Chairman of Esse, Semih Şeftali said that they made a research about consumer profiles and shopping practices. He added "We wanted to see the effect of change in Turkey towards shopping tendencies." Şeftali, who indicated that the number of traditional people that are outside of Yeşilköy- Nişantaşı line are growing, explained that they made this research with a Dutch design firm. Şeftali said "At the end of this study four main groups appeared". He continued : "One of these groups is Esse's classical Akmerkez customers. These people's food taste is advanced; they eat the meat with steak knife. There is no growing in the number of these people. They do not cook so often. But if they cook, they care about the material they use. Second group is conservative, traditional and close to changes. They think that haricot bean can be cooked in any pan. But haricot bean can be cooked best in foundry pan. There are suburban and Anatolian consumers in this group.
Şeftali said that third and forth groups are children of the first and second groups and continued: "Third group consists of children of the first group. This group could be described as withdrawn. They do not need to make money. Marriage is rare in this group and they marry lately. They usually eat outside. Spending motivation is based on the enjoyment. Monet they get is not increasing, whereas the money they spend on other things than food is growing up. Forth group is the children of traditional people. They act differently from their parents. They want power both in the sense of status and money. The number of marriage is high and spending motivation is big. They are the retail customer of future. In other words, future is in the new generation of traditional section.
Semih Şeftali said that they gave priority to local production and continued: "We gave up the claim to sell any product in any shop. We offer production according to location." Şeftali explained that this research practice affected sales positively and said "This system affected the sales especially in our shops in Anatolia, increased the sales at 25%." He said that as Esse they have 400 employers and their revenue aim of this year is 90 million TL.


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Joan Colby published widely in journals such as Poetry, Atlanta Review, South Dakota Review, Gargoyle, Pinyon, Little Patuxent Review, Spillway, Midwestern Gothic, and others. Awards included two Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Literature. She published 21 books, including Selected Poems, from FutureCycle Press, which received the 2013 FutureCycle Prize, and Ribcage, from Glass Lyre Press, which was awarded the 2015 Kithara Book Prize. Three of her poems were featured on Verse Daily and another was among the winners of the 2016 Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest. Her latest books were Carnival, from FutureCycle Press, The Seven Heavenly Virtues, from Kelsay Books, and Her Heartsongs, from Presa Press. Colby was a senior editor of FutureCycle Press and an associate editor of Good Works Review.
Joan Colby died on August 18, 2020.
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Arnix Wilnoudt - The World Was Made Flesh I
Arnix Wilnoudt
The World Was Made Flesh I
2012, mixed media, ø 135 cm, H 160 cm
In some villages, life follows an old well-worn track. A very specific sense of place is passed from generation to generation. A rhythm of living defined by a dialect, family names, mom and pop stores, bars, parties and rituals. The Church is still the centre of the community here. On a square in the old city centre, a tall bell tower stands, crowned with a golden rooster. Beneath it everything passes along. Often, a local law still makes sure that these towers will remain the highest point on the horizon. Every day is segmented by the sound of church bells and one is guided by liturgy from baptism tot casket.
Christianity is still essential to social traffic here, much more so than in the city. Many ambitious young people head for the hills as soon as they can walk, looking for a place with fewer rules and more chances. A small, often closed-off community is left behind, looking for peace and order in tradition. They do their chores, play with their grandchildren and go out for ice cream on the village square. The doors to the church are wide open, offering a listening ear and words of advice and support. A cloak of charity for the victims of urbanisation. They might need to do without an ATM and the nearest doctor might be an hour away, but service is still going strong on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the church tower stands tall and demanding. It represents the reach and power of the Catholic church and is a very secretive and secluded part of the building when compared to the nave. A transmitter, not a receiver. The sound of his bells travels far beyond the village boundaries like a territorial claim to the herd. It has a long shadow that falls over many small houses and that conceals the less appealing aspects of organised religion. Abuse of power and perverted suffering are not spoken of here. This suffocating silence is represented here by a massive glass dome sealed by screws bearing a Christian cross. A protective measure that guards the village against outside influence, but also makes sure that the flock stays together.
In The World Was Made Flesh I the classic bell tower is substituted by a large phallus. A hyper-realistic silicone penis that triumphally rises from an imposing cloud of pubic hair. A nun behind the altar looks through the hairs at the priests and pious villagers in front of her. Outside, three women discuss daily affairs in the shade of the erect dick. Everyone suffers through their life and looks away when needed. The whole maquette is made to scale to this display of male dominance.
As a metaphor, this piece has far-reaching consequences. Even the sense of shame or discomfort that many people experience when seeing it for the first time has to be seen in the context of the fall of man. Much of our judgement is still heavily influenced by Christian teachings. When a young child sees this pieces it sees small cows and tiny houses, the hairy thing in the centre hardly catches their eye. As a whole, it is a captivating piece. With an enormous amount of attention to detail, Arnix Wilnoudt playfully switches between vignettes of village life and comical references to stories from the Bible and the skewed balance of power in the Catholic church. A refined sculpture in which one of mankind's most transformative forces is examined with a Dutch sense of humour.
Arnix Wilnoudt (alter ego of Arnoudt Geerards, 1958, lives and works in the Netherlands) is a Dutch artist,.He has been fascinated by the way power works and how it displays itself since childhood. In his work, he combines a kitschy aesthetic with the bigger questions in life and a plethora of references to cultural phenomena. He wants to show his public how power works and how people can be manipulated through symbolism and ritual, without passing judgement. He reuses the shiny treasures left behind by the Catholic church -its monstrances, grails and relics - and infuses them with intimate humanity. His work is exhibited internationally and is part of several key international collections, including the Mehmet Ömer Koç collection (Turkey), the Richard and Alita Rogers Family Foundation (USA) and the collection of the Museo Internacionale di Arte Monterrey (Mexico).
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Olivia Hawkins: Wiki, Bio, Age, Model, TV Reality Star, Love Island
January 21, 2023 by Muskan Agarwal
Olivia Hawkins: Wiki, Bio, Age, Model, TV Reality Star, Love Island, Contestant, Ring Girl, Body Double, Education, Hometown, Birthday, Birthplace, Nationality, Ethnicity, Family, Dating Life, and other details: Olivia Hawkins is a model, a body double, a ring girl and a television reality star and contestant. Apart from that, she is also a social media influencer, an internet personality, a public figure, and also an internet icon and personality. Over her short appearance on television, she has managed to gain a lot of fans and followers for herself. There are so many fans out there who are rooting for her to succeed.
Very recently, Hawkins is being seen on the platform of Love Island. The ninth season of Love Island aired on 16th January and the fans are pretty much in love with Hawkins. In a very short amount of time, Olivia has proved that she has a fire to truly take her forward. Let's read further to know more about Olivia Hawkins, where she comes from, what does she, and everything else.
Olivia Hawkins Early Life and Background
Olivia Hawkins Family and Education
Olivia Hawkins Career
Hawkins's Dating History
Olivia Becomes a Contestant of Love Island
Olivia Hawkins Information Table
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Olivia Hawkins was born on 20 June 1997 in Brighton, Sussex, South East England, United Kingdom to a British couple. She comes from a very well-established and well-settled family and household. She was very interested in and passionate about theatres and dramas since she was a little girl. Olivi loved to see models walking down a ramp and acting kickass characters in movies. She was fascinated by the Hollywood entertainment industry.
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By the time she grew up and finished high school at the age of 17, she had decided that she want to go in the entertainment line. And since her teenage years, she started caring for her body and her looks. She would go to the gym and work out for hours. Her parents were also there for her to support her through her dreams and passion. And the amount of love Olivia has gathered in Love Island just proved how far she has really come.
As we have already established before, Olivia comes from a very normal simple sweet, and small family. Although she has never revealed the identities and professions of her parents, she always talks about them. In multiple interviews, she has confessed that it was because of the support that her parents gave her she has managed to come so far. After researching quite a bit, we found out that Olivia also has a younger sister named Andree Hawkins. Both the sisters are very close to each other and Andree is also a social media figure.
Apart from her entertaining career, her parents always encouraged her to focus on her education as well. She was enrolled in a local high school for her minimum basic high school education and academics. When she was in school, she loved to participate in skits and drama theatres and play several roles. Eventually, she graduated from high school and went on to focus on her passion. To learn better about theatre and entertainment, Hawkins enrolled herself in Bird College, in Sidcup. Three years later, she graduated from there with a degree in theatre and drama.
After completing her education and academics, Olivia started to audition for small roles in movies and series. Eventually, after struggling a lot and working hard she got herself a gig in one of James Bond's movies 'No Time to Die'. She is a very hard-working personality and tries her best to do justice to the roles that she gets. Apart from this, she is also a ring girl. Furthermore, she is also a body double and has doubled for a lot of renowned actresses. She has worked with Emma Watson, Shona McGarty, Michelle Keegan, and many others.
Furtherly, she has also got a lot of offers from famous brands to collaborate with them in a paid partnership. She endorses a lot of top brands and is slowly but surely growing to her fame. Also, she has gained more than forty thousand followers on her Instagram from all around the world. We wish her all the best to make her career a rocking one ahead.
The model has not kept her private life very hidden from her fans. In the past, she has been linked with a couple of guys but nothing ever came to light. Sometimes it was rumored that she was dating a youtube. And sometimes it was anticipated that she was dating a contestant from love island in year 2019.
However, very recently, all truth came to light when Olivia was interviewed on Love Island. She confessed that in her 27 years of life, she has never felt ready to really commit. She revealed that she has never been in a relationship before. Oliva said that she has gone on several dates, but has never committed to anyone before. Being positive, the ring girl says that she hopes that she will be able to find her love and a special connection in Love Island 2023.
Love Island's ninth season was just aired on 16th January 2023. The whole world is thrilled because of the new contestants and their interesting characters. Among all the other popular individuals, Olivia Hawkins is also one of them. We hope the journey excites her and give her everything that she came for. May the best man ad woman win. All the best to all the contestants. And all the best to our queen Olivia Hawkins.
Here is the Wiki Bio of Olivia Hawkins, his Age, Model, TV Reality Star, Love Island, Contestant, Ring Girl, Body Double, Education, Hometown, Birthday, Birthplace, Nationality, Ethnicity, Family, and Dating Life.
Name Olivia Hawkins
Profession Social Media Influencer
Age (as of 2022) Age 27
Birth Place London, England
Place London, England
School Local High School
College/University Bird College
Educational Qualification NA
Caste Christian
Address Brighton, Sussex, South East England, United Kingdom
Hobbies/Interests Music
Parents N/A
Siblings N/A
Husband/Wife/Spouse NA
Net Worth $ 1 Million
Olivia is very close with her parents.
Hawkins has more than 35,000 followers on her Instagram.
She says that she has never been in a relationship with anyone.
Olivia is the closest to her sister.
a) Who is Olivia Hawkins?
A) Olivia Hawkins is a model and television reality star.
A) She is 27 years old.
c) Where is she now?
A) She is a contestant in Love Island.
d) Is she married?
A) No.
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Q: Error querying dbf file from network share using Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1,
Sql Server 2008 x64 SP3,
Access Database Engine x64 SP1
I have linked server:
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'dbf2', @srvproduct=N'dbf2', @provider=N'MSDASQL', @provstr=N'DRIVER={Microsoft Access dBASE Driver (*.dbf, *.ndx, *.mdx)};'

When querying dbf file from local disk everything is OK:
select * from openquery(dbf2, 'select * from c:\\V4C8MA6.dbf') a

But when querying from network share
select * from openquery(dbf2, 'select * from \\\\gefest\\upload\\V4C8MA6.dbf') a

I've got the error:
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 6
The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "dbf2" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.
Msg 7350, Level 16, State 2, Line 6
Cannot get the column information from OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "dbf2".

I've tried different variants to describe the path: [], "", ``, \"\", ....
Everything is OK with the nework share access, the sql server account has needded access rights. But...
How to make it work?
Added on 04 may 2012:
xp_cmdchell lists the directory perfectly.
This is what I discovered:
I created linked server with sprovstr indicating the location of the file:
@provstr=N'DRIVER={Microsoft Access dBASE Driver (*.dbf, *.ndx, *.mdx)};dbq=\\gefest\upload'

This works if I connect to the sql server using sql server auth.
This is what ProcMon shows when using dbq:
Date & Time:    5/4/2012 9:57:55 AM
Event Class:    File System
Operation:  CreateFile
Result: SUCCESS
Path:   \\gefest\upload\
TID:    8588
Duration:   0.0001988
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition:    Open
Options:    Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode:  Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
OpenResult: Opened
This is when indicating path in the query:
Date & Time:    5/4/2012 9:58:53 AM
Event Class:    File System
Operation:  CreateFile
Result: OBJECT PATH INVALID
Path:   \\gefest\upload\
TID:    8588
Duration:   0.0000819
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition:    Open
Options:    Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode:  Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Why sql server receives desired access to the share at the first query and does not at the second?
The third and fourth variants are when connecting to the server using windows auth:
using dbq:
Date & Time:    5/4/2012 10:02:54 AM
Event Class:    File System
Operation:  CreateFile
Result: ACCESS DENIED
Path:   \\gefest\upload\
TID:    8588
Duration:   0.0031837
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition:    Open
Options:    Open For Backup, Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode:  Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Impersonating:    GAZ\kozlovai
indicating path in the query:
Date & Time:    5/4/2012 10:02:20 AM
Event Class:    File System
Operation:  CreateFile
Result: OBJECT PATH INVALID
Path:   \\gefest\upload\
TID:    8588
Duration:   0.0000378
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition:    Open
Options:    Open For Backup, Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode:  Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Impersonating:    GAZ\kozlovai
Sql server impersonates when connecting to the share. And this account 'GAZ\kozlovai' has full access to the share, but sql server still cannot open the file...

A: Check to see if the user idenity under which the query runs has read and write access to the temp folder on the server. This is because SQL Server will create temp files for the query under the context of the calling user, not the SQLServer process account.
EDIT: I recall at least some instances of this problem arising only via UNC hosted shares, so it isn't a lead-pipe cinch it would happen on the local reference.
Just for grins, fire up an XP_CMDSHELL and perform a 'DIR \\SERVER\SHARE\FOLDER' and make certain you can talk to that path via UNC within SQL Server. If not, you still have an access issue to overcome.
Lastly, if all else fails, and you have login access to the server, I'd fire up a copy of Process Monitor and watch for network IO issues when that query fires.

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The New England Patriots beat the New York Jets on Sunday in relatively unspectacular fashion.
Despite a choppy start to the game with early struggles, especially on the offensive side of the ball, the Patriots found a way to earn a 22-17 win at MetLife Stadium.
New England escaped with the victory over a Jets team that's playing out the string and honestly might benefit more from losing and improving its draft position than actually winning. The Patriots won, but they never really came close throughout the game to covering a 9-point spread (although LeGarrette Blount almost covered it with a late run), for whatever that's actually worth.
On the surface, it wasn't the most glamorous win for the Patriots, a team that's built a ridiculous résumé of gaudy wins in the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick era. But you could make the case Sunday's win against the Jets was the Patriots' most impressive of the season.
Again, the Patriots aren't dealing with anything the other 31 teams don't have to, but it didn't take a football scholar to see Brady's knee injury bothered him Sunday. The injury even caused Brady to miss practice earlier in the week, which is valuable prep time, particularly in a shortened week. Tight end Rob Gronkowski spent the week with his status in jeopardy, and it was a bit surprising to see him on the field Sunday in New Jersey. His stint was relatively short-lived, though, as Gronkowski exited and didn't return after suffering a back injury in the first quarter.
On both sides of the ball, the Patriots stepped up in crucial moments.
Offensively, it was a slog in the early going. Brady completed just one of his first five passes on the day for a mere 9 yards. New England never really found its offensive groove, at least not until the fourth quarter after the Jets took a 17-13 lead with just over 10 minutes to play. As he's done many times, Brady orchestrated a brilliant fourth-quarter comeback, completing 10 of 16 passes for 132 yards and a touchdown in the final frame. That included a gorgeous pitch-and-catch with Malcolm Mitchell, perfectly dropping it into the rookie's hands on an out route coming out of the two-minute warning.
But the Patriots' much-maligned defense also stepped up. Much has been made about New England's inability to get takeaways, especially when they were needed most, but the Patriots came up with a pair of crucial forced turnovers Sunday. First, it was Malcolm Butler punching out and then recovering a fumble on a long would-be first down to Robby Anderson. Then, with the Jets trying to stage a desperation comeback, Chris Long's strip sack of Ryan Fitzpatrick all but sealed the game for New England.
Look, there's a reason only two teams in the Super Bowl era have finished the regular season without a loss. It's hard to win a game in the NFL (ask the Browns), and it's even harder to consistently win. The level of difficulty is ratcheted up against a hated division rival on the road. The last seven Patriots-Jets games have been decided by 27 combined points, with the Jets winning two of those games.
Wins like this don't register high on the glamour scale, but it's the kind of adversity-driven test that can help springboard deep playoff runs — the kind of runs with which this team is very familiar.


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An active shooter situation was reported at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hospital on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. The all-clear was given several hours later. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF
Wright-Patt active shooter scare remains unclear a month later
Max Filby, Staff Writer
Newspaper investigation show false alarms common at military installations.
At least nine U.S. military installations have reported active shooter false alarms in the past three years, but none like the chaos that unfolded at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Aug. 2.
Few new details have emerged in the month since the active shooter scare at the base's medical center plunged Wright-Patt into hours of uncertainty as base personnel were forced to remain in buildings and others were not allowed to enter gates.
The base has said there was no active shooter, one military personnel was injured during the alarm and during the search of the medical center, a member of the security force shot a weapon to breach a closed door in the building.
Key records that could offer clues as to what unfolded at the base, such as the original 911 call that day, have so far been withheld from the public. Citing the federal Freedom of Information Act, this newspaper requested 911 calls routed through the base's emergency operation center nearly a month ago that have gone unfilled to this point.
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The gears of the federal government's public records system grind slowly, said Frank LoMonte, a public records expert serving as director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida. Typically, LoMonte said, federal agencies have somewhere between a three to six-month backlog on record requests.
"If the agency doesn't respond to you in three months, you've really got no meaningful recourse," LoMonte said. "You can appeal it but the appeal process is also really slow so you'd jut be trading one long waiting line for another."
Wright-Patt officials said they are reviewing the first 911 call to make sure there is "no personal identifying information" in it, said spokeswoman Marie Vanover. Once that process is completed, Vanover said the call would be released but she had no estimated time frame.
Just a day after the incident at Wright-Patt, this newspaper obtained 911 calls from Fairborn Police and the Greene County Sheriff's Office about the incident.
An active shooter drill was scheduled at Wright-Patt on the day of the false alarm, but it's unclear if it caused the scare. Vanover and base officials have declined to say whether the exercises played a role because of ongoing investigations.
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Active shooter drills
At Travis Air Force Base in northern California and Maryland's Joint Base Andrews, active shooter drills directly played a role in how the false alarms were initially reported.
An hour before the drill was to start at Joint Base Andrews on June 30, 2016, someone with prior knowledge of the drill misidentified security as active shooters near the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility, said spokesman Tim Godbee. That person's report initiated a "real-world response" and a sweep of the medical center.
Only base leaders at Andrews were notified beforehand of the "no-notice" drill, an exercise meant to be performed without all personnel being notified of it, Godbee said.
A cancelled practice exercise at Travis Air Force Base caused the false alarm there on June 14, 2017, Travis spokesman Capt. Lyndsey Horn said. Though the exercise had been terminated, someone mistakenly called the base's emergency control center and reported an active shooter drill, leading security forces to treat it as a "real-world" threat.
"Though it was a false alarm, our emergency teams reacted swiftly and appropriately," Horn said.
'The whole cavalry'
Someone from inside Wright-Patterson Medical Center called 911 around 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 2.
It's unclear what that initial 911 caller reported but the call went to the base's operation center and prompted Wright-Patt's security forces and fire department to respond. In response to the 911 call, Wright-Patt security forces began a systematic sweep and clear of the entire hospital facility.
In preparing for an active shooter drill, it's important to give people a heads up so the situation is not mistaken for an actual threat, said Greg Crane, founder and chief executive officer of the ALICE Training Institute in Medina, Ohio. The institute trains people to respond to active shooter attacks in a way that improves their chances of survival, according to the organization's website.
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"Whenever we're doing a training obviously internal personnel are aware that a training is taking place," Crane said. "We also contact law enforcement…that way if someone does call local law enforcement, they may not send the whole cavalry."
Wright-Patt personnel were notified that emergency training was going to take place, the 88th Airbase Wing installation commander Col. Thomas Sherman said during a press conference that day. The exercises were published in the base's newspaper Skywriter.
There isn't a perfect training "playbook for responding to a killer," Crane said, and for that reason it's not uncommon for drills to be mistaken for actual incidents.
Different outcomes
Although the three most recent active shooter threats at Air Force bases turned out to be false alarms, the situation at Wright-Patt unfolded much differently than the scares at Travis and Andrews.
Unlike the incidents at Travis and Andrews, one of Wright-Patt's "defenders" was injured during the sweep of the base hospital, Vanover said.
It took nearly three hours for the incident at Wright-Patt to conclude while the scares at Travis and Andrews were determined to be false alarms in much less time. At both Andrews and Travis, authorities gave the "all-clear" around 90 minutes or so after the first 911 calls were made, officials said.
Chief among the concerns being investigated at Wright-Patt is a security force member's use of a firearm to breach a locked door in Wright-Patterson Medical Center. No shots were fired during the active shooter incidents at Travis or Andrews, spokespeople for each base said.
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Though it's not unheard of, Crane said firing a weapon to open a door should always be a last resort. Law enforcement should avoid firing into a door unless they are sure that a "bad guy" is on the other side because a bullet may not stop at the door, Crane said.
"When it comes to using force, I would like to know that there's a need to use force and that we had exhausted any other means," Crane said. "Any time there's a use of force, collateral damage is the potential consequence. That's the one thing about shooting that every officer has to take into account."
Photos obtained by this newspaper by employees at Wright-Patt show bullet holes in a wall and a computer inside a room following the incident.
Wright-Patt is putting together a formal review board to evaluate the response to the active shooter scare but the group will not look into security's use of force.
Instead, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking into the shots fired at Wright-Patt. Spokeswoman Linda Card said she could not comment on the probe while it is still ongoing.
"I would like to think there was a reason that door was forcibly breached," Crane said. "Anything else probably requires more investigation."
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Recent false alarms at military sites
• Aug. 23: Fort Hood, Texas
• Aug. 2: Wright-Patt Air Force Base
• April 13: Camp Humphreys, South Korea
• Sept. 29: U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
• June 27: Redstone Arsenal, Army post in Alabama
• June 14: Travis Air Force Base, California
• April 4: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
• June 30: Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
• Jan. 26: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California


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Planning your wedding doesn't have to be stressful or overwhelming and it really shouldn't be as this is the most important day of your life. With so many details and things to take care of it's easy to understand just how stressful weddings can be, but only if you allow them to be. Follow these five quick tips to make wedding planning simple, free of stress, and most of all, enjoyable.
You can never be too organized or have too many lists when it comes to planning your wedding. With so many details to remember, it's impossible to keep track of everything and keep yourself sane at the same time. The smart bride-to-be will start planning her wedding right after she says "Yes!" in order to have a stress-free, enjoyable time preparing for the most important day of her life.
A strict budget is the only way to ensure couples aren't spending more than they should on their big day. After all, who wants to start out their lives together under a mountain of debt? Couples should sit down and decide how much they can realistically afford once they've determined if their families are contributing to the costs. Create a worksheet, the more detailed the better, and list who is paying for what and what the estimated, and then actual costs will be.
Once your budget is in place you'll soon realize how all of the expenses of a wedding can quickly add up to staggering amounts. However, by doing a little bargain shopping and even some dickering with merchants, you can be sure to get the very best deals possible. Saving money without sacrificing quality is the goal here. Word of mouth is an excellent way of finding reliable vendors such as caterers, photographers and bands or disc jockeys. Ask for references or samples and equally as important, get everything in writing.
It would be impossible for any one person to plan an entire wedding on their own, so finding others that will offer their assistance is imperative for keeping levels of stress at a minimum. Choose those people that will offer reassurance and guidance as well as allow you to remain in constant control of planning the wedding. The idea is to reduce stress and make things easier for you, not create drama or conflict.


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Nearly 50 people gathered for the "Best Practices for Assisting People With Disabilities During Disaster" Workshop hosted by Pomperaug Health District Medical Reserve Corps Unit, June 3, at the Woodbury Community Senior Center.
Attendees, representing Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) and MRC units from Southbury, Woodbury, Oxford, New Milford, and as far away as East Hartford and Rocky Hill, were treated to dinner and a highly interactive session conducted by a team of professional facilitators from the Capitol Region Emergency Planning Committee.


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Q: Sort by either created_at or updated_at (whichever is more recent) Ruby on Rails I am having what feels like a simple problem, except I can't seem to find the answer.
I have a group of records:
@mymonkeys = @user.monkeys.all
What I need are the 3 monkeys that have most recently been interacted with (either created or updated).
I can get the most recently created monkeys like this:
@mymonkeys.sort_by(&:created_at).reverse!.take(3)
And the most recently updated monkeys like this:
@mymonkeys.sort_by(&:updated_at).reverse!.take(3)
But is there a line of code that returns the monkeys that have most recently been either created or updated?

Thanks so much!

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I saw
this question which mentioned the coalesce keyword but I wasn't able to determine whether or not that's what I'm looking for.

A: You can (and probably should) do this in the database but COALESCE is not what you're looking for. COALESCE is used to convert NULLs to something else in SQL, you say things like:
coalesce(might_be_null, what_i_want_instead_of_null)

In your case, you should always have both created_at and updated_at so you shouldn't have to worry about NULLs.
If you want to choose the largest of several values, then you want to use GREATEST; if you want the smallest, then use LEAST; any database worth using for real work should support both GREATEST and LEAST but you could fake it with a CASE if necessary. The most recent timestamp is the GREATEST so you want to sort on greatest(created_at, update_at); you also want the three most recent at the top of the list so you want a descending sort (i.e. biggest first); you can send a LIMIT 3 into the database while you're at it. That gives you:
three_recent_monkeys = @user.monkeys.order('greatest(created_at, updated_at) desc').limit(3)

This is Rails so updated_at should always be at least created_at so greatest(created_at, updated_at) should always be updated_at. That means that you can simplify things and just say:
three_recent_monkeys = @user.monkeys.order('updated_at desc').limit(3)

A: &:created_at is syntax sugar for { |monkey| moneky.created_at }. Pass the block in which you do what you want.
@mymonkeys.sort_by { |m| [m.created_at, m.updated_at].max }.reverse!.take(3)


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A man in Rideemaliyadda from whose house gold jewellery worth Rs. 800,000 was stolen, was overjoyed to learn that the suspects had been caught by police, even before he made the complaint.
When he went to make the complaint about the theft to the Rideemaliyadda Police, they had already arrested the three suspects who burgled his house.
The Police also seized gold jewellery worth Rs. 800,000 and Rs. 40,000 which they had allegedly stolen the previous night.
The Police had learnt everything about the robbery before the complainant came to the station. The Police while on routine patrol in Aandaaulpatha town had questioned the three on suspicion, when they happened to meet the suspects at dawn, a few hours after the robbery.
Thereafter, the Police arrested the three suspects. One suspect was from Rohana, Mahiyangana, while the other two were from Kundalunuka, Rideemaliyadda. They were of the ages 18, 22 and 46. The suspects were to be produced before the Mahiyangana Magistrate.


National Teachers Academy, an elementary school on Chicago's Near South Side.
In a major victory for parents trying to keep their Near South Side elementary school open, a judge ruled Monday that the school district must stop taking steps to convert the building into a high school.
Soon after, Chicago Public Schools said it would not appeal. This means the planned conversion of National Teachers Academy Elementary school into a high school will not happen.
The new high school was set to open next fall, but that fell apart after Cook County Judge Frank Valderrama granted an injunction Monday afternoon.
He ruled that parents who challenged the closure of National Teachers Academy had a high likelihood of succeeding in their lawsuit. They argued that Chicago Public Schools violated their civil rights through the closure.
"CPS is fully committed to providing students in the Near South community with a high-quality neighborhood high school, and that will continue to be a top priority," CPS spokesman Michael Passman said in a statement. "While we strongly disagree with today's ruling, we believe appealing today's decision could create greater long-term uncertainty for students and we will not move forward with an appeal."
Many parents in the packed courtroom had tears streaming down their face as the decision was read.
This represents the first time a court has intervened in a school closing decision by Chicago Public Schools.
It's a blow to the school district, which had already begun accepting applications to the new National Teachers High School and started renovating the building so that it is better situated for high school students.
Not only have current National Teachers Academy parents fought the conversion plan, but they also have gained the support of Chance the Rapper, as well as at least one candidate in the 2019 mayoral race.
They say the school district shouldn't close a high-performing elementary school that is fully utilized. In the past, closings have been justified by poor academic performance and low enrollment. They say NTA was being targeted because it serves mostly black students.
Their case was bolstered when South Loop Elementary, where NTA students were going to attend, was recently rated lower than NTA by both the city and the state. Under the plan, South Loop will get a new building and have a three-building campus.
But Chicago Public Schools officials refuse to call the conversion of NTA a closing, opting instead to call it a "grade reassignment." They said the area needs a high school because few nearby children are willing to go to the neighborhood schools they are assigned to attend.
Families in the South Loop and Chinatown have sought a high school for their students for years. They contend their current attendance boundary high schools are not viable options because they are low-performing.
Since announcing the plan to create a new high school in the South Loop, several Near South Side communities had requested their children be guaranteed a spot. South Loop, Chinatown, some of Bridgeport, and some of Bronzeville has been included in the boundaries for the new high school.


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Police in Port Elizabeth are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after a 51-year-old woman was gunned down in her driveway at her Sydenham home as she wrestled with one of three armed hijackers on Wednesday night.
According to police information, the shooting happened along Coventry Road, in Sydenham, at about 8.30pm, after three men approached the woman and her 21-year-old son in the driveway after he had picked her up from work.
Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, said that the assailants ordered the son to lie on the ground and hand over the car keys.
However, the woman, who had gone to close the gate, wrestled with one of the men and shots were fired.
She was killed and the men fled without the vehicle and without injuring her son.
Police are appealing for leads and information that might assist them in their investigation - the public can call the SAPS crime hotline 08600 10111.


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'Trunkwell and The Chocolate factory'!
As we celebrate our 12th year of highly successful and imaginative themed nights, Trunkwell's Shiny Ticket will provide your passport to enter our weird and wonderful Chocolate Factory for 2019! Guests are surrounded by vibrant colours and oversized confectionery as you wander through our factory gates into a world of pure imagination... You will find our Chocolate Factory Host (you know the guy right, in charge of the orange people!) amongst the guests and later showing his moves on the dance floor. Enjoy a 3 course meal prepared by the factory chefs whilst our themed acts dazzle under the star cloth ceiling. After dinner it's time to ride the Fairground Dodgems and dance the night away. For guests with a sweet tooth there's always 'Confectionery Corner' after dinner to grab your free chocolate bar! Experience a sweet and unforgettable time at Trunkwell House with our very own Candy Cane Christmas.
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[Interesting] Facts About Poland You'll be Surprised in 2020
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We've been talking about you know places like Sweden And I felt like today is a day we got to talk about Poland because it seems to be a very cool place And I know a few people from Poland who are absolutely amazing now before I get in this Blog Post I want to know from all you guys out there in the real world I want to know. I'm excited to learn about it, Sweden was cool all the other countries we've talked about but here is Poland time.
Facts About Poland Area 2020
Poland is the Eastern European country that sits right beside the Baltic sea and as of 2010 it is a country that has over 38 million people stretched out over a landscape of 312 thousand six hundred and Seventy-nine square kilometers. This may the country have 123 people per Square kilometer.
What you call a men from Poland?
Now the one thing that I didn't know about Poland is that apparently if you call somebody a Polack it's a really offensive term I didn't really know that I always thought it was kind of like just slang for being like yeah, you're a polish person But apparently it is a very derogative and negative offensive term towards Polish people but if you want a short term for a polish person You either call them polish or a pole.
Now even though some polish people may take offense to this word the country is made up of great people who strive for a better Future and
Facts About Poland Independence Day And History 2020
Poland itself as a country that has a really extensive history Just like most of the countries that we do talk about but with this history It's got great moments and also really sad moments for example the people of Poland are really excited to celebrate their independence Now this happened on November 11th 1918.
When they declared themselves their own Republic from Russia and throughout the second World war this day of independence was banned in 1939 because of German influence within the country and even though the Germans got their butt kicked in World war 2 (WW2).
Their independence wasn't celebrated again until 1989 When the communist government was kicked out which is kind of fascinating to me because I do think that Poland was going to be communist after the war and speaking of history We'll dive more into that into a future article but for now.
Facts about Poland Land And Mountains
Let's just talk about some really cool facts about the country itself for example Poland has some many interesting features about the country many of you may picture Poland and see it as a Lowlands or planes and not very mountainous.
But in fact that's absolutely incorrect because while Poland down to the southern regions has a lot of mountains these other Carpathian and Sudetes mountain ranges and the two highest are the Tatra mountains and the tallest of the Tatras mountains that's in Poland is the Richey Mountain coming in at two thousand five hundred and three meters tall or eight thousand two hundred and twelve feet it is a great Place to climb and hike except for it is closed from November 1st to June 15th Which makes sense because the winter seasons now let's step away from Nature for just a second.
Facts About Poland Population 2020
Let's talk about Polish culture First of all the capital of Poland is Warsaw and out of all the cities It is the largest city with a population of 1.8 million people it was founded in 1200 ad with the St. John's our Cathedral church in Warsaw being one of the oldest cathedrals in the city And it is so old that it is considered a United Nation SEO site and speaking of City ages dance has over four hundred and sixty thousand people and it is one of if not the oldest major City within Poland.
Being founded in 997 and by Moscow first of Poland who is the Ruler of the poles in 1960 and when we think of Poland we might think of Polish beer or vodka or just Having drinks in Poland for a good time and not saying that the poles are a bunch of drunks But like us Canadians over here.
We do enjoy a good bevy, but as for alcohol They estimate that a polish person drinks 92 liters of beer a year and further drinking laws you have to be over 18 years old to legally purchase alcohol But keep in mind That's just purchased because I couldn't find anything that stated whether or not it was legal for people under the age of 18 to drink alcohol But on top of that if you drank in the streets of Poland or the parts of Poland it would be considered illegal Considering we're on the topic of drinking We might as well talk about smoking because smoking is banned in indoor restaurants workplaces indoor public places And of course you have to be 18 years old to do that as well and the one thing that's smoking and drinking have in Common is that they are related to the healthcare system.
Facts About Poland Health System 2020
The health care system in Poland is free for everyone and is provided by the national health fund However if you want free health care you have to be insured, and that's usually done by an employer now There are also private health care systems where citizens have to pay full amounts but as their constitution it states that everyone is entitled to health care and in 2013 a study found out that 61% of Citizens have used private health care as well as 91% of pregnant woman now Let's jump back to a little more culture because one thing that's fascinating about Poland is that it has 14 un SEO or UN SEO Zones? excluding the entire town of Warsaw which is an entire site the country has a range from cities to structures to churches to Forests and these places remind us of the great amazing story of the country.
Facts About Poland In World War 2 (WW2)
But unfortunately one of these places has a story of darkness and regret This is because one of the UN SEO Ozone's within Poland is the auspice concentration camp now. I'm not gonna Lie guys I had totally forgotten that OSH. Whit's was in Poland I always thought it was in Germany But I guess I was wrong during the second world war there were three major concentration camps OSH wits 1, 2, 3 as well They had 45 other satellite camps around the area and this was Germany's final solution to the juke question which resulted in the extermination of Millions of Jewish people as a matter of fact these concentration camps were pretty much a prison for 1.3 million Jews and throughout the entire genocide out of the second world war these particular concentration camps contributed to the deaths of 1.1 million Jewish people and they believed that ash woods was responsible for killing 1 out of 6 Jews that were murdered throughout the entire Holocaust but however the soviets managed to find OSH Whit's and freed the people on January 7th 1945 making it international holocaust remembrance day And you may wonder why is this place a UN SEO? Ozone if it's such a very dark spot in our history one that we would probably rather forget well in 1947.
Poland Found at the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum and by 1979 the Camp was inscribed Because although there may have been terrible moments in history it reminds us to move forward and never return to these terrible times But today Poland stands as a very interesting country as they contribute to peace keeping missions joining Nato on March 12th of 1999 they've also joined in relief operations in Iraq and even operation enduring freedom in Afghanistan.
Throughout the years Poland has been moving forward to recognize individual thought and progress as in 1989 it held its first free elections in over 40 years thus bringing in a non communist government as well as one thing That's really interesting about Poland is they have 17 Nobel prize winners their first one was in 1903 Which Maria Curie one for physics That she even won a second time in 1911 for chemistry and out of all these 17 Nobel prizes of four of them are for peace one thing that's really interesting about the polish is that they have 32 letters in their Alphabet Although the alphabet is based off of a Latin alphabet They have multiple accents and some letters that look like English ones But actually sound very different for example W sounds more like a V have you ever heard of k g Well, probably not if you're from another country.
Facts About Poland Industry 2020
But one thing that's interesting about this polish company is it is a copper and silver production company that employs 34,000 people around the world and although it is owned by 32% of the government it ranks as 10th in the world when it comes to providing copper for the entire planet Either way Poland remains a cool and interesting country to visit there may be a lot of places to go But let's not forget their food which they're famous for pastries and Pierogies but there's also many historical buildings and Amazing places to get in touch with nature such as the broca's zoo it is also a place that is home to over 250 castles, that's a lot and because of these amazing places in 2013 they had over 15 million visitors come into the country and as of today Poland is the 17th most visited Country in the entire World so there you have it that is a brief look at Poland most likely we'll get into a part to Diving into more history.
Facts About Poland Food 2020
Food and culture anyways some cool facts that you want to send us and get a shout out you can do that So be sure to head there all the links for everything is in the description Box below but Poland what a beautiful country filled with beautiful people it is a country that has a lot of history and that has been caught in The middle of some dark places in the world's past however the people of Poland Remains strong to be the best and greatest at what they do This is the culture and country and people of Poland who have given a lot to the world From its thoughts that have earned Nobel prizes to its great food But most importantly it is a country that reminds us that beauty is always out there What?
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One of the best things about autumn is the amazing smells associated with the season in your Chigwell, Loughton or Woodford home. Cinnamon and apple scents fill the home and these scents begin to mix with the smells of Christmas and the arrival of mulled wine.
Even if you don't like mulled wine and don't want to drink it you can still fill your home with the aromatics of apple slices, cinnamon sticks, and cloves by warming them in some water on the stove and letting the scent waft through your entire home.
Bringing in pine branches to decorate your halls and stairs and setting up a real Christmas tree can bring the scent of pine into your home as can bowls of pine cones. Pinecones can also be enhanced with a little essential oil. There is a wide selection of different essential oils you can try out to find one you like.
If you prefer the sweeter scents of fruit and cinnamon you can always hang garlands of dried orange slices, balanced by bay leaves and cinnamon sticks. They can look really lovely strung up on a fireplace and smell wonderfully sweet. The heat from a fireplace or a radiator will help distribute the scents.
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Peter Popoff's source of wealth comes from being a religious leader. How much money is Peter Popoff worth at the age of 75 and what's his real net worth now?
As of 2022, Peter Popoff's net worth is under review.
Peter Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is famous for being religious leader. He currently resides in Germany. German American televangelist and self-proclaimed faith healer, who was exposed as a fraud in 1986 by James Randi.
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Peter Popoff was born in Germany on Tuesday, July 2, 1946 (Baby Boomers Generation generation). He is 75 years old and is a Cancer. Peter Popoff is a German American televangelist, self-proclaimed prophet and faith healer. He conducts revival meetings and once hosted a national television program. He initially rose to prominence in the 1980s. In 1986, skeptics exposed his method of receiving supposedly divine revelations from his wife via an in-ear radio receiver. Popoff declared bankruptcy in 1987 after his tactics were exposed, but he has since made a comeback using similar techniques. According to Fred M. Frohock, "the case of Peter Popoff is one of many egregious instances of fake healing". "Most of these guys are fooled by their own theology", said Ole Anthony of the Trinity Foundation, which has investigated Popoff and other televangelists since 1987. "He's fundamentally evil, because he knows he's a con man." He was the inspiration for a character in the 2012 thriller film Red Lights, starring Robert De Niro .
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IBM Watson's Jeopardy! victory revealed how scientists and engineers are building machines that sense, learn, reason, and interact with people in more natural, intelligent ways to provide insight and advice, expanding the boundaries of science and technology.
In Smart Machines, the authors discuss the meaning and impacts of "cognitive systems" for general audiences, providing a window into the future of computing. Cognitive systems promise to penetrate complexity and assist people and organizations in better decision making.


Easy pumpkin porridge recipe. Learn how to make Korean style pumpkin porridge!
Korean pumpkin porridge (Hobakjuk, 호박죽) is a popular snack / dessert, but some people even eat it for breakfast too. It's sweet, nutty and velvety. A perfect comfort food in fall and winter!
The Korean word – Hobak (호박) is a generic term for pumpkin, squash (US) and zucchini. But when we refer to Hobakjuk (호박죽), it is usually made with danhobak (단호박), which is known as kabocha squash, Japanese pumpkin, and Kent pumpkin in some English speaking countries.
Among other benefits, pumpkin porridge is known for reducing swelling after surgery in Korea. So it's a popular get well gift.
The porridge is often seasoned with sugar, but as kabocha squash is naturally sweet, you can reduce it or even skip it per your preference.
Korean pumpkin porridge has a velvety smooth texture so it is a popular baby food as well. But if I were using this recipe for a baby, I would omit the sugar, salt and the rice cake balls. Alternatively, you can use this recipe that I used for my daughter. It was one of her favorite baby foods back in the days.
Another highlight of Korean pumpkin porridge is rice cake balls. (Some people might call it rice dumplings). These balls are made with sweet rice flour (mochiko) and its jelly like texture is quite fun to eat with the porridge. My sister reckons it's the best part!
Interestingly, these rice cake balls are called Saealsim (새알심) in Korea. That means bird's egg. It's probably named like this because they look like small bird's eggs.
Depending on how you use these balls, they can be used to thicken your porridge, but I mainly use them as a garnish and use additional portions of sweet rice flour to thicken the porridge.
Now that all the basics are covered, let's get cooking! Hope you enjoy my recipe!
1. Cut the pumpkin (kabocha squash) into quadrants. Remove the seeds and stringy bits with a knife and/or spoon.
2. Place the pumpkin into a steamer and steam them over rolling boiling water until the pumpkin is tender and soft. Cool down the pumpkin until it's easy to handle. Cut the skin off from the flesh and discard. Chop the pumpkin into smaller chunks.
3. Place the pumpkin, water (3 cups), sugar and the salt into a blender. Blend it until pureed. Pour the liquefied pumpkin into a medium size saucepan and boil it over medium high heat for 10 mins. Stir it often to avoid it burning.
The porridge can be served warm or cold. The unused portion can be refrigerated for a few days or frozen for a month. It reheats well in a microwave but make sure you cover with a microwaveable lid to avoid a messy clean up afterwards.
Scoop out the rice cake balls using a strainer then transfer them into a bowl with (cold) water then set it aside until needed.
3. Garnish on the pumpkin porridge.
Cut the pumpkin (kabocha squash) into quadrants. Remove the seeds and stringy bits with a knife and/or spoon.
Place the pumpkin into a steamer and steam them over rolling boiling water until the pumpkin is tender and soft. Cool down the pumpkin until it's easy to handle. Cut the skin off from the flesh and discard. Chop the pumpkin into smaller chunks.
Place the pumpkin, water (3 cups), sugar and the salt into a blender. Blend it until pureed. Pour the liquefied pumpkin into a medium size saucepan and boil it over medium high heat for 10 mins. Stir it often to avoid it burning.
Garnish on the pumpkin porridge.
Excellent recipe! Made it tonight – it was easy to follow and delicious. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Sue, I made it last night – Simple and Awesome!Thanks for the recipe.
Hi Sue, thanks for the recipe it looks delicious would love to make it . I live in Barbados and I would have to check around for to see if I can get the sweet rice flour here in my country. If i find it I'll let you know how it turned out.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I had this in Korea last year and really wanted it again. I wanted to make my own and was looking at recipes online. Nothing appealed to me and they seemed complicated. Then your email came and you always make recipes seem so simple. I will be trying it this weekend. If all goes well, I will be making more and freezing batches.
I got my squash last night and plan on making this this weekend. I was just saying that I wanted to make this and then got your email. I had this in Korea last year and it was so so good. It is perfect for this season. I plan on making this and if all goes well I will make more and freeze batches.
I always roast pumpkin or squash before proceeding with any recipe. Roasting enhances the flavor of any of the vegetables prior to soup making.
When I roast the butternut squash in the oven(skin on)I usually rub the skin with vegetable oil, remove the seeds, and put it on a sheet or roasting pan, skin side down, and cover it so that it doesn't dry out. You have to check it from time to time, using a fork or chopstick to test for doneness. If you leave it in too long, the juices will start to caramelize and burn. That's the sugar coming out. You don't want to burn that sugar. Roasting is good for 2 reasons: with the pumpkin covered, the dry heat will cause the pumpkin to roast in its own moisture and there is less danger of the flesh becoming becoming too wet as when it is boiled. That way you have more control over how much water or soup stock(preferred) to add. If. When you add half and half or heavy cream to give the soup a smoother, more velvety texture, you won't have excess moisture that you might get when boiling in water which might dillute the natural flavor. I'm not sure if it makes a difference whether you purée the pumpkin flesh before or after adding the cream. The second reason to roast the squash, skin-on, is that the flesh can be easily scooped out with virtually no waste. Hint: if you try this method, try scraping the pan where the flesh has started to caramelize around the edges. It's like eating candy. BTW: I will definitely make a kabocha porridge as a side dish to our Thanksgiving dinner this year with the rice cake balls and several other side dishes several Korean side dishes using your banchan recipes,.
Thanks for the porridge recipe. Our local Korean Market sells acontainers of pumpkin porridge daily in their ready-to-eat section. I regularly make a variety of soup recipes, including roasted, puréed butternut squash or kabocha soup. Roasting brings out more of the natural sugar, so I add less sugar. I add a couple of cloves of pressed garlic, a tiny bit of nutmeg, and use canned chicken broth instead of water. For richness I add about a quarter cup of heavy cream, topped with toasted pumpkin seeds, sour cream, and cilantro. Your post provides me with the crowning touch, the rice cake balls. I will try to make them this week. The result for me will be a main course entree. Thanks again for sharing.
Hi Michael, I didn't know roasting brings out more natural sweet taste of the pumpkin. Maybe next time I can try that. I bet it's nuttier too. Anyway, enjoy my recipe!


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#include "memory_manager.h"

#include <gtest/gtest.h>

#include <memory>
#include <vector>

namespace gapir {
namespace test {
namespace {

const uint32_t MEMORY_SIZE = 4096;

class MemoryManagerTest : public ::testing::Test {
protected:
    virtual void SetUp() {
        std::vector<uint32_t> memorySizes = {MEMORY_SIZE};
        mMemoryManager.reset(new MemoryManager(memorySizes));
    }

    std::unique_ptr<MemoryManager> mMemoryManager;
};
}  // anonymous namespace

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, ConstantMemoryIsEmptyByDefault) {
    EXPECT_EQ(0, mMemoryManager->getConstantSize());
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, ConstantSizeIsCorrect) {
    mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(256);
    uint8_t* constantBaseAddress = static_cast<uint8_t*>(mMemoryManager->getReplayAddress()) + 64;

    std::vector<uint8_t> constantMemory;
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
        constantMemory.push_back(i);
        memcpy(constantBaseAddress, &constantMemory.front(), i + 1);
        mMemoryManager->setConstantMemory({constantBaseAddress, i + 1});
        EXPECT_EQ(i + 1, mMemoryManager->getConstantSize());
    }
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, DefaultVolatileSizeIsMemorySize) {
    EXPECT_EQ(MEMORY_SIZE, mMemoryManager->getVolatileSize());
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, SetReplayDataSize) {
    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(MEMORY_SIZE));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(MEMORY_SIZE + 1));
    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(MEMORY_SIZE));
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, ExplicitVolatileSizeIsUpdated) {
    const uint32_t volatileMemorySize = MEMORY_SIZE / 2;
    mMemoryManager->setVolatileMemory(volatileMemorySize);

    EXPECT_NE(MEMORY_SIZE, mMemoryManager->getVolatileSize());
    EXPECT_EQ(volatileMemorySize, mMemoryManager->getVolatileSize());
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, OutOfBoundsVolatileSizeFails) {
    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(MEMORY_SIZE / 2));

    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->setVolatileMemory(MEMORY_SIZE / 2));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->setVolatileMemory(MEMORY_SIZE / 2 + 1));
    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->setVolatileMemory(MEMORY_SIZE / 2));
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, IsConstantAddressWorks) {
    uint32_t constantMemorySize = 1024;

    std::vector<uint8_t> constantMemory(constantMemorySize, 0);
    mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(constantMemorySize * 2);
    uint8_t* constantBase = static_cast<uint8_t*>(mMemoryManager->getReplayAddress()) + 128;
    memcpy(constantBase, &constantMemory.front(), constantMemory.size());
    mMemoryManager->setConstantMemory({constantBase, constantMemory.size()});

    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->isConstantAddress(constantBase));
    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->isConstantAddress(constantBase + constantMemorySize / 2));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->isConstantAddress(constantBase + constantMemorySize));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->isConstantAddress(constantBase - 1));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->isConstantAddress(mMemoryManager->volatileToAbsolute(0)));
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, IsVolatileAddressWorks) {
    uint32_t volatileSize = 1024;

    mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(512);
    mMemoryManager->setVolatileMemory(volatileSize);
    uint8_t* volatileBase = static_cast<uint8_t*>(mMemoryManager->volatileToAbsolute(0));

    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->isVolatileAddress(volatileBase));
    EXPECT_TRUE(mMemoryManager->isVolatileAddress(volatileBase + volatileSize / 2));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->isVolatileAddress(volatileBase + volatileSize));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->isVolatileAddress(volatileBase - 1));
    EXPECT_FALSE(mMemoryManager->isVolatileAddress(mMemoryManager->constantToAbsolute(0)));
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, AbsoluteToVolatile) {
    mMemoryManager->setVolatileMemory(MEMORY_SIZE / 2);

    EXPECT_EQ(10, mMemoryManager->absoluteToVolatile(
                          static_cast<uint8_t*>(mMemoryManager->getVolatileAddress()) + 10));
}

TEST_F(MemoryManagerTest, AbsoluteToConstant) {
    uint32_t constantMemorySize = 1024;

    std::vector<uint8_t> constantMemory(constantMemorySize, 0);
    mMemoryManager->setReplayDataSize(constantMemorySize * 2);
    uint8_t* constantBase = static_cast<uint8_t*>(mMemoryManager->getReplayAddress()) + 128;
    memcpy(constantBase, &constantMemory.front(), constantMemory.size());
    mMemoryManager->setConstantMemory({constantBase, constantMemory.size()});

    EXPECT_EQ(10, mMemoryManager->absoluteToConstant(
                          static_cast<const uint8_t*>(mMemoryManager->constantToAbsolute(0)) + 10));
}

}  // namespace test
}  // namespace gapir


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President Paul: Rand Rising?
By John Fund
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Some in the GOP resent the younger Paul and worry he's too radical. They should take another look.
Palm Beach, Fla. — Those who doubted that Rand Paul was will running for president need to change their minds after considering how he energized the conservative grass roots with his 13-hour Senate filibuster last week.
Paul took a narrow issue — as he put it, "whether an American can be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime" — and captured the attention of political activists. As social media lit up with praise for his efforts, many of his fellow senators joined him on the floor, in solidarity with his demand that the Obama administration answer a question it had legalistically evaded for days. Representative Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania was part of a group of House members who went to the Senate floor to "stand with Rand." "The atmosphere was electric, " he says. "Republicans felt we were advancing."
#ad#The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder capitulated and finally gave Paul a direct answer: "'Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?' The answer to that question is no."
Rand Paul isn't as direct when asked whether he is running for president, but he says he is "seriously" considering it. If he does enter the race, he will clearly do so by stepping out of what he views as an establishment straitjacket that keeps conservatives from communicating their message to young people, Hispanics, and disillusioned independents.
"We've got to appeal to younger voters, the West Coast, people who view Republicans as in league with crony capitalists and the wealthy, and those who are suspicious of endless foreign interventions," he says. "Otherwise, we are going to become a niche product for red states."
Much of the GOP establishment obviously resents Rand Paul's arrival on the national stage. Take John McCain, who tangled frequently with Rand's father, Ron Paul, when they both ran in the GOP primaries in 2008. A front-page photo in the New York Times captured him glowering as he happened to share an elevator with Rand Paul in the Capitol building last week. McCain told reporters that if the younger Paul "wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids."
But at the annual Club for Growth meeting here in Palm Beach, it wasn't kids in the audience who greeted Paul as a hero, giving him a standing ovation both before and after his talk last Friday. The Club for Growth is a group of sober-minded business owners and investors who have proved their political clout by helping elect tea-party-oriented senators, including Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Rand Paul himself.
Some Club members are already in Paul's corner for 2016. "He has broadened his appeal to include three issues that 75 percent of the American people agree with," says George Yeager, an investment counselor from New York. "He wants a balanced-budget amendment, term limits, and a questioning of mindless nation-building overseas."
Jim DeMint, the former South Carolina senator who is now president of the Heritage Foundation, told Club members that he "couldn't think of a more dramatic contrast between some senators having dinner with President Obama on the same night last week that Rand Paul and his allies were making their courageous stand." In his view, "the balance of power in the Senate GOP caucus is shifting." He noted that key members of the Senate leadership, such as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Jerry Moran of Kansas, came to the Senate floor in support of Paul's effort.
#page#If Paul ran for president, he would no doubt be the underdog, given the Republican Party's post-Reagan penchant for nominating only establishment figures. But two consecutive presidential defeats have discredited the establishment in the eyes of many activists.
Mallory Factor, who runs a popular "Monday Meeting" of conservative activists in Charleston, S.C., had Paul speak to his group recently and reported that the response was very favorable. "He has a fresh appeal," Factor says. "And the mailing lists he inherits from his father's two campaigns are a huge fundraising and organizational head start" in South Carolina and other states that will vote early in the 2016 nominating process.
#ad#The reaction in other early-voting states is also favorable. "I don't think you can underestimate how big of a moment this was," conservative Iowa talk-radio host Steve Deace told Politico, speaking of Paul's filibuster. "If the Iowa caucuses were tomorrow, he would win in a landslide."
Even Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain's 2008 presidential effort, told Politico that Paul could be a formidable candidate. "I can't tell you how many hours and meetings are devoted to discussing the candidate's vision in a campaign," said Schmidt. "Well, you wouldn't have to do that with him. . . . He's got the right combination of principles, oratory skills, smarts, and showmanship."
Now that Paul has seized the limelight, he will begin a process of being grilled and dissected by a media that is largely hostile to his libertarian message. He delivers that message more smoothly and effectively than his father does — the elder Paul has been tagged at times as cranky — but Paul's strength, his freshness, is also a potential weakness. After his upset GOP-primary win for the Senate in 2010, the neophyte Paul, who has held office for only two years, gave a now-infamous interview on MSNBC in which he disastrously questioned the constitutionality of parts of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Since then, Paul has done a better job of steering what he calls "a middle ground between pure libertarianism and traditional conservatism," but some GOP leaders still view him as a loose cannon. One senator told me privately that if Paul runs, GOP voters would be unlikely to shake a sense that Paul "has a veiled radical agenda that would undermine the military, leave Israel in the lurch, and savage programs many people depend on."
By all appearances, Paul is trying to assuage these misgivings. He recently met with the leadership of the American Israel Political Action Committee and made his first trip to Israel. He has put his legislative staff to work on veterans' issues and pointed out that reforming the Pentagon will help ensure U.S. military strength.
Most important, he has developed a good relationship with Minority Leader McConnell, his fellow Kentuckian. Paul's former campaign manager is now leading McConnell's 2014 reelection effort, and McConnell has allowed Paul a great deal of freedom to offer amendments of his choosing on the Senate floor. All of this makes it harder for people to depict Paul as a fringe figure in the Senate.
But for all his efforts, some Republicans — those who blame the Tea Party for the GOP's failure to take back the Senate from Democrats in 2012 — would probably treat a Paul candidacy as an insurgency they need to suppress. They will insist that Paul won't appeal to women, moderates, and people who will be suspicious of his Kentucky drawl.
But even those who are hostile to Paul should welcome his candidacy. If his star-making filibuster is any indication, his entry in the race will help make the GOP attractive to younger voters and people who are traditionally suspicious of both major parties. For a party that clearly had an "outreach" problem to those voters in 2008 and 2012, that can only be helpful.
— John Fund is national-affairs columnist for NRO.
John Fund is National Review's national-affairs reporter.	@JohnFund


The average price of a gallon of on-highway diesel fuel showed only a slight fluctuation for the week, barely extending a 12-week streak of dropping prices, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Energy Department.
The price of diesel fuel dropped 0.2 cents nationally to an average of $2.615 per gallon. Prices are still much lower than last year; this week's numbers represent a $1.22 drop from the same week in 2014.
Regional prices were down in most places, with only the Midwest market showing a slight increase during the week. The price rose 2.4 cents in the Midwest to $2.539 per gallon. The largest drop in prices was found in the New England region, falling 4.4 cents to $2.803 per gallon.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline broke ranks with diesel fuel, jumping up by 8.7 cents for the week to $2.716 per gallon.
Regional prices were up and down for the week, with a 31-cent per gallon increase in the Midwest causing the overall average increase in gasoline prices. This was offset somewhat by 4-cent decreases along the north and central portions of the East Coast.
The large jump in gas prices in the Midwest is due to the partial shutdown of a BP refinery in Indiana, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The shutdown was blamed on problems with the facilities crude distillation unit causing a 30- to 50-cent jump in places like Minnesota and Michigan.
Crude oil prices have continued to fall, with per barrel prices in the U.S. hitting a six-year low. A continuing concern that the global market would remain oversupplied through the end of the year has influenced low oil prices this year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Related: How Low Will Diesel Go?


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text:
namespace remoting {
namespace protocol {

class FakeChannelAuthenticator : public ChannelAuthenticator {
 public:
  FakeChannelAuthenticator(bool accept, bool async);
  virtual ~FakeChannelAuthenticator();

  // ChannelAuthenticator interface.
  virtual void SecureAndAuthenticate(
      net::StreamSocket* socket, const DoneCallback& done_callback) OVERRIDE;

 private:
  void CallCallback(
      const DoneCallback& done_callback,
      net::Error error,
      net::StreamSocket* socket);

  bool accept_;
  bool async_;

  base::WeakPtrFactory<FakeChannelAuthenticator> weak_factory_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FakeChannelAuthenticator);
};

class FakeAuthenticator : public Authenticator {
 public:
  enum Type {
    HOST,
    CLIENT,
  };

  enum Action {
    ACCEPT,
    REJECT,
    REJECT_CHANNEL
  };

  FakeAuthenticator(Type type, int round_trips, Action action, bool async);
  virtual ~FakeAuthenticator();

  // Authenticator interface.
  virtual State state() const OVERRIDE;
  virtual RejectionReason rejection_reason() const OVERRIDE;
  virtual void ProcessMessage(const buzz::XmlElement* message) OVERRIDE;
  virtual scoped_ptr<buzz::XmlElement> GetNextMessage() OVERRIDE;
  virtual scoped_ptr<ChannelAuthenticator>
      CreateChannelAuthenticator() const OVERRIDE;

 protected:
  Type type_;
  int round_trips_;
  Action action_;
  bool async_;

  // Total number of messages that have been processed.
  int messages_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FakeAuthenticator);
};

class FakeHostAuthenticatorFactory : public AuthenticatorFactory {
 public:
  FakeHostAuthenticatorFactory(
      int round_trips, FakeAuthenticator::Action action, bool async);
  virtual ~FakeHostAuthenticatorFactory();

  // AuthenticatorFactory interface.
  virtual scoped_ptr<Authenticator> CreateAuthenticator(
      const std::string& remote_jid,
      const buzz::XmlElement* first_message) OVERRIDE;

 private:
  int round_trips_;
  FakeAuthenticator::Action action_;
  bool async_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FakeHostAuthenticatorFactory);
};

}  // namespace protocol
}  // namespace remoting

#endif  // REMOTING_PROTOCOL_FAKE_AUTHENTICATOR_H_