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You are here: Towns > Runnymede
Type:Towns & Villages
Windsor Road
TW20 0AE
The Borough of Runnymede is famous for its monuments, the most famous being the one to commemorate the Magna Carta. The area is a riverside setting of meadows, grassland and woodland with a network of pleasant paths and pleasure gardens.
There is free access to Runnymede with the only charge being the car parks. There is a noticeboard in the car park with a map and signs to the memorials.
There are three memorials:
The Magna Carta - it was on this site in 1215 that King John signed the Magna Carta
JFK Memorial - memorial to the celebrated president by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe owned by the Kennedy Trust but maintained by the National Trust.
Air Forces Memorial - commemorates the 20,000 Royal Air Force airmen killed in the Second World War, who have no known grave.
Runnymede Pleasure Gardens
There is a play area with play equipment, a paddling pool, cafe and children's amusements alongside the River Thames. Excellent base for walks along the river, picnics and boat trips. Nearby is the Bells of Ouzeley, which is featured in Jerome K. Jerome's 'Three Men and a Boat'
Take a cruise on the river with French Brothers
You can embark on disembark from Runnymede Boathouse or Runnymede Pleasure grounds on a French Brothers public cruise on the Lucy Fisher, a replica of a Victorian paddle steamer. Operates April to 5 October but check days and times as not always daily. French Brothers also run a Runnymede to Windsor service trip, which operates Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun throughout the summer. Please check the website for specific operating dates.
Enjoy a walk along the Thames Path from the Runnymede Hotel at Bell Weir Lock, past the Runnymede Pleasure Ground, and as you approach Magna Carta Island you can see Copper's Hill, which has the Air Forces War Memorial on top. It was near here in 1215 that King John signed the Magna Carta, this document also forms the basis of the American Declaration of Independence. There is an acre of land American land here, on which stands the John F Kennedy memorial, which was given to the Americans in memory of the President's role in civil rights.
Along the water meadows at this point near the National Trust tea room and car park at Runnymede stand The Jurors, twelve intricately worked bronze chairs, stand together as an artwork that aims to examine the changing and ongoing significance and influences of Magna Carta. The jury system, a central feature of the British justice system and many others around the world, has its origins in Magna Carta.
Stay or enjoy great Riverside Dining
Stay on the banks of the River Thames at The Runnymede on Thames which offers luxury accommodation, along with an award-winning spa and riverside dining. Choose from the Lounge, the Lock Bar and Kitchen or Leftbank Restaurant.
South Side Tea Room Pay and Display Car Park, March to September, 08.30 to 19.00 hrs, October to February 08.30 hrs to dusk
Riverside Car Park, March to September only, 10.00 to 19.00 hrs, when conditions allow. Closed 24 December and may be closed 25 & 26 December and 1 January.
The Borough of Runnymede includes the towns of Egham and Chertsey. Take a look at events, exhibitions and activities happening in Runnymede's River Celebrations.
Runnymede and Ankerwycke
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The Magna Carta Memorial
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The Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede
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Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial
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National Trust Runnymede
Runnymede Memorials
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Runnymede Pleasure Grounds
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Windsor Farm Shop
Windsor Farm Shop sells a range of products from the Royal Farms and small local…
Frogmore House
Set amidst the extensive Home Park of Windsor Castle, Frogmore House is surrounded by…
The Savill Garden
The Savill Garden is a garden of beauty and colour where visitors journey through 35…
Kris Cruisers
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Title 28 - Judicial Administration
CHAPTER I - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PART 36 - NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
Subpart C - Specific Requirements
§ 36.302 Modifications in policies, practices, or procedures.
28 CFR § 36.302 - Modifications in policies, practices, or procedures.
(a) General. A public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures, when the modifications are necessary to afford goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to individuals with disabilities, unless the public accommodation can demonstrate that making the modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations.
(b) Specialties -
(1) General. A public accommodation may refer an individual with a disability to another public accommodation, if that individual is seeking, or requires, treatment or services outside of the referring public accommodation's area of specialization, and if, in the normal course of its operations, the referring public accommodation would make a similar referral for an individual without a disability who seeks or requires the same treatment or services.
(2) Illustration - medical specialties. A health care provider may refer an individual with a disability to another provider, if that individual is seeking, or requires, treatment or services outside of the referring provider's area of specialization, and if the referring provider would make a similar referral for an individual without a disability who seeks or requires the same treatment or services. A physician who specializes in treating only a particular condition cannot refuse to treat an individual with a disability for that condition, but is not required to treat the individual for a different condition.
(c) Service animals -
(1) General. Generally, a public accommodation shall modify policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service animal by an individual with a disability.
(2) Exceptions. A public accommodation may ask an individual with a disability to remove a service animal from the premises if:
(i) The animal is out of control and the animal's handler does not take effective action to control it; or
(ii) The animal is not housebroken.
(3) If an animal is properly excluded. If a public accommodation properly excludes a service animal under § 36.302(c)(2), it shall give the individual with a disability the opportunity to obtain goods, services, and accommodations without having the service animal on the premises.
(4) Animal under handler's control. A service animal shall be under the control of its handler. A service animal shall have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because of a disability to use a harness, leash, or other tether, or the use of a harness, leash, or other tether would interfere with the service animal's safe, effective performance of work or tasks, in which case the service animal must be otherwise under the handler's control (e.g., voice control, signals, or other effective means).
(5) Care or supervision. A public accommodation is not responsible for the care or supervision of a service animal.
(6) Inquiries. A public accommodation shall not ask about the nature or extent of a person's disability, but may make two inquiries to determine whether an animal qualifies as a service animal. A public accommodation may ask if the animal is required because of a disability and what work or task the animal has been trained to perform. A public accommodation shall not require documentation, such as proof that the animal has been certified, trained, or licensed as a service animal. Generally, a public accommodation may not make these inquiries about a service animal when it is readily apparent that an animal is trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability (e.g., the dog is observed guiding an individual who is blind or has low vision, pulling a person's wheelchair, or providing assistance with stability or balance to an individual with an observable mobility disability).
(7) Access to areas of a public accommodation. Individuals with disabilities shall be permitted to be accompanied by their service animals in all areas of a place of public accommodation where members of the public, program participants, clients, customers, patrons, or invitees, as relevant, are allowed to go.
(8) Surcharges. A public accommodation shall not ask or require an individual with a disability to pay a surcharge, even if people accompanied by pets are required to pay fees, or to comply with other requirements generally not applicable to people without pets. If a public accommodation normally charges individuals for the damage they cause, an individual with a disability may be charged for damage caused by his or her service animal.
(9) Miniature horses.
(i) A public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability if the miniature horse has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of the individual with a disability.
(ii) Assessment factors. In determining whether reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures can be made to allow a miniature horse into a specific facility, a public accommodation shall consider -
(A) The type, size, and weight of the miniature horse and whether the facility can accommodate these features;
(B) Whether the handler has sufficient control of the miniature horse;
(C) Whether the miniature horse is housebroken; and
(D) Whether the miniature horse's presence in a specific facility compromises legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation.
(iii) Other requirements. Sections 36.302(c)(3) through (c)(8), which apply to service animals, shall also apply to miniature horses.
(d) Check-out aisles. A store with check-out aisles shall ensure that an adequate number of accessible check-out aisles are kept open during store hours, or shall otherwise modify its policies and practices, in order to ensure that an equivalent level of convenient service is provided to individuals with disabilities as is provided to others. If only one check-out aisle is accessible, and it is generally used for express service, one way of providing equivalent service is to allow persons with mobility impairments to make all their purchases at that aisle.
(1) Reservations made by places of lodging. A public accommodation that owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of lodging shall, with respect to reservations made by any means, including by telephone, in-person, or through a third party -
(i) Modify its policies, practices, or procedures to ensure that individuals with disabilities can make reservations for accessible guest rooms during the same hours and in the same manner as individuals who do not need accessible rooms;
(ii) Identify and describe accessible features in the hotels and guest rooms offered through its reservations service in enough detail to reasonably permit individuals with disabilities to assess independently whether a given hotel or guest room meets his or her accessibility needs;
(iii) Ensure that accessible guest rooms are held for use by individuals with disabilities until all other guest rooms of that type have been rented and the accessible room requested is the only remaining room of that type;
(iv) Reserve, upon request, accessible guest rooms or specific types of guest rooms and ensure that the guest rooms requested are blocked and removed from all reservations systems; and
(v) Guarantee that the specific accessible guest room reserved through its reservations service is held for the reserving customer, regardless of whether a specific room is held in response to reservations made by others.
(2) Exception. The requirements in paragraphs (iii), (iv), and (v) of this section do not apply to reservations for individual guest rooms or other units not owned or substantially controlled by the entity that owns, leases, or operates the overall facility.
(3) Compliance date. The requirements in this section will apply to reservations made on or after March 15, 2012.
(f) Ticketing. (1)(i) For the purposes of this section, "accessible seating" is defined as wheelchair spaces and companion seats that comply with sections 221 and 802 of the 2010 Standards along with any other seats required to be offered for sale to the individual with a disability pursuant to paragraph (4) of this section.
(ii) Ticket sales. A public accommodation that sells tickets for a single event or series of events shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal opportunity to purchase tickets for accessible seating -
(A) During the same hours;
(B) During the same stages of ticket sales, including, but not limited to, pre-sales, promotions, lotteries, wait-lists, and general sales;
(C) Through the same methods of distribution;
(D) In the same types and numbers of ticketing sales outlets, including telephone service, in-person ticket sales at the facility, or third-party ticketing services, as other patrons; and
(E) Under the same terms and conditions as other tickets sold for the same event or series of events.
(2) Identification of available accessible seating. A public accommodation that sells or distributes tickets for a single event or series of events shall, upon inquiry -
(i) Inform individuals with disabilities, their companions, and third parties purchasing tickets for accessible seating on behalf of individuals with disabilities of the locations of all unsold or otherwise available accessible seating for any ticketed event or events at the facility;
(ii) Identify and describe the features of available accessible seating in enough detail to reasonably permit an individual with a disability to assess independently whether a given accessible seating location meets his or her accessibility needs; and
(iii) Provide materials, such as seating maps, plans, brochures, pricing charts, or other information, that identify accessible seating and information relevant thereto with the same text or visual representations as other seats, if such materials are provided to the general public.
(3) Ticket prices. The price of tickets for accessible seating for a single event or series of events shall not be set higher than the price for other tickets in the same seating section for the same event or series of events. Tickets for accessible seating must be made available at all price levels for every event or series of events. If tickets for accessible seating at a particular price level cannot be provided because barrier removal in an existing facility is not readily achievable, then the percentage of tickets for accessible seating that should have been available at that price level but for the barriers (determined by the ratio of the total number of tickets at that price level to the total number of tickets in the assembly area) shall be offered for purchase, at that price level, in a nearby or similar accessible location.
(4) Purchasing multiple tickets.
(i) General. For each ticket for a wheelchair space purchased by an individual with a disability or a third-party purchasing such a ticket at his or her request, a public accommodation shall make available for purchase three additional tickets for seats in the same row that are contiguous with the wheelchair space, provided that at the time of purchase there are three such seats available. A public accommodation is not required to provide more than three contiguous seats for each wheelchair space. Such seats may include wheelchair spaces.
(ii) Insufficient additional contiguous seats available. If patrons are allowed to purchase at least four tickets, and there are fewer than three such additional contiguous seat tickets available for purchase, a public accommodation shall offer the next highest number of such seat tickets available for purchase and shall make up the difference by offering tickets for sale for seats that are as close as possible to the accessible seats.
(iii) Sales limited to fewer than four tickets. If a public accommodation limits sales of tickets to fewer than four seats per patron, then the public accommodation is only obligated to offer as many seats to patrons with disabilities, including the ticket for the wheelchair space, as it would offer to patrons without disabilities.
(iv) Maximum number of tickets patrons may purchase exceeds four. If patrons are allowed to purchase more than four tickets, a public accommodation shall allow patrons with disabilities to purchase up to the same number of tickets, including the ticket for the wheelchair space.
(v) Group sales. If a group includes one or more individuals who need to use accessible seating because of a mobility disability or because their disability requires the use of the accessible features that are provided in accessible seating, the group shall be placed in a seating area with accessible seating so that, if possible, the group can sit together. If it is necessary to divide the group, it should be divided so that the individuals in the group who use wheelchairs are not isolated from their group.
(5) Hold and release of tickets for accessible seating.
(i) Tickets for accessible seating may be released for sale in certain limited circumstances. A public accommodation may release unsold tickets for accessible seating for sale to individuals without disabilities for their own use for a single event or series of events only under the following circumstances -
(A) When all non-accessible tickets (excluding luxury boxes, club boxes, or suites) have been sold;
(B) When all non-accessible tickets in a designated seating area have been sold and the tickets for accessible seating are being released in the same designated area; or
(C) When all non-accessible tickets in a designated price category have been sold and the tickets for accessible seating are being released within the same designated price category.
(ii) No requirement to release accessible tickets. Nothing in this paragraph requires a facility to release tickets for accessible seating to individuals without disabilities for their own use.
(iii) Release of series-of-events tickets on a series-of-events basis.
(A) Series-of-events tickets sell-out when no ownership rights are attached. When series-of-events tickets are sold out and a public accommodation releases and sells accessible seating to individuals without disabilities for a series of events, the public accommodation shall establish a process that prevents the automatic reassignment of the accessible seating to such ticket holders for future seasons, future years, or future series, so that individuals with disabilities who require the features of accessible seating and who become newly eligible to purchase tickets when these series-of-events tickets are available for purchase have an opportunity to do so.
(B) Series-of-events tickets when ownership rights are attached. When series-of-events tickets with an ownership right in accessible seating areas are forfeited or otherwise returned to a public accommodation, the public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in its policies, practices, or procedures to afford individuals with mobility disabilities or individuals with disabilities that require the features of accessible seating an opportunity to purchase such tickets in accessible seating areas.
(6) Ticket transfer. Individuals with disabilities who hold tickets for accessible seating shall be permitted to transfer tickets to third parties under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent as other spectators holding the same type of tickets, whether they are for a single event or series of events.
(7) Secondary ticket market.
(i) A public accommodation shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to ensure that an individual with a disability may use a ticket acquired in the secondary ticket market under the same terms and conditions as other individuals who hold a ticket acquired in the secondary ticket market for the same event or series of events.
(ii) If an individual with a disability acquires a ticket or series of tickets to an inaccessible seat through the secondary market, a public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications to its policies, practices, or procedures to allow the individual to exchange his ticket for one to an accessible seat in a comparable location if accessible seating is vacant at the time the individual presents the ticket to the public accommodation.
(8) Prevention of fraud in purchase of tickets for accessible seating. A public accommodation may not require proof of disability, including, for example, a doctor's note, before selling tickets for accessible seating.
(i) Single-event tickets. For the sale of single-event tickets, it is permissible to inquire whether the individual purchasing the tickets for accessible seating has a mobility disability or a disability that requires the use of the accessible features that are provided in accessible seating, or is purchasing the tickets for an individual who has a mobility disability or a disability that requires the use of the accessible features that are provided in the accessible seating.
(ii) Series-of-events tickets. For series-of-events tickets, it is permissible to ask the individual purchasing the tickets for accessible seating to attest in writing that the accessible seating is for a person who has a mobility disability or a disability that requires the use of the accessible features that are provided in the accessible seating.
(iii) Investigation of fraud. A public accommodation may investigate the potential misuse of accessible seating where there is good cause to believe that such seating has been purchased fraudulently.
(g) Reasonable modifications for individuals "regarded as" having a disability. A public accommodation is not required to provide a reasonable modification to an individual who meets the definition of "disability" solely under the "regarded as" prong of the definition of "disability" at § 36.105(a)(1)(iii).
[Order No. 1513-91, 56 FR 35592, July 26, 1991, as amended by AG Order No. 3181-2010, 75 FR 56251, Sept. 15, 2010; 76 FR 13287, Mar. 11, 2011; AG Order 3702-2016, 81 FR 53243, Aug. 11, 2016]


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Obama Convenes First Cabinet Meeting
April 20, 2009 / 12:50 PM / AP
President Barack Obama on Monday ordered his Cabinet to find ways to slice spending by $100 million, but acknowledged it's a "drop in the bucket" and said there's a "confidence gap" that he needs to overcome.
Just back from a Latin America summit, Mr. Obama told the first formal Cabinet meeting of his administration that vast spending to combat the economic crisis was "the right thing to do." But he also said taxpayers still need to know that every dollar they give the government is being spent wisely.
"We also have a deficit - a confidence gap - when it comes to the American people," he told reporters. "And we've got to earn their trust."
Mr. Obama said the $100 million would come from "efficiencies" in agency operations, and would be in addition to future cuts in programs that aren't working.
Yet the red ink in the annual budget is currently in the hundreds of billions. He was asked if the efficiency saving isn't just "a drop in the bucket".
"It is," he replied. "None of these things alone are going to make a difference. But cumulatively, they make an extraordinary difference because they start setting a tone ... $100 million there, $100 million here - pretty soon, even here in Washington, it adds up to real money."
The federal deficit for March alone was $192.3 billion, and $100 million would represent a minuscule portion of that sum, roughly one-twentieth of 1 percent. Mr. Obama in February brought forward a $3.6 trillion budget for the 2010 fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1, a proposal that would produce $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he applauded all attempts to cut government spending but insisted that a $100 million cut would only cover one day's interest on Obama's $787 billion stimulus spending plan.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said later that the cuts were part of a larger cost-cutting effort by Mr. Obama. He said the president "has laid out cuts large and small in administrative costs" and in programs throughout the government.
Asked to elaborate on what Mr. Obama meant by citing a "confidence gap," Gibbs told reporters:
"He knows and the American people know that continuing to run up deficits ... and to continue to have those expand year after year after year is unsustainable. Despite much derision, that's why the president is seeking cuts both large and small. That's why the president has undertaken greater transparency as it relates to spending and hte stimulus and I think the president overall wants to give the American people assurance that the government can use the money from them wisely."
Earlier this month, both the House and Senate passed companion budget plans giving Mr. Obama and his Capitol Hill allies a key victory, but 20 House Democrats from GOP-leaning areas abandoned him on the final vote because of unhappiness over deficits.
The Cabinet meeting came just days after a series of "Tea Party" demonstrations across the country in which protesters challenged the administration over it's massive spending to help pull the country and its financial system out of an economic nose dive unseen in decades.
Even among budget cuts cited in a newly released White House summary, a considerable proportion of the savings would occur over a period of years.
It pointed out projected cuts in office supplies and computer software at the Department of Homeland Services, for instance, noting that the agency spends $100 million a year on this "but virtually none of the supplies are purchased through agreements that leverage the department's collective buying power."
Thus, it said, DHS estimates that it could save up to $51 million over five years by purchasing in bulk.
It said that $62 million could be saved over a 15-year lease term if the Agriculture Department were to combine roughly 1,500 employees from seven leased locations into a single facility by early 2011.
The White House summary also said that $6.7 million could be saved over the first five years by having U.S. attorney offices and the U.S. Marshals Offices' Asset Forfeiture program convert publication of forfeiture notices from newspapers to the Internet.
The worksheet also said that $5 million a year could be saved by consolidating embassy posts at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development.
First published on April 20, 2009 / 12:50 PM
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If spending too much time inside got you down, No problem at all; Miller Creek Campground in Nebraska is a good spot to go. Camping in Nebraska is such a fun thing to do. Miller Creek Campground is a top selection campground with the folks of Tabor.
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Q: how to change the function declaration to change the promise handling in node.js? I am new to node.js & am using below code to download a csv file from GCS bucket to local folder.
// function to download file from GCS bucket
async function downloadFile(bucketName, srcFilename, destFilename) {

    // Imports the Google Cloud client library
    const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

    // Creates a client from a Google service account key.
    const storage = new Storage({keyFilename: "keyFile.json"});

    /**
     * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
     */
    // const bucketName = 'Name of a bucket, e.g. my-bucket';
    // const srcFilename = 'Remote file to download, e.g. file.txt';
    // const destFilename = 'Local destination for file, e.g. ./local/path/to/file.txt';

    const options = {
      // The path to which the file should be downloaded, e.g. "./file.txt"
      destination: destFilename,
    };

    // Downloads the file
    await storage
      .bucket(bucketName)
      .file(srcFilename)
      .download(options);

    console.log(
      `gs://${bucketName}/${srcFilename} downloaded to ${destFilename}.`
    );
    // [END storage_download_file]
  }

  // call downloadFile function
  downloadFile('temp_bucket123','test_data.csv','./gcs_download/test_data.csv')

This code gives below error:

(node:10708) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise
  rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async
  function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was
  not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1) (node:10708) [DEP0018]
  DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In
  the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the
  Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

Do i need to re-write the function in a different way?

A: It appears that something inside of downloadFile() is creating an error that results in a rejected promise being returned from downloadFile(). That warning is because you have no error handling for that and unhandled rejections are considered evil.  As the error says, in the future they may even automatically terminate your node.js process.
downloadFile('temp_bucket123','test_data.csv','./gcs_download/test_data.csv').then(() => {
    console.log("done with download now");
}).catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
});

All async functions that have any way to possibly reject their promise must have an error handler on them such as .catch() or with try/catch if using await to call the function.

You can also catch errors at the source and make sure that downloadFile() can't reject its promise.   Either way, you have to catch the error somewhere and not let a rejected promise go unhandled.  The designers of both promises and node.js have decided that an unhandled rejected promise should be just about akin to an unhandled exception (since they are logically pretty similar - a rejected promise being an exception for asynchronous code).

A: For async operation you should add a fallback if any error occurs, you can add try/catch block inside your method
    async function downloadFile(bucketName, srcFilename, destFilename) {
    // Imports the Google Cloud client library
    const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

    // Creates a client from a Google service account key.
    const storage = new Storage({keyFilename: "keyFile.json"});

    /**
     * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
     */
    // const bucketName = 'Name of a bucket, e.g. my-bucket';
    // const srcFilename = 'Remote file to download, e.g. file.txt';
    // const destFilename = 'Local destination for file, e.g. ./local/path/to/file.txt';

    const options = {
      // The path to which the file should be downloaded, e.g. "./file.txt"
      destination: destFilename,
    };

    // Downloads the file

    try {
       await storage
      .bucket(bucketName)
      .file(srcFilename)
      .download(options);

       console.log(
       `gs://${bucketName}/${srcFilename} downloaded to ${destFilename}.`
       );
    } catch (err) {
      console.log('Some error occured', err)
    }

    // [END storage_download_file]
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6 Unique Ballet Movies in Honor of "The Black Swan" Release
In honor of "The Black Swan", here's a look at six other movies featuring ballet and ballerinas. These movies might not all be about ballet, but, just like "Black Swan", they do display this world of dance in very unique ways:
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis could learn a lot from real-life ballerina Moira Shearer, as the fiery-haired siren's most popular film was a dark fairytale loosely based on the story by the Brothers Grimm. But despite the movie's tragic tone, this tale about a woman torn between her lover and her love of ballet was filmed in brilliant Technicolor, a specialty of directors Powell and Pressburger. "The Black Swan" might be getting a lot of attention, but it's going to be hard for it to ever overshadow one of the most magical and beloved ballet movies of all time (the spotlight sequence is exquisitely beautiful and moving).
"Black Swan" definitely has something in common with one of the most frightening ballet movies of all time, as it also features some elements of horror. Like "The Red Shoes", "Suspiria" is shot in vivid Technicolor, but don't let the bright colors fool you; this tale of terror at a ballet school is definitely dark and disturbing. Maggots rain from the ceiling; rooms are filled with deadly razor wire; and girls act strangely at this sinister school where nothing is as it seems. As shown in "Black Swan", ballet is definitely hard work, but ballerinas should be glad they don't have go through what the girls here do.
On a lighter note, one of the best ballet moments in the movies has to be one of the many colorful vignettes in this musical masterpiece of animation. Who would have thought hippos, ostriches, elephants, and crocodiles would make such amazing dance partners? With it's hungry prima ballerina, bubble tutus, and fun game of hide-and-seek, this short sequence from "Fantasia" set to Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" definitely stands out as one of most creative uses of ballet in a movie.
Charlie Chaplin charms in one of his "talkies" about a pair of lost souls trying to find a little happiness in life. In one of the most moving movies featuring a ballerina, Chaplin's character, a once-famous stage performer, saves a distraught dancer from committing suicide. The two lean on one another as they both attempt career comebacks, but, seeing as the film seems to somewhat mirror Chaplin's later life, there can only be a bittersweet end. It's another of the movies here that doesn't feature a lot of a ballet, but it's hard to find anything more beautiful than seeing two souls dancing together on the silver screen.
Once again, the ballerina here doesn't get to dance much, but that's a very important part of this movie. When a ballet student and a bullfighter end up in comas, their inability to lead the vivacious lives they once had has a profound impact on the lives of others. And although the ballerina here spends much of the movie still as a stone, it's a chance meeting at a performance that makes this one of the most amazing movies about life's fateful dance.
This is one of the ballet movies Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis definitely should have watched before taking on "Black Swan" (especially seeing as how it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards). Shirley McLaine, an accomplished dancer in real-life, plays DeeDee, a ballerina who has hung up her toe shoes in order to raise a family, while Anne Bancroft stars as Emma, a ballerina from her former company who has continued to dance as a prima ballerina. The two reunite when DeeDee's daughter joins Emma's company, and both women are forced to contemplate if they are happy with their past decisions. With tense scenes between two ballerinas and a theme that involves choosing between a dance career and having a family, you can feel touches of "Black Swan" and "The Red Shoes" here. However, it's Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the most renowned male ballet dancers in the world, who steals the show as a ladies' man involved with DeeDee's daughter.
So "Black Swan" has a lot to live up to in these movies that feature beautiful ballet performances, dark tales of the dangerous side of dance, and unique stories of chance and romance, but it should definitely share the same honor as these amazing movies by seeing encore after encore.
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Binance acquires Mumbai's bitcoin exchange WazirX
BENGALURU: Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has acquired Mumbai-based bitcoin exchange WazirX, in a significant move in the cryptocurrency ecosystem in India.
The transaction was estimated at $5-10 million, according to sources.Over the last couple of years, exchanges have been shutting down due to lack of a clear regulation, and this acquisition is the first major one in the space. Through this acquisition Binance is expected to foray into the fledgling Indian market, which is counted among the top exchanges globally.
ET had reported earlier that WazirX launched its global operations earlier this year and its peer-to-peer and cryptoto-crypto transactions.
WazirX's peer-to-peer (P2P) engine will be integrated into the Binance Fiat Gateway platform in the first quarter of 2020, allowing users to trade any digital asset available on Binance with the purchase of USDT or Tether, a blockchain-based cryptocurrency, from the WazirX P2P market.
"The young demographic in India gives an edge to adopt and build on new financial technologies, and I believe this will play a vital role in making India a global blockchain innovation centre to also spur cryptocurrency adoption throughout the larger public in the country," said Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.
"India will be one of our first forays into stimulating financial growth and access in developing nations beyond the country," Zhao told ET. "We will be continuing to work towards furthering crypto adoption, lowering the barrier to entry. One of the main goals is to add more fiat currencies to Binance and work with local partners to add as many fiat-to-crypto pairs as possible."
WazirX users will now be able to buy and sell crypto using the Indian currency on the Binance Fiat Gateway. Nischal Shetty, founder of WazirX, will continue to run its operations independently from India. "The acquisition will now help us to expand our P2P business geographically. The next phase of mass adoption for crypto will arise from developing nations. India, with more than a billion people, is primed for massive crypto adoption," said Shetty.
The native WazirX token (WRX) is currently available through trade mining, signups and an upcoming token sale is also under consideration.
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Mandatory Security Implementation for All Z-Wave Certified IoT Devices Takes Effect Today
Per the Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors vote in November 2016, all Z-Wave devices submitted for certification will include new advanced Security 2 (S2) framework
FREMONT, CA– April 2, 2017 at 9 AM EST – The Z-Wave Alliance, an open consortium of leading global companies deploying the Z-Wave smart home standard, as of today will require strict and uniform adoption of a new security protocol for all Z-Wave devices receiving certification. The Alliance Board of Directors voted unanimously in November 2016 to require mandatory implementation of the new Security 2 (S2) framework, the most advanced security for smart home devices and controllers, gateways and hubs in the market today.
According to a 2016 AT&T study, 58% of companies reported they were not confident in the security of connected devices. Other consumer studies have shown that security and privacy is a major concern among those looking to adopt smart home. The industry focus on IoT security continues to amplify and today's milestone demonstrates Z-Wave's early leadership role in the space. The Z-Wave Alliance has been working for several years with chipmaker Sigma Designs to develop world-class security standards for all Z-Wave devices as IoT expands into homes around the globe.
"We are absolutely committed to making Z-Wave the safest, most secure ecosystem of smart devices on the global market," commented Mitchell Klein, executive director of the Z-Wave Alliance, "Our work, in conjunction with the entire Alliance membership, will ensure that developers, service providers, manufacturers and consumers alike will look to Z-Wave as the most trusted solution with the highest levels of protection."
As of today, April 2, 2017, Z-Wave's technical certification program, which is administered through 3rd party test facilities in Europe, US and Asia, will check that all S2 security solutions, which contain rules for command classes, timers and device types are correctly implemented in every new certified device. S2 devices will also be backwards compatible with existing devices on the market.
The Z-Wave S2 framework was developed in conjunction with the cybersecurity expert community to give the already secure Z-Wave devices new levels of impenetrability. By securing communication both locally for home-based devices and in the hub or gateway for cloud functions, S2 also virtually removes the risk of devices being hacked while they are included in the network. By using a QR or pin-code on the device itself the devices are uniquely authenticated to the network as well. Common hacks such as man in the middle and brute force are virtually powerless against the S2 framework through the implementation of the industry-wide accepted secure key exchange using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH). Finally, Z-Wave also strengthened its cloud communication, enabling the tunnelling of all Z-Wave over IP (Z/IP) traffic through a secure TLS 1.1 tunnel, removing vulnerability.
For more information on the Z-Wave Alliance, please visit https://z-wavealliance.org. Follow the Z-Wave Alliance on Facebook, Twitter and on LinkedIn for the latest updates.
For more information on Z-Wave, please visit http://z-wave.sigmadesigns.com/.
Z-Wave® technology is an open internationally recognized ITU standard (G.9959). It is the leading wireless home control technology in the market today, with over 1700 certified interoperable products worldwide. Represented by the Z-Wave Alliance, and supported by more than 450 companies around the world, the standard is a key enabler of smart living solutions for home safety and security, energy, hospitality, office and light commercial applications.
Z-Wave® is a registered trademark of Sigma Designs (NASDAQ SIGM) and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
About the Z-Wave Alliance
Formed in January 2005, the Z-Wave Alliance is a consortium of leading companies in the home technology space dedicated to solidifying Z-Wave as the standard for wireless home control products. The principal members include: ADT, FAKRO, FIBARO, Ingersoll Rand Nexia Intelligence, Jasco Products, Leedarson, LG Uplus, Nortek Security & Control, SmartThings and Sigma Designs. Alliance members lead the home controls market, providing leading edge products and systems that deliver increased comfort, convenience, energy conservation, safety and security.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about the benefits of Z-Wave products, specifically the addition of Z-Wave S2 framework security feature for its devices. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, consumer and customer acceptance of the Z-Wave S2 framework and Z-Wave product line in the relevant regions, the ability of Z-Wave and the addition of new and improved security features to compete with other technologies or products in the market, if any, as well as other risks that are detailed from time to time in our reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including reports made on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward- looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publically release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Angelina and Brad's Pregnancy Surprise!
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were shocked to find out she was carrying twins!
The new duo will be joining older siblings Shiloh (2), Zahara (3), Pax (4) and Maddox (6). Shiloh is the only biological child to the couple.
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Q: Java Basic Object Program I don't understand why it doesn't give a random amount. Please explain.
Thanks :)
my code(learned from tutorial):
public class day5 {
    int totalwater = 0;

    public day5(){
        //default constructor
    }
    public day5(int wateramount){
        totalwater = wateramount;
    }
    // don't need static in Object. It will be used in other classes.
    public void addwater(int amount){
        totalwater = totalwater + amount;
    }
    public void drinkwater(int amount){
        totalwater = totalwater - amount;
    }
    public int getwater(){
        return totalwater;
        //because we are going to return an integer, public "int" and "return"
    }
}

public class day5obtest {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        day5 waterbottle = new day5(0);
        int rand = (int)(Math.random()*100);
        waterbottle.addwater(rand);
        waterbottle.drinkwater(rand);
        System.out.println("The amount of water in your bottle now is: " + waterbottle.getwater());
    }
}

Output:
The amount of water in your bottle now is: 0

A: You add and drink the same amount. You have to generate a new random amount after adding, like this:
    int rand = (int)(Math.random()*100);
    waterbottle.addwater(rand);
    rand = (int)(Math.random()*100);
    waterbottle.drinkwater(rand);

A: You only generate one random number.
You add a randomly generated number to the amount of water, but then you remove that same number from the amount of water, so there's always a net change of 0.
To fix this you could create a second random number rand2 and remove that from the amount of water in drinkwater()

A: *

*It is a good practice to begin you class name with uppercase like Day5.

*Add getters and setters in your Day5 class therefore you can access their fields outside.

*If you want to make your program more realistic, add a test in your drinkwater method

as follow
public void drinkwater(int amount){
    if(amount<=totalwater)
        totalwater = totalwater - amount;
    else
        System.out.println("amount bigger than total water");
}

*Make new random amount after adding water.

Finally
 int rand = (int)(Math.random()*100);
 waterbottle.addwater(rand);
 rand = (int)(Math.random()*100);
 waterbottle.drinkwater(rand);


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PLEASE NOTE: Finalised itineraries will be sent to all tour guests seven days prior to the tour date. The arranged meeting point and timings can vary. If you are unsure please contact the office to reconfirm your tour start time and arrival location.
08.50: Meet your Discover Newmarket tour guide (meeting point will be advised in your itinerary).
09.05 -10.05: It is time to experience Newmarket's world famous training grounds where you will some of the town's 3 000 racehorses being ridden out on Warren Hill. Your guide will be able to point out different Trainer's 'strings' and points of interest along the way.
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14.00 – 15.45: Time to visit Palace House which is situated in Charles II's sporting palace and stables and spans five acres in the heart of Newmarket. It comprises of three complementary attractions; a new National Horseracing Museum, a National Art Gallery of British Sporting Art, and a chance to meet former racehorses and learn what they do after racing, in the flagship home of Retraining of Racehorses.


The real origin of this number game is quite old. Sudoku comes from the « latin square », a chinese « magic square » cousin, studied by mathematician Euler at 18th.
However, Sudoku how we know it today was born in 1979, when Howard Garns creates his first puzzle. The Dell Magazines company puts it into a new-yorker magazine, the Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games, under the name Number Place.
The Nikoli company introduces sudoku in Japan in April 1984 in the Monthly Nikolist magazine and names it Suji wa dokushin ni kagiru (that translates to « the number must be unique » or « occurs once »), which litteraly means « alone » ou « single ». Later, the name changes to « Sudoku », following the tradition of making smaller words in taking the first kanji of the expression.
In 1986, Nikoli adds two elements that will make the game popular: the number of given cells is 30 at most and puzzles must look symmetric.
As you may see, the grids on Live Sudoku still follow these rules.
Today, most japanese papers have their sudoku page, even if it is within another name.
Sudoku quickly became very popular on the Internet ; Live Sudoku gives you original puzzles and online playing, classified through different difficulty levels.
It should be funny to notice that Japanese developed the Sudoku because their alphabet has too many signs to make 'industrial' crosswords.


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Book 13 Summary
At the next annual Feast of Pentecost, all the knights gather at the Round Table. Once they've congregated, Launcelot is requested by a lady on horseback to come into the forest. Once there, he finds Galahad, his son, at the nunnery where he has been raised. Launcelot goes back to Camelot.
At the table, gold letters appear above one chair of the Round Table. The letters say that the seat will be filled 454 years after Christ, the current time. A sword floats down the river, encased in stone. The engraving says, "for the best knight in the world." This is the sword of Balin le Savage. Launcelot declines to try for it, saying that the sword will wound whomever it touches that is not the rightful owner. Gawaine tries it at Arthur's request, but cannot move it. An old man brings a new...
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Best EPs of 2011
written by 5:4 December 29, 2011 • 10:44
Lists help you believe that there will be a future – by reminding you that the things you are listing have happened, in a time that was once a future, and that therefore there will be a future where things will happen that can then be listed and taken forward to remind us of a past where stuff was generated that made us believe there is a present and so, ultimately, a future. (Paul Morley, Words and Music)
Here we go again, then, with my own series of lists summarising what i believe to be the best music of the last 12 months. As usual, i'm going to strew caveats all over them—these lists are only what i presently believe to be the best and if i made them again in a few months' time things would likely have changed, and in any case i haven't heard every release this year, and while we're on the subject there are still three days of the year left and we all know how much can happen in just three days—but regardless, these lists, in all their provisional tentativity, are, right here right now, definitive. Okay, so bearing all that in mind, let's get the ball rolling with the ten EPs that have stood out most through the last 12 months.
10 | Hecq and Exillon – Spheres of Fury
It's hardly worth repeating Ben Lukas Boysen's 2009 claim that "beat-science can't go any further with me"—his unique take on the world of grime and dubstep through the last couple of years has been blisteringly exciting. Spheres of Fury lives up to its title, a sleazy track with indelicate beats and bass—the accompanying video, featuring a wonderfully over-dramatised waterfight is hilarious—but it's the last of the four tracks that's even better. The "Stochastic Process remix By Techdiff" goes way beyond the scope of regular remixes, turning Hecq's masterly original into a flawlessly-executed glitch-fest that ends with a twist, the sedate pace abruptly doubled, ending up as a frenzied dance track. [Juno Download]
9 | Fovea Hex – Three Beams
Clodagh Simonds doesn't mess around when she gives her music to other musicians to play with. Her 2007 release Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent ended up in the hands of no less than The Hafler Trio, and this time around her latest songs have been given to Michael Begg, Colin Potter and William Basinski. With its detail and surface filigree, it must be hard to know where to start reworking Fovea Hex material, but this fine little EP (available only as a bonus CD with her new album) proves what's possible. Predictably, Basinski's is the least inventive, but the other two "beams" are outstanding, Begg and Potter refashioning the material into soft, surrounding ambient soundscapes, reverently celebrating those aspects that make the music of Fovea Hex as unique as it is. [Janet Records]
8 | Pablo – In Hurricanes
i know precisely nothing about Pablo, and only discovered this EP by accident when roaming the iTunes store some time back. There's something of the retro quality that pervades so much synthpop at the moment, but it's not a throwback; analogue synths are only one colour in Pablo's palette. Each of the three songs has a lightly cheeky quality that's most endearing; second track "Rock Bottom" is a delightful encouragement to those facing hard times: "son, you have to fall face first, hit rock bottom, to learn in life". Pablo's voice is splendid, and his heartfelt lyrics never feel trite, the music keeping things light and airy. [iTunes]
7 | Yugen – Ae'shT'aT'aQ
David Sani's Yugen project is hard to define or even to describe. To some he's better known through the lowercase music he's released as Shinkei, but i find this new departure of his to be far more impressive. He brings to mind the soundworld of The Hafler Trio in Ae'shT'aT'aQ, an episodic work that explores some utterly captivating and immersive textures. The title is Aramaic for "he stood in silence", and Sani has used (in his words) "some old middle east archival recordings" as source material, but they have been so extensively worked on and processed that there's barely any clear trace of them. Yet, while the origins are indistinct, the grain of the music is tangibly evocative, which together with the fascinating techniques used throughout, sets this album apart from the majority of experimental electronics. [Free download]
6 | Ex Confusion – Too Late, They Are Gone
Ambient music can't always withstand being presented in smaller, shorter formats, but this is where Atsuhito Omori's music is most at home. and it's the miniature size of these tracks (reviewed back in March) that makes them as powerful as they are; while lesser minds endlessly play with loops dully repeated ad nauseam, Omori condenses his ideas into pieces barely three or four minutes long. Their short span blurs the nature of their content (is it a looping fragment? or is it a part of something much larger?) thus freeing one to focus entirely on the resulting music, which—in part, again, due to the duration—is imbued with real fragility, enhanced by such titles as "Too Late, They Are Gone" and "It Doesn't Last Forever" (one of my favourite tracks of the year). The five amuse-bouches on this EP are like the last streaks of colour in fading photographs—beautiful and very moving—and i love how Omori leaves the start and end of each track rough and unfinished, which only adds to its authenticity. [Bandcamp]
5 | Uh Huh Her – Black and Blue
Uh Huh Her have been around since 2007, but don't seem to have found their sound until this year. Their particular marriage of synthpop and rock is finally given perfect expression on this EP, almost every track of which is a winner. Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey bring a delicate lyricism to their music that's very impressive, and songs like "Never the Same" (with its simply gorgeous chorus) and "I've Had Enough" somehow navigate through the tropes of ballad and light rock, emerging with real emotional power. The more electronic tracks are certainly infectious, but despite their pace are kept relatively low-key (Hailey and Grey often singing low in their registers) and always at the service of the words; definitely some of the best songs released this year. [UhHuhHer.com]
4 | Clem Leek – Home Outside
i must admit to having mixed feelings about Clem Leek's music, which has had as many (if not more) misses than hits. But when he gets it right, as he does on this 17-minute, single-track EP, the results are breathtaking. There's a lovely balance between the deep, omnipresent richness of the underlying drone and the mournful, string-inflected wailing above (redolent of Richard Skelton). There are all kinds of sound sources involved in the piece's dense texture, but their details are kept hazy and they thereby become more able to hint and evoke, without the need to be specific. Leek judges the duration perfectly, and insodoing has crafted his best work to date. [Bandcamp]
3 | Tetra – Live at Gallery of Modern Art
Tetra is an offshoot from the Australian group Ektoise (comprising Greg Reason and Jim Grundy), focusing primarily on ambient atmospherics. This 27-minute live improvisation is the second of just two releases the duo has created so far, both of which are available free. Guitars are at the epicentre of the piece, but they're suffused and surrounded with shifting layers and clouds of sound, creating a huge sonic space. Apart from the oblique beauty of the music, what stands out most for me in this recording is the restraint, Reason and Grundy keeping things moving but never pushing them along, drifting but always with a discreet guiding sense of purpose. [Bandcamp]
2 | irr. app. (ext.) – The Famine Road/Celestial Laminate
After a number of years seemingly in the wilderness, Matt Waldron's irr. app. (ext.) project has gloriously returned in 2011. The focus this year has been digital, Waldron releasing a slew of new and remastered material via his Bandcamp site. i've been unable to choose between these two; The Famine Road, a collaboration with Diana Rogerson and her noise duo Fistfuck, originally appeared in 2008 in an edition of just one copy (auctioned on eBay). Waldron has now made it available to everyone, together with two revised versions; all three are devastating in their abrasive impact, pushing Waldron's extreme and surreal experimentalism to its limits. Celestial Laminate is no less dense, but begins with a superb drone-based piece, around which large quantities of sound have accreted. [Bandcamp]
1 | Christopher McFall and David Velez – Credence
When it comes to working with field recordings, few demonstrate more innate understanding and technical control than Christopher McFall. In this remarkable collaboration with David Velez, McFall's tendency to focus on the dark, amorphous nature of sound is coloured by overtly melodic material, seamlessly integrated into the sonic fabric. "Seamless" doesn't really do it justice, though; Credence is, no doubt, a collage of elements, but the skill with which they are brought together, juxtaposed and intertwined is truly astonishing. Nothing ever feels remotely out of place; on the contrary, the way in which the piece comes across—as is usual for anything McFall is involved with—is like an unadorned field recording in its own right, such is the naturality of the result.
i dare say Credence won't be for everyone; it's gentle, yes—but equally it's perhaps the most pitch black music i've ever heard. Like a cross between Twin Peaks and Lustmord, vast, yawning noises ponderously arise from unfathomable depths, emerging into an ominous nocturnal landscape. Evoking foghorns and organ pedals, deep melodic fragments circle like a funereal ground bass, at times made arboreal through the noises of birds and other creatures, othertimes aquatic with creaking boat wood. Although it projects an acute, vivid sense of isolation and even desolation, there's much, much beauty to it all, which only makes it more moving. As only the best music can, Credence ultimately transcends words and communicates the immensity of its vision at an instinctual level. An absolute masterpiece. [Free download]
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