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Q: When does the function $f(y) = 1 + y + y^2$ show mainly the units in a quadratic number ring? Is a corresponding equation solvable in integers? Motivated by a strange coincidence in polynomial geometry I decided to learn some elementary algebraic number theory recently and armed with "Quadratische Zahlkörper", a recent german introductory text by Franz Lemmermeyer, I tried to understand the following phenomenon, which I had found empirically:
Let $f(y) = 1 + y + y^2$, $x = a + \sqrt{m} \, b$ be an element of the maximal order in $\mathbb{Q(\sqrt{m})}$, so $m \in \mathbb{Z\backslash\{0,1}\}$ is squarefree, $N(x) = a^2 - m b^2$ is the algebraic norm of $x$ and $D(x) = 4mb^2$ the discriminant of $x$, while there are the usual restrictions on $a$ and $b$ according to the residue class of $m \mod 4$.Then:
Assertion:
$N(f(x^2))$ is a square integer, if and only if $x$ is a unit of the maximal order or if $ab = 0$.
This result is certainly useless, if one wants to find units, but I (with no clue in number theory or algebraic geometry) found it so peculiar, that I started to call it "disuseful" for fun. Before giving the things I managed to find/prove, I will ask the things, which would be helpful to me:

*

*Perspective: This/similar phenomena will have been discovered before and I would appreciate appropriate references, preferably textbooks to point me to other investigations of this type.

*Help to discuss the solutions to
$$ K^2 = (4mb^2 - 1)^2 + l(a^2 - mb^2 + 1)$$
in integers only, see the end of the question; doing so will give a necessary condition to find valid solutions of $N(f(x^2)) = K^2$, if there are any more.

Results:
An elementary computation shows $$N(f(x^2)) = N(f(x))N(f(-x)) = (f(N(x)) + D(x))^2 - D(x)(N(x) - 1)^2 \, ,$$
from which one infers or directly computes:
$$a = 0 \ \Rightarrow \ N(f(x^2)) = (f(-N(x)))^2 \, ,$$
$$ b = 0 \ \Rightarrow \ N(f(x^2)) = (f(N(x)))^2 \, ,$$
$$N(x) = 1 \ \Rightarrow \ N(f(x^2)) = (D(x) + 3)^2 \, ,$$
$$N(x) = -1 \ \Rightarrow \ N(f(x^2)) = (D(x) - 1)^2 \, .$$
Looking at a number of examples corresponding to the above and not corresponding to them for positive as well as negative values of $m$ and various residue classes, the observations were always confirmed, but I did not try a systematic brute force search up to now. Indeed, everything up to this point is elementary algebraic manipulation only.
Proof idea:
Let $K$ be a hypothetical strictly positive integer fulfilling
$$K^2 \ = \ (f(N(x)) + D(x))^2 - D(x)(N(x) - 1)^2 \, ,$$
then the case $f(N(x)) + D(x) = 0$ leads to squares if and only if $m \, = \, -1$. For $a \, \neq \, 0; \, m \, = \, -1$ we obtain the equation
$$(2b^2 - 1)^2 \ = \ n^2 + (n+1)^2 \quad (\star) $$ from this. Applying the general parametrization for Pythagorean Triples
$$ (c(u^2 - v^2)^2 \, + \, (2cuv)^2 \ = \ (c(u^2 + v^2))^2 \, ,$$
where $c,u,v$ are nonvanishing integers, and $u, v$ can be chosen with opposite parity, we obtain the Pell equation $s^2 - 2t^2 \ = \ \pm 1$ in integers from the right hand side of $(\star)$, showing $c \, = \, 1$, which implies, that $b$ cannot be even, as $2b^2 - 1$ must then equal $u^2 + v^2$. Therefore $(\star)$ leads to
$$ 2*b^2(b^2 - 1) \ = \ n(n + 1) \, ,$$
which has the integer solution $n \, = \, b^2 \, = \, 3$, but $b$ is then no integer, and further developments show there is no integer solution for any odd integer $b$.
To approach the general case, we use the geometric sum formular on $f(N(x))$ and some hopefully correct manipulations to arrive at
$$(N(x) - 1)^2 \left( K^2 - (D(x) - 1)^2 - D(x)(N(x) + 1)(N(x) + 3) \right) \ = \ N(x) \ \left( (N(x)^5 - 2N(x)^2) - (N(x) - 2) \right) \, ( \star \star).$$
As $x$ is not a unit, we can divide by $(N(x) - 1)^2$ to get
$$ K^2 - (D(x) - 1)^2 - D(x)(N(x) + 1)(N(x) + 3) \ = \ N(x)(N(x) + 1)(N(x)^2 + N(x) + 2)\, ,$$
which shows, that $N(x) + 1$ must divide $K^2 - (D(x) - 1)^2$. This leads to the equation in the beginning, where $l$ is an integer, which constitutes a necessary condition for solutions different from those already found to exist. If the discriminant were allowed to be one, $l$ could be chosen to be a square multiple of $(N(x) + 1)$. This not being the case, I tried to investigate, whether the parametrization of the Pythagorean triples allows a solution; this seems impossible, because $m$ is squarefree and $u^2 + 1$ is not a square, but at the moment I am stuck.
I have already checked, whether the sides of the equation $(\star \star)$ agree as polynomials, given an appropriate choice of $K^2$, they do not, but as far as I am aware, this would constitute only a sufficient, not a necessary condition for an integer solution, and some might still be hiding there.

A: There are at least some counterexamples, see equation $(\circ \circ)$ at the bottom and the following discussion.
First I will adress the diophantine equation of the question, though it turned out not to be necessary for the solution of the general problem proposed below, because it is an interesting variant of the solution of the equation for Pythagorean tripels.
I managed to find one particular solution relevant to the original problem and an abundance of solutions for the diophantine equation as such in the case $m \ = \ -1$. In this particular case only, $(4mb^2 - 1)^2$ may be regarded as the square of a sum of an even and an odd square, so it can be expressed as the side of the well-known parametrization equation of Pythagorean triples, which contains only one square. By this Pythagorean parametrization, we can then regard it as the sum of two new squares and write down a solution for the diophantine equation as such:
$$ (u + v)^2 = u^2 + v^2 + 2uv \, ,$$
where $u$, $v$ are integers, where one, say $u$, is even and the other, therefore $v$, is odd and $u,v$ may be multiplied each by another arbitrary integer to obtain yet more solutions. To solve our original problem, we have to account for our special circumstances, which forces the following choices, where we integrate $m = -1$ from the start:
$$ u^2 + v^2 = (1 + 4b^2) \, , \ v = (a^2 + b^2 + 1)^2 \, , \ l = 2u \, ,$$
which in turn lead to a consistency condition for $u$ expressible as the following equation:
$$u^2 \ = \ -a^4 - 2a^2 - (2a^2 - 6)b^2 + 15b^4 \, .$$
The particular solution I found to this one is $a = b = 1$, leading to $u = 4$, which gives $49 = 25 + 24$ as solution to our diophantine equation according to the given parametrization. This solution does not solve our original equation though, so it does not lead to $N(f(x^2))$ being a square. After all, the condition was indeed only necessary, not sufficient. I left the matter there to look for a different approach, which follows.
From now on $N(x) \, = \, N$ and $D(x) \, = \, D$ will be used, because there is no ambiguity in their use below and it improves readability in the long equations.
If we add $(N + 1)(N + 3)$ to the last equation in the question and rearrange, converting some of the terms along the way and putting everything except for $K^2$ on the right hand side, we get:
$$K^2 \ = \ (D-1)^2 \, + \, (N + 3)(D - 1)(N + 1) \, + \, (N^2 + 3)(N + 1)^2 \, . $$
The right hand side is now a not quite quadratic form in $D - 1$ and $N + 1$, which shows how to proceed. We use $N + 3 \, = \, N + 1 + 2$ and $N^2 + 3 = N^2 + 2 + 1$ to rearrange again and obtain
$$K^2 \ = \ (D+N)^2 \, + \, (N^2 + D + 1)(N + 1)^2 \, . $$
We can now turn the right hand side into a square by adding $(D + 4N)(N + 1)^2$, giving
$$K^2 \, + \, (D + 4N)(N + 1)^2 \ = \ (D + N + (N + 1)^2)^2 \, . \ (\circ)$$
At this point, it is expedient to introduce the trace $T(x) \, = \, T \, = \, 2a$ of the algebraic number, as this shows, that we have two squares on the left and shows the special position of the conditions leading to squares from the question. We have $T^2 \, = \, D + 4N$ by the general definitions of norm, trace and discriminant of numbers from a quadratic field, so we get
$$K^2 \, + \, T^2(N + 1)^2 \ = \ (D + (T^2 - D)/4 + (N + 1)^2)^2 \, . \ (\circ \circ) $$
If $T \, = \, 0 \, = \, a$ or $N \, = \, -1$, we obviously always get a true equation in integers, and the case $D \, = \, 0 \, = \, b$ is dealt with affirmatively by putting $c \, = \, 1$, $u \, = \, T/2$ and $v \, = \, N + 1$ in the parametrization of the Pythagorean Triples.
When fitting the case $N \, = \, 1$ into the Pythagorean framework, I found a very small amount of counterexamples, but there may be more under other circumstances:
For $N \, = \, 1$ the choice of $c \, = \, 1, \ u \, = \, a(N + 1), \ v \, = \, 1$ is appropriate to fulfill equation $(\circ \circ)$, in this case the following equation has to be true:
$$ 1 \, + \, a^2 (N+1)^2 \ = \ 3mb^2 \, + \, a^2 \, + \, (N+1)^2 \, , $$
where the right hand side is just one of many ways to write the right hand side of $(\circ \circ)$. Using $mb^2 \, = \, a^2 - N$, we can show, that this is equivalent to
$$ (a^2 - 1)(N+3)(N-1) \ = \ -3(N-1) \, .$$
Here it is obvious, that the equation is always fulfilled for $N \, = \, 1$, but there are some additional solutions:  Dividing by $N-1$, we find $N \, = \, -4$ and $a^2 \, = \, 4$ for possible integer solutions, which leads to $8 \, = \, mb^2$. As $m$ is squarefree, this equation has the solutions $m \, = \, 2 \, = \, |b|$.
We therefore find, that $m \, = \, |a| \, = \, |b| \, = \, 2$ leads to the solution $K \, = \, 35$ of our original problem, corresponding to the Pythagorean Triple $35^2 + 12^2 \, = \, 37^2$.
As there is potentially more flexibility in the choice of $c, u, v$, there may still be more counterexamples. Anyway, I have found a sufficiently satisfactory answer for my original question.


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Q: Can a C++ macro count the cases in a switch statement? I have many different lambdas that all iterate through a list of parameters and pick some of them (with a switch) to do an operation on.  I want to make sure that each lambda finds at least one of each case it is looking for and to report back if any case isn't hit.  I can setup a vector of bools to track if each case was found, but I need to know the full count of cases in the switch to see if I got them all and to see the indices of the bools.  I'd really like to integrate it in the general case macro, that way nothing will break if a case gets added later without updating a count.
Lambda example:
#define OneCase ???

auto MysteryLambda = [](Parameters params) -> int
{
 //something to set the case count to 0, whatever it is

 for (auto param : params)
 {
  switch (param)
  {
   case First:
    OneCase; //case count + 1
    //do operation
    break;
   case Second:
    OneCase; //case count + 1
    //do operation
    break;
   case Third:
    OneCase; //case count + 1
    //do operation
    break;
  }
 }

 static const int cases = ???; //this would be 3

 std::cout << "The enum has " << cases << " cases." << std::endl;

 return cases;
};

Then the lambda can return that const count.  Is this possible?
If it isn't possible, is there an alternative way to do this?

A: It would be just this side of possible to use the GCC/MSVC __COUNTER__ macro for this, though it would entail a significant amount of scaffolding around the switch statement itself. In general, no, it's not possible. It sounds like you want a map of lambdas, not a switch statement.

A: Ok, Sneftel's __COUNTER__ suggestion is viable!  Here's how I managed to make it work:
enum class Parameter //sample parameters, they don't have to be the same for each lambda
{
 First, Second, Third, Fourth
};

typedef std::vector<Parameter> Parameters;

void test()
{
 static const int startcases = __COUNTER__ + 1; //the initial state of counter when this lambda is pre-proced

 auto GetIndex = [](unsigned int counter) -> unsigned int //helper function, it takes __COUNTER__ from wherever it is called
 {
  return counter - startcases;
 };

 //Example lambda.  This isn't built to do anything useful at all.

 auto Example = [&GetIndex](Parameters parameters, std::vector<bool>& used) -> unsigned int
 {
  for (auto parameter : parameters)
  {
   switch (parameter) //only looking at First and Third
   {
   case Parameter::First:
    used[GetIndex(__COUNTER__)] = true;
    break;
   case Parameter::Third:
    used[GetIndex(__COUNTER__)] = true;
    break;
   }
  }

  static const unsigned int cases = __COUNTER__ - startcases; //this would be 2

  std::cout << "The enum has " << cases << " cases." << std::endl;

  return cases;
 };

 //Ok, time for a test!

 //Load out sample params, using VC++2012 so no init list on vectors. :(

 Parameters parameters;
 parameters.push_back(Parameter::First);
 parameters.push_back(Parameter::Second);
 parameters.push_back(Parameter::First); //no Third in this vector
 parameters.push_back(Parameter::Fourth);

 std::vector<bool> used; //a vector of bools filled to some arbitrary capacity with falses, I can have size checks in a more extensive helper function so no big deal
 used.insert(used.begin(), 10, false);

 unsigned int cases = Example(parameters, used); //returns # of cases in this particular lambda

 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < cases; ++i) //loop through for each case and see if one is false (meaning it had no hit)
 {
  if (!used[i])
  {
   std::cerr << "Didn't process case " << i << "." << std::endl;
  }
 }
}

Output:
The enum has 2 cases.
Didn't process case 1.

A: Idea: Turn a switch into a bunch of if statements that record their presence in an array.
Preamble:
#define BIG_ENOUGH 50     // Just needs to be bigger than the maximum enum value

#define BEGIN_DETECTED_SWITCH(x) \
{ \
    vector<bool> __has(BIG_ENOUGH, false); \
    vector<bool> __saw(BIG_ENOUGH, false); \
    auto __x(x); \
    { ;    // Dummy open brace to be consumed by first DETECTED_CASE()

#define END_DETECTED_SWITCH \
    } \
    for (int i = 0; i < BIG_ENOUGH; ++i) { \
        if (__has[i] && !__saw[i]) { \
            cout << "Didn't see any " << i << "'s!\n"; \
        } \
    } \
}

#define DETECTED_CASE(x) \
    } \
    __has[x] = true; \
    if (__x == (x)) { \
        __saw[x] = true;

Now turn each switch statement into:
BEGIN_DETECTED_SWITCH(someEnumVal)
    DETECTED_CASE(First)
        // Code for first
    DETECTED_CASE(Second)
        // Code for second
    DETECTED_CASE(Third)
        // Code for Third
END_DETECTED_SWITCH

You could slightly generalise it by having END_DETECTED_SWITCH take a lambda parameter that gets called with every non-firing case, instead of hardcoding the "reaction".

A: If the number of lines of code per case is fixed (admittedly a hard constraint), the answer is yes !
Insert Begin= __LINE__; before the switch and End= __LINE__; after it. Anytime later, (End - Begin - Extra) / LinesPerCase gives you the answer :)

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package io.cdap.delta.store;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import io.cdap.cdap.api.dataset.lib.CloseableIterator;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.StructuredRow;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.StructuredTable;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.StructuredTableContext;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.TableNotFoundException;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.table.StructuredTableId;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.table.StructuredTableSpecification;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.table.field.Field;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.table.field.FieldType;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.table.field.Fields;
import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.table.field.Range;
import io.cdap.delta.proto.DeltaConfig;
import io.cdap.delta.proto.DraftRequest;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Stores pipeline drafts.
 */
public class DraftStore {
  private static final Gson GSON = new Gson();
  private static final StructuredTableId TABLE_ID = new StructuredTableId("delta_drafts");
  private static final String NAMESPACE_COL = "namespace";
  private static final String GENERATION_COL = "generation";
  private static final String LABEL_COL = "label";
  private static final String NAME_COL = "name";
  private static final String CREATED_COL = "created";
  private static final String UPDATED_COL = "updated";
  private static final String CONFIG_COL = "config";
  public static final StructuredTableSpecification TABLE_SPEC = new StructuredTableSpecification.Builder()
    .withId(TABLE_ID)
    .withFields(new FieldType(NAMESPACE_COL, FieldType.Type.STRING),
                new FieldType(GENERATION_COL, FieldType.Type.LONG),
                new FieldType(NAME_COL, FieldType.Type.STRING),
                new FieldType(LABEL_COL, FieldType.Type.STRING),
                new FieldType(CREATED_COL, FieldType.Type.LONG),
                new FieldType(UPDATED_COL, FieldType.Type.LONG),
                new FieldType(CONFIG_COL, FieldType.Type.BYTES))
    .withPrimaryKeys(NAMESPACE_COL, GENERATION_COL, NAME_COL)
    .build();

  private final StructuredTable table;

  private DraftStore(StructuredTable table) {
    this.table = table;
  }

  static DraftStore get(StructuredTableContext context) {
    try {
      StructuredTable table = context.getTable(TABLE_ID);
      return new DraftStore(table);
    } catch (TableNotFoundException e) {
      throw new IllegalStateException(String.format(
        "System table '%s' does not exist. Please check your system environment.", TABLE_ID.getName()), e);
    }
  }

  public List<Draft> listDrafts(Namespace namespace) throws IOException {
    List<Field<?>> prefix = new ArrayList<>(2);
    prefix.add(Fields.stringField(NAMESPACE_COL, namespace.getName()));
    prefix.add(Fields.longField(GENERATION_COL, namespace.getGeneration()));
    Range range = Range.singleton(prefix);
    List<Draft> results = new ArrayList<>();
    try (CloseableIterator<StructuredRow> rowIter = table.scan(range, Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
      while (rowIter.hasNext()) {
        results.add(fromRow(rowIter.next()));
      }
    }
    return results;
  }

  public Optional<Draft> getDraft(DraftId id) throws IOException {
    Optional<StructuredRow> row = table.read(getKey(id));
    return row.map(this::fromRow);
  }

  public void deleteDraft(DraftId id) throws IOException {
    table.delete(getKey(id));
  }

  public void writeDraft(DraftId id, DraftRequest draftRequest) throws IOException {
    Optional<Draft> existing = getDraft(id);
    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long createTime = existing.map(Draft::getCreatedTimeMillis).orElse(now);
    table.upsert(getRow(id, new Draft(id.getName(), draftRequest.getLabel(), draftRequest.getConfig(),
                                      createTime, now)));
  }

  private void addKeyFields(DraftId id, List<Field<?>> fields) {
    fields.add(Fields.stringField(NAMESPACE_COL, id.getNamespace().getName()));
    fields.add(Fields.longField(GENERATION_COL, id.getNamespace().getGeneration()));
    fields.add(Fields.stringField(NAME_COL, id.getName()));
  }

  private List<Field<?>> getKey(DraftId id) {
    List<Field<?>> keyFields = new ArrayList<>(3);
    addKeyFields(id, keyFields);
    return keyFields;
  }

  private List<Field<?>> getRow(DraftId id, Draft draft) {
    List<Field<?>> fields = new ArrayList<>(6);
    addKeyFields(id, fields);
    fields.add(Fields.stringField(LABEL_COL, draft.getLabel()));
    fields.add(Fields.longField(CREATED_COL, draft.getCreatedTimeMillis()));
    fields.add(Fields.longField(UPDATED_COL, draft.getUpdatedTimeMillis()));
    fields.add(Fields.bytesField(CONFIG_COL, GSON.toJson(draft.getConfig()).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
    return fields;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
  private Draft fromRow(StructuredRow row) {
    String label = row.getString(LABEL_COL);
    long createTime = row.getLong(CREATED_COL);
    long updateTime = row.getLong(UPDATED_COL);
    String configStr = new String(row.getBytes(CONFIG_COL), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    DeltaConfig config = GSON.fromJson(configStr, DeltaConfig.class);
    return new Draft(row.getString(NAME_COL), label, config, createTime, updateTime);
  }
}

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what if we told them it was marinated seitan?
A good weekend is not a weekend in which nothing bad happens. Tragedies large and small may be unfolding; in fact, they almost certainly are. The world is scary, as Claire has pointed out, all the times. The powerful are cruel and unaccountable, and the disempowered are not necessarily people you'd want to hang out with either. A good weekend is an act of will. It's flipping the bird to the Blue Angels when it sounds like they're about to land on your skylights.
On Friday Claire's ear got the all-clear, and the girls and I had lunch at Citizen Cake, and bought a brand new mattress at 75% off from a discount store. Claire behaved brilliantly through all of this, but when I took her to Holly Park and then the grocery store, she melted down three times in quick succession.
Weirdly and unnervingly, a random elderly passer-by tried to circumvent Claire's tantrum by poking her jovially in the leg. Claire, who has a very healthy sense of her own personal space, aimed a warning shot at the woman's sensitive parts.
"Well! That was aggressive," said the woman disapprovingly.
Saturday morning the three-year-olds and various hangers-on met up at the Randall, which Claire likes to call the Tarantula Museum. We got to pet a rat and a tortoise and a king snake.
"I think I want a snake," said Quinn.
I'm not feeling very empowered right now. I need to find a cure for various diseases including cancer and broker a Mideast peace accord and do something about North Korea and try to get the Republican pedophiles and war profiteers out of Congress and Senate, and I can't really do any of that; but by God I can enjoy San Francisco and my godless liberal friends. And I do.
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Sept / Oct 2016 Issue
"Place Part I"
Human Condition: Limbo in an Abandoned Hospital
by Hannah Harris Green and Morgan Green | Oct 3, 2016
Amir H. Fallah. The Costume Maker, 2016. Acrylic and collage on paper mounted to canvas,
3' x 4'. Courtesy of the artist.
Art galleries have a complex relationship with neighborhood identities. The appearance of a "white cube" space is a status symbol, but it also signals a process of transformation and displacement. More recently, the art world has been repurposing abandoned spaces, sometimes in up-and-coming neighborhoods, when they have outlived their original function but are yet to be destroyed. Human Condition, which opened this weekend in the out of-use Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center in West Adams, is no different. Curated by John Wolf, this sprawling exhibition of over eighty artists (many with their own whole-room installations) sits just south of the 10 freeway. The artists exhibited range from recent art school graduates to luminaries like Jenny Holzer and Robert Mapplethorpe. The press release touts the nascent "cultural renewal" in the neighborhood: "Years of neglect are now giving way to reinvestment in West Adams, which hosts much of the city's cherished architectural heritage and landmarks," it reads, citing the "many working artists," that recently moved there, as well as the "burgeoning art scene."
The hospital is the ultimate setting for a show that evokes an identity in limbo. It shut down three years ago in the wake of decay and fraud accusations. A sense of institutional erasure and neglect hangs heavy over the location, which has still not been scrubbed of all its disturbing smells and stains. A sink is stained with chunks of an iodine-colored substance; a lingering odor of formaldehyde permeates the second floor.
Jenny Holzer. What a shock when they tell you it won't hurt…, 1989
. Bethel white granite bench
. Text: Living (1980-82)
17 x 36 x 18 inches
. Edition AP (from an edition of 3 + 1 AP). Courtesy of the artist and Sprueth Magers.
As you enter the abandoned space, the stringent smells and hospital décor give you a whiff of the same sense of self-abandonment you may feel when entering a functioning hospital room, are given hospital clothes and perhaps sedatives. The three-dimensional works add to the sense that you are wandering through the manifestation of someone's mental limbo state—the mixture of anxiety and deliriousness that precedes the moment before you go under for a procedure.
On the first floor, Christopher Reynolds painted the hospital kitchen and cookware entirely in "prison pink," a color that is scientifically proven to reduce both aggression and appetite. Exposure to this color reduces the desire to express your anger, and your desire to eat, rendering you sedate and less emotionally human.
This room, which you're likely to encounter early in the show, is the foundation for a feeling of collective nausea and anonymity that will continue to build as you encounter a number of figures with obscured or even monstrous faces. One room contains Daniel Arsham's sculpture of a figure totally obscured with a viscous white drapery, save for one boot-shod leg. The work brings to mind a lost patient wandering, clouded in his own thoughts, or even a ghost.
Daniel Arsham. Standing Figure with Drip, 2011, Fiberglass, paint, joint compound, mannequin, fabric, and shoe
, 67 x 36 x 36 in. Courtesy of Moran Bondaroff.
The three-dimensional works add to the sense that you are wandering through the manifestation of someone's mental limbo state.
Amir H. Fallah's room offers some sense of refuge from the unsettling atmosphere that permeates the hospital, but it is also integrated into the continuous experience of this show. The room is arranged in a way that is reminiscent of a shrine, so you feel that you could be in the hospital chapel, or perhaps you've moved on from the hospital scenario to the next step—visiting the dead. The installation looks like a shrine, but instead of candles, there are cactuses, warmed by purple heat lamps. Instead of photographs commemorating the faces of the dead, there are paintings from Fallah's collected portraits, which identify people by their possessions rather than their faces. The subjects are obscured; they clutch memorabilia as tapestries and tablecloths cover their faces and bodies. This use of objects as a placeholder for human identity adds to the funeral feeling of the space.
Polly Borland. Bunny, 2008, Chromogenic Print, 13 x 19.7 in. Courtesy of the artist.
While the sculptural pieces are integrated into the hospital's ethos, the two-dimensional works take you out of it, reminding you that you are not in a dystopian hospital nightmare, but at an art show. This perceptual shifting adds another layer of confusion about the identity of the space. In his installation of works on paper, untitled (175 heads), Brendan Getz filled a small room floor-to-ceiling with a series of abstract faces, each with varying degrees of recognizable features. Some have eyes and noses while others have none, and perhaps are only recognizable as faces because they are positioned among other faces. Polly Borland's works eerily bridge the dimensional gap: in one room blobby leg sculptures made of stuffed nylon fall out of open lockers—toward photographs that obscure their human subjects with nylon masks.
Amir H. Fallah. Between Two Hands, 2016. Acrylic and colored pencil on paper mounted to canvas, 32" x 36″. Courtesy of the artist.
Other obscured faces abound on the hospital walls. Each is a window into an individual buried psyche: the images are collective in their expression of an in-between state, individual in the mode of that expression. Ross Chisholm's painting Marqise cha cha features a barely formed face, which appears to be illuminated from behind. A curved brush stroke almost resembles a smile. The figure is neither solid nor ethereal.—it could be the vapor of your own consciousness as you imagine yourself somewhere else.
…contextualizing constructed pieces among the residues of institution and disease has a kind of inverse effect.
Human Condition is an absorbing example of collective, experiential art. While white cube spaces can provide the context that transforms everyday objects into ready-made artworks, contextualizing constructed pieces among the residues of institution and disease has a kind of inverse effect. Unlike the blankness of a gallery, the tarnished space converses with, occasionally overshadows, and never glorifies the work. This shared context gives the show a sense of thematic collectivity that might have been less obvious in a more anonymous space; wandering through the exhibit, one has a continuous sense of a "crossing-over" between the human and the other-worldly, individual identity and obscurity, life and art.
Brendan Getz. untitled (175 heads), 2016. Watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Human Condition is on view October 1 through November 30, 2016 at the former Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center.
Hannah Harris Green and Morgan Green
Hannah Harris Green is an independent journalist, critic and audio producer. Follow her on twitter: @write_noise. Morgan Green is a visual artist earning her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She works at Women In Film, Los Angeles.
"Human Condition"
Amir H. Fallah
Brendan Getz
Christopher Reynolds
exhibition on view
Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center
Polly Borland
Ross Chisholm

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'There Is a Country to Build': Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani Gives an Exclusive Interview to TIME
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stands at his desk in the presidential palace in Kabul on May 11, 2017.
Andrew Quilty for TIME
By Nikhil Kumar
May 17, 2017 10:50 PM EDT
The war in Afghanistan is now America's longest and going from bad to worse. As of February, only about 60% of Afghanistan's 407 districts were reported to be under government control, with the authorities in Kabul still struggling to counter a dangerous Taliban insurgency that began after the extremist group's fall from power almost 16 years ago. The insurgency is expanding, and Afghanistan also faces threats from ISIS and other terror outfits. Some 13,000 NATO troops — among them about 8,400 U.S. soldiers — remain in the country. That number could rise, amid reports that an additional 3,000 to 5,000 U.S. troops may be heading to Afghanistan as the Trump administration weighs military proposals.
Against this backdrop, on May 11 TIME's South Asia bureau chief Nikhil Kumar sat down with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani in the presidential palace in Kabul to talk about the deteriorating security situation, the possible troop increase, Ghani's conversations with Donald Trump, the threat from ISIS and the prospects for a political settlement with the Taliban. Excerpts have been edited for clarity:
On Ghani's impression of Donald Trump, following two phone calls with the U.S. President
Trump began with Afghanistan's advantages, which was very impressive. The natural [mineral] wealth of the country was the first issue that we discussed. We were able to talk to each other very easily. [We had] a free-floating conversation. All the fundamental questions were asked by him. But the style is different, so you don't prepare half-an-hour briefings [for President Trump]. You need to be very sharp. It's a business model. Can you do the elevator pitch? Can you get your point across? And because of that I think we've built an excellent relationship.
On Trump bringing up Afghanistan's mineral wealth first, before the deteriorating security situation
It's the perception. The visual perspective is important: he saw a potentially wealthy country. Others immediately see chaos. We got to security almost immediately. But beginning there [with Afghanistan's mineral wealth], why is that important? Because he could see self-reliance … When we say we want sovereignty, can we provide the fiscal basis of it? And that fiscal base is our natural wealth. That is a fundamental issue.
… Our challenge is simultaneity. You cannot make the economy wait for security. You have to be able to do it … What is important about our people: they take a certain degree of insecurity as contextual, because of the last 40 years [of conflict]. If the conflict were new, like Iraq, it would be a completely different reaction, or Syria. Here, they take a certain degree of conflict — they hate it — but they understand it. But if they don't see you working on dams and livelihood and connectivity and others, they think you're not coming out of the vicious circle. When we completed the first dam — and it was with very generous help from India in Herat province — it was the first dam that was completed in 40 years. There were spontaneous celebrations across the whole country. Something was being realized. The thirst for standing on our own two feet is really very high.
On his message to U.S. taxpayers, and why they should continue paying for the war in Afghanistan almost 16 years after the fall of the Taliban
The most important thing, from their perspective: their security depends on us. If I am correct in saying that this is a war over Afghanistan, I would like the American taxpayer to imagine, [given] what Osama [bin Laden] alone could do … what if a third, a half, God forbid, or all of Afghanistan, is a center of global terrorism incorporated? The threats, given the way threats operate now, will become much more pronounced. Our cooperation on terrorism is based on mutual interest and that interest needs to be conveyed to the American public. They are not safe, but if this menace is not contained, none of us is going to be safe.
On the costs of the war in Afghanistan
The number of troops is one-tenth of what they were. The costs are one-tenth. They've been reduced by 90%. And the most significant thing: except in the counterterrorism arena, American soldiers are not fighting. We are fighting. Over 2,300 Americans lost their lives between 2001 and the end of 2014. Since then, it's under 50. Fifty is still too many. But this is where the dynamic has changed.
On recent reports about the possible deployment of an additional 3,000–5,000 U.S. troops, and whether the numbers proposed would be enough to improve the security situation in the country
Yes, because the core reason is that we need advice at the level of the division. At the corps command level we have advice, but it is at the division [level where Afghan forces need additional support].
On whether security can be restored without a more significant increase in costs and international troops
Security can be restored, yes. First of all, my relationship with both President Obama and President Trump is not to ask for things. President Obama called me on his last day in office and said the only person who never asked him for anything was me. And I do not get into the executive decision-making process of my partner countries. I don't go to the press; I don't make requests. Because it has to be interest-based, it has to be a factual and demonstrable set of propositions. The security transition [with the end of the NATO combat mission in 2014 and the departure of most foreign troops] is a done thing. There is no global appetite, there is no Afghan appetite, for a resumption of that scale of presence. We need to put this to rest because if there are questions regarding this, the consensus will break.
Second, what we need is precisely the way that the Resolute Support Mission [as the current NATO deployment is known] is defined and also it's in our bilateral security agreement: advise, train and assist. In these functions, the numbers that have been proposed are the right numbers. In 2001, we didn't have an army; we had remnants of a dissolved army that had no hope. Our generals had literally become busboys. Restoring this has been really important. But of course there are significant issues. For example there is corruption in the police. In the Ministry of Defense, I have retired over 150 generals in the last two years. They had done their service, they had served their country. But they were being extended beyond the law. So I have put a stop to this. Reorganizing our forces is critical to sustainability. We cannot shift the burden again.
On the growing threat from the Taliban and whether Afghan forces can hold back the insurgents without a significant surge in international troops
We can hold [them back], because, again, we need to see, 2015 [the year after the end of the NATO combat mission in Afghanistan] was a battle for survival. We did everything the Taliban, Pakistan and others were saying — we brought a massive reduction of security forces. But instead of coming to consensus over a political solution in Afghanistan, they accelerated the fight. So the Taliban and their backers have had two goals: one, to overthrow the government; second, to create two political geographies. They were able to take Kunduz momentarily. But except for that they have not been able to take a single major [provincial] capital.
[TIME: But the Taliban are at the gates again]
They are at the gates. We are not saying we are not in conflict — that would be illusionary. What I am saying is we are not about to collapse. We have been able both years [2015 and 2016] to contain immense onslaughts in a time when, because of Congressional sanctions against Russia, we had no airpower [with Western sanctions on Moscow preventing Afghanistan from securing spare parts for its aging Russian aircraft]. Our fleet? The only assistance that they could secure after knocking on the doors of over 50 countries was from India. Four helicopters that really were lifesavers. Now we expect … should the plan be approved by President Trump, a major overhaul of the Afghan air force, a doubling of our special forces, a reorganization to the level of the company and the division, that enables us [to get going]. So [what] we have been doing in 2015 and 2016 that is an extremely rare phenomenon: fighting and reforming at the same time. And the jury is out. But it has not been not for lack of effort.
On how much input his government has had in the Trump administration's review of America's Afghan policy
Input has been two-fold. We prepared a four year plan. It was completely driven by me, and by my colleagues, our national security council has agreed on it. Then we shared it … We have been very lucky. It's probably very rare in history to have so many top security officials be the friends of Afghanistan.
[TIME: In the US?]
In the U.S. General Votel [commander of U.S. Central Command], General Scapparatti [NATO's top military commander], General Dunford, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Thomas [Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command], and of course General McMaster as U.S. National Security Adviser, and Secretary Mattis, the former General Mattis, among the first people to have landed in Kandahar. So we know people who know us intimately. The conversation has been enormously productive.
On the dropping of the so-called Mother of All Bombs on ISIS fighters in eastern Afghanistan in April, a mission that Trump called "very successful" but which Ghani's envoy to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal, condemned as "reprehensible and counterproductive"
Our ambassador changed his mind, of course, because he had not been briefed properly. He's an honorable man, he submitted his resignation, I refused it. We have an attachment to every inch of this soil and when the land hurts, we really hurt. But the judgment came from the people. I had a very large gathering of the people in the six districts that were most affected. And their words really need to be taken into account. They said, "They call this the mother of the bombs; we want the father." Daesh [the Arabic term for ISIS) is truly a heinous phenomenon.
On what the bomb achieved
It destroyed a very significant group of Daesh leaders … They were attempting to use caves that had been dug up during the Soviet period, and then their attempt was on Tora Bora [the cave complex in eastern Afghanistan and former Taliban stronghold where Bin Laden fled in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2001]. Tora Bora was a symbolic thing. All of this has been put to an end.
On whether there had been any civilian casualties
No. Whenever there have been civilian casualties, the local people have come absolutely forward … I had all the leaders [visit], about 400 people, not a single person raised the question of civilian casualties.
On the threat from ISIS in Afghanistan
If al-Qaeda was version 2.0, [Daesh] is version 4.0. Daesh is not face-to-face. It is face to Facebook. This is a significant difference, because it combines old things, and now the lone wolf phenomenon is produced by ideology, the communication part of Daesh. I've put forward these three notions: the ecology, morphology and pathology of terror. Pathology by Daesh is distinctively to swallow its opponents, to frighten the population. In that regard, the threat is very real. The attempted recruitment is of a different standard, and the nature of the conflict that they propose is of a different order, so it needs to be taken seriously. And, if you look at Dabiq, their publication, they are asking all their followers not to go to Iraq and Syria and to go to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. And the movement is made possible by the same networks that make possible the flow of drugs, antiquities and bring oil and other things. Going after the financing and after the criminal economy now, I think, has become imperative.
On the numbers of ISIS fighters in the country
It would be guessing. I would say hundreds, not thousands. But hundreds that are lethal.
On whether Al-Qaeda is still active in Afghanistan
Yes. We've eliminated a number of key places and we've captured a lot of information. [But] it's not finished by any means.
On the controversial peace deal between the Afghan government and the former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose forces bombarded Kabul ruthlessly during the country's civil war in the 1990s. Critics say the pact, which paved the way for Hekmatyar's return to Kabul in early May, highlighted a culture of impunity in Afghanistan, with former warlords being allowed to escape accountability for their actions
Did the deal in Northern Ireland underline the culture of impunity? What are the two standards? How many Nazis were prosecuted after World War II, how many Vichy? Let us not impose two standards. If we are seeking peace, we need to have forgetfulness regarding the past.
[TIME: In his speech when he arrived in Kabul, Hekmatyar referred to the Taliban as brothers and said he would act as a mediator. Is that a position you endorse?]
The casualties that we suffer do not allow for luxury. Peace is not a luxury. Peace is a necessity… I'm spending 4-6 hours a day on security. This is an unnecessary imposition. They key issue is: can we change bullets to ballots? Bullets will flow and will kill. Can we shift the conflicts among us to the political arena? Our failure in the past has been a failure of politics.
[TIME: So is a political settlement possible with the Taliban?]
It depends on them.
[TIME: What are your red lines, when you say it depends on them?]
The red line is our constitution. The process we've followed with Mr Hekmatyar is enormously productive. Namely, it's done within the constitution, it's done through intra-Afghan dialogue, it's done in Kabul. It's done openly. There are no secret annexes, there are no secret understandings, it's a totally open phenomenon. Now, of course, when a person of his significance comes back, the political geometry changes. People adjust and readjust. But the criteria of the strength of the state is: can it absorb it? Can it provide the ground for dialogue?
On his government's contacts with the Taliban
We have open lines of communication with a lot of Taliban. They reach us. This in Afghan society, it's a connected society. But the discussions need to be principled and open.
On reports late last year of secret talks between his government and the Taliban in Qatar
Between buzz and discussions you need to differentiate. People reach out. There are a lot of honest brokers, or attempted honest brokers, that want to bring peace. We are not closing the door. But when we get to formal open discussions, that's when we have the breakthrough. And that's our insistence. It's not going to be under the table. It's going to be through the Afghan Peace Council [a government panel tasked with negotiating an end to the conflict] and through a properly constituted delegation, along the lines that we did it in Murree [the Pakistani hill resort where an earlier round of peace talks were held].
On the suggestion by General Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, that Russia was supplying arms to Taliban insurgents
The first issue is we need Russia to be part of the consensus for a stable Afghanistan. Second, our request to the Russians is that we do not become part of a global chess game, a tit-for-tat for other situations. Russia would lose and harm its own interests if it armed the Taliban or other groups.
[TIME: But do you think it is? Have you seen any evidence?]
I do not want to comment on this. We need engagement and we are going to be convening a regional meeting. A regional consensus is important for us. There was a spontaneous regional consensus in 2002, [and] there must be an active regional consensus now. We have made a lot of progress towards this. We have work to do with Russia and I hope that it will be productive.
On reports of Chinese troops operating in Afghan territory
There are no Chinese troops on Afghan soil.
On his message to President Trump about Pakistan, a country that Ghani has accused of waging an "undeclared war" on Afghanistan
A stable Pakistan is in our interests. A stable Afghanistan is in Pakistan's interests. We hope that the U.S. that has sacrificed so much in blood and treasure with us can help Pakistan normalize itself.
[TIME: And how do they do that?]
By showing that continuing to sponsor destabilizing forces … harms their own interests. Look, Pakistan amended its constitution, amended its Army Act, prepared a national action plan against terrorism. All this goes against the distinction between good and bad terrorists. There can be no such thing. This is a snake that will bite you.
On his remarks to the BBC last year that he had "no sympathy" for Afghan migrants fleeing the war-torn country
I've lived in exile for 24 years. I was never discriminated against. I went to the best schools, I taught at the best schools, I worked at the World Bank. I was given all my jobs on the phone. But I was very unhappy. I'm happy [now]. I have the hardest job in the world. I get a billion curses a day. But I'm happy. I was not talking about lack of sympathy. I was talking about love. I came back because my textbooks, my elementary school textbooks, compelled me to come. That was my message. It got distorted. Afghans are a networked society. When I go to Afghan villages, I ask two questions: how many of you have been abroad? How many of you have relatives abroad? Sixty percent of hands go up. In 1978, the answer to these two questions would probably have been zero point zero something. It needs to be looked at as an organized process. Who is underwriting this? People are spending $30,000 to $50,000 to migrate and lose their lives in the Mediterranean. That's the part I've no sympathy for — the smugglers. And it's also an appeal. When they go, when highly educated people go, and become manual laborers — it breaks my heart. There is a country to build here.
On the challenge of absorbing the recent surge in returning refugees from Pakistan, Iran and Europe. Last year, more than 600,00 returned from Pakistan alone, amid a breakdown in relations between the two countries
If we have half a loaf of bread, we will divide it with the returnees. But this will make Afghanistan whole. As long as we have refugees, we are not whole.
Those that have gone to Australia, to North America, to Europe — their second and third generation, we hope, will do what the Irish and the Indians and the Chinese have done… But the refugees that are in Iran and Pakistan, and some in Greece and others, have difficult conditions. And we need to be able to prepare. Again, it forces us to speed up certain parts of the economy.
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And you only go direct nonstop under tunnels. It is not interesting.
Soft seat on train from Danang to Hue is 90,000vnd/ pax. There are many times of train from Danang to Hue. But you should be at the train station early to buy ticket. Can't book before, so maybe if you came to the train station and it was full.
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However, this area of the Farnley & Wortley ward shows lower levels of residents that report their health as Good or Very Good (68%) than average, which is usually indicative of areas with older populations or areas of social deprivation.
Kitson Close and surrounding area has a larger than average concentration of residents have no qualifications - 45% of the resident population. On average, around 22.9% of census respondents fall in to this category.
This address within the Farnley & Wortley ward showed a higher than average concentration of retired residents - 20% of the resident population. On average, around 13.8% of census respondents were retired. While the UK has an aging population, less residents over 65 are choosing to retire than previously. Between the 2001 and 2011 census, the number of economically active 65-74 year olds almost doubled to 8.7% - an increase of some 413,000 people.
Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ is within the Leeds West policing neighbourhood, under the West Yorkshire Police force area. For non-urgent queries, contact 101. For emergency assistance, please contact 999. In February 2019, 113 crimes were reported within half a mile of LS12 4EQ.
Below are the details of the closest services to LS12 4EQ. All distances are straightline distances, please consult the map of the facility to check the exact location. You can also view these details on our interactive services map for LS12 4EQ.
Listed here are the 20 closest railway stations to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest railway station is Cottingley, approximately 1.5 miles away.
Listed here are the 10 closest primary schools to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest is Five Lanes Primary School, approximately 90 yards away.
Listed here are the 10 closest secondary schools to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest is Dixons Unity Academy, approximately 0.7 miles away.
Listed here are the 10 closest GPs (General Practitioners) to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest is Armley Medical Centre, approximately half a mile away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Listed here are the 10 closest dentists to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest is Whingate Dental Care, approximately 680 yards away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Listed here are the 10 closest hospitals to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest is Parkside Lodge, approximately 0.7 miles away.
Listed here are the 10 closest opticians to Kitson Close, Leeds, LS12 4EQ. The nearest is A Smith Opticians, approximately 650 yards away.


When we think of how hearing loss can impact our lives, we often look to the larger and more obvious things such as hearing conversation in noise or no longer hearing words correctly in an important budget meeting at work. But sometimes, it's the little things we love and often take for granted that end up being the most important and the most profoundly impacted by our hearing loss; the most benefited and enjoyed again with hearing aids.
New York native Gary Moore began to lose his hearing about 15 years ago. He attributes his moderate, high-frequency hearing loss to time spent around jet engines while in the military and said it affected his ability to hear well sometimes while serving as a judge. "I have tried many others and did not ever think that I would like hearing aids until I got yours. The saying, you get what you pay for certainly does apply," he said in a Facebook message. We caught up with Gary after reading his Facebook message to hear about his hearing experience!
SHT: What difficulties did your hearing loss cause and why?
GM: Many times I would pretend that I heard what was said because it was quite embarrassing to keep saying "What?" Many times, I would have to ask someone to repeat what they said.
SHT: When did you get fit with your Starkey hearing aids?
GM: I was fit with my In-The-Ear Starkey hearing aids around five years ago by the VA, but these weren't my first pair. I have tried many different hearing aids. I always thought I would never wear [the Starkey aids] because of my experience with cheaper models, but I could not believe the difference.
SHT: How do you like your hearing aids?
GM: I am very happy with my hearing aids. I wear them from morning when I get up to when I retire for the night. When I first started wearing the [hearing aids], I heard sounds that seemed very loud — it was a little strange to me. It took a couple weeks for my brain to get used to that, to adjust to the new sounds.
But I have to say, these hearing aids made life much more enjoyable, especially now that I can hear what my grandchildren are saying to me. I love the remote, good for all occasions. I love the mute button when things get too loud for me, and I am also able to control each ear, which is definitely a plus. For example, when I want to open the driver window, I mute the left one.
SHT: What is the most memorable moment with your new hearing aids?
GM: I think the most memorable moment was when I realized I could hear the birds outside again.
Want to share your own Starkey hearing aid or hearing loss story? Simply contact us here at blog@starkey.com!


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'Copyright 2019 Esri

'Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
'you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
'You may obtain a copy of the License at

'    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

'Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
'distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
'WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

'See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
'limitations under the License.
Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Geodatabase
Imports Timestamper.My.Resources

''' <summary>
''' A custom feature class description for use with the TimestampClassExtension. The properties return
''' nearly the same values as the FeatureClassDescription class, with the exception of the Name
''' ("Timestamped Class") and DefaultFields (returns three additional fields, Date fields for features'
''' creation and modification dates and a text field for a user name).
''' </summary>
<Guid("858e76eb-18b0-47e1-b69b-288541fe1c96")> _
<ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)> _
<ProgId("Timestamper.TimestampClassDescription")> _
<ComVisible(True)> _
Public Class TimestampClassDescription
	Implements IObjectClassDescription
	Implements IFeatureClassDescription

#Region "IObjectClassDescription Members"
	''' <summary>
	''' The alias of the described class.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property AliasName() As String Implements IObjectClassDescription.AliasName
		Get
			AliasName = String.Empty
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' The described class' extension UID.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property ClassExtensionCLSID() As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID Implements IObjectClassDescription.ClassExtensionCLSID
		Get
			' Return the UID of TimestampClassExtension.
			Dim uid As UID = New UIDClass()
			uid.Value = "{becd0269-32f2-4a21-9145-619a891e7862}"
			ClassExtensionCLSID = uid
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' The described class' instance UID.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property InstanceCLSID() As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.UID Implements IObjectClassDescription.InstanceCLSID
		Get
			' Return the UID of Feature.
			Dim uid As UID = New UIDClass()
			uid.Value = "{52353152-891A-11D0-BEC6-00805F7C4268}"
			InstanceCLSID = uid
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' The model name of the described class.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property ModelName() As String Implements IObjectClassDescription.ModelName
		Get
			ModelName = String.Empty
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' Indicates if the model name of the described class is unique.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property ModelNameUnique() As Boolean Implements IObjectClassDescription.ModelNameUnique
		Get
			ModelNameUnique = False
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' The name of the described class.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements IObjectClassDescription.Name
		Get
			Name = Resources.TimestampedClassName
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' The set of required fields for the described class.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property RequiredFields() As IFields Implements IObjectClassDescription.RequiredFields
		Get
			' Get the feature class required fields.
			Dim fcDescription As IFeatureClassDescription = New FeatureClassDescriptionClass()
			Dim ocDescription As IObjectClassDescription = CType(fcDescription, IObjectClassDescription)
			Dim fcRequiredFields As IFields = ocDescription.RequiredFields
			Dim fcRequiredFieldsEdit As IFieldsEdit = CType(fcRequiredFields, IFieldsEdit)

			' Add a created date field.
			Dim createdField As IField = New FieldClass()
			Dim createdFieldEdit As IFieldEdit = CType(createdField, IFieldEdit)
			createdFieldEdit.Name_2 = Resources.DefaultCreatedField
			createdFieldEdit.Required_2 = False
			createdFieldEdit.IsNullable_2 = True
			createdFieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDate
			fcRequiredFieldsEdit.AddField(createdField)

			' Add a modified date field.
			Dim modifiedField As IField = New FieldClass()
			Dim modifiedFieldEdit As IFieldEdit = CType(modifiedField, IFieldEdit)
			modifiedFieldEdit.Name_2 = Resources.DefaultModifiedField
			modifiedFieldEdit.Required_2 = False
			modifiedFieldEdit.IsNullable_2 = True
			modifiedFieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDate
			fcRequiredFieldsEdit.AddField(modifiedField)

			' Add a user text field.
			Dim userField As IField = New FieldClass()
			Dim userFieldEdit As IFieldEdit = CType(userField, IFieldEdit)
			userFieldEdit.Name_2 = Resources.DefaultUserField
			userFieldEdit.Required_2 = False
			userFieldEdit.IsNullable_2 = True
			userFieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeString
			userFieldEdit.Length_2 = 100
			fcRequiredFieldsEdit.AddField(userField)

			RequiredFields = fcRequiredFields
		End Get
	End Property
#End Region

#Region "IFeatureClassDescription Members"
	''' <summary>
	''' The esriFeatureType for the instances of the described class.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property FeatureType() As esriFeatureType Implements IFeatureClassDescription.FeatureType
		Get
			FeatureType = esriFeatureType.esriFTSimple
		End Get
	End Property

	''' <summary>
	''' The name of the described class' geometry field.
	''' </summary>
	Public ReadOnly Property ShapeFieldName() As String Implements IFeatureClassDescription.ShapeFieldName
		Get
			' Use the feature class default.
			Dim fcDescription As IFeatureClassDescription = New FeatureClassDescriptionClass()
			ShapeFieldName = fcDescription.ShapeFieldName
		End Get
	End Property
#End Region

#Region "COM Registration Function(s)"
	<ComRegisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
	Public Shared Sub RegisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
		Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
		GeoObjectClassDescriptions.Register(regKey)
	End Sub

	<ComUnregisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
	Public Shared Sub UnregisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
		Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
		GeoObjectClassDescriptions.Unregister(regKey)
	End Sub
#End Region
End Class


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Elasticsearch.Net;

namespace Nest
{

	public interface IIndicesOptionalPath<TParameters> : IRequest<TParameters>
		where TParameters : IRequestParameters, new()
	{
		IEnumerable<IndexNameMarker> Indices { get; set; }
	}

	internal static class IndicesOptionalPathRouteParameters
	{
		public static void SetRouteParameters<TParameters>(
			IIndicesOptionalPath<TParameters> path,
			IConnectionSettingsValues settings,
			ElasticsearchPathInfo<TParameters> pathInfo
			)
			where TParameters : IRequestParameters, new()
		{
			var index = path.Indices == null ? null : string.Join(",", path.Indices.Select(i => new ElasticInferrer(settings).IndexName(i)));
			pathInfo.Index = index;
		}
	}

	public abstract class IndicesOptionalPathBase<TParameters> : BasePathRequest<TParameters>, IIndicesOptionalPath<TParameters>
		where TParameters : IRequestParameters, new()
	{
		public IEnumerable<IndexNameMarker> Indices { get; set; }

		protected override void SetRouteParameters(
			IConnectionSettingsValues settings, ElasticsearchPathInfo<TParameters> pathInfo)
		{
			IndicesOptionalPathRouteParameters.SetRouteParameters(this, settings, pathInfo);
		}
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Provides a base for descriptors that need to describe a path in the form of
	/// <pre>
	///	/{indices}
	/// </pre>
	/// {indices} is optional
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class IndicesOptionalPathDescriptor<TDescriptor, TParameters>
		: BasePathDescriptor<TDescriptor, TParameters>, IIndicesOptionalPath<TParameters>
		where TDescriptor : IndicesOptionalPathDescriptor<TDescriptor, TParameters>, new()
		where TParameters : FluentRequestParameters<TParameters>, new()
	{

		private IIndicesOptionalPath<TParameters> Self { get { return this; } }

		IEnumerable<IndexNameMarker> IIndicesOptionalPath<TParameters>.Indices { get; set; }

		public TDescriptor Index(string index)
		{
			return this.Indices(index);
		}

		public TDescriptor Index<TAlternative>() where TAlternative : class
		{
			return this.Indices(typeof(TAlternative));
		}

		public TDescriptor Indices(params string[] indices)
		{
			Self.Indices = indices.Select(s=>(IndexNameMarker)s);
			return (TDescriptor)this;
		}

		public TDescriptor Indices(params Type[] indicesTypes)
		{
			Self.Indices = indicesTypes.Select(s=>(IndexNameMarker)s);
			return (TDescriptor)this;
		}

		protected override void SetRouteParameters(IConnectionSettingsValues settings, ElasticsearchPathInfo<TParameters> pathInfo)
		{
			IndicesOptionalPathRouteParameters.SetRouteParameters(this, settings, pathInfo);
		}

	}
}


Someone ought to help me..
N7710 and N6630 costs almost the same here in India..
I'm in a dilemma to pick one..
which one is d best??
__________________________________________i saw an annoucement somewhere saying that this phone works on 3g(WCDMA), does it? It is not stated in here though... some1 let me know pls.
Who said tht Nokia 7710 cannot support MP3 as ring tones..Place it in phone memory and u can see them in User profiles where u can use them as ringtones.I am using many MP3's as ringtones in my 7710..No need of any third party applications..
Thanks for ya info (in Zambia).I thought Nokia 7710 is a mp3 hp but y it cannot set mp3 as a ringtone?Do it need to install a certain software? Does Nokia 7710 can install software like Nokia 6600?
The audio quality in the headset(HS-3) which comes along with the phone is very bad.Please suggest some other headset (nokia or any other brand..)which will suit this phone where the audio quality in the headset is very good(loud and clear like sonyericsson K700).Awaiting tht someone will help me..thanks..
both has no IR, that makes communication 4 phone without bt & without pc suite to pc useless.i think 7710 gain in 1.it using symbian, can put as many symbian games & application with the being of mmc. 2.camera. 3.EDGE phone. 4.HTML with flash usefull while browsing. 5.screen size. 6.slightly better in batt life although its still an average standby time. While e680 gain in 1.3d surround, makes the fm radio also usefull. 2.ringtones can set to mp3,i cant see 7710 has mp3 ringtones, will have to install symbian mp3 app.
wih 7710 r little oversize & overweight,its trouble to put in pocket,esp while driving. Extra money for memory coz mmc more expensiv than sd card. about performance i never used these 2 b4,would has to ask the user.
So, which of these is better? Nokia 7710 or Motorola E680?...i need some suggestion.
Nokia 7710's speed is damn slow compare wit Motorola E680. guess its not really a perfect phone though.
anybody know if the settings for the web browser is compatible for tmobile in cali?
+ 13.gprs&wap. 14.sync to pc. 15.max weight 140g.
i saw an annoucement somewhere saying that this phone works on 3g(WCDMA), does it? It is not stated in here though... some1 let me know pls.
Here is a simple code to format your Nokia multimedia phones. This should work on 6600, 6260, 7710 and other models.
NOTE: Make sure you have enough power during the format, or else if the phone looses power in the middle, it may corrupt the whole RAM. So, be CAREFULL !!!!
Why did they canceled 7700 ? It look much better.
Ok, I'm debating between this phone and the imate jam...someone said the imate has only 30% of what this phone has. Can you somehow elaborate on this because I don't see how that could be unless they're really useless gimmick features. Also, I keep hearing such conflicting reports about thise phone. Some people say everything works like a charm while others say nothing works. I really need a solid answer before I decide what to get. Thanks for any help!


So, I started Saturday morning at 7am taking all the STUFF out to paint the room. It has been six years since we moved into this house and he was only two when we moved in. I decided it was time for a bigger boy color in his room and a SERIOUS declutter to help him keep up with what he has. Third grade is more homework and more activities. I want a better handle on this situation!
The color we chose was Valspar Gravity from Lowe's . It is a gorgeous gray with complete depth( it is stunning). It was the PERFECT color...until it was not! In the can it was perfect, on one wall it was perfect but when the whole room was painted, it had a purple hue. I will not say who cried but I will say I had painted the whole room. I took some deep breaths and asked Adam if he wanted to go pick out another color. He was very sweet and said no since he knew I had done so much work. After some reassuring that it was okay, he said he would just go to look.
It can be very overwhelming to an adult to look at colors. To a child, I cannot imagine how hard it would be! We grabbed some blues and then took a break in the garden center to look at what was chosen. Oatlands Dainty Blue was the winner! Here are the two dried in paint sticks. They look so much lighter than on the walls.
The next coat I enlisted the help from the kids!
The color is FANTASTIC! Adam is happy without reservation! I will post more updates as we progress.
I had three boys. The cleaning the rooms looks familiar! Suddenly no energy/no ability to make a decision/and mom doing the most (all) the work. The best thing we ever did was buy a house with their rooms and bathroom upstairs. Our bedroom and all public rooms were downstairs. That way I could mentally prepare myself to brave the mess. We redid each boy's room when they hit middle school. After cleaning/sorting/organizing, each boy was on his own. Let's just say the floor was rarely if ever seen.
Love the blue color and we too had a blue/gray color turn purple in certain light.
The color he chose was a good choice too. We painted two small bedrooms a gray also put when it was on looked more light blue. No one is at home anty more to not like it so I left it.
The room is awesome!!! The white trim is the stunning accent it needs (but you knew that!! LOL!).
Oh, the grief of paint color gone wrong! Our just-painted garage doors came out orangey and need a redo. But you totally nailed it on the blue - it looks fabulous! Can't wait to see the reveal.
I love this paint too. I had to match a ceiling white after fixing a roof leak, and it matched exactly and goes on great. Don't feel so bad about getting the color wrong, I had rag rolled my daughter's room and then put a glaze on it when 3 years later the pink was too "young" for her. Had to repaint it a very pretty pastel green but first had to sand down on the walls to roughen up the prior glazing!
Grey is the toughest color to find for walls. When I did my bathroom grey, I got samples of 4 different colors and painted test splotches on the walls. Even with that, the grey I got has a blueish hue! I have embraced it though and just put blue accents in there and act like it was on purpose. Poor kid getting a purple room!! The blue looks fantastic.


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Geraint Thomas would 'love' to lead Team Sky at Tour de France if Chris Froome doesn't race
April 6, 2018, 10:27 a.m. by Alex Bowden on road.cc
"I'll have a couple more years stage racing and go back into a full-blown classics season hopefully"
'Giro E': Giro d'Italia goes e-bike
April 16, 2018, 9:56 a.m. on Cycling Central
Four in five police forces back British Cycling's 'Stop - Cycle Race' signs
March 12, 2018, 12:37 p.m. on road.cc
Ewan: 'No other race I've dreamt of winning'
July 18, 2019, 6:17 a.m. on Cycling Central
Rapha launches 'oil slick' Crit clothing range with iridescent design
June 5, 2018, 11 a.m. on road.cc
The bikes of the 2018 Tour de France — who's riding what in the world's biggest race
July 11, 2018, 7 a.m. on road.cc
Veranda's Willems-Crelan lead minute's silence for Michael Goolaerts
April 11, 2018, 6:22 p.m. on road.cc
Giro d'Italia Stage 14: Movistar's Richard Carapaz wins and takes race lead
May 25, 2019, 3:32 p.m. on road.cc
2018 WorldTour race bikes - The complete list of this year's race bikes
"I don't think it's hit me yet" - Phil Lig,gett back on the mic at the Tour Down Under, talks ...
Jan. 10, 2019, 12:30 p.m. on road.cc
"I don't think it's hit me yet" - Phil Liggett, back on the mic at the Tour Down Under, opens ...


Activity Bucket-Share your activitiesHow to make an Elephant Paper Plate?
How to make an Elephant Paper Plate?
You ask any child to name an animal from the jungle; an elephant would be one of their most favorite names. Elephants are really cute despite being one of the giant animals, especially a baby elephant. Elephants are known to be gentle by nature and are herbivorous. An elephant toy is mostly loved by kids be it a stuffed toy or any other toy. So here we are telling you about a creative craft where you can make a rocking elephant out of a paper plate. Creative art is always helpful. The kids remain busy and learn a new thing and also if we are making a toy, they get an additional toy to play with and that too made by them. This gives them a different sense of satisfaction and achievement at the same time. Elephant paper plate crafts are really popular among kids and here we turn our paper plate into a cute little elephant. This sure is one simple activity that can be done using beautiful colors and the outcome is really amazing.
Step Two– Trace the outline of an elephant on one side of the paper plate.
Step Three– Make the color Grey by mixing different colors children love doing this especially.
Step Five– Paste the Trunk And The Ears.
Step six– Now Color the elephant. You can also decorate the elephant using different colors which could be one of the festive looks.
Step seven– Now cut out the shape of an elephant as traced and leave the top part intact.
Step Eight– Carefully cut the part of the paper plate between the legs of the elephant leaving roughly 0.5" of the paper plate that connects the leg to make a runner.
Step nine– You can paste a gem in floral shape to give a decorative look to the elephant.
Final outcome – And here your rocking elephant is ready.
As a creative art instructor, It is always fun to do such open end projects based on art which will give the children a wonderful learning experience along with a tint of creativity. While teaching such creative things to kids one on one you get to learn and follow their creativity which can sometimes lead to a very attractive and different outcome from the one you had really imagined. Most kids love playing with the colors and mixing the colors is one of their favorite activities. Also in case of this paper elephant craft decorating the animal is another favorite part of the whole project that the kids would love. While you do this fun activity you will sure have some wonderful experience with your little ones.
Dizziness and trembling? It could be hypoglycaemia!
Why Use an Online Florist for Flower Delivery?


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Home » Business » Finance
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial enters Malaysian market
Source: Xinhua | 15:51 UTC+8 May 22, 2017 | Online Edition
ANT Financial, the affiliate financial service of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba, entered partnership with 7-Eleven Malaysia on Monday by officially launching the Alipay cashless payment service in over 2,100 stores in Malaysia.
The payment service, facilitated by local third party payment platform MOL Accessportal, mainly targets tourists from the Chinese mainland, the number of which exceeded 2.1 million in 2016.
The Malaysian government is expecting to receive more than 3 million arrivals from China this year.
The partnership came after Alibaba group in March announced a plan to set up an e-commerce hub in Malaysia encompassing logistics, cloud-computing and e-financial services to boost trade and e-commerce in the region, part of the collaboration between Alibaba and the Malaysian government in the development of a Digital Free Trade Zone in Malaysia.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, while attending the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing earlier this month, also paid a visit to the headquarters of Alibaba group.
Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, founder of Malaysia's Berjaya Group and majority shareholder of 7-Eleven Malaysia and MOL Global, Inc., the parent company of MOL Accessportal, said the partnership is a win-win solution for Ant Financial and 7-Eleven, as well as for China and Malaysia.
Tan also pledged to bring Alipay to more businesses and retailer shops under the Berjaya group, including Starbucks, Kenny Rogers, Cosway, Radioshack as well as Berjaya hotels and resorts.
The entry of Alipay to Malaysia will be quite challenging for local Malaysian payment service providers, said Tan, adding it is not a bad idea though, in that someday perhaps Malaysian people can also use Alipay when they go to China.
Douglas Feagin, senior vice president of International Business at Ant Financial, when asked about Alipay's plan to reach local Malaysian customers, said Ant Financial will focus in the first place on serving the Alipay customers as they come to Malaysia, and a local solution comes a little bit later.
He declined to give a user projection for the Malaysian market, but noted that half a billion people in China now are Alipay users.


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Lincolnshire's role in seven of the most incredible wartime air raids
There was plenty of derring-do
Paul WhitelamSenior reporter
A replica DH2 biplane (Image: Lincolnshire Echo)
From biplanes fighting huge German airships to pilots remotely flying drones with deadly effect, Lincolnshire has long been at the forefront of military action.
Here, we take a look at some of the county's most remarkable missions...
Air aces took on U-boats and Zeppelin airships in the First World War
The first military airfield in Lincolnshire was Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Killingholme, which opened in the summer of 1914, and its aircraft were involved in protecting shipping from U-boat attacks.
Meanwhile, the Royal Flying Corps' job was home defence and together with the RNAS they took on the German's mighty Zeppelin air ships that were bombing ports and factories, resulting in the deaths of troops and civilians.
Pilot training for the Western Front also took place in Lincolnshire. By the end of the war, Lincolnshire had 37 military airfields.
The county's geography, in particular the Lincoln Cliff and the Wolds, gave extra lift to the aircraft taking off at the time.
And in Civvy Street, 5,000 aircraft were produced for the war effort at the engineering works of Clayton & Shuttleworth, Ruston & Proctor and Robey & Co, in Lincoln.
By the armistice in November 1918 the British had dropped 5,500 tons of bombs and destroyed 2,953 enemy aircraft.
By the end of hostilities the RAF was the biggest air force in the world with 300,000 officers and airmen, 25,000 members of the Women's Royal Air Force and more than 20,000 aircraft.
Zeppelins attacked ports and towns during WW1
German airships dropped bombs on Lincolnshire largely as a result of poor navigation.
They used Hull and the Wash as the gateway to the industrial East Midlands and initially, air defences could not touch them.
Normal ammunition was unable to break through both the skin of the balloon and the many bags inside which contained hydrogen.
Breaking the skin required a combination of incendiary devices and explosive ammunition. Once the skin was penetrated through to the hydrogen, they were highly combustible.
The first airship was brought down by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson on the night of September 2/3 1916, flying a B.E.2c biplane built at Ruston, Proctor & Co in Lincoln.
Using explosive bullets, he was able to tear large holes in the airship's skin and the incendiary bullets then set fire to the hydrogen in the gas bags.
Robinson was awarded the Victoria Cross 48 hours after bringing down the airship over Herefordshire and became a hero overnight.
He had been posted at Hornchurch as part of the London Defences which specialised in night flying against German airships.
Robinson was shot down by the Germans on the Western Front in France on April 5, 1917 and spent the rest of the war as a POW.
He was famous as the zeppelin destroyer and treated badly in the jails.
He returned to Britain after the war and fell ill with the flu and died on December 31, 1918 aged 23.
The 1,000 bomber raids
Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, who led Bomber Command, ordered a series of raids involving 1,000 bombers at a time.
The first one took place over Cologne in Germany on the night of May 30/31.
Flying Officer Leslie Manser of No 50 squadron, based at RAF Skellingthorpe, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on that raid.
His Manchester bomber was repeatedly hit by flak after successfully bombing the target.
Flying Officer Leslie Manser who won the Victoria Cross
He stayed at the controls, refused a parachute and ordered his crew to bail out over Belgium.
He was just 20.
A total of 41 aircraft were lost during that mission which caused mass devastation to the German city.
The Dambusters
The now famous 617 Squadron's was specifically formed for the daring dams raid over Germany in May 1943.
Guy Gibson was tasked with hastily assembling and training a crack unit of 133 airmen to fly really low above water at night and drop Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb at the walls of dams in the industrial Ruhr valley.
Guy Gibson (Image: PA)
The Mohne and the Edersee dams were breached, causing widespread flooding, but the Sorpe dam only suffered minor damage.
Of the 133 airmen who flew on the raid, just 80 survived, of whom three were captured by the Germans and there were also many civilian casualties.
The raid on May 16/17, 1943 earned Gibson the Victoria Cross, and a total of 34 gallantry medals were awarded to those who took part.
The sinking of the Tirpitz
RAF Woodhall Spa became home to 617 Squadron after Scampton and the unit pioneered the use of Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs.
Bomber aircraft from Woodhall Spa and Bardney sank the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway with 12,000lb Tallboy bombs in November 1944, ending its reign of terror over Allied shipping.
The Tirpitz
Thirty Lancasters from 9 and 617 Squadrons carried out the raid and at least two 12,000lb Tallboy bombs hit the target, sending the ship to a watery grave.
Both squadrons claimed it was their bombs that sank the Tirpitz - but officially it was a Tallboy bomb dropped by Dougie Tweddle's 9 Squadron Lancaster.
The mission involved the aircraft flying from Scotland up to Norway at 1,000 ft to avoid detection.
They met at a lake 100 miles from Tromso and climbed to 12,000 and 16,000, spotted the battleship and commenced the attack.
The longest Lancaster flight of the Second World War
Harry Parkins, from Washingborough, and his 630 Squadron crew from RAF East Kirkby completed the longest Lancaster mission of the war.
This was a 2,000-plus mile, 10-hour-25-minute trip to bomb Munich via the French Alps and into Italy to trick the Germans into thinking there was a different target.
Harry in his military days
He and his mates were due seven days' leave on their return.
Because of the distance travelled, the plan was to land in southern England on the way back, which would mean missing a day's holiday.
So Mr Parkins, who was responsible for fuel calculations, worked out they could just make it back to Lincolnshire and enjoy an entire week off.
RAF veteran Harry Parkins
He told the Lincolnshire Echo in 2015: "We did made it back to East Kirkby but at the end of the runway, the engines stopped and we had to be towed in.
"The top brass got wind of what had happened and I was about to be put on a charge.
"Then another senior officer heard of our mission and we were sent on our way."
The Vulcan bombers finally saw action in the Falklands Conflict of 1982
The famous 'Black Buck' raids on the Falklands, planned at RAF Waddington using Vulcan B.2 bombers that had first entered service in 1960, saw the development of air to air refueling techniques.
Vulcan XM607, the first plane to drop its bombs on Port Stanley airstrip during the longest ever bombing mission, can be viewed at the base from the Waddington Aviation Viewing Experience (WAVE).
XM607 - the famous Vulcan of the Black Buck raids
Covering 6,800 nautical miles and 16 hours of flying from Ascension Island and back again, the raids were the longest-ranged ever at that time.
RAF Waddington drones used in 'secret war' against ISIS troops in Iraq
RAF Waddington is all about eyes in the sky. Surveillance and intelligence-gathering aircraft are based there, as well as the pilots who remotely control the reaper drones which fly in foreign lands thousands of miles away.
In July 2020 the Daily Mail reported that an unmanned 'reaper' drone controlled from the military base off the A15 struck an IS bunker in Northern Iraq using a laser guided bomb.
A Reaper drone
A number of different operations were carried out between April and May and these have reportedly led to the deaths of at least 100 ISIS fighters, including some British jihadis.
Sources said SAS snipers had been tracking terrorists in the region for months in the remote highlands in a "secret war".
A defence source said: "The regiment has been having a field day. It's been hard soldiering in tough conditions, very hot and mountainous, and Islamic State fights to the death.
"Around 100 militants have been eliminated. There was a major battle every few days in May followed by some big clashes in June too.
"The RAF's bombing has been very accurate with no civilian casualties and there have definitely been British jihadis among the deceased.
"They've been identified during the battle in communications intercepts and afterwards from ID cards and by DNA.
"It is imperative that IS doesn't get a foothold in the region again."
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