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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.Protocols.TestTools;
using Microsoft.Protocols.TestTools.StackSdk;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using Microsoft.Protocols.TestSuites.FileSharing.Common.Adapter;
using Microsoft.Protocols.TestSuites.FileSharing.Common.TestSuite;
using Microsoft.Protocols.TestTools.StackSdk.FileAccessService.Smb2;

namespace Microsoft.Protocols.TestSuites.FileSharing.SQOS.TestSuite
{
    [TestClass]
    public class SqosNegative : SqosTestBase
    {
        public enum VariableType
        {
            InitiatorName,
            InitiatorNodeName
        }

        public enum InvalidOffsetType
        {
            Small,
            Large
        }

        #region Test Initialize and Cleanup
        [ClassInitialize()]
        public static void ClassInitialize(TestContext testContext)
        {
            TestClassBase.Initialize(testContext);
        }

        [ClassCleanup()]
        public static void ClassCleanup()
        {
            TestClassBase.Cleanup();
        }
        #endregion

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.UnexpectedFields)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid protocol version correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidProtocolVersion()
        {
            ConnectToVHD();
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Response? sqosResponse;
            ushort invalidProtocolVersion = 0xFFFF;
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Request sqosRequest = client.ConstructSqosRequest(
                invalidProtocolVersion,
                SqosOptions_Values.STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_SET_LOGICAL_FLOW_ID,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosPolicyId,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorName,
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorNodeName);

            BaseTestSite.Log.Add(
                LogEntryKind.TestStep,
                "Client sends an SQOS request with an invalid protocol version ({0}) and expects STATUS_REVISION_MISMATCH",
                invalidProtocolVersion);
            uint status = client.SendAndReceiveSqosPacket(
                treeId,
                fileId,
                sqosRequest,
                out sqosResponse,
                checker: (header, response) => {});
            BaseTestSite.Assert.AreEqual(
                (uint)NtStatus.STATUS_REVISION_MISMATCH,
                status,
                "3.2.5.1: If Request.ProtocolVersion does not equal 0x0100, the server MUST fail the request with error STATUS_REVISION_MISMATCH.");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.UnexpectedFields)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid Option correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidOption()
        {
            ConnectToVHD();
            BaseTestSite.Log.Add(
                LogEntryKind.TestStep,
                "Client sends an SQOS request with an invalid option (0) and expects STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER");
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Response? sqosResponse;
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Request sqosRequest = client.ConstructSqosRequest(
                SqosConst.STORAGE_QOS_VERSION_1,
                SqosOptions_Values.STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_NONE, // Invalid Option
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosPolicyId,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorName,
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorNodeName);

            uint status = client.SendAndReceiveSqosPacket(
                treeId,
                fileId,
                sqosRequest,
                out sqosResponse,
                checker: (header, response) => { });

            if (TestConfig.Platform == Platform.WindowsServer2016 && status != Smb2Status.STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER)
            {

            }
            else
            {
                BaseTestSite.Assert.AreEqual(
                    (uint)Smb2Status.STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER,
                    status,
                    "3.2.5.1: If Request.Options does not include at least one of the flags defined in section 2.2.2.2, " +
                    "the server MUST fail the request with error STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER.");
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.UnexpectedFields)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid policy id correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidPolicyId()
        {
            ConnectToVHD();
            BaseTestSite.Log.Add(LogEntryKind.TestStep, "Client sends an SQOS request with an invalid policy Id and expects STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER");
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Response? sqosResponse;
            // Section 3.2.5.1.2
            // The server MUST fail the request with error STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER if it determines that any of the following fields has an invalid value<4>:
            //	Request.PolicyID

            // According to the footnote<4>, Windows Server vNext fails the request with STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
            // if Request.Limit is greater than 0 and Request.PolicyID is not equal to a NULL GUID
            Guid invalidPolicyId = Guid.NewGuid(); // Set Request.PolicyID to be a non-zero but invalid Guid.
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Request sqosRequest = client.ConstructSqosRequest(
                SqosConst.STORAGE_QOS_VERSION_1,
                SqosOptions_Values.STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_PROBE_POLICY,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                invalidPolicyId,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorName,
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorNodeName);
            sqosRequest.Limit = 1; // Set Request.Limit to be greater than 0

            uint status = client.SendAndReceiveSqosPacket(
                treeId,
                fileId,
                sqosRequest,
                out sqosResponse,
                checker: (header, response) => { });
            BaseTestSite.Assert.AreEqual(
                Smb2Status.STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER,
                status,
                "Server should return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER when Request.Limit is greater than 0 and Request.PolicyID is invalid and not equal to a NULL GUID");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.OutOfBoundary)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request correctly when Request.Reservation is greater than Request.Limit")]
        public void Sqos_ReservationGreaterThanLimit()
        {
            ConnectToVHD();
            BaseTestSite.Log.Add(
                LogEntryKind.TestStep,
                "Client sends an SQOS request when Request.Reservation is greater than Request.Limit and expects STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER");
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Response? sqosResponse;
            // Section 3.2.5.1.2
            // The server MUST fail the request with error STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER if it determines that any of the following fields has an invalid value<4>:
            //	Request.Limit
            //	Request.Reservation

            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Request sqosRequest = client.ConstructSqosRequest(
                SqosConst.STORAGE_QOS_VERSION_1,
                SqosOptions_Values.STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_PROBE_POLICY,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosPolicyId,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorName,
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorNodeName);
            // According to the footnote<4>, Windows Server vNext fails the request with STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
            // if Request.Limit is greater than 0 and Request.Reservation is greater than Request.Limit
            sqosRequest.Limit = 1; // Set Request.Limit to be greater than 0
            sqosRequest.Reservation = 2; // Set Request.Reservation is greater than Request.Limit

            uint status = client.SendAndReceiveSqosPacket(
                treeId,
                fileId,
                sqosRequest,
                out sqosResponse,
                checker: (header, response) => { });
            BaseTestSite.Assert.AreEqual(
                Smb2Status.STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER,
                status,
                "Server should return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER when Request.Limit is greater than 0 and Request.Reservation is greater than Request.Limit");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.OutOfBoundary)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid small InitiatorNameOffset correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidInitiatorNameOffset_Small()
        {
            InvalidOffset(VariableType.InitiatorName, InvalidOffsetType.Small);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.OutOfBoundary)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid large InitiatorNameOffset correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidInitiatorNameOffset_Large()
        {
            InvalidOffset(VariableType.InitiatorName, InvalidOffsetType.Large);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.OutOfBoundary)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid small InitiatorNodeNameOffset correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidInitiatorNodeNameOffset_Small()
        {
            InvalidOffset(VariableType.InitiatorNodeName, InvalidOffsetType.Small);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.OutOfBoundary)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with an invalid large InitiatorNodeNameOffset correctly")]
        public void Sqos_InvalidInitiatorNodeNameOffset_Large()
        {
            InvalidOffset(VariableType.InitiatorNodeName, InvalidOffsetType.Large);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Sqos)]
        [TestCategory(TestCategories.Compatibility)]
        [Description("This test case is to test if server can handle an SQOS request with SET_POLICY option to an open which is not associated to a logical flow")]
        public void Sqos_SetPolicyToNonAssociatedLogicalFlow()
        {
            ConnectToVHD();
            BaseTestSite.Log.Add(LogEntryKind.TestStep, "Client sends an SQOS request to set policy, but the open is not associated to a logical flow");
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Response? sqosResponse;
            uint status = client.SendAndReceiveSqosPacket(
                treeId,
                fileId,
                SqosOptions_Values.STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_SET_POLICY,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosPolicyId,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorName,
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorNodeName,
                out sqosResponse,
                checker: (header, response) => { });
            BaseTestSite.Assert.AreEqual(
                Smb2Status.STATUS_NOT_FOUND,
                status,
                "3.2.5.1.2: If Request.Options includes the STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_SET_POLICY and the Open is not associated to a logical flow, " +
                "the server MUST fail the request with error STATUS_NOT_FOUND");
        }

        private void InvalidOffset(VariableType variableType, InvalidOffsetType offsetType)
        {
            ConnectToVHD();
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Response? sqosResponse;
            STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Request sqosRequest = client.ConstructSqosRequest(
                SqosConst.STORAGE_QOS_VERSION_1,
                SqosOptions_Values.STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_FLAG_PROBE_POLICY,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosPolicyId,
                Guid.NewGuid(),
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorName,
                TestConfig.SqosInitiatorNodeName);
            ushort invalidOffset = 0;
            ushort nameLength = variableType == VariableType.InitiatorName ? sqosRequest.InitiatorNameLength : sqosRequest.InitiatorNodeNameLength;
            int requestSize = TypeMarshal.ToBytes<STORAGE_QOS_CONTROL_Request>(sqosRequest).Length;
            if (offsetType == InvalidOffsetType.Large)
            {
                // Set the offset to make the sum of Length and offset be greater than RequestSize.
                invalidOffset = (ushort)(requestSize - nameLength + 1);
            }

            if (variableType == VariableType.InitiatorName)
            {
                sqosRequest.InitiatorNameOffset = invalidOffset;
            }
            else
            {
                sqosRequest.InitiatorNodeNameOffset = invalidOffset;
            }

            BaseTestSite.Log.Add(
                LogEntryKind.TestStep,
                "Client sends an SQOS request with {0}Offset set to {1} and expects STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER",
                variableType,
                invalidOffset);
            uint status = client.SendAndReceiveSqosPacket(
                treeId,
                fileId,
                sqosRequest,
                out sqosResponse,
                checker: (header, response) => { });
            string failReason = offsetType == InvalidOffsetType.Small ?
                String.Format(
                    "if Request.{0}Length:{1} is greater than 0 and Request.{0}Offset:{2} is less than 104.", variableType, nameLength, invalidOffset) :
                String.Format(
                    "if (Request.{0}Length:{1} + Request.{0}Offset:{2}) is greater than RequestSize:{3}.", variableType, nameLength, invalidOffset, requestSize);

            if (TestConfig.Platform == Platform.WindowsServer2016 && status != Smb2Status.STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER)
            {

            }
            else
            {
                BaseTestSite.Assert.AreEqual(
                    (uint)Smb2Status.STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER,
                    status,
                    "3.2.5.1.2: The server MUST fail the request with error STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER " +
                    failReason);
            }
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


While this latest fare I suspect wouldn't be for someone like me who has happily been a vegetarian for over two decades, meatless options moving into the fast food business (I was afraid that this was some cynical prank because of the timing but gladly not) are certainly positive developments all around and might encourage omnivorous appetites to significantly cut back on beef consumption.
There's always an element of acclimation—I suppose the same as I would go through trying to convince myself that what was being offered to me—and I'd be willing to try—was not a hamburger but something completely plant-based, but changing diets without compromising anything in terms of taste or texture is pretty pivotal. Our dietary choices have consequences, and when beef becomes cheap and disposable, we are paying for it dearly elsewhere. I wonder what we will ultimately gain in return for moving in a more healthy and humane direction.


Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by Rats, Feb 12, 2019.
RIP The Banks of England - Chesterfield's finest.
Very sad. If ever there such a thing as 'World Class' Gordon was it.
In his time the best in the world and one of the best English keepers of all time.
Gordon Banks, Hands of Gold, R.I.P.
Sorry to be hearing this sad news.
Sad news another of the '66 winners gone. In his heyday the best in the world.
Best keeper we have ever had. Arguably the best save ever made from who folks generally call the best ever football player Pele. Six times the best keeper in the world winner. Our only World Cup winning keeper.
Hope all stadiums this weekend have a minutes applause for him.
Will go down in history has one the true greats..
That save was what inspired me to be a keeper when i was a nipper.


text:
#ifndef CPP_INCLUDE_LIBXTREEMFS_UUID_CONTAINER_H_
#define CPP_INCLUDE_LIBXTREEMFS_UUID_CONTAINER_H_

#include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
#include <gtest/gtest_prod.h>
#include <list>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "libxtreemfs/uuid_item.h"
#include "xtreemfs/GlobalTypes.pb.h"

namespace xtreemfs {

class ContainerUUIDIterator;

/** This class stores a list of all UUIDs of a striped replica and is used to
 *  construct ContainerUUIDIterators for a specific stripe index.
 *  It also manages the failure-state of the stored UUIDs. */
class UUIDContainer {
 public:
  UUIDContainer(const xtreemfs::pbrpc::XLocSet& xlocs);

  ~UUIDContainer();

 private:
  typedef std::vector<UUIDItem*> InnerContainer;
  typedef std::vector<UUIDItem*>::iterator InnerIterator;
  typedef std::vector<InnerContainer> Container;
  typedef std::vector<InnerContainer>::iterator Iterator;

  void GetOSDUUIDsFromXlocSet(const xtreemfs::pbrpc::XLocSet& xlocs);

  /** Fills the given uuid_iterator with the UUIDs corresponding to the
   *  given offsets. This is private because it is only called by
   *  ContainerUUIDIterator's ctor. */
  void FillUUIDIterator(ContainerUUIDIterator* uuid_iterator,
                        std::vector<size_t> offsets);

  /** Obtain a lock on this when accessing uuids_ */
  boost::mutex mutex_;

  /** List of List of UUIDs. */
  Container uuids_;

  /** This is needed to only allow ContainerUUIDIterator to call
   *  FillUUIDIterator. A more strict friend statement which would only
   *  declare ContainerUUIDIterator's ctor does not work due to circular
   *  include dependencies.
   */
  friend class ContainerUUIDIterator;
};

}  // namespace xtreemfs

#endif  // CPP_INCLUDE_LIBXTREEMFS_UUID_CONTAINER_H_


text:
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Europe A-I
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Ramping up China's puck luck
March 9, 2018 / NationalTeamsOfIceHockey / Comments Off on Ramping up China's puck luck
By China Daily
Before the International Ice Hockey Federation considers offering China direct qualification to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics tournament, the country first has to show it deserves it, a top IIHF official said in Beijing on Wednesday.
After watching host South Korea vie with world powers amid sensational support at last month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, China's hockey heavyweights are eager to see similar enthusiasm for the home team at the 2022 Beijing Games.
IIHF president Rene Fasel said in Pyeongchang the federation is exploring proposals to qualify both the Chinese men's and women's teams for the 2022 tournament as a way to popularize the sport in the world's most populous country.
Thomas Wu, an IIHF vice-president, confirmed to China Daily that the proposal to qualify the Chinese teams will be officially decided either at the federation's annual congress in May or at the semiannual congress in September.
A long-term commitment to transform the niche sport into a mainstream staple in the buildup to the 2022 Games and beyond is crucial to earn the nod from the world governing body, said Wu.
"The IIHF's goal is to promote the sport globally and China has huge potential in the game," Wu said on Wednesday.
"We'd love to see the Chinese teams at the 2022 tournament, but we also have to make sure the world-class quality of the Olympic competition won't be compromised, which is always the priority.
"The gap between Team China and the world hockey powers is still quite big, so the most urgent need for China is to improve the competitiveness of its program as fast as possible," said Wu, an entrepreneur and avid ice hockey promoter in Hong Kong.
"The South Korean team (although qualified as the host) proved itself by advancing to the world's top grouping and we hope the Chinese team can rise dramatically as well by 2022," he added.
Bolstered by one American and six Canadian players naturalized without Korean ancestry, South Korea placed second at last year's IIHF Division 1 Group A world championships, the second-tier world title tournament.
South Korea's dual citizenship policy opened the door to recruit foreign talent for the Pyeongchang Games, with the only stipulations being acquisition of a Korean passport and playing in the country two years before the Olympics.
The Chinese Ice Hockey Association has a more localized method of drafting players with Chinese ancestry through overseas tryouts.
Foreign-born players first have to be from families with Chinese roots and then must have at least two consecutive seasons representing a Chinese team after changing citizenship in order to be eligible to represent the country.
"From the IIHF's point of view, this is better because the players have a bond with the country they represent," said Wu.
"For China, we know we have a lot of work to do in a short time. But we also want to insist that our team is a Chinese team.
"It's respectable. It's something that will be supported by the international hockey family. We want to build hockey in China-not just do well in 2022, but as a longer-term project."
Currently, Shanghai-based Kunlun Red Star plays in the professional Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League while its female affiliate plays in the seven-team Canadian Women's Hockey League.
Other Chinese teams are playing in minor and junior leagues in Russia, and individual players are competing for college and university teams in Canada and the United States.
Organized by Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau and Beijing Hockey Association, the capital's current youth league has attracted a record 2,554 children on 162 teams.
"We've seen many positive signs that the game is growing in popularity and public recognition in recent years," said CIHA president Cao Weidong.
"Hopefully to qualify for and perform decently at the Beijing Olympics in 2022 will galvanize the momentum for sustainable development."
New Zealand's Under-18s look to defend their Challenge Cup title
Malaysia Women's team wins CCOA event
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We want to thank some people who have contributed to our website over the years.
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I've owned and fired L&L kilns since the 1970's. They just keep getting better. I have 2 in my studio and 4 in our college studio.
William Schran is the Assistant Dean Fine Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria Virginia. Bill has been working with Crystalline glazes for decades and presents at many forums and cares deeply about the entire arts community. Bill teaches what may be the only semester long course in cone 6 crystalline glazes.
"Though traditionally produced at cone 10, I have discovered very satisfactory results with crystalline glaze formulas fired at cone 6. My research in this area started as a result of the kilns at school not firing to cone 10 quickly enough to allow time for necessary temperature holds to grow the crystals (this was before we had all L&L kilns). I experimented with existing cone 10 recipes by adding increments of low temperature fluxes until I found a few newly formulated glazes that produced consistent results. I've continued this area of research, concentrating on glaze formulas using various commercial frits as the primary flux. The results of this research will provide studio ceramicists and schools with limited firing capabilities the opportunity to explore crystalline glazes."


NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York, the city that brought you Anthony Weiner, is no stranger to Twitter gaffes.
Did the Knicks' coach commit one now, too?
Likes on Twitter are visible to the public. Rambis has apparently since removed the like, but not before GQ captured a screenshot.
A Knicks official, however, told the Daily News that Rambis was hacked and/or spammed, adding Rambis' account also showed him liking a suspicious money-lending tweet. The team told the New York Post it has been in touch with Twitter to investigate.
Rambis, who took over after coach Derek Fisher was fired earlier this month, has nearly 44,000 followers on Twitters and follows 173 accounts himself, including @GreatAssDaily.
He has not tweeted since Jan. 18.
Rambis, 57, has been married to his wife, Linda, for more than 30 years.


text:
"""Test Facial Recognition."""

from django.test import TestCase
import os

class FaceRecTestCase(TestCase):
    """Create test class for Facial Recognition."""

    def setUp(self):
        self.HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

    # Create your tests here.
    def test_train_recognizer(self):
        """Assert that the recognizer runs and creates the yml file."""
        from securedpi_facerec.facial_recognition import facial_recognition
        if os.path.isfile('test_brain.yml'):
            os.remove('test_brain.yml')
        facial_recognition.train_recognizer(image_path=os.path.join(self.HERE, 'facial_recognition/test_training'), save_file='test_brain.yml')
        assert os.path.isfile('test_brain.yml')

    def test_test_individual(self):
        """Assert that the test is performed and returns an expected result."""
        from securedpi_facerec.facial_recognition import facial_recognition
        facial_recognition.train_recognizer(image_path=os.path.join(self.HERE, 'facial_recognition/test_training'), save_file='test_brain.yml')
        x = facial_recognition.test_individual('securedpi_facerec/facial_recognition/test_training/member-1-testing', recog_model='test_brain.yml')
        assert x[1] == 0.0
        assert x[0] == 1


text:
Follow @GenZeroNZ Sign in: Twitter · Facebook · email
Zero Carbon Act
2019 Local Body Elections
1029.60sc
REPORT: A challenge to our leaders
A Challenge to Our Leaders is a call for leadership on climate change. It lays out why we believe New Zealand needs a plan to move off fossil fuels for our energy and transport. It highlights other countries that already have a plan - like Denmark. And it shows that our Government currently has no plan at all.
What does the report show?
The report draws together information from a wide range of sources plus new analysis covering the linked challenges of climate change and energy security, the opportunity and responsibility New Zealand faces in responding to these challenges, and an assessment of the Government's current response. Key points include:
Global institutions and business leaders are openly calling on governments to plan to achieve zero net carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, in order to stay within a safe global 'carbon budget'.
Other countries are leading the way and showing what can be done – Denmark, for example, is already implementing a cross-party plan to phase out fossil fuels for all energy (including transport) by 2050.
Building a clean energy economy is achievable, affordable and offers big economic opportunities for New Zealand.
Current Government policy will keep New Zealand hooked on fossil fuels; official projections show carbon pollution continuing to grow to 2030, with current policies shaving just 0.4% off total emissions compared with taking no action at all.
The Report has endorsements from climate scientist Dr James Renwick and energy expert Professor Ralph Sims, both of whom are lead authors of the IPCC reports on climate change.
Why produce this report?
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Australia has confirmed Donald Trump called Scott Morrison to help the US Attorney General in an investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
An Australian government spokesman confirmed the conversation took place.
"The Australian government has always been ready to assist and co-operate with efforts that help shed further light on the matters under investigation," the spokesman told AAP on Tuesday.
"The PM confirmed this readiness once again in conversation with the president."
The New York Times reports the White House restricted access to the call's transcript to a small group of presidential aides, according to one-of-two US officials with knowledge of the call.
Australia's high commissioner to the UK in 2016, Alexander Downer, played a significant role in sparking the initial FBI investigation in the Trump campaign and Russia.
"I don't know anything at all about conversations Scott Morrison has had with Donald Trump. These days it's not the sort of thing I'm privy to," he told ABC Radio National.
Mr Downer met with George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser who told him about damaging Russian information about rival Hillary Clinton.
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a minimum federal funding for all.
if you are a rich kid in a rich neighborhood you can get the parents to give more.
some americans get panic attacks as soon as they hear "federal programs"
I prefer surrendering all my power to a distant federal entity that really cares.
Individuals have no idea what is best for them.
That's fine, but how about making it equal funding for all?
I was speaking of each state allocating funds to each school district Whodey, not the Federal Government. Do you even read these posts before you respond??
The only hope for equality is to take everyone's money and show them how it should be spent.
Naturally, right wingers will scream the typical "Constitutional rights", blah, blah, blah.
This is an interesting idea. But a potential drawback is that while the poorer schools increase their quality, the opposite may happen for richer schools. The net result would be a higher minimum quality of schools, which is good; but, it is a reasonable argument that parents who pay more in taxes to live in an area, should expect more of a return for their kids.
This is where we should start to complain about excess government spending, such as with our military. Not only do we spend more on the military than the next 26 nations combined (most of whom are allies), the U.S. needlessly engaged in endless (and costly) wars, most of which result in much more harm than good. This is a collosal and unethical waste of taxpayer money.
There's no reason for the U.S. to not have the best schools on earth. The U.S. has the top three universities in the world, half of the top 10 universities, and most of the top 20 universities. The U.S. needlessly inhibits itself.
This minimum funding with the rich giving more to their kids' schools isn't much different from what we have now, where conservative leaders minimize public funding for schools. I know parents in wealthy areas who are expected to pay thousands to their kids' school for special extras that perpetuate the inequity. And I know upper middle class parents who have high quality private schools for their kids. These kids have a leg up on getting into top colleges.
Let's face it, the class structure is getting baked in to US society.
And the university system in the US still gets adequate funding, even though there are private universities. Republicans have been playing a "zero-sum" game in state legislatures by shifting funds almost exclusively to private, for-profit elementary and middle schools while defunding public schools.
Equal money for all schools is a good first step. The for-profit schools have had so much more money for years now, leaving public schools, especially inner-city schools serving black communities severely underfunded to the point of closing. Catch up the public schools first, and then and only then commit to an equal funding rule.
I don't think it would change anything. This is typical liberal mentality.
Why not attack the root of the problem?
I would be more interested in that.
Many say the poor are poor and stay that way is because they don't produce, or don't want to better themselves.
You don't understand the liberal mentality.
They think that the answer to all the worlds problems is to redistribute wealth which should, in theory, solve any problem presented.
This is typical liberal mentality.
Many say the poor are poor and stay that way is because they don't produce, or don't want to better themselves. What say you?
So this means Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, was just lucky when he turned a couple of back alley coffee shops in Seattle into one of the most successful companies in the world, because he was born in a poor neighborhood in New York?
John Paul DeJoria, who used to be a homeless man was just lucky when he began selling his hair products to beauty shops, and is now a billionaire.
Would you say that Norwegians are intrinsically less likely than Americans to not "want to better themselves"?
If I read between the lines correctly you will be voting Trump on Nov. 8. What is your take on Trump's proposed abolition and/or amendment of several of the constitution's articles?
And the university system in the US still gets adequate funding, even though there are private universities.
I'm not sure university funding (I assume you meaning government funding) is the reason why U.S. universities get "adequate" funding. There's also the fact that U.S. universities are the most expensive in the world; that's in addition to hordes of cash made off of unpaid student athletes.


I can't believe this is the last Friday in September. September is always super busy and this year was no exception! It seems like we are always booked to do something which is fun, but also exhausting. I hit my third trimester this week and I am really feeling it. I wasn't able to keep my eyes open and I felt quite queasy this week. I didn't get my intended blog post done this week, but I really felt like it was more important to listen to my body and hit the hay early this week.
I am linking up with the lovely ladies from H54F to share the highlights from my week. To catch all the H54F goodness make sure you check out Della, Katie, Tif, and Becky.
1.) I had a fantastic party on Saturday. Family and a few friends came to celebrate my 30th birthday with me and I had such a wonderful time! Hubby had ordered me a fabulous cake for my birthday and it turned out so well! I had a book themed party and I was so happy to have everyone with me to celebrate.
2.) I had a hair treatment on Friday and it felt so good! At one point my stylist was called away to deal with a situation. She asked me if it was okay that she was just going to leave me to "relax at the sink" for a few minutes. Ummmmmmm... yes! I am pregnant and I have a 3 year old. I take any chance that I get to relax. I nearly fell asleep. Ha ha!
3.) Despite feeling unwell this week, work went well. Everything ran relatively smoothly so that is always nice.
4.) We were invited for cake one night to celebrate a friend's birthday. Oh my goodness. The cake was so delicious! We had a fun time and our kiddos had a blast playing with one another.
5.) My parents gave me some birthday money for my gift. I used the money to replace my coffee maker. My coffee maker cratered four months ago and I was trying my best to get by without one until January. My fatigue and the birthday money helped me change my mind, so I bought a new one this week. I have to say... it makes delicious coffee. I missed having a coffee maker more than I realized!
How was your week? I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!
Your cake is so awesome!!! I hope you start feeling better soon, Ashley!
Thanks! I am starting to feel better!


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why Mabi is no longer fun.
Fidens
April 29, 2017 edited April 29, 2017 in General Chat
a long time ago Mabi was the best F2P MMO. but that was a long ago. it's still an okay MMO but i haven't enjoyed Mabi in years.
there were many things that made Mabi great but above all else i think the combat and leveling system is what made Mabi stand out. i also feel that the recent updates over the last 4-5 years are what ruined this. let me explain why i liked the combat and leveling system so much.
the combat is more slow paced, requiring a more tactical approach. this allows weaker players to take on stronger enemies as long as they can keep their wits about them. this is also what i feel that recent updates have ruined by adding new, faster paced skills.
the leveling system is rather interesting. it features a mechanic called Rebirth which allows you to reset your level to 1 and all the stats you gained from leveling up is also reset. you might think this mechanic is pointless if all your stats are reset however every time you level up you gain an ability point which you can use to increase the rank of your skills. you also level up faster at lower level so using the rebirth system often allows you to gain ability points faster. increasing the rank of your skills doesn't just make those skills better, most of them will also increase your stats and these stat increase are not reset when you use the rebirth system.
with the way these 2 mechanics worked it removed a problem i have with other MMOs. when i played Blade and Soul i was always playing it alone. it's an MMO so i want to be playing it with my friends but no, my friends who started out before me were many levels ahead of me and those that started after me progressed through the game much faster than me. because of this i was always alone and it's not just Blade and Soul, i've had this problem with other MMOs. i can't just ask higher leveled players to come to areas for lower leveled players just to hang out with me cause then they'd be bored by fighting underwhelming enemies, they'd gain nothing worthwhile out of it and because they'd one shot everything i wouldn't be able to do anything and i can't just go where they are cause then all i could do is just stand there contributing nothing till my level catches up plus i'd be skipping a huge portion of the game which is not something i like to do.
with Mabi's combat and leveling system i could feel like an equal with other players even if there was huge difference in how strong we were. while there were times i went solo i found that i played with others more often in Mabi than i ever did with any other MMOs out there. i wish more MMOs were like this cause i don't feel much like playing Mabi anymore. most of my friends barely ever log on anymore and when they do i don't think it's because they want to but rather it's because Mabi is mainly where our guild gathers.
when it first came out Mabi was ahead of it's time. but the times eventually surpassed Mabi and i feel it failed to keep up with the times. as it currently stands no updates could fix how bad Mabi has become. the past 4-5 years mostly feels like a failed attempt to do so.
a lot of people are probably gonna hate me for suggesting this, and i highly doubt it'll happen, but i honestly wish the developers would shut down Mabi and start over from scratch. making a modern, F2P MMO that has the same appeal that Mabi once had back when it was great. keeping an outdated MMO running when it feels like it's just getting worse and worse seems pointless.
this whole thing has been nothing but a complaint from me that's probably gonna piss off a lot of people and get a lot of backlash. for all of you who disagree with me let me make it clear. if you still like Mabi then good for you. it doesn't bother me one bit what other people like or dislike. my intent with this was to get people thinking about where Mabi's going from here on out and open up discussions about whether Mabi's getting better or worse? i've already made it clear what my opinion on that is.
Blissfulkill
So, aside from the melee combat, which is now a bash spam and final hitting, what is your problem with the current rebirth leveling system? It does not say. it is still essentially the same from what I have seen, if not better.
First off, the three weeks was shortened to one week. That is a good thing, because three weeks is too long.
Second, Potential made it beneficial to spam past level 100. The leveling stat bonuses past 100 are hardly worth it when you inevitably reach a level far too high.
I am not what to think. I dislike things like pet spamming, but quite honestly, that does not affect me a whole lot, though lullaby is indeed too overpowered.
If you don't like a game, then you move on to the next. Rather than wasting your time complaining on a game you don't want to play anymore, go find another game that you want to play that'll satisfy your current interests.
Blissfulkill wrote: »
i have no problem with the leveling system, i mean i didn't criticize it. since i was writing about what made Mabi great i guess i just figured i'd put it in there.
Pan wrote: »
the point of criticizing something is the hope that it'll be improved. as i stated to me Mabi feels like it's getting worse and worse and although i don't think it can be fixed i do think other things could be done. thus why i said that i wish the developers would shut down Mabi and start fresh. creating a spiritual successor that could be just as great as Mabi used to be if not better.
Mabi first came out in 2004. by modern standards it's quite outdated.
We have to complain, because the KR devs like bragging that Mabinogi being a sandbox MMO makes anything possible, yet they cannot provide NA with the necessary resources to develop new and exciting content and innovative features. For years after the very development of homesteads, the player could not even enter the homestead house, which at this point we only have the greenhouse as a tiny step in the right direction. Not only that, but many old skills have been neglected, and many of the features KR has on the drawing board has not even been completed yet, further showing that they cannot properly divide tasks among branches as a global company. Mabinogi thrived for up to 5 or 6 years after launch in NA, however it fell just as quickly as the company performance. This isn't just about Mabinogi's lack of updates anymore, it's about how Nexon as a company has failed to properly develop and run Mabinogi. That's why most veteran players say that it would be for the best if Mabinogi would ever shut down.
Fidens wrote: »
You have to go with the flow of the game just like you have to go with the flow of life. There's going to be stuff you won't like and it's not your decision to decide whether it was right or not. You work around these things and do what you can. For example, if a person doesn't like the way a country is being ran, you can move out or do the best you can to work with it and continue your daily life.
If you don't like the game because it's outdated and such then you should just move on and play newest games. Some people prefer older games more and you shouldn't say such thing like shutting down the game just because it's too outdated. Your mother is getting old too, maybe you should replace her into a young one too then? Lol, i'm kidding.
FayeKaiba
Mabi is no longer fun because you make it no longer fun. You yourself is the only reason why it isn't fun for you.
I think it is more imperative to write what went wrong in my humble opinion.
yes i agree. i could've written this whole thing much better.
Aeolys
Your post is all over the place with no cohesive direction. Are you describing Mabi? Criticizing it? You want it to be better? You like the rebirth system but you also do not like it? Its a bunch of ramblings. Also: run on sentence in paragraph five.
Sutaru
I honestly still love Mabi and I have been playing it since the beginning. Its still better than a lot of newly released MMOs because of its leveling and class systems. I think shutting down the game and starting from scratch would anger a lot of people. I know I would be devastated after all the time, hard work, and money I have put into my account.
Shadowami
Ultimately I think it boils down to population divided among servers. I think I'll have to throw my support behind the server merge idea that's been all over the forums for years. Other than that, I still love the game myself.
lol good idea *puts my mother in a wooden crate* do you know where I can exchange this for a newer model? XD but jokes aside just cause a game is old doesn't mean it is horrible and not worth playing anymore. there are lots of unique features in mabi that make it far better then a lot of new boring mmos and many players would be against the team just giving up and shutting it down. I think of my character as a extension of who I am. we log in and work on shadow missions, do story quests, play music, work on the current events and so much more. mabi works a lot like the real word does. live your life and enjoy it good parts and bad or don't and find a world you are more comfortable in.
Bippi
Personally, as a veteran (moved from Tarlach), I'm way more appreciative of the memories I've made with the game than I am being mad at it for not advancing to be up to snuff. I felt the same way as I did with Nexon's Maplestory in that I simply outgrew the game and had to move on.
Mabinogi, however, will always bring me back... I always come back... xc
FilthyRedDevil
HAH! What a weak groupie.
SOLOIST4LIFE!!
YellowBin
Despite being an "outdated mmo" is still is considerably one of the best in its niche of a genre.
I have yet to see a game that offers what mabi offers better.
Tried Arche Age. I couldn't get into it.
YellowBin wrote: »
Same. I tried Blade and Soul, Aura Kingdom, Revelation Online and so on... After few days/weeks these games got so boring, it even caused me a headache when playing after few hours. It only offered nice graphics, amazing effects in combat and well... oversexualized characters with neat customization. That's all. All you have to do in these games is attack, kill, farm and bring something to NPC. I never get too attached in such games.
most mmo games just seem boring compared to mabi and most of them feel like the same game over and over again with a different name. the only fairly new mmo that gives me a similar feeling to mabi in some ways is a game called Twin Saga. but even then mabi still wins simply cause it has more content and more unique features then most mmo games.
Uberchao
I just hate reaching the boss room only to watch a single human go ham on a boss for 5-20 seconds and murderize it with Final Hit, sometimes Bash applies too. And I hate that people will spend great amounts of money just to get such reforges. Why would you deliberately trivialize the game? How is it fun by the time you're just FHing all of Peaca Abyss to death? Also I hate reforges and the insane cost to them. If you don't have any, you will be grossly outmatched by most others at endgame level.
Anyway I actually haven't gotten Bash yet, I had it on my old human, but learning of it, I vehemently reject it and will not use it, as it trivializes the vast majority of one-on-one encounters. But you can't impose such rules on other people, which means I gotta live with watching other party members spam it against everything until it dies. Just why on earth would they invent a skill that goes against absolutely every standard the combat system set in place, anyway? A combat system where skills are supposed to have specific uses, can counter others and be countered. I'm still livid.
Also I have no clue why on earth a Giant buff is on the way. Giants are already the most broken aside from FH, and it's okay to not be of the highest DPS because we're still hella tanky and can wield 2handers and shields at the same time, in addition to substantial bonuses to many melee skills.


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Op het tennistoernooi van de Paralympische Zomerspelen 2020 speelden de mannen in het dubbelspel van 28 augustus tot en met 3 september 2021.

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De als tweede geplaatste titelverdedigers, Stéphane Houdet en Nicolas Peifer uit Frankrijk, prolongeerden hun paralympische dubbelspeltitel. In de gouden finale versloegen zij het eerste reekshoofd, Alfie Hewett en Gordon Reid uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk, die het zilver mochten ontvangen. Het als vierde geplaatste Nederlandse koppel Tom Egberink en Maikel Scheffers, die een bronzen medaille mee naar huis namen, wonnen daarmee hun eerste paralympische eremetaal als team.

Het andere Nederlandse duo, Carlos Anker en Ruben Spaargaren, was het achtste reekshoofd en bereikte de kwartfinale.

Ook de Belgen Joachim Gérard en Jef Vandorpe, als zesde geplaatst, bereikten de kwartfinale.

Geplaatste teams

Toernooischema

Finales

Bovenste helft

Onderste helft

Externe links
 Toernooischema Paralympische spelen, klik Wheelchair tennis, dan klik Men's Doubles
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A Sweeter Kind of Change
How Scott Newell, high school dropout, and now business owner, transformed his life by opening a bakery.
Isabel Espinosa|January 21, 2018
On the corner of Miller Avenue and Spring Street stands a yellow brick building that houses Big City Small World Bakery. Inside, the smell of baked goods and freshly brewed coffee fill the air as owner Scott Newell works. He opened the bakery in 2001 for selfish reasons: so his sister would have the financial stability to stay at home and take care of their grandmother so he didn't have to.
As a highschool dropout, Newell never had a solid plan for his life. He spent years trying to find a passion, eventually finding a love for film video studies — a combination of literature theory, drama, psychology, art, and technology. That passion was enough to inspire him to go back to school.
He attended the University of Michigan at nearly 30-years-old. Just before graduation, he saw an opportunity to rent out the space in the main level of the irregularly-shaped building and he seized it.
"[Opening the bakery] was not a linear, proactive, pre-planned kind of approach," Newell said. "It was an opportunistic, seize the moment, seat of the pants situation."
The hardest part for Newell has always been finding staff. It's hard for him — as well as many other local business owners around Ann Arbor — to get good help from people. The biggest change that they've noticed is the number of college students that are working. When Newell attended U of M, most of the kids found jobs in order to support themselves. He's noticed that in 2017, there are significantly less college kids working at local businesses.
To him, the only thing worse than having a boss is being a boss. A business owner has to be responsible for everything that happens in the shop, even when they're not physically present. The bakery is always in the back of Newell's mind.
For the past two years, Big City Small World Bakery has closed for the month of January for possible renovations and to give the workers a break. For that month, Newell can relax; he doesn't have to worry about paying bills, or making sure there is someone in the store working. The break is a nice change, but Newell is always happiest when the bakery opens again in February.
Despite all of the challenges of starting and owning a business, Newell loves it.
"Owning your [own] business is rewarding in a lot of ways," Newell said. "There's aspects of logistics, of responsibility that are not fun, but it is cool to make a thing happen — which is what you do when you have a business."
Although he had believed he would spend his life making documentaries and traveling the world, Newell has never regretted opening the bakery. He serves as an example of someone who turned his life around later than others did.
His advice? Don't be hard on yourself, and do what you want to do.
"You can change your life at 20, you can change it at 30, you can change it at 40," Newell said. "You can do totally different things. So don't be afraid, and it will all work out."
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Patankar, Digvijay Babasaheb
The capacity spectrum method is a very popular tool in the performance based earthquake resistant design of structures. Though it involves nonlinear static analysis, it can be used to predict the dynamic behaviour of the building under earthquake load. Since the analysis is only static and not dynamic, it is very well suited for the design offices and low end computer terminals as opposed to dynamic analysis which is very resource consuming. There are several methods/variations of methods, to perform the nonlinear static analysis, popularly known as pushover analysis and convert it to capacity spectrum. Displacement based pushover analysis, force based pushover analysis, modal pushover analysis, energy based pushover analysis etc. are some of the variations of pushover analysis. There are a few attempts to consider the change in mode shape but all the methods are silent about the change in frequency due to formation of hinges in the structure. The available codes for building design such as ATC-40 provide some guidelines for getting the capacity spectrum but are not yet developed for proper ductility consideration while converting the pushover curve to capacity spectrum. The present study tries to address the above issues while proposing a new energy based approach to draw capacity spectrum. The chapter 1 introduces the concept of pushover analysis and capacity spectrum concepts. Different approaches to get these curves, their theoretical background, variations and limitations are discussed as a quick review. Chapter 2 is about the review of literature present on these topics. It is found that most of the studies have been carried out in the past on the framed buildings regarding the pushover analysis. In the last few years attempts are also made to consider the effect of torsion. Summarising the various contributions till now, it may be concluded that even in the earlier multimode pushover analysis the effect of different modes on the only static force distribution was considered. Further the spectral acceleration is obtained as a ratio of base shear and α times the weight of the building, where α is the modal mass coefficient. Only the first mode frequency could be utilized to convert the maximum displacement at the top to the spectral acceleration and the corresponding maximum potential energy (P.E.) could be used for equivalence of MDOF and SDOF. Therefore in chapter 3 which follows, the above limitation is removed as explained below. In chapter 3, the new methodology based on energy equivalence consideration is proposed step by step. For the given multistorey building, a displacement profile is applied to the building which is proportional to the effective mode shape. The effective mode shape can be the first mode shape or a combination of first few mode shapes. In the present study, two cases are considered. In the first case, the effective mode shape is considered to be the first mode shape itself whereas in the second case the effective mode shape is considered to be a linear combination of first three modes weighted by corresponding participation factors. After this, a nonlinear static analysis is performed on the structure considering the above displacement profile. Due to the above provided displacement profile, there will be yielding in the structure at a few locations. The yielded structure is again analysed for eigenvalues and mode shapes and the first three mode shapes are extracted along with their participation factors. Again the deflected structure is subjected to the deflection proportional to the effective mode shape and the analysis is continued until the collapse. The chapter also describes the details of the model used for simulation. Two kinds of simulation are performed on the model. One is considering only single mode of vibration whereas the other is considering the multiple modes (3 in this case) of vibration of the structure. Chapter 4 discusses the results of the simulations performed on the model. Single mode and multimode cases are treated and discussed separately. The proposed method is in its nascent stage and hence a lot of modification and validation work is needed to consider the method acceptable. The chapter 5 concludes the overall outcome of the present study and provides scope for the further study.
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For centuries, letterpress was the primary means to disseminate information. Today, the traditional way of printing has become a form of art.
Visitors to the Virgil Getto Hall Art Gallery at Western Nevada College in Fallon can enjoy the revival of broadsheet printing in "Words + Images: Broadsides from the Black Rock Press." The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 26, includes 34 broadsides produced at the Black Rock Press at the University of Nevada, Reno, using the letterpress process with handset type and relief plates.
The exhibit is part of the Nevada Touring Initiative-Traveling Exhibition Program. It was funded, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Humanities, the Nevada State Legislature and an anonymous donor.
Since it was founded by Kenneth J. Carpenter more than 40 years ago, the Black Rock Press has been dedicated to the practice and teaching of the arts and crafts associated with the creation of finely printed books. The Black Rock Press now has a national reputation for its outstanding work and has become a living museum of traditional printing technology, housing a variety of cabinets filled with metal type, and a number of historically significant printing presses.
Each broadside features a quotation from the writings of Robert Laxalt, one of Nevada's finest writers. Most of the broadsides in this exhibit were designed and printed by Bob Blesse, director of the Black Rock Press. Others have also contributed, including John Balkwill, who was in residence as a book artist and printmaker at the Press during the mid-1990s. Former students assisted with the design, production, and illustration of the broadsides.
Broadside writers include Marjorie Agosin, Willis Barnstone, Daniel Boorstin, Andre Codrescu, Billy Collins, Hayden Curruth, Carol V. Davis, John Dofflemyer, Joseph Duemer, Gretel Ehrlich, Martha Elizabeth, A. Bartlett Giamatti, Shaun T. Griffin, James W. Hulse, Linda Hussa, Donna Johnson, Laxalt, Wally McRae, Joel Nelson, Steven Nightingale, Naomi Shahib Nye, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Robert Pinsky, Kirk Robertson, Gary Short, Kevin Stevens, Bill Stobb, Michael White, Terry Tempest Williams and Paul Zarzyski.
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Jerrod Lee Niemann (born July 24, 1979) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one single for Category 5 Records (2006); three albums for Sea Gayle Music/Arista Nashville: Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (2010), Free the Music (2012), and High Noon (2014); and one album, This Ride (2017), for Curb Records. These albums have produced a combined ten Top 40 entries on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including the Platinum Number 1 singles "Lover, Lover" (a cover of Sonia Dada's "You Don't Treat Me No Good") and "Drink to That All Night" and Gold Top 5 single "What Do You Want". He has also co-written three singles for Garth Brooks: the chart topping Chris LeDoux tribute "Good Ride Cowboy", as well as "That Girl Is a Cowboy" and "Midnight Sun". Jamey Johnson, Lee Brice, Blake Shelton, Colbie Caillat, Diamond Rio, The Cadillac Three, Mark Chesnutt, John Anderson, Neal McCoy, Christian Kane, and Julie Roberts have also recorded Niemann's songs.

Career

Singer
Niemann was born in Harper, Kansas, but raised in Liberal, Kansas. From an early age, he was influenced by country acts such as Lefty Frizzell, Keith Whitley, and George Strait. He learned to play his first musical instrument on a Tracy Lawrence autographed guitar his mother won in a contest at a Lawrence concert.

After graduating from Liberal High School, Niemann attended South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. Niemann began his professional music career by singing and playing acoustic guitar in Texas clubs and bars, particularly the Stockyard Saloon and the historic White Elephant Saloon located in the Fort Worth Stockyards. In 1999 he self-released his debut album Long Hard Road.

Niemann moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in September 2000. He signed a developmental deal with Mercury Records in August 2001 but did not release anything on the label. After parting with Mercury Records, Niemann and his band continued touring the club circuit across America playing venues such as the Grizzly Rose in Denver and the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. He soon traveled to Europe to tour with the band Kane consisting of members Christian Kane and Steve Carlson.

In 2006, he signed to Category 5 Records and charted with the single "I Love Women (My Momma Can't Stand)". The label closed shortly after this single's release, and the album Behind This Microphone was never released.

20102015: Arista Nashville

Niemann signed to Arista Nashville's Sea Gayle division, co-owned by Brad Paisley, in 2010. His debut single "Lover, Lover", was released in early 2010; it was originally recorded by the folk music group Sonia Dada under the title "You Don't Treat Me No Good" and was a Number 1 single in Australia in 1992. In March 2010, "Lover, Lover" became Niemann's first Top 40 single on the country music charts and in August 2010 hit Number 1. The song is included on his first major-label album, Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury," which debuted at Number 1 on Billboard Top Country Sales Chart. The album also was named one of The New York Times Top 10 Albums of the Year. The album's second single, "What Do You Want", debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart that October.  In November 2010, Niemann was nominated in the "New Artist" category for that year's Country Music Association Country Music Association Awards.  At the 2010 American Country Awards, Niemann was nominated for "Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist," "Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist," and "Music Video: Breakthrough Artist" for "Lover, Lover."  He was also nominated for "Breakthrough Video of the Year" for "Lover, Lover" at the 2011 Country Music Television Country Music Television Music Awards.  In May 2011, "What Do You Want" peaked at Number 4. The album's third single, "One More Drinkin' Song", reached Number 13 in December 2011.  Niemann finished up the year with four nominations at the American Country Awards, including "Artist of the Year: New Artist," "Music Video of the Year," "Music Video: Male," and "Music Video; New Artist" for "What Do You Want."

Niemann released his fourth Arista single, "Shinin' on Me", on April 9, 2012. His second Arista album, Free the Music, was released on October 2, 2012. The album's second single, "Only God Could Love You More", charted late in the year.

"Drink to That All Night" was released in late 2013 as the first single off of his third album for Arista. The album, High Noon, was released in March 2014, debuting at Number 2 on Billboard Top Country Sales.   In April 2014, "Drink to That All Night" became his second Number 1 single.  Niemann collaborated with Pitbull (rapper) on the remix of the song.  Singles "Donkey" and "Buzz Back Girl" were also released off this album.

2016present: Curb
Niemann parted ways with Arista Nashville in January 2016, shortly after releasing another single titled "Blue Bandana". In March 2016, Niemann signed a record deal with Curb Records. His first single for the label was "A Little More Love", a duet with Lee Brice. It reached the top 30 of the Country Airplay chart.

In March 2017, Niemann released "God Made a Woman," which he called his "favorite song I've ever recorded." Niemann's wife, Morgan, is featured in the music video. It served as the lead-off single to his fourth studio album, This Ride, which was released via Curb Records on October 6, 2017. "I Got This" was released as the album's second single, and it peaked in the top 40 of the Country Airplay chart.

After exiting Curb, Niemann independently released a digital-only album entitled Lost & Found in 2020. The release includes two singles: "Ghost Rider" and "Tequila Kisses".

Songwriting
At the age of 8, Niemann was writing several songs a year. He found legendary Nashville songwriters such as Whitey Shafer, Dean Dillon, and Paul Overstreet to be very influential in his songwriting and went on to co-write with all three while living there. At age of 10 he performed original songs in local talent shows in Kansas. After collecting several compositions throughout high school, Niemann recorded his debut album Long Hard Road in Clovis, New Mexico, while attending college in Levelland, Texas.

In May 2001, Niemann was contacted by Garth Brooks to collaborate, along with fellow songwriter Richie Brown. Niemann went on to co-write three singles for Garth Brooks: the Chris LeDoux tribute "Good Ride Cowboy", as well as "That Girl Is a Cowboy" and "Midnight Sun". "Good Ride Cowboy" earned Niemann a Broadcast Music Incorporated award for being one of the most played country songs of 2006. Niemann was awarded two BMI awards in 2012 for "What Do You Want" and "One More Drinking Song", each being one of the most played songs of the year.

Other artists who have recorded Niemann's work include Jamey Johnson, Lee Brice, Blake Shelton, Colbie Caillat, Diamond Rio, The Cadillac Three, Mark Chesnutt, John Anderson (musician), Neal McCoy, Christian Kane, and Julie Roberts.  Niemann has signed publishing deals throughout his career with Marathon Key Music (a co-venture with Warner/Chappell Music) and Sea Gayle Music.

Personal life
On March 6, 2012, Niemann's tour bus caught fire. He was unharmed. Niemann credits fellow country singer Lee Brice for alerting him to the dangerous blaze.

Niemann became engaged to longtime girlfriend Morgan Petek in New Orleans in late 2013. Niemann and Petek appeared on TLC TV series Say Yes to the Dress with Niemann's family to pick out Petek's wedding dress. They married on October 12, 2014, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Niemann and Petek founded non-profit "Free the Music USA", which provides musical equipment and education to children in need. They are also actively involved with many animal rescue non-profits. Niemann is also involved with the United Service Organizations and went to Afghanistan, Kuwait, Romania, and Kosovo in 2016 on his first overseas tour. Jerrod and Morgan divorced after more than four years of marriage. The divorce was finalized on December 17, 2018.

Discography

Studio albums
 Long Hard Road (1999)
 Jukebox of Hard Knocks (2004)
 Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (2010)
 Free the Music (2012)
 Yellow Brick Road (2013)
 High Noon (2014)
 This Ride (2017)

References

External links
Official Website

1979 births
American country singer-songwriters
Arista Nashville artists
Country musicians from Kansas
Curb Records artists
Living people
People from Liberal, Kansas
21st-century American singers
Singer-songwriters from Kansas


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10 Feb Compliance Recap January 2017
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Make sure you stay up to date on January's compliances thanks to our partners United Benefits Advisors (UBA),
January was a significant month in the employee benefits world because the new U.S. administration issued an Executive Order announcing its intent to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, January was a relatively inactive month for new laws and administrative rulemaking because the new administration placed a freeze on rulemaking until presidential nominations of agency heads are confirmed.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 2017 poverty guidelines. The Department of Labor (DOL) released its inflation-adjusted civil monetary penalty amounts and an FAQ regarding the contraceptive services objection accommodation. The DOL, HHS, and the Treasury Department released FAQs about family HRA integration with a non-HRA group health plan. The IRS released its 2017 version of the Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits and a memo on fixed indemnity health plan benefits tax treatment.
President Trump Signs Executive Order
On January 20, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal.
The Executive Order directs the Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary and the heads of all other executive departments and agencies with authority or responsibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to exercise all authority and discretion to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision or requirement of the ACA that would impose a fiscal burden on any state, or a cost, fee, tax, penalty, or regulatory burden on individuals, families, healthcare providers, health insurers, patients, recipients of healthcare services, purchasers of health insurance, or makers of medical devices, products, or medications.
The Executive Order indicates that the Administrative Procedure Act and its rulemaking process still apply to regulatory revisions. Because confirmation proceedings are not concluded for the heads of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, or the Treasury, the agencies are in a rule promulgation freeze until presidential nominations are confirmed.
HHS Releases 2017 Federal Poverty Guidelines
The 2017 poverty guidelines (also referred to as the FPL) were released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For a family/household of 1 in the contiguous United States, the FPL is $12,060. In Alaska, the FPL is $15,060 and in Hawaii the FPL is $13,860. Applicable large employers that wish to use the FPL affordability safe harbor under the employer shared responsibility/play or pay rules should ensure that their lowest employee-only premium is equal to or less than $97.38 a month, which is 9.69 percent of the FPL.
DOL Releases Inflation-Adjusted Federal Civil Penalty Amounts
On January 18, 2017, the Department of Labor issued the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2017 which is its first annual adjustment of federal civil monetary penalties. Here are some of the adjustments:
Form 5500: For failure to file, the maximum penalty increases from $2,063 to $2,097 daily for every day that the Form 5500 is late.
Summary of Benefits and Coverage: For failure to provide, the maximum penalty increases from $1,087 to $1,105 per failure.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: For violations, the maximum penalty increases from $110 per participant per day to $112.
The adjustments are effective for penalties assessed after January 13, 2017, for violations occurring after November 2, 2015.
DOL Releases FAQ Regarding Contraceptive Services Objection Accommodation
As part of implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued regulations to require coverage or women's preventive services, which essentially includes all FDA-approved contraceptives, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for women with reproductive capacity, as prescribed by the health care provider (collectively, contraceptive services).
The regulations exempt group health plans of "religious employers" (specifically defined in the law) from the requirement to provide contraceptive coverage. Later, amended regulations provide an accommodation for eligible organizations – which are not eligible for the religious employer exemption – that object on religious grounds to providing coverage for contraceptive services. Because of litigation, the Departments extended the accommodation to closely held for-profit entities.
Under the accommodation, an eligible organization that objects to providing contraceptive coverage for religious reasons may either:
self-certify its objection to its health insurance issuer (to the extent it has an insured plan) or third party administrator (to the extent it has a self-insured plan) using a form provided by the Department of Labor (EBSA Form 700); or
self-certify its objection and provide certain information to HHS without using any particular form.
Most recently, in 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court considered claims by several employers that, even with the accommodation provided in the regulations, the contraceptive coverage requirement violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The Court heard oral arguments and ultimately remanded the case (and parallel RFRA cases) to the lower courts to give the parties "an opportunity to arrive at an approach going forward that accommodates [the objecting employers'] religious exercise while at the same time ensuring that women covered by [the employers'] health plans 'receive full and equal health coverage, including contraceptive coverage.'"
To address the Court's statement, the Departments published their request for information (RFI) regarding the Court's statement and received more than 54,000 public comments. Based on the comments submitted, the Departments released FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part 36 to indicate that they not making changes to the accommodation for the following reasons:
No feasible approach has been identified that would resolve the religious objectors' concerns, while still ensuring that the affected women receive full and equal health coverage, including contraceptive coverage.
The process described in the Court's supplemental briefing order would not be acceptable to those with religious objections to the contraceptive coverage requirements.
There are administrative and operational changes to a process like the one described in the Court's order that are more significant than the Departments had previously understood and that would potentially undermine women's access to full and equal coverage.
Agencies Release FAQs About Family HRA Integration with Non-HRA Group Health Plan
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released FAQs About Affordable Care Implementation Part 37 to address health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) integration with group health plans.
The Departments indicate that, for purposes of determining whether a family HRA is "integrated" with a non-HRA group health plan, an employer may rely on an employee's reasonable representation that the employee and other individuals covered by the family HRA are also covered by another qualifying non-HRA group health plan.
Also, a family HRA is permitted to be integrated with a combination of coverage under other qualifying non-HRA group health plans if all individuals who are covered under the family HRA are also covered under other qualifying non-HRA group health plan coverage.
For example, a family HRA covering an employee, spouse, and one dependent child may be integrated with the combination of (1) the employee's self-only coverage under the non-HRA group health plan of the employee's employer, and (2) the spouse and dependent child's coverage under the non-HRA group health plan of the spouse's employer, if both non-HRA group health plans are qualifying nonHRA group health plans.
IRS Releases 2017 Version of the Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits
The IRS released its 2017 Version of Publication 15-B which provides information on the employment tax treatment of various fringe benefits. Fringe benefits are taxable unless an exclusion applies. The publication lists the qualified benefits that a cafeteria plan may include and examples of benefits that a cafeteria plan is not permitted to include. It also provides the 2017 dollar limits for various benefits.
IRS Issues Memo on Fixed-Indemnity Health Plan Benefits Tax Treatment
On January 20, 2017, the IRS released a Memorandum on the tax treatment of benefits paid by fixedindemnity health plans that addresses: (1) whether payments to an employee under an employerprovided fixed-indemnity health plan are excludible from the employee's income under Internal Revenue Code §105, and (2) whether payments to an employee under an employer-provided fixedindemnity health plan are excludible from the employee's income under Internal Revenue Code §105 if the payments are made by salary reduction through a §125 cafeteria plan.
Some examples of fixed indemnity health plans are AFLAC or similar coverage, or cancer insurance policies.
Generally, the Internal Revenue Code imposes taxes on wages paid with respect to employment. For federal income tax withholding, the Internal Revenue Code generally requires every employer who pays wages to deduct and withhold taxes on those wages.
The IRS concluded that an employer may not exclude payments under an employer-provided fixedindemnity health plan from an employee's gross income if the coverage's value was excluded from the employee's gross income and wages. Further, an employer may not exclude payments under an employer-provided fixed-indemnity health plan if the plan's premiums were made by salary reduction through a §125 cafeteria plan.
In the context of an employer-provided fixed-indemnity health plan, when the employer's payment for coverage by the fixed-indemnity plan is excluded from the employee's gross income, then the payments by the plan are not excluded from the employee's gross income
In contrast, when the premiums are paid with after-tax dollars, the payments by the plan are excluded from the employee's gross income.
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