his supporting band played was absolutely phenomenal and full of aggressive energy. White ran around the stage, interacting with every member of the group and characteristically hiding his face behind a messy mop of black hair. Often he did not face the crowd; the emotional intensity and obvious eccentricities of White as a performer was intoxicating to watch in and of itself. "Love Interruption" was overwhelmingly great (you can see the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErNRBTPbEc). And of course, when they played the White Stripes' song "We're Going to Be Friends," the entire crowd sang along to the simple ballad in a lovely, harmonious rendition. White played a lot from his past works, which was pleasantly surprising. But of course, they also played a lot from Lazaretto and Blunderbuss; these tended to be the more intense numbers in his act.
At one point, White and his crew left the stage early with no warning. The assumption was that someone in the crowd had angered him, but nobody really knew what had happened. So we did the only logical thing: chanted "Seven Nation Army" as if we were at a basketball game. After doing this for a long time, they returned—this time, White was wearing a black shirt as opposed to his previous blue one—and ended up playing until far past their intended end time. (Which reminds me: Forecastle did an amazing job at keeping everything going smoothly and on time. Not a single show started late.) At the end of it all, he smashed his guitar as seemed only fitting and threw his tie out into the audience.
So after I had the most intense and wonderful experience of my life, it only seemed fitting that a nutritious meal of pizza and soda be consumed before falling into the deepest sleep of my life. Both nights I ate dinner in Louisville, we got a deliciously large and floppy slice of pizza at Spinelli's on East Jefferson (I highly recommend, although I don't have much to compare it to). It was very satisfying that night.
The next day, I awoke with a new vigor for life despite my extreme soreness from standing in one place for so long. At this point, I understood how people could get addicted to festivals. Fortunately, I made it back to the grounds in time to see The Weeks perform. I saw them a few months ago in Bloomington, and they're a pretty fun group to hear live. Of course they played "Buttons" at the end of their set, ever reminiscent of Kings of Leon (meets Bruce Springsteen meets Matt Kearney meets Bloomington basement band).
After this I wandered over to the Ocean stage to see some of Chrome Sparks at the behest of a friend (we'd seen some of Blue Sky Black Death on my way to see The Weeks). They were nice to listen to, but nothing could keep me from heading over to the main stage to see Brett Dennen perform. This was probably my favorite crowd, as everyone around me was light-hearted and happy to be there. Sunday was a warm, sunny day, so the whole scene seemed rather whimsical. Everybody sang along when Dennen played his more popular and upbeat songs, "Out Of My Head," "Sydney," and "Wild Child." This was another artist I had looked forward to above many others at Forecastle, and seeing him in the flesh also felt very special.
For the rest of the afternoon, I spent time watching Nickel Creek and then Ray LaMontagne. As much as I hate to admit it, I didn't know as much of either artist at the time as I would have liked. As a result, I was blown away by the amazing charisma presented by Nickel Creek; this highly lauded musical group played with more instrumental skill and enthusiasm than I'd ever seen. The simplicity of their sound was made complex by the intricacies brought upon by the expert way each band member handled their instruments, which is not surprising considering their successful past.
Ray LaMontagne followed Nickel Creek on the Boom stage. Fortunately we got close to the front. I honestly did not know what to expect from LaMontagne live, but I knew from various people that he wasn't somebody you should miss. When he came out on stage, the cheers were deafening. Again, I was in the presence of an amazingly skilled musical artist. The pained look on his face as he sang of emotionally themes in songs like was extremely touching; many times he sang songs of love unrequited and love attained. When they played "Meg White," the band first played a short instrumental rendition of the "Seven Nation Army" chant. Considering the night before, this was rather funny indeed. "All The Wild Horses" brought some audience members to tears. I felt privileged to see the connection LaMontagne could create with an audience. Of course, his more popular and upbeat songs such as "Supernova" and "Lavender" were well received also, but in a happier sort of way.
After this beautiful experience ended, I headed over to catch some of Beck before driving home to Indianapolis to be back for work the next morning. Although I didn't get very close at all, I got to see Beck—an exciting feat all on its own. I caught some fun songs like "Loser" and "Black Tambourine," among other greats. As I left the lightly mist-shrouded festival grounds, "Blue Moon" (listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWbgR4vYiw) from his newest album sent me off into the cool evening on a note that couldn't have been more perfect.
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Q: How to make background flushing more aggressive I've got a system that is doing a continuous steady stream of writes to GFS2 filesystems, and what happens is that the cache builds up to vm.dirty_ratio and then load skyrockets during a synchronous flush
I've already set vm.dirty_background_ratio=1 and vm.dirty_ratio=10 and that definitely helped, but there's still a cycle of cache building up and a synchronous flush, albeit a smaller one.
What I really want is to make the background flush work harder.  I've got CPU to spare, so I'd rather spread the flushing work out as evenly as possible and never have it be synchronous.  Any advice on the best way to do that?  The next thing I'll try is lowering vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs, but I've seen warnings about that.  http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/linux-pdflush.htm
This is 2.6.32 kernel.


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Take a break from your work and look around. Maybe you see the sun setting over the Swamp, people shooting baskets or passing Frisbees; maybe you see the drab beige of the walls that imprison you with your job. How do we perceive the infinitely varied world around us, and how does our brain construct an image of our surroundings from the multitude of signals constantly bombarding our eyes? These are the questions that fascinate Dr. Ralf Wessel, an Associate Professor of Physics at WUSTL, and the questions he seeks to answer.
The Wessel Lab uses small electrodes to measure the electrical activity of neurons involved in vision. By measuring this activity in response to various visual stimuli, the lab has investigated various theories of vision. Visual information is traditionally believed to be encoded in neural circuits, networks of connected neurons, in the visual cortex, located at the back of the head. The classical view of sight hypothesized that different neural circuits represented different objects; for example, seeing a dog would activate the circuits associated with dogs.
To test this hypothesis, the lab measures the electrical activity of neurons in the visual areas of animal brains while exposing the eyes of the animal to different sights, such as moving dots or pictures. Due to the complex nature of the brain's neural system, the lab can only directly measure electrical activity from three neurons at a time. However, by determining the correlation between the activities of neurons, the researchers were able to infer the existence of neural circuits. The experiment revealed something surprising—when the same stimulus is provided, the corresponding neurons do not always activate. Apparently, the classical model is not sufficient to explain how neural circuits work.
As a result, Dr. Wessel and his colleagues revised their model. Rather than assuming that certain neural circuits are associated with particular images, Dr. Wessel hypothesized that our perception of images arise from changes in the "conversation" between neurons. Dr. Wessel explains the difference between this new theory and the classical view of sight using an elegant metaphor. Imagine our neurons are having a party. Dr. Wessel likened the classical model to a room where everyone is silent at first; when a new person (the stimulus) enters the room, everyone starts talking to each other. On the other hand, the new model imagines the room already filled with conversation. Once the visual stimulus enters the room, the conversation changes, and it is this subtle shift that manifests itself as the images we see.
Imagine a single player and a large checkerboard. Each turn, the player randomly picks a square on the board and adds a piece. Each square can hold a stack of up to three pieces, but once a fourth piece is added, the square distributes its pieces to its four nearest neighbors.
Dr. Wessel and his lab again turned to measurements of neuronal electrical activity to test the model. However, instead of measuring the activity of single neurons, the Wessel lab relied on rougher measurements of activity in groups of neurons by using electrodes to determine potential changes immediately outside neuron groups and comparing temporal and spatial correlation between the groups. From this, the lab was able to calculate the number of neurons involved in the observed cascades. Lo and behold, their distribution exactly followed that predicted by the lab's model, leading Wessel and his colleagues to believe that the 'shifting conversation' model is a viable explanation for communication between the eye and brain.
What applications could this research have? Dr. Wessel points out that one of the biggest breakthroughs in neuroprosthetics has been the development of the cochlear implant, which allows individuals with damaged ears to hear again by doing the job of the cochlea, or inner ear. Engineers and scientists have long hoped to develop a similar prosthetic eye, but limited knowledge of how the brain and eye communicate has prevented such an invention so far. Dr. Wessel hopes that the insights provided by his lab's research could contribute to the eventual creation of such a device.
To the researchers' excitement, the lab's paper is going to be published on Nature Physics in 2015, which will start a conversation among neuroscience scholars around the world.
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Heard has great expectations for Crimson Tide
You can hear it in his voice. Spencer Heard knows this season could be special.
The Minden Crimson Tide were on the field for their first practice of the school year Tuesday afternoon. After an offseason swirling with uncertainty around Minden's W.W. Williams Stadium, or The Pit as it's affectionately known, the arrival of fall practice and a new school year have the community buzzing about football again.
"The important thing is we are going to play in The Pit," head coach Spencer Heard said.
"Originally, that was the main concern of the coaches and players and everyone, was where are we going to play? Once we found out we were playing here it eased everybody's mind. It's going to look different, but it's still the same field. It's coming along and we're seeing progress; it hasn't been a major obstacle."
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Heard said he feels good about the roster's returning talent, adding it's nice to be back in his element.
"It's always exciting this time of year," Heard said. "It's always the same feeling. I think this year with this group of guys, led by seniors who've played a lot and the coaching staff we have in place, everybody's ready to get going. There's a buzz in the community, but we can't get caught up in that. We have to do what we do and stick to the daily grind, so to speak."
Wide receivers coach Brian Fowler left Minden for the head baseball job at North Webster over the summer, prompting Minden to hire former Tide quarterback Hunter Leppert to coach that unit. Leppert also brings another offensive mind to the table and can serve Heard well in the film room and coming up with gameplans. Leppert will also be a shoulder for third-year starting quarterback Antonio Rivette to lean on.
"When coach Fowler told me that was offered to him I knew it was a good deal for him," Heard said. "Definitely the right decision for him. Getting (Leppert) on board is going to be good. I have him tabbed as a receivers coach but he can really tell Tony (Rivette) and the other quarterbacks a lot of things from having played quarterback as long as he have. He'll be a good pair of eyes during games and a great asset for us overall."
Minden returns 16 starters from last year's team that finished 9-3 and was eliminated in round two of the Class 4A playoffs by Franklinton, 35-34. Minden's average margin of defeat in their three losses (Haughton, Benton, Franklinton) was five points. All of this to say, the Tide were a couple of lucky breaks away from contending for a 4A title shot.
The Tide have the look of a team ready to take the next step, and with a veteran-laden senior class, leadership and talent are all over the field. Talented youngsters are part of the fray as well, with Minden likely to slot 2-3 sophomores into the starting lineup for departed seniors.
The last two seasons, Minden has improved dramatically on defense. In 2016, the Tide might be fielding one of 4A's best defenses.
"We have Zi (Zi'Kerrion Baker) and Cam (Cameron Morgan) back," Heard said. "Those two and Ty'Christopher Harris have to be the best three linebackers I've ever seen together on one team."
The defensive line is in good hands with the return of Kendall Allums and Ethan Culp. Both Allums and Culp will line up at defensive end, but Allums has the versatility to line up inside if called upon. In the middle of that line, a pair of sophomores are expected to start.
"Braxton Jackson and Jwan Pickens will play a lot of snaps," Heard said. "Braxton is about 6-foot-2, 260-pounds and Jwan is about 6-foot-1, 270-pounds."
"That was one thing last year we really didn't have. When you get to a certain point you need to have that size inside, or it will show. We're excited to have those guys inside."
The defensive backfield lost senior safeties Dekeltric Freelon and Kenneth Francis, but return a rising senior in Ventavious Williams.
"If the spring game is any indication of what he's going to do this year, he's going to have a really big year," Heard said. "He was lights out in the spring game. Then we have Leonardo McCarter at one corner spot. Rodney Johnson is going to be at free safety. It's going to be his first time starting, but he's looked good throughout the course of the summer and I think he'll be a good one. "
The other corner spot will be manned by another newcomer, Jacareon Lathan.
"He's kind of a long kid," Heard said. "He's about 6-foot-1. We like to have that kind of size in the secondary."
Heard also mentioned Demarcus Hamilton and Rykarrian Robinson as players who could earn snaps in the secondary.
Offensively, Minden came on strong down the stretch last season, led by L'Jarius Sneed – now playing at Louisiana Tech – and Rivette.
In the last four games of the season and with teams beginning to key on Sneed, Rivette found equal chemistry with returning targets Tavarius Edwards and tight end Kelcey Miller. He also hooked up for a touchdown with Adrian Flournoy, an athletic, big-bodied senior ready to make an impact.
"It starts with Tony at quarterback," Heard said. "He's put on a little more weight over the summer. That kid looks good. He's more mature and he's seeing everything well. I expect him to have a great year with the skill guys we have back."
Kolby Jackson returns at running back for the Tide after a junior season that didn't go as planned. Jackson was explosive in his sophomore campaign and still has the burst to make big plays.
"Kolby will be back," Heard said. "Another kid who's looked good when I've put him in their is Jamin Oliver. He's low to the ground (5-foot-7, 190-pounds) and runs hard."
Heard's son Patrick Heard is making a move to wide receiver. Expect the speedy junior to get his share of touches on screens and sweeps.
Darian Mitchell is slotted in at right tackle, Brandon Jackson returns at right guard and An'rhonde Walker will get the nod at left guard. Position battles will play out in camp at center and left tackle.
"Noah Peters and Tyler Barnes are battling at center," Heard said. "A couple of sophomores."
Ricky Stevenson, Cedric Sneed and Johnathan Rhodes are all factors in the battle for the left tackle spot. It will be interesting to see who wins the fight to protect Rivette's blind side.
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From $40 to $400: Micromax's Leap of Faith with the Superfone
Written on Nov. 29, 2011 .
Micromax Mobiles has launched its latest smartphone in India called the "Superfone". As the name suggests, Micromax is trying to establish itself into a new orbit with its latest offering. Micromax A85 Superfone is powered with 1 GHz dual core NVIDIA Tegra2 processor and Android 2.2 OS, which can be upgraded to 2.3 (Gingerbread). In addition, Micromax brings a new feature to the plate, gesture control, which means you just have to wave your hand to command the phone. It can be used to answer/reject /silence incoming calls, or turn on the speaker during a call. It also allows users to scroll/navigate through emails, contacts, photo gallery and music playlists using hand gestures. The device has a 3.8" Gorilla glass capacitive touchscreen (480X800 pixels), 5 MP rear camera, VGA front camera and supports 3G and Wi-Fi both.
Other than Android 2.2 OS, the specifications undoubtedly are impressive, especially the innovative gesture control feature. But the big question remains, will the price sensitive Indian consumers shell out INR 18,990 ($360) to buy a smartphone from Micromax when they can get an iPhone3GS or the latest Blackberry Curve smartphones(9350 and 9380) for INR 20,990 ($400) and a number of devices from Samsung and Nokia within the same price range? Micromax is undoubtedly one of the most established local players and the most innovative of the lot. But it still carries the perception of a brand targeting the lower end of the market. An upward brand extension is always difficult, especially when the success factor of the brand has primarily been low-cost devices. It would be a tough battle ahead for Micromax to move out of its comfort zone and establish itself in the mid/high end segment competing directly with the established global players.
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Q: SQL left join on a table with alternative results - implementing selection order for optimal performance I would like to join two rather large tables in an optimized way and looking for a solution here.
One table has Customers (with ID as primary key).
This to be left joined with:
Address table has different types of address data - it also has ID as pk, Customer ID as a foreign key but with duplications, type of address for the given row and the address itself.
I would like to implement a selection order - if the most preferred address type (in this case Postal) exists for a customer, then take the this address type else take second preference (in this case Delivery) as the next best and then the third type (Locational) as least preferable. There might be more than 3 options in the real problem, maybe 5-6.
To illustrate my problem:
Customer table:

id
name
data

1
Joe
some data Joe

2
Eva
some data Eva

3
David
some data David

4
Adam
some data Adam

Address Table

id
cust_id
address type
address

1
1
Postal
Postal type address for Joe

2
1
Delivery
Delivery type address for Joe

3
1
Locational
Locational type address for Joe

4
2
Delivery
Delivery type address for Eva

5
2
Locational
Locational type address for Eva

6
3
Locational
Locational type address for David

The desired output would look like this:

id
name
data
address type
address

1
Joe
some data Joe
Postal
Posta type address for Joe

2
Eva
some data Eva
Delivery
Delivery type address for Eva

3
David
some data David
Locational
Locational type address for David

4
Adam
some data Adam
null
null

So for customer 1 (Joe) the Postal type address was selected as it did exists. Then for customer 2 (Eva) type Delivery was selected as the second best option, and finally for customer 3 (David) it was the Locational type address. No address was selected for Adam.
I could figure out some options with a number of steps, eg. joining address table multiple times and then selecting the addresses with CASE WHEN type wrapping query but there must be an easier way to do this.
Here is a fiddle (MS SQL Server)
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!18/e0ffce
Thanks in advance

A: Use a CTE with DENSE_RANK() on your Address table. To pick up Customers that do not have an address, add a COALESCE to the WHERE clause:
WITH CTE AS (
  SELECT *, DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY cust_id ORDER BY
             CASE WHEN address_type = 'Postal' THEN 1
                  WHEN address_type = 'Delivery' THEN 2
                  WHEN address_type = 'Locational' THEN 3
             ELSE NULL END ASC) AS dr
  FROM Address)
SELECT a.*, b.address_type, b.address
FROM Customer a
LEFT JOIN CTE b
ON a.id = b.cust_id
WHERE COALESCE(dr, 1) = 1

Result:

id
name
some_data
address_type
address

1
Joe
some data Joe
Postal
Postal type address for Joe

2
Eva
some data Eva
Delivery
Delivery type address for Eva

3
David
some data David
Locational
Locational type address for David

4
Adam
some data Adam
null
null

Demo here.

A: Using a CTE with DENSE_RANK() on my Address table with an explicit order using CASE WHEN does the trick.
Slight modification of GRIV's answer above:
WITH CTE AS (
  SELECT *, DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY Cust_ID ORDER BY addr_order ASC) AS rank
  FROM (
    SELECT *,
       CASE WHEN Address_Type LIKE 'Postal' THEN 1 ELSE
         CASE WHEN Address_Type LIKE 'Delivery' THEN 2 ELSE
           CASE WHEN Address_Type LIKE 'Locational' THEN 3 ELSE null
           END
         END
       END AS addr_order
    FROM Address
 ) z )
SELECT a.*
  , b.address_type
  , b.address
FROM Customer a
LEFT JOIN CTE b
  ON a.id = b.cust_id
  AND rank = 1

A: You can use row_number()over(partition by Cust_id order by [address type] asc) as Rn. Now use a cte or subquery to get the Rn=1 which will get you the desired result. I hope it works for you .


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1. "Every State Party to this Convention shall, in so far as possible, submit to the World Heritage Committee an inventory of property forming part of the cultural and natural heritage, situated in its territory and suitable for inclusion in the list provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. On the basis of the inventories submitted by States in accordance with paragraph 1, the Committee shall establish, keep up to date and publish, under the title of "World Heritage List," a list of properties forming part of the cultural heritage and natural heritage, as defined in Articles 1 and 2 of this Convention, which it considers as having outstanding universal value in terms of such criteria as it shall have established. An updated list shall be distributed at least every two years.
3. The inclusion of a property in the World Heritage List requires the consent of the State concerned. The inclusion of a property situated in a territory, sovereignty or jurisdiction over which is claimed by more than one State shall in no way prejudice the rights of the parties to the dispute."
Source: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
The Budapest Declaration on World Heritage
3. "(...)
b) [The World Heritage Committee invites States Parties to the Convention to] identify and nominate cultural and natural heritage properties representing heritage in all its diversity, for inclusion on the World Heritage List."
Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/5 The Budapest Declaration on World Heritage
"A partnership approach, underpinned by inclusive, transparent and accountable decision-making, to nomination, management and monitoring provides a significant contribution to the protection of World Heritage properties and the implementation of the Convention."
"Nominations of immovable heritage which are likely to become movable will not be considered."
"States Parties are invited to submit nominations of properties of cultural and/or natural value considered to be of "Outstanding Universal Value" for inscription on the World Heritage List."
"Nominations presented to the Committee shall demonstrate the full commitment of the State Party to preserve the heritage concerned, within its means. Such commitment shall take the form of appropriate policy, legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures adopted and proposed to protect the property and its Outstanding Universal Value."
"Before States Parties begin to prepare a nomination of a property for inscription on the World Heritage List, they should become familiar with the nomination cycle, described in Paragraph 168. It is desirable to carry out initial preparatory work to establish that a property has the potential to justify Outstanding Universal Value, including integrity or authenticity, before the development of a full nomination dossier which could be expensive and time-consuming. Such preparatory work might include collection of available information on the property, thematic studies, scoping studies of the potential for demonstrating Outstanding Universal Value, including integrity or authenticity, or an initial comparative study of the property in its wider global or regional context, including an analysis in the context of the Gap Studies produced by the Advisory Bodies. This first phase of work will help to establish the feasibility of a possible nomination and avoid the use of resources on preparing nominations that may be unlikely to succeed. States Parties are encouraged to seek upstream advice from the relevant Advisory Body(ies) for this first phase as well as to contact the World Heritage Centre at the earliest opportunity in considering nominations to seek information and guidance."
"Effective and inclusive participation in the nomination process of local communities, indigenous peoples, governmental, non-governmental and private organizations and other stakeholders is essential to enable them to have a shared responsibility with the State Party in the maintenance of the property. States Parties are encouraged to prepare nominations with the widest possible participation of stakeholders and shall demonstrate, as appropriate, that the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples has been obtained, through, inter alia, making the nominations publicly available in appropriate languages and public consultations and hearings."
"Outstanding Universal Value means cultural and/or natural significance which is so exceptional as to transcend national boundaries and to be of common importance for present and future generations of all humanity. As such, the permanent protection of this heritage is of the highest importance to the international community as a whole. The Committee defines the criteria for the inscription of properties on the World Heritage List."
Theme: 2.2.1 - Outstanding Universal Value: definition and attributes
"To be deemed of Outstanding Universal Value, a property must also meet the conditions of integrity and/or authenticity and must have an adequate protection and management system to ensure its safeguarding."
Decision of the World Heritage Committee 30 COM 9
3. "[The World Heritage Committee], conscious that outstanding universal value is a concept that shall embrace all cultures, regions and peoples, and does not ignore differing cultural interpretations of outstanding universal value because they originate from minorities, indigenous groups and/or local peoples,
4. Recognises that the identification of outstanding universal value on the basis of the established criteria needs to be analysed also in their cultural and natural context, and that in some instances, the tangible and intangible interpretations cannot be separated."
Decision: 30 COM 9
9. "[The World Heritage Committee] reinforces the rigorous, objective and consistent application of the three key tests to determine Outstanding Universal Value as set out in the Operational Guidelines:
a) the property must meet one or more of the 10 criteria (Paragraph 77);
b) the property must meet the conditions of integrity and/or authenticity (Paragraphs 79/95); and
c) the property must have an adequate protection and management system in place to ensure its safeguarding (Paragraph 78)."
3. "[The World Heritage Committee considers that], in compliance with the Convention and the Operational Guidelines, Outstanding Universal Value is recognised at the time of inscription of a property on the World Heritage List and that no recognition of Outstanding Universal Value is foreseen prior to this stage (…)."
5. "[The World Heritage Committee] Also recalling that the Operational Guidelines set out the conditions for inscription on the World Heritage List, strongly reiterates that only meeting criteria is not enough to warrant inscription, as to be deemed of Outstanding Universal Value a site must also meet the conditions of integrity (and authenticity) and must have an adequate protection and management system to ensure its safeguarding, as outlined in paragraph 78 of the Operational Guidelines;"
"Criterion vi [To] be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria)."
Theme: 2.2.2.2 - Specific considerations related to criterion (vi)
Report of the Rapporteur, World Heritage Committee, Third Session, 1979
J. Note 11 (iii) "In order to preserve its symbolic status as a monument to all the victims, Auschwitz should, it seems, remain in isolation. In other words, we recommend that it should stand alone among cultural properties as bearing witness to the depth of horror and of suffering, and the height of heroism, and that all other sites of the same nature be symbolized through it".
Conclusions. "Sites representing the positive and negative sides of human history will only be invested with real force if we make the most remarkable into unique symbols, each one standing for the whole series of similar events".
Source: CC-79/CONF.003/11 Principles and criteria for inclusion of properties on World Heritage List
Decision of the World Heritage Committee CONF 003 XII.46
31. "The Committee decided to enter Auschwitz concentration camp on the List as a unique site and to restrict the inscription of other sites of a similar nature."
Decision: 3 COM XII.46
"Properties nominated under criteria (i) to (vi) must meet the conditions of authenticity. Annex 4 which includes the Nara Document on Authenticity, provides a practical basis for examining the authenticity of such properties and is summarized below."
"The ability to understand the value attributed to the heritage depends on the degree to which information sources about this value may be understood as credible or truthful. Knowledge and understanding of these sources of information, in relation to original and subsequent characteristics of the cultural heritage, and their meaning as accumulated over time, are the requisite bases for assessing all aspects of authenticity."
"Judgments about value attributed to cultural heritage, as well as the credibility of related information sources, may differ from culture to culture, and even within the same culture. The respect due to all cultures requires that cultural heritage must be considered and judged primarily within the cultural contexts to which it belongs."
"The use of all these sources permits elaboration of the specific artistic, historic, social, and scientific dimensions of the cultural heritage being examined. "Information sources" are defined as all physical, written, oral, and figurative sources, which make it possible to know the nature, specificities, meaning, and history of the cultural heritage."
"When the conditions of authenticity are considered in preparing a nomination for a property, the State Party should first identify all of the applicable significant attributes of authenticity. The statement of authenticity should assess the degree to which authenticity is present in, or expressed by, each of these significant attributes."
"In relation to authenticity, the reconstruction of archaeological remains or historic buildings or districts is justifiable only in exceptional circumstances. Reconstruction is acceptable only on the basis of complete and detailed documentation and to no extent on conjecture."
"Tentative Lists should be drawn selectively and on the basis of evidence that supports potential Outstanding Universal Value. States Parties are encouraged to consult the analyses of both the World Heritage List and Tentative Lists prepared at the request of the Committee by ICOMOS and IUCN to identify the gaps in the World Heritage List. These analyses could enable States Parties to compare themes, regions, geo-cultural groupings and bio-geographic provinces for prospective World Heritage properties (…)."
"In addition, States Parties are encouraged to consult the specific thematic studies carried out by the Advisory Bodies."
"To implement the Global Strategy, cooperative efforts in capacity building and training for diverse groups of beneficiaries may be necessary to assist States Parties in acquiring and/or consolidating expertise in the preparation, updating and harmonization of their Tentative List and the preparation of nominations."
12th General Assembly of States Parties
1. "Agrees to give its full support for the implementation of the Convention, in the States Parties whose heritage is still under-represented on the List,
2. Recognizes the interest of all the States Parties and the advisory bodies in preserving the authority of the 1972 Convention, by improving, through appropriate means, the representativity of the World Heritage List which must reflect the diversity of all cultures and ecosystems of all regions,
3. Endorses the objectives of the Global Strategy while reaffirming the sovereign rights of the States Parties and the sovereign role of the General Assembly".
Source: WHC-99/CONF.206/7 Summary Record of the 12th General Assembly of States Parties
2. "The Global Strategy proposed specifically to 'move away from a purely architectural view of the cultural heritage of humanity towards one which was much more anthropological, multi-functional and universal".
4. "(…) those aspects of the Global Strategy directly relevant to improving those three characteristics attributed to the List. As such, it is important to recall that:
Representativity refers to: ensuring representation on the World Heritage List of properties of outstanding universal value from all regions (2000 Working Group on the Representativity of the World Heritage List);
Balance refers to: ensuring that key bio-geographical regions or events in the history of life are reflected in the World Heritage List (Expert Meeting Parc de La Vanoise, 1996; WHC.96/CONF.201/INF.08);
Credibility refers to: ensuring a rigorous application of the criteria established by the Committee for both inscription and management, and ensuring representativity and balance of sites, in order that the World Heritage List as a whole is not undermined (Expert Meeting Parc de La Vanoise, 1996; WHC.96/CONF.201/INF.08; and as reviewed during the development of the 1992 ICOMOS Global Study)."
Source: WHC.07/16.GA/9 Progress in the implementation of the Global strategy for a representative, balanced and credible World Heritage List
"Serial nominations, whether from one State Party or multiple States, may be submitted for evaluation over several nomination cycles, provided that the first property nominated is of Outstanding Universal Value in its own right. States Parties planning serial nominations phased over several nomination cycles are encouraged to inform the Committee of their intention in order to ensure better planning."
"Cultural landscapes are cultural properties and represent the "combined works of nature and of man" designated in Article 1 of the Convention. They are illustrative of the evolution of human society and settlement over time, under the influence of the physical constraints and/or opportunities presented by their natural environment and of successive social, economic and cultural forces, both external and internal."
7. "[Cultural Landscapes] … should be selected on the basis both of their Outstanding Universal Value and of their representativity in terms of a clearly defined geo‑cultural region and also for their capacity to illustrate the essential and distinct cultural elements of such regions".
9. "Cultural landscapes often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land‑use, considering the characteristics and limits of the natural environment they are established in, and a specific spiritual relation to nature. Protection of cultural landscapes can contribute to modern techniques of sustainable land‑use and can maintain or enhance natural values in the landscape. The continued existence of traditional forms of land‑use supports biological diversity in many regions of the world".
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