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Had Only America Known: U.S. & Russian Intelligence Assassinated General Patton, Who Wanted to Free Eastern Europe Before Coming Home
On December 17, 2008 By Jeff FenskeIn 'THEY' couldn't be that EVIL??, Ethics, Germany, Real History, Republicans… Blackmailable, The Soul of America, War
Wow! I listened to the author of Target: Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton interviewed on Coast to Coast AM, dumbfounded, wondering that if vets like my own father had known in the '50s and '60s that our own government (the intelligence agency before the CIA, the OSS) intentionally had General Patton killed, would the United States of America be in the dire situation it's in today?
Had only this important revelation come out earlier, America may still be the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The author, Robert K. Wilcox, stated that our government with the media had painted a rosy picture of Russia, so most Americans didn't know of Stalin's atrocities and the Gulags. Among other things, Patton wanted to drive Russia out of Eastern Europe, and apparently, he was going to blow the whistle about the thousands of POWs that Robert thinks ended up dying in these very Gulags.
Patton's popularity was huge in the US. He could have easily swayed American opinion against Stalin, so our own government decided to take this "loose canon" out, possibly in collusion with Russia.
This is a great interview!
From the Inside Flap of "Target: Patton":
He was the most controversial American general in World War II–and also one of the most successful, courageous, and audacious. As a post-war administrator of defeated Germany, he sounded alarm bells about the dangers of Soviet encroachment into Europe. Politically, he was a lightning rod–an outspoken conservative who continually embarrassed his superiors with his uncensored, undiplomatic, and unrestrained comments to the press. He was General George S. Patton Jr., old Blood and Guts.
In 1945, shortly before he was to fly home to the states as a conquering hero, he was involved in a mysterious car crash that left him partially paralyzed.
Two weeks later, just as his doctors were about to send him home to finish his recovery, he was dead.
The army ruled the car crash an accident, his death natural. Yet witness testimony on the crash conflicted, key players in the incident disappeared, official reports vanished, soldiers were ordered to keep silent, and there was no autopsy performed on the body.
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When does the year officially start: January 1, with the year's first Golden Ticket race, or with the start of the Ultra-Trail World Tour? This week's column recaps the Vibram Hong Kong 100k (a UTWT race), and previews the Sean O'Brien 100k (a Golden Ticket race), and Rocky Racoon 100 Mile (a USATF championship). Oh, and more doping. A little bit of everything this week.
Without rules we are nothing but savages.
After crossing the finish line first in 9:28:35, lead runner Jing Liang (China) was disqualified for grabbing, and discarding, a hiker's water bottle during the race. The disqualification was apparently hours in the making with news having reached the race director well before the finish.
Min Qi (China), who finished a single second behind Jing, was promoted to first place. The time marked a new course record, bettering a 2016 9:32 from François D'haene (France).
Behind the fast-starting Chinese, Alex Nichols (USA) went out at this characteristic tortoise pace, relatively speaking of course. Nichols is as close to a sure-thing in this sport though and he moved up to finish second behind race winner Qi. Nichols finished in 9:44.
Third place Yun-Hui Yu (China) ran 10:04.
For the Americans, Justin Andrews was 10th in 10:50, while Zach Bitter did not finish.
iRunFar was on site and separately recapped the race dynamics in greater detail and depth.
Miao Yao (China), she was a runaway. Runaway champ that is. The women's race wasn't close. Yao won by almost an hour. She finished in 10:40. That time is 40 minutes better than the course record from last year set by Núria Picas (Spain) in the same year that Picas won UTMB. Oww!
Second-place Mira Rai (Nepal) and third-place Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) ran 11:30 and 11:36, respectively.
For the Americans, Nicole Kalogeropoulos was ninth in 13:28.
The next Ultra-Trail World Tour event is the February 10 Tarawera Ultramarathon in New Zealand. Meghan Hicks will be there reporting for iRunFar.
David Riddle was a repeat winner at his native state's Mountain Mist 50k. Riddle ran 3:53, a minute better than in 2017. He also won here in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Look for him next at March's Chuckanut 50k.
Tony White and Brett Wilks were a distant second and third in 4:15 and 4:34.
David Riddle en route to winning the 2018 Mountain Mist 50k. Photo courtesy of race.
Jackie Merritt won a close one over Liz Canty. Merritt's 4:40 finish is the race's third-best ever, on a chart that dates back to 1995. It was the fastest women's run since 2004. But still, it was close.
Canty was second in 4:44. Third-place Emily Ansick wasn't far back either, running 4:54.
Trail Racing Over Texas's Running the Rose 108k looped the Tyler State Park six times. Matt Zmolek and Robin Phelps were victorious with 12:29 and 15:24 winning times. Ben Earthman and Katie Graff led the 54k race in 4:49 and 5:14, respectively. Full results.
Patrick Whitehead won the third annual Chehaw Challenge 50k in Georgia. He ran 4:17. Former U.S. Skyrunning regular Sarah Woerner won the women's race in new course record time of 4:39 while finishing second overall. Full results.
Jump from a plane, and then run for up to 200 miles! The Skydive Ultras in Florida had some nine different race distances. Wil Daniels and Megan Hyndman won the 100-mile race in 22:17 and 23:40, respectively. Full results.
Impressive! Patrycja Bereznowska (Poland) is already the 24-hour world-record holder and a world champion, and now she holds the 48-hour world record, too. At the Athens International Ultramarathon Festival in Greece, Bereznowska totaled 249.17 miles (401k). She was the overall winner and beat a record that had stood since May 2010 when Sumie Inagaki ran 397.1km. Full results.
Mad Moose Events has carved out a niche with ultras around Moab, Utah. The first-year Arches Ultra is their latest creation. Kyle Pietari and Melissa Beaury set the inaugural course records at 6:56 and 8:16 for 50 miles. Full results.
In another blow to the sport, Remigio Queral-Ibáñez (Spain) has been disqualified from the 2017 Penyagolosa CSP event for using an unspecified banned substance. The runner, who had originally finished third behind Timothy Olson and Yeray Duran, admitted using the substance for knee pain. He has received a two-year ban. Penyagolosa's official release.
Four more Western States Golden Tickets–two for the men, two for the women–will be delivered at next weekend's Sean O'Brien 100k.
Quite deep fields here for both men and women with, particularly for the men, a lot of parity.
The five four-lap Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile is the longtime home of the USATF 100-mile trail championship, and next weekend's race carries on that tradition. $4,000 in prize money will be up for grabs.
Time's up on this week's column! Lets hear from our readers below on any other weekend racing.
Arrowhead 135 starts today across northern Minnesota! We have a pair attempting a double this year.
Ben Koss should be included for the 'Men to Watch' list for Sean O'Brien. He got a golden ticket through the Gorges 100K in 2017!
I'm no longer running Rocky Raccoon this weekend!
Thanks, Sarah. Hope you're well!
Going to keep the Ben Koss fanfare going for SOB. The lad's in great shape!
. I bet he will do well.
You may want to add Florian Neuschwander to the 'Men to Watch' list for Sean O'Brien. He is from Germany and I don't think he has raced in the states before but he has had a really good block of training. He is a fun follow on Strava.
German Trailrunner Florian Neuschwander is trying to get a Golden Ticket at the Sean O'Brien – it might be worth looking out for him.
Thanks for letting us know that Florian is entered into Sean O'Brien. He definitely deserves to be noted.
Rocky Raccoon course has changed some this year. It's 4×25 mile loops. Hurricane Harvey messed up the trails quite a bit.
Expect to see Rachel Drake up front at Sean O'Brien!
My money is on Mocko and Gavin Coombs for SOB!
She's not listed as an entrant on ultrasignup any more either.
Wow, stacked fields at SOB. I almost wish I wasn't running so I could watch instead. Good luck to all runners.
There is an out and back section (Bulldog trail) from mile 43 to 56. Hopefully I get to 43 before the leaders get to 56.
Assuming it's like past years, there will be some really strong performances and, speaking only for myself, it's sometimes hard to remember we're even the same species!
Couldn't agree more! Love running this race every year!! It is amazing to see those front runners push the pace on this course…beautiful but also very humbling!! Ugh…Bulldog!!! Cant wait for Saturday. Good luck to all the runners out there for all distances!
Thanks for the correction, Korey!
In addition to setting the 24-hour and 48-hour World Records in the past year, Patrycja Bereznowska was also the first woman to run under 25 hours at Spartathlon. That's quite a year.
Kris Brown took 4th at the highly competitive TNF 50 SF in December. Looking forward to seeing what he does at SOB.


FRAMINGHAM, MA. — March 8, 2010 — According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced a slight increase in year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09) with revenues of $3.09 billion, representing 0.5% growth over the same quarter one year ago, as well as 6.3% growth from the previous quarter (3Q09).
"The storage software market was able to increase in typical fourth quarter fashion, with all top six vendors showing positive growth from the third quarter," said Michael Margossian, associate research analyst, Storage Software at IDC. "Data protection and recovery was once again a strong market with the top four vendors showing growth from a year ago. IBM had the strongest year-over-year growth with revenues up 19.3% from the fourth quarter of 2008, while EMC enjoyed the greatest gains over the third quarter – a 13.1% increase – with the help of strong hardware growth."
"Sequential and year-over-year growth has returned for storage software, suggesting the market has started to show signs of recovery, said Laura DuBois, research director, Storage Software. "Another sign that bodes well for the segment is that, as storage consumes larger portions of IT budgets, driven by the exponential growth of data, the need for storage management and efficiency increases. Into 2010, storage capital investments are aimed at making more efficient and reliable use of data, data storage, and data management resources."
EMC led the overall market with 23.7% revenue share in the fourth quarter of 2009. Symantec held onto the second position with 17.5% revenue share, while IBM finished in the third position with 13.2% revenue share. NetApp finished in the fourth position with 7.9% revenue share while HP and CA rounded out the top 5 with a statistical tie with 3.9% and 3.8% revenue share respectively.
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, March 2010.
For the full year 2009, EMC led the overall market with 22.7% revenue share. Symantec held onto the second position with 17.9% revenue share, with IBM finishing in the third position with 13.5% revenue share. NetApp finished in the fourth position with 8% revenue share, along with CA rounding out the top five with 4% market share in 2009.


There is a panicked tapping at my window late at night. I turn and sit up, only to find a strange, shadowy figure outside my window. "Come on, man, let me in. Come on," the stranger whispers urgently. "Please, please. Don't let them take me. Don't let them take me." And then nothing.
I gaze up at the drizzly night, clouds swirling and folding and twisting and overlapping and merging - all slowly turning grays, all fluid and murky, like puddles in the sky.
I roll over and try to go back to sleep, but the tapping resumes after a moment. I sit up again and lift the pane to crack the window. And there in the mist of drizzle is a giant rabbit dressed in a green top hat and plaid vest. "Please," he leans his head in and whispers. "The foxes . . the foxes are out," then looks about frantically. "Please. Please. I-I will grant you two . . ah, three wishes." It's as if the rabbit is trying to determine an appropriate and fair amount. He is a big one, five-feet-six-inches at least. He begins to hop up and down anxiously.
"You're a tall one," I rub my eyes.
"Has your relative 'shortness' affected you in any manner of a psychological nature?" I wonder out loud.
"No. No, kid. I'm not a compulsive liar or over-competitive nut or insecure jerk or anything like that. I'm not compelled to tear others down, nor will you find me strutting about like some phony poser," the rabbit continues his antsy hop.
"Yeah, I guess, . ." I grumble, swinging my legs out of bed.
"But mind your manners," I hold up my shiv for the rabbit to consider, then nod over to the back door, and the big rabbit nods back, to signal he understands my instructions, then disappears into the smoky, dark drizzle.
I walk around to the back door and let him in. He stands upright in the kitchen. "Don't get your wet fur all over," I instruct. "You can sleep here," I gesture, down to the kitchen rug. "You'll be safe, out of sight, and dry in here," I hand him a dish towel to dry off with.
The rabbit just nods, then steps to the sink to wring the water from his long white ears into the kitchen sink with his front paws. "Thank you. Thank you," he repeats in polite whispers as I wave and return to bed, forgetting all about the three wishes he has supposedly granted me.
My dad wakes me in the morning by calling to me from the kitchen. I walk out there, rubbing my eyes in the slight pink light. "Who ate the pie?" my dad growls. I just stand there and shrug, forgetting my mother had made a pie the night before and left it cooling on the counter. But now all that was left was the pan and some crumbs in my dad's hand. "Who did this?" my dad is very cross with me. "I found this on the floor in the hall outside your room," he holds out the pan.
"Oh you didn't," my dad interrupts.
"Ah, don't worry about it, everyone makes mistakes. . . Run along now. Go an' write another of your crazy stories - another one of those 'adventures of lobster-boy' or 'fish-man' or whatever." And with that I am dismissed.
That night I have the most unusual dream. I'm running through this incredibly large and elaborate house, dashing from room to room, trying to get out. I can't find the front door. I can't find the back door. Only windows. I can't find my way out at all. The house is all room after room and stairways and landings leading up and down. It's furnished and many of the rooms lead into several different rooms, with openings in all four walls. There are some round rooms and oval rooms and even a triangle shaped room. There are balconies and terraces and thin walkways overhead. The house is kept up all nice and everything, very exotic and ornate and all, but I start getting worried after awhile, worried that I can't find my way out, that I'll be stuck here, lost - worried that some ogre is going to keep me here or something. Then I happen upon the rabbit. He's a tall bugger - about five-six and standing up right on his hind legs. He's wearing a green top hat and a plaid vest, just like that rabbit I let in the other night. Or maybe that entire event was just one of those twilight dreams like this one. Anyway, that darn rabbit is holding a pie pan in one paw and scooping the last of it out with his other paw. He's leaning casually against a doorway that leads into a little foyer that has more openings leading into five or six other directions, an ornate octagon room. I stop, looking into the room. The rabbit looks over to me and, seeing the homemade lancet taped into my fist, he nods, "Over there," he says, licking his paw. He winks and holds up one little paw finger, as if to indicate that this is him granting the first of my three wishes, as if rabbit wishes were only applicable in dreams.
I nod to thank him and take off running and he nods and bows back at me, licking his paw, as if thanking me for the sanctuary and warm meal. I dash up and down short flights of stairs and zip through pink rooms and light blue rooms, and sure enough, after traveling up and down more stairs, across a balcony, and through a tall ballroom with a long red rug, that way eventually leads outside. Once outside I keep running - running and running, though a sunny field of long grass and up a little hill until I awake and it is morning and the scent of pie is wafting in from the kitchen and I barely recall the shadowy figure at my window, beckoning now as if only from a distant dream, leaving me to wonder about what I should do with my last two wishes.


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Ollantaytambo, between Cusco and Machu Picchu, is the site of one of the Inca kings' few victories against the marauding Spanish in the 1500s. Manco Inca, who had been appointed a puppet king by the invaders aged 18 or so, saw the error of his ways (and the devastation of his people and culture) and holed up in the town, trying to gain local support to fight the Spanish. He did send them packing in one battle, in January 1537, partly by damming the river and flooding the entrance to the town. But the Spanish were soon back with a bigger force. One of the advantages the Spanish had was that the Incas, invaders themselves, weren't universally popular among the tribes they had previously conquered. And by promising freedom from the Inca rulers, the Spanish were able to get a lot of locals on their side. In the end, of course, the Spanish just gave them smallpox, Catholicism, and far less freedom than they had previously enjoyed.
But Ollantaytambo is a lovely town, still Inca at heart, with Spanish additions, and some very fine Inca (and older) ruins behind. The Incas quarried their stones six kilometres away, on the other side of the valley, bringing the stones - some of the HUGE - down one very steep slope, across a river, through fields and up another steep bank to build their temple complex, which was 80 years in the making and never finished. Archaeologists estimate some of the biggest stones took over 1000 people to move.
The Spanish looted anything precious (gold and silver mostly) and then dismantled some of the ruins to use the stones for their own building. But it's still a fine place to spend a couple of days exploring. So we did.


A couple of months ago Geena had x-rays of her back taken which showed degenerative discs, a condition that would only get worse over time. We prayed for her at a Thursday night house-church meeting and called for a creative miracle of new discs. Last week she went for a follow-up MRI scan, which showed no signs of any damage to any of her discs!! God is just SO good!


The manager of a liquor store near the Strip was brutally beaten to death Thursday in an apparent robbery attempt, authorities said.
Richard Eugene West, 56, manager of Plaza Liquors, 2915 E. Las Olas Blvd., died at Broward General Medical Center at 4:46 p.m., four hours after he was beaten -- possibly with a vodka bottle -- police said.
West, of Fort Lauderdale, suffered a massive skull fracture, several broken ribs, a broken nose and other injuries. Both eyes were blackened and his head was swollen when a customer found him walking, dazed, in an office area in the back of the store, police spokesman Ott Cefkin reported.
A witness told police that minutes after the 12:45 p.m. attack he had seen a man flag down a cab in front of the store, and that his hands and arms were soaked with blood. The witness, who police would not identify, said the taxi headed west over the East Las Olas Intracoastal Waterway bridge.
Efforts to reach the Yellow Cab driver who reportedly picked up the suspect were unsuccessful. Police said all of the Yellow Cab drivers were accounted for and that none reported picking up the suspect.
The first witness and others said the suspect hailed the cab after unsuccessfully trying to stop several cars and a bus.
West was alone in the store when he was attacked, and police said it appeared he had put up a struggle. Investigators found a trail of blood leading from the front to the back of the store, and the cash register had been pulled off the counter.
Broken bottles littered the floor near the counter, and there was evidence the attacker had used an instrument to try to pry open the cash register, police said.
No money was missing from the register, the store's owner said.
"He must have put up quite a struggle," said the owner, who would not give his name. "What kind of maniac would do a thing like that? Why did it have to happen to him?"
Homicide detectives said West was too dazed to be able to provide any information about his attacker when they questioned him.
West had worked in the store for about eight years, the owner said.
"Everybody liked him. He was that kind of a guy," he said.
"I've been here 30 years, and nothing like this has happened before. A few kids mouthing off, but nothing like this," he said, shaking his head.
An employee at Beach Liquors, a few doors down the street, said he had never had any serious problems in his store.
"But it makes you a little jumpy when you've got a nut like that running around," said the employee, who also asked not to be named.
Jake Suppes, a friend of West who was vacationing in the area, said he was not surprised the victim put up a struggle.
"He'd defend his property to the end. That's the kind of guy he is," Suppes said.
Police described the suspect as a white male, 25 to 30 years old, with dark wavy hair, a muscular build and around 6 feet 1. He was wearing white trousers and white shoes and no shirt.
Asked whether he would increase security at the store, the owner said there was little he could do except hire more workers.
"I'll never leave someone alone again," he said.
Another worker was supposed to come in to help West during the day, the owner said, "but he said he could handle it alone. He was that kind of guy."
He said West and his wife, Dixie, were planning a vacation soon to visit his brothers in Pennsylvania.
"He was going to talk to me about that this week," the owner said.


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As I explain in the video (and apologize for), it will be necessary for you to memorize when you use the prepositions of place in, on and at. I have no doubt that Portuguese will interfere from time to time. Fear not! And worry not! It is normal and generally has no negative consequences on comprehension. It can, however, make for some funny gaffes (mistakes) in English. Before I tell you the funny story, I've included a handy list of common prepositional expressions that you can study and memorize, and then forget, and then have to study again and use and then forget. Unfortunately, that's how we learn languages!
if you forget your prepositions, you will not be in trouble!
This list will go on and on forever if I don't stop now! But I think you have an idea how these prepositions work. Just remember, prepositions are the hardest bits to learn in any language, so don't stress out too much about them. Have fun, laugh a little and enjoy your day at the beach!


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Developing packages in Laravel 5 is easy: just create a subdirectory for your package in a directory `packages`, add the necessary autoload details in your `composer.json` file and you're good to go.
Unless... your package has dependencies on other packages. Then you need to `require_once` the `vendor/autoload.php` file of each package. That is exactly what this package does. Of course, you can also use more heavy Laravel package development tools, such as [Studio](https://github.com/franzliedke/studio) or [Laravel Packager](https://github.com/Jeroen-G/laravel-packager),
but if you (like me) don't really need all that additional stuff, you can use this package.

## Installation

1. Require the package using composer:

    ```
    composer require jeroennoten/laravel-psp
    ```

2. Add the service provider to the `providers` in `config/app.php`:

    ```php
    JeroenNoten\LaravelPsp\ServiceProvider::class,
    ```

3. Create an empty `packages` directory in the root of your project.

Now you're ready to create your awesome packages.

## Creating A New Package

1. In the `packages` directory, create a subdirectory for your new package, e.g. `packages/your-package`.

2. In your `composer.json` file, define the autoloading properties for your package like so (assuming that you use [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) autoloading from the `src` subdirectory in your package directory):

    ```json
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "YourVendorNamespace\\YourPackageNameSpace\\": "packages/your-package/src"
        }
    },
    ```

Done! You're now ready to develop your package.

> Note that this package assumes that your packages reside in a directory called `packages`. This is not (yet) configurable.

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When trying to make sense of quantum lingo, one thing is really bugging me. On the one hand, everyone agrees that quantum states are discrete and seems to flip from this to that without any continuous, seamless "going there". On the other hand, all I read about is how particles/waves are sent in directions, reflectors, detectors and whatnot.
It's like we treat these quantum states as if they were tiny dwarfes walking the room. As if it had legs or a little propeller attached to it.
All I can see is billions of quantum states, transfering in-formation of quanta and qualia, asking and telling "what and how much"? Knowing that, they interact and pass it on. I can't see them carry the info from here to there. Never the less, that's how most books/articles have it.
No wonder things like entanglement and inference stays mysteries.


Yes, it's ridiculously ulu. But trust us, a visit to this one-year-old microbrewery is well worth your Uber fare. Little Island occupies a warehouse-like space on the eastern reaches of Singapore, pouring out a range of ales, porters and stouts. Bonus points for its laid-back vibe – the beach is just a stroll away – and the '60s psychedelic-inspired beer labels.
The draft beer list – Little Island also serves craft cider – is on constant rotation, with the brewery frequently concocting new brews. A Whiter Shade of Pale Ale is light enough to offer respite from the non-air-conditioned space, while the Black Magic Dry Irish Stout is a creamy, smooth and full-bodied beverage. And the prices are cut-rate, too. Thanks to Little Island's pour-it-yourself system, you'll only pay about $2 to $3 for 100 mililitres of happy juice.
Weekend brunch is also where Little Island excels. From noon to 2.30pm, chow down on dishes like fish and chips, full English breakfasts and eggs Benedict for just 15 bucks each. We say go for the brisket sandwich (also $15), stuffed with slabs of beef made tender from languishing in the smoker for 15 hours.
Steve Spinney is the brains behind the vats. The English brewmaster is best known for setting up the now-defunct Storm Beer brewery in Bali, and he's responsible for Little Island's intensely tasty beverages.


The bracelet features radiant-cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 5.75 carats, set in 18k gold. Gross weight 56.10 grams.
Condition Notes: The ribbon effect adds great dimension to a classic style. Marked 18K. Circa 1990.


Twinkle Khanna is defiant after a picture she tweeted over the weekend offended some sensibilities. The 42-year-old author posted the same picture again today with this message: "I found the timing ironical with ToiletEPK's release and the OD free certification- If you see the sardonicism in it - fine! If not-so be it." The photo that earned Twinkle a string of reprimands showed an unidentified man squatting to do his business on a Mumbai beach. "I guess here is the first scene of Toilet Ek Prem Katha 2," Twinkle wrote, referencing her husband Akshay Kumar's newly released film which deals with the issues of sanitation and open defecation.
Twinkle Khanna's sharp observations usually evoke a laugh from Twitter. Not this time though. "A public apology should also be made for playing with dignity of men," read an angry comment, one of several that asked Twinkle to take the post down. A case of shooting the messenger, one might say. At any rate, Twinkle Khanna wasn't taking this s*@t, pardon the language and the pun.
Check out what she previously wrote.
Some of Twinkle Khanna's critics also accused her of making capital out of the situation in order to promote her husband's film - not that it needs it because Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has already made Rs 115.05 crore in less than two weeks.
Here are some of the tweets which criticised Twinkle's post.
But point is... had this been a woman, would you click pic and upload on social? If dignity of women is important then why not men?
However, Twinkle Khanna's's tweet also received instant approval from some. "Let's spread this as message to us that we should build more and more toilets," wrote a user. Twinkle also responded to a comment that said that people had the choice of using public toilets. "Exactly. The public toilet is a 7-8 minute walk from this particular spot," Twinkle wrote back.
Twinkle Khanna is the author of two best-selling books - Mrs FunnyBones and The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad. She and Akshay Kumar have been married for over 15 years now and are parents to son Aarav and daughter Nitara.
Akshay is currently filming Padman, a film produced by his wife.


Three unusual and freaky signs have emerged in the past few months which have convinced some that the Biblical prophecies about the end of the world and the Second Coming of Christ are only a stone's throw away.
Since time began people have been obsessed with the end of the world. Over the years many predictions concerning the Apocalypse have fallen flat on their face, as the world wakes up, yawns, stretches, and goes about the business of yet another day.
However, more and more people are convinced the end times will actually begin in 2021, and the Mirror reports they believe the following signs prove it.
First up we have the recent birth of a red heifer in Israel. "Holy cow!" you might cry. "What's so shocking about the birth of a red heifer?" Well, red heifers have been a regular feature in "end of times" predictions since the dawn of creation.
Apparently, the red calf "brings the promise of reinstating Biblical purity to the world." It is said before the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem can take place, a red cow should be born and then sacrificed.
Mainstream Orthodox Judaism states that because the two previous temples have been destroyed, a third one will need to be rebuilt before the coming of the Jewish Messiah.
Some theologians believe the building of the Third Temple also foreshadows Judgement Day or Armageddon.
Breaking Israel News reports that a board of rabbis has said the heifer is red "without blemish" and as such fulfills the requirements of the prophecy.
Second up we have fish spotted in the Dead Sea. "What's so unusual about fish swimming in the sea?" you ask. "It's what they do best after all." Here's the rub. The Dead Sea's high salinity makes it a notoriously no-go area for fish and other marine life. Hence how the Dead Sea got its rather unattractive name. Yet scientists claim that fish have been found in abundance in the Dead Sea's sinkholes.
Ezekiel is a priest and a prophet who appears in the Old Testament and predicted the Dead Sea will flourish into life during the end times.
Thirdly, we have the return of the serpent.
A slithering snake which was spotted crawling out of the stones of Israel's Western Wall last week interrupted prayers and unsettled many worshippers.
The appearance of a reptile emerging from one of Judaism's holiest sites has led to many theorists making wild leaps of faith and drawing parallels with the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
According to the Ynet news site, the snake probably escaped its hiding place in an attempt to fatten itself up for the winter months.
Others claim it's a sure sign that the Earth is going to hell in a handcart.


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Cadillac CTS deliveries in the United States totaled 691 units in January 2017, a decrease of 31.8 percent compared to 1,013 units sold in January 2016.
In Canada, the CTS recorded 31 deliveries in January 2017, down 60.3 percent compared to 78 units sold in January 2016.
At first, we would think to attribute the CTS' January sales decline to shifting consumer behavior dynamics that favor crossovers at the expense of sedans. However, taking a closer look reveals that this might not be the case, and that the decrease in CTS sales is likely related to a reduction in sales to commercial fleets.
Cadillac reported that its cumulative January U.S. sales volume decreased due to a reduction in sales to commercial fleet customers, as total Cadillac fleet sales decreased 19.5 percent to 2,221 units. Meanwhile, Cadillac retail sales grew 1.2 percent to 8,077 units.
In addition, two of the CTS' direct rivals — the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Audi A6 — posted an increase in sales volume, while the other two competitors — the BMW 5 Series and Lexus GS — saw sales decline during the month. Of particular interest is that Mercedes-Benz managed to top 4,000 deliveries of its all-new E-Class, enabling us to conclude that the midsize luxury sedan is relatively healthy, and is not suffering at the hands of crossovers. So, just as with the ATS, we will chalk this one up to a lack of model-specific marketing, which Cadillac will likely commence once it replaces the CTS with an all-new model that will likely be called Cadillac CT5.
Further proof that buyers aren't buying Cadillac's Marketing Director, Melody Lee, sales pitch to the public; a more interesting approach would be to show images of how Cadillac is ready for a new world order utilizing advanced CAD/CAM engineering so that the CT6 is a thousand pounds lighter than some of it's competitors or how a CTS-V is capable of a top speed of 200 mph and how it was a Cadillac DPi-V.R that was the overall winner at the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona.
For a long time I've thought buyers of luxury cars who pay attention to what is under the hood, know Cadillac utilizes the same engines and transmissions you can find in your everyday Chevrolet and it turns them off. The drive-trains are just fine, but when people buy luxury they are doing it for exclusivity not just a more luxurious Chevy. For Cadillac to really compete, they need their own engine line. I know that is expensive, but I think it is something the luxury customer would appreciate if Cadillac expects people to pay a price equal to their BMW and Mercedes competition. There is no reason why someone should pay 50, 60, or near 70K for cars using the same turbo 4 you can find in Malibu or Camaro.
Present day image matters more than the past image. This is Cadillac's stumbling block.
When one buys a BMW, it is an authentic product with every nut, bolt, and fastener designed for a BMW. That's obviously also true for the engines, transmissions, and suspension bits that company puts in their cars and utility vehicles. All of the parts are created with the purpose of building an Ultimate Driving Machine and with the knowledge that they will be sold at a 'premium' price point. None of their products is cobbled together from a parts bin where an engine has to be cheap enough to put in a Malibu or a pick-up truck and therefore it can't be too sophisticated or costly to produce.
Many here are fond of saying that most luxury buyers don't know where the engines come from and that's true but in the luxury car arena, there a individuals who are the influencers. Those are the folks that drive the trends and dictate to others what to buy. Those people are savvy consumers and they most certainly know. They know Cadillacs use Malibu motors and they know an XTS is merely a re-bodied Epsilon which underpins Malibus and Impalas. They know Escalade is merely a blinged-out Tahoe. As a result, they have thus far been unwilling to give the brand their seal of approval.
Until Cadillac has a sufficiently authentic product, with its own engines, so as to attract those truly well-heeled who drive the trends, they won't be able to sell products to the much larger audience of those who follow the trendsetters.
Super fine automobile but it has a major issue, conquest buyers really don't have much of a reason to leave their Audis, MBs, BMWs since they are basically fine vehicles with good reliability. Long-term Cadillac owners, like it or not, are totally put off by the asking price. Exclusive drivetrains will not change the positions of either of these two pools of buyers.
In retrospect, the biggest issue I had with my 2016 CTS Premium was the residual value when I traded it! It lost 40% of the value I paid for it, owning the vehicle almost 1 year. Mileage was average and condition of vehicle was excellent. Based upon the list price of the vehicle, it lost 51.5% of its value in one year! Car other than that was fine vehicle, excellent build quality, fine performance, great reliability–back for oil changes only, and a real looker. Just wanted something larger.
Residual value is the main reason why my friend is leaving Cadillac for Mercedes. He had a high mileage lease (65,000 miles, 39 mos.), with a set buyout price of $26,000 on his 2014 CTS. Now with only 47,000 miles and 6 months left on the lease, the car is only worth $21,000. Not to mention the car was in the shop for/needed: A rear gasket leak, missing cabin air filter, 3 blown run-flat tires, missing door handle piece, and now the car is burning oil. Personally, I love Cadillac, but he couldn't care less about the brand, he just looks at the price and value.
I like Mercedes but you should know that Merc AMG and BMW M are the highest depreciating cars on the market.
The CTS has a very nice looking exterior, but the wrong type of driving dynamics for Cadillac. Too Euro-hard riding, too cramped for American luxury.
When will GM finally admit that trying to copy the German "sports sedans" is a huge mistake? Do they need to go bankrupt again before they learn that lesson? Let Cadillac be Cadillac, not a BMW-wannabe.
When will you finally admit that you have no clue what it takes to build or re-build a car brand, and that your perspective is focused on the short-term?
Need I remind you that in 1993, Audi had 4% market share in this very segment. Fast forward 24 years, and its entry is the second best-selling model in the segment. Take a lot of time, money, and patience..
Alex, why should I "admit" something that isn't true? Cadillac is into at least its 20th year of "rebranding", The reality is that there was no reason to rebrand at all. Twenty years of failure is not a "short term focus". BTW, Audi never "rebranded" itself, it was already a German "sports sedan" company. it just rode the fad of German "sporty" cars for the past few years (Lexus was number one until 2011), a fad that is likely to fade, even if Cadillac continues to follow it.
The attempt to remake Cadillac as a quasi-German brand goes back at least to the 1997 model year with the introduction of the Catera. At that point, Cadillac was the number 1 seller of luxury cars in the USA, a position it had held for many decades. Three years later, Lexus began an 11 year run as the number 1 US luxury car seller. Coincidence that this followed so soon after the disastrous Catera? I don't think so. Trying to be a German-like car brand has NEVER worked for Cadillac! It's hurting the brand.
One could also say that trying to remake Cadillac has been going on for 35 years, when considering the Cimarron. The Cimarron was Cadillac's first attempt to build a small luxury car to compete with the Germans. Net result – IT HURT THE BRAND. Again, whenever Cadillac stops being Cadillac, it doesn't work and degrades the brand.
But despite these failures, Cadillac keeps pushing on to try and out-German the Germans, losing sight of what made Cadillac a great and popular luxury brand. In the 2003 model year, Cadillac introduced the ultra-expensive ($110k) convertible "XLR", intended to be the new flagship. Built on a Corvette platform, sales were even lower than the very low company projections.
And the XLR also was the first Cadillac that tried to copy the Germans with meaningless letters or numbers, eschewing the real names they'd had for decades. This was quickly followed by the SRX, renaming the Seville the STS, renaming the Deville the DTS, etc. Now the rebranding solution is to have CT followed by a number or XT followed by a number, wow that's original and memorable. But if the Germans do it, then so must Cadillac, goes the thinking of the foreign-born current leaders of Cadillac. So much for being a leader or actually "daring greatly".
Today, which Cadillacs sell well, and which ones sell poorly? The Escalade and XTS sell well, the ATS and CTS sell poorly, jury still out on the CT6. So the Cadillacs with the tradition of roominess and comfort sell well, while the ones that imitate the Germans with cramped interiors and a harsh ride sell poorly. Yet the Cadillac plan has been to dump the big comfortable riding sedans entirely (until JDN temporarily saved the XTS), and people like Ellinghaus say that the Escalade does not represent the future of the brand. Strange that Cadillac management wants to continue to pursue what does not work, while intending to drop what does work. It doesn't take a business genius to see that they've gotten that exactly backwards.
This is after 20 years of "rebranding" the company as a German-wannabe, or maybe even 35 years of transition if you count the Cimarron. As with the Cimarron and the Catera, the ATS is hurting Cadillac's brand image, coming in last in the recent "shootout" of cars in the "class". Frankly Cadillac should not be making cars to fit a German "class" anyway, they should be leading the way, making cars without regard for German sizing or German "sporty" (aka harsh) driving dynamics.
You don't like the question, but you do truly have to wonder when Cadillac will admit they've been driving down the wrong path for at least 20 years. You say that rebranding takes a lot of time, money, and patience. Having infinite patience to stick with a plan that is clearly not working even after 20 or 35 years, is virtually the definition of insanity. Especially when part of that plan includes dropping what does work. How many more years does this take? Another 10, like Melody Lee wants for herself? Another 20? What if this is just the wrong path for Cadillac? Do you not even consider that possibility?
Alex I realize that you love your ATS, that's great. But the rest of the world doesn't love the ATS. GM is a business, that business is to make cars that sell well, not to make cars that please you personally. The public doesn't favor German-like cars from Cadillac. Yes the public has Audi to choose from as you've pointed out, and BMW, and MB, and if they want to go cheaper they have VW. Those companies are the ones that satisfy the demand for German cars. Who is going to satisfy the demand for American luxury cars, if Cadillac exits that space?
You say that I am clueless about this, with the implication that we should just trust Cadillac management. The old idea that if they didn't know what they were doing, they wouldn't have those jobs. I say I do know more about cars than Melody Lee, and frankly I have a better idea what Cadillac means to the US market than a South African (JDN), a German (Uwe), or an Australian (Smith).
Furthermore, I feel that I had a better idea how to go about competing with the Germans, if that were desirable for GM. The way to go about that would be to keep Cadillac as Cadillac (roomy luxury, brash original styling, comfortable ride, strong power, no de-contended cheapening of the base models, etc) and then make Corvette into its own brand as the BMW-fighter. This should be an obviously better strategy than spending all that time and money, and losing all those sales, with a disastrous attempt to remake a well-established and highly regarded/highly successful brand, into something it never was.
So am I the one who is clueless? Or is it the people who think that 20 years (or is it 35 years) of rebranding failure is "not enough time" who are clueless?
Right on dude. 20 years of rebranding is right. GM got sloppy, and it's all been downhill from there.
BMW – Practical sportiness (3 series) and cool next gen tech (i3, i8). Also remote control parking.
Audi – Quattro (all models) and a half-price lambo 0-60 in 3s (R8).
Volvo – Swedish design. Chairs that are nicer than anything you've ever sat on. THOR'S HAMMER!
Maserati – I mean, they're maserati. Italian design, cool engines.
My recipe for caddy success. Change the design! Soften it up some. Be uniquely american. Don't use major parts from chevy and gmc. Offer something nobody else does.
Great comments Megatron, and great recipe for success. I would add one thing to that recipe – don't offer cheapened (de-contended) base models. Give everyone with a Cadillac the good (real) leather seats, a strong engine, the premium stereo, the HID headlights, etc. There should be minimum standards for calling a car a "Cadillac", and something cheap fake-leather seats is not worthy of the name; it also hurts the brand when someone rides in a cheapened version and thinks "This is a Cadillac?".
And perhaps the most important point in your recipe – OFFER SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE DOES! This idea of copying the Germans, right down to the actual dimensions (i.e. "car class") has got to go.
There was some complaining in the recent "shootout" that it was unfair that the ATS back seat got dinged for being small, when it was the same dimensions as the prior German models in that class. But the Germans had added an inch and a half when they came out with their newer versions of that "class", which gave them a leg up on the "competing" Cadillac.
Hey too bad – no one says you have to build a car to someone else's set dimensions and standards, and it's cheating if you go outside those boundaries. Be the leader with your own dimensions and standards, not the follower – blow them away with more legroom, rather than matching theirs. Offer a more comfortable ride (the "Cadillac Ride" that you can SELL in advertising), rather than trying to match the German ride, then complaining when they soften it up.
Again BUILD SOMETHING ELSE! Cadillac should be the style, room, and comfort leader – and proudly advertise that, not be embarrassed by it. Magic Carpet Ride beats "feel the road" to a lot of folks. Plus it's something the other guys don't have (except to some extent in the uber-expensive MB S-Class at well over $100k). There's plenty of profitable territory to be staked out by Cadillac, but it would take real leadership and independent thinking to get there, not a "let's copy BMW and say we are just as good" mentality.
I've always love Cadillac until I bought a 2016 CTS. Cadillac can't even get the basics right. Climate control does not work. No heat on the driver's side all winter. Passenger seat is like a sauna. I finally got some heat on my side by several delink/sync cycles. The passenger side seat heaters went out at the same time. Selling dealer always has the same tune. Works as designed. Trade it in on a new Cadillac. I think dealer has a belt slipping!
I've decided to put fresh eyes on it next week. Scheduled service with a different dealer. Hope they can get these long time Cadillac items working properly. If trading it in at 3700 miles is my only option I will never look at a GM product again.
The dealer I will try next week sells 18 marques. If I have to trade this one and take the depreciation at least I have choices.
Cadillac was a wonderful car for all my life. Grew up in Cads. Learned to drive on a Cad. Bought Cads for my daily driver always. It was a great run. Wish it lasted longer.
Two out of three of which GM has proven time after time. they don't have. Exhibit A is Oldsmobile. They dumped money into it and turned out some very good products after years of neglect but GM wasn't willing to wait for it to turn around or continue to invest money with no immediate return.
The Audi example worked because Volkswagen took a long-term approach and was willing to endure losses. GM is not Volkswagen. GM has never been willing to lose money on a product just because it is good for branding or because it might pay dividends at some time in the future.
Based on GM's past, I fully expect the ambitious plans of JdN to be scaled back and something akin to Ford's strategy for Lincoln of re-badging Fords to be put back in place; in fact I think that's already happening. We know CT8 is dead and instead the FWD, Impala-based XTS will be redesigned and carry on. As I see it, that's bad but not as bad as the fate Oldsmobile ran into when they couldn't make money. If JdN and company aren't careful, I wouldn't be surprised to see the bean-counters at GM make the case to pull the plug on the brand entirely. JdN may think he is dealing with the same kind of management he had at VW that gave him time and let him run losses for years but nothing about GM's past would suggest that's the case.
It's time for a 50% off fire sale.
Does anyone have an idea of when we might start to see some used CT6's or XT5's, I think it would be a great car once it lost some of its value and I could pick one up for a decent price.
They're already out there, mostly as vehicles that were used by the dealership for service loaning purposes.
I do not understand how such a good car can sell so little.
Cadillac has to make the CUE much faster and adds many elements to customize the car inside.
In the world of luxury; If you do not have prestige, you have nothing.
Speaking as a recent A4 buyer, problem with cadillac is that it doesnt offer anything unique until you increase the price considerably. Fit and finish are not as good as the rivals, the Art&Science design ages very quickly on the road (old BMWs aged *way* better than previous gen CTS), interior space doesn't compete with rivals, Cadillac CUE is not intuitive. Also, the ATS is basically a camaro with slightly better visibility and a marginally larger trunk. Heck, the nice colors (white and red) cost $1k.
I think it's mostly a design problem. The cars aren't really that special or unique inside or out. Contrast with the new Volvos and their THOR'S HAMMER lights and gorgeous interiors. The new audis aren't that exciting to look at, to be honest, but I know they're audis. And every part of the car has been well thought out. Look at that front hood crease! Sorry Cadillac, I just don't get you.
This decline was very predictable when Cadillac decided to go for price parity against the established German competition. Talk about dare greatly…want to make a dent in a new market? Offer more value than the competition. Playing catch up at equal pricing? That may take decades.
Thanks to the author for calling out that this is not a "global" problem of the sedan market disappearing altogether. Glad we were spared that crossover cop-out.
If Cadillac doesn't care about volume and has years of runway to play this out, more power to them. If lower volumes & high margins work for the business, that's cool. Hope these models are still around in 10 years. I think the CTS is a great car in it's own right — after a couple of years on the market, though, it offers nothing to upset the competition in any way.
WTF is daring greatly . It's not proper English. Some very accurate comments. There doesn't seem to be any real car enthusiasts in the GM board. Their lack of product knowledge means they are reliant on engineers ready to appease their thought that the German vision is the best. And when is someone going to realise that the new Cadillac V8 tt is too little too late.
There are some real enthusiasts on this site but we recently found out that some mental institutions have installed terminals in some of their most disturbed sections. It appears that some have found GM Authority in the preset bookmarks and the result is we have seen a deluge of morons and psychologically severely disturbed patients. To add insult to injury, they seem to have unlimited amount of time to spew their nonsense.
And by pure coincidence, they're all strong supporters of the orange carrot.


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Q: Preserving timestamps on Clojure .clj files when building shaded jar via Maven Shade Plugin When using the maven-shade-plugin to package our jar artifact that contained a few Clojure libs and some Java.  We were using AOT compilation for our Clojure code.  When we loaded the jar, it was having very slow load times.  AOT compilation is supposed to help this quite a bit, but that wasn't what we were seeing.
We noticed in java jar -verbose output that there was a lot of JVM__DEFINE_CLASS calls happening when Clojure classes were being loaded.
This didn't make sense, since more of our Clojure code was AOT compiled to .class files.
Turns out the maven-shade-plugin creates all new files, with new timestamps in the final artifact Clojure uses the timestamp information on a .clj file vs. a .class file, to determine if the file needs to be recompiled.
The maven-shade-plugin was causing the .clj file and it's associated .class file to have the same timestamp, so Clojure always chose to dynamically recompile the source.
The only workaround that we have been able to figure out, at this point, is to write a script that would re-open the shaded jar and bump the .clj file timestamps back to some time in the past, so that they wouldn't be equal to the timestamps of their associated .class files.
Does anyone know of a better approach?

A: Not sure if this is better, but you can also choose to exclude the clojure source from the jar. This will prevent them being recompiled. I ran into this when building with lein and compressing with pack200. Further details here:
jar built with jwrapper doesn't work
Not sure of the maven options for excluding files, but with lein you can drop in an exclude pattern, like #".(clj|java)" to exclude source files.

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Hey friends, I'm going to share my personal experience of working in MNC. The other day I was having a pleasant conversation with someone outside of my company over some chatting app. Conversation was about the company and culture and then it shifted towards the application development process and models. Currently, Agile methodology is the latest trend when it comes to application development. More and more MNCs are moving towards Agile Methodology as a replacement for Waterfall model. So, as we were having conversation about it… She said – "Agile is funny. Waterfall was simple and pleasant.", and I thought to myself, I also feel the same way. So, it came to me that I should write an article on the same, putting my 5 cents on the topic. Also, it will help freshers who are about to join the company gain some insights.
I think I should make it clear first. Although agile is not new but most of you might not be aware of this method as it is not taught in most of the colleges. After all, most of the colleges teach useless stuff which have nothing to do in real world problem solving. Well, that's a whole different topic to talk upon. Coming back, Agile is a software development methodology which took birth in the year 2001 but was not known by the name agile. I don't know what it was called back then. Agile methodology is a set of best practices taken from all the different models such as waterfall, incremental model and many more. In theory it gives more attention to individual of a team. Agile makes things transparent, in agile everyone stands at the same level, be it manager, technical lead or scrum master. Everything is kept in front of the employee. It really sounds good when told, on practice it severely depends on the individual's mindset whether they are open to work in the Agile environment.
This sprint will be given a timeline and at the end of the sprint a potentially shippable product will be released. By potentially shippable product, I mean a product which is a working state. This is agile, Simple and sweet. After every sprint you get a working product with one module complete. Obviously, there are lots of other things that goes into making but at the surface we just followed an Agile Methodology.
I'm not going into details or the process of agile here but if you are interested then I would dedicate an entire article for that. Just let me know in the comments below. You can also refer to wiki?page for in-depth technical description.
Agile sounds very good, so good that you will never say no to it. The problem comes while practically implementing it. I'm not saying it is not productive, it is productive there's no point on that but it is productive only when your employees are taking it well. If your employees are not acquainted with this new model of product development then it becomes a nightmare for the employees. The biggest huddle that I felt while talking to my colleagues was the daily scrum meeting. In agile process, team has to conduct daily agile meeting to stay updated with each other's state. In most of the MNCs, we talk outside of India (mostly USA), so we have to wait till it's 8:00 PM to participate in daily meetings even if you are done with your work in the afternoon. There's no way you can go home early. This is one of the annoying concept of agile for most of the people.
Second things is that there are lots of other housekeeping work associated with agile. You will have to do a lot of things everyday, like updating your daily status on the sheet. Inform the team how much work is pending. How much more time is it going to take to complete your task. Where do you stand at a current point. So, you see, there are lots of questions one may have to answer which has nothing much to do with their actual work. A professional software engineer may sometimes don't take it well. They don't like to answer each and every single step while they are developing a product.
In my overall experience, I don't think employees of the company are happy with Agile Methodology. While on the other hand, higher management seems to be enjoying it, because they get to know each and every single thing about the whole application development process. So, it makes them feel in control of the situation which is just an illusion. If you are not from the programming background then there is no way you can understand the work of a programmer. So, I think it just put pressure on the developer as he thinks there is someone keeping an eye on him all the time.
Agile methodology is not bad if people are willing to take part in each and every process of it. I think agile would be very effective for the organization or the company at the time of it's start. Small and growing companies can really make use of agile methodology. It would create a healthy environment in the team and everything will be transparent. But for big organizations and MNCs, I don't think it's going to be that much effective. Most of the people working in large organizations have become use to the same old techniques. It's not like the old techniques are not efficient but it's the human nature to experiment. Who knows what these things are going to evolve into.
To conclude, I would say Agile methodology has been created by taking the best practices from most of the software development models. Agile is efficient and makes things more transparent. But agile cannot be forced to employees. If an employee is not feeling comfortable with all the different pieces that agile brings with it, then it becomes quite difficult for him to keep up. And that's where the efficiency starts to go down and frustration tends to rise up. So, in my opinion Agile should be brought into practice if and only if all the employees accepts it gracefully. A trial run must be taken after implementing agile methodology, if you see that employees are happy and accepting the process gracefully then you must go with it, otherwise not. ?
After all, Agile is not something to be forced. It is just an Idea to bring the best of all the worlds together to make software development effective and fun.
What do you think about Agile now? Let me know in the comments below.


Was Wilanda Downs a forestry right or a purchase?
The Flat Rock Forests Trust annual return for 31 March 94 said the trust secured the cutting rights to 58 ha of mature forest at Wilanda Downs. Income was forecast in the 94 - 95 year. (Page 10 of the same report said the cutting right was 51.8 ha.) The 95 annual return said the cutting right had been put out to tender in November 94, but there had been no acceptable response. The annual return for 96 said the forest had suffered wind damage, and that area had now been harvested.
The full PW review projects a sizeable loss to the Trust for its investments in Shannon, Aokautere, and Wilanda. Waimea Holdings was a company wholly owned by AMP Perpetual Trust specifically for the purpose of holding assets for FRFT. In the Waimea file is a mortgage with Countrywide dated 22/4/94 for a forestry right in gross over land comprised in Certificates of Title (CTs) 129/159 (737.2233 ha), 129/161 (571.9776 ha), 138/64 (23.4364 ha), and 7C/879 (175.5855 ha). It is subject to a profit a prendre to Pinenz, whose registered address in 1994 was that of NZEB.
Terranet records for parcel 7C/879 shows this 175.5855 ha parcel transferred to Carrow Enterprises on 26 April 94 for $1,480,000. It was mortgaged to Countrywide the same day. On 25 May 94, a profit a prendre in gross granted over the land (filed by M Stead at Rudd Watts and Stone) posted to Pinenz for all 1507.6373 ha. (The Pinenz file shows this to have been executed 17 December 93.) It was subject to a mortgage to the Primary Industry Bank of Australia Limited. An SPP posted the same day to Tasman Forestry. Two Pinenz agreements for the full 1500+ ha posted as well.
On 17 June 94, a transfer and mortgage posted. No details about these transactions are shown in the Terranet file. On 11 July 94, a transfer to Waimea Holdings posted for $1,362,262. The same day, a mortgage to Countrywide for advances posted. On 18 April 96 a mortgage posted for advances on the land between Pinenz and National Bank. This parcel number stayed the same, but the other three parcel numbers changed to 10D/551, 10D/552, and 10D/553. Upon close inspection, it appears that these are the original three parcels, merely with new Certificate of Title numbers — the hectares stayed the same.
On 17 July 97, a discharge for the 26 April 94 Countrywide mortgage posted. The same day, a mortgage to BNZ for advances posted. This brought the apparent total of outstanding mortgages on this parcel to four — through four different banks.


Crystal Wang studies at the library at UCSF, which has earned four separate accreditations, reflecting academic excellence across the health sciences university.
It's a little bit like academia's equivalent of a grand slam home run in baseball: UCSF has been awarded four separate accreditations this year, with stellar grades in every case.
Robert Baron, MD, MS, was equally pleased with UCSF's performance. "We were pretty confident that our programs were of the very highest standards. This reinforces our academic excellence," said the professor of medicine, who is associate dean for graduate and continuing medical education as well as vice chief of the division of general internal medicine.
Schools must be accredited in order for them to receive federal funds for medical education and for their students to obtain federal loans and sit for national board exams. "To not get accreditation would essentially shut down the front door," Irby said.
Baron oversaw the accreditation process for UCSF's Continuing Medical Education (CME) program, which was accredited with commendation for the maximum term of six years, and for Graduate Medical Education (GME), which received the maximum five-year accreditation. Irby, who is stepping down from the vice dean position next month, was in charge of the School of Medicine's quest. Its Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program garnered an eight-year accreditation, also the maximum, from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
Earlier this year, as reported, UCSF's overall campus was given a maximum 10-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) across all schools and the Graduate Division.
In a message thanking the medical school teams for their achievement, Sam Hawgood, MBBS, dean of the School of Medicine, said that "our academic vitality continues to be an inspiration and a paradigm for schools nationwide."
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association, is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to MD degrees in US and Canadian medical schools.
Irby said the report by the liaison committee commended the School of Medicine for its strengths in creating an extraordinary environment of collaboration, innovation and scholarship, especially in medical education. It noted that the energy and passion of the faculty for teaching and mentoring was apparent throughout the site committee's three-day visit.
The report also called the quality and cohesion of the faculty exemplary, and praised the outstanding clinical resources at UCSF Medical Center as well as San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco VA Medical Center, all three important training grounds for future health care professionals.
Similarly, Baron said, the evaluators of Continuing Medical Education commented on the program's process of engaging its activities with other functions of the University and the community at large, and described the continuing education program as a "change agent" for physicians. The external review of Graduate Medical Education praised its overall compliance with standards.
"For an institution as big as ours, with 80 different programs, that's quite a positive report," Baron said.
Continuing Medical Education helps physicians and other health care professionals sharpen their abilities through classes in all medical specialties, Graduate Medical Education offers training courses for residents and fellows, and Undergraduate Medical Education provides curricula and services that guide students through four years of medical school.
A commendation was awarded to continuing education because it complied with all 22 criteria and accreditation policies. Graduate education was cited in two areas needing improvement, while Undergraduate Medical Education had eight citations, some of which have already been remedied.
Although it's easy for institutions to be critical of the accreditation process, Baron prefers to view it as a cup half full.
Given that all three programs received the maximum terms, Baron and Irby were relieved and gratified.
He said 250 to 300 students, faculty and staff were involved in the undergraduate program accreditation marathon, and the visiting Liaison Committee on Medical Education reviewers met with 140 people in all.


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Josep Maria Madurell i Marimon (Barcelona, 1893-1983), fou un historiador i arxiver català. Es va dedicar intensament a la recerca històrica i va publicar una gran quantitat d'estudis, molts d'ells relacionats amb la història de la cultura, l'edició i el llibre. Va treballar com a arxiver al Museu Marítim de Barcelona i a l'Arxiu General de Protocols de Barcelona, on va catalogar el seu fons. Va col·laborar en les emissions de l'Institut Municipal d'Història de Ràdio Barcelona.

Les seves restes reposen al Cementiri del Poblenou (Dep. I, illa 2a, nínxol 419). Part del seu fons personal es conserva a l'Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona. El fons aplega fotografies de temàtica molt variada fruit de la recerca històrica sobre la ciutat realitzada per l'arxiver. Són imatges que mostren, principalment, la Barcelona de començament de segle.

Obres
 Pedro Nunyes y Enrique Fernández, pintores de retablos, 1944
 El arte de la comarca alta de Urgel, 1946
 Los seguros de vida de esclavos en Barcelona, 1453-1523, 1955
 Documentos para la historia de la imprenta y librería en Barcelona, 1474-1543, en col·laboració amb Jordi Rubió i Balaguer, 1955
 Comandas comerciales barcelonesas de la baja edad media, en col·laboració amb A.Garcia i Sanz, 1973
 Mensajeros barceloneses en la corte de Nápoles de Alfonso V de Aragón, 1435-58, 1963
 Privilegios y ordenanzas históricos de los notarios de Barcelona, en col·laboració amb R. Noguera de Guzmán, 1965
 Guadamassilers i guadamassils, 1972
 El paper a les terres catalanes, 1972
 Claudi Bornat, 1973
 Manuscrits catalans anteriors a la impremta, 1975
 Miscel·lània de notes històriques del monestir de Valldonzella, 1976
 Fulls històrics de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat'', 1977.

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Enllaços externs

Arxivers barcelonins
Historiadors barcelonins contemporanis
Acadèmics de la Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres
Arxivers catalans del sud contemporanis
Morts el 1982

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IBM to acquire cloud computing firm Red Hat for $34 billion
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business
Updated 10:27 AM EDT, Mon October 29, 2018
New York(CNN) In a massive deal that could reshape cloud computing, IBM is acquiring open software company Red Hat for $34 billion.
The companies called the deal, which still needs approval from shareholders and regulators, the "most significant tech acquisition of 2018." The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2019.
"The acquisition of Red Hat is a game-changer. It changes everything about the cloud market," IBM chief Ginni Rometty said in a statement.
The cloud, simply, refers to software and services that run on the internet instead of your computer. Dropbox, Netflix, Flickr, Google Drive, Microsoft Office 365, Yahoo Mail are all cloud services.
These various platforms often don't allow data to easily move between them.
Red Hat says its software solves that issue by allowing data to be more easily moved around.
Together, IBM and Red Hat say they will be "strongly positioned to address this issue."
IBM buying Red Hat means that it will start providing technology to its biggest competitors, including Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Red Hat partners with all of them, and IBM said it will continue the partnerships after the acquisition and work to expand on them.
CFO Jim Kavanaugh told investors during a conference call earlier this month that its cloud unit brought in $19 billion, up more than 20% from the same time last year.
CNN's David Goldman contributed to this report.

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State lawmakers last week introduced a bundle of bills aimed at keeping local government more accountable.
The first bill, Senate Bill 186, would allow the state controller to perform discretionary audits of local government finances, including the handling of money from local taxes or bonds, which the state presently does not have authority to scrutinize.
Seems simple enough, and it's probably appropriate.
The second bill, Assembly Bill 229, would allow the state controller to audit the auditors local governments hire to review their finances.
While my initial inclination is to crack wise about auditors auditing auditors (perhaps with red pencils that cost $50 a pop), my real thought is that it's just sad that we've come to a place where such a seeming absurdity may not be all that absurd at all.
The third bill, Assembly Bill 276, would increase the penalties for local governments that fail to file reports with the state controller's office.
For those who may not know, Bell is the place where the city administrator, who earlier in his career worked in Rancho Cucamonga and Hesperia, was pulling down as much as $1.5 million in annual compensation.
Now, he and seven other current and former city officials are charged with misappropriating hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.
The scandal has outraged the public and tarnished the image of local governments everywhere, and it's exacerbated by the current economic climate.
While it's nice to see state lawmakers stumping for greater accountability from local government, it's important to note that all government is ultimately accountable to the people.
If state lawmakers really want to make a difference, they should take a hard look at the state's open records laws and how they are enforced.
More specifically, they should look at how they aren't enforced.
Under the California Public Records Act, all government documents are presumed to be public unless specifically exempt by some provision of the law. The act also requires government agencies to assist the public in identifying and obtaining records containing the information they're seeking.
Many public agencies are very good at handling such requests and provide records promptly, as required by the law, and graciously.
In my experience as a journalist, the more reluctant an agency generally is in releasing records, the more likely it is that said agency is engaged in some shady activities.
Sadly, when government agencies flout the California Public Records Act, there's no easy recourse short of spending a bundle of money to take that agency to court.
And that's not a level playing field, because while John Q. Public may be tapping his savings account, the public agency is tapping his tax dollars.
Clearly, public outrage is spurring lawmakers to respond to the Bell scandal.
I submit that the best response – better than piling auditors upon auditors – would be to empower the public by making government more transparent.
We could start with penalties for government agencies that aren't.


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Picarro and OICO to Combine Technologies for Simplified Carb...
Picarro and OICO to Combine Technologies for Simplified Carbon Measurement
Santa Clara, CA - Picarro, Inc. and O.I. Corporation, d.b.a. O.I. Analytical, ("OI") (NASDAQ: OICO) today announced a joint agreement to pursue the development and marketing of a complete carbon-detection package for measuring carbon isotopes in environmental water and solid samples. The carbon detection package will integrate OI's total organic carbon (TOC) technology with Picarro's carbon-isotope detectors to measure isotopes in various samples.
Picarro's detectors are emerging as the preferred system for measuring close to the point of sample origin because they are exceptionally simple to run and inexpensive to operate. OI is a global leader in TOC solutions.
"This agreement combines best-of-breed technology: Picarro's detector and OI Analytical's leading TOC technology," says Michael Woelk, President and CEO of Picarro. "But, most importantly, it is another step closer to greater ease of use and simplicity for scientists requiring fast response and continuous measurement in carbon studies throughout the world."
"This is truly a customer-focused solution," stated Donald Segers, President and COO of OI. "Researchers want to spend their time analyzing data, not operating and maintaining a complicated measurement system. By combining our technologies in one package, we can free more of the researcher's time for analysis."


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Mercedes' "slim sidepods" could be causing "trouble" - Hill
Sam Hall
Wednesday 16 March 2022 13:00
Damon Hill believes Mercedes' "slim sidepod" concept could be causing "trouble" for the team.
Mercedes revealed its radical sidepod concept on Thursday when the team rolled out for pre-season testing in Bahrain.
By utilising new cooling technology, the Silver Arrows have been able to drastically reduce the size of its radiators to all but remove sidepods entirely from the W13.
However, this means there is little bodywork for the floor to cling to and 1996 world champion Hill fears this could be causing the team "trouble".
"I'm not an engineer or an aerodynamicist, but one of the issues they had was the flexing of the floors," said Hill on the F1 Nation podcast.
"There is so much suck coming from under the floors now that I think they're having trouble keeping control of the floors, that is why they've put these floor-stays in.
"If you look at the Mercedes, there is a vast area because they've got such slim sidepods, there is not much there to hold the floor up and it could be that they're getting more of this flex which is creating a problem to control the aerodynamics at the back of the car.
"It could be that once they get that fixed, that they will be able to control the downforce."
Ground-effect cars generate greater levels of downforce the lower the car is to the ground meaning an element of flexing would be desirable to teams.
This is something the FIA is acutely aware of, though, with Nikolas Tombazis, the FIA's head of single-seater matters, recently stating, "We will be always keeping an eye on any flexibility that takes place and we will be imposing, when necessary, tests to reduce such effects and so on."
Far from writing Mercedes off despite its mixed test, Hill reflected: "We know that McLaren has got some issues which they didn't have in Barcelona. They are in the hunt, they're looking competitive.
"We know Mercedes has got some issues but these things can be fixed."
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One of my favorite looks right now is a short A-line skirt worn with tights and knee-high boots. If you choose the right skirt, you can take this look from winter into spring.
Select a skirt that features colors that work in both seasons. This Chloe skirt here is just perfect.
The skirt is dark enough that it works well when worn with black tights and knee-high flat leather boots for winter, yet it also has several colors that work for warmer months.
To carry over this skirt to spring, wear it with a lighter, fitted top in pink or green tones. Get rid of your tights and add a bold colorful sandal.
This Chloe jacquard A-line skirt is available right now on Net-a-porter.com for $540.
Though it's a luxury buy, it's definitely a skirt that you can make a staple in your wardrobe all year round.


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Q: Play scala browse the image then crop and submit into form In My Play Framework Scala project I would like to upload images on form submission,for this purpose I have used the below code
form.scala.html
    @form(routes.Users.register(),'enctype -> "multipart/form-data") {
 @inputFile(field = algorithmForm("profileimage"), '_label -> "User Icon")
       <input type="submit" value="Add user" >
}

Users.scala
 request.body.file("profileimage").map { picture =>
        import java.io.File
        val filename = picture.filename
        val contentType = picture.contentType

        picture.ref.moveTo(new File("D:\\User\\"+filename))
        Ok("file created")
      }.getOrElse {
        Redirect(routes.Application.index).flashing(
          "error" -> "Missing file")
      }

What I actually need
need to show the selected image in view page then do a cropping operation in that image,on form submit need to upload that cropped image into the specified location.So I have used https://github.com/andyvr/picEdit this plugin I have done all those thinks using this plugin but unfortunately I couldn't submit the form it was not working.So please suggest any plugin with this mentioned functionality along with submit option enable.
Edit
I have cropped and submitted the image with other form values.It is copying a file in a particular mentioned directory,but the image is original one not a cropped image.actually I need a cropped image to save in that corresponding directory. and also it doesn't redirect to other pages.I used Ok("submitted") ,Redirect() methods but it doesn't do that.

A: Have you checked Picture Cut JQuery plugin Github URL.
I hope it will be helpful. This plugin has the crop, drag-drop and other features. Please take a look at it.
Otherwise you can check following link which showcase few more such plugins