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Jesters: The Game Changers (2019)
A 'gang of clowns', that fabricates rumors throughout the country, creates legendary stories about the king at the request by HAN Myeong-hoe, the most powerful man in the kingdom.
Director: Kim Joo-ho
Actors: Cho Jin-woong, Choi Gwi-hwa, Choi Won-young, Jeong In-gi, Kim Min-seok, Kim Seul-gi, Ko Chang-seok, Park Hee-soon, Son Hyun-joo, Yoon Park
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
My Grandfather's People (2011)
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Veeram (2016)
Veeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
King Arthur (2004)
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and…
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit Singh — who was placed on the throne at the age…
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King (2016)
Documentary telling the inside story of the plans by Louis Mountbatten to maneuver his nephew and heir to the Greek throne, Philip, into marrying the future queen Princess Elizabeth and…
Genre: Documentary, History
God Knows Where I Am (2016)
Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital….
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, Mystery
Sharpe's Revenge (1997)
Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane – urged on by a friend –…
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, TV Movie, War
Apostle Peter and the Last Supper (2012)
The film portrays Saint Peter reflecting on his time with Jesus and his fellow Apostles during his final imprisonment in Rome. In particular, Peter attempts to convert one of his…
Sharpe's Gold (1995)
Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2019)
A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawmen Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's lives…
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, Western


Justine Nobbe and is the co-founder and executive director of the "Adventure Mamas Initiative". She is also a mama to two and a half year old Matti, who literally joins his mama on climbing adventures where she'll strap him to her or her husband's back, or bring him along on her snowboard or cycling trips. Her joy-infused, adventure seeking-life is carried on in Utah where her family resides, as well as and on trips abroad.
Apropos to the one of the main themes of the show Justine believes that if we are going to tell our children to dream big, that as parents we must exemplify that first hand.
Justine suggests that an adventure is really in the eye of the beholder and whatever constitutes an adventure to the one experiencing it, is what matters.
5:30: Justine reflects on just how much changes when we become a mother. Not that it is a negative. Just the depths of change in one's life, particularly when they previously pursued a life that was all about their adventures and solo journeys.
8:15: Women shouldn't have to feel that they have "peaked" just because they've had a baby. This is why she started the Adventure Mamas Initiative.
11:25: One doesn't have to be a so -called "elite athlete" to enjoy adventurous activities. IN fact many of the mommy ambassadors for AMI were not athletes or adventurous their entire lives.
19:34: AMI highlights mommies from all backgrounds, ages, stages and walks of life. The main pursuits the team started with were climbing, canyoneering, backpacking, ice climbing and cycling but now they have ambassadors in multiple sports and hobbies.
25:41: Developing alliances in parenthood is super important. Whether you are in a traditional, non traditional, or in a single parent arrangement. Reaching out to your partner or community to build a team around the child or children is of the utmost importance.
27:06: Adventuring with kids isn't perfect and Justine and AMI believe in portraying realness rather than perfection.
32:40: Justine believes in finding "something that makes you happy and pursue it vigorously and prioritize it over other things from time to time." She believes that "prioritizing things that make you happy and let your kids see you doing it, will inspire them to also live the life of their dreams.
38:14: Justine and I discuss: What's your jam? Surfing, climbing, cycling? What is it that, that, you know, resonates with you as an adventure? It doesn't necessarily need to be show stopping!
42:29: Justine reminds listeners that she didn't climb or overtly adventure her entire life. In fact, it was only after she was a full grown adult that she started seriously climbing. You can start now!


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As the economic recovery gathers momentum, talent and skills are becoming more critical than ever for companies who want to compete effectively. This makes the ability of our education and training system to develop skills and nurture talent a key policy concern for business.
It is also becoming more widely recognised that effective education-business partnerships must be in place to help employers improve the skills of their workforces. Ibec's membership includes institutions from all levels of the education system. This places us in a unique position to foster deeper relationships between businesses and universities, institutes, colleges and schools.
To promote coordination and cooperation across business sectors within Ibec on education and training policy.
To promote closer alignment of education and training delivery between the relevant government departments, agencies and education/training providers to ensure flexible and responsive training provision.
To support the ongoing development of a strong accreditation system that facilitates progression and ensures that upskilling is captured in a meaningful way.
To address the specific skills and training challenges facing business in the context of the current recession.
Ibec is represented on key education and training bodies and agencies in the state. The Ibec Labour Market and Skills Council is the senior standing committee on all labour market and skills issues with responsibility for critical areas and overseeing policy campaigns from school reform to apprenticeships and higher education quality.


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BTL declares $17 million profit at AGM
Woman homeless after Belize City house collapses
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015. 6:53 pm CST.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: A 62 year old Belize City woman suffered personal tragedy this morning after her house on Ebony Street collapsed without warning.
The house had been standing for at least 42 years, but due to a combination of wet weather and aging wood, it crumbled and left her out of door. Laura Prince says she was awakened and had only time to get between the chairs in her hallway before the structure tipped over. Neighbors called police to get her out.
Prince says she approached multiple political personalities for assistance including Albert area representative Herman Longsworth and Housing Minister Michael Finnegan, as well as Albert hopeful Philip Willoughby to get a new house.
Longsworth promised one but never delivered; Willoughby could only offer new steps, and Finnegan put in paperwork at the Ministry for her in 2008 but has failed to follow up so far.
Prince says she is staying with one of her friends who lives alone. She can be reached for assistance at number 602-8404; she says she does not need further assistance apart from replacing the house.


Now that we're under 40 days away from my upcoming (second-time-this-year-but-who's-keeping-track) trip to Paris, I thought I'd share where I'll be staying. If you guessed Montmartre, you were right! I can't shake this neighborhood, no matter how much time I spend there, and it's where I've stayed on every trip going back to 2013 (here's 2014 and 2015). This adorable little nest charmed me from its original floors, to its large, airy windows, and bright, white decor. And did I mention I love Montmartre?
I love seeing the apartments/hotels/places that you find – they are always beautiful! I think my favorite was the one in wine country that you stayed at in Italy though. SO dreamy!
Also, is this not the trip with your mom? Did that happen already? I am so out of the loop!
I can already see you in that first picture writing away!
That view… It´s Paris in a nutshell! For how long will you be staying this time?
It looks really nice! How long are you staying this time?


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Carbon dioxide removal technologies take a giant step forward
In addition to drastically cutting global fossil fuel emissions, society needs to develop and use technologies to remove the CO2 already in the atmosphere.
Geologist Peter B. Kelemen is a research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He has been a key architect of the Oman Drilling Project, an initiative involving more than 200 international scientists from disciplines such as geophysics, geochemistry, geology, biology, and physics who are working on research topics related to a unique geological feature in the Oman desert. In this region, the oceanic crust and its underlying mantle rocks have been thrust up onto the surface, creating the largest on-land exposure of ocean crust and upper mantle in the world.
Atmospheric CO2 spontaneously reacts with rocks from the Earth's interior, the mantle, to form "carbonate" minerals, both removing CO2 from air, and permanently storing it in solid form. This is driven by the chemical energy due to disequilibrium between mantle rocks and the atmosphere.
Kelemen and co-workers have developed several patents for processes that harness this naturally available chemical energy to yield low cost CO2 removal from air and geological storage.
"We wanted to figure out the cheapest way to take carbon dioxide out of the air and we came up with something very simple: Take limestone, cook it. Now you have CO2, to store or use, and calcium oxide. Put the CaO out in the weather. It will draw down CO2 from air, to make limestone again. Repeat. This is so simple, it is almost stupid. But we are finding that we can convert 75% of CaO to limestone in less than two weeks, just reacting with air in the lab. And, because the process is so simple, it currently has the lowest peer-reviewed cost estimate, of any proposed method for direct air capture."
Two start-up companies are putting Kelemen's innovation to work. Heirloom Carbon Technologies based in California is committed to removing one billion tons of CO2 from the air by 2035 by "looping" CaO and CaCO3, as described above.
Meanwhile, 44.01, based in Oman, is focusing on storing CO2 removed from air, by forming solid carbonate minerals below the surface.
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Foursquare — an online app that helps travelers find the best places to eat, drink, shop or visit — recently recognized downtown Howell's Uptown Coffeehouse as one of the best spots in the nation to share a cup of mocha with friends.
"I was surprised," Uptown owner Lorna Brennan said Wednesday morning. "I didn't expect it.
More than 40 Uptown customers gave Uptown positive app reviews. Uptown, 102 E. Grand River Ave., was the only Michigan coffeehouse selected by Foursquare, which chose a coffeehouse from every state for the distinction.
More than 50 million people use Foursquare each month for their travel needs.
"I was literally sitting in Uptown early Monday morning, enjoying a freshly brewed cup of tea, when the news came across my Facebook feed," said Pat Convery, president of the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce. "What a great way to start the week.
Uptown is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays.
Brennan, a 1987 Howell High School graduate, credited her eight employees with making Uptown more than just an average coffeehouse.
Locals and out-of-towners who stop by Uptown can kickstart their day or unwind in front of a fireplace, or relax in love seats, reclining chairs and other chairs.
Tammy Roose-Woodward, a frequent visitor, brought her 2-year-old daughter, Gabriella, and her 5-month-old son, Blake, to the shop Wednesday morning.
She started her day with a black cup of coffee.
"I love it," she said. "It's a great asset to downtown."
Former Howell mayor and current City Councilman Steve Manor enjoyed a cup of hazelnut latte before a meeting with a fellow council member Wednesday.


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Mr. Clemmons hadn't originally wanted the job as the police officer.
He reports that he grew up in the ghetto.
and water hoses on people.
so at last he relented.
a scene together in 1968.
in a small plastic pool.
he says, "Hi, Officer Clemmons.
I was watching him film a session.
and he walks over to where I was standing.
I wonder if that is the good news of today, Holy Thursday.
washed the feet of his students.
to the cities for years.
when they abandon Jesus at the cross.
and changes our very being.
does it take for us to hear?
with Jesus mattered to them.
and Amy welcomed him in.
to avoid being in a relationship.
When he came, he slept a lot and played the guitar.
He told jokes to the other guys.
he would wear a tie on top, but jeans on the bottom.
Amy continues on, naming all the ways she loved him.
James then leaves and does not come back.
Amy worries. "Should I have said that?" she wonders.
She doesn't know if she will see him again.
Two weeks later, he returns.
Amy says, in that moment, he found home.
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Pope Francis says it is the Holy Spirit that moves the Church but for many Christians today, the Holy Spirit is a stranger.
Speaking on Monday morning during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta the Pope urged believers to allow themselves to be propelled by the Holy Spirit whom, he said, shows us the way to freedom.
He also had a special greeting for the Vincentian Sisters of Charity who work at the Casa Santa Marta and who are marking the feast day of their founder: St. Louise de Marillac.
Drawing inspiration from the reading of the day which recounts the dialogue between Paul and the first disciples in Ephesus, Pope Francis recalled that the disciples told Paul that they had "not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit".
This is something, he said, that happens today as well as many who believe in Jesus do not know the Holy Spirit.
"The Holy Spirit is the one who moves the Church, he said, the one who works in the Church and in our hearts" making each Christian unique and yet, together with other Christians, a unit.
The Holy Spirit, the Pope continued, opens the doors and invites us to bear witness to Jesus.
"At the beginning of Mass we heard the words: 'you will receive the Holy Spirit and you will be my witnesses in the world'. The Holy Spirit is the one who moves us to praise God, to pray the Lord, the one who is within us and teaches us to see the Father and to call him 'Father'. The Holy Spirit frees us from this 'orphan-like' condition which the spirit of the world wants to put us in" he said.
Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit is "the protagonist of the living Church" and he warned against the danger of not living up to this mission of the Holy Spirit thereby reducing faith to "morals and ethics".
It is not enough, he said, to just respect the Commandments and do "nothing more".
"But we keep the Holy Spirit as a 'luxury prisoner' in our hearts: we do not allow the Spirit to push us forward, to move us. The Sprit does everything, knows everything, reminds us what Jesus said, can explain all about Jesus. There is only one thing the Holy Spirit can't do: make us 'parlour' Christians… The Holy Spirit cannot make us 'virtual' Christians who are not virtuous. The Holy Spirit makes real Christians. The Spirit takes life as it is and prophetically reads the signs of the times pushing us forward…, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity" he said.
Pope Francis urged all faithful this week to reflect on the action of the Holy Spirit in our lives and to ask ourselves whether we have the courage to go out into the world bearing witness to Jesus.
"This is what we must do this week: think of the Sprit and talk to Him."


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Live + In Performance
by Lee Hildebrand
"Donny Hathaway Live is the best live recording of all time," Lalah Hathaway states in the booklet notes to the new two-disc reissue of that 1972 album, and nearly as brilliant follow-up, In Performance, released posthumously in the Eighties. The recordings on both were culled largely from shows at the Troubadour in LA and New York's Bitter End. Though Hathaway's daughter admits to being biased, she's actually not far off the mark. Donny Hathaway Live is rivaled by only one other album: Ray Charles in Person, recorded in Atlanta in 1959. No two albums in the annals of African-American popular music have better captured the interaction — the call and response — between performer and audience. Listening to them is like going to church and experiencing emotional catharsis.
Hathaway died tragically in 1979 at age 33, but his gospel-imbued vocal delivery and bell-like tone had a profound influence on such future stars as Peabo Bryson and Luther Vandross, as well as on the already established Stevie Wonder. "When Donny sings any song, he owns it," annotator David Ritz quotes Wonder as having said. Besides Hathaway's groove-based, electric piano-fueled jams "The Ghetto" and "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)," the two discs find him placing his highly emotive stamp on such numbers as Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On," Carole King's "You've Got a Friend," John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," and Leon Russell's "A Song for You." And when the audience joins him vocally midway through Nina Simone's "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," the joy is overwhelming. (Shout! Factory)
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After very successful edition for women, Narciso Rodriguez for Her, as well as its companion Narciso Rodriguez for Him, and their reinterpretations with mirror effect from 2008 (Article: Narciso Rodriguez Reflection in a Mirror ), a new fragrance, Essence for women, arrives on the market next year, 2009.
Airy and floral Essence will be introduced in March 2009 (to global market in April), as a limited edition, announced as very sexy, with pure, fresh and complete sunlight effect, decorated with a collage of rose, iris and amber and a musk base, created of Narciso Rodriguez' favourite ingredients, which bring a feeling of pleasure.
Essence was developed by Alberto Morillas (Firmenich), as a powdery-musky fragrance based on aromas of powdery iris, rose petals, benzoin balm surrounded with modern accords of musk.
Its flacon is created of glass, it is gently rounded and has mirror effect. Creator of the bottle is Ross Lovegrove, who found inspiration in the first edition for women, Narciso Rodriguez for Her, showing the new edition as a modern, futuristic and very sensual solution which follows the composition. The new bottle exhibits modern beauty.
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package aima.core.search.csp;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

import aima.core.util.datastructure.Pair;

public class ImprovedBacktrackingStrategy extends BacktrackingStrategy {
	protected Selection selectionStrategy = Selection.DEFAULT_ORDER;
	protected Inference inferenceStrategy = Inference.NONE;
	protected boolean isLCVHeuristicEnabled;

	/** Creates a strategy which is by default equivalent to plain backtracking. */
	public ImprovedBacktrackingStrategy() {
	}

	/** Creates a backtracking strategy with the specified features. */
	public ImprovedBacktrackingStrategy(boolean enableMRV, boolean enableDeg,
			boolean enableAC3, boolean enableLCV) {
		if (enableMRV)
			setVariableSelection(enableDeg ? Selection.MRV_DEG : Selection.MRV);
		if (enableAC3)
			setInference(Inference.AC3);
		enableLCV(enableLCV);
	}

	/** Selects the algorithm for SELECT-UNASSIGNED-VARIABLE */
	public void setVariableSelection(Selection sStrategy) {
		selectionStrategy = sStrategy;
	}

	/** Selects the algorithm for INFERENCE. */
	public void setInference(Inference iStrategy) {
		inferenceStrategy = iStrategy;
	}

	/**
	 * Selects the least constraining value heuristic as implementation for
	 * ORDER-DOMAIN-VALUES.
	 */
	public void enableLCV(boolean state) {
		isLCVHeuristicEnabled = state;
	}

	/**
	 * Starts with a constraint propagation if AC-3 is enabled and then calls
	 * the super class implementation.
	 */
	public Assignment solve(CSP csp) {
		if (inferenceStrategy == Inference.AC3) {
			DomainRestoreInfo info = new AC3Strategy().reduceDomains(csp);
			if (!info.isEmpty()) {
				fireStateChanged(csp);
				if (info.isEmptyDomainFound())
					return null;
			}
		}
		return super.solve(csp);
	}

	/**
	 * Primitive operation, selecting a not yet assigned variable.
	 */
	@Override
	protected Variable selectUnassignedVariable(Assignment assignment, CSP csp) {
		switch (selectionStrategy) {
		case MRV:
			return applyMRVHeuristic(csp, assignment).get(0);
		case MRV_DEG:
			List<Variable> vars = applyMRVHeuristic(csp, assignment);
			return applyDegreeHeuristic(vars, assignment, csp).get(0);
		default:
			for (Variable var : csp.getVariables()) {
				if (!(assignment.hasAssignmentFor(var)))
					return var;
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Primitive operation, ordering the domain values of the specified
	 * variable.
	 */
	@Override
	protected Iterable<?> orderDomainValues(Variable var,
			Assignment assignment, CSP csp) {
		if (!isLCVHeuristicEnabled) {
			return csp.getDomain(var);
		} else {
			return applyLeastConstrainingValueHeuristic(var, csp);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Primitive operation, which tries to prune out values from the CSP which
	 * are not possible anymore when extending the given assignment to a
	 * solution.
	 *
	 * @return An object which provides informations about (1) whether changes
	 *         have been performed, (2) possibly inferred empty domains , and
	 *         (3) how to restore the domains.
	 */
	@Override
	protected DomainRestoreInfo inference(Variable var, Assignment assignment,
			CSP csp) {
		switch (inferenceStrategy) {
		case FORWARD_CHECKING:
			return doForwardChecking(var, assignment, csp);
		case AC3:
			return new AC3Strategy().reduceDomains(var,
					assignment.getAssignment(var), csp);
		default:
			return new DomainRestoreInfo().compactify();
		}
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// heuristics for selecting the next unassigned variable and domain ordering

	/** Implements the minimum-remaining-values heuristic. */
	private List<Variable> applyMRVHeuristic(CSP csp, Assignment assignment) {
		List<Variable> result = new ArrayList<Variable>();
		int mrv = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		for (Variable var : csp.getVariables()) {
			if (!assignment.hasAssignmentFor(var)) {
				int num = csp.getDomain(var).size();
				if (num <= mrv) {
					if (num < mrv) {
						result.clear();
						mrv = num;
					}
					result.add(var);
				}
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

	/** Implements the degree heuristic. */
	private List<Variable> applyDegreeHeuristic(List<Variable> vars,
			Assignment assignment, CSP csp) {
		List<Variable> result = new ArrayList<Variable>();
		int maxDegree = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
		for (Variable var : vars) {
			int degree = 0;
			for (Constraint constraint : csp.getConstraints(var)) {
				Variable neighbor = csp.getNeighbor(var, constraint);
				if (!assignment.hasAssignmentFor(neighbor)
						&& csp.getDomain(neighbor).size() > 1)
					++degree;
			}
			if (degree >= maxDegree) {
				if (degree > maxDegree) {
					result.clear();
					maxDegree = degree;
				}
				result.add(var);
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

	/** Implements the least constraining value heuristic. */
	private List<Object> applyLeastConstrainingValueHeuristic(Variable var,
			CSP csp) {
		List<Pair<Object, Integer>> pairs = new ArrayList<Pair<Object, Integer>>();
		for (Object value : csp.getDomain(var)) {
			int num = countLostValues(var, value, csp);
			pairs.add(new Pair<Object, Integer>(value, num));
		}
		Collections.sort(pairs, new Comparator<Pair<Object, Integer>>() {
			@Override
			public int compare(Pair<Object, Integer> o1,
					Pair<Object, Integer> o2) {
				return o1.getSecond() < o2.getSecond() ? -1
						: o1.getSecond() > o2.getSecond() ? 1 : 0;
			}
		});
		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
		for (Pair<Object, Integer> pair : pairs)
			result.add(pair.getFirst());
		return result;
	}

	private int countLostValues(Variable var, Object value, CSP csp) {
		int result = 0;
		Assignment assignment = new Assignment();
		assignment.setAssignment(var, value);
		for (Constraint constraint : csp.getConstraints(var)) {
			Variable neighbor = csp.getNeighbor(var, constraint);
			for (Object nValue : csp.getDomain(neighbor)) {
				assignment.setAssignment(neighbor, nValue);
				if (!constraint.isSatisfiedWith(assignment)) {
					++result;
				}
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// inference algorithms

	/** Implements forward checking. */
	private DomainRestoreInfo doForwardChecking(Variable var,
			Assignment assignment, CSP csp) {
		DomainRestoreInfo result = new DomainRestoreInfo();
		for (Constraint constraint : csp.getConstraints(var)) {
			List<Variable> scope = constraint.getScope();
			if (scope.size() == 2) {
				for (Variable neighbor : constraint.getScope()) {
					if (!assignment.hasAssignmentFor(neighbor)) {
						if (revise(neighbor, constraint, assignment, csp,
								result)) {
							if (csp.getDomain(neighbor).isEmpty()) {
								result.setEmptyDomainFound(true);
								return result;
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

	private boolean revise(Variable var, Constraint constraint,
			Assignment assignment, CSP csp, DomainRestoreInfo info) {

		boolean revised = false;
		for (Object value : csp.getDomain(var)) {
			assignment.setAssignment(var, value);
			if (!constraint.isSatisfiedWith(assignment)) {
				info.storeDomainFor(var, csp.getDomain(var));
				csp.removeValueFromDomain(var, value);
				revised = true;
			}
			assignment.removeAssignment(var);
		}
		return revised;
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// two enumerations

	public enum Selection {
		DEFAULT_ORDER, MRV, MRV_DEG
	}

	public enum Inference {
		NONE, FORWARD_CHECKING, AC3
	}
}


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Q: Draw a box around a legend ggplot2 I created a plot with a custom legend in ggplot2. I tried to draw a box around all the items in the legend, however I could only draw a box around each individual item. How can I create only one box around all the items?
library(ggplot2)

ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, cty)) +
  geom_point(aes(shape = "Data")) +
  stat_smooth(aes(linetype = "Regression"), method = "lm",
              formula = y ~ x, se = FALSE, colour = 1, size = 0.5) +
  scale_shape_manual(values = 1) +
  labs(shape = "", linetype = "") +
  theme_classic() +
  theme(panel.border = element_rect(colour = "black", fill=NA),
        aspect.ratio = 1, axis.text = element_text(colour = 1, size = 12),
        legend.background = element_rect(linetype = 2, size = 0.5, colour = 1))

A: It seems that the legend.background rectangle overlaps the legend.box.background rectangle. An easy fix is to set legend.background = element_blank().
But then, in my opinion, the spacing in the legend is ugly. The legend titles take up too much space even with no title set. Fix this be setting legend.title = element_blank(). Also the spacing between the two legends is too large. Fix this by setting the space to zero legend.spacing.y = unit(0, "mm")
library(ggplot2)

ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, cty)) +
  geom_point(aes(shape = "Data")) +
  stat_smooth(aes(linetype = "Regression"), method = "lm",
              formula = y ~ x, se = FALSE, colour = 1, size = 0.5) +
  scale_shape_manual(values = 1) +
  labs(shape = "", linetype = "") +
  theme_classic() +
  theme(legend.title = element_blank(),
        legend.spacing.y = unit(0, "mm"),
        panel.border = element_rect(colour = "black", fill=NA),
        aspect.ratio = 1, axis.text = element_text(colour = 1, size = 12),
        legend.background = element_blank(),
        legend.box.background = element_rect(colour = "black"))

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Cate Blanchett defends straight actors playing LGBT roles
Cate Blanchett has defended straight actors playing gay roles in film and TV.
Hollywood has been criticised for giving LGBT roles to straight actors and earlier this year Scarlett Johansson pulled out of playing a trans character following a backlash.
Blanchett played a lesbian in 2015's Carol.
She said: "I will fight to the death for the right to suspend disbelief and play roles beyond my experience."
The Australian actress disagrees with the idea that a performer only really knows a character if they have shared experiences.
Image caption Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett played lesbians in Carol, based on a novel about forbidden love between two women
"Reality television and all that that entails had an extraordinary impact, a profound impact on the way we view the creation of character," she said during a Q&A at the Rome Film Festival.
"I think it provides a lot of opportunity, but the downside of it is that we now, particularly in America, we expect and only expect people to make a profound connection to a character when it's close to their experience."
When Scarlett Johansson was announced as the lead actor in a film about 1970s Pittsburgh crime boss Dante "Tex" Gill, who was born Jean Gill, some said it showed the limited opportunities given to transgender actors.
Pointing to other actors who've played trans roles, Johansson said of her critics: "Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment."
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Dear #ScarlettJohansson, the way you can use your privilege as a white cis woman is to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities, not speak for them.
— Elise Bauman (@baumanelise) July 4, 2018
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TV to get its first transgender superhero
Trace Lysette, who stars in the Amazon series Transparent, said it was representative of a wider problem in Hollywood.
"I wouldn't be as upset if I was getting in the same rooms as Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett for cis roles, but we know that's not the case," she tweeted. "A mess."
Cisgender describes someone who is not transgender. It applies to an individual whose gender matches their "assigned" sex at birth.
In her second statement announcing she'd no longer be playing the role, Johansson said she'd "learned a lot" from the trans community and was glad there had been a "larger conversation about diversity and representation in film".
"While I would have loved the opportunity to bring Dante's story and transition to life, I understand why many feel he should be portrayed by a transgender person."
Image caption Sir Ian McKellen has criticised Hollywood's record on gay actors
Sir Ian McKellen is an actor who's been critical of Hollywood's attitude to gay actors in the past.
He's pointed out that no openly gay man has ever won the Academy Award for best actor, but straight actors have taken home the prize for playing LGBT roles.
Tom Hanks won it for Philadelphia and Sean Penn scooped it for Milk.
In total, 52 straight people have been Oscar-nominated for playing gay characters, including Cate Blanchett for her portrayal in Carol.
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Will Poland throw Hungary out of V4?
In recent years, in the European Union there has been a rift between countries of Eastern Europe and Western European nations that are considered as the founders of the EU. Brussels' migration policy, including the decision on migrant distribution quotas for European member states, has become a major stumbling block. Members of the Visegrad Group (V4) – Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia – are opposed to providing shelter for Muslim communities on their territory as they persist in preserving Christian identity of Europe. And if leaderships in Prague and Bratislava as more reserved and careful ones have never been in direct confrontation with Brussels, then Warsaw and Budapest have pursued their national policy without regard for the EU. It should be noted that the EU has even imposed punitive sanctions against these two countries. Hungary has been penalized for its undemocratic domestic policy orientation, and Poland – for its judicial reform, which, in the view of Brussels, violates democratic principles of separation of powers and poses danger to the rule of law in the country.
However, current rhetoric of Poland's authorities has changed dramatically. Poland decided to move away from confrontation with the European Union. For instance, recently the implementation of judicial reform measures has been suspended upon request from Brussels. Moreover, Warsaw has embarked in earnest on the issues of fighting against centrifugal tendencies in Europe and advancing European democratic values. With assistance from Ukraine's authorities, Poland is conducting a campaign to counter the activities of media and the government of Viktor Orbán as the latter continues to take a strong stand against Brussels' position towards migrants. It is reported that, working together, Ukrainians and Poles wish to do all possible to exclude Hungary from V4. And even a special information campaign to discredit Hungary's authorities has been launched.
The reaction from Warsaw's colleagues in V4 is unknown, yet. But despite the assistance of Kiev, it is unlikely that Poland will be able to exclude Hungary from V4 without support from other members of the Visegrad Group. Nevertheless, if anyone else in V4 supports the initiative, then Poles will maximize the chances for achieving their goal.


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Philips, Medtronic and GE Healthcare lead medical device firms at online photonics event
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By Jamie Bell 16 Dec 2020
Medical device giants and innovative start-ups alike were in attendance at an online photonics meeting, hosted by EPIC, earlier this month
Medical devices is the third-biggest industry EPIC connects its members too - behind industrial manufacturing and telecommunications (Credit: asharkyu/Shutterstock)
Industry giants including Philips, Medtronic and GE Healthcare led a host of medical device firms in virtual attendance at a recent event hosted by EPIC (European Photonics Industry Consortium).
The online meeting featured numerous speakers, and brought together entities from across the supply chain to discuss applications of lasers and other light-based technologies in the medtech sector.
Douglas Albagli, a principal engineer at GE Healthcare – the self-proclaimed home of medical X-ray imaging – discussed the US manufacturer's flat-panel detectors, which enable digital radiography, and said it hopes to continually reduce the costs associated with these tools, making them accessible "to the entire world" in the process.
Meanwhile, Dutch industry heavyweight Philips' Andrzej Sielecki presented the company's work in replacing the many electrical wires inside a 1.2mm intravascular ultrasound catheter with a single optical fibre to optimise the transfer of data and power – something that has "never been done before".
Other major firms in attendance included Medtronic, with senior principal scientist Mirko de Melis demonstrating the US firm's ongoing investigations into diagnosing cardiovascular problems with laser doppler vibrometry, and Cognex, which is attempting to identify Covid-19 in chest X-rays using deep learning algorithms.
EPIC's director of technology and innovation Dr Jose Pozo, who hosted the virtual meeting on 9 December, said: "These large companies being involved with our events is vital – they are the companies that drive the industry.
"A doctor can tell us what they want or what they need, but if these companies can't make a business case for developing a particular technology, then there is no business.
"So, we really need them. They are the enablers of our industry – but, at the same time, they also need certain things from the photonics industry, and technologies from other fields like aerospace and robotics can help to solve problems in the medical sector too."
EPIC and the role it plays in the photonics industry
EPIC is currently the biggest photonics association in the world with 661 members from 33 different countries – all of which are companies that either develop and produce lasers, or use lasers in fields like automotive, aerospace and medical devices.
Services provided by the Paris-headquartered consortium include making introductions and helping to build partnerships in the industry, as well as buying market reports and giving them to EPIC member companies for free.
EPIC also hosts about 100 events every year – some of which are virtual and some of which take place in person, with online formats like the one seen at its medical devices meeting earlier this month often being favoured lately due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"For me, our events are successful if there is a follow-up," said Pozo. "What I hope is that, after these meetings, people see enough reasons for a follow-up discussion.
Jose Pozo, director of technology and innovation at EPIC (Credit: EPIC)
"The whole purpose is to find reasons to work together and, in that department, the medical devices meeting was particularly good.
"It only took place last week but we have already seen a lot of conversations about potential cooperation to overcome challenges in the industry."
Despite the strong turnout and apparent success of EPIC's online event, Pozo said that, in the future, he hopes to include more medical professionals in these discussions – because they are ultimately the end-users when it comes to medical devices and technologies.
He added that this will be more viable once the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, because EPIC can resume its hospital-based, in-person meetings, which take place annually and are often attended by doctors and CEOs alike.
The value of start-ups
As well as featuring speakers from some of the world's biggest medtech companies, the EPIC meeting gave several smaller start-ups a chance to demonstrate their innovations and ideas as well.
These included Hemerion – a French firm that is working on novel cancer therapies using photonics – and Often Medical, which has developed a device for epidural anaesthesia based on optical fibre technology.
"More than 80% of our members have fewer than 100 employees," said Pozo. "It is an industry dominated by smaller companies.
"So, it is really our bread and butter to talk to the younger start-ups. They are companies that have really great ideas behind them and are helping to build supply chains, but who don't always know exactly what their role is in the market.
"This is the kind of thing that we love doing the most – connecting companies with the supply chain and with future customers. On a personal level, it's super exciting to talk to start-ups."
Alongside its vast array of members in the photonics industry, EPIC also boasts a network of close to 80 investors – and a big part of its role, according to Pozo, is to evaluate start-up companies' business plans and introduce them to these potential investors.
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Global Concentrated Solar Power costs dive as learnings kick in
Average CSP prices to fall by a half as Chile, Dubai projects near completion. The global average cost of new CSP projects is set to plummet in 2020 and 2021, based on auction and power purchase agreement (PPA) data, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said in its latest annual Renewable Power Generation Cost report.
The weighted-average levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of new CSP projects online in 2019 was $182/MWh, largely unchanged on the year, discounting two delayed projects commissioned in Israel, IRENA said.
New large-scale projects set to come online in Chile and Dubai (see below) in 2020 and 2021 will have a dramatic impact on the average CSP price.
Based on available purchase agreements, the average CSP price is expected to drop to $94/MWh in 2020 and $75/MWh for projects online in 2021, IRENA said.
Plants such as Cerro Dominador in Chile use high-temperature towers and storage to drive down levelized costs.
«This represents a reduction of 48% to 59%, compared to the global weighted-average project LCOE in 2019,» it said.
Advances in CSP tower technology, falling thermal storage costs and greater deployment in areas with high direct normal irradiance (DNI), have helped to increase the average capacity factors of CSP plants, IRENA said in its report.
Operators have used larger storage capacities to increase total plant output, it said.
Trend in capacity factors by direct normal irradiance
Source: IRENA, June 2019.
Low cost of capital drives record price in Dubai
An analysis of ACWA Power's 950 MW CSP-PV Noor Energy 1 project under construction in Dubai shows how hybrid designs combined with low-cost financing and longer power purchase agreements (PPAs) can significantly reduce the LCOE of CSP plants, IRENA said in its report.
The $4.4 billion Noor Energy 1 project was awarded in 2017 at a record low CSP price of $74/MWh. The world's largest CSP project, Noor Energy 1 includes a 100 MW CSP tower plant, three 200 MW parabolic trough CSP systems, 250 MW of PV capacity and 15 hours of molten salt CSP storage capacity. Shanghai Electric is the lead construction company while the main components are being supplied by European and US firms, some using Chinese facilities.
ACWA Power signed a 35-year PPA for Noor Energy 1 with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and used a large portion of parabolic trough and PV capacity to lower the financing costs for the project. DEWA also took a 50% equity stake in the project.
IRENA compared Noor Energy 1 against the technology used for ACWA Power's Noor II parabolic trough plant in Morocco, online since 2018, with a 25-year operation life and weighted average cost of capital of 7.5%.
According to IRENA, a lower cost of capital on Noor Energy 1 reduced the LCOE by well over $30/MWh. The longer PPA contract reduced the LCOE by over $10/MWh, it said.
Technology improvements and economies of scale were less important cost drivers, it said.
Cost reduction drivers of Noor Energy 1
Dubai's record-breaking price has already been replicated elsewhere.
Last year, a consortium led by EDF was allocated the 800 MW PV-CSP project in Morocco at a price of $71/MWh.
Chile's EIG Atacama Management, developer of the Cerro Dominador plant, predicts it will set a new record price for CSP in a project tender later this year.
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As the legal profession goes digital, Illinois's CLE Board – the MCLE – is increasingly incorporating new technology into its works.
Starting February 1, 2016, all attorneys will have to go online to report their compliance with CLE requirements pursuant to recently amended Illinois Supreme Court Rule 796.
According to the rule, attorneys will be required to submit all of their certifications through the MCLE Board's online reporting system.
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Rita B. Garman applauds the new rule, seeing it as a win-win for all parties involved.


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Finland takes number one spot in OECD's latest PISA survey, advance figures show
29/11/2007 - Finland once again takes the number one spot in OECD's three-yearly PISA test of the abilities of a sample of 15-year old secondary-school students, followed by Hong Kong (China) and Canada in second and third place, according to advance details of results that will be published in full next week.
The PISA survey, based on tests carried out in 2006 in 57 countries that together account for nearly 90% of world GDP, is the most comprehensive and rigorous international yardstick of secondary-school students' attainments. After focusing in 2000 on reading skills and in 2003 on mathematics, PISA 2006 tested students on how much they knew about science and their ability to use scientific knowledge and understanding to identify and address questions and resolve problems in daily life.
Comparisons between the results of the 2006 tests and those of previous years are not strictly valid, as the nature of the tests varied. Full PISA results will be published on Tuesday 4 December 2007; advance details are being made available following the publication by a Spanish magazine of partial leaked figures.
Commenting on the PISA survey, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría noted that it is a tool to assist governments in their policy choices on education. "In today's competitive global economy, quality education is one of the most valuable assets that a society and an individual can have," he said.
In that context, he added, "PISA is much more than just a ranking. It is about how well individual education systems are equipping their young people for the world of tomorrow. First and foremost, it tells countries where their strengths and weaknesses lie."
For advance details of individual countries' performance in the PISA 2006 survey, see the table below. Full details and analysis will be published by OECD at 10.00 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday 4 December 2007.
See table "Range of rank on the PISA 2006 science scale".
PISA is a three-yearly survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds in OECD member countries and partner countries and economies. The product of collaboration between participating countries through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it draws on leading international expertise to develop valid comparisons across countries and cultures.
In 2006, PISA assessed the competencies of 15-year-old students in 57 countries with an extensive two-hour test. More than 400,000 students from 57 countries making up close to 90% of the world economy took part. The focus was on science but the assessment also included reading and mathematics and collected data on student, family and institutional factors that can help to explain differences in performance.
The table summarises the performance of 15-year-olds in science. It shows three main pieces of information:
The average score of the country on the science assessment. Across the 30 OECD countries the scores are statistically standardised to have an average of 500 points. The scores are also standardised so that approximately two-thirds of the students score between 400 and 600 - that is the standard deviation is 100. The colour coding in the list of the countries in the first column gives an indication of whether the country's score is statistically significantly above, below or not different from the OECD average.
The rank of the country compared to other OECD countries. When a sample of students represents all students in a country, it is not always possible to state with 100% accuracy what the exact rank of the country is compared with other countries. For this reason, OECD calculates, with 95% confidence, a range of ranks that the country falls within. For example, in the list above, OECD is 95% confident that New Zealand ranks between 2nd and 5th of all the OECD countries.
The rank of the country compared to all the countries which participated in PISA 2006. The same 95% level of confidence is applied when comparing a country's position to all the other countries. For example, the list above shows, with 95% confidence, that Croatia ranks between 23rd and 30th position of all the countries which participated in PISA 2006.
In addition to ranking the countries according to students' science performance, OECD carries out extensive analysis to explore the reasons for differences between countries, between schools and between students. This analysis will be publicly released on 4 December.
For further background reading, see :
Assessing Scientific, Reading and Mathematical Literacy, A Framework for PISA 2006 :
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Sample test questions from the PISA 2006 assessment
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New Melones Lake has it all. Come and see what New Melones Lake has to offer!
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Located in Calaveras County in Angels Camp off of Highway 49. New Melones Lake was formed with the completion of a 625-foot high dam in 1979. New Melones surpassed in size the Old Melones reservoir that had been formed in 1926. In 1982, the lake was filled and on its way to becoming one of the many beautiful Reservoir's in California.
Several launching sights, 12,500 surface acres of water (at full capacity), and 100 miles of shoreline Make this the fourth largest lake in California.
This fishing is great year round at New Melones. Trout, Bass, Catfish, Crappie, Kokanee. It is free to launch your boat at New Melones. You can also stay overnight on the lake. There is plenty of campgrounds. This is a recreational lake. There is lots of room for water skiing and jet skiing. They do have floating bathrooms on the lake during summer months.
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Located approximately 28 miles above Arnold Ca not far from Bear Valley Ca, 180 acres with depths averaging 40 feet. Good for July and August fishing when trout are sluggish at lower elevations due to summer temperatures. Small boats are allowed, check with Forest Service first. Good fishing both from the bank and trolling. The Lodge at Lake Alpine should be able to give you some helpful tips on preferred spots and bait.
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Spicer Reservoir – Located 8 miles south of Hwy 4 above Big Meadows Campground, this reservoir covers 2,000 acres at full pool. Good fishing in July and August from shore or small boats (Note: a 10 MPH speed limit is enforced on the main body of the reservoir with the eastern "arm" closed to motorized boating). Boat launch and facilities. Lakes-Rivers Calaveras County
White Pines Lake – One mile from Arnold Ca at the edge of White Pines across from the Moose Lodge. Well stocked with Trout, some Bass and Catfish. Picnic Area, Swimming Area, no motorized boats allowed. The lake is private but all can fish. Good place for kids to fish. No overnight camping or campfires allowed.
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Enter thru The Calaveras Big Trees State Park (The park will charge you a nominal fee) approximately 3 miles above Arnold. Good road approximately 7 to 8 miles to the river. Heavily stocked, also heavily fished. (Exercise caution in early season when water is high!) Beaver Creek is in the South Grove of the park past the bridge, good fishing in early season when water is high in the main part of the river. BEAVER CREEK
From Stanislaus River (above): Cross bridge on Boards Crossing Road, go approximately 7 miles, follow signs, very good early season fishing, camping available.
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Continue on from Beaver Creek (above) approximately 6 miles, good fishing downstream, camping available.
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Go past White Pines Lake (above), make a right turn just after crossing creek (small fish in creek), stay on main logging road for approximately 8 to 10 miles. Fishing usually good in spring, rough walking away from crossing, some camping available.
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