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How to pre-download Minecraft Dungeons on Switch: Guide, Release Date, Price, Hero Edition and more
Ramzi Musa
It's coming to multiple platforms, but will you be able to pre-install on Nintendo's latest console?
How to pre-download Minecraft Dungeons on Switch
Price on Switch
Hero Edition
The anticipation behind Minecraft Dungeons is building to new heights as the game is set to release later this month.
Available on multiple platforms, there's a ton of ways to experience the upcoming spin-off from the Minecraft Universe.
Let's take a look at everything you need to know about pre-downloading on the Switch.
Pre-downloading is a great way to get to play a game as quickly as possible.
Usually Nintendo Switch owners can go to the Nintendo eStore and download titles ahead of release.
A smaller download activates when the game officially releases, 'unlocking' the title to play, and it's a great feeling knowing it's there waiting for you to enjoy!
Unfortunately for Switch owners, Minecraft Dungeons will only be available to pre-download on PC and Xbox.
Not to worry, as come 26 May 2020 the title will be available for Switch players, but how much could it cost?
TAKE IT FOR A SPIN: We're not far off getting our hands on the exciting upcoming title
There is currently no official price listed for Minecraft Dungeons on the Nintendo Switch.
However, we expect the game to be released at the same price on Nintendo Switch as other platforms, meaning it will set you back £16.74 / $19.99
While Switch players will get to enjoy the amazing features the console itself has to offer, they will not get access to the Hero Edition, which includes a few added features...
ARRIVING WITH A BANG: Fans have been eagerly awaiting the Minecraft spin-off
The Hero Edition has a few awesome additions, but it's only available to Xbox and PC players.
Here's a look at what's included:
A Hero Cape - so you can take the dungeons with style and grace.
Two player skins - variety is the spice of life!
Chicken pet - bring along a plucky sidekick for emotional and moral support, as you navigate the deadly dungeons!
Two DLC Packs (coming soon) - the great thing about this is that they will most likely become available to everyone in a matter of time.
For everything else and more on the upcoming dungeon crawler title, and everything Nintendo Switch - be sure to check back in with us!


The ultimate quest: To find foods my kids like that are also nutritious. Pretty much impossible. They are picky eaters. So I love recipes that allow for hidden veggies and nut meals etc.
Hooray for muffins! This recipe has evolved over time as I've worked out what my kids will and won't eat. The amount of kale can be modified to your family's personal tastes.
I call this version "Protein Muffins" because they have almond meal instead of regular flour. But they could just as well be called "Sweet Potato and Kale Muffins" or "Almond, Veggie, Choc Chip Muffins" or "Everyday Muffins" because my kids would eat them every day if they could. They eat a whole batch in one sitting. Every time. I should make double batches!
3. Mix egg, vanilla, honey, and mashed banana into sweet potato & kale puree.
4. Stir puree mixture and melted coconut oil into dry ingredients.
5. Add your chosen mix-ins.
6. Spritz your cupcake liners or silicone cupcake cups with oil spray. (My fav: Trader Joe's Coconut Oil Spray) and spoon in muffin mix to 3/4 full.
7. Bake at 350F for 25 mins or until knife comes out clean. Extra time needed for larger muffin size.
8. Place on cookie rack to cool. Slightly. Because we like to eat them pronto.


The visually spectacular tale of a young hero who must find a legendary relic in order restore harmony to the universe has been fully restored in 4K from the original camera negative.
The 4K Blu-ray also includes Dolby Atmos audio and is presented in full 4K resolution with HDR. The 4K restoration also serves as the basis for the 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray.


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Re-Set, Replay & Rewind: It's time to Revisit Public Policy Goals Underlying Regulation in Sports
This past week, I was privileged to serve on a panel at the inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Conference hosted by the Mid-American Conference. Throughout the day, multiple administrators and several former student-athletes articulated the challenge of seeing the student-athlete as a person, a unique individual, rather than as a performer at a specific position or as a statistic. As I reflected upon this experience, a common theme became clear: many, if not most, of the most pressing issues faced by governing bodies in sports today, both amateur and professional, could be resolved by refocusing regulatory efforts to reflect a broader public policy goal of respect for athletes as individuals.
By definition, most sports legislation and regulation requires data and number crunching. Nowhere is this more evident than under the auspices of Title IX, where the "safe harbor" creates an annual maelstrom within collegiate athletic departments across the country as they strive to ensure compliance by calculating the numbers of athletic opportunities for male and female student-athletes. Yet, despite all of this effort and after forty-five years and reams of data, the resources devoted to the two main male revenue-producing sports dwarf those received by even the most successful women's programs. Even more concerning, none of the data-driven protocols were able to prevent even one of the horrendous stories of sexual assault and abuse now documented at multiple institutions.
Similarly, the recent corruption probe into NCAA basketball suggests an underworld in which young recruits are perceived as commodities to be purchased. In this alternate reality, the athletes' academic and educational aspirations are irrelevant. The only factors of concern are how much rival institutions are willing to bid and how much the student-athlete is likely to demand in return for offering his "services". Athletes are reduced to sets of numbers: the amount of compensation required to land the player and the number of "stars" he is graded.
Likewise, in professional sports, much of the criticism of the national anthem protests arises from those who prefer not to have their entertainment venues disturbed by reminders of political issues. To many, it is disquieting to be forced to see past the NFL uniform to the individual under the pads who is trying to bring attention to very real social justice issues. The NFL's game operations manual is of little help in this regard. Requiring the players to be on the field, in their uniforms standing at attention in a prescribed pose by the time the anthem is played reinforces the image of each individual as part of the larger, collective whole.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the entire CTE/concussion issue arose BECAUSE leagues and teams failed to respond proactively to the individual injuries suffered by far too many players. Had the focus been upon the person, as a person, and not as a player with a skill set at a specific position, the concept of returning to play might never have arisen.
Perhaps it is time to revise amateur and professional sports legislation and regulation to focus upon the individuals who compete on our athletic fields. At the collegiate level, it is possible to require schools to provide a four year educational/professional plan similar to the IEP or individualized education plan mandated for students with disabilities. This type of prospective planning, which could be revisited annually, would require schools to consider the individual strengths, weaknesses, needs and aspirations of each individual student-athlete. Ultimately, each such plan should have as its goal the transition of the student-athlete into a successful career path. A similar program could be instituted in professional sports leagues as part of the collective bargaining process. In an industry where the next play can result in a career-ending and/or life-altering injury, post-career transitioning is not just a good idea, it's common sense. Most importantly, in both amateur and collegiate sports, it would require the consideration of the athlete as an individual, and not a set of metrics.
Nellie Drew
Helen A. "Nellie" Drew is an expert in sports law, including professional and amateur sports issues ranging from NCAA compliance and Title IX matters to facility construction, discipline of professional athletes, collective bargaining and franchise issues. Drew formerly served as an officer and in-house counsel to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, after previously working as outside counsel to the Sabres and the NHL. Among her more interesting experiences were assisting former USSR superstar Alexander Mogilny in obtaining asylum status in the U.S. and working on multiple NHL expansions, including San Jose, Ottawa, Florida and Tampa Bay.
Drew teaches a variety of courses that incorporate topics such as drug testing in professional sports and professional player contract negotiation and arbitration. She is especially interested in the evolving research and litigation concerning concussions in both amateur and professional sports.
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Bangladesh declares its first marine protected area
By George Berry | 7th November 2014
The government of Bangladesh has created the country's first marine protected area in the seas of the Bay of Bengal, which will now help to safeguard the whales, dolphins, and other marine species that live there.
The area, known as the 'Swatch of No Ground', spans 672 square miles (1,738 square kilometres), with a depth of more than 900 metres. It is home to species such as Irrawaddy dolphins, finless porpoises, Pacific humpback dolphins, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, spinner dolphins, and Bryde's whales.
This landmark decision was kick-started by WDC when, in 2005 we provided vital funds for initial research in the area. Protection of threatened whales and dolphins in Bangladesh can serve to prevent species extinction.
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Radians Re-Assemble Ensemble for Year 19
by Vance R. Koven
September 25, 2017 September 25, 2017 by Vance R. Koven
Both the pros and cons of the mixed-ensemble, mixed-repertoire model that they have pursued over the years emerged in the first concert of Radius Ensemble's 19th season. The balance, as the sizeable audience at Pickman Hall @Longy @Bard discovered on Saturday evening, tilted decidedly pro.
The first half stressed newish (at least 21st century) work, beginning with Andrew Norman's Light Screens, a 2002 single-movement piece for "flute quartet" (i.e. flute, violin, viola and cello, following in the footsteps of the Haydn brothers and Mozart). At the time of writing, the precocious Norman was but 22, and in the 15 years since this ingratiating entry has become one of his more popular (you can easily find it on YouTube). One nice thing about it is how well the flute is integrated into the ensemble, so that, despite the presence of a short cadenza-like passage near the end, it doesn't read like a concertante exercise. Norman had described his inspiration as coming from the stained glass windows designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and from a structural standpoint the ensuing music suffers, as do many others of its ilk, from the attempt to recreate in a temporal medium something from a spatial one. Still, if one can tolerate not making any sense of its progress, among light and lively and pensive, even somber, moments, it sounds well. Sarah Brady, flute, is a committed and persuasive advocate for this music, and her nimbleness was matched by that of her string colleagues Gabriela Diaz, violin, Stephanie Fong, viola and Miriam Bolkosky, cello, each of whom had opportunities to shine in brief moments (the latter's solo leading to a somber section near the beginning was especially affecting).
The second contemporary entry was the 2008 Objets Trouvés (actual French titling conventions would not have capitalized the second word) by Laurie San Martin, whose musically formative years were spent here but who now teaches at U Cal Davis. In fact, we haven't heard any of her music since she decamped, so this was a welcome opportunity. This piece, in three movements, for the ensemble comprising clarinet and piano trio made famous by Messiaen in Quartet for the End of Time (though Messiaen didn't invent it; there was an earlier work for it by Hindemith). San Martin, however, had "Q40EOT" firmly in mind for her effort, and even quoted a few snatches here and there (helpfully illustrated before the performance by clarinetist Eran Egozy and the others). What she did not do, and probably could not do as an American living in a time of peace and prosperity, was emulate the throat-grabbing emotional power of Messiaen.
That said, San Martin's quartet opens with a bow to the big Romantic style, to which Sarah Bob's muscular pianism contributed greatly. A couple of features dominate the entire work: the Messiaen-like bird-calls announced by the clarinet on its delayed entry, and arpeggio-like figures, which in the first movement evoke Petrushka and in the others are more compacted. These unifying tools, and the conventional fast-slow-fast-ish movement sequence, somewhat mitigate the effect of the structural issues inherent in the "ABCDEFG" form (or, as a composer friend puts it, the "just one damn thing after another" form). The slow movement is particularly affecting and successful, while the finale, headed "Intense, free," conjured the finale of Shostakovich's First Symphony, with its many tempo digressions from the nominally fast pace—designed in that case as satire, though we think not in this case. Egozy was quite impressive in tone and phrasing, as were colleagues Diaz, Bolkosky and Bob.
Jean Françaix was, like Andrew Norman, only 22 when he composed his Wind Quartet in 1933. The story of why he left the horn out of what was intended as a wind quintet, as recounted in Kathryn Allwine Bacasmot's program note, is quite amusing, but the elision was felicitous in this piece and perhaps prompted one of the more endearing subsequent efforts in the genre, by Arthur Berger seven years later. The Françaix Quartet, in four short movements, is jovial and utterly charming in its homages to Poulenc and Milhaud (Françaix was not a member of Les Six, but carried its traditions to the end of his long life in 1997), and some more surprising ones, especially in the slow movement, to Ravel. The objective of the younger French composers after World War I was to dry music out from Romantic excess, and the technique was basically to eschew development in favor of contrasting emotional messages in the melodies themselves (and their harmonizations). Poulenc was the ultimate master of this, but Françaix no slouch, and this piece is a textbook example of how to do it. Radius's wind complement of Brady, oboist Jennifer Montbach, Egozy and Adrian Morejon, bassoon, delighted in this concert-hall-meets-music-hall mashup, with light and deft fingerwork and the occasional languid sigh.
The String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, op. 77 (in his original catalogue, listed as op. 18) is perhaps the earliest piece by Antonin Dvořák to earn a staple place in the repertoire. Although written in 1875 it wasn't published until 1888, and its maturity justifies its company with his later work. In the by-then unusual instrumentation of string quartet plus contrabass (you'd have to go to the 18th century to find more than isolated examples), it is full of the composer's characteristic melodic fecundity, rhythmic bounce, Czech folksiness and high-sheen craftsmanship, with an almost jolting depth in the first movement's development (and without, as is too often the case with early Dvořák, any debilitating prolixity). It does, however, come with a dollop of controversy. Instead of the usual four movements, it was originally written with five, with an "Andante Religioso" inserted after the first movement. The published version lacks this, as the composer axed it, saying that it made the whole thing too long. What he didn't say, however, was the truth, which is that the extra movement (which he later published separately) was inferior in inspiration to the other four.
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Composers make decisions like this all the time. Schubert excised and replaced the original slow movement to his B-flat piano trio, the excision being the exquisite Nocturne in E-flat, and Mahler ditched the Blumine movement of his First Symphony, about which decision our esteemed colleague Jeffrey Gantz has just written. We are ever indebted to our readers, and one of them, responding to Gantz, made the following unanswerable riposte: "When the artist reaches a conclusion, 'finishes' a work – that is, declares it to be finished – it [is] as if it has been signed into law, and is no longer open for debate." For this reason alone, we disagree with Radius's decision to perform the Quintet as a five-movement work. The deleted movement's weakness, in comparison to the rest, just reinforces the point.
All that said, the quintet received a thoroughly respectable reading by the Radius strings (Diaz and Katherine Winterstein, violins, Fong, and Bolkosky) augmented by bassist Scott Fitzsimmons. In fact, in tone, phrasing, pitch, rhythm and most of the other usual accouterments of professional musicianship, a really very good one. We especially admired the punch of the obsessive Schubertian motif developed with such surprising ferocity in the first movement, the vigorous peasant stomp of the scherzo's main section, the sweetness and warmth of the Poco andante (we especially commend Diaz's lovely solos in the B section, as well as Winterstein and Fong); admittedly, the finale could have been tighter. The "but" in all this has to do with an unfortunate decision to tone down the bass instead of revving up everyone else. A truly robust performance, like this one featuring Nate Martin with the Borromeo Quartet, demonstrates both better ideas about balance and the perils to ad hoc ensembles in putting out a fully unified product. The Andante religioso? Well it is what it is, a bit of a nothing-burger, timid (played mostly with mutes) and melodically weak, and apparently uninspiring even to the players. So, bottom line, nobody was disgraced, it was high quality professional music-making, just a little too wan and loose-jointed to be transporting.
Vance R. Koven studied music at Queens College and New England Conservatory, and law at Harvard. A composer and practicing attorney, he was for many years the chairman of Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble.
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BRUNSWICK — The School Board received updated costs for building a new school or doing repairs as it decides how to update aging schools.
Coffin Elementary School and Brunswick Junior High School were built in 1959, and have never had major renovations, according to a report for the School Department by PDT Architects. The result is that both buildings fail to meet basic standards for fire safety, accessibility and hazardous materials.
The School Board initially voted to send a $12.5 million bond to repair the schools and update portable classrooms to the Town Council, but the council blocked it from going to a public hearing in August.
Since then, the School Board has resurrected the possibility of building a new school on the site of the former Jordan Acres Elementary School.
Architect Lyndon Keck of PDT presented updated costs for that project at the board's Nov. 12 meeting.
The price of building a new, 99,000-square-foot, 660-student school for kindergarten through second grade at Jordan Acres would be just more than $27.7 million, Keck reported, up from a previously estimated cost of $26.3 million.
Keck also presented two more "simplified" floor plans, which could still house 660 children, which would cost $24 million and $24.5 million, respectively.
The cost of "light" renovations at Coffin went up to just under $17 million, "major" renovations went up to more than $19.5 million, and a new building was estimated to cost $25.2 million.
For BJHS, light renovations and small additions ranged from just over $16 million to just under $20 million, a large addition was estimated at $22.8 million, and a new building would be $34 million.
Board members did not expressly endorse a plan, and sent the numbers to the facilities committee for a recommendation.
At that committee's meeting Tuesday, Nov. 17, board members struggled with the baggage of the past attached to the newly updated plan.
The original Jordan Acres floor plan was presented to the public at a meeting in January 2014, where it was widely criticized. Many in attendance argued its K-2 grade structure would break up educational "continuity," compared to a K-5 school.
Board member Sarah Singer worried that the revised plan for Jordan Acres would be shot down if sent to a bond referendum.
Board member Rich Ellis agreed that the plan needed substantial public support to pass, but argued that delaying the decision further could be dangerous.
"We've been meandering through this for four years," he said.
The four-year meander started in 2011, when the original Jordan Acres Elementary School was closed.
An inadequately designed connection caused a ceiling beam to crack that year, but was quickly stabilized. However, facing a $4 million budget gap due to declining enrollment after the closing of Brunswick Naval Air Station and the loss of high school students from Durham to Regional School Unit 5, the board voted to close the school to save $800,000, according to Superintendent Paul Perzanoski.
Brunswick now has a new elementary school, Harriet Beecher Stowe, that is over capacity to accommodate the loss of Jordan Acres, Perzanoski said at the facilities committee meeting Tuesday, and another elementary school that needs significant repairs.
Committee members Singer and Ellis agreed not to endorse a specific proposal for a new school Tuesday, but to go back to the board for a discussion on how to get public involvement on the plan through a workshop or series of workshops.
"I am OK with a new K-2 school (at Jordan Acres), but it has to be something special … to get a groundswell" of public support, Singer said.
A preliminary rendering of a new elementary school at the site of the former Jordan Acres Elementary School in Brunswick.


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Cheltenham Town's former Hull City midfielder Elliot Bonds extends loan spell at Kidderminster Harriers
Staying on at National League North club
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Elliot Bonds in action for Cheltenham Town against Bristol Rovers (Image: Alan Franklin Photography)
Cheltenham Town midfielder Elliot Bonds will remain on loan with National League North side Kidderminster Harriers until January 11.
The 21-year-old Guyana international joined the Robins from Hull City on a two-year deal in the summer.
He appeared on loan for Michael Duff's side in League Two last term, but the spell was cut short by a serious knee ligament injury after only eight appearances, six of which were starts.
Bonds made two starts and one substitute appearances for Cheltenham in cup competitions earlier in the campaign as he continued his journey back to full fitness.
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He was then loaned to Kidderminster, who are managed by ex-Cheltenham midfielder Russ Penn, on October 20 after a period of training with the Aggborough club.
Bonds has impressed for Harriers, despite missing some recent action with a minor knock, from which he has now recovered.
He has also helped them to the FA Cup second round where he'll be involved in the squad to face FC Halifax Town this weekend.
The 21-year-old joined Hull from Dagenham & Redbridge after progressing through the youth system at the London club.
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An evening with Christopher Nolan: Interstellar 35 mm screening in Mumbai, India
One of the most unforgettable movie experiences I've had in recent years
One of the most unforgettable movie experiences I've had in recent years
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By Divij Sonak	 On Apr 1, 2018
Last night, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar was screened at Liberty Cinema in Mumbai as part of the acclaimed director's visit to India. Nolan himself was present at the occasion to address the audience. I was able to attend the screening and thought I'd share my account of how it went down. While it's difficult to recreate the magic of the experience through words, it's worth giving a shot.
To provide some background, Christopher Nolan arrived in India on March 29 for a short three day trip to promote the preservation of film and the viability as well as superiority of celluloid as a medium to shoot movies on. In between his packed schedule involving press conferences, a talk at the NCPA theater discussing film, meeting stars and directors of the Indian film fraternity and attending dinners and lunches hosted for him, there was word that two of his movies would be screening across theaters in Mumbai, India. Furthermore, it was expected that Nolan would attend both the screenings, walk the red carpet and address the starry-eyed audience. Too tempted to resist the opportunity, I managed to grab tickets to the event and planned a trip to the venue with my beloved wife.
The event was officially slated to begin at 8:30 PM. Our punctuality elevated to its zenith, we managed to reach there well in advance at around 7:45 PM. The theater was decked up Broadway style with hoardings of Interstellar emphasizing the 35 mm aspect of the screening. Unsurprisingly, ticket prices were no deterrent and people turned up in spades awaiting the maestro's entry. Most of the audience comprised of 20-35 somethings who had come with all sorts of goodies to try their luck at getting Nolan to sign on their posters and artwork. One person had a book on the shooting script of Inception and one lady supposedly even came with her own script in hand, possibly hoping to rope in Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas as producers for her project. Soon after, the red carpet was spread out on the ground signifying Nolan's nearing arrival. The crowd immediately got wind of this and rapidly occupied the surrounding area although it would be a good 30 minutes before Nolan would make an appearance.
If only Christopher Nolan had completed the Red Carpet walk, we'd have gotten a much closer glimpse
After several chants and photographs taken, Nolan finally arrived with his wife Emma Thomas. Dressed in his usual combination of blazer and shirt he was accompanied by Shivendra Singh, founder of the Film Heritage Association and waved at the crowd sending them into a frenzy. He responded in kind to the greets with a Namaste gesture. We were hoping he'd complete the red carpet walk which would've given us a closer look but perhaps the increasingly unruly nature of the crowd compelled security to usher him inside through the back door. What followed was a mad rush by everyone to get to their seats before Nolan commenced his address.
Excessive lighting and an outdated smartphone meant this was the best image I could manage to get
After having a short meal, Shivendra Singh took the stage to say a few words about the screening before summoning Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas on stage. The duo received a standing ovation and then went on to introduce the film to the audiences. Nolan explained the significance of the 35 mm screening, stressing that he intended for audiences to see the movie in this format (i.e. film over digital). He even revealed that Interstellar originally did not have a 35 mm release in India in 2014 making this the first time this science fiction epic will be shown on film in the country. The trio thanked the audience before being escorted to their seats once the movie began.
After a thunderous applause at the movie's start, everyone was quickly absorbed in the film, despite having already seen it multiple times since its release. The print itself was impeccable and Nolan revealed in his address that it had been specially flown in by Warner Bros. for this event. In fact, a few Warner Bros. representatives were also present at the event and I was half-tempted to ask them about the release of Ready Player One in India. A few visible scratches and speckles aside the film print rivaled, and at times even exceeded its digital counterpart in how stunningly clear a picture quality it offered. Somehow the image came alive on film with the occasional flickering on screen and the skyline glimmering when the camera lingered on for too long. And the movie blasted through the speakers with an amazing stereo surround mix that blew almost all of my recent audio experiences out of the water, although I suspect the theater itself might have had as much to do with it as the movie's print. As for the movie itself, it was gripping throughout in terms of both narrative and emotions and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite having already seen it during its 2014 release. As for my wife, she was watching it for the first time and was equally spellbound by the experience.
Engaged in post-movie discussion, we managed to sit through the end-credits effortlessly
Apparently, sometime during the movie's screening Nolan and crew had left the venue. Understandably, it was too late and Nolan had a big talk coming up the next day. We returned home, our hearts content, minds expanded and imaginations fired up being thoroughly satisfied with both the movie and the experience. After all, I had just managed to be in the same room as the director I admired the most and I retired for the day with stars in my eyes.
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Did You Know that the US National Anthem Justifies Slavery?
The Land of the Free, or the Land of Those Who are Free to Own Slaves?
Subin Dennis
The United States celebrated the Fourth of July, its "Independence Day", as usual, with fireworks, parades and competitive hot dog eating.
While the festivities and shows of patriotism attract much press coverage, few pause to think about the meaning of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem in 1931, but its lyrics, written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, reveal some forgotten aspects about the history of the country.
The very first stanza of the poem contains these lines:
"And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there".
Image Courtesy: flickr
Not many people know that the rockets mentioned here refer specifically to the Congreve rockets which the British used against the Americans during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Francis Scott Key, the author of the anthem, was an American prisoner on a British ship, and witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the battle. Key could see the flag flying over the fort lit up by the Congreve rockets – which inspired him to pen the poem.
The Congreve rocket has an interesting connection to India - it was developed by the British army engineer William Congreve, who had served in the Anglo-Mysore War. Congreve saw the effective use of rockets against the British by the Mysore forces led by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan – the then pioneers in advanced rocketry. He subsequently built and demonstrated a rocket himself in 1805. The British forces used the Congreve rockets against France throughout the Napoleonic Wars, and then in the war against the United States.
Another aspect of the US national anthem was brought into the spotlight last year by the furore following the refusal of American football player Colin Kaepernick to stand during the playing of the anthem. This was the anthem's justification of slavery and celebration of the murder of slaves, in its third stanza:
"No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave".
The British military had actively recruited American slaves, and pledged that no one would be given back to their "owners". Winning the support of the Black population was seen by the British as key to military success. A large number of blacks deserted the Americans and made their way to the ships of the British. The adult men among them participated in many of the important battles, including the raid on Washington in August 1814.
Thus when Francis Key wrote "No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave", he was giving expression to his delight at the defeat and death of the blacks who had freed themselves from slavery. This was not at all surprising, considering the fact that Key was a slave-owner himself.
So when Key wrote, "And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave /
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave", it certainly did not mean freedom for the slaves. Rather it meant the freedom to keep blacks under the jackboot of slavery.
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Q: Need help finding specific folders I am trying to get a list of folders with Get-ChildItem and regex, but it's not working as expected. Below is the beginning of the code. The rest is omitted.
foreach ($directory in $directories)
{
    $VNextDirs = @(Get-ChildItem -recurse -path "$path\$directory\Filehandler" |
                 Where-Object {
                     ($_.Name -match "^v(\s\d)" -or
                     $_.Name -match "^v(\sn)" -and
                     ($_.PSIsContainer)
                 }) | select -expand FullName

This matches the below folders.
"V 10.0.0.0",
"V 9.0.0.0",
"Sample Text V 10.0.0.0"

However, I only want it to match the first and second ones (where it's V space any digits), not where there is any text preceding it (as in the 3rd entry). So it should not match "Sample Text V 10.0.0.0", but it should match "V 10.0.0.0" and "V 9.0.0.0".
My code is selecting all the folders I want, but it's also including that pesky folder where the "V space digit" is not on the beginning of the folder name.
How can I change this so that it only matches the folders I want?
Note: I also have it set to match "V space and the letter N" like this "V Next Build", but this is irrelevant to the question.

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Classical Planets and Plutonian Objects
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is not often in the news, but its proposed redefinition of the word "planet" hass certainly caught the public's eye. We've been waiting for the final decision to be made, and we're glad we waited, because there have been some important last minute changes.
Last week, Alok Jha, Science correspondent of The Guardian reported:
Science textbooks will have to be ripped up - the solar system is about to get a bunch of new planets.
Astronomers want to redefine our home in the Milky Way as a place with 12 - rather than nine - planets orbiting the sun.
The proposal comes from a two-year project by the International Astronomy Union (IAU) to create the first ever scientific definition for the term planet.
It will also mean that Pluto keeps its status as a planet, despite calls from many astronomers, revealed in the Guardian on Monday, that it should be demoted because of its diminutive size.
If the ideas are approved at the general meeting of the IAU in Prague next week, schoolchildren will, in future, have to learn that the solar system has 12 planets: eight classical ones that dominate the system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus - and four in a new category called plutons.
These are Pluto, its moon Charon, a spherical asteroid that sits between Mars and Jupiter called Ceres, and an object called 2003 UB313 but nicknamed Xena by American astronomers who found it.
(There's one mistake there: since "plutons" were going to be defined as having orbits lasting more than 200 years, Ceres – with an orbital period of 4.6 years – is certainly not a "pluton".)
There were at least three major issues involved:
(1) Bringing Ceres, and possibly other asteroids such as Pallas and Vesta, back into the fold as planets. (When they were first discovered around 200 years ago, they were called planets, but as more were discovered they were put into a new category as "asteroids")
(2) Treating the Pluto-Charon system as a double planet system, and hence Charon as a planet, because they orbit around a centre of mass which is outside Pluto and between the two objects.
(3) Adding 2003 UB313 (popularly called Xena, but more likely to be called Proserpine or Persephone in the future), together with potentially many other trans-Neptunian objects (Kuiper belt objects)
The proposed, and redrafted resolutions are on the IAU site and in the Wikipedia (I'm giving two sites because both may change significantly in the near future).
In them, the proposals now define:
(1) A "planet" as having "cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit" – which excludes Ceres and Pluto, and leaves us with just 8 planets in the solar system
(2) A "dwarf planet" – which will include Ceres, Pluto, Charon, "Xena" and possibly other asteroids and KBOs.
(3) "Small Solar System Bodies" for the other asteroids and KBOs.
In addition, they are now refering to KBOs as "Plutonian objects" rather than "Plutons" (which would have conflicted with a different meaning of the same term in geology).
And breaking news in the Chicago Tribune says that the proposed resolution has just now been adopted.
We're still looking at what this means for 523.4 Planets of solar system and for 523.48 Trans-Uranian planets in Dewey. In particular, we will need to decide exactly where Charon and other KBOs ("Plutonian objects") go in the classification, and whether "Trans-Uranian planets" is still the best caption.
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Nigerian priest abducted by gunmen after Sunday Mass
Fr. David Echioda. | Diocese of Otukpo
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2020 / 08:00 am
Another Catholic priest in Nigeria has been kidnapped by gunmen, according to local media reports.
Fr. David Echioda of Nigeria's Otukpo diocese was kidnapped after Sunday Mass in Benue State, the Nigerian Tribune reported March 3.
The priest, who works at the minor seminary in Ochobo, had been doing missionary outreach, the Diocese of Otukpo told the Tribune.
The kidnapping is the latest in a series of abductions and killings in Nigeria which have involved Catholics and other Christians; clergy, seminarians, and lay people.
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to address the violence and kidnappings in his homily March 1 at a Mass with the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria.
"We need to have access to our leaders; president, vice president. We need to work together to eradicate poverty, killings, bad governance and all sorts of challenges facing us as a nation," Kaigama said according to Naija News.
In February, another priest was kidnapped by gunmen in the state of Edo in the southwest region of the country.
Seminarian Michael Nnadi, 18, was killed in late January, weeks after he and three other seminarians were abducted from their seminary in Nigeria. The seminarians kidnapped with Nnadi have been released, but one is facing life-threatening injuries.
Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group that has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, has been active in Nigeria for years. While the group has attacked both Muslims and Christians in the past, recent attacks have focused on the killing and kidnapping of Christians.
Also in January, Rev. Lawan Andima, a local Government Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria and the married father of nine children, was beheaded by Boko Haram.
Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of Benin City said Andima was killed "simply because he was a Christian."
"This is the time to turn to God to save us and our dear country, Nigeria. We are told that once there is life there is hope," Kaigama said. "We refuse to give in to pessimism. We are resilient, that's why we are Nigerians."
On Feb. 27, U.S Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback told CNA that the situation in Nigeria was deteriorating.
"There's a lot of people getting killed in Nigeria, and we're afraid it is going to spread a great deal in that region," he told CNA. "It is one that's really popped up on my radar screens -- in the last couple of years, but particularly this past year."
"I think we've got to prod the [Nigerian President Muhammadu] Buhari government more. They can do more," he said. "They're not bringing these people to justice that are killing religious adherents. They don't seem to have the sense of urgency to act."
On Ash Wednesday, last week, Catholics in the country were invited to wear black to highlight the ongoing violence against Chrisitans.
In a letter read in all the country's parishes on Feb. 26, Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of Benin City, head of the country's bishops' conference, said that the black clothing would be a show of solidarity with victims of violent crime, as well as a display of mourning for victims of religious violence.
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Also last week, the secretary general of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria issued a request for Catholics around the world to pray for peace in Nigeria and security for the nation's Christians.
"I have been directed by the administrative board of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) to communicate to you that in the face of the current security situation, the Church needs to speak out in word and action against the level of insecurity in the country," said Fr. Zacharia Nyantiso Samjumi on Feb. 25 to Nigerian press.
Samjumi said that the majority of Nigerians throughout the country live in a constant state of fear, and there is a ever-present state of insecurity. In Nigeria, Christians are subjected to "repeated barbaric executions" and "incessant cases of kidnapping for ransom" by the Islamist group Boko Haram, and other terrorist organizations.
The violence has "traumatized many citizens," he said.
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Seminarian's killing a 'defining moment' for Christians in Nigeria
At the funeral Mass for Michael Nnadi, the 18-year-old seminarian abducted and killed by gunmen last month, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto said he hoped the death would be a turning point for persecuted Christians in Nigeria.
Brownback points to Nigeria, China and global spread of religious persecution
U.S. Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has warned that religious persecution is spreading worldwide, and highlighted the examples of anti-Christian violence in Nigeria and a growing religious surveillance state in China.
Nigerian priest abducted in new attack
Fr. Nicholas Oboh of the Diocese of Uromi has been abducted by gunmen in the state of Edo in the southwest region of the country.


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Q: Need help with a perl program Ok, so I am trying take a hash and if any string in an array contains the key(not value actual key name) in the hash discard it. Else print out the string. This issue is with a portion of the findHidden sub routine. I have tried a lot of different things, I will comment below where I have issues. I'm sure someone has an answer, always get one on stack overflow :)
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Configure
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
#
sub findHidden;
sub GetInfo;
sub defineHash;
##############

$passwd = '/etc/passwd';
%info = ();

sub GetInfo {
        die "Cannot open: $passwd"
        unless (open(PW,$passwd));
        while(<PW>) {
                chomp;
                my ($uname,$junk1,$junk2,$junk3,$domain,$home) = split(':', $_);
                next unless ($home =~ /vs/);
                %info = (
                        domain  => $domain,
                        home    => "$home/",
                        tmp     => "$home/tmp",
                        htdocs  => "$home/www/htdocs",
                        cgibin  => "$home/www/cgi\-bin",
                );
                print "\n" . $info{domain} . "\n";
                print "+"x40,"\n\n";
                findHidden($info{tmp});
        }
}
sub findHidden {
        defineHash;
        print "Searching " . $_[0] . "\n";
        print "-"x30,"\n\n";
        @hidden = `find $_[0] -iname ".*"`;
        for(@hidden) {
                foreach $key (keys % hExcludes) {
                        if ($_ =~ /$key/){    #
                                last;         # This portion is
                        }else{                # Only an issue when using more
                                print "$_";   # than 2 keys in my hash.
                                last;
                        }
                }
        }
}
sub defineHash {
        %hExcludes = ();
        %hExcludes = map { $_, 1 } (
                'spamd','.nfs'     # If I add another key here, it breaks.
        );

        %knownExploits =
                ( );
        print Dumper \%hExcludes;
}
GetInfo;

This Works, and prints out something like this:
/somedir/tmp/.testthis
/somedir/tmp/.sdkfbsdif
/somedir/tmp/.asdasdasd
I understand why It is not working, because it is looping through the keys where some are false and some are positive, I just cannot think of how to make it do what I want, please assume I might want to you 10 keys. I know there are ways to do it without using hash key values for my excludes but it is what I want to accomplish.
I have also tried shift @hidden as below to no avail.
                foreach $key (keys % hExcludes) {
                        if ($_ =~ /$key/){    #
                                last;         #
                                shift @hidden;# This portion is
                        }else{                # Only an issue when using more
                                print "$_";   # than 2 keys in my hash.
                                last;
                        }

Also, keep in mind that things only stop working when I add the third...or more keys.
        %hExcludes = map { $_, 1 } (
                'spamd','.nfs','key3'     # If I add another key here, it breaks
        );

A: What you need is this:
    @hidden = `find $_[0] -iname ".*"`;
    for(@hidden) {
        undef $isExcluded;
        foreach $key (keys % hExcludes) {
            if ($_ =~ /$key/){
                $isExcluded=1;
                last;
            }
        }
        if( ! $isExcluded ) {
            print "$_";
        }
    }

Whatever happened in your scan through the keys of hExcludes, the code encountered a last on the first key and did not process any more. You need to set a flag and continue iterating until either there are no more keys to set, or a match is found. Then you can print out the values that were not matched.


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Venezuela's people won't give up freedom: Ambassador
Ayesha Kabir | Update: 21:51, Aug 26, 2018
Augusto Montiel, the ambassador of Venezuela to Bangladesh, currently assigned to New Delhi, was in Bangladesh last month to present his credentials to the president. Montiel, also the envoy to India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, hosted a reception in Dhaka on 5 July to celebrate Venezuela's Independence Day. During his stay in Dhaka, he spoke to Prothom Alo at length about Venezuela's present political and economic crisis, the legacy of president Hugo Chavez, the role of president Maduro, tensions with the US and its allies, and more.
"Venezuela is a beautiful tropical country in the Caribbean. We have a big northern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Caracas is called the ever-spring city."
The pride in ambassador Augusto Montiel's voice is palpable as he speaks of his country Venezuela. But he is well aware that Venezuela is not in the news for its natural beauty at the moment. He elaborates on the country's prevailing political and economic crisis.
He comes straight to the point. "Oil was discovered in Venezuela over a hundred years ago. It has the largest reserves of oil and that is why it is so much the topic of current events nowadays. It is a target. All that is happening in Venezuela right now, the so-called economic crisis, the so-called humanitarian crisis, is simply the product of aggressions against the country.
"Venezuela is a founding member of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries). From the forties to the sixties, Venezuela was the largest oil producing country in the world. But all the profit went to Washington and other places, not to Venezuela. The arrangements that had been made were not fair. Most of the multinational oil companies did not pay royalties and the tax was absolutely at minimum. The negotiations at the time were in the hands of those who controlled the country politically. And they were a part of Washington's allies. And wherever Britain, France and the US have gone in the world, they have taken more than they have given. But nowadays we have been able to calculate far better deals."
Ambassador Augusto Montiel deliberates on the political system of Venezuela, highlighting the role of the country's late president Hugo Chavez. "The political system in Venezuela is a very strong vibrant democracy. We have a new constitution in Venezuela which was written by the people, debated openly in universities, in academies, in factories. Finally, after almost 10 months, a draft of the constitution was produced and presented to the population to approve or not to approve. And 92 per cent of the population approved the referendum.
"When Hugo Chavez became president of Venezuela in 1998, he called for a constituent national assembly to write a new constitution which could take Venezuela forward. He taught the people to look towards a better, more equitable, more socially acceptable world of equity and prosperity with everyone in society feeling that his or her rights respected. Hugo Chavez gave the republic a revival, a rebirth."
Development continues despite all odds. "In Latin America, Venezuela is either No. 1 or No. 2 when it comes to the UN social indicators, even after eight years of intense aggression in the form of so-called sanctions," says Ambassador Montiel. "The US and other western countries say this is a dictatorship, a country that must be invaded. They want regime change. Recently Washington approved millions of dollars in Congress to create 'transition to democracy' in Venezuela and Cuba. Trump says they want the presidency of Maduro out. "
Elaborating on Chavez's contribution to Venezuela's socio-economic and political development, the ambassador said, "In 1998 when president Chavez came to power, all the elections -- mayoral, presidential, all the many elections, were open to all. Before that, only 45 per cent of the population voted. The very poor didn't vote. They didn't have ID cards. They weren't educated enough to go and register themselves in the election registry. After Chavez came in 1998, everybody started going to school, everybody started getting health services, everybody started going to university, everybody finally learnt to read and write.
"Venezuela became the second country with 100 per cent literacy in Latin America. In 2005, UNESCO, handed Venezuela the certification for having become a 100 per cent literate country. Maduro at the time was member of parliament, then he became president of parliament and later he became the foreign minister for seven years. So a lot of work which Chavez did, he did jointly with Maduro. Maduro gained in experience.
"On another note, Venezuela was one of the very few countries globally able to meet all the Millennium Development Goals in time. In fact, it was the only country to be able to complete these goals in a matter of eight years and six months. Yet this is not highlighted anywhere because of the western-controlled media agencies around the world.'
To counter the international media agencies which only gave Venezuela and other Latin American countries a negative image, TeleSur was launched. "TeleSur was a regional media concept floated by Hugo Chavez. "
The negative portrayal of Venezuela is still in full force, regrets the Venezuelan diplomat. "US president Donald Trump and the president of Colombia are still attacking Venezuela every day - the president of Venezuela, the institutions of Venezuela, the people of Venezuela who voted for Maduro."
"What kind of democracy is this, internationally speaking, when countries are allowed to do this?" he asks. "The UN principles say every country has a right to self-determination. No one has the right to intervene in the internal matters of any country. You cannot, from Washington, say what you want in Venezuela. But they do. They have invaded nine countries in Latin America. They have brought pain and misery to millions of families in Latin America throughout the 20th century with the dictatorships that they have produced. There was Pinochet in Chile. This happened in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Grenada."
What is their problem with Venezuela? "The problem is that the people in Venezuela are not eating the big lie that Nicolas Maduro is a dictator," says Ambassador Montiel. When Maduro became president three months after Chavez died, the enemies said he was not of the stature of Chavez and was stupid. But now, in the face of adversity, he has proved himself to be a statesman. They don't call him stupid anymore. He was a technician and was a bus driver for the metro system in Caracas. Then he went on to become one of the most reputed foreign ministers in Latin America.
"They create a narrative that there is nothing good in Venezuela. Last year in 2017 they used gangs from neighbouring countries to create violence along with right-wing gangs and parties that the US finances illegally. There was a helicopter attack against the Supreme Court. The attacker escaped and now is in the United States. All of the people in Latin America who carry out terrorist attacks against their governments end up in Miami or somewhere in the US and are protected."
Augusto Montiel says a democratic space exists in Venezuela for people to differ from the government. "People have the right to protest. There are people who do not like Chavez and who do not like Nicolas Maduro and they have the right to express their opinion. In Venezuela, 95 per cent of the means of publication is private. If you turn on TV or internet in Venezuela, you will see every day the political opposition criticising the president on radio, on TV, in the newspapers. In Venezuela there is full-blown freedom of expression, freedom of opinion. Not even in the United States do you get that freedom of expression.
"The big victory of president Maduro last year was that the people realised the cruelty, the criminal procedures, and the obviously anti-constitutional actions that were being financed from abroad. Government supporters in Venezuela are mainly poor people, people in the past who, before president Chavez, had never studied. Now they have gone to university. Now they receive free healthcare and 98 per cent of the people receive drinking water."
Returning to the topic of Venezuela's resources, the ambassador highlighted that the country had the largest oil reserves. Geographical location was also a factor. "Venezuela is on top of South America, in the Caribbean, and only three or four days away from the southern part of the United States. Saudi Arabia is 40 days away by ship. Oil cargo by ship from Saudi Arabia to the US takes too long. So they need a country nearby with the source of 'their' oil. But if they were true capitalists, then they would agree to fair trade. They would say, you have oil, let's trade and we won't unleash anarchy against you to control your mineral resources.
"The other aspect is political. Hugo Chavez, and Lula in Brazil, Kirchner in Argentina, set up for the first time in 200 years, the Organisation of the American States (OAS). It was created after the Second World War. Before the Second World War, the United States had already been controlling the whole of the continent. But now it was the majority of the Latin American countries, the OAS, who were voting against the tricks and lies of the United States."
"There are also speculations regarding the death of Hugo Chavez. "Everything happened in 2010. President Lula got cancer. President Kirchner got cancer. Chavez got cancer. Dilma Rousseff was ousted. The democratically elected governments of Honduras, Paraguay and Brazil were ousted by right wing extremists, financed by the United States. The same parties in 2002 applauded the coup d'état in Venezuela."
The ambassador goes on to explain how pesident Nicolas Maduro last year endeavoured to sort of the crisis that had been created. "He used the clause in the constitution which says that a constituent national assembly can be called by either the president with cabinet approval, or by a percentage of the voters or two thirds of the parliament. Using this constitutional power last year to end this artificially motivated and artificially created situation of violence and anarchy in Venezuela, he called on 1 May last year the constituent national assembly. The election for the constituent national assembly members took place on 13 July last year. There are 30 million inhabitants in Venezuela and 9 million went out to vote even at the risk of losing their lives. It was incredible. They adversaries from outside were demoralised when they saw so many people went out to vote. They created violence so that the news the next day wouldn't show people going out to vote . A group of around 15 policemen on motorbikes were coming back to the headquarters where there were many journalists and cameramen. Then suddenly there was an explosion. So the following day the big news was violence in Venezuela, not about the election turnout.
"That was a big moral lesson and pesident Maduro was the big winner. All the surveys said that 95 per cent of the people strongly rejected all the violence that had been on the street. The opposition parties went bankrupt, especially the violent ones which openly called for Washington to intervene. They are now openly calling Washington to come and invade Venezuela. "
Ambassador Augusto Montiel expresses ire against neighbouring Colombia. "Of the 30 million people in Venezuela, 5 million are Colombians. They have been displaced from Colombia. In Colombia they kill peasants, they kill workers, they kill human right activists, they kill social activists and all the people come to Venezuela. The president of Colombia, the largest drug producer of the world, blames Venezuela. The Venezuelan president, according to Obama, Bush and Trump, is a drug dealer. But they don't say anything about Colombia."
Continuing his castigation of Colombia, Montiel says, "Former president Uribe of Colombia is No. 82 on the CIA list. They blackmail him, they blackmail all of these people -- we are going to accuse you of corruption and put you in jail. So they do whatever they are told. This present president of Colombia was a minister of Uribe. They never supported the peace treaty in which Norway and Chile, Venezuela and Cuba were involved. The beginning of the peace process in Colombia actually was started by Hugo Chavez. He convinced the region that we have to persuade the president of Colombia to look at peace as a part of the process. The president of Colombia started using that for his politics and they gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, which means nothing nowadays. It is politically motivated."
Turning to the US, the ambassador continues, "Trump has done us a big favour in a way. In the past, nobody believed us. They said that the US is not sabotaging our economy. But Trump has no shame. People in Venezuela now understand that all of these operations have been the result of CIA and US agencies.
"The US is prosecuting every company and every bank that handles Venezuelan money. They are not paying for the oil. Isn't that stealing? But they say anything is justified against this dictator. The people of Venezuela went to vote in the 2018 presidential elections held according to the constitution, not according to the whim of the government of the US. The US never accepted president Chavez although every time he won, he won 70 per cent or 75 per cent and with the highest turnout in the country. The Colombian president was elected with only 22 per cent of the votes and he calls Maduro an illegitimate president. They can do that because the international news agencies tell the whole world that story."
Ambassador Montiel speaks about the currency crunch in Venezuela. "There is an artificial disappearance of coins and currency. In Venezuela now retired people get their pensions through electronic cards. For the last two or three years, everybody has electronic cards. Venezuela has the highest number of people in the world using electronic modes of payment. This is a way to bypass the sabotage. But they keep sabotaging, with inflation, with currency. This has been possible to bypass because a large percentage of the population owns smartphones and are educated."
The Venezuelan government is alert about possible intervention from the US at any time and Montiel says, "Now that Trump is using the term military intervention in Venezuela, president Maduro has called upon all civil and military personnel to be prepared for anything. US vice president Pence, previous secretary of state Tillerson and now Pompeo, made three visits to Latin America already this year. These tours were made to arm twist Latin America and get support to sabotage Venezuela, to block it commercially, to squeeze it. They can't believe that, after all the damage they have done to Venezuela, people are still supporting president Maduro. The people will defend the sovereignty and constitution and not allow these people to come and take our oil, our gold, our coltan. Venezuela has the second largest reserves of coltan in the world, after Congo. Coltan is the most strategic metal nowadays used in all telecommunication systems, in mobiles, etc.
"The president of Brazil is a dictator placed at the helm by the United States. When in Brazil, Mike Pence wanted to go to the border with Venezuela and create this theatre of a humanitarian camp being set up in Brazil with thousands of Venezuelans trying to escape from Venezuela. The mayor of that city in Brazil near the border with Venezuela told Pence, you are not coming here. Your government has to respect the sovereignty of nations. So Pence didn't go there and they had to change this theatre.
"Pence visited Ecuador and when he left, the judiciary there presented an arrest warrant against their ex-president who was close to Chavez. He is living in Belgium and hasn't been allowed to return. They are trying to do the same as they did with Lula. The president of Ecuador, after Pence's visit, came out with a protest against Bolivia and Venezuela because the presidents of these two countries said the judicial steps against the Latin American leaders has to stop because this is being staged by the government of the United States. So can see the connection here - Washington giving instructions to carry out whatever they say."
How do the days ahead look for Venezuela? "Bad days are ahead. The people have families and are suffering. Trump speaks about military intervention, but the people of Venezuela have become all the more determined. They will not give up their freedom."
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<?php
/**
 * @author: mix
 * @date: 11.03.14
 */
namespace ThreadUnit;

/**
 * Class Worker
 *
 * @package ThreadUnit
 */
class Worker
{
    const STATE_LUNCH = "lunch";

    const STATE_OPEN = "open";

    const STATE_READ = "read";

    const STATE_CLOSE = "close";

    const STATE_FINALIZE = "finalaze";

    const STATE_SKIP = "skip";

    private $tests = [];

    private $params;

    private $threadId;

    private $testPacks = [];

    private $logFiles = [];

    /**
     * @var WorkersBalancer
     */
    private $testHub;

    public function  __construct(Params $params, $threadId, $testHub) {
        $this->params = $params;
        $this->threadId = $threadId;
        $this->testHub = $testHub;
    }

    public function addTest($name, $weight) {
        $this->tests[$name] = $weight;
    }

    public function prepareTests() {
        $packs = [];
        $filesPerThread = $this->params->getFilePerThread();
        if ($filesPerThread) {
            $i = 0;
            $packId = 0;
            arsort($this->tests);
            foreach ($this->tests as $test => $weight) {
                /** @var int $packId */
                $packs[$packId][] = $test;
                $i++;
                if ($i == $filesPerThread) {
                    $packId++;
                    $i = 0;
                }
            }
        } else {
            $packs[] = array_keys($this->tests);
        }
        $this->testPacks = $packs;
    }

    public function generateConfig($id) {
        $config = $this->params->getConfig();

        $pack = $this->testPacks[$id];

        $node = $config->getElementsByTagName("testsuites")->item(0);
        $node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
        $suites = $config->createElement("testsuites");
        $config->documentElement->appendChild($suites);
        $suite = $config->createElement("testsuite");
        $suites->appendChild($suite);
        foreach ($pack as $test) {
            $file = $config->createElement("file");
            $file->nodeValue = $test;
            $suite->appendChild($file);
        }
        $config->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
        $config->formatOutput = true;

        return $config;
    }

    protected function getLogPath($id) {
        return $this->params->getTmp() . "log." . $this->threadId . "." . $id . ".xml";
    }

    protected function getConfigPath($id) {
        return $this->params->getRoot() . "phpunit." . $this->threadId . "." . $id . ".xml";
    }

    public function getLogFiles() {
        return $this->logFiles;
    }

    /**
     * @var resource
     */
    private $proc;

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $pipes;

    private $currentId = 0;

    private $state = self::STATE_LUNCH;

    private $output = "";

    private $lastChar = "";

    private $lastCmd;

    public function lunch() {

        if (count($this->testPacks) == $this->currentId) {
            $this->state = self::STATE_SKIP;

            return;
        }

        $id = $this->currentId;
        $this->output = "";
        $config = $this->generateConfig($id);
        $path = $this->getConfigPath($id);
        $config->save($path);
        $log = $this->getLogPath($id);
        $cmd = $this->lastCmd =
            "phpunit -c $path -d 'display_errors=On' --log-junit=" . $log;

        if ($this->params->debug()) {
            $path2 = $this->params->getTmp() . "phpunit." . $this->threadId . "." . $id . ".xml ";

            $config->save($path2);
            echo "\n" . $cmd . "\n";
            echo "files: \n" . implode("\n", $pack = $this->testPacks[$id]) . "\n";
        }

        $descriptorspec = array(
            0 => array("pipe", "r"), // stdin - канал, из которого дочерний процесс будет читать
            1 => array("pipe", "w"), // stdout - канал, в который дочерний процесс будет записывать
            2 => array("pipe", "w") // stderr - файл для записи
        );

        $this->proc = proc_open($cmd, $descriptorspec, $this->pipes);
        fclose($this->pipes[0]);

        $this->state = self::STATE_OPEN;
    }

    public function open() {

        $count = 0;
        do {
            $char = fread($this->pipes[1], 1);
            $this->output .= $char;
            if ($char === "\n") {
                $count++;
            }

            if (feof($this->pipes[1])) {
                $this->state = self::STATE_FINALIZE;

                return;
            }
        } while ($count < 4);
        //$this->output = "";
        $this->state = self::STATE_READ;
    }

    public function read() {
        if (feof($this->pipes[1])) {
            $this->state = self::STATE_FINALIZE;

            return;
        }
        $char = fread($this->pipes[1], 1);
        $this->output .= $char;

        if (in_array($char, [".", "S", "F", "E"])) {
            $this->testHub->notifyTest($char);
        } elseif ($this->lastChar == "F" && $char == "a") {
            $this->state = self::STATE_FINALIZE;

            return;
        }

        if ($this->lastChar === $char && $char === "\n") {
            $this->state = self::STATE_CLOSE;
        }
        $this->lastChar = $char;
    }

    public function close() {
        if (feof($this->pipes[1])) {
            $this->state = self::STATE_FINALIZE;

            return;
        }
        $char = fread($this->pipes[1], 1);
        $this->output .= $char;
    }

    public function finalize() {

        $out = stream_get_contents($this->pipes[1]);

        $code = proc_close($this->proc);

        if ($code == 255) {

            $pack = $this->testPacks[$this->currentId];
            if (count($pack) == 1) {
                if ($out) {
                    $out = "Fa" . $out;
                } else {
                    $out = "Unexpected end of test {$pack[0]}. Exit code:$code. ";
                }

                $str = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<testsuites>
  <testsuite name='' tests='0' assertions='0' failures='0' errors='1' time='0'>
    <testsuite name='' file='{$pack[0]}' tests='0' assertions='0' failures='0' errors='1' time='0'>
      <error type='Fatal_Error'>
        {$out}
      </error>
    </testsuite>
  </testsuite>
</testsuites>";
                file_put_contents($this->getLogPath($this->currentId), $str);

                $this->logFiles[] = $this->getLogPath($this->currentId);
            } else {
                $new = [[], []];
                foreach ($pack as $i => $file) {
                    $new[$i % 2][] = $file;
                }
                $this->testPacks[] = $new[0];
                $this->testPacks[] = $new[1];
            }
        } else {
            $this->logFiles[] = $this->getLogPath($this->currentId);
        }

        if (!$this->params->debug()) {
            unlink($this->getConfigPath($this->currentId));
        }

        $this->currentId++;

        $this->state = self::STATE_LUNCH;
    }

    public function generateFatalLog($file, $id, $out) {
    }

    public function tic() {
        switch ($this->state) {
            case self::STATE_LUNCH :
                $this->lunch();
                break;
            case self::STATE_OPEN :
                $this->open();
                break;
            case self::STATE_READ :
                $this->read();
                break;
            case self::STATE_CLOSE :
                $this->close();
                break;
            case self::STATE_FINALIZE :
                $this->finalize();
                break;
        }
    }

    public function output() {
        echo $this->output . "\n";
    }

    public function done() {
        return $this->state == self::STATE_SKIP;
    }

    public function debug() {
        $sum = 0;
        foreach ($this->tests as $test => $weight) {
            $sum += $weight;
        }
        echo "Total: $sum\n";
    }
}

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William "Will" Hoke was raised on a ranch in a small country town in Texas and was taught to work hard by his father, who made his living as a pipeline welder; and his mother, who stayed home to raise him. Mr. Hoke comes from a long family line of offshore oil rig workers and offshore pipeline welders, and his dad is a longstanding member of the Local 798 Pipeliners Union. To assist with college, Mr. Hoke also worked in the oilfield - building, repairing and servicing oilfield equipment both inland and offshore. Mr. Hoke has drawn upon his actual oilfield work experience in successfully handling dangerous workplace lawsuits against British Petroleum (BP) and other corporate giants.
Mr. Hoke earned his BBA in Business Management from Texas A&M University in 2000. Mr. Hoke earned his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law in 2004. While at South Texas, Mr. Hoke actively participated in Varsity Mock Trial and Moot Court and served as an Officer on the Board of Advocates from 2002 – 2004.
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Dikembe stream new song "Teeth in the Sink"
Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 8:59 AM (PST) by Bizarro Dustin
Gainesville, FL's Dikembe have released a stream of a new song titled "Teeth in the Sink." The song will appear on the band's upcoming 7-inch EP, Ledge, and you can listen to it below.
Dikembe will release Ledge on June 2, 2015, via Tiny Engines. It will be the follow up to the band's sophomore LP, Mediumship, which was released on August 5, 2014, also through Tiny Engines.
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