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How to Gauge Shared Storage Requirements for News Production
Oriana Schwindt
We need to talk about shared storage—the combination of easily accessible online, nearline, and archive storage that sets the foundation for multiple daily broadcasts in every station. It's what helps to make the modern broadcast newsroom possible.
It's challenging to assess your storage needs of today, and it's even harder to make predictions for several years down the line. The broadcast landscape is rapidly evolving—however, so are the tools built for newsrooms. As you search for a long-term shared media storage solution, here are four factors to consider:
1. Reliability
The nightmare of drive failure is real. It's not uncommon for a broadcast tech to have their own campfire horror story about drives crashing while putting together a show (and another, equally harrowing tale about the corrupted or simply vaporized media that resulted). A shared storage solution, particularly one that uses a large RAID, mitigates this risk of failure.
The broadcast world at large is already familiar with RAID, but not all RAID solutions are created equal. The more drives on hand, the better prepared a system is to deal with failure—if media is striped across 10 drives, the array can handle two drives going kaput.
The ultimate protection, though, comes in a system that creates more than one mirror of the media and has the intelligence to switch between copies in response to demands and drive failures. That may sound like overkill, but a shared storage solution that creates two separate mirrors of your media ensures that even if drive failure or corruption reaches into one mirror, your workflows stay clear.
With a 24-hour news cycle comes the need for storage that performs all day, every day—even when demand is high.
The demands placed on storage are on the incline. More footage needs to be available to more people, producers need to find the right footage right away, and your storage has to be equipped to deliver smooth feedback to every person working on the broadcast. That requires not just tremendous, scalable capacity but also drive performance and bandwidth.
A shared storage solution that enables your producers to search footage for phrases can be a tremendous value add, particularly if it enables real-time collaboration. Giving producers and editors the ability to edit the same files at once lets the whole team save precious time in a crunch.
Some of the "smaller" perks of shared storage may also have a surprisingly big impact. A gesture as simple as giving everyone access to the right graphics can boost your broadcast's professional feel. Plus, having the ability to share teasers on social media directly from your software offers new ways to engage viewers.
3. Scale
Scalability is crucial to both operations and price. How many hours of footage can your system handle? How many streams? And how much will it cost to expand these capabilities? Graphics are complex and only becoming more so as time goes on—tech like augmented reality, while still not widely deployed by local stations, may well make its way into more broadcasts in the near future.
An end-to-end solution offers the ability to scale by automatically adding bandwidth along with capacity. This ensures that not only do you have increased space when you need it, but that more of the team can work concurrently on media.
Not every shared media storage solution offers this, however. Always ask about whether increased bandwidth automatically comes with increased capacity.
Price should never be the first priority when it comes to storage, even if you're under a severe budget crunch.
There are, of course, plenty of lower-cost options out there that can keep the newsroom running. But in an environment with constant breaking news, these solutions aren't as reliable. Breaking news often requires immediate access to archived footage. With siloed storage, a human being has to manage and deliver archived media that is no longer in the nearline or online storage. The newsroom can't afford to rely on humans for these duties—time is of the essence, and you certainly can't be sneakernetting in these situations.
So, when breaking news hits, prioritize collaboration. After all, producers and editors need to be able to work shoulder to shoulder (even if working remotely) within a piece of media to deliver the news as quickly as possible. Beyond that, they all need to be able to see what their colleagues are doing. Not every shared storage solution has this capability, but it's worth investing in.
Shared media storage managed via a central smart hub is one way to save time and money over the long haul—both in person-hours and ad-hoc panic storage buys.
Media Storage for News Production Buyer's Guide
Determining the right storage solution for your news team can be complex. This guide will help you get started.
Oriana Schwindt is a freelance writer based in New York. She primarily covers the TV industry, dabbling also in travel and culture.
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According to the most recent information provided by the United States Census Bureau, nearly 18,000 people now live in Kuna. The city is one of the fastest growing in the entire country, with the population having more than tripled in less than 15 years. Of course, with tremendous population growth also comes more vehicles on the road, and, unfortunately, more serious car accidents. In Kuna, as with other communities in Idaho, car accidents remain a serious problem. The Idaho Transportation Department reports that more than 24,000 car accidents took place in the state in the year 2015 alone. This is a nine percent increase when compared to 2014 and it is the third straight year that accidents have been on the rise.
Car accidents can be devastating for victims and their families. If you or a loved one was involved in a crash, you need to contact an experienced Kuna car accident lawyer for immediate legal assistance.
It is critically important that car accident victims get a lawyer by their side as soon as possible after a collision. While negligence is sometimes clear and undisputed, it is often challenged by the other party. Your lawyer will be able to assess the accident and determine exactly what actions must be taken to prove negligence and thus establish liability.
It is important that car accident victims understand that calculating damages can be a very complicated process. While it is relatively easy to put a dollar figure on a medical bill, it is far more complicated to value things like pain and suffering, anticipated future medical costs, or disfigurement. Still, these non-monetary damages are very real and deserve to be compensated. Unfortunately, insurance companies try to undervalue these damages. You need to be ready to deal with insurance adjusters.
Going through the car accident claims process can be very burdensome for accident victims, especially because they already have so much on their plate. This leads some victims to try to rely on the insurance company to guide them through the claims process. After all, who knows more about car accident claims than insurers? Unfortunately, this is a huge mistake. The insurance company does not have the best interests of the victims in mind. Indeed, the insurance company is looking for ways to limit how much a victim can recover. For help through the claims process, always rely on a lawyer, not the insurance company.
You do not owe insurance adjusters long conversations about your accident or about your injuries. Insurance adjusters are trained to get people to talk as much as possible about their crash. Why do they do this? Simply because the victim may eventually say something that can be used against them. Say as little about your accident as possible. You should always avoid giving your opinion, narrating the accident or making an type of general speculations. Stick to the basic facts, or better yet, stay silent and work through your lawyer. Additionally, please remember that you should never lie or exaggerate about your accident or your injuries. Lack of candor during the claims process can seriously undermine your ability to recover the fair compensation you deserve.
Never sign anything from the insurance company without first consulting with a lawyer. This includes not just a final settlement agreement, but also a form for the release of your medical records. Let a lawyer review these documents first, so that you can be sure that signing is in your best interests.
At the Hansen Injury Law Firm, we want to put money back into your wallet, not take any more out of it. This is why we handle all personal injury claims on a contingency fee basis. In other words, we advance any expenses associated with bringing your claim. We only collect fees for our services as a portion of your settlement offer or injury verdict. This means that you will never pay a dime in legal fees unless we help you obtain compensation. We are so confident that we can help you that we are more than willing to take on the financial risks of bringing your accident claim.
The car accident claims process is notoriously complex, you should not go through this alone. At the Hansen Injury Law Firm, our Kuna car accident lawyers have helped to protect the legal rights and financial interests of many car accident victims. To request your free initial consultation, please do not hesitate to call our team today at 208-922-6650.


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Laura Veirs Unveils Tenth Studio Album, The Lookout
By Jim Vorel | January 30, 2018 | 10:00am
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Portland folk songstress and longtime Paste favorite Laura Veirs has announced her tenth solo full-length album today, The Lookout, out April 13 via Raven Marching Band Records. Also revealed: North American and European tour dates, along with the official video for lead single "Everybody Needs You," which you can view below.
The album is the first solo Veirs effort since 2013's ethereal Warp and Weft, which felt akin to a second part of the musical ground she was exploring in 2010's July Flame. It also apparently served to musically introduce her to Neko Case, who memorably appears as a guest vocalist on "Sun Song." One can see how those conversations probably played into the most recent Veirs effort, 2016's case/lang/veirs, a collaboration album with Case and k.d. lang.
Judging from the above video, it seems as if The Lookout may represent a pivot point for Veirs, some 20 years into her performing career. We're hearing more electronic influences at play here than in the past; a complex, layered sound with a greater veneer of production, in which the singer's voice is pushed back a little bit in terms of primacy. Of course, it's hard to tell from a single track, but it's an interesting choice of lead single, and intriguing to see Veirs exploring some new ground. Also, it looks like we're getting some cameos from Paste heavyweights in the form of guest vocals from Sufjan Stevens and Jim James. The label's press release describes the album thusly:
Here is a batch of inimitable, churning, exquisite folk-pop songs; a concept album about the fragility of precious things. Produced by Grammy-nominated Tucker Martine, Veirs' longtime collaborator, The Lookout is a soundtrack for turbulent times, full of allusions to protectors: the camper stoking a watch fire, a mother tending her children, a sailor in a crow's nest and a lightning rod channeling energy.
Says Veirs: "The Lookout is about the need to pay attention to the fleeting beauty of life and to not be complacent; it's about the importance of looking out for each other. I'm addressing what's happening around me with the chaos of post-election America, the racial divides in our country, and a personal reckoning with the realities of midlife: I have friends who've died; I struggle with how to balance life as an artist with parenting young children."
Check out the tracklist for The Lookout below, followed by a short run of North American tour dates, followed by European ones.
The Lookout track list:
1. Margaret Sands
2. Everybody Needs You
3. Seven Falls
4. Mountains of the Moon
5. Watch Fire
6. Heavy Petals
7. The Lookout
8. The Meadow
9. The Canyon
10. Lightning Rod
11. When It Grows Darkest
12. Zozobra
Laura Veirs tour dates
18 – Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abby
19 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
25 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (upstairs)
26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
27 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
29 – Paris, FR @ Le Café de la Danse
30 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique (upstairs)
31 – Amsterdam, NE @ Bitterzoet
2 – Sheffield, UK @ The HUBs
3 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Brudenell Social Club
4 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ The Cluny
5 – Glasgow, SCT @ Oran Mor
6 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
8 – London, UK @ Union Chapel
9 – Cardiff, WAL @ Church of St. John the Evangelist
10 – Bristol, UK @ The Thekla
11 – Brighton, East Sussex, UK @ The Komedia
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Who is Joe Burrow? 5 things to know about the LSU Tigers quarterback – Fox News
Joe Burrow is getting ready to play in the national championship game and then move onto the NFL.
Burrow has played all four years in college, divided between Ohio State and LSU, and elevated his status during his final season with the Tigers. He went from a middling quarterback to a superstar on the cusp of greatness – at least on the college level.
Here are some things to know about Burrow.
NFL BOUND: QB JAKE FROMM LEAVING GEORGIA TO ENTER DRAFT
1. HIS CAREER STARTED AT OHIO STATE
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow started at Ohio State. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Joe Burrow started as a redshirt freshman quarterback at Ohio State in 2015 and made his debut for the Buckeyes in 2016. He also played for them in 2017 before transferring to LSU. He transferred after being buried on the depth charts beneath Cardale Jones, J.T. Barrett and Dwayne Haskins. As a sophomore, he had freshmen Tate Martell and Kory Curtis behind him.
2. HE HAD A MONSTER 2019 SEASON
Joe Burrow had a crazy 2019 season. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Burrow had an unremarkable year in his first season at LSU. He had 2,894 passing yards and 16 touchdown passes. Though the Tigers had three losses, they still made the Fiesta Bowl and defeated UCF, 40-32. However, he was just on the brink of superstardom.
Burrow had 5,208 passing yards and 55 touchdowns in the games prior to the 2020 national championship game against Clemson. His monster season, which included wins over Texas, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal. He made himself into a top pick in the NFL Draft.
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3. HIS HEISMAN WIN HELPED HIS HOMETOWN
Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy. (AP Photo/Jason Szenes)
Burrow won the 2019 Heisman Trophy award and his emotional speech about his hometown of Athens, Ohio, really affected those who were watching.
"Coming from southeast Ohio, it's a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average," he said. "There's so many people there that don't have a lot and I'm up here for all those kids in Athens and Athens County that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school. You guys can be up here too."
A campaign was started to the Athens County Food Pantry and the food bank raked in more than $350,000 in donations and provided more than 100,000 meals.
4. HE HAD A RECORD-SETTING PLAYOFF GAME
Joe Burrow threw seven touchdown passes against Oklahoma. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Burrow's last test came against Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Burrow and the Tigers swamped the Sooners in the Peach Bowl on the way to a national championship appearance.
Burrow threw seven touchdown passes and ran for one more. He also had 493 passing yards in the win. It was one of the best performances in a bowl game ever. The dominating performance set LSU up for a date with Clemson and made them the favorites to win the championship.
5. HE COULD RETURN HOME
Could Joe Burrow go to Cincinnati? AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Unless everything goes wrong, Burrow is set to be the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. There's a good chance that the Cincinnati Bengals will have the first pick come April and pick Burrow to become their next quarterback replacing Andy Dalton and nixing any future of Ryan Finley. Playing in Cincinnati would mean that Burrow is just about 150 miles west of Athens. He would fit right at home in Cincy
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Evelyn Waugh: The Early Years 1903-1939
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Dent, 537 pp., £14.95, October 1986, 0 460 04632 2Show More
"... original story 'The Man Who liked Dickens' having the rest of the novel dovetailed onto it. Martin Stannard is surely right to point out here that 'so skilful was Waugh's literary carpentry that he managed to join the tale to the novel almost without alteration,' the story's original typescript being incorporated into the chapter 'Du ..."
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Weidenfeld, 627 pp., £25, July 2009, 978 0 297 81592 1Show More
"... Martin Stannard, the author of an immense biography of Evelyn Waugh, now publishes this excellent and far from brief life of Muriel Spark. The book was well under way while the novelist was still alive, and he expresses his gratitude for her 'consent, encouragement and active assistance . . . She patiently answered my questions, offered interviews and engaged in a huge correspondence ..."
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Evelyn Waugh: No Abiding City 1939-1966
Dent, 523 pp., £25, April 1992, 0 460 86062 3Show More
"... Martin Stannard resisted the temptation to call this story Decline and Fall, but it would not have been a bad title. On one level, the last 27 years of Evelyn Waugh's life make melancholy reading. The book begins with Waugh's sometimes bizarre career in the Army; it chronicles his prodigious commercial success as the author of Brideshead Revisited ..."
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"... called 'sturdy' and 'oatmeal-faced', or indeed an 'English rose', and her biographer, Martin Stannard, seems surprised that Schiff wasn't added to her extensive shit list.* A male friend of Spark's quoted in Schiff's profile, who inadvertently misdated the breakdown she had in the early 1950s, was, she made it known, 'an indescribably ..."
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"... on working in obscurity and breaking out in unfamiliar fashion on the page. Miller writes on Martin Amis as 'the latest of Anglo-America's dualistic artists' for whom 'the world wavers,' as we read in Money, and 'people are doubling.' Maybe so, but taken in this spirit the process becomes banal, in the novel or out of it. Over-knowingness ..."
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MOSELEY'S Ian Smith insists his club's partnership with Premiership Gloucester will become bigger and better this season.
The Birmingham side get their campaign under way on Saturday when they host London Welsh, a side who have made no secret of the fact that they have joined National One's ever-growing band of full-time clubs.
The red and black stripes agreed a ground-breaking link-up with top-flight Gloucester last season but, naturally, the deal had its teething problems, including the unexpected arrival of a bemused and unwanted Ludovic Mercier at Billesley Common.
However, the agreement turned out to be a success as Moseley finished in a secure tenth position thanks to the efforts of dual-registered players such as Dan Norton, Charlie Sharples and Jack Adams.
Now, having ironed out certain issues with the Kingsholm outfit, head coach Smith has an even more impressive pool of Gloucester hopefuls to choose from.
Norton, Sharples and Adams return to bolster the backs along with Henry Trinder, Tristan Roberts and England Under-18 scrum-half Jordi Pasqualin. While in the forwards, Dan Williams, Guy Thompson and Ross MacMillan are among those young guns who will add extra firepower.
And after hailing the impact of the Gloucester deal last season, ex-Scotland international Smith insists it will be even better this time round.
"We've continued the deal with Gloucester and we've made it that bit better for both parties so we're more solid with which players we will be helping to develop," said Smith. "It was a success for both parties.
"We learned that we've got to be in charge of our own destiny and that allowed us to strengthen the quality of our squad with some of the fantastic talent that Gloucester have got.
"We are going to enjoy getting to grips with the boys again because they were outstanding last season and the system is working.
"We never originally knew what we were going to get out of it and weren't allocated some of the players that we had discussed. But now we've redressed that.
As well as the young Cherry and Whites, Smith has bolstered his squad with further permanent acquisitions as well as receiving a boost from the news that ex-captain Andy Binns has decided against retirement to continue for another season.
Ally Muldowney and Dan Lavery have arrived from Stourbridge as have fly-half Richard Vasey from Leeds, flanker Adam Whitney from Cardiff and prop George Davis from Plymouth, while centre Andy Reay has returned after a season with Newbury.
Smith is now hopeful that his new recruits can help transform Billesley Common into a fortress after his side's failings on home soil last season.
"We're aiming to get into that top ten again and it's going to be tough," he said. "We were fortunate that we enjoyed a few away wins last season because we didn't play well at home.


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Chemicals and metals have been dumped into Narragansett Bay since the Industrial Revolution began on the Blackstone River.
Sediments in the Bay and its rivers, especially in the Providence and Fall River areas, are laced with pollution from decades of direct industrial discharges. Great progress has been made by the Narragansett Bay Commission and other wastewater treatment plants in reducing the amount of toxins being dumped into the Bay. Even today, however, wastewater treatment plants discharge everyday products such as pharmaceuticals, mercury, lead, zinc, copper, and other "heavy metals" into the Bay.
Although sewage treatment plants and properly functioning septic systems help keep waters clean, swimming beaches and shellfish beds are still polluted by cesspools, stormwater runoff, and combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
To protect public health, state agencies are required to close swimming beaches and shellfish beds when sewage pollution levels spike.
Rhode Island's coastal beaches are one of our state's greatest natural resources. Currently, the state has 124 licensed bathing facilities (69 of which are marine facilities) along about 400 miles of Narragansett Bay and Atlantic Ocean coastal waters.
Beach Closed!!the state's beach water quality program. Presently the "beach season" runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Federal funding from the BEACH Act of 2000 fully supports DOH's Beach Monitoring Program.
Narragansett Bay has an abundance of shellfish that are harvested commercially and recreationally. Clams, mussels, and oysters are popular in area restaurants. When heavy rains hit Narragansett Bay, shellfish beds are often closed because bacteria in sewage from wastewater system overflows, cesspools, and animal waste – which is in stormwater runoff – makes them unsafe to eat.
Excessive nutrients cause algae to grow rapidly. The algae decomposes and uses a lot of oxygen in the process. This deprives fish and shellfish of the oxygen they need to live. These "low oxygen" or "hypoxic" events can cause fish kills.
Nutrient pollution causes the clouding of Bay waters, robbing eelgrass of the sunlight it needs to grow. It also can create large mats of sea lettuce and phytoplanktin, which can cause diseases in fish, shellfish, and people.
Large mats of seaweed can grow to several feet deep. When they wash up on shore, the stench of the decaying seaweed makes for unpleasant beaches. Waters under the thick algae mats are often very low in oxygen.
Under certain conditions – such as when rains, winds, heat, tides, algae, sea lettuce, and nutrients combine – oxygen is literally taken out of the water. We may not have much control over the weather elements, but we can reduce nitrogen by upgrading wastewater treatment plants and septic systems, replacing cesspools with septic systems, and controlling stormwater pollution. Investments by homeowners, businesses, cities and towns, and state government are essential to managing the nutrients that enter Narragansett Bay.
When it rains, polluted water from parking lots, streets, highways, lawns and farms is dumped into the Bay. Animal waste, oil, grease, gasoline, fertilizer, garbage and sand cloud the waters of the Bay and rivers.
Stormwater also carries sewage pollution from cesspools and combined sewer systems, causing the closure of swimming beaches and shellfish beds. It also overloads the Bay with nutrients – nitrogen and phosphorus – that cause oxygen levels to drop. In extreme conditions, this can cause fish and shellfish die-offs.
When not properly managed, stormwater can cause major flooding events that disrupt people's lives and businesses.
Reducing stormwater pollution is complicated. The greatest challenges are raising awareness of homeowners, business owners, and municipal and state governments who all have roles to play. Cities and towns own stormwater collection systems with storm drains and pipes that require maintenance, repair, and upgrades. Commercial areas, such as malls and big box stores, can re-engineer and landscape their parking lots to capture stormwater and allow it to do what it does naturally: seep into the ground. Rain gardens can be developed by schools, stores, and homeowners to accomplish the same goal.
Providing technical support for municipalities on stormwater control projects.
Educating students at all levels about the causes of stormwater pollution and steps that individuals can take to reduce it.
Wastewater is the water from toilets, sinks, and showers. It is also water from businesses and restaurants. It travels through pipes and is "treated" before being discharged into Narragansett Bay.
Municipal or regional wastewater facilities remove or reduce pollution before discharging the treated wastewater through a pipe into the Bay or local rivers. Wastewater treatment facilities are required to remove most of the bacteria, metals, and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus).
Septic systems are "on site" facilities that provide treatment of wastewater from homes and businesses that aren't served by large, central wastewater treatment facilities.
In addition, more than 25,000 Rhode Island homes use cesspools, which are basically lined holes in the ground that do not adequately remove bacteria or nutrients from household wastewater. Cesspools contaminate groundwater, drinking water, and coastal areas. Save The Bay has pressed for the removal of cesspools through phase-out legislation (2013).
For decades, Save The Bay has advocated for the construction and upgrade of wastewater treatment plants to reduce bacteria and nutrient pollution in Narragansett Bay. There are 35 publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into the Narragansett Bay watershed and other Rhode Island waters. Nineteen of these lie within Rhode Island borders with the remaining 16 in Massachusetts. The four largest plants are the Narragansett Bay Commission facilities at Fields Point (Providence) and Bucklin Point (East Providence), the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District (UBWPAD) facility in Worcester, MA, and the Brockton Advanced Water Reclamation Facility in Brockton, MA.
The enactment of the federal Clean Water Act in 1972 empowered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regulating wastewater pollution. In 1982, in the midst of an onslaught of toxic materials coming from sewage treatment, Save The Bay published "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" to focus attention on the still large amounts of suspended solids, chlorine and toxic metals coming from wastewater treatment plants.


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Staff Pride Network
The Staff Pride Network is an inclusive network that serves as a resource for the rich diversity of LGBT+ employees across the institution, including PhD students who prefer to attend staff events. We strive to take an intersectional approach to providing a safe, supportive and welcoming environment for all people who self identify as part of LGBT+ communities, whether or not they are 'out' in the wider world, and to make LGBT+ issues more visible within the University environment. Different organisations use different acronyms to refer to specific groups, and terminology is always evolving. Our definition of LGBT+ includes, among others, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender fluid, intersex, non-binary, asexual, pansexual and polyamorous. It also includes all those individuals and communities whose sexuality or gender identity is a matter of shared personal, political and/or social experience, as well as those who are LGBT+ allies.
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Research Seminar: Transgender Gaze, Neoliberal Haze
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LGBT+ Research Promoted In The University
By Anabel Noelke & Jonathan MacBride As part of February's LGBT+ History Month calendar, Anabel Noelke hosted a seminar 'LGBT+ and the Media'. Both staff and students attended and after an introduction and video showing her research Anabel led a vibrant discussion. The following month Anabel presented her research at Dentsu in London and has since been published in a… Continue Reading LGBT+ Research Promoted In The University
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By Ali McDonald In January along with two colleagues, I attended the Stonewall Scotland LGBT and Internationalisation Seminar, hosted by the University of Dundee. Having worked in International Student Support for over 8 years and more recently becoming a Staff Dignity and Respect Advisor, this sounded right up my street. Part of our remit in the International Student… Continue Reading LGBT & Internationalisation


I am going to change things up a bit. It has been just over a year since I have posted a blog so I am going to bring it back. Instead of weekly emails I am going to update my blog with the happenings. That way those of you that don't want to read about how I am doing on bed rest don't have to and also I can put more information up without loading down your email in boxes. I will do my best to update starting today!! This picture is from 28 weeks. Right before I got admitted to Methodist Hospital. We made it through the hopsital stay and are now at home.


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My local paper had a headline: Survivors look to God for answers, blame leaders.
Sounds to me like they've got it exactly backwards!
I like the story of the church group that went down there to steal children.
God , as usual, did not issue a statement.


I am writing a dystopian future where I hope to make it possible that specific emotions can be taken in the form of pills or drug form; or, combined pills taken to form more complex feelings. Obviously there are certain chemicals associated with emotions such as serotonin and endorphins. But are there specific chemicals that could be used to create something very close to taking a drug and it giving you an overwhelming sense of sadness, jealousy or rage?
Are there hormones and chemicals specific enough for this, or would it have to be combined with some kind of visual aid to create context to then be able to feel sadness more, for instance? (Although this kid of defeats the point, as in my world these drug forms of emotion are meant to be taken by those incapable of creating it naturally themselves).
The answer is almost certainly yes but there is a long way to go. However it will rely on drugs that can be accurately targeted.
EDIT - to clarify If you could isolate the chemicals in a human brain and inject those same chemicals into the brain of another person, but precisely into the same brain structures then I assert that the second person would experience the same emotions. Once we know what all these chemicals are and where to send them then with sufficient (very advanced) technology, we could replicate the same. We couldn't replicate the other person's thoughts - just the emotions. This might require nano-machines (also currently being worked on) to make sure the drugs were accurately delivered.
At present if someone takes an antidepressant or an amphetamine it floods the whole system and not just the brain (there may be some preferential uptake). There are centres in the brain (still not fully understood) which when stimulated by an electrode can cause changes in emotion.
It's complicated because a drug that causes excitation in one sort of synapse in one organ can suppress it in another.
Once the technology to precisely target small brain centres is achieved then your scenario is possible.
You didn't give a hard-science tag (thank goodness!) so I am relying on remembered facts from studies some time ago.
If someone paid me I could probably back my answer up with the relevant research but it would perhaps take hours. Maybe I'll find some pointers that I can add on here for you to read up on.
Some emotions can be very close to each other in physiological terms - for example mild fear and excitement (both involve adrenaline). It may be necessary for the subject to prepare mentally or hypnotically to avoid a 'bad trip'. However there are different brain structures that could be stimulated in addition to merely giving adrenaline. The combination could distinguish between fear and excitement. So a complex targeted drug could work.
Pleasant emotions could be very addictive.
The pills may have undesirable long-term effects.
Added To get perfect results it might be necessary to tailor the proportions of drugs to each individual to get the right balance. This could be achieved by a DNA analysis together with a brief personality test.
List of references (in progress) Note that typing these terms into YouTube will usually give a layperson's guide.
Some psychiatric medication is used to change the affect of patients: anti-depressants diminish sadness, depressants diminish joy, anxyolitics reduce fear, anxiogenics increase fear, there are drugs that make aggressive and drugs that reduce aggression, and so on.
The problem with all of this is that every human brain is different, and that not everyone reacts to the same drug in the same way. Which is why there are so many different anti-depressants, for example, and why for some patients none of them work (or not in the expected way or not without adverse effects).
So while it is easily possible to create a drug that will induce a specific emotion in a single individual (given enough time to research that individual), it is impossible to create a drug that will have the same effect on everyone.
Not really, since there's a mental component to feelings. Basically, you need something to be sad*, jealous, or mad about to get the full emotional effects. If you've ever had allergy testing, you might actually have experienced something like this. When the tests are finished, the doctor gives you a shot of adrenaline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenaline to counteract any lingering effects. This of course is the same hormone evoked in "fight or flight" situations, so you experience the physical component of the emotional response, without there being anything to fight or run away from.
*Though see depression and the use of antidepressants.
I think there might be a way.
As other answers have mentioned, emotional responses are pretty complicated things.
Some emotions are more readily induced or modulated than others, and the more complex the emotion the more complex the means of effecting it needs to be.
Some real-world foods can make you happier some of the time simply because they're high in carbs. High-carb foods reduce stress hormone release in the brain.
As has been mentioned already, getting very precise at this point seems to require access to the inside of the brain itself and being able to distinguish between and selectively modify specific regions in specific ways.
The solution depends on how techy you want your story to be. If you're both going for a super high tech/robotic setting and want accuracy, you could use nanobots that migrate to specific regions of the brain on their own over time, then receive signals of some form or other in order to provide the necessary response.
This signal could come in various forms and could even be food if you figured out how to send specific messages to the various nanobots based on food consumed.
Maybe you could just find some set of neutral compounds that don't exist in food/other ingestables and have a different set of nanobots in the digestive tract that detect the presence of those and their relative proportions, interpret those proportions as a specific emotional response, then send the correct message to the nanobots in the brain.
Some kind of wireless mesh network between the nanobots might be able to simplify this whole system enormously, but I'm not sure how capable those wireless systems would actually be. Range in particular would be an issue between the stomach/intestines and the brain. This might be solvable with some kind of relay network across that distance.
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How to Set Up Family Sharing in iOS 8
19 Sep 2014, 9:30 p.m.
Family Sharing is a brand-new feature in Apple iOS 8 that lets families of up to six people share purchases from iTunes and the App store.
"Family" is a loose term, thankfully, and no one has to verify that they're actually related. With this service enabled, one person can buy an app, and everyone else can install it, too, at no extra cost. One person can buy an album on iTunes, and everyone else can listen to it. You can also create a shared family calendar, and even share the location of your iOS devices with one another.
Another great feature: Family Sharing gives one person authority to authorize and deny purchases made by children.
SEE ALSO: The Best Chromebook Apps of 2018
To set up Family Sharing, you need:
A device running iOS 8
An Apple account with a credit card attached to it
The email addresses of all the people you want to invite to your family account.
For children who don't have email addresses, you can add them, but you have to first set them up with an Apple email address to do so. (Hook 'em early, right?)
Every Family Sharing account has one and only one "Family organizer," aka the administrator. It's easiest to start the Family Sharing account if the administrator is the one who sets it up, but really anyone can start it as long as the family organizer is nearby to enter his or her Apple ID and password. The head-honcho then invites the other family members to join, as you'll see in the instructions below.
So here's how to set up Apple Family Sharing.
1. Upgrade to iCloud Drive
For Family Sharing to work, you need to upgrade to iCloud Drive. Go to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive, and upgrade to iCloud Drive.
2. Enable Family Sharing in iCloud
It might take a few minutes to upgrade your account to iCloud Drive.
When that part is finished, return to the previous screen (Settings > iCloud), and below your name and photo you should see "Set Up Family Sharing…"
The next page will give you a little run-down of what you can share, with a link to more information at the bottom. You can keep moving through the setup process by tapping Get Started.
You'll see an option here to switch Apple IDs—handy if you got this far and realized that your significant other or mother really should be the one setting up the account.
If it is indeed you who will be the administrator, click Continue.
3. Confirm Share Purchases
Next you'll confirm that you want to share purchases. These purchases includes iTunes music, videos, and podcasts; apps from the App Store; and books in iBooks.
Similar to the previous screen, you have the option to change the account that is considered the primary one to share.
4. Agree to Pay
The next page indicates that you agree to pay for purchases using the payment method that is shown on the screen. Just because you grant permission to use this payment method doesn't mean all your family members can automatically charge your credit card.
As you'll see a little later, there is an optional feature called Ask to Buy, which leaves purchases in a pending state until you approve them.
5. Decide Whether to Share Your Location
One feature of Family Sharing is the ability to share your location (it's really the location of your device), and see the location of your family members' devices, too. Decide whether to share that information or leave it out for now.
6. Add Family Members
Finally, you can add family members. You invite them via email address, so be sure you have an email address that each family member has tied to his or her Apple account.
If you have a child who doesn't have an Apple account, you can invite them via a link at the bottom of this page: "Create an Apple ID for a child." This process requires you to enter the validation code on the back of your credit card. It also requires that you create an email address for the child and establish some security questions. At the end, you'll see the Ask To Buy feature, enabled by default. Make selections on the final screens to share location information or not and agree to the terms and conditions, and you'll be done. If you have notifications for iCloud Drive enabled, you'll see one come in confirming your child has been added to Family Sharing.
Now on your Family Sharing page (Settings > iCloud > Family), you'll see a list of people in your family, plus the status, i.e., whether they've accepted your invitation. If at any time you want to remove someone from the group, you can tap his or her name and select Remove.
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Divestment is a form of nonviolent moral action that has a long and successful history as a tool with which churches can address unjust political systems and/or corporate practices. When U.S. churches use this tool, it sends a strong moral statement to other companies as well as governments and other political and social institutions.
For decades, many Christian denominations have strongly opposed Israel's occupation and colonizing of Palestinian land. Several churches have engaged in robust and long-term corporate advocacy to address their concerns with companies that are deeply involved in maintaining and profiting from the Israeli occupation: see some history of those efforts in the Resources on this page. That corporate engagement not having produced any positive results, i.e. corporate withdrawal from the occupation, several Christian churches in and beyond the United States have made decisions to divest from such companies.
The Israeli occupation is big business. There is currently large international economic support for the occupation from dozens of multinational corporations who have franchises in the settlements, or produce goods there that they export globally, or supply essential materials for construction of the settlements and the Separation Wall, or provide military supplies for the enforcement of the occupation regime. Divesting from any companies so involved is an important step for churches that would not be complicit in the ethnic cleansing, colonization and apartheid regime that Palestinians suffer today.
At UCC General Synod 2015, speaker whose family members are survivors of the Holocaust asks the church to support divestment from the Israeli occupation.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), The United Church of Christ, The United Methodist Church (which is a global denomination, not just in the U.S.), the Unitarian Universalist Association, the Alliance of Baptists, the Mennonite Central Committee, the Quaker agency Friends Fiduciary Corporation, and Quaker-founded American Friends Service Committee.
See below, following the listing of general Resources on divestment, you will find some of the seminal divestment legislation that has been brought to church bodies over the last decade and accompanying resources for those resolutions, as well as other resources on the subject of divesting from the Israeli occupation.
Please note: right now, we have those resources just for the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church. Soon to be added: the Evangelical Church in America, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Exposing the Israeli Occupation Industry: Who Profits is dedicated to exposing the commercial involvement of companies in the continuing Israeli control over Palestinian and Syrian land. The project publishes information about these companies, produces in-depth reports and serves as an information center.
The Economic Activism for Palestine project focuses on corporate accountability for human rights and international law violations of the companies profiting from the occupation in Palestine.
The Palestinian body that initiated the call for the worldwide BDS movement in 2005. Information includes the text of the call in 2005, and many current boycott and divestment campaigns and successes around the world.
Resolution: A Call for the United Church of Christ to Take Actions toward a Just Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Web page – Who Supports Divestment – a broad though not comprehensive list of faith-based and secular bodies that support economic advocacy focused on the Israeli occupation. Includes: Churches and Christian Organizations, Interfaith & Other Religious Organizations, Israeli Organizations, Jewish Organizations, Governmental Bodies, Student Bodies and Associations, Trade Unions and Professional Organizations, Businesses and Institutions Severing Ties with the Israeli Occupation.
Includes: • Briefing for GC Delegates • Key Facts on Screens and Divestment • Words are Not Enough brochure • Why Boycott the Settlements • UMKR Response to GBPHB brochure of 2015 • Why Investing in Palestine Cannot Work without Ending the Occupation • Economic Action Works and Can Protect Fiduciaries • A statement about divestment from all living United Methodist missionaries • Endorsement from Jewish Voice for Peace for UM Pension board divestment from Israeli banks • Endorsement from Tikkun for UM Pension board divestment from Israeli banks.
Video – Caterpillar Bulldozers, the "iron fist" of the Israeli army; Caterpillar's violations of human rights and international law.
Correcting information being sent throughout the UMC.


risks for content creators and service providers.
innovators working together to deliver Australian content to the world.
in jobs for young Australians into the future.
the popularity of Netflix in Australia and the impact on piracy.
public discourse are not unduly affected.
Is it all just about copyrights?
test sets an intentionally high threshold for copyright owners seeking injunctive relief.
providers, be exempt from the injunctive scheme in section 115A.
of the measures contained in the bill two years after its enactment.
Whats to stop this developing into something far far more sinister very easily?
Whats to stop this site from being blocked by the "online infringement bill 2018"?
How suspicious is it that close to 80% of media is in the control of Murdoch & with Stokes having his Channel 7 plus anything West Australian that this was not big news?
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US authorities have initiated the largest round of domain name seizures yet as part of their continued crackdown on counterfeit and piracy-related websites. With just a few days to go until "Cyber Monday" more than 100 domain names have been taken over by the feds to protect the commercial interests of US companies. The seizures are disputable, as the SOPA bill which aims to specifically legitimize such actions is still pending in Congress ... The fact that the authorities have once again launched a large crackdown on "rogue" websites begs the question why this legislation is needed in the first place. Apparently, the current system already allows for the seizure of domain names, without due process and all the other constitutional issues.
Recall last February, when the U.S. Government shut down 84,000 websites by mistake. They also shut down "potential" infringing sites prior to the Superbowl.
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Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries
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Don Dedera Still Has The Power
I had a speech at the Rotary Club in Prescott yesterday and then traveled the back way to Payson to pay my respects to a legendary Arizona journalist, editor and author, Don Dedera. It was his 89th birthday and Marshall Trimble and myself spent part of the afternoon listening to the Man of the hour regale us with old-time Arizona history.
Marshall Trimble, Don Dedera and BBB
Don is holding the pair of spurs the Power brothers made for him in prison. Their tragic story will be featured in an upcoming issue of True West.
The Power Brother's Spurs
I later told Marsh I felt like we were visiting an old school teacher we admired from our youth. Don is a handful. At one point he said to me, "Where'd you get those ugly boots?" I started to answer, but he didn't want to hear the answer, he was off on another story. I think it's safe to say Marsh and I like to talk, but I don't think we got in ten words between us. As it should be!
Full disclosure: The Power brothers is a story I have avoided telling for the past thirty-five years. I'm not sure why it never connected with me. Perhaps it's the pettiness of the spark that created the disaster—draft dodging! The newspaper at the time screamed, "OFFICERS KILLED IN BATTLE WITH SLACKERS".
At any rate, this is a story I intend to tell with help from Don and a new book out on the 100th anniversary of the killing, "Arizona's Deadliest Gunfight: Draft Resistance and Tragedy at the Power Cabin, 1918," by Heidi Osselaer.
"Two old men, ghosts from the Old West, freed from prison by a crusading newspaper columnist, into a world of freeways, jetliners and space exploration."
—Scott Seckel
"These guys were in prison for 10 years before I was born. They served another decade before I ever set foot in Arizona. We're talking 20 years. They served another decade before I could get through school and my service and get through (Arizona State College) and get a job on the paper. Thirty years! They served another decade before I'm sitting across the table from them at Florence. That's 40 years!"
—Don Dedera, on how he came to the story of the Power brothers
Posted by Bob Boze Bell at 8:42 AM
Don looks great!
Richard Majece 7:49 AM
I think that power is in intelligence. It's very important to be a good student and I must say https://writemyessay4me.org/blog/informative-essay helps me a lot with this.
I was Don's auto route paperboy in 67.
essays au 2:22 PM
How old is he now? He is pretty powerful indeed. It's a great story to check out here.
I too have a pair of spurs made for my Grandfather by the Powers brothers. My Grandfather was Captain of the Guards and trained the hounds for the prison at their time in prison. Was trying to find more info and pics of spurs they had made.
Bob Boze Bell
Bob Boze Bell's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy, National Lampoon, the Arizona Republic and True West magazine. For ten years (2002-20012) he did a video version of True West Moments which ran on the Westerns Channel. BBB can currently be seen on the series "Gunslingers" which runs on the American Heroes Channel. Triple B is also the President and executive editor of True West magazine, positions he has held since 1999. He has written a dozen books on Old West characters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and a three-part series (so far) on Classic Gunfights which appear in True West. These popular, heavily illustrated books have sold over 90,000 copies, so far. In 2014 he published a visual memoir of growing up on Route 66 called "The 66 Kid," and he is currently working on a bio of Geronimo. As for retirement, BBB says, "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm exactly where I want to be."
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Civil society calls on French company Thales to put an end to suspected indirect support to the Myanmar Junta
By DBastard
NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF), along with three other organisations, Info Birmanie (IB), Justice For Myanmar (JFM) and Sherpa, denounce exports of military technology carried out by French transnational company Thales to an Indian intermediary partner of the Myanmar military junta, which could allegedly be carried out in violation of the restrictive measures imposed by the European Union (EU), after the February 2021 attempted coup in Myanmar. The organisations call on Thales to stop these exports, and ask the French authorities to take the necessary measures to put an end to this partnership…
© Reporters without borders - Tuesday, November 30, 2021


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<?php defined('BX_DOL') or die('hack attempt');

/**
 * @see BxDolCmts
 */
class BxDolCmtsQuery extends BxDolDb
{
    protected $_oMain;

    protected $_sTable;
    protected $_sTriggerTable;
    protected $_sTriggerFieldId;
    protected $_sTriggerFieldAuthor;
    protected $_sTriggerFieldTitle;
    protected $_sTriggerFieldComments;

    protected $_sTableFiles;
    protected $_sTableFiles2Entries;

    protected $_sTableIds;

    public function __construct(&$oMain)
    {
        $this->_sTableIds = BxDolCmts::$sTableIds;

        $this->_oMain = $oMain;

        $this->_sTableFiles = $this->_oMain->getTableNameImages();
        $this->_sTableFiles2Entries = $this->_oMain->getTableNameImages2Entries();

        $aSystem = $this->_oMain->getSystemInfo();
        $this->_sTable = $aSystem['table'];
        $this->_sTriggerTable = $aSystem['trigger_table'];
        $this->_sTriggerFieldId = $aSystem['trigger_field_id'];
        $this->_sTriggerFieldAuthor = $aSystem['trigger_field_author'];
        $this->_sTriggerFieldTitle = $aSystem['trigger_field_title'];
        $this->_sTriggerFieldComments = $aSystem['trigger_field_comments'];

        parent::__construct();
    }

    function getTableName ()
    {
        return $this->_sTable;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated since version 10.0.0-B3 and can be removed in later versions.
     */
    function setTableNameFiles($sTable)
    {
    	$this->_sTableFiles = $sTable;
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated since version 10.0.0-B3 and can be removed in later versions.
     */
    function setTableNameFiles2Entries($sTable)
    {
    	$this->_sTableFiles2Entries = $sTable;
    }

    function getCommentsCountAll ($iId)
    {
        if ($this->_sTriggerFieldComments) {
            $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT `{$this->_sTriggerFieldComments}` FROM `{$this->_sTriggerTable}` WHERE `{$this->_sTriggerFieldId}` = ?", $iId);
            return (int)$this->getOne($sQuery);
        }
        else {
            return $this->getCommentsCount($iId);
        }
    }

    function getCommentsCount ($iId, $iCmtVParentId = -1, $iAuthorId = 0, $sFilter = '')
    {
    	$aBindings = array(
    		'cmt_object_id' => $iId
    	);

        $sWhereClause = '';
        if((int)$iCmtVParentId >= 0) {
        	$aBindings['cmt_vparent_id'] = $iCmtVParentId;

            $sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_vparent_id` = :cmt_vparent_id";
        }

        $sJoinClause = '';
        switch($sFilter) {
        	case BX_CMT_FILTER_FRIENDS:
        	case BX_CMT_FILTER_SUBSCRIPTIONS:
	            $oConnection = BxDolConnection::getObjectInstance($this->_oMain->getConnectionObject($sFilter));

	            $aQueryParts = $oConnection->getConnectedContentAsSQLParts($this->_sTable, 'cmt_author_id', $iAuthorId);
	            $sJoinClause .= ' ' . $aQueryParts['join'];
	            break;

        	case BX_CMT_FILTER_OTHERS:
        		$aBindings['cmt_author_id'] = $iAuthorId;

        		$sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_author_id` <> :cmt_author_id";
        		break;
        }

        $sQuery = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `{$this->_sTable}` $sJoinClause WHERE `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_object_id` = :cmt_object_id" . $sWhereClause;
        return (int)$this->getOne($sQuery, $aBindings);
    }

    function getStructure($iObjectId, $iAuthorId = 0, $iParentId = 0, $sFilter = '', $aOrder = array())
    {
        $sSelectClause = $sJoinClause = $sWhereClause = "";

    	$aBindings = array(
            'cmt_object_id' => $iObjectId,
            'system_id' => $this->_oMain->getSystemId()
    	);

        if((int)$iParentId >= 0) {
            $aBindings['cmt_parent_id'] = $iParentId;

            $sWhereClause .= " AND `tc`.`cmt_parent_id` = :cmt_parent_id";
        }

        if(in_array($sFilter, array(BX_CMT_FILTER_FRIENDS, BX_CMT_FILTER_SUBSCRIPTIONS))) {
            $sConnection = $this->_oMain->getConnectionObject($sFilter);
            $aQueryParts = BxDolConnection::getObjectInstance($sConnection)->getConnectedContentAsSQLParts($this->_sTable, 'cmt_author_id', $iAuthorId);
            $sJoinClause .= ' ' . $aQueryParts['join'];
        }

        if(isset($aOrder['by']) && isset($aOrder['way']))
            switch($aOrder['by']) {
                case BX_CMT_ORDER_BY_DATE:
                    $sSelectClause .= ", `tc`.`cmt_time` AS `cmt_order`";
                    break;

                case BX_CMT_ORDER_BY_POPULAR:
                    $aOrderFields = array();
                    if($this->_oMain->getVoteObject(0) !== false)
                        $aOrderFields[] = "`ti`.`votes`";
                    if($this->_oMain->getScoreObject(0) !== false)
                        $aOrderFields[] = "`ti`.`score`";

                    if(!empty($aOrderFields))
                        $sSelectClause .= ", (" . implode(' + ', $aOrderFields) . ") AS `cmt_order`";
                    else
                        $sSelectClause .= ", `tc`.`id` AS `cmt_order`";
                    break;
            }

        $sQuery = "SELECT
                `tc`.`cmt_id`,
                `tc`.`cmt_replies`,
                `tc`.`cmt_time` $sSelectClause
            FROM `{$this->_sTable}` AS `tc`
            LEFT JOIN `{$this->_sTableIds}` AS `ti` ON `tc`.`cmt_id` = `ti`.`cmt_id` AND `ti`.`system_id` = :system_id $sJoinClause
            WHERE `tc`.`cmt_object_id` = :cmt_object_id" . $sWhereClause;
        return $this->getAll($sQuery, $aBindings);
    }

    function getComments ($iId, $iCmtVParentId = 0, $iAuthorId = 0, $sFilter = '', $aOrder = array(), $iStart = 0, $iCount = -1)
    {
    	$aBindings = array(
    		'cmt_object_id' => $iId,
            'system_id' => $this->_oMain->getSystemId()
    	);
        $sFields = $sJoin = "";

        $sWhereParent = '';
        if((int)$iCmtVParentId >= 0) {
        	$aBindings['cmt_vparent_id'] = $iCmtVParentId;

            $sWhereParent = " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_vparent_id` = :cmt_vparent_id";
        }

        if(in_array($sFilter, array(BX_CMT_FILTER_FRIENDS, BX_CMT_FILTER_SUBSCRIPTIONS))) {
            $oConnection = BxDolConnection::getObjectInstance($this->_oMain->getConnectionObject($sFilter));

            $aQueryParts = $oConnection->getConnectedContentAsSQLParts($this->_sTable, 'cmt_author_id', $iAuthorId);
            $sJoin .= ' ' . $aQueryParts['join'];
        }

        $sOrder = " ORDER BY `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` ASC";
        if(isset($aOrder['by']) && isset($aOrder['way'])) {
            $aOrder['way'] = strtoupper(in_array($aOrder['way'], array(BX_CMT_ORDER_WAY_ASC, BX_CMT_ORDER_WAY_DESC)) ? $aOrder['way'] : BX_CMT_ORDER_WAY_ASC);

            switch($aOrder['by']) {
                case BX_CMT_ORDER_BY_DATE:
                    $sOrder = " ORDER BY `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` " . $aOrder['way'];
                    break;

                case BX_CMT_ORDER_BY_POPULAR:
                    $oVote = $this->_oMain->getVoteObject(0);
                    $oScore = $this->_oMain->getScoreObject(0);
                    $aSortFields = array();
                    if($oVote !== false) {
                        array_push($aSortFields, '`' . $this->_sTableIds . '`.`votes`');
                    }
                    if($oScore !== false) {
                        array_push($aSortFields, '`' . $this->_sTableIds . '`.`score`');
                    }
                    if (count($aSortFields) == 0)
                        array_push($aSortFields, '`' . $this->_sTable . '`.`id`');

                    $sOrder = " ORDER BY " . implode($aOrder['way'] . ', ', $aSortFields) . " " . $aOrder['way'];
                    break;
            }
        }

       	$sLimit = $iCount != -1 ? $this->prepareAsString(" LIMIT ?, ?", (int)$iStart, (int)$iCount) : '';

        $sQuery = "SELECT
                `{$this->_sTable}`.*,
                `{$this->_sTableIds}`.`id` AS `cmt_unique_id`
                $sFields
            FROM `{$this->_sTable}`
            LEFT JOIN `{$this->_sTableIds}` ON (`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_id` = `{$this->_sTableIds}`.`cmt_id` AND `{$this->_sTableIds}`.`system_id` = :system_id)
            $sJoin
            WHERE `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_object_id` = :cmt_object_id" . $sWhereParent . $sOrder . $sLimit;
        return $this->getAll($sQuery, $aBindings);
    }

    function getCommentsBy($aParams = array())
    {
    	$aMethod = array('name' => 'getAll', 'params' => array(0 => 'query', 1 => array()));
        $sSelectClause = $sJoinClause = $sWhereClause = $sOrderClause = $sLimitClause = "";

        $sSelectClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.*";

        if(isset($aParams['object_id'])) {
            $aMethod['params'][1]['cmt_object_id'] = (int)$aParams['object_id'];

            $sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_object_id` = :cmt_object_id";
        }

        switch($aParams['type']) {
            case 'id':
                $aMethod['name'] = 'getRow';
                $aMethod['params'][1]['id'] = (int)$aParams['id'];

                $sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_id` = :id";
                break;

            case 'latest':
            	if(!empty($aParams['author'])) {
            		$aMethod['params'][1]['cmt_author_id'] = (int)$aParams['author'];

            		$sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_author_id` " . (isset($aParams['others']) && (int)$aParams['others'] == 1 ? "<>" : "=") . " :cmt_author_id";
            	}

                $sOrderClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` DESC";
                $sLimitClause = "";
                if(isset($aParams['per_page']))
                	$sLimitClause = $this->prepareAsString("?, ?", $aParams['start'], $aParams['per_page']);

                break;

            case 'parent_id':
                $aMethod['params'][1]['cmt_parent_id'] = (int)$aParams['parent_id'];

                $sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_parent_id` = :cmt_parent_id";

                $sOrderClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` ASC";
                $sLimitClause = "";
                if(isset($aParams['per_page']))
                    $sLimitClause = $this->prepareAsString("?, ?", $aParams['start'], $aParams['per_page']);

                break;

            case 'object_id':
                $aMethod['params'][1]['cmt_object_id'] = (int)$aParams['object_id'];

                $sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_object_id` = :cmt_object_id";

                $sOrderClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` " . (!empty($aParams['order_way']) ? strtoupper($aParams['order_way']) : "ASC");
                $sLimitClause = "";
                if(isset($aParams['per_page']))
                    $sLimitClause = $this->prepareAsString("?, ?", $aParams['start'], $aParams['per_page']);

                break;

            case 'author_id':
                $aMethod['params'][1]['cmt_author_id'] = (int)$aParams['author_id'];

                $sWhereClause .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_author_id` = :cmt_author_id";

                $sOrderClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` ASC";
                $sLimitClause = "";
                if(isset($aParams['per_page']))
                    $sLimitClause = $this->prepareAsString("?, ?", $aParams['start'], $aParams['per_page']);

                break;

            case 'search_ids':
                $aMethod['name'] = 'getColumn';

                $sSelectClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_id`";

                if (!empty($aParams['start']) && !empty($aParams['per_page']))
                    $sLimitClause = $this->prepareAsString("?, ?", $aParams['start'], $aParams['per_page']);
                elseif (!empty($aParams['per_page']))
                    $sLimitClause = $this->prepareAsString("?", $aParams['per_page']);

                $sWhereConditions = "1";
                foreach($aParams['search_params'] as $sSearchParam => $aSearchParam) {
                    $sSearchValue = "";
                    switch ($aSearchParam['operator']) {
                        case 'like':
                            $sSearchValue = " LIKE " . $this->escape("%" . $aSearchParam['value'] . "%");
                            break;

                        case 'in':
                            $sSearchValue = " IN (" . $this->implode_escape($aSearchParam['value']) . ")";
                            break;

                        case 'and':
                            $iResult = 0;
                            if (is_array($aSearchParam['value']))
                                foreach ($aSearchParam['value'] as $iValue)
                                    $iResult |= pow (2, $iValue - 1);
                            else
                                $iResult = (int)$aSearchParam['value'];

                            $sSearchValue = " & " . $iResult . "";
                            break;

                        default:
                             $sSearchValue = " " . $aSearchParam['operator'] . " :" . $sSearchParam;
                             $aMethod['params'][1][$sSearchParam] = $aSearchParam['value'];
                    }

                    $sWhereConditions .= " AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`" . $sSearchParam . "`" . $sSearchValue;
                }

                $sWhereClause .= " AND (" . $sWhereConditions . ")";

                $sOrderClause .=  "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` ASC";
                break;

            case 'all_ids':
                $aMethod['name'] = 'getColumn';

                $sSelectClause = "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_id`";
                $sOrderClause =  "`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_time` ASC";
                break;
        }

        if(!empty($sOrderClause))
            $sOrderClause = 'ORDER BY ' . $sOrderClause;

        if(!empty($sLimitClause))
            $sLimitClause = 'LIMIT ' . $sLimitClause;

        $aMethod['params'][0] = "SELECT " . $sSelectClause . " FROM `{$this->_sTable}` " . $sJoinClause . " WHERE 1 " . $sWhereClause . " " . $sOrderClause . " " . $sLimitClause;
		return call_user_func_array(array($this, $aMethod['name']), $aMethod['params']);
    }

    function getComment ($iId, $iCmtId)
    {
        $sFields = $sJoin = "";

        $oVote = $this->_oMain->getVoteObject($iCmtId);
        if($oVote !== false) {
            $aSql = $oVote->getSqlParts($this->_sTableIds, 'id');

            $sFields .= $aSql['fields'];
            $sJoin .= $aSql['join'];
        }

        $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT
                `{$this->_sTable}`.*,
                `{$this->_sTableIds}`.`id` AS `cmt_unique_id`
                $sFields
            FROM `{$this->_sTable}`
            LEFT JOIN `{$this->_sTableIds}` ON (`{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_id` = `{$this->_sTableIds}`.`cmt_id` AND `{$this->_sTableIds}`.`system_id` = ?)
            $sJoin
            WHERE `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_object_id` = ? AND `{$this->_sTable}`.`cmt_id` = ?
            LIMIT 1", $this->_oMain->getSystemId(), $iId, $iCmtId);
        return $this->getRow($sQuery);
    }

    function getCommentSimple ($iId, $iCmtId)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT * FROM {$this->_sTable} AS `c` WHERE `cmt_object_id` = ? AND `cmt_id` = ? LIMIT 1", $iId, $iCmtId);
        return $this->getRow($sQuery);
    }

    function removeComment ($iId, $iCmtId, $iCmtParentId)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("DELETE FROM {$this->_sTable} WHERE `cmt_object_id` = ? AND `cmt_id` = ? LIMIT 1", $iId, $iCmtId);
        if (!$this->query($sQuery))
            return false;

        if($iCmtParentId)
            $this->updateRepliesCount($iCmtParentId, -1);

        return true;
    }

    function saveImages($iSystemId, $iCmtId, $iImageId)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("INSERT IGNORE INTO `{$this->_sTableFiles2Entries}` SET `system_id`=?, `cmt_id`=?, `image_id`=?", $iSystemId, $iCmtId, $iImageId);
        return (int)$this->query($sQuery) > 0;
    }

    function getFiles($iSystemId, $iCmtId, $iId = false)
    {
    	$aBindings = array(
    		'system_id' => $iSystemId
    	);

        $sJoin = "";
        $sWhere = " AND `tf2e`.`system_id` = :system_id ";

        if($iCmtId !== false) {
        	$aBindings['cmt_id'] = $iCmtId;

            $sWhere .= " AND `tf2e`.`cmt_id` = :cmt_id ";
        }

        if($iId !== false) {
        	$aBindings['cmt_object_id'] = $iId;

            $sWhere .= " AND `te`.`cmt_object_id` = :cmt_object_id";
            $sJoin .= " INNER JOIN `{$this->_sTable}` AS `te` ON (`tf2e`.`cmt_id` = `te`.`cmt_id`) ";
        }

        $sQuery = "SELECT
        		`tf2e`.*,
        		`tf`.`file_name` AS `file_name`,
        		`tf`.`mime_type` AS `mime_type`,
        		`tf`.`size` AS `size`
        	FROM `{$this->_sTableFiles2Entries}` AS `tf2e`
        	LEFT JOIN `{$this->_sTableFiles}` AS `tf` ON (`tf2e`.`image_id` = `tf`.`id`) " . $sJoin . "
        	WHERE 1 " . $sWhere;

        return $this->getAll($sQuery, $aBindings);
    }

    function deleteImages($iSystemId, $iCmtId, $iImageId = false)
    {
        $sWhereAddon = "";
        $aBindings = array();

        if ($iSystemId !== false) {
            $aBindings['system_id'] = $iSystemId;

            $sWhereAddon .= " AND `system_id` = :system_id ";
        }

        if ($iCmtId !== false) {
            $aBindings['cmt_id'] = $iCmtId;

            $sWhereAddon .= " AND `cmt_id` = :cmt_id ";
        }

        if ($iImageId !== false) {
            $aBindings['image_id'] = $iImageId;

            $sWhereAddon .= " AND `image_id` = :image_id ";
        }

        return $this->query("DELETE FROM `{$this->_sTableFiles2Entries}` WHERE 1" . $sWhereAddon, $aBindings);
    }

    function updateRepliesCount($iCmtId, $iCount)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("UPDATE `{$this->_sTable}` SET `cmt_replies`=`cmt_replies`+? WHERE `cmt_id`=? LIMIT 1", $iCount, $iCmtId);
        return $this->query($sQuery);
    }

    function deleteAuthorComments ($iAuthorId, &$aFiles = null, &$aCmtIds = null)
    {
        $aSystem = $this->_oMain->getSystemInfo();

        $isDelOccured = 0;
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT `cmt_id`, `cmt_parent_id` FROM {$this->_sTable} WHERE `cmt_author_id` = ? AND `cmt_replies` = 0", $iAuthorId);
        $a = $this->getAll ($sQuery);
		foreach ($a as $r) {
            $sQuery = $this->prepare("DELETE FROM {$this->_sTable} WHERE `cmt_id` = ?", $r['cmt_id']);
            $this->query ($sQuery);

            $sQuery = $this->prepare("UPDATE {$this->_sTable} SET `cmt_replies` = `cmt_replies` - 1 WHERE `cmt_id` = ?", $r['cmt_parent_id']);
            $this->query ($sQuery);

            $aFilesMore = $this->convertImagesArray($this->getFiles($aSystem['system_id'], $r['cmt_id']));
            $this->deleteImages($aSystem['system_id'], $r['cmt_id']);
            if ($aFilesMore && null !== $aFiles)
                $aFiles = array_merge($aFiles, $aFilesMore);

            if (null !== $aCmtIds)
                $aCmtIds[] = $r['cmt_id'];

            $isDelOccured = 1;
        }
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("UPDATE {$this->_sTable} SET `cmt_author_id` = 0 WHERE `cmt_author_id` = ? AND `cmt_replies` != 0", $iAuthorId);
        $this->query ($sQuery);
        if ($isDelOccured)
            $this->query ("OPTIMIZE TABLE {$this->_sTable}");
    }

    function deleteObjectComments ($iObjectId, &$aFilesReturn = null, &$aCmtIds = null)
    {
        $aSystem = $this->_oMain->getSystemInfo();
        $aFiles = $this->convertImagesArray($this->getFiles($aSystem['system_id'], false, $iObjectId));

        if ($aFiles) {
            $sQuery = $this->prepare("DELETE FROM {$this->_sTableFiles2Entries} WHERE `system_id` = ? AND `image_id` IN(" . $this->implode_escape($aFiles) . ")", $aSystem['system_id']);
            $this->query($sQuery);
        }

        if (null !== $aCmtIds) {
            $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT `cmt_id` FROM {$this->_sTable} WHERE `cmt_object_id` = ?", $iObjectId);
            $aCmtIds = $this->getColumn ($sQuery);
        }

        $sQuery = $this->prepare("DELETE FROM {$this->_sTable} WHERE `cmt_object_id` = ?", $iObjectId);
        $this->query ($sQuery);
        $this->query ("OPTIMIZE TABLE {$this->_sTable}");

        if (null !== $aFilesReturn)
            $aFilesReturn = $aFiles;
    }

    function deleteAll ($iSystemId, &$aFiles = null, &$aCmtIds = null)
    {
        // get files
        if (null !== $aFiles)
            $aFiles = $this->convertImagesArray($this->getFiles($iSystemId, false));

        // delete files
        $this->deleteImages($iSystemId, false);

        if (null !== $aCmtIds)
            $aCmtIds = $this->getColumn ("SELECT `cmt_id` FROM {$this->_sTable}");

        // delete comments
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("TRUNCATE TABLE {$this->_sTable}");
        $this->query ($sQuery);
    }

    function deleteCmtIds ($iSystemId, $iCmtId)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("DELETE FROM {$this->_sTableIds} WHERE `system_id` = ? AND `cmt_id` = ?", $iSystemId, $iCmtId);
        return $this->query ($sQuery);
    }

	function getObjectAuthorId($iId)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT `{$this->_sTriggerFieldAuthor}` FROM `{$this->_sTriggerTable}` WHERE `{$this->_sTriggerFieldId}` = ? LIMIT 1", $iId);
        return $this->getOne($sQuery);
    }

    function getObjectTitle($iId)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT `{$this->_sTriggerFieldTitle}` FROM `{$this->_sTriggerTable}` WHERE `{$this->_sTriggerFieldId}` = ? LIMIT 1", $iId);
        return $this->getOne($sQuery);
    }

    function updateTriggerTable($iId, $iCount)
    {
        if (!$this->_sTriggerFieldComments)
            return true;
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("UPDATE `{$this->_sTriggerTable}` SET `{$this->_sTriggerFieldComments}` = ? WHERE `{$this->_sTriggerFieldId}` = ? LIMIT 1", $iCount, $iId);
        return $this->query($sQuery);
    }

    function getUniqId($iSystemId, $iCmtId, $iAuthorId = 0)
    {
        $sQuery = $this->prepare("SELECT `id` FROM `{$this->_sTableIds}` WHERE `system_id` = ? AND `cmt_id` = ?", $iSystemId, $iCmtId);
        if(($iUniqId = (int)$this->getOne($sQuery)) != 0)
            return $iUniqId;

        if(empty($iAuthorId))
            $iAuthorId = bx_get_logged_profile_id();

        $sQuery = $this->prepare("INSERT INTO `{$this->_sTableIds}` SET `system_id` = ?, `cmt_id` = ?, `author_id` = ?", $iSystemId, $iCmtId, $iAuthorId);
        if(!$this->query($sQuery))
            return false;

        return $this->lastId();
    }

    protected function convertImagesArray($a)
    {
        if (!$a || !is_array($a))
            return array();

        $aFiles = array ();
        foreach ($a as $aFile)
            $aFiles[] = $aFile['image_id'];
        return $aFiles;
    }
}

/** @} */


Himachal Pradesh University was come into subsistence on 22nd July 1970. It is comparatively a new university, which is graded 'A' by UGC (University Grants Commission). Earlier, Himachal Pradesh University was associated and became part of the Punjab University, served as the regional centre for the university.
The extensive campus is extended in the area for over 200 acres in the striking hill known as the Summer Hill next to Shimla. Its gorgeous surroundings have sight of snow-roofed mountains. Forest surrounded university is enriched with silver oak, rhododendron, deodar and pine trees. Its wholesome climate and friendly atmosphere is best suitable for the higher research and studies. The calm and peaceful surroundings attract many students at this university from India as well as abroad.
The admission to the MCA course is made through the entrance tests regularly conducted in the month of May every year. For detailed eligibility and admission procedure, please contact the university or visit the university website.
15% with 7.5% seats are reserved for the S.C. / S.T. candidates correspondingly who have cleared their examination from H.P. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya or Himachal Pradesh University or Dr. Y.S. Parmar University for Horticulture and Forestry.
• 25% of seats of admission will be open to all candidates of institution through they have passed the qualifying examination.
• 75% of seats will be filled for the candidates who have cleared the qualifying exam from Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Forestry and Horticulture or H.P. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya or Himachal Pradesh University.
The applicants may contact the university at the following address in case of any query.