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St. Louis Science Center's "GameXPloration" is an immersive exhibit celebrating the past, present, and future of digital gaming. Gensler's brand team was tasked with enhancing the digital experience by creating a dynamic graphic program that illustrates how virtual and augmented reality modify reality with digital technology. Each brand touchpoint, from the visual identity to the more than 85 unique graphic moments, evokes the feeling of being transported to another world, providing the visitors with an experience unlike any other.


Rare and/or forgotten anime movies.
I posted a similar topic to this before,but...I wanted to get down to the real nitty gritty of what I discovered quite recently on YouTube.
Oh sure,Dragonball gets all the attention,but personally I was never a fan of such an overrated cash cow to begin with,however I did find the original a lot more entertaining than all that Z claptrap and the current "Super" series going on.
Anyhoo,I found that the very very best animes(Imho.)are the underrated ones that get no attention and vanish quite quickly.
And to top it all off,there are animes out there that sadly never made it here to the USA,and I wonder if they ever will.
Here for your viewing pleasure are some of the most amazing and forgotten anime movies I as an anime fan ever laid eyes on.
And that's about all the rare and hard as hell to find animes that I know of. How the hell these never made it to America I will never know.
Like I said,maybe we should write to our anime distribution companies that are still around.
I was never really into the Anime series'....more just the films.
Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Vampire Hunter D etc.
I did like the Initial D series about drifting though.
I fell in love with this little short the late night I saw it randomly played on the Sci-Fi channel so many years ago. I never forgot it. It left a huge impression on me.
Vampire Hunter D. This one is pretty famous. I wouldn't call it forgotten, but it is from the same era as the others.
Cool to see another fan of California Crisis. That is a good anime, though the ending is bizarre. I think the creators were planning on continuing the story, but perhaps it wasn't popular enough to warrant another episode.
Cool post Neil Allen! I totally would've recommended Robot Carnival if you hadn't. And I bought Cyber City on Amazon last year for $5.
I'd recommend Riding Bean..not sure if that counts as obscure, there was just a Kickstarter for it recently. And MD Geist.
Thanks for the reply there Neil,I appreciate it. And no worries,i'm familiar with almost all of the animes you posted,I have some on VHS and some on DVD.
However,and this is just my opinion on Urotsukidoji,I only saw the whole ova on YT years ago and I for one never considered it a masterpiece,it...left a pretty bad taste in my mouth in so many ways,I mean for me at least the 2nd episode was the only one I found tolerable,but it's cool man to each his own as they say.
But yeah,watch at your own risk is right.
Nice to see we understand together a rare classic like California crisis,but again I can only hope that some of the USA's anime distribution companies get ahold of animes like that.
Imo,it would be so sweet,it'd be like a LOST CLASSICS anime collection on DVD.
I also have Robot Carnival and riding bean,two great classics!
I watched Riding Bean a few days ago because of the recommendation and I had a lot of fun!
About Legend of the Overfiend, I completely understand why someone would find it detestable, and I wouldn't disagree, it is rather off putting, but at the same time, I think it has a lot if artistic merit. It looks spectacular, the soundtrack is great, the fight scenes are put together really well, I actually think the story is interesting, the demon designs are pretty cool, and, to me at least, it's really funny. There is a lot more to it than just the shocking stuff, in my opinion.
Legend of the Overfiend is a good film....but people only focus on one area of it.
I'm not as well versed in this stuff as you guys I've enjoyed a lot of anime, it mainly the mainstream stuff. I really love almost anything put out by Ghibli.
About as far off the beaten path I've gone, and enjoyed it, was Giant Robo. I freaking loved that series.


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Q: access data volume of node modules outside docker container I have docker setup for a node.js web service which creates a data volume for node modules like this:
  volumes:
       - ./service:/usr/src/service
       - /usr/src/service/node_modules

The solution with data volume works fine. But using a data volume, the node_modules are not accessible or visible in my host (not container) which creates other restrictions. For example: I can not run tests in web-storm as they expect node_modules to be present.
Is there any alternative solution other than using data volume to mount node modules which also allows to access them on host?
The docker file looks like:
FROM node:6.3.1-slim

ARG NPM_TOKEN
ARG service
ENV NODE_ENV development

RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install build-essential git-core python-dev vim

# use nodemon for development
RUN npm install --global nodemon

COPY .npmrc /root/.npmrc

RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/$service
RUN mkdir -p /modules/$service/
COPY sources/$service/package.json /modules/$service/package.json
RUN cd /modules/$service/ && npm install && rm -f /root/.npmrc && mv /modules/$service/node_modules /usr/src/$service/node_modules

WORKDIR /usr/src/$service
COPY sources/$service /usr/src/$service

ENV service=${service}

COPY start_services.sh /root/start_services.sh
COPY .env /root/.env
COPY services.sh /root/services.sh

RUN ["chmod", "+x", "/root/start_services.sh"]
RUN ["chmod", "+x", "/root/services.sh"]
CMD /root/start_services.sh

A: Specify node_modules as follows:
volumes:
  - .:/usr/src/service/
  - /usr/src/service/node_modules

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Ovagen Group Limited Announce the Launch of the World's First Germ-Free Egg
Author Catherine Caulfield Posted on April 22, 2022 April 22, 2022
This innovative and disruptive technology will set a new 'gold standard in the market' eliminating bacterial contamination and potential for increased viral yield in egg based vaccine manufacture
This ground-breaking development will support the manufacturing of vaccines and scientific research
These bacteria, or 'germfree', eggs will be available for commercial sale in Q2 this year
25 April 2022, Ballina, Mayo, Ireland: Biotechnology company Ovagen Group Limited has today announced the achievement of the world's first bacteria free ('germfree') eggs. These eggs are from a bacteria free flock of birds, and for use in the production of human and animal vaccine manufacture and in cutting edge scientific research.
Chicken eggs have been in clinical use for vaccine manufacture and biopharmaceutical research for over 100 years. However, bacterial contamination of eggs has always been a problem for the vaccine industry. This has now been addressed by Ovagen's multi-skilled research team.
Ovagen's superior quality germfree eggs will therefore set a new gold standard in the market. The biology of germfree eggs may also allow much greater viral yield of certain vaccines. These Germ Free eggs will be available for commercial sale in Q2 2022.
Dr. Catherine Caulfield, Ovagen CEO, commented: "The achievement of germfree eggs is the result of over a decade of research & development for Ovagen, and represents a great advancement of our technology. I would like to sincerely thank our committed and dedicated team for their part in developing this world's first innovative and disruptive technology."
Dr. Leonard Moran, Ovagen Chairman and experienced entrepreneur, said: "Vaccine and biopharmaceutical medicine is a key part of human health, as evidenced by the Covid-19 pandemic. I am really pleased that Ovagen will play such an important role in advancing the science in this area."
European Research funding, through Horizon 2020, and shareholder matched funds have been instrumental in allowing Ovagen take the product from proof of concept to germ free eggs available for customer evaluation. The company is now poised for scale up and commercialisation.
Kevin Burke, National Director for Horizon Europe at Enterprise Ireland said, "This is very positive news for Dr. Caulfield and her team at Ovagen Group. Ovagen Group's engagement with the European Framework Programmes and the award of competitive funding under the SME Instrument has significantly progressed the company's research and innovation ambitions to advance commercialisation and its position to scale.
"The SME Instrument Programme has been succeeded by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Programme in Horizon Europe. Enterprise Ireland encourages all innovative Irish start-ups and SMEs to closely look at the opportunities under the EIC and the wider Horizon Europe Programmes to support their innovation and scale-up ambitions."
About Ovagen Group Limited. Ballina, Mayo, Ireland.
Ovagen Group Limited is an innovation-based biotechnology company, led by experienced entrepreneurs, providing specialist contract products and services to the biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and vaccine industries. The companyhas developed a proprietary process of producing Germ Free chicken eggs and Germ Free birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry.
Peg Connor (Administrative Office Manager):
Tel: + 353 (0)96 75579
Email: info@ovagen.com
Web: www.ovagen.ie

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Microsoft OS chief sees a 'One Windows' future
Microsoft's Terry Myerson
Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of operating systems, has a lot on his plate.
Appointed to head Microsoft's unified operating system group (OSG) last July, Myerson recently got even more power, now heading up everything in Xbox but the console hardware, along with the Windows client and Windows Phone operating systems. Before becoming OSG chief — and being considered for the CEO job at Microsoft — Myerson was head of engineering for Windows Phone and ran the Exchange business for the company. He joined Microsoft in 1997 when Redmond bought his Web-software startup, Interse.
I had a chance to sit down with Myerson earlier this week, a few days after Microsoft's Build 2014 conference, to get clarification on his plans, products and strategies for operating systems at the company.
In the Q&A with him, we went into depth about his "One Windows" strategy and vision.
Myerson made it clear that while supporting legacy apps on the desktop is part of Windows in the future, it isn't going to be part of every Windows variant going forward. He also gave me reason to believe the rumors that a new Windows on ARM variant that will work on both phones and tablets is, indeed, in the pipeline, as tipsters have indicated.
Here's our conversation on these topics from a transcript edited for length and clarity:
Q: It's clear that Metro/Windows Store is the heart of Microsoft's Windows vision going forward. But how should we be thinking about the role of the desktop? Many believe the desktop is going to be going away, but others think it can't and won't. What's the reality?
Myerson: We actually value using the desktop. I feel highly productive using it. It's very familiar to me. We plan — [as] we talked about at the Build conference — to bring modern apps to the desktop. We are going to have machines that have a great desktop experience.
It [the desktop] is also not the right experience for a phone or a tablet. And so how the Windows experience spans these form factors and is familiar across them — that's what we need to deliver if we're going to delight people in the whole ecosystem.
The desktop is part of our future. It's absolutely core to Windows.
What about Windows RT — not WinRT, the API (application programming interface) — but Windows RT, the Windows flavor on ARM? Does that have a future?
Myerson: Windows ARM processors have a future, and there's tremendous innovation in the ARM ecosystem. I think Intel has a fabulous future. There's tremendous innovation going on with Intel.
We want to take advantage of the innovations in ARM. I think ARM chipsets have a bright, vibrant future, and Windows will run on those chipsets.
We've been hearing rumors about the Windows Phone OS and Windows RT somehow becoming a new OS that's different from Windows RT as it exists today. Is that the right way to think about it?
Myerson: We will have great version of Windows on ARM. One thing we're working through is how do we really delight customers in all the form factors that will have ARM chips.
What does "One Windows" really mean? There can never be a single version of Windows that runs on every platform because of the difference in form factors. But how should we think about how you get as close to "One Windows" as you can?
Myerson: I think the most important thing is the one developer platform across the Internet of things, phone, tablet, PC, Xbox, PPI (Perceptive Pixel touch displays), the cloud. One coherent, consistent excellent place, one way for developers to target the Windows ecosystem and delight our customers.
I'm interested in hearing more about what you mean when you say "Internet of things" from the Windows perspective. Is this just the new name for Windows Embedded? Or is it more than that?
Myerson: We have a Windows Embedded product today that is a catchphrase for several different things. We have versions of full Windows, versions of Windows Phone, we have Win CE, we have .Net, versions of .Net. They're all caught under this catchphrase, Windows Embedded.
We need to clarify this in the coming months for our customers. The classic Windows Embedded customer isn't building a piano right now. What we're talking about is an evolution of our Windows Embedded business, as well as our Windows Embedded offerings.
It's quite exciting actually because these are our enterprise customers. Instead of like talking to them about their productivity desktops, [we are talking about] their products themselves. So it's just exciting. We will see where it goes, but we [think we can] help out our customers here with doing some really cool stuff.
When you announced at Build that you'd be making certain versions of Windows, Windows Phone and Windows for Internet of Things OSes all available for free, why did you draw the line at nine-inch screens? Is the thinking that the versions of Windows that will be free will be a single SKU around the time of Windows 9?
Myerson: Obviously we'll have SKUs for things that are free and SKUs for things that are not free. So that is I'd say an accounting statement. That's an accounting more than a strategy statement.
We have these great OEM partners and we really want to encourage designs with those [under 9-inch] screen sizes, and that was a place where strategically we felt we needed to invest.
On the upper end of the spectrum, we know Xbox One OS is built on Windows 8 at its core. At Build, you indicated that at some point you're going to be able to run universal apps on the Xbox, too. Does this mean you could technically run a CRM app on an Xbox?
Myerson: I don't know that I would. But you could.
Xbox is an experience that's really designed for a large screen, large shared screens in the living room.
We also have this product — it's still called Perceptive Pixel — which is just a magical experience in conference rooms that's a large shared screen. On these large shared screens, is CRM appropriate? Is Halo appropriate? We want to enable the creativity of the ISV to put what they want to put there.
In my office I expect to play Halo on the PPI by Microsoft. In my home I don't expect my kids to play CRM.
I would. Maybe.
Myerson: We're a platform for our partners' creativity. I don't want to judge what they've put on that screen. CRM on the Xbox, I don't know. A weather app on the Xbox, hey, maybe. A sports app on the Xbox, yeah, I think so. A CRM app for the PPI board, you know, maybe.
The Internet of Things is a headless or small screen device. With Xbox and PPI we're talking about large screen devices. It really comes back to enabling the creativity of our developers to get out to these various places as efficiently as possible.
Can you give us any more clarity on timing? At Build you showed a mockup of a Start Menu. You confirmed the Start Menu and windowed Metro-Style apps are coming some time after Windows 8.1 Update. Will these be available this year? Not until Threshold/Windows 9 next year?
Myerson: The reason we (showed) that work is we thought it was important to share with developers. When do we deliver it? I really don't have anything to share there. We're just not ready yet.
What about wearables? We've heard Alex Kipman of Kinect fame is working for you on some kind of wearable device software. My sources have said that. You know those sources.
Myerson: Yeah, right.
Could you give us general guidance on where you're going with wearables?
Myerson: Not really. With our Internet of Things work, we are enabling our customers to build great stuff.
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The significance of berit mila (circumcision) exceeds by far the scope of a single shiur. Our intention here will be to mention just four ideas related to this topic.
The Maharal (Tiferet Yisrael 2) discusses this dispute between the Roman governor and R. Akiva, which took place against the backdrop of the ban on circumcision that had been imposed on the Jews by Hadrian, and which was one of the two main reasons for the Bar Kokhba Revolt. The midrash suggests that Turnus Rufus regards nature, as created by "the gods" (to his view), as the best possible reality, such that the presence of the foreskin is its own proof that the body in its natural state is perfect as it is. R. Akiva proves, through the metaphor of wheat and cakes or flax and garments, that that which is produced by nature is not necessarily complete and perfect; man has a role to play in improving and perfecting what exists in nature. The Maharal engages in profound discussion of the subject, in his unique style. We shall adopt his general direction, but present the case slightly differently.
The world – and especially man – is not created perfect. Man is inherently deficient, and this deficiency is reflected in the presence of the foreskin. But why must we assume that God did not create man in a perfect and complete state? Why should we proceed from the notion that we must repair or complete God's work?
If we think about this logically, it is clear that God did not create man complete and perfect. A perfection imposed on man from the outside would not be perfection at all. If such perfection were granted to man as a gift, rather than something arising from within himself, it would be a "deficient perfection" – because something that is whole and perfect is not external, but internal. By way of analogy, we would not award a prestigious gold medal for sports to someone who did not run particularly fast or jump especially high. A medal awarded to such a person would be an external, artificial honor.
God created man imperfect, and man must exert effort and his free choice to attain perfection. Only if it comes from within himself, by his own choice, will he achieve this desired end. Therefore, man must perfect himself through his own choice; he should not expect God to do this for him.
Why does this concept, so fundamental to man's existence, find expression specifically in the organ of procreation rather than in some other part of the body? Apparently, since this organ is the locus of the lowest and most shameful inclinations, causing man naturally to cover it, it is from here that correction and the aspiration for perfection must proceed.
What is the significance of the eighth day? What makes it special?
A straightforward reading of chapters 1-2 of Bereishit (admittedly, a very difficult task) seems to raise the possibility that the world (including Shabbat) was created in seven days, and that the Garden of Eden was created on the eighth day. The account of the creation of the Garden of Eden has no division of days, such that we conclude that it was created in a single day, and this was the day after Shabbat. The Garden of Eden is the essence of the goodness in Creation, and it is here that the foreskin is removed, just as the Garden contains no sea, no creatures of the deep, no sun or moon, since all of these are generally associated with evil or idolatry.
We have already noted in the past (Parashat Bereishit) that the boundaries of the Garden of Eden as described in the Torah are identical to the boundaries of Eretz Yisrael. The Garden is created on the eighth day, and in this Garden man is a partner in God's work; he is placed there "to till it and to keep it," not just to exist passively as a receiver. Seemingly, the greatest pleasure in the Garden of Eden is not its agreeable temperature, its beautiful scenery, or its choice fruits, but rather the fact that man is an active partner in its upkeep, by tilling it and watching over it and through the commandments that he accepts upon himself to fulfill in it. The Garden of Eden is a garden of purpose and exertion.
This would seem to be the message of circumcision, as well. A male infant joins God's people when he is perfected, without a foreskin, by virtue of the efforts of the mohel, who should be the infant's father. Circumcision is the first step in the process that leads to perfection. It is specifically in the Garden of Eden that God reveals Himself by the Divine Name indicating direct relationship and intimacy – Y-H-V-H – and not just by the Divine Name indicating His "official title" as ruler – Elokim. God's revelation by His Name is an expression of His direct relationship with man, who is the "junior partner," as it were, in managing the Garden. This is the true pleasure of the Garden of Eden, where God is destined to reveal Himself to man.
Thus, circumcision on the eighth day expresses a longing for the Garden of Eden, the place of perfection and completion.
According to custom, a baby boy is named immediately after his circumcision. It is possible that this custom, too, is based on the connection between berit mila and the Garden of Eden, since an important task that Adam fulfilled in the Garden was giving names to all the animals. Through this naming, too, man became God's partner in Creation.
The concept of naming at the circumcision is found in the story of Avraham, as well. His name is changed upon his circumcision, from Avram to Avraham. And in Parashat Vayishlach, we read about Yaakov, who also has his name changed – from Yaakov to Yisrael – in a context that may be a symbolic parallel to circumcision, since it involves "the hollow of his thigh" (kaf yerekho).
Likewise, some commentators who focus on peshat (see, for example, Chizkuni, Bamidbar 13:16) maintain that Moshe changed the name of Hoshea bin Nun to Yehoshua to indicate the fact that he was Moshe's servant.
The act of circumcision and giving of the name turns Avraham – and his progeny, who are likewise circumcised, for all generations – into God's servants.
The declaration of subjugation that is entailed in giving the name pertains to the actual act of circumcision, too. According to the laws of the ancient world, severance of an organ was appropriate in the case of a rebellious or disobedient slave. The Torah opposes this abominable practice, stating that a slave goes free if his master maimed his eye or tooth (Shemot 21:27). The ancient practice takes on gentler, more benign form in the Torah in the boring of the ear of a slave who chooses to stay on permanently with his master after his period of indenture, until the Jubilee year (Shemot 21:6).
Physical mutilation of the organs of procreation was likewise practiced in the ancient world, and most of the slaves and servants in royal courts were eunuchs. Here, too, the Torah prohibits the practice of castration, but stipulates a gentler marking of the organ of procreation, likewise as a symbol of "service" or subjugation to God, accompanied by a new name for the "servant" who has joined Am Yisrael.
The commandment of circumcision is given to Avraham, inter alia, with a view to differentiating between Yitzchak and Yishmael. Yishmael is circumcised along with all the male members born to Avraham's household, and, at Avraham's request, he is also given a blessing. Nevertheless, God declares that it is through Yitzchak that His covenant with Avraham will be fulfilled.
Sara, too, receives her name at the time of the circumcision. Although the commandment of circumcision pertains only to the males, she obviously plays a central part in the covenant. Both Yishmael and Yitzchak (who, at this point, has yet to be born) are sons of Avraham. But Yishmael is born prior to Avraham's circumcision, while Yitzchak is born of Sara after the circumcision. It would therefore appear that the circumcision is bound up with the sanctity of the seed that emerges from that organ, and the sanctity of the seed in turn is determined by the woman who absorbs and nurtures the seed. Circumcision marks the sanctity of Jewish seed that is absorbed in the womb of a Jewish woman, not in the womb of a foreign woman.
And they said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us. But in this we will consent to you: if you will be as we are, that every male of you is circumcised…" (Bereishit 34:14-15).
Thus, circumcision distinguishes between Jews and other nations when it comes to marriage, and it establishes that a Jewish man gives his seed only to a Jewish woman, and not to a foreign woman.
Why is there a need for two separate messages about Yitzchak's birth?
The answer is that the first message, in Parashat Lekh-Lekha, is given to Avraham, while the second one, in Parashat Vayera, is given to Sara. Although the angel is speaking to Avraham, he asks, "Where is Sara, your wife?", so that she, too, will pay attention and listen, from inside the tent, and hear the news. And indeed, the Torah explicitly notes Sara's reaction of laughter and the exchange between her and the angel in its wake.
The message to a mother concerning a son to be born is something new. In the ancient world, the son was linked only to the father; the mother simply bore the child for the father. The inclusion of the mother in the message, and the relating of the child to her as well, are the great innovation of our parasha. This innovation arises not only from the natural honor that the Torah shows to the woman and mother, but also from the covenant of circumcision, awarding holiness to the seed that is planted only in the womb of a Jewish woman.
Halakha for all generations has adopted the promise of seed given to the mother in that the holiness inherent to Israel is dependent on the Jewish mother, rather than the father (Shulchan Arukh, Even Ha-Ezer 4). Only the son that Sara bears to Avraham will have an eternal covenant with God.
The promise concerning "your seed after you" means that those who keep the sign of the covenant of circumcision and refrain from marrying foreign wives will be those who ultimately inherit the land.
 Many examples are offered in Meir Maloul, Kovtzei Ha-Dinim Ve-Osafim Mishpatiim Acherim min Ha-Mizrach Ha-Kadum (Haifa, 5770). The Hammurabi Code states, "If the slave of a free man strikes the body of a free man, his ear shall be cut off." The Middle Assyrian Laws include the stipulation, "If a slave or slave-girl receives anything from a married woman, the nose and ears of the slave or slave-girl are to be cut off." According to the Hittite Laws, "If a slave sets a house ablaze… the nose and ears of the slave shall be cut off, and he shall be handed back to his master." Maloul also refers to H. A. Hoffner's comprehensive work on the Hittite texts, The Laws of the Hittites - A Critical Edition (Leiden, 1997).
 Pinchas, son of Elazar, is zealous in his loyalty to this principle and exacts harsh punishment on Zimri. Chazal identify the prophet Eliyahu with Pinchas (see Yalkut Shimoni, Bamidbar 771), and indeed according to tradition, Eliyahu is a presence at every circumcision, watching over and guarding the separation of Israel from the other nations.
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Q: IIF return a ressource variable Here's the ligne :
<%# IIf(Container.DataItem("OldAdress") = Container.DataItem("NewAdress"), "", "Adress")%>

Instead of hard coding "Adress", I want to return a resource variable. Is it possible ?

A: By using the GetGlobalResourceObject / GetLocalResource object functions.  From
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227982(v=vs.140).aspx
C#:
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

    <title>Untitled Page</title>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server"
            OnClick="Button1_Click"
            Text="Get Resources" />
        <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server"
            Visible="false" />

    </form>

VB.Net:
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

    <title>Untitled Page</title>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server"
            OnClick="Button1_Click"
            Text="Get Resources" />
        <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server"
            Visible="false" />

    </form>


Saudia from 26FEB15 launches a new domestic service from Jeddah, with 2 weekly operation to Al Ula in the Northwestern part of Saudi Arabia. This service will be operated by Embraer E170 aircraft on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Saudia already operates Riyadh – Al Ula and Madinah – Al Ula route, twice weekly each with E170.


If you have a ton of shoes, then actually storing and organizing them can be a hassle. Check out how Ikea revamped this collector's setup.
Other than the fact a cute girl is involved, I assume most sneaker collectors can relate to the following video.
300 pairs of shoes. A job revolving around shoes. Living at home with parents. Endless clutter and disorganization.
Luckily for Jess Gavigan, a collector from England that runs Small Feet Big Kicks, home decor kingpin Ikea took notice and offered to help revamp her bedroom.
Check out the following video highlighting different ways to store and stash your shoes, with help coming courtesy of the Faktum cabinets, Komplement shelving and several other modern units from Ikea.
Has anyone else gone to such great lengths to remodel their rooms, and how do you store all your kicks at home?


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Q: is it possible to detect if an xml node is present using c#? i have a xml file and i want to know if it is possible to see if the <VertrekVertragingTekst> is present in the xml file.
this is the xml node:
<VertrekkendeTrein>
<RitNummer>4722</RitNummer>
<VertrekTijd>2014-06-03T09:45:00+0200</VertrekTijd>
<VertrekVertraging>PT2M</VertrekVertraging>
<VertrekVertragingTekst>+2 min</VertrekVertragingTekst>
<EindBestemming>Uitgeest</EindBestemming>
<TreinSoort>Sprinter</TreinSoort>
<Vervoerder>NS</Vervoerder>
<VertrekSpoor wijziging="false">2</VertrekSpoor>
</VertrekkendeTrein>

(these nodes are in dutch so dont pay attention to what they say, that is not important)
this is the c# code that i have so far:
XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("ActueleVertrekTijden/VertrekkendeTrein/*");
foreach (XmlNode nodelist2 in nodeList)
{
    if (i < 1) //1
        switch (nodelist2.Name)
        {
            case "VertrekTijd": string kuttijd1 = (nodelist2.InnerText);
                var res1 = Regex.Match(kuttijd1, @"\d{1,2}:\d{1,2}").Value;
                lblv1.Text = Convert.ToString(res1); break;
            case "VertrekVertragingTekst": ververt1.Text = (nodelist2.InnerText); ververt1.Visible = true; vertpic1.Visible = true; logo1.Top -= 9; lblts1.Top -= 9; break;
            case "EindBestemming": string vertrek1 = (nodelist2.InnerText); if (vertrek1 == "Uitgeest") { lblvia1.Text = "Krommenie-Ass"; } lblbs1.Text = vertrek1; break;
            case "TreinSoort": lblts1.Text = (nodelist2.InnerText); break;
            case "RouteTekst": lblvia1.Text = (nodelist2.InnerText); break;
            case "VertrekSpoor": lbls1.Text = (nodelist2.InnerText); i++; break;
        }
}

i can read out of this file and everything works but i want to know how i can detect the presence of this node?

A: Use SelectSingleNode Method
var result = node.SelectSingleNode("nodeTocheck");
if(result!=null)
{
}

A: It could be done with Linq To Xml based on the following code snippet.
XDocument XmlDoc = XDocument.Parse(Doc);
var Query = XmlDoc.Root.DescendantNodes()
                       .OfType<XElement>()
                       .Where(iEl =>iEl.Name.LocalName.Equals("NodeName"));

The sequence would contain all nodes of name NodeName.

A: I use XmlReader class to read XML files, you can also give it a try
namespace System.Xml.XmlReader
Example:
String xmlString =
            @"<bookstore>
                <book genre='autobiography' publicationdate='1981-03-22' ISBN='1-861003-11-0'>
                    <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
                    <author>
                        <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
                        <last-name>Franklin</last-name>
                    </author>
                    <price>8.99</price>
                </book>
            </bookstore>";

        // Create an XmlReader
        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xmlString)))
        {
            if(reader.ReadToFollowing("book"))
            {
                reader.MoveToFirstAttribute();
                string genre = reader.Value;
                Console.WriteLine("The genre value: " + genre);
            }
            else
            {
                //Do something else
            }
        }

Output
The genre value: autobiography


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Home > News > Compliance > Alight Solutions, Abbott Lab Sued for Cyber Breach
Compliance April 13, 2020
Alight Solutions, Abbott Lab Sued for Cyber Breach
The defendants allegedly failed to enforce an online security question routine, in turn allowing an unknown individual to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from an Abbott Labs stock plan investor.
Litigation filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) tends to focus on the alleged fiduciary breaches of employers, but a new complaint in Illinois also names Alight Solutions in its role as a service provider.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois' Eastern Division, names among various other defendants Abbott Laboratories, the company's stock ownership plan, one individually named fiduciary, and Alight Solutions.
According to the plaintiffs, this case "arises from defendants' reckless actions in allowing an unknown individual to prey on and steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the retirement savings of the plaintiff, a retired former employee of Abbott Laboratories, which were held in Abbott Corporate Benefits Stock Retirement Plan."
"Defendants failed to enforce a security question routine set up for security purposes on the defendants' website, www.abbottbenefits.com, and instead simply provided a one-time code over the phone that was used to loot [plaintiff's] account," the complaint states. "Then, rather than communicating with [plaintiff] via email concerning changes to her account, as defendants knew [plaintiff] preferred, they mailed notices, allowing the theft to be consummated and $245,000 to be transferred out of the country via email to an Indian IP address before [plaintiff] could take any steps to halt the fraud."
Details from the text of the complaint suggest the plaintiff did not share her account password with any individual other than her husband, who is the primary beneficiary of the account assets, which totaled more than $360,000 before the alleged security breach.
"On or about December 29, 2018, at 10:56 p.m. Central Time, an unknown user accessed [plaintiff's] account via the internet, and chose the 'forgot password' option," the complaint states. "The unknown user entered the last four digits of [plaintiff's] Social Security number and her date of birth. These entries were challenged by the website. The unknown user elected to receive a one-time code via email, allegedly to [plaintiff's] email account, rather than answer online security questions. [The plaintiff] has no record of ever receiving such an email."
The one-time code was, according to the plaintiff, successfully entered and access to the account was granted. The unknown user changed the password and added to the account direct deposit information for a SunTrust bank account.
"Two days later, on December 31, 2018, an unknown individual (the 'Impersonator') contacted the Abbott Benefits Service Center, claiming to be [plaintiff]," the complaint states. "The Impersonator called from the phone number … which did not belong to [plaintiff], had never been used by [plaintiff] and was not associated with [plaintiff's] plan account. The Impersonator told the customer service representative that they had tried to process a distribution online, but were unsuccessful. Defendants' customer service representative, in a gross dereliction of duty, asked the Impersonator if they still lived at [the plaintiff's address], thereby providing personal information to the Impersonator."
Eventually, the complaint states, upon the Impersonator's request, defendants authorized $245,000 to be transferred from the plaintiff's account to the SunTrust Bank account.
"On January 9, 2019, defendants sent a letter via first class U.S. mail to [plaintiff], advising her of the transfer of funds," the complaint states. "Once again, they failed to communicate with [plaintiff] via her preferred email communication method about the withdrawal. She did not receive this letter until January 14, 2019. Had defendants communicated information to her via email, she would have been able to halt the transfer and would have stopped the transfer."
The complaint goes on to specifically allege the defendants breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty and prudence "by causing, allowing or processing unauthorized distributions of [plaintiff's] account assets; failing to confirm authorizations for distributions with [plaintiff] before making distributions; failing to provide timely notice of distributions to [plaintiff] by telephone or email; failing to identify and halt suspicious distribution requests, such as requests for multiple distributions to accounts in different banks; failing to establish distribution processes to safeguard the plan's assets against unauthorized withdrawals; failing to monitor other fiduciaries' distribution processes, protocols and activities; and related acts and omissions."
The full text of the complaint is here.
Abbott Laboratories has not yet responded to a request for comment about the litigation.
Alight Solutions shared the following statement: "While we can't comment on any specific litigation, we take data security and protection of accounts seriously, and are committed to maintaining an aggressive approach to fraud prevention as threats evolve. We regularly communicate with our clients about our policies and practices and provide participants with a variety of resources to help guard against identity theft-related fraud. This can occur when individuals' credentials are compromised from outside sources (often unsecure email) and independent from our systems. We continually evaluate and update our security protocols as the threat landscape evolves to ensure our measures meet or exceed industry standards. This includes multi-factor authentication, account alerts via multiple channels and specialized teams available to immediately assist customers who receive alerts for changes they did not authorize."
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Q: How to solve issue with ffmpeg being stuck at 'Opening an input file' I am using a capture card to capture HDMI audio from another machine.
On my host, output of arecord -l is as follow:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC283 Analog [ALC283 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: capture [ezcap U3 capture], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

The command that I use is:
sudo ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:CARD=capture,DEV=0 -t 30 test.wav -loglevel debug

When I ran the command, the log seems to freeze at 'Opening an input file' as below:
ffmpeg version 3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 7 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.18.04.1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librubberband --enable-librsvg --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
  libavutil      55. 78.100 / 55. 78.100
  libavcodec     57.107.100 / 57.107.100
  libavformat    57. 83.100 / 57. 83.100
  libavdevice    57. 10.100 / 57. 10.100
  libavfilter     6.107.100 /  6.107.100
  libavresample   3.  7.  0 /  3.  7.  0
  libswscale      4.  8.100 /  4.  8.100
  libswresample   2.  9.100 /  2.  9.100
  libpostproc    54.  7.100 / 54.  7.100
Splitting the commandline.

Reading option '-f' ... matched as option 'f' (force format) with argument 'alsa'.

Reading option '-i' ... matched as input url with argument 'hw:CARD=capture,DEV=0'.

Reading option '-t' ... matched as option 't' (record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video) with argument '30'.

Reading option 'test.wav' ... matched as output url.

Reading option '-loglevel' ... matched as option 'loglevel' (set logging level) with argument 'debug'.

Finished splitting the commandline.

Parsing a group of options: global .

Applying option loglevel (set logging level) with argument debug.

Successfully parsed a group of options.

Parsing a group of options: input url hw:CARD=capture,DEV=0.

Applying option f (force format) with argument alsa.

Successfully parsed a group of options.

Opening an input file: hw:CARD=capture,DEV=0.

It will just stuck there forever, until I press Ctrl+C, then the log continues as follow:
[alsa @ 0x55c9f0eee8c0] interrupted
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
Input #0, alsa, from 'hw:CARD=capture,DEV=0':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
    Stream #0:0, 0, 1/1000000: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Successfully opened the file.
Parsing a group of options: output url test.wav.
Applying option t (record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video) with argument 30.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Opening an output file: test.wav.
File 'test.wav' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
[file @ 0x55c9f0f03280] Setting default whitelist 'file,crypto'
Successfully opened the file.
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (pcm_s16le (native) -> pcm_s16le (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
Finishing stream 0:0 without any data written to it.
detected 4 logical cores
[graph_0_in_0_0 @ 0x55c9f0f05dc0] Setting 'time_base' to value '1/48000'
[graph_0_in_0_0 @ 0x55c9f0f05dc0] Setting 'sample_rate' to value '48000'
[graph_0_in_0_0 @ 0x55c9f0f05dc0] Setting 'sample_fmt' to value 's16'
[graph_0_in_0_0 @ 0x55c9f0f05dc0] Setting 'channel_layout' to value '0x3'
[graph_0_in_0_0 @ 0x55c9f0f05dc0] tb:1/48000 samplefmt:s16 samplerate:48000 chlayout:0x3
[format_out_0_0 @ 0x55c9f0f060c0] Setting 'sample_fmts' to value 's16'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55c9f0f04be0] query_formats: 5 queried, 12 merged, 0 already done, 0 delayed
Output #0, wav, to 'test.wav':
  Metadata:
    ISFT            : Lavf57.83.100
    Stream #0:0, 0, 1/48000: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.107.100 pcm_s16le
size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x
video:0kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
Input file #0 (hw:CARD=capture,DEV=0):
  Input stream #0:0 (audio): 0 packets read (0 bytes); 0 frames decoded (0 samples);
  Total: 0 packets (0 bytes) demuxed
Output file #0 (test.wav):
  Output stream #0:0 (audio): 0 frames encoded (0 samples); 0 packets muxed (0 bytes);
  Total: 0 packets (0 bytes) muxed
Output file is empty, nothing was encoded (check -ss / -t / -frames parameters if used)
0 frames successfully decoded, 0 decoding errors
[AVIOContext @ 0x55c9f0f033e0] Statistics: 3 seeks, 3 writeouts
Exiting normally, received signal 2.

The issue can be solved if I unplug and plug the capture card back again... but I don't want to be doing that all the time. Is there any way to solve this issue?


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The 2018 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series pitting the defending World Series champion Houston Astros against the Boston Red Sox, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2018 World Series. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the first two and last two (if necessary) games played at the home ballpark of the team with the better regular season record, the Red Sox. The series was the 49th in league history, with TBS televising all games in the United States. The Red Sox defeated the Astros, in five games.

For the second year in a row, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the NLCS, this ALCS was sponsored by Google Assistant and was officially known as the American League Championship Series presented by Google Assistant.

The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.

Background
The Astros won the American League West division with a record of 103–59, then swept the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series. This was the Astros' sixth League Championship Series and second in the American League, their prior AL appearance being a 2017 ALCS win over the New York Yankees in seven games. Houston also appeared in four NLCS, winning once and losing thrice, before joining the American League in 2013.

The Red Sox won the American League East division with a record of 108–54, then defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, 3–1. This was Boston's 11th ALCS. They had a prior record of 5–5 in those series, most recently winning in 2013 and most recently losing in 2008.

The 2018 ALCS was just the 12th postseason match-up to feature two teams with 100 wins, though the third since the 2017 World Series. The 211 combined regular season wins for both teams was the second-most of any postseason series ever, just behind the 1998 World Series. It was also the first ALCS to feature two 100-win teams since 1977, when the New York Yankees (100–62) defeated the Kansas City Royals (102–60).

Boston and Houston had met once before in the postseason, with the Astros winning the 2017 ALDS, 3–1; that year Alex Cora was Houston's bench coach before becoming manager of Boston for the upcoming season. Houston was 4–3 in their seven games against Boston during the 2018 regular season.

Team statistics
For the 2018 regular season.

Summary

Game summaries

Game 1

Three time All-Star and two time World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Red Sox. The Astros struck first on a George Springer two-run single in the top of the second off of an erratic Chris Sale, eventually ending Sale's night after four innings. Verlander cruised through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth, walking Mitch Moreland with the bases loaded and allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score on a wild pitch to even the score at two. Verlander struck out Andrew Benintendi on a controversial called strike that resulted in Red Sox manager Alex Cora getting ejected in between innings. The Astros responded in the top of the sixth with a two-out RBI single by Carlos Correa after Joe Kelly hit Alex Bregman with a pitch and Yuli Gurriel reached on a fielding error by Eduardo Núñez. Verlander came back to retire the side in order in the sixth. The Astros and Red Sox would trade zeroes until the top of the ninth inning which was led off by a Josh Reddick home run off of Brandon Workman. Workman then, after getting an out, walked José Altuve and Alex Bregman before Yuli Gurriel hit a three-run home run to blow the game open at 7–2. The Red Sox ended the night having walked 10 Astros hitters and hitting three more. Collin McHugh came in to finish the game off and give the Astros a loud 1–0 lead in the series.

Game 2

Jonny Gomes, a member of the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Mookie Betts doubled off Gerrit Cole and Andrew Benintendi singled him home to open the scoring for the Red Sox. Xander Bogaerts reached second on Cole's throwing error with one out in the first, then Rafael Devers singled home Benintendi for a 2–0 lead. Starting pitcher David Price allowed the Astros to get on the board in the second as Carlos Correa hit an infield single and Martín Maldonado doubled, with George Springer doubling them both home to tie it. An inning later, Yuli Gurriel singled and an out later, Marwin González homered over the Green Monster for a 4–2 lead. But the Red Sox struck back in the bottom of the inning. Bogaerts singled, Steve Pearce doubled and Devers walked to load the bases. One out later, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a bases-clearing double to give the Red Sox a 5–4 lead, which they would never relinquish. Price would fall an out shy of being credited the victory, allowing four runs, five hits, and four walks. Matt Barnes relieved him in the fifth with two outs and retired the next four batters for the victory. In the seventh, after Betts walked, Lance McCullers Jr. threw a wild pitch, advancing Betts to second, then to third on a Maldonado passed ball. One out later, another Maldonado passed ball scored Betts to make it 6–4. The next inning saw Devers single to center; two outs later, Mitch Moreland singled, and A. J. Hinch immediately sent out Héctor Rondón to face Betts, who doubled to center, scoring Devers to extend their lead to three runs. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth, allowing a two-out double by Springer and a José Altuve RBI single to bring the Astros to within 7–5. Kimbrel then retired Alex Bregman, who flew out to Benintendi to end the game, earning his third save this postseason, and tying the series at one all.

Game 3

Former Astros All-Star player Lance Berkman threw the ceremonial first pitch. Dallas Keuchel was Houston's starting pitcher, while Nathan Eovaldi started for Boston. The Red Sox jumped out to an early 2–0 lead in the top of the first inning, on two singles, a double, and an RBI ground out. The Astros responded in the bottom of the inning with a run on three singles, trimming Boston's lead to 2–1. Houston tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, as José Altuve worked a two-out walk and Alex Bregman drove him in with a double under the glove of Boston third baseman Rafael Devers. In the top of the sixth, Houston reliever Joe Smith took over from Keuchel, who had allowed two runs on four hits in five innings pitched. Smith allowed a home run to Steve Pearce, putting Boston back in the lead, 3–2, which they would never relinquish. In the bottom of the seventh, Ryan Brasier relieved Red Sox starter Eovaldi, who had allowed two runs on six hits in six innings pitched. With two outs in the top of the eighth, Boston had the bases loaded when pinch hitter Mitch Moreland was hit by a pitch from Roberto Osuna, forcing in a run. Jackie Bradley Jr. then hit a grand slam off of Osuna, putting Boston ahead, 8–2. The game ended without further scoring, George Springer striking out to end it. Eovaldi got the win for Boston, while Smith took the loss for Houston.

Game 4

Former Astros player Chris Burke, who hit a series-winning home run in the 2005 NLDS, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Charlie Morton started for Houston, his first postseason appearance this year. Boston scored two runs in the first inning, on a hit by pitch, walk, wild pitch, and a two-out RBI single by Rafael Devers. Rick Porcello started for Boston, his second start and fourth appearance of this postseason. In the bottom of the first, a deep drive and potential two-run homer to right field by José Altuve, which Mookie Betts nearly caught with a leaping grab at the wall, was ruled an out due to fan interference. The controversial call was made by right field umpire Joe West. Houston got a run back in the bottom of the second, when Josh Reddick led off with a double, and scored on a single by Carlos Correa. In the top of the third, Andrew Benintendi hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a double by Xander Bogaerts, giving the Red Sox a 3–1 lead. Josh James relieved Morton during the third, Morton having allowed three runs on three hits in  innings pitched. A George Springer home run to open the bottom of the third cut the lead to 3–2. Altuve then doubled, and was later driven in on a single by Reddick, evening the score, 3–3. A homer by Tony Kemp in the bottom of the fourth put the Astros ahead, 4–3. In the top of the fifth, Benintendi again doubled and was driven in by Bogaerts, tying the game at four all. Porcello, who had allowed four runs on seven hits, was relieved by Joe Kelly for the bottom of the fifth; Yuli Gurriel singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Correa, putting the Astros back ahead, 5–4. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth, giving the Red Sox a 6–5 lead, which they would not relinquish. In the seventh, Boston added a run on a single and three walks. An inning later, Betts singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by J. D. Martinez, increasing Boston's lead to 8–5. In the bottom of the eighth, Alex Bregman was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on a Springer double, and scored on a ground out by Altuve, trimming Boston's lead to 8–6. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel allowed three walks in the bottom of the ninth to load the bases, but got the final out on Benintendi's diving catch off a Bregman liner to left, for his fourth save this postseason.

At four hours and 33 minutes, this was the second-longest nine-inning postseason game in MLB history; 2017 NLDS Game 5 between the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals was four minutes longer.

Game 5

Former Astros All-Star player Jeff Kent threw the ceremonial first pitch. Justin Verlander, Game 1 winning pitcher, started for Houston, while David Price, who got a no decision in Game 2, started for Boston. Chris Sale did not start for Boston due to the effects of being ill after Game 1. Boston took a 1–0 lead in the top of the third inning on a home run by J. D. Martinez, which they would not relinquish. In the top of the sixth, Mitch Moreland doubled, Ian Kinsler singled, and Rafael Devers homered into the Crawford Boxes, putting Boston ahead, 4–0. Houston reliever Roberto Osuna entered to pitch the top of the seventh, replacing Verlander who had allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings pitched, while striking out four and walking two. Boston's Matt Barnes entered to pitch the bottom of the seventh, replacing Price who had allowed no runs on three hits in six innings pitched, while striking out nine and walking none. Marwin González hit a two-out homer to left, reducing Boston's lead to 4–1. Boston's starter from Game 3, Nathan Eovaldi, came on in relief of Barnes, getting the final out of the seventh and holding Houston scoreless in the eighth. Osuna pitched through the ninth for Houston, allowing only one hit during his three innings. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel entered to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Carlos Correa struck out, Yuli Gurriel walked, González struck out, and Tony Kemp flied out to end the game and send the Red Sox to the World Series. Kimbrel recorded his fifth save this postseason, while for Price, it was his first victory in 12 career postseason starts; his only previous postseason wins came as a reliever. As for Houston, their World Series reign was over.

Boston's Jackie Bradley Jr., who had nine RBIs in the series on three hits (a double and two home runs), was named ALCS MVP.

Composite line score
2018 ALCS (4–1): Boston Red Sox beat Houston Astros.

See also
 2018 National League Championship Series

References

Further reading

External links
 2018 Major League Baseball postseason schedule
 2018 American League Championship Series at Baseball Reference

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Government Should Respect Cannabis Referendum Result - Poll
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 8:33 am
Press Release: Family First New Zealand
Polling by Curia Market Research has found that only 1 in 4 New Zealanders want the government to ignore the results of the cannabis referendum despite the close result, and that even half of the YES voters believe that the result should count.
In the poll of 1,000 New Zealanders surveyed this month, respondents were asked "Should the government respect the result of the cannabis referendum and not legalise cannabis for recreational use, even though it was a close result?"
Just 26% said the result should be ignored, while 66% disagreed (8% unsure). A strong majority of Labour, National and ACT voters said the result should be binding, contrary to a majority of Green voters.
Respondents were also asked how they voted in the referendum. While 94% of NO voters obviously wanted the result respected, YES voters were also marginally more supportive than not of the result being binding – 47% to 44%.
"Despite court cases and petitions since the results were announced, it is clear that New Zealanders want the referendum to be binding and respected – as Helen Clark originally demanded. Fortunately – and to their credit - both Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little are willing to honour the result. It's also pretty clear from the latest data coming out of both the USA and Canadian that we dodged a health and social harm bullet when the majority of kiwi voters voted no. New Zealand is too precious to be wasted," says Bob McCoskrie of Family First.
Recent U.S. state-level data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the most authoritative study on drug use conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), has found significant increases in youth cannabis use in several recently legalised marijuana states versus last year. At the same time, mental illness indicators worsened across the country while alcohol, cocaine, and tobacco use dropped, especially among young people.
The latest data from Health Canada's Canadian Cannabis Survey reveals that there has been three years of consecutive increases in use since legalisation, and that almost 1 in 3 Canadian males over 16 consumed cannabis in the past 12 months, and 1 in 4 females. In 2020, 27% of Canadians reported having used cannabis in the past 12 months, an increase from 25% (2019) and 22% (2018). This is growing to almost double the rate in New Zealand, with past year use at just 15% in NZ compared to Canada's 27% under legalisation.
The nationwide poll was carried out during December and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1%.
READ THE FULL POLL RESULTS
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Image was a freebie from a digi site years ago, that has sadly shut down.
Sentiment done on the pc.
Digi paper - with stickles sparkle added.
Don't remember where this digi image is from... sorry!
A couple of very elegant pretty cards.
What a beautiful pair of cards!
Lovely card, especially like the secind one.
Beautiful CAS cards Vic..no wonder you got such a big hug..clean and gorgeous.
These are so beautiful and have a really sophisticated look.
Lovely cards and I'm not in the least bit surprised that your friend was happy, your cards are absolutely delightful!
Wow...these cards are just lovely. I'm sure your friend was very pleased with what you've created. Thanks for joining us this week at Brown Sugar. Good luck.
So Sorry for the late comment! Beautiful cards with Beautiful details. My Daughter was confirmed last year and my son will be next. Always love ideas. Thank you for sharing with TTCRD this past week.


LIBERATION DAY > A Martin Blankemeyer Film.
> Welcome to "LIBERATION DAY"
"LIBERATION DAY" is a short feature film by Martin Blankemeyer, with which he completes his double-diploma studies in the only integrated program of the German-French University in the media sector. He hereby acquires a German Masters degree in Media Management from the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden and a French engineering degree in Directing from the University of Toulouse "Le Mirail" Film School.
"LIBERATION DAY" was produced by the non-profit production company Munich Film Society (Münchner Filmwerkstatt) in co-production with FGV Schmidle and with the support of the Hessian Film Commission. It was shot on six days in February 2003 at the Psychiatric Hospital of Haar near Munich. It has been completed as a 15-minute film in 35mm with Dolby-SR-sound and premiered on july 9th, 2004 in Munich.
For "LIBERATION DAY", Martin Blankemeyer worked with experienced professionals in all main crew and cast positions: the script was written by Martin Oestreicher, an alumnae of the well-known Munich Scriptwriting Workshop; DoP was Luy Briechle, formerly of Bavarian Television; editing was done by Inge Kuhnert and the score was composed by Oliver Gunia. The main actors are Dieter Schaad, Horst Richter and Joseph Saxinger, supported by former pornstar Michaela Schaffrath ("Gina Wild").
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Fascinating songs
By PetraGirl86, November 24, 2019 in General Music Discussion
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What songs have left you dazed for awhile afterwards and maybe even doubting stuff the most? I can't stop listening to Hotel California but it's doing me subtle harm 😂
I agree about Hotel California. A very profound and esoteric song, although I'm very interested in your opinion of it. You seem to be very thoughtful and intelligent seemingly beyond your years. What is it for you about this song that makes you "doubt stuff"?
Well when I was listening to Runaway Train the video made me feel really negative about stuff for awhile and I think that's what that song made feel like sorta.
17 hours ago, PetraGirl86 said:
There are many songs I find fascinating for different reasons. These two 80's classics were fascinating to me mainly because I had no idea what they were about. It must be a Genesis thing.
To me fascinating means confusing lyrics, or it just tugs on you, or changes the way you feel about something or makes your heart leap. The Violet Burning's 'The Killing' does that for me quite a bit. The Violet Burning in general does it
I'm turning into my mom! Hotel California scares her, and it's rubbing on me!
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Killer Dwarfs - All That We Dream, off the Dirty Weapons disc, to this day I cannot figure out what he's singing about, also Brother Cane, And Fools Shine On, describing an Athiests view on life and religion, disturbed me at first, but what a fucking killer song
On 11/29/2019 at 3:03 PM, Leykis101 said:
I hadn't heard that Brother Kane track before and you're right, it's killer. Although, it doesn't seem Atheist. A bit of a Gnostic theme perhaps? I dunno. A very thought provoking track. Perfect for this thread.
Edited December 3, 2019 by Darkstone
Perhaps, it's definitely a well written and thought provoking track, I just once read while searching for the meaning it was an atheists view on religion, and being a believer then losing belief
3 hours ago, Leykis101 said:
Sounds like- never mind I better keep my trap shut
That only creates question, with me I'd rather u just say what u gotta say, absolutely no point in not speaking your mind, plus i might be interested in what u have to say
True, but Noo when I speak my mind people go all off the handle and it just isn't worth it- besides, people have been really good lately at just ignoring my comments that will not go well if answered, and everyone's an atheist on here anyway so I really don't want to deal with them, you see, I've always been an arguer and in the long run no one is really interested in what I have to say.
Edited December 3, 2019 by PetraGirl86
You want an answer that's what I got
Or, I guess, that's not very how I should act- I guess what I was going to say was that believer doesn't sound like they're really doing their job in showing that atheist the way it is, but then, I guess we're all hypocrites
But I just don't like when everone jumps on you that's all, its not that I'm a coward in showing what I believe, Ha!
Also Into Jesus is a song that I would call fascinating
Close My Eyes Forever by Lita and Ozzy.I really like the song but I'm not certain what it means...or if it means anything.
24 minutes ago, nyoilers said:
My mom and her best friend Lori would sing that together in the 80s, and she would be Ozzy. Dunno anything about the actual song though
5 hours ago, PetraGirl86 said:
Not true. Not everyone here is an Atheist. I'm certainly not.
26 minutes ago, Darkstone said:
Well most of them were at least, I know not all but a lot were. That's good you aren't though
To my knowledge I was the only Atheist on here, if there are any others I am not aware, and I love it when people try to challenge me on it, the last thing I get is mad or worked up, because it's not that important to me that anyone else be Atheist, it's just something ive always believed, or not believed, it's an unwinnable argument, but for some people they just can't handle that, and by the way Petra girl, have u listened to the song at hand? Brother Kane And Fools Shine On, regardless what it's about, its a good fucking song, and it's not at all in your face with it's message, it's almost telling the story of someone who did believe, then for what ever reason(I assume it was their drug addiction since it states that) he sees things in a whole new light, did I mention it's an awesome song?
Here's five that have always moved me. I still listen to them regularly.
I've never thought to label my thoughts on the whole thing. If I think every religion is ridiculous and very stupid, and that it's a complete waste of a life to subscribe to any religion whatsoever, does that make me an atheist? If so, I guess I'm one? I guess.
This thread is way too hard to think about off the top of my head, but 'Quicksand Jesus' and also 'In A Darkened Room' by Skid Row are two good shouts.
Had a good laugh at this song. Case in point.
No I didn't listen to the song, yes you mentioned it was a good one, and since I did not listen to it I guess then what I said wasn't too important. And no, because in one thread a couple weeks back there was some guys and they were saying all these silly things they thought I believed like the earth being flat and saying Christians were all mean and all types things and then some guy says "now I'm extra glad I'm an atheist" or something, and it wasn't you.
5 hours ago, Darkstone said:
I love that Queensrÿche one! 😋 I like Hurricane but that song in particular always bored me 🤷♀