Our next stop was Jurassic Park! For such a massive movie geek like me, the excitement began from the amazing moment that you walk through the gates seen in the movie. I can't remember the last time I was able to enjoy being a movie geek to this extent! As a side note, we had the most amazing cookies in this part of the park. They were absolutely massive, unbelievably delicious and only a couple of dollars so I would definitely recommend them!
Walking over to the ride you could see the Jurassic Park cars from the original movies, with dinosaurs looming out of the bushes behind them. There also seemed to be some sort of show that i'm guessing was connected to the recent Jurassic World. It looked like the story line was a dinosaur attempting to escape its cage and the keeper trying to prevent this from happening. There was an amazing robotic dinosaur which kept popping up and moving around (which looked almost scarily realistic). Unfortunately we didn't stop to watch it as we were all far too busy sprinting over to the Jurassic Park ride!
When I heard that it was a water ride, I was a little worried that it might be childish. I was quickly proved wrong however (much to my delight). The boat takes you along different sections of the 'park' with a voiceover introducing the dinosaurs that you see – as though you were actually in Jurassic World. You then come to a section where the dinosaur has escaped from its cage! You travel into a building and encounter a number of dinosaurs which have gained their freedom, before facing the famous T-Rex!!! Hand on heart, it truly was a fantastic ride. The dinosaurs looked pretty realistic, the tour element really made you feel like you had stepped into the world of the film, and of course the ride ended (as is expected from a water ride) with one final, massive splash!
After Jurassic world we then made our way over to Toon Lagoon. I have to admit I have no idea what this actually is, but there was a water ride there which looked INCREDIBLE. It created an absolutely enormous splash and the people coming off it genuinely looked drench to the skin – admittedly we avoided this ride because of that fact. Definitely one I want to try on another day though!
The next stop? Marvel! I am a self-confessed Marvel geek – particularly the Avengers and the X-men. So, coming to the Marvel Super Hero Island was truly a dream come true! The only ride in the area was connected to Spiderman, which I must confess I actually found a little bit disappointing. I like Spiderman, but I'm not a massive fan. I found it a bit surprising actually that after all of the success of the Avengers franchise in recent years that there was no ride dedicated to them! Maybe this should be something that Marvel need to start looking in to….
Spiderman was still of course a very fun ride and is something I would recommend to anyone visiting the park. I think perhaps all the rides are just that little bit more enjoyable if you're a fan of the movie or book etc. The whole area looked really interesting, and I would have loved to have had a browse through the comic store just out of sheer curiosity. (I don't actually own any comic books and I don't particularly have any desire to start collecting them, but it would still be interesting to have a look around!) What can I say, Universal Studios proved once more to be an incredibly entertaining, magical place!
As I have probably mentioned before, I am essentially a child in an adults body. Therefore it should come as no surprise to learn that whilst in Orlando I was determined to visit Universal studios. Much to my delight I wasn't the only member of the trek who felt this way, and so a group of us went together.
We bought the ticket which would allow us to go between the two parks – Universal's Island of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida. I think this was the best option as in one day we were able to get around most of the rides in both parks, and therefore I can't help but think that we would have got a bit bored if we had only had the options available in one park.
We began the day by going to Harry Potter World. We had been advised to do this first as apparently it can get insanely busy later on in the day. Somewhat surprisingly, we didn't actually have any problems with queues at all during the day. I think the longest that we had to wait for something was 35 minutes, and actually even that wasn't boring. Something I really like about Universal is that they try and make your wait for a ride interesting entertaining. So it isn't just a queue with some music playing repeatedly overhead like at some parks. Instead, you almost go through a journey as you wait for your ride. For example, as you waited for the Harry Potter ride you walked around Hogwarts, saw the paintings move and talk to each other, you visited Dumbledores office etc. So although technically you were waiting in line, it felt more like you were exploring the world of the ride – something that I loved.
Anyway, as we reached Harry Potter World it really did feel like we had stepped back in London – which was quite a strange sensation. They had paid a lot of attention to small details such as the road signs in England, and the lights you find along the Thames. I thought this attention to detail was very impressive and it's nice to see that they put so much time and effort into all their rides. We walked past the house used by the Order of the Phoenix, and the overnight bus. There was a red phone box for people to take photos in (which I think is more exciting if you're not from England, and then we explored Diagon Alley! Sadly we didn't really have much time to explore the shops properly. We wanted to try and do as many of the rides as possible, and we wouldn't have been able to do that if we had been continuously distracted. When I next come back to Universal (which I am 100% doing) I'd like to be able to spend a day looking around all of the little shops and stalls the park has, as well as the rides.
Anyway, we went on a ride that takes you through the vaults of Gringotts bank. It's not really a roller coaster, I think I would describe it more as a roller coaster stimulator. Essentially, as you're going along the tracks, you see a story playing out along the screen. In this case, Voldemort attacking the bank, a dragon escaping and Harry and his friends trying to get you to safety. There are some moments were you're diving down the track and being thrown around, but not loop-the-loops etc that I would associate with a 'real' roller-coaster. The visuals were fantastic and they were made even better by the fact that you're wearing 3D glasses – it really does feel like you're really there!
Another thing I really liked was that on the train ride, the window was actually a screen which played a little video. You heard Harry, Ron and Hermione talking in the train corridor, you saw the shadow of a dement or drifting by, you watched as London turned into typical English fields and saw Hagrid riding his flying motorbike. I love how the park have made the effort to make everything fun and entertaining, and it really does make the experience that little bit more magical!
Getting off the train we suddenly found ourselves in Hogsmeade! Once again, we sadly weren't able to have as much of a look around as I would have liked. We did however, get to visit Hogwarts, which definitely made up for it! The rides here were fantastic and once again, they really did make you feel like you were part of an adventure, and not just waiting for a ride in a theme park!
Harry Potter World is a definite must. I was a really big fan of the books when I was younger, although not so much now that i'm older and i've found other things to obsess over. Our group ranged from an obsessed Potterhead to someone who had never having read the books or watched the movies, and yet all of us thoroughly enjoyed it. I would recommend it to anyone, even if they're not a massive fan. If nothing else, the rides are brilliant fun and Harry Potter World does include one of the 'real' roller-coasters of the Theme Parks. A fantastic way to start the day!
After over a week of near non-stop travelling and site seeing, we were all ready for some down time. Thankfully, the next stop was at Panama City beach, Florida. The sand there is gorgeously white, and the water truly is crystal clear. I was surprised actually, as walking out into the sea I must have got a good 20-30 meters from shore and I was still only waist deep! It should probably come as no surprise that our day here was mostly spent on the beach or around the pool. Sadly, I burn incredibly easily so I had to spend most of the day in the shade. However, it still gave me the opportunity to read my book with an exquisitely beautiful view, so I was very satisfied.
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As we left New Orleans, we were able to stop off to do a swamp tour. In all honesty i'm not actually sure where we did it, just that it was in a swamp! The tour lasted for about an hour and a half, and it was incredible. I've never been in a swamp before, but I personally thought that it was absolutely beautiful. It was incredibly green and luscious – although this is because it's summer. Perhaps my opinion would have been slightly different if we had visited during the winter months! The guide was so friendly and was able to make everything seem truly interesting – which can't have been particularly easy at times. Much to our delight we were able to see some wildlife, including turtles, a racoon (the first I've ever seen) and alligators. Something I found very surprising was that the guide threw marshmallows over the side of the boat in an attempt to entice the crocodiles closer. I thought this was quite a strange choice for a meat eating animal, although someone later suggested that it might simply be because the sweets float! It was a great way to spend the morning and I had a fantastic time. Here are the photos from the trip – enjoy!
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We were then able to enjoy a full day in New Orleans. We began our morning by getting brunch in one of the small restaraunts in the French Quarter. Named The Grill Nola it was recommended to us both by my travel book, and by a friendly doctor we had got chatting to in the reception of our hotel the night before. It turned out that his ravings were incredibly justified!
The place was gorgeously decorated, and looking around it did feel like you had suddenly been transported back in time. We sat on small stools around the counter which gave it a homey feel, and the fact that there was a queue of people waiting outside the door was testament to just how popular this place was! The food was absolutely incredible – I can hand on heart say that it was the best pancake I have eaten in my entire life! It has probably also got to be the best service I have ever had in my life. The waiters were so friendly and happy, that you just couldn't help but laugh and chat with them. They called orders across to the chef so quickly and in such rapid succession that we were convinced that half of our orders would be wrong or missing. But no, they all arrived perfectly. One of the guys was so unbelievably cheerful that I couldn't help but compare him to Olaf the snowman from Frozen. I wish that we could have gone back to this place repeatedly, but sadly we didn't have the time. For anyone who is visiting New Orleans GO TO THIS PLACE ASAP!!!
For the remainder of the day we split up and pottered around the city. There wasn't really anything that I particularly wanted to see in New Orleans, so it was nice to have some time just to wander around the city and take in the sights. Unfortunately we didn't have time to go on a steam boat ride, which would have been great fun. You can do an evening Jazz cruise along the river with dinner which I think sounds incredible, although perhaps that's something to do with a significant other at some point!
We did however, get to do a Voodoo tour in the evening. This was something that I was absolutely determined to do (even if no one else in the group had wanted to do it) but thankfully everyone participated – even if it did take a little bit of persuasion!
The tour we went on was a factual, historical tour (not a 'scare the pants off you' type of tour) which suited me perfectly. There's another tour which apparently takes you around the graveyards and essentially tells you ghost stories. Whilst that does sound very cool, since we only had one evening, I wanted to make the most of my one opportunity to actually learn about Voodoo from someone who knows about it personally.
The tour was, in my opinion, fantastic. We were led around the city and shown places of significance to the Voodoo faith. We learnt about is history, its traditions, its practices, and about the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. I apologise if what I say isn't 100% correct, but this is what I understood from the tour…Voodoo originally came from Africa, and was brought over to America as a result of the slave trade. The religion was adapted by the slaves, meaning that the Voodoo practiced in New Orleans is different from Voodoo in say, Haiti. Voodoo refers to a spiritual religion, and is not simply a form of black magic as many people believe. This misconception occurred when people mixed up Voodoo, and other religions from Europe which practiced black magic.
We learnt that while practicers of Voodoo do believe in magic, this is actually known as 'Hoodoo'. Amongst other things, Hoodoo can be used to heal, to influence decisions and to help gain wealth. They do also use Hoodoo dolls, although they are not the type portrayed in movies and on the tv. Instead, they are usually used as a way to bless people, or to influence their spirits.
Another important aspect of Voodoo in New Orleans was the Voodoo Queens of the 19th century. These women had a huge amount of power, and often had the lead role in ceremonial meetings and ritual dances. They could be paid to create amulets, charms, spells, or magical powders and thus their influence was incredibly widespread.
In particular, the guide talked to us about Marie Laveau, known as the 'Voodoo Queen of New Orleans'. It was said that men of wealth and influence – such as lawyers, business men and politicians, all came to her for advice before making any important decisions. However, at the same time, she put a lot of her time and effort into helping the poor and enslaved of the city, something which I think makes her even more admirable. What I really appreciated about our guide is that she didn't try and convince us to start worshipping Voodoo, or give us a very one sided perspective about events. She told us that often when people were unable to pay for her service in cash, Marie Laveau would get them to tell her information instead. She also worked as a hairdresser, another place where idle gossip can be overheard. Thus, over time, The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans was able to build up an incredibly complex network of spies and information, which she may also have used to her advantage as well as her skills at Voodoo and Hoodoo.
The tour was incredibly interesting, and I thought the guide did an amazing job. Perhaps I'm a little biased as I found Voodoo fascinating even before this tour, but I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is in the city. It's a brilliant way to learn about New Orleans' history, and about something so different from what many of us believe.
Our next stop? New Orleans! For anyone who doesn't know, New Orleans is a city in the state of Louisiana. It is the states largest city, and is a major American port. The city was originally founded by the French, and got its name from the Duke of Orleans (who reigned as Regent for King Louis XV for eight years). The city is famous for numerous reasons including being the birthplace of Jazz, its annual Mardi Gras festival (which I am determined to see at some point in my life), and, of course, Voodoo.
We arrived in New Orleans after a long, hot, tiring car ride. However, we were still determined to get out and explore the city! We made our way over to the French Quarter, also known as the 'Vieux Carré' (Old Square), the oldest neighbourhood in New Orleans. The city developed around this area after its founding in 1718, and the whole area has now been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
It was quite bizarre walking around this area, as it truly did feel as though you had suddenly been transported to the small side streets of Paris. The architecture was gorgeous, and I was able to have a long look at some of the buildings when we were forced to take shelter when the daily rain storm occurred! As we made our way to the main square we passed numerous cafes, clothes shops, art galleries and numerous other interesting looking shops that we wanted to explore.
Eventually we managed to drag ourselves away from these numerous distractions to reach the square! I was surprised when we reached it that there were at least a dozen small stalls with men and women offering psychic readings, tarot cards, palm readings etc. I suppose I shouldn't have found it such a surprise considering the culture of the city, but I just hadn't been expecting to see them in the square like that.
I did however, get distracted watching a street performer swallowing swords – a slightly worrying act to watch! It was fantastic entertainment though (even if it does baffle me as to how it's done) and it was definitely worth the couple of dollars to watch!
Walking around the streets, I was curious as to why there were so many rainbow flags and other Pride decorations. Asking around, we found out that that weekend was the 'Southern Decadence' festival (also referred to as 'Gay Mardi Gras'). We were soon to see how crazy this would be!
I must confess, before going to New Orleans I didn't really know much about the city. I knew that it was the home of Voodoo and of Jazz, but in all honesty I think that this was probably mainly due to my love of the movie 'The Princess and the Frog.' However, even within a couple of hours of being in this city I was beginning to see how incredible it was, and beginning to fall in love with it. It is definitely being put high on my list of places to travel to again!
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Now before I start writing this post I have to make a confession…I'm not a massive Elvis fan. Don't get me wrong, I think that his music is good and if it's on the radio etc. then i'll list and enjoy it. But I wasn't brought up listening to it and it's not really the type of music I choose to listen to. However, I would like to think that despite this, I'm still able to appreciate when an individual helps to change the world – and this is certainly something that the King of Rock 'n' Roll did!
Well, if you haven't already guessed by now, the next day we travelled to Memphis, and visited Graceland – the home of Elvis Presley. Elvis bought the property at the age of 22, which shows how popular his music had become even at this early age! We were guided through the house with an interactive tour on an iPad, which in all honesty I can't really decide if I liked or not. On the one hand, it would have been nice to have an actual tour guide speaking to us and leading us around. The headphones prevented you from really talking to anyone else in your group, and I guess led to everyone feeling quite isolated. On the other hand, I was able to hear every single word which was said – which is quite unusual for a tour, and it also meant that everyone could walk around at their own pace which was quite nice.
It really was an incredible experience walking around this house. As i've already admitted, i'm not a big Elvis fan, but even I was able to appreciate what a momentous moment this can be for some people. It was almost difficult to believe that this was where the King of Rock 'n' Roll actually lived with his family. It was a slightly crazy house, with decorations and designs that were, at times, simply bizarre. Although I suppose that from the brilliantly crazy outfits that Elvis often wore this shouldn't have come as a surprise to me!
I'm very pleased that we were able to do this tour. Elvis truly did change the world with his music, and I think the fact that his home still has hundreds of visitors every single day, even forty years after his death, shows how important he was to so many people. Even if you're not a big fan of Elvis or the Rock 'n' Roll genre, I would still advise paying a visit. It is the home of a man who helped inspire millions, who changed music forever, and who truly was The King of Rock 'n' Roll. Even if the music or the man himself don't interest you, it's interesting to see the process of his rise to fame and the influence his career had on the world and its future.
We continued our adventures by visiting Sun Studios, the recording studio where Elvis was just one of a number of stars to record his works. This was also the place that Elvis was first discovered, although the beginning of his journey wasn't quite as easy as I had always assumed. Naively, I presumed that Elvis would simply have walked into any recording studio, sung, and been instantly recognised as a star talent. In reality, it took Elvis repeated attempts to win over the owner of the studio before he was able to convince him to record and play his music.
The studio was opened by Sam Phillips on January 3rd 1950. In 1951 a single called 'Rocket 88' was recorded there, which is claimed to have been the first rock and roll single. Elvis Presley is not the only famous musician to have been associated with this label however. Johnny Cash, Ray Harris, Warren Smith and Jerry Lee Lewis are just a few amongst many others!
We went on a tour around the studios which was actually really interesting. It lasted for about an hour, although it felt like it went by a lot quicker than that! The tour guide was really entertaining and knowledgeable. He also felt like the type of person you could actually ask a question, even if you weren't sure if it was stupid – which is something I like in a tour guide! Honestly, I had never even thought before about how or where Elvis made his music, or what the process was for him in going from an unknown, normal teenager to a global star. This tour was absolutely brilliant and I would 100% recommend it to anyone who is in the area.
They also sell really cool t-shirts, and I wasn't quite able to resist. On the bright side, it was a 'buy 3 get 1 free' offer, so a group of us were able to get them at a slightly discounted price! This was an absolutely fantastic day, and I'll definitely remember it as one of my highlights of the entire trip.


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New Apple Mac Studio Like A Mac Mini On Steroids
Apple today introduced Mac Studio, a new Mac desktop computer, powered by the M1 Max or M1 Ultra chip, which they say is the world's most powerful chip for a personal computer.
While the M1 Mac Mini is already popular with many musicians, the Mac Studio is like the Mac Mini on steroids. While the M1 Mac Mini was fast, the M1 Ultra Mac Studio is on another level – up to 60 percent faster than a top-of-the-line 28-core Intel Mac Pro.
It's a tiny desktop Mac that can play back 18 streams of ProRes video, support up to 128GB of unified memory, 7.4GB/s SSD reads & up to 8TB capacity. And by building on the energy-efficient architecture, it can do this without getting hot or requiring noisy fans.
The Mac Studio blows away the current M1 Mac Minis in many other ways. On the back, Mac Studio includes four Thunderbolt 4 ports to connect displays and high-performance devices, a 10Gb Ethernet port, two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, and a pro audio jack for high-impedance headphones or external amplified speakers. Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 are built in as well.
And because users frequently connect and disconnect devices, like portable storage, the Mac Studio also includes ports on the front for more convenient access. There are two USB-C ports, which on M1 Max supports 10Gb/s USB 3, and on M1 Ultra supports 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 4.
There is also an SD card slot on the front to easily import photos and video. And Mac Studio supports up to four displays, plus a 4K TV.
Apple included Ableton in the introduction, suggesting essentially that users will need to make more complex projects before the M1 Ultra will break a sweat. Apple says that "Musicians and producers can work on the most complex compositions, with hundreds of tracks, plug-ins, and virtual instruments, all played in real time."
"M1 Ultra is another game-changer for Apple silicon that once again will shock the PC industry. By connecting two M1 Max die with our UltraFusion packaging architecture, we're able to scale Apple silicon to unprecedented new heights," said Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies. "With its powerful CPU, massive GPU, incredible Neural Engine, ProRes hardware acceleration, and huge amount of unified memory, M1 Ultra completes the M1 family as the world's most powerful and capable chip for a personal computer."
The Mac Studio is available to pre-order now, starting at $1,999, configured with an M1 Max processor, 32GB of memory and 512GB of storage; or $3,999, configured with an M1 Ultra processor, 64GB of memory and a 1TB of storage.
Check out the stats and share your thoughts on the new Mac in the comments!
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Concerto, One Night In Central Park (CD/DVD)
On September 15, 2011, internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli gave a once in a lifetime, free concert as a gift to New York City on Central Park's Great Lawn. The spectacular event was captured for CD DVD, making for the ultimate Bocelli collection, appealing to both loyal fans and new admirers alike. The varied repertoire includes some of Bocelli's finest performances to date from both the worlds of classical and pop he so successfully straddles unlike any other artist.
Andrea Bocelli Concerto: One Night in Central Park for the first time ever captures the many sides of Bocelli's musical passions all in one package. Additional performers include the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of musical director Alan Gilbert, with special guests Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, Bryn Terfel, Chris Botti, David Foster, Andrea Griminelli, Nicola Benedetti, Anna Maria Martinez and Pretty Yende.
ARTIST SITE | RELEASED: November 15, 2011 ON Decca
TAGS: Adult Contemporary | Classical | DVD/Blu-ray | Live
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"More (Ti Guarderó Nel Cuore. - With Chris Botti On Trumpet, David Foster On Piano"
1. La Donna É Mobile - Rigoletto
2. Di Quella Pira - Il Trovatore
3. Ave Maria "Central Park Version"
4. Vicino A Te S'acqueta - Andrea Chénier - Duet With Ana Maria Martinez
5. Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Les Pêcheurs De Perles - Duet With Bryn Terfel
6. O Soave Fanciulla - La Bohème - Duet With Pretty Yende
7. Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici - La Traviata - With P.Yende, B.Terfel, A.M.Martinez
8. Amazing Grace
9. New York, New York - Duet With Tony Bennett
10. The Prayer - Duet With Cèline Dion, David Foster On Piano
11. More (Ti Guarderó Nel Cuore. - With Chris Botti On Trumpet, David Foster On Piano
12. Your Love (Once Upon A Time In The West.
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Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - With David Foster On Piano
14. Funiculi Funicula - With Andrea Griminelli On Flute
15. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor- Concierto De Aranjuez - With Nicola Benedetti On Violin
16. Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiró) - Duet With Ana Maria Martinez
17. Nessun Dorma - Turandot
Reykjavík, Iceland Andrea Bocelli at Kórinn
Mannheim, Germany Andrea Bocelli at SAP Arena
Leipzig, Germany Andrea Bocelli at Quarterback Immobilien Arena
Berlin, Germany Andrea Bocelli at Mercedes-Benz Arena
San Jose, CA, US Andrea Bocelli at SAP Center at San Jose
Hollywood, CA, US Andrea Bocelli at Hollywood Bowl
Prague, Czech Republic Andrea Bocelli at O2 arena
Rome, Italy Andrea Bocelli at Terme Di Caracalla
Coimbra, Portugal Andrea Bocelli at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
More By This Artist
Andrea Bocelli Si (Decca)
Andrea Bocelli Sì Forever: The Diamond Edition (Decca)
Andrea Bocelli Believe (Decca/Sugar)


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This lecture explores the systemic violence integral to many of the everyday practices of colonialism, and the languages in which these practices were legitimated within colonial discourse. Through this exploration it reflects on the troubled relationship between law and violence in the making of colonial modernity.
Carl Vinnen's Ein Protest deutscher Künstler is one of Wilhelmine Germany's best known but arguably least understood acts of cultural protest. It has been described as a 'notoriously pessimistic, xenophobic attack on modern art', yet Vinnen had explicitly stated that he wanted 'no chauvinistic Deutschtümelei'. This seminar will argue that the focus on Vinnen's nationalism has obscured his true concerns: the commodification of art and the loss of the local in an age of rapid globalization.
This event is organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London, the Jewish Museum, Frankfurt am Main and the Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt am Main, in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London.
The lecture will be held at the German Historical Institute London. Admission is free.
More information is available on the GHIL website (in German only).
Deadline for applications for the "DHI London Post-Doc-Stipendium" for 2013/14 is 30 June 2013.
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Mixed news on roads programme for Colchester
Colchester MP Sir Bob Russell has welcomed the announcement that the A12 Colchester Northern By-Pass is to be widened to three lanes as far as the Ardleigh Crown interchange, but has expressed disappointment that the list of road schemes does not include the A120 to the west and east of Colchester. Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir Bob told the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Patrick McLaughlin MP, that there was a need for the A120 to be upgraded.
The 84 new schemes across England, however, do not include the A120 – so Sir Bob said that he would be taking up Mr McLaughlin's offer to let him know "if a part is missing" in the programme.
Sir Bob said: "I will be doing so. Although the A120 to the west and east of Colchester is not in my constituency, it shares the A12 where it by-passes Colchester, so an upgrade to provide a complete dual-carriageway from Braintree to Harwich would be of benefit to Colchester and my constituents."
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Republicans Slam Mandela Barnes's Support for Eliminating Cash Bail
by Alana Goodman
Mandela Barnes, the Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate, was slammed as "dangerous" in a new $1.2 million advertising blitz launched by Republicans on Friday, which highlights his support for eliminating the cash bail system in the United States.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee ad campaign comes as Barnes, an outspoken progressive and the state's lieutenant governor, has sought to rebrand himself as more moderate in his competitive race against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson.
The NRSC told the Washington Free Beacon that the ad is part of a $1.2 million ad buy that will run online and on TV.
The ad links far-left bail policies with the horrific Christmas Parade massacre in Waukesha, Wisconsin last year, when a repeat felon released on low bail plowed his car through crowds of pedestrians, killing six and injuring dozens more.
Barnes largely avoided attacks on his political record during the Democratic primary but attacks have ramped up on his criticism of law enforcement, far-left economic policies, and personal issues such as his tax delinquency as the November race nears.
"What happens when criminals are released because bail is set dangerously low?" asks the ad, before showing news clips from the attack.
"Mandela Barnes wants to end cash bail, completely. He wrote the bill. Barnes still wants to end cash bail. Today."
Barnes has been a long-time champion for ending cash bail in Wisconsin and nationally.
While serving in the state assembly, Barnes introduced legislation in 2016 to end "monetary bail as a condition of release" for criminal defendants, and to prohibit judges from detaining defendants based on the "nature, number and gravity" of the charges, the Free Beacon reported last December. His campaign said in February that he supports ending cash bail nationally.
Over the past decade, Barnes has built a reputation as a progressive firebrand in state politics, partnering with "defund the police" groups, promoting a movement to "Abolish ICE" and advocating for softer policies on crime.
But in the past few months he has sought to moderate his image and distance himself from unpopular Democratic leaders, as he works to appeal to rural and suburban voters. Barnes declined to say if he will attend an event in Milwaukee on Monday with President Joe Biden, who has a 40 percent approval rating in the state.
The post Republicans Slam Mandela Barnes's Support for Eliminating Cash Bail appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
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UPDATED: Gunmen kill five policemen, one woman in A'Ibom
Gunmen have killed five policemen and one woman during a Saturday dawn attack at the Divisional Police headquarters, Odoro Ikpe in Ini local government area of Akwa Ibom state.
Chairman of the council, Mr. Israel Adaisin, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, blamed members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) for the attack.
According to him, the gunmen invaded the divisional police station around 2:45 am and killed five police officers.
He said they also killed one woman, burnt several vehicles and destroyed other facilities.
He said eyewitnesses told him the gunmen, numbering more than 40, arrived the council headquarters in two buses and a Sienna car.
"They arrived Ini Local Government Area with sophisticated weapons, broke into the police facility at precisely 2:45am, killing five policemen on duty, burning of vehicles while inflicting injuries on others," he stressed.
He added some police officers who attempted to repel the gunmen were overrun.
Adaisin, who visited the scene of the attack with member representing Ini Constituency in Akwa Ibom Assembly, Emmanuel Bassey, appealed for calm while condoling with the victims.
According to him: "I can confirm that gunmen arrived Ini Local Government Area with two buses and one Sienna car on Saturday at 2:45 am numbering more than 40 men, killed 5 policemen on duty and one woman at Odoro Ikpe Police station while burning several vehicles during the attack.
"I want to also extend my heartfelt condolences to the fallen heroes families and the Nigerian Police Force who died in the line of duty.
"I want to also thank the youths of Ini Local Government Area who were proactive in raising alarm which was the needed force that helped to reduce the level of casualties which would have been recorded as a result of the attack.
"I urge the good people of Ini LGA to stay calm as we are working with relevant security agencies and the Government of Akwa Ibom State to ensure that the situation is contained and necessary modalities are being put in place to forestall a reoccurrence.
"There is no cause for fear as the culprits will be brought to book in no distant time."
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Recipes for Russia: Food and Nationhood under the Tsars (review)
Darra Goldstein
Recipes for Russia: Food and Nationhood under the Tsars
Recipes for Russia: Food and Nationhood under the Tsars. By Alison K. Smith. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2008. 259 pp. $40.00 (cloth).
Food studies as an area of scholarly investigation is relatively new, having come to the fore only in the 1960s with the French Annales school of historians. Recently scholars in a wide range of disciplines have embraced the field, leading to a proliferation of books, from magisterial reference works to individual commodity studies. Not surprisingly, many titles focus on France, Italy, and China, countries with highly developed cuisines and a sense of national culinary identity. So far very little has been written about Russia; thus the attention to Russian cuisine promised by Alison K. Smith's volume is highly welcome. Unfortunately, this book does little to further our understanding of Russia's culinary culture.
There are two major problems. First, although the book purports to be about food, much of it is about agricultural and social policy, which is not quite the same thing. The disjuncture between policy and practice might have been addressed by referencing the work of Aleksandr Nikolaevich Engelgardt, whose Letters from the Country, 1872–1887 discusses agricultural innovations, the subsistence diet of the peasants, and social norms surrounding food and its dearth, such as the accepted practice of "begging for crusts." Engelgardt and his insights into agricultural and culinary methods are oddly missing in a volume that is otherwise impressive for the breadth of its research (fully one quarter of the book is taken up by endnotes). Other lacunae lead to incomplete information; the content seems to be driven by the archival and other material the author examined in the provincial Kazan' and Kostroma archives rather than being guided by any larger argument. For instance, the practice of avoiding meat on Mondays (in addition to the Churchmandated meatless days of Wednesdays and Fridays) was widespread, not limited only to Kostroma province (p. 83). How else would the precise verb ponedel'nichat' ("to fast on Mondays") have come into standard usage? The sole chapter devoted to Russian food (chapter 3, "Describing the Russian Diet: Ethnography, History, and Cultural Definition") digresses into a discussion of the foods of the indigenous tribes living near Kazan'—the Chuvash, Cheremis, Tatars, and others—instead of fully exploring what makes Russian cuisine distinctive.
It is in this chapter that the book's second major problem becomes most apparent, a problem that is, unfortunately, practically endemic in the work of scholars who have lately jumped onto the food bandwagon. Smith is an excellent researcher, but her knowledge of food and cooking [End Page 778] is limited. It is not sufficient to investigate food without understanding how ingredients behave in the kitchen. Just as art historians pay attention to the materials an artist chooses to use and the transformations they undergo through manipulation, and archaeologists study the properties of the various clays and glazes used to produce the pots they unearth, so food scholars must go beyond printed documents to uncover the physical and sensual properties of food. Although Recipes for Russia is laudable for its research, there is a basic lack of understanding of the subject itself—of the process of culinary transformation and the history of foodstuffs and their uses in Russia. This deficiency unfortunately leads to misinterpretations and, in many cases, outright errors.
The author's position is that the Russian peasant diet was "Monotonous, Simple, and Crude," as one section of chapter 3 is titled. And of course that position is largely correct. But there is no acknowledgment of the skill and even artistry involved in preparing tasty food. Smith writes that "Peasants merely boiled grains or cabbage, or prepared sour bread that rises in the simplest way" (p. 77). What is the simplest way for bread to rise? The dense rye loaves of the peasants (which were not always possible in times of poor harvest) depended on the preparation and careful maintenance of a sourdough starter—not, in fact, the simplest way to get bread to rise. Furthermore, grains like barley or oats were not boiled. They were slowly baked in the...


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Q: applet in Java7 not working after signing jar We used to have an applet in an Alfresco application which was build and compiled in Java 6. since our systems needed to update to Java7 JVM the applet launch started to show all those anoying security messages and it was quite a pain for our users.
We readed the guideness of Java7 and it seems that we just needed to sign our jars involved in the applet with CA certificate. We did so and now all our jars are signed with the certificate correctly following the Java 7 guide and using Keystore tool. However we have found two issues now with all the applets that invoke these signed jars (for this example I am gonna show only one of our applets)
1) Applets take a lot now to load (before signing and in Java6 JVM used to take 15 secs and now we are talking about minutes!!!).
2) We find the ClassNotfoundException issue that avoids our applets to work.
Most important problem for us is the second issue "ClassNotFoundException" as after spending days reading about possible solutions we are not able to get it to work.
Our applet is in a jsp page inserted like this code
<applet code="uk.co.mmscomputing.application.imageviewer.MainApp.class"
        codebase="<%= scan.getUrlAlfrescoApplet() %>"
        archive="scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar, alfresco-web-service-client.jar, jai_core.jar, jai_codec.jar, activation.jar, alfresco-core.jar, axis-1.4.jar, bcprov-jdk15-137.jar, commons-discovery-0.2.jar, commons-logging-1.1.jar, jaxrpc.jar, mail.jar, opensaml-1.0.1.jar, saaj.jar, wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar, wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar, wss4j.jar, xalan.jar, xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar, xmlsec-1.4.1.jar"
        width="100%" height="600" name="Veritas Scan">
        <PARAM name="scanFile" value="<%= scan.getFileName() %>">
        <PARAM name="container" value="<%= scan.getSpaceNodeRef().getId() %>">
        <PARAM name="multipage" value="<%= scan.getFactMultipage() %>">
        <PARAM name="urlAlfrescoWS" value="<%= scan.getUrlAlfrescoWS() %>">
        <PARAM name="ocr" value="<%= scan.getOcr() %>">
        <PARAM name="cif" value="<%= scan.getCIF() %>">
        <PARAM name="user" value="<%= scan.getUserName() %>">
        <PARAM name="ticket" value="<%= scan.getTicket() %>">
        <PARAM name="sessionId" value="<%= scan.getSessionId() %>">
        <PARAM name="java_arguments" value="-Xmx256m">
        <PARAM name="java_version" value="1.6*">
        <PARAM name="separate_jvm" value="true">
        Your browser does not support the applet tag.
     </applet>

and the jars signed are in
tomcat/alfresco/applets
However when we try to launch this applet in its jsp page at the end we get this error message:
ClassNotFoundException
uk.co.mmscomputing.application.imageviewer.MainApp.class
What we see in the java console is this:
 Java Plugin 10.55.2.13
Usando versión de JRE 1.7.0_55-b13 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
Directorio de inicio del usuario = C:\Documents and Settings\Dolores Sanguinetti
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c:   borrar ventana de consola
f:   finalizar objetos en la cola de finalización
g:   recopilación de basura
h:   mostrar este mensaje de ayuda
l:   volcar lista de classloader
m:   imprimir uso de memoria
o:   disparar registro
q:   ocultar consola
r:   recargar configuración de política
s:   volcar propiedades del sistema y de despliegue
t:   volcar lista de threads
v:   volcar pila de threads
x:   borrar caché de classloader
0-5: definir nivel de rastreo en <n>
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CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Thu Jun 16 11:51:52 CEST 2011,length=6280199
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-web-service-client.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:54 CET 2013,length=418382
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-web-service-client.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:54 CET 2013,length=418382
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=1966212
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=1966212
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_codec.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=267173
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_codec.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=267173
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/activation.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Mon May 05 23:35:34 CEST 2014,length=59420
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/activation.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Mon May 05 23:35:34 CEST 2014,length=59420
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:39 CET 2013,length=173167
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:39 CET 2013,length=173167
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/axis-1.4.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:52:13 CET 2013,length=1689344
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/axis-1.4.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:52:13 CET 2013,length=1689344
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/bcprov-jdk15-137.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:26 CEST 2010,length=1528841
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/bcprov-jdk15-137.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:26 CEST 2010,length=1528841
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-discovery-0.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:01 CET 2013,length=79805
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-discovery-0.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:01 CET 2013,length=79805
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-logging-1.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:15 CET 2013,length=58414
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-logging-1.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:15 CET 2013,length=58414
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jaxrpc.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:40 CET 2013,length=39674
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jaxrpc.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:40 CET 2013,length=39674
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/mail.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:43 CET 2013,length=364719
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/mail.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:43 CET 2013,length=364719
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/opensaml-1.0.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:02 CET 2013,length=112773
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/opensaml-1.0.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:02 CET 2013,length=112773
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/saaj.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=22324
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/saaj.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=22324
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=136990
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=136990
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:19 CET 2013,length=165762
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:19 CET 2013,length=165762
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wss4j.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:41 CET 2013,length=323332
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wss4j.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:41 CET 2013,length=323332
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xalan.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=3175437
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xalan.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=3175437
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=1280498
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=1280498
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xmlsec-1.4.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:23 CET 2013,length=455842
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xmlsec-1.4.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:23 CET 2013,length=455842
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Thu Jun 16 11:51:52 CEST 2011,length=6280199
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Thu Jun 16 11:51:52 CEST 2011,length=6280199
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-web-service-client.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:54 CET 2013,length=418382
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-web-service-client.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:54 CET 2013,length=418382
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=1966212
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=1966212
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_codec.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=267173
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jai_codec.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:30 CEST 2010,length=267173
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/activation.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Mon May 05 23:35:34 CEST 2014,length=59420
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/activation.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Mon May 05 23:35:34 CEST 2014,length=59420
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:39 CET 2013,length=173167
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/alfresco-core.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:51:39 CET 2013,length=173167
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/axis-1.4.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:52:13 CET 2013,length=1689344
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/axis-1.4.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:52:13 CET 2013,length=1689344
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/bcprov-jdk15-137.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:26 CEST 2010,length=1528841
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/bcprov-jdk15-137.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:26 CEST 2010,length=1528841
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-discovery-0.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:01 CET 2013,length=79805
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-discovery-0.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:01 CET 2013,length=79805
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-logging-1.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:15 CET 2013,length=58414
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/commons-logging-1.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:15 CET 2013,length=58414
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jaxrpc.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:40 CET 2013,length=39674
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/jaxrpc.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:53:40 CET 2013,length=39674
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/mail.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:43 CET 2013,length=364719
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/mail.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:43 CET 2013,length=364719
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/opensaml-1.0.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:02 CET 2013,length=112773
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/opensaml-1.0.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:02 CET 2013,length=112773
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/saaj.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=22324
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/saaj.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=22324
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=136990
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=136990
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:19 CET 2013,length=165762
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:19 CET 2013,length=165762
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wss4j.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:41 CET 2013,length=323332
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wss4j.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:54:41 CET 2013,length=323332
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xalan.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=3175437
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xalan.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=3175437
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=1280498
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Oct 01 12:17:28 CEST 2010,length=1280498
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xmlsec-1.4.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:23 CET 2013,length=455842
CacheEntry[http://IP_SERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xmlsec-1.4.1.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Fri Nov 29 12:55:23 CET 2013,length=455842

Any ideas about how can we get our applets back and running smoothly in Java7???
We need this so badly :-(.
Thanks a lot.

A: Thanks a lot for giving us this suggestion, We have set the trace mode on in java console and this is what we got. Still dont know why the Class is not being found.
Please do you see anything that we must fix. Also dont know exactly why we get the message for the jars saying
network: URL http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar escrita en archivo C:\Documents and Settings\Dolores Sanguinetti\Configuración local\Datos de programa\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\43\e97acab-2f09d0d9-temp
java.lang.SecurityException: invalid SHA1 signature file digest for uk/co/mmscomputing/imageio/tiff/TIFFBaselineFactory.class

Thanks a lot
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Usando versión de JRE 1.7.0_55-b13 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
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v:   volcar pila de threads
x:   borrar caché de classloader
0-5: definir nivel de rastreo en <n>
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basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/mail.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/opensaml-1.0.1.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/saaj.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/wss4j.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xalan.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar
basic: Plugin2ClassLoader.addURL parent called for http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/xmlsec-1.4.1.jar
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security: Está activada la comprobación de lista de bibliotecas de confianza
network: Se ha encontrado la entrada de caché [URL: http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar, versión: null] prevalidated=false/0
cache: Adding MemoryCache entry: http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar
cache: Resource http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar has expired.
network: Conectando http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar con proxy=DIRECT
network: Conectando http://54.217.234.34:8080/ con proxy=DIRECT
network: ResponseCode de http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar: 200
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network: Desconectar conexión con http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar
CacheEntry[http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Thu Jun 16 11:51:52 CEST 2011,length=6280199
network: Conectando http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar con proxy=DIRECT
network: Conectando http://54.217.234.34:8080/ con proxy=DIRECT
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network: URL http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/scan-plugin-mmsc_v1.2.jar escrita en archivo C:\Documents and Settings\Dolores Sanguinetti\Configuración local\Datos de programa\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\43\e97acab-2f09d0d9-temp
java.lang.SecurityException: invalid SHA1 signature file digest for uk/co/mmscomputing/imageio/tiff/TIFFBaselineFactory.class
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network: No se ha encontrado la entrada de caché [URL: http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/uk/co/mmscomputing/application/imageviewer/MainApp.class, versión: null]
network: Conectando http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/uk/co/mmscomputing/application/imageviewer/MainApp.class con proxy=DIRECT
network: No se ha encontrado la entrada de caché [URL: http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/uk/co/mmscomputing/application/imageviewer/MainApp/class.class, versión: null]
network: Conectando http://IPSERVER:8080/alfresco/applets/uk/co/mmscomputing/application/imageviewer/MainApp/class.class con proxy=DIRECT
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: uk.co.mmscomputing.application.imageviewer.MainApp.class
    at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
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basic: cargar: clase uk.co.mmscomputing.application.imageviewer.MainApp.class no encontrada.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: uk.co.mmscomputing.application.imageviewer.MainApp.class
    at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
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    at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.initAppletAdapter(Unknown Source)
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Ignored exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: uk.co.mmscomputing.application.imageviewer.MainApp.class
basic: Dialog type is not candidate for embedding
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security: Restablecer el almacén de certificados de sesión denegados

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Q: Can't use virt-manager after removing firewalld I accidentally ran a sudo apt remove firewalld, and now trying to use virt-manager to create a virtual machine shows the following message:
The name org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1 was not provided by any .service files

So, I decided to install the firewalld package again. Now, I'm getting the following error message:
internal error: firewalld is set to use the nftables backend, but the required firewalld 'libvirt' zone is missing. Either set the firewalld backend to 'iptables', or ensure that firewalld has a 'libvirt' zone by upgrading firewalld to a version supporting rule priorities (0.7.0+) and/or rebuilding libvirt with --with-firewalld-zone

firewalld is already on 0.9.1-1ubuntu1, which is greater than 0.7.0, so I don't think there should be a problem with the version, but there is.
What would be the right solution, to return things as they were before removing firewalld?
The same errors appear when trying to run virsh net-start default manually.
I'm using Ubuntu 20.10 (Pop!_OS, which is why I had to move my question here)

A: As suggested in a comment by Christian Ehrhardt in the original question, I changed
FirewallBackend=nftables

to
FirewallBackend=iptables

in /etc/firewalld/firewalld.conf.
and virt-manager works now.
It seems to be the default setting in Ubuntu but was reset when reinstalling the package.
However, I think it may not be the best solution since nftables is supposedly better, but if Ubuntu maintainers decided it's good, then I'll leave it like that for now; feel free to make better suggestions.


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Q: Itertools instead of nested loops list_a = []
for color in [True,False]:
    for piece in range(1,7):
        list_a = list_a + function(piece,color)

Here the function(piece,color) returns a list, which I want to join and finally return the long list, can itertools.chain be used here? because I think it might be faster. I am only displaying an example, but in my actual code the loop runs about 100,000 times, which is why I am looking for a faster method.

A: I'm going to answer the question you should have asked instead ;-)
This:
list_a = list_a + function(piece,color)

takes time quadratic in the number of times it's executed.  Each time, a brand new list object is created, copying the entirety of the old list_a and the new list.
So if it's executed many times, you can get a huge improvement by changing it to this:
list_a.extend(function(piece,color))

Then list_a is extended "in place" whenever possible; under the covers, it may need to make a copy to a larger memory area from time to time, but overall the amortized time is linear in the number of times it's executed.

A: If you really want to use itertools.chain:
>>> from itertools import product, chain
>>> list_a = list(chain.from_iterable(function(piece, color) for piece, color in product([True, False], range(1, 7))))

Of course, if you use list_a += function(piece, color) this would likely be just as fast (maybe faster?).
The problem with list_a = list_a + function(piece, color) is that this line is quadratic in it's input, because it builds an entirely new list, whereas list_a += function(piece, color) is the equivalent of using extend, which for Python lists is amortized constant time, so the inner part stays linear instead of quadratic.

A: yield from seems to be the simple solution here.
def generator():
    for color in [True,False]:
        for piece in range(1,7):
            yield from function(piece,color)

A: You can use itertools.starmap, although you'll still have the loops, you can't really escape from them:
result_generator = starmap(function, ((piece, color) for piece in range(1,7) for color in [True,False]))

list_a = list(result_generator)

Then, use itertools.product like this:
result_generator = starmap(function, product(range(1,7), [True,False]))


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Common man can easily meet Ministers and Officers in Gandhinagar office
By Darshana Jamindar
Recently, new Gujarat government has been changed and new government has now started taking important decisions. A new order has been issued for the top officials in today's cabinet meeting. Elaborating on the decision taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to make state administration more effective, state government spokesperson and state revenue and law minister Rajendra Trivedi said that MLAs and citizens from distant areas of state should come to Gandhinagar to represent their queries.
On Mondays and Tuesdays, all ministers and officials of all departments are required to be present in their office and meet visitors.
MLAs have listen to people Because of this decision, even legislators now have to understand that there is no freedom without working on issues of people. The work of the people raised from the interior part of state to Gandhinagar has to be given high priority and they have to work as a public servant of people.
Officials will respectfully call and listen to MLAs
Rajendra Trivedi said that when MLAs go to officials for representations on Mondays and Tuesdays, the officials will not let them sit outside and will immediately call them inside respectfully and listen to their representations. Habit of make waiting outside the office will end He said that in the past it has been noticed that when legislators went to officers of concerned department for their representation, officers kept them wait outside. So now when legislators go to department officials for their representations on Mondays and Tuesdays, officials will have to respectfully call them easily and not make them sit outside their office. From now on, legislators will be able to enter the chamber of officers directly for their representations. This decision will suffice Monday and Tuesday The decision is only for Mondays and Tuesdays, rest of the days will have to make an appointment to visit department officials. These instructions have to be strictly followed.
Citizens coming from interior part have to be given time
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken an important decision in the first cabinet meeting for the facilitation of people. Accordingly, ordinary citizens coming from far flung villages or hinterlands of state Secretariat for their work, representations will have to be allotted time for visits by state ministers and officials on Mondays and Tuesdays. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has asked the ministers and officials avoid any meetings, meetings or other programs during these two days (Monday and Tuesday).
Instructions to implement the decision with immediate effect
Elaborating further on Gujarat CM's decision, Gujarat Revenue and Law Minister Rajendra Trivedi and Education Minister Jitu Vaghani said that Chief Minister Bhupendra in public interest allowed ordinary citizens can meet in their office all day if the state ministers and officials are not busy in meetings and other events. It will be now easy for citizens to meet ministers and officials for their work. Bhupendra Patel has given instructions to implement this decision with immediate effect.
Tagged common man, easily, Gandhinagar, issue, meet, Minister, Officer, people, problem, represent, work
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Kaija Marja Mustonen (Helsinki, 4 augustus 1941) is een voormalig Fins schaatsster. Zij kwam uit voor de vereniging Helsingin Luistinkiitäjät.

Kaija Mustonen nam twaalf maal deel aan de twee internationale kampioenschappen die, tijdens haar loopbaan, voor vrouwen werden georganiseerd. Aan de wereldkampioenschappen nam zij tien keer deel en aan de Olympische Winterspelen twee keer, in 1964 en 1968.

Zij maakte op 16-jarige leeftijd haar internationale schaatsdebuut. Bij de WK van 1958 in Kristinehamn kwam ze niet verder dan een 12e plaats op de 1500 meter en een 20e plaats in het eindklassement. Tot en met 1963 deed Mustonen mee in de middenmoot met een beste prestatie tijdens het WK van 1960 met een 10e plaats. De ommekeer kwam bij de Winterspelen van 1964 in Innsbruck. Mustonen won zilver op de 1500 meter op gepaste afstand van winnares Lidia Skoblikova en brons was haar deel een dag later op de 1000 meter.

Op de wereldkampioenschappen allround die volgden eindigde Mustonen telkens in de top tien. Het podium heeft ze nooit mogen betreden, haar relatief mindere 500 meter was hier debet aan. Wel wist ze vier keer een bronzen afstandsmedaille te veroveren, op het WK van 1964 op de 1500m, op het WK van 1967 op de 1500 en 3000m en op het WK van 1968 op de 3000m.

Op de Winterspelen van 1968 in Grenoble liet Mustonen zien dat ze ook een afstand kon winnen. Op de 1500 meter liet ze in een nieuw olympisch record Carry Geijssen slechts 0,3 seconden achter zich, maar voldoende voor olympisch goud. Twee dagen later werd de Finse op de 3000 meter tweede op gepaste afstand van Ans Schut, maar nog net voor de andere Nederlandse favoriete, Stien Kaiser.

Tijdens haar carrière schaatste Kaija Mustonen - op alle afstanden, ook de 500 meter- in totaal 24 Finse records.

Persoonlijke records

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Medaillespiegel

Fins langebaanschaatser
Fins olympisch kampioen


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Depature Beauvais Airport CDG Airport Orly Airport Paris (Hotel or home address) Railway Station in Paris Asterix (Amusement park or hotel nearby) Bayeux Caen Disneyland Paris (Amusement park or hotel nearby) Epernay La Défense Orléans Reims Rouen Versailles (Castle or Hotel) VILLEPINTE Exhibition Hall Amiens Angers Beaune Boulogne (Zip code 92100) Castle in the Loire Valley Cergy Pontoise Chalon sur Saône Chantilly and its Castle Chartres Château-Thierry Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Dieppe Fontainebleau and its Castle Le Havre (Home address - Hotel - Harbour - Cruise terminal) Neuilly-sur-Seine Roland Garros Stadium Saint Denis (Hotel or FRANCE STADIUM) Zip code 92 Zip code 93 Zip code 94 Destination Passengers number
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Private transportation to Domain of Cheverny in the Loire Valley
History and visit the Domain of Cheverny in the Loire Valley
Transfer from Paris airports to the Domain of Cheverny in the Loire Valley
Domain of Cheverny was at the time, a stately property under the authority of the same family, and, for about six centuries. It was well maintained by the generations that have succeeded. This domain was first available to the public by the year 1922. It is characterized by a vast castle with pieces of furniture of interiors and incomparable well preserved. On the first floor, the art of French living is highlighted with different rooms including the Chamber of births, children and the dining room. Still other treasures found in this magnificent fortress, namely the Gobelins tapestry of the seventeenth century and the convenient Louis XIV Boulle Style.
Apart from the castle, visit the English garden, the garden of apprentices and garden is also possible. The forested part of the park offers boat and electric cars during guided tours.
Café de l'Orangerie offers a tasting menu gourmet dishes. Do not miss visiting the hundreds of dogs that exist in this area.
To visit the Domain of Cheverny, we advise you to effectively transfer means may lead you from your address or from the Paris airports to the Domaine of Cheverny. We're offering three categories of vehicles comfortable and well equipped with collective shuttle, private car and luxury car VIP.
Domaine de Cheverny is located 229 km from Charles-de-Gaulle airport, 196 km from Orly airport and 298 km from Paris Beauvais airport.
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For more than 30 years, Michael Killen led Killen & Associates, Inc., a firm that published studies and short films to help banks and high tech companies identify and seize emerging business opportunities. He'll share what he learned filming leaders who are invested in slowing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 4:00 pm at St. Bede's Church (2650 Sand Hill Road) in Menlo Park.
The program, part of Arts at St. Bede's, is titled "Michael Killen — Art and Music: Engaging Climate Change" and includes three of his paintings. $10–$25 is suggested donation at the door.
Killen has exhibited his art before audiences and leaders from the Carnegie Institution for Science, NASA, Microsoft, Packard Foundation, Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford, Smith Andersen Editions & Gallery, and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
Not only is this art horrible, but Killen is off on his opinion of this made up alleged scientific Global warming crap.
That is like your opinion, mannnnn.
I must agree with Dude Jefferson. Merely opinion; Yours, mine, Michael's.
honestly and authentically. I give him my full support and admiration.