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Dog Peddlers Abuse Dogs to Get Higher Price from Dog Lovers
"OOHH GEI BU GEI QIAN. MA SHANG GEI 400, OOHH" shouts a Chinese dog peddler, as he lifts a dog into the air by a rope around its neck, then slams...
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lightgigantic's ban: Sexual Harassment, Trolling, Lying
Whatever; if someone is going to sexually "abuse" me by telling me I have a tiny penis over the internet, I'm not going to have a crisis over it....
Post by: WillNever, Feb 19, 2014 in forum: About the Members
You can't rape someone over the internet. And if someone is feeling victimized, it's time to turn the computer off and find a real hobby. Gasbag...
Redux: Rape, Abortion, and "Personhood"
Abortion is wrong. Women who advocate for abortion are decadent and morally corrupt. Would anyone here like to have been aborted? Raise your hands.
Post by: WillNever, Feb 19, 2014 in forum: Ethics, Morality, & Justice
fox news yet again
That interview was from last year and was covered already.
Post by: WillNever, Feb 5, 2014 in forum: Religion
Teacher Sits on a Pile of Kindergarten Children Striking a Dramatic Pose
There are positive ones too. Here's an article from that same site depicting Chinese police officers doing a strange dance for traffic safety...
Post by: WillNever, Dec 10, 2013 in forum: World Events
No, I don't own that site. That website is nothing more than another news website that features articles that are predominantly published in China....
http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/pictures/chinese-teacher-sits-on-a-pile-of-kindergarten-children.html What a bizarre event. This happened in...
Thread by: WillNever, Dec 7, 2013, 24 replies, in forum: World Events
Epidemic in China: Suing Good Samaritans
You forgot animal abuse. China is officially one of the worst animal rights abusers in the world, in addition to their human rights abuses. Indeed,...
Post by: WillNever, Dec 5, 2013 in forum: World Events
Kidnapped by human traffickers for all I know.
Why are some people much stronger and also much smarter than others?
We are definitely not all created equal. Everyone is born with different characteristics. We all look different, think differently, and are better...
Post by: WillNever, Dec 4, 2013 in forum: Human Science
No, it's very different. It's a lot, lot worse. I can't imagine crowds of people ignoring a 2 year old girl in a street and allowing her to be run...
Interesting. Do you think that applies to the case of the 2 year old girl as well -- why or why not? The shocking, graphic video:...
We've covered a few stories on this board that relate to slip and fall accidents or motor vehicle accidents in China where bystanders refuse to get...
US adults score below average on worldwide test
Why is this surprising? Millions of our children are the spawn of uneducated, illiterate illegal aliens. Of course they're going to come out dumber.
Post by: WillNever, Nov 12, 2013 in forum: Science & Society
Blood pressure difference
When you are hospitalized, it is very common for automatic blood pressure cuffs that are hooked up to a wall monitor to be set to inflate every 5...
Post by: WillNever, Jun 14, 2013 in forum: Health & Fitness
The cholesterol debate
Dr. Oz is a known sell-out. He is paid to promote those stupid raspberry ketone pills and drops that cost around sixty dollars per bottle: another...
Post by: WillNever, Apr 28, 2013 in forum: Health & Fitness
Now females can die in combat
Answers.com is not a legit source, szygys. That is a known retard website.
Post by: WillNever, Jan 28, 2013 in forum: Politics
If you quit smoking before 44, you live almost as long as a non-smoker
Drinking is a lot more fun than smoking.
Post by: WillNever, Jan 28, 2013 in forum: Human Science
The Israeli Defense Force employs woman soldiers and places them on the frontline (every able Israeli man and woman in the country has always been...


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Q: Initializing map elements, where value is a struct with mutex lock golang I have a map where every value is a pointer to another struct that itself has a lock.
type StatMap map[string]*Stats

type Stats struct {
    sync.RWMutex
    someStats, someMoreStats float64
}

I have implemented a method where I pack the StatMap into another struct and have a Mutex lock for the entire map, but I am expecting to modify every entry in the map simoultaniously from hundreds of goroutines, so it would be more effective to lock every element in the map so that two or more goroutines can read and modify values for entries in parallell.
What I am wondering is how I can initialize a new entry in the map whenever there comes a new key? I cannot lock the entry if it isn't in the map already, and I cannot check if it is in the map (as far as I know) in case another goroutine is currently modifying that entry.
I do not know what keys will be in the map before runtime.
My current implementation (that causes data races):
initializeStatMap("key")
statMap["key"].Lock()
// . . .

func initializeStatMap(key string) {
    if statMap[key] != nil {
        return
    }
    statMap[key] = &Stats{someStats: 0, someMoreStats: 0}
}

A: The Go's map semantics are as follows:

*

*A map stores values (not variables) and that's why these values are
not adressable, and that's why you can't do something like
type T struct {
    X int
}
m := make(map[int]T)
m[0] = T{}
m[0].x = 42 // won't compile

*This requirement mostly comes from from the fact a map, being
an intricate dynamic data structure, should allow its particular
implementations to physically move the values it contains
around in memory — when doing rebalancing etc.
That's why the only three operations a map supports is adding
(or replacing) of its elements, getting them back and deleting them.
A map is not safe for concurrent use, so in order to do any of those three
operations on the same map concurrently, you need to protect it in
one way or another.
Consequently, once you have read a value from a map, orchestrating
concurrent access to it is a completely another story,
and here we're facing another fact about the map's semantics:
since it keeps values and is free to copy them around in memory,
it's not allowed to keep in a map anything which you want to have
reference semantics. For instance, it would be incorrect to keep values
of your Stats type in the map directly—because they embed instances
of sync.Mutex, and copying of them prohibited after they are first used.
Here you're already doing the right thing by storing pointers to your
variables.
Now you can see that it's pretty OK to roll like this:

*

*Access the map itself to get a value bound to a key in a concurrent-safe
way (say, by holding a lock).

*Lock the mutex on that variable and operate on it. That does not
involve the map at all.

The only remaining possible problem is as follows.
Suppose you're protecting the access to your map with a lock.
So you grab the lock, obtain the value bound to a key, by copying
it to a variable, release the lock and work with the copy of the
value.
Now while you're working with the copy of that value another
goroutine is free to update the map by deleting the value or replacing it.
While in your case it's fine technically — because your map operates on
pointers to variables, and it's fine to copy pointers — this might be inappropriate from the standpoint of the semantics of your program,
and this is something you have to think through.
To make it more clear, once you've got a pointer to some instance of Stats
and locked it, a pointer to this instance can be removed from the map,
or the map entry which held it could be updated by another pointer —
pointing to another instance of Stats, so once you're done with the
instance, it might have become unreachable via the map.

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Long Shot is an upcoming American romantic comedy movie and below you will know about the Long Shot Movie Cast. Moreover, Jonathan Levine is the director of this movie. Jonathan Levine is an American screenwriter and director. In addition, he is quite famous for directing the "50/50" movie in 2011.
After taking a long break of two years, Jonathan is back in the film industry with this film.
In 2017, the production of this film began. When the writer of this movie was in talks with the director. Later on, the movie was having a green signal when all producer was ready for the film with the title "Flarsky".
Later on, the authority went for some changes. As they like "Long Shot" as a title of the movie describing better than the previous one.
However, the filming of the movie was wrapping up in December 2018.
The film is all about Fred Flarsky and most of his misfortunate events in life. Moreover, Fred is a journalist and he is quite a free-spirited guy. However, Charlotte Field is a smart woman and she is running for the presidential election.
Later on, Fred runs into Charlotte Field accidentally. However, Fred realizes that Charlotte is was her baby sitter and even a childhood crush. So the trouble begins when Charlotte Field hires Fred for her writing purposes even detesting by her legal advisers.
So let us show you the cast of Long Shot.
The movie had its premiere on 9th March 2019 at "South by Southwest" annual film festival. Moreover, this upcoming film has an approval review of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition, Long Shot scores 72 out of 100 basing on 10 critics. With this amazing plot and reviews its time to meet the cast member of Long Shot movie.
Seth Rogan- Seth is a Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. He made his debut in movies with "Donnie Darko" in 2001. Later on, he had a various appearance on the big screen. Now Seth is playing the role of "Fred Flarsky" in the movie. Fred is having a lot of misfortune in the movie which is going to entertain a lot of viewers. As he is going to meet his childhood crush.
Charlize Theron- Now there is an amazing actress in the movie Charlize. She is a South African and American film actress and producer. Moreover, she is the winner of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and many more in her career. She is playing the role of Charlotte Field in this upcoming romantic comedy movie. However, Charlotte is a smart and beautiful woman who is trying for the presidency. In addition, she is also the love interest of Fred.
O'Shea Jackson Jr.- This movie is also having a rapper as an actor in the film. O'Shea is an American actor and rapper. However, he made his debut in the industry by portraying the character of his father in the movie "Straight Outta Compton" in 2015. Now he is playing the role of Fred's best friend in this movie.
June Diane Raphael- June is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. She is playing the role of "Maggie Millikin", one of the key staff members to Charlotte.
So, this is it for the cast information. More updates are coming regarding the Long Shot Movie Cast. In order to get the latest information on the same, just make sure you stay tuned with us.
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Note: From personal observation street grading is working between Hine and the townhouses near Maple as of Saturday May 7. Sidewalk area is cleared and the stone base being placed from both ends of the project. My understanding is that adding cement to the subgrade is to stabilize the clay soil and necessary for the road to not deteriorate too quickly.
What do you anticipate will be the biggest changes to life in Vienna in the next 5-10 years [with the new Maple Avenue Corridor development options, growth in Tyson's Corner, widening of I-66 and potential for increasing traffic levels]?
First and foremost, I believe that Vienna will find ways to maintain that sense of community that ranks our town as one of the best places to live. We should not be fearful for the future, rather we should be prepared with presence and advocacy for what we want in our Town as distinct from Tysons, Falls Church, Merrifield, or the rest of Fairfax County. That is not stay we should be stagnant or try to turn back the clock. We are in 2016 and there are important new challenges to be able to expand the Town's vibrant community.
We need to look forward while understanding what make our Town special, looking backward to remember who we are…looking forward, finding ways we can, rather then reasons we can't. We need to have that conversation, together!
Demographics of Vienna will change with more older residents looking to downsize from single family homes. New families will be moving into town looking for single family homes near the growing employment center in Tysons.
The trend of residential teardowns and larger, new homes will continue due to market demand. However, Town staff will step up their reviews the proposed and final site plans for conformance to Town codes. We will see housing alternatives for young couples and empty nesters such as condominium and townhome residences as part of Maple Avenue redevelopment. We will find methods to encourage retention of mid-range price point single family homes. The Town of Vienna will be challenged to find housing in the community for its employees to both live and work here. The Town's zoning code will become a living document rather than a 'once every five year set and forget' exercise.
We will see new businesses established and some others come and go. Vienna will become a distinct destination rather than simply a path to work. Residents of Tysons will come to Vienna to shop and eat. The Town will define an economic vision for development and leverage supporting incentives or credits available to encourage the foundation and expansion of local and small businesses.
With addition of new residents from younger generations, the Town will move to embrace the current trends in using technology to connect with its citizens and businesses. Printed newsletters and information will still be issued to the community, but many residents will receive their information though smart phones and tablets. Elected and appointed officials along with staff will become a strong presence in northern Virginia advocating for Vienna's distinct community. There will be increased civic engagement in community and regional issues.
Maple Avenue will remain congested but adding the focus on community with unifying street design, improved walkability, and more transit service. VDOT has several projects in the works that could potentially affect Maple Avenue that will be completed in this time frame: the I-66 Outside the Beltway Project, the East-West Integrated Corridor Management Study and the VA Route 123 widening in Tysons as part of the Tysons Comprehensive Plan build-out. We can expect some diversion onto Maple Avenue where construction will be involved . Post-opening, we will likely see an easing of cut through traffic in Vienna due to the highway project and expansion of transit service from Vienna Metro to Tysons…but will build back up over time in the 10-20 year time horizon.
Each of these projects and studies provide an opportunity to work collaboratively with VDOT to leverage money improvement the Town's traffic signal system and regional transit service. The Maple Avenue zoning amendments give the Town control over development and the amount of parking and traffic created in comparison to by-right development. The mix of uses on along Maple Avenue will allow people to put together multiple trips by parking once and walking from place to place.
The Town through the Comprehensive Plan and the Town's transportation design standards will see residential streets designed for people and the adjacent land uses rather simply for traffic. There will be more neighborhood roundabouts designed and installed beyond the first one at Park and Locust Streets SE.
Over the longer term horizon we will see the changes in traffic operation and safety in the 10-20 year range with the increased availability of connected vehicles that use communications for crash avoidance and driving in congested conditions.
The Town will continue to maintain its Aaa Bond Rating and will further align its strategic plan to programmatic and capital budgeting. There will be an on-going conversation about the value of Town services vs. the tax rate and tax assessments especially in the context of Fairfax County's increasing rates and assessments. The Town will move toward a performance management approach to administration of departments.
The Town will continue to be successful in capturing grant money for infrastructure projects to improved roads, sidewalks, storm drainage. The Public Works Department will be providing expanded performance measure information based on outcomes citizens rather than simply quantities. We will go through another financial and programmatic evaluation to determine whether the value of the Town's water and sewer system is best managed by the Town or transitioned to Fairfax Water.
Wednesday, April 13th at 8:00 p.m. the Planning Commission will continue consideration of the first two rezoning applications to come in under the new Maple Avenue zoning amendments (MAC). The agenda is available here. Both of the applications have gone through meetings and work sessions with the Board of Architectural Review and the Planning Commission since this past fall.
This development is a mixed-use proposal of 26,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail and 49 brownstone-style townhouse units on the 1.97 acre site.
Key issue (from staff report): Applicant request to convert Church Street NW to two-way for the length of the property to allow egress to Pleasant Street NW.
This development is proposed as a two-story commercial development with a ground floor fast food restaurant with drive thru (Chick-Fil-A) and an enclosed car wash on the second floor as well as one underground level of parking.
Key issue (from staff report): Drive thru exit roadway across the face of the building to access the frontage road for vehicles heading westbound on Maple Avenue. Staff states that this may be acceptable for morning deliveries; however, a one way drive lane for regularly exiting drive thru traffic is inconsistent with the MAC goal of pedestrian-friendly redevelopment.
Separately there is a proffered intersection improvement for James Madison Drive and Maple Avenue that would be addressed as a separate project.


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During a visit to the Carmarthen Food Bank, Professor Medwin Hughes, High Sheriff of Dyfed, presented a certificate on behalf of the shrievalty to record and celebrate the distinctive contribution made by the venture.
Professor Hughes, who is also the vice-chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, paid tribute to the professional service, care and committed support offered to members of the community by staff and volunteers at the centre.
He said: "As part of my role as High Sheriff of Dyfed, I am keen to encourage more volunteering within the three counties of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion and also to acknowledge the excellent community service undertaken by such organisations as the Carmarthen Food Bank and the Trussell Trust.
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Paul Griffiths, Xcel Centre Manager, said: "The Xcel Project was set up by Towy Community Church more than five years ago and Carmarthen Food Bank was one of the first parts of the project to run.
"Over this time, the Food Bank has donated food to more than 6,000 people in the community and was the fastest growing Food Bank in Wales last year.
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Hugh Randolph
Hugh has had a life long passion for architecture. Since the age of seven he has known that designing buildings was his calling. A native of New Orleans, he started his career in Washington, DC. In 1991 he moved to Austin to study under renowned architect and educator Charles Moore. His practice since then has focused on residential design of all sizes and styles. When he's not focusing on architecture he enjoys being Dad to his two sons, road trips, constantly renovating his 1939 ranch style house, his wife's company and catchy pop music.
Blair Langlinais
Blair grew up with Legos, and This Old House in South Louisiana, moving to Austin in 2003 for its arts culture and commitment to green building. When he isn't remodeling his own home, he makes time to pick guitar and to volunteer with Austin Pets Alive, and AIA Austin - having coached interns through architectural licensing exams. You may have seen Blair at a Stubb's show or keeping up with traffic on his green bicycle.
Chloe Ingram
Chloe's interest in architecture began as a child when she drew floor plans of her dream home, complete with an indoor swing set. Her love of all things music, graphic design, furniture design, and art lead her to a career in architecture. She received her bachelor's from UT Austin and her master's from UT Arlington. Having worked in a variety of firms and in several cities (Chicago, Dallas, and Fort Worth) she cherishes living in Austin again and practicing residential design. In her free time, she can be seen improvising and acting at various theaters around town.
Michael Gamble
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Nina Unger
Nina developed her love of architecture at a young age. Some of her favorite memories include designing and building gingerbread houses with her dad each Christmas - from the Eiffel Tower to a replica of her childhood home, each year's creation has became more elaborate than the last. She moved to Austin to study Architecture and Art History at The University of Texas where she grew to admire Austin's scenic hills and abundant natural beauty. She enjoys swimming in Barton Springs, whittling small objects out of wood, and watching Turner Classic Movies in her spare time!
Trisha Shepard
Trisha discovered her love of architecture and design when she received a Crayola Drafting Kit as a child. The floors and walls of her childhood bedroom were soon covered in drawings and magazine clippings. Having spent part of her childhood in the farm country of Pennsylvania and part in Charleston, SC, she found Austin to be the perfect mix of all her favorite things. Trisha holds a bachelor's degree in both communications and interior design, and has been designing a variety of spaces in Austin for the past 12 years. When not designing for clients, she enjoys rehabilitating her own mid-century home and spending time with her husband, two very active young sons, and their two dogs.
Tyler Rush
Tyler grew up in Austin and has always gravitated towards the arts. He studied at Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design. While attending VT he had chances to study in both Berlin and Chicago. Time spent in those cities has helped shape his way of thinking as a young designer. Now back in Austin, Tyler loves spending his leisure time rock climbing, biking, and writing and making music.
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The Microsoft Media Briefing begins with a trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops. I'm immediately impressed by how impressive this series always looks. I'm more interested in this game than I've been in any in the franchise since Call of Duty 4. The game is set to be released on November 9, 2010. The game is about a series of secret missions that never made it into history books, and Treyarch seems to be giving this game the treatment it deserves.
Hideo Kojima and Shigenobu Matsuyama show off some footage from Metal Gear Solid: Rising. The sword-based combat in this game looks incredibly entertaining.
Fable III is a game that makes me wish I had an Xbox 360. The games in this franchise seem to be getting better and better, and the third game just looks soooo epic.
Another seemingly epic Xbox 360 exclusive is something called Codename Kingdoms. The sizzle clip gave no clue as to what this might be. Let's hope it isn't a God of War knock-off.
Halo: Reach is another exciting installment in the Halo universe. This game is supposedly Bungie's last game in the series, and Halo: Reach is supposed to be their pièce de résistance. The in-game footage featured in the press conference is the first that I've seen of the game, but I can say that this game represents yet another really great reason to get an Xbox 360.
Natal now has a name: Kinect. Kinect promises to transform the way you navigate through the Xbox interface with either your hands or your voice.
Video Kinect allows people to keep in touch through video chat. Hopefully, the conversations that people engage in won't be as unnatural as the one between the girls in the media briefing.
The launch titles for the Kinect include: Kinectimals (including 40 of your favorite animals!), Kinect Sports, Kinect Joy Ride, Kinect Adventures, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, and Dance Central. The only one of these games that looks remotely compelling is Dance Central. I love to dance, and this game supposedly goes one critical step further than DDR ever did by tracking real full-body dance moves. I'd have a great time with that!
Kinect launches on November 4th, and 9 more titles will be available for the device by launch.
I've never been terribly interested in the Gears of War series, and Gears of War 3 is unlikely to change that. It looks great, but I don't care for the machismo that is epitomized by this game.
A new model Xbox 360 will be available later this week for $299. It's smaller. It's quieter. It's black and shiny. I want one!
That's what I saw. Any thoughts?


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Help Me Explain to Doug Why a Windows Kernel on Windows Phone 8 Is Epic
David K | February 3, 2012 | Ask the readers, Windows Phone, Xbox | 10 Comments
Out of all of the things that came out of the leaked Joe Belfiore was this tidbit:
Windows Phone 8 won't just share a UI with the next-generation desktop and tablet OS, apparently: it will use many of the same components as Windows 8, allowing developers to "reuse — by far — most of their code" when porting an app from desktop to phone, according to Belfiore. He specifically mentions the kernel, networking stacks, security, and multimedia support as areas of heavy overlap.
I've been emailing with Doug Smith about this and I don't think he gets why I have to change my pants every time I read that sentence…but I know you get it, right?
Here's some of what I wrote to Doug:
Think about it…one OS to rule them all. Expect Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Xbox 720 to all have the same kernel and be able to deploy apps across them all.
Every app that gets written for W8 will come to WP8. You can use the same app across all your screens. Not a similar app – just an app with a changed resolution but full features. Mind boggling
Android doesn't make it on a PC. Apple has two OSes for Macs and Pads. MSFT is about to have such a light OS (which is a full client OS) that is now fully portable and the core can be dropped anywhere. We'll be looking at 1.5ghz and above 'phones' that are optimized for phones but capable of doing everything. That makes the MS ecosystem something really special.
It wasn't working so I took one last shot:
It may not mean a ton to you but this kernel thing is epic…I don't mean that as a MS fanboy though. Last year I remember writing about how Apple had to merge iOS and OSX or allow them to work on both chipsets because it's a huge shift from using one OS to another based on form factor compared to using one OS that's modified for the experience. Take Photoshop for example – you will be able to run the full version of Photoshop on a tablet…FULL VERSION. OK and now you pick up your phone. They can give you as much of that same experience as they can fit on a small screen but from a capability perspective they can do 100% of the same things and it's less about their code and more about UI. The capabilities of the OS are about to explode as the walls fall with this shift. MS can worry less about multitasking and the like because W8 already deals with this as part of their tablet push. Keep going and add peripherals – the same ones as your PC . And data syncs across all your devices (as do contacts, etc). It's something we've never had before.
He's not there yet. Probably because his iPhone's screen is so small that he has iPhone thumb and can't make it through all of my emails, but that's a separate issue. Someone help Doug and the Doug's around the world understand why the game just changed.
Towers of Hanoi For Windows Phone 7
Well Well Well, It seems someone at Big Red is really thinking after all
First WP7 App With Toggle To Enable Nudity Hits The Marketplace
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Jorgen	 February 3, 2012
Don't worry David, he will get it sooner or later… :-)
markiz	 February 3, 2012
I was also blown away with that.
What that means is that all those dozens, or hundreds, of thousands of windows developers, will be able to make some smaller adjustments and have their windows app ported to WP. It won't cost them much in money or time, so i reckon many will do it.
it WILL be epic, i believe.
Chris L	 February 3, 2012
Err… iOS runs on OSX… A lot of the same protocols and frameworks from OSX are in iOS, but the apps are different. That's the only difference at this point. To think that apple will stay the course and allow ms to leap forward like that without an answer when apple has the most to lose and Microsoft the most to gain is ridiculous. Look for OSX 10.8/11 and iOS 6 to introduce some cross platform stuff like you're talking about.
What has that got to do with this article?
MartiM	 February 3, 2012
If it's One OS to rule them all, One OS to bind them, then this is seriously huge. Maybe it *is* the MS response to OSX & iOS. But as always, I will adopt a hopeful wait-and-see attitude.
C'mon MS, do eeet!
Bennyj	 February 3, 2012
David, I have a Titan and a Focus, and I'm with Doug. I don't get it either. I thought Apple already had this. My friends have the apps on their Iphones, Ipads, and Macs. If this isn't the case, then Apple's PR has worked wonders again.
Ram	 February 3, 2012
I am with you David. Seriously eventhough iOS and OSX share the same, I can't run the app I bought from iOS AppStore on Mac and the same is true the app I bought for MacBook on iPhone or iPad. Because even though they share the same protocols and musings, they are not the same. It is similar as the apps I bought for Windows Mobile can't work on Windows Phone even though both share the same Windows CE currently. But on the contrary, the apps I bought for Win8 might work on Win Phone 8 because both share the same environment. And more over apps written for iOS devices are not the same as the apps written for MacOSX because the Objective-C platform on Mac supports Garbage Collection and iOS – no at least until now.
JRDemaskus	 February 3, 2012
I do not do a lot of computing. Mostly just web. But I have learned how to switch between my phone/tablet and PC, over the years.
E-mail, docs, excel, photos, video, music, etc…I can switch up pretty easy.
Maybe that is why Doug is not impressed, we are not new at this and learned how to deal with cross platform issues.
Now for new users, like my kids, I have encouraged to go to the "Cloud" as a resouce. But even they know how to cross platforms.
I understand you excitement, but it is really just simplifieing the issue.
Kind of like owning an iPhone, having the easy way handed to you without having to think about it, or problem solve.
I am OK with a light challenge. You need to learn for when the answers are not just handed to you.
RickH	 February 3, 2012
It's not so much an upfront change for the users, but for the developers, in that there will be much more functionality easily available on all form factors of Win8 without a lot of extra development.
Which means, eventually, for the end users, more apps with more fuctionality which matches the experience from phone, to tablet/laptop/desktop/server.
This will be huge for business users. The universe will change.
Steve Brock	 February 8, 2012
I'm more impressed with the potential to integrate with hardware. Think about it. A network printer wouldn't need a different driver. You could scan directly to your phone.
Also, this phone would appear on your network as just another machine. You wouldn't need to sync. You could just copy it over the network.
If MS accomplishes what this article describes, this will truly put a computer — a fully fledged and realized computer in your hands.


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Yes, I am VERY interested… as you know I have been tracking your picks myself since mid July. My August only picks are slightly different than yours. I may have missed a few and I also intermixed the picks from the Personal Portfolio Service, your Buying Breakouts service and your weekend service.
Nevertheless, the stat summary on both sets of data was phenomenal. I noted that the July picks that brokeout without quality volume tended to fail… that was not an issue in August as August was such a strong month that everything was clicking.
I have modified your spreadsheet to include Win Loss Ratio, ROI, Profit Factor etc.
Congratulations on an outstanding month.


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Have you ever wondered what the perfect date was? Well Sophie wondered what the perfect date, kiss, hug, moment, and everything is… but she was too scared to do anything. But one day, this boy Jack, one of the most popular and cutest boys in school, came up to her and asked her on a date. After realizing he wasn't kidding she stuttered a yes, he then asked her where she lived and what her phone number was. Sophie was in grade 10 and has black hair with different colours all through it. She doesn't think she's all that attractive, but Jack couldn't think anything but. He thinks she's gorgeous. Jack is in grade 11 and has a cute brown do. He is super cute and liked by many, but hangs out with a smaller group of friends, even though he wouldn't have trouble being popular. Saturday arrived and Sophie was up early, but Jack also was.
Sure looks like a fairy tale huh?
When Sophie was waiting for Jack to arrive she was pacing all over the house freaking out… she had been stressing about it all week. She really wanted everything to be perfect. When she heard his heavy steps on the stair her heart did a few flutters then a huge back-flip and when she heard his knock she didn't want to seem too eager so she walked slowly and opened the door. But as she did so the grin upon his face made her heart sail.
It was their first date so it was nothing too formal, just a picnic date. So she got in his truck with the lunch on her lap. There was a small awkward silence but he broke it by turning on the music and clumsily singing along. Then she started to sing and he stopped and just listened. Then when she started to notice that he wasn't singing he began to sang along again laughing the whole time.
When they got to the park they were trying not to pass out from laughing so hard. He took her into a small area that wasn't too crowded, there was a small stream and he thought it would be perfect. It was, instead of eating right away he pulled her out and they tossed a football and he threw it too far and she backed up into the stream.
He ran over and she was laughing so hard she was crying. But when he reached down to grab her up she pulled him down into it, trying not to crush her he pulled her from under him and started splashing her, soaking her shorts and his. By the time they were done they were soaked to the bone. She went over and laid in the sun, he pulled off his shirt and she opened her eyes and gasped, he had a gorgeous body.
They pulled out the food and chatted the whole time, this day was starting to be perfect. Right as they were finishing their food it started to rain. Sophie was upset, thinking their picnic was ruined, but Jack didn't seem to care. He just pulled her into the rain and danced, singing the songs they sang in the truck. Then she started singing a different one, a slow one, and he knew it but just pulled her close, humming the melody, her voice died down slowly and they just rocked, and as she looked up into those beautiful green eyes, wet hair, and rain falling between them, she knew this day was perfect, and couldn't get any better. That is until he leaned down and she closed her eyes her heart leaping, and kissed her. Slow at first then wanting her closer.
He pulled away laughing, and a tiny laugh bubbled up to her lips, she realized her hands were in his hair, having just going up there without her noticing. She lowered them but before she could let him go he grabbed her hand. He then said they probably should leave so they don't both get sick. As they walked back they swung their arms, she hadn't said anything since the kiss, and he thought maybe she was nervous. But she just couldn't form any words, her mind was still swirling.
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Sometimes I don't want to run jobs to minimize time, sometimes I want to run jobs to minimize outages. Having the option to run jobs in series instead of the default of running them in parallel, possibly as a checkbox next to "run on all," would be a great way to use Go to perform a rolling deploy across multiple servers.
I think I get what you mean but I'm afraid it's not in line with our roadmap and in fact it kind of goes against Go's fundamental building blocks (if I got you right, of course!).
Can you see a different way of slicing and dicing your jobs to take advantage of the above while achieving your original goal?
It's definitely possible to do within the system you describe above, but it requires negating advantages of go. Let's take a hypothetical set of 5 servers named webserver01-webserver05. If I want to deploy to all five of those servers in parallel and cause an outage for my users as the application code is re-deployed, I can do that with a single job set to 'run on all' servers with the resource 'webserver'. If I want to avoid/minimize outage impact by deploying to each server, one at a time, I need to create five new resources, one for each server, and duplicate my deploy stage so I have one stage for each resource.
This isn't a big deal to start with, but if the deploy process changes, I now have to change it in five places, leading to the likely introduction of human error through repetition (which is what we're using Go to prevent in the first place). And if I add one server in the first scenario, all I have to do is assign the resource 'webserver' and It's done. If I add one server in the second scenario, I have to add a new resource and a new stage.
So, while it's definitely possible, it's not ideal.


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Should Canada Decriminalize Marijuana &nbspTerm Paper
Subject: Sports - Drugs
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Related Topics: Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Legalizing Marijuana
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Decriminalize Marijuana in Canada
The question as to whether Canada should decriminalize the use, sale, and cultivation of marijuana has been debated over the past few years, and the debate has taken a sharper turn now that it is being decriminalized in Colorado and soon in Washington State.
What are the economic and social benefits of making marijuana legal in Canada -- and what is the residual impact on human health? Given that today there are glaring inconsistencies in Canadian law regarding marijuana -- as opposed to the legal sale of alcohol and tobacco -- how does the Canadian government propose to adjust its current laws if indeed marijuana becomes legal? These are the pertinent questions to be answered in this paper.
Thesis: The position of this writer is that Canada should proceed to decriminalize marijuana and remove the label of "controlled substance" -- because marijuana does less harm to users than alcohol and tobacco, and the potential tax windfall for the government would be enormously beneficial -- and the specifics of those positions are spelled out in this paper.
Writer's Position on Decriminalizing Marijuana
In the first place, alcohol and tobacco, according to the Drugs and Drug Policy in Canada, cause "…by far the greatest number of harms and costs to the population" (Riley, 1998). There are "relatively few harms…" caused by marijuana, Riley writes, but as for alcohol, which is one of the most toxic drugs available to the public, it has a lethal dose of only 10 to 20 times its effective dose. Alcohol clearly poses the biggest threat to the Canadian public (including the damage done by drunk drivers, the ravages of alcoholism on families and communities), but anyone of age can simply purchase alcohol in any number of venues. Tobacco has cost the nation billions of dollars in related health issues, and like alcohol, it can be purchased easily (given that a person is of the proper age -- in the same context as alcohol).
And yet recreational marijuana remains a "controlled substance" with fines that far exceed the harm it poses to society. In fact moderate smoking of marijuana appears to pose minimal damage to the community -- and moreover, it poses minimal threats to the lungs, as will be discussed later in this paper. Hence, the facts do not support the draconian laws imposed when a person is arrested for possession of marijuana. In addition, lung cancer (caused by cigarettes) is not in any way linked to moderate marijuana smoking, and there is no evidence that any harm is done to the central nervous system when a person smokes marijuana.
Secondly, since the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) was put into law, more than 600,000 people "have been given criminal records under old and new legislation for possession of cannabis," Riley writes. Obviously, instead of tweaking old laws and trying to better legislate the use of marijuana, this drug should be legalized.
McGeorge Law Review -- Marijuana Misconceptions & Truths
In the peer-reviewed McGeorge Law Review, the author points to the fact that experts believe the "adverse consequences of criminal sanctions" are greater than the "adverse consequences of marijuana" when smoked (Danovitch, 2013). Also, the myths that surround the use of marijuana need to be exposed and discussed, Danovitch continues. After explaining the specific chemical reactions in the human body after smoking marijuana, Danovitch delves into the medicinal benefits of marijuana, pointing to the research by the American College of Physicians (ACP) that encourages the use of "non-smoked forms of THC" (the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana) that have "proven therapeutic value" (Danovitch, 95).
The ACP also has taken positions that there should continue to be research into the therapeutic benefits, and that those researchers looking into the benefits of marijuana should be exempt from "federal criminal prosecution" (Danovitch, 95). [What Danovitch does not include in his scholarly narrative is the fact that twenty states in the U.S. (plus the District of Columbia) have passed laws legalizing medical marijuana -- which in those states make marijuana available upon a doctor's prescription.]
Is marijuana addictive? The answer to that question is that some people become psychologically addicted to cannabis; however it is a scientific fact that marijuana does not cause physical dependence. Marijuana does cause brain changes that include: a) short-term memory loss; b) sense of time; c) sensory perception; d) verbal fluency; e) reaction time; and f) psychomotor control (Danovitch, 99).
How Could Canada Benefit Economically from Legalizing Marijuana?
According to Larissa Flister, writing in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, about 4.39 million adults (12.6%) in Canada have used cannabis in the last twelve months and some 26.3% of youths between 15 and 24 years of age have used (or are using) marijuana.
Flister does the math and reports that given the value of a typical marijuana cigarette ("joint") is about $8.60, and it costs about $1.50 to produce a joint, that indicates a profit of about $7.10. Taking those numbers further, and figuring that the government would be the marketing agency for marijuana, since an estimated 160,000 kilograms of marijuana are consumed in Canada annually (and that may be an underestimation given that Flister's figures are based on 2004 estimates), the government could realize tax benefits of "about $2 billion" (Flister, 97).
That $2 billion could produce a budget surplus of $2.7 billion -- rather than the current projection that Canada is looking at (a $1.3 billion deficit) (Flister, 97). There are other advantages to legalizing marijuana, including the fact that fewer non-violent offenders would need to be housed in Canada's prisons. Indeed, in 2010, 54% of the 113,100 arrests for drug crimes were for possession of marijuana (Flister, 98).
Canada already has medical marijuana available on a doctor's prescription, and an article in Forbes (Wood, 2014) asserts that Canada expects "over $3.1 billion in annual sales" and that of course produces hefty amounts of taxation.
Meantime the State of Colorado has benefitted enormously from taxes raised through the legal sale of marijuana. In the month of April, Colorado legal marijuana outlets sold $22 million, and Colorado's medical marijuana outlets -- where customers need a doctor's recommendation and a state license -- sold about $32 million in April. The total tax revenue for both recreational and medical marijuana in April was $5.3 million (Wyatt, 2014).
The sale of recreational marijuana is heavily taxed, according to John Ingold of the Denver Post; in fact shoppers pay a 12.9% in general and special sales taxes and a 15% "excise tax" as well. Schools are among the beneficiaries of these tax revenues in Colorado: in April alone, $735,000 was earmarked for school construction.
Taxes collected in Colorado since January 1 (the day recreational marijuana went on sale) from both medical and recreational marijuana sales totaled $17.9 million (Wyatt, p. 1). State officials expect to receive up to $184 million in marijuana taxes in the first 18 months after recreational marijuana was legalized on January 1, 2014.
What can be learned from the Netherlands?
Marijuana has never been formally legalized in Holland, but the government has allowed coffee shops to sell small amounts for use on the premises -- as long as no sales of other drugs are available (Szalavitz, 2013). The Dutch have had this policy in place since 1976, and consumption of marijuana in Holland is about the same as in other European countries but is "far less than that in the U.S." (Szalavitz).
A poll in 2011 (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) shows that about 23% of Dutch citizens ages 15-64 had tried marijuana and about 7% say they use it on a regular basis (Szalavitz). In the U.S. those rates are 42% and 24% - "nearly double Holland's for lifetime use and nearly triple…" for regular usage (Szalavitz).
Moreover, a report from the organization "Open Society" explains that the Dutch have "…fewer problem drug users than is typical in Europe," and the use of heroin has "dramatically declined over the past several decades," Szalavitz continues. This data, presented by Jean Paul Grund, senior research associate at the Addiction Research Center in Utrecht, suggests that being able to buy marijuana legally in coffee shops reduces the risk that marijuana will become a "gateway" drug to harder drugs (Szalavitz). Buying marijuana from a drug dealer sometimes opens the door to other, more dangerous drugs that the dealer might also have for sale; hence, legal sales reduces the user's contact with drug dealers, Szalavitz explains.
Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?
Research conducted in 2008 by Patricia Weiss (RN, MSN, OCN, CCRP) shows that while some studies show there may be a "basis for cancer development" related to marijuana use, other research does not show "an association between a history of marijuana use and an increased risk of lung cancer" (Weiss, 2008).
The author explains that "…most of the U.S. population who used marijuana" did their smoking as young adults and adolescents, and then quit using marijuana…
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Sources Used in Document:
Danovitch, Itai. "Sorting Through the Science on Marijuana: Facts, Fallacies, and Implications for Legalization." McGeorge Law Review, 43.1 (2013): 91-108.
Flister, Larissa Ducatti. "The Economic Case for Marijuana Legalization in Canada."
Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 5.1 (2012): 96-100.
Riley, Diane. "Drugs and Drug Policy in Canada: A brief review and commentary." Canadian
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Already, "lawmakers in at least three states are considering joining the 13 states that have legalized pot for medical purposes. Massachusetts voters last fall decided to decriminalize possession of an ounce or less of pot; there are now a dozen states that have taken such steps." (Crary, 1) And as demonstrated by the Appendix B contained below, there is a clear penetration of legalization in every region of the U.S.,
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Since 1998, medical authorities including the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences have documented marijuana's unique ability to relieve both intractable pain and nausea." We're in the Money The prohibition of marijuana costs American taxpayers a fortune, in the tens of billions per year, much of which is channeled toward the cost of law enforcement and incarceration (Beatty, Holman & Schiraldi). Prominent economists
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In Germany it is still an offence under the drug laws to posses the drug but the laws are some what more liberal. For example the prosecution may not press charges where the drug was found to be in 'low quantity 'and was for personal use. Thus patients have received lower penalties. The progress in Germany is such that in April 2000, the German company THC Pharm received the
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What do Mickey Mouse, vacuum cleaners, air travel and light-bulbs have in common? More than you'd think , especially if you look to the originators of those widely different things. All of their innovators spent a great deal of time being knocked back, living through failures and generally struggling to take their ideas forward. None of them have a history of instant success- it was hard work and persistence.
The Wright Brothers didn't just put an aeroplane in the air – their 1903 flight at Kittyhawk Sands was the product of five years of experimentation and failure with different designs for gliders and flying machines.
And James Dyson famously worked painstakingly over five years to produce 5127 prototypes before he found his way to the right design for his bag-less vacuum cleaner.
Innovation isn't easy – something which Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox, clearly understands. 'It is a very gruelling experience….one day you are on the top of the world..the next day there is a huge bug and the site is down and you are tearing your hair out….'. It's not a magic light-bulb moment but rather a long struggle to try and move that gleam in the eye /flash of inspiration towards something which actually creates value.
It's pretty clear why we need perseverance – most innovation is about failure. It is all about trying things out but the likelihood is that most experiments will fail. And as we've come to realise, failure in itself isn't a problem – it offers a rich learning opportunity.
So what is it that helps some people keep going – to work, as the title of James Dyson's autobiography has it, 'against the odds'? Angela Duckworth's research has made a detailed study of what she calls 'grit' – the tendency to sustain interest in and effort towards very long-term goals. Innovation can look easy with hindsight but the reality is that it is like that image of a swan; gracefully gliding across the water but beneath the surface there's some pretty frantic paddling going on!
That's when we need willpower. It provides the energy, the fuel, the ability to enable persistence through the necessary iterations to build a good idea and to deal with the frustration that accompanies this. It's something which can be developed – Duckworth's 'grit' has a lot in common with the self-belief idea pioneered by Albert Bandura in his model of 'self-efficacy'. The more we have the confidence, the belief that we can achieve something, the more we are likely to achieve it.
It might sound like a grown up version of 'The little engine who could' story – but there are plenty of examples to remind us of its relevance. Like Ralph Townes, father of the laser who described being told by his bosses (both Nobel Laureates) early on in his career that his research direction was flawed.
Or Jack White of the White Stripes who describes coming up with an idea for a riff.
Innovation comes from perseverance – but it isn't just a matter of having the guts and the 'grit' to keep driving through. There's also evidence that keeping going in pursuit of novel ideas can actually open up new ways of thinking. Researchers at Amsterdam University found that participants began to search more widely in their problem solving behaviour if they experienced constraints and barriers but were pressed to keep going.
(You can try this out for yourself with this simple task. An alien flying saucer arrives and the door opens – what comes out? Try and draw a picture of this creature from outer space).
Research shows that when given a task of this kind most people come up with something which builds on concepts we already know – variations on earthly birds or animals. It suggests that when trying to be creative most people follow the ''path of least resistance'': they will generate a few highly accessible ideas with the least effort possible and then stop. But if people are pushed or stimulated to explore further they find other more creative possibilities.
Of course when trying to break through to a new type of solution it helps to have a nudge or two along the way. Linking the two – focused perseverance and stimulation forms the basis of what is sometimes called the 'dual pathway' model of creativity. And it seems to work – researchers found that persistence was linked to stimulating 'cognitive flexibility' – the ability to think in novel directions.
Give projects time and space to develop – success is rarely instantaneous. Recent research suggests organizations would often fail the 'marshmallow test' – the famous study of children looking for instant gratification rather than having the patience to wait for something better.
Manage innovation as a learning system. Toyota's understanding of the trial and error learning loops of their kaizen system have helped make it the world's most productive car-maker. Google's philosophy is all about perpetual beta – not aiming for perfection but allowing for learning from its innovation. And IDEO, the successful design consultancy, has a slogan which underlines the key role learning through prototyping plays in their projects – 'fail often, to succeed sooner'!
Have clear and structured rules of the game – stage gates are important pieces of the risk management puzzle. Having effective filters in the innovation funnel helps strengthen the ideas that will create value but there's a risk of turning people off if their idea is rejected without a clear understanding of why.
Curate the knowledge base – even if an idea isn't working right now there may be something useful in it which might have value elsewhere or in the future.


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Research shows Canadian athletes feel (un)safe in sports
Sport organizations frequently face allegations of a culture — the values, beliefs and assumptions that define behaviour among individuals in a shared setting — that is toxic. Over time, certain behaviours and practices become accepted and reinforced, despite questionable outcomes.
Eric MacIntosh, a professor of sport management at the School of Human Kinetics, is working on a research project seeking to promote a safer high performance sport culture. MacIntosh and his colleagues interviewed 28 Canadian high performance athletes who are (or were) on a path to the podium at the highest level of their sport about what safe sport means to them, when they feel unsafe in sport and how a culture of safe sport might be achieved.
Identifying toxic cultures in high performance sport
MacIntosh and his colleagues suggest that a shift in culture requires an understanding of the culture's current undesirable aspects as well as of preferred values, beliefs and practices. Understanding athletes' perspectives is critical because they experience the culture and can help create the changes needed.
The athletes interviewed discussed coaches at length, providing examples of unsafe behaviours and practices. Coaches hold a significant influence on athletes' professional lives, as the gatekeepers of resources like information, opportunities and financial support. They hold extreme power with little or no accountability.
The athletes reported examples of coaches overstepping boundaries in the coach-athlete relationship. Some have gone as far as using their position of authority to influence areas of athletes' lives where athletes should have autonomy.
Overly aggressive behaviours, which the athletes equate to belittling, having their character attacked and having their confidence broken, were also reported. Feelings of exclusion and isolation when coaches show favouritism toward other athletes, putting athletes at risk of falling behind, also were reported.
MacIntosh and his colleagues stress that these coaches' behaviours and practices should not just be "the way things are," as they contribute to an environment where athletes feel vulnerable, fearful, intimidated, devalued and mistrustful of those with such influence on them.
Defining a safer sports culture
The athletes' stories should prompt a shift in coaches' behaviour, one that starts with clarity and a reset of expectations and boundaries, and includes increased accountability.
Here are some examples of a safer sports culture:
The coach is knowledgeable about athletes' development and self-aware.
The athletes' best interests (individual development, positive personal relationships, being understood and heard) are prioritized.
There's a sense of community shared by athletes and coaches, featuring open communication, inclusion and trust (a sense of being "in it together," of family).
There's ancillary support (e.g., physiotherapy, nutrition and mental performance counselling, media support).
Regulations are in place and followed (playing regulations, rules, practice guidelines; safe venues and equipment; clean sport codes of conduct).
In phase two of the project, MacIntosh and his colleagues plan to highlight coaches' and administrators' voices to allow for a fuller understanding of high performance sport culture.
In the meantime, MacIntosh and colleagues recommend Safe Sport Training, developed by the Coaching Association of Canada. They also recommend adherence to the Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM), but believe the system must go beyond the RCM pledge.
Professor Eric MacIntosh


Shorinjiryu Karate (少林寺流唐手) is a style of karate based on the Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate school founded by Shinan Kori Hisataka (1907- 1988) in 1946 in Japan.
It is a broad system with elements based on a strong influence from Okinawan karate, as well as Aikijujutsu, Judo, and various Okinawan, and Japanese weapons arts.
Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Karatedo Australia is the largest school of Shorinjiryu Karate in Australia.
Incorporated in Queensland as the Australian Shorinjiryu Karatedo Association in the early 1980's, Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Karatedo Australia currently has dojos in Brisbane, Central Queensland, Northern NSW, Sydney and Victoria and is a member of the International Shorinjiryu Shinzen Kyokai. Currently Shihan Jim Griffin (Queensland) and Shihan Max Estens (NSW/Victoria) serve as joint Chief Instructors of Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Karatedo.
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Q: How to authentication API controller I'm wondering if there's anyone who can explain to me how I have to construct my Authentication API controller.

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*I have a native IOS application

*I have a grails backend service

For the moment I'm using fixed user credentials(for development) in my IOS application (I know these credentials exists). Now I want to make this flexible by providing a login controller.
In my backend, I'm using spring security with basic authentication. So when I make a connection to my backend, I provide a username and password in the http header.
My real question here is what I should provide in a Authentication API controller. I want to use this controller to check if the user exists, and the password is correct.
Anyone who has experience with this?
Can't I just use an empty authentication controller with the spring-security method @Secured(['IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY'])
If I'm correct it'll send back the proper http status codes isn't it?


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It is understood that, in early October, the center will be officially opened in mid-October will be held the first session of the Zhouzhuang International Craft Fair, more than 100 households will have bronze works of art at home and abroad settled manufacturers and distributors, and joint opening the ceremony. He has completely negated the mysterious, majestic atmosphere of the bronze statue. Bronze art is no longer a "small number of people muttering". Today, turbulent city exhibitions, auctions and art really eye-opener, it can be easily fired when some of the work to a thousand million on can not help but wonder, do we really have "rich" to the chinese bronze works of art can be consumed it? "Everyone should have one or two of their own bronze works of art." Advance the cultural and creative Ltd chairman Lin Hui will be a collection of the road is divided into three sections, he said, from the early part of tasteful design sense to buy clothing clothing began.
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Great American Group Closes $51.4 Million Private Placement
Filed Under: Industry News
Related: Asset Disposition, B. Riley & Co., Great American Group, Private Placement
Great American Group, Inc., a leading provider of asset disposition and financial advisory services, announced the closing of its previously announced $51.4 million private placement offering through the sale of approximately 10.3 million shares of common stock.
Great American Group has also announced that it has completed the previously announced repayment of indebtedness owed to Great American Group founders, Andrew Gumaer and Harvey Yellen. Approximately $48.8 million in principal of outstanding promissory notes due to Gumaer and Yellen was retired in full for an aggregate payment of approximately $30 million plus accrued interest. The repayment satisfies the outstanding principal and accrued interest obligations due to the Great American Group founders under such notes, and represents a 38 percent discount to the face amount of principal owed on the debt.
The previously announced combination with B. Riley & Co., LLC, a leading, full-service independent investment bank, is anticipated to close later this month. The stock-for-stock transaction will create a uniquely positioned investment banking and financial services firm with over 250 employees and a geographic footprint extending across the United States and Europe. The terms of the combination provide for the issuance of an estimated aggregate of 4.2 million shares of Great American Group common stock (subject to working capital adjustments) in exchange for 100 percent of the ownership interests of B. Riley. Upon consummation of the transaction, Mr. Bryant Riley will assume the role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the combined company.
Earlier in the week, Great American Group announced a 1-for-20 reverse stock split which took effect June 3, 2014. The reverse stock split reduced the number of common shares outstanding at such time from approximately 30 million shares to approximately 1.5 million shares. Including the shares issued in the private placement, Great American Group currently has approximately 11.8 million shares outstanding. Great American Group's common stock will continue to trade on the OTCBB. For the first 20 business days post-reverse split, the stock will trade under the symbol "GAMRD" before reverting back to ticker symbol "GAMR."
Great American Group is a leading provider of asset disposition and auction solutions, advisory and valuation services, capital investment, and real estate advisory services for an extensive array of companies.


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James M. Brady
Financial Institutions & Banking
All Federal
Commodity Futures Trading Commission "CFTC" Issues Final Order on Cross-Border Swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a final exemptive order regarding the cross-border application of certain swaps provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Pursuant to the final order, the CFTC adopted or modified many of the provisions set forth in previous CFTC proposals and staff letters, including the definition of "US person," calculation of the de minimis threshold for non-US persons, compliance with certain entity-level swap requirements for non-US swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs), and compliance with certain transaction-level swap requirements for non-US SDs, non-US MSPs and foreign branches of US SDs and MSPs. The exemptions conferred by the final order expire on July 12, 2013.
For purposes of the final order, the definition of "US person" is similar to the definition set forth in CFTC Letter No. 12-22 with a few notable changes, including (i) the inclusion of any entity, including an entity not organized under the laws of the United States, with its principal place of business in the United States; (ii) the treatment of certain pension plans for foreign employees; (iii) the treatment of estates and trusts; and (iv) the treatment of joint accounts. The CFTC will not consider foreign entities with a principal place of business in the United States to be US persons until April 1, 2013, whereas all other changes to the definition of US person became effective on December 31, 2012.
The final order also provides relief to non-US persons from including certain swap dealing transactions in their de minimis calculations. A non-US person does not need to include in its de minimis calculation swap transactions where the counterparty is either a non-US person or a foreign branch of a US person that is registered, or intends to register, as an SD. Similarly, a non-US person is not required to aggregate the swap transactions of certain affiliates in determining whether it exceeds the de minimis threshold.
Non-US SDs and MSPs are also temporarily exempt from certain entity-level requirements, and non-US SDs and MSPs and foreign branches of US SDs and MSPs are exempt from certain transaction-level requirements for swap transactions with non-US counterparties.
The final exemptive order is available here; CFTC Letter No. 12-22 is available here.
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James Brady concentrates his practice in financial services matters.
While in law school, James was an editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law. He also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Stephen J. Markman of the Michigan Supreme Court. http://www.kattenlaw.com/James-Brady