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Trashing Burbank – Managing the City's Lifecycle of Waste
John Savageau
Trash is one of those things we all take for granted. Whether it is simple garbage, discarded furniture and appliances, or e-Waste, we throw it into a bin, container, or leave it on the side of the road and within a day our discards are collected and disappear forever. Out of sight, out of mind.
Not out of either sight or mind for John Molinar, Assistant Public Works Director, Street and Sanitation, at the City of Burbank. John is responsible for getting waste off the street, determining what to do with our waste, and even recovering value from waste during its return to the earth.
(Photo By John Savageau)
According to Molinar, waste generally heads in one of four directions. First, our general waste is sent to the main Burbank Landfill which is adjacent to the Starlight Bowl. The second category, "white waste," are large appliances such as ovens and refrigerators which are turned over to scrap companies. The Third category includes e-Waste, such as computers, printers, and television sets are transferred to electronic waste recycling centers. Finally, other "green" waste is sent to a large composting facility in Fontana.
Our waste lifecycle is starting to sound a bit complicated.
Burbank Public Works is now developing our third landfill site. The first two locations are closed, and are located in the area above Fire Station 16 bordered by Bel Aire as it winds its way past the Starlight Bowl into the De Bell Golf Course. Both Landfills 1 and 2 have been closed since the early 1970s.
Landfill 3 opened in 1971, and is located above the Starlight Bowl. Landfill 3, according to Molinar, is licensed to accept up to 240 tons of waste a day, however normally the site averages between 120~130 tons each day. The landfill is expected to continue in operation for up to 60 more years.
Upon delivery to the landfill, heavy equipment operators take control of the waste. They distribute the waste in a working area, cover it with dirt and soils, crush and compact the waste, and then repeat the cycle. Watching the process is kind of like watching a closely synchronized ballet of giants. At the end of the cycle, it is really difficult to see exactly where the waste lies, and once again it falls under "out of sight, out of mind" for the average resident.
Non-city, or private waste collection companies, while required to comply with Burbank's environmental standards, dispose of waste in other regional landfills.
Operating a refuse collection and landfill operation is no trivial activity. In fact is a science that brings disciplines ranging from conservation, to ecology, logistics, and resource management, all the way to producing energy from landfill gas.
Landfill Gas to Energy
A byproduct of landfill operations is the production of gas, including methane, a destructive greenhouse gas. In the 1970s and 1980s the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began work with several regional landfill operators to explore the potential of harvesting gas production from landfill sites, and returning that gas to energy production for contribution to power grids.
Burbank began development of a gas to energy project as a joint effort between Public Works and Burbank Water and Power, and in November 2001 the first microturbines producing power from gas went into production. The system has been upgraded since initial deployments, and is now producing 250 kilowatts from a single gas turbine. Molinar noted "this is enough to provide power to nearly 275 Burbank homes."
Commitment to a Green Burbank
Molinar continually brings discussion related to waste collection and landfill operations back to protecting the environment, whether it be through compliance with state and federal laws, or through simple common sense and a commitment to Burbank's quality of life.
All landfills are sealed from the underlying soil with geo-composite membranes called Leachate which prevent absorption of toxins from waste finding their way back into the eco-system. Water or fluids squeezed out of the fill are collected, tested, and cleaned, and sent into the general sewage system.
Even after a landfill has been closed, such as Landfills 1 and 2, settling continues. A good example of this may be the switchback service road starting near the Starlight Bowl winding its way down to Fire Station 16. When built this was a good, even road from top to bottom. Today it is a roller coaster of drops and rises occurring over time as fill below the road continues settle at different rates based on the materials below grade.
The state requires even closed landfills to comply with monitoring and management regulations up to 30 years following closure of the fill site. In Burbank both closed sites are still monitored to ensure safety for both people and the environment.
Also of note, stressed Molinar, is that all city waste or refuse collection trucks run on natural gas to reduce the amount of CO2 produced while collecting waste.
The Landfill Raptor Program
Trash attracts hungry animals and birds. A landfill presents an enormous smorgasbord of goodies for seagulls, pigeons, and rodents. Seagulls and pigeons pick up their goodies from the landfill, and fly away dropping wrappers, food, junk, and other mess in our streets, yards, and on top of cars when carrying their booty to eat.
Burbank, not wanting to hurt the scavenging birds, uses a unique method to clear the landfill site of unwanted pests.
Joe Suffredini, owner of Avian Entertainment, drives up the hill 3~5 days a week with a team of 3 Saker Falcons trained to scare nuisance birds away from the landfill. "Falcons are natural predators" says Suffredini. "If a seagull sees one of the falcons enter the area, the seagull will normally beat a hasty retreat."
While other area predators such as the peregrine Falcon and Red Tail Hawk will also go after birds, normally they avoid the Saker Falcons when they are working.
Suffredini's falcons are all captive bred, and work primarily at area landfills. However, he also provides trained birds to the entertainment industry, and his company manages ravens, crows, hawks, falcons, and even eagles – although only the falcons are used for pest removal.
Nothing is Simple
After spending the morning driving up and down Burbank's hills, walking around the landfill, checking out weigh stations recording each waste removal truck's load, watching falcons working hard to keep the site free of pests, learning about yet another Burbank initiative in green energy production, it is clear waste removal is a lot more complicated than simply determining whether or not to use a green, black, or blue waste bin.
Molinar and his team keep our streets clean, protect our environment, and as Molinar concluded, "we are here to serve the people of Burbank." Enough said.
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Q: node.js / express application - where do i put the database connection logic? Background Information
I just created my first express application. I can see that it created a bunch of files and default folder structure.  This is what my app structure currently looks like:
me@mydevbox:/var/www/html/nodejs_samples/tutorial1$ ls -lah
total 36K
drwxr-xr-x  7 me me 4.0K Sep 28 09:26 .
drwxrwxr-x  5 me me 4.0K Sep 28 08:45 ..
-rw-rw-r--  1 me me 1.5K Sep 28 08:45 app.js
drwxr-xr-x  2 me me 4.0K Sep 28 09:20 bin
drwxrwxr-x 96 me me 4.0K Sep 28 09:26 node_modules
-rw-rw-r--  1 me me  352 Sep 28 09:26 package.json
drwxr-xr-x  5 me me 4.0K Sep 28 08:45 public
drwxr-xr-x  2 me me 4.0K Sep 28 09:26 routes
drwxr-xr-x  2 me me 4.0K Sep 28 08:45 views
me@mydevbox:/var/www/html/nodejs_samples/tutorial1$

Goal
I want to create a new route called 'widgets' and when the GET method is invoked, I need to call a redis database and execute a query.
The URL I want to use to trigger this get is something like this:
  http://myserver/tutorial1/widgets/

or
  http://myserver/tutorial1/widgets/12345

where 12345 is the widget key that I want to query.
What I've done so far
I found this doc that explains how to connect / query a redis database: http://expressjs.com/en/guide/database-integration.html#redis
I've also copied routes/users.js that the express generator created "for free" for me to routes/widgets.js as a starting point.
This is what my routes/widgets.js file looks like:
me@mydev:/var/www/html/nodejs_samples/tutorial1$ cat routes/widgets.js
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

/* GET widgets listing. */
router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
  res.send('respond with a resource');
});

module.exports = router;

Question
It's not clear to me where I should add the database connection logic and the query logic.  I'm used to MVC where you split all database logic into the model.
Can I put everything in the route/widgets.js file?
In case it helps, here's a link to what my app.js file looks like:  http://pastebin.com/hAe5mvwt.  I added 2 lines - line 10 and 28.
Any suggestions or links to good tutorials would be appreciated.

A: The short answer is yes, MVC works well and database stuff can certainly go into the model.
But, there are lots of ways to skin a cat.  With something rather trivial at this point, I think you should do what is convenient for you and feels like a reasonably clean design.
The issue is that as your system grows more complex, you need a way to evolve it smoothly.  You are never going to have the final ultimate 'best' design because realities change as you go.
Be sure to look at node-modules.com, npmjs.com, npms.io first to explore the many (and quite varied) powerful designs already implemented and popular.
I think you should explore, if you have time, multiple different strategies for organizing your code.
The bigger issue though is, how can you possibly change this design down the road (you will want to change it eventually) without completely breaking your application (and not knowing it)?
So I think rather than agonizing over the code organization too much now, spend that effort in coming up with ways to automatically test as much of it as possible.  That way when you change the design, you will be able to see what broke -- and it will therefore be feasible to change the design.
You want unit tests where practical, otherwise integration tests, larger case end-to-end tests.
If you can put something into its own module/model file/whatever and test it separately as a unit then that is better than other designs probably.

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Wings and Wheels at Sikorsky Airport - WTNH
[Video] - Fighter planes are honoring our veterans over the skies of Connecticut this weekend.
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This Week In Military/Aviation History 31 May-6 June from Warbirds Online
Well Folks, the speedy seven have flashed by again and like a bad penny, here I am again. Of course today is Memorial Day (traditional) and I hope your day was safe and peaceful. I also hope you took some time today to remember our military, both those who have passed on (Gone West) and those still serving along with their families. That is what this day is really about. I hope you also got a chance to thank a veteran or serving member of our military for their dedication and sacrifice. You have another chance tomorrow and I, for one, will try to make the most of it. In the meantime, what say we take our weekly stroll down History Lane, shall we? Yes, I think we should and shall, once again.
May 31 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
...1945 -- The last of 18,188 B-24 Liberators was delivered to the USAAF.
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Formation Flights - Planeshots [P-40s, biplanes, F3f-1s, F-15s, CorsairIIs, and more]
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A Memorial Day Compendium - Steeljaw Scribe
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Jones Beach State Park Hosts New York Air Show 2010 - Daily Top Trends
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Jones Beach Air Show from Kirby Chambliss
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Terry Bowden's Blog: Ranger Airfield Fly-in, 2010 from Antique Airfield News
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May 30 from Cut and Paste Aviation
...1912 -- Pioneer aviator Wilbur Wright dies from typhoid fever, at the early age of 45.
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Others people noted that it's important to remember and honor the military and the veterans who have served our country on this Memorial Day.
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CAP Volunteers Fly Critical Missions In Support Of Oil Spill Response from Aero-News Network
Aircrews Have Flown 73 Missions Totaling 197 Hours Civil Air Patrol members from Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are launching daily aerial damage assessment flights from their station in the Mobile Convention Center, one of several incident command posts set up for the Gulf Coast oil spill response.
Labels: Aerotainment, Blue Angels, CAF, CAP, Fly-In, Thunderbirds
DC-3 Reunion Hits Turbulence from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The structure of a much-anticipated mass arrival of DC-3 aircraft at this year's AirVenture Oshkosh is in question after an apparent rift developed between the owners group organizing the 40-ship formation and EAA. Last week EAA announced that it will "exclusively organize and coordinate all AirVenture activities for the DC-3 75th anniversary." The owners group, which says it's been working for more than a year to organize the gathering independently of EAA under the name The Last Time, has termed the EAA announcement "a hostile takeover" of the event and it calls into question whether a formation flight over Wittman Regional Airport on the opening day of AirVenture will be held. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski said EAA is not trying to hijack the event; rather, it's trying to ensure it goes smoothly and safely…
French air enthusiasts hope to restart Concorde engines - MSN Philippines News | A French aeronautics association Saturday examined the engines of a Concorde passenger jet at an air museum outside Paris to determine if they could be used ...
Concorde May Fly Again from FlyerTalk Forums by CHIC SILBER | The engines on a French Concorde are to be examined as the first move in a £15m project aiming to get the supersonic passenger jet back in the air. The Rolls Royce engines of the former Air France Concorde will undergo an initial examination to see what work needs to be done to start the engines. Concorde was retired seven years ago, but it is hoped the jet could return to flight in a heritage capacity. The tests by a French-British team will take place near Paris.
G3XBM (Roger): Concorde to fly again? from Planet Ham by Roger G3XBM (noreply@blogger.com) There are moves afoot to get Concorde, the supersonic jet, flying again on memorial flights and it is possible it may yet fly over London at the 2012 Olympic Games opening. The only time I've been on Concorde was at Duxford Airport in Cambridgeshire in a static display. My wife's brother used to work for BT and fly to the USA and back in a day using Concorde so he could hold meetings in New York on a day trip - how times change! See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8712806.stm
AirFEST Takes Off In Rock County - WISC Madison | The Southern Wisconsin AirFEST is 9-years-old and going strong, bringing an economic benefit to the community. The weather on Friday night was ideal for an ...
Air show includes demonstrations, aircraft tours - Columbia Missourian | A-10 Thunderbolt II flown by Captin Joe Shetterly, above, and the WWII P-38 Lighting Flown by Kevin Eldridge, below, join together in the Heritage Flight at ...
Check Out Our New Facebook Page! from P38assn | P-38 Association Public Relations Director Dayle DeBry has set up a new Facebook page for the Association. Never too late to teach WWII vets new tricks, you know! Plus, our younger fans will love it! You can find it here (or just do a search once you're on your Facebook page for P-38 National Association. [...]
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down for May 29 - The Desert Sun | In the 12th annual event, 3500 carnations will be dropped from a B-25 Mitchell bomber on the tarmac west of the museum at noon. Activities begin at 10 am ...
World War II pilot to join airport's aviators exhibit - GoErie.com | The late John "Jack" Alexander Siegel, an Erie native who flew in World War II, will be added to the airport's Famous Erie Aviators Exhibit. ...
Smoke Rings.3GP - These really cool smoke rings formed during an airshow bombing demonstration These really cool smoke rings formed during an airshow bombing...
AcroCamp Recap from Life on the Road as a Pilot by admin@girlswithwings.com (Lynda) | You're probably wondering why it has taken me so long to publish a blog entry about AcroCamp. Yeah, me too. AcroCamp, in case you are unfamiliar, was (is?) a documentary about "four pilots from different walks of life and around the country gathering in Michigan to take over a Part 61 flight school for four days and fly aerobatics for the first time" that took place May 13-17, 2010…
"This Week In Space" – May 29, 2010 from Uplinks by Miles O'Brien | We begin at the end this week – the end of an era in space. Well maybe. This was the scene at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday – commander Ken Ham dead-sticking Atlantis down the steep glide slope to Runway 33. The mission – STS-132 – was the final scheduled flight of Atlantis. But she is not heading straight to the museums. She's now back in her Orbiter Processing Facility – NASA-speak for hanger – where she will be prepped for flight on short notice should there be trouble on the remaining pair of missions. BUT the museums might have to wait - NASA is leaving the door open to schedule an encore mission for Atlantis. Since there would be no rescue vehicle at the ready – she would likely fly with a scaled down crew that would use the Russian Soyuz as a lifeboat. NASA will make a decision on this by mid-June. Maybe the shuttle program will end as it began – with a two person crew…
Labels: #OSH10, AcroCamp, Airfest, AirVenture, Concorde, DC-3, Facebook, Oshkosh, P-38, This Week in Space, WWII
June Hangar Happenings
120 Days Until Biplanes and Zeppelins Over The Beach!
Military Aviation Museum 757-721-7767
MEMORIAL DAY -WEEKEND FLIGHT DEMOS
Saturday, May 29th at 2:00 - Three Military Aviation Museum fighter planes to do Flight Demos
Monday, May 31st at 1:00 - P-51, P-40 and Corsair scheduled to do flyovers at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Memorial Day parade. Take-off from the museum around 12:30
Friday, June 4th, 6:30-10pm - Battle Of Midway
Event hostedy by the Hampton Roads Squadron of Association of Naval Aviation
Open to the public, tickets are $30
Kurt VonFecht at 340-9659 or kcvonsr@cox.net
Saturday, June 5th, 1-5pm - Pig Pickin
fundraiser for Virginia Beach Crimesolvers
Open to the public, tickets are $35, children 12 and under, $10
Barbecue, Chicken, Cole Slaw, Baked Beans, Beer Soft Drinks,
Live Music and Flight Demos!
For Tickets contact: The Breakers Resort Inn - 428-1821 or Peter Kwick Printing, Inc - 486-3011
Sunday, June 20th - Honoring all Fathers!
Free admission for all Father's with one paid admission
Warbirds Over The Beach 2010 was a hit!
We hope you had a chance to make it to the annual WWII air show. Pictures and video will be posted soon on our website.
Don't miss our next air show - Biplanes and Zeppelins on September 25th and 26th, featuring replica WWI planes.
Visit www.MilitaryAviationMuseum.org for more information.
Drive-In Movie Night Saturday, July 17th
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Send in your suggestions and be eligible for a prize
Must be WWII aviation related and family friendly
Email your suggestions to:
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United States - Wisconsin - Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2010 - Janesville - 05/28/10 from FenceCheck Forums
AirFEST 2010 zooms skyward to big opening night crowds - Beloit Daily News | Friday was the kickoff for the ABC Supply Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2010, and crowds were streaming in the gates, as others parked nearby looking toward ...
Thunderbirds take flight in Janesville - WKOW-TV.com | JANESVILLE (WKOW)-- The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will perform at the Southern Wisconsin ...
Another unique Channel crossing from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | Back in April 2008, I mentioned the strange (and sad) story of Fr. Adelir Antonio de Carli, a Brazilian priest who tried to make a record long-distance flight suspended beneath a cluster of small helium-filled balloons. Unfortunately, the winds changed and carried him out into the Atlantic Ocean, where he disappeared from sight. His body was later found, floating in the sea. His mishap earned him first place in the Darwin Awards for 2008…
More than 1,000 people attend 500 Festival Memorial Service to remember those who have given their lives from U.S.S. Indianapolis News | More than 1,000 people attended the noon outdoor ceremony under blue skies and a slight breeze. At the end of the ceremony, F-16 fighter jets, from the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, flew over in a "missing man formation," with one plane pulling away from the other three…
Local vets to help lead Memorial Day honors - Abilene Reporter-News | The Big Country Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force will conduct its annual Memorial Worship Service at 10 am Sunday at Elmdale Baptist Church. ...
Crowds gathered in Croydon to welcome home air pioneer - Your Local Guardian | Eighty years ago, the streets of Croydon played host to the thousands of admirers who thronged to the borough to give aviatrix Amy ...
Let Mr. Tightwad help you enjoy the summer - Southtown Star | It's not nearly as crowded as the Chicago show, but you'll still get to see some wickedly cool stuff, such as the USAF Thunderbirds soaring high in the sky. ...
Everett's WWII air museum adds ground firepower to collection – HeraldNet | EVERETT — The World War II air contingent occasionally seen flying over Paine Field now has ground forces to back it up. ...
Hamilton Metalplane Detail Photos from Antique Airfield News | Randy Koivisto captured photos of the Hamilton Metalplane as it flew from Fleming Field to Anoka County Airport, both near Minneapolis, on May 17th. The plane was owned and restored in the 1970's by Jack Lysdale in St Paul, MN, and was Grand Champion at the 1975 AAA fly-in. It recently sold at auction to H.S. Wright III will likely be flown to Seattle later this year…
Famed bomber flying into airport - Alton Telegraph | The World War II vintage bomber will offer the public an up close look at a unique piece of aviation history. The public is invited to tour the airplane. ...
WWII-era planes gives family chance to connect, remember - KGO-TV | When a B-17 landed at Moffett Field this week, the sights and sounds and smells of it brought back a lot of memories. Roy Delpier's sons, Dennis and Terry, ...
Western Pennsylvania pilots plan to fly historic biplanes to DC for film - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ... restored versions of the historic biplanes into Washington next month for the premier of "Legends of Flight," a 3-D IMAX film about aviation history. ...
Chief Aviation Ordnance Officer John William Finn Dies At 100 - AvStop Aviation News | He was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor , the oldest living recipient, and the only aviation ordnance man to have ...
Hagerstown pilot awarded flight scholarship from 99s - Civil Air ... By Maj. Brenda A. Reed, CAP | Fox's chapter of the 99s, Sugarloaf, will be hosting the terminus for the Air Race Classic in June this year. Fox serves on the Air Race committee and is chapter secretary this year. The Air Race Classic is an air race started by the ...
Labels: 99s, Air Race Classic, Airfest, B-17, CAF, F-16, Legends of Flight, Metalplane, Thunderbirds, WWII
Canadian Forces Demo Hornet Launches Its 2010 Show Season - Marketwire | In tribute to the Canadian Navy, the Air Force will adopt the Canadian Navy Centennial (CNC) as it's theme for the 2010 air show season. ...
Aeroshell Aerobatics Team returns to Columbia for another thrill - Columbia Missourian | His brother, Alan Henley, had started an aerobatics team in 1984 with former crop duster Steve Gustafson and slot pilot Gene McNeely, and Mark joined them ...
Tuskegee Airman Quentin Smith remembers his war during Chesterton visit
- Chesterton Tribune | Almost washed out, in fact, until he received tutelage from Willa Brown, the country's preeminent black aviatrix. Smith got pretty good, real good in fact, ...
Hero teacher flies with Thunderbirds - AirForceTimes.com | A teacher who tackled a suspected gunman outside a suburban Denver school took to the skies with the Thunderbirds on May 23 ...
Precision flying, loud and proud - Beloit Daily News | It will be the only civilian show in North America to host two jet teams — the US Air Force Thunderbirds and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. ...
Navy's Blue Angels to launch air show in St. Cloud June 26-27 - Coon Rapids ECM Publishers ... Minnesota flying legend John Mohr, Mike Wiskus and his Lucas Oil plane, Team Chaos and warbirds like the B-25, P-51 and the MiG-17. ...
Flying High - Memphis Daily News | Pilot Greg Poe flies the ethanol-powered Fagan MX2 in knife-edge flight against the Memphis skyline. Photo: Lance Murphey Airplanes seen flying through the ...
Memorial Day Events – WTVM | Tuesday, June 1 – Dedication of the Walk of Honor near the parade field stadium behind the museum, including another air performance by the Sky Soldiers. ...
WWII flier reminisces at air show practice run - Columbia Missourian ... his neck skyward as pilots made practice runs with rolls, climbs and other acrobatics in preparation for the 22nd annual Salute to Veterans Airshow…
Corsairs visit home this weekend - Stratford Star | Proceeds from what Brady said would be the "largest gathering of exotic cars and warbirds in Connecticut in 2010" will benefit The Discovery Museum. ...
From co-pilot to pilot - Tulsa Daily Commerce and | Most training was done in the B17 aircraft since there were so few B29s available, Morris said. As a result, even the most experienced pilots had only 65 ...
Famed bomber flying into airport - Alton Telegraph | BETHALTO - The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is bringing its B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey to St Louis Regional Airport, ...
From a media mogul to a jet pilot, the region's women to watch – National | But al Baloushi, who is from Al Ain and has earned a mention in the British book, The 100 Greatest Women In Aviation, is undaunted by competition from her ...
Dr. David Wolf, NASA Astronaut and Inventor, to Speak at BioConference Live - PR Web ... today announced Dr. David Wolf, a NASA astronaut, medical doctor, and electrical engineer is scheduled to speak at BioConference Live on June 3rd, ...
Out and About - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | Hoosier Air Museum – Featuring 1946 Stinson V-77 Gullwing, Smith mini-plane, 1935 Speedbird, 1979 Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunship; 2822 County Road 62, ...
Salute to Veterans Corporation Air Show Set to Begin This Weekend!! See These Performers!! from The Aero Experience by Carmelo Turdo:
Solar Impulse Hits Another Milestone from EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | Solar Impulse reported a milestone in its HB-SIA solar-powered aircraft project Friday, May 28, as the plane's four 10-hp electric motors ran exclusively on power collected by its nearly 12,000 solar cells while simultaneously generating additional energy…
Strange But True Aviation News from Things with Wings by Benet Wilson …the beach is NOT a runway. Mark Jensen was arrested in Tybee Island, Ga., after he landed his plane on a local beach, reports News 4 Jacksonville…
Guelph man killed by low-flying plane (Ontario) Thana Dharmarajah, Guelph Mercury | GUELPH — The RCMP major crimes unit, along with Transport Canada and the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories continue to investigate an incident that killed Guelph native William Bleach. According to the RCMP, Bleach, 26, a pilot for North-Wright Airways Ltd., died as a result of injuries he sustained while watching a low-flying plane at an airport in the Northwest Territories last week…
3 Exciting Lunar Lander Announcements to End Your Week Right from The Launch Pad by Amanda Stiles | It was a cold November day in the not-so-distant past when the X PRIZE space team ventured to Washington D.C. to attend an awards ceremony in honor of two ambitious commercial space companies -- Masten Space Systems and Armadillo Aerospace, who had claimed the prize purses of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge. We listened with excitement as representatives of the winning companies spoke of things to come in the near future: "Our next steps are to go higher and faster, and build up a lot more excitement for the idea of going to space," said Dave Masten, CEO of Masten Space Systems. That was followed by Phil Eaton of Armadillo: "We at Armadillo Aerospace are highly motivated to press on, and to use our vehicles and our developed technology to go higher and to fly farther and faster, and to provide a service for the commercial space industry."…
Labels: Aeroshell, Blue Angels, Canadian Snowbirds, Corsair, Dr. David Wolf, Solar Impulse, Thunderbirds, Tuskegee Airmen, X-Prize
Airshow to Honor Veterans - KOMU-TV
BOONE COUNTY - The 22nd annual Salute to Veterans Airshow takes place this weekend at Columbia Regional Airport. The use of ear plugs for children is ...
Memorial Day Air Show by Aviator College
The show begins at 10am and will end at 3pm. The other military performers include the U.S. Army Golden Knights, the A-10 East Demo Team, the Canadian Forces CF-18 Demonstration Team, and the NY Air National Guard - Search & Rescue. ...
Navy's Blue Angels to launch air show in St. Cloud June 26-27 - Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
St. Cloud, MN -- The United States Navy's "Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron," known as The Blue Angels, will perform Saturday and Sunday, June 26-27, ...
Dig deep for the air show - The Lowestoft Journal
This year's programme looks set to include the Red Arrows, the world's only Vulcan Bomber and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, as well as aerobatic ...
The day of the Tricolour Arrows - via Translator
The performance of the aerobatic team will conclude the festivities for the 50th anniversary of 72 Squadron Air Force. Men and women, young and old, all eyes turned to the sky to watch the acrobatic show that half an hour to dye the sky green, white and red. Five years have passed since the last performance by the aerobatic team in Frosinone. It was May 2005. Arrows tricolor this afternoon will close the celebrations for 50 years of helicopter flight school. And the celebrations to mark the occasion, are double. Even the aerobatic team this year off his first 50 candles, and now will play in his debut season. The ten pilots patrol (nine plus a solo) take off from the airport of Pratica di Mare. In five days the tricolor arrows will color the skies of Rome for the feast of the Republic. Estimates for the airport to watch the spectacle Moscardini approximately fifteen thousand people. A number will double if the event had taken place twenty-four hours on Saturdays. The acrobatic performance come at the climax of a day filled with action. We start at 12, when the airport Moscardini will officially open its doors to the public. Within the complex was set up a static display of helicopters. A demonstration of relief on the ground, and a demonstration Sar with recovery of the pilot with the ...
SANTIAGO DE LA RIBERA AIR SHOW – JUNE 5TH AND 6TH - The Leader Newspaper Online
The long awaited air show is going to take place again next weekend, albeit on a much smaller scale than the fantastic spectacle we saw in 2006. ...
Jim Koepnick getting this image with pilot Jay Meidl flying - TwitPic - >>>>
Liberty Belle - WWII B-17 Bomber takes flight over Wichita - Examiner.com
The Liberty Belle, one of only 14 B-17's that are still flying today, (And one of only four that are certified to carry passengers), will be in Wichita over ...
Battle Tightens at the top as Red Bull Air Race Heads to Windsor, Ontario from Kirby Chambliss
As the Red Bull Air Race World Championship prepares to land in the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario on 5/6 June for the fourth round of 2010 season, all eyes are on the widening field of title contenders. In the most closely fought battle in the sport's history, at least five teams are in the running, including local hero Pete McLeod, the youngest pilot in the championship. The Canadian, who currently sits in 5th place, is looking forward to his home race over the Detroit River after dazzling the crowd of 300,000 last year as a rookie with a brilliant performance under pressure.
Britain's Paul Bonhomme, on 31 points, is clinging to a shrinking lead at the top of a pack of challengers that ...
New York Red Bulls Earn Wiiings from Kirby Chambliss
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Reno Air Racing Association - Facebook
Reno Air Racing Association PRS is set for June 16-20 and we are happy to announce we have 29 rookies entered. We have 9 international pilots registered and a total of 52 planes that will round the pylons. Rare Bear, Big Bossman and Argonaut will be attending as well! This will be a fabulous PRS, now if only the weather will cooperate.
Mayday at Reno, I Guess I'm Really A Race Pilot - EAA News/Team Wasabi
7/29/2010 - 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM - 004 Forums Pavilion 4: Team Wasabi formed to learn about the sport of air racing. The most trying part of a racer's career is after the engine quits on the course. In this presentation we will walk through our expeiences dealing with a sick engine on the course and troubleshooting it in order to finish race week 2009. Presented by: Elliot Seguin
Treasured tradition from World War II resurrected on Honor Flight - Fox11online.com
He contacted family members of each veteran and had them send in letters for a special delivery "mail call." All 99 veterans received a packet of cards and ...
Flight Lifts Wounded Warriors From Private Battles - 89.3 KPCC
The small air corps on the airfield is composed of both modern and vintage aircraft, including a World War II-era B-25 bomber that's been named "Panchito" ...
Sink Your Teeth Into The Many Faces Of The USAF A-10 Warthog! from blog by Martt
Catch the Air Combat Command A-10 East Demo Team at the Indy Air Show June 12th &13th
Nose art has made a bit of a comeback in the last 20 years, and the A-10 Warthog is perfectly suited to putting a mouth on the front end to accentuate that massive 30mm GAU-8 cannon. The simple shark teeth design like shown above is one of the most common seen on A-10's. I think these kind of teeth looked great on the P-40 and other aircraft from WWII, but it's hard to argue with the way it's taken to the extreme here on the Warthog with the ability to spit serious firepower out of that mouth! ...
Vintage plane banged up in emergency landing at Sundance in Piedmont - News OK
A privately owned military training airplane made a crash landing with the plane's owner and an instructor aboard Thursday evening, but no one was injured.
They were practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings at Sundance Airpark, NW 122 and Sara Road, when the plane lost power and the pilot made an emergency landing in a field adjacent to the airpark about 8 p.m., Oklahoma City fire Battalion Chief Steve Lumry said. ...
Musings on Charles A. Lindbergh on the 83rd Anniversary of the Transatlantic Flight from AirSpace
May 20-21, 2010, marked the 83rd anniversary of Charles A. Lindbergh's historic solo, nonstop flight from New York to Paris. As a result of this feat, Lindbergh became an instant hero and celebrity. But how do we explain the overpowering public reaction to what some thought was a stunt? In his essay titled, "The Meaning of Lindbergh's Flight," published in 1960, historian John William Ward theorized that Lindbergh enabled Americans to look both forward to the technological future, which they feared and misunderstood, and backward to their ...
May 28 - Cut and Paste Aviation
...1913 -- Lts. Thomas De Witt Milling and William C. Sherman set two-man duration and distance records of four hours, and 22 minutes, and 220 miles from Texas City to San Antonio.
1912 -- Capt. Charles de Forest Chandler, commanding officer of the U.S. Signal Corps Aviation School at College Park, Maryland, receives War Department form no. 395 AGO, dated February 2, 1912, which was the first document on U.S. aviation medicine. It dictates that "all candidates for aviation only shall be subject to a vigorous physical examination to determine their fitness for duty."
Raptor pilot surpasses 4000 hours - F-16.net
Sandford amassed the milestone flight time over 24 years, flying A-7 Corsairs, F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-22 Raptors. Lt. Col. ...
New Pics: Global Hawk Landing, U-2 Approach from Ares Beale Air Force Base, just north of Sacramento, Calif., has long been the home of high-altitude reconnaissance for the Air Force. The venerable U-2 Dragon Lady is based there, and the facility was home to the SR-71 while it was in service. ...
Plan to honour forgotten Scots hero isn't full of hot air - Edinburgh Evening News
In a sprawling aerodrome 60km north-west of Barcelona, the 18th-century aviator's Grand Edinburgh Fire Balloon is to be recreated using original drawings ...
Balloons Carry Man in Chair Across English Channel - AOL News
But this much shorter 22-mile trip across the English Channel carries great significance for the aviator. "It is such a classic challenge, isn't it? ...
Atlantis lands for final time after 25-year career from TAKEOFF TUBE
How would you look after 120 million miles? Atlantis might appear a little scuffed up to outsiders as it heads into retirement after a quarter-century of spaceflight. But to the trained eyes of NASA engineers, the ship is still in its prime — a fact that adds to wistful emotions at the space agency as the shuttle program winds down. Atlantis returned home from its 32nd and final voyage Wednesday, the first of three shuttles that are closing out their flying careers and eventually heading to museums. "The legacy of Atlantis, now in the history books," Mission Control announced at touchdown. About 1,200 guests lined the Kennedy Space Center runway to watch the shuttle glide through a clear morning sky to a flawless landing at the end of a 12-day journey. NASA employees wore white ribbons with the name "Atlantis" and the shuttle's picture embossed in gold. Even the lead flight directors came in from Houston for the occasion. ...
Space Adventures returns to suborbital spaceflight from Personal Spaceflight As expected, Space Adventures announced Thursday at the International Space Development Conference, (ISDC) in Chicago its partnership with Armadillo Aerospace to provide suborbital space tourism flights. Armadillo will develop a vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) suborbital vehicle carrying people to at least 100 kilometers altitude, with Space Adventures selling the seats, starting with its existing customer list of about 200 people, including several former astronauts. ...
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RAF'S FUTURE AIRLIFTER IN UK DISPLAY DEBUT
The Royal Air Force's much-debated next-generation airlifter will be unveiled to the British public in July when it makes its UK flying display debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Airbus's chief military test pilot Ed Strongman will be at the controls of the A400M when it displays at the airshow, at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on July 17&18.
The aircraft, which is designed to fly troops and equipment, was due to go into service this year, but is now unlikely to be operational before 2012. Its appearance will provide the first opportunity for the public to see the culmination of a two-decade long project to develop a future military transport aircraft.
Due, ultimately, to replace the RAF's C-130 Hercules fleet, the A400M can travel further and faster than most current in-service airlifters and can carry larger payloads. It is also far more flexible.
Chris Pocock, Defence Editor for Aviation International News said: "When they first see it, most people will be surprised at the size of Europe's new airlifter. Thanks to its huge turboprops mounted on a swept wing, the A400M combines a high cruising speed at altitude with excellent slow-speed tactical performance, and the capacity to carry a variety of large military and humanitarian loads."
This summer's Royal International Air Tattoo will feature around 300 aircraft from across the globe, including the US Air Force F-22 Raptor, Romanian Air Force MiG-21s and Polish Air Force Su-22s. The event has also been chosen by the Royal Air Force to stage its flagship commemoration of the Battle of Britain, on its 70th anniversary.
In addition to the flying display, visitors can enjoy a large static aircraft park plus a wide range of ground-based activities including a concert stage, Battle of Britain 'Village', plus the interactive Tri@RIAT area for youngsters. For details and to buy tickets, visit airtattoo.com
Photo by Tony Osborne
Labels: A400M, RIAT
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UK Grime Artist Solo 45 jailed for raping 4 women, admits he liked to "terrorize" them
Grime artist Solo aka Andy Anokye has been sentenced to 24 years for raping four women multiple times.
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By Salwa Farooqui Last updated Jul 31, 2020
The grime artist Solo 45, aka Andy Anokye, has been jailed for 24 years for holding four women against their will and raping them repeatedly.
His victims have come forward to recounted in graphic details the horror with which he abused them. They described how he beat and threatened them with weapons, held a cloth with bleach over their faces and waterboarded them, recording much of the abuse on his mobile phone.
Anokye, 33, who was living in a Bristol apartment at the time of his arrest, was convicted of 30 charges in March. The musician, was part of the collective Boy Better Know.
In a court session, Solo 45 admitted that he liked to "terrorise" women, but insisted they always consented to his "rape game". However, when in a cross examination he was asked whether he stopped when told by the women, he replied "usually". The musician then swiftly changed his reply to "always".
According to reports by the Guardian, the public gallery was cleared during the display of videos he made of his crimes. Due to their extreme and intimate nature only two members of the media were allowed to view them.
Solo 45 was unanimously convicted of 21 rapes, five counts of false imprisonment, two counts of assault by penetration and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Solo 45 victim's statement
The victims have unitedly spoken about the trauma they suffered through the artist. One said: "He tortured me for hours and in those moments I would've complied with anything for terror of him torturing or hurting me again."
Another wrote: "I had nightmares for about two and a half years where I would regularly wake up screaming and crying." And a third said: "He has ruined my life."
The judge, William Hart, ordered Anokye to serve 24 years in prison and a further five years on licence.
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Two election workers targeted by pro-Trump media sue for defamation
By Reid J. Epstein
Two Georgia election workers who were the targets of a right-wing campaign that falsely claimed they manipulated ballots filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against one of the nation's leading sources of pro-Trump misinformation.
The suit against the right-wing conspiratorial website The Gateway Pundit was filed by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, both of whom processed ballots in Atlanta during the 2020 election for the Fulton County elections board. It follows a series of defamation claims filed by elections equipment operators against conservative television operators such as Fox News, Newsmax and One America News.
The lawsuit from Freeman and Moss is among the first to be filed by individual election workers who found themselves unwittingly dragged into the alternate universe of far-right media that claimed, and still does, that Donald Trump won last year's presidential election.
"I want the defendants to know that my daughter and I are real people who deserve justice, and I never want them to do this to anyone else," Freeman said in a statement.
Moss, who continues to work for the Fulton County elections board, and Freeman, a temporary employee during the 2020 election, were ensnared by the Trump-supporting media and Trump himself after Gateway Pundit published dozens of false stories about them, starting last December and continuing through this November. The stories called the two women "crooked Democrats" and claimed that they "pulled out suitcases full of ballots and began counting those ballots without election monitors in the room."
Investigations conducted by the Georgia secretary of state's office found that the two women did nothing wrong and were legally counting ballots.
It all began one month after the 2020 election, on Dec. 3, when an attorney for Trump's campaign played a spliced segment of surveillance video footage for a Georgia Senate committee. The attorney falsely claimed Fulton elections workers pulled 18,000 fraudulent ballots from a suitcase and illegally fed them through the voting machines.
The accusation, which was quickly debunked by Fulton County and Georgia elections officials, was nevertheless amplified by Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies. A week after the first Gateway Pundit story, Giuliani compared Moss and Freeman to drug dealers and called for their homes to be searched during a hearing with Georgia state legislators.
Trump himself invoked Freeman's name 18 times during his Jan. 3 call with Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state. The call at the time was among the president's most egregious efforts to overturn the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in Georgia by 11,779 votes.
The Gateway Pundit is published by twin brothers, James and Joseph Hoft. The Hoft brothers did not respond to requests for comment.
The lawsuit, filed in a Missouri circuit court in St. Louis, where James Hoft lives, articulates a litany of trauma the two women and their family suffered after Gateway Pundit began its campaign against them.
They received death threats, unending harassment from phone calls and text messages, and unsolicited pizza deliveries to their homes. Freeman and Moss, both of whom are Black, were also subjected to racial slurs.
The harassment was detailed in a Reuters article published Wednesday that included recordings of 911 calls Freeman made when Trump supporters came to her home and banged on her door last December.
According to Reuters, Moss earns about $36,000 a year for her full-time job with Fulton County. Freeman, a temporary worker, was paid $16 per hour. Freeman was forced to shut down her online business selling fashion accessories once she became inundated with threats.
Freeman and Moss are represented in their suit by Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group focused on resisting authoritarianism in the United States. Protect Democracy has also sued Project Veritas, the conservative group that conducts undercover sting operations, on behalf of a Pennsylvania postmaster who was falsely accused of tampering with election returns.
Freeman and Moss did not specify an amount they are seeking from the Hoft brothers. They asked for compensatory and punitive damages "to be determined at trial."
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Geez, I can't believe I'm writing today's post. This past year has flown by SO quickly that I feel like I just wasn't ready for my birthday this year, let alone ready for turning 27. If anyone asks, let's just say I'm 25 forever though, K? This time last year, I was in the process of leaving my full-time job to begin my freelancing career. While I wouldn't really call that a decision (because I was essentially being laid off), it was a decision to take a chance on myself rather than looking for a new job. It was definitely not the safe choice, and in any situation, I'm usually the person that picks the safe choice. I'd say it's been crazy, but that'd be a HUGE understatement. It has been terrifying and wonderful and stressful and invigorating being in charge of myself and struggling to grow my business as blogger and content creator. Somehow I'm significantly happier despite being busier and MORE stressed out. Like, how?! I won't go into all my struggles now though…maybe that's better for another post. Today is about celebrating ME, ha!
It's kind of nice not to care so much about my birthday this year. I certainly feel lower maintenance…but it's weird getting older. Yeah, yeah, "27 isn't old," but it's the oldest I've been so far in my life, so it feels old to me. I'm more excited about the holidays coming up and the fact that the weather is going from 90 degrees to 75 degrees. Ha, apparently these are the things I really care about. I mean, I'll take Christmas over my birthday any day!
If honor of my birthday, I did a little window shopping and put together a few wishlist items! Anything you like too?! Scroll down for birthday wishlist sources.
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The Municipality of Komotini, the Metropolitan of Maronya and Komotini and the Rhodopi Pharmacists Association are launching the second aid campaign for the victims of war in Ukraine. In the written statement made by the Municipality of Komotini on the su...
The Municipality of Komotini, the Metropolitan of Maronya and Komotini and the Rhodopi Pharmacists Association are launching the second aid campaign for the victims of war in Ukraine.
In the written statement made by the Municipality of Komotini on the subject, it was stated that a second campaign would be launched after the campaign carried out in the past weeks for the people of Ukraine, who are in a difficult situation due to the war.
In the statement, it was noted that the collection of basic needs materials will begin and citizens who want to contribute to the aid package are welcomed.
It has been announced that cooperation with the Consulate General of Ukraine in Thessaloniki continues.
Aid materials and basic needs products will be gathered at the Komotini Municipality Multi-Purpose Cultural Center at Maraslı 1 next to the Public Market in Komotini, between 08.00 - 14.00 on April 26-30. Contact phone 2531 0 83344.
The materials and products to be collected within the framework of the campaign are as follows:
- Medicines (Bandage, first aid kits, painkillers, antipyretics, cough syrups, Betadine, gauze)
- Long-term foods (Canned, Spaghetti, Flour, Rice, Sugar, Coffee, Legumes, Biscuits)
- Baby clothes, diapers, wet wipes.
- Diapers for adults.
Aid materials to be collected by citizens, associations and organizations will be sent to the Consulate General of Ukraine in Thessaloniki to be delivered to Ukraine.
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Minister Restates Commitment to Sports Infrastructural Development
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare is elated with the return of competitive football to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
The newly rehabilitated pitch of the stadium, which was only recently handed over to the Ministry by the private company, Dangote Industries Group that fixed it, hosted a pre season tournament tagged 'Presidential Cup' over the weekend.
Speaking with newsmen after the final match of the tournament on Sunday, the Minister said the return of football to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja is confirmation of the commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to infrastructural development in all spheres of national life especially sports.
"This Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja is now an actualized dream," Dare opened up to the media, "This is what this administration is committed to. The next stop is Lagos.
"Look at the pre season tournament, the Presidential Cup, it was used to test this pitch, to make sure it comes alive fully.
"You can see the excitement in the footballers and their teams as a whole. We have now seen the impact of a good pitch on the game and we hope very soon this will also happen to the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos," Dare added.
Kano Pillars, Sunshine Stars, Akwa United and Lobi Stars, all Nigeria Professional Football League(NPFL)clubs, participated in the three day tournament played in round robin format.
Six matches were played in all, three by each team, with Kano Pillars emerging winners with two wins and a draw, Sunshine Stars finished second with two wins and a loss, Akwa United were third with a win, a draw and a loss while Lobi Stars, with three losses, finished in bottom place.
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package org.apache.spark.network.shuffle;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Uninterruptibles;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.apache.spark.network.buffer.ManagedBuffer;
import org.apache.spark.network.util.NettyUtils;
import org.apache.spark.network.util.TransportConf;

/**
 * Wraps another BlockFetcher with the ability to automatically retry fetches which fail due to
 * IOExceptions, which we hope are due to transient network conditions.
 *
 * This fetcher provides stronger guarantees regarding the parent BlockFetchingListener. In
 * particular, the listener will be invoked exactly once per blockId, with a success or failure.
 */
public class RetryingBlockFetcher {

  /**
   * Used to initiate the first fetch for all blocks, and subsequently for retrying the fetch on any
   * remaining blocks.
   */
  public interface BlockFetchStarter {
    /**
     * Creates a new BlockFetcher to fetch the given block ids which may do some synchronous
     * bootstrapping followed by fully asynchronous block fetching.
     * The BlockFetcher must eventually invoke the Listener on every input blockId, or else this
     * method must throw an exception.
     *
     * This method should always attempt to get a new TransportClient from the
     * {@link org.apache.spark.network.client.TransportClientFactory} in order to fix connection
     * issues.
     */
    void createAndStart(String[] blockIds, BlockFetchingListener listener)
         throws IOException, InterruptedException;
  }

  /** Shared executor service used for waiting and retrying. */
  private static final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(
    NettyUtils.createThreadFactory("Block Fetch Retry"));

  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RetryingBlockFetcher.class);

  /** Used to initiate new Block Fetches on our remaining blocks. */
  private final BlockFetchStarter fetchStarter;

  /** Parent listener which we delegate all successful or permanently failed block fetches to. */
  private final BlockFetchingListener listener;

  /** Max number of times we are allowed to retry. */
  private final int maxRetries;

  /** Milliseconds to wait before each retry. */
  private final int retryWaitTime;

  // NOTE:
  // All of our non-final fields are synchronized under 'this' and should only be accessed/mutated
  // while inside a synchronized block.
  /** Number of times we've attempted to retry so far. */
  private int retryCount = 0;

  /**
   * Set of all block ids which have not been fetched successfully or with a non-IO Exception.
   * A retry involves requesting every outstanding block. Note that since this is a LinkedHashSet,
   * input ordering is preserved, so we always request blocks in the same order the user provided.
   */
  private final LinkedHashSet<String> outstandingBlocksIds;

  /**
   * The BlockFetchingListener that is active with our current BlockFetcher.
   * When we start a retry, we immediately replace this with a new Listener, which causes all any
   * old Listeners to ignore all further responses.
   */
  private RetryingBlockFetchListener currentListener;

  public RetryingBlockFetcher(
      TransportConf conf,
      BlockFetchStarter fetchStarter,
      String[] blockIds,
      BlockFetchingListener listener) {
    this.fetchStarter = fetchStarter;
    this.listener = listener;
    this.maxRetries = conf.maxIORetries();
    this.retryWaitTime = conf.ioRetryWaitTimeMs();
    this.outstandingBlocksIds = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
    Collections.addAll(outstandingBlocksIds, blockIds);
    this.currentListener = new RetryingBlockFetchListener();
  }

  /**
   * Initiates the fetch of all blocks provided in the constructor, with possible retries in the
   * event of transient IOExceptions.
   */
  public void start() {
    fetchAllOutstanding();
  }

  /**
   * Fires off a request to fetch all blocks that have not been fetched successfully or permanently
   * failed (i.e., by a non-IOException).
   */
  private void fetchAllOutstanding() {
    // Start by retrieving our shared state within a synchronized block.
    String[] blockIdsToFetch;
    int numRetries;
    RetryingBlockFetchListener myListener;
    synchronized (this) {
      blockIdsToFetch = outstandingBlocksIds.toArray(new String[outstandingBlocksIds.size()]);
      numRetries = retryCount;
      myListener = currentListener;
    }

    // Now initiate the fetch on all outstanding blocks, possibly initiating a retry if that fails.
    try {
      fetchStarter.createAndStart(blockIdsToFetch, myListener);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      logger.error(String.format("Exception while beginning fetch of %s outstanding blocks %s",
        blockIdsToFetch.length, numRetries > 0 ? "(after " + numRetries + " retries)" : ""), e);

      if (shouldRetry(e)) {
        initiateRetry();
      } else {
        for (String bid : blockIdsToFetch) {
          listener.onBlockFetchFailure(bid, e);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Lightweight method which initiates a retry in a different thread. The retry will involve
   * calling fetchAllOutstanding() after a configured wait time.
   */
  private synchronized void initiateRetry() {
    retryCount += 1;
    currentListener = new RetryingBlockFetchListener();

    logger.info("Retrying fetch ({}/{}) for {} outstanding blocks after {} ms",
      retryCount, maxRetries, outstandingBlocksIds.size(), retryWaitTime);

    executorService.submit(() -> {
      Uninterruptibles.sleepUninterruptibly(retryWaitTime, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
      fetchAllOutstanding();
    });
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if we should retry due a block fetch failure. We will retry if and only if
   * the exception was an IOException and we haven't retried 'maxRetries' times already.
   */
  private synchronized boolean shouldRetry(Throwable e) {
    boolean isIOException = e instanceof IOException
      || (e.getCause() != null && e.getCause() instanceof IOException);
    boolean hasRemainingRetries = retryCount < maxRetries;
    return isIOException && hasRemainingRetries;
  }

  /**
   * Our RetryListener intercepts block fetch responses and forwards them to our parent listener.
   * Note that in the event of a retry, we will immediately replace the 'currentListener' field,
   * indicating that any responses from non-current Listeners should be ignored.
   */
  private class RetryingBlockFetchListener implements BlockFetchingListener {
    @Override
    public void onBlockFetchSuccess(String blockId, ManagedBuffer data) {
      // We will only forward this success message to our parent listener if this block request is
      // outstanding and we are still the active listener.
      boolean shouldForwardSuccess = false;
      synchronized (RetryingBlockFetcher.this) {
        if (this == currentListener && outstandingBlocksIds.contains(blockId)) {
          outstandingBlocksIds.remove(blockId);
          shouldForwardSuccess = true;
        }
      }

      // Now actually invoke the parent listener, outside of the synchronized block.
      if (shouldForwardSuccess) {
        listener.onBlockFetchSuccess(blockId, data);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void onBlockFetchFailure(String blockId, Throwable exception) {
      // We will only forward this failure to our parent listener if this block request is
      // outstanding, we are still the active listener, AND we cannot retry the fetch.
      boolean shouldForwardFailure = false;
      synchronized (RetryingBlockFetcher.this) {
        if (this == currentListener && outstandingBlocksIds.contains(blockId)) {
          if (shouldRetry(exception)) {
            initiateRetry();
          } else {
            logger.error(String.format("Failed to fetch block %s, and will not retry (%s retries)",
              blockId, retryCount), exception);
            outstandingBlocksIds.remove(blockId);
            shouldForwardFailure = true;
          }
        }
      }

      // Now actually invoke the parent listener, outside of the synchronized block.
      if (shouldForwardFailure) {
        listener.onBlockFetchFailure(blockId, exception);
      }
    }
  }
}

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It's time again for the Insecure Writer's Support Group! Posts go up the first Wednesday of each month (except tomorrow is a holiday, so we're posting a day early). Read more posts and/or join in here.
I'm still fretting over finishing Faebourne.
Question of the Month: What are your ultimate writing goals, and how have they changed over time (if at all)?
Well, ideally I'd be producing more than one title per year, since generating new content seems to be the one solid way of making any money as a writer these days. And I'd like to make money—well, more than I do now. I should probably set a concrete number; they say that's the best way to set a goal and therefore be satisfied when you finally hit it. I think it's so very important for authors do set their own, personal definitions of success, else it's easy to always feel like a failure. Having concrete, quantifiable goals helps you feel successful in the long run.
So many other authors already do these things (and much more) . . . But as they say, comparison is the thief of joy. I can only hope to do better than myself, not as well as or better than anyone else.
I think when I started, I had no specific goals except to get my work out there. And you know what? I was happier when I didn't have set expectations. But I don't think I can avoid having expectations at this point, and hopes. Unfortunately, these often lead to disappointment. And I find myself less enthusiastic about writing the more pressure there is to produce and perform. Hmm. Maybe I should go back to having no goals after all. Or, rather, maybe my goal should be to just write for the fun of it again.


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Vikas Khanna's 'The Last Color' Set To Release In Theatres On Dec. 11
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INDIA: Having garnered accolades at prestigious international film festivals, cinephiles in the country are set to witness the directorial debut of Michelin Star Indian Chef Vikas Khanna, The Last Color, starring Neena Gupta on the big screen. Produced by House of Omkar, Jitendra Mishra, Poonam Kaul and Bindu Khanna, it promises to be a December to remember as the film comes home to India on December 11, exclusively at PVR Cinemas. The motion poster for the movie was launched earlier today.
The film, based in Benaras, traces the story of a nine-year-old flower seller and tightrope walker Chhoti who befriends Noor, a 70-year-old widow living a colorless life of abstinence. As Chhoti promises hope to Noor in this story of friendship, commitment and victory of the human spirit, Noor encourages the brave little girl to face life by "flying high" with courage, education, and dignity. Twenty-four years later, Chhoti becomes an advocate and fights for the societal reforms that will bring about the rehabilitation of both street children and widows. The film is a story of promises kept and broken, a friendship that knows no bounds and the freedom and victory of the human spirit.
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With cinemas having recently opened up for movie lovers, audiences are set to see a story that showcases the indomitable spirit of the two lead protagonists looking to find hope and promise in their colourless lives. In what is certainly going to make for an enlightening watch, the announcement of the film was made via a newly-launched motion poster piquing the interest of the viewers and cinephiles. With the uplifting message of hope being a core element of the film, the motion poster communicates the same as one sees a blurred black and white picture of Neena Gupta turn into a clear and coloured picture as a splash of pink is smeared on it.
Director Vikas Khanna excitedly states, "The journey of The Last Color has indeed been a long and eventful one. The love and appreciation and acclaim showered onto us over the past one year is extremely humbling. Having travelled the whole world and taken the film onto the global stage, it indeed feels overwhelming to bring the film to its roots – India and have a theatrical release for audiences back home. This cinematic narrative is very close to my heart and after years of passionate effort and perseverance, I am humbled to share it with you".
Lead protagonist Neena Gupta shares, "The Last Color has a silver lining of light and hope. It's been an incredible journey right from the very beginning. The film has truly left an indelible mark on me and it feels wonderful to have the film finally releasing in India. While it has been humbling to witness the love and appreciation from our international audience, we hope to receive the same appreciation from our Indian viewers too".
The first look of the film was unveiled at Cannes International Film Festival while the world premiere of The Last Color was at the prestigious Palm Springs International Film Festival. Since then the film has travelled to various film festivals – Dallas International Film Festival, Woodstock International Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, New York India International Film Festival, River To River Festival, Florence and many more, finally, we had the India premiere at the 21st MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival in Oct 2019. Special screening at United Nations Headquarters in New York was another big feather in the cap and was closely followed by a theatrical release in Los Angeles, finally, the film making it to the Eligibility List for Oscars 2020.
The film has won awards and received raving reviews from audiences and critics alike having done exceptionally well at prestigious international film festivals and winning numerous awards such as Best Feature Film Awards, Audience Choice & Director Vision Award also bagging the Best Film award at Echo Brics FF 2020.
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