I built its ancestor and evolved it for evolved for 4 days, I then added the front shoulders without the legs and evolved for 3 more days. Finally I added the front legs and evolved for 4 days. The simulator settings have been changed several times. And I have modified it on several occasions to keep the body symmetrical.
Performance notes: It is quick,it keeps its body off the ground and it looks good!


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Trump Seeking $54B Increase in Defense Spending, Cuts Elsewhere
President-elect Donald Trump takes a question from a member of the media at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
President Trump plans to seek what he's calling a "historic" $54 billion increase in defense spending, while pursuing cuts elsewhere in the federal government, as part of his upcoming budget plan.
White House budget officials announced the proposed military spending boost Monday morning, saying the president will seek a commensurate reduction in spending across other federal agencies. Minutes later, Trump previewed the move while addressing the nation's governors at the White House.
"This budget will be a public safety and national security budget," Trump said. He said the plan would include a "historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleted military."
The president reiterated that he wants to better prepare the military to not only deter war but win wars when called to fight.
"We've got to win or don't fight it at all," Trump said.
Trump's proposal for the 2018 budget year is set to be sent to agencies Monday, one day before his first address to a Joint Session of Congress. For Trump, the primetime speech is an opportunity to refocus his young presidency on the core economic issues that were a centerpiece of his White House run.
According to an administration official, the budget plan won't make significant changes to Social Security or Medicare -- after Trump promised during the campaign to leave major entitlements untouched.
The Pentagon is due for a huge boost, as Trump promised during the campaign. But many nondefense agencies and foreign aid programs are facing cuts, including at the State Department. The specific numbers aren't final and agencies will have a chance to argue against the cuts as part of a longstanding tradition at the budget office.
Left unclear is how such a military increase would square with the requirements of "sequestration," the mandatory across-the-board spending caps agreed to by Congress and the Obama administration. At the same time, defense hawks on Capitol Hill questioned whether Trump's proposed boost -- which would seek a fiscal 2018 defense budget of $603 billion -- would be enough.
"$603 billion can't rebuild the Navy," said one Hill source who is concerned the defense increase is not large enough.
Trump is expected to release his final budget proposal in mid-March.
The president previewed a boost in military spending during a speech Friday to conservative activists, pledging "one of the greatest build-ups in American history."
"We will be substantially upgrading all of our military, all of our military, offensive, defensive, everything, bigger and better and stronger than ever before," he said.
The White House budget office issued a statement confirming that an interim budget submission will be released in mid-March but declining to comment on an "internal discussion."
"The president and his Cabinet are working collaboratively to create a budget that keeps the president's promises to secure the country and restore fiscal sanity to how we spend American taxpayers' money," said Office of Management and Budget spokesman John Czwartacki.
Czwartacki said that the March submission would only address agency operating budgets funded by Congress and that proposals on tax reform and so-called mandatory programs -- they include food stamps, student loans, health programs and farm subsidies -- will be released later.
The March release is also expected to include an immediate infusion of cash for the Pentagon that's expected to register about $20 billion or so and contain the first wave of funding for Trump's promised border wall and other initiatives like hiring immigration agents.
By increasing defense and leaving Medicare and Social Security untouched, the Trump final budget plan is sure to project sizable deficits. In the campaign Trump promised huge tax cuts but top GOP leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin don't want this year's tax reform drive to add to the budget deficit.
Fox News' John Roberts, Jennifer Griffin and Chad Pergram and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Nottingham City Transport's epic time lapse video!
Time lapse video may be "Bang on Trend", but to really shine it needs a great subject.
When we first started working with Nottingham City Transport to produce videos we realised that the overnight turnaround of their fleet would make a great time lapse video, and last June NCT pulled the trigger on the production.
But this wasn't going to be any simple time lapse video, it was going to have to be shot live and in one take, using multiple cameras to capture multiple scenes all at the same time.
Plus there were substantial health and safety issues, in particular working at height at night in several locations, as well as working amongst a large number of moving vehicles in a complex environment, again, in the dark, and also after a long overnight stint with no sleep.
We solved some of the height issues by mounting remote cameras, but the main A-roll shot was going to involve two cameras which would require attention continuously, on a roof accessed via ladders in the dark. This site required harness restraints and the creation of roped safe zones, and using rope access to bring equipment on to the roof.
In total six cameras were employed, mainly the redoubtable Canon 5dmk3, and a four person crew. We also captured location audio separately.
One of our Canon 5d mk3's on location during the NCT time lapse video shoot.
June had been chosen as the best time for the job, as close to the Solstice as possible, with the advantage of as much light as possible late and early.
Our plan had been to go in the week prior to the Solstice, but the weather was not cooperating with a never ending procession of low pressure systems marching across the country. Finally a widow opened with only a 50% chance of showers on the night of the 22nd/23rd, so we went for it!
There is nothing quite like a McDonalds on a roof in the city centre, with the stars overhead and the nightlife on the streets below, and despite rain earlier in the day it turned into a glorious evening. With no weather issues the shoot went smoothly until the last bus was put to bed, a quick two hour kip for the crew in the boardroom, and then up for the first bus out.
The end video was released by NCT in early September, and had 32,000 views in the first 18 hours on Facebook, (with 90% per cent of views watching the video in full… which is a very very very low bounce rate) as well as critical acclaim.
"We love a good time lapse. Right now, time-lapses and 360-degree video are incredibly shareable. Bang on trend.
It's mesmerising. It keeps you watching. There's something oh so very satisfying about watching all those little double deckers filing through the bus wash and into their neat little lines, all cleaned and ready for bedtime.
Time lapse is an excellent tool if used appropriately and we regularly employ it where there is a good opportunity.
If you think you've got a good time lapse video opportunity, contact us to see how we could help turn it into a marketing asset!
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Our spell check brings back time-lapse video, my instinct is timelapse video, but a lot of places spell it time lapse video. time-lapse, timelapse, or time lapse, it's all the same I suppose, compressing a long period of time into a short period thus speeding stuff up… Not to be confused of course with hyperlapse (or hyper-lapse or hyper lapse) which we have also used in this video!


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Twenty-One Northern Counties Want Out of California ASAP…
Citizens For Fair Representation group asks Siskiyou County to officially join lawsuit against State of California…
Opinion by "Deplorable" Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
There is a HUGE war going on in California and you will not hear about it on the Evening Mainstream News. Liberal Democrats tightly control the California government, claiming to have a super-majority in the legislature.
But do they really? A lot of people don't think so. Even President Trump has indicated that California's election process needs investigation, pointing out evidence of Voter Fraud. Hillary Clinton allegedly carried the State by four million votes. But "did she actually do that?" is a question many are asking.
To hear Sacramento lawmakers tell the story California is the progessive Democrats' answer to America's turn back to Judeo/Christian family values in the last presidential election. California is attempting to hurriedly enact laws to counter federal legislation which would remove shiploads of under-the-table funding of Democrat feed-at-the-federal-trough sleaze operations set in place under eight years of Obama.
Some say that the repeal of ObamaCare alone would remove funding for Democratic Party operations virtually destroying Democratic party funding sources, gutting the Democratic Party across the country. Democrats are screaching and screaming.
Liberal Democrat California 2017 legislators are gathering in Sacramento in an attempt to push through almost Emergency legislation removing ALL of California's children into State custody, creating another massive bureucracy to raise those children as wards of the State, under the thumb of Child Protective Services (CPS). Surprise home inspections of California parents' child raising are planned with immediate seizure of children should the liberal Democrat "Inspectors" find something they don't personally like.
But, twenty-one of California's fifty-eight Counties have had enough of Sacramento antics and want out of the State permanently – forming a new State they will call "Jefferson."
It is really all about values…
At Tuesday's meeting of the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors, a group partially comprised of Siskiyou County citizens, known as Citizens for Fair Representation, asked the county to join a lawsuit against the state of California.
The suit accuses the state of failing to give adequate representation for all state citizens and diluting citizens' votes.
Board chair Michael Kobseff emphasized that the presentation – given by CFR's Mark Baird – was an informational item only and thus the board would not be taking any action on it.
Baird, who is also one of Siskiyou County's foremost proponents of the State of Jefferson movement, noted at the beginning of his presentation that the Citizens for Fair Representation lawsuit is in no way related to the State of Jefferson. The lawsuit, he said, "is being brought in order to gain more representation for all counties in California."
Rural California Counties simply lack representation in Sacramento…
Rural counties especially lack representation at the state level, Baird stated, and in order to foster a change in that realm, "we have to sue the state because they're not going to do this on their own."
The founders of California outlined their reason to form the state in the preamble of the California Constitution, Baird stated. When the state was founded in 1850, each county – there were only 10 at the time – had a state senator and each had at least one assemblyman.
The ratio of assemblymen to constituents at that time was 1 to 2,500. "That stayed in effect for at least a decade, and perhaps more," Baird said. Then, in 1862, the state capped the California legislature at 40 state senators and 80 assemblymembers.
In 1926, Baird reported, California voters approved Proposition 28 – the California Legislative Reapportionment Proposition – which required the state legislature to divide the state into 40 senatorial and 80 assembly districts immediately following each federal census.
The measure also created a Reapportionment Commission composed of the lieutenant governor, attorney general, surveyor general, secretary of state and state superintendent of public instruction. The Commission was tasked with making reapportionments if the legislature failed to act.
The laws have changed and California has not kept up…
Now, Baird continued, as laws in the U.S. have since changed, Californians have approximately one state senator per one million people and one assemblymember representing approximately 500,000 people. This presents a major problem, Baird claimed, as "a state senator cannot possibly adequately represent a million people." He said that he believes that "a state senator who represents 11 counties – counties that often have competing political interests – is an utter failure as a political model."
His comment was partially made in reference to assemblymembers like Brian Dahle, who is the assemblymember for California's First District. District 1 encompasses 100 percent of Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra and Siskiyou counties. It also covers 9 percent of Butte County and nearly 17 percent of Placer County.
An assemblymember responsible for so many counties, Baird said, will be forced to represent the interests of certain counties over the interests of others when those interests are in conflict with one another.
Other lawsuit participants…
The American Independent Party has agreed to be a plaintiff in the lawsuit, Baird stated. He added that, even if the total of that party's membership were all in one district, the AIP would still not be able to win an election. Citizens for Fair Representation is also petitioning the Green Party to be a plaintiff in the lawsuit, Baird said, as that party also "would not have enough membership to win a seat in the legislature if everyone lived in the same town because they physically would not possess enough votes to be a majority." A county sheriff, multiple county supervisors, the Shasta Nation and Pit River Tribe have also agreed to be plaintiffs, according to Baird.
"What we're asking for is representation adequate to our needs in this county and in every county," Baird told the board. What form that will take is up to the court, he added. Glenn County, one of the counties CFR is attempting to bring on board in its suit, is hoping for one state senator for every California county and one assemblymember per 30,000 citizens, Baird said.
CFR is also advocating for smaller districts with the belief that it will be easier to hold assemblymembers accountable. With smaller districts, Baird said, if an assemblymember were considered to not be doing a decent job, "it would be glaringly apparent" to their constituents and it would be easier to "get rid of" that person.
We want the Counties as Plaintiffs too…
"We need county government as a plaintiff," Baird told the board. He explained, "It's very difficult for the federal court to ignore a governmental body." The county's representation would lend credence to the lawsuit, he said, making it more likely to advance to the Supreme Court.
Baird also made it clear to the board that CFR "does not need any money" and "will not ask for any money" from the county. CFR is also prepared to indemnify the county against any recapture of fees and has the funds to do so, Baird stated confidently.
Baird was adamant that CFR would stand a very good chance of winning its case if the county joins the suit as a plaintiff, stating, "If we couldn't win this, I wouldn't be here."
The supervisors were receptive to Baird's extensive presentation and thanked him for the time he had spent on the lawsuit thus far. Baird stated that while CFR is hoping for the county's support, it will file the lawsuit whether it receives the county's backing or not.
District 1 Supervisor Brandon Criss expressed that while he personally is in support of the suit, whether he can support it as a county representative is a more complex issue. He repeatedly apologized for "being a wet blanket," but noted that there are many issues to consider before the board of supervisors can agree to expend its time and resources in the effort.
That sentiment was echoed by Kobseff, District 5 Supervisor Ray Haupt and District 4 Supervisor Lisa Nixon. District 2 Supervisor Ed Valenzuela took a different stance, explaining that he represents a largely democratic district whose interests are in line with the majority of the state of California. For that reason, Valenzuela said, it is unlikely that he will ultimately support the board being a plaintiff in the suit.
Siskiyou takes it under advisement…
Finally, Kobseff told Baird that the board would take the issue under advisement until they can further discuss the case and how the county would be affected should the board choose to get involved. He asked that Baird give a final draft of CFR's complaint to the board before they consider it further. Baird said he would direct CFR's attorneys to finish revising the document, estimating it will be finished by Friday.
For the liberal Democrats it is ALL about money…
Liberal Democrats fully expected to win the November 2016 Presidential Election. They could then continue funding of their public/private partnerships designed to destroy America in favor of Agenda 21.
But they did not win. Now all of those public/private partnerships are coming to an abrupt halt under the Trump Administration. Democrats are going to have to go out and look for REAL jobs. But, as everyone knows, the liberal Democrat way to find a job is to make some new laws and regulations to create ANOTHER public agency we do not need…
So, the war is on…
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15 thoughts on "Twenty-One Northern Counties Want Out of California ASAP…"
Michelle Ford says:
This is truly a fascinating and rational idea. As a Los Angeles area resident, I've often felt ignored and not-represented by my elected officials. Hopefully the lawsuit will be a success and a massive overhaul of CA Leadership will happen. Thanks so much for this valuable information.
Karma Singh says:
Why do you even think about re-modelling a worn-out system which, from its inception, was never intended to be anything other than a stop-gap?
Because slow communication made direct participation in government impossible, a system of representatives was created until the time arrived when direct government became realisable.
This has now been possible for some years and it's time to wake up to this reality and to let the temporary expedient go.
This works best in a two-tier system; local matters decided locally by everyone together, State matters decided state-wide.
Proposed legislation: put it up on a website and let everyone discuss it and, then, vote online.
Proposing legislation: Put it on the "suggestions" website and, if it gets sufficient numbers of supporters, it then goes forward for the discussion and voting procedure.
As not even the pharma-conglomerate can bribe everyone, this eliminates almost all opportunities for corruption.
If you want to see a working model, try this:
http://www.kingdomofgermany.org
Karma Singh
Sally L. Rapoza says:
California has always been too large to govern. In 1850, when we became a state, they said then that it should probably be two or even three states – but the Gold Rush was happening and they just wanted to get California admitted and would deal with it later. Sound familiar? It is now later, and our state is more diverse and lacking of representation exacerbates the problem. We want a smaller, rural state among counties that have similar needs and problems to solve. The Time Has Come For 51! http://www.soj51.net
Greg Walsh says:
The increasing rate of the California's failing economy is all well orchestrated by a small group of people that continue to destroy our way of life. They attack every aspect of our Liberty. We do have few Patriotic Representative but for the most part these trusted servants are traitors. Not one CA Representative wants to go back to what makes a good representative, "A Part-time Legislation".
I am in full agreement with creating a Republic Form of Government in the North State once again.
Red Smith says:
I love all of the people that say "if" this will happen…We the residents of Jefferson are not asking permission, we are offering the courtesy of informing California of our departure. We will no longer suffer as an occupied people in our own homes. We will not surrender our children or their future to the State. We will no longer tolerate the decimation of our families, our economy, our values and culture.
Judith Mathat says:
The time has come for 51….all rural unrepresented areas in many, over 20 other states will follow on; unless there is a redo of the amount of representatives allowed by population and senators only allowed 2 to a county in each state is set back to the way our Congress is set up…equal representation.
John Bethel says:
I hope you can gather ehough support to make this happen!!!
Wayne Russak says:
It is becoming readily apparent that the political direction of the State of California is more towards Socialistic control and less toward self sufficiency and freedom. The unfunded debt of the Calpers pension overload will only get worse with time and the cost over runs by corrupt contractors on ridiculously unnecessary projects add up to more of the same by fiscally inept liberal spenders who only have one solution for their lack of financial education, find something new to tax and raise taxes on the existing taxed items. Brainwashed students, "entitled" illegals and weak minded urbanites coerced by fear tactics continue to add liberals to the cartel in Sacramento whose intent is for their own good not the good of the people of this state. Politicians who exempt themselves from the laws they pass for the people of the state are not ethically sober, they are drunk on power. The time has come for 51, The State of Jefferson will succeed, because the people demand it.
April Cox says:
We need the state of Jefferson! Living up in the far northeastern corner of California for the past 6 years, I can really see it firsthand! It is TIME for 51 !!!
Cherryl hammon says:
I have lived in California for 60 plus years, and have seen a beautiful, special state implode, we in the northern state, and smaller populated counties have no say anything concerning the State of California. Yes! we are given the right vote as we see fit under the Constitution. We however in the smaller populated counties in California our vote means nothing. The State of California is going to continue on a corrupt, fiscally irresponsible path, the only way things can change for those of us in smaller populated areas, is a State of Jefferson,
Tim Pinkos says:
Yes! Yes! Yes! The time has come for 51! I am so ready for this, the State of Jefferson! Most of us in the North State are tired of inadequate representation in Sacramento.
Hear-Hear-Cheryl Hammon and Tim Pynkos! Whatever Jefferson county youreside in GET INVOLVED and help make it happen! Go to our webite soj51.net and click on the groups tab to find your county group and contact them. There is much going on that you can help do! Or email me directly and I can send you more information! Time Has Come For 51!
Jerry Pera says:
To clarify a point, the "Super Majority" of the California state legislature, especially in a federal constitutional republic, is no such thing; it's a totalitarian dictatorship! The official congressional record showed that the population of California was a little over 97,000 at the time when it was admitted into the union. In the 1870's, the California Constitution, (in legal circles, the biggest joke ever put to paper), capped the state legislature at 80 assembly members and the Senate to 40 seats. So with 120 legislators, along with the 10 constitutionally elected officers, "rule" the nearly 39 million subjects living in the state of California.
My support for the State of Jefferson is purely selfish. I want my grandchildren to live in a state where their liberties will be respected and protected according to the US Constitution, and they will not be controlled, indoctrinated and forced to live under totalitarian rule. The time has come for 51
5th Generation Siskiyou county resident. I'd be gone if I could financially afford to. We have been taxed without representation here in Siskiyou County since 1964. My grandparents, my parents, myself, my children, and my grandchildren all have payed taxes to a entity in the USA without representation. The time has come for 51. Resident of Weed, Jefferson.
Sue-I hope that you are helping on the Jefferson committee in siskiyou county! We need you! Go to SOJ51.net and click on the groups tab to contact your county committee.
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package com.facebook.presto.type;

import com.facebook.presto.spi.ConnectorSession;
import com.facebook.presto.spi.function.LiteralParameters;
import com.facebook.presto.spi.function.ScalarOperator;
import com.facebook.presto.spi.function.SqlType;
import com.facebook.presto.spi.type.AbstractLongType;
import com.facebook.presto.spi.type.StandardTypes;
import io.airlift.slice.Slice;

import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.BETWEEN;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.CAST;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.EQUAL;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.GREATER_THAN;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.HASH_CODE;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.LESS_THAN;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.OperatorType.NOT_EQUAL;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.type.DateTimeEncoding.unpackMillisUtc;
import static com.facebook.presto.util.DateTimeUtils.printTimeWithTimeZone;
import static io.airlift.slice.Slices.utf8Slice;

public final class TimeWithTimeZoneOperators
{
    private TimeWithTimeZoneOperators()
    {
    }

    @ScalarOperator(EQUAL)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean equal(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long left, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long right)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(left) == unpackMillisUtc(right);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(NOT_EQUAL)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean notEqual(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long left, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long right)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(left) != unpackMillisUtc(right);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(LESS_THAN)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean lessThan(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long left, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long right)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(left) < unpackMillisUtc(right);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean lessThanOrEqual(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long left, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long right)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(left) <= unpackMillisUtc(right);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(GREATER_THAN)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean greaterThan(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long left, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long right)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(left) > unpackMillisUtc(right);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean greaterThanOrEqual(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long left, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long right)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(left) >= unpackMillisUtc(right);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(BETWEEN)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BOOLEAN)
    public static boolean between(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long value, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long min, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long max)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(min) <= unpackMillisUtc(value) && unpackMillisUtc(value) <= unpackMillisUtc(max);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(CAST)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME)
    public static long castToTime(ConnectorSession session, @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long value)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(value);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(CAST)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIMESTAMP)
    public static long castToTimestamp(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long value)
    {
        return unpackMillisUtc(value);
    }

    @ScalarOperator(CAST)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIME_ZONE)
    public static long castToTimestampWithTimeZone(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long value)
    {
        return value;
    }

    @ScalarOperator(CAST)
    @LiteralParameters("x")
    @SqlType("varchar(x)")
    public static Slice castToSlice(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long value)
    {
        return utf8Slice(printTimeWithTimeZone(value));
    }

    @ScalarOperator(HASH_CODE)
    @SqlType(StandardTypes.BIGINT)
    public static long hashCode(@SqlType(StandardTypes.TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE) long value)
    {
        return AbstractLongType.hash(unpackMillisUtc(value));
    }
}


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Priyanka Gandhi's political debut stirs the electoral cauldron in Uttar Pradesh as BJP feels the heat
Pushed to the sidelines in Uttar Pradesh by the combined might of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress played its trump card by appointing Priyanka Gandhi as the party General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of the state.
The move to induct Priyanka is likely to infuse new energy in the demoralised Congress cadre in a state where the party has been marginalised since 1989 and where the Bhartiya Janata Party won a staggering 71 out of 80 seats in the 2014 elections.
Considered the heart of India, a win in Uttar Pradesh is crucial to a majority in the Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his main opponent Congress president Rahul Gandhi both hold seats from the country's most populous state as do many former prime ministers.
Priyanka Gandhi's entry at this stage can once again change the electoral arithmetic of Uttar Pradesh which sends the maximum member to India's lower house.
Soon after Priyanka's induction, Rahul Gandhi said that naming Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia as General Secretaries for Uttar Pradesh was a "big step" to spread the party's "real" ideology for poor and weaker sections and to rebuild its base.
Forty-seven year old Priyanka Gandhi makes a full-fledged entry into politics casting aside her earlier role that was mainly confined to the constituencies of mother Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and brother Rahul Gandhi (Amethi), the only two seats retained by the Congress in 2014. Many believe it was Priyanka's campaign in the two constituencies that saved the day in the last general elections.
In the first week of February, Priyanka is expected to assume her new charge in eastern UP, the home turf of Chief Minister and BJP's 'Hindutva' poster-boy Yogi Adityanath. If rumours are to be believed, Priyanka will begin her formal political career with a holy dip in the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela on February 4.
She is likely to be accompanied to the Kumbh by Rahul Gandhi, whose public zeal for Hinduism began with an April 2015 visit to the iconic Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand and who has been criticised for pursuing "soft Hindutva" to counter the BJP.
Speculation is rife that Sonia Gandhi may not contest from Rae Bareli for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, making way for Priyanka instead. Political observers believe Rahul will have room to renegotiate terms with SP and BSP if Priyanka can improve the party's performance.
Known for her charisma and striking resemblance to grandmother Indira Gandhi, Priyanka is often called a natural leader who easily connects with people.
While Congress workers and leaders hailed the appointment of Priyanka Gandhi saying it would boost the party's performance in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP said such a development was only expected of a "family party" that has believed in dynasty rule from the days of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Her entry into active politics may have re-ignited a debate on political dynasties but it may also hold the mirror to the BJP which has often accused the first family of Congress of imposing family politics on the country while inducting many leaders from political families into its fold.
The newest member of the Gandhi family has walked onto the political turf carrying a legacy of five generations but no political party except perhaps the Communist bloc, with rare exceptions, can claim to be dynasty free.
Apart from the BJP and the Congress, dynasty is the basic foundation of most regional parties covering the entire Indian political spectrum.
When Rajasthan Congress President Sachin Pilot was asked to highlight one quality which Priyanka Gandhi brings on table which Rahul Gandhi lacks, he said that both the Gandhi siblings complement each other.
"Priyanka has been handling [the Congress] war room for long and hence we should not prejudge her qualities and ability. Rather she should be given a chance to work," said Pilot.
"Now that she has accepted a role in Congress, we shall give a good fight to opposition," he added.
"They have tremendous team spirit ... You all shall see in the next few months," he added.
Meanwhile, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra described Priyanka Gandhi as a "crutch" for Rahul Gandhi who as the Congress President was unable to get accepted as part of 'mahagatbandhan' of opposition parties.
"Party is the family for the BJP whereas family is the party for Congress. All selections are done in only one family. Somewhere Rahul has failed ... Who will be the next after Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi? Only one family," said Patra.
Although BJP leaders officially dismissed her appointment as a "family matter" which would not impact the BJP's fortune especially in Uttar Pradesh, they admit privately that the road ahead for the party in the most populous state will not be as easy as it was in 2014.
But a senior party leader who did not wish to be identified said that Priyanka Gandhi would definitely be a crowd puller but it needed to be seen how she converts them into votes.
"She has her own appeal. She is a look-alike of Indira Gandhi and has all the ability of a crowd puller," he said.
Asked about her impact in Uttar Pradesh, he said: "It needs to be seen. But asar to padega hi [It will have an impact]."
A party office bearer added that the decision to ask Priyanka Gandhi to oversee eastern Uttar Pradesh was unexpected.
"The Congress had been uprooted from this area and the Congress President has taken a big risk by giving her charge of East Uttar Pradesh. This is shocking," he said.
Another party office bearer said the BJP was yet to devise a strategy to counter the SP-BSP alliance when the Priyanka factor had come into play.
"We will have to draw a new strategy," he said.
However, some party insiders feel that Priyanka Gandhi's task will not be easy because she will have to start from ground zero.
The area she has been assigned is a bastion of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi.
The BJP won 71 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 while an ally, Apana Dal, got two seats. After the SP-BSP alliance was announced, many BJP leaders openly admitted that the road ahead would not be that easy in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
While Priyanka has performed well during her short stints as a campaigner for the Congress during election season, her stamina for daily politics is yet to be tested. The controversy around the business dealings of her husband Robert Vadra may also work to her disadvantage.
Whether Priyanka can deliver Uttar Pradesh to the Congress in 2019 remains to be seen, for now the promise of Priyanka is enough to galvanise both the Congress and the BJP.


That is so, so cruel on Everton. Anthony Martial pounces in what United fans still call Fergie time. A moment of sheer drama to cap off a wonderful FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. It'll come as no consolation to Everton fans, but what a football match this has been! The Merseysiders are heartbroken behind David De Gea's goal.
90+' Goal. Everton 1-2 Man United. Martial smashes into the bottom corner deep into added time.


Woodside House is a brand new, purpose built student accommodation building offering the most luxurious and exciting student accommodation in Glasgow. Set in a leafy area in Glasgow's West End, less than a mile from the University of Glasgow, the stylish all-inclusive apartments and exclusive services are ideal for the city's most discerning undergraduate, & postgraduate students.
With just 91 en-suite studio apartments and a range of exceptional communal features, Woodside House is tipped to be one of Glasgow's most in-demand properties this year.
Features include the stunning penthouse Sky Lounge, a sophisticated dinner party room, an on-site cinema, a private gym and a games lounge. The property also boasts individual study rooms, communal study rooms and TV snugs. Woodside House is also perfectly located for all that the bustling city of Glasgow has to offer, from fabulous shops to some of the best eateries in Scotland. This is super high-end living for students with exacting standards.


Very dark screen bug cant change at all.
Turns off randomly (3 year old battery is the reason most likely).
Cant share tether internet to a pc with usb connection.
No apps, very few from ms store.
Only browser is out dated Edge.
Buy a phone that gets lineage os and has cheap services. Batteries die in about 3 years depending on mAh size and usage habits.
Ricky, 02 Feb 2019How good is this fone then.heard apps like Facebook and messenger aren't supported.is this cor... moreBuy an Android or iOS, don't waste money on this. W10m will get official support until december of this year, after that probably there is no guarantee that the store will be online for much longer and then you can't install apps.
Even the iPhone SE or any cheap Android One are more useful than this phone.
Anonymous, 24 Aug 2018I have it since February 2016, still works but sadly camera isnt working... It was very good f... moreA little update on my post from a few months back..
I hated this phone but have bought an android phone and I have to say THIS was the best phone I have ever used! Android is awful!
At the time I bought it, it was the cheapest 4G phone in my country, the OS was fast (some apps were a pain though) and it had a very good display and camera.. For 100€ it is(was) the best phone ever!!
And it is very durable, I dropped so many times and it worked just fine but I killed the camera with water..
This is the worst smartphone I have ever used, I prefer a HTC 7 Trophy from 2010... I blame the Snapdragon 210, the worst SoC ever.
Had this handset since launch still use it and works great since day I bought him.
Dreadful and temperamental ! Roll on end of contract!
it tends to be warm when u stay in internet connection in long duration.
Anonymous, 18 Oct 2017The phone *itself*, in my opinion, is great, especially for its time and the money it costed. ... moreWindows 10 is an os that has lost of bugs. It isn't finished by any means.
This is a Windows 10 phone, it needs to check for updates, internet connectivity is necessary. Wi-Fi is preferred over metered connections.
The rear camera (5MP) pictures are quite okay.
The phone is quite slim and handy.
Overall a fairly decent phone.
Worst phone i have ever used.Oh wait, trium mars was worst.So the second...yep.


Phoenix has had a quiet month in January with one thing and another, but hopefully she'll soon be back on track.
Just before New Year I had a fabulous lesson, where she was getting the idea of relaxing in trot immediately after canter, and things were all slotting into place. The following day I had a lovely hack and then she had a couple of days off while we went away.
That following week she was tense again to ride. I was disappointed, and felt we'd regressed in her training. Then at the weekend she bolted going into right canter. At first it was just a quickening and some tension, but the more transitions I did the worse she got.
Right canter has always been her weaker canter, and in retrospect throughout December I was finding that I was being put into position left after right canter.
Simultaneously, mounting had become more stressful, with her being tense, sometimes having her back up as I mounted, and jogging off. I felt she was beginning to make negative associations with the school and being ridden. On hacks, she was perfect, as usual.
It took me a week to try and get to the bottom of it. Was she being emotional? Was she struggling with the winter balance of feed and turnout? Was she getting too fit? Was she in pain anywhere? She wasn't lame, but I did think she seemed restricted in her left hindleg. When she had her monthly massage, extra tightness in the muscles in her left hindquarter was noted.
I backed off the canter work, trying to improve her right bend. She's a trier, and she really tried to give it to me. But something was hurting because every so often she'd bring her left hind forward and then stop, as if wincing. It was this point that I decided she needed some form of physio or chiropractic work.
Phoenix is a naturally uptight character, so I felt a physiotherapist would be most beneficial initially and once her muscles had been released, if she was still not quite right, a chiropractor would be more effective with less resistance from the tight muscles.
While I waited for her physio appointment, I did some ground work to keep her brain ticking over, and practiced mounting and just walking around. I wanted to focus on reducing her anxiety in the arena. Anxiety which stems from her expecting pain, I think, but hopefully by reminding her to stand during mounting and then just walking around she would be in a better frame of mind when I start working her again. Phoenix is a quick learner, and after a couple of sessions she felt her normal self around the mounting block.
The physio session was really interesting. Whilst not showing a response to pressure along her back, the physio denounced Phoenix to be very guarded. Her posture has changed in the last couple of weeks, and it took the physio quite a lot of work to release the deep muscles over her back and hindquarters, particularly the left. By the end of the session, Phoenix was flexing her back properly and had a much more relaxed demeanour. Her eyes had softened and she looked happier. I just felt guilty it had taken me so long to work out what the problem was.
She had a couple of days off, and I felt she seemed happier in herself, with a softer eye and with a better posture. I lunged her in the snow over the weekend (the joy of being barefoot!) and she looked considerably more comfortable in her action, with less tail swishing and less resistance to the right.
A week after physio, I got back on. Her back needed a break and chance to recover. I was a bit anxious about how she would behave under saddle. Mainly because I really wanted this to be the solution to her tension. The first trot she was coiled like a spring, but the more work we did the more she relaxed and felt like the old Phoenix. She just needed to work and realise it wouldn't hurt.
The next day I took her for a hack, and she seemed perfectly happy. I'm so glad! She needs a couple more days of just walk and trot work, before introducing brief periods of canter.
She has a follow up appointment in a couple of weeks which I very much hope shows an improvement in her muscle tone.
I'm also organising for her saddles to be checked (the dressage one seems to be moving… which may explain why she was happier cantering on hacks when I was using my jump saddle. Duh!). She seems to be taking after Otis, the number of saddle checks she's needed so far. Until then, I'll stick to the jump saddle as she seems much happier.
I've had a lot of time to think about the cause, or the root of the problem, and how I can prevent it reoccurring in future. If I'm honest, I think there's been a need for physio for a while. Perhaps I should've done it before I started riding her. She's naturally uptight anyway, so muscle tension isn't immediately obvious because there's an element of it all over. She has monthly massages, which worked on the same areas as the physio did but on a superficial level. Which highlights the fact equine massage is an excellent maintenance tool (otherwise I think I would've hit this problem earlier) but physio or chiropractic treatment is sometimes still required to correct misalignment or deep tissue problems. The increase in Phoenix's workload in December meant that the underlying soreness went from slightly uncomfortable to painful for her. Combined with a change in the fit to her saddle, which exacerbated the soreness, meant that throughout January Phoenix has been trying to tell me very clearly that she's not happy. I was just a bit deaf though, and it took me a while to see the wood for the trees. I'll listen harder next time Phoenix, I promise!


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A housewife, she was barely making ends meet with her small horticultural business until her collaboration with SFL
Her story began with the signing of a memorandum of understanding with SFL, she was selected for a nursery and began to receive training in grafting techniques and nursery production management, as well as business opportunities from the agricultural component of SFL.
In 2020, after receiving the first training, she first started to produce seedlings with a small volume only for herself, so in 2021, after the agreement signed with the members of the CONGAI cooperative for the purchase of seedlings, she started to involve a team composed of 10 workers, seven (7) men and three (3) women, four (4) of whom were paid men since the others were members of her family and would receive their share after the commercialization of the plant.
Her production was of one thousand (1000) plants that she sold to the members of the CONGAI cooperative with a turnover of about 500,000 F CFA. With this amount, she was able to pay her workers, pay her children's school fees and support her husband in family expenses and ensure the payment of service providers for the maintenance of her cashew plantations.
She was selected as one of the beneficiaries of the aid for the construction of modern shade houses and promises for the next season to hire more laborers to increase the volume of plant production and turnover.
« The USDA-funded LIFFT Cashew project, implemented by Shelter for Life International, supports Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea Bissau (SeGaBi) in the full development of the cashew value chain. The organization of cooperatives and their processing is an important axis to ensure the sustainability of the activities promoted by the LIFFT Cashew project.»
"I have to thank SFL for guiding me through this opportunity, the technical assistance and market access with the CONGAI cooperative, and for connecting me with the Canchungo Zone Regional Agricultural Delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development who visited my nursery and plantation and registered me in their database of potential nurserymen in the zone."
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We're in the process of sorting out and uploading the tons of photos that we've got from the CWIF. We've got a full gallery on our website with the competition broken up into the setup, the qualifying, the semi's and the finals.
As we upload the photos we're putting on captions etc so you can get a feel of the day if you weren't there.
We'd like to thank the photographers - Norman Gilman, Tonde & Steve Goodair - for taking the photos and allowing us to show them.


text:
//
// Created by Ray Jenkins on 4/26/15.
//

#include "../src/ConservatorFrameworkFactory.h"
#include <check.h>
#include <unistd.h>

using namespace std;

int exists_watcher_called = 0;
int get_watcher_called = 0;
int get_child_watcher_called = 0;

void cleanup(void) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->deleteNode()->deletingChildren()->forPath("/foo");
    framework->deleteNode()->deletingChildren()->forPath("/flintstones");
    framework->close();
}

void setup(void) {
    cleanup();
    printf("setup complete\n");
}
void teardown(void) {
    cleanup();
    printf("teardown complete\n");
}

START_TEST(framework) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->close();
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_started) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    ck_assert_int_eq(1, framework->isStarted());
    usleep(5000000); // wait 5s for connect
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOO_CONNECTED_STATE, framework->getState());
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_closed) {
        ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
        unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
        framework->start();
        framework->close();
        ck_assert_int_eq(0, framework->isStarted());
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_create) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    int result = framework->create()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, result);
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_create_ephemeral) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->create()->withFlags(ZOO_EPHEMERAL)->forPath("/foo"));
    framework->close();
    framework->start();
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZNONODE, framework->checkExists()->forPath("/foo"));
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_exists) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->checkExists()->forPath("/foo"));
}
END_TEST

void exists_watcher_fn(zhandle_t *zh, int type,
                             int state, const char *path,void *watcherCtx) {
    cout << "exists watcher function called" << endl;
    exists_watcher_called++;
    // reset the watch
    ConservatorFramework* framework = (ConservatorFramework *) watcherCtx;
    framework->checkExists()->withWatcher(exists_watcher_fn, framework)->forPath(path);
}

START_TEST(framework_exists_with_watch) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZNONODE, framework->checkExists()->withWatcher(exists_watcher_fn, ((void *) framework.get()))->forPath("/foo"));
    ck_assert_int_eq(0, exists_watcher_called);
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
    ck_assert_int_eq(1, exists_watcher_called);
    framework->deleteNode()->forPath("/foo");
    ck_assert_int_eq(2, exists_watcher_called);
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_delete) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->deleteNode()->forPath("/foo"));
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_getdata) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar");
    ck_assert_str_eq("bar", framework->getData()->forPath("/foo").c_str());
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_getdata_no_node) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    ck_assert_str_eq("", framework->getData()->forPath("/foo").c_str());
}
END_TEST

void get_watcher_fn(zhandle_t *zh, int type,
                       int state, const char *path,void *watcherCtx) {
    cout << "get watcher function called" << endl;
    get_watcher_called++;
    // reset the watch
    ConservatorFramework* framework = (ConservatorFramework *) watcherCtx;
    if(framework->checkExists()->forPath(path)) {
        framework->getData()->withWatcher(get_watcher_fn, framework)->forPath(path);
    }
}

START_TEST(framework_getdata_with_watch) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar");
    string r = framework->getData()->withWatcher(get_watcher_fn, ((void *) framework.get()))->forPath("/foo");
    ck_assert_str_eq("bar", r.c_str());
    framework->setData()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar");
    ck_assert_int_eq(1, get_watcher_called);
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_setdata_empty) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->setData()->forPath("/foo"));
    ck_assert_str_eq("", framework->get("/foo").c_str());
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_setdata) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->setData()->forPath("/foo", (char *) "moo"));
    ck_assert_str_eq("moo", framework->get("/foo").c_str());
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_setdata_version) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
    struct Stat stat;
    framework->getData()->storingStatIn(&stat)->forPath("/foo");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZBADVERSION, framework->setData()->withVersion(100)->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar"));
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->setData()->withVersion(stat.version)->forPath("/foo", (char *) "bar"));
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_getchildren)
{
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones");
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones/fred");
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones/barney");
    vector<string> children = framework->getChildren()->forPath("/flintstones");
    ck_assert_int_eq(2, children.size());
    ck_assert_str_eq("barney", children.at(0).c_str());
    ck_assert_str_eq("fred", children.at(1).c_str());
}
END_TEST
void get_child_watcher_fn(zhandle_t *zh, int type,
                    int state, const char *path,void *watcherCtx) {
    cout << "get child watcher function called" << endl;
    get_child_watcher_called++;
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    printf("setting watch on %s\n", path);
    framework->getChildren()->withWatcher(get_child_watcher_fn, &framework)->forPath(path);
}

START_TEST(framework_getchildren_with_watch)
 {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones");
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones/fred");
    framework->getChildren()->withWatcher(get_child_watcher_fn, &framework)->forPath("/flintstones");
    ck_assert_int_eq(0, get_child_watcher_called);
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones/wilma");
    ck_assert_int_eq(1, get_child_watcher_called);
 }
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_delete_children) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones");
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones/fred");
    framework->create()->forPath("/flintstones/barney");
    vector<string> children = framework->getChildren()->forPath("/flintstones");
    ck_assert_int_eq(2, children.size());
    ck_assert_str_eq("barney", children.at(0).c_str());
    ck_assert_str_eq("fred", children.at(1).c_str());
    framework->deleteNode()->deletingChildren()->forPath("/flintstones");
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZNONODE, framework->checkExists()->forPath("/flintstones"));

}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_get_acl) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
    ACL_vector vector;
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->getACL(&vector)->forPath("/foo"));
    ck_assert_int_eq(31, vector.data->perms);
    ck_assert_str_eq("anyone", vector.data->id.id);
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(framework_set_acl) {
        ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
        unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
        framework->start();
        framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
        ACL_vector vector;
        ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->getACL(&vector)->forPath("/foo"));
        ck_assert_int_eq(31, vector.data->perms);
        ck_assert_str_eq("anyone", vector.data->id.id);
        ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->setACL(&ZOO_READ_ACL_UNSAFE)->forPath("/foo"));
        ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->getACL(&vector)->forPath("/foo"));
        ck_assert_int_eq(1, vector.data->perms);

}
END_TEST
START_TEST(framework_set_acl_with_version) {
    ConservatorFrameworkFactory factory = ConservatorFrameworkFactory();
    unique_ptr<ConservatorFramework> framework = factory.newClient("localhost:2181");
    framework->start();
    framework->create()->forPath("/foo");
    ACL_vector vector;
    struct Stat stat;
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZOK, framework->getACL(&vector)->storingStatIn(&stat)->forPath("/foo"));
    ck_assert_int_eq(31, vector.data->perms);
    ck_assert_str_eq("anyone", vector.data->id.id);
    ck_assert_int_eq(ZBADVERSION, framework->setACL(&ZOO_READ_ACL_UNSAFE)->withVersion(100)->forPath("/foo"));
}
END_TEST

Suite * framework_suite(void) {
    Suite *s;
    TCase *tc_core;

    s = suite_create("ConservatorFramework");

    /* Core test case */
    tc_core = tcase_create("Core");

    tcase_set_timeout(tc_core, 10);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_started);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_closed);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_create);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_create_ephemeral);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_exists);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_exists_with_watch);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_delete);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_delete_children);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_getdata);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_getdata_no_node);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_getdata_with_watch);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_setdata_empty);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_setdata);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_setdata_version);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_getchildren);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_getchildren_with_watch);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_get_acl);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_set_acl);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, framework_set_acl_with_version);
    tcase_add_checked_fixture(tc_core, setup, teardown);
    suite_add_tcase(s, tc_core);

    return s;
}

int main(void) {
    int number_failed;
    Suite *s;
    SRunner *sr;

    s = framework_suite();
    sr = srunner_create(s);

    srunner_run_all(sr, CK_NORMAL);
    number_failed = srunner_ntests_failed(sr);
    srunner_free(sr);

    return (number_failed == 0) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
}


On Tuesday 1st May about 40 to 50 keen bees gathered at the World Bar to check a slide show from Estelle and Guillaume. The pictures were displayed on a huge wall outside and the two travelers entertained the crew while showing some of their slides from China, Vietnam, Greece and France. A real success that was! Remember next gathering: Tuesday 5th June 2012: Backcountry skiing and Avalanche Awareness Seminar - World Bar -7pm With guest speakers, and outdoor shops from Qtown!


Dog Yoga Exists And It's Coming To Auckland!
How do you make your downward facing dog 147 times more fun? Let us tell you. Add a fluffy puppy and a class filled with like-minded, pooch-loving individuals—let's just visualise that for a minute. What could possibly go wrong? Yep, Doga (dog yoga, duh) is coming to Auckland and we're all about it.
Yep, to celebrate the launch of Paw Paw, this is your chance to find inner peace while bonding with your canine friend. Even better, you'll be able to can do some good while you're there!
Taking place next month at Barkley Manor, there will be goodie bags, photo ops and refreshments for both humans and dogs. Bring along a gold coin and it'll go to the Mobility Dogs charity.
Walk away with a smile on your dial and a new-found connection with your pooch! Bookings essential.
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When the Bubble Bursts
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Wokeness Invades New York Private Schools
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Here's a view from the trenches. It was written pseudonymously by "Gregory Hansen" for the Australian site, Quillette. In it a man who taught English at community colleges explains what happened in his classrooms when the government decided to admit students regardless of their ability and their academic competence. The story dates to several decades ago. The author is now retired. Take it for what it's worth.
If it happened several decades ago, that means, if I may, that today's brouhaha about anti-racism is the consequence of longstanding diversity programs and affirmative action programs.
First, Hansen explains that he, being a white teacher, was blamed when his minority students were getting low grades and were dropping out. Black students were not allowed to fail. White teachers were failing them.
So, Hansen writes of a meeting with a black educator:
A friend of the president, a "distinguished black educator," flew in from Washington, DC to speak to us. We learned that we were failing our black students—that their disproportionately low grades and dropout rates were our fault.
By this time, after a decade of teaching students from minimally educated, working poor families, I was thoroughly familiar with the difficulty of bringing unprepared or unmotivated students of any color or background up to anything like a college level. Many students lacked even middle-school reading competence. Many could not write a complete sentence. Some skipped classes and failed to turn in assignments—or just dropped out. But the college mission was to educate everyone. We were an "open door" institution, with a high school diploma or GED sufficient for admission. We were here to give students the chance none in their families had ever had before, and we believed in our mission. Toward the end of the meeting I raised my hand and asked how, given reading and preparation levels, we could possibly increase grades and graduation rates without lowering standards. "What do you teach?" he asked. "English," I offered. "You don't teach English," he corrected me. "You teach White Studies."
One needs to mention that these students were the product of America's educational system, the one that is controlled by the teachers' unions and the Democratic politicians they own. These students were not being taught in charter schools, where academic performance and discipline are the order of the day.
So, the politicians had defined a mission. Minority children were suffering because some politicians and bureaucrats had decided that everyone should have a college education, regardless. Obviously, the casualty was eventually going to be, academic standards. It would be easier to give everyone an A than to be accused of being a racist.
As often happens today, educators learned that certain problems cannot be discussed, at all.
My colleagues and I now found it risky to discuss the achievement problems of blacks openly. We found ourselves self-censoring, privately lamenting the arrival of implicit rules and taboos. The following year, the president left to assume the presidency of another college, where, according to newspaper accounts, racial conflict again swirled around him. His departure, never officially acknowledged as a removal, was handled, as the Chancellor himself later explained privately, "very delicately."
And then, affirmative action became the guiding light when the college had to choose a new director of financial aid:
However, affirmative action had a direct bearing on a later search for a director of financial aid, and despite a theoretical demand for competence as well as color in a candidate, the result was a quiet acceptance of marginal qualifications. Within a few years, our new director's career had been ended by a federal conviction and jail time. He'd persuaded black students, many of whom never attended class, to take out student loans and split the money with them. Eventually, the students were surprised by bills for repayment, didn't pay, federal authorities were alerted, and the scam blew up.
Hansen continued on his own personal crusade, to educate students who had never learned how to study and who had been coddled through the school system. His tough love, Tiger Mom approach sometimes worked. Many times it did not. Dare we mention that the ambient national discourse makes it impossible today for a teacher to exercise authority in the classroom.
On one occasion, three young black men in Developmental, who routinely sat in the back talking as I attempted to teach, stalked out the door when I told them to pay attention. Furious, I chased them down the hall, shouting, "Get yourselves back in class or you've all just failed!" They kept walking.
No teacher today would dare commit such an outrage. The outcome would be a time-wasting round of meetings with administration and the victimized students focusing on implicit bias, creation of a hostile learning environment, and concerns about safety. It would be no surprise if the use of racial slurs were falsely alleged. The next day, one of the students returned to class and went on to pass. He had received exactly what he needed—a sting of authority that did not tolerate disruption. After class, two sisters from Hong Kong lingered (their father had sent them to America to develop English skills and perhaps gain citizenship before handover to the People's Republic of China). "We just can't believe how some American students treat the teachers," said the eldest. "This could never happen in China." "I believe it," I said.
In time, students had all learned that poor grades meant that the teachers were racist. Thus were academic standards eliminated. But, at the same time, when it these same students went out into the business world, they discovered that their skills were clearly inadequate. Then they denounced the culture for being systemically racist:
I began encountering students who felt that receipt of a poor grade was simply evidence of my racism. The rules of Standard English were seen as an arbitrary white man's game designed to hinder blacks, and three sheets of paper filled with rambling thoughts were thought to qualify as an essay. I read theme after theme where students had been neither prepared to think logically and sequentially nor spell and use complete sentences. They had been passed on in English as they moved through grades K-12. Why then, they wondered, was this particular white teacher choosing to roadblock them?
As we are seeing today, the anti-racism mania is being extended to scientific disciplines. The medical profession has now undertaken to lower standards for admission into the practice of medicine. In the old days, the first discipline to be undermined by anti-racism was nursing:
Race-related disputes eventually spilled over into scientific and technical curricula. A nursing colleague told me that administration was questioning her and her colleagues' commitment to diversity—that is, more black students should graduate. Nursing had always been one of our most demanding majors, with students of all colors frequently dropping out. "What are we to do?" she lamented. "Erroneous medical charting? Misunderstanding a care plan? Misreading a decimal point? So dangerous!" At least, I thought to myself, no lives were at risk in White Studies.
Sadly, those who suffer most from this regime are minority students. They are being coddled by the educational establishment, mostly because teachers are living under the threat of losing their jobs or of being attacked physically for giving bad grades:
It is difficult to convey the toll taken—semester after semester, year after year, decade after decade—by a teaching environment in which a single criticism or correction or incautious remark can produce an explosion and formal or informal disciplinary proceedings. For almost 50 years, I've had to be on the alert, recognizing that conflict with any student other than a heterosexual white male could cost me….
The supreme irony is that affirmative action, diversity, equity, and inclusion policies do silent damage to the very students in greatest need of help. Those in a favored demographic are assured that their struggles arise from the malign external forces of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and so on. They are offered a false choice: either accept their victimhood as persons without agency who must silently suffer injustice, or throw themselves into the abolition of patriarchal, heteronormative, colonialist whiteness.
As I said, in community colleges this has been ongoing for decades. Given that it has failed, we have now decided that it be applied to the rest of America, regardless of the results.
Ahhhh, Democrats! The party of slavery, the party of segregation, still at work to dumb down the black people through "edumacation".
urbane legend said...
What happens when one of these diversity doctors kills a President or member of Congress? Depends on the party of the deceased, of course.
When a diversity lawyer representing a member of the oppressed class loses a liability suit?
I could go on but you get the idea.
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The Z Man had a memorable quote on his blog yesterday. File for future reference.
"The custodial state is the sensibilities of women armed with the weapons and power created by men."
I can't accept that. I know far too many women with good sense, even down to under 40. But yes, I also know many without it.


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Pandemic procurement is a scandal - it's time for reform
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The Government, or more precisely Michael Gove in the Cabinet Office and Matt Hancock at the Department of Health, have spent over £18 billion of taxpayers' money on 8,600 contracts in response to the pandemic. Of that just under £11 billion was spent on contracts that were awarded directly, bypassing the competitive tendering process. Most of this went on buying PPE for hospitals and care homes.
Many companies have no previous experience in procuring health equipment: a jeweller in Miami, a coffee and nut supplier in Northern Ireland, an offshore private equity company with government contacts are some examples. Some companies only existed on paper with just about enough assets to buy a second-hand Vauxhall Corsa. Others did not exist at all before the government opened its procurement portal. Some of the equipment, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, turned out to be unfit for purpose.
A great many of these deals were struck through a confidential, fast-track VIP channel. Referrals for these lucrative contracts came from MPs, peers, officials and friends. Some companies are Tory party donors. Others are said to have business links to ministers and advisers such as the now departed Dominic Cummings. Record-keeping was poor.
One contract for £122 million was awarded to a company set up in May by an associate of a Tory peer with a share capital of £100. Another for £253 million was signed off with a private equity firm whose senior director is a government adviser.
The audit trail was flawed. Contracts were not published. There continues to be a serious lack of transparency. In some cases, contracts were only drawn up after deals were struck and money handed over. Value for money was questionable. Contracts were awarded to unsuitable suppliers and there was potential bias and conflict of interest.
This, in summary, is what the National Audit Office – the nearest thing we have to a government efficiency and corruption watchdog – concludes in its damning report on pandemic procurement.
The Audit Office acknowledges, that, faced with an urgent and dangerous threat to public health, the government had to act fast. But its report concludes "While we recognise that these were exceptional circumstances, there are standards that the public sector will always need to apply if it is to maintain public trust".
The Government has swatted away the criticism. Boris Johnson has responded by saying he is proud of the Government's record in procuring PPE. Jacob Rees-Mogg is indignant at the suggestion that the Government has acted in with anything other than the utmost propriety. Business Secretary Alok Sharma says there is nothing to say sorry for. Once again, we see a mindset at work that believes the means justifies the end. The same mindset that argues it's acceptable to break an international treaty if that delivers a purer Brexit.
I find this response personally offensive. This is my money. The taxpayer is not an abstract concept which can be anonymised. It's me and you, our working lives, our savings, our taxes, my children and their desire to better themselves. When I read that a Spanish businessman has pocketed £21 million for services not rendered, (to a Miami fashion entrepreneur awarded a £200 million PPE contract) my blood pressure rockets. That's 1000 ventilators or 700 senior nurses paid for a year.
Let us put this in context. Britain, like every other nation on earth, was faced with a lethal scourge. Unprecedented perhaps but certainly not unforeseeable. Thousands were dying. The NHS was struggling under a flood of very sick people. The economy was facing a crisis of lethal proportions. The country was demanding action.
One can imagine that, once the penny had dropped, once Boris Johnson, faced with those stark numbers that foretold perhaps half a million dead, like the captain of a ship taking in water in a storm, declared: "Right lads. All hands to the pump". Throw precedent overboard. Throw caution to the wind.
We can sympathise. But that won't do. Not in a democracy.
First, we need to ask: how did we get here? The fact is that by the time the Prime Minister had finally woken up to the calamity facing the country the global market for PPE had become a cut-throat race. President Trump was intercepting consignments intended for Germany. Doctors, nurses and care-home workers were dying. Britain was having to play catch-up. The EU had put together an emergency procurement programme in January which we refused to join.
Finally, on March 27 the Government opened its portal, inviting tenders from all-comers. It received, according to the Good Law Project, 24,000 offers from 16,000 suppliers. The case is now before the High Court to approve a judicial review.
The legal argument is straightforward. The Cabinet Office issued a "guidance note" on March 18 waiving the requirements for goods and services, that are urgently needed, to go through the normal vetting process. But the law is clear, mandatory and unconditional: Regulation 50 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 gives the Government 30 days to publish details of contracts. It is routinely ignoring the law.
This is a Government that believes in the free market as the ideal solution to the needs of the country. The state is an obstacle to efficiency and should at best be an adjunct to private enterprise. Yet its record on procurement is dismal. It has a habit of rewarding failure. It blames everyone and everything else for its failure. It lacks, as Daniel Johnson argues, humility.
Boris Johnson's stewardship of the pandemic has been hopeless. He likes big ideas. He wants to launch a British rocket by the year after next. But he never seems to be across his brief. As a result, his reach consistently exceeds its grasp. This lack of grip is taken across government as a license to freewheel.
You can call the procurement affair corruption. You can call it carelessness. But it cannot be allowed to go on like this. The worrying thing is that the Government doesn't seem to think it's done anything wrong.
Now that Dominic Cummings has gone, the Government needs to start thinking about productive reform. Not cutting the civil service down to size or shipping it off to Manchester and calling that reform. But working with the best and brightest in Whitehall to find a better way of combining private enterprise with public ethos.
Government is the custodian of both our money and our trust. It cannot manage one without the other. At the moment it is squandering too much of both.
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