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Tale of the Phone Cutter
by John Buffone on September 28, 2017 at 1:37 pm
You've likely heard of cord cutting, the trend toward cancelling cable TV in lieu of streaming video or no paid TV service at all. This trend, which is becoming more mainstream, is no longer just a behavior of innovators who test the waters of new technology. In fact, it's so pervasive that media companies such as Disney, CBS, and HBO, have or are in the process of decoupling their programming from the traditional pay-TV distribution machine, now offering streaming services that don't require you to buy a large bundle of channels, but rather subscribe to the core content they offer.
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A Tale of Many iPhones
by Eddie Hold on September 22, 2017 at 4:32 am
The initial fanfare of last week's Apple announcements has subsided and the debate has moved from what will be announced to which device consumers will purchase. What we have seen so far from data collected by market intelligence company, CivicScience1, is that consumers are fairly divided.
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Apple Watch Finally Broke Free with LTE
by Weston Henderek on September 15, 2017 at 10:04 am
While the smartwatch is still not a mass-market device, with roughly 9.5 percent penetration among U.S. adults as of the middle of 2017, Apple has certainly been doing its part to push the category in that direction. Apple currently owns more than 50 percent of the U.S. smartwatch market and the newly announced Apple Watch Series 3 will further bolster Apple's status as the top smartwatch maker in the industry.
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Peering at the Edge of Mobility
by Eddie Hold on September 14, 2017 at 2:33 pm
This year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) Americas is, in many ways, a story of edges. Smartphone manufacturers are clearly demonstrating that phones should have less edge, while the networks that enable these devices will require a far greater edge presence to succeed in the future.
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Tomorrow, Apple is expected to launch its next generation iPhone. Assuming the anticipated announcement becomes a reality, this will mark 10 years since Apple entered the smartphone market and fundamentally changed not only what we expect from a phone, but also the competitive landscape for mobile phones – and smartphones in particular. Theoretically, this next iPhone should be an incremental enhancement, following Apple's pattern of launching the "S" version every other year; but, Apple cannot (and will not) simply launch a minor hardware update for the 10th anniversary. Apple is working to stay at the leading edge of the market as competition looks to build faster and more aesthetically pleasing alternatives to the iPhone behemoth.
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Noise in the smarter machine
by Eddie Hold on June 8, 2017 at 4:29 am
The lady sitting in front of me on the tram was clearly into her music. She was using headphones, but it didn't really make much of a difference. The tram driver came back with the request for her to turn her iPhone volume down, which she did. In the relative quiet that followed, I realized that there were two tech issues addressed by that single moment. Firstly, in a future (or in some places, current) world where there is no tram driver anymore, we would have continued to listen to the tinny echoes of Eric passing through the headphones; and secondly, tech smarts can (at least for now) be ignored at will by the consumer.
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All that glitters...
by Eddie Hold on May 25, 2017 at 5:10 pm
LeEco's vision for the U.S. was bright and promising, but a bit more fleeting than some anticipated. The company started that way, with a spectacular launch event that promised an array of hardware (from TVs and VR, to a connected bike and self-driving car) as part of a much broader vision to be the ultimate content ecosystem. But its strategy quickly started to show flaws, with little positive news following the initial hurrah, and a slow trickle of doubts and rumors about if it was possible to turn the LeEco dream into reality.
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More Artificial Than Intelligent
by Eddie Hold on April 13, 2017 at 9:21 am
Spring is making a late arrival in New York this year, and the delay is beginning to take its toll. Last week, as I prepared to drive back from the warm, balmy air of Virginia towards New York, I decided to take the top off of my Jeep for a taste of spring. Despite knowing it was a rainy day back home, I took my chances and tried to judge how far I could push it before pulling over to put the roof back on. Naturally, I sought the advice of my smartphone's digital assistant...
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Sitting Pretty in the Post-Mobile Era
by Eddie Hold on January 12, 2017 at 9:55 am
If there was any doubt that we are entering the post-mobile era, this year's CES ratified the fact. The absence of mobile integration as a core discussion, and "must show-off" checkbox, demonstrates that the ground has shifted. Where iOS and Android integrations were the must-have stamp of approval in previous years, this year the badge of honor was to show-off Alexa integration.
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Chaos & Technology
by John Buffone on December 8, 2016 at 10:37 am
As we embark on the holiday season, two distinct dynamics tend to converge: chaos; and new technology. Is your work done? Are you ready to take the week off between Christmas and New Year's Day? Have you even started your holiday shopping? As you read on, I hope you spot a gift idea for that tech-crazed special someone on your list.
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There are schools offering sports medicine degrees in Massachusetts!
Each year, roughly 0.1% of Massachusetts students graduate with degrees in sports medicine. In other words, every year an estimated 119 sports medicine professionals graduate from Massachusetts' 11 sports medicine schools.
The top-ranked school in Massachusetts that has a sports medicine program is Boston University. Boston University, which was ranked 14th in the country in 2010, is located in Boston. 17 students graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Boston University in 2010. Students at Boston University paid $39,864 per year in tuition fees.
The second-ranked school in Massachusetts that has a sports medicine program is Northeastern University. Northeastern University, which was ranked 18th in the country in 2010, is located in Boston. In 2010, Northeastern University graduated 12 students from its sports medicine program. The tuition rate at Northeastern University was $36,792 per year.
Endicott College, which is located in Beverly, is the third-ranked school in Massachusetts that has a sports medicine program. It received a ranking of 36th in the country in 2010. In 2010, Endicott College graduated 11 students from its sports medicine programs. The tuition rate at Endicott College was $26,248 per year.
A sports medicine degree from a Massachusetts school... what next?
According the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of sports medicine professionals is expected to grow by 18% by 2018. There are projected to be 20,260 sports medicine professionals working in Massachusetts then. Of these 20,260 sports medicine professionals, the government predicts that an unknown number will be sports medicine physicians, 700 will be sports medicine coordinator s, and an unknown number will be physical therapy professors.
For more data regarding a career in sports medicine in Massachusetts and to compare salaries with various related fields such as physical therapy or sports medicine, take a look at the graphs and charts below.
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Geoffrey Gowlland was an enthusiastic amateur photographer and shot many hours of 8mm cine film. Of particular interest nowadays are those films taken between 1937 and 1950.
His still photographs remain in family possession; but some ten years ago Rosemary and John decided to deposit the cine films with Screen Archive South East (originally called South East Film and Video Archive) - for whose website click here. The films are now correctly stored under archival conditions and have been fully catalogued. The films were deposited with no copyright restrictions, but we asked that we should always be notified of any potential usage.
Over the last few years several different excerpts have been found by enquirers and researchers and used for a variety of purposes. These have included scenes of winter time during the Second World War and a family celebrating Christmas in 1950. In 2004 a sequence covering the years 1944-45 appeared in a presentation entitled 'Surrey on Film 1914-53', produced by the Surrey History Centre, in association with Screen Archive. This is still available and details can be found on the Surrey County Council website - click here and follow the link at the bottom of the page "Find out More".
The previous evening, 12 May 2005, BBC London News contacted Rosemary and John to arrange an interview for transmission during the 1830 local London news on 13 May. Interviewer Tom Edwards visited John's house and discussed with us Geoffrey's films and our recollections of those times. Then we all visited Lloyd Park, the location of the anecdote Rosemary has told of the three children out on a family walk with their mother and realising that a descending V1 appeared to be heading for the family home. For some pictures of the day, click here.
Just before these programmes were transmitted an illustrated feature article appeared in the Croydon Advertiser newspaper.
In December 2007 there was another similar approach via Screen Archive, this time on behalf of an ITV series 'The Way We Were'. As before, we talked first to a researcher, during which we found that their interest was in using extracts from a selection of amateur film footage taken throughout the Second World War. On 10 January 2008 producer Alison Starsmore with director Jane Jarvis, a cameraman and sound recordist, spent the afternoon at John's house filming and interviewing Rosemary and John separately. For some pictures of the day, click here. This programme was transmitted on some ITV channels in August 2008.
In April 2009 there was a direct approach from a researcher on behalf of a French Television Company, letting us know that they were interested in possibly using some footage and asking if we were prepared to be interviewed. We responded that we were, but heard nothing more and assumed that the project had been shelved. To our surprise in early August 2009 an email came from the National Geographic satellite television channel notifying us that the French production had been completed. It was to be called 'Apocalypse' and comprised six episodes each of nearly one hour. These were to be shown in September as double bills on the main French television channel and transmitted in prime time viewing, after their main evening news. But in England they would only be shown on the National Geographic channel on six consecutive weeks. During September we heard that the series had made a big impact in France and been very well received there. For the website click here.
Rosemary was interviewed by several French journalists (fortunately always in English!). As a result, a short article appeared in the French newspaper 'Le Parisien' on 15th September, and another in the French magazine 'France Dimanche' on 2nd October.
A media company in England was also asked to interview us and get some photographs. After this was done the 'Daily Mail' newspaper took an interest and published a double spread on 16 October 2009, showing various photographs with comments by Rosemary or John. For a picture of the article, click here.
In May 2011 an approach was received from Julian Hendy, an independent producer, who was planning a documentary about the Festival of Britain. He had been in touch with the Archive and was particularly interested in the sequence about the Battersea Pleasure Garden. After discussions on the telephone he, together with his cameraman and sound recordist, visited Rosemary's house to record interviews with us both. The finished programme was shown on BBC2 in September 2011 and was very well received by the critics and those who saw it. John and Rosemary both found it fascinating and had many appreciative comments from family and friends who also viewed it.
In October 2011 Screen Archive notified us that a section of an early wartime film had been selected as one of the Home Front films to be incorporated into the online virtual reality resource designed to support Key Stage 3/4 pupils learning about life on the Home Front.
How amazed Geoffrey would have been at all this media interest in films taken originally solely for family interest!
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Ros Baines and team on 7th March 2005 . . . .
And secondly Tom Edwards and team on Friday 13th May 2005 . . .
10 January 2008 Producer Alison Starsmore,director Jane Jarvis and the rest of the team.
"Daily Mail " October 9th 2009.
In January 2013 John and Rosemary were interviewed by Gillian Edom as part of the Screen Archive South East Oral History Project. Some parts of the Gowlland films have recently been included in a new film produced by the Archive about childhood. This was very interesting to watch and should elicit responses from those who see it: it certainly did for the two of us watching it since, as usual, the images triggered memories from many years ago.


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Myths & Facts - The 1973 Yom Kippur War
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"Israel was responsible for the 1973 war."
"Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had agreed to U.S. peace proposals and did not seek war."
"Egypt and Syria were the only Arab states involved in the 1973 war."
"Israel mistreated Arab soldiers captured during the 1973 war."
"Israeli troops deliberately destroyed the town of Kuneitra prior to their withdrawal from the area in June 1974."
?Israel was responsible for the 1973 war."
On October 6, 1973 ? Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar ? Egypt and Syria opened a coordinated surprise attack against Israel. The equivalent of the total forces of NATO in Europe were mobilized on Israel's borders.1 On the Golan Heights, approximately 180 Israeli tanks faced an onslaught of 1,400 Syrian tanks. Along the Suez Canal, fewer than 500 Israeli defenders were attacked by 80,000 Egyptians.
Thrown onto the defensive during the first two days of fighting, Israel mobilized its reserves and eventually repulsed the invaders and carried the war deep into Syria and Egypt. The Arab states were swiftly resupplied by sea and air from the Soviet Union, which rejected U.S. efforts to work toward an immediate cease?fire. As a result, the United States belatedly began its own airlift to Israel. Two weeks later, Egypt was saved from a disastrous defeat by the UN Security Council, which had failed to act while the tide was in the Arabs' favor.
The Soviet Union showed no interest in initiating peacemaking efforts while it looked like the Arabs might win. The same was true for UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.
On October 22, the Security Council adopted Resolution 338 calling for "all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and terminate all military activity immediately." The vote came on the day that Israeli forces cut off and isolated the Egyptian Third Army and were in a position to destroy it.2
Despite the Israel Defense Forces' ultimate success on the battlefield, the war was considered a diplomatic and military failure. A total of 2,688 Israeli soldiers were killed.
?Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had agreed to U.S. peace proposals and did not seek war."
In 1971, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat raised the possibility of signing an agreement with Israel, provided that all the occupied territories were returned by the Israelis. No progress toward peace was made, however, so, the following year, Sadat said war was inevitable and he was prepared to sacrifice one million soldiers in the showdown with Israel.3 His threat did not materialize that year.
Throughout 1972, and for much of 1973, Sadat threatened war unless the United States forced Israel to accept his interpretation of Resolution 242 ? total Israeli withdrawal from territories taken in 1967.
Simultaneously, the Egyptian leader carried on a diplomatic offensive among European and African states to win support for his cause. He appealed to the Soviets to bring pressure on the United States and to provide Egypt with more offensive weapons to cross the Suez Canal. The Soviet Union was more interested in maintaining the appearance of détente with the United States than in confrontation in the Middle East; therefore, it rejected Sadat's demands. Sadat's response was to abruptly expel approximately 20,000 Soviet advisers from Egypt.
In an April 1973 interview, Sadat again warned he would renew the war with Israel.4 But it was the same threat he had made in 1971 and 1972, and most observers remained skeptical.
The United States agreed with Israel's view that Egypt should engage in direct negotiations. The U.S.-sponsored truce was three years old and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had opened a new dialogue for peace at the UN. Almost everyone was confident the prospect of a new war was remote.
Sadat reacted acidly to Kissinger's initiative:
The United States is still under Zionist pressure. The glasses the United States is wearing on its eyes are entirely Zionist glasses, completely blind to everything except what Israel wants. We do not accept this.5
?Egypt and Syria were the only Arab states involved in the 1973 war."
At least nine Arab states, including four non-Middle Eastern nations, actively aided the Egyptian-Syrian war effort.
A few months before the Yom Kippur War, Iraq transferred a squadron of Hunter jets to Egypt. During the war, an Iraqi division of some 18,000 men and several hundred tanks was deployed in the central Golan and participated in the October 16 attack against Israeli positions.6 Iraqi MiGs began operating over the Golan Heights as early as October 8, the third day of the war.
Besides serving as financial underwriters, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait committed men to battle. A Saudi brigade of approximately 3,000 troops was dispatched to Syria, where it participated in fighting along the approaches to Damascus. Also, violating Paris's ban on the transfer of French-made weapons, Libya sent Mirage fighters to Egypt (from 1971-1973, Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi gave Cairo more than $1 billion in aid to rearm Egypt and to pay the Soviets for weapons delivered).7
"All countries should wage war against the Zionists, who are there to destroy all human organizations and to destroy civilization and the work which good people are trying to do."
? King Faisal of Saudi Arabia,
Beirut Daily Star, (November 17, 1972).
Other North African countries responded to Arab and Soviet calls to aid the front?line states. Algeria sent three aircraft squadrons of fighters and bombers, an armored brigade and 150 tanks. Approximately 1,000-2,000 Tunisian soldiers were positioned in the Nile Delta. The Sudan stationed 3,500 troops in southern Egypt, and Morocco sent three brigades to the front lines, including 2,500 men to Syria.
Lebanese radar units were used by Syrian air defense forces. Lebanon also allowed Palestinian terrorists to shell Israeli civilian settlements from its territory. Palestinians fought on the Southern Front with the Egyptians and Kuwaitis.8
The least enthusiastic participant in the October fighting was probably Jordan's King Hussein, who apparently had been kept uninformed of Egyptian and Syrian war plans. But Hussein did send two of his best units ? the 40th and 60th Armored Brigades ? to Syria. This force took positions in the southern sector, defending the main Amman-Damascus route and attacking Israeli positions along the Kuneitra-Sassa road on October 16. Three Jordanian artillery batteries also participated in the assault, carried out by nearly 100 tanks.9
Syrian Minister of Defense Mustafa Tlas told the Syrian National Assembly in December 1973 of the following example of "supreme valor" by Syrian troops:
"There is the outstanding case of a recruit from Aleppo who murdered 28 Jewish soldiers all by himself, slaughtering them like sheep. All of his comrades in arms witnessed this. He butchered three of them with an ax and decapitated them....He struggled face to face with one of them and throwing down his ax managed to break his neck and devour his flesh in front of his comrades. This is a special case. Need I single it out to award him the Medal of the Republic. I will grant this medal to any soldier who succeeds in killing 28 Jews, and I will cover him with appreciation and honor his bravery."10
?Israel mistreated Arab soldiers captured during the 1973 war."
Numerous observers reported that Israel's treatment of captured Arab soldiers was above reproach. Hugh Baker, a representative of Amnesty International, declared: "They are being treated well...and they seem to be getting the best medical treatment possible."11
Soon after his release, Syrian Col. Atnon El-Kodar complained of maltreatment by Israeli doctors, charging that they unnecessarily amputated his leg. An American reporter, Ed deFontaine, who had met Kodar in an Israeli hospital, felt the colonel must "have had a very short memory about what was done to save his life....He told me that he owed his life to [his] doctor."12
By contrast, Israeli soldiers captured by Syrian and Egyptian troops were mistreated. Upon their surrender, dozens of Israeli POWs were murdered, others were tortured in violation of the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention.
According to a report submitted to the International Red Cross by the Israeli Government on December 8, 1973, Israeli troops discovered bodies of Israeli soldiers on the Golan Heights whose hands and legs had been bound and whose eyes had been gouged. They had been executed at close range.
On the Egyptian front, according to a report submitted to the Red Cross on December 9, 1973, Israeli soldiers fared no better. Surrendering soldiers were beaten, subjected to whippings, sexual attacks, burning and starvation ? and many were executed.
After the war, Syria refused for months to provide lists of POWs to Israel, the Red Cross or U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
The London Sunday Times reported that Syrian officers had turned Israeli prisoners over to Soviet military interrogation teams. "The interrogators...have employed medical and other techniques to break the resistance of the Israelis," the Times said.13
?Israeli troops deliberately destroyed the town of Kuneitra prior to their withdrawal from the area in June 1974."
Kuneitra, a small town just north of the Israeli-Syrian border, was not destroyed by Israel after the war. The town was severely damaged in both the 1967 and 1973 conflicts. In the Yom Kippur War, it was shelled and captured by Syrian troops, retaken by Israelis, and then defended against intense Syrian counterattacks. Tanks roamed through the town, between and through buildings. Kuneitra also suffered damage from 81 days of artillery duels that preceded the disengagement.
Kuneitra's strategic position near the Israeli border proved suitable for the location of Syrian army facilities, including command and control centers for the entire front-line area. Syria concentrated at least half its army in this region, of which Kuneitra was the capital. Military installations, barracks, support centers, fuel and ammunition dumps were constructed. As a result, the sources of livelihood of the inhabitants changed from primitive peasant agriculture to service in the army.
Long before Israel's alleged destruction of the town, the London Times reported that Kuneitra, which once "had about 17,000 residents plus a Syrian army garrison...is in ruins and deserted after seven years of war and dereliction. It looks like a wild west town struck by an earthquake....Nearly every building is heavily damaged and scores have collapsed...."14

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Sarah Aoun
Sarah Aoun is a hacker, activist, and a human rights technologist. She's currently the Vice President of Security at the Open Technology Fund, an organization that invests in alternative and experimental technology solutions to internet freedom issues such as censorship and surveillance.
Her work is deeply rooted in a commitment to social justice and freedom. She has spent the past several years fighting against digital surveillance, and helping protect movements for liberation.
Sarah has worked in various capacities at the intersection of tech and human rights. Her work has taken her everywhere, from the Middle East, to East Asia, East Africa, and Central America, where she has trained activists, journalists, and high-risk communities in operational and information security, privacy, and counter-surveillance tactics.
She was a Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow (2017-2018), an Internet Freedom Fellow (2016-2017), and a former advisor for the Internet Freedom Festival, the Human Rights Foundation, and Reset.


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Fort Apache (en Venezuela, Fuerte Apache; en Argentina y en Chile, Sangre de héroes) es una película de 1948 dirigida por John Ford, con John Wayne y Henry Fonda como actores principales.

Es la primera película de la Trilogía de la caballería, que completan La legión invencible (1949) y Río Grande (1950). Fue una de las primeras películas en reflejar simpatía y respeto por los nativos americanos.

Argumento

Después de la Guerra de Secesión, Owen Thursday, que se siente humillado por haber sido degradado a teniente coronel después de ser antes general, es destinado al fuerte Apache en el sudoeste de los Estados Unidos. Es un hombre ambicioso que quiere conseguir altos honores militares mediante acciones que serán mérito suyo. Militar arrogante y detallista, obsesionado con las ordenanzas, tiene el plan de acabar con el jefe apache Cochise después de haberlo perseguido hasta la frontera con México.

Su subalterno el capitán Kirby York, en cambio, es un gran conocedor de los apaches y no los subestima. También es humilde, sabe que no fue la culpa de los apaches que haya guerra y le da buenos consejos a su superior, que este ignora. Esa obsesión con la gloria y su arrogancia llevan finalmente a que él y sus tropas sean atraídos a una trampa y aniquilados por Cochise en un enfrentamiento que podría haberse evitado si hubiese escuchado a York.

El capitán York, sabiendo lo que iba a ocurrir, se queda atrás con parte de sus hombres. Después de la aniquilación de Thursday y sus tropas Cochise se acerca a York y hace las paces con él, porque sabe que él quiere paz. De esa manera termina la guerra y York se convierte en el próximo jefe del fuerte Apache.  Luego decide encubrir ante la prensa la incompetencia de Thursday por el bien de su familia, a la que él aprecia.

Reparto
 John Wayne - Capitán Kirby York
 Henry Fonda - Teniente coronel Owen Thursday
 Shirley Temple - Philadelphia Thursday
 John Agar - Teniente segundo Michael Shannon "Mickey" O'Rourke
 Pedro Armendáriz - Sargento Beaufort
 Ward Bond - Sargento mayor Michael O'Rourke
 George O'Brien - Capitán Sam Collingwood
 Victor McLaglen - Sargento Festus Mulcahy
 Anna Lee - Sra. Emily Collingwood
 Irene Rich - Sra. Mary O'Rourke
 Miguel Inclán - Cochise

Producción
Para hacer esta película se construyó expresamente el fuerte Fort Apache.

Luego el rodaje de la película fue hecho, con retrasos producidos por vientos y tormentas, en diversos sectores de Monument Valley, sobre todo en la zona principal de My Darling Clementine, en julio y agosto de 1947. En ella se contrató a navajos para que ellos personificasen a los apaches de la producción cinematográfica.

Véase también

 Guerras apaches

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Presentación de la película y coloquio sobre ella en el programa de La 2 (TVE) ¡Qué grande es el cine!, dirigido por José Luis Garci.
 Otra copia del coloquio, por partes: 1; 2; falta la 3ª; 4; 5.

 Música de la película.
 Música.

Películas de RKO Pictures
Películas en inglés
Películas de Estados Unidos
Películas dirigidas por John Ford
Películas de John Wayne
Películas de Henry Fonda
Películas de Pedro Armendáriz

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Q: Feedback: C++ developers who've switched to VS2010? I'm considering moving our shop over to VS2010 from VS2008sp1.  I've been very happy with 2008, but would like to make use of TR1 in our code.

I'm really interested in fellow programmers gestalt of 2010 v. 2008, rather than the solution to any one element of the following!

However, I'm in the process of converting our projects & solutions, and I'm finding that the "noise to signal" ratio is rather lame, IMO.  So far, I'm looking at rewiring every single project we have to get rid of the various apparently spurious Microsoft Build warnings, such as $(TargetExt) ... does not match the Linker's OutputFile property value ...
There are several variations on this message, several per project, and we have around 75 projects.  I have little or no desire to waste my time redoing all of these projects output targets (Apparently MSBuild insists that the linker's target and the compiler's target be identical, which is neither necessary nor desirable for us).
Additionally, [embarrassment], we still use VSS.  And just in my initial dealings with trying to massage the projects to compliance with MSBuild, I'm finding that the VSS interface in VS2010 is about 1/4 as fast as in 2008.  It's atrocious (and I'm used to the relatively lame performance of VSS in general).
Sigh... I know about 1/2 or more of the "answers" are going to be "Stop using VSS."  Yeah, that's a great idea, and we may migrate to subversion in the not too distant future.  But one thing at a time.  That only solves the VSS speed issue, not the MSBuild problems, nor the new C++ problems.
It seems that the new standard libraries and TR1 stuff has broken some of our code.  That's not in itself too shocking - I'd have been surprised if that weren't the case.  But as it stands, the error messages are LOOOONNNNNGGGG - it reminds me of my early days of trying to use the STL and having to load an error string parser helper that deduced the higher-level names for me so that the error messages could become somewhat useful.  Now, 10 years later, I'm back to seeing diagnostics so deep and convoluted that they make no sense, and I have no idea what the real issue is.  In one case I'm attempting to insert a new element in a multimap:
typedef CCimexDataSource::CategoryID                        CategoryID;
typedef std::multimap<CString, CCimexDataSource *>          description_sources_multimap;
typedef std::map<CategoryID, description_sources_multimap>  category_sources_map;
// attempt to insert a new description->CCimexDataSource* keyed by CategoryID (an unsigned)
m_category_sources_map[it->GetCategory()].insert(std::make_pair(it->GetDescription(), &(*it)));

And I get:
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\utility(163): error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const CCimexDataSource *' to 'CCimexDataSource *'
1>          Conversion loses qualifiers
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\utility(255) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::_Pair_base<_Ty1,_Ty2>::_Pair_base<_Ty,const CCimexDataSource>(_Other1 &&,_Other2 &&)' being compiled
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1>              _Ty2=CCimexDataSource *,
1>              _Ty=ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,
1>              _Other1=ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,
1>              _Other2=const CCimexDataSource *
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1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\xmemory(208) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2>::pair<ATL::CStringT<BaseType,StringTraits>,const CCimexDataSource*>(std::pair<ATL::CStringT<BaseType,StringTraits>,const CCimexDataSource *> &&)' being compiled
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1>              _Ty1=const CString,
1>              _Ty2=CCimexDataSource *,
1>              BaseType=char,
1>              StringTraits=StrTraitMFC<char>
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1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\xmemory(280) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::allocator<_Ty>::construct<std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2>>(std::pair<const _Kty,CCimexDataSource> *,_Other &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ty=std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>,
1>              _Ty1=ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,
1>              _Ty2=const CCimexDataSource *,
1>              _Kty=CString,
1>              _Other=std::pair<ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,const CCimexDataSource *>
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\xtree(592) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void std::_Cons_val<std::allocator<_Ty>,_Ty,std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2>>(_Alloc &,std::pair<const _Kty,CCimexDataSource> *,std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2> &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ty=std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>,
1>              _Ty1=ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,
1>              _Ty2=const CCimexDataSource *,
1>              _Alloc=std::allocator<std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>>,
1>              _Kty=CString
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\xtree(755) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::_Tree_nod<_Traits>::_Node *std::_Tree_val<_Traits>::_Buynode<_Ty>(_Valty &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Traits=std::_Tmap_traits<CString,CCimexDataSource *,std::less<CString>,std::allocator<std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>>,true>,
1>              _Ty=std::pair<ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,const CCimexDataSource *>,
1>              _Valty=std::pair<ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,const CCimexDataSource *>
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\map(364) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2> std::_Tree<_Traits>::insert<_Ty>(_Valty &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ty1=std::_Tree_iterator<std::_Tree_val<std::_Tmap_traits<CString,CCimexDataSource *,std::less<CString>,std::allocator<std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>>,true>>>,
1>              _Ty2=bool,
1>              _Traits=std::_Tmap_traits<CString,CCimexDataSource *,std::less<CString>,std::allocator<std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>>,true>,
1>              _Ty=std::pair<ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,const CCimexDataSource *>,
1>              _Valty=std::pair<ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,const CCimexDataSource *>
1>          ]
1>          c:\users\steve\projects\cimex cad-cam\14.0\cimex application\cimcad\formaddautomaticpage.h(17) : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::_Tree_iterator<_Mytree> std::multimap<_Kty,_Ty>::insert<std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2>>(_Valty &&)' being compiled
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Mytree=std::_Tree_val<std::_Tmap_traits<CString,CCimexDataSource *,std::less<CString>,std::allocator<std::pair<const CString,CCimexDataSource *>>,true>>,
1>              _Kty=CString,
1>              _Ty=CCimexDataSource *,
1>              _Ty1=ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,
1>              _Ty2=const CCimexDataSource *,
1>              _Valty=std::pair<ATL::CStringT<char,StrTraitMFC<char>>,const CCimexDataSource *>
1>          ]
1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\utility(163): error C2439: 'std::_Pair_base<_Ty1,_Ty2>::second' : member could not be initialized
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ty1=const CString,
1>              _Ty2=CCimexDataSource *
1>          ]
1>          c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\vc\include\utility(167) : see declaration of 'std::_Pair_base<_Ty1,_Ty2>::second'
1>          with
1>          [
1>              _Ty1=const CString,
1>              _Ty2=CCimexDataSource *
1>          ]

Note: the above appears to be a change in how std::set<> works, such that they always give back const_iterators instead of iterators(1).  But the point is just to have an example of how much more convoluted the compiler diagnostics are compared to 2008.

So, my question: for any c++ shops out there that have converted recently: do you regret the conversion, or appreciate it?  How so?
(1) Scott Meyer's "Effective STL", (c) 2001, p95, item 22.
I just ran into this: it covers many of the code-breaking changes I've been running into:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2009/05/25/stl-breaking-changes-in-visual-studio-2010-beta-1.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0

A: To answer your first question: Type of &(*it) is probably const CCimexDataSource *, and not CCimexDataSource *.
To give input on your second discussion-question:
We have converted from VS2008 to VS2010, and it has worked out fine, although VS2010 is slower, it has a bit better intellisense. The conversion wasn't fully automatic, and we had to manually update the vcxproj files afterward.

A: At work, we moved from VS2005 to VS2010 with no problems.  However, I found that on my home computer, I had to turn off many of the Intellisense features in VS2010 as it was eating up so much processing power on my laptop that I could only type out a few characters at a time before having to wait 3 minutes for it to update its database.  If you are running on a fairly new machine (Quad-core ~3 GHz with at least 6 GB RAM) on Windows 7, you should have few performance problems.  If you (like I am at home), use a Core2 Duo with 2 GB RAM on XP, you'll find that you have to turn off many features for the IDE to be useful.
NOTE:  VS2008 ran wonderfully on my laptop; I was rather disappointed when I "upgraded".

A: I have no problem on my home PC (Core2Duo E6600, 2 GB RAM) with intellisense. The only thing i don't like is the responsiveness of the UI. It's very sluggish.
I believe the improvements in TR1 and C++0x outweight the drawbacks of the slow UI.

A: I tried converting our solution (VS2005) with 100 projects and after all the failures to update the project files I decided to give up for the time being as I couldn't even get it to start compiling.
Using VS2010 for new .net projects I find the IDE tries to be a bit more like Eclipse, but it keeps doing dopey things like opening code files in the view portion I last clicked on - say the output or watch variables windows.
Every so often I have trouble with the MS symbol servers, the debug/module feature to specifically go to the MS symbol server seems to get around this somehow and saves time messing with the symbol server list.

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This butternut squash soup has a secret ingredient—a tart green apple. It adds just the right balance for the squash. Ready in an hour and freezes well.
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Perfect Air Fryer Salmon
Quick and crispy salmon with less oil than frying in the pan. Perfect for a quick evening meal!
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My Discovery
I've been trying to incorporate more seafoods into our diets and found salmon a great way to do that.
My family can be a bit fussy when it comes to fish.. there are a few complains when I serve cod, but salmon seems to get a thumbs up from all around the table.
I used to fry our salmon in the pan but I didn't like all the oil that I had to use. Now with the air fryer I used just a couple of teaspoons and it comes out just as good!
Remove any bones
Check your salmon fillets for bones and carefully remove them.
Season the skin
Rub the salt into the skin for some extra flavour.
Season the fillet
Lightly coat the fillet with oil, salt, pepper and paprika. I usually use Splendor Garden organic spices and herbs.
Preheat the air fryer at 390 F
Air fry for 7 minutes
Turning half way through.
Check the fish is fully cooked
If not, air fry for another few minutes and check again.
Squeeze lemon over the fillets
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How To Accept Other People's Differences
Everyone is different and we tend to accept that. However, actually dealing with those differences can be difficult, especially when they inconvenience us. Some might argue that we don't have to accept or tolerate other people's differences. But, is it even possible to control, unify, and standardize everyone?
The answer, of course, is no.
It's impossible to unite everyone. Whether we are talking about religion, personality or pizza topping preferences, people are always going to be different. Chances are that not accepting those differences will make your life a bitter and discontented one. Accepting others for who they are, however, may give you new insights and make your life more fulfilling.
In this article, we'll take a look at individual differences and how to accept them.
The paradox of individuality and acceptance
Slogans celebrating individuality and differences are everywhere, from A. A. Milne's quote "The things that make me different are the things that make me" to the general advice to "be you!".
While a lot of people try their hardest to fit in with the crowd, we are also quick to point out the things that make us unique and special (even when they don't). Whether it's liking an obscure band or being outspoken, we often like to think that it's something unique to us. And it's no surprise we think like that when individuality and being different is valued in our society, at least on the surface.
But those same characteristics we prize in ourselves can be something we despise, mock or judge in others. When someone likes an obscure band, we may think of them as a poser. When someone's outspoken, we may find them rude. This, too, is natural.
While individuality is often prized, humans are still social beings who like to feel connected and included. And one of the easiest ways to feel close to someone is to create a common enemy.
Judging a trait in someone else while thinking it makes us special doesn't necessarily make us hypocrites. Of course, it's not nice. People may be right to call you out on your double standards.
But in the end, it's just another type of the self-serving bias. Some psychologists define it as any cognitive bias that maintains and boosts our self-esteem. By branding something "good" in ourselves but "bad" in others, we are able to maintain a positive self-image. And there's a reason why so much of self-help literature is about raising self-esteem.
Why is it hard to accept differences?
If individuality is valued, why is it so hard to accept that people are different? Thinking that we are always in the right and others are in the wrong to maintain our self-esteem is only a part of it.
Another reason may have something to do with the need for control in our lives. As psychologist Lauren Leotti and colleagues write in their paper about control: "…the perception of control is not only desirable, but it is likely a psychological and biological necessity."
Human beings, especially those who differ from us, are unpredictable and hard to control. And so, our need to control our environment – which includes other people – may make it hard for us to accept people who don't behave in the way we want them to.
Of course, our prejudices also play an important part. Many people like to think that they are free of prejudices or that their prejudices are justified. But even when our prejudices are based on some first-hand experiences, they aren't necessarily true and they stop us from accepting other people.
For example, I may think that all blondes are stupid airheads who are only interested in fashion and looks because all the blondes I've met are just that. When I meet a blonde who is still interested in fashion and beauty but also excels academically, I will have trouble accepting them because of my prejudice.
Often, our prejudices aren't even based on first-hand experiences but are passed on to us by our family or society.
The thing is, that on the most basic level, prejudices and stereotypes are simply mental categories. As psychologist Gordon Allport writes in this book The Nature of Prejudice:
"The human mind must think with the aid of categories… Once formed, categories are the basis for normal prejudgment. We cannot possibly avoid this process. Orderly living depends upon it."
That's what makes getting rid of prejudices and accepting differences so hard. Those categories and patterns are often so ingrained in our thinking that it takes a lot of conscious effort to change them, even when we gain experiences that dispute our prejudices.
Why should you accept others' differences?
If prejudices are so natural, why should we go out of our way to accept people's differences? There are many reasons, but some of the more prevalent ones boil down to a simple fact.
Our societies are getting more multicultural and diverse. It's always the individual that has to adapt to the changing surroundings, not the other way around. Carrying around the burden of prejudices and trying to bend people to your will in a diverse world can be exhausting and frustrating while learning to accept differences can broaden your horizons and bring you new friends.
At work, I occasionally clash with my colleagues. While I tend to take a softer, more lenient approach to both counseling and teaching, some of the teachers are strict and unyielding. While I rely on videos and 3D models to explain psychological concepts, some of my colleagues are firm believers in pens and papers and long-form note-taking.
And that's fine because neither of us is right or wrong. While some students prefer my approach, others find strict rules more helpful. A diverse staff means that every student can find someone who they "click with".
Our world is constantly evolving and our mental patterns can – and should – evolve with it.
How to start accepting others for who they are?
So, how do you go about accepting the fact that your roommate likes rock while you enjoy rap and other individual differences?
Here are five simple tips to practice tolerance and acceptance:
Check your prejudices
While becoming aware of them won't erase them immediately, realizing where your prejudices lie is the first step to combating them.
Remember, while prejudices are almost always negative, stereotypes can be both positive and negative. But even positive stereotypes can be harmful. For instance, thinking that all Asian people are smart or that all women are nurturing may sound like a compliment, but it erases the individual differences inside those groups.
So when you find yourself judging someone, check why you're judging them.
See Also: Breaking The Cycle of Confirmation Bias
Focus on the person, not the description
While descriptive characteristics are useful for describing people, they can never provide the full picture.
People are greater than the sum of their parts. For example, someone can be a teen girl who likes Euphoria and TikTok, but that's definitely not all she is. Try to look past the descriptives and focus on the individual.
Give up the (need for) control
The only person who you can change and control is yourself. Remember that next time when you feel frustrated because of someone's behavior or opinions.
This doesn't mean that you should accept any and all behaviors, even when they are causing you discomfort. Politely pointing out unacceptable behavior is always encouraged, but take a moment to consider why you find the behavior unacceptable.
Put yourself in someone else's shoes
Often, our inability to accept someone's differences comes from our inability to understand it. But what if you tried to put yourself in someone else's place and understand what makes them tick?
Chances are that if you approach others with empathy, you'll also find it easier to accept them.
Don't knock it until you try it
Some time ago, a friend tried to get me to go to the gym with him to try weightlifting. I resisted, because "weights aren't my thing". I also didn't understand what he could possibly see in lifting a barbell and setting it down again several times in a row.
Eventually, I gave in and went along. My first foray into the weight room wasn't a success, but after a couple of times, I could finally see the appeal.
Try out other people's hobbies to understand why they like them. Or at least, don't knock it until you try it.
Individuality is often valued, but at the same time, we find it hard to accept that people are different. It's natural to be wary of differences, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to combat our prejudices, especially in the diverse world of today. It takes a little work, but with some simple tips, you can learn to be more accepting of differences.
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U.S. expands blacklist to include China's top AI startups ahead of trade talks
The U.S. government widened its trade blacklist to include some of China's top artificial intelligence startups, punishing Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities and ratcheting up tensions ahead of high-level trade talks in Washington this week.
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Exclusive: Democrats willing to risk 2020 chances to impeach Trump – Reuters/Ipsos poll
Most Democrats want to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, even if that means weakening their party's chances of winning back the White House in the 2020 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
Asian shares, oil ease as U.S.-China standoff spreads
Asian stocks fell the most in a week on Wednesday as the United States and China's broadening dispute over trade and foreign policy showed little sign of coming to an end, weighing on global economic growth.
Looking for a job selling weed? EpicHint pitches training for cannabis dispensary 'budtenders'
Adriana Herrera first came up with the idea for EpicHint, a training and staffing service for cannabis dispensaries, while she was surfing off the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Decompressing after the dissolution of her last startup venture — her second attempt at running her own business — Herrera realized quickly that surfing and #vanlife wasn't her ultimate calling.
The serial entrepreneur had previously founded FashioningChange, a recommendation engine for sustainable shopping, back in 2011. The company was gaining traction and had some initial support, but it ran into the buzzsaw of Amazon's product development group, which Herrera claims copied their platform to build a competing product.
Undeterred, Herrera took some of the tools that FashioningChange had developed and morphed them into a business focused on online marketing to shoppers at the point of sale — helping sites like Cooking.com pitch products to people based on what their browsing history revealed about their intent.
By 2017, that business had also run into problems, and Herrera had to shut down the company. She sold her stuff and had headed down to Oaxaca, but kept thinking about the emergent cannabis industry that was taking off back in the U.S.
Herrera had a friend who'd been diagnosed with colon cancer and was taking medicinal marijuana to address side effects from the operation that removed his colon.
"When recovering from the removal of his colon, he'd run out of his homegrown medicine and go to dispensaries where he . got the worst service," Herrera wrote in an email. "He would ask for something pain, nausea, and sleep, and was always recommended the most expensive product or a product that was being promoted. He never got what he needed and had to self advocate for the right product while barely being able to stand."
Herrera buckled down and did research throughout the course of 2018. She hit up pharmacies first as a customer, asking different "budtenders" for information about the product they were selling. Their answers were… underwhelming, according to Herrera. The next step was to talk to dispensary managers and research the weed industry.
By her own calculations, cannabis companies (including dispensaries and growers) will add roughly 300,000 jobs — most of them starting out at near-minimum-wage salaries of $16 per-hour. Meanwhile current training programs cost between $250 and $7,000.
That disconnect led Herrera to hit on her current business model — selling an annual subscription software for brands and dispensaries that would offer a training program for would-be job applicants. The training would give dispensaries a leg up for experienced hires, increasing sales and ideally reducing turnover that costs the industry as much as $438 million.
"The data is showing an average of a 30% turnover rate in 21 months," says Herrera. "Looking at turnover and a lot of that comes down to bad hiring."
The company is on its first eight customers, but counts one undisclosed, large, multi-state dispensary along with a few mom and pop shops.
Herrera also says that the service can reduce bias in hiring. Because dispensaries only hire candidates after they've completed the program, any unconscious bias won't creep into the hiring process, she says.
Applicants interested in a dispensary can enroll in the dispensary "university" and once they complete the curriculum go through a standardized form to apply for the job.
"Our recommendation to run and get the best results is to pre-train, pre-screen and have the graduates unlock the ability to apply."
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Joseph Nye advises that a strategy toward China should start with realism, but that does not mean ignoring the soft power of democracy. A good strategy should aim to avoid either a hot or cold war, while cooperating when possible and competing when necessary.
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The U.S.-China Future: Competition and Collaboration With a Rising China
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Whether they regard it as competitive, cooperative, or confrontational, virtually all observers agree that the U.S.-China relationship is consequential. From cyber norms and AI to military tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the global struggle to turn the tide on climate change, how Washington and Beijing manage their shared future will shape the globe for decades to come. Through research and relationship-building, the Center is dedicated to helping the U.S. and China collaborate and compete without conflict.
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Can the U.S. and Chinese Militaries Get Back on Speaking Terms?
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Nearly nine months into the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, Washington's relationship with Beijing has sunk to a historic low. After a high-level diplomatic meeting in March that devolved into an ugly exchange of insults, fruitless visits to China by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and virtual climate talks that failed to produce clear deliverables, the world's two great powers have reached a dangerous impasse.
...If the Biden administration hopes to manage the competition and prevent it from turning into catastrophe, it must take urgent action to establish and maintain open channels of communication between the Pentagon and China's armed forces.
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The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities
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U.S. President Joe Biden has spoken frequently of restoring the United States' credibility as a global leader. That task, which comes at a moment of global crisis, will require the United States to recommit to multilateral diplomacy, even while managing a dangerously deteriorating relationship with China. By acting on biosecurity—a neglected priority hiding in plain sight—Biden can make progress on all of these goals. Washington has an opportunity to lead in an era of heightened great-power competition, address the need for arms control measures that reduce the risk of biological weapons, and potentially even push China to cooperate to that end.
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Fazza Dubai Boccia 2019 Regional Open kicks off
The 6th Fazza BISFed 2019 Dubai Boccia Regional Open Championships kicked off with the Individual Pool matches at the Shabab Al-Ahli Club on Monday, with as many as 60 players vying for ranking points towards their qualification for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Organised and hosted by the Dubai Club for People of Determination under the banner of the annual Fazza Championships for the People of Determination, this Championships is the last chance for the Boccia players to gain ranking points and book Tokyo 2020 slots for their nations. The deadline for BISFed Boccia Individual, Team and Pairs world ranking list is December 31, 2019. A total of 116 players will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
This year the Championship has attracted 14 countries, including Indonesia and Mongolia who are making their debut here. However, some of the top teams like Thailand, Slovakia and Greece have given it a miss, having already qualified their desired slots for Tokyo but the competition is still set to be fierce.
Welcoming the teams in Dubai at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the Dubai Club for People of Determination and Chairman of the Local Organising Committee HE Thani Juma Berregad, said: "We are very glad to have you here every year. As we aim to raise the awareness and level of Para sport competition in the UAE, this Championship plays a significant role. I hope we will get to witness some high standard competition in the next few days. I wish all of you good luck and a pleasant stay here."
BISFed Technical delegate Helena Bastos added: "We are very happy to see some new countries at this edition of the Championships. Thank you, Dubai and the organisers because every year we have some good surprises. Hopefully this year too, we will witness great competition. I know everybody cannot be a winner but I am sure at the end, everyone will be going back home happy. Enjoy the competition."
Among others gracing the opening were the members of the Club's board of directors including Mr. Ahmed Julfar and Mrs. Mona Hammad.
Hosts UAE fields 11 players
The absence of Thailand, who has been a dominant force in the sport as well as in this Championships in the past, have raised hopes of many other nations to make the most of this situation and gain maximum ranking points. Nations who are expected to make a mark are Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China and Australia.
Like Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong booked several Tokyo 2020 slots at the BISFed 2019 Seoul Boccia Asia-Oceania Regional Championships in July.
South Korea Team manager Gwangtaek Im, who is accompanying a 11-member team here, said: "This is the last competition for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics quota. We already got BC1 and 2 team and BC3 quota. This the first competition in which Korean National Team and Korean Regional team are participating together. So, it's an important event for us."
As for the hosts, UAE have fielded 11 players including seven men and four women players. Khalid Almarashda (BC2) and Raisa Alfalasi (BC4) are the top ranked men and women player with 89th and 62nd ranks, respectively.
In Pairs events, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and South Korea are expected to fight it out for the top position.
For teams like Indonesia and India, their players are aiming to learn new technique and strategy at this Championships. For both the nations, boccia is an upcoming Parasport with a lot of interest generating among the players.
The Championships run from December 16 to 19, 2019 and the results can be found on http://bisfed2019-dubai-ind.sport80.com/app/main/#/matches.
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These "Grease" Collectibles Are The Ones That YOU Want!
Tags: Barbie, collectibles, Funko, Funko Pop!, Grease, Grease Week, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
Grease Week may now be over, but we thought we'd sneak in one final post dedicated to the film in honor of it's 40th anniversary. Although Grease was never a merchandising juggernaut a la Star Wars, you might be surprised to learn that it spawned a respectable amount of product that let fans take the film home with them when it first hit theaters back in the summer of 1978. We wanted to share with you some of our favorite Grease collectibles today — from traditional products to head-scratchers, we think there's plenty of items here that are, well, the ones that you want.
Grease: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
The most obvious piece of merchandise from the movie is also the best-selling. The Grease soundtrack has sold over 28,000,000 copies to date and is arguably the most-beloved movie soundtrack of all time. And it's easy to understand why! Songs like "Summer Nights," "You're the One that I Want," "Greased Lightnin'," "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and just about every other track featured in the film still pack a punch…both due to nostalgia and the fact that they are just perfectly crafted tunes. (Be sure to name your favorite song from the movie in this poll).
Topps Grease Trading Cards
Grease was such a phenomenon that it inspired two separate lines of trading cards from the Topps Company. Spanning 132 cards and 22 stickers (not to mention countless sticks of that sweet pink bubblegum) in total, these sets were the perfect way for fans of the film to carry the movie with them everywhere. Unopened boxes of the cards go for a premium on the non-sport cards collectibles market these days, largely due to the film's enduring status and the fact that it is a cross-generational pop culture staple.
Grease: The Novel
Here's the weirdest piece of Grease merchandise ever: Ron De Christoforo's novelization of the film. How does one make a fiction book out of a movie musical? Very awkwardly. The book — which can be found at many used book stores dirt cheap — has the characters speak song lyrics as if they were dialogue, making this a very strange read. (Weirder still is how the book is narrated by second tier T-Bird Sonny, who occasionally waxes melancholy about the perils of fading youth throughout the story). Give this one to the Grease fanatic in your life and check out the impressed/confused looks you get in return!
Grease: The Fotonovel
A far more successful literary effort was Grease: The Fotonovel, which told the story of the film fumetti style using stills incorporated with comic book-esque word balloons. In the pre-VCR days, the Fotonovel industry flourished as it allowed movie fans to relive their favorite flicks anytime and anywhere. This is a publishing idea that needs to make a comeback ASAP because Fotonovels are super cool.
Frenchy's Grease Scrapbook
Didi Conn is one of the few actors who appeared in both Grease and Grease 2. It is her experiences in the former that she documents in the breezy read Frenchy's Grease Scrapbook, which is filled with rare photographs that will leave you feeling like an honorary Rydell High graduate. (Now if only she'd release a tell-all about her time doing voiceover work as the futuristic space woman Cupcake in the Fonz and the Happy Days Gang cartoon).
Grease Barbie Doll
There have been several Barbie dolls based on the Grease characters released over the years, with the standout being a "bad girl" version of Sandy from the end of the film. What makes this so great is that the packaging includes a cardboard replica of the Shake Shack from the Rydell High graduation carnival. A womp ba ba loo bah, a womp bah boo!
Grease Hallmark Ornaments
In 2016, Hallmark released a musical ornament of Sandy from the end of Grease that played "You're the One That I Want." The following year, they did the same, this time with Danny. The ability to deck your halls with this iconic movie pair is yet another reason why we look forward to the holiday season each year!
Grease Star Car
In 1997, Matchbox released a toy replica of Greased Lightning as part of its "Star Car" line of notable automobiles from movie and television. It won't beat Craterface at Thunder Road, but it will look amazing on your desk or shelf.
Grease Funko Pops
The latest (and dare we say greatest?) pieces of Grease merchandising to be released are Funko! Pop versions of Sandy and Danny. Sandy comes in two varieties, "Sandra Dee" and Carnival Sandy — as seen in the film's finale. (Spoiler?) Danny comes as his Greaser self and in a Rydell High letterman sweater. All of these measure 3 3/4 inches and come packaged in a collectible window display box. Obviously, they go together…
This is by no means a definitive list of Grease products, just some personal favorites. Name which items you own and love in the comments!
Sunday Funday is a weekly post celebrating the latest and greatest in the world of TV, film, and pop culture collectibles, soundtracks, and apparel.


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Q: Decrypt a text with OpenSSL using key and salt only I would like to decrypt a text using a 32 characters key and a salt from command line in my MacOS. I have encrypted it in Windows using a program. But, whenever I try to decrypt it from command line I couldn't and get an error.
echo -n PuYNZO+SLqFo6g97gxKr2uAPRUph/sZgaJ3T5YIBPIc= | openssl enc -d -a -aes-256-cbc -K TheTestKeyUsedIs32CharactersLong -S 53616c7455736564 -iv 0 -p
hex string is too short, padding with zero bytes to length
hex string is too short, padding with zero bytes to length
non-hex digit
invalid hex key value

When I try to encrypt

100836

in MacOS it gives me completely different string.

U2FsdGVkX19TYWx0VXNlZA4AWDWo5nzi8p5pYyAeUMg=

using following command:
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -S 53616c7455736564 -iter 5 -k TheTestKeyUsedIs32CharactersLong -in input.txt -out openssl_output.txt

From the application I am using in Windows

100836
  is converting into
  PuYNZO+SLqFo6g97gxKr2uAPRUph/sZgaJ3T5YIBPIc=

*

*My salt text is SaltUsed

*My 32 bit character key is TheTestKeyUsedIs32CharactersLong

*Input is PuYNZO+SLqFo6g97gxKr2uAPRUph/sZgaJ3T5YIBPIc=

*Should be decrypted in 100836
But, result is completely unexpected.
I have also tried a java program to decrypt it but there I was getting other strings so thought to correct it with command line first and then will jump into the code.
I also tried the key in hex digits but still the response was incorrect and was not as expected.

A: @Wasif and I spent some time debugging in chat and in the end believe it's most likely a compatbility issue between OpenSSL 1.1.1.d on Windows and OpenSSL 1.1.1.b on macOS.
We went through a number of tests and permutations, using (Key, IV) tuples in hex, using passwords, with and without salts, and ultimately our testing came down to a simple check.
Using openssl enc -a -aes-256-cbc -pass pass:MYPASSWORD -p -in input.txt on Windows we got:
salt=E70092FEBA619144
key=29631452F8C259DFE6FD8E9372EC4B20392395F36B7A0B11769CEBEA987E90A0
iv =93BF2E94462A43B23EF585C0F4B3F1A8
U2FsdGVkX1/nAJL+umGRRGi3ybIPFXf7qrgov7SyXnI=

Using openssl aes-256-cbc -d -a -pass pass:MYPASSWORD -in cipherText.txt (which contains 'U2FsdGVkX1/nAJL+umGRRGi3ybIPFXf7qrgov7SyXnI=' on the Mac we got:
4593573484:error:06FFF064:digital envelope routines:CRYPTO_internal:bad decrypt

Despite this simple test failing, the Mac and Windows boxes successfully encrypted and decrypted locally.
Weird, but this looks like version incompatibility.

A: Try specifying the digest alorithm:
Default digest has changed between different versions.
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How to resolve the "EVP_DecryptFInal_ex: bad decrypt" during file decryption


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The 60,263 sqf program for the North Carolina A&T State University Proctor School of Education is comprised primarily of classroom and office space. The desire to create an interactive social hub throughout the facility plays a key role in organizing student/faculty lounge spaces, conference, and the public circulation. Beyond the program need, the project has aspirations to recognize and express the history of the School of Education as well as its potential future role within the University. The program also takes an additional step in fulfilling the Master Plan goals of the University by further defining the central green space of the campus.
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The Education Building is organized into two 'bars' about a central street and atrium space. The east bar, which contains primarily faculty offices, takes advantage of the views of the quad and bell tower and is seen as a more permeable volume. The bar to the east contains classrooms and is articulated as a more opaque volume that addresses the vehicular scale of Benbow Road. The classroom bar cantilevers out over the extra large classroom to define a gateway to the campus green and bell tower plaza for pedestrians entering campus from Benbow Road to the east. The main administrative offices and Dean's suite are placed at the north end of the classroom bar to provide a level of privacy relative to the public zones as well as a strong visual connection to the campus green and bell tower.
The central street, which connects the two 'bars' and parallels the east edge of the campus green, is conceptually at the heart of the scheme. More than a simple means of circulation through campus and the building, the space is seen as the social hub of the entire building. This atrium is designed to encourage interaction and socialization between faculty, administration, and students. The ground floor of the space is activated by the student lounge, furniture groupings in the atrium, the primary large classroom, general and model classrooms, and the administration suites with the most direct relationship to the visiting outside public.


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MD, MP3 Outsell CD-Recorders, But CD-R Dollars On Top In Q1-3
Joseph Palenchar ⋅ Published: December 18, 2000
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -Internet audio portables and MiniDisc decks and portables outsold their component CD-recorder counterparts through brick & mortar retailers during the first three quarters of the year, an NPD Intelect Market Tracking survey found.
CD-recorders, on the other hand, rang up more sales and profit dollars than the other two formats because of CD-R's price premium.
For the first nine months of the year, combined units sales of the three formats hit 471,000, with MiniDisc accounting for 176,300 units sold (or 37.3 percent), followed by Internet portables at 155,800 units (or 33.1 percent). CD-R sales came in at 138,900, or 29.5 percent of the unit total.
In every month but July, MD unit volume exceeded CD-R unit volume, which lagged Internet portable volume during four of nine months.
NPD also found that unit sales of Internet portables took a dramatic upturn during the two months preceding the fourth-quarter selling season, outpacing both CD-R and MD unit volume during those two months.
During September, 28,000 Internet portables were sold through retail, or 42.5 percent of combined digital-recording-format unit sales. MD came in second with 19,800 units, or 30 percent of the total, and CD-R sales hit 18,100, or 27.5 percent of the total.
In August, the ranks were the same: Internet portables (30,800, or 46 percent); MD (21,600, or 32 percent), and CD-R/RW (15,200, or 22.5 percent).
The relative unit-volume success of MD and Internet portables is due at least in part to their lower average price points. The CD-recording format's higher premium, however, enabled the format's dollar volume to exceed the dollar volume of MD and Internet portables every month during the first three quarters.
The average retail price of a CD-recorder during that time was $457, almost twice that of an MD recorder's $235 and more than double that of an Internet portable's average $200.
As a result, CD-recorders accounted for $63.9 million in retail sales during the nine-month period, or 46.7 percent of combined sales of CD-R, MD and Internet portables. MD came next with $41.8 million, or 31 percent of total volume. Internet portables, given their lower average prices, came in third with $31.1 million in sales, or 22.7 percent of combined volume.
CD-recorders came out ahead in August and September despite the sales surge of Internet portables during those two months, NPD noted. In September, CD-recorder sales hit $8.1 million, or 45.3 percent of combined volume.
Internet portables came in a distant second with $5.1 million, or 28.5 percent of combined sales, with MD coming in a close third with $4.7 million, or 26.3 percent.
In August, CD-recorders accounted for $6.8 million in sales, or 38.2 percent of combined volume, followed by Internet portables at $6.1 million, or 34.3 percent, and MD with a $4.9 million volume, or 27.5 percent share.
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Two nuns who worked for decades at a Catholic school in California embezzled a "substantial" amount of money from tuition and other funds and used it to pay for gambling trips to Las Vegas, church officials have said.
Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang are believed to have siphoned off cash from tuition fees and donations at St James school in Torrance, near Los Angeles, for at least a decade. Neither has been charged with a crime.
Kreuper was the school's principal and Chang taught eighth-grade students before the pair both retired this year.
A spokesman for the archdiocese of Los Angeles, Adrian Alarcon, said the alleged theft was discovered during an audit, routinely held after a principal leaves office.
The total taken from the school was still being calculated, Alarcon said, adding he could not confirm reports that it was up to $500,000 (£400,000).
In a letter to parents, Monsignor Michael Meyers described the sum as substantial. "This matter came to our attention during financial reviews in connection with the change in leadership at our school," he said, adding that no one else was implicated.
At a meeting he is reported to have told parents that around the same time as the audit, a family requested a copy of a cheque made out to the school and staff noticed it had been deposited in a bank account that was not the school's.
Meyers said both nuns acknowledged the theft when confronted, apologised and were cooperating with an investigation. He said they and their order, the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet, had promised to pay back the money.
The archdiocese has notified the police but Meyers said church officials did not plan to press charges and instead wanted to resolve the situation internally with the money repaid and the nuns disciplined by their order.
However, some parents are reportedly angry at the route being taken and are trying to band together to push for criminal charges. "We were an ATM, and people know it and they won't ask for justice," Jack Alexander, a parent with a child at St James, told the Southern California News Group.
The school was struck by tragedy in 2014 when a driver killed four people, including a six-year-old boy, who were leaving a Christmas concert at the school. She later admitted vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Kreuper and Chang worked at the school for 29 years and 20 years respectively.


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Das Residenzschloss war ein Bauwerk in der Altstadt von Eisenach, das im 18. Jahrhundert zu weiten Teilen abgebrochen wurde. Die erhaltenen Teile sind heute als Alte Residenz und Residenzhaus bekannt und stehen unter Denkmalschutz. Das Schloss befand sich am Südrand des Eisenacher Marktes, unmittelbar südlich der Georgenkirche.

Geschichte
Das Residenzschloss wurde im 16. Jahrhundert im Stil der Renaissance errichtet. Ab 1596 diente es Johann Ernst, Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenach als Residenz. Um 1600 wurde es erweitert und das benachbarte Creutznacher Haus in den Gebäudekomplex mit einbezogen.

Trotz hoher Verschuldung ließ Herzog Ernst August, der Souverän des Herzogtums Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach ab 1740 einen Schlossneubau an der Nordseite des Marktes errichten. Nach Fertigstellung des Eisenacher Stadtschlosses wurde das alte Residenzschloss zu weiten Teilen abgebrochen, erhalten blieben die Schlossbrauerei, der Brunnenkeller, das Residenzhaus und das Creutznacher Haus.

Einer Überlieferung nach führte eine Familienstreitigkeit zum Abriss des Schlosses: Als Anna Sophie Charlotte (1706–1751), die Witwe des letzten Eisenacher Herzogs Wilhelm Heinrich, des Landes verwiesen wurde und weitere demütigende Gesten des Thronfolgers Ernst August bekannt wurden, befahl sie kurzerhand, das von ihr bewohnte Residenzschloss "bis auf den letzten Nagel" auszuräumen – zumindest blieb nach der Überlieferung bei ihrem Auszug nicht mehr viel Brauchbares im Gebäude. Von dieser Blamage erzürnt, soll Herzog Ernst August den unverzüglichen Abriss des Residenzschlosses angeordnet haben.

An der Stelle des abgerissenen Teils des Schlosses entstand eine bis heute erhaltene Freifläche, die Esplanade. Die verbliebene "Alte Residenz", das um 1500 errichtete Residenzhaus und das Creutznacher Haus wurden fortan als Verwaltungsgebäude für Finanz- und Justizbehörden des Großherzogtums Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach bzw. des Landes Thüringen genutzt, wofür beide Gebäude mehrfach umgebaut wurden. Bei den Luftangriffen auf Eisenach im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden die Gebäude stark beschädigt, die Nebengebäude an der Südseite der Residenz wurden so stark zerstört, dass sie nach Kriegsende nicht wieder aufgebaut wurden. An ihrer Stelle befindet sich heute der Lutherplatz.

Bei Bauarbeiten zur Sanierung und Neugestaltung der Esplanade wurden 2015 Mauerreste des alten Residenzschlosses und eines weiteren Gebäudes gefunden, welche von Archäologen der Pfarrschule zu St. Georgen zugeordnet wurden, die Martin Luther von 1498 bis 1501 besuchte.

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