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Launch Announcement: U.S. Rugby Sevens Major League Brings Back the World's best teams to Las Vegas to Compete for Record $1M Prize
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The Rugby Football League (RFL), a newly formed US company, has launched the first ever U.S. Rugby Sevens Major League, which will see the world's best international male players battle it out against the best US players for record breaking prize money.
With a kick off, October 2022 in Las Vegas, the RFL aspires to create a truly new fan experience combining the energy of Rugby Sevens events with the excitement of the Kentucky Derby experience by using live gaming to engage fans – #racetrackrugby. The inaugural RFL event will feature the top 12 international teams pitted against 4 US Team Franchises to win their share of the $1,000,000 prize money. From 2023, the RFL will expand to up to 17 tournaments in major US cities and will feature up to 16 US Team Franchises playing with top international teams.
The RFL is sanctioned and supported by USA Rugby and USA Rugby CEO, Ross Young said: "We are excited to announce this sanctioning agreement with RFL and their plans to expand the rugby sevens landscape in the US. The inaugural event in October 2022 is one for all rugby and general sports fans to look forward to as we welcome more first-class international rugby with a focus on US qualified athletes and competition."
The RFL will break new ground for US Major Leagues by offering fans the unique opportunity to own a share of the RFL when buying a ticket for the Las Vegas Sevens 2022 via an Online Public Offer (OPO). The OPO also provides a unique 100% return on investment opportunity for investors who decide to resell their ticket via the RFL ticket office. It will start in January 2022 and will be hosted on the innovative crowd funding platform wefunder.
The RFL has assembled a team of expert professionals lead by former World Rugby Competition General Manager Philippe Bourdarias (RFL CEO) who commented: "The RFL is an amazing development for the game of Rugby in the US. There is a huge appetite for Rugby Sevens events in the US, as shown by the record breaking RWC Sevens 2018 in San Francisco and the success of the Las Vegas Sevens over the years. We feel that there is a huge growth opportunity for the RFL and Franchises with an innovative model whereby the League centralises all expenses and rights, leaving the fun side of the League (managing the teams) to the Franchisees."
Philippe is supported by former Las Vegas Sevens organizer Rob Cornelius (COO) and former European Rugby Cup (Heineken Cup), Paddy Power and Racing Post executive Eugene Delaney (Gaming and Commercial adviser), to build and deliver this ambitious project. Backed by a US-based financial consortium, the League will be a game changing breakthrough for the development of the game in the US.
RFL COO, Rob Cornelius said: "Having led the development of the Las Vegas Sevens until 2019, it is truly exciting to see the best of international Rugby Sevens teams coming back to Las Vegas. There is huge support from key stakeholders who supported the Las Vegas Sevens in the past such as our Rhino Rugby the Official Ball and Equipment of the RFL and from the local community. From my experience, there is a huge opportunity to replicate the Las Vegas success to other major cities and I look forward to developing the League over the next few years."
RFL Gaming and Commercial Advisor, Eugene Delaney states, "The RFL delivers a truly innovative concept with fan engagement front and foremost. We want to provide a new and unique experience for fans at the stadium and at home by working with Sportsbooks to create dynamic betting offering, something not available in any of the other US Sports leagues. Our Race Track Rugby concept will enable us to leverage the fast-growing live betting market, providing Sportsbooks with a fantastic opportunity for customer acquisition and engagement. Given our unique positioning, we are already in partnership talks with US and European operators."
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Guru Nanak and Moola
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November 24 is the sacred birthday of the great sikh Guru, Sri Guru Nanak. Here is a short tale from the many inspiring stories from his life.
On the way to Sialkat, which is near Pasrur, Guru Nanak rested outside the town under a wild caper tree, which stands there to this day. His companion Mardana asked "Why do you prefer the wilderness to the comforts of town?"
"There is no comfort in a place where there is no truth," replied the Guru. "The air of the town is filled with falseness. No one can safely breathe it."
"Master, I am hungry," said Mardana, "and unlike you, I can't live on just the air."
"Go into town," said the Guru, "and ask at every shop; 'My master would like a half-anna of truth, and a half-anna of falsehood.' He who answers will feed you."
Mardana, much amused, went into town and stopped at each shop. Some thought that he was insane and others made fun of him. However, at a certain shop, Moola, the owner, replied, "Tell your master that life is false, and death is true."
And just as Guru Nanak had said, Moola offered to give Mardana food. Then, he asked to be taken to the man who asked for such things. When Moola saw the Guru, he recognised his greatness and humbly bowed before him asking, "Show me the true way."
"Seek it and you shall find it," said the Guru. "It is found by searching and lost by talking."
Moola was much impressed by Guru Nanak and followed him for many days, even to Kabul, until the Guru told him to go back to his home and family.
"I want to be a renunciant," said Moola. "I want to give up the world and be a holy man."
"It is not by shirking our duty that we become saints," said the Guru, "but by how we handle our responsibilities in our daily lives."
"Then why is it that people leave their homes in search of God?" he asked.
"There are those who actually seek the truth and there or those who only seek to escape their responsibilities," said the Guru, "but the way I have come to show is to live in service to God in the daily world, keeping His Name on our lips and in our minds. Renunciation of outer things does not make for inner righteousness. Words are meaningless unless translated into action."
Guru Nanak then repeated to him the Jap Ji (what is now one of the most famous Sikh scriptures), and Moola returned home to live the life of a householder, keeping all his Guru's teachings in his heart.
Guru Nanak and Mardana had an occasion later to visit Sialkot and the Guru wished to see his student. Mardana went looking for Moola, but his wife, fearing that her husband would wish to leave again, convinced Moola that he could die in the wilderness if he went. And so he hid himself away until Mardana left.
When told, the Guru said, "This is the man who said that life is false and death is real, but now he seems to hold to falseness. So be it. But who can escape death? It comes to all no matter where they live."
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2016 Alfa Romeo 6C
2016 Alfa Romeo 6C Release Date, Engine, Interior, Price – The upcoming new 2-door sports coupe will definitely be not the first vehicle adorning the nameplate. The iconic Alfa Romeo 6C s set to make a comeback, and is a vehicle that has often been related to many sports cars and grand tourers built before 1954.
The vehicle is set to make a spectacular comeback to the luxury segment, word has it that the vehicle has been built with all the necessary features needed to compete against the Jaguar F-Type.
The reports further alleges that the novel 6C sports car will be based on the Maserati Alfieri, which apparently rides on the same platform as the Ghibli sedan. The luxury automobile giant, according to the exclusive report only seen by 'All About Cars', will not only borrow the platform but will also borrow a twin turbo engine.
There has been a lot of hyper pertaining the forthcoming new 2016 Alfa Romeo 6C, with other half a dozen vehicles rumoured to be already in production. As for now, only the BMW 3-series has been confirmed by the automaker and which is set to rival against the Giulia.
Further reports suggests that the company is soon set to make known a flagship sedan and a Sports Utility Vehicle, the essence of producing all these vehicles in a single phase is to help re-establish the automaker as the globally renown company, with the new sports car underway, the Italians will definitely get the exclusivity they have been hoping for in a long time.
Engine Specs – 2016 Alfa Romeo 6C
The following engine review is purely for speculative purposes, as the exact details have not been provided, however, it is thoroughly researched and will offer an informative approach as we await the precise details from the Italian based luxury automobile giant.
According to industry rumours, the vehicle will most probably come with a 3L twin turbocharged V6 engine. Early rumours allege that the engine will be able to generate up to 410 hp, but some models might provide more than that depending on the specifications.
Insider reports allege that the vehicle will be offered with only an AWD system, which is not a surprise given that the car is a sports car. As of the moment, we don't have anything pertaining its transmission system, but despite the unfortunate turn of events, we don't expect the company to offer anything lesser of a six-speed manual and an optional and more enhanced dual-clutch auto.
We are already working on the full engine specifications and we will be updating the post soon, please keep checking the site for more updates.
2016 Alfa Romeo 6C Interior Design and Exterior Photos
The interior of the new 6C will most likely offer a comfortable seating of up to four travellers, a 2-seater might also be provided optionally. The seats will be adorned with high quality leather upholstery and will be low, as this will impact positively on the stability of the vehicle by lowering the centre of gravity.
2016 Alfa Romeo 6C front
Other leaked photos suggests that the vehicle will come in different interior colours, but their details have been withheld. The seats will also come with Alfa Romeo 6C embedment on the backs and on the floor mats.
The centre console will come with the latest infotainment and control features which will include driver-centric buttons considering the vehicle is a sports car and requires the driver's focus especially at top speeds.
It is quite early to speculate about the safety, convenience, in car entertainment, control and interior dimensions that will come with the production model. Wait for the updated post soon for a more detailed description.
2016 Alfa Romeo 6C back
As for the exterior configuration, the vehicle will come with a different grille that will be dissimilar to its predecessor. A triangular shaped beak will adorn the front fascia, while flared fenders will supposedly house the thin, angular headlamps.
Considering the vehicle is a sports car, expect the number of air inlets to increase at the fenders and the hood. At the rear end, minimal changes should be expected which will include the dual exhaust pipes and the modern taillights.
Price $ Release Date of the New Alfa Romeo 6C 2016
As already mentioned, the Italian based company has not divulged any specific details about the vehicle, therefore it would be very early to speculate on some details including price and release dates.
2016 Alfa Romeo 6C release date
Keep checking the post for some vital info pertaining the new 2016 Alfa Romeo 6C. Thank you for reading the article, do enjoy the rest of your busy day.
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amusing, poignant, and entertaining story of the real people who made our Constitution – and country – possible
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We Wrote the Constitution
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new musical theatre work, revised version since the 2011 premiere
With music styles from operetta to barbershop, from gospel to rock-and-roll, 1787 the Musical – We Wrote the Constitution blends beautiful ballads, catchy up-tunes, and memorable characters. The entertaining story, from non-partisan perspective, follows the framing of the Constitution – with Madison, Franklin, Hamilton, Washington, and others, including their wives and Washington's slave.
With a generous sprinkling of humor, this honest, evocative, and timeless portrayal reveals delegates' interests during the original 1787 Convention as they recognize their limitations and argue to find compromise in the conflicts at the time, while – above all else – safeguarding their hard-won freedom for later generations. Into the mix are a few poignant scenes – one of them with a perfectly-placed show-stopper sung by Washington's slave about representation, "Three-Fifths of a Man."
The premiere production finale had the audience in a standing ovation every night before the end!
The audience will enjoy this non-partisan, feel-good, patriotic celebration in the genre of classic American Musical Theatre.
photo by Kevin McGuire
In 1993 Robert Picklesimer's participation in a local production of 1776 prompted him to consider that a musical about the writing of the Constitution of the United States might have merit. In 1999 he discovered – in Catherine Drinker Bowen's book, Miracle at Philadelphia – several ideas for the story. He continued his study of the history and development of the script, and later, in search of a collaborator, he found composer Lucinda Lawrence at the University of Illinois in 2005.
In 2009, the University of Illinois Opera Studio performed a semi-staged concert of 10 of the songs, with brief narration providing the story. Many readings, cuts, and edits later, the full premiere of this amusing and poignant musical was produced mid-summer, 2011, at the historic Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, produced by the local theatre company The Creative Dramatics Workshop.
1787 THE MUSICAL
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2 song clips & notes
3 vocal ranges
4 vocal selections
6 costuming note
7 licensing
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Selected photos by Kevin McGuire
Companion piece Chapter 2, Part 2 and Chapter 3
Companion piece Chapter 2, Part 1


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import sys
import unittest
from unittest import mock

import pkg_resources

from mopidy.internal import deps
from mopidy.internal.gi import Gst, gi

class DepsTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_format_dependency_list(self):
        adapters = [
            lambda: dict(name="Python", version="FooPython 2.7.3"),
            lambda: dict(name="Platform", version="Loonix 4.0.1"),
            lambda: dict(
                name="Pykka", version="1.1", path="/foo/bar", other="Quux"
            ),
            lambda: dict(name="Foo"),
            lambda: dict(
                name="Mopidy",
                version="0.13",
                dependencies=[
                    dict(
                        name="pylast",
                        version="0.5",
                        dependencies=[dict(name="setuptools", version="0.6")],
                    )
                ],
            ),
        ]

        result = deps.format_dependency_list(adapters)

        assert "Python: FooPython 2.7.3" in result

        assert "Platform: Loonix 4.0.1" in result

        assert "Pykka: 1.1 from /foo/bar" in result
        assert "/baz.py" not in result
        assert "Detailed information: Quux" in result

        assert "Foo: not found" in result

        assert "Mopidy: 0.13" in result
        assert "  pylast: 0.5" in result
        assert "    setuptools: 0.6" in result

    def test_executable_info(self):
        result = deps.executable_info()

        assert "Executable" == result["name"]
        assert sys.argv[0] in result["version"]

    def test_platform_info(self):
        result = deps.platform_info()

        assert "Platform" == result["name"]
        assert platform.platform() in result["version"]

    def test_python_info(self):
        result = deps.python_info()

        assert "Python" == result["name"]
        assert platform.python_implementation() in result["version"]
        assert platform.python_version() in result["version"]
        assert "python" in result["path"]
        assert "platform.py" not in result["path"]

    def test_gstreamer_info(self):
        result = deps.gstreamer_info()

        assert "GStreamer" == result["name"]
        assert ".".join(map(str, Gst.version())) == result["version"]
        assert "gi" in result["path"]
        assert "__init__.py" not in result["path"]
        assert "Python wrapper: python-gi" in result["other"]
        assert gi.__version__ in result["other"]
        assert "Relevant elements:" in result["other"]

    @mock.patch("pkg_resources.get_distribution")
    def test_pkg_info(self, get_distribution_mock):
        dist_setuptools = mock.Mock()
        dist_setuptools.project_name = "setuptools"
        dist_setuptools.version = "0.6"
        dist_setuptools.location = "/tmp/example/setuptools"
        dist_setuptools.requires.return_value = []

        dist_pykka = mock.Mock()
        dist_pykka.project_name = "Pykka"
        dist_pykka.version = "1.1"
        dist_pykka.location = "/tmp/example/pykka"
        dist_pykka.requires.return_value = [dist_setuptools]

        dist_mopidy = mock.Mock()
        dist_mopidy.project_name = "Mopidy"
        dist_mopidy.version = "0.13"
        dist_mopidy.location = "/tmp/example/mopidy"
        dist_mopidy.requires.return_value = [dist_pykka]

        get_distribution_mock.side_effect = [
            dist_mopidy,
            dist_pykka,
            dist_setuptools,
        ]

        result = deps.pkg_info()

        assert "Mopidy" == result["name"]
        assert "0.13" == result["version"]
        assert "mopidy" in result["path"]

        dep_info_pykka = result["dependencies"][0]
        assert "Pykka" == dep_info_pykka["name"]
        assert "1.1" == dep_info_pykka["version"]

        dep_info_setuptools = dep_info_pykka["dependencies"][0]
        assert "setuptools" == dep_info_setuptools["name"]
        assert "0.6" == dep_info_setuptools["version"]

    @mock.patch("pkg_resources.get_distribution")
    def test_pkg_info_for_missing_dist(self, get_distribution_mock):
        get_distribution_mock.side_effect = pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound

        result = deps.pkg_info()

        assert "Mopidy" == result["name"]
        assert "version" not in result
        assert "path" not in result

    @mock.patch("pkg_resources.get_distribution")
    def test_pkg_info_for_wrong_dist_version(self, get_distribution_mock):
        get_distribution_mock.side_effect = pkg_resources.VersionConflict

        result = deps.pkg_info()

        assert "Mopidy" == result["name"]
        assert "version" not in result
        assert "path" not in result

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'A Perfect Storm'
Stress from the pandemic combined with increased alcohol and gun sales could create a precarious situation for those at risk of domestic violence
by Carol A.O. Wolf
PART FOUR IN A CONTINUING SERIES ON THE IMPACT OF GUNS AND RELATED ISSUES
Illustration by Justin Vaughan
Richmond Police Sgt. Carol Adams knows what domestic violence looks and feels like.
She and her younger sister spent their childhoods experiencing the fear and intimidation of their father and did their best to protect one another and their mother. On Dec. 30, 1980, when she was 17 years old and living in Richmond's East End, Adams heard five shots ring out in the bedroom next to hers.
Her father had killed her mother.
In 1997, 17 years after that life-changing night, Adams joined the RPD as an officer. Rather than allow herself to be consumed with anger or vengeance, she dedicated her life to helping people deal with domestic violence. She credits her grandmother with instilling in her and her sister a sense of faith and forgiveness and, with that, the power to transform her family tragedy into a positive.
In 2014, she formed the Carol Adams Foundation, whose mission is to provide emergency assistance to women, men and children who are victims of domestic violence. She has received numerous accolades from the RPD and community organizations for her work.
Carol Adams (Photo by Jay Paul)
Today, Adams says she worries not only about what she reads in newspapers and watches on television about the COVID-19 quarantine, but about how it is affecting people in precarious domestic situations as they spend more time isolated at home.
Noting a "horrifying surge in domestic violence," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently called on all nations to help protect victims: "Violence is not confined to the battlefield. For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest — in their own homes."
"In many cases this quarantine has made prisoners of women and children," Adams says. She ticks off four recent domestic violence incidents in the region involving guns, two in which someone died, one in which a person was wounded and one in which the shooter took their own life.
Gun sales, alcohol sales and unemployment spike
In April, Virginia State Police recorded a 95% increase in the number of firearm transaction requests — 62,620— compared to 32,063 in April 2019, according to Corinne N. Geller, public relations manager for the VSP. In March 2020, there were 80,228 transaction requests compared to 45,826 in March 2019, a 73% increase. The FBI statistics for background checks by gun dealers reveal an increase of 41% in March 2020 over March 2019, representing more than a million new guns sold across the United States.
Why are people buying more guns? "Simply put, people are buying more guns because they are afraid," says Peyton Galanti, director of marketing at Colonial Shooting Academy on West Broad Street in Richmond. "These are uncertain times, and the world is so polarized. The majority of the guns sold since the pandemic started have been to first-time buyers. People are worried."
Kate McCord, associate director of the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance, based in Richmond, says that more guns mean more risk for those in unstable home situations. "Although we don't have data to know whether gun owners [generally] are more likely to engage in domestic violence, we do know gun owners who engage in domestic violence are more likely to kill their partners," she says.
Nearly 1 million women alive today have been shot or shot at by an intimate partner, and about 4.5 million women — 1 in 27 — have had an intimate partner threaten them with a gun. When an abusive partner has access to a firearm, the risk the other partner will die increases more than five-fold, according to the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence.
The organization's data from 2015 — the latest available — show that while women make up half of Virginia's population, they comprise three-quarters of intimate partner homicides (IPH). Individuals in communities of color in Virginia make up less than one-third of Virginia's population but constitute half of the commonwealth's IPH homicide victims.
Sales of alcohol in Virginia also rose in the wake of the pandemic, totaling more than $107 million for the month of March, according to the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Authority, a 22% increase over March 2019. It was the first time March sales revenue exceeded $100 million, says ABC spokesperson Dawn Eischen. In April, sales were up about 15% year over year.
According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol and alcoholism are "never the sole trigger or cause of domestic abuse," but they are considered contributing factors that could lead to abuse in a violent individual.
Despite a decrease in crime overall since Gov. Ralph Northam issued stay-at-home orders, Richmond Police Chief William Smith says the department has seen some increases in domestic disturbances and domestic assaults. "We've [also] seen an increase in calls concerning neighbor disputes: People who are not normally home are exposed to more stresses," he says. "That is a challenge."
The pandemic has also ratcheted up unemployment, which adds tension and uncertainty for basic survival, food and shelter. In early May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the largest and most sudden decline since 1939, when the government began tracking the data, spiking the national unemployment rate to 14.7%. In addition, the economy lost 870,000 jobs in March.
"The situation is a perfect storm for some truly tragic things to happen," McCord says. "The fear and tension combining with the forces of isolation, job and food insecurity, children home from school create tangible anger, frustration and a sense of helplessness for both abuser and the abused."
Cries for Help
McCord, whose alliance represents 65 groups across the state, says that overall calls to domestic violence hot-lines in Virginia are up 73% from March 1 to April 30, 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. But she notes, "Many of the calls have to do with fundamental survival questions such as the need for shelter, food and coping with the fear of being abused."
In contrast to the statewide increase in the number of calls, Richmond-area domestic violence hotlines calls actually dropped by nearly 50%, says Rupa S. Murthy, chief development officer for the Richmond YWCA. She notes that the YWCA hotline received 640 calls between March 1 and April 30, 2019, but in the same period this year, during the COVID-19 shutdown, there were just 317 calls.
But that isn't necessarily an indication that domestic violence is on the wane. Murthy says this anomaly has likely resulted from a decreased ability of individuals who are in a domestic violence situation to have independent access to a telephone and the privacy to make a call.
"Think about it," Murthy says. "When you are sheltering in place, your domestic partner is there with you 24/7, the kids aren't in school so they are there, you don't have access to your normal avenues outside your home, the situation is extraordinarily difficult."
Adams knows from her own experience and that of 23 years as a police officer that victims of domestic violence frequently don't want the world to know the extent of the danger happening within their homes. "It is critical for those suffering domestic violence and intimidation — and for their children — to have open and truly transparent conversations about what is happening," she says.
She stresses that headlines and calls to domestic violence hotlines don't reveal the true number of simple or aggravated assault, malicious wounding and strangulation attempts, or the numerous bullying incidents that happen behind closed doors.
"Someone doesn't need to fire a gun to use it to intimidate and terrorize their family," she says. "All they have to do is sit at the kitchen table and continuously clean, load, unload, reload. Point it at different objects and people in the room.
"Mental health professionals and volunteers answering calls on the hotlines have no way to know if a former victim of domestic abuse isn't calling because there is 'no problem' or because they can't access a phone," she says, adding that police reports don't always show if a victim refuses to file charges "because everything is OK [or because] they are too terrified to do so." And police and family members cannot respond if victims of abuse "choose to try to hide their fear or the bruises on their bodies and those of their children."
Adams is especially passionate about helping children trapped in domestic violence situations. She says she hopes that people in the area's churches will step up in even greater ways and that family members will answer the call with compassion. "This pandemic is presenting us with the opportunity to remember what truly matters and that our homes and our communities need to show more love to one another. If we don't truly dedicate ourselves to this fight for the lives of our children, if we don't address this now, when will we?"
The Action Alliance has collaborated with groups across the state to gather information and help those in dangerous situations and to prepare for the "aftershocks" that McCord and others predict will come as they do after an earthquake.
She explains that even after shelter-in-place orders are lifted, not only will the fear of the pandemic continue, but people will still be dealing with financial loss, children who need more freedom — and, paradoxically, more attention — and coping with a lingering anger for unreported incidents suffered behind closed doors.
The Action Alliance recently initiated a plan that aims to communicate that hotlines are open, and that law enforcement and the courts are available to help anyone in a dangerous situation find a safe place.
Like McCord, the YWCA's Murthy worries that many people are simply not aware that the hotlines are available for any real help beyond "talk" due to the quarantine.
Murthy is proud of her organization's work with the Richmond Police Department and with the Action Alliance. "We've worked together to establish protocols to keep people safe from possible COVID-19 exposure, to provide food as well as to provide safe transportation and rapid re-housing that doesn't risk the safety of our staff and volunteers or that of the people needing our help," she says. "We do everything possible to get people into safe places."
Additionally, she notes that some hotels and cab companies have stepped up to help by donating free rooms and rides when necessary. She can't say which ones because of "confidentiality and the need to keep people safe from their abusers," she says.
Murthy, like other front-line responders across the state, is hopeful that despite the pandemic creating a toxic environment for domestic violence, the situation also presents the opportunity "for us to improve upon how we do outreach and delivery of services."
Kathryn Laughon, a forensic nurse and an associate professor of nursing at the University of Virginia, is national expert on intimate partner violence and homicide. Laughon emphasizes the importance of creating teams — medical, psychological, law enforcement and legal as well as sociological — to address the various complications of the pandemic.
She stresses that it is important for people to understand abusers thrive on isolating their victims, so it is important friends and family reach out to each other.  She says one doesn't need to say anything "heavy or profound" to the victim, "just let he or she know you're there."
Laughon says while courts are all still hearing protective orders. Leaving one's home to seek a protective order is absolutely allowed under Gov. Ralph Northam's "stay-at-home" order, which explicitly stated that, "Leaving one's residence due to a reasonable fear for health or safety" was acceptable.
Additionally, Laughon urges everyone to download the free "myPlan" app. "It allows a woman — or woman's friend or family member — to get information, to make a safety plan, and to think about strategies that will help her stay safer no matter what she wants to do — staying, leaving, whatever makes sense for her," she says. We know this app increases safety and decreases symptoms of depression and PTSD. In these unprecedented times, we need unprecedented vigilance and community engagement."
Resources for Victims of Domestic Violence
Greater Richmond Regional Hotline
Virginia Statewide Hotline
Chat www.vadata.org/chat
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Text LOVEIS to 22522
Coronavirus pandemic guns Sgt. Carol Adams COVID-19 domestic violence the impact of guns (series)


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Q: Windows 10 Desktop wakes up automatically, falls into a "heavy" sleep Here's my problem. I'm running Windows 10 Build 10586 on a computer that I built. When I put it in sleep mode, it goes to sleep fine. However, after what seems like a random time (usually no more than 10 minutes), it will wake up. My monitors stay black, and after about 10 seconds, it goes back to sleep. When it goes back to sleep, its a "heavier" sleep though. If I wake the computer, it will be back at the splash screen that you see when you first turn your computer on instead of just resuming on the desktop. It takes longer than normal to wake up when this happens.
I've adjusted various power option settings and disabled some network settings (such as Wake on Pattern Match, Wake on Magic Packet, and disabling the ability for my network card to wake my computer) and it still does it.
I should also note that this started happening after I got an uninterrupted power supply. However, I've switched back to normal power strip and it is still occurring.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions?

A: Found something unusual but seems to have fixed the problem.  Under the System Settings in the Power Options, I unchecked the "Turn on fast startup (recommended)."  I put my computer into sleep mode, and it hasn't turned back on by itself for some hours now.
I wouldn't have thought this would affect sleep mode in anyway, but it appears to have solved my issue.

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I started this blog with a post about basic skills: Fieldcraft 101: Tie Twelve Knots . . . My latest contract requires me to refresh the basics so here's an excerpt from Army Field Manual 3-05.70 SURVIVAL (which I helped write in its former edition FM 21-26) - S.L.
Field-Expedient Direction (Army FM 3-05.70, pages 18-1 – 18-9).
Finding (oneself) in a survival situation, you will be extremely fortunate if you happen to have a map and compass. If you do have these two pieces of equipment, you will most likely be able to move toward help. If you are not proficient in using a map and compass, you must take the steps to gain this skill.
There are several methods by which you can determine direction by using the sun and the stars. These methods, however, will give you only a general direction. You can come up with a more nearly true direction if you know the terrain of the territory or country.
You must learn all you can about the terrain of the country or territory to which you or your unit may be sent, especially any prominent features or landmarks. This knowledge of the terrain together with using the methods explained below will let you come up with fairly true directions to help you navigate.
USING THE SUN AND SHADOWS
18.1 The earth's relationship to the sun can help you to determine direction on earth. The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west, but not exactly due east or due west. There is also some seasonal variation. Shadows will move in the opposite direction of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, they will move from west to east, and will point north at noon. In the Southern Hemisphere, shadows will indicate south at noon. With practice, you can use shadows to determine both direction and time of day. The shadow methods used for direction finding are the shadow-tip and watch methods.
SHADOW-TIP METHODS
18-2. In the first shadow-tip method, find a straight stick 1 meter (3 feet) long, and a level spot free of brush on which the stick will cast a definite shadow. This method is simple and accurate and consists of four steps:
• Step 1. Place the stick or branch into the ground at a level spot where it will cast a distinctive shadow. Mark the shadow's tip with a stone, twig, or other means. This first shadow mark is always west—everywhere on earth.
• Step 2. Wait 10 to 15 minutes until the shadow tip moves a few centimeters. Mark the shadow tip's new position in the same way as the first. This mark will represent East.
• Step 3. Draw a straight line through the two marks to obtain an approximate east-west line.
• Step 4. Stand with the first mark (west) to your left and the second mark to your right—you are now facing north. This fact is true everywhere on earth.
18-3. An alternate method is more accurate but requires more time. Set up your shadow stick and mark the first shadow in the morning. Use a piece of string to draw a clean arc through this mark and around the stick. At midday, the shadow will shrink and disappear. In the afternoon, it will lengthen again and at the point where it touches the arc, make a second mark. Draw a line through the two marks to get an accurate east-west line (Figure 18-1, page 18-3).
Figure 18-1. Shadow-Tip Method
THE WATCH METHOD
18-4. You can also determine direction using a common or analog watch—one that has hands. The direction will be accurate if you are using true local time, without any changes for daylight savings time. Remember, the further you are from the equator, the more accurate this method will be. If you only have a digital watch, draw a clock face on a circle of paper with the correct time on it and use it to determine your direction at that time. You may also choose to draw a clock face on the ground or lay your watch on the ground for a more accurate reading.
Figure 18-2. Watch Method
18-7. Another method is called the 24-hour clock method. Take the local military time and divide it by two. Imagine this result to now represent the hour hand. In the Northern Hemisphere, point this resulting hour hand at the sun, and the 12 will point north. For example, it is 1400 hours. Divide 1400 by two and the answer is 700, which will represent the hour. Holding the watch horizontal, point the 7 at the sun and 12 will point north. In the Southern Hemisphere, point the 12 at the sun, and the resulting "hour" from the division will point south.
USING THE MOON
18-8. Because the moon has no light of its own, we can only see it when it reflects the sun's light. As it orbits the earth on its 28-day circuit, the shape of the reflected light varies according to its position. We say there is a new moon or no moon when it is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. Then, as it moves away from the earth's shadow, it begins to reflect light from its right side and waxes to become a full moon before waning, or losing shape, to appear as a sliver on the left side. You can use this information to identify direction.
18-9. If the moon rises before the sun has set, the illuminated side will be the west. If the moon rises after midnight, the illuminated side will be the east. This obvious discovery provides us with a rough east-west reference during the night.
USING THE STARS
18-10. Your location in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere determines which constellation you use to determine your north or south direction. Each sky is explained below.
THE NORTHERN SKY
18-11. The main constellations to learn are the Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper or the Plow, and Cassiopeia, also known as the Lazy W (Figure 18-3, page 18-6). Use them to locate Polaris, also known as the polestar or the North Star. Polaris is considered to remain stationary, as it rotates only 1.08 degrees around the northern celestial pole. The North Star is the last star of the Little Dipper's handle and can be confused with the Big Dipper. However, the Little Dipper is made up of seven rather dim stars and is not easily seen unless you are far away from any town or city lights. Prevent confusion by attempting to use both the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia together. The Big Dipper and Cassiopeia are generally opposite each other and rotate counterclockwise around Polaris, with Polaris in the center. The Big Dipper is a seven-star constellation in the shape of a dipper. The two stars forming the outer lip of this dipper are the "pointer stars" because they point to the North Star. Mentally draw a line from the outer bottom star to the outer top star of the Big Dipper's bucket. Extend this line about five times the distance between the pointer stars. You will find the North Star along this line. You may also note that the North Star can always be found at the same approximate vertical angle above the horizon as the northern line of latitude you are located on. For example, if you are at 35 degrees north latitude, Polaris will be easier to find if you scan the sky at 35 degrees off the horizon. This will help to lessen the area of the sky in which to locate the Big Dipper, Cassiopeia, and the North Star.
18-12. Cassiopeia or the Lazy W has five stars that form a shape like a "W." One side of the "W" appears flattened or "lazy." The North Star can be found by bisecting the angle formed on the lazy side. Extend this line about five times the distance between the bottom of the "W" and the top. The North Star is located between Cassiopeia and the Ursa Major (Big Dipper).
18-13. After locating the North Star, locate the North Pole or true north by drawing an imaginary line directly to the earth.
Figure 18-3. The Big Dipper and Cassiopeia
THE SOUTHERN SKY
18-14. Because there is no single star bright enough to be easily recognized near the south celestial pole, you can use a constellation known as the Southern Cross. You can use it as a signpost to the South (Figure 18-4). The Southern Cross or Crux has five stars. Its four brightest stars form a cross. The two stars that make up the Cross's long axis are used as a guideline. To determine south, imagine a distance four-and-one-half to five times the distance between these stars and the horizon. The pointer stars to the left of the Southern Cross serve two purposes. First, they provide an additional cue toward south by imagining a line from the stars toward the ground. Second, the pointer stars help accurately identify the true Southern Cross from the False Cross. The intersection of the Southern Cross and the two pointer stars is very dark and devoid of stars. This area is called the coal sac. Look down to the horizon from this imaginary point and select a landmark to steer by. In a static survival situation, you can fix this location in daylight if you drive stakes in the ground at night to point the way.
Figure 18-4. Southern Cross
MAKING IMPROVISED COMPASSES
18-15. You can construct improvised compasses using a piece of ferrous metal that can be needleshaped or a flat double-edged razor blade and a piece of thread or long hair from which to suspend it. You can magnetize or polarize the metal by slowly stroking it in one direction on a piece of silk or carefully through your hair using deliberate strokes. You can also polarize metal by stroking it repeatedly at one end with a magnet. Always stroke in one direction only. If you have a battery and some electric wire, you can polarize the metal electrically. The wire should be insulated. If it is not insulated, wrap the metal object in a single, thin strip of paper or a leaf to prevent contact. The battery must be a minimum of 2 volts. Form a coil with the electric wire and touch its ends to the battery's terminals. Repeatedly insert one end of the metal object in and out of the coil. The needle will become an electromagnet. When suspended from a piece of nonmetallic string, or floated on a small piece of wood, cork or a leaf in water, it will align itself with a north-south line.
18-16. You can construct a more elaborate improvised compass using a sewing needle or thin metallic object, a nonmetallic container (for example, the cut-off bottom of a plastic container or soft drink bottle), and the silver tip from a pen. To construct this compass, take an ordinary sewing needle and break in half. One half will form your direction pointer and the other will act as the pivot point. Push the portion used as the pivot point through the bottom center of your container; this portion should be flush on the bottom and not interfere with the lid. Attach the center of the other portion (the pointer) of the needle on the pen's silver tip using glue, tree sap, or melted plastic. Magnetize one end of the pointer and rest it on the pivot point.
OTHER MEANS OF DETERMINING DIRECTION
18-17. The old saying about using moss on a tree to indicate north is not considered accurate because moss grows completely around some trees. Actually, growth is more lush on the side of the tree facing the south in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa in the southern hemisphere. If there are several felled trees around for comparison, look at the stumps. Growth is more vigorous on the side toward the equator and the tree growth rings will be more widely spaced. On the other hand, the tree growth rings will be closer together on the side toward the poles.
18-18. Wind direction may be helpful in some instances where there are prevailing directions and you know what they are.
18-19. Recognizing the differences between vegetation and moisture patterns on north- and south-facing slopes can aid in determining direction. In the Northern Hemisphere, north-facing slopes receive less sun than south-facing slopes and are therefore cooler and damper. In the summer, north-facing slopes retain patches of snow. In the winter, trees and open areas on southfacing slopes and the southern side of boulders and large rocks are the first to lose their snow. The ground snowpack is also shallower due to the warming effects of the sun. In the Southern Hemisphere, all of these effects will be the opposite.
Always remember the letter "L" in Keyword S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L. stands for "Learn Basic Skills" . . . and practice them often. A pdf copy of FM 3-05.70 SURVIVAL can be downloaded HERE
Only around noon. If you do this near sunrise, you'll face much closer to west than north. And near sunset, east rather than north. Keep this in mind if you resort to this method.
(Also, it is NOT true anywhere on earth -- Santa's workshop, for instance -- but is true in the continental U.S. throughout the year.)
Nor will it work in most of the Northern Territory, about half of Queensland, and part of Western Australia during December and January (longer if you're farther north, less if you're farther south). Between the equator and the Tropics, around the summer solstice this method will point you south.
Ken Mitchell September 18, 2015 at 4:46 AM
18-8. We say there is a new moon or no moon when it is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun.
When I was in the Navy, I taught celestial navigation for the USAF Navigator School at Mather AFB. Between that and my degree in physics, I can assure you that this paragraph is precisely WRONG. The new moon happens when the Moon is (not quite exactly) BETWEEN the Earth and the Sun. (If it were exact, it would be a solar eclipse.) The FULL moon happens when the Moon and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth.
Polaris: "You may also note that the North Star can always be found at the same approximate vertical angle above the horizon as the northern line of latitude you are located on. For example, if you are at 35 degrees north latitude, Polaris will be easier to find if you scan the sky at 35 degrees off the horizon."
I would also note that Polaris is the dimmest star normally used in navigation. The only saving grace is that there are no other stars near it that are as bright. You will not be able to see it at all if you are south of about 10 degrees north latitude, because ground haze will obscure it.
Modern electronics made celestial nav obsolete, and it's done pretty much the same thing to most other navaids as well. If you know you're heading into the boonies, buy a $100 portable GPS and a solar-powered battery set (such as this one... http://www.amazon.com/GRDE%C2%AE-10000mAh-Shockproof-Emergency-Blackberry/dp/B00SR7EXO2/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1442548942&sr=1-2&keywords=solar+battery+charger) Turn it on when you need to know where you are, and then turn it off. If you bought a US model and you're in the Outback or Arabia, it won't tell you the streets, but it WILL give you your latitude and longitude. If you've got a map, you're set.
Of course, if you don't have a map and don't know where you're going, you're screwed. At that point, my advice would be to walk until you find a stream and then go downstream. If you're in the desert ... well, it's been nice knowing you!
As an American I was astounded how vigorously the Rhodies beat this into everyone's head from SAS to motor pool wrench jockeys..
Used these techniques where even the cooks and the unit morons knew how to read a topographical map and use a compass and methods like this.
We actually had guys wander out of nowhere back to us from Mozo and Zambia after their missions went haywire and they had to bomb shell escape and go back on foot..
I laugh now when with LE that most of them don't have a clue as to how to read a topo map or use a compass.
Great article Stormbringer.


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#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Main
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
#include <algorithm>

#include <libdariadb/flags.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/bloom_filter.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/callbacks.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/chunk.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/engine_environment.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/manifest.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/pages/page.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/pages/page_manager.h>
#include <libdariadb/storage/settings.h>
#include <libdariadb/utils/async/thread_manager.h>
#include <libdariadb/utils/fs.h>
#include <libdariadb/utils/logger.h>
#include <libdariadb/utils/utils.h>

using dariadb::storage::PageManager;
using dariadb::storage::Manifest;

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ManifestFileTest) {
  const std::string storage_path = "emptyStorage";
  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storage_path)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storage_path);
  }

  std::string version = "0.1.2.3.4.5";

  {
    auto settings =
        dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storage_path);
    auto manifest = dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);
    std::list<std::string> pages_names{"1", "2", "3"};
    for (auto n : pages_names) {
      manifest->page_append(n);
    }

    manifest->set_format(version);

    std::list<std::string> wal_names{"111", "222", "333"};
    for (auto n : wal_names) {
      manifest->wal_append(n);
    }

    auto page_lst = manifest->page_list();
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(page_lst.size(), pages_names.size());
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(page_lst.begin(), page_lst.end(), pages_names.begin(),
                                  pages_names.end());

    auto wal_lst = manifest->wal_list();
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(wal_lst.size(), wal_names.size());
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(wal_lst.begin(), wal_lst.end(), wal_names.begin(),
                                  wal_names.end());

    manifest = nullptr;
  }
  { // reopen. restore method must remove all records from manifest.
    auto settings = dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storage_path);
    auto manifest = dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(manifest->page_list().size(), size_t(0));
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(manifest->wal_list().size(), size_t(0));
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(manifest->get_format(), version);
  }

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storage_path)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storage_path);
  }
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PageManagerReadWriteWithContinue) {
  const std::string storagePath = "testStorage";
  const size_t chunks_size = 200;
  auto t = dariadb::Time(0);

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
  dariadb::MeasList addeded;

  auto settings = dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storagePath);
  settings->chunk_size.setValue(chunks_size);

  auto manifest = dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);

  auto _engine_env = dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::create();
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::SETTINGS,
                           settings.get());
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::MANIFEST,
                           manifest.get());

  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::start(settings->thread_pools_params());

  auto pm = dariadb::storage::PageManager::create(_engine_env);
  dariadb::Meas first;
  first.id = 1;
  first.time = t;
  {
    first.id = 1;
    first.time = t;
    auto count = chunks_size * 2;
    dariadb::MeasArray ma;
    ma.resize(count);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++, t++) {
      first.flag = dariadb::Flag(i);
      first.time = t;
      first.value = dariadb::Value(i);
      ma[i] = first;
      addeded.push_back(first);
    }
    pm->append("pagename", ma);
  }
  pm = nullptr;

  auto fname =
      dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), dariadb::storage::PAGE_FILE_EXT)
          .front();
  auto header = dariadb::storage::Page::readHeader(fname);
  BOOST_CHECK(header.addeded_chunks != size_t(0));

  auto iheader = dariadb::storage::Page::readIndexHeader(fname + "i");
  BOOST_CHECK(iheader.count != 0);

  pm = dariadb::storage::PageManager::create(_engine_env);

  auto mintime_chunks = pm->valuesBeforeTimePoint(
      dariadb::storage::QueryTimePoint(dariadb::IdArray{1}, 0, pm->minTime()));
  BOOST_CHECK_GE(mintime_chunks.size(), size_t(1));
  pm->fsck();

  auto index_files = dariadb::utils::fs::ls(storagePath, ".pagei");
  for (auto &f : index_files) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(f);
  }

  pm->fsck();

  mintime_chunks = pm->valuesBeforeTimePoint(
      dariadb::storage::QueryTimePoint(dariadb::IdArray{1}, 0, pm->minTime()));
  BOOST_CHECK_GE(mintime_chunks.size(), size_t(1));

  pm = nullptr;
  manifest = nullptr;
  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::stop();

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PageManagerMultiPageRead) {
  const std::string storagePath = "testStorage";
  const size_t chunks_size = 200;
  auto t = dariadb::Time(0);

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
  dariadb::MeasList addeded;

  auto settings = dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storagePath);
  settings->chunk_size.setValue(chunks_size);

  auto manifest = dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);

  auto _engine_env = dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::create();
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::SETTINGS,
                           settings.get());
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::MANIFEST,
                           manifest.get());

  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::start(settings->thread_pools_params());

  auto pm = dariadb::storage::PageManager::create(_engine_env);
  dariadb::Meas first;
  first.id = 1;
  first.time = t;
  const size_t page_count = 4;

  size_t iteration = 0;
  while (
      dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), dariadb::storage::PAGE_FILE_EXT)
          .size() <= page_count) {
    first.id = 1;
    first.time = t;
    auto count = chunks_size / 10;
    dariadb::MeasArray ma;
    ma.resize(count);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++, t++) {
      first.flag = dariadb::Flag(i);
      first.time = t;
      first.value = dariadb::Value(i);
      ma[i] = first;
      addeded.push_back(first);
    }
    std::stringstream ss;
    ss << std::string("pagename") << iteration++;
    pm->append(ss.str(), ma);
  }

  dariadb::storage::QueryInterval qi(dariadb::IdArray{1}, 0, addeded.front().time,
                                     addeded.back().time);

  dariadb::storage::QueryTimePoint qt(
      dariadb::IdArray{1}, 0,
      addeded.front().time + (addeded.back().time - addeded.front().time) / 2);

  auto link_list = pm->chunksByIterval(qi);

  auto clb = std::unique_ptr<dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb>{
      new dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb};
  pm->readLinks(qi, link_list, clb.get());

  size_t writed = addeded.size();
  size_t readed = clb->mlist.size();

  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(readed, writed);

  auto id2meas = pm->valuesBeforeTimePoint(qt);

  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(id2meas.size(), qt.ids.size());
  for (auto kv : id2meas) {
    BOOST_CHECK_LE(kv.second.time, qt.time_point);
  }

  dariadb::Time minTime, maxTime;
  if (pm->minMaxTime(1, &minTime, &maxTime)) {
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(minTime, qi.from);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(maxTime, qi.to);
  } else {
    BOOST_ERROR("PageManager::instance()->minMaxTime error!");
  }

  auto mm = pm->loadMinMax();
  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(mm.size(), size_t(1));

  auto page_before_erase =
      dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), dariadb::storage::PAGE_FILE_EXT)
          .size();
  pm->eraseOld(addeded.back().time);
  auto page_after_erase =
      dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), dariadb::storage::PAGE_FILE_EXT)
          .size();

  BOOST_CHECK_LT(page_after_erase, page_before_erase);
  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(page_after_erase, size_t(0));

  pm = nullptr;
  manifest = nullptr;
  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::stop();

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PageManagerBulkWrite) {
  const std::string storagePath = "testStorage";
  const size_t chunks_size = 256;

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
  auto settings = dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storagePath);
  settings->chunk_size.setValue(chunks_size);

  auto manifest = dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);

  auto _engine_env = dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::create();
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::SETTINGS,
                           settings.get());
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::MANIFEST,
                           manifest.get());

  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::start(settings->thread_pools_params());

  auto pm = dariadb::storage::PageManager::create(_engine_env);

  auto start_time = dariadb::Time(0);
  dariadb::MeasList addeded;
  const dariadb::Id id_count(5);
  dariadb::IdSet all_id_set;
  size_t count = 5000;
  dariadb::MeasArray a(count);
  auto e = dariadb::Meas::empty();
  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    e.id = i % id_count;
    e.time++;
    e.value = dariadb::Value(i);
    a[i] = e;
    all_id_set.insert(e.id);
    addeded.push_back(e);
  }
  std::string page_file_prefix = "page_prefix";
  pm->append(page_file_prefix, a);

  dariadb::IdArray all_id_array{all_id_set.begin(), all_id_set.end()};
  { // Chunks load
    // must return all of appended chunks;

    pm->flush();
    dariadb::storage::QueryInterval qi_all(all_id_array, 0, 0, e.time);
    auto links_list = pm->chunksByIterval(qi_all);

    auto clb1 = std::unique_ptr<dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb>{
        new dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb};

    pm->readLinks(qi_all, links_list, clb1.get());

    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(addeded.size(), clb1->mlist.size());
    dariadb::Time minT = dariadb::MAX_TIME, maxT = dariadb::MIN_TIME;
    BOOST_CHECK(pm->minMaxTime(dariadb::Id(0), &minT, &maxT));
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(minT, dariadb::Time(1));
    BOOST_CHECK_GE(maxT, minT);

    {
      dariadb::Time end_time(e.time / 2);
      dariadb::storage::ChunksList chunk_list;
      dariadb::storage::QueryInterval qi(all_id_array, 0, start_time, end_time);
      auto link_list = pm->chunksByIterval(qi);

      auto clb2 = std::unique_ptr<dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb>{
          new dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb};

      pm->readLinks(qi, links_list, clb2.get());

      BOOST_CHECK_GT(clb2->mlist.size(), size_t(0));

      for (auto &m : clb2->mlist) {
        BOOST_CHECK(m.time <= end_time);
      }

      auto id2meas_res = pm->valuesBeforeTimePoint(
          dariadb::storage::QueryTimePoint(all_id_array, 0, end_time));
      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(id2meas_res.size(), all_id_array.size());

      for (auto &kv : id2meas_res) {
        BOOST_CHECK(kv.second.time <= end_time);
      }
    }
    pm = nullptr;
  }
  BOOST_CHECK(dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath));
  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dariadb::utils::fs::ls(storagePath).size(),
                    size_t(4)); // page +index+manifest+settings

  manifest = nullptr;
  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::stop();

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PageManagerCompaction) {
  const std::string storagePath = "testStorage";
  const size_t chunks_size = 256;

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
  auto settings = dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storagePath);
  settings->chunk_size.setValue(chunks_size);

  auto manifest =  dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);

  auto _engine_env = dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::create();
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::SETTINGS,
                           settings.get());
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::MANIFEST,
                           manifest.get());

  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::start(settings->thread_pools_params());

  auto pm = dariadb::storage::PageManager::create(_engine_env);

  size_t count = 100;
  dariadb::MeasArray a(count);
  /**
  Id=0 =>  0, count
  Id=1 =>  0, count
  Id=0 =>  0, count/2
  Id=1 =>  count/2, count
  */
  auto e = dariadb::Meas::empty();
  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    e.id = 0;
    e.time++;
    e.value = dariadb::Value(i);
    a[i] = e;
  }
  std::string page_file_prefix1 = "page_prefix1";
  std::string page_file1 = page_file_prefix1 + ".page";
  pm->append(page_file_prefix1, a);

  e.time = 0;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    e.id = 1;
    e.time++;
    e.value = dariadb::Value(i);
    a[i] = e;
  }
  std::string page_file_prefix2 = "page_prefix2";
  std::string page_file2 = page_file_prefix2 + ".page";
  pm->append(page_file_prefix2, a);

  e.time = 0;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < count / 2; i++) {
    e.id = 0;
    e.time++;
    e.value = dariadb::Value(i) * 3;
    a[i] = e;
  }
  std::string page_file_prefix3 = "page_prefix3";
  std::string page_file3 = page_file_prefix3 + ".page";
  pm->append(page_file_prefix3, a);

  BOOST_CHECK(dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath));
  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), ".page").size(),
                    size_t(3));

  { // id==0
    dariadb::storage::QueryInterval qi({0}, 0, 0, dariadb::MAX_TIME);
    auto link_list = pm->chunksByIterval(qi);

    auto clb = std::unique_ptr<dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb>{
        new dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb};

    pm->readLinks(qi, link_list, clb.get());

    BOOST_CHECK_GT(clb->mlist.size(), size_t(100));
  }

  pm->compactTo(1);
  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), ".page").size(),
                    size_t(1));
  { // id==0
    dariadb::storage::QueryInterval qi({0}, 0, 0, dariadb::MAX_TIME);
    auto link_list = pm->chunksByIterval(qi);

    auto clb = std::unique_ptr<dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb>{
        new dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb};

    pm->readLinks(qi, link_list, clb.get());

    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(clb->mlist.size(), size_t(100));
  }
  { // id==1
    dariadb::storage::QueryInterval qi({1}, 0, 0, dariadb::MAX_TIME);
    auto link_list = pm->chunksByIterval(qi);

    auto clb = std::unique_ptr<dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb>{
        new dariadb::storage::MList_ReaderClb};

    pm->readLinks(qi, link_list, clb.get());

    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(clb->mlist.size(), size_t(100));
  }
  pm = nullptr;
  manifest = nullptr;
  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::stop();

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PageManagerCompactionByTime) {
  const std::string storagePath = "testStorage";
  const size_t chunks_size = 256;

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
  auto settings = dariadb::storage::Settings::create(storagePath);
  settings->chunk_size.setValue(chunks_size);

  auto manifest = dariadb::storage::Manifest::create(settings);

  auto _engine_env = dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::create();
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::SETTINGS,
                           settings.get());
  _engine_env->addResource(dariadb::storage::EngineEnvironment::Resource::MANIFEST,
                           manifest.get());

  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::start(settings->thread_pools_params());

  auto pm = dariadb::storage::PageManager::create(_engine_env);

  auto e = dariadb::Meas::empty();
  for (int pnum = 0; pnum < 10; ++pnum) {
    size_t count = 100;
    dariadb::MeasArray a(count);

    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
      e.id = pnum;
      e.time++;
      e.value = dariadb::Value(i);
      a[i] = e;
    }
    std::string page_file_prefix1 = "page_prefix" + std::to_string(pnum);
    std::string page_file1 = page_file_prefix1 + ".page";
    pm->append(page_file_prefix1, a);
  }
  BOOST_CHECK_GE(dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), ".page").size(),
                 size_t(10));
  pm->compactbyTime(dariadb::Time(0), e.time);
  BOOST_CHECK_GE(dariadb::utils::fs::ls(settings->raw_path.value(), ".page").size(),
                 size_t(1));
  pm = nullptr;
  manifest = nullptr;
  dariadb::utils::async::ThreadManager::stop();

  if (dariadb::utils::fs::path_exists(storagePath)) {
    dariadb::utils::fs::rm(storagePath);
  }
}


The 5-Week Fitness Challenge is designed to see what you can accomplish in 5 weeks when you focus your efforts.
Free to all AMA Parents and Adult Students.
Already enrolled in Muay Thai? Bring a friend for free!
Challenge participants will attend a 45 minute Muay Thai Kickboxing class 2x/week followed by a 15 minute conditioning class (choose from: Monday 8:15-9:15pm, Tuesday 12-1pm, Thursday 12-1pm, Friday 8:15-9:15pm). We will also supply at home workouts for 2 days/week and nutritional guidelines.
This is a fantastic challenge for anyone, whether they have zero or lots of martial arts experience. This challenge was designed for all ability and fitness levels. The classes are perfect for those looking to build lean muscle, lose weight, improve cardiovascular conditioning and of course, get empowered.
The 12:00pm classes are taught by Miss Kristin, the 8:15pm classes are taught by Mr. Dan – both certified Muay Thai instructors. Please see a staff member to register.


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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A visiting delegation from Riyadh agreed with KRG officials to open economic ties with the Kurdistan Region as a starting point for Saudi investment in Iraq.
"Following the completion of the first round of a conference of Saudi investors with members of the Kurdistan Regional Government and businessmen, we followed that there are very important investment opportunities in the Kurdistan Region," Sami Bin Abdullah al-Obeidi, head of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Commerce Chambers, told journalists on Tuesday.
Obeidi is visiting Erbil along with Abdulaziz al-Shammari, Saudi ambassador to Iraq, Faysal al-Oteibi, Saudi consul general to the Kurdistan Region, and other officials from the kingdom.
After a conference with KRG officials and members of the Kurdistan Region's business community, Obeidi described the business environment in the Kurdistan Region as very suitable, especially considering "very robust ties" between Riyadh and Erbil.
The Kurdistan Region offered over 1,500 projects in tourism, agriculture, and other sectors in the conference with Saudi investors. No agreements were immediately made.
Saudi Arabia pledged over a billion dollars for rebuilding Iraq in the Kuwait donor conference earlier this year. KRG officials hope some of this sum can be spent on strategic projects in the Kurdistan Region.
"The projects in the Kurdistan Region, whether public or private, were showcased to them and the opportunities that there are. They would like to work here. We hope at the end of these talks that our Saudi friends work on some projects in the Kurdistan Region," Dara Jalil Khayat, head of the Trade and Industry Chamber of the Kurdistan Region, told journalists.
Saudi Ambassador Shammari said they were impressed with the presentation.
The Saudi delegation arrived in Erbil on Monday and met with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.
They discussed investment and trade, "specifically focusing on fields of shared interest, such as industry, agriculture, and tourism," read a statement from Barzani's office.
"They agreed that the Kurdistan Region could be a first step and a centre for the initiation of economic, trade, work, and investment activities in all of Iraq," the readout added.
Among the connections discussed were direct flights between them and opening Saudi banks in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
Barzani "showed all readiness for supporting and facilitating Saudi Arabian investment in the Kurdistan Region… He hopes in the near future practical steps are taken for strengthening bilateral ties," the KRG statement read.
Saudi Arabia's regional influence makes it an important ally.
"In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has a very strong position. It is very, very important for us," Majid Sidiq, member of Erbil's Chamber of Commerce, told Rudaw.
His organization would like to establish a joint chamber of commerce with Saudi traders.
While Erbil and Riyadh cozied up, an official from Iraq's Shiite Fatih coalition that has ties with Iran, denounced the Saudi visit.
"Saudi Arabia has dirty hidden intentions by opening ties with Kurdistan. It wants to split Iraq and weaken it from within Iraqi soil," Askandar Watwut told Baghdad Today.
He urged the federal government to take a firm stance against Saudi-Kurdish cooperation.
Baghdad is restoring relations with Riyadh, nearly three decades after ties were cut when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said regional rivals must not fight their battles on Iraqi soil.
We will welcome them with open arms. Saudi Arabia has immense wealth, KRG is a growing market with huge potential and our interests align perfectly. Both Saudi Arabia and KRG are threatened daily by Iran. This will benefit KRG trmendiously both financially and politically. Saudi Arabia have never had any problems with kurds and are key to liberating Iraq from Iran. Meanwhile Iran is the number 1 biggest enemy of kurds especially in Iraq where the shia government is just a proxy for Iran. We will welcome Saudis. In the future hopefully there can be millitary deals aswell and if the landscape allows it Saudi millitary bases all over KRG's borders with Iran. Our enemy's enemy is our best friend.
Losers like watwut will never be happy because of their inferiority complex. These projects are good news for Iraq and saudi.
And then dont cry when Kurds are all Wahabbis like in Halabja.
Put laws that secures the right of the people and the workers there otherwise you will end up as slaves of the Arab oil money. Arabs tend to cut off arms of their servants for no reason but maybe jealousness or toothache.


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Project title: Development and Validation of Full Scale Lab based Tidal Turbine Drive Train 'Accelerated Life Time' Testing Methodologies.
I have always been interested in engineering since I was young. I spent a lot of time taking things apart to find out how they work and of course putting them back together (sometimes, ok rarely). This led me to pursue an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. I hold an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London.
I joined the IDCORE after graduation from my Master's studies.
I became interested in research during my undergraduate studies. As a graduate with no industrial experience, IDCORE offered the best opportunity to gain industrial experience while carrying out cutting-edge research. In addition, IDCORE being run by a consortium widens the level of resources available to research engineers .
What attracted you to offshore renewables industry? / What aspects of the industry do you find most inspiring, interesting or important for the future?
When I became aware of the EU's ambitious renewable energy targets I became committed to helping the UK meet its obligations. I was introduced to and was inspired to engage in the offshore renewable industry by a friend who reviewed the progress of wave and tidal energy for his final year project. Given that the industry is still in its infancy, I believe there a countless opportunities to contribute to the advancement in the technologies.
Across the industry, reliability is critical to the long term success of all the offshore renewable technologies. I am somewhat proud and content that my research directly influences the reliability of offshore renewable devices. I believe that in the future when a high level of reliability is achieved, further focus will be placed on finding more efficient and economical ways of transporting energy created in remote offshore locations and will be a big topic for discussion and research.
The overall aim of my project is to develop testing methodology for tidal turbines. My work will deliver a tidal turbine drivetrain model from which critical components and loads can be extracted. In addition to my main project, there are several opportunities for me to support relevant R&D projects which are being undertaken at Narec.
One main challenge of being placed in such a diverse and interesting environment as Narec is that the interest in other projects which are being carried out by colleagues can be distracting.
Presenting a conference paper at EWTEC 2013 has been one of the highlights of my time with IDCORE. In addition, my time at Narec has given me the opportunity to contribute to FP7 projects.
One of my long term goals is to help eradicate most of the reliability problems in the offshore renewable industry, tidal and offshore wind in particular. While with the IDCORE, my aim is to identify key components which influence reliability of tidal turbines drivetrains and develop a method to test these components to demonstrate their reliability over the lifetime of a device.
My experience with IDCORE so far has been great. I quite like the fact that the program has not strictly adhered to technical engineering topics but involves wide ranging aspect of offshore renewable energy. In fact, I felt highly empowered after taking the second year summer school in Oban, because it demonstrated how I can contribute to advancing the offshore renewable industry through other means such as social interaction.
Getting involved with some of the activities which go on in Narec has been very enlightening. Through IDCORE, I have begun to realise some of my dreams of contributing to the advancement of the offshore renewable energy industry by participating in testing activities in Narec.


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package com.airbnb.lottie.samples;

import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;

public class ChooseUrlDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
}


Marijuana Arrest: On April 20, 2018 at 11:15 p.m., Ptl. Sean Higgins observed a vehicle traveling on Route 23 North near Jackson Avenue with an equipment violation. Ptl. Higgins conducted a traffic stop northbound near River Drive with the vehicle in question and contacted the operator, Brian Leonard, 37 years of age of Glendale, New York. Ptl. Higgins immediately detected an odor of marijuana and made Mr. Leonard aware of his observation. After some further questioning, Mr. Leonard admitted that there was a small amount of marijuana in the car. A search of the car was conducted and Ptl. Higgins located three marijuana cigarettes in a cigarette pack that was hidden between the passenger seat and the center console. Mr. Leonard was subsequently placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters for processing. Mr. Leonard was charged with possession of under 50g of marijuana and released pending a court date in the Pequannock Municipal Court.


Well done, Patrick! I have 17 little pots with tree starts to plant along our wetland edge. Bought a new shovel yesterday! Your success inspires me- today I must dig into action.
Thanks, Jane! I hope your trees flourish. Seeing a project succeed, whether it is big or small, is very gratifying.
Looks beautiful, and save water! 🙂 Lots of planning and laboring work, all paid off. Congratulations, Patrick!


How quietly do all things fall in place!
This is the day that has been chosen as the time in which I come to understand the lesson that there is no need that I do anything.
My heart is quiet, and my mind at rest.
Your Love is Heaven, and Your Love is mine.
2. The stillness of today will give us hope that we have found the way, and traveled far along it to a wholly certain goal.
Today we will not doubt the end which God Himself has promised us.
We trust in Him, and in our Self, Who still is One with Him.


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package com.netflix.spectator.api;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class NoopIdTest {
  @Test
  public void testTags() {
    Assert.assertFalse(NoopId.INSTANCE.tags().iterator().hasNext());
  }

  @Test
  public void testWithKeyValue() {
    Assert.assertSame(NoopId.INSTANCE.withTag("k", "v"), NoopId.INSTANCE);
  }

  @Test
  public void testWithTag() {
    Assert.assertSame(NoopId.INSTANCE.withTag(new TagList("k", "v")), NoopId.INSTANCE);
  }

  @Test
  public void testWithTags() {
    Assert.assertSame(NoopId.INSTANCE.withTags(new TagList("k", "v")), NoopId.INSTANCE);
  }

  @Test
  public void testWithTagMap() {
    Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>();
    tags.put("k", "v");
    Assert.assertSame(NoopId.INSTANCE.withTags(tags), NoopId.INSTANCE);
  }

  @Test
  public void testToString() {
    Assert.assertEquals(NoopId.INSTANCE.toString(), "noop");
  }
}


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Eps 23: Artist Melissa Meyer-Filled With Life
I am excited to talk to the NYC based artist Melissa Meyer. Melissa received undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University. Her development has been surveyed in traveling exhibitions originating at the New York Studio School and Swarthmore College. She has completed public commissions in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the McNay Art Museum. Meyer received the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
Thank you to Producer Vinson Valega for sponsoring this episode: https://www.vinsonvalega.com/
Artists and Links from the Show:
The Esopus Magazine 22 https://www.esopus.org/issues/view/22
Menu Collection at NYU https://library.nyu.edu/locations/fales-library-special-collections/
Nina Yankowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Yankowitz
Joyce Kozloff http://www.joycekozloff.net/forming
Heresies https://archive.org/details/heresies_magazine
MIRIAM SCHAPIRO AND MELISSA MEYER Waste Not Want Not: An Inquiry into What Women Saved and Assembled--FEMMAGE (1977-78) https://users.wfu.edu/~laugh/painting2/femmage.pdf
MAD museum of meriem shipario http://dujour.com/culture/miriam-schapiro-at-mad-museum-nyc/
Andrew Mockler Jungle Press https://www.junglepress.com/
Rome Prize https://www.aarome.org/apply/rome-prize/application
Yaddo https://www.yaddo.org/
Helen Frankenthaler https://www.moma.org/artists/1974
Dana Frankfort http://danafrankfort.com/
Jean Dubufet https://paintersonpaintings.com/melissa-meyer-remembers-jean-dubuffet-at-the-jeu-de-paume-1991/
Robert Blackburn https://www.rbpmw-efanyc.org/
Seducing the Self: Power, Vulnerability, and Humor in the Work of Photographer Amanda Rowan
Artistic Success Through Balancing Art Making and Organization: Adrienne Elise Tarver
Finding the Intense Sweetness in Making: Rachel Klinghoffer on Repurposing Ephemera into Icons


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Crooks down a sloped fence rail for the cover.
Ollie out to frontsdie 50-50 sequence on a 5 stair past a handrail to long, mellow hubba for the Contents feature.
Frontside feeble on a loading dock to flat rail for a DC ad. Company: DC Shoe Co.
3 flip down a sidewalk gap for the Subscribe feature.
Backside double flip sequence off a ledge into a bank for a Mountain Dew ad.
Portrait for the Five Greats feature.
Switch ollie over 2 stairs and a flat fence to drop for the Five Greats feature.
Switch frontside 180 off a ledge and over a 6 stair handrail into a street bank for the That's My Sh*t feature.
Ollie up pivot to fakie on a half bulldozed concrete park for the Lest We Forget feature.
Kickflip up a rock gap for the Lunatic Fringe feature.
Backside overcrooks sequence on a bank to guard rail for the Lunatic Fringe feature.
Bakcside 180 to backside fakie 5-0 sequence down a 5 stair hubba (The Wedge, Phoenix, AZ) for the Lunatic Fringe feature.
Backside method in a concrete bowl for a Skin ad.
Nollie inward heelflip down 10 stairs for the Skater's Eye feature.
Backside method over a concrete hip for the Skatepark Round-Up feature.
Frontside crooks down a 12 stair handrail for a Foundation ad.
Portrait for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Backside hurricane on a bank to down ledge for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Kickflip over a flat rail to drop for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Varial heelflip sequence dowm a big 5 block for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Nose manual nollie flip out sequence on a ledge to gap for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Switch crooks on a flat ledge to drop for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Backside tailslide down a 12 stair hubba for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Frontside 5-0 kickflip out sequence on an up-rail for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Switch backside flip sequence down a big 3 block for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Crooks on a long flat ledge to 3 stair drop for the Peter Ramondetta Interview feature.
Frontside boardslide down a ditch bank to guard rail for the There Will Be Blood article.
Ollie north over a concrete quarterpipe deathbox for the There Will Be Blood article.
Switch backside tailslide shove it out sequence on a ditch bank to ledge for the There Will Be Blood article.
Nollie frontside heelflip sequence into a steep bank for the There Will Be Blood article.
Wallride to backside tailblock grind on a ditch bank to wall for the There Will Be Blood article.
Backside noseblunt slide sequence on a ditch bank for the There Will Be Blood article.
Blunt fingerflip to fakie sequence on a mini ramp vert extension for the There Will Be Blood article.
Nosegrab to fakie on a concrete quarterpipe for the There Will Be Blood article.
Frontside half cab boardslide to fakie sequence down a 10 stair handrail for the Heads feature.
Backside 180 nosegrind out forward on a bump to flat bar for the Heads feature.
Pole jam to 5-0 sequence down a 6 stair handrail for the Heads feature.
Crooks on a bank to flat ledge for the Heads feature.
Nollie sequence over a flat bar to drop for the Heads feature.
Switch frontside flip over a bump to flat bar for the Heads feature.
Backside blunt slide down a 12 stair hubba for the Photo Feature.
Drop in 50-50 grind on a statue for the Photo Feature.
Crooks pop-over on a ditch bank to down-rail for the Photo Feature.
Backside 5-0 down a 2 flat 2 double set handrail for the Photo Feature.
Backside smith down a big 4 block handrail (Rincon) for the Photo Feature.
Frontside tailslide frontside big spin out sequence down an 8 stair hubba for the Photo Feature.
Layback backside smith grind over the death box in a backyard pool for the Photo Feature.
Backside lipslide down a long 8 stair handrail for the Photo Feature.
Frontside blunt slide backside big spin sequence on a bank for the Photo Feature.
Over the top backside blunt slide down a 12 stair hubba for the Photo Feature.
Backside method sequence over a long ditch bank to bank gap for the Photo Feature.
Frontside flip over an 18 stair handrail into a bank for the Firing Line feature.


NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A Connecticut town is considering installing cameras at a park to catch dog owners who don't clean up after their pets relieve themselves.
New Canaan Parks and Recreation Chairwoman Sally Campbell tells Hearst Media Connecticut the plan to install cameras was just one part of an effort to address the park's dog excrement problem. She says police are also stepping up patrols near parks.
Parks Commissioner Francesca Segalas says some cameras would be placed in the parking lot to record license plates, while others would be hidden along trails so police could match pet owners with their vehicles and issue a fine.
Not everyone is on board. Some said they were uneasy about being watched while on a trail, while others wonder how long the video would be kept.


While at the U.S. Department of Education I worked with the Office of Science an Technology Policy at the White House to hold the first White House Game Jam. We brought over 100 top developers together from across the games industry with some of the best educators in the country to build 20 new video game prototypes for education. Video credit to Ubisoft Redstorm.
As the Department of Educations New Media Specialist I worked with the Office of Educational Technology to hold the Department's first summit on the use of video games for learning, in partnership with Games for Change and the Entertainment Software Association. 250 developers, researchers, educators, and officials convened to chart a path for the future of games in education. Video credit to the ESA.
"Martin was recently named to Dell's 12 under 22 list of Youth Innovation Advisors (YIA), where he will work to inform Dell of challenges students and young entrepreneurs face on a daily basis."
The Student Bill is a mechanism for empowering students in schools across the nation to voice their opinions and needs, driving holistic educational progress.
"Department of Education Believes Video Games are the Future of Learning. Teachers and developers join forces to help revolutionize education."
I spoke at TEDxRedmond about two years ago, just beginning to form my ideas about education, technology, and the real stakes in our education system. There's a few things I'd change in the talk looking back, but the heart of it is a personal story from my own schooling and some pretty epic twists.


It's important to pay attention to the craft of writing, but when you're ready to discuss the business side of things, you should be able to do that without distraction. This includes avoiding arguments about whether art and money are incompatible.
Advertising your books to other authors may not be the most lucrative thing to do, but it's not without value. After all, writers read too. In the Promotion forum on Indie Authors United, you can promote your books at no cost. The system will clean up the forum automatically, by expiring posts after awhile.
Some online communities have heavy-handed moderation, and some of those are very specific to the views and interests of the moderator(s). The opposite approach is taken on Indie Authors United—moderation is kept to a minimum, mostly to remove abusive behavior (spam, personal attacks, etc.). Off-topic conversations may be moved to one side, but the goal is to maximize discussion, not limit it.
For good reason, some business-focused online communities for writers are closed to the public. Unfortunately, some ugly behavior from a few people can make others wary of sharing online. While this is unfortunate, I believe there is value in also providing public discussions where anyone, even people who don't create an account and just "lurk," can read the forums and learn from what others post. Therefore, anybody can join, there is no invitation or approval process (other than proving you're not a spammer).
You're probably familiar with how difficult it can be to use forum sites on a phone. The theme installed on Indie Authors United is very mobile-friendly. Give it a try!
Stop by, take a look, and set up your free account if you think it will meet your needs!
Image credit: Illustration created using clip art from Openclipart user bocian and a photo from morgueFile user penywise.


The problem of unity between the Testaments is even greater. Both Jews and Christians look to the Old Testament as Scripture, and Jewish and Christian scholars agree extensively about the meaning of Old Testament passages. The Old Testament and the New are studied in separate disciplines. To what extent, then, is the Old Testament primarily to be read as a non-Christian book?


Drawstring Shorts: Presenting the KD dance New York Stretch Knit Shadow Stripe Low Rise Drawstring Shorts. Cozy and durable for countless yoga and dance classes or bikini cover. A versatile fashion piece built with the spirit of dance. See through enough to make them look twice, yet with plenty of coverage so they can't see the prize. Model is seen here wearing no underwear what so ever. Magnify the pictures, what you are seeing is your imagination. The knit breathes so much it can feel more exposed than it really is. One can create looks by wearing contrasting hot pants or swimsuit bottom, neutral underwear or nothing, the choice is yours.
Please note the shorts pictured in Charcoal are one size too small, meaning she is wearing a Small when a Medium would be the so-called appropriate size. These shorts are on the skimpy side to begin with. We recommend women with booty to size up or not order. If you like the look seen in Charcoal or Light Gray after viewing our size chart order a size smaller. Please see our sizing chart for more in-depth sizing info.
For dancers these are great over leotards as Warm Up Shorts and great for dance class.
Available in Colors: Raspberry, Teal, Wine, Cream, Denim, Chocolate, Purple / Plum Red, Light Gray, Navy Blue, Oatmeal, Olive, New York Black, Pink, Charcoal, White. If you do not see the color of your choice and/or it is listed as out of stock, feel free to write us.
So all the reviews and recommendations said to order up from regular sizing, I hover somewhere between a small and medium regularly and these days more toward medium, so figured I should err toward being considered a size medium (especially with how the sizing & fit was described) so ordered a large which fits but loosely. The drawstring helps keep them on but I'm guessing the medium would have been a better choice. Not really the clothing's fault just confusion on how & what to order.