With Greenland confronting major environmental and economic challenges, Premier Aleqa Hammond has called for developing the nation's natural resources while protecting the environment and dealing with the challenges of climate change. Hammond addressed these issues during a 24 September forum on Greenland's natural resource development, held in Washington, D. C.
The country needs to diversify its economy with mineral and oil and gas development, Hammond said at the forum, which was held at the Brookings Institution. Fisheries currently account for about 90% of Greenland's exports.
"Greenland is a frontier nation when it comes to minerals and oil exploration, but we have worked hard to develop the natural resource extraction sector," Hammond said. She noted that because of Greenland's strong democratic institutions and legal framework, it differs from some other countries that are considered frontier areas for development.
More than 150 exploration licenses have been granted in the mining sector. Although only a small number of those licenses may eventually turn into active projects, there is "a realistic prospect" of having three to five new mines operating in Greenland within 5 years, according to Hammond.
Some prospects for mining include a planned iron ore project near Nuuk, Greenland's capital. Greenland also has two of the largest known rare earth element deposits outside of China and a zinc and lead deposit that could be among the 10 largest zinc mines in the world. In addition, the country—an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark—could reach a political agreement with Denmark later this fall about uranium mining in Greenland.
Since 2002, the country has awarded more than 20 exploration and exploitation license blocks offshore to 14 different oil companies, and it recently released oil and gas licensing rounds for 2014 and 2018. However, movement toward developing these blocks has been slow. "We are aware that things take time. We continue to be optimistic on the prospects we have," Hammond said.
The reason these prospects have been slow in developing may be found in a Brookings report issued at the forum. The Greenland Gold Rush: Promise and Pitfalls of Greenland's Energy and Mineral Resources concludes that although large-scale mining eventually will take place in Greenland, the timing could be delayed due to a drop in global commodity prices and the lingering impact of the global recession. Oil development also could be delayed due to the technically demanding conditions and the shale oil boom in North America that has made less expensive oil available.
Underlying Greenland's push for natural resources exploration are several factors. These include the country's potentially rich reserves, economic changes brought about by the Self-Government Act of 2009, and demographic shifts that include an aging population. Another key factor is that climate change is making it difficult for hunters and fishers to make a living, but it also could expose more areas to potential development.
"The new opportunity is our fjords being ice-free during winter. Our access to the mountains and the geologically exciting places is easier than ever before. And the ice is no longer the biggest obstacle for us to do more explorations than we ever did before," she added.
The Self-Government Act has been something of a two-edged sword, she said. It has provided Greenland with extended autonomy from Denmark—and the sole competence for Greenlandic oil, gas, and mineral resources. The act, however, also froze Denmark's annual block grant, which provides more than half of Greenland's government revenue, at 2009 levels. This has pushed Greenland to find other streams of revenue. Hammond said that natural resource development could provide jobs for Greenlanders. However, she also acknowledged that to develop those resources, the country—with a population of just 56,000—would have to bring in workers, who could have an impact on Greenland's traditions, culture, and priorities.
He also responded to Hammond's comment that Greenland has "adopted some of the strictest environmental standards and regulations." Ebinger said that although Greenland "has been appropriately cautious" in its efforts to develop an effective regulatory framework, there are still key issues that need to be addressed regarding transparency and the effective separation between the regulatory authority and those involved in policy formulation.


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IN THE GRIM LIGHT of Kosovo, it is time to ask the obvious question: Should President Clinton's national security team be replaced by a ham and cheese sandwich?
At first blush the answer would appear to be no. We are at a delicate point in the war to protect the Albanian Kosovars from Serb persecution, what with the Serbs having completed that persecution while we were busy bombing Chinese diplomats. At such a juncture, it would seem a poor idea to replace Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Secretary of Defense William Cohen, national security adviser Samuel Berger and Gen. Wesley Clark with two pieces of rye bread, several slices of baked ham and Swiss cheese and a smear of mustard.
A ham and cheese sandwich could not plot strategy and tactics, could not negotiate with Beijing or Moscow, could not order up new bombing raids, could not conduct daily press briefings. Not to be rude about it, but a ham and cheese sandwich is not sentient; it is not capable of ratiocination; it could not, in fact, run the war. Surely, for this reason if no other, it would be better to stick with the team in place.
And yet, if one holds the view that the first role of government is to do no harm, there is much to be said for the sandwich. Would ham and cheese have decided to begin a war without a plan to wage it? Would ham and cheese have convinced itself that Slobodan Milosevic would acquiesce to NATO's tough demands at the first bomb's fall? Would ham and cheese have assured the enemy that the attack would be limited to an air campaign, thus freeing the enemy to commit his resources to the speedy destruction of the people that ham and cheese had gone to war to protect? In short, would ham and cheese have made such a colossal botch of it all?
No. Ham and cheese would have just sat there, on a plate, getting stale and attracting the passing attention of flies, harming not a soul. A lack of sentience can be a wonderful thing.
As of yesterday, after 48 days of leadership by the non-sandwich team, here is where things stand in the war: Milosevic has won. The day before, Belgrade had announced that it was beginning to pull its 40,000 troops out of Kosovo, because the troops had finished their work. It is questionable whether Yugoslavia is retreating in any meaningful way. But the second half of Belgrade's statement is undeniably true. Milosevic's army has completed the task that the Clinton administration and NATO went to war to prevent: the destruction of all that is Albanian in Kosovo.
On the day that Belgrade declared its partial withdrawal, the State Department issued its report on the war to date, a 30-page catalogue of horrors titled "Erasing History: Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo." The report forthrightly declares that after -- after -- the war to protect Kosovo's 1.7 million ethnic Albanians began in March, "Serbian forces dramatically increased the scope and pace of their [ethnic cleansing] efforts, moving . . . toward a sustained and systematic effort to ethnically cleanse the entire province of Kosovo."
As a result of this campaign, "More than 90 percent of all ethnic Albanians . . . an estimated 1.5 million . . . have been expelled from their homes in Kosovo." Approximately 700,000 destitute refugees have been driven into neighboring countries. Another "600,000 internally displaced persons are now struggling to survive in Kosovo . . . often taking shelter in isolated forests and mountain valleys."
More: "Anecdotal refugee accounts suggest that Serbian forces have executed at least 4,000 Kosovars. . . . Some 500 residential areas have been at least partially burned since late March. . . . Refugees have provided accounts of summary executions in at least 70 towns and villages. . . . Ethnic Albanian women are reportedly being raped in increasing numbers."
By NATO's estimates, seven weeks of bombing have destroyed only 20 percent of Yugoslavia's armored vehicles in Kosovo. Yugoslav air defenses remain sufficiently strong that NATO bombers, held back by the fears of micromanaging politicians, rarely fly below 15,000 feet. This is why the bombers have accidentally struck a bus, a train, a marketplace, a hospital, two residential areas, a telephone exchange, an Albanian refugee convoy and an embassy, killing at least 192 civilians. On May 7, NATO quietly abandoned its plan to mount a naval blockade of Yugoslavia, after Russia promised to run the blockade. In April, 450,000 barrels of oil were shipped into Yugoslavia, and the flow continues.
And on May 10, President Clinton saw a light at the end of the tunnel. "I think we have to do better," he said, "but any little daylight, any little progress is better than it was the day before."
For God sakes, give me ham and cheese.
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Q: Como eu posso usar o comando UPDATE entre duas tabelas? Estou tentando atualizar o campo GRUPO da tabela ESTOQUE para o valor 1 (um) quando o campo NCM da tabela EST_ADICIONAIS for igual a 21011000. Sendo que, ambas as tabelas tem o campo CODIGO com valores iguais. Utilizo firebird.

A: Com base na vaga ideia que tenho das suas tabelas criei um exemplo para simular a sua instrução SQL.
Criei as tabelas com a seguinte estrutura:

*

*ESTOQUE (CODIGO INT, GRUPO INT)

*EST_ADICIONAIS (CODIGO INT, NCM varchar(8))

Fiz os inserts necessários e, para atualizar, conforme a necessidade exigida, executei o seguinte SQL:
UPDATE ESTOQUE INNER JOIN EST_ADICIONAIS ON ESTOQUE.CODIGO = EST_ADICIONAIS.CODIGO AND EST_ADICIONAIS.NCM = '21011000' SET ESTOQUE.GRUPO = 1

A: Pelo que entendi, Washington, acredito que esse comando vai te ajudar:
update estoque est
set est.grupo = 1
where est.codigo in (
    select est_adi.codigo from est_adicionais est_adi where est_adi.ncm = '21011000'
)

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Q: Calling a function with a non-const pointer reolves to a template function over a function taking a pointer to const The following code was compiled on g++ 4.1.2 and g++ 4.4.4.  Both give the results noted in the comments.
int f(const int * a)
{
   return 0;
}

template<typename A>
int f(A a)
{
   return 1;
}

int main()
{
    int x;
    // return f(&x); // returns 1
    return f((const int *)&x); // returns 0
}

It appears to boil down to a call of f(int *) resolves to f<int *>(int *) instead of the expected f(const int *).  I found this shocking and completely unintuitive.
Is this a bug in g++, a dark corner of C++, or obvious for some reason I am missing?  If it's not a bug, what's the theory or logic behind it?  Are there any safe practices regarding this issue?

A: For the instantiated template f<int *> no conversion (int *->const int *) is needed, so it's a better match - actually, it's an exact match, that would lose only against a non-templated exact match, which is what happens for the second call.
The full explanation of the "better match" rules is available at §13.3.3 of the C++ standard.

A: Well, why are you calling the const version of the function "expected" in case of f(&x) call?
The argument type is int *, as you already know. So the f(int *) version of the function is a better match than f(const int *) version, because in the former the argument type matches exactly. The compiler sees the opportunity to generate f(int *) from the template and it takes that opportunity. That's just how it works in C++.
In cases when the template version is as good as the non-template one, the non-template one normally wins. But in this case, where the template version is obviously better, the template version wins.
Apparently you expected the compiler to choose the non-template version of the function. Why?


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Other traditions point to a variety of locations as Robin's " true " home both inside Yorkshire and elsewhere, with the abundance of places named for Robin causing further confusion.
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Other traditions of Indian philosophy include:
Other notational traditions do exist ; Italian solo music is typically written at the sounding pitch, and the " old " German method sounded an octave below where notation except in the treble clef, where the music was written at pitch.
Other associated words possess similar meanings including: khabar ( news, information ) often refers to reports about Muhammad, but sometimes refers to traditions about his companions and their successors from the following generation ; conversely, athar ( trace, vestige ) usually refers to traditions about the companions and successors, though sometimes connotes traditions about Muhammad.
Other works attempt to connect the Grail to conspiracy theories and esoteric traditions.
Other scholars suggested the shramana traditions were separate and contemporaneous with Indo-Aryan religious practices of the historical Vedic religion.
" Other than incorporating the symbols and doctrine of dominant religious traditions, Manichaeism also incorporated the symbols and deities of indigenous traditions, in particular the Hindu deity Ganesha into its fold, demonstrated by the image available in the article, Manichaean art and calligraphy by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit.
Other elements of the U. S. New Left were anarchist and looked to libertarian socialist traditions of American radicalism, the Industrial Workers of the World and union militancy.
Other presidential traditions are associated with American holidays.
Other similar traditions that use the black-face disguise and are still celebrated within the United Kingdom are the
Other Christians have held that there can be truth value and salvific value in other faith traditions.
Other oral traditions from the same time period not entered into the Mishnah were recorded as " Baraitot " ( external teaching ), and the Tosefta.
Other traditions were written down as Midrashim.
Other subjects gained in independence and prestige, and questions were raised about the place in institutions that were increasingly understood to be devoted to independent reason of a discipline that seemed to involve commitment to the authority of particular religious traditions.
Other areas have developed their own traditions.
Other traditions included climbing a greased pole, feasting and drinking competitions.
Other traditions are represented, such as Chinese acrobatics schools, and traditional circus families that are often Latin American or European.
Other, non-literary traditions guided the vase-painters, and a localized, chthonic presence of Medea was propitiated with unrecorded emotional overtones at Corinth, at the sanctuary devoted to her slain children, or locally venerated elsewhere as a foundress of cities.
( Other traditions for scoring award more points for guessing the correct definition than you get for picking your own.
Other than English, other language influences are based on oral traditions such as African griots, " talk over " of Jamaica and the blues.
Other traditions are often regional, such as the huge Easter Fires or celebrating the feast of Sint Maarten on the evening of November 11 when children go door to door with paper lanterns and candles, and sing songs in return for a treat.
Other chant traditions, such as the Ambrosian or Visigothic, may lack some of the types listed, and may have other types not listed.
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Other technical features reveal a shaft driven behind the mask at the desired facial point, driven by a DC motor with a simple pulley and a slide screw.
Other forms may include a radial structure, in which main roads converge on a central point.
Other historical accounts from 1711, 1825 and 1839, however, point out that the island had a low grassy or suffrutescent ( partially woody ) flora during those periods ( Sachet, 1962 ).
Other things associated with fire and yellow bile in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of summer, since it increased the qualities of heat and aridity ; the choleric temperament ( of a person dominated by the yellow bile humour ); the masculine ; and the eastern point of the compass.
Other things associated with air and blood in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of spring, since it increased the qualities of heat and moisture ; the sanguine temperament ( of a person dominated by the blood humour ); hermaphrodite ( combining the masculine quality of heat with the feminine quality of moisture ); and the northern point of the compass.
Other things associated with water and phlegm in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of Winter, since it increased the qualities of cold and moisture ; the phlegmatic temperament, the feminine, the brain and the western point of the compass.
Other things associated with earth and black bile in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of fall, since it increased the qualities of cold and aridity ; the melancholic temperament ( of a person dominated by the black bile humour ); the feminine ; and the southern point of the compass.
Other factors include allergenicity, speed of drying, resistance to chemicals, moths, and mildew, melting point and flammability, retention of static electricity, and the propensity to accept dyes.
" Other critics of the FAO data point out that they do not distinguish between forest types, and that they are based largely on reporting from forestry departments of individual countries, which do not take into account unofficial activities like illegal logging.
Other attributes also set each map apart, for example, restrictions on the placement of initial settlements, whether tiles are distributed randomly, the number of victory points needed to win, and special victory point awards, usually for building on islands across the sea.
Other false disproofs violate the assumptions of the theorem in unexpected ways, such as using a region that consists of multiple disconnected parts, or disallowing regions of the same color from touching at a point.
Other historians doubt the authenticity of this document and point out that the claims in it were patently false — there were in fact thousands of living Vendean prisoners, the revolt had been far from crushed, and the Convention had explicitly decreed that women, children and unarmed men were to be treated humanely.
Other unique themes are things like " Garfield ' s Believe it or Don ' t ," " Garfield ' s Law ", " Garfield ' s History of Dogs, and " Garfield ' s History of Cats ," which show science, history and the world from Garfield ' s point of view.
Other factors include allergenicity ; speed of drying ; resistance to chemicals, moths, and mildew ; melting point and flammability ; retention of static electricity ; and the propensity to become stained and to accept dyes.
Other than the images at Dura of the two ' magi ' with scrolls, there is no direct and explicit evidence for the carriers of such doctrines .... Up to a point, Cumont ' s Iranian paradigm, especially in Turcan ' s modified form, is certainly plausible.
Other techniques include manipulating statistical series to support the given point of view, and deliberately mis-translating texts ( into other languages )... etc.
Other language sets use different letter set distributions with different point values.
Other notable playwrights whom Esslin groups under the term, for example Arthur Adamov and Fernando Arrabal, were at some point members of the Surrealist group.
Other fixed points were used in the past are the body temperature ( of a healthy adult male ) which was originally used by Fahrenheit as his upper fixed point ( to be a number divisible by 12 ) and the lowest temperature given by a mixture of salt and ice, which was originally the definition of.
) Other theories by occultists point out how the mysterious rise to tarot coincides with the spread of the Holy inquisition in the 12th century, and the formation of Kabbalah, theorizing that the esoteric symbolism of the cards are remainders of pagan Europe disguised as playing cards in order to escape persecution.
Other parties continued to express hope that the United States would re-engage in the process at some point and worked to achieve ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by the requisite number of countries to bring it into force ( 55 countries needed to ratify it, including those accounting for 55 % of developed-country emissions of carbon dioxide in 1990 ).
Other physical vectors, such as the electric and magnetic field, are represented as a system of vectors at each point of a physical space ; that is, a vector field.
Other configurations are mesh systems where each access point acts as a relay also.
Other critics of Kellermann's work and its use by advocates of gun control point out that since it deliberately ignores crimes of violence occurring outside the home ( Kellermann states at the outset that the characteristics of such homicides are much more complex and ambiguous, and would be virtually impossible to classify rigorously enough ), it is more directly a study of domestic violence than of gun ownership.


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VIXX's N Shares What He Likes And Dislikes About His Appearance
by S. Park
VIXX member N appeared as a guest on the September 11 broadcast of Rooftop Moonlight's Naver V Live broadcast, "Casper Radio."
A topic brought up during this episode was facial appearance, and the DJs said, "When you think of Cha Hak Yeon (N's real name), you think of a small face." DJ Kim Yoon Joo looked at N and said his face was the smallest "out of the men and women we have seen," then asked, "What is the secret to bragging about your small face?"
N answered, "I am someone who tells it like it is, so I don't think the word 'bragging' suits me, but I think I was passed down good genes from my parents. I like having a small face, but I didn't work to earn it so I can't really say."
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The VIXX member also talked about a part of his appearance that he doesn't like and shared, "My neck is long. When I watch [myself in] dramas, it looks so long. I might be able to eat leaves [off a tree." As for his most favorite part, N chose his dark skin.
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Turkey's Health Ministry to open 14 specialized centers for rare diseases like MS, ALS, SMA
May 24, 2019 4:51 pm GMT+3
Turkey's Ministry of Health plans to establish 14 centers in 12 provinces across the country to better meet the needs of patients with rare diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
The fully-equipped centers will aim to overcome or ease the difficulties patients experience during such diseases' diagnosis and treatment, Turkish daily Milliyet reported.
Speaking at the Rare Diseases Research Commission at the Turkish parliament, Health Services Deputy Chairman Mehmet Gürbüz said that up to six million people in Turkey were suffering from the aforementioned rare diseases, which have more than 6,000 different types.
Gürbüz said that 80 percent of cases in Turkey could be traced to genetic factors, and 20 to 25 percent were caused by consanguineous marriage.
"Some 35 percent deaths from genetically-inherited diseases can be attributed to these rare diseases, while 30 percent of children with these diseases die before the age of five," Gürbüz said.
Underlining that the main problem was diagnosing the diseases early on, Gürbüz said there were special nutritional treatments and diets that can be applied or followed if the diseases are diagnosed in time.
Organ transplantation, replacing the missing enzyme or gene therapy are also some of the methods used in the treatments of these rare diseases.
Gürbüz noted that the centers will use advanced technological devices, and house other clinics and doctors from branches such as neurology, genetics, and metabolic diseases which play a crucial role in the diagnosis of these diseases.


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Q: .head() and .tail() with negative indexes on pandas GroupBy object I'm having trouble with filtering all but the last 1 element in each group of groupby object of pandas.DataFrame:
x = pd.DataFrame([['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['a', 2], ['b', 2], ['a', 3], ['b', 3]],
                 columns=['A', 'B'])
g = x.groupby('A')

As expected (according to documentation) g.head(1) returns
   A  B
0  a  1
1  b  1

whereas g.head(-1) returns empty DataFrame
From the behavior of x.head(-1) I'd expect it to return
   A  B
0  a  1
1  b  1
2  a  2
3  b  2

i.e. dropping the last element of each group and then merging it back into the dataframe. If that's just the bug in pandas, I'd be grateful to anyone who suggests an alternative approach.

A: As commented these haven't (yet) been implemented in pandas. However, you can use cumcount to implement them efficiently:
def negative_head(g, n):
    return g._selected_obj[g.cumcount(ascending=False) >= n]

def negative_tail(g, n):
    return g._selected_obj[g.cumcount() >= n]

In [11]: negative_head(g, 1)  # instead of g.head(-1)
Out[11]:
   B
0  1
1  1
2  2
3  2

A: As pointed out by @TomAugspurger, it is an open bug in pandas and g.apply(lambda x: x.head(-1)) is able to emulate the needed logic, however the result becomes:
    A  B
A
a 0  a  1
  2  a  2
b 1  b  1
  3  b  2

but after that one can apply .reset_index(drop=True) (mind drop=True here) and that returns
   A  B
0  a  1
1  a  2
2  b  1
3  b  2

So, the current workaround is g.apply(lambda x: x.head(-1)).reset_index(drop=True)


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Q: Disable AWS ELB health check Is there a way to disable AWS ELB's health check completely? I use a logger middleware (morgan) to log all requests and it's quite annoying for health check requests to get logged every 5min.

A: Rather than disabling it completely, have your webserver serve a static HTML page (thus bypassing node entirely) and check that URL. Alternatively, morgan appears to have a skip function you can use to exempt certain requests from logging - the ELB sends a particular HTTP user agent string (ELB-HealthChecker/1.0, I'd ignore the version number though) you can look for.


The Center for SUDEP Research (CSR) is a National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) funded Center Without Walls for Collaborative Research in the Epilepsies.
This milestone-driven collaboration is composed of researchers from 14 institutions across the United States and Europe and brings together extensive and diverse expertise to understand Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Patients (SUDEP).
Winners of the 2018 Center for SUDEP Research Annual Pilot Program.
The NINDS Center for SUDEP Research is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 UCB funded Pilot Award Program for SUDEP Research.
The NINDS Center for SUDEP Research's Pilot Award Program for 2018 was made possible with two generous research grants from UCB Pharmaceuticals USA, one for a basic science project, and one for a clinical research project. Each award is for $80,000 total costs. Nineteen high quality submissions were made from Europe and USA this year, and reviewed by expert basic science and clinical researchers in SUDEP and epilepsy mortality. Since inception in 2014, the Center for SUDEP Research has had 61 applications from six countries, and has awarded funding to ten pilot projects.
The CSR seeks novel pilot projects that will address the goal of understanding and eliminating SUDEP. This pilot program will award grants to national and international researchers submitting innovative proposals that compliments and expands on the SUDEP research proposed in the CSR. The CSR plans to support one clinical or basic research pilot project (clinical trials will not be funded through this mechanism, but studies involving human subjects are allowed). Successful applicants will be expected to work collaboratively with the CSR investigators.
This award is available to both young and established investigators exploring cutting-edge approaches to understanding and preventing human SUDEP. International applicants and applicants from outside the field of epilepsy with novel insight into the causes and prevention of SUDEP are welcome. Investigators already funded by the CSR are not eligible to apply. All materials must be submitted in English.
Mar, 2019 Postconvulsive central apnea as a biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Vilella L et al. (Lhatoo SD).
Channelopathy as a SUDEP Biomarker in Dravet Syndrome Patient-Derived Cardiac Myocytes. Frasier et al. (Isom L and Parent J).
Sept., 2018 Incidence of cardiac fibrosis in SUDEP and control cases. Devinsky O et al (Tseng ZH).


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64-bit Windows, Apache make their way to Opteron
AMD is demonstrating 64-bit versions of Windows, Apache and other applications on Opteron systems, showing off the chip's 32-bit and 64-bit abilities
By Matthew Broersma | November 18, 2002 -- 15:33 GMT (07:33 PST) | Topic: Processors
AMD is showing off a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system and 64-bit-compatible applications for its upcoming Opteron processor, in an effort to stoke interest in the long-anticipated chip, which will arrive for servers and workstations in the first half of next year. AMD also announced a version of the Apache Web server customised for the chip.
At the Supercomputing 2002 conference in Baltimore, Maryland on Monday, AMD demonstrated a prototype 64-bit Windows operating system running Internet Information Server (IIS), Terminal Services and Internet Explorer, all 64-bit applications. The software was running on an Opteron system built by Newisys Khepri, a server startup founded by former IBM executives.
AMD has received praise from analysts for its Opteron strategy, which allows users to run both 64-bit and 32-bit applications. By comparison, Intel's Itanium server chip only runs 64-bit applications, which must be written for the processor from scratch. Sixty-four bit computing allows machines to address larger chunks of memory, significantly speeding up certain tasks, such as large database operations. However, the chip has been delayed several times, eroding its edge over the competition.
In keeping with the theme of co-existence of 32-bit applications, AMD demonstrated a 32-bit version of Office XP running on the 64-bit operating system, with the ability to access data and files from both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
"Tomorrow's systems based on AMD Opteron processors will allow customers to migrate to 64-bit computing while maintaining 32-bit compatibility, protecting our customers' technology investment," said Marty Seyer, vice president of server business segment for AMD's Computation Products Group, in a statement.
Also at the Supercomputing show, AMD demonstrated an application called Fluent which is used to simulate, visualise and predict fluid flow, and usually operates on multiprocessor comptuers or high-performance clusters. The application is used in the automotive, aerospace and power generation industries, among others.
At a separate event, the chipmaker revealed that Covalent and Red Hat are developing an Apache-based Web server for the Opteron. The software will support both 32- and 64-bit computing, which will allow customers to gradually scale to 64-bit, according to AMD.
"Red Hat is ensuring that users of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, which includes the Apache Webserver, can easily migrate from 32- to 64-bit processing power with AMD Opteron technology," said Paul Cormier, Red Hat's executive vice president of engineering.
Apache is open-source software that powers the majority of Web servers. It is overseen by the Apache Software Foundation. AMD made the announcement at ApacheCon 2002 US in Las Vegas.
AMD is also demonstrating Opteron and desktop chips using Opteron technology -- code-named "Hammer" -- at the Comdex Fall 2002 trade show, also in Las Vegas, this week. (For full Comdex coverage from the show floor see ZDNet UK's Fall Comdex 2002 News Focus.)
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This is the 1884 Baltimore City Directory map. 1 map; 55 x 39 cm
Baltimore and its neighborhood : an excursion map
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1 map : colored ; 60 x 60 cm.
Nell, Louis (Baltimore : Publication Agency of the Johns Hopkins University, 1884)
1 map : colored, mounted on cloth ; 60 x 60 cm. Scale: 1:63,360
Plan of Baltimore
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1 map hand colored; 24 x 29 cm. Map is page 45 from an unknown Mitchell atlas. Verso: Western portion of a map titled "County Map of the States of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia".
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If the president disapproves a bill and sends it back to Congress with his objections, Congress may try to override his veto and enact the bill into law. Neither chamber is required to attempt to override a veto. The override of a veto requires a recorded vote with a two-thirds majority in each chamber. The question to put to each chamber is "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding?" Historically, Congress has overridden fewer than ten percent of all presidential vetoes.
A Public Law may be enacted over a president's veto, when Congress is successful in its attempt to override the president's veto. Upon reconsideration and debate, the president's veto may be overridden by a two-thirds vote in the chamber of origin of the bill (a quorum must be present). If the president's veto is not overridden, the bill does not become law.
Senate votes to override President Obama's veto of 9/11 bill
If the vote succeeds, an endorsement is made on the back of the bill affirming that one chamber has overridden the veto, and it is sent, with the accompanying message, to the other chamber for its action. If it is likewise reconsidered and passes with a two-thirds vote in the other chamber, the president's veto is again overridden, and the bill is similarly endorsed. When both chambers thus override the presidential veto, the bill is enacted into law. It is not presented again to the president, but is delivered directly for deposit in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It is printed, with the attestations of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate to its passage over the president's veto.
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The world is a more dangerous place thanks to all these invasions and coups, marked especially by the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, which former prime minister Jean Chretien courageously chose for Canada not to join.
Nevertheless, Canadians born in the 2000s have lived their lives under a cloud of war and propaganda, which seems to be getting worse.
Hey, the 1980s are back and ready to splash blood on Trudeau's socks. Say no to overthrows, prime minister, not yes, please.
The hypocrisy is unbearable. The violence and suffering it will lead to is all too predictable. What have we become?
Beautifully truthful! So refreshing to read it!
As a side note, what's happening in the world of MSM in regards to reporting on this issue is another "black eye" for said group.


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Detectives investigating an incident where a woman was sexually assaulted on board a train are today appealing for fresh witnesses to get in touch.
Between 10.00pm and 10.30pm on the 27 October on a Cross Country Trains service between Swindon and Bath Spa, a woman was approached by a man who sat next to her and sexually assaulted her. Another passenger came to help the victim, intervening and challenging the suspects behaviour.
The victim and the man who came to her aid then left the train at Bath Spa. The suspect, who was part of a bigger group of other men, then left the train at Bristol.
Officers are today appealing to the Good Samaritan to contact BTP, as he may have vital information which could help officers investigate. Furthermore, any other passengers who were on board the train and saw what happened are urged to get in touch.
You can contact BTP by sending a text to 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 604 of 27/10/2018.


Happy birthday to former Canadien and Blackhawk Denis Savard (above). The Hockey Hall of Famer turns 49 today.
Also celebrating a birthday today are former NFL star Lawrence Taylor (51) and boxer Oscar De La Hoya (37).


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Facts, analysis, exposure to industrial wind energy's real impacts
Health concerns and the need for careful siting of wind turbines
Medical Staff, Northern Maine Medical Center - March 4, 2009
Impact on People Noise Maine
At its monthly meeting held Tuesday, March 3, 2009, the Medical Staff of Northern Maine Medical Center unanimously approved the release of the following statement:
Members of Northern Maine Medical Center's medical staff endorse the use of alternative energies.
We echo the concerns of the Medical Staff of Rumford Community Hospital as regards an increasing body of literature and reports from Canada, the USA, and particularly from Europe suggesting that the deployment of industrial wind facilities in close proximity to places where people live, work or attend schools results in negative health effects, including and especially sleep deprivation and stress.
We know, as physicians, that sleep deprivation and chronic stress can result in many consequential negative health effects, some of them serious, over the long term.
These effects arise not only from audible noise frequencies but also from persistent inaudible low frequency noise waves of a cyclical nature which are felt, but not heard. There are a growing number of scientific observations and studies suggesting that people living up to 2 miles away from these industrial wind farms may be affected.
Many European nations with more than two decades of experience with industrial wind factories have now implemented regulations stipulating setbacks of 1-1.5 miles.
In light of these growing, serious medical concerns, we propose a moratorium on the building of any such "wind farms" until more research is done on the health impact that such facilities will have on the communities surrounding such technology. These communities and the Maine DEP and Health Services must be allowed time to study and learn from the European and Canadian experiences, as well as from the many affected families in Mars Hill, Maine, and put into place appropriate regulations and ordinances, prior to expanding the wind industry in the State of Maine.
The State of Maine has a vast, unpopulated hinterland. There is little need to site industrial wind developments in proximity to residential communities if there is a risk of negative health effects. Quality of life, quality of place, and a healthful environment should be the right of all residents of Maine, including those of the rural north.
We also encourage the residents of Fort Kent, Maine, to exercise their rights and vote 'YES' at the next annual Town Meeting on March 23rd to a proposal to establish a moratorium in Fort Kent on the permitting of industrial wind development until such time as an ordinance to govern their siting is in place.
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Local father and son teams balance business with family
Anna Jeffries
NEWARK – Even when he was a little boy, Bo Kreager wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.
"In school growing up, they would ask,'What do you want to be when you grow up?" he said. "A lot of kids said, 'A firefighter,' or 'A policeman,' but I always wanted to be like dad."
His father, Jud Kreager, started the Kreager Company in Newark, which installs counter tops and cabinets.
Bo was so interested in the family business he did a science fair project about it in eighth grade. He helped out at the shop during evenings, weekends and on his summer breaks.
"I wanted to hurry up and graduate so I could get here," he said.
Bo started working for Kreager Company full time in 2008 and he and his dad are now business partners. But he quickly realized he'll have to work hard to come close to filling his father's shoes.
"If I'm half the man he is, I should be successful," Bo said.
Bo and Jud are one of many father and son teams in Licking County, working together to move their family businesses forward.
Kevin Cox began working with his father Jeff Cox as Edward Jones financial consultants last year.
"It started off as a dream ... that one of my kids would join me in this venture and help me grow it," Jeff said.
Kevin grew up listening to his dad talk about his job around the dinner table. By the time he was in high school, he was calling his father with suggestions about stocks.
After attending Ohio State University, Kevin began pursuing his masters of business administration at Ohio University. Jeff invited him to become a partner in the business.
'I could do the things I enjoy most — pursue my passion for finance and helping people," Kevin said. "To me, it's very enjoyable and to do it side by side with my dad has been more special."
Joe McCoy has spent the last month and a half working with his dad Carl McCoy at his downtown law office.
After completing law school, Joe was working as an attorney in Youngstown with thoughts about partnering with his father later in his career. But when his wife had their second daughter, the option to move back to his hometown seemed more appealing.
"There are advantages knowing you are with someone who is completely for you in anything you do," Joe said. "I have no question that my dad would support me in anything I did."
Nate Adams and his brother Nick work side by side with their father, Tony, at his insurance business in Newark.
They each bring different strengths to the table, Tony said.
"This is something every father dreams of, the opportunity to work with their children," Tony said. "It's a unique opportunity, we are in a nice situation because we can work with each other."
Working in a family business increases everyone's motivation to work together as a team, Nate said.
"We have the same vested interest in the business," he said. "We all want it to be successful, we all have our own strengths."
It also gives parents and children a chance to learn from each other.
Kevin has helped his father learn more about technology, but he's also gained knowledge listening to his dad's experiences.
"I'm sure some kids go into the family business and want to change everything but at the same time, I realize (his customer service) got him where he is today so we want to stick with that," he said.
For Jeff, it's nice to know he'll be able to pass the business he's grown on to someone he can trust.
"I've been in this business for 30 years and I wanted a way to transition clients and relationships seamlessly," Jeff said. "Having someone I can trust and have confidence in here, that's very important to me."
Carl was looking for a way to work fewer hours and bringing on his son was a good solution.
"Joe is a great addition to the practice. I'm excited about him helping out and taking over at some point," Carl said. "But it's not a situation where Joe came to work for his dad, he's coming to work with his dad."
Working with family isn't always easy, but they've found ways to make it work, Bo said.
"We have the same mindset. When we are doing business, we are doing business. There's no hard feelings at the end of the day," he said. "It's very enjoyable to be working with your dad every day."
Although they work many hours, it's still important to set aside time to be father and son — whether that means eating lunch together, going golfing or training for marathons together, Kevin said.
"It's been a lot of fun," Kevin said "We both enjoy what we do so much."
At the end of the day, the best part about a family business is getting to spend more time together, Carl said.
"I don't think there is anything more important than family," he said.
ajeffries@newarkadvocate.com
Twitter: @amsjeffries


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Vancouver Then and Now Series Shows Dramatic Changes to the Cityscape
by Carrie Leslie	in Uncategorized on January 23, 2015
Image courtesy of Vancouver Archives
A local Vancouver history buff has put together a compelling website that shows the dramatic differences that many locations have undergone in the Vancouver area. From virgin forests to high-rises in just 130 years, Vancouver has a storied past that is hinted at from this great collection of photos.
The website, called On This Spot, features a five part "Then and Now" series looking at the history of Downtown Vancouver and some of the surrounding neighbourhoods. Andrew, the creator of the website, has taken historical photos from the Vancouver Archives and transposed them with photos of the exact same locations in present day.
It's impressive to see the changes that have happened in Vancouver's relatively short history. While there are no castles or kings, images of horses and plows in front of where the Art Gallery now stands remain fascinating.
The Vancouver Archives has some amazing photos, including a great shot from 1912 that show streetcar rails being worked on running up Granville Street. Nowadays, those rails are underground for the Canada Line!
The same view, today! | Photo courtesy of On This Spot
Some locations, such as the Christ Church Cathedral on Burrard and Georgia has not changed since 1895. The only differences are the additional skyscraper buildings that now surround it instead of grass and trees.
Probably most interesting is the caption that follows a photo of the intersection of Cordova, Richards, and Water Street (Gastown):
The intersection of Cordova, Richards and Water four weeks after the Great Fire of Vancouver in 1886. Clearly, they've wasted no time in rebuilding. The fire was actually started intentionally by someone clearing brush between Main and Cambie Streets, but strong winds fanned the flames out of control and in the space of 25 minutes the conflagration consumed virtually every single building in the small town. Vancouver rebounded spectacularly however, with new buildings going up within four days of the fire.
The Vancouver Then and Now Series offers images from five neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown, Stanley Park, Kitsilano, and The North Shore. On this Spot brings Vancouver's history to life via imagery, check it out to take a tour around the city and back in time!
If you're still curious, you can also check out additional "Then and Now Series" for Victoria, as well as Nagasaki, Japan.
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Hannah Elise: ANNOUNCING : HANNAH ELISE INTERNSHIP 2016!!
ANNOUNCING : HANNAH ELISE INTERNSHIP 2016!!
I am super excited to announce that I am hosting another photography internship!!
anyways, I've had time recently to figure it out + am stoked to share about this!!
I'm Hannah Elise -- a 23 year old Christian photographer, living in Eastern Iowa. I am a 2011 homeschool graduate + when I finished high school, I didn't go the typical college route and instead started my photography business and also have taught piano students over the past several years, been involved with a girls ministry, am part of a large family (I'm the second oldest of 8 kids) involved at my church, done traveling, etc. I'm mostly self-taught, but have learned a lot from friends, google, interned with Jessica Shae in 2012, done mentorships with Cheyenne Schultz + Ariel Renae + taken the Magic of Light workshop by Summer Murdock. I've been running my business for almost 5 years now and have done over 200 sessions within that time. While I definitely don't know everything about photography, I am grateful to have learned a lot over the past 4+ years of being in business -- and if sharing what I've learned (and mistakes I've made!!) can help someone else start their business on a better foot or give them the tools to equip them to succeed -- then that is totally worth it. Seeing girls I've mentored grow in their work + being able to photograph people better makes my heart swell -- and what it's all about!! If I can help more girls go back home to their communities + photograph people even better -- that is SO rewarding!!
hanging out with friends + I love color and unique outfits.
FACEBOOK PAGE, INSTAGRAM or here on my blog.
which was exactly what I needed at that time!!
Two years ago I hosted my first photography WORKSHOP + after that realized I wanted to do something longer + more intensive to be able to go in-depth with things -- and last year hosted my first INTERNSHIP and had girls attend from Canada, Illinois + Wisconsin!!
You can read the RECAP from last year HERE + watch this video below to get a peek at what we did!!
Who : Girls ages 16-25 who are wanting to turn their photography hobby into a business OR grow the business they already have!!
Where : Hosted in the Amana Colonies, IA, which is one of THE prettiest places on earth + where I do a lot of my sessions!! Click HERE or HERE if you need convincing!! :) All of the photo sessions at the internship last year were shot in the Amana Colonies and it is just beautiful -- view them HERE, HERE, HERE + HERE!!
Investment : $700 which includes..
+ All your housing (we will be staying at a BEAUTIFUL venue -- so stoked about this!!) + delicious meals!!
+ Teaching / sharing on various topics -- which is going to be EVEN MORE CONTENT than before!!
+ Observe how I pose + photograph my clients during family + portrait sessions we will be doing with awesome models -- and get to take some pictures yourself at these for your portfolio!! You will get to see how I capture families + work with individuals + apply what you're learning at the internship with these!!
+ Some printed content which you will get to take home + have for reference + a sheet with all the links for gear/equipment/resources I use.
you would need to arrive at the Cedar Rapids, IA airport (CID) so just a heads up on that!!
Some reviews from my girls who attended last year..
The minute I found out that Hannah was hosting an internship I knew without a doubt I wanted to be there! The time spent with Hannah and the other girls was so much more than I ever hoped it would be!!!! The teaching times were SO beneficial and Hannah covered a lot of good information. My favourite thing about this internship was it was so practical and helpful. What we learned throughout the day we were able to practice at the photo-shoots during the evening! I came to the internship feeling stuck and not knowing how to launch my business but I left knowing exactly what I wanted to do and how to go about doing it! But it wasn't all work, we shopped, ate at adorable cafe's and coffee shops, laughed until we cried and made great friendships and amazing memories too:) I would definitely recommend the Hannah Elise Photography Internship to anyone who is interested in starting or growing their photography business!
Hannah Elise's internship is one of the best things that could've happened for my photography. It gave me confidence and knowledge in areas that would've taken me a long time if I tried to figure it out on my own. Things that would've taken me much trial and error Hannah helped explain and show clearly. Hannah was so sweet and helpful taking the time to help us all individually. Being able to learn and grow with the other interns was awesome. A highlight has been all the friendships I have made. I would go back and do it all again in a second. I am very excited to apply everything I've learned.
Hannah is a wonderful and super thorough teacher! I learned so much!!! One of my favorite things was that, she brings every conversation back to Christ! Loved watching her work with her clients! And I have to mention, she has lots of marketing tips! Going to Hannah's internship was THE best thing for my business. She was such an encouragement! If you're thinking about going to one of her internships... Don't think twice! You will not regret it! You'll leave with so many helpful tips, knowledge, and tools for your business! And lots of lasting friendships!
p.s. see Amanda's internship recap HERE.
laptop, + an attitude excited about learning!!
as I mentioned earlier -- EVEN MORE CONTENT than before!!
TO APPLY, please fill out THIS APPLICATION and e-mail it to hannah@hannaheliseblog.com!!
and attach to your e-mail!! thanks so much!!
+ you will be notified on whether or not you were accepted by August 12th!!
Please only e-mail if you are serious about coming and will be able to make the investment.
so thanks in advance for understanding about that!!
+ the rest of your tuition will be due 3 weeks before the internship.
could you please E-MAIL them the link to this blog post or TAG them on my Facebook Page or Instagram about it?!!
Thanks so much in advance for helping spread the word about this!!
Yay you!! To anyone thinking about attending - I attended Hannah's workshop and it was SUCH a gift. I absolutely HIGHLY recommend it. An amazing time of learning, growth, incredible details/delish food/special memories, time to ask questions, headshots...Hannah rocks it.:) Excited to see the recap!
I love all your work though!


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Vietnam, the Aftermath. Part IV: "Explain My Wound to Me."
February 14, 2019 May 21, 2019 ~ Paul Hébert
America's disengagement from a brutal, unpopular, and ultimately failed war in Vietnam began in 1969 with Richard Nixon's announcement of his policy of "Vietnamization." The 1973 Paris Peace Accords marked the end of America's formal commitment to fighting in Vietnam; the war finally ended on 30 April 1975 with the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Yet while the fighting ended with the fall of the Thieu regime and the evacuation from the roof of the American embassy of American personnel and South Vietnamese nationals who had worked with the Americans, America's struggle to come to terms with the Vietnam War, a process that still plays a distinct role in American political culture, was only beginning. In this last post about how Garry Trudeau wrote about the Vietnam War, I'm going to look at how he began to address the lingering questions the war left for Americans to struggle with in the years and decades that followed the fall of Saigon.
The after-effects of war – "residual violence, food shortages, a lack of basic services, and spillover of violence into neighbouring countries" – can affect countries where wars have been fought for years, if not generations, after peace comes. Perhaps less obvious are the long-term social, political, and cultural changes in countries that have fought overseas conflicts. Post-traumatic stress disorder; the long-term effects of exposure to Agent Orange; homelessness: Vietnam vets are still paying the social costs of America's war in Vietnam. Moreover, the war shaped American politics, domestic and foreign, for decades, bringing about a lowering of the voting age, the all-volunteer armed services, a general distrust of government, and a reticence to commit to the use of military force known as the "Vietnam syndrome." As the war ended, the cast of Doonesbury began to ask critical questions about the effects of that war for the United States.
A blanket condemnation. Doonesbury, 22 May 1975
Three weeks after Saigon's fall, Mike joined Mark on his radio show to begin the process of addressing the "agonizing questions of a nation groping to understand" the meaning of Vietnam. They ask a pressing question: "who was really to blame" for America getting involved in a "fratricidal" war where nobody seemed to "care about the victims" when a "gentle people [were] bloodied and crushed by a pitiful, unfeeling giant?" Remarkably, instead of blaming the people he had spent years attacking for their role in the tragedy – politicians and generals – Mark, fully embracing his role as the voice of radical America, issues a blanket condemnation of American society: "All of us" are guilty. Yet while these questions must be asked, the truth they reveal, that America as a whole was complicit in the murder of at least a million innocent civilians, keep many from wanting to hear the answers. A listener calls in to tell Mark that they are "sick" of hearing about the war: "Stop dwelling on the past," the caller urges."It's over." Mark disagrees vehemently, as "the Vietnam debacle rightly occasions a reassessment of our national purposes."
Mike can't take it anymore. Doonesbury, 24 May 1975
Mike, representing a more middle-of-the-road, liberal American political tradition, is open to some of Mark's criticisms of America's actions, but he, like the caller, also hopes to move on. He has a certain amount of sympathy for the caller's desire to stop dwelling on the past and eventually grows weary of Mark's ranting about America's crimes in south-east Asia. Moreover, unlike Mark, America's crimes in southeast Asia don't cause him to lose his fundamental faith in his country. Later on, in conversation with B.D., he argues that after having having "led the Vietnamese on for ten years," America has a debt to pay; letting in Vietnamese refugees looking for "one real shot at making new lives for themselves" is a way to move forward.
For his part, B.D. has no interest in moving forward if it means letting people who "let themselves get beat" into the country. As Mike and Mark give their Vietnam postmortem, Phred, B.D.'s Vietnamese buddy, recalls the last days of the war, wondering what his American friend thought and felt at the sight of America's former allies desperately struggling to get out of Saigon. On the other side of the planet, B.D. sits on Walden's front porch, hiding his head and crying, a magazine story about the end of the war beside him.
Trudeau's portrayal of B.D.'s reaction to the end of the Vietnam war is one of his most powerful single-panel drawings. It draws its power in part from its ambiguity: what is B.D. crying for? Given the lighthearted manner in which GBT portrayed B.D.'s war experience, it would be incongruous for him to be mourning a fallen comrade or recalling a personal trauma (…after all, he was awarded a Purple Heart for cutting himself on a beer can). Instead of thinking about this as a moment of personal grief, we need to see B.D. in his role as a stand-in for American conservatism. With the defeat in Vietnam, conservatives like B.D. could no longer hide from the fact that the country they knew and loved had forever changed in ways that they were only beginning to understand.
One of GBT's most iconic strips. Doonesbury, 31 May 1975
B.D. fears that the Vietnam war was "all a waste," and that he, and by extension, the rest of the nation bled "for nothing." His questions to Mike speak to a deep sense of betrayal felt by a nation that supported a war that, from the lies that justified the Gulf of Tonkin resolution to the "secret bombings" of Cambodia was justified by, and conducted under a shroud of, deception. B.D.'s cry – "Explain my wound to me!" – is that of a substantial part of America that is coming to understand that the country they loved had experienced significant trauma, trauma that would forever change its fundamental character, both in terms of its relationship with the rest of the world and its internal dynamics.
It's impossible to separate the Vietnam war from the revolutionary domestic changes that America experienced in the 1960s and early 1970s, especially those concerning race. Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted to fight in Vietnam because, as a Black man in America, he had no quarrel with those fighting imperialism; the Black Panthers' Ten-Point Program noted that African-Americans would not "fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like Black people, are being victimized by the White racist government of America"; confronted with American actions in Vietnam, Martin Luther King realized that he "could never again raise [his] voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: [his] own government." B.D., as Doonesbury's voice of conservative America, is not simply reacting to a military defeat, he is coming to grips with how that military defeat signalled the end of the America he grew up in: John Wayne's America, a country that won every war it fought, and where white guys like B.D. were always on top. If we have to understand Vietnam in the context of the racial upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, then we have to understand America's defeat to an anti-imperialist movement in south-east Asia in terms of the gains made by African-Americans against the racism that defined American social relationships. Read alongside his first encounter with Calvin, where he spoke longingly of the days of uncontested white supremacy, B.D.'s reaction to the fall of Saigon begins to look like he, and the part of America he represents, is mourning the end of the old social order as much as he's morning a military defeat.
Mark was focused on Vietnam as a historical question to be unpacked; Mike was focused on healing the wounds caused by that history by giving Vietnamese refugees a chance at peace and prosperity; B.D. was mourning the end of uncontested American supremacy abroad and white supremacy at home. In the immediate aftermath of the war's end, GBT understood that Vietnam left a complex legacy for Americans to wrestle with, and that the social and political divides that were exacerbated by the war and resistance to it were not going away just because the fighting had ended.
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Q: Error tfs246017 when connecting to TFS I changed the IP address of the sql server TFS is connecting to but don't see any simple way to update the tfs config.
How to I change the ip address tfs is using to connect to sql?

A: You need to use the registerdb and remapdb commands to do this. You are effectively following the instructions for moving your DB server to new hardware.
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/setup-admin/tfs/admin/backup/restore-data-different-instance
You will have to do steps #10 onwards, but hopefully you stopped the TFS services first to prevent data loss...


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Ski resorts able to open early
Lots of fresh snow in the mountains was allowing several of Norway's major ski resorts to open early for the slalom season this weekend. Some have started cranking up their ski lifts already and hope temperatures stay cold.
The ski season is starting early in the Norwegian mountains this year, including here at Hemsedal. PHOTO: Hemsedal/SkiStar
"This is one of the earliest openings in history," Trond Østby of the popular winter sports center at Hemsedal told newspaper Aftenposten on Friday. "Now we're looking forward to six months of skiing."
And snowboarding, and cross-country trekking, as Norwegians pull their winter sports gear out of closets and cupboards following the past few weeks of chilly days and even colder nights. Hemsedal opened its first slopes on Thursday, with its main ski lifts both due to be operating by Saturday.
"During the course of the weekend we'll have three lifts and 650 meters of elevation open," Østby said. Not only has around a half-meter of fresh snow fallen at Hemsedal, he said crews have been running the snow-making machines as well. A few cross-country trails have been groomed, too.
Crews have been grooming slopes at Trysil, in eastern Norway, too. PHOTO: SkiStar Trysil
Slalom centers at Trysil, Kvitfjell and Geilo were also among those opening this weekend, with Trysil in eastern Norway ready to run its six-seater express ski lift and a children's lift. Three kilometers of trails were also being prepared.
"We're planning to be ready for the snowboarders also," Jan Lyngstad of Trysil told Aftenposten. He said the area has benefited from cold temperatures, could look forward to more sub-zero weather in the days ahead, and expected more than 1,000 eager skiers to turn up for the early opening weekend.
Kvitfjell in Gudbrandsdalen, best known as the site of the men's downhill during the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, was opening on Friday and promoting 20 centimeters of new snow, lots of machine-made snow and "optimal" conditions. "We also have some cross-country trails ready into the mountains," said Eskil Solberg, marketing director at Kvitfjell.
Geilo Ski Center in Buskerud opened on Thursday and also was reporting remarkably good skiing conditions for so early in the season.
A brief spate of snow in the hills around Oslo prompted some of the most enthusiastic cross-country skiers to venture out on some trails earlier this week, but the snow has pretty much melted away following the past two days of rain and warmer temperatures. Crews working for both the city's recreation department and the ski association Skiforeningen were standing by, though, and ready to groom trails as soon as the snow returns.
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Roles played: Illustrations, design and development of the online presentation. Washington Post, 2016.


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Capitals Win the First Round: Outstanding Players
Despite losing the first two games of the series at home, the Washington Capitals won the other four consecutively to win the series against the Columbus Blue Jackets in six games. Now, for the third time in a row, they'll face their archrival Pittsburgh Penguins in Round 2.
The Capitals, ranked first in the Metropolitan Division, picked up the Blue Jackets who got the Wild Card 1 berth. Even with the home ice in their favor, Washington lost the first two games in OT at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.Alex Ovechkin, like another captain with a bold prediction, Mark Messier, said the series would return to Washington tied for a Game 5. Said and done, Ovechkin also scored a goal in Game 4 to make sure. The Capitals won games 3 and 4, and the third went to the OT, making the first three games of the series go beyond regular time. Coach Barry Trotz pulled Phillip Grubauer after two games to put Braden Holtby in, which gave Caps more solidity.
In addition to fulfilling the prediction, Ovechkin and Co. dominated Game 5, winning by 4-1 and putting the Capitals ahead in the series in 3-2. Although it was at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, the Capitals dominated Game 6, which was won by 6-3 with Ovechkin scoring twice.
Players who stood out:
The team managed to win four consecutive games, which hasn't happened since 1990, when they were losing by 1-0 to NY Rangers in Round 2, winning the other four to win the series in 5 games (4-1). The team managed pretty well in the special units and knew how to make the other lines toproductive. Some players to highlight are:
Alex Ovechkin: Ovi has done what is expected of him: goals and a lot of attitude. He had the attitude and leadership to make the bold prediction that the Caps would be able to face adversity after two setbacks at home. He demonstrated that he trusts the team as a collective and he've done his part, that is with five goals and three assists in the series.
Nicklas Backstrom: always remembered by the Caps fans as a great player, but underestimated, (which should not be) he proved it again in this series. With two goals in Game 5, the second OT goal for the win that gave the series lead to Caps, and his assists (six in the series); Backstrom, as always, proved indispensable for the team and that he deserves to be more valued and recognized by hockey in general.
T.J. Oshie: even injured, Oshie played very well with three goals and one assist in six games of the series. His offensive presence contributes to the goal opportunities for the Caps.
Evgeny Kuznetsov: with four goals and four assists in the series, Kuzy was undoubtedly a great player for the Caps. The Russian has been maintaining a great pace of play since a certain part of the regular season. May the good stage remain, especially for the challenge that will come.
John Carlson: the defense was a cause of great concern for much of the regular season. Carlson probably became the new "sheriff" of this defense, a great name for the deffensive office. In addition to being the defenseman with more points in the league in the regular season, he maintained in the Playoffs this timely performance. With eight assists, in addition to being a great name in the defense, he has been able to help the team offensively. He also scored a goal in the second period of Game 3, which the Capitals won in overtime.
Dmitry Orlov: the Russian has also been standing out as a big name in the Caps defense. With an assist in Game 5 and a goal in Game 6, he added to the great defensive performance next to Niskanen in the same line, Orlov have been one more of the Caps highlights.
Braden Holtby:after not having the best regular season of his career, Holtby was crucial in these playoffs. Entering Grubauer's place after the Caps start losing the series 2-0, HoltBeast lived up to his name.
Penguins ahead … for the third time in a row:
Both Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins won their series in six games (4-2). They faced each other four times during the regular season, with two wins on each side. Now they face each other for the third consecutive time with the home ice for the Caps. However, Washington also had home ice in their favor in the last two playoff meetings, in which Penguins not only eliminated the Capitals, but also won back-to-back Stanley Cups (2016 and 2017). When asked by a reporter about the reencounter of the great rival, Ovechkin said: "I can't wait!"
The Round 2 schedule between Capitals and Penguins will be announced after the end of Round 1, which will have the only Game 7 of the round after the Toronto Maple Leafs forced it against the Boston Bruins. Game 7 will be next Wednesday, April 25th.
Author: Luís Felipe Rodrigues
Fundador do Washington Capitals Brasil e colunista do Friends in Cold Places. Torcedor do Washington Capitals desde criança, aos 06 anos, a partir da temporada 2000-2001. Founder of the Washington Capitals Brasil and a tropical contributor to the girls' Friends in Cold Places. Washington Capitals' fan since I was a kid, at 06 years old, from 2000-2001 season.	View all posts by Luís Felipe Rodrigues
Author Luís Felipe RodriguesPosted on April 24, 2018 July 3, 2018 Categories Playoffs 2018, Washington Capitals NewsTags Alex Ovechkin, Braden Holtby, Caps, Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, john carlson, NHL, Nicklas Backstrom, Philipp Grubauer, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoffs, rock the red, Tj Oshie, Washington Capitals,, Washington Caps
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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Batch
{
    using Models = Microsoft.Azure.Batch.Protocol.Models;
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;

    /// <summary>
    /// An error encountered by an Azure Batch compute node.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class ComputeNodeError : IPropertyMetadata
    {
        private readonly string code;
        private readonly IReadOnlyList<NameValuePair> errorDetails;
        private readonly string message;

        #region Constructors

        internal ComputeNodeError(Models.ComputeNodeError protocolObject)
        {
            this.code = protocolObject.Code;
            this.errorDetails = NameValuePair.ConvertFromProtocolCollectionReadOnly(protocolObject.ErrorDetails);
            this.message = protocolObject.Message;
        }

        #endregion Constructors

        #region ComputeNodeError

        /// <summary>
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        public string Code
        {
            get { return this.code; }
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        /// Gets a list of additional error details related to the compute node error.
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            get { return this.errorDetails; }
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        public string Message
        {
            get { return this.message; }
        }

        #endregion // ComputeNodeError

        #region IPropertyMetadata

        bool IModifiable.HasBeenModified
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            get { return false; }
        }

        bool IReadOnly.IsReadOnly
        {
            get { return true; }
            set
            {
                // This class is compile time readonly already
            }
        }

        #endregion // IPropertyMetadata

        #region Internal/private methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts a collection of protocol layer objects to object layer collection objects.
        /// </summary>
        internal static IList<ComputeNodeError> ConvertFromProtocolCollection(IEnumerable<Models.ComputeNodeError> protoCollection)
        {
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            return converted;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts a collection of protocol layer objects to object layer collection objects, in a frozen state.
        /// </summary>
        internal static IList<ComputeNodeError> ConvertFromProtocolCollectionAndFreeze(IEnumerable<Models.ComputeNodeError> protoCollection)
        {
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            converted = UtilitiesInternal.CreateObjectWithNullCheck(converted, o => o.Freeze());

            return converted;
        }

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        /// Converts a collection of protocol layer objects to object layer collection objects, with each object marked readonly
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        /// </summary>
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        {
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            return converted;
        }

        #endregion // Internal/private methods
    }
}