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Launching a Stellar Superflare
By	Kerry Hensley on	 16 August 2019 Features
A coronal mass ejection caught in the act by Solar Dynamics Observatory. [NASA]
With energies a thousand times greater than an average solar flare, stellar superflares can strip away atmospheres and endanger life on planetary surfaces. These violent outbursts often go hand in hand with coronal mass ejections, shaping the evolution of planets near and far.
A Bit of Solar System History
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured this view of the aurora over Canada. [NASA]
In 1859, a solar storm launched a coronal mass ejection toward Earth. Named after one of the British astronomers who dutifully recorded the associated solar flare, the Carrington event is one of the most powerful solar storms to impact the Earth in recorded history.
Luckily for us, our middle-aged Sun rarely throws tantrums that explosive; if it happened today, the Carrington event would fry spacecraft electronics and power grids, causing trillions of dollars of damage.
In the Sun's wilder youth, however, superflares were likely common. Studying younger Sun-like stars, like 700-million-year-old κ1Cet, can help us understand what the Sun was like billions of years ago — and what the planets orbiting young stars may be subjected to today.
Simulation of the coronal mass ejection magnetic flux rope propagating away from the star, as seen from the star's north pole. [Lynch et al. 2019]
Simulating a Global Superflare
A team of astronomers led by Benjamin Lynch (University of California-Berkeley) used three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic models to study the eruption of a superflare and a coronal mass ejection from the young Sun-like star κ1Cet.
They started with observations of κ1Cet's surface magnetic field, then modeled how the stellar wind drags the magnetic field outward. By setting the star's surface in motion, they caused the field lines to become twisted and tangled, building up the magnetic energy.
The magnetic energy gradually increased until reconnection kicked in and launched a coiled rope of magnetic flux into space. The eruption of the modeled coronal mass ejection lasted 10 hours and released a whopping 3 × 1026 Joules — about the same amount of energy estimated to have been released by the Sun in the 1859 Carrington event.
Radial cuts showing the speed (left) and density (right) of the coronal mass ejection. [Adapted from Lynch et al. 2019]
An Effect to Consider
Lynch and coauthors note that their model captures the most extreme superflare that κ1Cet can release based on past observations of the star's surface magnetic flux. However, because starspots aren't resolved in those observations, it's possible that they could contain even more magnetic flux than expected, leading to even more energetic outbursts.
The authors hope that models of stellar superflares and coronal mass ejections can be used to understand how stellar activity affects planetary systems. They pointed to the importance of taking into consideration the effects of flares and coronal mass ejections on the habitability of exoplanets, not all of which are bad: when energetic particles from these events enter a planet's atmosphere, they can generate compounds like hydrogen cyanide, which may play a role in the formation of the building blocks of life.
"Modeling a Carrington-scale Stellar Superflare and Coronal Mass Ejection from k1Cet," Benjamin J. Lynch et al 2019 ApJ 880 97. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab287e
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Eleanor Friedberger & Opinions on Chance the Rapper
After making her mark in the indie duo The Fiery Furnaces, singer-songwriter Eleanor Friedberger launched a solo career blending her former band's experimentalism with classic '70s sounds. She joins Jim and Greg for a conversation and live performance. Plus, a review of the new mixtape from Chicago hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper.
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Rumors are swirling that Swedish pop powerhouse ABBA is in talks to reunite after all four members were seen together last weekend. During a gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson's music partnership, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad made an appearance singing their song "The Way Old Friends Do." The band broke up seemingly for good in 1982 and despite millions of dollars in offers; ABBA has rejected the idea of a possible reunion tour. Not to quash fans' hopes, but Swedish music historian Carl Magnus Palm believes there is a 99.9% chance ABBA will not reunite, noting that the foursome didn't actually all sing together the other night.
genrepop
artistABBA
nameBjörn Ulvaeus
nameBenny Andersson
nameAgnetha Fältskog
trackThe Way Old Friends Do
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Eleanor Friedberger
Singer-songwriter Eleanor Friedberger last joined us in 2008 as one half of the duo The Fiery Furnaces, along with her older brother Matthew. Famous for their fragmented and experimental sound, they made an impressive nine albums in six years together. However since 2011, Eleanor has been pursuing a solo career that is sonically quite different from the work she was doing in The Fiery Furnaces. She's put out three albums, Last Summer (2011), Personal Record (2013) and most recently, New View. While Eleanor Friedberger is an Oak Park, Illinois native currently living in New York state, she recently joined Jim and Greg during the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas for a conversation and live performance in front of an audience at the Gibson Showroom. She speaks about growing up, going solo, Seth Meyers, and Andy Warhol.
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nameMatthew Friedberger
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placeOak Park
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Chance the Rapper Coloring Book
Chicago artist Chance the Rapper recently released his third mixtape, Coloring Book. And while he's at the forefront of the rap genre, he's never actually sold a single album. That's because all three of his mixtape releases, as well as two collaborative albums, can be downloaded for free from the Internet. On Coloring Book, Chance enlists a slew of popular guest stars, from fellow Chicagoan Kanye West to the man of the moment, Justin Bieber. Jim really enjoyed this record, especially Chance's use of gospel music to empower individuals and generate a sense of community in order to combat violence. While he doesn't think it is quite as good as his last release, Acid Rap, Jim strongly believes the music and lyrical insight on this album is equal parts impressive and inspiring. He gives it a Buy It. Greg agrees, saying that Coloring Book is one of the most ambitious records in hip hop right now. He even points out that West's recent album, The Life of Pablo, wouldn't be what it is without Chance's gospel sound influence. Greg appreciates the larger themes of the album and how it connects so well to the music of the Civil Rights Movement. It's a Double Buy It for Coloring Book.
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"I'm the Toughest Girl Alive"Candye Kane
It has become a sad cliché at this point that 2016 has been a terrible year for losses in the music world. This week, Jim pays tribute to Candye Kane – an artist less famous than Prince or Bowie, but every bit as exceptional. She came out of the Los Angeles punk scene, but wore many hats throughout her life: feminist, porn star, bisexual, fat activist – and big, bold, and brash blues singer. Over dozens of albums, she showcased her power, raunchiness, humor and an unforgettable voice. Kane died on May 6 from pancreatic cancer at age 54. In her honor, Jim nominates her 2000 anthem "I'm the Toughest Girl Alive" for the Desert Island Jukebox.
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ABBA, The Way Old Friends Do, Super Trouper, Atlantic, 1980
Eleanor Friedberger, Because I Asked You, New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Elvis Costello, Pump It Up, This Year's Model, Columbia, 1978
The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat, Blueberry Boat, Rough Trade America, 2004
Frank Zappa, St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Apostrophe ('), DiscReet, 1974
Eleanor Friedberger, Open Season (Live on Sound Opinions), New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, Sweetest Girl (Live on Sound Opinions), New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, Never Is a Long Time, New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, Stare at the Sun, Personal Record, Merge, 2013
Eleanor Friedberger, All Known Things, New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, Cathy With the Curly Hair (Live on Sound Opinions), New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, Two Versions of Tomorrow (Live on Sound Opinions), New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, He Didn't Mention His Mother, New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
The Fiery Furnaces, I'm Going Away, I'm Going Away, Thrill Jockey, 2009
Eleanor Friedberger, Does Turquoise Work? (Live on Sound Opinions), New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Eleanor Friedberger, Your Word, New View, Frenchkiss, 2016
Chance the Rapper, All We Got, Coloring Book, self-released, 2016
Chance the Rapper, Blessings, Coloring Book, self-released, 2016
Candye Kane, I'm the Toughest Girl Alive, The Toughest Girl Alive, Bullseye Blues & Jazz, 2000
The Best Ever and Muhammad Ali, The People's Choice, The People's Choice / Rope A Dope, Polydor, 1975
Bob Dylan & The Band, Long Distance Operator, The Basement Tapes, Columbia, 1975
Kurtis Blow, Street Rock, Kingdom Blow, Mercury, 1986
Bob Dylan, Pressing On, Saved, Columbia, 1980
Bob Dylan, Maggie's Farm (Live Version), The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Columbia, 2005
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Best National Parks in China
With breathtaking scenery, incredible landscapes, and epic natural wonders, no trip to Asia is complete without a visit to at least one of the best National Parks in China. The desert parks of Gansu to the jewel-colored lakes of Jiuzhaigou. Zhangjiajie's Avatar mountains. The karst landscapes of Guilin. Discover the best National Parks in China with our handy guide. You can also view our selection of authentic China Tours and luxury Hotels in China.
Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Parks, Sichuan
Considered two of the best National Parks in China, Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Parks are located in Sichuan Province. The two parks are roughly a seven-hour scenic drive from Chengdu. Because the parks are close together, it's possible to visit them both on the same tour. The Jiuzhaigou Valley 3 Day Private Package Tour from Chengdu is one of our most popular China tours. Jiuzhaigou is most famous for its incredible mountains, waterfalls, and lakes. The lakes are known for their beautiful colors, which can be green, blue, and even purple. On the other hand, Huanglong is best known for its tiered-colored ponds.
Wulingyuan Scenic Area and Zhangjiajie National Park, Hunan
Not only one of the best National Parks in China but also one of the most famous, Zhangjiajie National Park is home to the iconic Avatar Mountains. Said to be the inspiration for Pandora in the blockbuster movie Avatar, Zhangjiajie's huge pillar-like mountains appear to float in the clouds. The awe-inspiring scenery can be taken in from The Bailong Elevator. This record-breaker stands at over 1,070ft and is the world's tallest outdoor elevator. Combine a trip to the National Park with a visit to China's most beautiful small town – Fenghuang. Our 4 Day Private Package Tour from Guangzhou features the highlights of both.
Guilin Li River National Park, Guangxi
This National Park covers a 50 mile stretch of the Li River, from Guilin to Yangshuo. China's Guangxi Province is where you will find The Guilin Li River National Park. The area is world-famous for its beautiful karst hills, traditional fishing villages, and photogenic rice fields. You may recognize the landscape from China's 20 Yuan note. Over the centuries, many artists, writers, musicians, and poets are also said to have been inspired by the river. Take a river cruise to experience the best views in the region.
Lijiang Yulong Xueshan National Park, Yunnan
More commonly known as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain National Park, Lijiang Yulong Xueshan is one of the best National Parks in China. The area is home to jaw-dropping scenery and famous hiking trails. This includes the popular Tiger Leaping Gorge route. Lijiang Yulong Xueshan is the perfect park for outdoor enthusiasts and photographers alike. Just nine miles from Lijiang, visit between February and June to see the park's scenery at its most beautiful.
Huangshan National Park, Anhui
Located in China's Anhui Province, Huangshan National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the country. Meaning Yellow Mountain, Huangshan is home to unusual granite peaks, hot springs, mountains, and incredible sunsets. It's one of the most popular tourist attractions in China so it's best to avoid visiting on Chinese National Holidays. Finally, don't miss the UNESCO World Heritage Site's three most famous peaks – Lotus Peak, Bright Peak, and Celestial Peak.
Shimen National Forest Park, Guangdong
An oasis of green near Guangzhou, Shimen National Forest Park in Guangdong Province is a hugely popular visitor spot. With towering mountains, waterfalls, and picturesque lakes, the park is an ideal place for hiking and photography. In addition, the Shimen National Forest Park is home to many different kinds of trees, plants, and animals, including pangolins. The park is at its most beautiful in the fall when it becomes carpeted by red, orange, and gold leaves.
Mingshashan-Yueyaquan National Park, Gansu
Located along China's ancient Silk Road, Mingshashan-Yueyaquan is one of China's best National Parks. This park is just three miles from the city of Dunhuang in Gansu, on the edge of the Gobi Desert. Mingshashan-Yueyaquan also features the famous Singing-Sands Mountain and picturesque oasis called Crescent Spring. Discover Mingshashan-Yueyaquan and more of China's Silk Road's best sights with our 10-Day Private Package Tour from Beijing.
Kumtag Desert National Park, Gansu
Another of China's incredible desert National Parks, the Kumtag Desert Scenic Spot was declared a National Park in 2002. Meaning sand mountain, Kumtag is a very popular tourist destination. Visitors come for the vast sand landscapes, incredible dunes, and spectacular skylines. It's a fun place for families too, who can enjoy camel rides and sand buggies through the golden sand dunes.
Nyainqêntanglha Shan National Park, Tibet
Home to the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains in Tibet, Nyainqêntanglha Shan is one of the best National parks in China. The stunning landscapes of the Tibetan National Park include the Gangdise – Nyenchen Tanglha range which runs parallel to the Himalayas. Snow-capped mountains, crystal rivers, and wide grasslands are just some of the scenes you can expect to find. Furthermore, you can see this beautiful region with our Classic Tibet 8 Day Private Package Tour from Lhasa.
Visiting the Best National Parks in China
Ready to start planning your trip to one of the best National Parks in China? Take a look at our helpful guides. Start by reading Do I Need a Visa for China?. You might also consider our Chinese Culture Guide, which provides important information on traditions and customs. Finally, don't forget to visit our Best Travel Apps for China page. This will help you to navigate China's excellent transport network with ease.
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Q: C# DateTimeOffset LocalDateTime vs ToLocalTime Can anyone explain the difference between the ToLocalTime() method and the LocalDateTime property in C# DateTimeOffset?

A: The docs state the following:
LocalDateTime:

Gets a DateTime value that represents the local date and time of the current DateTimeOffset object.

ToLocalTime():

Converts the current DateTimeOffset object to a DateTimeOffset object that represents the local time.

Looking at the code, we can see that the LocalDateTime property gets the value it represents as a UTC DateTime object and then converts it using the DateTime objects's ToLocalTime() method.
public DateTime UtcDateTime {
    [Pure]
    get {
        Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result<DateTime>().Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc);
        return DateTime.SpecifyKind(m_dateTime, DateTimeKind.Utc);
    }
}

public DateTime LocalDateTime {
    [Pure]
    get {
        Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result<DateTime>().Kind == DateTimeKind.Local);
        return UtcDateTime.ToLocalTime();
    }
}

And we can see that .ToLocalTime() simply uses the same UtcDateTime property to retrieve the UTC DateTime object, again calls ToLocalTime() and then wraps it in a new DateTimeOffset object:
public DateTimeOffset ToLocalTime() {
    return ToLocalTime(false);
}

internal DateTimeOffset ToLocalTime(bool throwOnOverflow)
{
    return new DateTimeOffset(UtcDateTime.ToLocalTime(throwOnOverflow));
}

You can test the results with this code:
DateTimeOffset dto = new DateTimeOffset(2020, 10, 01, 9, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.FromHours(9));
Console.WriteLine(dto.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)); // 10/01/2020 09:00:00 +09:00

DateTime localTimeDt = dto.LocalDateTime;
Console.WriteLine(localTimeDt.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)); // 10/01/2020 02:00:00

DateTimeOffset localTimeDto = dto.ToLocalTime();
Console.WriteLine(localTimeDto.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)); // 10/01/2020 02:00:00 +02:00

Naturally, the DateTimeOffset retains the +2:00 of the system time of Rextester since that's the timezone it's based in.
Link to test

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The X Factor Recap: Seventeen Finalists, 32 Fake-Outs
By Dave Holmes
Judges' Homes, Part 3
Elaine Gibbs endures Nicole's pre-decision bobs and weaves on The X Factor.
Hey, do you guys remember a couple of days ago, when I told you I was starting to love The X Factor? Well, tonight we started fighting. Our relationship is in jeopardy, but we are going to stay together. For YOU.
The show begins, as always, with 47 minutes of recap. As with American Idol, there are about eleven minutes of show in every two-hour show. Are you aware the prize is a $5 million recording contract? Did you know that all of these contestants want very badly to win it? Have you met our judges? Do you have this show recorded, and are you therefore able to fast-forward through this business? What does that feel like? Do you know how lucky you are?
See you next week.


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As I mentioned in my article on How to Improve Your Search Engine Ranking on Google, Google and other search engines take into account the number of links pointing to your page to determine how important your web page is. If you have identical content appearing on two different pages on your website, some sites will link to one page while others will link to the alternate page. The result is how to add extra heat for a drying table 20/05/2009 · Best Answer: Hi You can just submit the website using the aforementioned Addurl, all major search engines use spiders or bots (GoogleBot for example) to only look at the home page, then follow the links on the home page, just as a human would do.


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This page shows the results of the basketball tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games, held in the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from July 31 to August 8, 1999.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

August 1, 1999

August 2, 1999

August 4, 1999

Group B

July 31, 1999

August 1, 1999

August 4, 1999

Classification natches
August 7, 1999 – Seventh place

August 7, 1999 – Fifth place

Knockout stages

Final standings

Men's team rosters

 ARGENTINA
 Sergio Aispurua
 Gabriel Fernández
 Manu Ginóbili
 Leonardo Gutiérrez
 Wálter Herrmann
 Hernán Jasen
 Martín Leiva
 Andrés Nocioni
 Alejandro Olivares
 Leandro Palladino
 Facundo Sucatzky
 Lucas Victoriano

 BRAZIL
 Aylton Tesch
 Caio Cazziolato
 Demétrius Ferraciu
 Helio García
 André Guimarães
 Guilherme Giovannoni
 Rogério Klafke
 Marcelo Machado
 Vanderlei Mazuchini
 Michel Nascimiento
 Aristides Santos
 Sandro Varejão

 CANADA
 Richard Anderson
 Hennssy Auriantal
 Rowan Barrett
 Sherman Hamilton
 Todd MacCulloch
 Andrew Mavis
 Jordie McTavish
 Michael Meeks
 Greg Newton
 Shawn Swords
 Keith Vassell
 Jesse Young

 CUBA
 Yudit Abreu
 Roberto Amaro
 Edel Casanova
 Sergio Ferrer
 Andrés González
 Radbel Hechevarria
 Angel Nuñez
 Elieser Rojas
 Ariel Ruedas
 Ernesto Simon
 Juan Vazquez
 Amiel Vega

 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 Luis Flores
 Henry Lalane
 Oscaris Lenderborg
 Moises Michel
 José Utuado Molina
 Manuel Monegro
 Jaime Peterson
 Angel Romer
 Ángel Sánchez
 Joel Suarez

 PUERTO RICO
 Luis Allende
 Ricardo Dalmau
 Sharif Fajardo
 Arnaldo Febres
 Rolando Hourruitiner
 Antonio Latimer
 Fernando Ortíz
 Edgar Padilla
 Daniel Santiago
 Carmelo Travieso
 Orlando Vega

 UNITED STATES
 Damon Bailey
 James Blackwell
 Michael Hawkins
 Kermit Holmes
 Byron Houston
 Todd Lindeman
 James Martin
 Clinton "Mikki" Moore
 Doug Smith
 Matthew Steigenga
 Carl Edward Thomas
 Travis Williams

 URUGUAY
 Bruno Abratansky
 Adrián Bertolini
 Marcel Bouzout
 Jorge Cabrera
 Diego Castrillon
 Diego Losada
 Nicolás Mazzarino
 Oscar Moglia
 Pablo Morales
 Luis Silveira
 Martín Suárez
 Hugo Vázquez

Women's tournament

  Argentina
  Brazil
  Canada
  Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  United States

Round robin

July 30, 1999

July 31, 1999

August 1, 1999

August 2, 1999

August 4, 1999

Classification match
August 6, 1999 – Fifth place

Knockout stages

Final standings

Women's team rosters

 BRAZIL
 Adriana Santos
 Adriana Pinto
 Cíntia Santos
 Helen Cristina Santos Luz
 Kelly Santos
 Lilian Gonçalves
 Patrícia Silva
 Ilisaine David
 Leila de Souza
 Rosângela Pereira
 Roseli Gustavo

 UNITED STATES
 Edwina Brown
 Sylvia Crawley
 Beth Cunningham
 Katryna Gaither
 Amy Herrig
 Michelle M. Marciniak
 Danielle McCulley
 Lynn Pride
 Itoro Umoh-Coleman
 DeMya Walker
 Umeki Webb
 Dana Wynne

References
 Men's Results
 Women's Results
 LatinBasket

Basketball
1999
1999–2000 in Canadian basketball
1999–2000 in North American basketball
1999–2000 in South American basketball
International basketball competitions hosted by Canada

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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache.ha;

import static org.apache.geode.cache.RegionShortcut.REPLICATE;
import static org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientRegionShortcut.CACHING_PROXY;
import static org.apache.geode.internal.lang.SystemPropertyHelper.HA_REGION_QUEUE_EXPIRY_TIME_PROPERTY;
import static org.apache.geode.internal.lang.SystemPropertyHelper.THREAD_ID_EXPIRY_TIME_PROPERTY;
import static org.apache.geode.test.awaitility.GeodeAwaitility.await;
import static org.apache.geode.test.dunit.VM.getHostName;
import static org.apache.geode.test.dunit.VM.getVM;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;

import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
import org.apache.geode.cache.RegionFactory;
import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCacheFactory;
import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientRegionFactory;
import org.apache.geode.cache.server.CacheServer;
import org.apache.geode.internal.cache.tier.sockets.CacheClientNotifier;
import org.apache.geode.internal.cache.tier.sockets.CacheClientProxy;
import org.apache.geode.internal.lang.SystemProperty;
import org.apache.geode.test.dunit.VM;
import org.apache.geode.test.dunit.rules.CacheRule;
import org.apache.geode.test.dunit.rules.ClientCacheRule;
import org.apache.geode.test.dunit.rules.DistributedRestoreSystemProperties;
import org.apache.geode.test.dunit.rules.DistributedRule;
import org.apache.geode.test.junit.categories.ClientSubscriptionTest;
import org.apache.geode.test.junit.rules.serializable.SerializableTestName;

/**
 * HARegionQueueThreadIdExpiryRegressionTest
 * <p>
 * TRAC #48879: Leaking ThreadIdentifiers and DispatchedAndCurrentEvents objects when client uses
 * many short lived threads
 */
@Category(ClientSubscriptionTest.class)
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class HARegionQueueThreadIdExpiryRegressionTest implements Serializable {

  private static final int MESSAGE_SYNC_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 60;
  private static final String EXPIRY_TIME_SECONDS = "30";

  private VM server1;
  private VM server2;

  private String regionName;
  private String hostName;

  @Rule
  public DistributedRule distributedRule = new DistributedRule();

  @Rule
  public CacheRule cacheRule = new CacheRule();

  @Rule
  public ClientCacheRule clientCacheRule = new ClientCacheRule();

  @Rule
  public DistributedRestoreSystemProperties restoreSystemProperties =
      new DistributedRestoreSystemProperties();

  @Rule
  public SerializableTestName testName = new SerializableTestName();

  @Before
  public void setUp() throws Exception {
    server1 = getVM(0);
    server2 = getVM(1);

    regionName = getClass().getSimpleName() + "_" + testName.getMethodName();
    hostName = getHostName();

    int port1 = server1.invoke(this::createCacheServer);
    int port2 = server2.invoke(this::createCacheServer);

    createClientCache(port1, port2);
  }

  @Test
  public void testThreadIdentifiersExpiry() {
    int puts = 10;

    server1.invoke(() -> doPuts(puts));

    server1.invoke(() -> verifyThreadsBeforeExpiration(1));
    server2.invoke(() -> verifyThreadsBeforeExpiration(1));

    server1.invoke(() -> awaitToVerifyStatsAfterExpiration(puts));
    server2.invoke(() -> awaitToVerifyStatsAfterExpiration(puts));
  }

  private int createCacheServer() throws IOException {
    System.setProperty(SystemProperty.DEFAULT_PREFIX + HA_REGION_QUEUE_EXPIRY_TIME_PROPERTY,
        EXPIRY_TIME_SECONDS);
    System.setProperty(SystemProperty.DEFAULT_PREFIX + THREAD_ID_EXPIRY_TIME_PROPERTY,
        EXPIRY_TIME_SECONDS);

    cacheRule.createCache();
    cacheRule.getCache().setMessageSyncInterval(MESSAGE_SYNC_INTERVAL_SECONDS);

    RegionFactory<String, String> rf = cacheRule.getCache().createRegionFactory(REPLICATE);
    rf.create(regionName);

    CacheServer server = cacheRule.getCache().addCacheServer();
    server.setPort(0);
    server.start();
    return server.getPort();
  }

  private void createClientCache(int port1, int port2) {
    ClientCacheFactory ccf = new ClientCacheFactory();
    ccf.setPoolSubscriptionEnabled(true);
    ccf.setPoolSubscriptionAckInterval(50);
    ccf.setPoolSubscriptionRedundancy(1);
    ccf.addPoolServer(hostName, port1);
    ccf.addPoolServer(hostName, port2);

    clientCacheRule.createClientCache(ccf);

    ClientRegionFactory<String, String> crf =
        clientCacheRule.getClientCache().createClientRegionFactory(CACHING_PROXY);

    Region<String, String> region = crf.create(regionName);
    region.registerInterest("ALL_KEYS");
  }

  private void doPuts(int puts) {
    Region<String, String> region = cacheRule.getCache().getRegion(regionName);
    for (int i = 1; i <= puts; i++) {
      region.put("KEY-" + i, "VALUE-" + i);
    }
  }

  private CacheClientProxy getCacheClientProxy() {
    return CacheClientNotifier.getInstance().getClientProxies().iterator().next();
  }

  private boolean isPrimaryServer() {
    return getCacheClientProxy().isPrimary();
  }

  private void verifyThreadsBeforeExpiration(int expectedThreadIds) {
    HARegionQueueStats stats = getCacheClientProxy().getHARegionQueue().getStatistics();

    int actualThreadIds = stats.getThreadIdentiferCount();

    assertThat(actualThreadIds)
        .as("Expected ThreadIdentifier count >= " + expectedThreadIds + " but actual: "
            + actualThreadIds + (isPrimaryServer() ? " at primary." : " at secondary."))
        .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(expectedThreadIds);
  }

  private void awaitToVerifyStatsAfterExpiration(int numOfEvents) {
    await().untilAsserted(() -> {
      verifyStatsAfterExpiration(numOfEvents);
    });
  }

  private void verifyStatsAfterExpiration(int numOfEvents) {
    HARegionQueueStats stats = getCacheClientProxy().getHARegionQueue().getStatistics();

    long actualEventsExpired = stats.getEventsExpired();
    long expectedEventsExpired = isPrimaryServer() ? 0 : numOfEvents;

    assertThat(actualEventsExpired)
        .as("Expected eventsExpired: " + expectedEventsExpired + " but actual eventsExpired: "
            + actualEventsExpired + (isPrimaryServer() ? " at primary." : " at secondary."))
        .isEqualTo(expectedEventsExpired);

    int actualThreadIds = stats.getThreadIdentiferCount();

    // Sometimes we may see 1 threadIdentifier due to slow machines, but never equal to
    // expectedThreadIds
    assertThat(actualThreadIds).as("Expected ThreadIdentifier count <= 1 but actual: "
        + actualThreadIds + (isPrimaryServer() ? " at primary." : " at secondary.")).isEqualTo(0);
  }
}


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Along with the traditional pandoro and panettone cakes, Torrone is another Christmas staple enjoyed by all Italians. A nougat made of honey, sugar and egg whites with toasted almonds, torrone is the most popular Italian candy. Torrone is loved throughout Italy and almost every Italian town has its own recipe or favorite way to make this sweet treat.
Torrone is thought to have been an ancient, pre-medieval recipe. Some people believe it derives from an Ancient Roman treat, while others argue it comes from an Arabic dessert. However, the most popular origin story dates torrone back to 1441 in Cremona as a dessert created for the marriage of Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti, the Duke and Duchess of Milan. It was modeled after the city's tower, Torrazzo, from which it is thought to be named after. Torrone was then considered a valuable treat and was gifted at Christmas by influential people. Each year, the people of Cremona celebrate the delicious nougat candy through La Festa del Torrone, an eight-day celebration that includes a reenactment of the legendary marriage. Torrone became the inspiration behind many other beloved commercial candies.
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It has been 6 months since Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion and already we are starting to see some major changes in the overall provision of services. GitHub has announced that free account holders will now be eligible to make unlimited private repositories on the platform. Previously, all free account holders were only permitted to host their code publicly whereas the private option was reserved for premium members on the platform.
For those of you who don't know, GitHub is a cloud platform for code repositories and comes under the part of Version Control in Software Engineering. While programming, there are many changes that will be made to single or multiple code files therefore to keep a track of the changes and new functionality added, we use Version Control. This also allows remote collaboration as multiple developers can make commits to your repository. The biggest advantage of Version Control is that you can quickly identify bugs, say your previous version of the code was working fine then the obvious error lies in your newer version of the code and so forth.
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Q: Sum of a count field to get overall total I am very new to this and am looking for some help. I am replicating a report in my current system with the following code.
    <?php
     foreach ($possibleSanctionsAssociativeArray as $currentSanction => $currentSanctionDetailsArray)
    {
        $tableHeadersArray = array ('Home Office',' Total');

        $query = "SELECT home_office, COUNT(file_id) FROM cases WHERE ".$currentSanction."='Yes' and ($refdate>='$begindate' AND $refdate<='$enddate') GROUP BY home_office";

        $title = "
 ".getSanctionDescriptiveName($currentSanction)."";
        simpleStatTable($query, $tableHeadersArray, $title);
    }
    ?>

It displays a Table with two columns and two rows:
HOME OFFICE    |    Total

OJA            |     82

ORL            |    634

I would like it to display a third row that says "OVERALL TOTAL | 716"
I have tried several solutions with no luck, I think I am struggling with the sum of a count field, then displaying the count.
Thanks for all the help in advance.

A: As it was said, never use a query inside a loop unless it's really needed. About getting the whole sum, in case you're using MySQL, you could use the WITH ROLLUP.

A: I'm unsure about the performance implications of this one, but you could try
SELECT SUM(totals) FROM (SELECT home_office, COUNT(file_id) AS totals FROM cases WHERE ".$currentSanction."='Yes' and ($refdate>='$begindate' AND $refdate<='$enddate') GROUP BY home_office AS counts_table)

A: I misunderstood the question at first. This should work:
$query = "SELECT home_office, COUNT(file_id) FROM cases
            WHERE ".$currentSanction."='Yes' and ($refdate>='$begindate' AND $refdate<='$enddate')
            GROUP BY home_office
          UNION
          SELECT 'Overall Total' AS home_office, COUNT(file_id) FROM cases
            WHERE ".$currentSanction."='Yes' and ($refdate>='$begindate' AND $refdate<='$enddate');";

A: $countTotal = 0;
foreach() {
   $query = /*...*/
   $row = mysql_fetch_*($query);
   $countTotal += $row['count'];
}

echo $countTotal;

Anyway never put a query inside a loop, use Join instead.


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Q: I want the user to enter a number and if that number is not in the list provided the program will ask him to enter that number again list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
number = input("Please enter a number: ")
number = int(number)
while True:
    if number != (any element of the list):
        number = input("Please enter a number: ")
    else:
        break

I want the user to enter a number and if that number is not in the list provided the program will ask him to enter that number again until he gets it write

A: First you must initalize variable "number"
E.g.:
number = -1  # Init value should be value not included in list

List variable name, can't be "list". List is the name of Python builtin class.

A: You can simply use the in statement to reach your goal.
Your code can be similar to this:
list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
number = input("Please enter a number: ")
number = int(number)
while True:
    if not number in list:
        number = input("Please enter a number: ")
        number = int(number)
    else:
        break

Remember that you can have an exception not handled, I mean, if user insert something different to a number, your code raises an exception.
Please consider to handle this with a try except statement

A: list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
number = input("Please enter a number: ")
while True:
    if number not in list:
        number = input("Please enter a number: ")
    else:
        break

should do the trick.


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Sunderland are in the semis, but what is the Premier League International Cup?
Sunderland have reached the last four of the EPL International Cup, but how and what exactly is it?
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Sunderland have reached the semi-finals of a European competition for the first time - but what is it?
The Black Cats' Under-23 side is into the last four of the Premier League International Cup, having beaten their Athletic Bilbao counterparts at the Stadium of Light on Wednesday.
Goals from Ethan Robson and Elliot Embleton saw Elliot Dickman's team book a place in the semis, where they face either Swansea City or German club Hertha Berlin.
They play their quarter-final tie at the Liberty Stadium on February 28.
In the other quarters, Manchester United host Porto next Wednesday, while Dinamo Zagreb are at Norwich City on a date as yet to be confirmed.
But how much do you know about the Premier League International Cup?
Elliot Embleton of Sunderland (C) celebrates after he scores the second goal during the Premier League International Cup Quarter Final match between Sunderland U23 and Athletic Bilbao U23 (Image: Sunderland AFC)
The Premier League International Cup is a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-23 players.
An EPL statement reads: "The knockout tournament, now stretched from 16 to 24 teams from 2016/17, was introduced for the 2014/15 season to give homegrown talent the chance to test themselves against the best young players in the continent and adapt to the demands and different styles of domestic and European football, something they will have to cope with if they play UEFA Champions League or Europa League matches in their senior careers."
In its third season, all matches are played in England and come the knockout stages, ties are decided in one-off matches, with extra-time and then penalties required if the match is level after 90 minutes.
How are Sunderland in it?
As one of England's 12 best academy sides, having qualified for the previous two seasons' smaller-scale competitions by being among the country's top eight youth teams.
Middlesbrough, Leicester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are among other EPL clubs represented.
Celtic are the only Scottish club, while European teams qualifying for the previous year's knockout stages are guaranteed an invite for the following season's competition. The rest are invited according to the standard of their academies.
The teams are drawn into four groups, each containing two English sides and two European sides.
Billy Jones says Sunderland have had a lift from their January recruits
Who can play?
Competing teams are made up of Under-23 players, plus a maximum of three outfield players and the goalkeeper, who can be born before January 1, 1993.
How have Sunderland fared in previous seasons?
The Black Cats lost to Celtic and Everton in their first campaign, drawing against Villarreal to prop up their group.
Last term, they topped a group featuring Bilbao, Borussia Monchengladbach and Manchester City, but were eliminated from the quarter-finals by PSV Eindhoven.
How have Sunderland got this far this year?
Sunderland won Group A ahead of Benfica, Derby County and PSV.
They beat Benfica and Eindhoven at home, and drew 2-2 at the Rams.
Group winners progress automatically to the knockout stage, along with the two best second-placed clubs - in this case, Swansea and Bilbao.
Who are the previous champions?
Manchester City were the competition's inaugural winners, beating Porto in the final. Last season Villarreal beat PSV...at Millwall's New Den!
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Hey it is the end of January 2012 and I have only been home for four days this year and tonight my new seminar class meets for the first time, under the title above. It is a deliberately provocative title, although perhaps not as provocative as its source, Jane Jacobs' epochal "Death and Life of Great American Cities" which was written 51 years ago and remains the touchstone for everything written about cities since, including the various recent books I have included in the syllabus.
I think I will pepper this blog with pictures of actual cities, although like mirrors and magazines and popular television shows, the actual way things look has a lot less effect than too-perfect ideals. The history of city planning is the history of dreams with the "magic to stir men's (sic) blood" as Daniel Burnham said in the really important part of his famous quote.
The history of city planning is a history of world's fairs and exquisite renderings, of the idea – which Jane Jacobs denied most emphatically – that we could design a better city. But like self-improvement or religion, those are impossible ideals, golden rings deliberately beyond our reach.
Our failure to achieve those exquisite visions is what we need to keep moving, to keep striving. Constantly reminded of beauty and order, we strive and paper over our own continuous failure with new dreams of what should be, arriving as surely as each breath.
But this ideal is more than just a beautiful face and figure, for like all such it is mere facade to a more functional reality. There is efficiency beneath formality just as their is a circulatory system and muscles and bones beneath that face. The contrast is more than between the visual dream and the physical reality….
The drawing is always seductive, which is to say it elides, ignores or lip glosses over the functional reality it is in fact designed to disguise. The beautiful boulevards of the Burnham Plan were not designed simply to emulate Paris or to suggest an impossible beauty for Chicago. They were there to disguise the rumble of freight traffic rumbling right beneath them.
It actually says that in the original plan right under this picture, but what are you going to remember, the picture or the words? A picture is worth more than a thousand words, because it can make you forget all of the words, all of the messy reality that is every city.
This is Mexico City and I went there twenty years ago because it was the biggest city in the world and I wanted to see that chaos. It was built in the wrong location, as all great cities are, a combination of geographic imperative and biological impossibility. Mexico City is set in a valley that holds its smog close to everyone's respiratory system. Lima, Peru has grown from 2 million to 8 million in less than a lifetime despite having no rain and no water.
Cities are this horrifying exciting fast-paced economic imperative that is always about a generation ahead of our ability to plan for it, but that doesn't mean that architects and planners have tried to do it forever, and sometimes, like Baron Hausmann in 1850s Paris, they succeed a little bit.
They even succeeded a bit in Chicago: Navy Pier, Grant Park, the Michigan Avenue Bridge are all visible, ornate legacies of the 1909 Burnham Plan.
Hiding truck traffic, sewage and mostly the messy South Water Market, which was moved from downtown where it could be seen to a messy neighborhood where it couldn't, although 90 years later that neighborhood has gentrified as well so the fruit wholesalers building has gone condo and who knows where the fruit has gone.
All of the Beaux-Arts ornamentation that characterized Hausmann's Paris and Burnham's Chicago is also misleading, not merely because it is makeup, but because it is a particular brand of makeup and thus we might think that this vision of planning is indeed different in kind from perhaps the streamlined visions that appeared in the 1930s or the grid-paper visions that appeared in the 1950s but they actually share diagrammatic aspects despite their formal divergence.
Jacobs shot 70 years of city planners in the face with her semi-automatic "Radiant Garden City Beautiful" which combines Ebenezer Howard, Daniel Burnham and Le Corbusier into one über-macho I-can-fix-this formula for what she saw as an anti-organic disaster: planning based on separation of uses and continuous traffic.
do you know you can buy anything you want in the city? Anything.
She argued for what I like to call the messiness of history. History is what actually happens, just like cities are what actually exist. City plans are like ideologies or other static formulations that are inherently incapable of BEING in actual time and space.
But at the same time we need them, otherwise we would shut down and be over, denying out own biological imperative. But it is biological, not physical or chemical, and what Jacobs noted was that the problem of the city was being solved by architects and engineers who were falsely and wrongly applying problems of statistical complexity to cities when they are BIOLOGICAL problems.
Go on, name this city. I double dare you.
So you have these tensions, between styles and designs, between organic and designed, between ideals and reality, but ultimately what makes cities exciting? There is something fantastic about Paris, arguably the world's best-designed city, because every vista is complete and coherent. And their is something fantastic about the Asian cities that don't even bother to have one or two downtowns but just scatter their skyscrapers across the horizon because there is nowhere to go but up, which is a very physical manifestation of the striving that is every city ever.
We have had horizontal cities and vertical cities and both have scared us to death, from Towering Infernos real and imagined to Unabated Sprawl and the ennui of little houses made of ticky tacky but those are really the extreme ends of all the options and those too are formalities, not functionalities.
I used to decry Beijing for having such a horribly oversized scale to it, each block a half-mile long, but now I am used to it and I get it, it is not the pseudo-European Shanghai nor is it the Fritz Langy Chongqing but it is a funny combination of imperial and commercial and it is human even if it is oversized.
I want to run in their streets and catch their cabs and ride their subways and even, every once in a while, buy something in a shop. We can't plan them but we have to try to plan them. We can't control them but we want to. We can't design them but we know they are fundamentally, biologically, of our own design.
We have been in Lima for a week now with 15 students from our Cultural Futures: Lima class and it has been very successful. We just completed presenting our ideas and designs that were developed during the class and during the last week of hard work in the Municipalidad, which is located right in the center of town on the lovely Plaza des Armas.
With the aid of Gunther Merzthal, the city's urban agriculture expert, we presented several projects to various agencies and officials. One project we developed during the last semester and revised based on feedback from the Department of the Environment, which is the primary contact in the city administration for our SAIC class. This was a green roof for the City Hall in Lima. They likely were aware of Chicago City Hall's famed green roof and our students came up with a design that not only integrated social and educational functions but also remained within the sight lines required by the landmarks agency, ProLima, which oversees development in the Cercado, the center of Lima which was inscribed as a World Heritage Site some two decades ago.
The highrise portion is just being used for storage by the merchants in this busy inner-city commercial area, but was once residential. This idea caught everyone's attention right away and we spent a good portion of this week brainstorming a series of uses for the building from restaurants and food courts to thermal solar units and of course green roofs, made easier by the .5 meter square concrete beams that support the market section. We rendered a series of images of the complex and they want to apply it to other markets and buildings in Lima.
We also presented a huaca-inspired setback design for a building on a street called Ancash, also in Barrios Altos. Here the city had proposed saving a facade and adding a new 4-story building on the back of the site. We proposed a series of ziggurat-stepped gardens that would actually increase the amount of space for apartments without disturbing the historic sight lines of the original facade.
So I snapped this picture on Sunday and then on Tuesday we go tour the Agricultural University at La Molina and guess who is leading the tour – the same guy, Daniel!
We are also looking at the design of a nocturnal garden at the Teatro Blanca Varela in the beautiful 1929 Parque La Reserva, with its lighted fountain displays. The park includes some lovely original buildings, monuments and sculptures.
Our group has been aided immeasurably by my Global Heritage Fund colleague, Alejandro Camino, D.C., who also maintains a plant museum in Cusco we hope to visit next week. Kudos to my colleagues Frances Whitehead and Douglas Pancoast and of course to the hardworking students in the class and on the trip: Michelle Yuan, Laura Crane, Cassie Rogg, Veronika Diaz, Brooke Ingram,Samantha Alaimo, Sia Khorrami, Danielle Potts, Emily Wallrath, DJ Catrow, Karin Kuroda,Duane Hagerty, Marie Socha,Julie Hess, Dina Khodorkovskaya and Sarah Tietje.
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Blue Cut fire fully contained
Yo Chu Pak stands Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in what was the living room of his burned home off Highway 138 for the first time since the Blue Cut Fire swept through the area. (Will Lester/SCNG-INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN)
By Anne Millerbernd | The Press-Enterprise
One week after it ignited west of Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass, the Blue Cut fire is completely contained.
• PHOTOS: Crews hit the Blue Cut fire on Day 7
The fire peaked just above 37,000 acres, but by Tuesday, Aug. 23, it was down to 36,274 acres.
The blaze destroyed more than 300 structures, about a third of which were homes, and forced the evacuation of about 82,000 residents.
Officials have said the fire displayed unprecedented growth in its first few days. It grew to cover 18,000 acres — about 28 square miles — in less than 24 hours.
The fire forced I-15 — the main artery between the Inland Empire and the High Desert — to shutter for more than a day. Still closed Tuesday was US Forest Road 3N31 at Lone Pine Canyon Road and a dirt road portion of Lytle Creek from the gun range into the forest, according to an incident fact sheet from the U.S. Forest Service.
As of Tuesday morning, no more mandatory evacuations are in place, and residents are allowed back in their homes with proof of residency in most areas.
The plan Tuesday for the over 1,200 firefighters still at the blaze is mostly related to reinforcing current containment lines around the fire and cleaning up after it.
Nobody was killed in the fire, though there were firefighters injured.
Forest Service and fire officials have asked for the public's help as they search for the cause of the fire. Anyone with information about how it may have ignited is asked to call 800-47-ARSON or go to WeTip.com.
Those wanting to donate to residents impacted by the flames can visit https://ieuw.org/help or text RELIEF to 40403.
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Anna von Medum oder Medem (* 1613; † 1674) war eine deutsche christliche Schriftstellerin. Sie verfasste Meditationen und machte es zu ihrer Lebensaufgabe, im Namen des Christentums zu missionieren.

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Anna von Medum war die Tochter von Anna Dorothea (geb. Tisenhausen). Sie selbst nannte sich von Medum bzw. von Medem, trug jedoch durch ihre verschiedenen Ehen wechselnde Nachnamen. Von Medum fühlte sich von Gott auserwählt und dazu berufen, vor der Bevölkerung zu predigen. Dies geschah gegen den Willen ihres ersten Ehemannes, Johann Koschkul († vor 1646), von dem sie sich jedoch nicht von ihrem Vorhaben hat abhalten lassen, weiter auf öffentlichen Plätzen Reden abzuhalten. Mehrere Jahre lang war von Medum schwer krank. In dieser Zeit berief sie Menschen aus ihrer Nähe zu sich nach Hause ein und predigte dort weiter. Nach Koschkuls Tod schrieb von Medum ihre Visionen nieder und zog nach Riga, da sie hoffte, ihr Werk dort veröffentlichen zu können.

Anna von Medum hatte lange keinen Erfolg, ihre Schriften der Bevölkerung nahezubringen. Sie hatte Schwierigkeiten, einen Verlag zu finden, der ihr Werk publizieren wollte. Nach einigen Fehlversuchen in Riga lernte sie ihren letzten Ehemann Caspar Willhem Marquart Öhlbaum kennen. Dieser war ein Jude, den sie erfolgreich zum Christentum bekehrt hatte. Er half ihr schließlich, das Werk in Amsterdam drucken zu lassen. Da in der Niederlande zu dieser Zeit das goldene Zeitalter herrschte, war es für Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen möglich, dort frei zu publizieren. Demnach fand von Medium in Amsterdam einen "Gönner" und ihr Werk wurde veröffentlicht.

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1646 gelang es von Medum, die antisemitische Schrift Geistlich Jüdischer Wundtbalsam. Für Alle der Jüden Gebrechen und Wunden zu veröffentlichen. Das Werk hat über 200 Seiten und beginnt mit einer sieben Seiten langen Vorrede inklusive Widmung an ihre Mutter. Geteilt ist das Werk in zwei Teile, die jeweils mehrere Kapitel enthalten. Im ersten Teil appelliert von Medum an die Christen, "Ergernüß" aus dem Weg zu gehen. Dabei verweist von Medum immer wieder auf die zehn Gebote. Den zweiten Teil des Werkes widmet sie ihrem letzten Mann, Marquart Öhlbaum. In dieser Hälfte des Werkes ruft sie Juden und Jüdinnen dazu auf, ihre Religion abzulegen und zum Christentum überzugehen. Laut ihr seien sie unwissend und betrieben "Gotteslästerung". Sie behauptete überdies, ihr Leben herzugeben, wenn Juden und Jüdinnen dadurch zu einer "Erkäntnis" kommen würden. Ihr Werk soll sie einem Juden vorgelesen haben, der daraufhin gefordert habe, dass sie ihre Schrift ins Hebräische übersetzen lasse. Von Medum verfasste weitere an "Jüden" verfasste Schriften, die jedoch nicht überliefert sind.

Von Medums Schriften sorgten für Aufsehen und Kritik. Eine negative Rezension zu ihrem Werk Geistlicher Jüdischer Wundtbalsam wurde von Joh. Jac. Held Mecklenburgersis in seinem Historischer Bericht/ Von den praetendirten Propheceyungen verfasst. In diesem wird sie mehrmals kritisiert und ihr Werk als "Geschmier" betitelt. Hierbei bezieht sich die Rezension weniger auf von Medums antisemitische Ansichten, sondern hauptsächlich darauf, dass sie als Frau überhaupt predigt und etwas Literarisches verfasst hatte. Held verweist auf Paulus von Tarsus' Verordnung, wonach Frauen sich im Hintergrund aufhalten müssten, keine Texte verfassen und dem Mann unterstellt sein sollten. Bei Wissensfragen hätten sie sich an den Mann zu wenden, da dieser ihre Fragen beantworten könne.

Johann Heinrich Feustking erwähnte von Medum in seinem Werk Gynaeceum haeretico fanaticum. Auch in seiner Rezension wird von Medums Arbeit nicht gelobt, sondern als "fanatisch" und sie selbst als "falsche Prophetin" bezeichnet.

Literatur

 Jean M. Woods und Maria Fürstenwald: Schriftstellerinnen, Künstlerinnen und gelehrte Frauen des deutschen Barock. Ein Lexikon. (Repertorien zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte. Bd. 19). Stuttgart: Metzler 1984, S. 67, ISBN 3-476-00551-8.
 Johann Jakob Held: Historischer Bericht von den praetendirten Propheceyungen Paracelsi, Nostradami, Böhmens, Annae von Medem [...]. Hg.: Johann Jakob Held. Mecklenburgersis 1711, S. 35–45 (online).
 Johann Heinrich Feustking: Gynaeceum haeretico fanaticum. Zimmermann 1704, S. 456–457 (online).
 Lotte Traeger: Das Frauenschriftum in Deutschland. Von 1500 bis 1600. 1943, S. 101–103.

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Thursday, June 6: Milwaukee Drag Review
Milwaukee's drag stars are ready to bring it OUT!
Don't miss the Pride Weekend Launch Party on Thursday, June 6. Performers include Lendo Jo, Lady Gia, Malaiya Marvel and Marbella Sodi, with your host Chanel D'Vine.
Lenda Jo
Lenda Jo has had a meteoric rise since her premiere in the Milwaukee drag scene in 2017.
She has performed all over Milwaukee and the Midwest including Chicago, Madison, Rockford, Portland, Oregon and her hometown, Houston.
She is a high energy, electric and eclectic queen, who likes to sprinkle political messages into her performances when she can. Her dream is to inspire queer people, especially queer people of color, to love themselves and inspire everyone to live in the truest version of themselves.
She co-hosts Karaoke with DJ Jason Rocks every first and third Tuesday at DIX Milwaukee, hosts a monthly show at DIX Milwaukee called The Switch-Up and a quarterly show called Bad & Boujee with Gluttoni Sinn.
Lady Gia
Lady Gia is one of Milwaukee's legendary transgender entertainers, and currently holds the title of Miss Trans Wisconsin USA 2019, and is our state representative.
She got her start in the Lily White Drag Review at Club 219 over 22 years ago as an amateur entertainer who eventually became 219's final show director. She went on to become one of Triangle Bar's regular entertainers and last show director until the venue sadly closed.
Lady Gia has been a show director for numerous other venues throughout the city as well, and is well-known for her high energy, high kicks, splits and next-to-nothing costumes.
Currently, she is the show director at LVL Dance every Friday night at 10:30 p.m.
She is involved in the community, donating her time to various charities, including the UWM Annual Drag Ball for the past 21 years.
Malaiya Marvel
Malaiya Marvel is Milwaukee's cosplay oriented drag performer.
Malaiya is a Milwaukee resident bar queen and founding member of the D.I.X Doll Haus performance troupe. She can be found hosting her monthly cosplay themed drag Show, D.I.X. Marvel Comix.
Malaiya can be found frequenting popular drag venues from Milwaukee to Chicago and throughout the Midwest.
Her drag focuses on combining comic, anime, and video game references with over the top gender expression. Malaiya is expanding her drag by hosting drag events for comic conventions including Daisho Con in the Wisconsin Dells.
She hopes to use her artistry to inspire a new generation of queer geeks!
Marbella Sodi
Marbella is a Latin beauty queen originally from Mexico. She is one of Milwaukee's favorite queens.
She has won multiple titles during her drag career, including the Latin Community Title.
This beauty is a skilled and compassionate dental assistant by day — as you can clearly see by her bright-as-diamonds smile — and performs every single weekend at many locations in Milwaukee, Chicago and Madison.
Marbella was crowned the first Miss Hamburger Mary's MKE in 2017 and became the Shows Director of "Dining with the Divas."
Everyone who knows Marbella will say without a doubt that she is a passionate and lovely human being who loves helping others achieve their dreams of being fabulous.
and, your host………Chanel D'Vine!
I am Chanel D'Vine. I have been doing drag for 4 years. Hosting shows and events is something I prefer to do in this crazy world of drag. I host a bingo show every Thursday and I host my Friday Foreplay show every 2nd Friday at This Is It. You can also catch me in Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee at numerous venues. My style of drag is more female impersonation.
Every now and then it's fun to be a bit more creative and create looks that are a little more over the top. I am so excited to be a part of PrideFest this year!
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Justin Dingwall
Bio Info
With an eye for the unusual and a passion for exploring unconventional subjects, Justin Dingwall's photographs have gained wide acclaim for their powerful composition and emotional resonance.
His professional photographic career began after he graduated cum laude from the Pretoria Technikon Arts Campus. Whilst making his name as a commercial and fine art photographer, Justin won numerous awards including a gold in the Fuji Film Awards for portraiture. "My imagery is not bound by language or culture," he explains, "I want people to be affected by my images. As long as someone is feeling something, I am achieving my goals".
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HDR Foundation Grants Will Improve Education Services, Environmental Upkeep, Individal Health
The HDR Foundation has given four grants to nonprofit organizations in its second of three rounds of grant giving in 2016. The four grants, totaling $59,890, will create lasting impacts in four communities where HDR employees live and work through education services, environmental upkeep and improving individual health.
The second round of grants for 2016 went to four organizations: Community Housing of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas; Minnesota Literacy Council, St. Paul, Minnesota; Capitol Land Trust, Olympia, Washington; and Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy, Gretna, Nebraska.
Community Housing of Wyandotte County | Kansas City, Kansas
The organization's mission is to stabilize, revitalize and reinvest in Wyandotte County's Kansas City neighborhoods through affordable housing and other quality of life initiatives. The $15,000 grant will be used to expand Splitlog Urban Farm to include an orchard and a new green space. Specific project costs include an irrigation system, materials for a shelter that will also serve as an educational pavilion, plowing, plants and seeds, safety fencing, seating and installation of water for irrigation.
Minnesota Literacy Council | St. Paul, Minnesota
The Minnesota Literacy Council will use the $15,000 grant to purchase 31 Chromebook laptop computers to replace outdated units across all three of its locations. In addition, the organization will be able to purchase two digital projectors with media carts to facilitate their classroom teachings. The MLC has reached nearly 90,000 people by offering educational programs in language skills and GED preparation when the formal education sector is not enough. It also supports other organizations by promoting volunteerism, sharing best practices and providing training, technical assistance and national service resources to programs across the state.
Capitol Land Trust | Olympia, Washington
The $14,890 grant will be used by Capitol Land Trust to redevelop the trail at Randall Preserve, complete with a digital informational kiosk, three new benches and crushed shell and signage for the trail. The additions to the Randall Preserve trail will provide educational opportunities for the community and the nearby elementary school and college. The new kiosk and signage will showcase the history and importance of the area to the Squaxin Island Tribe, and the benches will provide opportunities to observe the natural environment and provide stopping points for classroom activities.
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy | Gretna, Nebraska
HETRA, a 2014 large grant recipient, has been granted another $15,000 to improve access to its outdoor arena. The organization uses equine-based therapy to improve physical and emotional quality of life for individuals with disabilities. HETRA's grant will be used to grade and surface more than 11,000 square feet of a walkway and parking lot. With the improvements, clients will not have to trek through rugged terrain that can be difficult for those using wheelchairs, walkers or braces, or with an altered walking gait pattern. Previously, the HDR Foundation funded the installation of heaters and insulation for the indoor arena, allowing HETRA to provide services year-round.
About the HDR Foundation
The HDR Foundation was founded in 2012 and has provided more than half a million dollars in grants to local organizations — fueled by donations from HDR employees. We provide grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, federally recognized tribal governments, and to political subdivisions. Our giving is targeted to the communities in which our employees live and work, and to organizations where HDR employees are highly active. Grant recipients are also required to align with HDR's areas of focus, which include education, healthy communities and bettering the environment.
Caption: Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy uses equine-based therapy to improve physical and emotional quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
Learn more or find out how to apply for a grant.


, it's the candid moments I love to capture.
At Christmas, that often meant the expression on someone's face as they opened a gift. However, over the years I discovered that there is a lot more to Christmas than the excitement of opening gifts.
I'll show you a few specific ingredients to use if you would like to better capture candid moments this Christmas.
Our living room window is a backdrop for candid moments to happen. Many times I have passed through the living room, only to stop and fumble for my camera to capture something interesting.
Taking candid photos is a fun challenge. You don't get to direct the scene, and you have to take whatever the moment offers.
The benefit to this is that you really get to see what is going on. Many people complain that they miss out on a group or family experience because they're always taking pictures. If you focus more on seeing than on clicking, you may find that you're more in-tune to events than ever before.
When our kids were young they always napped over the Christmas holidays. The days were packed with activities and they were exhausted by the afternoon. My little girl fell asleep with an LED lantern. I couldn't help but sneak in for a photo. I pushed my camera to its limits with this low light photo. 56mm, f/1.2, 1/15th, ISO 6400.
1. What kind of moment is it?
is whether it's an action moment or an emotional moment.
What inspired you to pick up the camera? Are you anticipating a burst of excited emotion? Is somebody about to do something?
Action vs emotion is a quick way to understand the nature of the moment that is about to happen. This becomes more intuitive over time so you won't have to overthink it.
I consider this to be an action moment. It is about my son playing with his model plane. Action is often about gesture. He is holding the plane precisely, and you can even see by the shape of his mouth that he is making the sound of the airplane. The plane is in focus so we likely look at it first, but then we're led back to his face. His eyes are looking at the plane, so our focus is brought back to it as well. The more engaged a person is in an action moment, the more interesting the photo will be to you.
This is more of an emotional moment. It's not a high energy moment like laughter or tears, rather it's soft and subtle. It's among my favorite portraits of my daughter. The only thing that indicates Christmas in this photo is the paper crown from her Christmas cracker, a tradition carried on for at least four generations in my family.
2. What is the Best Angle to Use?
My favorite angles for candid moments are high-angle because it often makes the scene appear more dramatic, and face-to-face, because it's such an engaging angle.
This is an action moment. My son was playing with his new helicopter. I went for a low angle because I wanted to be looking up at the helicopter. Normally, we see helicopters in the sky, so let's go for a more dramatic looking angle. In this action moment, you can even see him lifting his foot for balance. When kids play, they get right into it!
High angles are great for looking over shoulders. Some moments are tough to define as simply action or emotion. Though my son is looking at the pictures in his new book, it's not exactly what we think of as an action moment. We can't see his face to detect any emotion. But this photo comes to life in my mind as I think of all the times I read him this book while he was tucked into bed or sitting on my lap. In that sense, I would call it an emotional moment.
I jumped up on the coffee table to get this bird's eye view angle of my son. He had just tried crawling for the first time and collapsed after using all his energy trying to reach a can a play dough!
You can see that the photos above either had a clean and simple background or something more scenic, but not cluttered.
I love this humorous photo of my daughter, but the background is really cluttered and distracting. One thing I could have done while taking the picture is to get closer to her. That way she would appear larger and there would be less background. But another way to deal with a cluttered background is to crop it away!
This face to face angle draws me right into this photo. The background is clean and simple with no distracting elements. I find that black and white often draws out the humanity and emotion of the moment.
. Creative people are often compelled to write.
Take time this Christmas season to write about what is happening in your life. You can write about your kids, your parents, or your traditions. Think of it as a way of preserving some of your family history. Write about the moments of days gone by and the new moments happening around you.
Christmas can be a very difficult season for people who struggle with depression or anxiety. It can be a very sad time of year when you miss loved ones. Many people have found that writing helps you wrestle with and take control of what you're struggling with.
Inspired by photojournalists, take time to truly reflect this Christmas. Add words to your photos.
Is this an action or emotion moment?
Which angle would look best?
Is the background clean or scenic?
I would be thrilled to see some of your favorite Christmas photos when you post them in the comments below!
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China's B2C E-commmerce Giant 360buy Rebrands
Willis Wee
Tech in Asia 30 March 2013
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Jingdong's new logo
One of the largest B2C e-commerce sites in China has rebranded to JD.com from 360buy.com. The old domain, 360buy.com, remains and will be redirected to JD.com upon visiting.
The rebrand will make it easier for local customers to remember the URL, as there was previously a disparity between the Chinese name and the website address. Now it makes makes more sense. Also, I know some foreigners who are confused between Qihoo 360 and 360buy. But it should be easier to remember now with JD as the abbreviation of Jingdong. The rebrand is also accompanied by a new logo in the form of Joy, a mascot dog.
Earlier this year, Jingdong raised $700 million from Ontario Teachers' Retirement Fund (OTPP) and Riyadh-based Kingdom Holding. Prior to that round of funding, Jingdong raised $400 million at a valuation believed to be of $7.25 billion. The company is also believed to be preparing for a US IPO this year.
This rebranding exercise from 360buy to JD will help foreign investors to make more sense of its corporate naming. Richard Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of Jingdong said in today's statement:
Jingdong is delighted to streamline its corporate brand and launch the simpler JD.com domain, which will be easier for our Chinese customers to remember.
U.S.'s Amazon also made the same move by launching Z.cn which helps Chinese customers to remember the domain name better. About a year ago, Alibaba's Tmall also rebranded to 天猫 (loosely translated as sky cat in English) but with its Tmall.com domain name intact.
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