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Q: Spark-submit in EMR ClassNotFoundException java I have jar bundled created out of a spring boot application where inside i create spark session to do some operation.
Then i ship this jar to AWS EMR and either run as a spark-submit or java -jar executable which is not working.
This is my jar structure when i us jar -tf <jar name>
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
org/
org/springframework/
org/springframework/boot/
org/springframework/boot/loader/
org/springframework/boot/loader/data/
org/springframework/boot/loader/data/RandomAccessDataFile$DataInputStream.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/CentralDirectoryEndRecord.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/data/RandomAccessDataFile$FileAccess.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/CentralDirectoryParser.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/data/RandomAccessDataFile$1.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/ZipInflaterInputStream.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/data/RandomAccessDataFile.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Handler.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/data/RandomAccessData.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/Archive$EntryFilter.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/Bytes.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/Archive.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/JarFileArchive.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher$PrefixMatchingArchiveFilter.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher$ArchiveEntryFilter.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher$1.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/Launcher.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/MainMethodRunner.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/ExecutableArchiveLauncher.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/WarLauncher.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/JarLauncher.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/util/
org/springframework/boot/loader/util/SystemPropertyUtils.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/LaunchedURLClassLoader$UseFastConnectionExceptionsEnumeration.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/LaunchedURLClassLoader.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarURLConnection$1.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/JarFileArchive$EntryIterator.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarURLConnection$JarEntryName.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/ExplodedArchive$FileEntryIterator$EntryComparator.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarURLConnection.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFile$1.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/ExplodedArchive$FileEntryIterator.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/ExplodedArchive$FileEntry.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/ExplodedArchive$1.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFile$2.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFile$JarFileType.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/ExplodedArchive.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/JarFileArchive$JarFileEntry.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFile.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarEntry.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/FileHeader.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/StringSequence.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/AsciiBytes.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFileEntries$1.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFileEntries$EntryIterator.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarFileEntries.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/CentralDirectoryVisitor.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/JarEntryFilter.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/jar/CentralDirectoryFileHeader.class
org/springframework/boot/loader/archive/Archive$Entry.class
BOOT-INF/
BOOT-INF/classes/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/config/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/controllers/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/error/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/repositories/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/validator/
META-INF/maven/
META-INF/maven/com.ati.media.ref/
META-INF/maven/com.ati.media.ref/ref-svc-scd/
BOOT-INF/classes/application-local.yml
BOOT-INF/classes/bootstrap.yml
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/config/SwaggerConfig.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/error/ScheduleExceptionHandler.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/ScheduleApplication.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/ScheduleServiceImpl.class
META-INF/maven/com.ati.media.ref/ref-svc-scd/pom.xml
BOOT-INF/classes/bootstrap-docker.yml
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/config/ScheduleConstants.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/error/ScheduleCreationException.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/repositories/ScheduleMyBatisRepository.xml
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/ConfigurationService.class
BOOT-INF/classes/git.properties
META-INF/maven/com.ati.media.ref/ref-svc-scd/pom.properties
BOOT-INF/classes/application.yml
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/config/SparkConfig.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/error/ScheduleEditException.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/repositories/SparkAthenaRepository.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/ScheduleService.class
META-INF/build-info.properties
BOOT-INF/classes/bootstrap-local.yml
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/controllers/ScheduleController.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/repositories/ScheduleMyBatisRepository.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/AthenaQueryBuilder.class
BOOT-INF/classes/com/ati/media/ref/scd/services/validator/ScheduleValidator.class
META-INF/build.properties
BOOT-INF/lib/
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-starter-web-base-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-web-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-json-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-datatype-jdk8-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-module-parameter-names-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-tomcat-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/tomcat-embed-el-8.5.31.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/tomcat-embed-websocket-8.5.31.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hibernate-validator-6.0.10.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-web-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-webmvc-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-expression-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-webflux-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-reactor-netty-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/reactor-netty-0.7.8.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-codec-http-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-codec-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-handler-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-buffer-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-transport-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-resolver-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-codec-socks-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-transport-native-epoll-4.1.25.Final-linux-x86_64.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-common-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-webflux-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/reactor-core-3.1.8.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/nio-multipart-parser-1.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/nio-stream-storage-1.1.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-actuator-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-actuator-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/micrometer-core-1.0.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/HdrHistogram-2.1.10.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/LatencyUtils-2.0.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-log4j2-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.10.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/log4j-core-2.10.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/log4j-jul-2.10.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/log4j-1.2-api-2.7.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/log4j-api-2.10.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/lombok-1.18.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/micrometer-registry-prometheus-1.0.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/simpleclient_common-0.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/simpleclient-0.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-zipkin-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-sleuth-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-sleuth-core-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/aspectjrt-1.8.13.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-context-log4j2-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-spring-web-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-http-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-spring-rabbit-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-kafka-clients-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-httpclient-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-httpasyncclient-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-spring-webmvc-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/brave-instrumentation-servlet-5.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/zipkin-2.9.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/zipkin-reporter-2.7.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/zipkin-sender-kafka11-2.7.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/zipkin-sender-amqp-client-2.7.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-starter-amqp-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-stream-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-validation-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-messaging-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-integration-core-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-integration-jmx-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-tuple-1.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-integration-tuple-1.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-amqp-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-rabbit-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-amqp-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/amqp-client-5.1.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-core-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-integration-amqp-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-config-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-context-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-security-rsa-1.0.5.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.56.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-config-client-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-aop-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-aop-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/aspectjweaver-1.8.13.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-lib-core-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-retry-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-openfeign-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-openfeign-core-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/feign-core-9.5.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/feign-slf4j-9.5.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/feign-hystrix-9.5.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/feign-java8-9.5.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-netflix-ribbon-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ribbon-2.2.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ribbon-transport-2.2.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/rxnetty-contexts-0.4.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/rxnetty-servo-0.4.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/rxnetty-0.4.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netty-transport-native-epoll-4.1.25.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ribbon-core-2.2.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ribbon-httpclient-2.2.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-client-1.19.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-apache-client4-1.19.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/servo-core-0.12.21.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netflix-commons-util-0.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ribbon-loadbalancer-2.2.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/netflix-statistics-0.1.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-text-1.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-collections4-4.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-starter-web-api-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-swagger2-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/swagger-annotations-1.5.20.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/swagger-models-1.5.20.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-spi-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-core-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-schema-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-swagger-common-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-spring-web-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/guava-20.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/classmate-1.3.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-plugin-core-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-plugin-metadata-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/mapstruct-1.2.0.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/springfox-swagger-ui-2.9.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-netflix-hystrix-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-netflix-core-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-netflix-ribbon-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-netflix-archaius-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-netflix-archaius-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/archaius-core-0.7.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hystrix-core-1.5.12.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/rxjava-1.3.8.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hystrix-serialization-1.5.12.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-module-afterburner-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream-1.5.12.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hystrix-javanica-1.5.12.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/asm-5.0.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/rxjava-reactive-streams-1.2.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/reactive-streams-1.0.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-stream-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-commons-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-security-crypto-5.0.6.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-cloud-starter-stream-rabbit-2.0.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/postgresql-42.2.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/athenaJDBC-1.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/lib-client-scd-0.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-starter-web-client-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hibernate-jpa-2.1-api-1.0.2.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/gson-2.8.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-data-jpa-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-starter-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/javax.annotation-api-1.3.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/snakeyaml-1.19.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/spring-jdbc-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/jboss-logging-3.3.2.Final.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/spring-data-commons-2.0.8.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-orm-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-beans-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-aspects-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/mybatis-spring-boot-starter-1.3.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/mybatis-spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.3.1.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/spring-tx-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/spring-core-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spring-jcl-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-starter-web-request-details-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-core_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/avro-1.7.7.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/spark-launcher_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-kvstore_2.11-2.3.0.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/httpcore-4.4.9.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/java-xmlbuilder-1.1.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/compress-lzf-1.0.3.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/zstd-jni-1.3.2-2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/RoaringBitmap-0.5.11.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-net-2.2.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/scala-compiler-2.11.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/scala-xml_2.11-1.0.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-client-2.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/javax.ws.rs-api-2.1.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-common-2.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/osgi-resource-locator-1.0.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-server-2.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-media-jaxb-2.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/validation-api-2.0.1.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-container-servlet-2.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-container-servlet-core-2.26.jar
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BOOT-INF/lib/netty-3.9.9.Final.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/stream-2.7.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/metrics-core-3.2.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/metrics-jvm-3.2.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/metrics-json-3.2.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/metrics-graphite-3.2.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/scala-reflect-2.11.11.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-module-paranamer-2.9.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ivy-2.4.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/oro-2.0.8.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/pyrolite-4.13.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/py4j-0.10.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-tags_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-crypto-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/unused-1.0.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/simba-athena-jdbc-driver-2.0.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-sql_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/univocity-parsers-2.5.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-sketch_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-catalyst_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/scala-parser-combinators_2.11-1.0.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/janino-3.0.8.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-compiler-3.0.8.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/antlr4-runtime-4.7.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/orc-core-1.4.1-nohive.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-lang-2.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/aircompressor-0.8.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/orc-mapreduce-1.4.1-nohive.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-column-1.8.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-common-1.8.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-encoding-1.8.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-hadoop-1.8.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-format-2.3.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-jackson-1.8.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/arrow-vector-0.8.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/arrow-format-0.8.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/arrow-memory-0.8.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hppc-0.7.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/flatbuffers-1.2.0-3f79e055.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-yarn_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-yarn-api-2.6.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-yarn-common-2.6.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jaxb-api-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jetty-util-6.1.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-cli-1.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/guice-servlet-3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-io-2.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/guice-3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/javax.inject-1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/aopalliance-1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy-2.6.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-yarn-server-common-2.6.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jetty-6.1.26.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-yarn-client-2.6.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-aws-2.7.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-common-2.7.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/xmlenc-0.52.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-collections-3.2.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/servlet-api-2.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jsp-api-2.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-core-1.19.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jsr311-api-1.1.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-json-1.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jettison-1.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jaxb-impl-2.2.3-1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jersey-server-1.19.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-configuration-1.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-digester-1.8.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-core-1.8.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hadoop-auth-2.7.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/apacheds-kerberos-codec-2.0.0-M15.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/apacheds-i18n-2.0.0-M15.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/api-asn1-api-1.0.0-M20.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/api-util-1.0.0-M20.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jsch-0.1.54.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/curator-client-2.7.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/htrace-core-3.1.0-incubating.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/zookeeper-3.4.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-annotations-2.9.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/aws-java-sdk-1.7.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/spark-hive_2.11-2.3.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/parquet-hadoop-bundle-1.6.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hive-exec-1.2.1.spark2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/javolution-5.5.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/apache-log4j-extras-1.2.17.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/antlr-runtime-3.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/stringtemplate-3.2.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/ST4-4.0.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/JavaEWAH-0.3.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/snappy-0.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/stax-api-1.0.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/opencsv-2.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/hive-metastore-1.2.1.spark2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/bonecp-0.8.0.RELEASE.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/datanucleus-api-jdo-3.2.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/datanucleus-rdbms-3.2.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-pool-1.6.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-dbcp-1.4.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jdo-api-3.0.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jta-1.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/calcite-avatica-1.2.0-incubating.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/calcite-core-1.2.0-incubating.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/calcite-linq4j-1.2.0-incubating.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/eigenbase-properties-1.1.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/httpclient-4.5.5.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/commons-codec-1.11.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/joda-time-2.9.9.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/jodd-core-3.5.2.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/datanucleus-core-3.2.10.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/libthrift-0.9.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/libfb303-0.9.3.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/derby-10.14.1.0.jar
BOOT-INF/lib/core-tech-starter-docker-spring-boot-1.0.0.jar

When try to run the
spark-submit --master yarn --deploy-mode client --driver-memory 10G --executor-memory 15G --class com.ati.media.ref.scd.ScheduleApplication

i am seeing error as
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ati.media.ref.scd.ScheduleApplication
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)
        at org.apache.spark.util.Utils$.classForName(Utils.scala:235)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.org$apache$spark$deploy$SparkSubmit$$runMain(SparkSubmit.scala:836)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.doRunMain$1(SparkSubmit.scala:197)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.submit(SparkSubmit.scala:227)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.main(SparkSubmit.scala:136)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.main(SparkSubmit.scala)

When i try use
java -jar <jar> the app launces without any issues.
java -cp result same error as spark-submit that main calss not found.
What is wrong here. I have main function in ScheduleApplication.

A: You either need to specify --jars <path to your jar> or configure extrac jars location on the cluster level
From the AWS documentation:

A bootstrap action or custom configuration is overriding the class
  paths. When this happens, the class loader only picks up the JAR files
  that exist in the location that you specified in your configuration.

There are few options to resolve this:
1) Specifying the --jars with a path to your jar:
spark-submit --deploy-mode client --class org.apache.spark.examples.SparkPi --master yarn spark-examples.jar 100 --jars /home/hadoop/extrajars/*

2) adding the path of your custom JAR (containing the missing class) to the Spark class path.
In /etc/spark/conf/spark-defaults.conf, append the path of your custom JAR to the class names that are specified in the error stack trace. In the following example, /home/hadoop/extrajars/* is the custom JAR path.
For example (how to modify a running cluster):
sudo vim /etc/spark/conf/spark-defaults.conf

spark.driver.extraClassPath :/home/hadoop/extrajars/*
spark.executor.extraClassPath :/home/hadoop/extrajars/*

For more information, or how to do this on a new cluster refer the documentation


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March 19, 2014, marks the second Yahrzeit of the shooting in Toulouse, France that killed Rabbi Sandler, two of his children, and a little girl.
Not just a tragedy - a terrorist attack!
This was not a tragedy. It was a deliberate terrorist attack! We must label things correctly, or else there is no truth.
thank you for this important reminder. it was an act of barbarism. may the victims and their fanilies not be forgotten!
Was there a protest or condemnation from Amnesty International, who supposedly safeguards the rights of children?
Would someone who knows please comment. Thanks.


They go by different names, like Drone, UAV, or Quad copters. They carry cameras, and take amazing video and stills from crazy heights. Every videographer and photographer wants one. The attack of the drones is upon us.
I write this blog post to detail my journey, my pitfalls and the choices (or compromises) I have made.
My journey began in September of 2013, when I purchased a DJI Phantom 1 from Amazon for $679. The idea was to use the drone to film fly-overs on corporate golf outings. Everything seemed simple; get the drone, drop a GoPro camera on the mount, and go shoot. And that is what I did.
The Phantom 1 was a good craft, very easy to setup and fly out of the box, although I did have a small learning curve to overcome.
The problem I had with this setup was the lack of smooth video. What I needed was a gimbal, like the Movi, but for small crafts. The gimbals was available, but some cost more than the drone itself, and all required taking the drone about, and soldering in wires.
A 3D printed GoPro shockmount for the Phantom.
I did try this simple, low cost, 3D printer contraption, but with only minimal improvement.
Even the cheap gimbals (<$200) made a huge difference in the quality of the video as one of the members of the NJFCPUG demonstrated one meeting.
All of this was a bit outside of my comfort zone, so I decided to pass on the gimbal option for the time being.
To add insult to my injuries, DJI reduced the price after I purchased by $200, so I decided to return the unit, and chalk the whole thing up as a learning experience.
Flash forward a few months, to April 2014 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. DJI had a large booth in the main hall, and they had several new versions of the Phantom, but the one I was interested was the Phantom 2 with a 3 axis gimbal pre-wired.
I purchased one right on the show floor, very anxious to get my hands on one. I only waited a week, as my drone had shipped mere days after NAB.
While the video that my Hero 3+ recorded was stellar, I yearned for a way to live monitor what the camera was shooting. I needed a way to frame and orient the tilt axis on the camera.
Again, DJI to the rescue, or so I thought.
At NAB, DJI showed off a long range digital HD video transmitter for their drones. It was relatively expensive compared to the cost of a drone, at around $1500, and it was not available yet.
I waited and waited, chewing through props all the meanwhile. DJI posted a few videos that show how great it worked, but they did not tell the whole story.
The LightBridge works on the 2.4Ghz radio frequency, same as the stock Phantom flight radio. After installing the LightBridge on my P2, I quickly realized something wasn't right. I could not control the motors or anything. Frustration begins.
I tried calling the DJI support line directly several times, only to be told that due to high call volume, my call could not be taken at this time, and to try again later. I did try again later, numerous times later, with the same result. It appears that DJI just doesn't take calls now.
There are several dealers listed as well, and I called a few. All the ones I spoke to had never seen a shipping version of the light bridge, nor had they any answers to my questions.
It turns out, that in order to use the LightBridge, you need to purchase a controller that can tether to the LB so the frequencies don't interfere. So I purchase a Futaba radio that some others on the forums had recommended. That did indeed work, but the controller needed to be "programmed" to learn the phantom controls, and in the end, did not behave the same way in terms of easy of use.
Most frustating was the lack of a Mac updater tool for the LightBridge. DJI has a Mac utility for the Phantom, so it does not seem like a stretch to expect Mac support for all of their products.
After a week of kibbles and bits, I was able to get the LightBridge to work, and it worked well in my limited testing, but the setup was a bit gangly.
Around the same time, i was watching some videos about the DJI Ground Station, and autonomous flight modes. With a couple of add-on pieces, you can literally plot points on a map, and allow the drone to fly by itself at user determined points. This was perfect for me on the golf course, being able to let the drone fly down the fairway without me screwing the flight up.
So I ordered a Ground Station kit for the Phantom2, only to realize that it is incompatible with the LightBridge. Do you see a pattern here? Not blaming DJI or anyone for that matter, but the lack of clear and concise information on this is frustrating. Especially when the price point of this gear is aimed at green-horns.
The Ground Station is amazing from the technology to the interface. I was able to plot a few routes and have the drone fly all by itself. It was a bit scary at first, but it worked. For me, this feature trumped LightBridge for my use.
Shortly after NAB, my friend bought a DJI Phantom with an integrated camera, called the Vision. It touted a live video transmitter to an iPhone or iPad for realtime FPV. The idea was good, but for me, the lack of a 3 axis gimbal was a deal breaker.
Enter the Vision+. The Vision+ is an update to the original Vision, but includes a re-designed camera AND a 3 axis gimbal. Plus, it includes the Datalink hardware in the unit. For me, this was almost all I wanted. Once again to Amazon.com to order.
So the Phantom Vision+ arrives and I start the all to familiar drill of assembling, charging, and updating firmware on the drone. Once all was set, I went out to do some testing. Immediately, I had an issue the the drone not talking with the radio. Double checked everything, but no luck.
Back to the support lines. Who would answer the phones first? Atlanta Hobby answered first, and the tech suggested I read the manual, which I had, about linking the controller to the drone. After a second call, another tech walked me through the steps. Still no go. Call DJI he says. HA!
I really did not have time for a long round of call attempts, so I simply returned the unit to Amazon, and they advance shipped me a replacement. I figured it was worth a second attempt.
The new Vision+ I am happy to say worked out of the box. My review on this drone will follow soon.
The entry point for this technology is incredibly low for a professional user, which makes it very attractive. The UAV industry is at a crossroads now, where technology is developing by leaps and bounds. I would still categorize this like the wild west though. Every pro can buy one, but it's buyer beware. Not just from the hardware, but also the law. The FCC says that these craft for professional use are not approved without licensing. That process is out of reach for most in the category. You may get away with it once or twice, but the law may catch up with you at some point.
Then there is the safety element. I personally don't fly my drones over people in a public space, and try to minimize the impact if my drone drops from the sky. Others do not take such precautions and those are the stories you hear on the news.
As a matter of fact, I am launching a support group for video pro's who are getting into the world of drones.
Be safe, be patient, and have fun!
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package com.google.crypto.tink.streamingaead;

import com.google.crypto.tink.KeyTemplate;
import com.google.crypto.tink.Registry;
import com.google.crypto.tink.StreamingAead;
import com.google.crypto.tink.internal.KeyTypeManager;
import com.google.crypto.tink.internal.PrimitiveFactory;
import com.google.crypto.tink.proto.AesCtrHmacStreamingKey;
import com.google.crypto.tink.proto.AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat;
import com.google.crypto.tink.proto.AesCtrHmacStreamingParams;
import com.google.crypto.tink.proto.HashType;
import com.google.crypto.tink.proto.HmacParams;
import com.google.crypto.tink.proto.KeyData.KeyMaterialType;
import com.google.crypto.tink.subtle.AesCtrHmacStreaming;
import com.google.crypto.tink.subtle.Random;
import com.google.crypto.tink.subtle.Validators;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite;
import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This key manager generates new {@code AesCtrHmacStreamingKey} keys and produces new instances of
 * {@code AesCtrHmacStreaming}.
 */
public final class AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyManager extends KeyTypeManager<AesCtrHmacStreamingKey> {
  AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyManager() {
    super(
        AesCtrHmacStreamingKey.class,
        new PrimitiveFactory<StreamingAead, AesCtrHmacStreamingKey>(StreamingAead.class) {
          @Override
          public StreamingAead getPrimitive(AesCtrHmacStreamingKey key)
              throws GeneralSecurityException {
            return new AesCtrHmacStreaming(
                key.getKeyValue().toByteArray(),
                StreamingAeadUtil.toHmacAlgo(key.getParams().getHkdfHashType()),
                key.getParams().getDerivedKeySize(),
                StreamingAeadUtil.toHmacAlgo(key.getParams().getHmacParams().getHash()),
                key.getParams().getHmacParams().getTagSize(),
                key.getParams().getCiphertextSegmentSize(),
                /* firstSegmentOffset= */ 0);
          }
        });
  }

  /** Minimum tag size in bytes. This provides minimum 80-bit security strength. */
  private static final int MIN_TAG_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 10;

  private static final int NONCE_PREFIX_IN_BYTES = 7;

  @Override
  public String getKeyType() {
    return "type.googleapis.com/google.crypto.tink.AesCtrHmacStreamingKey";
  }

  @Override
  public int getVersion() {
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public KeyMaterialType keyMaterialType() {
    return KeyMaterialType.SYMMETRIC;
  }

  @Override
  public void validateKey(AesCtrHmacStreamingKey key) throws GeneralSecurityException {
    Validators.validateVersion(key.getVersion(), getVersion());
    if (key.getKeyValue().size() < 16) {
      throw new GeneralSecurityException("key_value must have at least 16 bytes");
    }
    if (key.getKeyValue().size() < key.getParams().getDerivedKeySize()) {
      throw new GeneralSecurityException(
          "key_value must have at least as many bits as derived keys");
    }
    validateParams(key.getParams());
  }

  @Override
  public AesCtrHmacStreamingKey parseKey(ByteString byteString)
      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException {
    return AesCtrHmacStreamingKey.parseFrom(byteString, ExtensionRegistryLite.getEmptyRegistry());
  }

  @Override
  public KeyFactory<AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat, AesCtrHmacStreamingKey> keyFactory() {
    return new KeyFactory<AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat, AesCtrHmacStreamingKey>(
        AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat.class) {
      @Override
      public void validateKeyFormat(AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat format)
          throws GeneralSecurityException {
        if (format.getKeySize() < 16) {
          throw new GeneralSecurityException("key_size must be at least 16 bytes");
        }
        validateParams(format.getParams());
      }

      @Override
      public AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat parseKeyFormat(ByteString byteString)
          throws InvalidProtocolBufferException {
        return AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat.parseFrom(
            byteString, ExtensionRegistryLite.getEmptyRegistry());
      }

      @Override
      public AesCtrHmacStreamingKey createKey(AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat format)
          throws GeneralSecurityException {
        return AesCtrHmacStreamingKey.newBuilder()
            .setKeyValue(ByteString.copyFrom(Random.randBytes(format.getKeySize())))
            .setParams(format.getParams())
            .setVersion(getVersion())
            .build();
      }

      @Override
      public Map<String, KeyFactory.KeyFormat<AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat>> keyFormats()
          throws GeneralSecurityException {
        Map<String, KeyFactory.KeyFormat<AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat>> result = new HashMap<>();
        result.put(
            "AES128_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_4KB",
            new KeyFactory.KeyFormat<>(
                createKeyFormat(16, HashType.SHA256, 16, HashType.SHA256, 32, 4096),
                KeyTemplate.OutputPrefixType.RAW));
        result.put(
            "AES128_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_1MB",
            new KeyFactory.KeyFormat<>(
                createKeyFormat(16, HashType.SHA256, 16, HashType.SHA256, 32, 1 << 20),
                KeyTemplate.OutputPrefixType.RAW));
        result.put(
            "AES256_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_4KB",
            new KeyFactory.KeyFormat<>(
                createKeyFormat(32, HashType.SHA256, 32, HashType.SHA256, 32, 4096),
                KeyTemplate.OutputPrefixType.RAW));
        result.put(
            "AES256_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_1MB",
            new KeyFactory.KeyFormat<>(
                createKeyFormat(32, HashType.SHA256, 32, HashType.SHA256, 32, 1 << 20),
                KeyTemplate.OutputPrefixType.RAW));
        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(result);
      }
    };
  }

  private static void validateParams(AesCtrHmacStreamingParams params)
      throws GeneralSecurityException {
    Validators.validateAesKeySize(params.getDerivedKeySize());
    if (params.getHkdfHashType() == HashType.UNKNOWN_HASH) {
      throw new GeneralSecurityException("unknown HKDF hash type");
    }
    if (params.getHmacParams().getHash() == HashType.UNKNOWN_HASH) {
      throw new GeneralSecurityException("unknown HMAC hash type");
    }
    validateHmacParams(params.getHmacParams());

    if (params.getCiphertextSegmentSize()
        < params.getDerivedKeySize()
            + params.getHmacParams().getTagSize()
            + 2
            + NONCE_PREFIX_IN_BYTES) {
      throw new GeneralSecurityException(
          "ciphertext_segment_size must be at least (derived_key_size + tag_size + "
              + "NONCE_PREFIX_IN_BYTES + 2)");
    }
  }

  private static void validateHmacParams(HmacParams params) throws GeneralSecurityException {
    if (params.getTagSize() < MIN_TAG_SIZE_IN_BYTES) {
      throw new GeneralSecurityException("tag size too small");
    }
    switch (params.getHash()) {
      case SHA1:
        if (params.getTagSize() > 20) {
          throw new GeneralSecurityException("tag size too big");
        }
        break;
      case SHA256:
        if (params.getTagSize() > 32) {
          throw new GeneralSecurityException("tag size too big");
        }
        break;
      case SHA512:
        if (params.getTagSize() > 64) {
          throw new GeneralSecurityException("tag size too big");
        }
        break;
      default:
        throw new GeneralSecurityException("unknown hash type");
    }
  }

  public static void register(boolean newKeyAllowed) throws GeneralSecurityException {
    Registry.registerKeyManager(new AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyManager(), newKeyAllowed);
  }

  /**
   * @return a {@link KeyTemplate} that generates new instances of AesCtrHmacStreaming keys with the
   *     following parameters:
   *

   *
Size of the main key: 16 bytes
   *
HKDF algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Size of AES-CTR derived keys: 16 bytes
   *
Tag algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Tag size: 32 bytes
   *
Ciphertext segment size: 4096
   *

   *
   * @deprecated use {@code KeyTemplates.get("AES128_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_4KB")}
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static final KeyTemplate aes128CtrHmacSha2564KBTemplate() {
    return createKeyTemplate(16, HashType.SHA256, 16, HashType.SHA256, 32, 4096);
  }

  /**
   * @return a {@link KeyTemplate} that generates new instances of AesCtrHmacStreaming keys with the
   *     following parameters:
   *

   *
Size of the main key: 16 bytes
   *
HKDF algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Size of AES-CTR derived keys: 16 bytes
   *
Tag algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Tag size: 32 bytes
   *
Ciphertext segment size: 1MB
   *

   *
   * @deprecated use {@code KeyTemplates.get("AES128_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_1MB")}
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static final KeyTemplate aes128CtrHmacSha2561MBTemplate() {
    return createKeyTemplate(16, HashType.SHA256, 16, HashType.SHA256, 32, 1 << 20);
  }

  /**
   * @return a {@link KeyTemplate} that generates new instances of AesCtrHmacStreaming keys with the
   *     following parameters:
   *

   *
Size of the main key: 32 bytes
   *
HKDF algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Size of AES-CTR derived keys: 32 bytes
   *
Tag algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Tag size: 32 bytes
   *
Ciphertext segment size: 4096
   *

   *
   * @deprecated use {@code KeyTemplates.get("AES256_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_4KB")}
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static final KeyTemplate aes256CtrHmacSha2564KBTemplate() {
    return createKeyTemplate(32, HashType.SHA256, 32, HashType.SHA256, 32, 4096);
  }

  /**
   * @return a {@link KeyTemplate} that generates new instances of AesCtrHmacStreaming keys with the
   *     following parameters:
   *

   *
Size of the main key: 32 bytes
   *
HKDF algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Size of AES-CTR derived keys: 32 bytes
   *
Tag algo: HMAC-SHA256
   *
Tag size: 32 bytes
   *
Ciphertext segment size: 1MB
   *

   *
   * @deprecated use {@code KeyTemplates.get("AES256_CTR_HMAC_SHA256_1MB")}
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static final KeyTemplate aes256CtrHmacSha2561MBTemplate() {
    return createKeyTemplate(32, HashType.SHA256, 32, HashType.SHA256, 32, 1 << 20);
  }

  /**
   * @return a {@link KeyTemplate} containing a {@link AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat} with some
   *     specified parameters.
   */
  private static KeyTemplate createKeyTemplate(
      int mainKeySize,
      HashType hkdfHashType,
      int derivedKeySize,
      HashType macHashType,
      int tagSize,
      int ciphertextSegmentSize) {
    AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat format =
        createKeyFormat(
            mainKeySize, hkdfHashType, derivedKeySize, macHashType, tagSize, ciphertextSegmentSize);
    return KeyTemplate.create(
        new AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyManager().getKeyType(),
        format.toByteArray(),
        KeyTemplate.OutputPrefixType.RAW);
  }

  private static AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat createKeyFormat(
      int mainKeySize,
      HashType hkdfHashType,
      int derivedKeySize,
      HashType macHashType,
      int tagSize,
      int ciphertextSegmentSize) {
    HmacParams hmacParams =
        HmacParams.newBuilder().setHash(macHashType).setTagSize(tagSize).build();
    AesCtrHmacStreamingParams params =
        AesCtrHmacStreamingParams.newBuilder()
            .setCiphertextSegmentSize(ciphertextSegmentSize)
            .setDerivedKeySize(derivedKeySize)
            .setHkdfHashType(hkdfHashType)
            .setHmacParams(hmacParams)
            .build();
    return AesCtrHmacStreamingKeyFormat.newBuilder()
        .setParams(params)
        .setKeySize(mainKeySize)
        .build();
  }
}

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In addition to partnering with MVNU, TMS also announced partnerships with College of Southern Idaho, East Tennessee State University, San Diego Christian, Ursinus College, University of South Carolina-Aiken, and Paine College.
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Ivalo Climate History
Past weather including monthly averages for Ivalo
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The climate in Finland is typically cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes. The terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills. For Helsinki in January the daily average maximum temperatures is 0°C with the average minimum -4°C, while in June the average maximum is 16°C with a minimum of 11°C. The wettest month for Helsinki is October with an average of 73.3mm of precipitation falling while the driest month is May with 30.3mm falling.
The information presented below gives detailed historical monthly average weather conditions along with exceptional weather occurrences. To maintain relevance to current weather trends the displayed information has been calculated using data collected over the past two decades. The climate profile is taken from closest available data source to Ivalo.
The average monthly amount of precipitation has been recorded at around 18 mm, that's 1 inches. Throughout the month you can expect to see rain or drizzle falling on 3 days of the month, with snow falling on 24 days.


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Q: After tokenizing, has a letter token already carried typeface info and font size info? TeX is not very well understood for me, and there are so many details that I have to make some notes so that I can quickly understand what I have learned now when I go over it in the future. The working process is especially important for me.
In terms of tokenizing, for example
\font\ninerm=cmr9 \ninerm a

after tokenized finished, I got the token a with category code 11. Is this character token carried typeface info (computer modern roman) and size info (font size 9) with it? If not, when did TeX find this info for token a at the time of convering it to a box?

A: No, a character token is essentially a pair of integers, character code and category code.
If a character token is encounted when TeX is typesetting a horizonal list then a characer node (which does hold the current font) is inserted into the list.
You can hold horizontal list in a box register so
\font\ninerm=cmr9 \ninerm \setbox0\hbox{a}  \showbox0

Shows that box 0 there does hold a character node that encodes cmr9.

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4 Accused In Party Beating Death Say They're Innocent
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — Three of the four people charged in the killing of a teenager at a party spoke to Channel 2 Action News reporter Mark Winne from jail on Tuesday.Quantez Devonta Mallory, Horace Damon Coleman, Emmanuel Benjamin Boykins and Tracen Lamar Franklin are accused of stomping, punching and kicking Bobby Tillman at a party early Sunday, a beating Tillman's mother called unprovoked.Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said the Sheriff's Office is looking at the possibility of other suspects.One of the men in custody told Winne that a brawl involving 20 girls took place just before Tillman was jumped.
Winne spoke with Coleman, Boykins and Franklin on Tuesday. Mallory declined to be interviewed. All four men proclaimed their innocence."No, I did not hit Bobby Tillman," said Franklin.Winne asked Coleman if he made one mistake. "Yes, going to that party. Not listening to my mom," said Coleman.Boykins spoke about his siblings."It's bigger than me, you know what I'm saying? I got younger brothers and younger siblings and I wouldn't want anybody to hurt them just for looking at them," said Boykins.Winne asked Boykins if he was a killer. "No, sir," he said.Winne asked Franklin if he helped kill Tillman.
"No sir, not at all," said Franklin.Coleman also said he was innocent. "I'm saying I'm innocent, yes," said Coleman.All three men said they thought Tillman was an innocent victim.
"He was very innocent, standing to the side, minding his own business," said Franklin."I don't even think he was the type of guy who would ever try to just come at somebody or start something," said Coleman.And Boykins said he knew first-hand that Tillman was innocent."Bobby looked at me and I was like, 'What are you looking at?'" said Boykins. "A friend of mine came and he said, 'Well, we've got to pound him.' And I said, 'Nah, I don't know him, he didn't talk about anything.' (Then the friend) ran across the street or whatever and punched (Tillman) and he fell on top of the car, so while I was trying to pull my friend off of him, more people came and jumped in. I don't' know who all those people are."Winne asked if Boykins knew why the others jumped on Tillman."No, I really don't," said Boykins.Mallory said he was innocent, but he did not want to be interviewed."I send my condolences to Bobby's family," said Coleman.
Boykins also sent condolences to the Tillman family.Miller said investigators have statements that contradict some of what the suspects told Winne during the interviews.Winne said, interestingly, Boykins singled out Coleman and said Coleman was innocent.Douglas County Coroner Randy Daniel said the autopsy was completed. Daniel said he'd only seen injuries like Tillman's in car accidents. He said Tillman's chest was crushed and he died when a broken bone cut his heart.


WSET – What Was Holding Me Back From Doing The Diploma?
So levels 2 and 3 were done and there was just the one to go as far as the WSET school goes, and that was level 4, otherwise known as the Diploma. I remember, after I'd done level 2, I signed up for level 3 the next day. But with the diploma I waited a few months before taking the plunge. I had my reasons.
Firstly was the confidence factor. You have to remember that, for whatever reason, I'd just meffed up the level 3 tasting exam. You have 30 minutes to taste two wines, and I'd crumbled, albeit with a little help from my mobile phone!! In the diploma you have one of the 6 exams on still wines, where it's 120 minutes to do 12 wines. Was I in a rush to bugger that up too?
I suppose the other thing was the cost. It's a natural thing to worry about. You're looking at the best part of £2k per year for 2 years. You've got to be up for it and ready. There's an option of doing it online, but I knew people who'd done that route and struggled with the motivation and the timings. I needed to be up for committing the days down at the school.
I think in the end I just closed my eyes and clicked the button. I work for myself, so I'd make the time to study. I work in the wine trade so I've got a chance to improve quickly. And if in two years my palate wasn't in the position to pass the exam then, you know what? I don't deserve to pass! There it is.
I'm excited for you! You can do this!
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Q: Bamboo plugin for cucumber reports? I have used Cucumber with Jenkins in the past and jenkins-cucumber-jvm-reports-plugin-java is fantastic. All I need to do is to generate a cucumber json output to get a beautiful report.
My new project uses Bamboo and I could not find anything similar or atleast something closer.  Has any one have experience using Cucumber and Bamboo? Could use some helpful pointers. As this exercise is POC, either Ruby or Java would be great.

A: I can see that this was asked a long time ago. Not sure whether it is still valid but here is my experience with the same problem.
In my project we are using cucumber with bamboo and report generationn is also vital for us.
We found that the Cucumber Report Plugin for bamboo is not sufficient for us so we moved to the Cucumber Reporting tool from MasterThought. As I see this is the exact same thing that the jenkins-cucumber-jvm-reports-plugin-java is using.
To utilize this in Bamboo we are calling it directly through maven after we have executed our tests during our build but there is also a maven-cucumber-reporting-mojo which can be used if you want to configure it through maven (we haven't used this because at that point it supported only one json input and we had hundreds of jsons but it's possible that this functionality was added in the mean time).
We are setting the generated html based output as artifact for our build so we can access the nice reports in bamboo for every build.
I hope it helps.


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Chunky, punky Ford Fiesta Active proves to be a praiseworthy package
Were it to wear a large safety-pin through its grille, Ford's growingly popular crossover model could not be less of a disruptive vehicle than it is and Iain Robertson is delighted to drive finally this largely derivative motorcar.
Almost three years ago, Ford grasped an automotive nettle and, with access to a much-reduced development budget, managed to create a thoroughly revamped range of Fiestas. Analyse the situation and you start to appreciate the task that was undertaken. When any product that is regarded as a best-seller seems to have reached that stage in its life, when it really cannot progress any further, incorporating an 'additive', tweaking its package and enhancing the proposition are all going to be positive developments, whether for toothpaste, or transport.
In the automotive scene, six (occasionally up to eight) years is regarded as an optimum lifespan for most motorcars, with half-life alterations planned into the programme at the three-to-four years period. However, Ford Motor Company, for much of the past 20 years, has been experiencing intense pains, some of which have been related to its total waste of resources during the acquisition-hungry era of the 1990s. It employed a whole run of senior personnel that knew primarily how to spend like water through a sieve but also to earn more from the corporation than any of their forebears. In the process, it forgot Henry Ford's arrogant but everyman approach.
My confession is that I have not lived with any Fiesta in the past few years, which is a sin, because the current Fiesta is no less than a star turn. In fact, it warrants its 'No.1' status in the UK by being impeccably well-built, supremely well-detailed and, in Active 1.0-litre form, complete with B&O hi-fi and Ford's twin-clutch, automated Powershift transmission, an exquisite car in which to drive shaken but arrive only lightly stirred.
By way of confirmation, the Active crossover model that has been mine for the past few days features a few shades of grey both externally and internally, accentuated by slivers of gold trim, natty seat covers and a knowing nod to the 'Blue Oval' with its blue dial pointers and blue-hued touch-screen at the top of the well-ordered centre stack. The design weight of every element has been considered judiciously and the Fiesta Active comes across as a cheerful, gently restrained but immensely impressive compact hatchback. Its popularity is underscored and almost underplayed. Of course, it is a prime example of 'pattern-marketing'. While the industry has gone SUV daft, the SUV 'lite' brigade (aka: crossover) is on the march, filling niches that scarcely anybody knew existed. However, factor-in below-bumper skid-guards fore and aft, tack on some skinny wheel-arch protection and hike up the suspension a wee bit and, 'Bingo!', you arrive at an Active variant.
Powered by the 97bhp version of Ford's much-vaunted but notably unreliable 1.0-litre, three-cylinder, EcoBoost petrol-turbo engine, its performance is better than adequate. Betraying no offbeat three-pot signals, refinement is at the head of its list of competences, a factor enhanced by the application of the six-speed self-shifter, which also features conveniently neat up-and-down paddles behind the cross-spokes of the steering wheel. It is enough to whisk the Active to 60mph in a shade more than 11.0s, onwards to a maximum speed of 114mph, thanks mostly to leggy gearing (almost 30mph/1,000rpm in top gear). However, it can return up to 57mpg, if you do not push too hard (38.9mpg was my average for the week, which was not a measure of 'hard-charging' but rather its notoriously poor fuel consumption), supplemented by 113g/km CO2 that equates to a £170 fee for first year (£140 subsequently) road tax. You might be better to opt for the 122bhp version of this same engine, for business use, which is actually more efficient overall.
The multi-adjustable driving position, both steering column and seat work through an enormous manual range, enables an extensive range of occupants to fit the car and it is an exceedingly comfortable place to reside, with first-rate support provided by the decent bolstering and supportive padding. However, place two six-footers in the front chairs and the space in the rear becomes seriously compromised. While not as cramped as some rivals, it is a small car after all, at least the 60:40-split rears fold forwards to increase the capacity of the 292-litre boot to almost 1,100-litres. Easy access to all areas is helped by well-judged apertures and there is good in-cabin storage too.
The reassuringly solid 'thunk' of the doors and the Fiesta Active's engaging and superior cabin ergonomics, supported by a strong sense of belonging on our mixed bag of road surfaces, are what makes this Ford a compelling choice. This is no 'showroom' beauty, in the style of Fords past; it rides incredibly well, changes direction eagerly and feels every inch a top-drawer model, with disarming high-quality oozing from every pore. While I regarded the regular Fiesta as being rather special, after testing it a couple of years ago, the Active variant has taken the game up a notch. Soft-touch surfaces abound within the car and even the pseudo 'carbon-fibre' insert in the attractive dashboard trim looks convincingly realistic.
However, it is not perfect, as its directional stability can be hampered by the merest whiff of a crosswind and pressing-on a bit reveals a 'toppy' nature to its dynamic envelope. Do not misunderstand, the Fiesta Active is stable and safe enough but it possesses an edge, at which it is not entirely happy. It is far better at lower speeds. The all-LED headlamp array provides good range on full-beam but lacks definition and depth of intensity on low-beam, which is typical of the type; I prefer bi-Xenon personally and Vauxhall's Intellilux lamps remain the class of the field. Yet, lulled by its Bang & Olufsen stereo system and cosseted within its cockpit, I struggle to discern a better all-round daily driver, regardless of its slightly scary price tag for a 1.0-litre hatchback (well over £22,000 as tested).
It is easily the best Fiesta that I have ever driven, the Active variant plays to its crossover strengths with aplomb. I can comprehend fully its popularity through its comprehensive specification and dependable build quality, and I believe it to be a most charming addition to Ford's model line-up.
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The Minority Business Development Agency belongs to the Department of Commerce.
The most common payscale is General Schedule, which pays 91.76% of the employees in the Minority Business Development Agency. General Schedule is followed by Senior Executive Service, which pays 3.53% of employees.
The agency code of the Minority Business Development Agency is CM59.


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Travel to Thankot in Nepal
It is known that the town of Thankot was established in the Kirat era, as documents and chronicles from this era indicate that it was founded even before Patan. During the rule of the Kirat Thankot was the capital, but lost its capital status after King Yalamber came into power. In ancient times, Thankot was known as Shonitapur. The name Shonitapur translates to 'The place of Blood', as the legendary battle between a demon and Krisha's son is said to have taken place here.
During the reign of King Prithvi Narayan, Shonitapur was renamed to
Thankot and became a military garrison. It later became a dreaded end
for political prisoners, because the town was known to be infested with malaria carrying mosquitoes.
Prisoners were sent here to die an agonizing death at the hands of the
feared illness. As the last Nepali village on the trade route to India,
Thankot regulated trade and became a point of safety and protection for traders.
Thankot is also known as a high-risk landslide zone, but even though numerous
landslides have been recorded in last few years none have been a risk to the
safety of the town and its inhabitants.
As a tourist destination in Nepal, Thankot offers
visitors the opportunity to witness their annual Mahalakshmi Festival. It is
in honor of the goddess Mahalakshmi and during the start of the festival,
statues of the goddess and her faithful companion Ganesh are carried to the
Mahalakshmi temple. The temple is another fascinating attraction to visit
while in Thankot, as it was constructed in 1690 and is an architectural
masterpiece for its time. The festival is accompanied by traditional Nepali music and dance
that starts off slowly and gradually quickens into a fast and loud frenzy.
Tika, a red colored powder, is thrown on participants by the men through out
the proceedings and by the end of the festival most people are covered in
red from head to toe. The festival and sacrifices are to request the deities
to look after the following year's crops and ensure a successful
harvest.
Thankot is an agricultural destination in Nepal, as it was the location
where the very first organic farm was established. The farm is not
completely organic, but the owner, Dharma Das Amatya, is steadily working
towards complete organic status. At present, he is Nepal's only home-made
blackberry jam producer and is always looking at different products to
pioneer. Unfortunately, Thankot made the news in 2006 when Maoists attacked
the Kathmandu Valley and the town was not spared. Eleven lives were lost
during the attack on Thankot and the town is slowly recovering from the
shock and loss suffered in their quaint little town. Locals here are very
gracious and friendly, and visitors will not regret stopping off in this
pleasant town.
central region deities ganesh kirat mahalakshmi nepali music thankot
Wedding customs in Nepal vary according to ethnic groups and castes. Traditionally Nepalese marriages are arranged, a deal between two sets of parent. In some cases the boy and his family will come to visit the girl and her family where they strike a deal. If they cannot agree then the boy's family will seek another girl for him to marry. However, in the modern age, this particular custom ...
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The two main religions in Nepal are Hinduism and Buddhism and very often worshipers from the two faiths intermingle at temples and shrines. This sort of interfaith is practiced throughout the country though really each person is worshiping his or her equivalent of the god to which the temple or shrine is dedicated. There are a few exceptions to this intermingling of believers though and the ...


Maybe you're a great writer, or maybe you know your fashion skills can teach someone how to develop their style.
Maybe you are an amazing makeup artist and want to start showcasing your talent. Or maybe you're a photographer who wants to start their own business.
You start thinking….should I start a blog?
There are many things to consider before starting a blog. And today I'm sharing both PRO's and CON'S for starting your own blog. I'll also share the BEST blogging resources if you want to start a blog or are just starting out.
Blogging can be a source of income, as I spoke to in greater detail in this post. I encourage you to think about starting a blog to make a little extra income. Everyone deserves more money so they can provide for their family, pay bills, or build an emergency fund. My blogging income has helped pay for my medical equipment!
The wonderful thing about blogging is having blogger friends and belonging to a community. I never did quite fit in anywhere – not in middle school, not in high school…not really anywhere. But when I began blogging I met people with similar interests and we became great friends.
Starting a blog can lead to brand sponsorships, press interviews, and other publicity for yourself or your business. Having publicity means your products sell more, your services sell more, or you become the influencer (or spokesperson) you've always wanted to be.
This blogging space is crowded. Some niches more than others. The fashion & lifestyle niche are super crowded, so is food, money, parenting, and beauty. With hundreds and thousands of other bloggers out there, you need to compete for attention. And most of the time, bloggers get so disappointed by lack of engagement and money that they quite after a few months.
Speaking of competition, this means that there will be plenty of unfriendly people you meet. One of the reasons I am seeking to start my own blogging network is from experiencing a really negative person who started copying my ideas. You'll find these people everywhere.
Again, this is a crowded space. Everyone's circumstances are different and making money/marketing doesn't come easy to all. Some months you'll make nothing. Some you'll make just enough. In order to become successful the one thing you do need is determination – to stay and keep at it until you get to your goal.
Despite the negatives, starting a blog is really a wonderful experience to go through – especially if you are in it for the right reasons – to inspire, to be creative.
There has not been a single moment where I have ever considered stopping – not on days when I get no views, not when I lose followers due to algorithms, not when people say it's a dumb thing to do.
Because it's mine – it's mine and it makes me happy. That is the reason I blog and it should be the main reason you consider starting one soon. If, at the end, it doesn't make you happy – you don't need to do it.
Your URL so we can check each other's sites out!
Hi there! I am going to start writing a blog for my online shop (kirastinystudio.com) but I was curious what 'writing copy for social media graphics' meant. And, by the way, I love love love this post because its very real. Its nice to feel like you're having a conversation with someone about something as big and scary about starting a blog!
Such great tips and points!
I'm glad you listed the pros and cons of starting a blog. It's easy to forget it's not all fun photoshoots and playing on Instagram!
These are all great points on things to think about before starting a blog!
All great things to consider when starting a blog!
this is a great post… such amazing information and lots of the same things i tell people when they ask me about blogging!
I started blogging because I had started a YouTube channel once and realized 1. Editing is really annoying and 2. I hate talking to a camera if no one is with me to bounce off of. It was then that I realized I like to write – always have since early high school. I created my blog to showcase my styles, life style, and everything in between from nerdy things to the cute new clothes I want to share. I created my blog so that I could help others find where they belong, find their style, and know that you should be afraid to like the things you like.
mstreetfashion.com is my blog and I'm really happy I started it. My grandpa who knows absolutely nothing about fashion emailed me once saying he read every post and loves it because he gets to know his granddaughter a little more.
Blogging is a great outlet to show who you really are and get to know people.


There was a time when mass shootings garnered mass media attention. Those days are gone.
A shooter at Marshall County High School in Kentucky opened fire on Tuesday morning, killing at least two people and injuring at least 17 others.
The suspect, a 15-year-old male student, is in custody, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said, and will be charged with murder and attempted murder. Federal, state, and local police are investigating the shooting.
Two students were killed, according to Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. A 15-year-old girl, Bailey Nicole Holt, was killed at the scene, and a 15-year-old boy, Preston Ryan Cope, later died at a hospital, police said.
Seventeen others were injured, 12 with gunshot wounds, Bevin said. All the victims are believed to be students.
*The number of injured appears to be higher than 17.
It happened the day before in Italy, Texas.
There have been approximately 14 school days since January 1st. There's been 11 shootings. That's almost one per day.
I'd like to propose that we start holding the people, whose unsecured guns are being used in these (and other types) shootings, accountable. If your child gets your gun then you are not a responsible gun owner. You should be charged.
We are becoming desensitized to this, and that must stop. Two children died yesterday. 17+ were injured. America shrugs, and mumbles something about their Constitutional rights and how they are responsible gun owners… until they're not.
A great many gave up hope of meaningful laws and enforcement after Sandy Hook, I'm one of them and see no reason to be optimistic about change in the future. Gun slaughter is a way of life, and death, in America and I see no outrage, no tragedy great enough to change that.


Another double-double for Liz Wood, another win for the UMaine women's basketball team. For Wood, 14 points and 11 rebounds. For the team, a sixth consecutive win.
The 56-42 win came at UMaryland Baltimore County and it puts the Black Bears at 6-1 in America East and 14-6 overall.
Along with the 14 poitns and 11 rebounds, Liz Wood had five steals and three assists.
Sigi Koizar added 14 points.
The UMaine men's team snapped its long 13-game losing streak, winning on the road at Hartford Sunday afternoon 70-61. The Bears are now 1-6 in AE and 2-18 overall.
Kevin Little scored 25 points, including five 3-pointers.
Till Gloger and Zarko Valjarevic each had 14 points.
Maine shot 51% from the field and 10-for-21 from the 3-point line.
It is Maine's first win since beating Wagner back on December 2nd.


Every now and then I go into "net hibernation". That's the stage you hit when you just don't want to log into muds anymore, you don't really want to surf the net, or code anything new. Most of the time, it's not a serious event. You know that taking a couple weeks off can fix it.
Cute little bear, hibernating away. I hope Selina does not look like this.
Sometimes, though, it's different. I've been in mud-hibernation for a few months now. I still occasionally fix bugs, but when I log in, it's more to check mail than code anything new. That's generally not a good thing when you're an administrator.
I've noticed that my activity online seems proportional to the activity of my staff online. The more I get excited and code, the more my staff does. When I hibernate, it seems so does everyone else. But I'm only one person, I shouldn't have that kind of affect on a mud!
In that sense, I was relieved the other day to find that one of my closest friends online, also an administrator on the mud I am on, was suddenly more productive. It was a relief, really, since I am still in hibernation, and I'm sure the mortals on my mud were happy to see some cool new stuff go into play.
I know a lot of my hesitation in jumping into any large project is the fact that it's Christmas. I enjoy Christmas, although traditionally I don't celebrate it. I enjoy Christmas parties, buying presents, (real) plum pudding, served hot with custard. I enjoy doing a "surprise" for the mud on Christmas too, even though I know I won't be online to enjoy it.
So, every year almost without fail, right around Christmas, I QuitMud. QuitMud being just not logging on as much. I need a break occasionally, and December always seems to be the time that I do it. Who knows, this year I may not return in the same capacity as previous years, but maybe it's time.
Oh the horrors, for me to say that maybe it's time to pay attention to offline things instead of a mud. It seems almost blasphemous! I've been around the mud scene for a long time. Most of the time I can't really imagine what it would be like not being around my "mud friends".
However, sometimes something inside me tells me "let go". Career, family, those silly people called "friends", all seem to be more important to me lately. Or maybe the recent inundation of "little kiddies" that wouldn't know a challenging mud unless it was handed to them with a pretty red bow tied around it, and a card saying "This is a challenging mud" has something to do with it.
I just don't feel that working on a mud has much benefit to me anymore. I have firm friendships made from there, yes, but most of my contact with those friends are through other online means anyway, rather than on the mud. I also enjoy coding areas for the mud, but with players that don't tend to notice new and nifty features in the areas, but like finding the bugs to exploit, it gets a little discouraging to continue doing so.
When it's all said and done though, it comes down to one simple fact. I don't have the courage to leave. It's been such a large part of my life in the past that there's no way I can abandon it. The true QuitMud never lasts. If I ever, honestly, let go, there will be no article for me to write about it, and no real goodbyes to say.
So Merry Christmas all, I'm not done yet!
Selina Kelley can most often by found on ProphecyMUD. She is also an editor here at Imaginary Realities.
December 2000 Imaginary Realities, the magazine of your mind.


If you've got a young child or a Pre-K classroom near you that could benefit from a cute book that helps even the smallest child consider simple ways that they can help to take better care of our world then there's a good chance this book is just what you're looking for. Reminding them in gentle ways of the little things they can do to help the earth like turning off the water when they're busy brushing their teeth, remembering to use both sides of the paper when drawing a picture, or planting seeds and watching them grow.Of course, there's the added bonus that you'll get the opportunity to spend a little extra time reading with them while helping them absorb some of the values that TreeHuggers share. And there's certainly no better time to instill good habits than when children are just learning how to manage the basics of the world around them.
Made from 100% recycled paper and written by Melanie Walsh, it's currently selling on Amazon for about $10.


Hedge fund manager John Paulson's tough track record in 2012 is spilling over into the gold market because his rivals are going after him, a widely followed industry watcher told CNBC on Friday.
"Everyone knows that Paulson is the biggest owner of gold," Tom O'Brien, editor of The Gold Report, said in a " Squawk Box " interview. "Unfortunately he's down quite a bit. Other sharks are going after him. ... They know he's got to sell."
Recently, some of Paulson's top gold stocks have been hitting new lows on high volume, O'Brien said, such as AngloGold Ashanti, IAMGOLD Corporation, and Gold Fields Limited.
In his weekly newsletter, O'Brien wrote, "The number of redemptions Paulson gets will affect the [gold] market in the next few months."
Signs of strength in the dollar are also putting gold prices under pressure, and O'Brien told CNBC he expects that to continue.
"We're at $1,660 [on gold prices], we're going to go to $1,550," he said, adding that the market is still in the midst of a two-year consolidation process.
But when those lows are achieved, prices should really pop, he said. "$2,250, like two or three years from now, might not be a big deal."
Another factor adding to O'Brien's bullish long-term outlook: "Gold has got it's place back in allocations models" among big funds, and he said he thinks that's "not going to leave."


We received one of our nicest compliments recently when we were asked by another architect to help him with his new beach cottage. Terry D. Steelman, FAIA Design Principal for Ballinger Architects of Philadelphia, brought us his sketches and schematic design for a family home on Bald Head. Terry is a nationally acclaimed designer whose expertise is concentrated in larger scale corporate and institutional projects. He wanted someone with coastal experience, wood framing expertise and an eye for design to provide advice and working drawings for the project. After talking to several people on the island and identifying the designer of different projects on the island, he chose our office for the work. The final design makes the maximum use of the available buildable area on the lot and provides a water view from the third floor deck on top of the screen porch tower.


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namespace LogsCollections.EC.LogTypeManager
{

    using Template;

    using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip;

    class FileCollectZipMgr : MgrBase
    {

        private static readonly FileCollectZipMgr Instance = SingletonProvider<FileCollectZipMgr>.GetInstance();
        private static readonly FastZip FastZiper = new FastZip();

        public static FileCollectZipMgr GetInstance()
        {
            return Instance;
        }

        public static void CollectFilesAndZipThem(string dirpath)
        {

            FastZiper.CreateZip("test.zip", dirpath, false, null);

            //throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }
}