If you do not use the DIB prefix you may find that your overrides are discarded as the build environment is sanitised.
Two elements use the source-repositories element, but use the same filename for the source-repositories config file. Files such as these (and indeed the scripts in the various .d directories listed below) should be named such that they are unique. If they are not unique, when the combined tree is created by disk-image-builder for injecting into the build environment, one of the files will be overwritten.
Two elements copy different scripts into /usr/local/bin with the same name. If they both use set -e and cp -n then the conflict will be caught and cause the build to fail.
If your element mounts anything into the image build tree ($TMP_BUILD_DIR) then it will be automatically unmounted when the build tree is unmounted - and not remounted into the filesystem image - if the mount point is needed again, your element will need to remount it at that point.
If caching is required, elements should use a location under $DIB_IMAGE_CACHE.
Elements should allow for remote data to be cached. When $DIB_OFFLINE is set, this cached data should be used if possible. See the Global image-build variables section of this document for more information.
Elements in the upstream diskimage-builder elements should not create executables which run before 10- or after 90- in any of the phases if possible. This is to give downstream elements the ability to easily make executables which run after our upstream ones.
Make as many of the following subdirectories as you need, depending on what part of the process you need to customise. The subdirectories are executed in the order given here. Scripts within the subdirectories should be named with a two-digit numeric prefix, and are executed in numeric order.
Only files which are marked executable (+x) will be run, so other files can be stored in these directories if needed. As a convention, we try to only store executable scripts in the phase subdirectories and store data files elsewhere in the element.
Create or adapt the initial root filesystem content. This is where alternative distribution support is added, or customisations such as building on an existing image.
Only one element can use this at a time unless particular care is taken not to blindly overwrite but instead to adapt the context extracted by other elements.
Pull in extra data from the host environment that hooks may need during image creation. This should copy any data (such as SSH keys, http proxy settings and the like) somewhere under $TMP_HOOKS_PATH.
Contents placed under $TMP_HOOKS_PATH will be available at /tmp/in_target.d inside the chroot.
Run code in the chroot before customisation or packages are installed. A good place to add apt repositories.
Runs after pre-install.d in the chroot. This is a good place to install packages, chain into configuration management tools or do other image specific operations.
Clean the cache left by the package manager to reduce the size of the image.
Run code outside the chroot. This is a good place to perform tasks that cannot run inside the chroot and must run after installing things. The root filesystem content is rooted at $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt.
Customise the block device that the image will be made on (for example to make partitions). Runs after the target tree has been fully populated but before the cleanup.d phase runs.
Final tuning of the root filesystem, outside the chroot. Filesystem content has been copied into the final file system which is rooted at $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt. You might do things like re-mount a cache directory that was used during the build in this phase (with subsequent unmount in cleanup.d).
Perform final tuning of the root filesystem. Runs in a chroot after the root filesystem content has been copied into the mounted filesystem: this is an appropriate place to reset SELinux metadata, install grub bootloaders and so on.
Because this happens inside the final image, it is important to limit operations here to only those necessary to affect the filesystem metadata and image itself. For most operations, post-install.d is preferred.
Perform cleanup of the root filesystem content. For instance, temporary settings to use the image build environment HTTP proxy are removed here in the dpkg element.
Elements may have other subdirectories that are processed by specific elements rather than the diskimage-builder tools themselves.
One example of this is the bin directory. The rpm-distro , dpkg and opensuse elements install all files found in the bin directory into /usr/local/bin within the image as executable files.
To set environment variables for other hooks, add a file to your element environment.d. This directory contains bash script snippets that are sourced before running scripts in each phase. Note that because environment includes are sourced together, they should not set global flags like set -x because they will affect all preceeding imports.
A plain text, newline separated list of elements which will be added to the list of elements built into the image at image creation time.
A plain text, newline separated list of elements which are provided by this element. These elements will be excluded from elements built into the image at image creation time.
For example if element A depends on element B and element C includes element B in its element-provides file and A and C are included when building an image, then B is not used.
they must have operating-system in their element-provides, so this indicates they are an "operating system".
they must export the DISTRO_NAME environment variable with the name of the distribution built, using an environment.d script. For example, the opensuse element exports DISTRO_NAME=opensuse.
Text files listing executables required to be fed into the ramdisk. These need to be present in $PATH in the build chroot (i.e. need to be installed by your elements as described above).
POSIX shell script fragments that will be appended to the default script executed as the ramdisk is booted (/init).
Called to copy files into the ramdisk. The variable $TMP_MOUNT_PATH points to the root of the tree that will be packed into the ramdisk.
udev rules files that will be copied into the ramdisk.
lines should not include trailing whitespace.
there should be no hard tabs in the file.
indents are 4 spaces, and all indentation should be some multiple of them.
do and then keywords should be on the same line as the if, while or for conditions.
This is always set. When not empty, any operations that perform remote data access should avoid it if possible. If not possible the operation should still be attempted as the user may have an external cache able to keep the operation functional.
This contains the UUID of the root filesystem, when diskimage-builder is building a disk image. This works only for ext filesystems.
Path to where cached inputs to the build process are stored. Defaults to ~/.cache/image_create.
The above-mentioned global content can be further broken down in a way that encourages composition of elements and reusability of their components. One possible approach to this would be to label elements as either a "driver", "service", or "config" element. Below are some examples.
In the general case, configuration should probably be handled either by the meta-data service (eg, o-r-c) or via normal CM tools (eg, salt). That being said, it may occasionally be desirable to create a set of elements which express a distinct configuration of the same software components.
It should be noted that this is merely a naming convention to assist in managing elements. Diskimage-builder is not, and should not be, functionally dependent upon specific element names.
diskimage-builder has the ability to retrieve source code for an element and place it into a directory on the target image during the extra-data phase. The default location/branch can then be overridden by the process running diskimage-builder, making it possible to use the same element to track more then one branch of a git repository or to get source for a local cache. See source-repositories for more information.
DIB exposes an internal $IMAGE_ELEMENT_YAML variable which provides elements access to the full set of included elements and their paths. This can be used to process local in-element files across all the elements (pkg-map for example).
For elements written in Bash, there is a function get_image_element_array that can be used to instantiate an associative-array of elements and paths (note arrays can not be exported in bash).
break=before-block-device-size will break before the block device size hooks are called.
break=before-pre-install will break before the pre-install hooks.
break=after-error will break after an error during an in target hookpoint.
The manifests element will make a range of manifest information generated by other elements available for inspection inside and outside the built image. Environment and command line arguments are captured as described in the documentation and can be useful for debugging.
Images are built such that the Linux kernel is instructed not to switch into graphical consoles (i.e. it will not activate KMS). This maximises compatibility with remote console interception hardware, such as HP's iLO. However, you will typically only see kernel messages on the console - init daemons (e.g. upstart) will usually be instructed to output to a serial console so nova's console-log command can function. There is an element in the tripleo-image-elements repository called "remove-serial-console" which will force all boot messages to appear on the main console.
Ramdisk images can be debugged at run-time by passing troubleshoot as a kernel command line argument, or by pressing "t" when an error is reached. This will spawn a shell on the console (this can be extremely useful when network interfaces or disks are not detected correctly).
An element can have functional tests encapsulated inside the element itself. The tests can be written either as shell or python unit tests.
Create a directory called test-elements inside your element.
Assert state during each of the element build phases you would like to test. You can exit 1 to indicate a failure.
To exit early and indicate a success, touch a file /tmp/dib-test-should-fail in the image chroot, then exit 1.
Tests are run with tools/run_functests.sh. Running run_functests.sh -l will show available tests (the example above would be called apt-sources/test-case-1, for example). Specify your test (or a series of tests as separate arguments) on the command line to run it. If it should not be run as part of the default CI run, you can submit a change with it added to DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS in that file.
Running the functional tests is time consuming. Multiple parallel jobs can be started by specifying -j <job count>. Each of the jobs uses a lot resources (CPU, disk space, RAM) - therefore the job count must carefully be chosen.
Note that running functional tests requires sudo rights, thus you may be asked for your password.
Create a directory called tests in the element directory.
Create an empty file called __init__.py to make it into a python package.
Create your test files as test\whatever.py, using regular python test code.
To run all the tests use testr - testr run. To run just some tests provide one or more regex filters - tests matching any of them are run - testr run apt-proxy.
You should always run bin/dib-lint over your elements. It will warn you of common issues.
Using sudo outside the chroot environment can cause breakout issues where you accidentally modify parts of the host system. dib-lint will warn if it sees sudo calls that do not use the path arguments given to elements running outside the chroot.


For The Metal Voice, former Anthrax singer Neil Turbin spoke with Uli Jon Roth in Los Angeles during opening night of his North American tour. Uli spoke about the different types of guitars that he uses during his 3-hour show, talks about working on his new studio album, how he was offered 7-9 million dollars for a Jimi Hendrix guitar, and how he finds today's music uninspiring. Watch below.
"A lot of people were after that guitar. Paul Allen, the number two guy in Microsoft, called Monica up once and offered a million dollars for it but she turned him down.
"Another guy called me up, some kind of Arab arts dealer, offered like seven-eight-nine million dollars for that guitar, I then asked him tell me good reason why we should sell this guitar? And he said, 'well for the money'. I said that's not a good reason. I said the guitar should stay with Monica's paintings and it's not my guitar.
"It now belongs to the Dannemann's estate. It's in a vault as there were too many people after it but one day I think it's going to be exhibited as it should be. Of course, exhibited with Monica's paintings because Monica's paintings are extra special and they tell the story by themselves unlike any other thing that is out there connected to Jimi Hendrix. Monica understood Jimi's lyrics. I think one day Monica's paintings will be seen for what they are they're gonna live on and of course Jimi's music will live on.
"I also played that guitar a couple of times when I was in the Scorpions but I was afraid of breaking a string but it was just for a few minutes and then I never played it again as they were the original Jimi strings."
Uli Jon Roth's North American tour dates are listed below.


You can choose to direct all network traffic from the remote location back to your UTM for complete protection or only route inter-office network traffic via RED. All data between the RED and your UTM is encrypted to provide a secure private connection.
RED hardware appliances are available in three models: the RED 10, RED 15 and RED 50.


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Ford Wants its Cars to Talk With Your iPhone
lisahoover Dec 23, 2009 - 7:00 AM CST
Autoblog picked up on an interesting story about Ford Motor Company's (s f) efforts to create middleware that will let future cars interact with mobile devices, including iPhones. Sync, developed in conjunction with Microsoft (s msft), aims to not only give you access to your phone book and playlists, but also wants to allow you to use all those third-party apps you've downloaded.
Think about it: hands-free access to iPhone Apps as you drive. Sign us up.
One of the biggest hurdles creating an interface like this is getting developers to start working on apps that mobile device owners would want to use in their vehicles. "So Ford has to reach out to people eager to develop apps for cars, and make the process fun for the developers. Long approval periods and heavy layers of corporate interference will just turn would-be Sync app writers off," says Autoblog's Jonny Lieberman.
Sync's open API allows developers to create apps for virtually any type of phone, but Ford selected iPhones as its research model because of its popularity. Sync developers met with a group of computer science students from the University of Michigan and asked them to build a couple of iPhone Apps so researchers could test their viability as a truly mobile app.
The first, FollowMe, lets users track each other's locations so no one gets lost traveling caravan-style from place to place. SyncCast, the other app the students came up with, allows users to play any radio station in the U.S through the car stereo via their iPhone. It only took the students three months to develop the apps and, by all accounts, working with the Sync API was a piece of cake. Ironically, it was the iPhone's Apple-specific toolkit that gave developers the most grief.
There's no word when this technology will be ready for the open market but when it is, will you want it on it? Would the ability to interact hands free with your iPhone influence your car-buying decisions? Let us know in the comments.
16 Responses to "Ford Wants its Cars to Talk With Your iPhone"
Mac December 26, 2009
Jeff December 25, 2009
I won't buy a Ford with a Microsoft product built in. Every 20 miles or so I'd have to restart my car so it'd work correctly. I can imagine that because of Sync all the electronics in the car failing as soon as I drove it off the lot. I'd probably get a Blue Windshield of Death too. A Ford with Sync … no way, no day.
Sean December 23, 2009
I would LOVE to have the full functionality of my iPhone apps in my MB but if it uses any Microsoft software or has Microsoft involved in ANY way I wouldn't touch it with a five million mile pole!
When Apple does it so it's done RIGHT, I will get it for sure. Until then I would not use the product if Microsoft is involved. I have never seen them do anything innovative nor useful in thirty years. The dufus running Microsoft is a moron and should be fired.
iHing December 23, 2009
Hard to believe with Microsoft involved that sync is going to be a good product and work well with an Apple iPhone.
Thomcarl December 23, 2009
I'd rather eat worms than own a Ford, one of the reasons I feel this way is Fords use of MicroSoft as its software company.
Terrin December 23, 2009
I hate Microsoft for the crappy products it makes and the way it obtained it's monopoly. I, however, love Ford's new vehicles over similar Chrysler, GM, Toyota, and Hyundai offerings. Sync is only part of the equation. Ford has a lot of other innovative features like gas cap less gas tanks, a key pad for entry in case you lock your keys in the vehicle, hidden cargo containers, and the list goes on. My fiance's Mercury Mariner that I drive a lot runs great. Her mom's Lincoln Mercury is a vehicle I could live in because it is so plush inside.
Sync did play heavily into our purchasing decision. I will give credit where credit is due. When it works, Sync is the greatest tool. If your phone allows it, it will give you turn by turn directions, play your music, and the handsfree calling is the best I've used.
I also have fully loaded 2007 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5. The Jetta is a wonderful car. When I am driving the Jetta I am very comfortable, but I really miss the Sync.
With that said, her Mercury vehicle has been in the shop twice in the two months she has owned it. The vehicle runs flawlessly and we have no complaints. The problem was with Sync. The Ford dealer had to reset the Sync system twice. I have four other friends and family members driving various other types of Ford vehicles with Sync and haven't had the same issue. Part of how well Sync works depends on the features of your phone and that may play into problems people may experience including myself [my blue tooth phone is two years old and bare on features].
Apple would never create a system for Ford. Ford wanted a system that worked well not only with Apple products, but a multitude of third party products as well. Apple doesn't want to support phones and MP3 players by anybody but itself. Further, all though I think Ford makes very good cars, I also am not sure Apple would want to tie it's brand to strictly Ford vehicles. That, however, is what Microsoft has done.
Opps. That should have said Lincoln MKK.
Robert B December 23, 2009
I'm looking to get a new Ford; but I wish that Sync was an Apple system. Perhaps their new tablet may morph into the dashboards of the future. I would bet that the Michigan students were Windows programmers who had to learn Objective C to program with Apple's tools. BTW, Apple's free programmers toolkit is a great product. It's to Ford's benefit to integrate with portable devices starting with the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Bryan Buchs December 23, 2009
I rented a Mustang for a trip up the CA coast this summer. It had Sync, I have an iPhone. Getting the two to play nicely took me more or less the entire trip. Sync is a nice idea, but it needs some serious work.
Chris December 23, 2009
Just bought a Lincoln MKT – Ford Sync was a big factor in the buying of the vehicle. (Although quality of the interior workmanship, EcoBoost, and the styling were the main factors.) Integrating Sync even more with the iPhone would be a huge selling point to many your car buyers.
I'm getting more and more impressed with Ford as time goes on.
Brad W January 12, 2010
My ipod Touch won't work in my MKT using Sync. All it wants to do is index, index, re index. On a recent 3 hour trip it never finished. I am very unhappy with Ford/Lincoln over this problem – it simply does not work.
dmers December 23, 2009
Ford should push Apple to come up with a Communication system of its own to really be state of art. As of now, MS Sync is first generation and too slow to learn voice commands, difficult to learn with missing "quick help directions", and lacks several needed buttons for GPS, Phone hookup, and Satellite Radio. I don't want to take a 3 semester hour course to learn this thing. MS would have help manuals to sell me of course.
Normally Microsoft does what is easiest for the engineers and not the end user.
Crayve December 23, 2009
I bought a 2010 Ford Focus last month to replace a 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo. Ford was at the top of my list because of Sync.
Matt B December 23, 2009
I gave a hard look at the new Ford Taurus with the announcement of in-car wifi yesterday. This announcement would cause me to jump Ford to the top of the list. I would love to be able to dock my iPhone and have it mirror the touch screen controls in the center console on a 8″+ screen.
Keep going Ford!
frypandigital December 23, 2009
Good to see Ford continue to align itself with "cool" technology. I'd love to have those apps in my car.

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Manipur to get its first grievance cell for transgender women
To be launched on 9 April, this cell set up by the Manipur State Commission for Women is a step towards legal and social inclusion of transgender women
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The argument is that if someone identifies as a woman, there is no reason why they shouldn't be included in bodies meant to protect them or safeguard their rights. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO
By Avantika Bhuyan
In a historic decision, the Manipur State Commission for Women has announced the launch of a transgender women's grievance cell. To be formally opened tomorrow, it sets a new benchmark for inclusion of transgender women in government bodies. "As far as I know it is one of the first in the country," says Prof Binota Meinam, chairperson, Manipur State Commission for Women. According to her, this is a step towards integrating marginalised and vulnerable sections of the population into mainstream society. "They should have access to governance platforms and get speedy redressal to their grievances. There should be legal and social inclusion of transgender women, only then can they lead a meaningful life in the country," she adds.
"This has come after a long struggle," says Santa Khurai, a Manipuri indigenous Nupi Maanbi (transgender woman) from Manipur. Hers has been one of the most significant voices advocating this inclusion. "Trans women should be included in redressal cells meant for women. This has been a matter of controversy, especially with some 'feminists', who are so transphobic," says the writer, poet, artist and secretary of the state-level apex body for queer All Manipur Nupi Maanbi Association (AMANA).
The argument is that if someone identifies as a woman, there is no reason why they shouldn't be included in bodies meant to protect them or safeguard their rights. "It is not necessary that a person has to go through surgical or medical intervention. Gender is something to do with your inner feelings. You can't limit the definition of women to biological attributions," she says.
A group of Nupi Maanbi attending a wedding ceremony. Photo: courtesy Bebo Bnao
Through her activism, Khurai has always wanted to restructure the definition of feminism. The ideas of women equality and empowerment should be expanded to include everyone who identifies as one. "It is not just important to voice this, but to also make concrete efforts to bring this inclusion within formal structures. Hence the starting of a grievance cell for transgender women is a most welcome step by the Manipur State Commission for Women, and it sends a wonderful message to trans people across the globe," elaborates Khurai.
This cell has been the need of the hour for a long time, given the violence that the trans community faces. Some steps have been taken towards this in recent times across the country to create a more inclusive and safe environment for the community. For instance, last month, the Cyberabad police inaugurated a 'transgender community desk' at the Gachibowli police station. And yet efforts such as these are few and far in between.
"I recently came across a notification in a local newspaper where a public hearing had been called by the chairperson of the Manipur State Commission for Women. It sought ideas and thoughts from different groups of women to develop a gender policy, which was to be tabled in front of the state cabinet," says Khurai. She joined the meeting and spoke about the exclusion and vulnerabilities of transgender women. After coming back, Khurai drafted a proposal to address some of these concerns—one of the suggestions was a grievance cell. "Online harassment, trolling and bullying has become an everyday thing in trans women's lives. There are also cases of property denials and bullying in public places. These concerns are not taken seriously. This cell will hopefully change that. It should also employ a trans woman to create better understanding of the issues," she adds.


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Supported by a network of local groups, each with its own flavour Quest offers opportunities for fellowship, friendship and support. Local groups are open to like minded people of faith and participation isn't dependent on membership of (national) Quest. Quest runs an annual conference open to all. Visit the website for more information and to follow the Quest blog.
Quest provides information and opportunities for worship, spiritual retreats and supportive fellowship through our local groups.
Through our meetings with local bishops and other Catholic leaders, we promote LGBT inclusion in the life of the Church.
We also meet with other LGBT groups to promote a more rounded understanding of faith, and the possibility of one being both Catholic and openly LGBT.
Quaker Lesbian Group (QLG) A welcoming nationwide group of lesbians who meet twice a year for a Gathering which is a weekend of friendship, discussion and support.
Quaker Gender and Sexual Diversity Community (formerly Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship) is a nationwide welcoming organisation which organises Gatherings.
This is a group for all women – straight, lesbian, bi, trans and all who identify as women.
This is an online group, mainly aimed at young people.
The Sibyls is a UK-based confidential Christian spirituality group for transgender people, their partners and supporters. It seeks to fulfil the two great commandments of Jesus: To love God and love one another.
This is a Jewish LGBT+ group. They have been involved with developing resources covering Jewish LGBT+ inclusion. Their document The wellbeing of LGBT+ pupils in Orthodox Schools is excellent and very affirming.
The American Keshetonline has resources that may be helpful, but do not have direct UK relevance.
The word 'Hidayah' derives from the Arabic word for 'guidance.' Hidayah is a nationwide organisation for LGBTQI+ Muslims in the United Kingdom.
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Lasers are used in several different ways in dentistry. The unique way they work allows many procedures to be done with precision. Tissue trimmed by a laser has less damage and less bleeding which allows for quicker healing. The laser does not generate heat which is ideal for sculpting around an implant without compromise to its structure. These qualities make a Laser the instrument of choice for biopsies and other soft tissue procedures.
Lasers can also be used on teeth to remove decay. It is especially effective on "deciduous" teeth of children and lesions around the gum line for adults. Due to the properties of the Laser, there is often no need to numb the area that is being treated. In many case children do not need to receive a "shot" to numb the area. This reduction in anxiety for a child can have very positive and lasting benefits. Laser treatment is not an option for all patients or in every situation, however, those that meet the specific criteria have a very positive outcome.
Over growth of gum tissue on a young patient. Teeth appear small and inappropriate for facial proportions.
Laser re-contouring of the gum tissue overgrowth exposed the natural length of the teeth.
The Laser has also helped with periodontal disease. Laser treatments can help remove diseased tissue around a tooth or teeth and provide a clean surface for tissue reattachment. The main goal for the use of laser therapy in the patient with periodontal concerns is to reduced tissue pocket depth and reestablish a healthy bone and gum tissue connection.


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I'm seriously uncomfortable at the lack of orangein Netherland flag.
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Q: skimage.morphology.watershed causes 32 Bit Kernel to die When using Python 3.6.4 32-Bit with skimage version 0.13.1 the following code leads to a dieing kernel:
from scipy.io import loadmat
import skimage.morphology
import skimage.feature
import scipy
import numpy as np
import psutil
import os

process = psutil.Process(os.getpid())
print('Mem usage %4.1f MB after imports\n'%(process.memory_info().vms / float(2 ** 20)))
data = loadmat('demoData.mat')
print('Mem usage %4.1f MB after loading the data'%(process.memory_info().vms / float(2 ** 20)))
print('Mem available: %4.1f MB\n'%(psutil.virtual_memory().available/float(2 ** 20)))

#Just show the input data
#import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
#plt.figure('Watershed')
#plt.clf()
#plt.imshow(data['pic'])

#%%Do some Calculations
l = 10 # hysteresis for Canny edge detector lower limit
h = 20 # hysteresis for Canny edge detector high limit
sigma = 0.1

gradient = skimage.filters.sobel(data['pic'])
# find forground and background
l,h = 10, 20 # hysteresis for Canny edge detector

cannyPic = skimage.feature.canny(data['pic'], sigma = sigma, low_threshold=l, high_threshold=h)
print('Mem usage %4.1f MB after CannyPic'%(process.memory_info().vms / float(2 ** 20)))
print('Mem available: %4.1f MB\n'%(psutil.virtual_memory().available/float(2 ** 20)))

markers = cannyPic == 0
print('Mem usage %4.1f MB after markers'%(process.memory_info().vms / float(2 ** 20)))
print('Mem available: %4.1f MB\n'%(psutil.virtual_memory().available/float(2 ** 20)))

seg = np.ones((3,3))
markers, numFeatures = scipy.ndimage.measurements.label(markers, seg)
print('Mem usage %4.1f MB after label'%(process.memory_info().vms / float(2 ** 20)))
print('Mem available: %4.1f MB\n'%(psutil.virtual_memory().available/float(2 ** 20)))

#***** Crash occurs in the line below ****
labels = skimage.morphology.watershed(gradient, markers)
print('Mem usage %4.1f MB after watershed'%(process.memory_info().vms / float(2 ** 20)))
print('Mem available: %4.1f MB\n'%(psutil.virtual_memory().available/float(2 ** 20)))

It works fine with the 64Bit Version and it works fine for smaller images. Therefor I guessed there might be a memory problem. But judging from the output of the earlier calls to sobel, canny, and markers the memory usage is not critically high, and there is lots of availabel memory left.
The output is as follows:

Python 3.6.4 |Anaconda custom (32-bit)| (default, Jan 16 2018, 10:21:59) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)]
IPython 6.2.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.

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Mem usage 365.9 MB after markers
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Kernel died, restarting

Just switching to the 64 bit version is difficult, since this code shall be used in a library called by another 32-bit software, which can not be tranfered to 64 bit easily.
And choping the large image to smaller images and processing those wasn't entirely stable either. For different installations using 1000 by 1000 pix images worked most of the time but not necessarily if called repeatedly.
Questions:
1. How can one find the root cause of the dieing kernel?
2. Might this be a clumsy memory usage in the watershed, if it is the memory at all?
3. Does anyone have an idea how to make it work?
All hints are appreciated.
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There is no certainty. Nothing is ever certain.
There is NO certainty with anything. The sooner you learn to accept that, the better off and less stressed you will be.
As a psychic, I truly "wing-it". I have to, there's no other way to do it. Things change so quickly. A prediction is never ever certain; even if you got the same prediction from multiple psychics or sources. If you change just one thing about the way you do things, or say something that you wouldn't have normally said in a given situation BECAUSE of a prediction, you change the outcome. Quantum Physics tells us this.
While this tends to hold true within incorporated towns and countries, even then, it is still not a certainty. It only holds as a certainty because that is the current setup for our economy and our survival. But even then, it is not certain; things can change at any time at a moment's notice to have that saying not hold true.
Certainty only comes with the here and now, never the future, and sometimes never the past. Because you cannot jump into the future, nor can you go back into the past, you can never be certain of what is to come or what was. You may think that you are certain, but you're most certainly not.
Nothing is ever, ever certain. You can guarantee nothing as 100% going to be that way no matter what.
What you CAN guarantee is the probability based on what the current standards are that something will go 100% as predicted. That is all you can do. You cannot guarantee certainty.
What we call certainty, is nothing more than extreme probability based on past occurrences and results. You can't take it as more than that. Things change throughout history. What once was certain became certainty no more, and will continue to do so over time.


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Ghislaine Maxwell Drops Objection to Releasing the Names of 8 Men Who Slept With Underage Girls
One of the more disappointing aspects of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial was that the judge, James Comey's daughter, kept the names in Ghislaine's "little black book" secret. As TIME reported on the book around the time of the trial:
Most of the contents of Government Exhibit 52 has been redacted from court filings. But in a Nov. 12 filing, federal prosecutors contended that the book contains "compelling evidence" of Maxwell's guilt. The filing alleges that the book includes "dozens of pages of contacts, including family and friends of the defendant." Furthermore, the government alleges the book would show Maxwell "kept contact information for relevant individuals at trial, including victims."
In her filing, Maxwell's attorneys said that those are "bold, unexplained claims that Ms. Maxwell disputes." Maxwell's lawyers contend the contents of the book are "neither authentic nor relevant," arguing that the fact that the book did not surface until 2009 shows "there is no relevance that can be attached to the information."
Further, a version of it was leaked online by Gawker in 2015. The alleged version at that time reportedly included names and phone numbers of over 1,000 people many of them celebrities and politicians.
So, the book (allegedly) contains the names of dozens of victims and johns they were set up with and it was kept secret by a court system dominated by elites. Shocker.
In any case, that might be a moot point, at least for some of the depraved men whose names have been kept secret up until now, because Ghislaine is reportedly dropping her objection to hiding some of the names.
That's coming straight from the source: Ghislaine's legal team. Those lawyers wrote a letter indicating that their objection to releasing 8 of the names would be dropped, saying:
"After careful review of the detailed objections submitted by Non-Party Does 17, 53, 54, 55, 73, 93, and 151, counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell writes to inform the Court that she does not wish to further address those objections"
For those not versed in legalese, what that means is that Ghislaine will no longer maintain its objection to the prosecution's attempts to release those names, thus meaning that they'll no longer be kept secret.
While it's just eight names, which isn't many in the grand scheme of the hundreds of people potentially involved, one could be particularly impactful in the coming months if it does happen to be one of the eight.
That one name is the name of Andrew, the (alleged) pedo prince who was just stripped of his royal titles and honors after a judge ruled that the civil case against him for his (alleged) rape of a minor in connection with Epstein could proceed.
And there is evidence that Andrew is in the black book. As the Daily Mail reports of a recent incident in which Andrew was called by a TV host who found his number in the book:
This is the astonishing moment ITV journalist Ranvir Singh appears to reach Prince Andrew's voicemail after finding his number in Jeffrey Epstein's 'black book'.
The Good Morning Britain presenter, 44, is seen scrolling through a list of addresses and landline numbers for the Duke of York, including one for Buckingham Palace and another for Balmoral.
The video then shows the broadcaster calling a mobile number from the address book – said to have been compiled by the paedophile financier Epstein.
When the TV personality called, though Andrew didn't answer, a voice came on the "leave a message" response that the host said sounded like Andrew. Further, according to the host, the number and address appears from the little black book.
So, Maxwell is releasing names and Andrew's might be one of them.


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Ex-NBA Participant Shawn Kemp To Open Seattle's First Black-Owned Hashish Dispensary
Legendary Seattle Supersonics power forward and six-time NBA All-Star Shawn "Reign Man" Kemp has announced that he has entered the cannabis business.
Shawn Kemp's Cannabis opens later this month in Seattle.
The business is located at 3035 1st Ave. in the heart of the city near the Climate Pledge Arena and famed Space Needle. When it opens its doors on Friday, Oct. 30, it will become Seattle's first Black-owned dispensary. Kemp's former teammate, NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton, will join the celebration with a green ribbon-cutting ceremony slated to start at 12:45 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, the store will open to the public.
"I'm looking forward to welcoming Sonics fans on a regular basis, starting with opening day," said Kemp in a statement.
The opening will feature the unveiling of an art piece on the building's exterior from well-known local muralist Jeff Jacobson, who also goes by the moniker Weirdo. The 30-by-80-foot mural is rich in color and depicts Kemp playing basketball in his Sonics uniform.
Kemp, who is venturing into the fast-growing cannabis industry for the first time, is partnering with industry veterans Matt Schoenlein and Ramsey Hamide. Schoenlein and Hamide are two of the co-founders of Main Street Marijuana, the top cannabis retailer in Washington state since the company started in 2014. The brand's three shops have surpassed $150 million in sales and have contributed more than $55 million in excise tax.
"My name is on this company and I have worked hard to bring Shawn Kemp's Cannabis to fruition," said Kemp. "I want to provide nothing short of the best selection, customer experience, and prices in Seattle. I have incredible partners in Matt Schoenlein and Ramsey Hamide to make sure we deliver on that promise to our customers, who are our top priority.
"I hope that Shawn Kemp's Cannabis will be an inspiration for people to get involved with the legal cannabis industry, especially people of color."
Shawn Kemp's Cannabis will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. and will offer express order kiosks, online ordering, and curbside pickup. Health and safety measures will include social distancing protocols and mask requirements per state mandates. More information is available by calling (206) 345-0009, at www.KempsCannabis.com, and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Seattle SuperSonics legend Shawn Kemp is officially opening up his cannabis shop next week. It will become Seattle's first Black-owned dispensary.
The Reign Man will he joined by former teammate Gary Payton for the grand opening on Oct. 30 at 12:45pm.
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50 Degrees North releases Climate Action Plan
Vicky Karantzavelou
The Climate Action Plan outlines the positive changes that the tour operator will make to reduce carbon emissions across their business and tours.
MINNEAPOLIS – The Nordic tour operator and destination specialist, 50 Degrees North, has released their first Climate Action Plan in response to the growing threat of climate change.
In 2021 50 Degrees North became the first Nordic Tour Operator to commit to combating climate change through the signing of the United Nations Glasgow Declaration. A movement founded during the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, 50 Degrees North Nordic, along with 300 other tourism companies, committed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving a net-zero sector by or at the latest by 2050.
"One of the most important movements within the travel industry to combat climate change, the Glasgow Declaration unites our sector in a shared goal and creates positive actions that all tourism companies can be involved in." said Tietse Stelma, 50 Degrees North's Norwegian founder and CEO "We acknowledge the role that travel plays in combating climate change, and are happy to share our first Climate Action Plan is response to this"
The Climate Action Plan outlines the positive changes that the tour operator will make to reduce carbon emissions across their business and tours. This includes communicating the Carbon Footprint for their most popular tours, including their small group and escorted holidays, and in supporting their customers and travel agent partners in making sustainable choices for their upcoming Scandinavian holidays.
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Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales.
She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
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Whether the topic is initial public stock offerings (IPOs), or mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A), the strongest brand names will deliver the biggest profits almost every time.
For starters, just look at the deal that seems to have fired off the latest round of global M&A deals: The $16.7 billion unsolicited takeover bid that Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) launched for Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBY). For Kraft, Cadbury's allure is its stable of established brand names – and a strong local identity in each of the markets it sells to.
If investors need a blueprint to sift through the flood of deals that are now expected in order to identify the best profit plays – the Kraft-Cadbury deal is it.
Kraft's hostile bid finds its inspiration in Cadbury's roots in the British Empire: Cadbury, a U.K.-based sweetmaker, grew up with the Empire and thrived with the Commonwealth, establishing a strong presence in such developing markets as India and South Asia.
Back when Cadbury moved into 'the Raj' – almost as a duty of loyalty – native or local markets were thin, at best. And the expatriate market of civil servants and business people from home was core. Today, however, India and other South Asia nations are booming markets that value the familiar and the homegrown.
After more than 60 years there, Cadbury is homegrown. Its market share is a dominant 70%.
The rapidly developing nations of the subcontinent are developing a middle class that likes to reward itself sweetly. The region's growing middle class has more money for little luxuries.
The bottom line: Cadbury's sales in India have grown by 20% annually for the past three years.
But the game is just beginning, as Cadbury is now also targeting lower-income consumers with chocolates that cost five cents or less, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Also attractive is Cadbury's well-developed distribution network, which reaches the small kiosks and family-owned stores that sell large volumes of candy – not only in India, but also in such Latin American markets as Mexico.
For Kraft, this was just too alluring to pass up. Indeed, in a conference call after announcing its Cadbury bid, Kraft executives said their company's chocolate cookies have seen rapid sales growth in mature economies. But they now hope to bring this growth to the developing world, in part using Cadbury's distribution network.
Similarly, brand awareness and brand loyalty are likely to drive investors to some of the U.S. IPOs that are scheduled for this fall.
One is Hyatt Hotels Corp., the major hotel and resorts operator and owner. Its 413 properties in 45 countries all bear a name that travelers have known since the 1960s. Despite the woes of the travel and hospitality industries, the Hyatt IPO is likely to draw strong interest from investors. Hyatt plans to raise about $1.15 billion.
Dole Food Co. Inc., taken private six years ago, brings one of the world's most recognized food brands back to public hands. With more than 150 years of marketing insight and a major international presence, the Dole name is a strong draw.
Further down the value chain, Dollar General Corp., operator of unabashedly downscale discount department stores, has filed for an IPO. Based in tiny Goodlettsville, Tenn., Dollar General is a staple of small towns across the nation, often forming the major Main Street retail presence. Dollar General's sales were up 13% in the second quarter, despite the recession's impact on consumer spending.
The company's name – while hardly as redolent of upscale comfort as Hyatt's – is a trademark brand. The company, owned by private equity firm KKR, plans to raise some $750 million.
[Editor's Note: For a Money Morning story that details global profit plays in the burgeoning mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) markets, please click here. For a related Money Morning news story that details the M&A deals announced yesterday (Monday), please click here.]
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An encounter with rickshaw art is impossible to avoid while roaming around the streets of Bangladesh. Purely intended for research and documentation, Rickshaw Art Archive reminisces this encounter and traverses the ever-changing milieus of Bangladesh.
Our goal is simple – to create a database of rickshaw art that will cater to the scholars and researchers studying the art and visual culture of Bangladesh. We are mostly interested in documenting what is out on the streets or made it physically on the sides of rickshaw vehicles so that the true essence of rickshaw art can be documented and further analyzed.
To understand what influences our archiving method, please read "10 Theses on the Archive" from Public Access Digital Media Archive (Pad.ma).
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A Few Thoughts About the Bernie Sanders Controversy
June 14, 2017 / Joel Wentz
In what feels like a lifetime ago, I wrote an impassioned explanation for my support of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. As a Christian and vocational minister, I knew that public support for a Democratic-Socialist candidate for President would turn some heads.
And if it didn't then, it certainly will now.
The recent controversy surrounding Bernie's aggressive interrogation of Russell Vought during a Senate hearing has lit up the blogosphere. Thoughtful responses have appeared in places like The Atlantic, The Hill and the conservative Gospel Coalition. In my own social media circles, in particular, I've noticed many evangelical-types interpreting this situation as evidence of our society's inevitable descent into a Godless-Socialist-Nightmare-State.
As an outspoken Sanders supporter, I'd like offer a few thoughts.
Bernie Was Wrong
First, it's important to understand (and admit) that Bernie made some key missteps in his rhetoric and understanding. And momentarily setting aside the political questions around the protection of religious expression in the Constitution, I think decoding his logic is important, because it's actually very common in our increasingly pluralistic-globalist setting.
Bernie re-framed a theological claim (the Muslims do not "know God" because they have rejected Jesus) as a socio-religious claim (that the Muslim faith is an inferior belief system to Christianity). This, then, was subtly re-framed a second time as an anthropological/ethnic claim (that those from majority-Muslim parts of the world are an inferior/backwards ethnic group), and these interpretive steps are all summed up in the racially-charged accusation of "Islamophobia," which was leveled at Vought in the Senate hearing.
If you watch the footage of the conversation, it's obvious that Bernie and Vought are at a communicative dead-end. One is asserting a theological claim rooted in his personal religious belief, and the other is pushing back on what he sees as a universalized anthropological claim about a group of people.
These are complicated issues, to be sure, but in short, Bernie was careless with his language. As a fan of his, and a Christian myself, I am disappointed. But I still think the exchange is illuminating for our cultural moment.
Evangelism, Politics, and our Complicated, Confusing Time
Though Bernie's conduct has been widely critiqued, even from left-leaning news sources, because of his obvious use of an inappropriate religious "litmus-test" to attempt to disqualify Vought from public service, he nevertheless articulated a gut-level opposition to Christianity that is increasingly wide-spread and verging on conventional wisdom. And we Christians can take at least one important lesson from this.
A common piece of advice I give to friends and peers who are having communication difficulties is: "It doesn't matter what you say; all that matters is what they hear." The back-and-forth between Vought and Sanders is a clear case-in-point of this. In our current socio-political climate, any public condemnation of another religion, no matter how carefully spoken, will be heard as something along the lines of Jerry Falwell blaming 9/11 on gays and lesbians. You can feel the exasperation dripping from Bernie's words as he keeps hammering Vought on his condemnatory language. I encounter this same exasperation weekly on the college campuses I frequent. It could be simply rephrased as, "You believe what?? You're one of the people that are holding our society back!" or, in Bernie's words, "you're not someone who this country is supposed to be about."
If you haven't been convinced yet, this event should serve as more evidence that we are living in the aftershock of the crumbling of American-Christian Civic Religion. As the edifice of our historically-majority-accepted religious practice continues to topple, those of us who wish to continue to present Christianity thoughtfully in the public square need to grapple with our language, being more concerned with what society hears, than even with our own ability to articulate doctrinal points which, until recently, were generally accepted.
This is all a good thing. Being forced to stop and reflect on how our society hears and understands us, as Christians, is profoundly healthy. Being forced to listen first, speak later, and offer compelling reason for belief puts us in good company. Paul, the great apostle and early Christian writer, put it best in his letter to the church at Colossi:
"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." Colossians 4.5-6
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5 Famous Movie Locations you can visit RIGHT NOW!
Walter Mitty comes to Iceland for excitement. If you hate your boring life, you should try the same.
There's a huge upsurge recently in big Hollywood movies using Iceland's dramatic and varied vistas to stand in for such different landscapes as outer space, a land before time, post-apocalyptic wastelands, and ...Greenland. Here are 5 of the more recent examples, as well as instructions on how to get there.
Thor is a classic story of boy meets girl, boy moves across the universe from girl, girl gets possessed by an ancient and unspeakable evil, boy returns to girl, mead is enjoyed all around - a tale as old as time, really. Part of the story takes place in outer space, more specifically by Skógafoss in southern Iceland.
Skógafoss is in the south of Iceland, so you could rent a car and drive route 1 south-east from Reykjavik for about 3 hours, or just take a day tour.
Photo credit: Phill Photographic
Oblivion is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie in which the most outlandish plot element is Tom Cruise being displeased with meeting multiple clones of himself [SPOILERS, we guess, for a year old film you probably won't see if you haven't already].
Of course the charred, barren, post-apocalyptic remains of the earth we once knew is just plain old North Iceland to us natives.
The destroyed old baseball stadium seen in the trailer, for instance, is an old crater called Hrossaborg, and different scenes are filmed in different parts of the barren central highlands of the country.
Here's some of the crew talking about it:
Another major location was Earl's Peak (Jarlshettur) on Langjökull glacier, where apparently the most nerve-wracking shoot in this action packed thriller was Tom sitting calmly on the precipice of this 800-foot drop talking quietly.
Rumor has it that Tom Cruise snuck off set in the middle of the night and took a private dive with Magmadive in Silfra canyon, in Þingvellir, under the midnight sun.
To find Hrossaborg, for instance, you could pick up a car in Akureyri and drive East from Mývatn, since the crater is right by the main road.
To get to Langjökull, drive north on mountain road F35 from Geysir (only in the summer, really) or even take a super jeep tour and ride a snowmobile right on the glacier(!)
Star Trek into Darkness is a Sci Fi film in which Icelandic landscapes depict.... you guessed it – outer space! It's interesting that this marks the first time any Star Trek franchise films outside the US!
It's not entirely clear where the movie was shot but it looks similar to Reynisfjara beach in the south of Iceland.
Reynisfjara is right by Vík, so you could drive route 1 south-east from Reykjavik or go on a day tour of the south coast.
Darren Aronofski's Noah is a liberal (to say the least) interpretation of the old Biblical fable set in a Land Before Time that has been ravaged by the industrious pre-historic descendants of Cain, so to depict the desolate wasteland we are treated to..... Southern Iceland. The movie was filmed in various locations but the most redily recognizable one is the Hálsanefshellir cave (which means Throat-Nose-Cave, for some reason...) in the south of Iceland. In addition to this the mountain on which Anthony Hopkins' Methuselah lives is easily recognizable as Mælifell, in the Southern Highlands.
Because literally the whole film is shot in the country, you can see a lot of it in the trailer.
You can really see some of the sceneries in the behind the scenes clips:
Mælifell is in the southern highlands so you would probably need to rent a large vehicle or take a super jeep tour to get there.
Actually come to think of it Hálsanefhellir cave is by Reynisfjara Beach, the same area as the Star Trek scene and near where Thor was filmed. So theoretically you could just rent a car and knock out all of them in about a day.
Photo Credit: Páll Pétursson
This movie breaks the trend in that Iceland is actually used to depict Iceland! Also Greenland, Afghanistan... basically the whole movie is filmed here.
In "Secret Life", Ben Stiller plays the eponymous Walter Mitty who comes to Iceland to do exciting things instead of just fantasizing about them. If you hate your boring life, maybe you should do the same.
Also, hilariously, Ben Stiller bumped into Russel Crowe while filming and was appropiately terrified.
In addition to backdrops from around Snæfellsnes and the south coast, the movie features Icelandic actors and the sound track is in the hands of famous Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men.
To get to Snæfellsnes, you can drive on route 1 north from Reykjavik, taking route 54 westward from Borgarnes, or take a day tour with one of the numerous companies offering them in any way, shape or form.
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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is a society based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music. It is the UK's only orchestra that has its own hall. The society is the second oldest of its type in the United Kingdom and its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, is the country's longest-surviving professional orchestra. In addition to the orchestra, the society administers the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and other choirs and ensembles. It is involved in educational and community projects in Liverpool and its surrounding region. The society and its members have won a number of honours and awards and played an important role when Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture in 2008. It is based in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, an art deco concert hall built in the late 1930s.
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An orchestra (/ˈɔːrkᵻstrə/ or US /ˈɔːrˌkɛstrə/; Italian: [orˈkɛstra]) is a large instrumental ensemble used in classical music that contains sections of string (violin, viola, cello and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for 20th and 21st century compositions, electric and electronic instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century.
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Liverpool (/ˈlɪvərpuːl/) is a city in Merseyside, England. A borough from 1207 and a city from 1880, in 2014 the city local government district had a population of 470,537 and the Liverpool/Birkenhead metropolitan area had a population of 2,241,000.
Liverpool is in the south west of the historic county of Lancashire in North West England, on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. The town historically lay within the ancient Lancashire division of West Derby known as a "hundred".
The urbanisation and expansion of the city were largely brought about by its advantageous location during the industrial revolution status that led to its growth as a major port, which included its participation in the Atlantic slave trade. Liverpool was the port of registry of the ocean liner RMS Titanic, and many other Cunard and White Star ocean liners such as the RMS Lusitania, Queen Mary, and Olympic. Liverpool's status as a port city has contributed to its diverse population, which, historically, was drawn from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, particularly those from Ireland. The city is also home to the oldest Black African community in the country and the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
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City of Liverpool (New South Wales)
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Liverpool is a 2012 Canadian comedy crime film. Written and directed by Manon Briand, the film stars Stéphanie Lapointe as Émilie, a coat check clerk at a Montreal nightclub who decides to return a coat left behind one night by a woman who took a drug overdose in the club, only to find herself embroiled in the city's criminal underground. Her only ally in the quest is Thomas (Charles-Alexandre Dubé), a regular customer of the club and a potential new love interest for Émilie.
Liverpool was Briand's first film since 2002's Chaos and Desire.
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Finnegans is the fifth-largest beer company in the state of Minnesota, and running a commercial during the Super Bowl is out of its reach. The company is also a non-profit, using all of its profits to buy food from local farms to donate it to food banks and soup kitchens.
So, in the charitable spirit, Finnegans found a way to get some "donated" time during the game's broadcast.
The beer brand worked with digital production house Pixel Farm to create an app that recognizes when a phone is being pointed at a TV. Once it does, it begins playing Finnegans' own commercial over whatever happens to be on it at the moment.
The commercial – created by Minneapolis agency Martin Williams – was only available through the app and isn't otherwise available online. It featured a guy named Tom talking about the brand and its goal to have a big game spot. The camera then pans to a variety of local Minnesota characters who talk about Finnegan's good work in the community.
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(Mennonite Church USA) – Mennonite Church USA's Executive Board staff announces several new staff appointments:
Caleb Allen has joined the MC USA staff as communications production coordinator. He will also assist with convention planning. He is dividing his time between MC USA's two regional offices in Newton, Kansas, and Elkhart, Indiana.
Allen will graduate with honors in January from Bethel College (Bethel), North Newton, Kansas, with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
During his four years at Bethel, Allen served on the Bethel Student Activities Council and as the photographer and photo editor for the Bethel College Collegian. Allen also served as a student designer for the Bethel College Communications Department, a student ambassador for Bethel College Admissions and a student-activities-and-engagement intern. In addition, he was the CEO of the Bethel College Business Club. Allen is an active member of First Mennonite Church of Christian, Moundridge, Kansas.
"With an abundance of excitement, I look forward to seeing how my position as communications production coordinator develops to best serve the greater mission of the Church. The welcome I have received from the Newton regional office, the communications team and all who work under the Mennonite Church USA 'umbrella' has been nothing short of the utmost in hospitality, community and genuine warmth. With this network of support and Christ by our side, there is no limit to what we can accomplish moving forward!" said Allen.
"We're all impressed with Caleb's ideas and enthusiasm for convention. I'm anticipating the energy and fresh perspective he'll bring to communication team discussions, as we continue to seek ways to best represent our broad constituency," said Wil LaVeist, chief communication officer for MC USA.
Camille Dager has joined MC USA as multimedia news and information editor, working dispersed.
Dager has more than 30 years of experience in communications. She served as a senior vice president and writer at a large marketing communications firm in Philadelphia for most of her career, handling business-to-business and non-profit accounts. Most recently, Dager served as communications specialist for Souderton Mennonite Church, Souderton, Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a bachelor's degree in journalism and is a member of Deep Run Mennonite Church West in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, where she serves as an elder, children's church teacher and member of the praise & worship team.
"I am very excited about our denomination's Bring the Peace campaign and eager to share how God is working through our conferences, churches and people to bring love, healing and peace to our broken world," said Dager.
"In Camille, we're truly blessed to have an experienced professional who is passionate and optimistic about the future of MC USA. She's already made a positive difference in our efforts to collaborate even more effectively across our agencies," said LaVeist.
Roberta Yoder joins MC USA Archives part time as an archives assistant, processing new materials and
collections and assisting researchers with queries. Yoder brings a wealth of administrative skills to this position. She most recently served as an executive assistant and accountant for Mennonite Central Committee's Great Lakes office in Goshen, Indiana. Prior to that, Yoder was an administrative assistant with Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, Wolf Lake, Indiana. During her career, she also served as a research assistant with the Michigan State University Department of Resource Development. Yoder holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, and was a graduate student at Michigan State University. She is a member of East Goshen Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana.
"I am pleased to hold a position serving Mennonite Church USA. I have a great interest in history and am enjoying my work to preserve our denomination's past for generations to come," said Yoder.
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