I can buy the rice, and my cookbook says I can cook Rice Pudding and shows I have the ingredients, but when I try I get a message saying I need Wildfowl Breast.
What sense does this make? If you're maxed out on cooking from Cataclysm and you get all the cooking recipes when you get to Dawn's Blossom there will be only one recipe that actually levels your cooking but you can't get the ingredients in Dawn's Blossom. Instead you have to run the entire way through the next area.
strangely enough you arent able too grow rice on your farm.
5x Rice is also the quest item for Lesson 5: Pounded Rice Cake that you buy for Nomi when you have obtained Cooking School Bell from Nam Ironpaw for 50x Ironpaw Tokens.


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Q: Conditionally render  in a React component This is a JSX gist I'm displaying on the page.
rows.push(

            {this.state['Person Name'] && this.state['Person Name'][i]}
            {this.state['Amount'] && this.state['Amount'][i]}
            {this.state['Memo'] && this.state['Memo'].length > 0 ? {this.state['Memo'][i]}	 : undefined}
            {this.state['Comment'] && this.state['Comment'].length > 0 ? {this.state['Comment'][i]}	 : undefined}
            {this.state['Incurred Date'] && this.state['Incurred Date'].length > 0 ? {this.state['Incurred Date'][i]}	 : undefined}
            {this.state['Entry Date'] && this.state['Entry Date'].length > 0 ? {this.state['Entry Date'][i]}	 : undefined}
            {this.state['Billable'] && this.state['Billable'][i]}
            {this.state.fileName === 'expenses.csv' ? 'Expense' : 'Time'}

        )

Somehow the conditions that are falsy still display empty s to the table. What did I miss?

Empty columns are shown above.

A: You don't need to use ternary operators at all. Simply just chain &&'s.
{this.state.Memo && this.state.Memo[i] && {this.state.Memo[i]}	}
{this.state.Comment && this.state.Comment[i] && {this.state.Comment[i]}	}
{this.state['Incurred Date'] && this.state['Incurred Date'][i] && {this.state['Incurred Date'][i]}	}
{this.state['Entry Date'] && this.state['Entry Date'][i] && {this.state['Entry Date'][i]}	}

In addition, your array seems to be badly formatted:
// 2 separate variables for the same data?
this.memo = ['a', 'b'];
this.comment = ['comment', 'comment2'];

// Why not make it an array like this?
this.rows = [
    {
        Memo: 'a',
        Comment: 'comment'
    },
    {
        Memo: 'b',
        Comment: 'comment2'
    }
];

Then you can simply do:
this.rows.map(row => (

        {row['Person Name']}
        {row['Amount']}
        {this.state.hasMemos && {row.Memo}	}
        ...

    )}

A  shouldn't be conditional on a row level, it should be conditional on a table level. You can't simply skip TD's if there isn't data for that row, as it will throw off the whole row by shifting columns over. You should either display N/A, an empty 	 for rows that may not have data, or hide them entirely on a table level via something like this.state.hasMemos, if there are any memos.
If you're using the new array structure I have listed, you can use this function to determine if any row has a memo:
this.array.some(row => row.Memo);

This will return true if any row has a Memo, thus either hiding the  for the entire table, or displaying it for every row.

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Ulmeni, mai demult Șilimeghiu, (în , în ) este un oraș în județul Maramureș, Transilvania, România, format din localitățile componente Tohat și Ulmeni (reședința), și din satele Arduzel, Chelința, Mânău, Someș-Uileac, Țicău și Vicea.

Localitatea are o populație de 7.270 locuitori (2011) și a fost declarată oraș prin Legea nr. 83/2004, împreună cu alte trei localități din județul Maramureș: Tăuții-Măgherăuș, Săliștea de Sus și Șomcuta Mare.

Etimologie
Etimologia numelui localității: din numele de grup ulmeni < antrop. Ulmu (< subst. ulm "specie de arbori cu scoarța netedă" < lat. ulmus) + suf. -eni.

Geografie
Ulmeni este situat în nord-vestul României, în extremitatea sud-vestică a județului Maramureș, la limita cu județul Sălaj. Localitatea se află pe malul stâng al râului Someș, fiind primul oraș pe care acest râu îl străbate în județul Maramureș.

De orașul Ulmeni aparțin următoarele localități: Someș-Uileac, Vicea, Arduzel (sat cu populație majoritar maghiară), Țicău, Chelința, Mânău, în timp ce localitatea Tohat a fost asimilată orașului Ulmeni, devenind cartier.

Din punct de vedere al reliefului, atât localitatea Ulmeni, cât și satele aparținătoare, se suprapun unei situații de contact între Depresiunea Băii Mari, Dealurile Sălajului, Masivul Dealul Mare-Țicău și Piemontul Iadărei (parte a Piemontului Șomcutei), situație din care decurge un grad ridicat de favorabilitate în ceea ce privește umanizarea. Frumosul defileu Benesat-Țicău, creat de râul Someș prin adâncire epigenetică în cadrul rocilor metamorfice precambrian suprioare, mărește potențialul peisagistic al regiunii.

Căile de acces ale orașului Ulmeni sunt drumul județean DJ108A și magistrala IV feroviară.

Istorie
Existența așezării sub forma denumirii Sylelmed (cea mai veche denumire) este atestată pentru prima oară pentru anul 1405 (Silelmed, Sylelmed)., într-o scrisoare a regelui Ungariei Sigismund de Luxemburg adresată Conventului Leles din Slovacia Orientală.

Prima atestare documentară a localității Ulmeni datează de la 1405, când apare cu numele de Silimeghiu. Mai apare și cu numele de Sulimediu în anul 1765, în Evanghelia tipărită la Blaj, nume care în traducere înseamnă solul mediu. Denumirea actuală datează din 1926, deși încă mai există persoane vârstice care folosesc numele vechi al orașului. Localitățile care aparțin de Ulmeni reprezintă și ele vechi așezări umane cu atestări documentare din secolele XIV-XV.

Demografie

Conform recensământului efectuat în 2011, populația orașului Ulmeni se ridică la  de locuitori, în creștere față de recensământul anterior din 2002, când se înregistraseră  de locuitori. Majoritatea locuitorilor sunt români (51,77%). Principalele minorități sunt cele de maghiari (22,89%) și romi (21,61%). Pentru 3,63% din populație, apartenența etnică nu este cunoscută.
Din punct de vedere confesional, majoritatea locuitorilor sunt ortodocși (63,34%), dar există și minorități de reformați (20,29%), penticostali (9,82%) și martori ai lui Iehova (1,1%). Pentru 3,67% din populație, nu este cunoscută apartenența confesională.

Politică și administrație
Orașul Ulmeni este administrat de un primar și un consiliu local compus din 15 consilieri. Primarul, , de la , este în funcție din . Începând cu alegerile locale din 2020, consiliul local are următoarea componență pe partide politice:

Economie
Dintre domeniile de activitate ale acestei localiăți, pe lângă cele specifice sectorului primar, se evidențiază și câteva funcții ale sectorului secundar (fabricarea de profile de plastic pentru geamuri și uși termopan, prefabricate din beton, morărit și panificație). În ultimii ani, sectorul serviciilor reliefează o dinamică mai ridicată (rețea proprie de internet, mijloace moderne de transport, sistemului educațional de stat și privat).

Educație
În acest oraș funcționează două instituții de învățământ preuniversitar : Liceul Tehnologic "Dr. Florian Ulmeanu" și Liceul Teoretic "George Pop de Băsești".

Personalități locale
Petre Dulfu, poet, eseist și celebru autor de snoave (născut la Tohat, în anul 1856, decedat la București în anul 1953);
Profesor doctor docent Florian Ulmeanu, unul din fondatorii Facultătii de Medicină sportivă din Bucuresti (născut la Ulmeni, în anul 1903, decedat în anul 1973, la București);
Emil Gavriș, interpret român de muzică populară (nascut în anul 1915, în satul Chelința, decedat la București în anul 1989);
Laurențiu Bran (1865 - 1942), preot, traducător;
Radu Ulmeanu (n. 25 ianuarie 1946), poet și scriitor, Membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România;
Vasile Morar (n. 1949), poet și scriitor, Membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România;
Viorel Mureșan (n. 1953), poet; Membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România;
 Florica Bud (n. 1957) (n. 21 martie 1957, Ulmeni, Maramureș). Poetă, prozatoare, publicistă Liceul "Gheorghe Șincai" Baia Mare și  Facultatea de Mine Petroșani (1981). Membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România, din 1998. Membru al Organizației Internaționale Poetas del Mundo. Director al Institutului Cultural Roman — Filiala Maramureș 2012-2013. Președintele Cenaclului Scriitorilor din Maramureș). Debut absolut: Revista literara Artpanorama, 1997, proză scurtă. Duhul oceanelor reci, Editura "Neuma", Cluj-Napoca, 2020. Măturătorii Cerului, pamflete, Editura eLiteratura, București, 2018. The Man Who Killed My Soul on a Thursday, roman, Editura eLiteratura, București, 2017. Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de sex, pamflete, Editura eLiteratura, București, 2016. Bărbatul care mi-a ucis sufletul într-o joi, roman, Ediție revizuită, Editura eLiteratura, București, 2016. Selected Poems, poeme, Editura Tracus Arte, Bucuresti, 2014.  Cu taxă inversă, iubirea, poeme, Editura Mașina de scris, București, 2013. Secol de vânzare, pamflete, Editura Mașina de scris, București, 2012. Mi-e dor de-o pohtă bună, Editura Mașina de scris, București, 2011. Pierd monopolul iubirii, volum bilingv româno-francez, Editura Ramuri, Craiova, 2010. Crucificat între paranteze, volum bilingv româno-francez, Editura Ramuri, Craiova, 2010. Stindardul dorințelor, volum bilingv româno-albanez, Editura Redacția revistei Albanezul, București, 2010.  Reparăm onoare și clondire, pamflete, Editura Limes, Cluj-Napoca, 2009.  Mariatereza sunt eu, romn, Editura Rao, București, 2007.  Bărbatul care mi-a ucis sufletul într-o joi, roman, Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 2005. Billclintonieni, Editura Eminescu, București, 1999. Cui îi place școala?, meditații pe o temă dată, Editura Odeon, București, 1997. Alergând prin sine, o sumă de proze, Editura Printek, Cluj-Napoca, 1996. Iubire, sînt un obiect nezburător, carte de debut, Editura Gutinul, Baia Mare, 1992. Premii: 2022: L'Accademia Internazionale Il Convivio conferisce Diploma D Onore a Florica Bud, Terza classificata al Premio "Pablo Netuda 2022" nella sezione "Autori in lingua straniera – Libro edito di Poesie" con l'opera Duhul oceanelor reci. 2020:L'Accademia Internazionale Il Convivio conferisce Diploma D Onore a Florica Bud, Concorso "Poesia, Prosa e Arti figurative" 2020, nella sezione "Libro edito – Autori stranieri" con l'opera Măturătorii cerului. 2019: Diplomă de Excelență -- pentru susținerea sentimentelor autentice românești "Dorurile" și "Iubirea", acordat de către Academia Română, Institutul de Filozofie și Psihologie "Constantin Rădulescu-Motru"; 2017: Premiul Scriitorul Anului 2017 și Marele Premiu Pentru Literatură, acordat de către Consiliul Local și Primarul Municipiului Baia Mare. 2016: Premiul pentru proză, acordat de către Revista "Nord Literar". 2014: Premiul pentru proză și publicistică, acordat de către Revista  Acolada, Satu Mare. 2011: Diplomă de Excelență pentru intreaga activitate și propășirea valorilor județului Maramureș, Baia Mare. 2011: Premiu special pentru promovarea culturii, Gala femeilor de succes ale anului 2010, Ediția a VII-a, 2011. 2010: L'Accademia Internazionale Il Convivo conferisce a Florica Bud Premio speciale per la Tematica al Premio "Poesia, Prosa e Arti figurative", nella sezione "Libro edito – Poesia" con l'opera Je perds le monopole de l'amour. 2010: Diplomă, Festivalul Poeților din Balcani, Brăila. 2010: Premiul revistei Nord literar, pentru poezie. 2007: Diplomă — Oameni de seamă ai Sălajului, Zalău. 2006: Premiul de Excelență al Primăriei Sectorului 2, pentru contribuția la dezvoltarea patrimoniului cultural al literaturii române, București. 2006: Premiul Asociației Scriitorilor București, Bărbatul care mi-a ucis sufletul într-o joi. 1998: Premiul revistei Art-Panorama, București. 1993: Premiu — Concursul Cărțile anului 1992, Baia Mare, Iubire, sunt un obiect nezburător. 1991: Premiu — Concursul de proză și teatru Inspectoratul de Cultură, Baia Mare. 1990: Premiu — Concursul de literatură "Sorin Titel", Ediția a IV-a, Caransebeș. Referințe în: XXX, Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române, Academia Română, Editura Muzeul Literaturii Române, București 2017. Scriitori ai Transilvaniei, Dicționar critic ilustrat alcătuit de Irina Petraș, Editura Eikon, Cluj-Napoca, 2014, p. 61. George Marcu, Personalități Feminine Contemporane din Romania. Dicționar biografic, Editura Meronia, București 2013, p. 84. Caiet Bibliografic Aniversar, Biblioteca Județeană "Petre Dulfu" Maramureș, 2008. Biblioteca Județeană "I.S. Bădescu" Sălaj: Oameni de seamă al Sălajului, Vol. II, Zalău, 2006, p. 332. XXX, Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române, Academia Română, Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 2005, p. 685. Vacanță în infern, Horia Gârbea, Editura Muzeul Literaturii Române, 2003,p. 106. O istorie a literaturii pentru copii și adolescenți, Iuliu Rațiu, Editura "Biblioteca Bucureștilor" 2003, p. 283. Scriitori din Maramureș, Ion, M.Mihai – analize și interpretări, Editura Limes, Cluj-Napoca 2003, p. 87. Autori Maramureșeni, Biblioteca Județeană "Petre Dulfu" Maramureș- dicționar biobibliografic, Editura Umbria, 2000, p. 95.
 Vianu Mureșan (n. 20 februarie 1969), scriitor, Membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România.

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 Biserica de lemn din Ulmeni

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 Primaria Ulmeni
 Harta Ulmeni

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23° 1/20/2020 Good Evening
Defense, penalty kill help Islanders rout Lightning
Islanders right wing Josh Bailey celebrates his goal against the Lightning with defenseman Johnny Boychuk during the second period on Monday in Tampa, Fla. Credit: AP/Chris O'Meara
By Andrew Gross andrew.gross@newsday.com @AGrossNewsday Updated December 9, 2019 11:52 PM
TAMPA, Fla. — The Islanders kept defending and Semyon Varlamov kept making saves, both at even strength and on the penalty kill. It finally led to a lopsided win.
"I've got to give credit to the team," Varlamov said. "I always do. But this team, especially, the way we protect the net and battle in our defensive zone. It's just fun to watch."
Sure, the Lightning hit three posts and had some wacky bounces go against them. But that did not detract from the full effort of the Islanders' 5-1 win on Monday night at Amalie Arena.
Brock Nelson scored twice in a three-goal third period for the Islanders (20-7-2) and the penalty kill shut down the Lightning's second-ranked power play on all three chances and got a shorthanded goal from Josh Bailey. Anders Lee capped the victory with his first power-play goal of the season.
The Islanders' three-game road trip started with a 3-1 loss at Dallas on Saturday night, largely because the Stars went 2-for-2 on the power play.
"Special teams, a shorthanded goal, a power-play goal, all those elements in your game that you need," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. "At the end, we had that killer instinct."
Backup Curtis McElhinney, who won the last two games of the Hurricanes' second-round playoff sweep over the Islanders last spring after Petr Mrazek was injured, stopped 19 shots for the Lightning (14-11-3).
Nelson, from the high slot, scored his second goal of the game at 14:41 of the third period to make it 4-1 and Lee pushed it to 5-1 at 16:05.
Varlamov stopped all four power-play shots he faced.
"Guys like [Nikita] Kucherov, [Brayden] Point, [Steven] Stamkos, they're probably the best in the league," Varlamov said. "They don't joke around. You really have to make sure you stay sharp on the penalty kill, and I think we did today."
Still, there were two crucial turning points that had to go the Islanders' way before this turned into a laugher.
Ross Johnston, the physical left wing playing his third game on Mathew Barzal's top line, skated around defenseman Luke Schenn and beat McElhinney over his blocker and off the far post from the right faceoff circle to give the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 6:44 of the second period.
Seconds earlier, Varlamov had turned aside Cory Conacher's breakaway.
"We got saves, a breakaway save, and then Johnner scores," Nelson said. "It's a huge swing."
The second critical moment came when Trotz successfully challenged that Anthony Cirelli was (way) offside on an apparent goal by defenseman Victor Hedman at 9:53 of the third period that would have pulled the Lightning within 3-2.
"It was offside, and fortunate for us," Trotz said. "If that's not offside, they're probably hanging around there and getting some momentum. That was huge."
The Lightning spent much of the early part of the third period hemming the Islanders in their zone, but Nelson made it 3-1 at 7:31 with an unassisted goal on his second whack at the crease. Carter Verhaeghe's attempted pass in the Lightning zone deflected off Schenn's stick and right to Nelson.
Bailey, with his first goal in 10 games, had made it 2-0 at 8:37 of the second period. He scored the Islanders' fourth shorthanded goal of the season, getting to the crease and going to the forehand after the Lightning could not convert a four-on-two rush.
Stamkos brought the Lightning within 2-1 at 15:35 of the period, getting position at the crease against a turned-around Derick Brassard and sliding a backhander under a falling Varlamov.
Island Ice: The Line Episode, Blake Comeau, Q&AAndrew Gross analyzes the Islanders' lines and offers us his take on remaking them, plus an interview with former Islander Blake Comeau and answers to your questions.
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Benny Urquidez (Los Angeles, 20 juni 1952), bijgenaamd The Jet, is wereldkampioen kickboksen, vechtkunstchoreograaf en acteur.

Biografie
Urquidez werd in Californië geboren als zoon van een worstelaarster en een bokser, en stamt af van Spanjaarden en indianen.

Urquidez is vooral zeer snel in het toepassen van technieken. In een interview vertelt hij, dat hij zich voornamelijk beperkt tot weinig technieken, vooral traptechnieken, die hij zeer accuraat uitvoert. Hij behaalde echter een zwarte band in negen stijlen  (judo, kempo, shotokan, taekwondo, lima lama, white-crane kung fu, jujutsu, aikido, en karate), wat onder meer de controle over een zeer groot aantal technieken inhoudt, en is de oprichter van het Ukidokan Karate.

Urquidez speelt vooral een belangrijke rol in vele martialartsfilms. In de films Wheels on Meals en Dragons Forever vecht hij tegen Jackie Chan en zijn metgezellen. Hij speelt hierin een zeer taaie tegenstander, die bijna niet verslagen kan worden.

In 1993 besloot Urquidez -ongeslagen- zijn titel niet meer te verdedigen. Op dat moment had hij zes wereldkampioenschappen gewonnen, en had hij alle wedstrijden waaraan hij had deelgenomen, gewonnen. Hij wijdde zich vanaf die tijd aan acteren en choreografie, en bleef wel lesgeven in kickboksen en vechtkunstchoreografie. Voor dit laatste heeft hij diverse boeken geschreven en instructievideo's gemaakt.

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by ECOP | Dec 3, 2020 | Info Notes
On November 24, 2020, the EducForum headed by the Department of Education (DepEd) held its 7th meeting to provide updates on the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP), updates on Sulong EduKalidad, preparations for the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), and the plans for classes in 2021. The discussion was led by DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan.
On the BE-LCP, the number of enrollees this year was significantly comparable to that of last year in the categories of state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, public schools, as well as in the alternative learning system. However, there was a significant decrease in the number of enrollees in private schools.
The education sector is facing numerous challenges in the development and quality assurance of learning resources for distance learning. Usec. Malaluan strongly said that DepEd is aware of and acknowledges its errors and continues to improve its response in order to address the gaps in the efficient delivery of learning to students.
With the recent natural disasters that has hit the country, DepEd has also become aware that home-based learning is not immune from natural disasters. Moreover, they continue to receive feedback on learning difficulties and motions for "academic ease" which has been supported by DepEd with the end in mind that its purpose is to provide facilitative learning and make room for calibrations to adjust and address difficulties. He also mentioned the challenges related to communications. The slow response of DepEd is primarily because it wants to take precaution in its decisions so as to validate the facts that it releases.
Usec. Malaluan mentioned that there is an ongoing curriculum review to improve on the ability and performance of students. There are several issues that must be addressed in order to continuously improve the delivery and quality of education. It is worthy to highlight the fact that there is a need for teacher professional support through upskilling and reskilling to develop their abilities. Aside from these, there are also ongoing efforts to rebuild school buildings and facilities, procure new books, and other various programs programmed under the General Appropriations Act.
In terms of the preparations for PISA 2022, Usec. Malaluan discussed on the need to deepen the understanding of the recent PISA results to inform policy and interventions, have adequate access to computers at home, and look at other studies to serve as benchmarks.
On the considerations for limited face-to-face learning in 2021, DepEd recognizes that the reintroduction of face-to-face, even under conditions of blended learning, is crucial to the learning process. The social aspect of learning with teacher and among classmates remains to be an important aspect for the well-rounded learning of students. The level of instruction and formative assessment in a face-to-face setup remains to be a crucial component of the learning process. However, the answers to the questions of 'where, when, how' are still to be determined.
The 7th EducForum meeting was held via Zoom videoconferencing. ECOP was represented by Governor Anton Sayo and Advocacy and Research Associate Jhoyzel Nacisvalencia.
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Q: How do I check if a string contains at least some specific characters? I would like to check if a string contains at least some of the characters in a list of characters.
The bottom line of the question is that I would like to recognize a string also if it contains a typo.
For example if I need to recognize the string "I like cats" I would do something simple like:
if "i like cats" in string.lower():
    '''do stuff'''

or maybe something like:
charactersToMatch = ['ilikecats ']
if all(c in charactersToMatch for c in string):
    '''do stuff'''

I am aware that using the second example could lead to recognizing also a string like "cats likess i", and I'm fine with it.
For me it's enough if just 9 of the 10 characters in charactersToMatch are contained in the string. In order to be able to recognize also strings like "i lije cats" or "i like catz"
How can I accomplish this?


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    def valid_collection(self, collname):
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    def valid_index(self, ns):
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    def valid_oplog(self, oplog):
        return True

class DatabaseFilter(Filter):
    """ Database filter.
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    def __init__(self):
        self._target_dbs = []

    def add_target_databases(self, dbname_list):
        self._target_dbs.extend([dbname.strip() for dbname in dbname_list])

    def valid_database(self, dbname):
        """ Validate database.
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        if self._target_dbs and dbname.strip() in self._target_dbs:
            return True
        return False

    def valid_index(self, ns):
        dbname = ns.strip().split('.', 1)[0]
        return dbname in self._target_dbs

    def valid_oplog(self, oplog):
        """ Validate oplog.
        """
        db = oplog['ns'].split('.', 1)[0]
        return self.valid_database(db)

class CollectionFilter(Filter):
    """ Collection filter.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self._target_colls = []
        self._db_filter = DatabaseFilter()

    def add_target_collections(self, collname_list):
        collnames = [collname.strip() for collname in collname_list]
        self._target_colls.extend(collnames)
        dbset = set()
        for collname in collnames:
            dbset.add(collname.split('.', 1)[0])
        self._db_filter.add_target_databases(list(dbset))

    def valid_collection(self, ns):
        """ Validate collection.
        """
        if self._target_colls and ns.strip() in self._target_colls:
            return True
        return False

    def valid_index(self, ns):
        ns = ns.strip()
        return ns in self._target_colls

    def valid_oplog(self, oplog):
        """ Validate oplog.
        """
        op = oplog['op'] # 'n' or 'i' or 'u' or 'c' or 'd'
        ns = oplog['ns']
        db = oplog['ns'].split('.', 1)[0]
        if self._db_filter.valid_database(db):
            if op == 'c' or self.valid_collection(ns):
                return True
        return False

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # database filter test
    df = DatabaseFilter()
    df.add_target_databases(['db'])
    assert df.valid_database('db')
    assert df.valid_database('db1') == False
    assert df.valid_index('db.coll')
    assert df.valid_index('db1.coll') == False

    oplog1 = {'op': 'i', 'ns': 'db.coll'}
    oplog2 = {'op': 'u', 'ns': 'db.coll1'}
    oplog3 = {'op': 'd', 'ns': 'db1.coll'}
    oplog4 = {'op': 'd', 'ns': 'db1.coll1'}
    assert df.valid_oplog(oplog1)
    assert df.valid_oplog(oplog2)
    assert df.valid_oplog(oplog3) == False
    assert df.valid_oplog(oplog4) == False

    # collection filter test
    cf = CollectionFilter()
    cf.add_target_collections(['db.coll'])
    assert cf.valid_collection('db.coll')
    assert cf.valid_collection('db.coll1') == False
    assert cf.valid_collection('db1.coll') == False
    assert cf.valid_collection('db1.coll1') == False
    assert cf.valid_index('db.coll')
    assert cf.valid_index('db.coll1') == False
    assert cf.valid_index('db1.coll') == False
    assert cf.valid_index('db1.coll1') == False

    oplog4 = {'op': 'i', 'ns': 'db.coll'}
    oplog5 = {'op': 'u', 'ns': 'db.coll1'}
    oplog6 = {'op': 'd', 'ns': 'db1.coll'}
    oplog7 = {'op': 'c', 'ns': 'db.coll1'}
    assert cf.valid_oplog(oplog4)
    assert cf.valid_oplog(oplog5) == False
    assert cf.valid_oplog(oplog6) == False
    assert cf.valid_oplog(oplog7)

    print 'pass all tests'


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George Orwell's '1984' Revisited: What Oceania and Israel Have in Common
PALESTINE - ISRAEL, 16 Dec 2019
Adam Raz - Haaretz
For George Orwell, the appalling picture of the future starkly depicted in '1984' was not some imaginative exercise. 'Don't let it happen. It depends on you,' he warned.
A scene from the 1984 film version of Orwell's final, prophetic book. 20th Century Fox
13 Dec 2019 – George Orwell is one of the most widely read English-language authors, and has certainly been one of the most quoted ones for more than a half-century. There is no need to mention the many concepts associated with him: "Newspeak," "thought police," "Orwellian" and so on. At the same time, the man who strove, as he himself said, to turn political writing into an art and who declared that everything he wrote after 1936 (subsequent to his participation in the Spanish Civil War, against fascist forces) was written against totalitarianism and in favor of democratic socialism, continues to be perceived, ultimately, as a storyteller.
In contrast to the approach of the vast body of writing that exists about Orwell, and about his novel "1984" in particular, I will argue here, in brief, that his output needs to be seen as belonging to the realm of of political theory. In other words, Orwell is (also) a political theoretician (in the conventional sense of the term: a person who espouses a theory about the social reality). Moreover, and especially in his 1949 dystopic novel, he contributed significantly to the understanding of the dynamics of modern politics and in particular of the phenomenon the Roman historian Tacitus called the "secrets of governing" (arcana imperii). "Every new political theory, by whatever name it called itself, led back to hierarchy and regimentation," Orwell wrote.
Any consideration of Orwell's writing cannot ignore the fact that he chose the literary genre as the most congenial for giving expression to his views. Writing was for him a tool for changing social reality, and the literature he wrote was political. In fact, it often seems as though the narrative interferes with his attempt to set forth his views about modern capitalism (and about democracy, on the one hand, and fascism, on the other). Indeed, when he encountered difficulties in plot construction, he was known to deal with them by devious literary means, so as to retain his political point.
A vivid example of this is his insertion of a completely theoretical text running to dozens of pages in "1984," by means of a literary stratagem of introducing a fictitious book-within-a-book. The text, "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism," is manifestly a sociopolitical analysis of trends in modern industrial society and a historic description of the phenomenon called "government." Some people advised him to remove the "book" from the book. Happily for us, he ignored them.
'It depends on you'
Orwell did not in any systematic way read the classic works of political thought and theory (as opposed to contemporaneous political writing, about which he was extremely knowledgeable), and that may help us understand why he chose the literary genre rather than focusing on philosophy or political science. In his works he gave expression to, and provided an explanation (theoretical) for, developments in modern society. Shortly before his death, in 1950, he made it unequivocally clear that the appalling picture of the future starkly depicted in "1984" was not some imaginative exercise for him. "Don't let it happen. It depends on you," he asserted toward the end of his life. In his view, the dystopia had already begun to materialize.
What is the "it" he warned against? He is referring to the fact that in the struggle to impose limits on political power, society is at a disadvantage. Orwell went a few steps further, developing the analysis of José Ortega y Gasset, who in his book "The Revolt of the Masses" (1932), wrote, "This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the state… The result of this tendency will be fatal. Spontaneous social action will be broken up over and over again by State intervention; no new seed will be able to fructify. Society will have to live for the State, man for the governmental machine." In "1984," Orwell showed how that scenario could be realized in everyday life.
His writing from the 1930s onward displays a persistent effort to identify the socioeconomic forces that were pushing toward the emergence of a society whose features resemble those he would portray in "1984" and to warn against them. For this reason, Orwell's final book was a very frightening one. He was out to scare his readers, because he wanted to make them think about the direction in which modern society was being led. "Power is not a means, it is an end," he wrote at the end of "1984."
Then, as now, the public had trouble conceiving of the fact that there are sociopolitical elements whose goal is to preserve a class society. In other words, precisely in an era in which technology is creating great abundance, unparalleled in human history, it is scarcity that rules. ("In principle the war effort is always so planned as to eat up any surplus that might exist after meeting the bare needs of the population. In practice the needs of the population are always underestimated, with the result that there is a chronic shortage of half the necessities of life," Orwell wrote.)
George Orwell. Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
In his view, this state of affairs was not the result of a mistake, a "hidden hand" or a government of fools; it was a deliberate policy advanced by an exploitative elite. And it isn't by accident that the masses don't grasp what is happening: "In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance." In other words, there are forces whose vested interest is to preserve "high" and "low." The rationale for this was explained as early as the 17th century by the French statesman Cardinal Richelieu in his "Political Testament": "All students of politics agree that when the common people are too well off, it is impossible to keep them peaceable… It would not be sound to relieve them of all taxation and similar charges, since in such a case they would lose the mark of their subjection and consequently the awareness of their station."
Orwell died young, aged 46 – younger than the age at which many thinkers in the realms of humanities and social sciences have written their magnum opus. From this point of view, it's hard to imagine how our world would look if Niccolo Machiavelli (who died at 58), Karl Marx (at 64), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (66), Immanuel Kant (79) or Thomas Hobbes (91) had died when they were still in their forties. By the same token, it's tempting to imagine how our world of ideas would look if Orwell had lived another 40 years.
A survey of his development as a thinker, beginning from his period of service in the Imperial Police in Burma (when he was in his 20s), shows one thing clearly: The issues that troubled Orwell beginning in the 1930s won a richer and more complete theoretical expression in "1984." Indeed, when we consider the stage his intellectual progress had reached in the autumn of his years, we find new directions, not yet fully matured, in his analysis of modern politics.
Mechanism of power
What I've written so far is meant to justify my reading of "1984" as political theory, and not just as a novel. The general plotline is well known and needs no elaboration. I will only mention that the book covers a short period in the life of Winston Smith, a citizen of Oceania (a region congruent with much of today's Western world), which is under tight totalitarian rule as part of a one-party system and where life plays out under the watchful eye of "Big Brother."
Over the years, what has drawn the most attention in the book – and is also considered Orwell's legacy – is the description of the totalistic means of supervision and control that exist in Oceania, and in particular the "telescreen" that monitors people nonstop and identifies "deviations" from the government's sadistic path. And, of course, the notion of the media as serving political interests. ("Most of the material that you were dealing with had no connection with anything in the real world, not even the kind of connection that is contained in a direct lie," Orwell wrote). In the wake of the technological and political developments of recent decades, references to him are only increasing, but often those references miss the crux of the book: not the mechanism of power, but the motif that generates it.
Two great questions arise from the book: How did it happen and why did it happen? That is, how did humanity reach a situation in which a small elite possesses spiritual and physical power over the entire population? Or, in Orwell's famous formulation in "1984": "I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY."
"How" refers to the technique: the tools that the development of modern industrial society has placed at the disposal of the rulers. Orwell offers a horrific account of the means by which the rules control the masses and bring about a totally regimented society: atomic bombs, perpetual war, Thought Police, social inequality, creation of a "besieged city" atmosphere, "two minutes of hate" fomented by the authorities against specific groups, and more. These and other means, Orwell makes clear, generate a disciplined community of fear. "And even technological progress only happens when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human liberty," he wrote, explaining the logic of technological and industrial development in Oceania.
He was adept at describing the "how" in the daily life of the country's citizens: Technological developments have placed in the hands of an exploitative minority more efficient means to control the masses. And if in the past, the mechanisms of rule required the presence of physical violence, abuse, torture, executions and the like, the new techniques had to a certain degree made superfluous the Nazi Gestapo and the Stalinist NKVD, which unleashed terror in the streets. Authority in "1984" is reflectled in a total inner capitulation to the Moloch of government.
Residents of Sderot seek cover during amid rocket fire from Gaza.
Eliyahu Hershkovitz
Orwell's comments in this context are almost prophetic: "Part of the reason for this was that in the past no government had the power to keep its citizens under constant surveillance. The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further. With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end."
Now, Orwell maintained in "1984," the new technologies made it possible to control the individual's thought. "In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." Tweeters would do well to make this their motto (it also helps one stay below character limits). Absurdly, a theoretical possibility that frightened many when the book was published is today legitimized by a public which considers itself enlightened, liberal and democratic.
Orwell maintained that the new technologies made it possible to control the individual's thought. "In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
In this sense, Oceania is so frightening because the totalitarianism of rule has resulted in the emergence of a totally static society, where no social change is possible. History indeed ended with the emergence of Oceania, which is also why the novel's original title was "The Last Man in Europe" – Winston is the last person who still thinks. "'If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. Your kind is extinct; we are the inheritors,'" says O'Brien, who is out to mend Winston's sick (and skeptical) mind.
Relentless war
One of the most illuminating aspects of "1984" is Orwell's perceptive description of the relationship between domestic policy and foreign policy. The world of "1984" is divided into three powers – Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia – which wage unceasing wars on each other. The parallel to the blocs of the Cold War is perfectly clear. The wars, however, have limited goals and the adversaries are not capable of or interested in truly destroying one another. "To understand the nature of the present war – for in spite of the regrouping which occurs every few years, it is always the same war – one must realize in the first place that it is impossible for it to be decisive." This principle is surely fraught with great meaning for people living in Israel, and we would be doing justice to Orwell's memory to consider it more closely.
In the world depicted in "1984" (and by this Orwell meant everywhere) foreign policy is an instrument of domestic policy. As such, in his view, foreign policy is a continuation or projection of internal policy. Why? Because the former is implemented by the same elite that rules the country, and it has the same goals in foreign policy as it does in domestic policy. This is one of the splendid theoretical contributions of "1984." In contrast to the realistic description that is common in political science faculties (dealing with confirmation and preservation of the existing order), according to which foreign policy is activity by state A (as subject) directed at state B (as object) for the benefit of citizens of the former – Orwell shows that the division between domestic and foreign policy is formal (illusory) and is only presented to the public as the form in which decisions are made by the political echelon. In fact, he maintains, the whole purpose of foreign policy is internal. Meaning, the implementation of power by the rulers is in fact aimed toward the population within a given country, and not toward populations in other countries, which are not the object of that specific government.
Occasionally, in Oceania – as in Israel – a missile falls and creates panic. This is the meaning of continuous war today, and it achieves its goal: constant deprivation, perpetuation of distress and the heightening of the fear level.
War is the direct expression of foreign policy, Orwell explains, but it is entirely aimed at influencing the domestic situation at home: "War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair… The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact." The citizen doesn't know much about the wars the state is fighting, even though his whole being is mobilized for that end, Orwell avers. The antennas broadcast to the masses what the elite wishes them to hear: "The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil." The ruling groups know that, "it is necessary that the war should continue everlastingly and without victory." This state of affairs creates the ultimate man of the masses for the rulers – imbecilic masses whose psychological makeup is appropriate for the perpetuation of a hierarchical society. Fear, which is largely invented, is the means of control by which the society is organized.
"But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous," Orwell writes. In practice, because war is ceaseless, "there is no such thing as military necessity." War is life (itself). It's worth noting that Orwell coined the term "Cold War" (in a brilliant October 1945 article, "You and the Atom Bomb"). A reading of "1984" shows exactly what he meant: The aim of war is not a conquest of one kind or another, but the preservation of a hierarchical society of "high" and "low." In fact, Orwell contended, we should talk about "continuous warfare" (and not about "war" that takes place in a given time) that serves the balance of forces in every country and allows the continuation of social inequality. This means, he notes, "is also useful in keying up public morale to the necessary pitch."
War needs to be managed – not resolved, Orwell explains (and one is compelled to mention here the grotesque concept that is dominant in these parts, that of "conflict management"). In practice, "It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist."
In this connection, a prime principle in Orwell's politological analysis is the difference between formal posturing/speech (aimed at the masses in order to mobilize public opinion) and realistic posturing/speech. War is "waged for purposes quite other than the declared ones." This, in Orwell's view, is one of the "secret(s) of rulership."
Indeed, in Oceania – as in Israel – there is no threat of destruction, even though it's hammered into the public's head relentlessly that the Sword of Damocles is hovering over everyone. Occasionally, in Oceania – as in Israel – a missile falls and creates panic. This is the meaning of continuous war today, and it achieves its goal: constant deprivation, perpetuation of distress and the heightening of the fear level. Orwell explains the politics underlying the missile: "because a general state of scarcity increases the importance of small privileges and thus magnifies the distinction between one group and another." This is what rulers want, he argues.
However, the big question Orwell tries to answer is the "why": Why did a society come into being in which "God is power" and in which political power is concentrated in the hands of a "small privileged caste"? This question perturbed Orwell for the last 15 years of his life, and in "1984" he addresses that complex issue: "But there is one question which until this moment we have almost ignored. It is; WHY should human equality be averted?… what is the motive for this huge, accurately planned effort to freeze history at a particular moment of time?"
A reading of "1984" shows that Orwell did not think, as is usually thought today, that the difference between the rulers and the ruled lies only in only a division of labor (as if the ruler punches a card in the elected institutions). In his view, society's division into a working class (tasked with the industrial production that is the foundation of modern society) and a ruling class (whose role is to rule and to swallow up the profits the workers create) is a historical phenomenon that demands explanation. He is critical of the establishment scholars "who interpreted history as a cyclical process and claimed to show that inequality was the unalterable law of human life."
Answering the 'why'
Already in the opening of the book-within-a-book, "Oligarchical Collectivism," Orwell explains that rule, enslavement and exploitation are a phenomenon that has characterized human society "probably since the end of the Neolithic Age." In other words, in the period of the agricultural revolution some 10,000 years ago, the social structures were created that institutionalized exploitation of the community by a ruling elite. In terms of Homo Sapiens, this is a new phenomenon.
Herein lies the heart of the matter of "1984" and of the "why" – the reason for the continued existence of a hierarchical society, of an exploitative minority and an exploited majority. Orwell noted that the growth in social wealth (which already was a fact at the time the book was written, and remains so today) and the way that wealth is distributed is destined to wreak destruction on the class society. Why? "It was possible, no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth, in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries, should be evenly distributed, while power remained in the hands of a small privileged caste. But in practice such a society could not long remain stable. For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away."
This is why continuous war is needed, why rule by fear is essential. And this is where Orwell's greatness resides: in his horrifying account of the everyday existence of a person living in a society where fear rules and war never ends. "'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever,'" O'Brien tells Winston near the end of the book.
I am obliged here to recall Jack London's hair-raising passage in his masterful novel "The Iron Heel" (1907), which Orwell read and very much esteemed: "We will grind you revolutionists down under our heel, and we shall walk upon your faces. The world is ours, we are its lords, and ours it shall remain. As for the host of labor, it has been in the dirt since history began, and I read history aright. And in the dirt it shall remain so long as I and mine and those that come after us have the power. There is the word. It is the king of words – Power. Not God, not Mammon, but Power. Pour it over your tongue till it tingles with it. Power."
The author of Ecclesiastes seems to have had thoughts along the same line when he wrote (8:4), "Inasmuch as a king's command is authoritative, and none can say to him, 'What are you doing?'" Indeed, who can say?
Adam Raz – Haaretz Contributor
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The Race war eine Hochseeregatta, die 2000/2001 auf Mehrrumpf-Segelyachten der G-Class – d. h. unbegrenzt großen Booten ("no limit") – ohne Unterstützung von außen  einmal non-stop um die Welt führte. Ausgangshafen war Barcelona in Spanien, Zielhafen das französische Marseille.

Ein Versuch, die Regatta 2004 erneut durchzuführen, scheiterte bereits im frühen Stadium der Organisation. Derzeit (Stand 2004) ist für 2013/2014 ein weiterer Versuch geplant.

Regatta 2000/2001

Initiiert wurde die am 31. Dezember 2000 startende Regatta von dem Rekordsegler und mehrfachen Jules-Verne-Trophy-Gewinner Bruno Peyron. Die Route führte vom westlichen Mittelmeer über den Atlantik nach Süden und in Ostrichtung um die Kaps der Guten Hoffnung, Leeuwin und Hoorn, bevor es über den Atlantik zurück ins Mittelmeer ging. Die verwendeten Yachten unterlagen keinen baulichen Beschränkungen, weshalb große Mehrrumpfboote – generell die schnellsten, aber auch teuersten Bootstypen – teilnahmen.

Nach Angaben der Veranstalter zog die Regatta in Ausgangs- und Zielhafen eine Million Besucher an.

Ergebnisse:

* Team Philips war nicht angetreten, nachdem das Boot im Vorfeld der Regatta – am 10. Dezember – auf dem Atlantik nach Rissbildung am Rumpf aufgegeben worden war und auch später nicht mehr gefunden werden konnte.

Planung von Auflagen 2004 und 2013/2014

Eine Neuauflage des Rennens wurde von Peyron mit Start für den 29. Februar 2004, also gut drei Jahre nach der ersten Auflage, und Ausgangs- und Zielhafen Marseille geplant, musste aber wegen Sponsorenmangels abgesagt werden. Die englische Regattaseglerin Tracy Edwards, die an den Vorgesprächen für die Regatta teilgenommen hatte, organisierte kurz darauf für 2005 die Maxi-Regatta Oryx Quest. Das führte zu heftigen Vorwürfen von Peyron, der diese Form des Abgrabens von Sponsoren und Teilnehmern als "Piraterie" empfand.

Im Februar 2010 ließ Peyron ankündigen, dass er eine neue Auflage der Regatta für 2013/2014 plane. Da die Regatta im Winter startet, soll insbesondere der Abfahrtshafen aus klimatischen Gründen in Südeuropa liegen, um ein größeres Publikum anziehen zu können. Einen "Prolog" zur Regatta in nordeuropäischen Häfen hält Peyron aber für denkbar.

Weblinks
 Website "The Race"
 Bild des Regattasiegers Club Med (mittlerweile umbenannt in Doha 2006)

Einzelnachweise

Segelwettbewerb
Segelveranstaltung in Frankreich
Sportveranstaltung in Spanien
Weltumseglung
Sportveranstaltung 2000
Sportveranstaltung 2001


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Tip o' the Week 431 – Hiding your name
If you use your laptop on a train or in other public spaces, there's always the concern that someone might be looking over your shoulder and reading what's on your screen. With the GDPR bogeyman about to be unleashed, there's never been more concern and focus on not leaking information.
You could invest in a screen filter to stop snooping, but a simple step to make you immediately more comfortable, is to not show your own name – have you ever felt self-conscious that random people in the wild can see your name, and maybe even recognise you?
Paranoid Microsoftie Andrew Brook-Holmes went digging to see how to stop this behaviour, and thus inspired this tip.
To switch off the display of your name on the login or lock screen, first go into the Local policy of your machine – the quickest way is to press WindowsKey+R then enter gpedit.msc, then expand out the local policy to Security Options as shown on the right.
In the right-hand pane, you'll see a long list of policy items, many of which won't be configured but could conceivably be; there are options to hide or show elements on the login screen, but in this case we're going to try not showing the last named user at all.
Double-clock on the Interactive logon: Don't display last signed-in, and you'll have a simple Enable/Disable choice – in this case, we want to use a double negative – enable the fact that we're not displaying. If you'd like a more detailed explanation of what it does, there's another tab on the dialog showing exactly that.
Now if you lock your screen (WindowsKey+L), you'll see t hat it's already in effect. It might be annoying depending on how you've got the machine set up, as you'll probably need to enter your username as well as PIN/password etc every time.
If you use Windows Hello to sign in with your face, then you won't need to do anything except present your boat race to the camera. If you decide you'd rather go back to normal for easier sign-in, just reverse the process you've done above.
If you can't find Local Computer Policy (as home edition doesn't have that capability, for example), you may need to use the Registry instead…
Press WindowsKey+R – enter regedit – navigate to…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
…and set the value of dontdisplaylastusername to 1. Log out to apply the change.
Posted in Security, WindowsTagged Windows 10
Tip o' the Week 430 – developers, developers, developers
This week has seen the Microsoft developer conference, called //build/ in its current guise, take place in "Cloud City", Seattle (not so-called because it rains all the time – in fact, it rains less than in Miami. Yeah, right). Every major tech company has a developer conference, usually a sold-out nerdfest where the (mostly) faithful gather to hear what's coming down the line, so they know what to go and build themselves.
Apple has its WWDC in California every year (for a long time, in San Francisco), and at its peak was a quasi-religious experience for the faithful. Other similar keynotes sometimes caused deep soul searching and gnashing of teeth.
The Microsoft one used to be the PDC, until the upcoming launch of Windows 8 meant it was time to try to win the hearts & minds of app developers, so //build/ became rooted in California in the hope that the groovy kids would build their apps on Windows and Windows Phone. Now that ship has largely sailed, it's gone back up to the Pacific North West, with the focus more on other areas.
Moving on from the device-and-app-centric view that prevailed a few years back (whilst announcing a new way of bridging the user experience between multiple platforms of devices), Build has embraced the cloud & intelligent edge vision which cleverly repositions a lot of enabling technologies behind services like Cortana (speech recognition, cognitive/natural language understanding etc) and vision-based products such as Kinect, HoloLens and the mixed reality investments in Windows. AI took centre stage; for a summary of the main event, see here.
The cloud platform in Azure can take data from devices on the edge and process it on their behalf, or using smarter devices, do some of the processing locally, perhaps using machine learning models that have been trained in the cloud but executed at the edge.
With Azure Sphere, there's a way for developers to build secure and highly functional ways to process data on-board and communicate with devices, so they can concentrate more on what their apps do, and on the data, less on managing the "things" which generate it.
For all of the breakouts at Build and the keynotes on-demand, see here.
Back in the non-cloud city, Google has adopted a similar developer ra-ra method, with its Google I/O conference also taking place in and around San Francisco, also (like WWDC and Build) formerly at Moscone. It happened this past week, too.
Like everyone else, some major announcements and some knock-em dead demos are reserved for the attendees to get buzzed on, generating plenty of external coverage and crafting an image around how innovative and forward thinking the company is.
Google Duplex, shown this week to gasps from the crowd, looks like a great way of avoiding dealing with ordinary people any more, a point picked up by one writer who called it "selfish".
Does a reliance on barking orders at robot assistants and the increasing sophistication of AI in bots and so on, mean the beginning of the end for politeness and to the service industry? A topic for further consideration, surely.
Posted in Azure, IoT, Security, WindowsTagged AI, Alexa, Apple, Azure, Build, Cortana, developers, Google
Tip o' the Week 429 – Windows 10 April 2018 Update
Somewhat predictably, this week's tip concerns the slightly-delayed but at least now officially-named, Windows 10 April 2018 Update. April gave way to May before the update began rolling out widely: if you haven't seen it show up in Windows Update, check here.
As an alternative, get the Media Creation Tool and use it to download an appropriate ISO disc image; useful if you fancy doing a clean install of Windows and all it contains, by wiping your current PC and starting from scratch.
Proceed down this road with caution, however – back away if you're not sure.
Windows watchers have been talking about this April update for months, as there are many notable updates within, some covered only recently in ToW (425 and 428).
As well as Timeline, the Nearby Sharing feature is pretty cool – use it to send a link from within Edge browser by clicking the Share icon on the toolbar, and as long as your nearby PCs have Nearby Sharing enabled within Settings. To check, press WindowsKey and type nearby then click on Change shared experience settings.
You can also right-click on files in Windows Explorer to Share them the same way, and it's likely to appear in the Share experience of other apps too.
The next-to-useless Windows 10 option previously known as Quiet Hours (as per ToW 414), has been given a revamp and a rename, now known as Focus Assist.
The intent is not only to silence your machine at times when you don't need to know stuff (who's ever been woken at 6am to be reminded that it's some random LinkedIn person's birthday, or that there's an all-day event in your calendar?), but also to control the blizzard of "toast" notifications that modern apps may otherwise throw at you.
Note – traditional apps, like Outlook, can still throw up notifications, but if your machine is in a Focus assist mode , at least the notifications can be silenced. To check the current status, or to switch on Priority only or Alarms only manually, look in the Action Center on the taskbar, or press WindowsKey+A to show.
For a full breakdown of everything else that's new in the April update, see here.
Posted in WindowsTagged Windows 10
Tip o' the Week 428 – Spring, April or the Edge of Summer
The intent was to release the latest update ("Redstone 4" or "RS4") to Windows 10 during early April, though a late "blocking bug" delayed the release. The name of the update was late to be officially confirmed, too – it was rumoured to be "Spring Creators Update" (since the Fall Creators Update happened last year, though the "Creators Update" appeared around a year ago, in April 2017)… but was also thought to be simply, "Windows 10 April Update". The Reg forecast a wait of weeks to be sure.
There are lots of small improvements in the update, as well as some biggies like Timeline (which is showing up in other apps, too – like Photos, as seen to the left), and the Edge browser is getting a slug of new functionality – take a sneak peek at some of the Edge goodness, here.
Developers also got a new preview of Edge DevTools, which opens the door to such excitement as remote debugging of another Edge instance. If you're a hoopy frood, check it out here.
It seems that Edge, even though it's the default browser in Windows 10, doesn't appear to be everyone's favourite, with many users installing Chrome as one of their first tasks on a new machine. Both browsers and the respective web services from their creators seem insistent on nagging their end users to switch…
Still, there are times when the two cooperate behind the scenes. The Edge for Android app, for example, uses the rendering engine from the Chromium project, so is effectively running the same browser capabilities in a different shell which takes care of synchronising your favourites, passwords etc, between the Edge browser on your PC(s) and the one on your phone. Edge for iOS uses the native WebKit engine to achieve the same thing.
There are updates on the way for the mobile versions of Edge, supporting Timeline too – so you could resume activities from your desktop on your phone and vice versa.
Microsoft also recently launched a Defender Extension for Chrome, to provide similar protection to defectors that Edge users get natively from the SmartScreen filter technology (NSS Labs tested Edge, Chrome & Firefox, concluding that Edge blocks more bad stuff than either of the others). Even some surprised Chrome users recommend it.
Posted in WindowsTagged Edge
Tip o' the Week 427 – OneNote roadmap update
As has been covered many times previously on ToW, the OneNote app has a lot of fans who love the product and use a lot of its features, especially when it's used in the Classroom. Defectors to other platforms sometimes bemoan the lack of OneNote (or a decent alternative) as a hurdle in using their chosen environment.
Talking about OneNote can be confusing, though, as there are the two PC versions – OneNote 2016, the Win32 app that's evolved ever since the first version shipped as part of Office 2003, and the shiny new codebase that is OneNote for Windows 10, the Store app which also shares a lot of its UX with the Mac, mobile and web versions. Differences are explained here.
Major users of OneNote may have noticed that over the last couple of years, the traditional Windows app hasn't received a whole lot of new functionality, but the Store version has had regular updates with extra features… though it is a much simpler app anyway, so there's more to improve. The Metro Store version is missing quite a lot of the capability of the full-fat version, though the gap is closing fast.
Recently, the OneNote team announced that there will be no further development of the traditional OneNote 2016 application, and that it won't be installed by default in the next iteration of Office (though it will still be available as an option, in case you can't live without it).
New features are planned for the Store version – like support for tags, and what looks to be a tweak to the search experience, which will provide additional search refinements. Whether it's as good as the somewhat obscure but quite powerful Search capability in the 2016 app remains to be seen.
To get the latest version of the OneNote app, first check it's up to date, or join the Office Insiders program. Windows Insiders also get early access to OneNote versions, and there's an Experimental Features option (in the ellipsis "···" Settings & More menu, Options).
Paul Thurrott – an unashamed fan of the OneNote for Windows 10 app, preferring it to its elder sibling – also reported on the news. Paul points out that the UWP version has better support for ink, that syncing is faster, performance is better etc. Tech Republic has some further commentary too.
To keep up with other news on OneNote, you could do well to follow William Devereux from the OneNote team on Twitter, as recommended by Windows Central's "50 influencers" article.
Posted in Mobile, Office, OneNote, ProductivityTagged OneNote


What Is a Dream Board and Should You Have One?
What drives you to achieve your goals? Is it an inspirational figure? A quote? An image? What makes you want to be successful? What does any of this have to do with a dream board? The answer is literally everything.
A dream board is a compilation of ideas, words, phrases, quotes, images, public figures, and anything else that reminds you of what you want to achieve. It brings everything that motivates you together, so you can visualize it.
If I already know what motivates me, why do I have to turn it into an arts and crafts project?
I'm SO happy you asked. A dream board serves as a visual representation of your dreams, your ideal life, and your ultimate goals for the future. It is commonly referred to as a vision board, so you can conceptualize what you want in life. It bridges your thoughts and ambitions in a way that allows you to see them working together. For those of you who have a difficult time following through with decisions, this is a physical reminder of your personal goals, so that you won't forget or ignore them.
Where would I ever put such a thing?
You would typically place it somewhere near your work space in an easily viewable position. As a student, this could be near your desk or bedroom. When you're losing steam and begin doubting yourself, you can simply glance at your dream board and see your goals staring down at you, waiting to be achieved. It's a reminder of what you will accomplish if you keep going, so place your dream board somewhere you will see it most often.
Why should I create a dream board?
Don't settle for thinking, "that will never happen to me." Make it happen and strive for it. Things in life aren't handed to you, so put in the effort if it's something you strongly believe in or have a passion for.
If you have no idea where to start in order to make your goal a reality, creating a dream board may help you find the answer. You need to fully understand your goals in order to achieve them, so ask yourself the right questions. What are my goals? What steps do I need to take to get there? And what will I look like once I've achieved them?
If you suffer from cluttered thoughts like me, a dream board allows you to write them all down and get them out of your head. They may seem completely random and unrelated to one another at first, but after a while, they will begin to connect. Here, you can prioritize what you want to focus on immediately and what can wait until later. It's a lot less overwhelming once you start connecting the dots.
It sounds simplistic, but sometimes writing a list of your goals is not enough. We can misplace that list or even forget about it, unless you have it pinned to your wall in plain sight. Bring that list to life, visually. A dream board allows you to place images and prominent words on it, making it a motivational marker near your work space that you can't miss.
Visualize what your goals are and make them happen. A dream board may be the first step in seeing them accomplished.


Experts call it as 'Nature's Aspirin' as it is exceptionally potent in treating arthritic and rheumatic pain since ages together. Ayurveda, the ancient natural science of healing calls this herb as Gandapura and it has been used in many spiritual ceremonies where this sacred plant was trusted to bring harmony between earth and its inhabitants through its healing powers.
Skin: Wintergreen essential oil acts as a protective shield against bacteria, virus, fungi, microbes and other harmful organisms. This makes it a good antiseptic and protects the skin from being septic in case of microbes' prone open wounds, cuts and other skin infections. Wintergreen essential oil is also effective in uplifting the skin, augmenting the skin tone and fighting against the symptoms of aging.
Mind: Wintergreen essential oil improves logical thinking and stimulates mental power. The strong aroma of Wintergreen essential oil improves attentiveness and stimulates the mind. Applying this oil to your skin is said to heighten the vibration of the body and accentuate sound. Increased vibration helps in unveiling spiritual awareness and paves way to the harmony of self and divinity.
Body: Wintergreen essential oil is used as a counter-irritant in treating pain, sores, muscular pains, lower back pain, achy joints and inflammation, where counterirritants act by creating an irritable sensation that lessens swelling and pain in the tissues. The analgesic, relaxant and anodyne properties of this oil cause numbness and warmth when applied on the painful area. It eliminates pain, reduce stress, drive away tension and induce good sleep by inhibiting the formation of prostaglandins responsible for causing pain.
Blends Well With :- Ylang-ylang, Peppermint, Marjoram, Lavender, Birch Sweet and Vanilla.
Caution: Avoid during pregnancy and with sensitive skin. It can cause possible sensitization in some individuals, so use in very low concentration only.


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Got Penguin fever? You'll love this lil guy to loom knit up! This super cute pattern by Bethany Dailey is available on Ravelry again and may be for a limited time. Hurry to get your cuddly pattern.
HI Bethany! Been away from looming since the first Mr. Wobbles, due to family responsibilities andmajor computer problems. But, by June, I hope to be making my looms smoke with yarn friction. Just wanted to check on Mr. Wobbles. Has the pattern changed any since the original? I have him in my notebook and want to make another one. May make Mrs. Wobbles.


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Braselton, Ga. (16 October 2020) – The No. 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 will start sixth for the Motul Petit Le Mans on Saturday. Misha Goikhberg posted a 1:19.666-second lap to put the Acura on the third row for the 10-hour endurance event.
With Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta staging the third endurance event of the 2020 IMSA season, Trent Hindman returned on board the No. 57 Heinricher Racing Acura alongside Alvaro Parente and Goikhberg.
A busy opening Thursday at Road Atlanta saw three practice sessions prior to Friday's qualifying session. Goikhberg, who has seen steady improvement in his qualifying efforts this season, was tapped again for qualifying duties at the 2.25-mile track. He was looking to match his best qualifying position of fourth from the Daytona 240. In one of the tightest sessions this season, Goikhberg's fastest lap was only 0.4 seconds off of the top spot, placing the No. 57 Acura sixth in the order.
"I did everything that I could in that qualifying run," said Goikhberg. "The field is so close and tomorrow's race is going to be a tight battle until the finish. The guys have been working really hard to give us a consistent race car because that is what's going to be most important for tomorrow."
The Motul Petit Le Mans is set for a green flag start at 12:40pm ET on Saturday with NBCSN broadcast coverage beginning at 12:30pm ET.


Internet Engineering Task Force, RFC 7201, April 2014.
The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) is used in a large number of different application domains and environments. This heterogeneity implies that different security mechanisms are needed to provide services such as confidentiality, integrity, and source authentication of RTP and RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) packets suitable for the various environments. The range of solutions makes it difficult for RTP-based application developers to pick the most suitable mechanism. This document provides an overview of a number of security solutions for RTP and gives guidance for developers on how to choose the appropriate security mechanism.


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By Chris Ariens on Jun. 22, 2016 - 10:24 AM
There's never been much love between Fox News and Gawker.
In 2012, when Gawker paid then-Fox News employee Joe Muto $5,000 to be a mole (which lasted about a day), FNC CEO Roger Ailes dismissed the site saying, "What is Gawker? Is that that pornographic website?"
Ailes added: "I don't care if they have a mole because we aren't doing anything wrong, so it doesn't matter. They hate me because I make money and I do it legitimately and they don't like my politics, and that's America."
Well, today in an interview with Time, Gawker founder Nick Denton was asked what media mogul he identifies with. "I've always had a surprising amount of respect for Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes," Denton said. "I respect publishers and media executives who'll put out good, true, provocative stories and deal with the blowback."
Denton's Gawker filed for bankruptcy earlier this month after a jury awarded $140 million to former wrestler Hulk Hogan in a defamation suit.


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Sepsis: What is it and how do I spot the signs?
A mother from Penryn in Cornwall who lost her baby son to Sepsis has been awarded an MBE for her tireless campaigning.
William Mead was just 12 months old when he died. His mum Melissa's campaigning has led to greater national awareness of the serious infection.
He lives on in the thousands of hearts, you know thousands of people that he's saved and for me that's the best honour.
Two Bristol divers, who were part of the rescue mission to save a football team trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand, have also been honoured.
John Volanthen was one of the first to reach the 12 stranded children and their coach.
He's been awarded the George Medal, the second highest civilian gallantry medal for bravery.
Christopher Jewell, who lives in Cheddar, also received the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his part in the rescue.
He's praised the support the team received from around the world.
Many others from across the West Country have also been recognised for their work.
Bafta-winning actress Thandie Newton, who grew up in Penzance in Cornwall, gets an OBE for services to film and charity.
South West Devon MP Gary Streeter said he was "shocked" to be awarded a knighthood for his services to politics.
Former Bristol City striker Leroy Rosenior has also been given an MBE for his work tackling discrimination in football.
Professor Willie Hamilton from Exeter University, has been awarded a CBE, after his research into cancer diagnosis has helped save thousands of lives.
He said his profound deafness created the space in a busy career as a GP to focus on his research.
It was getting kind of difficult with my work and my colleagues were being ever so kind in putting up with me being deaf, and deaf and difficult because I was being deaf whereas now I can be hearing and difficult instead, yeah it's been pretty spectacular year and it opens the opportunity for lots more in 19 and 20.
PC Adrian Secker and detective Jon Hook from Avon and Somerset Police have also received awards.
Adrian – affectionately known as "Adge" by work colleagues and the local community in Bath – has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM).
Last year, he arranged for a young boy with a life limiting heart condition, to be a police officer for the day.
DC John Hook has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal for his work helping and supporting the families of murder victims.
25-year-old James Threlfall was awarded an MBE for services to young people in Wiltshire.
He set up and organises the Wiltshire Skate Series, a local skateboarding competition for the community's benefit.
Whilst, Mandy and Mike Terrell from Plymouth have been fostering for around 15 years.
They specialise in Parent Child placements, where families live with them so that Mike and Mandy can help a parent care for their child or children.
There is also recognition for people who responded to the terror attacks in Manchester and London in 2017.