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Polyglot Theatre's "TANGLE"
Polyglot Theatre's "ANTS"
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"The veteran children's troupe are masters of interactive play."
–Paola Totaro, The Age, UK
"…their work encourages free artistic expression and an imaginative interpretation of the world."
–Broadway World
'[We Built This City] is the most fun you can have in the entire world.'"
–Emma Sartori,The Bendigo Miner, Aus
We Built This City
Paper Planet
Separation Street
How High The Sky
We Built This City is an interactive cardboard construction site for families which celebrates absolute simplicity and the power of children's imaginations. A giant public construction site, We Built This City uses thousands and thousands of cardboard boxes and the energy of kids and families to build a magnificent imagined city. Buildings go up, are pulled down, redesigned, extended, walked through and reconstructed before the whole thing is knocked down into a gloriously chaotic heap of cardboard rubble.
Underscored by a rocking soundtrack from an on-site DJ, the participants are guided by performers who play construction workers, facilitating free play, performing as hilarious characters and setting tasks which bring people together in unity. We Built This City simultaneously places children in the role of performer, creator, audience and architect. It is not a play… it is play. We Built This City is Polyglot's most enduring work, touring continuously since its 2001 premiere. Over 30,000 children have participated in its many seasons, which include the Kennedy Center in Washington, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Awesome Festival Perth, Sydney Opera House, Esplanade Theatre Singapore, and Act3 Children's Festival, always with critical and popular acclaim.
"I liked being with my buddies building my own world" – Simon, 6
"I liked the whole world of boxes." – Violet, 4
Tangle is a huge, fun, totally interactive elastic weaving event, created live and on the spot by children and their families. It's part spectacular live art, part performance, part playground and all chaos. Participants are each given a ball of soft elastic to weave around and through 24 tall slender golden poles. Strand by strand the kids create a dense multi-coloured landscape, tangled and interwoven to make a place where they can play and explore and bounce. Tangle takes individual paths and interconnects them to form a hilarious metaphor for life. Featuring live music, this beautiful event is a place where children take control and create a giant shared abstract artwork that everyone owns and anyone can play in.
"This is an opportunity you rarely get to do since you can't do it at home or anywhere else." – Bethany, 13
Ants is a work that brings human-sized ants into a public space for a mix of roving performance and large scale interaction with children and their adults. The Ants enter the public space in search of food. Intent upon their task they barely notice the children who are drawn irresistibly to them. Who has seen giant Ants before? As they find crumb after giant crumb, the children bring the food to the Ants, and gradually begin to understand what the Ants want them to do.
This task oriented performance is a delight to see unfold, as children work hard to communicate with the Ants and each other, to do the task they think is happening. The crumbs, hundreds of them, form beautiful wavering lines, transforming a landscape and constantly changing and making new patterns. Ants is a study in a child's desire for pattern and to be part of a clan, and is a delicate, transformative project for public spaces.
From the creators of the much-celebrated We Built This City and TANGLE comes the delightful Paper Planet. This beautiful, gentle installation is filled with tall, strange cardboard trees, paper leaves, boulders, birds, and creatures. Visitors populate the work with their own creations and rustling paper selves, as children and their adults become totally and literally wrapped up!
Separation Street is Polyglot's new interactive 60 min theatrical experience for children and adults. It's a theatrical adventure with a provocative beginning – children and their accompanying adults are separated and are taken on two separate theater journeys. Participants investigate the story of Frank, an astronaut determined to reach the limits of the universe and beyond. The audience moves through the space to discover a dream, uncover mysteries and clues until the separate worlds begin to impact on each other. Ambient and exhilarating, together kids and their adults experience a different universe – one where kids have power, adults are vulnerable and separation means freedom.
How High the Sky is an immersive theatre event for pre-walking babies and their adults. Entering a warmly lit room, parent and child settle onto a soft white floor, sitting amid fantastical balloon creations – here a molecule, the building blocks of life; there a galaxy, the entire span of our existence. Performers move through the space, shifting balloons from one constellation to another, playing with sound and light as object and play fuse into an ever-changing evocation of the child's own unfettered imagination. Using the natural curiosity and responsiveness of children who have not yet learned to speak, and their immediate sounds in a compelling soundscape.
Cerita Anak (Child's Story) takes pre-school children and their adults on a sea journey never to be forgotten.
Climb aboard and be rocked and rolled across a strange ocean, dive to the bottom of the sea, hear stories on the wind and in the currents of the water and face great danger before coming to safe harbour.
Cerita Anak (Child's Story) draws its inspiration from the seafaring history in Java and the true tale of arrival told by a small boy. Combining puppetry, song, shadow imagery and sound, the show bustles with all the life of the ocean. Audience members, both young and old, are passengers and storytellers on this adventure.
Melbourne's Polyglot Theatre and Indonesia's Papermoon Puppet Theatre worked with local children from a fishing village north of Java to conceive and create this exquisite encounter.
Sue Giles
Polyglot Theatre is Australia's leading creator of experiential, interactive and installation theatre for children and families, encouraging kids to turn the simplest things into extraordinary creations. Inspired by the artwork, play and ideas of children, Polyglot creates imagined worlds where audiences actively participate in performance through touch, play and encounter. At Polyglot, theatre is child's play…
For over 30 years, Polyglot has ignited children's imaginations from tiny Australian towns to the world's leading arts centers.
In 1978 Polyglot was formed to promote understanding between cultures, bringing multi-language performance to theatres and schools for the children of Victoria, Australia. Since the year 2000 the company has greatly expanded its focus. Driven by a desire to reach a broader audience, Polyglot now creates performance and events for the street and festivals, interactive events for families, large scale theatre performances and community participation performance, as well as remaining loyal to schools through shows and workshops.
Polyglot is one of the most respected contemporary theatre companies in Australia, reaching thousands of children and making shows that resonate in the memories of audiences. Through experimentation, invention and consistent quality, Polyglot keeps their growing audience excited about what may lie ahead.
In 2014, Polyglot performed over 108 performances of six touring works and 4 new works, facilitated three community engagement projects both in Australian and internationally, undertook five creative development processes and led over 107 workshops, all in all reaching more than 68,000 people in six different countries!
Since Sue Giles was appointed Artistic Director of Polyglot in 2000, she has directed, written or devised ten works which have toured nationally and internationally. Her conceptual work We Built This City has toured continually for ten years including to the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Kennedy Center Washington, Act3 Festival Singapore and through England, Ireland and Scotland. Other productions under Giles' direction include, The Big Game (Melbourne International Arts Festival, Singapore Arts Festival), Check Out!(Melbourne International Comedy Festival, National Theatre of Korea, Hong Kong International Arts Carnival, winner Excellent Production Award at Shanghai International Children's Theatre Festival) Headhunter (UNIMA international puppetry festival, ASSITEJ international festival for young people, Drama Victoria Award winner), Muckheap (Esplanade Theatres, Singapore) Baggy Pants and the community spectacular High Rise.
Prior to working at Polyglot, Sue was a freelance director, writer and performer, working with her own company Shaken and Suspicious and other companies including Black Hole, Back To Back Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Arena Theatre and Terrapin Puppet Theatre. She has written for ABC radio and episodes of Lift Off for the Children's Television Foundation. Sue has directed over 30 productions and written 21 produced plays.
In 2003, she was the Australian representative at the International Director's Forum hosted by ASSITEJ Germany. In 2004 she was the Victorian Representative on the National Board of YPAA (Young People and the Arts, Australia) and from 2008-9 she was on the steering committee of the national puppetry organization UNIMA. In 2009, Sue was the Puppetry Director of the Australian production of the Broadway musical, Avenue Q.
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Phillip Hey (ur. 23 marca 1896 w Oberandenach, zm. 4 lipca 1947 w Rastatt) – zbrodniarz hitlerowski, SS-Unterscharführer, członek załogi niemieckiego obozu koncentracyjnego Mittelbau-Dora.

W latach 1944–1945 pełnił służbę w obozie Mittelbau-Dora. W dniach 14–15 maja 1947 został osądzony przez francuski Trybunał w Rastatt. Udowodniono mu mordowanie i katowanie więźniów wielu narodowości. Hey skazany został na karę śmierci. Wyrok wykonano na początku lipca 1947 przez zgilotynowanie w więzieniu w Rastatt.

Bibliografia
 Procesy zbrodniarzy hitlerowskich przed sądami francuskimi

Niemieccy zbrodniarze wojenni w okresie II wojny światowej
Personel Mittelbau-Dora
Straceni przez zgilotynowanie
Urodzeni w 1896
Zmarli w 1947
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2021 - The Year of the Headpoint
© Neil Gresham
Franco Cookson
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2021 has been like no other in the history of UK Trad. The long-awaited renaissance of hard Trad headpointing is here, as the global rise in climbing training finally begins to feed into a meteoric surge of hard British Trad ascents. The old times, when a whole year would pass by with scarcely any difficult new routes, are well and truly over. The new era of headpointing is here, with an explosion of standards in the Lake District, The North York Moors, Central Scotland and North Wales. It is no longer simply a handful of the same names spawning new lines, rather a whole host of climbers that have burst onto the scene, some new to the world of pre-practised ascents, and all redefining what may constitute a reasonable day at the crag. For those of us who have waited for a burgeoning hard Trad culture, the watershed moment has arrived.
On lead
© Craig Matheson Collection
In this round-up, we'll take you through how the year panned out – from frosty spring mornings of doubt on the east coast, to high mountain enduro escapades in September. Here we go…
April is often a brilliant time to climb in the North York Moors, but this year proved exceptional, with a prolonged dry and very low humidity season. 15-year-old Tom Pearce kick-started the year's hard Trad by making the first repeat of The Aghori (E9 7a) (E9 7a), as well as the third ascent of Divine Moments Of Truth (E9 6c) (E9 6c). It wasn't quite clear what was more impressive, Tom's climbing ability after less than a year of leading, or his mature approach to attempting bold lines.
In a refreshingly positive outlook on the future of the top end, Tom commented:
"I think the Trad scene is pretty alive to be honest, there's been loads of talk about how it is dying in the UK, but then all these ascents keep going down this year and I can't really see this stopping anytime soon. Climbers are going to get better, and bolder, and harder routes are going to keep being found and climbed. There will always be more rock to have a go at, so who knows what other lines are out there? And yeah, there are probably fewer Trad climbers in the younger generation, but who's to say that there won't be more in a couple of years: we just don't know yet." I'm sure this isn't the last we've heard from Tom.
NewsTom Pearce Repeats Divine Moments of Truth (E9 6c)
Tom's psyche inspired me to pull out the stops on my own project and finally get my teeth stuck into a lead, making the first ascent of Immortal (E11 7b), at the ever bountiful Maiden's Bluff. This outing takes the wall right of Sky Burial (E7 6a) on very small crimps, suspect footholds and dynamic lunges, with a British 7b crux, protected by poor skyhooks.
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As May ticked over, the peaceful Glens of Scotland got their share of the action. There are some lines in climbing that seem to capture the very essence of adventure in our sport. One of these is the route Hold Fast, Hold True (E10 7a). The original Hold Fast (E9 7a) (E9 7a) was climbed by Dave MacLeod in 2002, with a hard move at highball height, followed by a sustained crimpy section where you really don't want to fall off. This line traversed into an E5 at just over half-height, leaving the direct finish as an obvious challenge for Julian Lines to solo in 2013. This ascent was beautifully captured in a stunning photo by Dave Cuthbertson at the time, depicting the total simplicity of a hard solo in the Highlands: the glen, the climber, the rock, the sky. Nothing more.
The full line Hold Fast, Hold True (E10 7a) doesn't offer any more difficult moves, but does mean you're pulling on small crimps for even longer (and even higher!), with the fall from the very top still to be tested. A most brilliant statistic for this line was that it had had only one ascent, but had caused three ground falls – one prior to Jules' first ascent and then from Dave MacLeod and Charlie Woodburn on their unsuccessful bids to repeat it. The videos of these falls are perhaps some of the most extreme ever captured on video.
And so it was with much intrigue that news gradually came from the secretive Scottish scene that Iain Small had made the second ascent this May. Iain adds this ascent to a huge catalogue of first ascents and early repeats up to E8, with many of the finest and most coveted challenges in Scotland being established by this man. As with his other lines, the details of this first ascent are unfortunately to remain a mystery as, much like Jules, Iain is no fan of the limelight. He is, however, without doubt, one of the most respected climbers in Scotland.
Down in the Lake District and also in May, although not reported until the end of the year, Craig Matheson made the long-coveted first ascent of Hard Cheese (E10 7a). The line had been tried by John Dunne many years previously and a few others had inspected in the interim, all giving up on the project due to it being evidently really hard. Even Craig himself gave up on the line after a first look in 2015, dismissing the climbing as too marginal, sustained and difficult. It was not until he worked his way through most of the hard climbing in the Lake District that he returned with serious intentions of trying to link the route on a top rope. The idea of then setting out on the lead required a further monumental change in his preparations, including the use of a pre-placed RP; quickdraws velcroed to his T-shirt; and rags (rather than bags) of chalk.
The Fast Clip in action
His first attempts didn't go quite to plan and his climbing partner (and dad) Rob described to me, with great animation, the moment that he parted company with the rock and came tumbling down onto the rock ledge. Craig missed the mats and couldn't walk properly for a number of weeks, commenting, "My ankles, knees and coccyx were battered. I was incredibly lucky not to have to be airlifted out."
No one quite knows how significant Craig's new line is, as no one I've spoken to has managed to actually get into the very steep groove to try the moves and the nominal E10 7a Craig has opted for is likely rather conservative, but at the standard of F8c and with serious fall potential, it is likely one of the most challenging routes in the world. Perhaps of even more interest is the ground that this new line breaks in terms of style. The advent of bouldering mats has transformed highball bouldering, but there are still very few Trad routes that have relied on crashmat protection to push the envelope on height and seriousness, with the hybrid 'Ropeball' style still to properly take off. Next generation: take note.
June can be a bit of a hit and miss time of year in North Wales, but James Taylor took advantage of particularly cool conditions to climb his project that became Prisoners of the Sun (E10 7a). James had been trying the project at Rhoscolyn for over three years and found that it packed F8b climbing and a British 7a move into a position where a fall was not an option. For this reason, James thought the line worthy of E10 7a. The climb was repeated by Jim Pope a few months later, who suggested a minor downgrade, but then appeared to have quite a lot of doubt about his own comments, as he admitted that he is potentially just in very good shape at the moment and that he knows nothing about grading anyway. Oh, how we all wish we were fit enough to not know if an E10 was really an E10!
NewsPrisoners of The Sun - E10 7a Fa by James Taylor
Also in June, Steve McClure managed to make the second ascent of Neil Gresham's 2012 deep water solo Olympiad (8b) (F8b), using a rope instead of soloing it above the sea. Neil was a pioneer of DWS in the UK, with Olympiad being the pinnacle of the established lines in that style. The fickle conditions on the wall and the difficult nature of the climbing had meant that the route was still to be repeated as a DWS and Steve proposed a Trad grade of E10 6c when using a rope, rather than the sea. This came on top of Steve's repeat of Tom Randall's The Final Round (E9 6c) (E9 6c) and several other E8s, including a flash of Impact Day (E8 6c) at Pavey Ark.
Steve clipped into one of the pegs and surveying ahead
The true magnitude of the year's events only became apparent in September. A dry spell left the high hills in good condition, enabling Neil Gresham to climb his Pavey project, birthing Lexicon (E11 7a). The line shares a sustained, but relatively easy, start with Impact Day, before stepping right and placing some adequate protection in a break. From here a gently overhanging and sustained sequence on small holds blasts up the imposing headwall. Neil proposed the grade of E11 7a, due to the high standard of the climbing and uncertain consequences of a very large potential fall, which would make it only the fourth route to be given this grade.
InterviewLexicon E11 7a - First Ascent on Pavey Ark by Neil Gresham
Neil commented on the future of British climbing:
"For me, the really important thing is that the next generation aren't bottlers. Training methods will need to change. More time needs to be spent on the hangboard visualising what it's like to hit a boulder-strewn slope from 100ft. Cheetah will need to make bespoke volumes with hairline cracks so that RPs can be placed in the middle of coordination moves. The Olympic team coaches will need to be bumped off and John Redhead will need to be dragged out of his house, ranting and clutching his testicles, to head up the performance pathway. Weak will be the new strong. Only when total f#%kin chaos reigns will the next generation of Trad climbing be born."
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News spread fast of a potentially survivable F8b+ (and one with an E11 tag) and soon half the climbers in the country seemed to be swapping beta on it. It didn't take long for the second ascent to come, predictably perhaps, at the hands of Steve McClure. Steve is now racking up a hefty Trad ticklist, with ascents of multiple E10s, including Choronzon and GreatNess Wall, as well as onsights and flashes of multiple E8s.
NewsSecond Ascent of Lexicon E11 7a by Steve McClure
Steve committing to the final moves on Lexicon.
Dave MacLeod was one of half a dozen people who inspected the line after Neil's ascent, commenting, "I've had a quick play on Lexicon and I'm really keen to go back to it when it's in condition again. I really like the rock there and I thought the climbing was excellent quality, well worth travelling for. It looked like Neil put a lot of focus and preparation into doing the route, which I always like to see and respect."
Back home in Scotland, Dave climbed the bold wall of Mnemosyne (E9 6c) (E9 6c) on Ben Nevis North Face, providing a very fiddly-to-protect, but fantastic-looking F8a. Dave commented:
"I was really pleased with my route on Ben Nevis. It's a classic example of the logistical and psychological challenges of hard Trad on mountain cliffs. I opted for a tough down climb after placing the gear. I noticed some comment on the route that people felt that would be a faff. Damn right it is! But the alternative is not great either - pushing on and doing the crux cross through while pumped from fiddling a dozen RPs. There are a few ways to approach it, but the point is all of them are hard or dangerous. That's what earns it the E9. The climbing itself is only 8a. But it's Trad climbing - the actual climbing is only one part of the issue. The climbing is also great, on lovely rock and very aesthetic crimps. So it's onto the next Trad projects, either on rock if the autumn gives us some more dry days, or on mixed and ice if it gets cold early. As always I just have too many projects and the issue is just choosing which ones to focus on."
Dave was joined by Robbie Phillips on his ascent, with Robbie offering the tantalising comment that "there's so much potential for other really hard lines up on the Ben".
There seemed to be a bit of a theme in 2021 that people new to the world of hard Trad were attempting E9s without the kind of deference to the grade that had held so many back previously. Anna Hazelnutt decided to have a go at repeating Once Upon a Time in the South West (E9 6c) (E9 6c) as one of her first ever Trad routes! The 50m slab on Devon's northern Culm Coast was originally established by the Lakeland master Dave Birkett and is fast becoming a modern classic. Anna's thoughts on the experience:
"Learning how to Trad climb this season was part of this overarching goal I made two years ago to diversify my climbing and embrace the chaotic discomfort that comes with it. I was primarily a boulderer until then, but from the beginning, I had always gravitated to highball slabs and vertical faces. It seems like a logical step in retrospect that I'd find myself eventually dangling off a rope on one of the most beautiful and intimidating Trad slabs the UK has to offer. And now I'm obsessed. I've actually already started planning my next trip to the UK, where I'll embark on a slabulous journey with new friends I've made while here. We will lollop far and wide to search for the sexiest slabs around. I have yet to climb on the crimp laden, technical slate faces I've heard so much about, or in the whimsical North York Moors for some proper scary slabbage. The psyche is high."
NewsOnce Upon a Time in the South West E9 6c by Anna Hazelnutt and Tom Randall
Not to miss out on the action Hazel Findley and Angus Kille also had an extremely productive autumn, with Angus making a rare repeat of The Walk of Life (E9 6c) (E9 6c), just to the right of Once upon a Time in the Southwest. Despite being the same grade as the latter route, The Walk of Life has a bold start and a reachy crux that puts off many would-be E9 slabbists, thus seeing fewer ascents. The pair then set their sights on the Lake District, joining everyone else up at Pavey Ark. Here, Hazel got to work with a clinical ascent of Impact Day (E8 6c). This was another Birkett line that she had taken a nasty fall off several years earlier, finally slaying her demons.
NewsThe Walk of Life E9 6c by Angus Kille
As October rolled in, the hard ascents just kept coming. Robbie Phillips was still unsure about the safety of his 'F8c project' at Duntelchaig, which given the difficult and dynamic nature of the final crux sequence, was hardly ideal. After a few test falls, the doubt that so often surrounds new routes began to dissipate. Dave MacLeod takes up the story:
"I'd tried the project at Duntelchaig with Robbie last autumn and was really hoping Robbie would be keen to go back on it again this autumn, for two reasons. First, because it would be a great contribution by Robbie to open such a hard route in this style - physically hard but not too dangerous and on a roadside crag. Secondly, I really wanted to do it myself. I'd never really tried such a hard route together with someone else. It was Robbie's project, so I had to try and be ready to try it myself as soon as Robbie was going to get it, which of course I wasn't! Like Neil, Robbie had also put in a lot of training and preparation which was really obvious watching him on the route. He was in so much better shape for it than last autumn, and it was pretty obvious he'd get it done. Nevertheless, he still took a few decent falls off it on lead day before the successful try. I couldn't even link it on the top rope in my slightly injured and unfit state. But I tied in to get a bit of fall practice and just seemed to hit all the holds pretty well and it was really nice to get the repeat right after Robbie. A great climbing day." What we do in the Shadows (E10 7a) (E10 7a) was born.
NewsNew Loch Duntelchaig E10 by Robbie Phillips, Repeated by Dave MacLeod
And so the sun sets on the most productive ever year for hard Trad headpointing. But rather than the end, this feels very much like the prelude to something even more special in the coming years. There are some unknowns surrounding how the pandemic has affected Trad climbing in the UK: are people feeling less wedded to safety? Are people going to stick with UK projects when travelling abroad becomes less problematic? How will professional climbers in the future balance long term projects with their need to travel in order to constantly create new 'content'? Hopefully, some people at least will have caught the bug for the challenges available in the UK and realised just how glamorous a lot of our climbing can be. And of course many still await a similar rise in onsight and ground up standards, although perhaps this inevitably lags behind pre-practised ascents?
What we may be certain of is that there are now even more routes awaiting repeats. And for the inspired, beyond even these lines, lies an undiscovered and foreign world at the cutting edge – from Land's End to the far north, the opportunities are truly endless.
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Martin Bagshaw
Worth reading for the Neil Gresham quote alone.
kwoods
Unbelievable when you add it together like that. Also, Niall McNair did Achemine last week.
Amazing to think that Hold Fast, Hold True (E10 7a) got repeated and no-one knew about it!
The article mentions 4 E11s. Is that Lexicon, Rhapsody, Nothing Lasts and Echo Wall or is the fourth route Immortal and Echo Wall considered a grade above E11?
GDes
Minor point but Dyers Lookout is in Devon, not Cornwall
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Q: Properly Fire Functions within Web Workers using Vue.Js im attempting to use vue-worker to offload a task that processes an selected input file to base64, to a background thread.However i'm having no success. Here is what I am attempting:
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A: I have not used vue-worker so this is not an exact answer but I hope it may still help you in some way.
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  {
    update()
    {
      this.worker.postMessage(
      {
        cmd: 2,
        param: this.individual,
        kind: this.kind,
        regression: this.regression,
        outliers: this.outliers
      });
    },
    worker_ready(e)
    {
      switch(e.data.cmd)
      {
        case 1:
          ......
          break;
        case 2:
          ......
          break;
      }
    }
  }
}
</script>

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package eu.leads.processor.common.test;

import eu.leads.processor.common.infinispan.InfinispanClusterSingleton;
import eu.leads.processor.conf.LQPConfiguration;
import org.infinispan.Cache;
import org.infinispan.remoting.transport.Address;

/**
 * Created by vagvaz on 6/3/14.
 */
public class ListenerTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        int size = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
        int mode = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
        int period = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
        LQPConfiguration.initialize();
//        InfinispanCluster cluster2 = InfinispanClusterSingleton.getInstance().getManager();
        Cache cache = (Cache) InfinispanClusterSingleton.getInstance().getManager().getPersisentCache("testCache");
        switch (mode) {
            case 1:
                InfinispanClusterSingleton.getInstance().getManager()
                    .addListener(new TestListener(cache.getCacheManager().getAddress().toString(),
                                                     new ComplexType(cache.getCacheManager()
                                                                         .getAddress().toString())),
                                    cache);
                break;
            default:
                InfinispanClusterSingleton.getInstance().getManager()
                        .addListener(new TestListener(cache.getCacheManager().getAddress().toString(),
                                                     new ComplexType(cache.getCacheManager()
                                                                         .getAddress().toString())),
                                    cache);

        }
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            cache.put(cache.getCacheManager().getAddress().toString().toString() + Integer
                                                                                .toString(i),
                         cache.getCacheManager().getAddress().toString().toString());
            Thread.sleep(period);

        }

        for (Address a : InfinispanClusterSingleton.getInstance().getManager().getMembers()) {
            System.out.println("AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" + a.toString());
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                String key = a.toString() + Integer.toString(i);
                System.out.println(Boolean.toString(cache.get(key) != null));
            }
        }
        InfinispanClusterSingleton.getInstance().getManager().stopManager();
        System.out.println("Bye Bye ");
    }
}

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The Princeton Review released its annual college rankings this week and discovered that K-State students fell behind in quality of life.
In 2014, the university was ranked No. 3 for best quality of life. This year, that ranking dropped to No. 6.
While K-State's ranking for happiest students rose from No. 7 in 2014 to No. 4 this year, the university dropped from No. 5 to No. 7 for athletic schools.
Last year, the university ranked No. 11 in students who pack the stadiums category. This year, K-State did not even appear on the top 20 list while the University of Kansas ranked at No. 3.
The Princeton Review asked 136,000 students their thoughts on school rankings in 62 categories ranging from Most Beautiful Campus to Reefer Madness.
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Mulching is one of the best things you can do for the plants, shrubs and trees at your home. It forms an insulating blanket around the roots protecting them from heat and cold while giving your garden an attractive appearance.
The quality and type of mulch plays an important role in plant health. Mulch not only keeps the visible areas of your planting beds and around tree bases looking beautiful, it also has a multitude of benefits for what lies beneath. From protecting your soil, to discouraging weed growth, the benefits of mulching are plentiful.
Applying mulch also helps to retain soil moisture and when it begins to break down, it adds key nutrients back into the soil.
Mulching acts like a protective cover for the soil. Mulch allows your garden to retain and conserve moisture and can help prevent and reduce weed growth. Besides adding beauty and order to a flower bed, a layer of mulch provides many other benefits, such as protection to the plants root systems, adding much needed nutrients to the soil, and slowing erosion. Another positive of a freshly mulched bed is how it changes the functionality and curb appeal of a property. Mulching flower beds provides contrast between the soil, plants and flowers and gives the landscape a finished look. As the season progresses, the mulch stabilizes temperature and moisture.
We typically install mulch at the beginning of the growing season and reapply it through the summer or fall, as necessary.


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Moment Of The DayThe WFAN Morning Show "Moment of the Day" for Nov. 30, 2017.
Will Eli Join Coughlin In Jacksonville?Boomer and Jerry Recco discuss the possibility of Eli Manning leaving the Giants after the season and joining former coach Tom Coughlin and his new team, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Q: Find out CPU model given a user-mode crash dump I have a crash dump for my app. My app fails for some user saying "invalid instruction" trying to execute some SSSE instruction I have there.
In WinDBG, how do I find out the CPU model, so I can find out its instruction set, and either support the instruction set, or update minimum hardware requirements of the app?
Here's the output of !cpuid:
CP  F/M/S  Manufacturer     MHz
 0 16,4,3  <unavailable>   3000
 1 16,4,3  <unavailable>   3000
 2 16,4,3  <unavailable>   3000
 3 16,4,3  <unavailable>   3000

The rest of the commands google says might help (!errrec, !cpuinfo, !sysinfo) print "No export found".

A: You definitely aren't getting much information here. Although dumps don't usually have all of the raw CPU information, you should at least be seeing a manufacturer string. Oh well, let's look at what you do have to work with here...
The CP column gives the logical processor number, so you know you're dealing with a system that has 4 logical processors. Could be a quad-core, or perhaps a dual-core with HyperThreading.
F/M/S is Family/Model/Stepping, which are a common and fairly standard way to identify processors. As AMD says:

The processor Family identifies one or more processors as belonging to a group that possesses some common definition for software or hardware purposes. The Model specifies one instance of a processor family. The
  Stepping identifies a particular version of a specific model. Therefore, Family, Model and Stepping, when taken together, form a unique identification or signature for a processor.

It is most helpful if you have the manufacturer when you go looking for these things because the family numbers are pretty messy, but thankfully it's pretty clear that a family number of 16 (10 in hexadecimal) corresponds to an AMD processor (which should have a manufacturer string of "AuthenticAMD"). Specifically, it is the AMD K10, which is the Barcelona microarchitecture. That means there's no HyperThreading—this is just a native quad-core system.
We can narrow it down further by looking at the model. There were lots of different models based around the Barcelona core, branded variously as Athlon II, Opteron, Phenom, Phenom II, Sempron, Turion, and V-Series. Yours is model 4. This is where it gets kind of tricky, because I don't know of a good resource that lists the model numbers and steppings for various CPUs. You have to go directly to the manufacturer and wade through their manuals. For example, here is AMD's Revision Guide for the 10h Family. If you go to the "Processor Identification" section (appears as a bookmark in the PDF for me), you see something that looks promising, but the information is certainly not presented in an easily-digestible form. You get long hexadecimal values, out of which you have to extract individual bits corresponding to the Family (8-11), Model (4-7), and Stepping (0-3).
I didn't do all the grunt work to be certain, I'm just making a quick guess that this is an AMD Phenom II X4. The X4 fits with the quad-core, and from a cursory glance, it appears that the Phenom IIs are model 4.
Anyway, you could have probably stopped a while back, because the microarchitecture tells you everything you need to know. This is an AMD Barcelona core, which doesn't support Supplemental SSE3 (SSSE3) instructions (three S's—not to be confused with SSE3; the naming conventions are ridiculous). SSSE3 was invented by Intel, released with the Core 2 microarchitecture.
AMD didn't implement them until Bobcat/Bulldozer. Bulldozer was the subsequent generation, family 21 (15h), for desktops and servers, while Bobcat was the low-pore cores for AMD's APUs.
SSSE3 didn't really offer that many new instructions. Only 16, primarily intended for working with packed integers, and most of them aren't very exciting. The dump should also tell you the opcode of the instruction that caused the crash. If not, you'll have to go back and figure it out from the code's byte address. This will tell you exactly which instruction is the problem. I'm guessing that you are using PSHUFB to shuffle bytes in-place, which is the one SSSE3 instruction that is actually pretty useful. One common use I've seen is a fast population count algorithm (although there are other implementations that don't require SSSE3 that are almost equally as fast, if not faster).
Assuming that you're compiling with MSVC, I'm actually sort of surprised to see it emitting this instruction. In order to get it, you'd have to tell the compiler to target AVX, which would stop your code from running on anything older than Sandy Bridge/Bulldozer. I'm sure if you don't want to bump up your minimum system requirements, you can figure out an alternative sequence of instructions to do the same thing. pshufd, or movaps + shufps are possible candidates for workarounds.

A: The commands !sysinfo, !cpuinfo and !errec are kernel dump commands, defined in the kdexts extension, so they are not available in user mode debugging and probably won't work well if you load that extension explicitly.
The only idea to get more information from the dump I had was .dumpdebug which will output a Stream called SystemInfoStream that looks like this:
Stream 7: type SystemInfoStream (7), size 00000038, RVA 000000BC
  ProcessorArchitecture   0000 (PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL)
  ProcessorLevel          0006
  ProcessorRevision       2A07
  NumberOfProcessors      04
  ... (OS specifics) ...

Unfortunately, that's exactly the same as displayed by !cpuid, so there's really no more information contained in the dump.


There's a new political movement in Maryland. Some might call it a resistance. It's a loose coalition of progressive and left-leaning groups, from all across the state, organizing to roll back the Trump agenda at the national, state and local levels.
Some of these groups are better known — Indivisible and Our Revolution. Others like Do The Most Good, Together We Will and J Walkers have largely escaped media attention.
All of them were spurred into action by Donald Trump's unexpected presidential victory in 2016.
Local groups called for mass organizing meetings and were surprised by the large turnouts. Takoma Park Mobilization had 600 people at its first rally. Others groups had enthusiastic beginnings, but became quieter over the summer. Now they are revving up again in hopes of having an impact on state races in 2018.
Perhaps the biggest of these organizations is Indivisible, which started very small with a call by three Democratic congressional staffers posted on Google Documents. They wrote a playbook of instructions on how to lobby Congress, which soon got nationwide attention. Their most surprising recommendation – learn from the tea party how to disrupt politics as usual. Indivisible now has thousands of affiliated groups across the United States.
Chris Pickett, executive director of Indivisible Montgomery, says Indivisible does not expect to endorse candidates in the Maryland Democratic primaries but will be working the phones and getting out the vote for progressive candidates in the general election. Pickett estimated that Indivisible has about 140 groups in Maryland.
Our Revolution "is interested in transforming the Democratic Party into a people's party," she said. While it's officially nonpartisan, in practice it's close to the Democrats. Like most of the new resistance groups, it works with a range of progressive organizations.
Our Revolution expects to endorse candidates in the primaries. Its members plan to spend much of the first quarter of 2018 interviewing and scrutinizing candidates. However, Our Revolution has already endorsed Democrat Ben Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, in the Maryland race for governor. Jealous also had earlier received support from Sanders.
Together We Will, a national organization, was started by Hillary Clinton supporters who had formed a Facebook group called Pantsuit Nation. The group has a strong presence in the Baltimore area, with 4,300 local followers on Facebook. It combines feminism with a range of other progressive issues, and supports groups such as Indivisible.
TWW, as it prefers to be known, is unusual in placing a high priority on Maryland issues. "We see the Maryland legislature as the place we can best resist Trump," organizer Edward Johnson said.
Named after a slogan in the Hillary Clinton campaign, Do the Most Good is a Maryland organization with its strongest base in northern Montgomery County. Its focus is on mobilizing voters. Do the Most Good put a massive effort into supporting Democrat Ralph Northam for governor in Virginia, and then phone-banking for Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama's U.S. Senate race. Victories in those two states were a major morale boost for the group.
Nouveau said her group's demographics are interesting: a large majority of activists are older white women. Some observers suggest that Trump's policies and personal demeanor may drive the women into oppositional politics.
The groups mentioned above are but a few of this new resistance movement. J Walkers, based in Bethesda, is small but has conducted sophisticated get-out-the-vote research that it shares with larger groups like Indivisible and Do the Most Good. J Walkers made thousands of phone calls to Alabama voters in the fall.
Other organizations — Progressive Maryland, Unleash Your Activist, United for Maryland, Takoma Park Mobilization and WISE — see themselves as parts of a broad resistance movement and frequently work together.
When the Sanders' presidential campaign ended in 2016, Baltimore area activist Sheila Ruth wasn't ready to quit the game. Instead, she founded the Baltimore County Progressive Democratic Club, and has been working since then to create a leftish opening within the Maryland Democratic Party.
She said Maryland Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathleen Matthews was open to the idea. In fact, Matthews has established a new group for progressive Democrats within the party's Diversity Leadership Council. That's the first time a political tendency has been recognized within the diversity council.
"Progressive politics is clearly the center of gravity of the Democratic Party," said U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
He said building a broad coalition and winning the U.S. House and the Senate is most important.
"After that, we can go back to shouting at each other," Haskett said.
Bob Guldin is a freelance writer in Takoma Park.
It's good that these groups (and I'm a member of some of them) recognize that it's more productive to win the next election than to refight the last one.
MoCoWoMen, a grass roots organization based in Montgomery County, has the Vision that we provide residents the opportunity to educate themselves about the issues and then select their candidate. We have had monthly meeting where candidates for a variety of offices have participated in Meet & Greets to introduce themselves to members, including candidates for County Executive, D6 Congressional Seat, & County Council districts and at large seats.
Together We Will is now both Democratic and Republican Women. Many wonder if this is a way for Republicans to keep track of Democrat strategies.
The Democrat Party should be very concerned. This is a takeover of an existing party by Progressives who know they cannot run in any election as a 3rd party. This may have been pushed into action by the election of President Donald J. Trump but it is a "worming-in" that has been long in process. Kathleen Matthews would be wise to resist.


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Government must invest more in sustainable agriculture and climate change adaptability – The B-BOVID model
The Founder & Multiple award-winning Issa Ouedraogo of B-BOVID Farms is asking government to invest more in sustainable agriculture and climate change adaptability which will help drive increased productivity, enhanced resilience and reduced emissions across our country.
He explained that climate-smart agriculture is an integrated approach to managing landscapes, cropland, livestock, forests and fisheries that address the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change disputes.
"Our success in the application of social and scientific innovation to agribusiness is ample evidence that with strategic thinking, commitment and long-term investment, Ghana can reap the benefits of sustainable agriculture sooner rather than later.
"The growing country population and changing diets are driving up the high demand for food and different taste and flavors of course; that is why I have introduced the alternative farmer's day on the farm initiative, which will be celebrated every year on our farms to inspire tomorrow's leaders visiting my Farms and also show them the bounties of nature that is protected and nurtured lovingly, to both young and the old" he added.
The Social Entrepreneur made these remarks in an interview with this reporter on Ghana's Agricultural Sector and how a concerted, systematic, national action must be adopted to stop negative human activities that destroy our country and the fact that human survival could be at risk.
He mentioned that as part of the strategy to promote the concept of social entrepreneurship among its network of small holder farmers, B-BOVID has set up an Alternative Livelihood Center that provides opportunities in fish farming, animal husbandry, beekeeping and organic farming to create hundreds of jobs, ensure additional incomes for farmers and address the problem of malnutrition across the region.
"The Center also supports the farmers with seedlings, new varieties of seeds, and a shopping center where farm implements are subsidized for its farmers.
"The company also maintains a modern, state-of-the-art Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Center that helps the farmers to acquire relevant research information through mobile phone technology.
"The company practices a socially inclusive model of agriculture that incorporates agro forestry techniques, mechanization, alternative livelihood enhancement, eco-diversity, ecological tourism, research and marketing, rain harvesting technology that enables farming throughout the year to ensure food security, coupled with an intensive program for youth training and empowerment as its core mandate" he said.
According to him, his indigenous Ghanaian agribusiness company has actively pursued and modeled its business operations on climate change adaptation, agro forestry and biodiversity for over 18 years with incredible results.
"B-BOVID has become a renowned center of excellence and innovation in agribusiness in Ghana, attracting government delegations, foreign guests, researchers including university professors, ambassadors, local and international media, chiefs and community leaders, students, investors, and students from various research institutions" he indicated.
He used the opportunity to call on government to protect local investors and organizations in the sector from individuals and organizations who connive to dupe them of the expertise and concepts.
"The premise is that without organizational protectionism a nation could lose long-established industries and organizationsthat first made a product in a particular country.
"If not addressed immediately; this will eventually result in the loss of jobs, rising unemployment, and eventual decrease of a region or nation's gross domestic product (GDP)" he said.
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We've previously explored data from talent management company SilkRoad indicating that employee referrals were the top source of new hires. In the new year, as talent shortages continue to create stress for HR and recruiting professionals, they're looking for ways to get ahead in the war for talent. New data on recruiting trends indicates that the employee referral method of sourcing qualified, culture-matched candidates continues to outperform the others.
A recent survey of over one thousand talent acquisition professionals clearly ranks employee referrals as the most powerful tool in hiring. Why? Let's take a closer look.
Recruiting analytics firm Entelo completed a survey revealing insight into the state of talent acquisition, including some key findings that point to the strengths of employee referrals as a sourcing method. These results, published as the 2018 Recruiting Trends Report, provide valuable takeaways for HR and recruiters as they struggle to locate and attract qualified talent.
In a notable data point that may not surprise recruiters, Entelo found that sourcing talent is a top priority and also a major time sink for talent teams. "Approximately 1 in 4 (27%) respondents report spending half the work week (20 hours or more) sourcing for just one role," they found. While not surprising, these findings indicate a disturbing trend – the growing amount of time it takes to find qualified job candidates. Recruiters deserve better, and subsequent insights may point the way toward a solution for their sourcing woes.
Source-of-hire is a recurring preoccupation for talent teams seeking the most effective and efficient ways to find and engage candidates. Entelo's data confirms that the old ways of recruiting continue to fall out of favor in this regard. In fact, 54% of those surveyed ranked traditional third party sources such as agencies, consulting firms, and talent marketplaces the least effective sources of new hires.
Which method rose to the top? 78% of respondents agreed that employees make the best recruiters, naming employee referrals their most successful source-of-hire.
There's no substitute for a personal connection when it comes to gaining the upper hand in the war for talent. Through employee referrals, companies can deputize their current employees as front-line recruiters and ease the burden on HR while delivering exceptional results. That's why so many recruiting professionals have identified referrals as their most preferred source of new hires.
When companies allow their best and brightest to identify and reach out to possible candidates, they benefit from qualified, culture-matched candidates who have a personal connection to their company. Referred candidates have been found to require less time to hire and to stay in their new position longer than those who are hired through old-model methods such as job sites or third party recruiters. Referrals also impact employee engagement and retention by giving existing employees the ability to act as agents of change for the organization.
Entelo concludes that companies should "ensure you're not wasting money on sources that aren't delivering and instead use your resources to empower your internal team of brand ambassadors, your own employees." It's a proven approach that the team at JobShakers has made even easier through our innovative employee referral program solution.
In our technologically connected age, companies that want to get ahead must embrace a mobile, social recruiting approach that appeals to today's employees and job seekers. Our referral platform and mobile app make it easy and intuitive for employees to submit referrals and for referred candidates to apply for open positions. Meanwhile, recruiters can monitor and engage in the hiring process from our comprehensive referral platform, which automates repetitive tasks so that their energy can be spent where it's most needed.
Another key finding from Entelo's survey that validates recruiter's need for a modern technology solution is the desire for greater automation of the recruiting process. 48% of respondents agreed that prompt communication was the most valuable way that automation could impact the recruiting process. With JobShakers' automated responses and notifications, talent acquisition professionals can rely on prompt communication to cement a candidate's interest and participation in the referral process without adding to their daily To Do list.
JobShakers' commitment to easing the burden of sourcing and hiring exceptional candidates doesn't end there! With our built-in data tracking and analytics features, recruiters have immediate access to the metrics they need to demonstrate and fine tune their employee referral program results. We've created a referral platform that makes the top source of hire more effective and efficient than ever before.
Are you ready to embrace the new year with a proven and innovative approach to sourcing candidates through employee referrals? Contact us today to learn more!


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Review: Issues – Headspace
May 23, 2016 by itsalldead Leave a Comment
Ever since their inception in 2012, Issues have marched to the beat of their own drum. Call it metalcore if you have to, but Issues' brand of rock draws from a variety of influences that don't necessarily make sense on paper. Nevertheless, the band's concoction of R&B, soul, nu metal, pop and whatever else sounds good in the moment have vaulted Issues near the top of the scene mountain at the arrival of their sophomore release.
When reviewing the band's self-titled debut, I addressed Issues' need to commit to a sonic identity in order to avoid being a flash-in-the-pan gimmick. In my estimation, the band was at their best when leaning either heavy or light – everything in between seemed to muddy the waters.
So it should come as no surprise that Issues' new album, Headspace, is more varied than ever. It's also going to be a huge hit.
You can buy Headspace on iTunes.
Instead of whittling down to one particular thread to follow, Headspace is a melting pot of instruments and influence. At times, Issues is creating some of the most accessible music you'll hear from this scene. At others, they're pushing themselves as far down the metalcore rabbit hole as their abilities will allow. Most of the time, though, Headspace is trying something completely new, resulting in wide range of outcomes.
When Issues is at their best on this release, they're allowing their pop persuasions to guide the way. "COMA" opens with the signature guitar crunch the band often relies on, but sheds nearly all pretense by the track's massive chorus. Here, Michael Bohn drops his screams in favor of a gritty sung delivery that serves as the perfect volley for Tyler Carter to bring down the house. With a dose of passion, Carter crafts his best chorus to date, singing, "I want to be all you think about / Anything and everything you dream about / As if I had it all figured out / I want to be the one you can't breathe without".
"Home Soon" follows a similar suit with some of the band's poppiest instrumentals so far. Carter's vocal transitions to falsetto and back are otherworldly and pair perfectly with Bohn's own pendulum swings from light screams to cleans. "Hero" and "Someone Who Does" also find a new, smoother flow for a band that has relied a bit too heavily on coarse guitar riffs to carry the band's transitions in the past.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, "Blue Wall", the heaviest song Issues have ever written, feels misplaced and comes across as forced aggression. Still, the band deserve credit for tackling a topic like police brutality head on, with Bohn sounding pleasantly passionate while screaming, "Empty your clips on the victim / And then you look the other way". You might argue that the song's angry demeanor fits the subject matter, but it's this Jekyll and Hyde routine that makes you wonder if one of these sides of Issues wouldn't be better served as a side project.
Unlike the band's debut, though, Issues seem to find an acceptable middle ground with much more efficiency. "Lost-n-Found (On a Roll)" comes across as a pleasing Underoath tribute with Carter and Bohn's back and forth vocals atop rolling guitars. "Yung & Dum" manages to add a dash of country influence to the band's mix without coming across as cheesy (for the most part). Still, Bohn's screams feel out of place on a track that features a fiddle.
Where the band falters the most on this release are tracks that re-hash old tricks. "Rank Rider" and "Flojo" sound like b-sides from Issues, failing to latch onto the unique progression that makes most of Headspace a step in the right direction. Here, our attentions are distracted by awkward guitar riffs and record scratches that make the songs sound hollow. Thankfully, these in-betweeners are becoming fewer and further between.
Things end on a high note when Headspace closes with another new trick. A spacey and stimulating interlude leads into "Slow Me Down", the best example of where the band could excel going forward. Laced with perfect programming elements and emotive keys, Bohn and Carter have never sounded better as a duo. Bohn's explosive clean vocals on the track's pre-chorus make you wonder if Issues should drop the screaming altogether, even before Carter blesses the chorus with syrupy vocal runs as he belts out, "Slow me down / I'm burning out of control / So far from heaven now".
The individual talents of Issues, along with their willingness to experiment without bucking current trends, make Headspace a satisfactory step forward. Even with its flaws, the album is still effortlessly catchy, even when addressing deeper subject matter. Issues continue to be a fascinating outlier, refusing to cave to their detractors' demands or fall in line with the crowd. It's all just noise to a band that's happy to keep making their own.
by Kiel Hauck
Kiel Hauck is the editor in chief at It's All Dead. Over the past decade, he has been a contributor for multiple online and print publications and was most recently an editor at PopMatters. Kiel currently resides in Indianapolis, IN with his wife and their imaginary pet, Hand Dog. You can follow him on Twitter.
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I've a Zyxtel NSA310 NAS laying around that sometimes does not boot.
This was an inspiration for me to try installing Debian on this kind of device.
If you are planning to install Debian on a NAS device, a good place to look at is the doozan forum.
This is my brief instruction, that I've extract from the doozan forum, to install Debian and OpenMediaVault to this NAS.
Warning! Updating your NAS following this instructions may brick your device. Everything you do at your own risk.
First of all a quick investigation on this device reports that the booting problems I encountered was caused by nand bad sectorson the kernel_1 mtd.
This is the dangerous part. Updating the mtd0 partition may brick your device.
In order to install Debian on this device, we have to load the kirkwood uboot.
You can download the latest version of the kirkwood uboot for NSA310 from this doozan forum page: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,12381. The one I'm using is uboot.2017.07-tld-1.nsa310.bodhi.tar.
Remember to check the MD5 value for those files with the one provided at the doozan forum. If they match untar that files.
We are going to install the uboot on the mtd0 partition.
You should backup your mtd0 partition, just in case.
It should have built the mtd0 file, which is your original mtd0 partition.
This time the current_envs.txt file is the environments variables content.
We are going to use a usb key to load the uboot to your NAS.
FAT format a usb key. Copy the uboot.kwb and uboot.img files to your key.
Connect your NAS using an UART adapter. The baudrate you have to use it's 115200.
Boot your NAS up, you should see a message on your UART terminal asking to press any key to interrupt the boot process, so press that key.
You can check RX, TX, GND ground contacts on the picture above. Also note that I've added an heat sink on the main processor, it helps.
Now you are in the u-boot command terminal.
If it reboot you can now set environments. Once again press enter to jump in the uboot terminal.
Now you can install the Debian system. This is going to be simpler then the uboot installation.
My choice is to run the Debian distribution on a 8Gb usb key, and use the NSA hard drive as storage.
Format a usb key in ext3, you also can format it as ext4 with the newer kirkwood boot but to me ext3 is enough, and set the label of this disk as "rootfs".
Mount the usb key and login as root in your terminal, you must be logged as root, the sudo command is not enough.
Copy the bz2 file your have download to your key.
Plug the usb key to the NSA310 and boot it.
The NSA should boot up with Debian.
If you set your network interface as above you should found it on your DHCP leases.
You should be able to log in the ssh terminal using the default username and passwod: root for both.
And change your root password using passwd.
If you want to change the hostname edit /etc/hostname and add the new name to /etc/hosts.
You are now ready to install things on your Debian NAS.
The most usefull software you can install in your NAS, to me, it's OpenMediaVault.
# Initialize the system and database.
Now you should be able to login to the web interface of your NSA310 openmediavault using the default username and password, that are admin and openmediavault.
From the OpenMediaVault panel you can customize your NAS.
You can format and mount your hard drive, and setup your sharing.
Remember to disable the spindown on hdparm and on Storage/Physical Disks openmediavault settings.
HD_IDLE_OPTS="-i 0 -a /dev/sda -i 600"
use options reboot and user root.


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America's Favorite Buildings
October 14, 2016	no comments	2743	Travel Blog	America , New York , Washington
The highest priority on the rundown is unequivocally skewed towards the upper east, particularly New York and Washington D.C. who assert between them 16 of the main 20. General New York has 32 sections, while D.C. claims 17 and Chicago a respectable 16.
Washington Monument – Washington, DC
It's fascinating that arrangements for a landmark to George Washington were initially examined in 1783, development started in 1848, and consummation came in 1884 and people in general got in 1888. His adherents needed to manufacture one as tremendous as their regard and commitment and numerous were rejected for being excessively gaudy for the new Republic. The lift that was included 1889 is still what guests ride to the perception decks and their colossal perspectives of the capital. Actually, it is a great Greek-enlivened monolith of 555 ft. in marble, stone and bluestone gneiss. It likewise contains about 193 remembrance stones gave for incorporation. The givers went from the Sae of Utah, the Welsh individuals of New York to the Ottoman Empire.
St. Patrick's Cathedral – New York City, NY
The neo-Gothic Cathedral of St. Patrick is the biggest Catholic Church in the United States and surely among the most wonderful. Its marble-clad block exterior must been an effective, forcing site when it opened in 1879. Its 330ft twin neo Gothic towers took off over the area and were said to be noticeable for twenty miles, since predominated by growing high rises.
Inside it has the traditional shape of the Latin cross. Its altars were designed by a Borgia, a Medici and Tiffany &co. Its renowned stained glass was crafted in England but the rose window, in the Gothic tradition was crafted by Charles Connick, a master of stained glass who the New York Times described as "the world's greatest contemporary craftsman in stained glass." A Pieta, three times larger than Michelangelo's in the Vatican was added in 1906. Five million people go every year to worship and just experience this architectural wonder.
Vietnam Veteran's Memorial – Washington, DC
U ndoubtedly loaded with impalpable significance for Americans, the dedication is a significantly moving knowledge wherever you're from. Straightforwardness can induce an expressiveness the most fantastic outline may not. The façade of the 600 foot straight dark mass of Indian stone records the names of the 58,175 names Americans who kicked the bucket in the war. Its impact is escalated by the choice to develop down as opposed to, as though to reflect the drop into the profundities of the savagery on the plunge into the and in the end, after the last name to rise a touched and changed individual, once again into the place that is known for the living. Maya Lin, a Chinese American from Ohio was only 21 years of age when she won the commission. There are 57,939 names on the first. Last time anyone checked, that has developed to 58,286. In a 1983 meeting distributed in the AIA Journal, Lin clarified her motivation, "I considered what demise is, the thing that a misfortune is. A sharp torment that decreases with time, yet can never fully mend over. A scar. The thought struck me there on the site. Take a blade and cut open the earth, and with time the grass would recuperate it."
Chrysler Building – New York City, NY
In the same way as other gems the Chrysler Building opened to terrible surveys. It was rejected as an attention stunt by Chrysler to beat the Manhattan Bank to culmination and depose the Eiffel Tower as the world's tallest working at the time. Its draftsman William van Alen was likewise rejected as a "Dr. of Altitude." But its Art Deco style has developed in stature since its prime in the 1920's and 30's. It came to be viewed as over the top kitsch however went to end up its own school of furniture, publication workmanship and phones. The Chrysler is one of the remnant of a dying breed, the Art Deco high rise. A counterpoint to the grave Vietnam dedication the Chrysler emanates the brash, sure advanced extravagance of Art Deco getting it done. In the event that it had a perception deck, it might well have overshadowed the Empire State working in ubiquity. Its inside is yet all the more dazzling. Forlorn Planet guides propose the best perspectives are from the side of third and 44th. On the other hand humorously from the perception deck of the Empire State. Where else would you be able to see foreboding figures in the picture of Chrysler auto parts?
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According to Global Information Management provider SDL, even though more than 90% of an international company's dynamic content is available to a global audience, only about 10% is actually translated into multiple languages. So what does SDL do? They launch a Worldwide Language Service Provider Partner Program to help these organizations get their content in the right format to the right customer. "One of our main corporate goals at SDL is to provide joined up technology solutions across the translation supply chain. This means not only focusing on translation management systems, but also to enhance the value of our solutions, terminology management and desktop translation editors to provide more value to LSPs and translators." This from SDL CEO Mark Lancaster. The new program is modeled after the Idiom LSP Advantage Program. They recently acquired Idiom, a translation management provider. SDL currently has over 150,000 desktop technology users and 480 enterprise GIM installs. They believe in the multi-vendor model and provide technology solutions that are not locked into a single vendor. The launch of the new Worldwide Language Service Provider Partner Program is continued step towards promoting multi-vendor cooperation in the offering of language solutions while standardizing on SDL's technology. SDL will work closely with LSPs (Language Service Providers) who leverage SDL's GIM technology increasing the value they provide their customers. The program will be managed by SDL's independent TRADOS Business Unit. You can find out more about becoming a partner in this program at www.lspzone.com/partners.


When you go to the doctor for a physical, you'll probably have a variety of tests done to check for health concerns like blood pressure and cholesterol. One important test you should consider requesting is for hepatitis C. Why? A simple blood test now could save your life and potentially the lives of others.
Hep C is typically spread when a person is exposed to an infected person's blood. This could be from something as simple as sharing a razor or toothbrush. Keep in mind, hep C is not spread through food or water, or by sitting on toilet seats.
Data suggest that veterans are at a higher risk for hep C exposure. In fact, one out of every 20 veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration has hep C — more than three times the infection rate of the general U.S. population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The American Legion, the nation's largest wartime veterans service organization, has joined forces with AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, to increase awareness of hep C and provide free antibody testing for veterans and their communities. Visit legion.org/hepC to learn about the disease and get information about free testing.
Some common symptoms of hep C include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, abdominal pain, joint pain, dark urine and gray-colored stools. However, the majority of people with hep C do not have any symptoms and unless they are tested, do not know they are carrying the virus. This is why it's important to request the test proactively.
Being diagnosed with hep C is life-changing, but it's also empowering. With this important information you can now take control of your future and choose the right treatment so you can live a long, full life.
Data suggest that veterans are at a higher risk for hepatitis C (hep C) exposure. In fact, one out of every 20 veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration has hep C — more than three times the infection rate of the general U.S. population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The VA has treated more patients for hep C than any major health care system in the U.S. Approximately 357 veterans are started on treatment every week.


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Chiapas: war and peace
A window broken by gunfire in the Zapatista community of Moisés Gandhi.
Photo: Solidarity Caravan of October 29th, 2020.
By Raúl Romero*
On November 8, around 3:30 pm, Felix Hernández López – a support base for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) – was returning to his home when he was attacked by 20 paramilitaries belonging to the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of Ocosingo (Orcao). Felix was beaten and kidnapped. For several days he remained locked up, tied up, and without food or water. All of this was denounced by the Good Government Council Nuevo Amanecer en Resistencia y Rebeldía por la Vida y la Humanidad (New Dawn in Resistance and Rebellion for Life and Humanity) of the Caracol Floreciendo la Semilla Rebelde (Flowering the Rebel Seed) Patria Nueva (New Homeland); in Zapatista Chiapas (https://bit.ly/2ItOU6V).
This aggression is registered in a context of intensification of the war against the EZLN, a war that in its various ways and forms has not ceased since 1994. In May 2019, the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center presented a report in which it documented that since the end of 2018, the Mexican State has increased the militarization of EZLN support base territories as part of the continuation of the counterinsurgency strategy to erode projects of autonomy in Chiapas (https://bit.ly/32MGgqK).
In the case of the Zapatista autonomous communities of Nuevo San Gregorio and the Moisés Gandhi Region, aggressions by the ORCAO paramilitaries have been on the rise since April 2019. This was detailed in the Report of the Caravan of Solidarity and Documentation" presented on November 11 (https://bit.ly/332aDdd). Among the forms of direct violence that this civilian mission identified are: invasion of land, destruction of crops, homes, cooperatives, dining halls, and electrical and water supply infrastructure; shootings, robberies, violation of the right to access water, depriving the population of food, defamation, slander, and disinformation; violence against women's bodies-territories, etc. For the region of Moisés Gandhi alone, the quantifiable damages amount to one million 456 thousand 21 pesos. See the video short from the caravan here.
In this intensification of the military phase of the war, the paramilitary groups once again take a leading role. ORCAO itself, the Chinchulines, Paz y Justicia, and other groups who, like the political class, learned to switch hats in order to maintain the perks they obtained as mercenaries, figure here. These groups act with protection and financing from local, state and federal administrations; from caciques (local , landowners and businessmen who have interests in the region. Let us not forget either that many of these groups were founded, trained and financed by the Mexican Army itself. The paramilitaries are the informal hand of the state that throws the stone. Their attacks are the provocation in the interest of something greater: to continue deploying the neoliberal war, that which destroys peoples and communities for the conquest and reorganization of territories. With the war capital wins, it generates profits, it opens markets, it eliminates the expendable.
The EZLN is the political and ideological reference point for the anti-capitalist left, nationally and internationally; even more relevant today. It is also, in Mexico, a joint that articulates native peoples, women's movements, intellectuals, artists and different organizations of the critical left that have not aligned themselves with the current administration. Moreover, it is, and this should not be forgotten, the political-military force with great weight in the country and perhaps in Latin America.
Our army is a very different army because what is being proposed is to stop being an army, the late Subcomandante Marcos told García Márquez and Roberto Pombo in March 2001. A very different army that since 1994 has bet on peace and life. It is an army that recovered land so that it would once again belong to those who work it, built houses so that everyone would have a roof over their heads; built hospitals, clinics and microclinics so that no one else would die of curable diseases; raised cooperatives to strengthen its self-management character; and set up schools and cultural centers so that science and the arts would become the seeds of the new world.
Anchored in the knowledge and customs of the indigenous, but also adopting what is useful and necessary for them in the modern world, the Zapatista emancipation project took an important turn in 2003 with the founding of the Caracoles and the Juntas de Buen Gobierno (Good Government Councils). In this way, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation handed over the entire government to the civil power, that is, to its support bases. But the EZLN continued to fulfill another fundamental role: that of defending these peoples, that of being the Votán-Zapata, the guardian and heart of the people.
The recent aggressions against the Zapatistas are not inter-community or agrarian conflicts as the federal government would like to present them. They are merely tip of the spear of a socio-environmental and territorial conflict that is looming larger, and which the Zapatistas have been warning of since 2018. Hopefully, as in 1994, society will once again be on the side of peace and the people. In war, capital always wins.
*Sociologist
This article was originally published in Spanish by La Jornada on November 15, 2020. https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/11/15/opinion/023a2pol
This English interpretation has been re-published by Schools for Chiapas.
Tags: Paramilitary, War
Zapatistas denounce the kidnapping of base of support by ORCAO paramilitaries
ORCAO's armed attacks against Zapatistas in Lucio Cabañas


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Shauna Freeman is a senior health improvement officer and service pledge lead at Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Freeman S (2011) A service pledge for breast cancer. Nursing Times; 107: 25, early online publication.
The service pledge for breast cancer is an improvement initiative from the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer. This article describes the development of the service pledge and how it can be used in practice. It also provides an evaluation of the initiative, and discusses how it was used at a breast unit in Bristol to improve services.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a charity dedicated to the prevention, treatment and eradication of breast cancer. It works on three fronts: research; campaigning; and education.
Its aim is to bring together experts and rally the support of all those whose lives have been affected by breast cancer, or may be affected by the disease in the future.
In 2003, Breakthrough Breast Cancer launched its service pledge for breast cancer, an initiative designed to empower patients to work in partnership with health professionals to improve services.
consultation packs on the draft pledge, along with information on the rights of breast cancer patients. Twenty-two women treated for breast cancer also took part in a one-day discussion forum. The charity used feedback from the consultation and forum to establish the needs and preferences of patients and health professionals.
You will be given written information on wound care, advice on exercise, and information on dealing with the after-effects of surgery, including guidance on when to seek help.
More than 19,000 patients in 26 breast units have benefited from the service pledge, and more than 58,000 will benefit over the next three years when it is rolled out to more than 90 breast units. Each site appoints a service pledge lead, usually a breast care nurse, who acts as the main point of contact between Breakthrough Breast Cancer and the breast unit team. Every pledge lead attends a training day run by the charity to ensure they have the skills to manage the project successfully.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer sends a questionnaire to every breast unit involved in the service pledge to gain information about local issues. Patients are encouraged to suggest improvements, take part in interviews, or become patient representatives.
To help understand the patient experience, patients treated at pledge sites are interviewed by members of our Cancer Advocacy Network (CAN), many of whom have experienced breast cancer themselves.
Once the interviews and surveys are complete, the service pledge team at Breakthrough Breast Cancer works with a patient representative to review the responses. Each site is presented with the findings of the consultation and a report.
The pledge lead, patient representatives, breast unit staff and CAN interviewers then meet to discuss and agree improvement goals. These goals form the final service pledge booklet. Breakthrough Breast Cancer covers the cost of producing the booklet, and funds survey materials, postage, and any travel and accommodation costs.
The service pledge improves the patient experience. This is mainly through the implementation of goals to improve patient information, significant changes to the care environment, and expanding access to and availability of treatment and support.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer continues to develop the service pledge model, based on our ongoing monitoring and evaluation. This is to ensure the project remains relevant, effective and a current model of best practice in patient involvement in service improvement.
To find out more about the work of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, including the service pledge, visit www.breakthrough.org.uk. The service pledge team can be contacted at servicepledge@breakthrough.org.uk or on 020 7025 2400.
At Frenchay Hospital we believe our services should be shaped by patients, and the only way of ensuring this is by asking them what they think.
We are often told that one of the worst aspects of being diagnosed with breast cancer is the feeling of helplessness. We found that asking patients about their experiences, and how these could be improved, empowered them and gave them a purpose during treatment.
We began working with Breakthrough Breast Cancer in November 2008 to develop and implement a service pledge.
Patients who had received treatment at our unit in the previous 6-12 months were sent a questionnaire and information on becoming a patient representative, and invited to take part in interviews. They were given a number to call if they had any questions or concerns to ensure they felt supported and informed at every stage.
Packs with information about the project, a survey and forms for patients to take part in interviews or become patient representatives were sent to 120 patients.
How would you describe the feel of this breast unit?
What are your thoughts on the level of information provided at each stage of your diagnosis and treatment?
Is there any information you would have found helpful that you didn't receive?
What one change in the service do you think would make the most difference to you as a patient?
The interviews were transcribed and returned to Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The service pledge team collated the results and identified key themes.
As a team, we pride ourselves on the care we offer our patients, and the overall results of the surveys and interviews reflected our hard work. Patients praised staff and were extremely positive about the way staff communicated with them. Patients also said the amount, complexity, and format of the information they were given was appropriate.
Unsurprisingly for a busy breast unit, there were some issues raised in the surveys and interviews that needed addressing.
Although patients praised the effectiveness of the appointment system, almost all were negative about their experiences in the waiting room. Many felt it was crowded and cramped, and some said having an alternative exit for newly diagnosed patients would be helpful.
Post-treatment information was also insufficient, and some patients did not always have positive experiences on wards.
While most interviewees were happy with their experiences, there was room for improvement. This encouraged the team to look at the unit and its patients through fresh eyes.
Including parking instructions and breast care centre locations in all new patient appointment letters, and providing a map showing the radiology department.
When a patient is undergoing treatment, it is the small things that help make their experience less stressful and overwhelming. The service pledge has enabled us to listen to our patients; we now send out annual questionnaires and conduct small focus groups so we do not lose sight of the patient experience.
We also found that working on the service pledge helped us to unite as a team. Hearing what patients had to say, discussing it together and agreeing on common improvement goals helped create a strong sense of shared purpose.
Women undergoing NHS breast cancer screening are being "misinformed" and are not told about the harms of over-diagnosis, researchers have claimed.