"I'm not ready to commit, but she was on fire," stated Leggio, one in every of 300 individuals who made it inside to get a primary take a look at the most recent Democratic presidential candidate. 2 hundred others stood outdoors ready within the chilly.
Leggio, a 71-year-old retiree, was purchasing early for a 2020 candidate together with her teenage granddaughter Maggie Bashore. She displayed the well-founded confidence of a resident of Iowa — the state with the primary presidential nominating contest — that she would get a chance to personally poke and prod each aspirant in a Democratic subject that would develop to greater than 20 contenders keen to take on President Trump.
"There are a lot of questions I'd like to ask, but she'll be back," Leggio stated.
The Iowa get together caucuses are greater than a yr away, however this weekend marked the unofficial begin of the 2020 presidential marketing campaign season. Warren on Monday turned the primary of the big-name candidates to type a presidential exploratory committee after which made an instantaneous foray to Iowa on Friday, scheduling 5 stops over three days throughout the farm state.
Since Warren started planning to run for president over the previous few months, the nationwide highlight has been harsh. Like candidates earlier than her, she's counting on the locals right here to low cost the skeptics and make up their very own minds.
Critics, together with many Democrats, have questioned whether or not Warren is just too far to the left, too broken by the controversy over her skinny claims to Native American ancestry or incapable of connecting with common People.
Her advisors see Iowa, the place candidates audition earlier than casual teams of get together activists and curious voters, as a super place for her to show the detractors flawed and remind the political class what made her such a formidable candidate within the first place.
Eight years in the past, she made a reputation for herself in exactly any such surroundings — dazzling small teams of Democratic Celebration activists in Massachusetts home events when she was getting ready for an eventual Senate marketing campaign. One second captured on video, when she defined why she thinks companies and rich individuals ought to pay extra taxes, went viral and helped cement her status with the get together's left wing.
Voters who present up to the early occasions right here have a tendency to be receptive however noncommittal — and, sometimes, robust inquisitors.
One lady at an occasion in Council Bluffs tried to get Warren to oppose legalized abortion, which Warren, long a robust supporter of abortion rights, declined to do. One other in Sioux Metropolis requested why she launched her DNA check in October, giving the president — who calls Warren "Pocahontas" — "more fodder to be a bully" in mocking her claims to Native American heritage. Others requested whether or not she helps internet neutrality, how she might win over average Republicans who dislike Trump, and whether or not she had accomplished sufficient within the Senate to justify a White Home run.
Warren gamely took selfies with dozens of individuals at every occasion, and stored speaking when the sound system in Council Buffs conked out for a couple of minutes. By Saturday morning, her voice was rising hoarse from a head chilly, although she continued to bounce across the crowd.
"I'm just gonna put it all out there," Warren stated of her regulation faculty hiring data and DNA check, each of which at the moment are on-line.
"I can't stop Donald Trump from what he's gonna do," she stated. "I can't cease him from hurling racial insults.
Warren insisted that she was glad to get the query. But the difficulty continues to be among the many sorest factors in her political profession. She was extra keen to speak about different features of her biography, together with the time her mom briefly supported the household with a minimum-wage job, and the cheap school schooling that didn't plunge Warren into debt. Although Warren is a senator and a former professor on the nation's most elite college and has written dense textbooks on chapter regulation, she salted her public speeches with tales of "momma," "daddy" and "folks," often dropping consonants on the finish of her phrases to spotlight her Oklahoma roots.
"Today, a minimum wage job in America — full time — will not keep a momma and a baby out of poverty and it is wrong and it is why I'm in this fight," she stated.
In line with her acquainted populism, Warren was additionally eager to lambaste oil corporations, drug producers and monetary giants, who she stated management Washington on the expense of working People.
Many who got here to see Warren 4 years in the past supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a like-minded unbiased, for the Democratic nomination. Some stated they have been prepared to transfer on, even when he enters the race. Although many citizens listed here are testing Warren, they're additionally mentioning different potential candidates, together with former Vice President Joe Biden, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Kamala Harris of California.
"We're hoping to get some better candidates this election," stated Shauna Buckingham, a 28-year-old manufacturing supervisor from Cherokee who got here to an occasion together with her child, Joshua.
"It wasn't too impressive last time around," stated Chad Jorgensen, her boyfriend.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to visitors throughout an organizing occasion on the Orpheum Theater on Jan. 5, 2019 in Sioux Metropolis, Iowa. Warren introduced on Dec. 31 that she was forming an exploratory committee for the 2020 presidential race.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) greets potential voters throughout a marketing campaign cease at McCoy's Bar Patio and Grill on Jan. four, 2019 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Warren introduced on Dec. 31 that she was forming an exploratory committee for the 2020 presidential race.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, speaks throughout an organizing occasion at Curate occasion area in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Her Iowa debut, starting Friday night and persevering with throughout the state Saturday, provided the primary glimpse of what she might seem like as a 2020 candidate.
Although some voters right here lament the seemingly endless marketing campaign cycle, there's a thirst amongst many Democratic activists to start the vetting course of, given their zeal to defeat Trump.
"We're going to pay attention. It's not going to happen again," stated Jane Reynolds, a retiree from Sioux Falls, bitterly recalling 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton's loss.
"If we are going to have 20 people, we may as well get started," stated Jeff Fossum, a 63-year-old retiree who wore a button that stated "It's Mueller Time" — utilizing the beermaker's emblem to evoke Robert S. Mueller III, the particular counsel investigating Trump associates' potential position in Russian interference within the 2016 election.
Warren, who was recognized for avoiding impromptu questions from Senate reporters, is responding to reporters at most stops right here. Her solutions, nevertheless, aren't all the time responsive. On Friday night time, she refused to say whether or not Democrats ought to condemn Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a newly elected Democrat from Michigan who used profane language in vowing to impeach Trump.
Warren was extra prepared to take an oblique shot at a few rich potential rivals for the Democratic nomination, Tom Steyer and Michael R. Boomberg, who're doubtless to self-fund their campaigns ought to they run.
Political professionals anticipate Warren's transfer towards a full-blown presidential run to spark a rush of competitors in coming weeks. She has already employed a number of the most skilled political operatives in Iowa and has staffers accumulating contact info from the individuals who have lined up to see her, to construct a volunteer file.
Her early begin and Democrats' anticipated giant subject additionally will increase the probabilities that candidates will commerce locations in its prime tier — a lot as Trump shortly upended the anticipated front-runners in Republicans' crowded contest 4 years in the past. Warren was a favourite of the left then, with individuals begging her to run. The keenness appears muted now that she's in.
David Axelrod, the longtime political advisor to President Obama, cautioned towards studying an excessive amount of into fast judgments or early setbacks of the candidates.


Now there's a serious looking drill bit!
Was lovely to share it with Dave (and Diana), who Alan first met on 16th November 1959, when he started work at the Probate Registry in Manchester! We spent many happy times with him and Diana. They introduced us to curry - starting with a chicken madras! That was at the long gone Everest (on Portland Street I think). We saw them married in 1963 - the day my A level results were out:) After we were married and Dave had left Probate we moved away saw very little of them until 1982 - when we had moved to Bristol('81) and the tenancy on the house we had rented ran out and we spent 2 months in a caravan at Brean Sands waiting for completion on our next home. Dave and Diana were then running the P.O. at Churchill. We saw them regularly until we moved up here 27 years ago and I think have only seen them once since! We had a great weekend - Diana said she hadn't laughed so much in years. Musn't leave it so long next time - we might not all make it until our 80's!
Congratulations Andrew - another gold!
Congratulations from everyone at the Clarendon!
BBC camera there - presumably Look North - should be on about teatime.
This is Jo (the teacher's) blog about the class I made them at.
Today's version of blazing June!


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Cassette Recovery Software Released – Call-A.P.P.L.E.
Christopher Mosher has released a software package which allows a more precise recovery method of recovering Cassette tapes with data on them.
Being as most of the tapes created for computers with cassette interfaces were created in the 1970's the quality of the tapes and the data recovered from them can be quite problematic.
The software is available as C++ source code on the Github site and is available as a free download, with the package itself being released under the GPL version 3 license. It is designed to run under Mac, Linux and Windows but requires the SDL2 Development Library.
Christopher Alan Mosher is a programmer from Shelton, CT, USA. and is the author of the Epple II Emulator, an Apple II emulator for several platforms.


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Q: selenium IDE and dynamic DOM elements Hello overflowfellows,
actually iam on Testing website and my company wants me to use selenium IDE for automated testing on milestones.
My Question is about locating elements in dynamic wrappers, count and verify there presence. For instance, das this wrapper contains more tiles of this class name or this.
or for instance, i have my slider wrapper and want to check fpr the presence of images in this.
consider the following xpath selector for the slider wrapper:
/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/section/main/div/div

in css selectors
html.header-visible.js.flexbox.flexboxlegacy.canvas.canvastext.webgl.no-touch.geolocation.postmessage.no-websqldatabase.indexeddb.hashchange.history.draganddrop.websockets.rgba.hsla.multiplebgs.backgroundsize.borderimage.borderradius.boxshadow.textshadow.opacity.cssanimations.csscolumns.cssgradients.no-cssreflections.csstransforms.csstransforms3d.csstransitions.fontface.generatedcontent.video.audio.localstorage.sessionstorage.webworkers.applicationcache.svg.inlinesvg.smil.svgclippaths.wf-telegroteskfett-n4-active.wf-telegroteskhalbfett-n4-active.wf-telegroteskheadlineregular-n4-active.wf-telegroteskheadlineultra-n4-active.wf-telegrotesknormal-n4-active.wf-telegroteskultra-n4-active.wf-teleicon-n4-active.wf-telekomfussballicons-n4-active.wf-active.device-desktop body.loaded div.main div.controller.component section.component.controller.loaded.active main.col-xs-24.col-md-18 div.controller.component.clipping div.slider-wrapper.col-sm-24.col-md-16

and for the img in it, that comes dynamicaly:
xpath
/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/section/main/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/a/picture

cssselector
html.header-visible.js.flexbox.flexboxlegacy.canvas.canvastext.webgl.no-touch.geolocation.postmessage.no-websqldatabase.indexeddb.hashchange.history.draganddrop.websockets.rgba.hsla.multiplebgs.backgroundsize.borderimage.borderradius.boxshadow.textshadow.opacity.cssanimations.csscolumns.cssgradients.no-cssreflections.csstransforms.csstransforms3d.csstransitions.fontface.generatedcontent.video.audio.localstorage.sessionstorage.webworkers.applicationcache.svg.inlinesvg.smil.svgclippaths.wf-telegroteskfett-n4-active.wf-telegroteskhalbfett-n4-active.wf-telegroteskheadlineregular-n4-active.wf-telegroteskheadlineultra-n4-active.wf-telegrotesknormal-n4-active.wf-telegroteskultra-n4-active.wf-teleicon-n4-active.wf-telekomfussballicons-n4-active.wf-active.device-desktop body.loaded div.main div.controller.component section.component.controller.loaded.active main.col-xs-24.col-md-18 div.controller.component.clipping div.slider-wrapper.col-sm-24.col-md-16 div.controller.component.clipping.slick-initialized.slick-slider div.slick-list.draggable div.slick-track div.slick-slide.slick-active a picture.component

please dont be mad with me, because i wall-of-text you.
to make this question reasonable.
how do i check for elements in elements using Selenium IDE.
I have some experience with selenium JAVA and here with loops and conditions i find it more easy to reach my selectors.
long story short:
can i use selenium IDE in dynamic contexts to re-do my testcases.
any answer will be apriciated.
have a nice day with br from paulq

A: Let me start by simplifying some of your xpath:
/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/section/main/div/div
becomes //section/main/div/div
/html/body/div[1]/div[2]/section/main/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/a/picture
becomes //section/main/div/div//a/picture
You could then use the verifyXpathCount if you have an exact count.
Or you can run some java script to use the amount of elements returned via Element.getElementsByTagName() where the element in question is the wrapper. That way you are only getting elements that are descendants of that element and not the entire document.

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What are the new materials for lithium batteries?
1. New high-entropy energy storage materials for new materials for lithium batteries
A new type of high-entropy material suitable for energy storage applications proposed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Researchers use multi-cation transition metal-based high-entropy oxide as the precursor, LiF or NaCl as the reactant, and use simple mechanochemical methods. , Preparation of polyanionic and polycationic compounds to generate lithiated or sodiumized materials, and successfully synthesized a fluorooxy cathode active material with a rock salt structure, which is suitable for the next generation of lithium battery applications.
The advantage of this new type of lithium battery material is that it has stable entropy, exhibits stronger lithium storage performance, changes the constituent elements of traditional lithium batteries, improves cycle performance, and can reduce the use of toxic and expensive elements in the battery's positive electrode.
2. Layered oxides of new materials for lithium batteries
According to industry media reports, domestic researchers have made progress in the field of layered metal oxides. Researchers have found that the diffusion of oxygen in layered oxides is far easier than people imagined, and the diffusion and loss of oxygen ions during battery cycling This resulted in the formation of a large number of nano-sized bubbles inside the material, and at the same time caused a phase change in the crystal structure of the material. The results have been published in "Nature Nanotechnology".
This new type of lithium battery material has changed people's understanding of the generation and diffusion of oxygen ions in layered metal oxides, and has provided an important research foundation for the stability of lithium battery cathode materials.
3. Multilayer silicon/carbon composite structure of new materials for lithium batteries
The State Key Laboratory of Metal Material Strength of Xi'an Jiaotong University cooperated with Suzhou Research Institute and Nano Institute of Xi'an Jiaotong University to prepare a Cu conductive additive and carbon nanotube-reinforced multilayer silicon/carbon composite structure based on an in-situ controllable gelation process. The multilayer structure and the carbon nanotube toughened carbon matrix can effectively release the huge stress caused by the volume change of the silicon anode during charge and discharge. The introduction of Cu conductive additives improves the conductivity of the composite material. The results have been published in "American Chemical Society Nano".
Breakthrough point: The composite electrode has a specific capacity of 1500 mAh·g-1 after 900 cycles at a high current density of 1A·g-1; it exhibits 1035mAh·g cycling at a high current density of 4A·g-1 The specific capacity of -1 fully indicates that the electrode material still maintains excellent structural stability during the huge volume change of silicon particles. The research work solved the bottleneck problem of the volume effect of silicon negative electrode through the ingenious design of microstructure and interface structure, and is expected to provide an important reference for the development and application of a new generation of high-performance lithium ion silicon anode.
4. Cyclohexanone, a new material for lithium batteries
The team of Chen Jun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor of the School of Chemistry of Nankai University, designed and synthesized an organic cathode material for lithium-ion batteries with ultra-high capacity-cyclohexanone, with a discharge specific capacity of 902mAhg-1. In addition, due to the low solubility of cyclohexanone in ionic liquids with high polarity, it has better cycle performance in ionic liquid-based electrolytes, and the assembled battery exhibits the characteristics of high capacity and long cycle life. The results have been published in "Germany Applied Chemistry".
This type of organic cathode material exhibits the highest capacity value currently reported for lithium-ion batteries, breaking the world record for the capacity of organic cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. This work provides a new idea for the design, preparation and battery application of high-capacity organic electrode materials. Lithium-ion batteries with cyclohexanone as the positive electrode can achieve the advantages of higher battery capacity and longer life, providing support for future applications in electric vehicles, energy storage grids and other fields.
5. Graphite + halogen conversion intercalation chemistry of new materials for lithium batteries
The University of Maryland introduced halogen conversion intercalation chemistry in graphite, innovatively developed a composite electrode, and combined this cathode with a passivated graphite anode to create a lithium-ion water-based full battery that can reach 4V with an energy density of 460 Wh/kg. The Coulomb efficiency is about 100%. The battery is based on the negative ion conversion-intercalation mechanism, combined with the conversion reaction of high energy density, has excellent reversibility of intercalation, and improves the safety of water-based batteries.
Breakthrough point: This battery is fundamentally different from the "dual ion" battery. The dual-ion battery inserts complex anions into graphite reversibly at low packing density, and stable anions do not undergo redox reactions, resulting in a capacity of less than 120mAh/g. The energy density of the new full battery is about 460 Wh/kg, which is higher than that of the most advanced non-aqueous liquid lithium-ion battery (after taking into account the electrolyte quality, its energy density can still reach 304 Wh/kg).
6. Boron nitride nano-coating for new materials for lithium batteries
Columbia University stabilized the electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries by implanting boron nitride (BN) nano-coatings, thereby reducing the risk of battery short circuits.
Breakthrough: The liquid electrolyte inside the lithium-ion battery is highly flammable, and there is a risk of short circuit and fire. However, the 5 to 10 nanometer boron nitride (BN) nano film can be used as a protective layer to isolate the metal lithium and the electrolyte. For electrical contact, boron nitride (BN) nano-film is chemically and mechanically stable to lithium, and has a high level of electronic insulation, so it can improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries to a greater extent.
7. Amorphous Al2O3 coating for new battery materials
Researchers at Hanyang University in South Korea have used amorphous Al2O3 to improve the surface of graphite. The amorphous Al2O3 coating has greatly improved the wettability of graphite and other battery materials and battery separators. Researchers used LiCoO2 cathodes and Al2O3 coated graphite anodes to carry out pure cell tests. Tests have shown that the introduction of amorphous Al2O3 can improve the charging performance of graphite anode materials. The results have been published in Energy Magazine.
At a high charging rate of 4000mA/g, the reversible capacity of surface-modified graphite is about 337.1?mAh/g, of which Al2O3 accounts for 1% by weight. When the electric strength is 100?mA/g, the corresponding capacitance The possession is about 97.2%. Researchers predict that the coating increases the electrolyte permeability of the entire surface area of the graphite electrode, thereby improving the fast charging performance of the graphite anode material. This achievement improves the fast charging performance of graphite anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
8. Porous silicon-based composite anode (ASD-SiOC) for new lithium battery materials
The research team of Researcher Yang Jianping and the research team of Professor Jiang Wan from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University have made important progress in the field of silicon-based lithium-ion batteries. The research team selected a phenyl bridged organosilicon precursor and used a two-step reaction of the sol-gel method and high-temperature calcination to prepare a new porous silicon-based composite anode (ASD-SiOC) that exhibits excellent cycle stability And structural stability. The results have been published in "Germany Applied Chemistry".
This new design has many advantages: the active matrix SiOx unit and carbon can be combined at the atomic scale; the carbon three-dimensional network effectively improves the conductivity of the material; the porous structure not only buffers the volume expansion, but also accelerates the transmission of lithium ions; In the subsequent cycle process, the ASD-SiOC anode can be transformed into a more stable composite structure, which can achieve high coulombic efficiency. This study shows that the carbon distribution plays a very important role in maintaining the structure and performance stability of the composite anode material.
Silicon Nanoparticles of New Materials for Lithium Battery
The team of chemist Briak at the University of Alberta in Canada found that molding silicon into nano-sized particles helps prevent it from breaking. Researchers tested four different sizes of silicon nanoparticles and found that the smallest particles (only one part of a meter in diameter) exhibited the best long-term stability after multiple charge and discharge cycles. The results have been published in "Materials Chemistry".
This achievement overcomes the limitations of using silicon in lithium-ion batteries. This discovery may result in a new generation of batteries with 10 times the capacity of current lithium-ion batteries, a critical step towards the manufacture of a new generation of silicon-based lithium-ion batteries. The research has broad application prospects, especially in the field of electric vehicles, which can make it travel farther, charge faster, and battery weight is lighter.

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Bereishis 5782
Adam, the first vegetarian?[1]
ויאמר אלקים הנה נתתי לכם את-כל-עשב זרע זרע אשר על-פני כל-הארץ ואת-כל-העץ אשר-בו פרי-עץ זרע זרע לכם יהיה לאכלה: ולכל-חית הארץ וגו'
G-d said: "Behold, I have given to you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit. They shall be yours for consumption, and for all the animals of the land…"[2]
Our Sages make an interesting inference[3] from the way Hashem gave permission to Adam and the animals to consume the plant-life that surrounded them. He said that the plants shall be for you and the animals to consume, with the inference being that, in contrast, the animals shall not be for you to consume. Meaning, only plant-life was permitted, but not animals. This seemingly would make Adam the first vegetarian. It was only during the times of Noach, after the flood, that meat became permissible for humans to consume. The gemarra asks on this from a different teaching. We are informed that while Adam was in Gan Eden, the Angels would roast meat and strain wine for him[4]. The primordial snake saw this and grew jealous, and the rest is history. From this accounting, he seemingly did consume meat. What's the resolution?
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Shemini Atzeres 5782
Tefillas Geshem – The merit of Moshe's sin[1]
זכר משוי בתבת גמא מן המים, נמו דלה דלה והשקה צאן מים, סגוליך עת צמאו למים, על הסלע הך ויצאו מים
Recall the one (Moshe) who was in a wicker basket, drawn from the water; who drew forth and gave the flock water, Your treasured nation who thirsted for water; who hit the rock and came out water[2]
Starting from Shemini Atzeres, we begin praising Hashem for rain during our daily prayers[3]. This coincides with the beginning of the rainy season in the land of Israel. To cap off these praises, we recite a communal prayer for rain. In this prayer, we mention various Torah references to water. These are meant to awaken Divine mercy and justify our requests for rain. Quite surprisingly, one of these references are to Moshe hitting the rock.
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Sukkos 5782
Building a sukkah[1]
ולקחתם לכם ביום הראשון פרי עץ הדר כפת תמרים וענף עץ-עבת וערבי-נחל ושמחתם לפני יקוק אלקיכם שבעת ימים: בסכת תשבו שבעת ימים כל-האזרח בישראל ישבו בסכת
You shall take on the first day an esrog fruit[2], palm fronds (a lulav[3]), myrtle branches[4], and willow branches, and you shall rejoice before Hashem your G-d for seven days. You shall dwell in sukkos for seven days. Every citizen of Israel shall dwell in sukkos[5]
Sukkos is known as Zman Simchaseinu, the time of our rejoicing. The days are accentuated with their unique mitzvos, that of taking the four species and dwelling in the sukkah. The Torah introduces these mitzvos in this precise order, first the four species, then dwelling in the sukkah. While the reason for this requires its own study[6], what's fascinating is the Sages, when they chose the structure of their teachings on the festival, chose to first discuss the laws of the sukkah, and only then the laws of the four species. Why did the Sages switch the order from that in the Torah[7]?
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HaAzinu 5782
The plan to save Moshe[1]
וידבר יקוק אל-משה בעצם היום הזה לאמר: עלה אל-הר וגו' ומת בהר אשר אתה עלה שמה וגו'
Hashem spoke to Moshe on that very day, saying: "Go up the mountain…and you will die on the mountain that you will ascend…"[2]
The Torah says that Hashem told Moshe on that very day to go up the mountain to meet his demise. Rashi brings[3] that the Torah says the expression "on that very day" three differnent times. The first is with Noach[4], when he entered the ark he had built as a salvation from the flood. The second is when the Jews left Egypt. The third is in this week's parsha with Moshe. Rashi says that all three of these instances of this expression are teaching us the same thing.
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Yom Kippur 5782
Two seemingly indistinguishable goats[1]
ומאת עדת בני ישראל יקח שני-שעירי עזים לחטאת וגו' ונתן אהרן על-שני השעירם גורלות גורל אחד ליקוק וגורל אחד לעזאזל: והקריב אהרן את-השעיר אשר עלה עליו הגורל ליקוק ועשהו חטאת
From the congregation of the Children of Israel, he shall take two goats for a sin offering…Aharon shall place on the two goats lots: one lot [to designate the goat] for Hashem, and one lot [to send it to] Azazel. Aharon will then offer the goat whose lot designated it to Hashem, and he shall make it a sin offering[2]
A major part of the Yom Kippur service in the Temple involved two identical[3] goats. They had to look the exact same, be the same size, and be sold for the same price[4]. One of them was to be brought as an offering to Hashem, and the other was to be sent off a cliff[5]. What was unique about these goats is the fate of each one was determined by a lottery. A box would contain two pieces of paper, one saying, "for Hashem", and one saying, "for Azazel". The paper saying "for Hashem" would determine which one would be brought as an offering, and the paper saying "for Azazel" which one for the cliff. The Kohen would stick his hands in the box and each one would grab a paper. The fate of the goat to his right would be determined by the paper in his right hand. The same for his left. What can we learn from this unique and unusual procedure[6]?
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Vayeilech 5782
Resurrection of the dead and knowledge of the future[1]
ויאמר יקוק אל-משה הנך שכב עם-אבתיך וקם העם הזה וזנה אחרי אלהי נכר-הארץ וגו'
Hashem said to Moshe: "Behold, you will lie with your ancestors, and this nation will get up and sway after the gods of the inhabitants of the land…"[2]
A non-Jewish matron[3] once asked Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya a theological question[4]. Two basic tenets of the Jewish faith are that Hashem knows the future, and that in the final redemption there will be a resurrection of the dead. This matron asked for a source to these two beliefs. He responded from a verse in this week's parsha. Hashem told Moshe הנך שכב עם אבותיך, you will lie with your ancestors. Moshe was told he was about to perish. Then it says וקם העם הזה וזנה אחרי אלהי נכר הארץ, the nation will get up and serve idols. Rabbi Yehoshua said to read the verse as if וקם, "will get up", as if it was referring to Moshe[5]. Meaning, Moshe will die, but then he will get up. We see the dead will be resurrected. Furthermore, the verse says that the nation will serve idols, which they did. This shows Hashem knows the future.
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Rosh Hashanah 5782
The difference between trust in Hashem and complacency[1]
אם תקטלני – לך אייחל, ואם תבקש לעווני – אברח ממך אליך
If you kill me, to you I will commence. If you seek out my sin, I will run away from you, to you[2]
Our Sages tell us[3] the difference between the judgment of Rosh Hashanah and that of a secular court. People who have a court appearance for a capital crime will wear dark clothing, look disheveled, and fear for their life. They will be utterly stressed beyond belief. Rosh Hashanah, the day that Hashem judges the whole world, is different. Jews dress in fine, white clothing, and are cleanly groomed. What's the reason for this? We are confident that Hashem will perform a miracle and give us a positive judgement.
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Nitzavim 5781
Angels and repentance[1]
כי המצוה הזאת אשר אנכי מצוך היום לא-נפלאת הוא ממך ולא רחקה הוא
For this mitzvah that I command you is not beyond you, nor is it far from you[2]
The subject of this verse is a matter of dispute. Rashi says[3] that it's referring to the Torah, its fulfillment and study. Ramban however says[4] it's referring to something very apropos to the time period we are in. It's referring to the mitzvah of teshuva, repentance[5]. There's an interesting Midrash about this verse[6]. It says that "this mitzvah" is not removed from us, but it is removed from the Angels. At first glance[7], this would sound more like Rashi's interpretation. The Torah was given to humans and not the Angels, so it is in a sense "removed from them"[8]. Is there any way to understand this Midrash according to the Ramban, that "this mitzvah" is referring to teshuva?
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Yippee! It's National Library Week! Every day, I'm highlighting a library thing, baking something and giving something away. It has been so inspiring to read your comments about your local library and your sweet memories of librarians. I hope you take some time to recognize the awesome information professionals in your life!
Yesterday, I was the Food Librarian Fairy and delivered assorted baked goods to friends at two different special libraries. What's a special library? Special Libraries include, but are not limited to, corporate, museum, law, newspaper, medical, and private company libraries. These librarians can get data out of Lexis Nexis faster than anyone, and help you find a treasure in a museum's special collection. When you think of librarians...don't just think storytime. Think way beyond that...to someone with a law degree, PhD or a medical background in addition to a Master's degree in library science or information studies. In short, special librarians are special!
What else?! Scones!! I think scones are the best! They quickly come together and you can make them in one big bowl and your little fingers. You can even make them the night before, pop in the freezer and bake off in the morning.
I really like the square scone because it is really easy to form and you can just go at it with a knife or bench scraper. Cream is brushed on top and sanding sugar or raw sugar is sprinkled on top. I used mini chocolate chips because you get a bit of chocolate in every bite!
Note: The cookbook's instruction include using a KitchenAid with paddle attachment. I made my scones by hand. Please get this lovely cookbook The Craft of Baking and see page 24 for the chef's instructions.
1. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add the butter pieces to the bowl. Place the bowl in the freezer for 5 minutes.
2. In a measuring cup, mix espresso powder with 1 teaspoon hot water. Mix to dissolve. Add 1 cup cold cream and combine together.
3. Remove bowl from freezer. Using your hands or a pastry cutter, cut in butter until it is pea size.
4. Toss in chocolate chips.
5. Pour the espresso-cream mixture over the flour mixture and blend with your hands or a spatula until dough just comes together.
6. Remove dough onto floured surface. Gently knead a couple times, but don't overmix. Form into a circle for wedges or a square, about 3/4 to 1 inch thick.
7. Place the pieces on a baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap. Freeze for 15 minutes, or chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
8. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
9. Brush scones with cream and sprinkle with course sugar.
10. Bake scones until edges and bottom are golden and they are firm to the touch, about 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Day #4: I'm giving away a Silpat. You know, the wonder baking sheet liner. It's great for making most everything...everything just peels off. And if you aren't a big baker, this is great when making savory things like roasted sweet potato fries. Oh yes Silpat, you are kitchen treasure. The Silpat is "half-sheet" size.
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Note: This giveaway is limited to United States mailing addresses.
Disclosure: This giveaway and shipping is paid for by me.
Don't forget to enter the Day #1 (Sarabeth Bakery Cookbook) and Day #2 (Crate & Barrel Ramekins) and Day #3 (Everyday Food magazine) giveaways!
And, if you are currently working in a library or in library school...come back tomorrow for a special giveaway just for you. :) Happy National Library Week!
Ooo - that has been on my Amazon wish list for ages!
These look delicious... and I love Silpats!
Those scones look delicious. I never made scones before. Looking forward to trying to make this after the espresso bundt bread. Thanks for another amazing giveway!
Not only do the scones look fan-freakin-tastic, I love the action figure. AND, I was just thinking 'I might need to buy a new silpat soon.' The current one is wearing out and I just can't go without one now that I have had one!
You can never have too many scones or silpats!
I've heard great things about Silpats but I've never had the chance to try one.
Chocolate and coffee together--what could be better? Thanks for the delicious recipes and library lore!
Scones are quite possibly my favorite food ever.
These particular scones sound fabulous.
I've been a Special Librarian for most of my library career, putting my science degree to good use. Those are my most favorite libraries.
perfect for these scones! thanks for another great recipe!
Those scones look so delicious. I was raised on heavy, dry, stone-like scones made by my sister.
Great idea to add a little topping. I think it make these extra special scones!
I'd love to win this to make these scones. Mmm!
Ok, confession time. I have never loved scones. I have wanted to love scones, but I always found them too dry. I want to give them another chance and I love chocolate chips and espresso, and icing!! Thanks for the recipe and great photos!
This has got to be the best giveaway idea ever! I have been coveting a Silpat for years now but can never justify the purchase. It would be great to win and no longer ruin my nice cookie sheets!
There used to be a deli here that made the most wonderful lemon poppyseed scones. I miss them!
i love the scones and i want a silpat so bad!
mamma mia deve essere buonissimo! complimenti !!!!
We need a Silpat, I have not gone out to buy one yet but I hear they work great.
There is no comparison to the magic that is Silpat!
These scones would be perfect...with coffee! Must make soon.
So cute...I love Library Week.
I just made Scones for the 1st time last week...I didn't realize they would come together so easily. I'll for sure be trying this recipe soon.
Oooooo! I've never actually had a scone I liked.... I should try this recipe. I also do not have a slip mat!
Yum! Those look so good!
The scones look great. I finally made my first batch of scones last month and loved 'em, so now I'm looking out for different recipes. What was the texture like inside?
i can't wait to try these scones! i tried the chocolate chip cream scones...so good. so good my mom made them again a few days after the first time she tried the recipe.
You're so nice to have all these giveaways to celebrate National Library Week--and to educate us on libraries and librarians. I have to admit I've thought in recent years that both may become obsolete in our digital age, but reading your posts has given me confidence that we'll always need them!
These scones look great and I have never thought of making the dough the night before and baking in the morning. Great shot with the librarian action figure.
Love scones! "a ch a vez 2007 AT gmail DOT com"
Scones are one of my favourite sweet treats to eat for breakfast! These sound delish! Thanks for the great recipes!
Whny have I not thought about making scones. These look like big yummy cookies, and I love cookies, but I hate making them. These scones would be so much easier. Thanks!
ooh I'd love to try out the silpat!! bet its wonderful for making things like meringues!
I have totally come around to scones (after finally have GOOD ones). And if I had a Silpat, it would be even easier to make them...along with cookies, and any kind of pastry goodies! PS. I'm a librarian! That gets me double points, right? Right?
I've never made homemade scones, but I sure do get them at Starbucks a lot!
This would be so helpful!
Love silpat, have needed another...my favorite line about them is David Lebovitz once said on his blog something to the effect of "don't go telling me they're hard to clean, just put them in the top rack of your dishwasher!" it really hit my funny bone at the time, as I'd just decided that I could do the same thing.
I love scones, but I've never actually made them myself.
i could definitely use a new silpat!
Your action figure cracks me up!! LOVE IT!!
Happy Day National Library Day #2!!!
Gadzooks, I want me some of these SCONES.
The square scones are adorable...but any shape of scone with espresso in it is fine by me!
Have always wanted one of these. Your food inspires me!
My silpat mats are one of my favorite baking accessories.
At first glance, these totally look like cookies! Awesome. Scone cookies would be cool but confusing.
Seriously?? Espresso AND chocolate chips AND a cookie all rolled into one?? I'm SO making this!!!!
Thank you for the opportunity for this drawing.
Oooo! I need a new Silpat! The edges of the one I have now are just fraying away :(. Your scones look so good. I'm bookmarking this recipe. Thanks for the giveaway! I love library week! As a graduate student, I depend on libraries. Thanks for all you do!
I've been wanting a Silpat for years! Thanks for the giveaway!
At first, I thought I was looking at big, beautiful chocolate chip cookies! These look wonderful and I'm thinking of making a batch today! I've put The Craft of Baking on my library list.
Wow, do I need a Silpat! I have a generic one and it's just not as good as the real thing. Love the National Library Week posts!
I've been needing a Silpat for a while now!
"OMG" moment! The librarian action figure beside those cookies looks so cute.
Scones were on a TV segment last Sunday and now I read this today. I might just need to make some!
I'd love a Silpat and as always love when the Librarian makes her appearance.
thank you for being a librarian!!
I have wanted a silpat for years!!!
Beautiful scones! Happy library week!
Lovely scones ... wonderful flavors too!
Looking forward to making them, thanks for the recipe!
Sounds like a great recipe, I can't wait to try them! Thanks!
i love the flavors here. :) fabulous!
I never thought to put espresso flavor in a scone. Will have to try this one!
Okay, I tried to make these, but failed miserably after leaving out the sugar--they seemed way too "wet" however, as batter...is this generally the case?
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Crafts Museum Wikipedia edit-a-thon!

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                    Sat, 21/04/2012 - 14:00 - 18:00

Inviting everyone interested to the first ever GLAM edit-a-thon at the Crafts Museum, New Delhi on 21st April, 2012 (Saturday)!

This is a session to learn and edit Wikipedia articles related to various craft practices of India. If you love textiles, pottery, weaving and sculpture, here's your golden chance to visit India's finest collection of craft objects and collaborate to write articles on them! You will also meet actual craftsmen who make these objects! Bring your laptops and friends along :)

When: 21st April (Saturday)

Where: Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan

What: Wikipedia editing session

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Delhi/Crafts_Museum1

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/ automobile racing
automobile racing
automobile racing, sport in which specially designed or modified automobiles race on any of various courses. Automobile racing originated in France in 1894 and appeared in the United States the following year. It is now one of the most popular spectator sports in the world. Of many different types of competition, the most prestigious have traditionally involved Formula One (Grand Prix) or Indy-type automobiles, both cars with low-slung bodies capable of speeds greater than 230 mph (370 kph). Their design and maintenance require full-time racing teams and large corporate investment. A number of countries sponsor Grand Prix races, which contribute to the designation of a world champion driver. The Grands Prix of Monaco, France, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia are among the best known.
America's famous Indianapolis 500 (begun 1911) is the best known of a series of races in which drivers compete for a series championship, organized by the United States Auto Club (USAC) and overseen from 1979 to 1996 by Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). In 1996 CART began a competing series, leaving the Indy 500 and several other races in the hands of the Indy Racing League (IRL). The Indianapolis 500 attracts over 500,000 spectators annually, making it the nation's largest paid-admission sporting event. Many top drivers compete in both Formula One and Indy-type races, and some also drive in the two major endurance races for sports cars, the 24 Hours at Daytona (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and the 24 Hours at LeMans (France; officially the LeMans Grand Prix d'Endurance, held since 1923).
Enormously popular in the United States are the races of the National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) circuit, in which standard, or stock, cars with special equipment race at speeds that can average close to 200 mph (320 kph). The major races of the NASCAR circuit include the Daytona 500 and the Talladega 500. Midget racing originated in the 1940s among enthusiasts unable to afford Indy cars. Originally held on dirt tracks at fairgrounds, midget races have yielded their popularity to sprint cars, larger versions of the midgets that travel half-mile tracks at 100 mph (161 kph) or more. Drag racing, which grew out of the often illegal sprints held among American teenagers during the 1950s, involves acceleration tests among extremely powerful cars over .25-mi (.4025-km) courses at speeds exceeding 300 mph (483 kph). Hill climbing, done by cars of various classes against the clock, is popular in Europe, but has never attained more than regional popularity in the United States.
See R. Cutter and B. Fendell, Encyclopedia of Auto Racing (1973); A. E. Brown, The History of the American Speedway (1984).


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Foundation Partners Group announces new acquisition, record growth
By Funeral Director Daily / January 11, 2022 / 0 Comments
In this press release from last week, Foundation Partners Group (FPG) announced a new acquisition and also gave some indication of its growth over the past couple of years. Foundation Partners Group is the privately owned death care consolidator based in Orlando, Florida, that appears to set its acquisition sights on cremation heavy firms. FPG…
What we are hearing on the Street. .. . and from some other sources
By Funeral Director Daily / January 7, 2022 / 0 Comments
So, we are one week into the new year of 2022. There are a few things that have been predicted since the new Presidential administration came into office last January, especially after the inflationary times that started last Spring. One of the the predicted things we heard about was that a new administration may eventually…
Is this the start of the M & A train we were told is coming down the tracks?
A high number of Baby Boomers in ownership roles, the un-planned last two years of Covid-related operations, the thought of an increase in capital gains taxes. . . . . .those are all valid reasons that have many owners of funeral homes thinking of getting out of the ownership realm.. At the beginning of 2021…
Anthem Partners expands to Canada
This press release from Frisco, Texas, based Anthem Partners will let you know that the privately-held operator of cemeteries and funeral homes has expanded into Canada with the addition of the Speers Group of Companies. According to the press release, the Speers Group consists of funeral homes and memorial gardens located in the provinces of…
Park Lawn enters state of Georgia with acquisition
By Funeral Director Daily / November 30, 2021 / 0 Comments
Park Lawn Corporation (PLC), the Canadian based funeral and cemetery operator announced in this press release yesterday that they had entered the state of Georgia with an agreement to purchase the Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory located in Cumming, Forsythe County. The press release stated that the acquisition is scheduled to close in December of…
Park Lawn Corporation announces three acquisitions
By Funeral Director Daily / October 19, 2021 / 1 Comment
Toronto-based Park Lawn Corporation, a funeral home and cemetery owner and operator, announced in this press release last week that it had acquired three businesses which constitute an addition of six stand-alone funeral homes, one stand-alone cemetery, three combination funeral home/cemetery properties, and five event centers. All businesses are located in their growing North Carolina…
Will Axar take StoneMor private?
By Funeral Director Daily / October 1, 2021 / 0 Comments
As you can see from this Yahoo Finance article, Axar Capital Management has sent StoneMor Inc. a letter expressing "an interest in pursuing discussions concerning strategic alternatives that may be beneficial to the Company and its various stakeholders." As you may know, and according to E-Trade, Axar Capital Management currently owns 88.6 million of the 118…
Assurant closes sale of Global Preneed unit to CUNA Mutual Group
By Funeral Director Daily / August 11, 2021 / 0 Comments
In a follow-up to what Funeral Director Daily reported in March, this press release will inform you that Madison, Wisconsin, based CUNA Mutual Group has closed on its acquisition of Assurant Global Preneed. The press release states that the purchase price was approximately $1.35 billion. Assurant CEO Alan Colberg said this in the release, "This…
Foundation Partners keeps acquisition train rolling along
By Funeral Director Daily / June 10, 2021 / 0 Comments
Only about ten days removed from announcing the acquisition of a funeral home in northeast Minnesota, Foundation Partners Group made another announcement at the end of last week. The press release goes on to say that Foundation Partners Group, the private equity backed funeral home and cemetery consolidator and operator, has reached an agreement to…
Independent operators. . . . .know your value
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Back in 1990 I spent about three days north of Vancouver, British Columbia, along the Campbell River fishing for salmon with a group of funeral industry people. One of the days was spent in a small fishing boat with a gentleman about thirty years my senior who had spent almost his entire funeral service career…


The world of numismatic news of the week centers around theAmerican Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money that was held in Philadelphia this past week. Here are the top news items from this past week?
The Eliasberg 1913 Liberty Head nickel sold for $4.56 million at the Stack's Bowers Auction to an undisclosed buyer. The coin graded PR-66 by PCGS is the finest of the five 1913 Liberty Head nickels. It is the highest price ever paid for a coin not struck from a precious metal.
The Unique 1792 Washington President Gold Eagle pattern coin was sold for $1.74 million by Heritage Auctions. The coin, graded XF-45★ by NGC, is from the Eric P. Newman Educational Society collection. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Society. The coin was acquired by Newman from the Col. E.H.R. Green Collection in 1942. Aside from being one of Newman's favorite coins, it was also believed to be Washington's pocket piece.
David J. Ryder, Director of the U.S. Mint.
Director of the U.S. Mint David Ryder announced that the Mint will introduce a gold coin series promoting the "Virtues of Liberty" starting in 2019. The announcement was given to Coin World who has not published the details of the program. One would think that an agency of the federal government would make this information generally available to the public and not exclusively to one publication.
The U.S. Mint publicly introduced the designs that will appear on the reverse of the 2019 America the Beautiful Quarters. National treasures being featured in 2019 include Lowell National Historical Park (Massachusetts), American Memorial Park (Northern Mariana Islands), War in the Pacific National Historical Park (Guam), San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (Texas), and the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho).
My report on my time in Philadelphia is coming soon.


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Error: Cannot convert type System.Windows.WindowCollection' to 'UITestApp.UiSimulator
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A: You are casting a WindowCollection to Window, that is why error throwing, you have to find the window from the collection and need to cast it.
if UISimulator is the main Window, you can use like this,
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or you have to find the window like below,
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A: Application.Current.Windows only contains windows that exist on the main UI thread. It's not good practice to create windows on any other thread but the main UI thread.

A: There's no way you can directly access/manipulate the UI from another thread. The only solution is to raise an event in the thread and then catch it in the UI thread. UI elements have very strict thread affinity requirements. This means you can only access the element from the thread hosting it. This includes all kinds of accesses including simple reads. You can implement this using delegate.
Put the following line where you need to update UI.
Use [Dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority, Delegate)] to change the UI from another thread or from background.
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{
    //Update UI here
}));


Concerns about Russian cyber attacks on U.S. electric utilities have increased again this week. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that such attacks have impacted hundreds of victims, not just the dozens reported earlier.
In March of this year the U.S. Department of Homeland Security publicly reported that Russian cyber attacks have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. Not only was this a rare identification of the threat actors and their strategic intent, the report provided descriptions of each stage of the attack, detailed indicators of compromise (IOCs) and a long list of detection and prevention measures. We wrote an earlier article that summarized the key findings of the report and how the new technologies can help.
Since making its report public, DHS has been briefing utilities around the country about the attacks. It was in one of these sessions that the scope of the Russian cyber attacks was greatly broadened, according to WSJ.
This news brings a new wave of concern about cyber attacks to the board rooms and plant floors of utilities and their suppliers across the U.S. and beyond. If you are involved in this discussion, or might be, following is a recap of what is known about the Russian cyber attacks and my thoughts on its significance and repercussions.
Russian cyber attacks have targeted not just dozens, but hundreds of U.S. energy facilities, according to new information reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The infection and reconnaissance phases of the attack are lengthy; the government advisory indicates the attacks began in March 2016 and the first reported detection of it was not until the fall of 2017, in a report from Symantec. This means there is a good opportunity to detect and stop such an attack. With the right technology monitoring the network, it is much harder for threat actors to go unobserved until their final attack.
The ultimate goal of the Russian cyber attacks, in terms of what equipment it would target and what type of disruption it would cause is unknown.
"They got to the point where they could have thrown switches" and disrupted power flows.
While cyber attacks did lead to limited black outs in the Ukraine in 2015 and 2016, actually causing black outs across the United States, with a multitude of private providers, is much more difficult. Nonetheless, I believe that the attackers have all the tools they need to cause power outages and the only thing holding them back is their fear of the consequences.
Today, the skills required to attack an industrial system can be as simple as the smart use of Open Source Software (OSS) tools, knowledge gained from ICS malware frameworks freely available on the Internet, and malicious intent. Over the last decade the knowledge needed by threat actors has dramatically decreased as tools and examples for attacks have proliferated.
For example, let's consider the TRITON attack, a milestone attack revealed last year. Why is it a milestone? Because, for the first time, attackers successfully changed the programming logic of a SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems) controller. SIS systems are the last line of automated defense for a control network, and are designed to ensure a plant shuts down or changes its process so that no harm can come to people or the environment.
Turning back to the Russian cyber attacks, my belief is that they have not yet caused black outs because of the risk of unknown consequences and retaliation. Attacks on the power grid will be difficult to control and will undoubtedly lead to lots of collateral damage. This, combined with the risk of retaliation, may be keeping attackers at bay.
It is reminiscent of the mutually assured destruction model of the Cold War when restraint was used on all sides. We are likely in the midst of a Cyber Cold War with all sides holding back from carrying out the destruction of which they are truly capable.
The attacker may change, but our goal remains the same: ensure that critical infrastructure is protected.
Now is the time to review your cyber security program and make sure the basics are covered. Know your network and its assets. Compare your cyber security posture with cyber security standards such as NIST, and continually improve.
The WSJ article closes with a statement that the DHS is looking for evidence that the Russians are automating their attacks, which could "presage a large increase in hacking efforts". In response, I suggest you start thinking about how to stay ahead of the hackers by automating industrial threat detection.
I have spent my entire career working to protect critical infrastructure. I have been on the front lines as a security engineer responsible for reducing the risk of an attack on a critical installation. It was, and will forever be, a tough job. But, I feel optimistic, because as WSJ mentions, the level of transparency and cooperation between government authorities and critical infrastructure organizations has never been higher. This public / private cooperation is encouraging, and I hope it continues.
Advanced cyber threats to critical infrastructure are now part of the "new normal" for energy and industrial operators. Make sure your "new normal" for reliable operations includes proactive cyber security measures.


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September 16, 2022 beliefs / Eightfold Path / hurt feelings / labels / meditation / Relationship / Wise Speech
Words, words, words!
Have you ever had your feelings hurt or felt misunderstood? Have you ever noticed how a grudge you're holding sours a conversation or how insecurities strangle your speech and filter out positive words you might otherwise hear from others? Of course. We all have these kinds of experiences at times.
We tell children to use their words instead of fists to convey their message. Major props for that! But words can be weapons that leave a lifetime of scars. The childhood chant of "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me" is clueless. Bones mend more easily than minds, where painful words cause wounds that fester and contaminate every thread of thought and, in turn, every word we speak, no matter how well intended.
If we often feel misunderstood, if our words are taken the wrong way, then it's worth exploring what's going on in the way those words are strung together and woven into thoughts before they become speech.
As we develop a regular meditation practice, the veils of thought become less knotted, allowing us to see more clearly and be more present with all that is arising in this moment, just as it is. The fresh air of compassionate awareness helps heal old wounds. And our words become more skillful.
But old habits die hard, and it's well worth checking in with the Buddha's Eightfold Path for guidance, with particular attention to Wise Speech. The Buddha did an in-depth analysis and came up with a checklist for speaking. This list may seem cumbersome, but if it slows us down before saying the first thing that comes to mind, isn't that of value, too?
To be Wise Speech, our words must be:
Rooted in Wise Intention
All of these conditions must be met for our words to be Wise Speech. Whoa, right?
But before you think it's too much trouble, think of all the trouble we get into when our speech doesn't meet all these conditions. It's why a silent retreat is such a relief and a blessing! You can't put your foot in your mouth if you don't open it!
While there are benefits to talking less, storytelling is in our DNA. Sharing words is key to our survival as a species. But if our speech is causing hard feelings, distrust, and discord, how will we survive and thrive? So, in considering this checklist of conditions that must all be true for our speech to be wise, we are healing ourselves, each other, and the world with our words.
Okay, looking at the list, you can see how:
Something we say could be true but unkind.
What is true? Often it's just opinion, isn't it? We are entitled to our opinions, but speaking them isn't always wise speech.
Something could be kind and true but poorly timed when the person isn't able to listen.
A few of my students had 'aha' moments, remembering how they interrupted a mate's train of thought to talk about some seemingly urgent matter that really could have waited.
Something could seem kind but be untrue.
For example, sometimes we give false compliments as a way of currying favor.
Something could be true and appreciated but not beneficial.
Classic historical examples: not reporting hiding people escaping from slavery or death camps. If you value truth alone, you would feel required to admit their presence, and the people knocking at the door would certainly appreciate the information. But the Buddha saw this wasn't wise.
There's so much to consider that it's amazing we ever open our mouths! No wonder silent retreats can feel like such a relief. All the stumbling into and worrying over our words falls away. Except, of course, for the words we tell ourselves. And these guidelines apply there as well. We may speak nicely to others yet be cruel to ourselves. But how we talk to ourselves affects how we speak to others. It's a package deal.
I've always been fascinated by the power of words and the habituated patterns we use that often don't serve us. For example, labeling ourselves and others creates division and discomfort. Labels seem like a convenient shorthand but they limit the breadth and depth of who we are and what we do. We give up the freedom to allow for a more attuned natural response. Labels act as filters that alter perception and communication.
The words "I," "me," and "mine" activate a sense of contraction and isolation. A withdrawal from all that is, and from the awareness of our intrinsic interconnection, how richly this experience of aliveness can be when we allow it.
Labels we use to define our roles in the world tend to have the same effect. Our speech becomes richer and more authentic when we experiment with using verbs instead of nouns to describe our experience.
Consider typical statements like I am a writer, an engineer, a daughter, or a mother. Each statement proclaims who we are. This habit of claiming and naming fortifies our sense of self but denies our true nature. Our idea of 'self' is plastered with a set of labels and limiting beliefs circumscribed by societal ideas of what those roles entail. As we accept the labels, we file them away and stop paying attention to what is happening. Stop seeing. Stop noticing. Stop living in this moment, just as it is.
We can, instead, focus on the verbs of life. They allow our thoughts to be more open, natural, authentic, and fluid. We notice how it feels to do whatever we are doing.
Relationships, too, are enriched when we choose to use verbs instead of nouns in our thoughts. This person is more than a husband, wife, child, friend, coworker, etc. And not just because they have other labels! They are living, growing, ever-changing expressions of life loving itself into being. As are we!
With all the emotions that arise in our experience, we may fall into the habit of naming and claiming them. For example, "I am angry" tends to lead to "I am an angry person". But how different it is to allow the senses to shift us into more expansive awareness: "This is how anger feels" "Anger feels like this." Anger is an emotion that arises and falls away. It isn't unique to us. It arises out of causes and conditions, and then it falls away.
Now we notice another emotion arising. Our awareness can be as vast and unchanging as the clear blue sky that holds all kinds of weather, able to hold all that arises and falls away without grasping, clinging, or laying claim to them.
As we grow in awareness, habitual words may begin to feel confining and even cruel, thickening the tangle in our veils and blinding us.
So although it may seem like a hassle to apply the Buddha's guidelines to our speech, making us self-conscious and taking the fun out of talking, it's an incredible gift.
Like any new skill, it takes practice, and we will fail more often than not. But at least we can see why suddenly we're feeling hurt or guilty. We can trace it back to something we said or someone said to us. We can acknowledge it was unskillful and mindless. In some cases, we might decide it calls for an apology. In all cases, we remind ourselves of how joyful it is to say only words that are true, kind, timely, beneficial, and spoken with affection.
And, more often than not, when we do so, others respond in kind because they feel safe to speak without armor when they are with us. In this way, relationships become safer and more loving, and we have less reason to weaponize our words. And they will naturally become more true, kind, timely, beneficial, and rooted in Wise Intention.
As a special treat, here's a poem from the New Yorker that I read to the class. It offers 15 reasons to remain silent and 15 reasons to yell. Enjoy!
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Let's just make a confession. Packing is stressful!! If your anything like me, you stress, you pace, you put it off till last minute. I am trying to get better with organizing and packing my things beforehand. I wanted to share some tips and some must-have products I like to take with me when traveling.
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Joshua Tree is the most beautiful and peaceful place you will ever see! Our cottage was a mid-century, cozy little dream house of mine. Nothing made me more happy than to wake up in the morning, make a cup of coffee and relax on the front porch with a few of the mountains. It was complete silence and relaxation. A much needed trip. You can find me either enjoying the hot tub or reading a good book in a hammock. If you have never been to Joshua Tree, I would definitely recommend adding it to your list. Its so beautiful and unlike anything I've ever seen before!!
I can not live without taking my Ole Henrickson C-Rush Moisturizer. It's one of my favorites and it smells like oranges! I also love traveling with Sheet Masks. I have no shame to my game and on long flights or road trips I love throwing on a sheet mask to help add some moisture. Who else gets very dry skin from traveling?
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In this discussion with Hedrick Smith, Dr. Kleinfeld shares his experience and perspective on the stakeholder capitalist model that he experienced in Germany and how he thinks it could help the U.S. move back to long-term sustainable growth.
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As the current financial crisis and the Great Recession begin to ease, executives may be tempted to heave a sigh of relief and return to the comfort of business as usual. But doing so would constitute a serious mistake for their companies-and a grave disservice to capitalism itself, argues Dominic Barton, the global managing director of McKinsey & Company.
Twenty-eight leaders representing business, investment, government, academia, and labor joining the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program's Corporate Values Strategy Group (CVSG) to endorse a bold call to end the focus on value-destroying short-termism in our financial markets and create public policies that reward long-term value creation for investors and the public good.
This Director Notes describes the results of an international survey on 249 stakeholder dialogue (SD) initiatives undertaken by firms in Germany, Italy, and the United States.
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text: Q: Why is one of my Entities all of a sudden using Snapshot instead of Change Tracking? I have an Entity Framework 4 project with many POCO Entities (50+) that are automatically generated from the edmx file using a template. They all default to use Proxies and Change Tracking. Everything has been working great, until I noticed that one of my Entities all of a sudden is not using Change Tracking. When I look at the Entity Wrapper of the ObjectStateEntry in debug mode for this entity only, it shows that it is an EntityWrapperWithoutRelationship, and that the ChangeTrackingState is set to Snapshot. I have not done anything different to this specific entity, although it is a large entity with many navigation items attached to it.  They are all automatically set as ICollection properties, and they all are virtual properties. This entity does not have any complex properties. It does have a computed field, but I don't think that has anything to do with it. Like I said, this entity was working fine like the other entities, but I cannot figure out why it no longer is. And I have made too many changes to the entire application and edmx file to know what it could be.  I could really use some insight into what could be causing this.


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On Tuesday, Occupy MN will occupy their third foreclosed home in Minneapolis. This time the activist group will come to the aid of Bobby Hull, a Vietnam veteran with the Marine Corp., who first began living in his South Minneapolis home when his mother bought it in 1968. According to Occupy MN, "The title was later transferred to him, and he made timely payments on the house for decades while his nine brothers and sisters and innumerable extended family used the home as a stable transition point as they worked through the economic downturn. He was able to continue making payments until a string of recent health problems began." Hull has had no luck gaining a loan modification with Bank of America.


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On 30 December 2020, the Garda Armed Support Unit shot 27-year-old George Nkencho in Clonee on the Dublin–Meath border, after graduated attempts to detain him failed. He had assaulted a shop staff member and threatened others with a knife. Nkencho had been suffering from mental health issues in the preceding months and according to , he did not have any criminal convictions.

Timeline
Prior to the standoff with armed , Nkencho was involved in an altercation in a Eurospar supermarket in Hartstown, where he allegedly assaulted a manager who received a broken nose which required him being taken to Connolly Hospital. Nkencho then produced a kitchen knife from his pocket and threatened staff and later the . He was followed by twelve unarmed , later backed up by members of the Armed Support Unit, who instructed him to drop the knife and then used tasers and pepper spray in attempts to disarm him. At 12:35pm, a member of the Armed Support Unit fired six shots at Nkencho outside his family home. Nkencho received first aid at the scene from members of the  and was taken to Connolly Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Aftermath
The circumstances and use of force regarding Nkencho's death are under investigation by the  Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), as is customary when a member of the public is injured or killed by the .

The morning after the fatal shooting, on 31 December 2020 (New Year's Eve), around 200 people gathered outside Blanchardstown Garda Station in a protest over the death of Nkencho, calling for those involved to be punished. A break away group became violent, with objects being hurled at  and threats being made towards officers. Garda sources stressed to the media that these incidents had nothing to do with the Nkencho family or friends, and that they suspected a gang which has staged fights in Dublin city centre to be responsible for hijacking part of the demonstration. Large crowds of protestors marched through Blanchardstown shopping centre on a busy New Year's Eve, when all non-essential businesses were to close at the end of the day, following the reimposition of full COVID-19 Level 5 lockdown restrictions.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and  Leo Varadkar expressed their sympathies with the family of Nkencho on Twitter. McEntee described the fatal shooting as "an extremely upsetting loss and a tragedy for his family" while the  urged the public not to engage in "speculation". Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O'Gorman also took to Twitter tweeting that he was "deeply saddened" upon hearing the news.

Following Nkencho's death, false allegations circulated online, claiming that Nkencho had 30 prior criminal convictions. On 3 January, the  released a statement stating its concern at what it called "lies being circulated widely online by fascists and racists" and confirming that Nkencho had no criminal convictions at all.

Protests continued throughout the week. For a fifth day in a row on 4 January, crowds of up to 50 people gathered outside Blanchardstown Garda station and Dublin's Spire in O'Connell Street to protest over the shooting of Nkencho.

Garda sources informed the media that they feared a "stabbing or hostage situation" when Nkencho was outside his family home, and could not have known at that time whose home he was outside or his relationship to the occupants. It was reported that Nkencho's sister had opened the door to him, told  that he had mental health issues, before she was ushered back inside by . The deceased's three siblings were in the hallway when the shots were fired.

Six months later, on 21 June 2021, an inquest into the death of Nkencho was opened in the Dublin coroner's court, before being adjourned for six months until December 2021, as the GSOC investigation remained ongoing. A group of demonstrators gathered outside the RDS in support of the family members who attended the inquest opening. By December 2021, it was reported that a further adjournment was sought at the coroner's court, as the GSOC investigation was "not yet complete".

See also
 Death of John Carthy
 Shooting of Colm Horkan

References

2020 in the Republic of Ireland
Killings by Garda Síochána members
Deaths by person in the Republic of Ireland
Filmed killings by law enforcement


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Q: writing a loop in Unix that reads user input yes or no I am trying to write a program that will display the running processes and ask the user if they would like to kill each process. here is my code
#! /bin/bash

ps

PID TTY          TIME CMD
1681 pts/1    00:00:00 tcsh
1690 pts/1    00:00:00 bash
1708 pts/1    00:00:00 script
1710 pts/1    00:00:00 ps

ps | while read line; do

id=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f 1)
name=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f 4)

echo 'process ID: ' $id 'name: ' $name
echo -n 'Would you like to kill this process? Yes/No: '
read word < /dev/tty
if [$word == 'yes' ]; then
kill $id

fi

done

I have two issues..one is that when i type no I get an error line 10 [no: command not found. the second one is that when I am assigning the variables to id and name, it automatically reads the first line which gives me
process ID: name: cmd

A: Your if is wrong:
if [ "$word" = "yes" ]
    ^^^^^^^^--note the space + quotes around the var.

As well, [ doesn't use == for equality testing. it's just =.

A: First of all, you shouldn't have to do the < /dev/tty part on that one line; read word is sufficient.
Secondly, you just need a space in your if clause, after the opening bracket - like so:
if [ $word == 'yes' ]; then


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About AARC
AARC: why and how?
Piloted solutions
Policy Development Kit
Sirtfi
Snctfi
AARC in Action
Beyond AARC
AARC Engagement Group for Infrastructures
Federations 101
The course is intended for those with limited understanding of federated access.
Understand the motivation for an AAI
Understand what an IdP an SP and a Federation is
Get a starting reference about Shibboleth
The content of this training module is based on experiences in the deployment of federated access. It is intended for an audience who has little or no understanding of federated access. Below, some of the most frequently asked questions reported by federation operators are listed.
The page terms and definitions provides a glossary of the most used concepts.
Have you been asked any of these questions in the past? Do you have some of these questions yourself?
"Institution XYZ just introduced Shibboleth. When will you follow?"
"What is this Shibboleth all about?"
"What is SAML?"
"Are there any other federation technologies I need to know about?"
"There is this cool new service recently announced by university XYZ – what do we need to do to get access?"
"I have too many passwords everywhere, why can't I use my university account?"
"Students prefer to do their research from home. But to access online journals, they must be physically in the library, using one of 3 kiosk PCs. Why is this so?"
In this training module, the AARC project wants to provide an answer to these questions. Aspects that will be highlighted include:
access to online resources and other services in higher education;
software needed in order to grant users access;
the role of federations in enabling access to online resources and services.
The module will also highlight the issues around IP-based authentication, and why federated access should be preferred and the benefits it brings.
How to enable secure access to content
Higher education institutions were among the first when the WWW became usable for everybody. Consequently, there has been a shift in the past 20 years towards providing services and resources online. Examples of services and resources for research and education include:
online books and journals provided by publishers
video conferencing services
large file transfer services
download sites for software intended for students and researchers
Often the providers of such services have commercial interests. Other providers may not be commercial but need personal information about the users accessing their services. It must be ensured that only students get access, or more generally specific groups of users entitled to use the services. Securing this valuable content used to be a major problem. The first attempt at securing it was by restricting the IP addresses of the institutions that could access the content. This would mean that users needed to be physically present in the institution's network or use proxy/VPN solutions.
Whilst this worked in the past, it is not a viable approach in today's world, where users move much more frequently. Remote access is a strong requirement and it is fairly simple to find information online on how to circumvent the IP address check. Second, an IP access restriction is an "all or nothing" decision, so a restriction for e.g. "only students and not faculty" could not be expressed. Federated access and the underlying standard (SAML, Security Assertion Markup Language) has been the answer to these challenges.
Several years ago, the UK federation provider Jisc produced a 5-minute video to explain how federated access works. This video is still relevant to date and provides a high-level introduction to the subject.
Slides on the Introduction to Identity Management are available here:
http://meetings.internet2.edu/media/medialibrary/2014/11/06/20141028-dors-intro-to-idm.pdf
A service provider, and an identity provider
Federated access involves two entities:
a service provider (SP) that ensures that the user is authenticated and protects the content against unauthorised access, and
an identity provider (IdP) installed centrally at an organisation, e.g. a university.
The IdP authenticates the users and issues signed and encrypted SAML assertions to the SP. This is why the IdP is sometimes called an "asserting party" and the SP the "relying party". Thus, user authentication is not done at the content provider, but at the IdP which is the only component users give their credentials to.
Demo explaining the interaction between SPs and IdPs (prepared by the Swiss research and education federation – SWITCHaai)
Additional training material, developed by InCommon, the U.S. R&E identity federation
So what is a federation?
In the SWITCHaai demo you can see that there is a third component in a federation, the discovery service (DS). If you have just some resource protected by a SP and one single IdP, there is no need for the user to select their IdP, i.e. to perform IdP discovery.
However, in your country there is most probably more than one institution (university, library, etc.) whose users want to use federated access. This is when federations come into play. Think of them as a collection of services and organisations within one country.
How such a federation might look like? (page by SWITCH)
Essentially, a federation allows so-called "federated identity management" (also known with the acronym: fIdM). Where traditional IdM would only process users within an organisation (say a university), federated IdM broadens the picture. This means that
a student or staff member of federated university A
can use resources or services at federated institution B
does not need to register for a B account
but can simply use his/her university's A account
The benefit is clear: Users need just one password, and they have to type it only once (single sign-on).
EDUCAUSE report: everything explained in just two pages
And what if the online resource is in a different country from my users?
Most countries in Europe and many worldwide have established national research federations. This is where eduGAIN comes into play. It is a so-called interfederation service developed and operated by GÉANT, under a series of projects financed by the European Commission. Via this interfederation service, eduGAIN users from one federation can access services in another federation.
This graphs shows the way the eduGAIN interfederation works:
http://www.geant.org/Services/Trust_identity_and_security/eduGAIN/Pages/About-eduGAIN.aspx
And this 4-minute video by GÉANT brings it all together:
Establishing trust and a set of common policies, as well as common data protection principles, on a multinational scale is not trivial. The GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct for SPs is an important guideline in addressing data privacy and attribute release issues, and is being adopted by and increasing number of service and identity providers.
But what is Shibboleth then? Are there other technologies for federation?
Many institutions or decision makers identify Shibboleth (the product) as the technology to implement federated access. Although widely used in our communities, Shibboleth is only one of the open source SAML implementations available. There are actually a few popular SAML implementations used in academic identity federations, with Shibboleth being the most popular. The Shibboleth Consortium is responsible for the development of the Shibboleth SP and IdP as open source software, among others. Shibboleth has an extremely active community because it has been deployed by thousands of universities all over the world. Many enterprises, including publishing houses, have also deployed Shibboleth.
For more information about Shibboleth please visit the Shibboleth Consortium's webpage at:
https://shibboleth.net/
You may be interested to:
provide federated access to your services;
run an IdP to issue credentials to users to access services in the
federation.
There are many available that can help you to do this. Of the most current ones, the U.S. InCommon tutorials are recommended:
For the Shibboleth SP: https://spaces.internet2.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30245422
For the Shibboleth IdP: https://spaces.internet2.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49841792
You might also be able to find how-to's from your local federations that explain how to set up Shibboleth software and join federations, or commercial support to help you set it up for your organisation.
Some other very good open source implementations are also available, specifically:
SimpleSAMLphp, a PHP based software, that can be configured as an IdP or SP. See https://simplesamlphp.org.
pysaml2 is a python toolkit for implementing SAML2 applications. The software is available on github.
And last but not least, OpenId Connect, the identity layer built on top of OAuth2, is gaining momentum as an alternative technology to SAML. Commercial entities and research infrastructures are moving to that.
http://openid.net/connect/
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Cori Gauff Must Fulfil Her Huge Potential To Avoid Joining These Forgettable Teenage Prodigies
Gauff has hit the headlines at Wimbledon
Being a child superstar can be tough. Macaulay Culkin, Britney Spears and more recently Millie Bobby Brown will all attest to that.
The sporting world, like showbiz, does not go easy on its young prodigies. Cori 'Coco' Guaff is the latest young superstar to capture the public's imagination after an incredible debut Wimbledon campaign that saw her reach the fourth round at her very first major tournament. She won three qualifying games just to reach the first round and then went on to beat Venus Williams, Magdalena Rybarikova and Polona Hercog to make it into the last 16 of the competition.
Her stock has never been higher and it looked at one point that she could win the whole competition but beating Simona Halep proved to be a step too far for the 15-year-old. She scooped £176,000 for her week's work at SW19 but must keep up her hard work and make sure things are right for her off the court to fulfil her potential.
In tennis, Jennifer Capriati is a prime example of how success at a young age can affect teenagers mentally. At the age of 13, she reached the semi-finals of the French Open, made it into the WTA top ten after just one season as a professional and had won Olympic Gold by the age of 16.
By the time she was 17 she had had enough of tennis and took a two-year break from the tour, during that time she entered a drug counselling programme, contemplated suicide and was arrested for shoplifting. But she bounced back. By 2001, she had turned her life around and was back at the peak of her game on the court.
She recorded her first Grand Slam titles, winning the Australian and French Opens that year before successfully defending her crown down under in 2002. She retired at the age of 28 and has since required more treatment for drug abuse.
Another female talent, Jelena Dokic, beat Martina Hingis at Wimbledon as a 16-year-old in one of the biggest shocks of all time but off-court issues with her father, including mental and physical abuse, threw her career off track.
In the men's game, Bernard Tomic won everything in the junior game and claimed he would go on to win all the Grand Slams as an adult. His confidence has not been backed up by his on-court performances however as he has failed to reach the last four of any major tournament.
His career was typified by his mystifying performance at Wimbledon this year in which he showed a complete lack of effort against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, showed no remorse in his post-match press conference and then was fined his match participation fee of £45,000. What a waste of talent.
@SportingLife
😡 Bernard Tomic was beaten in 58 minutes after a disgraceful lack of effort against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.
It was the quickest win in the men's singles since 2004.
💷👊 The Australian has now been fined all of his £45,000 prize money.
Away from tennis, Freddy Adu is perhaps the highest-profile example that football can provide. A name synonymous with Football Manager players, he impressed for DC United at the age of 14 before being dubbed the next Pele, even having a trail at Manchester United. The world was his oyster yet instead of flourishing, he clammed up. He went from dating Jojo to being a football no-show and his career simply never took off despite spells at Benfica and Monaco and he is currently without a club having been released by the Las Vegas Lights last year at the age of 30.
Golf is one sport that sees several talented youngsters compete with adults at major tournaments. Beverly Klass was regarded as the next big thing in the 1960s having won 25 amateur tournaments before she was nine. She became the youngest player to ever compete in the US Women's Open at just ten years old.
She lost her love for the game and her overbearing father beat her due to this loss of interest yet continued to play for 12 years without much success before retiring in 1988.
Of course, just because Guaff has started young does not mean that she will be a failure. Some of the greatest sportspeople of all time such as Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and Wayne Rooney had success at a young age and went on to enjoy incredibly successful careers. But as we have seen, media exposure and hype at such a young age is not always a good thing...
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