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package org.apache.skywalking.oap.server.network.trace.component.command;

import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Data;
import org.apache.skywalking.apm.network.common.v3.Command;
import org.apache.skywalking.apm.network.common.v3.KeyStringValuePair;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * eBPF profiling task command, OAP uses this to send a task to the ebpf agent side
 */
public class EBPFProfilingTaskCommand extends BaseCommand implements Serializable {
    public static final String NAME = "EBPFProfilingTaskQuery";
    private static final Gson GSON = new Gson();

    private String taskId;
    private List<String> processIdList;
    private long taskStartTime;
    private long taskUpdateTime;
    private String triggerType;
    private FixedTrigger fixedTrigger;
    private String targetType;
    private EBPFProfilingTaskExtensionConfig extensionConfig;

    public EBPFProfilingTaskCommand(String serialNumber, String taskId, List<String> processIdList, long taskStartTime,
                                    long taskUpdateTime, String triggerType, FixedTrigger fixedTrigger,
                                    String targetType, EBPFProfilingTaskExtensionConfig extensionConfig) {
        super(NAME, serialNumber);
        this.taskId = taskId;
        this.processIdList = processIdList;
        this.taskStartTime = taskStartTime;
        this.taskUpdateTime = taskUpdateTime;
        this.triggerType = triggerType;
        this.fixedTrigger = fixedTrigger;
        this.targetType = targetType;
        this.extensionConfig = extensionConfig;
    }

    @Override
    public Command.Builder serialize() {
        final Command.Builder builder = commandBuilder();
        builder.addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("TaskId").setValue(taskId))
                .addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("ProcessId").setValue(Joiner.on(",").join(processIdList)))
                .addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("TaskUpdateTime").setValue(String.valueOf(taskUpdateTime)))
                .addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("TriggerType").setValue(triggerType))
                .addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("TargetType").setValue(targetType))
                .addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("TaskStartTime").setValue(String.valueOf(taskStartTime)))
                .addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("ExtensionConfigJSON").setValue(GSON.toJson(extensionConfig)));

        if (fixedTrigger != null) {
            builder.addArgs(KeyStringValuePair.newBuilder().setKey("FixedTriggerDuration").setValue(String.valueOf(fixedTrigger.duration)));
        }
        return builder;
    }

    @Data
    @AllArgsConstructor
    public static class FixedTrigger {
        private long duration;
    }
}

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When I first wrote about the Nasrid Dynasty, I had not planned further books beyond the stories told in Sultana and Sultana's Legacy. As I delved into the history of the protagonists in those two books, the lives of their descendants captured my imagination. For the next novel, I knew the story of the Nasrid Dynasty was not enough. The plight of millions of captives stolen from their homes across the Mediterranean, as represented by the experiences of the slaves Butayna and Maryam, became the subject of Sultana: Two Sisters.
Inspiration for this novel also came from the relationship that Sultan Muhammad V, Yusuf and Butayna's son, fostered with the Jews. The Jewish community of Granada gave Muhammad V a spectacular gift in the twelve marble lions whose figures now adorn the Patio de Leones in Alhambra Palace. Each of the lions represented a tribe of Israel and came from the house of a Jewish vizier, Samuel ha-Levi Ben-Yusef ibn Nagrela, who served the 11th-century rulers of Granada. Today, the lion figures still surround the same 14th-century basin installed during the reign of Muhammad V. While Spanish Christians throughout Castile and Aragon persecuted the Jews, Muhammad V offered the beleaguered Sephardic people Granada as their haven. I wondered whether a personal connection could explain his behavior. My speculation about his having had a mother of hidden Jewish origins is pure conjecture, but not outside the realm of possibility.
The Jews in Spain
The Jews of Sephardic Spain had various names for their language, known today as Ladino; Judezmo, Judyo, or Spanyol. Jews inhabited Spain for millennia. They lived varied, but oftentimes marginalized lives in the Christian kingdom as gold and silversmiths, artisans, and moneylenders. Islamic rulers considered them like Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists as dhimmis, non-Muslim citizens of Islamic states, and as People of the Book, one of the groups who received the word of God.
Still, Jews faced persecution throughout Spain's Christian and Muslim kingdoms. Jewish people worked in the trades the Catholic and Muslim rulers of Spain permitted them to engage in, such as the work of silver and goldsmiths, and as moneylenders. Others became trusted physicians and court officials. Some even developed deep personal relationships with rulers, such as Rachel Esra, better known as Rahel la Fermosa, who became a king's mistress until a violent purge brought about her death.
Hebrew calendar dates in this novel approximate the equivalent periods of the Hebrew and Julian calendars. The Hebrew calendar, like the Hijri, is based on lunar sightings.
Sultan Abdul Hajjaj Yusuf I
Yusuf I entered the world on June 29, AD 1318 or 28 Rabi al-Awwal 718 AH (his gravesite discussed below indicates his date of birth as June 28), likely as the second son of Sultan Abu'l-Walid Ismail I, and Ismail's concubine Bahar. Yusuf's father died after his cousins murdered him in a dispute over a slave girl when Yusuf was seven years old. His elder brother Sultan Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV succeeded Ismail. Both boys and their two younger brothers submitted to the tutelage and care of their grandmother the Sultana Fatima; reputedly, the four princes exercised only the power to choose the dishes they ate during meals.
Muhammad IV died on August 25, AD 1338 or 7 Safar 739 AH at eighteen, purportedly at the hands of Uthman ibn Abi'l-Ula. As one of many Marinid princes from Morocco living in Muslim Spain and the commander of the Volunteers of the Faith, Uthman had allegedly conspired in the death of the father of Muhammad IV, Ismail I. Apparently, there was some conflict between Uthman and the chief minister of Muhammad IV, Ibn al-Mahruq, who died likely on the orders of the Sultan's grandmother Fatima in her house. After Muhammad's men interred his body at Malaga, Yusuf ascended the throne at the age of fifteen. He received the oath of allegiance near Algeciras on August 26, AD 1333 or 14 Dhu al-Hijja 733 AH. During the next month, Yusuf I appointed Abu'l-Nuaym Ridwan, a Christian convert, as his chief minister. Yusuf held public audience on Mondays and Thursdays of each week.
Chronicles of the period left a detailed description of Yusuf as 'dark-skinned and naturally strong' with 'large eyes and dark straight hair, a thick beard, a handsome face and a clear voice that was a pleasure to hear.' Yusuf became an enlightened ruler and a warrior. Chroniclers also claimed he could perceive the future. He had two constant companions, considered alternatively as concubines or wives by historians. The women Butayna and Maryam were the mothers of Yusuf's three sons and six daughters. Butayna and Maryam existed as slaves in the harem before they became Yusuf's companions. By all accounts, he favored Maryam and her children more than he did Butayna and hers. He might have considered his second son Ismail as the favorite and a possible heir for a time.
While another son occurs in one primary source, a prince named Ahmad, I have found nothing beyond a poetic reference in AD 1343 to him along with Muhammad and Ismail as the sons of Yusuf. The author of the poem, the chief minister Ibn al-Jayyab incidentally does not mention Yusuf's third son, Qays, in his verses. All other sources have specified Yusuf as the father of one named son and daughter by Butayna, and two named sons and five daughters by Maryam, without mention of Ahmad as a possible son of either woman. Therefore, I have not included Ahmad in the narrative. If he existed, his mother also remains a mystery. While there are no other named partners indicated for Yusuf, there is a brief mention of another unnamed wife of Yusuf from within his own family, likely a cousin of his as the Nasrids often married their cousins. Perhaps this anonymous woman mothered the equally mysterious Ahmad, but lacking more details, I did not make her a part of this story.
Throughout Yusuf's life, troubles within his family also plagued him. He jailed his brother Ismail on suspicion of treason. In addition, Yusuf's brother Faraj died on the orders of either Muhammad IV or Yusuf, but not before Faraj's son, another Ismail, escaped to live in Morocco. Without further knowledge of Faraj or the circumstances of his death, I chose to exclude him and his son from the narrative as well. Among Yusuf's named sisters, there were Fatima and Maryam, whom I have omitted to avoid confusion with other important characters. Leila is a fictionalized character. Yusuf's mother Bahar lived for some years during his reign. A former captive according to one primary source, she converted to Islam and became noted for her piety. Historians, like the famous Ibn Battuta who visited Granada during the time of the Black Death, thought she was a charitable woman. Apparently, she provided some financial support for Ibn Battuta's extended stay, for which he was very grateful.
In AD 1340, Yusuf removed his chief minister; the occurrence on January 23, AD 1340 or 22 Rajab 740 AH does not indicate the reason for Ridwan's disfavor. Then Yusuf allied with Sultan Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Morocco, who landed at Algeciras on August 4, AD 1340 or 9 Safar 741 AH. On September 22, AD 1340 or 29 Rabi al-Awwal 741 AH, Yusuf removed and exiled to Tunis, the son of the purported conspirator against his father and elder brother, Abu Thabit Amir ibn Uthman. He had been the commander of the Moroccan Volunteers of the Faith.
Before the Granadan and Moroccan rulers united in armed conflict against Castile and Portugal, Yusuf released Ridwan from jail and appointed him the royal chamberlain of Alhambra Palace. Subsequently, the Muslims lost the fight against Christian forces on October 30, AD 1340 or 8 Jumada al-Ula 741 AH at the Battle of Rio Salado. Abu'l-Hasan Ali suffered great personal tragedies as a result, when his first and favorite wife Fatima, the daughter of the caliph of Tunisia, along with other wives, children, and at least one of his sisters suffered attacks from the soldiers of Castile and Portugal. Many of the women and children in the encampment died. The Christian warriors confiscated gold, silver, and luxurious silk banners, the latter of which still exist in Lisbon's museums. The surviving captives endured confinement in Seville until AD 1346.
After the battle, Yusuf returned to Granada. The kingdom of Castile considered Yusuf a vassal like many of his ancestors and demanded a yearly payment of between thirty and forty thousand gold coins from him, which Yusuf did not always pay, for example, for some years after the defeat at Salado. Instead, he made occasional raids through Christian Spain and interfered in the turbulent politics of Morocco.
In May AD 1342 or Dhu al-Hijja 742 AH, he prepared a naval campaign against Castile and Aragon. In April AD 1343 or Dhu al-Qada 743 AH, Yusuf successfully attacked southeast of Seville at Estepa and Benameji. When Castile took Algeciras on March 25, AD 1344 or 10 Dhu al-Qada 744 AH, Yusuf signed a treaty with King Alfonso XI of Castile, renewing terms of vassalage and tribute. Yusuf along with the Marinids and Aragon signed a peace treaty on February 25, AD 1345 or 21 Shawwal 745 AH. Two years later, in April AD 1347 or Muharram 748 AH, Yusuf went on a royal progress through the eastern half of the Nasrid kingdom.
He also maintained the rebel princes Abu Salim and Abu'l-Fadl in Andalusia, despite demands for their return from Abu'l-Hasan Ali's successor, Abu Inan Faris, who ruled from June 1348 AD or Rabi al-Awwal 749 AH. Yusuf later provided passage for the princes to Sous in southern Morocco, where they fueled rebellion against Abu Inan Faris into the reign of Yusuf's heir. Abu'l-Fadl eventually met his end in AD 1354 or 1355 at the order of Abu Inan Faris, but Abu Salim lived to become a ruler of Morocco in his own time. In another magnanimous gesture, Yusuf allowed the cortege of his lifelong enemy, King Alfonso XI of Castile, to depart from the siege of Gibraltar in March AD 1350 and gave orders that none in his kingdom should attack the king's men.
Yusuf made additions throughout Alhambra complex, his family's palace. He enlarged the Comares tower, which served as the throne room of the Sultan, and built the Bab al-Sharia (incorrectly known today as Alhambra Palace's Gate of Justice). He also built a religious school, called the College of Granada, or Al-Madrasa al-Nasriyya (apparently, it would only become known as the Madrasa Yusufiyya during later years) in Granada in AD 1349. If you're in Granada and want to see the remnants of the school, travel along the Calle Oficio to the Baroque facade of the University of Granada building, right across from the Cathedral. If you reach the entrance of Granada's Alcaiceria or marketplace, you've gone too far. The remnant of Yusuf's school is on the first floor; you can see a portion of the original flooring in the prayer room. Yusuf also worked on the gates, towers, and walls at Malaga, including the citadel at the Gibralfaro.
His chief ministers Ibn Ali ibn al-Jayyab (who served from the time of Yusuf's paternal great-grandfather Sultan Muhammad II and died of plague in January AD 1349 or Shawwal 749 AH) and Ibn al-Jayyab's successor Ibn al-Khatib, as well as the Christian convert Ridwan, created literary works and poems, which still decorate the walls of Alhambra Palace today. Yusuf benefited from the treatment of his personal physician Muhammad al-Shaquri, a wise man despite being nine years younger than the Sultan. Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Qaysi, another doctor from Malaga developed new antidotes for poisons in AD 1352. Yusuf ordered Ibn al-Khatib to request military assistance from Sultan Abu Inan Faris of Morocco against Castile on March 13, AD 1350 or 3 Muharram 751 AH. The Sultan also sent the minister to Fez as his ambassador in July AD 1351.
Under Yusuf's regime, the Marinid Volunteers of the Faith, which had controlled parts of Andalusia since the time of Sultan Muhammad I in the 1260's, began their withdrawal. Later, this fact allowed Yusuf's heir to begin the reclamation of territories at Ronda, Marbella, and Gibraltar.
Yusuf was a remarkable man, who had known great tragedies with the loss of his father and brother to assassinations, and countless numbers of his citizens due to the Black Death beginning in June AD 1348. His famed grandmother Fatima also died a year later, leaving a powerful legacy to her grandson. His life ended too soon in tragedy. He died at the age of thirty-six on October 19, AD 1354 or 1 Shawwal 755 AH, on the morning of the feast to celebrate the end of fasting during Ramadan. A demented black slave from his stable stabbed him to death with a dagger, as Yusuf made the last prostration in his mosque. One scholar speculates that the slave was the child of Muhammad IV and a black slave woman, which allowed for the murderer's ability to get so close to Yusuf, as a nephew of his. However, the suggestion ignores the fact discussed below that Islam required slaves freed after their master's death. Muhammad IV had been dead for several years, so why would any purported son of his still be a slave?
Yusuf's servants carried him into his palace, where he breathed his last almost immediately. He was buried the same afternoon in the graveyard next to his father Ismail. After the fall of the Nasrids in AD 1492, Yusuf's bones along with the relics of his family left Alhambra complex forever. However, in 1574, scholars identified the white marble slabs that indicated the grave of Yusuf I in Alhambra's rawda or royal pantheon. With my admittedly poor understanding of Spanish, I was able to make out that the translation from Arabic begins with, "Here is the tomb of the martyred sultan" and speaks of Yusuf as an excellent ruler, murdered as indicated in the notes above.
Facts versus fiction about Yusuf I
Yusuf's personal interactions with his family members, particularly his mother Bahar, his grandmother Fatima, his sisters, wives, and children are uncertain. Speculations about his mother's fanatical adherence to Islam derives from my belief that sometimes converts are the most devoted to their new religion, even above those born into the faith. The words of the famed traveler Ibn Battuta who described Yusuf's mother as being a pious woman also support my characterization. While Yusuf never met Ibn Battuta during his visit to Granada during the plague period, Yusuf's mother did provide from her personal funds for the traveler's sojourn in Muslim Spain. Yusuf particularly favored Maryam and her children over Butayna and hers.
Sultan Abu Abdallah Muhammad V
Sultan Abu Abdallah Muhammad V, the eldest son of the then twenty-year-old Sultan Abdul Hajjaj Yusuf I and the Sultan's concubine/wife Butayna, was born on January 4, AD 1338 or 11 Jumada al-Thani 738 AH. Muhammad had a younger, full-blood sister, Aisha, and seven siblings of half-blood. He became the eighth ruler of the Nasrid Dynasty, ascending to the throne in October AD 1354 when he was just sixteen upon the violent murder of his father Yusuf. The former Sultan's ministers proclaimed him the heir; Yusuf never publicly designated one. The minister Ibn al-Khatib composed the oath of loyalty, which the nobility, court dignitaries, Muhammad's family, and the governors swore at the new Sultan's ascension on November 9, AD 1354 or 22 Shawwal 755 AH. Muhammad assigned his half-siblings and their mother Maryam to a palace within Alhambra complex. He depended on the Christian convert Ridwan, who became his prime minister as in the days of his father Yusuf.
Learned like his father, Muhammad established treaties and a personal relationship with King Pedro I of Castile, who was four years Muhammad's senior. He even renewed the tribute his forefathers had paid. Because of their friendship, both rulers had a great deal of influence on the policies and cultural flowering of their two kingdoms. Muhammad retained a corps of two hundred Christian guardsmen, derived from former captives, throughout his lifetime.
Facts versus fiction about Muhammad V
The personal interaction of Yusuf I and Muhammad V, and Muhammad's ill feelings toward his younger siblings and their mothers for the favoritism Yusuf showed are uncertain. I also don't know if Muhammad's Christian mother or the sisters of Yusuf I had the most influence in the future monarch's upbringing.
Sultana Butayna
Butayna, the Christian mother of Sultan Muhammad V and the concubine / first wife of Sultan Abdul Hajjaj Yusuf I, left no record of her life in the harem of Alhambra Palace. I do not know her original name, the date, or location of her birth, or her age when she bore Yusuf his heir. The only certainties are her harem name Butayna, which meant 'one who possesses a young and tender body;' her status as a slave in Yusuf's harem by at least AD 1337 prior to her first pregnancy; and her belief in the Christian faith. She was one of apparently five Christian women who became mothers of the Sultans of Granada. Chroniclers of the period learned minuscule details of her life through the deep-seated rivalry she and Maryam shared. Both women sought the throne of Granada for their sons after Yusuf's death. Butayna became the mother of two of Yusuf's children, including a younger daughter Aisha.
Period sources referred to Butayna as either a concubine or wife of the ruler Yusuf; later scholarship states the wedding took place in AD 1337 or 737 AH on a rainy day with a horse race held in celebration. As a Christian concubine, she became the first in his harem to bear him a son. Since history most often refers to her as a slave, it is unlikely she ever converted to Islam. Muslim law sanctioned the freedom of all persons who converted. It also recognized the concept of freedom for the slave mothers of children born to Islamic rulers, but the practice was not universal. Most of the Christian West relied on primogeniture (the inheritance by the firstborn). The Muslim West never followed such strict rules. Sons vied with each other for their inheritances, even the throne of Granada. Yusuf's apparently favorable disposition toward Maryam and her children meant Butayna's son, even as Yusuf's firstborn, should not have expected to inherit the throne automatically.
Life altered forever for Butayna on October 19, AD 1354, when Yusuf died. Records indicate she was still alive at this time. Then, Butayna set aside the label of slave forever and became a queen; the mother of the Sultan Abu Abdallah Muhammad V. Islamic law recognized the manumission of slaves upon the deaths of their masters. Butayna's role in the harem would have changed. She might have influenced her son's decision-making and perhaps, the course of Spanish history. I often wonder whether her gains at Muhammad's side compensated for the trials she must have endured as Yusuf's slave.
Facts versus fiction about Butayna
Like her counterpart Maryam, Butayna could have hailed from any European country when she entered the harem of Yusuf I. I don't know about her personal interactions with his sisters or his grandmother, the venerated Sultana Fatima, or Yusuf's mother Bahar. Also uncertain is whether Butayna would not have raised her son by Yusuf without interference. Yusuf also favored Maryam and her children more than he did Butayna, and might have considered Maryam's eldest son Ismail as his successor rather than Butayna's son Muhammad.
Sultana Maryam
Maryam, the concubine / second wife of Sultan Abdul Hajjaj Yusuf I, and the mother of two of his sons, Ismail and Qays, and five of his daughters, Fatima, Mumina, Khadija, Shams, and Zaynab, also left no record of her life. One secondary source indicates the modern-day understanding of her name as Maryam might be an error in transcribing the original Arabic; instead, the name might have been Rim. Her origins and date of birth are uncertain. A slave like Butayna, she seems to have enjoyed greater influence over Yusuf than her rival did. Maryam gave Yusuf his second son, a boy named after his grandfather Ismail, born on October 2, AD 1338 or 16 Rabi al-Awwal 739 AH. His elder brother Muhammad preceded him by ten months. It is highly likely Maryam conceived Ismail within a short span of time around the birth of Butayna's first child. Maryam would have enjoyed the same luxuries as her rival in Alhambra Palace, including close access to the Sultan. In time, her eldest daughter married a red-haired cousin, Muhammad, more commonly known in Castilian Spanish history as El Bermejo. He descended from Yusuf's grandmother Sultana Fatima through her second son, also named Muhammad, the father of Ismail, who became El Bermejo's father.
When Yusuf died, Maryam and her children lived under the dominion of Sultan Muhammad V and his mother Butayna would have controlled Muhammad's harem. He gave his stepmother and her family quarters in another part of Alhambra complex. What was life like for Maryam at this time? She went from having influence over one Sultan, her husband, to likely none with her stepson Muhammad V. A step down, just when her star seemed to be rising. It is interesting to consider the possibilities and problems faced by a woman in Maryam's position. I have portrayed her as greedy and ambitious, just as the sources indicate, but one detail in my characterization is different from the historical record. For dramatic purposes, I have described Maryam as a Jewish woman, but chroniclers of the period indicate she began life as a Christian like Butayna. Whatever the truth of their circumstances may have been, Maryam and Butayna were sisters in faith, through their belief in the same God, as well as sisters in bondage within the palace of Alhambra. Each played her part in shaping the future of Muslim Spain.
Facts versus fiction about Maryam
Maryam was a Christian, not a Jewish slave of the harem of Yusuf I. Her origin remains uncertain; she could have come from any European country. Whether infighting between her and Butayna followed a previous generation of clashes in the harem is dramatic speculation I've chosen. Maryam also received Yusuf's attention more than Butayna did.
Sultana Fatima
Until the near completion of this novel, I had once believed Fatima, the heroine of Sultana and Sultana's Legacy died in the early years of Yusuf's rule. It was a pleasurable shock to discover that she lived throughout most of her grandson's reign, dying on February 26, AD 1349 at more than ninety years old. Fatima was the matriarch of the Nasrid Dynasty and as one of the sources put it, "Of all the descendants of Muhammad II, Fatima was the most prominent, not only for being the mother of his grandson Sultan Ismail but also for her unusual participation in Nasrid politics for generations of rulers. It is, therefore, possible to say that she was one of the most significant women with historical repercussions for the entire dynasty."
As Yusuf's grandmother, Fatima not only reared him after the premature death of his father; she tutored and nurtured his love of the arts and sciences. Their bond influenced the course of Yusuf's life. I do not know the nature of her relationship with her son's chosen companions Butayna and Maryam, or with Yusuf's children. The end of her remarkable life inspired Yusuf's minister Ibn al-Khatib to write of her, "… she was Fatima, daughter of Muhammad II. She was the cream of the kingdom, the central pearl of the dynasty, the pride of the harem women, the height of honor and respect, the link that gave the people the protection of the kings and her life was a reminder of the legacy of the royal family."
In 1892 during an excavation of the royal gravesites in which Fatima's father and her husband were buried, 30 empty tombs were found. Eight belonged to children. One held the remains of a woman; could this be the location of Fatima's grave? Although there are multiple references to the elegy composed for her, Fatima's tombstone is not preserved among those displayed in Hall 6 of the Museum of Alhambra located in the Palace of Carlos V.
Facts versus fiction about Fatima
In Sultana: Two Sisters, Fatima is in her late eighties to nineties and has retired from the dominant role in the harem. While that scenario is likely, given the presence of Yusuf's mother Bahar, I don't doubt Fatima's influence would have remained up until her demise. I speculate on her death in the Partal houses of Alhambra Palace, but the location is not recorded, nor is the presence of her relatives.
An epidemic of bubonic plague arrived in the shipping ports of Moorish Spain by late December AD 1347. Rats in European towns and ports, aided by general filth and poor sanitation, advanced the spread of the disease through the fleas gathered on their dying bodies. The rats and fleas encountered people. After a fleabite, lymph nodes developed into painful buboes, which turned the skin black and appeared on the groin, thigh, armpit, or neck of the infected person. Within three to five days in which these signs of infection manifested, victims spat blood, had seizures and terrible coughs, or watched their limbs turn black with rot. Eighty percent of them died within a week. The Catholic Church interpreted the spread of plague as a curse from God, spurred by the presence of heretics. Jews suffered particular persecution.
On the eve of this great pestilence, there were 7.5 million persons living in the Iberian Peninsula, throughout the Christian kingdom of Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada to the south. Beginning in May AD 1348, the Black Death claimed the lives of at least seventy persons per day in the Muslim city of Almeria, until the epidemic died down in February AD 1349. The first death in Malaga, further down the coast, occurred during April AD 1349. A month later, the plague began ravaging Granada. It crossed into Spain's northern territories, reaching Toledo in June AD 1349 and Seville in September AD 1349. It claimed old and young, peasants and kings, Christians, Jews, and Muslims. It devastated the population. King Alfonso XI of Castile died from the Black Death on March 22, AD 1350, during the siege of the fortress at Gibraltar.
I have no information on how the plague affected members of Yusuf's family personally, but the dynasty's rulers and their dependents would not have been immune to the effects. Arab doctors in the Middle East advanced the methods discussed for dealing with the plague in the narrative. There is a current theory that the descendants of Europe's plague survivors have a gene that enables their resistance to virulent diseases like HIV. The Black Death may have claimed thirty to forty percent of the population of Spain before it ran its course in AD 1350. Ibn al-Khatib would later write a treatise on the course of the plague in AD 1374. The plague reoccurred in Spain in later years, most notably in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Kolečkové brusle jsou brusle oblékané na nohu, které mají místo nožů kolečka. Příbuzným sportovním náčiním jsou kolečkové lyže.

Historie

První patentované kolečkové brusle byly představeny v roce 1760. Vynalezl je Belgičan John Joseph Merlin, jednalo se o typ inline bruslí, ale zprvu tyto brusle nebyly populární. V roce 1863 byly Jamesem Plimptonem vynalezeny tzv. "rocking" brusle. Byly vylepšenými kolečkovými bruslemi a umožnily lepší změny směru. Tyto brusle již umožnily lepší zatáčení a projíždění okolo překážek a začaly se dostávat mezi lidi.

V roce 1937 vznikla Asociace obsluhujících umělá kluziště, nyní se jmenuje Asociace kolečkového bruslení. Asociace prosazuje zájmy kolečkových bruslařů a nabízí hodiny pro veřejnost, zaměřují se i na šíření kolečkové bruslení mezi veřejnost. Nynějším prezidentem je Joe Champa a jeho zástupcem je Bobby Braun. Asociace sídlí ve městě Indianapolis.

Posléze, kolečkové bruslení se vyvinulo ze sportu sloužícího k trávení volného času v soutěžní sport, prvním olympijským sportem se stal hokej na kolečkových bruslích, poprvé byl na olympijských hrách v roce 1992. Dalšími sporty jsou rychlobruslení, krasobruslení a roller derby.

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Jedním z příkladů kolečkových bruslí v zábavním průmyslu je videoklip Madonny, ve kterém Madonna a další sportovci bruslí na kolečkových bruslích. Další, nedávný příklad je videoklip k písni A Public Affair Jessicy Simpson, v tomto videoklipu hrají Jessica Simpson, Christina Applegate, Eva Longoria, Christina Milian, Andy Dick a Ryan Seacrest. Ve videoklipu čtyři ženy tančí v umělém kluzišti na kolečkových bruslích. Ve filmu Funny Girl z roku 1968 s Barbrou Streisand v hlavní roli je delší scéna se skupinou žen tančících a zpívajících sestavu v kolečkových bruslích na jevišti, film je zasazený do počátku 20. století, ještě před 1. světovou válku.

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iPhone X or iPhone 8? Price, size, camera all factor in your buying decision
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As the chart below shows, you can spend as little as $349 for a base model iPhone SE, or spend as much as $1149 for a fully-equipped bleeding-edge iPhone X.
iPhone X $999 $1149
iPhone 8 Plus $799 $949
iPhone 8 $699 $849
iPhone 6s Plus $549 $649
iPhone 6s $449 $549
iPhone SE $349 $449
Earlier this year, my wife donated her 6s Plus to me as an extra 4K camera, and bought an SE. She found the physical size of the Plus phone to be too large. That's one of the more interesting elements of the iPhone X -- it has more screen, in a smaller package.
The dollar decision
In this article, I'll be looking at what you might want to consider, if you're deciding between an iPhone 8, an 8 Plus, or an iPhone X. If your decision is mostly driven by budget, then you really want to spend your time with the price chart and decide what you can afford.
On CNET:iPhone 8 review:The status quo upgrade | iPhone X: An ugly deception?
Since all three models (the 8, 8 Plus, and X) come in 64GB and 256GB configurations only, that simplifies the money calculation considerably. For each memory capacity, there's a hundred dollar jump between the iPhone 8 and the 8 Plus, and a two hundred dollar jump between the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X.
So when it comes to a dollar decision, you're really deciding whether the iPhone X is worth $200 more to you than an iPhone 8 Plus, or $300 more to you than the iPhone 8.
Does size matter?
I mentioned size, and this is intriguing. The iPhone 8 has a 4.7-inch display with a 1334-by-750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi. The 8 Plus jumps that up to a 5.5-inch display with a 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution at 401 ppi.
Image: Apple
But then there's the iPhone X. Its display is 5.8 inches with a 2436-by-1125-pixel resolution at 458 ppi. But wait. There's more. Or rather, less.
See, here's the thing. The iPhone 8 Plus' physical size is 3.07 by 6.24 inches. The iPhone X, with it's larger display, is physically considerably smaller. At 2.79 by 5.65 inches, it's closer in size to an iPhone 8 at 2.65 by 5.45 inches.
In other words, if you want the biggest possible display, but in a smaller phone, the iPhone X might be the phone for you.
More screen specs
There's a lot more going on in that iPhone X screen besides size. As mentioned above, it has considerably more pixels than previous models.
The iPhone X has an HDR screen, providing much higher contrast and color quality. Apple quantifies it as going from roughly a 1300:1 contrast ratio on the iPhone 8 Plus to a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio on the iPhone X. Put simply, images will be crisper and more vivid.
The iPhone X also has a different method of lighting pixels: OLED (organic, light-emitting diodes). This is part of how you can get a more vivid screen. On most iPhones (and most non-OLED phones), the LCD display doesn't light up. Instead, there are side or back lights that provide the light.
In an OLED display, like in the iPhone X, each individual pixel produces its own light. Effectively, the iPhone X has 2,740,500 tiny little flashlights in its screen, each producing light.
OLED has many advantages over LCD, but as this CNET article shows, it's not a slam dunk. Nonetheless, you get OLED with the iPhone X. If a higher-quality, higher-resolution screen with greater color quality is important to you, the iPhone X might be worth those extra Benjamins.
Not your Dad's iPhone
We'll get to the camera in a minute, but let's cover some of the weird stuff first. The iPhone X is going to take some getting used to.
Let me just put this out there. The Home button is gone. Just like the headphone jack, Apple thinks you don't really need a Home button.
This is a big part of how Apple got more screen in a smaller space. By nuking the Home button, they get a ton of space back on the front of the phone.
But now, instead of having a tactile button you can find, even in the dark, you have to swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to Home. And yes, that means that other swipe-up gestures have changed. If you buy an iPhone X, you'll have to live with that.
You'll also have to live without Touch ID. No longer will you be required to press the Home button to authenticate. Instead, you'll have to smile for the camera. Apple is introducing Face ID on the iPhone X.
Face ID adds a couple of new sensors to the front of the iPhone X, including a mechanism that projects 30,000 individual dots at your face, so the phone can measure who you are. I'm not sold on this technology, personally, but Apple claims that Face ID is actually considerably more accurate and secure than Touch ID.
There are some disadvantages. No matter what Apple says, Face ID will fail from time to time. In fact, it failed during Apple's public demo, although Apple claims it gracefully recovered as it was designed to. The problem there was that too many faces were scanned by one demo phone, and it simply got fed up and took its toys home.
My concern about Face ID is similar to the missing Home button: turning on the phone quickly in pitch black. I often get alerts in the middle of the night that I need to pay attention to. I can easily reach for my phone, feel the Home button, and authenticate, all in darkness. But without a Home button and a Face ID system that's essentially a camera, it's not clear to me just how well the recognition will work in darkness.
Also, faces change. My beard grows pretty fast, so I look different (more cave man) towards the end of my barber avoidance cycle than at the beginning. My wife puts on a different face to match each of her outfits. Makeup can significantly change someone's look. Apple does claim it can handle those changes, but, again, I have my doubts.
If you're deciding between an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus and an iPhone X, only you will know whether Face ID and the lack of a Home button excites you, or will annoy you to no end. For me, it's a turn off. But then again, I still have my iPhone 6s Plus, almost entirely because of how often I use the headphone jack.
Let's delay our camera discussion for a few more minutes to discuss ARKit. ARKit is Apple's augmented reality engine, designed to turn an iPhone into a HoloLens without the big head-mounted hardware.
AR has a lot of potential. For example, imagine you could point your camera at a wall, and it can tell you the dimensions of that wall. Apple and others in the AR space often show games being played through a screen, so that you might have a city on a table, or, in the case of Pokemon Go, little Poke monsters scattered throughout the world.
ARKit actually works on iPhones as old as the 6s. I ran a room measuring program (which failed for reasons other than interpreting reality) on my iPhone 6s Plus. On my phone, it actually did discern walls and floors, but because the phone wasn't itself rock steady just in my hand, the floor plan wobbled. That was a failing of the app developer, not ARKit.
In any case, where ARKit becomes interesting when buying a phone is the fact that it's designed to interpret physical reality, then do something with that interpretation. It can find a park bench, and put a little Pokemon guy on it. Or it could interpret a scene, and allow your camera software to manipulate it.
Think about that for a second. Once you have a camera and something smart enough to interpret a scene, you can combine the two to perform some interesting tricks. That, then, brings us to the cameras.
Each generation of iPhone has sported a substantially improved camera compared to the previous generation. The iPhone 7 camera has better performance and better image quality than the iPhone 6s, while the iPhone 7 Plus added a second lens to the back camera.
The iPhone 8 again improves image quality and, taking a hint from the AR capabilities I discussed earlier, adds a Portrait Lighting feature, allowing you to drop out backgrounds and dynamically create new lighting for your subjects without needing to use actual lighting fixtures.
This is where the ARKit capabilities become really interesting. Because as apps get better at working with a representation of reality, photo software can do a lot more. If you thought green screen effects were cool, wait until your phone actually understands what's in the image with you and makes changes based on that understanding.
CNET compared the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus cameras side-by-side, and their definitive opinion is the iPhone 8 Plus beats the 7 Plus. That's no real surprise. But what about the iPhone X?
The big change is the front-facing camera on the iPhone X. Because it needs to be able to perform facial recognition, its capabilities have improved considerably. Apple added a depth mapping feature it calls True Depth. Basically, this allows the front-facing camera to have a much better understanding of what's in the image, and to make it look better.
Think of it as a selfie camera on steroids. True Depth gives you the ability to create smart selfies, with more flexibility and capability than you had with other iPhones.
The rear cameras on the iPhone X are roughly the same as that of the iPhone 8 Plus. The iPhone X telephoto lens has an ƒ/2.4 aperture instead of an ƒ/2.8 aperture, meaning it lets in a bit more light. But that's about it for the camera differences.
If you're a selfie fan, you might want to consider the iPhone X. If you're just taking pictures on the back camera, you're not going to get much more from the X.
So what does your $200-300 buy you?
The iPhone X uses the same A11 Bionic chip with 64-bit architecture, Neural engine, and Embedded M11 motion coprocessor as the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. So your $200-300 is not getting you a faster processor.
It is getting you more screen size in less space than the 8 Plus. It is getting you more screen resolution, in that smaller space. It is getting you higher quality images as OLED technology.
It's also getting you a substantially improved front-facing camera that's a huge boon to selfie fans.
And, depending on whether you consider this a benefit or a shortcoming, you're getting Face ID and losing the Home button and Touch ID.
If you're still not sure, here are some recommendations based on the various benefits of the iPhone X.
If you're desperate for as much screen as possible, but the Plus-sized phones are too much for you, get the iPhone X.
If you want to see the highest contrast images at their best possible quality, get an iPhone X.
If you are all about selfies and better selfies are worth a few hundred bucks to you, get an iPhone X.
If you're mostly hoping to get good rear-facing camera quality, then the iPhone 8 Plus will be fine for you.
If you're taking telephoto images and just can't get enough light, the iPhone X's slightly better aperture might (only might, because it's not that big a difference) give you an advantage.
If you really like being able to find your Home button without lifting and looking at your phone, get an iPhone 8.
If you have difficulty with fingerprint readers for authentication (there are people with very fine fingerprints that just don't read well), then consider an iPhone X.
If you're just plain tired of the iPhone look we've had since the iPhone 6, then get an iPhone X. It's definitely a different-looking phone.
If you've been waiting years for wireless iPhone charging (even though I've been doing it on my iPhone 6s Plus since 2015), you don't need an iPhone X. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus both come with wireless charging.
So, there you have it. Are you going to spend the few extra hundred bucks for the X? Let me know in the comments below.
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PREMIERE: SLUGS – "I ONLY PARTY"
The four-piece push the boundaries on indie-pop with their new single.
If there is one thing we love, it's originality and four-piece SLUGS are embodying all things genuine for their new genre-blurring single "I Only Party (w my baby)". Embracing all things fun and wild, the group delivers an eccentric single that playfully brings together gritty guitar tones and addictive lyricism. Packed with attitude and a catchy chorus, SLUGS serves up a laid-back single that that sees their high octane energy brought to the forefront.
Inspired by an interview she saw with Avril Lavigne, singer-songwriter Marissa Longstreet said, "Lavigne had talked about her marriage rule with then-husband Chad Kroger that they only "party" with each other. I thought that was a funny form of devotion; bounding your debauchery exclusively to your partnership."
Having been on tour with the LP & The Districts and opened for Jessica Lea Mayfield, the group are proving themselves to be ones to watch in 2021.
Check out the video below now…
New Noise: BEA
Premiere: Tadhg Daly – "Your Heart's Not In it"
With 111 days until summer and freedom, Melbourne-hailed indie-rock group Brixton Alley are getting us in the mood with their fun-filled video for "This Party Sucks".
Australian rising pop artist AIRPORTS has us feeling like we're in a teenage rom-com with his hip hop-infused single "PARTY ALL THE TIME".
Chicago-hailed artist LAN Party has dropped his genre-blurring new EP "PLUR".
Canadian alt-pop duo Neon Dreams take a trip down memory lane exploring the adolescent urge to fit in on simmering new track "House Party".
Premiere: Pink Noise Party – "Queer"
Berlin-hailed trio Varley put their middle finger up to unsolicited advice for their playful new single "Push Pull".
York-based indie four-piece The Howl & The Hum explore "Human Contact" in the digital age with their new track.
Hailed from Ascot, indie two-piece Febeuder have dropped their meditative environmentally-charged track "Reseau".
Trick Gum take us on an exhilarating ride for their new indie-pop single "You're All Caught Up".
French artist Mottron is taking us through a dark dreamy soundscape for his indie-pop single "Run".
Indie-rock & R&B star Keir bears his heart on tantalisingly dark new DIY single "Shiver".
Austin five-piece Holy Wave release their third single from their upcoming album, "Interloper".
Back with another synth-driven single is indie-pop artist Middle Part with "Heartbeat".
Enter a sultry indie-pop soundscape for newcomer Karin Ann's latest single "i yearn for agony".
Bringing summer festival vibes to winter is four-piece Rikas with their new single "Overthinking".
Taking us on an eccentric journey with his new indie-pop single is singer-songwriter Plaid Brixx with "Addicted".
Singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow transports us to an 80s disco party for her new single "Always" with band Holy Holy.
Continuing on from the success of their debut album Fall In Fall Out, indie-rock pioneers The Luka State drop their new single "Bury Me".
PFW: Lanvin after-party
Something is stirring in Bath-hailed five-piece Bad Sounds with their latest indie-pop masterpiece "BREATHE".


I've gotten to play a lot of boardgames in the last 2 weeks, and yesterday a couple of friends commented I did a good job explaining the rules to a new player – that said, everyone did a great job of teaching as we played, which I find is crucial for speeding the learning curve.
I start here, because it tells people what they're TRYING to do, and makes all the rules I give after that, have context.
I start general, because, again, we're laying out context – it's like having folders to store documents in- the folder lets you categorize what the specific rules are, and assists people in retaining the ideas.
I also give a general strategy, because any game that's a good strategy game can't be mastered by a quick explanation, plus it gives the new player context to see what other players are doing and why, and learn from that as well. Without that context, the actions appear opaque.
Save the weird, exception based stuff for last, and only as it's immediately important or very likely to be immediately important.
Sure, it's probably great to know that this one thing has this one exception that could be important- but odds are good a new player won't be able to remember it, or really figure out the reason it's important. Get them up on the basics first, and the things they're immediately dealing with.
"I'm choosing this because it's good for this and that." "I'm spending my Bonus Points to get extra dice." etc. This helps again, give the player context and to model off of what everyone else is doing.
Whenever it comes around to the new player's chance to take action, be sure to list out some viable choices and what makes any of them good choices or why a few are bad choices.
The two big pitfalls I see happen a lot are either trying to explain the rules by the order of procedure OR by getting caught up in explaining EVERY option, instead of what's immediate and most important.
Whatever you first tell players, is most likely to stick. The more material you explain, the less they remember.
So if you start off with explaining 20 minutes of how to set things up, or a whole lot of options but not an overall context- by the time you get around to those important things (assuming you do…) it's all a blur at that point.
And, as we play, and I highlight options or make suggestions, I point back to the sheet as a process of getting players to see that the core information is right there, and they can and should access it regularly.
Making a quicksheet also helps you learn how to phrase things and figure out which aspects are most important in explaining how a given game works. Then, when you come around to teaching new people- you just follow the sheet as a list of talking points.


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HomeNewsRoman Abramovich Must Back The Different Shades Of Antonio "The Godfather" Conte
Roman Abramovich Must Back The Different Shades Of Antonio "The Godfather" Conte
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Chelsea started the season with a bang, with three back-to-back wins the Blues were on course for a come-back campaign with the newly appointed manager Antonio Conte making headlines worldwide, not just for his tactical perfections but also for his jubilant and passionate celebrations.
After 3 games of showing improvement and determination, Chelsea's defense is back to square one. The demons of last season are back to haunt the West London giants.
The match against Arsenal was the first big test for Conte, and things couldn't have gone worse for the Italian tactician. Chelsea defense fell straight-up, with Gary Cahill making a blunder of a mistake that led to the Gunners first goal.
Conte must be a worried man right now, as the former Juventus midfielder is finding it difficult to work his tactical magic work at Chelsea. The 47-year-old is known for his strict and tight defense line, but now sees himself trying to work with a 'seemingly dead' team of defenders in London. An emergency meeting was held by owner Roman Abramovich last week after Chelsea succumbed to a 1-2 defeat to Liverpool at home.
The meeting ran till the early hours of morning and had a lot of key personnel present, as the Blues owner went on to discuss Chelsea's start to the campaign. Conte himself is not pleased with the clubs activities in the summer transfer window as the Stamford Bridge outfit failed to buy his prime defensive targets.
Chelsea's back-line looked solid during the first few matches, but more then anything, the credit for that is due to John Terry. The Chelsea captain is still the best defender that the blues have and it is impossible to imagine what would have been if Roman and his confidante's hadn't renewed his contract late this summer.
But, as soon as it looked like that Stamford Bridge had over-come it's defensive horrors, Terry suffered an ankle injury which has sidelined him for weeks. Worse is the former England captain missed-out on the Arsenal game. Chelsea looked like a team without a leader on the pitch, with no back-line what-so-ever. The center-back partnership of Gary Cahill and returning David Luiz was a pain to watch. As someone rightly "David Luiz and Gary Cahill is the worst central-defending partnership after Gary Cahill and David Luiz."
César Azpilicueta has been decent on the left, but Branislav Ivanovic for the second season running looks like a shadow of his former self.
Ivanovic has constantly been losing possession and to make things worse the 32-year-old is getting caught out-of-position frequently. The Serbian national team captain is facing stick from his coach and it is widely expected that he will be phased out of the team in the coming months.
England's vice-captain Gary Cahill is also expected to be ousted from the team as Conte is personally overseeing the scouting reports in search for domestic players to replace the veteran duo.
The former Italian national team's coach looked visibly disturbed after his teams humiliating 0-3 defeat to heated rivals Arsenal. When questioned about Chelsea's embarrassing performance Conte said "Was I angry at half-time? Yes, but I prefer to keep my words, because it's right when I talk with my players, to keep what I tell them," Conte said.
"This is normal. Sure I was angry, but my players were also angry. Because we weren't satisfied with our game, with our performance. I don't sleep, sure. I don't sleep. This is normal.
"After this game, this defeat, it's normal for me not to sleep. I reflect. And it's important to reflect."
In his post match press conference Conte continued his rant as he said that Chelsea are a good team on paper only, adding that "We are a great team only on paper, not on the pitch," said the Italian. "I prefer to be a great team not only on paper but also on the pitch. The pitch is the truth. The pitch speaks.
"The pitch is the most important thing for us: not the words, not on paper. We must work to change this. We must work a lot.
"Last season was a bad season. We must have last season present in our mind to not repeat the mistakes. We must reflect a lot to find very soon the right way."
Conte has every right to be paranoid as the Blues hierarchy for the second year running decided to overlook their managers transfer demands. At the start of 2015/16 season, the then Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was left fuming after he was denied signing almost all of his major transfer targets, a disastrous season followed, which saw Mourinho losing his job in December. Conte too is not happy about the way business was conducted this year, as the club failed to sign all major targets (defensive at-least).
Two players who Conte desperately wanted to sign this summer were Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci and Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly, both of whom Chelsea failed to sign and the 47-year-old Italian was left with no choice but to sign Marcos Alonso and David Luiz.
Though, Conte's defensive woes are set to be over temporarily as fan-favourite defender Kurt Zouma is set to make a return after being out for months due to a knee injury, and captain John Terry is also expected to return to action soon.
Though, it is still too early to call this season, yet another disaster, Chelsea's trigger finger owner Mr. Abramovich needs to stay patient with his new manager and not give into the fear and panic spread by people who have his ear.
The Italian has a proven track-record and has already showed signs that he is fully capable of managing one of the world's biggest club. The Chelsea board must show faith in their new manager and back him up in the transfer market, or this could be another Jose Mourinho like situation at Fulham road in London.
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Q: An entity object cannot be referenced by multiple instances of IEntityChangeTracker I use EF as ORM.
I dispose the objectContext on every request.
I save the entities in a cache layer, as my service gets lots of traffic.
I got sometimes get the error objectContext already disposed for some entities that I got from the cache.
I have added this code to elements that were retrived from the cache
if (maMDBEntities.Entry(group).State == EntityState.Detached)
{
    maMDBEntities.Groups.Attach(group);
}

but now I sometimes get this error:

An entity object cannot be referenced by multiple instances of IEntityChangeTracker.

Was using Attach() an incorrect solution from the first place?

A: As we told you in your other question (will EF::attach(entity) will solve objectContext is already desposed?), you have to detach the Entities before attaching it to another Context!
If maMDBEntities is a new Context (not the one, which loaded the data), the EntityState is not "attached" from this Contexts point-of-view. So your check is not sufficient.
This maMDBEntities.Entry(group).State == EntityState.Detached will always be true for an Context, which did not load the Entity.

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"The Mayor is repeatedly on record as saying he backs the strategic target of London having 32,000 police officers, yet in his very first budget he want to remove the very means to achieve that target.
If his budget is working on the assumption that in the year ahead the capital will have nearer to 31,000 police officers than 32,000, then that will become reality. If you don't budget for 32,000 police officers you will never achieve that target.
The simple fact is that his strategic target of London having 32,000 police officers is meaningless.


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Archivist's Speeches: FOR THE REDEDICATION OF THE ROTUNDA FOR THE CHARTERS OF FREEDOM, September 17, 2003
Archivist of the United States
FOR THE REDEDICATION OF THE ROTUNDA FOR THE CHARTERS OF FREEDOM
Good morning, and welcome to the National Archives.
I am honored to have you all join us today, for this is a historic day, both for the National Archives, and for our Nation. The Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights—collectively known as the Charters of Freedom—were first enshrined in this Rotunda more than 50 years ago and were on display here until July 5, 2001.
Millions of people came to see the parchment of the Declaration, once held by Thomas Jefferson . . . the signatures penned by our Founding Fathers to ratify the Constitution . . . and the exact words that spell out our rights as Americans.
They came from all walks of life, from across the nation, and around the world. From rural farmlands, industrial towns, and cities large and small. Teenagers on school trips, suddenly solemn . . . parents lifting children up to for a better view while whispering words of freedom from 1776 in their ears . . . military veterans gazing for the first time at the Constitution they had sworn to protect and defend . . . naturalized citizens with tears in their eyes as they read the rights now guaranteed to them as Americans.
People came to see the Charters of Freedom not just because they are historical documents, but because they are a living part of the democracy we live in today. Every day we celebrate the freedom first declared in the Declaration of Independence. Every day our Government is an example to the world of the democratic Government laid out in the Constitution. And every day our people exercise the liberties set down in the Bill of Rights.
To ensure that future generations of Americans will be able to see the Charters of Freedom, when we removed them from public display, we did conservation work while this building was undergoing renovation. With the greatest care and reverence, National Archives conservators removed each page of the Charters of Freedom from the encasements that they had been sealed in 50 years ago. They painstakingly examined each letter under a microscope, looking for the tiniest flakes of loose ink, and reattaching them. Old tears were cleaned and mended, and surface dirt was removed. Finally, our country's greatest documents were placed in new encasements that are the most technologically advanced that could be devised. And now, most importantly, they will again be on display for anyone who wishes to come see them.
The Charters of Freedom are unquestionably the most famous documents we care for at the National Archives, but all the records we hold play a vital role in our democracy. Not only do they document the actions of Government, making accountability possible, they document individual rights and entitlements, and also tell the story of who we are as a people.
Stories that are found in census records, which enumerate each individual of our population . . . veterans records, which detail the service of the courageous men and women who have fought for our rights . . . and immigration records, which give us a glimpse of the people whose dreams have helped to shape our country.
These records and millions of others give shape to the ideals outlined in the Declaration of Independence, the foundations of democracy laid down in the Constitution, and the freedoms guaranteed to American citizens by the Bill of Rights. Just as the Charters of Freedom remind us of the land of liberty envisioned by our Founding Fathers, the records of our people reveal the courage, determination, and spirit that have shaped our democracy throughout its history.


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Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin Thinks This Discontinued Candy Should Get Another Chance - Exclusive
Brooke Levenstein
By Hanna Claeson/Dec. 10, 2021 10:17 am EST
Finding a candy that Jackie Sorkin will disavow is about as possible as teaching a goldfish how to play the clarinet. Candy corn and circus peanuts? Sorkin loves them both. "I ... feel so bad when I see all the candy corn haters," she admitted to Mashed in an exclusive interview. "And the circus peanuts are airy and light and delicious. I don't know what is wrong with people."
It's good to see that the "Candy Queen" rules over her sweet kingdom with a sense of absolute impartiality. And while it would be easy to believe that it's all an act, spun to buff up her reputation as a real-life Willy Wonka, playing favorites with sweet treats actually makes Sorkin very uncomfortable. When pushed to do so, she begrudgingly admitted that her team favors gummies when creating candy masterpieces, but even that admission made her squirm.
"I love all candy. You know what makes me feel bad? I feel like I'm leaving people out," she lamented of having to choose favorites. "It's like the candy has feelings for me and ... it makes me sad." The "Candy Kingdom" founder is even more of an unabashed advocate for the underdogs of the candy world, and during the interview, she shared a lot of love for ... drum roll, please ... Necco Wafers. Before you dismiss the idea, hear her out.
Jackie Sorkin wants Necco Wafers to have their 'winning moment'
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You read that correctly. Jackie Sorkin really wants you to give Necco Wafers another chance. It's not that the candy queen harbors any illusions. Unlike her genuine appreciation for candy corn and circus peanuts, even Sorkin recognizes the limitations of the treat whose harshest critics like The Wall Street Journal compare to "drywall." Sorkin is considerably kinder. "The thing about Necco Wafers is they're really chalky and they have a really unique, interesting consistency," she conceded to Mashed. "I don't know that they get a lot of love."
But, that's something that Sorkin wants to change. "You know, the truth. I feel bad for Necco Wafers," she admitted. "I'm so driven by my empathy and compassion that now I feel bad for them. And I want them to have their winning moment. So let's bring back Necco Wafers and make them a champion." The queen has spoken.
Though Jackie Sorkin doesn't use Necco Wafers in the 1,000-square-foot holiday house that she made for the Hulu special, "Candified: Home For The Holiday's," she does use 325 other different kinds of candy. Check out the four-episode special streaming now. For everyday reminders of life's sweeter side, follow Sorkin on Instagram.


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HAMISH MCRAE: Get ready for the price squeeze
It is a miserable run-up to Christmas and the New Year, and we all know why. What we can't know is how hard the Omicron variant will hit us all in the next few months.
I will take a break from the column for the holiday week, but as we head into it let's just pause and think about what we have learnt about global economics and finance over the past year, and look for ways in which it will help us think about 2022.
The first thing to say is that 2021, despite everything, has been a year of reasonable success.
Rising inflation: 'The lags between what the central banks do and what happens to price levels are uncertain but we know they can be very long,' says Hamish McRae.
We won't have figures for several months, but it looks as though the US economy will have grown by 5.5 per cent, and be well ahead of its peak before the pandemic struck.
The UK may have grown by 6.5 per cent, but because we had a really bad hit last year, we will at best be only just back to where we were in January 2020.
However, job growth just about everywhere is strong, exceptionally so in Britain, with more people employed now than ever before and job vacancies the highest for at least 40 years.
This picture of a resilient recovery has been reflected in financial markets. The FTSE 100 index has been a bit of a laggard in global terms, but it is up more than 10 per cent in the year to date.
The Dow Jones in New York is up more than 18 per cent, and the wider S&P 500 up 26 per cent.
Similarly, house prices. The Halifax figures for November show the UK up 8 per cent, and Nationwide up 10 per cent.
These numbers are not estimates by economists. They tell what has actually happened, and they are saying it hasn't been a bad year.
We will need all our resilience to carry us through next year
It has of course been a terrible year for people in the hospitality or airline industries, and in human terms it has been a great strain for many.
The events of the past fortnight are testimony to that, and I fear there is more to come. But in broad macro-economic terms it has been OK.
Or it would have been were it not for one huge cloud, one that will also hang over 2022. Inflation.
We have had the UK figures this week, showing consumer prices up 5.1 per cent and retail prices up 7.1 per cent. And we have had the Bank of England's response in increasing interest rates.
There are similar increases in prices in the US and Europe – though the response in increasing interest rates there has not really begun.
The trouble for most people, however, is that very few of us got 5 to 7 per cent increases in our incomes.
We are being squeezed, and though there will be solid increases in pay for people in strong negotiating positions, for many that squeeze from inflation will tighten in the months ahead.
And so for 2022? Look, we have learnt over the past 12 months how extraordinarily resilient the global economy has become.
For all the problems – the continuing pandemic, the glitches in the supply chains, the chopping and changing Government restrictions, the pressure to cut back on emissions, and so on – the recovery has continued.
Governments have helped but the tough stuff has been done by businesses, large and small, all over the world.
The supermarket shelves have been stocked and restocked. The airlines have managed to keep flying. And the vaccines are being pumped out in huge quantities, with, detractors please note, the Oxford AstraZeneca one now the most widely produced in the world, with 2.2billion doses delivered.
We will need all this resilience to carry us though whatever is thrown at us next year. But what worries me most is inflation.
The lags between what the central banks do and what happens to price levels are uncertain but we know they can be very long.
Imagine you are filling a bucket. You keep on pouring the water in, kettle after kettle, and nothing seems to happen. Then you pour in one kettle too many and suddenly the water is all over the kitchen floor. I think that is what is happening now.
The central banks have been pumping the money in, year after year. Now, bang, they find they have flooded the world.
Inflation will eventually be brought under control. But until it is, we will need all our resilience to cope with the social and economic distortions it will cause.
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Why Some Of Your Favorite Groceries Won't Be Making A Comeback
By Hope Ngo/Updated: July 3, 2020 2:21 pm EST
Once upon a time, IGA supermarkets carried an average of 40 different varieties of toilet paper; it now carries just four (via The Wall Street Journal). Progresso used to make 90 different kinds of canned soup (it has now cut half of that inventory), and Amy's Kitchen had an organic product line of 228 products — there are now just 71 (via Bloomberg). America's grocery suppliers may have come to the realization that consumers may not need a near-limitless variety of choices.
Thanks to the pandemic and problems with the supply chain, executives from America's food giants have had to move away from less efficient and less profitable products in order to focus on their core offerings. And it's not just happening at the grocery stores, because restaurants like IHOP and fast food companies like McDonald's have pared down their menus to offer a more basic selection — and have seen their service levels improve.
Fewer choices may equal a better shopping experience
As a result, variety in some grocery categories has fallen by as much as 30 percent — which seems to suit the companies just fine. PepsiCo told The Wall Street Journal that they expect to come out of the pandemic with 3 to 5 percent fewer products, because they're taking the opportunity to discontinue items that are either less popular, or are too difficult to produce.
While paring down the list of options might mean customers miss a few items (a lack of Amy's Roasted Vegetable Pizza was a nightmare for fans — but don't worry, it's coming back), it could end up being good in the long term. Limited choices also means less "analysis paralysis," which shoppers experience when they get to the supermarket, and literally thousands of choices are staring at you.
Lack of variety has driven consumers away in the past, but it might be the right move now
Australian retail expert from the Queensland University of Technology, Gary Mortimer, says, "Whether it's cars, groceries or hotels, if we go back to the 1950s or '60s there were very few brands and very little choice. The mindset was, if we give everyone a wide choice, that's a good thing. But studies have shown when you give consumers infinite choice, selection becomes problematic and cognitive stress increases" (via news.com.au). And more stress is the last thing we need right now!
Whether the American consumer can live with a more limited range is another matter altogether. Bloomberg reports on an attempt by Walmart in 2009 to launch an initiative called Project Impact. It turned out to be a very expensive flop because consumers who couldn't find their favorites just went elsewhere to shop. But given the success of chains like Aldi and Trader Joe's — both of which offer far fewer items than big box grocery chains — this could end up as more of a success this time around.


I'm going to Poland in few weeks. I will be living there by the family in Cracow. These are close relatives of my friend and I was wondering to write them a letter about me in Polish to let them know some details before I'm gonna see them. Unfortunately, my Polish isn't good enough, so I'm asking you for some help. The name of the head of family is Maria, may I write: "Droga Pani Maria"?? I want so much my first words will be correct :) There's another thing: what should I write as a word of goodbye? What is appropriate for personal letters like this? Is "Do zobaczenia do Krakowie" good enough? Is it correct?
In Polish, you always have to change the endings of words appropriate to the situation. You cannot write "Drofa Pani Maria", because it's another ending for Maria. You should write "Droga Pani Mario". At the end you can write "Do zobaczenie w Krakowie". When you want to say that you are going somewhere, you may write "do Krakowa", but when you want to say "See you in Krakow", you have to write "Do zobaczenia w Krakowie". If you have any further problems, please feel welcome to ask. My teacher always told me: "Kto pyta, nie bladzi", which means: "If you ask, you won't get lost".


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Q: Pentaho PDI 9 (Kettle): Kitchen can't continue because the job couldn't be loaded I'm not using any repository, I'm trying to run a local job but it doesn't run and even setting log level to debug it doesn't really writes anything useful. I'm calling Kitchen like this (Ubuntu):
sh kitchen.sh -job:"/home/myuser/jobs/job.kjb"
Also tried
sh kitchen.sh -job:"job.kjb" -dir:"/home/myuser/jobs/"
And also tried using "=" instead of ":".
I've seen some people had problems because of the repositories file, but as I said I'm not using any. "repositories.xml" didn't exist tho, so I created it empty on "/home/myuser/.kettle" and "/home/myuser/pdi/data-integration/.kettle" and asked the script to look for some fake repository and it indeed looks for any repos in both files, which it doesn't do if I don't ask it for use any repo.

A: I found that "dir" only works for pointing at local repository files, not a local directory containing job files. There's another parameter to set the job file route: "file".
sh kitchen.sh -file="/home/myuser/jobs/job.kjb"


In May, the Club conducted a survey of members seeking opinions and ideas about how to improve future meetings. The survey asked questions about Club membership, photo experience and interest, as well as equipment and software. Importantly, the survey asked about content and frequency of future Club meetings.
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Q: MySql Issue: Auto Incremented ID's are not working properly, ID's are getting misplaced I have created one DB in Mysql;It is uploaded on server. But today i noticed one strange thing, that ID's from the same table are getting lost. I have set Auto_Increment for ID. So it will only Increment the ID's but now I can see that some of the records are being lost. In the place of that some other ID is there. For example: Order ID 1 should be in the first place but today some other ID lets call Order 5 was in place of ID 1. Well we can sort ID's anytime. But i didn't find Order ID 1 and Some other ID's like that anywhere.
I need help. What is wrong? any help will be fine.

A: You lost all the data of row or only lost the order of the ID field?
Example:

If only  the order, in case of using Auto_Increment, any record that had removed (or delete), it's order will not auto create again. Are you only insert data from the table, or have some delete query too ?


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Q: Issue with changing images with JavaScript I'm a novice and learning coding to boost my skills. I have been working on a basic page and have run into a problem. I have 3 images on the page. Each one has a Before and after button which has a onclick to change the image to show original photo and then the edited photo. I managed to make it work for 1 photo, however, when I wrote the functions for the 2nd and 3rd image, all 3 button sets are only changing the 3rd photo. This photo cycles through all 6 images depending on which button is pressed.:) My Codepen link is below.
https://codepen.io/Rayhaan2k9/pen/BaLaOYJ

var img = document.getElementById("Yusuf-log");

function before1() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/DpwkckU.jpg';
}

function after1() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/foO4uWu.jpg';
}

var img = document.getElementById("Yusuf field");

function before2() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/dd6WEZu.jpg';
}

function after2() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/A6KAOZz.jpg';
}

var img = document.getElementById("Zak-mosque");

function before3() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/O2cjLB7.jpg';
}

function after3() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/Mpnx3rP.jpg';
}
img {
  height: 400px;
  width: 600px
}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>

  <button onclick="before1()">Before</button>
  <button onclick="after1()">After</button>

  <button onclick="before2()">Before</button>
  <button onclick="after2()">After</button>

  <button onclick="before3()">Before</button>
  <button onclick="after3()">After</button>

A: you should add the img variable within function,
function before1() {
  var img = document.getElementById("Yusuf-log");
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/DpwkckU.jpg';
}

function after1() {
  var img = document.getElementById("Yusuf-log");
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/foO4uWu.jpg';
}

A: You are declaring same variable name img for all three photos so it only works for the last img variable. Use a different name instead will solve your issue.
var img1 = document.getElementById("Yusuf-log");
var img2 = document.getElementById("Yusuf-field");
var img3 = document.getElementById("Zak-mosque");

    function before1(){
        img1.src='https://i.imgur.com/DpwkckU.jpg';
    }

    function after1(){
        img1.src='https://i.imgur.com/foO4uWu.jpg';

    }

    ..

Here is the updated code

A: try this

var img = document.getElementById("Yusuf-log");

function before1() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/DpwkckU.jpg';
}

function after1() {
  img.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/foO4uWu.jpg';
}

var img2 = document.getElementById("Yusuf_field");

function before2() {
  img2.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/dd6WEZu.jpg';
}

function after2() {
  img2.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/A6KAOZz.jpg';
}

var img3 = document.getElementById("Zak-mosque");

function before3() {
  img3.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/O2cjLB7.jpg';
}

function after3() {
  img3.src = 'https://i.imgur.com/Mpnx3rP.jpg';
}
img {
  height: 400px;
  width: 600px
}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>

  <button onclick="before1()">Before</button>
  <button onclick="after1()">After</button>

  <button onclick="before2()">Before</button>
  <button onclick="after2()">After</button>

  <button onclick="before3()">Before</button>
  <button onclick="after3()">After</button>

A: The id attribute can contain only one value as you did it right by the first and the third image, you forgot to add a dash to the second.

Also by the Javascript you have initialized the variable img and re-initialized it again. You could use the previous answer and fetch your elements each time within the function and initialize your variable img or add a number to make each of them distinct like the example below
var ìmg1 = document.getElementById("Yusuf-log");
var ìmg2 = document.getElementById("Yusuf-field");
var ìmg3 = document.getElementById("Zak-mosque");


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We are excited to announce The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui as our 2022 book selection! Through the 2022 Big Read initiative, the Pennington Public Library intends to bring our community together around one book and use this shared experience of reading, discussing and exploring the themes of the book as a stepping stone to learn from and listen to each other. There will be events for all ages.
Stop by the library to pick up your complimentary copy of The Best We Could Do.
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The Best We Could Do, the debut graphic novel memoir by Thi Bui, is an intimate look at one family's journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui's story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent — the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through.
With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. The Best We Could Do brings to life her journey of understanding and provides inspiration to all who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.
Thi Bui was born in Vietnam and came to the United States in 1978 as part of the "boat people" wave of refugees fleeing Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War. Her debut graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do (Abrams ComicArts, 2017) has been selected for an American Book Award, a Common Book for UCLA and other colleges and universities, an all-city read by Seattle and San Francisco public libraries, a National Book Critics Circle finalist in autobiography, and an Eisner Award finalist in reality-based comics. It made over thirty best of 2017 book lists, including Bill Gates' top five picks. She illustrated the picture book, A Different Pond, written by the poet Bao Phi (Capstone, 2017), for which she won a Caldecott Honor. With her son, Hien, she co-illustrated the children's book, Chicken of the Sea (McSweeney's, 2019), written by Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen and his son, Ellison. Her short comics can be found online at The Nib, PEN America, and BOOM California. She is currently researching and drawing a work of graphic nonfiction about immigrant detention and deportation, to be published by One World, Random House.


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The White River Valley Historical Society completed a series of summer history courses on Saturday, August 11, with a day-long workshop, "Beginning Historical/Genealogical Research". The workshop featured seven presentations ranging from beginning strategies to planning a research trip to breaking through brick walls. Between each presentation, participants reviewed examples of the holdings of the Society's research library, learned to use microfilm readers, and began completing forms and project sheets for their personal research.
Earlier in the week, two children's history courses for the Forsyth Boys & Girls Club ended. A "Beginning History" multi-week course for younger participants included a visit to Forsyth Cemetery, the Historical Society and "old" Forsyth (now Shadowrock Park), as well as coloring pages of Forsyth-area businesses and preparation of scrapbooks. Older participants were involved in a course which included visits to the cemetery, WRVHS, park, Forsyth Library, and Community Presbyterian Church. During the six hours of the course, Club members "adopted" a new "cousin" who once lived in the Forsyth area, learned to do online and physical research, toured "new" Forsyth, and studied the history of the Union Church/Stone Chapel bell and vintage steamer trunk on display at the WRVHS. After preparing flip charts about their "cousin" and the history of Forsyth, the students were interviewed on film about their experience with the course. These interviews will be showcased during a presentation on September 9 at the Society, located at 297 Main Street, Forsyth.
The next scheduled courses hosted by the 51-year-old Society will be in late fall, and tentatively will include a multi-week, hands-on research course, a presentation on the Civil War and a repeat of Saturday's workshop. Individuals and groups interested in participation, as well as home-school group children's classes, are encouraged to contact the Society at 417-546-2210, or email wrvhs@hotmail.com. There is no cost for the classes, with the courses underwritten by a grant from the Roy W. Slusher Foundation.


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Exos suffers setback in reusable suborbital launch attempt
WASHINGTON — A reusable suborbital rocket developed by Exos Aerospace suffered a loss of attitude control seconds after liftoff on a test flight June 29, but the rocket was still able to glide safely back to Earth.
Exos' Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE, or SARGE, rocket lifted off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at about 2 p.m. Eastern. In the company's webcast, the rocket started gyrating seconds after liftoff before disappearing from view.
Controllers were able to reestablish some control of the rocket, aborting the flight. The rocket deployed a drogue parachute and parafoil while venting unused propellant. The rocket slowly descended under that parafoil, landing within view of the launch pad 14 minutes after liftoff.
"We had a performance challenge on our gimbal control for one reason or another," John Quinn, chief operating officer of Exos, said in brief comments at the end of the company's webcast. "It's a very, very sad day. However, any day you recover a rocket it is a good day."
Quinn didn't elaborate on the problem that caused the anomaly after liftoff, but expressed optimism the problem will be quickly identified and corrected. "Great improvement from last time on the recovery," he said of the vehicle's landing. "We'll be doing this again soon."
Exos Aerospace's SARGE suborbital rocket glides back to Earth after a June 29 test flight. Credit: Exos Aerospace webcast
This launch, called Mission 3 by Exos, came after two earlier flights of SARGE in August 2018 and this March. Both those launches suffered some issues that prevented them from reaching the edge of space, but in neither case were those problems as severe as for this flight.
The company thought those earlier problems had been corrected. Quinn noted on the webcast prior to launch that the company had identified 93 lessons learned from the March launch that they incorporated into Mission 3.
The rocket was carrying educational, research and technology demonstration payloads from nine customers on this launch, ranging from a dust aggregation experiment from the University of Central Florida to a biomedical experiment for the Mayo Clinic. Exos expected the rocket to reach a peak altitude of more than 80 kilometers if all went as planned, providing those payloads with a brief period of microgravity before returning to Earth.
A successful flight, the company said prior to launch, would have allowed the company to move into more routine commercial operations of the vehicle, including making it eligible for indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts from NASA's Flight Opportunities program. "With a successful flight we will leave the testing phase," Quinn said in a pre-launch statement.
Exos also hoped a successful test would allow it to move ahead with a small orbital launch vehicle called Jaguar. That vehicle will feature a reusable first stage using technology developed for SARGE, and be capable of placing 100 kilograms into low Earth orbit. The first launch of Jaguar is planned for late 2022, and Quinn said on the webcast the company is starting to hire personnel to work on that vehicle.
This article was originally published by Spacenews.com. Read the original article here.
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