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Franchise Owners Make High School Dream Trip Come True
Culver's of Tucson, AZ
When high school students in Vail, AZ, arrived at school at 2 a.m. in May to hop onto buses for a senior class trip to Disneyland, being taken advantage of was the last thing they thought would happen.
The buses never showed. The booking agency never responded when contacted, and the website disappeared. The hotel rooms in California were also only partially paid. With over $30,000 now gone, the trip was cancelled.
Culver's of Tucson, AZ owner Kevin Hart heard about the buses not showing up on a community forum where parents and the school were trying to raise funds to send the students on their trip.
Kevin has worked with the school in the past through share nights and by volunteering. He knew he wanted to help out this time, so he contacted his business partners Rich Hafdal and Edward Norton. The three agreed to pool together funds and donate $15,000 to a page set up for donations.
"I just felt it was the right thing to do," Kevin said. "Many families are struggling just to make ends meet and just don't have the money to spare."
"I just felt it was the right thing to do" - Kevin
Thanks to the donation, the students were able to go on their trip at a later date. The reaction, Kevin says, was truly humbling. He and his partners received phone calls from parents, students and faculty and a giant thank-you card. Some of the students even sent Kevin pictures during the trip. "Community leaders and people not affiliated with the school have talked to me about what a wonderful thing we did," Kevin said. "Parents and students tear up when talking to me about how much it meant to them."
To thank Kevin and his partners even more for their donation, students and parents held a Culver's appreciation night. "Both myself and Ed were at the restaurant to meet and greet everyone and thank them for coming out."
According to Kevin, supporting your community is simply the right thing to do. He added that as a restaurant, giving back gives his team a sense of pride to be part of an organization that truly cares.
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Last month Dua Lipa announced that she had recorded a song for the soundtrack of the new James Cameron movie "Alita" called "Swan Song". Today, the British singer shared a 30-second snippet of that song.
"Swan Song" will official get released on digital platforms on January 25th.
That sounded so freaking incredible!
I honestly didn't know what to expect from this Dua Lipa song. I thought the title was weird and that the song was going to be perhaps something awkward and not memorable but OH BOY I WAS WRONG. "Swan Song" sounds dope, catchy, and like the bop I need in my life right now. How could I have doubted Dua Lipa's Midas touch? I'm so mad at myself!
January 25th needs to hurry the hell up.
"Alita" hits theaters on February 14th.


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Q: rails (heroku) app to re-post a user's blog comments to user's Facebook wall? My web app (rails 3 on heroku) is sort of like the basic blog app used so often for rails getting started demos, extended to host a blog for multiple businesses.
If a facebook user "Tom" writes a comment on the blog for business "Acme", how can my app re-post the comment onto Tom's Facebook wall? And also re-post the comment to Acme's Facebook page?
The public user writing the comment is NOT a logged in User on our system (the business whose blog is receiving the comment is a User).

A: There is an option for the user to also post the comment on their Facebook wall if you are using the Facebook comments social plugin.  Otherwise, you would need to use the Facebook API and have the user authenticate with your Facebook app id and grant you publish stream permission and then you could post to their wall when posting a comment.  Or you could popup the Facebook Share dialog via javascript and the user wouldn't need to authorize your application.

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OK, Time for a big new version, collecting together all the fixes and new clips together.
I split the soundtrack in 3 as Blue Danube was strteched too long for the whole thing.
Still sme work to do adding two new sequences at the end, and cleaning up some other stuff.


Did you hear a little drum tap and cymbal clang after that comment?
Great, now I have that "I like 'em big, I like 'em chunky" song from Madagascar ringing in my head, lol.
It is such a cute little bike. I too prefer fluffy. Voluptuous is another word I prefer to husky. Nice little bike for a moto goddess!


Be prepared, be like Santa, make a list and check it twice!
Every Ice Skater, every athlete, develops rituals around preparing for competitions, especially as they become more independent of parental support. But no matter who is packing the bag(s) for competition day, they need to have thought of everything! And that is where a list comes in handy.
Your list will be uniquely yours with a few universal necessities (Ice Skating Boots, Guards, Costume, Music, etc.) Type it up, save it (because it will change over time) and use it Every Single Time.
Just ask anyone who has already done their first competition! So why risk leaving out a spare pair of laces for your boots, a spare copy of your music and at least 3 pairs of tights?
Are you a seasoned competitor? No resting on your laurels! As you become more serious about your competitions your list will grow and grow.
You will likely need more equipment such as TheraBand(s) or foam rollers for warm up and cool down, earphones & music device (often your phone these days) for mental preparation and visualisation (and probably a charger just in case).
And if you're doing really well you'll start adding Passport, flight tickets, plug converters and travel-sized bottles to your list!
and check a second time as they go into your competition bag.


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Will the new Witch Mountain movie be worth racing to?
Another remake of a classic is hitting the theaters on Friday,which is being called a "reimaging" due to the radical shift of the storyline. In the case of Race To Witch Mountain,that's actually a correct term.
This new version focuses more on a secondary character,a taxi driver named Jack(played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)who happens to pick up two extraterrestrial twins on the run from a Men in Black type who need to get to Witch Mountain to prevent an alien invasion of Earth.
Jack even gets a love interest thrown in,and the chance to punch a creepy faced space invader out. That's fine and it'll probably be a fun family movie. The only regret I'm having is the loss of the spotlight on the twin brother and sister( called Seth and Sara here instead of Tony and Tia)who were intended to be the featured players from the start.
Alexander Key's 1968 novel,which was much darker than the early Disney film adaptations made from it were,had the orphaned teen twins Tony and Tia Malone trying to find out more about their past in order to know why they were both had paranormal abilities such as telepathy,telekinesis and communication with animals and what their ultimate purpose in life was.
While I didn't read the book and granted,the original Disney takes on the story were much more lighthearted than the source material,the emphasis was still on the kids and their outsider status. Both their peers and adults had trouble dealing with the Malones and their otherworldly powers,whether used rightly or wrongly:
This new version just appears to be more of a star vehicle for Dwayne Johnson,the more I see and hear about it. Don't get me wrong,I like Johnson as a movie star and have enjoyed plenty of movies that he's been in such as The Scorpion King,The Rundown and even the remake of Walking Tall.
He's a new generation Schwarzenegger,with a similar sense of humor about himself and a steady confidence in what his strong points as an actor are. I even think that he's much more relatable and relaxed than Arnold and good on him for building a solid career in film after leaving the WWE.
But,I still feel that the story really belongs to the kids. Sure,Johnson will get folks to go on opening weekend and they'll have a lot of bang for their buck,but the true charm and attraction of the original tale is being lost in the sci-fi shuffle:
Perhaps I'm being too fussy about this;after all,the follow-up Witch Mountain movies(one of which was intended to be a pilot episode for a TV series) had just as much hunt and chase action as this new one seems to have. If anything,a renewed interest in both the book and the earlier movies may be stirred up by the potential success of the latest entry into the Witch Mountain cannon. We shall have to wait and see:
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I'm ashamed to admit it but I don't believe I've seen the first one! I know it was adapted from a book and therefore on my Books to Disney Movies personal challenge so I'll get to it eventually.
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It's probably been 5 years since I read Switch. I found myself thinking about the rider/elephant/path metaphor recently from a different lens — the lens of organizational design.
Many organizational design strategies suffer from the same myopia as the conventional behavior change strategies — being overly focused on the rider, the rational mind, and forgetting to account for the two other critical elements — the elephant and the path.
What would it look like to design organizations and human systems with the rider/elephant/path metaphor at their core?
One interesting difference between a behavior change strategy and an organizational design strategy, is that since the former is focused on the conditions of the system at the time of the specific desired behavior change, it therefore views the relationship between the rider and the elephant as fixed. In an organizational design strategy, we design for a continuous stream of interactions, and therefore can, and I would argue should, view the relationship between the rider and the elephant as dynamic. We can design with an intention to influence that relationship.
Love this book! I think it's about time to read it again.


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McKagan: 'Never say never' to GnR return
By Martin Kielty published 31 October 14
Bassist Duff won't say no to chance of recording with Axl again
Duff McKagan says his attitude to recording with Guns N' Roses in the future is "never say never."
The bassist rejoined ex-colleague Axl Rose for a run of shows in South America earlier this year, after having made a handful of guest appearances with the current lineup of GnR since a London reunion in 2010.
Now McKagan tells Blairing Out: "It was great going and playing those shows – we had a good time."
Asked about recording he says: "I never say never to anything these days. I've learned. You never know what's around the corner. And all that aside, I'm just glad he and I were able to get together and talk about some stuff, then laugh about a lot of other shit that happened."
McKagan recently completed a second album with his latest project Walking Papers, and hasn't given up on going back to work with Velvet Revolver – if they can find a replacement for fired frontman Scott Weiland.
McKagan says: "I don't think we're done. We played with some guys only two weeks ago, all really talented. We'll know when he walks in the room, I think."
Guitarist Slash this month told how VR had decided against working with Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor because they thought he was "too macho" for the role. In May former Rose manager Craig Duswalt predicted the original GnR lineup would get back together by 2016.
Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he's also penned several books on music history. He's appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK's vast canal network.
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Badly damaged road to stay shut for a week for emergency repairs
The emergency closure came into force yesterday
A mile-long section of the road will be shut for a week
A crumbling country road has had to be closed for emergency repairs.
Frolesworth Road in Ullesthorpe, near Lutterworth, is expected to be shut for about a week as the work is carried out.
Leicestershire County Council's highways department decided it was necessary to shut a mile-long section of the road for safety reasons due to the state of the surface.
Traffic will have to pass through Ashby Parva or Claybrooke Magna and Claybrooke Parva instead of using the road.
The road was closed on Thursday from the junction with Hall Lane north to the Scout camping site, which is near to the junction with Frolesworth Lane.
County Hall said in a statement yesterday: "Leicestershire County Council Highways has agreed to a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order at the location.
"A road closure is required on Frolesworth Road between the Scout campsite and the junction with Hall Lane on the 31 December 2020 for approximately one week.
"The Temporary Traffic Regulation Order will be implemented for public safety due to the severe deterioration of the road surface.
"The proposed alternative diversion route will be signed on site.
"Leicestershire County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused during these works."
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TV Shows: Renewed, Axed, Picked Up + News
Hawq
Re: TV Shows: Renewed, Axed, Picked Up + News
Post by Hawq » Tue Dec 27, 2022 7:04 am
Post by Dr. Zoidberg » Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:46 pm
Due to the stuff he wrote about Meghan Markle.
Post by ian » Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:09 pm
I don't think that's true.
And if it is, where's the next show going to be? I only ever gave a shit about Amazon because they continued Top Gear after BBC murdered it. Sure they called it something else for legal reasons, but it's the only car show I'll watch religiously.
So if they have to go somewhere else for a new car show, so be it.
But I don't think there was ever going to be HEAPS more even if Clarkson didn't put his foot in it. Again! For like the 500th time.
They're all getting on a bit, if they all just did a monthly or yearly segment of conversation street on their preferred platform I'd be OK with that.
Post by Dr. Zoidberg » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:40 pm
Post by ian » Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:54 pm
Aww geez, aww man!
Post by Skynet » Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:49 pm
Really interested to see what R&M looks (or sounds) like without Roiland...
Maybe they'll replace him with this
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 {\Large \bf Substructure of String\footnote
{Supported in part by
the Department of Energy under grant DE-FG05-86ER-40272,
and by the Institute for Fundamental Theory.}}
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 {\large Charles B. Thorn\footnote{E-mail  address: thorn@phys.ufl.edu}
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 {\it  Institute for Fundamental Theory\\
Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, 32611, USA}
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\begin{abstract}
I review work developing the idea that string is a composite
of point-like entities called string bits. Old and new insights
this picture brings into the nature of string theory are
discussed. This paper summarizes my
talk presented to the Strings96 conference at
Santa Barbara, CA, 14-20 July 1996.
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\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex{Introduction}
Today I would like to describe work
which attempts to develop a theory of string based on the idea
that string is made of smaller
entities\cite{thornmosc,bergmantbits,bergmantoned,klebanovs}.
I have tried to
encapsulate these ideas in a basic hypothesis, about the nature
of string, which I believe will survive even if our particular
efforts to implement it falter:
\begin{description}
\item [Hypothesis:] String and related structures in
{\bf $d+2$} space-time dimensions are {\bf composites} of
point-like entities, {\bf string bits}, which move in {\bf
at most $d$ space dimensions}.
\end{description}
I have emphasized in bold type the crucial aspects of the hypothesis.
If it is true, it should be possible to formulate string
theory in 4 dimensional space-time as a theory of a world
with only 2 space dimensions. If string theory is the right
description of nature, it would be a concrete realization of
`t Hooft's idea that the world is a hologram\cite{thooftbh}, an idea also
vigorously pursued by L. Susskind\cite{Susskindbh}.

It will be characteristic of an underlying theory, of the type
envisaged above, that it will not in any obvious way describe
gravity. How could it? The space or manifold on which the geometry
of gravity could be defined is not completely present in the formulation.
String bit dynamics must accomplish two rather remarkable
feats:
\begin{itemize}
\item It must produce {\bf at least} one new spatial
dimension. Moreover, any new manufactured dimensions
must behave as though they were on exactly the same footing
as the spatial dimensions already present in the underlying
theory.
\item Having produced new dimensions, the dynamics
must {\bf induce gravity} in this higher dimensional space.
\end{itemize}

It is this last point that offers the possibility of avoiding
information loss paradoxes. Since gravity will be an induced
collective effect, there is no obstruction to insisting that
the underlying theory be {\bf unitary}. In effect, we have turned
the problem around: rather than trying to establish that
{\bf the} theory of gravity is or is not consistent with unitarity,
we ask whether gravitational phenomena can be induced in
a unitary theory. I hasten to add that there is, of course,
no a priori guarantee of a positive outcome.

Having agreed to build an underlying theory of string with at
least one missing dimension, we next must decide how much symmetry
the bit dynamics should retain. There is no single answer. However
for definiteness we shall provisionally retain a {\bf maximal}
symmetry consistent with our hypothesis. We shall assume there
is only one missing space dimension. The space-time boost
group should be a maximal subgroup, acting on the smaller space,
of the Poincar\'e group.
There are two possibilities.
I suppose most physicists would choose the $O(d,1)$ subgroup
of Poincar\'e $O(d+1,1)$. However, an equally logical choice
would be Galilei$(d,1)$. We choose the latter for reasons of
simplicity and expediency. I include expediency because Galilei invariant
dynamics is just that of ordinary non-relativistic quantum
mechanics. Making this choice allows us to tap all of the many
methods and techniques developed by our condensed matter colleagues
over the years to deal with diverse physical phenomena.
These resources will aid the implementation of our
hypothesis, which must effectively handle
composite systems and collective excitations.

Finally, we come to supersymmetry. Once we choose Galilei as our
boost group, we are forced to incorporate Galilei supersymmetry.
It turns out that the maximal Galilei superalgebra is very
close in structure to the Poincar\'e superalgebra that would
be present in the higher dimensional theory. There are two types
of supercharge: $Q^A$, which is a square root of the
Newtonian mass, and $R^{\dot A}$, which is a square root of the
Hamiltonian $H$. The Newtonian mass of a system of string bits is just
$mM$, where $m$ is the mass of a bit, and $M$ is the number of bits.
The maximal Galilei superalgebra is
\begin{eqnarray}
 \{Q^A,Q^B\} = mM\delta^{AB}\; &,& \;
 \{Q^A,R^{\dot B}\} = {1\over 2}\mbox{\boldmath$\alpha$}^{A\dot B}\cdot {\bf P}\; ,
    \nonumber\\
  \{R^{\dot A},R^{\dot B}\} &=& \delta^{{\dot A}{\dot B}}H/2 \; ,
\label{twoplusonealg}
\end{eqnarray}
where the components of $\mbox{\boldmath$\alpha$}$
are elements of a $d$ dimensional Clifford algebra and ${\bf P}$
is the total $d$ dimensional momentum. Notice that this would
become precisely the $O(d+1,1)$ Poincar\'e superalgebra with
the replacement of $mM$ by $P^+$ and $H$ by $P^-$!
I must concede here that the last of these equations, the closure
of $R$ onto the Hamiltonian, is technically difficult to implement.
In the models Bergman and I have so far considered, it fails
for higher dimensional models: there are extra terms on the r.h.s.
not proportional to the Kronecker delta. For $d=1$, the supercharges
have only one component each and the full algebra is satisfied
by default. Studying this $d=1$ ``toy'' model
has led to some important insights into
the behavior of superstring bit models. We still believe
higher dimensional models with
the maximal supersymmetry can be constructed.

\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex{Dynamics of String Bits}
The dynamics we set up for string bits is guided by the way string
dynamics works in light-cone gauge. Light-cone coordinates are
introduced in $d+2$ space-time dimensions by defining
$x^\pm=(t\pm x^{d+1})/\sqrt{2}$ and by denoting the remaining
$d$ ``transverse'' components ${\bf x}$. The corresponding
momentum components are $P^\pm$ and ${\bf P}$. Notice that $P^-$
is conjugate to $x^+$ and $P^+$ is conjugate to $x^-$.
The relativistic dispersion law for a single particle state with
rest mass $\mu$  then reads
$$P^-={{\bf P}^2+\mu^2\over2P^+}.$$
Light-cone gauge for a free string is specified by
identifying the time-like world sheet parameter $\tau$ with
$x^+$ and choosing $\sigma$ so that ${\cal P}^+$, the density
of $P^+$ is uniform along the string. In this gauge the dynamics
is precisely that of a non-relativistic string in $d$ dimensions.

The coordinate ${\bf x}$ of a string bit has $d$ components--just like the
transverse coordinates of the light-cone. It possesses
a Newtonian mass $m$, and can carry momentum ${\bf p}$.
The new dimension is generated by considering objects
made of a large variable number $M$ of bits. Then $mM$ can be
interpreted as an effectively continuous $P^+$.
There is a dynamical requirement
for this interpretation to work. By Galilean invariance one can always
separate the center of mass motion so that
we automatically have for any collection of particles
$$H={{\bf P}^2\over2mM}+H_{int},$$
where ${\bf P}$ is the total momentum and $H_{int}$ is the energy
of internal motion. To achieve the relativistic dispersion law
with $P^+=mM$, it must be the case that the excitation energies
associated with the internal motion scale as $1/M$ for large $M$.
This behavior can be expected for a wide class of one dimensional
composite systems, but it is by no means guaranteed.
\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex{Insights from the Composite Picture of String}
\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}{2.3ex plus .2ex{String as a Polymer of String Bits}
  To get even a noninteracting string we must confront a many body
bound state problem. The bits must interact with each other in
a way that allows them  bind into arbitrarily long polymers.
It is not hard to set up such a dynamics if we imagine that the
bits have somehow been ordered around a loop. Then a Hamiltonian
$$H={1\over2m}\sum_{k=1}^M{\bf p}_k^2-{1\over m}\sum_{k=1}^M
{\cal V}({\bf x}_{k+1}-{\bf x}_k)$$
will predict polymer formation provided the potential
$-{\cal V}$ is attractive enough to bind a pair of bits. If so the
bond breaking energy $B=O(1/m)$. The low energy internal excitations will
correspond to vibrational frequencies $\omega_n/m$. One can show
that these frequencies scale as $n/M$, so that a string tension
$T_0$ can be defined by
$$\omega_n\goesas {\scriptstyle M}\infty {2\pi T_0n\over M}.$$
This scaling law ensures the relativistic dispersion law.
Notice that the energy to break a bond is huge compared to the
excitation energies for large $M$: the bits are effectively confined to
polymers.
\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}{2.3ex plus .2ex{Issues of Stability}
The dynamics of the polymer system we considered
in the previous section was
artificial in that the cyclic ordering of bits around a loop was
preserved. Any realistic many body dynamics would permit the bonding
pattern to be rearranged. Such rearrangements would include ones
in which the number of polymers changes. A polymer
in its ground state could be unstable to decay into two smaller
polymers. To address this issue compare the  energy
of an $M$ bit polymer at rest in its ground state to the
energy of a system of two polymers, one with $M_1<M$ and the
other with $M-M_1$ bits, each at rest in their ground states.
The ground state of each polymer is determined by the
Hamiltonian of the previous section. By the uncertainty
principle the internal kinetic energy of the two polymer
system is less than that of the one polymer system, since the
latter is more localized. Because there are exactly $M$ bonds
in both systems, and no non-nearest neighbor interactions, the
two polymer system will be more tightly bound (since it
has less internal kinetic energy), so its potential energy
will also be less. Thus we conclude that
$$E_G(M)>E_G(M_1)+E_G(M-M_1).$$
Since the large $M$ behavior of $E_G$ is expected to have the
asymptotic form
$$E_G(M)\goesas{\scriptstyle M}\infty\alpha M + {\gamma\over M} + O({1\over
M^3}),$$
we conclude that $\gamma<0$. But $2\gamma$ is just the (mass)${}^2$
of the lowest string state, {\it i.e.}\ \ it is a tachyon. This provides
a clear understanding of the tachyonic instability of the bosonic
string\cite{thornweeparton}.
It seems unavoidable if the only bit dynamical variables are
${\bf x}$ and ${\bf p}$.
\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}{2.3ex plus .2ex{Bits Can Have Discrete Degrees of Freedom.}
Of course bits can also occur in multiplets. For example,
a bit could carry spin or ``flavor'' such as isospin $1/2$. When
such bits are
bound into polymers, spin or isospin waves will naturally
describe some of the low energy excitations. Isospin waves have precisely
the energy and degeneracy patterns of a compactified
coordinate\cite{gilesmt}. Spin waves would provide the world sheet fields
$H^\mu$, $\Gamma^\mu$ of the NS, respectively R sectors of the spinning
string. The contributions of spin or isospin wave fluctuations to
the ground state energy of the polymer depend on the bit
number. If $M$ is even (NS sector), the effective $\gamma$ is
negative, but $\gamma$ is positive for odd $M$. That doesn't
really help with stability, since a polymer with $M$ odd
can decay into two polymers, one of which must have even
bit number. We know of course, that in the NSR formulation
of superstring theory, the closed string tachyon can be
consistently projected out of scattering amplitudes through
the miracle of the GSO projection. We would prefer that
a bit model for superstring not depend on such a delicate
cancelation. However, the possibility of interpreting
compactified dimensions as ``flavor waves'' remains
an intriguing way to manufacture the extra dimensions
required by critical superstring.
\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}{2.3ex plus .2ex{Statistics Waves}
If string bits occur in multiplets which contain both
fermions and bosons, fluctuations in statistics would naturally
lead to what we call {\bf statistics waves}\cite{bergmantoned}.
Unlike spin or isospin waves, the $\gamma$
parameter for statistics waves is positive
regardless of whether $M$ is even or odd. Thus statistics
fluctuations can stabilize large polymers. When bits are put
in supersymmetry multiplets, these waves on large polymers
are precisely described by the Green-Schwarz spinor valued
world sheet fields. For superstring, the contribution to the
energy of
statistics fluctuations exactly cancels that of vibrational
fluctuations, {\it i.e.}\  $E_G=0$ {\bf exactly}. Thus all super polymers,
large and small are
marginally stable.
\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}{2.3ex plus .2ex{Interacting Polymers}
 To handle polymers that can interact with each other we must specify
a complete many body dynamics, which doesn't artificially suppress
bond rearrangement.
We give each bit an adjoint ``color'' degree of freedom by
introducing a super-bit creation operator that is a matrix transforming
in the adjoint representation of color $SU(N_c)$. Quite generally,
$$ \phi^{\dagger f\beta}_{a_1\cdots a_n \alpha}({\bf x})$$
will create a bit at the position ${\bf x}$, with flavor $f$, spin
state specified by $a_1\cdots a_n$ (bosons (fermions if $n$
is even (odd)), and color $\alpha,\beta$ where
lower (upper) color indices transform in the $N_c$ (${\bar N}_c$)
representations of $SU(N_c)$. We can employ `t Hooft's $1/N_c$
expansion\cite{thooftlargen} to
isolate a limit ($N_c\rightarrow\infty$) in which the bits
on a polymer maintain their cyclic order and polymers do not interact
with each other\cite{thornfock}. The Hamiltonian is very complicated,
but if we suppress indices, it has roughly the schematic form:
$$H=\int d{\bf x}{1\over2m}{\rm Tr}[\nabla\phi^\dagger\cdot\nabla\phi]
+{1\over mN_c}\int d{\bf x}d{\bf y}{\cal V}({\bf x}-{\bf y})
{\rm Tr}[\phi^\dagger({\bf x}),\phi({\bf x})][\phi^\dagger({\bf y}),\phi({\bf y})].
$$
At leading order in $1/N_c$ a state of the form
\begin{eqnarray}
 \ket{\Psi(&x_1&,\ldots,x_M)} =\int dx_1\cdots dx_M \nonumber\\
 &&~~~~~~\times{\rm Tr}[\phi^\dagger(x_1)\cdots\phi^\dagger(x_M)]\ket{0}
     \Psi(x_1,\ldots ,x_M)\; ,
 \label{chain}
\end{eqnarray}
can be shown to be an energy eigenstate with the properties
of a noninteracting  closed polymer.
At order $1/N_c$ this Hamiltonian allows bond rearrangement in
which a single closed polymer can transform into two closed polymers.
The amplitude for such a process can be expected to have the same
large $M$ scaling behavior as the discretized closed string vertex
studied in \cite{thornlcft}. Assume the two polymers in the final
state have bit numbers $fM$ and $(1-f)M$. Then for the bosonic
string this vertex was found to
have the large $M$ behavior
$${\rm Vertex} \sim {1\over N_c}
\left({M\over m}\right)^{3/2}\left({1\over M}\right)^{d/8}\rightarrow
{1\over N_c}\left({1\over P^+}\right)^{(d-12)/8}m^{(d-24)/8}, $$
where the $d$ independent factor is due to wave function normalization and
the $d$ dependence comes from the overlap of initial and final wave functions.
There are three distinct cases. For $d<24$ the amplitude blows up
in the continuum limit $m\to0$. This is the sub-critical string.
By taking a double scaling limit, $N_c\to\infty$, as $m\to 0$
a finite limit can be obtained, but Lorentz invariance is lost.
The case $d=24$ is the critical string and the vertex is finite
and consistent with Lorentz invariance (${1/ P^+}^{3/2}$).
Finally, for $d>24$ the
vertex vanishes and the theory is trivial.
\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}{2.3ex plus .2ex{Why Bit Dynamics Must Sometimes Imply Gravity}
If bit dynamics is to induce gravity, it must induce
a Poincar\'e invariant higher dimensional theory which includes a massless
spin 2 particle (the graviton) in its spectrum {\bf as interpreted
in the effectively higher dimension theory}. This is a tall order.
However, as argued by Mueller\cite{mueller}, polymers of
string bits generically scatter
in a certain kinematic region in a way precisely consistent with
this happening. Actually his argument was applied to light cone
string, but it applies equally to our polymers. Consider forward
scattering of a polymer of bit number $M_1$ off a polymer of
bit number $M_2$. Both $M_1$ and $M_2$ are assumed large (of $O(1/m)$),
but $M_2>>M_1$. Then the energy of 2 is much less than that of 1
(remember $H\sim 1/mM$), which is of $O(1)$. The total energy
of the system is of $O(1)$, so the interaction time of the
polymers will be of order $1/E=O(1)$ The small polymer will
strike the large polymer at any of $M_2$ locations.
But because of the finite
velocity of sound on the large polymer, a small polymer must be
emitted from a location not very distant from the initial
impact, because the emission must occur within a time (either
before or after the impact) of
order O(1). As $M_2\to\infty$ only a relatively tiny part of the
large polymer is disturbed, so that the probability of
scattering for each impact must approach a constant, and
since there are $M_2$ possible impact locations, we conclude that
$${\rm Cross~section}\goesas{\scriptstyle M_2}\infty{\rm const}\times M_2.$$

What does this have to do with gravity? Not much, unless one
{\bf knows} that the physics predicted by the bit
model turns out to be Poincar\'e invariant. Not all string bit models have
this property--a simple counterexample being the sub-critical
bosonic model. But if Poincar\'e invariance does hold with
the identification $P^+=mM$, then, for the kinematics
considered above the Mandelstam invariant
$$s=2(P_1+P_2)^+(P_1+P_2)^--({\bf P}_1+{\bf P}_2)^2\approx
2mM_2E_1$$
is large and the momentum transfer invariant $t=0$ because
forward scattering is being considered. This is just the
kinematics of Regge behavior in which the cross section
should have the behavior
$$\sigma\sim Ks^{\alpha(0)-1},$$
where $\alpha(t)$ is the highest lying Regge trajectory with
vacuum quantum numbers. Comparison to the linear growth following from
Mueller's argument then implies that
$$\alpha(0)=2, \qquad{\rm if~scattering~is~Poincar\acute{e}~invariant},$$
Since the vacuum Regge trajectory has even signature, 2 is
a right signature point, so a massless spin 2 particle must
lie on this trajectory. This particle must also couple
at low momentum transfer, so that Weinberg's
soft graviton theorems will require couplings consistent with
general covariance. Thus Mueller's argument together with
Poincar\'e invariance would require that gravitational
phenomena be induced.

 To understand what happens when Poincar\'e invariance is {\bf not}
obtained, consider the sub-critical bosonic model. In that case
the 4 polymer cross section has the scaling behavior
$$\sigma\sim\left({1\over M_2}\right)^{(d-12)/12}{\cal M},$$
where ${\cal M}$ is an integral over moduli space of an
integrand that continues smoothly from the direct to
crossed channel singularities. Thus it is the large $M_2$
behavior of ${\cal M}$ that is controlled by crossed
channel Regge trajectories. Then Mueller's argument predicts
$$\alpha(0)={d\over12}, \qquad{\rm for~subcritical~bosonic~model}.$$
This trajectory intercept implies that the spin 2 particle
lying on the trajectory is massive in accord with expectations
for the sub-critical case.
Of course, for $d=24$ the prediction reduces to the Poincar\'e
invariant result.
\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex{Size of Polymer Ground State}
In the previous section we enumerated several important
insights string bit models provide into string dynamics.
All of those results have appeared in the literature, some
of them are many years old. In this section, I would like to
briefly describe studies by Bergman and me on how
string interactions might affect the size of the polymer
ground state. The importance of this issue has been stressed
by L. Susskind.

It has been known for a long time that vibrational fluctuations
cause the size of the polymer ground state to grow
logarithmically with the bit number:
$$R^2_0\sim{1\over T_0}\ln M.$$
Although one might be disturbed that there is any growth
at all, Susskind has pointed out that the above growth is in
fact too slow to expect a perturbative description of the
ground state to have any validity at all. This is because the bit
number density will grow linearly (up to powers of
$\ln M$). Thus even though the string coupling might be
quite small, at large $M$ the density is so high that the interaction
energy is a factor $g^2M$ times the unperturbed energy.
Thus for $M>1/g^2$, interactions will dominate.

In our bit models the $g\sim 1/N_c$, so to examine the effects
of interactions, we must look at finite $N_c$ effects. There
are many complications that arise. These include interaction
between non nearest neighbor bits on a polymer chain as well
as the possibility of rearrangements in the bond pattern.
These two effects arise together and it is not really
possible to separate them. Nonetheless, we thought it would
be interesting to first consider the effects of non-nearest
neighbor interactions, with the cyclic ordering of the bits
assumed fixed. Because the bit Hamiltonian is positive
definite, it can easily be seen that residual non-nearest
neighbor interactions should be repulsive. Thus we expected
them to increase the size of the ground state with an
accompanying decrease in bit density.

We studied a model in which the nearest neighbor attractive
interactions were supplemented by a short range repulsion
between all pairs of bits. For details, I refer the reader to
the poster session presented by Bergman \cite{bergmanposter}.
I present here only a summary of our results. We introduced
measures of size $R^2_k$, the mean squared distance between
bits separated by k stems along the chain. We also introduced an
overall size measure $R^2=(1/M)\sum_k R_k^2$. We used did
a variational calculation with a trial wave function given by
the ground state of a harmonic system characterized by
an arbitrary set of normal mode frequencies $\omega_n$ which
were our variational parameters. The main results are:
\begin{itemize}
\item $R_1^2$ stays finite at large $M$. This means that the
extra repulsions are not stressing the bonds excessively.
\item $R^2$ grows {\bf quadratically} with $M$. On the one
hand this means that the bit density is getting smaller,
not blowing up. On the other hand, it is discouraging, since
it is easy to show from dipole sum rules that
$R^2<{1/ mE_{GAP}}.$
Thus quadratic growth of $R^2$ implies that $E_{GAP}$ the
energy gap between ground and first excited states is closing
faster than $1/M^2$, whereas a Poincar\'e invariant result
would entail a gap of order $1/M$. In fact,
\item $E_{GAP}\sim {1/ gM^3}$.
\end{itemize}
Although these results are discouraging, it must be remembered
that we are not really analyzing the string bit model itself
but rather a rough imitation of true bit dynamics. In particular
bond rearrangements have been disallowed, and that could be
quite important. We have also not attempted to study a
supersymmetric model, and that is probably even more important.
Thus it is premature to draw a negative conclusion about
string bit ideas.
\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex{Conclusion}
I hope to have convinced you that string bit models give
important physical insight into the nature of string:
\begin{itemize}
\item Stability: the importance of statistics waves on polymers
of superbits.
\item The induction of gravity in a unitary theory.
\item Dimensional Enhancement: The promotion of Galilei$(d,1)$ to
Poincar\'e$(d+1,1)$.
\end{itemize}
In addition these models provide a framework for addressing a
variety of questions unanswerable in string perturbation
theory.

As should be clear, there are many open problems and issues
that must be addressed. Probably most important is the
construction of fully interacting superstring bit models in higher than 1
space dimension in which the maximal Galilei superalgebra
closes. The question of whether interactions cause the size
of the polymer ground state to grow linearly with bit
number and not ruin the ``nice'' properties of the string
ground state is still open. An  improved numerical study
of these issues seems very feasible.

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Treasury Sanctions Four Ugandans for Involvement in False Adoption Scam
Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four Ugandans pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, for their involvement in an adoption scam that saw many Uganda-born children victimized by the participants in the scheme.
"Deceiving innocent Ugandan families into giving up their children for adoption has caused great suffering," said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Justin G. Muzinich. "The individuals involved in this corrupt scam deliberately exploited the good faith of Ugandans and Americans to enrich themselves. The United States remains committed to seeking out and exposing individuals violating human rights across the world."
ADOPTION SCAM
Ugandan judges Moses Mukiibi (Mukiibi) and Wilson Musalu Musene (Musene), Ugandan lawyer Dorah Mirembe (Mirembe), and Mirembe's husband, Patrick Ecobu (Ecobu), participated in a scheme whereby, in certain instances, young children were removed from Ugandan families under promises for "special education" programs and study in the United States, and were subsequently offered to U.S. families for adoption. The adoption agency organizing the scheme used Mirembe's law firm to handle the legal aspects of the adoptions, in some cases through the manipulation or falsification of court documents. Further, Mirembe's law firm at times hired or used the services of intermediary parties to seek out vulnerable families in remote Ugandan villages to manipulate parents — who often could not read or write English — into giving their children up for adoption under false pretenses. Mirembe's law firm, directly or through its intermediaries, promised parents that their children would be moved to Kampala, Uganda, and looked after by missionaries while being educated. Once removed from their homes, many of the children were placed primarily into one unlicensed children's home in Kampala, and many were made to appear before courts as though they were in fact orphans. Unwitting American prospective adoptive parent(s) would then arrive in Uganda to adopt the children and bring them back to America.
In order to arrange the adoption of the children, Mirembe, with the assistance of Ecobu, facilitated multiple bribes to Ugandan judges Mukiibi, Musene, and other Ugandan government officials, either directly or through an interlocutor. Mirembe had negotiated with Musene a flat fee for processing adoption cases. In at least one case, Mirembe met directly with Musene to arrange an additional amount of money required for Musene to expedite the date of a pending adoption case on Musene's court calendar. Following Musene's transfer to a different court division, Mirembe arranged to get cases steered to Mukiibi, to whom at least one individual paid cash bribes at the direction of Mirembe.
MOSES MUKIIBI and WILSON MUSALU MUSENE
Mukiibi and Musene are current or former government officials, or persons acting for or on behalf of such an official, who are responsible for or complicit in, or who have directly or indirectly engaged in corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery.
DORAH MIREMBE and PATRICK ECOBU
Mirembe and Ecobu have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery.
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For more information on the individuals designated today, click here.
In addition to their designation pursuant to E.O. 13818, the Department of State imposed visa restrictions on Mukiibi and Musene under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. G, P.L. 116-94).


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Q: Facebook JS SDK, FB.api handle other events like start, complete? i am using the FB js sdk. I am a jquery and fb sdk beginner.
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Tobacco Pipes in Ireland
The following typescript with handwritten annotations was found among R.J. Hunter's unpublished notes and is now in PRONI (D4446/A/1/44).
Tobacco pipes in Ireland in the reign of James I
The Study of Irish trade in the early seventeenth century is greatly hampered by the scarcity of relevant source materials, However, a unique group of port books for. Ulster ports for the years 1612-151 (which for the most part only specify goods in detail for the year Michaelmas 1614 to Michaelmas 1615), yields, when correlated with English port books,2 detailed evidence of Ulster trade shortly after the British colony there had been established. For any more extended period or for the rest of Ireland non-Irish port books have to be used.
This brief note indicates the dimensions of recorded tobacco pipe imports into three Ulster ports. The evidence supplied for the other towns was noted from English port books being searched for another purpose. The table shows ports of arrival and departure with the dates of entry inwards and outwards where available and also the quantities involved. However, port books often use general terms such as 'and other small necessaries' which may make them unreliable for the statistical treatment of such commodities as tobacco pipes.
Londonderry 10July 1615 9 gross London, Ap.-May 16153
Coleraine 29 July 1615 2 gross London, Ap.-May 16154
Carrickfergus 6 Nov. 1614 4 dozen Beaumaris, 20 Oct. 16145
Carrickfergus 2 June 1615 4 gross Barnstable, 22 May 16156
Dublin 4 gross London 12 Sept. 16127
Dublin ½ gross Chester, 12 Dec. 16148
Cork 2 gross Bristol, 1 Dec. 16129
Baltimore 1 gross London, 12 Aug. 161510
The quantities of tobacco entering Ulster ports in these years were also small, by far the largest consignment being one of 50 lbs. which arrived in Londonderry, on the Daniel of Leith in May 1615.11 Nonetheless the fact that William Temple, provost of Trinity College, Dublin, issued a statute, c. 1613, forbidding the use of tobacco there,12 suggests that the habit was becoming fashionable. An impost on tobacco pipes and tobacco imported into Ireland was established in 1614.13 The impression left, however, by the English port books14 that exports of tobacco from England to Ireland had probably greatly increased by the 1630s. This may also be true of direct imports.
The only historical evidence for the manufacture of tobacco pipes in Ireland in this period appears to consist in a license in 1617 to J. Coker of Dublin to manufacture and sell tobacco pipes for twenty-one years at a rent of £10.15 It is possible that he did indeed engage in pipe making and if so internal trade facilities were such that they could have received a wide distribution.
1. Leeds Public Library (now West Yorkshire Archive Service), TN/P07/1/1a – 4d.
2. Public Record Office, London (now The National Archives), E190, passim. The equivalent Scottish sources, customs books (Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh (now the National Archives of Scotland),, E71), survive in smaller quantities for this period. I hope to examine later in greater detail the points tentatively approached here for all of Ireland in the first half of the seventeenth century.
3. Leeds Public Library, TN/P07/1/4d, ingates 10 July 1615; P.R.O., E190/19/1, ff. 24-39.
4. Leeds Public Library, TN/P07/1/lc, ingates 29 July 1615; P.R.O., E190/19/1, as above This was the same ship.
5. Leeds Public Library,. TN/P07/1/3, ingates 6 Nov. 1614.; P.R.O., E190/1330/13, outwards 20 Oct. 1614.
6. Leeds Public Library, TN/P07/1/3, in 12 June 1615; P.R. 0., E190/94.2/13, f.5.
7. P.R.O., E190/16/2, f.81.
8. P.R.O., E190/1330/11, ff.38v, 39v.
9. P.R.O., E190/1133/12, ff. 44-4v.
10. P.R.O., E190/19/1, f.66v.
11. Leeds Public Library, TN/P07/i/4.d, ingates 19 May 1615. The port of departure has not been established.
12. J.P. Mahaffy, An epoch in Irish history (London, 1903), p. 162.
13. Calendar of the patent rolls, Ireland, James I, p. 276, see also p. 513; Calendar of state papers Ireland, 1611-14, p. 530, see also Cal. S.P. Ire., 1615-25, p. 316.
14. For example P.R.O., E190/1334/f.15v (Chester, 1632).
15. Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas. I, p. 342.
Additions:
Cork, from Barnstable 3½ gross, 12 Sept. 1615 (E190/942/13, f.8)
Dublin, from Chester 2 gross, ?3 Oct. 1614 (E190/1330/11, f 31v)
Dublin, from Chester ½ gross, 15 March 1615 (E190/1330/14, f 14v)
Dublin, from Chester 2 doy., part of 'provision' entry of Richard Parrincheefe of London, miht ? 29 June 1615 (E190/1330/14, F 24V)
Derry, from Chester 2 gross, part of 'provision' entry 30 June 1615 (E190/1330/14, f. 25)


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Accra, Oct. 26, GNA - Mr. Alan Kyerematen, Minister of Trade, Industry President's Special Initiatives, on Tuesday opened four-day Israeli Trade Exhibition Fair in Accra and urged Israeli and Ghanaian investors to take advantage of the fair to explore areas of mutual investment benefits.
The fair dubbed: "Applicable Technologies Fair 2004," underway at the premises of the Dizengoff Ghana Limited, is showcasing telecommunication, building and construction, irrigation and agricultural technology products, and cooling systems.
The fair, the second to be organised after the first one last year, is a follow-up to a building and technology seminar held in Israel early this year. It is being organised by a visiting Israeli trade delegation and Dizengoff Ghana Limited.
Mr Kyerematen noted that there had been an appreciable increase in the volume of trade between Ghana and Israel since 1999 from 6.96 million dollars to 11.37 million dollars in 2002.
The major products traded include industrial diamonds, semi-manufactured gold and chocolate from Ghana, whilst air-conditioning machines and parts, herbicides and transmission apparatus were imported form Israel.
Mr Kyerematen acknowledged Israel's excellent agro and environmental technology and invited her to provide Ghana with innovative technologies to solve its plastic waste problem, which had become and environmental menace.
Mr. Kwesi Abeasi, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, advocated a complete adoption of the irrigation technologies of Israel to boost agricultural productivity.
Other areas where Ghana could adopt Israeli technology to enhance her development are the building and construction, and the environment. Mr Abeasi noted that investment did not happen overnight and asked Ghanaians to actively get involved in the nation's investment promotion drive.
Mr Avraham Israeli, leader of the Israeli trade delegation, said the delegation was glad to be in Ghana to enhance the business contacts with the two countries.


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Dear airlines, is it time for a rethink?
By Linda Fox | May 17, 2017
When companies external to travel say it's time to embrace something new, it can often be taken with a pinch of salt. But, when it comes from within the industry, maybe it's time to sit up and pay attention. Enter CAPA chief Peter Harbison who gave an aviation industry update at last week's CAPA conference in Dublin. His presentation laid out the three phases of disruption aviation has been through - sixth freedom, Gulf carriers and low-cost airlines - and positioned Big Data as the fourth. Distribution strategies began to be upset during the LCC phase but Harbison's point of view is that what's happening now is different to what has gone before.
distribution is changing fundamentally
third parties are better at accessing and making use of data and, ultimately better at retailing
consumers are more in the driving seat
Harbison points to Amazon with a market capitalisation of around $450 billion - up $75 billion in the past six months.
"That's just an indicator. Really if it wants to sit somewhere it's going to sit somewhere."
Then there's Facebook's marcap of $430 billion and Google's at around $650 billion. Within travel, there's Priceline at $90 billion, Uber at $70 billion and Airbnb at $35 billion.
There are arguments both for and against attaching too much weight to the market capitalisation of a company.
But, what about when those companies are capable of eating your lunch - they have investment, agility when it comes to tech development and data on your customers.
The nearest airline is Delta, which as Harbison points out "just manages to outflank Airbnb" with its $37 billion marcap.
"There's internal squabbling about who's right and who's wrong while those outside the tent are ready to swoop."
It's fair to say that it's about more than just drawing comparisons between the market valuations of carriers versus these asset-light, data-rich companies but there are other fundamentals also challenging airlines. As Harbison points outs:
"Compared with these big bears, airlines have very small numbers. And, they are focused on just about everything else other than looking after the customer and don't have the time or resources to be investing in big data analytics that the others have."
Related reading: Google (not the GDS) is the new enemy in airline distributionNB: Reporter's attendance at the CAPA conference was supported by Travelport. NB2: Airlines image via Markus Mainka for Big Stock.


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package sandbox_test

import (
	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pkg/config"
	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pkg/sandbox"
	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
	v1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
)

var _ = Describe("Sandbox", func() {
	t.Describe("PauseCommand", func() {
		var cfg *config.Config

		BeforeEach(func() {
			// Given
			var err error
			cfg, err = config.DefaultConfig()
			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
		})

		It("should succeed with default config", func() {
			// When
			_, err := sandbox.PauseCommand(cfg, nil)

			// Then
			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
		})

		It("should succeed with Entrypoint", func() {
			// Given
			cfg.PauseCommand = ""
			entrypoint := []string{"/custom-pause"}
			image := &v1.Image{Config: v1.ImageConfig{Entrypoint: entrypoint}}

			// When
			res, err := sandbox.PauseCommand(cfg, image)

			// Then
			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
			Expect(res).To(Equal(entrypoint))
		})

		It("should succeed with Cmd", func() {
			// Given
			cfg.PauseCommand = ""
			cmd := []string{"some-cmd"}
			image := &v1.Image{Config: v1.ImageConfig{Cmd: cmd}}

			// When
			res, err := sandbox.PauseCommand(cfg, image)

			// Then
			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
			Expect(res).To(Equal(cmd))
		})

		It("should succeed with Entrypoint and Cmd", func() {
			// Given
			cfg.PauseCommand = ""
			entrypoint := "/custom-pause"
			cmd := "some-cmd"
			image := &v1.Image{Config: v1.ImageConfig{
				Entrypoint: []string{entrypoint},
				Cmd:        []string{cmd},
			}}

			// When
			res, err := sandbox.PauseCommand(cfg, image)

			// Then
			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
			Expect(res).To(HaveLen(2))
			Expect(res[0]).To(Equal(entrypoint))
			Expect(res[1]).To(Equal(cmd))
		})

		It("should fail if config is nil", func() {
			// When
			res, err := sandbox.PauseCommand(nil, nil)

			// Then
			Expect(err).NotTo(BeNil())
			Expect(res).To(BeNil())
		})

		It("should fail if image config is nil", func() {
			// Given
			cfg.PauseCommand = ""

			// When
			res, err := sandbox.PauseCommand(cfg, nil)

			// Then
			Expect(err).NotTo(BeNil())
			Expect(res).To(BeNil())
		})
	})
})

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Your Viewing Guide To The 2011 MLB Playoffs
Emma Carmichael
Filed to:Viewing guides
It's October (almost)! And you know what that means: everyone you know will now pretend to have cared about baseball for the past six months so that they can safely pretend to care about it for the next month. Prepare yourself for those unendurable office talks with the guy who just learned that the "J" in Pujols is actually pronounced Spanish-like, and for all of Florida to realize that it has a baseball team or two. But this is America, where everyone is welcome! Here's your guide to finding baseball on a screen for the next four weeks.
On The Television
TBS: It's not just for Conan and House of Payne! It's also for the Division Series. With just one exception—the second Rays-Rangers game, which will air tomorrow night on TNT—every Division Series game will air on TBS. This might cause for a bit of overlap, but there are certainly ways to get around that—especially if you're watching locally, in which case, you should probably be supporting your local television station (while eating locally sourced ballpark franks, of course).
In the first round, Brian Anderson, John Smoltz and Ron Darling will call the Yankees-Tigers series for TBS, Don Orsillo and Buck Martinez will call Rays-Rangers, Victor Rojas and Joe Simpson are on Diamondbacks-Brewers, and Dick Stockton and Bob Brenly are on Phillies-Cardinals. If any of that makes you shudder, please refer to last year's simple tech solution for silencing the likes of Buck and McCarver.
Silencing Joe Buck And Tim McCarver: A Simple Tech Solution To Our Crappy World Series Announcers
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, Fox's World Series broadcast team, will begin inflicting themselves on a
For the Division Championship Series, FOX will pick up the ALCS (because the "A" stands for "Amurrican," you see), and TBS will get the NLCS. The entirety of the World Series will air on FOX. Therein lies one argument that baseball might still be considered America's game: there are, potentially, 41 games to be aired on basic cable packages. Tuck in!
Are you that person? Cool. That's great. Good for you. But I'm not guiding you. Go here, or just dial your AM radio around until you hear someone talking about baseball (this works anywhere).
There are two ways to watch baseball on the Internet: you can watch for free, or you can watch for not free. The benefit of the latter is that the quality will be infinitely better. The drawback of the latter is that it costs money.
Expats, along with the dedicated MLB fan base in Ulaanbaatar, have a wonderful option in the MLB.tv postseason package. Anyone outside of the U.S. and Canada can, for $19.99, watch every postseason game live or on demand online. It's all available in HD and with DVR, and there are alternate audio options, which means you never have to listen to a single person talk for more than five minutes. This almost calls for a trip to Cabo.
If you're not abroad, and you still need more viewing angles, then there's Postseason.tv, which will broadcast the TBS games (meaning the AL and NL division series, and the NLCS). It costs $3.99 for the division series package, and $5.99 to include the NLCS, which is like the cost of one or two of the 20 Dorito bags you'll be eating next month, so consider it a deal. The package offers a choice of 10 angles for each game, and you can watch up to four at once (we recommend doing so while wearing 3D glasses, just because). If you don't have a TV and you're mooching off of your neighbors' wireless network, then you can essentially watch half of the playoffs for the price of a pint of beer. We like to give MLB TV a lot of shit, but that's a pretty good deal.
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If you're a cheap bastard, though, then there's always the FREE OPTION. As always, we recommend the seemingly immortal pirate site, AtdheNet.TV (there's also Ilemi.me). It's dependable, low on ads, and—best of all—totally illegal. We won't know until the games go live tonight whether or not they'll have a feed, so please share your favorite pirate sites in the comments section to help one another through October.
On The Things You Hold In Your Hand, Which One Might Call Handhelds
To listen to games on your smart phone, get yourself Gameday Audio. If you have a good connection, streaming should be easy. Otherwise, MLB has a monopoly on the app game, too: MLB At Bat is available for most smart phones and tablets, and some app providers have even discounted the price for the playoffs.
Most of these will track each pitch with every game, so it's, like, just as good as being there—only instead of being there you are looking at it unfold in your hand and you're on a crowded subway car. Close enough.
Enjoy! Here's the TV schedule for the division series, courtesy MLB (all on TBS unless otherwise noted, and all times Eastern):
Gm 1 DET @ NYY Fri Sep. 30 8:37 PM
Gm 2 DET @ NYY Sat Oct. 1 8:37 PM
Gm 3 NYY @ DET Mon Oct. 3 8:37 PM
Gm 4* NYY @ DET Tue Oct. 4 TBD
Gm 5* DET @ NYY Thu Oct. 6 TBD
Gm 1 TB @ TEX Fri Sep. 30 5:07 PM
Gm 2 TB @ TEX Sat Oct. 1 7:07 PM TNT
Gm 3 TEX @ TB Mon Oct. 3 5:07 PM
Gm 4* TEX @ TB Tue Oct. 4 TBD
Gm 5* TB @ TEX Thu Oct. 6 TBD
Gm 1 STL @ PHI Sat Oct. 1 5:07 PM
Gm 2 STL @ PHI Sun Oct. 2 8:07 PM
Gm 3 PHI @ STL Tue Oct. 4 TBD
Gm 4* PHI @ STL Wed Oct. 5 TBD
Gm 5* STL @ PHI Fri Oct. 7 TBD
Gm 1 ARI @ MIL Sat Oct. 1 2:07 PM
Gm 2 ARI @ MIL Sun Oct. 2 4:37 PM
Gm 3 MIL @ ARI Tue Oct. 4 TBD
Gm 4* MIL @ ARI Wed Oct. 5 TBD
Gm 5* ARI @ MIL Fri Oct. 7 TBD
*If necessary.


Outdoor fireplaces and fire pits are a wonderful addition to any backyard patio area. The warmth they provide allow people to enjoy the outdoors even during the cold months, while during summer, they can enjoy a fireplace without heating up the inside of the house. Fireplaces and pits have the ability to enhance your backyard area, make the outdoor area feel as cozy as the inside of your home and add a romantic feeling to your backyard patio area.
There are many kinds of outdoor fireplaces to choose from. The traditional outdoor fireplace looks just like an indoor fireplace. They are usually shaped rectangular but their designs vary. Modern fireplaces are highly versatile and you are sure to find one that you like among the various designs, shapes and sizes. They use either wood or gas.
If you prefer an outdoor fire pit, not a problem. They, too, come in many different styles. Gas fire pits, wood fire pits, permanent fire pits, brick fire pits and stone fire pits, there are many great options. They are most commonly built out of granite, copper and brick. Some even come with fire glass adds some extra elegance to your pit. Outdoor fireplaces or outdoor fire pits, the choice is yours.
When choosing an outdoor fireplace or fire pit, keep in mind the size and design you desire. The fireplace or fire pit you end up getting should add to the beauty of your backyard or patio as this can also increase the appeal to buyers should you ever decide to sell your home. Choosing the right location for your fireplace is extremely important in order to prevent fires and accidents. They always have to be built on a level ground and away from barns, sheds and garages. Be advised that the place where the fireplace will be built should not have any underground wires and cables.
With all of this in mind, it's best to have your outdoor fireplace or fire pit professionally installed by a company that installs outdoor fireplaces on a regular basis. That way you are getting exactly what you want while ensuring the safety of your family.


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Egypt's Morsi warns against tampering with poll result
CAIRO - Agence France-Presse
Mohamed Morsi. AFP photo
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi warned on Friday against any tampering with the election result, after a win was also claimed by his rival ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq.
He said his movement wanted neither "confrontation nor violence," as the country nervously awaits news of who will succeed ousted president Hosni Mubarak as leader.
Shortly after the polls closed last week, the Muslim Brotherhood said Morsi had won based on the official tallies of judges overseeing polling stations, but Shafiq rejected the result and said he would be declared the "legitimate president of Egypt." A delay by the electoral commission in announcing the result, initially scheduled for Thursday, has raised uncertainty and fears of unrest.
"The expected result is known to everyone," Morsi told a news conference. "We will not allow anyone to tamper with the result.
"We expect that the result will truly reflect the popular will, which we all know," said Morsi, adding that the thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square were there to "guarantee that will" is respected.
Morsi was speaking at a news conference in Cairo, flanked by several liberal and leftist figures.
He slammed a constitutional declaration issued by the ruling military council that granted the army sweeping powers, as well as the dissolution of parliament and a justice ministry decision giving soldiers powers of arrest.
"We reject all this... and the timing concerns us all," said Morsi.
But he pledged that his movement and supporters did not have any plans to clash with the military council or to instigate unrest.
"There will be no confrontation or violence or attempts to shake the stability of this country," he said.
"The protection of the nation is our highest goal, (including) the protection of its institutions, public and private property.


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Right from the exterior with the grand fountain display, the Bellagio Hotel and Casino sets the scene for a high-class experience. This premier resort is among the best and brightest the Strip has to offer, featuring Tuscan-style interiors, spacious rooms and suites, and first-class dining and entertainment.
There are several guest suites that range in size from 853 to 4075 square feet. All suites have a formal floor plan that includes a foyer, a sitting area, multi-line telephone and speaker, twice daily housekeeping, whirlpool tub and spectacular views.
Check out The Bellagio's suites: Bellagio One Bedroom Suites & Bellagio Two Bedroom Suites.
Although the Bellagio is expansive in size, you'll never have to walk far to grab a bite to eat, or more likely a gourmet prix-fixe menu to tempt your appetite. The Bellagio Buffet regularly garners the best reviews of its kind. Even finer dining can be had at Le Cirque, twin to the legendary New York-based French restaurant. Celebrity chef aficionados will love the fine Italian food at Todd English's Olives and top-quality seafood at Michael Mina Bellagio.
Once you're properly fed, try an indulgence of a different kind by hitting the theatre to check out "O", a Cirque de Soleil production. Although the tasting menu and multiple cocktails you just enjoyed may have felt like an accomplishment, you'll still find yourself impressed by the aquatic exploits of these multi-talented acrobats, dancers, and synchronized swimmers.
As at all of the best Vegas casinos, everything is better at night. Perhaps the most well-known of the Bellagio clubs, The Bank is among the best places to see and be seen in the hotel. This popular celeb hangout features a three-tiered floor plan with ample VIP seating and a revolving cast of DJs and beautiful people to keep the party going.
Those looking for a more low key time will still have plenty of ways to keep busy. A stroll through the famed Conservatory and Botanical Gardens or the Gallery of Fine Art will inject a touch of culture to your trip in between bouts of gambling and spending. If it's just the gambling you want a break from, take a tour through the Via Bellagio shops, where you'll find Chanel, Armani, and Tiffany & Co. outposts to help you get properly dressed for another night on the town.
If you'd rather the party slowed down instead of stopping completely, visit one of the Bellagio's many bars and lounges. The Fontana Bar keeps things exciting with live music and an expansive dance floor, as well as a knockout view of the fountains outside. If you prefer your lighting low, décor muted, and cocktails creative and delicious, be sure to stop in at Caramel, a luxurious lounge.


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Q: WEBI find duplicate rows (with exception of certain columns) and highlight consider the following table:
+------+------+----------+----------------+
| Col1 | Col2 |   Col3   | Numeric Column |
+------+------+----------+----------------+
| ValA | ABC  | Value 3  |            101 |
| ValF | DEF  | Value 10 |            101 |
| ValC | DEF  | Value 10 |            101 |
| ValB | GHI  | Value 12 |            103 |
+------+------+----------+----------------+

I would like to find duplicate rows by comparing values across multiple columns, and highlight the values in the [Col1] column when duplicate rows are found (OR highlight the whole row, whatever is easier). So in the above table I would like to compare values of the [Col2], [Col3] and [Numeric Column] columns.
And in this example, ValF and ValC in [Col1] would be highlighted. I am not sure how to go about this.

A: I figured it out, see steps below.

*

*Create a dimension variable and concatenate all the columns you like to compare into a variable.

*

*Variable name: Concat_col

*Variable formula: =[Col2]+[Col3]+[Numeric Column]

*Create a measure variable and refer to the first variable.

*

*Variable name: Count_col

*Variable formula: =RunningCount(NoFilter([Concat_col]);([Concat_col]))

*Create a measure variable and refer to the first and second variable.

*

*Variable name: Max_col

*Variable formula: =Max(NoFilter([Count_col])) In ([Concat_col])

*Now create a Formatting rule:

*And populate as follow:

To apply to a whole row, select the columns one by one and click Formatting Rules > 'Conditional Format' (this is the name of the formatting rule we just created earlier).


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const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer-core')
const Clean        = require('clean-css')
const cheerio      = require('cheerio')
const path         = require('path')
const fs           = require('fs')

module.exports = inline

const header = {
  html: fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('@nsight/header/header.html'), 'utf8'),
  css: fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('@nsight/header/index.css'), 'utf8')
}

if (!module.parent) console.log(inline())

function inline() {
  var html = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'), 'utf8')
  var $    = cheerio.load(html)

  $('link').each(function(i, node) {
    var href = $(node).attr('href')
    if (!href) return
    if (!href.indexOf('http')) return
    if (!href.indexOf('//')) return

    var css = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, href), 'utf8')

    css = [css, header.css].join('\n')
    css = autoprefixer.process(css, { browsers: ['last 2 versions'] }).css
    css = (new Clean).minify(css).styles

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    style.html(css)
    $('head').append(style)

    $(node).remove()
  })

  $('script').each(function(i, node) {
    var src = $(node).attr('src')
    if (!src) return
    if (src === 'preload.js') src = require.resolve('@unpm/preloader/bundle.js')

    var js = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, src), 'utf8')
    $(node).attr('src', null)
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  })

  $('nsight-header').each(function(i, node) {
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  })

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}


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Houston City Councilman District K Larry Green (D) found dead at the age of 52
Ch. 13 KTRK-TV Houston has reported that Houston City Councilman Larry Green (D) of District K since 2012, was found dead at his residence this morning according to HPD. He was 52 years old. According to HPD, a missed meeting had people concerned & welfare check at the Green residence, where they found him. It appears that Green died of natural causes. HPD says that Green's death remains under investigation, but there appeared to be no foul play. He was first elected to the newly-formed District K in 2011, which serves from the edge of the TX Medical Center to the p
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Thoughts on the Houston City Council approving Mayor Turner's budget ?
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) achieved his goal of securing unanimous passage of his 1st budget on May 25th, a month ahead of the typical schedule & after an unusually brief & amicable discussion inside City Council headquarters. The $2.3 billion general fund budget, which pays for most basic city services with revenues from taxes & fees, spends $82 million less than the current budget, only the 2nd budget cut for Houston in decades. That is in spite of the city facing an additional $27 million in mandated employee raises & $29 million more in rising pension pa
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Political future of C.O. Bradford
Term-limited out of the Houston City Council from seeking a 4th term, there's been talk on the political future of 3-term Houston City Councilman At-Large 4 C.O. Bradford (D) & what he plans on doing next after he leaves office in a few months from now. Which next political office will Bradford run for ? A.) Harris County District Attorney in 2016 B.) Harris County Judge in 2018 C.) Harris County Sheriff in 2016
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Ministry in Ahja Mission Center
The Ahja Mission Center sees its aim in serving the whole of the surrounding area, offering help to all who need support. Through various events (seminars, lectures, concerts) efforts have been made to help young people, families and elderly people cope with all possible problems and difficulties in their lives. The Center offers the possibility to individuals and organizations to organize weekends, hobby groups, trainings and other events.
The Kärsa UMC is located a short distance from the village and it has no auxiliary rooms for expanding church activities. This was one of the reasons why the deserted building of a former sausage factory was purchased for the Mission Center in 1992. The purchase was possible with the help of the Larvik UMC of Norway and the Nashville District of the United Methodist Church. In 1993 remodeling and repairing of the building commenced.
Larvik UMC and Honefoss UMC of Norway have encouraged the start of the work with disabled people in Ahja. Since 1994 volunteers from the Bartlesville congregation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, have been a big help every summer. In the summer of 1996 a group from Mississippi, from the organization Volunteers in Mission, came to help. VIM-groups have helped to build and repair the building of the Ahja Mission Center as well as the church buildings of Kärsa and Räpina. Play grounds were also built for the children of the local county. Different events are often arranged for local children in order to play together and hear the good news about God's love. The arrival of friends from the connecting congregation at Ahja has always been a reason of joy and excitement not only for the church members but for the whole community. It has been a long-term mission of love and caring.


North Lebanon Governor Ramzi Nohra Saturday oversaw the delivery of ballot boxes in preparation for Tripoli's by-election slated for Sunday, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Ballot casting in the by-election, which was called after unsuccessful parliamentary candidate Taha Naji made an appeal against the election of Future Movement member Dima Jamali, will begin at 7 a.m. Sunday.
On Friday, Hariri toured Tripoli ahead of an electoral media blackout that went into effect at midnight, campaigning for Jamali and meeting with various Tripolitan figures.


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Developing Nations Push for Covid-19 Vaccines Without the Patents
South Africa and India plan to argue at the WTO that the usual protections should be suspended in light of the pandemic
Health experts say having a vaccine is just one front in a two-front battle against Covid-19. The other is effective treatments for those who are already sick with the disease. WSJ breaks down the three most promising types in development. Photo Illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ.
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Updated Nov. 17, 2020 9:47 am ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A group of developing countries, led by South Africa and India, say they will press at the World Trade Organization this week to free Covid-19 vaccines from patent protections so they can be more accessible and affordable for poor countries.
The pandemic requires a temporary suspension of the world's usual intellectual property system, the countries say they will argue at a WTO council meeting this Friday. If poorer countries aren't given special access to the vaccines, which are expected to hit the market by the start of next year, the group of developing nations say they will argue, they will continue to be devastated by the coronavirus even as it is stopped in the West.
The proposed waiver pits the developing nations against the U.S., the European Union, Japan and other wealthier countries, as well as Western pharmaceutical companies, which say respecting intellectual property rights is key to promoting the rapid development of the vaccines.
Developed nations have already struck deals with Western pharmaceutical companies to buy up enough vaccines to tie up most of the world's production capacity until the end of 2021.
If the developed nations don't relent, South Africa is prepared to try to force the issue through a rare contested vote at the trade organization, said Mustaqeem De Gama, counselor at the South African mission to the WTO. Decisions made at the trade organization are usually done on consensus.