ABSTRACT The comparator is a very basic and useful arithmetic component of digital systems. An individual, compact, high-performance, good cost-benefit ratio comparator core plays an important role on almost all hardware sorters. The study proposes a tine cost-performance ratio comparator design. Based on modified 1's complement principle and conditional sum adder scheme, the proposed design has small transistor count and short propagation delay. Post-layout simulations based on TSMC 0.6um lP3M CMOS process has completed. It shown a 64-b static CMOS comparator of the proposed architecture only needs 1,556 transistors and 4.211s.
Index Term - magnitude comparator, digital comparator, sorter, 1's complement, conditional sum adder, CMOS, digital IC and VLSI.
Sorting is one of the most important problems in computer science. Many fundamental processes in computing and communication systems require sorting of data. Sorting network play a key role in the areas of parallel computing, multi-access memories and multiprocessing [I], , [SI. As depicted in Fig. 1, compare and swap elements of data are vital for sorting. In conventional computer systems, instruction COMPARE and instruction SUBTRACT often share the hardware. This can reduce cost. And the time complexity is limited on O(n) of radix sort or O(n log n) of quick sort in average cases [SI. Figure 2 displays an eight number three-level hitonic sorter. It uses 24 comparators to attain a higher performance target. The time complexity of n (log n)' comparator bitonic sorter is O((log n)'), far better than common software solutions [I], . But if someone needs to process long digit integer sorting, then directly design a corresponding hardware sorter, the comparators array will become very large. At this time, a compact, high-performance comparator core is very important.
Ancient magnitude comparators are shown in Fig. 3 [41. The circuit compares two binary number A and B, and produces three output: A>B, A=B, A<B. In many applications, two output is enough: A t B and A<B. Due to the limitation of CMOS logic [XI, 4-bit comparator is the basic constructive unit. The example just reveals circuit costlcomplexity of a (2k)-bit comparator are often not only twice than a k-bit comparator. Implement a long bit-length comparator by the old scheme is uneconomical. This paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, it shows the feasibility of modified 1's complement for comparator design. Then the proposed comparator architecture is presented in Section 3. Finally conclude the major findings and outline the future work.
the scheme always adds a fixed carry." B.@-around cany_bilJ = t 0 ~0 1 o 0 0 0 0 +'.. In common discussions. X . 1169 . At this time make the fixed cam-in bit = 0 always. = 67. bit Comp =O. If X > Y . is ineffective. bit Cout =O.. For comparator design. and the condition is solved. directly compare the sign bit and then the answer is obtained. X -X =01010100 ... After modificalion. bit Cout = 1.. thi: cany out bit information is only concerned.- 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 CarrectAnswer: 17..mplementofX = m ~ o u t m I 1 I 0 I I 1 0 I + ~ C a m p = E < e d cany-in bit I ~ I l O l1 I 1 I - (c) 4-bit comparator.. Modified l'c compkment for comparator design.. Figure 4. bit Comp = 1... The classic designs in Fig. then the output signal Comp = Comp Cl? Sign-hit. both ONO numbers are positive.. =Campm0 Sum .* BfY (d) 16-bitcomparator. A. 3. o I n o o n I I . . A.. 4 A>=B (a) I-bit magnitude comparator.--.. Thus the status of hit Comp fits the convention of comparison. 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 =x = + I 0 I 0 1 0 K= 1's wmplementofX Cclrrecthswer. Figure 3.x=0 Y = 1 0 I O 1 0 o.= 84.. they need two hits to express the same information. The classic circuit of magnitude comparators.....01010100 (84= 84) (b) %bit comparator.X =01000011 -01010100 (67 < 84) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 = Y CiirrectAnswer:-l7. If X $Y. MODIFIED 1's COMPLEMIENT FOR COIMPARATOR DESIGN Figure 4 displays a modified 1's complement scheme.. If X < Y .-... I = . If both two numbers are negative.... 1 I C a m p r n l 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 + ~ C a m p =Ed carry-in bit 1 0~ 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 C.0 lOOOOll (84 > 67) O l O l O l D O =x = + ~ c o u 1 0 1 1 1 I Do= 1's CUmplementofY ... then if X L Y .. -. 2.. I . + I 0 I 0 1 0 E= I'r.Y = 01010100 . If two numbers have different signs.. the answer is just oonosite. Y .
and eleven 2-10-1 multiolexers. eight two-input OR gates. k=1 where M = l o g . AS BS A3 E3 A2 B2 AI BI A0 BO Figure 5.Stage0 A7 i Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 B7 Comp = 1 . Comp = 0. They can provide for the use of stage-l multiplexers.. The schematic need eight inverters to generate complementary values of input B. Figure 5 shows an %bit comparator example of the proposed comparator architecture. A>=B. the proposed architecture is improved from Conditional Sum Adder 161. so this reduces the requirements of inverter. THEPROPOSED COMPARATOR ARCHITECTURE For high-performance demand. 1170 . Now if C=O. The total transistor count is eight inverters. Cany =AB. 2(2k-1). The static CMOS AND gate and OR gate internally generate their complementary signals [SI. high-performance. A < B. An 8-b brief schematic example of the proposed comparator architecture. Cany = AB + (A+B) = A + B. good cost-benefit ratio comparator core plays an important role on almost all hardware sorters. and seven two-input AND gates. The 8-b comparator needs 11(=1+3+7) 240-1 multiplexers. Originally Cany = AB + AC + BC = AB + (A + B) C. . 3. If C=l. N . The sum of MUX gates of N-bit comparator is. An individual.
and now he joins Dept. Feb. 2003. So the total transistor count of the 8-b static CMOS comparator is (lp+ln)x8 + (3p+3n)x8 + (3p+3n)x7 + (2p+2n)x7 + (3p+3n)x(ll-7) = 79p + 7911. "A 1. ASP-DAC'03. E:ihraghian. 1171 .  Kai Hwang. AFIPS 1968 Spring Joinr Computer Conference. IEEE J. Tamsui. C.120 p2) I I Table 2.522n 375p+742n 742p+742n 400~x380~ ACKNOWLE!DGEMENT The author. Chung-Li. Complementary Pass-transistor Logic (CPL) can reduce the data skew problem and power dissipation. Nov. pp.I REFERENCES [I] K. 307-314. pp.. Asia and South Pacific Design Auromarion Conj. The total transistor count of N-bit static CMOS comparator is. No. 6.-C. of EE. "Conditional-Sum Addition Logic. Post-layout simulation results are summarized in Table 2. We can use CPL to replace static CMOS logic gates in low-power low-voltage applications. 1973. 1968.0 GHz 64-bit High-speed Comparator Using ANT Dynamic Logic with Two-Phase Clocking. 2." in Proc. Cheng has already left Dept. Under the proposed comparator architecture." in Proc. Shun-Wen 'Cheng.rhniques. Reading: AddisonWesley.x l z C 2 * -l)l-(N-l) *. (4p+4n)N +(5p+5n)(N . Weste and K. i * I where M = log N. Architecture andDesign. Tamkang University. 1 M 1  Chung-Hsun Huang and Jinn-Shyan Wang. will have the fewest transistor count but large power dissipation and slow operation speed. If N = M-hit. Tsai.1 ) + ( 3 p + 3 n ) [ x ( 2 * -l)I-(N -I) .. x(N . E. 433436. Apr. The transistor count and layout area of the proposed comparator are both less than 1998 Chua-Chin Wang's Comparator [71 and 2003 Chung-Hsun Huang's Comparator [31.522p+1. comparator. Reading: Addison-Wesley. Computer Arithmetic-Principles.172 w') 576pmx120pm (= 69. June 1960. therefore the total transistor count is 742x2 + 18x4 = 1.b7~rz. Soning and Searching. 254-262. Jan. *.. 38. 2003. Reading: John Wiley & Sans. Transistor count and simulation comparisons of 64-b comparator designs. INV x N + ANDZx N + OR2x(N . Knuth. 226-231.  N. Kuo-Hsing Cheng. implement AND gate and OR gate by NMOS logic. . (using static CMOS) I I (= 72. Vol. Principle of CMOS VLSIDesign. (All are based on TSMC 0.-F. 32 64 1." IEE Proceedings Compurers and Digital Te.I) + Mux2fols. 1979. 1998. and use pure NMOS multiplexer networks. TAIWAN.6um CMOS prncess.Bit Number Cornoarator Of 2 II design static [41 oseudo-NMOS 8p+13n 38p+38n II The Proposed design with lI The Proposed design with static CMOS 13p+I3n I l I 4. would like to thank his advisor Prof. H.I where M = log N. for his previous teaching on IC design. One of the stars of Tamkang has gone. The circuit easily partitions to several stage pipelines for increasing the hardware sharing and data throughput. National Central University.I)+ M~2~~Lzb~. Prof. no.6um Single-layer Polysilicon Triple-layer Metal (1P3M) CMOS Process Technology. The Proposed Comparator.. [51 D . The author found the transistor count of the new design is less than that required in the conventional design. 1993. Solid-state Circuii's. and K. 1 I pp. and eighteen buffers are used for increasing driving capability. E. "Arbitrtuy Long Digit Sorter HWISW Co-Design. TAIWAN. EC-9. "Sorting Networks and Their Applications." IRE Transncrions on Elecrronic Computers. while the transistor count of the new design with static CMOS is only approximately half of the conventional design. pp. vol. E. And the worst propagation delay is shorter than their designs. Wu. 2nd Ed. Batcher.  J.556. pp. CONCLUSmIG REMARKS The complexity informarion is listed in Table 1. 538-543.) The total gate count of N-hit comparator is. Vol.. Sklansky.. 145. "HighPerformance and Power-Efficient ChllOS Comparators". of EE.  Shun-Wen Cheng.  Chua-Chin Wang. The comparisons of a:omparator design are based upon TSMC 0.


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'Ready or Not' is a must see dark comedy that everyone should watch
By Faith Foushee, September 3, 2019
Samara Weaving as Grace in "Ready or Not" now playing in theaters. Photo by Indie Wire
By Jack Murphy
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, '"Ready or Not" tells the story of the worst possible interaction with the in-laws a person could have. Its cast includes Samara Weaving, Adam Brody and Mark O'Brien to name a few. The story follows Grace (Weaving) on her wedding day when she marries into the Le Domas family, a wealthy family that built its fortune from the board game industry.
Every time a member of the family gets married, the newest member of the family has to play a game with the rest of the Le Domas family. One of the games they play is hide and seek. However, this version of hide-and-seek features the Le Doma's family trying to murder one of the newer members of the family. Grace pulls that card and movie ensues.
If you have read any of my past reviews, you know I am a big fan of the horror genre. I have never written reviews for comedies because few good comedies are released these days. Comedies can be difficult to review because what one finds funny is based on their own sense of humor. I can only review the aspects of the filmmaking. While this is not a full-on comedy. It is a horror/dark comedy film; there are still elements that are difficult to review critically. Thankfully, the movie was quite good.
The production design is fantastic. The producers nailed the design of the old Victorian mansion that houses the crazy family, featuring mostly candle lit hallways, dumbwaiters, hidden passageways and tunnels. This house is exactly what I would imagine a violent version "Clue." to take place in. I would call "Ready or Not" adult "Clue," but there is another movie coming out this year called "Knives Out" that fits the description better.
Switching over to the acting, Weaving is phenomenal. She treats this entire situation as an actual human being would, and her reactions to this wild situation she found herself in are great. The rest of the family is also really funny, because they need to kill her for supernatural reasons and she keeps getting away.
Their reactions as they continue to lose control of the situation and get bested by one person are genuinely funny. Another amusing thing as that not all of the characters are experienced with Victorian weaponry. As a result they screw up and get yelled at by everyone. Their failures are hilarious.
The movie is also very intense whenever it follows Grace as she escapes these family members because the film mainly carries a serious tone when it follows her perspective. Throughout it all the viewers are still rooting for her to succeed. She has to go through some brutal hardships throughout the film that makes us root for her more. At one point in the film, she falls into a basement pit and she has to crawl out. There is way more to it than that but for the sake of spoilers I will not go into great detail.
One issue I have with the characters is that their motivations continue to switch for unknown reasons throughout the film, and it becomes annoying. One character has to commit an act and then abruptly decides he cannot. Then, he has to again and then once again cannot. Another character tries to the right thing thing until he gets an opportunity to, then he suddenly has malicious intent. When a film keeps switching the characters motivations without justification, the audience starts to become lost and confused.
It is bad writing because normal people do not have these irrational changes in personality multiple times throughout one night. However, I have never had my in-laws trying to murder me to please a demon, so I might have no idea what I am talking about.
"Ready or Not" is a dark comedy/horror film that anyone can enjoy. Weavings performance alone should draw you to the theaters. If anything, please go see this movie just so studios make more movies like "Ready or Not" and stop making movies like "Annabelle III." I give "Ready or Not" a B+.
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The Song of Lunch
The Song of Lunch is based on Christopher Reid's narrative poem following the story of an unnamed book editor who is meeting his former love 15 years after their break-up for a nostalgic lunch at the Soho restaurant they used to frequent. The woman is now living a glamorous life in Paris, married to a world-renowned writer. The unnamed editor has failed in his writing career, detests his mundane publishing job and regrets the end of their love affair.
Publisher: [United States] : 2 entertain, c2012.
Characteristics: 1 videodisc (50 min.) :,sd., col. ;,12 cm.
Additional Contributors: MacCormick, Niall - Director
Rickman, Alan - Actor
Thompson, Emma - Actor
Reid, Christopher 1949-
Alternative Title: Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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ewakk Mar 04, 2017
Practically flawless movie - based on the poem by Christopher Reid. Sorry, it's not based on the poem; it is the poem. Great acting. Great adaptation. Very well done!
HowardWilliams Jan 27, 2016
Delightful, wonderfully understated account of reality.
No_Stalkers4Me Mar 26, 2015
Required viewing for anyone contemplating "old times sake" get-together. Well done.
chanelsurfer Dec 21, 2014
Despite the likeable actors, the film is unwatchable. Its tone is negative and unpleasant, and the male character's running inner dialogue grows wearisome after only a few minutes. The female character brings much-needed lightness, but cannot defeat the oppressive mood emanating from the male character.
SherlockHolmes221B Jun 18, 2014
Actors were brilliant for the role they played-- would I recommend it? Absolutely not. While it's a refreshing perspective with little dialogue and cynical whimsical narration, it didn't hold your attention. I did enjoy a few of the witty lines delivered by Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman, and Alan kept the melancholic tone throughout the entire film. Definitely glad it is under an hour, and all in all, it could have been worse. Reminiscent of the story of Séraphin, it is not meant to be watched lightly with friends and family and a bowl of popcorn.
BertBailey Nov 18, 2013
I enjoyed this, despite all its flawed and avoidable lopsidedness - he's full of self-loathing and remorse, she's always reasonable and radiant. Wisely under an hour long, this is a sort of 'My Dinner with Andre' with a lot of human pain about living on after making bad decisions, and without all the pop philosophy. Considering the format and basic idea, I think it works reasonably well. Both acquit themselves nicely, and if you're a big fan of Thompson this should certainly work for you (she's never looked better).
jonnybroom Aug 18, 2013
A lovely and unusual piece about middle age, lost love and life choices featuring two interesting and expressive faces.
blueskies100 Jun 17, 2013
These actors are always amazing. The story might not be for everyone as it follows the lines of a poem and does not tie up everything in a big happy ribbon (it is about two people that went separate ways after all). Alan Rickman narrates the poem as the story progresses. I loved the descriptions.
modestgoddess Nov 18, 2012
Still not quite sure what to think of this movie. It was definitely bittersweet, but I'm not sure I liked it.... Unfortunately, knowing it was based on a poem, I found myself picturing the words being spoken as they might appear on the page in poetic lines. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson are always marvellous. Love British actors - they inhabit their characters in ways American actors just somehow can't seem to manage. So - worth it for two legends in action, and very interesting for seeing a poem turned into a movie. Whoda thunk?!
rslade Sep 17, 2012
Great actors, somewhat wasted. Interesting premise, but doesn't really work as a movie.
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In New Jersey, winning a lottery jackpot is a very public affair.
If you win hundreds of millions of dollars, the state Lottery commission can release your name, town and county through a press release, according to its rules. You can't claim a prize anonymously.
So, when the New York state Legislature approved a bill in June that would let lottery winners claim anything more than $5,000 anonymously, New Jersey residents were ready to drive across the George Washington Bridge and try to win some covert bucks.
But, on Friday, those hopes were dashed when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed the bill, arguing that identifying prize winners keeps the state accountable.
Cuomo's veto and accompanying opinion echoes that of James Carey, New Jersey Lottery Commission's acting director, who called the lottery "an arm of the state of New Jersey."
"We're dealing with public money," Carey had said. "And the public has the right to know who's getting the money."
In his veto message, Cuomo noted there is one way lottery winners can keep their name secret under current law: By creating a limited liability company to claim their prize on their behalf.
In New Jersey, the lottery commission will pay out a jackpot to your newly created company. But it will also still release your name and ask you to be at the very public press conference.
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package jenkins

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"strconv"
	"sync"

	"github.com/bwmarrin/snowflake"
	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	prowv1 "k8s.io/test-infra/prow/client/clientset/versioned/typed/prowjobs/v1"

	prowapi "k8s.io/test-infra/prow/apis/prowjobs/v1"
	"k8s.io/test-infra/prow/config"
	"k8s.io/test-infra/prow/github"
	reportlib "k8s.io/test-infra/prow/github/report"
	"k8s.io/test-infra/prow/kube"
	"k8s.io/test-infra/prow/pjutil"
)

type prowJobClient interface {
	Create(*prowapi.ProwJob) (*prowapi.ProwJob, error)
	List(opts metav1.ListOptions) (*prowapi.ProwJobList, error)
	Update(*prowapi.ProwJob) (*prowapi.ProwJob, error)
}

type jenkinsClient interface {
	Build(*prowapi.ProwJob, string) error
	ListBuilds(jobs []BuildQueryParams) (map[string]Build, error)
	Abort(job string, build *Build) error
}

type githubClient interface {
	BotName() (string, error)
	CreateStatus(org, repo, ref string, s github.Status) error
	ListIssueComments(org, repo string, number int) ([]github.IssueComment, error)
	CreateComment(org, repo string, number int, comment string) error
	DeleteComment(org, repo string, ID int) error
	EditComment(org, repo string, ID int, comment string) error
	GetPullRequestChanges(org, repo string, number int) ([]github.PullRequestChange, error)
}

type syncFn func(prowapi.ProwJob, chan<- prowapi.ProwJob, map[string]Build) error

// Controller manages ProwJobs.
type Controller struct {
	prowJobClient prowJobClient
	jc            jenkinsClient
	ghc           githubClient
	log           *logrus.Entry
	cfg           config.Getter
	node          *snowflake.Node
	totURL        string
	// selector that will be applied on prowjobs.
	selector string

	lock sync.RWMutex
	// pendingJobs is a short-lived cache that helps in limiting
	// the maximum concurrency of jobs.
	pendingJobs map[string]int

	pjLock sync.RWMutex
	// shared across the controller and a goroutine that gathers metrics.
	pjs []prowapi.ProwJob
}

// NewController creates a new Controller from the provided clients.
func NewController(prowJobClient prowv1.ProwJobInterface, jc *Client, ghc github.Client, logger *logrus.Entry, cfg config.Getter, totURL, selector string) (*Controller, error) {
	n, err := snowflake.NewNode(1)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if logger == nil {
		logger = logrus.NewEntry(logrus.StandardLogger())
	}
	return &Controller{
		prowJobClient: prowJobClient,
		jc:            jc,
		ghc:           ghc,
		log:           logger,
		cfg:           cfg,
		selector:      selector,
		node:          n,
		totURL:        totURL,
		pendingJobs:   make(map[string]int),
	}, nil
}

func (c *Controller) config() config.Controller {
	operators := c.cfg().JenkinsOperators
	if len(operators) == 1 {
		return operators[0].Controller
	}
	configured := make([]string, 0, len(operators))
	for _, cfg := range operators {
		if cfg.LabelSelectorString == c.selector {
			return cfg.Controller
		}
		configured = append(configured, cfg.LabelSelectorString)
	}
	if len(c.selector) == 0 {
		c.log.Panicf("You need to specify a non-empty --label-selector (existing selectors: %v).", configured)
	} else {
		c.log.Panicf("No config exists for --label-selector=%s.", c.selector)
	}
	return config.Controller{}
}

// canExecuteConcurrently checks whether the provided ProwJob can
// be executed concurrently.
func (c *Controller) canExecuteConcurrently(pj *prowapi.ProwJob) bool {
	c.lock.Lock()
	defer c.lock.Unlock()

	if max := c.config().MaxConcurrency; max > 0 {
		var running int
		for _, num := range c.pendingJobs {
			running += num
		}
		if running >= max {
			c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(pj)).Debugf("Not starting another job, already %d running.", running)
			return false
		}
	}

	if pj.Spec.MaxConcurrency == 0 {
		c.pendingJobs[pj.Spec.Job]++
		return true
	}

	numPending := c.pendingJobs[pj.Spec.Job]
	if numPending >= pj.Spec.MaxConcurrency {
		c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(pj)).Debugf("Not starting another instance of %s, already %d running.", pj.Spec.Job, numPending)
		return false
	}
	c.pendingJobs[pj.Spec.Job]++
	return true
}

// incrementNumPendingJobs increments the amount of
// pending ProwJobs for the given job identifier
func (c *Controller) incrementNumPendingJobs(job string) {
	c.lock.Lock()
	defer c.lock.Unlock()
	c.pendingJobs[job]++
}

// Sync does one sync iteration.
func (c *Controller) Sync() error {
	pjs, err := c.prowJobClient.List(metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: c.selector})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error listing prow jobs: %v", err)
	}
	// Share what we have for gathering metrics.
	c.pjLock.Lock()
	c.pjs = pjs.Items
	c.pjLock.Unlock()

	// TODO: Replace the following filtering with a field selector once CRDs support field selectors.
	// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53459
	var jenkinsJobs []prowapi.ProwJob
	for _, pj := range pjs.Items {
		if pj.Spec.Agent == prowapi.JenkinsAgent {
			jenkinsJobs = append(jenkinsJobs, pj)
		}
	}
	jbs, err := c.jc.ListBuilds(getJenkinsJobs(jenkinsJobs))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error listing jenkins builds: %v", err)
	}

	var syncErrs []error
	if err := c.terminateDupes(jenkinsJobs, jbs); err != nil {
		syncErrs = append(syncErrs, err)
	}

	pendingCh, triggeredCh := pjutil.PartitionActive(jenkinsJobs)
	errCh := make(chan error, len(jenkinsJobs))
	reportCh := make(chan prowapi.ProwJob, len(jenkinsJobs))

	// Reinstantiate on every resync of the controller instead of trying
	// to keep this in sync with the state of the world.
	c.pendingJobs = make(map[string]int)
	// Sync pending jobs first so we can determine what is the maximum
	// number of new jobs we can trigger when syncing the non-pendings.
	maxSyncRoutines := c.config().MaxGoroutines
	c.log.Debugf("Handling %d pending prowjobs", len(pendingCh))
	syncProwJobs(c.log, c.syncPendingJob, maxSyncRoutines, pendingCh, reportCh, errCh, jbs)
	c.log.Debugf("Handling %d triggered prowjobs", len(triggeredCh))
	syncProwJobs(c.log, c.syncTriggeredJob, maxSyncRoutines, triggeredCh, reportCh, errCh, jbs)

	close(errCh)
	close(reportCh)

	for err := range errCh {
		syncErrs = append(syncErrs, err)
	}

	var reportErrs []error
	reportTemplate := c.config().ReportTemplate
	reportTypes := c.cfg().GitHubReporter.JobTypesToReport
	for report := range reportCh {
		if err := reportlib.Report(c.ghc, reportTemplate, report, reportTypes); err != nil {
			reportErrs = append(reportErrs, err)
			c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&report)).WithError(err).Warn("Failed to report ProwJob status")
		}
	}

	if len(syncErrs) == 0 && len(reportErrs) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	return fmt.Errorf("errors syncing: %v, errors reporting: %v", syncErrs, reportErrs)
}

// SyncMetrics records metrics for the cached prowjobs.
func (c *Controller) SyncMetrics() {
	c.pjLock.RLock()
	defer c.pjLock.RUnlock()
	kube.GatherProwJobMetrics(c.pjs)
}

// getJenkinsJobs returns all the Jenkins jobs for all active
// prowjobs from the provided list. It handles deduplication.
func getJenkinsJobs(pjs []prowapi.ProwJob) []BuildQueryParams {
	jenkinsJobs := []BuildQueryParams{}

	for _, pj := range pjs {
		if pj.Complete() {
			continue
		}

		jenkinsJobs = append(jenkinsJobs, BuildQueryParams{
			JobName:   getJobName(&pj.Spec),
			ProwJobID: pj.Name,
		})
	}

	return jenkinsJobs
}

// terminateDupes aborts presubmits that have a newer version. It modifies pjs
// in-place when it aborts.
func (c *Controller) terminateDupes(pjs []prowapi.ProwJob, jbs map[string]Build) error {
	// "job org/repo#number" -> newest job
	dupes := make(map[string]int)
	for i, pj := range pjs {
		if pj.Complete() || pj.Spec.Type != prowapi.PresubmitJob {
			continue
		}
		n := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s/%s#%d", pj.Spec.Job, pj.Spec.Refs.Org, pj.Spec.Refs.Repo, pj.Spec.Refs.Pulls[0].Number)
		prev, ok := dupes[n]
		if !ok {
			dupes[n] = i
			continue
		}
		cancelIndex := i
		if (&pjs[prev].Status.StartTime).Before(&pj.Status.StartTime) {
			cancelIndex = prev
			dupes[n] = i
		}
		toCancel := pjs[cancelIndex]
		// Allow aborting presubmit jobs for commits that have been superseded by
		// newer commits in GitHub pull requests.
		if c.config().AllowCancellations {
			build, buildExists := jbs[toCancel.ObjectMeta.Name]
			// Avoid cancelling enqueued builds.
			if buildExists && build.IsEnqueued() {
				continue
			}
			// Otherwise, abort it.
			if buildExists {
				if err := c.jc.Abort(getJobName(&toCancel.Spec), &build); err != nil {
					c.log.WithError(err).WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&toCancel)).Warn("Cannot cancel Jenkins build")
				}
			}
		}
		toCancel.SetComplete()
		prevState := toCancel.Status.State
		toCancel.Status.State = prowapi.AbortedState
		c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&toCancel)).
			WithField("from", prevState).
			WithField("to", toCancel.Status.State).Info("Transitioning states.")
		npj, err := c.prowJobClient.Update(&toCancel)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		pjs[cancelIndex] = *npj
	}
	return nil
}

func syncProwJobs(
	l *logrus.Entry,
	syncFn syncFn,
	maxSyncRoutines int,
	jobs <-chan prowapi.ProwJob,
	reports chan<- prowapi.ProwJob,
	syncErrors chan<- error,
	jbs map[string]Build,
) {
	goroutines := maxSyncRoutines
	if goroutines > len(jobs) {
		goroutines = len(jobs)
	}
	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
	wg.Add(goroutines)
	l.Debugf("Firing up %d goroutines", goroutines)
	for i := 0; i < goroutines; i++ {
		go func() {
			defer wg.Done()
			for pj := range jobs {
				if err := syncFn(pj, reports, jbs); err != nil {
					syncErrors <- err
				}
			}
		}()
	}
	wg.Wait()
}

func (c *Controller) syncPendingJob(pj prowapi.ProwJob, reports chan<- prowapi.ProwJob, jbs map[string]Build) error {
	// Record last known state so we can log state transitions.
	prevState := pj.Status.State

	jb, jbExists := jbs[pj.ObjectMeta.Name]
	if !jbExists {
		pj.SetComplete()
		pj.Status.State = prowapi.ErrorState
		pj.Status.URL = c.cfg().StatusErrorLink
		pj.Status.Description = "Error finding Jenkins job."
	} else {
		switch {
		case jb.IsEnqueued():
			// Still in queue.
			c.incrementNumPendingJobs(pj.Spec.Job)
			return nil

		case jb.IsRunning():
			// Build still going.
			c.incrementNumPendingJobs(pj.Spec.Job)
			if pj.Status.Description == "Jenkins job running." {
				return nil
			}
			pj.Status.Description = "Jenkins job running."

		case jb.IsSuccess():
			// Build is complete.
			pj.SetComplete()
			pj.Status.State = prowapi.SuccessState
			pj.Status.Description = "Jenkins job succeeded."

		case jb.IsFailure():
			pj.SetComplete()
			pj.Status.State = prowapi.FailureState
			pj.Status.Description = "Jenkins job failed."

		case jb.IsAborted():
			pj.SetComplete()
			pj.Status.State = prowapi.AbortedState
			pj.Status.Description = "Jenkins job aborted."
		}
		// Construct the status URL that will be used in reports.
		pj.Status.PodName = pj.ObjectMeta.Name
		pj.Status.BuildID = jb.BuildID()
		pj.Status.JenkinsBuildID = strconv.Itoa(jb.Number)
		var b bytes.Buffer
		if err := c.config().JobURLTemplate.Execute(&b, &pj); err != nil {
			c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&pj)).Errorf("error executing URL template: %v", err)
		} else {
			pj.Status.URL = b.String()
		}
	}
	// Report to GitHub.
	reports <- pj
	if prevState != pj.Status.State {
		c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&pj)).
			WithField("from", prevState).
			WithField("to", pj.Status.State).Info("Transitioning states.")
	}
	_, err := c.prowJobClient.Update(&pj)
	return err
}

func (c *Controller) syncTriggeredJob(pj prowapi.ProwJob, reports chan<- prowapi.ProwJob, jbs map[string]Build) error {
	// Record last known state so we can log state transitions.
	prevState := pj.Status.State

	if _, jbExists := jbs[pj.ObjectMeta.Name]; !jbExists {
		// Do not start more jobs than specified.
		if !c.canExecuteConcurrently(&pj) {
			return nil
		}
		buildID, err := c.getBuildID(pj.Spec.Job)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error getting build ID: %v", err)
		}
		// Start the Jenkins job.
		if err := c.jc.Build(&pj, buildID); err != nil {
			c.log.WithError(err).WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&pj)).Warn("Cannot start Jenkins build")
			pj.SetComplete()
			pj.Status.State = prowapi.ErrorState
			pj.Status.URL = c.cfg().StatusErrorLink
			pj.Status.Description = "Error starting Jenkins job."
		} else {
			pj.Status.State = prowapi.PendingState
			pj.Status.Description = "Jenkins job enqueued."
		}
	} else {
		// If a Jenkins build already exists for this job, advance the ProwJob to Pending and
		// it should be handled by syncPendingJob in the next sync.
		pj.Status.State = prowapi.PendingState
		pj.Status.Description = "Jenkins job enqueued."
	}
	// Report to GitHub.
	reports <- pj

	if prevState != pj.Status.State {
		c.log.WithFields(pjutil.ProwJobFields(&pj)).
			WithField("from", prevState).
			WithField("to", pj.Status.State).Info("Transitioning states.")
	}
	_, err := c.prowJobClient.Update(&pj)
	return err
}

func (c *Controller) getBuildID(name string) (string, error) {
	if c.totURL == "" {
		return c.node.Generate().String(), nil
	}
	return pjutil.GetBuildID(name, c.totURL)
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I ♥ NY. Empire State Of Mind, In 2D, 3D, Or 36D! - IMRAN™ -- Unedited iPhone 4S Photo, a photo by ImranAnwar on Flickr.
Empire State. I Love NY. It has an energy all its own, unmatched by any other city. Walking on Avenue Of The Americas (6th Av), at 34th Street, I noticed how the Empire State Building appeared perfectly framed by the other buildings, and, in this iPhone 4S photo, appears almost 3D-ish.
Unedited iPhone 4S Photo framed in Photoshop.


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Lola Irene Withers
February 15, 1940 - March 11, 2021
Lola Irene Withers, 81, of Clinton, Maryland, passed away on March 11, 2021. She loved many things including warm hugs, reading, recipes, music, watching the animals in her yard, her flowers and trees, and of course her children and grandchildren. But above all else, she had a strong faith in God and never wavered on the fact that Christ was the center of her life and heart. Lola was born in Dumas, Texas to Harold and Irene Lipper on February 15th, 1940. She went to school at Sam Houston High School where she thrived in theatre, choir and the student council. She graduated and went on to attend Texas Tech University where she met her husband-to-be, Patrick Theron Withers. They were married on August 25th, 1960 in Arlington, Virginia. She worked at the Pentagon in a high clearance position and later went on to work for Siemens, ITE. For many years she sang as an alto in her church choir and later served as an elder of Clinton Presbyterian Church where she made many lifelong friends. Lola is preceded in death by her mother, Lillian Irene Lipper, father, Harold Ward Lipper and brother Donald Harold Lipper. We know she is celebrating a grand reunion with them in heaven. They are surely enjoying laughter, happy hour and family adventures in the great outdoors just like old times. Lola is survived by her children, Patricia Lorene McDorman (Dwayne Paul McDorman), Judith Lee Dickson (John Thomas Dickson, Jr.), Elizabeth Joy Withers and her grandchildren, Wesley Ray McDorman, Heather Amanda Dickson, Christopher David Dickson, John Thomas Dickson III, and her nephews, Christopher Joel Lipper and Byron Harold Lipper. The warmth of her voice and heart will carry on in us until we meet her embrace in heaven. The McDorman and Dickson families wish to extend our sincere thanks to Elizabeth Joy Withers for the care, love and sacrifice she gave to see that Mom's wishes to stay in her home were granted. A private memorial will be held in her honor on April 11th, 2021.
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Breakthrough Malaria Treatment Developed at Walter Reed Cleared by FDA
Credit: Syed Ali / Unsplash
Malaria, transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito, is one of the top infectious disease threats to U.S. military personnel deployed overseas. Despite the use of prophylactic drugs and personal protective equipment, malaria remains a significant threat.
This week a breakthrough malaria drug developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, and licensed to Amivas (US), LLC, received marketing approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Artesunate for Injection is indicated for the initial treatment of severe malaria in adult and pediatric patients. It is the first FDA-approved product that Amivas, headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, has introduced to their commercial portfolio. Amivas will now manufacture, distribute, and commercialize Artesunate for Injection and is completing set-up of a nationwide product distribution network.
Prior to FDA approval, the Army's manufactured supply of artesunate under an Investigational New Drug (IND) application has been the only available option for Servicemembers deployed overseas. Artesunate has been available through a Force Health Protection protocol, under the Army Office of the Surgeon General-sponsored treatment Investigational New Drug, and domestically through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's treatment protocol. The only other FDA-approved treatment option, intravenous quinidine, was discontinued in 2019. The marketing approval of Artesunate for Injection will allow military and civilian hospitals the ability to obtain the drug commercially to treat this deadly disease.
"The FDA approval of Artesunate for Injection is another notable achievement for the U.S. Army in its long history of developing therapies for combating malaria. With a lack of alternate FDA-approved therapies to treat life-threatening severe malaria, Artesunate for Injection fills a critical gap for the military and U.S. population."
MAJ Victor Zottig, malaria product manager for USAMMDA's Warfighter Protection and Acute Care Project Management Office
"It's always a great day when the discoveries of our world-class team of scientists become a tangible product that will save the lives of our Warfighters," said Army Lt. Col. Mara Kreishman-Deitrick, director of the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at WRAIR.
Artesunate's initial development in the U.S. was led by a team of researchers from WRAIR who reported the first Western isolation of the compound artemisinin from its natural plant source, Artemisia annua, found on the banks of the Potomac River. After an extensive medicinal chemistry campaign to optimize the artemisinin class, artesunate was identified as a promising clinical candidate and ultimately selected for clinical development.
The IND application for artesunate was filed by the Army OTSG under a joint WRAIR/USAMMDA partnership in 2004. WRAIR then began research and development efforts of artesunate to improve upon the drug's pharmacokinetics. The first regulated Phase 1 trial was completed in 2006, followed by a Phase 2 trial that was conducted in Kenya. Artesunate was transitioned to USAMMDA in 2009 for medical product development and management. USAMMDA assisted in the NDA preparation, filing and review process, providing clinical and other regulatory data required to support the NDA submission and numerous FDA information requests.
"This difficult undertaking was accomplished through a competitively bid, public/private partnership and is testament to the professionalism and dedication of the team involved," said Zottig.
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No, the surgeon does the operation. The robot is an instrument that allows the surgeon to operate in small spaces in the body. It essentially makes the surgeon's hands two seven millimeter instruments.
How is the prostate removed?
One of the operating port sites is used to remove the prostate, usually the one at the umbilicus.
Is a nerve sparing prostatectomy possible?
Yes, this is where the robot performs best. The surgeon has the benefit of 10X magnification and the fine delicate instrumentation to perform the precise removal of the nerve bundles off the prostate.
Will I be incontinent of urine (i.e. wear a diaper) after surgery?
The majority of men are continent after the procedure. Thus far we have achieved a 99% continence rate. However, there is no guarantee of continence. There is always a risk of incontinence following prostate surgery. The robotic technique simply allows a much better anastamosis of the bladder and urethra after the prostate is removed, permitting improved healing and a quicker return to continence post surgery.
Since the surgery is done through a small incision, most patients experience much less post procedure pain then with open surgery. Patients tend to need much less pain medication. After one week, most are feeling no pain at all. Also, there is a decreased risk of post-operative hernias.
How long will I have to have the catheter in after surgery?
Less than one week. A drain is left in after the procedure which may be taken out 2-3 days later.
Light walking is encouraged right after the procedure. After 2 weeks, jogging and aerobic exercise is permitted. After four weeks, heavy lifting can resume.


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April 07, 2020 Updated 21:43 GMT
Homepage : Comment : For Syrian chemical attack victims, OPCW report blaming Assad is too little, too late
Sam Hamad
For Syrian chemical attack victims, OPCW report blaming Assad is too little, too late
A gas attack on the town of Douma in eastern Ghouta, in January 2018 [AFP]
Date of publication: 7 April, 2020
Comment: For the victims of Assad's chemical warfare, the damage inflicted by these attacks, and by the Russian propaganda surrounding them, has already been done, writes Sam Hamad.
Syria, chemical attacks, Russia, Douma, OPCW, Assad
For the first time in nine years of civil war and genocide, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is set to release its first report definitively blaming Bashar al-Assad for chemical weapons attacks that have occurred during the Syrian war.
The OPCW is an agency of the UN, and the report comes after the body was granted new powers by a UN Resolution to essentially identify those responsible for using chemical weapons in Syria.
Though the report will be released close to the anniversaries of large-scale chemical weapons atrocities, such as the sarin attack on Khan Sheikhoun in 2017, and the chlorine attack on Douma in 2018, it will only focus on chemical attacks on the village of al-Latimah in 2017.
The report will also include an interactive mapping tool, demonstrating with definitive proof that Assad is to blame for 98 percent of chemical attacks, including all of the large-scale ones, with IS responsible for the rest.
Of course this report ought to be welcomed - it could lead to further sanctions on Assad, key officials, and elements of his regime, but also because it's the first time that any official body has definitively attempted to counter the Russian-led propaganda that sought to exculpate Assad for these atrocities.
But for those who have observed the sheer horror unleashed by Assad-Iran-Russia over the past nine years, this action by the UN and OPCW is sadly too little, and too late - one might say it's almost seven years too late.
For it was seven years ago when Assad first used sarin gas on a large scale on then-rebel-held Ghouta, murdering at least 1,429 innocent people. Before the bodies were even cold, Russia's propaganda machine spun into action.
These reports are not telling us what we did not know
This included both official Kremlin-backed forces such as RT, and unofficial journalists, intellectuals and writers of both the far-right and far-left who choose to spin the Russian line claiming there was evidence proving Assad's innocence - no such evidence never emerged.
The atrocity at Ghouta was the moment many Syrians believed the world would intervene to protect them and aid their war of liberation against Assad and Iran. Instead, it led to the obscenity that was the Kerry-Lavrov deal, allowing Assad to get rid of some of his chemical weapons supplies, while effectively green-lighting his "conventional" war of extermination. It was a deal that formally allowed a murderer to get rid of some of his murder weapons.
Though Obama hailed the deal as a means to at least stop Assad using chemical weapons, and Assad-Iran-Russia apologists despicably hailed it as victory for "peace", Assad has used chemical weapons hundreds of times since then, including in Khan Sheikhun and Douma.
For every chemical attack, Russia and its various mouthpieces were there to, at worst, blame the rebels or even the White Helmets for "faking" and "staging" chemical attacks, or, at best, to obscure the attacks to the point that people, whether the general public or those in power, were left confused as to who was to blame.
In this era of post-truth, Russia has excelled at shaping and navigating narratives on multiple different levels, turning the term "mainstream media" into a dirty word, and often filling the vacuum with pro-Kremlin "alternative media".
But the greatest outcome of Russian propaganda on behalf of Assad was not to get people to necessarily believe in the outlandish (though many did), but to appeal to the banal - to play to the ignorance and prejudices of the world when it came to Syria, while erasing or obfuscating Syrian voices telling the truth about their own victimhood and struggle.
It's the first time that any official body has definitively attempted to counter Russian-led propaganda that sought to exculpate Assad
This was crude but visceral propaganda – the Syrian rebels cast as "extremist terrorists" and Assad cast as a "victim of US regime change". In the shadow of the Iraq war, with its combination of opposition to "meddling in the Middle East" and Islamophobic tropes, it was easy for Russia to peddle such propaganda, and cash in on their power over popular consciousness.
It's impossible to assess how successful Russia's propaganda campaigns have been in obscuring the realities of the Syrian war, but in recent years aspects of it have crept into the mainstream, both in the media, or the mouths of politicians.
Even the UN has on numerous occasions abandoned "neutrality" (no international body should be "neutral" when one force is carrying out genocide), in order to directly cooperate with Assad.
These things establish normalcy for forces that were, and are carrying atrocities that amount to the crime of genocide. Normalising Assad's regime has relied on the obfuscation and denialism of his worst crimes, including his chemical weapons attacks.
Read more: UAE coronavirus aid to Syrians shouldn't mean rehabilitating Assad
In other words, the OPCW and the consequent Investigation and Identification Team, or IIT, ought to have been created years ago. If such a body had existed - a body with the resources to definitively counter Russian propaganda on Syria - it's possible that the war of narratives would have been won by those who support the rebellion, and who have recognised Assad's war as a genocidal project.
Chemical weapons have been a particularly cruel and brutal element of Assad's arsenal of terror, but the vast majority of his terror has been carried out by "conventional" means, using bombs, missiles and bullets. And even these "conventional" atrocities have been consistently contested by Russia and its attack dogs.
This is another crucial point: these reports are not telling us what we did not know. We know that Assad has carried out all the large-scale chemical weapons atrocities in Syria - there has been a vast body evidence for it, including that which convinced the US to undertake its exceptionally small, counter-intuitive punitive strikes following the Douma attacks.
Chemical weapons have been a particularly cruel and brutal element of Assad's arsenal of terror
At certain points, including on this very day, the UN has given weight to this denialism, such as by refusing to directly blame Russia for the deliberate targeting of hospitals in Syria, despite vast evidence it did.
This is just how steep Syria's uphill struggle has been. It's of no surprise then that a body such as the IIT has only now - at a time when most of Syria has been conquered by Assad-Iran-Russia - been allowed to function.
Alas, for the immediate future, nothing much looks set to change. Despite flickers of hope, Russia's propaganda poison has set in, for now.
But times change, and paradigms do shift. The best we can hope for, is that the OPCW report and other resources give the Syrian people future ammunition when the moment of reckoning for Assad-Iran-Russia and all its mouthpieces finally comes.
Sam Hamad is an independent Scottish-Egyptian activist and writer.
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The new crisis of Bengal is the politics of majority, which supports the profit of one section and suppresses the other. Today industrialisation is being looked as a means of development by CPM; however it's the same CPM that wanted it to be eliminated completely, years back. However, in the last 30 years, the wheel of politics has turned and it's visible now. Due to the Left's politics, the jute industry is no more. Most of the industries that were established are now closed. Around 40 thousand acres of land under these closed industries is lying useless. This land, instead of being re-used for industrial purposes, is being transformed into commercial markets and residential areas. Also, in the last two decades Bengal has expanded in terms of cities and the land mafias and builders are looking at these lands as well.
The biggest trouble for the Left is that, till date, it has no industry which is productive. The production of Hindustan Motors got halted completely. It was started recently, but manufacturing was more a ritual than a work. Dabur's biggest plant was in Hubly. It's closed now. There was a time when BHEL's industry used to be in Bengal. Philips' factory was also in Bengal. Even that is shut now. Kolkata had Usha's factory. It faced a lockout and now the same site has the country's largest mall, which is the latest centre of attraction for the middle class. If in the new circumstances mall is the centre of attraction then manufacturing units are also important for employment. The politics in Bengal is in a fix on the Nano issue and is ready to put the politics of farmers on stake because in the era of a liberalized economy there's a huge investment in the service sector. Every state has an IT sector unit, but Nano manufacturing unit by Tata is something new and will give Bengal's politics a new direction. This new trend has modified the course of Left's four decade old politics.
The new land is being given to two industries. Also, an infrastructure is being created for it, which was never done before, amidst people and farming. There's no electricity and water supply in the rural areas, but with the incoming of industries, even this is happening. The question here is also about the financial policies structured by the Left. Ninety percent agricultural land in Bengal is so productive that it doesn't need the support of the state. That is, it can produce the required without any extra infrastructure. However, there's no infrastructure for the market sale of agricultural produce and its supply to other states for business purposes. It's obvious that farmers produce and the mediators on the name of trade, smuggle crops, which is the most profitable business of all times.
In these conditions, is the farmer revolution building up itself again, like in the 60s? However, the conditions then and the conditions today are totally different. It's Left instead of Congress now. Politicians like Mamta are trying to hold Naxalism as a tool. The Left is not reluctant of the policies that project a notion that farming is no more important. From 1964 to 1977, the way CPM initiated the movement using farmer politics and Jyoti Basu connected the cadre to social confrontation; all these circumstances have no significance now. Jyoti Basu, in 1977 initiated land development and this reduced the gap between the cadre and the society. The policies that were made in that era were implemented by the cadre. Cadre's been coming in the scene depending on its reputation. The larger the influence circle, more the reputation. Hence, it can be said that Jyoti Basu instigated the feeling of collective responsibility among cadre and the government. No on had been able to challenge the Leftist rule in the last 30 years.
Can this question be raised, that if 4 decades back CPM started land development, it was because of a pressure from the farmers? At that time, the way Naxalite leader Charu Majumdar presented Naxalism and resultantly the tension that came forward, it tested the power reigning farmer consciousness. During that time the aggression of farmers wasn't for the land or crop, it was for the power. After parting from CPI, CPM realized this and moulded politics into farmer confrontation, and formed the government. And since then, CPM never stops saying that politics is a mere tool that it uses to create an atmosphere of revolution. However presently, the way CPM is promoting capitalism shows that the scale of farmer's struggle is getting confined to the needs of the middle class. And the politics that started 40 years back with the farmer consciousness has now taken a 180 degree turn and has changed into the market awareness of the middle class. Nano will surely make the lives of small families better, but it's so small to carry the corpses of farmers to the burial. When a farmer will depart, either Buddahadev would make him travel in a Nano, else another Naxalite would emerge.


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White Sox free agents finalized today
By Jim Margalus Updated Oct 31, 2011, 6:01am CDT
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The Hot Stove season is already upon us, and four White Sox players dragged us into it by filing for free agency:
Ramon Castro
Juan Pierre
Omar Vizquel
You'll likely see Jason Frasor's name added to this list at some point today. Players and teams have to exercise or decline their options by the end of the day, and it seems highly unlikely that the White Sox want Frasor back for $3.75 million, as everything about his stay screamed "TEMPORARY!"
Buehrle's the only one who might come back, and the White Sox will be able to negotiate with him exclusively through Wednesday. However, all indications suggest that Buehrle will be allowed to test the market, which means that we could have one rough month of rumor-monitoring ahead.
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Scott Merkin gives us the lay of the land, but I don't like the looks of this paragraph:
With Pierre apparently not in the plans for a return, the leadoff spot could be handled by De Aza, who was very impressive with his .329 average, 12 stolen bases and stellar defense over 54 games last season. The White Sox might decide to go without a traditional leadoff type, but they are more likely to fill this void through a trade.
De Aza is fast, doesn't strike out much, doesn't walk much, and doesn't his for much power. He's a "traditional leadoff type," as far as the Sox see it.
The Dugout: Jim Thome's Back(yard)
Jim Thome said that he doesn't want to retire, but he can't play baseball in the backyard by himself. Or can he? The Dugout investigates.
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James suggests using the offseason to follow other interests. That's dumb.


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The greatest scientific advances from the Muslim world
Posted by: KING-slave of ALLAH ! on: February 22, 2011
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From the elephant clock to the camera obscura, here are six amazing inventions from between the 9th and 15th centuries
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1001 Inventions is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of a thousand years of scientific and cultural achievements from Muslim civilization from the 7th century onwards, and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world.
Ibn Firnas' flying contraption. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images
There is no such thing as Islamic science – for science is the most universal of human activities. But the means to facilitating scientific advances have always been dictated by culture, political will and economic wealth.
What is only now becoming clear (to many in the west) is that during the dark ages of medieval Europe, incredible scientific advances were made in the Muslim world.
Geniuses in Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus and Cordoba took on the scholarly works of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, India and China, developing what we would call "modern" science. New disciplines emerged – algebra, trigonometry and chemistry as well as major advances in medicine, astronomy, engineering and agriculture.
Arabic texts replaced Greek as the fonts of wisdom, helping to shape the scientific revolution of the Renaissance. What the medieval scientists of the Muslim world articulated so brilliantly is that science is universal, the common language of the human race.
The 1001 Inventions exhibition at London's Science Museum tells some of the stories of this forgotten age.
Here are my top six exhibits …
1 The elephant clock (below)
This centrepiece of the exhibition is a three-metre high replica of an early 13th-century water clock and one of the engineering marvels of the medieval world. It was built by al-Jazari, and gives physical form to the concept of multiculturalism. It features an Indian elephant, Chinese dragons, a Greek water mechanism, an Egyptian phoenix, and wooden robots in traditional Arabian attire. The timing mechanism is based on a water-filled bucket hidden inside the elephant.
2 The camera obscura
The greatest scientist of the medieval world was a 10th century Arab by the name of Ibn al-Haytham. Among his many contributions to optics was the first correct explanation of how vision works. He used the Chinese invention of the camera obscura (or pinhole camera) to show how light travels in straight lines from the object to form an inverted image on the retina.
3 Al-Idrisi's world map
This three-metre reproduction of the famous 12th-century map by the Andalusian cartographer, Al-Idrisi (1100-1166), was produced in Sicily and is regarded as the most elaborate and complete description of the world made in medieval times. It was used extensively by travellers for several centuries and contained detailed descriptions of the Christian north as well as the Islamic world, Africa and the Far East.
4 The Banu Musa brothers' "ingenious devices"
These three brothers were celebrated mathematicians and engineers in ninth-century Baghdad. Their Book of Ingenious Devices, published in 850, was a large illustrated work on mechanical devices that included automata, puzzles and magic tricks as well as what we would today refer to as "executive toys".
5 Al-Zahrawi's surgical instruments
This array of weird and wonderful devices shows the sort of instruments being used by the 10th-century surgeon al-Zahrawi, who practised in Cordoba. His work was hugely influential in Europe and many of his instruments are still in use today. Among his best-known inventions were the syringe, the forceps, the surgical hook and needle, the bone saw and the lithotomy scalpel.
6 Ibn Firnas' flying contraption (above)
Abbas Ibn Firnas was a legendary ninth-century inventor and the Da Vinci of the Islamic world. He is honoured on Arabic postage stamps and has a crater on the moon named after him. He made his famous attempt at controlled flight when, aged 65, he built a rudimentary hang glider and launched himself from the side of a mountain. Some accounts claim he remained airborne for several minutes before landing badly and hurting his back.
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Non-Vegetarian foods makes Muslims Violent :: Misconception about Islam
Posted by: KING-slave of ALLAH ! on: January 16, 2010
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Non-Vegetarian food Makes Muslims Violent
Science tell us that whatever one eats, it has an effect on one's behavior. Why then, does Islam allow Muslims to eat non-vegetarian food, since eating of animals could make a person violent and ferocious?
1. Only eating of herbivorous animals allowed . I agree that, what a person eats has an effect on his behaviour. This is one of the reasons why Islam prohibits the eating of carnivorous animals like lion, tiger, leopard, etc. who are violent and ferocious. The consumption of the meat of such animals would probably make a person violent and ferocious.
Islam only allows the eating of herbivorous animals like cow, goat, sheep, etc. that are peaceful and docile. Muslims eat peaceful and docile animals because Muslims are peace loving and non-violent people.
2. The Qur'an says Prophet prohibits what is bad The Qur'an says:
"The Prophet commands them what is just and prohibits what is evil".
"He allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them what is bad (and impure)," [Al-Qur'an 7: 157]
"So take what the Messenger assigns to you and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you." [Al-Qur'an 59: 7]
For a Muslim, the Prophet's statement is sufficient to convince him that Allah does not wish humans to eat some kinds of meat while allowing some other kinds.
3. Hadith of Mohammad (pbuh) prohibi-ting eating of carnivorous animals According to various authentic Ahadith narrated in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim including hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas in Sahih Muslim, Book of hunting and slaughter, Hadith No. 4752 and Sunan Ibn-I-Majah chapter 13 Hadith no. 3232 to 3234, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) prohibited the eating of:
(i) Wild animals with canine teeth, i.e. meat eating carnivorous animals. These are animals belonging to the cat families such as lion, tiger, cats, dogs, wolfs, hyenas, etc.
(ii) Certain rodents like mice, rats, rabbits with claws, etc.
(iii) Certain reptiles like snakes, alligators, etc.
(iv) Birds of prey with talons or claws, like vultures, eagle, crows, owl, etc.
There is no scientific evidence that proves beyond doubt that eating non-vegetarian food makes one violent.
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Muslims Worship Kaaba :: Misconception about Islam
Posted by: KING-slave of ALLAH ! on: December 5, 2009
Muslims Worship Kaaba
When Islam is against idol worship why do the Muslims worship, and bow down to the Kaaba in their prayer?
Kaaba is the Qibla i.e. the direction Muslims face during their prayers. It is important to note that though Muslims face the Kaaba during prayers, they do not worship the Kaaba. Muslims worship and bow to none but Allah. It is mentioned in Surah Baqarah: "We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heavens: now shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque: wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction."
1. Islam believes in fostering unity [Al-Qur'an 2:144] For instance, if Muslims want to offer Salaah (Prayer), it is possible that some may wish to face north, while some may wish to face south. In order to unite Muslims in their worship of the One True God, Muslims, wherever they may be, are asked to face in only one direction i.e. towards the Kaaba. If some Muslims live towards the west of the Kaaba they face the east. Similarly if they live towards the east of the Kaaba they face the west.
2. Kaaba is at the Centre of the World Map The Muslims were the first people to draw the map of the world. They drew the map with the south facing upwards and north downwards. The Kaaba was at the centre. Later, western cartographers drew the map upside down with the north facing upwards and south downwards. Yet, Alhamdullilah the Kaaba is at the centre of the world map.
3. Tawaf around Kaaba for indicating one God When the Muslims go to Masjid-e-Haram in Makkah, they perform tawaf or circumambulation round the Kaaba. This act symbolizes the belief and worship of One God, since, just as every circle has one centre, so also there is only one Allah (swt) worthy of worship.
4. Hadith of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) Regarding the black stone, hajr-e-aswad, there is a hadith (tradition), attributed to the illustrious companion of the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). According to Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, book of Hajj, chapter 56, H.No. 675. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit nor harm. Had I not seen the Prophet (pbuh) touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you".
5. People stood on Kaaba and gave the adhaan At the time of the Prophet, people even stood on the Kaaba and gave the 'adhaan' or the call to prayer. One may ask those who allege that Muslims worship the Kaaba; which idol worshipper stands on the idol he worships?
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Al-Nisa (The Women) Sura 4: Verse 29 (Partial)
"… And kill yourselves not, for God is truly Merciful to you."
People who are driven to despair are thus reminded to have faith in God's mercy in the hope that they may be relieved of their suffering. Since suicide is prohibited, anyone who tries to facilitate it, or acts as an accomplice, is also liable to a deterrent punishment that may be quantified by the court while taking into consideration the material circumstances of the case. Commentators have, moreover, drawn a five-point conclusion from this verse as follows:
1. the obvious meaning is that suicide is forbidden;
2. the text also stipulates that 'you may not kill one another' nor facilitate suicide;
3. one may not undertake a task which is likely to cause his own death, even if it be in lieu of a religious obligation;
4. no one should deprive himself of the necessities of life to the point of self-destruction; and
5. the text covers cases of self-destruction regardless of the manner in which it is done.
The manuals of Islamic law are silent on the issue of suicide bombing, a disturbing phenomenon of our time that became frequent in connection with Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially when Israel unleashed a new wave of aggression on the street processions of unarmed Palestinian youth in 2000-1. The aftermath of 11 September 2001 and more recently the horrendous violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, added new dimensions to the incidence of suicide bombing among Muslims.
Suicide bombing in the name of Islam is a 'sociopolitical phenomenon, not a theological one'. And any long-term solution to the problem must also address the causes that have brought so much pain and hopelessness to many Muslim societies.
It would be simplistic to lump the Palestinian suicide bombing with Al-Qaedah terrorist activities. One can hardly deny the genuine suffering of the Palestinian people and legitimacy of their struggle against sustained Israeli brutalities. It would appear equally simplistic, however, to equate suicide bombing with martyrdom and jihad. This is because suicide bombing contravenes two fundamental principles of Islam: prohibition against suicide, and deliberate killing of non-combatants. The argument that proceeds over reciprocity and retaliation is also flawed by the involvement of innocent non-combatants in suicide bombing.
Those who have raised the issue of 'collateral damage' in this context have also exaggerated their case, simply because non-combatants are chosen as the direct target of suicide bombing. They are, as such, neither collateral nor incidental.
The Muslim fighter who is motivated by the spirit of jihad enters the battle, not with the intention of dying, but with the conviction that if he should die, it would be for reasons beyond his control. Martyrdom in Islam does not begin with suicidal intention, let alone the linkage of that intention with the killing of non-combatants.
To justify suicide bombing under the banner of retaliation, or as a form of jihad, is therefore questionable, simply because it begins on an erroneous note, which goes against the essence both of just retaliation and justified jihad.
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"Shariah Law – An Introduction" – Mohammad Hashim Kamali, pp. 283-288
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ISLAMIC METHOD OF SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS APPEARS RUTHLESS :: Misconception about Islam
ISLAMIC METHOD OF SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS APPEARS RUTHLESS
Why do Muslims slaughter the animal in a ruthless manner by torturing it and slowly and painfully killing it?
The Islamic method of slaughtering animals, known as Zabiha has been the object of much criticism from a large number of people. One may consider the following points, which prove that the Zabiha method is not only humane but also scientifically the best:
1. Islamic method of slaughtering animal Zakkaytum is a verb derived from the root word Zakah (to purify). Its infinitive is Tazkiyah which means purification. The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the following conditions to be met:
a. Animal should be slaughtered with sharp object (knife) The animal has to be slaughtered with a sharp object (knife) and in a fast way so that the pain of slaughter is minimised.
b. Cut wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck Zabiha is an Arabic word which means 'slaughtered'. The 'slaughtering' is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal's death without cutting the spinal cord.
c. Blood should be drained The blood has to be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood which would serve as a good culture medium for micro organisms. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.
2. Blood is a good medium for germs and bacteria Blood is a good media of germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. Therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as most of the blood containing germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. that are the cause of several diseases are eliminated.
3. Meat remains fresh for a longer time. Meat slaughtered by Islamic way remains fresh for a longer time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared to other methods of slaughtering.
4. Animal does not feel pain The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles defecient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.
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The White House Conference on Aging convened this July to discuss a number of proposed changes to nursing home standards nationwide. Topics discussed covered everything from scheduled meal times for nursing home residents to the use of antipsychotic medications to staffing requirements, according to a recent news PBS news report.
The conference also focused on how to implement a number of changes required by the Affordable Care Act, as well as how to bring Medicare and Medicaid into the digital age by incorporating electronic health records and tracking measures to help nursing home residents and other patients ensure their medical needs are met.
Other rules covered would encourage individualized care in nursing homes, including better attention paid to specific dietary needs and preferred eating schedules, as well as the option for all nursing home residents to choose their roommates or to live with other family members – for instance, for elderly married couples to continue living together even if both are moved into the same nursing home.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Currently, nearly 125 million Americans' medical needs are paid for through Medicare and Medicaid, including millions of older Americans who require nursing home assistance.
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TRIVIUM: Making Of 'The Sin And The Sentence' Album Part 1 (Video)
The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The Sin And The Sentence", the new album from Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM, can be seen below. Due on October 20 via Roadrunner, the disc is available for pre-order at all DSPs, with all pre-orders receiving instant grat downloads of the album's title track and the newly released single, "The Heart From Your Hate", which is streaming now accompanied by an official music video on TRIVIUM's YouTube Channel.
Recorded with producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA) at Santa Ana, California's Hybrid Studios, "The Sin And The Sentence" finds TRIVIUM — Matt Heafy (lead vocals, lead guitar), Corey Beaulieu (guitar, vocals), Paolo Gregoletto (bass) and Alex Bent (drums) — returning with their first new music since their celebrated 2015 LP "Silence In The Snow". The new LP also features the band's first recordings with new drummer Bent who joined the band last year.
Paolo told Sweden's Bandit Rock about the production process for "The Sin And The Sentence": "It has been about a year and a half, almost two years since we started really working on it, so we were kind of working on it on the down load while we were touring. We really came together and made it November of last year when we got Alex into the band. We kind of threw him into the deep end, because we were, like, 'You've gotta learn an entire headlining set — and we're gonna start writing new music.' So we kind of rolled the dice with that one, but Alex ended up really stepping up — he really crushed it.
"I guess we just really wanted to make the 'most TRIVIUM' TRIVIUM album we could make — the culmination of everything we've been writing," he continued. "And it really just kind of came down to us being in our rehearsal room and just working together and not letting anyone outside of Matt, Corey and myself into the process. And then, of course, Alex. But no one else — we didn't send any demos to anyone. We were kind of telling the label, 'Oh, yeah, we're ready to record.' And I remember our A&R dude was, likem 'I've gotta hear something.' So we flew him down [to Florida]. But we didn't send demos out to anyone, and I think by retaining all the music for ourselves, it was the perfect culmination of what we've been doing throughout the years."
TRIVIUM will make its return to North America this fall on a co-headline tour with ARCH ENEMY featuring support from WHILE SHE SLEEPS and FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY. The tour will kick off on October 27 in Orlando, Florida and make its way across the U.S. and Canada before finishing on December 6 in Houston, Texas. Tickets for all dates are on sale now.
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Flautist Eimear McGeown: 'I was determined to be a recording star'
Co Armagh flautist Eimear McGeown has finally released her debut solo album Inis. She tells Joanne Sweeney how she mixes her love of Irish traditional flute playing and classical pieces
Craigavon-born flautist Eimear McGeown is celebrating the release of her debut album Inis Picture: Mitchel Cahoon
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Flautist Eimear McGeown has just released her debut solo album
IT HAS taken the flautist Eimear McGeown nearly 10 years to finally release her first album as a soloist but she's clearly over the moon that it's now available to her fans at home and abroad.
The Craigavon-born musician is very busy these days, either touring with pianist Barry Douglas and his Camerata Ireland orchestra or performing solo at concerts throughout the world.
There's even the odd special television appearance, as Eimear recently accompanied The Voice UK judge Jennifer Hudson when she sang the Titanic ballad My Heart Will Go On with finalist duo Belle Voci on ITV.
However, releasing her first album, Inis, is a special personal achievement for Eimear, who, at the age of seven, decided she wanted to play the flute after hearing internationally renowned concert flautist James Galway play on television.
Inis is named after the ancient Irish place name meaning island, from the title track composition composed by Eimear herself some years before.
It very nearly didn't come about as she and producer and drummer John Tonks were so busy in their respective careers, that putting the finishing touches to Inis was a challenge.
"It has been the longest journey of anything I've ever been through, but in a positive way, thankfully," says Eimear. "I was doing some recording for a Celtic musical album for American producer John Tonks about 10 years ago. He suggested us doing an album together and I said, sure why not?
"He was thinking of a Celtic-crossover sound with cinematic treatment and I thought that was right up my street."
But after recording eight tracks and releasing an EP of four tracks several years later, progress stalled.
"John is also a much sought after as a drummer for bands and artists such as hip hop band Massive Attack, singers Michael Ball, Alfie Boe and Chris De Burgh and he and I were on respective international tours for years.
"It got to the point that we had about 20 tracks where about 12 of them were finished. I decided that the best thing to do was to get a clear deadline and for the both of us to work to that."
Eimear, who plans to launch her album soon at the Irish Embassy in London, where she is now based, applied for an ACES (Artist Career Enhancement Scheme) award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland which allowed her complete and release Inis.
"There is a great genre mix here and I genuinely believe there is something for everyone on this album," she adds.
"I have always wanted to break down the barriers of people's perceptions of music whether it is classical, traditional or pop – it's all good music. As a classical and Irish flautist, it was important to me to bring both influences to life on this album, such is my passion for each. The album reflects the musical journey I have taken between the two worlds and looks to bring them uniquely together."
Apart from Irish classics such as She Moves Through The Fair, there are also pop classics like Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence, as well as classical tracks.
While Eimear plays both the traditional Irish wooden flute and the silver classical flute, most of the recordings on Inis were performed on the Irish flute as Eimear prefers the tone. Inis is a family affair too, with contributions from her sister Erin on violin and brother Dáire on banjo.
Eimear has recorded with a number of artists most recently on the two Celtic albums, Celtic Reflections and Celtic Airs, recorded by pianist Barry Douglas on the Chandos label.
Two of her most notable performances have been on BBC's Last Night of the Proms and the world premiere of Dave Morris's Concerto in the Library of Congress in Washington DC.
She has also worked with Camerata Ireland as a soloist, with tours to the US, China and South America, as well as being a regular guest artist at the Clandeboye Festival in Bangor.
Eimear credits her own fierce determination to become an international flautist as the secret to her success, along with the help and support she got from her early flute teachers in Lurgan and Portadown at school and in private tuition.
"The amount of people over the years who told me that I would never have a career playing the flute was staggering. But to be fair, I understand why they said that as it's very tough. But you just have to constantly believe that it's possible and never give up no matter how hard it gets.
"Whatever happens, it seems that I have this determined faith that things will happen for me. It was probably very unrealistic at times but it seems to have worked so far."
:: Inis by Eimear McGeown is available on iTunes and Amazon.
Eimear McGeown
Flautist
Camarata Ireland
19 April, 2018 01:00 Arts


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