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using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace OrigoDB.Core.Test
{
	[TestFixture]
	public class FileStoreTest
	{
	    static ICommandStore _store;
	    EngineConfiguration _config;
	    static string _path = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

        [SetUp]
        public void SetUp()
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(_path);
            _config = new EngineConfiguration();
            _config.JournalPath = _path;
            _config.MaxEntriesPerJournalSegment = 10;
            _store = new FileCommandStore(_config);
            _store.Initialize();

            var writer = _store.CreateJournalWriter(0);
            for (ulong i = 0; i < 30; i++)
            {
                writer.Write(new JournalEntry<Command>(i + 1, new TestCommandWithoutResult()));
            }
            writer.Close();
        }
        [TestFixtureSetUp]
        public static void TestFixtureSetup()
        {
            if (Directory.Exists(_path))
                Directory.Delete(_path, true);
        }

        //Use TestCleanup to run code after each test has run
        [TearDown]
        public void TearDown()
        {
            if (Directory.Exists(_path))
                Directory.Delete(_path, true);
        }

        [Test, ExpectedException(typeof(InvalidOperationException))]
		public void JournalReadThrowsIfSequenceStartIsMissing()
		{
			var files = Directory.GetFiles(_path).OrderBy(f => f).ToArray();
			File.Delete(files[0]);
			_store.Initialize(); // Reload store to update journalfile list.
			_store.GetJournalEntriesFrom(1).Count();
			Assert.Fail();
		}

		[Test]
		public void JournalReadReturnsFirstEntryFirstFile()
		{
			var result = _store.GetJournalEntriesFrom(1).ToArray();
			var id = result[0].Id;
			Assert.AreEqual((ulong) 1,id);
			Assert.AreEqual(30,result.Length);
		}

		[Test]
		public void JournalReadReturnsLastEntryFirstFile()
		{
			var result = _store.GetJournalEntriesFrom(10).ToArray();
			var id = result[0].Id;
			Assert.AreEqual((ulong)10, id);
			Assert.AreEqual(21, result.Length);
		}

		[Test]
		public void JournalReadReturnsMiddleEntryMiddleFile()
		{
			var result = _store.GetJournalEntriesFrom(15).ToArray();
			var id = result[0].Id;
			Assert.AreEqual((ulong)15, id);
			Assert.AreEqual(16, result.Length);
		}
	}
}


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And I had a problem – that when you deliberately make temporary work, your only future is speeding towards the radical oblivion of self-erasure. However, the consideration of ongoing access, by a broader audience, over a longer passage of time, is almost a contradictory negotiation. Frequently, transient works of art are returned to objects through various methods of documentation. But documentation - the photograph of a performance, the sketch of an installation, the instructions for actions, are these substitutes ever sufficient and do they occasionally undermine the work?


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Location: Kirkeness - Norway
Optics: Canon F2.8L 14mm
Exposure: 30 Seconds
Rosalie and I were staying at the Kirkeness Snow Hotel during our Norwegian holiday's in 2015 and about to go for our evening meal. This was when the evenings sky show began in the form of Aurora Borealis, so we stopped where we were and setup our tripod to commence imaging the night sky as dust gave way to a dark night sky.
Sadly for those who chose to continue with there evening meal, natures light show stopped after about an hour and they did not see the show.
Name: Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis
Most auroras occur in a band known as the auroral zone, which is typically 3� to 6� wide in latitude and between 10� and 20� from the geomagnetic poles at all local times (or longitudes), most clearly seen at night against a dark sky. A region that currently displays an aurora is called the auroral oval, a band displaced towards the nightside of the Earth. Day-to-day positions of the auroral ovals are posted on the internet. A geomagnetic storm causes the auroral ovals (north and south) to expand, and bring the aurora to lower latitudes. Early evidence for a geomagnetic connection comes from the statistics of auroral observations. Elias Loomis (1860) and later in more detail Hermann Fritz (1881) and S. Tromholt (1882) established that the aurora appeared mainly in the "auroral zone", a ring-shaped region with a radius of approximately 2500 km around the Earth's magnetic pole. It was hardly ever seen near the geographic pole, which is about 2000 km away from the magnetic pole. The instantaneous distribution of auroras ("auroral oval") is slightly different, being centered about 3�5 degrees nightward of the magnetic pole, so that auroral arcs reach furthest toward the equator when the magnetic pole in question is in between the observer and the Sun. The aurora can be seen best at this time, which is called magnetic midnight.
In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Galileo in 1619. Auroras seen within the auroral oval may be directly overhead, but from farther away they illuminate the poleward horizon as a greenish glow, or sometimes a faint red, as if the Sun were rising from an unusual direction. Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis (or the southern lights), has features that are almost identical to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with changes in the northern auroral zone. It is visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, New Zealand, and Australia. Auroras also occur on other planets. Similar to the Earth's aurora, they are also visible close to the planets� magnetic poles. Auroras also occur poleward of the auroral zone as either diffuse patches or arcs, which can be sub-visual.
Colours in aurora - There are thousands of individual colours in the aurora, each resulting from a specific electron cloud energy transition of an excited atmospheric atom, molecule or ion returning toward a 'ground' (=lowest) energy state, but three are dominant. Near the lower border a green atomic oxygen emission generally dominates; at an altitude of 250 km a red emission from atomic oxygen dominates; throughout the aurora a violet emission from a molecular nitrogen ion is significant. - Written by Gary Burns.

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Oct 17 (Reuters) - Bank of America is considering a plan to introduce a checking account that curbs overdraft practices, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the bank's strategy.
The bank's plan will not allow customers to overdraw their balances at an automated teller machine or when making an automatic bill payment, the Journal said.
The removal of overdraft abilities would be one option customers could choose under a new checking account program BofA likely will unveil in the coming months, according to the paper.
It wasn't clear whether BofA is considering boosting fees as part of its checking account overhaul. Bank executives haven't made a final decision about the overdraft policy, the newspaper said.
Bank of America could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters outside of regular U.S. business hours.
If the plan goes through, BofA would be the first big bank to prohibit overdrafts on checking accounts, the Journal said.
BofA's move builds on its decision a few years ago to prohibit customers from overdrawing their account when using a debit card to make purchases.
In 2011, under pressure from customers, the bank reversed course and scrapped plans to charge a $5 per-month debit fee.
Many banks let customers overdraw their accounts in exchange for fees, typically $25 or $35. Critics say the fees disproportionately burden lower-income customers and others who often maintain low account balances.
A few years ago, more than two dozen U.S., Canadian and European lenders were named as defendants in a class-action suit accusing them of charging customers with excessive overdraft fees.
Bank of America paid $410 million and JPMorgan Chase paid $110 million to settle their portions of the nationwide litigation. Those settlements won final court approval in 2011 and 2012, respectively.


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Home/Beauty/The health benefits of coconut milk
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The coconut (cocos nucifera) belongs to the palm family (arecaceae). Grown in abundance in Malaysia, Polynesia and southern Asia, they are classed as a fruit and frequently confused for a nut – but the coconut is actually a one-seeded drupe. In Sanskrit, the coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha – 'tree which gives all that is necessary for living' – because nearly all parts can be used, including the water, milk, flesh, sugar and oil. Even the husks and leaves are used as materials in furnishings and decoration. Palm trees produce coconuts up to 13 times a year, and although it takes a year for the coconuts to mature, a fully blossomed tree can produce between 60-180 coconuts in a single harvest.
Creamed coconut and coconut milk are made in a way surprisingly akin to their dairy counterparts. Coconut flesh (the white part) is grated and soaked in hot water. The coconut cream rises to the top and can be skimmed off. The remaining liquid is squeezed through a cheesecloth to extract a white liquid that is coconut milk. By repeating this process, the coconut milk becomes thinner. The thicker version is used for desserts and rich sauces. Thin coconut milk is used for cooking curries and soups. In the UK, fresh coconut milk is unavailable and coconut milk is bought in cans.
A note on coconut water…
Coconut milk is different to coconut water. Coconut water is the clear liquid from the centre of the young, green coconut and is low in fat but rich in easily digested carbohydrates. Coconut water has received a great deal of attention for its perceived health benefits, and is an important treatment for acute diarrhoea in the developing world. It is said to have a similar electrolyte balance as that found in isotonic drinks, which some claim to be useful for rehydration after intensive exercise. However, the research to date has shown inconsistent findings to support the use of coconut water as an alternative sports drink.
Nutritional highlights
Coconut flesh is highly nutritious and rich in fibre, vitamins C, E, B1, B3, B5 and B6 and minerals including iron, selenium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorous. However, the coconut milk available to us in the UK is typically canned and potentially lacking in many of these valuable micronutrients. Unlike cow's milk, coconut milk is lactose-free so can be used as a milk substitute by those with lactose intolerance. It is a popular choice with vegans, and makes a great base for smoothies, milkshakes or as a dairy alternative in baking.
Coconuts are one of those foods that seem to oscillate between the 'good' food and 'bad' food camps. Coconut milk, especially the lower-fat variety, can be used in moderation (1-2 times per week). However, The British Heart Foundation recommends swapping saturated fats, including coconut oil, for unsaturated oils when cooking.
A 100ml serving of canned coconut milk
1.1g protein
16.9g fat
(14.6g saturates)
3.3g carbohydrate
Coconuts contain significant amounts of fat, but unlike other nuts, they provide fat that is mostly in the form of medium chain saturated fatty acids (MCFAs) in particular, one called lauric acid. Lauric acid is converted in the body into a highly beneficial compound called monolaurin, an antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial that destroys a wide variety of disease-causing organisms. It is therefore thought that consumption of coconut milk and other coconut-derived foods may help protect the body from infections and viruses.
MCFAs are rapidly metabolised into energy in the liver. It is thought that unlike other saturated fats, MCFAs are used up more quickly by the body and are less likely to be stored as fat. Research is mixed but recent studies are suggesting that the fats from coconut may not have such a detrimental effect on blood lipids and cardiovascular health as once thought. This is certainly one area of research to watch.
How to select and store
If you are able to get fresh coconut milk, be aware that it goes bad very quickly and should be used the same day as pressing. The canned variety is a useful storecupboard ingredient and can be stored at room temperature for a long time. Be careful to check the use-by dates and look out for damage or dents in the cans. Once opened, transfer the contents to a resealable container and refrigerate. Use within a few days. The high oil content makes coconut quickly turn rancid if not stored under proper conditions.
Try making your own coconut milk with just water and unsweetened coconut flakes. Heat the water (make sure it doesn't boil), add the flakes and blend. Pour through a colander to filter out the coconut pulp, then squeeze through a cheesecloth to filter out the smaller pieces of coconut. Use immediately or store in the fridge for up to four days.
Recipe suggestions
Coconut milk has become a highlight of many cuisines in tropical and subtropical countries where they are grown. Coconut milk is a fantastic dairy-free alternative, popular in curry dishes.
Jersey potatoes and cauliflower make a great pairing, so why not try this tempting curry:
Cauliflower, egg & potato curry
Try lamb as part of a pilau dish:
Lamb, coconut & mango pilau
One pan, five ingredients, 20 minutes – it's almost too good to be true:
Spicy prawn soup
Feeling the pinch? Try these soups, perfect for packed lunches or light suppers:
Spiced red lentil soup
Lightly spiced carrot soup
Coconut in Caribbean, Thai and Indian cuisines:
Easy jerk chicken with rice & peas
Thai coconut & veg broth
Kerala prawn curry
Red Thai meatball curry
Sticky rice, a Thai classic:
Sticky rice & mango
A nutritionist (MBANT) Kerry Torrens is a contributing author to a number of nutritional and cookery publications including BBC Good Food magazine. Kerry is a member of the The Royal Society of Medicine, Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT).
Jo Lewin is a registered nutritionist (RNutr) with the Association for Nutrition with a specialism in public health. Follow her on Twitter @nutri_jo.
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Increasing Diversity in PA's Parks Starts with Conversation
Set aside for the enjoyment of the people, parks are arguably the most public of public spaces. But cultural barriers prevent some populations from fully utilizing their neighborhood parks.
That issue was tackled by a panel of organizers, activists and recreation professionals brought together for the most recent Pennsylvania Urban Parks & Recreation Exchange held at the Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh.
Deonna Dykes, a volunteer at the Student Conservation Association, said she has had success engaging young, African-Americans in reviving the long-dormant Martin Luther King Community Garden and other parks in the Hill District because she was from "the Hill."
"I was working with kids in my community," said Dykes. "It was easy for them to relate to me because I was someone that looked like them."
Dykes added that some kids don't grow up thinking of park space as accessible. When she was growing up, the community gardens she has since helped revive were "literally locked and the grass was so high, you couldn't tell there was a garden."
Jennifer Layman, the regional vice president of the Student Conservation Association, said that one notion she took from the seminar is that people in minority groups live with a level of discomfort in public. That can be compounded by discomfort with being outdoors, away from the ease of technology, simple comforts and, when venturing out into the woods alone, safety in numbers.
"I think the outdoors itself as a barrier is scary for the first time, or the tenth time," she said, "because we don't experience it day to day."
Read more in the Keystone Edge…
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is America's conservation corps. Our members protect and restore national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks and community green spaces in all 50 states.
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Also, can I add a person but so they can see only the branches that I want them to see and not all branches?
Thank you in advance.

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It is a story full of a life, a love, a hate and a revenge………and hard journey through a thorns of life and achievements….it is nothing but "A THORNY RIDE"………and a success.
The language used is simple. The plot goes smoothly and shows how young minds fall in love easily and analyze even a small things and relations. At one moment the life takes turn and everything changes. This book narrates how society too is responsible to traumatize the victims instead of helping them. We in society are also equally responsible since we look at those victims like criminals. It is one of the least reported crimes. In the cases of rapes victim becomes the accused wherein she has to prove her innocence, reputation, mental stability, and many more things. It not only tarnishes victim but, make her senile. She goes through a life bugging trauma which never ends for her. She is humiliated all her life and emotionally harassed. Even a one good friend if stands by her side this "Thorny Ride" could turn in to a pleasurable life. In this story, one more victim who came forward and complaint to the police for the same sexual assault was in turmoil and had suffered financially and emotionally. This story narrates, how two victims who had gone through the same ordeal face different a destiny. Writer has tried to prove how support of family and friends can change the lives.
Author Prem Gandhi is born in one of the small villages of India. He spent nearly a quarter of century in a Garden City of India, Bangalore. Presently he lives in Thane, Mumbai.
He is an Engineer by profession and writing is his hobby. He loves to read and write. He is multifaceted easy to go person."A Thorny Ride" is his first friction and few more are yet to come.


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Birth of John J. Pershing
US #1214 – A 1961 definitive.
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was born on September 13, 1860, in Laclede, Missouri.
One of six children, Pershing grew up during the Civil War, during which his father was a civilian merchant for the 18th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. After completing high school in 1878, Pershing taught local African American children for a time before attending the State Normal School. He graduated in 1880 with a degree in scientific didactics.
Pershing entered West Point in 1882. He later admitted that he mostly wanted to attend because he would receive a better education than most other places available to him. Yet Pershing was soon recognized for his leadership abilities, ultimately reaching the rank of First Captain, the highest cadet rank. After graduating in 1886, Pershing was assigned to the 6th Cavalry, with which he served in New Mexico, California, Arizona, and North Dakota. He became an expert marksman and in 1891 was rated second in pistol out of all US Army soldiers.
Pershing became a professor of military science and tactics at the University of Nebraska on September 15, 1891. At that time, most Americans believed there would never be another major war. Pershing overcame adversity from the faculty and president of the university to create a well-disciplined drill company, which he entered in the 1892 National Competitive Drills, held in Omaha, Nebraska. Pershing's drill company excelled and brought greater attention to military discipline and training at the university. Pershing also earned his law degree from the University of Nebraska in 1893.
In 1892, Pershing took command of one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments. It was from this service that earned the nickname "Black Jack." In 1897, Pershing was made an instructor at West Point. He went on to serve in the Spanish-American War, fighting at San Juan Hill and earning a Silver Citation Star. During the Philippine-American War, he helped suppress the Filipino Insurrection and was cited for bravery for his actions on the Cagayan River.
Item #20013 – Commemorative cover marking Pershing's 124th birthday.
In 1905, Pershing was made military attaché in Tokyo. Upon his return, he was promoted to brigadier general, skipping three ranks. Over the next few years, he served in the Balkans and the Philippines. And in 1916, he led 10,000 men on the Punitive Expedition. His forces stopped Mexican marauder Pancho Villa's attacks on the American border along the Rio Grande.
Pershing's superior officer was selected to lead the American Expeditionary Force to France during World War I but suffered a heart attack before taking command. Pershing was promoted to general and placed in charge of organizing, training, and supplying nearly two million soldiers.
Item #M11403 includes a stamp picturing Pershing.
Pershing pushed for the US soldiers to be formed into their own army there, rather than dispersed among British and French commands. After a series of defeats, he changed strategy and put some of his divisions under foreign command. With the full support of the president and secretary of war, Pershing helped turn the tide, scoring an Allied victory. America's success in the war was largely attributed to Pershing's leadership and he was welcomed home a hero. Pershing also established the first Military Police Corps, oversaw the "Pershing Boot," and was the first American promoted to general of the armies of the United States. (The only other to hold this rank was George Washington, who was posthumously promoted in 1976.)
US #47013A – First Day Proof Card.
Pershing went on to serve as Chief of Staff of the US Army for three years and created the Pershing Map, a national highway system similar to the eventual Interstate Highway System. He stayed busy over the next several years, founding the Reserve Officers Association and serving in a number of other groups. Pershing was asked to run for president twice but refused. The Pershing tank and missile were later named in his honor. He died on July 15, 1948.
By Mr & Mrs Ron Poness September 13, 2018 - 7:30 am
Good info as usual.
By Dr. Roger T. Zeimet September 13, 2018 - 10:24 am
Good article, but his Mexican Expedition in 1916 wasn't that successful. Never caught up with Pancho Villa. BTW, the name of the general he replaced as leader of the AEF was Frederick Funston. The latter likewise had served in the Philippines where he gained fame for capturing Emilio Aquinaldo, the leader of the insurrection there.
By Carolyn September 13, 2018 - 3:51 pm
Sadly in 1915 John Pershing lost his wife and three daughters in a house fire. Only his son was saved .


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package Encode::Guess;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Encode qw(:fallbacks find_encoding);
our $VERSION = do { my @r = ( q$Revision: 2.6 $ =~ /\d+/g ); sprintf "%d." . "%02d" x $#r, @r };

my $Canon = 'Guess';
use constant DEBUG => !!$ENV{PERL_ENCODE_DEBUG};
our %DEF_SUSPECTS = map { $_ => find_encoding($_) } qw(ascii utf8);
$Encode::Encoding{$Canon} = bless {
    Name     => $Canon,
    Suspects => {%DEF_SUSPECTS},
} => __PACKAGE__;

use parent qw(Encode::Encoding);
sub needs_lines { 1 }
sub perlio_ok   { 0 }

our @EXPORT         = qw(guess_encoding);
our $NoUTFAutoGuess = 0;
our $UTF8_BOM       = pack( "C3", 0xef, 0xbb, 0xbf );

sub import {    # Exporter not used so we do it on our own
    my $callpkg = caller;
    for my $item (@EXPORT) {
        no strict 'refs';
        *{"$callpkg\::$item"} = \&{"$item"};
    }
    set_suspects(@_);
}

sub set_suspects {
    my $class = shift;
    my $self = ref($class) ? $class : $Encode::Encoding{$Canon};
    $self->{Suspects} = {%DEF_SUSPECTS};
    $self->add_suspects(@_);
}

sub add_suspects {
    my $class = shift;
    my $self = ref($class) ? $class : $Encode::Encoding{$Canon};
    for my $c (@_) {
        my $e = find_encoding($c) or die "Unknown encoding: $c";
        $self->{Suspects}{ $e->name } = $e;
        DEBUG and warn "Added: ", $e->name;
    }
}

sub decode($$;$) {
    my ( $obj, $octet, $chk ) = @_;
    my $guessed = guess( $obj, $octet );
    unless ( ref($guessed) ) {
        require Carp;
        Carp::croak($guessed);
    }
    my $utf8 = $guessed->decode( $octet, $chk || 0 );
    $_[1] = $octet if $chk;
    return $utf8;
}

sub guess_encoding {
    guess( $Encode::Encoding{$Canon}, @_ );
}

sub guess {
    my $class = shift;
    my $obj   = ref($class) ? $class : $Encode::Encoding{$Canon};
    my $octet = shift;

    # sanity check
    return "Empty string, empty guess" unless defined $octet and length $octet;

    # cheat 0: utf8 flag;
    if ( Encode::is_utf8($octet) ) {
        return find_encoding('utf8') unless $NoUTFAutoGuess;
        Encode::_utf8_off($octet);
    }

    # cheat 1: BOM
    use Encode::Unicode;
    unless ($NoUTFAutoGuess) {
        my $BOM = pack( 'C3', unpack( "C3", $octet ) );
        return find_encoding('utf8')
          if ( defined $BOM and $BOM eq $UTF8_BOM );
        $BOM = unpack( 'N', $octet );
        return find_encoding('UTF-32')
          if ( defined $BOM and ( $BOM == 0xFeFF or $BOM == 0xFFFe0000 ) );
        $BOM = unpack( 'n', $octet );
        return find_encoding('UTF-16')
          if ( defined $BOM and ( $BOM == 0xFeFF or $BOM == 0xFFFe ) );
        if ( $octet =~ /\x00/o )
        {    # if \x00 found, we assume UTF-(16|32)(BE|LE)
            my $utf;
            my ( $be, $le ) = ( 0, 0 );
            if ( $octet =~ /\x00\x00/o ) {    # UTF-32(BE|LE) assumed
                $utf = "UTF-32";
                for my $char ( unpack( 'N*', $octet ) ) {
                    $char & 0x0000ffff and $be++;
                    $char & 0xffff0000 and $le++;
                }
            }
            else {                            # UTF-16(BE|LE) assumed
                $utf = "UTF-16";
                for my $char ( unpack( 'n*', $octet ) ) {
                    $char & 0x00ff and $be++;
                    $char & 0xff00 and $le++;
                }
            }
            DEBUG and warn "$utf, be == $be, le == $le";
            $be == $le
              and return
              "Encodings ambiguous between $utf BE and LE ($be, $le)";
            $utf .= ( $be > $le ) ? 'BE' : 'LE';
            return find_encoding($utf);
        }
    }
    my %try = %{ $obj->{Suspects} };
    for my $c (@_) {
        my $e = find_encoding($c) or die "Unknown encoding: $c";
        $try{ $e->name } = $e;
        DEBUG and warn "Added: ", $e->name;
    }
    my $nline = 1;
    for my $line ( split /\r\n?|\n/, $octet ) {

        # cheat 2 -- \e in the string
        if ( $line =~ /\e/o ) {
            my @keys = keys %try;
            delete @try{qw/utf8 ascii/};
            for my $k (@keys) {
                ref( $try{$k} ) eq 'Encode::XS' and delete $try{$k};
            }
        }
        my %ok = %try;

        # warn join(",", keys %try);
        for my $k ( keys %try ) {
            my $scratch = $line;
            $try{$k}->decode( $scratch, FB_QUIET );
            if ( $scratch eq '' ) {
                DEBUG and warn sprintf( "%4d:%-24s ok\n", $nline, $k );
            }
            else {
                use bytes ();
                DEBUG
                  and warn sprintf( "%4d:%-24s not ok; %d bytes left\n",
                    $nline, $k, bytes::length($scratch) );
                delete $ok{$k};
            }
        }
        %ok or return "No appropriate encodings found!";
        if ( scalar( keys(%ok) ) == 1 ) {
            my ($retval) = values(%ok);
            return $retval;
        }
        %try = %ok;
        $nline++;
    }
    $try{ascii}
      or return "Encodings too ambiguous: ", join( " or ", keys %try );
    return $try{ascii};
}

1;
__END__

=head1 NAME

Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  # if you are sure $data won't contain anything bogus

  use Encode;
  use Encode::Guess qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/;
  my $utf8 = decode("Guess", $data);
  my $data = encode("Guess", $utf8);   # this doesn't work!

  # more elaborate way
  use Encode::Guess;
  my $enc = guess_encoding($data, qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/);
  ref($enc) or die "Can't guess: $enc"; # trap error this way
  $utf8 = $enc->decode($data);
  # or
  $utf8 = decode($enc->name, $data)

=head1 ABSTRACT

Encode::Guess enables you to guess in what encoding a given data is
encoded, or at least tries to.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

By default, it checks only ascii, utf8 and UTF-16/32 with BOM.

  use Encode::Guess; # ascii/utf8/BOMed UTF

To use it more practically, you have to give the names of encodings to
check (I<suspects> as follows).  The name of suspects can either be
canonical names or aliases.

CAVEAT: Unlike UTF-(16|32), BOM in utf8 is NOT AUTOMATICALLY STRIPPED.

 # tries all major Japanese Encodings as well
  use Encode::Guess qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/;

If the C<$Encode::Guess::NoUTFAutoGuess> variable is set to a true
value, no heuristics will be applied to UTF8/16/32, and the result
will be limited to the suspects and C<ascii>.

=over 4

=item Encode::Guess->set_suspects

You can also change the internal suspects list via C<set_suspects>
method.

  use Encode::Guess;
  Encode::Guess->set_suspects(qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/);

=item Encode::Guess->add_suspects

Or you can use C<add_suspects> method.  The difference is that
C<set_suspects> flushes the current suspects list while
C<add_suspects> adds.

  use Encode::Guess;
  Encode::Guess->add_suspects(qw/euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis/);
  # now the suspects are euc-jp,shiftjis,7bit-jis, AND
  # euc-kr,euc-cn, and big5-eten
  Encode::Guess->add_suspects(qw/euc-kr euc-cn big5-eten/);

=item Encode::decode("Guess" ...)

When you are content with suspects list, you can now

  my $utf8 = Encode::decode("Guess", $data);

=item Encode::Guess->guess($data)

But it will croak if:

=over

=item *

Two or more suspects remain

=item *

No suspects left

=back

So you should instead try this;

  my $decoder = Encode::Guess->guess($data);

On success, $decoder is an object that is documented in
L<Encode::Encoding>.  So you can now do this;

  my $utf8 = $decoder->decode($data);

On failure, $decoder now contains an error message so the whole thing
would be as follows;

  my $decoder = Encode::Guess->guess($data);
  die $decoder unless ref($decoder);
  my $utf8 = $decoder->decode($data);

=item guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])

You can also try C<guess_encoding> function which is exported by
default.  It takes $data to check and it also takes the list of
suspects by option.  The optional suspect list is I<not reflected> to
the internal suspects list.

  my $decoder = guess_encoding($data, qw/euc-jp euc-kr euc-cn/);
  die $decoder unless ref($decoder);
  my $utf8 = $decoder->decode($data);
  # check only ascii, utf8 and UTF-(16|32) with BOM
  my $decoder = guess_encoding($data);

=back

=head1 CAVEATS

=over 4

=item *

Because of the algorithm used, ISO-8859 series and other single-byte
encodings do not work well unless either one of ISO-8859 is the only
one suspect (besides ascii and utf8).

  use Encode::Guess;
  # perhaps ok
  my $decoder = guess_encoding($data, 'latin1');
  # definitely NOT ok
  my $decoder = guess_encoding($data, qw/latin1 greek/);

The reason is that Encode::Guess guesses encoding by trial and error.
It first splits $data into lines and tries to decode the line for each
suspect.  It keeps it going until all but one encoding is eliminated
out of suspects list.  ISO-8859 series is just too successful for most
cases (because it fills almost all code points in \x00-\xff).

=item *

Do not mix national standard encodings and the corresponding vendor
encodings.

  # a very bad idea
  my $decoder
     = guess_encoding($data, qw/shiftjis MacJapanese cp932/);

The reason is that vendor encoding is usually a superset of national
standard so it becomes too ambiguous for most cases.

=item *

On the other hand, mixing various national standard encodings
automagically works unless $data is too short to allow for guessing.

 # This is ok if $data is long enough
 my $decoder =
  guess_encoding($data, qw/euc-cn
                           euc-jp shiftjis 7bit-jis
                           euc-kr
                           big5-eten/);

=item *

DO NOT PUT TOO MANY SUSPECTS!  Don't you try something like this!

  my $decoder = guess_encoding($data,
                               Encode->encodings(":all"));

=back

It is, after all, just a guess.  You should alway be explicit when it
comes to encodings.  But there are some, especially Japanese,
environment that guess-coding is a must.  Use this module with care.

=head1 TO DO

Encode::Guess does not work on EBCDIC platforms.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Encode>, L<Encode::Encoding>

=cut

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Code inconnu, également sous-titré Récit incomplet de divers voyages est un film franco-germano-autrichien réalisé par Michael Haneke, sorti en 2000.

Synopsis
Paris, fin des années 1990. En sortant de chez elle, Anne, jeune comédienne, rencontre Jean, le frère de son ami, Georges. Ce dernier, reporter-photographe, est souvent absent. Son cadet n'avait aucune envie de reprendre la ferme familiale et est venu, sur un coup de tête, dans la capitale. Jean jette un emballage usagé dans les mains d'une mendiante assise au coin de la rue. Alors que la femme reste interloquée par ce geste, un passant, Amadou, interpelle le jeune homme pour qu'il s'excuse. La discussion dégénère rapidement, au point d'entraîner l'intervention de la police.

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 Titre : Code inconnu : Récit incomplet de divers voyages
 Réalisation : Michael Haneke
 Scénario et dialogues : Michael Haneke
 Production : Marin Karmitz et Alain Sarde
 Sociétés de productions : MK2 Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde, Arte France Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, Bavaria Film
 Musique : Giba Gonçalves
 Photographie : Jürgen Jürges
 Montage : Karin Martusch et Andreas Prochaska
 Décors : Emmanuel de Chauvigny
 Costumes : Françoise Clavel et Gloria Papura
 Pays d'origine :  -  -
 Format : couleurs - 1,85:1 - Dolby -
 Genre : drame
 Durée :
 Date de sortie :

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Le film est librement inspiré de la vie de l'écrivain et reporter  de guerre Olivier Weber. La notion de « code inconnu » renvoie à la difficulté de communiquer, notion non pas traitée de façon abstraite ou philosophique, mais illustrée concrètement dans des scènes variées ; l'une des scènes les plus spectaculaires est peut-être celle d'une petite fille qui se déplace et joue bizarrement sur une estrade, action peu compréhensible pour le spectateur jusqu'à ce qu'un contrechamp nous montre les enfants sourd-muets qui constituent son public ; on peut penser aussi au voyageur revenant chez Anne et qui se heurte à un portail d'entrée à code, obligé de lui téléphoner et de repartir faute de réponse.

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Film français sorti en 2000
Film roumain sorti en 2000
Film allemand sorti en 2000
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Film dramatique français
Film dramatique autrichien
Film choral français
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Film réalisé par Michael Haneke
Film produit par Marin Karmitz
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Just what are you supposed to do ??????? I have been to a couple of screens and pessed a few strange animals. Now what?
Anyone got any idea what to do yet?
Just read the main page and all it says is about change in music. Weird game.
Why does it take to slow to load.
Think this game is really sweet. No stress. And it's fun to try to time the things that change the music so there's a rhythm.
i think gamershood needs a "relaxing items" category for things like this, it's not really a game, but it is an interactive article, so maybe there shoule be a little bit of reclassifying on a couple of things such as this into such a category? What are peoples thoughts?
Hmmm... I liked it but Gamershood definately needs a new catagory for this stuff. I know a site with a really wierd game format- at the moment I have it in my sig but I really should put it in a game catagory.
As I have understood from that website, it is an interactive writing of stories within a community (registered users with an own forum). I don't think that this could be discussed here on GamersHood within a new category. Or did I understand the description on the website wrong?
It is a game, in a way- people make choices and participate in the storys. It's definately not a traditional game format, but it's not traditional storys either. It's kinda in-between. Take it from one who knows.


I press my lips together and follow him as he leads the way toward the nuns in the back. He's so focused he doesn't realize a soft doll slips from one of the bags under his arm and falls to the ground.
A girl with brown ringlets framing her round cheeks runs toward the doll before I catch Liam's attention. She looks both ways to be sure no one sees her, then snatches it up and into her arms. The doll fits perfectly in the crook of her arm and a smile brightens her face.
"Hey! Little girl!" I say.
She freezes and clutches the doll tightly to her body. Her fearful blue eyes dart to me and back to the doll as I step toward her.
"Hey!" I repeat, coming closer. From a few yards away I can see the tremble in her shoulders. The little girl drops the doll and runs from me.
I stoop down and pick the doll up from where she's landed in a heap. There's a smudge of dirt on its plastic cheek and I wipe it away with my thumb. Liam's over talking with the nuns, and he glances my way.
"That girl--who is she?" I ask when I reach them. I don't wait for introductions. One of the nuns, the younger one with round spectacles and a pointy chin, looks like she really wants to give me a quick lesson in manners.
"I'm sorry, dear?" The older nun says, wrinkling her forehead beneath her habit.
"There was a girl, maybe four years old. Curly brown hair, blue eyes--or at least, I think they were blue." I scan the yard as I describe the little one.
Do I mean Daphne? I have no idea.
The thin, bookish nun nods towards a strand of trees near the rear of the property. The trees are short and sparse, obviously very young, and don't offer much shelter. A little form huddles at the base of the one in the middle, facing away from us.
I peel back the corner of the foil around the cookies and grab a couple, then hand the tray to the young nun. When I reach Daphne's hiding spot, I find her with her knees tucked into her chest. Tears streak her face, which she presses to her knees.
She remains quiet except for a soft shudder.
The little girl raises her head to glare at me. Blossoms of crimson burn at her cheeks. "Go away." She hides her face again.
Daphne brings her head up again and starts to say something angry. Our eyes connect and I glance down at the doll laying next to her. She looks down, too, and then back at me.
She nods and tentatively takes the cookie from my outstretched hand. Daphne reminds me a lot of Taran--flighty, suspicious, and upset. Like Taran, I don't push her. I eat my cookie as she eats hers. When it's gone I stand up and slip away. She doesn't follow behind me like the horse does, but that's okay.
I'm guilty of turning on an album and leaving it on repeat for days. Months, even. My husband hates this about me because he and I tend to have very opposite tastes in music (him: Anything Country. Me: Florence + the Machine, which is totally a genre, by the way!). Though it's not working at the moment, we had an iPod jack in our room where we could plug in our iPods or phones and play our music over speakers in the ceiling or on the porch.
At some point while Moe was sick, I turned on Right Away, Great Captain and left it on. I remember walking away from his still-warm but lifeless body on the grass and wandering back to the house wondering what could possibly be left without him. The only thing to do was crawl into bed in the middle of a sunny day and cry. Right Away, Great Captain crooned me to sleep on that horrible, beautiful day. I let it play on in the days to follow because it held Moe and I together, this thread of mournful music.
Tonight I'm getting ready to say good-bye to one of my characters and I don't want to because it's like letting my boy slip through my fingers again. My heart hurts and it feels right to play Right Away, Great Captain! again to pull myself back into the grief.
It's no more than two lines into the first song before I can see him stumbling and feel his slick neck against my cheek. The curl of dread tightens in my belly as I watch the vet check his pupils and slowed breathing over and over and over until he is satisfied and I know it's done. I'm broken, with pieces that will never go back together quite right.
Sixteen months and it surprises me how sharp the pain still is and how little it takes to bring me back to that good-bye. That is the power and wonder of art.
Oh. How will I ever do this?
Do you know joy? I do.
I hear it in the giggle of the girl bouncing along with her pony's trot.
I see it in the grin of the man whose legs cannot move him, but his horse can.
I feel it in the happy step of an animal connecting with their human.
Do you know joy? You should.
When I finally felt steady enough to rejoin Alfie, he'd moved on to replacing a broken fence board in one of the paddocks. He didn't say a word about my breakdown, and I'm thankful for it. I helped him in silence, holding the plank steady as he secured it to the fence post with a hammer and several nails. Alfie was getting on in years, he shouldn't be doing this work on his own.
He took a breather after the next board was up, and stared off towards the few horses still living here.
"That he does." I agreed.
We walked down the fence row until we stood in front of one of the few occupied enclosures. "We've got six horses still here, but no one with any horse sense at all wants to help with them, especially the one mare in particular." I turned my head in the direction he's looking, toward the rear of the paddock to our right. When she noticed us watching, the dark horse inside snapped her body into alert, her head high, eyes wide, and ears pricked. Minus her sun-bleached coat from living outdoors, she was a nice-looking horse and would make someone a fine jumper. The bone structure was all there, I could see it, but so was the fear. The longer we stared, the more her terror echoed back. Without taking her eyes or ears from us, she shrank back against the fence.
"No, no. Tarantella. It's a dance--Spanish, you know?" Alfie hummed a tune and snapped his fingers as he crossed and uncrossed his arms a couple of times and shuffled his feet. It looked like no dance I'd ever seen or probably would ever see again, thank heavens.
With a shake of my head, I said, "You'd better stick to horses, Alf."
Spider wasn't a friendly kind of nickname. I wasn't sure what to think about that.
It happened then, quite literally, with the blink of an eye. The dark horse studied me for all of three seconds before blinking her eye and charging after me. There was no time to fumble with the gate--she'd be on me before I could have made it that far, anyway. My only option was to climb the fence, and with any luck I would be faster than her. With thundering hooves at my back, I launched myself at the fence and scrambled over. Taran clamped her teeth around the heel of my boot before I could swing it over. The old man was doubled over laughing at me dangling in a rather unpleasant position, with one leg in safety, the other in a wild horse's mouth, and my crotch somewhere in the middle.
Three-year-old Rebecca Lamoreaux wanted to be a writer. Writing, at her young age, translated into etching circles into the margins of her books with crayon. She loved dreaming up fantastic tales and then retelling them to others. The magic of stories had clearly captured her heart.
Her grade school teachers nurtured Rebecca's love of storytelling. When she was about seven years old, she was selected to participate in a special program for students who showed promise in writing. Through this program, Rebecca remembers finishing her first story. She has been writing ever since.
Though she has dabbled in all kinds of genres, she mainly writes fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and magical realism. Her historical romance novel, Lord Hyacinthe, is scheduled for publication through Pandamoon Publishing in April of 2014.
Rebecca places high value on sharing within the writing community, but she did not always feel that way. For years she viewed other writers as competition and feared her ideas might be stolen if she confided in the wrong person. Her perspective changed when a friend contacted her in November of 2012 and invited her to join a group of authors on Facebook. The Authors Think Tank group on Facebook became Rebecca's first experience with a community of writers committed to helping other writers. So impressed with groups such as the Author Think Tank, she sought out more writing communities. Rebecca joined ANWA, American Night Writer's Association, a network for women writers who are also affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The best thing she did for her writing career was attending writer's conferences. After meeting other writers at an ANWA conference, Rebecca's writing improved because of the influence of her growing writing community. And when a publisher came across her novel during a contest on Twitter, a panicked Rebecca turned to her community to help tighten up her story and help her land her book deal.
She knows what she's talking about.


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Man Utd 1 vs 1 Arsenal: 5 Important Things We MUST Learn From Draw At OT
By Admin On May 17, 2015 In 2014-2015 Season, Arsenal News & Comment No Comments
Manchester United vs Arsenal. Old Trafford Stadium. May 17, 2015.
A first half goal from United's Ander Herrera and a late own goal from Kyle Blackett meant that Arsenal and Manchester United had to settle for a draw at Old Trafford.
1. The Old Trafford nightmare is almost behind us now.
In two encounters in a season against United at Old Trafford, Arsenal picked up a win and a draw, with the later being a largely unimpressive performance yet a draw was managed.
The Theater of Dreams has been one of Arsenal/Wenger's most dreadful places to play in, and so the above result is a clear indication that the Gunner's Theater of Dreams' nightmares is almost behind us now
2. Ozil needs to know that he can score goals too.
Mesut Ozil put up a fine display again today, but he is no longer the German we saw who returned from injury and started banging in the goals. It's now as though he's been told not to score.
Ozil's style of play sometimes gets him in very good positions to shot. And today against United, he had a chance to test the keeper but instead he decided to pass to Giroud who was actually expecting him to shot.
The German can win us games if he shots when he has the chance to!
3. To be complete, Bellerin needs to work more on his defensive abilities.
Bellerin is a fine offensive full back. But to become a complete modern day defender, you need to be able to handle pressure as well.
Against United today, he was all through the game tormented by the trio of Young, Rojo and Fellaini.
Two goals has been conceded against Arsenal in less than a week, and both goals (simple crosses across the defence line) started off from his side of the defence.
Bellerin heeds to advice and so he should watch the footage of goals from Swansea and United to see how he has cost the team four points!
4. Is Coquelin tired?
Has anyone noticed the somewhat quiet games the Frenchman has had lately?
It is a fact that since his return in December, Coquelin has had more game time than most of his teammates.
We all thought it brought the best out of him, but lately, he's looked like he could do with a rest.
Could he get that in the final match of the season maybe?
5. Ramsey will be a beast if he stays injury free
The workaholic Welshman!
When he first signed for Arsenal some years ago, not many would have thought that he would rise to become such a huge figure for Arsenal in games like this.
He's even proved in recent weeks that he can play anywhere on the pitch!
Only, if only he can stay injury free next season, what a beast he would be for us.


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package org.killbill.billing.overdue.glue;

import org.killbill.billing.glue.OverdueModule;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.OverdueProperties;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.OverdueService;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.api.DefaultOverdueApi;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.api.OverdueApi;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.caching.DefaultOverdueConfigCache;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.caching.OverdueCacheInvalidationCallback;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.caching.OverdueConfigCache;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.listener.OverdueListener;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.notification.OverdueAsyncBusNotifier;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.notification.OverdueAsyncBusPoster;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.notification.OverdueCheckNotifier;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.notification.OverdueCheckPoster;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.notification.OverdueNotifier;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.notification.OverduePoster;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.service.DefaultOverdueService;
import org.killbill.billing.overdue.wrapper.OverdueWrapperFactory;
import org.killbill.billing.platform.api.KillbillConfigSource;
import org.killbill.billing.tenant.api.TenantInternalApi.CacheInvalidationCallback;
import org.killbill.billing.util.glue.KillBillModule;
import org.skife.config.ConfigurationObjectFactory;

import com.google.inject.name.Names;

public class DefaultOverdueModule extends KillBillModule implements OverdueModule {

    public static final String OVERDUE_INVALIDATION_CALLBACK = "overdueInvalidationCallback";
    public static final String OVERDUE_NOTIFIER_CHECK_NAMED = "overdueNotifierCheck";
    public static final String OVERDUE_NOTIFIER_ASYNC_BUS_NAMED = "overdueNotifierAsyncBus";

    public DefaultOverdueModule(final KillbillConfigSource configSource) {
        super(configSource);
    }

    @Override
    protected void configure() {
        installOverdueUserApi();

        installOverdueConfigCache();

        // internal bindings
        installOverdueService();
        installOverdueWrapperFactory();

        final OverdueProperties config = new ConfigurationObjectFactory(skifeConfigSource).build(OverdueProperties.class);
        bind(OverdueProperties.class).toInstance(config);

        bind(OverdueListener.class).asEagerSingleton();

        bind(OverdueNotifier.class).annotatedWith(Names.named(OVERDUE_NOTIFIER_CHECK_NAMED)).to(OverdueCheckNotifier.class).asEagerSingleton();
        bind(OverdueNotifier.class).annotatedWith(Names.named(OVERDUE_NOTIFIER_ASYNC_BUS_NAMED)).to(OverdueAsyncBusNotifier.class).asEagerSingleton();

        bind(OverduePoster.class).annotatedWith(Names.named(OVERDUE_NOTIFIER_CHECK_NAMED)).to(OverdueCheckPoster.class).asEagerSingleton();
        bind(OverduePoster.class).annotatedWith(Names.named(OVERDUE_NOTIFIER_ASYNC_BUS_NAMED)).to(OverdueAsyncBusPoster.class).asEagerSingleton();
    }

    protected void installOverdueService() {
        bind(OverdueService.class).to(DefaultOverdueService.class).asEagerSingleton();
    }

    protected void installOverdueWrapperFactory() {
        bind(OverdueWrapperFactory.class).asEagerSingleton();
    }

    @Override
    public void installOverdueUserApi() {
        bind(OverdueApi.class).to(DefaultOverdueApi.class).asEagerSingleton();
    }

    public void installOverdueConfigCache() {
        bind(OverdueConfigCache.class).to(DefaultOverdueConfigCache.class).asEagerSingleton();
        bind(CacheInvalidationCallback.class).annotatedWith(Names.named(OVERDUE_INVALIDATION_CALLBACK)).to(OverdueCacheInvalidationCallback.class).asEagerSingleton();
    }
}


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package it.poliba.sisinflab.simlib.datamodel;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
 * Defines a path relation as a sequence of {@link Arrow} objects, each one with its given direction
 * The overall path direction (or type) will directly depend on the singles arrows direction (see {@link #getType()}
 *
 * @author Giorgio Basile
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class Path {

    public static final String DIR_OUT = "out";
    public static final String DIR_IN = "in";
    public static final String DIR_UND = "und";
    public static final String DIR_MIX = "mix";

    private LinkedList<Arrow> arrowsList;

    protected Path(){
        this.arrowsList = new LinkedList<>();
    }
    protected Path(Path path, Arrow arrow){
        this(path.getArrowsList());
        this.add(arrow);
    }
    protected Path(Arrow arrow){
        this.arrowsList = new LinkedList<>();
        this.add(arrow);
    }

    protected Path(LinkedList<Arrow> arrowsList){
        this.arrowsList = new LinkedList<>(arrowsList);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o){
        if (o instanceof Path){
            Path p = (Path) o;
            return arrowsList.equals(p.getArrowsList());
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode(){
        return arrowsList.hashCode();
    }

    public LinkedList<Arrow> getArrowsList() {
        return arrowsList;
    }

    public void setArrowsList(LinkedList<Arrow> pathList) {
        this.arrowsList = pathList;
    }

    public void removeFirst() {
        arrowsList.removeFirst();
    }

    public void add(Arrow arrow){
        this.arrowsList.add(arrow);
    }

    public Integer length(){
        return this.arrowsList.size();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the path type. It'll be equal to:
     *

     *
{@link #DIR_OUT} if all the arrows {@link Arrow#direction} attribute are equal to {@link Arrow#DIR_OUT}

     *
{@link #DIR_IN} if all the arrows {@link Arrow#direction} attribute are equal to {@link Arrow#DIR_IN}

     *
{@link #DIR_MIX} if the arrows have different {@link Arrow#direction} attribute

     *

     *
     * @return the path type
     */
    public String getType(){
        String type = arrowsList.getFirst().getDirection();
        for(Arrow a : getArrowsList()){
            if(!a.getDirection().equals(type)){
                type = DIR_MIX;
                break;
            }
        }
        return type;
    }

    public Path getInvertedPath(){
        LinkedList<Arrow> arrowsInverted = new LinkedList<>();
        for(Arrow a : arrowsList){
            arrowsInverted.add(a.getInvertedArrow());
        }
        return new Path(arrowsInverted);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return arrowsList.toString();
    }
}


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Europe: "Eight to ten million migrants are still on the way"
By Pamela Geller - on May 6, 2017
Muslim Immigration: The Hijrah
If Hillary was President, a good number would be coming here. That ain't going to happen with President Trump. We dodged a bullet — eight to ten million bullets.
Islamic immigration is unlike any other form of immigration. Muslims are the only immigrant group to come to the West with a ready-made model of society that they believe to be superior.
The political doctrine of Islam started with Mohammed's migration from Mecca to Medina. After Mohammed went to Medina his message changed from pure religion to politics and jihad. Only 150 Arabs in Mecca converted, but after 10 years of jihad, every Arab became Muslim.
The migration from Mecca to Medina marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar, since it was migration that produced success. (more here)
The hijrah continues. Bill Warner explains it this way: "for Islam, migration was the beginning of Mohammed's success. He preached the religion for 13 years and converted 150 Arabs to Islam. After he migrated to Medina, he became and politician and jihadist, which led to every Arab in Arabia becoming a Muslim.
After Mohammed's death, Islam exploded out of Arabia in its second migration. When Islam settles into a society, the society becomes all Islamic (with a couple of exceptions—Spain and the Balkans). Islam does not assimilate, but dominates. This is because of its Sharia law.
The purpose of migration is to start jihad and the purpose of jihad is install the Sharia. Under the Sharia, the other religions are subjected to taxes, domination and humiliation. After enough time, everyone will become a Muslim.
Today in the West, we see the beginning of the annihilation of our civilization due to the deference we pay to Islamic migration and Sharia and we refuse to see the true nature and goals of Islam—complete domination of all aspects of our society."
Europe: More Migrants Coming — "Eight to ten million migrants are still on the way"
By Soeren Kern, Searchlight Germany, May 5, 2017:
"In terms of public order and internal security, I simply need to know who is coming to our country." — Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka.
Turkey appears determined to flood Europe with migrants either way: with Europe's permission by means of visa-free travel, or without Europe's permission, as retribution for failing to provide visa-free travel.
The migrants arriving in Italy are overwhelmingly economic migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Only a very small number appear to be legitimate asylum seekers or refugees fleeing warzones.
The director of the UN office in Geneva, Michael Møller, has warned that Europe must prepare for the arrival of millions more migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The European Union has called on its member states to lift border controls — introduced at the height of the migration crisis in September 2015 — within the next six months.
The return to open borders, which would allow for passport-free travel across the EU, comes at a time when the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean continues to rise, and when Turkish authorities increasingly have been threatening to renege on a border deal that has lessened the flow of migrants from Turkey to Europe.
Critics say that lifting the border controls now could trigger another, even greater, migration crisis by encouraging potentially millions of new migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East to begin making their way to Europe. It would also allow jihadists to cross European borders undetected to carry out attacks when and where they wish.
At a press conference in Brussels on May 2, the EU Commissioner in charge of migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, called on Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden — among the wealthiest and most sought after destinations in Europe for migrants — to phase out the temporary controls currently in place at their internal Schengen borders over the next six months.
The so-called Schengen Agreement, which took effect in March 1995, abolished many of the EU's internal borders, enabling passport-free movement across most of the bloc. The Schengen Agreement, along with the single European currency, are fundamental pillars of the European Union and essential building-blocks for constructing a United States of Europe. With the long-term sustainability of the single currency and open borders in question, advocates of European federalism are keen to preserve both.
Avramopoulos, who argued that border controls are "not in the European spirit of solidarity and cooperation," said:
"The time has come to take the last concrete steps to gradually return to a normal functioning of the Schengen Area. This is our goal, and it remains unchanged. A fully functioning Schengen area, free from internal border controls. Schengen is one of the greatest achievements of the European project. We must do everything to protect it."
The temporary border controls were established in September 2015, after hundreds of thousands of migrants arrived in Europe, and when EU member states, led by Germany, gave special permission to some EU countries to impose emergency controls for up to two years. Since then, the European Union has approved six-month extensions of controls at the German-Austrian border, at Austria's frontiers with Hungary and Slovenia and at Danish, Swedish and Norwegian borders. (Norway is a member of Schengen but not the EU.) Since then, several countries have argued that they need border controls to combat the threat of Islamic militancy.
On May 2, Sweden, which claims to conduct the most border checks among the EU countries, announced that it will lift controls at its border with Denmark. Sweden received 81,000 asylum seekers in 2014; 163,000 in 2015; 29,000 in 2016, and the same is expected for 2017.
On April 26, Austria called for an indefinite extension of border controls. "In terms of public order and internal security, I simply need to know who is coming to our country," Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said. Austria, which accepted some 90,000 migrants in 2015, also called for a "postponement" of the EU refugee distribution program, which requires EU member states to accept a mandatory and proportional distribution of asylum-seekers who arrive in other member nations.
On March 9, Norway extended border controls for another three months.
On January 26, Denmark extended border controls for another four months. Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said that his government would extend its border controls "until European borders are under control."
On January 19, Germany and Austria announced that border controls between their countries would continue indefinitely, "as long as the EU external border is not adequately protected."
Meanwhile, the number of migrants making their way to Europe is once again trending higher. Of the 30,465 migrants who reached Europe during the first quarter of 2017, 24,292 (80%) arrived in Italy, 4,407 arrived in Greece, 1,510 arrived in Spain and 256 arrived in Bulgaria, according to the International Office for Migration (IOM).
By way of comparison, the number of arrivals to Europe during each of the first three months of 2017 exceeded those who arrived during the same time period in 2015, the year in which migration to Europe reached unprecedented levels.
The trend is expected to continue throughout 2017. Better weather is already bringing about a surge of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Europe. During just one week in April, for example, a total of 9,661 migrants reached the shores of Italy.
The migrants arriving there are overwhelmingly economic migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Only a very small number appear to be legitimate asylum seekers or refugees fleeing warzones. According to the IOM, the migrants who reached Italy during the first three months of 2017 are, in descending order, from: Guinea, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Senegal, Morocco, Mali, Somalia and Eritrea.
In February, Italy reached a deal with the UN-backed government in Tripoli to hold migrants in camps in Libya in exchange for money to fight human traffickers. The agreement was endorsed by both the European Union and Germany.
On May 2, however, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel reversed course by saying the deal ignored the "catastrophic conditions" in Libya and would not curb migration. He said that Germany now favored tackling migration by fighting instability in Africa:
"What we are trying instead is to help stabilize the countries on the continent. But that is difficult. We will have to show staying power, stamina and patience. This is in the interest of Africans but also in the interest of Europeans."
Gabriel's long-term solution — which in the best of circumstances could take decades to bear fruit — implies that mass migration from Africa to Europe will continue unabated for many years to come.
Italy has emerged as Europe's main point of entry for migrants largely because of an agreement the European Union signed with Turkey in March 2016 to stem migration from Turkey to Greece. In recent weeks, however, Turkish authorities have threatened to back out of the deal because, according to them, the EU has failed to honor its end of the bargain.
Under the agreement, the EU pledged to pay Turkey €3 billion ($3.4 billion), as well as grant visa-free travel to Europe for Turkey's 78 million citizens, and to restart accession talks for Turkey to join the bloc. In exchange, Turkey agreed to take back all migrants and refugees who reach Greece via Turkey.
After the deal was reached, the number of migrants reaching Greece dropped sharply, although not completely. According to data supplied by the European Union on April 12, a total of 30,565 migrants reached Greece since the migrant deal took effect. Only 944 of those migrants have been returned to Turkey. Still, this is in sharp contrast to the hundreds of thousands of migrants who entered Greece at the height of the migration crisis. Turkey's continued cooperation is essential to keep the migration floodgates closed.
On April 22, Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Ömer Çelik, issued an ultimatum, warning the European Union that if it does not grant Turkish citizens visa-free travel by the end of May, Turkey would suspend the migrant deal and flood Europe with migrants.
On March 17, Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu warned that his country would "blow the mind" of Europe and renege on the deal by sending 15,000 Syrian refugees a month to Europe:
"We have a readmission deal. I'm telling you Europe, do you have that courage? If you want, we'll send the 15,000 refugees to you that we don't send each month and blow your mind. You have to keep in mind that you can't design a game in this region apart from Turkey."
In February 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had already threatened to send millions of migrants to Europe. "We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria anytime and we can put the refugees on buses," he told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. In a speech, he signaled that he was running out of patience:
"We do not have the word 'idiot' written on our foreheads. We will be patient, but we will do what we have to. Don't think that the planes and the buses are there for nothing."


Feature ported from Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.
Google; Percona added the INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables and the userstat variable.
This table makes it possible to do many things that were difficult or impossible previously. For example, you can use it to find unused indexes and generate DROP commands to remove them.


It's Spring Cleaning, Home Maintenance and Home Remodeling Time.
Check the gutters. They should not be loose, leaking or full of debris. After you clean and inspect the gutters, be sure downspouts are directing water far enough away from the house to keep moisture from finding its way inside.
Basement sump pump. It should be tested for proper operation before spring rains begin. Again, be sure that it drains far enough away from the foundation to prevent water from finding its way back in.
Rake up and remove any leftover leaves, grass and debris from basement window wells and from around the home's foundation. Pay special attention to foundation vents in homes with a crawl space. These vents allow moisture to escape but allow unwanted visitors to gain access if the screens are damaged or missing.
Trim trees and shrubs. This will help prevent damages to your home's siding during strong winds and harsh spring weather. Also, if you have firewood stored outdoors, be sure it is at least 18" off of the ground and at least two feet away from your home to prevent insects that will want to take up residence in the wood from making their way into your residence.
Exterior dryer vent. It should be cleared of lint and debris. This helps the damper close properly and also lowers the risk of fire from lint build-up.
Roof inspection. Even from the ground you can look for loose, missing or buckled shingles. If you see a lot of granules on the ground from your shingles, it might be a sign of wear, consider getting your roof inspected soon by a professional roofing company. They will also inspect the flashings around vents, skylights and chimneys for damages for you.
Chimney and foundation examination. Check for cracks, bulging, buckling or other signs of damage from the ground. If you see areas of concern, call in a qualified professional to inspect and make repairs.
Exposed wood. Check decks, hand rails and exterior trim around doors and windows for weakness, damage or rot. Make repairs to areas of damage and seal exposed wood to protect it from the elements. Keep us in mind if your deck is too small Touch up any cracked or peeling paint on siding and trim, for protection as well as to maintain the home's curb appeal.
Check the weather-stripping and seals. This might sound like a winter maintenance item, but it's a good idea to re-inspect after removing winter weather barriers around windows and doors. Eliminating drafts helps your air conditioner run less and reduces your cooling costs.
Outside hose faucets. Faucets on the exterior of the home should be checked for freeze damage. Cold winter weather may have caused unseen breaks in water lines. This could lead to water damage inside your home if not detected. If you can easily stop the flow of water with your finger or thumb while the faucet is turned on, you may have an interior leak. Do a thorough inspection for signs of leaks or call a plumber to check it for you.
HVAC unit. Spring is a good time to have your air conditioning unit cleaned and inspected. You can visually check the outside unit for dirt and debris that may be clogging the coils. If you use a garden hose to remove loose debris off of the coils, be careful not to use high pressure which can drive dirt deeper into the coils. Be sure to replace the air filter inside the house, as well, to keep it operating efficiently. Hiring a professional to do preventative maintenance on the unit is a good idea. They will thoroughly inspect the unit, clean the coils, check for refrigerant leaks, make repairs if needed and add refrigerant if necessary. This will help the unit to operate more effectively and help avoid break downs during the heat of summer.
With this list completed, its time to pull out the patio furniture, sit down with a tall glass of lemonade and enjoy the fresh air!
If spring has inspired you to start a new home remodeling project, we would love to visit with you about your plans. Maybe you're dreaming of a new deck, or you are finally ready to get serious about that room addition, or maybe you just want to modernize an existing interior space; at Farha HomeTrends we have the experience to get the job done right. I hope you will take time to visit our gallery page and see a small sampling of our completed projects.
Give us a call to schedule your in-home consultation at 316-680-7514.