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Shiner 97 is here! It's finally here!
This week's Grape Vine Market newsletter reports that Shiner 97 has arrived! That's exciting news for me, because last year's 96 quickly became a favorite of mine.
In case you don't remember, or live under a rock (or outside of Texas — same thing), Shiner is releasing a limited-supply new beer each year leading up to their 100th anniversary. Last year's brew was named 96 — for their 96th year in business — this year's brew is named 97, and so on. The 96 was an outstanding Oktoberfest beer that marked my first introduction to the Märzen style. I loved it and drank it constantly last fall for as long as it lasted. In fact, I liked it better than Shiner Bock, their flagship beer; I even wrote them a letter and begged them to make it a permanent part of their lineup. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who felt this way.
The Grape Vine newsletter reports that 97 is a "Bohemian Black Lager." If that means that it's a black beer in the mode of New Belgium's 1554 or the Brazilian Xingu brand, then I'm very excited, because I've really grown to love that style. North by Northwest brewpub makes a mighty fine black as well. Sez Grape Vine's Beerman:
"In spite of its dark richness, the Shiner 97 is one that even people who usually don't like dark beers will enjoy. It's actually very light on the tongue, and its crispness and low alcohol content make it an easy drinking beer. It's definitely worth a try, and once it's gone, it's gone."
The Shiner website has no mention of 97 yet, but it does say that, appropriately enough, the Old 97's will be playing their big Bocktoberfest bash on Oct. 14.
EDIT: Now when I say "it's here," I'm trusting the Grape Vine newsletter, which advertises it and actually gives a price. However, I just went across the street to the Hancock HEB and saw no sign of it.
However, I did see that that HEB has all Shiner products on sale for $4.99 a sixer — that's $1.50 off). Pretty good price, unless you think that's what Shiner Bock ought to cost all the time. (Now, I know HEB would never be so crass as to label it a "Back to School" sale, but the college kids are back and that store is the number one grocery outlet for students living on or near campus …)
picked up a 6er of it the other night. i nearly shat myself. although i do miss shiner96 since i drank myself stoopid on it last fall.... was a fine oktoberfest bier.
I by "shat yourself" you mean you liked it, then you should check out my recommendations for other black lagers that are even better than 97: http://i-love-beer.blogspot.com/2006/09/shiner-97-reviewed.html
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If you like the idea of the readathon they do a couple of them a year. Big books can be so intimidating.
A graphic novel over 500 pages???? Which one?
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There are so many new 2017 releases and previous releases that I have on my 2017 to read list. This year my goal is to read 85 books, so a bit lower than last year. I've come up with four different categories with a few books in each category that go alongside my goals of reading more classics and diverse books.
Like just about everyone else, I cannot wait for ACOWAR. I mean, ACOMAF was absolutely amazing, so there is no doubt in my mind this one won't be either. Anyone else really nervous to see what happens?
Lady Midnight was such a pleasant surprise. I'm so excited for Lord of Shadows to release this March because I NEED to know what happens next.
This one could also fit in the category of more diverse books, but this is one of my top most anticipated releases for the year, so I put it on this list. Renee Ahdieh is an amazing author, so I cannot wait to get my hands on her latest retelling—Mulan!
The final installment in the Throne of Glass series doesn't even have a title yet. If you know me, then you know how much of a Throne of Glass fan I am. Now, Empire of Storms wasn't as good as the other books in my mind, but I have a feeling this one will blow my mind away.
This book is huge. Hence why it's been called "The Brick". I already have this book on my shelf, I'm just waiting for a good time to read it so I can really enjoy it without having to worry about reviewing books, etc.
Oh, I just love this cover. I've had this book for years, so I think I'm finally going to read it this year. I also really want to buy this copy because i lost the dust jacket for mine and it's just a blue hardback.
I'm finally gonna give in and see what all the Jane Austen hype is about. I'm not really sure what book of hers to start off with (any suggestions?), but I know I definitely want to read Pride and Prejudice.
I know, I know. Even I can't believe I haven't read this one. I've read and loved so many retellings, I don't know what's been keeping me from actually reading Alice in Wonderland.
I've been meaning to read this one for a while now. Everyone is always telling me how great it is, so I finally plan on reading it this year.
I loved The Star-Touched Queen, so I'm highly anticipating Crown of Wishes, the sequel of sorts. I've heard that this one is just as amazing as the first book, so I cannot wait.
This sounds like a really interesting book. The main character is agoraphobic and has OCD and anxiety. I've read a few books about mental illness and I feel like they can go one way or the other for me, but I'm really excited for this one.
Carry On is a spinoff of sorts to Rowell's Fangirl, which I really enjoyed. This book has been sitting on my shelves since January, so I definitely plan to read it this year.
I know this book is getting a lot of hype in the book community right now, but if you don't know about it, this is a book inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. The main character is a sixteen year old named Starr who witnessed the police killing her best friend unarmed. I am extremely excited to read this one, and I know this will be a very important and impactful read.
The Winner's trilogy has been on my TBR for so long. I've been wanting to read it for about two years now, but I'm finally going to read it this year.
I had a Target giftcard for Christmas so I ordered A Darker Shade of Magic and Crystal Storm, not realizing that the latter was the fifth book in the Falling Kingdoms series, not the fourth. Whoops.
What books are you most looking forward to read? Have you ever bought the wrong book in a series, too? What are your favorite classics that you think I should read this year, too?
I feel ya 😉 I'm so excited to read The Winner's trilogy!
I am also super excited for Lord of Shadows, Flame in the Mist, and The Hate U Give! Little Women and Pride & Prejudice are definitely among my favorite classic novels. My co-blogger Christy would be so happy to see Alice in Wonderland on this list. 🙂 Oh my gosh, you MUST read Simon ASAP! It's so so SO wonderful; I know you'll love it. I hope you enjoy all of these when you get to them, Adalyn!
They all sound so good! I've been wanting to read all three of those for years. I KNOW! I don't know what's been keeping me from reading it because I NEED to! Thank you!
Same! I think I have more on my TBR than I actually set my goal to, haha. I actually don't mind the ACOWAR title, but I liked the first two better. I liked EoS, just not as much as the others (even though I gave it like 4.5/5 stars). I've only heard great things about Simon vs, I'm soooo excited to read it! Under Rose Tainted Skies sounds wonderful. I'm glad you liked it. I've seen more hits for that series than misses, but I really hope I like it. And yeah I did, haha. I'm super indecisive and I just didn't like how it looked. But I'm going to stick with this one.
Thank you! Doesn't it sound like such an amazing book?
Oh my, so many of these are on my tbr as well! Like Carry On and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and The Winner's Curse. I hope you get around to reading Pride and Prejudice and Little Women, because I love both of those books 🙂 If it makes you feel any better, I haven't read Alice in Wonderland, either. But I recently read Heartless and adored the crap out of it, so now I'm feeling a bit more motivated. Hope you get around to all of these this year!
I hope you get to them this year, too! 😀 I'm so excited to read Pride and Prejudice and Little Women, especially since I've had it since second or third grade. Heartless was a wonderful book 😉 and it only made me want to read Alice in Wonderland more!
Ah! Pride & Prejudice and Alice in Wonderland are two of my favorite classics! I love everything Jane Austen (and Pride & Prejudice is my second favorite of her books, Persuasion is my absolute number one). I hope you'll it as much as I do!
A Court of Wings and Ruin is one of my most anticipated books as well. CANNOT WAIT to see how the story will continue, the wait is agonizing. I actually have an ARC of The Hate You Give at home, I am very excited to start that one as well because it seems like a very meaningful story. (I also need to get a move on Morgan Rhodes' series… I've been meaning to read it forever, but keep putting it off).
I'm glad to hear it! That only makes me more excited to get my hands on them. I guess I'll have to add Persuasion to my list, too.
The wait for ACOWAR truly is agonizing. And I am oh so jealous you have an ARC of The Hate U Give! You'll have to let me know what you think of it. Honestly, I wasn't really expecting to fall in love with Falling Kingdoms as much as I did, so I hope you get to it, too!
I was a bit reluctant going into Lady Midnight as well but now I'm so excited for Lord of Shadows. I want to start reading more classics this year too. I can't wait for The Hate U Give – I agree it's such an important topic and I really hope it lives up to the hype. Ahhh so many good releases this year!! I have a LOT of previously released series I want to read this year (so much catch up).
Yes, I cannot wait for Lord of Shadows! Classics is definitely one genre I don't read enough of. The Hate U Give sounds like such an amazing and impactful story. What series do you plan on reading?
Oh, I'm so jealous! I would love to see Les Mis in person <3 I've seen the movie once, but I want to see it again before I read the book.It really is huge, which is why I want to wait for a time when I have enough books all lined up for reviews so I can really take the time to enjoy it. I've heard nothing but great things about Simon!
All things Sarah J. Maas and Cassandra Clare are immediately on my list as well! I haven't yet read Frozen Tides either, which is a shame, since I binged the first three books just last year around this time, and then got distracted by other books and just never continued! Simon vs the Homo-Sapiens Agenda is so cute and fantastic!
Same here! Those two are my auto-buy authors (along with Marissa Meyer and Leigh Bardugo). I read the first two books and then waited months to read the third, whoops. But now I have Frozen Tides and Crystal Storm, so I'll be sort of binging those (does binge reading really count when it's only two books?). I've heard Simon vs is adorable and just such a great book! I'm so so so excited to read The Hate U Give and to finally read Carry On!


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Glycerol carbonate as a fuel additive for a sustainable future
Milán Szori, Binod Raj Giri, Zhandong Wang, Alaaeldin E. Dawood, B. Viskolcz, Aamir Farooq
Policy-makers and researchers have been considering a shift from conventional fossil fuels to renewable sources due to the growing concerns over global warming and diminishing oil reserves. Biodiesel, a renewable bio-driven fuel, can be derived from vegetable oils and animal fats, and is considered to be bio-degradable, non-toxic and environmentally friendly. The cetane number and calorific power of biodiesel are quite similar to those of conventional diesel. Crude glycerol of about 10-20% by volume appears as a byproduct in biodiesel production. The increasing demand for biodiesel has led to a substantial increase of glycerol supply in the global market and a dramatic fall in the price of glycerol which has warranted alternative uses of glycerol. One potential way to deal with the crude glycerol overflow is to convert it to glycerol carbonate (GC) and use GC as a fuel or fuel additive. Prior studies have indicated that carbonate esters can significantly reduce particulate emissions during engine combustion. In this work, we have explored possible reaction pathways in the initial stage of glycerol carbonate pyrolysis. Ab initio/RRKM-master equation methods are employed to differentiate various reaction pathways and to obtain the pressure- and temperature-dependence of the major channels. We have found that glycerol carbonate decomposes almost exclusively to produce CO2 and 3-hydroxypropanal over 800-2000 K and radical forming channels are unimportant. As 3-hydroxypropanal is one of the main products of GC decomposition, and aldehydes are known to have a very high impact on soot reduction, we conclude that GC has great potential for cleaner combustion as a fuel additive.
Sustainable Energy and Fuels
https://doi.org/10.1039/c8se00207j
Particulate emissions
Antiknock rating
Szori, M., Giri, B. R., Wang, Z., Dawood, A. E., Viskolcz, B., & Farooq, A. (2018). Glycerol carbonate as a fuel additive for a sustainable future. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2(10), 2171-2178. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8se00207j
Glycerol carbonate as a fuel additive for a sustainable future. / Szori, Milán; Giri, Binod Raj; Wang, Zhandong; Dawood, Alaaeldin E.; Viskolcz, B.; Farooq, Aamir.
In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels, Vol. 2, No. 10, 01.01.2018, p. 2171-2178.
Szori, M, Giri, BR, Wang, Z, Dawood, AE, Viskolcz, B & Farooq, A 2018, 'Glycerol carbonate as a fuel additive for a sustainable future', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 2171-2178. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8se00207j
Szori M, Giri BR, Wang Z, Dawood AE, Viskolcz B, Farooq A. Glycerol carbonate as a fuel additive for a sustainable future. Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 2018 Jan 1;2(10):2171-2178. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8se00207j
Szori, Milán ; Giri, Binod Raj ; Wang, Zhandong ; Dawood, Alaaeldin E. ; Viskolcz, B. ; Farooq, Aamir. / Glycerol carbonate as a fuel additive for a sustainable future. In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 2018 ; Vol. 2, No. 10. pp. 2171-2178.
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Working on a Macbook Pro (2014), my graphics capability is not what I'm looking for when working on large scenes.
Does anyone have any experience with external GPUs on OS X and running CE (or other 3D programs)?
I don't have experience with this, but I'm also interested in that topic.
Too bad that OS X currently doesn't send the image to the internal screen of the MBP ... external screens are required.
I'm considering ViDock (as I currently don't know of any other brands) http://www.villageinstruments.com/tiki-index.php?page=Products but have no clue as to which GF card to select - any suggestions to what benchmarks to look for?
Honestly, I don't believe (gut feeling) you will ever find a solution with a MBP that will fully satisfy you since Apple products are black box systems (e.g. graphics drivers). Trying to plug new hardware somewhere in between, I don't think it's in Apple's interest, therefore it may be tricky... But let me know if you find a solution.
Windows PC laptop with external GPU seems like a double compromise ... I don't mind working on a Win machine but hate to have to 'fix/tweak/clean' it regularly and I would still have the burden of an external device.
Not sure at this point but I share your concern. If something pops up, I'll let you know.
CreatePro [CreatePro Page] in UK specialises in expanding MacPro's - especially the former model which holds more space.
Ok .. let me know what comes out ..
I find it really sad that macs don't offer the newest generation PC CPUs and GPUs. This is a killer, at least for me. Nice design and a 'painless' OS (except all the **** updates all the time) is cool, but I need more power for 3D and rendering, leaving Apple products sadly as no option.
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My name is Natalie, and I am 7-years old and I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when I was 4-years old. I love to ski (both snow and water), play hockey, dance, swim and play soccer.
There are five people in my family including me, and one dog. When I was first diagnosed, I was scared of getting shots. My mom and dad filled a bucket with small prizes, like stickers, pencils, and small toys. When it was time for my shot, I would reach in the bucket to pick out a prize, and then I wasn't thinking about getting the shot. After a couple weeks, I wasn't scared of shots anymore.
The hardest part about diabetes for me is that I am the only kid with diabetes at my school, and all the kids are always asking me why I get to eat snacks throughout the day and they do not. The best part of my diabetes is that there are lots of people at home and at school that are really good at helping me with it.
I still use shots for my insulin, but I am interested in getting more information about the pump.


Just hearing the Olympic theme song inspires me. I also find it awesome that during the Olympics we watch sports that on any other given day wouldn't mean a thing to us (badminton, anyone?) but in the Olympics we watch with fascination and appreciation of the athleticism and work it takes to get there.
BTW, today was the first tournament of our travel soccer season.
just wondering if you would write a post on the debatable calls made by the ref in the Canada v US semi final? being a ref myself i obviously don't want to hear her bashed, but being a Canadian it was obviously very hard to watch. If you purposely avoided this iffy topic sorry, but i would appreciate your thoughts.
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Salesforce can be tough as nails when it comes to their contract negotiations. As part of their goal to reach $20 billion in revenue by 2022, Salesforce is unrelenting and tends to dictate terms rather than concede to their customer's needs. If this sounds bleak, one thing to remember is that Salesforce makes the rules, and thus has the ability to bend them. Knowing what they are willing to bend, and by how much, is critical to your negotiation.
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What are top 10 deadliest animal diseases in the world?
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AHSV (African horse sickness virus). AHSV is a close relative to Bluetongue virus, both of which are dsRNA arboviruses infecting livestock.
AHSV primarily infects horses, causing the nasty respiratory and cardiac syndrome, with a fatality rate close to 90%. The disease can be spread via various blood-feeding insects including mosquitoes.
ASFV (African swine fever virus), which recently invaded China and posed a serious threat to the local meat industry. ASFV is a huge dsDNA virus-like poxviruses.
ASFV is the only arbovirus belonging to the dsDNA family, which infects pigs through tick bites. However, it can also be transmitted via direct contact or consumption of infected meat scraps.
ASFV is quite a badass, not only because it causes quite lethal haemorrhage diseases in pigs, with a mortality rate approaching 100%, but also the virus can persist in infected ticks and pigs for many years, and no vaccine is available, which poses a serious challenge to quarantine efforts.
JSRV (Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus), which causes cancers in sheep. Although quite a few cancer-causing viruses is infecting human such as HPV and hepatitis C, none of them is comparable to JSRV, which causes lung cancer and transmits through the air.
The viral envelope proteins themselves can promote the host cell proliferation, and because JSRV is a retrovirus, it can potently transform infected cells (production of oncoproteins alone can't lead to transformation; to transform the cells you need to get the genetic code of that protein into the chromosomes so that every descendant carries its copy).
As a result, the virus is responsible for over 70% of cancer cases in sheep. Another badass thing is that there is an endogenous 'cousin' lurking inside sheep's chromosome, so that sheep develop no immune response against JSRV due to the immune tolerance!
Myxoma virus. Myxoma virus is a native virus of new world rabbits with a low mortality rate but is highly lethal (99%) in old-world rabbits. Although myxoma virus is transmitted via insect bites, it can't infect its vectors but is transmitted physically. Because European rabbits are endemic in Australia, the virus was imported to curtail the rabbit population.
Although the myxoma virus did a great job at curtailing the rabbits initially, its mortality rate declined gradually to 70% due to adaption between the virus and rabbits. To further consolidate the achievements, a second virus called rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV or RCV) was imported from China. RCV belongs to the same family of norovirus but is highly lethal to rabbits (>90%). Unlike the myxoma virus, RCV is transmitted via direct contact.
Canine distemper virus (CDV), which infects dogs as well as wild animals under the fissipedia order. CDV is close relative to the measles virus infecting humans. It's as infectious as measles, but with a much higher mortality rate (80%). It affects multiple sites of animals' bodies, which entails respiratory, alimentary, and central nervous systems.
It's so fortunate that none of these guys seems to be interested in humans. Although we have viruses like HIV and Ebola, none of them is easily transmitted. That's unlike the viruses mentioned above, which can spread via casual contacts or insect bites.
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Instructions: For more images of this project see here. Cut 12 pieces of 4 x 4" out of gray board. Cover all 12 pieces on one side with pattern paper, photo, and any image you want. Distress all the edges.
Now take six pieces and put the blank side up, mark the 6 pieces 1/2 inch in, on both sides and 1 directly in the middle (I will put up some drawings on my blog). IMPORTANT the photos on the bottom parts are facing to the right and the photos on the top part are facing the other direction, otherwise they are upside down when you open the book!!!
Now place one piece in front of you with the lines up apply Scor-Tape on the guidelines, lay the left edge of the ribbon along the tape at the top and bottom line so that the ribbon trails to the right, place the middle ribbon the opposite direction, allowing the ribbon to trail off the left.
Now select an " Unmarked" piece of decorated Gray board and apply tape or glue to the whole back surface of the undecorated side, place this on top of the Glued ribbons and the Gray board.
Flip the top and bottom ribbons over the decorated side of the gray board that was just glued down, the top and bottom ribbons should now trail off the left, and the middle will go to the right, do NOT adhere the ribbons!
Select another marked piece and place that with the marked side up directly on top of the first set, Repeat these steps till you have one piece left.
Before adhering the final piece of gray board trim the ribbons so that the ends are hidden when the project is complete.
For the box you have to cut a piece of Black Cardstock at 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 " and score it all the way round at 3" then cut in the score lines on 2 sides and glue the box together.
Now cut a piece of black cardstock for the lid at 7 5/8 x 7 5/8" and score this all the way round at 1 1/2 " and cut on the score lines on 2 sides and glue the lid together, now die cut 4 ornate borders and glue these on the sides of the lid, now you can put decorative paper on the box and some images from the collection.


Hazy, soft focus autumn, far in time, space.
A rickety projector, a white sheet, ghost on ghost.
Your bright face, Miss Young Spirit, a fleshly sun.
You are so happy and so free.
and a parade and all the people cheering you, loving you.
White satin dress and opera gloves, a bright white bouquet.
The other young woman throwing candy to laughing children.
My life has not been like the one I see of you. It's been loss.
I wish they all came to cheer me and adore me, like they did you.
Was it all so bright and warm, in that long ago autumn you ruled?
Was there tears, a demon cheers couldn't silence, when you got home?
I watch your picture taken, and the mayor kissing your cheek, beaming parents.
Was it the one moment you were given, the shard of Eden, the perfect day?
I hope there was more sweetness to come, and a magic in sacred, secret chambers.
The Lincoln limosine takes you home, and I cannot see anymore of you.
and leave it fit to be torn down, for demons live in empty room unclaimed by living.
I take the film and projector, and a few more cans; I want to see your happy life.
Mermaids know freedom, deep in dreaming waters.
Know a secret star, a childlike god, for their children.
and wash away the face we are bound to in a home harbor.
and cannot be touched or captured or brought to the sun.
hearts full of wine and silver threads counting down to dawn.
and a memory goes from bleeding to only shedding gold on my palm.
chasing after those mermaids, to the end of my days, to all wishes spent.
as I slip into a waking, deathlike sleep.
tried to blot out that sun with treachery.
she'll turn to me and smile, a sad look in her eye.
a small girl who was the Hand of God, tender and crushing.
tears in her eyes, saying she brought me back, for I was needed.
I remember The Virgin when She was King.
the words of brilliance she spoke, her faith in what He had for her.
They cut her down, but she escaped them to touch the sky.
the pain of having seen an angel and having lost her to corruption.
knew of The Virgin, who was relentless and kind and holy above us.
and I want to love this dancing girl, to know debased regret and pleasure.
the light of The Virgin, that was the sun, that was the light, that has passed from me.
I knew The Virgin when She was King.
A road trip, open highway, plenty of time to talk. We say nothing.
A religious station, an old hymn, a woman's voice offered up in praise.
There is the expanse of creation between us. Once, we were one.
Words are fluttering and empty. Once they called down God himself.
They once brought us together.
The sun is a golden halo in bright and shimmering clouds. Like heaven.
Promise of place beyond silence and distance, and loss in close quarters.
Promise of a return of once was close and effortless.
It's so loud on the street, It's so bright in the lights of the night.
The traffic and the crowd and construction and the flashing lights.
Your head wrapped in your arms, as you breath fast and shallow.
From this crushing noise and overload and the roar of this world.
I sing that song, and your breathing slows, and you start to uncoil.
And you look up at me, eye to eye, your own eyes wet with tears.
I smile, and meet your gaze, and keep singing, and then you smile.
Your head buried in my side, and I sing, keeping this demon world away.
A tulip, red and white, like your flag, your home.
Kind of battle, a different kind of war.
You kiss my cheek, and curl your fingers in my hair.
are stilled, and you are just a young woman, in love.
That the meds and love can only keep you for so long.
The war never ends. It all fades for a few moments.
A few days, a night or two. The war goes on and on.
The softest of kisses, until you can return on leave again.
The rust colored hair, like hazy and softcore photos of an aging glamour.
The freckles where all the angels kissed her as she slept, especially after it all.
Fast company but fun at the picture show, silliness we no longer value but do love.
Pacific Coast Highway it all went to black, and the driver watched the stars, bleeding.
No glass coffins but the camera's lens, that keeps the beauty and blood as it ages.
It all burns brightly, wherever she's gone, whatever reward she received by the sea.
Compiled and collected, two dimensions are the best hauntings for ghosts and past days.
The fire passes on no matter how we light the stars or score the moon or seek a better lust.
The Pacific remembers, and loss before birth still steals kisses that angels had set aside.
Mussy, short cut hair, and those bright blue eyes.
Too large flannel, long sleeved shirt, dark colored tee.
Fading denim jeans, and worn out Converse high tops.
First of autumn, evening coming crisp as dry, dead leaves.
My palms are sweaty, and I'm hot despite the cool air.
The stars starting to bejewel the blood velvet of sunset.
You smile, but don't look at me, as I try to gather my nerve.
My hands tremble, and the damp smell of leaves is sweet.
I take your hand in mine, and squeeze. You sigh, turn to me.
We face each other, eyes bright and clear and as open as the sky.
I stroke your cheek, and you close your eyes, lean into my fingers.
Leaves fall and the trees die back, but life is ever bright and warm.
Unsure, I lean forward, our lips touching, and you kiss me back.
My hand on your cheek, your fingers stroking my curly, wild hair.
I am warm like I swallowed the sun, wrapped in eternal, divine light.
The season has changed, light in the dark, as we walk hand in hand.
This was a secret world, among the thick green and tall grass, a lush little grotto by the clear, silver creek. The sounds of the highway and the shouts and noise of the people in the town did not come here. It was a shard of Eden.
Gabriella was leading me by the hand. That hand was small and warm, and felt so light and strong in my own. We did not talk, as this was sacred.
The branches and leaves of the trees hid even the twilight sky, though honeyed gold lit us in robes of flames. She pulled her hand away and faced me. She smiled, then placed her hands on my shoulders, signaling me to kneel in the dirt.
Her smile grew brighter, and she did the same.
Her fingers brushed my cheek, and she looked me in the eye, locking me in her light, which was grey like starlight, and as ancient. Her eyes were the color of the water that was the only sound, deep and resonate and without blemish.
She kissed me, softly, tenderly. Her fingers curled into my hair.
A light began to emminate from inside her chest, crimson and pulsating and rich, the color of blood and life and birth. She put her fingers into that light, and pulled her chest open.
The ball of crimson light came out in her hands. Our sacred place was like an unshed womb, dark with nuturing flesh.
On her face was a shy and intimate smile, the light in her hand she was handing to me, to my hands that waited and trembled, in this most intimate moment, our most delicate bonding.
She was handing me her soul.
I held it, and it was heat that did not burn, a dream that did not wake, a wound that was cut and healed at birth.
I felt the light of her, the essence that had drawn me to her, helpless against her wonder, was in my hands.
We were one, this angel and me.
And I felt all the sweetness of my life return, untarnished by loss and the fall from grace, I felt the times the light of heaven had poured through me like the river crashing in white capped power down the mountain, washing away all else in it's past.
If I had been unworth, we both would have burned away.
And in that fleeting eternity, that sweetness of her glory, she knew all there was in me, and all I could be, that I would be, for her, for us.
And I returned her soul to her , and slipped back into her silk and soft flesh that closed around it, and sealed in the light.
She looked like a young woman again, hiding her power and beauty.
Again, she reached out and touched my face, stroking my cheek.
Again, she gave me a soft, tender kiss.
The tears wracked me then, unable to absorb all that had happened, that we had shared.
She drew me in her arms and kissed my head, sang me a song from some happy land.
I cried, then slept in her arms.
They want you in black and ashen finery, the harsh angel.
I prefer you in bright colors, the girl next door, an autumn day.
And you seem joyous and full of warmth the sun is putting away.
The winter sweetheart, the springtime saint, all the brightness freely given.
Unlike the faces you procure to perform and cut throats and rule in movies.
Unlike the reaper of blood and damnation the other so fervently adore.
A dream, unmade in its casting, the tenderness that is a shard in my heart.
Sad songs and cuddling and so many bottles of red wine.
I don't want the demoness. I want the girl.
But neither is real. All our faces are dreams.
All eyes see are mirages and not the sainted sun.


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Capital Metro CEO Randy Clarke on Monday revealed a new vision plan that calls for ambitious long-term upgrades to the city's mass transit system, including a fully electric-powered fleet that could put automated vehicles in dedicated pathways through some of the city's busiest corridors.
The plan needs approval from Capital Metro's board, which is scheduled to vote on whether to accept it later this year. But, if all goes according to Cap Metro's plan, Project Connect would guide public transit in Austin through decades of an anticipated boom in population and seek to mitigate the impact of having even more traffic on already congested roadways.
The vision plan includes an assortment of transit options including automated vehicles, buses and commuter rail, with routes pushing further out of the urban core of the city into Round Rock, Leander and Manor.
At the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce's annual Region Mobility Summit on Monday, Clarke said the key to making high-capacity transit in Austin a success is getting Cap Metro's transportation options out of lanes they share with people traveling in personal vehicles.
A map of the vision plan released on Monday showed an automated rapid transit line running in a dedicated pathway from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport through downtown and ending at the University of Texas.
Another automated line would run along Congress Avenue, from Stassney Lane through downtown, then north along Lamar Boulevard to the North Lamar Transit Center.
Plans for that line include a potential future extension up Lamar to Tech Ridge, and down Congress all the way to Slaughter Lane. Likewise, the airport line could be later expanded north from UT to the Austin Community College Highland campus.
Clarke said a truly automated fleet of mass transit vehicles could still be a way off, but he emphasized the importance of making sure the city invests in an adaptable transit model that will still be viable and serve the city's needs 20 to 30 years down the road.
A bus route from downtown to the Travis County Exposition Center.
A bus route going north from ACC's Pinnacle campus along South Lamar Boulevard, then continuing through western downtown before going north to the Domain.
A bus route from Red Bud Lane to Shady Lane to downtown.
A bus route from McKinney Falls to the Berkman/Mueller area.
A MetroRail line from downtown to the Highland area, then northeast to Leander.
A MetroRail line from downtown Austin to downtown Manor.
While Project Connect has big plans for the urban core of Austin, it also looks to reach out across the greater Central Texas region to connect other communities. MetroExpress Routes are shown on Capital Metro's regional map reaching out to Buda, Lockhart, Bastrop, Elgin, Hutto Georgetown and Leander.
During a roundtable discussion last month, Clarke said Austin is in a unique place to begin building up its transit system.
"We have a blank canvas that no other city really has because we're so far behind. And, that sounds weird to say, but we're like one of the last holdouts in America to really do a multibillion-dollar investment in transit," Clarke said at the Sept. 18 event, adding that the project is still a long way from funding or construction.
The next phase of the project, he said, is community outreach.
"Our commitment to the community is very simple," Clarke said. "This time, if there is a 2020 referendum, we are going to have a fact-based plan that is going to lay out all of the details, and the community is going to be heavily engaged in a community engagement process to help define the corridors, help define how these vehicles are going to run and operate," he said.
Clarke said the plan is not set in stone and urged the community to get involved in the process.
Capital Metro will begin the community outreach process 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ruiz Branch Library. Officials plan to hold another community engagement work session in mid-November before the Capital Metro board votes on the vision plan in mid-December.


FAQs - Seek Adventures & Tours Inc.
Can I shop while on the tour?
We ask that you please wait to shop until after the tour, so that we can stay on schedule and continue with the experiential tour and food tastings in a timely manner.
Please note: some stops (on some of our tours) will include small tastings of locally-crafted drinks, for e.g. 4 oz of local craft beer; at some of these stops, you are welcome to purchase more drinks, at an additional cost.
We recommend that you consider bringing a shopping bag and allow time either before the tour, or, at the end of the tour (after you've received some good insider tips), to browse the locally owned stores, food establishments + vendors – to bring some Tbay gifts + goodies away with you!
Stay tuned, as some vendors are planning to provide a 'Seek' discount to tour participants!
Are the tours accessible by wheelchair or walker ?
At this time, strollers and wheelchairs are welcome on the 'Lake Walk' tours only (in the seasons without snow), due to the tight spaces in some of the food establishments we visit.
However, you can contact us to book a private/custom tour: where we can create other tours that are fully accessible, and can accommodate your group's needs – including (but not limited to) wheelchairs, walkers, strollers, infants and/or young children!
Yes! In fact, we strongly encourage participants to take photos during our tours. There will be lots of great photo opportunities, and, your guide will be happy to take some for you!
However, we do not allow video cameras or tape recorders to record the tours in their entirety without prior written consent.
Pets are allowed only on private/custom tours, where we can accommodate your needs.
However, no pets are allowed on any of our public tours at this time, with the exception of service animals.
Are the food and drink tastings included in the price?
Yes, all tastings of food + drink (as described for each tour under 'What to Expect') are covered with your ticket purchase. Additionally, 'Seek' provides a minimum of 18% gratuity to all restaurant servers. If you desire additional drinks or food during any of the stops beyond what the tour offers, there will be opportunities for you to purchase these at your own additional expense. We do however, recommend that you wait until the end of the tour, so that you don't fill up too soon and miss out on tastings planned for you!
At this time, we offer our public tours in English.
We can create private/custom tours for your group in French (at a moderate level).
We welcome special requests for custom tours or private events (e.g. out of town guests, family reunions, staff parties, corporate team-building, conferences, book clubs, showers, birthday parties, and more).
Contact us – and we'd be happy to co-create a memorable experience for you and your group!
We recommend that you wear comfortable, sturdy footwear for walking. There may be ice in the winter time.
We recommend you dress for the weather with layers, including a wind/rain jacket in the summer months, or a warm winter coat in the cold months.
If it looks like rain, we can lend you an umbrella or a rain poncho if you don't bring your own.
In the summer, we also recommend sunscreen, a sunhat, and a pair of sunglasses.
During the cooler seasons, it's important to bundle up, and bring a warm hat & mittens/gloves.
* Important to note: onshore wind from Lake Superior can make even the warmest and sunniest day or evening surprisingly chilly!
We recommend bringing a shopping bag, as you may be tempted to go shopping before or after the tour + bring home local treats and/or gifts!
If you have a backpack, a reusable water, rain jacket + hiking shoes/boots – great.
If not: we can lend you a backpack, a reusable water bottle + a poncho for your tour, plus you will receive a 15% discount to purchase yourself some sturdy hiking footwear at our local Gear-Up for Outdoors Ltd. here in Thunder Bay, Ontario. See: http://www.gear-up.com (with proof of your Seek tour ticket).
We recommend bringing an extra warm/wind layer, since despite sunny days, wind is often surprisingly cold off Lake Superior!


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1969 decemberében Veszprémben, a SZOT Művelődési Házban, a Veszprémi Művész Színpad (Pintér Tibor vezetésével) műsorral összekötött névadó ünnepségén, Ihász-Kovács Éva kezdeményezésével a veszprémi értelmiség, a helyi Napló szerkesztői, Koncz István, Csaba Imre, Bodó Sándor, a szekszárdi Csányi László költő, szerkesztő, a Budapesten élő Fodor András költő, Peremartoni Krisztina, a Színművészeti Egyetem hallgatója, a festőművészek közül Kórusz József és Somogyi István közreműködésével alakult meg a Cserhát Klub.

Több városban (Litér, Devecser, Pápa, Tapolca, Várpalota) adtak műsort, Inotán mutatkoztak be. A klub egy stenciles (szamizdat) újságot adott ki Kiáltás címmel, melynek szerkesztői Szentesi István és  Bornemisza Attila voltak. A veszprémi társaság idővel feloszlott. Későbben Somogyban alakult újjá, a Somogyfajszi–Pusztakovácsi Tanács engedélyével, és hét évig működött mint Ifjúsági Klub.

Több kitüntetést kaptak (Kiváló Ifjúsági Klub, 1974–1975), Az Ifjúságért Kitüntetés). Bekapcsolódott a Somogy megyei Vakok és Gyengénlátók Somogy Megye Csoportjának munkájába, megalakították a Marcali Körzeti csoportot, melynek elnöke Ihász-Kovács Éva lett 1981 júniusáig.

A Budapestre költözött vezetőség 1980-ban (Bornemisza Attila, Ihász-Kovács Éva) az Óbudai Klubházban, majd a XIV. Kerületi Művelődési Házban, végül a Hűvösvölgyi Petőfi Művelődési Központban hívta ismételten életre a kört. Elnöke Bornemisza  Barnabás János festőművész volt, haláláig. A II. Kerületi Művelődési Osztály, a Marczibányi Művelődési Központban engedélyezte,  (1992-1996) a Tinódi Klub-Cserhát Művész Köreként működésüket. 1996 szeptemberében mint társadalmi szervezetet bejegyezte a Fővárosi Bíróság 7178 szám alatt. 2002 októberétől, a XVI. kerületi – Corvin Művelődési Házban kaptak helyet. Székhelye: 1162 Budapest, Dezsőfia u. 7. Működési helye: Corvin Művelődési Ház – Erzsébetligeti Színház, 1164 Budapest, Hunyadvár u. 43/c., majd 2018-tól a Szentmihályi Művelődési Központban.
Évente 2 alkalommal rendeznek fesztivált. A tavaszi képzőművészeti zsűriztetéssel egybekötött, míg az őszi az éves pályázatainak eredményhirdető gálája.
Alkalmanként neves előadóművészek szórakoztatják az írókból, képzőművészekből, zenészekből és színészekből, valamint családjaikból álló közönséget. Rendszeresen fellépők: Bacsa Ferenc operaénekes, Balázsi Judit színművész, Dévai-Nagy Kamilla előadóművész, Dragony Tímea dalszerző, Nagy Péter Sebastian színész, klarinétművész, Németh Nyiba Sándor olimpikon, előadóművész, Pető Edina Fadett előadóművész, Semes-Bogya Eszter fafaragó, előadóművész Tóthné Sárosi Rózsa nótaénekes, Kun Ágnes operaénekes, Tárkányi Imre író, Török Szabó Ottilia előadóművész, Domoszlai János előadóművész és még sokan mások.

 Szervezet nyilvántartási száma 01-02-0007178.
 Országos azonosító 0100/60749/1996/607491996
 Eljáró bíróság neve Fővárosi Törvényszék. Ügyszám 0100/Pk.60749/1996
 A Szegedi Média- és Hírközlési hatóság  CE 35451-3/2015 iktató számon a Cserhát Művész kör központi lapját a "DÉLIBÁB" művészeti lapot, mint nyomtatott sajtóterméket 01-02-0007178 nyilvántartási számon bejegyezte.
A DÉLIBÁB művészeti magazin kulturális és képzőművészeti témákat dolgoz fel. Az első számokat az ART XXI. Művészetpártoló Alapítvány támogatta, majd a Takarékszövetkezetek Országos Szövetsége, később a Biró Family Kiadó és Nyomda, a Nemzeti Alapítvány, a Holland Királyság Nagykövetsége, az Ab Aeternó Kiadó, és az Uránusz Kiadó 2002-ig. 2002-től egyedül, segítség nélkül a Cserhát Művészkör adja ki.

Célkitűzése
Az egyesülethez kötődő írók, költők, képzőművészek, egyéb művészek, baráti és szellemi kapcsolatainak szervezése Cserhát József költőhöz kötődő, nyugatos és népi írói mozgalom, irodalmi-, képzőművészeti-, zenei-, népi művészetek ápolása, a névadó szellemi útjának követése. Az egyesület, nemzetközi kapcsolatok megteremtésével is szolgálja a magyar kultúrát.

Tevékenysége, feladatai
 Írókból, költőkből, művészekből álló asztaltársaság megalakítása, amely biztosítja az egyesület magas szintű művészeti munkáját. A tagság elnyerése kérelem alapján történik. Az egyesület szabályzatát a Közgyűlés határozza meg.
 Baráti, irodalmi, művészeti műhelyek szervezése, összejövetelek tartása, kiállítások szervezése, zenei estek megvalósítása, irodalmi estek, fesztiválok rendezése.
 Tagok írásainak publikálása, nyomdai kiadványok megjelentetése.
 Tagok írásainak antológiákba, kötetbe gyűjtése, kiadatása.
 Kapcsolatok kialakítása más irodalmi, művészeti, szellemi műhelyekkel, társaságokkal.

Alapított díjai
 Cserhát József Irodalmi Művészeti Díj
 Ihász-Kovács Éva emlékplakett
 Cserhát-díj
 Cserhát nívódíj
 Cserhát Art-díj
 Cserhát Aranydiploma
 Aranyoklevél
 Cserhát Kitüntetett művész
 Cserhát Örökös tag cím
 Cserhát Díszelnöki cím
 Cserhát Platina-díj
 Cserhát Gyémánt-diploma
 Cserhát Aranyecset-díj
 Cserhát Aranytoll-díj
 Cserhát Aranykéz-díj
 Cserhát Művészkörért emlékérem

Vezetői
Bornemisza Attila elnök-főszerkesztő, író, újságíró, Dezső Ilona Anna író, festő, titkár, Simon M. Veronika Holló László díjas festőművész

Díszelnökök
Fazekas Sándor karcagi polgármester, vidékfejlesztési miniszter
Gujás Márta költő, festőművész
Janotka Mária főorvos
Kesztyűs Ferenc festőművész, irodalomtörténész
Losonci Miklós irodalomtörténész (2009-ben elhunyt)
Kovács Péter Budapest XVI. kerületének polgármestere, országgyűlési képviselő (Fidesz)
Szendrei Ferenc Tura város polgármestere
Mizser Zsolt Tiszadada polgármestere
Janus Pontifex Maximus/ Nagy János/ a Római Sas- lovagrend vezetője

Örökös tagok
,
 Bacsa Ferenc gitárművész
 Balázsi Judit előadóművész
 Baranyi Ferenc Kossuth-díjas költő
 Baráti Molnár Lóránt költő
 Dévai Nagy Kamilla Liszt-díjas énekművész
 Dezső Ilona Anna író, festő
 Dr. Kesztyüs Ferenc festőművész, műtörténész
 Holló Ila költő, festőművész
 Janotka Mária tüdőgyógyász főorvos
 Keres Emil színművész
 O'sváth István festőművész
 Pallagi Zoltán vállalkozó
 Simon M. Veronika festőművész
 Tamás István író, költő, újságíró
 Baráth Marica író Jászberény
 Kecskés Borbála
 Frankó Anna Encs 2012
 Varga Gábor Zirc
 Vitéz Török Ádám a Szent Lázár Katonai és Ispotályos Lovagrend nagyperjele
 Ihász-Kovács Éva író, posztumusz
 Mizser Zsolt Tiszadada polgármestere
 Prof. Dr. Márton Gyula geológus, barlangkutató
 Semes –  Bogya Eszter a Magyar Kultúra Lovagja,  Prima Primisszíma  díjas énekes/ Komárom Megye/, Népi Fafaragó

Csoportjai
 Putnoki Tóth Ede Alkotókör
 Székesfehérvári csoport Ősfalköz
 Turai csoport
 Lovag Kovács Imre Alkotóműhely Csoportja Ősi
 Fóti Regionális csoport
 Facebook társasági felületen működő virtuális csoportjának több mint 3,3 ezer tagja van

Lapjai
 Központi lap: Délibáb (1992-től; főszerkesztő: Bornemisza Attila)
 A székesfehérvári csoport elektronikusan megjelenő lapja: Művészek Székesfehérvárért
 Délibáb folyóirat virtuális változata, delibab-cserhat.hu

Fontosabb kiadványai
Amulett, 1989
Megsejtett szavak, 1999
Térj vissza, Judavíd, 1999
Délibáb-antológia, 1992, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2016
Batsányi-antológia, 2003
Így felelt Jób, 1997
Szeretőim a szavak, 2001
Napisten udvarában, 1999
Szemfényvesztő jelenben, 2004
Tollamnak akkor csillaghegye volt, 2004, 2005
Kőbe vésett szavak, 2005
Virágok az út mentén, 2002
Összetartozás, 2001
Tűzmadár, 2005
Szerelem mágusai, 2006
Mitológia, 2006
Fények az éjszakába, 2006
Kócos óriások, 2006
Az áldást hozó szent kő, 2006
Nehézségek ajándéka, 2008
Antológia, két évente kerül kiadásra, így 2010-2012-2014-2016-2018-2020
 A felsorolásban nem szereplő, több tucat kiadvány a tagság segítése céljából

További információk
50 éves a Cserhát Művész Kör
Civil szervezetek névjegyzéke
Székesfehérvárért Művészkör
Cserhat Művész Kör – Irodalmi, képzőművészeti és kulturális lap
Délibáb folyóirat virtuális változata
Emlékszobát kaptak a Bornemiszák Tiszadadán
A Cserhát Művész Kör Facebook csoportja
EGYÜTT BUDAKESZIÉRT FÓRUM hírei 2011. november
  Szakirodalmi archívum
  Wikipédia Nívó díj
  Pályázatok
  A Cserhát Művész Kör bemutatása
  Turrai csoport kiállítása
  Alkotói pályázatok
  Ismertető
  Antikvárium
  Bookline
  Cserhát Művészkör YouTube csatorna
  Hírességeink
 Kulturliget kiállítás
  Archívum
 Simon Veronika
  Dragony Tímea
  Quiness rekord
  Gálaműsor
  Bemutatkozás
  Polónia-kiállítás
  Művészdelegáció
  Püski kiadó

 Recenzió

 Római Sas Birodalma Lovagrend

Magyar irodalmi társaságok
Magyarországi kulturális szervezetek
Magyarországi civil szervezetek
Veszprém kulturális élete

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Fifteen former athletes, coaches, teams and volunteers will be honored Saturday for their impact on Panther Athletics.
Since its inaugural class of inductees in 2013, Hartnell College Athletics has honored some of the best athletes to don a Panthers uniform. The likes of NFL players Anthony Toney and Carl Nicks and legendary coaches Marv Grim and Gary Shaw are some of the many honored athletes in the Panthers' Hall of Fame.
As of last year, there are 70 members of the Hartnell Hall of Fame: 40 athletes, 10 teams, 10 coaches and 10 volunteers.
"This event has become deeply woven into the great tradition of Panther Athletics," Hartnell Athletic Director Daniel Teresa said in a statement. "We are grateful for the chance to recognize those who have given so much to our school."
Candidates are selected by Salinas business and community leaders, Hartnell administrators, past inductees, former coaches and others from nominations in preceding years.
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CERN researchers tuning Large Hadron Collider ahead of 13 TeV collisions
By Jamie Lendino on May 6, 2015 at 10:34 am
We're getting closer to full power: For the first time in two years, after significant upgrades and repairs, the Large Hadron Collider is now delivering proton-to-proton collisions for four of CERN's major experiments at energies up to 450 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) per beam, the research organization said in a statement.
The four experiments in progress are ALICE, which is studying quark-gluon plasma thought to have formed just after the big bang; ATLAS, a general-purpose detector looking for fundamental particles; CMS, which employs a giant solenoid magnet to bend the paths of particles; and LHCb, an ongoing study of the differences between matter and antimatter.
Proton beams collide for a total energy of 900 GeV in the ATLAS detector. (Credit: ATLAS/CERN)
The lower-energy collisions send "showers of particles flying through an experiment's many layers," CERN Web editor Cian O'Luanaigh said. The process ensures researchers can check their subdetectors and ensure they're firing exactly as they should be. Essentially, researchers are using the current lower-level collisions as a way to tune their detectors, paving the way for the LHC to deliver beams at 6.5 teraelectronvolts (TeV) for collisions at the never-before-achieved level of 13 TeV.
Currently, the LHC is roughly halfway through its eight weeks of scheduled beam commissioning, "during which the accelerator's many subsystems are checked to ensure that beams will circulate stably and in the correct orbit," O'Luanaigh said in the statement. "Sensors and collimators around the accelerator's full 27 kilometres send information to the CERN Control Centre, from where the operators can remotely adjust the beam by fine-tuning the positions and field strengths of hundreds of electromagnets."
Proton-to-proton collisions at 900 GeV, measured by the inner silicon trackers in the ALICE detector (Credit: ALICE/CERN)
Ultimately, scientists are hoping that the 17-mile-long Large Hadron Collider will help shed light on the true nature of dark matter, and whether it originates from the Higgs Boson. Dark matter doesn't seem to emit radiation, so we can't detect it. But we know it's there, because of its gravitational pull on matter we can detect, and we know it seems to have something to do with the distribution of galaxies throughout our universe.
Two proton beams at 450 GeV collide in the CMS detector, for a total collision energy of 900 GeV. (Image: CMS/CERN)
The LHC first came online in 2008, and performed experiments on and off for five years before shutting down in 2013 ahead of a series of upgrades. During that first five-year run, it confirmed the existence of the elusive Higgs Boson particle. The two years of upgrades consisted of reinforcing 10,000 electrical connections between the supercooled magnets inside the LHC. Scientists still expect to run the first record-setting collisions at 13 TeV sometime this summer.
Proton-to-proton collision at 900 GeV in the LHCb detector (Image: LHCb/CERN)
Meanwhile, plans are still a go for the LHC's successor, a 60-mile-long particle accelerator that could achieve 100 TeV collisions, which we're assuming at this point will just create a giant black hole and suck the Earth right through it. If that project ends up going through, then excavations won't begin until sometime in the 2020s.
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Speaking in an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Father Sandro Faedi, apostolic administrator of Tete, described how people cried for help as the flood waters came towards them.
The priest's personal testimony comes as ACN revealed that it is working with the local Church in the port city of Beira to provide essential aid.
He continued: "From the airplanes, the city presents itself as a large lake, from which emerge buildings without ceilings.
"You don't see streets, houses, fields. A lot of people have lost their lives.
"Above the houses or above the trees, [many people were] asking for help, which nobody heard.
Father Faedi told ACN that the region, which is now mostly under water, has "no telephone, communications and no drinking water", as 125 mile (200 km) per hour winds, heavy rains and flooded rivers continue to destroy the country's infrastructure.
The priest's comments come as Pope Francis expressed his "pain and closeness to those dear people".
Today (Wednesday 20th March) Mozambique starts three days of mourning for the victims.
Floods and winds flattened Beira, an 'economic lung' of Mozambique, before moving to Malawi and Zimbabwe, affecting more than 2.5 million people.


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package org.openkilda.wfm.topology.switchmanager.mappers;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.GroupInfoEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.GroupsValidationEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.LogicalPortInfoEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.LogicalPortsValidationEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.MeterInfoEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.MetersValidationEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.MisconfiguredInfo;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.RuleInfoEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.RulesValidationEntryV2;
import org.openkilda.messaging.info.switches.v2.SwitchValidationResponseV2;
import org.openkilda.model.GroupId;
import org.openkilda.model.IPv4Address;
import org.openkilda.model.LagLogicalPort;
import org.openkilda.model.MacAddress;
import org.openkilda.model.MeterId;
import org.openkilda.model.SwitchId;
import org.openkilda.model.cookie.Cookie;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.Field;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.FlowSpeakerData;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.GroupSpeakerData;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.Instructions;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.MeterFlag;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.MeterSpeakerData;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.OfFlowFlag;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.OfMetadata;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.OfTable;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.OfVersion;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.ProtoConstants;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.action.Action;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.action.ActionType;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.action.PortOutAction;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.action.PushVxlanAction;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.action.SetFieldAction;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.group.Bucket;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.group.GroupType;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.group.WatchGroup;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.group.WatchPort;
import org.openkilda.rulemanager.match.FieldMatch;
import org.openkilda.wfm.topology.switchmanager.model.SwitchValidationContext;
import org.openkilda.wfm.topology.switchmanager.model.v2.ValidateGroupsResultV2;
import org.openkilda.wfm.topology.switchmanager.model.v2.ValidateLogicalPortsResultV2;
import org.openkilda.wfm.topology.switchmanager.model.v2.ValidateMetersResultV2;
import org.openkilda.wfm.topology.switchmanager.model.v2.ValidateRulesResultV2;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;

public class ValidationMapperTest {

    public static final int GROUP_ID_VALUE = 1;
    public static final String MAC_ADDRESS_VALUE = "00:00:00:00:00:01";
    public static final String IPV4_ADDRESS_VALUE = "255.255.255.255";
    public static final int PORT_NUMBER_VALUE = 3;
    public static final int SET_FIELD_VALUE = 4;
    public static final int VNI_NOVIFLOW_ACTION_VALUE = 5;
    public static final int UDP_NOVIFLOW_ACTION_VALUE = 6;
    public static final int VNI_OVS_ACTION_VALUE = 7;
    public static final int UDP_OVS_ACTION_VALUE = 8;
    public static final int METER_ID_VALUE = 9;
    public static final int OF_METADATA_VALUE = 10;
    public static final int OF_METADATA_MASK = 11;
    public static final int COOKIE_VALUE = 12;
    public static final int MATCH_VALUE = 13;
    public static final long MATCH_MASK = 3L;
    public static final int DURATION_SECONDS = 14;
    public static final int DURATION_NANOSECONDS = 15;
    public static final int PACKET_COUNT = 16;
    public static final int IDLE_TIMEOUT = 18;
    public static final int HARD_TIMEOUT = 19;
    public static final int BYTE_COUNT = 20;
    public static Long RATE = 4L;
    public static Long BURST_SIZE = 5L;
    public static int LAG_PORT = 21;
    public static int PHYSICAL_PORT_1 = 22;
    public static int PHYSICAL_PORT_2 = 23;

    public static MeterId METER_ID = new MeterId(METER_ID_VALUE);
    public static OfTable OF_TABLE_FIELD = OfTable.INGRESS;
    public static OfVersion OF_VERSION = OfVersion.OF_15;
    public static OfMetadata OF_METADATA = new OfMetadata(OF_METADATA_VALUE, OF_METADATA_MASK);
    public static Cookie COOKIE = new Cookie(COOKIE_VALUE);
    public static Field FIELD = Field.METADATA;
    public static SetFieldAction SET_FIELD_ACTION = new SetFieldAction(SET_FIELD_VALUE, FIELD);
    public static GroupId GROUP_ID = new GroupId(GROUP_ID_VALUE);
    public static GroupType GROUP_TYPE = GroupType.ALL;
    public static UUID RANDOM_UUID = UUID.randomUUID();
    public static MacAddress MAC_ADDRESS = new MacAddress(MAC_ADDRESS_VALUE);
    public static IPv4Address IPV4_ADDRESS = new IPv4Address(IPV4_ADDRESS_VALUE);
    public static ProtoConstants.PortNumber PORT_NUMBER = new ProtoConstants.PortNumber(PORT_NUMBER_VALUE);
    public static PortOutAction PORT_OUT_ACTION = new PortOutAction(PORT_NUMBER);
    public static PushVxlanAction PUSH_VXLAN_NOVIFLOW_ACTION = PushVxlanAction.builder()
            .type(ActionType.PUSH_VXLAN_NOVIFLOW)
            .vni(VNI_NOVIFLOW_ACTION_VALUE)
            .srcMacAddress(MAC_ADDRESS)
            .dstMacAddress(MAC_ADDRESS)
            .srcIpv4Address(IPV4_ADDRESS)
            .dstIpv4Address(IPV4_ADDRESS)
            .udpSrc(UDP_NOVIFLOW_ACTION_VALUE)
            .build();
    public static PushVxlanAction PUSH_VXLAN_OVS_ACTION = PushVxlanAction.builder()
            .type(ActionType.PUSH_VXLAN_OVS)
            .vni(VNI_OVS_ACTION_VALUE)
            .srcMacAddress(MAC_ADDRESS)
            .dstMacAddress(MAC_ADDRESS)
            .srcIpv4Address(IPV4_ADDRESS)
            .dstIpv4Address(IPV4_ADDRESS)
            .udpSrc(UDP_OVS_ACTION_VALUE)
            .build();

    public static Set<Action> groupSpeakerWriteActions = new HashSet<>();
    public static List<Bucket> buckets = new LinkedList<>();

    private static GroupSpeakerData initializeGroupSpeakerData(SwitchId uniqueSwitchIdField) {
        groupSpeakerWriteActions.add(SET_FIELD_ACTION);
        groupSpeakerWriteActions.add(PORT_OUT_ACTION);
        groupSpeakerWriteActions.add(PUSH_VXLAN_NOVIFLOW_ACTION);
        groupSpeakerWriteActions.add(PUSH_VXLAN_OVS_ACTION);

        buckets.add(new Bucket(WatchGroup.ALL, WatchPort.ANY, groupSpeakerWriteActions));

        return GroupSpeakerData.builder()
                .uuid(RANDOM_UUID)
                .switchId(uniqueSwitchIdField)
                .dependsOn(Collections.emptyList())
                .ofVersion(OF_VERSION)
                .groupId(GROUP_ID)
                .type(GROUP_TYPE)
                .buckets(buckets)
                .build();
    }

    public static List<Action> applyActions = new LinkedList<>();
    public static Set<Action> flowSpeakerWriteActions = new HashSet<>();
    public static Set<OfFlowFlag> flowFlags = new HashSet<>();
    public static Set<FieldMatch> matches = new HashSet<>();
    public static Instructions instructions;

    private static FlowSpeakerData initializeFlowSpeakerData(int uniquePriorityField) {

        applyActions.add(SET_FIELD_ACTION);
        for (Field field : Field.values()) {
            matches.add(new FieldMatch(MATCH_VALUE, MATCH_MASK, field));
        }
        flowFlags.add(OfFlowFlag.RESET_COUNTERS);

        instructions = new Instructions(applyActions, flowSpeakerWriteActions, METER_ID, OF_TABLE_FIELD,
                OF_METADATA);

        return FlowSpeakerData.builder()
                .cookie(COOKIE)
                .durationSeconds(DURATION_SECONDS)
                .durationNanoSeconds(DURATION_NANOSECONDS)
                .table(OF_TABLE_FIELD)
                .packetCount(PACKET_COUNT)
                .ofVersion(OF_VERSION)
                .priority(uniquePriorityField)
                .idleTimeout(IDLE_TIMEOUT)
                .hardTimeout(HARD_TIMEOUT)
                .byteCount(BYTE_COUNT)
                .match(matches)
                .instructions(instructions)
                .flags(flowFlags)
                .build();
    }

    public static Set<MeterFlag> meterFlags = new HashSet<>();

    private static MeterSpeakerData initializeMeterSpeakerData(MeterId uniqueMeterIdValue) {
        meterFlags.add(MeterFlag.BURST);

        return MeterSpeakerData.builder()
                .meterId(uniqueMeterIdValue)
                .rate(RATE)
                .burst(BURST_SIZE)
                .flags(meterFlags)
                .build();

    }

    private static LagLogicalPort initializeLogicalPortData(SwitchId uniqueSwitchIdField) {
        return new LagLogicalPort(uniqueSwitchIdField, LAG_PORT,
                Lists.newArrayList(PHYSICAL_PORT_1, PHYSICAL_PORT_2), true);
    }

    private static List<GroupInfoEntryV2> missingGroups = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<GroupInfoEntryV2> properGroups = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<GroupInfoEntryV2> excessGroups = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<MisconfiguredInfo<GroupInfoEntryV2>> misconfiguredGroups = new LinkedList<>();

    private static List<RuleInfoEntryV2> missingRules = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<RuleInfoEntryV2> properRules = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<RuleInfoEntryV2> excessRules = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<MisconfiguredInfo<RuleInfoEntryV2>> misconfiguredRules = new LinkedList<>();

    private static List<MeterInfoEntryV2> missingMeters = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<MeterInfoEntryV2> properMeters = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<MeterInfoEntryV2> excessMeters = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<MisconfiguredInfo<MeterInfoEntryV2>> misconfiguredMeters = new LinkedList<>();

    private static List<LogicalPortInfoEntryV2> missingPorts = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<LogicalPortInfoEntryV2> properPorts = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<LogicalPortInfoEntryV2> excessPorts = new LinkedList<>();
    private static List<MisconfiguredInfo<LogicalPortInfoEntryV2>> misconfiguredPorts = new LinkedList<>();

    private static ValidateGroupsResultV2 groupsResult;
    private static ValidateRulesResultV2 rulesResult;
    private static ValidateMetersResultV2 metersResult;
    private static ValidateLogicalPortsResultV2 logicalPortsResult;

    @BeforeClass
    public static void initializeData() {
        missingGroups.add(GroupEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toGroupEntry(initializeGroupSpeakerData(new SwitchId(1))));
        properGroups.add(GroupEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toGroupEntry(initializeGroupSpeakerData(new SwitchId(2))));
        excessGroups.add(GroupEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toGroupEntry(initializeGroupSpeakerData(new SwitchId(3))));
        misconfiguredGroups.add(MisconfiguredInfo.<GroupInfoEntryV2>builder()
                .id("11")
                .expected(GroupEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toGroupEntry(initializeGroupSpeakerData(new SwitchId(4))))
                .discrepancies(GroupEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toGroupEntry(initializeGroupSpeakerData(new SwitchId(5))))
                .build());

        missingRules.add(RuleEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toRuleEntry(initializeFlowSpeakerData(1)));
        properRules.add(RuleEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toRuleEntry(initializeFlowSpeakerData(2)));
        excessRules.add(RuleEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toRuleEntry(initializeFlowSpeakerData(3)));
        misconfiguredRules.add(MisconfiguredInfo.<RuleInfoEntryV2>builder()
                .id("12")
                .expected(RuleEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toRuleEntry(initializeFlowSpeakerData(4)))
                .discrepancies(RuleEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toRuleEntry(initializeFlowSpeakerData(5)))
                .build());

        missingMeters.add(MeterEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toMeterEntry(initializeMeterSpeakerData(new MeterId(1))));
        properMeters.add(MeterEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toMeterEntry(initializeMeterSpeakerData(
                new MeterId(2))));
        excessMeters.add(MeterEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toMeterEntry(initializeMeterSpeakerData(
                new MeterId(3))));
        misconfiguredMeters.add(MisconfiguredInfo.<MeterInfoEntryV2>builder()
                .id("13")
                .expected(MeterEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toMeterEntry(initializeMeterSpeakerData(new MeterId(4))))
                .discrepancies(MeterEntryConverter.INSTANCE.toMeterEntry(
                        initializeMeterSpeakerData(new MeterId(5))))
                .build());

        properPorts.add(LogicalPortMapper.INSTANCE.map(initializeLogicalPortData(new SwitchId(1))));
        missingPorts.add(LogicalPortMapper.INSTANCE.map(initializeLogicalPortData(new SwitchId(2))));
        excessPorts.add(LogicalPortMapper.INSTANCE.map(initializeLogicalPortData(new SwitchId(3))));
        misconfiguredPorts.add(MisconfiguredInfo.<LogicalPortInfoEntryV2>builder()
                .id("14")
                .expected(LogicalPortMapper.INSTANCE.map(initializeLogicalPortData(new SwitchId(4))))
                .discrepancies(LogicalPortMapper.INSTANCE.map(initializeLogicalPortData(new SwitchId(5))))
                .build());

        groupsResult = new ValidateGroupsResultV2(false, missingGroups, properGroups, excessGroups,
                misconfiguredGroups);
        rulesResult = new ValidateRulesResultV2(false, missingRules, properRules, excessRules,
                misconfiguredRules);
        metersResult = new ValidateMetersResultV2(false,
                missingMeters, properMeters, excessMeters, misconfiguredMeters);
        logicalPortsResult = new ValidateLogicalPortsResultV2(false, missingPorts, properPorts,
                excessPorts, misconfiguredPorts, "Test error");
    }

    @Test
    public void mapValidationTest() {

        SwitchValidationContext context = SwitchValidationContext.builder(new SwitchId(1))
                .validateGroupsResult(groupsResult)
                .metersValidationReport(metersResult)
                .validateLogicalPortResult(logicalPortsResult)
                .ofFlowsValidationReport(rulesResult)
                .build();

        SwitchValidationResponseV2 response = ValidationMapper.INSTANCE.toSwitchResponse(context);

        GroupsValidationEntryV2 groupsEntry = response.getGroups();
        assertEquals(missingGroups, groupsEntry.getMissing());
        assertEquals(properGroups, groupsEntry.getProper());
        assertEquals(excessGroups, groupsEntry.getExcess());
        assertEquals(misconfiguredGroups, groupsEntry.getMisconfigured());

        RulesValidationEntryV2 rulesEntry = response.getRules();
        assertEquals(missingRules, rulesEntry.getMissing());
        assertEquals(properRules, rulesEntry.getProper());
        assertEquals(excessRules, rulesEntry.getExcess());
        assertEquals(misconfiguredRules, rulesEntry.getMisconfigured());

        LogicalPortsValidationEntryV2 portsEntry = response.getLogicalPorts();
        assertEquals(missingPorts, portsEntry.getMissing());
        assertEquals(properPorts, portsEntry.getProper());
        assertEquals(excessPorts, portsEntry.getExcess());
        assertEquals(misconfiguredPorts, portsEntry.getMisconfigured());

        MetersValidationEntryV2 metersEntry = response.getMeters();
        assertEquals(missingMeters, metersEntry.getMissing());
        assertEquals(properMeters, metersEntry.getProper());
        assertEquals(excessMeters, metersEntry.getExcess());
        assertEquals(misconfiguredMeters, metersEntry.getMisconfigured());
    }
}

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