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90 best open source configuration management projects.
Ohai detects data about your operating system. It can be used standalone, but its primary purpose is to provide node data to Chef.Ohai will print out a JSON data blob for all the known data about your system. When used with Chef, that data is reported back via node attributes.
The Curator Framework is a high-level API that greatly simplifies using ZooKeeper. It adds many features that build on ZooKeeper and handles the complexity of managing connections to the ZooKeeper cluster and retrying operations. Its features include Automatic connection management, Cleaner API, Leader election, Shared lock, Path cache and watcher, Distributed Queue and lot more.
mgmt - Next generation distributed, event-driven, parallel config management!
Mgmt is a next generation automation tool. It has similarities to other tools in the configuration management space, but has a fast, modern, distributed systems approach. The project contains an engine and a language. Please have a look at an introductory video or blog post. Mgmt is a fairly new project. It is usable today, but not yet feature complete. With your help you'll be able to influence our design and get us to 1.0 sooner! Interested developers should read the quick start guide.
Habitat is open source software that creates platform-independent build artifacts and provides built-in deployment and management capabilities. The goal of Habitat is to allow you to automate your application behavior when you create your application, and then bundle your application with the automation it needs to behave with the correct run time behavior, update strategies, failure handling strategies, and scaling behavior, wherever you choose to deploy it.
Puppet Open Source is a flexible, customizable designed to help system administrators automate the many repetitive tasks they regularly perform. As a declarative, model-based approach to IT automation, it lets you define the desired state of your infrastructure using the Puppet configuration language. Once these configurations are deployed, Puppet automatically installs the necessary packages and starts the related services, and then regularly enforces the desired state.
Doozer is a highly-available, completely consistent store for small amounts of extremely important data. When the data changes, it can notify connected clients immediately (no polling), making it ideal for infrequently-updated data for which clients want real-time updates. Doozer is good for name service, database master elections, and configuration data shared between several machines.
Viper is a complete configuration solution for Go applications including 12-Factor apps. It is designed to work within an application, and can handle all types of configuration needs and formats.
Yaconf is a configurations container, it parses ini files, and store the result in PHP when PHP is started.
Noah is a lightweight node/service registry inspired by Apache Zookeeper. It provides support for Service registry, Node registry, Configuration Registry, Group Services, Watches.
EnvKey - Protect API keys and credentials, Keep configuration in sync everywhere.
This is EnvKey's cross-platform native application. It supports Mac, Windows, and Linux. EnvKey is an end-to-end encrypted secrets and configuration management tool. It keeps your configuration securely and automatically in sync for all your developers and servers.
conform - Easy, powerful, and extendable configuration tooling for releases.
See the full documentation here. The definition of conform is "Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions". As this library is used to adapt your application to its deployed environment, I think it's rather fitting. It's also a play on the word configuration, and the fact that Conform uses an init-style configuration, maintained in a .conf file.
strictyaml - Type-safe YAML parser and validator.
dynaconf a layered configuration system for Python applications - with strong support for 12-factor applications and Flask app.config extension. Dynaconf will look for variables in the following order (by default) and you can also customize the order of loaders.


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In February this year a friend of mine died. He was a big wide man, with a big presence and a big heart. I first met him 25 years ago when he came to Japan to study aikido. He played the guitar in the street for money in the early years (and he had to be careful of the yakuza who took protection money from street sellers). He had a great voice.
Whenever he saw a new face in the Aikikai hombu dojo he would wonder over after the lesson and say, "Howdy!" He must have said it hundreds - probably thousands - of times to students who came to Japan to train. Many people will remember him with affection.
He was a very kind, gentle, pure, almost unworldly man. He thought carefully about aikido from a self-defence perspective. Sometimes he would ask me about a technique and how it could be used practically on the street. And murmur to himself that he would have to remember it so he could tell the guys in his dojo in New York. Del had a fond picture in his head of Arikawa Sensei walking through Central Park throwing unsuspecting muggers left and right.
Del's Christian faith was very important to him. He wouldn't do aikido on a Sunday and he had trouble with some of the bowing in aikido - especially the Shinto style of repeated bowing and clapping. He sang in the choir at his church. I went to his funeral there and there was a lot of love for him. He was a man who had lived every day full of love for other people.
Sometimes I hear a guitar in the street in Tokyo and just for a moment I think it's Del.
Del sounded best in the street with a guitar but this was the only video I could find.
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Thanks, Carina. I was just talking about Del last weekend with two friends who knew him. He was a good person.
Niall please think that Del is now in a better place still playing his guitar and looking down at you when you are teaching and maybe doing the same technique with his friends over there.
Thanks Ziv. Yeah that was Del, always thoughtful and kind. You're right his duffel bag was made out of dogi material and it had "aikido" in big letters on the back.
... wow, a 3rd continuum: Then, to Yaron's amazement and surprise, it took him just a few minutes to walk Yaron directly to the banana juice vending machine.
... my response continues: Similar to what you wrote, Del came to Yaron to say his famous "howdy" and offered his help to Yaron in organising himself in Japan. Yaron mentioned the elusive banana juice. Del didn't hesitate. He took his bag (which was made of similar fabric as the dogi, and was tattered and worn out) and his guitar, and told Yaron: "I'm gonnna find you this juice". He asked Yaron to describe the place for him.
I've heard this story from my teacher, Yaron Armon. I think it's an example of how hospitable and kind Del was. Shortly after Yaron has arrived to Japan, he wondered around in the streets close to Hombu dojo. He stumbled upon a vending machine and bought himself a can of banana juice. Later on he tried to buy himself again this banana juice, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find a vending machine that sold this particular juice.
Dear Niall, I found your message to be very moving and while it is sad that your dear friend is gone I am sure the memories of him will live in the hearts of all who knew him.It is good to know Del touched so many peoples lives even for a few short moments in some cases. Best Regards, Joe.


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text: Interest in the well‐being of people exposed to long‐term violence and conflict has tended to focus on measurable effects of acute traumatic events, while attention to the pressures of their daily living context is relatively new. Using qualitative and quantitative data from a 2005 survey of all female family caretakers in 2 neighbouring Israeli‐occupied West Bank villages (n = 820), we explored the associations of demographic, health‐related and contextual factors with reported pressures and WHO‐5 well‐being index scores. The final model explained 17.8% of the variance with negative associations between health‐related factors (“back‐aches,” “stomach aches” “psychological illness in the family”) and family‐related factors (“male head of household aggressive”, “male head of household physically violent”) and the WHO‐5 well‐being index scores. We found positive associations between socio‐economic factors (“standard of living”; “number of rooms”) and village‐related factors (“residency in village A/B”) and the WHO‐5 well‐being index score. Exploring the daily living context of villages A and B illuminated how the impact of historical and political events differed, even in villages that are geographically close. The paper lends support to calls for including politics and history in research on well‐being in contexts of long‐term violence and conflict.

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A network switch, commonly referred to as just a switch, is a network device that is used to connect segments of a LAN (local area network) or multiple LANs and to filter and forward packets among them. Switches have an appearance similar to hubs (because both are box-like devices that contain a number of RJ-45 jacks), but they are actually multi-port bridges.
A bridge is a device that functions at the data link layer (the second layer) of the seven-layer OSI model to connect and control the flow of data between two LANs or two segments of the same LAN. Bridges have three main functions: (1) creating a bridging table to keep track of devices on each segment, (2) filtering packets based on their MAC addresses and (3) dividing a single network into multiple collision domains, thereby reducing the number of collisions on each segment and effectively increasing its bandwidth.
Hubs, as is the case with repeaters and in contrast to switches and bridges, operate at the physical layer (i.e., the bottom layer) of the OSI model. This layer provides no filtering of packets. Switches, however, because of their operation at the data link layer, provide a greater degree of control, including the filtering of packets by their MAC addresses so that they are forwarded only to their destination network segments rather than just broadcasting them to all segments. This limits the collision domain, and thereby conserving system bandwidth.
Switches also improve network performance over hubs by providing full duplex (i.e., data flow in both directions simultaneously) operation instead of half-duplex (data flow in only one direction at a time) operation. This results in a doubling of the maximum bandwidth. Switches can operate in full duplex mode because they prevent collisions, and thus no collision detection system is needed. Switches thus eliminate the conventional CSMA/CD (carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection) method and utilize a far more efficient communication method.
LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs. In the case of Ethernet LANs, which account for most LANs, they are also called switched Ethernets.
Switches are self learning, and thus they are as easy to install as hubs and bridges. All that is necessary is to plug them in and they are ready to use.
Switches have become extremely sophisticated in recent years. For example, models have been developed that include support for optical fiber networks, the addition of services at higher layers of the OSI model and the ability to create virtual LANs (VLANs). A VLAN is a LAN in which devices are logically configured to communicate as if they were attached to the same network, without regard to their physical locations.
Switches can also include the functionality of routers, which are devices and/or software that connect at least two networks and forward packets among them according to the information in the packet headers and routing tables. However, in general, switches are simpler and faster than routers, which require knowledge about the network and how to determine the route. Routing occurs at the network layer (i.e., the third layer) of the OSI model, in contrast to the data link layer operation of switches.
The superior performance of switches together with their ease of use and a narrowing of the price gap has resulted in their increased use in place of hubs in recent years.

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I love the idea of Minecraft, but I lack the time, patience and attention span to get anywhere in it. What I need is Minecraft with a strong guiding hand. That’s Dragon Quest Builders in a nutshell.
I’ve spent several hours wandering about Minecraft. I start projects and end them before the materials are gathered. I vow to create an impenetrable fortress in survival mode, only to find myself halfheartedly digging to the center of my world and dying over and over again. I enjoy the building and exploration, but without some instruction I quickly lose my way.
Dragon Quest Builders, released this week on PlayStation 4 and Vita from Square Enix, gives me the direction I crave. Playing as the only human with building skills in an alternate version of the original Dragon Quest game where the world was destroyed, I’m engaged in guided activities right from the start.
First I learn the basics of building. Then I plant my flag in the center of a ruined town to attract other characters. Those characters begin giving me quests. Build a simple room with a couple of mattresses so we can sleep through the dangerous night. Now fetch us some food. Now build a kitchen so other characters can cook while I’m off exploring.
It’s a lovely mixture of free-roaming and objective-based gameplay that makes the basic Minecraft formula work for a person like me.
It’s not like Dragon Quest Builders is telling me exactly what to build and where. A basic room is an area fenced in with a two-block-high wall and a light source. I can make it as big or small as I want. I can use appropriate materials as I see fit. As long as the basic requirements are met and it isn’t one of the rare instances where a non-player character provides me with specific blueprints, I am free to build as I please.
Exploration is more exciting and engrossing as well. Discovering new materials allows my character to instantly come up with new recipes—there’s no trial and error involved. That might turn off some players, but it works for me.
Scattered across the world are NPCs who will either come join your settlement or offer you quests to learn new recipes, so aimless wandering is tempered with wandering of the aimful sort.
I never get that lost-in-the-woods feeling that Minecraft often gives me, thanks to easy fast travel and an overland littered with half-completed structures just a few blocks away from being safe havens. Crafting stations also appear in the wild, so healing cream and other survival items are just a bit of harvesting away at all times.
And really, combat isn’t that tough. All enemies have a basic attack pattern that’s easy to suss out, and dodging the enemies who don’t drop materials in favor of those that do is pretty simple.
It really is a sort of Minecraft with training wheels. It just so happens that the bike those training wheels are attached to is painted with the delightful Dragon Quest style, with colorful characters, iconic creatures and a horn that plays variations on classic themes.
My main problem with Dragon Quest Builders is stopping. Between the questing, exploration, city-building and gathering, it’s incredibly hard to stop. I don’t know how many times I’ve saved my game with the intention of doing other things only to find myself teleporting to the other side of the world to see about finding some copper and coal for whatever it is the people in my city wanted next.
Minecraft will always be Minecraft, an amazing, open-ended creative and social experience centered around stacking blocks. For folks who prefer their ends a little more closed, there’s Dragon Quest Builders.


text: Charlie Sexton and his Magnatone Varsity. Check out tour dates to hear him with Bob Dylan and band. USA tour begins Oct. 4th.

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“Boli re papihara…” as a song, it is not more than a debutante’s attempt. But the impact it had in the film industry, which started comparing Vani Jairam to the Mangeshkar sisters and speculating whether they have genuine competition is what one remembers of the early ‘70s when one hears this song.
Composed by Vasant Desai (1912-1975), this film had Jaya Bhaduri in a student’s role who is obsessed with cinema.
Having had a relatively low profile existence, Desai was identified more with the ventures of V Shantaram and is known for his soulful scores through the 1940s and the 1950s. None can forget the haunting numbers he created for the director, a prime mover and a lasting influence in Indian cinema. Desai suffered a tragic death in his apartment as the elevator in which he was supposed to be travelling to his home crushed him fatally, over four decades ago on December 22.
The final days of the last month have many more legends who were born. Mohammed Rafi (1924-1980), who needs no introduction was born on December 24, followed by Naushad (1919-2006) a celebrated music director and the art film director Mani Kaul (1944-2011) who share their birthdays on December 25.
Longtime observers of Hindi cinema can reminisce about the association Naushad Saab had with Mohammed Rafi through the 50s which changed the Hindi film industry forever.
The sheer range and versatility of the singer was very well exploited in a set of films which catered to all genres as Naushad ruled at the top for a long time to come. There are numerous instances to recount, for which a separate section needs to be dedicated for sure.
To the eternal credit of Rafi, he juggled his role plays with ease and sang for a range of music directors and this held him in good stead till he was the undisputed numero uno till the late 1960s.
Naushad too had a lot of supporters in the form of Dilip Kumar and to an extent the ‘Jubilee Star’ Rajendra Kumar who also sung the compositions made by the legendary music director. An earlier column had detailed references to Mani Kaul who died six years ago in the month of July.


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Last Friday through Monday was the Great Backyard Bird Count. I tried to get out at least a little bit each day to see what was out there. I was hoping that as a community Sitka would best last year’s 51 species. To that end, I made an effort to try to find some birds that might be easily overlooked, though as it turned out, I think it was maybe better to say that they found me. Sitka species count this year has surpassed last years by a comfortable margin. As of this time, the count is at 66 species, though there may be an additional species or two added if some are pending a check by the coordinator due to an atypical occurence.
Sitka’s species list this year was given a boost by the presence of several unusual species this winter. Some have been here since last Fall, while others apparently showed up more recently, or at least were only obeserved recently. Species that are not often reported during winter in the Sitka area, but have been seen repeatedly this year include Cackling Goose, Anna’s Hummingbird, Northern Shoveler, Western Grebe, Rock Sandpiper, American Tree Sparrow, Bohemian Waxwing, and Common Redpoll. More recent arriving unusual birds included Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow and a Downy Woodpecker. It was also fortunate that the lake had opened just enough for a lone Ring-necked Duck to show up on Friday. They are not usually seen when the lake is frozen, and it’s not clear where they all go.
As I was fairly limited by transportation and time constraints, I did pretty the vast majority of my observating between Totem Park and Eliason Harbor, but was still fortunate to see some unusual birds. The Cackling Goose and Anna’s Hummingbird were pretty easy to find, since they have consistently been found in the same locations throughout the winter. I was fortunate to see both Common and Thick-billed Murres from the beach at Totem Park on Friday. Though they were fairly distant, this time of year the plumage differences make them much easier to tell apart. I also saw the Western Grebe from the park Saturday. I managed to catch the juvenile Glaucous Gull that’s been hanging around Swan Lake on occasion, and found the park had been invaded by Common Redpolls on Saturday. I thought I might have seen a Hoary Redpoll as well, but I wasn’t able to get very good pictures of it, so I did not count it. Pine Grosbeaks have not been around much this winter, but I did run into 6 of them downtown on Monday. I also saw Rock Sandpipers at the base of the bridge on Friday. Finally, and in some respects, the most surprising, I saw the Downy Woodpecker as I arrived at Marge and Tedin’s place, where I hoped to get a chance to photograph the Savannah Sparrow or Fox Sparrow that have been showing up at their place on occasion.
I remember seeing a Dipper in the flume at SJ. Do you know if it is still around? Do Dippers stay in a certain area? I would love to find one in Washington–my little “friend” at SJ alway made me smile.
Dippers move around a fair bit, plus they apparently don’t tend to live for very many years. I haven’t noticed a dipper on the flume recently, but I haven’t spent much time looking either. Dippers can be found in Washington, as far as I know, but probably more often up in the mountains.

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Trails and Travelogues: Sears Tower Skydeck - Come View The World!
We did our tour going to Sears Tower Friday morning. (August 29, '08) The line was not long so we thought we can just get our tickets quick. We add some extra amount for our audio tour. It's not recommended to get the audio tour. It's just a given option. It was offered, so we got it :).
There is short movie about the Sears Tower before you go up, but again, it's an option for you whether to watch it or not. We chose to watch it. A little bit of history always helps.
Going up is through elevators that move as fast as 1,600 feet (488 meters) per minute. You will be reaching hundredth? floor. I had a hard time recalling what floor were we! LOL!
Anyway, once you're on top, there will be 4 viewing spots; South, East, North and West Wings. When you are doing the audio tour, you can get a lot of good historical backgrounds of the buildings and landmarks surrounding it.
While it is no longer the tallest building in the world, it remains one of the true wonders of the modern world and the only way to get to the top of it is The Sears Tower Skydeck!

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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City Events Coordinator Dan White and his team of volunteers provided a night of fun and excitement for hundreds of children and adults during Numerica Credit Union’s annual Wings ’n Wishes Christmas tree lighting celebration Dec. 7 at East Wenatchee City Hall.
The free community event is one of East Wenatchee’s celebrations commemorating Miss Veedol, the small plane that carried Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. on the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight in October of 1931. Taking off from Misawa, Japan, Miss Veedol landed on a dirt landing strip at Fancher Field in East Wenatchee.
Around 80 students from Sterling K-7 School choirs kicked off the night’s festivities singing a medley of 11 Christmas carols.
Lacy also thanked those who furnished and delivered the tree, volunteers who set up or helped in any way, as well as the East Wenatchee Police Department, Street Department and Rotary Club.
The mayor then began the countdown to tree lighting — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
“Merry Christmas,” everyone yelled as lights on the giant Christmas tree illuminated the area.
Christmas music played in the background as those attending roamed the yard gazing at the lighted tree or watching the two reindeer graze while waiting for Santa’s arrival.
Soon blaring sirens were heard and blinking lights seen as Santa’s fire engine came down 9th Street escorted by two police cars in front and two behind, also with their lights blinking and sirens blaring.
Santa emerged from the fire engine to be greeted by the mayor, and then made his way through the cheering crowd up the steps and into city hall. Parents and children immediately formed a line to take a turn sitting on Santa’s lap for wishes and photos.
Lines also formed outside the building to receive a Christmas cookie, a cup of hot chocolate or a s’more. Members of the East Wenatchee Rotary Club roasted marshmallows over fires and put together s’mores for all who came through the line.
Reindeer grazed inside a fence located at the southeast corner of the lawn. This proved to be a favorite spot for children and adults alike.
A sign outside the fence posted interesting information about reindeer. Reindeer are domesticated while caribou are wild reindeer. Reindeer all grow antlers — whether bulls, cows or calves.
Next to the reindeer pen, a red Santa sleigh was in place for kids to climb on for photos or just have fun.
Next to the sleigh, Numerica Credit Union representative Amy Smith handed out back packs to children who passed by. “We are really happy to be here,” Smith said.
Children and adults both displayed kindness and patience while waiting in lines and many children were heard saying “thank you” to volunteers. Even though those attending felt a chill in the evening air, everyone departed with warm hearts filled with Christmas cheer.


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34-year-old Jonathan Roper from Glastonbury died of stab wounds on Saturday 23 March.
Police say a man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with leg wounds.
A man's in hospital after being stabbed at Renaissance Gardens.
Three men have been arrested following a stabbing in Weymouth.
Police officers were called to Bath Street near the seafront this morning, 4 August.
A man was was taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life threatening.
Searches by armed officers and a police helicopter led to the three men being detained on the esplanade.
Two men have been stabbed in Plymouth in what Police believe could be connected attacks.
A man with previous violent offence convictions has had his sentence increased after the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, referred it for being too low.
On 20 August 2017, Vandross Williams, 25, stabbed his victim, near the Jack of Diamonds club in Bristol, leaving him with life-threatening injuries.
Williams was originally sentenced to nine years in jail at Bristol Crown Court.
After the Solicitor General’s reference, the Court of Appeal increased his sentence to 13 years in prison.
A 27-year-old woman who died following an incident in the St Paul’s area of Bristol has been formally identified.

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Property fraud is, unfortunately, not uncommon and solicitors must be wary of fraudsters posing as the owner of a property which is then sold to an unsuspecting buyer. A recent joint appeal has highlighted the importance of good legal practice and raises new concerns for lawyers.
The joint appeal involved two very similar cases, both concerning fraudulent purchases of property and claims by the innocent buyer against the solicitors involved. In the first transaction, Dreamvar instructed Mishcon de Reya (Mishcon) to on the purchase of a London property. Mary Monson Solicitors (MMS) were instructed in relation to the sale, but they were instructed by a fraudster masquerading as the actual owner of the property. Following the transaction the sale proceeds of £1.1 million were transferred to the fraudster leaving the purchasers, Dreamvar, without the property and with a considerable loss.
The second transaction also involved the purchase of a London property, this time by P&P Property Limited (P&P), who instructed a firm of solicitors to act on its behalf. Again the ‘owner’ of the property was a fraudster who had instructed another firm of solicitors, OWC, to act for him. The sale went through and P&P parted with £1.03 million, but they had not purchased the property.
So, should solicitors be expected to know when the seller of a property is not genuine even if they are not acting for the seller or can they rely on the seller’s solicitors carrying out the proper checks?
In the High Court, it was found that Mischon, in the first transaction, were in breach of trust – they were ultimately responsible for the release of the buyer’s money to the fraudster. This was despite the fact that the seller’s solicitors admitted that they did not carry out sufficient identity checks on their client. Mishcon were not granted relief from this breach as the financial consequences were far greater for Dreamvar and Mishcon had insurance to cover the hefty costs. MMS, acting for the fraudulent seller, were not found liable as they were not ‘guaranteeing that their client was genuine’.
P&P’s claim against the seller’s solicitors, OWC, in the second transaction was not successful.
The Court of Appeal found that the sellers’ solicitors in both transactions had not acted negligently. It was concluded that a solicitor acting for a seller who signs and exchanges contracts as part of the transaction is judged to have warranted that he or she has the true owner’s authority and not just that of the client. However, it was held that the buyers had not given this any thought and therefore had not relied on the warranty.
The completion monies however were held on trust. This meant that there was an obligation on the sellers’ solicitors to undertake to release the sale proceeds to the actual owner, and not just to whom they thought was the genuine owner. Transferring the sale proceeds to a fraudster put the solicitors in breach of that undertaking. The sellers’ solicitors were also in breach of the terms of the trust on which they held the purchase proceeds, which required the transaction to be valid.
The transactions were subject to the Law Society’s Code for Completion by Post (the Code) which imposes obligations on solicitors not to release sale proceeds until completion. It was held that a ‘true completion’ involving the actual owner of the land was essential and therefore the sellers’ solicitors were in breach of trust.
All the solicitors involved sought relief from liability. The courts have discretion to relieve a trustee if the trustee acted honestly and reasonably, but in granting relief the court must also consider the impact on the innocent purchasers. As mentioned, Mishcon were not granted relief – they had insurance in place and Dreamvar had no other route to a remedy. Mishcon were entitled to obtain a contribution from the sellers’ solicitors.
In both cases the court did not believe the solicitors had acted reasonably as the sellers’ solicitors had not completed adequate identity checks on the sellers, although it is not known if this would have prevented the fraud.
Whilst the decision was based on the facts of these cases, they still have significant implications. On the positive side, buyers can face greater certainty that they will not be out of pocket should the seller be a fraudster. Solicitors will however now face greater accountability if they are involved in a fraudulent transaction even if the fraudster is not their client, they have taken reasonable care in conducting the transaction and have no reason to be suspicious. Paying purchase proceeds when the transaction is a sham may result in the seller’s solicitors being in breach of trust. This puts a much greater onus on solicitors to check the identities of all parties involved.
The Law Society has announced that it is reviewing the Code in light of this and, in the interim, we can expect to see increased assurances being required between solicitors as to the identity of each other’s clients.


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The upper limit of the shutter speed in Manual Exposure Mode has been raised (max. 250 seconds).
[HIGH ISO NR] for ISO 1600 and ISO 3200 has been added to the [REC] menu.
When [MF] is set, you can make fine adjustments to the focus using a simpler operation than before.
Improved auto white balance performance. • The position and size of the AF area you have set are now stored.
[ACTIVE MODE] has been added to the [MOTION PICTURE] menu.
The AF/AE Lock operated by half-pressing the shutter button has been improved.
[MONITOR] / [VIEWFINDER] has been added to the [SETUP] menu.
The new S2 firmware adds support for the new S-Lens Leica Elmarit-S 30 mm/f2.8 ASPH.
Improved Auto White Balance in conditions with power saving lamps and tungsten light.
Firmware Version 1.2.1 is for cameras with firmware up to version 1.2.0. If the camera’s firmware is already version 1.2.1, it is not necessary to update the firmware. Note that cameras with firmware Version 1.2.1, 1.2.0 cannot be downgraded to a previous firmware version (such as Version 1.1.0).
Be sure to read the instructions on the download page before proceeding with the update.
We’ve received several phone calls starting today about Leica’s new firmware for the M9. Although this was a rumor earlier today, it is now confirmed as I just received the official announcement from Leica. The M9 firmware version 1.116 is now available for download for registered owners of the M9.
Leica M9 Downloads Index with full info about the camera, detailed instructions and available downloads. Please give us a call if you have any questions.
Faster zooming into the last picture taken.
Speed of SD-card formatting enhanced.
Image quality of “thumbnail” pictures improved.
correction at ISO 2500, interpolated for intermediate ISO steps.
Transfer of large data amounts to a Mac in USB-Mass storage mode.
Sensor cleaning mode with battery capacity <50%.
Function “Deleting all images” while zoomed picture is shown on screen.
Function “Deleting all images” from a SD card with non-M9 pictures on it.
Interrupting a long exposure by switching off the camera.
Zooming into pictures with “Vintage B+W” setting.
Firmware uprades are part of routine maintenance and give you all the latest and updated functionality for your camera. Bergen County Camera is always ready to assist you to upgrade your firmware. Many times when can do this on the spot, but it is always better to call ahead and let us know when you are planning to stop by. If you are more DIY, you can visit the Nikon D700 download page and choose the v1.02 firmware and follow the instructions. The process is pretty straightforward and takes less than 15 minutes.
When ISO sensitivity settings>ISO sensitivity auto control in the shooting menu is set to On, the Maximum sensitivity option can now be specified in steps of 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV or 1 EV, according to the Custom Setting b1 ISO sensitivity step value setting.
The length of time the camera waits before adjusting focus in response to sudden changes in the distance to the subject can now be selected from 5 (Long) , 4, 3 (Normal), 2, and 1 (Short) from Custom Setting a4 Focus tracking with lock-on. With the increase in the number of options for Custom Setting a4 Focus tracking with lock-on, this item will be set to 3 (Normal) after firmware upgrade. Adjust this setting as needed.
When the camera’s AF-ON button is pressed, the monitor turns off and a focus point can now be selected using the multi selector.
When the MB-D10 AF-ON button is pressed (with AF-ON selected for Custom Setting a10 AF-ON for MB-D10), the monitor now turns off and a focus point can be selected using the multi selector.
A Use GPS to set camera clock item has been added to the GPS item in the setup menu. When Yes is selected, date and time information acquired via connection to a GPS device is used to set the camera’s internal clock. After selecting Yes for the first time, turn the camera off and then on again to reacquire GPS data.
When On is selected for Long exp. NR with shooting at shutter speeds slower than 1 s but faster than or equal to 8 s, it did not function properly. This issue has been resolved.
The focus point was sometimes not displayed even when focus was acquired with playback of images captured with continuous shooting. This issue has been resolved.
When the virtual horizon was displayed with shooting in live view tripod mode and live view was then cancelled, the focus point displayed in the monitor could not be moved. This issue has been resolved.
When [M] exposure mode was used in live view shooting via Camera Control Pro 2, the electronic analog exposure display did not function. This issue has been resolved.
Attn: 5D Mark II Owners!
As much as we are nerds here at the camera store, we’re generally pretty jaded when it comes to firmware updates. It’s usually the standard “fixes banding issues when shooting at ISO 3200 in RAW mode with the white balance set to cloudy and the moon is beginning it’s waxing phase”. But! Every now and again they like to surprise us with something that’s actually useful.
Canon just released a firmware update which deals specifically with HD Video in the Canon 5D Mark II. Normally, when doing video with the Mark II, there’s not a lot in terms of manual controls. Actually, none at all. This new firmware update gives you full manual freedom when doing video.
If you’re having trouble installing the firmware, feel free to stop by the store and we’d be more than happy to help you out.


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Alexa’s passion for dance blossomed at a young age. Since the age of 2, she has received training from various studios and instructors. She trained for 12 years at Lisa Pilato’s Dance Center in Dracut, MA in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, tap, and hip-hop, and was a part of their competitive team for 10 years. When she moved away to boarding school, she left competition and found other ways to channel her passion for dance. At Phillips Academy in Andover, MA she became heavily involved in dance through extracurricular and academic courses. Over the course of four years, she has trained under Judith Wombwell, Erin Strong, and most recently Sayer Mansfield. As a member of the Andover Dance Group and captain of both the jazz and hip-hop teams on campus, she has had numerous opportunities to perform and choreograph. She has also trained at New York City studios Steps, Broadway Dance Center, and Peridance in various styles including contemporary, jazz-funk, heels, and more. She enjoys teaching dance because it allows her to create and express herself in a fun and athletic way!
I love scrolling through Twitter, but definitely use Instagram more!
Breakfast!! I will never pass up a nice banana pancake!
Tea – vanilla chai’s are my favorite!!
None at the moment, but would love any good recommendations!
Rihanna, but Frank Sinatra will always be a top contender with my love for jazz music!
If not dancing, I like to spend time with my friends and family!
I love getting stronger and improving my own physical ability. I always feel so much better and energized after working out!

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text: Just Reduced! Spacious 4 bedroom home in the Village Green gated community. True pride of ownership with this recently renovated home. Home features 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms. Custom made cabinets and granite counter tops in the kitchen. Other upgrades include new floors through out the house, tile flooring in kitchen, custom stone work around the fireplace and kitchen back splash, and crown molding around the house. Central air conditioning for the hot days and patio area for the guest and family gathering. Centrally located to the 405,210, and 5 freeway and the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station. Low monthly HOA!


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Jean-Philippe, could you describe what you do at north sails and why you enjoy it?
At the base level I work as a Salesman to improve the experiences of our local customer on and off the water, and to support various local events. I also work to discover new prospects and I enjoy collaborating with them to optimize their boat and onboard performance.
As a Technical Consultant I contribute to racing teams with sail plan optimization, sail charts, rating and often assist as a sail trimmer or tactician. I would love to design the sails but I’m not good enough with the software (laughs…), so I leave this to the real designers and try to give precise, useful feedback on behalf of me, the owner and crew.
I like my job first of all because it is a passion and without passion you cannot do a good job, especially when striving to push the limits, be as precise as possible and go beyond the status quo as we do at North. It is very exciting to work in a company where the goal is to give to the customer the best product with the best service. North Sails is considered a luxury brand in the yachting field, often compared to Formula 1 for the high level of products we deliver.
I’m also lucky to have met very interesting people. It helps me to grow and continually improve. Now 16 years have passed since I entered the company and I have the same motivation because each project is unique. I started from the bottom of the ladder and I intend to continue to growing within the company.
Most recently you have completed a re-configuration for the Volvo Open 70 SFS. Can you tell us about this process and the end results you are experiencing?
The objective for SFS was to move from the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) box rule to a true IRC plan, where we know the rating is a big part of the equation. It was not an easy job. On SFS we have been running a Pro-Am system with six different guests on board during racing. We wanted to adjust the sail inventory in order to be quicker in maneuvers, reduce effort for the crew and increase performance inshore and offshore.
In March 2015, a new spinnaker staysail, A2, and a North Sails 3Di RAWTM IRC Code 0 were added. The Code 0 replaced the original Masthead Code 0 with equal area and 48kg weight savings. More recently, we switched from overlapping genoas to small jibs and added some padeyes to play more with the in-hauler and up & down system.
The new configuration gives us more ability to manage the sails. Other notable sailplan modifications included a larger and lighter #4 Jib; increased apparent wind angle in the new #2 Jib. The #1 Jib (largest Jib) was switched from a standard overlapping genoa on hanks to a furling masthead genoa with equal area (191m²). The inshore mainsail was built with three full battens instead of 6-7 in the previous main, plus one reef.
This new configuration give us more flexibility managing the sails.
In total we saved more than 200kg in comparison to the Volvo inventory and experienced even, or faster, speeds and a higher angle. Today the boat handles more like a TP52. Overall we have experienced even or faster speeds and a higher angle. We have two certificates for IRC: one with and one without the spinnaker.
On the Offshore Side, we still use the original Masthead Genoa and we had a new furling Cuben Fibre A3 for IRC racing.
What advice do you have for a young person with big aspirations in sailing?
This question makes me smile because it means I am passing to the other side of the barrier, even if I am still 18 years old in spirit (smiles).
To someone with aspirations in sailing, I will advise them to tell the truth and not be afraid to say “I don’t know, but I can find out” instead of saying something wrong, as I hear too often in this business. Stay humble. Because we are fortunate to sail on such prestigious boats does not permit us to forget where we come from (by instance, I still sail on 7m boats with friends / customers. Sometimes it is good to trim a sail you can bring in with two fingers).
In the end don’t hesitate to share and smile. I am convinced the more you give, the more you will receive. But this is more a way of spirit and a philosophy than a piece of advice, so you may take it or leave it!


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To prevent, intervene, and reduce the participation of juveniles in the activities of gangs that commit crimes.
shall include cooperation with social services, welfare, and health care programs; 2) education and social services designed to address the social and developmental needs of juveniles; 3) crisis intervention and counseling to juveniles, who are particularly at risk of gang involvement, and their families; 4) the organization of the neighborhood and community groups to work closely with parents, schools, law enforcement, and other public and private agencies in the community; 5) supporting the coordination of existing comprehensive community-based anti-gang initiatives; and 6) training and assistance to adults who have significant relationships with juveniles who are or may become members of gangs, to assist such adults in providing constructive alternatives to participating in the activities of gangs.
To facilitate coordination and cooperation among: 1) local education, juvenile justice, employment, law enforcement, and social service agencies; and 2) community-based programs with a proven record of effectively providing intervention services to juvenile gang members for the purpose of reducing the participation of juveniles in illegal gang activities.
To be eligible for an award or contract, an applicant must: (1) respond to legislative requirements contained in Section 281A and 282A of the JJDP Act, as amended as well as specific program guidelines issued by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); (2) be consistent with the objectives and priorities of OJJDP; (3) provide for adequate program administration, evaluation and fiscal reporting; (4) demonstrate, in the overall quality of the proposal, that the program is technically sound and will achieve the required program objectives at the highest possible level; and (5) respond to clear and documentable needs.
Funds to be used to support gang violence reduction activities.
Part D funds are available under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, to public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations or individuals. Please contact program office for additional information.
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Sections 281 and 282, Public Law 93-415 as amended; and an act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice in the current fiscal year.
From 60 to 90 days. For statutory formula awards, see 28 C.F.R. Part 18. There are no appeal rights for rejection of a discretionary application, but for discretionary awards, see 28 C.F.R. Part 18.
Determined by the Assistant Attorney General, OJP. For statutory formula awards, see 28 C.F.R. Part 18. There are no appeal rights for rejection of a discretionary application, but for discretionary awards, see 28 C.F.R. Part 18.
Contact program office for renewal information.
Initial awards usually are made for a period of 12 to 36 months with further funding based upon the project period and grantee performance and availability of funds. Drawdowns are possible under a Letter of Credit. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit.
Applications are assessed according to their consistency with the policies and program priorities established by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Specific criteria are applied that are related to the particular program areas under which projects are funded. The criteria are published in the Federal Register as part of each program announcement. Applications may undergo a competitive peer review process as outlined in the OJJDP Competition and Peer Review Policy 28 CFR Part 34.


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text: *A VONTADE continually evolves clothing with originality by drawing inspiration from the utilitarian aspects of classic US and European military, workwear, dress and sportswear pieces, while imbuing both a modern sensibility and characteristic Japanese sensitivity. Dedicated to production in Japan, while taking full advantage of our country’s technological advancement with regard to design, materials and functionality, we also carefully consider what tried and tested techniques are worthy of continuing into the future. In spirit *A VONTADE is casual to the utmost, but since casual apparel is everyday wear we believe it must possess toughness and be wearable for many years to come. With meticulous attention paid to the smallest details, we strive to create clothing that has worth even with the passage of time, developing still greater character as it is worn.


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Microsoft disconnected its support to its most used OS, Windows XP on April 8th, 2014. Microsoft therefore decided to bid a farewell to this OS in an innovative (and touching as well) way. They decided to publish the story behind the popular Windows XP wallpaper, ‘Bliss’, which is also the most viewed image, through a YouTube video!
At the beginning of this video, the narrator mentions about ‘Bliss’, the famous image of lush green rolling hill, blue sky and white clouds which immediately became the identity of Windows XP wallpaper, ever since it got released in 2001. It is believed that the image is viewed by more than 1 billion people across the world. Through this video, Microsoft decided to uncover the face behind this image. And the photographer of this image is Charles O’Rear!
The video features the interview of this newly famed photographer. We call him ‘newly famed’ because hardly anyone knew about him until Microsoft decided to terminate the support for its OS, Windows XP. In the interview, Charles tells the viewers when and how he got this image, which is indeed an interesting tale. His interview answers the questions that the world is asking; like was there really a place out there; if so, who took the image and was it Photoshoped. Charles also shows us the camera and mentions the lens he used to photograph the view we see in the Windows XP wallpaper.
In addition, he says that at the age of 70, the same person will be able to recall this image as soon as he will see it. He may not be able to recall where exactly he saw it; but he will certainly remember it! Well said Charles! Everyone who is using Microsoft XP will never forget this image! At the end of the video, Microsoft thanks Charles for taking this image.
The Windows Club had already published an article about this Windows XP wallpaper, its immense popularity and most importantly, the photographer of this image. You can read about the interesting story behind the image and also Charles’s thoughts here. Go here to see how this particular location looks today.


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Square Enix has officially announced plans for a third add-on pack to come for Dragon Quest Builders 2, teasing its contents with an image.
No additional details have been shared for the DLC No. 3, but the teaser image can be viewed below.
Square Enix has provided further details on the characters in Oninaki, the upcoming all-new action-RPG developed by Tokyo RPG Factory.
Square Enix is giving its E3 presentation another try. The company today announced “Square Enix Live E3 2019”, a broadcast that will feature “an exciting line up of titles”.
We’ve shared plenty of footage from Final Fantasy X HD Remaster, but not so much of the sequel. You can get a look at the RPG with the gameplay below.
Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 arrive on a Nintendo platform for the first time with today’s release of Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster for Switch. Check out the new release trailer below.
Since the Switch’s launch two years ago, a few companies have become associated with porting games to the system. One such example is Virtuos. Virtuos has helped bring over L.A. Noire, Dark Souls Remastered, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and more.
Speaking with EDGE last month, Virtuos Shanghai general manager Elijah Freeman said that the studio’s games have done “exceptionally well” – not only critically, but also commercially. Freeman added that the success has led to more opportunities, and believes things will pick up even more after Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster launch on Switch.
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster recently launched in Japan, with the overseas release taking place at the start of next week. Get a look at a bunch of footage from the classic RPG running on Switch below.
Square Enix is back with its latest “Inside Final Fantasy” video series, this time focusing on Final Fantasy VII. In the video below, art director Yusuke Naora, writer / director Yoshinori Kitase, and publicity producer Shinji Hashimoto reveal the history behind the making of the game.
Square Enix has published a new Japanese commercial for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age on Switch.
The footage, which contains several in-game cutscenes, only runs 15 seconds. The trailer can be viewed below.

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text: We just wrapped up our liveblog of HP CEO Leo Apotheker's appearance here at D9, and while he certainly spoke far too frequently about printers, there was one nugget that we just couldn't overlook. When speaking casually about the future of webOS on non-HP handsets, he noted that the firm was looking to license webOS to various other hardware manufacturers. Granted, the bulk of these are likely to be wrapped up in the enterprise, but he's not tossing out the idea of using webOS on other mobile devices. When asked if he'd consider licensing webOS to a company like HTC, he confessed to being very willing to having that conversation should the scenario present itself -- a stance that's quite different than the one held by the "old HP." It's hard to say if he's just shooting the breeze or if there's already a company or two behind the scenes looking to do just that, but either way, you can bet we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for any webOS creations sans HP's labeling. Talk about a serious play to get the attention of developers.


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The merge vulnerabilities feature does exactly what it says, it merges vulnerabilities. A typical use case is when you have many similar vulnerabilities (e.g. weak SSL/TLS configurations) and you want to present these vulnerabilities in a more compact way.
To perform a merge of vulnerabilities, you need to specify which Plugin IDs that will be the source, and which Plugin ID that will be the target. After the merge has been executed, only the target vulnerability will be left. Information about which Plugin IDs that has been merged is available in the target vulnerabilities “mergeHistory” field.
Add source Plugin IDs. These vulnerabilities will be merged into the target plugin ID.
When a vulnerability merge has been executed, information about which Plugin IDs that has been merged is available in the target vulnerabilities “mergeHistory” field.


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 Victim's father: Attacks "revolting"
(CNN) -- Terrorists brought death to Indonesia's Bali paradise for the second time in three years, as blasts killed at least 26 people at two resort spots packed with tourists.
The blasts struck the seaside area of Jimbaran Bay and the bar and shopping hub of Kuta, 30 kilometers (19 miles) away at about 8 p.m. Saturday night (8 a.m. ET).
In addition to the 26 fatalities, hospital officials said 102 people were wounded. One of those who died was a 16-year-old Australian boy, officials said, while South Koreans, Americans, Japanese and Britons were among those wounded.
Earlier, officials said 36 people had died, but on Sunday morning, Sanglah Hospital in Bali -- charged with overseeing the emergency response -- reduced the number of dead to 26.
"The ground is just covered in blood, people walking around with arms missing," said Mulcahy, who, at the time of the blasts, happened to be next door to a restaurant that was hit in the town of Kuta.
The attack came almost exactly three years after terrorists bombed Kuta nightclubs on October 12, 2002 -- killing 202 people.
"People were just starting to build up confidence again, and to have this happen was devastating for the locals. But I think it's the nail in the coffin for people coming to this place," Mulcahy said.
Video of the scene in Kuta showed windows of several upscale stores shattered, glass littering the street, and the awning of Raja's noodle house blown askew.
Maria Bakkalapulo, a journalist who arrived at Kuta about an hour after the blasts, said it appeared a bomb detonated inside Raja's, which "was pretty much gutted."
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono condemned Saturday's bombings as an act of terrorism. There were no claims of responsibility.
But terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna told CNN that the attacks had the hallmarks of Jemaah Islamiyah -- a Southeast Asian terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda.
"There is no other group with this level of capability," he said.
The 2002 bombings were blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah.
Four key militants involved in the 2002 attack have been sentenced -- three to death -- while dozens of others have also been convicted.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan joined Yudhoyono in condemning the latest attacks in Bali, as did other world leaders.
The White House issued a statement Saturday offering sympathy to victims, "their families and the people of Bali who have suffered meaningless violence before. We also express our solidarity with the government of Indonesia and convey our readiness to assist in any way."
Australian Prime Minister John Howard told the Nine television network on Sunday morning that he was horrified and deeply saddened by the attacks, which he characterized as an attempt to undermine democracy in Indonesia.
He said Australia was offering medical evacuation facilities to Indonesia for anybody wounded in the blasts. In a statement, Qantas Airways said it would send a special flight Sunday to bring Australians home.
Kuta and Jimbaran -- the other resort spot targeted -- were "chock-a-block" with tourists celebrating a holiday weekend, Mulcahy said.
It was a school holiday for Australians, and many had traveled to Bali for the weekend, he added.
In the Jimbaran attack, two explosions tore through a long row of outdoor tables at a beachfront cafe where tourists often gather to watch the sun set, Mulcahy said. The blast sites were about 40 meters apart, he said.
Ketut Suartana, 33, told Reuters he was eating when the first Jimbaran bomb exploded.
"We were eating and suddenly it just went dark," Suartana said from a hospital bed, where he was treated for scratches on his face and chest.
"I tried to run but I kept falling over. Then the second blast happened. People were in panic. I just tried to save myself."
Mulcahy -- who felt the blast while inside a restaurant next to Raja's -- had plans to dine with friends at Jimbaran, but the streets were backed up with heavy traffic so they headed to Kuta, instead.
"Had we gone to Jimbaran, we would more than likely be dead," Mulcahy said.
The attack left tourists filled with "fear and terror," and they are fleeing their hotels in Bali with suitcases in hand, Mulcahy said.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Australia's ABC radio that a 16-year-old Australian boy was among those killed, and there were "grave fears" for two other Australians.
Downer said it appeared most of those killed were Indonesian. He said 17 Australians were among the injured. Local media reports also said several foreigners are among those wounded.
So far 15 bodies had been identified, according to Reuters news agency, quoting hospital officials. It said among the dead were 12 Indonesians, including a six-year-old boy, two Australians and a Japanese national.
The wounded included 17 Australians, six South Koreans, three Americans, three Japanese and one Briton.
Downer said Australia was sending a response team to Bali, and Australian Federal Police were ready to work with their Indonesian colleagues in investigating the attacks.
Shortly after Saturday's blast, Yudhoyono addressed the nation on state television, expressing his concern and condemning what he called a terrorist attack.
"These were clearly acts of terrorism because the victims were indiscriminately chosen and the targets were public areas. As president and on behalf of the Republic of Indonesia, I strongly condemn these inhuman acts," the leader said.
Yudhoyono said he had received intelligence information in July about terrorist elements in Malaysia and Philippines planning to target Indonesia, and had increased security in Jakarta and Bali as a precaution.
Recently, Yudhoyono issued a warning that terrorist cells inside the country were still active, despite hundreds of arrests.
Several other governments, including the United States, had warned about a high terrorist threat to foreigners in Indonesia ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins next week.
A report issued in early September warned that Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be planning a series of attacks in October, dubbed "The Great Ramadan Offensive."
On Friday the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta reiterated its warning of last May that the threat of terrorism is high and Americans there should be vigilant.
"Attacks could occur at any time and could be directed against any location, including those frequented by foreigners and identifiably American or other western facilities or businesses in Indonesia," the message said.
The island of Bali -- a popular spot for international tourists -- is a Hindu enclave in Indonesia, which has the highest Muslim population of any nation in the world.
The Australian government warned immediately after the Saturday night blasts that the possibility of further explosions could not be ruled out. It urged Australians in Bali to remain in their hotels.
Aside from the 2002 Bali attack, there have been a number of other terrorist incidents in Indonesia in recent years.
The Australian embassy in Jakarta was bombed in September 2004 in an attack that left 10 people dead, while in August 2003, 12 people were killed after a suicide bomber struck the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta. Both attacks were blamed on JI.
Australia and the United States consider Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir to be the spiritual head of JI.
In March this year, Ba'asyir was sentenced to 30 months in jail for involvement in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, but was cleared of all other terror-related charges, including those related to the Marriott Hotel bombing.
CNN's Elaine Quijano and Geoff Hiscock, and journalists John Aglionby and Maria Ressa contributed to this report.


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I am very happy that Flashback records is releasing this italo disco masterpiece again! I missed it when they first released it back in 2008. Now coming out on two separate colored vinyl 12"s. Its beautiful new generation italo disco at its finest. Does anyone know the actual release date?
The best track for the new era of "new italo-disco",simply amazing,"Flame" with the base of Queen of the night - Camomilla,is the best production of the moment,an authentic diamond 100% elegant.
Tiziana and longtime producer Luigi Piergiovanni both contributed to the legendary Camomilla - "Queen of the Night" and this record has the same feel, without falling into the trap of being too derivative.
The b-side "Flame" is a cover of the very rare track of the same title by Luna & Black Connection (although this later version is better for my tastes).


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The revelatory memoir of Lezley McSpadden—the mother of Michael Brown, the African-American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014—sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history.
When Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown was born, he was adored and doted on by his aunts, uncles, grandparents, his father, and most of all by his sixteen-year-old mother, who nicknamed him Mike Mike. McSpadden never imagined that her son’s name would inspire the resounding chants of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and ignite the global conversation about the disparities in the American policing system. In Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil, McSpadden picks up the pieces of the tragedy that shook her life and the country to their core and reveals the unforgettable story of her life, her son, and their truth.
Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a riveting family memoir about the journey of a young woman, triumphing over insurmountable obstacles, and learning to become a good mother. With brutal honesty, McSpadden brings us inside her experiences being raised by a hardworking, single mother; her pregnancy at age fifteen and the painful subsequent decision to drop out of school to support her son; how she survived domestic abuse; and her unwavering commitment to raising four strong and healthy children, even if it meant doing so on her own. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, recounting her time on the ground with peaceful protestors, how she was treated by police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment when the grand jury announced it would not indict the man who had killed her son.
After the system failed to deliver justice to Michael Brown, McSpadden and thousands of others across America took it upon themselves to carry on his legacy in the fight against injustice and racism. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a portrait of our time, an urgent call to action, and a moving testament to the undying bond between mothers and sons.

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It’s widely accepted that the first computer program was written by Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, in 1842, although a device for which it was intended wasn’t built in her lifetime. But a reader asks: what is the oldest computer program that was not only written and put into use, but remains active today?
In 1958, the United States Department of Defense launched a computerized contract-management system that it dubbed Mechanization of Contract Administration Services, or MOCAS (pronounced “MOH-cass”). The system was designed to use the latest in computation and output technology to track contracts in progress and payments to vendors.
Fifty-seven years later, it’s still going.
MOCAS is written in COBOL, a language that wasn’t formally approved until a couple of years later, and it was likely initially created in a similar predecessor called FLOW-MATIC, which was developed by noted computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper. MOCAS’s original interface relied on punchcards or keycards, says Michael Graham, the information technologist responsible for managing MOCAS. In the following decades the program got upgraded to work with what’s often called “green screen” access: a terminal-style system that remained in broad use at airlines, travel agents, banks, and telecom companies until just a few years ago. “I’m not sure I would call it a graphical user interface,” says Graham.
You can still find antique green-screen systems if you look hard—in some cases, a pleasant Web interface just disguises the old guts. Indeed, the Defense Department has built newer interfaces that connect to MOCAS. This has kept it usable even as the world has passed it by. The current system is integrated with several other software packages, meaning that a user today can attach, say, Microsoft Word documents to records.
Trillions of dollars have passed through the computational records in MOCAS. In its current form the system is managing roughly $1.3 trillion in obligations and 340,000 contracts. Its current hardware configuration is an IBM 2098 model E-10 mainframe that can carry out 398 million instructions per second. It has a modest eight gigabytes of RAM, and all kinds of attached storage devices.
There have been efforts in the past to build a full replacement for MOCAS, and they’ve sputtered due to cost, complexity, and transition planning. Because the system handles so much that’s in progress and critical to the DoD, any new system has to overlap and perfectly hand off everything underway. The government is asking vendors once again to submit bids to shed this highly functional vestige of the past.
MOCAS was the oldest software we could verify, but it may not be the oldest still in routine use. Experts in banking and telecom suspect some funky outliers may remain clacking away in a back office somewhere, though it was impossible to find examples, partly because of changes in the late 1950s and 1960s that rendered some early systems obsolete in their industries.
If one stretches the definition of a software program, the oldest one in use is probably at Sparkler Filters, a maker of water filtration devices that was founded in 1927 and is based in Conroe, Texas. To this day it relies on a 1948 IBM 402 punchcard system for inventory and accounting along with an IBM 83 sorter and IBM 129 keypunch, according to the firm’s long-time repairman, Duwayne Lafley, who lives in New Mexico. The IBM 402 doesn’t have memory, though: it relies on programs physically wired onto plugboards, which are swapped out for the task at hand. In 2013, the firm said it was moving toward PCs, but it hasn’t switched over yet, Lafley says.
The government report that introduced the programming language COBOL.
In May 1972, the go-ahead was given for what have become the longest space exploration missions yet. Voyager 2 and then 1 were launched in 1977. Both probes continue to send data back to earth from the farthest visited reaches of space.
The two craft are nearly identical, down to their redundant sets of three computers: the flight data subsystem, the computer command subsystem, and the attitude and articulation control subsystem. Together, these keep the probes on track, pointing their high-gain antennas back to Earth, and managing scientific instruments. The onboard cameras haven’t been used since the probes finished their flybys of outer planets.
Because the probes have so little memory—the equivalent of about 70 kilobytes total—pieces of code were swapped in and out during different mission phases. This happened 18 times during the Jupiter flyby alone, the mission’s long-time project scientist, Ed Stone, told me in 2013. Once, in 2010, Voyager 2 began to send back garbled scientific data. Testing at the Jet Propulsion Lab, where Voyager was designed and is still managed, revealed that a single bit in a program had flipped from 0 to 1, according to Stone. The program was reloaded, and has worked since.
Its maximum lifespan, however, can be thought of as 48 years: 1977 to 2025. In 2013, Voyager 1 passed beyond the far reaches of the sun’s magnetic influence, putting it in the midst of particles that are more highly charged than the ones in our solar system. By 2020, mission scientists will have to shut down some remaining instruments, but the craft should continue to talk to earth until it pings home for the last time around 2025.
Thanks to Christopher Eddy for this week’s question. If you have one, send it to questionoftheweek@technologyreview.com.


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Nortel Sends Tech Stocks Sprawling - InternetNews.
Nortel Networks sent technology stocks sprawling on Wednesday when it reported weaker-than-expected revenues, overshadowing a strong report from Amazon.com.
The ISDEX lost 44 to 606, and the Nasdaq plummeted 190 to 3229. The S&P 500 lost 33 to 1364, and the Dow declined 66 to 10,326. Volume surged to 1.3 billion shares on the NYSE and 2.2 billion on the Nasdaq. Decliners led by 18 to 9 on the NYSE and 27 to 12 on the Nasdaq. The big economic reports for the week are tomorrow's employment cost index and Friday's GDP report. Dallas Fed President Robert McTeer said the GDP report could come in much weaker than expected, fueling fears of a sharp economic slowdown. For earnings reports, visit our earnings calendar and reported earnings. For after hours quotes and news, visit our after hours trading site.
InfoSpace rose more than a point to 22 after hours after reporting earnings of 3 cents a share, 3 cents better than expected.
During the regular session, Amazon.com rose 2 7/8 to 32 7/16 after beating estimates by 7 cents with a 25-cent loss. Revenues of $638 million trounced estimates of $600-$608 million. AskJeeves , off 1 7/16 to 10 11/16, also beat estimates, but announced the resignation of CFO Thomas Low. VerticalNet , down 6 7/8 to 25 3/4, beat estimates by 9 cents with a 20-cent loss.
But it was Nortel's earnings report that tested the market's mettle. The stock plummeted 18 3/16 to 45 1/8 after revenues came in at $7.3 billion, at the low end of the $7.3-$7.8 billion range of estimates, and the company forecast slower optical networking growth in 2001. JDS Uniphase , also strong in the optical space, dropped 24 1/2 to 70 9/16. JDSU reports earnings tomorrow.
CNET surged 3 to 28 11/16 after reporting earnings of 7 cents, 4 cents ahead of estimates. Excite@Home , off 9/16 to 9 9/16, matched estimates, but guided 4th-quarter estimates lower.
InterNAP slipped 1 15/16 to 16 after beating estimates by 3 cents with a 35-cent loss. Click Commerce dropped 4 7/8 to 28 despite beating estimates by 4 cents with a 4-cent loss. InterWorld dropped 7/16 to 2 3/8 after missing estimates by 1 cent with a 41-cent loss. USinternetworking , off 1 to 2 3/4, beat by 2 cents with a 49-cent loss.
Rhythms , off 31/32 to 2 31/32, beat estimates by 22 cents with a $2.07 loss. Viant , down 3/8 to 6 1/8, beat estimates by 3 cents, but Razorfish , off 5/8 to 4 11/16, missed by a penny.
Bluestone Software dropped 2 13/16 to 20 3/8 on news of a merger with Hewlett-Packard . Fogdog , off 3/16 to 11/16, will be acquired by Global Sports for 0.135 GSPT shares. pcOrder.com fared better, soaring 2 11/16 to 6 1/8 on a $6 3/8 cash offer from Trilogy Software.
Sagent , off 3/8 to 2 3/4, missed earnings by 4 cents with a 24-cent loss. FVC.com , off 1/4 to 3, matched estimates.

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Already a long time pot smoker in Woodstock, Gerard took the ball and ran with it once he learned about the Rick Simpson story. As amazing as Gerard's cure of gout and other health issues is (loosing over 100 pounds, lowering his blood pressure, sleeping better and having more energy now than when he was decades younger [even though he was athletic all his life]) what is even more amazing are his "experiences" with the law in California. A great storyteller, Gerard tells his tales of court, swayed judges and dirty cops. How can we NOT have such corruption while trying at the same time to keep an unconstitutional law in place. Even though everyone hates a dirty cop take a look at the entire picture and why the police can't give back the pot the courts ordered to be given back*** Gerard broke a precedent "We never give hippies their pot back!"
Despite great indignations ("What a nice pocket knife. I think I'll keep this for now as nice things like this get stolen at the police station" or the judge making him go to 20 AA meetings when he was picked up falsely for drunk driving (Gerard never drinks anything being a pot monogamist)...Gerard keeps way cool and in the end goes to 37 AA meetings and lost so much weight the judge didn't recognize him. The improvement was so dramatic she (the judge) turned around on the hash oil issue! She could see this was clearly real medicine (Gerard shows his picture of himself as a fat person briefly in the video). Thus the judge wrote a court order to return Gerard's hash which Gerard had to prove in court IS marijuana ("legal" in CA, right?) If Gerard's story of legality in CA is true all true cannabis activists should push for whatever they DIDN'T try to do in CA. Legality (regulation/taxation) is not the direction. It doesn't work as much as the hemp oil DOES..
Lets find an economic system more in synch with reality - the kind of reality that Gerard displays with his wonderful cures through the remedies of his genius inventor friend Richard.
***therefore when laws are being drawn up right now to supply the medical marijuana patients with confiscated pot taken from other otherwise law abiding citizens does this bode well for the deep art of healing? How can stolen medicine be good medicine?
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