The School of Modern Languages and Cultures (SMLC) embraces the subject areas of Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian/Slavonic Languages, Spanish, Translation Studies, and English for Academic Study.
The School seeks to foster a culture of excellence in research in each area of its activities, thereby fomenting an intellectual climate in which learning and teaching of the highest quality can be delivered. In doing so the School aims to participate fully in the University of Glasgow's mission which is to play a leading role in the intellectual, professional, commercial and cultural life of the local, national, and international communities to which it belongs and with which it interacts.
The School has around 50 members of academic staff teaching and researching (some of whom are native speakers) and is backed by native language teachers in all subject areas. Degree courses at Honours level are offered in Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, often in combination with other subjects and, together with Czech, Polish, Mandarin and Catalan, as single courses within another degree. There are taught postgraduate courses in Comparative Literature, Translation Studies and TESOL (jointly with the School of Education).
English for Academic Study offers a range of courses to support students' development of English language skills within an academic environment. Short courses in foreign languages are also available to support students intending to spend time abroad as part of their degree in another subject, or for other specific purposes.
All staff are located in the recently refurbished Hetherington Building in Bute Gardens. Student facilities in the building include a well stocked audio-visual library, computer cluster and student common room.
The School's teaching is supported by the excellent and varied resources in the dedicated language library which is situated on the ground floor of the Hetherington Building.
The Language Resource Library provides a range of resources, in a variety of formats, to support learners of all levels and abilities.
Along with print based resources, often in collaboration with CDs and DVDs to enhance the learning experience, the LRL contains an extensive film and documentary collection in a wide variety of languages. The Czech DVD collection, one of the largest in Europe, is of particular note along with a continually growing French DVD collection of almost 700 titles.
In conjunction with foreign languages the Library also supports the teaching and learning of English for Academic Study (EAS). A comprehensive selection of IELTS material is incorporated into the English section for use by both internal and external Library members.
Students can access the Library Viewing Room offering satellite viewing of overseas TV channels and DVD and VHS players along with student computers.
Recently installed, a state-of-the-art screening room provides small classes a self-contained area for film viewing and discussion.
Some 10,000 items are currently available in 60+ languages at levels from beginner to advanced. Basic language skills such as: listening, pronunciation and speaking are catered for along with languages for specific purposes such as telephone French, languages for specific professions such as law, commerce, medicine and engineering.
A warm welcome to the Winter 2018 issue of the SMLC newsletter from Professor Vicente Perez de Leon, Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
Congratulations to Professor Michael Syrotinski of French, one of the very few scholars selected to be accepted to the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe) this year.


Aron Mushaukwa KATIMA MULILO – African ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe have called on African countries to work together as one in order to strengthen the unity of Africa. They made these remarks during a courtesy call to Zambezi regional governor Lawrence Sampofu last week. "For Africa to rise, its people have to work as one, in each country we have to strengthen unity and then unity between African countries," the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mawampanga Mwana Nanga, who was heading the delegation, told New Era. The African continent, he said, can only rise if "we fulfil the dream of our founding fathers who wanted it to be a United States of Africa. We have to pick it from where they left to continue that journey". The 10 ambassadors out of 19 accredited to Zimbabwe who visited Namibia were from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Saharawi, Angola, Botswana, Republic of Sudan and DRC. "We as African ambassadors, our country is the entire continent… and we want our youth to also take that example - to know that there are more opportunities in the continent than whatever changeless they are facing where they are seating right now," said Mwana Nanga. He also stated that as a step in the right direction in promoting unity in Africa, there should be free movements particularly among neighbour states. "What it takes is for each country to negotiate on a bilateral level when the joint commission meet. Zambia – Namibia, Angola – Namibia, Angola – DRC and DRC – Zimbabwe lifted the Visa," he said.


Left for the city to make my fortune and fame.
There'll soon be lots of bread and chicken frying.
No more pickin' coal, across that track.
You won't have to work for the company store.
Valerie MacDonald (nee Ruddick) is the daughter of Springhill's famous singing miner, Maurice Ruddick, who miraculously survived the 1958 Springhill disaster. Valerie, along with two other sisters, used to sing and tour with him as the Minerettes, and later five other siblings performed with him as the Harmony Babes. Valerie later wrote the song "No More Pickin' Coal" in memory of a childhood spent in poverty after the disaster. Work was hard to come by and the relief funds allotted after the disaster were inadequate to support Ruddick and his family. Now living in New Brunswick, Valerie MacDonald has long participated in the local music scene, and she performed at the commemorative Springhill 50th anniversary event in 2008.
Leeder, John. 1989. No More Pickin' Coal. Canadian Folk Music Bulletin 23(4):12-13.


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Limp Guitarist Ponders Side Project, Acting
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Apparently, putting together one of this year's most hotly awaited rock albums isn't enough for Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland.
As frontman Fred Durst lays down vocals in a Los Angeles studio for Limp's upcoming album, Borland is trying to decide which direction to take his career next year. While at the Hollywood premiere of "Mission: Impossible 2" last week, the guitarist revealed that he's either looking to act or go out on tour with his side-project, Big Dumb Face.
"It's kind of like Ween. It's kind of up the stupid music," Borland told MTV News of the side project. "It's comedy music. It's not really even close to Limp Bizkit. It's completely the opposite side of the spectrum." [RealVideo]
Come January, Borland plans to either hit the road with Big Dumb Face or act in one or both of Durst's impending films, titled "Nature's Cure" and "Runts."
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Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
On November 9, 1989 the East Germany's Communist rulers opened the Berlin Wall as the aftermath of Perestroika and Glasnost and also by the continuous pressure of the Easter German Public. The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who played a key role in this historic event got a hero's welcome yesterday.
I still recall some events relating to the Berlin Wall that took place when I was a medical student. When the time I crossed the Berlin Wall in 1988 to enter the West Berlin I had a gut feeling that this wall would not last forever. Being a non White and not look like a German I had no problems with the East German border guards. They allowed me to cross the Wall. But Vethalik who was from Riga had a little trouble and the East German Authorities triple checked his documents in order to make sure that he was not an East German in disguise. But eventually Vethalik was released.
Many East Germans whom I have met at that time were eager to cross the Berlin Wall and go to the West Germany. I specifically remember the words of a young East German whose name was Heinrich. He was so fascinated by the musical show conducted by David Bowie near the Berlin Wall West side. He said to me "my dream is to go to cross the Wall some day and start a new life in West Germany " Although he had thought that there was a heaven in the Western part we knew the mental picture he had was not hundred percent accurate.
The Berlin Wall was erected in the night of August 13, 1961. This decision was made by the Communist parties of the German Democratic Republic (GDR ) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union met in Moscow and they decided to close the open border between East and West Berlin. The wall separated many families. Dispute the restrictions many people fled the Eastern part and entered the West. Then the GDR took stern measures. They built a concrete wall which earned the name Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was officially referred to as the "Anti Fascist Protection Wall" by the GDR.
The total border length around West Berlin was 155 km . There were 302 watch towers and 20 bunkers. Nearly 192 persons were killed on the Berlin Wall when they tried to defect to the West side. In 1953 East Berliners rised up against the totalitarian system but the uprising was crushed with the help of Moscow. In 1955, the USSR declared that the GDR was fully sovereign. However the Red Army troops remained in East German territory, based on the four-power Potsdam Agreement .
The German Democratic Republic, which had been founded on 7 October 1949. Many Germans who opposed Hitler's NAZI policies supported the new regime. The were willing to develop GDR in an anti-fascist model. But strict censorship alienated the people and the regime. GDR became another totalitarian sate. The East German secret service also known as STASI controlled the people with an iron fist even interfering in their private lives. STASI recruited a large number of agents and some calculations have concluded that in East Germany there was one informer to every seven citizens.
One should not forget that there was a positive side of East Germany as well. In the GDR everyone had a legally guaranteed security of tenure and ownership to the properties where they lived. The unemployment rate was low and free education and health care was guaranteed. GDR achieved many victories in international sports. But East Germans may have valued freedom as an utmost valuable component in their lives. Therefore during the Wall's existence there were around 5,000 successful escapes to West Berlin.
In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987 Ronald Regan said to Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall that stood an obstacle to the human freedom. The disintegration of the wall brought with it the freedom to travel the world and, for some, more material wealth, but it also brought social breakdown, widespread unemployment and social insecurity. Berlin Wall taught us a lesson . Freedom is not cheep. Its expensive.
Ajith Dharma December 14, 2017 at 3:53 PM
Lot of memories. I heard Most people lives in Leipzig area wanted Eastern system back. Lot of factories closed etc and western German companies cheated them. But almost of them in unison hate Stazi.
We always went to East berlin to have a better meal when we changed the marks to east german currency.
Thattayage Kolama December 14, 2017 at 10:58 PM
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Psychology of Meditation
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The Atrocities Committed Against Humanity
අරක්කු බීම
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Suicide Bombers of LTTE and Posttraumatic Phenomen...
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The Psychology of Nazism
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The Brooklyn Bridge
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මගේ කවිය
A street walker
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He sat there for a second before responding.
Manigan is the Founder and CEO of GAMEPLAN an app designed to serve students in the digital space. He started forming the ideas for GAMEPLAN in 2006. He was teaching 11th grade history in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Manigan understood that lack of direction.
Now, as the teacher in this high school classroom, the former Defensive Tackle was thinking of a whole new game plan – this time to give students that much-needed direction.
At this point in cultural time, Facebook was a fresh, new platform – gaining traction quickly. That got Manigan thinking: Why not build a digital place for academics, so that college recruiting relationship (whether it be academic or athletic) can start through this platform versus where it typically starts – when a student registers to take the SAT.
"GAMEPLAN is about giving students a purpose and a path," Manigan notes.
Manigan is part entrepreneur, part politician.
Before teaching, he interned on Capitol Hill. After teaching, he returned to politics – working for several years on the congressional staff in the district in Fayetteville. He then served as Outreach Director, taking on speaking engagements across ten counties from Fayetteville to Charlotte for Larry Kissell, U.S. Representative for North Carolina's eighth congressional district.
And Manigan, who is a husband and father of three, is pulling out all the stops to get what needs to get done, done.
He's been working on GAMEPLAN for over 10 years now. He's been through several different, small incubation-type environments, he's pitched in competitions for funding, he's talked to hundreds of people. And he's heard a lot of 'no'.
He's been plowing through a 2.5 year campaign, focusing on bringing GAMEPLAN to Charlotte. And things are starting to happen. Co-Founder Armah Shiancoe joined the team early this year. The City of Charlotte is managing their youth population on the GAMEPLAN platform. Communities in Schools and Profound Gentlemen are piloting a program on the platform; they will start using GAMEPLAN to host mentor-mentee relationships.
One thing that's helped Manigan stay balanced through the trilogy – Hygge.
He continues to gush, talking up Hygge's light atmosphere, the ability to duck into a corner and get work done, and the budget-friendly membership fee. He wasn't getting that other places.
He shares another funny story from another coffee shop.
Although Manigan is starting to experience GAMEPLAN's growth, he keeps it real.
Again, that big, bright smile breaks across his face.


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MSU-Meridian reports 14 percent enrollment increase for fall
MERIDIAN, Miss.—Mississippi State University Meridian officials are excited over their 2018 fall enrollment number of 595 students, which represents a 14 percent increase compared to fall 2017.
"The growth in our undergraduate students," said Terry Dale Cruse, administrative director and head of campus, "can be largely attributed to our Partnership Pathway agreements with our four community college partners Meridian Community College, East Central Community College, East Mississippi Community College and Jones College. Additionally, we have significant growth in the number of blended courses we offer which increase flexibility for our students by combining face-to-face and online delivery," he added.
MSU-Meridian's graduate student enrollment is at a six-year high at 133 students, a 56 percent increase compared to fall 2017 numbers. Thirty-three of the graduate students are enrolled in the new Professional Master of Business Administration degree launched this past summer.
"Our Professional MBA program has attracted many successful working professionals from the east Mississippi and west Alabama region in multiple industries such as health care, banking, manufacturing, sales and marketing, public policy and gaming," said William Hill, head of the Division of Business at MSU-Meridian. "We believe our Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) waiver as well as the flexible teaching platforms (face-to-face and online), and the ability to enroll any semester of the year, have played a huge part in attracting such high caliber students to the program, added Hill.
The regional campus also partnered with Meridian Public School District and the Phil Hardin Foundation to offer alternate route teacher certification to people who hold a bachelor's degree but not a teacher license.
"The teacher shortage has reached a critical point in the state of Mississippi, as fewer and fewer graduates are going into the field of education initially," said Kim Hall, head of the Division of Education at MSU-Meridian. "This program allows for individuals who have earned a bachelor's degree in another major to come back to school and earn a teaching license. While there are numerous areas that account for the teacher shortage, barriers to obtaining the degree are among the top. This partnership eliminates part of that barrier by providing educational coursework free of charge to individuals interested in teaching middle or high school for Meridian Public School District," she added.
The campus also has seen an increase in the number of elementary education majors at MSU-Meridian, which has doubled since 2015. Hall credits the implementation of the Professional Advancement Network for Teacher Assistants initiative which helps teacher assistants complete the educational requirements to become licensed teachers, as well as the modification of the program to 100 percent blended delivery.
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MSU-Meridian serves primarily east central Mississippi and west Alabama. Learn more at www.meridian.msstate.edu.


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For me, any journey, whether it has been education or family-based has been about challenging the concept of truth. My findings have been that we as beings are always learning and that really there is no absolute truth. Our job, in my opinion, whether it be familial, personal or educational is about continuing to challenge ourselves.
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This journey of the self, is what I think is the backbone of sikhism. Selflessly giving back and recognizing that this religion is fluid, in constant change. I wasn't feeling fulfilled in my career and I tasked myself to understand why I was not fulfilled. I found my calling so to speak by completing my Masters in Human Rights and International Politics and was so engrossed in my studies that I decided to purse my Ph.D.
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Dražen played guard for Cibona from 1984 until 1988. He wore jersey number 10. In those years Zagreb was the capital of European basketball. It was a four-year period of packed crowds, of fans looking in vain for tickets to watch Cibona play, a time when the best European teams featuring the greatest players of their day came to visit, and of basketball that bordered on genius. In those years Cibona had something that no one else had – showtime. Cibona finally had a superstar in its ranks. Many people still remember him coming to Zagreb, how he played, how he became an audience favorite, never believing that in the near future such a connection with the fans would not be possible ever again. Dražen and his fans fell in love with each other at first sight. In Dražen's first two seasons Cibona's games were played in Dom sportova, which became too small to hold everyone who wanted to watch Dražen's art on the court. The stands were crowded, everybody watched the games because of Dražen's play, he never considered a game unimportant, and never had a game he did not want to play, did not want to win or score the most points. And nobody was surprised by the comments that Cibona's new venue, built in 1987 for the World University Games, was too small to hold everyone who wanted to watch Dražen since every venue wherever Cibona played back then was too small.
In Dražen's first two years with Cibona, they did not lose a single league game. In those two years, Cibona played five times against Real Madrid, then considered one of the best European clubs. Cibona won all five games. Back then, Dražen often scored 40 or more points in a game and he was famously nicknamed King of the Court, Mr.40 and, of course, Amadeus, or the Mozart of Basketball. Dražen's record from 1985 in a game against SMELT Olimpija of Ljubljana is also noteworthy – he scored 112 points. Some fans considered his greatest performance to be an unofficial record because the game was played against the junior team, although it was an official game in the first round of the 42nd national championship of Yugoslavia.
In the last two years of his career at Cibona everyone knew that some things could not be repeated. And Dražen simply had to move on. This time, he again acted on his basketball instinct. His next move was to Spain – to Real Madrid, the club that had played five games against Cibona in Dražen's first two seasons with the club and lost all of them. Dražen was under enormous pressure. Madrid wanted him on their team as quickly as possible. Dražen's transfer to Real was hindered by several rules, in particular the one that said a player could not play abroad before the age of 28. Real insisted, they wanted Dražen in their club at all costs. The price that the Yugoslav Basketball Federation, Cibona or Dražen would ask was not an issue. Real agreed to everything. Cibona management met with their counterparts from Real and agreed to Dražen playing with Cibona until 1988, then transferring to Real Madrid. In 1986, everything was arranged and the contract signed. Apart from tidy sums for the Federation and Cibona, Dražen's contract is still remembered as the most lucrative one in European basketball at the time. The first million dollar contract. Dražen signed it when he was only 22 years old. Then, as well as today, people said that only the royal club deserves a King.
The contract was signed for four years, but already then many people knew that Dražen was not going to stay at Real that long.


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from google.cloud import apigeeconnect_v1

async def sample_list_connections():
    # Create a client
    client = apigeeconnect_v1.ConnectionServiceAsyncClient()

    # Initialize request argument(s)
    request = apigeeconnect_v1.ListConnectionsRequest(
        parent="parent_value",
    )

    # Make the request
    page_result = client.list_connections(request=request)

    # Handle the response
    async for response in page_result:
        print(response)

# [END apigeeconnect_v1_generated_ConnectionService_ListConnections_async]

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text:
require('../../stylus/components/_footer.styl')

import Applicationable from '../../mixins/applicationable'
import Colorable from '../../mixins/colorable'
import Themeable from '../../mixins/themeable'

export default {
  name: 'v-footer',

  mixins: [Applicationable, Colorable, Themeable],

  props: {
    absolute: Boolean,
    fixed: Boolean
  },

  computed: {
    paddingLeft () {
      return this.fixed || !this.app
        ? 0
        : this.$vuetify.application.left
    },
    paddingRight () {
      return this.fixed || !this.app
        ? 0
        : this.$vuetify.application.right
    }
  },

  destroyed () {
    if (this.app) this.$vuetify.application.bottom = 0
  },

  methods: {
    updateApplication () {
      if (!this.app) return

      this.$vuetify.application.bottom = this.fixed
        ? this.$el && this.$el.clientHeight
        : 0
    }
  },

  mounted () {
    this.updateApplication()
  },

  render (h) {
    this.updateApplication()

    const data = {
      staticClass: 'footer',
      'class': this.addBackgroundColorClassChecks({
        'footer--absolute': this.absolute,
        'footer--fixed': this.fixed,
        'theme--dark': this.dark,
        'theme--light': this.light
      }),
      style: {
        paddingLeft: `${this.paddingLeft}px`,
        paddingRight: `${this.paddingRight}px`
      },
      ref: 'content'
    }

    return h('footer', data, this.$slots.default)
  }
}


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Gujarat Polls: Daughter of Naroda Patiya Riots Case Convict Gets BJP Ticket
PTI | 12 Nov 2022
Payal Kukrani (30) is the daughter of Manoj Kukrani – one of the 16 convicts in the Naroda Patiya riots case in which 97 Muslims were killed.
Ahmedabad: Payal Kukrani, daughter of Gujarat riot convict Manoj Kukrani and BJP candidate from Naroda seat for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, in Ahmedabad, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.
Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded the daughter of a 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya massacre case convict from the Naroda seat of Ahmedabad for the upcoming Assembly elections.
Payal Kukrani (30), the daughter of Manoj Kukrani – who is one of the 16 convicts in the Naroda Patiya riots case in which 97 Muslims were killed – is also among the youngest candidates fielded by the ruling party this time. She is an anaesthetist.
The Gujarat High Court had in 2018 upheld the conviction of Manoj Kukrani and 15 others in the Naroda Patiya riots case. Kukrani, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, is currently out on bail.
Talking about the BJP's move to field her, Payal Kukrani said, "I am grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, state BJP president C R Patil, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and all party workers and members. My mother is a corporator and my parents have long been associated with the BJP. I had participated in the election process in the past."
She said if she wins the election, her priority would be to develop the constituency and resolve the issues faced by the local people.
Her mother Reshma Kukrani, a local BJP corporator, said that she would provide complete support to her daughter and make sure that she wins the election.
The Kukrani family belongs to the Sindhi community that dominates the area. The BJP fielded Payal Kukrani instead of giving another chance to sitting MLA Balram Thawani. Some BJP workers in the area have expressed unhappiness over her candidature as they believe that she is married to a non-Sindhi and hence is no longer a member of the community.
Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani was also one of the convicts in the Naroda Patiya riots case, but was acquitted by the high court in 2018. Kodnani had served as a three-term MLA from the Naroda seat. She was arrested in 2009. She is also an accused in the Naroda Gam riots case, one of the nine major communal riots that occurred in the wake of the train burning incident at Godhra. These cases were investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).
The BJP has held the Naroda Assembly seat since 1990. Kodnani became the MLA in 1998 and retained the seat in 2002 and 2007.
Out of the total 61 accused in the case, the special SIT court had in August 2012 held 32 guilty and acquitted 29 others. In its order on appeals in the case in April 2018, the high court had convicted 16 people.
A mob had killed 97 people, most of them from a minority community, in the Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a day after the torching of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra.
In the Godhra train burning incident of February 27, 2002, 59 'kar sevaks' were killed, triggering the worst communal riots in the history of Gujarat in which over 1,000 people, mostly belonging to the minority community, were killed.
Gujarat Riots
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2002 Riots
Payal Kukrani
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package org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata;

import org.elasticsearch.cluster.Diff;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
import org.elasticsearch.common.compress.CompressedXContent;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractDiffableSerializationTestCase;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentFactory;
import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParser;
import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentType;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;

public class ComponentTemplateTests extends AbstractDiffableSerializationTestCase<ComponentTemplate> {
    @Override
    protected ComponentTemplate makeTestChanges(ComponentTemplate testInstance) {
        try {
            return mutateInstance(testInstance);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            logger.error(e);
            fail("mutating should not throw an exception, but got: " + e);
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected Writeable.Reader<Diff<ComponentTemplate>> diffReader() {
        return ComponentTemplate::readComponentTemplateDiffFrom;
    }

    @Override
    protected ComponentTemplate doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
        return ComponentTemplate.parse(parser);
    }

    @Override
    protected Writeable.Reader<ComponentTemplate> instanceReader() {
        return ComponentTemplate::new;
    }

    @Override
    protected ComponentTemplate createTestInstance() {
        return randomInstance();
    }

    public static ComponentTemplate randomInstance() {
        Settings settings = null;
        CompressedXContent mappings = null;
        Map<String, AliasMetadata> aliases = null;
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            settings = randomSettings();
        }
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            mappings = randomMappings();
        }
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            aliases = randomAliases();
        }
        Template template = new Template(settings, mappings, aliases);

        Map<String, Object> meta = null;
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            meta = randomMeta();
        }
        return new ComponentTemplate(template, randomBoolean() ? null : randomNonNegativeLong(), meta);
    }

    public static Map<String, AliasMetadata> randomAliases() {
        String aliasName = randomAlphaOfLength(5);
        AliasMetadata aliasMeta = AliasMetadata.builder(aliasName)
            .filter("{\"term\":{\"year\":" + randomIntBetween(1, 3000) + "}}")
            .routing(randomBoolean() ? null : randomAlphaOfLength(3))
            .isHidden(randomBoolean() ? null : randomBoolean())
            .writeIndex(randomBoolean() ? null : randomBoolean())
            .build();
        return Collections.singletonMap(aliasName, aliasMeta);
    }

    private static CompressedXContent randomMappings() {
        try {
            return new CompressedXContent("{\"properties\":{\"" + randomAlphaOfLength(5) + "\":{\"type\":\"keyword\"}}}");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            fail("got an IO exception creating fake mappings: " + e);
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static Settings randomSettings() {
        return Settings.builder()
            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_BLOCKS_READ, randomBoolean())
            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_BLOCKS_WRITE, randomBoolean())
            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, randomIntBetween(1, 10))
            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, randomIntBetween(0, 5))
            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_BLOCKS_WRITE, randomBoolean())
            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_PRIORITY, randomIntBetween(0, 100000))
            .build();
    }

    private static Map<String, Object> randomMeta() {
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            return Collections.singletonMap(randomAlphaOfLength(4), randomAlphaOfLength(4));
        } else {
            return Collections.singletonMap(
                randomAlphaOfLength(5),
                Collections.singletonMap(randomAlphaOfLength(4), randomAlphaOfLength(4))
            );
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected ComponentTemplate mutateInstance(ComponentTemplate orig) throws IOException {
        return mutateTemplate(orig);
    }

    public static ComponentTemplate mutateTemplate(ComponentTemplate orig) {
        switch (randomIntBetween(0, 2)) {
            case 0:
                switch (randomIntBetween(0, 2)) {
                    case 0:
                        Template ot = orig.template();
                        return new ComponentTemplate(
                            new Template(
                                randomValueOtherThan(ot.settings(), ComponentTemplateTests::randomSettings),
                                ot.mappings(),
                                ot.aliases()
                            ),
                            orig.version(),
                            orig.metadata()
                        );
                    case 1:
                        Template ot2 = orig.template();
                        return new ComponentTemplate(
                            new Template(
                                ot2.settings(),
                                randomValueOtherThan(ot2.mappings(), ComponentTemplateTests::randomMappings),
                                ot2.aliases()
                            ),
                            orig.version(),
                            orig.metadata()
                        );
                    case 2:
                        Template ot3 = orig.template();
                        return new ComponentTemplate(
                            new Template(
                                ot3.settings(),
                                ot3.mappings(),
                                randomValueOtherThan(ot3.aliases(), ComponentTemplateTests::randomAliases)
                            ),
                            orig.version(),
                            orig.metadata()
                        );
                    default:
                        throw new IllegalStateException("illegal randomization branch");
                }
            case 1:
                return new ComponentTemplate(
                    orig.template(),
                    randomValueOtherThan(orig.version(), ESTestCase::randomNonNegativeLong),
                    orig.metadata()
                );
            case 2:
                return new ComponentTemplate(
                    orig.template(),
                    orig.version(),
                    randomValueOtherThan(orig.metadata(), ComponentTemplateTests::randomMeta)
                );
            default:
                throw new IllegalStateException("illegal randomization branch");
        }
    }

    public void testMappingsEquals() throws IOException {
        {
            CompressedXContent mappings = randomMappings();
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(mappings, mappings), equalTo(true));
        }

        {
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(null, null), equalTo(true));
        }

        {
            CompressedXContent mappings = randomMappings();
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(mappings, null), equalTo(false));
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(null, mappings), equalTo(false));
        }

        {
            String randomString = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
            CompressedXContent m1 = new CompressedXContent("""
                {"properties":{"%s":{"type":"keyword"}}}
                """.formatted(randomString));
            CompressedXContent m2 = new CompressedXContent("""
                {"properties":{"%s":{"type":"keyword"}}}
                """.formatted(randomString));
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(m1, m2), equalTo(true));
        }

        {
            CompressedXContent m1 = randomMappings();
            CompressedXContent m2 = new CompressedXContent("""
                {"properties":{"%s":{"type":"keyword"}}}
                """.formatted(randomAlphaOfLength(10)));
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(m1, m2), equalTo(false));
        }

        {
            Map<String, Object> map = XContentHelper.convertToMap(new BytesArray("""
                {"%s":{"properties":{"%s":{"type":"keyword"}}}}
                """.formatted(MapperService.SINGLE_MAPPING_NAME, randomAlphaOfLength(10))), true, XContentType.JSON).v2();
            Map<String, Object> reduceMap = Template.reduceMapping(map);
            CompressedXContent m1 = new CompressedXContent(Strings.toString(XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().map(map)));
            CompressedXContent m2 = new CompressedXContent(Strings.toString(XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().map(reduceMap)));
            assertThat(Template.mappingsEquals(m1, m2), equalTo(true));
        }
    }
}


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Q: Can't load jquery in chrome extension  "content_scripts": [
{
  "matches": ["http://code.jquery.com/*"],
  "js": ["jquery.js", "popup.html"]
}
]

But when I'm reloading the extension, I get an error that the extension could not load jquery.js.What I'm doing wrong?

A: It seems like you think you're using http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js, but that's not the case. Your current setup meeans: on any page on http://code.jquery.com, load index.html and jquery.js.
Those files should be saved as part of your extension. jquery.js at least - I don't think you want popup.html to be part of your content script - it is not a JavaScript file, and an extension's popup is something completely different than a content script.

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Contemporary gospel artist Deitrick Haddon was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, where he served as pastor and music director at Detroit's Unity Cathedral of Faith. As the son of Bishop Clarence Haddon and Prophetess Joyce Haddon, he grew up in the church and preached his first sermon at the age of 11. Deitrick Haddon and his Voices of Unity drew upon both secular and spiritual influences to create a sound they dubbed "gospel soul." Signed to the Tyscot label, the group debuted in 1995 with Come Into This House. Two years later, Haddon and company issued Live the Life, which scored Gospel Music Workshop of America Excellence Awards in the categories of New Artist of the Year: Urban Contemporary and Album of the Year: Urban Contemporary. After This Is My Story (1998), Chain Breaker (1999), and Nu Hymnz: Live from the Motor City (2001), Haddon went solo and signed to the Verity label. Through releases such as Lost and Found (2002), the Tim & Bob collaboration 7 Days (2006), Church on the Moon (2011), A Beautiful Soul (2012), and R.E.D. (2013), Haddon maintained his reputation for pushing the boundaries of contemporary gospel. During the mid-2010s, he became even more visible through the reality series Preachers of LA and continued to release albums that topped Billboard's gospel chart, including Deitrick Haddon's LXW (2014) and Masterpiece (2015). In 2017, Haddon released a live LP, Deitrick Haddon & Hill City Worship Camp, led by the single "A Billion People." At the end of 2018, Haddon teamed up with Grammy-winning producer, Zaytoven, to release the collaborative Christmas EP Greatest Gift. ~ Jason Ankeny
Best of Deitrick Haddon
Love Him Like I Do
Deitrick HaddonRuben StuddardMary Mary
A Billion People
Deitrick Haddon & Hill City Worship Camp
Zaytoven
Masterpiece Track By Track Commentary Album
R.E.D. (Restoring Everything Damaged)
R.E.D. (Restoring Everything Damaged) (Deluxe Version)
Church On The Moon
Anthology: The Writer & His Music
Sing A Nu Song
Nu Hymnz-Live From Motor City
Gorilla Faith
Open Door Season
He Carried The Cross For Me
A Billion People - Single
Restore Me Again - Single
My City - Single
My Soul Says Yes
Keep Yo Mind
Have Your Way
I'm Alive/The Word - Single
Heaven Knows
UsherZaytoven
Composer, Lyricist
Say What U Want
Producer, Composer
Christmas With U
ZaytovenDeitrick Haddon
Holiday Bae-cation
Good Christmas
Make Love On Christmas
ZaytovenDeitrick HaddonOlivia Dotson
My Soul Says Yes (Psuedo Video)
Paint It Red (Lyric Video)
Have Your Way (Standard Video)
Have Your Way (Lyric Video)
Love Him Like I Do (Video)


President Trump has done 33 #MAGA campaign rallies in 17 states, including last night in Kentucky. In addition, he attended rallies for two GOP candidates (in Alabama and South Carolina), according to a tally by Mark Knoller of CBS News.
The other side: At the same point in his presidency, Obama had done nine political rallies for Democratic candidates and the DNC, and one for his health insurance plan.


BPLedger allows creation of invoices in PDF and Microsoft Word.
BPLedger custom templates can be created using standard HTML WYSIWYG editor or by using HTML source code to provide finer adjustments.
Stylesheet parameters also allow you to show or hide invoice details such as unit price if you need to create Delivery order templates.


Sailor Chibi Mars is the "daughter" of Sailor Venus, Aino Minako. Like the rest of the future soldiers, she is an imperfect clone (essentially akin to a clone created through nuclear transfer) and is not as identical to her "mother" as her appearance may make it seem.
Minae is fairly quiet, which seems odd compared to her boisterous "mother." She is also somewhat less competent in battle than her team-mates--a source of embarrassment for Sailor Venus. Of course, Sailor Chibi Venus did not have practice and training as "Sailor Chibi V..."
Transformation: "Venus Power, Make Up!"


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NFT Progress Is Not a Reason to Buy GameStop Stock
News of its launch of a crypto/NFT wallet hasn't given GameStop (GME) much of a boost.
Clearly, positive news isn't having the impact it once did.
There's still plenty in play that will put pressure on the meme stock legend i…
There's still plenty in play that will put pressure on the meme stock legend in the months ahead.
Source: Shutterstock / mundissima
After falling to double-digit prices, GameStop (NYSE:GME) has held steady in recent days, thanks to progress with its move into the non-fungible token (NFT) space. This didn't result in a "to the moon" move for GME stock, but it did help it find some support.
However, while finding support now, don't assume a comeback is around the corner. Progress with one of its main catalysts may help it hold steady in the short-term, but there's still more pointing to it moving lower from here. Mostly, next month's earnings release.
Alongside this, the market has continued to move away from more speculative plays. There may be something else that helps boost, or at least supports, shares a few months from now. Even so, expect this to only delay, rather than prevent, its eventual price collapse. As the latest news fails to change the story, it remains best to stay away.
GameStop Corp.
GME Stock and Recent NFT News
NFT progress has provided GameStop shares some support after their recent slide below $100 per share. First, due to speculation that it would launch its NFT marketplace sooner than expected. Then, as InvestorPlace's Brenden Rearick reported on May 23, the company announced the launch of a crypto wallet to accompany its NFT trading platform.
Again, none of this is giving GME stock a real boost. If this were a few months ago, chances are these developments would be enough to result in a double-digit jolt higher. Yet, the market conditions necessary for this to happen are no longer there.
Rising fears of a recession, caused by the Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates in order to combat inflation, continues to put pressure on the market. This is clearly outweighing any perceived positives from GameStop's NFT news. Even worse, more downward pressure may be in store for this stock, and not just from a broad market selloff.
June's quarterly earnings report may be the next event that drives another move lower for shares. With the market no longer on its side, it's unlikely investors will figure out a way to spin poor quarterly numbers into a reason to buy.
GameStop Earnings Preview
As seen in my last article on GME stock, I argued that there was a lot pointing to the company reporting poor results when results for its fiscal second quarter (Q2), which ends Apr. 30, come out next month. Namely, due to a post-pandemic slump in video game sales. This factor could result in wider-than-expected losses for the company.
In other words, results might not be too dissimilar to the disappointing numbers it reported back in March for its fiscal Q1. This time, though, GameStop doesn't have on its side what enabled it to zoom higher post-earnings despite the underwhelming results: another meme wave.
You likely recall that, following its Q1 earnings report, GME actually made a "to the moon" move. This was chalked up to news of Chairman Ryan Cohen making an insider purchase, but it was likely the market's belief that "rate hikes were priced-in" and that "risk-on is back" that fueled its short-lived late March parabolic run.
This time, few are making these arguments. Don't expect the market to find a nugget of good news to justify buying it. Instead, investors are more likely to use bad news as an excuse to finally exit their positions.
Bottom Line: NFT News Fails to Change the Story
GameStop's fundamentals will play a larger role in future price movements in a bad way. Admittedly though, something unconnected to fundamentals may give it another short-lived burst down the road: its planned stock split.
Stock splits do not change the underlying value of a company. Even so, this could enable another rally for shares. Still, buying for this reason makes little sense. You may be able to profit from a time, if you time it right, but a split will only delay, not prevent, the inevitable: a drop in price for shares down to a level more in line with its fair value.
It may take months of slow and steady decline for this to finally happen, yet it's a more likely outcome than this stock making a return back to its meme stock glory days. As the negatives outweigh the positives, the story hasn't changed with GME stock.
On the date of publication, Thomas Niel did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
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Do you remember the block chain? From the end of 2017 to the middle of 2018, the word blockchain hit Korean society. It's more about the investment and speculative nature of cryptographic money than the block chain technology.
It's a social issue that many people are interested in, but few people know very much about the block chain. It's like being interested in real estate doesn't mean you're interested in architecture and design. In other words, it's not about core technology, it's about social phenomena that are triggered by it. But the blockchain is not a temporary technology.
There is no exact agreement on what the blockchain is. But when we analyze the technical characteristics of most block chains, we have "distributed" technology that handles transactional data, but not just central servers, that is shared by participants in a large network of peer-to-peer.
Shared economy and blockchain seem to be irrelevant words. But if you take a step closer and look at it, blockchain technology can dramatically solve the problem of platform operation, the advantages and disadvantages of shared economies. "Uber" and "Airbienby" are two major shared-economy companies that many of you know, but they don't actually own cars and houses. That is, we are achieving a shared economy by making a profit through the intermediary between providers and users. What happens when you apply blockchain technology instead of these platform providers to form a platform together?
At the heart of the blockchain technology is that 'the assets or values can be safely transferred directly without a third party trust and the transaction costs can be reduced' as well as 'transparency guaranteed to reduce the asymmetry of information'. These features can be divided into 'unlicensed blockchains' that anyone can participate in the agreement and value building process and 'authorized blockchains' that only pre-authorised users can participate. In the case of licensing, development is focused on companies that are sensitive to processing speed and information protection issues. Today's shared-economic platforms are not strictly authorized and unauthorized blockchains. But if you have a whole set of platform operations and you have a blockchain technology, you can expect to have either licensed or unauthorized, depending on the nature of the shared economy (geographic characteristics, product-specific characteristics, etc.).
Let me mention a few things about the effectiveness of the block chain. Readers should not just read it as the effectiveness of the blockchain. Think of the shared economy you know and apply the efficiency and characteristics of the blockchain. So let's move on to the utility of blockchain technology. First, it can be applied in areas where intermediary costs are high, such as international money transfers, logistics and distribution, or where intermediary agencies are less efficient. Second, businesses that were not activated or attempted due to transaction costs may proceed. Third, it can be applied to public sector and national system. I mentioned three features, but I think you could have thought of both the limits and the possibilities of the shared economy. Let me give you one common example of the third case of 'application to public sector and national system'. Why don't you save the information on the use, location and payment of 'Darungi,' a public bike in Seoul, with blockchain technology? Whether you are a citizen or not using the city's central control system, you can use the information to help build stable information on the city.
The early block chain attracted a lot of people because it was a non-container, but it was an incentive to get financial value in return for expanding the network of block chains. Now, the monetary value of each block chain's coin has been stabilized, allowing us to re-examine the characteristics of the blockchain itself rather than attracting investment or speculation.
shared economy and blockchain There are certain factors that can help each other. So many shared-economic companies are trying to interact with blockchain technology. If the move from a centralized platform to a decentralized platform can benefit everyone involved in the block chain and the shared economy, both the shared economy and the blockchain can be expected to enter a new phase.
We briefly looked at the relationship between the shared economy and the block chain and the potential for development. Both are new technologies and new drugs, not discussions and technological stability. We're living through a period of study and experience how these two areas can evolve.
This was "Shared Economy and Block Chain."
<Reference: "Block Chain Technology Status and Future Tasks for Industrial Development," National Assembly Legislation Research Center, Issues and Issues"


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Two old friends reconnecting after years of not speaking.
Sure, they take some liberties throughout, but who doesn't.
Great characters, action, comedy, want to see more!
The is quirky and really works you should go into production.
Awesome flick which is why I purchased.
One man's belief is his strongest conviction and regardless how the others in his unit treated him or how badly they tried to kick him out, he never wavered and went so far beyond a normal mans courage and conviction to save his fellow brothers in arms!
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Rome: 35-Minute Pantheon Audio Guide Tour
From US$ 9.70 per person
Take a 35-minute audio guide tour of the Pantheon to learn about its fascinating history and how it converted from a pagan temple to a Christian church.
Vouchers must be exchanged for tickets.
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Audio guide included
Spanish, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian
Unravel the obscure history of the Pantheon on a 35-minute audio guide tour
Admire the revered temple and mausoleum of the Pantheon
Marvel at the extraordinary architectural features such as the oculus of the huge dome
Due to health and safety regulations, this itinerary may change. See Know before you go for the latest updates.
Make your way to the Pantheon to explore the best-preserved monument of ancient Rome. Collect your audio guide at the desk inside the Pantheon to begin learning about its fascinating history. Make use of 15 listening points and a map to locate points of interest inside the basilica. Learn the history of the building and how it later came to be used a church and a mausoleum. The Pantheon, built between 25 and 27 B.C., is the only ancient Roman building that has remained nearly intact through the centuries. Dedicated to all the gods of Pagan Rome, the temple was built by the Emperor Hadrian on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus. Classified as a temple, the original use of the Pantheon and how people worshipped there is unknown as the structure is different from other traditional Roman temples, such as the Roman Forum.
Free entrance to the Pantheon
Donation to the Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres
Single Ear Headset
Live guide
At the audio guide desk inside the Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome
Entry to the Pantheon is free
The Pantheon may be subject to closures for masses, concerts, or other events
This is not a skip-the-line ticket
A valid ID (passport, ID card, Driver's License, or credit card) will be required as a deposit in order to borrow the audio guide. Photocopies and student IDs aren't accepted
Access to the Basilica is only permitted to visitors wearing suitable attire (no shorts, vests or sleeveless tops)
Checks relating to the CoVid-19 Green Pass can take up to one hour: please arrive with plenty of time before your booked entrance
We took this audio guide tour and loved it! This is an excellent way to see the Pantheon, as you can do it at your own pace. The one thing we didn't take into consideration was the massive queue outside. The waiting time would have been well over an hour and we had to sneak in at the front or we would have missed our booked slot! Please plan for the queues when booking this audio tour. Other than that, it was perfect. You trade-in your voucher for a mobile phone and headphones and off you go. There is a map on the phone with about 13 numbered places of interest. Perfect tour!!
Michele – Germany Verified booking
The website was misleading because it leads you to think that you have a reservation at a specific time and that you have purchased an entrance ticket. In fact, you can show up any time to redeem the voucher for the audio lecture @ the Pantheon and entrance is free. Plan to stand in line for a while to get in! The audio guide made the pantheon much more interesting, and was a good length and reasonably detailed. I recommend the audio guide. I think, though, you can just buy it there and skip this silly service.
The Pantheon is, of course, a place to go and see. The audio guide is not overly comprehensive, but does explain a bit more about what there is to see. Otherwise we would have been out in 5 minutes. Now in COVID time it was quiet and you could walk right away.
Dennis – Netherlands Verified booking
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Boca Raton Middle » Academic Programs and Atheltics » Drama
Boca Middle has an active Drama Club and is home of Junior Thespian Troupe #88493. The drama club works year-round on a full length musical complete with props, costumes, singing, and choreography. Troupe #88493 competes at district and state competitions in musical theater, drama, group, and individual modalities. The drama club is open to everyone while the Thespian Troupe requires passing an audition.
More information at the website: http://www.bocamiddledrama.org
Ms Lauren Nola is the director of drama at Boca Middle
email: lauren.nolan@palmbeachschools.org


Garnik Simonian was born in Tehran, Iran on November 15, 1922 to Aslan and Helen Simonian. In 1950 he married Maro Melcomian Simonian. They had two children and consequently the family immigrated to United States in 1967 for a better life.
Garnik is survived by his wife Maro, his daughter Yasmen and son Simone. He loved his nieces Melanie Melcomian Mancini (John), Shelley Melcomian Zimmer (Marcus) and Jennifer Melcomian and their family. He had many friends and family who called him uncle and grandfather.
After retiring from the career in dentistry, Garnik found his passion in culinary arts. One could find him in the kitchen cooking gourmet dishes and pastries with ingredients he grew in the garden. He took great pleasure in entertaining family and friends. He would engage strangers in humorous and pleasant conversations. He was a great dancer, loved world and classical music, particularly piano compositions. He enjoyed long walks to the store and stopping on the way at the consignments shops looking for treasures that brought him joy.
He dabbled in watercolor and organic gardening. Garnik was the happiest when he was surrounded by family and friends talking recipes, stories that connected him to his youth and to the old country. Garnik passed away peacefully on July 27, 2018. He was much loved and will be remembered for his charming smile, kindness and generosity.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Cancer Society in Garnik's name.


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Montour Trail
A multi-use rail-trail in Allegheny and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania
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The Montour Trail stretches 60-plus miles around Pittsburgh — the longest suburban rail-trail in the U.S. The Trail's bridges, trestles, viaducts and tunnels are impressive, and its railbeds played an important role in the region's coal-mining history.
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Read about the MTC's founding fathers!
Make your own tracks on one of the the nation's outstanding rail-trails. Bonus: If you live near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it's right in your back yard!
The Montour Trail is a multi-use, non-motorized recreational pathway around Pittsburgh, the country's longest suburban rail-trail. The main line extends 47.4 miles; branch routes increase the overall length to 63 miles. The relatively-flat half-loop stretches from Coraopolis (13 miles northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River) to Clairton (15 miles southeast of the city, on the Monongahela River). A branch in the northwest section connects directly to the Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Trail is easy to get to by car, as there are access areas and trailheads every few miles along the route. Pittsburgh's rapid transit system runs near some of these, and it is bike friendly. The Trail is ADA accessible as well.
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The Montour connects to other rails-to-trails in western Pennsylvania and beyond. You can easily get to the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the C&O Canal Towpath, a completed trail system that stretches 300+ miles from Pittsburgh to Washington, DC. The Panhandle Trail — a converted railroad line that stretches almost 30 miles from Weirton, West Virginia, to Carnegie — meets up with the Montour Trail west of McDonald (southwest of Pittsburgh). And this local resource is also part of U.S. Bicycle Route 50, which runs east-west and, when completed, will span the country.
Currently, 46 miles of the Montour Trail are completed with several short gaps in the southeast section.
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Mystery Bones Unearthed / Remains Are Probably Those of an Ohlone Indian
Jonathan Curiel and Diana Walsh, Chronicle Staff Writers
March 19, 2001 Updated: Feb. 2, 2012 12:16 a.m.
Are the human bones in Pamela Engebretson's backyard those of a century-old Ohlone Indian or someone who was recently murdered?
East Palo Alto authorities are trying to determine whose body was found yesterday in the back of Engebretson's house, but Engebretson has a theory: The skull and ribs are those of a Native American who died years ago, killed, perhaps, by an animal.
"If it's an Indian body, and they did not die a natural death, then it was probably (killed by) a bear or a rattlesnake, because they were not a fighting people," Engebretson said this morning, as she stood in her backyard, looking at the bones that remained in the ground.
A landscaper discovered the body by accident around 9:30 a.m. yesterday, hitting it with a shovel as he tried to clear an area for planting. The body was in a fetal position. The skull and ribs were taken by authorities to the San Mateo County Coroner's Office, which is trying to determine their origin.
The body's lower half is still in Engebretson's backyard, left buried "because if it is an Indian, there are specific preferences on how to treat it, " Engebretson said.
Hundreds of years ago, before the West was populated by settlers from Mexico and the United States, Ohlone Indians lived in the area.
About four years ago, American Indian bones were found at a site close to Engebretson's home on the 2100 block of Clarke Avenue.
Yesterday, Alfredo Valencia, who lives directly behind Engebretson, showed police bone fragments he found last week while digging near the fence in his backyard, prompting authorities to speculate that Engebretson and Valencia live over an ancient burial site.
"This makes us lean toward the fact that this may be a Native American burial site," said Sgt. Greg Pitlock of the East Palo Alto Police Department. "Looking at the remains we've found, they've been there for some time."
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This morning, the coroner was still testing the skull and ribs. Yesterday, investigators spent more than five hours searching the area with a team of cadaver dogs and metal detectors but failed to turn up any more remains.
It's possible the body is that of a murder victim, said Engebretson, who, with her husband, purchased the house in 1999.
"It's almost certainly not connected, but we told the police yesterday that . . . when we first bought the property, we were digging (in the yard) . . . and found buried, in a neat little pile, gym socks, trousers, and rope all together, crumpled up in a ball," she said. "It was buried in a foot of earth. I looked at (my husband, when we made the discovery) and said, 'We probably have a dead body buried in our backyard. He said, 'Ha, ha ha.' "
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When police heard the story yesterday, they told Engebretson, "People all the time, they'll strip the body and separate the clothing because they think it's somehow going to protect them more," she said.
If the bones are those of an Indian, Engebretson will have a ceremony to honor the dead person.
"I imagine they probably want to leave the body right here and let it stay put, and that's fine with us," she said. "If it's been here a long time, probably the right thing to do would be to do a reburial ceremony, and then we'd grow native grasses and plants.
"We'd probably build a little monument. I'm an artist, and maybe we'll grow the flowers that might have been there when they were here."
A peripheral issue related to the discovery of the body: East Palo Alto is considering using eminent domain to buy all the property in Engebretson's neighborhood of single-family homes and turn into high-density housing. Engebretson said the body may be a sign that city officials should let the area remain as it is.
Tonight, she and scores of other neighbors will attend a hearing with city officials to urge them to rescind their plan.
"If it turns out there is a burial site here, they can't redevelop," she said. "They can't. . . . Just think of it in a bigger cosmic way for a second - - it might be (the Ohlone's voice) to preserve. 'Don't build this money- grubbing, horribly-destructive-to-the-environment thing that you're doing.' To make more and more money, and displace all these people."
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Q: How do I remove the file suffix and path portion from a path string in Bash? Given a string file path such as /foo/fizzbuzz.bar, how would I use bash to extract just the fizzbuzz portion of said string?

A: Here's how to do it with the # and % operators in Bash.
$ x="/foo/fizzbuzz.bar"
$ y=${x%.bar}
$ echo ${y##*/}
fizzbuzz

${x%.bar} could also be ${x%.*} to remove everything after a dot or ${x%%.*} to remove everything after the first dot.
Example:
$ x="/foo/fizzbuzz.bar.quux"
$ y=${x%.*}
$ echo $y
/foo/fizzbuzz.bar
$ y=${x%%.*}
$ echo $y
/foo/fizzbuzz

Documentation can be found in the Bash manual. Look for ${parameter%word} and ${parameter%%word} trailing portion matching section.

A: Using basename assumes that you know what the file extension is, doesn't it?
And I believe that the various regular expression suggestions don't cope with a filename containing more than one "."
The following seems to cope with double dots. Oh, and filenames that contain a "/" themselves (just for kicks)
To paraphrase Pascal, "Sorry this script is so long. I didn't have time to make it shorter"

  #!/usr/bin/perl
  $fullname = $ARGV[0];
  ($path,$name) = $fullname =~ /^(.*[^\\]\/)*(.*)$/;
  ($basename,$extension) = $name =~ /^(.*)(\.[^.]*)$/;
  print $basename . "\n";

A: Pure bash, done in two separate operations:

*

*Remove the path from a path-string:
path=/foo/bar/bim/baz/file.gif

file=${path##*/}
#$file is now 'file.gif'

*Remove the extension from a path-string:
base=${file%.*}
#${base} is now 'file'.

A: In addition to the POSIX conformant syntax used in this answer,
basename string [suffix]
as in
basename /foo/fizzbuzz.bar .bar

GNU basename supports another syntax:
basename -s .bar /foo/fizzbuzz.bar

with the same result. The difference and advantage is that -s implies -a, which supports multiple arguments:
$ basename -s .bar /foo/fizzbuzz.bar /baz/foobar.bar
fizzbuzz
foobar

This can even be made filename-safe by separating the output with NUL bytes using the -z option, for example for these files containing blanks, newlines and glob characters (quoted by ls):
$ ls has*
'has'$'\n''newline.bar'  'has space.bar'  'has*.bar'

Reading into an array:
$ readarray -d $'\0' arr < <(basename -zs .bar has*)
$ declare -p arr
declare -a arr=([0]=$'has\nnewline' [1]="has space" [2]="has*")

readarray -d requires Bash 4.4 or newer. For older versions, we have to loop:
while IFS= read -r -d '' fname; do arr+=("$fname"); done < <(basename -zs .bar has*)

A: look at the basename command:
NAME="$(basename /foo/fizzbuzz.bar .bar)"

instructs it to remove the suffix .bar, results in NAME=fizzbuzz

A: perl -pe 's/\..*$//;s{^.*/}{}'

A: If you can't use basename as suggested in other posts, you can always use sed. Here is an (ugly) example. It isn't the greatest, but it works by extracting the wanted string and replacing the input with the wanted string.
echo '/foo/fizzbuzz.bar' | sed 's|.*\/\([^\.]*\)\(\..*\)$|\1|g'

Which will get you the output

fizzbuzz

A: Using basename I used the following to achieve this:
for file in *; do
    ext=${file##*.}
    fname=`basename $file $ext`

    # Do things with $fname
done;

This requires no a priori knowledge of the file extension and works even when you have a filename that has dots in it's filename (in front of it's extension); it does require the program basename though, but this is part of the GNU coreutils so it should ship with any distro.

A: Beware of the suggested perl solution: it removes anything after the first dot.
$ echo some.file.with.dots | perl -pe 's/\..*$//;s{^.*/}{}'
some

If you want to do it with perl, this works:
$ echo some.file.with.dots | perl -pe 's/(.*)\..*$/$1/;s{^.*/}{}'
some.file.with

But if you are using Bash, the solutions with y=${x%.*} (or basename "$x" .ext if you know the extension) are much simpler.

A: The basename and dirname functions are what you're after:
mystring=/foo/fizzbuzz.bar
echo basename: $(basename "${mystring}")
echo basename + remove .bar: $(basename "${mystring}" .bar)
echo dirname: $(dirname "${mystring}")

Has output:
basename: fizzbuzz.bar
basename + remove .bar: fizzbuzz
dirname: /foo

A: Pure bash way:
~$ x="/foo/bar/fizzbuzz.bar.quux.zoom";
~$ y=${x/\/*\//};
~$ echo ${y/.*/};
fizzbuzz

This functionality is explained on man bash under "Parameter Expansion". Non bash ways abound: awk, perl, sed and so on.
EDIT: Works with dots in file suffixes and doesn't need to know the suffix (extension), but doesn't work with dots in the name itself.

A: The basename does that, removes the path.  It will also remove the suffix if given and if it matches the suffix of the file but you would need to know the suffix to give to the command. Otherwise you can use mv and figure out what the new name should be some other way.

A: Combining the top-rated answer with the second-top-rated answer to get the filename without the full path:
$ x="/foo/fizzbuzz.bar.quux"
$ y=(`basename ${x%%.*}`)
$ echo $y
fizzbuzz

A: If you want to keep just the filename with extension and strip the file path
$ x="myfile/hello/foo/fizzbuzz.bar"
$ echo ${x##*/}
$ fizzbuzz.bar

Explanation in Bash manual, see ${parameter##word}

A: You can use
mv *<PATTERN>.jar "$(basename *<PATTERN>.jar <PATTERN>.jar).jar"

For e.g:- I wanted to remove -SNAPSHOT from my file name. For that used below command
 mv *-SNAPSHOT.jar "$(basename *-SNAPSHOT.jar -SNAPSHOT.jar).jar"


Need a quick and easy to make recipe? Look no further, we have great French / English recipes that combine both cooking and language tips.
In this video we're making potato hasbrown, an inexpensive, easy to make dish you can have for breakfast, brunch or as a side (accompagnement) in a main course (plat principal).
Remember: you may be great but you can't be grate. You may grate cheese but can't grate yourself, except if your name is Mr. Potato.
In this video we're making tasty guacamole. You will learn to talk about kitchen ware and how to make tasty guacamole.
In this video we're making a delicious chocolate mousse.
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Delicious crêpes in 10 minutes tops!


President Neil D. Theobald will be in Harrisburg today advocating on behalf of the university's annual commonwealth appropriation. He will appear at hearings before the House and Senate Appropriations committees.
President Neil D. Theobald will be in Harrisburg today advocating on behalf of the university's annual commonwealth appropriation. The president will appear with the leaders from the three other state-related schools at hearings before the House and Senate Appropriations committees.
Today's House Appropriations Committee hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m.; the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m.
Information on how to view the sessions is available at the Pennsylvania Cable Network website.
After being reduced by more than $32 million in the 2011 fiscal year, Temple's commonwealth appropriation has remained flat at $139.9 million for the last four years. Gov. Tom Wolf's proposal would restore $16 million for the university as part of the appropriation.
The budget must be approved by the General Assembly and sent to the governor for his signature before July 1.


This report is analyzing two different methods to establish a large heat pump at a district heating utility. A large heat pump is a plant where a heat pump is used in large scale to supply heat, to a district heating network. The electric heat pump is moving energy from a low temperature heat source and releases the energy at a high temperature eg. district heating. The low temperature is the outside air, the air is obtained though dry coolers. The two method, this report is processing, is a direct plant and an indirect plant. Thedirect plant has ammonia in the heat pump and the dry coolers, and the indirect plant have ammonia in the heat pump and ethylene glycol in the dry coolers. The rapport is providing theory about the heat pumps, the structure of the plants and the refrigerants. There is also a discussing of the pros and cons for both heat pump plants. Finally the price for construction the plants and the cost for manage the plants will be presented.


Do you enjoy sitting on a spectacular beach watching a sunset with a cocktail in your hand? Or do you like sitting on the beach taking in the beauty of endless blue skies and panoramic sea views? In that case, the Maldives is the place for you! Here you have deep blue seas, white sandy beaches, turquoise reefs and palm trees – the ideal place to relax. The Maldives lies in the Indian Ocean and is made up of 1190 beautiful coral islands. Apart from relaxing, what can you do in the Maldives? A popular sport here is diving. The waters are so clear that you have good visibility as far away as 50 metres. Perfect to see the coral and the great variety of fish and sea life that abound here. You can even go out in a boat and see the different spectacular underwater sights without being a professional diver. There are also other sports such as surfing, kitesurfing, water skiing, jet skiing and parasailing for the more adventurous. Where to stay in this beautiful paradise? There are many hotels in the Maldives for you to choose from.
The Beehive Nalahiya Hotel is situated in Male, the capital of the Maldives. This hotel caters to both the leisure visitor and the business traveller and offers a business centre with conference and food & beverage facilities as well as air-conditioned and luxuriously furnished rooms. There is also Wi-Fi throughout the hotel. The Marble Hotel offers picturesque views of tropical sunsets, while feeling the breathtaking breeze of the Indian Ocean. This lovely hotel welcomes both business and leisure guests. There is 24-hour room service available as well as laundry service and a business centre. There are several types of rooms available which all offer air conditioning and satellite TV. The ideally situate Nasandhura Palace Hotel in the centre of Male in the Maldives has a well-known restaurant and offers exclusive banqueting services. The superior rooms of this hotel offer air conditioning and lovely sea views from their private balconies. The Hulhule Island Hotel is the only hotel situated at only a 5-minute drive from the airport. All the rooms have spectacular views of the ocean and the hotel offers a swimming pool and spa for your enjoyment.


If you've ever tried to render a forest of trees in actual polygons whether it be in Bryce, DAZ Studio, Carrara or any other program, you're bound to have noticed that with each tree added, rendering time increases exponentially. Here's a quick and easy trick to sidestep all those polygons, without losing that visual feel of density that you're probably looking for in your scene.
Using a 3D rectangle smushed flat, or if the option is available, using a 3D plane, insert this object into your scene.
Using the texture options in your program, texture the plane with any picture of a tree - preferably one that has been masked against a solid background as shown.
Using an inverted grayscale of the same image you used to texture the sprite, set this as the new map for the transparency of the sprite.
Give your sprite a preview render to see how it looks and make sure that you have all the transparency settings on your texture adjusted correctly - if successful it should look something like this.
To give your sprite more of a 3D feel, copy the rectangle / plane and rotate the copied sprite 90 degrees for a bi-planar sprite, rotate two 60 degrees for a tri-planar sprite, three 45 degrees, and so on.
When rendering, be sure to select "Render through transparencies" or some similar feature to ensure that shadows will be casted through the transparency map that you applied. Saturate your forests now with these sprites in the background, add a few high-poly 3D trees towards the front, and voila: render efficient forests!


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Q: WSL doesn't run, shows server error I want to install ubuntu 20.04 app from Microsoft store, but it gives error
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80080005
Error: 0x80080005 Server execution failed

Apart from that, wsl is not responding. When command wsl or wsl -l -v is typed in command prompt, it hangs for a while and when falls with error server. I've tried to reselect checkbox with WSL in Windows components, reselect Hyper-v, change paging file managing as in other similar issues. Nothing works. How can I fix that?
UPD. I also realized that Lxss Manager service isn't working. It is stopped and cannot be started. On the attempt of start it shows error 577 which is problem with digital signature.