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The idiot the Pan Am Games is paying to do the closing ceremonies
Obama had it right.
smelter rat says:
Unbelievable. Someone fucked up big time.
Lawrence Barry says:
Embarrassing, just embarrassing. That clan makes the Ford's look normal.
Student501 says:
edward nuff says:
because new Jesus harper wouldn,t allow that tar sands hatin furrin funded radical Neil Young to perform. He might sing keep on rocking in the free world and all the heads in Conlandia would explode.
You will literally take any subject and turn it into an anti-Harper won't you.
just tossin back the grenade Mr Moron. Just tossin it back. Have fun putting the pin back in.
UH, what grenade? You create a bullshit scenario from your own twisted fantasy world where Harper has stepped in forbiding Young from playing the event because of his anti oil sands crusade.
When some "throws a grenade" into a situation, that "grenade" is supposed to be, you know, something that actually happened that the person was trying to keep from going public.
e.a.f. says:
oh, well I guess it sort of goes with that lets waste taxpayers' money on idiot ideas thing. How embarrassing to have him. They couldn't find a Canadian? it would have been better to have all the school choirs come together and do one big final song and be done with it. This rude obnoxious American and with my tax dollars. Oh, well, so much for the rest of the waste of money called the Pan Am games.
Like there were no quality entertainers in South American??????
I guess the Biebs was busy
P. Brenn says:
just plain stupidity….must have been a committee choice so no one takes blame…athletics have been great….now ending on big low…dumb
Jon Powers says:
This is awesome. I'm just waiting for Kanye to run up on stage during a medal presentation and claim that the gold should go to Beyoncé. My tax dollars at work.
Without sounding like to much of an ass, why does anyone care, from the sounds of it Torontonians don't like or want to see these games anyway?
Tiger says:
My first reaction was "Why not a Canadian?", but for star power and entertainment value, it's hard to beat Kanye. I could talk about why I like Kanye's music, but I think this group might find Lou Reed's words have more impact:
"Kanye West is a child of social networking and hip-hop. And he knows about all kinds of music and popular culture. The guy has a real wide palette to play with. That's all over Yeezus. There are moments of supreme beauty and greatness on this record, and then some of it is the same old shit. But the guy really, really, really is talented. He's really trying to raise the bar. No one's near doing what he's doing, it's not even on the same planet."
The whole thing's worth a read for anyone who has an opinion about Kanye's music: http://thetalkhouse.com/music/talks/lou-reed-of-the-velvet-underground-talks-kanye-wests-yeezus/
walking_trees says:
Not sure I accept Lou as an authority on this. He had a staggering GQ (garbage to quality) ratio for someone heralded a s a major artist. However, I give him full credit on being able to dine out on the Warhol connection for as long as he did.
MississaugaPeter says:
John Tory thinking Kanye West was part of the local music scene …
http://indie88.com/wishful-thinking-john-tory-mistakes-kanye-as-canadian/
But best is Indie 88's first vote, and now petition, to have Kanye West sing a particular famous Canadian singer's song at the closing ceremonies.
https://www.change.org/p/kanye-west-pan-am-games-get-kanye-west-to-cover-a-canadian-song-at-the-closing-ceremonies?recruiter=344587675&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&sharecordion_display=highlight_active_card
Kanye West is the self-proclaimed abomination of Obama's nation. By bringing up that he's ruffled Obama's feathers (and Bush's) you only re-emphasize how relevant he is as an artist, especially compared to the industry-manufactured, bubblegum popstars or aging rockstars that people would have preferred. I'm yet to read an intelligent or informed criticism for why he shouldn't perform. Everything falls into irrelevant attacks about his interviews or sexist diatribes about his wife. Meanwhile, his musical output is the most consistently critically acclaimed of any artist of his generation. If he doesn't fit into the box of how you think a rockstar should sound/look, maybe you're the problem
Piss off. We have tons of Canadian talent. We don't need or want an American sociopath with a Jesus complex.
Here's a great clip of Kanye performing Bohemian Rhapsody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnNJTDA4fn8
How can you not appreciate his talent?
Jon. Thanks for the reminder. Thirty years ago this very week Queen performed what many have called the best thirty minutes of rock ever. Where does the time go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22oy8dFjqc
WK, shocked to see some love for the egomaniac on this website.
But a lot of your readers are hipsters, and they have an affinity for Kanye.
Jon Adams says:
It's adorable that the most interesting thing about the PanAm games so far has been the choice of performer at the closing ceremony.
Harvey Bushell says:
I'm still holding out hope that this whole thing is ruse masterminded by the now influential, very wealthy and justifiably still pissed Taylor Swift.
She's going to ambush him on stage just as he begins his set and with the aid of a few muscly and leather clad friends, male and female, will snatch away his mic and beat him into submission and won't stop until he starts crying and is forced to spank his own ass.
Then when he slinks off stage Neil Young will appear with his band and perform Rockin' in the Free World.
Although my second choice would be to just not let him into the country and instead set up a huge video screen and play the full 1.5 hour set of Stompin Tom Connors live at the Horseshoe tavern.
And free Molson Canadian for everyone.
jhartnell says:
Shocking — middle-aged upper-middle class white people don't like Kanye West.
Unfortunately for them, they're on the wrong side of things, as many are pointing out:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/joshua-ostroff/kanye-kim-pan-am-games_b_7810290.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/16/imma-let-you-finish-but-kanyes-the-best-choice-to-headline-pan-am-closer.html
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/lets-not-pretend-the-petition-to-stop-kanye-west-from-playing-toronto-doesnt-have-meaning
https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/kanye-west_we_can_learn/
Yeah, Barack Obama sure is white.
You're a jackass, too.
Paul Jonassen says:
My main problem with Kanye West is that he is an obnoxious ego maniac; and being black is no excuse. If we have to bring in foreign talent when we tons of it in Canada, why not someone like the Columbian superstar Shakira. That would have been truly Pan American.
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Ofisa Treviranus (born 31 March 1984) is a Samoan rugby union player. Treviranus played for Samoa's national sevens team and was part of the 12 men squad who won the IRB Sevens World Series in 2010.

Treviranus made his debut for the fifteen men code against Japan in Sigatoka on 18 June 2009. He was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup squad for Samoa, and played in three matches. As of 2015, he is the captain of the Samoan national team.

After the World Cup, Treviranus was signed by English club London Irish. He previously played for Irish club Connacht Rugby.

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Colorado business leaders' confidence is at its highest level since the second quarter of 2006, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
For the second quarter of 2011, the LBCI posted a reading of 56.8, with the most significant change to the index coming in hiring plans. The index measuring hiring plans rose from 52.5 in the first quarter to 56.3 in the second.
While confidence in the state and national economies has leveled, expectations for sales, industry profits, hiring plans and capital expenditures all recorded aggressive gains, according to Leeds School economist and Business Research Division Director Richard Wobbekind, who conducts the quarterly survey.
An index of 50 is neutral. An index greater than 50 indicates positive expectations, while an index lower than 50 indicates negative expectations, according to Leeds School researcher Brian Lewandowski, who compiles the survey results for the index.
Colorado's unemployment rate actually has increased over the past couple of months, even though the business leaders' index for hiring rose at a hefty rate this quarter. Wobbekind said such mixed messages concerning unemployment rates are common during economic recoveries.
"One of the things that happens with the unemployment rate is it typically goes higher as firms start to hire because people who have been out of work start to come back into the workforce again," Wobbekind said.
However, that's only part of the story, he said. Colorado's unemployment rate was recently revised to a higher rate based on population gains.
Business leaders remain positive, but somewhat subdued, regarding national and state economic growth, according to Lewandowski. The national index increased from 53.2 to 53.6, while the state index fell slightly, from 56.5 to 55.5.
Capital expenditures had an index value of 56.1, up from 53.6 last quarter. The sales and profit expectations of business leaders are back to prerecession levels, and are at their highest level since the second quarter of 2007, according to Lewandowski. The sales index was 61.4 and profit index was 58.1.
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Breaking News >>Sen. Ted Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor, Doctors Say
SOURCE: Foxnews.com
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends
BOSTON — Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, FOX News confirms.
Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday that "preliminary results" from tests conducted on Kennedy after a seizure sent him to the hospital over the weekend confirmed the diagnosis.
"Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," the doctors said in a statement, adding that treatment would likely include "combinations of various forms of radiation and chemotherapy."
The doctors said that he was in "good condition" and had not suffered any more seizures since Saturday.
"Decisions regarding the best course of treatment for Senator Kennedy will be determined after further testing and analysis," they said. "Senator Kennedy will remain at Massachusetts General Hospital for the next couple of days according to routine protocol. He remains in good spirits and full of energy."
The 76-year-old senator has been hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, when he was airlifted from Cape Cod after a seizure at his home.
His wife and children have been with him each day but have made no public statements.
Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year — and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.
Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types — such as glioblastomas — or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.
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20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill
Press Release of Senator Sessions
Sen. Sessions Releases List of 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released a list of 20 loopholes in the comprehensive immigration bill today which reveals that the bill is fatally flawed and will not establish a functioning immigration system in the future.
The list of loopholes includes flaws effecting border security, chain-migration and assimilation policies. The list exposes the lack of serious attention given to ensuring that the legislation fixes America's failed immigration system.
"I am deeply concerned about the numerous loopholes we have found in this legislation. They are more than technical errors, but rather symptoms of a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that stands no chance of actually fixing our broken immigration system," Sessions said. "Many of the loopholes are indicative of a desire not to have the system work."
For example, one loophole in the "enforcement trigger" fails to require the U.S. VISIT system – the biometric border check-in/check-out system established by Congress in 1996, but never implemented – to be fully functioning before new worker or amnesty programs begin. Without the system in place, the U.S. has no method of ensuring that workers and their families do not overstay their visas.
Below is a partial list of the 20 loopholes for the full list see
Loophole 1 – Legal Status Before Enforcement:
Amnesty benefits do not wait for the "enforcement trigger." After filing an application and waiting 24 hours, illegal aliens will receive full "probationary benefits," complete with the ability to legally live and work in the U.S., travel outside of the U.S. and return, and their own social security card. Astonishingly, if the trigger is never met and amnesty applications are therefore never "approved," the probationary benefits granted to the illegal alien population never expire, and the new social security cards issued to the illegal alien population are not revoked. [See pp. 1, 290-291, & 315].
Loophole 2 – U.S. VISIT Exit Not In Trigger:
The "enforcement trigger," required to be met before the new temporary worker program begins, does not require that the exit portion of U.S. VISIT system – the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date – to be in place before new worker or amnesty programs begin. Without the U.S. VISIT exit portion, the U.S. has no method to ensure that workers (or their visiting families) do not overstay their visas. Our current illegal population contains 4 to 5.5 million visa overstays, therefore, we know that the U.S. VISIT exit component is key to a successful new temporary worker program. [See pp. 1-2].
Loophole 3 – Trigger Requires No More Agents, Beds, or Fencing Than Current Law:
The "enforcement trigger" does not require the Department of Homeland Security to have detention space sufficient to end "catch and release" at the border and in the interior. Even after the adoption of amendment 1172, the trigger merely requires the addition of 4,000 detention beds, bringing DHS to a 31,500 bed capacity. This is far short of the 43,000 beds required under current law to be in place by the end of 2007, or the additional 20,000 beds required later in the bill. Additionally, the bill establishes a "catch, pay, and release" program. This policy will benefit illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico that are caught at the border, then can post a $5,000 bond, be released and never show up for deportation hearings. Annual failure to appear rates for 2005 and 2006, caused in part by lack of detention space, doubled the 2004 rate (106,000 – 110,000 compared with 54,000). Claims that the bill "expands fencing" are inaccurate. The bill only requires 370 miles of fencing to be completed, while current law already mandates that more than 700 miles be constructed [See pp. 1-2, & 10-11, and EOIR's FY2006 Statistical Yearbook, p. H2, and The Secure Fence Act of 2004].
Loophole 4 — Three Additional Years Worth of Illegal Aliens Granted Status, Treated Preferentially To Legal Filers:
Aliens who broke into the country illegally a mere 5 months ago, are treated better than foreign nationals who legally applied to come to the U.S. more than two years ago. Aliens who can prove they were illegally in the U.S. on January 1, 2007, are immediately eligible to apply from inside the U.S. for amnesty benefits, while foreign nationals that filed applications to come to the U.S. after May 1, 2005 must start the application process over again from their home countries. Last year's bill required illegal aliens to have been here before January 7, 2004 to qualify for permanent legal status. [See pp. 263, 282, & 306].
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SENATE DEBATES IMMIGRATION DEAL (will vote on it before Memorial Day)
SENATE DEBATES IMMIGRATION DEAL
Do you support or oppose the negotiated deal to address the illegal immigrant situation. Which of the provisions listed by the Associated Press below do you agree with? Which do you oppose. Tell Congress and the President your views as there will be a vote before Memorial Day.
CURRENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
They could come forward immediately and receive probationary legal status.
Bill creates a four-year, renewable "Z" visa for those present within the U.S. unlawfully before Jan. 1, 2007.
Undocumented immigrants may adjust status to lawful permanent residence once they pay $5,000 in fees and fines and their head of household returns to their home country.
People under age 30 who were brought to the U.S. as minors could receive their green cards after three years, rather than eight.
Undocumented farmworkers who can demonstrate they have worked 150 hours or three years in agriculture can apply for green cards.
No green cards for "Z" visa holders can be processed until "triggers" for border security and workplace enforcement have been met, estimated to take 18 months. Processing of green cards for holders of "Z" visas would begin after clearing an existing backlog, which is expected to take eight years.
Hire 18,000 new border patrol agents.
Erect 200 miles of vehicle barriers and 370 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Erect 70 ground-based radar and camera towers along the southern border.
Deploy four unmanned aerial vehicles and supporting systems.
End the program in which illegal immigrants are released upon apprehension.
Provide for detaining up to 27,500 aliens per day on an annual basis.
Use secure and effective identification tools to prevent unauthorized work.
WORKPLACE ENFORCEMENT
Require employers to electronically verify new employees to prove identity and work eligibility.
Increase penalties for unlawful hiring, employment and record keeping violations.
GUEST WORKERS (requires border security measures to be in place first)
Create a new temporary guest worker program with two-year "Y visas," initially capped at 400,000 per year with annual adjustments based on market fluctuations
Workers could renew the Y visa up to three times, but would be required to return home for a year in between each time. Those bringing dependents could obtain only one, nonrenewable two-year visa.
Families could accompany guest workers only if they could show proof of medical insurance and demonstrate that their wages were 150 percent above the poverty level.
FUTURE IMMIGRANTS
Spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens and permanent residents would be eligible for green cards based purely on their family connections, but other relatives such as adult children and siblings would not.
380,000 visas a year would be awarded based on a point system, with about 50 percent based on employment criteria, 25 percent based on education, 15 percent on English proficiency and 10 percent on family connections.
Apply new limits to U.S. citizens seeking to bring foreign-born parents into the country.
Visas for parents of U.S. citizens would be capped annually at 40,000 and those for spouses and children at 87,000.
There is a lot of controversy regarding this subject so if you wish to voice your opinion here is a chance by clicking here and follow the instructions by entering either "support" or "oppose" in the subject and the message body.
Posted in Border security, Congress, government, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Legislature, political, President, probationary legal status, senate, Visa. Leave a Comment »
Accused Madam Reveals No New Clients – "These were not cheap women"
Filed at 11:58 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman accused of running a Washington-area prostitution ring detailed her business in a highly anticipated TV interview Friday night but identified no new well-known clients.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey supplied the ABC newsmagazine "20/20" with 46 pounds of phone records from her escort service, Pamela Martin and Associates, in hopes that its investigation would ferret out clients who would testify that they did not have sex with the women Palfrey employed.
Some of the phone records could be tracked to prominent business executives, NASA officials, at least five military officers and exclusive neighborhood mansions, according to the ABC report. But there were no members of Congress or White House officials traced through Palfrey's records, the network reported.
Palfrey, 51, of Vallejo, Calif., is charged in federal court with racketeering and money laundering associated with prostitution. She said she ran the business, Pamela Martin and Associates, from her laundry room, and that the women who worked for her signed contracts in which they promised not to have sex with clients. (*interesting running her business from her laundry room. How appropriate, laundry room=dirty laundry*) "These were not cheap women. These were very nice women who just needed to make a few extra dollars," Palfrey said.
Palfrey did identify one of her escorts, a former university professor who committed suicide after being charged with prostitution.
Palfrey maintained the business was legitimate.
"I was selling fantasy sex," Palfrey said.
The Washington escort service carried out its business undetected at some of the city's most exclusive hotels, she said. The service charged a flat rate of $275 for 90 minutes, she said.
The most prominent client of Palfrey's business was senior State Department official Randall Tobias, (*please see the initial post regarding Tobias*)
Tobias has said he obtained massages (*yeah right, I suppose he tried marijuana but didn't inhale either*) but denied having sex with the escorts.
In court papers last month and again in Friday's interview, Palfrey named Harlan Ullman, known as an author of the "shock and awe" combat strategy, as a regular customer. Ullman's attorney, Marc Mukasey, said Friday before the interview aired that Palfrey should not assume that Ullman will give helpful testimony on her behalf. He declined to elaborate.
On Thursday, a lawyer for Palfrey said an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy was one of the service's escorts and ABC reported that a secretary at a prominent law firm was another escort.
Montgomery Blair Sibley, Palfrey's civil attorney, confirmed a report in the Navy Times that an academy instructor worked as an independent contractor for Palfrey's service. Sibley said he didn't know whether the person is still at the academy.
An academy spokeswoman said she had no information about Sibley's claim.
ABC said a legal secretary at the Akin Gump law firm was suspended after telling her bosses that she had been secretly working as one of Palfrey's escorts. ABC did not name the woman, who told Akin Gump she expects to be a government witness in the case.
Palfrey told ABC that most of her escorts worked for her because they needed the money (*well damn, you could have knocked me over with that statement*). Palfrey said she urged the women who answered her newspaper and phone book ads to think seriously before signing up.
"Many of these girls had never done this kind of work before," Palfrey said.
Palfrey said some of the most popular women were in their 50s. She said that there was never an age limit, and that most of the women worked about three shifts a week, ending each night at 11 p.m.
"I made sure they either worked or went to school in the daytime," she said. (*Well now isn't that sweet, what a wonderful "mother hen" she was. So protective of her "nighttime" girls*)
Palfrey, who was sentenced to 18 months in a California prison in 1991 after pleading guilty to attempted pimping, said she rejected an offer in the current case to plead guilty to reduced charges in return for a four-month prison term.
Palfrey and the Internet radio station wsRadio.com will auction tapes of five one-hour interviews with her next week, The Washington Post reported Friday. Bids will start at $5,000. (*and the proceeds will go to????*)
The station's president, Chris Murch, declined to disclose details of the contract to the newspaper but said Palfrey will donate 10 percent of the proceeds to charity. (*Ah, there we go, charity…..mmm, wonder if that could be "sweet charity"?*)
* my inserted comments*
Information: The New York Times
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SHOULD PETS BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE ?
CONGRESS.ORG WEEKLY UPDATE
This week's legislative idea comes from Bayport, NY. Here is an excerpt from her letter to Congress:
"Once again, it's tax time and as always, we owe money to the state and federal governments because I am married with no children. My husband & I have no children because we cannot afford to have children living on Long Island. But we do have 2 dogs – 2 very expensive dogs – and they are our kids. If I should mistreat, neglect, abuse or deprive my dog of health care in any way, I can be arrested for animal cruelty. But yet, here we are, spending thousands and thousands of dollars each year giving my dogs the best care in emergency and non-emergency situations, what do we receive? My proposal is to be able to declare my dogs as dependents on my taxes at the end of the year.
"With the request of proper documentation from pet owners, I firmly believe we should propose a new law to be able to claim our dogs as dependents, whether it be for routine exams, medicines and/or emergency care. Anything would be of great assistance to pet owners."
See the full text of the letter here
-Tell Congress If They Should Introduce Dog Deductions
-Yes, Pets Should Be Tax Deductible Like Any Dependent
-No, Pets Should Not Be Tax Deductible Like Any Dependent
Take Action By clicking on this link at the bottom of the page there is a form with instructions on how you can take action on any of the above.
Posted in Congress, Legislature, Pets, Politics, Taxes. 2 Comments »

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Q: Complicated Website Structure - Rails I what I consider to be an advanced beginner with Ruby on Rails (and web design in general). I have this project and I'm having trouble wrapping my head around how to implement a recent development.
Initially the project was a simple blog for businesses to post articles that promote their company. It was meant for businesses in a specific town only and I had no trouble setting that up. Now we're trying to broaden out and let the site cater to many towns.
We want to have a home page where you select a town. That takes you to a list of blog posts from businesses in that town. You can navigate to a directory, contact us form, profile page etc. My problem is, I'd like each town to act like mini-site, so the directory only shows business associated with the town and the header image changes to reflect which town you've chosen.
My initial approach to this problem was to set up a towns scaffold and put in associations between towns, users and posts. The problem is 'storing' the chosen town somehow so that I can, for example, show only businesses for a specific town in the directory.
At the moment I have, in the posts model
belongs_to :user

In the user model
has_many :posts
has_many :towns

I have an action in towns controller to handle the directory which only has the line:
@users = User.order('trading_name ASC').where(:town => @town.id.to_s)

and then I want to display those users in the directory view.
I also have the following in my towns controller
before_action :set_town, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy, :directory]

To be honest though, I can't fully wrap my head around the associations needed or even if this is the correct path to take. As it stands I get the following error when I try to access the directory view
Couldn't find Town without an ID

and it references the following method in towns controller (I'm using the friendly_id gem)
def set_town
  @town = Town.friendly.find(params[:id])
end

Am I heading down the correct route with these associations (and missing something) or is there a better approach I could be taking. Also, I hope I've explained myself clearly. Please ask if there's something that's confusing.

A: I'm not sure exactly what your requirements are, but I'd say:
A user probably doesn't "have many" towns.
A user does "have many" posts.
A town does "have many" posts.
A post belongs to a town, and also a user.
Then, on your home page, you'd have a form with a drop-downlist of towns, and it should sumbit to an action like choose_town or something.
Your choose_town action should save the name or id of the town in a Cookie. You know about cookies? They basically allow you to save little bits of info between requests, for a specific user. They are stored in a users browser, but are sent back/forth from the server on every request. See http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html#cookies
Then, your set_town method, called every request, will look in the cookie to find the right town.
edit: @japed mentioned session, along with cookies. The session is identified by a cookie - however, information stored in the session is saved on the server, and is not sent back and forth between the browser and the server. In this case, either one is probably fine.

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We invite proposals for the fourth Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference, which will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016 at Tarrant County College Northwest Campus (4801 Marine Creek Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76179). This conference will be an opportunity for sharing information among members of the library community in the greater DFW region. We invite proposals for 25 minute presentations, three minute lightning talks, or poster sessions. We encourage a variety of formats, including presentations on innovative approaches to current library challenges, workshops on specific topics, round table discussions on contemporary library issues, and other proposals for training and sharing information.
What has excited your co-workers and patrons about your library recently?
Notifications of acceptance of proposals will be sent out by May 9, 2016.


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package render_test

import (
	"testing"

	"github.com/weaveworks/common/test"
	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/render"
	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/render/expected"
	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test/fixture"
	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test/reflect"
	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test/utils"
)

func TestHostRenderer(t *testing.T) {
	have := utils.Prune(render.HostRenderer.Render(fixture.Report).Nodes)
	want := utils.Prune(expected.RenderedHosts)
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
		t.Error(test.Diff(want, have))
	}
}

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BLOGGED PHILIPPINES
Holidays PH
Airline Promo
DFA PASSPORT: Appointment Slots Are Available Now!
By Admin - January 12, 2018
Maybe it's the pressure from the social media, which was amplified even more when the mainstream media began picking up the story of the outcry from affected people. Whatever the root cause is, you can go ahead now and set an appointment online in select DFA offices in the country. And when I mean now, I mean RIGHT NOW!
I just checked the DFA appointment system and there are slots for April 2018 in select DFA Offices in Metro Manila. And here's a thing that's even more interesting, Tacloban DFA has an opening this month January 2018! Wow...whether you care about the alleged corruption inside the DFA or not, you can set it aside and set an appointment now, I mean NOW!
Fully Booked Since mid-December 2017 The DFA Passport appointment system is fully booked until March 2018. It opened up the slots early December last year but just after a week or two, all 27 offices has become fully booked. This sparked outrage among citizens. Reports have emerged that while the system is ful…
Location: Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
TECHNOLOGY: Cebu Pacific App Now Have a Guest List Feature!
Thank you very much Cebu Pacific! At last, my most awaited feature in Cebu Pacific Air app has finally arrived: the Guest List. You see, I book flights for a lot of people and through the years, I have accumulated a guest list of over 50 people and 30 of them were repeaters. So the Guest List feature is really handy!
A Brief History About five or so years ago, Cebu Pacific introduced the Guest List feature in their website which allows logged-in users to save the details of people they booked in the past. You can also manually enter details. And that feature is awesome as it saved a lot of time. You don't need to input the Name and Birth date details over and over again. But about two years ago, when Cebu Pacific revamped its website (which is good overall), that feature was put into a limbo. You can still access the guest list in the Manage booking section of the website but it cannot be accessed directly during booking.
And there came the official Cebu Pacific Air app in 2015. I…
Location: Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
SCAM: My First Scam Text This Year; 850000 Pesos from GMA Kapuso Foundation
It's a brand new year for everyone, including local scammers. And despite all the efforts by PLDT and Globe Telecom to curb text message scammers, from time to time, they still creep out and show up in our inboxes. And as hard to believe as the messages of winning some great amounts of money is the fact that there are still people who believe them. I personally know someone and that scam text message triggered events that turn her life upside down. So my point is, we still need to be careful regarding these scam messages. The danger is real!
So without further ado, here's the scam message I received a few days ago. On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at exactly 3:33PM (PH time), I received this message from a certain Atty. Jhon Acosta with phone number 09552962911
Ursim# Hadwon PHP850,000
From(GMA KAPUSO FOUNDATION) To Claim Send Ur (NAME/ADD/AGE)
&Call Me Now
Im Atty;JHON ACOSTA
DTI#0391s2018
Do Not Ever Reply Obviously, this is a scam. It bears all the…
Angkas is Back in the Streets But For Delivery Only
Angkas is now back in the streets after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) banned their operation late last year. Now they're back but not as a human transport service but as a parcel delivery service. So, let's all welcome Angkas Padala!
Their mobile app was also updated to match the new service offering. Just go to the your App Store and Google Play to update.
How Much Does it Cost to Deliver? For Manila, the base price is 50 Pesos for the first two kilometers, and 10 Pesos per succeeding kilometer. Pricing may vary based on demand.
For Cebu, the flag down price is 20 Pesos and 15 Pesos per kilometer for the first 8 kilometer, and 20 pesos per kilometerbeyond that.
Weight and size should not exceed 10 kilograms and 43cm x 38cm x 24cm dimensions respectively.
All items must be unsealed and inspected by the biker before delivery. Prohibited items includes cash, precious stones, jewelry, banderols/tax stickers, negotiable instruments, weapons an…
DFA PASSPORT APPOINTMENT: Went to Cebu DFA and Here's What I Discovered
All the passport appointment slots on all 27 branches of DFA is already filled up (or blocked?). Yes, you can check it out at https://www.passport.gov.ph/appointment/individual/site. The only time I saw it opened up was the first week of December 2017. Then after a few weeks, all slots were already taken.
So earlier this month, I had a chance to visit Cebu DFA and I asked if there's a way to get my passport processed even though the slots were already taken. Like, walk-in in the afternoon after all the passport appointments have already been accommodated. After all, DFA Sec. Alan Peter Cayetano mentioned that there's about 40% no-show on the appointments, so I was thinking that there must be some extra time the DFA can accommodate walk-ins. Turns out..no...you really need an appointment. But wait, here's something you would like to know.
So, when I arrived at Cebu DFA, I asked the guard. What I discovered made me feel confused (and suspicious). Here's what I'm talk…
REPORT: Cebu Pacific and Air Asia Philippines Among World's Least Punctual Airlines
The OAG, an air travel intelligence company based in United Kingdom, in its annual report listed Cebu Pacific and AirAsia Philippines as some of the world's least punctual airline. Garnering only 57.6% and 58% OTP respectively, the two airlines based here in the Philippines was among the worst in the world. OTP (on time performance) refers to flights that arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled time.
Punctuality Culture On the other hand, some of the world's most punctual airlines are in Japan, with Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways taking the top two spots with 85.27 amd 83.81% OTP. This result may not be surprising when you consider their culture. Japan is well known for being a process oriented and strict in punctuality country. For instance, late last year, Japan's Tsukuba Express, a train that connects Tokyo and Tsukuba issued an apology for a train that departed the station 20 seconds early.
The Philippines though, being a country, infamous of the culture termed …
DFA PASSPORT APPOINTMENT: No Vacant Slot Until the end of March 2018
Bad news for those who needs to have a passport or have their passport renewed. All branches of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), yes all 27, have already filled up all the slots in their appointment system until the end of March. If for some reason you were not able to set an appointment last month December, you will need to wait until April to be able to process a passport.
The Problem with the Current Appointment System The online appointment system implemented by Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is surely a big help in convenience. Prior to this, passport applicants line up in DFA offices as early as in the wee hours of 12 midnight. By six in the morning, a DFA personnel, usually a security guard, will distribute priority numbers. The process will go smoothly from then on. Once you started the first step and as long as you have all the requirements complete, you'll finish in about 15 minutes. A few weeks later, you'll have your passport.
The same is true today, the p…
Save Huge Amount of Fare From UBER by This Simple Trick
I literally saved about 50% of my original fare in UBER by doing this simple trick. And maybe, most of the time you can do this. The trick is simply to SCHEDULE your trip. Here's a photo demonstrating what I mean.
In the left photo, I scheduled a trip from the airport and as you can see, because of the demand, my fare ended up at 539 Pesos. Now, when I postpone my trip just about 30 mins or even less than that, I was able to bring down the fares to 276 Pesos. That's a pretty significant amount, isn't it?
I don't know if it works on all locations but as for me, booking here in Cebu City, I can really see this significant drop. But I don't see any reason why this wouldn't be so in other cities. One may say though that the photo above shows that there's a surge in the left photo and none in the right. Yes that's true but even if there's no surge, the difference is pretty significant as well. Why not try and see it for yourself?
Ride Sharing Services on…
HOLIDAY: December 8 is Now an Official Non-working Day
Starting 2018, December 8 will be a special non-working holiday in the Philippines after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law entitled: An Act Declaring December 8 of Every Year A Special Nonworking Holiday in the Entire Country to Commemorate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines.
The Philippines, a predominantly catholic country has been celebrating major religious festivities such as Christmas and the Lenten season. But it also pays attention to other major religious sector of the Filipino section such as the Muslims and the Chinese. For Muslims, the country celebrates two Islamic festivals: the Eid'l Fitr and the Eid'l Adha. For the Chinese, the country celebrates the Chinese New Year. This new holiday comes amidst recent disagreements between the government and the Catholic religion over governmental policies.
Additional Holiday in 2018This new Immaculate Conception holiday will add to the current list of non-working …
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HMV Opens Dazzling New Flagship Bookstore in Tokyo
In News by Kay Ohara November 30, 2015
In Japan, the HMV and Tower Records brands live on, with HMV opening a new flagship bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya neighborhood.
By Kay Ohara
TOKYO: Pre-millennials may remember a time when Tower Records and HMV were bookselling powerhouses. Only in Shibuya, Tokyo's chaotic crossroads of the future generations, a Tower Records and an HMV would still stand. Remember music CDs? Go tell your kids that once upon a time music and movies were not streamed but you had to buy them as physical recorded devices, just like books on paper.
Renovated three years ago, Tower Records on the main strip of Inokashira still boasts 800,000 CDs. (Japan still has more than 70 Tower Records locations nationwide.) The flagship store in Shibuya has a Tower Books on the second floor, complete with a stylish cafe where you can bring pre-purchased books to browse.
Meanwhile, HMV has been reimagined as a multi-merchandise bookstore called HMV & Books Tokyo, and hosted a grand opening earlier in November. Occupying three floors of Shibuya Modi building across from Tower Records, it showcases a dazzling blend of reading materials and gift items. An imaginative section is devoted to books on Japan with a selective gifts including origami papers and toy swords.
When HMV was bought out by Lawson Ticket, a branch of Japan's ubiquitous Lawson convenient stores in 2010, the Shibuya location had already closed. Lawson HMV Entertainment CEO Ken Sakamoto said, "We always wanted to bring back the flagship store to Shibuya. And if we're coming back, we wouldn't want it to be just another CD shop."
In fact, music CDs are scattered throughout the store and hard to find among the more enticing crafts, books and more books. It's more likely that you stumble onto a fortune telling booth or a traditional tea room. Sakamoto said, "I wanted to design a store with new discoveries, as if the store itself is being edited daily."
Kay Ohara
Growing up in the U.S. and Japan, Kay Ohara enjoys reading both vertically and horizontally. Her taste for both cultures is evident in the jars of umeboshi and peanut butter that sit side by side in her tiny fridge in Manhattan. She scouted titles for Random House Kodansha and sold foreign rights on behalf of Kodansha's Japanese authors. Now, she runs the Lingual Literary Agency.
Tags: Asia, bookselling, HMV, Japan, Tower Records


Moms-to-be are usually spoiled with presents for themselves as well as their babies but new dads are often forgotten. A daddy diaper tool belt is a fun gift to give a dad-to-be, and it will make him feel included in the celebration of the new baby while also giving him and everyone else a few laughs.
Purchase a tool belt with an apron that has pockets or pouches. Or sew a short apron with pockets and pouches. Be sure to choose a manly fabric and color scheme so he will want to wear and use it. Four to five pouches or pockets is ideal.
Use puffy paint or other fabric paint to write the words "Daddy's Diaper Tool Belt" onto the front of the apron. If you know weather dad is having a girl or a boy, this can be a good opportunity to use pink or blue paint. Otherwise, a neutral color is best.
Gather all your supplies. You will need a couple of diapers, wipes, diaper rash cream, tongs, gloves, a face mask, hand sanitizer, pacifier and lotion.
Place the tongs, gloves, goggles and face mask in one section of the tool belt. These are the items that will not actually be used but are included as a joke on how changing diapers can be a dirty, smelly task. You can also add hang tags to each of these items with a short explanation of how to use them.
Place the rest of the items in the remaining pockets.
Open a word processing program and type up a set of instructions on how to change a diaper with all the items you have included. This can be written either in a very instructional or a humorous manner. Print, fold and place the instructions in one of the pockets.
Make sure the tool belt is adjustable so the dad-to-be can fit it to his liking.


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Coordinate attacks on Raid Bases with your Alliance to win brand new Diamond Tech Components! Silver, and Gold Bases have been updated. Please note that Diamond Tech for the Liberator, Fury, and Drakon will no longer be available from Raid Bases after this update goes live.


Expanding cities are sucking up ever more water, exacerbating the effect of climate change and threatening to create a "dusty and deserted" rural hinterland, scientists said on Thursday.
An international team of researchers calculated that globally at least 16 billion cubic meters of water - almost the annual flow of the Colorado River in the United States - were pumped out of the countryside into cities every year. The figure is the tip of the iceberg of a global problem that is bound to worsen, with the United Nations estimating 2.5 billion more people will move into cities by 2050, according to the authors of the study.
"Urbanisation is increasing competition between cities and agriculture," lead author Dustin Garrick, of the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "It's a significant problem already and it is likely to grow," he said.
Garrick said the world was "woefully underprepared" due to a lack of data, particularly in South America and Africa. The research, published in the Environmental Research Letters journal, reviewed almost 100 scientific studies looking at the impact of water reallocation from rural areas to cities.
They identified more than 100 projects - be it pipelines or dams - that had diverted water into 69 cities, supporting the needs of 383 million people, mainly in North America and Asia. In many cases, water reallocation benefited cities to the detriment of rural populations, often causing protests from farmers whose taps ran dry, the study said.
With global warming due to worsening droughts and other extreme weather, tensions are set to deepen, said Mbaye Mbeguere, senior water, sanitation and hygiene manager at charity WaterAid. But good planning could help, said Garrick.
The Mexican city of Monterrey, for example, provided farmers with compensation and city wastewater for irrigation, after diverting water from a tributary of the Rio Grande river in the 1990s, Garrick said. The project also helped regulate water flows and reduce the risk of flooding, he said, urging cities to depend less on their surroundings and re-use part of the water they waste.
"It is our hope that decision-makers can be better prepared to act on evidence, particularly before crises hit," said study co-author Lucia De Stefano, a professor at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. Cate Lamb, director of water security at the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit environmental research group, said the study showed the world was poorly managing one of its most vital resources. "Water is a finite resource for which there are no alternatives," she said. "It's time to get serious about (it)".


The Staf/CYCJ Youth Justice Voices project got off to a good start with the first info session at Staf in Glasgow – putting young people in the driving seat in more than one way!
This informal event was an opportunity for young people aged 16-25 with experience of both the care and the criminal justice system to connect and hear about Staf and CYCJ's new and exciting participation project.
There were a few "fuel stops" along the way as the group agreed on where and when the next meeting will take place and the social & creative activities they want to try next.
We would encourage any young people interested in joining the project to contact our Youth Justice Participation Worker, Ruth, for more information. Travel expenses will be covered and young people are more than welcome to bring a worker. Email ruth@staf.scot to find out more.
As Youth Justice Participation Worker for the Youth Justice Voices project, Ruth Kerracher divides her time between Staf and CYCJ. Find out more.


I'm just wondering if anyone has come across this problem with reverting to a prior version from a document that's been edited with google docs. If a document is google doc editable, and I've modified the document to create version 1.1, if I try to revert the version back to 1.0 - 1.2 is created but with the content of 1.1, not 1.0. However, in the document preview - if you see the version history prior to 1.2, the documents 1.1 and 1.0 are different, yet 1.2 is not reverted back to 1.0.


Harry Clifton was a London music-hall writer and performer who popularised such songs as 'On Board the Kangaroo' and 'Pulling Hard Against The Stream'. 'The Waterford Boys' was originally published in broadsheet form and later appeared in 'The Mercier Book Of Old Irish Street Ballads' (1989). Most versions can be traced to Paddy Tunney who recorded it on 'A Wild Bees' Nest' (1965). I've added my own little touches to this misadventure over the years. My thanks to Tom Munnelly and Seán Garvey.
For fun and diversion we have come together, I tell you from Waterford hither we came.
We crossed the deep ocean in dark stormy weather, our hearts they were light and our pockets the same.
And as I was melting, my pockets I felt; for the price of a drink I was mortally dry.
Will you get me a bed and then bring me some bread and a bottle of porter and a small piece of cheese".
When under the clothes I was trying to doze; I first ducked my toes and then blew out the light.
Now I wasn't long sleeping when I heard something creeping and gnawing and chawing around the bedpost.
O my breath I suspended but the noise never ended. Says I, "You have damnable claws for a ghost".
For to make myself aisy I being very lazy, my head once more I stuck out from the clothes.
Yerra, japers what's that but a thundering jack rat took one leap from the floor, jumped right up to my nose.
Well I reached for my hobnailed and made me a bobtail and wrestled with rats till the clear light of day.
Then the landlord came in and said he with a grin, "For your supper and bed you've five shillings to pay".
While I can't get to sleep you've the devil's own cheek for to charge me five shillings for dry bread and cheese".
Oh the landlord went rearing and leaping and tearing, he jumped through the window and kicked in the door.
When he could get no farther he cried, "Míle murder! These rats they are eating me up by the score.
They sleep in my stable, they eat from my table, they wrestle my dogs and they kill all my cats".
"Faith then, says I, "oh give me those five shillings; I'll tell you a way to get rid of the rats".
"Well I will then", said he as he handed the silver, "my life is a wreck and my nights are a curse.
My wife has long left me, my children neglect me; my grassy green fields have all turned to furze".
Never mind if they're willing but charge them five shillings and never the rat will again cross your floor".


The initials are the same, but the similarities between the world's highest profile secret agent and your correspondent end there. However, I'm now one up on 007: I've stolen his new car. "Magnificent, isn't she?" Q tells James Bond in a moment of moderately camp theatre in the long-awaited Spectre, the 24th instalment in cinema's most treasured franchise. Two of the three most compelling reasons to see the new film are human - the superbly saturnine Christoph Waltz ("the author of all your pain", he tells Bond) and the soulful Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann - but the third is the car: the Aston Martin DB10. So pivotal is it to Spectre that returning director Sam Mendes unveiled it ahead of the film's cast at last December's press conference. Aston Martin is as quintessentially Bond as a vodka Martini, Walther PPK and well-crafted quip, as Mendes well knows, even if Ian Fleming initially put Bond in a "Blower"
Granted, 007 has played as fast and loose with his cars as he has women over the 53 years since Dr No. Recently, the costly realities of modern movie-making have resulted in opportunistic brand tie-ups, but normal service resumed with 2006's Casino Royale and hits a new zenith in Spectre. "Is it a purely commercial arrangement?" co-producer Barbara Broccoli said on the set. "Not at all. It's an emotional thing. Bond and Aston go way back. Even when we were using other cars we tried to maintain the link. It's great to have an Aston management that recognises the love affair."
The relationship is newly turbocharged by the DB10. Chiming with the vogue for bespoke, this is the first time Bond gets a car created for his own purposes, rather than taking an existing production vehicle and retrofitting the famous gadgetry. Mendes and Broccoli visited Aston Martin's Gaydon HQ back in February 2014, during which the director spotted a sketch on the design office wall and decided on the spot that that was the car. "I was presenting a different car to him," says design director Marek Reichman, "and he asked, 'Has Bond ever had a car designed purely for himself?' No. Then he saw a sketch and said, 'Could you build that?' Well, yes, but it's just a sketch. 'Well there you go...' It was an incredible opportunity."
The result is about as deeply engineered as any movie car has ever been. There are ten DB10s, three of which are known as "hero" cars - for close-ups and promotional duties - the other seven altered in various ways for filming duties. The car chase is often a Bond highlight (my favourite is the Citroen 2CV-trashing one in 1981's For Your Eyes Only), but the DB10/Jaguar C-X75 battle through Rome raises the bar yet again.
Such is the required verisimilitude that the cars were virtually bulletproof. At one point lead stunt driver Mark Higgins pitches the Aston sideways at 90mph over wet cobbles with such commitment it's clear he has total faith in the machine. "You could put this car in the ring with Mike Tyson," Reichman says. "It's a predator, because Bond is a predator."
The DB10's robustness is partly down to the fact it's based on the existing Vantage, but not so you'd know. The shape is the work of Sam Holgate, an Aston design recruit so young that GoldenEye was his first Bond film. "Essential Aston," he says. "The message from Sam Mendes was that he wanted everything pared right back. It's not a retro reworking of the DB5, but it has that car's purity. Bond is an analogue sort of character, and so is his new car."
It's also apparently the lowest Aston ever, and showcases the sharky new nose treatment we'll be seeing more of on the soon-to-launch next-gen cars. Such is Aston's skill with carbon fibre now that almost the entire car is made of it, and the bonnet is a huge single-piece clamshell. As per Mendes' request, the body is devoid of unnecessary decoration, and gets progressively prettier the further your eye runs along it. It has what's known as a "dropping line", and its rear mixes half a dozen Aston design tropes. There are some Q-approved special features, though. Among the aero features dominating the DB10's rear is a fin that ignites a flame-thrower. The lights, meanwhile, are tiny dimples lit from below by powerful LEDs.
It's even better inside. The car's carbon-fibre exoskeleton is visible at various points but mostly clad in black leather. Aston's interior designer Steve Platt says it's "deconstructed", and recoils slightly when I suggest there's a moodiness to it consistent with Bond's "aggressive sexuality". It's ruthlessly driver-focused; the main dials are defiantly analogue; even the air vents get a makeover. The switches are meticulously handcrafted, there's a button with fingerprint recognition in the steering wheel (once the stuff of fantasy, now a reality), and a hi-tech compressed mesh in the seats. Tellingly, the DB10 rejects modish connectivity in favour of a strong simplicity. It's ironic, given Bond's long affiliation with credibility-stretching gadgetry, that you can't imagine him having much truck with the latest smartphone.
The DB10's engine erupts with the same cultured bark as every other Aston Martin. Its gear lever - another unique item about which I'm forbidden from saying much - fits the palm of your hand perfectly. As the metal gates slide open, the car feels, appropriately, like a weapon. I could tell you more. But, of course, then I'd have to kill you.
Thanks to HM Naval Base Devonport, Lt Cdr Trevor Bradley and the crew of HMS Somerset.
Unveiled in December 2014, the DB10 marked the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin's relationship with James Bond (it all started with the DB5 in Goldfinger). The brief from director Sam Mendes was simple: "This has to be the poster car for every boy who watches James Bond for the first time."
Only ten were made - and they aren't for sale.
Villainous henchmen aren't always well served in Bond films.
Karl Stromberg enjoyed a submerged modernist fantasia in The Spy Who Loved Me, but sent his minions to battle in a Ford Cortina. Despite having a Ferrari F355, GoldenEye's Xenia Onatopp was eclipsed by Bond's DB5 (a preposterous state of affairs). But in Spectre Mr Hinx gets to play with a Jaguar C-X75 in the most conceptual car chase in movie history. The C-X75 was Jaguar's entry in the hybrid hypercar wars, a 250-limited-run £750,000 eco-warrior that could outpace a Bugatti Veyron while having the same impact on the environment as a Toyota Prius. These contradictory goals were reconciled by a crack squad of Jag guys working closely with the Advanced Engineering division of the Williams Formula One team. The C-X75 is powered by a 502bhp, four-cylinder 1.6-litre turbocharged engine, supercharged to 5,500rpm, turbocharged to 10,200rpm, with two electric motors that add another 390bhp. This stupendous achievement was sacrificed by Jaguar in 2013 when the numbers failed to stack up. Now it has an afterlife haunting Bond. A spectre, indeed.
The Defender is almost as iconic as 007. As Bond enjoys his 24th cinematic outing, the Defender gets its testimonial in Spectre: production ceases in December. Bigfoot was originally created as a support vehicle for Land Rover events in Iceland and Morocco, and has gigantic 37in wheels clad in 395/70 rubber, a reworked transmission with ultra-low ratios for rock crawling, differential locks that use compressed air, a detachable chassis cross member, and satellite phone.
Designed for anti-submarine warfare, Type 23 frigates are all named after British Dukes. What did you expect, 007 - an exploding pen?


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No Time to Let Up
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The contrasts are almost so astonishing as to be trite. On one side are the millions of people protesting Trump in hundreds of cities and towns across the US in the greatest popular opposition to an incoming president in US history. On the other side is a new administration that seems to have already conceded that it neither has nor really seeks popular legitimacy.
Trump shows no desire to build a popular base, nor win over any citizen who was not already a supporter. In his inaugural address he spoke repeatedly of giving power back to the people, but this people is narrowly conceived. Trump is there to act on its behalf, to redress its grievances and defend it against foes (foreign competitors, corrupt politicians, street gangs). This authoritarian vision promised a glorious future through the enactment of a national will that his administration defines, and one that will require "total allegiance".
Day One also saw the new administration's takeover of Whitehouse.gov.The purpose of this official website is always to present the president's priorities. Here though it seems to serve notice of a stripped down ideological plan for accelerated resource extraction, deregulation, global military dominance, and domestic repression.
The inaugural address articulated Trump's vision by painting an almost cartoonish landscape of defeat, humiliation, and violent unraveling of the social order. It is unsurprising that the speech was penned by chief White House strategist Steve Bannon and senior aide Stephen Miller, who likely wrote the copy for the White House website as well.
The speech is consistent with the vision Bannon has often described in his worldview – a grand historical struggle "of the Judeo-Christian West against Islam" or the "barbaric empire in the Far East"; and the political necessity of nationalist fervor. Miller, who has been obsessed with what he sees as the evils of multiculturalism since his days at Duke University (with his friend Richard Spencer), no doubt sees "American carnage" as what many people with whom he closely associates call "white genocide."
The pages of Whitehouse.gov meanwhile take the Nixonian idea of the Silent Majority – which the Trump campaigned used throughout his campaign – and make it a full-throated declaration of a law and order state: "Our job is not to make life more comfortable for the rioter, the looter, or the violent disrupter." It is as if the administration knows full well that it will face ever-increasing resistance as it pursues fully vanguardist aims, and so must preemptively define that resistance as criminal.
The entire orientation of this new administration can be summed up in the declaration Stephen Miller would scream to campaign crowds as he warmed them up for his candidate: "Everything that is wrong with this country today, the people who are opposed to Donald Trump are responsible for!"
These folks are preparing themselves for our resistance. Indeed, Trump's first day on the job was spent beginning to mend fences with the intelligence agencies he will need to enact domestic repression.
We have popular power overwhelmingly on our side, but we must not let up.


This past Sunday we headed out to Wynwood in the morning for a new kind of photoshoot for me. Carlitos is a very enthusiastic young man with a beautiful, custom Chevy C1500 truck. He wanted to "take some photos" of the truck for a large poster. That's all I HAD to deliver: a large photo of a truck. Why not?
This came at a great moment since I was evaluating Canon's 50 megapixel 5Ds R camera, thanks to the folks at Canon Professional Services. I brought an assortment of lenses, as well as the Canon 6D to create a timelapse of the photoshoot. I always planned to take some portraits of Carlitos with his truck, so I also brought an off-camera flash, stand, wireless triggers and white shoot-through umbrella.
The heat down here in South Florida has been unbearable lately, so we headed out early enough, hoping we would beat it. No luck. Just stepping out of the car and the humidity enveloped you and reminded you just where you were. Immediately the lenses fogged, and it was a constant battle to prevent condensation from becoming a real problem. Just as a side note, a lot is said about condensation being a worse problem with cheaper lenses without good coatings. Well, all my lenses that day were from Canon's "L" line of premium lenses … and even those lenses had a hard time dealing with the condensation from the humidity.
I started with single shots of the truck from any angle I could think would produce an interesting image. Too many to show! In the behind the scenes shot above, you can see me getting a pretty standard shot of the truck, which ended up looking great despite my concerns about the black paint.
After I was certain I had enough angles to make anyone happy, I set out to do the panorama I was there to do. I knew exactly how I would go about it: using the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens, on a tripod, I took a series of 5 3-exposure HDR images, which I then combined in Adobe Lightroom. After cropping as needed and for taste, the resulting panorama is 115 megapixels!
By this time, the sun was beating down on us and making it very uncomfortable to continue in this location. We moved on to another location, which was opposite the sun and mostly shaded by the building we used as a backdrop.
Again, I set out to do a panorama, giving Carlitos a choice of which location to use for his poster. Using the same technique I used at the first location, I took 5 3-exposure HDR images, and combined them in Adobe Lightroom. Due to different cropping (again, to taste), the resulting panorama is a whopping 125 megapixels!
Panoramas done, I moved on to what I really wanted to do – portraits!
I was evaluating Canon's 135mm f/2L lens, so I wanted to use it along with the 5Ds R and see what kind of results we would get.
Do you remember when I said above that I brought the Canon 6D to do a timelapse?
Despite the heat and humidity, that was a lot of fun! There's a lot more than what I covered in this post, including high speed highway photo shenanigans that I don't recommend you do.
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Highway shenanigans – don't try this at home!
There are a ton more photos on our Facebook page, so check out the album if you want to see more photos of this shoot.


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#pragma once

#include <IterativeLinearSystemSolverBase.h>
#include <Matrix.h>
#include <rotation.h>

namespace freeaml
{
template<typename T>
class GeneralizedMinimumResidual : public IterativeLinearSystemSolverBase<T>
{
public:
    using BaseSolver = IterativeLinearSystemSolverBase<T>;
    using size_type = typename BaseSolver::size_type;

    /**
     * @brief Constructs a linear system solver which uses the generalized
     *        minimum residual method (GMRES).
     * @param max_iterations The maximum number of iterations allowed.
     * @param residual_tolerance The residual tolerance.
     * @note This GMRES implementation is based on Givens rotations.
     */
    GeneralizedMinimumResidual(size_type max_iterations,
                               const T& residual_tolerance);

    /**
     * @brief Solves a linear system using the generalized minimum residual
     *        method (GMRES).
     * @param A The linear system matrix.
     * @param x The vector on which the solution will be written.
     * @param b The right-hand side of the linear system.
     * @return @c true if the residual tolerance could be achieved within the
     *         maximum number of iterations allowed, @c false otherwise.
     */
    template<typename MatrixType, typename VectorType>
    bool solve(const MatrixType& A, VectorType& x, const VectorType& b);

}; /* class GeneralizedMinimumResidual<T> */

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 *    FUNCTION DEFINITIONS
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

template<typename T>
GeneralizedMinimumResidual<T>::GeneralizedMinimumResidual(
    const size_type max_iterations, const T& residual_tolerance)
    : BaseSolver(max_iterations, residual_tolerance)
{
    /* nothing needs to be done here */
}

template<typename T>
template<typename MatrixType, typename VectorType>
bool GeneralizedMinimumResidual<T>::solve(const MatrixType& A,
                                          VectorType& x,
                                          const VectorType& b)
{
    FREEAML_ASSERT(BaseSolver::check_dimensions(A, x, b) == true);

    const size_type n = A.num_rows();

    Matrix<T> Q(1, n);
    Matrix<T> H(1, n);

    const T norm_b = b.l2_norm();

    /* build q_0, the basis of the Krylov subspace K^1 = {b} */
    for (size_type j = 0; j < n; ++j)
    {
        Q(0, j) = b[j] / norm_b;
    }

    VectorType f(n);

    /* f = (norm_b, 0, ..., 0) */
    f[0] = norm_b;

    /*
     * c and s will hold the parameters needed to define the successive Givens
     * rotations applied (not all elements of these vectors will be used if
     * convergence happens in less than n iterations)
     */
    VectorType c(n);
    VectorType s(n);

    (*this).num_iterations_ = 0;

    while ((*this).num_iterations_ < (*this).max_iterations())
    {
        size_type k = (*this).num_iterations_;

        Q.resize(k + 2, n);
        H.resize(k + 2, n);

        /* build q_k as the k-th row of Q */
        VectorType q_k(n);

        for (size_type j = 0; j < n; ++j)
        {
            q_k[j] = Q(k, j);
        }

        /*
         * z will be used to compute q_{k+1} if we have not yet built the
         * largest Krylov subspace (the one with n dimensions)
         */
        VectorType z = A * q_k;

        /*
         * project out the components of z parallel to {q_0, q_1, ..., q_k} and
         * build h_k (the k-th column of H)
         */
        for (size_type i = 0; i <= k; ++i)
        {
            for (size_type j = 0; j < n; ++j)
            {
                H(i, k) += Q(i, j) * z[j];
            }

            for (size_type j = 0; j < n; ++j)
            {
                z[j] -= H(i, k) * Q(i, j);
            }
        }

        /*
         * apply the previous Givens rotations that kept H upper triangular (H
         * here being the theoretical H)
         */
        for (size_type i = 0; i < k; ++i)
        {
            givens_rotation(c[i], s[i], H(i, k), H(i + 1, k));
        }

        /* if one more Givens rotation must be applied */
        if (k + 1 < n)
        {
            T norm_z = z.l2_norm();

            for (size_type j = 0; j < n; ++j)
            {
                Q(k + 1, j) = z[j] / norm_z;
            }

            H(k + 1, k) = norm_z;

            /*
             * compute the parameters for the Givens rotation matrix G(k,k+1)
             * that zeros out H(k+1,k)
             */
            givens(H(k, k), H(k + 1, k), c[k], s[k]);

            /* keep H (the theoretical H) upper triangular */
            givens_rotation(c[k], s[k], H(k, k), H(k + 1, k));

            /* apply also the Givens rotation to the right-hand side f */
            givens_rotation(c[k], s[k], f[k], f[k + 1]);
        }

        /* if H(k,k) = 0, A is not invertible */
        if (H(k, k) == T{0})
        {
            return false;
        }

        ++(*this).num_iterations_;

        /*
         * if we can no longer iterate or if the residual is within the
         * specified tolerance
         */
        if (k + 1 == n || std::abs(f[k + 1]) <= (*this).residual_tolerance())
        {
            VectorType lambda(k + 1);

            /* solve H_{0:k,0:k}*lambda = f */
            size_type i = k + 1;

            while (i-- > 0)
            {
                T y = T{0};

                for (size_type j = i + 1; j <= k; ++j)
                {
                    y += H(i, j) * lambda[j];
                }

                lambda[i] = (f[i] - y) / H(i, i);
            }

            /*
             * build the problem solution x = Q*lambda (in this implementation,
             * Q is the theoretical Q^t!)
             */
            std::fill(x.begin(), x.end(), T{0});

            for (size_type j = 0; j < n; ++j)
            {
                for (size_type i = 0; i <= k; ++i)
                {
                    x[j] += lambda[i] * Q(i, j);
                }
            }

            return (b - A * x).l2_norm() <= (*this).residual_tolerance();
        }
    }

    return false;
}

} /* namespace aml */


Here in this section, I would be giving buy and sell views for stocks, futures and options category for indices. The calls and targets given here are purely based on my technical chart reading and analysis. Hence stop-loss may be strictly followed. Please note the targets may be revised based on the performance of the company.
Please be advised to discuss with your financial advisor.


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Samsung Galaxy Note 6 Specs, Release Date, Rumors: Next Gen Note Has Bigger Flexible Screen, Scheduled For Release at MWC Or Q3 of 2016
By Mark Aserit ( [email protected] ) Jan 16, 2016 02:00 PM EST Comment
Get ready for this year's Samsung Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 cuttinglet.com
Once again, Samsung is gearing up to dominate the smartphone and tablet market this year. The South Korean multinational company is known for developing fast and powerful devices. Now, gadgets lovers are excited to know what are the specs and features of the Galaxy Note 6. Here's the latest update about the device's release date and rumors.
Samsung just recently released Galaxy Note 5 last year, but some curious phablet users want to know the specs of Samsung Note 6. The Galaxy Note series are famous for their outstanding specifications, such as pressure-sensitive display and stylus pen.
Latinos Post predicted the device could become available anytime this year. There are also rumors that it could be unveiled in the first quarter of 2016, particularly in March during Barcelona's Mobile World Congress (MWC).
It is also interesting to note that Samsung Company has a tradition of releasing new gadgets during the third quarter of the year. If the company remains firm in that releasing cycle, Samsung Galaxy Note 6 will likely become available in the latter part of year.
Nevertheless, expect the sixth-edition of Galaxy Note series this year.
The Note 6 will boast a wider and clearer screen display than its previous editions. Get ready to experience the ultra-clear 4K screen resolution with at least 800ppi and AMOLED display. The phablet will also will have a bendable or fold-able screen.
The Note 6's camera is set to outlast other snappers available in the market. Rumors said the device will have more than the 25-megapixel shooter for its main camera, and the front-facing camera will have 16 megapixels. Not only that, but the phablet will also have auto focus and optical image stabilization feature. It also rumored its camera can shoot images even in a low-light environment.
The processing capabilities of Galaxy Note 6 will be powered with Snapdragon Qualcomm octa-core 2.9 GHz processor. Also, the tablet will have 8GB of RAM, perfect for multi-tasking and heavy usage.
One of the most promising amongst its features is the reported fast charging capability of Samsung Galaxy Note 6.
We'll bring you more once information on Samsung Galaxy Note 6 becomes available.
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I understand the meaning of the 12 stones on the west bank of the Jordan River in Joshua 4, but what about the other 12 stones that Joshua placed in the middle of the Jordan? Why did he put them there?
Before we discuss the 12 stones submerged in the Jordan River, let's remember the 12 stone memorial piled high on the west bank of the River Jordan at Gilgal. It was to serve as a sign and a call to remembrance for all generations for the people of Israel. When looked upon this memorial would cause the people to remember the Lord's goodness, when He led them into the Promised Land.
You've likely never heard about the other twelve stones. The stones in the midst of the riverbed are seldom, if ever, preached about, but these 12 stones are something everyone should know about. They offer an important and motivating message.
The Bible does not tell us the meaning of this memorial, but I believe it can be reasoned and understood by typology and symbolism in the Bible. What I present is my biblical reasoning on this. I believe it offers a profound teaching as well as a warning and a motivation for all Christians. Consider this and decide for yourself what is the meaning of these 12 stones.
This pile of 12 stone was never to be seen by future generations. They would never inquire about it, once the Jordan waters flowed again. This 12 stone memorial would perish in the waters of the Jordan, just as the Egyptian army had perished in the waters of the Red Sea so many years before. This 12 stones was a memorial to God's justice. The typological lessons in this account provide an eternal, but disheartening, perspective.
We know that God provided signs to his people, to reveal Himself, His will and His ways, and to prepare them to recognize their promised coming Messiah. While the Greek mind seeks after wisdom, the Jews require a sign (1 Corinthians 1:22). God also gave the Jews types and patterns for their understanding.
God did not allow Moses to lead the people into the Promised Land because he had failed to honor God at Rephadim (Exodus 17, Deuteronomy 32:50-51). Typologically we can understand that Moses represented the Law (John 1:17) and the Law has no power to save (deliver) man.
God chose Joshua to lead (deliver) His people into the land. Typologically Joshua is a picture of salvation and the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Joshua's given name at birth was Oshea, which means salvation. Moses later added an abbreviation of the covenant name of God (Yahweh) to Oshea, resulting in Yehoshua or the English name "Joshua," which means "God is salvation" (Numbers 13:16). Joshua led the people into the Promised Land, and in doing so is a picture of grace and a type of Jesus. Jesus is the One who leads sinners into their Promised Land and deliver them from the wilderness of sin.
2"dan" which means "judging" (Genesis 30:6).
Psalm 69:14,15 Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters. Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
The 12 stone memorial on the west bank of the Jordan was a picture of being saved from the waters of judgment. God instructed twelve men (one from each tribe) to take a stone from the middle of the riverbed (Joshua 4:5), from the place of death—the miry bottom of the riverbed, beneath the waters of judgment.
The Ark of the LORD, which typologically points to Christ, stood in the midst of the Jordan, holding back the waters and allowing the stones to be brought up and delivered to the shore as a memorial and sign (Joshua 4:6).
But the other 12 stones (Joshua 4:9) are another story. Those stones were covered by the Jordan. They cannot be a sign because they cannot be seen. Those stones are a warning!!!
The twelve stones, in the midst of the Jordan River, represent the unredeemed, who have rejected Jesus and are buried in death by the righteous judgment of God… "and they are there to this day" (Joshua 4:9b).
What's the BIG Lesson in This?
The stones in the midst of the Jordan might still be "there to this day," but they were quickly forgotten. Covered by the waters of the River Jordan, the children of Israel would never see them, nor would they inquire about them.
Those who do not belong to Jesus will perish. We do not want anyone to be covered by the waters of God's judgment. We want all to be take up out of the miry clay and set upon the shores of deliverance. Jesus is holding back the judgment, but at death it will come. Share the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ with all who do not know Him…before it is too late. Tell them how they can be saved from the waters of judgment. Tell them how, through the work of Jesus in saving and sanctifying them, they can be a memorial stone of remembrance of God's goodness and saving grace.


Discussion in 'Archived Threads 2001-2004' started by Carl Gaff, May 12, 2002.
I'm try to locate a good database to catalog my collection of DVDs, Laserdiscs and VHS Tapes (my wife owns these, honest). Any one have any suggestions?
It's a free download-able program, and you can also upload your collection. That way you (and others if you want to) can also access your collection on-line.
Check my signature below for instance.
It's only for dvd's, though.
Try the IMDb's 'My Movies' feature.
You can catalogue your movies under any format or category you choose.
It's a freeware program and as far as I can determine lets you include ALL formats.
I have not tried this program so I can't tell you anything about it, but it may be what you are looking for.
Since you ask for a software to catatlog more than just DVDs, I'll once again recommend MoCaSys. Drop me a mail at [email protected] for the latest version.


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Strongest Australian film line-up in almost two decades
29 July, 2013 by IF
Four Australian features have been selected to screen at the 70th Venice Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia). Tracks, Wolf Creek 2, Ruin and Ukraine is Not a Brothel will all have their world premiere at the festival.
Screen Australia's Head of Marketing Kathleen Drumm said, "This year's Venice selection represents the biggest for Australia in 18 years and marks a growing relationship between our country and the world's oldest film festival. We are thrilled to have such a diverse, strong group of Australian films showcased in Venice."
John Curran's Tracks will screen in competition. Mia Wasikowska stars in the inspirational true story of Robyn Davidson, who in 1977 set out on a solo 2,700km journey on foot from the harsh centre of Australia to the Indian Ocean. This epic modern adventure is written by Marion Nelson, produced by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning, and co-produced by Antonia Barnard and Julie Ryan. The film will go on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival later in September and will open the Adelaide Film Festival in October.
Wolf Creek 2, written, directed and produced by Greg McLean, will terrorise the Lido when it screens as part of the Midnight Program. The horror thriller sequel is co-produced by Helen Leake and Steve Topic and co-written by Aaron Sterns. John Jarratt reprises his role as crazed serial killer Mick Taylor, alongside Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn and Phillipe Klaus.
Producers/writers/directors Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody's new feature Ruin, a low-budget drama set in Cambodia, will screen in Orizzonti, a competition section dedicated to new distinctive films from international rising talents. This will be the second time the team heads to Venice, as their feature Hail screened in Venice's Orizzonti in 2011.
Ukraine is Not A Brothel, directed and produced by Kitty Green, will screen Out of Competition. The feature documentary, co-produced by Jonathan auf der Heide and Michael Latham, offers an intimate look into the lives of Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen, a movement against patriarchy that has taken the European media by storm.
The Venice Film Festival will take place 28 August – 7 September 2013.
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According to the FBI, beginning in January 2012 and continuing through September 2013, Wade Lawrence allegedly engaged in a scheme to defraud and obtain funds from individuals with whom he had longstanding personal and business relationships and who trusted him. He falsely offered for sale various investments, including real estate ventures and securities outside the brokerage accounts at Southwest Securities. He also offered interests in what he represented were a high-risk investment in options on the Volatility Index (VIX) on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Lawrence also allegedly solicited funds from several individuals by misrepresenting they would be invested in a duplex. He falsely represented to other investors that their money would be invested in various securities such as in Facebook and Southwest Securities. According to documents filed in the case, from June 2008 through July 2011, Lawrence worked as a securities broker for Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in Dallas and was active in conducting trades in his customer brokerage accounts. In 2010 and 2011, Lawrence began to lose significant amounts of money, both in his client's' trading accounts and his individual trading account. In August 2011, Lawrence moved to Southwest Securities in Dallas, where his trading losses continued.
Lawrence allegedly represented to investors that their investments would return anywhere from 20 to 100 percent, and that it was possible to double their investment. In each case, he directed the investor to mail or wire-transfer funds to his personal account at Wells Fargo Bank, instead of a Southwest Securities account, giving various explanations for this, including that he was trying to start his own VIX fund and needed to establish a history for the fund. Lawrence, however, only invested some of the investors' money as represented. Instead, he spent several hundred thousand dollars of the proceeds for personal living expenses, including travel, mortgage payments on his Dallas residence, and a $10,000 piece of jewelry. In total, Lawrence obtained over $2 million from the scheme. He returned approximately $581,034 to some of the investors.
Lawrence faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine or twice any pecuniary gain to the defendant or loss to the victims. In addition, Lawrence agrees to forfeit $1,542,966 in proceeds traceable to the offense in the form of a money judgment and proceeds from the sale of his residence. Lawrence will remain on bond pending sentencing.