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Newt Gingrich on Fox & Friends | March 28, 2022
Yeah, look. I mean, the problem for the Biden presidency is that they have no believable explanation for the various disasters, whether it's the millions of people crossing the southern border. It's the rise in crime rate. It's the difficulty with education. Or the two things that are going to ultimately, I think, defeat the Democrats this fall, the price of food, and the price of gasoline. Food is actually going to be a bigger issue than gasoline. There is enormous worldwide food problem created in part by what's happening in Ukraine which was a fourth largest food exporter in the world. And the food agricultural organization just released a statement that this is the highest price of food in history and that their index indicates millions are going to be starving in much of the world and America they are just going to be at great pain. And they are going to say Joe Biden did this and I think the theme is going to be we can't afford it we can't afford the gasoline price. We can't afford the heating oil price. We can't afford the price of chickens. I mean, just go down the list. And it think it's going to be impossible for Democrats to answer that effectively.
First of all, I don't think there is any reason for President Biden to ever duck out. He spent his lifetime trying to get there. He now there he thinks he is doing fine. Remember, you sit in the white house. You are surrounded by staff. The staff all tells you are terrific. That it's just a problem of communications. And among Democrats, he is still, I think, popular enough he probably could win renomination. Now, I think it's going to get worse all year as it did with Jimmy Carter which the only administration comparable than Biden. Biden is much worse than Carter on almost every front. And so, the pain level is going to be higher. The embarrassment is going to be higher. Just look at the speech in Warsaw which ends with, you know, for god's sake Putin has to be gone and within an hour the white house is saying oh, be gone doesn't really mean be gone. Well, all this stuff adds up and you go, you know, he is bad, and Kamala Harris is worse.
I don't see any poll that indicates people blame Putin more than Biden. The problem for Biden is he canceled the pipeline. He has been anti-gas and oil. He campaigned as a green candidate. He said he would close down the fossil fuel industries. You know, he can't go back now and say he didn't mean it and the price of gasoline, and the price of food were going up before you had the problem with Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. So, I don't think the average person is going to say oh, boy I would really like to vote against Putin. They are going to say look, you are the guy in charge and you're the president. By the way, the president doesn't pay for marine one's gas. Doesn't pay for air force one's gas. He doesn't pay for the limousine's gas. He doesn't feel any of this pain and neither does his staff. And so it's the country that is suffering. And it's Biden and Kamala Harris who are out of touch with reality.
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Valkyria Chronicles was more than just a great RPG when it first came out more than a decade ago: it was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak period for Japanese video games. More than that, it made maximum use of the still-novel high-definition graphics. In that sense, it's easy to remember Valkyria Chronicles with rose-colored glasses.
That makes this review of Valkyria Chronicles 4 something of a referendum on the legacy of the original game. Did we love it simply because it was one of the first truly beautiful JRPGs in HD? Were its strengths more than skin deep?
Happily for fans of the series, Valkyria Chronicles 4 is proof that, yes, the original does still hold up. It returns to the tactics formula that helped to popularize the series, this time shifting the spotlight to a crew of professional soldiers fighting for the Federation, and it's beautiful as ever. Playing on the Nintendo Switch, I was struck by what a great fit it is for the platform, its watercolor graphics springing to life on the handheld's beautiful screen. It will never match the surprise and delight of playing the original for the first time, but it stands up perfectly well on its own.
As before, you command a squadron of scouts, snipers, and heavy artillery, all with their own relative strengths and weaknesses. The action is turn-based, with each soldier being granted an action bar that drains as they move. The hero of the tale is Claude Wallace, the cautious commander of Squad E who is occasionally referred to by the derisive nickname "Scaredy-Claude." Fighting at his side are the hot-blooded Raz, the cool sniper Kai, and Claude's childhood friend Riley, who are there to provide emotional support and the odd bit of humor. Claude is also aided by numerous other soldiers under his command, who are generally silent, but will occasionally get a chance to shine through Squad Stories that unlock after satisfying certain conditions. These soldiers, as always, are one of Valkyria Chronicles' biggest strengths, their personalities shining through with traits like "Nature Lover" and "Darcsen Hater" (some of them are really racist).
The story picks up around the same period as the original game, opening with a massive invasion of the autocratic Empire that is soon bogged down in an unfortunate turn of the weather. What was previously a triumphant campaign soon becomes a fight for survival, particularly when the Empire begins deploying its secret weapons. As always, the story beats, characters, and humor are all pretty typical for anime. There's a whole flashback sequence that revolves around trying to hide a character's gender. One of the major villains waxes on about his obsession with Claude. There are two spooky female supersoldiers who, of course, are treated as living dolls by the Empire. And unfortunately, as our sister site VG247 highlights, there are perv scenes featuring Raz that don't translate too well in the MeToo era.
Of course, Valkyria Chronicles' anime sensibilities are also a good part of its charm. It plays out very much like a TV show, with each chapter serving as an individual episode, and there are lots of little vignettes and individual moments that wind up endearing you to the cast. As with the original game, the scenes are laid out like a scrapbook, further giving you the feeling that you're living out the memories of Squad E.
The presentation does a lot to elevate the storytelling in this instance. Still, it's hard to call Valkyria Chronicles 4's story anything more than average. Where the original game had you rooting for its heroes, civilians unexpectedly thrust into war after their home country is invaded, Valkyria Chronicles 4's cast of professional soldiers fall more readily into well-worn anime tropes.
Where Valkyria Chronicles 4 stands out, ultimately, is its tactics. It's not so different from the original game, but it does add a lot of crucial refinements. In particular, weather is a big part of what separates Valkyria Chronicles 4 from its predecessors. Environmental hazards are numerous, including avalanches, blizzards, and other dangers that have the potential to block your way, or even kill your soldiers before you can get to them.
On Claude's side, new weapons and abilities help to offset the dangers of the frozen tundra. Squad E has access to APCs that can rapidly and safely transport personnel; the abililty to command soldiers to follow a leader without using up movement points, and even a landship that can detect and bombard opponents from afar. Squad E's most powerful asset by far though, is the new artillery class, which is capable of bombarding and instantly defeating soldiers at great distances.
You'll need to use every asset at your disposal, because, like the original Valkyria Chronicles, the sequel is often very difficult. Even content to bulldoze through and not worry too much about my final ranking, I still had to restart maps somewhat regularly. Later maps play out like puzzles, forcing you to think hard about how you maneuver and position your troops. Trying to blast through your opponents will invariably get a lot of your soldiers killed.
I'll admit that I've never been a big fan of the "one true path" approach to tactics, as I discussed in my look at Into the Breach earlier this year. I prefer games with some tactical flexibility, which Valkyria Chronicles doesn't always offer. But I've come around a bit to Sega's approach since I've loosened up about the score. It can be exhausting at times to go through the trial and error of beating a map, but it can be really satisfying to figure it out and see the battlefield start to unlock in front of you.
Success in Valkyria Chronicles 4 frequently comes down to good scouting, the right unit composition, and a certain degree of caution. Sometimes you need the raw power of Shocktroopers, sometimes you need the mobility of your Scouts, and sometimes you just need to mow down foes with your tanks. Artillery units are always useful, as they are needed to knockout static emplacements and deal with troublesome Shocktroopers from afar, but even they aren't perfect, as Lancers can easily resist their blasts.
Sadly, another component of success in Valkyria Chronicles 4 is abusing its often woeful A.I. In one mission featuring the aforementioned supersoldiers, I found the best solution was to move Claude's tank to one side and let them attack it uselessly while I crushed them with mortar fire. It's all too easy to bait enemies into a kill zone, destroying them with interception fire as they make for a distant target. The East Europan Empire apparently doesn't train its soldiers particularly well.
One more tiny irritation: Customization and character growth is still much the same before, and it takes forever. I came to dread my trips to headquarters, as it invariably involved sitting through unskippable conversations to get new orders; clicking through agonizingly slow menus to upgrade my guns, and waiting for training bars to fill. The character customization is one area where Valkyria Chronicles 4 could stand to leave behind the fancy presentation and just cut to the chase.
These misgivings aside, Valkyria Chronicles 4 has a lot to offer. It's a big, attractive tactics RPGs that can take up to 65 hours to complete if you do all the side missions. Its cast is just different enough from the original to give the story a different tone, and it adds interesting new elements like weather to the solid gameplay of the original. Best of all, it doesn't suffer too much on the Switch's handheld screen, which is where it's best enjoyed.
It's a pretty solid revival all things considered, and proof that, yes, the original was a very good game irrespective of its amazing graphics. If this is the start of something new though, I hope Sega will find new and interesting directions to take the story. At this point the Second Europan War and the Empire are pretty much played out. Is there a new enemy to face? Can Valkyria Chronicles go all Zeta Gundam and have former heroes and villains alike team up to fight a tyrannical Federation?
With Valkyria Chronicles finally making a proper return, I'm eager to see what's next for the series. But in the meantime, it's good to be back on the anime battlefield.
Valkyria Chronicles 4's cel-shaded graphics look sharp as ever on the Nintendo Switch, and the tactics provide a sturdy challenge over the course of more than 60 hours of gameplay. Alas, the cast and the story don't quite measure up to the original. If this is indeed a true revival for Valkyria Chronicles, I hope the next entry finds a new and interesting spin on the somewhat tired Second Europan War.
Tagged with PC,	PlayStation 4,	Reviews,	Role Playing Games,	Sega,	Switch,	Valkyria Chronicles 4,	Xbox One.


Canadian Embassy and Consulates in the U.S.
Contact information for the Canadian Institutes in the U.S.
Residents of the United States with valid passports don't need a visa to enter or travel through Canada. Likewise, most Canadian citizens don't require any visa to enter the United States, whether they are coming from Canada or another country. Some situations require visas, though, such as governmental or other officials relocating, and having the contact information of the nearest embassy or consulate handy is helpful when it comes time to renew or review these documents or consult officials on matters regarding Canada.
The embassy and consulates are spread throughout the country and each covers a designated section of the United States. Each office can provide passport assistance and emergency services, as well as notarial services to Canadian citizens. Consular services such as courier delivery of voting ballots to Canada and transferring funds from Canada are available at both the embassy and the consulates. The embassy in Washington, D.C., also has a free art gallery that is open to the public.


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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Management.DataFactory
{
    using Microsoft.Rest;
    using Microsoft.Rest.Azure;
    using Models;
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Net;
    using System.Net.Http;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    /// <summary>
    /// IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadataOperations operations.
    /// </summary>
    internal partial class IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadataOperations : IServiceOperations<DataFactoryManagementClient>, IIntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadataOperations
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadataOperations class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='client'>
        /// Reference to the service client.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        internal IntegrationRuntimeObjectMetadataOperations(DataFactoryManagementClient client)
        {
            if (client == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("client");
            }
            Client = client;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a reference to the DataFactoryManagementClient
        /// </summary>
        public DataFactoryManagementClient Client { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Refresh a SSIS integration runtime object metadata.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='resourceGroupName'>
        /// The resource group name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='factoryName'>
        /// The factory name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='integrationRuntimeName'>
        /// The integration runtime name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// The headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        public async Task<AzureOperationResponse<SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse>> RefreshWithHttpMessagesAsync(string resourceGroupName, string factoryName, string integrationRuntimeName, Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            // Send request
            AzureOperationResponse<SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse> _response = await BeginRefreshWithHttpMessagesAsync(resourceGroupName, factoryName, integrationRuntimeName, customHeaders, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
            return await Client.GetPostOrDeleteOperationResultAsync(_response, customHeaders, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get a SSIS integration runtime object metadata by specified path. The
        /// return is pageable metadata list.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='resourceGroupName'>
        /// The resource group name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='factoryName'>
        /// The factory name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='integrationRuntimeName'>
        /// The integration runtime name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='getMetadataRequest'>
        /// The parameters for getting a SSIS object metadata.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// Headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="CloudException">
        /// Thrown when the operation returned an invalid status code
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="SerializationException">
        /// Thrown when unable to deserialize the response
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="ValidationException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        /// <return>
        /// A response object containing the response body and response headers.
        /// </return>
        public async Task<AzureOperationResponse<SsisObjectMetadataListResponse>> GetWithHttpMessagesAsync(string resourceGroupName, string factoryName, string integrationRuntimeName, GetSsisObjectMetadataRequest getMetadataRequest = default(GetSsisObjectMetadataRequest), Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            if (Client.SubscriptionId == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "this.Client.SubscriptionId");
            }
            if (resourceGroupName == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "resourceGroupName");
            }
            if (resourceGroupName != null)
            {
                if (resourceGroupName.Length > 90)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MaxLength, "resourceGroupName", 90);
                }
                if (resourceGroupName.Length < 1)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MinLength, "resourceGroupName", 1);
                }
                if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(resourceGroupName, "^[-\\w\\._\\(\\)]+$"))
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.Pattern, "resourceGroupName", "^[-\\w\\._\\(\\)]+$");
                }
            }
            if (factoryName == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "factoryName");
            }
            if (factoryName != null)
            {
                if (factoryName.Length > 63)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MaxLength, "factoryName", 63);
                }
                if (factoryName.Length < 3)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MinLength, "factoryName", 3);
                }
                if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(factoryName, "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$"))
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.Pattern, "factoryName", "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$");
                }
            }
            if (integrationRuntimeName == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "integrationRuntimeName");
            }
            if (integrationRuntimeName != null)
            {
                if (integrationRuntimeName.Length > 63)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MaxLength, "integrationRuntimeName", 63);
                }
                if (integrationRuntimeName.Length < 3)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MinLength, "integrationRuntimeName", 3);
                }
                if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(integrationRuntimeName, "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$"))
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.Pattern, "integrationRuntimeName", "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$");
                }
            }
            if (Client.ApiVersion == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "this.Client.ApiVersion");
            }
            // Tracing
            bool _shouldTrace = ServiceClientTracing.IsEnabled;
            string _invocationId = null;
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                _invocationId = ServiceClientTracing.NextInvocationId.ToString();
                Dictionary<string, object> tracingParameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                tracingParameters.Add("resourceGroupName", resourceGroupName);
                tracingParameters.Add("factoryName", factoryName);
                tracingParameters.Add("integrationRuntimeName", integrationRuntimeName);
                tracingParameters.Add("getMetadataRequest", getMetadataRequest);
                tracingParameters.Add("cancellationToken", cancellationToken);
                ServiceClientTracing.Enter(_invocationId, this, "Get", tracingParameters);
            }
            // Construct URL
            var _baseUrl = Client.BaseUri.AbsoluteUri;
            var _url = new System.Uri(new System.Uri(_baseUrl + (_baseUrl.EndsWith("/") ? "" : "/")), "subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/{factoryName}/integrationRuntimes/{integrationRuntimeName}/getObjectMetadata").ToString();
            _url = _url.Replace("{subscriptionId}", System.Uri.EscapeDataString(Client.SubscriptionId));
            _url = _url.Replace("{resourceGroupName}", System.Uri.EscapeDataString(resourceGroupName));
            _url = _url.Replace("{factoryName}", System.Uri.EscapeDataString(factoryName));
            _url = _url.Replace("{integrationRuntimeName}", System.Uri.EscapeDataString(integrationRuntimeName));
            List<string> _queryParameters = new List<string>();
            if (Client.ApiVersion != null)
            {
                _queryParameters.Add(string.Format("api-version={0}", System.Uri.EscapeDataString(Client.ApiVersion)));
            }
            if (_queryParameters.Count > 0)
            {
                _url += (_url.Contains("?") ? "&" : "?") + string.Join("&", _queryParameters);
            }
            // Create HTTP transport objects
            var _httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage();
            HttpResponseMessage _httpResponse = null;
            _httpRequest.Method = new HttpMethod("POST");
            _httpRequest.RequestUri = new System.Uri(_url);
            // Set Headers
            if (Client.GenerateClientRequestId != null && Client.GenerateClientRequestId.Value)
            {
                _httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("x-ms-client-request-id", System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
            }
            if (Client.AcceptLanguage != null)
            {
                if (_httpRequest.Headers.Contains("accept-language"))
                {
                    _httpRequest.Headers.Remove("accept-language");
                }
                _httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("accept-language", Client.AcceptLanguage);
            }

            if (customHeaders != null)
            {
                foreach(var _header in customHeaders)
                {
                    if (_httpRequest.Headers.Contains(_header.Key))
                    {
                        _httpRequest.Headers.Remove(_header.Key);
                    }
                    _httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(_header.Key, _header.Value);
                }
            }

            // Serialize Request
            string _requestContent = null;
            if(getMetadataRequest != null)
            {
                _requestContent = Rest.Serialization.SafeJsonConvert.SerializeObject(getMetadataRequest, Client.SerializationSettings);
                _httpRequest.Content = new StringContent(_requestContent, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
                _httpRequest.Content.Headers.ContentType =System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
            }
            // Set Credentials
            if (Client.Credentials != null)
            {
                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                await Client.Credentials.ProcessHttpRequestAsync(_httpRequest, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
            // Send Request
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                ServiceClientTracing.SendRequest(_invocationId, _httpRequest);
            }
            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
            _httpResponse = await Client.HttpClient.SendAsync(_httpRequest, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                ServiceClientTracing.ReceiveResponse(_invocationId, _httpResponse);
            }
            HttpStatusCode _statusCode = _httpResponse.StatusCode;
            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
            string _responseContent = null;
            if ((int)_statusCode != 200)
            {
                var ex = new CloudException(string.Format("Operation returned an invalid status code '{0}'", _statusCode));
                try
                {
                    _responseContent = await _httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                    CloudError _errorBody =  Rest.Serialization.SafeJsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CloudError>(_responseContent, Client.DeserializationSettings);
                    if (_errorBody != null)
                    {
                        ex = new CloudException(_errorBody.Message);
                        ex.Body = _errorBody;
                    }
                }
                catch (JsonException)
                {
                    // Ignore the exception
                }
                ex.Request = new HttpRequestMessageWrapper(_httpRequest, _requestContent);
                ex.Response = new HttpResponseMessageWrapper(_httpResponse, _responseContent);
                if (_httpResponse.Headers.Contains("x-ms-request-id"))
                {
                    ex.RequestId = _httpResponse.Headers.GetValues("x-ms-request-id").FirstOrDefault();
                }
                if (_shouldTrace)
                {
                    ServiceClientTracing.Error(_invocationId, ex);
                }
                _httpRequest.Dispose();
                if (_httpResponse != null)
                {
                    _httpResponse.Dispose();
                }
                throw ex;
            }
            // Create Result
            var _result = new AzureOperationResponse<SsisObjectMetadataListResponse>();
            _result.Request = _httpRequest;
            _result.Response = _httpResponse;
            if (_httpResponse.Headers.Contains("x-ms-request-id"))
            {
                _result.RequestId = _httpResponse.Headers.GetValues("x-ms-request-id").FirstOrDefault();
            }
            // Deserialize Response
            if ((int)_statusCode == 200)
            {
                _responseContent = await _httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                try
                {
                    _result.Body = Rest.Serialization.SafeJsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SsisObjectMetadataListResponse>(_responseContent, Client.DeserializationSettings);
                }
                catch (JsonException ex)
                {
                    _httpRequest.Dispose();
                    if (_httpResponse != null)
                    {
                        _httpResponse.Dispose();
                    }
                    throw new SerializationException("Unable to deserialize the response.", _responseContent, ex);
                }
            }
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                ServiceClientTracing.Exit(_invocationId, _result);
            }
            return _result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Refresh a SSIS integration runtime object metadata.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='resourceGroupName'>
        /// The resource group name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='factoryName'>
        /// The factory name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='integrationRuntimeName'>
        /// The integration runtime name.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// Headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="CloudException">
        /// Thrown when the operation returned an invalid status code
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="SerializationException">
        /// Thrown when unable to deserialize the response
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="ValidationException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        /// <return>
        /// A response object containing the response body and response headers.
        /// </return>
        public async Task<AzureOperationResponse<SsisObjectMetadataStatusResponse>> BeginRefreshWithHttpMessagesAsync(string resourceGroupName, string factoryName, string integrationRuntimeName, Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            if (Client.SubscriptionId == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "this.Client.SubscriptionId");
            }
            if (resourceGroupName == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "resourceGroupName");
            }
            if (resourceGroupName != null)
            {
                if (resourceGroupName.Length > 90)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MaxLength, "resourceGroupName", 90);
                }
                if (resourceGroupName.Length < 1)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MinLength, "resourceGroupName", 1);
                }
                if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(resourceGroupName, "^[-\\w\\._\\(\\)]+$"))
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.Pattern, "resourceGroupName", "^[-\\w\\._\\(\\)]+$");
                }
            }
            if (factoryName == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "factoryName");
            }
            if (factoryName != null)
            {
                if (factoryName.Length > 63)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MaxLength, "factoryName", 63);
                }
                if (factoryName.Length < 3)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MinLength, "factoryName", 3);
                }
                if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(factoryName, "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$"))
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.Pattern, "factoryName", "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$");
                }
            }
            if (integrationRuntimeName == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "integrationRuntimeName");
            }
            if (integrationRuntimeName != null)
            {
                if (integrationRuntimeName.Length > 63)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MaxLength, "integrationRuntimeName", 63);
                }
                if (integrationRuntimeName.Length < 3)
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.MinLength, "integrationRuntimeName", 3);
                }
                if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(integrationRuntimeName, "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$"))
                {
                    throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.Pattern, "integrationRuntimeName", "^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$");
                }
            }
            if (Client.ApiVersion == null)
            {
                throw new ValidationException(ValidationRules.CannotBeNull, "this.Client.ApiVersion");
            }
            // Tracing
            bool _shouldTrace = ServiceClientTracing.IsEnabled;
            string _invocationId = null;
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                _invocationId = ServiceClientTracing.NextInvocationId.ToString();
                Dictionary<string, object> tracingParameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                tracingParameters.Add("resourceGroupName", resourceGroupName);
                tracingParameters.Add("factoryName", factoryName);
                tracingParameters.Add("integrationRuntimeName", integrationRuntimeName);
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"Doar, John Andrew"
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National Socialist German Workers' Party, German, 1920 - 1945
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The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.100.1a, 2011.174.100.1b, 2011.174.100.1c, 2011.174.100.1d, 2011.174.100.1e, 2011.174.100.1f, 2011.174.100.1g, 2011.174.100.1h, 2011.174.100.1i, and 2011.174.100.1j.
Jean and John Rosenberg, J. D. begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI agents kept tabs on his family, attended Duke University, served in the Air Force, and attended the University of North Carolina School of Law. He became an attorney with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which became effective after reorganization by John Doar. Much of this interview concerns Jean and John's work with the Civil Rights Division, including support for voter registration efforts in Georgia and Alabama, the investigation of the Hartman Turnbow case, in which a black activist was arrested for an arson attempt on his own home, and an effort to address a murder in Mississippi. John also addresses the effects of the Voting Rights Act in the South, the role of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division in relation to the FBI and local law enforcement, and a variety of other cases and issues he dealt with. After retirement, the Rosenbergs founded the Appalachian Citizens Law Center.
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Q: Apache two redirect conditions in one redirect rule example.com , now what I need is request comes to example.com and www.example.com redirect to https://www.example.com,
This is my apache redirect code
    RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$  [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com$1 [R=301,L]

If I add RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com$  [NC]
browser says too many redirects or redirect loop, how to solve this, I have sub domain configuration also so the condition not to affect subdomain redirects...

A: You don't need mod_rewrite for this
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But if you really want to use mod_rewrite
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The Case For Parental Say In Drug Treatment Services
Home - Health - The Case For Parental Say In Drug Treatment Services
Cascia Talbert
Health, Parenting
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Patient confidentiality is a long-held principle in medicine. But some parents are starting to question where the line gets drawn – particularly in the case of those kids with addiction problems.
There is a growing movement for parents to be able to intervene in their child's treatment, writes The Jersey Journal. Maureen Fitzpatrick and Gregg Wolfe are leading the campaign – two parents who have both witnessed the suffering of their kids at the hands of heroin.
Aside from helping ensure young addicts get the treatment they need, the drive for exceptions to the rules around parent confidentiality could no doubt have helped in these cases.
The parents are rightly upset, and there's fire in their bellies for change. Fitzpatrick suggested that if she'd known about her daughter Erin's drug problem and her refusal of treatment at an earlier stage, she would have been able to help support and encourage her daughter.
Instead, under present rules Erin was able to deny herself treatment at the age of just 16, while excluding her parents from her treatment and rehabilitation process.
Gregg Wolfe, who lost his son Justin to heroin at age just 21, has said that the manipulative power of drugs means addicts aren't always best placed to make decisions about their health – particularly young addicts.
"A mentally ill drug-addicted child should not be allowed to take care of herself," they suggested, as the campaign to break down confidentiality in drug and mental illness cases continues.
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While the move would require a change in the law, parents across America are coming out in support of greater access to their teenagers' medical records.
The Valley Hope Association, which runs treatment services for those afflicted with drug and alcohol addiction, said that there was a fine line between patient confidentiality and getting the most effective treatment in place.
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"It's advisable for any parent with concerns about their child's drug taking to support and encourage them towards treatment as quickly as possible. While the law presently obstructs the information available to parents without the child's consent, the best outcomes arise when parties work in cooperation to get the most effective treatment for their problem."
Drug overdoses kill almost 40,000 Americans annually. At the same time, treatments are rapidly improving, and new drugs like Ibudilast are showing real promise of a breakthrough in addiction medicine. For those that choose to seek treatment for their condition, outcomes have never been better.
But this will come as little consolation to those parents that still feel shut out the loop when it comes to their child's treatment. Parents like Maureen and Gregg, who only want the best for their children, are being still denied access to the vital information that could have saved Justin and Erin from their fate.
Rightly or wrongly, these parents are taking the cause to government to help minimize the pain and suffering caused to future teens and their families. But some are concerned the privacy violation is too much to stomach, even in these types of cases.
As yet, there's no sign of a political will to change statute, and while the country as a whole will sympathize with the circumstances of parents and addicted teens everywhere, there remains no quick fix.
If you liked this article you might enjoy these stories.
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Layer42 is a company that operates data centers in Silicon Valley. Air conditioning is critical to the operation of the data center. If the A/C fails, the computers in the data center may fail denying service to hundreds of thousands of users.
After a thorough review of the risks and benefits, Layer42 asked Power Knot to install with its Synthetic Refrigerant Additive in the three chillers made by Carrier at their facility in Santa Clara, California. The chillers provide cold water to the data center which is then used to cool the air. One consideration for Layer42 is that this cooling of the data center is not disrupted.
Power Knot treated all three systems and recorded an increase in efficiency of 15% after about four weeks.
This video is a testimonial from a customer who operates a data center. The customer experienced a savings of energy of much greater than 10% on the chillers that we treated.
We had hotter weather after the treatment than before we treated the systems.
And as a consequence, the power increased by 4.5%.
However, the chiller produced colder water showing a gain in efficiency of 19.1%.
The net effect is an improvement in efficiency of nearly 15% despite the warmer weather.


When law is out of step with society, it deserves reform. On Friday a Private Members' Bill comes before the House of Lords to create a framework of rights and responsibilities for couples in England and Wales who live together but who are not married.
At present unmarried couples who split up have few legal rights; women and their children can fall into poverty if a relationship breaks down.
The Cohabitation Bill seeks to redress that. Promoted by Lord Lester of Herne Hill, the leading equality and human rights reformer and QC, it would give legal rights to couples in a committed relationship who have lived together for at least two years or have a child together.
Unless they chose to "opt out", they automatically would be able to apply for certain financial orders if they separated.
The Bill is part of a campaign called Living Together and is organised by Resolution, the association of 5,000 family lawyers in England and Wales, with the Odysseus Trust, founded by Lord Lester.
In one case that went through the courts, Mr and Mrs Burns (so-called) lived together for 19 years and had two children. They lived as a family and pooled their resources, but when the relationship ended, Mrs Burns was entitled to nothing. She was what people called a "common law wife" but, contrary to popular belief, was not entitled to any share of the family home.
In reality there is no such thing as a "common law marriage". But the social security system, lawyers say, fosters the myth and gives people a false sense of security by referring to them as "living together as husband and wife".
The proposed Bill, drawing on widely supported recommendations of the Government's law reform watchdog, the Law Commission, will face criticisms that it may undermine marriage and the place of civil partnership.
Lord Lester and the Bill's backers insist that this is not the case. People choose to marry or enter a civil partnership for a variety of emotional, religious or other reasons and the Bill will not affect that, they say.
Nor have laws that protect cohabitants in other countries had a negative impact on marriage: in Australia, where such rights were introduced state-by-state between 1984 and 2002, research has shown no link between the new rights and any fall in the propensity of couples to marry.
Nor does the Bill, in any case, equate the rights of unmarried couples with those who are married or in a civil relationship. The former would not benefit from the same tax or pensions advantages and there would be differences in how a court would decide on the split in finances on a break-up: for instance, maintenance generally would be limited to three years on the basis that the couple should be financially self-supporting as soon as possible. Claims also would be limited to reasonable needs, with no presumption of equal sharing of assets. Practical incentives to marry therefore would remain.
But the law needs to catch up so that cohabitants are not left in a vulnerable position. Some choose not to marry; others cannot, because of an unwilling partner. Their numbers are growing: the proportion of cohabiting couples rose from 9 to 14 per cent between 1999 and 2006. Government actuaries calculate that by 2031 there will be 3.8 million such couples, a 90 per cent rise over 25 years. Meanwhile, Scotland has already legislated to give some cohabitants certain rights.
There is strong public support for reform. According to the British Social Attitudes Report published in January last year, nearly nine in ten people think that a cohabiting partner should have a right to financial provision on separation after a long-term relationship or where children are involved.
The Bill also provides for other rights, such as allowing a surviving cohabitant to register the death of the other; or to apply for bereavement damages.
It is more than 30 years since Lord Lester was instrumental in devising what became the first discrimination laws in Britain. It is now time for a similar landmark step to reflect the needs of more than two million couples and protect those most vulnerable – not least the 25 per cent of children born out of wedlock.


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Street lamp near garages not on
17:17, Wednesday, last updated 17:17, Wednesday
Lamp 13 Wyatts View
Pavement blocked by cars
Newbridge Road at the junction with Whitby Road
Faded road markings by the traffic lights as you go over the bridge.
Light off at night
Skip and rubble
18:43, 22 Dec 2021, last updated 19:03, Wednesday
Not far from the crossing
Damaged utility cover plate
Glass all over the pavement.
16:34, 29 Nov 2021, last updated 15:17, 11 Jan 2022
Light not working at night
Fixed 16:31, 29 Nov 2021, last updated 12:48, 22 Dec 2021
Inadequate pedestrian crossing
Unlit path - dangerous and pitch black
Part close gate
Missing Feeder Road nameplate
13:51, 1 Nov 2021, last updated 11:33, Monday
Man hole cover needs putting back on properly
The street light doesn't work
Light too dim
Hole in pavement caused by arm of grab lorry
Streetlight not working.
Street light not working for a couple of weeks now, very dark at night
Light is not on
Street lamp not working
Overgrown vegetation causing driving hazard
Damaged inspection cover.
Closed 17:04, 21 Sep 2021, last updated 00:05, 20 Oct 2021
3m stretch of cyclepath with rocks & uneven ground
17:25, 17 Sep 2021, last updated 19:36, 12 Nov 2021
Bike box markings missing from junction at Netham Locks in both directions
Closed 18:14, 14 Sep 2021, last updated 00:05, 6 Oct 2021
Street light not working.
Trees, weeds and dog mess
Bushes damaging my fence
10:28, 10 Sep 2021, last updated 15:31, 10 Jan 2022
Bushes are dangerously encroaching on the road
Closed 13:30, 3 Sep 2021, last updated 13:04, 10 Sep 2021
Broken manhole cover
Closed 22:22, 24 Aug 2021, last updated 00:05, 22 Sep 2021
Road subsiding on patchwork repairs
Blocked gully pot
Fixed 20:29, 17 Aug 2021, last updated 21:43, 8 Nov 2021
Concrete waste going onto footpath and river
Closed 12:56, 17 Aug 2021, last updated 00:05, 1 Oct 2021
Overgrown bush
Obstructed pavements
12:01, 11 Aug 2021, last updated 12:44, 7 Nov 2021
Drain on pavement overflowing and needs attention
Fixed 21:14, 6 Aug 2021, last updated 15:39, 10 Jan 2022
Fixed 13:52, 30 Jul 2021, last updated 14:04, 27 Aug 2021
Overgrown hedges on road
Council owned land, a gate has been fitted blocking access
16:44, 10 Jul 2021, last updated 12:30, 17 Aug 2021
Inspection cover damaged.
Fixed 13:10, 4 Jul 2021, last updated 13:27, 6 Jul 2021
Lolly pop lady
Closed 10:59, 2 Jul 2021, last updated 00:05, 23 Jul 2021
Nursery children's entrance
Fixed 10:56, 2 Jul 2021, last updated 09:19, 6 Sep 2021
Overgrown weeds and broken fence
Closed 19:01, 27 Jun 2021, last updated 00:05, 19 Jul 2021
6 inch hole with large void underneath
Fixed 18:43, 24 Jun 2021, last updated 07:29, 30 Jun 2021
Handrail damaged
Closed 10:25, 22 Jun 2021, last updated 16:39, 23 Jun 2021
Large pools of gravel dangwrout slip hazard
18:02, 21 Jun 2021, last updated 11:05, 23 Jun 2021
Abandoned bins
09:59, 21 Jun 2021, last updated 17:59, 16 Aug 2021
Overgrown weeds/stinging nettles
Fixed 18:20, 10 Jun 2021, last updated 20:32, 5 Aug 2021
Large tree branch
Closed 10:46, 21 May 2021, last updated 13:35, 25 May 2021
Advance bicycle box missing
Closed 17:23, 20 May 2021, last updated 16:54, 14 Sep 2021
Cycle box missing
Fixed 20:40, 19 May 2021, last updated 17:12, 17 Jun 2021
Overgrown bushes/trees
Fixed 17:47, 19 May 2021, last updated 12:02, 24 May 2021
Railings outside Kingfisher Academy entrance in poor condition
Fixed 12:53, 8 May 2021, last updated 10:51, 8 Jul 2021
Tree Blocking Path
16:07, 4 May 2021, last updated 09:48, 22 May 2021
Gab between curb stones & pavement
13:19, 2 May 2021, last updated 13:19, 2 May 2021
Large branch overhanging road
Fixed 11:42, 29 Apr 2021, last updated 12:20, 29 Apr 2021
Two caravans illegally parked on Netham Road for months
10:22, 14 Apr 2021, last updated 10:23, 14 Apr 2021
Bollard not lit despite contractor attending
Fixed 08:09, 10 Apr 2021, last updated 10:40, 10 Jun 2021
Bollard not lit
Closed 07:43, 7 Apr 2021, last updated 00:05, 29 Apr 2021
Fixed 01:00, 5 Apr 2021, last updated 10:40, 10 Jun 2021
Overgrown hedges blocking road
08:38, 4 Apr 2021, last updated 07:25, 26 Aug 2021
Issue with bins on public highway
Brand new road surface
New Road Surface
Unsatisfactory resurfacing
Fixed 16:00, 22 Mar 2021, last updated 13:49, 31 Mar 2021
Fixed 12:44, 20 Mar 2021, last updated 17:46, 16 May 2021
Fixed 21:41, 9 Mar 2021, last updated 10:39, 10 Jun 2021
3 ton bags blocking the pavement outside of my property
Closed 14:39, 21 Feb 2021, last updated 00:05, 8 Apr 2021
Pot holes
Fixed 12:40, 21 Feb 2021, last updated 15:45, 21 Apr 2021
Fixed 19:12, 19 Feb 2021, last updated 13:37, 26 Feb 2021
Lamp 7 Wyatts View
Street light on Wootton Crescent doesn't work
Double Yellow Lines -
Leicester walk, bs4 4da
Bins permanently left on the highway
Closed 10:44, 9 Feb 2021, last updated 00:05, 24 Mar 2021


I have another 10cm of fresh snowfall to report this morning from here in Zao. Good to see that, but we of course need more.
Light wind and snow continuing to fall this morning with limited visibility on the mountain with cloud and foggy conditions.
Forecast has consistent snowfall over the coming week. What we want is consistent heavy snowfall!
Remember that tomorrow is also a holiday in Japan, so it will be busier than a normal Monday.
Photos below are were taken yesterday... it was busy out there.
All lifts at Zao Onsen are now operating except for the Omori quad.
All areas of Zao Onsen apart from Omori are now at least part open, but snow is still thin on the ground and patchy in some lower areas of the resort.


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Home World O London If We Forget the Past What Shall Become of the...
O London If We Forget the Past What Shall Become of the Future?
LONDON - England - If we forget our past what will become of our future? The capital city is in danger, and yet no one is willing to talk about it or even acknowledge what is happening. The coming general election in May will hopefully render some answers.
Rufus Sweeney
London transport 2015
London has always been a cosmopolitan city, but what exists today is something completely different, it's a place where a person cannot breathe any more, a place where a person cannot ride on the overflowing transport system, a place where the narrow streets are impassible from the volume of traffic, a place where gangs of roaming thugs or aggressive EU beggars threaten those in their way, a place where the sheer volume of people never ends with a limitless influx, a place where the true spirit of London has sadly been lost forever.
There is an understanding that globalist pressures are under way, however Britain is but a small isle, it has little space left for the momentum and speed of the vast influx. One must also consider the overcrowded underfunded schools, the faltering NHS hospitals splitting with the sheer volume influx, the public transport systems that cannot cope and the stationary roads where vehicles are meant to move forward to their destination and not sit in endless traffic jams.
"This is simply about space. What are they going to do next, put people on top of people? We already live in thin rows, rats in a tiny box. Try driving through the bloody roads, if you drive across from North to South London you'll be lucky to do it in a day. Most of London has also been hit by the phenomenon that no one talks about called 'white flight' and this has left whole swathes of London looking like, well not London any more, but no one acknowledges this fact, you won't hear any politicians or celebrities talking about 'white flight' but much of London has suffered. The EU disaster of no borders has caused permanent damage to our beloved London, and of course it was Tony Blair's Labour government who precipitated this influx by letting in over eight million people from some of the poorest countries in the former Soviet bloc. Something has to be done some day, someone has to help those who stayed in their city, a place we have in our blood, our ancestors, our former capital city," a Londoner told no one at an overcrowded bus stop.
Should there not be a sensible policy of immigration, much like New Zealand and Australia? Instead, Britain and its capital city in particular, have been rendered as depositories. There will not be an NHS in five years time, there will not be a welfare system for those in need, there will not be a place for Londoners who grew up in this great city to live in ten years time. This is not about racism, jingoism, xenophobia or anything else, it is about physics. Small space large volume of influx at high speed.
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Popular uprisings in Poland and Hungary shake Moscow's hold on its eastern European empire. Across the American South and in South Africa, black people risk their lives in the struggle to dismantle institutionalized white supremacy and secure first-class citizenship. France and Britain, already battling anti-colonial insurgencies in Algeria and Cyprus, now face the humiliation of Suez. Meanwhile, in Cuba, Fidel Castro and his band of rebels plot the overthrow of a dictator. Suggesting that 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of a tumultuous century, Simon Hall provides a panoramic view of a turning point in world history.


NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING AUG 02 2015.
and travelled more than 110,800 kilometres.
reported about the tiny electronics payload at the heart of the flight.
GPS, solar panel for power - all weighing a mere 11 grams.
of its third circumnavigation of Earth.
minus 55 degrees in rarefied air and the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, the US, Sweden and Peru.
entire path traced by an online simulation.
Corps) landing at Gallipoli in WWI, had logged more than 11,000 contacts.
troops left Gallipoli, listed on the WIA website.
The predominate mode is SSB on 4888 contacts, closely followed by CW with 4522.
AM, PSK31 and 63, FM, RTTY, JT65, SSTV and via satellite.
the Dardanelles in August 1915.
Communications. Let us now hear the Minister.
20m, plus Echolink and D-STAR.
VI3ANZAC in conjunction with the Yarra Glen RSL.
activated in Far North Queensland from the 15th August until 21st August 2015.
VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day is celebrated on 15 August.
Second World War was finally over.
and towns immediately erupted in spontaneous carnival and celebration.
Memorial on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland.
Australia with camps located throughout the Tablelands region.
Lighthouse/Lightship weekend so there will be plenty of activity on the bands.
Graham Kemp VK4BB and WIA director Ewan McLeod VK4ERM.
and is an opportunity to remember those who did not come home.
services was involved, but the dominant role was played by the Army.
members of the Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club.
The Wireless Institute of Australia has news releases on its website.
Do you have a callsign@wia.org.au email address?
Are you registered for MEMNET?
membership renewal notices and other important communications.
When may a person use an Amateur Radio station?
a few arguments along the way.
their intent and history can be problematical.
of the station or of a transmitter that is part of the station."
within their own licence parameters of frequency, power and modes.
net, provided the conditions applying to the licensee present are met.
time be also used as an Advance station under its licence conditions.
The WIA hopes this clears up any confusion.
licences issued by the ACMA.
in an online expression of interest.
WIA AGM and open forum.
program callsigns, Summits On The Air, and a lot more.
of accommodation available - although some places are limited.
Booking deposits for the WIA AGM package close on August 25 - so be quick.
the online booking form, see the information on the WIA website.
This is Fred Swainston VK3DAC, Vice President of the WIA.
who plan to camp out on the roof of Victoria at elevations of up to 1800m.
using solar powered QRP gear and simple wire antennas strung up in snow gums.
Other bands are also likely to be activated if conditions permit.
course of the trip, so listen out on these if you're in the vicinity.
Future events have this club thinking outside the box.. well done.
note this one in your diary now. This condition can affect any of us.
rather than this WIA National News Service.
Another great idea from the RSGB.
judging will take place at the RSGB Convention in October.
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Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, and Steve Zahn star in a film written by Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, based on the book by Jeff Kinney, and directed by David Bowers.
Wed Mar 30, 2011 | 6:00am
REVENGE OF THE WIMPS: Zachary Gordon (right) plays "wimpy kid" Greg alongside Robert Capron as his buddy Rowley in the family-friendly sequel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.
On the opening weekend of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, it became apparent to anyone who takes notice of such things that Kid Culture rules in America's multiplexes. That's a beautiful thing, and perhaps perplexing to those oldsters out of the loop, who hadn't gotten the collective memo that the movie adaptations of Jeff Kinney's popular novels are on fire with the younger set. Kinney's particular genius combines engaging and relatable storytelling with a unique presentation of handwritten text on lined paper, peppered with simple cartoon images, all of which makes a smooth transition into movie mode.
In this Diary installment, the second to make it to the big screen, our well-meaning "wimpy kid" hero Greg (Zachary Gordon) is headed into seventh grade in suburban America, boldly enough. But in this new phase of life, he also finds himself teased and tortured by a dreamy new girl in town—with a name that sounds like a 'burban housing tract, Holly Hills (Peyton List)—and his terrorist older brother, Rodrick (Devon Bostick). The brotherly friction becomes the driving force in the storyline this time out, as they devise pranks and suffer the slings and arrows of parental edicts (i.e., rock 'n' roll drummer Rodrick's banishment from the town talent show for his bad behavior). There are funny bits all along the way, as when the boys' wary father imagines Rodrick's dire life should he go down the road of rock 'n' roll: a band of shaggy-haired slackers tooling their way to a sign reading "Loserville."
Even for those beyond the intended demographic, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules boasts plenty of allure. It has cozy comic zing—occasionally punctuated by stick-figure cartoon facsimiles of the characters—and an emotionally neat narrative in which complications find their way to resolution, life lessons are learned, and no one gets hurt. Bring the kids, or have the kids bring you. Either way, this is mall culture of a happy sort.
https://www.independent.com/2011/03/30/diary-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules/
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Chorągiew janczarska/węgierska/strzelecka Buławy Wielkiej Litewskiej – oddział piechoty litewskiej wojska I Rzeczypospolitej.

Formowanie i zmiany organizacyjne
W okresie istnienia nosiła nazwę chorągwi janczarskiej, węgierskiej lub strzeleckiej
Chorągwie piechoty węgierskiej były oddziałami przybocznymi hetmanów.

Sejm roku 1776 ułożył nowy etat wojska, zmieniając znacznie jego strukturę. W 1776 roku liczył etatowo 100 żołnierzy. Stan faktyczny według "raty marcowej" z 1777 roku wynosił 97 żołnierzy.

Chorągiew miała liczyć 72 żołnierzy. Etat z 1789 roku przewidywał po 73 osoby w chorągwi. W kwietniu 1794 roku chorągiew była już formalnie rozwiązana, ale jej stan faktyczny wynosił 26 żołnierzy.

Stanowisko: u boku hetmana wielkiego litewskiego. Zgodnie z tradycją szefem chorągwi był także każdorazowo hetman wielki litewski (stąd nazwa jednostki).

Barwa chorągwi
Żołnierze chorągwi janczarskich, później znów przekształconych na węgierskie, nosili strój zbliżony do wzorów tureckich i węgierskich, przy czym kurtki poszczególnych chorągwi różniły się kolorem

Rotmistrzowie
 Jan Bułhak (1773-1780)
 Ignacy Lachnicki (1780-1787),
 Stokowski (od 8 grudnia 1780)?
 kpt. Oborski (1787-1789)
 płk Suchodolski (1789)?
 kpt. Felicjan Bontani (1788-)

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Chorągwie piechoty litewskiej
Piechota janczarska I Rzeczypospolitej

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Use shared_ptr for shared-ownership resource management
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Base material
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An object accessed via std::shared_ptr has its lifetime managed
by those pointers through shared ownership.

When the last std::shared_ptr pointing to an object stops pointing
there (e.g., because the shared_ptr is destroyed or mad to point to
a different object), that shared_ptr destroys the object
it points to.

A std::shared_ptr has the resource's reference count, a value
associated with the resource that keeps track of how many
std::shared_ptrs point to it.
std::shared_ptr constructors increment this count (usually).
std::shared_ptr destructors decrement it.
and copy assignment operators do both;

If a std::shared_ptr sees a reference count of zero
after performing a decrement, no more std::shared_ptrs point to
the resource, so the std::shared_ptr destroys it.

The existense of the reference count has performance implications:
- std::shared_ptrs are tiwce the size of a raw pointer
  (they internally contain a raw pointer to the resource as well
   as a raw pointer to the resource's reference count);
- memory for the reference count must be dynamically allocated
  (the reference count is stored as dynamically allocated data);
- increments and decrements of the reference count must be atomic.

Destruction mechanism
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std::shared_ptr uses delete as its default resource-destruction
mechanism, but it also supports custom deleters.

For std::unique_ptr, the type of the deleter is part of the type
of the smart pointer, for std::shared_ptr , it's not.

Specifying a custom deleter doesn't change the size of a
std::shared_ptr object.

Control block
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There's a control block for each object managed by std::shared_ptrs.

The control block contains:
- a reference count;
- a copy of the custom deleter (if one has been specified);
- a copy of a custom allocator (if on has been specified);
- additional data (e.g. a secondary reference count).

Rules for control block creation:
- std::make_shared always creates a control block;
- a control block is created when a std::shared_ptr is constructed
  from a unique-ownership pointer
  (i.e., a std::unique_ptr or std::auto_ptr);
- when a std::shared_ptr constructor is called with a raw pointer,
  it creates a control block
  (if you wanted to create a shared ptr from an object,
   that already has a control block, you'd presumably pass
   a std::shared_ptr or a std::weak_ptr;
   std::shared_ptr constructors taking std::shared_ptrs
   or std::weak_ptrs as constructor arguments don't create
   new control blocks, because they can rely on the smart pointers
   passed to them to point to any necessary control blocks).

Using std::shared_ptr with raw pointers
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- try to avoid passing raw pointers to a std::shared_ptr constructor
  (the usual alternative is to use std::make_shared,
   but you can't use std::make_shared when you use a custom deleter);
- if you must pass a raw pointer to a std::shared_ptr constructor,
  pass the result of new directly instead of going through
  a raw pointer variable;
- [my] create a std::shared_ptr from another a std::shared_ptr
  (not a raw pointer).

std::enable_shared_from_this
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If class instances can be stored in a container using shared_ptrs
maybe it is useful to use the "std::enable_shared_from_this" class
("The Curiously Recurring Template" implementation for this case).

Arrays
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std::shared_ptrs can't work with arrays.


Vladimir's paintings are reminiscent of the French impressionist/post-impressionist works. This is manifested in his focus on the relationship between color, light and shades onplein air. He pays special attention to reflections and shows how they depend on the color and light that project from other objects.
#18 Vladimir Pentjuh 40" X 30"
#19 Vladimir Pentjuh 40" X 30"
#20 Vladimir Pentjuh 24" X 48"
#21 Vladimir Pentjuh 24" X 48"
#22 Vladimir Pentjuh 30" X 40"
#23 Vladimir Pentjuh 24" X 36"
Vladimir Pentjuh was born in 1965 in Penza, Russia. He loved to spend his school vacations at his grandmother's house in the village and loved the peaceful, quiet and serene country life. While studying at school, Pentjuh attended a children's art studio, where the art teachers noticed his gift. After graduating from high school, he entered the Penza Art College named after Savitsky. He graduated from the Art College in 1989. He then studied at Kharkov Art Industrial Institute where he matured as an artist with his own unique art style. In 1996, he became a member of the Artist Union of Russia.
Vladimir Pentjuh continues the traditions of Russian and Soviet school of landscape painting. This is manifest in his choice of simple and modest subjects, choice of color and shades, lack of surface effectiveness, and deep lyricism of the landscape. Vladimir became a wonderful successor to the great Russian landscape artists such as Levitan, Vasiliev, Plastov, Korovin, etc. His main motive is to continue in the tradition started by another genius of Soviet landscape paintings of the 60's and 70's — A. Stozharova.
Vladimir's paintings are reminiscent of the French impressionist/post-impressionist works. This is manifested in his focus on the relationship between color, light and shades onplein air. He pays special attention to reflections and shows how they depend on the color and light that project from other objects. Vladimir traveled extensively in North Russia in search of interesting village landscapes. He often chooses sunrise or sunset time of day when nature is lit with bright, red rays of the sun. To convey these color changes of nature's transfiguration onto the canvas is the artist's main goal.
Vladimir Pentjuh's paintings are about the eternal, unchangeable and constant. The feelings of beauty, generosity and joy of life inspire him as they inspired other great impressionists. He enriched the typical vision of impressionists with an optimistic and joyful vision of the world as well as his own love, preferences and choice of subjects. Eternal values — earth, sun, bread and water — are main themes of his creative work. On the earth, he places sturdy log houses and lights them with warm sun. He admires the play of sun rays on the grass, roofs of houses and snow.
The landscapes of Vladimir are closed composition. On the foreground he can depict animals and peasants; on the background, a row of wooden houses. The horizon is depicted on the artist's eye level. This helps the spectator to "step into the picture" and become a participant of the village life. The spectator enjoys the panorama of the Russian village — endless Russian fields, small rivers, lakes and boats on the banks, dirty roads deformed by the rain.
Vladimir has a great sense of color. He bravely combines and groups together colors which were considered incompatible before impressionism. He has a rare skill of using complicated color without making it dirty and to use clean color without making it trivial. He mixes them together not breaking the harmony of the canvas. His works are full-bodied, rich in tones, with good conveyance of the material world. They are impeccable from the professional point of view and unlimited in their emotional intensity. His canvases are full of the aroma of spring and fall, moisture and snow, earth and wind.
Pentjuh has participated in numerous regional and republican exhibitions. His works are exhibited and stored in the Penza Picture Gallery, named after K. A. Savitski. Also, he is represented in private collections in Russia, Germany, China, Malaysia and the United States.


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A thousand feminists, a million acts of violence
The UK government says it wants to end abuse against women and girls but at the same time it is cutting vital funding to organisations in the front line. In London last weekend, the FEM 11 conference called for a new political strategy and for better funding of women's services. Ray Filar was there
Ray Filar
A group of men outside a lap dancing club: 'Pull up your top, love'.
A facebook status: 'Haha, I just got away with sexual assault.'
A disbelieving policeman, on the 'perfect' rape victim; white middle-class, and Catholic: 'Isn't it shocking that something like this could happen to a lovely girl like her?'
Last Saturday's 'FEM 11' conference brought to light a wealth of material; small stories like these, reminders of the the ways in which violence against women and girls (VAWG) is still normalised, trivialised, and eventually accepted as part of the day-to-day. Just a few weeks ago I heard a male acquaintance say, laughing, 'I've never actually raped anyone, but my friend has.'
I was the only person in earshot who seemed to mind.
Mid-Saturday afternoon I'm sitting in a gigantic room packed with at least one thousand feminists, mostly women. One thousand feminists are clapping and cheering, and regularly disagreeing. One thousand feminists are thinking, speaking, laughing, listening. This UK Feminista conference has successfully brought together feminists of varying stripes; activists, politicians, campaigners, writers; young and old. Its purpose, ostensibly, is 'for building coalitions and exploring routes forward', but it is also designed to empower. We are here because we admit society's endemic structural sexism and because we want to do something about it. We are also here because we know we can't do it alone. This room of one thousand feminists acts as a welcome reminder that British feminism is flourishing, that we are in good company.
The statistics on violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the UK are damning. Two women a week are killed by their current or former male partners. One in four women will experience domestic violence during their lifetime . Twenty-three percent of women experience sexual assault as adults. One in three girls at school say that they experience unwanted sexual contact. That's not even to mention "honour" related crimes, female genital mutilation, emotional abuse, financial abuse, trafficking, sexual harassment and stalking. This is by no means an exhaustive list.
Despite this government's avowed aim to 'end violence against women and girls', feminist organisations that work against VAWG have seen their governmental support - the funding essential for their existence - decimated by the spending cuts. One workshop at the UK Feminista conference was led by End Violence Against Women (EVAW), a coalition of feminist organisations. Sarah Green, Campaigns Manager at EVAW, explained that women's support services are now, more than ever, 'facing the possibility of not having renewed funding, or not having any funding at all.' Indeed, throughout the last year women's charities have repeatedly warned that funding cuts will leave them unable to provide services.
At the same time, political rhetoric on the sexualisation of women is steadily co-opted by right-wing, christian, anti-sex voices. The move from the 2010 Home Office Review to the 2011 Bailey Review, non-coincidentally aligns with the change of government. In such a conservative climate, feminist approaches to representations of women appear to have no political traction. In EVAW's packed consciousness-raising workshop, numerous women shared their anger and frustration at the seeming links between sexualisation and the normalisation of gendered violence today. Sexual violence is the logical conclusion of the constant media portrayals of polarised masculinities and femininities, representing men as testosterone-pumped violent aggressors and women as sex-object victims. As Sarah Green points out, in this context 'women's support services are not some kind of luxury add on, they are an essential support service which it is our right to have funded.'
From prevention to support
A workshop run by legal advice service Rights of Women conveyed in shocking fashion the gendered nature of the legal aid cuts; with less personal wealth than men, legal aid claimants are disproportionately women. The Legal Aid, Punishment and Sentencing of Offenders bill (LAPSO) - which strips £350 million from the government's annual legal aid budget - adopts a restricted definition of abuse which could lead, in particular cases, to women being cross-examined by their abusers. The definition of abuse given in the bill is narrower than that used across the rest of government: meaning that cases of financial abuse, for example, would not be seen as eligible for legal aid.
Katherine Perks, Policy and Public Affairs Officer at Rights of Women, explains that the bill 'doesn't look at vulnerability issues...there's no reference in the bill to the capacity of women who have experienced gender-based violence...domestic violence is only addressed in private family cases, but not adequately addressed.' Women experiencing violence who fall outside of the limited cases covered by LAPSO will not be able to claim legal aid, leaving potentially vulnerable abused women at the mercy of an opaque and unfriendly system.
Some of the most marginalised women in the country, asylum seekers fleeing gender-based persecution, will also be hugely affected by governmental cuts to legal aid. Possibly the most serious, distressing workshop of the day was run jointly by Women for Refugee Women, and Women Asylum Seekers Together London, women-run organisations which support women seeking refuge in the UK. Natasha Walter, director of Women for Refugee Women, recently wrote movingly in this publication of the work her organisation does.
Stories of the UK Border Agency's culture of disbelief towards refugee women already abound: persecutions mocked, scars labeled 'self-inflicted', the standard hearing confusing, belittling, and culturally insensitive. A refugee woman I know was treated as a liar, detained and put on fast-track to deportation in spite of her overwhelmingly convincing evidence. Having finally accessed legal aid, she is now in limbo, unable to work. Her only option is to wait for the courts to process her case.
The women asylum seekers who shared their histories at the Women for Refugee Women workshop communicated a devastating reality in which women seeking asylum in the UK are held to be guilty until proven innocent, in a system that makes it almost impossible to prove innocence. Access to good legal aid is already difficult enough for asylum seekers, but the LAPSO bill is a clear example of a government cutting support for those who need it most to bolster the savings of those who need them least.
The Women for Refugee Women workshop was absolutely central to the the anti-VAWG message of the UK Feminista Conference: British feminists today need to continue to trouble the popular (mis)conception of feminism's subject as white, wealthy and middle-class.
Where one thousand feminists can sit together in a room to address, together, the continual oppressions that different kinds of women face, then we're doing something right. But the women who face violence and abuse simply because they are women need feminist understandings of VAWG to spread beyond the walls of the conference room. Anti-women violence will continue, and increase, until there is proper government funding for both prevention and support services.
Next year, FEM 12 must bring on changes in political strategy. Women have a right to a new politics that backs its rhetoric about stopping violence against women and girls with hard cash.
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"Nithyananda is a Fraud & Rapist!" - Siddharth Recalls Seeing The 'Guru' Years Ago
Siddharth is an Indian actor who's been highly vocal about his political and social views on Twitter. Recently, Siddharth tweeted about self-proclaimed godman Nithyananda's vision of a new nation called 'Kailaasa'.
According to its official site, Kailaasa is 'a nation without borders created by dispossessed Hindus from around the world who lost the right to practice Hinduism authentically in their own countries'.
Here's what Siddharth tweeted in response to Nithyananda's latest stint:
Nithyananda is a clown, a fraud and a criminal. Anyone who voluntarily bows their head in front of him needs to get their head examined. Such poor judgement. https://t.co/fRMqB7Hm8S
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 7, 2019
Siddharth also briefly spoke about the religious cult leader in an interview.
"I think saw him in an airport 15 years ago and even from a distance I can see that he's a fraud, a 'loosu' (mentally-unstable)," Siddharth said.
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Been off swimming again this afternoon, and got up to 24 lengths (600m) today. Which is good, but tiring. I still haven't got my technique sorted out properly for front crawl, so I'm thinking about going along to the adult swimming lessons that they're running on Saturday mornings (starting next week, for 6 weeks altogether). It seems a bit silly, as lots of it will be redundant, but in the long run it's probably more effective than me splashing around on my own.
In the wake of swimming, I slumped in front of the TV for a while, to watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (thanks to Virgin's "2 DVDs for 20 quid" sale). Very much an 80s film (some bits seem quite dated now), but it's entertaining.


A translation is available below the Thamizh text..
Liked the கனவன் part 🙂 – Beautiful imagination.
You are welcome..:) I was actually wondering if அலைப்பேசி is more commonly used than அலைபேசி or the other way? If latter, then I am assuming you had a poetic reason to use அலைப்பேசி.
I prefer English as well and that's mostly because I have lost touch listening to good தமிழ் speakers around me.
Perfectly drafted!! It is truly a poetic language.. Listening to good speakers in this beautiful language, is indeed a treasure..
Thank you for the kind words. I will keep writing..just that it becomes more and more of an effort than it being natural like it used to be.
Yeah.. I pray that you get time to watch FRIENDS 😛 I have a question.. I was in an interview and while talking to the interviewer I said, "many a times.. blah blah blah" and he told me that "many a times" is not correct grammar 😀 You used it and I use it too till date 😉 and that guy was from a company of Chennai 😉 I should check that whether it's right/wrong grammar 😉 Do you happen to have any thoughts?
Okay, grammar squad.. Many a times is not right.. It is either many times or many a time.. Still it is not very common in American English but more used in British / Canada English..
😀 😀 That's a very big compliment!! You are making my day better with your words..