I loved this story and loved Bahni Turpin's narrative skills even better! Two thumbs up!
This was my first Toni Morrison book. It will not be my last. Amazing author!
Restaurateur, magazine publisher, celebrity chef, and nationally known lifestyle maven, B. Smith is struggling at 66 with a tag she never expected to add to that string: Alzheimer's patient. She's not alone. Every 67 seconds someone newly develops it, and millions of lives are affected by its aftershocks.
This book was educational, informative and truthful. I pray that God's grace remains on them.
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called "Devil Boy" or Sam "Hell" by his classmates; "God's will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God's idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design.
Another great author for my library!
Love stories where you're entertained and learn new things at the same time, win/win! Awesome!
Absolutely LOVED this book. Having it read in her voice helped to solidfy, what an awesomely grounded and wise woman she is. Lots of life lessons shared that can be applied to the journey in your own life.
Hated for it to end.
Greeaatttt book! Love Bahni Turpin's voice. Only disappointment was the ending. Came away wanting to know more about the characters.
I loved this book! His style of writing plus, relevant content and a connection to the struggles of African-American culture, captured all my attention. Very quick read. Couldn't put it down!
Great story! Loved the voice of the main character. I look forward to getting more books from this author!
This is one I couldn't wait to get back into car to listen to! Excellent!
This is a great story of expectations, betrayal, faith and happiness. Anticipating my next book!


The aim of the Project of Technical Assistance of the EU is to support the strengthening of the financial services sector in Ukraine and its adaptation to the European and international standards. The project is a continuation of technical cooperation between Ukraine and the EU in the field of financial services and aims to ensure implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
Develop the National Bank of Ukraine's capacity as a financial stability supervisor to assist in developing instruments and implementing strategies for interventions to manage and mitigate systemic risk(s).


2 modifier, setselection, invert selection, support soft selection, vertex, edge or poly, can animate.
I'm calling this Muscle deform because that's what I set out to use it for but it can deform one mesh with another. Requires a vertex colour modifier underneath this modifier to enable it. The Bool is to determine if the deform happens with Red colour vert or green colour vert's.
My first experiment with MCG. This modifier will stretch an object along its z axis to the length of the selected spline.
MCG Bullet World is a rigid body physics simulation MCG tool using MCG Bullet Physics integration.
Tool is intended to be as user friendly as possible.
- Requires Max 2016 Extension 1 or newer.
MCG to make simple 3 strand braid.
If you want to do the inverted braid (Dutch?)...simply use negative Frequencies...or if you want to bend it 360deg and weld the ends (with an edit spline), use a WHOLE number for Freq.
Pro version available..see link below..please note video is for Pro version.


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Bob Stuart: The Prime Meridian
Steve Harris | Sep 23, 2006
There are many colorful characters, many high-profile movers and shakers, in high-end audio, but there are only a few whose influence extends far beyond the promotion of their own brands. One of this exalted and mighty handful is Robert Stuart, chairman and technical director of the UK's Meridian Audio.
Softspoken, with a disarming smile and a puckish sense of humor, Bob Stuart has been at the helm of Meridian ever since he and the outstanding industrial designer Allen Boothroyd cofounded the company as Boothroyd-Stuart in 1977, and in the last 15 years has quietly taken on a much larger role in the industry. In 1994, with DVD-Video on the horizon, Stuart chaired a pressure group, the Acoustic Renaissance for Audio (ARA), which aimed to make sure that the film industry and the electronics companies didn't forget about audio quality in their rush to offer a new video format. These efforts were rewarded by the inclusion of the two-channel, high-resolution, 24-bit/96kHz audio option in the DVD-Video standard, which made possible the DVD-Audio disc.
Meridian was the only UK company to become a member of the DVD Forum, the body that determined the DVD specification. In what he calls "the lossless summer" of 1998, Stuart and his team showed the DVD Forum how Meridian Lossless Packing could make multichannel 24/96 audio possible, and MLP was adopted as part of the DVD-Audio standard. And after this, Stuart became deeply involved in the process of formulating the requirements for a new high-resolution video carrier.
Meanwhile, back home in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, the expanding Meridian had already outgrown its new factory, which had been ceremonially opened by then-Prime Minister John Major in 1996. In 2004, the company acquired its present, very large and impressive, headquarters and factory building, which had been built for the short-lived TAG McLaren Audio operation. Scaled to TMA's grand ambitions rather than to its actual needs, this superb modern facility came complete with anechoic chamber, EMC test suite, and several purpose-built listening/screening rooms with full acoustic treatments—although, as Stuart says, "We did tweak all the rooms. We certainly made it sound like we wanted it to!"
When I spent an afternoon there with Bob Stuart some months ago, he talked of Meridian's recent life-changing deal with Faroudja, new formats, and the future. But the first topic to come up was the state of the CD-player market.
Bob Stuart: It's certainly alive and well where we are, Steve. The new audio formats haven't produced a catalog of any size. If you are a music lover, you have no choice but to listen to CD, or to download it in some awful format.
When DVD came along, we could and we did make DVD players that played back CD very well indeed—but a dedicated CD player is always better than one that does other things, no matter how hard you try. There are also people who want a CD player because they actually don't want video—the customers who say, "I don't want a DVD player in my house, I just want to listen to music."
Now, the Meridian 800 DVD machine is a fabulous DVD player, but it's also a really good CD player. But nevertheless, when I took out the DVD functions, when I took out the ability for it to make a picture, the sound quality on CD got better. It's all about refining and refining. No matter how well you design something, if you can remove a potential source of interference, it'll get better.
That's how we did the 808. It's the most musical machine—you put a CD on it, you just get lost in the music. Because it has no glare, it is tremendously open—deep, tremendous space—it's really, really easy to listen to. And that's the kind of sound that Meridian has always headed for. Absolutely locked: the sound of real instruments in real space.
Steve Harris: So 16-bit is enough, then?
Stuart: No. It's not enough. On some recordings you can hear the limitations of that. More the limitations of the 44.1kHz than of the 16 bits. Sixteen bits give you a 90dB dynamic range. If the recording is properly made and the A/D converter's good, and at the mixing or mastering stage they didn't forget to dither it properly, within the window between the peak level of the music and the noise floor of the recording venue, then the hiss of correctly done 16-bit audio is around the room-noise level—sometimes it's above it, and that's a problem. But 44.1kHz, there's no doubt that that was a bit mean at the top end, and on certain instruments, violins and so on, you can hear that—just a little edge sometimes, which comes from that sample rate.
We make it a lot better in our player because we say, "Well, okay, there's nothing we can do about the way the recording was made, but we don't have to compound the error by using more and more and more filters at this speed." So in the 808 we upsample in resolution terms so the player is in fact playing back at 176kHz/24-bit. And that gives a much smoother sound than playing back at 44.1kHz. If the recording's well done, it's okay.
More bits would be helpful. Back in the late 1980s, we did a lot of work on noiseshapers. And we made A/D converters that could be used for making CDs—a lot of the Stereophile discs, for example, used the Meridian 518 or 618 noiseshaping processors, and a lot of recordings from people like Tony Faulkner—they'd start with 20-bit and then use our processor. So you can get more than 16 bits' effective dynamic range on a disc. But to play that back, you have to have a player that doesn't do stupid things, and 99.999% of players will truncate a signal. Our players won't. So if you've got a beautifully made recording, you can actually get more than 16-bit anyway. But you can't get more than 44.1kHz.
The recordings with the 518—listen to some of the ones that John Atkinson did, or Tony, they're breathtakingly clear. It's a question of how close the microphone is, how important the 44.1kHz is. For a lot of natural acoustics, chamber music, things like that, it's less of an issue. But if you're right in close—like that thing we were listening to here this morning, where the microphone is clearly stuffed into the bell of the saxophone—switch to 96kHz recording and it's better.
But we believe that we should provide the best instrument for people to enjoy a music collection. People say, well, "This is better," or "SACD can do this," or "DVD-Audio can do that"—but if you can't find a recording by the artist you want of the piece you want, it's a nonstarter.
Harris: Even if CD sales are healthy, Meridian's primary focus today is the home theater market. In mid-2005, Meridian signed an exclusive worldwide agreement to manufacture and distribute one of the most respected and innovative video-technology brands.
Stuart: When we were approached by Faroudja, we'd worked with them over a number of years at shows. They'd put up an exhibition and we'd give them a sound system, and we'd use their projector in our booth, stuff like that, so we kind of knew each other. And they just said that what they were looking for was the company that matched their brand in audio, the company that did the best quality, that could market the product.
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The taper states this as Stockholm September 14 1984. After "Days Of Wine And Roses" Steve says "Thank you Göteborg" but later he says "Thank you Stockholm" from the stage. During "Ghostbusters" they refers to Stockholm too. Dream Syndicate definitely played Stockholm the day after this and it seems unlikely with two concerts here, but you never know... City and date is based on a spoken introduction on the tape.


Brimstone is a text-adventure, The lower half of the screen serves the command input and the responses of the parser, the upper 80% is reserved for the story/environment. Brimstone is one of the few text-adventures that play in real-time - if the player does not enter, the game continues to play. The game is divided into five chapters - one for each magical word to be found - which must be played one after the other.


Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defended her controversial comment trying to explain why the majority of white women voted for her opponent Donald Trump.
"As much as I hate the possibility, and hate saying it, it's not that crazy when you think about our ongoing struggle to reach gender balance – even within the same household," she wrote in an over 800-word Facebook statement defending her comments.
Clinton drew fire from Republicans after she told an audience in India that white women did not vote for her in 2016 because they faced "ongoing pressure" from their husbands, male bosses, and sons to vote for their preferred candidate.
On Facebook, she cited "anecdotal evidence and some research" to defend her comment complaining that women were "swayed by men" instead of the other way around.
Do I believe that some women look at a powerful woman and question whether she can lead, maybe voting for the man their husband is voting for instead? It may not be universally true or easy to hear, but yes, it's a dynamic still at play in our society. I know this because even I spent parts of my life wondering if I could achieve the same as male leaders, and a lot of that insecurity stemmed from my gender and how society views women. When I was serving in various roles in public life, I was always more popular when I was working for or defending a man then when I was out there on my own.
She admitted that she may have upset some people but insisted that she "meant no disrespect to any individual or group" with her comments.
Clinton concluded by again sounding the alarm of Russian election meddling and "fake news" on social media.
She also challenged Trump's winning presidential campaign slogan, insistent that she did not agree with it.


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I am in a Bad Mood. These are the things I can think of to be in a bad mood about.
I hate my house. I think if my children did not live in it I would not hate it, I used to really really love it, I gave up a nice very large very new house with zero character for this house but PAPER has killed my love for it. There is not enough space in this small house to hold 4 children and the PAPER they generate. GAH!!! WTH IS it with all the friggin paper??? WHY must there BE so much paper?? Aren't we supposed to be a paperless society??? HUH? HUH? Well if we are it is only because all the paper now LIVES IN MY HOUSE. The paper that is foisted upon my family on a daily basis is responsible for the demise of at least one rain forest a week. This is very annoying to me and Al Gore both.
SOCKS!! They make me mental. WHY can I never find a pair?! It is like they have magnetic force fields in each pair that repel each other. No two socks can ever find their way out of the dryer at the same time and into a drawer.
In fact socks in general elude me. I actually sent my youngest to school today with tennis shoes AND NO SOCKS because there seriously was not a single sock his size in the entire house. I am SURE I just bought a package. Socks mess with me.
My kitchen. I hate that kitchen. It is a BAD kitchen. It has a big white floor. That alone just makes it a bad bad kitchen. It does not have nice flush, well fitted counters and appliances that do not let things get in between them. The kind that are in new houses and magazines. It has lots of little spaces and gaps which let in lots of dirt and make me mental because I know that it will never be really completely clean, AND it has a big, big stupid white floor. And many many stupid white cabinets. Also that kitchen holds the washer and the dryer which means it attracts dirty laundry. That's just disgusting!! AND it is the place that holds bills. It is just a BAD, wicked place. I don't feel bad for it at all that I am it's owner, it deserves somebody who cannot make toast without tearing it apart, it deserves a kitchen-tard It is an obtuse, bad kitchen.
Never having an evening without something going on. I am sick of it. Enough already!!!!!! GAH!!!!!!
FINE!!! OK THEN!! I will go for a run now but not because you suggested it, I'm going because it was already my own idea and that bad kitchen and bad bathroom and the other bad parts of this house should know that I am VERY UPSET WITH THEM.
Oh dear Kirsty! Bad day! I hope the run helped.
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Despite revering Hitler, the Hindutva fascist doctrine countered his claim that the Germans are the only true Aryans in the world. The Hindutva fascists claimed that the Indians are the true Aryans and it's from India that the Aryan race has reached different corners of the world. This indigenous Aryan theory or Out of India theory has a large school of followers in the right-wing. It claims that the Indian Aryans are of the same superior race like the Germans, while the latter migrated to Europe from the Indian subcontinent.
Using different mythologies and hearsay as evidence, the Hindutva fascists preached that the Aryans weren't invaders of India, as is historically argued by Marxists, but its natural inhabitants, without giving an iota of historical evidence till date. They claimed that the Aryans carried the Hindu culture and civilisational values with them throughout the world from India and later, many Aryans were lured to Christianity and they lost their culture.
The forceful occupation of the Indian subcontinent by the Aryan race, enslavement and subjugation of its aboriginal people and imposition of Brahminical hegemony are denied by the Hindutva camp. They claim, as white-skinned and as a superior race, the Aryans are destined to rule the world. The rise of the Third Reich, was, for the Hindutva camp, an inspiring event. Following the upper-caste Hindu community's undying love and servility towards whiter races, the RSS also worships the white race as superior even now. Following the model of Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler's "Lebensborn" programme, under which the Nazi regime took steps to produce a "perfect and pure"Aryan breed, the RSS's affiliates are claiming in the 21st century that their Ayurvedic treatment will help non-white and smaller parents have tall and white-skinned babies. The RSS's Arogya Bharati calls this programme — "Uttam Santati" — which literally means the best offspring.
It's this white fetish character of Hindutva fascism that makes the saffron camp members ardent lackeys of the Nazi-inspired white-supremacist fascist movement. The Nazi doctrine is not only effectively Hindufied by the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha during the 1930s, but it also gave them an opportunity to spread the idea that the north Indian upper-caste Hindus, with Aryan blood, have been historically superior to the dark-skinned Dravidians, tribals and other non-Aryan races.
Organiser, RSS's English mouthpiece, 2 January, 1961.
The concept of racial supremacy of the upper-caste Hindus, who have Aryan genes, led to the idea of a culturally homogenous Indian nation with the hegemony of Aryan, north Indian upper-caste Hindu culture and Hindi language. Not only this hegemony is imposed upon the Dravidians, the people of east and northeast, the tribal people and the Dalits, but even Muslims and Christians are asked to adhere to this way of life, which, according to the Hindutva fascist doctrine will help in their inclusion into the Hindu Indian society as second-class citizens.
The white supremacist view of the Hindutva fascist camp, the self-concocted notion of considering the north Indian Aryan upper-caste Hindus equal to the modern caucasian race, this loathing of dark-skinned aboriginal people whose land and resources are plundered now by the upper-caste Hindu elites, this shared Islamophobia and anti-minority outlook have combined together to form a bridge between the current Hindutva fascists and the white supremacist neo-Nazi movement in the west.
From the time of the Ram temple agitation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the RSS and its offspring — the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), started receiving huge fundings from the CIA, which has been promoting the neo-Nazi movement in the US to distract the anti-establishment waves into the abyss of fascism. The RSS and the VHP then tapped the anger of the upper-caste Hindus of middle and lower-middle classes against the Congress rule in India. They exploited the disarrayed and weakened position of the leftwing movement in India to hoodwink the masses by donning an anti-incumbent and anti-establishment attire, which harped on the same myths and Hindu Rashtra narrative to lure and mobilise a support base outside its traditional upper-caste Hindu supporters in north India's cow belt.
The advent of the neo-liberal economic system in India following the IMF's and World Bank's directive, opened a gate to immense opportunities to the Hindutva fascist camp that promised the foreign corporations and their Indian comprador allies a supportive state policy, promotion of cronyism, tax cuts, bailouts during crisis hours and sops to loot Indian natural resources, labour, etc, to gain support for its political aspiration. After the formation of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led Hindutva fascist NDA regime, which oversaw the massacre of Christians in Odisha's Mayurbhanj, the 2002 Gujarat pogrom and an intensification of Islamophobia spread by the state, the Hindutva fascist camp became a very close ally of the US imperialism and its lackeys like Zionist fascist terrorism and Wahhabi fascist terrorism.
After the fall of the Vajpayee regime in 2004, though the BJP went into oblivion, the RSS used the Hindutva laboratories in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to experiment new formulas of communalism, most of which revolved around the attempt to woo and wean away the Dalits, backward castes and tribal people under the Hindutva banner. The Congress-led UPA I and II regimes' soft-Hindutva stance, the Islamophobia spread by the state machinery and its legitimation by the mainstream media helped the RSS to promote its leitmotif "Hindus under siege" cacophony using vitriol spread through a plethora of propaganda mediums and outlets.
It was the RSS's resilience in proving its worth to the crisis-ridden Indian ruling classes and the US imperialism-led global finance and monopoly capital that helped the BJP to become a formidable force for the entire non-BJP camp to reckon with in 2014. The rise of the alt-right movement in the west, the legitimisation of neo-Nazi ideology and movements, sponsored by the CIA, helped the RSS to strengthen itself in the global arena and receive support for the project "Narendra Modi" in 2014. The RSS's projection of the Brand Modi as the only solution to India's problems and the path to revive the lost glory of a Hindu Rashtra — Bharat — purportedly destroyed by aggression of Muslims and Christians, matched the global template set by the white-supremacist neo-Nazi fascists and used their tonality.
Hindu Samhati's Tapan Ghosh, a Hindutva fascist and serial hatemonger, from West Bengal, was invited by a British neo-Nazi MP to the House of Commons. He was seen rubbing shoulders with British neo-Nazi leaders as well. Ghosh, an ex-RSS man, is infamous for inciting riots, hate speeches and exhorting violence against Muslims by using Islamophobic cliches. It's suspected that his organisation has links with the Zionist Israeli intelligence agency — Mossad. The open hobnobbing between Ghosh and the British neo-Nazis show the strong bonding between these two international fascist trends, the European white-supremacists and the Indian Hindutva fascists.
It's one of the unique non-white support to the white-supremacist forces, whose members despise the Indian people as much as they loathe the Mexicans, Africans or Middle Eastern people. Despite officially despising, persecuting and massacring Christians, the RSS and its progenies have been warmly embraced by the white-supremacists, most of whom profess a reactionary and fanatic version of Christian faith. This anomalous nexus may look quite surrealistic for political pundits because of its oxymoron appearance, however, it's this alliance that's transforming the political landscape across the globe.
The RSS's experiments with terrorism and manipulation of state machinery from within using its clout, muscle power and liberalised purse string helped it to elevate itself as a topmost global fascist organisation. After years of vocally supporting the Zionist Israel's gory atrocities against the Palestinian people, the RSS and its progeny organisations have now intensified their unapologetic support for the white-supremacist fascist camp and its attacks on Muslims, Jews and immigrants in Europe. The RSS and the Hindutva fascists led by it at present will support all Islamophobic forces to fan its support base and incite violence against Muslims on a global scale. It will continue to partner with the Saudi Arabian monarchy and its Wahhabi terrorist ideology so that more Muslims can be vilified by accusing them of being terrorists citing the heinous crimes committed by the Wahhabi forces at the directions of the US.
Actually, isolating the RSS singularly as the enemy, isolating it from the gargantuan imperialist machinery that's promoting global fascism to rescue itself from a severe crisis, will be a political blunder. The catastrophe is not the Hindutva fascism's meteoric rise, rather it's the inability of the left, democratic and anti-imperialist forces in building a strong global resistance struggle against imperialist loot, plunder and oppression. The stronger the resistance to imperialism in a global scale will be, the stronger will be its repercussions on the local-level resistance to Hindutva fascism and the forces like feudalism, comprador capitalism and foreign capital that buttress it strongly.
Neither white supremacist fascism nor the Hindutva fascism can be defeated isolatedly or through a nihilist attitude. The white supremacist and Hindutva fascism are all set to persecute the Muslims and marginalised people to strengthen imperialism's global hegemony. It's by axing hard at the roots of the US imperialism-led global imperialist system and its accomplices like semi-feudal production relation and comprador-crony capitalism that the menace of terrorism and fascism can be uprooted once and for all from the society. To do this, it's imperative that by casting away sectarianism, parochial outlook, and self-obsession, the anti-imperialist and anti-fascist forces start forging an iron-strong alliance against the imperialist system and its byproducts like all forms of fascism.
In India, this can be done correctly if the struggle against the Hindutva fascism can be taken down to the rural and urban poor, who have been at the receiving end of this sheer inhuman system. It's out of the drawing room of the urban liberal upper-caste Hindu bourgeoisie that the real Indian people, the workers, the peasants, the toiling people, the unemployed youth, the students, the unorganised workers are suffering and it's essential that they are united, organised and aroused to take on Hindutva fascism and defeat it. The defeat of the Hindutva fascist mantle will definitely hasten the downfall of imperialism's favourite white-supremacist fascism. The faster the united struggle is started, the faster one can stop the innocent lives being used in the altar of sacrifice to satiate the bloodlust of the upper-caste Hindu elites and middle class. As soon as the common people can be drawn away from the Hindutva fascism and white-supremacist fascism incidents like Boko Haram or ISIS terrorists killing Christians or Yazidis, or the white-supremacist terrorists killing Muslims or Jews, can be prevented and the future of humankind — saved.
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St. Louis street artist Peat "EYEZ" Wollaeger has created another colorful, iconic stencil piece. This one can be seen at Casa del Mar, a Mexican restaurant in the Saint Louis Galleria.
The Webster Groves native has created stencil art all around the world. He lived in Chicago and New York before returning home to St. Louis. Some of his pieces, like this one, are known for their intricate details.
Others are recognizable because of their location and placement. "I love this city," Wollaeger tells Riverfront Times. "I spray for peace," he goes on, wearing a shirt with his logo integrated into the phrase "Peace Begins With You."
Wollaeger believes art can improve neighborhoods and communities. "A prime example is City Museum. It birthed all of the redevelopment that happened down there." He says public art has the potential to beautify otherwise neglected neighborhoods.
You can follow EYEZ on Instagram here or visit his studio at 2222 South Jefferson on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. Casa Del Mar is a coastal Mexican grill located in the Galleria.


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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client.Client;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client.Cluster;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client.Response;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.RestTests;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;

@Category({RestTests.class, MediumTests.class})
public class TestResourceFilter {

  private static final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
  private static final HBaseRESTTestingUtility REST_TEST_UTIL =
    new HBaseRESTTestingUtility();
  private static Client client;

  @BeforeClass
  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().set(Constants.FILTER_CLASSES, DummyFilter.class.getName());
    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster();
    REST_TEST_UTIL.startServletContainer(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
    client = new Client(new Cluster().add("localhost",
      REST_TEST_UTIL.getServletPort()));
  }

  @AfterClass
  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
    REST_TEST_UTIL.shutdownServletContainer();
    TEST_UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
  }

  @Test
  public void testFilter() throws Exception {
    String path = "/status/cluster";
    Response response = client.get(path);
    assertEquals(404, response.getCode());
  }
}

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One of the main mysteries in gauge/gravity duality is the emergence of a local gravitational theory living in one higher dimension than the dual gauge theory. The standard AdS/CFT dictionary implies that there are two basic necessary conditions for a CFT to be dual to a weakly coupled local gravitational theory in AdS. The first, is the existence of a large-N expansion providing a notion of single-trace operators in the CFT. The second, is the existence of a large gap in the spectrum of dimensions of single-trace primary operators. The ones with low dimension are dual to the AdS fields present in the bulk lagrangian. In arXiv:0907.0151, we gave strong evidence that these are also sufficient conditions. More precisely, the following conjecture was proposed: any CFT that has a large-N expansion, and in which all single-trace operators of spin greater than two have parametrically large dimensions, has a local bulk dual. One can then think of the bulk dual as providing a consistent CFT for a given operator content (at least to leading order in 1/N). This point of view is useful in applications to condensed matter physics.
An important limitation of the best understood gauge/gravity duality examples is that the gravitational theory lives in a space that is asymptotically AdS. It would be very interesting to have a holographic description of quantum gravity with asymptotically flat boundary conditions. Therefore, it is natural to study the limit of very large radius of AdS. In arXiv:0903.4437, we showed that the 2 to 2 scattering amplitude of the bulk theory in flat space is encoded in a particular kinematic limit of the four point function of the dual CFT. This suggested that it was possible to obtain the full string theory S-matrix from correlation functions of the gauge theory in the large N limit and at finite string coupling, as we showed in arXiv:1002.2641.
The close analogy between the flat space S-matrix and the CFT correlators deserves further exploration. In particular, it suggests a unitarity analysis of CFT correlation functions in the spirit of S-matrix theory, where singularities should have a physical meaning as on-shell intermediate states in AdS. In arXiv:1011.1485 and arXiv:1107.1499, we were able to make this idea precise using the Mellin representation of CFT correlators. I believe there is still much more to be learned from this analogy between CFT correlators and scattering amplitudes.
This was the topic of my Ph.D thesis and is a research program that I am still pursuing in collaboration with Miguel Costa. In a series of papers, methods from high energy scattering in gravity, string theory and gauge theory were brought together and extended in a unified formalism. One basic ingredient of our approach is to focus on the CFT four point function and define the Regge limit in position space. In maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) at large N (tree-level in the bulk theory), high energy scattering is dominated by a Regge pole whose spin varies as one varies the 't Hooft coupling, interpolating from graviton exchange at strong coupling to pomeron exchange at weak coupling. In this formalism, the BFKL impact factors simplified dramatically suggesting the existence of an underlying integrable structure, at least in N =4SYM.
The eikonal approximation was generalized to AdS spacetime and it was shown that the effect of multi-graviton exchanges at high energy amounts to exponentiate the tree-level phase shift in impact parameter space. This tree-level phase shift in AdS was then associated to the leading Regge pole at any value of the 't Hooft coupling. This idea was then explored to describe saturation in Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) at small Bjorken-x. Although QCD is a confining theory, there is some evidence that conformal symmetry is a useful approximate symmetry in some regimes. The best known example being the strongly coupled plasma produced at RHIC. In DIS, at large energy and momentum transfer, one also expects approximate conformal invariance and these methods should be relevant. The perspective of this work was to use AdS as a geometric description of the conformal dynamics of QCD in this regime. We extended these techniques to four point functions of operators with spin, in order to obtain predictions for the behavior of the standard structure functions at small Bjorken-x. This formalism was then used to propose a model of saturation in high energy scattering based on the geometric idea of a black (absorbing) disk in AdS. This model predicted that deep inside saturation the transverse and longitudinal structure functions have the same power law scaling, FT ~ FL ~ 1/x^w and that the ratio FL/FT is given by the universal value (1+w)/(3+w), independently of the target.


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Rumor: Cortana Will Be Integrated into Windows 9 (Of Course)
By Kevin Parrish published 11 August 14
That Microsoft is throwing Cortana into the Windows 9 recipe should not be surprising; in fact, the move should be expected given that Google already offers Google Now on the PC, and Apple is trying to patent a Siri-like service on OS X. Microsoft, it seems, will need to keep pace.
But what's interesting to read is Cortana's progress in the Threshold development state, as rumors now claim that Cortana will be fully integrated into the operating system when it supposedly launches in Spring 2015.
According to Neowin, Cortana is a "simple app" that Threshold users manually open. The app, once it's launched, doesn't encompass the full screen as seen on Windows Phone 8.1, instead taking up around 25 percent of the screen and residing in the middle. Here the user can type out a question to the virtual assistant, or verbally ask the question if a microphone is installed.
Windows 9 "Threshold" is expected to launch in a consumer preview mode sometime before the end of the year. So far, Microsoft isn't saying a word about the new platform but is somehow unable to keep various builds out of the hands of Windows leakers. The rumor we see today likely stems from one of those builds.
Fans of Microsoft's Halo series will recognize the Cortana name as the artificial intelligence voiced by Jen Taylor. In the real world, she uses Bing's Satori technology, which in Japanese means "understanding." Cortana, which was initially introduced back in April 2014, can answer questions, provide reminders, and use machine learning to virtually "get to know" the end user.
Several months ago, the Cortana team said that the virtual assistant will be updated twice per month. This will likely carry over to the desktop version as well, keeping Cortana up-to-date on both Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 9. The question is, will we see Cortana when the Windows 9 customer preview rolls out in Q4 2014 or when Windows 9 makes its retail debut in the Spring?
Previous rumors concerning Windows 9 claimed that Microsoft plans to rip out the weird Charms bar and put the Start Menu back where it belongs. Cortana for Windows 9 is also expected to be more advanced than it is now. There's even talk that Windows 9 may actually be free for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 customers. Wouldn't that be interesting.
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Tree of Life Productions, formed in 2010, specializes in topical documentaries.
SOLDIER ON: LIFE AFTER DEPLOYMENT had its broadcast premiere in March 2017 during Women's History month. It has been aired over 4,000 on public television across the United States.
SOLDIER ON follows three women as they confront the challenges of readjusting to civilian life after their post-9/11 military service. The women in SOLDIER ON are forthright about their many problems, while simultaneously managing to find moments of humor amidst their struggles and gradually reconnecting with the inner strength and resilience that has always defined them. Forever changed by their military service, the women adapt to find a new place in the civilian world.
The film presents these women's compelling and illuminating stories in the context of a civilian population that has little appreciation for the experiences and sacrifices of female veterans, who are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. veteran population. The complete integration of women into the armed services as well as their full access to veterans' benefits and the veteran community is a challenging work in process for the United States. SOLDIER ON is part of that conversation and effort.
SET FOR LIFE aired on 60 percent of the public television stations across the country, including six of the top 10 markets (New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Atlanta). Its broadcast by American Public Television was funded in part by AARP Foundation, working to win back opportunity for struggling Americans, 50 and older. On the film circuit, Set for Life won "Best Feature Documentary" at the 2012 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, the Spring 2013 New Jersey Film Festival and the 2013 Northern California Film Festival. It was also an official selection of the 2013 Madrid International Film Festival.
Tree of Life Productions commercial clients include AARP Foundation, Rutgers University, the City Bar Justice Center (nonprofit arm of the New York City Bar Association) and the Newport Historical Society.
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Susan M. Sipprelle is a documentary filmmaker and founder of Tree of Life Productions. She produced and directed the award-winning films Set for Life (based on the multimedia project Over 50 and Out of Work) and Soldier On: Life After Deployment. Both documentaries are distributed by American Public Television and shown on public television stations nationwide. She graduated with honors from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2008, with distinction from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1991 and cum laude from Williams College in 1980. She is a member of New York Women in Film and Television, and she serves on the board of newportFILM. She and her husband have five children and five grandchildren.
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71 Royal Parade 1937. Note Granite house in background.
From Jeff Pratt, 71 Royal Parade, St. John's Wood.
I was born in Stafford, Brisbane in 1955.
How did your family come to live in St. John's Wood?
As an adult, our family moved to St. John's Wood to upgrade to a larger house. A love of old homes helped us chose the area. Our home is a three gabled Ashgrovian. Thanks to the SJW history group I have some lovely old photos of the home, when the owners were the Reid family. We decided to live here as it is an excellent area, close to the city, as well as good schools and shopping nearby.
We did most of our shopping at Ashgrove Woolworths and used the butcher and convenience shop across the bridge at Chandler's Corner. We always went to the Ashgrove shops in the car.
Were there other members of your family living in the area?
The mother of my children had an Aunty, Jean Winters that lived in Buckingham Street in the Woods.
What were your earliest memories of St. John's Wood?
Moving from the house I was born in to come to the Woods. The parks and creek were a big attraction. We moved here in 1984.
I remember the squash courts, where the day care centre is now, and the old play equipment in the park.
Who made up your family that lived in the Woods?
Mother, father and three children. Our youngest one being born after we arrived here.
Where did you go in the local area for family entertainment and recreation?
We took the children to the parks mostly. We went to the Australian footy field near the bowls club and to the parks near Fraser Road.
What type of games did your children play growing up?
Our eldest, Daniel played soccer for The Gap. Lauren played netball for The Gap and Chris played rugby league for West Juniors.
Did you have chores to do when you were growing up? Did you get pocket money and what did you spend it on?
Yes, making beds up and sweeping the floors. We did not get any pocket money. We did get money for our birthdays that we used to spend when we went to the exhibition.
What was your favourite thing to do for fun?
Riding down to the old wood BBQ's with the children and cooking sausages.
Did you use the public transport system? Or did you have a vehicle to get about in?
We used the bus to go to the city and the children caught the bus to high school. We also had a car.
Do you have favourite memories of living in St. John's Wood?
I think bringing our three children up in a lovely area.
Can you describe the natural environment and how if differs from today?
Were there any challenges or difficulties involved in living in the Woods or so near to the creek?
The children were told there were crocodiles in the creek and not to go near it until an adult checked it first.


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In China's Underwater Hunt, a team of Chinese scientists embark on a daring deep-sea mission to find out – travelling to places no human has ever been, rich with rare resources and unique creatures.
The world's desalination plants, which use energy intensive processes to remove salt from water, produce enough toxic brine each year to cover all of Florida under a foot of water.
Factories around the world are pumping out toxic brine at a rate much higher than previously estimated and dumping it back into the ocean, according to a report published on Monday.


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The World's Largest Underwater Restaurant Just Opened And It's A Sight to Behold!
As a new landmark for Southern Norway, Under proposes unexpected combinations of pronouns and prepositions, and challenges what determines a person's physical placement in their environment.
Restaurants are always trying to take it a notch higher when it comes to their UPS. They need something that will definitely grab everyone's attention. The latest restaurant to join that bandwagon is one in Norway and it is like nothing else you would have possibly seen! The restaurant is located in the southernmost point of the country. Half of the restaurant is submerged underwater, while the other half rests on coarse rocks on the coastline. The restaurant has fittingly been named "Under" which in Norwegian has a dual meaning - 'below' as well as 'wonder'. When one looks at the restaurant from afar, it may seem to them as a giant block of wood.
According to Snohetta.com, don't let the look fool you - inside is a luxurious restaurant that has both luxury and local culture intertwined in it. The restaurant serves food sourced from high quality and local produce with a special emphasis on sustainable wildlife capture. Based in Lindesnes, it was only opened to the public a couple of weeks ago. The location also represents a 'unique confluence' where sea storms from the north and south meet. It is also a place where marine life flourishes in both the briny as well as brackish waters and this is a habitat for an abundance in biodiversity at the site.
Under is not just a restaurant, it also serves as a research center for marine life. The restaurant has a 34-meter long monolithic form that breaks the surface of the water and rests on the seabed five meters below. One look at the restaurant and you will find that the structure has been designed in such a way so as to integrate into its marine environment over time. Sustainability has been weaved into it.
According to the website, the roughness of the concrete shell is designed to operate as an artificial reef, welcoming sea creatures such as kelp and limpets to inhabit it. Even though it is located in an area with the roughest seas, the restaurant is protected by a thick wall of concrete that is built against the craggy shoreline. The structure can withstand high amounts of pressure and shock from the rugged sea. Similar to a sunken periscope, the restaurant has a massive window that offers a view of the seabed through which people can see the ocean.
Nearly 35 to 40 guests can be seated in the restaurant at a time. The dining room is protected by a concrete wall of around half a meter thick. The Head Chef at the restaurant is none other than Danish expatriate, Nicolai Ellitsgaard who also runs the acclaimed restaurant Måltid in Kristiansand. His team includes 16 other experienced members from across the world who have been trained by top chefs and have worked in Michelin rated restaurants.
Rune Grasdal, the lead architect of Under, told Dezeen, "For most of us, this is a totally new world experience. It's not an aquarium, it's the wildlife of the North Sea. That makes it much more interesting. It takes you directly into the wildness." He further added, "If the weather is bad, it's very rough. It's a great experience, and to sit here and be safe, allowing nature so close into you. It's a very romantic and nice experience."
Under's architect is the design firm, Snøhetta. Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, founder, and architect, Snohetta, said, "Under is a natural progression of our experimentation with boundaries. As a new landmark for Southern Norway, Under proposes unexpected combinations of pronouns and prepositions, and challenges what determines a person's physical placement in their environment. In this building, you may find yourself underwater, over the seabed, between land and sea. This will offer you new perspectives and ways of seeing the world, both beyond and beneath the waterline".
It seems like a once in a lifetime experience to be able to visit such a restaurant. The interiors have been done in such a way that it will prevent the feeling of claustrophobia in people and give them an enjoyable experience. Since the restaurant offers a romantic experience, it would be best to take your partner along and wow them with the place. So, are you ready to reserve a table at Under yet?


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package io.opencensus.contrib.http.jaxrs;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Collections;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestContext;
import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerResponseContext;
import javax.ws.rs.container.ResourceInfo;
import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
import org.junit.Test;

public class JaxrsContainerExtractorTest {

  @Test
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public void testExtraction() throws Exception {
    UriInfo uriInfo = mock(UriInfo.class);
    when(uriInfo.getPath()).thenReturn("mypath");
    when(uriInfo.getMatchedURIs()).thenReturn(Collections.singletonList("/resource/{route}"));
    when(uriInfo.getRequestUri()).thenReturn(URI.create("https://myhost/resource/1"));

    ContainerRequestContext requestContext = mock(ContainerRequestContext.class);
    when(requestContext.getHeaderString("host")).thenReturn("myhost");
    when(requestContext.getMethod()).thenReturn("GET");
    when(requestContext.getUriInfo()).thenReturn(uriInfo);
    when(requestContext.getHeaderString("user-agent")).thenReturn("java/1.8");

    ResourceInfo info = mock(ResourceInfo.class);
    when(info.getResourceClass()).thenReturn((Class) MyResource.class);
    when(info.getResourceMethod()).thenReturn(MyResource.class.getMethod("route"));

    ExtendedContainerRequest extendedRequest = new ExtendedContainerRequest(requestContext, info);

    ContainerResponseContext responseContext = mock(ContainerResponseContext.class);
    when(responseContext.getStatus()).thenReturn(200);

    JaxrsContainerExtractor extractor = new JaxrsContainerExtractor();
    assertEquals("myhost", extractor.getHost(extendedRequest));
    assertEquals("GET", extractor.getMethod(extendedRequest));
    assertEquals("mypath", extractor.getPath(extendedRequest));
    assertEquals("/resource/{route}", extractor.getRoute(extendedRequest));
    assertEquals("https://myhost/resource/1", extractor.getUrl(extendedRequest));
    assertEquals("java/1.8", extractor.getUserAgent(extendedRequest));
    assertEquals(200, extractor.getStatusCode(responseContext));
  }

  @Path("/resource")
  static class MyResource {

    @GET
    @Path("{route}")
    public String route() {
      return "OK";
    }
  }
}


High speed, high definition, high tech -- compact cameras like we've never seen and we'll tell you which cameras will give you the best shots for the least amount of coin.
"Main thing is mega pixel and zoom size, also physical size of camera is important as well", said Bruce Bowman from Ted's Cameras.
Bruce says compared to last Christmas, point and shoots have become cheaper, smaller and smarter. "The Panasonic TZ-10 has a very good size for travel you can put it in your handbag and pocket, the zoom size is very large which makes the camera versatile at the same time", said Bruce of the $549.95 camera.
While some cost under a $100, Bruce says you'll need to spend at least $200 to snap up a quality camera. His pick for the Christmas stocking is the Canon's IXUS 105 at $199.95. "For the average punter that doesn't know too much about photography, I think the $200 price point is the good way to go", he said.
But if new technology's your focus, check out the handheld from Fuji -- the first 3D compact to hit our shores. "It does something other cameras have never done before -- it actually shows you pictures in the background and actually brings things into the foreground as well, which is brilliant", said Chris Matthews from Clive Peeters.
View your holiday snaps in 3D on your 3D television, or make your own 3D films. "Cutting edge technology, they're the first of their kind. Fuji has released this and they've decided to be the innovators", Chris added.
Chris says you will however pay a premium for cutting edge technology with the camera costing $599. "I love 3D, I think it is the way things are heading", he said.
If it's panoramic shots you're after, Sony's Cyber Shot can capture view s in a flash -- 180 degrees, landscapes and landmarks are easily done.
The sweep panorama function merges up to 60 photos in one shot.
Just in time for the spending season, Casio has released it's new award-winning Exilim range. In the wear and tear category, the G1's the pick. "Take it down the beach don' worry about dropping it in the water", said Paul Beaton, Casio's National Marketing Manager.
And if you always run out of battery, you won't with the H-15 model. "One charge, over a thousand photos per battery charge", Paul added.
"The GPS camera is great for travelling with 10,000 points of interest and landmarks preloaded on the camera, the hybrid GPS having motion sensors, mapping and GPS is a world first", he said.
"Price matters in every category we do, but then there are things like image quality, functionality, design, all of those matter", said Canstar Blue's Head of Research, Steve Mickenbecker.
From seven of our most popular brands, Canon and Panasonic was awarded 5 stars. "Image quality they were the same; price they were the same; there were a couple of small differences in functionality and design but essentially we looked at the results and said it's splitting hairs", Steve said.
In the digital SLR stakes, Nikon came out on top -- 5 stars in every category. "You still have to choose the camera that suits you, because this is brand level, but …. its a great place to start", Steve said.


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i 'We're not mercenaries. We're not murderers,' says ex-Navy SEAL arrested in Haiti
` March 21, 2019
He really doesn't know what he was doing in Haiti. He was told it was to evacuate rich Haitians amid a popular revolt, but it could have also been to provide personal protection to a Haitian businessman who claimed to be doing business with the country's Central Bank.
But one thing Christopher Osman, an ex-Navy SEAL arrested in Haiti along with four other Americans, two Serbians and their Haitian driver, says he does know: It was not to assassinate the country's recently ousted prime minister.
"We're not mercenaries. We're not murderers. We're just doing security work," Osman, 44, told the Miami Herald.
In the ever-evolving mystery of what a disparate group of ex-soldiers and security contractors were doing in Haiti last month as the country disintegrated into violence amid paralyzing protests, Osman is breaking his silence. He says he wants to set the record straight about the distorted narrative that is emerging.
"I don't do work that is being described in these articles," Osman said. "All of these stories that we were there to rob the bank is 100 percent lies.
"From the time we landed, to today … we were always told that we were there working on behalf of the Haitian government and people that were close to the president," he said.
The group's arrest — and subsequent release andreturn to the U.S.— in mid-February continues to roil Haiti, where opposition senators this weekaccused colleagues in the lower Chamber of Deputies of firing the prime minister, Jean Henry Céant, in order to prevent them from finding out the truth about why the seven foreigners were driving around Port-au-Prince in two unmarked vehicles with a cache of semiautomatic weapons, knives, drones and satellite phones.
Senators had invited Céant and Justice Minister Jean Roody Aly to attend a Monday hearing to answer questions about why the men were in the country, who hired them and who authorized Aly to have them transferred to U.S. custody, where they were then flown out of Haiti like visiting tourists. But before Céant could tell his side of the events, he was fired.
On Thursday, after protesting the decision and calling it illegal, Céant gave his resignation to President Jovenel Moïse, who earlier had named communications minister Jean Michel Lapin as acting prime minister until a new one is chosen. But the night before, Osman decided to break his silence. He was upset by reports that painted him and the others as potential bank robbers.
Upon the group's return to Miami International Airport, Osman said, they were briefed by both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. They weren't charged, he said, because "we did nothing wrong and there was nothing to charge us for."
Osman says he had been recruited by a Dallas security contractor, Hawkstorm Global, to evacuate wealthy Haitians in the midst of the chaos in the capital. But after arriving in Port-au-Prince, he said, he was told the job was to provide personal protection to a Haitian businessman who was signing a multimillion-dollar bank contract. Hawkstorm Global did not respond to the Herald's request for comment.
"We literally were there on a legal contract with … the Haitian government to provide security. When we got detained without charges, the U.S. Embassy stepped in and got us out of there thankfully and we got back and we were interviewed by special investigators," he added. "They were like, 'Hey man, sounds like you guys really got screwed, and from what we understand, you guys got caught in a political mess.' They handed us back our passports and we literally walked out onto the street from the Miami airport and jumped on a bus to our hotel."
Called "mercenaries" and "terrorists" by Céant and Haitian opposition lawmakers, the men have been accused of a political assassination plot and trying to pull off an $80 million electronic bank heist on behalf of the president, Moïse.
That theory was most recently floated in a story by The Intercept, an online news site. But it's nonsense, Osman said. He accuses a never before mentioned member of the team — a sixth American, Mike Phillips — of being the source of the story.A former Navy SEAL, Phillips abandoned the men and fled to the U.S. via the Dominican Republic, Osman said, after they were stopped by Haiti National Police at 2 p.m. on Feb. 17, a Sunday, about a block from the Central Bank.
"He was our team leader," Osman said of Phillips, whom he described as a retired Virginia police officer and former Navy SEAL lieutenant commander who also was the person who recruited the two Serbians for the Haiti mission.
Phillips did not return phone calls from the Herald.
The first of the men to give an on-the-record interview, Osman first went public about the clandestine mission in a now-deleted post on his Instagram page shortly after the U.S. State Department secured the group's release.
In the post, which only added to the murky mystery, Osman wrote that he was working for "people who are directly connected to the current [Haitian] President" and that he and his teammates had not been released but in fact "rescued."
"We are being used as pawns in a public fight between him and the current Prime Minister of Haiti," Osman said, referring to Céant.
In the interview with the Herald, Osman said there was talk about the group's meeting with President Moïse but it never materialized. He confirmed reports that individuals close to the president, including an adviser and the justice minister, did attempt to secure their release from Haitian police custody.
At the center of the intrigue is the Central Bank, the equivalent to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Osman said he was told after landing in Haiti that they would be escorting a Haitian businessman, Josue "Josh" Leconte, to the bank that Monday to sign a multimillion-dollar deal.
Leconte, a U.S. citizen, heads a civil engineering firm in Haiti, Preble-Rish Haiti, which soondeleted its "About Us" page after the men's arrest. Leconte's partner in the alleged bank contract, Osman said, was another team member, Dustin Porte of Patriot Group Services, a Louisiana-based contractor.
"They needed security to go to the bank because of all of the riots," Osman said, noting that their role was to stand in a conference room and protect Leconte while he signed "a contract for funds for infrastructure."
"This is a bank they had been going to for six-and-a-half years. Patriot Group Services had had contracts with that bank for over six years. Dustin and Josh had been in and out of Haiti for over six years."
Osman claims that Porte is the one who actually had the physical contract, "a signed agreement with the people of Haiti, the Haitian government. And when we were locked up in the jail, the gentleman from the State Department was talking to us and said, 'Hey man, we're trying to sort this out.' I even said, 'Dustin why don't you give them a copy of the contract?' "
"He gave the State Department his business partner's number back in the United States to email the State Department a copy of the security contract, which is between Patriot Group Services and the Haitian government," Osman said. But exactly who in the Haitian government, which is run by the prime minister, signed the contract? Osman said only Leconte and Porte would know.
Neither man could be reached for comment. The U.S. State Department declined to comment.
Central Bank Governor Jean Baden Dubois said Osman's story, like others about the bank's role, makes absolutely no sense. The bank is not a commercial institution, has no clients and had no contracts with Leconte or Preble-Rish Haiti. In 2016, he said, Patriot Group Services did sell the bank a telecommunications radio but that is the extent of their relationship.
Dubois said the latest tale — that the men were part of a scheme to transfer $80 million in funds that Haiti is holding in escrow for Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil program— is also untrue.
"It is something that is completely impossible," he said, noting that any movement of the money requires both the signature of the Haitian State and the Venezuelan ambassador.
Dubois said the first thing he did the Monday following the men's arrest was review the bank's cameras. He saw the men were outside, but "there was no aggression," and they spent somewhere between 16 minutes and 23 minutes outside the bank.
Osman admits that since returning home to San Diego he has questioned the information he was given about his mission. He can't help but think of the ease with which Leconte, who eventually fled the country along with another man involved in the mystery, Fritz Jean-Louis, got out of his vehicle and walked up to police as the group was being detained. Jean-Louis owned the vehicles the men were riding in, Osman said.
The entire mission, he said, was supposed to be 10 days long. And he would be paid $1,000 a day with half paid up front.
"I was under the impression that it was always doing evacuations for high-end clients, rich Haitians that wanted to leave the island on private jets, but because of all of the riots … they wanted professional security to take them," he said. "Go to the houses with the families, watch them pack, take them down to the airport, watch them fly off on private jets and be gone."
Osman said he was recruited for the job by Lance and Talon Burton, who run Hawkstorm Global, and told about the job in Haiti.
The last to arrive in Haiti, Osman flew from San Diego to JFK into Port-au-Prince on Feb. 16. He was aboard a commercial flight, as was Talon Burton. The rest of the team, Osman said, had come in by private plane. He was met at the airport by a Haitian driver, Burton and team member Chris McKinley, another ex-Navy SEAL.
The next day everyone went to Leconte's home. At 4:30 p.m. another team member was flying in, and they would need to head to the airport.
"It's a guy I don't know, I never met," Osman said.
Osman said the arsenal of weapons that Haitian police seized and put on display was already in the vehicles when they got in to leave for the airport to pick up the new team member.
"I was told the guns were the property of the Haitian government," he said. "I was told that from the moment I got there and saw a gun. I didn't see a gun until we went to Josh's house."
Osman said he was in the second vehicle bound for the airport, but got lost after his GPS didn't properly work. That's when they decided to join the first vehicle and head for the bank.
About two blocks from the bank, the lead vehicle stopped and Porte jumped out, Osman said, "came up to our vehicle and said, 'Hey, I want to stop by the bank for about five minutes and talk to my people who I know there and let them know we are coming by tomorrow.' "
Someone, however, tipped off police, who stopped the two vehicles about a block away from the bank.
"They stopped us out of curiosity; they didn't stop us because we were doing anything wrong," Osman said. "No one got out of the vehicle with guns. … It was as innocent and as boring as if you ran a red light and a police officer pulled you over."
A masked protester clutching a stone runs amid tear gas launched by Haiti National Police during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.
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Osman said during the stop both their interpreter and Leconte tried to explain to police who they were.
"Josh is talking to them, telling that he has a contract with the government and the bank and they are providing security," Osman said. "It was 'Hey no problem, let me just make a phone call and let you guys go.' "
Joel Casseus, the head of the Port-au-Prince police station, told the Herald in an interview after the arrest that backup officers were called after the men proved to be uncooperative. The men would only tell police that they were in Haiti "on a government mission," he said.
The men didn't specify which government had hired them. But at one point, Casseus said, they told officers that "their boss would call our boss," he said. Soon a third vehicle arrived with another individual, this one speaking French. He too was arrested.
The man, Osman said, was Kent Kroeker, another team member who had pulled up with Leconte and Phillips inside. As he walked toward the police, Leconte leaned in to their waiting SUV and said they would be getting out in five minutes.
"Kent also speaks the local language there. He was talking and letting them know it was just a misunderstanding, and these guys were just doing their job, no big deal," Osman said.
Osman said police let Leconte, Phillips and Kroeker go, but Kroeker refused and insisted that "no way am I leaving my guys so I am staying."
"Mike Phillips, our team leader who has never been mentioned," Osman said, "looked me dead in my face … doesn't say a word to me, and him and Josh jump into their vehicle and leave us. They drive right through all of the vehicles and all of the people and they take off and they left us there."
Osman said Philips headed back to the hotel and eventually left Haiti.
Osman is still upset by the abandonment by not just Phillips but Leconte.
"While we were being detained and arrested," Osman said, "those two left the country and went to another country and flew back to America with us there
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This popular "American Horror Story: Roanoke" theory was *probably* just shot down
Rachel Paige
Just when you *think* you've figured out what American Horror Story is doing, it goes and throws a curve ball at you. Or, in the case of Roanoke, it throws a meat cleaver at you. Spoilers ahead for the fourth episode of this season, "Chapter Four."
Last week, we wrote about a REALLY GOOD theory explaining how this season is going to tie together with the other seasons of AHS. Basically, the long and the short of it is that the past three episodes have directly corresponded with a prior AHS season. So, Episode 1 was all about the new spooky house, and that related back to Murder House. Episode 2 showed us murderous nurses, just like in Asylum. Then with Episode 3, we actually got some witchcraft, and we were all like, "OMG, COVEN!!"
Going along with this theory, Episode 4 should have featured some freaks. Except…that didn't happen. We didn't see Elsa Mars, or Jimmy Darling (or ANY EVAN PETERS) and no one had two heads.
There was certainly a small reference to Freak Show, and that happened when we learned that Edward Philipe Mott actually built the house. If you need a quick Freak Show refresher, that season featured Gloria and Dandy Mott. We learned that Mr. Mott had committed suicide some time ago. The Edward Mott here is NOT Dandy's dad, since Edward built the Murde House in the 1700s…and we don't know what happened to him after that.
We do know that at some point this season, we'll learn the history of the Mott family, but it hasn't happened yet and it certainly didn't happen during "Chapter 4." So, might this REALLY GOOD theory be nothing more than a REALLY GOOD theory? Should we go ahead and cross this each-episode-corresponds-with-a-season theory off our giant AHS theory board, or might "Chapter 5" change that?
And if this REALLY GOOD theory isn't the twist, then what is??
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Learning a new language can be exciting and challenging. Some seem to be able to grasp many languages with ease while others can tend to struggle with using new linguistic tools. Matthew Youlden can speak nine languages and understand various others. He provides tips for people looking to expand their language skills.
Commitment is an important aspect of learning a new language. If you don't have a firm reason for pursuing this new set of skills, it will be easy to become discouraged. Try to make sure that your reasoning has some depth of meaning. A shallow reason such as wanting to look cool will make this journey short lived. Alternatively, if you truly have a desire to connect on a deep level with new cultures, you'll be more likely to make the long term commitment to using the language.
It will be important to use your new language everyday. With each new thing learned, put it into practice immediately. Matthew mentions that he tries to think, write, and speak in the languages he learns. Immersion is imperative. Go the extra mile by listening to music in that language. When meeting someone new, aim to use your skills and have a native speak back to you in their language.
Grab a partner to help with practicing. Matthew enlisted the help of his brother in his quest to grasp new ways of speaking and understanding. Between them, they shared a competitive energy that motivated each of them to be more proficient. While this language partner does not need to be a sibling, any person that will help drive you in this journey can make a big difference. You may be more likely to commit to your learning process.
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A day later, the Madras High Court restrained the state police from arresting AR Murugadoss till 27 November. Meanwhile, the makers of the film have reportedly agreed to make four cuts in the film.
The controversy started after Sarkar starring Vijay hit cinemas on Tuesday, evoking angry reactions from the Tamil Nadu's EPS government. Many AIADMK ministers and party cadres were visibly unhappy with certain scenes in the film as they felt that the film was an attack on the former chief minister, J Jayalalithaa. A police complaint too was filed against Murugadoss as protesters demanded removal of controversial scenes.
Vijay's last film Mersal had courted controversylast year as the BJP took offence to certain scenes on the newly rolled out GST. In the controversial scene, Vijay was seen lashing out at the establishment while slamming the GST. In his monologue, Vijay was seen referring to Singapore, which levies only 7% GST and can afford to provide free healthcare services. However, India is unable to provide the same while levying a 28% GST. An angry Vijay, while speaking to reporters in the film, also talked about the children's deaths in Gorakhpur hospital.


This workshop will be interactive, and you will be writing HTML during the evening. Please bring a laptop or pair with someone with a laptop. Your laptop does not need to be able to connect to the internet, but it will help.
HTML (hypertext markup language) is the basic language of the web. Even as websites become increasingly dynamic and advanced, HTML sits at the core of the experience.
and why your formatting decisions matter beyond simply rendering your page on the screen.


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Andrzej Możdżeń (ur. 7 lipca 1962 w Morągu) – polski bokser, olimpijczyk z Seulu 1988

Zawodnik walczący w kategorii lekkopółśredniej. Zawodnik klubów: Budowlani Olsztyn (lata 1979-1981), Górnik Pszów (lata 1982-1984) GKS Jastrzębie (lata 1984-1989).

Dwukrotny wicemistrz Polski: w 1987 roku w kategorii lekkopółśredniej i w roku 1989 w kategorii półśredniej.

Na igrzyskach w Seulu wystartował w wadze lekkopółśredniej. Odpadł w eliminacjach.

W trakcie kariery sportowej stoczył 174 walki z czego 137 wygrał, 9 zremisował i 28 przegrał.

Bibliografia

Bokserzy GKS Jastrzębie
Bokserzy Górnika Pszów
Polscy olimpijczycy (Seul 1988)
Polscy bokserzy na igrzyskach olimpijskich
Urodzeni w 1962
Ludzie urodzeni w Morągu

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Now, I understand what she is doing. We all just need to face the cold hard facts Becky is not about Project Life, Dresses, Notebooks, etc.... anymore. She's about CULTivating her church. Have any of you ever gone over to Celebitchy and read about the Scientology horror stories from the posts over there. It's effing terrifying. It reminds me exactly what Becky is doing.
If anybody ever starts an investigation on the Mormon church for their abuse practices, especially sexual abuse I want in. I want to tell the story of what happened to my beautiful brother and sister because of this church. They can't speak for themselves any more since they both died at very young ages caused by the abuse. I want to share their stories. I do hope this church is exposed someday.
I am really sorry about your brother and sister. I firmly believe the LDS Church will be exposed and I hope you get to tell your siblings stories.
At this point, the only person who doesn't want my business more than Becky doesn't want it is Gwenyth Paltrow.
Haha! I wince every time RDJ kisses her because I love him and absolutely despise her. I even hope that every time she is in peril (as Pepper) that she doesn't make it so she'd be out of the never ending sequels.
OMG me too!!! Is it mean that I hoped she dissolved in Infinity War?
Her stubbornness to separate her personal and professional accounts will be the downfall of her business. I hope she is prepared to lay off all her "girls".
Oh my freaking gosh. She's titled her IG as "your yoda in memory keeping". Wtaf???
She probably had just returned from seeing "the prophet" at Cardinals stadium.
She was all jazzed from the hysteria. Like teenyboppers who'd been to see the Beatles in the early 60's.
"Not far from the Mormon Battalion Trail on Sunday night, President Russell M. Nelson spoke to about 65,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Valley of the Sun and called them the faith's Arizona battalion."
Wow, I went looking for more Project Life products and ended up converting to Mormonism!
I'm sad to see how far Becky is falling. She tried so hard to portray herself as perfect, and now she's posting 40+ Instastories a day. She sounds like Bethenny Frankel (Real Housewives of NY) - just as manic, posting stories all day every day. I wonder what her family and co-workers think. She can't be functioning well in her daily life, can she?
I had to unfollow a long time ago, so I'm just reading here about all the craziness, but I did go look at the one post and holy crap, reading all those comments from the sheeple, or stans or whatever is just mind-blowing.
There were so few that actually were speaking honestly, most of them were the oh you're so wonderful, we love the way you breathe air comments, and it's really just weird to me how people can follow so blindly.
Of course, the honest comments get ignored, and I quit caring about her products several dances ago.
I was going to post exactly that but am not sure when it is kosher to post spoilers, lol.
Honestly? I don't think she is functioning well at all. I caught myself wondering who does everything for her - I am a SAHM and I don't have time to be on Instagram for 40 stories a day. Things need to get done, and I am the one who needs to do it. I don't have a maid or 'employees' to do my chores.
I will be honest. I am not sure if she is manic or if maybe she is taking pills. My older sister ended up being a pain pill popper & I see some of the same behavior in Becky that my sister had. I am not saying she is popping pills, but the similarities are there. From the way she rambles, to the tears, to running her business into the ground, starting 9 million things and doing none of them well, the mania, etc. At first it was just WTF moments with my sister. Eventually she rolled all the way down the hill into crazy.
I am no fan of Becky and I hope I am wrong and this is just some mid life crisis. I wouldn't want anyone to be an addict, even her.
I totally don't get this either. I see it with a lot of social media influencers (the bigger names that millions follow). Someone even got a famous YouTuber's name tattooed on her arm. Don't get me wrong, I have celebrities and people I like, but I would never go to that extreme. I don't actually imagine that I mean anything to these people, I just enjoy the content/product they put out. I appreciate any inspiration they might provide via their life stories and use that to inspire me, but I don't base my life choices on them.
There's no way I could sit through that whole story. We know Becky's been trying to 'share' her religion for quite a while but I really never thought she'd go into full on missionary mode on her IG. It's fine with me if someone says they're Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, or whatever but I do not want to be preached to or prosthelytized when I'm just looking for craft posts.
Random rhetorical question: Since the Morman church has made Becky what she is today, if someone becomes a Mormon will they become as anxious and disconnected as Becky seems to be?
I do hope this church is exposed someday.
It's hemorrhaging. There's no way there's 15 million members.
*I* do not consider LDS as Christian. I viewed them as a cult. That being said, I think there are good people who are Mormon. But I do not believe they are Christian.
I get why you have that opinion, but the very definition of cult fits every religious organization.
zingermack I'm familiar with the practice of tracking people down. The best way they track down wayward souls is by contacting family. I think mine would be respectful; my husband's family, not so much. I'll never truly be left alone. Another reason I'm not rushing to resign.
I just watched *every *single* one* of those crazytown stories. Her eyes, her expression, her emotion, her frantic talking, the phone being held very close to her face. Like you can see in her mouth?!! It's becoming clear that there is indeed something wrong. She also talks often about how she is posting too many stories but then proceeds to post more, talking about how she is helping us?? It's not normal behavior. Who exactly is she talking to?
There is a breakdown occurring...not sure if it's due to stress, substances or some outside force. I'm really feeling worried for her. She has lost a few Insta followers but not nearly as many as I would expect.
Yeah, for giggles I looked her up on SocialBlade and she hasn't lost many at all.
Perhaps many of her followers have muted the stories so they have no idea what's going on? I unfollowed long ago but thanks to this thread I witnessed the "have a pedicure" day...yikes. I'll just sit here with my popcorn watching her company go down in flames. What can I say, it's a car wreck and I'm a complete rubber-necker at this point.
mom I had never even heard of SocialBlade...analytics are the coolest!
I have hope. I saw today that the Southern Baptist church is finally exposed for their monstrosities. I think we will see more of this from other large religious organizations from LDS to Evangelicals and everything in between.
I just saw the reference above to "Yoda". OMG. ROFL.
One key thing, she removed the "blending business and personal around here" stuff from her IG bio.
But she's still using her stories to proselytize, so seems like she hasn't learned the lesson yet.
The constant proselytizing is a huge turn off for me. I understand her church is a big part of her life but the LDS church is divisive (at best) and isn't going to help hee sell more products. Her brand is failing and it's time she evaluate what is and isn't working. Sharing 42 stories about the Mormon church definitely isn't working.
Definitely terrifying considering the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormon settlers dressed up as Native Americans, then tricked and massacred 120 emigrants.
They are zealots, as evidenced by Becky's behaviour. We call mormons Ziontologists because they have so much in common with Scientology.
She has a bajillion stories - it's ridiculous. Also, I don't know what it is, but I hate the way she holds her mouth when she talks. It's off putting to me. I was glad to see her sharing some memory keeping tips and Kari promoting product.
Same here. Her mouth seriously bugs me. It's like her face is saying "duh!" While she's talking, like she's imparting gigantic wisdoms that we're too stupid to figure out ourselves.
Salt Lake Tribune story on people leaving Mormonism. Fascinating to see the real reasons vs. the fake reasons given by the church trying to make up excuses.
"Finally, one of the most noteworthy findings of the NMS research into former Latter-day Saints was how happy they are with their path after leaving.
When asked to make a binary choice about which better described their feelings after leaving Mormonism — "freedom, possibility and relief" or "loss, anger or grief" — 93 percent chose "freedom, possibility and relief.""
I will be honest. I am not sure if she is manic or if maybe she is taking pills.
How prevalent is prescription drug abuse among Mormon women? Because the manic behaviour could be Adderall abuse. For those with ADHD it does actually calm the brain, but can still affect their emotions - for my son (severely ADHD-PI) it caused emotional lability. His crash at the end of every day was not pretty, and he quit it because he couldn't stand how emotional and unstable it made his moods.
If BH goes under, what happens to the app? Will I still be able to use it since it is on my phone currently, but I wouldn't be able to download it to a new phone?


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