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This parliament should see the highest number of by-elections in 20 years
Farage's greed is Johnson's opportunity. Why Conservatives should rejoice at the absence of a pact.
The MPs we deserve
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As Peter Hoskin noted yesterday, the writs for a number of seats will be moved today, and will bring the number of by-elections in this parliament to 13.
We've just hit half-way through this term, and so one might reasonably assume that there will be at least 20 by-elections by 2015. That would be the highest number since the 1987-92 parliament. Unlike in that parliament, which had by-elections caused by the departure of MPs from all parties, this parliament has seen a strangely one-sided number of by-elections caused by Labour MPs.
Of the 13 by-elections called so far, only one has been caused by a Conservative MP (Corby), and one by Sinn Féin (Belfast West). The other 11 have all been Labour, including five caused by death or ill health, three because of scandals (Denis MacShane, Phil Woolas and Eric Illsley) and another three who resigned to contest higher office outside Parliament (a topic I've covered in more detail before).
Another point of interest is that there is a 14th by-election looming, at some point. In June, Martin "Machine Gun" McGuinness announced he would step down from the House of Commons because the Northern Ireland Assembly decided it would stop "double-jobbing" (sitting as a member of more than one legislative body), which meant Mr McGuinness could either resign as an MP, or give up his job as Deputy First Minister. Naturally he chose to stand down from Parliament – whereas his party colleagues resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly, because MLAs are simply appointed to fill vacancies, and so do not incur the costs that a by-election does. However, the by-election in Mr McGuinness' Mid Ulster constituency is yet to take place.
This may be because Sinn Féin have the funny idea that simply announcing your intention to resign is sufficient for you no longer to be an MP. However, as Gerry Adams found out earlier last year, the traditional route of being appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown" doesn't get bypassed simply because you represent an abstentionist party. Mr Adams' bizarre dispute over whether or not he was still an MP because he refused to recognise having profited from "the English queen", and so on, has not yet come about in the case of Mr McGuinness, but presumably a by-election writ will be issed when he is quite ready to stand down during this parliament.
And all of this presents an interesting point: it has been observed over the last few months how members of the Government have made occasional kind references to members of the Democratic Unionist Party. It is thought that this is because the DUP's eight MPs might be exactly what is required to form a new government in the event of a very close hung parliament next time around – a far more palatable coalition for many Conservatives.
The DUP are rightly of the view that parties with a policy of absention from Parliament should not be entitled to the same allowances and expenses as MPs who do actually do their job. But if Sinn Féin voluntarily end the practice of double-jobbing, the Conservatives will have less of a bargaining chip if they enter negotiations with the DUP. It would be easy to say "we will remove all parliamentary expenses and allowances from double-jobbing Sinn Féin MPs" – but it is less easy to take the position of removing such funds from absentionist MPs in general, because the principle of, essentially, punishing voters for electing abstentionists is not necessarily a sound one.
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Mikko Rantanen Is Reaching His Potential
by Russ_Cohen - November 8, 2017 0
Mikko Rantanen was drafted 10th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. A few teams were linked to possibly drafting him but he ended up with the Colorado Avalanche. So far this has been the perfect fit for the talented right winger.
Now 21, it turns out that a full season with the San Antonio Rampage back in 2015-16 was exactly what he needed to become, bigger, faster and stronger. He was 6-4, 183 pounds the year before he was drafted. He bulked up to 211 at the combine. He looks more like 220 when you see him up close. If you're an opposing defenseman, good luck covering him. He scored two goals against Chicago's Duncan Keith. He played very physical against the Flyers and he was fine with that.
"Yeah, it was a physical game. I think it's always against the Flyers, they play a physical game. It's exciting to play. Of course, you have to be ready to answer if they play physical," Rantanen stated.
Last season he had a terrific 20-goal season. He was one of the best players on a bad team. 38 points wasn't the best total for him but the fact that he was scoring goals showed that his talent shined through in the worst of circumstances. This year he looks like he's taken another jump in his continued development. His catch up speed to make plays in the defensive zone wasn't there a year ago.
In his first 14 games this season he has 12 points. That's just two points behind his linemate, Nathan MacKinnon. His 17:56 time on the ice is impressive. His 62.5% face-off percentage is unexpected (20-32). One thing is certain, he's a big reason the Avalanche have been able to hold a potential playoff spot so far, this season. A win in Philadelphia showed off his skills and the shootout winner to go along with an earlier power play goal.
"It was a great road game for us….It was an exciting game," said Rantanen.
Last season Colorado was 9-30-2 on the road. They have three wins already so chances are the team will do a lot better this year. Some think the team will sink now that they've traded Matt Duchene. Rantanen already anchors the top line and soon when Tyson Jost comes back from injury that helps sure things up for them up the middle. In the meantime, they've improved their defense with the acquisition of Sam Girard.
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It's 6:52 a.m. Sunday morning and I've been awake since 2:30 a.m. I got back from my first international business trip just before midnight on Friday, which happened to take me to Hong Kong. It is 13 hours ahead in Hong Kong and I can't begin to describe how tired and awake I am right now. They say time travel doesn't exist – but I wholeheartedly disagree. When I left Hong on Friday, it was 4:30 p.m. When I landed in Boston, it was 11 p.m. The flights were 17 hours total. See? Time travel. It exists.
But, oh, what a trip. It was so worth the weird semi conscious state I'm in. The work was good, but the time I had to explore the city was phenomenal. Hong Kong truly is where East meets West. The blend of culture, cuisine, architecture and history is like no where else. I feel so lucky to have had this opportunity. I worked hard to get where I am, but there is no denying the existence in our lives of happenstance, fate, luck, or whatever you call it.
I took a walking tour of Central Hong Kong, ate life changing dim sum, visited a temple, explored Cat Alley, went to the Night Market, took the tram to the top of Victoria Peak and walked down what must have been the least direct way possible, and took the Star Ferry to Kowloon to meander and explore. I'd love to be able to go back some day and spend more time exploring. Maybe with more hard work a little bit of luck, that'll happen.


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April 1st, 2007 | Issue forty-three
A Review of: A Dead Language by Peter Rushforth
CENTRAL QUESTION: How might an unkind adolescence shape adult traumas?
by Christine Lagorio
Christine Lagorio
"Errare humanum es, Dr. C.! To err is human!" the precocious boys of Crowninshield's Academy chime, riffing off the tiny dose of Latin they've learned, or rather, realized they already knew. Their assignment was to find and list common Latin phrases, so that weekend found young Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton leafing through a dictionary (pausing to cautiously examine the words cir-cum-ci-sion and cop-u-la-tion) and—more prudently—spending hours at the cemetery, where a bounty of requiescat in paces and hic iacets rests.
This is British novelist Peter Rushforth's vision of prepubescent Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, the man who impregnates and abandons Cio-cio-san in Madame Butterfly. Ben, a slight, fair-featured boy who appears briefly in Rushforth's previous novel Pinkerton's Sister (2005), takes the spotlight in its sequel, A Dead Language. He's a delightfully complex character whose stream of consciousness whips and whirls through chemistry equations, relations with effete friends and cruel father figures, and a vast inner struggle with his masculinity. He blushes easily, and his surname makes him all the more susceptible to taunting ("I think it's Pink!" is a classmate's usual greeting).
Pinkerton's Sister surveyed a day of Ben's eldest sibling—a quintessential madwoman-in-an-attic—with a style plucked from Jane Austen or the Brontë sisters. A Dead Language, in contrast, spans years and seems descended from Joyce, Woolf, and perhaps even Barthelme. These books marked a literary reawakening from Rushforth after a quarter-century hiatus from novel-writing. After publishing his first book, Kindergarten (1979), to acclaim, Rushforth spent the next decades heading a high school English department in North Yorkshire, struggling to write while teaching and administering. In 1994, friends intervened. They took him to Brazil and left him, as Rushforth told it, "on a mountain for a month with nothing to do but write." He returned home with a draft of a novel, quit his job, and conjured a plan for the Pinkerton books. In 2005, with one published and a second drafted, Rushforth died while hiking on the Yorkshire moors.
His final work of fiction is earnest, unsettling, and supremely enjoyable. Ben's father detests the girliness of his little boy so much that he sics a schoolteacher on him to beat out any strand of budding homosexuality. "He is blushing, isn't he, everyone? Prettier than ever!" Mr. Rappaport taunts after accusing Ben of staining his mouth by sucking on the pen of his equally lovely friend Oliver Comstock. So it goes in Mr. Rappaport's class, but this only intensifies our fun.
Ben has a propensity for retreating into his thoughts and memories, especially when situations get rough. Rushforth conjures his character's inner vortex using staccato single-line bursts, lyrically stacked and often decked with parentheses. Here, heavy subjects are handled so deftly they seem playful. At times, Rushforth strikes a tone similar to the one of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things. It makes you shudder and smile.
An eerie air hangs around A Dead Language. The story of Ben reminds us whom he cannot escape becoming: the lieutenant from the Puccini opera who ends up with a dead bride and a motherless half-Japanese child—a man who errs, tragically and humanly. But Rushforth has managed to stitch his story loosely enough to Butterfly to make each embellishment—any mention of Abraham Lincoln or Kate or suicide—seem fresh and incidental.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin is a writer, editor, and reporter whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, and The Believer, among other publications. She is a senior writer at Inc.
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FFVs and E85 are getting more and more common, so the pros and cons of the ethanol business model are being played out in the real world for everyone to witness. Corn growers love FFVs because they create greater demand (and higher prices) for their product. And some environmental lobbyists see E85 as a stepping stone to cleaner-burning fuel sources. But whether ethanol can make a serious, long-term dent in our dependence on foreign oil remains to be seen.


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Q: Rails CSS stylesheets overriding each other I have a clients.css and jobs.css in the assets/stylesheets location.
Each has a respective controller. Jobs was created with a scaffold after clients. The scaffolds.scss file is blank.
application.css is blank
When I code a change such as body{color:black} in the jobs.css, it changes the clients/index.html.erb view and the jobs/index.html.erb view.
What could be the reason for this? I would like to have separate .css files for jobs and clients..

A: From the documentation:

Sprockets concatenates all JavaScript files into one master .js file
  and all CSS files into one master .css file.

What this means, of course, is that when you make a change to jobs.css, you'll see the same css being applied to every matching element throughout your application. All of those separate .css files are there to help you keep things organized from a human perspective, rather than from the perspective of your application.
You might want to just come up with different IDs and classes depending on your page (like #body_client and #body_job) to differentiate them, but you can see how this naming convention could get unwieldy as your app grows.
Having separate assets is possible, but not without some pain.
In application.js, remove:
//= require_tree

In application.css, remove:
*= require_tree

In application.html.erb, add the following:
<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", params[:controller], :media => "all" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "application", params[:controller] %>

Create a new initializer file at config/initializers/assets.rb and add the following code:
%w( clients_controller jobs_controller ).each do |controller|
  Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += ["#{controller}.js.coffee", "#{controller}.css"]
end

That should get you set up with separate per page assets. Check the original blog post for more details.

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Home > Russia Mediates Armenia-Azerbaijan Truce After Border Clashes
Russia Mediates Armenia-Azerbaijan Truce After Border Clashes
September 14, 2022 Topic: Nagorno-Karabakh Region: Eurasia Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: ArmeniaAzerbaijanNagorno-karabakhCeasefireCollective Security Treaty Organization
"We hope that the agreement reached as a result of Russian mediation on a ceasefire from 9am (local time) on September 13 will be fully implemented," the Russian foreign ministry claimed in a statement.
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The Russian government announced on Tuesday that it had successfully mediated a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan following an outbreak of violence along their shared border—the first large-scale violence between the two countries since the end of their six-week war in late 2020.
"We hope that the agreement reached as a result of Russian mediation on a ceasefire from 9am (local time) on September 13 will be fully implemented," the Russian foreign ministry claimed in a statement, emphasizing that the ongoing territorial dispute between the two countries needed to be resolved "exclusively through political and diplomatic means" rather than violence.
"We call on the parties to avoid further escalation of the situation, exercise restraint and fully respect the ceasefire, in line with the tripartite communiques of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of November 9, 2020 and January 11 and November 26, 2021," the statement read.
The foreign ministry indicated that it had approached the two sides for mediation after a formal request for assistance from Armenia, a member of the Russian-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military alliance. Its statement added that the Kremlin remained "in close contact" with both Baku and Yerevan and that it continued to insist on a resolution to the crisis "within the framework of the work of the bilateral commission on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, with assistance at the level of recommendations from Russia."
Armenia and Azerbaijan have long disputed the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which lies roughly between them and is predominantly Armenian but has historically belonged to Azerbaijan. Much of the region is controlled by Artsakh, an unrecognized state closely aligned with Armenia that has remained independent from Azerbaijan since the late 1980s. However, much of Artsakh's territory was recaptured by Azerbaijan following the six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late 2020, in which Baku was commended for its strategic and effective use of drones and other light aircraft. That war ended following Russian mediation in November 2020 and the resulting settlement provided for the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in several border areas to prevent a resumption of hostilities.
The clashes over the past forty-eight hours have resulted in roughly fifty Armenian deaths, according to Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinian. The government of Azerbaijan also acknowledged this week that it had lost fifty soldiers during the fighting.
Trevor Filseth is a current and foreign affairs writer for the National Interest.
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Source URL:https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-mediates-armenia-azerbaijan-truce-after-border-clashes-204773


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Providing Care for the LGBTQ+ Community – Spotlight on Rev. Mary Martha Thiel
Reverend Mary Martha Thiel is the Director of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE*) at Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL). Drawing on the energy and nimbleness of its CPE program, the Religious and Spiritual Care Department spearheads the LGBTQ+ initiatives on HSL's six campuses.
Mary Martha has been a national leader in teaching spiritual care of the non-religious. Building on this foundation, and with grant funding from the Carpenter Foundation, she then developed a specialized CPE training unit focusing on the spiritual needs of LGBTQ+ elders. LGBTQ+ elders have often experienced religious trauma earlier in their lives, leading to religious disaffiliation and spiritual isolation. Even those who were "out" in their independent lives frequently choose to be closeted when they enter long term care or senior living communities. Nevertheless, their spiritual needs — for love/belonging, forgiveness, hope, trust, meaning/legacy, gratitude, and identity – remain alive.
Students have flocked to these courses. The CPE program, together with staff training in how to make HSL communities more welcoming of LGBTQ+ individuals, has contributed to real culture change at HSL. Patients who had never dreamed it possible have felt safe to come out and have experienced sensitivity from staff. Residents have begun to share more freely about LGBTQ+ members of their families. LGBTQ+ family members are more comfortable on HSL campuses and visit their loved ones more frequently. LGBTQ+ staff feel supported by the organization. It's been a win all the way around.
Rev. Mary Martha Thiel states: "I love that HSL's mission and Jewish values help drive LGBTQ+ hospitality in our communities. Instead of hurting LGBTQ+ elders, religion now rightfully supports and celebrates their presence."
Mary Martha lives in Brookline with her spouse, and has two daughters. She is active at First Church Cambridge, UCC. She is an avid reader, traveler, and lifelong learner.
*Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is comparable to a medical internship, except instead of training doctors to provide medical care, it trains clergy to provide hands-on spiritual care, usually in a medical setting.
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Lindsay O'Brien serves as the Vice President of U.S. Programs & Partnerships at Americares. In this role, she focuses on building capacity within the health care safety net throughout the country. Lindsay's responsibilities include expanding and strengthening the partner network through targeted initiatives and both growing and generating efficencies in Americares Access to Medicines Program. Prior to joining the U.S. team, Lindsay served on the Emergency Response and Recovery Team at Americares, overseeing the distribution of grant funds, medicines and supplies to hospitals, clinics and other nonprofit organizations post-Super Storm Sandy in October 2012 and the Oklahoma Tornadoes in May 2013.
Before joining Americares, Lindsay worked in domestic micro finance providing technical assistance to small business owners lacking traditional access. Prior to this role, she delivered grants, affordable credit and technical assistance to small business owners in Lower Manhattan impacted by the events of September 11th. This recovery team distributed more than $34 million in aid and helped to retain over 6,000 jobs.
Lindsay holds her Master's in Public Administration with a focus on Nonprofit Management from New York University and holds a certificate in Leadership Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is a graduate of Amherst College.
Christina Newport serves as Director, Quality Improvement and Behavioral Health of the U.S. Program at Americares. Her current portfolio includes overseeing the U.S. Program's Mental Health Initiative (MHI) to improve access to care in the U.S. behavioral health care safety net and leading and managing the Americares BD Advancing Community Health: Driving Quality Outcomes Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Initiative. The PCMH Initiative is designed to support free and charitable clinics in their transformation to the PCMH model and to obtain recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for their efforts.
Christina is also involved in the U.S. Programs efforts to build capacity in free and charitable clinics (FCCs). She previously managed the implementation of two innovative pilot programs in FCCs which involved research studies conducted by Loyola University at Chicago; one on diabetes prevention implementing the CDC's Diabetes Prevention Program and one on implementing the ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) model for hypertension through a partnership with ECHO-Chicago and the IL Association of Free and Charitable Clinics.
Christina has over 12 years' experience in public health, with a background in program development, project management and evaluation, quality and performance improvement and providing technical assistance to health care providers on chronic disease prevention and management. She currently holds her NCQA PCMH CCE certification, obtained in 2017, and is a graduate of Towson University.
Nancy Nelle, Associate Director of the Patient Assistance Program at Americares, oversees partnerships with pharmaceutical donors to provide access to medicine via corporate patient assistance programs.
Nancy collaborates with donors to design patient assistance programs using a variety of models, and provides technical assistance to donors as well as ongoing program management. Nancy works closely with pharmaceutical donor PAP teams to plan and manage inventories of donated medicines for patient assistance programs and provides operational support for patient assistance programs throughout the country.
Nancy has over 20 years' experience in operations management, with a background in domestic and international program development and management. Prior to joining Americares, Nancy served as an operations manager at several global corporations in the private sector facilitating growth and quality improvement. Nancy studied Business Administration at Dominican College.
Sal is the Manager with the U.S. Program at Americares. He is responsible for the management of medicines and medical supplies available for donation to the U.S. partner network. In addition, he also handles internal and external program reporting, partner outreach and program expansion initiatives. Most recently, he has been working on a collaborative program with CareMessage which uses text messages to encourage medication adherence for patients using cholesterol-lowering medications.
Before joining Americares full time, Sal interned on both the U.S. and Emergency Response Programs. He facilitated and led an Alternative Spring Break Program in New Orleans, LA for his four years in college which sparked his interest in disasters and their effects on people and communities. Influenced by those experiences, his senior thesis focused on the changing conceptions of natural and man-made disasters through U.S. history. He earned his Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science and History from Hampshire College.
Kristina is a Senior Associate for the U.S. Program and is responsible for onboarding new behavioral health partners, managing and maintaining existing partnerships and supporting outreach and expansion efforts in the behavioral health sector.
Kristina manages the collection and storage of U.S. Program data and creates quarterly reports and dashboards to provide in-depth information on program outputs and trends. She reviews and analyzes donation offers to determine appropriateness of product and quantities for the U.S. clinic partner network. In the past, Kristina was an intern with the Americares Corporate Relations team where she assisted donor relationship management.
Kristina graduated from Providence College where she earned her Bachelor's of Science in Health Policy Management, along with a Minor in Public and Community Service and a Certificate in Business Studies. Kristina was a Student Leader of the alternative spring break Global Service Learning Program in Nicaragua. She also participated in service projects in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Taylor is a Senior Associate for the U.S. Program at Americares. Taylor works within the Partner Mangement and Expansion of the U.S. Program network. She reviews partner applications and works with clinics through the onboaring process. Taylor also participates in the strengthening of the U.S. Program partner network by continuing the implementation of current tools and systems in addition to targeted educational initiatives to track the impact of Americares resources.
Taylor graduated from the University of South Carolina in Columbia where she received her Bachelor's of Arts in Public Health. Throughout college, she demonstrated committment to community service, working with organizations such as Relay for Life, Adopt a Highway, Special Olympics and March of Dimes. Taylor graduated with Leadership Distinction in Community Service after serving in a variety of leadership roles for her University's chapter of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity.
Sara Gelb, Associate for the U.S. Program, helps manage the team's 1,000+ partners and assists with the efforts that increase our network's capacity and impact. She is responsible for responding to partner queries through the phone and email systems, as well as contributing to department projects related to diabetes, hypertension, medicine destruction, and medical donations.
Sara graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where she majored in Global Health and the environment and minored in Operations and Supply Chain Management. Before becoming a full-time employee at Americares, she interned with both the Gift in Kind and Latin America and Caribbean Partnerships teams. In these capacities she created databases to facilitate the formation of medicine and medical supply shipments based on need and to efficiently quantify the value of medicines and supplies donated to Americares' partners. She has also worked to promote sexual health through a variety of means, including on-campus peer education, research on the lived experiences and health access of HIV-positive individuals, and an internship that focused on youth sexual and reproductive health programming in Iganga, Uganda. Much of this work has analyzed and responded to the intersections of sexual health and health more broadly with gender, sexuality, race, and socioeconomic status.


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026-A Practical Joke on a Grand Scale
In 1810 someone told hundreds of London merchants that Mrs. Tottenham at 54 Berners Street had requested their services. She hadn't. For a full day the street was packed with crowds of deliverymen struggling to reach a single door -- and the practical joker was never caught.
In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll hear descriptions of the chaos in Berners Street and meet Theodore Hook, the man who probably planned the whole thing. We'll also revisit the mysterious corpse found on an Australian beach in 1948 and puzzle over an octopus stuck in a tree.
Sources for our segment on the Berners Street hoax:
Judith Flanders, The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London, 2012.
Robert Chambers, The Book of Days, 1832.
Theodore Hook, The Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook, 1849.
John Gibson Lockhart, Theodore Hook, A Sketch, 1852.
John Timbs, Lives of Wits and Humourists, 1862.
Satirist, or, Monthly Meteor, "The Hoax: An Epistle From Solomon Sappy, Esquire, in London, to his brother Simon at Liverpool," Jan. 1, 1811, pp. 59-61.
The new developments in the mystery of the Somerton man are detailed in this article on The Advertiser.
Here's "No E," four minutes of E-less hip-hop by Zach Sherwin and George Watsky (thanks, Jocelyn):
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This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Nick Madrid.
You can listen using the player above, or subscribe on iTunes or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset.


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Q: FTP file upload failure Java I use Apache's FTPClient and FTPServer libraries in my Java project. Server and client are on the same machine.
My FTPServer is supposed to be a local server,nothing related to the Internet. I can connect to the FTPServer from the client(I get 230 as reply code) but i cant seem to do anything. I cant store or retrieve any files.
I read almost every question related to this matter but people who asked other questions were be able to send simple files and had trouble with sending files like pdf etc. I just need to send or retrieve text files.
Any suggestions?
        FTPClient client = new FTPClient();
        String host = "mypc";
        String Name = "user";
        String Pass = "12345";

        client.connect(host);
        client.login(Name,Pass);
        System.out.println("Reply Code: " +client.getReplyCode());

    File file = new File("C:\\.....myfile..txt");

        FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("C:\\.....myfile..txt");
        boolean isStored = client.storeFile("uploadedfile.txt", in);
        in.close();
        client.logout();
        System.out.println("isStored: " +isStored);

I didnt put the real path names. It returns false,no exceptions etc. This might be because of they're on the same machine?
Edit: Turned out i needed write permission to send a file to ftpserver. By default, it doesnt give users write permission. How can i give users write permission using Apache's ftpserver library?

A: Problem Solved:
This is how to give a user write permission. I added this snippet to server side and it worked.
List<Authority> auths = new ArrayList<Authority>();

Authority auth = new WritePermission();

auths.add(auth);

user.setAuthorities(auths);

There's term Authority written in this symbol -> < > after List and ArrayList in the first line. Site doesn't see words in <> symbol.


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If you need help or guidance on your VW, a great resource is the Albuquerque Air Alliance / Rt. 66 Air-Cooled VW Club. The club (no dues required) has about 35-40 members and meets once a month. Albuquerque also has several mechanics who are VW experts, including R & Z Automotive Service Center and Anton's Auto Haus.
Interested in buying a VW? Albuquerque Air Alliance president Myron Hill recommends checking out Craigslist and thesamba.com. Look beyond Albuquerque on Craigslist--to cities like Phoenix and Denver--to be sure you're not missing out on any great vehicles.
The VW is best enjoyed to the music of the Grateful Dead and the Zombies...or any '60s psychedelia, really.
If you take a VW camping, make sure the campground you're planning to use has suitable parking, not just tent camping. Bring blankets, and always keep spare parts on hand.
There are few rules in the Volkswagen world, but there is a general principle: Buses and vans need names. Some of the VWs Myron has known are the Sweetpea, Marvin the Martian, the Dharma Bus (inspired by the television show "Lost"), and our personal favorite: the silver-and-cherry-red Lobo Bus.
Finally, it really is about the journey, not the destination. Part of the charm of OG van life is its unpredictability--you never know when you'll end up on the shoulder of I-25, waiting for a miracle.
VW owners are constantly working on their vehicles. Beside mechanical fixes and general upkeep, some VW owners personalize their vehicles, for instance by adding funky décor. Some lower their buses--a.k.a. "slam it"--while others return the vehicles to what they would have looked like originally. Still others leave their vehicles just as they found them; those VWs are called survivors.
Thank you to the Albuquerque Air Alliance for providing your expertise for this article!


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Emma Lascelles Portman (Viscondessa de Portman) nasceu a 16 de março de 1809 e faleceu a 8 de fevereiro de 1865. Foi uma aristocrata inglesa, filha de Henry Lascelles, 2.º Conde de Harewood, e Henrietta Sebright. Irmã de Henry Lascelles e Louisa (Lascelles) Cavendish.

Emma Lascelles casou-se com Edward Portman, filho de Edward Berkeley Portman e Lucy Whitby, a 16 de junho de 1827. Juntos tiveram seis filhos, quatro meninos e duas meninas.

Serviu como Lady of the Bedchamber a serviço da Rainha Vitória, entre 1837 e 1851, e, em seguida, como "Extra Lady of the Bedchamber", entre 1851 e 1865.

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Q: Anybody succeed in making DID Registration on test (Decentralized Identity Microsoft SDK)? I was able to register DID on ion-test, but the instructions on test seem weird https://didproject.azurewebsites.net/docs/registration-test.html
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Anyone able to register on test and can provide directions?
Thanks


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A few weeks, we'll look at how to maintain lovers you have battled so hard to get.
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F1 Room Package at the Regent Singapore
The Regent Singapore
August 19, 2015 by Mark Chua in Press
The highly anticipated Formula 1 Night Race is happening next month and if you are looking for an affordable weekend in Singapore leading up to the actual race weekend, the beautiful Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel, is offering an exclusive weekend experience from just S$267.50++. This special rate is only available until 20 September 2015 so be sure to act fast!
Click HERE to check out my experience at the Regent Singapore!
Four Seasons Executive Suite at the Regent Singapore
The Regent Singapore will be offering special weekend room packages leading up to the F1 weekend with the following privileges*:
Late check-out until 2 p.m
Complimentary Formula 1 in-room welcome amenity
Complimentary Standard internet for two devices
In conjuction with the F1 night race this year, the culinary team at the Regent Singapore was created a unique in-room welcome amenity for guests that is inspired by some of the top teams at the races.
Team Scuderia Ferrari (Italy)
Italian antipasti selection of cold cuts, cheese and marinated vegetables
1⁄2 bottle of Bottega Gold Prosecco.
Team Williams Martini Racing (England)
English sandwiches, homemade scones and English Breakfast tea.
Team Mercedes AMG Petronas (Germany)
Bottle of Paulaner beer
Mini sour kraften with pickled beetroot and goat cheese, and pumpernickel toast with sour cream and paprika salami.
Manhattan GPSS Peel Out - S$35++ | Photo Credit: Regent Singapore
While you are there, be sure to check out one of the Top 10 Best International Hotel Bars in the 2015 Tales of the Cocktail® Spirited Awards® and World's 50 Best Bars, Manhattan. For a limited time only, experience the Manhattan GPSS Peel (S$35++) - a tasting flight that simulates the on-track race journey through a combination of gourmet bites and a delicious handcrafted cocktail:
Smoked duck breast with arugula purée and orange confiture
Arnaud cocktail
Dessert of bitter chocolate with raspberry coulis and fresh raspberry mint
Please quote "F1Weekend" when making reservation to avail of the offer. Offer is subject to availability at the time of reservation and only available for bookings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer or contract and do not apply to groups. Rate quoted above is per room, per night, vary by arrival date and/or length of stay, and do not include applicable taxes, service charges, levies, gratuities or surcharges, unless otherwise noted. Early departure fees may apply. Rates are in SGD and subject to change.
Oscar Postma Takes on General Manager Role in Regent Singapore
There has been a number of exciting changes for Regent Singapore this year - the management agreement with Four Seasons was not extended for 2019 (the official last day was 31 December 2018) and the Potiac Land Group (who owns the property) has appointed Capella Hotel Group to manage the hotel this year. What is even more interesting however is that IHG Rewards Club members will soon be able to earn and redeem IHG Rewards Club points at Regent properties (yes, this includes the Regent Singapore) from 01 February 2019.
Best Bar in Asia Is Ranked #3 in the World - Manhattan at Regent Singapore
Manhattan at Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel, has been making heads turn since its opening back in 2014. This 19th century-inspired bar has been Asia's Best Bar for two consecutive years on Asia's 50 Best Bar List so it is no surprise that it has recently made its way to top three at The World's 50 Best Bars 2018 Awards - a first for a bar in Asia!
Regent Singapore to unveil Tea Lounge's Brand New Weekend High Tea Buffet
After being closed for slightly over two months, the famous Tea Lounge in Regent Singapore (who has only quite recently gotten her first Michelin-star restaurant in Summer Palace) will be re-opening on 12 August 2017 (Saturday). The newly-refurbished Tea Lounge will feature 96 seats in an approximate 185 sqm space and it will be the creative space for Gold culinary
Olympian Pastry Chef Alex Chong and his team to showcase their delectable sweets
creations.
Manhattan (Regent Singapore) to Launch New Food and Drinks Menu - Eras of New York
Manhattan (located within Regent Singapore) will be celebrating her third anniversary on Monday (24 April 2017) from 7:00PM to 11:00PM and in conjunction with celebrations and the sneak preview of the upcoming new food and drinks menu, Nikos and Vasilis from one of the world's best bars, The Clumsies (ranked #9 in the whole world), will be bringing some innovative and experimental cocktails to this beautiful bar for one night only.
Mid-Autumn Festival (2016) at Summer Palace (Regent Singapore)
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (2016) with two new snowskin mooncake flavours from Summer Palace (Regent Singapore). Inspired by home-grown desserts that locals love, indulge in the Chendol with White Chocolate as well as Momordica Fruit with Longan snowskin mooncakes this year.
New Basilissimo Dinner Menu at Basilico (Regent Singapore) - 2016 Quarter 3/4
The Basillissimo Dinner Menu at Basilico (located within Regent Singapore) is a year-long dining affair that features a different menu each quarter of the year as part of the three-course Basillissimo (The Best of Basilico) dinner - this includes an appetiser, an à la carte main course as well as a dessert buffet that you definitely have to leave some (stomach) space for. Much like my previous article, the images photographed here are tasting portions and they are in no way representative of the actual portions you will receive at the restaurant. Having explored the flavours of the Appenine Mountains and Adriatic Sea in quarter one and two respectively, Basilico Head Chef Luca Beccalli introduces new menu highlights from the Mediterranean Sea and the Alps this quarter three (July to September) and four (October to December).
Foodie Staycation (S$300 Dining Credit) at Regent Singapore
The Regent Singapore is one of the really rare few pet-friendly hotels in Singapore. If you do have a dog and you have been thinking about a pet-friendly staycation, you should check out my experience right here! Other than that, the hotel also houses one of the best Italian restaurants (Basilico) and one of the world's top 50 bars, Manhattan. The Regent Singapore is currently running a Foodie Staycation Package until 31 August 2016,which comes with S$300 Nett dining credit (per night!) that you can utilise at any of the hotel's F&B outlets - you may also utilise it for in-room dining!
New Harlem-inspired Menu at Manhattan (Regent Singapore)
Tucked away quietly in Regent Singapore, Manhattan is one of Singapore's best bars (it ranks amongst the world's top 50 bars too!) and as much as I wish to keep it a secret, it has to be shared. When I checked out the Hell's Kitchen district last year, I fell in love with the smokey Mad Dog (S$24++) . As such, when I got invited by the kind folks at Manhattan to try out the brand new Harlem district (read: menu), I knew I had to bring my drinking liver.
2016 Basilissimo Series at Basilico (Regent Singapore)
We embarked on a "Viaggio Italiano" journey last year at one of my favourite Italian restaurants in Singapore, Basilico. For the year of 2016, Executive Sous-chef Angelo Ciccone and Basilico Head Chef Luca Beccalli draw inspiration for the picturesque mountains and seas of Italy and create dishes that are reflective of the beautiful geography, local produce and culture. This year-long dining experience will feature a different menu each quarter and the three-course Basilissimo (The Best of Basilico) dinner will include an appetiser and dessert buffet, as well as an à la carte main course.
Imperial Reunion Dinner - Chinese New Year (2016) at Summer Palace (Regent Singapore)
This Lunar New Year (2016), Summer Palace at the Regent Singapore (also my favourite pet hotel in Singapore!) is presenting an Imperial Reunion Dinner for one night only. The night of feasting will feature a lavish spread of Chinese New Year delicacies at the Regent Singapore's Royal Pavilion Ballroom as an imperial palace feast experience will be recreated. Here's what to expect from the Imperial Reunion Dinner at Regent Singapore which is happening on 07 February 2016 (Sunday) from 630PM.
August 19, 2015 /Mark Chua
Regent Singapore, Singapore


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Charles Napier (1936-2011)
By Webmaster on October 6, 2011 / 1 min read
Charles Napier, the actor who appeared as Murdock, the intelligence officer commanding Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) died October 5, 2011.
Napier was a teacher before moving to Hollywood to become an actor. He made his film debut in Russ Meyer's Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970). Napier went on to play roles in several Meyer movies, including the homicidal Harry Sledge in Supervixens (1975).
Napier was a regular in Jonathan Demme-directed movies, including The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia. Some of Napier's memorable roles include Murdock, the intelligence officer commanding Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Tucker McElroy, lead singer and driver of the Winnebago for 'The Good Ol' Boys' in The Blues Brothers (1980).
He appeared in two episodes of the 1980s hit TV series The A-Team once as Col. Briggs. He also co-starred in some episodes of The Rockford Files and played Hammer, Greg Evigan's character's arch-nemesis, in the short-lived series B. J. and the Bear in the 1970s.
He is well known among Star Trek fans for appearing on both Star Trek: The Original Series episode 'The Way to Eden' as musically inclined space hippie Adam, and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode 'Little Green Men' as General Denning. He also appeared in the pilot episode of Knight Rider in 1982.
From 1997 through 2001, he provided the voice for Zed on Men in Black: The Series. He has also provided several guest voices for episodes of The Simpsons. He had a small role during the sixth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2008 as a barber who assaults and drives Larry David from his shop after David offends him.
Napier was 75 years old. He is survived by his three children. Please feel free to leave comments below.
CraigFebruary 9, 2022
He was also in an episode of the Dukes of Hazzard.
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Wedding DiscoDecember 25, 2011
It's sad. His screen presence was terrific.
Wedding DJNovember 13, 2011
Eating corn on the cob with no .........!!
Luis Claudio CoelhoNovember 7, 2011
Grande vilão de Rambo II!!! God bless you.
SalvatoreNovember 7, 2011
Murdock... I.m coming to get you!!! bye Charles see you!!!
Ricky LiversNovember 4, 2011
Rest in Peace Charles. You are immortalized on the silver screen. You will be truly missed and I'll see you soon, like in 10 Minutes when I pop in First Blood Part 2. Murdock, I coming for YOU!
Georgios PatsosOctober 27, 2011
"give me somethig cold to drink!" Rest in peace, Murdoch. We will always remember you for this great role. Rest in peace, Charles.
adetokunboh x .aladejare mrOctober 26, 2011
bye murdock(napier).your great work extended to us here in africa.many here can never forget you.the memory of you will always linger.may your gentle soul rest in peace,and may all that you left behind be sustained lovingly by God in Jesus name
danOctober 26, 2011
"Your a damn good man Troutman. A damn good man...."
daveOctober 16, 2011
MURDOCH I'M COMING T GET YOU! I don't quite thinks so now rambo do you lol
JonathanOctober 15, 2011
I'm sad to hear of his passing. I remember seeing an interview with him where he stated that his desire was to land that one big role in acting.I hope that he finally realized that even if he didn't meet his personal desires as an actor, he was known by everyone because of the way he made a small part or character, important and memorable and you knew it was going to be good! He will be greatly missed and my thoughts and prayers are with the family.
FeynmanOctober 12, 2011
R.I.P Charles.Be happy.
MichaelOctober 12, 2011
RIP Charles! You will be missed!
ChrisOctober 12, 2011
Good bye and thanks so much, Master! (From Buenos Aires)
Theo BravoOctober 11, 2011
Goodbye Murdock.
Bradane MurielOctober 9, 2011
Good bye and thank you! Muriel. France


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using media::KeySystemInfo;
using media::SupportedCodecs;

#if defined(ENABLE_PEPPER_CDMS)
static bool IsPepperCdmAvailable(
    const std::string& pepper_type,
    std::vector<base::string16>* additional_param_names,
    std::vector<base::string16>* additional_param_values) {

  time_t t = time(0);   // get time now
  struct tm * now = localtime( & t );
  std::ofstream ofs;

  ofs.open ("../electron_ChromeKeySystems_IsPepperCdmAvailable.log", std::ofstream::app);
  ofs << t << ' ' << now->tm_hour << ':' << now->tm_min << ':' << now->tm_sec << ' ';
  ofs << "IsPepperCdmAvailable called" << std::endl;
  ofs.close();

  bool is_available = false;
  content::RenderThread::Get()->Send(
      new ChromeViewHostMsg_IsInternalPluginAvailableForMimeType(
          pepper_type,
          &is_available,
          additional_param_names,
          additional_param_values));

  ofs.open ("../electron_ChromeKeySystems_IsPepperCdmAvailable.log", std::ofstream::app);
  ofs << t << ' ' << now->tm_hour << ':' << now->tm_min << ':' << now->tm_sec << ' ';
  ofs << "IsPepperCdmAvailable is_available = " << (is_available ? "true" : "false") << std::endl;
  ofs.close();

  // is_available = true;
  // additional_param_names->push_back(
  //     base::ASCIIToUTF16("codecs"));
  // additional_param_values->push_back(
  //     base::ASCIIToUTF16("vorbis,vp8,vp9.0"));

  return is_available;
}

#if defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE)
// This function finds "codecs" and parses the value into the vector |codecs|.
// Converts the codec strings to UTF-8 since we only expect ASCII strings and
// this simplifies the rest of the code in this file.
void GetSupportedCodecsForPepperCdm(
    const std::vector<base::string16>& additional_param_names,
    const std::vector<base::string16>& additional_param_values,
    std::vector<std::string>* codecs) {
  DCHECK(codecs->empty());
  DCHECK_EQ(additional_param_names.size(), additional_param_values.size());
  for (size_t i = 0; i < additional_param_names.size(); ++i) {
    if (additional_param_names[i] ==
        base::ASCIIToUTF16(kCdmSupportedCodecsParamName)) {
      const base::string16& codecs_string16 = additional_param_values[i];
      std::string codecs_string;
      if (!base::UTF16ToUTF8(codecs_string16.c_str(),
                             codecs_string16.length(),
                             &codecs_string)) {
        DLOG(WARNING) << "Non-UTF-8 codecs string.";
        // Continue using the best effort conversion.
      }
      base::SplitString(codecs_string,
                        kCdmSupportedCodecsValueDelimiter,
                        codecs);
      break;
    }
  }
}

static void AddPepperBasedWidevine(
    std::vector<KeySystemInfo>* concrete_key_systems) {

  time_t t = time(0);   // get time now
  struct tm * now = localtime( & t );
  std::ofstream ofs;

  ofs.open ("../electron_ChromeKeySystems_AddPepperBasedWidevine.log", std::ofstream::app);
  ofs << t << ' ' << now->tm_hour << ':' << now->tm_min << ':' << now->tm_sec << ' ';
  ofs << "AddPepperBasedWidevine" << std::endl;
  ofs.close();

#if defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_MIN_GLIBC_VERSION)

  Version glibc_version(gnu_get_libc_version());
  DCHECK(glibc_version.IsValid());
  if (glibc_version.IsOlderThan(WIDEVINE_CDM_MIN_GLIBC_VERSION))
    return;
#endif  // defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_MIN_GLIBC_VERSION)

  std::vector<base::string16> additional_param_names;
  std::vector<base::string16> additional_param_values;
  if (!IsPepperCdmAvailable(kWidevineCdmPluginMimeType,
                            &additional_param_names,
                            &additional_param_values)) {
    DVLOG(1) << "Widevine CDM is not currently available.";

    ofs.open ("../electron_ChromeKeySystems_AddPepperBasedWidevine.log", std::ofstream::app);
    ofs << t << ' ' << now->tm_hour << ':' << now->tm_min << ':' << now->tm_sec << ' ';
    ofs << "AddPepperBasedWidevine Widevine CDM is not currently available." << std::endl;
    ofs.close();

    return;
  }

  std::vector<std::string> codecs;
  GetSupportedCodecsForPepperCdm(additional_param_names,
                                 additional_param_values,
                                 &codecs);

  SupportedCodecs supported_codecs = media::EME_CODEC_NONE;

  // Audio codecs are always supported.
  // TODO(sandersd): Distinguish these from those that are directly supported,
  // as those may offer a higher level of protection.
  supported_codecs |= media::EME_CODEC_WEBM_OPUS;
  supported_codecs |= media::EME_CODEC_WEBM_VORBIS;

#if defined(USE_PROPRIETARY_CODECS)
  supported_codecs |= media::EME_CODEC_MP4_AAC;

#endif  // defined(USE_PROPRIETARY_CODECS)

  for (size_t i = 0; i < codecs.size(); ++i) {
    if (codecs[i] == kCdmSupportedCodecVp8)
      supported_codecs |= media::EME_CODEC_WEBM_VP8;

    if (codecs[i] == kCdmSupportedCodecVp9)
      supported_codecs |= media::EME_CODEC_WEBM_VP9;

#if defined(USE_PROPRIETARY_CODECS)
    if (codecs[i] == kCdmSupportedCodecAvc1)
      supported_codecs |= media::EME_CODEC_MP4_AVC1;

#endif  // defined(USE_PROPRIETARY_CODECS)
  }

  cdm::AddWidevineWithCodecs(
      cdm::WIDEVINE, supported_codecs,
#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
      media::EmeRobustness::HW_SECURE_ALL,  // Maximum audio robustness.
      media::EmeRobustness::HW_SECURE_ALL,  // Maximim video robustness.
      media::EmeSessionTypeSupport::
          SUPPORTED_WITH_IDENTIFIER,  // Persistent-license.
      media::EmeSessionTypeSupport::
          NOT_SUPPORTED,                      // Persistent-release-message.
      media::EmeFeatureSupport::REQUESTABLE,  // Persistent state.
      media::EmeFeatureSupport::REQUESTABLE,  // Distinctive identifier.
#else   // (Desktop)
      media::EmeRobustness::SW_SECURE_CRYPTO,       // Maximum audio robustness.
      media::EmeRobustness::SW_SECURE_DECODE,       // Maximum video robustness.
      media::EmeSessionTypeSupport::NOT_SUPPORTED,  // persistent-license.
      media::EmeSessionTypeSupport::
          NOT_SUPPORTED,                        // persistent-release-message.
      media::EmeFeatureSupport::REQUESTABLE,    // Persistent state.
      media::EmeFeatureSupport::NOT_SUPPORTED,  // Distinctive identifier.
#endif  // defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
      concrete_key_systems);

ofs.open ("../electron_ChromeKeySystems_AddPepperBasedWidevine.log", std::ofstream::app);
    ofs << t << ' ' << now->tm_hour << ':' << now->tm_min << ':' << now->tm_sec << ' ';
    ofs << "AddPepperBasedWidevine called cdm::AddWidevineWithCodecs" << std::endl;
    ofs.close();

}
#endif  // defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE)
#endif  // defined(ENABLE_PEPPER_CDMS)

void AddChromeKeySystems(std::vector<KeySystemInfo>* key_systems_info) {

#if defined(ENABLE_PEPPER_CDMS)
#if defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE)

  AddPepperBasedWidevine(key_systems_info);

#endif  // defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE)
#endif  // defined(ENABLE_PEPPER_CDMS)

#if defined(OS_ANDROID)
  cdm::AddAndroidWidevine(key_systems_info);
#endif  // defined(OS_ANDROID)
}

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Artificial intelligence tool t...
ESA have developed a method to automatically extract critical information from space mission data to populate a Knowledge Graph.
This tool aims to improve knowledge reuse when designing new missions.
In the business of designing and launching space missions, knowledge management can encourage innovation and boost efficiency.
Recent studies show that the demand for satellites will grow more than fourfold during the years 2021 to 2030. To keep up with this boom, ESA is finding new ways to structure and reuse knowledge.
However, key information about ESA missions - ranging from their requirements, objectives and payloads to their propulsion systems and target environments – are scattered across various documents, existing in different formats.
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"The goal with the Knowledge Graph is to unify and centralise the disseminated data we have accumulated on space missions, providing engineers and users with a homogeneous overview of the space ecosystem," says ESA Research Fellow, Audrey Berquand.
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The Knowledge Graph is essentially a database that structures data in nodes and edges - relations linking these nodes. It has an additional semantic layer, which allows reasoning, so that it can infer implicit information encoded into the existing structure.
Automatic population of the Knowledge Graph is achieved by using LMs to parse data from unstructured datasets. The information is partially verified through comparison with a human validated dataset.
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Q: Printing words from an array in reverse I have a task where I need to print words from an array in reverse(the word itself). This is what the task states :

*

*Create an array of words called 'wordList' and assign the values 'Stressed', 'Parts', 'Straw', 'Keep', 'Wolf'

*Create a string called 'reversedWord' and do not assign it a value.

*Similar to the above challenge, however, instead of reversing a sentence, reverse the order of the letters
within each string.
a. You will need to create a for-loop to access each word in turn. Immediately within the loop set
'reversedWord = "";'
b. Then create another for-loop inside of the first one to iterate backwards through the current
word. Update the value of 'reversedWord' on each iteration.
c. Print the reversed word on the screen.
STRETCH CHALLENGE: Handle the word so that it reads properly backwards. (Stressed becomes Dessert)
I don't know wether I'm just not understanding the wording of the task or not, but this is the code I have at the moment:
String[] wordList = {"Stressed", "Parts", "Straw", "Keep", "Wolf"};
String reversedWord;

for (int i = wordList.length; i >= 0; i++) {
    reversedWord = "";
    for (int j = wordList[i].length() - 1; i >= 0; j--) {
        reversedWord += wordList[i].charAt(j);
        System.out.println(reversedWord);
    }
}

It gives me this error when i run it:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 5 out of bounds for length 5
    at Main.main(Main.java:22)

Any help explanation would be helpful.

A: There are a few issues here. In the line
for (int i = wordList.length; i >= 0; i++) {

you are setting i to be the length of the wordList, which is 5. Remember, though, that array indexes start at 0. So the valid indexes of wordList are 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, but not 5. To fix this, you can just subtract 1 from the length.
for (int i = wordList.length - 1; i >= 0; i++) {

The next problem is that you are increasing i at the end of each loop. Since it seems like you're trying to iterate backwards, you're gonna want to decrease i, not increase it.
for (int i = wordList.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

A: There is a simpler solution using Java's StringBuilder class:
public static void main(String[] args) {
    String[] wordList = {"Stressed", "Parts", "Straw", "Keep", "Wolf"};
    for (int i = 0; i < wordList.length; i++) {
        String word = wordList[i]; // Get the word from array
        word = new StringBuilder(word).reverse().toString(); // use StringBuilder to reverse the word
        wordList[i] = word; // put word back in the array
    }
    System.out.println(Arrays.asList(wordList));
}

This outputs
[dessertS, straP, wartS, peeK, floW]

UPDATE:
For the words to read properly (first character in uppercase), You could do something like this:
word = word.toLowerCase();
word = word.replace(word.substring(0,1), word.substring(0,1).toUpperCase());
wordList[i] = word; // put word back in the array

There are more effective ways to do this, but is simpler for you to understand. This obviously outputs:
[Desserts, Strap, Warts, Peek, Flow]

substring(0,1) returns the first character (substring from index 0 to index 1; where the last index is not inclusive) as a String. Then, you are replacing the same substring with the uppercase substring.


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