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package com.dremio.service.jobs;

import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.ACCELERATOR_CREATE;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.ACCELERATOR_DROP;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.ACCELERATOR_EXPLAIN;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.FLIGHT;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.INTERNAL_ICEBERG_METADATA_DROP;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.JDBC;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.METADATA_REFRESH;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.ODBC;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.PREPARE_INTERNAL;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.REST;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UI_EXPORT;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UI_INITIAL_PREVIEW;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UI_INTERNAL_PREVIEW;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UI_INTERNAL_RUN;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UI_PREVIEW;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UI_RUN;
import static com.dremio.service.job.proto.QueryType.UNKNOWN;

import java.util.Map;

import com.dremio.datastore.SearchQueryUtils;
import com.dremio.datastore.SearchTypes.SearchFieldSorting;
import com.dremio.datastore.SearchTypes.SearchQuery;
import com.dremio.datastore.indexed.FilterIndexMapping;
import com.dremio.datastore.indexed.IndexKey;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;

/**
 * keys used to search/sort jobs
 */
public final class JobIndexKeys {
  private JobIndexKeys() {}

  public static final String UI = "UI";
  public static final String EXTERNAL = "EXTERNAL";
  public static final String ACCELERATION = "ACCELERATION";
  public static final String INTERNAL = "INTERNAL";
  public static final String DOWNLOAD = "DOWNLOAD";
  public static final String DAILY_JOBS = "DAILY_JOBS";
  public static final String USER_JOBS = "USER_JOBS";

  public static final SearchQuery UI_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_PREVIEW.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_EXPORT.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_RUN.toString()));

  public static final SearchQuery EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", ODBC.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", JDBC.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", REST.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", FLIGHT.toString()));

  public static final SearchQuery UI_EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
      UI_JOBS_FILTER,
      EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER);

  public static final SearchQuery UI_EXTERNAL_RUN_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_RUN.toString()),
      EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER);

  public static final SearchQuery ACCELERATION_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", ACCELERATOR_CREATE.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", ACCELERATOR_EXPLAIN.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", ACCELERATOR_DROP.toString()));

  public static final SearchQuery INTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_INTERNAL_PREVIEW.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_INTERNAL_RUN.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_INITIAL_PREVIEW.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", PREPARE_INTERNAL.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", METADATA_REFRESH.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", INTERNAL_ICEBERG_METADATA_DROP.toString()),
      SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UNKNOWN.toString()));

  public static final SearchQuery DOWNLOAD_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.newTermQuery("QUERY_TYPE", UI_EXPORT.toString());

  public static final SearchQuery DAILY_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
    UI_JOBS_FILTER,
    EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER,
    ACCELERATION_JOBS_FILTER,
    INTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER);

  public static final SearchQuery USER_JOBS_FILTER = SearchQueryUtils.or(
    UI_JOBS_FILTER,
    EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER);

  private static final Map<String, SearchQuery> QUERY_TYPE_FILTERS = ImmutableMap.of(
      UI, UI_JOBS_FILTER,
      EXTERNAL, EXTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER,
      ACCELERATION, ACCELERATION_JOBS_FILTER,
      INTERNAL, INTERNAL_JOBS_FILTER,
      DOWNLOAD, DOWNLOAD_JOBS_FILTER,
      DAILY_JOBS, DAILY_JOBS_FILTER,
      USER_JOBS, USER_JOBS_FILTER
  );
  // Map short form to fields in search index. (This is done to keep url short)
  // Keep it short 2-3 letters.
  // Reserved keywords: gt, lt, le, ge, eq
  // Set sortable if jobs can sort by that field. Make sure to add DocValues during indexing.
  public static final IndexKey JOBID = IndexKey.newBuilder("job", "JOBID", String.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.STRING)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .setStored(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey USER = IndexKey.newBuilder("usr", "USER", String.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.STRING)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey SPACE = IndexKey.newBuilder("spc", "SPACE", String.class)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey DATASET = IndexKey.newBuilder("ds", "DATASET", String.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.STRING)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey DATASET_VERSION = IndexKey.newBuilder("dsv", "DATASET_VERSION", String.class)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey START_TIME = IndexKey.newBuilder("st", "START_TIME", Long.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.LONG)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey END_TIME = IndexKey.newBuilder("et", "END_TIME", Long.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.LONG)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey DURATION = IndexKey.newBuilder("dur", "DURATION", Long.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.LONG)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey PARENT_DATASET = IndexKey.newBuilder("pds", "PARENT_DATASET", String.class)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .setCanContainMultipleValues(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey JOB_STATE = IndexKey.newBuilder("jst", "JOB_STATE", String.class)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey SQL = IndexKey.newBuilder("sql", "SQL", String.class)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey QUERY_TYPE = IndexKey.newBuilder("qt", "QUERY_TYPE", String.class)
    .setReservedValues(QUERY_TYPE_FILTERS)
    .setCanContainMultipleValues(false)
    .build();
  public static final IndexKey QUEUE_NAME = IndexKey.newBuilder("qn", "QUEUE_NAME", String.class)
    .setSortedValueType(SearchFieldSorting.FieldType.STRING)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .build();
  // index all dataset this job accessed.
  public static final IndexKey ALL_DATASETS = IndexKey.newBuilder("ads", "ALL_DATASETS", String.class)
    .setIncludeInSearchAllFields(true)
    .setCanContainMultipleValues(true)
    .build();
  public static final FilterIndexMapping MAPPING = new FilterIndexMapping(JOBID, USER, SPACE, DATASET, DATASET_VERSION, START_TIME,
    END_TIME, DURATION, PARENT_DATASET, JOB_STATE, SQL, QUERY_TYPE, QUEUE_NAME, ALL_DATASETS);
}

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One of the most wonderful parts about taking the leap to get an office for Design*Sponge this year was getting a chance to meet with other artists, business owners and creative people in our neighborhood. Running a blog, even with a team, can be a pretty isolating endeavor (lots of couch time over face time) and I've really relished the chance encounters that have occurred because of our new space. One of which was getting to meet the incredible team behind the artisanal tea company, Bellocq. We had no idea they were in Brooklyn, let alone next door to our building, so when we stumbled upon their exquisite tea atelier (stay tuned for a sneak peek later today!) during Atlas Obscura's Field Day, we were instantly smitten. A few days later Amy and Max were at the tea salon photographing the space and stocking up on delicious teas and their trademark yellow and silver containers.
So as I wrap up the last three shows of my radio season for 2012, I wanted to invite this creative group to come talk about the passion behind their project, their love of tea culture and the way they've used their creative backgrounds to launch a new brand that seems to have been a huge success from day one. Yesterday Bellocq's co-founders, Heidi Johannsen Stewart, Michael Shannon and Scott Stewart, joined me to talk about the inspiration for their company, the incredible aesthetic behind the brand and all of the things that inspire them to embrace the lifestyle of tea culture from top to bottom. I'm always incredibly inspired by people who clearly live and breath every aspect of their work (from concept and packaging to the actual quality of the product) and Bellocq is a wonderful example of that. I hope you'll enjoy their interview- and stay tuned for a tour of their gorgeous Greenpoint tea atelier later today! xo, grace
"We wanted a product that caught your eye immediately — that you wanted to touch. Then, also the tea itself had to be the finest quality tea we could find. It needed to be a complete immerse experience."
-Heidi Johannsen Stewart of Bellocq
"We're very much tea people, but we're also about lifestyle. In the tea world, there's this style of person that only likes tea and we're not like that. We want to open the experience up to everybody. We try to take all the snobbery out of tea."
-Michael Shannon of Bellocq
"There's a slightly slower speed to tea than to coffee. The caffeine effect is more subtle. It guides you into this really relaxed, sharing kind of spirit, and I love that about tea." [17:00]
-Scott Stewart of Bellocq
Original article on Design*Sponge
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Oneontans protested for peace before WWII
To most, anti-war protests on college campuses and communities are thought of as generally happening in the late 1960s and early '70s, or perhaps as recently as 2003, when the Iraq war began. However, efforts to keep peace and be neutral in world affairs were alive and active in 1935.
Italian and Ethiopian troops had been skirmishing for a few months while Adolf Hitler had introduced military conscription in Germany in the early months of that year. The U.S. was watching and hoping to not get involved in what was looking to become a major world war.
Around the nation on Friday, April 12, 1935, thousands of college and high school students raised their voices in protest against war, walking out of classes and marching in their communities. Not everyone liked this idea and gathered to counter the demonstrations.
In Oneonta, students at Hartwick College participated in the national demonstration. Students at the Oneonta Normal School did not, and were critical of what they called their "friends on the other hill."
Sticks, stones, eggs and stench bombs were hurled on some protesters in other cities, but for the most part, Oneonta's demonstration was very calm and orderly.
"Despite wet streets and a steady drizzle of rain from 11 until 12 o'clock yesterday," reported The Oneonta Star on April 13, "a turnout of nearly 100 per cent of the students of Hartwick college participated "¦ The group assembled at the college building at 11 o'clock. Coming down Oyaron hill to West street, the marchers proceeded down Center to Church, from Church to Chestnut, then to Main street. On Main the group proceeded to Elm street and turned up Elm to Center, where it crossed to Maple and continued to the Normal school "¦ After a rousing cheer the group returned to Center street where it disbanded exactly on the stroke of 12 o'clock."
There were about 300 students marching in the parade. Others drove floats that had been constructed by the students. Officials of Hartwick had sanctioned the event and dismissed classes just before 11 a.m.
"Occasional cheers, patriotic songs and school songs, and occasional blasts on the horns of the automobiles at the end of the line were the only audible evidence of the demonstration."
Debate regarding the demonstration, however, carried over in both the Hartwick and Normal School publications.
The Pen Dragon, Oneonta Normal's publication, on April 29, 1935, took a shot at Hartwick's participation in the nationwide event, calling it ""¦ a brave, perhaps commendable, probably futile gesture, instigated by a group of centralized idealists in the supposed interest of humanity."
The publication took exception to a sign carried in the Hartwick parade that said, "To Hell With War."
"With that charming naivet our friends-on-the-other-hill indict the god of War, forgetting that Mars is immortal. We wonder how many of the paraders were marching because of deep-seated, carefully thought out pacifistic convictions "" and how many were there merely for the fun of it,' or because it was a good way of getting excused from 11 o'clock classes."
Oneonta Normal School students were not excused from classes that day.
Hilltops of Hartwick responded in its May 17 edition, poking fun at the fact that the Pen Dragon was running full color advertisements for tobacco products on its back covers.
"The whole piece of literature' was under a Bolshevikish drawing of Mars, forever supreme "¦ It is indeed a pity that the taxpayers of this state must pay good money to educate those who have a kink in their minds that enable them to scoff at our participation "¦ to do away with the senseless slaughter of millions for the benefits of a few unscrupulous men.
"But if we do have to have war, it is no more than right that those who jeer at efforts to secure peace be the first to go."
Efforts to enhance peace continued later that year in Oneonta, as peace bonds went on sale at most city churches and businesses, sponsored by the National Council for Prevention of War. The bonds went on sale for the first time on Monday, Dec. 9.
Many citizens expressed their interest in the venture. According to The Oneonta Star, "It was pointed out that, while these citizens did not all agree on the best means at arriving at world peace, they were all deeply interested in the final achievement of this end."
On Monday: The dedication of Unatego High School, a long time in the making.
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The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based 'Sri Lankan' Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a 'counter-insurgency' role. The Central Bank is deploying the provisions of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act, No. 6 of 2006 (FTRA), which was gazetted by the former regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa, for financial surveillance on Eezham Tamils, both in the homeland and in the Diaspora. The Central Bank of the unitary State system has become another Colombo-centric authority to wage structural genocide against Eezham Tamils with a sophisticated global network as well as sharing intelligence and surveillance with the military and police of the genocidal State.
The latest move by the FIU targets to rigid step-up controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) further compromising the independence of community organisations in the North-East to interact with the Tamil diaspora in receiving financial assistance, informed civil sources in the East told TamilNet this week.
Established as an institution under the SL Ministry of Finance and Planning under Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2006, the FIU was brought under the Central Bank as a department in February 2007.
FIUs operations are two-fold: Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT).
All independent political and development work carried out by native organisations in the North-East is seen as potential 'terrorism' by the unitary State.
Even the activities of democratically elected Northern Provincial Council (NPC) are given such interpretation in the South. (A concrete example of this attitude came to light in the manner Colombo responded to a move by NPC Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran who wanted to establish Chief Minister's Fund as an independent mechanism of funding rehabilitation and alternative development work in the Northern Province).
Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy, a Colombo-based 'Sri Lankan' Tamil with dual British citizenship, was appointed as the Governor of the CBSL in July 2016. He is also the Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Coordinating Committee.
At the operational level, the FIU is tasked with prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of offences categorised as 'money laundering' and 'terrorist financing'.
The data systems of Banking, Customs, Military and Police Surveillance, Immigration and Emigration are being connected into a common information system framework by the FIU at the island- regional- and at international level.
D. M. Rupasinghe, a Sinhalese is the current director of the FIU.
Since 2007, the FIU has put in place a sophisticated network of counter-insurgency surveillance through framework agreements and training conducted outside the island.
Global financial institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank have been advising the Central Bank, which is satisfying the needs of the genocidal Agent State through putting in place a global surveillance framework, designed to keep Eezham Tamils and their Diaspora suppressed from evolving its economy and development at grassroots level.
Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN / USA), Australian Financial Transactions and Analysis Centre, Transaction Reports and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, Financial Intelligence Unit of Belgium and Financial Intelligence Unit of Denmark are some of the institutions from the host countries of Tamil diaspora.
The FIU has also signed MoUs with Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority, Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Russia), Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office of Singapore and Financial Intelligence Unit of Bank Negara Malaysia amongst others.
The Sub-Group on Combating the Financing of Terrorism of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was playing a role in strengthening ties of the 'Sri Lankan' FIU at the regional level.
Former Central Bank Governor, Arjuna Mahendran (January 2015 - June 2016), who is also a Colombo-based 'Sri Lankan' Tamil, was later named as a suspect in the infamous multi-million dollar bond scam, was last seen in Singapore, where he is having a dual citizenship.
The emergence of the FIU, the modus operandi of the British and Singapore linked 'Tamil' governors of CBSL and the global engineering behind it need further perusal. The Tamil organisations in the homeland as well as in the Tamil diaspora need a deeper understanding of the origins of the 'Sri Lankan' discourse promoted by the foreign powers. Eezham Tamils need to conceive alternatives in an informed manner without living in a world of self-deception with the attitude of cats closing their eyes while drinking the milk.
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Auschwitz and Birkenau Tour
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Visit two of Europe's most powerful historic Holocaust sites in a single day with this tour that includes time-saving transportation from Krakow. Learn about the significance and history of the infamous Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps from your guide as you visit the former barracks, crematorium, and gas chambers. Pause at the memorial to the more than 1 million victims who died here before the return ride to Krakow.
Time-saving coach transportation to visit both Auschwitz and Birkenau
Insights about the history of these camps with a guided tour
Admission tickets to both sites included
View original barracks, crematoriums, and gas chambers
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Fast-Track Ticket & Guided Tour No Transfers
icon3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Make your own way to the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in your own vehicle or by public transport (bus or train). The journey from Krakow takes approximately 1.5 hours. When you arrive, meet your host who will give you the ticket and join you to the group. Skip the queue line with pre-booked entrance and pass through the airport security-style check before entering the Memorial. Inside the Auschwitz I museum, participate in a guided walking tour with a professional certified educator for approximately 1.45-2.00 hours. After that, take a free shuttle bus to the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) memorial for a 1-hour guided walking tour. Please be aware that the lunch break is only about 10 minutes, so it is advisable if you bring a packed lunch with you. After this, walk around on your own and spend time as long as you want inside Auschwitz-Birkenau II. Return to your hotel by bus, car or train yourself (transport is not included in the price).
3 hours&nbsp30 minutes
Fast Track Entrance Ticket to Auschwitz Birkenau with Guide
Book your direct entrance ticket to Auschwitz Museum and Birkenau • Listen stories for official Auschwitz memorial guide • Visit the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Skip the Line Entry Ticket & Guided Tour (Without Transport)
Pickup offered
If you're interested in learning more about the history of Poland, then the tragic events of World War II are important to understand. With this fast-track ticket, gain entry to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum—a former concentration camp during Nazi-occupied Poland. After passing through security, enter the museum with a pre-booked ticket, to reduce time waiting in lines. Then, follow a guide for a guided tour to learn more about the grounds and its exhibits.
Visit a former concentration camp during World War II Nazi-occupied Poland
Get inside Auschwitz-Birkenau more quickly with pre-booked fast-track entry
Learn more about the events of World War II through guide commentary
Visit two sites in a day—the museum and Auschwitz II Birkenau
Auschwitz & Birkenau Live Guide Tour Entrance Ticket
iconOffered in: English
Gain a better understanding for the happenings of WWII during this Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Tour. This guided tour is led by a museum guide that knows the most about the exhibits and the facts of the historical events that went on at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Plus, a shuttle bus drives you between the concentration camps during your tour.
Secure your spot on a guided tour at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
An official memorial and museum guide knows every detail to share with you
Hear the commentary clearly with provided headphones
This tour package comes with your Auschwitz-Birkenau admission ticket too
Ticket Pass and Guided Tour in Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
Funded by the Nazi party in 1940, Auschwitz-Birkenau became both a symbol of human suffering and a witness to physical and emotional exhaustion. Learn about history of the largest concentration camp from the Second World War with a professional licensed guide provided by the Auschwitz - Birkenau Museum. Our host will meet you at the entrance to the museum with pre-booked entrance ticket (in front of the restaurant which is located nearby Auschwitz I Entrance). You will pass a security check before entering the museum. The first part of visiting the museum takes approximately from 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes. Between the first and second part, there is a 10-15 minutes break (we recommend having packed lunch with you). After that, take the bus for the second part: Auschwitz II Birkenau, where you will spend around 60 minutes with the same guide.
Auschwitz-Birkenau - Skip the Line Tickets
This tour is perfect for people arriving to Auschwitz Museum by private or public transport. You will be met in Auschwitz I Museum by a local host who will accompany you into the museum where the official Auschwitz-Birkenau guide will be waiting for you to guide you through Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II–Birkenau in a group of up to 30 people. You will visit one of the most horrific places in human history Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, a symbol of genocide, terror and holocaust. The total duration of the tour is approximately 4 hours. You will spend 1,5-2 hours at Auschwitz and 60-90 minutes at Birkenau with short break in between.
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Entry Ticket with Guided Tour
Visit former Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II (Birkenau) where more than milion people were killed during the Second World War. Dear traveler, from March 2020 there is a new law in Auschwitz-Birkenau and booking with a lot of time in advance is the only way to be sure about going on this tour. Buying the ticket directly there is almost impossible. The given start time is approximate and can be changed - it will be confirmed 2 or 1 day before the tour. Private tours include 20 languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian and Polish.
Auschwitz-Birkenau Full-Day Guided Tour from Krakow (various tour options)
A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau may be a shocking experience, but every person should see this concentration camp at least once in their lifetime and face the terrifying story of the Holocaust, as well as attempt to read human emotions inside the camp. This is not an ordinary tour. Entering Auschwitz-Birkenau you will get the impression that for several years hell was located in this very place. Hunger, medical experiments, terror, exhausting work, diseases, executions, gas chambers, Zyklon B - all these were experienced by the people who had been brought here. Visiting the camp brings back the memory of those events, the genocide and the Holocaust. The atrocity that took place here makes you shudder. It also gives a lot to think about. Auschwitz has not fallen from the sky - do not be indifferent. Highlights • Gate with "Arbeit macht frei" sign • Brick camp barracks • Wall of Death • Gas chamber and crematorium • International Monument dedicated to the Victims of the Camp
3-Hour Auschwitz Birkenau Guided Tour Fast Track Priority Ticket
Entrance ticket provides fast lane priority entrance to the museum and attandace in professional guided tour in english in both Camps: Auschwitz I and Birkenau.
Private Departure Transfer: from Auschwitz Birkenau Museum to Krakow
Wondering how to get to your hotel in Krakow or to Airport Balice from Auschwitz? It's easy! Book the transfer and a professional chauffeur driver will be waiting for you with in Auschwitz Museum (Restaurant by the Auschwitz Museum), 20 Wiezniow Oswiecimia street and will take you with all safety measures straight to your hotel or Balice Airport.
Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial - Guided Tour Entrance Ticket
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Auschwitz-Birkenau and its memorials. View the remains of barracks, watchtowers, gas chambers, and fences at the concentration camp - professional guide sensitively portrays the horrors of the Holocaust as you tour the barracks. Auschwitz - Birkenau Museum reveals one of the most (in)famous periods of humankind history. Every year millions of tourists visit Auschwitz and walk through the gate with an inscription: "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work sets you free). It is said that this place is a symbol of what nationalism can lead to. Prisoners lived in horrible conditions with 700 kcal per day, forced to work over their strength. It is a must-see during Krakow visit.
National Museum Auschwitz & Birkenau 5-8 people
icon5 to 7 hours (approx.)
Learn about an unforgettable chapter in history with a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. After convenient hotel pick-up, travel to Oświęcim, Poland, the site of German concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Deepen your knowledge of the Holocaust as you tour the grounds with a local guide.
Go on a private tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum with a private group of up to four people. Get more from a private experience where a guide is focused on you and you'll beat the tourist-filled group tours. Hear about the history of the site and have a chance to ask questions, too. Round-trip transport from Krakow is included.
Guarantee your visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Get more from a private tour with a private guide focused on just your group
Learn about the site of WWII's most sensitive and serious events
Round-trip transport from Krakow with hotel pickup and drop-off included
Auschwitz&Birkenau and Salt Mine in one day
icon8 to 12 hours (approx.)
Start the trip by picking up you from any place in Krakow. Head to Auschwitz and visit the most famous concentration camp. Travel in time to II World War and see what it brought. After Auschwitz the next stop is Salt Mine. Get under the ground and the Salt Mine. Then head back to Krakow.
Private Full Day Excursion to Auschwitz from Krakow with Hotel Pick-up
We'll pick you up at the meeting point we previously agree on and once in Auschwitz you will meet your official tour guide for a group guided tour (they do not allow private tours inside). Actually Auschwitz, comprises three concentration camps in all its extension. The first was built for the purpose of housing political prisoners, but this was changing over time, as your private guide will explain in more detail. This complex is where the so-called "hunger cells" are located, where hundreds of prisoners died of starvation. Auschwitz II- Birkenau, is the second complex to which we will arrive after traveling a short distance, it is still today the site of the crematoriums and the gas chamber. This complex was created with the aim of being "the final solution to the Jewish problem", and in reality it is a complex of death. Auschwitz III- Monowitz practically no longer exists, but it was a forced labor prison. At the end of the tour, your private driver will take you back to Krakow.
Round-Trip Balice Airport Transfers with Auschwitz Birkenau Museum Half-Day Trip
Enjoy a hassle-free arrival and departure in Krakow with this round-trip airport transfer service that also includes transportation and entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during your stay in Krakow. Meet your driver at Krakow Airport Balice, and relax on the journey to your accommodation; at the end of your trip, you'll be picked up for the return drive to the airport. During the Auschwitz tour, visit the museum, watch a documentary film and learn about its history and horror that took place here during World War II.
Round-trip Krakow airport transfer with Auschwitz tour
Enjoy transportation from Krakow Airport Balice to your hotel, and then back to the airport at the end of your trip
Avoid waiting for taxis at the airport
Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi concentration camp complex
Auschwitz and Salt Mine 5-8 people in one day
Auschwitz&Birkenau and Salt Mine one day trip
National Auschwitz Museum and Salt Mine in one day 5-8 people
icon10 to 12 hours (approx.)
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A Love Story by Émile Zola
by Shiny New Books	| Posted on November 14, 2017 May 9, 2020
Translated by Helen Constantine
Reviewed by Harriet
Here on Shiny we've reviewed several of the new Oxford World Classics editions of the novels of Émile Zola: Money, Earth and The Conquest of Plassans. All three form part of the twenty-one volumes of what is known as the Rougon-Macquart series, published between 1871 and 1893. A Love Story (Une page d'Amour), the eighth in the series, appeared in 1878. Zola's purpose in the series was to show the effects of heredity and environment on the development of members of a family in which respectable bourgeois hard-workers, the Rougons, intermarry with dissolute ne'er-do-wells, the Macquarts. Many of the novels show the results of this in violent and disturbing ways, and shocked Zola's early readers by their depictions of vice and sexuality. You won't find much of what Victoria, in a BookBuzz article, called 'racy and sordid' in A Love Story, but the theme of heredity is still present: the child protagonist, Jeanne, has inherited her mental instability from her mentally-disturbed grandmother Aunt Dide.
Interesting though all this is, you don't need to have read any of the previous novels to enjoy this one, which is in any case different in its themes and approaches from the rest of the series. It tells the story of a young widow, Hélène Grandjean, who has moved from Marseilles to an apartment in Plassy, a Paris suburb, with her nervous, delicate eleven-year-old daughter Jeanne. Widowed for eighteen months, Hélène has been living a quiet life, taking care of Jeanne and attended by her loyal maid Rosalie. Her only social event has been her weekly dinner with her husband's friends, Abbé Jouve and his brother, the rather dull middle-aged businessman Rambeau. All this is about to change, though, as the novel starts with Jeanne suffering a serious seizure, from which she is saved by Dr Henri Deberle, who lives next door. When Hélène goes to thank him for his help, she meets his lively young wife Juliette, who quickly draws her into her social circle. Meanwhile, Abbé Jouve suggests to her that she should visit an impoverished woman, one of his parishoners, known as Mother Fétu, who lives in a squalid hovel nearby. While there, she meets Deberle, and the two become increasingly attracted to each other. Eventually, during a chidren's party at the Deberles, the doctor declares his love for her. She's confused at first, realising she's falling in love with him, and tries to resist, until another of Jeanne's serious attacks brings them into daily contact. When Jeanne finally recovers, Hélène declares her love for the doctor, and finally, finding themselves alone together through a series of circumstances, they make passionate love. But Jeanne has intuited her mother's attachment to the doctor, and deliberately makes herself gravely ill again, and, let's just say, things do not end well.
So, I'd say the title of the novel is somewhat ironic. Hélène and Deberle certainly fall in something, but is it love? A powerful physical attraction seems to play a large part in it. As Hélène is starting to have feelings for the doctor, she realises that she never really loved her rather dull husband, and when the Abbé tells her that his brother wants to marry her, she's appalled: 'the idea that he loved her makes her freeze'. She's certainly ready for a more fulfilling relationship. But she tries initially to fight her feelings for Deberle, turning instead to religious devotion. She feels confused and out of her depth in the social circle of the doctor's wife Juliette, who, she discovers, is engaged in a an intense flirtation with their friend Malignon, who is clearly a womaniser. And Juliette is not alone in toying with ideas of adultery, as Hélène discovers through the conversations of the fashionable women who attend Juliette's parties: in this circle, it seems that having a lover, 'cheerful, insouciant adultery', is the acceptable norm. Hélène's provincial values are shaken and shocked by all this, making it all the more painful and problematic to find herself so deeply engaged with Deberle. But when she finally gives herself to him, the experience is overwhelmingly powerful:
They were far from the world, a thousand leagues away from the earth. And this forgetfulness of the bonds that attached them to beings and things was so absolute they seemed to have been born there at that moment and would die there in a little while when they took each other in their arms.
At the end of the novel, though, she has repudiated all the feelings she has for the doctor and returned to her state of what we might call denial: 'she became calm again, without desire, without curiosity, continuing slowly forward on the dead straight path'.
We should also not forget the part Jeanne plays in all this. Her attachment to her mother is almost alarmingly intense. Hélène is all in all to her, as her delicate health has prevented her going to school or forming a circle of friends. It's clear that she's hovering on the brink of adolescence, and her awakening sexuality makes her especially sensitive to the growing passion between her mother and the doctor. Seeing Deberle as a rival for her mother's love, she turns against them both and seeks refuge in the uncomplicated affection of the Abbé's brother Rambeau. And, although Jeanne obviously does have severe health problems – she's almost certainly tubercular, though this is never spelled out – there's a powerful psychosomatic component there too, and she seems to will herself into what ultimately will be her final illness.
There's so much to love and admire about this novel, which has rarely appeared in an English translation (the last one was 1957). Another remarkable feature is the extended descriptions of the landscape of Paris as it appears from Hélène's suburban balcony. Equivalent to the cityscapes produced by Zola's contemporaries the Impressionists, they act as introductions to the four parts of the novel, each one evoking a different mood of the city to reflect the changing emotional states of the protagonists: sunrise at the start, as Hélène's feelings awake; brilliant light as she is drawn into passion; a tremendous storm for the consummation scene; and cold snow at the end to echo her sad future. This would be a great novel for an intelligent book group as there so much to discuss.
Harriet is one of the editors of Shiny New Books.
Émile Zola, A Love Story, trans. Helen Constantine (Oxford University Press, 2017). 978-0198728641, 304pp., paperback original.
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È detto Graziano il Vecchio per distinguerlo da suo nipote, l'imperatore romano Graziano.

Origini
Graziano proveniva da un'oscura famiglia cristiana originaria della città di Cibalae o Cibalis, nel sud della Pannonia (l'attuale Vinkovci, Croazia). Qui Graziano sembra aver sposato una donna del posto, da cui ebbe due figli: Valentiniano (321-375) e Valente (328-378).

La Pannonia forniva all'esercito romano molti soldati ed ufficiali, e Graziano intraprese la carriera militare, la quale permetteva anche a chi non proveniva da una famiglia importante di salire la scala sociale, se dotato di capacità. Da giovane si era guadagnato il soprannome di Funarius quando aveva impedito a cinque soldati di strappargli una fune dalle mani; anche successivamente Graziano curò questa sua immagine di uomo estremamente forte, sfidando chiunque a strappargli delle mele dalle mani, come faceva il lottatore Milone di Crotone. La sua forza e la sua capacità nella lotta lo aiutarono ad essere scelto per i protectores domestici, comandante della guardia del corpo imperiale, all'inizio degli anni 320.

Poco dopo l'ingresso nei protectores, fu promosso al rango di comes Africae; la nomina deve essere avvenuta tra la nascita di Valentiniano e quella di Valente, dato che il primogenito seguì Graziano in Africa. Graziano fu accusato di peculato, e rimosso dall'incarico; tornò allora in Pannonia, dove acquistò una proprietà. Ad ogni modo, al momento dell'ascesa al trono di Costante I (337), Graziano fu riabilitato. La sua carriera militare terminò prima del 351 d.C. quando lo si ritrova all'interno delle sue proprietà cibalensi accusato di aver trattenuto presunti rapporti con l'usurpatore Magnenzio. Le sfortune di Graziano influenzeranno la successiva carriera militare del figlio Valentiniano I.

Fu probabilmente nel 343, in occasione della visita di Costante in Britannia, che Graziano fu nominato comes Britanniarum, con l'incarico di ricostruire le fortificazioni e controllare la frontiera.

È noto che nel 351 Graziano aveva già terminato il proprio incarico ed era tornato in Pannonia: in quell'anno, infatti, la regione fu coinvolta nella guerra civile tra Costanzo II (fratello di Costante) e Magnenzio (che aveva ucciso Costante l'anno prima), e la sua proprietà fu devastata.

Morì prima del 367, anno in cui il vicario d'Africa gli dedicò una statua alla memoria e dopo il 364, anno in cui Valentiniano e Valente salirono al trono. A Costantinopoli fu eretta una statua in suo onore.

Note

Bibliografia
 Lenski, Noel Emmanuel (2002). Failure of empire: Valens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D.. University of California Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-520-23332-4
M. Raimondi, Valentiniano I e la scelta dell'Occidente, Dell'Orso, Alessandria, 2001.

Dinastia valentiniana
Comites Africae
Comites Britanniae

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Q: Null pointer exception on the contact object when trying to add the contact object to customlist What is happening here is that when contact object is instantiated it shows to be null object. Also the i have checked the JSON data and it confirms out, so till the text initialization it seems to work. PLS HELP
Here is the exception log
Process: com.compscitutorials.basigarcia.navigationdrawervideotutorial, PID:  9369
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
ComponentInfo{com.compscitutorials.basigarcia.navigationdrawervideotutorial/mini_project_3.ama.TeacherHome}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void
mini_project_3.ama.CustomListAdapter.add(mini_project_3.ama.contacts)' on a null object reference
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2416)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344)
                                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
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                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
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                                                                                at mini_project_3.ama.MarkAttendance.onCreateView(MarkAttendance.java:69)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1962)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1248)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:738)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1613)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:330)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:547)
                                                                                at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1237)
                                                                                at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6253)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2379)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2476)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344)
                                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
                                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)

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package mini_project_3.ama;

import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

/**
 * A simple {@link Fragment} subclass.
 */
    public class MarkAttendance extends Fragment {

ListView list;
String data;
CustomListAdapter ca;
JSONArray ja;
JSONObject jo;
contacts c;
@Nullable
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.mark_attendance, container, false);
    Context context = getContext();
    CustomListAdapter adapter = new     CustomListAdapter(getActivity(),R.layout.malist);
    list = (ListView) v.findViewById(R.id.listview_custom);
    list.setAdapter(adapter);
    data = getArguments().getString("data");

    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    String d = s.format(cal.getTime());

    //Toast.makeText(getActivity(),""+data,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    try {
        jo=new JSONObject(data);
        ja=jo.getJSONArray("server_response");

        int count=0;
        String lecno,lectype,subcode,batchid;

        while(count<ja.length())
        {
            JSONObject jo1=ja.getJSONObject(count);
            lecno=jo1.getString("lec_no");
            lectype=jo1.getString("lec_type");
            subcode=jo1.getString("sub_code");
            batchid=jo1.getString("batch_id");
            Toast.makeText(getActivity(),""+d+lecno+lectype+subcode+batchid,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

            c = new contacts(d,lecno,lectype,subcode,batchid);

            ca.add(c);
            count++;

        }

    } catch (JSONException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {

            String bid= ca.getListBatch(position);
            String method="getrno";

            Toast.makeText(getActivity(),""+bid,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        }
    });

    return v;
  }
}

A: It looks like you have declared CustomListAdapter ca; and this variable has been never instantiated, but you are trying to add the value ca.add(c); to it.
Try to change
ca.add(c);

to
adapter.add(c);

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Methods, implantable medical devices and systems configured to perform analysis of captured signals from implanted electrodes to identify cardiac arrhythmias....
US-9,744,358 System and method for neural cochlea stimulation
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US-9,744,256 Nebulizer system for freshening the air
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New Mexico House
Reading the Tea Leaves in the NM-01 Special Election
On Tuesday, Democrat state Rep. Melanie Stansbury cruised to victory in the special election to fill the Albuquerque-based House seat of former Democratic Rep. (and now Interior Secretary) Deb Haaland. That Stansbury would win this seat was never really in doubt. Instead, the bigger question was whether she'd be able to match Haaland's (16 points) and Joe Biden's (23 points) 2020 margins of victory. Anything less would raise Republican hopes (and Democrats fears) of a Democratic 'enthusiasm' gap for the upcoming midterms: a clear sign that Democrats will struggle to motivate their base without Trump on the ballot or in the White House.
Instead, Stansbury exceeded both Haaland and Biden's vote share, taking 60 percent to 36 percent for Republican state Sen. Mark Moores. Democrats also took heart in the fact that Moores' attempt to paint Stansbury as soft on crime (attacks that many Democrats felt were very effective in 2020) fell flat this time around. A big reason these attacks didn't work, say many Democrats was the Stansbury campaign's decision to run ads highlighting her crime-fighting bonafides and featuring law enforcement officials. In other words, Stansbury didn't allow these attacks to go unanswered as many House Democrats did back in 2020. Even so, the fact that a "defund the police" attack failed to get traction in an overwhelmingly blue district doesn't mean it won't be successful in a more competitive district.
But, Martha McKenna, Stansbury's media consultant, told me that Stansbury's win was as much about her decision to go on offense on the American Rescue Plan (aka COVID stimulus) as it was to fend off Republican attacks about her being soft on crime. The Stansbury campaign hit Moores for taking $2M in PPP funding for his business, even as he opposed the package that passed Congress. Democrats, she told me, need to be as aggressive as possible in going after Republicans who oppose this program which remains quite popular.
Democrats also have to feel good that the grassroots donor energy that filled the campaign coffers of many longshot Democratic candidates in 2017-18, has not (yet?) appeared for Republicans. While Moores was the first up on TV, Stansbury ultimately outspent him in the last month of the campaign by an almost 10-1 margin.
Even so, Republicans have little reason to despair. Republicans only need to net five seats to take the majority in 2022. They don't NEED to win in districts as Democratic as this. All they need to do is knock off a combination of the Democrats who sit in Trump districts (currently 7) and those who took less than 55 percent in the last election (currently at 40). That's a pretty big pool in which to fish.


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Government of India Act, 1935 provided for more autonomy to Indian Government along with increasing the number of Indians being employed through Public Service Commission. This paved the way for widening the net of public service commissions in the provinces under the governor of the province with powers to take the certain category of posts out of the purview of Federal Central Public Service Commission. It was, however, observed that it was in an atmosphere of mistrust and rivalry that public service commissions did function from 1937 to 1947.
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This winter it was up to eighteen-year-old Jim Vanderbeck and his younger brother Lindsay to take their father's place on the trap-lines. Upon their efforts, pitted against real dangers and hardships, depended the annual catch of fur and the income of the family. Jim felt the responsibility but he also felt the adventure of being all on his own.
Trap-Lines North is the story of that winter. So realistically does Stephen Meader retell it that the reader is virtually taken into the woods with Jim in the fall. He tramps from line camp to line camp, followed by the staunch old sled dogs, Bruno and Pat. He sleeps in rough pole lean-tos, eats moose meat, catches fish through the ice, and from time to time feels a chill along his spine when he comes upon the tracks of the lone gray killer---the biggest wolf in Canada.


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As the backlash continues against the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary, legendary producer, Teddy Riley, and Berry Gordy's granddaughter a.k.a. Michael Jackson's niece have some things to get off their chests about the accusers.
Berry shares a grandbaby with MJ's parents, Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson. Many of us Old Schoolers remember when MJ's big bro,' Jermaine Jackson, jumped the broom with Berry's daughter, Hazel Gordy. The two of them remained married from 1973 to 1988 and through their union, produced three children- sons, Jermaine Jr. and Jaimy; and daughter, Autumn.
This time, it's Jermaine's and Hazel's daughter, Autumn Jackson, who is out here slammin' the HELL outta MJ's accusers' Wade Robson and James Safechuck, as well as their Leaving Neverland documentary and it's director. And she's also co-signing what New Jack Swing pioneer, Teddy Riley had to say.