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Investigation proved that the friends Angela had gone to spend the day with were some stately-home owners of the name of Stretchley-Budd, hanging out in a joint called Kingham Manor, about eight miles distant in the direction of Pershore. I didn't know these birds, but their fascination must have been considerable, for she tore herself away from them only just in time to get back and dress for dinner. It was, accordingly, not until coffee had been consumed that I was able to get matters moving. I found her in the drawing-room and at once proceeded to put things in train.
It was with very different feelings from those which had animated the bosom when approaching the Bassett twenty-four hours before in the same manner in this same drawing-room that I headed for where she sat. As I had told Tuppy, I have always been devoted to Angela, and there is nothing I like better than a ramble in her company.
And I could see by the look of her now how sorely in need she was of my aid and comfort.
Frankly, I was shocked by the unfortunate young prune's appearance. At Cannes she had been a happy, smiling English girl of the best type, full of beans and buck. Her face now was pale and drawn, like that of a hockey centre-forward at a girls' school who, in addition to getting a fruity one on the shin, has just been penalized for "sticks". In any normal gathering, her demeanour would have excited instant remark, but the standard of gloom at Brinkley Court had become so high that it passed unnoticed. Indeed, I shouldn't wonder if Uncle Tom, crouched in his corner waiting for the end, didn't think she was looking indecently cheerful.
I got down to the agenda in my debonair way.
"What ho, Angela, old girl."
"Hullo, Bertie, darling."
"Glad you're back at last. I missed you."
"Did you, darling?"
"I did, indeed. Care to come for a saunter?"
"I'd love it."
"Fine. I have much to say to you that is not for the public ear."
I think at this moment poor old Tuppy must have got a sudden touch of cramp. He had been sitting hard by, staring at the ceiling, and he now gave a sharp leap like a gaffed salmon and upset a small table containing a vase, a bowl of potpourri, two china dogs, and a copy of Omar Khayyám bound in limp leather.
Aunt Dahlia uttered a startled hunting cry. Uncle Tom, who probably imagined from the noise that this was civilization crashing at last, helped things along by breaking a coffee-cup.
Tuppy said he was sorry. Aunt Dahlia, with a deathbed groan, said it didn't matter. And Angela, having stared haughtily for a moment like a princess of the old régime confronted by some notable example of gaucherie on the part of some particularly foul member of the underworld, accompanied me across the threshold. And presently I had deposited her and self on one of the rustic benches in the garden, and was ready to snap into the business of the evening.
I considered it best, however, before doing so, to ease things along with a little informal chitchat. You don't want to rush a delicate job like the one I had in hand. And so for a while we spoke of neutral topics. She said that what had kept her so long at the Stretchley-Budds was that Hilda Stretchley-Budd had made her stop on and help with the arrangements for their servants' ball tomorrow night, a task which she couldn't very well decline, as all the Brinkley Court domestic staff were to be present. I said that a jolly night's revelry might be just what was needed to cheer Anatole up and take his mind off things. To which she replied that Anatole wasn't going. On being urged to do so by Aunt Dahlia, she said, he had merely shaken his head sadly and gone on talking of returning to Provence, where he was appreciated.
It was after the sombre silence induced by this statement that Angela said the grass was wet and she thought she would go in.
This, of course, was entirely foreign to my policy.
"No, don't do that. I haven't had a chance to talk to you since you arrived."
"I shall ruin my shoes."
"Put your feet up on my lap."
"All right. And you can tickle my ankles."
"Quite."
Matters were accordingly arranged on these lines, and for some minutes we continued chatting in desultory fashion. Then the conversation petered out. I made a few observations in re the scenic effects, featuring the twilight hush, the peeping stars, and the soft glimmer of the waters of the lake, and she said yes. Something rustled in the bushes in front of us, and I advanced the theory that it was possibly a weasel, and she said it might be. But it was plain that the girl was distraite, and I considered it best to waste no more time.
"Well, old thing," I said, "I've heard all about your little dust-up So those wedding bells are not going to ring out, what?"
"Definitely over, is it?"
"Well, if you want my opinion, I think that's a bit of goose for you, Angela, old girl. I think you're extremely well out of it. It's a mystery to me how you stood this Glossop so long. Take him for all in all, he ranks very low down among the wines and spirits. A washout, I should describe him as. A frightful oik, and a mass of side to boot. I'd pity the girl who was linked for life to a bargee like Tuppy Glossop."
And I emitted a hard laugh--one of the sneering kind.
"I always thought you were such friends," said Angela.
I let go another hard one, with a bit more top spin on it than the first time:
"Friends? Absolutely not. One was civil, of course, when one met the fellow, but it would be absurd to say one was a friend of his. A club acquaintance, and a mere one at that. And then one was at school with the man."
"At Eton?"
"Good heavens, no. We wouldn't have a fellow like that at Eton. At a kid's school before I went there. A grubby little brute he was, I recollect. Covered with ink and mire generally, washing only on alternate Thursdays. In short, a notable outsider, shunned by all."
I paused. I was more than a bit perturbed. Apart from the agony of having to talk in this fashion of one who, except when he was looping back rings and causing me to plunge into swimming baths in correct evening costume, had always been a very dear and esteemed crony, I didn't seem to be getting anywhere. Business was not resulting. Staring into the bushes without a yip, she appeared to be bearing these slurs and innuendos of mine with an easy calm.
I had another pop at it:
"'Uncouth' about sums it up. I doubt if I've ever seen an uncouther kid than this Glossop. Ask anyone who knew him in those days to describe him in a word, and the word they will use is 'uncouth'. And he's just the same today. It's the old story. The boy is the father of the man."
She appeared not to have heard.
"The boy," I repeated, not wishing her to miss that one, "is the father of the man."
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about this Glossop."
"I thought you said something about somebody's father."
"I said the boy was the father of the man."
"What boy?"
"The boy Glossop."
"He hasn't got a father."
"I never said he had. I said he was the father of the boy--or, rather, of the man."
"What man?"
I saw that the conversation had reached a point where, unless care was taken, we should be muddled.
"The point I am trying to make," I said, "is that the boy Glossop is the father of the man Glossop. In other words, each loathsome fault and blemish that led the boy Glossop to be frowned upon by his fellows is present in the man Glossop, and causes him--I am speaking now of the man Glossop--to be a hissing and a byword at places hike the Drones, where a certain standard of decency is demanded from the inmates. Ask anyone at the Drones, and they will tell you that it was a black day for the dear old club when this chap Glossop somehow wriggled into the list of members. Here you will find a man who dislikes his face; there one who could stand his face if it wasn't for his habits. But the universal consensus of opinion is that the fellow is a bounder and a tick, and that the moment he showed signs of wanting to get into the place he should have been met with a firm nolle prosequi and heartily blackballed."
I had to pause again here, partly in order to take in a spot of breath, and partly to wrestle with the almost physical torture of saying these frightful things about poor old Tuppy.
"There are some chaps," I resumed, forcing myself once more to the nauseous task, "who, in spite of looking as if they had slept in their clothes, can get by quite nicely because they are amiable and suave. There are others who, for all that they excite adverse comment by being fat and uncouth, find themselves on the credit side of the ledger owing to their wit and sparkling humour. But this Glossop, I regret to say, falls into neither class. In addition to looking like one of those things that come out of hollow trees, he is universally admitted to be a dumb brick of the first water. No soul. No conversation. In short, any girl who, having been rash enough to get engaged to him, has managed at the eleventh hour to slide out is justly entitled to consider herself dashed lucky."
I paused once more, and cocked an eye at Angela to see how the treatment was taking. All the while I had been speaking, she had sat gazing silently into the bushes, but it seemed to me incredible that she should not now turn on me like a tigress, according to specifications. It beat me why she hadn't done it already. It seemed to me that a mere tithe of what I had said, if said to a tigress about a tiger of which she was fond, would have made her--the tigress, I mean--hit the ceiling.
And the next moment you could have knocked me down with a toothpick.
"Yes," she said, nodding thoughtfully, "you're quite right."
"Eh?"
"That's exactly what I've been thinking myself."
"What!"
"'Dumb brick.' It just describes him. One of the six silliest asses in England, I should think he must be."
I did not speak. I was endeavouring to adjust the faculties, which were in urgent need of a bit of first-aid treatment.
I mean to say, all this had come as a complete surprise. In formulating the well-laid plan which I had just been putting into effect, the one contingency I had not budgeted for was that she might adhere to the sentiments which I expressed. I had braced myself for a gush of stormy emotion. I was expecting the tearful ticking off, the girlish recriminations and all the rest of the bag of tricks along those lines.
But this cordial agreement with my remarks I had not foreseen, and it gave me what you might call pause for thought.
She proceeded to develop her theme, speaking in ringing, enthusiastic tones, as if she loved the topic. Jeeves could tell you the word I want. I think it's "ecstatic", unless that's the sort of rash you get on your face and have to use ointment for. But if that is the right word, then that's what her manner was as she ventilated the subject of poor old Tuppy. If you had been able to go simply by the sound of her voice, she might have been a court poet cutting loose about an Oriental monarch, or Gussie Fink-Nottle describing his last consignment of newts.
"It's so nice, Bertie, talking to somebody who really takes a sensible view about this man Glossop. Mother says he's a good chap, which is simply absurd. Anybody can see that he's absolutely impossible. He's conceited and opinionative and argues all the time, even when he knows perfectly well that he's talking through his hat, and he smokes too much and eats too much and drinks too much, and I don't like the colour of his hair. Not that he'll have any hair in a year or two, because he's pretty thin on the top already, and before he knows where he is he'll be as bald as an egg, and he's the last man who can afford to go bald. And I think it's simply disgusting, the way he gorges all the time. Do you know, I found him in the larder at one o'clock this morning, absolutely wallowing in a steak-and-kidney pie? There was hardly any of it left. And you remember what an enormous dinner he had. Quite disgusting, I call it. But I can't stop out here all night, talking about men who aren't worth wasting a word on and haven't even enough sense to tell sharks from flatfish. I'm going in."
And gathering about her slim shoulders the shawl which she had put on as a protection against the evening dew, she buzzed off, leaving me alone in the silent night.
Well, as a matter of fact, not absolutely alone, because a few moments later there was a sort of upheaval in the bushes in front of me, and Tuppy emerged.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal — Migration in this country is omnipresent. Nearly everyone has a relative or a neighbor who works abroad, while the Department of Foreign Employment, based in the capital here, teems with job-seekers. Landlocked Nepal has a long history of labor exportation, but the scope of the country's current migration boom is unprecedented: the Persian Gulf region alone lures more than 16,000 workers from Nepal each month.
In 131 countries around the world, Nepali workers help construct high-rises, greet hotel guests, farm livestock and rear children. They account for a staggering 7 percent — more than two million people — of Nepal's total population.
This absent population in Nepal has created a ghost economy: its profitable workforce is at once nowhere and everywhere, changing Nepali society in core and lasting ways. This change has been especially true for the women left behind. While male outmigration has given female relatives more burdens to shoulder (95 percent of migrant workers are men), it has also helped to forge more matriarchal households, where new social arrangements have cast women in traditionally male roles, from agricultural work to money matters. It has led as well to a shift in reverence for daughters that had been reserved for sons, as younger women leave for jobs overseas and send money back home, too.
With Nepal's unemployment rates as high as 46 percent, roughly a third of men aged 15 to 44 are working abroad. With few men around, women often become the financial heads of the home. Migrant remittances form a cornerstone of Nepal's economy, making up at least a quarter of the country's gross domestic product. They fund the sales of properties and land plots, which are often overseen by female family members. More than half of Nepal's families benefit from wages sent home.
"[My wife] advised me for the land and house," recalled Sathi Paudel, who spent five years working for a Korean construction firm while his spouse brokered the construction of their new home on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
The granddaughter's move to Dubai is reflective of a broader trend in the rise of the female migrant laborer. Over the past six years, the number of Nepali female workers worldwide has increased 239 percent. Until 1998, women had to obtain parental or spousal consent to go overseas, and female migration to the Persian Gulf was terminated from 1998 to 2010, after the well-publicized death of a Nepali maid in Kuwait. Domestic workers in the Gulf states must still be at least 30 years old. But younger women often migrate through unregulated channels, putting female workers at more risk for abuse. The leading cause of death among male workers from Nepal is heart failure; for Nepali women, it is suicide.
Yet, while migrant workers are often cited as casualties of global capitalism, the changing face of the labor market has also opened new opportunities for Nepali women, both at home and beyond. Alina (she prefers not to use her real name), who is 31, single and was raised in Bhaktapur, a medieval city in central Nepal, left a nursing career to come to New York, where she earns higher wages working in a small nail salon.
"I never painted nails in my whole life before coming here," she said. As a Nepali woman abroad, "You learn everything by yourself . . . you're not dependent on other people." Alina has also dodged family pressures to marry, so far. "If I was back in my country, I would already have two children," she said. She now sends money home to her parents and three younger siblings.
Nil Maharjan contributed reporting to this article.
It's nice to see the paradigm shift of the women power coming into play for remittance. I only wish for a proper channel and the labor rights being guaranteed by the government instead of just feeding on the dollars they send back home.


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Author Niemöller, Sybil von Sell, 1923-
Title Crowns, crosses, and stars : my youth in Prussia, surviving Hitler, and a life beyond / by Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller, Baroness von Sell
Published West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2012]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. They even closed the candy store -- pt. 2. Destruction unlimited -- pt. 3. The promised land
Summary This is the story of a remarkable life and a journey, from the privileged world of Prussian aristocracy, through the horrors of World War II, to high society in the television age of postwar America. It is also an account of a spiritual voyage, from a conventional Christian upbringing, through marriage to Pastor Martin Niemoeller, to conversion to Judaism. Born during the turbulent days of the Weimar Republic, the author was the goddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II (to whom her father was financial advisor). During her teenage years, she witnessed the rise of the Third Reich and her family's resistance to it, culminating in their involvement in "Operation Valkyrie," the ill-fated attempt to assassinate Hitler and form a new government. At war's end, she worked with British Intelligence to uncover Nazis leaders. Keeping a promise to her father, she left Germany for a new life in the United States in the 1950s, working for NBC and raising her son in the exciting world of New York, only to return to Germany as the wife of Martin Niemoeller, the voice of religious resistance during the Third Reich and of German guilt and conscience in the postwar decades. Upon her husband's death in 1984 she returned to America, after having converted to Judaism in London, and turned yet another page by becoming an active public speaker and author. The title reflects a story of three parts: "Crowns," the world of nobility in which the author was raised; "Crosses," her life with Martin Niemoeller and his battles with the Third Reich; and "Stars," the spiritual journey that brought her to Judaism
Subject Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984.
Niemöller, Sybil von Sell, 1923-
Niemöller, Sybil von Sell, 1923- -- Family.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Germany -- Prussia -- Biography.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish converts -- Biography.
Spouses of clergy -- Germany -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography.
Prussia (Germany) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biography.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
ISBN 161249210X (electronic bk.)
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9781612492100 (electronic bk.)

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Integrators consider ways to bring technology to government<@VM>Software for utility computing<@VM>Buzzword bingo: Utility vs. grid vs. autonomic vs ?
On the last day of 2003, IBM Corp. won a 10-year deal with retail chain Target Corp. to provide IT services. The deal was unusual in that Target would only pay for those services it actually used, under a variable on-demand pricing model, as IBM called it.
Could government agencies be far behind in signing such deals?
Large enterprises have long relied on systems administrators to service computers, freeing employees from fretting about their machines' well-being. Many agencies have outsourced the job, most notably the Navy, which gave the responsibility to Electronic Data Systems Corp. under the $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corp. Intranet contract.
Utility computing takes consolidation a step further. In much the same way organizations get their electricity through a wall socket and then get a bill based on metered usage, a utility computing services customer gets power through a network, using personal computers only as gateways to stronger resources elsewhere.
"You pool your computing resources as opposed to running a number of isolated systems, which tend to have lower utilization, higher management and software costs," said Bill Mooz, senior director of utility computing for Sun Microsystems Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.
The industry hasn't defined utility computing clearly, but the idea is taking root with agencies.
"We're seeing more customers consider the idea of us running their custom applications," said Tim Hoechst, senior vice president of technology for the public-sector unit of Redwood Shores Calif.-based Oracle Corp. "It speaks to the idea that a lot of services from a product suite ought to be served up like a utility."
A systems integrator can profit from the buzz surrounding utility computing in many ways. It can provide an agency with these services, or use them to simplify management of its own large government contract jobs. Or an integrator can help agencies build their own utility services, where one office would provide IT services for the rest of the agency.
Utility computing came to wide recognition in October 2002, when IBM of Armonk, N.Y., announced it would spend $10 billion to develop what it called on-demand services, in which it would offer IT services on a metered basis.
"A lot of companies asked 'How is IBM making money out of this?' " said Jeremy Burton, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Veritas Software Corp., Mountain View, Calif. "The reason is you can do certain things you couldn't do before, such as sharing storage and service."
Utility computing promises to solve several problems long associated with IT spending, though it requires a new billing model to work ? one that isn't commonly used in government.
Traditionally, agencies have faced a cyclical investment model for IT spending, said Peter Marshall, assistant vice president at Candle Corp. Camberley, U.K. Every few years, an agency would need to replace computers. As a result, IT budgets spike on those years.
"For the life of the IT industry, buying computing resources has been an upfront capital expense," Marshall said.
Purchasing not only involves taking stock in what an agency needs now, but what it will need for the entire life cycle of the equipment, which is always a chancy bet.
An agency may not buy enough equipment, then pay premium rates to get more once the greater demand hits. Or it overpurchases and winds up wasting money on unused goods.
By buying computer power on a pay-as-you-go basis, agencies can both smooth the spikes of spending and purchase more accurately to fit their needs. The challenge is in shifting more of their IT budgets from capital expenses to operating expenses.
Likewise, service providers still must determine how to bill computing.
One company with some work in this area is Sun Microsystems. Sun offers a pay-per-use package in which bills are calculated by the amount of processor and storage use per month, Mooz said. The contracts have a minimum monthly fee.
For these contracts, the company installs servers at the customer site. Sun then bills per central processor unit-minute used. It bases the charge for storage on the average number of gigabytes used per month, and Sun uses its own Net Connect software tool to track usage. The packages include installation and maintenance.
For systems integrators, Sun will bill on what Mooz called a "back-to-back basis." If an integrator bills its customer on a per-transaction basis and outsources the computation to Sun, Sun will bill the integrator per transaction as well," he said.
Thus far, Sun has signed with Affiliated Computers Services Inc., Dallas, and Schlumbergersema, the IT consulting division of Schlumberger Ltd., New York. Schlumbergersema does a lot of international work in government-run transportation and public utility systems.
Both of the integrators "are using our infrastructure to build out a specific solution for their customers to use on a pay-per-use basis," Mooz said. "We're sharing the commitment and sharing the risk."
Utility computing is not necessarily the same thing as outsourcing IT services. However, a large agency can use many of the same tools as a utility computing service provider in order to simplify its IT architecture by centralizing the services under one roof.
Walter Reed Medical Center took this approach. Its Directorate of Information Management Office wanted to respond faster to Army security bulletins. This often involved reconfiguring or applying patches to large numbers of computers, usually on short notice.
"It was a very difficult task," said Jeffrey Goldberg, director of enterprise management systems for Management Solutions and Systems Inc., Capital Heights, Md.
Walter Reed oversees the North Atlantic Medical Command, including 12,000 desktop computers and 300 servers across 22 states. Administrators in each office would have to walk around a large facility, applying patches to each computer.
"All these sites had local staff, and everyone had the same tasks. It was being done 40 times in 40 different places," said Goldberg, whose company provides IT support to Walter Reed.
Also, the directorate has to report the status of the repairs back up the chain of command, so getting updates from each office was crucial.
To automate this process, Walter Reed bought Unicenter software from Computer Associates to remotely install the patches and reconfigure desktop computers and servers over the network.
"Now, we can disseminate a pitch to all those locations without having any remote people involved," Goldberg said.
Government Computer News Associate Editor Joab Jackson can be reached at jjackson@postnewsweektech.com.


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The Encyclical Letter of our Lord Pope Gregory XVI., to all Patriarchs,
Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops, issued May 8, 1844. Translated into English by Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Bart. Latin text and the authorized Italian translation appended. 8vo.
pp. 33. London: John Snow. Few protestants are aware of the diligence and zeal with which the adherents of popery are now seeking the dissemination of their faith. Facts, however, are so rapidly accumulating, that we shall be forced ere long to recognize the truth, and the sooner this is done the better. An important step will be gained when the true protestants of this country are fully apprized of the measures of the papacy. We may then hope to see them emulate the zeal of their opponents, and when once they do so, we shall have no fear of the result. With these views we thank Sir Culling Smith for the publication before us. It is well timed, and eminently fitted to be useful. It tears away the veil behind which the real spirit of the papacy is sought to be concealed, and discloses to protestant eyes its unmitigated hostility to the general circulation of the inspired volume. The letter of the pope, here presented in an English dress, is an authoritative manifesto against such circulation. There is no gainsaying its evidence, no appeal from its decision, and his allegiance to the popedom is more than questionable who does not immediately comply with the mandate issued. This letter was published in Latin and Italian in the official gazette of the papal government, on the 25th of May last; and is now presented to the British public as an instructive warning, adapted to rectify some popular misconceptions, and to stimulate the pious labours of all enlightened protestants. strongly recommend its early perusal to our readers, and especially to such of them as occupy the ministerial office.
Saul, a Dramatic Sketch. Josephine to Napoleon, with other Poems and
Translations. London: B. Kempton. The author is evidently a man of classic taste, and of an elegant mind. The volume is a suitable present for his own circle of acquaintance, where it will find many admirers, but it is not likely to win the now sated ear of the great public.
The Life of Sir Thomas More. By the Right Hon. Sir James Mackin
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Journal of a Clergyman during a Visit to the Peninsula in the Summer and Autumn of 1841. By the Rev. W. Robertson.
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Parochialia ; or, Church-School and Parish. The Church System and Services Practically considered. By John Sandford, M.A.
The Pictorial Sunday-Book. By John Kitto, D.D.
History of the Reformation in Germany. By Leopold Ranke. Second Editiou. Translated by Sarah Austin. Vols. 1. and Il.
The History of Sweden. Translated from the Original of Anders Fryxell. Edited by Mary Howitt. Vol. I.
Saul: a Dramatic Sketch. Josephine to Napoleon ; with other Poems and Translations.
A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes; comprising the best Compusitions in general use, and including many by eminent English and Foreign Musicians, which are now for the first time published in this country. Harmonized for Four Voices, with an Arrangement for the Organ and Pianoforte :
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Southey. 3 vols. 8vo. 2. A Brief Sketch of the Life of Joseph Lancaster. Including the
Introduction of his System of Education. By William Corston. 18mo. Few men in their time have occupied a larger share of public attention, or left behind them more enduring monuments, than Dr. Bell and Mr. Lancaster. Rich in incident, and pregnant with instruction, the lives of both now lie before us; and singularly as they contrast in outward attraction, in bulk, and in literary merit, they shall, for various reasons, receive from us equal notice, and be examined with equal care.
Andrew, the son of Alexander and Margaret Bell, was born,' says Dr. Southey, 'in the city of St. Andrews, on the 7th of March, 1753. His father was a barber, and evidently of no mean reputation. "Persons are still living who remember him hastening through the street with a professor's wig, ready dressed, in each hand, his arms at half stretch to prevent their collision. After trimming one professor, he would sit down and breakfast with him, and then away to trim and breakfast with another; his appetite, like his mouth (and his mind also), being of remarkable and well-known capacity. Being a man of ability, he added to his original trade that of a clock and watchmaker, and
ultimately became baillie of the city, quelling, on one occasion, a popular tumult by his personal influence after all other means had failed.
The future doctor was his second son ; a plodding, industrious boy, fond of his books, but hating school, on account of the tyranny which he witnessed and endured. Oh, it was terrible ;' he said, 'the remains of feudal severity. I never went to school without trembling; I could not tell whether I should be flogged or not.'
In 1769 Andrew matriculated at the college, eking out his scanty resources by private teaching. Dr. Wilkie, who was at that time the Professor of Natural Philosophy, particularly noticed him. "Mind what I say,' Wilkie would say to him, laying his hand on his head, and stroking it; 'pursue your studies, and they will make your fortune. I never knew a man fail of success in the world if he excelled in one thing.' This excellent piece of advice can scarcely be impressed too frequently or too forcibly on young men. • Dr. Bell,' says his biographer, 'adhered to it in his latter years too literally and too long.'
In the year 1774, having finished his education, he embarked for America, where, for the next five years, he appears to have been chiefly employed in tuition. In 1779 we find him a private tutor in the family of a wealthy merchant in Virginia, enjoying a salary of £200 a year, and, in accordance with what afterwards proved the ruling passion of his life, occupied at the same time in obtaining money, by collecting debts and other transactions in business. This part of his journal,' says the editor, 'is filled with memoranda of dealings in American currency and tobacco.'
In 1781 he set sail for England. The voyage was disastrous. Nine days after leaving York, the brig went on shore in lat. 45°. His journal of this event is brief, but graphic :- An uninhabited country; the cold and frost so intense that all safety is despaired of. Almost continual snow. Terrible prospect. Revised my accounts; and, in expectation of death, devised what I had in my pocket-book, if human being should ever come this way. Snow for sixteen hours. Fair night, and most intensely cold. Observation 45° 50'. A fisher's tent seen in ruins to the south-west.'
Providentially, the severity of the weather abated ; a small boat passed along shore, and ultimately, after eighteen days' suffering, they reached Halifax in safety; where, after a week of good weather,' he goes to church, and notes it down in his diary, 'infinitely superior to the meeting.' Here he embarked afresh, and in due time reached England in safety.
After remaining in London about five weeks, where, he says, *sight-sceing and coach hire' cost him sometimes ' a guinea a day,' he visited Bath and Bristol, and then proceeded to Scotland, making his way sometimes on horseback, sometimes on foot, and sometimes by stage or other conveyance. With the startling exception of a duel which he fought with an English student, and in which he endangered the lives of the seconds rather than that of his antagonist, his visit appears to have been passed tranquilly in the society of his old friends and acquaintances, and in the education of two Virginian youths who had been committed to his care.
About this time Dr. Berkeley (son of the bishop), with whom he had become acquainted at St. Andrews, 'encouraged him to take orders in the English church, and promised to render him all the good offices in his power. By the aid of this kind and zealous friend he soon obtained ordination, and was shortly after elected minister of the Episcopal Chapel at Leith.
Dissatisfied with this position, and seeing no prospect of preferment, he now determined, by the advice of his friends, to go to India, thinking that he might turn his talents and acquirements to good account as a philosophical lecturer, and in the way of tuition.' Dr. Southey states that an influential friend (Mr. Dempster) omitting nothing that could contribute to Mr. Bell's success in India, thought it fitting that he should be dignified before he went out with a doctor's degree, and accordingly applied for one to the University of St. Andrews. But from a letter addressed by Mr. Bell to Principal M'Cormick, which has recently been published in a Scotch newspaper, and of the existence of which his biographer was probably ignorant, it appears that the application was his own. · I think it an object of considerable importance,' he says, 'to be distinguished with the honourable title of D.D.' And then he begs that it may be done as soon as possible, stating that his father has directions about the fees; and adding, with characteristic vanity, 'My mind is above my fortune and above my birth.' To his surprise and disappointment, the diploma granted was that of M.D., a designation of questionable value to one who had neither pursued nor studied the art of medicine.
On the 2nd of June, 1787, he reached Madras, where his reception was so good, that he abandoned his original intention of proceeding to Calcutta, and remained at Madras with the prospect of being speedily appointed to the charge of a military male orphan asylum which was about to be commenced.
The tide of fortune rapidly set in : within two months of his arrival he was appointed (subject to confirmation at home) Chaplain to the 4th European Regiment, then stationed at


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Selling Bonus - Yes or No???
I have been asked a couple times in the past month, by both a Seller and Realtor, whether or not I agreed with Sellers offering a Selling Bonus to Buyer Agents so I thought I would get my feelings out there on this today.
Do I think that a Selling Bonus is money well spent by the Seller? My answer is no. Why? I feel that rather than a Seller offering a Selling bonus, reducing the price of your property would be a much better option for spending your money. When a Seller reduces the price of the property it is an offer made to every potential Buyer out there, and since that is who is eventually going to buy your home why wouldn't you want to make the price of your home more attractive to any potential Buyers out there and not just Buyer Agents, that would see the bonus, and then possibly show your property.


Monster Mouse Studios boasts a 25sqm exhibition space for an intimate showcase of works. There are a variety of packages available including studio space and access to our communal facilities.
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Lamb is a name of at least five acts: (1) An electronic duo formed in 1996 in Manchester, England, by Lou Rhodes (singer-songwriter) andAndy Barlow (music/production). They incorporated into their musical style a distinctive mixture of downbeat, trip-hop, jazz, dub, breaks, and drum and bass with a strong vocal element and, in their later works especially, some acoustic influences. Lamb are notable for their highly experimental work, a distinctive production style, Lou's often passionate lyrical style, and their artistic videos. Their signature song is Gorecki, from their epon… read more
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John Stones has handed in a formal transfer request to Everton as he bids to force through a summer move to Chelsea, Goal understands.
Chelsea have already seen offers of £20 million and £26m rejected for the 21-year-old defender this summer but earlier this month Goal reported that the Premier League champions were confident an improved bid of £30m would be enough to persuade Everton to sell their prized asset.
Stones informed boss Roberto Martinez earlier in the summer that he would like to move to Stamford Bridge and has now made his desire to leave Goodison Park official.
The 21-year-old's decision comes only a day after West Brom confirmed that they had rejected a similar request from striker Saido Berahino amid persistent interest from Tottenham.
Everton are likely to follow a similar course but despite Martinez's public insistence that Stones is going nowhere, there is a growing acceptance around Goodison Park that Chelsea will get their man with an offer around the £30m mark.
Jose Mourinho has identified Stones as the perfect long-term replacement for club captain John Terry, whose first-team future is the subject of renewed speculation after his half-time substitution against Manchester City and straight red card for hauling down Salomon Rondon against West Brom on Sunday.
Martinez has expressed his anger on several occasions with Chelsea's public pursuit of Stones, who has started all three of Everton's Premier League matches this season despite the uncertainty over his future.
But the pressure on the Merseysiders to accept the departure of one of English football's brightest young talents will only increase now the player has taken matters into his own hands.


Shoes not only protect your feet during movement, but are a major performance determining factor in sports. Athletic shoes are designed to withstand the increased pressures that sporting activities place on the feet, ankles and legs. They prevent injuries and improve performance and comfort.
Having a clear idea of the type of foot (especially the arch of your foot) you have and how your foot works during different activities, is important in choosing the best fit.
While walking, your feet roll from your heel to your toe. To facilitate this movement, walking shoes must provide good shock absorption, stability throughout the arch of your feet (underneath the midfoot), and flexible forefoot support.
However, while running, you only have one foot on the ground at a time, bearing an impact of up to five times your body's weight on each foot. The majority of this impact is felt on the outer aspect of the heel before the weight distributes. Running shoes, therefore, should provide more cushioning at the heel and more mesh material to dissipate the heat produced during running.
Different types of shoes are available for different athletic activities and should be carefully chosen for maximum benefit. For example, cross-trainers are shoes designed for those who move from one sport to another. Other shoes are available for different sports such as cleats or spikes for football and soccer, court shoes for volleyball and basketball, and hiking shoes that keep your feet stable on irregular surfaces. Barefoot running is a growing trend, for which shoes are designed with no cushioning; only protection against sharp and irregular surfaces.
When purchasing athletic shoes, make sure they are designed for your particular sport. Try to buy them in the evening when your feet are expanded to the maximum. They should have a stable heel counter (support behind your heel) and enough room to wiggle your toes, with a gap of about half an inch between your big toe and the tip of the shoe. Always wear the socks that you would normally wear during your sport when trying out a new shoe, fasten the laces as you would normally and walk around the store with both shoes on different surfaces to ensure comfort.


Polk County Fire Rescue provides Advanced Life Support transport to all residents and visitors of Polk County. It also provides fire suppression, rescue services and fire prevention services to all of unincorporated Polk County and the municipalities of Eagle Lake, Polk City, Mulberry, Lake Hamilton and Hillcrest Heights. Polk County Fire Rescue has nearly 600 full-time employees, responds to more than 90,000 calls for service each year and covers more than 2,000 square miles.
Fire rescue operations has oversight of the department's uniformed EMTs, Paramedics and Firefighters. Polk County Fire Rescue operates 50 fire and rescue stations that are equipped with various apparatus. Find out how you can begin a Career with PCFR.


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Vegan Matchmaking Course Launches in Time for Valentine's Day
The eight-week "Ready for Love" course is specifically for vegans and vegetarians who are ready to find their animal-loving soulmate.
Later this month, vegan matchmaking service Find Veg Love will launch its first eight-week online dating course for vegan singles. The Ready For Love course will cover weekly topics such as loving yourself, compatibility and love languages, dating, and essential communication skills for healthy relationships. The topics will be taught through a series of videos, exercises, recommended readings, and live coaching. Participants will also have access to a private Facebook group. "While working with private one-on-one clients for my matchmaking service, I realized there was a really big need for this," Find Veg Love founder Karine Charbonneau told VegNews. "I could see that veg folks struggled to find love. They think it's because their ideal partner doesn't exist, or that the pool of veg singles is too small. But after helping so many of them, I've realized it's really because they are blocking their own love life by putting up walls, and not being able to let go of certain things that are holding them back." Charbonneau believes the course will help vegan singles restore their feeling of hope that it is possible to find a partner who shares their beliefs, and it will give them a clearer picture of who they are and what they are truly looking for in a partner. Previously, Charbonneau hosted Veg Speed Date events throughout the United States and Canada, but she is now focusing on her matchmaking services. She plans to launch more courses this year, which will address different stages of relationships.
Jaden Smith's Vegan Food Truck Is Back on Skid Row for Good
From the Yves and Gardein Founder: A $15 Million Frozen Vegan Sushi Startup
13 Vegan Meal Delivery Kits Ranked From Price to Taste
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How to Cater a Vegan Wedding Everyone Will Love
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?Your browser does not support iframes. The Yankees dropped this afternoon's game to the Astros. It's their first loss in nearly two weeks. Jonathan Holder threw two scoreless innings as the opener but did allow a lot of hard contact. The wind knocked some balls down and his defense made some nice plays. It was a deceptive two scoreless innings. Nestor Cortes allowed one unearned run in three innings and Joe Harvey allowed a run in two innings. Holder was the only projected big leaguer to pitch.
Only four more Grapefruit League games to go! The Yankees have a road game against the Cardinals tomorrow afternoon. Domingo German is the scheduled starter. No opener this time. Tomorrow's game will be televised live.


WORCESTER – Senior Jack Bauer (Cumberland, RI) reset his own meet record with his third consecutive gold medal in the 100-yard backstroke as the WPI men's swimming & diving team remains in third place following the penultimate day of the 2019 NEWMAC Championships being held in the Sports & Recreation Center.
MIT eclipsed 1,000 points and heads into the final day with 1,016 points while the host Engineers total 576. Coast Guard is second with 829.
Bauer touched the wall in 48.08, an improvement of .16 on his time from a year ago, while freshman Sid Williams (Irvine, CA) debuted with a seventh-place 51.45. Freshman Peter Fagerholm (Sandy Hook, CT) and junior Joshua Driscoll (Haverhill, MA) represented the Engineers in the consolation final.
Sophomore Clayton Besch (West Sand Lake, NY) edged Bauer in the 100-yard butterfly in the race and on the record board, and was one of two to best the previous meet record, as the duo finished second (48.43) and third (49.01) with B cuts. Senior Jackson Perry (Cumberland, RI) came home fifth for the Crimson and Gray with a time of 49.50.
The 200-yard medley relay consisting of Bauer, junior Dave Chen (Niantic, CT), Besch and senior Jean Philippe Miralda (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) took third with a time of 1:29.90 as the quartet of Williams, sophomore Zach Denbow (Hooksett, NH), Perry and Fagerholm claimed second in the B final with a time of 1:33.13.
Chen was fourth (56.30) and Denbow was eighth (57.91) in the 100-yard breaststroke A final as sophomore Emmett McCann (Seattle, WA) and freshman BK Jeong (Marshfield, MA) earned points in the consolation heat.
Senior Alex Gallant (Lakeville, MA) clocked a sixth-place 4:06.89 in the 400-yard IM while Driscoll, McCann, junior Michael McCarthy (Long Beach, NY) and freshman Matthew Olson (Honolulu, HI) swam in the B final. Miralda led a contingent of Engineers in the 200-yard freestyle with a 12th-place 1:43.64. Junior Markus Zimmermann (Sammamish, WA), Fagerholm, sophomore Tim McDonald (Walpole, MA), freshman Donald Buglino (Titusville, NJ) and graduate student Craig Barrett (Edinburgh, Scotland) also took part in the race.
Prior to the relay, junior Chris Nelson (Millbury, MA) amassed 315.95 points on the 1-meter diving board, which was good for 10th place.
The final day begins with the prelims on Sunday at 10am, followed by the finals session at 6pm. The events include the 1650 free, the 200 back, the 100 free, the 200 breast, the 200 fly and the 400 freestyle relay.


Baja SAE has been an important part of the University of Akron for the last 20 years. In the early stages, Zips Baja won many races and was one of the best Baja teams around. In more recent years, the teams have not been able to keep up the high place finishes. The 2015 Baja team aims to start a new trend of high place finishes for the years to come. With many design leaders returning from the previous year, passed down knowledge, and experience from last year, it should be an attainable goal.
Timura, Ryan W., "The University of Akron 2015 SAE Zips Baja Off-Road Racing Team 2015 Suspension System Design" (2015). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 169.


You've got extra real estate, and you want to make money by using it as a vacation rental. It's a great idea, but many people are lost when it comes to turning that idea into a reality. Among the many hurdles you'll face when trying to rent out your vacation property is attracting interested vacationers to your property. That's where Airbnb comes in for most.
It's hard to ignore Airbnb's remarkable functionality. Its streamlined platform offers more than four million vacation rental listings around the world, with nearly 500,000 stays booked each night. That's a platform that can work for you; if done correctly! At Minnestay, optimizing your listing on rental platforms like Airbnb is a vital component of our rental management offerings. Listing vacation property on Airbnb seems like an excellent idea, but let's break down the pros and cons of listing your vacation property on this sleek platform.
There are plenty of reasons to list your property on Airbnb, and we'll cover those in just a moment. First, let's start by talking about some of the cons of listing via Airbnb. First of all, if you list on Airbnb, you still have to take care of every aspect of your property. Maintenance and marketing are still in your hands. So, there are front-end responsibilities that you've still got to be concerned with.
On the back-end, you still have to communicate with guests. When you list on Airbnb, you're given a dashboard that makes things easier, but there's still a lot that must be done. For instance, you've still got to weigh out how to vet your guests. What will your requirements be? Also, what will the rules and policies for your rental be, because you're in charge of creating those rules and enforcing them. You still have to schedule and book guests, and you need to decide who gets to stay and who doesn't. Not to mention, you'll need to keep in constant communication with your guests from key drop-off to check-out.
On top of these duties, you still have to take care of the property and get it ready for guests. This means cleaning your vacation property, supplying fresh linens, scrubbing bathrooms and the kitchen, and ensuring that the right inventory, such as soaps and other amenities, are on-hand. All in all, Airbnb is what you make of it. At the end of the day, it's a platform that will only work as hard for you as you work for it.
Now to the good stuff! Airbnb is huge, and it's a gold mine for people who want to rent out their vacation properties without dealing with so much hands-on stuff. Sure, you've still got responsibilities, but Airbnb brings everything to a single platform. You can do so much from the Airbnb dashboard that it's like having a control panel at your fingertips.
If you're wondering "Where should I post my vacation property?", then Airbnb is likely the answer. This trusted platform offers a seamless opportunity to book your property to the max. The platform is still growing, which is promising for people who still want to list their properties. Airbnb brings in a huge audience, so you're probably going to get the most views for your property there. The bottom line is that Airbnb has all the tools you need to control and book your property, which means that you can fetch the most ROI for your vacation rental if you use the platform to its fullest potential.
When you consider the pros and the cons together, you might still be wondering if Airbnb is really all that it's cracked up to be for property owners. Despite the cons, we think the advantages of this platform are massive. But getting the most out of Airbnb takes time and skill.
The biggest con, in our opinion, is having to be hands-on with the property. It's a huge investment of time to take care of the maintenance and general housekeeping associated with a vacation property on Airbnb. The best thing you can do is outsource help to take care of these aspects for you. This could include a handyman or a housemaid service, or an all-inclusive property management team like Minnestay that will handle every aspect of managing your vacation property.
Did you know that you can have a property management company list your vacation property on Airbnb? When it comes to listing vacation property, this is the best way to maximize ROI and eliminate the cons of listing on Airbnb. At Minnestay, we work to optimize every aspect of your vacation rental. With our professional listing creation services we'll help you to make the best Airbnb listing possible with 3D virtual tours of your property, professional photos, and expertly crafted descriptions.
Using vacation property management services to handle your Airbnb listing means that you won't need to worry about anything. A property management company can take care of everything from writing your property description and policies to vetting guests. Not only is this a huge convenience to you, but it will put your mind at ease to know that your property is in great hands. You won't have to deal with late night phone calls about broken toilets or wonky door handles, your management service will handle all of that for you.
Vacation property management services can take care of everyday maintenance, including cleaning the property, keeping inventory, and prepping the unit for guests. As well as emergencies, such as water leaks or broken appliances. If you're already outsourcing services, vacation property management services can also manage that aspect for you. At Minnestay, we take the burden of managing your vacation property off your shoulders and let you simply enjoy the benefits of your income property.
Listing your vacation property on Airbnb is a smart idea to make the most money off your property, but entrusting your listing with a property management company like Minnestay is even smarter. With a little help, you can make more on your listing and rest assured that your property is being taken care of when you're not around.
Having a vacation property can be exhausting when you're handling it on your own, but when you use a service like Airbnb in combination with vacation property management services from Minnestay, you truly get the best of both worlds: an amazing marketing platform and someone capable of managing your property while you sit back and enjoy the extra income that a vacation rental provides.


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import os
import sys
import time
import hmac
import hashlib
import logging
import traceback
import json
import datetime
import requests

sys.path.append('.')
import db
import re

sys.path.append('../lib-python')
import DrumbeatNode as DrumbeatNode
import AlertEmail as AlertEmail
import PingNode as PingNode

class Master(db.TextDB, DrumbeatNode.DrumbeatNode, AlertEmail.AlertEmail,PingNode.PingNode):
  default_subject="[Master ACNode]"
  default_email = None
  opento = []
  allopento = []
  recents = {}
  xscache = {}

  def __init__(self):
    super().__init__()

    # Requests from the field
    #
    self.commands[ 'open' ] = self.cmd_approve
    self.commands[ 'energize' ] = self.cmd_approve
    self.commands[ 'lastused' ] = self.cmd_lastused
    self.commands[ 'leave' ] = self.cmd_approve

    # self.commands[ 'event' ] = self.cmd_event
    self.cnx = None

  def parseArguments(self):
    self.parser.add('--secrets', action='append',
         help='Secret pairs for connecting nodes in nodename=secret style.')

    self.parser.add('--opento', action='append',
         help='Additional space log informants - spacedoor')

    self.parser.add('--allopento', action='append',
         help='Additional space log informants - all doors')

    self.parser.add('--bearer', action='store',
         help='Bearer secret file')

    self.parser.add('--unknown_url', action='store',
         help='Bearer URL')
    self.parser.add('--xscheck_url', action='store',
         help='Bearer URL')

    super().parseArguments()

    # Parse the secrets into an easier access table. Fall
    # back to the global secret if no per-node one defined.
    #
    if self.cnf.secrets:
       newsecrets = {}
       for e in self.cnf.secrets:
         secret = self.cnf.secret
         if e.find('=') > 0:
           node, secret = e.split('=',1)
         else:
           node = e
           secret = self.cnf.secret
         newsecrets[ node ] = secret

       self.cnf.secrets = newsecrets

    if self.cnf.bearer:
        with open(self.cnf.bearer) as f:
           self.cnf.bearer = f.read().split()[0].strip()

  def announce(self, dstnode):
    # We announce to all our constituents (a normal node just
    # Announces to the master). If needed - this can trigger
    # the nodes to do things like wipe a cache, sync time, etc.
    #
    if dstnode == self.cnf.master:
     if self.cnf.secrets:
       for dstnode in self.cnf.secrets:
          self.announce(dstnode)
       return

    super().announce(dstnode)

  # Handle a note reporting back the most recently swiped
  # node -- generally in response to a reveal-tag command
  # from us.
  #
  def cmd_lastused(self,msg):
    cmd, tag = self.split_payload(msg)
    if not cmd or not tag:
      return

    self.logger.info("Unknown tag {} reportedly used at {}".format(tag,msg['node']))
    self.rat(msg,tag)

  def rat(self,msg,tag):
    body = "An unknown tag ({}) was reportedly used at node {} around {}.".format(tag,msg['node'],time.asctime())
    subject = "Unknown tag {} used at {}".format(tag,msg['node'])
    self.send_email(body, subject)

  def cmd_approve(self,msg):
    cmd, target_node, target_machine, tag_encoded = self.split_payload(msg) or (None, None, None, None)

    if not target_node:
       self.logger.info("Not the target node, igorning({})".format(target_node))
       return

    tag = None
    if 'hdr' in msg and msg[ 'hdr' ] == 'SIG/2.0':
      tag = self.session_decrypt(msg, tag_encoded)
      self.logger.debug("Tag decoded: {}".format(tag))
    else:
      tag = None
      secret = self.secret( msg['node'] )
      if not secret:
          self.logger.error("No secret for node '{}' (but how did we ever get here?".format(msg['node']))
          return

      # Finding the tag is a bit of a palaver; we send the tag over the wired in a hashed
      # format; with a modicum of salt. So we need to compare that hash with each tag
      # we know about after salting that key.
      #
      for uid in self.userdb.keys():
        tag_hmac = hmac.new(secret.encode('ASCII'),msg['theirbeat'].encode('ASCII'),hashlib.sha256)
        try:
          if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
             tag_asbytes= ''.join(chr(int(x)) for x in uid.split("-"))
          else:
             tag_asbytes = bytearray(map(int,uid.split("-")))
        except:
          self.logger.error("Could not parse tag '{0}' in config file-- skipped".format(uid))
          continue

        tag_hmac.update(bytearray(tag_asbytes))
        tag_db = tag_hmac.hexdigest()

        if tag_encoded == tag_db:
           tag = uid
           break

      if not tag:
        self.logger.info("Tag not in DB; asking node to reveal it")
        self.send(msg['node'],"revealtag")
        return

    acl = 'error'
    ok = False
    found = False
    v = {}
    extra_msg = ''
    ckey = '{}/{}/{}'.format(target_machine, target_node, tag)

    if self.cnf.bearer and self.cnf.xscheck_url:
        try:
          url = "{}/{}".format(self.cnf.xscheck_url, target_machine)
          r = requests.post(url, data= { 'tag' : tag }, headers = { 'X-Bearer': self.cnf.bearer })
          if r.status_code == 200:
               d = r.json()
               ok = d['access']
               name = d['name']
               v = { 'name': name, 'machine': target_machine, 'node': target_node }
               if ckey in self.xscache.keys():
                    del self.xscache[ ckey ]
               if ok:
                    self.xscache[ ckey ] = name
               self.logger.debug("REST based {} for {} on {}@{}".format(ok, name, target_machine, target_node))
          else:
               self.logger.error("CRM http xs fetch gave a non-200 answer: {}".format(r.status_code))
               self.logger.debug('URL:{} {} {}'.format(r.url, tag, self.cnf.bearer))
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.info("rest checkDB failed: {}".format(e))

            if ckey in self.xscache.keys():
                ok = True
                name = self.xscache[ ckey ]
                self.logger.log("And using cached result to approve.")
                v = { 'name': name, 'machine': target_machine, 'node': target_node }

    if v:
        found = True
    elif tag in self.userdb:
        email = self.userdb[tag]['email'];
        name = self.userdb[tag]['name'];
        v = { 'userid': 0, 'name': name, 'email': email, 'machine': target_machine }
        found = True
        if target_machine in self.userdb[tag]['access']:
            ok = True
            self.logger.info("textfile DB approved (falltrough)")

    if not found:
      self.logger.info("Tag {} not found either DB{}; reporting (no deny sent).".format(tag,extra_msg))
      self.rat(msg, tag)
      try:
          url = "{}".format(self.cnf.unknown_url)
          r = requests.post(url, data= { 'tag' : tag }, headers = { 'X-Bearer': self.cnf.bearer })
          if r.status_code == 200:
              self.logger.debug("rest reported unknwon tag {}".format(tag))
          else:
              self.logger.info("Rest reporting of unknwon tag {} failed: {}".format(tag, r.status_code))
              self.logger.debug('URL:{} {} {}'.format(r.url, tag, self.cnf.bearer))
      except Exception as e:
          self.logger.info("rest report unknown tag {} failed: {}".format(tag, e))
      return

    if ok:
         v['acl'] = 'approved'
    else:
         v['acl'] = 'denied'

    v['cmd'] = cmd

    self.logger.info("Member %s %s action '%s' '%s' on '%s'", v['name'], v['acl'], cmd, target_machine, target_node);
    self.logger.info('JSON={}'.format(json.dumps(v)))

    try:
        msg = "{} {} {} {}".format(v['acl'], cmd, target_machine, msg['theirbeat'])
        self.send(target_node, msg)
    except e:
        self.logger.error("Fail in send: {}".format(str(e)))

    if not ok:
       body = "{} (with tag {}) was denied on machine/door {}.\n\n\nYour friendly Spacebot".format(v['name'], tag, target_machine)
       subject = "Denied {} on {} @ MSL".format(v['name'], target_machine)
       self.send_email(body,subject)
        # self.rat("{} denied on {}".format(v['name'], target_machine), tag)
       return

    dst = []
    if len(self.cnf.allopento):
        dst.extend(self.cnf.allopento)

    # Temp hack (famous last words)
    if target_machine == 'spacedeur':
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        if not v['name'] in self.recents or (now - self.recents[v['name']]).total_seconds() > 60*20:
            dst.extend(self.cnf.opento)
        else:
            self.logger.info("List email not sent -- just seen that person < 20 mins before.".format(dst))
        self.recents[v['name']] = now

    if dst:
       body = "{} has just now opened the {}.\n\n\nYour friendly Spacebot".format(v['name'], target_machine)
       subject = "{} @ MSL".format(v['name'])
       self.send_email(body,subject,dst)
       self.logger.debug("Email to {} sent.".format(dst))

  # XXX: at some point we could break this out and get nice, per node, logfiles.
  #
  def cmd_event(self,msg):
     cmd, info = msg['payload'].split(' ',1)
     self.logger.info("Node {} Event: {}".format(msg['node'],info))

  def cmd_beatOFF(self,msg):
    if 'theirbeat' in msg and msg['theirbeat'] < 600:
       self.logger.info("Spotted a node that has been started very recently - sending it an announce.")
       self.announce(msg['node'])
       return

    return super().cmd_beat(msg);

master = Master()

if not master:
  sys.exit(1)

try:
        exitcode = master.run()
        sys.exit(exitcode)
except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
        sys.exit(1)
except Exception as e:
        subject = "Exception in main run loop: {}, restarting".format(str(e))
        msg = "Tacktrace: " + traceback.format_exc()
        master.logger.critical(subject)
        print(msg)
        master.send_email(msg, subject)

sys.exit(-1)


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A lot of regrets of Edith Piaf announced in her admiration letters
Discover their bookmarks in your separate superior point, under my visibility
Edith Piaf performed, it seems, feel dissapointed about many things. The fantastic diva of la chanson francaise craved a "normal" lifetime, with youngsters, "pretty drapes" and a cycling champ for a partner, based on a volume of her prefer letters released in France.
"you have got saved me personally just in time. We have sworn in chapel that I will never contact another cup of alcoholic beverages (if we wed)," Piaf had written on the French pursuit cycling champ, Louis Gerardin in 1952. She assured to "transform" this lady existence and spoke of getting offspring, "pretty blinds and an attractive lunch service".
The letters, maybe not the most important Piaf love epistles getting released but extremely frank, speak with the common, uncompromisingly passionate vocals of their tunes. She produces of her adoration for Gerardin's "beautiful thighs" and "pretty butt".
"No man has possessed me personally everything your," she produces. She finishes another letter, orgasmically: "Je t'aimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme" with 16 "m's".
On 13 April 1952, Piaf typed: "And this is what i would really like before leaving for America. Becoming so exhausted, thus filled up with adore, that I cannot make love more for several months but await my splendid return to be along with you once more such as your little animal dog."
Piaf's love affair with Gerardin lasted at under a year in 1951-52, 10 years before she circulated her more famous song, "Je Ne Regrette Rien" and 12 age before the woman death.
When she fulfilled the winner cyclist, the singer had gone defectively from the rail. She got plunged into serious liquor and substance abuse after the passing in a plane crash of the woman previous fan, the boxer Marcel Cerdan.
Piaf obviously spotted Gerardin because the people to come back her on right and slim. "i do want to entirely better me, I want to feel worth your, you should assist me to change, you're going to be my personal little teacher, dear, and that I will blindly pay attention to you like a master that I adore," she had written in January 1952.
But there had been two challenges to a pleasurable ending. First, Gerardin was already married. 2nd, he seems to have already been dazzled – but fatigued – by Piaf. He had been reported having said that 2 days using vocalist had been "more tiring than riding for the concert tour de France".
The 54 emails, authored between November 1951 and Sep 1952, had been offered to an unknown customer for ˆ67,000 at Christies in Paris in '09. They have today been published in full in a book labeled as Mon amour bleu (My Blue appreciate).
Piaf's romance with Gerardin is among the less popular of her romantic adventures. She was actually 36 whenever she satisfied the blonde, blue-eyed bicycling champion. He had been 39. Handling him as "Toto", she usually expresses a desire to get married your and also have their offspring. She furthermore sometimes discloses guilt for sufferings of Gerardin's partner, Bichette.
The affair concluded in Sep 1952 when, engaged into French performer Jacques supplements, she authored to Gerardin from ny to state: "once you see this letter i am partnered."
Piaf's destined romances
* At the height of the girl popularity, the chanteuse indicated this lady undying love for the famous Greek actor Dimitris Horn. Piaf got satisfied "Taki"during a European concert tour in 1946. "i enjoy your as I haven't ever adored any individual, Taki, don't split my personal cardio," she authored to your.
* during the summer of 1948, Piaf got a separate romance with all the wedded boxer Marcel Cerdan. However it was not to latest – merely annually after, Cerdan passed away in an airplane accident. Piaf attributed herself (she got begged Cerdan to check out her despite his anxiety about traveling) and dropped into an intense medicine and alcohol-fuelled despair.
* Piaf receive no best chance in marriage. In 1952, she tied the knot with French artist Jacques Capsules inside appeal of the celebrity Marlene Dietrich, however the set divorced 3 years later.
* Piaf's second matrimony, to Greek hairdresser Theophanis Lamboukas, 26, came in 1962 but sugar daddies was actually short-lived. Piaf died, elderly simply 48, the following year.
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"The sites that were identified for these excavations are areas where hundreds of American servicemen were lost in battle," the Pentagon said. Experts note that they fell in battlefields that have long since been returned to farming or abandoned.
But by mid-March, North Korea announced intentions of a three-stage missile launch. The North Koreans insist the launch, planned for mid-April, is to put a satellite into space and to honor founder Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday (he died in 1994). A North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on the matter noted: "We will never give up the launch of a satellite for peaceful purposes" and urged President Barack Obama to "acknowledge that we also have a right to launch satellites."
But, U.S. officials note, the planned launch, only weeks after a promise to suspend such launches, is an unacceptable breach of trust. The fear is that a launch, even for peaceful purposes, advances the North Korean weapons program.
"This is a matter of North Korea meeting its obligations," said Navy Capt. John Kirby, a spokesman for the Defense Department. "At this time, they've shown no willingness to do that. We can't reward such behavior."
Cooperative efforts were put on hold. Over the weekend, Obama noted that food aid could be withheld if the launch goes ahead. It also meant remains-recovery efforts, once again, were locked out.
While the remains in question are American, as are the families waiting for news, Defense Department spokesman George Little noted that North Korea benefits from the recovery efforts as well.
"They build goodwill in the eyes of the world by showing cooperation," he said. "They also lose by this suspension."
Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a military spokesperson on this issue, said the search for fallen troops in North Korea remains a high priority. The missing represent the highest number from any conflict. In fact, the last American remains from Iraq were recently brought stateside.
The high number of dead still in North Korea is the result of both a bloody conflict and a nightmarish diplomatic situation.
In fact, in the 59 years since the end of the Korean War, American investigators have only been allowed inside North Korea to search for war dead between 1996 and 2005. During that time they found the remains of a suspected 229 troops, though only a few have been identified.
At other times, North Korean officials have turned over boxes of remains — 200 such boxes between 1990 and 1994, and another six in 2007.
U.S. success in identifying remains, however, has been slow. In all, 92 individuals have been identified.
As for when the recovery efforts might again be scheduled, Little noted, "That's entirely up to the North Koreans."
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

internal static partial class Interop
{
    internal static partial class Sys
    {
        [Flags]
        internal enum WaitPidOptions : int
        {
            None        = 0,    /* no options */
            WNOHANG     = 1,    /* don't block waiting */
            WUNTRACED   = 2,    /* report status of stopped children */
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Waits for child process(s) or gathers resource utilization information about child processes
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pid">The PID of a child process</param>
        /// <param name="status">The output wait status of the process</param>
        /// <param name="options">Tells the OS how to act on the WaitPid call (to block or not to block)</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The return value from WaitPid can very greatly.
        /// 1) returns the process id of a terminating or stopped child process
        /// 2) if no children are waiting, -1 is returned and errno is set to ECHILD
        /// 3) if WNOHANG is specified and there are no stopped or exited children, 0 is returned
        /// 4) on error, -1 is returned
        /// </returns>
        [DllImport(Libraries.SystemNative, EntryPoint = "SystemNative_WaitPid", SetLastError = true)]
        internal static extern int WaitPid(int pid, out int status, WaitPidOptions options);

        // The following 4 functions are wrappers around macros of the same name
        [DllImport(Libraries.SystemNative, EntryPoint = "SystemNative_WExitStatus")]
        internal static extern int WExitStatus(int status);

        [DllImport(Libraries.SystemNative, EntryPoint = "SystemNative_WIfExited")]
        internal static extern bool WIfExited(int status);

        [DllImport(Libraries.SystemNative, EntryPoint = "SystemNative_WIfSignaled")]
        internal static extern bool WIfSignaled(int status);

        [DllImport(Libraries.SystemNative, EntryPoint = "SystemNative_WTermSig")]
        internal static extern int WTermSig(int status);
    }
}


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A taste of South America... in Norfolk
There are at least four 'feed the animal' events a day, with jaguar and pumas on alternate days.
David GodsallStory Editor
11:10, 2 AUG 2017
ONE of Norfolk's leading attractions, Amazona Zoo in Cromer offers a unique summer day out where families can explore and learn about a varied and fascinating selection of animals native to South America.
Home to over 200 tropical animals, including Jaguars, Monkeys, Snakes, Caimans, Flamingos and Tapirs, the zoo is committed to helping visitors discover nature and providing education on conservation issues set within 15 acres on the north Norfolk coast.
Last summer, Amazona Zoo launched a brand new Leafcutter Ant Exhibit. The bespoke enclosure features a long tunnel housing around 3,000 Atta Cephalotes where visitors can see the ants at work and feeding. Atta cephalotes are originally from the rainforests of Trinidad.
Outdoors, children can wild in the adventure play park and picnic area, 'Rainforest Springs' where they can bounce to their hearts content on the massive jumping pillows or play on the slides and swings.
The indoor-soft play area, 'Jungle Tumbles' offers slides, tunnels, interactive toys and climbing nets, providing under 12s with a great indoor creative and active experience on sunny or rainy days.
The 30ft educational Yurt is a hub for educating visitors about the history of South America and facts on the animals who call Amazona Zoo their home.
What Animals and Birds can you see?
• Leaf Cutter Ant Exhibit
• Feline Forest – Pumas, Jaguar, Jaguarundi and Ocelot
• Tropical House: Entering from the Capuchin walkway, visitors will encounter the Currasow and the Piping Guan. After the bridge, see the Spectacled Caiman and spot the Red-tailed Catfish or the Black Pacu. Follow the path into the shadows to find the Iguanas, the Anaconda and the Boa Constrictors.
• South American Wildfowl: See native migratory species such as Greylag Geese and Mallard, as well as Chiloe Wigeon, Brazilian Teal, Coscoroba Swan and the iridescent Comb Duck
• Chilean Flamingos
• Birds of Prey: Red-legged Seriema are South America's nearest relation to birds, known in the rest of the world as cranes. Striated Caracara, also known as Johnny Rook, are found predominantly in the Falkland Islands and small islands off Tierra del Fuego. Once abundant in numbers there are approximately only 500 pairs left in the Falklands.
• Capybara - This is the world's largest rodent. It is an excellent swimmer, with eyes, nostrils and ears set in alignment across the top of the head
• Brazilian Tapir- One of the largest of three species to be found in South America, this one has the widest distribution. Its closest relatives are the rhinoceros and the horse.
• Amazon Parrots, Macaws and a Toucan
• Squirrel Monkeys - This small monkey of Central and South America lives in troops of up to 30-40 animals from mangrove swamps to 3,000 feet above sea level
• Geoffrey's Spider Monkeys - This species is distributed throughout Central America, from Mexico to Panama
• Ring-tailed Coati & American River Otters
• Marmosets - Capuchin Monkeys
• Mara - the Patagonian Hare
• The Rhea – the greater Rhea is one of South America's largest birds
• Collared Peccary - Also known as the Javelina or the Musk Hog, this is the smallest of the peccary species.
• Tarantulas
For more information visit www.amazonazoo.co.uk , call 01263 510741 or follow @AmazonaZoo on twitter and AmazonaZoo on Facebook.
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Arsenal boss Joe Montemurro would not be drawn on the topic of Chelsea star Sam Kerr ahead of the two teams meeting Sunday in what promises to be a crucial Women's Super League clash.
Montemurro knows fellow Aussie Kerr well from his time spent coaching in the W-League, a competition in which the forward is the all-time top-scorer from her time with Perth Glory and Sydney FC.
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"We're a team that wants the ball and wants to keep the ball and when we have the opportunity to get comfortable and play the way we want to play, I'm sure we'll find the spaces to exploit them."
It was Emma Hayes' side who took three points and the bragging rights from their clash at Kingsmeadow in October, with Chelsea running out 2-1 winners and making a huge statement in the WSL title race.
Asked what he learned from that game, in which Arsenal actually led early on through Danielle van de Donk, Montemurro said: "That we have to continue at our rhythm, at our tempo, at our style for 90 minutes. We can't afford to drop it.
"They're a team that are very quick in transition and are very direct. We lost our way a little bit in the second half and we just need continuity.
"We need to make sure we start well and we finish well. I'm sure that we'll be competitive and make sure we get the best we can out of the game.
"It's a mindset of continuity, it's a mindset of playing the 90 minutes, it's a mindset of not being able to relax for any period of that game.
"We'll work to our high tempo, we'll work to the tempo that is going to give us the standard we need for a result on Sunday.
"Tactically, we need to be smart. We need to be intelligent both in the phase of attacking and defending.
"This is [the type of game] we want. We want competitive games every week, we want high-level football every week.
"That's what we train for and it's what we're here for. The more competitive the games, the more the standard is of a high level. Bring it on, we want more of these games."
Since that meeting in October though, the Blues have dropped points against relegation-battlers Brighton and Liverpool, surrendering the upper hand they got from that huge victory.
It makes Sunday's game a potentially title-defining one – and the importance has been reflected in it selling out already.
"It's fantastic," Montemurro said. "It's an amazing opportunity to showcase women's football.
"We're going to see 90 minutes of some of the world's best players on Sunday.
"To have them in our backyard, to have them here in the UK, to have it shown all over the world, is an amazing opportunity for the game to really take the next step."
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In Isaiah 13:19, the prophet said Babylon would be overthrown, permanently. History confirms that when Cyrus conquered Babylon in 539 BC, it never again rose to power as an empire. Before the time of Cyrus, however, Babylon had been defeated by the Assyrian Empire but was able to recover and later conquer the Assyrian Empire. However, like Isaiah prophesied 2700 years ago, the Babylonian Empire never recovered from Cyrus' conquest.


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"""

  dispatch
  ~~~~~~~~

  WSGI dispatch entrypoint. INCEPTION.

  :author: Sam Gammon <sg@samgammon.com>
  :copyright: (c) Sam Gammon, 2014
  :license: This software makes use of the MIT Open Source License.
            A copy of this license is included as ``LICENSE.md`` in
            the root of the project.

"""

# stdlib
import os

## Globals
app = None

def spawn(app,
          config=None):  # pragma: no cover

  """ Spawn a Canteen app, suitable for dispatch
      as a WSGI application.

      :param app: Canteen application to be spawned,
        usually passed as a Python module.

      :param config: Application configuration, in
        the form of a ``canteen.util.Config`` instance
        wrapping a dictionary of application config.

      :returns: Instance of ``canteen.Runtime`` that
        can be dispatched via WSGI and wraps the target
        ``app`` object.  """

  # canteen core & util
  from canteen.core import runtime
  from canteen.util import config as cfg

  if not config: config = cfg.Config()
  return runtime.Runtime.spawn(app).configure(config)

# @TODO(sgammon): wtf is root
def run(app=None,
        interface='127.0.0.1',
        port=8080,
        dev=True,
        config=None):  # pragma: no cover

  """ Run a lightweight development server via the
      currently-active runtime. Suitable for use
      locally, with no required parameters at all.

      :param app: Canteen application to be spawned,
        usually passed as a Python module.

      :param root: Unused. No fucking clue what this
        is but I'd guess it's the root filepath to the
        application. I hope it's not that, though,
        because that would break App Engine.

      :param interface: Network interface that should
        be bound to for the resulting lightweight HTTP
        server. Defaults to ``127.0.0.1``.

      :param port: Integer port number that should be
        bound to for the resulting lightweight HTTP
        server. Defaults to ``8080``.

      :param dev: Boolean flag indicating whether we
        should be running in debug mode or not. Controls
        various things like log output. Defaults to
        ``True`` as this method is only meant to be an
        easy way to put up a dev server.

      :returns: Nothing useful, as this blocks to
        serve requests forever and ever. """

  if 'CANTEEN_TESTING' in os.environ and os.environ['CANTEEN_TESTING'] in (
    'yep', '1', 'sure', 'ofcourse', 'whynot', 'yes', 'on'):
    return spawn(app, config or {})  # pragma: no cover
  return spawn(app, config or {}).serve(interface, port)


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