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package org.elasticsearch.action.search;

import org.elasticsearch.Version;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
import org.elasticsearch.search.Scroll;
import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskId;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Objects;

import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;

/**
 * A request to execute search against one or more indices (or all). Best created using
 * {@link org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#searchRequest(String...)}.
 *

 * Note, the search {@link #source(org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder)}
 * is required. The search source is the different search options, including aggregations and such.
 *

 *
 * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#searchRequest(String...)
 * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Client#search(SearchRequest)
 * @see SearchResponse
 */
public final class SearchRequest extends ActionRequest implements IndicesRequest.Replaceable {

    private static final ToXContent.Params FORMAT_PARAMS = new ToXContent.MapParams(Collections.singletonMap("pretty", "false"));

    public static final int DEFAULT_PRE_FILTER_SHARD_SIZE = 128;

    private SearchType searchType = SearchType.DEFAULT;

    private String[] indices = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;

    @Nullable
    private String routing;
    @Nullable
    private String preference;

    private SearchSourceBuilder source;

    private Boolean requestCache;

    private Scroll scroll;

    private int batchedReduceSize = 512;

    private int maxConcurrentShardRequests = 0;

    private int preFilterShardSize = DEFAULT_PRE_FILTER_SHARD_SIZE;

    private String[] types = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;

    public static final IndicesOptions DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed();

    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS;

    public SearchRequest() {
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new search request against the indices. No indices provided here means that search
     * will run against all indices.
     */
    public SearchRequest(String... indices) {
        this(indices, new SearchSourceBuilder());
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new search request against the provided indices with the given search source.
     */
    public SearchRequest(String[] indices, SearchSourceBuilder source) {
        if (source == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("source must not be null");
        }
        indices(indices);
        this.source = source;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new search request from reading the specified stream.
     *
     * @param in The stream the request is read from
     * @throws IOException if there is an issue reading the stream
     */
    public SearchRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
        super(in);
        searchType = SearchType.fromId(in.readByte());
        indices = new String[in.readVInt()];
        for (int i = 0; i < indices.length; i++) {
            indices[i] = in.readString();
        }
        routing = in.readOptionalString();
        preference = in.readOptionalString();
        scroll = in.readOptionalWriteable(Scroll::new);
        source = in.readOptionalWriteable(SearchSourceBuilder::new);
        types = in.readStringArray();
        indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
        requestCache = in.readOptionalBoolean();
        batchedReduceSize = in.readVInt();
        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_5_6_0)) {
            maxConcurrentShardRequests = in.readVInt();
            preFilterShardSize = in.readVInt();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
        super.writeTo(out);
        out.writeByte(searchType.id());
        out.writeVInt(indices.length);
        for (String index : indices) {
            out.writeString(index);
        }
        out.writeOptionalString(routing);
        out.writeOptionalString(preference);
        out.writeOptionalWriteable(scroll);
        out.writeOptionalWriteable(source);
        out.writeStringArray(types);
        indicesOptions.writeIndicesOptions(out);
        out.writeOptionalBoolean(requestCache);
        out.writeVInt(batchedReduceSize);
        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_5_6_0)) {
            out.writeVInt(maxConcurrentShardRequests);
            out.writeVInt(preFilterShardSize);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
        ActionRequestValidationException validationException = null;
        if (source != null && source.trackTotalHits() == false && scroll() != null) {
            validationException =
                addValidationError("disabling [track_total_hits] is not allowed in a scroll context", validationException);
        }
        if (source != null && source.from() > 0 &&  scroll() != null) {
            validationException =
                addValidationError("using [from] is not allowed in a scroll context", validationException);
        }
        return validationException;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the indices the search will be executed on.
     */
    @Override
    public SearchRequest indices(String... indices) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(indices, "indices must not be null");
        for (String index : indices) {
            Objects.requireNonNull(index, "index must not be null");
        }
        this.indices = indices;
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public IndicesOptions indicesOptions() {
        return indicesOptions;
    }

    public SearchRequest indicesOptions(IndicesOptions indicesOptions) {
        this.indicesOptions = Objects.requireNonNull(indicesOptions, "indicesOptions must not be null");
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * The document types to execute the search against. Defaults to be executed against
     * all types.
     */
    public String[] types() {
        return types;
    }

    /**
     * The document types to execute the search against. Defaults to be executed against
     * all types.
     */
    public SearchRequest types(String... types) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(types, "types must not be null");
        for (String type : types) {
            Objects.requireNonNull(type, "type must not be null");
        }
        this.types = types;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * A comma separated list of routing values to control the shards the search will be executed on.
     */
    public String routing() {
        return this.routing;
    }

    /**
     * A comma separated list of routing values to control the shards the search will be executed on.
     */
    public SearchRequest routing(String routing) {
        this.routing = routing;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * The routing values to control the shards that the search will be executed on.
     */
    public SearchRequest routing(String... routings) {
        this.routing = Strings.arrayToCommaDelimitedString(routings);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the preference to execute the search. Defaults to randomize across shards. Can be set to
     * <tt>_local</tt> to prefer local shards, <tt>_primary</tt> to execute only on primary shards, or
     * a custom value, which guarantees that the same order will be used across different requests.
     */
    public SearchRequest preference(String preference) {
        this.preference = preference;
        return this;
    }

    public String preference() {
        return this.preference;
    }

    /**
     * The search type to execute, defaults to {@link SearchType#DEFAULT}.
     */
    public SearchRequest searchType(SearchType searchType) {
        this.searchType = Objects.requireNonNull(searchType, "searchType must not be null");
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * The a string representation search type to execute, defaults to {@link SearchType#DEFAULT}. Can be
     * one of "dfs_query_then_fetch"/"dfsQueryThenFetch", "dfs_query_and_fetch"/"dfsQueryAndFetch",
     * "query_then_fetch"/"queryThenFetch", and "query_and_fetch"/"queryAndFetch".
     */
    public SearchRequest searchType(String searchType) {
        return searchType(SearchType.fromString(searchType));
    }

    /**
     * The source of the search request.
     */
    public SearchRequest source(SearchSourceBuilder sourceBuilder) {
        this.source = Objects.requireNonNull(sourceBuilder, "source must not be null");
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * The search source to execute.
     */
    public SearchSourceBuilder source() {
        return source;
    }

    /**
     * The tye of search to execute.
     */
    public SearchType searchType() {
        return searchType;
    }

    /**
     * The indices
     */
    @Override
    public String[] indices() {
        return indices;
    }

    /**
     * If set, will enable scrolling of the search request.
     */
    public Scroll scroll() {
        return scroll;
    }

    /**
     * If set, will enable scrolling of the search request.
     */
    public SearchRequest scroll(Scroll scroll) {
        this.scroll = scroll;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * If set, will enable scrolling of the search request for the specified timeout.
     */
    public SearchRequest scroll(TimeValue keepAlive) {
        return scroll(new Scroll(keepAlive));
    }

    /**
     * If set, will enable scrolling of the search request for the specified timeout.
     */
    public SearchRequest scroll(String keepAlive) {
        return scroll(new Scroll(TimeValue.parseTimeValue(keepAlive, null, getClass().getSimpleName() + ".Scroll.keepAlive")));
    }

    /**
     * Sets if this request should use the request cache or not, assuming that it can (for
     * example, if "now" is used, it will never be cached). By default (not set, or null,
     * will default to the index level setting if request cache is enabled or not).
     */
    public SearchRequest requestCache(Boolean requestCache) {
        this.requestCache = requestCache;
        return this;
    }

    public Boolean requestCache() {
        return this.requestCache;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the number of shard results that should be reduced at once on the coordinating node. This value should be used as a protection
     * mechanism to reduce the memory overhead per search request if the potential number of shards in the request can be large.
     */
    public void setBatchedReduceSize(int batchedReduceSize) {
        if (batchedReduceSize <= 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("batchedReduceSize must be >= 2");
        }
        this.batchedReduceSize = batchedReduceSize;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of shard results that should be reduced at once on the coordinating node. This value should be used as a
     * protection mechanism to reduce the memory overhead per search request if the potential number of shards in the request can be large.
     */
    public int getBatchedReduceSize() {
        return batchedReduceSize;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of shard requests that should be executed concurrently. This value should be used as a protection mechanism to
     * reduce the number of shard reqeusts fired per high level search request. Searches that hit the entire cluster can be throttled
     * with this number to reduce the cluster load. The default grows with the number of nodes in the cluster but is at most <tt>256</tt>.
     */
    public int getMaxConcurrentShardRequests() {
        return maxConcurrentShardRequests == 0 ? 256 : maxConcurrentShardRequests;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the number of shard requests that should be executed concurrently. This value should be used as a protection mechanism to
     * reduce the number of shard requests fired per high level search request. Searches that hit the entire cluster can be throttled
     * with this number to reduce the cluster load. The default grows with the number of nodes in the cluster but is at most <tt>256</tt>.
     */
    public void setMaxConcurrentShardRequests(int maxConcurrentShardRequests) {
        if (maxConcurrentShardRequests < 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("maxConcurrentShardRequests must be >= 1");
        }
        this.maxConcurrentShardRequests = maxConcurrentShardRequests;
    }
    /**
     * Sets a threshold that enforces a pre-filter roundtrip to pre-filter search shards based on query rewriting if the number of shards
     * the search request expands to exceeds the threshold. This filter roundtrip can limit the number of shards significantly if for
     * instance a shard can not match any documents based on it's rewrite method ie. if date filters are mandatory to match but the shard
     * bounds and the query are disjoint. The default is <tt>128</tt>
     */
    public void setPreFilterShardSize(int preFilterShardSize) {
        if (preFilterShardSize < 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("preFilterShardSize must be >= 1");
        }
        this.preFilterShardSize = preFilterShardSize;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a threshold that enforces a pre-filter roundtrip to pre-filter search shards based on query rewriting if the number of shards
     * the search request expands to exceeds the threshold. This filter roundtrip can limit the number of shards significantly if for
     * instance a shard can not match any documents based on it's rewrite method ie. if date filters are mandatory to match but the shard
     * bounds and the query are disjoint. The default is <tt>128</tt>
     */
    public int getPreFilterShardSize() {
        return preFilterShardSize;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff the maxConcurrentShardRequest is set.
     */
    boolean isMaxConcurrentShardRequestsSet() {
        return maxConcurrentShardRequests != 0;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if the request only has suggest
     */
    public boolean isSuggestOnly() {
        return source != null && source.isSuggestOnly();
    }

    @Override
    public Task createTask(long id, String type, String action, TaskId parentTaskId) {
        // generating description in a lazy way since source can be quite big
        return new SearchTask(id, type, action, null, parentTaskId) {
            @Override
            public String getDescription() {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                sb.append("indices[");
                Strings.arrayToDelimitedString(indices, ",", sb);
                sb.append("], ");
                sb.append("types[");
                Strings.arrayToDelimitedString(types, ",", sb);
                sb.append("], ");
                sb.append("search_type[").append(searchType).append("], ");
                if (source != null) {

                    sb.append("source[").append(source.toString(FORMAT_PARAMS)).append("]");
                } else {
                    sb.append("source[]");
                }
                return sb.toString();
            }
        };
    }

    @Override
    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {
            return true;
        }
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        SearchRequest that = (SearchRequest) o;
        return searchType == that.searchType &&
                Arrays.equals(indices, that.indices) &&
                Objects.equals(routing, that.routing) &&
                Objects.equals(preference, that.preference) &&
                Objects.equals(source, that.source) &&
                Objects.equals(requestCache, that.requestCache)  &&
                Objects.equals(scroll, that.scroll) &&
                Arrays.equals(types, that.types) &&
                Objects.equals(batchedReduceSize, that.batchedReduceSize) &&
                Objects.equals(maxConcurrentShardRequests, that.maxConcurrentShardRequests) &&
                Objects.equals(preFilterShardSize, that.preFilterShardSize) &&
                Objects.equals(indicesOptions, that.indicesOptions);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Objects.hash(searchType, Arrays.hashCode(indices), routing, preference, source, requestCache,
                scroll, Arrays.hashCode(types), indicesOptions, batchedReduceSize, maxConcurrentShardRequests, preFilterShardSize);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "SearchRequest{" +
                "searchType=" + searchType +
                ", indices=" + Arrays.toString(indices) +
                ", indicesOptions=" + indicesOptions +
                ", types=" + Arrays.toString(types) +
                ", routing='" + routing + '\'' +
                ", preference='" + preference + '\'' +
                ", requestCache=" + requestCache +
                ", scroll=" + scroll +
                ", maxConcurrentShardRequests=" + maxConcurrentShardRequests +
                ", batchedReduceSize=" + batchedReduceSize +
                ", preFilterShardSize=" + preFilterShardSize +
                ", source=" + source + '}';
    }
}

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Home Cops & Courts Medical Examiner: Seattle parolee died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, not by police
Medical Examiner: Seattle parolee died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, not by police
Donald Alva
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office revealed Thursday the Seattle man believed to have been shot and killed by two police officers in the Bayview District over the weekend likely died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
An autopsy concluded that the bullet lodged in the skull of Kenneth Harding Jr., 19, was fired from a gun that was not issued to the police officers who confronted the Washington State parolee during a MUNI Metro fare inspection Saturday afternoon.
The autopsy revealed the bullet that killed Harding was a .380 caliber round, Chief Medical Examiner Amy Hart told reporters during a press conference at the Hall of Justice. Police in San Francisco is issued semi-automatic service weapons that fire .40 caliber bullets, ruling out the possibility that the fatal shot could have originated from a department-issued pistol.
Authorities also said they found an unspent .380 caliber bullet in Harding's jacket pocket.
Police originally explained that Harding pulled a gun from his waistband and fired at the two pursuing officers after he could not present proof of payment at a T-Third MUNI Metro stop.
The two officers returned fire, but Thursday's results from the Medical Examiner's office contradicts earlier statements by the department that Harding was killed by police gunfire. The preliminary results did reveal that Harding suffered a second gunshot wound to the left leg.
Harding died after arriving at San Francisco General Hospital.
The department said gunshot residue was found on Harding's right hand and said it was consistent with the use of a firearm. Police recovered a .45 caliber handgun from a witness who had lifted the weapon from the crime scene, but investigators said Thursday the weapon was not the same one used by Harding to inflict the fatal wound.
Police said they were still looking for the .380 caliber handgun that he used in the incident and offered a $1,000 reward for the recovery of the pistol.
A town hall meeting organized by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr Wednesday evening turned into a loud shouting match after Bayview residents criticized the department for their handling of the incident.
Suhr ended the meeting early after he could not restore order to the forum.
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WASHINGTON- House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) estimate that the Senate health care bill would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million over the next decade should not be considered an indictment of the legislation.
"There's more to the story than what the number implies, but having said that, it's important that we have a referee," Ryan said at a news conference on Tuesday accompanied by fellow House GOP leaders.
Ryan did not elaborate, but the Speaker told Fox News' "Fox and Friends" on Monday evening shortly after the CBO score was released that the projected estimate takes into consideration the elimination of the Obamacare mandate.
The mandate allows the government to fine individuals who choose not to purchase health insurance as well as small business owners who do not offer insurance plans to their employees.
"What they are basically saying at the Congressional Budget Office is if you are not going to force people to buy Obamacare, if you are not going to force people to buy something they don't want, then they won't buy it," Ryan explained in the interview.
Ryan was asked Tuesday how, in the event of Senate passage, the House would reconcile changes made to legislation since it departed the lower chamber last month, but the Speaker said it was too early to make an assessment.
Ryan told reporters he is uncertain as to when the Senate will pass the health care bill but that he is confident upper chamber will approve the legislation.
"I would not bet against [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell. He is very very good at getting things done through the Senate even with this razor-thin majority," the Speaker explained.
Six Republican senators have said they will not support the legislation in its current form. The upper chamber's 46 Democrats and two independent members also oppose the legislation.
Ryan was not alone in casting doubt over the CBO's projection.
"This history of inaccuracy, as demonstrated by its flawed report on coverage, premiums, and predicted deficit arising out of Obamacare, reminds us that its analysis must not be trusted blindly," the statement reads.
The statement goes on to cite 2013 projections for the Affordable Care Act predicting that 13 million more Americans would have insurance in 2016 than there actually were.


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  module Compute
    class Google
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      # Represents a Region resource
      #
      # @see https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/regions
      class Region < Fog::Model
        identity :name

        attribute :kind
        attribute :id
        attribute :creation_timestamp, :aliases => "creationTimestamp"
        attribute :deprecated
        attribute :description
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Guillem or Guilhem Figueira or Figera was a Languedocian jongleur and troubadour from Toulouse active at the court of the Emperor Frederick II in the 1230s. He was a close associate of both Aimery de Pégulhan and Guillem Augier Novella.

The son of a tailor and a tailor by trade, as a result of the Albigensian Crusade, he was exiled from his homeland and took refuge in Lombardy, where he eventually made his way to Frederick's court. In Italy he and Aimery, a fellow exile, helped to found a troubadour tradition of lamentation for the "good old days" of pre-Crusade Languedoc. The exiles' native Lombard successors continued to employ the Occitan language, however, and it was not until the time of Dante Alighieri that Italian got a significant vernacular literature of its own.

In 1228, Guilhem denied the efficacy of the crusade indulgence and blamed the death of "good" King Louis VIII, who died of dysentery at the siege of Avignon, on the false indulgence which had drawn him out of the safety of Paris. His most famous work, the sirventes contra Roma ("sirventes against Rome", actually entitled D'un sirventes far), was a strong reprimand for the papacy, its violent character probably engendered by the circumstances of its composition: Guilhem wrote it while he was in Toulouse besieged by the Crusaders in 1229. It was set to a famous hymn about the Virgin Mary and was therefore memorisable to the masses.

Guilhem attacked the papacy not only for the Albigensian Crusade and the cruel sack of Béziers, but also for the failures of the Fourth and Fifth Crusades, papal imperialism, and the moral failings of the clergy. He alleged that avarice was the motive of the Crusades, which in his mind were directed only at the Greeks, fellow Christians. The singing of Figueira's sirventes was outlawed by the Inquisition in Toulouse, though the 1274 inquisition which condemned a burgher of Toulouse on the basis of knowing the Roma tricharitz does not refer to the third stanza of Guilhem's sirventes, but to a vernacular work called La Bible. On the basis of his language, such as the use of matrem fornicationem (mother of fornication) to describe Rome, even modern scholars have labelled him a heretic.

Guilhem fled to Italy in 1229 or 1230. In Italy, Guilhem was free to criticise the Papacy and the Crusade however much and in whatever way he pleased. He attacked the Pope for his Crusade against Frederick, his new protector, and encouraged peace in Christendom in order to help the Crusades abroad in the Holy Land. In an earlier work, Totz hom qui ben comensa e ben fenis, dated to 1215–1220, he had encouraged Frederick's decision to take up the Cross in the Holy Land.

Among Guilhem's other surviving works are the sirventes Nom laissarai per paor (post-1216), which criticises the Church's false preaching, and Del preveire maior, which urges the pope and emperor to make peace and send a force to save the Holy Land from the Khwarezmians who had taken Jerusalem (1244).

Excerpt from the sirventes contra Roma

Notes

Bibliography

Graham-Leigh, Elaine. The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. .
Siberry, Elizabeth. Criticism of Crusading, 1095–1274. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. .
Throop, Palmer A. "Criticism of Papal Crusade Policy in Old French and Provençal." Speculum, Vol. 13, No. 4. (Oct., 1938), pp 379–412.

13th-century French troubadours
Musicians from Toulouse
Writers from Toulouse

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Dietician appointment 5/6 was today. Yes, I was once again told to reconsider surgery because I'm doing so well, but this time the schpele lasted only a few minutes. The remainder of the time was for talking about the full liquid diet. WE SUBMIT TO INSURANCE NEXT MONTH!
Sooooo, this happened today! 27 pounds gone forever, and out of the 200's (also forever, hopefully) So stinkin' motivated!
Thank you #baritastic !!! Great reminder after some tough workouts!!!
Here's where I'm at in my journey. I have all of my requirements for surgery met and have just two more dietician visits before I can submit to insurance. My last visit will be in May, so I am anticipating having VSG sometime in June, if I am approved. My dietician tries to talk me out of surgery each time she sees me. She sees my 23 pound loss as proof that I can lose the remaining 81 pounds of excess weight on my own. But in all of my life I have NEVER been able to get there. Having others invalidate my decision to pursue surgery makes me question myself on a daily basis. Nowhere else except in the weight loss surgery community is 200 pounds considered small. I realize to some that that number is a goal weight, but I refuse to think that just because I am there it means I have to stop wanting surgery. I have a slew of reasons for continuing to go through with this, and not a single one has to do with vanity or because I'm idealizing a certain number. I want to put as much distance between myself and the fate that others in my family have faced. Having an additional tool like vsg is only going to help me never ever go back to old habits, and I need that desperately. All this being said, the only way I would stop pursuing this surgery would be if insurance continued to deny it. Until then, I am going to keep on keeping on.


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Letters to The Buteman: December 26, 2014
Email your opinions to news@buteman.com, with the subject line 'Letter to the Editor'.
Published: 07:00 Monday 29 December 2014
The pick of your letters to the December 26 issue of The Buteman includes thank you messages to supporters of Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and Mount Stuart's Christmas fair as well as thoughts on the living wage and 'joined up government'.
To see your views in print in a future issue of The Buteman, email news@buteman.com or click on the email address at the top of this story.
Please keep your letters as short and to-the-point as you can, and remember to include both your name and postal address for publication, as well as a daytime phone number in case we need to contact you at short notice to check any details (though the latter will not be published).
The deadline for submissions to our print edition is Monday at 5pm - though please note that due to the New Year holiday period, the deadline for our January 2 issue is Monday, December 29 at 12 noon.
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Thanks to Macmillan event backers
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our friends and neighbours from Bute for their generous donations and support for our Macmillan Festive Afternoon, held at our home on Thursday, December 4.
Money was made from the sale of donated Christmas items, mince pies, mulled wine and an incredible effort made by Elizabeth Willcock selling raffle tickets at Rothesay Golf Club for items kindly given by Diane's Hair and Beauty, family and friends.
A big thank you also has to go to the captain of Rothesay Golf Club, Stan Gaston, for allowing us to sell raffle tickets for donated prizes at the club, and to the steward of the club for letting us finish selling the tickets at their annual children's party and for allowing us to draw the raffle there.
A massive total of £300 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support, and we are now looking forward to our next 'open house' at Easter 2015 for coffee and hot cross buns!
Brian and Michaela Nicholson, 14 High Road, Port Bannatyne
Cancer charity whist drive raises £445
On behalf of the local committee of Cancer Research UK, I would like to thank everyone who contributed towards the success of our recent whist drive.
We are hugely indebted to our ever-efficient cardmaster, Robert McKirdy, to those who contributed prizes for the winners and the raffle, to all who provided the lovely food, and most of all to everyone who came to play.
Thanks to them, the wonderful sum of £445 was raised on the night.
The main prizewinners were Brian MacKillop (first gent), Nan Reynolds (second gent), Lorna Price (third gent), Betty Morrow (first lady), Susan Lyon (second lady) and Jean McIntosh (third lady).
The following donations have also recently been received by the committee:
Remembering Lyndsey (£20); Someone who is remembered never dies - Helen and Georgia (£20).
Fiona Martin (Donations secretary, CRUK Bute branch), 4 Caledonia Walk, Rothesay
Mount Stuart event success was team effort
On behalf of the Mount Stuart Trust, I would like to thank everyone who supported this year's Christmas Fair at Mount Stuart on Sunday, December 14.
I have had some very kind comments from the community and I was very impressed with the number of visitors that chose to brave the weather and join us.
Firstly may I thank all the exhibitors that took the time to bring their stalls to the event. It was great to see such a wide variety of products on display.
Thank you to Calum's Cabin for another successful Santa Dash.
A big thank you to all the entertainers that created a spectacular atmosphere in the Marble Hall; Beth Swan, the Bute Schools Community Choir, Tony Spencer and the Ballianlay Choir.
Thanks also to Ed Clark for playing the role of Father Christmas.
Thank you to The Kingarth Hotel for providing fantastic food and drink for everyone, to both Rothesay Pavilion and the Bute Shinty Club for kindly lending their tables, and to Bute Tiddlers for very kindly lending us their soft play.
Finally I would like to thank all the staff at Mount Stuart for their support in the organising and running of the Christmas Fair.
So much work goes into an event of this size and without such a great team this would be impossible.
Ricky Harrison, events co-ordinator, Mount Stuart
Mobile phone found - thanks to CalMac
On Wednesday, December 17, I was returning on the 5.30pm ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay when, unbeknown to me, my mobile phone dropped out of my pocket.
Blissfully unaware this had happened, I arrived at my friends' home, where they had been looking after my Molly-Collie in my absence, to find that they had had a call from Caledonian MacBrayne to tell them it had been found and was safe.
Cleverly, whoever found it looked at my phone log and called the last person I'd rung!
So this is just to say a huge thank you to the honest and conscientious CalMac staff member who found my mobile and handed it in.
I'm so very grateful that even today, when we are bombarded continually with negative news and behaviours, there are such wonderful people in the world - and especially in our part of the world. Precious indeed!
Jude Dallas, 2/4, 10 The Terrace, Ardbeg
A knight in shining armour
Can I thank, through The Buteman, 'Gingy', who came to my assistance on the morning of Friday, December 19.
My car was parked in Guildford Square, and another vehicle had parked so close to me I could not get into my car.
The only way in was through the passenger side. Fortunately, George Hanson's men are working in the square, and 'Gingy' came to my rescue. What a true knight in shining armour.
Mary Carroll, Sy Lodge, Millbank, Ascog
More than £1,800 raised for Matthew
May I, through The Buteman, thank all those who helped raise funds to assist the family of Matthew McCabe with the expenses surrounding his trip to hospital for life-saving treatment.
A grand total of £1,827.74 was raised from the following sources:
£792,03 from people pledging online on the 'Yimby' page; £771.71 from bag packing at the Co-operative supermarket; £200 from Bute Youth Football Coaching; and £64 from people who didn't have access to a computer to donate.
The money raised will help Matthew's stay in Birmingham and Glasgow Sick Children's Hospital a little easier.
Janey Jardine, 1 Kames Terrace, Port Bannatyne
Living wage: a 'systems thinking' view
Hugh Moodie's account [My Tuppence Worth, The Buteman December 19] of the indirect advantages to small and medium enterprises, the UK Treasury and others of paying the living wage is an excellent illustration of a 'systems thinking' analysis.
Systems thinking solutions take account of wider and indirect effects. An example in the Scottish Government's independence White Paper was the proposal to 'invest" in early years education and nutrition with a subsequent pay-back in many ways, including less crime and better health 20 and 50 years on.
Our previous Argyll and Bute MSP, Jim Mather, is the principal advocate for 'systems thinking' in Scotland.
Those of us who have had to implement ill considered 'dangerous dog' legislation with adverse unintended consequences have often deplored the lack of a 'systems thinking' approach - or 'joined up government', as it is usually called.
Similarly to road equivalent tariff (RET), which is also a 'systems' solution, as things stand all the costs of raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage would fall on the Scottish Parliament, but the additional tax income or reduction in welfare costs would accrue to the UK exchequer.
It is possible that changes following the Smith Commission will resolve this problem.
John B. Dick, Glendaruel, Ardencraig Rd, Rothesay
A festive donation to cancer charity
Everyone at CRUK wishes to thank Mr & Mrs Robertson of Croc-an-Raer for their kind donation of £30. They would like to wish all their friends and family a very happy Christmas.
Anna Harrison (CRUK shop manager), 101 Montague St, Rothesay


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'A lot of anxiety.' New COVID restrictions lead to pandemic buying — again
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.) | Nov 19, 2020 | News | 0
Sunday grocery shopping took on a whole new meaning for many after Gov. Jay Inslee announced new restrictions setting indoor limits at stores to 25 percent.
Within hours of his publicized Sunday morning address, shoppers reported being caught in long lines at grocery stores throughout the Tri-Cities, including Costco, WinCo Foods and Yoke's Fresh Markets.
One customer at Kennewick's Fred Meyer noticed shelves normally filled with soup and canned beans were cleared out by the afternoon. By night, a shopper at the Pasco Walmart posted a picture on social media showing bare shelves, with just a lone, empty spray bottle and a few 4-packs of toilet paper remaining.
What's looking like a second round of pandemic buying continued into Monday, with customers waiting in long lines in the rain to get into stores. The retail restrictions with reduced capacity take effect midnight Monday.
And diners are packing their favorite restaurants and bars to get in one last bite or drink before indoor dining is banned once again, starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
"I worry most about our employees," Kyle Simmons, co-owner of CG Public House and Catering, told the Tri-City Herald. "December is our busiest month of the year because of parties. They count on the overtime and gratuities."
The Kennewick restaurant already had about 300 reservations for in-house Thanksgiving dining. Those customers have been contacted and many have switched to a take-out hot Thanksgiving meal option, he said.
Additionally, CG Public House will have prepared, ready-to-heat meals for the holiday, along with its regular to-go and delivery meals.
Simmons said the business' bottom line is not great but it will survive.
At the beginning of the year, the restaurant had 45 employees. Of those, 25 were brought back part-time when they eased into indoor dining. Simmons said he now will have to lay off most of them.
"I worry a lot about our employees being able to provide gifts for the kids," said Simmons. "I worry about them being able to celebrate the holidays with their families like they are used to."
David Vega, manager of The Pub in Kennewick, said the business broke down its makeshift outdoor patio seating on Nov. 4 because the Tri-Cities had moved to a new phase for indoor dining.
Now, with the weather changing, he is looking into renting tents with windows for an enclosed patio through winter. He also is checking with vendors on food and beverage supplies, saying costs are likely going up, both for the customer and the business.
The Pub may venture into offering to-go food, beer and cocktails this time around, in an effort to keep employees on staff and the business afloat. It also may sell gift certificates for the next year.
"It's a bad deal, a lot of stress, and a lot of anxiety," said Vega. "It's going to take the community. You gotta adjust and try to do something because there is no giving up."
"The community doesn't want to lose the small mom-and-pop places," he added. "The Tri-Cities is a pretty tight community. Everybody is looking out for everybody."
Tri-Cities Tap and Barrel in Richland already laid off its staff, with owners Kendra and Jason Sadler going it alone.
"We learned a lot from the last one and pivoted quickly," Jason Sadler said.
They will be relying on a paired-down menu with smaller inventory on hand, as well as a twice-weekly supper club where they offer meals for two along with a bottle of wine or 4-pack of beer.
They also will be offering ready-to-eat family-style meals.
Social media comments
On social media the battle raged between those who believe government-mandated measures are needed to stop the spread of the virus and those who believe Inslee's limits on business operation and closures are overreach.
"Inslee not going to be satisfied until the whole state is bankrupt and all the small businesses are out of business," one person posted on the Herald's Facebook page.
"Please tell me why a governor would want that?" was the response from another poster. "Empty coffers from taxes, higher unemployment claims to pay out and so on. How exactly does that help the governor?"
Another person said it was a ploy to separate people and prevent them from revolting because of the election results.
Among those supporting the decision was a poster who said she was thankful the state has a governor "willing to make the difficult decisions to protect people's health and save lives. Too bad that he has to put up with nonsense from people choosing to be selfish and self indulgent."
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said she was disappointed in the governor's "one-size-fits-all shutdown" and concerned that it would cause entrepreneurs to lose the businesses they had built over decades."
"So many people are barely hanging on and need hope," she said.
Dr. Amy Person, the Benton Franklin Health District's health officer, said that the governor's new order was focused primarily on limiting the risk of spreading the coronavirus indoors.
She spoke Monday on a Tri-City Development Council Coffee with Karl webcast.
"(Inslee) was trying to look at not taking everything away, but trying to figure out 'How can we make it less likely that if you are infected you are going to be able to infect a lot of others'," she said.
All area residents can make choices that help businesses get back to normal operations.
"If everybody collectively right now, we put our masks on, we maintain our distance, we didn't go to work sick — if we all did that we could get our rates to turn around in two weeks," Person said.
'Correct error of judgment'
While drive-in movie theaters can continue operating under current guidance, indoor service at traditional movie theaters, bowling centers and entertainment spots like museums, zoos and aquariums is prohibited.
Kevin Fairchild of Fairchild Cinemas told the Herald he does not understand Inslee's logic in shutting them down when "there have been zero known cases of COVID transmission from a movie theater anywhere in the world."
Fairchild Cinemas has four locations. The Kennewick and Richland theaters were fully open, Moses Lake was on a Friday through Sunday schedule, and Pasco was reopening this month.
"The governor frequently claims that he makes his decisions based on science and fact, but what evidence does he have for closing down the movie-going industry across Washington?" Fairchild asked in an emailed statement. "There is none. The reality is that when movie theaters take preventative measures, they are extremely safe, as we have demonstrated over the past month since we were allowed to open.
"We limit our capacity to 25 percent, separate all groups by more than 6 feet, require masks and maximize the amount of fresh air possible," he added. "By closing one of the few safe social outings, Gov. Inslee will likely find that he has only steered people to socialize in unsafe ways. We respectfully urge him to reconsider and correct his error of judgment."
Colin Hastings, executive director of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce, said small businesses in the area already were feeling the pinch before the latest announcement.
Hastings said he talked with one business owner on Monday morning who wondered how to get in on the state's new $50 million relief money that Inslee mentioned Sunday.
He said the chamber had to shut down applications for the $400,000 in CARES Act money last time around after 48 hours because of the high numbers of applications.
Most of the money ended up going to minority-owned businesses, generally in the downtown corridor, that did not qualify for other relief money.
The Washington Emergency Management Division, or EMD, posted an alert Monday morning on Facebook asking people to keep their neighbors and fellow shoppers in mind, limit purchases to what is needed and "don't take it all."
"We see the bare shelves in some places and recognize that some folks are panic buying," the post said. "Grocery stores are continuing to receive supplies like normal. The supply chains will remain strong as long as people only buy what they need."
The agency, pulling tips from the Washington Food Industry Association, reminded shoppers to wear a mask, maintain social distance in stores and "please stay patient with hardworking employees, who are just trying to do their job."
EMD also offered the following advice:
— Make a List and Stay Focused — Before you head out to the store, take a few moments to make an itemized list of what you need. This helps you shop more efficiently and not spend extra time in the stores.
— Try "Contactless" Shopping — Order ahead, pay ahead, then use curbside pick-up or try a delivery.
— Shop Off-Peak Hours — Type the name of the store and its location in Google search. A box will pop up showing when foot traffic there is highest.
— Respect the Limits Set — Don't Hoard! Many stores have place limits on items such as eggs, toilet paper and more. Please respect these limits. They have been set in place to make sure that the products are available for all shoppers.
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Q: Python posting data to web service I am trying to write a python script to post data to a Microsoft SQL server database that is connected to restful web service. However, I am getting an error which I do not understand and never came across before.
Python Code to post data:
import json
import requests
import pprint
url = 'http://192.168.1.111/api/Data'
data = {'ID': '1', "ChannelID': '34','TimeStampID': '45'}
data_json = json.dumps(data)
headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json'}
response = requests.post(url, data=data_json, headers=headers)
pprint.pprint(response.json())

The error I am getting below is this:

I have also deleted any files with the name of json in order to prevent the wrong imports. What does the above error mean? I tried looking up what was kwargs from the following links but did not understand.
Understanding kwargs in Python
*args and **kwargs?
Would appreciate any assistance.

A: I am not sure about the error, but as for **args and **kwargs:
**args means you can add as many parameters as you need
**kwargs refers to the keywords in Python, the ones you cannot use as variable names. see:
>>> import keyword
>>> print(keyword.kwlist)
['False', 'None', 'True', 'and', 'as', 'assert', 'break', 'class', 'continue', 'def',
'del','elif', 'else', 'except', 'finally', 'for', 'from', 'global', 'if', 'import', 'in',
'is', 'lambda', 'nonlocal', 'not', 'or', 'pass', 'raise', 'return', 'try', 'while',
'with', 'yield']

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Rod Correia picked up three hits off future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson on this day in 1993 and Johnson seemingly decided to make Correia pay, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The result was Correia got a fastball to his leg and ultimately had to come out of the game.
"If that ball had come four inches lower, it would have caused some serious damage to my knee," Correia told The Times afterward. "But I'll remember this, and you're damn right I'll get even."
Correia's team got even by coming back and knocking around the Mariners the next day - and throwing behind some batters.
Correia never faced Johnson again after that game, but he did come back and play in two more major league seasons, trying to take advantage of the opportunities as they came. In all, he played professionally for 10 seasons, getting into a total of 84 big league contests.
Correia's career began in 1988, taken by the Athletics in the 15th round of the draft, out of Southeastern Massachusetts University. Correia is also credited by his full name, Ronald Correia.
Correia played his first year at short-season Southern Oregon. He then moved to single-A Modesto for 1989 and 1990. He made AA Huntsville in 1991, as well as AAA Tacoma.
Correia then moved to the Angels in a trade. He played 1992 at AA Midland, hitting .290. He moved back to AAA with Vancouver in 1993. That year, Correia also made his debut in the majors.
Correia got his call up that June. He made it into 64 games for the Angels, hitting .266 while knocking in nine.
He returned to the Angels for another six games in 1994, then 14 final games in 1995. In a July 1995 game, Correia filled in for Gary DiSarcina by knocking a two-run triple and later a single. His work helped the Angels continue a hot streak, according to The Times.
"You see everyone running around the bases all the time and you want to jump in," Correia told The Times. "You don't want to be caught on the side."
That September, Correia and the Angels took on the Orioles, Correia getting into the game where Cal Ripken set the consecutive games played record.
"That night alone was worth my 10 years in professional ball," Correia told South Coast Today in 1997.
Correia played two more seasons, both in the minors. His final season came in 1997, between AA Trenton and AAA Pawtucket for the Red Sox.
Correia now works in the financial services industry, serving as president of Rhode Island-based Shamrock Financial Corporation.


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Q: How to compare the type variable in "is" operator in Dart I couldn't find a way to store the Type value in Map so that I could use it in is operator to check the validity of type using this map later on. Also, can is operator accept Type as a variable?
For eg, Below is hypothetical code solving the problem but it's invalid.
Map<String, Type> map = {
"sku": String,
"price": double,
"quantity": int,
};

dynamic value = 10;
if(value is map["quantity"]){
  print("value is of type int and int is expected for quantity value");
}

A: You can do something like this:
class TypeCheck<T> {
  const TypeCheck();
  bool typeCheck(dynamic value) => value is T;
}

void main() {
  Map<String, TypeCheck> map = {
    "sku": TypeCheck<String>(),
    "price": TypeCheck<double>(),
    "quantity": TypeCheck<int>(),
  };

  dynamic value = 10;
  if (map["quantity"]!.typeCheck(value)) {
    print("value is of type int and int is expected for quantity value");
  }
}

A: Im not sure I fully understand I understand what you are trying to do but why don't you try something like.
bool _validate(Map productDetails){
  if (productDetails.containsKey("sold_individually") && productDetails["sold_individually"] is bool) {
    //return true or false
  }
  else if (productDetails.containsKey("stock_quantity") && productDetails["stock_quantity"] is int){
//return true or false
  }
  else if (productDetails.containsKey("tax_class") && productDetails["tax_class"] is String && productDetails["tax_class"].isNotEmpty) {
//return true or false
   } else {
//return true or false
   }
}

As for the other part of your question you wont get an error but you will always return false. In contrast if you check if a variable is dynamic it will always return true.

A: I don't really understand your end goal. But from what you have, I don't think you are taking advantage of the strongly-typed nature of dart.

*

*Assuming you are getting your map from an API, you could enforce
typing manually in your code as follows;

 Map<String, Type> map = {
       "sku": json['key'] as String,
       "price": json['key'] as double,
       "quantity": json['key'] as int,
    };

And avoid using dynamic when declaring variables.
OR

*

*In the case you have a user-defined type you what to compare, you can use the equatable package on a class for instance as follows;

class CustomMap extends Equatable {
       String sky;
       double price;
       int quantity;

     // here you put the fields of a class you want for two instances of a class to be equal.
      @overide
      List<Object> get props => [sky, price, quantity];
}

Update from your comment
You should have a custom class for the API objects for instance;
class Item extends Equatable {
    String sku;
    double price;
    int quantity;

    Item({this.sky, this.price, this.quantity});

  // factory constructor
  factory Item.fromMap(Map<String, dynmic> json) {
      final sku = json['sku'] as String,
      final price = (json['price'] as num) as double,
      final quantity = json['quantity'] as num,

    return Item(sku: sku, price: price, quantity: quantity);
  }

   // define equatable objects
  @override
  List<Object> get props => [sku, price, quantity];

}

Now you can use it as follows;
Future<Item> objectsFromService(Map<String, dynamic> json ) async {
    http.Response response = http.get(url);
    if(response.status == 200) {
        final decodedJson = json.decode(response.body);
        return Item.fromJson(decodedJson);
    }else{
       print('Error fetch data');
       return null;
    }

}

Hope it helps


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The idea of the India International Centre first came up in October-November 1958, when Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, then Vice President of India, and John D. Rockefeller III discussed setting up a centre for the 'quickening and deepening of true and thoughtful understanding between peoples of nations'. Mr. Rockefeller suggested an International House on the model of Tokyo's International House of Japan, in whose founding he had played a great part and offered a generous grant towards this end. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India, was so enthused by the idea that he personally took interest in the selection of the beautiful 4.76 acres site adjacent to Lodi Gardens, on which the present complex stands. Later, as the activities of the Centre expanded, an Annexe was added to the main complex in December 1996.
Some of the best minds of the time came together in the preparatory committee to spell out the objectives of the Centre set up by Dr S. Radhakrishnan. They were Dr. C. D. Deshmukh (Chairman), Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Pt. H. N. Kunzru, Professor Humayun Kabir, Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, Shri Raja Ram, Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah and Shri Prem Kirpal. Dr. C. D. Deshmukh, then Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), was identified by Dr. Radhakrishnan as the person who would be able to set up such an institution. This faith in Dr. Deshmukh was vindicated for by 24 December 1958, the Centre had been founded and by 19 March 1959, it was registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI) of 1860.
Dr. Deshmukh was convinced, however, that unlike the Japanese institution, which was mainly supported by businessmen and journalists, the Centre in Delhi would have to lean heavily on the universities--it would have to be 'a pooled guest-house of the universities--in the metropolis'. Funds were raised from the Rockefeller Foundation, and from 37 Indian universities. On 15 April 1960 Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, a Life Trustee and the first Vice-President of the IIC, turned the first sod. In November 1960, Crown Prince Akihito of Japan laid the cornerstone for the superstructure. The building was completed by 22 January 1962 and inaugurated by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, John D. Rockefeller III and many prominent citizens and intellectuals of Delhi were also present on this historic occasion.
Through its close contacts with prominent academic and cultural institutions in India and abroad, and through its networking with diplomatic missions in the capital, the India International Centre draws thinkers and professionals from different parts of the world and this country. In the early years visiting delegates have included Pearl Buck, P.M.S. Blackett, Robert Goheen, Paul Gore-Booth, Frederick Leboyer and Ivan Illich.
In recent years, eminent public personalities speaking at the Centre have included H.H. the Dalai Lama, Sogyal Rimpoche, Julius Nyerere from Tanzania, Willy Brandt from West Germany, Henry Kissinger from the U.S., Lee Kuan Yew from Singapore, Shimon Peres from Israel, Fernando Henrique Cardoso from Brazil and Sheikh Hasina from Bangladesh.
The talks and symposia at the Centre range from international and civic affairs, ethics and human rights, environment, ecology and wildlife to dimensions in science and medicine, to religion, philosophy, culture and literature. Among the famous writers and scholars who have been hosted here are such famous personalities as Octavio Paz, Christophe Von Furer-Haimendorf, Gunter Grass, Hasan Fathy, Sayed Hossein Nasr, Dominique Lapierre, Noam Chomsky, Kathleen Raine, Helene Cixous, Mahasweta Devi, Nissim Ezekiel, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Amartya Sen and Jung Chang.
From its inception, decision-making of policies at the Centre has been invested in the authority of the Board of Trustees. The five original Life Trustees of the IIC were Dr. C. D. Deshmukh, Pandit H.N. Kunzru, Lala Shri Ram, Nawab Zainyar Jung Bahadur and Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. The present Life Trustees are: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, Shri N.N. Vohra and Justice B.N. Srikrishna. Each Trustee is an eminent authority in his/her field, bringing years of experience to the governing of the Centre. Every two years, two Trustees are elected in addition to the Life Trustees, to the Board.
Since 1960, there have been ten Directors of the Centre selected by the Board of Trustees, each with years of administrative experience: P.N. Kirpal (I960), D.L. Mazumdar (1961-66), Romesh Thapar (1967-72), J.S. Lall (1973-78), U.S. Bajpai (1979-85), Eric Gonsalves (1986-91), A. Madhavan (1992-95), N.N. Vohra (1995-2003), P.C. Sen (2003-2008) and Kavita A. Sharma (2008-2014).


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With Black, Green and Herbal Teas and Coffees from our specialty menu, Afternoon Tea at the Knightsbrook Hotel is €16.25 per person or €28.25 per person with a glass of Prosecco.
A lovely way to spend a relaxed few hours in fine surroundings, or to celebrate a special occasion.
One of the most soothing and enjoyable rituals, Afternoon Tea is a lovely way to catch up with friend, celebrate a special occasion, or just indulge in a little treat to share with family and enjoy a delicious assortment of freshly made sandwiches, pastries, scones and cakes.
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Relaxed and Friendly atmosphere. Afternoon Tea was delicious.
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Kepa opens up on Carabao Cup final incident vs Man City as Chelsea ease past Tottenham
By Renuka Odedra & Louie Chandler
Chelsea reached the Carabao Cup final on Wednesday night thanks to a 1-0 victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, rounding off an emphatic 3-0 aggregate victory.
It gives Thomas Tuchel the chance to win his third trophy as Chelsea manager despite arriving at the club less than a year ago. But Arsenal or Liverpool will be determined to stop them.
While it was Antonio Rudiger's header that won the game for Chelsea this week, goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has arguably been the Blues' player of the tournament so far.
His heroics in penalty shootouts saw off both Aston Villa and Southampton earlier in the tournament and, despite being second choice to Edouard Mendy in the Premier League, will have the chance to help the club to another piece of silverware.
But with Chelsea reaching the final, it has shone a light on a previous incident involving Kepa that took place in the 2019 final against Manchester City.
As the final ticked towards the end of extra time with the two sides still locked at 0-0, Maurizio Sarri started to prepare penalty specialist Willy Caballero to come on for the inbound shoot-out.
But when the substitute was announced, Kepa simply refused to leave the field, furiously gesturing at the sidelines that he was not coming off.
To his credit, the Spaniard saved Leroy Sane's penalty in the shootout but it was not enough to secure the silverware for the Blues, with Sarri insisting that he believed his goalkeeper had cramp as a reason for the attempted substitution.
Three years later, Kepa is once again the goalkeeper of choice in the tournament and spoke to Sky Sports ahead of kick-off about the previous incident, insisting that he has learnt from it.
"Three years ago already (2019 final). I spoke about that in the last interviews, I spoke very clear," Kepa said.
"What I can say is that I learn from that situation. It was not easy but I learn a lot. I want to look forward. I want to look at this season and arrive to another final and win the competition if possible.
"I want this trophy and competition. We know what happened in the last final, now I've learnt and now I want to look forward."


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NFL monitors air quality in California ahead of three games after LA Rams cancel practice
November 17, 2018 essullivan	0 Comments
Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley (30) carries for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. (Associated Press)
The NFL is monitoring the impact that California's wildfires could potentially have on this weekend's Los Angeles Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers home games.
"We are monitoring conditions in California and are in close communication with the clubs and local authorities," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. "At this point, both the Los Angeles Chargers-Oakland Raiders game and the Seattle Seahawks-Los Angeles Rams game will kick off as scheduled."
The 49ers are due to host the New York Giants on Monday night. On Friday evening, the league said it would relocate the game if there was definitive evidence the air quality index (AQI) will be consistently above 200 for a significant period of time.
The fires already prompted the Rams to cancel practice Friday and forced about 45 employees, including 20 players and coaches, to evacuate, reports said.
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and defensive line coach Bill Johnson were among those forced to leave their homes Friday. The Rams' employees evacuated from neighborhoods south of the Rams' training complex in Thousand Oaks.
"I don't think anybody's house has been specifically affected, but they did have to leave the areas," coach Sean McVay said. "It's still a scary thing, and extremely unfortunate that they had to go through this. … We just felt like the most important thing was for people to be with their families."
The Rams (8-1) will cram their normal Friday preparations into a workout at the University of Southern California on Saturday before they face the Seahawks at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday.
"Our guys have always been able to adjust and adapt in a good way," McVay said.
The Rams will hold meetings on Saturday at the team hotel, followed by a walk-through practice at the USC campus, according to the team's blog.
The team released a statement thanking the first responders who are "working tirelessly to keep us safe."
"Our hearts are with our neighbors in Los Angeles and Ventura counties during these devastating fires," the Rams said, adding that they were working with their "displaced Rams family members."
The two wildfires burning in Ventura and Los Angeles counties came a day after a Wednesday night shooting rampage that left 13 people dead less than five miles away from the Rams' Thousand Oaks training complex.
The Los Angeles football team will hold a moment of silence before Sunday's game in honor of the 12 victims of the massacre at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks.
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Netflix Is Rebooting Classic Cartoons For Your Kids' Viewing Pleasure
By Fatherly
Apr 15 2015, 3:37 PM
This week, Disney announced its plans to reboot DuckTales in 2017 on Disney XD, and the internet rejoiced. But Disney isn't just capitalizing on the fact that nostalgia always sells, or apologizing for its latest theme park ticket hike by inviting priced-out families on a trip to Duckburg. It's entering the arms race for kids content, and it has a lot of catching up to do.
That's because Netflix has turned into something of a 1980s and '90s cartoon reboot factory of late, part of their strategy to load up on ad-free "kidvids" that appeal equally to kids and their subscription-paying parents. The company already partners with PBS, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Mattel, Hasbro, Lego, Scholastic, Walt Disney Company, and Dreamworks, including deals for original content.
Check out this stacked lineup of updated classics the streaming network will begin rolling out in the next two years. It's almost as if Netflix wants to arm you with visual evidence to show your kids how much better it was in the old days — until the sheen of nostalgia fades, your kid slinks off to play in another room, and you're just a grown man watching cartoons alone.
Original Run: 1983-1986 (2 seasons, 86 episodes)
Returns: March 27 (26 episodes)
This reboot hopes a bumbling detective made of high-tech gizmos will resonate with a generation of kids who want to be their iPad when they grow up. CGI Gadget seems unlikely to live up to the hand-drawn, Don Adams-voiced original, but really all he has to do is be better than Matthew Broderick.
Original Run: 1981-1992 (10 seasons, 161 episodes)
Returns: 2016 (26 episodes)
The relatively unknown (Stateside, anyway) British actor Alexander Armstrong will voice the star of this spy genre spoof that was once a staple on Nickelodeon. He's following in the footsteps of David Jason, who was knighted in 2005 for contributing generation-defining characters to to British TV. So, yeah … no pressure there.
The Magic School Bus 360° will feature a CGI Miss Frizzle, robots and an enhanced bus. Of course, if you want to relive the original magical field trips, you don't have to wait until 2016. The Magic School Bus is currently Netflix's most popular educational show, teaching kids vital lessons about science and the fact that cartoons used to be drawn on paper.
Returns: Early 2016
Why stop at bears when you can have an elephant, racoon, lion and whatever other species you can slap a belly badge onto? Care Bears And Cousins will feature all of the above, but no word yet on whether or not they can convince Mel Gibson to voice Brave Heart.
Original Run: Pee-wee's Playhouse, 1986-1990 (5 seasons, 46 episodes)
Returns: Unknown, but production begins next month.
While the original show will not be coming back, you can still thank Netflix — and Judd Apatow — for rebooting the character with Pee-wee's Big Holiday. The feature will be the third in the Pee-Wee franchise (the first since 1988's Big Top Pee-wee) and is billed as "an epic story of friendship and destiny." Presumably, Seth Rogen will cameo in an attempt to get Pee-wee mekka lekka high.
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the possibilities of public authorities to get register data directly from the Finnish Patent and Registration Office without a separate obligation for companies to supply data to different authorities.
In addition, the Ministry has examined all authorisation and notification requirements in its administrative branch, and then carried out a number of deregulatory measures of a more technical nature. These measures have been smaller and they have had only a minor impact on the regulatory burden.


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Q: Easytether not showing in network manager, ubuntu 16.04 I've been using easytether on ubuntu 14.04. Now that I upgraded to 16.04 and everything is correctly installed,  easytether won't show up @ the network manager.
I did all of the terminal commands and everything looks good. Android phone says usb connection established.But nothing happens.
At the mobile stream drivers page it tells you under notes for ubuntu 16.04 to add following line to your etc /network interface/file.
"Source-directory interface.d"
www.mobile-stream.com/easytether/drivers.
Ubuntu 16.04 note
I have not done so because I don't know how. Maybe that will fix the problem.
Does anyone have experience with this?
Thanks

A: Yea got use nano or some other text editor under did to edit the file just add that line....the rest is done by machine or code...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/easytether/android_faq.html#linuxsetup


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Waiting has never been something I am good at and I know with Rebecca & Michael's Adoption Journey it is so hard to want something so badly only to be told to "Wait". It's easy for someone else to tell you not to be discouraged, but God really will get you there!
Hang in there and I am so glad you girls have these blogs to help you let your feelings out. I hope you realize how many people you are reaching and touching by being transparent as you make this journey. I am praying for you and asking God to give you peace!