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Make it! Cover the gammon joint with cold water, throw in the carrots, onion, bay and cloves and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 2 hours. Then turn off the heat and let it cool completely (this keeps it moist). Pre-heat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas6. Remove the ham from the liquid and lay it on a foil lined baking tray. Mix the glaze ingredients together then paint it all over the joint to coat it evenly. Bake for half an hour or until the surface is sticky (basting once midway) then leave to cool. It will keep refrigerated for up to a week.


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Yarmouth chef died after fall at club
Published: 10:25 AM August 5, 2009
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a 20-year-old man who died after falling down the stairs at a Norwich nightclub.A Norwich inquest heard yesterday that Dean Clark, from Beatty Road, Yarmouth, a chef in Norwich city centre, had visited Shoosh bar in Prince Of Wales Road, after finishing work.
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a 20-year-old man who died after falling down the stairs at a Norwich nightclub.
A Norwich inquest heard yesterday that Dean Clark, from Beatty Road, Yarmouth, a chef in Norwich city centre, had visited Shoosh bar in Prince Of Wales Road, after finishing work.
Greater Norfolk coroner William Armstrong said Mr Clark, who lived with his parents Martin and Valerie Clark, died at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on July 25.
Mr Armstrong said that Slough-born Mr Clark was unconscious after falling down the stairs at Shoosh on Friday, July 24 and was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
He was later transferred to Addenbrooke's where he was pronounced dead at about 9pm the following day.
Mr Armstrong said a doctor's report gave the cause of death as a traumatic brain injury.
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
Police have investigated the death, and do not believe there are any suspicious circumstances.

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The Movement Spot is a community and competence centre to support the development of people through movement, education and hiphop-arts, as well as to promote Breaking and Hiphop-culture.
promote and professionalize Breaking (Breakdance) and Hiphop culture.
We are a group of professional dancers and hiphop artists, nationally and internationally known. We are specialized in Breaking (Breakdance). Some of us are pioneers in their fields and winners of renowned competitions.
In 2016 we founded the association «The Movement» (Basel, Switzerland). Its purpose is to encourage children, youth and young adults through movement, education and Hiphop arts.
Furthermore, the association supports the professionalization of Breaking (Breakdance) and Hiphop culture. Meanwhile, Breaking is being taught at universities, performed in theaters und has been chosen as a discipline for the Youth Olympic Games. It is a dance and an art-form of the Hiphop culture, that has been establishing itself worldwide.
Our experience has shown us, that we need a proper space to achieve these goals in a sustainable, authentic and inspiring way.
We have now the unique opportunity to realize our vision of «The Movement Spot» in a beautiful location with ca. 540m2 in Pratteln (Baselland, Switzerland). The reconstruction is planned for January 2018 and the opening will be in spring 2018.
The Spot will be a place to motivate and inspire ca. 500 young people yearly and to build a community. They experience dance, movement and Hiphop culture in an inspiring context, profiting from a wide range of offers.
For B-Boys and B-Girls (Breakdancers), the Spot will be a new home and hotspot to grow as a community.
For movement artists and enthusiasts, the Spot offers an inspirational space and community to practice, exchange and develop up to a professional level.
To build this innovative center, we need a financial aid to cover the costs of the interior work (540m2).
We have received first financial support from the lottery fund and from the Baselland Sports Department. We have already established official partnerships with Tanzbüro Basel, JuAr Basel (youth work) and with the internationally leading sports clinic Rennbahnklinik.
Thank you for considering donating to this project. Let's move and build together!
This project ended successfully on 3/1/2018 14:00!
We say thank you for believing in this project!
We film an exclusive short dance video to say thank you.
Free membership for the year 2018 in our association The Movement (benefitting from discounts and more) and you can choose a T-Shirt at the store in the Spot.
You get exclusive insight into rehearsals of the MIR dance company to see the making of a new dance production and you can choose a cap at the store in the Spot.
We invite you to a dance course with a world class dancer in the Spot and you can choose a T-Shirt at the store in the Spot.
We invite you to the opening event to enjoy a drink of your choice with us. We give you a private dance class and you can choose a T-shirt at the store in the Spot.
Participate in a Rap or Graffiti Workshop at the Spot with the best artists of the scene. You can also choose a T-shirt at the store in the Spot.
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"The Movement" is an association founded in Basel, Switzerland, to encourage children, youth and young adults through movement, education and hiphop arts. We focus on self-development, community and a healthy lifestyle. Furthermore, the association supports the professionalization and recognition of Breaking (Breakdance) and Hiphop culture.


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The last few days have been full of traveling via buses, trains and tuk tuks. We left Pokhara on a 'tourist and local' bus, essentially it was a local one.
We requested the seat behind the driver so Matt's legs would fit in. But we ended up at the back which was best anyways. It was an eventful trip. We saw fights (verbal and minor bi*ch slapping) between our bus and another as they were trying to steal our customers. We had a verbal fight between a lady customer and the money collector as there were too many people on the bus.
On the good side we saw local people who were beautiful. Ladies dresses elegantly in their saris. Friendly people smiling at us and trying to communicate was definitely the highlight. There were two couples each with a toddler each constantly smiling at me making me feel completely safe and adored. They even bought water and offered to us.
We then caught another local bus to Lumbini, the birth place of the first Buddha. The town itself is dusty and flat. The Buddha birth site under a bodhi tree is surrounded by prayer flags. The tree itself is dying as they covered it in concrete. Matt was getting frustrated at the rules, difficulty and lack of knowledge from locals to purchase a ticket to see the site. It was quite funny. It's preparation training for India I told him.
another bus, and on the side of the road I spot a dead man. I had no idea what to do, but there in the heat, swarmed by flies this man died alone and still has no one with him.
We arrive at Gorakpur train station and eventually find the reserved ticket counter. Our ticket is for 11.15pm in first class for 660 rupees ($12 total).
After buying our tickets we had dinner at a local stall/shop. It was a delicious meal with curry veggies, Dahl baht and chapatti. It cost 260 rupees ($4.40) with 2 drinks. Sweet!
It's time to catch the train. Confused, we stumble to the train. With the help of many we find our carriage and cabin. It's not the first class I was expecting but it was clean and comfy enough. No sleep for either of us though. A trip to the toilet showed why there are so many diseases in this country. Your waste goes straight onto the tracks!!!
A tuk tuk ride to find a guest house was interesting. German, our tout, did a good job of giving us an intro to Varanasi. We are staying slightly out of town but its quiet so we are happy. Apparently there is a big festival the day after tomorrow. He has invited us to go with his family, but not sure if we will go with them. The temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius at the moment.
When we thought we had seen it all on the roads from a goat riding on the roof of a mini van, to loads 5 times bigger than the vehicle carrying them and bicycles carrying 3 -4 people. But on this beautiful morning we saw a naked man walking the streets! It's normal here we are told as he is a Holy Man.
P.S Sorry there is only 2 average photos – technology here is not fast enough to add anymore.
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They say India is full of colour, contrasts and its eye opening. Looks like you have already experienced this.
You'll both be such wheelers and dealers when you get back after navigating your way on trains and tuk tuk's. Matt, loved the pici of you at the local diner. Is the bucket in front of you for anything special?? Do you sleep OK at night with the 40 degree temp?
Love your stories – going to make a great book one day.
The bucket is only water. Suppose to be for drinking but we use to wash hands haha. That dinner still is one of our favourites.


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Le Roy tells Congo to play without fear
Written By Peter Hanson
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Congo coach Claude Le Roy has told his side to play without fear ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations opener against hosts Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.
It has been 15 years since Congo - the 1972 champions - qualified for the African showpiece, but they booked their spot in this year's tournament by finishing second in Group A of qualifying.
Le Roy is well aware that his inexperienced side are not fancied as one of the favourites to lift the title in February.
However, the Frenchman is adamant there is no pressure on his team, as he feels qualifying for the event after such a long absence is an achievement in itself.
Equatorial Guinea v Congo: Hosts get Africa Cup of Nations under way
"We have six players who are under 20 but all my boys like football, they like to play," he said.
"We have no pressure because for us the big target was to come back into the Africa Cup of Nations after 15 years of not qualifying. We will see how far we go.
"On a technical level, we are doing great and we understand that the host will have some limitations because of the short notice of organising the tournament.
"We have told our players to be patient, to forget anything that is missing because of the time required to organise the Africa Cup and manage every situation well."
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UC Berkeley Law Library Implements TIND ILS
Aug 23, 2018 | Filed in Technology
The University of California, Berkeley Law Library (BLL) last month implemented the TIND cloud-based Integrated Library System (ILS), becoming the third U.S. academic institution to adopt the new ILS. In collaboration with BLL, TIND completed the development of a new, launch-ready acquisitions and serials module as part of its initial contract.
The University of California, Berkeley Law Library (BLL) last month implemented the TIND cloud-based Integrated Library System (ILS), becoming the third U.S. academic institution to adopt the new ILS. In collaboration with BLL, TIND completed the development of a new, launch-ready acquisitions and serials module as part of its initial contract. The system is integrated with GOBI real-time acquisitions, supporting payment exports to UC Berkeley's central enterprise resource planning system, and the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), enabling users to search catalog holdings and electronic resources using a single interface.
BLL Associate Director Marci Hoffman told LJ that the library hadn't been actively looking for a new ILS, but TIND approached them, causing library officials to reevaluate their former system.
"Some of our colleagues in the law library community have asked 'why are you doing this?' We actually weren't out there shopping for other systems," Hoffman said. "TIND came to us and we started having conversations with them. And as we looked at our legacy system and saw the escalating costs—every time we wanted to implement something new, it required an output of more money."
As LJ previously reported, TIND launched as a commercial spinoff of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 2015, with a suite including the ILS, as well as research data management (RDM), digital archive, and institutional repository (IR) solutions developed with the open-source Invenio Digital Library Framework, originally created in 2002 to run CERN's document server, which manages more than one million bibliographic records. The Invenio framework features an Elasticsearch-based search engine, and allows for metadata, full-text, and citation searches, as well as faceted searching, and advanced searches with Boolean operators including proximity operators, truncation and wildcard operators, and exact operators/stop words. While it is open source, the Invenio framework is regularly updated by CERN.
Despite some initial concerns about being an early adopter of a relatively new ILS, the library ultimately decided to make the change.
"When you look at the alternatives, most of them...are legacy systems," Hoffman said. "We were somewhat interested in creating our own [ILS], but we don't have the bandwidth or the staff to do that."
In addition to BLL, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Olin College of Engineering, MA, have implemented the TIND ILS. The University of Minnesota Library is running its Agricultural and Applied Economics subject repository, AgEcon Search, on TIND's hosted platform. UC Berkeley has also implemented TIND's IR solution, as have UNC Chapel Hill, Skidmore College, Indiana University, and Millersville University Library, PA. The University of Chicago is working with both the IR and RDM solutions. Other major international clients include the United Nations, the UNESCO International Bureau of Education, and the International Telecommunications Union.
These implementations reassured BLL of the system's stability and capabilities, Hoffman said. "We felt that it was a risk worth taking."
When LJ interviewed Caltech University Librarian Kristin Antelman about her institution's implementation of the TIND ILS, she noted that while the system was fully functional, it was still new and being refined. However, Antelman added that as an early adopter, the library had been able to offer TIND a lot of input on feature development. BLL has been in a similar position, helping guide the development of the system's new acquisitions and serials functionality, as well as other features during the past year.
"They didn't have an acquisitions function" when BLL began talks with TIND, Hoffman said, "so they really worked with us to develop the acquisitions capabilities and the serials capabilities. In some ways, that was a little bit scary for us, but in other ways, it allowed us to actually rethink the way we do our work, and to help build a system that would work better than the [former] system. And we certainly see a lot of things that we would like to have developed in circulation and the OPAC…and we've given them tons of feedback on what we would like to see."
Hoffman added that BLL is aware that it may take months for specific functionality requests to be fulfilled, but given the small, focused nature of the client base, "we feel like we actually have a say in how this particular system is going to develop. And we think we're an important contribution to that development, because we're a much different library than Caltech, and we're different from the U.N. and from some of their other clients."
BLL, which works with about one million volumes and volume equivalents, does a lot of original cataloging and "a lot of other operations that I don't think the other [TIND ILS clients] have. I think that's allowed TIND to rethink some of the things that other libraries might need," Hoffman said.
BLL had been using the Millennium/Sierra ILS for more than 30 years, so this move was also a significant transition for library staff.
"I can't say I have everybody on board. [But] I think, part of it is, we got a lot of input from staff all along," Hoffman said. "We set up a team in the library representing different parts of the library staff. I think that helped getting buy in and providing feedback. I think [staff] were also aware that the system that we had…wasn't really reflective of the way we do work now—still having to load a client and not using a web-based service. The overall reaction is that people like that it's simple and clean and straightforward. They certainly miss some of the functionality that they had in the legacy system, but they're being open minded."
Matt Enis
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Type Of Galaxies Facts
There are four main categories of galaxies: elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, and irregular. Keep reading for even more facts and information.
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Galaxies are categorized according to their visual morphology as elliptical, spiral, spiral barred or irregular. They are sometimes further divided into subcategories.
There are four main categories of galaxies: elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, and irregular. These types of galaxies are further divided into subcategories while at the same time other types of galaxies exist based on their size and other unique features.
The most common type of galaxy found throughout the universe is the spiral galaxy. Around 77% of the galaxies observed by man are spiral galaxies. A good example of this type is the Andromeda galaxy.
Around two-thirds of all spiral galaxies have a bar-like structure – thus they are classified as barred spiral galaxies. Our galaxy, the Milky Way is an example of this type of galaxy.
The rarest type of galaxies is the elliptical double-ringed galaxy. PGC 1000714 is an example. Estimates suggest that around 0.1% of galaxies are this type. It is sometimes named the Hoag-type galaxy.
Elliptical galaxies are usually comprised of very old stars or stars with low mass. They make up around 10-15% of galaxies in the Virgo Supercluster, a supercluster of which we are also part of. They are very dim in comparison with the very bright spiral galaxies.
Irregular galaxies are commonly small, and collectively they make up about a quarter of all the galaxies. They lack a distinct shape or form often having a chaotic appearance.
The largest galaxies are usually giant elliptical galaxies, containing a trillion or even more stars. They span as much as one million light-years across – 10 times as much as the Milky Way.
Curious enough, the smallest galaxies are also the elliptical types.
The oldest and farthest galaxy ever discovered is an irregular type of galaxy called GN-z11. It is 32 billion light-years / 9.8 billion parsecs away from us. It is estimated that the galaxy formed just around 400 million years after the Big Bang.
Most galaxies are between 1.000 to 100.000 parsecs / 3.000 to 300.000 light-years in diameter.
A system used by astronomers to divide galaxies into groups on their visual appearance is the galaxy morphological classification. Many schemes are in use in which galaxies are classified according to their morphologies. The most famous one is the Hubble sequence, devised by Edwin Hubble, and later expanded by Gerard Vaucouleurs and Allan Sandage.
In the present day, galaxy classification and morphology are largely done using computational methods and physical morphology.
Originally, Edwin Hubble grouped galaxies into four main categories: spiral galaxies, barred spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, and irregular galaxies. Observations revealed that spiral galaxies were the most common type of galaxies found throughout the universe.
Spiral Galaxies
They have a flat, spinning disk with a central bulge surrounded by spiral arms. The spinning motion reaches speeds of up to hundreds of kilometers/miles per second. This usually can cause matter in the disk to take on a distinctive spiral shape, like a cosmic pinwheel. The bulge located in the center is made up of older, dimmer stars, and is thought to usually contain a supermassive black hole.
The disk of stars orbiting the bulge tends to separate into arms that circle the galaxy. These spiral arms contain a wealth of gas and dust, thus many young stars are birthed in these regions. These young stars shine very brightly before their quick demise. Spiral galaxies can be classified according to the tightness of their spiral, the lumpiness of their arms, and the overall size of their central bulge.
The relative amounts of gas and dust contained within these galaxies can portray these differences. Andromeda is a perfect example of a spiral galaxy.
Elliptical Galaxies
Elliptical galaxies have an elongated spherical shape and lack a nucleus or bulge at the center. Although there is no nucleus, the galaxy is still brighter in the center and becomes less bright toward the outer edges of the galaxy.
Their light is dominated by older reddish stars. They appear to also lack spiral arms. The stars, gases and other materials are spread throughout an elliptical galaxy. Elliptical galaxies can be nearly round or long and cigar-shaped.
Though individual stars orbit the center of an elliptical galaxy, the orbits aren't all in the same direction, as they appear in spirals. Therefore, ellipticals don't appear to rotate in a systematic way
Theories suggest that a great deal of the mass in an elliptical galaxy is due to the presence of a central black hole. Elliptical galaxies have very little activity and contain mostly old stars of low mass, because there gasses and dust which is needed to form new stars, is quite lacking.
Elliptical galaxies vary in size, from small dwarf galaxies to enormous galaxies. An example of a giant elliptical galaxy is ESO 325-G004, while Leo I is a dwarf elliptical galaxy. An intermediate between the giant and dwarf elliptical galaxies are systems such as M32 and M110, they are companions of the Andromeda galaxy.
Irregular Galaxies
Irregular galaxies have no definite shape, though they are in constant motion like all other galaxies. They have a chaotic appearance as they don't seem to possess a nuclear bulge or traces of spiral arms.
Some irregular galaxies were once spiral or elliptical galaxies but were deformed by an uneven external gravitational force. Irregular galaxies may contain abundant amounts of gas and dust Irregular galaxies are commonly small, about one-tenth the mass of the Milky Way galaxy.
Until now, three major types of irregular galaxies have been established:
Irr I – they feature some structure but not enough to be placed into the Hubble sequence.
Irr II – they do not appear to feature any structure.
DIrr III – dwarf irregular galaxy. They tend to have low metallicity and relatively high levels of gas. They are also believed to be similar to the earliest galaxies that populated the Universe.
Irregular galaxies can be distorted by the gravity of a larger neighbor, a good example of this are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, distorted by our Milky Way.
Barred Spiral Galaxies
Barred spiral galaxies share the same features and functions as regular spiral galaxies, but they also have a bar of bright stars that lie along the center of the bulge and extend into the disk. The bright bulge has very little activity here and contains mostly older, red stars. The bar and arms have lots of activity, including star formation.
The perfect example of a barred spiral galaxy is our own galaxy, the Milky Way. They are further divided into three categories:
Barred spiral galaxy type A – abbreviation SBa – they feature tightly bound arms.
Barred spiral galaxy type B – abbreviation SBb – they feature both tightly and loosely bond arms.
Barred spiral galaxy type C – abbreviation Sbc – they have loosely bound arms.
Around two-thirds of spiral galaxies contain a bar structure through their center.
Other types of Galaxies
Some galaxies have a ring-like structure of stars and interstellar medium surrounding a bare core. It is believed that they take this shape when smaller galaxies pass through the core of spiral galaxies.
Lenticular galaxies are a type of galaxy that shares similarities with both spiral and elliptical galaxies. They possess ill-defined spiral arms with an elliptical halo of stars.
Some galaxies are classified as ultra-diffuse galaxies – they have extremely low densities. They may be as big as our Milky Way yet the visible star count typically is around 1%. This is attributed to a lack of star-forming gas.
On the other end, there are starburst galaxies that are characterized by dusty concentrations of gas and the appearance of newly formed stars. Usually, many of these stars are massive and result in supernova explosions that interact powerfully with the surrounding gas.
There are many other type of galaxies that exist or are discovered as you read this. With the advancement of technology, more and more distant or dim structures like galaxies can be observed and studied leading to an ever-growing classification.
Modern cosmological models of the early universe are based on the Big Bang theory. Around 300.000 years after the Big Bag, it is theorized that atoms of hydrogen and helium began to form.
This event is called recombination. At the time, most hydrogen atoms were neutral – non-ionized – and readily absorbed light. Density fluctuations in this primordial matter led to the creation of larger structures. As a result, masses of baryonic matter started to condense within cold dark matter halos. These primordial structures would eventually become the galaxies we see today.
Most galaxies are between 1.000 to 100.000 parsecs / 3.000 to 300.000 light-years in diameter. Recent calculations of the observable universe suggest that there are over 2 trillion galaxies that contain an estimated 1×1024 stars.
Probably the most powerful argument for life to exist elsewhere besides our Solar System is the sheer vastness of the universe in its unimaginable number of galaxies.
All of these galaxies contain innumerable stars, and these stars may contain innumerable exoplanets orbiting them. From this perspective at least, life should almost be guaranteed to exist somewhere else as well.
Recently, a number of galaxies without dark matter were discovered. This could lead to a whole new type of galaxies, but overall, for the time being, it raises more questions than answers.
Milky Way was classified as a spiral galaxy for a long time. However, observations only recently reclassified it as a barred type spiral galaxy.
One of the youngest galaxies ever discovered was the I Zwicky 18 galaxy. It was estimated to be around just 500 million years old though recent observations have discovered old stars in this galaxy. Whether this galaxy is young or not is still debated.
Sometimes nicknamed the zombie galaxy, MACS 2129-1 is a disk-shaped galaxy which spins twice as fast as our Milky Way. This galaxy hasn't made any stars for around 10 billion years.
One of the brightest galaxies in the universe is W2246-0526. This galaxy is "stealing" the mass of three nearby galaxies at once.
Little Cub is a dwarf galaxy that remained dormant since the Big Bang. It might still contain unchanged molecules since just moments after the rapid expansion of the universe around 13.7 billion years ago.
Most galaxies are being pulled by an unknown force named the Great Attractor.
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Q: What DLLs do I #import when using DirectShow or other COM libraries in C++? I am trying to use Compiler COM Support when calling DirectShow from C++. From an earlier post I know that I need to #import quartz.dll and qedit.dll. Doing that gives me smart pointer classes like IGraphBuilderPtr among others and I can see it supported by IntelliSense. I am now trying to use ICaptureGraphBuilder2 but it does not show up in the IntelliSense and attempting to #import devenum.dll, qcap.dll gives me a "C1803: Cannot open type library file". So, a couple of questions:

*

*What DLLs do I need to #import when using DirectShow interfaces?

*In general, given a COM library, how do I know which DLLs I can #import?

A: For C++ development you don't need to #import. Instead, you
#include <dshow.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "strmiids.lib")

You have smart pointers with ATL, e.g. CComPtr<IFilterGraph2> (or QzCComPtr which only makes sense if you develop a filter as opposed to high level DirectShow consumer code).
Hence,

What DLLs do I need to #import when using DirectShow interfaces?

None.

In general, given a COM library, how do I know which DLLs I can #import?

You need to know the DLL name or rather type library identifier. You get that from documentation or looking using SDK tools like COM/OLE Viewer, or via registry. I would recommend importing using type library identifier.
From C++ code it only makes to import DirectShow DLLs if you need GUIDs, which are deprecated and excluded from SDK.

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// Copyright (c) 2009, Rob Eden All Rights Reserved.
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//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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package gnu.trove.iterator;

/**
 * Implements all iterator functions for the hashed object set.
 * Subclasses may override objectAtIndex to vary the object
 * returned by calls to next() (e.g. for values, and Map.Entry
 * objects).
 *
 *
 Note that iteration is fastest if you forego the calls to
 * <tt>hasNext</tt> in favor of checking the size of the structure
 * yourself and then call next() that many times.
 *
 *
 *
You may, of course, use the hasNext(), next() idiom too if
 * you aren't in a performance critical spot.

 */
public interface TPrimitiveIterator extends TIterator {
    /**
     * Returns true if the iterator can be advanced past its current
     * location.
     *
     * @return a boolean value
     */
    boolean hasNext();

    /**
     * Removes the last entry returned by the iterator.
     * Invoking this method more than once for a single entry
     * will leave the underlying data structure in a confused
     * state.
     */
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} // TPrimitiveIterator

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Keep targets in perspective
1 November 2013 by Shaun Campbell
There will be some individual success stories, but the likelihood of Europe as a whole meeting its 2020 expectations for offshore wind capacity lies somewhere between slim and non-existent.
Offshore sector has come along way in its first ten years (pic:Siemens)
If Europe is to reach its cumulative target of 43GW it must install an average of 5GW every year for the next seven years. The current rate of installation stands at under 2GW a year.
In 2009, the European Commission set a target to achieve 15% of energy from renewables. Each member state was given its own target, and roadmaps were laid out to show how to achieve this. Of the offshore wind plans included, the UK, Germany and France account for the lion's share of ambition, aiming to commission 34GW between them by the end of 2020. The UK did not set a specific target for offshore wind, instead identifying a series of delivery scenarios based on the cost of electricity. Its current aim for 2020 is to achieve £100/MWh, which calls for 18GW of offshore wind by 2020, of which 3.65GW is up and running. It is a hugely ambitious objective, equivalent to building another 23 London Arrays in seven years.
Trade body RenewableUK says this "is possible, even likely", but its confidence is not universally shared. European Offshore Wind 2013: Realising the Opportunity, a report published in the summer by legal firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, surveyed 200 senior executives in the offshore industry. Only one fifth of them thought the 18GW figure will be reached.
Industry observers in Germany freely admit the country will not hit its 10GW target. Their forecasts now range from 6GW to 8GW, still a formidable challenge with only 520MW currently installed in German waters.
France, yet to commission its first offshore turbine, has dismissed its original target of 6GW with a great Gallic shrug of the shoulders. The country is unlikely to exceed 2GW by 2020.
New realism
We should not be too surprised or depressed by the likely shortfall. These targets were set in 2009, when the full implications of the financial crash were yet to be realised. The offshore sector was still very new, and the cost and complexity of constructing large projects, particularly with regard to the pressure it would place on the supply chain, were perhaps underestimated (see chart, below).
The offshore objectives may not be met, but that should not disguise the fact that significant progress has already been made, and that the rate of installation is set to speed up considerably over the next few years. A new generation of larger, more powerful turbines will play their part in firmly establishing offshore wind as a major contributor to Europe's clean energy production.
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2012 Olympics, Women's 100m Freestyle Final: Jessica Hardy Struggles, Missy Franklin Places Fifth
By Scott Coleman@scottcoleman55 Aug 2, 2012, 1:08pm PDT
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Long Beach native Jessica Hardy was in the running for a gold medal on Thursday afternoon in the Women's 100m Freestyle Final. She was up against a very tough field, headlined by America's new favorite swimmer, Missy Franklin.
Despite a solid start from Hardy, she did not get a strong push off the wall and fell all the way back to 8th place. She finished 54.02 seconds, a little more than a full second behind the winner. Franklin appeared to be fatigued in the closing meters of the race, and she ended up placing fifth in 53.64.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (can I buy a vowel?) of the Netherlands won gold as she set an olympic record in an even 53 seconds. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (can I buy another vowel?) of Belarus took home silver. Yi Tang of China finished in third and won bronze.
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package cloud::aws::elb::mode::httpcodes;

use base qw(centreon::plugins::templates::counter);

use strict;
use warnings;

my %map_type = (
    "loadbalancer"      => "LoadBalancerName",
    "availabilityzone"  => "AvailabilityZone",
);

sub prefix_metric_output {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    my $availability_zone = "";
    if (defined($options{instance_value}->{availability_zone}) && $options{instance_value}->{availability_zone} ne '') {
        $availability_zone = "[$options{instance_value}->{availability_zone}] ";
    }

    return ucfirst($options{instance_value}->{type}) . " '" . $options{instance_value}->{display} . "' " . $availability_zone . $options{instance_value}->{stat} . " ";
}

sub set_counters {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    $self->{maps_counters_type} = [
        { name => 'metric', type => 1, cb_prefix_output => 'prefix_metric_output', message_multiple => "All http codes metrics are ok", skipped_code => { -10 => 1 } },
    ];

    foreach my $statistic ('minimum', 'maximum', 'average', 'sum') {
        foreach my $metric ('HTTPCode_Backend_2XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_3XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_4XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_5XX', 'HTTPCode_ELB_4XX', 'HTTPCode_ELB_5XX') {
            next if ($statistic =~ /minimum|maximum|average/); # Minimum, Maximum, and Average all return 1.
            my $entry = { label => lc($metric) . '-' . lc($statistic), set => {
                                key_values => [ { name => $metric . '_' . $statistic }, { name => 'display' }, { name => 'type' }, { name => 'stat' } ],
                                output_template => $metric . ': %d',
                                perfdatas => [
                                    { label => lc($metric) . '_' . lc($statistic), value => $metric . '_' . $statistic . '_absolute',
                                      template => '%d', label_extra_instance => 1, instance_use => 'display_absolute' },
                                ],
                            }
                        };
            push @{$self->{maps_counters}->{metric}}, $entry;
        }
        foreach my $metric ('BackendConnectionErrors') {
            my $entry = { label => lc($metric) . '-' . lc($statistic), set => {
                                key_values => [ { name => $metric . '_' . $statistic }, { name => 'display' }, { name => 'type' }, { name => 'stat' } ],
                                output_template => $metric . ': %d',
                                perfdatas => [
                                    { label => lc($metric) . '_' . lc($statistic), value => $metric . '_' . $statistic . '_absolute',
                                      template => '%d', label_extra_instance => 1, instance_use => 'display_absolute' },
                                ],
                            }
                        };
            push @{$self->{maps_counters}->{metric}}, $entry;
        }
    }
}

sub new {
    my ($class, %options) = @_;
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(package => __PACKAGE__, %options);
    bless $self, $class;

    $self->{version} = '1.0';
    $options{options}->add_options(arguments =>
                                {
                                    "type:s"                => { name => 'type' },
                                    "name:s@"               => { name => 'name' },
                                    "availability-zone:s"   => { name => 'availability_zone' },
                                    "filter-metric:s"       => { name => 'filter_metric' },
                                });

    return $self;
}

sub check_options {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;
    $self->SUPER::check_options(%options);

    if (!defined($self->{option_results}->{type}) || $self->{option_results}->{type} eq '') {
        $self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => "Need to specify --type option.");
        $self->{output}->option_exit();
    }

    if ($self->{option_results}->{type} ne 'loadbalancer' && $self->{option_results}->{type} ne 'availabilityzone') {
        $self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => "Instance type '" . $self->{option_results}->{type} . "' is not handled for this mode");
        $self->{output}->option_exit();
    }

    if ($self->{option_results}->{type} eq 'availabilityzone' && defined($self->{option_results}->{availability_zone})) {
        $self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => "Can't specify --availability-zone option with availabilityzone instance's type");
        $self->{output}->option_exit();
    }

    if (!defined($self->{option_results}->{name}) || $self->{option_results}->{name} eq '') {
        $self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => "Need to specify --name option.");
        $self->{output}->option_exit();
    }

    foreach my $instance (@{$self->{option_results}->{name}}) {
        if ($instance ne '') {
            push @{$self->{aws_instance}}, $instance;
        }
    }

    $self->{aws_timeframe} = defined($self->{option_results}->{timeframe}) ? $self->{option_results}->{timeframe} : 600;
    $self->{aws_period} = defined($self->{option_results}->{period}) ? $self->{option_results}->{period} : 60;

    $self->{aws_statistics} = ['Sum'];
    if (defined($self->{option_results}->{statistic})) {
        $self->{aws_statistics} = [];
        foreach my $stat (@{$self->{option_results}->{statistic}}) {
            if ($stat ne '') {
                push @{$self->{aws_statistics}}, ucfirst(lc($stat));
            }
        }
    }

    foreach my $metric ('HTTPCode_Backend_2XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_3XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_4XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_5XX',
        'HTTPCode_ELB_4XX', 'HTTPCode_ELB_5XX', 'BackendConnectionErrors') {
        next if (defined($self->{option_results}->{filter_metric}) && $self->{option_results}->{filter_metric} ne ''
            && $metric !~ /$self->{option_results}->{filter_metric}/);

        push @{$self->{aws_metrics}}, $metric;
    }
}

sub manage_selection {
    my ($self, %options) = @_;

    my %metric_results;
    foreach my $instance (@{$self->{aws_instance}}) {
        push @{$self->{aws_dimensions}}, { Name => $map_type{$self->{option_results}->{type}}, Value => $instance };
        if (defined($self->{option_results}->{availability_zone}) && $self->{option_results}->{availability_zone} ne '') {
            push @{$self->{aws_dimensions}}, { Name => 'AvailabilityZone', Value => $self->{option_results}->{availability_zone} };
        }
        $metric_results{$instance} = $options{custom}->cloudwatch_get_metrics(
            region => $self->{option_results}->{region},
            namespace => 'AWS/ELB',
            dimensions => $self->{aws_dimensions},
            metrics => $self->{aws_metrics},
            statistics => $self->{aws_statistics},
            timeframe => $self->{aws_timeframe},
            period => $self->{aws_period},
        );

        foreach my $metric (@{$self->{aws_metrics}}) {
            foreach my $statistic (@{$self->{aws_statistics}}) {
                next if (!defined($metric_results{$instance}->{$metric}->{lc($statistic)}) && !defined($self->{option_results}->{zeroed}));

                $self->{metric}->{$instance . "_" . lc($statistic)}->{display} = $instance;
                $self->{metric}->{$instance . "_" . lc($statistic)}->{type} = $self->{option_results}->{type};
                $self->{metric}->{$instance . "_" . lc($statistic)}->{stat} = lc($statistic);
                $self->{metric}->{$instance . "_" . lc($statistic)}->{availability_zone} = $self->{option_results}->{availability_zone};
                $self->{metric}->{$instance . "_" . lc($statistic)}->{$metric . "_" . lc($statistic)} = defined($metric_results{$instance}->{$metric}->{lc($statistic)}) ? $metric_results{$instance}->{$metric}->{lc($statistic)} : 0;
            }
        }
    }

    if (scalar(keys %{$self->{metric}}) <= 0) {
        $self->{output}->add_option_msg(short_msg => 'No metrics. Check your options or use --zeroed option to set 0 on undefined values');
        $self->{output}->option_exit();
    }
}

1;

__END__

=head1 MODE

Check ELB http codes.

Example:
perl centreon_plugins.pl --plugin=cloud::aws::elb::plugin --custommode=paws --mode=http-codes --region='eu-west-1'
--type='loadbalancer' --name='elb-www-fr' --critical-httpcode-backend-4xx-sum='10' --verbose

See 'https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/elb-metricscollected.html' for more informations.

Default statistic: 'sum' / Most usefull statistics: 'sum'.

=over 8

=item B<--type>

Set the instance type (Required) (Can be: 'loadbalancer', 'availabilityzone').

=item B<--name>

Set the instance name (Required) (Can be multiple).

=item B<--availability-zone>

Add Availability Zone dimension (only with --type='loadbalancer').

=item B<--filter-metric>

Filter metrics (Can be: 'HTTPCode_Backend_2XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_3XX', 'HTTPCode_Backend_4XX',
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An educational project brought to you by the Missouri Humanities and the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
To create a humanities-focused narrative dedicated to cataloging the art and activism of the movement that started in Ferguson on August 9, 2014 and is catalyzing authentic change in St. Louis.
This endeavor is entitled "JUST Listening." Here, the word "just" is used not only as an adverb, but as a wordplay on the adjective to describe listening to these works as being the right, or just, thing to do.
The project took shape in a 26 minute documentary that focuses on art as a reaction to tragedy and as a form of activism. The documentary was produced by Speak Up Productions and includes images of art, spoken word, interviews with artists, and a historical narrative on Ferguson.
The Missouri Humanities hopes the project will ignite conversation on the necessity of art and activism in raising awareness to build a better community.
The opening show was held at UMSL, Gallery 210 on February 19, 2016.
Click the icon to view Dan Parris's, of Speak Up Productions, interview for the 2017 Film Festival.


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Kolo Toure: 'Don't rule Reds out of the title race'
But defender says side must tighten up its defence to stay in the hunt
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Kolo Toure insists Liverpool remain in the Premier League title race – but admits they need to tighten up defensively.
The Reds slipped eight points behind leaders Arsenal following Saturday's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa at Anfield.
Brendan Rodgers' side paid the price for a dismal first-half display but the experienced Ivorian centre-back has dismissed suggestions Liverpool are now simply in a battle for fourth place.
"We are still in the title race because every team can lose points," Toure said.
"We know it is a marathon. We've slowed down but we just need to react and raise the pace a bit which we will do next week and the week after.
"Other teams will make errors. We just need to maintain our focus and believe in ourselves. In 16 games a lot can happen."
He added: "The Premier League is tough and every week you play against tough teams. Any team can beat any team. Even the teams near the bottom of the league give everything.
"Aston Villa won away to Arsenal and they played really well against us. They have two strong strikers and they were confident from the win they had at Anfield last season.
"The first half against a good Villa side was very hard. We didn't have a solution but the manager adjusted the team and then everything changed from there.
"The manager is very clever and our team can adapt to any system. We have the flexibility to do that and if one thing is not working we change.
"The reaction from the team after going 2-0 down was great. It showed the character of our team.
"We are a team who want to play well and win every game, but that one point will help us definitely because the momentum of not losing is great."
Liverpool struggled defensively against Villa and they have now leaked nine goals in their past five league matches.
Luis Suarez dejected as Liverpool drop two points at home to Aston Villa (Image: Action Images / Carl Recine Livepic)
Gabriel Agbonlahor got the better of Toure to create the opener for Andreas Weimann and then Simon Mignolet's error enabled Christian Benteke to double the visitors' advantage.
The Belgian keeper has endured a tough month with similarly costly mistakes against Manchester City, Chelsea and Stoke City.
Toure is convinced the £9m shot-stopper will soon be back to his best but says his team-mates also need to raise their standards.
"Simon will get through it as he is really strong mentally," Toure said. "I told him that the life of defenders and goalkeepers is like this.
"You can play a 120 games without making a mistake and then make two in two games and it's like you have to start all over again.
"All keepers have sticky patches but he is a strong guy and he knows he has a big part to play in the season.
"It's not only Simon, everyone needs to react. The back four could have done better with everything. We know we have a strong defence as before we were keeping clean sheets.
"We will work on that in training and make sure we are better in the future."
Liverpool at least have the luxury of a full week to prepare for Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie at Bournemouth.
The Cherries, who are 16th in the Championship, warmed up for the first meeting between the clubs for 46 years with a 1-1 draw at home to Watford last weekend.
"For us we just need to think about the next game 100% and be positive," Toure said.
"What we have done so far this season no-one was expecting at the start of the season.
"We just need to take on board where we can improve and keep going. We have a few days to recover and then we will analyse everything.
"We just have to avoid making the same mistakes. When you have hard times you see a strong team and we are a strong team."
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Sevendust Singer Lajon Witherspoon Talks Forthcoming Solo Project
Liz Ramanand, Loudwire
There's no doubt that Sevendust fans are stoked for the band's upcoming album 'Black Out the Sun,' as well as the their tours with Coal Chamber and Lacuna Coil in support of the new disc. Now there is even more reason to be excited, as vocalist Lajon Witherspoon has announced that he is planning to release a solo album.
When we caught up with Witherspoon, he told us about the early stages of planning the solo venture and even shared his hesitance about doing the project. He also revealed an eclectic group of talented musicians of various genres that he would like to collaborate with for the disc.
Even though 'Black Out the Sun' has not come out yet, I heard that when things slow down with Sevendust you're finally thinking about doing a solo album? Have you been jotting down any ideas or has writing begun for this yet?
Yeah I've been doing a few things, mostly what I would like to do is – I don't want to consider it a band because I think a band, it takes a while to have a band. This is just going to be me doing some music, the doors are open right now – I'm not going to be afraid to try anything. It may be country, it may be some rock, it may be slower R&B – I'm ready to just open up and show the world that I can do other things besides Sevendust.
I got some cats that I want to work with right now but I'm just taking my time and picking and choosing and see who's reaching out and ultimately coming out and doing something that might blow some people's minds.
For people who not only love Sevendust but you as a vocalist, some may say this is long overdue.
Thank you for saying that, it gives me even more courage to step out and do that because it's definitely something that I've been holding back from for a long time.
You've worked with some great people on your records: Myles Kennedy, Skin of Skunk Anansie, to name a couple. Is there someone you would love to collaborate with that maybe you haven't gotten the chance to work with yet?
Well, Chino [Moreno] got to do that song ['Passenger'] with Maynard [James Keenan] -- I think that would be pretty awesome. Let's see, who else would I like to do a song with these days? I'd like to do one with [Mark] Tremonti – that would be really cool, that's my buddy and everything so it would be cool to jam with him, too.
You put me on the spot, there's so many people that I would love to work with. Britney Spears? No, I'm just kidding. [Laughs] You know what? I would love to do something with Adele, it would be cool I think. There are just so many artists out there that I love. I listen to everything from country to jazz, I'm a music lover.
Click to Read Our Lengthier Interview With Lajon Witherspoon
Source: Sevendust Singer Lajon Witherspoon Talks Forthcoming Solo Project
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A view of Phoenix Cruise Port in Phoenix Island, Sanya City of HainanProvince.
In Sanya, the local authorities preserved ancient traditional sites dating back to over 10,000 years, attracting thousands of visitors. The journalists visited Zhongliao village located at the north of Jiyang district, Sanya, we were welcomed by a traditional band plying some of the oldest traditional instruments. The old men and women played the bicho-an instrument played using the nose. Among the 56 Chinese Nationalities, the people of Zhongliao village are among the top that can play the instrument. The village is home to 812 households whose main income source is crop planting, poultry breeding and employments in other places. The industrial structure of Zhongliao is based on its resources in planting, Li minority culture and its scenery. Visitors like me come to the village mainly for the Li cultural, sightseeing and leisure. There are also areas for different purposes, such as agriculture learning and orchard. The projects in the village with a profit purpose are operated by the village committee. The houses of villagers are designed differently and demonstrate the local culture. In another village called the Binglanggu where the Hainan Li and Miao Cultural Heritage Park is situated, most of Intangible Cultural Heritage Villages are found. Binglanggu preserves ten national level intangible cultural heritage items. Among them; the Li's traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery technique which has been listed as intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It is an ancient Li village where you can experience Li people's life style dated back to 100 years ago. While there, the journalists were introduced to the Hall of Honor, Totem Museum, Exhibition Hall of Intangible Cultural Heritages, Centurial Granaries, Li Tattoo Museum, Shanlan Rice Culture Museum, Wine Making Workshop, Pottery Museum, Centurial Li Village and Coconut Workshop; Betel-nut Picking and Tree Climbing performance, bamboo dance, Longgui, fish stabbing and ancient harvest music performance. Among other performance was the drilling wood to make fire. It was performed by young men. Some cultures in South Sudan also know how to Drill wood to make fire but it seems to have been forgotten. We need to safeguard it. It might also be source of tourists' attraction in the future. They also performed Weaving Li Brocade, Love Song Duet, Miao Pinching, Rice Husking Dance, Li Costumes Show and Bamboo Dance-ancient performance dating back to hundreds of years-but still, it is found in the village.
Body Tattooing was one of the practices of the people Binglanggu. According to local officials there now only 100 older people who have the tattoos on their bodies. Photo of Tattooed bodies or faces are kept in a local museum where tourists visits. Coffee Plantation and rice plantation The people of Hainan province do not only depend on the tourism industry, Agriculture is one of the economic activities taking place in the areas. There are both Coffee and Rice plantations in Hainan producing tons of rice and coffee. A visit to Xinlong coffee plantation in Hainan, where we were shown different types of coffee that included the Arabian coffee and others from the different types of the world Founded in 2014, the plantation cover and areas of about the company now has coffee plants, coffee products The coffee produced in the area sells as far as Korea, Ukraine, Hong Kong and other regions. The coffee farm had helped the local community raise their incomes levels above the poverty levels. Being one of the best provinces, there are over 1,600 people over the age of 100 years. This is due to good feeding and the good environment. Hosting World Contest The city hosted the miss world contest eight times, becoming one of the cities to host the contest more times. Last year's international film festival was also held in the province. South Sudan has similar weather, ecology, the river and the fresh air. The soils in South Sudan are equally fertile. Any type of crop can be grown in South Sudan but it currently imports most of the food items from the neighboring countries. The five years conflict in the country has brought most of the major projects to a standstill. Peace, stability and good policies are paramount to any Country's development. If the current peace deal is implemented similar policies were put in place, the country will become one of the top tourists' destinations in the world.


Meet live dealers while you play from home!
When you go out on a Saturday night and you want to add some more adventure to the evening a casino is a good place to visit in such a case. But it is not only the place to find a casino. You can also stay at home and play at the best live blackjack casinos!
When you go out on a Saturday night and you want to add some adventure to the evening, a casino is a good place to visit in such a case. But, what would this whole experience be without the charming dealers and the pleasant atmosphere?
That was exactly what the inventors of live blackjack asked themselves as well. And with the creation of live blackjack it became clear. Having real people to play with and a real person who is dealing the cards is the recipe for the real casino experience. Not only is it possible to see the dealer at the table, the advanced technology even allows you to chat with the dealer or with your fellow players.
So far the most significant difference between online blackjack and live blackjack is mentioned. But there are more differences which might be worth looking at.
Just another example of such a difference is the following.
The set of rules can vary from online casino to online casino. Online casinos offer a wide variety of different blackjack variations but different blackjack based games as well.
This particular set of rules presented by the casino determines a particular House edge corresponding to the games played at the casino.
It can be a wise thing to play both online blackjack and live blackjack and compare their set of rules with each other. Try as many online blackjack games as possible before you can decide which games will lead to the lowest House edge working against you.
Since blackjack in general is a widely played game you may assume that there can be some kind of variety when it comes to skills. Some people try to study the strategies that can be applied in blackjack. Obviously, it will increase the chance of winning the game. But don`t worry, even inexperienced players can with the aid of some basic strategies win more money. The key then is to stick with the most fundamental strategies. And for those who want to know more about strategies, rules, and other tips to boost their game, more on this will be discussed later on.


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package org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.web.authentication.logout;

import java.security.MessageDigest;

import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.springframework.security.crypto.codec.Utf8;
import org.springframework.security.saml2.core.Saml2ParameterNames;
import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.authentication.logout.Saml2LogoutRequest;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

/**
 * An implementation of an {@link Saml2LogoutRequestRepository} that stores
 * {@link Saml2LogoutRequest} in the {@code HttpSession}.
 *
 * @author Josh Cummings
 * @since 5.6
 * @see Saml2LogoutRequestRepository
 * @see Saml2LogoutRequest
 */
public final class HttpSessionLogoutRequestRepository implements Saml2LogoutRequestRepository {

	private static final String DEFAULT_LOGOUT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME = HttpSessionLogoutRequestRepository.class.getName()
			+ ".LOGOUT_REQUEST";

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
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	@Override
	public Saml2LogoutRequest loadLogoutRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
		Assert.notNull(request, "request cannot be null");
		HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
		if (session == null) {
			return null;
		}
		Saml2LogoutRequest logoutRequest = (Saml2LogoutRequest) session.getAttribute(DEFAULT_LOGOUT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME);
		if (stateParameterEquals(request, logoutRequest)) {
			return logoutRequest;
		}
		return null;
	}

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	@Override
	public void saveLogoutRequest(Saml2LogoutRequest logoutRequest, HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response) {
		Assert.notNull(request, "request cannot be null");
		Assert.notNull(response, "response cannot be null");
		if (logoutRequest == null) {
			request.getSession().removeAttribute(DEFAULT_LOGOUT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME);
			return;
		}
		String state = logoutRequest.getRelayState();
		Assert.hasText(state, "logoutRequest.state cannot be empty");
		request.getSession().setAttribute(DEFAULT_LOGOUT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME, logoutRequest);
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public Saml2LogoutRequest removeLogoutRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
		Assert.notNull(request, "request cannot be null");
		Assert.notNull(response, "response cannot be null");
		Saml2LogoutRequest logoutRequest = loadLogoutRequest(request);
		if (logoutRequest == null) {
			return null;
		}
		request.getSession().removeAttribute(DEFAULT_LOGOUT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME);
		return logoutRequest;
	}

	private String getStateParameter(HttpServletRequest request) {
		return request.getParameter(Saml2ParameterNames.RELAY_STATE);
	}

	private boolean stateParameterEquals(HttpServletRequest request, Saml2LogoutRequest logoutRequest) {
		String stateParameter = getStateParameter(request);
		if (stateParameter == null || logoutRequest == null) {
			return false;
		}
		String relayState = logoutRequest.getRelayState();
		return MessageDigest.isEqual(Utf8.encode(stateParameter), Utf8.encode(relayState));
	}

}


Hedrick explores the tension, or collision, that occurs when studying the Jesus of faith with the critical eye of historical scholarship. He outlines the nature of historical inquiry, gives a brief history of how scholars have understood Jesus, and indentifies the essential issues confronting the reader of the New Testament Gospel accounts of Jesus: discrepancies, contradictions, and the differences as well as strong similarities among different writers.
"For many Christians, studying the historical Jesus disrupts and challenges their comfortable faith in the divine Christ of the creeds they have repeated all their lives. According to Hedrick, such conflict can 'bring new insights, a broader understanding, and a deeper appreciation for the complementary relationship between faith and history' . . . In clear and precise prose, Hedrick asserts that the best way to understand the historical Jesus is to study the Gospels as first-century texts that present us with information about the life and death of Jesus. His book serves as an introduction to the central conflicts inherent in the contemporary study of Jesus."
Charles W. Hedrick is Distinguished Professor of Religion Emeritus at Missouri State University. He is also the author of Parables as Poetic Fiction and Many Things in Parables.


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How COVID accelerated broker tech by 4-5 years
October 21, 2020	by David Gambrill
COVID-19 has been good for the broker channel, in the sense that it has accelerated digital growth at brokerages by at least four to five years, a digital broker told the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) virtual convention Wednesday.
Faced with "the ultimate stress test" in having to master digital platforms quickly, brokerages saw wins in digital signatures, videoconferencing, VOIP phone technology (which can now collect data on how clients are feeling during the call), and lead management technology, says Jeff Roy, CEO of the digital brokerage Excalibur Insurance.
"If you want to use a wrecking ball analogy, there were a lot of people who were complacent and hadn't really been talking about going digital, but really didn't have that push," said Roy, a keynote speaker at the 2020 IBAO Convention session, Technology Roundup | Applications in Ontario Brokerages. "The wrecking ball of COVID has accelerated [digital adoption] by the industry.
"I think it's been a good kick in the pants, as much as it has been difficult for all of us in the industry. It has accelerated technology. Some would say by as much as four to five years, which is incredible."
When the World Health Organization (WHO) made the global pandemic official on Mar. 11, 2020, many brokerages started sending their employees to work from home to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. The move forced many brokerages to figure out how to digitize their business processes in a hurry.
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"It's been the ultimate stress test," Roy said. "We're fairly technologically advanced at Excalibur, and a lot of things we had weren't good enough. [COVID] brought to the surface some things we had to get better at. It's required our team to do an operational analysis of how we do things, how we can improve it, and, to use the analogy, figure out how to build the plane while it's in flight."
DocuSign, a digital signature technology, saw its business grow by four times during the pandemic, Roy observed. "Their Number 1 competitor was paper. And through COVID, they accelerated their growth and adapted to it."
For the most part, prior to the pandemic, brokerages reported more than 70% of clients and account managers using digital signatures, Roy said. That number increased after COVID.
So did use of videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams, which brokers took up quickly to stay in touch with their clients.
At Excalibur Insurance, changing to a cloud telephony phone system offered by Croo led to significant savings, Roy reported. Before Croo, Roy said his office was paying out a total of $36,000 in phone bills over four offices; the new system reduced the phone bills to $10,000.
"We're looking at a $26,000 cost savings on phone," Roy said. "It's got the ability to handle calls between offices, it allows a receptionist to re-route calls. We can scale it, and most importantly, it's got some A.I. built into it….
"We can start analyzing calls for sentiment, to see whether our people on the phone with their clients are happy or sad. We can start analyzing that stuff, which will give us a ton of data we didn't have. Something really cool that happened out of COVID."
Lead management solutions are also in vogue during the pandemic. These systems direct sales leads to the right person in the organization to handle them.
"We had to be able to route leads to the right person, not knowing where they were [i.e. because they were all working from home]," said Roy. "We had to have a system automatically channel 50-60 leads a day to the right person. Having our excellent sales team responding was critical. You will see [more] people adopt lead management systems during COVID."
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The key demographic noticing the industry's technological pivot


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Is it possible to make the ringtone not play when connected to a bluetooth headset?
We recently got rid of our landline and were are now using a 1st gen Republic Wireless Moto E as our home phone. We also bought Vtech Connect to Cell phones so we'd have a more home phone like experience. As far as the Moto E is concerned, the cordless phone is just a bluetooth headset. We we get a call, the cordless phones ring, and the Moto E itself also rings. We really only need the cordless phones to ring, not the phone itself. My mom uses this Moto E as her cell phone when we are out of the house, so setting a silent ringtone on the Moto E isn't really practical. Is there a way make the Moto E itself not ring while it's connected to the bluetooth cordless phones?
Welcome to Android Central! I don't have a direct answer for you, but if there is no other way, you could consider using an app like Tasker or Llama to automatically turn off the ringer based on location.
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> Players and Rankings
> Player Profiles
> Paul Baccanello
Paul Baccanello
Born12 June 1979
Birth PlaceAdelaide, South Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Playing StatusRetired
Baccanello retired from professional tennis in 2007, having won four Futures singles titles and peaking with a second-round appearance at Wimbledon in 2003.
He was ranked nationally in the 16/u age group; however, his career was hampered by a serious back injury, which sidelined him for 18 months.
Baccanello returned in 2000 but was then struck down by osteitis pubis in 2005.
His highest singles ranking was No.129 in November 2003, and in doubles he was ranked No.169 in June 2003.
He was part of the Australian Institute of Sport Pro Tour Program in 2007 and has worked as an AIS coach since his retirement from the Tour.
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Nicholas' Touch: Thank you, Katy!
Nicholas' Blessing Ring. So inspiring!
Madison's baby blocks. A lot of work went into these! And the colour is just perfect!
I love them, I know I have not commented for a while. I have been in a hole, I have stopped commenting for a while. I am trying to get better. Just know I am ALWAYS thinking of you and your family and especially Nicholas.
How nice! I love them both!
Beautiful Gifts!! I need to talk to Katy about the baby blocks for gifts!!