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Delhi, 1946
Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen-year-old daughter — precocious, headstrong Alma — is soon to be married: Alma is mostly interested in the wedding shoes and in spinning wild stories for her beloved younger sister Roop, a restless child obsessed with death.
Times are bad for girls in India. The long-awaited independence from British rule is heralding a new era of hope, but also of anger and distrust. Political unrest is brewing, threatening to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi – a city where different cultures, religions and traditions have co-existed for centuries.
When Partition happens and the British Raj is fractured overnight, this wonderful family is violently torn apart, and its members are forced to find increasingly desperate ways to survive.
Moth by debut author, Melody Razak ( Orion Books), has been a surprisingly slow read for me. Usually, I manage to zip through fiction pretty quickly. More so when it is historical fiction as I have a soft spot for this genre. But this one was slow for many reasons. These ranged from false starts in attempting to read it to the many times my mind wandered after reading a section of the story. Let me explain.
Melody Razak credits Urvashi Butalia's seminal book The Other Side of Silence for having inspired her debut novel. I can absolutely understand and recognise that sentiment. I worked with Urvashi for many years. I joined her team the day she split from Kali for Women to establish Zubaan. So, I was privy to a lot of Urvashi Butalia's work for many years and also helped brand Zubaan. I, like Melody, and many others, had been in awe of Urvashi Butalia's work for years. She did something fundamentally new. Of capturing the oral histories of women and families after the British left India in 1947. We gained our Independence but the people from the newly created nations suffered tremendously.
Urvashi wrote this book after she volunteered to help the riot victims of 1984. It was a watershed year for many of us living in Delhi at the time. The Indian prime minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, had been assassinated by her bodyguards while she was en route to meet filmmaker and actor, Peter Ustinov. It unleashed the most horrific communal violence we had witnessed at that time in newly Independent India. We were still a young nation at that time. (Now, communalism seems to be a way of life.) Many, many folks were horrified at what had occurred in the capital city. It was unheard of. We had curfew imposed. The army conducted flag marches. The silence was unbearable. No one should ever have to experience the silence of living in violent times. It is very still and still very disturbing. In the far distance, we could hear mobs. We could hear sounds. We would see smoke spires in the sky. And one of the most frightening memories was to see the ashes of paper flutter down on our terraces. When my twin brother and I returned to school after those two terrible two weeks, we noticed kids in our bus who were looking dishevelled and reduced to a cloth bag carrying a few books. They had been affected by the riots for being Sikhs and had lost property and family. It was earth shattering. But we were young. It was our first experience of such violence. But for my maternal grandfather it brought back a flood of memories. Stuff we had not realised he had kept suppressed for decades.
My grandfather, N. K. Mukarji, was the last ICS officer in India. The Indian Civil Service was the administrative service established by the British. He joined as a very young man and was allocated the Punjab cadre. This was before 1947, so as a government servant he was posted in and around the then undivided Punjab. He later recalled that as a young man, he would sit with the other officers, many of whom were British, dividing the assets of the Punjab state between India and Pakistan. Many times, the lists drawn seemed arbitrary but he would meticulously minute the meetings. I am sure somewhere documents exist with his neat signature. He also used to tell us about the migrant camps that were set up. For many years, the refugees of 1947 were considered to be the largest mass migration ever recorded in human history. It was unprecedented. There were no rules or policies governing or guiding the officers on how to manage this massive influx of people. He used to tell us of how his signature was forged and converted into stamps. These forgeries were then used to stamp documents of the refugees so that they could use them as valid papers to migrate. Some left overseas too. My grandfather was well aware of these forgeries but the administration was so overwhelmed by the number of people that needed looking after that he turned a blind eye. And if you ever knew him, he was such an upright officer that this act upon his part was so unlike him. He and his colleagues worried about the spread of disease. Cholera and typhoid that still plague large refugee settlements were the bane of their existence even in the 1940s. The only difference being that there were no UN forces or other humanitarian aid organisations to help manage the healthcare of the refugees. There was no organised camp. So, the relief of the onset of the monsoon, literally washed the camp, is something that I still recollect in Nana's voice. He has been gone for more than two decades but his relief, as if it was a God sent gesture, is something I will never forget. So, the descriptions of the refugee camps in Moth brought back memories of these stories. I could not help but think that the perception of the refugee camps of today that are to a fair degree "organised" because of the aid agencies, was not the case at that time. And this was one of the depictions in Moth that bothered me, the pell mell in the settlement. Instead, the description seems to suggest that it is fairly orderly. It was as if the image had been created from the modern images of refugee camps.
Just as these memories came flooding back for my grandfather, so did it happen with many victims of the 1984 riots. The victims were Sikhs. The community to whom the PM's assassins belonged. Urvashi too is a Sikh. She too had family in Lahore and in India. In fact, when I went to Lahore in Nov 2003, I went in search of the house that belonged to Urvashi's family and discovered that it was in the process of being pulled down. So, I brought back pictures of it for her.
There were many, many reasons why Urvashi was affected by the 1984 riots. But working in the refugee camps of Delhi, listening to stories, being a feminist, she realised the importance of recording these stories. Oral history testimonies were being done in our country even then but not necessarily by individuals at this level. Urvashi's work is pioneering for many reasons. She explored her family's history and unearthed many more stories in the process. It has had a huge impact on the way Partition stories are read.
Melody Razak picks on a few of the stories such as the women jumping into the well, the abduction of girls/women and taking them away to the other side (since then established as a regular form of persecution of women at times of conflict), the problems of documentation etc. I found it particularly interesting that while Melody Razak has been deeply moved by the incidents recounted in The Other Side of Silence and of course, for this novel, may have done some independent research, Melody has been unable to describe the traumatic incidents. I found that curious as that it is often noticed in the victims that they are unable to recount the actual event. There are mechanisms by which they protect themselves, one of them is to talk about the act in the third person or distance themselves in the plot. Melody does exactly that — distancing herself. It indicates how deeply moved she has been by the testimonies/stories of the events of 1947.
By the way, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi whom Melody mentions, Nathuram Godse, was sentenced to death a few years later by Justice G. D. Khosla. Again, another upright officer who opted to join the judiciary once India became an independent nation. He wrote about the trial of Godse. It is freely available as a booklet online. I met Justice Khosla. He was a friend of my grandfather's. But by these acts, I feel as if I have been close to history. (Does that statement even make any sense?)
Melody Razak gets the grief at the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi very well. I recall meeting people who remembered that day very clearly. This and later, Jawaharlal Nehru's death. Everyone could recall what they were doing at the precise moment that the news broke about these deaths. The collective grief that was felt at Mahatma Gandhi's death has been brilliantly captured by Melody.
But the reason why I had so many false starts to the book were because of the tiny historical inaccuracies in the opening pages. I can only recall one at the moment. She refers to Amul chocolates. Well, they did not exist till many decades after Independence. Amul is a dairy cooperative that was set up by Nehru under his modern India plans under the leadership of Mr Verghese Kurien (again, someone whom I have met). The chocolates came much, much later. So, this fact could have been checked. There were also spelling errors that annoyed me such as getting the name of All India Radio wrong and hyphenating "All India" or referring to the hot winds that blow in summer as "Lu" instead of as "loo". (It is a hot wind similar to khamsin.)
I can see why Melody Razak has been showered with praise in the media and has been recognised as one of the debut novelists of 2021 by The Observer. She has a great sense of storytelling. Her pace is fantastic. She knows when to slow down her writing tempo or speed it up as per the requirements of the plot. Her characters are so alive. She is able to move freely between the Muslims and the Hindus and describes them well. Alma's grandmother is particularly vile. To create evil in a person who is mostly ignored by the family, is quite a creative achievement. But alas, she is also so familiar. We have all come across such characters at some point in our lives. Melody also manages to share only that much of the back story of the characters as is relevant to the main plot. Again, an admirable quality as many debut novelists tend to get hijacked by their characters and create unnecessary tangents to the story. Whereas in this case, whether it is the stories of Dilchain, Fatima Begum, Ma, Bappa or even Cookie Aunty/Lakshmi, Melody shares enough to make them rounded rather than flat characters. There is no need to know more about them.
I had reservations about the extremely feminist angle to the storytelling. It was sort of unbelievable that these narratives could possibly have existed in 1947/8. It seems as if a very modern structure of feeling has been superimposed upon the past. It does not sit well. But then it brings me to the crux of literary fiction. At what point as Salman Rushdie calls it, does fiction "lift off" from the truth and begin a story of its own? Somewhere the writer has to be given the leeway to let their imagination fly. The reader too has to go easy on the writer for letting them tell the story in their own way. Perhaps I found it uncomfortable, even though I more than heartily agree with the feminist sentiments, because of the amount I know about the events of 1947. But the moment I sort of let myself go and just read the story for what it is, I realised it was the only way to "get into" it and enjoy it. Also, having read a lot of historical fiction recently has been doing this — of revisiting past events and imbuing the women characters with a strength and a personality with a very modern touch. It works for modern readers. And if historical fiction is being redefined today as historical events providing only a backdrop to the storytelling, then I suppose we have to make our peace with it. It is fine.
As for the sisters, Alma and Roop, they are incredibly well-created. Although making Roop cut off her hair, roam around naked and wear her father's trousers whenever she needed to step out seemed a bit farfetched for a five-year-old. But then who are we to argue with the bizarreness of life under conflict. Or for that matter now, during the pandemic. That was another thing that I found so eerily parallel to Moth — our reality of rationing food given the lockdowns and irregular supply of provisions, not sure when to step out (in Moth for fear of communal riots and today, for fear of getting infected by the Covid-19 virus), creating community kitchens (in the novel for refugees and in modern life for migrants who are going home), etc.
As is fairly evident, Moth has triggered many memories as well as made me respond to the book in a manner that I did not think it would do. So there in itself lies the answer of a good emerging novelist. Moth is an extraordinary immersive experience and I am glad I read the novel.
Amul British India feminist historical fiction ICS Indepdence Indian Civil Service Indian Independence Jawaharlal Nehru Justice G D Khosla Mahatma Gandhi Melody Razak Moth N K Mukarji Nathuram Godse Orion Books Partition The Other Side of Silence Urvashi Butalia Verghese Kurien witnessing history
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar's "Lahore", part of the Partition Trilogy
Tishani Doshi's "A God at the Door"
"Elusive Lives: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia" by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley


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Q: Is there a typo in "Using interruption for cancellation" in Java Concurrency in Practice In the book, Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz et al, the example on page 141 (2006):

7.5: Using interruption for cancellation.

class PrimeProducer extends Thread {
}
...
public void cancel() { interrupt(); }

The confusing thing is that the book states that Threads should implement an Interruption Policy, while Runnable / Callable tasks should implement a Cancellation Policy.
Yet here we are with a cancel() method inside of a Thread object. What's up with that? A few pages before, an example with Runnable is given (7.1) with cancel(). In the case of tasks, I would expect to see a qualified interrupt() like this:
public void cancel() { Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); }

Extra, semi-relevant information
I am using an ExecutorService, so I deal with tasks (not threads--except for a thread factory for the ExecutorService), but I could not find any could examples of a full ExecutorService shutdown (of many threads) in the book.
My methods for starting tasks and stopping them are:
Map<CancellableRunnable, Future<?>> cancellableFutures = new HashMap<>(); // keep track of refs to tasks for stop()
public void init() {
  Future<?> future = myExecutorService.submit(myTask);
  cancellableFutures.put(myTask, future);
}

public void stop() {
  for (Future task : cancellableFutures.values()) {
    task.cancel(true); // also a confusing step. Should it be cancel() on Future or cancel() on task (Runnable/Callable)?
  }
}

A:
In the case of tasks, I would expect to see a qualified interrupt() like this:
public void cancel() { Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); }

That interrupts your own thread, not the thread running the task. There's no point in interrupting yourself if you want something else to stop what it's doing: you can simply stop what you're doing instead.
(You might interrupt the current thread, for example, if you have just caught an InterruptedException, and want to preserve the fact that the thread was interrupted. But you don't use this as a mechanism to start the interruption).

A:
The confusing thing is that the book states that Threads should implement an Interruption Policy

Right,
class MyThread extends Thread {
    @Override
    public void interrupt() { ... }
}

while Runnable / Callable tasks should implement a Cancellation Policy.

Right,
// FutureTask = Runnable (for run) + Future<Void> (for cancel(boolean))
class MyTask extends FutureTask<Void> {
    @Override
    public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) { ... }

    @Override
    public void run() { ... }
}

Yet here we are with a cancel() method inside of a Thread object.

Thread is both Thread and Runnable, so both interrupt (to interrupt this thread) and cancel (to cancel this task, the task currently being run by this thread) should be defined.
public class Thread implements Runnable { ... }

The PrimeProducer example is a bit confusing because it assumes the task defined in PrimeProducer will be used outside PrimeProducer.
class PrimeProducer extends Thread {

    public void run() {
        try {
            BigInteger p = BigInteger.ONE;
            while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted())
                queue.put(p = p.nextProbablePrime());
        } catch (InterruptedException consumed) {
            /* Allow thread to exit */
        }
    }

    public void cancel() { interrupt(); }

}

It's very reasonable and accurate since we can do
Runnable runnable = new PrimeProducer();
new Thread(runnable).start();

It's rarely the case, though. It's highly likely we would simply go with
new PrimeProducer().start();

which would make the task we define in run context-aware and Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted() and isInterrupted() would mean the same. That's what your confusion over Thread.currentThread().interrupt() and interrupt() comes from.

A: To correctly close a thread, you have to ask it to close itself by calling thread.interrupt() and the thread should periodically check thread.isInterrupted() method.
See more details in official documentation.
For your example, you have an ExecutorService myExecutorService. To close all submitted threads (along with thread pool itself), you could call myExecutorService.shutdown(). As a result, the thread pool calls thread.interrupt() for all threads.
To stop required threads only, you do correct calling future.cancel(true). In this case, your thread pool will be alive and will able to submit another task.

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"Cuba: An American History"
New from Scribner: Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer.
An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world's leading historians of Cuba.
In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country's future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington—Barack Obama's opening to the island, Donald Trump's reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden—have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more.
Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious and moving chronicle written for a moment that demands a new reckoning with both the island's past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade.
Along the way, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between the two countries, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This, then, is a story that will give American readers unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba.
Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States—as well as the author's own extensive travel to the island over the same period—this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.
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Diesel Galas
Preserved railway heritage diesel gala season is here
Published: 22nd April 2015
We look at the preserved railway events with a difference
So far as passenger trains are concerned, diesel locomotive haulage on the main line is virtually a thing of the past and can now best be experienced on a heritage railway. Therefore, many such railways feature at least one weekend each year devoted to trains hauled by diesels.
Galas big and small
Such events are often referred to as diesel galas, but the size and scope of these occasions varies considerably from railway to railway, showing as much variety as do the railways themselves.
In some cases, advertised diesel events are very low-key affairs, comprising a few resident diesel shunters running in place of the usual steam loco, but nevertheless providing something different for the traveller and photographer.
The next example of this is at The Chinnor & Princes Railway where a diesel gala is being held on April 26. There is a free connecting vintage bus service from Princes Risborough station to Chinnor for this event.
On other lines, a good example of which is the Swanage Railway, the annual event is a major occasion spread over several days. Each year in May, Swanage features a wide and interesting selection of locos from other railways all over the country which come to the railway for the weekend. Many of these arrive together by rail in convoy hauled by a loco that is passed for main line operation. They enter the Swanage Railway via its connection with the national network near Wareham.
Most years, the visiting locos include at least one making its debut heading trains on a heritage railway following acquisition and/or restoration. This year's event is on May 8-10 and as ever, is a top priority for diesel enthusiasts to attend.
Visiting locos
Most of the other bigger railways with main line connections, which enable them to stage events with visiting locos, have diesel galas at least one weekend each season. These include the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, East Lancashire Railway, Great Central Railway, Midland Railway-Butterley, Mid-Norfolk Railway, Nene Valley Railway, North Norfolk Railway, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Severn Valley Railway, Spa Valley Railway and the West Somerset Railway.
On the other hand, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, one of the first heritage lines to introduce such an event every year and which became a premier occasion every summer, no longer hosts a diesel weekend.
Another big classic traction event added to the calendar in recent years is at the Didcot Railway Centre. This is held two weeks after the Swanage Railway's gala on May 25. There is also a 1940s heritage diesel unit weekend on April 25 and 26.
Although only a short demonstration line is available on which the locos take it in turns to perform, an interesting photogenic opportunity is provided throughout the day with the locos posed in front to the traditional GWR steam shed. This takes place on May 23-25.
Main line locos included
It is not only historic classes from the past that appear at diesel galas. Today's freight companies often send along examples from their current fleet giving the public the chance to examine at close quarters (and ride behind) locos not so easily observed on the network. These can include the very latest examples, such as the brand-new DRS Class 68.
Goods trains
Diesels also operate demonstration goods trains offering interesting scenarios for photographers and sometimes also offer an unusual ride for passengers paying a little extra to travel in the brake van. The Avon Valley is able to timetable such a train to run back and forth throughout the day, while the West Somerset Railway, for instance, confines this to very early in the day only, to avoid delaying the all-important passenger services.
Mixed traction events
Some railways advertise their galas as 'mixed traction'. This means both steam and diesel power is used. A thought is that members of the public turning up unaware of the operation of diesels that day may be disappointed if there is not a steam loco available to haul their train.
DMU galas
This is a more recent development by some railways, most notably the Llangollen Railway, East Lancs Railway, and Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, in which heritage DMUs (diesel multiple units) take centre stage. There are many people interested in this type of vehicle, which is no longer available on the main line, where passengers can view the scenery through the front and rear cabs.
Beer festivals and other events
Even the most enthusiastic of railways like to ensure maximum patronage for diesel galas and these can be held in conjunction with another event to attract visitors. The Swanage Railway for example, holds its annual beer festival the same weekend as the diesel event, while others may have a vintage car weekend perhaps. The Avon Valley Railway is holding its 12th annual Bitton Beer festival on June 5 and 6.
'Out-of-season' events
Most major diesel events are held in the early or later part of the season, and not in the high season summer months when steam is very much to the fore and the railways are well patronised by family visitors. The diesel gala is seen as attracting additional enthusiasts during the quieter periods of the spring and autumn.
Visiting public
It is generally accepted that the majority of people visiting heritage railways are the general public with families, and not railway enthusiasts as such. This market is thought to be mainly interested in steam traction and don't expect to find 'modern traction' on a preserved railway.
The percentage of enthusiast visitors to diesel galas is invariably greater than for the railway's other events. However, the diesel fan is usually keen to travel on the railway to get 'haulage' by the various locos and therefore buys an all-day rover ticket providing the railway with good income that day. This contrasts with the image that some railway managers appear to have of steam enthusiasts, believing they only wish to stand lineside and take photographs.
However, if a diesel event has not been visited before it is well worth considering as there is so much variety to be found in these locos. Despite what many might say, they are not 'lifeless boxes on wheels'. Locos such as 'Deltics', Class 40s, 37 and 20s in particular, sound really good, even when just standing still in the station as their engines tick over demonstrating latent power. When they started up and pull away they can be as exciting as any sizzling steam loco, whether you are on board, or observing from the lineside.
Checking details
Those travelling to heritage railways should always check beforehand as to what might be running the day of their intended visit. Either to ensure diesels are running if such an event appeals, or not, if they are to be avoided. Such information is available on the railway's timetable leaflet, its website or Facebook account.
Chinnor Railway
Avon Valley Railways
Swanage Railway
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway


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Q: Combining failover clustering and database mirroring When you combine failover clustering and database mirroring in SQL Server, you need to change the mirroring partner timeout value so that the local cluster gets a chance to fail over before database mirroring fails over. I'm curious as to what people are doing when combining these technologies - I teach various HA classes and this is not too common a combination.
Here are my questions IF you are using failover clustering and database mirroring combined. If you could answer them all in each response, that would be very useful to me. I don't need an explanation of why things need to be changed or how the technologies work - I used to own them both when at Microsoft - I'm interested in industry practices now the possibility of marrying them has been out there for 4 years.
1) how long, on average, does it take for a clustered SQL Server instance to fail over for you? (I know it depends on how much crash recovery is required, but what's an average for you?)
2) for these same instances, what do you set the mirroring partner timeout to?
3) are you comfortable with the fact that a real cluster outage could occur and it may be quite a while until mirroring notices that the failure has occured because you've bumped the mirroring partner timeout up?
Thanks for all responses!

A: Paul,
1. Typically a few seconds, up to a couple of minutes depending on ... (you know the rest).

*Were I to setup auto failover I'd go for several minutes.  That way site to site VPN connections would have time to come back up, Cluster could restart, etc.  At the minimum I'd probably go with 4 minutes longer than it would take the nodes of the cluster to restart in the event of a local power outage.

*Yep.  DR issues are usually defined as a failure over an hour.  Besides it'll probably take longer than that for the global load ballancer to notice the other site is down, and upload all the DNS, plus the TTL time on the DNS.  This total time should be the upper end of the amount of time for auto failover.

A: I wasn't involved in the original design, but this is how things have been setup:

*

*2 node cluster on each site, running active/active

*The application uses 5 databases in
total, 4 run on one instance. The
other db 1 runs on it's own (much
higher load)

*The sites are connected by dark fiber

*Each site has a the same number of
web servers that use a mirror aware
client

*Database mirroring is setup for all 5
databases

*There is another stand alone server at each site that is able to act as a witness.  The witness currently runs on the site where all the principals are.

*

*I've never seen a cluster fail over occur.  Mirror fail overs are fast, I'd say about 10 seconds at the most.

*Partner time-out is 30 seconds for all db's

*It was by design that a mirror fail-over will occur before a cluster fail-over.  The db's are clustered as an additional level of redundancy only, although each instance is configured to only use half the available RAM on the server.


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Q: Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR SendAsync args Can somebody explain to me why they used arg1, arg2 .... in AspNetCore.SignalR.SendAsync method, instead of params object[] args?
Is there a better way of doing that?
Screenshot

A: The CancellationToken is optional. You'll notice in the documentation that it's defined as:
System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = null

(Although in the actual code it's = default, so I think the docs are wrong)
Optional arguments must come last.
But also, using infinite parameters with the params keyword must also come last. So you cannot use both in the same method definition.
An alternative could have been to create the method with the CancellationToken as the second-last parameter, and an overload without it:
public static Task SendAsync (this HubConnection hubConnection, string methodName, params object[] args) {
    return SendAsync(hubConnection, methodName, default, args);
}

public static Task SendAsync (this HubConnection hubConnection, string methodName, CancellationToken cancellationToken, params object[] args) {
    ...
}

That effectively makes the CancellationToken optional. However, in this specific case, it would also prevent you from sending a CancellationToken as the first argument (in the args array) and not in the cancellationToken parameter, if you needed to do that for whatever reason.
But Microsoft also has the standard of putting the CancellationToken as the last parameter in every async method they write. So they would be breaking that pattern if they did this. So they settled on only allowing 10 arguments.

A: It seems like they wanted a CancellationToken as a last argument. This is a common practice to have it as a last argument of a method.
await SendAsync(..., arg1, arg2, arg3, cancellationToken);
await SendAsync(..., cancellationToken, arg1, arg2, arg3);

I much rather prefer the 1st line than the second one. You can only use params as a last argument of a method, which would not let them have a cancellation token as a last argument. So they decided to implement multiple overloads with different number of arguments, which allows them to put cancellationToken as a very last argument of each overload.


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When the Greater Pittsburgh Office of Promotion was contracted by Allegheny County to direct the publicity and special event programs connected to the opening of the new Pittsburgh International Airport in 1992, Jeff Durosko was hired to the new position of Airport Communications Manager.
Jeff was brought on board to launch a new communications programs and create awareness for the new airport. Specifically, he was charged with national and international media relations, information services, including press materials, photography and video, publications and video news releases.
In the area of media relations, Jeff produced numerous quantifiable achievements, including contact with 500+ media outlets, 3 media tours, 4 AP wire stories that led to 200 articles across 150 newspapers, and 60 stories from video news releases and b-roll packages sent to 660 U.S. television stations. His work resulted in major placements in international aviation journals, such as Aviation Week & Space Technology, Aviation Daily, Commercial Aviation News and Airports International. Coverage in travel and business publications included: Frequent Flyer, Business Flyer, Sales & Marketing Management, Meeting News, Travel Weekly and Successful Meetings.
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It's safe to say, job interviews are as fun as as taking part in a race walk with your friends. Yes, yes, we know it's a really 'cool' sport, despite the fact it looks like you are walking fast to avoid your bladder exploding. Similar to the fun so many people experience on a daily basis run walking, it's similar to the feeling we all get when an interviewer asks us the why question. The "So, tell me about yourself" question. The real question is why do they do this to us? Well, it's because it reveals you as a candidate more than you might think, in the answer you give.
If you come up with a good answer, it tells the interviewer that you can 1. Think on your feet, and 2. Understand the needs of the job and company you're interviewing for. So no pressure. Basically your entire interview could balance on this one question. If your not sure how to even start this answer, don't sweat it – as we have created the best tips you'll need when answering the "So, tell us about you" question.
Okay, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work that one out, does it? Same way you are preparing for questions about your past and current studies, work experience and everything in between, preparing for this question can demonstrate to the interviewer that you prepared. In addition, that you have a good awareness of both yourself in a professional sense. Memorise an opening statement that you can deliver quickly and confidently. Avoid at all costs hesitating or stammering at this question.
Keep it short! Sounds easy, right? But once you gets started, you might lose yourself in the explanation for why you want this job. Best way to help yourself keep it short and sweet – think of a television commercial. 30 seconds, that's how long your answer should last. If you say something that the interviewer wants to go into more detail on, they will say this to you.
Okay, that's easy. You are there to sell yourself as the answer to their problem: Which job candidate will be the biggest asset to their company, from the answer you and those others applying for the job give. Information about your childhood, family life and leisure activities are not relevant to their companies mission. Information on your professional goals and aspirations, previous experiences both professionally and personally are relevant to their question.
This question is about – how you can respond to an unrehearsed situation, which is what you'll have to do everyday. Starting to miss those 2000 word essays at university now? Instead of listing skills and what makes you soooooo amazing, show the interviewer who YOU are as a person.
"Because I need the money" is not an answer…. Yes, it's true. Especially with student debt to your eyeballs and the fact you have grown accustomed to food and the basic things you need to survive. But, it's not an answer the interviewer is looking for. So leave financial gain out of your answer.
A better answer is to explain how this position will fit your skills set and allow you to advance your career and make that degree actually worth something. Some a win-win for the employer and a kinda win for you… if you like food and the basics to survive.
So there it is. In clear black and white. The formula you need for answering the trickiest of tricky questions in any job interview. Whether you are a graduate with three internships and a summer volunteering in Tanzania behind you or little to nothing to boast about at your time at university, This question shows the interviewer character. Not your skill set, but how you will add value to the team. Succeeding in answering this question properly, you'll take one giant step towards a job offer.
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Caffeine Facts
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What is one of the most common drugs in the world that stimulates the central nervous system, which can make you feel more alert? Yes, you're right… caffeine! In moderate amounts it can boost your concentration and memory, and coffee in particular may help decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease and some cancers. In excessive doses however, caffeine may contribute to insomnia, anxiety, a fast heart rate and restlessness. Suddenly stopping caffeine intake may trigger migraines and irritability in some people.
Listed below are some lesser-known facts about caffeine that may offer insight into your caffeine intake….
DECAF ISN'T THE SAME AS CAFFEINE FREE
Bruce Goldberger, Ph.D. and director of the William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine said, "If someone drinks 5 to 10 cups of decaffeinated coffee, the dose of caffeine could easily reach the level present in a cup or two of caffeinated coffee." This could be an issue for people with kidney disease or anxiety disorders.
A Journal of Analytical Toxicology report found that out of 9 different decaffeinated coffees, all but one contained caffeine. The dose for a brewed cup ranged from 8.6 mg to 13.9 mg. In comparison, a 12-ounce can of coke contains between 30 and 35 mg.
DARK ROAST COFFEES ACTUALLY HAVE LESS CAFFEINE THAN LIGHTER ROASTS
While a rich, strong flavor might seem to mean a boost of caffeine, light roasts actually pack more punch. The process of roasting burns off caffeine.
THE CAFFEINE IN COFFEE VARIES
A recent report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest says that brands vary widely when it comes to caffeine strength. McDonalds has 9.1 mg per fluid ounce while Starbucks has double the caffeine at a full 20.6 milligrams.
CAFFEINE DOES NOT AFFECT EVERYONE THE SAME WAY
According to a recent article in New York magazine, women generally metabolize caffeine faster than men. Smokers process it twice as quickly as nonsmokers do. Women who take birth-control pills metabolize it at about one-third the rate that women not on the Pill do.
CAFFEINE IS PRESENT IN MORE THAN JUST DRINKS
While an FDA report says that more than 98% of our caffeine intakes comes from beverages, certain foods like chocolate also contain it (though not a lot: a one-ounce milk chocolate bar has only about 5 mg of caffeine). Some medications can contain caffeine. The Cleveland Clinic reports that combining a pain reliever with caffeine can make it 40% more effective, and can also help the body absorb the medication more quickly.
WHAT COUNTRY CONSUMES THE MOST CAFFEINE?
Finland wins the prize for the country with the highest caffeine consumption, with the average adult taking in 400 mg each day. According to the FDA, Americans consume an average individual intake of 200 mg per day. That translates to Americans drinking about 2 five-ounce cups of coffee, or about 4 sodas daily.
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Colombia's prosecutor general lifts FARC warrants
by Esteban Refshauge October 22, 2012
Colombia's prosecutor general has suspended 191 arrest warrants against 27 FARC guerrillas to help facilitate peace talks between the insurgents and the government.
Of the 191 arrest warrants being temporarily lifted, 132 were against lead FARC negotiator Luciano Marin, alias "Ivan Marquez," for crimes relating to hostage-taking, terrorism, rebellion and kidnapping.
Prosecutor General Eduardo Montealegre has also suspended two arrest warrants against high-profile FARC fighter Tanja Nijmeijer. The Dutch woman was added to the rebel negotiating team at the last minute, supposedly to assist with translation.
The suspensions are only effective in the negotiating spaces of Oslo and Havana. "It is a temporary suspension and will only last during the…negotiation process in Havana…and in places designated by the High Commissioner for Peace," claimed Montealegre.
Representatives from the Colombian government and rebel group FARC are currently engaged in phase two of peace talks just north of the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Phase three of the peace process is expected to commence mid-November in Havana.
If any of the insurgents stray from these designated areas and try to enter Colombia they will still be liable for arrest. "If any member of the 29 representatives go to a site not authorized by the government and the High Commissioner for Peace… the arrest warrants will still be applicable," said Montealegre.
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Local Chambers of Commerce for KA20 3HF. These can be an extraordinarily effective way of getting into the business community and / or getting things done. Equally they can be entirely useless depending on the chair. If they have networking events associated with them definitely go, and keep going, if you have a business that need local support. What you put in is exactly what you get out. Below is the national site. Watch this slot - it might improve!
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Find the local council, MP and MEP for KA20. Type your postcode into relevant box and find details for your local councillor, MP and MEP. MPs can be extremely useful if you want a local issue aired or fixed. Get an appointment for a surgery meeting if you want to talk directly to your MP.
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I think this is a beautiful church inside. It's quite unusual from the outside for a Church of Scotland church.. But the hand carved stones inside as well as the woodwork are beautiful. It's definitely worth a visit if you appreciate architecture. It's more light and pretty than most Scottish, Protestant churches -most of which are quite plain- without tipping it over the edge.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory is a multipurpose research institution funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Located on the center of Long Island, New York, Brookhaven Lab brings world-class facilities and expertise to the most exciting and important questions in basic and applied science—from the birth of our universe to the sustainable energy technology of tomorrow. We operate cutting-edge large-scale facilities for studies in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, applied science, and a wide range of advanced technologies. The Laboratory's almost 3,000 scientists, engineers, and support staff are joined each year by more than 4,000 visiting researchers from around the world. Our award-winning history, including seven Nobel Prizes, stretches back to 1947, and we continue to unravel mysteries from the nanoscale to the cosmic scale, and everything in between. Brookhaven is operated and managed by Brookhaven Science Associates, which was founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, and Battelle, a nonprofit applied science and technology organization.
The mission of the Collider-Accelerator Department (C-AD) is to develop, improve and operate the suite of particle / heavy ion accelerators used to carry out the program of accelerator-based experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL); to support the experimental program including design, construction and operation of the beam transports to the experiments, plus support of detector and research needs of the experiments; to design and construct new accelerator facilities in support of the BNL and national missions. The C-AD department supports an international user community of over 1,500 scientists. The department performs all these functions in an environmentally-responsible and safe manner, under a rigorous conduct of operations approach.
The C-AD has an opening for an Electrical Designer in the Design and Documentation Group. Under the technical direction of the group leader and the assigned engineer/scientist, the selected candidate will design and provide fabrication drawings for printed circuit boards and other components used for the particle accelerators using computer-aided design software. Assignments are usually on a project basis, so the candidate must be able to exercise a high degree of initiative and judgment to plan, coordinate, and perform their design efforts working with a diverse and international scientific community.
Create accurate and detailed printed circuit boards and library components to the IEEE-STD 315 standard
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Christians Posting Rainbows
Part 2: What's Next?
Recently, I received the following questions from a concerned friend and supporter of my ministry.
My Friend - "I am worried about our nation and know we have so much to endure. ... How are we suppose to guard our beliefs? Will all the preachers have to seek legal action to protect themselves? What about all the churches that help people?"
Me - At present, many Christian politicians are scrambling to introduce legislation that will protect preachers and churches. I believe they will be successful for a short time but, eventually, even those measures will be challenged and defeated.
In the immediate future, my biggest concern is for small non-profit ministries. Proponents of the homosexuality agenda are demonically shrewd and they are fully aware of all the best ways to attack. Much like a pack of wild dogs, they will single out those who are smaller and less financially able to defend themselves. Lawsuits will be brought against these small ministries and claims of discrimination will multiply.
You see, the marrying issue was really only a very effective smokescreen. Now that the homosexual community has been legitimized by SCOTUS, their next step will be to claim workplace discrimination and demand quotas (the politically correct code word for preferences). Although many of these conflicts will be self-generated, employers will have no choice but to meet the demands of homosexual antagonists in order to avoid lawsuits. Homosexuals will eventually push the government into requiring that a certified number of homosexuals be employed by an organization in order for that group to maintain its non-profit status. Small ministries will not be able to comply and, as a result, will have their non-profit stripped from them.
At present, I believe churches are too numerous and too obvious for a full frontal assault. They will begin with ministries that are not as noteworthy, those that are small and cannot afford to launch a legal defense of their religious freedoms. Eventually, even churches will be targeted. Christians will have to move underground in order to survive. (Note: Much like the Russian Orthodox Church, which survived during the years of Soviet communism, churches in this country that are willing to compromise will also survive and perhaps even thrive under these new laws. Satan loves compromise and he rewards it openly.)
Two factors will determine the rate at which this dark cloud descends upon our culture. 1. The number of convenient Christians who persist in anchoring themselves to this world and refuse to repent of their compromise. Sin in the camp will impact all of us. 2. God's patience. I would like to think that He has some left, but in reality, I see no reason to expect that He does.
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 indicates that not every sin is equal in God's sight. Sins of sexuality not only defile the person and the culture, they also defile the very temple of the Holy Spirit. Additionally, there is only one sin that has ever been designated as an unforgivable sin - blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Whatever that sin is (scholars disagree), it is important to note that it has something to do with the Holy Spirit. Conclusion, God takes the sins against His Spirit and His temple very seriously. Homosexuality is both and it is therefore a tipping point in the journey toward cultural demise.
I believe God removes His blessing from a culture according to the decreasing levels of submission to the Holy Spirit within the hearts of His people. Given the number of compromising Christians who are proudly displaying rainbows in support of those that desecrate the Holy Spirit's temple, I believe that time is short.
Never in your lifetime has it been more urgent to raise anchor and set your sights on the other shore. Convenient Christianity leads to complacency, compromise, and condemnation. Notice the warning of Paul to another group of Christians who were facing a similar crisis of culture.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 (NIV)
"... the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. [3] While people are saying, 'Peace and safety', destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ... [6] So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober."
The time has come for Christians to do more than just attend church services. The time has come for us to give more than just convenient "sacrifices" or make convenient claims of faith. It's time to put our faith where our mouth is. It is time to make it real!
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The Iron Mining Association (IMA) of Minnesota promotes a healthy iron ore industry that will continue to benefit northeastern Minnesota as well as the entire state. It's an industry our communities, state and country depend on today and into the future.
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Jan 12, 2021 The Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA) – the trade association that represents the state's iron mines and suppliers of goods and services to the iron mines – announced the results of its annual board elections in December at its 28th annual meeting. Chrissy Bartovich of U. S. Steel was elected as the new board chair. She is the association's first female chair and, IMA said ...
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IRON ORE. 1 (Data in thousand metric tons, usable ore, unless otherwise noted) Domestic Production and Use: In 2020, mines in Michigan and Minnesota shipped 98% of the usable iron ore products, which were consumed in the steel industry in the United States with an estimated value of $4.1 billion, a decrease from $4.4 billion in 2019.
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Jun 08, 2021 SSGPO is among Kazakhstan's largest mining companies. It is developing the Sokolovsky, Sarbaisky, Kacharsky and Kurzhinkulsky open-pit mines, the Alekseevsky dolomite mine, and the Sokolovskaya underground mine. The company supplies iron ore concentrate and pellets to the Kazakh, Russian, and Chinese markets.
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In Wisconsin, the most important iron ore minerals are oxides: magnetite (Fe 3 O 4), hematite (Fe 2 O 3), and goethite/limonite (Fe 2 O 3 •H 2 O). Brief overview of Wisconsin's iron mining history. Limited amounts of high-grade iron ore were first mined in Wisconsin in the 1850s in the Black River Falls District of Jackson County and the ...
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Minnesota Iron Mining Iron Mining Association of The Iron Mining Association (IMA) of Minnesota promotes a healthy iron ore industry that will continue to benefit northeastern Minnesota as well as the entire state It's an industry our communities, state and country depend on today and into the future. Get Price Email contact
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Are metal mining effluent regulations adequate: identification of a novel bleached fish syndrome in association with iron-ore mining effluents in Labrador, Newfoundland Aquat Toxicol . 2001 May;52(3-4):311-7. doi: 10.1016/s0166-445x(00)00166-1.
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Jul 01, 2021 ABSTRACT. Fixed asset investment in China's domestic iron ore mining sector still declined on year so far in 2021 despite the robust demand from the steel mills, high iron ore prices and surges in the mining companies' profits, Lei Pingxi, chief engineer of the Metallurgical Mines' Association of China (MMAC) pointed out at an association's meeting over June 28-29.
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May 11, 2021 Gerald Group wins back its iron ore mining rights in Sierra Leone. 11 May 2021. After two years of costly court action between the government of Sierra Leone and the owners of SL Mining, Gerald Group, both sides yesterday met in Freetown where they signed an agreement ending the dispute which would allow SL Mining to resume iron ore mining operations in Lunsar, northern Sierra Leone
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Back to homepage. Mining, Our main business. An essential activity for modern life. From mobile phones to airplanes, from building structures to coins, minerals are substances for the production of many essential items used in our daily lives. We are the world's largest producer of iron ore and nickel, and we also operate in other mineral areas.
Top five iron ore mining companies of Australia profiled
Jul 24, 2020 Topping our list of iron ore mining companies in Australia, is Melbourne-based diversified mining giant Rio Tinto. The mining and metals pioneer not only produces iron ore for steel but also other minerals and ores, such as aluminium for cars and smartphones, titanium for paint, copper for wind turbines, water pipes and electric cars, and diamonds.
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Feb 18, 2019 The country is one of the world's top producers of iron ore and bauxite, the harvesting of which accounts for roughly 2.5% of its towering GDP, which stood at $2.6tn (£2tn) as recently as 2017. The sector as a whole accounts for 700,000 jobs, while only China has larger coal reserves and 12% of the world's thorium and 60% of its mica ...
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Autonomous operations are also starting to play a greater role. We've recently helped develop a truckless iron ore mining operation in Brazil, with mobile crushers working at the mine face feeding ore directly onto conveyor belts. Ultimately, advancements are now underpinned by . It's how you manipulate it that counts.
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May 11, 2021 Gerald group wins back its iron ore mining rights in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2021: After two years of costly court action between the government of Sierra Leone and the owners of SL Mining, Gerald Group, both sides yesterday met in Freetown where they signed an agreement ending the dispute which would allow SL Mining to ...
Taconite is a low-grade iron ore. When the high-grade natural iron ore was plentiful, taconite was considered a waste rock and not used. But as the supply of high-grade natural ore decreased, industry began to view taconite as a resource. Dr. E.W. Davis of the University of Minnesota, along with other scientists and engineers, conducted years ...
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On September 27th 5 Artists in Residence exhibited their work, created over the last month, in the Barn, on the Field and in the Mill. The guests were guided through the exhibitions with each artist introducing their work and leading them to the next. It was a beautiful evening showing a diversity of techniques, colors & materials.
Artist Daehyun Kim(also known as moonassi) has been drawing his daily thoughts and feelings with his character using only black ink for about ten years. He exhibited a 20 meter long drawing with a handmade drawing-rotate machine he invented. Along with the drawing, Wagner's one of the most beautiful opera, 'Tristan und Isolde' was played.
Everyday I live with a disability that no one can see, and each day is different. Some days I can hear, other days are close to obsolete. These prints are a representation of the fading in and out of my hearing on a day to day basis. It has been almost a decade since my first ear surgery. This is but a glimpse of how the years have been, and the struggles I have faced.
The inspiration to build this sculpture was born from my relationship with materials and the act of welding them. I consider that a unique and particular experience that cannot be transferred to a material, it is special, visualized for someone of my body.
The dominant focuses of Hannah's visual explorations are into mental health, currently with an autobiographical concentration on Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Depression.
She aim to create spaces which encourage people to talk openly and freely about mental health, to help start conversations about the way society interacts with mental health; their own, the people that surround them and as a species collectively.
At Arts Letters & Numbers she has been working on an ongoing oil painting series DISTRABTION. Which works to convey the complexities, confusion and shame of Body Dysmorphic Disorder, exploring the realities of not being able to fully comprehend your physical self. Her new series PEREGRINE focuses on the relationship between Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Depression and self harm.
She exhibited her installation bringing visual explorations of Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphic Disorder into the same physical space. The installation allowed the audience to understand the constant pain of being consumed by concerns about the physical space you take up and how your perception of the self is consistently fluctuating. Whilst simultaneously considering how BDD and Eating disorders are intertwined, unrelated and parallel all concurrently.
Out of a fascination of ornamentation Laurits exhibited a series of 12 graphic prints all made in september. The prints are partly surface prints of objects, floors and walls in the mill and was exhibited on the big white wall in the mill.


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The life and death, and life again, of Jesus of Nazareth is not just one more event in history. It is the hinge of all history that gives everything else context and meaning. Come learn about Jesus and understand your place in the grand story of everything.
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Episode 1 | Did Jesus Exist?
Episode 2 | What About The Miracles?


Woven from the threads of numerous flavours which alone instinctively grab attention, the Carnival Club sound is a tapestry which certainly on the UK rocker's debut EP, Magdalena's Cape, blossoms from a rich first temptation to a lustfully devoured introduction thereon in. It is an infestation of the imagination nurtured in the creative mystique of prog rock, the hearty emotion of blues rock, the bold roar of sixties punk, and the hazy climate of psych rock. In truth, it is all that and more in a proposal and release which is as fresh and striking as it is the return of familiar sonic strains; an EP which offers the potential of a new essential force from within the ever pregnant Manchester music scene.
Emerging April 2016, the quartet of Eddie Moxon, George Peel, Joe Lodge, and Kai Jon Roberts quickly made a potent impression on the local scene. Now national awareness is being readied and stirred by the outfit's maiden EP, its mature presence and rich web of sound belying the youth of its creators whilst consuming ears in an adventure bordering on the essential.
Opener House of Cards instantly entwines ears in one spicy groove, its psych blues tang soon aligned to the heavy throb of bass and crisply landing beats. Vocals make for just as potent bait as the song almost crawls into view before settling into a boisterous rock 'n' roll shuffle. With every groove and melodic tendril seemingly becoming thicker and richer in psychedelic/hard rock tenacity as impressive vocals equally grow in energy and presence, the EP quickly becomes a captivating proposal only increasing its grip as Mistakes Troubles and Kisses takes over.
The second track has a lighter touch compared to the heavy presence of its predecessor but an infectious swing built on pure rock muscle and emotive intensity. Its pop rock temptation is as much modern indie as it is seventies heavy rock, another fusion already revealing the kaleidoscopic canvas of the Carnival Club songwriting and sound. Its inescapably catchy body and unpredictable but fluid twists only seduce, passing on a willing submission to its bold charms to the following You're So Hostile. It is a track even more virulently infectious with its eighties pop hooks and brooding rhythmic seducing which within seconds has the body bouncing and hips swerving with its flirtatiously weighty stroll while roaming the psyche like a blend of The Cult, My Baby, and The Doors; essences of Hendrix and goth rock only adding to its best track grabbing magnificence.
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Another mighty moment comes with the EP's closing track, Headache a web of crunchy riffs and imposing textures around prowling vocals and stalking rhythms complete with sixties bred punk rapacity. Those stabbing riffs alone ignite the passions, the scythes of guitar and predacious grooves of bass escalating the primal attraction as the ever magnetic vocals seal the devilish deal on offer between song and listener.
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NFTS announces participants for Diverse Directors workshop
By Ben Dalton2019-01-11T11:30:00+00:00
Source: NFTS
(L-R) Diverse Directors Workshop tutor Alby James, Olivia Hetreed, Abena Taylor-Smith, Nichola Wong, M Night Shyamalan, John Ogunmuyiwa, Amelia Hashemi, Chloe Pope, NFTS director Jon Wardle
The UK's National Film and Television School (NFTS) has announced the six participants for the 2019 edition of its Diverse Directors Workshop, sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK.
The six participants are:
Abena Taylor-Smith
Amelia Hashemi
Chloe Pope
John Ogunmuyiwa
Nichola Wong
Olivia Hetreed
The programme aims to increase the number of women, people from BAME backgrounds and people with disabilities working in screen directing.
All the participants are working professionally in screen directing. They will take part in a two-day introductory session on January 12 and 13, following by training in narrative filmmaking in a two-week workshop from February 25 to March 8.
Production and post-production of the projects they create will take place in Spring and Summer 2019, with all six guaranteed an interview for the NFTS' Directing Fiction MA course.
It is free to attend with the NFTS covering all costs with support from Disney, EON Productions and ScreenSkills.
Previous students to have taken part in the course include Alice Seabright, whose short Sex Ed was selected for the 2018 BFI London Film Festival.
The six chosen students for 2019 attended a special Q&A screening of M Night Shyamalan's Glass for NFTS students on Thursday, January 10 at London's Picturehouse Central, where they met the director.
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An international team led by researchers at UC Berkeley and the U.S. Institute for Molecular Manufacturing predicts that exponential progress in nanotechnology, nanomedicine, AI, and computation will lead this century to the development of a Human Brain/Cloud Interface that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to vast cloud-computing networks in real time.
The researchers describe their work in "Human Brain/Cloud Interface," published in Frontiers in Neuroscience.
The Human Brain/Cloud Interface (B/CI) concept was initially proposed by futurist-author-inventor Ray Kurzweil, who suggested that neural nanorobots—brainchild of Robert Freitas, Jr., senior author of the newly published research—could be used to connect the neocortex of the human brain to a "synthetic neocortex" in the cloud. The human brain's wrinkled neocortex is the newest, smartest, 'conscious' part of the brain.
"These devices would navigate the human vasculature, cross the blood-brain barrier, and precisely autoposition themselves among, or even within brain cells," Freitas says. "They would then wirelessly transmit encoded information to and from a cloud-based supercomputer network for real-time brain-state monitoring and data extraction."
"A human B/CI system mediated by neuralnanorobotics could empower individuals with instantaneous access to all cumulative human knowledge available in the cloud, while significantly improving human learning capacities and intelligence," says lead author Nuno Martins.
"While not yet particularly sophisticated, an experimental human 'BrainNet' system has already been tested, enabling thought-driven information exchange via the cloud between individual brains," Martins says. "It used electrical signals recorded through the skull of 'senders' and magnetic stimulation through the skull of 'receivers,' allowing for performing cooperative tasks.
"With the advance of neuralnanorobotics, we envisage the future creation of 'superbrains' that can harness the thoughts and thinking power of any number of humans and machines in real time," Martins says. "This shared cognition could revolutionize democracy, enhance empathy, and ultimately unite culturally diverse groups into a truly global society."
According to the group's estimates, even existing supercomputers have processing speeds capable of handling the necessary volumes of neural data for B/CI—and they're getting faster, quickly.
"This challenge includes not only finding the bandwidth for global data transmission, but also, how to enable data exchange with neurons via tiny devices embedded deep in the brain," Martins says.
"These nanoparticles have been used already in living mice to couple external magnetic fields to neuronal electric fields—that is, to detect and locally amplify these magnetic signals and so allow them to alter the electrical activity of neurons," Martins says. "This could work in reverse, too: electrical signals produced by neurons and nanorobots could be amplified via magnetoelectric nanoparticles, to allow their detection outside of the skull."
Getting these nanoparticles—and nanorobots—safely into the brain via the circulation system would be perhaps the greatest challenge.


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Pakistan Approve Development of a National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policy
THE Board of Director (BoD) of Pakistan's National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) have approved the plan for the development of a National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policy.
The BoD also approved the launch of a National Energy Conservation Awards Scheme and the adoption of standard industrial classification codes by gas and electricity utility companies which will help in identification of Designated Consumers.
The BoD decided that the construction of new public buildings should include energy efficiency improvements and this needs to be reflected in the compliance mechanism for construction of buildings through the Building Energy conservation codes or the Green Building Code.
The BoD also appreciated the successful initiative of Pakistan Energy Labelling Scheme for Fans and recommended a similar initiative to be taken up on a mandatory basis for refrigerators, Air Conditions and LED Lighting to promote energy efficient products.
While chairing first board meeting of Neeca, Federal Minister for Energy, Ali Zafar stressed the importance of energy efficiency and conservation and directed the participants to put in a concerted effort to make the department effective in its aims.
Picture of Islamabad by by Ahmed Iftikhar Sarmad - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.