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U.S. Open 2019: Tiger Woods gets final work in with Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas on Wednesday
PEBBLE BEACH—The sunshine that soaked Pebble Beach early in the week was swallowed by the Pacific on Wednesday, a dense fog engulfing Monterey Peninsula. It seemed fitting, given we're on the precipice of the U.S. Open beginning in earnest. For the smiles and jokes and photo-ops that were ubiquitous inside the ropes Monday and Tuesday were escorted off the property, replaced by a solemn, serious inflection. The weather letting the field know a beast lurks in the mist.
The identity of this beast depends on your view. A case could be made it's the course. The last time the national championship visited Stillwater Cove, the 54-hole leader shot 82 and no player finished in red figures. Maybe it's Brooks Koepka, the player with three wins and a runner-up in his last five major starts. That Koepka seemed especially fiery on Tuesday does not bode well for the field.
Or, judging by the caravan that followed him on Wednesday, to say nothing of the history he brings, it's Tiger Woods.
Woods joined Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Kevin Kisner for a tour of Pebble's back nine. There's usually not much to extract the day before a major: the preparation has been done, the strategy laid out. It's more out of routine, sprinkled with the search for one final secret or observation that will prove the difference. Those needing Wednesday to get their swing or mind right can be written off.
Yet Woods, a year-and-a-half into his comeback but still very much in the exploratory stages of what his body can and can't do, views Wednesdays in a different light.
"My surgeon said it's going to take two full years to understand your body," Woods told GOLFTV. "I said, 'Yeah, whatever' but it's coming up on two years. He was right. It has taken that long. But I am getting better, and I know how to get better."
The 43-year-old now takes Tuesdays off—or as much as a three-hour practice session can qualify as "off"—to conserve energy. Because his latest back procedure has tightened his muscles up, Wednesday serves as a litmus test for Woods, making sure the swing that was there on Monday has returned.
"You saw last year, I went through many iterations of my golf swing before I found something that was playable," Woods said. "This year has been the same thing, trying to peel back the layers so I feel good on a daily basis."
So how did it look Wednesday?
Compared to Tuesday's practice session, which, at times, looked laborious, Woods' swing was smooth and compact. His driving was not as accurate as it was on Monday, though he wasn't spraying it by any means, and the majority of his approach shots found the putting surface. One onlooker in the crowed yelled, "Don't you ever miss?!"
Should Woods contend, it will be through his irons, the set that leads the tour in greens in regulation. Tiger knows this as well, noting the "ridiculously small" size of the greens will separate the weak from the strong.
"Because of how small they are, you have to hit the ball in one particular spot. But then if they get firm and crusty, it's so hard to hold it on that spot. You have to throw it straight up," Woods said.
Moreover, his work around the greens was downright clinical. That shouldn't be a surprise, not when he ranks eighth in strokes gained/around the green this season. But his pitches from the patchy, gnarly greenside rough to the deceivingly-tough greens were so consistent that Mike Thomas, Justin's father, mumbled, "He makes it look easy," on the 17th.
"These greens don't sometimes look as dangerous as Augusta's greens or Winged Foot's greens, where you see these huge undulations and know I have to just tap this down the hill," said Rob McNamara, Tiger's longtime friend and manager. "Pebble's are subtle. Even today, a few of the guys hit it 10 feet by. And they aren't at full tournament speed yet."
For his part, Woods was stoic throughout his round, and the crowd took its lead from his demeanor. The galleries that surround Tiger are rarely quiet, but—due to Woods' body language or the languid feeling brought on by the murky weather—they watched in revered silence for most of his walk around the course. For a crowd that size to be that quiet was downright eerie.
However, that silence broke on the 18th, replaced by chants of Tiger's name when he walked off the green.
Some were shouts of encouragement, others acknowledgement. At what he achieved this spring at Augusta, and what he did here in 2000. Perhaps it was an acknowledgment to themselves that the 15-time major winner was in their midst. Woods nodded, keeping his head down as he slithered his way to the left side of the grandstands.
As Woods entered a shuttle to take him up a hill to the locker room, a familiar face—and voice—greeted him in Johnny Miller. The former U.S. Open champ and recent retiree shook Woods' hand. What the two spoke of could not be heard, a conversation meant to stay between legends
But as Woods departed, Miller turned to no one in particular, cocked his head to the left and said, "He looks good. Going to be a good week for him."
Miller has always called 'em like he sees 'em. Thursday will prove if his forecast shines through the fog.


The 27th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy – WOŚP) will take place on 13 January 2019 (Sunday). The WOŚP Finale is a nationwide one-day public money collection event held every year in order to raise funds for equipment donated to Polish hospitals. It is one of the greatest and most successful charity events of this kind in the world. The theme of this year's Finale is "Helping is a child's play" – money raised during the event will be spent on specialised equipment for paediatric hospitals.
The event is organised by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation – a public benefit organisation whose main aim is to actively support the medical and health protection sector through implementing a number of nationwide medical programs and organising money collections. In the 26 years of its functioning, the WOŚP Foundation has purchased over €200 million worth of medical equipment!
You can find out more about the WOŚP Foundation and the Grand Finale here.
On the day of the Grand Finale, over a hundred thousand volunteers will take to the streets of Polish cities and towns, carrying characteristic collection cans and red heart-shaped stickers given in return for a donation. Money will also be raised through auctions, bidding or direct transfers to WOŚP accounts. As always, the Finale will be accompanied by numerous special events which will begin on the Saturday before the big day.
Many events in Bydgoszcz are being organised on that occasion, including a concert at the Torbyd Ice Rink (next to Łuczniczka sports hall) and various attractions offered all over the city on the day of the Grand Finale (detailed information available in Polish). Collegium Medicum students will also be involved. The Bydgoszcz Branch of IFMSA-Poland is going to support WOŚP aim by organising a series of events at the Bailamos Dance School. You will be able to measure your sugar level and blood pressure, find out more about the consequences of smoking or the symptoms of anorexia and bulimia, and even register as a potential bone marrow donor.
Join us in supporting the noble cause!


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The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition (conosciuto anche come The Layla Sessions) è il terzo album del gruppo Derek and the Dominos, pubblicato nel 1990. È una riedizione del primo e unico album in studio del gruppo di New York, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, pubblicato nel 1970.

Tracce

Disco 1
 I Looked Away (Clapton, Whitlock)
 Bell Bottom Blues (Clapton)
 Keep on Growing (Clapton)
 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Cox)
 I Am Yours (Clapton, Nizami)
 Anyday (Clapton, Whitlock)
 Key to the Highway (Broonzy, Segar)
 Tell the Truth (Clapton, Whitlock)
 Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? (Clapton, Whitlock)
 Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Myles)
 Little Wing (Hendrix)
 It's Too Late (Willis)
 Layla (Clapton, Gordon)
 Thorn Tree in the Garden (Whitlock)

Disco 2
 Jam I (Clapton, Gordon, Radle, Whitlock)
 Jam II (Clapton, Gordon, Radle, Whitlock)
 Jam III (Clapton, Gordon, Radle, Whitlock)
 Jam IV (Allman, Allman, Betts, Clapton, Oakley, Whitlock)
 Jam V (Allman, Clapton, Gordon, Radle, Whitlock)

Disco 3
 Have You Ever Loved a Woman [Alternate Master #1] (Myles)
 Have You Ever Loved a Woman [Alternate Master #2] (Myles)
 Tell the Truth [Jam #1] (Clapton, Whitlock)
 Tell the Truth [Jam #2] (Clapton, Whitlock)
 Mean Old World [Rehearsal] (Little Walter)
 Mean Old World [Band Version, Master Take] (Little Walter)
 Mean Old World [Duet Version, Master Take] (Little Walter)
 (When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too [Jam] (London)
 Tender Love [Incomplete Master] (Clapton, Whitlock)
 It's Too Late [Alternate Master] (Willis)

Formazione
 Eric Clapton chitarrista e cantante
 Bobby Whitlock tastierista
 Carl Radle bassista
 James Beck "Jim" Gordon batterista
 Duane Allman chitarra Slide

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Basic concepts of speech and Recognition process
Basic concepts of speech
Speech is a complex phenomenon. People rarely understand how is it produced and perceived. The naive perception is often that speech is built with words, and each word consists of phones. The reality is unfortunately very different. Speech is a dynamic process without clearly distinguished parts. It's always useful to get a sound editor and look into the recording of the speech and listen to it. Here is for example the speech recording in an audio editor.
All modern descriptions of speech are to some degree probabilistic. That means that there are no certain boundaries between units, or between words. Speech to text translation and other applications of speech are never 100% correct. That idea is rather unusual for software developers, who usually work with deterministic systems. And it creates a lot of issues specific only to speech technology.
Structure of speech
In current practice, speech structure is understood as follows:
Speech is a continuous audio stream where rather stable states mix with dynamically changed states. In this sequence of states, one can define more or less similar classes of sounds, or phones. Words are understood to be built of phones, but this is certainly not true. The acoustic properties of a waveform corresponding to a phone can vary greatly depending on many factors - phone context, speaker, style of speech and so on. The so called coarticulation makes phones sound very different from their "canonical" representation. Next, since transitions between words are more informative than stable regions, developers often talk about diphones - parts of phones between two consecutive phones. Sometimes developers talk about subphonetic units - different substates of a phone. Often three or more regions of a different nature can easily be found.
The number three is easily explained. The first part of the phone depends on its preceding phone, the middle part is stable, and the next part depends on the subsequent phone. That's why there are often three states in a phone selected for speech recognition.
Sometimes phones are considered in context. Such phones in context are called triphones or even quinphones. For example "u with left phone b and right phone d" in the word "bad". And it sounds a bit different from the same phone "u" with left phone b and right phone n" in word "ban". Please note that unlike diphones, they are matched with the same range in waveform as just phones. They just differ by name because they describe slightly different sounds.
For computational purpose it is helpful to detect parts of triphones instead of triphones as a whole, for example, to create a detector for a beginning of triphone and share it across many triphones. The whole variety of sound detectors can be represented by a small amount of distinct short sound detectors. Usually we use 4000 distinct short sound detectors to compose detectors for triphones. We call those detectors senones. A senone's dependence on context could be more complex than just left and right context. It can be a rather complex function defined by a decision tree, or in some other way.
Next, phones build subword units, like syllables. Sometimes, syllables are defined as "reduction-stable entities". To illustrate, when speech becomes fast, phones often change, but syllables remain the same. Also, syllables are related to intonational contour. There are other ways to build subwords - morphologically-based in morphology-rich languages or phonetically-based. Subwords are often used in open vocabulary speech recognition.
Subwords form words. Words are important in speech recognition because they restrict combinations of phones significantly. If there are 40 phones and an average word has 7 phones, there must be 40^7 words. Luckily, even a very educated person rarely uses more then 20k words in his practice, which makes recognition way more feasible.
Words and other non-linguistic sounds, which we call fillers (breath, um, uh, cough), form utterances. They are separate chunks of audio between pauses. They don't necessary match sentences, which are more semantic concepts.
On the top of this, there are dialog acts like turns, but they go beyond the purpose of the document.
Recognition process
The common way to recognize speech is the following: we take waveform, split it on utterances by silences then try to recognize what's being said in each utterance. To do that we want to take all possible combinations of words and try to match them with the audio. We choose the best matching combination. There are few important things in this match.
First of all it's a concept of features. Since number of parameters is large, we are trying to optimize it. Numbers that are calculated from speech usually by dividing speech on frames. Then for each frame of length typically 10 milliseconds we extract 39 numbers that represent the speech. That's called feature vector. They way to generates numbers is a subject of active investigation, but in simple case it's a derivative from spectrum.
Second it's a concept of the model. Model describes some mathematical object that gathers common attributes of the spoken word. In practice, for audio model of senone is gaussian mixture of it's three states - to put it simple, it's a most probable feature vector. From concept of the model the following issues raised - how good does model fits practice, can model be made better of it's internal model problems, how adaptive model is to the changed conditions.
The model of speech is called Hidden Markov Model or HMM, it's a generic model that describes black-box communication channel. In this model process is described as a sequence of states which change each other with certain probability. This model is intended to describe any sequential process like speech. It has been proven to be really practical for speech decoding.
Third, it's a matching process itself. Since it would take a huge time more than universe existed to compare all feature vectors with all models, the search is often optimized by many tricks. At any points we maintain best matching variants and extend them as time goes producing best matching variants for the next frame.
According to the speech structure, three models are used in speech recognition to do the match:
An acoustic model contains acoustic properties for each senone. There are context-independent models that contain properties (most probable feature vectors for each phone) and context-dependent ones (built from senones with context).
A phonetic dictionary contains a mapping from words to phones. This mapping is not very effective. For example, only two to three pronunciation variants are noted in it, but it's practical enough most of the time. The dictionary is not the only variant of mapper from words to phones. It could be done with some complex function learned with a machine learning algorithm.
A language model is used to restrict word search. It defines which word could follow previously recognized words (remember that matching is a sequential process) and helps to significantly restrict the matching process by stripping words that are not probable. Most common language models used are n-gram language models-these contain statistics of word sequences-and finite state language models-these define speech sequences by finite state automation, sometimes with weights. To reach a good accuracy rate, your language model must be very successful in search space restriction. This means it should be very good at predicting the next word. A language model usually restricts the vocabulary considered to the words it contains. That's an issue for name recognition. To deal with this, a language model can contain smaller chunks like subwords or even phones. Please note that search space restriction in this case is usually worse and corresponding recognition accuracies are lower than with a word-based language model.
Those three entities are combined together in an engine to recognize speech. If you are going to apply your engine for some other language, you need to get such structures in place. For many languages there are acoustic models, phonetic dictionaries and even large vocabulary language models available for download.
Other concepts used
A Lattice is a directed graph that represents variants of the recognition. Often, getting the best match is not practical; in that case, lattices are good intermediate formats to represent the recognition result.
N-best lists of variants are like lattices, though their representations are not as dense as the lattice ones.
Word confusion networks (sausages) are lattices where the strict order of nodes is taken from lattice edges.
Speech database - a set of typical recordings from the task database. If we develop dialog system it might be dialogs recorded from users. For dictation system it might be reading recordings. Speech databases are used to train, tune and test the decoding systems.
Text databases - sample texts collected for language model training and so on. Usually, databases of texts are collected in sample text form. The issue with collection is to put present documents (PDFs, web pages, scans) into spoken text form. That is, you need to remove tags and headings, to expand numbers to their spoken form, and to expand abbreviations.
What is optimized
When speech recognition is being developed, the most complex issue is to make search precise (consider as many variants to match as possible) and to make it fast enough to not run for ages. There are also issues with making the model match the speech since models aren't perfect.
Usually the system is tested on a test database that is meant to represent the target task correctly.
The following characteristics are used:
Word error rate. Let we have original text and recognition text of length of N words. From them the I words were inserted D words were deleted and S words were substituted Word error rate is
WER = (I + D + S) / N
WER is usually measured in percent.
Accuracy. It is almost the same thing as word error rate, but it doesn't count insertions.
Accuracy = (N - D - S) / N
Accuracy is actually a worse measure for most tasks, since insertions are also important in final results. But for some tasks, accuracy is a reasonable measure of the decoder performance.
Speed. Suppose the audio file was 2 hours and the decoding took 6 hours. Then speed is counted as 3xRT.
ROC curves. When we talk about detection tasks, there are false alarms and hits/misses; ROC curves are used. A curve is a graphic that describes the number of false alarms vs number of hits, and tries to find optimal point where the number of false alarms is small and number of hits matches 100%.
There are other properties that aren't often taken into account, but still important for many practical applications. Your first task should be to build such a measure and systematically apply it during the system development. Your second task is to collect the test database and test how does your application perform.
Reference and collected from: http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/wiki/tutorialconcepts

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Seriously, does anyone else think that Halloween should be illegal?
My kids came home with tons of Halloween candy on Saturday. I bet you can't guess what I have been doing ever since then (even as I type). That's right! I have been binging on Chocolate. Lots and Lots of Chocolate!
I haven't binged like this since last Easter. It's ridiculous. It's like I can't control myself when there is chocolate in my house. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to give all of my kids candy away because that isn't fair to them but if it is sitting here all I do is eat it. Don't they have medication for something like this? Just kidding (kind of).
Why is it that my husband can walk past the candy bowl a hundred times and not be tempted but I have to eat the entire thing before I am satisfied? It stinks. I hate this addiction I have to chocolate. I am an all or nothing type of girl. Either I don't have any in the house and I am fine or I have it in the house and I eat it all. I wish I could keep it in the house and just grab maybe one piece a week and be satisfied with that.
Sorry to share all of my Halloween frustrations with you. Part of me just wishes this Holiday didn't exist.
What do you do with your children's chocolate to keep yourself from eating it?
I move it to a place I can't see it. I still know it is there but I eat less if I don't see it.
I only let my daughter have 10 pieces, and I donate the rest to a soup kitchen, they put it in stockings.
I read your blog almost every day. I am not on your blog list, but I enjoy what you have to say! I can relate to almost everything you post. I don't have kids, but have the same stupid weakness with food. About the candy..just put it where you can't see it. I know it sounds simple. Then give your kids once peice a day. They don't need a bunch either. Putting it out where you can see it is only going to sabatoge your diet! It would be so hard to have kids and lose weight. You are doing great! Keep up the good work. Those kit kate don't taste as good as thing feels. I can promise you that much!!!!
Simple solution. I, too, love the chocolate candy. I picked out the little mini snickers. You know, the one bite ones? I will eat one once a day. Cody has 2 wks to eat the candy then it's going in the garbage. I will let him "trade" it for something else. Like 5 bucks or something. In the meantime I am just going to try to stick to the one once a day rule!
Should have left it at my place!!!
and also wanted to say I've been reading your blog for months and can really relate! I am often inspired by your posts and love you picture updates! I started WW about 2 months ago and there are days I feel like giving up but I'm worth it!! so hang in there!
P.S just think about x-mas coming and all the candies and cookies! lol I'm hoping to make it thru the holidays without gaining.


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Q: How would I improve my "algorithm" for figuring out my average spending on food per month? I have a database table keeping track of every grocery delivery. It's stored as timestamps and sums (EUR).
Currently, I do this:
SELECT (SUM("amount in EUR") / 3)
FROM personal."food purchases"
WHERE "purchase time" >= now() - INTERVAL '3 months';

Now, let's say that the current day is 1st of September 2020. This "algo" will count together all the deliveries from exactly three months back from the current moment, which I guess means from the first day of June, and then simply slash this price into 3 to symbolize "three months".
Sometimes, depending on the day, this will give a reasonable value. Other times, and I cannot fully describe/understand why, this gives either a too high or too low value. I suspect that the reason for this is that my food purchases/deliveries don't always happen on the exact same day, and vary quite a bit in price as well. Thus, the resulting sum, even though I do an interval of three months and then slash with three, and thus "should" give the average food cost "recently", is oftentimes misleading.
I can't tell for sure, but I think that it sometimes includes one purchase "too many", and sometimes "one too few". It might even be worse than that.
Can you help me improve my formula to be more "fair"? I want to know the average amount I pay for food each month, and I'm not convinced that I'm getting that value with my current query.
I think I need to drop the part which goes three months back from the current time, and instead somehow calculates the... last three... months... um... Frankly, I don't know what I need to do. I just don't think that the current method is correct.
I'd appreciate if your suggestion/solution stays as close as possible to my original query. I want to understand what is happening. I actually suspect that this is a very common issue and probably built into PG and all other database softwares.

A: I would first calculate the sum per month, then calculate the average from that:
select avg(amount) as avg_amount_per_month
from (
  SELECT date_trunc('month', "purchase time"), SUM("amount in EUR") as amount
  FROM personal."food purchases"
  WHERE "purchase time" >= now() - INTERVAL '3 months'
  group by date_trunc('month', "purchase time")
) t
;

The inner query will return the amount for each month of the chose interval (yielding three rows), and the outer query will then calculate the average from that.

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"I can't tell for sure, but I think that it sometimes includes one purchase "too many", and sometimes "one too few".

It is practically inevitable that some sliding 3 month periods will have more shopping trips in them than others.  If you only shop once a month (or have only one major "stocking up" trip a month, with various smaller ones to get gum or whatever), this variation will make a big difference.  Some windows will have 2 trips, some will have 4, most will have exactly 3.  If you shop every week, the difference should be pretty small.  This seems like a statistics problem, not a database problem.  Your sample size is too small to provide stable results.
In any event, this should be absolutely reproducible, other than the nature of now().  Providing concrete data should be easy, and you will have to do that in order to convince me anything other than statistical fluctuations are going on.

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Despite the uneasy team receiving, he always has the 'highest score', why is OK Leo so great?
This season, OK Financial Group's outside hitter Leonardo Leyva (33, registered name Leo) is running first in the category with 608 points by the time the game ended on the 22nd.
However, looking at the detailed attack indicators, it is somewhat disappointing for a player with the highest score. In terms of attack success rate, scoring 51.26% (8th in the league), open 45.58% (7th), time difference 66.67% (joint 8th), rear 54.65% (7th), the quick open is not even in the top 10.
OK Financial Group's defensive ups and downs are the main reason. Looking at the team receiving efficiency alone, it is 33.07%, which is 4th in the league, which is not very bad. However, the average number of successful digs per set is 7.539, dropping to the bottom of the league. Not to mention the 9.182 of Hyundai Capital, which ranks first in the sector, and the 8.153 of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance right above it.
As the ball floats anxiously, it becomes difficult for the setter to raise it stably, and naturally, it is difficult for Leo to display 100% of his offensive power. This is why Leo's offensive scoring ranking is even greater this season.
Instead, regardless of defense, he is making up for that disappointment with the serve that depends on his skills. This season, Leo put 410 serve aces into the opponent's court, the most in the league, with an amazing success rate of 0.944 per set. It is a significant difference even compared to 0.551 of Heo Soo-bong (Hyundai Capital) in second place. Because of that, it is difficult for the opposing team to block Leo's serve feeling at its peak. 먹튀검증
On the 22nd, at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, the 4th round, when he lost to Woori Card by a set score of 2-3, the greatness of Gyeonggi-do Leo and the regret of OK Financial Group were revealed.
On this day, OK Financial Group set a team receiving efficiency of 12.9%, the lowest record this season. The first 1 and 2 sets were somehow maintained at 20%, but the 3rd set was 6.25% and the 4th set was 9.09%, and it collapsed in the second half of the game, providing an excuse for a come-from-behind defeat. In particular, Kim Ji-han (Woori Card)'s three consecutive serve aces, which came out with a 10-5 lead, served as an opportunity to completely revive the opponent's spirit.
Even in difficult situations, Leo always scored 30 points, the most among both teams. In the 2nd set, he ended a long rally with a powerful back attack, and in the 3rd set, he broke through the opponent's blocking in the front line without hesitation, giving OK Financial Group a set score of 2-1.
However, as the opposing serve revived, Leo became lethargic. In the 5th set with 4 serving aces of our card, Leo only got 4 chances.
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Q: OpenGL gives Invalid Image Format I have an Invalid Image Format error which crops up from opengl. I'm not sure if it's because I'm using precompiled headers, or if I'm just not initializing OpenGL properly. As far as I know, I am not using C++/CLI (I chose to create an empty project in VC++ Express 2010). I'm running Windows7 (x64), and my error code is 0xc000007b.
Is this common with OpenGL? I'm also using Glew, with Freeglut.
The weird thing is that I haven't tried at all to render an image or anything; I simply am trying to get a window to appear.
The Code
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "triangle.h"
#include "matrix3f.h"

static GLfloat move;
static GLfloat spin;

void init() {
    glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glLoadIdentity();
    glOrtho(0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0);

}

void display() {
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
    glPushMatrix();
    glShadeModel(GL_FLAT);
    glPopMatrix();
    glutSwapBuffers();
}

void draw_window() {
    int height = 500;
    double width = 1.9 * (double)height;
    glutInitWindowSize((int)width, height);
    glutInitWindowPosition(0, 0);
    glutCreateWindow("opengl_03");
}

void spin_display() {
    spin += 2.0;
    if (spin > 360.0)
        spin -= 360.0;
    glutPostRedisplay();
}

void move_display() {
    move += 1.0;
    if (move > 10)
        move -= 10;
    glutPostRedisplay();
}

void keyboard(unsigned char button, int state, int x) {

}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    glutInit(&argc, argv);
    glutInitContextVersion(3, 1);
    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB);
    init();
    draw_window();

    //system("pause");

    return 0;
}

What would also be interesting to know is how I have a bad image format from this. I've checked to make sure that my release is debug in the IDE, as well.
Question
My main question is to know exactly what I am doing wrong, if possible.
Update
I tried moving glew32.dll to SysWOW64, and unfortunately that did not work. I also tried the suggestion which involved moving my draw_window function to the top of main, and that did not work either.

A: Problem solved.
Do not put freeglut.dll into your SysWOW64 folder; rather, add it to your System32 folder.
At least, try the System32 folder first.

A: You cannot call any OpenGL functions until after you have called glutCreateWindow to create the OpenGL window. So take the contents of draw_window and put them in main before the call to init.

A: You might try using GLee instead of GLEW.  Both perform the same function (looking up function pointers for OpenGL extension functions) but GLee focuses on ease of use, while GLEW is more powerful.
With GLee, you should get the latest version from subversion as the last released version is quite out of date.  But all you need to do is include glee.h and add glee.c to your project.  No DLLs needed.  And GLee also loads extensions as you need them, it doesn't bog down your startup code trying to load thousands of extensions the way GLEW does.


I took one of my remaining vacation days last Friday.
It was a beautiful day so my friend, Jean, and I decided to indulge in some reverse tourism.
Instead of fighting the crowds along Geneva's Third street or in the Piano Factory in St. Charles or heading for an overcrowded shopping mall, we headed for Princeton, Ill.
Princeton is a town of around 7,500 about an hour south and west of here. It is a pretty town. Quaint Victorian houses, attractively painted, line many of it's streets. It reminds me of New England where I grew up.
We stopped for breakfast in a small restaurant on Main Street. We had two scrambled eggs, two pieces of toast with homemade apple butter and all the coffee we could drink. The tab was $1.40 each.
Princeton is not without an eye for tourism. The town is long on antique shops. It's proud of it's covered bridge which is one of only five remaining in the state. And Princeton holds several seasonal celebrations during the year including a Homestead festival.
On this particular Friday, however, it seemed as if Jean and I were the only tourists in town. Princeton, we decided, was like St. Charles used to be 10 or 15 years ago. If your face wasn't familiar, you must be a visitor. Friendly people asked you where you were from and a conversation would begin.
ple we talked with in Princeton were from around these parts. They had fled the tentacles of urban sprawl.
There's only one shopping mall around here and it's a ways away, the waitress in the coffee shop pointed out. There's nothing wrong with that. I fear that some day soon the tri-cities are going to be "malled" in.
We shopped in Princeton all day, far from the maddening crowds thronging about the tri-cities this holiday season.
There were other shoppers in Princeton, but they appeared to be natives.
We were waited on by helpful, unharried salespeople. Free gift wrapping was graciously offered. And we found bargains.
We never had trouble finding a parking place. There always was one right near where we were going.
A five o'clock we drove straight through town. There was no bumper to bumper rush hour.
It takes as long to get from here to Princeton as it does for those crowds of tourists to get to the tri-cities from Chicago.
I have a feeling that towns like Princeton may be the next outpost for Fox Valley residents in search of a leisurely shopping day in the "suburbs".
I confess that when I moved here 18 years ago from Philadelphia, I protested the area's provincialism. progress is wonderful, but now I admit a nostalgia for the Midwest ambiance of a town like Princeton and the way we were.


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Bulgaria: Government does not regulate nor monitor women's rights
Published on Tue, 2012-07-24 09:12
Commission on Status of Women
opens its current session.
(UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras)
Bulgarian government lacks of bodies in charge of regulating and monitoring gender equality, warned this month the civil society delegation to the 52nd Session of the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The NGOs were represented by the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (focal point of Social Watch) and the Gender Alternatives Foundation, with the support of the Alliance for Protection against Domestic Violence.
The approval of laws to create strong national institutions on gender equality has been identified by NGOs in international forums as a need since 1998. It has been reiterated through all these years by NGOs, and reminded to the government in the course of the UN universal periodic review in 2010, and again by the Human Rights Commission in 2011.
The Bulgarian NGO delegation drew the attention of the Committee to the main issues related to the national machinery on gender equality that remain unresolved in Bulgaria, despite relentless efforts by the women's right movement.
The State answers to the Committee form a systemic issue of non compliance with the CEDAW.
In the absence of strong, well equipped and resourced national institutions, it is impossible to design, adopt and monitor the much needed special measures, as the government admitted in its report to the Committee, according to the civil society.
That circumstance prevents the authorities to get a proper understanding of the gender inequities and of the required policies, and defuses all other laws, policies, programs, plans and strategies on the subject to turn them incoherent, fragmented and ineffective.
The general Anti-Discrimination Act does not contain explicit definition of sex discrimination. Since its inception in 2005, the Commission for Protection against Discrimination created no substantial legal practice on gender discrimination and it is not applied in cases of gender-based violence.
There is no specific legislation and policy on gender-based violence and the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence do not recognize its gender implications.
According to the Bulgarian Alliance against Domestic Violence, one out of four women is a victim of those crimes.
In 1998, one of the dominant concerns of the CEDAW Committee was the problem of violence against women, both in the public and private spheres. The Committee recommended to strengthen the legislation.
Howver, the government adopted a special law against domestic violence in March 2005. Its essence is the issuance of orders for protection containing restraining measures for the perpetrators and protective measures for the victims.
The practice so far, however, reveals that besides the positive effects, there are a number of problems arising in the process of its implementation:
1. Lack of clarity in the law as to which of the parties wears theburdenofproof.
2. The provision stipulating for a one-month time limit for applying for court protection places undue administrative and legal burden on the victims.
3. The Police can neither issue emergency protection orders nor initiate proceedings under the law.
4. Specialized services such as counseling centres are not legally recognized as social services, hence not financially supported by the State.
5. There is insufficient number of crisis centers in the country.
6. No mandatory training is provided for judges, lawyers and law enforcement personnel.
The Law's amendments from 2009 were approved thanks to the efforts of women's NGOs. One of the most important was the provision for ensuring financial support for those NGOs. However, no money was provided in 2010. The amount of BGN 500,000 (more than 300,000 US dollars) was provided in 2011. No financial support is ensured for 2012 yet.
Part of the above mentioned shortcomings were already recognized by the CEDAW Committee in 2008. In that regard, it should be stated that: no mechanism for implementation of the Committee's recommendations exists in the State; the Views of the Committee are not translated into Bulgarian; none of the Individual and General recommendations is implemented.
In April 2009, under the pressure of NGOs, the violation of a protection order was criminalized and was made punishable by imprisonment or a fine. However, there are only few cases initiated by the Prosecutor's office in that regard.
Further, under the Penal Code, domestic violence is still not recognized as a separate crime or as an aggravating circumstance of a crime. Furthermore, light and medium bodily injuries are prosecuted in a private complaint procedure.
The alternative report numbers several social and economic consequences of divorce for mothers.
As regards the child support:
■ There are no clear contemporary criteria to define the basic needs of the child;
■ No easy or automatic mechanism to update the amount of the child support;
■ There is no full but only limited compensation by the State when the fathers can not pay the child support and the procedure is lengthy and complicated;
■ There is no remedy for mothers, who do not receive the awarded child support, to later receive adequate compensation from the fathers;
■ As a result many women do not initiate the court proceedings for child support and
■ The average amount of the child support from the father is often symbolic, many times less than what is needed for the child's maintenance.
The report also summarizes inequalities in custody rights, obligations and responsibilities:
■ In the case-law non-payment of the child support is not considered as negligence of the child and no one is deprived or restricted of custody or parental rights on this ground;
■ The child visitation and contacts are regulated as a right of the father, not of the child, and as an obligation for the mother;
■ The mothers are always obliged to ensure these contacts, while fathers are never responsible if they do not appear for them.
Shadow report by the Gender Alternatives Foundation: http://bit.ly/MjWKr6
Alternative report by the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation: http://bit.ly/QgoZNq
UN information on the CEDAW Committee session on Bulgaria: http://bit.ly/MvmBRx
Women's efforts are big, government efforts are scarce: http://bit.ly/OVmmte
Above the European average in gender equity: http://bit.ly/NHqIqw
Measuring Inequity: The 2012 Gender Equity Index: http://bit.ly/OkdyyP
Gender Alternatives Foundation: http://bit.ly/MEtOL6
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF)
Reports from Bulgaria
2017 - Implementing the SDGs – from discussions to strategies and reforms
2016 - Can It Implement the 2030 Agenda as Upper Middle Income Country?
2012 - The environment is back on the agenda
2010 - Finance for development in times of crisis
2009 - Social unrest
2008 - Stagnation of socioeconomic rights
2007 - The new pension paradigm: will it work for all?
2006 - The challenge of redirecting reforms and resources towards the human factor
2005 - A painful transition
2004 - Belligerent but poor
2003 - The big sale in the water supply market
2002 - The price of being agreeable to the IMF
2001 - European Union: opportunity or marginalisation?
2000 - Structural reform versus social development?
1999 - Transition: gains and losses
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THE quake that hit central New Zealand last Sunday disrupted business for many but not in the suburb of Mount Cook.
Dairies and supermarkets in the area reported minor damage to stock, if any, but were able to open for business on Monday while the CBD was closed.
Aeroshop, on Wallace Street, runs a coffee-making business as a side to its web and graphic design services.
Owner David Peters said that there were a lot of locals on the street who would have usually been at work.
"I would say that it was our best sales day ever," Mr Peters said.
Cable-laying along Wallace and Hankey streets for new ultra-fast broadband was not affected by Sunday's quake. Rouna Lepou, of Downer construction and said that the project was still on track and that equipment had not been damaged in the shake.
Mount Cook resident Olivia Morgan (23) was at home last Sunday when the magnitude 6.5 quake hit. Although the quake took an emotional toll, she was able to capitalise on the temporary closure of her university. "It gave me a chance to catch up on my studies, which was quite nice, although I still get a little nervous when I feel an aftershock," she said.
Paul Ordish is a Whitireia journalism student covering the Mount Cook area in Wellington. He has a BA in Political Science and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.


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Duping the Christian Zionists
April 24, 2012 /320 Comments/in Christian Zionism/by Kevin MacDonald
The Forward reports that American Jews still have a very negative view of Christian Zionists ("Jews Cast Wary Eye on Evangelicals"). About 4 in 5 American Jews have unfavorable opinions of the Evangelicals—about the same percentage who voted for Obama in the last election. Indeed, American Jews are far more favorable to Muslims (41.4%) than to Evangelicals.
So why do approximately 80% of American Jews liberal distrust Evangelicals?
Rabbi David Saperstein, head of the Reform movement's Religious Action Center, said that it is not the Christian right's beliefs on social issues that pose a problem to the Jewish community — it is their attempt to bring those beliefs to the public sphere.
"The Christian right has a clear agenda for America that it is trying to advance in all levels of American politics, and this has to do with fundamental questions of our existence, such as church and state separation," Saperstein said. In contrast, Catholics, Mormons and Muslims, as well as Orthodox Jews, have not taken their conservative beliefs beyond their own communities.
Of course, it's more than fundamental existential questions. Who knew that homosexual marriage and abortion rights (two of the issues mentioned in the article as dividing liberal Jews and Evangelicals) pose existential threats for Jews? Saperstein concludes that it's okay for liberal Jews to advocate the their liberal social agenda in the public square. But Conservatives should be restricted to discussing these issues among themselves. I guess the idea is that the ethnic motivations of liberal Jews are just fine, but the religious motives of Christian Evangelicals are illegitimate.
From the far left to the neoconservative right, liberalism on social and cultural issues defines the Jewish community in America. And since liberal Jews are well entrenched in all of the elite positions in the media, the academic world, the political process, and personal wealth, their negative attitude about Christians evangelicals is a very important aspect of the theme of Jews as an elite hostile to the traditional people and culture of America.
One would think that at some point Christian Evangelicals would wake up and realize that the organized Jewish community and the vast majority of Jews are not their friend and are pursuing very different interests in the public square. One can sense the anxiety among the Jews who lead the organizations dedicated to promoting Christian support for Israel. David Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel, America's largest evangelical pro-Israel organization says that "We in the Jewish community need to stop viewing the present through the lens of the traumatic past." I suspect that Brog is simply less candid than his liberal co-ethnics. His dedication to the cause of Israel trumps his fear and loathing of the Christian majority—at least in public.
One reason to think that is that Brog's favorite country, Israel, is doing all it can to prevent public discussion of the fate of Palestinian Christians living in apartheid Israel. Brog knows full well what is happening to the Christian community in Israel, but would never mention that to his Christian constituents.
Recently 60 Minutes did a program (available on Mediaite) presenting a fairly balanced account of the displacement of Palestinian Christians. For example, Palestinian Christians describe the traditionally Christian city of Bethlehem as an "open-air prison," and they completely reject US Ambassador Michael Oren's claim that Muslim Palestinians are responsible for the decline of Christianity. It's one of those little tidbits that get through the fog once in a while, this one courtesy of Bob Simon, a Jewish reporter for 60 Minutes.
It's not surprising, then, that Oren, did all he could to derail the piece, but ultimately failed. Nevertheless, he was able to spew his fabrications in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, and he may have had some influence on the 60 Minutes piece: A source in Prime Minister Netanyahu's office claims that "the wording was much softer than in the original version." Nevertheless, I think most people viewing the segment would think that Oren came across as dishonest when his statements clearly contradicted the statements of the Palestinian clergy.
Paul Woodward has a nice blog on the incident, noting that Oren highlighted an example of presumably Arab vandalism against a Christian Church in 1994 to support his case that Muslims are pushing out the Christians, while ignoring the routine spitting on Christian clergy by yeshiva students and a recent example where a Christian church was defaced with Hebrew writing, as seen here:
Caption from Woodward's blog: 'Jesus is the son of a whore,' 'we will crucify you,' 'Jesus is dead' and 'death to Christianity' were among messages left behind by vandals who attacked the Baptist Narkis Street Congregation in West Jerusalem on February 20.
One certainly can't claim that the hostility toward Christianity exhibited by Jews in Israel has anything to do with issues like abortion, women's rights, homosexuality, and the separation of church and state. It's far more atavistic than that. Hatred of Christianity is the mother's milk of Judaism—the fear and loathing that Jewish writers like Elliott Abrams have discussed: The American Jewish community "clings to what is at bottom a dark vision of America, as a land permeated with anti-Semitism and always on the verge of anti-Semitic outbursts." It's the knee-jerk reaction of Rabbi Joshua Hammerman who was terrified that Tim Tebow's success as a quarterback would lead to pogroms against Jews (see here).
But that's what it's about these days for Michael Oren and the rest of the organized Jewish community: all lies all the time. Unfortunately, our Evangelical brethren are falling for them—hook, line, and sinker.
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St. Mark's School of Texas provides its students with a challenging and engaging curricular program in English, social studies, foreign language, mathematics, science and fine arts. A boy's Upper School program includes required and elective courses, physical education or sports, community service, and optional extracurricular activities.
As stated in our Statement of Purpose, "Teachers work to instill an enthusiasm for learning, to encourage independent and critical judgment, and to demonstrate the methods for making sound inquiries and for effective communication." Additionally, the School provides the boys the opportunity to participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in journalism and athletics.
While providing students with a rich experience in the traditional classroom setting, the School employs various, distinct pedagogical practices and methodologies through the Harkness method, academic tutorials, seminars, and coordinate classes.
In this section, you will find our academic policies and practices ranging from assessments and grading, to our graduation requirements and course offerings. We believe that the St. Mark's academic program enriches the lives of our children, allowing them to explore various fields of study in a rigorous but safe environment with an experienced, supportive, and caring faculty. Questions or concerns should be raised with the Head of Upper School or the Director of Academic Information Systems.
Pass/Fail — Seniors may take one non-required course each term on a Pass/Fail basis. The request to do so must be made within the 10-day period allowed for course changes. Forms with which to make this request are available in the Upper School office. The Head of School determines which requests will be approved. Once a request is approved, it cannot be changed.
Senior Failures—Seniors must receive passing grades in all courses taken during their senior year in order to graduate. The Head of School may, at his option, permit a student to make up failing grades in a way acceptable to the Head, Headmaster, and the department involved. Such an arrangement may or may not restore a student's eligibility to receive a diploma and/or to participate in graduation exercises at the discretion of the Headmaster.
Senior Exhibition—The Senior Exhibition is the performance of a special talent, skill, or interest made to one or two grade levels and the faculty. Senior Exhibitions may include speeches, chapel talks, musical performances, or other presentations as approved by the Headmaster and the Head of Upper School. Students plan for their exhibition in the spring of their junior year. A date and venue are assigned by the Upper School office.
Senior Spring Project—A senior may apply for a Spring Project during the second term if his cumulative and current G.P.A. is 2.8 or better and if he has not received any D's and is in good citizenship standing. A Spring Project permits a senior to pursue a special interest on or off campus in place of one or more of his academic classes (except AP courses and courses required to meet distribution requirements for graduation). For example, a senior might work in a law office, intern at a newspaper, study with a teacher on a particular topic, or follow other vocational or intellectual interests. This project must meet the criteria set out in the Senior Project Application and must be approved by the Spring Project Committee. Satisfactory completion of an approved Senior Project is a graduation requirement. Questions should be directed to the Head of Upper School.
Senior Final Assessment—All seniors are required to complete year-long courses in an effective and meaningful way. To that end, teachers of senior courses will generate culminating activities unless the course is a one- or two-trimester class. The activity is meant to be a creative collaboration between teacher and student. Some possible culminating activities are panel debates, take-home essays, power point demonstrations, oral defenses, and video presentations, or teachers and seniors may opt for an objective comprehensive test. Whatever the activity, its goals are to encourage class and student integrity, to maintain a higher level of interest through the end of the academic year, to explore a creative response to course work, and to bring closure to the class.
All boys entering the ninth grade are required to go on a school-sponsored trip to the Pecos Wilderness for ten days in August prior to the opening of school. No boys may miss the Pecos Trip without advance permission from the Pecos sponsor and the Head of School or the Headmaster. Only exceptionally compelling circumstances will earn an excuse.
Each spring, department chairs ask their teachers for recommendations to Honors and select Advanced Placement sections. Students must read and abide by each department's criteria and selection process in the course descriptions. Students will be informed of their recommendation and are encouraged but not required to accept recommendations. Boys should consult with their advisors or the Head of School concerning their total load, particularly if they are considering several AP or Honors courses or have other heavy commitments of time and energy in mind. All AP Exams are voluntary. Teachers may encourage students to take the AP exams, but AP exams are voluntary. AP classes, complete with evaluations and grades, will continue to meet until the end of the term, and a culminating assessment is a requirement for students in all AP courses.
Students who are new to St. Mark's take placement tests in mathematics and foreign language upon admission. Generally, entering students are not placed into Honors or AP courses. However, if a new student wishes to be considered, he may apply for an Honors or AP course through the Head of School. The Head of School, in consultation with the appropriate Department Chair, will make a determination of the request before the beginning of the new academic school year.
Students wishing to gain academic experience in a particular area not covered in the curriculum may do so by submitting a tutorial application to the Head of Upper School at least three weeks before the beginning of an academic term.
A tutorial may not serve as a substitute for a course in the curriculum, nor may it serve to rectify a conflict in a student's schedule. To apply for a tutorial, a student should speak to the Head of Upper School about procedures and requirements and ask for an application. The Head of Upper School approves or rejects all tutorial applications and may initiate a standard of accountability during a student's tutorial experience. Initiated by the student, a tutorial is normally approved for one trimester only, though a student may reapply at the end of each trimester for an extension. Tutorials usually are pass/fail and receive credit and are recorded on student transcripts. The tutorial does not carry a weighted or honors credit and is not calculated into the cumulative G.P.A.
In rare instances, students may petition for a graded tutorial. In order to receive consideration and approval for such a request, the student must meet with the department chair and the Head of Upper School. The Headmaster must approve the request. The Head of Upper School will notify the student of the final decision.
Some tutorials approved in the past few years include specialized study in bacteriology, creative writing, drama, visual art, and other specific academic and artistic areas; assisting a teacher with regular course planning, grading, and tutoring; and study at other educational institutions.
Tutorials are normally approved during the spring at about the time the Course Selections are due. Students should sign up for courses without assuming they will take a tutorial and then alter their course choices if the tutorial is approved.
Every effort is made to fulfill all student course requests. However, due to class size, teacher availability, and the number of periods in our academic day, there are times when not all requests can be honored.
Students must carry a minimum of four credit courses each trimester as well as P.E. or Athletics; students should request at most 6 year-long classes and 3 PE/sports.
Students should not take more than two courses (including tutorials) simultaneously in the same department or from the same teacher.
Academic Tutorials are not typically graded but earn credit and become one of the courses on a student's schedule. See additional Academic Tutorial policies for more details.
Extracurricular activities can take a great deal of time and should be considered in scheduling (e.g. debate, publications, elected office).
Under-enrollment or other reasons may cause an elective course to be canceled.
Students may request course changes during the first ten class days of the term for year-long courses. For one-trimester courses, this request must be made within the first five class days. As a student considers these changes, he must consult with the Department Chair, his instructor, his advisor, and his parents. When the Department Chair agrees that the course may be changed or dropped, the student must procure a Course Change Form from the Upper School Office. Signatures are required before submitting the request to the Head of Upper School. Requests are then reviewed by the Head of School for appropriateness.
After the deadline has passed, exceptions to course change requirements are very rare and are granted only at the discretion of the Head of School. Such exceptions will be noted "WP" (withdrew passing) or "WF" (withdrew failing) on the student's transcript, unless a department chair initiates the course change or the Head of Upper School determines the course change to be necessary and in the student's best interest.
Students are cautioned that, in the case of a failed course, the Head of School may withdraw the School's offer of re-enrollment. Alternatively, a boy may be required to do summer work or to repeat the course. In such a case, only the second grade will be used in computing the G.P.A., and the transcript will include the notation, "RF" (Repeated Failing).
In cumulative disciplines such as math and foreign language, the Head of School may also require a boy to improve his skills before continuing his course of study at the next level. Some students will do required summer work; others will be assigned to repeat the course. Students who repeat a passed course receive only one credit. Only the second grade will be used in computing the G.P.A., and the transcript will include the notation, "RP" (Repeated Passing).
St. Mark's graduation requirements go well beyond the required curriculum for college admission. Students may also take additional courses each term to add depth in areas of special interest. Boys should aspire to the most challenging program of study they can successfully undertake. This goal is discussed yearly between families and each boy's advisor.
Students must successfully complete the equivalent of 18 full-year liberal, fine arts, and elective courses, physical education or sports, community service, the Pecos Wilderness Experience, the Senior Exhibition, and optional extracurricular activities.
15 hours of Community Service during each school year.
Completion of the Pecos Wilderness Experience (required for all students entering St. Mark's in ninth grade).
Satisfactory completion of the Senior Exhibition.
Additionally, a student must achieve a cumulative Upper School grade point average of 2.0 or better to be eligible to graduate from the School.


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Q: How can I wait until the whole batch of requests are made and the promises are solved before I send the data on the callback function? I have an object with 5 items, each of them will send an http request 3 times.
I save that in a
         var promise
         var promise1
         var promise2

In the end, I am resolving (trying) the promises using
Promise.all([promise, promise1, promise2]]

And then I send the data to a callback function.
I am using array.map() to do my task on that array, all the requests and Promise.all are happening inside that.
How can I wait until the whole batch of requests are made and the promises are solved before I send the data on the callback function?
async function requestJahrStatistic(jahreStatistic, callback){
Promise.all(
     jahreStatistic.map(async (item) => {
      var periods = getReportingPeriod(item.period);

      connection.statistic_id = item.statistic_id;

      connection.reporting_period = periods.prevYear;
      var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        sendHTTPRequest(item, function(result) {
          resolve(result);
        });
      });

      connection.reporting_period = periods.actualYear;
      var promise1 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        sendHTTPRequest(item, function(result) {
          resolve(result);
        });
      });

      connection.reporting_period = periods.nextYear;
      var promise2 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        sendHTTPRequest(item, function(result) {
          resolve(result);
        });
      });

      Promise.all([promise, promise1, promise2]).then(async resolved => {
        var res = await resolved
        return res
      });
    })
  ).then(async resolved =>{
      var resp = await resolved;
      callback(resp)
  });

}
This was the last thing I tried before writing the question

A: There are several problems with that code:

*

*requestJahrStatistic shouldn't be async if it reports its results by calling a callback

*You use this pattern in a couple of places:
.then(async resolved => {
  var res = await resolved
  return res
});

That serves no purpose (unless... see #5) and can be completely removed.

*There's no reason for the map callback to be async, as you're not using await within it.

*You're repeating your logic wrapping sendHTTPRequest in a promise, and failing to handle errors in it. Don't repeat yourself, make a function for that.

*It looks like connection.statistic_id and connection.reporting_period are used by the HTTP requests somehow. They shouldn't be, that's spooky action at a distance. :-) But if they are, then none of this can be in parallel since you have to wait for a request using a given statistic_id and reporting_period to complete before you can start the next.

*You're not handling errors.
If I assume connection.reporting_period is used by the HTTP requests, that means they can't overlap, so none of this can be in parallel and you can't use Promise.all for it. You'd need something like:
If connection.reporting_period isn't used by the HTTP requests, this can all be parallel:
function sendHTTPRequestP(item) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        sendHTTPRequest(item, result => {
            if (/*an error occurred*/) {
                reject(new Error(/*...*/));
            } else {
                resolve(result);
            }
        });
    })
}

// Completely serial because of spooky action at a distance with
// `connection.statistic_id` and `connection.reporting_period`
function requestJahrStatistic(jahreStatistic, callback) {
    Promise.resolve(async () => {
        const results = [];
        for (const item of jahreStatistic) {
            const periods = getReportingPeriod(item.period);
            connection.statistic_id = item.statistic_id;

            connection.reporting_period = periods.prevYear;
            const result1 = await sendHTTPRequestP(item);

            connection.reporting_period = periods.actualYear;
            const result2 = await sendHTTPRequestP(item);

            connection.reporting_period = periods.nextYear;
            const result3 = await sendHTTPRequestP(item);

            results.push([result1, result2, result3]);
        }
        return results;
    })
    .then(callback)
    .catch(error => {
        // Handle/report error, call `callback` with the appropriate error flag
    });
}

Or something along those lines. Note that what callback will receive is an array of arrays. The outer array will have as many entries as jahreStatistic; each of those entries will be an array of the results of the three HTTP calls.
If you can change things so that each operation takes arguments rather than spooky action at a distance (I see that sendHTTPRequest already has the item so can presumably get statistic_id from it, so we just have to pass period), you can make things parallel:
function sendHTTPRequestP(item, reporting_period) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        sendHTTPRequest(item, reporting_period, result => {
            if (/*an error occurred*/) {
                reject(new Error(/*...*/));
            } else {
                resolve(result);
            }
        });
    })
}

function requestJahrStatistic(jahreStatistic, callback){
    Promise.all(
        jahreStatistic.map((item) => {
            const periods = getReportingPeriod(item.period);
            return Promise.all([
                sendHTTPRequestP(item, periods.prevYear),
                sendHTTPRequestP(item, periods.actualYear),
                sendHTTPRequestP(item, periods.nextYear)
            ]);
        })
    )
    .then(callback)
    .catch(error => {
        // Handle/report error, call `callback` with the appropriate error flag
    });
}

Or something along those lines.


Pool and Spa Maintenance: Is Your Water Clean?
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Pool and Spa: Is Your Water Clean?
"Come on in, the waters fine!" is a phrase you may hear in the coming months as more and more people take frequent dips in their pool and relax in their spa. But is the water really fine? Is the water in your pool and spa clean? Maintenance is often neglected during the long winter months as many pools and outdoor spas are not frequently used. Without proper maintenance on your pool or spa, your water could be imbalanced and conceal waterborne contaminants that are potentially toxic to your body. Many of these problems are not visible to the naked eye, so just because it looks clean, doesn't mean it is clean.
A filter is a vital piece in pool and spa maintenance. Pool and spa filters remove water impurities and other contaminants from your water, resulting in water that is clean and healthy enough for your family. Without the proper filtration in your pool and spa, you may notice an increase in bacteria and algae formation.
The Filbur FC-3053 Pool and Spa Filter works with pools, spas and hot tubs. It features Anti-Microbial (or Microban) technology, which prevents microbes such as bacteria, fungi, mold and mildew from growing or reproducing. The construction of the Filbur FC-3053 ensures durability and consistent water flow. Having a filter installed (and replacing your older one) is a must for pool and spa maintenance. Browse through our complete list of� pool and spa filters to see which one best suits your needs. Consult your owner's manual for instructions on cleaning and replacing your pool and spa filter.
After installing a filter in your spa or swimming pool, we are often left wondering if the filter is really doing what it's supposed to do. Is it removing the harmful contaminants from my pool water? Is it making the water safer for me and my family? Too often these valid questions go unanswered, but it doesn't have to be that way.
The Watersafe Water Test is an antibody-based test kit that detects the presence of bacteria in spas and swimming pools. The Watersafe Pool Water Test will provide an on-site water analysis (with no training or instrumentation required) of harmful levels of bacteria in your pool or spa water in under 20 minutes. There are no chemicals to add in order to conduct the water test. The Watersafe Bacteria Water Test delivers accurate and reliable results in a convenient and disposable bacteria test strip. This allows you to eliminate the guesswork of whether or not your pool water is suffering from bacteria or other harmful impurities.
Pool and spa filters are just as important for your swimming pool as your household water filter and your air/furnace filter. Before you take a dip in the pool, or relax in the spa, make sure that the proper pool and spa maintenance has been done. The correct pool and/or spa filter is the first step in healthier water.


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Trump carries on fight to overturn Pennsylvania's election even as his administration green-lights Biden transition
President Donald Trump's campaign on Monday took its fight to block Pennsylvania from certifying its election results to a federal appeals court, even as his administration agreed to let government agencies prepare for the transition to Joe Biden's administration.
The long-shot legal motion before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit came two days after a federal judge issued a scathing ruling that dismissed the campaign's effort to block the state from certifying its results, which show that Biden won the state.
Trump's lawyers sought the delay to give them more time to find evidence of a fraudulent election system and improper ballot counting. District Court Judge Matthew Brann ruled on Saturday that they had failed to provide "compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption."
The federal appeals court had not issued a ruling as of 10 p.m. EST Monday. Opposing lawyers were scheduled to file their reply by Tuesday afternoon.
Similarly, a group of Pennsylvania Republicans and electors led by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly filed an emergency appeal in state Commonwealth Court on Sunday seeking to block the election certification.
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'We've a school with 18,000 pupils in Yobe, we need more school structures' – State SUBEB Chairman
Shehu Usman
The Executive Chairman, Yobe State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), Prof. Musa Alabe has said the problems of basic education in the state is overpopulation and low enrolment.
Prof. Alabe disclosed this during the flag-off of reconstruction and rehabilitation of 40 classrooms in Fika local government area by UNICEF.
"The main problems that we have as far as Yobe is concerned are divided into two: In one area, that is in the southern side of Yobe, we have overcrowding of pupils especially in Potiskum town.
"So many schools are overcrowded with 300 to 350 pupils per class most especially in Ari-Kime primary school which has about 18,000 pupils in the entire school and the entire nation, it was rated as the most populated school", he revealed.
He, however, said the development in the southern Yobe is contrary to what is obtainable in the northern part of the state as classes are almost empty due to low enrollment levels.
"On the other side, that is in northern Yobe, we have mere empty classes.
"So on one side you have mere empty classes and on the other side you have overcrowding", he explained.
To address these emerging challenges, the Executive Chairman proposed two strategies, to take advocacy campaigns in the northern part and provide massive infrastructure to decongest pupils in the southern part of the state.
"So you have to have two strategies to address these situations.
"We have advocacy on one side and decongestion of pupils on the other side", he said.
As the state is battling with dilapidated infrastructure in schools, Prof. Alabe expressed delight over UNICEF's intervention, noting that it wouldn't have come at a better time than now.
"Today, we are witnessing the renovations and reconstructions of 40 classrooms in Fika and also 40 in Bade local government areas taking place concurrently.
"We are delighted that one of these strategies has started working, hence the vision of Governor Mai Mala Buni's government in education is seeing the light of the day", he stated.
According to Prof. Alabe, Yobe SUBEB has outlined four strategies meant to take basic education to the next level.
"We have outlined our strategies for growth and success as far as SUBEB is concerned. Part of it is to have a very good plan. We already have our strategic plan of which to be launched in the next two weeks at the state level.
"Secondly, we are learning from our past mistakes. We have made a lot of mistakes and Insha Allahu, one of the strategies is to learn from those mistakes and avoid repeating them.
"The third strategy is continuous hard work as there is no shortcut to success except you work hard. So we have pledged to work harder as there is no strategy more than that.
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Strike: Plateau State University workers threaten strike, issue 7-day ultimatum to government
Don Silas
Workers of Plateau State University (PLASU) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the State Government to improve funding for the institution or face an indefinite strike.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) of the institution gave the ultimatum in a notice of strike that they addressed to the Vice Chancellor.
The notice of strike which was jointly signed by Mr Rwang Pam, Chairman of NASU, and Mr Rimdap Timnan, Chairman of SSANU, said that the decision was taken at the JAC meeting held on January 19.
"Kindly recall our letter to you dated Dec. 14, 2020, and our letters to the Plateau State Head of Service dated Nov. 25 and Dec. 14, 2020, that you were copied.
"In the letters among many other issues, we expressed our deep concern over the abject underfunding of the university by the Government of Plateau.
"The poor funding has prevented the university from fulfilling its welfare obligations to members of staff.
"Congress, therefore, resolved that a seven-day ultimatum be issued to further give Plateau Government the opportunity to do the needful.
"Accordingly, JAC should not be held responsible for the breakdown of industrial harmony if the government fails to increase the subvention of the university within seven days," the document said.
The unions listed issues to be addressed to include implementation of the new national minimum wage and payment of arrears as well as payment of Earned Allowances owed NASU and SSANU members.
COVID-19: UNIBEN directs students to remain at home till further notice
The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Wednesday asked students of the institution to remain at home till further notice.
The institution's Acting Registrar, Clarkson Ehigiator in a statement, said the directive was in line with Edo government decision to suspend schools resumption till further notice, NAN reports.
Ehigiator said students earlier expected to resume academic activities are not to be seen in the halls of residence on Jan. 30 nor be present physically on Feb.1.
He said while management awaited a new directive from the government, the University of Benin acknowledged the sacrifices made by students and their parents during the most challenging period.
"The University of Benin as a Federal Institution, located in Benin City, must adhere to all directives of the Edo state government.
"The governor of the state announced the postponement of Schools resumption from Jan. 18, 2021 which will be reviewed on Feb.1.
"The Academic calendar remains unchanged as online classes will fully commence.
"The University's Management is committed to ensuring the provision of quality education to our own dear students without compromising on our collective safety.
"Management also recognises that students are eager to return to school for their academic activities, all things possible are being done to actualise that objective as the interest of the students remains paramount," Ehigiator said.


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Lidia Książkiewicz (Poznán, 1977) is een Poolse pianist en organist en is werkzaam in Frankrijk. Vanaf 2010 is zij titulair organist van de kathedraal Notre-Dame in Laon.

Biografie
Lidia Książkiewicz begon op vijfjarige leeftijd met het bespelen van de piano. Vanaf haar twintigste speelt ze ook orgel. Ze studeerde af in piano en orgel aan de Muziekacademie in Bydgoszcz en aan de Muziekacademie in Poznán. Ze vervolgde haar studies in orgelspel in Frankrijk aan het conservatorium van Saint-Maur onder leiding van professor Éric Lebrun, waar ze de Premier Prix d'Excellence behaalde. Aan hetzelfde conservatorium studeerde ze ook klavecimbel.

Ze is laureaat van vele muziekcompetities:

 Grand Prix d'Orgue de l'Académie des Beaux Arts in Angers, Frankrijk (2004, Grand Prix);
 Internationaal concours voor 20e-eeuwse muziek in Warschau, Polen (1994, eerste plaats);
 Internationaal orgelconcours in Rimini, Italië (2003, eerste plaats);
 Internationaal orgelconcours in Chartres, Frankrijk (2004, finalist);
 Internationaal orgelconcours "César Franck" in Haarlem (2000, 3e plaats);
 Internationaal orgelconcours over Max Reger en Olivier Messiaen in Graz, Oostenrijk (2003, Prix Spéciale);

Książkiewicz  treedt regelmatig op op vele prestigieuze muziekfestivals in Europa en neemt deel aan het werk van de jury van orgelcompetities. Als soliste speelde ze met vele orkesten, waaronder symfonieorkest van het Krakau Philharmonic, de Slowaakse Sinfonietta en het Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne. Ook is zij docent orgel- en pianospel aan de conservatoria in Laon en Soissons. Bovendien is ze auteur van tal van pedagogische publicaties en geeft ze masterclasses in piano- en orgelspel.

Link
 Homepagina van Lidia Książkiewicz

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