Then there is a doubt, i'll bring clarity.
you are back in game? i was thinking you were banned lol.
i think about quit some weight to mats will help actual state till dupes are repaired.
I dont have any idea how people did dupe, or how worked and i dont want to know, is really tard to do that, but if split is main cause of do it, best way is not put split again till exploit is repaired.
Game is already dead by dupes, if is allowed split again, people will dupe again and economy will fall dowm more than actually is ( actually is 90% dead).
If items NO LEGITS are not deleted economy will continue being a trash as actually is, nobody sells, nobody buys because no exist reason to do.
DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE NO LEGIT ITEMS!!!! greetings!!
Technically I am, I simply made a toon to see if they resolved one of the many dupes.
If my main account gets unbanned I'll probably be in-game sooner rather than later.
Not sure they can tell all duped items as years ago my legit item was deleted after I reported a duplicate turning up in the mail from auction (was around the time when the server was being ddos hard). So I lost 2 scavenger shirts instead of just the duplicate. I could of sent in another ticket stating both were deleted and requesting my legit shirt back but didn't bother. At the time, G1 had their hands full lol.
Plus could you imagine the hours it would take to go through every toons items looking for duplicates? Pretty sure they have more pressing things to do.
Bout duped items...welp, actually they're tagged...so, its not hard to find em...all of em. LO concern is (ofc, since they care bout players that have nothing to do with dupe), that some of them was more then legally sold to many players...del all, and u got a riot. And they will be right. Its not their problem. They paid for it, and fore grind chips, all fair and square. Its no matter, if dupers got items on hands, if their accs are all banned. No access - no more items to dupe. Works both ways. Besides, dupers accs will likely to be del from the base at all, not simply banned.
And if u noticed, less rare items in chat and ah appear in last month or so, bit more even...like few weeks, then split was off'ed (imo at least). Some lag happens rarely, ik. Either way, work in progress. No notify? Well, u cant solve it...nobody telling u anything. Pretty logical to me .
Stack splitting should obviously be reintroduced, duping is the issue.
The matter of the fact is the old company did not give a damn about the players or the game, the dupe was out in the open over 5 years and not fixed.
This is not a permanent thing, they applied a band aid and gave the game away as a part of the APB sale.
Many games have had this exact dupe and fixed it overnight when it was found, it is literally the most common dupe.
I duped of course as did many players, the dupe is actually as old as the game *I assume* so imagine how long this was being used quietly before 2013 and the developers were aware.
To sum it up, you will have your stack splitting soon enough and no more duping. I personally think we need a server wipe and all webstore coins refunded as "store credit". Maybe some other loyalty rewards to the old players who did not spend anything.
As the game currently stands there is always gonna be someone with 10,000 gingerbread, 10,000 DT serum, etc.
The game will never be balanced again without a server wipe or item wipe.
There has to be a wipe eventually if duped items can't be balanced. But at the same time a lot of stuff in this game needs to be fixed and improved so we can get more players and more population before a wipe.
You can just refund all the G1C credits and reward points to those that payed unless purchase history isn't recorded. If that's the case then pretty much fix duping exploit and move on without wipe.
Nobody EVER goin to do such a thing...thats...pointless, trust me. Never ever saw that implemented anywhere, btw.
To sum it up - NO WIPE. Mkay? LO not goin to wipe anything...massively. Like, server-wide...everything, and for everyone. Cheaters accs will be del from database likely, aside from that...nah, nothing else. There is a way for everything to work perfectly...its "under construction". The end.
P.S. - Almost. Dracio, forgot to ask - did u buy that shirt personally from market, or elsewhere? If that was "market case", logs saved for a pretty long time, and likely all info is still safe. U can create a ticket even now, if u care .
Holy freak out.... You must be heavily invested.... You realize we are just speculating right?
Note that this exploit was rampant for YEARS until finally GMs and devs listened. Who knows how many duped items are there. TBH with you, I don't believe there should be a wipe without a major update.
I doubt anyone is going to look at 5 year old logs to return a shirt. Think they have better things to do than have me waste their time.
Thanks for caring, but...ur "shirt case" will prolly take like...5 minutes or so. Just saying .
Except those are minor balance issues at the end of the day and can easily be mitigated. DT serum was only a 'rare' commodity when DT was a valuable or needed commodity. And gingerbread is a minor benefit in the first place. I personally can't think of an offseason consume that is truly valuable...gingerbread is the closest and with where speed sits currently it's more of a gimmick. There is also the fact the consume system needs to be revamped in the fist place...it's about 5/6 years out of date.
The better argument would be for mats for weps/suits before anything else. Then again the smarter ones would be turning these into suits/weps due to the duplicate tag being removed when doing so(likely at least).
Doesn't matter. All I know is I have never duped. I have never knowingly bought a duped item. Yet I can not split stacks now and that impinges on everything in game I do. SO I would like stack splitting returned. Yes this is about what I want. There still has NOT been any announcement about when it will be returned. All crafting and event giveaways are pretty much on hold waiting to find out what's the deal on the stack splitting. If it is never going to be added back I would like to know now. Its time to fish or cut bait. I know ShyLo said they were looking into it. I am trying to be patient. This is more in response to players posts at this point. No to a server wipe No to almost every suggestion you all have thrown out there. All you are doing with ideas of server wipes and clan vault closure etc are just irking those of us who have played since the beginning in 09 and stayed with the game. Again all of these suggestions punish everyone in game. Not just the dupers.
When I craft now I have to completely empty my pack (which is no easy feat).
Since i can't carry much but what I'm crafting (especially on low level characters) I'm stuck standing in a town, doing absolutely nothing except checking crafting. It is boring, a pain in the neck and is NOT making the game enjoyable.
I like to be able to free roam and DO stuff while I craft, not be restricted. Helping out people with mats when they require it is such a pain now, it isn't worth the effort unless you have a merchant near by you can buy the mats for them.
UGGHHHH crafting is a central part of FE and right now no splitting is making it unbearable.
To be fair Nysek's suggestion to sell...move the stack then rebuy what was sold is the best bet for going around it. I've joked it's permanent but it is likely a short term seal to plug the leak so they can do a proper repair, or at least in the meantime mitigate any damage or perceived damage.
Although a bandaid for the bandaid would be to disable weight as nysek also suggested(but this would remove the point of the flag bandaid).
but the suggestion of split buy selling does no good at all when you can't even get that 100 stack from bank because of overweight !!
Well the selling to merchants isn't a good option, not a viable work around for me at all. Many have suggested the weight be removed until the split issue is fixed. Seems the best option imo.


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Q: Why do official tensorflow models use functions instead of classes? Models in tensorflow/models (e.g., official/resnet and research/deeplab) use functions and passing those parameters & flags repeatedly.
Is there a certain reason for using functions instead of classes (e.g., YixuanLi/densenet-tensorflow)?
Thx in advance!

A: Its just for easy understanding, nothing restrict from writing classes.
here is good post on oop implementation
https://danijar.com/structuring-your-tensorflow-models/

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Climate detectives reveal handprint of human-caused climate change in Australia
2013 was our hottest year on record and the droughts, heat waves and record-breaking seasons were virtually impossible without human-caused global warming.
Graphic: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
Australia's hottest year on record in 2013, along with the accompanying droughts, heat waves and record-breaking seasons of that year, was virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused global warming.
New research from ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (ARCCSS) researchers and colleagues, over five different Australian papers in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), has highlighted the powerful influence of global warming on Australia's climate.
"We often talk about the fingerprint of human-caused climate change when we look at extreme weather patterns," said Dr Lisa Alexander, an ARCCSS researcher with the University of New South Wales.
"This research across four different papers goes well beyond that. If we were climate detectives then Australia's hottest year on record in 2013 wasn't just a smudged fingerprint at the scene of the crime, it was a clear and unequivocal handprint showing the impact of human caused global warming."
In 2013, heat records fell like dominoes. Australia had its hottest day on record, its hottest month on record, its hottest summer on record, its hottest spring on record and then rounded it off with the hottest year on record.
According to the research papers presented in BAMS, the impact of climate change significantly increased the chances of record heat events in 2013. Looking back over the observational record the researchers found global warming over Australia (see attached graphic):
doubled the chance of the most intense heat waves,
tripled the likelihood of heatwave events,
made extreme summer temperature across Australia five time more likely,
increased the chance of hot dry drought-like conditions seven times,
made hot spring temperatures across Australia 30 times more likely.
But perhaps most importantly, it showed the record hot year of 2013 across Australia was virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused global warming. At its most conservative, the science showed the heat of 2013 was made 2000 times more likely by global warming.
"When it comes to what helped cause our hottest year on record, human-caused climate change is no longer a prime suspect, it is the guilty party," said Dr Markus Donat.
"Too often we talk about climate change impacts as if they are far in the future. This research shows they are here, now."
The extreme year of 2013 is just the latest peak in a trend over the observational record that has seen increasing bushfire days, the record-breaking warming of oceans around Australia, the movement of tropical species into temperate zones and the shifting of rain bearing storm tracks further south and away from some of our most important agricultural zones.
"The most striking aspect of the extreme heat of 2013 and its impacts is that this is only at the very beginning of the time when we are expected to experience the first impacts of human-caused climate change," said Dr Sarah Perkins.
"If we continue to put carbon into our atmosphere at the currently accelerating rate, years like 2013 will quickly be considered normal and the impacts of future extremes will be well beyond anything modern society has experienced.
Media contact: Alvin Stone, (02) 9385 8953, 0418 617 366, alvin.stone@unsw.edu.au
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Global warming increases rain in world's driest areas
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Bohumil Švarc (21. února 1926 Praha – 1. dubna 2013) byl český herec, dabér, voiceover a rozhlasový hlasatel. Narodil se do rodiny Bohumila Švarce a Františky Švarcové. Měl ještě mladšího bratra Miloše Švarce.

Stručný životopis
Kariéru začal v Dismanově rozhlasovém dětském souboru ve 14 letech. Studoval reálné gymnázium a hereckou konzervatoř. Za druhé světové války byl totálně nasazen v tzv. Technische Nothilfe. Jeho otec se v té době aktivně účastnil v odboji. V roce 1945 se aktivně zúčastnil pražského povstání a po odeznění dramatických květnových dnů se na pozvání režiséra rozhlasu Miloslava Dismana stal – v 19 letech – nejmladším hlasatelem Československého rozhlasu. Byl známý svým charakteristickým basem.

Po II. světové válce sehrál ve filmu asi 70 rolí, působil v Intimním, Realistickém, Vinohradském divadle (1951–1953), ve Větrníku, v Divadle Skelet Pavla Trávníčka. Většinu života hrál v Městských divadlech pražských (1950–1990).

V rozhlase ztvárnil zejména v 50. letech mnoho rolí pod vedením režisérů Miloslava Dismana, Přemysla Pražského, Josefa Bezdíčka, Jiřího Vasmuta a dalších. Dlouhá desetiletí byl hlas Bohumila Švarce spojen s rozhlasovými Knihovničkami. Slýchali ho posluchači magazínu Meteor a dalších pořadů.

V květnu 1953 uváděl premiérové vysílání Československé televize.

V roce 1949 se podílel na českém znění sovětského filmu Nebezpečná křižovatka (1949), které je označováno za první československý profesionální dabing. V dabingu je znám ze seriálu Dactari, jako hlas velitele policejní akademie E. Lassarda (George Gaynes), Leslie Nielsena nebo Dartha Vadera a hraběte Dooku z Hvězdných válek. Byl "dvorním dabérem" Christophera Lee. V polovině 90. let dostal za své výkony cenu Františka Filipovského za celoživotní mistrovství v dabingu.

V květnu 2005 se významně podílel na projektu Českého rozhlasu 2-Praha "Spojeni na vlně 415". V rámci oslav 60. výročí konce 2. světové války se ve spolupráci s režisérkou Táňou Smržovou (svou dcerou) a redaktorem Tomášem Černým setkával s pamětníky květnových událostí v roce 1945 a rozmlouval s nimi o jejich zážitcích souvisejících s voláním rozhlasu o pomoc.

Byl vícekrát ženatý. Z manželství s herečkou Janou Vasmutovou, dcerou režiséra Jiřího Vasmuta, pochází Švarcova dcera Taťána Smržová, která působí jako režisérka v rozhlase. Syn Bohumil Švarc je rovněž hercem, v dabingu působí i žena Alexandra. Zemřel v pondělí 1. dubna 2013 po dlouhé nemoci.

Filmografie
Hrál v řadě filmů a televizních seriálů:
 1947: Podobizna – přítel Žemblovského
 1948: Křižovatka života
 1949: Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
 1950: Temno – Hubatius
 1950: Slepice a kostelník – Jaroš
 1951: Cesta ke štěstí – Olda Majer
 1955: Jan Žižka – mladík v kostele
 1955: Psohlavci – Pavel Šerlovský
 1955: Budeme připraveni – instruktor civilní obrany Kocourek
 1956: Pozor, jedu...! – příslušník VB
 1957: Padělek – poručík Karlíček
 1958: Zatoulané dělo – poručík Vašek
 1959: Zkouška pokračuje – televizní moderátor
 1959: Dařbuján a Pandrhola – Matěj Klofát
 1960: Bílá spona – Stejskal
 1960: Rychlík do Ostravy – Veselý
 1960: Páté oddělení – pětistovkař
 1960: Valčík pro milión – pořadatel
 1961: Muž z prvního století – astronaut
 1961: Pohled do očí – Bohuš
 1962: Pevnost na Rýně – dabing námořníka
 1962: Šroubkova dobrodružství
 1963: Zlaté kapradí – major
 1964: Návštěva – jen voiceover
 1964: Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk – Čekal
 1964: Strakatí andělé – 3. Jana: Harlekýn
 1965: Puščik jede do Prahy
 1965: Strašná žena
 1966: Lidé z maringotek – elegantní muž
 1966: Eliška a její rod (TV seriál) – Alenin milý
 1967: Klapzubova jedenáctka (TV seriál, 7. díl)
 1968: Hříšní lidé města pražského (TV seriál, 12. díl: Špion přijede v sedm)
 1968: Sňatky z rozumu (TV seriál, 1. díl)
 1969: Den sedmý, osmá noc – Tenor
 1969: Slasti Otce vlasti – herold v Lucce
 1970: Ďábelské líbánky – reportér časopisu Playboy
 1971: Kat nepočká (TV film) – Pepíček
 1971: F. L. Věk (TV seriál, 3., 5. a 12. díl)
 1971: Konfrontace (TV seriál)
 1971: Rozsudek (TV seriál)
 1971: Dobrodružství na Labi
 1972: Rozhovor
 1973: Dny zrady I. a II.
 1973: Kronika žhavého léta
 1973: Výstřely v Mariánských Lázních
 1974: Byl jednou jeden dům (TV seriál)
 1974: Sokolovo – vypravěč
 1974: Zbraně pro Prahu – Sokol
 1974: Hvězda padá vzhůru – agent Alfatonu
 1974: Třicet případů majora Zemana (TV seriál, 7. díl 2. řady: Prokleté dědictví) – ing. Korda
 1975: Matka (TV seriál)
 1975: Nejmladší z rodu Hamrů (TV seriál) – zemědělský tajemník Sklenář
 1975: Pan Tau (TV seriál, 1. díl 2. řady: Pan Tau se vrací) – Helenin známý Ludvík
 1975: Osvobození Prahy
 1976: Muž na radnici (TV seriál) – poručík VB Winter
 1976: Poslední exil (TV film)
 1977: Fanda (TV film) – náčelník VB
 1977: Idiotka (TV film)
 1977: Vítězný lid
 1978: Trasa
 1978: Ve znamení Merkura (TV seriál, 3. díl: Případ živého muže) – příslušník VB
 1979: Dnes v jednom domě (TV seriál, 9. díl: Domov jménem Praha) – ředitel
 1982: Doktor z vejminku (TV seriál)
 1982: Dynastie Nováků (TV seriál, 1. díl: Narozeniny) – náměstek ministra dopravy Ing. Karel Táborský
 1983: Sám mezi lidmi – Eugen
 1983: Stříbrná žíla (TV seriál)
 1983: Tři mušketýři (TV film)
 1986: Hvězdy nad Syslím údolím (TV minisérie, 2. díl: Životní román MUDr. Diany Filipové) – raněný
 1988: Druhý dech (TV seriál, 3. díl: Rekreační středisko pro krávy) – notář
 1988: Chlapci a chlapi (TV seriál)
 1988: Malé dějiny jedné rodiny (TV seriál)
 1989: Dobrodružství kriminalistiky I. (TV seriál, 3. díl 2. řady: Modus operandi) – starosta Kenneth
 1989: Příběh '88
 1989: Řetězová reakce (TV film)
 1989: Útěk ze seriálu (TV film) – pejskař
 1989: Utopím si ho sám (TV film) – obhájce
 1991: Přes padací mosty (TV film)
 1992: Náhrdelník (TV seriál, 10. díl: Úpadek)
 1993: Stalingrad – lékař na letišti
 1994: Přetržený výkřik (TV film) – novinář
 1994: Dreyfusova aféra / L' Affaire Dreyfus (TV seriál / TV film)
 1995: Pohádka o lidech a Boží lékárně (TV film)
 1996: Dívka se zázračnou pamětí (TV film)
 1999: Polojasno (TV film) – generální prokurátor ČSR
 2001: Maigret a otevřené okno (TV film)
 2001: Z pekla štěstí 2
 2002: Hartova válka / Hart's War
 2003: Der Neue Bockerer IV. - Prager Frühling
 2004: Napola: Hitlerova elita – muž v osobním voze
 2004: Nadměrné maličkosti: Čas grundlí (TV film)
 2004: Stavovské rozdíly (TV film)
 2006: Satan přichází / The Omen – papež
 2008: Paříž 36

Divadelní záznamy a televizní inscenace
 1960: Třetí přání
 1961: Příliš štědrý večer – mladý muž
 1962: Benátská vdovička – hrabě di Bosco Nero
 1968: Vajíčko – generální prokurátor
 1971: Jeden za všechny
 1973: Bratranec Pons – Earl Popinot
 1973: Černá jáma
 1974: Egyptologové – Mordle
 1975: Velký oblouk
 1976: Minotaurus nemá naději
 1976: Zákon starého muže
 1977: Třináctá legenda – agent západní rozvědky
 1982: Jehla – ředitel

Rozhlasové role

 1964 William Shakespeare: Richard III., rozhlasová adaptace, překlad: Zdeněk Urbánek, rozhlasová úprava a režie: Josef Červinka, dramaturgie: Jaromír Ptáček, hudba: Marek Kopele. Hrají: král Richard III. (Jiří Adamíra), král Edvard IV. (Miloš Nedbal), vévoda z Clarence (Otakar Brousek), královna Alžběta (Vlasta Chramostová), lady Anna (Jaroslava Adamová), vévodkyně z Yorku (Leopolda Dostalová), vévoda z Richmondu (Luděk Munzar), vévoda z Buckinghamu (Čestmír Řanda), lord Stanley (Josef Větrovec), lord Hastings (Jaromír Spal), hrabě Rivers (Oldřich Janovský), Catesby (Bohumil Křížek), Radcliff (Bohumil Švarc), Brakenburry (Jiří Suk), londýnský starosta (Ladislav Kulhánek), měšťan a písař (Josef Patočka), vypravěč (Josef Červinka) a další.
 1974 Mirko Stieber: Dva,  dramaturgie: Jaroslava Strejčková, osoby a obsazení: Paganini (Zdeněk Martínek), Frištenský (Čestmír Řanda), Jana (Jaroslava Pokorná), Marek (Viktor Preiss), Kapitán SS (Bohumil Švarc), Kozáček (Jan Teplý), 1. ošetřovatel (Ladislav Šimek), 2. ošetřovatel (Ladislav Kazda), Královna ze Sáby (Vlasta Jelínková), Napoleon (Jiří Suk), Stařec (Vladimír Huber), Hlas blázna (Artur Šviha) a Hlas blázna (Věra Havlatová)

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Svatopluk Beneš: Být hercem, Melantrich, Praha, 1992, str. 103–4,
 Petr Hořec: Herecká ohlédnutí, Západočeské nakladatelství, Plzeň, 1977, str. 183–8
 Z. Sílová, R. Hrdinová, A. Kožíková, V. Mohylová : Divadlo na Vinohradech 1907–2007 – Vinohradský ansámbl, vydalo Divadlo na Vinohradech, Praha, 2007, str. 194,
 Marie Valtrová – Ota Ornest: Hraje váš tatínek ještě na housle?, Primus, Praha, 1993, str. 207, 225, 241, 259, 305–6,
 Marie Valtrová: ORNESTINUM, Slavná éra Městských divadel pražských, Brána, Praha, 2001, str. 83–4, 87, 99, 192,

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Posted on March 15, 2013 by AlkemyStudio and filed under Illustration, Character Design, Gallery Show, Wizard of Oz.
Hey guys, so this is the process work for the cover of our sketchbook PLOMO that you can checkout on our online shop. We made it into a nifty gif to show how I went from the thumbnail phase to the final. The line work and over all design was done by me but the characters featured are by Trevor Spencer, you can see them show up in red. He also did those sweet butlers! My fave! Anyways hope you guys enjoy and hopefully I'll be posting more process pieces soon.
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GLAAD unveils its first Outstanding Video Game category, but not without challenges
Ana Valens
GLAAD has addressed an ongoing controversy within Assassin's Creed Odyssey (and its latest DLC). Ubisoft is rectifying the problem, but it points to an industry still learning how to address LGBTQ issues.
Spoilers follow for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's Legacy of the First Blade.
For the first time in GLAAD's history, the LGBTQ media advocacy group has launched an "Outstanding Video Game" category in the upcoming 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The new section spotlights a burgeoning queer community in the gaming world, one continuously paving the way for more nuanced LGBT representation. Yet, ironically enough, one of its nominees is still recovering from a DLC "misstep" largely criticized for being homophobic.
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is one of five games nominated for the Outstanding Video Game section, sitting alongside such other recent hits as The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset, Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and The Sims Mobile. Each of these games were praised by GLAAD for their thoughtful representation, more often than not giving the player the opportunity to either interact with or outright romance queer characters. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey in particular has received extensive praise from the queer gaming community over the past few months for letting players exclusively enter gay and lesbian relationships. That is, until Ubisoft released the "Legacy of the First Blade" DLC pack's second episode, "Shadow Heritage," which left a sour taste in many queer players' mouths.
In Shadow Heritage, the expansion's storyline forces the player character into a heterosexual relationship where they conceive a child. Fans quickly cried out against the decision, especially because the base game never forces players into a heterosexual romantic relationship. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's Creative Director Jonathan Dumont has since apologized for railroading a heterosexual encounter, stressing that the story was intended to explain how Alexios or Kassandra's bloodline has a "lasting impact on the Assassins," but that the team "missed the mark."
"Our goal was to let players choose between a utilitarian view of ensuring your bloodline lived on or forming a romantic relationship," Dumont stated in his post. "We attempted to distinguish between the two but could have done this more carefully as we were walking a narrow line between role-play choices and story, and the clarity and motivation for this decision was poorly executed. As you continue the adventure in next episode Bloodline, please know that you will not have to engage in a lasting romantic relationship if you do not desire to."
Ubisoft has since announced that it will be "making changes to a cutscene and some dialogue" in the second episode to "better reflect the nature of the relationship" for players that do not want to enter into a heterosexual relationship in the game.
"We've also been carefully looking at the next episode, Bloodline, to ensure the paths that players experience mirror the choices they make in game," Community Manager UbiPhobos announced.
While Shadow Heritage's storyline is somewhat insensitive toward queer men and women, GLAAD stressed that its nomination for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey isn't "an endorsement of the DLC." In a blog post from Friday, GLAAD proceeded to criticize the Shadow Heritage storyline for, at its worst, sending a "harmful message that sexual orientation can be changed at will" and that queer people can "choose to conform to heteronormative expectations in spite of their identities."
However, GLAAD has been in "direct contact" with Ubisoft to help the team "improve aspects of this DLC and future content releases." The advocacy group has since called the Shadow Heritage update "a positive step," one that doesn't entirely solve the problem but serves as "a good faith effort and a solid first step."
"While undoubtedly marred by its DLC, the original game remains a major step forward for representation in games—one that was courageously undertaken and defended by Ubisoft initially," GLAAD special projects consultant Blair Durkee wrote. "If we want to encourage developers and publishers to continue to make these types of bold moves in the future, we must allow for growth, acknowledge that missteps do occur, and give proper credit where credit is due."
While Ubisoft has handled the controversy gracefully and is fixing the problem to the best available means, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's DLC woes are a reminder that gaming has a long way to go for queer representation. Mistakes happen, but in the near future, working through these issues and owning up to them are important. GLAAD emphasizes just as much by saying it "thanks Ubisoft for their apology and their commitment to do better."
When reached for comment by GameDaily.biz, Durkee said the GLAAD believes Ubisoft's apology and commitment to "improve is made in good faith."
"If you look at past games from Ubisoft like The Division, Watch Dogs 2, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, as well as the ongoing moderation of their multiplayer communities, there is a clear pattern that shows Ubisoft is making a concerted effort to advance inclusivity in gaming," Durkee told GameDaily.biz. "The Legacy of the First Blade DLC is undoubtedly a misstep. But overall, the company is moving the needle in the right direction. We trust that Ubisoft will continue to listen to the LGBTQ community and learn from this experience moving forward."
As for the Outstanding Video Game award, Durkee stresses that it is "part of our larger goal to increase representation and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in gaming."
"We see a lot of movement in the industry toward greater inclusivity, but so much more can be done," she explained. "In the past, games that have told impactful LGBTQ stories haven't fully gotten the recognition they deserve. We hope our new award draws attention to the importance of inclusion in games and encourages more developers and publishers to get on board."
Ana Valens is a games journalist from Brooklyn, New York. Her coverage at GameDaily.biz specializes in player-developer relations, long-term business trends, and gender issues in the gaming industry. Alongside her frequent contributions to GameDaily, her work has appeared at the Daily Dot, Dot Esports, Waypoint, Rolling Stone's Glixel, and Fanbyte.


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Today.Az » World news » Anti-Western sentiment rises in Yerevan
03 June 2019 [15:33] - Today.Az
By Abdul Kerimkhanov
Armenian citizens are unhappy with the policy pursued by the new Armenian authorities. These grievances result in protests taking place in the capital and other cities of Armenia.
An anti-Western campaign of the movement called VETO took place in Yerevan on May 31. The protests were outside the Yerevan office of Open Society Foundations Armenia.
Narek Malyan, civil activist and co-founder of VETO, is the action organizer. He came to the local office of the Soros Foundation, but police pushed him out. Then Malyan declared that he was starting a sit-in.
Malyan noted that the Armenian citizens have the full right to block the office building of the Soros Foundation, just as other citizens had previously blocked the buildings of the courts at the call of the Armenian PM.
The number of protestors was about hundred people. Representatives of the Armenian Communist Party joined the action.
A lot of police arrived at the place of the event. A scuffle took place between civil activists and police officers, during which participants in the action were pushed aside from the foundation building.
Malyan called double standards the fact that the police obstacled holding the protests.
Earlier, Larisa Minasyan, the head of the Open Society Foundation Armenia, told the police that Narek Malyan is going to block the entrance to their office.
Previously, Malyan and members of the Adequad public organization, held protests in front of the parliament building and the EU delegation in Armenia.
Meanwhile, in 11 administrative districts of Yerevan and 12 other cities of Armenia, representatives of Adequad organization held a rally timed to the Prime Minister's birthday on June 1. During the action, the participants depicted the hashtag #SutNikol (Liar Nikol) on the asphalt and left similar inscriptions in other places.
Police detained about 30 protesters. Over 80 activists took part in the protests.
Arthur Danielyan, one of the event organizers, commenting on the police's detention of about 30 people said that Pashinyan's false statements are not only related to the economy, demography, foreign policy, security, but also relate to domestic political potential.
Another organizer Konstantin Ter-Nakalyan noted that the arrest of participants is political persecution. He added that the number of dissatisfied with the actions of the Armenian PM is constantly increasing, including the number of people ready for street fighting.
The initiative and hashtag began on April 1, April Fool's Day. During the month, Adequad held several actions, which culminated in the detention of activists.
Thus, Armenian opposition decided to mockingly congratulate Pashinyan on his birthday. These protests clearly show the wrong course of both external and internal policies of Yerevan.
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Q: Let an array point to another array with different bounds in C++ I need to use a library which has following typedef and method:
typedef short int SomeArray[3];

void method(SomeArray* arr){//doSomething}

In my main code I have a big array and want a smaller array that has exactly the same index values as the bigger array:
short int var[5] = {0, 1, 2, 4, 5};

I need a variable of type SomeArray, whose [0] = var[1], [1] = var[2], [2] = var[3] to pass it to the test() method. This:
short int* intf = &var[1];

gives what I need when I access it by intf[?]. But how to convert it into a variable of type SomeArray to be an array with 3 elements? I tried different methods like
SomeArray* arr = intf;
SomeArray* arr = (SomeArray*)intf;
SomeArray* arr = &var[1];

But either it wont work or the element address of every arr element does not match with the element address (on the position needed) of the bigger array.

A: You probably get away with casting the address of var[1] to the type of pointer to an array with three elements. It's probably illegal, strictly spoken, because I suppose it violates the strict aliasing rules (typed objects may only be accessed through expressions of compatible types) — but only very slightly ;-)1. Semantically there is no problem because the shorts expected in the 3 element array are all there. It will probably work everywhere, strictly spoken as well:
$ g++ --version && cat arrpassing.cpp && g++ -Wall -o arrpassing -O3 arrpassing.cpp && ./arrpassing
g++ (GCC) 7.4.0
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

typedef short int SomeArray[3];

void method(SomeArray* arr)
{
  int i=0;
  for(auto el: *arr) cout << "arr[" << i++ << "]: " << el << '\n';
}

int main()
{
  short arr5[5] = { 0,1,2,3,4 };

  method((SomeArray *)(arr5+1));

  return 0;
}

arr[0]: 1
arr[1]: 2
arr[2]: 3

1It's really a borderline issue. Obviously, you can access individual elements of an array through simple pointers to type; and the C++ standard regards single objects as arrays of size 1 in certain situations, so you could make a case that it is OK to access memory of larger arrays through "sub-arrays" (of the same element type, of course).

A:
I need a variable of type SomeArray, whose [0] = var[1], [1] = var[2], [2] = var[3] to pass it to the test() method
But how to convert [a bigger array] into a variable of type SomeArray to be an array with 3 elements?

Like this:
short big_array[] {0, 1, 2, 4, 5};
SomeArray small_array {
    big_array[1],
    big_array[2],
    big_array[3],
};
method(&small_array);

However, if you always need a subarray (i.e. always need consecutive elements), then you could avoid copying by changing method to simply take a pointer to the first element of the array:
void method2(short arr[3]);

This way, you can call the function with subarray of any sized array (provided that it has enough elements):
short big_array[] {0, 1, 2, 4, 5};
method2(big_array + 1);

As a downside, compile time type checking doesn't save us from mistakes, and passing a too small array simply has undefined behaviour.

This idea can be expanded and you could support any other (traversable) data structure in addition to arrays, by making method a function template, and accept any arbitrary iterator.


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Top 10 Actresses - Perfect in that moment
For our anniversary a couple of years ago, my parents sent us a copy of our wedding video transferred from a no-longer-possible-to-play-in-out-modern-system VHS tape to a still-barely-tech-current DVD. (Sadly, the picture had so many artifacts and scratches that it appeared that someone may have first pulled the length of the decomposing tape from the cassette and then used it to rub against stones and chunks of wood possibly trying to start a fire.) Still, despite the lackluster video and production values, it had been many years since Dana and I had viewed our wedding ceremony and the footage we shot on our honeymoon – all entirely G-rated , I assure you. And it was a terrific walk down memory lane. (Compared to my current self, 1995 me looks like a fresh-skinned baby. Dana, however, looks remarkably preserved, having changed little from the girl/woman I married in '95. You can see how young we look here.)
While watching the tape, there is one scene where Dana and I are in Maui. The wind is blowing, the sun is setting, she is wearing a floppy hat, and she is beautiful. She says, "Hi," in a heavily southern voice that seems to have mostly vanished over the years, and then turns away from the camera. Then she quickly turns back again, leans in towards the camera, and with a tilt of her head, and a dreamy expression and a big smile says, "We've been married a week now!"
I had totally forgotten that bit. And I watched that scene over and over. And not that Dana isn't perfect ALL of the time – quiet, she might be reading this, just act normal… – but in *that* moment, she was totally, and utterly…perfect. It is probably the favorite memory of her that I have on film. Her voice, her expression, her smile, her everything. Perfect.
Sometimes an actress finds that role where she can live for 2 hours or so in her perfect moment. Where there is something just so magical and special and *perfect* about her and her character that you can't help but fall in love with her…in THAT moment. Now there are a lot of great female roles in film, and roles where women may have done a fantastic bit of acting, but this transcends that. Did you really feel an emotional attachment to Sigourney Weaver as Ripley or Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor? And, sure, Princess Leia's gold bikini has fueled more than its fair share of geek fantasies, but no one *really* wants to head-off to Cloud City with Leia at the end. Uma Thurman as The Bride…cool, yes, someone you want to bring home to the parents? No. Ditto with Trinity from The Matix.
It's also way more than "just" being beautiful. For instance, no matter how much you like blondes, I'm guessing that NO ONE would want to have to spend any time with Jessica Simpson's Daisy Duke or Paris Hilton from, well, anything she's done. Cute and snarky isn't enough either, though it was *close* for Ellen Page as Juno. There is a certain X-factor if you will that elevates a role to one that really resonates. The writing has to be spot on, the dialog sharp and believable, the story has to be right, and the character has to seem like a real, breathing person that could step off the screen and still exist in our world. (Kind of what killed it for Milla Jovovich's Fifth Element Leelo.) For instance, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchette, Penelope Cruz, Evangeline Lilly, Megan Fox and many others are all beautiful and talented – well, except for Megan Fox; her talent is highly suspect – but not one of them has been in a role that made you – well, made me at least -- want to sweep that character off the screen and spend more time with them.
Below is my Top 10 list of actresses and the roles where they were perfect. Arranged alphabetically by actress, though Zooey might have still been #1...
1. Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn in (500) Days of Summer
Even though they warn you right up front that this is NOT a love story, you can't help but love Summer. She's funny, she's cool, she's quirky and even though she breaks the star's heart, you still can help longing for them to be together. You get the sense that Zooey Deschanel IS Summer Finn (even more so after watching the *awesome* new show, "New Girl") and she just gets out of bed and inhabits a world where randomly breaking out into dance or song or elaborate shopping sequences happen all the time. Her most perfect scene? In the elevator. "I said I love The Smiths...You've great taste in music. Yeah. 'To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.' I love 'em." You get the sense that Summer makes boys miss their floor all the time without even knowing it.
2. Kirsten Dunst as Claire Colburn in Elizabethtown
The real shocker here is that someone made my list with such blonde hair. (Go on; scroll through the pictures. I'm remarkably consistent in the ladies that I fancy.) Dana and I had a long distance courtship – California to Alabama – so to see Claire and Orlando Bloom's character start to develop a relationship and falling in love on the phone hits close to home. Claire is full of life and fun and adventure. And who wouldn't love a girl that blew off a trip to Hawaii to sneak up behind you in a hotel lobby? She's also mildly broken by a boy that may or may not exist. That makes her more real and lovable. And while there is NO WAY that she could have prepared that extensive minute-by-minute road trip guide, it was AWESOME that she actually did. One of the reasons why I love Claire, crooked tooth and all.
3. Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's
This is the one that I'm not *totally* sure about. On the one hand, Holly seems a little ditzy and like she will be a TON of fun to be around right up until the money runs out and that you're likely to come home and find out that she's hooked up with someone richer than you or that she passed out drunk in someone else's luxury condo. On the other hand, Audrey Hepburn is so stunningly beautiful and stylish and Audrey Hepburn-ey, that you are willing to forgive all of these little character flaws and just bask in the incredible glow of her amazing smile, the line of her neck and her little black dress.
4a and 4b. Keira Knightley as Jules Paxton in Bend it Like Beckham AND as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice
Maybe it's the English accent. Maybe it's the short hair. I don't know. But what I DO know is that I likes me some Keira Knightley. Enough to give her two spots here. It can be tough to come across as a brash female athlete that's not, you know, kinda lesbianey. And I'm not even sure she totally succeeded in that or not. (Her mom basically thought she was a lezzie the entire film.) I just know that I put Jules Paxton in the same category as Amanda Whurlitzer (Tatum O'Neal) from Bad News Bears. And even more incredible is that I don't even LIKE soccer. But Beckham is a great movie and Jules a super likable character. And while I'm sure that Price and Prejudice fans everywhere moaned and gnashed their period-drama-loving teeth over Knightley's casting as Elizabeth Bennet, for someone who had absolutely nothing invested in the film and hadn't seen any of the other versions, it is easy to see why women love the movie. Bennet is a smart, feisty, complicated stand-up-for-herself woman who always seems to know the perfect thing to say at all times. Mr. Darcy, you, sir, seem a stodgy stick in the mud and are not worthy.
5. Carey Mulligan as Jenny Mellor in An Education
It is the tragedy of this tale that makes you love Jenny. She starts out as an incredibly smart and hardworking girl who seems to have everything going for her and a promising life ahead. The path is is aces for her to attend university and ensure a great future for herself. That is until she falls in a whirlwind romance with a much older playboy. There is travel and fancy parties and extravagance that makes her toss the boredom of her normal life behind. But he turns out to be morally corrupt. And you watch her falling for him and wanting him to be everything that he says he is and hope that it will turn out, all the while knowing that she has given him everything and ultimately it cannot and will not. Throughout Jenny is portrayed with a fragile sense of coming-of-age wonder by Carey Mulligan who helps you to feel the temporary joys and ultimate pain of every revelation and setback.
6. Thandie Newton as Thandiwe Adjewa in Flirting
I randomly stumbled across the movie Flirting in Berkeley years ago when the movie we wanted to see -- The Player -- was sold out. And thank God! Flirting is an absolutely terrific film that brings two unlikely teens together, finding each other against odds across a lake separating the all boys and all girls prep schools. Thandie is full of confidence and spunk and stays true to who she is though she's clearly an outsider -- transferred from Uganda -- and helps lead Noah Taylor through those wonderful delicate first stages of a relationship where you're mastering the art of flirting, and dizzy and giddy from falling in love and enjoying the electricity of those momentary touches.
7. Julia Roberts as Anna Scott in Notting Hill
As a rule, I am NOT a Julia Roberts fan. I think her smile and mouth are too big, I think she laughs too loud, and I don't really get the fuss about her. But, as Anna Scott playing a movie star who is really just trying to get by as a normal person, she works. I don't know if its Hugh Grant opposite her or just that she has just dialed the Julia-ness back, but she really does seem like just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
8. Winona Ryder as Jo March in Little Women
With her white-white skin, dark-dark hair and lithe physique, Winona was my first film love. But most of her characters while quirky and interesting are really kind of dark and not that lovable. I loved the way she looked in Reality Bites, but her character was so damaged and messed up, that you really don't want to have to try and put that complicated puzzle back together. However as Jo March in Little Women, she is perfect. Plus, she's a writer. And, as a sucker for short hair, I just loved the scene where she cuts off and sells her hair."Jo, how could you? Your one beauty!" Hardly.
9. Mia Sara as Sloan Peterson in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Of course, what makes Sloan Peterson so cool is that her boyfriend is one Ferris Bueller. But she is no simple pawn in Ferris' game; rather Sloan is a partner, accomplice, equal and necessary ingredient to his Day Off. And that she is able to stand-up to the craziness of Ferris, playing off his cues and handling Ed Rooney like a chess master – "Mr. Rooney... Ed... You're a beautiful man. I want to thank you for your warmth and compassion" – and ultimately, "he's gonna marry me" all makes Sloan totally cool. And hot.
10. Audrey Tatou as Amelie Poulain in Amelie
It is Amelie's quirkiness and sense of art and whimsy that makes her so darn likable. And it certainly doesn't hurt that the entire film is in French. Watching Amelie going through life in a "normal" world is like watching a perfect, wonderful OCD fantasy as she completes her little rituals and projects. She always has an expression on her face that says she is seeing just a little more of the world than the rest of us and that she wishes she could let us in on the joke. While there's a chance that spending time with her might result in "I just drank an entire bottle of absinthe" feelings, you know that it would also be *totally* worth it.
So, that's my ten. Who'd I miss? Who doesn't belong? Which female role is perfect moment for you?
Categories: December 2011, Top 10 List, Movies


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package parquet.io;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.List;

import parquet.io.api.Binary;
import parquet.io.api.Converter;
import parquet.io.api.GroupConverter;
import parquet.io.api.PrimitiveConverter;
import parquet.io.api.RecordMaterializer;
import parquet.schema.GroupType;
import parquet.schema.MessageType;
import parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;
import parquet.schema.Type;
import parquet.schema.TypeConverter;

public class ExpectationValidatingConverter extends RecordMaterializer<Void> {

  private GroupConverter root;

  private final Deque<String> expectations;
  int count = 0;

  public void validate(String got) {
    assertEquals("event #"+count, expectations.pop(), got);
    ++count;
  }

  public ExpectationValidatingConverter(String[] expectations, MessageType schema) {
    this(new ArrayDeque<String>(Arrays.asList(expectations)), schema);
  }

  public ExpectationValidatingConverter(Deque<String> expectations, MessageType schema) {
    this.expectations = expectations;
    this.root = (GroupConverter)schema.convertWith(new TypeConverter<Converter>() {

      @Override
      public Converter convertPrimitiveType(final List<GroupType> path, final PrimitiveType primitiveType) {
        return new PrimitiveConverter() {

          private void validate(String message) {
            ExpectationValidatingConverter.this.validate(path(path, primitiveType) + message);
          }

          @Override
          public void addBinary(Binary value) {
            validate("addBinary("+value.toStringUsingUTF8()+")");
          }

          @Override
          public void addBoolean(boolean value) {
            validate("addBoolean("+value+")");
          }

          @Override
          public void addDouble(double value) {
            validate("addDouble("+value+")");
          }

          @Override
          public void addFloat(float value) {
            validate("addFloat("+value+")");
          }

          @Override
          public void addInt(int value) {
            validate("addInt("+value+")");
          }

          @Override
          public void addLong(long value) {
            validate("addLong("+value+")");
          }
        };
      }

      @Override
      public Converter convertGroupType(final List<GroupType> path, final GroupType groupType, final List<Converter> children) {
        return new GroupConverter() {

          private void validate(String message) {
            ExpectationValidatingConverter.this.validate(path(path, groupType) + message);
          }

          @Override
          public void start() {
            validate("start()");
          }

          @Override
          public void end() {
            validate("end()");
          }

          @Override
          public Converter getConverter(int fieldIndex) {
            return children.get(fieldIndex);
          }

        };
      }

      @Override
      public Converter convertMessageType(MessageType messageType, final List<Converter> children) {
        return new GroupConverter() {

          @Override
          public Converter getConverter(int fieldIndex) {
            return children.get(fieldIndex);
          }

          @Override
          public void start() {
            validate("startMessage()");
          }

          @Override
          public void end() {
            validate("endMessage()");
          }
        };
      }
    });
  }

  @Override
  public Void getCurrentRecord() {
    return null;
  }

  private String path(List<GroupType> path, Type type) {
    String pathString = "";
    if (path.size() > 0) {
      for (int i = 1; i < path.size(); i++) {
        pathString += path.get(i).getName() + ".";
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JOUR.NAL THE QUARTER OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY 1/1/00 Nasdaq +85.6% for 1999 T oday; while speaking to a friend on the telephone, I suddenly notice that I am jabbering-racing ahead and jumping over verbal fences, mashing participles dropping qualifiers. I find that I have trouble saying one thing at a time; I have to say two things, or three, tucking statistics into my words as I go, joining pieces of information byassoci- ation rather than by cause and effect. As I hang up, a little worn out by myse I wonder, Who is this speed :&eak, this nut, gathering and expelling information in charged clumps, like a spasmodic Web site spilling bytes? This blurting activity on my part is new. I talk myself breath- less, and sometimes make other people feel pressured, even bullied. What's caus- ing the rush? At fifty-six, I am no crazier than I was twenty years ago. But my habits have changed. Among other things, I spend a lot of time watching CNBC, one of the cable financial networks. The boys and girls of financial reporting, the Stalwarts, my new friends, go on the air every trad- ing day at five in the morning and con- tinue all through the day; mopping up after the market closes, at four, with re- caps, surveys, and predictions. I can sit there for hours following the jags, up and down, of the three market indexes and listening to the Stalwarts interview strategists, analysts, and savants of vari- 0us sorts, who spread their blankets and display their urns and gourds and give their opinions of shifting currents in the bazaar. Not all these people practice speed-talking-Joe Kernen, CNBC's stocks editor and a former broker, ca- resses the underside of a new I.PO.like a gent taking his time. Yet many of them race like corsairs. They are driven by the tempo of the market, the pulsing, dart- ing flow of money around the globe, its progression intensified, as the Stalwarts break for a commercial, by that rhythmic How greed becomes a way of life. BY DAVID DENBY clickety-clack of electronic noise nee- dled by a snare drum: dig-a-dig-a-dig-a- dig-a-DIG-a-dig-a... Only eight or nine years ago, eager to escape the media noise and hustle, I was trying to slow down. I longed for the unfolding power of duration-the slow- moving images in Antonioni's mourn- fully beautiful movies, the magnificent weighted tread of a Bruckner symphony; the Rolling Stones songs that seemed to go on forever. I hate my new accelera- tion, though I know perfectly well what has caused it. In this boom period, you have the illusion that if you can just grab hold of the flying coattails of the New Economy investments you have the chance of getting rich very quickl)!. My new urgency is driven by greed: I am talking in Internet time. Wealth, much more than ever, seems a function of quickness. The market is a kind of crass metaphysical whip that hastens the an- nihilation of the passing moment: there is only the next instant, and the next, rushing toward you, and in the Internet age an ideally informed person would never sleep at all butwotÙd trade the mar- kets and chase news and rumors through the links twenty-four hours a da)!. I have decided that I want-I need- to make a million dollars in the stock market this year. For a wealthy man or woman, this no longer seems like a great deal of mone)!. For a journalist on a salary; it is a great deal indeed, and the wish for it as a year's gain wotÙd have seemed ri- diculous no more than a fewyears ago. For the record, I do not want to buy a yacht or a house in the country or a five-thousand- dollar gas grill (what would you do with it-barbecue gold-leafed weenies?). No, I don't want to buy anything in particular. I want the money so I can hold on to something very important to me. I am amazed at myself-amazed that a writer with no business experience would place in jeopardy his substance and his peace and would risk falling among 190 THE NEW YORKER, APRIL 24 & MAY 1 2000 the rotting railroad ties and worthless cer- tificates of a dozen schemes gone bust But, like many Americans, I have begun to wonder if risk is now something I can afford to avoid, and if the usual grim historical lesson-the cautionary tale of euphoria, panic, and collapse-has any necessary power over me. The New Economy seems to be producing a New Man who, in imitation of the economy it- se is going through wrenching changes in the way he lives, works, buys, and in- teracts with other people. All of which makes me anxious, at times unbearably so, and finding myself in an odd pre- dicament-greedy; obsessed, and igno- rant-I have been looking around for companions and gurus to guide me in my steps. I must meet some people in the Internet and investment scenes in New York; I will read some economic history and literature-that is, the literature of greed-as I shift the pieces of my little pile :&om one place to another. 1/4/00 Nas -229.46, Dow -359.58 A big sell-off right at the beginning of the year. Are we at the end of the bull, the beginning of a panic? If we're at the end, then maybe historical precedent does have something to teach us. The displays of folly in London at the end of the South Sea Bubble of 1720 reached a carnival atmosphere of giddiness and gross absurdity-crazily extravagant par- ties, jewel-embroidered dresses, excited mobs roaming the streets. Excessive ex- penditure and social tunnoil may be signs of too much capital sloshing around the edges of a speculative boom. 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Back in the 2017 version, I wrote an article on how to print money, titled How To Be Your Own Sugar Daddy.
b) free agents with high value, then turning around and selling them for a much higher price.
If you could abuse take advantage of the auction system to drive the price as high as possible, all the better!
The auction system was removed.
The "Offer to clubs" option actually transfer listed players, which caused chaos when used on new players / too many players.
But guess what? Most of what I covered in the original article works again in FMM19.
Auctions are back in FMM2019 - but don't get your hopes up. You won't get clubs bidding against themselves long after the other clubs have dropped out, driving the price up to insane levels. This year's auctions are more balanced and dare I say realistic. You can drive the price up a little, but that's it.
The key though was always the ability to offer players to other clubs without them knowing being transfer listed. If you transfer list a new player, they get upset. If you do it to 10 players at once, you've got a mutiny on your hands... Fortunately, FMM19 reverted to FMM17 behaviour: offering a player to other clubs does not add them to the transfer list.
As mentioned in the original article, you need to find a player you can sell for more than you buy them.
Good free agents fit this description to a tee, but you can also buy players on the cheap, who increase in value almost at once. In the last article I recommended buying good players from smaller clubs (where they would be undervalued) and selling them on to bigger clubs, who would pay more. This part has changed slightly in FMM19 though.
Buying transfer listed players at way below their list price (seriously sometime they can be got at a fraction of it - or even free).
Buying players with a release clause.
Generally scouting around for players that look promising, but don't cost much.
And of course, good quality free agents.
You can normally sell these players for much higher than you asked for. It seems (to me) like that there are more clubs willing to buy players than ever and they don't mind paying over the odds.
In the original article, I had a whole section about scale and whether it would work for clubs of all sizes. Same advice applies: your mileage may vary. However it's working a treat for me as a small club (Macclesfield) newly arrived in the Championship. The same principles still applied down lower, but it really took off once we hit the Championship, because we could attract better players who'd fetch a decent amount. I expect it will work even better in the Premiership (let me know how it goes if you try).
I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's just made FMM19 so much easier for me - but I was enjoying the challenge of it being harder and more realistic.
In hindsight, I think I'd like something in the game to prevent this. I'm NOT suggesting going back to the FMM18 behaviour of players being transfer listed when offered, but maybe some sort of behind the scenes functionality to prevent (or severely limit) any offers in the 6 months after a player signs.
Great article mate. I love following this approach.
A very reliable system this but you do need to be careful of the wages you give and so on. Signing young free transfers and loaning them for a few seasons can also be beneficial.
My personal favourite way for yearly cash is to rotate my back up striker every season, like most my first team striker is my main man but he can't play every game so having a back up is an necessity. So every year I sell my back up and replace him with a free agent or a cheap transfer listed option, after a year of reputation building and goals you can usually bring in a decent fee. Tbh I do tend to rotate my back up back up options across the squad but the striker is the one I do the most.
A very reliable system this but you do need to be careful of the wages you give and so on.
Yeah, I had trouble in FMM18 with giving players wages that were too high and then I could never ever sell them again. So far I haven't had that problem in FMM19, but that's probably because a) my wage budget is not that big yet and b) the players I'm targeting are happy for a lower wage (I guess the ones wanting higher wages aren't Interested in me yet).
Good read, Scratch, and surely helpful for many. If it makes your game too easy then simply don't use this trick. 😉 or add a new rule to existing challenges for others to counter this. Easy enough.
I like to only buy players that I intend to use in my (future) squad so no extra money-making needed for this manager.
Some great tips on how to play the "moneyball" way, good work @Scratch.
I have mixed thoughts on that anyway. It's part of the game. When we find a tactic that works that really should we don't say "that tactic wouldn't work in real life, so we can't use it in challenges".
LOL, @BatiGoal I'm just now reading your latest genius tactic! Nice one mate. Wish I could come up with tactics like that!
CHEAT!!!! CHEAT!!!! CHEAT!!!! play it as it's supposed to be played, your manipulating the system!!!!!!
Haha, yeah, I might have gone slightly over the top. I'm just a sucker for a good deal. January is approaching and I probably need to move on 6 or 7 players that aren't working out, but I'm a little scared to because my transfer window screenshots are already big enough to make you all shake your heads!
I'm having the same thing with the board as well. L2 > L1 > Championship in consecutive seasons and they won't improve the training facilities at all. The club has had a status of rich since almost the beginning (back when I sold a few players but couldn't afford any worthwhile replacements, long before the stuff in this post).
So yeah, I have money to spend now, but can't buy the top players, but I can get very good youngsters. The top youngsters I bought in season 1 are topping out and will be good Championship players, but some of the ones I've bought this season are shaping as though they will be Champions League players within in a few seasons. So it's transformed the team, but only through the youngsters I can bring in. And it has to be said that 90% of the ones I try to get won't come, but the 10% who do are gonna be great!
😂 The good ol TKO (2-2-1-5) did actually have a quick go to see and it's not bad, with tweaks it'll work, but it's too crazy so not using it.
I like to only buy players that I intend to use in my (future) squad so no extra money-making needed for this manager.
It'd be best to start a new topic to ask that as more people are likely to see it (vs adding it to this topic).
Not sure I can answer it anyway. I mainly play in England where the reserves don't actually play - I know some leagues have playable reserves, but I've never used them... Sorry.
in addition to these 3 players there are no others?
No, there is no list and those 3 players were just examples of the things you can do. It's not about particular players - it's about the technique of signing players free/cheap and selling them straight away for a profit. The technique is outlined in the How to do it section above. Hope that helps.


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Chrysalis is an entity that emits strange frequencies in response to all kinds of environmental stimuli. Currently there are two to discover in Helsinki. Visitors to Esplanadi Park and Malminkartano Hill are invited to use our new Chrysalis Pagan – app to observe the Chrysalises as they evolve.
Chrysalis latest manifestation 17.05.19
In April 2018 two Chrysalises were discovered living under the city of Helsinki. Pagan, have been watching them ever since. The Chrysalises started life as a faint signal from deep underground but now they have emerged. Both entities seem to emit strange frequencies in response to all kinds of environmental stimuli.
The Chrysalises seems to be evolving. Both have now completely emerged from their underground homes and appear to float like a golden apparitions and seem to reacts to invisible stimuli like mobile phone signals. At times their behaviour can seem strange and erratic and can even sometimes follow you around or even envelop you entirely.
Visitors of Esplanadi Park and Malminkartano Hill in Helsinki can use our free Chrysalis Pagan app as a viewer to see the Chrysalises and hear to the sounds they make. The app also lets you tune in to listen to the Chrysalises live from anywhere in the world. Research shows that the Chrysalises are guided by the moon and can be very active around noon and midnight. We are still not sure, why they are here, how long they will stay or even, if there are any more out there.
Pagan is monitoring the situation.
Check pagan.fi/chrysalis and follow @chrysalispagan on Instagram.
In Spring 2018 Pagan, a creative collective from Kemiönsaari, made an audio detector. A playful RFID device that enabled music festival goers to pick up short music samples that were hidden around the venue. Sometime later while Pagan tested the Audio Detector in Esplanadi Park they picked up a series of faint anomalous signals. After a second scan we noticed that the signals had grown significantly stronger and stranger. We developed the *Chrysalis Pagan app to help ourselves and others get a close look at this amazing phenomenon. With careful observation we were able to decipher a coded audio message which led us to a second Chrysalis about 13 km away high up on the top of Malminkartano Hill. Pagan are now also listening to the Chrysalis at Malminkartano Hill in the hope it might reveal another.
The Chrysalises seems to be continuously evolving and now float among us like ethereal apparitions.
As the chief custodians of these virtual entities, Pagan have claimed each physical site for the chrysalis. To acknowledge the appearance of these rarified forms, Pagan have marked each territory with golden flags fixed to cadastral property markers.
Both Chrysalises appear to be made from a very bright diaphanous golden material that defies earthly logic. Gold is a rare metal usually reserved for our most precious objects. Symbolic of wealth, power and ceremony. Ancient myth and folklore reveal humanity's deep connection through stories of golden rings, bears and apples and in the Kalevala, even Ilmari's hand crafted wife. So maybe our Chrysalises are ancient and eternal and like the statues of the Golden Buddha are to be meditated on while they cast a benevolent light onto the onlooker. Who knows? It is too soon to tell.
Each Chrysalis seems to be connected to a single location. What is the significance of Esplanadi Park and Malminkartano Hill? We know that under Esplanadi Park is a huge underground water reservoir. At first we wondered if water was important to the Chrysalis. Can an apparition become a living place of pilgrimage? Let's see.
At the moment we can see and hear two unique Chrysalises. They have form, they are learning and are animated but we cannot touch them – yet. We have no idea how many more stages are left in their development. Pagan are monitoring the situation.
Both Chrysalises live, breathe and emit sounds. Some sounds are very familiar so we think it is listening constantly to the sounds of the city. Pagan have heard human voices in it's music so if you want to make your own tests to find out if the Chrysalis can hear you – make some noise. Though you need to be nearby to see the Chrysalises, you can use the app to tune in anytime from anywhere in the world to hear it's music.
The chrysalises are simultaneously alien and earthly. Like us, they are connected to their environment and have a meaningful connection to the moon. We have recorded the Chrysalises peak activity correlates very closely with high points of the day (midday and midnight) and responds to lunar activity such as during full moon. FYI The next full moon is in two days time 19.05.19.
So there you have it. When Pagan first discovered the Chrysalis it was a faint underground signal. Since then it has emerged and now hovers, god-like above the ground. Pagan urge you to tune in and file your own reports.
* Our free Chrysalis Pagan app is now available in Google Play Store.
You will need an Android smartphone that supports AR Core and sometimes the Chrysalis is very quiet so we recommend wearing headphones for the full experience.
Join the observation team!
Pagan appeal to all users to report any strange behaviour or if you manage to decode any hidden messages. Please take screenshots, make a recording and share it with the community @chrysalispagan on Instagram and email us directly info@pagan.fi.
Follow @chrysalispagan on Instagram.
Observation log
2019.04.16. 11:00 EET | C1 | Esplanadi Park Helsinki | City centre busy public park | Lat/Long 60.1675, 24.9478
2019.04.27. 01:10 EET | C2 | Malminkartano Hill Helsinki | Man-made hill in a Helsinki suburb | Lat/Long 60.2510, 24.8439
Sculpture Expanded
MOVING LABORATORY OF PUBLIC ART
From downtown to Vuosaari, 10 artists are ready to change the urban landscape of Helsinki
– get ready for mutated fruits and augmented reality
https://www.sculptureexpanded.com
The Association of Finnish Sculptors will launch a truly unique exhibition event in Helsinki in summer 2019. Sculpture Expanded – Moving Laboratory of Public Artis a major public art project during which the urban space will become a laboratory for movable works of art. An international jury selected ten artists to produce a work for the Moving Laboratory from a total of 140 applications: artist couple Andy Best and Merja Puustinen, artist groups Forest Camp and Pagan, and artists Anna-Kaisa Ant-Wuorinen, Timo Heino, Shoji Kato, Le Hien Minh (Vietnam), Riikka Puronen, Pia Sirén and Denise Ziegler. The open call resulted in 40 applications from abroad and the rest were submitted by artists and groups of artists working in Finland.
Sculpture Expanded brings temporary public art in the cityscape of Helsinki. The works and the events linked to them being moved around will bring joy and in addition the project will offer urban residents new points of view to their surroundings. Furthermore, the project highlights the diversity of contemporary sculpture. Andy Best and Merja Puustinen's installation Strange Fruit will be attached to buildings in the form of inflatable, mutated fruits in spring 2019. Multidisciplinary art group Pagan presents a work that utilizes augmented reality; a cocooned organism called Chrysalis growing under the city of Helsinki.
As well as being a physical object, a sculpture can be immaterial or social. Eau de Sculptur by Riikka Puronen invites the viewers to sculpt with the power of thought. Timo Heino's and Shoji Kato's works will appear in the city only briefly at a time. The Jetty by artist group Forest Camp will function as a platform for spontaneous and planned events organised by the people of Helsinki
In the Moving Laboratory, the works will change place a number of times during the event from May to September 2019. Feedback from the audience will be collected throughout the summer. Sculpture Expanded will expand from the city centre to suburbs of Tapulinkaupunki, Vuosaari and Malminkartano. The places are chosen in cooperation with the artists and the Culture and Leisure and Urban Environment Divisions of the City of Helsinki.
Sculpture Expanded will polish the profile of Helsinki as a city of visual arts. It is the largest sculpture event in Helsinki in many years. The project is supported by HAM, Helsinki Art Museum and City of Helsinki, Culture and Leisure Division.
The project has been awarded a Taide2 grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.


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16-year-old Barcelona star Ansu Fati misses Champions League clash due to growing pains
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Back in July, we brought you the story of Jeff McNeil's legs. With the Mets still marooned on the wrong side of .500, McNeil was a healthy scratch for game 102 vs. the Padres. There was nothing particularly wrong with McNeil, said manager Mickey Callaway, but his legs were "a little heavy." At the time we called it the lamest excuse for missing a game we'd ever seen, or roughly par for the course if McNeil played in the NBA. Now, however, The Squirrel's leaden legs are getting run for their money thanks to 16-year-old Barcelona starlet Ansu Fati, who missed out on the La Liga title holder's pivotal Champions League match versus Inter on Wednesday due to...growing pains? Yes, this is a real thing.
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We aren't about to start bashing a teenager, though. First of all, we aren't Real Madrid fans (in the interest of full disclosure, a Yankees stan did write that McNeil story), and second of all, we remember growing pains all too well—that persistent aching pulse in your limbs, usually accompanied by voice cracks, acne, and a variety of other mortifying hormonal activity. So no, this isn't the lamest excuse ever—we actually feel for the kid—but it might be one of the most bizarre.
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Then again, nothing is normal for Fati, who is young even by European soccer's tennis-like development curve. When Fati made his senior Barcelona debut last month, the club had to receive permission from his parents due to La Liga's restrictions on underage players playing night games. After the game, in which he received an impressive 15-minute cameo, he received a hug from Lionel Messi, who made his debut for Barcelona when Ansu Fati was all of A YEAR AND A HALF OLD.
So yeah, from the sounds of things, growing pains seem a small price to pay for both Barcelona and Fati.


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Books On Divorce | How To Use Them Effectively In Your Divorce!
When you are looking for books on divorce to help you reduce the costs associated with hiring a lawyer and going through the courts, you will need to choose carefully.
While there are tons of books that focus on the emotional and practical issues that arise from a divorce, many of them do not focus on the monetary issues that so often come up, nor do they give you tactics that will help you win in the courtroom.
Most of the books on divorce that you will find available focus on the emotional issues that are involved, such as talking to the children or working through your own feelings about the separation.
Because these topics are far more popular, a divorce book will tend to ignore the importance of keeping costs to a minimum and moving through the divorce quickly to minimize the impact that it has on the family. .
Most state websites also provide information on how to file an uncontested divorce. How long it takes to get a divorce will depend on how smoothly the process goes. If everything goes effortlessly, your divorce could be granted in six-months or less.
There are other resources that you can use, however, such as a simple search engine or asking your lawyer for advice if you don't mind paying the fee to talk to him or her.
Choosing a win-win situation is difficult without some help, and taking the time to research your options is definitely worth the effort.
Other than your lawyer, you can take your search to both the bookstore and the Internet to help you find a divorce book with what you need to know.
You will still have to run your plans by the lawyer before you enter the courtroom, but it will be more cost effective to find the information you need before you make the appointment.
Even though a book may be full of helpful advice, there are times when your circumstances make the information obsolete or just minimally helpful at best..
Your lawyer is the best person to talk to when you want to find a cost effective, winning strategy.
You may find that books on divorce can help you come up with a few idea, but since most books focus on other issues you may be disappointed with the selection, and need to find other resources.
If you're considering divorce and would like a divorce book for men that covers all aspects of divorce, we suggest you take a look at Matt O'Connell's best selling guide, "No BS Divorce Strategies for Men."


It has been an interesting year around Kinston. We have seen more than our share of the bad but we have also seen some good.
The arrest of former City Councilman and prominent Kinstonbusinessman Will Barker on charges of child exploitation charges.
Wait a minute � What?
I did not know the man personally but I had played basketball with him on occasion, in a church no less, and I have to say I didn�t see that one. I guess this falls under the �you never really know someone� category.
I just don�t understand how anyone, but particularly a father of young children, is into something like that. This one is just creepy.
The indictment of State Rep. Stephen LaRoque.
The U.S. Attorney�s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted LaRoque in mid-July on four counts of theft and four counts of misappropriating money meant to be loaned to struggling small business owners for his personal use.
Well, it turns out it may be illegal. Seems ironic to me that a staunch conservative clamoring about smaller government would be using federal funds to further his business in the first place, but that is neither here nor there. The fact is, the improprieties were exposed in spite of sharp criticism from those supporting LaRoque and the right.
Now, we have to wait and see what the courts say about the case. An interesting side note is the district attorney just filed some more charges related to the case.
Shootings, shootings and more shootings.
From 17-year-old Rasheed Jones� murder to the off-duty deputy shooting at the Waffle House, it seems seldom does a week go by that we don�t hear about someone getting shot in the area. And what jumps out at me is the age of some of the shooters. These are young men.
All of the men involved in the murder of the U.S. Marshal were on the young side of their lives and yet they make the decision to go all �Wild West� that will define who they are for the rest of their lives.
What on earth are these young men thinking? If I�m being totally honest, one of the first questions I have to ask is, �how are these young people being raised?� The idea of shooting someone for what amounts to nothing is simply beyond me.
Do these people think they are going to get away with it? Do they think this will make them tougher? Or maybe it�s just simpler than that. Maybe they simply aren�t thinking or can�t think.
Another puppy mill found near Trenton.
These always bother me more than many others. People making money on innocent creatures and then not even having the decency to treat them with any form of kindness are the worst. Anyone that reads my column knows how I feel about dogs, cats and most animals. I feel our animal cruelty laws are laughable, and the way dogs in particular are treated in our area is, for the most part, sad.
I have always thought the Lenoir County Dog Park was one of Kinston�s better efforts and would like to see some additional funding get to the SPCA or any �no kill� shelter in the area. These wonderful places and wonderful people are overworked, understaffed and overwhelmed by the irresponsible, heartless pet owners that just try to rid themselves of their pet duties any way possible.
Delta Private Jets closes its doors in Kinston.
I wish I could say I was surprised to hear the news that Delta was closing its office in Kinston, but I would lying. It is sad to see yet another business jump ship and leave the area. Kinston, like many small towns across America, has seen more than its share of commercial businesses pull anchor and hightail it out of town.
There are some very good workers and even better people in Kinston and it would nice if they had good jobs, good places to shop and good places to eat. Ever since the decline of tobacco and exodus of DuPont, Kinston has been struggling to fill the void of solid middle class jobs.
Spirit AeroSystems and Sanderson Farms have been extremely accommodating and it�s nice to see a few reputable organizations such as theirs pick Kinston as their place of business. Let�s hope there are more to come.
This is an impressive number and the town did it justice. It was nice to see all the history and learn how the town came to be. This entire area has some very intriguing history. Growing up outside the area, we didn�t learn much about this region, but it has a long, well-documented history that is worth learning.
Many of us felt the loss of family and friends throughout the year. We all knew someone that affected us with their passing. Buchanan was a fixture at The Free Press. To say that he probably saw hundreds of young, fledgling reporters come and go through the newsroom is probably understating his tenure at the paper.
Charles was generally a good guy. I do not use that term loosely. In fact, I do not know but a handful of �good guys.� From a work standpoint, the patience to work with so many inexperienced reporters and editors throughout his years probably warrants some sort of sainthood.
When we were young, most of us thought we knew everything and reporting is no different. Every season, reporters fresh out of journalism school showed up on the shores of The Free Press thinking they knew how the game works because they were �on the school paper� and every year they found out in about a month that if you combined what they knew from �J school� and their work at the school paper with 99 cents, you could buy a soda.
Charles had seen it all, been through it all and, more importantly, shot it all through his camera. Despite working with some of the most headstrong, impatient people on the planet � myself at the top of that list � I never once saw him lose his temper or speak ill of someone.
His class and elegance will be missed at The Free Press, but never replaced.
I wish all a better 2013. Have a happy New Year.
Richard Clark is News Editor for ENCPublications.