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Once More, With Feeling by Illusor Meaneld
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3,580 Chapter 57: All Medicines Are Poison
Once More, With Feeling... – Chapter 57: All Medicines Are Poison
Summary: Gifts and malfeasance come in all forms. Many of which are difficult to distinguish.
Author: Illusor Meaneld
Rated T: for Descriptive violence and injuries, No Adult Situations, No Cussing.
Disclaimer: I did not create, and do not own the characters from Final Fantasy 7. They are owned by Square-Enix, and I am simply borrowing them for my own (and hopefully your) enjoyment.
Genesis had an office in the Shinra building. Technically all the ranked officers did, but the auburn-haired SOLDIER notoriously avoided staying in his unless he had no choice. It made it an ideal place to meet with Cloud for impromptu discourse on the merits and demerits of different classes of Materia, among other things. His 'protégé' was running late today though, which was mildly irritating, an occurrence so uncommon it was easy to forgive the petite time-traveler. When the blond he was waiting for knocked politely, and finally entered, Genesis smirked,
"I understand the latest training exercise went well for you," He said, but his intended conversation was forestalled at the sight of the massive box the boy toted with bemusement. "What is that?" Genesis asked with a raised eyebrow, curiosity perking like a cat.
"It's… a care package." The blond said, sounding a little stunned, "From my mother." It took only a second for the significance of that to ping on the Lieutenant's radar… In the future Mother Strife had been dead for decades, and the boy's memories of her tattered like old tissue paper. Any impulse to tease vanished as they both took in the large crate.
"You have been sending most of your earnings home." The Auburn haired SOLDIER noted, then he could resist no longer, "What gift did the goddess give you?" Cloud snorted, then brought the crate over to Genesis barely used desk, setting it down with a soft grunt.
"Let's find out." The blond said, and deftly pulled a small flat crowbar from under the label, then pressed the sharp forked edge under the lip of the wooden lid. Before the boy could apply pressure, the Lieutenant leaned over and pressed his hand almost negligently across the metal tool and pushed down. The wood separated with a pop, and Cloud chortled.
"Show off!" the time-traveler muttered warmly. With a few more similar applications of enhanced strength the box opened. Without waiting for an invitation, the red garbed SOLDIER peered inside interestedly. Dry straw and sweet smelling grasses cushioned the contents, and after a little digging they pulled out several packages of varied shapes and sizes, wrapped in brown paper. Genesis poked at the first one, it was decidedly squishy. The blond obligingly unwrapped it to reveal a pale blue scarf, no doubt hand-knitted, of an incredibly soft wool. The blond smiled brightly as he petted it.
"This is Nibel wool," The time-traveler explained, "Ma didn't have any goats herself, so she mustave traded for it." For a moment a bur of mountain accent leaked into the boy's speech as he was lost in thought. The first time Genesis could recall hearing anything like that from him. The SOLDIER First bumped forward another lumpy package, captivated by the oddities. The next gifts turned out to be matching gloves and socks, all made of the silky fleece. The blond was positively thrilled.
"This one doesn't feel like clothing," the Lieutenant offered, pressing forward a hard cylindrical package. Cloud accepted it with almost childish enthusiasm, acting more like his apparent age than Genesis had ever seen. It was surprisingly fun to watch as the boy ripped open the package in honest delight. He lifted the glass jar for inspection.
"Mountain Berry Preserves!" He cheered, "I can't remember the last time I had some!" The Auburn-Haired Lieutenant stretched out a hand wordlessly toward the jar, examining it curiously when the small blond proffered it. The label looked home made, with a clean strip of boxing tape holding it in place. It had a little drawing of some small red and yellow berries on the front. The next four packages were nearly identical in size and shape, and the SOLDIER pushed them towards his 'protégé' intently. Cloud opened the first one with a hum, inside the brown gift paper was a small brownish shape wrapped additionally in wax paper. The blond held it up to his nose, sniffing with a pleased hum. "Spiced Bread." He explained in contentment, and held the loaf for Genesis to scent. He obliged, and was pleased with the plethora of ingredients he could detect.
"Four loaves? Will they last?" He inquired, raising an eyebrow at the three unwrapped packages.
"It's a hard bread, it'll keep longer than fresh soft bread, especially if I don't slice it right away. I'll put it somewhere cool and dry to extend the life." The blond shuffled all four loaves to the 'opened' pile, before turning to the last package. It was a relatively large cylinder, approximately a foot in diameter and four inches tall, there was a smaller wrapped package attached to the string bow. Cloud obligingly opened that first. Two small wedge-shaped knives tumbled out, and the blond's eyes went wide with recognition.
"No." He murmured in stunned disbelief, his gaze shifting to the large package. He hastily ripped the string and paper from it, then sat back staring in shock. Genesis cocked his head, the 'gift' was still the same shape, roughly wheel-like, and green of all colors. He turned his head to read the sticker label on top. More professionally made then the one on the jar of preserves.
It read "Mt. Nibel Dairy, Nibel Goat Cheese." It went on to describe the flavor, but Genesis turned his gaze to the Time-Traveler instead. Cloud was grinning broadly,
"The Dairy was destroyed in my time… the recipe for this cheese was lost." He mumbled in soft, awed tones. "This is amazing! A whole wheel!" Then he paused, "What am I going to do with a whole wheel?" His expression went from over-joyed to baffled. Then he looked down at the two knives. "Oh…" His cheeks pinked a little, the smile gently returning. "She sent me everything to have a cheese opening party," His gaze flicked up to meet the SOLDIER's own, "With all my friends." Genesis glanced around at the opened gifts.
"Would there usually be an accompanying beverage?" He asked, his mind racing.
"Wine, or something similar." Cloud admitted, "But I'm all of fourteen right now, she's not going to send alcoholic beverages."
"If you would permit, I think I can contribute to this little soiree… and in fact, why don't we plan to have a little celebration after you pass your Mako sensitivity test hmm?" Cloud blinked at him, but Genesis thoughts had already become absorbed with plans for the future and he chuckled to himself. "I'll take care of all the details, and I'll make certain to send a thank you note to Mrs. Strife." He said with a grin, snatching up the shipping label before the smaller boy could stop him. This was going to be fun!
Angeal drove the cargo van with admirable patience… In his opinion at least. The vehicle was roomy enough to be comfortable, though his own High-Mobility, All Terrain Vehicle, or "Hammer" as the MP's liked to call it, was much roomier and more powerful. Something important when you were on the far side of 6 foot tall. At least his head didn't hit the ceiling every rock they ran over, He mused dryly. His protégé fidgeted in the passenger seat next to him, and Angeal smiled to himself. The boy would probably be happier doing squats in the back with the cargo crates.
"Hey Angeal… why are we wearing MP uniforms again?" Zack protested querulously as he tugged at the neck of his costume.
Angeal's smile faded as he sighed heavily, "Didn't you read the briefing?"
"I uhm… skimmed it?" He answered sheepishly.
"Zack! The briefings are important! If you want to be First Class, you need to read them thoroughly. I won't always be around to remember them for you, and eventually you'll have to explain them to your own subordinates when they forget." Angeal scolded, deliberately pulling his face into a disapproving frown.
He could see the boy hang his head in chastisement in his periphery, "Sorry Angeal, they're just so boring!"
"I know, but they tell you what you're doing, and usually why," the Lieutenant added patiently, then paused as a particular inspiration hit him. "Just think of all the complicated briefings Cloud had to memorize to go back in time! He doesn't get any new instructions, he has to remember everything!" He glanced away from the dirt road, and the caravan of vehicles in time to see Zack's gratifyingly wide-eyed expression.
"Oh man! No wonder he was over a hundred!" Zack's face was an amusing cross between awed and horrified. Angeal had to choke back a laugh.
"I'm not sure that's why… but I'm sure it wasn't easy."
"Yeah, that sounds really tough." Zack frowned in thought. "I do want to be First Class though."
"Cloud said you mentored him in the future." Angeal relented,
"Yeah, he did!"
"So I know you can get there, you just need to keep your goals in mind." Zack nodded with renewed and enthusiastic determination.
"I won't let you guys down!" Then his smile turned sheepish again, "So just this one more time… uh… what did the briefing say?"
Angeal chuckled softly, "We're investigating. There's been a string of missing supplies and personnel through the Mythril Mines. We'd added MP Caravan Guards, but they went missing too. When the SOLDIER Thirds we sent next also disappeared, the higher ups decided we needed something a bit heavier."
"So they're sending us?"
"They didn't just want to send Seconds, if this threat is so impressive it could take them out too, we can't afford to lose them right now, and so sending a First with his Second Class Protégé was the best strategy."
"Cool!" Zack grinned, "So why the MP costumes?"
"We don't want to pre-emptively spook our quarry before they show their face, we need Intel, so we need to prevent them from expecting us." Angeal explained patiently. He watched the light finally dawn in the younger boy's eyes.
"So we're going undercover!" He said with enthusiasm,
"We're going undercover." Angeal confirmed gamely.
"Awesome!" Zack fist pumped, narrowly missing cracking his knuckles on the ceiling. Angeal reflected that his rather Turk-like covert mission with Cloud seemed to have awoken a strangely mischievous side of his protégé. If only that burgeoning sneakiness weren't paired with such naiveté, at least he could hope that his Second might finally hone some survival instincts.
Zack's boundless enthusiasm for the 'exciting' new mission, was not the least dampened when their caravan of vehicles drove straight into the marshes that stood between them and the Mythril mines. The cargo trucks were designed for this route and had large metal air-intake pipes attached to the engine compartment, combined with a water sealed undercarriage made for an interesting trek. The water sprayed in an impressive arc beside them as the tires rolled through a small valley.
"Whoa! It's getting pretty deep! How much water is in here?" Zack pressed a hand to the side window as he gazed out avidly. He flinched as they splashed through an even deeper pool. "Yikes! Be careful Angeal!"
Angeal side-eyed his companion as they drove, noticing the edge of nervousness as they splashed into deeper and deeper muck, and grinned. It was only a matter of time before…
"YAAAGH!" Zack jumped in place, yelling in shock as the vehicle followed their fellows windshield deep in water. "Angeal!" Zack yelped, "Watch out! Oh no! Oh crap!" He yammered, arms out thrown along the back and sides of the cab. "We're gonna stall out!"
Angeal laughed heartily, and the boy finally paused in his panic. "The trucks all have a snorkel. He said between chuckles, pointing to the intake pipe. "We could completely submerge, and as long as that's still above water we'll be fine.
"How are we getting air?" Zack asked as he slowly settled.
"Same place," Angeal explained, "It has a fan and filter. These transports are only really used to go through the Marsh. So you don't see them much."
"Wow… can they really drive underwater?" the boy warmed to the topic, "how do we see?" He gestured at the mud spattered windshield.
"Can't see at the moment, but we have a compass, we'll clean up a bit once we're free of the Zolem's territory.
"That… Is kind of awesome!" Zack said at last. "Shinra technology is really impressive sometimes."
"It really can be." Angeal said with a small smile. Though at what cost? He wondered to himself. Cloud had mentioned a few of the pitfalls on production monopolies, and they were very concerning. He shook off the maudlin thoughts, and watched Zack's newfound awe at their method of transport with fond amusement. He kept a careful eye on the compass, and the proximity sensor that told him how close he was to the other trucks. It was a tricky route, despite the confidence he'd exuded to his student, and was a fun challenge to manage. Soon enough though, the excitement was over. The vehicles exited the marsh, driving up onto solid ground, and as the radio beeped with incoming transmissions, he slowed his truck to a stop. Materia cleaned off the worst of the muck on the windshields, and the caravan proceeded to the way station tucked into the mountain itself.
In an effort to solidify their cover, Angeal and Zack both donned their helmets, and accompanied the other MP's to load the cargo onto more portable carry-drones. The small wheeled devices had a limited AI and could follow generally programmed instructions. Zack and Angeal, with their 'fellow' MP's surrounded the cargo neatly, and followed the commands of the 'leading' squad of SOLDIER Thirds. They'd chosen the tallest batch of MP's they could dredge out of the ranks for this mission, and still Angeal stood taller than the lot, but the hope was that he'd be a little less obvious surrounded by others closer to his height. Zack fidgeted and grumbled at the helmet, but was quickly quieted by his mentor's gesture. They had a few SOLDIER standard issue swords tucked neatly into the crate they were 'guarding' and were equipped with rifles besides. The Lieutenant had been forced to leave Buster behind for this mission, as it simply wasn't feasible to transport inconspicuously. Despite his usual habit of forbearance, the First Class found he missed the comforting weight of the massive weapon. He was pretty happy when they entered the strangely lit cave system, as it was significantly cooler inside, the helmet was still stifling, but more bearable in the damp interior of the mines. Progress was slow but steady as they picked their way carefully through the rough-hewn stone passage. The mining foreman, who had recently been promoted due to the disappearance of his superiors, spoke up into the quiet.
"The passage through the mines is always changing." He warned, "The terrain is not ideally stable, and the rock is prone to shearing, so be careful."
"Why do we use the mines as a supply route if it's so dangerous?" Angeal heard one of the MP's near him mutter. He had to forcibly squash the urge to educate the man. Luckily he wasn't the only one who heard the comment.
"There's not a lot of pathways through the mountain at all." One of the Third Class squad leaders advised a little sharply. "Also, Mythril is valuable, so we want to maintain this passage anyways." Suitably chastised, the MP settled into begrudging silence. There had been some explanatory background information on the location in the briefings, but apparently it wasn't only Zack who 'skimmed' them. They continued warily through the winding tunnels, their guide keeping an expert eye on the stone. For a while the crunch of boots on loose gravel and the occasional echo of dripping water were the only sounds. When they'd been inside for nearly a quarter hour the Lieutenant's enhanced hearing started picking up the scrape of exoskeletal claws on rock.
"Keep a straight face." He whispered to Zack, "Don't react until the other MP's do." The boy twitched behind his concealing uniform, shoulders stiff with the effort to tamp his reaction. Hopefully he just looked paranoid, Angeal mused. Soon enough the scuttling grew louder, and the SOLDIER Thirds in Charge sounded the warning. Immediately rifles and swords were raised, and they let loose on the cluster of approaching Castanets. With their numbers against a relatively insignificant foe, it was incredibly short work.
"Huh. That was kinda easy." Zack said, thankfully in a low undertone.
"Quantity vs quality, the age old question, Quality usually wins out, but don't forget that you can always be overwhelmed by your enemies, if there are enough of them." This comment was answered with a short acknowledging nod as the group continued onwards. They met a few more groups of Castanets along with some Crawlers and an Ark Dragon, a bit of a misnomer as the creature was more insect than proper dragon, none of which put up much of a fight for their well-armed caravan. It was as they reached the midway point, at least according to their guide, that things went a bit pear-shaped. The Mining Foreman yelped as a massive reptile lunged out of the darkness, hissing and snarling, swiping with long dangerous claws.
"Gaia!" the man cried, "what the planet is that!"
This was Angeal's first indication that something was amiss, the second was when a dozen more giant lizards boiled out of the darkness, swiping at the gathered soldiers with massive tusks, their pale eyes burning with rage. Rifle fire quickly filled the narrow cavern, and Angeal subtly tapped into the Materia tucked into the bracer on his wrist. It was a piece Cloud had acquired, and Genesis had been practicing with, the duo had loaned it to Angeal for this mission, but he'd never used it before. So gingerly he aimed at the monsters and waited. There was no way to brace himself for the flood of information, and he wondered if this was what computers felt like? Suddenly he just knew things… seemingly random things about his foe. That it had tough leathery hide and significant weight, allowing it to crush enemies with its sheer bulk. That it could turn people into frogs for some reason, and that it had no resistances, but no particular weaknesses either, and most interestingly, it wasn't indigenous to the Mythril Mines… but instead populated islands around Junon. What? It took a moment to shake off the strange mental vision the Sense Materia gave him,
"Something's wrong!" He whispered frantically, and he barely had the time to grab Zack's arm when he started reaching for the hidden swords. "Not yet, keep your cover! These shouldn't… just wait!" He brought his rifle to bear a little clumsily and thankfully his protégé followed his lead. He opened fire on the beasts as they lumbered closer, but his attention strayed to the rest of the caves and shadowy tunnels. Where had they come from? How had they even gotten here? He'd never seen an Under Lizard before, but if Cloud's Materia was right, and he trusted the time-traveler's expertise on the matter, these things were way outside their home territory! And they looked about as happy about that as Angeal was. Because he was watching for it, he saw the shadows shift deeper into a side tunnel, his enhanced eyesight picked out a humanoid shape, and what might have been a box or crate of some kind moments before a new Under Lizard lunged out. The Lieutenant's rifle-fire caught it in the chest before it could bowl over a batch of MP's from behind, and his keen hearing picked up a very human curse from the corridor in question.
"This is an ambush!" He whispered to Zack, "There are human enemies in here! Stay sharp!" He glanced around until he caught the eye of one of his Thirds, and flashed a supernaturally quick hand signal. The other SOLDIER nodded and turned to their leader. In moments dozens of glowing mako eyes were scanning the darkness. As the reptiles kept coming, a sudden out of place ping dragged the Lieutenant's gaze to where one of his enhanced men had deflected something decidedly inorganic. Another ping and this time he caught the flash of metal and glass as a tiny hypodermic dart was deflected by a wary blade. What?! Angeal decidedly did NOT like the implications of their enemy using darts, sedatives? Or something more lethal? He clenched his jaw as righteous fury blazed through him, there was no honor in this! When one of the darts hit an unfortunate MP, too far for a SOLDIER to cover, he'd had enough.
"You're a SOLDIER Zack, time to act like it." He snarled, his student didn't hesitate, but dove into the crate with a grin.
"What the!" A 'fellow' MP yelped, startled by their actions, "What are you doing?" but when a long length of steel appeared from inside the 'medical supplies' they were 'guarding' the man gaped. When Angeal ripped the helmet from his head and drew his own sword, the unfortunate rifleman stammered, and snapped a hasty salute. "L-l-lieutenant Hewley! S-Sir!"
"We're under ambush! Enemy insurgents!" the First Class barked in reply, he whipped his hand to face the fallen MP and used another 'borrowed' Materia, this wasn't one Shinra was 'manufacturing' yet, though why not the raven-haired SOLDIER couldn't fathom, as the Heal spell blazed over the prone figure, and he groggily started to sit back up. "They're using tranquilizers! Be on your guard!"
"Sir! Yes sir!" the Third Class SOLDIERs in the lead chimed habitually.
"Holy Gaia! Is that one of the Firsts? I didn't sign up for this!" Angeal heard a voice cry in panic, and it wasn't one of his trained on the sound and darted forward blade flashing to intercept enemy fire, allowing the others to watch his back. A twist of his wrist activated the third borrowed Materia he carried, one Genesis had recently been praising the usefulness of. Cover. The incoming projectiles almost seemed to shimmer in his sight, and some unseen whisper nudged him where he needed to be to protect those under his command. This might become his new favorite spell. In a blur of speed he was suddenly right in front of one of the enemies. The man jumped back with a yelp, his goggled face and drab grey-brown clothing hiding him admirably in the darkened caverns, a shot fired, but the SOLDIER First had already knocked the rifle barrel ceiling-ward with the flat of his blade. The dart plinked harmlessly against stone. The next swipe cleaved the firearm in half, rendering it useless. And a third swipe sent the pommel into the back of his opponent's head with careful precision. He wanted to talk to these people… whoever they were.
With their disguises removed, Zack was working admirably with his assigned Materia, Restore linked to All bolstering up the combatants against the monsters and unknown assailants alike. The occasional flash of Lightning told him the boy wasn't skimping on his offense either. It was good practice for him to pay more attention to the whole of his comrades. These thoughts drifted through Angeal's mind even as his primary focus shifted to the sounds and smells of more bipedal targets. The next man he hit never saw him coming. Dropping to the ground with a dusty thud after the metal hilt impacted his skull. After that he slid into a battle trance, his feet moving almost of their own will as his mind analyzed the threats one after another. It wasn't until a sharp burning sensation raced over his forearm, and the smell of scorched flesh reached his nose that he snapped out of it. Had that man … just thrown acid? He bared his teeth in a rictus snarl, flicking the blood from his arm and casting a hasty heal, but in his momentary distraction most of the rest of the insurgents had whirled to flee. The Lieutenant realized he'd pursued them deeper into the mountain, and while he could still hear the sounds of battle behind him. He was mostly alone with his quarry. There was almost a proper cave where they stood now, and the partially empty stack of crates, some still with Under Lizards inside, confirmed his earlier suspicions. At the far end of the cavern a lean dark-haired man with glasses glowered at him. The same one who'd hit him with some kind of chemical. He stepped forward, but the man turned and disappeared into the dark without a word. The rest of his cronies following with panicked haste.
The Lieutenant barely had the forethought to flick a hasty Sense spell in the bespectacled figure's direction, the magic seemed to catch, but the information came back muffled, and stilted. Not much beyond the sudden knowledge of his opponent's name. Fuhito. Part of him burned to give chase, but he dared not abandon his own SOLDIERs like that. Angeal knew there was no way the enemy had retrieved all of their fallen comrades, and he was determined to find out who these people were… He retreated grudgingly to his own men, and tried to take his mind off just how much his arm ached.
It was the end of the week, the day of the Mako Tests, and it was only after Genesis had 'escorted' his Protégé, with a privilege he could thank Angeal for initiating, that he realized they might have a problem. He was sitting with his back to the camera in the waiting area of the science department. The other members of Cloud's squad were present, but they had all elected to sit as far as was possible from the Lieutenant and his protégé. Probably wise of them, Genesis mused, as he was not feeling particularly tolerant of children right now. His mako enhanced gaze remained on the time-traveler, despite the open book held up near his face. The normally unflappable blond was more rigid than he'd ever seen him. Though his face appeared impressively calm, there was a notable pallor, and the SOLDIER could hear the uptick in heartrate, even smell the adrenaline. He eyed his 'charge' carefully, watching the tell-tale body language.
"Is there a particular complication I should be appraised of?" The SOLDIER murmured in tones barely loud enough to carry the short distance between them. "You completed all of your preparations prior to our arrival, correct?"
Cloud met his eyes, and when he spoke, his lips barely moved, "I didn't think I'd have a problem. I've had a long time to address my personal trauma, but the anxiety I'm experiencing apparently isn't logical." He huffed almost silently.
"Personal trauma?" Genesis prompted.
"I think I mentioned that I had SOLDIER enhancements? Well more specifically I was one of Hojo's unwilling experiments." The answer was almost sub-audible. "Because of that, I'm having some issues at the concept of Hojo coming anywhere near me with … well, anything."
Genesis digested the idea, letting that statement slot together with other clues and admissions, while he subtly canted his eyes around the room. "I don't think he personally administers the Mako sensitivity tests." He returned, a near whisper. "Just sometimes oversees the measurements." He was fairly certain of this, as he'd vaguely recalled wanting to strangle a young cadet who'd bragged loudly about the 'cute nurse' who'd administered his test. He also knew that the Professor was certainly paranoid enough to keep an eye on every drop of Mako administered. Either way, his statement did the trick and allowed the blond to relax enough that he didn't look ready to faint. A little more loudly, he began debating the potential meanings behind the poetic language of Loveless, a distraction Cloud gamely involved in. The Lieutenant's mind was firmly addressing his new information, No surprise the time-traveler had an aversion to the many ambitious scientists, but with what he'd been learning, he didn't blame him even a single iota.
Thankfully, when the first cadet was called it was not Cloud, rather they started alphabetically by last name. Gavin Caradoc stepped up and the tech took him to a side-room with windows, sure enough another tech administered the small series of injections. Then it was quick going as they began calling the Cadets up one after another, and the first began returning to the waiting area to be observed for excessively adverse reactions.
When it was Cloud's turn, he entered the room with all the apparent calm of the veteran he was, though Genesis could tell he was still slightly agitated. They explained as they presented the small collection of syringes that each one contained a slightly higher potency, and would be administered at two minute intervals to watch for intolerance or rejection. There were five shots, each placed up the arm from the wrist, and Cloud regarded them almost clinically, despite the uptick in his heartrate before each one. When they were finished, and the injection sites had done nothing more than redden like bug-bites, they were sent out to the waiting room again.
True to Genesis speculation, Professor Hojo did not execute a single test himself. Rather stood back and watched absently as the Mako was given. He looked up briefly when one boy, a red-head, moaned in pain, his arm visibly starting to swell and sweat breaking out on his forehead. One of the techs quickly ushered him into a back room. But the head of the science department had already lost interest, his attention on the small tablet in his hands and the dilute green chemical they were introducing to the boy's systems.
"Poor Kyle." Cloud murmured in sympathy, "No SOLDIER for him." After the prerequisite hour wait, only two more boys "Fisk," and "Ethan" had a hasty visible reaction. The rest would have to wait a few days to see if their bodies metabolized the chemical properly or not. Just before they stood to leave, Genesis felt the hairs raise on the back of his neck, and looked up to briefly catch the black gaze of the Professor, but the moment passed as bespectacled eyes slid past him to the cadets who'd gone after Cloud. He suppressed a shiver, there was something… wrong… with that man.
The Mako Sensitivity Tests were always a drudgery to Professor Hojo, not that crying bothered him, but it was tedius to monitor such simplistic results. If not for the valuable resources, and the careful measurements, which he didn't trust to his techs, he would not bother to be present at all. He could generally tell within thirty seconds if a reaction was occurring, and could usually even predict with roughly eighty-five percent accuracy which cadets would pass or fail. His gaze slid over the accumulated children again. There was some small merit in the presence of his expertise, as it had been particularly difficult to calculate a safe measurement for the smallest of them. How a child so very diminutive had made it this far was a mystery, but not one Hojo was terribly intrigued with, at least not until he laid eyes on the child's escort… One of Hollander's failures? He let his gaze focus a little more clearly on the small boy next to him and frowned. Wasn't that the midget Turk he'd seen before? His gaze drifted up again, and briefly met with the Failure's. He withdrew and let his attention wander, his mind whirling. When he finally drifted out of sight, tablet in hand, he pulled up the information on the midget. Turk Intern… that had been the same figure he'd seen. Fourteen the information read; young and enterprising this one, unfortunate the boy would likely reject the Mako, Hojo mused, but if the Turks picked him up instead… what were they doing pilfering from his own project pool? Greedy cockroaches. He snarled mentally. As it was too late to make any alterations to the boy's test; given that it was already administered, he sighed and wandered off. He dismissed the matter for the moment, but he would remember the unusual specimen.
((Author's Note:
This chapter was interesting. Originally it was part of the last chapter, but that one got a bit away from me in length, and so I split it up… then it wasn't quite long enough, so I had to figure out what scene needed to go into this time zone. I had about 4 different ones in mind, but finally settled on Angeal's confrontation with AVALANCHE. There's a reason things are jumping out of canonical sequence, some of which you guys know about, some of which I know about but only lightly hinted at. ^_~
As I've been mentioning, and despite what people might think regarding these bizarre interludes with Genesis, it's all part of the plan!
-Jianre M. A.K.A … Illusor Meaneld.))
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... to our Christian friends!
And what is so good about it?..its raining and gloomy..and I have no Easter eggs(Chocolate) to snack on. My sweet tooth is calling me.
That my friend works...the snow gods are smiling on you as we type.
It's been sunny all day I've been finishing wiring my workshop for power and light AND my wife and I bought Lindt eggs a couple days ago. Tomorrow may be lousy weather, we'll see! But Sunday is lamb roast and, since it was my brother's birthday today, he is coming with his wife and two daughters and we're watching Star Wars all afternoon. A very Christian event haha. I don't mind indulging in quasi-Christian celebrations, because it's part of my regional Christian heritage, and it's fun. Being Christian has nowt to do with it. I attend and respect Samhain (which is more than can be said about some others who attend, stoners and kids), but not myself a Brittonic polytheist.
It never does harm, to the giver or reciever, to wish honest good feelings on occassions that are important to the other, all side snark aside.
I completely forgot this Sunday is Easter. My boss gave it to me off. Finally for one day the heathen gets a Christian holiday off!
Happy Easter or whatever people might be celebrating!
It's "good" because it is the day that the Son of God went to a willing death to redeam the human race.


Discussion in 'Developers' Forum' started by jnsc, Nov 23, 2014.
In the API, for example in the sites_web_domain_get() fonction, the parameters are $session_id and $primary_id.
The $session_id param is clear, but what does the $primary_id relate to? is it the domain_id from table web_domain, or is it something more complicated?
The primary ID is the primary ID (auto increment) field of the table, in case of the websites, it is the domain_id. But you can also pass a array to all _get functions as primary ID, an arry switsches the function to search mode. e.g.
Is it ok to use this functions in this ways (%)? Or should I create new get_all functions?
Is it ok to use this functions in this ways (%)?
Thats ok. the get_all functions are old, they existed befot´re the search functionw as implemented and they will get marked as deprecetd in one of the next versions to clean up the api, so better use the _get functions.
Ok, good to know this.


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Q: Php foreach loop concatenation I am working on a script to loop over what check boxes a user clicks on, depending on which ones were clicked that will result in a "dynamic" query. I am trying to build a where statement with a array to execute in pdo.
The problem I am having is that within the foreach loop I am trying to use

.=

to concatenate a string to build my query. However when a user clicks on the same group of checkboxes like

'why_and'

only one $where will be created so when I print out my query with a var_dump I get this :
SELECT student.anum,
       student.first,
       student.last,
       student.email,
       session.aidyear,
       reasons.reason,
       COUNT(session.anum) as Total,
       MIN(DATE_FORMAT(session.signintime, '%b %d, %Y - %l:%i %p')) as 'First',
       MAX(DATE_FORMAT(session.signintime, '%b %d, %Y - %l:%i %p')) as 'Last'
FROM
      student INNER JOIN session
           ON session.anum = student.anum
      INNER JOIN session_status
           ON session_status.status = session.status
      INNER JOIN reasons
           ON reason_id = session.why
WHERE 1 AND why = :reason
GROUP BY session.anum

and then I var_dump the placeholder array and get this :
[":reason"]=> string(9) "4 , 5 , 6" }
Notice how I have three values in the :reason array and only 1 :reason in the query. Is there anything I am missing?
This is a example with my thought process (please take a look at the comments) :
   $placeholder = array();
    $where = "";

if($and !== "") // This is the "super array" if you will
{
    if(array_key_exists('why_and', $and)) // Now I check for each specific thing a user can search for in the array / database
    {
       foreach($and as $key => $value) // Take the $value of the array index why_and
       {
           $where .= " AND why = :reason "; // Create a where variable with a named placer holder for each value that exists in the array
           $placeholder[':reason'] .= rtrim($value, ' ,'); // Then add to the $placeholder array so I can I add it to the PDO execute as an array
       }
    }
    if(array_key_exists('status_and', $and))
    {
       foreach($and as $key => $value)
       {
           $where .= " AND status = :status ";
           $placeholder[':status'] .= rtrim($value, ' ,');
       }
    }
}
$finSQL = $sql . ' WHERE 1 ' . $where; // COncate the final results
$dynamic = $this-> db-> conn_id-> prepare($finSQL); // prepare
$dynamic-> execute($placeholder); // Use the placeholder array and pass that to the execute as a [key => value pair as shown in the manual example number 2][1]

Edit 1 @Your Common Sense

Just to clear things up THIS WORKS but only for one value in each check box category, why_and, status_and but if I try to do more then one value from the same category then it does not work.

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\section{Introduction}
The maximum traveling salesman problem can be formulated as follows:\medskip

\noindent\textbf{Max~TSP.}
Given an $n$-vertex complete weighted (directed or undirected) graph $G$ with non-negative edge weights, find a Hamiltonian cycle in $G$ with the maximum total weight of the edges.\medskip

Max~TSP is the maximization version of the classic traveling salesman problem (TSP) and, like TSP, is among the most intensively researched NP-hard problems in computer science.
In this paper, we consider the metric Max~TSP, i.e., the special case in which the edge weights satisfy the triangle inequality and the symmetry axiom.\medskip

\noindent\textbf{Related work.}
Max~TSP has been actively studied since the 1970s.
The approximation factors of currently best polynomial-time algorithms in different cases are: $2/3$ for arbitrary asymmetric weights \cite{Kaplan}; $7/9$ for arbitrary symmetric weights \cite{Paluch79}; $35/44$ for the asymmetric metric case \cite{Kowalik3544}; and $7/8$ for the metric case~\cite{Kowalik78}.

On the complexity side, Max~TSP is APX-hard even in a metric space with distances $1$ and $2$: It follows from the corresponding result for TSP \cite{Papadimitriou1993,EK}.
The problem remains NP-hard in the geometric setting when the vertices of the input graph are some points in space $\mathbb R^3$ and the distances between them are induced by Euclidean norm~\cite{Fekete}.
The proof of this fact implies that the Euclidean Max~TSP does not admit a scheme FPTAS unless P$=$NP.
However, Max~TSP admits a scheme EPTAS in an arbitrary metric space of fixed doubling dimension $dim$~\cite{Shen2021}.
The time complexity of this scheme is $O\big(2^{(2/\varepsilon)^{2dim+1}}+n^3\big)$.
An actual question is developing practically usable approximation algorithms.

In~\cite{Serdyukov1987}, an $O(n^3)$-time algorithm is proposed which computes asymptotically optimal solutions of Max~TSP in Euclidean space of any fixed dimension.
The relative error of this algorithm is estimated as $c_d/n^{\frac{2}{d+1}}$, where $d$ is the dimension of space and $c_d$ is some constant depending on $d$.
In~\cite{Shen2010,Shen2014}, this result is extended to the case when the edge weights are induced by any (unknown) vector norm.
The algorithms from \cite{Serdyukov1997,Barvinok} allow to find close-to-optimal and optimal solutions of Max~TSP in the case of metrics defined by polyhedrons with a small number of facets.
In~\cite{Shen2021}, an $O(n^3)$-time approximation algorithm was proposed which computes asymptotically optimal solutions of the problem in an arbitrary metric space of bounded doubling dimension $dim$.
The relative error of this algorithm is estimated as $(11/6)/n^{\frac{1}{2dim+1}}$.\medskip

\noindent\textbf{Greedy patching heuristic.}
In this paper, we address one of the simplest and natural ideas how to find good solutions of Max~TSP.
It can be described as follows: Taking as a start point a maximum-weight cycle cover, iteratively patch pairs of its cycles into one minimizing the weight loss at each step.
To patch two cycles into one, a pair of edges from different cycles is replaced by another pair of edges which connect these cycles.
For the classic TSP, the similar greedy patching algorithm was studied in~\cite{Zverovich,Goldengorin} as the ``greedy Karp-Steele heuristic'' but no theoretical estimates for its efficiency were obtained.\medskip

\noindent\textbf{Our contributions.}
We study approximation properties of the greedy patching heuristic applied to Max~TSP.
It is easy to show (Corollary~\ref{general}) that, in the general metric setting, this heuristic has a constant-factor approximation ratio.
We prove that, for instances of Max~TSP in any metric space of doubling dimension $dim$, the greedy patching heuristic finds approximate solutions of the problem with relative error at most $(7/3+o(1))/n^{\frac{1}{2dim+1}}$ as $n\rightarrow\infty$.
Thereby this simple heuristic implements an asymptotically exact algorithm in the case of fixed or sublogarithmic doubling dimensions, i.e., when $dim=o(\log n)$.

An advantage of the greedy patching heuristic over the algorithms from~\cite{Shen2021} is that it does not require any information about the value of doubling dimension $dim$, which may not always be available, even approximately.
It should be noted that the derived theoretical estimate for the relative error of this heuristic is rather rough and may be improved, especially in geometric cases.

\section{Basic definitions and properties}
A \emph{metric space} is an arbitrary set ${\cal M}$ with a non-negative distance function $dist$ which is defined for each pair $x,y\in{\cal M}$ and satisfies the triangle inequality and the symmetry axiom.
Given a metric space $({\cal M},dist)$, a \emph{ball} of radius $r$ in this space centered at a point $x\in{\cal M}$ is the set $B(x,r)=\{y\in{\cal M}\,|\,dist(x,y)\le r\}$.
The \emph{doubling dimension} of a metric space is the smallest value $dim\ge 0$ such that every ball in this space can be covered by $2^{dim}$ balls of half the radius.

\begin{rem}\label{rem1}
It is easy to see that, if a metric space is of doubling dimension at most $dim$, then each $r$-radius ball in this space can be covered by $(2/\delta)^{dim}$ balls of radius $\delta r$, where $\delta$ is any value from $(0,1)$ (e.g., see~\cite{Shen2021}).
\end{rem}

Suppose that we are given a set $V$ of $n$ points in ${\cal M}$ and also all the pairwise distances $dist(a,b)$, $a,b\in V$.
Denote by $G[V]$ the complete weighted undirected graph on the vertex set $V$ in which the weight of every edge $\{a,b\}$ is defined as $dist(a,b)$.
The metric Max~TSP asks to find a maximum-weight Hamiltonian cycle in $G[V]$.

\begin{definition*}
Let $c_1$, $c_2$ be vertex-disjoint cycles in $G[V]$ and $\{a_i,b_i\}$ be any edge in $c_i$, $i=1,2$.
A \emph{patch of the cycles $c_1,c_2$ on the edges $\{a_1,b_1\}$, $\{a_2,b_2\}$} is a combining of these cycles into one by replacing the pair of edges $\{a_1,b_1\}$, $\{a_2,b_2\}$ by one of two pairs $\{a_1,b_2\}$, $\{a_2,b_1\}$ or\, $\{a_1,a_2\}$, $\{b_1,b_2\}$ of the maximum total weight.
A \emph{weight loss} of this patch is the value
\begin{eqnarray*}
Loss\big(\{a_1,b_1\},\{a_2,b_2\}\big)=dist(a_1,b_1)+dist(a_2,b_2)-\\
\max\big\{dist(a_1,b_2)+dist(a_2,b_1),\,dist(a_1,a_2)+dist(b_1,b_2)\big\}.
\end{eqnarray*}
\end{definition*}

\begin{definition*}
A \emph{cycle cover} of a graph is a spanning subgraph of this graph in which every connected component is a simple cycle.
\end{definition*}

\noindent\textbf{Greedy Patching Heuristic (GPH).}

\noindent\emph{Input}: a set $V$ of $n$ points in ${\cal M}$; the distances $dist(a,b)$ for all $a,b\in V$.
\emph{Output}: a Hamiltonian cycle $H$ in the graph $G[V]$.\medskip

\noindent\emph{Initial Step}:
By using the $O(n^3)$-time algorithm from \cite{Gabow}, find a maximum-weight cycle cover $C_0$ of the graph $G[V]$.\medskip

\noindent\emph{Patching Steps}:
Let $C=C_0$ and, while $C$ contains more than one cycles, repeat the fol\-lo\-wing operations.
Find edges $\{a_1,b_1\}$ and $\{a_2,b_2\}$ from different cycles of $C$ with the minimum value of $Loss\big(\{a_1,b_1\},\{a_2,b_2\}\big)$.
Patch the cycle cover $C$ by replacing the pair of edges $\{a_1,b_1\}$, $\{a_2,b_2\}$ by one of the pairs $\{a_1,a_2\}$, $\{b_1,b_2\}$ or $\{a_1,b_2\}$, $\{a_2,b_1\}$ with the maximum total weight.

\begin{lemma}\label{loss1}
The weight loss at each patch of GPH is at most $w(C)/n\le w(C_0)/n$, where $w(C)$ and $w(C_0)$ are the total weights of $C$ and $C_0$, respectively.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Let $\tau$ be a lightest edge in the current cycle cover $C$.
Then the weight $w(\tau)$ of this edge is at most $w(C)/n$.
On the other hand, the triangle inequality easily implies that, for any edge $u$ in $C$, the value of $Loss(u,\tau)$ is at most $w(\tau)$.
So GPH can always choose a patch with weight loss at most $w(C)/n$.
The lemma is proved.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}\label{general}
In the general metric setting, the approximation ratio of GPH is at least $e^{-1/3}$.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
By Lemma~\ref{loss1}, the approximation ratio of GPH is at least
$(1-1/n)^{k-1}$, where $k$ is the number of cycles in $C_0$.
But, obviously, $k\le n/3$, so we obtain the estimate $(1-1/n)^{n/3-1}\ge e^{-1/3}$.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

\begin{lemma}\label{loss2}
For any edges $\{a,a'\}$, $\{b,b'\}$ from two vertex-disjoint cycles in $G[V]$, we have $Loss\big(\{a,a'\},\{b,b'\}\big)\le 2dist(a,b)$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Indeed, by the definition of weight loss and by the axioms of metric, we have
\begin{eqnarray*}
Loss\big(\{a,a'\},\{b,b'\}\big)\le dist(a,a')+dist(b,b')-dist(a,b')-dist(b,a')\le 2dist(a,b).
\end{eqnarray*}
The lemma is proved.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

\section{Justification of the Greedy Patching Heuristic}
\begin{theorem}\label{th1}
If the space $({\cal M},dist)$ is of doubling dimension at most $dim$, then the relative error of GPH is at most $(7/3+o(1))/n^{\frac{1}{2dim+1}}$ as $n\rightarrow\infty$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Let $\{a_0, b_0\}$ be a shortest edge in $C_0$ and $t_0=dist(a_0,b_0)$.
Then, obviously, we have $\displaystyle t_0\le\frac{w(C_0)}{n}$.
Further, we will use a real-value parameter $\rho\in(0,1)$ to be specify later.
Define the value $\displaystyle R_0=\frac{w(C_0)}{n\rho}$ and consider the ball $B(a_0,R_0)$, which will play an important role in justifying GPH.

\begin{lemma}\label{R0}
Let $c$ be a cycle in $C_0$ none of whose vertices lie in the ball $B(a_0,R_0)$ and let $\{a,b\}$ be any edge in $c$.
Then $dist(a,b)\ge 2R_0-2t_0$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Suppose that $dist(a,b)<2R_0-2t_0$.
Then, replacing the edges $\{a_0,b_0\}$, $\{a,b\}$ by $\{a_0,a\}$, $\{b_0,b\}$, we obtain a new cycle cover of $G[V]$ whose total weight is at least
\begin{eqnarray*}
w(C_0)+dist(a_0,a)+dist(b_0,b)-t_0-dist(a,b)\ge\\
w(C_0)+dist(a_0,a)+dist(a_0,b)-2t_0-dist(a,b)\ge\\
w(C_0)+2R_0-2t_0-dist(a,b)>w(C_0),
\end{eqnarray*}
which contradicts the choice of the cycle cover $C_0$.
The lemma is proved.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

\begin{definition*}
A cycle in $C$ which doesn't intersect the ball $B(a_0,R_0)$, i.e., none of whose vertices belongs to $B(a_0,R_0)$, will be referred to as \emph{far}.
A cycle which contains at least one vertex in $B(a_0,R_0)$ will be referred to as \emph{near}.
\end{definition*}

We will use the following denotation: we assume that, at the $i$th patching step, $i=1,2,\dots$, GPH replaces edges $e_{2i-1}$, $e_{2i}$ from cycles $c_{2i-1}$, $c_{2i}$ in $C$.

Let us divide all the patching steps in GPH into groups (types) I, II, and III:

The group I consists of the patches for which at least one of cycles $c_{2i-1}$, $c_{2i}$ is far.

The group II consists of the patches for which both cycles $c_{2i-1}$, $c_{2i}$ are near and $Loss(e_{2i-1},e_{2i})\le\displaystyle\frac{2\delta w(C_0)}{n}$, where $\delta\in(0,1)$ is another real-value parameter, additionally to $\rho$, which will be specified later.

The group III consists of all the other patches, i.e., those for which both cycles $c_{2i-1}$, $c_{2i}$ are near and $Loss(e_{2i-1},e_{2i})>\displaystyle\frac{2\delta w(C_0)}{n}$.

Now, let us estimate the total weight loss at each of these groups.
Denote by $K_{\rm I}$, $K_{\rm II}$, and $K_{\rm III}$ the numbers of patches in GPH of the types I, II, and III, respectively.

\begin{lemma}\label{KI}
$\displaystyle K_{\rm I}\le\frac{n\rho}{6(1-\rho)}$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Obviously, each I-type patch reduces the number of far cycles in $C$ by $1$.
All the other patches do not increase this number.
So the the number of far cycles in the original cycle cover $C_0$ is at least $K_{\rm I}$.

By Lemma~\ref{R0}, every edge of a far cycle is of weight at least
$$2R_0-2t_0\ge\frac{2w(C_0)}{n}\Big(\frac{1}{\rho}-1\Big),$$
therefore, the total weight of all the far cycles in $C_0$ is at least $\displaystyle K_{\rm I}\frac{6w(C_0)}{n}\Big(\frac{1}{\rho}-1\Big)$.
But, on the other hand, this weight is at most $w(C_0)$, so we have $\displaystyle K_{\rm I}\le\frac{n\rho}{6(1-\rho)}$.
The lemma is proved.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

\begin{lemma}\label{KIII}
$\displaystyle K_{\rm III}\le\Big(\frac{4}{\rho\delta}\Big)^{dim}$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Obviously, each III-type patch reduces the number of near cycles in $C$ by $1$.
All the other patches do not increase this number.
So, by the time of the first III-type patch, the current cycle cover $C$ contains at least $K_{\rm III}$ cycles which intersect the ball $B(a_0,R_0)$.
But $\displaystyle R_0=\frac{w(C_0)}{n\rho}$, so the ball $B(a_0,R_0)$ can be covered by $\displaystyle\Big(\frac{4}{\rho\delta}\Big)^{dim}$ balls of the radius $\displaystyle r=\frac{w(C_0)\delta}{2n}$ (see Remark~\ref{rem1}).
Thus, if $\displaystyle K_{\rm III}>\Big(\frac{4}{\rho\delta}\Big)^{dim}$, then there exist at least two vertices, say $a$ and $b$, from different cycles in $C$ which hit the same $r$-radius ball.

Denote by $a'$ and $b'$ vertices in $C$ adjacent to $a$ and $b$, respectively.
Then, by Lemma~\ref{loss2} and by the triangle inequality, we have
$$Loss\big(\{a,a'\},\{b,b'\}\big)\le 2dist(a,b)\le 4r=\frac{2w(C_0)\delta}{n}$$
It follows that, by the time of the first III-type patch, there exists a patch of the type II, which contradicts the rules of GPH.
The lemma is proved.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

For the value of $K_{\rm II}$, we will use the obvious estimate $K_{\rm II}\le n/3$.

By Lemmas \ref{KI} and~\ref{loss1}, the total weight loss at I-type patches is at most $\displaystyle\frac{w(C_0)\rho}{6(1-\rho)}$.
Next, since $K_{\rm II}\le n/3$, the total weight loss at II-type patches is at most $\displaystyle\frac{2\delta w(C_0)}{3}$.
Finally, by Lemmas \ref{KIII} and~\ref{loss1}, the total weight loss at III-type patches is at most $\displaystyle\Big(\frac{4}{\rho\delta}\Big)^{dim}\frac{w(C_0)}{n}$.
Thus, the relative error of GPH is
$$err\le\frac{\rho}{6(1-\rho)}+\frac{2\delta}{3}+\Big(\frac{4}{\rho\delta}\Big)^{dim}/n.$$

It remains to select good values of the parameters $\rho$ and $\delta$.
Let $\delta=\displaystyle\frac{1}{n^{1/(2dim+1)}}$ and $\rho=4\delta$.
If $n^{1/(2dim+1)}\ge 8$, then $\rho\le 1/2$ and $\displaystyle\frac{1}{1-\rho}=1+o(1)$ as $\rho\rightarrow 0$, so
$$err\le\frac{4+o(1)}{6n^{1/(2dim+1)}}+\frac{2}{3n^{1/(2dim+1)}}+\frac{1}{n^{1/(2dim+1)}}=\frac{7/3+o(1)}{n^{1/(2dim+1)}}$$
as $n\rightarrow\infty$.
If $n^{1/(2dim+1)}<8$, then we use a simple estimate based on Corollary~\ref{general}:
$$err\le 1-e^{-1/3}\approx 0.2835<7/24<\frac{7/3}{n^{1/(2dim+1)}}.$$
The theorem is proved.
\hfill$\Box$
\end{proof}

\section{Conclusion}
We prove that the simple greedy patching heuristic gives asymptotically optimal solutions of Max~TSP in doubling metrics.
An interesting direction for future work is comparing this heuristic with the asymptotically exact algorithm from~\cite{Shen2021} in practice, e.g., on random data.
Another possible subject of further investigation is improving the estimate for the relative error of GPH in the case of $d$-dimensional Euclidean space $(\mathbb R^d,\ell_2)$.
Our hypothesis is that this estimate is $O\big(1/n^{\frac{2}{d+1}}\big)$.

\vspace{2em}\noindent\textbf{Acknowledgments.}
The study was carried out within the framework of the state contract of the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics (project FWNF-2022-0019).

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BREAKING VIDEO: Black Lives Matter Rioting & Looting After Trump's Victory
November 9, 2016 Alex D. 1071 Views 2 Comments # Black Lives Matter, # Donald Trump, # USA Election
Black Lives Matter and other anti-American groups began rioting in Oakland, California when word got out that Donald Trump had won the election.The domestic terrorists can be heard yelling "Not my president" in videos uploaded to social media.Reports of cars being lit on fire and store windows being broken began circulating on the net soon after election results were announced.
"About 2 a.m., a large group formed near the corner of South Bellefield and Fifth avenues, chanting anti-Trump slogans.
A large police presence was evident in the area.
Supporters of Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton could be heard taunting each other.
The group marched down Fifth Avenue, shutting down the thoroughfare at 2:15 a.m.
The protest continued to grow more as the marchers moved through central Oakland and went against traffic on Forbes Avenue.
By 2:30 a.m., more than a thousand people were marching in the streets. A group walking on Forbes Avenue kicked over a garbage can.
The commotion carried continued past 3 a.m. on Forbes Avenue as chanting continued and a drummer joined in. People wearing black hoods and bandannas led at the front of the march, which culminated at the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
There, expletive-filled chanting continued.
Corrine Jasmin, 22, a Point Park University student, gave a passionate speech on the Cathedral of Learning steps berating Mr. Trump for being a "racist."
"I'm a little angry," Ms. Jasmin told the Post-Gazette after concluding her speech. "I'm with her. I voted for equality, I voted for women."
Pitt student Vikram Mukherjee, 18, said he was "disgusted" by the results of the election, "especially being a person of color."
He was at the protest with Purva Davee, 17, also a Pitt student. She said she was there to support her friends.
"My Muslim friend called me in tears because she is afraid to leave her room," she said.
About 3:15 a.m, a Pittsburgh police officer said he had heard of no major issues at the protest and was unaware of any arrests.
At the same time, the marchers went across Forbes Avenue to the Hillman Library to continue their demonstration.They stopped at the front doors of the library, where they were met by police officers holding batons.
Some of them held hands a formed a circle, then spoke angrily of Trump policies regarding the LGBT community and women's reproductive rights. The group then encircled a half dozen Trump supporters, sparking a shouting match between the two factions."
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Making Hope Visual
The Embassy of Argentina in Canada and Library and Archives Canada cordially invite you to Making Hope Visual, a design exhibition presenting a selection of cross-cultural posters by the Argentine graphic designer Matías Delfino.
About the exhibit
The traveling exhibit includes United Nations posters that bring the message of the Organization to life. In communicating ideas across borders through the universal language of design, these posters all address the same challenge: being equally understood by people of different cultures who speak different languages. These images work as agents of social change to improve people's lives in every corner of the world.
Matías Delfino is a United Nations international civil servant who has been serving the Organization as a graphic designer in New York (USA) since 2000. His commitment to the defense and promotion of human rights and his understanding of cultural diversity are present in his creations, which are translated into different languages and reach the 193 Member States to the Organization.
Wednesday September 27 to Friday September 29, 2017
8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street - Ottawa, Canada
www.makinghopevisual.org


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New wine trail launches in the heart of English wine country
The Great Sussex Wine Tour has been created to offer groups the chance to sample wine and local produce and enjoy panoramic views in the South Downs.
Source: Lara Abel, TGSW
Groups can enjoy outdoor tastings at selected wineries on the wine tour.
The self-guided trail, designed by The Great Sussex Way, connects local vineyards, including Ashling Park Estate, Tinwood Estate and Upperton Vineyards, with a new cycle route for visitors to explore the area and sample local wines en route.
Danielle Dunfield, CEO of The Great Sussex Way, said: "In West Sussex we produce the finest wines in England, so it is fantastic to offer visitors a unique way to enjoy our award-winning vineyards. As the Capital of English Sparkling Wine, it is incumbent on us to take the lead and bring these phenomenal wineries together to offer the full grape to glass experience.
"The Great Sussex Wine Tour has been designed holistically to encompass our brilliant local businesses. Visitors can create their perfect get-away with stop-offs at our classic country pubs, farm shops and much more. After the year we've all just had, this is the perfect great escape."
Cycle routes include the relatively flat plains, which are overlooked by the South Downs to the north, and cover around eight miles. There are two additional cycle routes to Upperton which are longer, more challenging and include both off-road and on-road sections.
As well as following the trails by bicycle or e-bike, groups can opt to tour the area by coach and pre-book visits at the wineries:
Ashling Park Estate, West Ashling
Ashling Park caters for smaller groups of up to 16; larger groups can be accommodated by prior arrangement and are split into smaller groups for tours. The winery is fully accessible and fairly flat to walk around. Tours are offered from Thursday to Sunday with private tours and bespoke catering for groups available by prior arrangement.
Upperton Vineyards, Tillington
Upperton offers private vineyard tours from May to September and wine tastings with owner Andy Rogers who guides visitors through the set-up, management and ethos of the vineyard which he planted in 2005. Expect to learn about the sparkling wine process while enjoying a tasting of two sparkling wines against the backdrop of the South Downs. The winery offers plenty of parking and can accommodate groups of up to 20 for tastings in the shop during the summer months when the terrace is open (up to ten people in the winter).
Tinwood Estate, Halnaker
Tinwood can cater for a range of group sizes – the tasting room can hold groups of up to 48 during the winter months and 65 during summer. There is ample parking for mini-buses and coaches. As well as tastings, the winery offers their signature cheese board which is designed to complement their wines and group travel organisers are encouraged to contact the winery directly to discuss any bespoke requests. On-site lodges for overnight stays are also available to book.
For more information on Southern eBike Rentals, who helped develop the routes, visit www.southernebikerentals.co.uk. To find out more about the wine trail, accommodation options and amenities available on the routes, visit www.thegreatsussexway.org.
Dining experiences on offer at The North Yorkshire Moors Railway
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festival info: summerjam festival
Date: Friday 04 July - Sunday 06 July, 2014
Genre: Reggae, Dancehall, Ska, Dub-Step, Hip-Hop
Location: Fühlinger See, Cologne, Germany
Site: www.summerjam.de
The Summerjam is Europe's biggest reggae festival. It takes places annually in July at the Fühlinger See, a lake in Cologne, Germany. It is visited by 25.000 to 30.000 people. Two stages and two tents are located on an island, the camping area surrounds the lake.
The Summerjam was held for the first time in 1986 at the Loreley in St. Goarshausen. Due to the increasing number of visitors and the limited space had the festival from 1994, after eight years at the Loreley, held at a different venue. Transitional was this the site of the wild-Airfields Rath, a former military airfield in Wegberg used. Because of criticism of the festival visitors, the site was not suitable for a reggae festival, was quickly searched for a new venue. This was the Fühlinger lake found in the north of the city of Cologne, where the Summerjam 1996 now annually attracts up to 30,000 reggae fans from around the world. Moreover, since 2009, some concert footage on WDR will broadcast television.
From 1985 to 1993 the Summerjam took place at the Loreley, in 1994 and 1995 at the airport Wildenrath and since 1996 at its present location in Cologne. Through the festival's history, many major reggae acts have performed at the Summerjam, including (among many others):
Black Uhuru, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Steel Pulse, Aswad, Freddie McGregor, Sly and Robbie, Burning Spear, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Abyssinians, Culture, Misty In Roots, Israel Vibration, Lee Scratch Perry, Lucky Dube, Tony Rebel, Maxi Priest, Bunny Wailer, Shaggy, Beenie Man, Sizzla, Sean Paul, Groundation. Source: wikipedia.org
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The causes of the present deficit in ethics are easy to identify. They relate to the popularization of a self-delusion regarding the path to happiness. It will take some time - and perhaps a new cycle - for many people to understand that truthfulness leads to happiness, while falsity opens the door to quite different places.


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Q: Don't Add Value If Already Exists In Datagridview I have a "table_info" table with a column for ID,NAME
When Adding new ID,Name. I would like to check if it's already exists. and If it exists, produce a MessageBox.
How can this be done

A: There is more than one way to accomplish this. You could check the datasource/set or the actual datagridview itself, if you don't have too many rows. If it's the later then you could do it like so:
Check Function returned true if the criteria is met:
    Function IsInDatagridview(ByVal cell1 As String, ByVal cell2 As String, ByVal rowCell1_ID As Integer, ByVal rowCell2_ID As Integer, ByRef dgv As DataGridView)

    Dim isFound As Boolean = False

    For Each rw As DataGridViewRow In dgv.Rows
        If rw.Cells(rowCell1_ID ).Value.ToString = cell1 Then
            If rw.Cells(rowCell2_ID ).Value.ToString = cell2 Then

                isFound = True
                Return isFound

            End If
        End If
    Next

    Return isFound

End Function

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Then to use the Function to display a MessageBox if the criteria is met:
    If (IsInDatagridview("id", "name", 0, 1, DataGridView1)) Then

        ''// Code to display message.
        MsgBox("Record Exists!", MsgBoxStyle.Information)

    End If

You may need to change The ID to an integer but I reckon it should work. Haven't tested it.
Okay so what this will do is iterate through each row 'rw' within the datagridview you specify, checking for String matches of the cell's columns' and if a match is found 'isFound' is set to true then 'isFound' is returned.

A: Ypu have to refer to use rowCell_ID as string because it is the column name in your datagridivew:
Function IsInDatagridview(ByVal cell1 As String, ByVal cell2 As String, ByVal rowCell1_ID As Integer, ByVal rowCell2_ID As Integer, ByRef dgv As DataGridView)

    Dim isFound As Boolean = False

    For Each rw As DataGridViewRow In dgv.Rows
        If rw.Cells("rowCell1_ID" ).Value.ToString = cell1 Then
            If rw.Cells("rowCell2_ID" ).Value.ToString = cell2 Then

                isFound = True
                Return isFound

            End If
        End If
    Next

    Return isFound

End Function


Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916. The 12th Manchester (52nd Brigade, 17th Northern Division) attacked Orchard Trench (West of Delville Wood) on the 4th August. The attack was a failure with heavy losses (171 men for the 12th Manchester). From the 5th to 14th August, the Battalion was posted in Montauban Alley or in reserve near Carnoy then Albert. It left the Somme sector on the 15th August.


Car drivers parking on the double yellow lines between Portswood road and the car park on Westridge road. The council say they do issue tickets on this road. When is the council going to fix this problem? This is happening all day and every evening to the point where other road users cannot turn into Westridge road from Portswood road or Tennyson road. This has been getting worse since Woolworth closed.
23 10 2018 at 7pm. Could not get out of Westridge Road as cars parked from the junction of Portswood Road right down to the public car park on the double yellow lines. Vehicles were reversing back to Tennyson Road and turning around to take an alternative route. Cars were queuing on Portswood Road and then giving up. this problem is far from fixed!


This is from GeoGebra user Sparky. There are 20 questions and you have to enter the two values for x in each case before checking your answer. Clicking on 'Check Answer' reveals the correct factorisation and answers. The questions are ordered in increasing difficulty.
Getting to know the quadratic function – from TeachitMaths.co.uk. Very thorough. Covers: completing the square to find vertex; the discriminant; sketching quadratics; an investigation into links between roots.
Matching quadratic and cubic curves to equations – from TeachitMaths.co.uk. A nice activity where learners have to match quadratic and cubic equations with their graphs. Completing the square is used in the quadratic part.
Graph transformations – PowerPoint from TeachitMaths.co.uk. Ten multiple-choice questions covering all the transformations needed for Core Maths. Useful as a whole-class activity with mini whiteboards.
Function transformations – from TeachitMaths.co.uk. Ten PowerPoint slides reviewing translations and stretches.
Coordinate geometry – straight lines – from TeachitMaths.co.uk. Good for consolidating the chapter.
Developing your own method – from TeachitMaths.co.uk. Three multi-stage questions with no hints.


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CONTRACT: Keeper to stay until end of season
Stopper agrees half-season deal
@LouisGray95
Carlisle United Football Club are delighted to confirm that keeper Louis Gray has signed a half-season contract which keeps him at Brunton Park until the end of the current campaign.
Gray, 23, returned to Brunton Park in October to provide competition for the number one shirt when Boro stopper Joe Fryer broke his leg during the home victory over Crewe Alexandra.
No stranger to United fans, Gray had previously spent three months on loan with the Blues from Everton as cover for Jack Bonham at the end of last season.
Director of football David Holdsworth said: "We are really pleased that Louis has agreed to stay with us.
"We think he's a goalkeeper who has a bright future ahead if he continues to work as hard as he's working with us right now. He's a very professional young man and he's slotted into our goalkeeping department perfectly.
"The pleasing thing for us is that we know we have two very good keepers who can do the job for us. He's pushing Adam [Collin] constantly and that's of real benefit to both of them.
"He's another who is only going to get better and better the more he's around the first team environment."
The Welsh born stopper cut his teeth at his hometown club Wrexham and made the move to join the Premier League giants, initially on a short-term deal, in September 2015.
He had a spell on-loan with Colwyn Bay just one month later, and featured for the Toffees in their Checkatrade Trophy games against Notts County and Mansfield Town in the group stages of the competition last season.
He left Goodison Park when his contract came to a close in June, and was courted by a number of clubs, including Nuneaton Borough, before coming back up north to rejoin the Blues.
Louis Gray
LOAN: Youth keeper joins the Reds
Second-year youth keeper Isaac Robinson has today joined Northern Premier League north west division side Workington AFC on a work experience loan deal, and he goes straight into the squad for this...
CONTRACT: Defender stays with United
Carlisle United are delighted to announce that defender Rhys Bennett has extended his stay with the Blues until the end of the current season.
CONTRACT: Defender captured on a two-year deal
Carlisle United are delighted to welcome defender George Tanner on a two-year deal as he becomes the club's first summer signing.
CLUB: Keeper coach appointment confirmed
Carlisle United would like to welcome Steve Collis to Chris Beech's backroom staff as he takes post as the club's keeper coach for the 2020/21 season.


So, I decided that a short backpacking trip, pre-TGO chally would be Just The Thing. LTD thought this was a rubbish idea and why couldn't we just stay at home. But a vote of the general household at Knipetowers overuled this notion.
Nevertheless, I invited a couple of friends, not wishing for the thing to get too big and too organised. Thus, (despite the gentle attentions of the railway companies who determined that me and Dawn and LTD should arrive two hours late) just the four of us, plus dog met eventually in the New Inn at Clapham – the group being me, JJ, Chrissie, Dawn and LTD.
We progressed wetly up to Gaping Gill where we erected our tabernacles and retired cosily inside.
The rain rained and the wind blew. And the mist gathered around us very damply. The yawning pit of Gaping Gill called in the night, inviting any one of us to sample the delights of a 350 foot freefall into a dank oblivion-headed darkness. Oooer…..
In the morning (this now being Tuesday), we slogged up through the tussocks and bog to the col or bealach between Ingleborough and Simon Fell where Chrissie put up a tent and me and JJ and the dawg visited the summit of Ingleborough and where there were wet people and NO View Of Anything At All. We returned to Chrissie's camp and then followed the rather lovely (normally anyway) path along the edges across Simon Fell and Park Fell and down to Ribblehead where a few jinkies were jinked before erecting our tabernacles once more in the nithering gale blowing off the viaduct and the sprinkling showers sprinkled our tents quite liberally. An evening of beer and steak pies was had (JJ didn't like his cos it was all dried out, like, and others ate other things involving chickens and sausages) Pub staff appeared unhappy about something. We didn't enquire, not wishing to intrude on their private anxieties, some of which may well have included the opening and closing of the gate onto the moor behind the pub. This seemed to be somewhat of an obsession.
If you're considering camping behind the pub, by the way, it is free at the moment, but several brainless-types have littered, lit fires, left a general mess and, probably , emptied their bodily cavities all over the place and it's probably only a matter of time before the free camping in stamped on. Try not to light a fire, get drunk, have a fight, break glass, chase sheep…….
The night was wet and breezy but LTD was cosy in his bed wot Chrissie made, snored loudly all night and, frankly, was reluctant to emerge on Wednesday morning.
We delayed the day's start due to a re-evaluation of the route in view of a duff weather forecast. Chrissie decided to abandon due to an incipient migraine and the remainders eventually emerged and plodded off towards Blea Moor.
After a few showers, though, the day turned bright and cold and we sploshed over Blea Moor and down into Dentdale, pickernicking by the river Dee before catching the train to Leeds and home.
Well, it gets you in the mood for TGO stuff- TGO weather specially arranged for the event. I eventually remembered things I'd forgotten to pack – tissues for the bum and a sponge/scourer for the pan – and not too bothered by the weight of the pack – and having to keep going in the face of morning drizzle and gloom – and I tried me kilt. It was too cold and windy for kilts on Day 2 but I wore it under waterproofs on Day 3 and let it all hang out after lunch. I'm happy to wear this on the TGO. Some peeps may ask for a reason why I wore a kilt. All I can say is that I can wear whatever I feckin want to wear and not answer to anybody else with a reason. I like the kilt. It's adding miles to my day. And I have rather lovely legs, though I say it myself (LTD agrees and he has a special view, not revealed to most people) Only one person has questioned this, in seven walks. They need to have a word with themselves, I think.
Not many miles were done, but I enjoyed it anyway, despite the glaur and the wind and the recalcitrent railway system. Almost up to TGO speed…..
It was a good do Mike. Thanks too for the hospitality and breakfast.
I stayed in that pub once. It was a jolly night with jolly people.
I had A Very Nice Time....in spite of the duff steak pie.
Thanks for inviting me along....now what's all this about a Challenge?


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Chief, Division of Shoulder and Elbow, Rhode Island Hospital
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University Orthopedics Inc.
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Andrew Green, MD, is a fellowship-trained specialist in problems of the shoulder, elbow and upper extremity. Each year, he performs over 350 arthroscopic, reconstructive, joint replacement and trauma surgeries for these problems. Most commonly, he treats patients for rotator cuff disorders, dislocations and instability; arthritis; fractures and sports injuries.
As an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and chief of shoulder and elbow surgery at Brown Medical School, he is actively involved in shoulder research and the education of future orthopedic surgeons. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters regarding the shoulder.
Green is board-certified in orthopedic surgery, in addition to being a member in both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. He is an internationally recognized expert in shoulder and elbow surgery.
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McMillin's bill is probably a "slam dunk" to pass in the Michigan House, and it's difficult to imagine it not passing in the Michigan Senate as well. It appears that Senate Energy and Technology Committee Chair Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, supports the bill in concept, which should help. What's more, the public outcry over the federal law would probably make it very difficult for lawmakers to oppose or postpone taking action.
he has launched a bulb ban repeal bill in the Michigan House of Representatives with 27 early co-sponsors, although as yet unreported either by news media or Michigan Legislature press releases.
lightbulbs manufactured in this state from those basic materials.
It played a part in the earlier veto by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer of their bill, but subsequent bills in different states have taken that aboard, and been phrased accordingly, at least in some cases after communication with the Attorney General's office.
News of the passing of the Texas bill into law was posted earlier.
Updates on other bills here (http://ceolas.net/#li01inx).
Yes it is a Ban!


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Owner of waterpark where boy died probed over home dispute
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The co-owner of a Kansas waterpark where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated on a raft ride is being investigated in Texas over a confrontation with people in his home.
New Braunfels, Texas, police say a woman reported Thursday that Jeff Henry had threatened her. Henry has not been charged.
Henry co-owns Schlitterbahn Water Parks and Resorts and is charged with murder in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab, who died on a waterslide when his raft went airborne and hit an overhead loop. Henry made his first court appearance in Kansas and flew back to Texas on Thursday.
Defense attorney Ron Barroso tells KSHB-TV when Henry arrived at his home he discovered people staying there had burglarized and ransacked it. He says Henry confronted them, which prompted the woman's call to police.
Barroso says Henry plans to file charges.
Information from: KSHB-TV, http://www.kshb.com


Just a quick post...I went up the allotment this evening to dig some spuds to take away with me...(after all we are going self catering so why buy horrible expensive ones when you can take your own!!) and one of the potato plants had something on it. Well it wasn't on the plant but in the potatoes when I dug the plant up. It was totally isolated to the one plant which was in the middle or a row so I don't think it was the soil and I am a little confused!!
I think I have heard people use the term 'potato blight'...although it is possible I'm imagining this!! The bugs looked like something crossed between a maggot and a caterpillar...all of the spuds on the one plant were no good!!
Does anyone have any idea what it was?? I wish I'd had my camera with me but it was packed all ready for hols so no picks for proof...I hope I don't find any more when I get back but I will make sure I have my camera ready on my next visit when I come home...just in case!!
Could it have been the soil?? Is there something I need to do so it doesn't happen again?? I am growing my stuff organically!! Also dug up an ants nest with ants ready to fly...god they are a pain...but only for me and not the potatoes so I won't grumble too much!!
Yes, something has bored holes into my potatoes too. I'm going to have a google to see if I can find out what!
If the potato had lots of narrow tunnels and the bug was about an inch long and shiney orange then it was wireworm. There's no treatment, but to prevent it happening lift the tubers when they're mature rather than leave them in the ground.
I believe what you've encountered is the larval form of potato bugs.
Hi Flightplot...no the bugs were much smaller than that and were a milky white colour...could this have been a younger version of wireworm??
James...thanks for the referral..I now know it derfinately wasn't wireworm..it wasn't slugs either..or potato blight...any other ides??
I've just found the same thing in some of my spuds - never seen them before.


In deregulation of power system, different regulatory units, environmental concerns and economic concerns have lead to the penetration of Distributed Generation (DG) in power system. When DGs are penetrated, various parameters like DG technology, optimal size, optimal location, and its impact on various operating characteristics such electrical losses, voltage profile, stability and reliability of power system are to be monitored. The performance of DG penetration depends largely upon the selection of the optimal parameter values. Special optimizing techniques used to evaluate optimal value of parameter in context of heuristic nature of variable. A literature review has been carried out on different optimal technique used to optimize parameter values. The authors have reviewed various definitions related to DG and conventional and non conventional technologies on which DG are based. Various issues regarding DG integration have been discussed. Exhaustive reviews of many optimization techniques have been done for optimal location and size of DG.
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I wrote this application some years ago, when I need multi-stage replacing in many HTML files. In the beginning it was freeware, I develope it, and 2 years ago (or 3?, omg) it become the shareware project.
But some parts remain freeware, so, possible, it can be useful for someone.
Below I describe how you can search and replace particularly for HTML tags.
You can use RQ Search and Replace to search and replace HTML code for tags, attribute names, or values.
For example you can change the font size of one font type without affecting any others.
 will be changed to , but tag  remain the same size="2".
You can delete or change HTML tags, it's attributes or attributes values.
Don't worry about attribute's order in tag - program parsed HTML code and get all attributes and its values properly.
For example  or  is the equivalent tags.
The program searches by the search parameters and changes according to those found parameters.
The program searches for tag by name and the same attributes and value according to search parameters.
The program searches the same tag by its name, and the tag found must contain all parameters specified in the search conditions (and possible other attributes).
If the required tag with the same name should contain even one of the search criteria it will be found.
Required tag should NOT contain every of attributes of search - ie all attributes should NOT be presents in the Required tag.
The search criteria specifies tag attributes that should not be present in found tags.
Found Tags and\or attributes may be changed or deleted.
No key (by default) - delete start tag and corresponding end tag only. Text inside tag will not deleted.
"ALL" key - delete start tag, corresponding end tag and all text (and other tags) enclosed in this tag.
"ALL -" - delete only text enclosed in this tag. Tag will not deleted.
In search cell, insert tag with attributes that need be changed.
Program searches tags by search condition.
The program search finds attributes by their name.
If attribute present - program changes attributes value by the value from replacement cell.
Delete the attribute in tag found, if attribute has the same name and value .
Add the attribute with given value. If attribute already exists - just set the new attribute value.
5. In upper case - set attribute value to upper case for attributes listed in replace cell only. If in replace cell char * (rep)resents - set all attribute values to upper case.
6. In lower case- set attribute value to lower case for attributes listed in replace cell only. If in replace cell char * (rep)resents - set all attribute values to lower case.
- create index of html-files in current folder.
- replace all  char representation sequence to national code page chars.
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