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President Donald Trump, his cabinet, and the GOP Congressional members have been a boon to NBC's Saturday Night Live thanks to a seemingly endless parade of parodies that don't have to stray too far into fictional territory. And in the ongoing struggle to separate fact from alternative fact, SNL's long-running satirical news segment "Weekend Update" will now be getting a primetime slot to compete with a myriad of other similar shows skewering misstepping politicians.
NBC is bringing the late-night institution to primetime with a four-episode order for the spin-off series Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update, which joins the network's schedule starting Thursday, August 10th at 9 pm. The half-hour telecast will feature "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che, along with Saturday Night Live cast members making appearances.
Here's chairman of NBC Entertainment Robert Greenblatt on SNL's current success and going with the hot hand rather than letting it cool down during the off-season:
"'SNL' is having its best season in a quarter of a century — how many shows can say that?! — so we didn't want them to take the summer off. We're thrilled to have Colin Jost and Michael Che continuing their unique brand of news with fresh 'Weekend Update' shows in primetime this August."
"Weekend Update" has consistently ranked as one of the most popular segments of "Saturday NightLive" throughout the show's storied 42-year history and is certainly a highlight of the current run. Previous "Weekend Update" anchors include Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Dennis Miller, Norm Macdonald, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers. It's unclear just which co-stars or former anchors might return to the four-episode spin-off, but I'd be surprised if a Fey/Poehler reunion didn't happen.
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I hate change!
I only carry notes!
(There, now that the corn is out of the way, on with the real post!)
So CSC and HPE Enterprise Services are one! We are now part of a much bigger enterprise named DXC Technology. That's a HUGE change — many more opportunities for our clients and the enterprise as a whole, as well as for the individuals who contribute to our business — even though the impact on the ground will be less noticeable Day 1.
Change of that scale can be viewed as scary or exciting. And honestly, I am not naturally one who enjoys change — particularly change of which I was not the original agent. I'm really not sure that ANYONE is completely comfortable with the idea of change.
However, the type of change that I really struggle with is the necessity to change my mind.
I seem to have some genetic disposition to believe that once my mind is made up on a subject, that's it – it must remain so; I'm 100% certain and I'll defend it to my de…triment (I was going to write "death" but I'm not that committed to most of my beliefs).
This probably comes from some imagined existential threat if I turn out to be wrong, or misplaced pride, perhaps, or a lack of self-confidence. Even worrying, "What am I worth if I'm wrong?!"
Now, this affects many aspects of my life, but since I work in IT — an ever-changing domain — it can play a role in my career too.
Take an example from a few years ago when I became keenly interested in Service Oriented Architectures backed by SOAP and Enterprise Service Busses (which, for the uninitiated, are not corporate commuter transport facilities).
I was most certainly among the first in our insurance practice to advocate this approach to architecture. It had the promise to make "everything better". Everything in an enterprise could talk to everything else, and we only needed to configure it all in the ESB. I took the technical lead in projects that pushed this to the extreme — and discovered some of the issues that ensued from such an approach. But I was a true believer.
And then Roy Fielding went and decided to get himself a PhD and produce "The Thesis". REST was … well, if not born exactly, persuasively described. It eschewed big, centralized architectures; it prescribed noun-based, not verb-based interfaces; it promised unimaginable scalability … and all on the evidence of a mind-blowingly successful system that had evolved with these principles implicit to its very core: the World Wide Web.
The point here isn't to dive into SOAP-vs-REST, though, but Bartlett-vs-Bartlett.
That awful sinking feeling arrived. I might be — oh noooooo — WRONG!!! I might have to — shame-of-shames — CHANGE MY MIND!
And then I discovered an anecdote about Ghandi who, when asked how on earth he could change his mind on subjects so often, responded, "This week I know better." Though possibly apocryphal (I can't find a link!), it likely is a true story, because it fits Ghandi's well documented mission to be a slave to truth, not consistency!
This week I know better! It is an admission that we do not live in a static world; that none of us knows the full story; that we are all growing and learning constantly. That revelation led to me adopting a much healthier approach to "mind changing" — an approach applicable to any subject in any domain in which I might become involved, from how to arrange the chairs at my local association's weekly meetings to how distributed systems should interact.
So, some tips for those of you who might struggle to change your mind every now and then (no judgment here!):
- Firstly, don't make the subject personal! That's just basic psychological sense!
- Know that previous "best solutions" are part of the path to future better solutions — SOAP helped us hone the use of HTTP as a loosely coupled communication mechanism!
- Be honest about your current preferred solution's weaknesses, and don't try to apply the solution beyond its obvious limits!
- Be part of the search for the replacement of your current preferred solution. Continuous learning is part of your job! That's also the basis of good scientific methodology!
On the other hand:
- Don't jump on bandwagons! No solution is perfect, so don't believe the hype of those with vested interests in a specific solution.
- Don't change your mind "lazily." Be properly convinced of the counter case! Do your homework!
- It's OK to be passionate. You should exercise your preferred solution fully, and you should promote it to the extent you believe in it.
- Lastly, don't take it personally! Yes, again — because I find that's actually the root cause of a lot of dogmatic intransigence (in me as well as in others).
Though still not necessarily instinctive, prioritizing "truth" over "consistency" turns out to be very liberating. We are time-bound creatures, after all. Things change from day to day. It's OK to change your mind when you "know better."
But remember that the search for "truth" conveys a responsibility of continuous learning! And though our cool new logo may be black and white, the world most definitely is not. So our thinking must embrace that full spectrum, too.
Now, where's that GraphQL tutorial?
Martin Bartlett is a principal in DXC's insurance practice in the South and Western Europe region. Since joining DXC in 1988, Martin has played a central role in the architecture, design, development, implementation, deployment and support of some of DXC's most far-reaching strategic projects in the insurance domain. He is considered the chief technical architect of GraphTalk A.I.A. and is a strong advocate for cloud-deployed SaaS solutions and the API economy.
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"I didn't really expect to run under four, I'm just getting things going...but I'm in really good shape and I want to run faster now," Hunter said following his mile race.
Hunter's performance smashed the previous high school record set by Alan Webb (3:59.86) in 2001, which was also run at the Armory. Prior to Hunter's performance this weekend, Webb expressed his confidence in the high school phenom via Twitter Feb. 2 when he wrote, "He is better! And will run sub4 indoor."
Webb's prediction proved true on Saturday as the future Oregon Duck continued to break barriers on the track.
Loudoun Valley's Drew Hunter rewrites the record books again with 3:58.25 mile!!! pic.twitter.com/praXTjHYFc— The Armory (@ArmoryNYC) February 6, 2016
Congratulations @drewhunter00 on your first of many sub4 miles. This is next great moment in track and field.— Alan Webb (@alan_webb1) February 6, 2016
The Virginia native put himself in contention for a fast time from the beginning of the race by following in the back of the professional field of experienced veterans. Chris O'Hare commanded the lead, and brought the pace at 1:58.5 for Hunter's first 800m. The British athlete claimed the victory in a winning time of 3:54.59, and was followed by Sam Penzenstadler in 3:57.29, Daniel Winn (3:57.36), Morgan McDonald (3:57.83), Cristian Soratos (3:57.98), Craig Forys (3:58.02), and finally Drew Hunter for seventh overall in 3:58.25.
Following his victory, O'Hare looked behind him to see if Hunter had crossed the line under the four-minute mark. He joined Hunter who was standing anxiously at the finish, looking at the results screen, waiting to see if his performance dipped under the barrier.
The official results finally appeared on the screen, and showed that Hunter not only smashed the four-minute mile barrier, but crushed the previous high school record held by Webb for 15 years.
The performance on Saturday was just an extension of Hunter's historic 2016 indoor campaign.
Just a week ago, the senior smashed the American high school record in the 3K at the Camel City Invitational, where he ran 7:59, which is the fastest 3K ever run by a high schooler indoors or outdoors. The performance bettered German Fernandez's previous all-time 3K record by 0.50-seconds.
The 2015 Foot Locker Champion's mile performance allows him to join a short list of high school athletes who have accomplished the feat. In 2015, track fans watched both Grant Fisher and Matthew Maton break four minutes in their senior seasons. With Hunter's indoor mile, he becomes the eighth high schooler ever to break the barrier.
The Elite 8:— FloTrack (@FloTrack) February 6, 2016
3:53.43 Webb
3:55.30 Ryun
3:58.25 Hunter
3:59.38 Fisher
3:59.38 Maton
3:59.40 Danielson
3:59.71 Verzbicas
3:59.80 Liquori
If Hunter was currently running in the NCAA for the Oregon Ducks, his mile mark would place him ninth on the 2016 indoor qualifying list.


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What's next for the UK pound after tonight's Brexit vote?
Sterling is heading into a sensitive time with a failed decision on the country's exit from the EU expected to hit the currency hard
Foreign exchange markets continued trading in a rather narrow range through the early parts of March with perhaps the most intriguing performances coming from the British pound and the euro.
The British pound is approaching a very sensitive time with the UK parliament heading into another vote on Brexit. Once this happens, we will have a far better idea of which way the UK is headed – towards a no-deal scenario (hard Brexit) or towards a possible extension of Article 50.
If a no-deal scenario begins to form as a result of an indecisive or failed vote, this would hit the pound very hard. On the other hand, in the event there is an agreement to delay Article 50 for another three months, for example, this would lend a lot of optimism and would see the pound moving higher. The currency has remained in this range between 1.29 and 1.3350 over the past month or so and we could see a clear break on either side depending on how today's vote progresses.
Outside these two levels, expect to see a strong test of 1.27 on the downside, while a positive outcome could see levels above 1.34 in the interim. Again, it would prove prudent to see the outcome of the vote before building any fresh pound positions.
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As for the euro, after hitting 1.14 levels against the US dollar in early March the currency sunk to below 1.12 levels after the European Commission slashed its euro zone growth forecasts over the next two years. In the quarterly economic forecasts, the EU revised inflation forecasts down to 1.2 per cent from 1.6 per cent in December and growth forecasts to 1.1 per cent in 2019 from an earlier projection of 1.7 per cent. Growth forecasts were expected to bounce back in 2020 to 1.6 per cent.
Citing uncertainty from the US-China trade wars, the EU also pointed to deteriorating internal factors, headlined by budget policy tensions with Italy, growing social tensions in France and overall slower manufacturing growth in Germany. The recent announcement put the European Central Bank in a rather precarious position; up until a few months ago ECB president Mario Draghi maintained a less aggressive stance towards future tightening, but left the door open, keeping euro long positions interested through the end of 2018 and the early parts of 2019.
However the EU's growth forecasts cuts were followed by the ECB adopting a strong dovish tone, and maintained that rates would remain low through December of this year (versus June of this year at the previous rate decision meeting). Perhaps in the strongest of moves, the ECB announced a reversal in policy by introducing fresh stimulus measures – this less than three months after ending a $2.9 trillion bond-buying program. The euro sunk against its major counterparts – hitting 21-month lows against the Greenback and the British pound.
I have continuously maintained a dovish view on the euro and these recent developments will only reinforce my thoughts going forward. Expect to see some consolidation as a result of buying support at the current 1.12 handle, a move towards 1.09 by the summer could be on the cards.
Amid all the potential volatility in the markets, perhaps gold presents the most interesting and less risky opportunity. The precious metal has been trading between 1276 and as high as 1346 levels on the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX). I recommend looking to long positions at 1280 levels with targets at 1330 or higher.
Finally, my outlook on the US Dollar remains positive and we maintain a slightly bullish stance on the Greenback in the weeks ahead. We expect strong resistance to factor in at 97.30 levels on the US Dollar Index, with support holding above 95.90 levels.
Gaurav Kashyap is a market strategist at Equiti Global Markets. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the views of Equiti
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As he approached that blind man so many years ago, Jesus approaches us now, no matter how far we've fallen. He comes to us with the power and the willingness to heal us, to turn our lives into a living testimony to his grace. With very little understanding and a little faith fixed entirely upon Jesus, we can follow his instructions and become his servants. As he did for the blind man, He'll give us a testimony of his power that will confound the proud and attract the humble.
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I was fortunate enough to speak at last week's 2011 SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, California. This is a one of the larger conferences on the Microsoft conference calendar, with over 7500 people attending.
For this event, I was responsible for leading our team to create one of the demonstrations shown during the keynote presentation, utilising SharePoint to manage a great initiative being driven by Microsoft at the event. Microsoft pledged to donate $50,000 to not for profit organisations under the umbrella of NetHope, the distribution of which to be determined by the attendees of the SharePoint Conference. Chris Johnson, a Senior Technical Product Manager from the SharePoint team at Microsoft, showed off a system built by Intergen which allowed all attendees to vote for which not for profit organisation should receive donations, and how those donations should be allocated; customised reporting was also developed allowing NetHope to show the progress of voting and how those votes were distributed.
Intergen has helped develop content presentations for many recent large-scale Microsoft events (including this year's Microsoft Convergence and virtual launch of CRM 2011), and the SharePoint Conference was no exception.
The system was built using a combination of Windows Azure and SharePoint Online. An ASP.NET MVC website provided the end user interface, allowing users to vote, and an Office 365 SharePoint instance hosted the NetHope intranet, where the reports showing voting progress and distribution were hosted. If you're interested in getting some more in-depth information on this, there will be a series of articles coming soon over on http://nothingbutsharepoint.com.
Because of my role, I was backstage for the keynote to provide on-site support and help ensure that the demo went smoothly. Hanging out backstage and getting to see how an event of this scale is executed was an interesting experience! The backstage area contained a vision mixing studio, redundant projectors for each of the large screens, more computers than are in some offices and host of support staff. Every speaker had a secondary deck of slides that provided their notes which was being driven by a second person backstage during the presentation. It was great to see the effort that goes on backstage at a large-scale event like this.During the keynote we saw results from a Microsoft scale and performance test lab that investigated the limits on SharePoint content database sizes and reliability. In this demo we saw a SharePoint farm with 15 million terabytes of documents, and data with 7500 concurrent users conservatively simulating an organisation of over 150,000 users – in other words, it was a large-scale simulation. This environment was hosted in a large set of server racks. SharePoint reliability was demonstrated by unplugging the network cable connecting the SharePoint servers to the database servers. Within 40 seconds we saw a full farm fail-over to the DR data servers – a hugely impressive demonstration with no apparent user downtime, proving that SharePoint can be used in the most challenging scenarios.We received no information about the future version of SharePoint. Instead, the conference was all about celebrating the technology and educating attendees as to what can and has been achieved using SharePoint 2010. Personally I think this was a great move, as the release of Office/SharePoint 15 is at least 12 months away and there is a lot that can be achieved – and is being achieved – with the current generation of solutions.
What was made clear is that Microsoft is making quite a sizeable bet on Office 365 and cloud-based solutions. On this front it is worth noting that the SharePoint Online offering will be adding some BCS capabilities in the coming months, with the last of the online farms expected to have this feature enabled by Christmas.Smartphones and SharePoint
I also co-presented a session with Chris Auld, titled 'Making your SharePoint Websites Sing on Smartphones.' Chris and I talked about the various motivations for building websites with mobile views, some of the challenges the small form factor and user interaction paradigms present, and some of the challenges that are unique to SharePoint.
With that foundation laid, I presented a few demos where we showed three different approaches that we would suggest people could use in different circumstances. I felt that the session went really well, with a large audience and some really good questions coming from the crowd. If you're interested in the technical nuts and bolts, check out my wrap up post from the session: http://gavinb.net/2011/10/05/spc366-making-sharepoint-websites-sing-on-your-smartphone.While at the event I also caught a few sessions, mostly focused on developer topics, seeing as that's my speciality. The speakers were all polished, professional and provided insightful views on various parts of the SharePoint ecosystem. There were a host of new tools, helpers and resources released to the community during the conference, largely from the wider community, but some are published through MSDN, including a PowerShell command builder tool and – most excitingly to me – the CKS:API to support instrumentation and debugging for SharePoint.SharePoint has an incredibly supportive and collaborative community, which is I believe one of the things that make it such a great space to be working in. Overall I was very impressed at the size of the SharePoint ecosystem – it's worth over $USD 8B per annum to Microsoft and the wider partner community. The entire Tech·Ed New Zealand keynote room could have easily fitted into the expo hall five or six times over!In short, it's exciting times in the SharePoint world now that SharePoint 2010 is well understood and has great support from both Microsoft and the wider community. And, from my observations, it's great to see Intergen getting involved and helping to lead the way.
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20th March 2010
The 25% ME Group for the Severely Affected is a registered UK charity repre-senting people who are profoundly disabled by Myalgic Encephalomye-litis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) has been classified by the World Health Or-ganisation (WHO) as a neurological disorder since 1969. Currently it is listed in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), chapter 6, under Disorders of Brain at ICD-10 G 93.3. In the 1992 revision of the ICD, the WHO approved the term "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" (CFS) as a term by which ME may be known. The term CFS is coded only to ME at ICD-10 G93.3, hence the composite term "ME/CFS" is often used to denote the disorder. A synonymous term also sanc-tioned by the WHO is "postviral fatigue syndrome".
This submission is a public record of the charity's concern relating to the forth-coming revision of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)'s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) and the intention to create a new diagnostic category of "Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder" (CSSD) which would combine existing categories of somatisation disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder, hypochondriasis and pain disorder (APA; Justification of Criteria – Somatic Symptoms, 1/29/10).
An influential group of American and European psychiatrists, including British psychiatrists Professors Michael Sharpe, Peter White and Simon Wessely (often referred to as the "Wessely School": Hansard; Lords, 9th December 1998:1013), together with Francis Creed (since 1997, Professor of Psychological Medicine in the Psychiatry Research Group in the Manchester University School of Medicine; European Editor of the Journal of Psychosomatic Research and a member of the Medical Research Council Advisory Board) does not accept the WHO classifica-tion of ME/CFS as a neurological disorder but assert that it is a functional somatic syndrome (ie. a mental disorder).
Dr Alan Gurwitt, a US psychiatrist who does not subscribe to the Wessely School beliefs about ME/CFS, has repeatedly expressed his dismay and frustration; for example on 23rd January 2003 he noted about these psy-chiatrists: "They often fail to distinguish between 'chronic fatigue' and 'chronic fatigue syndrome'. The former is a fairly common symptom in medical clinics that does have a high linkage to already-present psychological problems. The latter is a specific medical condition. Their sloppiness has led to all kinds of trouble and misunderstandings' (http://www.masscfids.org/resource-library/3-research/162-on-the-morbid-fascination-with-psychiatric-morbidity).


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A sporting bore
27th January 2011
I am officially a tennis bore. I play four times a week, more if I can. A day without tennis feels somehow sad. I talk about it all the time. I wept today when Rafa and Federer were knocked out of the Oz Open. I am reading Andre Agassi's autobiography. …
Today is the day….
23rd January 2011
At 10 am UK time my first novel goes to print. I have been working on it, on and off, since we left France. In fact since before we left France. I remember having a long conversation with my agent while we were on our summer holiday in the Savoie in 20 …
Ladies who lunch
14th January 2011
Last week I joined the ladies who lunch brigade. Our lovely housemaid went off to Sri Lanka on holiday and so I decided to become a housewife for a few days. The plan was slightly complicated by the fact that I had to finish final edits on Love in a Wa …
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26th December 2010
I have waited many years for someone to ask me to join a book club. When we lived in Sussex all those years ago, there was a rather snooty one run by a woman called Liz. As an unpublished, desperate and depressed author I hoped that I might get the nod …
Guest blog from Bea and Leo
17th December 2010
Hello this is Bea and Leo, today on Saturday 18 of December 2010 we are going to tell you what we got mummy for her B-day! Me (Bea) & Leo & Olivia have created a magazine called Powell BTW I came up with the name! and it was lovely well we think it is …
A young sporting hero
13th December 2010
In an ideal world, it would be the temperature it is now in Abu Dhabi all year round. As most of Europe freezes under a hideous cold spell, we spend our time outside playing tennis, walking, even doing yoga on the beach. For the children, especially li …
Can Facebook determine our future?
5th December 2010
As you know from my previous blog, Olivia has a boyfriend. Quite what having a boyfriend aged 11 entails I am not sure, but I am told there is no kissing ("yuk") or in fact any dates. As you quickly realise living in this part of the world, once you ge …
Sporting prowess
25th November 2010
This week Leo has excelled. He has been football team captain, as well as Man of the Match, and he scored a double hat-trick. At school he won not only the Principal's Award for his project on snakes, but also table of the week in class. Last night he …
The December Issue
17th November 2010
Last night we all watched the documentary film The September Issue which is about American Vogue and its legendary editor Anna Wintour. The film centers on the biggest issue of the year, the September issue, and follows the fashion shoots, Anna's meeti …
The Lovely Lewis
11th November 2010
I thought very hard about whether to write this blog before or after I meet Lewis Hamilton at the Abu DHabi Grand Prix this weekend. Logically it might be better to write it after, but I often think the anticipation of something is almost better than t …
Helena Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Italian father, but grew up mainly in England. She is the author of eleven books, translated into several languages including Chinese and Russian. She wrote the French Mistress column The Sunday Times about life in France for several years. She is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper's Bazaar.
Helena has been the editor of four magazines, including M Magazine, a supplement for the Abu Dhabi based National Newspaper and FIVE, a high-end fashion glossy, also published in Abu Dhabi. Helena was also editor in chief of 360 Life, a quarterly glossy magazine published with the Sports 360 Newspaper in Dubai, part of the Chalhoub Group. She writes a beauty blog www.beautyorbeast.uk.
Her third novel, The Arnolfini Marriage, based on a romance that evolves around a van Eyck masterpiece came out in 2016. As well as contributing regularly for newspapers and magazines, writing short stories and studying for a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge, Helena is also working on a thriller called Welcome to Smullö that will be published in spring 2020.
Her latest non-fiction work Smart Women Don't Get Wrinkles came out in hardback in 2016 and came out in paperback in April 2018.
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Today is Wednesday, otherwise known as hump day.
Thankfully since I mostly run my own schedule (thanks to entrepreneurship/ flexible contract work) I tend to not get a case of "I can't wait until Friday!" syndrome. The week goes by and I am pretty happy with each day. Sometimes I even forget what day it is!
Instead, I have a different set of schedule challenges. In my case I call it being extremely passionate about and committed to the work I do, but others might call it being a workaholic. It's such a gift to be able to be excited about work (for the most part) each day, but when there are no boundaries around when it needs to stop it can be a problem.
Now before you get carried away and start thinking that I need an intervention or something because I never stop working, I want to be clear that I do have good boundaries around my work because I know myself and the way I get zoned into developing projects and ideas. But I also know that sometimes it's time to reevaluate these boundaries. Especially when we are in a demanding season (like I am right now, trying to finish a feature film in the next month! Yikes!).
And though it goes against all logic I believe that sometimes we need even more down time than normal when we have high pressure situations to attend to. With that said, for the past few weeks I have been noticing that when Wednesday hits I am EXHAUSTED! I am mentally and physically drained because I always hit the ground running on Monday and Tuesday. But by Wednesday my body is telling me "sleep more! Relax! Be outside! Decompress." So instead of pushing it off I am going to listen and am thinking about turning Wednesday into my "Wellness Wednesday" where I take most of the day off to relax, pray, walk, journal and read – all with the focus of refreshing and centering my heart and mind.
So there you have it, my wellness Wednesday! I'll let you know how it goes, but in the mean time –
Is there a time in your week that you devote to wellness? If not, are you thinking of making a change? In why why?
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Connie sat the terrified human on the bed upstairs. She spoke in as calm of a voice as she could muster. "Aiden, we're going to wait until Stetson comes back. If he doesn't, I'll go looking for him." Stuttering, Aiden held her paw gently. "D-don't go, please." Connie took this time to clean up, to rearrange her weapons and make sure that whatever happened she'd be prepared. For so long she had been alone, now that she had someone to look after, she wouldn't fail them.
Marco couldn't walk very fast, the injuries still plagued him. He had gone to the doctor, and they wanted to keep him overnight, but he wouldn't have it. He wanted to make Stetson's life a living hell. A furry hurting a hunter was embarrassing, even more embarrassing was the fact that the woods are littered with orange-vested bodies which Stetson and Connie killed.
Breathing heavily, he saw Connie's house in the distance. He would get his son back. He knew that whatever furry he killed in the future, he'd proudly display. No more hiding his hobby. Furries needed to fear him. Maybe even some humans needed to fear him.
The wind kicked up. Sending shivers through the large man as he lumbered closer and closer to the house, his gun raised and ready to fire. The inside of his mouth felt frozen and ached like nothing he'd ever experienced. He couldn't take pills, they would fall right through the jagged hole on the side of his mouth.
The sound of the ATV engine approached, and intense headlights filled Marco's eyes before he had time to turn to take the shot at Connie through the bedroom window, he was slammed by the metal vehicle. Looking up at Stetson from his fallen position, he saw the battered, mud covered vigilante. The front wheel of the vehicle was pressed into his right leg, sitting on his knee cap.
Keeping the engine going, the buck sighed. The snowflakes fell hard onto his fur, creating a slightly moist feeling. He didn't feel the cold, he didn't feel the gentle blanket of snow beneath his feet, he only paid attention to Marco. Stetson's entire body didn't feel right, his big muscles ached, and he knew from the fall from the tree, at least two of his ribs were bruised.
Looking down at Marco, he couldn't help but smile a bit as he saw how badly damaged his cheek was. "Gotta say Marco, you hunters are persistent." The bearded man tried to move his leg out from under the wheel, aiming the shotgun at Stetson, the deer swiftly kicked Marco's face, causing him to give up the weapon. With blood oozing from his nose and seeping into his eyes, Marco begged for his life. "Please Stetson. I-I'm sorry! I'llstop trophy hunting! I'll STOP! I'm sorry about everything!" His words were slurred from his injury, but Stetson understood it plainly enough.
From the upstairs window, Connie and Aiden looked at the front yard. The bloody and muddy furry standing triumphantly over the battered hunter. An image neither of them thought they'd see. The bright headlights from the ATV perfectly lighting the action as it unfolded. "Marco. If I let you live, that won't be a good example for all the others. Sadly, you're only one in hundreds of humans who enjoy these sick little hunting games." Yelling at the top of his lungs, Marco closed his eyes tightly. Hoping this was a nightmare. Pressing his boot onto Marco's neck, the deer pressed hard. Marco's breathing became nothing but giant wheezes and soon, the pressure became too much for his body. His neck snapped, sending his head cocked to one side,nearly turning it all the way around.
Hearing Connie's front door open, Aiden came rushing to Stetson and wrapped his arms around him tightly. Looking down at Aiden'smessed up hair, he hugged back. This was the first hug he received in a longtime. Crying, the human nuzzled Stetson's chest. "L-love you." He muttered out,the deer thought he heard him right. Love?
At first it seemed puzzling. But then, maybe it all came through. Aiden was trapped, abused and then rescued. Not just by a furry, but by a furry who was once a dad and had natural fatherly instincts, even though they had not really surfaced in a long time. Stetson sat in the snow,Aiden didn't let go of his warm body. Not caring the deer was caked in mud,worms and snow. All the fear Aiden had felt had boiled up to this.
The fear that Marco would kill him, the fear that he'd see Stetson die on his quest for revenge. Hugging someone he felt close to was something he needed. Rubbing Aiden's back, Stetson realized that he too needed time to relax and feel comfortable. Like before, the cold didn't bother him. Sitting in the icy snow, holding a human who hadn't felt love like this perhaps ever in his life. The two of them barely move.
Aiden shifts his position, sitting in Stetson's large lap. The flashbacks to Daisy were not painful, they were a soft, gentle reminder of his days as a dad. Stetson couldn't help but shed a small tear, he knew that maybe his days as a caretaker would be far from over. Whether or not Aiden would live with another furry family or go to human parents didn't matter. The buck would see the human as often as he could. He'd always makesure Aiden was okay, wherever he ended up.


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- Title: Building the Human Vaccines Project strategic management recommendations and summary report of the 15 16 July 2014 business workshop
- Abstract: The Human Vaccines Project is a bold new initiative, with the goal of solving the principal scientific problem impeding vaccine development for infectious diseases and cancers: the generation of specific, broad, potent and durable immune responses in humans. In the July 2014 workshop, 20 leaders from the public and private sectors came together to give input on strategic business issues for the creation of the Human Vaccines Project. Participants recommended the Project to be established as a nonprofit public-private partnership, structured as a global R&D consortium closely engaged with industrial partners, and located/affiliated with one or more major academic centers conducting vaccine R&D. If successful, participants concluded that the Project could greatly accelerate the development of new and improved vaccines, with the potential to transform disease prevention in the 21st century.
- Date: 1970-08-22
- Year: 2015
- Journal: Expert Rev Vaccines
- PMID Author: Schenkelberg T, Kieny MP, Bianco AE, Koff WC
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Rugby.com are doing a Super Rugby Team of the decade, starting off with the Reds. Looking forward to their Force Team.
Rugby.com are doing a Super Rugby Team of the decade, starting off with the Reds. Looking forward to their Force Team.
#11 could be interesting. Davis or Morahan?
If it's a super rugby team of the decade, it has to be morahan
C'mon the
Either way morahan for me.
Generally speaking you arent learning much if your lips are moving!!!
... are we even sure we'll get a look in?
We could do our own. My initial thoughts would be:
1. Kieran Longbottom
2. Nathan Charles (although Heath Tessman would run him close)
3. Pek Cowan (who else?)
4. Adam Coleman
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Angus Cottrell
7. Matt Hodgson
8. Ben McCalman
9. Ian Prior (for me, just edging Brett Sheehan and Alby Mathewson)
10. Andrew Deegan (for me, just edging Sias Ebersohn, Jono Lance and Peter Grant - we've not had a long-term 10 that I can recall)
11. Luke Morahan
12. Kyle Godwin
13. Marcel Brache
14. Nick Cummins
15. Dane Haylett-Petty
Pocock only play for 3 seasons in the decade, so Hodgo beats him.
Sharpe also only played for 3 seasons, but did we ever have another lock so dominant?
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Well, seeing as we are naming a team of the decade in 2019, I'm assuming that for the purposes of the conversation, the decade is being defined as 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2019 (and yes, I do know that's wrong, but it *is* consistent with when the millennium celebrations were held!)
So Sharpe, Pocock and Cam Shepherd played in 2010, 2011 & 2012 (IIRC) which gives them 3 seasons each.
And I'm considering the 2018 & 2019 seasons of the Force in my team, because I can then put Deegan in there, and Prior beats out Sheehan and Mathewson. If I stopped the Force team of the decade in 2017 with the axing from Super Rugby, I'd have to re-assess, and I don't want to do that because it wasn't our fault we got axed.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
From back in 2015 - https://twf.com.au/showthread.php?t=...ghlight=decade
Western Force Team of the Decade (Official)
1. Pek Cowan,
2. Brendan Cannon,
3. Kieran Longbottom,
4. Sam Wykes,
5. Nathan Sharpe (c),
6. Matt Hodgson,
7. David Pocock,
8. Ben McCalman,
9. Alby Mathewson,
10. Matt Giteau,
11. Nick Cummins,
12. Scott Staniforth,
13. Ryan Cross,
14. Drew Mitchell,
15. Cameron Shepherd.
1. Pek Cowan
2. Tai McIssac
3. Kieran Longbottom
4. John Welborn
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Matt Hodgson
7. David Pocock
8. Ben McCalman
9. Alby Matthewson
10. Matt Giteau
11. Nick Cummins
12. Scott Staniforth
13. Ryan Cross
14. James O'Connor
15. Cameron Shepherd
16. AJ Whalley
17. Nathan Charles
18. Richard Brown
19. Adam Coleman
20. Steve Mafi
21. Chris O'Young
22. David Smith
23. Drew Mitchell
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Life Update #2 // Wherein I Admit to Having Fallen off the Face of the Earth
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:/ It's too bad that you've had a couple rough weeks, but hang in there and take care of yourself! It's okay if it will be a while before you return. On another note, though, YOU HAVE SO MANY BOOKS and even more? o.O That is so many, my friend. I hope you read many more good ones while you're spending time healing.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for being so understanding. :) I do have a lot of books. It's a bit of a space problem, really. But I always want to buy more. :P And aww, thank you!Delete
Thanks for commenting! :)
Who turned out the lights? I really need to watch that episode again, it was pretty masterfully done. (Love your boots, by the way.)ReplyDelete
I'm quite surprised that you organized your books that way, I personally can't stand it when I have my books in a vertical pile instead of a horizontal one (if that makes any sense) because if you want a book from the bottom of the stack then you have to yank it out, and it's so hard to put back in. The problems of a bookworm. *sighs* Also, The Scorpio Races and The Raven Boys were awesome. How did you like Miss Peregrine (just noticed the series on your bookshelf there)?
Congrats on doing so much work for Draconian! Even if you didn't win Nano that's still a huge accomplishment.Replies
Aaaand I've also tagged you for something, if you're interested : http://victoriasoceans.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/tags-of-many-multitudes.htmlDelete
Such a great episode. *nods* I'd have to say it's one of my favorites, both parts. (Aww, thank you! I love them too. :P)Delete
Yeah, that is the downside to vertical book stacking. I did that somewhat for space, and somewhat for aesthetic because I had gotten a bit bored with conventional book arrangement. I switch it up often, and I make sure I put books on the bottom only when I don't intend to reread them soon. But I actually don't mind carefully unstacking one by one just to get the one off the bottom, because I like handling my books. :P
I really like the first one, but I have yet to read the next two. I hope to tackle them this month. :)
Thank you! :) I'm happy to be making any sort of progress. And thank you for the tag! :)
Thanks for commenting! :)
I'm sorry you've had a difficult couple of months, but I'm glad you had some positive things to balance that out! And I love your combat boots.ReplyDelete
And I definitely get you with the there's-only-eight-months-left-in-the-year crisis. Sometimes I still think it's February.Replies
Thank you--I love them too! :) And thank you for being understanding. :)Delete
My brain has so much trouble with time. *shakes head* But it's good to know I'm not the only one.
Thanks for commenting! :)
Aww, I totally understand about feeling drained and just needing time to cope and manage. *sends you coffee cake* I mean, I MISS YOU AND YOUR BLOG A LOT. But I understand! Take care of yourself! And I hope things look up soon? I had a really pitiful April (emotionally) myself, but I read a gargantuan amount of excellent books and that REALLY helped, thank goodness.ReplyDelete
Sadness about NaNo but at least 60K is a good thing, right?!?
I'm trying to tell myself I need new boots for Christmas even though...I really don't. But it would be so fuuuuuuun. *pines longingly* Instead I'll just write all my characters into combat boots and live vicariously through them. 😂Replies
*accepts coffee cake* *eats all of it* AWW, THANK YOU. THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. Things are starting to look up, so that's good. :) Reading lots of good books does wonders. *nods*Delete
'Tis indeed.
THANK YOU. I like them. *nods*
THEY ARE. *struts around in awesome combat boots*
Get the new boots. I dare you. :D
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Glad to hear your pastor is doing well!ReplyDelete
Hang in there! I mean, you've got combat boots and coffee, so those are two of the most important things to have if you're going to conquer dragons or the world, right?Replies
Thank you. :)Delete
You are absolutely correct. *gives you coffee beans* With combat boots and coffee I shall conquer all the the dragons. All of them.
Thanks for commenting! :)
The past two months have been rough on me too. *hugs* My grandfather passed away in March, financial troubles have been bombarding me, and I got in a car accident. Not fun. I'm glad to hear you're doing better. Edit edit edit. You can do it!ReplyDelete
*hugs you too* Oh, I'm so sorry your grandfather passed away. I'm sure that was really difficult. *gives you more hugs* And financial troubles are no fun. The same with car accidents. Take care of yourself--it's hard to bounce back from that sort of thing, so give yourself time.Delete
Thank you for your encouragement. :)
Thanks for commenting! :)
Maggie Stiefvater is awesome. It's objectively true. I love all her books. Your bookshelves look great! :)ReplyDelete
I'm sorry to hear that the last few months have been so rough on you, but it's good to hear that you are slowly sorting through everything. Take all the time you need (even if I do miss your posts) to take care of yourself.
Sending coffee and good editing thoughts your way :)Replies
She is, she really is. I've read four of her books so far, and they were all perfection. I'm assuming this will be the case for the ones I haven't read yet. Aww, thank you! :)Delete
Thank you for being so understanding. :)
Thanks for commenting! :)
We do miss you! But I do hope you get better soon. I'm sorry you've been feeling bad, especially mentally because that's more difficult to deal with than physical pain. It's very hard and most people don't understand it. Praying for you.ReplyDelete
Yes, even social media is draining. I get that so much.
In minuscule news, combat boots are so much fun! I recently got a pair too.Replies
Awww. Thank you. :) And thank you for saying that, because sometimes I worry that people won't understand, and it's nice to see someone else say it so I don't end up convincing myself I'm just being a wuss.Delete
They are! Congrats on getting your boots! :) Together we shall rule the world.
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i. MARY G. WINTER, b. January 1883, Chicago, Illinois; d. 1960; m. LOUIS A. SAHNER; b. about 1883, Pennsylvania. They had one daughter who is now deceased, Rita Barbara Sahner. She did not marry and had no children of her own.
ii. ALOYSIUS WOLFGANG WINTER, b. September 1884, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
d. 22 November 1959, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; m. VICTORIA P. BENZ, b. May 1882 in Pennsylvania; d. 20 June 1960, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They had 2 daughters and a son; Mary (1909-1981), Victoria (1911-1989), and Philip (1913-1975). Mary married, but had no children; Victoria, a successful Pittsburgh Realtor, never married; Philip had 2 sons...Philip Jr. and Mark, each with children.
iii. AUGUSTUS ALOYSIUS WINTER, b. 09 June 1886, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
d. 29 December 1963, Coral Gables, Florida. He married a woman named Margaret O'Neil. They had only been married a short time when she became quite ill and died. He then married Lillian (O'Neil) Henky (1886-1973), who was a widow with 5 children, and was the sister of Margaret O'Neil. "Gus", a WWI veteran, had no children of his own.
iv. WILLIAM JACOB WINTER, b. 07 November 1887, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d.
07 February 1936, Lyons, New Jersey; m. cousin ELIZABETH CAROLINE WINTER --daughter of Michael & Gertrude Winter; she was b. 12 January 1899, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d. 30 May 1940, East Orange, New Jersey. William was exposed to mustard Gas during WWI and was somewhat affected by it, in terms of some paralysis. He required the use of a cane after returning from the war. William lived in New Jersey and did not remain in Pittsburgh, as the rest of his siblings and parents did. They had 2 sons and a daughter; William Jr. (1922-?), Thomas Raymond Winter (1924-2010), and Elizabeth Barbara Winter (1926-1975). William Jr. never married; Thomas had 4 daughters; and Elizabeth had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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March 1983, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania; m. MARGARET SAYLOR; b. 13 October 1893; d. 24 January 1973, Pennsylvania. They had one daughter, Rosemary Gertrude Winter (1919-2001). Also known as "Dolly", her married name was MILLER, and she had 2 daughters, Margaret and Rosemary.
vi. HENRY WINTER, b. February 1895, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d. about
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vii. RAYMOND MICHAEL WINTER, b. August 1897, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d.
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Blood of the Air
Publication Date
March 2020
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Blood of the Air
Blood of the Air creates a new mythology, repurposing spectacle, stereotype, and song. Inspired by the fictions and frictions of the past, each poem in this collection complicates the next. Lush lyrical moments give way to fracture, vulnerability, and reinvention. The title poem—one of several found poems—calls attention to stories told in the wake of sexual violence. In "She Said," the collection's longest piece, language culled from the transcript of a seventeenth-century rape trial feels eerily familiar. Formally dexterous and refreshingly bold, the poems in Blood of the Air are urgent, moving, and fiercely imagined. Though blood can flow from the site of a wound, Codjoe seems to say, blood is also a sign of life.


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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Cheetos x Tirol Coffee Nougat チートすxチロルコーヒヌガー味コーンスナック
Posted by Kelly at 10:40 AM
This was released as the same time as the Kinako Cheetos x Tirol and is the same kind of thing except with a coffee nougat covering instead of kinako.
The thing that struck me when I opened the packet is it looks like someone did a doo-doo in the bag. Not only is it the right colour, but looks similar in shape too. Did I just gross you out? Do Japanese people not think of these things? Sorry.
Luckily they don't smell too bad, mostly a strong coffee scent. Once again the Cheetos are just plain, not cheese flavour and they are nice and crunchy.
The chocolate nougat coating is quite thin, so the Cheetos peeks through in certain places. I'm not really sure why it's called coffee nougat as there is no real nougat in essence. They probably just made a fancy name to up the interest, but really it is just coffee chocolate on a cheetos.
The coffee flavour is not strong enough, or the chocolate is not thick enough, so after the first bite the chocolate is gone and the plain pretzel is all you can taste. I'm abit disappointed about this one, the Kinako version was definitely much better.
This is not going to satisfy coffee lovers or nougat lovers. Better to buy the Kinako version.
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As I mentioned last night, I'm going to write my Newsflash BEDM today, since I have far more time (and a little more inclination). I'll be honest and say that I'm not really one to watch or read the news. I'm not oblivious to what goes on in the world, largely due to my Facebook and Twitter feed – but I don't go out of my way to find out what's going on. Mostly… the news is depressing.
However yesterday my partner mentioned something he'd seen about Eurovision. I joked I would do my newsflash BEDM about it, but when I came to google the news last night, it was actually one of the things that came up. I don't want to touch on anything serious or depressing, so I only looked at Entertainment news anyway!
On Saturday night, I watched Eurovision. A group of friends and I are always saying we should have a Eurovision party and every year we forget. In fact I didn't even know it was Eurovision day until that morning when someone mentioned it. Instead of getting together in person though, we ended up online together, discussing each song as it was on and rating out of five each. Its a lot of fun and I'd almost say its becoming a tradition! Now don't get me wrong, we all watch it very tongue in cheek. The Eurovision is cheesy, but that's exactly what we love about it. Also it baffles me how anyone thinks the UK ever stands a chance, when the whole show is far more about political voting, than it is about singing. That said, even if it was a singing competition, this year we definitely wouldn't have won anyway…. poor Bonnie.
So when I spotted this following article, I have to admit I was a little bemused. (Article here)
Eurovision: Azerbaijan probes Russian 'nul points'
Basically the general jist of the article is Russia awarded Azerbaijan the maximum 12 points where as Azerbaijan didn't award any to Russia. The president himself is having an inquest as to why this was, especially given that so many people generally and on the Eurovision board, seemed very pro Russia's entry.
From the way it reads, it basically confirms everything people believe about the competition being political instead of talent. The Azerbaijan present is worried that Russia will read something into their lack of points and perhaps be offended… or worse?
"We sincerely hope that this incident, possibly initiated by certain interest groups, will not cast a shadow over the brotherly relations of the Russian and Azerbaijani peoples," he said, without elaborating.
Did Azerbaijan fall foul to technology and the text votes it claims its people made, not actually count? (we've heard that excuse in the UK many times before). Was it some sort of ploy from an interest group, to make sure Russia didn't get any points? Or did the Azerbaijan people genuinely just not like the Russian entry?
In our rankings, Azerbaijan came joint second – along with Malta. Russia came third. Our top score was Greece. Do these countries get votes because of singing, or to keep the peace?
Till next year's Eurovision… (when we will be having a party!!)


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Building a high performing last viewed list using Redis
We live in a day and age in which we can choose a data-store that matches the characteristics of our apps and (micro) services. Lately we've been looking into Redis as a high performing store for last viewed items. In this blog I'll look show how to create a POC with the redis-cli and then implement it using .NET Core. We'll be using the sorted set structure.
When you dive into the topic of last viewed you see some interesting properties that need to be supported:
- We only need to store the 10 last viewed items.
- The last visited item should be stored at the beginning of the list.
- A product should only appear once in the list (at the right place).
- Families share accounts and people use tabs, so reads and writes come in asynchronously.
- There are many (!!) lists. Adding to and retrieval of the list should be as fast as possible as it cannot be cached.
Find a data structure that works
As an engineer I'm tempted to directly start programming a micro-service to see if I can make it work. But as the service is so tightly coupled to Redis, it is better to use the redis-cli first to see if we can create a flow that works. Once we've found that flow, we can turn it into a service.
Redis is so much more than just a key/value store. It has some interesting data-structures. Each structure comes with its own set of commands to manipulate the underlying data.
The data structure I'll be using is the sorted set. It works with a score that will influence the position (rank) of the item. The set is ordered from low to high, so the lowest scores are at the beginning of the list. I'll be using
0 - {time in ticks} as the score, so the last viewed products are at the beginning of the list.
ZADD: adding to the set
Let's do some testing! Just fire up Bash and make sure your Redis server is running:
sudo service redis-server restart. (I'm using the Windows Subsystem for Linux to run Redis locally.)
Let's see what happens when we add some with scores. I've created an
add.txt with the actual commands. I'll feed it to the redis-cli by doing:
cat add.txt | redis-cli. This gives me some room to fiddle around till it works. The file looks like this:
del set:1
zadd set:1 -1555596360001 alpha
zadd set:1 -1555596360002 beta
zadd set:1 -1555596360003 gamma
zadd set:1 -1555596360004 alpha
zadd set:1 -1555596360005 delta
zadd set:1 -1555596360006 epsilon
zadd set:1 -1555596360007 alpha
zadd set:1 -1555596360008 zeta
zadd set:1 -1555596360009 eta
zadd set:1 -1555596360010 theta
zadd set:1 -1555596360011 iota
zadd set:1 -1555596360012 kappa
zadd set:1 -1555596360013 alpha
zadd set:1 -1555596360014 lambda
zadd set:1 -1555596360015 mu
zadd set:1 -1555596360016 alpha
zrange set:1 0 -1
Everything in Redis works with a key. I'll be using the id of the user together with the prefix set: as a key. First I'll remove the key, so I can run the tests multiple times. Then I'll add some data using
zadd with the score. And finally I'll display they all the items in the set by doing a
Because each item has a lower score than the previous, it will be added to the beginning of the ordered set. I've created a visualization of how items are added. We're adding the aplha-item multiple times, so I highlighted it to make it easier to see how it "moves" through the list based on its score:
Each unique name is only added once; just like we would expect from a set.
We don't want to store more than is necessary – as every Wehkamp user has a last viewed list, things add up quickly.
To keep things clean, we'll remove everything from rank 10 and up. Remember: the lowest rank is
0 = the lowest score = the most recent date, as we do
0 - ticks.
To remove things from the ordered set, we must use the
zremrangebyrank command. We're starting at rank 10. As stop we'll use
-1, which indicates the highest rank.
zremrangebyrank set:1 10 -1
If the list is less than 10 items, nothing will happen; there is no exception thrown, so it is safe to execute.
If we want to view our items, we need to do:
zrange set:1 0 9
Let's visualize the combination of
zremrangebyrank and
Implementation in .NET
Now we know what we want, we can implement it into a service. I'll be using the StackExchange Redis nuget package to talk to Redis. Let's first define an interface for storage abstraction:
public interface ILastViewedStore
Task<bool> Add(int userId, string productId);
Task<bool> Add(int userId, string[] productIds);
Task<string[]> Get(int userId);
Task<bool> Delete(int userId);
string[] productIds is used to support a migration from our previous solution.
Setting up the basics
For the implementation of the store we'll use the
IDatabase provided by the StackExchange Redis package. We will do the setup of the class on startup time by dependency injection.
public class LastViewedStoreRedis : ILastViewedStore
private readonly int _size;
private readonly IDatabase _database;
public LastViewedStoreRedis(int size, IDatabase database)
_size = size;
_database = database;
private static string ConstructKey(int userId)
return $"set:{userId}";
private long GetScore()
var time = DateTime.Now.Ticks - DateTime.UnixEpoch.Ticks;
return 0 - time;
ConstructKey gives us a nice way to determine the key for the set. The
GetScore will give use a time-based score. To make the value smaller we're subtracting Unix Epoch ticks.
We can use dependency injection to setup the store and inject it where needed:
services.AddTransient<ILastViewedStore>(x =>
var connection = x.GetRequiredService<IConnectionMultiplexer>();
var database = connection.GetDatabase();
return new LastViewedStoreRedis(10, database);
Implementing add
On every add we need to do two things: add one or more items and remove anything that's out of range:
public Task<bool> Add(int userId, string productId)
return Add(userId, new[] {productId});
public Task<bool> Add(int userId, string[] productIds)
var key = ConstructKey(userId);
var entries = Array.ConvertAll(productIds, p =>
new SortedSetEntry(p, GetScore())
var trans = _database.CreateTransaction();
trans.SortedSetAddAsync(key, entries);
trans.SortedSetRemoveRangeByRankAsync(key, _size, -1);
return trans.ExecuteAsync();
I'm using a transaction to make sure both the add and remove are done together. More on transactions can be found here.
Fire and forget?
There is a
CommandFlags.FireAndForget flag that you could give to the operations, but it looks like this is something that is "invented" by the package (not by Redis) and should not be used in combination with
async. For more information, check this StackOverflow discussion and this one.
Implementing get & delete
The rest of the implementation is trivial:
public Task<bool> Delete(int userId)
var key = ConstructKey(userId);
return _database.KeyDeleteAsync(key);
public async Task<string[]> Get(int userId)
var key = ConstructKey(userId);
var stop = _size - 1;
var values = await _database.SortedSetRangeByRankAsync(key, 0, stop);
return Array.ConvertAll(values, x => (string) x);
That's it
We can now use the
ILastViewedStore in a controller and supply the API to the rest of the ecosystem. Because of Redis the performance improved significantly, we decreased the average response time of the Last Viewed Service with 78%.


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Hillcrest Lodge No. 594
Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 has earned the Designation:
"Cornerstone Lodge 2017 - 2019"
"The lodge deserves to be extremely proud of the level of proficiency that it has achieved and you are to be commended for your dedication and determination in meeting the Cornerstone challenge." - Brother 2 Brother Team.
Meets Second Monday of Each Month, 7:30 p.m.*
(except July and August)
*except October meets Second Tuesday
Map - Hillcrest Lodge No. 594
*except October meets Second Tuesday
Contact Information
The year was 1921, milk cost 10 cents a quart, butter cost 3 cents a pound and a haircut cost 25 cents. You could go to a silent movie for another quarter. Concession Street was the Main Street on Hamilton mountain with green fields a short walk away.
This period was also known as the "Roaring Twenties", having survived the war to end all wars in 1918, it was in this environment that Hillcrest Lodge was born.
On March 19th, 1921, a group of Mount Hamilton Masons met in Brown's hall to consider forming a lodge. It was decided that the following brethren would occupy the chairs.
W.M. - W. Bro. O.J. Newell - M.D.
I.P.M. - W. Bro. W.R. Madhill
S.W. - W. Bro. J.A. Yorick
J.W. - W. Bro. J.R. Gun
Sec. - Bro. J. Geddes
Treas. - Bro. M.T. Lockley
The initiation fee would be $60.00, ten dollars of which would go to the benevolent fund. The charter was signed by 29 members and forwarded to Grand Lodge.
On September 19th, 1921, Lee's hall on the third floor at 550 Concession Street was rented for $20.00 a month. This room was previously used as a dance studio and had to be renovated for Masonic purposes.
On December 30th, 1921, the ceremony of Installation took place with W. Bro. O.J. Newell installed as the first Worshipful Master of Hillcrest Lodge. At this time, dues were set for $5.00 and the affiliation fee was at $10.00.
The lodge met in this building until 1994 at which time the lodge purchased and renovated a vacant Salvation Army building on Mohawk Road West on Hamilton Mountain. On September 12th, 1994, the first regular meeting was held in the new Hillcrest Masonic Temple.
On Saturday April 8th, the cornerstone of the new temple was unveiled by R.W. Bro. James McAthur the District Deputy Grand Master of Hamilton District B. On Saturday, May 27th, in the same year, the dedication of the new temple was carried out by M.W. Bro. C. Edwin Drew, Grand Master. There were 33 members, 106 visitors and 80 Grand Lodge Officers in attendance.
Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 Becomes Mother Lodge to Composite Lodge No. 667
October 3, 1953 Composite Lodge No. 667 was formed from a number of brethren from Hillcrest Lodge No. 594, making Hillcrest Lodge the Mother Lodge of the newly instituted Composite Lodge.
After 62 years of faithful service, Composite Lodge No. 667 extinguished their lights on May 29, 2013, with M.W. Bro. D. Garry Dowling, Grand Master in attendance.
Below is a summary of Composite Lodge's history.
Congratulations to Hillcrest Lodge No. 594
2016 - 2017 "Cup of Harmony" Winner
R.W. Bro. Lou Domjan presents the "Cup of Harmony" to W. Bro. Gerry Neely, Worshipful Master of Hillcrest Lodge No. 594
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Hillcrest Lodge No. 594 the current District Award recipients of:
The Travelling Volume of the Sacred Law (Fall 2016)
"Cup of Harmony" (2016 - 2017)
Travelling Cane (May 15, 2016)
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Kerry has second lowest incidence rate of COVID-19 over past two weeks
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KARACHI: Pakistan launched a nationwide security crackdown Friday, officials said, after a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine, killing 75 people including 20 children and wounding hundreds.
AT least 37 terrorists were killed in encounter with the law enforcement agencies.
A statement from the Sindh Rangers said at least 18 terrorists had been killed in operations in Karachi overnight, while in separate security operations, six were killed in Orakzai; four in Bannu's Bakka Khel; two killed in a police encounter in DI Khan; three shot dead in Peshawar during search operation and two were killed in Sargodha.
The Islamic State group (IS) claimed the Sehwan attack, which came after a series of bloody extremist assaults this week.
"Both the federal and provincial law enforcement authorities and police started a crackdown across the country before dawn, and scores of suspects have been arrested from different cities," a government official speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP.
He said the sweeping operation will continue for the coming days.
Police had cordoned off the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a revered 13th century Muslim saint, early Friday, as forensic investigators arrived.
The popular shrine´s white floor was still smeared with blood, with scattered debris including shoes, shawls, and baby bottles. At least 20 children are believed to be among the dead, the head of Sehwan´s medical facility Moeen Uddin Siddiqui said.
At 3.30 am the shrine´s caretaker stood among the carnage and defiantly rang its bell, a daily ritual that he vowed to continue, telling AFP he will "not bow down to terrorists".
The Sindh provincial government announced three days of mourning as Pakistanis vented their grief and fury on social media, bemoaning the lack of medical facilities to help the wounded, with the nearest main hospital some 130 kilometres from the shrine.
The medical facilities in Sehwan are basic, and many of the injured were flown to Karachi and other major towns of Sindh in military planes and helicopters.
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Beauty Is Truth, And Truth Beauty -- No, Really!
Any time I argue in favor of Gregorian chant at Mass, there always seems to be somebody around -- somebody, that is, of the Haugen-Haas mindset -- to inform me that my preference for chant is purely a matter of taste, and that other people have different tastes and opinions. What never gets explained is why, if liturgical music is purely a matter of taste and opinion, their opinion always deserves to prevail over mine. The answer, of course, is that where no one acknowledges universal standards, the party that prevails is always the one with the most power. Thus, the ultimate end of relativism masquerading as "liberalism" or "tolerance" or "progressivism" is that might makes right.
Fortunately, however, there are universal standards; and even more fortunately, there are some in authority who stand up for them. Bishop Robert C. Morlino of the Diocese of Madison in Wisconsin is one such, and his recent column in the diocesan organ, the Catholic Herald, addresses precisely the question of beauty and the liturgy. The liturgy, he declares, "always requires beauty in its celebrations."
We must never forget that, being wounded by original sin, it is possible for us to take as good that which is not good. We are not only capable of loving what is unworthy but also of rationalizing it. Consider, for example, the ancient Roman taste for gladiatorial games, under the guise of admiring the combatants' skill and prowess. Of course, the need to rationalize a taste for violence, or overt sexual displays, or low company, or other forms of spiritual trash, at least shows that the person caught in those snares still realizes, deep in his core, that these things are wrong. Eventually, however, if we wallow long enough in baseness, that spark of conscience will be smothered and we will no longer see a need to rationalize.
When I enter a church built during the last century, do I feel as though I am in the portico of heaven? Or do I feel like I'm in an airplane hangar? Does the music make me feel as though I am at the foot of the Cross, or in the audience at a Broadway musical? If I were an alien from the Andromeda Galaxy observing the sacred liturgy, would I guess by the vessels used at Mass that they contain Something precious?...


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Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Savoy Theatre/Phoenix Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); Wonderful Town (Royal Exchange); The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre); Into the Woods (Royal Opera House); Les Misérables (the Palace Theatre/Queen's Theatre); The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre); Lautrec (the Shaftesbury Theatre); Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Oklahoma! (UK tour); Beauty and the Beast (UK and international tour) and Cats (international tour).
Regional theatre credits include: Anything Goes (Kilworth House Theatre); My Fair Lady (Kilworth House Theatre); Annie (Edinburgh); Only You Can Save Mankind (Soho Theatre); Whistle Down the Wind (Churchill Theatre); Merrily We Roll Along and Guys and Dolls (Chichester Theatre) and Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Hamlet (Kenneth More Theatre).
Directing credits include: Resident Director for School of Rock (New London Theatre); Assistant Director for The Railway Children (King's Cross Theatre); Assistant Resident Director for Guys and Dolls (Savoy Theatre Phoenix Theatre) and Director for Stars in the Round (Royal Albert Hall).
Film and television includes: Cilla (ITV); Subculture (Berserk Films); De-Lovely (Paramount); The Royal Variety Performance (BBC); The BRIT Awards (ITV); The Olivier Awards, Blue Peter, Live From the London Palladium and Children in Need.
Recordings include: Young Frankenstein, The Beautiful Game, Love Never Dies and Les Misérables.
Concerts include: Les Misérables 25th anniversary (O2 in North Greenwich) and The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary (Royal Albert Hall).


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Instant Turmeric -Sesame Scrambled Eggs
Serves 2
Cook time: 10 minutes
- 4eggs
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup water for Instant Pot
- 2 Tbsp green onions, green parts only, chopped
- 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
1. In a bowl, whisk the eggs and water with a pinch of salt. Pour the egg mixture into a heatproof bowl/jar.
Add all remaining ingredients from the list and mix well.
Add 1 cup of water to the inner pot of your Instant Pot, and insert the trivet.
Place the bowl/jar with the egg mixture on the trivet. Lock lid into place and set on the MANUAL setting for 5 minutes.
After the pressure cooking time has finished, carefully flip the Quick Release valve to let the pressure out.
Once all of the pressure releases the steam will no longer come out of the vent and you'll be able to open the lid. Serve hot.
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As many of you know I have been having some issues with my voice recently. I went to the doctor and they found what is called "voice nodules", they are very common for those who misuse or overuse their voice (I have done both). The doctor made it clear I am not to preach for roughly 6 weeks. We will have a great lineup of preachers and I am confident The Lord will use the messages to speak to your hearts. I am already looking forward to the opportunity to preach again.
"…But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones…" Jeremiah 20:9
Thank you so much for praying.


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Our History
Riser Chair Studio is an independent online company. We specialise in high quality, hand crafted British Riser Recliners. With some 20 years' experience of Riser Chairs.
When we first began selling riser chairs, we opened a specialist shop. While footfall was reasonable, there seemed to be little opportunity for growth. But as riser recliners became more and more popular and demand increased, prices rocketed, especially with the introduction of in house demonstrations.
About this time many foreign brands of Riser chair were introduced (mostly imported from the far east). While this tended to slow the price inflation, The quality proved indifferent and after a short trial we decided not to stock them any longer. These chairs are still available from many outlets, but we returned to the tried and tested British High Quality models and have done ever since.
We too started demonstrating the Risers to customers in their homes. After some months we found that, while sales were buoyant, the costs were high. The press advertising, sales commissions (the single biggest cost) glossy brochures, in house staff, office and warehousing was consuming most of the income. We had 2 options bump up our prices (a lot), or take a loss. (no prizes for guessing).
Although this system worked up to a point, the high prices meant that many people who needed the Risers could not possibly afford them. There had to be a way to offer a high quality product, at a reasonable price and still make a living. But any variation on the theme of Shop/demos and quality versus price, meant either very unacceptable high prices (thus reducing the market) or losses.
Then along came the internet! Suddenly the advertising was a minimal cost and there was no shop/showroom to worry about. Minimal costs meant minimal prices.
Now we could sell the same high quality British at extremely competitive prices and still get by, better we could grow the business. Without relying on indifferent imports.
Look at the chairs on this site and you will notice they are identical to those seen in shops or when demonstrated to you. They ARE the same chairs, British high standard, hand built Riser Recliners but at a price that is 40- 60% less.
How? Minimal advertising, no agents commissions, reduced office cost etc. etc.
So you can still see and try out the chairs - without paying extortionate prices.
Try them there - Buy them here. Get the best of both worlds
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Sometimes old is gold! This is one of my favourite Zimmerman pieces. It's literally a cross between a catsuit and dungarees. Which means I can dress it up with a pair of heels at night or dress it down with a platform trainer. Its super chic!
There's thick straps which give it the look of dungarees. They make it look a bit younger, fun and playful. Again this is a look that I tend to travel with. I can take it from day to night easily! For the evening I add gold hoops which give it a Spanish Senortia vibe. To dress it down I pair it with trainers. I can run around town with a jean jacket it's very simple and cool.
It has a higher waist and a flared leg which makes me look higher and taller. I'm actually quite short so this helps a lot! Especially when I'm in my trainers. The gold detailing on the straps and sides give it an edgy feel, with a hint of skin but not too open. It gives it more of a sexy younger look. Mostly I pair it with my Hermes platform trainers. Actually, any trainers will look great. I would suggest plain white, again one of my favourite lunch/daytime looks. Black and gold makes it look rich. And the gold hoops I'm wearing here are by Jennifer Fisher, she is one of my favourite jewellery designers. She also does a lot of personalised pieces which I love!


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Your TV 7 Video News from Israel June 26 2018
Published on Jun 25, 2018 by the TV 7 Israeli News YouTube channel – Visit tv7israelnews.com
1) U.S. President Donald Trump's top adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner revealed that Washington plans to announce in the near future its peace initiative for Israel and the Palestinians, yet underscores doubts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' will or ability to reach a peace agreement.
2) Syria's military launched a combined attack against rebel-held areas in the southwestern part of the war-torn-country, in defiance of the United States, which reiterated its demand of the Assad regime to halt any assault on territories adjacent to the border-regions with Israel and Jordan.
3) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK party claimed a decisive victory in country's presidential and parliamentary election.
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