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Secure passwords can be sent through your body, instead of air
September 27, 2016 ScienceBlog.com
Sending a password or secret code over airborne radio waves like WiFi or Bluetooth means anyone can eavesdrop, making those transmissions vulnerable to hackers who can attempt to break the encrypted code.
Now, University of Washington computer scientists and electrical engineers have devised a way to send secure passwords through the human body — using benign, low-frequency transmissions generated by fingerprint sensors and touchpads on consumer devices.
"Fingerprint sensors have so far been used as an input device. What is cool is that we've shown for the first time that fingerprint sensors can be re-purposed to send out information that is confined to the body," said senior author Shyam Gollakota, UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering.
These "on-body" transmissions offer a more secure way to transmit authenticating information between devices that touch parts of your body — such as a smart door lock or wearable medical device — and a phone or device that confirms your identity by asking you to type in a password.
This new technique, which leverages the signals already generated by fingerprint sensors on smartphones and laptop touchpads to transmit data in new ways, is described in a paper presented in September at the 2016 Association for Computing Machinery's International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) in Germany.
"Let's say I want to open a door using an electronic smart lock," said co-lead author Merhdad Hessar, a UW electrical engineering doctoral student. "I can touch the doorknob and touch the fingerprint sensor on my phone and transmit my secret credentials through my body to open the door, without leaking that personal information over the air."
The research team tested the technique on iPhone and other fingerprint sensors, as well as Lenovo laptop trackpads and the Adafruit capacitive touchpad. In tests with 10 different subjects, they were able to generate usable on-body transmissions on people of different heights, weights and body types. The system also worked when subjects were in motion — including while they walked and moved their arms.
"We showed that it works in different postures like standing, sitting and sleeping," said co-lead author Vikram Iyer, a UW electrical engineering doctoral student. "We can also get a strong signal throughout your body. The receivers can be anywhere — on your leg, chest, hands — and still work."
The research team from the UW's Networks and Mobile Systems Lab systematically analyzed smartphone sensors to understand which of them generates low-frequency transmissions below 30 megahertz that travel well through the human body but don't propagate over the air.
The researchers found that fingerprint sensors and touchpads generate signals in the 2 to 10 megahertz range and employ capacitive coupling to sense where your finger is in space, and to identify the ridges and valleys that form unique fingerprint patterns.
Normally, sensors use these signals to receive input about your finger. But the UW engineers devised a way to use these signals as output that corresponds to data contained in a password or access code. When entered on a smartphone, data that authenticates your identity can travel securely through your body to a receiver embedded in a device that needs to confirm who you are.
Their process employs a sequence of finger scans to encode and transmit data. Performing a finger scan correlates to a 1-bit of digital data and not performing the scan correlates to a 0-bit.
The technology could also be useful for secure key transmissions to medical devices such as glucose monitors or insulin pumps, which seek to confirm someone's identity before sending or sharing data.
The team achieved bit rates of 50 bits per second on laptop touchpads and 25 bits per second with fingerprint sensors — fast enough to send a simple password or numerical code through the body and to a receiver within seconds.
This represents only a first step, the researchers say. Data can be transmitted through the body even faster if fingerprint sensor manufacturers provide more access to their software.
The research was funded by the Intel Science and Technology Center for Pervasive Computing, a Google faculty award and the National Science Foundation.
For more information, contact the research team at onbody@cs.washington.edu.
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Sal Salvador Jazz Chording and Comping download. Throughout this informative and jam-packed tape, Sal teaches you jazz chord forms and substitutions, flat 5 substitutions, playing behind a soloist as well as a vocalist in a duet setting, II-V-I progressions, altering chords as they lead to a minor chord, I-VI-II-V progressions in major and minor, the 'Charleston' beat, comping, soloing over major and minor I-IV-II-V progressions and much more. Many of the examples are illustrated with Sal's band, including some terrific jazz vocals.
Sal Salvador was a capable soloist and accompanist whose single-string style, shaped by his early interest in the music of Charlie Christian, was augmented by extensive studies of guitar technique.
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CAPTAIN EDMUND B. TAYLOR, JR., UNITED STATES NAVY
Captain Edmund B. Taylor, Jr., United States Navy, at age 41, was Chief of Staff, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 11 and Commander Cruiser Destroyer Force Vietnam (CTF 75). Captain Taylor was killed in a helicopter crash while returning to the flagship USS Providence (CLG-6) on May 8, 1972 while coordinating the cruiser destroyer attack on the Do Son Peninsula scheduled May 8-10 1972. Also killed in the crash were Rear Admiral Robinson and Commander John Leaver, Jr.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Captain Taylor attended high schools in Maryland and Virginia. Following high school he attended the University of Hawaii and the United States Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1953. Captain Taylor was the son of Vice Admiral E. B. (Whitey) Taylor, USN (RET) and Mrs. Taylor of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Vice Admiral Taylor was a 1925 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Captain Taylor began his naval Career aboard USS MACON (CA-132) where he served as CIC Division Officer and 5�/38 battery officer. As a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) he was the Gunnery Officer and later the Operations Officer of the destroyer USS BEALE (DDE-471). Completing his tour in BEALE in 1956, Lieutenant Taylor next served as Aide and Flag Secretary to Commander Cruiser Division TWO. Departing Norfolk, Virginia in later 1958, Lieutenant Taylor reported to the U.S. Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility, White Sands, New Mexico and assumed the duties of Fire Control Officer for the Talos Missile Project. In the Spring of 1961 Lieutenant Taylor was the Weapons Officer in the commissioning crew of the Mayport, Florida homeported guided missile frigate USS LUCE (DLG-7) where he served until ordered to Norfolk once more as Executive Officer of USS SAMPSON (DDG-10). In mid 1965, as a Lieutenant Commander, he began a two year tour in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and became the Assistant Head of the Special Weapons Branch, Strategic Plans Division. For his work in Nuclear Weapons development Lieutenant Commander Taylor was awarded the Secretary of the Navy Achievement Medal. He was promoted to the rank of Commander in April 1966, and in July departed Washington to attend the Resident Naval Warfare Course at the Naval War College. Commander Taylor assumed command of the guided missile destroyer USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22) on July 21, 1967, in the Gulf of Tonkin while the ship was employed in �Operation Sea Dragon.� Commander Taylor was relieved in October 1969. Captain Taylor reported to Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group ELEVEN as Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Robinson in 1971.
Captain Taylor was married to the late Joan Pefley Taylor, daughter of Brigadier General A. R. Pefley, USMC (RET) and Mrs. Pefley of Fall Church, Virginia. He is survived by four children, Stephen D., Edmund B. (Ted) III, Cynthia R. and Leslie V. Taylor.
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Manhattan DA to no longer prosecute for marijuana possession, smoking
By Candace McCowan, Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Manhattan is set to begin its new marijuana policy Wednesday.
This means the Manhattan District Attorney's Office will no longer prosecute marijuana possession and smoking cases.
The new policy was designed to reduce the number of marijuana prosecution cases from 5,000 a year to fewer than 200.
"Our research has found virtually no public safety rationale for the ongoing arrest and prosecution of marijuana smoking, and no moral justification for the intolerable racial disparities that underlie enforcement," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement.
Vance also encouraged lawmakers to legalize marijuana.
This follows the NYPD's new plan to issue summonses instead of arresting offenders for most public marijuana offenses. This policy is set to start next month.
Mayor Bill de Blasio also asked for a change in marijuana enforcement laws.
There has already been a similar move in Brooklyn, where the DA also stopped prosecuting low-level marijuana cases.
Manhattan's DA said there will be some exceptions, and some marijuana cases will still be prosecuted.
Those exceptions include cases against sellers and those who have demonstrated a public safety threat, such as people under investigation for violent and serious crimes.
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The Hout Bay Manor is renowned as one of Cape Towns most graceful landmarks. It offers 16 individually designed en-suite bedrooms and a sophisticated restaurant called EAT

Hout Bay Manor was built from stone and in traditional Cape Colonial style by Jacob Trautmann on an unspoiled piece of land, which was previously part of the Kronendal Estate. The breathtaking pavilion is now a contemporary EAT restaurant. Hout Bay Manor has preserved the history and heritage while infusing the interiors with Zulu and Xhosa chic dcor to celebrate the vibrant pulse of South Africa.

On the ground level, guests will find an opulent open-plan lounge and bar area. The designer marble bar offers guests the opportunity to interact with fellow travellers or to spend quiet time reading a great novel from the library. Select a fine Cape wine from the extensive wine collection or relax by the cosy fireplace.

Facilities available include air-conditioning, heating, tea and coffee-making facilities, TVs with M-Net and conference or banqueting facilities. There is a wine cellar. A private swimming pool, tours and transfers are available. While staying at the Hout Bay Manor, guests should take advantage of the natural beauty and local attractions that the area has to offer such as the World of Birds, Hout Bay Beach, the picturesque fishing harbour, horse riding and adventure sports. Guided tours of the winelands, Table Mountain, Cape Point and Seal Island boat trips are available.
"This hotel has a high service level with a personal touch. The food is good, they arranged every tour and they had a very pleasant personal approach. The hotel has a fine atmosphere and is a pleasure to sit and relax after a busy day."


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Everyday Health Emotional Health
'Life After Suicide' Offers Hope and Advice to People Facing the Unthinkable
By Katie Hurley, LCSW
Part memoir, part guide, the new book by ABC Chief Medical Correspondent Jennifer Ashton, MD, sheds light on grief, stigma, and perseverance.
Dr. Ashton's book shines a much-needed spotlight on the pain and struggles faced by people who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Book Cover Courtesy of HarperCollins; Photo by Michael Benabib
"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem" is a phrase used to convey to people that help exists, that there are support systems in place to get us through even our darkest days. The thing is, the person confronted with making that potentially permanent decision likely doesn't feel like the problem is "temporary." This is one glaring example of the many misunderstandings surrounding suicide and suicidal ideation. It's complex at best, and can't be summed up in a sound bite made for easy sharing on social media.
It's difficult to understand how a loved one can reach such a point of despair that help and hope feel unattainable. It's also difficult to figure out how to pick up the pieces when you are the one left behind.
In Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort, and Community After Unthinkable Loss, Jennifer Ashton, MD, shines a much-needed spotlight on a club that no one wants to join, but that millions of people find themselves in every year: the secret society of suicide survivors. The ones left behind. The people forced to put one foot in front of the other in an attempt to keep going, with no hope of clear answers. The ones who will forever wonder, "what if?" The ones who wear the scarlet letter signifying the stigma that just won't go away.
Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One
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Dr. Ashton, the chief medical correspondent for ABC News and a physician in private practice, stepped out of the shower on a Saturday morning and answered a call from her building's doorman that would turn her family's world upside down. Three detectives were there to speak with her. During that conversation, she learned that her ex-husband and father of their two children, Rob Ashton, Jr., MD, died by suicide early that morning. The Ashtons had finalized their divorce just 18 days prior.
Life After Suicide is part memoir, sharing the details of her family's journey toward healing from this unspeakable (and quite public) loss, but it also incorporates research and insights from professionals in the field and stories from other survivors of loss by suicide. By weaving together firsthand experiences and helpful advice, Ashton takes a sledgehammer to the stigma that survivors of suicide face as they grieve a traumatic loss. We can talk about suicide and mental health as openly as we discuss heart disease and diabetes, and Ashton empowers us to do just that.
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I was 23 years old and midway through my master's program at the University of Pennsylvania when I received the phone call that shattered my life. Like Ashton's son, Alex, my immediate thought was that something had happened to my grandfather. He was getting older, and I worried that I didn't have much time left with him. And just like Alex, I was brought to my knees when my inquiry about my grandfather was met with, "You have to be very strong right now, Katie. It's not Grandpa; it's Dad." Dad. Just like that, I received my invitation to the secret society. If only I could have sent my regrets. Sadly, this invitation is more of a mandate.
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There was no book to guide my family through the days, weeks, months, and years to follow. There was no prescription to get us through it. We muddled our way through the goodbyes, the firsts, and the rebuilding of our lives, trying our best to hide in plain sight and avoid talk of suicide.
Life After Suicide would have made a big difference. Not only do the shared stories normalize the process of recovering from a traumatic loss, but they highlight commonalities that many survivors experience.
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It took me years of practicing, "my father died by suicide," in the mirror before I actually started sharing that tidbit out in the world. At first, we went with "sudden death." Apparently, a lot of people do this. Later, when people asked, "was he ill?" I simply responded, "yes." Who needs details?
To this day, "suicide" remains a showstopper. People say things like, "Wow, don't hold back," or "Oh, that's terrible," before changing the subject, but I've learned to keep talking. He was ill. He was mentally ill.
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As a society, we still don't know how to use the words "suicide" and "mental illness" without quickly closing the door on the conversation. Life After Suicide changes that. In bringing this epidemic to the surface and sharing the raw emotions survivors experience, Ashton helps us reframe the conversation around mental health to listen without judgment, and respond without sound bites.
Self-Blame and Feelings of Rejection Are Common Among Suicide Survivors
Ashton was crushed to learn that her daughter, Chloe, experienced feelings of self-blame following the death of her father. Hearing her daughter utter the words, "Why wasn't I enough?" was unbearable. Unfortunately, these words ring through the minds of many survivors of loss by suicide, particularly children.
The ugly truth of depression is that, left untreated, it clouds the vision to a point of complete and utter hopelessness. It can make people feel like there is no escape hatch; there is no proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. It wasn't that Chloe wasn't enough, it's that her father wasn't able to see that she was.
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If grief is sad and overwhelming, grief in the aftermath of a suicide is downright devastating. There are unanswered questions, complicated emotions, and the difficult business of moving on.
It's difficult to find people who truly understand the loss. The only good part of this secret society is that we do manage to find one another eventually. Timidly, we raise our hands and whisper, "I hear you. Been there." We reach out when we hear of a loss by suicide and we say yes, pass along my number to that complete stranger, when a friend asks us to lend a hand. We are lonely in our initial grief, but we become a community that holds hands and sticks together.
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Life After Suicide encourages everyone, survivor or not, to reach in and play a role in coping with this epidemic. We can no longer afford to talk in whispers and hide in the shadows. We have to confront this head-on with loud voices. We have to work together.
I'm here, with my hand high in the air, ready to help. I hope Ashton's words will inspire the same in you.
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Growing in the Confessions
Our text is called the Confession of St. Peter, but I don't seek to grow you in his confession today. Nope, in this time for growth called Pentecost, I seek to grow your understanding of the Lutheran Confessions. When you installed me as pastor, you made me promise before God Almighty that I would preach and teach not just according to the Bible but according to the Bible as expounded by the Lutheran Confessions. You did this because your constitution, like all Missouri Synod ones says, "This congregation accepts...the Book of Concord of the year 1580, as the correct presentation and true exposition of Christian Doctrine drawn from the Holy Scriptures..." You know what that means in plain English? We agree that when the Confessions speak to a question, that settles it.
For example, say you start reading Catholic doctrine. You read that our text means Jesus gave the keys to Peter here and made him the first pope. Peter is the rock on which Jesus will build His Church. You come to me saying, "I think the Catholics are right. Peter was the first pope because Jesus plainly says, "You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church..I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven." Rather than get into a long debate where you quote to me what the Catholics say about this passage and expect me to refute whatever they say, our prior pledge that the Lutheran Confessions correctly expound the Bible is suppose to enable me to show you what our Confessions say about this and you agree.
So what do our Confessions say about this text? They say Peter is neither the pope nor the rock on which Christ promises to build His Church. They say the text itself proves this. First, the text makes Peter a representative of all the apostles. Jesus didn't question just Peter but them all. He said, "Who do you (plural) say I am?" Secondly, what is said in the singular here, "I will give you (singular) the keys of the kingdom" is said in the plural in Matthew 18 and John 20. Our Confessions conclude: "These words show that the keys were entrusted equally to all the apostles and that all the apostles were commissioned in a like manner."
What about Jesus saying, "On this rock, I will build My Church?" Our Confessions answer this in part by appealing to the church fathers that the Catholics themselves recognized. They cite Origen, Ambrose, Cyprian, Hillary, Bede, and Chrysostom as teaching that Peter was not the rock but the faith that confesses Jesus as Christ and God is. Finally, our Confessions say a pope can't be an office from God since the Church was without one for its first 500 years.
One more thing, although our Confessions don't note this, the rules of grammar argue against "rock" referring to Peter personally. It's true that Peter means rock, but for Jesus to have said the rock was Peter, He would have had to say, "You are Petros and upon this petro (masculine)." But Jesus said, "You are Petros and upon this petra (feminine)." The feminine form of rock can't refer to the masculine Peter.
I can see I've put some of you to sleep; this ought to wake you up. While our Confessions state clearly that Peter is not the pope and the office of pope is from men not God, whether or not the Church has a pope is not their chief concern. Philip Melancthon, a leader of the Reformation alongside Luther, signed one of our Confessions with this note: "Concerning the pope I maintain that if he would allow the gospel, we too, may...grant to him his superiority over the bishops which he has by 'human right.'" Although not in our Confessions, Luther said the same thing. If the Roman Catholics would "set free the pure Gospel," he would not lift a finger against the pope.
The gospel, the gospel, the gospel is the chief concern of our Lutheran Confessions. The gospel, the Good News that God the Son became Man to live a perfect life under the Law of God we could never keep and to suffer and die, drinking dry the cup of God's eternal wrath, this Gospel is our Confessions chief concern. Here we stand with the earliest of Churches. From earliest times, the Church held the four Gospels to be the chief concern of the Church. When they had a Gospel procession in which the pastor reads the Gospel lesson from the center of the congregation, like I do on Christmas Day, he didn't bring a whole Bible but just the 4 Gospels. When pastors were ordained in the early Church the 4 Gospels were given them. Today we give them the entire Bible.
What am I saying? That the rest of the Bible is not important or can be disregarded? Of course not. However, if you teach the whole Bible correctly but not the Gospel or don't allow the Gospel to predominate, you have missed the whole point of the Scriptures. Our Confessions bring every point of doctrine, every truth of Scripture back to the Gospel. For example, they cite the text before us 7 times. Only 1 of those times do they use it to teach against the pope. 6 of the 7 times it's cited it's used to teach against despair. Am I saying our Confessions don't care about the pope? Of course not, they continually point out how wrong the papacy is, but they're even more concerned with the soul-relieving, life-freeing Gospel. 6 of the 7 times this passage is cited in the Confessions it's used to show that Christ wants us to have certain and firm consolation against the gates of hell.
This is important because the Book of Revelation shows us that in these latter days the gates of hell will open and spew forth false teachers, false teachings, and persecutions against the Church. In the end of the latter days, Satan himself will be released from the prison where Christ's death had chained him. For a "little season" Satan will be released to deceive the nations, says Revelation. Who knows when Satan's little season began? A 1991 study published by our Synod said it was hard to believe that it wasn't right now. But we don't want to forget our measure of time is not God's. A little season for God could be hundreds of years. Satan's little season could be hundreds of years old.
Hell is an active force against the Church and against Christ's people. This idea is found in our text. The gates of hell are pictured as actively trying to overcome the Church. Flesh and blood are no match for this. We are helpless to withstand it. As we sing in "A Mighty Fortress," "With might of ours can nought be done, soon were our loss effected." But the hymn goes on, doesn't it? "But for us fights the valiant One whom God Himself elected."
Picture the Church as harassed, chased by the devil. He wields God's holy Law against us. We don't do this; we don't do that; we do this wrong, that wrong, and this too according to the Law. He fires the flaming arrows of despair straight at our souls. But God has mercy upon us. He sends forth His only begotten Son to rescue us. The movie "What Dreams May Come" provides good pictures. It shows a husband willingly descending into the horrible depths of hell to rescue his beloved wife. Would that we could do something like that, but we can't. Jesus, however, can and did.
Jesus came shouldering the perfect Law of God never failing even once to keep it in thought, in word, in deed. But He suffered, O how He suffered in our place. He suffered the shame you feel for your sins. He suffered the pointed guilt you know from some dark misdeed or thought. He suffered under the punishment, temporal and eternal, that sinners such as we deserve. He faced down all that death, all that Satan, all that hell held had to offer. Though death, though Satan, though hell itself tried to hold our Savior, they couldn't. What Law could they claim He hadn't kept? What punishment that the Law pronounces against sinners could they claim Jesus had failed to endure? Jesus successfully descended into the very depths of hell and came back out with us as our sermon hymn depicted.
But don't misunderstand. The gates of hell still fight against us, and that's why Christ Jesus put the keys to the gates of hell, and heaven too, here on earth. These keys are what stop hell from overcoming us. They do this by opening heaven to sinners and locking hell to them. If hell is locked, you can't fall into it. If hell is locked, you need not fear what might come out of it. If heaven is already opened to you for the sake of Christ, then you need not fear that St. Peter or someone else will meet you at the pearly gates with some sort of admissions test that you must pass.
The opening and locking is done through the so called power of the keys. These keys the Lord Jesus has placed on earth in the most ordinary things imaginable. In the Waters of Baptism, sinners are washed of their sins and reborn in the kingdom of heaven. In those Baptismal Waters, heaven's gates are thrown open wide and hells gates are padlocked shut. In the ordinary Words of Absolution, "I forgive you for the sake of Christ" which you hear every Sunday and can hear whenever you need to from each other or from your pastor, heaven's gates are opened to you and hell's gates are welded shut. In Holy Communion which looks to be nothing more than plain bread and ordinary wine, Jesus Himself comes to dine with you. Heaven must be open to the person who dines on earth with Jesus and on Jesus' Body and Blood. Hell's gates must be locked to one at Jesus' earthly table who dines on forgiveness, life, and salvation.
One thing remains to be seen, one thing remains to be told so that hell's gates might not overcome us with their threats, despair, or false teachings. Wafting out between the bars of hell's locked gates come the stench of doubt and guilt. Hell says, "Sure what that pastor says sounds good. Would that it were true, but do you really think water, words, bread and wine can make you acceptable to God? Do you think water can wash away that filthy sin which still bothers you? Do you think the words he speaks can undo the horrible things you have said? Do you think bread and wine in your mouth are any match for the lust, pride, and greed that pollute your soul?"
Jesus addresses these doubts, these questions; Jesus puts steel doors across the locked gates of hell by telling us that what is bound and loosed on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven. These keys used on earth fit heavenly doors. Baptism, Absolution, and Communion are not merely earthly things but heavenly, holy, divine things.
Again an illustration from the movie "What Dreams May Come" is helpful. In one scene, a woman paints a beautiful, vivid purple tree on earth; suddenly, a beautiful, vivid purple tree explodes into existence in heaven. What we say and do here on earth in Jesus' name, at His command, with His promise, explodes into reality in heaven. Baptism on earth causes a rebirth in heaven too. Absolution on earth is echoed in heaven by Christ, "Yes, he/she is forgiven here too. Communion on earth is with the angels and archangels of heaven as they gather here with us around Jesus.
Grow in our Confessions. Learn to emphasize that Jesus wants the Gospel to give you a sure and certain victory even against the gates of hell. Amen.
Pentecost XIV (8-25-02); Matthew 16:13-20


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O Palácio de Vagos ou Paço de São Cristóvão é um palácio situado no Largo de São Cristóvão, n.º 1, na freguesia da Santa Maria Maior, em Lisboa.
O portal lateral gótico dos antigos paços de São Cristóvão foi classificado como monumento nacional português em 1910.

História
O antigo Paço de São Cristóvão foi possivelmente edificado na primeira metade do século XV. Aqui se celebrou o casamento por procuração de D. Leonor, filha do rei D. Duarte, com Frederico III da Alemanha, em 1451 ou 1452, e aqui ficou D. Leonor a residir. Do paço quatrocentista apenas subsiste hoje o portal lateral gótico, de colunas torsas, que foi classificado como monumento nacional.

Segundo Norberto Araújo, na segunda metade do século XV, o palácio pertenceu a D. Álvaro de Bragança, Regedor das Justiças, o que deu o nome à rua do Regedor, que liga o largo do Caldas ao largo de São Cristóvão, e onde se situa a entrada lateral do palácio.

O velho Paço de São Cristóvão foi objeto de modificações profundas nos séculos XVI e XVII. Tornou-se a residência dos condes de Aveiras (posteriormente, marqueses de Vagos). O palácio desmoronou-se com o terramoto de 1755, ficando apenas incólume a fachada principal. Em 1864, o Marquês de Vagos vendeu as ruínas. O novo dono, um rico Leomil, reconstruiu o palácio, mantendo a fachada principal, com as cantarias e janelas joaninas.. No século XVIII foi-lhe acrescentado um andar e já no século XX, o palácio foi ampliado e construiu-se um pavilhão anexo.

Desde 1913, o edifício pertence à Associação de Socorros Mútuos de Empregados de Comércio de Lisboa.

Bibliografia

Ver também
 Palácios de Portugal

Ligações externas

Santa Maria Maior (Lisboa)
Vagos
São Cristóvão
Monumentos nacionais em Lisboa
Casa de Vagos

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Q: Java DynamoDB Streams Lambda: "Cannot deserialize value of type `java.util.Date` from Floating-point value (token `JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT`)" I'm writing an AWS Lambda that will listen for DynamoDB Streams events and use those events to update an Elasticsearch index.  My code is written using the Quarkus framework, and I've found guides and examples that show how to do this, so my code looks like this:
import javax.inject.Named;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler;
import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.DynamodbEvent;

/**
 * The AWS Lambda used to update an Elasticsearch index when new records are
 * written to DynamoDB
 *
 * @author XXX
 *
 */
@Named("dynamoDBSearchIndexEventHandler")
public class DynamoDBSearchIndexEventHandler implements RequestHandler<DynamodbEvent, Void> {

    /**
     * Logger for this class
     */
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DynamoDBSearchIndexEventHandler.class);

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see
     * com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler#handleRequest(java.lang.
     * Object, com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context)
     */
    @Override
    public Void handleRequest(DynamodbEvent input, Context context) {
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("handleRequest(DynamodbEvent, Context) - start"); //$NON-NLS-1$
        }

        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("handleRequest(DynamodbEvent, Context) - input={}", input); //$NON-NLS-1$
        }

        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("handleRequest(DynamodbEvent, Context) - end"); //$NON-NLS-1$
        }
        return null;
    }

}

When I write an item to my DynamoDB table I see that my Lambda is being called, however I get the following Exception:
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Cannot deserialize value of type `java.util.Date` from Floating-point value (token `JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT`)

I have no idea why serialization is failing.  If I modify my Lambda to take Map<String, AttributeValue> as the input instead of DynamodbEvent it works just fine.  I'm able to see the Map populated with all of the expected values.  However, I cannot get a DynamodbEvent that I can then subsequently use to iterate over its DynamodbStreamRecord objects for updating my index.
Any idea what could be the problem here?

A: I frequently have issues with the Java Lambda's and deserializing data.  At this point I've given up and just use JsonPath:
public class S3EventLambdaHandler implements RequestStreamHandler {
    public void handleRequest(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream, Context context) {

        try {
            List<String> keys = JsonPath.read(inputStream, "$.Records[*].s3.object.key");

            for( String nextKey: keys )
                System.out.println(nextKey);
        }
        catch( IOException ioe ) {
            context.getLogger().log("caught IOException reading input stream");
        }
    }

This is handling an S3 event but the concepts should be the same.

A: Turns out, this is a known issue with Quarkus.  I used the ObjectMapperCustomizer provided in the issue record and everything is working fine now.

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With Kobus being the 'admiral' in the metaphorical sense, the flag that he is flying with this flagship of his is very personal for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because both Estéanna wines are the result of years of dedication and hard work. A lot of time and effort went into their making. More so than with any of his other wines.
And then there is the beautiful name Estéanna. Not just another name, but the unique combination of Kobus' two darling daughters' names, Esté and Annie. A very personal title for this product. Also, a very loud and clear declaration of its quality and value.
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When it comes to the making of these two premium wines, the selection process already started with the identification of the specific vineyards and working at it with special care from pruning right through to harvesting, ensuring a low yield and superb quality. The wines are both full-bodied, complex wines. The kind you savour at very special occasions, with time allowing you to appreciate the multifaceted components of the wine and with special people to share the moment with. It is the sort of wine you enjoy with rich and exotic dishes that match its fullness and complexity.


Use it to keep soup fresh for longer by adding Lugols to it. I add a dropper full of 15% Lugols to a pan with 6 liters of soup. Bacteria have no chance.
Some parts of your body actually prefer iodine to iodide. Since Lugols contains iodine (as well as iodide by the way), those parts of your body will be grateful if you start taking it. Add it to water, milk, orange juice, coffee, whatever you like. If you add it to orange juice, the Lugols becomes colourless. This is because of the vitamin C content of the orange juice. This is not a problem, it will work just the same.
Take it on holiday to disinfect water or soup or other fluids.
Take it on holiday to dissolve in water and wipe suspicious surfaces with.
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Ultrasound examination times and appointments
SCoR issues this updated guidance on ultrasound examination times and appointments (first published March 2013) which includes updated web links.
SCoR issues this updated guidance on ultrasound examination times and appointments (first published March 2013) which includes updated weblinks.
SCoR is aware that sonographers working for some NHS Trusts, Health Boards or other Imaging Service Providers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce the time allowed for ultrasound examination appointments.
In addition, there have also been instances where extra appointments have been added prospectively to a booked list as a way of compensating for patients who do not attend (DNA).
First published - March 2013
Updated weblinks and information - July 2015
Updated weblinks and information - January 2020


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A Call to Arms: My Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Weapons
The Glaive – Krull
Throughly impractical and frankly, a little goofy looking, the Glaive from the movie Krull still holds a special place in my childhood heart. The Glaive is a magical weapon with five bladed sides. It is designed to be thrown and magically controlled by the user, so hand to hand combat is almost impossible. The fact that most of the movie is about the heroes quest to obtain the Glaive because it is, of course, the only thing that can kill the beast that invaded the planet Krull means that the weapon itself has to be the most convenient plot device in existence.
Lightsaber – Star Wars
We all know what a lightsaber is. If you're reading this site, I can't imagine that you don't. The lightsaber is an energy sword which consists of a metal hilt which projects an energy blade. Lightsabers are usually built by the Jedi him or herself as part of their training. Most Jedi travel to the ice world of Ilum, where they search for kyber crystals which they use to power their saber. The saber is an extension of the Jedi who wields it and that Jedi's skills determine the sabers ultimate usefulness.
Identity Disc – Tron
The Identity Disc makes up all the information that a program experiences. Every sensation, memory and feeling are located on it. They are used not only for storing data, but can also be used as both a ranged and close combat weapon. It is normally carried on the upper back.
The Auto-9 – Robocop
The Auto 9 is a select fire machine pistol with a 50 round magazine. It is usually used in three round bursts, but its ammunition is selectable with Robocop's targeting interface. Some of the more unique types of ammo that it uses are non-lethal, high explosive, armor-piercing and Flechette or pointed steel projectile.
Proton Pack – Ghostbusters
The proton pack is a nuclear powered mobile nuclear accelerator worn on the back. The pack uses a hand-held "Neutrona Wand" to release a stream of positively charged ions at a ghost that can be used for attack, to repel or to capture. It uses a miniature cyclotron to concentrate protons by channeling through a "positron collider". In conjunction with a ghost "trap", the beam can be used to hold a ghost in place and position them over the "trap" for capture. The power cells have a half-life of 5,000 years. PS: Do not cross the streams.
Duncan MacLeod's Katana – Highlander
This next weapon on my list isn't there because it is powerful. I'm putting Duncan's katana on the list for its beauty. Most immortals tend to use one specific sword throughout their lives and that sword becomes an extension of the user. Duncan is over 400 years old and the katana that he received from his mentor Hideo Koto in 1778 has been his constant and consistent companion. An immortals sword is their first line of defense and their conduit to the Quickening.
M41-A Pulse Rifle – Aliens
Employed by the Colonial Marines, the M41-A entered service in 2171 and is the primary infantry weapon for the military. Created with ultra-light alloy and high-impact, temperature resistant plastic, the rifle is sealed against corrosion, dirt and moisture and because most of its components are internal, it can be used effectively in the vacuum of space. It carries a selector switch that lets the user choose between a four round burst or fully automatic. It stores 99 rounds per magazine and also contains a underbarrel grenade launcher.
Phaser – Star Trek: The Next Generation
Although I enjoy the pistol like version of the phaser from the original series, the Next Generation version is the one that I grew up with. The Type II hand phaser is a hand-held directed energy weapon used by the United Federation of Planets. It is designed primarily for defense with ever-increasing stun settings up to the kill setting using a focused energy discharge in the form of a steady stream.
The Good Samaritan – Hellboy
Given to Hellboy by the Torch of Liberty when he was 12, the Good Samaritan is an oversized large-caliber, four-round revolver. It fires custom-made bullets that can pierce most materials. The guns grips are made from pieces of the "True Cross" (the cross that Jesus was crucified upon) and the metal of the gun is forged from irish church bells, blessed silver and other materials. The primary ammunition used are called "Whoppers", which are custom-made by Hellboy and are tipped with shells that contain white oak (trees sacred to Zeus), holy water, garlic and silver shavings.
Sword of Omens – Thundercats
A highly reflective blade (just ask Mumm-Ra) extends from the hilt, taking the sword from the size of a dagger to a full-length broadsword. It can shoot blasts of energy using the source of its power, the Eye of Thundera. The eye is in the form of a red stone that contains an all-powerful energy source that is sentient. While most of its powers are ill-defined, it can do almost anything like generate heat or cold, levitate the user and allow for flight and limited teleportation.
Anduril – Lord of the Rings
Anduril or the Flame of the West was forged from the shards of Narsil, the sword that cut the one ring from Sauron's hand. The scabbard, created by Galadriel of Lothlorien is enchanted so that the blade drawn from it will not be stained or broken. Anduril is the symbol of the King of Gondor's power and his lineage as a descendent of Isildur.
The Vorpal Sword – Fables and Through the Looking Glass
The Vorpal Sword was used in the Lewis Carroll novel Through the Looking Glass in 1871. The tale of the sword is told by Alice as she reads the poem Jabberwocky and learns of how the sword defeated the creature:
One, Two! One, two! And through and through
The Vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
In the Bill Willingham comic series "Fables", the Vorpal Sword is defined as an enchanted sword that can cut through anything with one cut and makes a distinctive "snicker-snack" sound when it cuts.
The Elder Wand – Harry Potter series
The Elder Wand is one of the Deathly Hollows. If you don't know what they are or don't know "The Tale of the Three Brothers", leave now and read…I'll wait.
It is the most powerful wand in the history of wizardkind. It can mend other wands and perform feats that are considered impossible.
So these are a few of my favorite weapons. Let me know what some of yours are.
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Michael Warrilow, director of analyst company Hydrasight, predicts relatively flat enterprise IT budgets for 2007 Q. What's your outlook for the tech sector in Asia-Pacific in 2007?
Q. What's your outlook for the tech sector in Asia-Pacific in 2007?
We'll consider this from two perspectives: first, the vendor (seller), and second, the end user (buyer).
For the vendors, it is becoming increasingly difficult to penetrate enterprise customers due to market saturation. This will be a major challenge for enterprise vendors in the tech sector in 2007 in Asia-Pacific. Hydrasight also expects continuing consolidation among software vendors.
It's also becoming harder for vendors to compete just on product functionality. In fact, we believe that functionality now has limited importance as a differentiator (for tech vendors selling to enterprise customers). We believe that it is solution delivery, including services and business outcomes, that will determine winners and losers in the tech sector in 2007 and beyond.
The tech market for midsize organizations remains confused, with too little differentiation and vendors that 'flip flop' on their targets. This results in a lack of long-term commitment, with many SME vendors chasing 'trends', hence making this market unstable. Even still, there will be growth in SME because there are always new small and midsize companies starting up, particularly in countries such as China and India but also Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
The tech market for midsize organizations remains confused, with too little differentiation and vendors that 'flip flop' on their targets.
From the end-user perspective, we expect to see growth in areas such as server virtualization, plus workgroup-driven analytics and business process management. Overall, we expect relatively flat enterprise IT budgets to continue in 2007.
However, this will mask several spending patterns, including doing 'more with same' (as opposed to doing 'more with less'), and continued spending by business units outside of the control of the IT organization.
What are the top 3 market drivers?
The first is a combination of optimism and amnesia in regard to the ability for new technology to achieve improved business outcomes. This will be strengthened by refresh cycles as we continue to climb out of the post-Y2K 'trough' in regard to major IT capital investment.
Of interest, although not a top 3 driver, we also expect to see social and environmental issues coming into the agenda in 2007. This will be driven by rising consumer interest and demand.
Name three hot tech markets/technologies that would be worth investing in and why?
Investments can be looked at from at least two perspectives: financial investments and IT purchasing investments.
In terms of financial investments, it's been suggested that the top three to four global software companies realize most (75%+) of the profits. This, therefore, makes them a sound investment. To balance that--with a little risk--it would be prudent to punt on a few startups with a good chance of being the 'next big thing'. Of these, social computing seems to be the most 'trendy' at present. Overall though, investments seem to continue to lack the lustre of pre-2001. Worse, we expect to see 'fast rises and faster demises' among new IT startups in future.
As for IT purchasing decisions in the enterprise, we see vertical-specific focus, particularly in areas like the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard, plus an increasing gulf between the organizations that are willing to make investments in IT to improve innovation and performance, and those just wanting to do 'more with same'. The latter will continue to be subject to budget pressures and (often failed) outsourcing arrangements.


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The California Department of Industrial Relations on Tuesday said 376 Californians died on the job in 2016, down slightly from 388 deaths in 2015 but still higher than the most recent low of 344 in 2014.
The state's review shows workplace fatalities in California remain below the national rate. In 2015 and 2016, the state saw a rate of 2.2 deaths per 100,000 workers. On the national level, the rate of fatalities jumped from 3.4 to 3.6 per 100,000 workers for 2015 and 2016, the Oakland-based department reported.
The data came from the federal Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, which conducts the annual review in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Violence and other injuries by persons or animals accounted for 20% of all California workplace deaths in 2016. The incidence of workplace homicides in 2016 accounted for 12% of all workplace deaths in the state.
• Nearly 38% of California workplace deaths identified in 2016 occurred in transportation incidents.
• Trips, slips and falls accounted for 17% of all California workplace deaths identified in 2016, with 90% of those deaths involving falls to a lower level.
• Latinos represented 39% California workplace deaths in 2016. This fatality rate has fluctuated over the past 10 years from 37% to 49%.
The figures are "a reminder that we must all continue our efforts to reduce workplace safety and health hazards in order to prevent worker deaths," Christine Baker, director of the California Department of Industrial Relations, said in a statement.
California's nonfatal worker injuries, illnesses remain low
California's overall incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses remained steady at 3.7 cases per 100 workers for full-time employees, the lowest rate in over a decade, according to data from California's Department of Industrial Relations.
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Q: Find duplicates in a 3 Dimensional tuple list At first, I apologize because I am a newbie...
I have one 3d list of tuple:
list=[(0, 1, 6), (5,1,4), (1, 6, 0), (3, 2,1),(4,5,1)]

I want to find duplicates and display like this, no matter the position of numbers ,only to have the same numbers :
{ (0,1,6): 2,
  (4,5,1): 2,
  (3,2,1): 1 }

I want to count the similar tuples.
Any suggestions?

A: Use Counter from collections:
>>> from collections import Counter
>>> list=[(0, 1, 6), (5,1,4), (1, 6, 0), (3, 2,1),(4,5,1)]
>>> dict(Counter(map(lambda x: tuple(sorted(x)),list)))
{(0, 1, 6): 2, (1, 4, 5): 2, (1, 2, 3): 1}
>>>

Or a-style-of list comprehension:
>>> from collections import Counter
>>> list=[(0, 1, 6), (5,1,4), (1, 6, 0), (3, 2,1),(4,5,1)]
>>> dict(Counter([tuple(sorted(i)) for i in list]))
{(0, 1, 6): 2, (1, 4, 5): 2, (1, 2, 3): 1}
>>>

Also, list is a replica of a python keyword, after making that a variable, you would't have any access to the keyword anymore, so it's better to rename that variable, and so rename it in my code.
Edit:
Use:
dict(Counter([tuple(sorted(x)) for i in list for x in i]))

A: import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

# make a dataframe out of the list
df = pd.DataFrame(data=ll)

# sort columns and find duplicates
df_dup = df[pd.DataFrame(np.sort(df.values), columns=df.columns, index=df.index)
               .duplicated(keep=False)]

# return duplicates as dictionary of tuples
result = df_dup.T.apply(tuple).to_dict()

# return number of duplicates found
n = len(result)

A: list=[(0, 1, 6), (5,1,4), (1, 6, 0), (3, 2,1),(4,5,1)]

#first please make a list of sorted tuples to ignore the sequence of numbers
sorted_list = [sorted(x) for x in list]

#then count the tuple in sorted list and ignore count for duplicated items.
list = [ { x: sorted_list.count(sorted(x)) } for i, x in enumerate(list) if sorted(x) not in sorted_list[:i]]

print(list);

A: You say you are initializing your list with:
mylist = [[[(x,y,z) for x in range(7)] for y in range(7)] for z in range(7)]

At this point, you can change how you initialize it:
from collections import Counter

# take off some square brackets
mylist = [(x,y,z) for x in range(7) for y in range(7) for z in range(7)]

dict(Counter(tuple(sorted(tup)) for tup in mylist))

Output:
{(0, 0, 0): 1, (0, 0, 1): 3, (0, 0, 2): 3, (0, 0, 3): 3, (0, 0, 4): 3, (0, 0, 5): 3, (0, 0, 6): 3, (0, 1, 1): 3, (0, 1, 2): 6, (0, 1, 3): 6, (0, 1, 4): 6, (0, 1, 5): 6, (0, 1, 6): 6, (0, 2, 2): 3, (0, 2, 3): 6, (0, 2, 4): 6, (0, 2, 5): 6, (0, 2, 6): 6, (0, 3, 3): 3, (0, 3, 4): 6, (0, 3, 5): 6, (0, 3, 6): 6, (0, 4, 4): 3, (0, 4, 5): 6, (0, 4, 6): 6, (0, 5, 5): 3, (0, 5, 6): 6, (0, 6, 6): 3, (1, 1, 1): 1, (1, 1, 2): 3, (1, 1, 3): 3, (1, 1, 4): 3, (1, 1, 5): 3, (1, 1, 6): 3, (1, 2, 2): 3, (1, 2, 3): 6, (1, 2, 4): 6, (1, 2, 5): 6, (1, 2, 6): 6, (1, 3, 3): 3, (1, 3, 4): 6, (1, 3, 5): 6, (1, 3, 6): 6, (1, 4, 4): 3, (1, 4, 5): 6, (1, 4, 6): 6, (1, 5, 5): 3, (1, 5, 6): 6, (1, 6, 6): 3, (2, 2, 2): 1, (2, 2, 3): 3, (2, 2, 4): 3, (2, 2, 5): 3, (2, 2, 6): 3, (2, 3, 3): 3, (2, 3, 4): 6, (2, 3, 5): 6, (2, 3, 6): 6, (2, 4, 4): 3, (2, 4, 5): 6, (2, 4, 6): 6, (2, 5, 5): 3, (2, 5, 6): 6, (2, 6, 6): 3, (3, 3, 3): 1, (3, 3, 4): 3, (3, 3, 5): 3, (3, 3, 6): 3, (3, 4, 4): 3, (3, 4, 5): 6, (3, 4, 6): 6, (3, 5, 5): 3, (3, 5, 6): 6, (3, 6, 6): 3, (4, 4, 4): 1, (4, 4, 5): 3, (4, 4, 6): 3, (4, 5, 5): 3, (4, 5, 6): 6, (4, 6, 6): 3, (5, 5, 5): 1, (5, 5, 6): 3, (5, 6, 6): 3, (6, 6, 6): 1}

If you don't want to change how you initialized it:
def flatten(alist):
    for item in alist:
        if isinstance(item, list):
            yield from flatten(item)
        else:
            yield item

dict(Counter(tuple(sorted(tup)) for tup in flatten(mylist)))

A: as suggestion, not to use keyword in python as a variable, here is the keywords in python:
import keyword
keyword_list = keyword.kwlist

for your question, here is my answer :
from collections import Counter

result = dict(Counter([tuple(sorted(item)) for item in your_list ]))


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Flavour feud – Potato chips: Lay's versus Miss Vickie's
May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 / Elliot Chan
Originally published in The Other Press. May 5, 2015
There is nothing more frustrating than standing in the snack aisle, surveying the selection, getting overwhelmed, and breaking down in tears. We know how hard it is to make that tough decision. We want to help you pick the perfect snack. But everybody's taste is different, so in this series we'll carefully evaluate each flavour and offer our opinions. Take it or leave it, but you should really buy something soon or else you'll start looking suspicious. In this edition, we'll look at potato chips—Lay's and Miss Vickie's to be specific.
Lay's Classic: An almost perfect blank slate, Classic offers comfort and simplicity. A delightful crunch and a salty potato taste that is as authentic as McDonald's French fries. I don't always pick Lay's Classic as chip of choice, but when I do, I don't think I've ever been disappointed.
Lay's Salt and Vinegar: This flavour proves to me that Lay's has a pretty solid handle on subtle flavour. I'm not the biggest fan of vinegar. For some chips it's too overwhelming for me, but Lay's version is innocuous as long as you have a beverage close at hand.
Lay's Ketchup: Perhaps the reason I enjoy Lay's Ketchup so much is because of its exclusivity, since the flavour is not available in the US. But no, it's good. Not every brand can deal with the fine taste of a familiar condiment, but Lay's tried and it's uniquely their own. Few chips can offer the same savory experience that Lay's does with Ketchup.
Miss Vickie's Jalapeño: A staple food growing up, Miss Vickie's Jalapenño ignites a sudden burst of nostalgia coupled with an innocuous zig. While it was the popular choice in my high school vending machine, I must say that I have grown out of it. The spicy jalapeño flavour is dull in comparison to Doritos. Once you leave high school, you realize that there is more out there than a bag of chips that makes you cough every third crunch.
Miss Vickie's Salt and Vinegar: Not just simply salt and vinegar, but sea salt and malt vinegar—ohhh! If saltiness is what you want in chips, then S&V is your thing. It's one step above Lay's in flavour, which to me is too much. A few bites and I'm parched. If you pick S&V be sure to pair it with a chilled bottle of Coke.
Miss Vickie's Sweet Chili and Sour Cream: A flavour uniquely Miss Vickie's. An epic crunch takes away from the flavourful chip. The chip crumbles in your mouth and your tongue will do its best to savour the taste, but it doesn't last. Nevertheless, it is a delightful choice for those caught in between decisions. It has a little of everything.
Verdict: There is just something special about Lay's that's simple and enjoyable without destroying your taste buds and churning up your stomach. Miss Vickie's is a kaleidoscope of flavours, nothing wrong with that. But Lay's is more of a microscope. They do the originals and secondary flavours right. Consistency is the key to a good chip.
By Eric Wilkins, Assistant Editor
Lay's Classic: Easily the I-can't-believe-that's-what-you-got of chips. Seriously? Tasteless and poor consistency. It's a lot like their former spokesman, Mark Messier, in the twilight of his career: super recognizable, but not that good.
Lay's Salt and Vinegar: Everyone's first relationship is an intense experience, and one that is often significantly less perfect in hindsight. Such was my time with this salty vixen. It was all fun and games when Lay's S&V was my favourite growing up, but I've since come to notice the lack of substance. Always addicted to being as thin as possible, S&V never quite got the flavour-chip ratio right. Forever with a chip on its shoulder.
Lay's Ketchup: I may have it out for Lay's, but if there's something they've got right, it's their ketchup chips. I'm admittedly more of a mustard man—where are those eh?—however, credit is given where credit's due. Few of the more unique flavours taste even remotely similar to what they're supposed to and the majority of taste is in the suggestive packaging, but Lay's Ketchup really hits it near the edge of the bottle. The only reason anyone should ever pick up a bag of Lay's.
Miss Vickie's Jalapeno: Short disclaimer before I proceed: anything even remotely spicy gets me sweating; however, I love spicy food. Miss Vickie's Jalapeno? Not that spicy. Me? Very sweaty. An enjoyable chip that will have the average person indulging just a tad bit more than normal in their carbonated beverage of choice.
Miss Vickie's Salt and Vinegar: How a chip should be. Strong flavour without beating you over the head with it. Crunchy without being brittle. And even the bag feels more quality. Chip game on fleek. My go-to after a long day of dealing with curmudgeonly people.
Miss Vickie's Sweet Chili and Sour Cream: As mentioned in the section dealing with Lay's Ketchup, companies often fail to get the flavour right for more obscure tastes—Vickie's Sweet Chili and Sour Cream is one of those failures. However, by no means is this a bad chip. Inasmuch as my plebeian tongue has difficulty trying to discern what exactly is going on with this crunchy morsel, it is fully aware that it is a scrumptious confusion. Poor execution, but a fantastic mistake.
Verdict: Miss Vickie's by a production-line mile. Both companies do alright in the flavour category, but a chip is nothing without the … chip. In this regard, Ms. Vickie's easily trounces the competition. I'm not saying I'd like to change her title to "Mrs." but Vickie's is definitely my favourite chip.
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David Bowie returns with the premiere of his brand new single, "Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)". Marking Bowie's first piece of new material since last year's LP, The Next Day, it was recorded specifically for his forthcoming career-spanning compilation, Nothing Has Changed, alongside producer and longtime collaborator Tony Visconti.
Spanning over seven minutes it length, "Sue" was recorded in New York this past summer with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. As The Independent notes, it's one of the first times in Bowie's career that he's dabbled in the jazz genre.
The song premiered this morning on BBC Radio 6. Listen to a radio rip below.
Nothing Has Changed is due out on November 18th and features new and unreleased music alongside a bevy of other material from his 50-year career. "Sue" and its accompanying B-side, another new song entitled "Tis A Pity She's A Whore", will also be available digitally on the same day and as a limited-edition 10-inch on Record Store Day's Black Friday (November 28th).


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What will the history books say next?
Today, the House of Representatives took up impeachment against Donald Trump for his role in inciting an insurrection against the United States of America.
I supported that Article of Impeachment. First thing this morning, as Chair of the House Rules Committee, I started the impeachment discussion on the House floor, where just a week ago I ran for my life when Trump-inspired domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol. We're in unprecedented times, from the invasion of the Capitol to a president being impeached twice, and our choices will define our values for the future.
Trump lost. People like him remain.
This year has been a unique challenge. Not only are we facing a public health crisis unlike anything we've ever seen and weathering a brutal recession, but we had to do so in the midst of a presidential election to decide the very fate of our democracy.
Donald Trump lost, in part thanks to our tireless effort and desire to shape a better future for everyone who calls this country home. But there are still many in his party trying to reshape our democratic norms for the worse, even now.
That's why we must keep up the fight into 2021, to ensure the future is as bright as it can be, and that our friends and neighbors have nothing to fear—no matter who they are, who they love, or what they believe.


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I am wanting to make an ancient Vampire recently woken up. I am not going to play it. It is a villian. He ruled as a god king. He sees humans as nothing but food, bedmates, and a way to expand his clan. How would his morals of no issues with draining a human be done with the current morality system? Would I just ignore it?
Humanity 2 or a bane, depending on how human-sociable he is in the course of getting to those three things.
Cool thank you so much. I never thought he would factory into the system at all.
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The whiz of cars on Kennedy Rd. cuts through the sound of crickets singing and wind rustling through soy fields at Empringham Farms.
The busy north-south corridor can be "dangerous" for farmers moving equipment between fields, said Kim Empringham, who farms 800 acres with her husband.
They're based on 10 acres in Stouffville, but they farm cash crops — corn, wheat, and soy — in fields from Markham to Newmarket. It can take an hour by tractor to travel between them.
Some of their equipment is so wide, it crosses the yellow centre line on narrow commuter roads that weren't built for farmers.
At times, they have to stop what they're doing and wait for rush hour to end, because "it's just not safe," she said.
It's a familiar challenge for farmers in the GTA, but things could change: Ontario is developing an agricultural system in the Greater Golden Horseshoe to enhance the area's agri-food industry. The sector contributed $37.5 billion to Ontario's GDP in 2016.
The agricultural system will protect a continuous base of prime farmlands from development, support the services and communities critical to the farm and food industry and ensure farmers' needs are considered in future infrastructure planning.
"It's about making sure that the sector, as a whole, can survive," said Empringham, who also serves as the secretary-treasurer for the York Region Federation of Agriculture.
For Janet Horner, the executive director of the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance, a simple rhetorical question almost says it all: "Don't you want to eat?"
"Protecting our land, so we are able to be somewhat self-sufficient and food secure is important. If we could eat houses, that's fine, but we can't," she said.
Protecting those prime lands for food productions becomes even more important as the population of the Greater Toronto Area is expected to grow by 42 per cent by 2041 and productive farmland is under threat from urban sprawl.
Most of Canada's prime agricultural lands have already been lost, said Keith Currie, the president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.
Just look out from the top of the CN Tower. "It's all the best farmland that's been developed. Essentially it's entombed forever under asphalt and cement," he said.
While some agricultural lands are protected under current policies, even the Greenbelt Plan, which protected some farmland, including most of the land Empringham farms, left prime agricultural lands outside its bounds.
The urban development spreading outward from Toronto's core has left farmland fragmented, at its worst creating farm islands in a suburban sea.
"When you're surrounded by subdivisions, you can't farm," Empringham said.
The further your farm is from the other services and businesses that support you, the less competitive you are, she explained.
An agricultural system that ensures protection for a continuous tract of farmland creates an incentive for other agri-food businesses — vets, mills, equipment sellers and others — to expand or move into dense agricultural areas, boosting the economic outlook for farms.
For farmers, protected land can also give them confidence to plan long-term, without fear they'll be squeezed out by development.
"We know we can stay here, so we can make improvements to the buildings, to the infrastructure that we've got here on our home base," Empringham said.
Even if they sell, they know they'll be selling to farmers, making investments in the farm worthwhile.
That's not something she sees happening on the farms to the south, which fall outside the greenbelt in an area Empringham said is likely to become subdivisions at some point.
Developers in the region have a very different outlook. They are concerned the ministry isn't considering pre-existing infrastructure and development approvals as it moves through the process of establishing an agricultural system.
"Remember 90 per cent of the housing that's built is built by the private sector, so . . . if you want to provide that supply, the industry needs to have some certainty, not just in the future, but also some certainty with the approvals they currently have," said Joe Vaccaro, CEO of the Ontario Home Builders' Association.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said the government is committed to managing growth, while protecting Ontario's farmland and supporting economic viability.
The development of the agricultural system, which stems from the co-ordinated review of four land use plans and was recommended by the review panel chaired by David Crombie, is still in its early stages.
The provincial government has developed a draft map of the agricultural system, showing proposed protection boundaries as well as existing infrastructure and services.
The draft system map and implementation procedures are out for public consultation until Oct. 4. This concerns Empringham, who notes the summer and fall are a busy time for farmers.
For those that can spare two-and-half hours, there's an online webinar, provided by the ministry, on Sept. 6, on the mapping and implementation procedures, for members of the agricultural community.
Once the public consultation is closed, the government will move forward with plans to update the map by the end of this year. Municipalities will have a couple years to refine it as part of their official plan reviews, which are required by July 2022.
Down the road, Horner, who is also a Mulmur Township councillor, expects there could be challenges between municipalities and the province over which lands should be protected for agriculture and which should be open to development
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