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Q: org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: WELD-001409: Ambiguous dependencies for type Bean with qualifiers @Default My project was working fine yesterday. The only thing I did was to change the structure from a single war to a multi module pom. If I understand correctly the stacktrace there is ambiguousity between weld and omnifaces websocket lib. However there doesn't seem to be any call to any of my methods on the stacktrace. So maybe it's a problem with omnifaces ? I don't even use omnifaces websockets, I use javax.websocket. I did however try it out in this project in the past, and I did a search on "org.omnifaces.cdi" and commented out things from sub packages like @Param but the problem remains.
Also I don't understand why the ambiguousity seem to be from the 2 exact same classes:

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*Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default],

*Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]

[2016-06-25 03:13:59,430] Artifact core:war: java.lang.Exception: {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war\".WeldStartService" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war\".WeldStartService: Failed to start service
    Caused by: org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: Exception List with 4 exceptions:
Exception 0 :
org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: WELD-001409: Ambiguous dependencies for type SocketSessionManager with qualifiers @Default
  at injection point [BackedAnnotatedField] @Inject private org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketPushContextProducer.socketSessions
  at org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketPushContextProducer.socketSessions(SocketPushContextProducer.java:0)
  Possible dependencies:
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default],
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]

    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateInjectionPointForDeploymentProblems(Validator.java:367)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateInjectionPoint(Validator.java:281)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateGeneralBean(Validator.java:134)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateRIBean(Validator.java:155)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateBean(Validator.java:518)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:68)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:66)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:63)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:56)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)
Exception 0 :
org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: WELD-001409: Ambiguous dependencies for type SocketSessionManager with qualifiers @Default
  at injection point [BackedAnnotatedField] @Inject private org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketChannelManager.socketSessions
  at org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketChannelManager.socketSessions(SocketChannelManager.java:0)
  Possible dependencies:
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default],
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]

    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateInjectionPointForDeploymentProblems(Validator.java:367)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateInjectionPoint(Validator.java:281)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateGeneralBean(Validator.java:134)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateRIBean(Validator.java:155)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateBean(Validator.java:518)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:68)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:66)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:63)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:56)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)
Exception 0 :
org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: WELD-001409: Ambiguous dependencies for type SocketUserManager with qualifiers @Default
  at injection point [BackedAnnotatedField] @Inject private org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager.socketUsers
  at org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager.socketUsers(SocketSessionManager.java:0)
  Possible dependencies:
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketUserManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default],
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketUserManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]

    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateInjectionPointForDeploymentProblems(Validator.java:367)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateInjectionPoint(Validator.java:281)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateGeneralBean(Validator.java:134)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateRIBean(Validator.java:155)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateBean(Validator.java:518)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:68)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:66)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:63)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:56)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)
Exception 0 :
org.jboss.weld.exceptions.AmbiguousResolutionException: WELD-001318: Cannot resolve an ambiguous dependency between:
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default],
  - Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]
    at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.resolve(BeanManagerImpl.java:1235)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validatePseudoScopedInjectionPoint(Validator.java:926)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.reallyValidatePseudoScopedBean(Validator.java:902)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.reallyValidatePseudoScopedBean(Validator.java:917)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validatePseudoScopedBean(Validator.java:879)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateGeneralBean(Validator.java:138)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateRIBean(Validator.java:155)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.Validator.validateBean(Validator.java:518)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:68)
    at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.ConcurrentValidator$1.doWork(ConcurrentValidator.java:66)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:63)
    at org.jboss.weld.executor.IterativeWorkerTaskFactory$1.call(IterativeWorkerTaskFactory.java:56)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)
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A:
org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: WELD-001409: Ambiguous dependencies for type SocketSessionManager with qualifiers @Default
    at injection point [BackedAnnotatedField] @Inject private org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketPushContextProducer.socketSessions

Basically, Weld discovered multiple CDI managed beans which could be injected in private SocketSessionManager socketSessions field of the SocketPushContextProducer class. They are listed thereafter:

Possible dependencies:

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*Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]

*Managed Bean [class org.omnifaces.cdi.push.SocketSessionManager] with qualifiers [@Any @Default]

In this specific case they are however exactly the same. This means that there are multiple SocketSessionManager classes in the runtime classpath. This in turn means that there are multiple OmniFaces libraries/dependencies present in the runtime classpath (or a dirty build/(hot)deploy which could be solved by trashing server's work/temp folders or spawning a clean server instance).
You need to make sure that there's only one OmniFaces library in the runtime classpath and that it ends up in WAR's /WEB-INF/lib.
This is not specifically related to websockets. It just happened to be the first OmniFaces-related class which is scanned by Weld. It could occur on any other CDI managed bean bundled in OmniFaces.

A: It could also be just a version change in pom, and maven build cache inconsistency.
A
     mvn clean
helped in my case.

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Amazon Echo Spot review
We struggle to place Amazon's cutest smart speaker
There's something easy to love about the Amazon Echo Spot. Amazon's latest edition to its range of Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers is so wonderfully niche, so cute in its design, it's hard not to want one.
But the fact it's so niche makes it tough to understand. Seemingly a bedside alarm or a connected desk clock with a screen for video calls, it's surprisingly difficult to place in the home. In every instance its rich features seem either under-utilised or slightly inadequate.
We've spent time with the Amazon Echo Spot – and this is what we've learned.
The microphone array is impressively sensitive
Amazon Echo Spot: Design and features
Price when reviewed
We sat on our sofa with the Echo Spot in our hand, fresh from the box, paralysed with indecision. On one hand desperate to plug our Echo Spot in and get started… but exactly where to place it? But before we reveal exactly where our Amazon Echo Spot ended up, let's run down exactly what it's all about.
Measuring just 3.8 x 4.1-inches, the Spot is a tiny Alexa orb with a 2.5-inch screen that dominates the front. The display is circular and most Echo functionality fills the screen rather pleasingly. The resolution is only 480 x 480, but because it's so small it feels sharper, so there's no complaints here in terms of quality.
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It looks undeniably like a bedside clock, which is slightly inconvenient given that Amazon is at pains to convince buyers that it's more than that. "Designed for ANY ROOM" shouts the product page, picturing the Spot on a bedside table.
But aside from just telling the time, the Echo Spot is a powerful communicator. There's a front-facing camera for Alexa-powered video calls and Drop Ins (Amazon hasn't disclosed the quality, but the Echo Show features a 5MP one – and we wouldn't expect the Spot's to be any different.) On the back is a 3.5mm jack, so you can plug it into a set of beefier speakers via an aux cable, which should be an improvement on the 1.4-inch speaker inside.
All in all, the Spot matches the Amazon Echo Show feature for feature – but does it all on a small circular screen, rather than the Show's more useful HD display.
Weather alerts come with added context on the screen
Amazon Echo Spot: Features
So what does the Amazon Echo Show do? Well, as you'd expect the Echo Spot is a fully fledged Alexa speaker, and doesn't hold back due to its form factor. If you're not sure what Alexa does, you'll want to check out our full Alexa missing manual… there's too much to go over here. The good news is that when you set up your Spot it will automatically carry over any skills, smart home devices and routines from any Echo devices you've already configured.
If you've already got Echo Dots dotted around the place, don't worry - it uses the same ESP (Echo Spatial Perception) tech to work out what Alexa device is the best option for responding to a voice command. The microphone array is impressively sensitive and you should have few issues with Echo-double-trouble - although occasionally our Echo Dot in the living room responds with a "sorry, cameras don't work on this device," if she picks up the, "Alexa, show me the [camera]" command.
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But what of specific, Amazon Echo Spot features that make use of that built-in screen?
Well, out of the box, Amazon Echo Spot will show clock faces, alerts and Alexa skill suggestions on its display. By default it rotates through these screens and, although you can set the rotate cycle to just once, it's still a weird quirk of the Alexa visual world that we're still reminded to say things like, "Alexa, what is the population of the world?" Seems like overkill now, we all know what Alexa can do at this point, right?
Reaffirming its use as a bed side clock, it's nice to check the time on its screen when you wake up, and the Echo Spot does a great job of dimming the screen at night, emitting next to no light, yet remaining visible. If you're worried about having a screen next to you in bed, the Spot has you covered - and there are some nice clock faces (both digital and analogue) out of the box.
In fact, the Echo Spot can do anything the larger Echo Show can do – and doesn't pull punches because of its little, round 480 x 480 display.
We watched The Grand Tour on the Spot's tiny screen. Not recommended
You can summon footage from the Ring connected doorbell or ask for a live feed from Works with Alexa smart security cameras, such as Nest – brilliant if you're using one as a baby monitor. However, the feed only stays live for half hour - so you'll need to remember to call it up again for constant monitoring - "Alexa, show me the baby's room," for example.
What's more, you can watch stuff on it. You can ask for shows from Amazon Prime Video and display recipes shown as well. The only issue is that, as you'd expect, Amazon hasn't solved the problem of watching 16:9 video on a round screen, so you only get a letterbox sized area. On security cameras, you can zoom in to focus on an object but that doesn't really work for movies.
There are a growing number of specialist skills for Echo Spot, but these are a little hard to discover. There's no specific Skills section for Echo Spot/Show, so it's a little hard to know which are optimised for your Echo Spot. Sometimes you just need to ask: we asked our Spot to give us recipes – and we got a suggested app to download via Alexa which seemed okay – but we'd rather have more choice about where our recipes come from. And that goes for most Skills, it's a bit of trial and error, and a lot of people will probably find they're not taking full advantage of their device.
Amazon Echo Spot: Performance
So how does it perform? Well, the difficulty in finding a home for the Spot was partly because of the sound performance. As you might expect it's not great. The sound is loud and clear, but it's the brash tones of a small speaker – not something you want to spend substantial money on and listen to for a long period of time. That was partly the reason we were reluctant to have it set up in the office; that's the home of our Sonos One with Alexa built-in, and if you're working at home, good quality sound is of paramount importance.
If you have an older Sonos lying around then you're laughing thanks to the Sonos Alexa skill, but given the $130 price tag of the Echo Spot, it's a tad expensive to think about adding another premium device well.
However, video calling and the screen tech impressed. The camera was nice and clear and worked well for Alexa video calls and Drop Ins – likewise the sound was plenty good enough too. The screen quality was good enough to watch back video, but it's something of a novelty given the size and shape of the screen – not something we see ourselves doing regularly. There's no third-party calling through Skype or WhatsApp either.
Our plan to check our Ring doorbell from the Spot did work very nicely. A quick install of the Ring skill (and connecting the two accounts) let us get a feed from the doorbell at any time. You can't use two-way audio, which contrary to the sniffy comments on the Amazon Skill page, isn't a big loss. It's still useful for screening time-wasting callers before you answer the door.
So where did we place it?
After a short stint in the living room (above), the Echo Spot eventually found its home on our bed-side table. Listening to the radio as we got ready for work, alarms, and the odd relaxing sleep sounds app were all great, the poor speaker didn't make too many odds here, and the bedside clock aspect was nice to have.
There's a chance the Echo Spot might get a trial on my desk – as the allure of the rolling news alerts, Ring Doorbell monitoring and calling is too strong. But that means the Sonos One will have to handle music, and that will mean muting Alexa on that device – not a bad thing, as Sonos Alexa is a half-wit. But that's an expensive merge of two devices – and that's the Echo Spot's biggest problem – it's a lot of money for a device that's just a nice to have.
Amazon Echo Spot
The Amazon Echo Spot is a lovely little Alexa smart speaker, that we imagine will catch most smart home owners' eye. However, the price tag, balance of features and placement in the home is surprisingly difficult to balance. Too costly as a bedside clock, too small for the living room and too weak as a music device – the Amazon Echo Spot isn't right for everyone. But those who find a niche won't be disappointed, it does everything it promises to do without any major issues.
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Kelly LeBoeuf was the Director of Marketing and Products at Excelacom. As Director of Marketing and Products, she oversaw the company's marketing and communications efforts, including strategy, branding and messaging, events, public relations and digital and social media.
Prior to joining Excelacom, Kelly worked for Time Warner Cable as a product manager in the Technology and Network Operations group. In her role, Kelly helped her team successfully launch several products to Time Warner Cable's residential Internet subscribers, including Essentials Internet, Starter Internet, and Everyday Low Price Internet.
Earlier in her career, Kelly worked for Conceivium Business Solutions, a mobile software company, as their Director of Global Communications. At the successful startup company, Kelly wore many hats, serving as the company's customer advocate with roles in product management, training, and marketing. Earlier in her career, Kelly also held senior communications positions at ASG Software Solutions and Landmark Systems Corporation.
Kelly received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems from Longwood University. She is also a member of the Washington DC chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) and was selected as one of WICT's Rising Leaders in 2014.
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Solar storms are violent events on the sun which can temporarily distort the earth's magnetosphere – the region around the earth which is influenced by its magnetic field. These temporary disturbances, called geomagnetic storms, can generate shock waves in the interplanetary medium that can accelerate charged particles to very high energies and which, in turn, can harm the satellites placed by humans in space. Such solar storms have two causes: Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) and Corotating Interaction Regions (CIR).
Charged particles are being spewed continually out of the sun's corona, forming the solar wind. Some parts of these winds move faster than others. Since they contain charged particles in a plasma state, these different regions physically interact with each other to form wavelike disturbances called CIRs that emanate from the sun and spiral outwards.
They are called "corotating" interaction regions as they rotate along with the sun, attached to it at one end.
The sun goes through cyclic variations with a period of eleven years during which sunspot activity increases to a maximum and then decreases. The researchers studied 43 geomagnetic storms linked to CIRs during the years 2006-2010 which corresponded to the minimum of solar activity in that particular solar cycle.
This is the first time that such an understanding has been arrived at.
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SB Energy, the joint venture of Japan's SoftBank, Taiwan's Foxconn and Bharti Airtel, Acme Solar, a leading domestic solar developer, and the Sumant Sinha-led ReNew Power are the three biggest winners of the mega-solar auction of 3000 MW conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on Friday. While SB Energy's special purpose vehicle SBE Renewables won 1100 MW at Rs 2.71 per unit, Acme Solar got 600 MW for Rs 2.44 per unit, while ReNew Solar Power was awarded 500 MW at Rs 2.71 per unit.
Other winners were Azure Power and Mahoba Solar (UP) – the latter a part of the Adani Group – which got 300 MW each at Rs 2.64 and Rs 2.71 per unit respectively, while Rutherford Solar Farms got the remaining 200 MW at Rs 2.70 per unit.
This is the third time the tariff has fallen to the record low of Rs 2.44 per unit, the price quoted by Acme Solar. All the other bids were substantially higher, in the range of Rs 2.64-2.71 per unit. The lowest bid had touched Rs 2.44 per unit in an earlier 2000 MW auction by SECI this month itself. Interestingly, this winning bid was also from Acme Solar, which bagged 600 MW that time too, while the second-lowest bid was markedly higher at Rs 2.52 per unit.
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As with the earlier auction of 2000 MW this month, the projects won can be set up anywhere in the country and will be connected to the inter-state transmission system (ISTS). Industry sources said tariffs rose in the second auction of 750 MW – to Rs 2.70-2.71 per unit – because they had to be located at a particular solar park, Kadapa Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh, where charges are relatively high.
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Prior to this particular auction, leading domestic solar developers had protested to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) against SECI's decision to set the maximum capacity developers could bid for at 1800 MW, up from the usual 750 MW. They had argued that given the cost of setting up solar projects – each megawatt costs Rs 6-6.5 crore – such a high limit gave undue advantage to foreign players who had deeper pockets. SECI, however, remained unmoved.


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Speaking about UPI, Nilekani said: "This is a leapfrog. It is been made possible because NPCI had built Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) platform and this is a layer we have put on IMPS."
"IMPS didn't really have the easy debit capability and that is addressed by this platform. We think with UPI coming, it is going to be an important merchant platform," he added.
UPI facilitates 'virtual address' as a payment identifier for sending and collecting money and works on single click 2 factor authentication.


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Culinary Glossary
American Cooking Basics
Egg Glossary
From Air Cell to Yolk, Definitions of Words Related to Eggs
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Professional blogger and cookbook author Bethany Moncel has become an expert on making delicious, healthy meals on a budget. She also holds a nutritional science degree.
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With all of the different varieties of eggs on the market today, it can be difficult just to decide which dozen to buy at the grocery store. Decode the egg jargon with the definitions below relating to egg variety, grade, composition, and cooking.
Air Cell – A pocket of air located in the large end of the egg, between the membrane and shell. As an egg ages, the air cell becomes larger.
Albumin – The protein-rich egg white surrounding the yolk. The albumin is a translucent liquid until heated or beaten, at which point it solidifies and turns white. This solidifying action is used to thicken or set custards, casseroles, and other dishes.
Blood Spots – These harmless inclusions are caused by a blood vessel rupturing on the surface of the yolk during formation. Most eggs with blood spots are detected and removed before sale. Blood spots are not an indication of a fertilized egg.
Cage-Free – Eggs laid by hens that are not kept in cages. Cage-free hens are usually kept indoors in a hen house or other large facility but are allowed to roam freely and have free access to food and water.
Chalazae – The white, rope-like strand found in a raw egg white. The chalazae serve to stabilize the yolk in the eggs. Chalazae are more prominent in fresh eggs than older eggs.
Free-Range – Free-range hens are raised outdoors without the use of cages. The hens are allowed to forage for insects and other food in addition to any feed given to them.
Grade – The USDA's system of classifying eggs based on their interior and exterior quality at the time of packing. Under the USDA system, eggs may be graded AA, A, or B. The size and nutritional value are not evaluated when determining the grade of the egg. Most eggs sold in grocery stores are grade AA or A. Grade B eggs, which may have small cosmetic defects are usually used to make commercial products.
Lecithin – A natural emulsifier found in egg yolks that allow oil and water to combine. This emulsifying property makes egg yolks a key ingredient in sauces and dressing like mayonnaise and hollandaise sauce.
Organic Eggs – Eggs produced by hens that are raised without the use of hormones and given food produced without the use of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals. To bear the USDA certified organic seal, the eggs, and their production methods must meet USDA organic standards.
Pasteurized – eggs that have been heated in-shell to destroy potentially harmful bacteria such as salmonella. Pasteurization allows raw eggs to be used safely as an ingredient in recipes.
Shell – The outer structure of an egg that is composed of mostly calcium carbonate as well as trace amounts of other minerals. An egg's shell is covered in thousands of pores that permit the exchange of gasses and moisture. Commercial eggs are usually coated with mineral oil to prolong freshness. The color of an egg's shell is determined by the breed of hen.
Size – The size of an egg is dependent on the size, breed, age, and living conditions of the hen. The size of commercial eggs includes small, medium, large, extra-large, and jumbo. One jumbo egg is roughly 1/4 cup in volume.
Vegetarian Eggs – Eggs from hens that are fed an all vegetarian diet.
Yolk – The yellow portion of the egg which consumes about 1/3 of the total egg volume. The egg yolk contains fat and protein and is a rich source of many vitamins and minerals.
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Q: Route using certain IP address I have a server with two public IPs. Both IPs are added to eth0 using ip addr add. Now I'd like to contact a server which uses IP address filtering. Only requests are allowed which use the second IP address. Is there are way to set this up using the standard route command in Linux? I guess that's not the case.
So the only solution I see right now: Setup a virtual device let's say eth0:0 and bind the second IP address to it. Then I can reference the device in the route command.
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I can't use the second IP as primary one easily as this IP is used as failover IP.

A: You can always try:
# ip r add <dest server>/32 via <default gateway of second IP>

A: INTERFACE=Device-Name for your second IP
HOSTNAME=Your target host
route add -host $HOSTNAME dev $INTERFACE


A 90-year-old woman has been dragged off the street and raped, police confirmed today.
The attack happened in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, as the pensioner walked to a local shop.
The victim felt a hand go over her mouth and she was hauled backwards in Spotland Road at about 6.45am yesterday, police said.
She then lost consciousness - waking up on the floor of the street some time later. She walked to an nearby butchers and raised the alarm.
Greater Manchester Police want to hear from anyone who may have seen the victim, and potentially the offender.


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Empire Magazine caught up with Rob Zombie recently to get some information on his new movie The Lords Of Salem. They were able to get a better idea of the plot through the interview and what his future plans are.
This is what he said about The Lords of Salem "There were twenty people that everyone knows about – obviously all innocent – executed as witches in Salem," explains Rob. "The basic premise of the film is that there were a further four who actually were witches, who were killed secretly, and vowed one day to return to wreak havoc on Salem's descendants. That's when the movie jumps ahead to the present day and things start to go wrong…"
Sounds very interesting. It's nice to still see some original films being made. He is also still interested in making Tyrannosaurus Rex but will never do another remake which is why he backed away from The Blob. Here is what he had to say specifically: "You just can't win. If it's too similar to the original, everybody wonders what the point was, but if it's too different, everybody complains that it's… too different! I found especially with Halloween II that everyone talked about what it wasn't and not what it was: 'you can't do that with Michael Myers; you can't do that with Loomis…' It's like people have a set of rules in their minds about how these things should function, and you can't work like that."
I can understand his frustration. He is absolutely right after all. Generally people prefer his original films anyways so we shall see where he goes once production gets underway for his upcoming films.
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Can emancipation happen at school?
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Alessandra Aloisi provides a critical review of Bingham's Biesta's book on Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation
There is an educational concern in Jacques Rancière's political and aesthetic writing that has been mostly overlooked by scholars. On the one hand, the Ignorant schoolmaster (a book of 1987 that tells the story of Joseph Jacotot, a revolutionary schoolteacher in the 19th century) clearly prepares the ground for Rancière's ideas on emancipation, equality and democracy. On the other hand, these same ideas seem to have further implications in the domain of education, as they may help to raise challenging and somehow provocative questions concerning the role of school and education in our so-called democratic societies. How does emancipation happen in schools, if schools are supposed to deliver more and more specialized curricula? How does emancipation take place in an education system which is increasingly responsive to neoliberalism's economic drivers? The value of Charles Bingham's and Gert Biesta's work is precisely in trying to answer these questions by adopting a Rancièrian perspective.
The first chapter reproduces a text by Jacques Rancière presented in 2002 at a conference in Rio de Janeiro. In this essay, entitled On Ignorant schoolmasters,Rancière returns to his book in order to point out the importance and modernity of Jacotot's experience and approach. Jacotot developed his radical, contested ideas on intellectual emancipation and equality in a very crucial moment, historically and politically speaking; a moment when, after the French Revolution, the aim of any progressive social institution was to achieve revolution. A plan for public education was at the very core of this project, implying a precise organization (and limitation) of knowledge transmitted. People were provided with a set of useful knowledge and practical abilities allowing them to improve their social conditions without revealing those same conditions. In short, using Rancière's words, that was a society where 'inequality [was] reproduced by making visible equality' (p. 8). That was a society where inequality was preserved and reproduced not in spite of, but precisely because of the formal assertion of equality.
According to Rancière, the importance of Jacotot's experience lies on the fact that he was able to detect and criticize the equivalence between equality and inequality, and the equivalence between pedagogical reason and social reason. The context of his book was, not by chance, the scholarly debate over education in France in the 1960s and 1970s that was launched by Pierre Bourdieu. The school – it was argued – failed at its assigned mission of reducing inequalities because of its egalitarian appearance that hides the importance of individuals' cultural and social background. That's why education is a mechanism of reproduction of class stratification. In spite of the merit of launching such a debate Rancière argues that the solution sketched by Bourdieu continued to work under the same presupposition of the contradiction that was criticized. Bourdieu continued to take inequality as the point of departure and equality as an endless task to be reached by the school. The contribution Rancière makes through Jacotot consists of inverting the practical perspective on the problem and in considering equality as a starting point that needs be verified.
Bighmam's and Biesta's book aims to verify and build on Rancière's ideas in the current social-political context. This aim proves to be even more urgent, since neoliberism, as an additional condition of educational practices, has sharpened some of the contradictions highlighted above.
Some of Rancière's key concepts, such as the distinction between 'policy' and 'politics', between 'identification' and 'subjectification', or the notions of 'division of the sensible', 'democracy' etc., are expressed so clearly that it would be tempting to suggest that this book is a useful introduction to a French philosopher who deserves more attention in the Anglophone world. Nevertheless that would be a huge misunderstanding of Bingham's and Biesta's purpose, which is definitely not to explain Rancière. Far from being a book on Rancière, this work is instead an intervention on Rancière.
To conduct such an intervention, Bingham and Biesta have chosen six themes with philosophical, political and pedagogical relevance: emancipation (chapter 2), the child (chapter 3), inclusion (chapter 4), recognition (chapter 5), truth (chapter 6), speech (chapter 7). The book shows how the adoption of the Rancièrian perspective – with its idea that equality is not an end to be attained but a presupposition to be verified by a sequence of acts –implies a systematic shift with respect to the traditional ways of conceiving key problems of political theories and practices related to education.
Let's consider, as an example, the theme of emancipation; a concept that implies a different consideration of all the other themes. Since the Kantian definition of Enlightenment, the task of critical education practices has always been to produce emancipation through knowledge. From Marxist notions of 'ideology' and 'false recognition' to Bourdieu's idea of 'misrecognition', emancipation has always been synonymous of demystification – that is to say, of liberation from dogmatism, delusion and so on.According to this logic (which is not that far from the one expressed by Plato through the allegory of the cave in Republic, Book X) the liberating knowledge can only be brought from the outside, by an already enlightened master. It is well known how, via Jacotot, Rancière deeply criticizes the logic that underpins this idea of emancipation as being based on explanation, namely on the subordination of an intelligence to another intelligence. That's where emancipation surreptitiously results in its opposite and produces stultification. In order to be emancipated, someone always needs someone else to explain her/him the hidden truth that she/he couldn't get on her/his own. In short, this logic creates dependency and is based upon the assumption of an essential inequality between the emancipator and the one to be emancipated. For Rancière, however, emancipation is a rupture in the existing order of things – a rupture that produces the appearance of a different order. Emancipation, in other words, is not a path that leads from inequality to equality through knowledge. Emancipation starts with the assumption of the equality of all intelligences: with the assumption that there is no hierarchy of intellectual capacities.
That is why only an ignorant schoolmaster can produce emancipation: her or his task is less to bring knowledge than to reveal intelligence. Also, that is why, the ignorant schoolmaster essentially differs from the Socratic pedagogue, as he feigns ignorance in order to provoke knowledge. What the ignorant schoolmaster does is to instigate capacity (not knowledge) which is already possessed by everyone; a capacity that every single person already proved to have by accomplishing the most difficult task of her/his life, that of learning her/his own mother tongue without a master or method.Differently from the common ways of conceiving emancipation, to be emancipated doesn't mean to become an adult or to emerge from childhood. It means rather to regain a capacity which belongs to the child and that the adult simply forgets to exercise.
The two most remarkable themes of this book are the question of language and political relevance given to the figure of the child. Normally this figure is off limits for traditional political philosophy. When considered from a political viewpoint, the child is mostly regarded from a psychological and developmental perspective: the child is a potential adult whose future inclusion in the public arena and participation in decision making will be catered for by education. Children are therefore situated outside and before politics and democracy. Following Rancière's perspective, however, the child is a political being. A child's capacity to learn a language with no teacher and no method proves the equality of all intelligences. And a child's effort to step into language and to be acknowledged as a speaker allows the emergence of a different 'distribution of the sensible', i.e., a different relationship between ways of doing, being and saying. That is exactly what Rancière calls democracy: the practical test of the assumption of equality and the interruption of a given existing order.
Here is the key to understand the role assigned to education: not differently from the figure of the child, education too proves to have political relevance in itself. Education is not political in the sense that it allows individual's emancipation through knowledge. Nor is education political because it works for democracy by promoting inclusion and recognition. Instead, education is political and emancipatory because it deals with language.
Rancière's conception of the arbitrariness of language is seen as the point of departure for different – and liberating – approaches regarding the relationship between truth and education. Yet, if language is political it is not because of the power of rhetoric over public opinion. Language, instead, has to do with politics precisely because of its poetic capacity to reinvent reality.
So the question remains: can emancipation happen at school? And, if it is so, how does it start? It starts – for students as well as teachers – with the assumption that there are no right methods for making it happen, no right paths leading up to truth, no right concatenations of ideas and of words that have to be used. It starts, above all, with the assumption that 'each one of us describes our own parabola around the truth' and that 'no two orbits are alike' (Ignorant Schoolmaster, p. 126). What education can do in terms of emancipation is to allow each one of us to find her/his own orbit, to undertake her/his own revolution. This, by the way, 'will not begin because of a policy or practice, but in spite of a policy or practice' (p. 24).
Bingham, C., & Biesta, G. (2010). Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation. London ; New York: Bloomsbury 3PL.
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At young age children start to learn through the power of imitation; what you do as their parent will fuel how they make choices in life. Showing them that being active is a vital part of staying healthy, is a great way to encourage healthy choices in their future. Spring is the perfect time to get outside and stay healthy and active as a family.


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The big week at JABberwocky continues, with news that two of our clients are up for the 2012 Macavity Award, Charlaine Harris for The Sookie Stackhouse Companion for Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction, and Jeri Westerson for the Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award for the latest Crispin Guest mystery, Troubled Bones. This is the third award nomination for the Companion, previously on the final ballot for the Agatha and also contending for the Anthony, which like the Macavity will be awarded at Bouchercon in Cleveland the first weekend in October. Jeri Westerson's accomplishments are pretty amazing, she's written four Crispin Guest mysteries, every single one of them has been nominated for at least one major award in the mystery field, and it's four nominations this year for Troubled Bones. Most of you are no doubt familiar with the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which have sold some 20 million copies worldwide. You may not be as familiar with Jeri's Medievial Noir mysteries featuring Crispin Guest, and we strongly recommend you check out the series. You can find the first book, Veil of Lies, on the publisher website here with a drop-down menu to connect you direct with the print or ebook vendor of your choice.


The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Time to Abolish the DHS?
Maybe that's exactly what law enforcement groupies like National Review's Rich "thank you for stopping and frisking" Lowry want, but it would not be good for the country. Sure, Ray Kelly would be a real boon to the federal bureaucracy, particularly in terms of justifying the continued need for this resource-gorging agency, and for the parasitical contracting industry and members of congress who benefit from it most. His nomination would tickle law-and-order Republicans to no end. But as for the rest of us, the likelihood that he would roll back any intrusive and constitutionally questionable DHS policies and programs – like the boondoggle intelligence-sharing fusion centers, full body scanners at the airport, or the proclivity of DHS to spy on protesters and activists – are slim to none.
And if we expect him to not be one of those feds who feast on personal data, or push blindly ahead for more ubiquitous security-driven surveillance to train on the American people, we'd be fools. Writer David Sirota doesn't hold back: "Lost in the noise is the fact that in the midst of disclosures about the Obama administration's sprawling – and potentially illegal – national security state, a Kelly nomination would put a national surveillance apparatus fit for a sci-fi satire in the hands of a comic-book-worthy thug."
Maybe it's time to ask if we really have to.
Covering DHS as a reporter since its awkward birth in 2003, it's safe to say the baby never learned to walk, or stopped flinging its food or sucking its thumb. But it has grown. An umbrella agency that now incorporates 22 different agencies and components with some 240,000 employees, it has survived mostly because of natural bureaucratic intransigence, but fed also, by the lingering specter of 9/11, which gives it near-impenetrable political security. It is currently receiving appropriations of $39 billion for fiscal year 2013 (and that is after sequestration).
Of course most of that money goes to DHS components that were independent or part of other agencies before DHS came along. They include the U.S Coast Guard, the Secret Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Protective Service, Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and everyone's friend, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
But some $4.5 billion of the total budget goes to front office operations and programs, as well as new DHS directorates created after 2003. They involve department management, research and development, security training, the inspector general's office, the Office of Health Affairs, Analysis & Operations, and a Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. And don't forget its cybersecurity directorate – every agency's got one! – for which its getting more than a half a billion dollars a year to operate. In other words, the DHS administration has become a bureaucratic planet onto itself and no one can deny it.
Case in point: I toured the old St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington, the site of the (still unfinished) new 4.5 million square foot DHS headquarters, in 2011. I was told by my handlers that the old imposing 19th century main hall, which used to house hundreds of patients and the administration of the hospital – the size of two football fields – would be, once refurbished, for the secretary's staff only. Another major hall would be for the agency's lawyers. The rest of the 14,000 employees from other components would be working elsewhere on the 176-acre property.
Ben Friedman over at CATO called DHS a "bureaucratic monstrosity" and there are plenty of people outside and inside government who would agree with him. Isn't it time to consider that this experiment – inspired by the politically driven, essentially emotional, misplaced need to do something after the 9/11 attacks and fueled accordingly by neoconservative grandstanders like Sen. Joe Lieberman (D) and Rep. Peter King (R), who have used the new agency and its corresponding congressional committees as a platform for anti-Muslim tirades and more government intrusion our lives – has failed?
Put aside all of the money the government would save, getting rid of the Department of Homeland Security would be a first step at scaling back post-9/11 domestic counterterrorism and law enforcement hubris – not to mention the militarization of domestic security. They've already began testing domestic drone surveillance (in addition to the military blimps and aerostats, drones are already used on the border and in the Drug War), and the agency is always on the lookout for the best in spy camera technology, because, of course, they are looking out for our best interest. DHS has also helped local police build up their own armories by giving them money to buy military surplus. "The buying spree has transformed local police departments into small, army-like forces, and put intimidating equipment into the hands of civilian officers," wrote Andrew Becker for The Daily Beast in 2011.
The problem with the DHS administration is that it doesn't have a clear mission beyond coordinating homeland security efforts already exercised by its major components and working with outside agencies – FBI, the Pentagon, the Centers for Disease Control and state and local homeland security offices, etc. – to share information, launch joint programs, training, policy, whatever.
One of the agencies it helped to get off its feet was the new TSA, and from day one, DHS has fumbled and bumbled down the runway, from the enormous amount of money lost in failed contracts, to the conveyor belt of bad press regarding the screening procedures (like old ladies and toddlers getting humiliating pat-downs while explosives and guns sail through checkpoints time and again during undercover inspections).
For the last several years, millions of fliers have endured full-body scanners that snap near-naked pictures of their bodies while they "stick 'em up" obediently in something that resembles a mini-transporter but is infinitely not as cool. DHS has insisted these machines are safe and necessary (ironically, the Rapiscan models that ex-DHS chief Chertoff lobbied for when he left the agency to go into the private sector are being pulled from the airports – more millions wasted – because they emit the more dangerous ionizing radiation). But officials still can't guarantee that full-body scans will detect all explosives hidden on the human body, leading many of us to wonder uneasily about what fresh tortures TSA may have in store for us down the road.
Essentially DHS has adopted a policy of peering into anyone's data, at any time, for any reason. Through a FOIA request filed three years ago we discovered that more than 6,500 travelers had their devices searched under this policy between October 2008 and June 2010. Almost half of those were U.S. citizens.
Flying, to many Americans, has become a very stressful undertaking – and forget it if you're suddenly put on the "no fly list" by mistake – the DHS redress program, which is supposed to help get you scrubbed from the list (supposedly 21,000 names strong as of 2011, double from the year before) has done nothing of the sort for anyone, according to critics.
Meanwhile, DHS has invested upwards of $1.4 billion on state/regional fusion centers but cannot account for how it was spent, according to a scathing senate report last fall. That report accuses DHS of not only of wasting money, but it called the information the fusion center was generating "oftentimes shoddy, rarely timely, sometimes endangering citizens' civil liberties and Privacy Act protections, occasionally taken from already-published public sources, and more often than not unrelated to terrorism." At the time, The Washington Post paraphrased the report, calling the centers "pools of ineptitude, waste and civil liberties intrusions."
A bevy of law enforcement representatives, as well as then-Sen. Lieberman, who you could easily call the father of the fusion centers, leapt to DHS's defense. But it is hard to say you are not spying on Americans when you have state fusion center officials like this guy in Arkansas, clearly admitting they are monitoring "anti-American" organizations without warrants. The ACLU has been tracking these centers, too, calling them a "force multiplier for spying in local communities."
During the Occupy Wall Street rallies, individuals from DHS' Federal Protective Services were spotted on the scene at numerous city events, because of course, a domestic protest movement regarding the dirty nexus between Wall Street and the state are a threat to the homeland. FPS agents showed up again to greet Tea Party protesters across the country in May. Later, hundreds of documents obtained through numerous FOIA requests showed widespread DHS surveillance of the Occupy movement, and even internal recognition that what they were doing may not be constitutional.
Add all of this to the scandals that have plagued both the DHS administration, as well its components (the Secret Service prostitution affair being the worst in recent years, but some of the smaller ones hurt the agency just as much over time). But don't expect congress to get to the bottom of any of it. The way the agency is structured, some 100 committees have oversight jurisdiction over DHS, proving the old adage that having too many cooks in the kitchen makes for a crummy stew that no one will have to take the blame for.
DHS also remains the agency with lowest morale among its employees, year after year, since the agency's inception. The lack of training, budgets, leadership have all been fingered, but we really need to throw in the fact employees answer to two masters – their component heads and DHS – and there is so much turnover at the top, so much ambiguity about what this umbrella organization is supposed to be doing, that it creates a culture of detachment and confusion, thus the low morale.
In other words, the bureaucracy is really a threat to its own mission – dare we say a threat to national security? It's certainly become a threat to us, costing Americans more in coin and liberty every day. This is no more evident than in DHS's recent attempts to gain more access to Internet data in its new cybersecurity efforts. We already have our hands full with NSA. The time to address the future of DHS is now.
Reprinted by permission from Antiwar.com.


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March 19, 2018 Chris Crowell
Smog City Brewing is a family-run craft brewery focused entirely on creating and distributing exceptional beers. Strong consumer demand for its products has meant that Smog City has been operating at capacity ever since it opened in 2011. Recently, the brewer expanded its taproom space in Torrance and has broken ground on a new expansion that will soon be filled with more fermentation tanks, brite tanks and a new bottling line. Rapid expansion of brewery operations has required more capital resources.
Expansion means making decisions for stuff like onsite electricity and process heat, and Smog City decided on PTG Water and Energy (PTG)'s water-energy cogeneration system, which Smog City's Co-owner and Head Brewmaster Jonathan Porter thinks will lower production costs, reduce its carbon footprint and derive valuable facility operational data.
PTG's water and energy system can generate most of the power needed for brewery operations and increase energy efficiency. Initial calculations showed the PTG system could reduce electricity and natural gas bills by more than 50 percent. Better still, the system would eliminate the need to purchase an additional boiler, saving more than $70,000 in capital expenditures. The video below is a great explanation of how the system works.
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Given Smog City's capital resource plans and in order to preserve expansion resources, PTG agreed to design, build, install and commission its water-energy system in accordance with Smog City's specifications and with no upfront investment or cost to Smog City. Smog City will purchase the electricity and thermal energy produced by the PTG-owned system at reduced rates compared with current utility-based rates, immediately delivering a significant portion of total potential savings to its brewing facility operations.
"We seriously considered purchasing the PTG energy-water system outright, but this would have required us to divert capital from brewery system improvements. We worked with PTG to come up with an alternate approach, whereby PTG incurs the upfront system investment costs, and we share the energy cost savings," said Porter. "Our energy costs will be significantly lower, and we will be using much less energy. PTG will handle all the operational details, while we can focus on making great beer. As an additional benefit, we have an option to purchase the system outright after a few years of operation."
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Brutalist buildings: Trinity Square car park by Owen Luder
Jessica Mairs | 14 September 2014 6 comments
Brutalism: the seven-storey Trinity Square car park in Gateshead, England, was designed by Owen Luder and is the first ill-fated building in our Brutalism series (+ slideshow).
The design for Trinity Square – a 600-car capacity multi-storey car park, fronted by a two-level shopping centre – won Owen Luder and developer Alec Coleman Investments the bid to create a scheme for a site in central Gateshead. Construction of the concrete frame began in 1962, with the centre opening in 1969.
The high-rise complex was a landmark on the Gateshead skyline until four years ago when it was demolished in favour of a new shopping complex by Spenhill Developments that went on to be nominated for the Carbuncle Cup – the award for the worst new building in the UK.
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Luder sketched the initial concept for Trinity Square on the train journey back to London after his initial site visit. The design was closely modelled on the architect's Tricorn Centre, a concrete-bodied shopping centre completed in Portsmouth in 1966.
"The scheme that I sketched on the train basically was the same as the Portsmouth scheme," said the two-time RIBA president, who handed over delivery of the final design and construction to partner Ron Worthington in the firm's northern office.
Luder said the design of the building is often mistakenly credited to Rodney Gordon, a junior partner at Owen Luder Partnership between 1965-1967. "Rodney Gordon's involvement on Trinity Square Gateshead was limited to leading the initial design group working up my sketches," he told Dezeen.
Located on an island created by two major roads – the A184 and Gateshead Hwy – in the centre of the city, the site sloped away from the River Tyne, with the car park rising from the lower part of the plot. A two-lane ramp was raised on pilotis that led up from the ring road below.
A two-level shopping centre sat on the higher ground level towards the river, with shop fronts above the base level of the car park. Walkways connected the flat-topped roof with the second floor of the car park.
The concrete frame of the car park was left open, affording views of the town through the structure. The edges of each level pitched outwards to create a slanted profile and a section of each floor raised at an angle to accommodate interior ramps. The heavily textured surface of the concrete was imprinted with the timber of its shutter board mould.
"We never set out to design Brutalist buildings," Luder told Dezeen. "We designed them in concrete because that's what was there. Bear in mind it was the sixties, it was difficult to get steel, it was still rationed."
Two external wells situated either side of the car park took the staircase and lifts outside the main floor plan of the building, freeing up space to allow maximum car-parking capacity. These access towers were a feature replicated in several of Luder's Brutalist designs, including the Grade II listed Eros House in Catford, south-east London.
Sections of each flight of steps, which ran alongside the levels to the roof, were painted in red or blue. Original plans included a rooftop nightclub that was to occupy the glazed box that topped the car park, but a lease was never agreed.
In 1971, Trinity car park was immortalised in the film Get Carter directed by Mike Hodges, which starred Michael Caine. It was subsequently dubbed the "Get Carter Car Park". In a documentary by Jonathan Carr – Get Luder – Luder described the lifecycle of his Brutalist designs.
"In the sixties my buildings were awarded, in the seventies they were applauded, in the eighties they were questioned, in the nineties they were ridiculed, and when we get through to 2000 the ones I like most are the ones that have been demolished."
Earmarked for redevelopment by Gateshead Council in the early 2000s, a campaign to save the complex was unsuccessful and Trinity Square closed its doors for the final time in 2008. Demolition was completed in 2010 and a new development opened on the site in 2013, though at time of writing Google Street Map was still displaying views of the partially demolished site.
Luder has seen many of his brutalist designs demolished within his lifetime, most notably the 2004 demolition of Trinity Square's sister building: the Tricorn Centre, in Portsmouth.
But as multi-storey car parking continues to be a dominating feature of inner-city shopping centre design, Luder believes the demolition of Trinity Square car park came before its time.
"I don't believe we should just list buildings, cities expand and contract," he told Dezeen. "They [Brutalist buildings] were buildings of the time, forty years, fifty years on chances are they're obsolete, except in the case of a car park - car parks aren't obsolete."
Lumps of the reinforced concrete structure were tinned and sold off at a cost of £5 as keepsakes by the council that demolished it. Plans for the project had been lost in a fire years earlier.
The Gateshead Centre by Spenhill Developments - the development arm of Tesco PLC - that now stands on the site contains a shopping centre, cinema and restaurants, with flats that rise above. It was among the nominees for this year's Carbuncle Cup, run by Building Design magazine, for ugliest building of 2014. In a twist of fate Luder sat on the panel for the award, but it was pipped to the post by the Woolwich development in south-east London.
"I've lost a wife, I lost a son – that's anguish. This is just sad, very sad, particularly because it didn't need to be knocked down. We could have achieved what they wanted and kept it," Luder told Dezeen.
Images courtesy of Owen Luder.
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Q: C# Decrypt emails by reading keys on smart card One of my client needs a tool to decrypt their emails.
They are using smart card for encryption/decryption.
As of now they are using a tool which asks them to enter their PUBLIC KEY. After giving a valid PUBLIC KEY, combination of PUBLIC and PRIVATE KEYS on SMART CARD will help them to decrypt their emails.
We are working on a tool which could be a windows service(which runs in the background) and decrypt all the emails with our prompting the user for public key again and again.
We are using C# to develop this tool and from the blogs I got to know that we need to Microsoft CSP to achieve this functionality. I think the below code will be able to use the smart card container and read the private key. But I am not sure how to provide the public key to this and decrypt the email.
CspParameters csp = new CspParameters(1, "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider");
// CspParameters csp = new CspParameters(1, "Microsoft Strong Cryptographic Provider");
csp.Flags = CspProviderFlags.UseDefaultKeyContainer;

// Initialize an RSACryptoServiceProvider object using
// the CspParameters object.
RSACryptoServiceProvider rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(csp);

Can anybody correct me if I am in a wrong direction? And also please shed some light to proceed further.


Lotus Restaurant: The Chinese restaurant sat for more than four decades on the corner of J and 9th streets. Opened in 1955, it served up Chinese favorites and its egg foo young was particularly loved. The restaurant's owner and Chinese community leader, Shu-Ching Chu, was tragically killed in a head-on collision on Highway 132 in 1999. The other driver, who had been trying to pass another vehicle, was convicted of misdemeanor charges in 2001. Skewers Kabob House has occupied the space since, but plans a move to the old St. Stan's Brewery building soon.
El Faro: Opened in December 1954 in what was then the outskirts of Modesto on McHenry Avenue, El Faro grew to become one of the town's most beloved Mexican restaurants. Situated just south of Orangeburg Avenue it was instantly recognizable for its cutout of a man in a hat, holding his hands out flat on its door. It closed briefly and was reopened with a new owner in 2007, but ultimately shuttered for good about three years later.
Sundial Restaurant and Lodge: For more than four decades, this McHenry Avenue landmark was the place for power lunches and dinners. The elegant dining spot actually had its roots in downtown Modesto when founders Gus and Nora Galas opened up inside the old Hotel Covell in 1946. In 1955 the new lodge and restaurant was built on McHenry and Helen avenues and renamed. It remained in the Galas family until its closure in 1998. Since then it has been a series of retirement and elder care homes and is now the Stacie's Chalet Assisted Living & Memory Care Community.
Shakey's Pizza Parlor: Brothers Bob and Glen Holm brought the Sacramento-based Shakey's Pizza franchise to Modesto in 1963. The local chain was known for its honky-tonk, ragtime piano and banjo music and old-time movies. Over the years the family opened a second Shakey's on Yosemite Avenue and others in Fairfield and Stockton. The original Modesto Shakey's started at 2320 McHenry Ave. (now Crawfish Noodle & Grill) and in 1980 moved about a mile north to 3125 McHenry Ave. (now Taqueria Dos Compadres). It closed for good in 2000.
Cote D'Oro: In 1980, Holiday Magazine named this distinctive, turreted Yosemite Boulevard restaurant one of the Top 100 in the United States. The French and Italian eatery was a favorite of E.&J. Gallo Winery executives, including its founders Ernest and Julio. The 88-year-old castle-like building also sat above a secret tunnel which was used during Prohibition era which connected to a nearby speakeasy (now Eagles Hall). Cote D'Oro operated in the space from 1964 until 1987, then became home to Alfonso's El Castillo Mexican until 2006. In 2013 the site was leveled to make way for a Dollar General Store.
Smoky's: Opened in 1968, Smoky's was one of Modesto's signature hamburger joints for decades. Over the years the restaurant expanded and opened Smoky's Pub and Grill at Coffee and Floyd and even a Smoky's at the Green at Creekside Golf Course. But Smoky's served its last burger and fries in 2003 when the remaining McHenry and Coffee locations closed. The McHenry spot was home to Bleachers Grill and Rockin B's Burger Co. afterward, which have both shuttered. It now houses Valley Meal Prep.
Brawley's Restaurant: Owned by Central Valley businessman Odell Brawley, the restaurant was part of an area chain that extended to Oakdale, Manteca, Madera, Sonora, Placerville and Sacramento. The Modesto site on McHenry Avenue north of Orangeburg Avenue opened in 1972. It closed in 1992 when it became Eppie's Restaurants. And, yes, it was started by the same owner of the former Brawley's RV center in Modesto.
The Vintage Restaurant: Opened in downtown Modesto in 1973, The Vintage (as its fans knew it) was a downtown Modesto staple. It specialized in serving Kansas-bred steaks (an archived Modesto Bee add showed you could get a lobster and sirloin dinner for only $8.50 in 1974). It also had live entertainment and cocktails. It closed in the mid-1980s and the now-defunct Modesto Civic Theatre moved into its 1135 11th St. location in the early 1990s.
Farmer's Catfish House: This Wood Colony favorite was opened by Tom and Dolores Watkins in 1980. Patrons loved their catfish, of course, and fresh-made hush puppie. The down-home feel carried through to the drinks, which were served in mason jars. After 35 years of running the family restaurant, the Watkinses closed shop in October 2016.
Hazel's Elegant Dining: Modesto's signature fancy white-tablecloth restaurant for 25 years, the fine dining establishment was the site of countless anniversary and prom date dinners. The uninitiated were always a tad surprised when the well-dressed waiters draped their dinner napkin over their laps for them to start their multicourse meal. Opened in 1985, it closed for good in 2009. (The "since 1925" date on the restaurant's sign referred to the birthdate of its namesake, Hazel Saylor.) Surla's moved into its 431 12th St. space later that year and has been open since.
Mallard's Restaurant: Prolific Modesto entrepreneur Dan Costa opened Mallard's on the corner of McHenry and Briggsmore avenues in 1986. The restaurant was so successful that in 1991 it expanded to a Stockton location and 1992 launched the offshoot Mallard's Food Products which sold its pastas, sauces and soups in supermarkets. The Modesto site also became a favorite and much-missed brunch spot for many. In 2005 Costa sold the restaurant and it closed two years later in 2007. The building was demolished in 2009 to make way for the current CVS drugstore.
Benni's Italian: The restaurant on Yosemite Avenue was part of a late '80s, early '90s high-end restaurant row in the area. Opened in the site of an old Foster Freeze in 1987, the eatery was founded by brothers Christopher and Daniel Bonora and named after their father. After Benni's closed in the mid-'90s Christopher Bonora went on to own Christopaolo's in Ripon and Oceana Bar & Grill in downtown Modesto. Both have since closed as well.
R.J. Sweetwater's: Opened in the mid-1980s, R.J. Sweetwater's was a downtown mainstay before the area's redevelopment and revival in the late 1990s, early 2000s. If newsroom folks recall correctly, it had an excellent spinach salad. It was open for 16 years before closing in 2002. The building at the corner of 9th and K streets has since burned down.
So, is your favorite on the list? What other Modesto eateries do you miss? Who would you love to make a comeback?


It would seem that we are in the run up to a general election here in the UK. Not officially – but everyone is acting like it anyway. So here are my thoughts on the subject as a Christian.
a) Make sure you use your vote. Don't sit this one out!
b) Ask yourself the question – who would Jesus vote for?


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Surfrider Foundation files lawsuit to restore access to Lighthouse Beach in Coos Bay, Oregon
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By Staley Prom, Surfrider Foundation Senior Legal Associate
Today, the Surfrider Foundation, on behalf of its Coos Bay Chapter, has filed a lawsuit seeking to restore decades-long public access to Lighthouse Beach in Coos Bay, Oregon. Specifically, the lawsuit seeks to reopen and have a court judicially affirm the public's right to use a specific footpath, located near the southwest end of Lighthouse Way, that leads to Lighthouse Beach. Lighthouse Beach is a beautiful and culturally significant pocket beach that has been used extensively by members of the community for beach recreation, including surfing, fishing, walking, family gatherings, picnics, and more, as well as stewardship. In March 2021, the public's long-standing use was cut off when barbed wire was strung across the trail and a gate was installed, making the path hard to access. Thereafter, the steps built by members of the public decades ago were removed, and brush was thrown in the path, making it impassable.
Prior to this, Surfrider members and members of the public had used the footpath for generations to access the beach. Surfrider's Coos Bay Chapter members have used the path not only to enjoy Lighthouse Beach for its recreational opportunities, but for stewardship activities including over 20 years of water quality monitoring for Surfrider's Blue Water Task Force program, as well as beach cleanups, including an extensive months-long cleanup in 2014 after a large dock and millions of pieces of foam from it washed up on Lighthouse Beach.
After dismay and community outcry over the restricted access, Surfrider sprang into action, creating a Campaign to restore public access, and investigating the public's historic use. Surfrider also reached out on multiple occasions to the owner of the property upon which the path sits, in an attempt to reach an amicable solution without resorting to litigation. However, the property owner was unwilling to discuss any meaningful restoration of public access and instead tore out the steps at the bottom of the path where it descends to the beach.
The Oregon legislature has recognized that it is in the public interest to do whatever is necessary to preserve and protect the scenic and recreational use of Oregon's ocean shore. In that regard, Surfrider's lawsuit requests that the Court declare that the public's longstanding, generational use of the footpath has given rise to public prescriptive rights and that access must be restored.
"Beach access is a cornerstone of the cultural values we hold as Oregonians," says Coos Bay Chapter member and leader of the Chapter's Ocean Friendly Gardens and Ocean Friendly Restaurants programs Carmen Matthews. "Surfrider's lawsuit is not just for access today, but for the future generations to continue the recreational and stewardship activities at Lighthouse Beach, one of our most prized coastal treasures."
Members of the community can provide critical support to Surfrider's efforts by contributing to Surfrider's legal fees. Please visit the Chapter's website to donate here. You can provide further support by joining the Coos Bay Chapter as a member, and filling out Surfrider's public use survey, if you haven't done so already.
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