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Contractors kill Armenian Christians in Iraq
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 03:42
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On the heels of the outcry over the Blackwater massacre, comes another atrocity by a private contractor in Iraq. A particular ugly irony is that this time the victims were members of one of Iraq's threatened minorities—the Armenians, whose very precarious existence in Iraq largely goes unnoticed by the outside world. The painful irony is compounded by the Bush administrations' ongoing betrayal of the historical memory of the World War I-era Armenian genocide, which is once again in the headlines at the moment. From AP, Oct. 11:
On Wednesday, Iraqi officials demanded answers of an Australian-owned security company blamed in the killing of two Iraqi Christian women amid rising calls for a crackdown on private bodyguards used by the U.S. government.
The scrutiny of Unity Resources Group began a day after its guards allegedly gunned down the two women in their car, and less than a month after 17 Iraqis died in a hail of bullets fired by Blackwater USA contractors at a busy Baghdad intersection.
At a funeral in Baghdad's Armenian Orthodox Virgin Mary church on Wednesday, the Rev. Kivork Arshlian urged the government to punish those responsible. The immunity enjoyed by foreign security contractors in Iraq should be lifted, he said.
"This is a crime against humanity in general and against Iraqis in particular. Many other people were killed in a similar way," he said. "We call upon the government to put an end to these killings."
His comments reflected growing anger here against the contractors — nearly all based in the United States, Britain and other Western countries.
As the largest security firm operating in Iraq, much of that rage has been directed at Blackwater, which protects U.S. diplomats as they move about on Baghdad's dangerous streets. An Iraqi investigation into the Sept. 16 killings recommended that the State Department sever all contracts for the company's operations in Iraq within six months.
A top aide to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told The Associated Press that Washington was considering meeting the demand, "but so far there has been no concrete answer from the U.S. Embassy showing it was definitely going to drop Blackwater."
The embassy declined to comment.
According to witnesses and police, the Armenian Christian women died when their white Oldsmobile was struck by bullets from two Unity guards as the convoy was returning to a company compound in the Karradah district. They said the woman driving the car appeared to be trying to stop when she was killed.
"We cannot say the guards shot at random, but we rather say that they used deadly force in a situation where they shouldn't have," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh. "The preliminary investigation has shown that there was no threat to the convoy. The families of the victims will be summoned according to the legal procedures. They can file a law suit against the security company."
Unity Chief operating officer Michael Priddin said company officials were cooperating with Iraqi authorities in their investigations. He said the security team feared a suicide attack and fired only after issuing appropriate warnings for the vehicle to stop, including signs, strobe lights, hand signals and a signal flare.
Unity, which is owned by Australian partners but with headquarters in the United Arab Emirates, provides protection for USAID contractor RTI International. According to the USAID Web site, RTI has about $450 million in U.S. government contracts to work on local governance projects in Iraq. USAID is a semiautonomous arm of the State Department that manages American aide programs.
See our last posts on Iraq, Iraq's Christians and other threatened minorities.
Iraq: US air-strike wipes out civilians
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 00:56
From the Washington Post, Oct. 12:
BAGHDAD — Iraqis voiced outrage Friday over a U.S. military airstrike that killed an estimated 15 civilians, nine children and six women, one of the highest reported civilian death tolls from an American bombing in months.
The bombing occurred Wednesday evening after U.S. troops raided a suspected leadership meeting of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaida in Iraq that was taking place south of Lake Tharthar, near the town of Samarra in western Iraq. The U.S. military account of the violence said troops were shot at during the raid and called in an airstrike in self-defense. In addition to the civilians killed, the U.S. military estimated that 19 suspected insurgents died.
"This could have been done through the infantry," said Ibrahim al-Khamas, a Samarra city council member. "But the American Army prefers the easiest solution, which is the air bombardment."
The bombing came on the evening before Eid al-Fitr, the religious celebration that concludes the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
"This airstrike was excessive as usual, which led to the fall of civilians," Khamas added. "People here are now carrying great hatred against the Americans after the raid. This airstrike turned their Eid to grief."
The U.S. military provided little further information Friday but said it was investigating the incident with local officials and tribal leaders. U.S. military spokesman Maj. Winfield Danielson said the initial death tolls of combatants and civilians were estimates. Of the 15 civilians initially reported killed, all were women and children, and it was unclear whether the U.S. military considered all the males killed to be insurgents.
An elder in the town of Tharthar, Mohammed Mukhlis al-Darraji, said the bombing took place in an area called al-Samacha, Arabic for "fishermen," the occupation of many people living around the lake. Darraji said that victims included infants, but acknowledged that "this area is one of al-Qaida's favorites."
Mohammed al-Samarrae, 34, said his pregnant cousin was killed in the bombing. He expressed a mix of dismay at her death and the weariness of living with more than four years of war.
"Where can anybody be safe from Bush's democracy?" he asked. "Whenever we want to open a new chapter with the Americans, to forget the past and try all over again, they drag us into violence, weapons and fighting again. And to sympathize with al-Qaida against them. All because of their inconsideration for our blood."
Some Iraqis called the U.S. airstrike a success. Amar Abdul Kareem, a member of a group of tribal leaders in Salahuddin province who are collaborating with the U.S. military against al-Qaida, said the important aspect of the raid was killing the suspected insurgents. As for the civilians, he said, "God have mercy on them."
"If they did not die in the raid, the terrorists would have killed them with car bombs," he said. "I am confident that the American military did not deliberately want to harm any of the Iraqis, and did not intend to spoil the joy of Eid."
Violence continued in the capital on Friday, when a car bomb exploded near a popular market in central Baghdad. The blast, near Tahrir Square, killed five people, including two policemen, and wounded 10 others, Iraqi police said.
Also, in Tuz Khurmatu, near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, a bomb hidden amid toys in a carriage exploded on a playground, killing two people and wounding 12 others, police said.
Iraq: US contractors kill again
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 04:51
From the New York Times, Nov. 20, links added:
43 in Contractor's Convoy Held After Baghdad Shooting
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi military detained 43 people in a convoy for a contractor with the United States military on Monday after the shooting of an 18-year-old woman in central Baghdad, the military said.
Witnesses and an Iraqi Army sergeant said a guard on the convoy wounded the teenager in the leg as she crossed the street in the bustling, mixed neighborhood of Karada.
While some early accounts said American security guards had been arrested, Maj. Brad Leighton, a spokesman for the military, said none of those arrested were Americans. The military said the episode involved Almco, a Dubai-based company under contract to the military.
Immediately after the shooting on Monday, a throng of angry civilians lashed out at the guard and beat him along with his passengers, believing they were insurgents, witnesses said.
The company has a construction contract with the Department of Defense's Joint Contracting Command Iraq and another contract to provide food, water and other basic services with the Multi-National Security Transition Command, which assists the Iraqi government with the development, organization and training of its armed forces.
The company does not handle any personal security for the American forces, but it is responsible for providing security for its own convoys, personnel and supplies while it is doing work related to its Department of Defense contracts.
Oh, and more horror, if you want it:
Elsewhere in Iraq, an apparent execution site filled with human remains and a torture chamber containing chains, heavy locks and shackles were found during a village raid in the province of Diyala, the American military reported. The military, which sent soldiers into the village earlier this month, said the sites belonged to the homegrown Sunni extremist group, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, which American intelligence believes is foreign-led. Eight insurgents were killed and 13 arrested during the raids, the military said, and a safe house containing false-identification materials was found.
The village, Abi Saida, is a known magnet for insurgent activity, and the military said it also found caches of arms there that included missiles, bombs and antiaircraft weaponry. The military said it had raided the suspect buildings in the village over a five-day period in early November and discovered the apparent execution site, where the remains of five people were found along with shell casings.
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Vol. 5 No. 1: December 2021
Clinical and Biochemical Assessment of Lycopene Gel Combined With Nanohydroxyapatite Graft in Treatment of Grade II Furcation Defects: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26810/perioj.2021.a4
Furcation involvement, lycopene, nanohydroxyapatite, periodontal regeneration, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, collagen membrane
Dalia Shawky Gaber
Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Oral Diagnosis, and Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, October 6 University, Giza, Egypt.
Nevine Hassan Kheir El Din
Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Oral Diagnosis, and Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hamdy Ahmed Nassar
Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Oral Diagnosis, and Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mostafa Saad El-Din Ashmawy
Ola Mohamed Ezzatt
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of lycopene gel, as a natural antioxidant, mixed with a nanohydroxyapatite graft (NHG) covered by an occlusive resorbable collagen membrane (CM) in the surgical treatment of grade II furcation defects and on the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) levels of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), as a marker of oxidative injury. Methods: In this randomized controlled clinical study a total of 24 patients with grade II furcation defects were randomly assigned into three equal groups. Furcation defects in group I were managed with lycopene gel mixed with NHG and CM, group II with NHG and CM, and group III with open flap debridement only. Site-specific changes in clinical parameters including probing depth (PD), vertical clinical attachment level (VCAL), horizontal clinical attachment level (HCAL), radiographic maximum vertical depth (MAX V), and maximum horizontal depth (MAX H) were measured at baseline and six months postoperatively. Gingival crevicular fluid levels of 8-OHdG were analyzed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) at baseline, one week, and three months. Results: Surgical management of grade II furcation defects resulted in a significant reduction in PD and 8-OHdG levels and a gain in CAL, MAX V, and MAX H in all groups. The differences between lycopene treated sites compared to NHG and CM alone were not significant at six months but demonstrated significantly superior clinical parameters compared to open flap debridement alone. Conclusion: Lycopene does not confer a benefit when combined with NHG in the surgical treatment of grade II furcation defects.
Gaber, D. S., Kheir El Din, N. H., Nassar, H. A., Ashmawy, M. S. E.-D., & Ezzatt, O. M. (2021). Clinical and Biochemical Assessment of Lycopene Gel Combined With Nanohydroxyapatite Graft in Treatment of Grade II Furcation Defects: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study. Perio J, 5(1), 28–37. https://doi.org/10.26810/perioj.2021.a4
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Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
David G. Garber Jr. | 0 Comments
If the last two weeks of the study of David's consolidation of his reign are any indication, the new king certainly wore his emotions on his sleeves -- well, when he was wearing sleeves, that is.
And David's emotions certainly run the gamut in this text.
The passage recounts the transition of the Ark of the Covenant from its resting place at Baale-judah, in the house of Abinadab, to the newly captured City of David, Jerusalem. Abinadab's sons, Uzzah and Ahio carried the Ark on a "new cart," a fact that was repeated twice in 2 Samuel 6:3, perhaps to indicate the pride David felt in transporting the Ark to his new capital. The Israelites had not managed to utilize the Ark in religious practice since the sons of Eli -- Hophni and Phineas -- tried to manipulate its supernatural power in a battle against the Philistines (see the crazy tale of the Ark's adventures in 1 Samuel 4-6).
As they paraded the Ark towards its destination, David and the Israelites "danced" before it, playing all sorts of musical instruments. The verb for dance here has a connotation of playfulness, sport, and reverie (2 Samuel 6:5). The lectionary assignment clearly emphasizes the joyfulness of this event.
But, again, the lectionary verses do not tell the whole story. In the midst of this celebratory parade, there is another tale of the Ark's dangerous power. The events that surround this story also reveal a diverse range of David's emotional responses to the situation, and even to God. As they were transporting the Ark, the ox rattled it, compelling Uzzah to reach out his hand and stabilize it, perhaps to keep it from tumbling on the ground (2 Samuel 6:6). The text reads that YHWH's anger burned against Uzzah for touching the Ark, and God immediately struck him down (v. 7).
We could ask many theological questions about this part of the story, its inclusion in the canonical text, and its exclusion from the lectionary reading. Perhaps, like David, we are angry at God for killing Uzzah for no apparent reason (2 Samuel 6:8). Perhaps we think it a bit harsh or unfair that God would strike someone down for attempting to rescue the Ark from touching the ground. Perhaps we would rather just ignore this bit of the text and concentrate on David's celebration that continues in verse 12. Or, perhaps, we would rather ignore this piece of the text because those of us in mainline Protestant traditions would rather focus on the approachability of God in worship than God's dangerous otherness that we see in this and other texts related to the Ark of the Covenant.
The incident prevailed upon David, whose fear motivated him to question his own ability to care for Israel's holy relic: "How can the ark of the LORD come into my care?" (2 Samuel 6:9). David moved from anger at God for striking Uzzah, to fear of God, to a period of self-doubt that lasted three months (v. 11). Only after David hears how YHWH blessed Obed-Edom, at whose house the Ark remained, does he resume its triumphant procession to Jerusalem.
His confidence revived, David performed several functions reserved primarily for priestly factions: the wearing of an ephod (and apparently the ephod alone, according to Michal in 2 Samuel 6:20), performing sacrifice, and constructing a tent to house the ark. Likewise, in ritual fashion, David blessed all the people of Israel (v. 18) and fed them (v. 19).
Like many of the strange stories of David's first few years as king, this narrative plunges us into uncharted territory. On the one hand, we learn of David's great joy and celebration of the gifts he believed God had bestowed upon him. On the other hand, this text reminds us of the dangerous volatility of Israel's God, YHWH, a God whom David both scorned and feared after the death of Uzzah, whose intentions in reaching out to stabilize the ark we may never know.
As the reader, we also learn that David's celebration did not please everyone in Israel. The text suggests that David's wife, Michal, despised David for his actions, which she viewed as shameful (2 Samuel 6:16). Again in a verse that goes beyond the limits of the lectionary reading, Michal elaborates on her distaste for David's show. While David meant for his parade to solidify his leadership as king, Michal suggests that he exposed himself as any mere commoner might do (v. 20).
In response to Michal's rebuke, David reveals a self-awareness of his shadow side. While he intended his display to be in praise and response to God, he claims that he will also always seek the favor of his subjects. "I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in my own eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor." I have always respected Michal for calling David on his antics. While everyone else around him lavished praise upon him, she saw the hints of his shortcomings. David, it appears, did not share my sentiment, and the last we hear of his relationship to Michal is that they never had a child. While the text never explicitly tells why, one could easily assume that their marriage remained a mere formality that would insure no rival from the line of Saul for David's other sons.
In this text, we see a volatile God, a rebuking queen, and an emotional king. God's anger at Uzzah is paradoxically puzzling but straightforward. Michal's contempt for David rings crystal clear. David, for his part, has a variety of emotions: joy, anger, fear, renewed confidence, pride, and even contempt. While many of the details of this text may seem foreign to postmodern ears, these emotions can provide a touchstone for interpretation. We can relate to these emotions because they are all so recognizable in ourselves and in those with whom we interact. Even as we struggle to understand the actions of these three characters in the text, we wrestle in our relationships with one another and ourselves.
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Q: Port forwarding Configuration for Webcam I have a webcam which is streaming via mjpg-streamer on http://localhoste:8121/?action=stream. Now, I'm wishing to access the camera from outside. I'm using an DDNS system and now I have a domain name pointing to my router. On my router, I've set up a port forwarding as below:

Now, as per the config, I've chosen the host and the port on which the request should be directed to. For HTTP, it is working properly. Say my domain name is mydomain.name.com, I'm able to access a page hosted on Apache on http://mydomain.name.com/test.html. However, I'm not able to view the streaming if I do mydomain.name.com:8121/?action=stream.
Sample output from netstat -l:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 *:8121                  *:*                     LISTEN

Selecting the host:

My question, Have I wronged in the configuration? If yes, how can I correct it?

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Q: PHP Fatal Error: Call to undefined method even though the method exists in the Main Class I am using PHP and am accessing my Main Class but it shows this error "

Fatal error: Call to undefined method MainClass::filterUser() in
  C:\Users\ianga_000\Desktop\asd -
  Copy\root\MerckThesis\ForgotPassword.php on line 18"

The filterUser method is inside my Main Class.
This is my php code
<form action="ForgotPassword.php" method="POST">

    User Name:<input type="text" name="txtUserName" value="" ?/><br/>
    <?php
    include_once("MainClass.php");

    $MainClass = new MainClass;

    if(isset($_POST["btnSubmit"]))
    {
        $username=$_POST['txtUserName'];

        $MainClass -> filterUser($username);

        session_start();

        $MainClass -> mailForgotPassword($_SESSION['email'],$_SESSION['password']);
    }
    ?>

    <input type="submit" name="btnSubmit" value="Submit" />

</form>

and this is the code in my Main Class
<?php

class MainClass
{

    function filterUser($username)
    {
        require 'Connection.php';
        $strSQL="SELECT * FROM users where userName='$username'";

        $rs = mysql_query($strSQL);
        $result=mysql_fetch_array($rs);

        if($result)
        {
            $_SESSION['email']=$result["email"];
            $_SESSION['password']=$result['password'];
        }

        mysql_close($con);

    }

}

?>

EDIT: It just happens that my MainClass is so messed up and the function was outside of the main class

A: I suppose, your class code should look like follows (as for sure you have to replace mysql methods with mysqli or PDO):
class MainClass {

    public function filterUser($username)
    {
        require 'Connection.php';
        $strSQL="SELECT * FROM users where userName='$username'";

        $rs = mysql_query($strSQL);
        $result = mysql_fetch_array($rs);

        if($result)
        {
            $_SESSION['email']=$result["email"];
            $_SESSION['password']=$result['password'];
        }

        mysql_close($con);
    }
}

In this case your method (not a static function!) will be available, for example, test this code:
include_once("MainClass.php");

$MainClass = new MainClass();
$MainClass->filterUser("testuser");


Ruvento raises new seed fund to invest in hardware across Singapore, China and the U.S.
The innate properties of Asia will play an integral role in Ruvento's investment strategy. In a place like Singapore for example, 12 percent of the limited land mass is used for roads. This is a huge incentive for investment in alternate methods of transportation like cycling and connected cars that is unique to the region. Singapore was the first testing ground of nuTonomy, a self-driving car company that beat Uber to real-world road tests of autonomous technologies.
"We see startups in Asia already putting innovative last-mile delivery options on the streets because there are fewer regulatory hurdles," added Solonitsyn.
At the start, Ruvento was fighting for footing in larger $2+ million syndicated seed rounds. The firm was an investor in a larger post-seed round for Boom Technology, a frontier startup looking to build supersonic jets to serve the masses. Some time after that deal, the team decided that Ruvento's sweet spot would be the first or second money into smaller rounds.
Ruvento has already written checks to over 14 companies from this fund. Some of the companies like Boom and Prenav seem to line up with the aforementioned thesis, but it seems that Solonitsyn isn't afraid to allow for some wiggle room. The firm also invested in Glance Clock and Naked Labs, which could be characterized more as consumer bets.
On the LP front, Ruvento is backed by family office money. The firm agreed to an eight year fund lifecycle with the potential for a two year extension.


/ How Do I Watch for Lyme Disease After Removing a Tick?
I found a tick on my daughter's arm last night. I pulled it off, but I have no idea how long it had been there, as she plays outside every day. What should I do? How do I tell if the tick gave her Lyme disease?
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted primarily by deer ticks. In the United States, Lyme disease is most common in the Northeast, Northwest, and parts of the upper Midwest. So where you live (or travel) and what type of tick you find will help determine if your child is at risk of developing Lyme disease.
Not all deer ticks are infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. And a tick that is infected has to be attached to a person's skin for at least 24-48 hours before it can transmit that bacteria. Since you don't know how long the tick was attached, watch for signs that your daughter might be developing the illness.
Many kids who have Lyme disease develop a red rash at the site of the tick bite, which sometimes has a characteristic "bull's-eye" appearance. In the week or two after the tick bite, look for an expanding ring of solid redness or a red bump surrounded by clear skin that is ringed by an expanding red rash. The rash may be accompanied by flu-like symptoms like fever, headache, fatigue, and muscle and joint aches.
If she has a bull's-eye rash or other symptoms that can happen in Lyme disease, call your doctor right away. Early diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease can prevent serious illness and long-term complications. When diagnosed quickly and given a course of antibiotics, kids with Lyme disease almost always have a good outcome.
Parents can help prevent kids from being exposed to ticks by making sure they wear protective clothing and apply insect repellant containing DEET, especially when playing in grassy or wooded areas where ticks live. Check kids for ticks every day.


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EPP picks Tajani as candidate for European Parliament chief
By Georgi Gotev | EURACTIV.com with agencies
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The European Union's centre-right grouping yesterday (13 December) elected Antonio Tajani as its candidate to replace Social Democrat Martin Schulz as President of the European Parliament, a move that could increase calls for a reshuffle of other top EU jobs.
Tajani, a former Commissioner, is a member of the rightist Forza Italia party and a close ally of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Besides Tajani, three party MEPs were candidates in the "primary": Former French minister Alain Lamassoure, Ireland's Mairead McGuinness and Slovenia's Alojz Peterle.
Tajani was seen as a controversial candidate among his other EPP contenders. He served as the European Commissioner for Transport and then for Industry under José Manuel Barroso, and questions have been raised about his implication in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
EPP candidates line up to replace Schulz
Five centre-right candidates are in the running to become the next president of the European Parliament. But after five years in the job, Martin Schulz has no intention of stepping down. EURACTIV France reports.
The Socialists & Democrats, the second biggest grouping in Parliament, have said the election of a conservative president would unsettle the EU's balance of power by giving the European People's Party (EPP) the presidencies of all three major EU bodies.
Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker runs the European Commission and Poland's Donald Tusk chairs EU summits as president of the European Council. Both are EPP members.
Schulz's departure 'gives chance for EU reset'
The decision of European Parliament President Martin Schulz to return to domestic politics, where he is expected to run for chancellor in Germany's October 2017 election, raises questions about the political future of his Commission counterpart, Jean-Claude Juncker.
Tusk's own mandate expires at the end of May, but he is expected to want to stay on, despite opposition from the Polish government, controlled by his arch-enemy Jarosław Kaczyński.
Kaczynski blames Tusk for Smolensk crash
Responsibility for the 2010 plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński along with 95 other people lay with the then government of Donald Tusk, the late president's twin brother and leader of the current ruling party said yesterday (10 April) at an event to commemorate the disaster.
Juncker has three years left in office, although his position has been weakened by Britain's vote to leave the EU and by a failed plan to manage last year's refugee crisis with mandatory quotas of refugees for member states.
EU's Juncker under pressure to resign after Brexit vote
Pressure is building on Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to resign following the UK referendum, but also over the need to "change the habits" of his way to run the EU executive over the last two years.
As the candidate of the largest grouping in the chamber, Tajani looks likely to become the next parliament chief, although a win is not certain as the EPP has only 215 of 751 seats.
Italian duel?
The S&D, ending a decade-long alliance with the EPP, has presented its own candidate for the presidency, Gianni Pittella, an Italian lawmaker close to Italy's most recent Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi.
Pittella said his aim was to reduce the appeal of growing anti-establishment movements that prosper by depicting moderate parties of all political hues as pursuing the same agenda.
He also said the grand coalition between the EPP and the Socialist & Democrats was over and could not be re-established,
Socialists declare end to EU institution grand coalition
The European Parliament grand coalition between the right-wing European People's Party (EPP) and the Socialist and Democrats (S&D group) is over and cannot be re-established, said its chief, Gianni Pittella, today (13 December) during a news conference in Strasbourg.
But a spat between Europe's two main political families may, in fact, give anti-system and anti-EU groups a boost.
A divided parliament may find it more difficult to pass legislation and such stalemate may strengthen eurosceptic parties such as Britain's UKIP, France's Front National and Italy's Five Star movement.
EU Parliament 'Grand Coalition' is at risk, party leaders admit
A dispute over who should be appointed as the next President of the EU Assembly as well as disagreement about austerity-driven policies have put the two biggest political parties in the European Parliament on a collision course that endangers the 'grand coalition', EURACTIV has learned.
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When you think of the the future do you think of flying cars? Jet packs? Solar powered… everything? Or do you think of inexplicable tubal transport systems, inter-dimensional portal guns, and teleporters that beam you to unexplored territories?
If you lean more towards the second set of possibilities then you're going to love July's Loot Crate unboxing!
July's theme is Futuristic! Brace yourself for a peek into the worlds of Futurama, Rick and Morty, Star Trek, and more!
Upon first opening, I immediately loved the Futurama themed motif on the inside of the box.
After that, my eye was immediately drawn to the Futurama Planet Express ship!
So, of course, it was the first thing to come out.
Captained by Leela, and crewed mainly by Fry and Bender, the Planet Express ship has visited many worlds as they transport cargo between far flung – and often dangerous – worlds.
This is definitely going on the shelf! I'll post a pic to Instagram as soon as we have the nerd wall up and running.
Honestly, I never would have thought of Mega Man as an inclusion in this crate, but it makes perfect sense. What's more futuristic than a robot defeating bad guys with a canon attached to his arm and the ability to absorb the powers/tech of boss fights.
Mega Man makes his appearance as a 3″ figurine from Kidrobot.
Dressed in his Fire Storm weapon suit, Mega Man is ready for all levels of game play!
You certainly can't have a futuristic theme without including something from Star Trek, right? Though I'm happy to see Star Trek included in this month's box, I am a little disappointed in this replica decal of the U.S.S. Enterprise Dedication Plaque.
I'm not even sure how to describe it… made of a flexible plastic with sticky backing, it's meant to be stickied to a flat surface like a window, wall, or fridge. They claim it's repositionable; but, I'm sure if you reposition it too much you will either lose the stickiness, or pet hair/dust/fingerprint buildup will mess with the stick factor just the same.
Personally, I think a Starfleet Division badge would have been so much better.
Sorry for the weird shadow. I didn't even notice it when I took the picture.
One thing I always look forward to is the t-shirt, which is included in almost every month's loot crate. This month's Rick and Morty t-shirt does not disappoint!
Featuring Rick's interdimensional portal gun, it shows various shots of the gun and some schematics. The portal gun allows Rick – a super genius/mad scientist – and Morty – Rick's not so brilliant grandson – to travel between dimensions to go on insane adventures.
Though I haven't read it yet, I am really looking forward to taking some time with this Valiant comic, 4001 AD.
Reading up on it, it looks like it's a continuation of the series Rai. I apologize that I don't know much between the two comic series, so if I misrepresent something, please feel free to contact me and I will correct this post.
Basically, the Rai series is about a futuristic world where an industrialized Japan is now a nation floating above the earth, orbiting the planet. It is divided into various sectors, levels, and hierarchies with the rich at the top and the poor at the bottom; and ruled by an artificial intelligence known as Father. Rai is the lead enforcer of Father's justice; and, if I'm understanding correctly, he is part machine and part human, though it looks like he may not know of his human side at first. The series follows his discovery of his human side and how they deserve freedom from Father's authority.
4001 AD appears to follow the story line after Rai and a human named Lula have attempted, and partially succeeded, in destroying Father by planting a virus in him. In his attempt to stop the virus, Father starts dropping various sections of Japan to Earth.
This is definitely one I want to catch up on, both in the Rai series and the 4001 AD series… you know, in my vast amounts of free time.
Okay, don't get me wrong on this one, I love this month's pin of Spock's iconic Vulcan salute. However, this is a pin! Why is this not the Starfleet Division badge?!
Moving past that obvious question, this one is definitely going in my keep pile. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all these pins yet. If anyone has any cool DIY project ideas, let me know!
That's it for July's Loot Crate! It was a lot of fun and I absolutely love the Planet Express ship, the t-shirt, and the comic.
I can't wait for next month's mystery crate, and will do another post on it as well. Probably not on time… as usual.
Oh, and there wasn't a recipe included in the pamphlet AGAIN, but it did have this great Rick and Morty page to color. Again, when I get a chance in my "free time", I'll take a moment to color and post to Instagram… because I know everyone is just dying to see my coloring skills.
I hope everyone enjoyed this unboxing!


If you are looking for the easiest way to learn how to cook bacon then you only need to look as far as your stove-top. Place a pan on medium heat and wait for the pan to warm up. Then place bacon strips on pan and cook to desired level. This should take approximately five minutes.
If, however, healthy is more important to you than easy, try using your oven. Use a cookie sheet and lay your bacon strips long ways and make sure each one is flat. Flavor your bacon with garlic powder or onion powder lighty before putting it into the oven. Preheat the over to 350 degrees and cook for about five minutes. Check to see if the bacon is cooked to your desired level.
If it is not, then continue cooking for five more minutes until it reaches the texture you like the best. Carefully remove from the oven and do not spill the hot grease. Place the bacon on a plate covered with a paper towel to drain. Enjoy your bacon with the breakfast classics; eggs, and waffles!


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Liverpool have agreed to send young Portuguese defender Tiago Illori on loan to Aston Villa for the 2015-16 Premier League season.
The 22-year-old has not had any first-team opportunities at Anfield since joining from Sporting Club of Portugal two years ago, spending time on loan at Spanish La Liga side Granada and then French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux during his wait.
Illori is a Portugal under-21 international who possesses good pace. He scored a stunning 35-yard goal in pre-season during Liverpool's trip to Asia earlier this summer.
Brendan Rodgers obviously felt that the Portuguese youngster was not going to be able to compete with the likes of Martin Škrtel, Dejan Lovren and Mamadou Sakho again this season but felt it was crucial that he gets some Premier League experience under his belt as part of his development this season.
The 6'3″ centre-back will now compete with the likes of Micah Richards, Ciaran Clark, Jores Okore and Philippe Senderos for a place in Tim Sherwood's lineup. Aston Villa have picked up four points from their opening four matches and have not kept a clean sheet since their 1-0 win at Bournemouth on the opening day of the season.
It was reported earlier in the day that Illori had rejected a loan move to Sunderland this season.
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Harry Reid's hometown paper slams him for 'sandbox' politics and 'race-baiting'
By Michael Dorstewitz July 13, 2014 July 13, 2014
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's histrionics, hyperbole and false, baseless accusations against those he imagines to be his enemies have finally caught up with him.
They caused the the collective heads of the editorial staff at his hometown newspaper to explode — and the paper confronted the senator in style with its scathing Saturday editorial.
"Harry Reid is the da Vinci of distraction," the Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial said."The moment any scandal, policy failure or political defeat crashes down on him — and there have been plenty the past few years — the Senate majority leader unleashes outrageous rhetoric that's better suited for a sandbox than what once passed for the world's greatest deliberative body. Worse, the Nevada Democrat has become especially fond of slinging race cards just to crank up the outrage."
The editorial was prompted by Reid's Senate floor excoriation of the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 Hobby Lobby decision. "The one thing we are going to do during this work period, sooner rather than later, is to ensure that women's lives are not determined by virtue of five white men," Reid said.
The editorial continued:
That Sen. Reid would inject race into criticism of a ruling with gender-based ramifications was bad enough. What made the comment far worse, however, was that it was completely false. Justice Clarence Thomas, who happens to be black, sided with the court's majority in the Hobby Lobby case.
Sen. Reid's slip was no accident. He believes racial and ethnic minorities are ideologically monolithic constituencies who are incapable of independent or — gasp! — right-of-center thinking. In the majority leader's mind, Mr. Thomas is not an African-American because the justice doesn't blindly subscribe to liberal orthodoxy.
Further into its commentary, the Review-Journal makes a "look who's calling the kettle black?" comparison of his words — "five white men," with his own Senate leadership:
Never mind that Sen. Reid himself, like the entire Senate Democratic leadership, is as white as an Irishman in a snowstorm. And never mind that after more than five years of Democratic control of the White House and the Senate, black and Hispanic unemployment — especially among teenagers — remains scandalously high. Sen. Reid's "fix" for this problem — a higher minimum wage — will actually make it worse.
The top four positions in the Senate Democratic leadership are Reid as majority leader, President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy from Vermont, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin representing Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York, who is Vice Chair of the Conference and Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center.
They're all white guys.
Former Hewlitt-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina dismissed the left's "War on Women" during her appearance last Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." She did so by reading a prop to host Candy Crowley, according to TruthRevolt:
My husband and I were having Chinese food the other day and I opened my fortune cookie and here's what my fortune said: 'Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.'
Incidentally, back in 2008, Reid described President Obama as "light-skinned" but having "no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one."
He just can't leave race out of the equation.
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Zieria adenodonta, commonly known as the Wollumbin zieria, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia.  It is a dense, bushy shrub with leaves composed of three leaflets which are warty on the upper surface. In winter and early spring it has groups of five to eight flowers, each with four white petals, the groups usually shorter than the leaves.

Description
Zieria adenodonta is a dense, bushy shrub which grows to a height of  and has warty branchlets. The leaves are composed of three leaflets with the central one,  long and  wide with a stalk  long. The leaflets are dark green and warty on the upper surface, light green and not wary on the lower side. The edges of the leaflets are slightly rolled under and have small teeth. They have an unpleasant smell when crushed.

The flowers are white and are arranged in upper leaf axils, usually in groups of five to eight, but sometimes as many as 27. The groups are usually shorter than the leaves. There are four more or less hairy, triangular sepal lobes less than  long. The four petals are about  long and slightly hairy. In common with other zierias, there are only four stamens. Flowering occurs from May to September and is followed by the fruit which is a yellow-brown, egg-shaped capsule containing one black seed.

Taxonomy and naming
Wollumbin zieria was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Zieria granulata var. adenodonta and published the description in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. In 2002, James Armstrong raised it to species status and published the change in Australian Systematic Botany. The specific epithet (adenodonta) is derived from the Ancient Greek words aden meaning "gland" and odous meaning "tooth".

Distribution and habitat
Zieria adenodonta occurs in the Lamington National Park in Queensland and on Mount Warning in New South Wales, growing in dense shrubby vegetation on steep slopes.

Conservation
Wollumbin zieria is listed as "Endangered" under the New South Wales NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act.

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ARPO members and guests set off on a bright sunny day from the three coach pick-up points for a relaxing trip to Lorca and it's castle. Obviously many of us knew beforehand that the town had suffered very badly in the earth tremor on 11 May 2011, when significant localised damage was caused and nine people unfortunately died with nearly 300 people injured. There are many buildings in Lorca still undergoing repairs, as well as steel strapping to support others.
We arrived in Lorca just after 11.00am and the little rubber-wheeled train was ready and waiting for us. We all piled in, with every seat being taken and proceded to tour around the ancient town of Lorca, complete with clanging bell from the 'engine'! After the short tour the train then took us up the hillside to the castle at the top, where we had very welcome refreshments. The views were stunning in every direction which, perhaps, is why there is a Parador Hotel situated within part of the castle. After a good look around the battlements and one or two old relics (no, not ARPO members) we all boarded the train for the return trip to our coach waiting to take us the short distance to the restaurant Meson Lorquina.
The typical Spanish menu del dia was very good indeed, acompanied by wine and coffee and everyone seemed to enjoy the ambience. A small cash raffle was held and our Chairman gave a vote of thanks and tips to the staff of the restaurant, after which we all had to be encouraged back on to the coach for the scenic trip back.
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To reduce its electricity bill, Vitasoy decided to award this 21 kWp solar power plant to CMR Philippines, with the main challenge of delivering it in less than two months.
The installation is made up of around fifty 450 Watt photovoltaic solar panels, the latest generation of panels from Longi, a leading Chinese manufacturer. These solar panels are connected to an inverter to convert the energy from the panels into energy directly usable by the plant.
The 21 kWp solar installation will produce 31.5 MWh per year at the plant and will be monitored remotely by the CMR Philippines team under a maintenance contract with Vitasoy.
The next step is now to prepare and finalize a contract for an extension of at least 50 kW.
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FROM ubuntu:18.04
ENV OM_VER_MAJ='7'
ENV OM_VER_MIN='0'
ENV OM_VER_MIC='0'
ENV OM_VERSION="${OM_VER_MAJ}.${OM_VER_MIN}.${OM_VER_MIC}"
LABEL vendor="Apache OpenMeetings dev team"
LABEL version="${OM_VERSION}"
LABEL maintainer=dev@openmeetings.apache.org

ENV DB_ROOT_PASS '12345'
ENV OM_USER="om_admin"
ENV OM_PASS="1Q2w3e4r5t^y"
ENV DAEMON_USER="nobody"
ENV DAEMON_UID="65534"
ENV OM_DB_NAME="openmeetings"
ENV OM_DB_TYPE="mysql"
ENV OM_DB_HOST="localhost"
ENV OM_DB_PORT="3306"
ENV OM_DB_USER="om_admin"
ENV OM_DB_PASS="12345"
ENV OM_KURENTO_WS_URL="ws://127.0.0.1:8888/kurento"
ENV TURN_URL=""
ENV TURN_USER=""
ENV TURN_PASS=""
ENV OM_DATA_DIR="/opt/omdata"
ENV work=/opt
ENV OM_HOME=/opt/openmeetings
ENV MYSQL_J_VER="8.0.31"
ENV DB2_J_VER="11.5.7.0"
ENV PORTS=5443
ENV SERVER_TZ=UTC

WORKDIR ${OM_HOME}
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    apt-utils \
  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    software-properties-common \
    gnupg2 \
    dirmngr \
    unzip \
    wget \
    ghostscript \
    libgs-dev \
    imagemagick \
    sox \
    sudo \
    openjdk-17-jre

RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    libreoffice \
    ffmpeg \
  && apt-get clean \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
  \
  && wget https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/OpenMeetings/job/openmeetings/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/openmeetings-server/target/apache-openmeetings-${OM_VERSION}-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz -O ${work}/om.tar.gz \
  && tar -xzf ${work}/om.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ${OM_HOME}/ \
  && rm -rf ${work}/om.tar.gz \
  && wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/mysql/mysql-connector-j/${MYSQL_J_VER}/mysql-connector-j-${MYSQL_J_VER}.jar -P ${OM_HOME}/webapps/openmeetings/WEB-INF/lib \
  && wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/ibm/db2/jcc/${DB2_J_VER}/jcc-${DB2_J_VER}.jar -P ${OM_HOME}/webapps/openmeetings/WEB-INF/lib \
  && sed -i 's|<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS" />|<!--policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS" />|g; s|<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="XPS" />|<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="XPS" /-->|g' /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml

#  && wget "https://archive.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/${OM_VERSION}/bin/apache-openmeetings-${OM_VERSION}.tar.gz" -O ${work}/om.tar.gz \
#  && wget "https://archive.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/${OM_VERSION}/bin/apache-openmeetings-${OM_VERSION}.tar.gz.asc" -O ${work}/om.asc \
#  && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
#  && for server in hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 \
#                     hkp://ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 \
#                     hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 \
#                     hkp://keyserver.pgp.com:80 \
#    ; do \
#      gpg --keyserver "$server" --recv-keys 8456901E && break || echo "Trying new server..." \
#    ; done \
#  && gpg --batch --verify ${work}/om.asc ${work}/om.tar.gz \
#  && tar -xzf ${work}/om.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ${OM_HOME}/ \
#  && rm -rf ${GNUPGHOME} ${work}/om.asc ${work}/om.tar.gz \

WORKDIR ${work}
COPY scripts/*.sh ./

RUN chmod a+x ${work}/*.sh

ARG BUILD_TYPE="min"
ENV OM_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE}

RUN cat /etc/issue \
  \
  && echo "OM server of type ${OM_TYPE} will be built" \
  \
  && ./om_install.sh

EXPOSE ${PORTS}

ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "-c", "${work}/om.sh" ]

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The Town of Tiburon understands that climate change has the potential to significantly affect Tiburon's residents and businesses, as well as other communities around the world. The Town also recognizes that local governments can play a strong role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the potential impacts of climate change. Tiburon adopted a Climate Action Plan in 2011 and prepared a Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Report in 2012. Since the original, this report has been updated, with the most recent update in 2017, Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Report.
As a group, MCEP implements a wide range of greenhouse gas reduction programs for each individual local government and as a whole county. For more information about MCEP, please visit the MECP website. This website is a great resource to find out what all cities are doing in Marin County to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Did you know Town Hall has solar panels on the roof? Back in 2006, Tiburon became the first governmental building in Marin County to install solar panels on the roof. The Town hall offsets about 27% of it electricity consumption with the help of 140 rooftop panels.
This system can generate up to 39,000 kilowatt hours per year. Anytime you are walking by on Tiburon Boulevard, look up and check out the solar panels on Town Hall. It is a fun, environmental way to soak up the sun!
Roof-mounted solar collectors should match the roof pitch and be placed in close proximity to the surface of the roof below them.
Ground-mounted solar collectors and accessory equipment shall be screened from off-side view through careful placement and/or the use of landscaping and fencing.
The Tiburon Town Council adopted Ordinance 551 N.S. to regulate carryout bags for commercial businesses.


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<?php

namespace Illuminate\Routing;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
use Zend\Diactoros\Response as PsrResponse;
use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
use Symfony\Bridge\PsrHttpMessage\Factory\DiactorosFactory;
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory as ViewFactoryContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory as ResponseFactoryContract;
use Illuminate\Routing\Contracts\ControllerDispatcher as ControllerDispatcherContract;

class RoutingServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Register the service provider.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->registerRouter();
        $this->registerUrlGenerator();
        $this->registerRedirector();
        $this->registerPsrRequest();
        $this->registerPsrResponse();
        $this->registerResponseFactory();
        $this->registerControllerDispatcher();
    }

    /**
     * Register the router instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerRouter()
    {
        $this->app->singleton('router', function ($app) {
            return new Router($app['events'], $app);
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register the URL generator service.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerUrlGenerator()
    {
        $this->app->singleton('url', function ($app) {
            $routes = $app['router']->getRoutes();

            // The URL generator needs the route collection that exists on the router.
            // Keep in mind this is an object, so we're passing by references here
            // and all the registered routes will be available to the generator.
            $app->instance('routes', $routes);

            $url = new UrlGenerator(
                $routes, $app->rebinding(
                    'request', $this->requestRebinder()
                ), $app['config']['app.asset_url']
            );

            // Next we will set a few service resolvers on the URL generator so it can
            // get the information it needs to function. This just provides some of
            // the convenience features to this URL generator like "signed" URLs.
            $url->setSessionResolver(function () {
                return $this->app['session'];
            });

            $url->setKeyResolver(function () {
                return $this->app->make('config')->get('app.key');
            });

            // If the route collection is "rebound", for example, when the routes stay
            // cached for the application, we will need to rebind the routes on the
            // URL generator instance so it has the latest version of the routes.
            $app->rebinding('routes', function ($app, $routes) {
                $app['url']->setRoutes($routes);
            });

            return $url;
        });
    }

    /**
     * Get the URL generator request rebinder.
     *
     * @return \Closure
     */
    protected function requestRebinder()
    {
        return function ($app, $request) {
            $app['url']->setRequest($request);
        };
    }

    /**
     * Register the Redirector service.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerRedirector()
    {
        $this->app->singleton('redirect', function ($app) {
            $redirector = new Redirector($app['url']);

            // If the session is set on the application instance, we'll inject it into
            // the redirector instance. This allows the redirect responses to allow
            // for the quite convenient "with" methods that flash to the session.
            if (isset($app['session.store'])) {
                $redirector->setSession($app['session.store']);
            }

            return $redirector;
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register a binding for the PSR-7 request implementation.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerPsrRequest()
    {
        $this->app->bind(ServerRequestInterface::class, function ($app) {
            return (new DiactorosFactory)->createRequest($app->make('request'));
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register a binding for the PSR-7 response implementation.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerPsrResponse()
    {
        $this->app->bind(ResponseInterface::class, function () {
            return new PsrResponse;
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register the response factory implementation.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerResponseFactory()
    {
        $this->app->singleton(ResponseFactoryContract::class, function ($app) {
            return new ResponseFactory($app[ViewFactoryContract::class], $app['redirect']);
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register the controller dispatcher.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerControllerDispatcher()
    {
        $this->app->singleton(ControllerDispatcherContract::class, function ($app) {
            return new ControllerDispatcher($app);
        });
    }
}


Facebook is testing a new 'Save' button on its social network to encourage its members to view even more videos. The social media site confirmed it is testing the new function, although currently, only on desktop. As part of the feature, a small 'Save' icon appears when the users mouse passes over the top right corner, or the clip is scrolled passed. Video has grown by leaps and bounds on Facebook since last year. The number of video posts per person has risen a whopping 94 percent in the U.S. Globally, it has risen 75 percent per person. Once videos from brands are factored in as well, video has increased 3.6 times worldwide in the past year. Already there are approximately four billion videos views each day. Taking the increasing interest in videos to heart, Facebook in March announced an embeddable player to make it easy for members to share videos on the social network on their own sites and blogs. In June the site tweaked its news feed algorithm to surface videos users would be interested in.
A Single Moment can change everything in a story!
"Wait and thy soul shall speak."
Dream Quest Series: What are you working on next?


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Q: Grizzly maxPendingBytes property ignored I'm developing a project using Grizzly 2.3.22 with its Websocket support. Everything was OK until OOM happened. Looking through the dump I found that all the memory was eaten up by a single org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOConnection holding a huge (1,5GB) write queue. I guess one of the client developers was debugging their connected application and stopped on a breakpoint for a long time. Anyway, this can easily happen if a client has a very slow connection - my server should be ready for that.
In the Grizzly documentation I found the maxPendingBytes property, which seem like a solution, at least for now. But I cannot get it to work at all. I set log level to ALL for AbstractNIOAsyncQueueWriter, connect with the client, put it on hold and observe how the server's queue grows like this:
TRACE 2016-07-05 21:02:26.330 [nioEventLoopGroup-2-1] o.g.g.n.AbstractNIOAsyncQueueWriter - AsyncQueueWriter.write connection=TCPNIOConnection{localSocketAddress={/127.0.0.1:8445}, peerSocketAddress={/127.0.0.1:56185}}, record=org.glassfish.grizzly.asyncqueue.AsyncWriteQueueRecord@1e35bafb, directWrite=false, size=165, isUncountable=false, bytesToReserve=165, pendingBytes=16170
TRACE 2016-07-05 21:02:26.368 [nioEventLoopGroup-2-1] o.g.g.n.AbstractNIOAsyncQueueWriter - AsyncQueueWriter.write connection=TCPNIOConnection{localSocketAddress={/127.0.0.1:8445}, peerSocketAddress={/127.0.0.1:56185}}, record=org.glassfish.grizzly.asyncqueue.AsyncWriteQueueRecord@3d6e05dd, directWrite=false, size=165, isUncountable=false, bytesToReserve=165, pendingBytes=16335
...

When I set maxPendingBytes=10000 I expect an exception thrown when the pendingBytes from the log above becomes larger than 10000, but it doesn't happen.
Moreover, I tried debugging the server with the Grizzly's source code, and found that while the property's value does get assigned to the NIOConnection.maxAsyncWriteQueueSize field, the AbstractNIOAsyncQueueWriter.canWrite(...) method - the only place where the field seems to be used - is never called.
I'm at a loss. Am I missing something here?


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Postage costs in Regency Context
Eunice Shanahan
Victorian Web home —> Political History —> Social History —> Letters from the Past
These letters graciously have been shared with the Victorian Web by Eunice and Ron Shanahan; they have been taken from their website. The letters give an insight into the daily lives and concerns of 'ordinary' people without whom history would not exist. The letters are a wonderful example of how much history may be gleaned from such sources.
The cost of postage had risen in 1784 as the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained that the increases would be on the mail instead of a tax on coal. The income from letters was used to boost the funds of the Government, and the prices were raised again in 1797, 1801, 1805 and 1812.
During the wars against France (1793-1815) the income was regarded as a tax levied to help the war effort, but once Napoleon had been defeated, there was a backlash of feeling against the high rates. By this time, it was often hard to decide if it was worth sending a letter at all: the cost of a letter could be as much as a day's wages for a working man. It became a matter of importance to get around the cost in one way or another. For instance it was cheaper to send a letter from London to Scotland by the coastal shipping — 8 pence instead of by road which cost 13½ pence (1sh.1½d).
Because the recipient usually paid the cost of the delivery, it was possible to arrange to send an empty letter (or one with an agreed error in the name or address) — so that the recipient would know the handwriting, realise that all was well with the sender, so refuse to accept it, and not have to pay.
To give some idea of comparative costs:
in 1825 on a suggested budget of £250 a year given by Mrs Rundell in her New System of Domestic Economy for 'a gentleman, his lady, three children and a Maid-Servant', where food took £2.11.7d a week or £134.2.4d a year, the biggest single item was
10s 6d a week for butcher's meat (18 lbs at 7d a pound, or about ½ lb each day), followed by
7s for beer and other liquors
6s for bread
3s 6d for 3½ lb butter
3s 6d for fish
3s for sugar (4½ lb at 8d a lb) and
2s 6d for tea (5 ozs at 8s a pound)
two pounds of candles cost 1s 2d a week in 1825
coal and wood 3s 9d
rent and taxes were allowed at only £25 a year
clothes (for 5) £36
the maid £16
the education of 3 children £10.10s.
There were small margins for recreation, medical expenses and savings, but although the family probably had more than enough food in total, it devoted only 3d each week a week to milk (2 pints) and 6d each to fruit and vegetables.
However, on an income of £1000 per annum the budget is quite different! Now there is an establishment of 10, for besides the same-sized family there is a cook, a housemaid, a nursery-maid, a coachman and a footman, whose combined wages are £87 a year ; there is also a 'Chariot, Coach, Phaeton or other four-wheel carriage, and a pair of horses', costing £65-17s a year in keep. The family consumes 52½ lb of meat a week — a daily allowance of ¾ lb for each person — there is now a guinea a week for drink, and ¾ lb of butter for each person. The smallest items are still fruit and vegetables (9d per person per week) and eggs and milk (4½d per week).
Taken from John Burnett, A History of the Cost of Living (Penguin Books, 1969)
So to put this in a recognised context :- In Sense & Sensibility (Jane Austen) Mrs Dashwood — in trying to dissuade her husband from giving his mother and sisters any money at all, points out that they will be so well off, they will need nothing.
... Altogether, they will have five hundred a year amongst them, and what on earth can four women want for more than that? They will live so cheap! Their housekeeping will be nothing at all. They will have no carriage, no horses, and hardly any servants; they will keep no company, and can have no expenses of any kind!
Only conceive how comfortable they will be! Five hundred a year! I am sure I cannot imagine how they will spend half of it
But, if, in addition to feeding/clothing the four ladies of the house, they would have to provide living quarters/food/uniform for the house servant, and if they grew their own food, they would have to employ a gardener — more outlay. Allowing for the fact that they would probably make their own clothes, they would still have to buy the materials. It would not be luxurious living by any standards.
So, it does seem as though the parsimonious Mrs John Dashwood could have convinced herself that her four indigent in-laws could manage with no financial help from their brother.


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"The UGA Honors Summer Interdisciplinary Field Program (IFP) operated out of the department of geology is now in its 29th year. This summer's group of 19 students come from a broad array of majors including geology, anthropology, ecology, engineering, as well as the arts and business. They are experiencing the challenges of outdoor living in temperatures that range from freezing to 115° and seeing more cultural diversity than many study abroad programs. By the end of this summer they will have covered over 10,000 miles of North American by-ways, dirt roads included.
Students in the program have the opportunity to meet with experts representing the Bureau of Land Management, Grand Canyon Trust, Native American tribes, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Science Foundation-funded researchers to gain varied perspectives on the challenges in energy, environment, and culture that face society today. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Soil Scientist and UGA alumnus Ken Bradshaw talked with students about land use issues in the Grand Staircase National monument. The result of exchanges like these is a unique experience and perspective appropriate to their training across a variety of fields - from science to politics and conservation. UGA students learn to be leaders with endless career possibilites.
"IFP students see more landscape and cultural diversity than most people do in a lifetime," said Paul Schroeder, professor of clay mineralogy in the department of geology and IFP director. "Interacting with people from all sides of stake holding give the students a balanced perspective to discuss pros and cons of issues."
Visit ifp.uga.edu to learn more about IFP activities and track student's real time GPS location as they experience an opportunity of a lifetime. Our thanks to Dr. Schroeder for the information."
Thumbnail image: Chaco Culture National Historic Park, NM, 2016, by the Interdisciplinary Field Program
Banner Image: Rim Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ 2016, by the Interdisciplinary Field Program
Julia Cox
Research Coordinator
juliaec@uga.edu
Clay Mineralogy, Professor & Department Head, Registered P.G., Research Correspondence: schroe@uga.edu
Adam Milewski
Hydrogeology & Remote Sensing, Associate Professor, Associate Department Head
milewski@uga.edu


Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh are practically attached at the hip in Quentin Tarantino's western The Hateful Eight, which opens in theaters on Dec. 25. In reality, their characters are handcuffed — she's a dangerous fugitive, he's the bounty hunter bringing her in for a proper hanging. "Kurt and I are essentially the most dysfunctional couple since Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Leigh told EW in May.
The couple graces one of the exclusive new character posters for the snowy epic, set in Wyoming in the decade following the Civil War. Walrus-stached John Ruth and bruised Daisy Domergue are forced to delay their stagecoach ride to Red Rock and seek shelter at Minnie's Haberdashery when the winter weather shuts down a mountain pass.
There are six others at Minnie's, and none of them seem very trustworthy: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black Civil War veteran; Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), who claims to be the town's new sheriff; Bob (Demian Bichir), Minnie's manager while the owner is visiting her mother; Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock; cattleman Joe Gage (Michael Madsen); and Confederate general Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern).
Tarantino has promised that the music will be written by spaghetti-western legend Ennio Morricone, his first western score in some four decades. With colorful characters like this, he shouldn't be starved for inspiration.
Check out The Hateful Eight's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages for more.


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Habitual Offender Sentenced for Child Abuse, Drug Possession
Clovis NM – Ninth Judicial District Attorney, Andrea Reeb, announced that on November 6, 2018, Aaron Clark, age 32, was sentenced to the maximum of 18 years in the Department of Corrections, with six years being suspended in favor of supervised probation. The sentence was enhanced after the Court found Clark to be a habitual offender, having two prior felony convictions.
On September 19, 2018, a Curry County jury convicted Mr. Clark of Child Abuse, a third degree felony; Possession of a Controlled Substance, a fourth degree felony; and Tampering with Evidence, a fourth degree felony.
At trial, the State presented evidence that on February 6, 2017, Clovis Police Department officers came into contact with Clark and learned he had an arrest warrant. When officers told Clark he was being placed under arrest, he leaned into his car and placed a baggie of methamphetamines under his sleeping infant.
The Honorable Fred Van Soelen presided over the case. During sentencing, Judge Van Soelen noted that Clark was lucky that the officers remained so calm when he reached into the car without permission as the situation could have been a lot worse. After hearing statements from Clark's family, the Court told Clark that the hardships his family would face while he was incarcerated was the direct result of his actions and was "no one's fault but his own."
This case was prosecuted for the State by Brian Scott Stover, Chief Deputy District Attorney. Sandra Gallagher, Criminal Defense Attorney, represented Clark.


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Scope of Project:
The project, performed for NYS OGS, included the removal and replacement of the existing 120-ton chiller serving the Brookwood Secure Center located in Claverack, NY. The existing chiller was 21 years old and was unable to meet the cooling load of the facility. Additionally, the R-22 refrigerant utilized by the chiller was becoming increasing costly to replace due to a lack of availability.
Engineering services included performing an energy load analysis and system review of the existing chilled water distribution system to verify the capacity of the replacement chiller. During the analysis, it was discovered that the original chiller plant design intended to install two 120-ton chillers to support the main building cooling load. Following a verification of the overall cooling load using Trane Trace software, it was agreed to install two 120-ton chillers to support the full cooling load of the facility. Per the client request, the replacement chillers were designed to utilize multi-circuited scroll compressors for ease of maintenance and replacement. Additionally, the remote condensers were designed to make cleaning of the condenser coils easy and accessible. The new units utilized environmentally friendly and readily accessible R-410a refrigerant.
Scheduling of the project became a critical aspect of the overall project complexity. Since the cooling system had a limited shut down period during the winter months, a tight milestone schedule was required to guarantee cooling was available for the building occupants by April 1st. By building the project in 3D Revit software during design, the team was able to create a near as-built condition that limited field changes and project delays during construction.
Other key aspects to the design was to provide a chiller plant that was simple to service. Due to Brookwoods' remote location, the facility has had difficulty in the past getting qualified technicians to service their equipment. With each chiller designed with multiple independent refrigerant circuits and off the shelf scroll compressors, the new system incorporated design and maintenance aspects that would limit shutdown time and system capacity during routine maintenance and repair.
The project, performed for NYS OGS, included the removal and replacement of the roof mounted cooling towers serving the 16 story Ten Eyck Office building located in Albany, NY. The existing cooling towers, which supplied cooling to the main building heat pump loop, were 22 years old and in need of replacement. Moreover, the 1970's steel dunnage supporting the existing cooling towers was failing to the point of becoming a hazard to the occupants if left untreated.
Engineering services included performing an energy load analysis on the entire 16 story building to verify the capacity of the replacement cooling towers. Two new cooling towers, each consisting of 800 tons of cooling capacity, were designed and installed on new galvanized coated steel dunnage. Per the client request, the replacement cooling towers were designed to provide better accessibility for maintenance and service.
Project scheduling and phasing became a critical aspect of the overall project complexity. Since the building utilized the heat pump loop
year-round for heating and cooling, a long term shut down of the heat pump loop was not feasible. To account for this, a weekend shut down was performed to install 18-inch butterfly valves for isolating the existing towers from the main heat pump loop. The removal of the existing towers and installation of the new units was also limited to a two weekend shut-down in the middle of the winter. This required close coordination with the City of Albany to develop a detailed traffic control plan to shut-down Pearl Street during crane operations.
Other key aspects to the design included limiting the transmission of sound and vibration from the towers to the existing building structure. Upon completion of the project, sound and vibration levels were found to be lower than the previous tower installation.
General Electric converted building 66 from an industrial manufacturing building to the new battery manufacturing building and 60,000 square feet of new office space.
A new HVAC system was designed for the office space utilizing new gas rooftop units. Individual temperature control zones were derived by a variable air volume (VAV) control system. VAV boxes with hot water reheat coils are installed to serve the zones throughout the office spaces. A central heating hot water plant provides hot water for distribution throughout the building. This boiler is sized to provide the entire heating hot water load to support the reheat coils and fin radiation installed in the system. A single base-mounted circulating pump will be installed to serve the hot water distribution system piping and terminal units. Some fin tube radiation has been designed to serve high heat loss areas such as lobby perimeter to offset large glazing areas. Vestibules are supplied with hot water cabinet heaters.


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Nordkurs: Summer courses in language and literature
Every year summer courses are run in the Nordic countries in the respective country's own language and literature.
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Nordic Council of Ministers for Education and Research (MR-U)
The 3-week courses take place from May to August and are organised by the various universities in the Nordic countries. If you are accepted for a course you will receive a grant to cover part of the travel expenses. You must be enrolled at a university or college in another Nordic country to apply for our summer courses.
Kristina Marie Jensen
kmje@norden.org
Grants from the Foundation for Danish-Icelandic Co-operation
The Foundation for Danish-Icelandic Co-operation aims to promote understanding and co-operation between Denmark and Iceland. In particular, it has a duty to promote the Danish language in...
The Foundation for Danish-Swedish Co-operation
The Foundation for Danish-Swedish Co-operation provides funding for work and study visits to Denmark and Sweden, scientific work of interest to both countries, training and exchange progr...
Nordplus 2018–2022
Mobility – Network – Project. Nordplus is the Nordic Council of Ministers' education and training programme. Nordplus consists of five sub-programmes aimed at different target groups...
The Nordic Culture Fund: Project Funding, Opstart and Globus
The Nordic Culture Fund acts as a catalyst for art and culture in the Nordic Region. It supports various forms of collaboration and brings the Nordic region together, so that everyone can...
Nordic Culture Point: The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture
The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture is open to professional artists, producers and other stakeholders in all fields/sectors of art and culture in the Nordic and Baltic count...


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Great LED umbrella light with friendly white color for providing lighting to patios. Simple portable light fixture using standard AA batteries, you can now have a portable high power light source for your patio.
How does it work? This model outdoor umbrella light fixture has a collar to fit both standard and extra wide patio umbrella poles. You simply open the fixtures "mouth" and snap the unit onto the umbrella pole. The integral center ring of the fixture is ribbed rubber and allows a firm but scratch-free mating to the pole. This is a truly portable light fixture that requires no external electrical power cords. Simply insert four AA alkaline or rechargeable batteries and turn it ON.
The 24-count white LED's are evenly spaced within the fixture to provide smooth, glare-free light in a direct down position as well as a comfortable diffused light when mounted in an indirect up position. This model fits umbrella poles with diameters from 1 3/8" to 2" (approx 35mm to 52mm).
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