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Porsche has launched the track-focused 911 GT2 RS in India priced at Rs. 3.88 Cr
Almost a year after its global debut at Goodwood, Porsche has launched the 911 GT2 RS in India with a price tag of Rs 3.88 crore (ex-showroom). It is not only the most powerful but also the fastest road-legal variant of the 911 ever made, which went on to set the fastest lap around the famous Nurburgring of 6 minutes and 47.3 seconds. "This is a great day for sports car fans in India," said Pavan Shetty, Director of Porsche India. "The 911 GT2 RS is the concentration of Porsche's motorsport expertise into one high-performance model that also masters everyday driving. Despite its superior racing dynamics, this top 911 model is as predictable and reliable to handle as any other Porsche. We are seeing an increasing demand for true sports cars in India, and with vehicles like the 911 GT2 RS, we are confident Porsche is well placed to meet that demand and offer a truly unique driving experience on the road and the racetrack."
The track-focused sports car is powered by 3.8-liter flat-six engine which produces 700 horsepower and 750Nm of torque. That's an increase of 80hp and 50Nm of torque over its predecessor. With a full tank of fuel, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS weighs 1470kgs and it is capable of going from zero to 100kmph in a blistering 2.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 340kmph. The new model is the first 911 GT2 RS to be equipped with a double-clutch transmission. Porsche customised the PDK gearbox specially for the model and offers special features designed for the track. Porsche is also offering the Weissach package as an optional extra in the country which further reduces the weight of the car by another 30kgs.
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Morrissey and his legendary former band The Smiths continue to have a far-reaching impact on music and style, reaching artists and fans across international and genre boundaries alike. Some, such as San Antonio-based rock trio Girl in a Coma (sisters Nina and Phanie Diaz and Jenn Alva), who are second-gen fans, have paid the ultimate homage by naming their group after one of his songs - in this case, 1987's "Girlfriend in a Coma."
With a name like that, it's not a total surprise that this band was eventually able to meet Morrissey, but it's fairly remarkable that these rockers were hand-picked to tour with him. But that's not where the life of this charming band ends. Before that monumental moment happened, they had already been discovered by another living legend: Joan Jett, who signed the ladies to her own Blackheart Records and has released two of their albums, Both Before I'm Gone and the newest Trio B.C.
In an interview with SG, GIAC lead singer Nina Diaz, 21, talks about the band's multiple brushes with greatness, and how they've grown along the way.
TP: Joan Jett and her manager/producer Kenny Laguna produced two of the songs on Trio B.C. - do you feel like they were able to help you bring out a different side of your talent that you hadn't seen before?
ND: It was a great experience, and I think the songs came out well. I think they came out exactly how they should have at the time.
TP: When they told you that they wanted to sign you, everyone knows Joan Jett, but did you know about the Runaways or did you go back and listen to the band to learn about the music?
ND: I knew of the Runaways 'cause of Phanie. Everything Phanie listened to, I would kind of drop my ear into. We knew the Runaways and we definitely knew Joan Jett.
TP: How would you describe your growth on this album as compared to the first one?
ND: On the first record, I wrote the songs between 13-to-17, so there was kind of a lot of experiences and growing up going on. Now, on this album, two of the songs are older but the rest of them I wrote on the road. Now I'm 21, I'm able to actually go into the clubs and not have to wait outside. Before, when I had to wait outside, I'd just suffocate myself in the van and start working on stuff to show the girls. I'm proud of the writing, I think it's a change from Both Before I'm Gone.
TP: There are two major differences you're talking about, the age difference in the songs and also writing on the road from the perspective of someone who has "made it," so to speak. You didn't have a deal before and didn't necessarily know you would, so there's a lot of change, a lot of growth.
ND: Yeah, and when I was writing, a part of me was thinking that everybody has to like it now. And also that people know a bit about [me] now, and that sort of messed me up a little bit. But I had to just let all that go and say to myself that I've been doing this since I was 13. And when you let go, it's amazing what can happen.
TP: As a writer, you can second-guess yourself to the point of not writing anything!
ND: It's a horrible, horrible feeling. You want to rip your hair off and scream!
TP: I can see how that would be a pressure to think about how people like what you've already done, and you want to continue to please them.
ND: Yeah, well, people go through different phases of what they listen to, so you can't always get everybody. We are changing, and I hope people will continue to grow with us.
TP: Your videos are great and really unexpected. How did you manage to get [legendary transgender performer] Amanda Lepore in the "Road to Home" video?
ND: That's actually my favorite video out of all of the videos that we made. Amanda is beautiful and moving and it's so cool that she did the video. It was a really quick process and everyone was working together as a team. I was really happy about that.
TP: Whose idea was it?
ND: I have a fascination with transvestites and transgenders. I like the idea of it; it's beautiful to me.
TP: What was Amanda like?
ND: It was really last minute. We contacted her three days before the shoot and she said yes, she would do it. And she did a great job!
TP: You've played some gigs with Morrissey, and to be a band named after a Smiths song, that's got to be incredible. How did this happen?
ND: We were fans of the Smiths and Morrissey and we wanted to pay homage to them and call ourselves Girl in a Coma, but we never thought we'd ever get even close to seeing the guy. One of our past managers was friends with Boz Boorer, who is a guitarist with Morrissey. He listened to some of our cheap little demos and said, "Come to London, I'll make a demo for you guys." I dropped out of school my junior year, got my GED, and went to London. As soon as we landed from the plane, we were recording our Boz Boorer session. So then we toured on it and toured on it, and knew then that Morrissey knows of it because Boz showed him, like, "Hey, Morrissey, check this out. It's a band called Girl in a Coma!"
Then, when Morrissey happened to need an opening act in New York, we were there. We cancelled our show - hey, we're opening up for Morrissey, no problem! After that, they asked us to continue on the tour and go overseas and we accepted everything with open arms.
TP: Did you have much personal interaction with him?
ND: Yeah, he would pass by here and there. We would get really nervous, like, there's Morrissey! Sometimes I'd actually turn my face to the wall, it was kind of really funny. On the last show in Paris, he came into the room. We gave him a little gift and a thank you card and he brought champagne and sat down for a moment and had a conversation with us. I thought he was just going to drop it off, but he sat down and it was really cool.
TP: There's so much legend about him that some of us forget sometimes that he's actually just a guy, you know?
ND: Yeah, his fans are wonderful but some of them kind of cross the line a little bit. It's expected. But he's an amazing, awesome person.
TP: I'm one of the only people I know who actually got to see the Smiths in concerts.
TP: Yeah, that shows my age, but it was one of my first shows ever, the year before they broke up.
ND: Oh wow! Congratulations on that!
TP: He's someone I would actually be frightened to interview, because I was always such a big fan. It's kind of like not wanting to know what Santa Claus is really like.
ND: Yeah! I thought I never really wanted to meet him because I didn't want the idea that I had of him to be different. But it was better than I could have ever expected. It was wonderful.
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Ólöf Ósk Þorgeirsdóttir, Johanna Carlsson and Sara Tynelius joined me for a photoshoot yesterday morning at Tranebergsbron. They recently had their graduation performance Mixtape at Balettakademien, click the link if you want to see some photos from their show. This day we wanted to do some outdoor urban dance photos. For those wondering, "Discalced Danseuse" means graceful barefoot dancer.
Ólöf Ósk Þorgeirsdóttir. The concrete pillars of the bridge provide a nice soft reflected light and an urban look.
Sara Tynelius. The colour of her jumpsuit worked really well with the concrete.
Sara Tynelius and Ólöf Ósk Þorgeirsdóttir.
Sara Tynelius and Ólöf Ósk Þorgeirsdóttir. It is really easy to get stuck in just one place if the light is really good. There were some concrete pipes closer to the water that also made for a great backdrop.
Ólöf Ósk Þorgeirsdóttir. A more candid shot, I was checking my camera settings for the next photo below.
A big thank you to Ólöf, Sara and Johanna for a fun morning photoshoot!


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Puerto Rico secures a spot in quarterfinals
DURANGO, Mexico, August 20, 2021. - Puerto Rico secured a spot in the quarterfinal round after defeating Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-18) at the Men's NORCECA Continental Championship in Durango, Mexico.
Puerto Rico resumed pool A with 2-1 record; they await the result between Mexico and Canada to know if they finish in second or third position. Trinidad and Tobago 0-3 will play placing matches for 5-8 positions.
With a 48-23 margin in attacks, 4-1 in blocks and 5-2 in serves, Puerto Rico had no setbacks in defeating Trinidad and Tobago who committed fewer errors (18-25) than the winning side.
Outside hitter Pelegrin Vargas topped Puerto Rico's scorers with 11 points all on kills, opposite Gabriel García, who only played the first two sets, contributed with 10 points on 8 kills, one block and one ace. Trinidad and Tobago was led by Daynte Stewart with a match-high of 14 points.
Arturo Iglesias, Captain of Puerto Rico: "We are glad to finish the first phase of the tournament with a victory, yesterday was really complicated and a lot of things happened to us. We still have to improve in consistency, our serves and limit our unforced errors, excited to know who we're going to play against in the next phase".
Oswald Antonetti, Coach of Puerto Rico: "Once we held some advantage the team loosened, yesterday was an emotional and complicated performance for us but we grew as a group, which is what we're looking for in a competition. We are optimistic for the next round; these guys are a great group".
Ryan Stewart, Captain of Trinidad and Tobago: "We came out here to do the best. We're finishing the preliminary round getting better as a team with each performance; we were more into the game and now we only need to be consistent in every aspect of the game".

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How Mompha Hid N32.9bn Transactions From FG
Linda Patrick Thursday, 16 January 2020 Edit this post
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday heard that a suspected Internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, concealed N3...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday heard that a suspected Internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, concealed N32.9billion transactions from the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) for 25 months.
A prosecution witness, Mr. Matthew Enu-Obun, told Justice Mohammad Liman that the transactions covered December 14, 2015 and January 25, 2018.
Mompha is accused of retaining the N32.9billion in the bank account of his alleged firm, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, during the period.
The social media celebrity was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Ismalob Global Investment on 14 counts of alleged fraud, money laundering and running a foreign exchange business without the authorisation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
He was granted bail in the sum of N100 million with one surety in the like sum.
The prosecution has since opened its case and has led several witnesses in evidence.
At the resumption of trial on Wednesday, prosecution counsel Rotimi Oyedepo resumed examination of the fourth prosecution witness, Enu-Obun.
Enu-Obun, an official of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML), told the court that his agency had no record of the defendants' transactions of December 14, 2015 to January 25, 2018.
He testified that from available records, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd never reported the transactions to SCUML.
When Oyedepo asked the witness who signed Exhibit C (a reply to the investigation activities on the defendant), he answered: "I signed it."
Under cross-examination by defence counsel Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), the witness told the court that he had been with SCUML since 2006.
He said he worked in the Compliance department and gained promotion to the position of a principal compliance officer.
When Oyewole said: "So, you have never been in the Operations department?" Enu-Obun replied: "No."
When asked the full meaning of DNFI, the witness said it stood for Designated Non-Financial Institutions.
According to him, DNFI included categories of businesses such as casinos, supermarkets, chartered accounting and law firms.
Further hearing was adjourned till February 26.
In the charge, the EFCC alleged that Mompha laundered the funds in tranches of N18,059,353,413 billion and N14,946,773,393.00 billion.
The commission further alleged that the defendant, not being a financial institution, or an authorised foreign exchange dealer, negotiated foreign exchange transaction in the sums of N9.416million, N20million, N10,437,400.00, N10miillion, N2.46million, N10miillion, N100million, N61million, N100million, N40.7million and N42million.
The alleged offences contravene sections 15(2) and 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended.


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Silk Tea launches the first collection of tea with brandy and milk
Newsroom 18/01/2022 | 14:28
Silk Tea launches its first products on Kickstarter, through a start-up campaign. Elegant and subtle, the new tea embodies 15 years of research, reinvention, and expertise. Numbered from 1 to 500, Silk Tea Experience tea boxes offer an exclusive opportunity to own a unique, innovative product with history.
A limited-edition private collection, the offer is only available through Kickstarter.com at the moment, the innovative tea comes in a limited-edition handmade kit and is a 100% Romanian product
"Silk Tea Experience is an authentic product, in a special box made of braided corn leaves, a special object created for this concept. Each box is different and personalized, it contains between 8-10 tea bags made of 100% cotton lace, which makes the teacup look precious and special. In the box, there is a small information leaflet where we find the recipe for Silk Tea Experience, the business concept, the genesis and the spirit of Silk Tea, the individual message to the buyer and of course the list of benefits of drinking this tea." Says entrepreneur Victoria Baltag, the creator of Silk Tea. "Beyond the experience of consuming an innovative product, which combines corn silk flowers (Stigmanta Maydis) with Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow), vinars (literally "burnt wine," a traditional Romanian brandy) and milk (all types of milk, from cow milk to soy milk), we have a whole list of health benefits when we consume this beverage." She adds.
The product is detoxifying, calming, diuretic, rich in potassium, lipids, minerals and vitamins (C, E, B, K), strengthens the immune system, is an anti-depressant, regulates cholesterol, balances blood pressure, increases the speed of the digestive system, optimizes functions gallbladder and liver, reduces cellulite and invigorates the skin, maintains cell elasticity and permeability, the Silk Tea creator explains.
In addition to a refreshing, light flavour that comes with the corn silk tea, the brandy brings energy and spice to the drink, while milk has a sweetening effect. The box comes with a personalized authentication certificate and a numbered certificate signed by the author of this product, Victoria Baltag. Moreover, the initiative comes as a social business, 25% of the price of each box will form an investment fund for women entrepreneurs at the beginning of their start-up road.
"Being handmade, the production of this jewel-tea takes 8 weeks of preparation. The box is more than a mere product; this is a cultural object made with the hands and soul of the craftsmen from Odorheiu Secuiesc. The tea box is made of woven corn cobs, which takes weeks of hard work. Our teabags are made from a special, high-quality, 100% cotton design lace and cheesecloth. There is no plastic in the teabags so your tea is 100% healthy and freshly stored. These tea bags are carefully and patiently sewn together so that your teabag-jewel can be safely placed in your cup." Says Victoria.
It is the first tea box of its kind and the first sustainable concept-product made by combining science with art and culture ("art-science concept"). The tea box-kit is also made of a recyclable, organic, eco-friendly, non-allergic material, with a special aesthetics and a series of precious tea bags made of crocheted cotton.
Moreover, when purchasing a teabox, the buyer will receive a unique souvenir, carefully designed by artisans from Transylvania and Maramures: such as a handmade wooden spoon, a holder for the consumed tea bag, an interior decoration item, or other handicrafts. Depending on the chosen box, the buyer can also opt for a series of surprise items, which come in addition to the tea package and are unique objects, made by traditional Romanian craftsmen: a lamp or a chandelier made from braided corn leaves, a chair, a table, a bread holder, and more.
"By purchasing the Silk Tea Experience, you help this story continue. You get the joy of experiencing this delicious new recipe, and creating jobs for people in the community. When you support a small business, you support a dream! Thank you for making this dream come true, and becoming part of our story!" Concluded Victoria Baltag.
The 500 single boxes are available at prices starting at 150 euros and can be purchased from https://lnkd.in/ggmUK4en until January 30, 2022.
By A.M. Filip
Tags: Romanian tea, Silk Tea, Victoria Baltag
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No. 4 Cincinnati looks to make CFP case vs. No. 21 Houston
Nov 26, 2021; Greenville, North Carolina, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Desmond Ridder (9) throws the ball during the second half against the East Carolina Pirates at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports
Host Cincinnati is playing Houston for more than just the American Athletic Conference championship on Saturday.
The No. 4 Bearcats (12-0, 8-0 AAC) hope a victory over the No. 21 Cougars (11-1, 8-0) will be enough to earn a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff, whose participants will be selected Sunday.
No school outside a Power 5 Conference (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 and Southeastern Conference) has played in the CFP since its inception for the 2014 season.
That stat doesn't concern fifth-year Bearcats coach Luke Fickell.
Heisman Watch 2022: Bryce Young, Tyler Van Dyke among 2022 Heisman Trophy candidates
"I don't over-worry about all the other things," he said Monday. "It's never been about anything other than playing for a championship."
Fickell would like to keep the outside noise from distracting his team, but it might be harder with rumors swirling that he is a contender for the Notre Dame job after Brian Kelly left suddenly to become the coach at LSU on Monday.
"It's the same way I am with rankings," Fickell said Tuesday. "It's the same way I am unfortunately with a lot of other things — with the exception of recruiting — that I don't pay a whole lot of attention to it."
Houston wouldn't mind being the spoiler after being overlooked because of all the attention focused on Cincinnati. The Cougars can match a school record with their 12th straight victory and have won each of their past six road games, including a 45-17 decision at UConn last week.
Cincinnati has won 26 straight home games, a fact not lost on Houston coach Dana Holgorsen.
"I'm not going to lie, I wish this was at a neutral site," he said Monday. "If the game was played in Houston, I think they would say the same thing.
"You'd rather have a neutral site as opposed to going and being the visiting team, especially when both teams are 8-0 right now, but that's neither here nor there."
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The Bearcats are in their third straight AAC championship. They lost 29-24 at Memphis in 2019 and defeated Tulsa 27-24 in Cincinnati last year.
Houston's last championship was 24-13 win vs. Temple in the inaugural AAC title game in 2015.
The only blemish on Houston's record this season was 38-21 loss to Texas Tech in the opener.
The Saturday matchup features teams that get after it on both sides of the ball. Cincinnati and Houston join Alabama and Georgia as the four FBS schools to rank top-10 nationally in scoring offense and total defense.
Houston ranks 10th in points per game (38.8) and allows 288.6 yards per contest, which ranks sixth.
The Bearcats are eighth in both scoring (39.6 points per game) and total defense (303.3 yards per game).
Related: Top 10 college football quarterbacks – Bryce Young sets the stage
Both team's quarterbacks, Houston's Clayton Tune (3,013 yards) and Cincinnati's Desmond Ridder (3,000), have compiled gaudy passing numbers.
"It's going to be a big challenge," Holgorsen said of facing Cincinnati. "I mean, they're deserving of where they're currently ranked at the CFP, probably got to be ranked higher in my opinion based on what they've done here over the last couple years and the quality of football that they've played."
Cincinnati beat visiting Houston 38-20 last season, but the Cougars hold a 15-12 edge in the all-time series.


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Montjuic Cemetary
21 March 2019 @ 13:10
The Montjuïc Cemetery is a unique place without a doubt, with unusual, modernist graves.
Opened in March of 1883, Montjuïc is the biggest cemetery in Barcelona. It's placed on the top of Montjuïc, which itself is a nice little mountain-hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea. There you can find graves of famous locals like those of Catalan leader Lluis Companys (1882-1940), Spanish anarchist militant Buenaventura Durruti (1896-1936), artist Joan Miró (1893-1983), and many more. If you walk to the top you can see a crematorium from Roman times. The journey to the crematorium is a very long walk and it can take more than 3 hours to tour the entire cemetery on foot.
In the silent west wing of the cemetery is 'El Fossar de la Pedrera' (the Grave of the Quarry). An estimated 4,000 people were buried there after their execution by the Franco regime following the fall of Barcelona to fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War. The quarry contains memorials to the victims of fascism, Lluis Companys (the last president of Catalunya before the civil war) and, recently, a monument commemorating the aspirations of the social revolution of 1936. El Fossar de la Pedrera is a moving and melancholy place.
Walking through beautiful modernist graves, surrounded by pines and watching the sea. Experiencing this cemetery is widely considered to be one of the most enjoyable experiences in Barcelona and highly recommendable.
If you decide to go keep in mind that The Cementiri de Montjuïc is a little difficult to reach. The easiest way to get there is to take the 21 bus from the Jardins de Walter Benjamin at the Place de Les Drassanes, near (but not at) the southern end of Las Ramblas. But bus will stop at the bottom of the cemetery, after which, the 107 bus can take you to the top - this is helpful as the cemetery is nearly vertical and many may not be up for the walk!
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It may seem a strange place for a day out but I have spent a couple of days visiting Highgate Cemetery in London. Built around the same time it has many fascinating, somber but beautiful tombs in a wooded area. The pictures above show a similar setting and the tombs are fabulous works of art. Art can last forever so I suppose the tomb inhabitant is hoping his or her memory will last forever? Definitely a place I would like to visit but from the top down i think.
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Siberian Governor Sparks Backlash With 'Insulting' Comments to Flood Victims
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The head of a Siberian region hit by major floods has sparked online backlash for comments addressed toward victims that were deemed insulting.
Authorities in the Krasnoyarsk region town of Kansk declared a state of emergency and evacuated dozens of residents amid severe flooding last weekend. The neighboring Irkutsk region bore the brunt of the devastation, where 14 people have been killed in what scientists have called the biggest floods in 180 years.
Krasnoyarsk governor Alexander Uss visited Kansk on Monday, where he examined the extent of the damage and vowed swift disaster relief measures to the estimated 300 victims. Some of Uss' exchanges with residents caught on video, however, showed Uss in an unfavorable light.
"What do you want to tell me? You want to appeal to the law?" Uss asked one resident after she asked if they would be evacuated by helicopter in case of more flooding.
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"I can appeal to the law too," he told the woman, who had told him "we'll be cut off from the world if the road is washed away."
In another eyebrow-raising exchange, Uss can be seen interrupting a resident who had begun to ask a question, telling the resident: "Calm down, let me fix your collar" as he taps the unamused man on the shoulder.
The governor's comments ignited online backlash, with local news outlets citing social media comments that call his behavior "unexpected" and "rude."
Update: Uss later called and apologized to the female resident from the video, the woman told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
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Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
The Church of the Annunciation has a long history. In the middle of the 4th century, a shrine with altar was built in the cave in which Mary had lived. Emperor Constantine commissioned a larger structure when his mother, Helena, visited the Holy Land to discover the locations of and commemorate important events in Jesus' life. The Church of the Annunciation was founded around the same time as the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem [interesting that Barluzzi worked on all three of these important churches]. It was known to still exist around 570 CE, but was destroyed in the 7th century after the Muslim conquest.
The second church was built over the ruins of the Byzantine era church during the Crusades, after the conquest of Nazareth by Tancred in 1102 but was never completed. Saladin's victory over the Crusaders at the Battle of Hittin in 1187 ended construction of the church. Five Crusader Romanesque capitals carved by stonemasons from northern France were discovered during excavations along with artifacts from the Middle Bronze Age, Israelite period, Herodian-Roman and Byzantine periods are in the small museum in the Franciscan convent. In 1260, Baybars and his Mamluk army destroyed the church during their attack on Nazareth.
The Franciscans received permission to return to Nazareth in 1620 and constructed a small structure to enclose the holy grotto that is venerated as the house of Mary. In 1730, they received permission to construct a new church, which was enlarged in 1877.
Church of Annunciation, Nazareth, 1945
This church stood until 1954 when it was demolished to enable the construction of a new basilica.
In 1924 Ferdinando Diotallevi, the custos, or head of the Franciscan Custody, with the approval of Pope Pius XI began to plan a new basilica to commemorate the Annunciation in Nazareth. Diotallevi intended to entrust the building of the church to Antonio Barluzzi, a young architect who had already proved his abilities and qualifications by building the Church of the Agony (Gethsemane, 1922-24) in Jerusalem and the Church of the Transfiguration on top of Mount Tabor (1919–24) for the Franciscan Custody. Barluzzi was asked to submit his plans for the Church of the Annunciation, but the project was aborted, due to political tensions inside and outside the Custody.
The idea of rebuilding the church emerged again fifteen years later in 1939 when the new custos, Alberto Gori, reappointed Barluzzi to the project. During World War II Barluzzi resided in Italy returning to the Holy Land in 1947. During that time he designed two churches. The first was the incredibly ambitious project of rebuilding the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The new plan was prepared by Barluzzi and Luigi Marangoni but was never built [sometimes an architect's best plans are never actualized, check out Louis Kahn and the Hurva synagogue].
The second was the design for the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth which Barluzzi thought would be his final work in the Holy Land.
Barluzzi designed a church in eclectic style, using contemporary construction technique, reinforced concrete covered mostly by local limestone. The church was a concentric building dominated by a large dome reminiscent of St. Peters in Rome and surrounded by four towers dedicated to the four evangelists. The towers symbolized the voices announcing to the four corners of the world the event of the Incarnation – critics said the building looked too much like a mosque. In the plan, the length of the church was 90 meters, and the height from the ground to the cross on top of the dome was 72 meters, a very large building. Inside, Barluzzi designed a rotunda over the holy grotto and four wings for the requirements of the liturgy. Like his other projects Barluzzi was involved in the smallest details of the inner decoration far beyond the usual level of architectural planning. For each statue he designated a location, character, symbolic meaning, and connection to the main theme of the church. By 1941, Barluzzi had prepared many sketches of the church and a model on scale of 1:100, and his plans were approved by Father Leonardo Bello, the minister general of the Franciscan order.
All the necessary permits were obtained from the State of Israel, and in December 1954, the year designated by the Vatican as the Year of Mary, the cornerstone of the church that corresponded to Barluzzi's plan was laid in a well-attended ceremony. However, four years later, in 1958, the new Franciscan custos, Alfredo Polidori took the project from Barluzzi.
Barluzzi wrote in his diary: On 3rd February 1958 the Custos of the Holy Land replaced me by the architect Muzio of Milan to build the Nazareth sanctuary. This gave me heart trouble all night long.. I am going back to Rome and I will seek refuge at the Delegation of the Holy Land…
Barluzzi died on December 14, 1960 in a small room at the Delegation of the Holy Land.
The new basilica was designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Muzio of Milan, one of the leading architects of the Novecento style who came to Israel for the first time in 1958. Muzio planned the church as a fortress, to contrast the new church with the remains of the earlier churches – he meant to convey that its fate, unlike that of its predecessors, would be different. The fortified nature of the church is evident in its size and strength, its seclusion from the urban surroundings, and the details of the building, like narrow windows, almost slits. The church dimensions are 44.6 meters long and 27 meters wide, and the dome height is 55 meters, still a large church. The outer walls are covered in light-colored combinations of local stone with modern reliefs and engravings that decorate the southern and western façades. It seems that the church was based on an earlier St. Antonio church that was built by Muzio in Varese, Italy.
Muzio actually erected two churches, one on top of the other. The lower church protects the valuable archaeological remains of the Byzantine-era church which are displayed next to the holy grotto, the perimeter of the modern church follows the outer limits of the walls of the Crusader-era church. The upper church is designated for the celebration of the liturgy. The upper church is connected to the monastery by a suspended courtyard that protects the underlying remains of the ancient village of Nazareth from the time of Jesus that was discovered during excavation work in 1955.
Inside, the modern style of Muzio's work manifests itself in the extensive use of exposed reinforced concrete and sharp angles. The stained glass windows are striking.
The church is decorated by works of art dedicated to Mary and to the Annunciation that were donated by every nation of the Catholic world. Muzio was not involved in choosing the art. The church was built by the Israeli building firm Solel Boneh during the years 1960-69 and cost 2 million dollars.
For an excellent in-depth analysis, see Masha Halevi's article, "The Politics Behind the Construction of the Modern Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth" at http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/catholic_historical_review/v096/96.1.halevi.html
Antonio Barluzzi
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This entry was posted in Architecture, Art, Church, Pilgrimage and tagged Antonio Barluzzi, architects, Barluzzi, Basilica of the Annunciation, Franciscan, Louis Kahn, Nazareth on June 12, 2013 by Shmuel Browns.
Antonio Barluzzi is known as an architect but for many years he thought about entering a seminary. It was on the advice of his spiritual mentor and encouragement of his older brother Giulio, already an architect, that he entered the engineering school at university to study to become an architect. After graduation and his army service he worked with his brother on several architectural projects in Rome.
By 1910 Turkey is described as the "sick man on the Bosphorus" and all the European powers were staking their claim to pieces of the Holy Land. Schiaparelli of the Italian Missionaries Association hired Giulio to design and build an Italian hospital in Jerusalem with substantial financial aid from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Guilo is overloaded with work and probably prefered Rome to Jerusalem so he sent Antonio.
Schiaparelli recommended that "in the new building, a worthy chapel should have a place of honour, which can accommodate, in special circumstances, the Italian colony". He also suggested that it be named Santa Maria Latina in memory of the old church of the Amalfitans in Jerusalem (today the Crusader part of the German Lutheran Church in the Muristan). So Antonio designed the hospital, definitely Italian looking, a curious mixture of the Palazzo Vecchio on the Piazza Signoria in Florence and the tower of the Mangia in Sienna.
With the outbreak of the First World War Barluzzi left for Italy and entered a seminary and stayed for 40 days, then Italy entered the war and he was called up. Italy allied itself with Britain, Barluzzi was recommended to the Ministry of War as an expert on the Holy Land and so on December 11, 1917, our architect entered Jerusalem on foot through Jaffa gate together with General Allenby.
In 1978 while studying in Israel I took some photos of the Old City with a Nikkormat SLR camera using black and white film. One photo in particular I liked quite a lot, a pastoral scene just across from Damascus Gate looking north, of a young Arab boy shepherding four goats in a field. In the distance, framed by two trees is an Italian looking building. Of course, today the field is gone but the building is Barluzzi's Italian hospital, his first building in Jerusalem.
The question was where would I find that photo from 30 years ago. I started looking through shoeboxes of photos and after about 10 minutes in a box with old letters, lo and behold found the negatives. I took them to be developed and a few hours later had prints of the photos. I shot a similar view the other day from the ramparts at Damascus gate.
From there I walked over to the chapel – the Italian hospital buildings are being used by the Israeli Ministry of Education. Unfortunately the chapel is not open to the public.
Barluzzi was asked to build two churches by the Franciscans, on Mount Tabor and in the Garden of Gethsemane. He returned to Italy to ponder his future. He wrote in his diary: 'I go to Father Corrado, the confessor of my youth, I explain my circumstances and ask what I must do. 'Go and build the Sanctuaries, and then we'll talk again.' My heart leaps for joy, and I say: 'It is Gods will'.
So Barluzzi began to build a basilica on the top of Mount Tabor, one of the traditional sites of the Transfiguration. This was a challenging task in 1919 because there was not even a road or water, which had to be carried by mules; even the stone masons were brought from Italy. Again Barluzzi borrowed from an existing church, St. Simeon the Stylite near Aleppo, for his design because of the importance of the Transfiguration in the Syrian liturgy and the triple division of the facade matched the three figures in the story, Moses, Jesus and Elijah. The roof was originally of alabaster tiles in order to let the light in, unfortunately these had to be covered to prevent the rain coming in but Barluzzi used the element of light to the full.
At the same time he was working on the basilica at Gethsemane, called both the Church of All Nations and the Church of the Agony. Here Barluzzi developed his symbolic architecture, in this case Christus dolens et triumphans. The suffering of Jesus and his pain is represented by a building of Byzantine inspiration which evokes the beginning church, a somber interior of dark mosaics with the light filtered by purple glass, with twelve small domes, like the apostles. The glory is the triumphal facade of classic Roman inspiration, a triple round arch, supported by four large pilasters surrounded by columns topped with Corinthian capitals (a similar capital was found during the excavations and is on display at the Stadium Biblicum archaeological museum).
Barluzzi went on to build numerous other churches, transforming into stone the deepest sentiments of his heart and dedicated his life to honoring and glorifying the earthly Jerusalem. It is a blessing to be able to experience his work.
Just inside Jaffa gate is the Franciscan Christian Information Center. As of the date of this post, there is an exhibit about Antonio Barluzzi that I highly recommend.
This entry was posted in Architecture and tagged architecture, church, Franciscan, Gethsemane, Mount Tabor, postaweek2011 on February 25, 2011 by Shmuel Browns.


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13 April 2014 Printing/Print Company Profiles
Sequana shuffles its pack seeking a stronger hand
A financial restructure and organisational changes at Sequana shows the pain caused by decline in paper use.
THE CONTINUING DECLINE IN PAPER use has pushed Sequana group into a reorganisation of its debt and a rights issue to raise €64 million to fund its "major operational and financial restructuring plan".
The Arjowiggins paper making subsidiary into the decision to shut down or shed capacity. Sister company Antalis has rescheduled its debt repayments as the European market for paper fell a further 7% in 2013. The outlook is for decline to continue although not so quickly. This is shown in the Antalis sales figures, bolstered by €40 million from taking on Xerox's paper distribution, which fell to €2.5 billion (€2.7 billion). Operating profit fell to €70 million (€83 million) with margin squeezed to 2.8% (3.1%).
ANTALIS IS SHIFTING EMPHASIS AWAY from commodity papers towards the visual communications and packaging products which held up. It is running down inventories, across the group these fell from €448 million in 2012 to €378 million in 2103, and through action to reduce overheads in its logistics network. It is to set up a factoring programme to refinance €200 million of debt and will reschedule the repayment of €320 million, extending this to the end of 2018.
But the real bite is applied to the paper making division where it will either sell or close the Wizernes mill in France, which produces 140,000tpa of coated paper; where creative paper production will be concentrated on the Stoneywood mill in Aberdeen leading to the sale or closure of its Charavines mill. The Chartham mill in Kent, producing transparent papers will lose shifts and its Gelida mill in Spain will focus on bookbinding materials.
ON A WIDER SCALE, ARJOWIGGINS will pull out of the US coated paper market. There will be investment in a de-inking line for the Bessé mill in France, home to its MCS papers. The aim the company says is to exist from low margin customers and geographic areas.
Once the reorganisation is complete Arjowiggins will have strengthened its position in recycled papers and pulp (that from the Greenfield mill will be sold on the open market) while reducing costs and retaining its position in speciality papers.
THE YEAR HAS STARTED WITH SIGNS of improvement to confirm the company's assessment that the rate of decline is slowing. During 2014 the company predicts that the packaging and visual communications arms of the paper merchanting business "should fare better while the Arjowiggins speciality business should perform well".
Pascal Lebard, Sequana chairman and CEO, says: "In order to put Arjowiggins on as competitive a footing as possible, the operational restructuring plan will help reduce Arjowiggins' exposure to the standard coated paper segment, strengthen our position as European market leader in recycled paper and give the group a real competitive edge in the creative papers segment."
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Oct 29, 2022, 10:50 AM
US claims on support of Iranian women lack goodwill: Iran
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – The Permanent Mission of the Islamic of Iran to the United Nations on Friday said that the US claims of backing for Iranian women lack goodwill.
In reaction to the US attempts to hold an unofficial meeting of the UN Security Council, the mission termed the measure as a move for advancing its political objectives at the expense of breaching international law.
Given the hypocrisy, adopting double standards and selective human rights practices, US claims to support Iranian women are deceptive and lacking goodwill, the mission noted.
According to the reports, the United States is considered the main sponsor of Iran's recent unrest, it further noted.
The United States and its allies have consistently utilize such a body (the United Nations) as a tool to advance their political goals even at the expense of violations of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, the mission underlined.
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Usually, when you think "talking teddy bear," you imagine it being a child's imaginary friend. But what would happen if that child grew up, never having outgrown the bond between him and his cuddly best pal? That was the premise behind 2012's Ted, which cast Mark Wahlberg as man-child John Bennett, with co-writer/director (and Family Guy creator) Seth MacFarlane providing the voice of the titular teddy bear. Now the Thunder Buddies are back in Ted 2. And while this sequel doesn't necessarily innovate, it does a pretty good job of recapturing what made the first film so special.
It's been three years since we last saw John and Ted, and a lot has changed in their lives. Of course, John married his sweetheart, Lori (Mila Kunis). And now Ted too is getting hitched to the woman of his dreams, fellow grocery store clerk Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth). But if you think Lori and Tami-Lynn will be hosting dinner parties for each other's husbands anytime soon, think again. Ted 2 finds John newly-divorced and Ted's marriage on the rocks, with the latter situation providing the impetus for the foul-mouthed shenanigans and gross-out gags this time around.
When Ted and Tami-Lynn decide the best way to fix their marriage is to have a child, Ted enlists John's help — first to try and procure sperm from their celebrity role models, then to be the donor himself. And when both those plans fail miserably, Ted and Tami-Lynn turn to adoption. That's when Ted discovers that the state of Massachusetts won't let them — because he's technically property, not a person — and the ensuing demoralization that befalls Ted prompts him and John to hire pot-smoking newbie lawyer Samantha L. Jackson (Amanda Seyfried) so Ted can sue the government for his civil rights.
Long story short, the script by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild leaves the door wide open for jokes about dicks, pot and bodily excretions (of which there are aplenty), laugh-out-loud celebrity cameos (from the likes of Liam Neeson, Jay Leno and Tom Brady) and pop culture references galore (culminating in an all-out "nerd fight" at New York Comic-Con), as Samantha hopelessly tries to school John and Ted on the intricacies of America's legal system, before the trio end up on a road trip from Boston to New York City to seek out powerhouse attorney Patrick Meighan (Morgan Freeman), Ted's last best hope for proving his personhood in the eyes of the law.
Needless to say, their journey is about as un-pc as a movie can get, especially a scene in which Ted and company pay a visit to a local comedy club and hurl painfully inappropriate "suggestions" like 9/11, Charlie Hebdo, Germanwings and Bill Cosby to the hapless improv troupe on-stage. With that in mind, it's a minor miracle that when Ted 2 tries its hand at sincerity — as it is want to do during impassioned courtroom speeches that liken Ted's situation to that of Dred Scott, making non-ironic references to the Emancipation Act and the Thirteenth Amendment along the way — it somehow manages to pull it off.
Unfortunately, the filmmakers aren't always so lucky. The all-too-predictable romance that develops between John and Samantha is mostly a bore to sit through; and a tacked-on subplot that sees Giovanni Ribisi's sleazeball character from the first film, Donny, hatching another hair-brained scheme to kidnap Ted gets stale pretty quickly. Still, the heart and soul of the story — Ted's friendship with John — remains intact; and as for Ted himself, he remains as lovably offensive as ever. Of course, Ted 2 isn't for everyone, but for audiences who enjoy their crassness with a side of compassion, it's more than bearable.
Ted 2 releases June 26th, 2015 from Universal Pictures. The film has an MPAA rating of R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, and some drug use. Its runtime is 1 Hr. 55 Mins.


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March 12, 2014 Reviews
by Keith Phipps
Veronica Mars isn't the first film that can claim to have been willed into existence partly through fans' enthusiasm, but it's one of the first that can attach a specific dollar value to that enthusiasm. Specifically: $5.7 million. That's the amount Rob Thomas, creator of the TV show of the same name, raised via Kickstarter to ensure the film got made. Asking for a $2 million buy-in from the public, he raised it quickly and went well beyond expectations, tapping into a desire among the fans of the series, which ran for three seasons on UPN and The CW from 2004 to 2007. Not many watched the show about a teen detective investigating crime in the economically divided city of Neptune, California, but those who did adored it, and in the years since, Thomas kept the flame alive while Veronica Mars picked up a larger following. Now that support has led to this resurrection as a sharp feature film that's sure to please anyone who's wanted to see Veronica (Kristen Bell) and her supporting cast back into action—and likely to puzzle anyone else.
The first question TV-to-film adaptations usually raise is "Does this work as a movie apart from the show?" Veronica Mars raises a different question: "Does it have to?" This is a movie tailor-made for a specific audience who demanded it, presumably one perfectly happy for a movie very much in the mold of the show that inspired it. Wish granted. Despite some opening minutes that play like a "previously on" montage, there's little here to bring newbies up to speed, and the film is so laden with callbacks and in-jokes that its ideal audience isn't just Veronica Mars fans, but Veronica Mars fans who just finished binge-watching the entire series. There's little to set the film apart from the show visually, either. As a movie, it looks and plays an awful lot like the TV show, reviving its darkened-rooms-and-Venetian-blinds and beach-noir aesthetic. Fortunately, Veronica Mars was a pretty great TV show, and while the Veronica Mars film feels a bit small and closed-off by big-screen standards, it will no doubt be big and welcoming enough to those who love the series.
Veronica Mars opens not in Neptune, but New York, where Veronica, having earned degrees from Stanford and Columbia Law, is interviewing for a high-paying job and living a relatively quiet, normal life with college boyfriend Piz (Chris Lowell), now a producer for This American Life. Though determined to avoid her 10th high-school anniversary, she's nonetheless drawn back to Neptune following the murder of a classmate-turned-troubled-rock-star, a murder in which her ex-boyfriend Logan (Jason Dohring) has become the prime suspect.
Once in California, the film begins a parade of supporting cast members, from Veronica's pals Wallace (Percy Daggs III) and Mac (Tina Majorino) to her P.I. father Keith (Enrico Colantoni), wrong-side-of-the-tracks contact Weevil (Francis Capra), and others. And with them appear some of the problems of turning TV shows into movies. Where before, each appealing supporting character could have whole episodes in the spotlight, here everyone has a minor role to play, ceding time to the central mystery. They also cede time to Veronica's tumultuous relationship with Logan, as the film attempts, not always gracefully, to pack a whole season's worth of ups-and-downs into the running time of two and a half episodes.
Those seemingly unavoidable pitfalls aside, Thomas and co-writer Diane Ruggiero, another series veteran, make the space they're given count. The cast easily slips back into old roles and old chemistry, and the script retains the show's wit, from Veronica's biting narration to a mystery tied to the setting's haves-vs.-have-nots culture. It's briskly entertaining as a mystery, and such a pleasing revival that it's not even that frustrating when the film concludes on more than one bit of unfinished business. Now that we live in a world where wishing for more Veronica Mars can make it happen, it's easy to wish for even more.
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Ryan Hansen
Francis Capra
Percy Daggs III
Chris Lowell
Enrico Colantoni


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The DropShadowFilter class lets you add a drop shadow to display objects. The shadow algorithm is based on the same box filter that the blur filter uses. You have several options for the style of the drop shadow, including inner or outer shadow and knockout mode. You can apply the filter to any display object (that is, objects that inherit from the DisplayObject class), such as MovieClip, SimpleButton, TextField, and Video objects, as well as to BitmapData objects.
To apply filters to display objects use the filters property (inherited from DisplayObject). Setting the filters property of an object does not modify the object, and you can remove the filter by clearing the filters property.
If you apply a filter to a display object, the value of the cacheAsBitmap property of the display object is set to true. If you clear all filters, the original value of cacheAsBitmap is restored.
This filter supports Stage scaling. However, it does not support general scaling, rotation, and skewing. If the object itself is scaled (if scaleX and scaleY are set to a value other than 1.0), the filter is not scaled. It is scaled only when the user zooms in on the Stage.
A filter is not applied if the resulting image exceeds the maximum dimensions. In AIR 1.5 and Flash Player 10, the maximum is 8,191 pixels in width or height, and the total number of pixels cannot exceed 16,777,215 pixels. (So, if an image is 8,191 pixels wide, it can only be 2,048 pixels high.) If, for example, you zoom in on a large movie clip with a filter applied, the filter is turned off if the resulting image exceeds the maximum dimensions.
The angle of the bevel.
The offset distance of the bevel.
Indicates whether or not the object is hidden.
Specifies whether the glow is an inner glow.
Returns a copy of this filter object.
The alpha transparency value for the color. Valid values are 0 to 1. For example, .25 sets a transparency value of 25%.
The angle of the bevel. Valid values are from 0 to 360°. The angle value represents the angle of the theoretical light source falling on the object and determines the placement of the effect relative to the object. If the distance property is set to 0, the effect is not offset from the object and, therefore, the angle property has no effect.
The color of the glow. Valid values are in the hexadecimal format 0xRRGGBB.
The default value is 0xFF0000.
The offset distance of the bevel. Valid values are in pixels (floating point).
Indicates whether or not the object is hidden. The value true indicates that the object itself is not drawn; only the shadow is visible. The default is false, meaning that the object is shown.
Specifies whether the glow is an inner glow. The value true indicates an inner glow. The default is false that creates an outer glow (a glow around the outer edges of the object).
distance:Number (default = 4.0) — Offset distance for the shadow, in pixels.
angle:Number (default = 45) — Angle of the shadow, 0 to 360 degrees (floating point).
color:uint (default = 0) — Color of the shadow, in hexadecimal format 0xRRGGBB. The default value is 0x000000.
alpha:Number (default = 1.0) — Alpha transparency value for the shadow color. Valid values are 0.0 to 1.0. For example, .25 sets a transparency value of 25%.
blurX:Number (default = 4.0) — Amount of horizontal blur. Valid values are 0 to 255.0 (floating point).
blurY:Number (default = 4.0) — Amount of vertical blur. Valid values are 0 to 255.0 (floating point).
strength:Number (default = 1.0) — The strength of the imprint or spread. The higher the value, the more color is imprinted and the stronger the contrast between the shadow and the background. Valid values are 0 to 255.0.
For more information about these values, see the quality property description.
inner:Boolean (default = false) — Indicates whether or not the shadow is an inner shadow. A value of true specifies an inner shadow. A value of false specifies an outer shadow (a shadow around the outer edges of the object).
knockout:Boolean (default = false) — Applies a knockout effect (true), which effectively makes the object's fill transparent and reveals the background color of the document.
hideObject:Boolean (default = false) — Indicates whether or not the object is hidden. A value of true indicates that the object itself is not drawn; only the shadow is visible.
BitmapFilter — A new DropShadowFilter instance with all the properties of the original DropShadowFilter instance.


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GOOGLE_MALLOC_SECTION_BEGIN
namespace tcmalloc {
namespace tcmalloc_internal {

size_t ThreadCache::per_thread_cache_size_ = kMaxThreadCacheSize;
size_t ThreadCache::overall_thread_cache_size_ = kDefaultOverallThreadCacheSize;
int64_t ThreadCache::unclaimed_cache_space_ = kDefaultOverallThreadCacheSize;
ThreadCache* ThreadCache::thread_heaps_ = nullptr;
int ThreadCache::thread_heap_count_ = 0;
ThreadCache* ThreadCache::next_memory_steal_ = nullptr;
ABSL_CONST_INIT thread_local ThreadCache* ThreadCache::thread_local_data_
    ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_INITIAL_EXEC = nullptr;
ABSL_CONST_INIT bool ThreadCache::tsd_inited_ = false;
pthread_key_t ThreadCache::heap_key_;

void ThreadCache::Init(pthread_t tid) {
  size_ = 0;

  max_size_ = 0;
  IncreaseCacheLimitLocked();
  if (max_size_ == 0) {
    // There isn't enough memory to go around.  Just give the minimum to
    // this thread.
    max_size_ = kMinThreadCacheSize;

    // Take unclaimed_cache_space_ negative.
    unclaimed_cache_space_ -= kMinThreadCacheSize;
    ASSERT(unclaimed_cache_space_ < 0);
  }

  next_ = nullptr;
  prev_ = nullptr;
  tid_ = tid;
  in_setspecific_ = false;
  for (size_t size_class = 0; size_class < kNumClasses; ++size_class) {
    list_[size_class].Init();
  }
}

void ThreadCache::Cleanup() {
  // Put unused memory back into central cache
  for (int size_class = 0; size_class < kNumClasses; ++size_class) {
    if (list_[size_class].length() > 0) {
      ReleaseToCentralCache(&list_[size_class], size_class,
                            list_[size_class].length());
    }
  }
}

// Remove some objects of class "size_class" from central cache and add to
// thread heap. On success, return the first object for immediate use; otherwise
// return NULL.
void* ThreadCache::FetchFromCentralCache(size_t size_class, size_t byte_size) {
  FreeList* list = &list_[size_class];
  ASSERT(list->empty());
  const int batch_size = tc_globals.sizemap().num_objects_to_move(size_class);

  const int num_to_move = std::min<int>(list->max_length(), batch_size);
  void* batch[kMaxObjectsToMove];
  int fetch_count =
      tc_globals.transfer_cache().RemoveRange(size_class, batch, num_to_move);
  if (fetch_count == 0) {
    return nullptr;
  }

  if (--fetch_count > 0) {
    size_ += byte_size * fetch_count;
    list->PushBatch(fetch_count, batch + 1);
  }

  // Increase max length slowly up to batch_size.  After that,
  // increase by batch_size in one shot so that the length is a
  // multiple of batch_size.
  if (list->max_length() < batch_size) {
    list->set_max_length(list->max_length() + 1);
  } else {
    // Don't let the list get too long.  In 32 bit builds, the length
    // is represented by a 16 bit int, so we need to watch out for
    // integer overflow.
    int new_length = std::min<int>(list->max_length() + batch_size,
                                   kMaxDynamicFreeListLength);
    // The list's max_length must always be a multiple of batch_size,
    // and kMaxDynamicFreeListLength is not necessarily a multiple
    // of batch_size.
    new_length -= new_length % batch_size;
    ASSERT(new_length % batch_size == 0);
    list->set_max_length(new_length);
  }
  return batch[0];
}

void ThreadCache::ListTooLong(FreeList* list, size_t size_class) {
  const int batch_size = tc_globals.sizemap().num_objects_to_move(size_class);
  ReleaseToCentralCache(list, size_class, batch_size);

  // If the list is too long, we need to transfer some number of
  // objects to the central cache.  Ideally, we would transfer
  // num_objects_to_move, so the code below tries to make max_length
  // converge on num_objects_to_move.

  if (list->max_length() < batch_size) {
    // Slow start the max_length so we don't overreserve.
    list->set_max_length(list->max_length() + 1);
  } else if (list->max_length() > batch_size) {
    // If we consistently go over max_length, shrink max_length.  If we don't
    // shrink it, some amount of memory will always stay in this freelist.
    list->set_length_overages(list->length_overages() + 1);
    if (list->length_overages() > kMaxOverages) {
      ASSERT(list->max_length() > batch_size);
      list->set_max_length(list->max_length() - batch_size);
      list->set_length_overages(0);
    }
  }
}

// Remove some objects of class "size_class" from thread heap and add to central
// cache
void ThreadCache::ReleaseToCentralCache(FreeList* src, size_t size_class,
                                        int N) {
  ASSERT(src == &list_[size_class]);
  if (N > src->length()) N = src->length();
  size_t delta_bytes = N * tc_globals.sizemap().class_to_size(size_class);

  // We return prepackaged chains of the correct size to the central cache.
  void* batch[kMaxObjectsToMove];
  int batch_size = tc_globals.sizemap().num_objects_to_move(size_class);
  while (N > batch_size) {
    src->PopBatch(batch_size, batch);
    static_assert(ABSL_ARRAYSIZE(batch) >= kMaxObjectsToMove,
                  "not enough space in batch");
    tc_globals.transfer_cache().InsertRange(
        size_class, absl::Span<void*>(batch, batch_size));
    N -= batch_size;
  }
  src->PopBatch(N, batch);
  static_assert(ABSL_ARRAYSIZE(batch) >= kMaxObjectsToMove,
                "not enough space in batch");
  tc_globals.transfer_cache().InsertRange(size_class,
                                          absl::Span<void*>(batch, N));
  size_ -= delta_bytes;
}

// Release idle memory to the central cache
void ThreadCache::Scavenge() {
  // If the low-water mark for the free list is L, it means we would
  // not have had to allocate anything from the central cache even if
  // we had reduced the free list size by L.  We aim to get closer to
  // that situation by dropping L/2 nodes from the free list.  This
  // may not release much memory, but if so we will call scavenge again
  // pretty soon and the low-water marks will be high on that call.
  for (int size_class = 0; size_class < kNumClasses; size_class++) {
    FreeList* list = &list_[size_class];
    const int lowmark = list->lowwatermark();
    if (lowmark > 0) {
      const int drop = (lowmark > 1) ? lowmark / 2 : 1;
      ReleaseToCentralCache(list, size_class, drop);

      // Shrink the max length if it isn't used.  Only shrink down to
      // batch_size -- if the thread was active enough to get the max_length
      // above batch_size, it will likely be that active again.  If
      // max_length shinks below batch_size, the thread will have to
      // go through the slow-start behavior again.  The slow-start is useful
      // mainly for threads that stay relatively idle for their entire
      // lifetime.
      const int batch_size =
          tc_globals.sizemap().num_objects_to_move(size_class);
      if (list->max_length() > batch_size) {
        list->set_max_length(
            std::max<int>(list->max_length() - batch_size, batch_size));
      }
    }
    list->clear_lowwatermark();
  }

  IncreaseCacheLimit();
}

void ThreadCache::DeallocateSlow(void* ptr, FreeList* list, size_t size_class) {
  if (ABSL_PREDICT_FALSE(list->length() > list->max_length())) {
    ListTooLong(list, size_class);
  }
  if (size_ >= max_size_) {
    Scavenge();
  }
}

void ThreadCache::IncreaseCacheLimit() {
  absl::base_internal::SpinLockHolder h(&pageheap_lock);
  IncreaseCacheLimitLocked();
}

void ThreadCache::IncreaseCacheLimitLocked() {
  if (unclaimed_cache_space_ > 0) {
    // Possibly make unclaimed_cache_space_ negative.
    unclaimed_cache_space_ -= kStealAmount;
    max_size_ += kStealAmount;
    return;
  }
  // Don't hold pageheap_lock too long.  Try to steal from 10 other
  // threads before giving up.  The i < 10 condition also prevents an
  // infinite loop in case none of the existing thread heaps are
  // suitable places to steal from.
  for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i, next_memory_steal_ = next_memory_steal_->next_) {
    // Reached the end of the linked list.  Start at the beginning.
    if (next_memory_steal_ == nullptr) {
      ASSERT(thread_heaps_ != nullptr);
      next_memory_steal_ = thread_heaps_;
    }
    if (next_memory_steal_ == this ||
        next_memory_steal_->max_size_ <= kMinThreadCacheSize) {
      continue;
    }
    next_memory_steal_->max_size_ -= kStealAmount;
    max_size_ += kStealAmount;

    next_memory_steal_ = next_memory_steal_->next_;
    return;
  }
}

void ThreadCache::InitTSD() {
  ASSERT(!tsd_inited_);
  pthread_key_create(&heap_key_, DestroyThreadCache);
  tsd_inited_ = true;
}

ThreadCache* ThreadCache::CreateCacheIfNecessary() {
  // Initialize per-thread data if necessary
  tc_globals.InitIfNecessary();
  ThreadCache* heap = nullptr;

  const bool maybe_reentrant = !tsd_inited_;
  // If we have set up our TLS, we can avoid a scan of the thread_heaps_ list.
  if (tsd_inited_) {
    if (thread_local_data_) {
      return thread_local_data_;
    }
  }

  {
    absl::base_internal::SpinLockHolder h(&pageheap_lock);
    const pthread_t me = pthread_self();

    // This may be a recursive malloc call from pthread_setspecific()
    // In that case, the heap for this thread has already been created
    // and added to the linked list.  So we search for that first.
    if (maybe_reentrant) {
      for (ThreadCache* h = thread_heaps_; h != nullptr; h = h->next_) {
        if (h->tid_ == me) {
          heap = h;
          break;
        }
      }
    }

    if (heap == nullptr) {
      heap = NewHeap(me);
    }
  }

  // We call pthread_setspecific() outside the lock because it may
  // call malloc() recursively.  We check for the recursive call using
  // the "in_setspecific_" flag so that we can avoid calling
  // pthread_setspecific() if we are already inside pthread_setspecific().
  if (!heap->in_setspecific_ && tsd_inited_) {
    heap->in_setspecific_ = true;
    // Also keep a copy in __thread for faster retrieval
    thread_local_data_ = heap;
    pthread_setspecific(heap_key_, heap);
    heap->in_setspecific_ = false;
  }
  return heap;
}

ThreadCache* ThreadCache::NewHeap(pthread_t tid) {
  // Create the heap and add it to the linked list
  ThreadCache* heap = tc_globals.threadcache_allocator().New();
  heap->Init(tid);
  heap->next_ = thread_heaps_;
  heap->prev_ = nullptr;
  if (thread_heaps_ != nullptr) {
    thread_heaps_->prev_ = heap;
  } else {
    // This is the only thread heap at the moment.
    ASSERT(next_memory_steal_ == nullptr);
    next_memory_steal_ = heap;
  }
  thread_heaps_ = heap;
  thread_heap_count_++;
  return heap;
}

void ThreadCache::BecomeIdle() {
  if (!tsd_inited_) return;  // No caches yet
  ThreadCache* heap = GetCacheIfPresent();
  if (heap == nullptr) return;        // No thread cache to remove
  if (heap->in_setspecific_) return;  // Do not disturb the active caller

  heap->in_setspecific_ = true;
  pthread_setspecific(heap_key_, nullptr);
  // Also update the copy in __thread
  thread_local_data_ = nullptr;
  heap->in_setspecific_ = false;
  if (GetCacheIfPresent() == heap) {
    // Somehow heap got reinstated by a recursive call to malloc
    // from pthread_setspecific.  We give up in this case.
    return;
  }

  // We can now get rid of the heap
  DeleteCache(heap);
}

void ThreadCache::DestroyThreadCache(void* ptr) {
  // Note that "ptr" cannot be NULL since pthread promises not
  // to invoke the destructor on NULL values, but for safety,
  // we check anyway.
  if (ptr != nullptr) {
    thread_local_data_ = nullptr;
    DeleteCache(reinterpret_cast<ThreadCache*>(ptr));
  }
}

void ThreadCache::DeleteCache(ThreadCache* heap) {
  // Remove all memory from heap
  heap->Cleanup();

  // Remove from linked list
  absl::base_internal::SpinLockHolder h(&pageheap_lock);
  if (heap->next_ != nullptr) heap->next_->prev_ = heap->prev_;
  if (heap->prev_ != nullptr) heap->prev_->next_ = heap->next_;
  if (thread_heaps_ == heap) thread_heaps_ = heap->next_;
  thread_heap_count_--;

  if (next_memory_steal_ == heap) next_memory_steal_ = heap->next_;
  if (next_memory_steal_ == nullptr) next_memory_steal_ = thread_heaps_;
  unclaimed_cache_space_ += heap->max_size_;

  tc_globals.threadcache_allocator().Delete(heap);
}

void ThreadCache::RecomputePerThreadCacheSize() {
  // Divide available space across threads
  int n = thread_heap_count_ > 0 ? thread_heap_count_ : 1;
  size_t space = overall_thread_cache_size_ / n;

  // Limit to allowed range
  if (space < kMinThreadCacheSize) space = kMinThreadCacheSize;
  if (space > kMaxThreadCacheSize) space = kMaxThreadCacheSize;

  double ratio = space / std::max<double>(1, per_thread_cache_size_);
  size_t claimed = 0;
  for (ThreadCache* h = thread_heaps_; h != nullptr; h = h->next_) {
    // Increasing the total cache size should not circumvent the
    // slow-start growth of max_size_.
    if (ratio < 1.0) {
      h->max_size_ *= ratio;
    }
    claimed += h->max_size_;
  }
  unclaimed_cache_space_ = overall_thread_cache_size_ - claimed;
  per_thread_cache_size_ = space;
}

void ThreadCache::GetThreadStats(uint64_t* total_bytes, uint64_t* class_count) {
  for (ThreadCache* h = thread_heaps_; h != nullptr; h = h->next_) {
    *total_bytes += h->Size();
    if (class_count) {
      for (int size_class = 0; size_class < kNumClasses; ++size_class) {
        class_count[size_class] += h->freelist_length(size_class);
      }
    }
  }
}

void ThreadCache::set_overall_thread_cache_size(size_t new_size) {
  // Clip the value to a reasonable minimum
  if (new_size < kMinThreadCacheSize) new_size = kMinThreadCacheSize;
  overall_thread_cache_size_ = new_size;

  RecomputePerThreadCacheSize();
}

}  // namespace tcmalloc_internal
}  // namespace tcmalloc
GOOGLE_MALLOC_SECTION_END


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