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With Faile holding his head beneath her breasts, Perrin lost track of how long he cried. Images of his family flashed in his thoughts, his father smiling as he showed him how to hold a bow, his mother singing while she spun wool, Adora and Deselle teasing him when he shaved the first time, Paet wide-eyed at a gleeman during Sunday long ago. Pictures of graves, cold and lonely in a row. He wept until there were no more tears in him. When he finally pulled back, the two of them were alone except for Scratch, washing himself atop the ale barrel. He was glad the others had not remained to watch him. Faile was bad enough. In a way he was glad she had stayed; he only wished she had not seen or heard.
Taking his hands in hers, Faile sat in the next chair. She was so beautiful, with her slightly tilted eyes, large and dark, and her high cheekbones. He did not know how he was going to be able to make up to her for the way he had treated her these last few days. No doubt she would find a means to make him pay for it.
“Have you given up the notion of surrendering to the Whitecloaks?” she asked.
“It seems it wouldn’t do any good. They’ll be after Rand’s father, and Mat’s, whatever I do. My family . . . ” He quickly loosened his grip on her hands, but she smiled instead of wincing. “I have to get Master Luhhan and his wife free, if I can. And Mat’s mother and sisters; I promised him I would look after them. And do what I can about the Trollocs.” Maybe this Lord Luc had some ideas. At least the Waygate was blocked; no more would come through the Ways. He especially wanted to do something about the Trollocs. “I can’t manage any of that if I let them hang me.”
“I am very glad you see that,” she told him dryly. “Any more fool notions about sending me away?”
“No.” He braced himself for the storm, but she simply nodded as if the one word were what she expected and all she wanted. A small thing, nothing worth arguing over. She was going to make him pay large.
“We are five, Perrin, six if Loial is willing. And if we can find Tam al’Thor and Abell Cauthon . . . Are they as good with a bow as you?”
“Better,” he said truthfully. “Much better.”
She gave him a slight, disbelieving nod. “That will make eight. A beginning. Maybe others will join us. And then there’s Lord Luc. He will probably want to take charge, but if he’s not a crackbrain, it won’t matter. Not everyone who took the Hunter’s Oath is sensible, though.  She looked at him sharply, and he managed to keep the smile off his face. “That you’ve met some like that, I mean. I saw a pair of them once, remember.”
“Oh, them. Well, we can hope Lord Luc is not a boasting liar.” Her eyes became intent, and her grip tightened on his hands, not uncomfortably, but as though she was trying to add her strength to his. “You will want to visit your family’s farm, your home. I will come with you, if you will let me.”
“When I can, Faile.” Not now, though. Not yet. If he looked at those graves below the apple trees now . . . It was strange. He had always taken his own strength for granted, and now it turned out that he was not strong at all. Well, he was done with weeping like a babe. It was past time to be doing something. “First things first. Finding Tam and Abell, I suppose.”
Master al’Vere put his head into the common room, and came the rest of the way when he saw them sitting apart. “There is an Ogier in the kitchen,” he told Perrin with a bemused look. “An Ogier. Drinking tea. The biggest cup looks . . . ” He held two fingers as though gripping a thimble. “Maybe Marin could pretend Aiel walk in here every day, but she nearly fainted when she saw this Loial. I gave her a double tot of brandy, and she tossed it down like water. Nearly coughed herself to death; she doesn’t take more than wine, usually. I think she’d have drunk another, if I’d given it to her.” He pursed his lips and affected an interest in a nonexistent spot on his long white apron. “Are you all right now, my boy?”
“I’m fine, sir,” Perrin said hastily. “Master al’Vere, we cannot remain here much longer. Someone might tell the Whitecloaks you sheltered me.”
“Oh, there are not many would do that. Not all the Coplins, and not some of the Congars, even.” But he did not suggest they stay.
“Do you know where I can find Master al’Thor and Master Cauthon?”
“In the Westwood somewhere, usually,” Bran said slowly. “That’s all I know for sure. They move about.” Locking his fingers over his broad belly, he tilted his gray fringed head to one side. “You aren’t leaving are you? Well. I told Marin you would not, but she doesn’t believe me. She thinks it best for you to go away—best for you—and like most women she’s sure you will see things her way if she talks long enough.”
“Why, Master al’Vere,” Faile said sweetly, “I for one have always found men to be sensible creatures who only need to be shown the wisest path once to choose it.”
The Mayor favored her with an amused smile. “You will be talking Perrin into going then, I take it? Marin’s right; that is wisest, if he wants to avoid a noose. The only reason to stay is that sometimes a man can’t run. No? Well, no doubt you know best.” He ignored her sour look. “Come along, my boy. Let’s tell Marin the good news. Set your teeth and hold on to your intentions, because she won’t give up trying to shift you.”
In the kitchen, Loial and the Aiel were cross-legged on the floor. There was certainly no chair in the inn big enough for the Ogier. He sat with an arm resting on the kitchen table, tall enough sitting to look Marin al’Vere in the eye. Bran had exaggerated the smallness of the cup in Loial’s hands, though on second glance Perrin saw it was a white-glazed soup bowl.
Mistress al’Vere was still doing her best to pretend Aiel and Ogier were normal, bustling about with a tray of bread and cheese and pickles, making sure everyone ate, but her eyes did widen each time they landed on Loial, though he tried to put her at ease with compliments for her baking.  Given a few hours, they might send each other to bed with the shakes.
Loial heaved a deep bass sigh of relief at the sight of Perrin and set his cup—bowl—of tea on the table, but the next instant his broad face sagged sadly. “I am sorry to hear your loss, Perrin. I share your grief. Mistress al’Vere . . . ” His ears twitched wildly even without looking at her, and she gave another start. “ . . . has been telling me you will go, now there’s nothing to keep you here. If you wish it, I will sing to the apple trees before we leave.”
Bran and Marin exchanged startled looks, and the Mayor actually reamed at his ear with a finger.
“Thank you, Loial. I will appreciate that, when there’s time. But I have work to do before I can go.” Mistress al’Vere set the tray on the table with a sharp click and stared at him, but he kept on, laying out his plans, such as they were: Find Tam and Abell, and rescue the people the Whitecloaks held. He did not mention Trollocs, though he had vague plans there, too. Perhaps not so vague. He did not mean to leave while there was a Trolloc or Myrddraal alive in the Two Rivers. He fastened his thumbs behind his belt to keep from caressing his axe. “It won’t be easy,” he finished. “I will appreciate your company, but I will understand if you want to go. This isn’t your fight, and you have seen enough trouble through staying close to Emond’s Field folk. And you won’t write much of your book here.”
“Here or there, it is the same fight, I think,” Loial replied. “The book can wait. Perhaps I will have a chapter about you.”
“I said I would come with you,” Gaul put in without being asked. “I did not mean until the journey grew hard. I owe you blood debt.”
Bain and Chiad looked questioningly at Faile, and when she nodded, added their decisions to remain, too.
“Stubborn foolish,” Mistress al’Vere said, “the lot of you. Very likely you will all end up on gallows, if you live that long. You know that, don’t you?” When they only looked at her, she untied her apron and lifted it over her head. “Well, if you are foolish enough to stay, I suppose I had better show you where to hide.”
Her husband looked surprised at her sudden surrender, but he recovered quickly. “I thought perhaps the old sickhouse, Marin. No one ever goes there now, and I think it still has most of its roof.”
What was still called the new sickhouse, where people were taken to be tended if their illness was contagious, had stood east of the village, beyond Master Thane’s mill, since Perrin was a small boy. The old one, in the Westwood, had been all but destroyed in a fierce windstorm back then. Perrin remembered it as half-covered by vines and briars, with birds roosting in what was left of the thatch and a badger’s den under the back steps. It would be a good place to hide.
Mistress al’Vere gave Bran a sharp look, as though startled he had thought of it. “That will do, I suppose. For tonight, at least. That is where I will take them.”
“No need for you to do it, Marin. I can lead them easy enough, if Perrin doesn’t remember the way.”
“Sometimes you forget you’re the Mayor, Bran. You attract eyes; people wonder where you’re going and what you are up to. Why don’t you stay here, and if anyone drops by, see they go away thinking everything is just as it should be. There’s mutton stew in the kettle, and lentil soup that just needs heating. Now don’t mention the sickhouse to anyone, Bran. Best if no one even remembers it exists.”
“I am not a fool, Marin,” he said stiffly.
“I know you aren’t, dear.” She patted her husband’s cheek, but her fond look tightened as it shifted from Bran to the rest of them. “You do cause trouble,” she muttered before handing out instructions.
They were to travel in smaller parties so as not to attract attention. She would cross the village by herself and meet them in the woods on the other side. The Aiel assured her they could find the lightning-split oak she described, and slipped out by the back door. Perrin knew it, a huge tree, a mile beyond the edge of the village, that looked as if it had been cleft down the middle by an axe yet somehow continued to live and even flourish. He was sure he could go straight to the sickhouse itself with no trouble, but Mistress al’Vere insisted everyone meet at the oak.
 She looked up at Loial—standing now, his shaggy hair brushing the ceiling beams and sighed. “I do wish there was something we could do about your height, Master Loial. I know it is hot, but would you mind wearing your cloak, with the hood up? Even these days most people will soon convince themselves they didn’t see what they saw if it isn’t what they expect, but if they catch a glimpse of your face . . . Not that you aren’t quite handsome, I’m sure, but you’ll never pass for Two Rivers folk.”
Loial’s smile split his face in two beneath his wide snout of a nose. “The day doesn’t seem too warm for a cloak at all, Mistress al’Vere.”
Fetching a light, knit shawl with blue fringe, she accompanied Perrin, Faile and Loial out to the stableyard to see them off, and for a moment it appeared all their efforts at secrecy were doomed. Cenn Buie, looking made from gnarled old roots, was examining the horses with beady eyes. Especially Loial’s tall horse, as big as one of Bran’s Dhurrans. Cenn scratched his head, staring at the great saddle on the big horse.
Those eyes widened when they caught sight of Loial, and Cenn’s jaw flapped. “Tr—Tr—Trolloc!” he managed to get out at last.
“Don’t be an old fool, Cenn Buie,” Marin said firmly, stepping off to one side to pull the thatcher’s attention with her. Perrin kept his head down, studying his bow, and did not move. “Would I be standing on my own back doorstep with a Trolloc?” She gave a contemptuous sniff. “Master Loial is an Ogier, as you would know if you weren’t a cantankerous goose who would rather complain than look at what’s under his nose. Passing through, and with no time to be bothered by the likes of you. You be on about your business and leave our guests some peace. You know very well that Corin Ayellin has been after you for months about the poor work you did on her roof.”
Cenn mouthed the word “Ogier,” silent and blinking. For a moment it seemed he might rouse himself in defense of his handiwork, but then his gaze shifted to Perrin and narrowed. “Him! It’s him!  That was when we had Trollocs before. Now you’re back, and so are they. You going to tell me that’s coincidence? What’s wrong with your eyes? You sick?  The Children of the Light will settle you. See if they don’t.”
Perrin sensed Faile tensing, and hastily put a hand on her arm when he realized she was drawing a knife. What did she think she was doing? Cenn was an irascible old fool, but that was no reason for knives. She gave an exasperated toss of her head, but at least she left it at that.
“That is enough, Cenn,” Marin said sharply. “You keep this to yourself. Or have you started running to the Whitecloaks with tales, like Hari and his brother Darl? I’ve my suspicions why the Whitecloaks came rummaging through Bran’s books. They took six off with them, and lectured Bran under his own roof about blasphemy. Blasphemy, of all things! Because they didn’t agree with what was in a book. You’re lucky I don’t make you replace those books for him. They burrowed through the whole inn like weasels. Hunting for more blasphemous writings, they said, as if anyone would hide a book. Tumbled all the mattresses from the beds, upset my linen closets.
Cenn drew in on himself a little more with each sentence, until he looked to be trying to pull his bony shoulders over his head. “I didn’t tell them anything, Marin,” he protested. “Just because a man mentions—That is, I just happened to say, just in passing—” He shook himself, still avoiding her eye but regaining some of his old manner. “I mean to take this up with the Council, Marin. Him, I mean.” He pointed a gnarled finger at Perrin. “We’re all in danger as long as he’s here. If the Children find out you’re sheltering him, they might blame the rest of us. Upset closets won’t be in it, then.”
“This is Women’s Circle business.” Marin rewrapped her shawl about her shoulders and moved to stand eye to eye with the thatcher. He was a little taller than she, but her sudden air of grave formality gave her the edge. He spluttered, but she rode right over his attempts to slide a word in. “Circle business, Cenn Buie. If you think it isn’t—if you even dare think of calling me a liar—you go flapping your tongue. You breathe a word of Women’s Circle business to anyone, including the Village Council . . .  And eating what your milk cows leave. You think Council takes precedence over Circle? I’ll send Daise Congar over to convince you different, if you need convincing.”
Cenn flinched, as well he might. If Daise Congar was the Wisdom, she would probably force foul-tasting concoctions down his throat every day for the next year, and Cenn was too scrawny to stop her. Alsbet Luhhan was the only woman in Emond’s Field larger than Daise, and Daise had a mean streak and a temper to go with it. Perrin could not imagine her as Wisdom; Nynaeve would probably have a fit when she found out who had replaced her. Nynaeve had always believed she used sweet reason, herself.
“No need to get nasty, Marin,” Cenn muttered placatingly. “You want me to keep quiet, I’ll keep quiet. But Women’s Circle or no, you’re risking bringing the Children down on all of us.” Marin merely raised her eyebrows, and after a moment he slunk away, grumbling under his breath.
“Well done,” Faile said when Cenn disappeared around the corner of the inn. “I think I need to take lessons from you. I am not half so good at handling Perrin as you are with Master al’Vere and that fellow.” She smiled at Perrin to show she was joking. At least, he hoped that was what it meant.
“You have to know when to rein them short,” the older woman replied absently, “and when there’s nothing to do but give them their head. Letting them have their way when it isn’t important makes it easier to check them when it is.” She was frowning after Cenn, not really paying attention to what she was saying, except maybe when she added, “And some should be tied in the stall and left there.”
Perrin leaped in hastily. Faile certainly did not need any advice of this sort.
Hesitating, she said, “I believe he will. Cenn was born with a sore tooth that’s only gotten worse as he ages, but he isn’t like Hari Coplin or that lot.” Still, she had hesitated.
“We had best be moving,” he said. No one argued.
The sun was higher than he had expected, past its midday height already, which meant most people were indoors for their dinner. The few still out, mainly boys minding sheep or cows, were busy eating what they had brought with them wrapped up in a cloth, too absorbed in their food and too far from the cart paths to pay much mind to anyone passing. Still, Loial earned some stares despite the deep hood hiding his face. Even on Stepper Perrin came short of the Ogier’s chest on his tall mount. To the people who saw them from a distance they must have looked like an adult with two children, all on ponies, leading packponies. Certainly not a usual sight, but Perrin hoped that was what they thought they saw. Talk would draw notice. He had to avoid that until he got Mistress Luhhan and the others free. If only Cenn kept his peace. He kept the hood of his own cloak up, too. That might also cause talk, but not as much as if anyone saw his beard and realized he was definitely not a child. At least the day was not particularly warm. It almost felt like spring, not summer, after Tear.
He had no trouble finding the split oak, the two halves leaning apart in a wide fork with the inner surface black and hardened like iron, the ground beneath the thick spreading branches clear. Merely crossing the village was much shorter than going around, so Mistress al’Vere was already waiting, shifting her shawl a trifle impatiently. The Aiel were there, too, squatting on the mulch of old oak leaves and squirrel chewed acorn hulls, Gaul apart from the two women. The Maidens and Gaul watched each other almost as closely as the surrounding woods. Perrin had no doubt they had managed to reach this spot unobserved. He wished he had that ability; he could stalk fairly well in the woods, but the Aiel did not seem to care if it was forest or farmland or city. When they did not want to be seen, they found a way not to be seen.
Mistress al’Vere insisted they go the rest of the way afoot, claiming the way was too overgrown for riding. Perrin did not agree, but he dismounted anyway. No doubt it would not be comfortable leading folk on horseback while on foot.  He needed a look at the Whitecloak camp up at Watch Hill before deciding how to rescue Mistress Luhhan and the others. And where were Tam and Abell hiding? Neither Bran nor Mistress al’Vere had said; perhaps they did not know. If Tam and Abell had not brought the prisoners out already, it was not an easy task. He had to do it somehow, though. Then he could turn his attention to Trollocs.
No one from the village had come this way in years, and the path had vanished, yet tall trees kept the undergrowth down to a large extent. The Aiel slipped along silently with everyone else, acceding to Mistress al’Vere’s insistence that they all stay together. Loial murmured approvingly at great oaks or particularly tall fir trees and leatherleaf. Occasionally a mocker or redbreast sang in the trees, and once Perrin smelled a fox watching them pass.
Suddenly he caught man scent that had not been there a moment before, heard a faint rustle. The Aiel tensed, crouching with spears ready. Perrin reached to his quiver.
“Be at ease,” Mistress al’Vere said urgently, motioning for weapons to be lowered. “Please, be at ease.”
Abruptly there were two men standing ahead, one tall and dark and slender to the left, the other short, stocky and graying to the right. Both held bows with arrows nocked, ready to raise and draw, with quivers balancing the swords on their hips. Both wore cloaks that seemed to fade into the surrounding foliage.
“Warders!” Perrin exclaimed. “Why didn’t you tell us there are Aes Sedai here, Mistress al’Vere? Master al’Vere never mentioned it either. Why?”
“Because he doesn’t know,” she said hurriedly. “I did not lie when I said this is Women’s Circle business.” She turned her attention to the two Warders, neither of whom had relaxed an inch. “Tomas, Ihvon, you know me. Put those bows down. You know I’d not bring anyone here if they meant harm.”
“An Ogier,” the gray haired man said, “Aiel, a yellow-eyed man—the one the Whitecloaks seek, of course—and a fierce young woman with a knife.” Perrin glanced at Faile; she held a blade ready to throw. He agreed with her this time. These might be Warders, but they showed no sign of lowering their bows yet; their faces might as well have been carved from anvils. The Aiel looked ready to begin dancing the spears without waiting to veil themselves. “A strange group, Mistress al’Vere,” the older Warder went on. “We shall see. Ihvon?” The slender man nodded and melted into the undergrowth; Perrin could barely hear the fellow’s going. Warders moved like death itself when they wanted to.
“What do you mean, Women’s Circle business?” he demanded. “I know Whitecloaks would cause trouble if they knew about Aes Sedai, so you wouldn’t want to tell Hari Coplin, but why keep it secret from the Mayor? And us?”
“Because we agreed to,” Mistress al’Vere said irritably. The irritation seemed meant in equal parts for Perrin and the Warder still guarding them—there was no other word for it—with maybe a bit left over for the Aes Sedai. “They were at Watch Hill when the Whitecloaks came. No one there knew who they were except the Circle there, who passed them on to us to hide. From everyone, Perrin. It’s the best way to keep a secret, if only a few know. Light preserve me, I know two women who have stopped sharing their husbands’ beds for fear they might talk in their sleep. We agreed to keep it secret.”
“Why did you decide to change that?” the gray haired Warder asked in a hard voice.
“For what I consider good and sufficient reasons, Tomas.” From the way she shifted her shawl, Perrin suspected she was hoping the Circle—and the Aes Sedai—thought so, too. Rumor had it the Circle could be even harder on each other than they were on the rest of the village. “Where better to hide you, Perrin, than with Aes Sedai? Surely you aren’t afraid of them, not after leaving here with one. And . . . You will find out soon enough. You just have to trust me.”
“There are Aes Sedai and Aes Sedai,” Perrin told her. But those he considered the worst, the Red Ajah, did not bond Warders; the Red Ajah did not like men very much at all. This Tomas had dark unwavering eyes. They might rush him, or better simply leave, but the Warder would surely put an arrow through the first one to do something he did not like, and Perrin was ready to bet the man had more shafts handy for easy nocking. The Aiel seemed to agree; they still looked ready to spring in any direction at any moment, but they looked as if they could stand where they were until the sun froze, too. Perrin patted Faile on the shoulder. “It will be all right,” he said.
“Of course it will,” she replied, smiling. She had put the knife away. “If Mistress al’Vere says it, I trust her.”
Perrin hoped she was right. He did not trust as many people as he once had. Not Aes Sedai. And maybe not even Marin al’Vere. But maybe these Aes Sedai would help him fight Trollocs. He would trust anyone who did that. But how far could he rely on Aes Sedai? They did what they did for their own reasons; the Two Rivers was home, to him, but to them it might be a stone on a stones board. Faile and Marin al’Vere appeared to be trusting, though, and the Aiel waited. For the moment, it seemed he had little choice.


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Foster child discovered bound, gagged in closet
KMGH-TV 7 Denver | Submitted by: Tim Howard
"A Denver foster mother faced charges of child abuse Friday after a 15-year-old developmentally disabled girl was found bound in a closet by a social worker. ... According to investigators, the teenager was found last month in the basement closet of Royal's home with a sock stuffed in her mouth. The girl had been placed backward into a pair of footed-pajamas and her arms were bound to her body with a T-shirt, sweat pants, shirt and panty hose... The girl was found kneeling in the closet with the lights off and the door closed, police said."
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Independent Online | Submitted by: Sad Sam
"A Moroccan street vendor has been sentenced to a year in prison for tearing up a calendar that contained a portrait of King Mohammed VI, according to a report published on Monday. An appeals court in the southern resort city of Agadir convicted 30-year-old Boujemaa Ouardi earlier this month for 'outrage to the person of the king,' the French-language weekly Le Journal reported. A lower court had sentenced Ouardi to five years in prison -- the maximum penalty allowed by the Moroccan constitution for offences to the king, whose image is considered 'inviolable and sacred.'"
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Australia pursuing nuclear weapons, maybe
News Corporation | Submitted by: poorjon
"Australia is giving itself the option of becoming a nuclear power through a deal with the US to obtain nuclear weapons and extensive investment in atomic expertise, it has been claimed. A leading strategic policy expert says Australia is forging an understanding with the US that would ensure quick access to 'off the shelf' tactical nuclear weapons during a crisis. And a former senior Howard Government science adviser says the new $600 million reactor at Lucas Heights will ensure Australia has the skills and technology to launch a nuclear weapons program. ... A spokeswoman for the Federal Government said the claims were 'absurd'. 'Australia is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has made a legal commitment to not acquire nuclear weapons, and this is enshrined in legislation,' spokeswoman Willie Herron said."
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New Jersey killing Canadians in gas chamber
Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: poorjon
" About 100,000 Canada geese have crossed the border into a New Jersey county, flapping among the residents and leaving their droppings wherever they go. ... Local officials call the geese a nuisance, saying their droppings are causing health and safety problems. The county has rounded up hundreds of geese and killed them in portable gas chambers, angering animal lovers."
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Murder suspect arrested outside anger management class
home.hamptonroads.com | Submitted by: The Good Doctor
"A man wanted in connection with a shooting last month in Durham, N.C., that killed a woman and injured three others, including a toddler, was apprehended late Wednesday as he left an anger management class here. Brian Keith Hargrove, 29, of Clarksville, was picked up as he left Sentencing Options... [He] had been ordered by a judge to attend a domestic violence counseling program for a previous assault conviction in Norfolk, court records show."
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American Idol viewers petitioning feds for recount
WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Tim Howard
"Fans are still stinging over Clay Aiken's loss of the American Idol title to Ruben Studdard -- and they want the Federal Communications Commission to do something about it. According to the Smoking Gun Web site, Aiken's fans have 'swamped' the agency with letters that accuse the Idol network Fox of sabotaging his chances of winning the competition and are calling for an investigation of the voting process claiming that the network limited his fans' ability to get through on phone lines."
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Mathematician analyzes Supreme Court justices
Science News | Submitted by: prettynwitty
"The U.S. Supreme Court -- already in the news this week for its decisions on affirmative action -- is highlighted in a scientific journal. ... Lawrence Sirovich, a mathematician at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, calculated that the current Supreme Court of nine judges behaves as if it were made up of about 4.68 'ideal' judges -- adjudicators who make their decisions completely independently of each other. To put that figure in perspective, Sirovich says, a court with a strict liberal-conservative divide would behave as if it had only one judge because all decisions would be determined purely by which faction made up the majority."
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Dad brings 7-year-old barhopping
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"As a 37-year-old Norwegian man fell asleep on the street, extremely drunk after a night on the town in Denmark, his 7-year-old son was watching over him. ... At the end of the evening the father was so drunk he fell asleep on the pavement, according to Dagbladet. The man's 7-year-old son was sat on the pavement watching over his drunken dad. After a while, some locals discovered the father and his son and called the police, who arrived just after midnight."
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Marijuana doctor could lose medical license
Sacramento Bee | Submitted by: Tim Howard
"A doctor who recommended that thousands of his patients use marijuana is facing charges that could cost him his medical license, but the physician and his supporters say the case is merely an attempt to hush a vocal advocate for medicinal use of the drug. Tod H. Mikuriya, 69, wrote marijuana recommendations for 7,500 of his patients without conducting sufficient medical examinations, according to officials with the Medical Board of California, which has moved to revoke or suspend the doctor's license. ... Mikuriya, a psychiatrist specializing in the history of medical cannabis, insists marijuana is very effective in alleviating chronic pain, muscle spasms, depression and alcoholism."
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Death row prisoner claims genetic predisposition
Court TV | Submitted by: Tim Howard
"As a troubled youngster, Landon May worried he had inherited 'bad blood' from his father, a notorious killer on Pennsylvania's death row. Now, on death row himself for the torture killings of a school principal and her husband, May is hoping the state Supreme Court might give him another chance to argue he was fated to follow in his father's violent footsteps. In an unusual appeal, May's lawyer said experts should have been allowed to testify when jurors were deliberating May's sentence that he was genetically predisposed to violence, given his family history."
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WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: skeletor
"A motorist who allegedly hit and killed a 3-year-old boy was dragged from his car and beaten by a group of men who saw the crash... More than a dozen men, friends of the boy's father, saw the crash and stopped the car about a half-block away... The men dragged Martinez, 37, out of the driver's seat and punched him in the head several times... After the beating, Martinez walked back to see how the child was doing, then said he was going to leave because he didn't have a driver's license... The group of men pounced on him again."
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Paul Gascoigne makes bold prediction about Tottenham under Jose Mourinho
Paul Gascoigne has been speaking about Jose Mourinho, Mauricio Pochettino and Spurs
by Paul ClarkePaul Gascoigne has opened up on the departure of Mauricio Pochettino and what Jose Mourinho can offer at Tottenham.
Spurs parted ways with Pochettino after five years on Tuesday night, with Daniel Levy 'reluctantly' coming to the decision.
Pochettino helped the club to four successive top-four finishes in the Premier League but failed to win a trophy.
Tottenham made the Champions League final in June but lost to Liverpool and their form this season has never recovered from a poor end to the 2018/19 league campaign.
Mourinho has now landed the job and Gascoigne has provided his verdict on the two quickfire decisions from Spurs.
"I think it was always a matter of time. I was at the England game the other week and I got wind of it," Gascoigne told Sky Sports.
"Obviously it's not nice for anyone in football to get sacked but Man City are putting pressure on everybody and they are all looking for the best.
"As far as I'm concerned, Jose Mourinho is the best. He is an unbelievable manager. Alex Ferguson was an unbelievable manager and the best ever but Jose Mourinho is not far from him. You can't get any better than him.
"I was at the legends game and we went to Tottenham's training ground and Jose Mourinho was there having a look around.
"With Mourinho labelled the 'special one' and Tottenham's training ground a special place, the two go together really.
"All you have to look at is his trophy cabinet. The players haven't won anything. If your playing for that guy, you know you are going to win trophies. Tottenham's future looks bright."


Video: Gareth Bale jeered by Real Madrid fans after making return from Wales duty
by Tom McNeilIt will be interesting to see how long the Real Madrid fans decide to stay in the huff with Gareth Bale. Yes he did celebrate Wales qualifying with a flag that read “Wales-golf-Madrid – in that order” on it, but it was clearly a bit of fun.
It was also his chance to take a shot back at the Spanish press who have been so keen to put him down because of his love of golf.
READ MORE: Photo: Real Madrid fan presents banner MOCKING Gareth Bale for the Wales-golf-Madrid flag
He received a frosty reception at The Bernabeu tonight as he was jeered onto the pitch by the home faithful:
It seems they also decided to make their feelings known in the warm up as well:
If there’s any club in the world that loves drama then it’s Real Madrid. He might not even have to win the fans over, it could just be a case of waiting for someone else to do something wrong and letting them take the abuse instead.


Windows Service in 2018
Most people don't write Windows services anymore. We have the cloud. You can write WebJobs or Functions instead. However in the rare case you have to, say a client with an on-premise server room because their internet connection is awful and a need for background jobs, then this is how I did it.
Topshelf - To manage the windows service and simplify development.
FluentScheduler - To schedule jobs.
Polly - To add resilience and fault handling.
Autofac - To glue everything together with dependency injection.
Serilog and Seq - For logging and debugging.
Topshelf
Topshelf makes developing Windows services easy. You develop a console app which you can install as a Windows service. By making testing in development as simple as running a console app, you significantly reduce the feedback loop and ease of development.
The one caveat is it doesn't support .NET Core yet. There is a develop branch with support. I wouldn't run critical production apps off of it yet. Nevertheless, it should be simple to switch once it does by upgrading the Nuget package and changing the target framework from full framework to .NET Core.
FluentScheduler
I've avoided creating multiple windows services (and thereby many deployment artefacts) by using FluentScheduler.
You create a job by implementing the IJob interface. Here's a simple job:
public class TimerJob : IJob
{
public void Execute()
{
var timer = new System.Timers.Timer(1000) { AutoReset = true };
timer.Elapsed += (sender, eventArgs) => Console.WriteLine("It is {0} and all is well", DateTime.Now);
timer.Start();;
}
}
You then registry the job by inheriting from Registry class:
class TimerRegistry : Registry
{
public TimerRegistry(TimerJob job, AppConfig appConfig)
{
if (appConfig.RunTimerJob)
{
Schedule(job).WithName(job.GetType().FullName).ToRunNow();
}
}
}
The above job runs when the service starts. You can configure when the job runs with a fluent builder. Here's a job that runs every day at 4 AM.
Schedule(job).WithName(job.GetType().FullName).ToRunEvery(1).Days().At(4, 0);
I'm using one registry class per job to keep it clean and separated.
Polly
In the real world, errors happen, HTTP calls fail, and you want to handle that. Polly adds a level of resilience allowing retry strategies if failures occur.
private async Task ExecuteAsync()
{
var policyResult = await Policy
.Handle<Exception>()
.RetryAsync(3)
.ExecuteAndCaptureAsync(async () =>
{
_logger.Information("Attempting to retrieve");
return await DoThing();
});
if (policyResult.Outcome == OutcomeType.Failure)
{
_logger.Error(policyResult.FinalException, "Could not retrieve status");
return;
}
var response = policyResult.Result;
_logger.Information($"Status is {response}");
}
Autofac
I've chosen Autofac for dependency injection. You could use any DI framework. Using assembly scanning I registry all the Jobs and Registries.
builder.RegisterAssemblyTypes(TheBackgroundWorker.Assembly)
.Where(t => t.IsAssignableTo<IJob>()).AsSelf();
builder.RegisterAssemblyTypes(TheBackgroundWorker.Assembly)
.Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Registry))).As<Registry>();
The registry objects injected into BackgroundWorkers which configure FluentScheduler's JobManager.
public class BackgroundWorkers
{
private readonly IEnumerable<Registry> _registries;
public BackgroundWorkers(IEnumerable<Registry> registries, ILogger logger)
{
_registries = registries;
JobManager.JobStart += info => logger.Information($"Scheduled job {info.Name} started");
JobManager.JobEnd += info => logger.Information($"Scheduled job {info.Name} finished");
JobManager.JobException += info =>
logger.Error(info.Exception, $"An error occurred on scheduled job {info.Name}");
}
public void Start()
{
JobManager.Initialize(_registries.ToArray());
}
public void Stop()
{
JobManager.Stop();
}
}
Finally BackgroundWorkers in called by Topshelf when the service is started and stopped.
var backgroundWorkers = container.Resolve<BackgroundWorkers>();
var rc = HostFactory.Run(x =>
{
x.Service<BackgroundWorkers>(s =>
{
s.ConstructUsing(name => backgroundWorkers);
s.WhenStarted(tc => tc.Start());
s.WhenStopped(tc => tc.Stop());
});
});
Summary
I have a Windows service that is easy to develop, easy to deploy and easy to add additional jobs to which can be scheduled as required and can be resilient to faults. It is an easy upgrade to .NET Core once Topshelf releases .NET Core version (you can try the preview now). All the sample code which ties all these excellent packages together found at https://github.com/glenhallworth/WindowsService.


Prepare the salsa: Set a grater in a large bowl; grate the tomatoes and onion into the bowl. Add the jalapeno, chopped garlic, hot sauce, cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Heat a medium skillet over low heat and add 2 teaspoons olive oil. Fry the salsa in the oil until it thickens slightly, 3 minutes. Remove to a bowl and set aside. Add the beans to the same pan along with the smashed garlic, 1/2 cup warm water and a pinch of salt; cook over low heat until warmed through, smashing slightly with a fork. Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in another skillet. Fry the eggs sunny-side up; season with pepper. Place 1 warm tortilla on each plate. Divide the beans among them, then top with a fried egg, some salsa and cheese. Sprinklewith cilantro and serve with the remaining salsa.
Divide the meat into 4 portions (about 6 ounces each). Using your hands, form each portion into a ball-shape by gently tossing it from 1 hand to the other. (Don't over work or press too firmly on the meat.) Gently form each portion into a patty about 3 1/2 inches wide and 1-inch-thick.
Place the pizza stone or tile onto the bottom of a cold oven and turn the oven to its highest temperature, about 500 degrees F. If the oven has coils on the oven floor, place the tile onto the lowest rack of the oven. Split the pizza dough into 2 equal parts using a knife or a dough scraper. Flatten into a disk onto the countertop and then fold the dough into a ball.
Coat a large nonstick skillet or griddle with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Working in batches, pour about 1/4 cup batter into the skillet for each pancake. Cook until bubbly on top, about 4 minutes, then flip and cook until the other side is golden brown, about 2 more minutes. Transfer the finished pancakes to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Serve the pancakes topped with the strawberry sauce; top with butter, confectioners' sugar or whipped cream, if desired.


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Frescoed French Riviera apartment lists for €1.38m
by Jo WebberGilded Age glamour comes alive inside this coastal apartment in the south of France’s Côte d’Azur.
Château D’Azur was built for the eccentric American cosmetics millionaire E Virgil Neal in 1932 by Parisian architects Argentino and Gaujoin, and it’s lurid with Gatsby-esque decadence and folly.
Inspired by the 16th-century castle at Azay-le-Rideau in the Loire Valley, traditional French and Italianate influences combine with Art Deco features of the time inside the historic building. Rooms are vibrant with frescoes, paintings, marble and gilded mouldings.
The Nice property has been divided up into several apartments, and this 310 sq m bolthole is in the mansion’s former reception rooms comprises a triple living room, kitchenette and bedroom.
It’s on the market via Espaces Atypique for €1.38m, and an original fireplace and floorboards have been retained in the hillside home. Windows peek out towards downtown Nice and Monaco –10 and 15 minutes drive away respectively – as well as the sea.


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calls to the function setClass
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directly, except perhaps to look at individual slots.
Class definitions are stored as metadata in various packages.
Additional metadata supplies information on inheritance (the result of
calls to setIs
). Inheritance information implied by the
class definition itself (because the class contains one or more other
classes) is also constructed automatically.
When a class is to be used in an R session, this information is
assembled to complete the class definition. The completion is a
second object of class "classRepresentation"
, cached for the
session or until something happens to change the information. A call
to getClass
returns the completed definition of a class;
a call to getClassDef
returns the stored definition
(uncompleted).
In particular, completion fills in the upward- and downward-pointing
inheritance information for the class, in slots contains
and
subclasses
respectively. It's in principle important to note
that this information can depend on which packages are installed,
since these may define additional subclasses or superclasses.
slots
:A named list of the slots in this class; the elements of the list are the classes to which the slots must belong (or extend), and the names of the list gives the corresponding slot names.
contains
:A named list of the classes this class
‘contains’; the elements of the list are objects of
SClassExtension
. The list may be only the
direct extensions or all the currently known extensions (see the
details).
virtual
:Logical flag, set to TRUE
if this is
a virtual class.
prototype
:The object that represents the standard
prototype for this class; i.e., the data and slots returned by a
call to new
for this class with no special
arguments. Don't mess with the prototype object directly.
validity
:Optionally, a function to be used to test
the validity of objects from this class.
See validObject
.
access
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className
:The character string name of the class.
package
:The character string name of the package to which the class belongs. Nearly always the package on which the metadata for the class is stored, but in operations such as constructing inheritance information, the internal package name rules.
subclasses
:A named list of the classes known to
extend this class'; the elements of the list are objects of class
SClassExtension
. The list is currently only
filled in when completing the class definition (see the details).
versionKey
:Object of class "externalptr"
;
eventually will perhaps hold some versioning information, but not
currently used.
sealed
:Object of class "logical"
; is this
class sealed? If so, no modifications are allowed.
See function setClass
to supply the information in the
class definition.
See Classes_Details for a more basic discussion of class information.


Rich Games on Thingiverse
Just a quick note to say that Rich Games is on Thingiverse!
Actually, I’ve had an account on there for some time now but haven’t really gotten into creating models until more recently. I am planning for this to be a hub of models for more of my experiments with out of print abstract strategy games as well as some original ones I have in mind. Feel free to check it out from time to time and enjoy!


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Games Club of Maryland owns over 300 games in its own member game library.
One of the benefits of being a GCOM Patron or Supporting Member is the ability to borrow games from the library free of charge for up to 45 days.
A portion of the Game Library is always present at our major events, Game Days, the Family Picnic, and Euro Quest.
If you are interested in borrowing a game, feel free to search through the library using the first link below and then request a game using the second link below.


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gameCycle()
- Method in class gui.
AsteroidsSpace
Game's main cycle.
gameFrame
- Variable in class gui.
AsteroidsSpace
gameLabel
- Variable in class gui.
AsteroidsSpace
gameLabel
- Variable in class gui.
MainSpace
gamePanel
- Variable in class gui.
AsteroidsSpace
gamePanel
- Variable in class gui.
MainSpace
GameSpace
- Class in
gui
GameSpace()
- Constructor for class gui.
GameSpace
Default constructor of GameSpace.
genEndWall()
- Method in class Logic.
Enemy
generates the wall where the enemy shall disappear from.
genPos()
- Method in class Logic.
Enemy
Generates a random number for a position to be defined.
genStartWall()
- Method in class Logic.
Enemy
Generates the wall where the enemy shall appear from.
getAlive()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the living status of a character.
getAngle()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the current Character angle.
getBoost()
- Method in class Logic.
Spaceship
Gets whether the spaceship has been boosted or not.
getDeclive()
- Method in class Logic.
Spaceship
Gets the inclination of the line.
getElapsedTime()
- Method in class Logic.
Stopwatch
Gets the elapsed time of the stopwatch, in milliseconds.
getElapsedTimeSecs()
- Method in class Logic.
Stopwatch
Gets the elapsed time of the stopwatch, in seconds.
getEnemies()
- Method in class Logic.
Command
Gets the vector of enemies of the current game.
getEnemies()
- Method in class Logic.
Universe
Gets the array of the enemies alive.
getFinalX()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the final X position of the character in the pane.
getFinalY()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the final Y position of the character in the pane.
getGame()
- Method in class Logic.
Universe
Gets the current Game.
getInitialPoint()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the initial position of the character on the screen.
getLevel()
- Method in class Logic.
Command
Gets the level within the game.
getListeningKey()
- Method in class gui.
GameSpace
Returns the key that has been pressed.
getOrigin()
- Method in class Logic.
Spaceship
Gets the Y in the Origin of the line.
getScore()
- Method in class gui.
AsteroidsSpace
Gets the final score of the spaceship.
getScore()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the current value in score of a character.
getShape()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the polygon correspondent to the character in-game.
getShots()
- Method in class Logic.
Spaceship
Gets the vector of shots of a Spaceship.
getSpaceship()
- Method in class Logic.
Universe
Gets the array of the current players in game.
getSpeed()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the current value of speed of a character.
getStartX()
- Method in class Logic.
Enemy
Gets the starting X position of the enemy in the pane.
getStartY()
- Method in class Logic.
Enemy
Gets the starting Y position of the enemy in the pane.
getTestField()
- Method in class Test.
AsteroidTest
Gets the Test Field.
getTotalScore()
- Method in class Logic.
Spaceship
Gets the total score of a spaceship.
getType()
- Method in class Logic.
Enemy
Gets the enemy type of an asteroid.
getTypeAst()
- Method in class Logic.
Asteroid
Gets the type of an asteroid.
getX()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the position X of the character on the pane.
getXCoordinates()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the array with the coordinates of X where the character shall go through.
getY()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the position Y of the character on the pane.
getYCoordinates()
- Method in class Logic.
Character
Gets the array with the coordinates of Y where the character shall go through.
goToNextLevel()
- Method in class Logic.
Command
Advances to next level.
goToNextLevel()
- Method in class Test.
AsteroidTest
gPanel
- Variable in class gui.
AsteroidsSpace
gPanel
- Variable in class gui.
MainSpace
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| PostgreSQL 9.0.10 Documentation | ||||
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This module implements the hstore data type for storing sets of key/value pairs within a single PostgreSQL value. This can be useful in various scenarios, such as rows with many attributes that are rarely examined, or semi-structured data. Keys and values are simply text strings.
The text representation of an hstore, used for input and output, includes zero or more key => value pairs separated by commas. Some examples:
k => v foo => bar, baz => whatever "1-a" => "anything at all"
The order of the pairs is not significant (and may not be reproduced on output). Whitespace between pairs or around the => sign is ignored. Double-quote keys and values that include whitespace, commas, =s or >s. To include a double quote or a backslash in a key or value, escape it with a backslash.
Each key in an hstore is unique. If you declare an hstore with duplicate keys, only one will be stored in the hstore and there is no guarantee as to which will be kept:
SELECT 'a=>1,a=>2'::hstore; hstore ---------- "a"=>"1"
A value (but not a key) can be an SQL NULL. For example:
key => NULL
The NULL keyword is case-insensitive. Double-quote the NULL to treat it as the ordinary string "NULL".
Note: Keep in mind that the hstore text format, when used for input, applies before any required quoting or escaping. If you are passing an hstore literal via a parameter, then no additional processing is needed. But if you're passing it as a quoted literal constant, then any single-quote characters and (depending on the setting of the standard_conforming_strings configuration parameter) backslash characters need to be escaped correctly. See Section <IP_ADDRESS> for more on the handling of string constants.
On output, double quotes always surround keys and values, even when it's not strictly necessary.
Table F-6. hstore Operators
| Operator | Description | Example | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| hstore -> text | get value for key (NULL if not present) | 'a=>x, b=>y'::hstore -> 'a' | x |
| hstore -> text[] | get values for keys (NULL if not present) | 'a=>x, b=>y, c=>z'::hstore -> ARRAY['c','a'] | {"z","x"} |
| text => text | make single-pair hstore | 'a' => 'b' | "a"=>"b" |
| hstore || hstore | concatenate hstores | 'a=>b, c=>d'::hstore || 'c=>x, d=>q'::hstore | "a"=>"b", "c"=>"x", "d"=>"q" |
| hstore ? text | does hstore contain key? | 'a=>1'::hstore ? 'a' | t |
| hstore ?& text[] | does hstore contain all specified keys? | 'a=>1,b=>2'::hstore ?& ARRAY['a','b'] | t |
| hstore ?| text[] | does hstore contain any of the specified keys? | 'a=>1,b=>2'::hstore ?| ARRAY['b','c'] | t |
| hstore @> hstore | does left operand contain right? | 'a=>b, b=>1, c=>NULL'::hstore @> 'b=>1' | t |
| hstore <@ hstore | is left operand contained in right? | 'a=>c'::hstore <@ 'a=>b, b=>1, c=>NULL' | f |
| hstore - text | delete key from left operand | 'a=>1, b=>2, c=>3'::hstore - 'b'::text | "a"=>"1", "c"=>"3" |
| hstore - text[] | delete keys from left operand | 'a=>1, b=>2, c=>3'::hstore - ARRAY['a','b'] | "c"=>"3" |
| hstore - hstore | delete matching pairs from left operand | 'a=>1, b=>2, c=>3'::hstore - 'a=>4, b=>2'::hstore | "a"=>"1", "c"=>"3" |
| record #= hstore | replace fields in record with matching values from hstore | see Examples section | |
| %% hstore | convert hstore to array of alternating keys and values | %% 'a=>foo, b=>bar'::hstore | {a,foo,b,bar} |
| %# hstore | convert hstore to two-dimensional key/value array | %# 'a=>foo, b=>bar'::hstore | {{a,foo},{b,bar}} |
Note: Prior to PostgreSQL 8.2, the containment operators @> and <@ were called @ and ~, respectively. These names are still available, but are deprecated and will eventually be removed. Notice that the old names are reversed from the convention formerly followed by the core geometric data types!
Note: The => operator is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. Use the hstore(text, text) function instead.
Table F-7. hstore Functions
| Function | Return Type | Description | Example | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
hstore(record) | hstore | construct an hstore from a record or row | hstore(ROW(1,2)) | f1=>1,f2=>2 |
hstore(text[]) | hstore | construct an hstore from an array, which may be either a key/value array, or a two-dimensional array | hstore(ARRAY['a','1','b','2']) || hstore(ARRAY[['c','3'],['d','4']]) | a=>1, b=>2, c=>3, d=>4 |
hstore(text[], text[]) | hstore | construct an hstore from separate key and value arrays | hstore(ARRAY['a','b'], ARRAY['1','2']) | "a"=>"1","b"=>"2" |
hstore(text, text) | hstore | make single-item hstore | hstore('a', 'b') | "a"=>"b" |
akeys(hstore) | text[] | get hstore's keys as an array | akeys('a=>1,b=>2') | {a,b} |
skeys(hstore) | setof text | get hstore's keys as a set | skeys('a=>1,b=>2') | a b |
avals(hstore) | text[] | get hstore's values as an array | avals('a=>1,b=>2') | {1,2} |
svals(hstore) | setof text | get hstore's values as a set | svals('a=>1,b=>2') | 1 2 |
hstore_to_array(hstore) | text[] | get hstore's keys and values as an array of alternating keys and values | hstore_to_array('a=>1,b=>2') | {a,1,b,2} |
hstore_to_matrix(hstore) | text[] | get hstore's keys and values as a two-dimensional array | hstore_to_matrix('a=>1,b=>2') | {{a,1},{b,2}} |
slice(hstore, text[]) | hstore | extract a subset of an hstore | slice('a=>1,b=>2,c=>3'::hstore, ARRAY['b','c','x']) | "b"=>"2", "c"=>"3" |
each(hstore) | setof(key text, value text) | get hstore's keys and values as a set | select * from each('a=>1,b=>2') | key | value -----+------- a | 1 b | 2 |
exist(hstore,text) | boolean | does hstore contain key? | exist('a=>1','a') | t |
defined(hstore,text) | boolean | does hstore contain non-NULL value for key? | defined('a=>NULL','a') | f |
delete(hstore,text) | hstore | delete pair with matching key | delete('a=>1,b=>2','b') | "a"=>"1" |
delete(hstore,text[]) | hstore | delete pairs with matching keys | delete('a=>1,b=>2,c=>3',ARRAY['a','b']) | "c"=>"3" |
delete(hstore,hstore) | hstore | delete pairs matching those in the second argument | delete('a=>1,b=>2','a=>4,b=>2'::hstore) | "a"=>"1" |
populate_record(record,hstore) | record | replace fields in record with matching values from hstore | see Examples section |
Note: The function
populate_record
is actually declared with anyelement, not record, as its first argument, but it will reject non-record types with a run-time error.
hstore has GiST and GIN index support for the @>, ?, ?& and ?| operators. For example:
CREATE INDEX hidx ON testhstore USING GIST (h); CREATE INDEX hidx ON testhstore USING GIN (h);
hstore also supports btree or hash indexes for the = operator. This allows hstore columns to be declared UNIQUE, or to be used in GROUP BY, ORDER BY or DISTINCT expressions. The sort ordering for hstore values is not particularly useful, but these indexes may be useful for equivalence lookups. Create indexes for = comparisons as follows:
CREATE INDEX hidx ON testhstore USING BTREE (h); CREATE INDEX hidx ON testhstore USING HASH (h);
Add a key, or update an existing key with a new value:
UPDATE tab SET h = h || ('c' => '3');
Delete a key:
UPDATE tab SET h = delete(h, 'k1');
Convert a record to an hstore:
CREATE TABLE test (col1 integer, col2 text, col3 text); INSERT INTO test VALUES (123, 'foo', 'bar'); SELECT hstore(t) FROM test AS t; hstore --------------------------------------------- "col1"=>"123", "col2"=>"foo", "col3"=>"bar" (1 row)
Convert an hstore to a predefined record type:
CREATE TABLE test (col1 integer, col2 text, col3 text); SELECT * FROM populate_record(null::test, '"col1"=>"456", "col2"=>"zzz"'); col1 | col2 | col3 ------+------+------ 456 | zzz | (1 row)
Modify an existing record using the values from an hstore:
CREATE TABLE test (col1 integer, col2 text, col3 text); INSERT INTO test VALUES (123, 'foo', 'bar'); SELECT (r).* FROM (SELECT t #= '"col3"=>"baz"' AS r FROM test t) s; col1 | col2 | col3 ------+------+------ 123 | foo | baz (1 row)
The hstore type, because of its intrinsic liberality, could contain a lot of different keys. Checking for valid keys is the task of the application. The following examples demonstrate several techniques for checking keys and obtaining statistics.
Simple example:
SELECT * FROM each('aaa=>bq, b=>NULL, ""=>1');
Using a table:
SELECT (each(h)).key, (each(h)).value INTO stat FROM testhstore;
Online statistics:
SELECT key, count(*) FROM (SELECT (each(h)).key FROM testhstore) AS stat GROUP BY key ORDER BY count DESC, key; key | count -----------+------- line | 883 query | 207 pos | 203 node | 202 space | 197 status | 195 public | 194 title | 190 org | 189 ...................
When upgrading from older versions, always load the new version of this module into the database before restoring a dump. Otherwise, many new features will be unavailable.
As of PostgreSQL 9.0, hstore uses a different internal representation than previous versions. This presents no obstacle for dump/restore upgrades since the text representation (used in the dump) is unchanged.
In the event of a binary upgrade, upward compatibility is maintained by having the new code recognize old-format data. This will entail a slight performance penalty when processing data that has not yet been modified by the new code. It is possible to force an upgrade of all values in a table column by doing an UPDATE statement as follows:
UPDATE tablename SET hstorecol = hstorecol || '';
Another way to do it is:
ALTER TABLE tablename ALTER hstorecol TYPE hstore USING hstorecol || '';
The ALTER TABLE method requires an exclusive lock on the table, but does not result in bloating the table with old row versions.
Oleg Bartunov<EMAIL_ADDRESS>, Moscow, Moscow University, Russia
Teodor Sigaev<EMAIL_ADDRESS>, Moscow, Delta-Soft Ltd., Russia
Additional enhancements by Andrew Gierth<EMAIL_ADDRESS>,
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Photon is an API which is designed primarily to ease creation of hardware
accelerated 2D games with OpenGL and other open source & cross platform
libraries. Photon aims to simplify portable game development, enabling
developers to focus on the gameplay. Photon uses OpenGL for hardware
accelerated rotation, alpha blending, resizing, and drawing. Photon is built
entirely on free software, using libraries like GLFW, PhysFS, OpenAL, and
boost. Using Photon does not require knowledge of any of these libraries as
their needed functionality is wrapped entirely within Photon's rich class
library so that anyone with a decent grasp of C++ can use Photon.
Photon is a cross platform API, designed to run on as many operating systems
as possible, and OS support is only limited by libraries which Photon
depends on, at the moment Photon should run on Windows, Linux, OSX, and
other Operating Systems which have OpenGL support.
http://photon.sourceforge.net is the home page. http://sourceforge.net/projects/photon/ is the project page.
At the moment building photon relies upon SCons. As of Photon 0.0.2 experimental project files are available for Code::Blocks and Dev-C++. Visual C++ project files are a high priority.
Photon only uses free open source libraries, so that by using Photon you are not subjected to any proprietary licensing terms.
When I get to them, I can only work on Photon in my spare time, if you have a specific request let me know and I can give you an estimate of when I plan on getting to it. There's always the option that you help out and then the feature will be added sooner rather than later.
Feel free to contribute to Photon, bugfixes are greatly appreciated. Not all submitted features can be accepted, but I'll usually at least add a link to your submission if it cannot be included in the standard distribution for some reason. (Extensions to Photon which uses non-free or non-portable libraries fall into this category, I appreciate them but usually won't make them part of the standard distribution.)
That depends upon your compiler, generally there are several things that need to be done:
On a command line compiler like g++ this would look something like:
g++ -DPHOTON_USE_OPENAL -c -o test.o test.cpp g++ -o test test.o -lphoton -lglfw -lopenal -lGL -lGLU -lphysfs -lcorona -lfreetype
No. Well not yet, I do have intent to write basic tutorials on using Photon, as well as porting some existing tutorials on various subjects to Photon.
Sure, if you're using it and you feel comfortable admitting that, I admire your honesty. In all seriousness, this is greatly appreciated, and greatly beneficial to the Photon community, the more people using it the more people to help find bugs, suggest features, and maybe some of them will think of something cool to add for the rest of us.
Photon is licensed under a zlib-style license, see LICENSE.html.
First of all, I prefer zlib licensed libraries, as you can see, Photon depends primarily on zlib licensed libraries. I also don't feel that I should try to restrict what people do with Photon, as the people who will try to steal work aren't going to care what license it was under in the first place.
You are allowed to do almost anything you want with Photon including use it in commercial applications.
You cannot claim you wrote it, distribute altered versions that are not clearly marked as such, or remove or alter the license of the Photon source. You also cannot sue me for damages if Photon hurts you, your pet, or your feelings.
Photon used to be ZEngine, but when I decided to do a major rewrite the name changed. I am the author of both ZEngine and Photon, but thank you for your concern.
Photon does practically everything ZEngine did, but is being actively developed. Photon also uses a fairly different design than ZEngine, which I hope most will enjoy.
In case you want to port to a platform with no OpenGL, or maybe you like the letter 'Z' before every class name. If you hate the new style, and would prefer to kick it old school, ZEngine is a fine choice.
Yes, Gewi was the GUI for ZEngine, and was separate from the core of ZEngine. In Photon Gewi will become photon::gui, but is not yet completed. Because of the modular core method and resource management, the inside has been rewritten, and a number of bugs have been fixed. photon::gui will be a major improvement over Gewi.
Sure.. I guess, I'd prefer you donate it to a better project than Photon but if you have to donate money to me because you're using Photon in some amazing application and you feel guilty making millions off of my "hard" work.. email me, I'll try to talk you out of it, or suggest a better use of funds.
Help me out on Photon.. write some documentation, anything, if you're not sure how to help, email me, I'll let you know what needs to be done.
That's a secret right now.
Depending on how much time I have, and how interested I am in the project, maybe. If you want me to work on something I'd love to hear from you, even if I don't have time at the moment. If the project in question uses Photon you get bonus points, but is not a requirement for me to work with you.
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The Himalaya Monal, Lophophorus Impejanus also called Danfe.
It is the genus Lophophorus of peaseant faimly, Phasianidae.
It is the National Bird of Nepal.
It is the beautifully colourful peaseant.
There are different characterstics of Male and Female as Mentioned Below.
- Characteristics of Male
- Characteristics of Female
1. Characteristics of Male
- The male is 12 colors spectacular combinations.
- The male include a long, metallic green crest, coppery feathers on the back and neck, and a prominent white rump that is most visible when the bird is in flight.
2. Characteristics of Female.
- The females are earthy brown and duller in color
- The female has a prominent white patch on the throat and a white strip on the tail.
Images of male and female Danfe bird.


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Creative Computing
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Unit 4 / Block 2: "Coding for Collaborative Web Development": Lecture 4: Networked face and body tracking
Have you taken the register first? Are you recording?
What I'm going to talk about today:
- What questions to do you have for me?
- Networked Face Tracking.
- Networked Body Tracking.
- What questions to do you have for me?
0. What questions to do you have for me?
- What questions to do you have for me?
- What are your concerns? What are you worried about? What do you want to ask but you are
embarrassed?
- All questions allowed!
- 5 minutes to message me on Slack in private.
- This idea came from Zach Lieberman. He does this exercise
at the start of every session of School of Poetic Computation in New
York.
1. Networked Face Tracking.
2. Networked Body Tracking.
3. What questions to do you have for me?
- What questions to do you have for me?
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Nicolas is a Hacker in Residence at 3scale living between Barcelona and San Francisco. He built his first website in 2000 using Microsoft Word, and since them did not stop learning about programming. Nicolas has built many projects around APIs using JS stack like APIs.io or APIbunny. His last passion is around Slack and building bots for Slack. When not working you have a good chance to find him hacking on side projects or enjoying a good craft beer. And of course, as he is French, frog and snails are part of his daily diet!
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Testing for NoSQL injection vulnerabilities in MongoDB:
The MongoDB API expects BSON (Binary JSON) calls, and includes a secure BSON query assembly tool. However, according to MongoDB documentation - unserialized JSON and JavaScript expressions are permitted in several alternative query parameters.[4] The most commonly used API call allowing arbitrary JavaScript input is the $where operator.
The MongoDB $where operator typically is used as a simple filter or check, as it is within SQL.
db.myCollection.find( { $where: "this.credits == this.debits" } );
Optionally JavaScript is also evaluated to allow more advanced conditions.
db.myCollection.find( { $where: function() { return obj.credits - obj.debits < 0; } } );


public interface DAO<T>
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
void |
clear()
Clear the session cache.
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boolean |
contains(T obj)
Determine if the current session (i.e.,
EntityManager ) contains the given instance. |
void |
delete(T obj)
Delete the given instance from the persistent store.
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void |
detach(T obj)
Evict an object from the session cache.
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void |
flush()
Flush outstanding changes to the persistent store.
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List<T> |
getAll()
Get all instances.
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T |
getById(long id)
Get an instance by ID.
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T |
getReference(long id)
Get a reference to an instance by ID.
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Class<T> |
getType()
Get the type of persistent object handled by this instance.
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boolean |
isReadOnly()
Determine if the current transaction is read-only.
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T |
merge(T obj)
Merge the given object into the current session.
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void |
refresh(T obj)
Refresh the given object from the database.
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void |
save(T obj)
Save a newly created instance.
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void |
setFlushMode(FlushModeType flushMode)
Set flush mode.
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Class<T> getType()
T getById(long id)
id
- unique ID for instanceid
, or null if not foundT getReference(long id)
Note if the instance does not exist, then an exception may be thrown either here or later upon first access.
id
- unique ID for instanceid
void save(T obj)
obj
- object to savevoid delete(T obj)
obj
- object to deleteT merge(T obj)
obj
- object to mergevoid refresh(T obj)
obj
- object to refreshvoid detach(T obj)
obj
- object to evictvoid flush()
void setFlushMode(FlushModeType flushMode)
flushMode
- desired flush modevoid clear()
boolean isReadOnly()
IllegalStateException
- if no transaction is associated with the current threadboolean contains(T obj)
EntityManager
) contains the given instance.obj
- instance to inquire aboutobj
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Two lottery jackpots top $100 million this week
by WFTX Digital TeamTALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The jackpot in both the Mega Millions and PowerBall lottery games continue to grow this week.
First up this week is the Mega Million drawing on Tuesday night, woth an estimated $226 million, according to the Florida Lottery .
The last winner was on September 24th, when an anonymous Texas player won $225 million.
The following night, the PowerBall drawing on Wednesday night will be worth an estimated $100 million.
Both drawings will take place at 11 p.m. each night, but tickets must be purchased by 10 p.m. the night of the drawing.
And as always, you can catch these lottery drawings live on Fox 4 at 11 p.m.


The following content is available:
- Listing of Log Parser articles/tutorials (subscribe via RSS)
Articles written to help you use Log Parser. - Listing of Log Parser expressions (added 02/28/2010)
- Listing of Log Parser functions (updated 07/06/2011)
Here’s what functions Log Parser contains, as well as examples on how to use them, and what functions are related. - Listing of Log Parser queries (updated 07/07/2011)
Example, pre-defined, queries to help you get the most out of Microsoft’s Log Parser, as quickly as possible.
The following content is available on other sites:
- Log Parser Plus application (by James Skemp of StrivingLife.com)
- Source for Log Parser Plus application can be found on GitHub.
- Utility to import IIS Logs into a SQLite application (beta version of application) (by James Skemp of StrivingLife.com)
- Source for the application can be found on GitHub


Input¶
The PCGR workflow accepts two types of input files:
An unannotated, single-sample VCF file (>= v4.2) with called somatic variants (SNVs/InDels)
A copy number segment file
PCGR can be run with either or both of the two input files present.
VCF¶
We strongly recommend that the input VCF is compressed and indexed using bgzip and tabix
If the input VCF contains multi-allelic sites, these will be subject to decomposition
Variants used for reporting should be designated as ‘PASS’ in the VCF FILTER column
IMPORTANT NOTE 1: Considering the VCF output for the numerous somatic SNV/InDel callers that have been developed, we have a experienced a general lack of uniformity and robustness for the representation of somatic variant genotype data (e.g. variant allelic depths (tumor/normal), genotype quality etc.). Variant genotype data found as INFO tags in the input VCF can be specified as optional arguments to the PCGR workflow, which in turn can be used for interactive exploration in the tumor report.
IMPORTANT NOTE 2: PCGR generates a number of VCF INFO annotation tags that is appended to the query VCF. We will therefore encourage the users to submit query VCF files that have not been subject to annotations by other means, but rather a VCF file that comes directly from variant calling. If not, there are likely to be INFO tags in the query VCF file that coincide with those produced by PCGR.
Copy number segments¶
The tab-separated values file with copy number aberrations MUST contain the following four columns:
Chromosome
Start
End
Segment_Mean
Here, Chromosome, Start, and End denote the chromosomal segment, and Segment_Mean denotes the log(2) ratio for a particular segment, which is a common output of somatic copy number alteration callers. Note that coordinates must be one-based (i.e. chromosomes start at 1, not 0). Below shows the initial part of a copy number segment file that is formatted correctly according to PCGR’s requirements:
Chromosome Start End Segment_Mean
1 3218329 3550598 0.0024
1 3552451 4593614 0.1995
1 4593663 6433129 -1.0277
CPSR report¶
One may feed the contents of a CPSR analysis
(https://github.com/sigven/cpsr) with PCGR through the --cpsr_report
option. This will result in a dedicated germline section of the PCGR
report. Note that one should here input the compressed JSON file that is
output by CPSR.


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