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Selection bias and recommendation systems
Yesterday I was watching a video on youtube, and at the end of it it recommended another (the "top recommendation" at that point in time). This video floored me – it was a superb rendition of Endaro Mahaanubhaavulu by Mandolin U Shrinivas. Listen and enjoy as you read the rest of the post.
I was immediately bowled over by youtube's recommendation system. I had searched for both Shrinivas and Endaro … in the not-so-distant past so Youtube had put two and two together and served me up an awesome rendition! I was so happy that I went to
town twitter about it.
Google must have its algos right, for Youtube recommended this excellent rendition of Endaro.. to me https://t.co/HstqNo8nMm by U Shrinivas
— karthik (@karthiks) January 26, 2015
It was then that I realised that this was the firs time ever that I had noticed the top recommendation of Youtube. In other words, every time I use youtube, it recommends a video to me, but I seldom notice it. And I seldom notice it for a reason – they're usually irrelevant and crap. The one time I like the video it throws up, though, I feel really happy and go gaga over the algorithm!
In other words, there's a bias which I don't know what its exactly called – the bias that when event happens in a certain direction, you tend to notice it and give credit where you think it's due. And when it doesn't happen that way, you simply ignore it!
In terms of larger implications, this is similar to how legends such as "lucky shirts" are born. When something spectacular happens, you notice everything that is associated with that spectacular event and give credit where you think it's due (lucky shirt, lucky pen, etc.). But when things don't go your way you think it's despite the lucky shirt, not because the shirt has become unlucky.
It's the same thing with belief in "god". When you pray and something good happens to you after that, you believe that your prayers have been answered. However, when you pray and something good doesn't happen, you ignore the fact that you prayed.
Coming back to recommendation systems such as Youtube's, the problem is that it is impossible for a recommendation system to get recommendations right all the time. There will be times when you get it wrong. In fact, going by my personal experience with Youtube, Amazon, etc. most of the time you will get your recommendation wrong.
The key to building a recommendation system, thus, is to build it such that you maximise the chances of getting it right. Going one step further I can say that you should maximise the chances of getting it spectacularly right, in which case the customer will notice and give you credit for understanding her. Getting it "partly right" most of the time is not enough to catch the customer's attention.
Putting marketing jargon on it, what you should focus on is delighting the customer some of the time rather than keeping her merely happy most of the time!
On Walking out of a play
Last night the wife and I went to watch what we thought was going to be a play at KH Kala Soudha in Hanumanthanagar. It was supposed to be "directed" by RJ Vinayak Joshi and "starring" among others TN Seetharam, Master Hiriyannaiah and others. It turned out to be more like a talk show, where Joshi attempted to 'interview' these worthies, and they came up on stage and sat on a bench and put senti. And talked on, and on, and on.
I'm not saying it was a total ripoff. The band that was playing at the side was pretty good, with the singers having quite distinctive voices and the music also being quite nice. There was this little standup piece by this guy called Nagaraj Kote, which was probably the only part of the evening that lived up to the announced title 'Simple is difficult'. Then, there was this frequent dialogue between Joshi, playing "naanalla" (not me) and this other guy playing "gottilla" (i don't know). And they invited this really old couple to talk about their 50-year-old marriage, and they turned out to be quite funny!
Actually, despite some 15-20 mins of senti by Seetharam sometime in the middle, everything seemed to be going quite well. It was 9 o'clock and time for the "play" to be over. And then Master Hiriyannaiah came up on stage. And started talking. And talking. And talking. He was supposed to be taking a dig at politicians, and he ended up talking just like one of them. Rambling on and on and on. And on and on and on. The band had by then gone off stage, else they could've played LedZep's Ramble On and salvaged the evening.
So there was this debate between the wife and I about whether it was ethical to walk out. A few minutes after Hiriyannaiah started rambling, I thought the theatrepeople had broken their part of the contract – as long as they were within the time that they advertised, they were good. And we were obliged to hold up our end of the contract. But once they overshot, I felt no need to hold up my end of the contract, and having given them the gate money, and my promised 90 minutes, I was now free to walk out.
Of course, I wasn't going to do something outrageous – like shouting or screaming or talking on my mobile or anything else that might cause disrespect to the performers. All I wanted to do was to walk out.
The wife, on the other hand, felt it would be insensitive on our part to walk out, and that it too would amount to disrespect, and we ought to stay till the end of the show. Her thinking reminded me of what happens in an interest rate swap when one party goes bankrupt – the counterparty is obliged to continue paying it's share of the swap, and hold up its end of the contract.
I think there's merit in both sides of the argument, and I kept debating that as I waited until the end of Hiriyannaiah's rambles when I really couldn't take it any more and I walked out. So what do you think of this? Do you think it's ok for performers to expect perfect behaviour from the audience even after they've not held up their end of the contract? Do you think it's ethical for people to quietly walk out of a play that they're not enjoying at all, as a means of protest? Don't you think it helps having this part of the feedback loop?
Comments, please.
Fighterization of food
One of the topics that I'd introduced on my blog not so long ago was "fighterization". The funda was basically about how professions that are inherently stud are "fighterzied" so that a larger number of people can participate in it, and a larger number of people can be served. In the original post, I had written about how strategy consulting has completely changed based on fighterization.
After that, I pointed out about how processes are set – my hypothesis being that the "process" is something that some stud would have followed, and which some people liked because of which it became a process. And more recently, I wrote about the fighterization of Carnatic music, which is an exception to the general rule. Classical music has not been fighterized so as to enable more people to participate, or to serve a larger market. It has naturally evolved this way.
And even more recently, I had talked about how "stud instructions" (which are looser, and more 'principles based') are inherently different from "fighter instructions" (which are basically a set of rules). Ravi, in a comment on Mohit's google reader shared items, said it's like rule-based versus principles-based regulation.
Today I was reading this Vir Sanghvi piece on Lucknowi cuisine, which among other things talks about the fact that it is pulao that is made in Lucknow, and now biryani; and about the general declining standards at the Taj Lucknow. However, the part that caught my eye, which has resulted in this post with an ultra-long introduction was this statement:
The secret of good Lucknowi cooking, he said, is not the recipe. It is the hand. A chef has to know when to add what and depending on the water, the quality of the meat etc, it's never exactly the same process. A great chef will have the confidence to improvise and to extract the maximum flavour from the ingredients.
This basically states that high-end cooking is basically a stud process. That the top chefs are studs, and can adapt their cooking and methods and styles to the ingredients and the atmosphere in order to churn out the best possible product.You might notice that most good cooks are this way. There is some bit of randomness or flexibility in the process that allows them to give out a superior product. And a possible reason why they may not be willing to give out their recipes even if they are not worried about their copyright is that the process of cooking is a stud process, and is hence not easily explained.
Publishing recipes is the attempt at fighterization of cooking. Each step is laid down in stone. Each ingredient needs to be exactly measured (apart from salt which is usually "to taste"). Each part of the process needs to be followed properly in the correct order. And if you do everything perfectly, you will get the perfect standardized product.
Confession time. I've been in Gurgaon for 8 months and have yet to go to Old Delhi to eat (maybe I should make amends this saturday. if you want to join me, or in fact lead me, leave a comment). The only choley-bhature that I've had has been at Haldiram's. And however well they attempt to make it, all they can churn out is the standardized "perfect" product. The "magic" that is supposed to be there in the food of Old Delhi is nowhere to be seen.
Taking an example close to home, my mother's cooking can be broadly classified into two. One is the stuff that she has learnt from watching her mother and sisters cook. And she is great at making all of these – Bisibelebhath and masala dosa being her trademark dishes (most guests usually ask her to make one of these whenever we invite them home for a meal). She has learnt to make these things by watching. By trying and erring. And putting her personal touch to it. And she makes them really well.
On the other hand, there are these things that she makes by looking at recipes published in Women's Era. Usually she messes them up. When she doesn't, it's standardized fare. She has learnt to cook them by a fighter process. Though I must mention that the closer the "special dish" is to traditional Kannadiga cooking (which she specializes in), the better it turns out.
Another example close to home. My own cooking. Certain things I've learnt to make by watching my mother cook. Certain other things I've learnt from this cookbook that my parents wrote for me before I went to England four years ago. And the quality of the stuff that I make, the taste in either case, etc. is markedly different.
So much about food. Coming to work, my day job involves fighterization too. Stock trading is supposed to be a stud process. And by trying to implement algorithmic trading, my company is trying to fighterize it. The company is not willing to take any half-measures in fighterization, so it is recruiting the ultimate fighter of 'em all – the computer – and teaching it to trade.
Preliminary reading on studs and fighters theory:
Lazy post: Search Phrases: March 2009
I think I'll make this a monthly feature: collecting the whackiest search terms that people use to land up on my blog, and posting them here. I had published one such list for February. Here goes the list for March:
- describe my job
apprentics for carpenter in gurgaon
can north indians survive in the south
- carnatic music pakistan
- dry fish market in orisa & madrass contact numbers
examples of bastardization in a sentence
- how can death be postponed by chanting mantras?
- kodhi is a cheap guy
- savitabhabhi.com competition
verb phrases of the behavior of atticus
what are some other versions of dashavatar -film -songs -jobs -dvd -movie
Year Ending Post
Last december 31, I wrote a this day that year post. Two years back, I had published a short story. The year before, I had written about the events of the day, and one year prior I was mugging for what was going to be a disastrous marketing exam. As I am writing this, I'm playing scrabble on facebook, and bridge with my computer. I'm listening to music, and am planning to hit the sack soon.
This afternoon I received a mail from my boss, which he said is a standard format mail he sends to friends and colleagues. It was full of pictures of him and his wife and his kids, and stories about what they did this year. About the changes and special events in each of their lives. About how the year has been from different perspectives. And so forth. I think I have received a couple of other similar mails (from US based people – this might be some american funda; my boss also lived in America till early this year) from other acquaintances (though, without pics) which I haven't bothered to read. Since I'm clueless about what to write, I think I'll just do a standard year-end roundup.
The most significant thing for me was my move to Gurgaon, and to this new job. That had been preceded by four months of joblessness, and more than two years of acute NED (in fact, I think it was during this period of extended NED that I actually invented the term NED).
The concept of NED also seemed to advance by leaps and bounds this year. I have heard of people who are at least three degrees away from me use it. The message of this concept seems to be spreading. I am sure that one day it will be famous, but then I'm not sure if I, as its inventor/discoverer, will get due credit.
Another significant event of the year has been the movement of this blog from livejournal to its present location. I must mention that this website has been like "glad bangles" for me. A week after I inaugurated this, I had a nice job offer, ending over a year of NED. There were a few other changes also in my life around that time, which I don't remember now. What I do remember was classifying this website as "glad bangles". and I like this better than Mad Angles.
On the louvvu front, it was a very quiet year, apart from one quick episode. Maybe one of the least productive years – comparable, maybe, to my years back in IIT.
Ok I think NED is happening. i just resigned my scrabble game. I had resigned my bridge game ages back, and I'd closed the program. I'm feeling sleepy now. So I'll close it here. Happy new year. And I think this is the worst year-ending post that I've written in a long time. This website maybe deserved a much better new year post in the year end but it's ok.
Disco Raaga – Taana – Pallavi
This is one of those posts that I've been intending to post for over a couple of months, but each time I think about this, I don't happen to be in front of a computer, and even if I do, I don't feel like writing about it. So here I am – finally blogging this. As I write this, I'm listening to the Ledzep Live Album The Song Remains the Same. This post is about this album, and other related stuff.
As you might have figured out from the title of this post, one thing I've noticed about this album is about the approximate Carnatic format that the songs in this take on. It may not be in the strict order that Carnatic music prescribes, but these songs are roughly there. I'm currently listening to Dazed and Confused, and after the first few lines of the Pallavi were sung, Page has now gone off into an extended Aalapana of whichever Raaga this song is set in.
Periodically, they return to the song, and play a few more lines. Now, Plant is doing his bit by improvising with a few lines of his own. Jones and Bonham are dutifully doing their background stuff – Bonham will get his footage later in the album – for Moby Dick features a full-blown Tani Avartanam. It ends the same way Tani Avartanams in Carnatic concerts do – with the main line of the Pallavi being sung at the end of it. I know I might be force-fitting some Carnatic concepts into this album; nevertheless, all these improvements make for extremely interesting listening.
A few days after I had first noticed this, Udupa told me that a large number of concerts in the 70s were like this – the musicians would simply jam on stage in the middle of the songs. Created music on the spot. Spontaneous stuff. Unfortunately, Udupa continued, the trend changed a few years back when less informed audiences started demanding that more songs be crammed into the three hour concert, thus reducing the scope for such improvisations.
The best thing about Carnatic concerts is that each one is unique. You might look at two concerts – played by the same set of musicians and with the same line-up of krithis, but there is a very good chance that the two are markedly different. This is because Indian Classical music, in its concerts, encourages the musician to innovate, to play whatever comes to his mind at that point of time – while adhering to the fairly strict rules. It is this element of innovation that makes each concert special, and an experience in itself.
Western Classical music differs in this regard – especially in the orchestra form – since the large size of the troupe leaves little scope for innovation and the musicians are literally forced to play it by the book. In that context, it seems like it was genres such as rock which brought in the spontaneity and innovation into western music.
Nowadays, bands don't tour as much as they used to a couple of decades ago, which means that whenever they visit a city (which is once in a few years), the fans in the city will want to hear as many songs as possible. And that kills innovation. It is not the bands' fault – they are simply responding to the market. And I don't know what it could be that could get them back to their RTP days.
Here is one of my retirement plans. For each song that I like, describe a Carnatic Raaga into which it can approximately fit into. Tinker around with the stanzas, to create a Pallavi-Anupallavi-Charana format. Try to make the raagas as rigid as possible – Vakra scales will be preferred. And then put RTP. Use some Western instruments too – for example, I definitely want the Bass guitar to be a regular feature in Carnatic concerts. I think the result is likely to be phenomenal.
It's been a few years since I picked up the violin. I plan to do it sometime. And implement what I've described here. Hopefully I'll do a good job. In the meantime, if there are any bands out there which want to implement this concept, they can feel free and do it – I promise I won't sue them later for IPR.


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To Avoid Swine Flu Do NOT Do This
Click thru for the bigger pic. Just thought, given the insanely high pitch this topic is getting (maybe rightly so, I dunno) it might be fun to put a little levity into it if possible. Certainly not something a parent would like seeing happen right about now. On any other day it's just funny or gross. Today…? You decide.Explore posts in the same categories: Apple


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Shane Sorenson, Government and SMERF (Social, Military, Education, Religious, and Fraternal) Sales Manager with Visit Plano, has been named to Connect Association's prestigious "40 under 40 List" for 2017.
The award is given to young professionals who exemplify leadership, passion and innovation within the hospitality and meetings and events industries. Each year, Connect Association considers nominations from peers and colleagues, and editors then select 40 honorees based on references, industry involvement, career awards and honors.
As Visit Plano's SMERF Sales Manager, Sorenson is responsible for booking SMERF and government conventions, meetings and events and securing room nights in Plano. He recently earned his CTE (Certified Tourism Executive) certification from Travel & Tourism College, a program of the Texas Travel Industry Association (TTIA) as well as the TACVB's prestigious Texas Destination Marketer (TDM) credential, recognizing excellence in the convention and visitor bureau industry. He served as Education Chair for TACVB's Midwinter 2017 conference and will serve again for the organization's annual conference in August.
"Shane's ability to assess and meet the needs of any group make him a great asset to Visit Plano as well as very deserving of this honor," said Mark Thompson, CDME, Director of Visit Plano.
Connect Association is one of the nation's fastest-growing media companies specializing in events and destination marketing, with interest in trade shows, meeting business magazines, digital programs and solutions and destination information through broadcast and custom programs. The organization's magazine, published bi-monthly, reflects trends, insight and strategies for success in the meetings and events industries.


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Preparation time: 15 min.
Cooking time: 5 min.
Serves: 6
1/4 cup. All-Purpose Flour
2 Tsp. Seasoned Salt
1 Tsp. Paprika
1/4 Tsp. Garlic Powder (Optional)
1/4 Tsp. Pepper
1/8 Tsp. Cayenne Pepper
1 Large Egg
1/4 Cup. Milk
1 Cup. Cornflakes or Dry Bread crumbs
1 1/2 Pounds of Boneless Pork (Pork Chops) in 1/4 inch slices
Cooking Oil (of your choice)
Chopped fresh Parsley, for garnish
Lemon wedges, for garnish
Combine first 6 ingredients in a small bowl.
Beat egg and milk with fork in shallow dish.
Place Cornflakes in a separate bowl, Big enough for the pork.
Pound Pork slices with rolling pin or flat mallet until about 1/8 inch thick.
Press each slice of pork into flour mixture.
Dip into egg mixture.
Press each slice into cornflake crumbs until coated.
Heat 1 Tbsp. cooking oil in a large frying pan.
cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes per side until cooked and golden brown.
Garnish with parsley and lemon.


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Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'
Also called Alkanet
More About Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'
- Short stems of royal-blue bell-shaped flowers
- Upright stems of hairy light green foliage
- Deer and rabbit resistant
- Attracts butterflies
- Bloom Time: May to June
Height:80-90 cm
Spread:40-60 cm
Italian Bugloss Growing and Maintenance Tips
Anchusa are best grown in full sun with an average to moist, well-drained soil. Prompt deadheading prolongs the bloom time. To promote fresh growth, prune plant back hard in midsummer. Plants may be short-lived, but seeds sustain its plant life. May benefit with mulch protection in the winter, but don't apply mulch directly to the crown.
Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist' Characteristics
Partial Sun/Shade
Full Shade
Attracts Butterflies
Rabbit Resistant
Deer Resistant
Heat Tolerant
Cut Flower/Foliage
Soil MoistureWell-drained
Moist to Average
Growth RateMedium
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Grief is tough to navigate, no matter what you're grieving. It might not be death, but it is loss of something. No timeline is set forth, no map to tell you how, no idea how long, but often times it is just WAITing day in and day out to feel "like you" again and pick up to keep going forward.
I can very vividly remember sitting in a funeral service 03.03.03 for my friend Wendy's cousin, called to heaven just 7 years after her. The preacher spoke truth from Ecclesiastes 3...
I've grieved loss through death of besties and grandparents, loss of relationships, good friendships and even my car getting stolen.
But, each of those seasons of grief have taught me so much through the WAIT. What great memories I have, times of growth and lessons I've learned from each loss. Some things are for a lifetime, some things are for a season, there is a time for everything.
At the end of that same funeral service, the Preacher wrapped up with Isaiah 40:30-31:
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall,;
but those who hope (WAIT) in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
In grief, there are days you can't seem to put one foot in front of the other, but somehow you're carried (soar on wings like eagles), then you begin to find your rhythm again (run and not grow weary) and eventually "normal" or "new normal" returns and the days go forward (walk and not grow faint). Thankfully people have carried me while WAITing through days in grief, and hopefully I have carried others.
It takes a village to heal a broken heart and deep wounds, but God is faithful in all seasons and WAITing in Him will bring you back to the days you put one foot in front of the other and walk with strength.


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A traditional stone-built home in a popular Northumberland village is ready to move into after having been painstakingly renovated.
The double-fronted detached property in Humshaugh, near Hexham, has charm and character, including exposed beams, period fireplaces and timber panelled doors.
The ground floor features an entrance hall, open to the roof with exposed trusses. This leads to a large living room with inglenook fireplace and wood burning stove. There is also a study/additional sitting room on this floor, dining room with stone fireplace and conservatory.
The breakfasting kitchen has contemporary units, breakfast bar and French doors to the garden. There is also a utility room and cloakroom.
Upstairs there are four double bedrooms with period fireplaces to two and a family bathroom with whirlpool bath. The master has exposed beams, walk-in wardrobe and en-suite shower room.
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Holly Cottage is for sale through CSH Residential at a guide price of #625,000, tel (01434) 605441.
Situated two miles north-west of prestigious Ponteland village, in Northumberland, this four-bedroom detached property is ideal for a family with equestrian interests as it comes with nine acres of land.
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The hub of the ground floor accommodation is the L-shaped dining/living kitchen fitted with modern units including an island unit. Also on this floor is a living room with fireplace and patio doors to the south-facing garden and a utility with cloakroom/toilet.
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There is stabling for six horses, two paddocks, a hay barn and menage.
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Set within a converted mansion in Jesmond, Newcastle, this two-bedroom first floor apartment is spacious and tastefully presented.
Close to the bars of Osborne Road and the shops on Acorn Road, the apartment has a security entry system and alarm plus communal front garden and rear yard.
A private reception hall leads to the light and airy lounge with sash windows and living flame gas fire. There are two double bedrooms, with an unusual raised bed area in the master, which is backlit through feature glass bricks. This room also features a range of fitted wardrobes.
The kitchen is a good size and has a built-in oven, extractor and hob plus room for a breakfast table. An attractive bathroom completes the picture. There is allocated permit parking at the front.
2B Haldane Terrace is for sale through Sanderson Young at a guide price of #239,950, tel: (0191) 213-2585.
A modernised period terrace with a contemporary interior has come up for sale in Benton, Newcastle.
With many original features, the four-bedroom home is spacious and has private gardens to both the front and rear.
The stone-built home has a large lounge at the front with bay window, original fireplace and stripped timber floorboards. There is also a good-sized dining room - also with original fireplace and French doors to the rear garden.
The kitchen has contemporary freestanding units and an integral oven while there is also a utility room and shower room.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms, three of which are doubles with the fourth making an ideal study, plus a family bathroom.
There is off street parking at the rear.
2 Oakhurst Terrace, Benton, is for sale through McCarthy-Coyle at #320,000, tel: (0800) 073-3373.
This detached three-bedroom bungalow is set within a mature plot extending to one-third of an acre and has an idyllic location in the scenic Derwent Valley.
The superb gardens are a real feature and they can be enjoyed to the full from the conservatory and sun room. The property also has a spacious lounge, breakfasting kitchen, utility, cloakroom and bathroom as well as a large double garage.
Low Grange, High Horse Close Wood, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, is for sale through Halifax at #395,000, tel: (01207) 544498.
Converted 14 years ago, this substantial stone barn has large, versatile rooms and overlooks mature Woodland Trust land in Northumberland.
The five-bedroom house is just a few minutes' drive from the popular town of Hexham and is ideal for a family as the school bus stop is just outside.
It has well maintained gardens with flagged patio areas, a double garage and courtyard parking accessed through a feature dressed stone gateway.
On the ground floor there are two substantial reception rooms with a dressed stone fireplace to the living room, a breakfasting kitchen, spacious reception hall with ornate staircase and cloakroom. There is also a lower ground floor study, second cloakroom, utility and games/storage room, which would be ideal as a gym or music room.
On the first floor, a 40ft galleried landing leads to five bedrooms, two of which have en-suite facilities. There is also a family bathroom and separate toilet.
The Mill Barn, Newbiggin, is for sale through Northumbria & Cumbria Estates at offers in the region of #520,000, tel: (01434) 600146.
Few homes can boast such amazing views as this stable conversion in Bamburgh, Northumberland, with the magnificent castle on one side and the stunning coast on the other.
The property also has a paddock and stable block and tack room as well as a garage, parking area and south-facing garden with summerhouse.
The accommodation includes an L-shaped reception hall/dining room, snug/study/ground-floor bedroom, spacious sitting room, cloakroom/toilet, kitchen and conservatory. Upstairs, the landing has storage cupboards and leads to three bedrooms, a bathroom and shower room.
Jara, Castlefield, Links Road, Bamburgh, is for sale through George F White at offers in excess of #325,000, tel: (01665) 603581.


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When Christ ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things and he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of (THE SAINTS) not Christians, not Baptists, not Methodists, 7th Day of Adventist, Mormons and the list goes on. (for the perfecting of The Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of (the knowledge of) (the Son of God/Eloiem) unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: that we heneforth be no more children, (tossed to and fro) and (carried about) with (every wind of doctrine) by the (sleight of men) and (cunning craftiness) whereby they (lie in wait to deceive): Ephesians Chapter 4 verses 10 through 14.: https://www.kingjamesbibleonli....ne.org/Ephesians-Cha and as it is written: To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Oh and this just came to mind and I surely should not leave it out (religion) means (belief) so with that stated: in the book of James Chapter 1 verse 27 as it is written: Pure religion and undefiled before God/Elohiem and the Father (is this) to visit the (fatherless and widows in their affliction) and to (keep hiimself unspotted from the world.): https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/James-1-27/
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Shinji Naruse (成瀬シンジ) is a student at Kisaragi High School.
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Shinji is Atsuki's classmate. He has messy purple hair and is good with computers. At first glance, he appears spoiled because he gets away with truancy, hacking and insulting the teachers but that is not the case. He sometimes assists other students with his hacking skills, and becomes friends with Naoto Hidaka by teaching him about hacking.
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A junior at Kisaragi High School and Atsuki's classmate. Stupid haircut. Apparently isn't too sharp, as he erased that mail. Proud and spoiled… That was just awesome. It was obviously the skilled work of Nöla. That photo should finally shut Shinji up for a while. Been studying and using a PC since he was a kid. Started hacking in junior high. Now he buys and sells stocks, making cash. Annoying.
I heard he's close with Yuzi Okura, but he doesn't consider him a friend. He just uses him. What a bastard. Has a dirty mouth, but I hear he also has a weak stomach. He hides out and takes stomach medicines, not wanting people to know. Seemed spoiled, but it seems he can't talk back to women. Seems whipped, but still keeps on complaining constantly. To fend off Silent, he must have the brainpower of a telepath. Cute, but really tough. Hope he doesn't get any bigger.
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I. Pre-History Edit
He is well known by numerous people for hacking into government agencies in the past. He even hacked into the president's PC and doctored photos as well as terrorized harmful sites to 'help the public'. He has been almost arrested several times for it. But despite his actions, he couldn't be convicted by court because there was a lack of evidence against him and he was a minor. The reason behind this is because Shinji successfully hacked into systems without leaving or leaving little evidence.
II. 21 Days with Atsuki Saijo Edit
In Chapter 1, while attending school, he noticed that one of the school's computers had an email. When he checked it, he noticed the strange code in it and decided to investigate it out of fun and curiosity. After copying the email, he deleted the original email and began to leave. At that moment, he first met Atsuki Saijo, who was going to investigate the same email Shinji saw. After talking to him for a brief moment, he left school (despite class not being over) and began his investigation
In Chapter 21, he told Atsuki that he decided to use his hacking abilities to help people.
In the True Ending, his memories of Atsuki were erased like everyone else close to him in Kisaragi City. He was helping Mika out with choosing a mouse when Rui (who regained her memories of Atsuki) came rushing pass them, hit them in the process. As Rui continues to chase after Atsuki before he leaves the city, both Shinji and Mika regained their memories of Atsuki as a result of being hit by Rui, who possessed psychic powers that trigger their memories. When it was discovered that Atsuki was gone, Shinji joined Rui, Mika, Ryo, Yayoi, and Akira at a bridge and began reminiscing about Atsuki and what he did for everyone. Rui then added that they would meet Atsuki again in the future for sure.
Suicide Incident: How does he know? Deciphered mail. Ludicrous content. Because we found out. Suicide spot changed. Suicide Group member. Should be in school. Nobody knows yet. I will track it down. I'm leaving early.
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- In Chapter 2, if you ask info about Shinji from Takuya, he'll tell you that Shinji earns thousands of yen because he works as a day trader, even during class.
- In Chapter 2, if you ask info about Shinji from Yayoi, she'll tell you that Shinji passed state exams for data processing and made very popular games.


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Now the concerns of the community have been realized, this was inevitable and although we had some hope for that exchange in the beginning we soon saw that not everything was as it should be, we had trouble getting simple fixes implemented, from the bad GUI to the wallet issued we had with them. From a company of 30+ people as they reported and even gave us a digital tour of the facilities this seemed weird.
We have therefore decided to stop pursuing or accepting listings of SnowGem on Asian exchanges that are not already well established.
This will also be the same for FexPro as we suspect the same is imminent with that exchange. Please, don´t send coins over there.
It seems obvious as at the same time they continuously advertised that they were a top 15 exchange on CMC the volume was 99.9% fake as we saw that they have very few actual users. They did that to sell listings to projects on the cheap but ask for an airdrop for users. We know that as they asked the same of us and no doubt that those coins have been sold by that "team" on other exchanges.
This announcement was given from them on September the 2nd:
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Dear BITKER users:
Thank you for your long-term support to BITKER!
Due to various uncontrollable factors, BITKER will be terminated at 23:59:59 on September 2nd, 2019 (GMT+8). The announcement to the public is as follows:
In the perspective of freedom, justice and honesty, BITKER was unfortunately hacked on May 28th, 2019. Even though we have tried our best to carry out a three-month remedial work, we are very sorry that it resulted in a huge loss, which we can't afford. In the end, we have got to close BITKER and we are very sorry about this.
We are sincerely regret and apologize for all the inconvenience to our users because of Bitker's termination of operation.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation again.
We remind everybody to keep their coins off exchanges as we never know who will be "hit" next.
Not your keys, not your coins!
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Row of trouble mounts for the Samajwadi Party Chief, trapping him in a deeper pit this time. Seems that the Grand old party of India and the Samajwadi party walk on similar footsteps (with a great scale of understanding among them), setting wrong examples for the nation to witness. The CBI has got some serious trouble for the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh reminding him of his previous blunders.
According to sources, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at several locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the UP illegal mining scam. The searches were carried out at Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Hamirpur and Jalaun.
Digging out his previous crimes the CBI has caught him at the right time and place.The development could cause trouble for Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as the scam took place during the period when he was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Right from the time he has got down from the CM's throne he has been getting caught with the previous blunders and scams.
Sources said the CBI also conducted raids at the premises of former Hamirpur District Magistrate Chandrakala. The CBI, which had earlier registered a preliminary enquiry in the UP illegal mining scam case, has now filed a case.The probe into the matter was given by the state High Court. The positive results of this raid will result in a major drawback for the Samajwadi party in the upcoming major fight of Lok sabha Elections.
Earlier, the Allahabad High Court had directed CBI to conduct inquiries over allegations of illegal sand mining in the five districts of Uttar Pradesh including Shamli, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Siddharth Nagar and Deoria.
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Baby Boomers and older donors are the most valuable givers and mainly give through the mail to nonprofits, which should focus their fundraising spending on the donors and giving channels that generate the biggest return now and perform the best, a new study says.
And donors prefer to give to charities that spend money on good management and fundraising, says Heart of the Donor: Insights into Donor Motivation and Behavior for the 21st Century.
Commissioned and created by Russ Reid, a part of Omnicom Group, and conducted by Grey Matter Research & Consulting with over 2,000 participants, the study also found donors age 25 to 54 tend to give both online and through the mail.
"The donors who will be most important to us in the coming decade seem equally facile with both mail and online," Lisa McIntyre, senior vice president for strategy development at Russ Reid, says in a statement.
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"If the goal of a nonprofit is to effectively target today's best donors, then they should focus significant and smart attention on the donors giving the most money – seniors and boomers," McIntyre says.
But that does not mean nonprofits should "turn a blind eye" on younger donors, she says.
"Their value will likely increase as they age," she says. "But fundraising expenditures must be weighted according to a strategy that maximizes those who are giving now."
And while social media represent an exciting way to reach younger people, the study suggests, those who actively use social media do not use for donations.
Investment in effective management and fundraising also are important to donors, the study says.
Given a choice, it says, people prefer to give to charities that hire top-quality managers, even with higher salaries, rather than to charities that hire less experienced managers and spend fewer dollars on salaries.
An even greater percentage prefer to give to charities that spend more on fundraising and generates more giving than to charities that spend little on fundraising but raise less money.
Only 28 percent of survey respondents prefer efficiency over effectiveness, McIntyre says.
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Why we declared Journalist Sakilda, others wanted – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army has explained that it declared a Nigerian journalist, Ahmed Salkida and two other persons – Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil – wanted because of their alleged link with the terror group, Boko Haram.
Sani Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, a colonel, said in a press statement issued on Sunday evening that, "There is no doubt that these individuals have links with Boko Haram Terrorists and have contacts with them.
"They must therefore come forward and tell us where the group is keeping the Chibok Girls and other abducted persons to enable us rescue them.
The army says it was relying on relevant laws of the country, especially the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 to declare the two men and the lady wanted in connection with Boko Haram.
"We are therefore calling on all Nigerians and peace loving people to give us useful information on their whereabouts. We are also liaising with other security agencies for their arrest if they failed to turn up," the statement said.
Mr. Sakilda is known for his access to the extremist sect.
Ms. Wakil, a lawyer, was in contact with the Nigerian government during the 2013 amnesty negotiations with the Boko Haram insurgents.
She is believed to have met with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the time as part of the negotiation, which later broke down.
Mr. Bolori is known as coordinator of the Fa'ash Foundation and the Partnership Against Violent Extremism (Pave).
He lives in Maiduguri, Boko Haram's birthplace and the epicentre of its insurgency. He witnessed the rise of the terror group, which turned violent in 2009.
The Army consider Sunday's video as part of Boko Haram's propaganda.
Mr. Sakilda had said on Twitter that the video was sent exclusively to him before the sect uploaded it to YouTube.
Boko Haram had said in the video that it would only negotiate with the Nigerian government through journalists known to be close to it.
The Defence Headquarters had in a statement released shortly after the video went viral on the Internet denied killing the girls and said it was examining its authenticity.
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1) Make sure you have created, downloaded, and installed a valid Provisioning Profile as per the Foolproof way to create AdHoc certificates.
Note: A good overview of how to create an AdHoc IPA is available at the Xamarin website, but we will give a summary below.
1) In your Project > Options, select Build > iOS IPA Options and make sure Build ad-hoc/enterprise package (IPA) is selected.
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Strong and durable wooden swing from Durlang. Ideal for the small garden where the 2970 won't fit, Has slide and 2 swing seats. Strong and sturdy and will not sway as others do ! Set in the ground 30cm deep. 8ft Slide, same as Lomme Swing Set, accessories have a 1 year warranty. 290 wide x 250 high x 280 deep. Baby seat essential for under age 3 years.
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Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep
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Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep
Publisher: Affront Publishing, 2015
Length: 328 pp.
When Bewildering Stories was offered a chance to review a Swedish sci-fi anthology, I confess my first thought was, "Ole, Lena and Sven in space? Send me that book!" Along with Prairie Home Companion, I absorbed a lot of Ole and Lena — and don't forget Sven — jokes when I lived in Minnesota.
Okay, so some folks insist Ole and Lena are Norwegian, but they're usually smarting Swedes, reacting to an Ole in the pig barn side-splitter. Having recently discovered I own rapacious Norwegian ancestors via Irish Galway maidens — well, former maidens — I had to pick sides. Though secretly, we all love the sappy trio.
My second, more professional, take was, of course, "And what characterizes Swedish science fiction?" As a long time reader in the genre, I can talk about the differences between, say, English or American science fiction. But Swedish science fiction? Duh. Not a clue.
So, after finishing this anthology, if it's representative of the national style, I sort of have an answer.
A fondness for present tense is one obvious characteristic. I wish I knew whether the stories were written directly in English, or written in Swedish and translated.
But I suspect the fondness for present tense is meant to convey the dystopian and serious vibe, rather than an ESL issue. The anthology, taken as a whole, tends overwhelmingly to dark. But I can't blame the Swedes for loving "this-ends-real-badly" stories. Sort of goes with science fiction, that "I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream" thing.
So we've got 26 stories here of generally decent quality. I skipped some: one whose religious references I found too pretentious; a couple yeah-I-see-your-punch-line-a-mile-off. Finishing the rest was a decent percent of readable for an anthology.
"The Road" and "Jump to the Left, Jump to the Right" were simple stories that stood out by their humanistic and up-beat vibe. "Punch Card Horses" had an amusing Aesop's Fables feel. "Getting to the End" was a surprising hard-boiled riff.
Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep isn't a light-hearted read, for the most part. But take it to the beach, and while you're chased by the evil cloud creature, getting your brain drained by androids, look up from the pages at the squealing children and sunshine and smile. "Hey... one of these days, Ole and Lena will make it to space. Next anthology, please!"
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Australian Ballet – Murphy (Graeme Murphy tribute bill of 6 works) – Sydney
★★★✰✰ Within this potpourri of Graeme Murphy's works, the highlight was "Grand", a charming and poignant tribute he created in 2005 for his mother, a pianist, who died the previous year.
Australian Ballet – Nijinsky – Melbourne
★★★✰✰ Even after his death, Vaslav Nijinsky suffered from the power and control of others…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Open Door, Untitled America: Second Movement, No Longer Silent, Exodus, Deep, Vespers, The Hunt, Revelations – New York
★★★✰✰ It's a truism that any afternoon that includes Alvin Ailey's Revelations is apt to leave you happy.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Exodus, Strange Humors, No Longer Silent, Revelations – New York
Battle (in No Longer Silent) responds with a brilliant visualization of the music's intricate parts, a kind of neo-Rite of Spring for our time.
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Puppeteer Basil Twist is pushing boundaries again in New York as part of the White Light Festival, with a triple bill based on Stravinsky…
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Stravinsky's is a bitter tale with folk roots, about a soldier (played by the convincingly guileless, agile Tom Pecinka) returning home from the front who is sidetracked by the devil….
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By: Pople, Maureen
Price: $7.36
Publisher: New York, Ny, U. S. A., Henry Holt & Company: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000809
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
The nugget of gold Sally Matthews finds on her friends' farm doesn't look like much at first. But as she examines it more closely, Sally finds the century-old nugget had been made into a brooch. And it is inscribed with "Ann Bird Jem Ever. " Sally is sure the gold piece holds a secret of the past. Determined to shed light on the years that separate the two girls, Sally is led deep into a mystery - and a love story that's a hundred years old. The binding on this retired library book is fine, as is the jacket covered in mylar; the mylar has a few scuffs. Light on library marks. 183 pages... View more info
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Edition: First Edition
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Caroline's friend/enemy Wally tells her that a strange animal, called an abaguchie, has been seen in the area. He adds that the bones from one were found a few years back in the Bookstore cellar. He warns her not to search for herself, but Caroline will do anything to uncover the secret of those bones. Will Wally be able to foil her plans? The front board is bent back a bit at the spine.141 pages, no marks/tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. View more info
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Price: $6.44
Publisher: New York, Pocket Books: 1994
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A 'Weekly Reader' book. Casey is a prisoner of a living dinosaur-like creature in the Boston Science Museum! This is a case for the Monster Hunters! Binding is fine. 175 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. View more info
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Price: $16.56
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1963
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This volume contains 13 new stories from the supernatural, especially written for young people. To give them authenticity, all are based, in varying degrees, on well-recorded incidents or experiences in which many persons have sincerely believed. Stories include Back There, Judgment Night, the Tiger God, Return From Oblivion, The Riddle of the Crypt, Dead Man's Chest, and many others. The binding has light wear at the corners and the bottom edge. Both spine ends are bent in and a bit worn. The jacket has several small to medium tears, some repaired, and is torn at each corner. There are severa... View more info
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Ex-library, Gaylord jacket cover. The jacket is in very good condition, one tiny hole. Spine is tight. Book is for ages 12 and up. . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children::General; Children::Mystery. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: CH-23026. Hardcover View more info
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Price: $20.24
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, John C. Winston Co.: 1911
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Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket
#2 in the Flying Boys series. The illustrated dust jacket shows the Flying Boys galloping through the brush. The frontispiece shows them perilously hanging on to the wing of an airplane. The jacket, in a protective cover, has some repaired folds and tears at the bottom. One tear is 2 1/2" long at the bottom. There are chips at the spine ends and a 1 1/4" tear at the rear bottom. Both flaps have some small missing pieces at the lower edge of the fold. The binding is half red on the cover with an airplane in the middle. ; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall View more info
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Publisher: New York, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1958
Seller ID: CH-01133
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Father buys a house in the country and he got a wonderful buy. He's sure the real estate person didn't know the value, from an historic and architectural point of view. Nobody mentioned the ghost. Weekly reader children's book club edition. Binding has very light wear at edges. Pages are fine, no marks or tears; illustrations in black & white. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. View more info
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Price: $5.06
Publisher: Boston, MA, Little Brown And Company: 1974
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Seller ID: 000412
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
A terrific story about a couple of crooks who come to town and claim they're going to raise the ghost of an outlaw that Saturday night. Unfortunately for them, the fog confuses them as they're trying to get out of town and they get caught. It turns out they robbed the bank before their show. Cover is in great condition, light wear at all corners. The cover is bright. 57 pages, no marks or tears. The young boy turns out to be the hero of the story. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. View more info
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1951; HB. Binding is very good, slight wear on edges, top of spine has a tear in the binding as does the bottom of the spine. Ex-lib. 216 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" high. . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children::Mystery; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: CH-12145. Hardcover View more info
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#39 The binding is good; slight wear at bottom edges. Heavy pictoral boards. Ex-lib. Child's bookplate on inside front cover, usual remains from library book. Bright, no marks or tears noted. The inside covers have been recovered to white. The spine is blue with the Hardy Boys in an orange circle. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children::Series; Children::Mystery. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: CH-01218. Hardcover View more info
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Publisher: Champaign, Illinois, Garrard Pub Co: 1977
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This book for young readers involves two brothers and a sister searching for a missing ball of string that they just had! It is Spring, and with birds building nests, you never know what will happen! Unpaginated, large print, well illustrated throughout. The covers are a bit lightened at the top and spine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. View more info
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Publisher: Hastings House: 1964
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How to restrict yum to install or upgrade a package to a fixed specific package version?
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7
- How to restrict yum to install or upgrade a package to a specific version only?
- How to restrict yum to install or upgrade a package to a fixed specific version and not to a later version than specified.
- How to lock the package to the specific version from update?
- What is
yum versionlock?
You can restrict yum to install or upgrade a package to a fixed specific version and not to a later version than specified using the versionlock plugin of yum.
To do this, follow:
Install package named
yum-versionlockin RHEL 5).
# yum install yum-plugin-versionlock
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.listwill be created on the system.
To install or lock the version of the
gccpackage, add that package name to the
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.listfile by running:
# yum versionlock gcc-*
(Alternatively, you can edit the filelist,
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.list, directly.)
- The above configuration will not allow to upgrade the
gccpackage to version greater than what was installed at the time the locking was performed.
- Yum will attempt to update all packages, while excluding the packages listed in the versionlock file.
Other Commands
To display the list, use:
# yum versionlock list
To discards the list, use:
# yum versionlock clear
Additional Information
See the
yum-versionlock(1) for a list of all available commands.
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I followed the instructions and cleared my versionlock list [root@localhost:1 ~]# yum versionlock list Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager, versionlock versionlock list done
$ yum upgrade complains about a number of duplicate packages:
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.25-1.el7.noarch is a duplicate with abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.16-3.el7.noarch ...a ton more listed here
$yum upgrade --skip-broken seems to work but doesn't seem to, because re-running it shows the same broken packages
Plus, looks like the lock is still in place: Enable all repositories and try again? [y/N]: Error: Multilib version problems found. This often means that the root cause is something else and multilib version checking is just pointing out that there is a problem. Eg.:
1. You have an upgrade for libX11 which is missing some
dependency that another package requires. Yum is trying to
solve this by installing an older version of libX11 of the
different architecture. If you exclude the bad architecture
yum will tell you what the root cause is (which package
requires what). You can try redoing the upgrade with
--exclude libX11.otherarch ... this should give you an error
message showing the root cause of the problem.
2. You have multiple architectures of libX11 installed, but
yum can only see an upgrade for one of those architectures.
If you don't want/need both architectures anymore then you
can remove the one with the missing update and everything
will work.
3. You have duplicate versions of libX11 installed already.
You can use "yum check" to get yum show these errors.
...you can also use --setopt=protected_multilib=false to remove
this checking, however this is almost never the correct thing to
do as something else is very likely to go wrong (often causing
much more problems).
Protected multilib versions: libX11-1.6.5-1.el7.i686 != libX11-1.6.3-3.el7.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: rest-0.8.0-1.el7.i686 != rest-0.7.92-5.el7.x86_64 Error: Protected multilib versions: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.2k-8.el7.i686 != 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-60.el7_3.1.x86_64
My response is a bit late, but I wanted to clarify the following for others (which is not specific to this article but the error below; to be clear, use of the
versionlock plugin itself should not create duplicate package problems)
$ yum upgrade complains about a number of duplicate packages:
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.25-1.el7.noarch is a duplicate with abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.16-3.el7.noarch ...a ton more listed here
If you truly see
"is a duplicate" warnings and multiple versions of the same (for example)
abattis-cantarell-fonts package or any others in your
rpm -qa output (or in output from running
package-cleanup --dupes which is provided by the
yum-utils package), then this is a bad rpm database state. This means a yum transaction was incomplete (or that duplicate packages were forced onto the system with the
rpm command. We can usually see this in the
yum history output for versions that support history; typically indicated by a
** for a past transaction.
If you experience duplicate package issues then please do not perform any more
yum or
rpm transactions that change the package state (update/install/remove/etc) as that can make things worse (both the database, recovery, or actual server state in relation to new packages that have mismatched libraries on disk due to yum being confused by the duplicates), and please do open a support case to evaluate if it can be recovered. (Note: we do not recommend using the
package-cleanup fix options unless you are absolutely sure of what it is about to do, as it can also put the system in a worse state or one that we later cannot recover. However, completing the past yum transaction using
yum-complete-transaction may simply resolve the issue, but if it fails or you are unsure, please open a support case for further review as each situation of interrupted transactions can be unique.)
Note that the
multilib errors can be seen in other cases where there are no duplicates (such as missing packages in a custom repository, or
excluded packages in yum configuration files). Though it will often also be seen for transactions that are attempted after the duplicates have been left behind. It indicates that a transaction would result it mismatched x86_64 and i686 versions of the same packages, and is usually indicating a deeper issue unless purposely done by an administrator at some point. (Note: We do not recommend disabling the protected multilibs option; as seeing this error is almost always indicating some other issue, such as duplicate packages or missing rpms in a repository, which should be investigated first.)
But how does one restrict the version of versionlock? Chicken and egg...
I think it's more like turtles, as it's trust issues all the way down. But ya gotta trust the tool you choose, man. Otherwise:
1) grab the right yum and versionlock by version
2) lock that down.