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Q: How to Rebuild Text Files with php Hello i have text list files as below.
0  // means Type
0 1 1 "Kris"
1 1 1 "Short Sword"
2 1 1 "Rapier"
3 1 1 "Katache"
4 1 1 "Scimitar"
5 1 1 "Blade"
6 1 1 "Gladius"
end // end of first type

1 // type
0 1 1 "Small Axe"
1 1 1 "Hand Axe"
2 1 1 "Double Axe"
3 1 1 "Tomahawk"
4 1 1 "Fairy Axe"
end // end of 2nd type

goes on more than 1000 lines. the question is how can i rebuild tham escaping empty lines and "end" words and put first line to as a type number like bellow
0 0 1 1 "Kris"
0 1 1 1 "Short Sword"
0 2 1 1 "Rapier"
0 3 1 1 "Katache"
0 4 1 1 "Scimitar"
0 5 1 1 "Blade"
0 6 1 1 "Gladius"
1  0 1 1 "Small Axe"
1  1 1 1 "Hand Axe"
1  2 1 1 "Double Axe"
1  3 1 1 "Tomahawk"

Thanks for any help in advance.

A: If you dont care about preformance at all and just want to rebuild the file open the file using file("path"), that reads the whole file inn as an array.
Go through the array and read everything before the double quote. Strip all the whitespace and convert it into an integer. Then check if that value is the largest value, if it is store it.
Then use the largest value you have and add approprite 0 you want.
Try this:
$file = file("test.txt");

$bigValue = 0;

foreach($file as &$value)
{
   $end = strpos($value, '"');

    if($end !== false)
    {
         $subStr = substr($value, 0, $end);

         $subStr = trim($subStr, " ");

         $value = $subStr . substr($value, $end, strlen($value));

         if(intval($subStr) > $bigValue)
             $bigValue = intval($subStr);

    }
}

echo $bigValue;

//add the 0.
foreach($file as &$value)
{
    $end = strpos($value, '"');

    if($end !== false)
    {
        $subStr = substr($value, 0, $end);

        $zero = "";

        if(strlen($subStr) < $bigValue)
        {
            for($x = 0; $x < ($bigValue- strlen($subStr)); $x++)
            {
                $zero .= "0";
            }
        }

        $subStr = $zero . $subStr;
        $newStr = "";

        //add the spaces.
        for($x = 0; $x < strlen($subStr); $x++)
        {
            $newStr .= $subStr{$x} . " ";
        }

        $value = $newStr . substr($value, $end, strlen($value));
    }

}

print_r($file);

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2024 Men's Swimming Recruiting
5,488 Views | 31 Replies | Last: 10 days ago by swan
https://swimswam.com/146-351-imer-carter-lancaster-7-in-class-of-2024-sends-verbal-to-cal/
Coach Durden just picked up his first 2024 recruit as Bolles stud Carter Lancaster announced his verbal commitment. Lancaster's father was a member of a Michigan NCAA championship so the pedigree is evident. Carter current focus is 200/400 IM with a decent 200 back as his third individual event. He also has enough sprint speed to be a relay candidate.
He is SwimSwam #7 2024 prospect.
https://swimswam.com/way-too-early-recruit-ranks-boys-high-school-class-of-2024/
Thanks, swan.
Matthew Elliott (Quicksilver/Santa Cruz) will join Lancaster in the fall of 2024, having verbaled as a reclassified 2023 sprinter (19.8/44.3, 48.5 fly).
No other info off the top of my head, but 2024's #1 recruit Daniel Diehl will be visiting in the coming weeks. Looking forward to see how the class shapes up.
https://swimswam.com/sprinter-matthew-elliott-verbally-commits-to-cal-for-2024-25/
SwimSwam article re Elliott verbal.
SwimSwam #5 Lucca Battaglini from NC verbaled to Cal today. Best times of 19.96/43.80/1:36.48 sprints, 47.3 fly, 48.6 backstroke. Welcome!
"As I am wrapping up swimming on the east coast, I am excited to head over to the west coast in 2024 to continue my swimming and academic career at The University of California, Berkeley! It was an amazing process to get to this point where I had the privilege of meeting many incredible people. I'm grateful for my Dad who has been my coach for most of my swimming career, my whole family, along with everyone who has supported me all these years. I cannot thank coach Dave Durden, coach Matt Bowe, and coach David Marsh enough for giving me this opportunity to be a part of excellence. Go Bears"
OBear073akaSMFan
In reply to swimmer19 • 10:53a, 9/28/22
From Swimswan https://swimswam.com/cal-bears-receive-verbal-from-sprinter-lucca-battaglini-5-in-class-of-2024/
10:38p, 10/2/22
https://www.swimcloud.com/swimmer/1462940/
The Bears have another verbal commit for the class of 2024 from Thackston McMullan. (Thanks to Intuit for the heads-up).
SwimSwam has ranked him just outside of their initial top 20 swimmers in the 2024, and lists Thackston as an "honorable mention".
https://swimswam.com/thackston-mcmullan-2024-adds-his-verbal-commitment-to-a-stellar-cal-class/
In reply to swimmer19 • 3:35p, 10/3/22
Cal is certainly receiving early verbals from some very talented recruits. Do you know if Daniel Diehl has visited yet?
The current four commits to the 2024 appear to be focused on freestyle, fly and IM, and Diehl would be an ideal candidate to continue Cal's outstanding record in backstroke.
coachdeke
In reply to swan • 6:15p, 10/3/22
swan said:
He'd be the cherry on top.
In reply to swan • 11:16a, 10/4/22
No other info re: Diehl's visit. I believe Cal is his 4th trip per his comment on the SwimSwam podcast - other visits included Texas, Indiana, NC State, and Louisville, and has already taken trips to Austin and Bloomington per social media.
Diehl would be a monster addition to the class, but unfortunately, I think he may be a tough one to pull. He comes from a pretty small rural town in western Maryland, a two hour plus drive from both Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The fact that he doesn't mention academics when he talked about what he is looking for in a program may not be a big deal, but I don't think it helps Cal. He does say he wants a coach that will give strong emphasis to long course training, and that does appear to be a strong suit for Cal, especially in backstroke with Pebley, Murphy, Carr, Mefford, Lasco et al part of Backstroke U.
He states in the SwimSwam interview he is looking to make an early decision so perhaps we will soon know where he decides to go.
Cal's last #1 recruit was Ryan Hoffer in the 2017 class.
8:42a, 10/8/22
Daniel Diehl is in Berkeley this weekend and was present at the Cal swimming championship ring ceremony Friday evening at Legends. He is the only prospect visiting this weekend and he appeared to be enjoying himself hanging out with the team. The celebratory event was relaxed and fun, and both Durden and Marsh gave funny and inspiring short speeches. Coach Durden is simply a class act, and Cal swimming is a brotherhood for life.
Somewhat surprising and noteworthy, was the news coming out of Austin, where former #1 SwimSwam recruit (class of 2021) Anthony Grimm has joined several other swimmers leaving Texas with eligibility remaining. I would speculate that this may be a factor in any recruit considering Texas at the present time.
3Cats4CAL
Do you mean recruits may now not want to come to a program that may now not be one of the top teams due to departing talent or that they will want to come since they will now be in the spotlight and the face of the team?
11:29a, 10/9/22
"Do you mean recruits may now not want to come to a program that may now not be one of the top teams due to departing talent or that they will want to come since they will now be in the spotlight and the face of the team?"
My take would be that the host of swimmers leaving a program would be a red flag for a prospect. I have no idea what is going on in Austin, but it's not a good look when several guys who were expected to be important contributors are leaving, especially as in the case of Anthony Grimm, with having to sit out the current season since the portal rules have changed.
To be fair, Texas is still loaded with talent and with their diving advantage, they have a very good chance of winning in March if Cal or Florida falter slightly (injuries, missed tapers, disqualification etc.) But as for recruiting, with the lone star state boosting 5 of SwimSwam's top 20 prospects for the class of 2024, none of the top 20 have verballed for the Longhorns while Cal has verbals from 2 of the top 10 plus two other highly regarded recruits. Texas usually gets early commitments in the recruiting cycle as swimmers try to grab a roster spot to train with Eddie Reese.
Now, just watch a flood of Texas verbals, but something does seem off.
Polodad
Has Reece announced his retirement yet? I think he is approaching 80.
In reply to Polodad • 4:06p, 10/9/22
Polodad said:
I vaguely recall Eddie Reese announced his retirement a couple of years ago, but quickly "unretired" with promises that he could reduce his travel.
Reese is 81 which ought to be a negative factor in Texas recruiting efforts but until the 2024 class, Texas has continued to recruit at elite levels.
"Now, just watch a flood of Texas verbals, but something does seem off."
Cooper Lucas, a prep recruit from Texas, and SwimSwam's # 2 ranked prospect, just announced his intention to attend UT.
eastcoastcal
Joined: Jan 4, 2022
10:30p, 10/10/22
Our aquatics programs (with the exception of all that's going on with the McKeever situation) seem to be so well run. Just marveling at the recruiting prowess
How long have we been this dominant in aquatics??
8:33a, 10/11/22
Since the '70's starting with water polo under Pete Cutino.
IIRC Nort Thorten won a Natty with Men's swimming in the late '70's.
11:44a, 10/11/22
Two new verbals for the 2024 class - welcome to Edward Huang and August Vetsch!
Huang is a local backstroke recruit from Fremont, with times of 48.8/1:48.9 and is also 49.2 in fly and 45.6 free. Vetsch is a SwimSwam BOTR 48.5/1:49 flyer with a 44.8 free from Arizona and Swim Neptune, the same team as 2023 commit Keaton Jones.
SwimMAC distance standout Freddy Klein has verbaled to Cal - make that 7 for the class of 2024!
Only 4:35 in the 500, but boasts 9:15/15:27 in the longer range events. In long course, has the Team Trials cut in the 1500 (15:42) and the US Open cut in the 200 breast (2:20) and 400 IM (4:27)
In reply to Polodad • 12:48p, 10/13/22
Nort won two in a row: 1979 and 1980
In reply to swimmer19 • 7:33p, 10/14/22
Klein's 1500 L time of 15:42.62 swam in August 2022 converts to 15:18.93 in the 1650 which is promising for the 16 year old.
5:32p, 10/21/22
Let's go!! Bears secure verbal from 2023 recruit and Commonwealth/World Jr. Champ Pieter Coetze:
COMMONWEALTH GAMES CHAMPION PIETER COETZE VERBALLY COMMITS TO CAL FOR FALL 2024
Best times of 24.58/52.95/1:56.05 in LC BK events. For comparison, Lasco was 1:57 this year at both Team Trials (5th) and US Nationals (4th), and Bryce Mefford was 52.9 last year at Olympic Trials for 4th.
Wow. This is potentially a major addition to the team. I use the term "potentially" because Pieter is taking a gap year to stay and train in South Africa until fall 2024, and stuff can happen in two years. But if he stays the Cal course, Coetze projects to be a major point earner at NCAAs with his backstroke range and free sprint speed. His times as converted by SwimSwam place him near or at the top in the 100/200 back, and 50 free for the classes of 2023 and 2024. His converted time in the 100 free, is a nice card to hold as well for relay flexibility.
According to the linked Swimmingworld article NC State has a verbal commitment from Poland's Ksawery Masiuk who out touched Coetze in the 50 and 100 back at the World Junior Championships in Peru in late August. With these commitments in hand for the class of 2024, I don't know how hard either Cal or NC State are going to pursue a verbal from Daniel Diehl, or how much scholarship money is available for an athlete who will likely require a full scholarship offer.
Daniel mentioned in his SwimSwam interview that he was visiting Cal, NC state, Indiana, Texas and Louisville.
With the international commitments for the Bears and Wolfpack, it would appear Texas, Indy and L'vill have the greater need, but various factors IMHO favor NC State as Mr. Diehl's ultimate destination for college, with Texas as a dark horse because of the noise that is coming out of that program.
I hope I am wrong and he heads out west to Cal.
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/pieter-coetze-commits-to-swimming-in-college-at-cal/
And the 2024 class continues to build.
https://swimswam.com/singapore-record-holder-junior-national-champion-nick-mahabir-commits-to-cal/
Nick is a US citizen (US father, Singaporean mother) who represents Singapore internationally, but he is not required to do national service in Singapore like Cal 2022 class member Zach Tan.
Nick played water polo in Marin county until covid forced his attention towards swimming and his rapid progress led him to give up water polo.
Nick's focus in training has been to achieve national qualifying times in meters so his yard personal bests are not overly impressive. However his converted times are very strong.
100 M breast - 1:00.37 swam in July 2022 at US Nationals converts to 52.65
200 M breast -2:12.07 swam in July 2022 at US Nationals converts to 1:55.66
Those converted times are best in the 2024 class.
Nick visited Texas, Stanford, UNC and Princeton before deciding to verbal to Cal.
Nick has trained with Nathan Adrian, Katie McLaughlin and David Marsh so I think joining the Bears was preordained.
In reply to swan • 6:29p, 10/26/22
Per SwimSwam comments, Nick is a dual citizen of US and Singapore, in order to represent Singapore internationally. The Singaporean citizenship means he's required to fulfill national service unless he renounced it very recently.
The goal would be for him to achieve the FINA A cut(s) 59.49/2:09.68 between March 1st, 2023 and June 23, 2024 to make Singapore's Olympic team and receive a deferral for as long as possible, which would follow in the footsteps of Zheng Quah, another Cal swimmer representing Singapore on the world stage.
You are totally on point regarding NIck's focus on reaching an A cut in either the 100 or 200 Breast to compete for Singapore in Paris in 2024.
If Nick is able to have his national service deferred until he is 21, he has a decision to make regarding citizenship that Quah Zheng Wen did not have to make. If Nick decides to keep his US citizenship, he must give up his Singapore citizenship, which I can only assume would terminate his requirement to do national service. Singapore does not allow for dual citizenship past the age of 21.
The weird situation might arise if Nick doesn't get an A cut, but is set on keeping his US citizenship when he turns 21. If he gets "called" for service, I would guess he just needs to stay out of Singapore, but for how long? I have difficulty believing that a young man who is a US citizen now, and wants to retain US citizenship past the age of 21 would give up two years to perform national service in Singapore.
Matthew was involved in a terrible rollover car accident. Not sure of the date of the accident but a Go-Fund-me page has been established for him.
https://swimswam.com/cal-commit-winter-juniors-finalist-matthew-elliott-hospitalized-after-car-crash/
solobear
Joined: Nov 1, 2017
12:05p, 1/22/23
Any news on Kaii Winkler and Daniel Diehl?
If they both come to Cal, winning NC championship is very much secured for the coming years.
In reply to solobear • 4:07p, 1/22/23
solobear said:
Diehl visited in October and I do not know if Winkler made it out to Berkeley, but I don't think the numbers work to have either on the Bear roster. The 2024 class already has 9 verbal commits, including the injured sprinter Matt Elliot. The class headliner is Pieter Coetze from South Africa, but also includes well-regarded sprinter Lucas Battaglini, IMer Carter Lancaster, breaststroker Nick Mahabir and distance freestyler Freddy Klein.

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Some decades ago, WC was backpacking in the Oregon Cascade mountains, traipsing downhill through heavy rain, when WC carelessly stepped on the back of a rattlesnake. The force of WC's heel, and the weight of his backpack, broke the snake's back about six inches behind its head. Leaving the snake thrashing on the trail, biting at leaves, sticks and stones. WC would have liked to have put the thing out of its misery, but even a mortally injured rattlesnake is dangerous.
Pebble Mine – the terrifying proposal to create the world's largest, open pit mine in the headwaters of the world's most productive salmon spawning grounds – is pretty much a dead issue. Public opinion and federal regulation finally recognized that a mine that might produce 55 billion tons of copper and 67 million ounces of gold from an ore body that is only, at best, 0.78% valuable minerals is going to produce mine waste of some 705 billion tons. That doesn't count overburden, or non-mineral bearing rock removed to get at the low grade ore. Mine waste is laced with heavy metals, acids and poisons.The EPA reports that mining waste has contaminated portions of the headwaters of over 40 percent of watersheds in the western continental U.S., and reclamation of 500,000 abandoned mines in 32 states could cost tens of billions of dollars. At Pebble, this unimaginably vast amount of dangerous gunk would have to be stored safely forever. Many folks – including the EPA and WC – don't think it can be done.
On the other side of the equation is the world's most valuable fishery. The mine, in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, would carry the potential of damaging or destroying the world's largest remaining wild salmon fishery. That immense pile of mine waste would be a threat forever. And the world is full of instances of supposedly safe mine waste storage facilities that have failed, sometimes catastrophically.
As public realization of the risks of Pebble cut through the fog of disinformation from Pebble, the partners in Pebble Group, the mine's promoter, withdrew. Anglo American, a 50% partner, walked away from its investment in 2013. Rio Tinto, a major investor in Northern Dynasty, the other Pebble partner, withdrew in 2014. Now "Pebble Partnership" is just Northern Dynasty. It lacks the financial resources to proceed. Public opinion has shifted against the mine. Northern Dynasty has lost a string of important legal cases.
But like that rattlesnake, Northern Dynasty is thrashing around, striking at what it thinks may be its enemies. Northern Dynasty is suing the Environmental Protection Agency. As far as WC can tell, Northern Dynasty accuses the EPA of unfairly listening to someone besides Northern Dynasty in performing EPA's duties. Even in the unlikely event that EPA were to lose that lawsuit, it's not going to solve the problem of gigatons of mine waste is a priceless fishery. It's not gong to change the hydrology of Bristol Bay. As a strategic tactic, it's stupid. As a use of shareholder dollars, its pointless. It's the behavior of an mortally injured rattlesnake.
Northern Dynasty is trying to compel the testimony of people in the environmental community. Pebble thinks they are its "enemies." There's no financial upside for Pebble, no return on the fearsome investment in lawyers. At the very best, it's petty revenge, schoolyard bully tactics.
And from an industry perspective, Northern Dynasty is making it that much harder for the industry to work in Alaska. Northern Dynasty is poisoning the well, generating vast amounts of ill-will that linger in Alaska long after Northern Dynasty is down. But that's what an injured snake does. It strikes mindlessly at friend and foe alike.
The snake has an excuse; it has a brain the size of half a peanut. What's Northern Dynasty's excuse?
Northern Dynasty is a shell company with no more "shells", and claims $0.00 earnings in the past 18 months. Likewise, according to its company profile, "Cannon Point Resources Ltd. does not have significant operations. It intends to seek new opportunities in the natural resource industry" — more code for shell company. Shell companies eating shell companies is a feast where investor-bag-holders can find insiders taking profits on toxic loans to each other for as long as possible until the cannibalism ends in the Great Oblivion. Cannon Point Resources is poised to get a free lunch off a temporary boost to its stock price from the bounce of Northern Dynasty's shares crashing, and the heads of both companies will have profited on the backs of Alaskans time and energy in this drama, imho.


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During my research of Scotland breweries and beers I came across a heather ale made by Williams Bros. Brewing. They claim that beer has been made with heather flowers in that part of the world for about 4000 years. In the 18th century however the English imposed laws that forbade the use of ingredients that weren't malted barley and hops, so heather ale disappeared for a while. In the 1980's a Gaelic family found an old recipe, gave it to the Williams Bros. brewery and since then the brewery has explored traditional beers that use ingredients found in the Scottish highlands.
I began making my own heather ale, initially based off the William Bros. recipe but now it changes each time it's made. When asked to give presentations, provide beer as part of a project or festival, I generally will provide the heather ale. Here is an ongoing list of exhibitions, conferences, and events I have contributed to.
Slow Beers is the name I have given my homebrewing operation.
The Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Oregon had a group exhibition titled "The Mythical State of Jefferson," which is about the growing movement in Northern California and Southern Oregon to become the 51st U.S. state for a number of political reasons. I made 99 bottles of beer that were consumed during the opening. I considered beer the beverage of choice for revolutionary movements, and I thought the history of the heather ale, the resurgence of local-mindedness, provided somewhat of a parallel to what is happening with the Jefferson movement.
I provided four different versions of the Heather Ale to the Group Dinner at Open Engagement. The dinner was prepared by traveling chef Leif Hendertal.
I was invited by Tracy Candido and Chelsea Haines to be a part of their project Pub Discussion Series for Open Engagement 2011. The project consisted of a small pub crawl in which attendees would have the extended opportunity to talk with each other about topics from the conference in an informal way. One stop on the crawl was at Coalition Brewing, whom I have previously worked with. They took one of my heather ale recipes and brewed it on their commercial system. Open Engagement guests could purchase pints of my beer during the Pub Discussion Series.
The collective art group M12 invited me to collaborate with them in the near future. I have visited their work site in Yuma, Colorado to get a feel for how they are working. They organize an annual get together called The Big Feed where they invite artists, local business people, and local Yuma community members to give presentations, prepare food, provide music, and mingle. I gave a talk about my beer-related art projects alongside Ro Guenzel, the brewer of Left Hand Brewing. I also provided heather ale for audience members before and during the talk.
Tracy Candido and Eleanor Whitney have put together a program that looks at food as art, and explores the relations between the two. They invited me to give a talk about my beer-centered art practice at a New York city homebrew shop, Bitter and Esters. The shop brewed up one of my heather ale recipes in advance, on their pilot system, and we drank it throughout the event. Shop owner, John LaPolla, spoke to guests about how beer is made, and gave a background on the brewing culture of the city. I followed with a presentation about my work, including my very recently finished project for Performa.


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The Russian Troll Army Isn't The Only One We Need To Worry About
Fruzsina Eordogh Contributor
A Business center believed to be the location of the new "troll factory" located in St. Petersburg, Russia. Feb. 18, 2018. Photo by Mstyslav Chernov, AP
Much has been made of Russia's troll army in the last year in regards to 2016 election inference but the Kremlin's cyber soldiers aren't the only country running disinformation campaigns in the US. In fact, every country that has an adversarial stance with the United States has amassed at least hundreds of online propaganda warriors, mostly in the form of bots and fake accounts. An Oxford study two years ago noted at least 30 nations were utilizing them. While most countries use their troll armies to police and influence their own citizens, some have already turned their attention to our shores as well as to our allies.
"It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better," said James Scott, the Senior Fellow at the nonpartisan Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), in an interview last month about the spread of disinformation and propaganda. According to Scott, who consults with various intelligence agencies around the world, the troll armies we need to watch out for include Iran, China, the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIL's Cyber Caliphate (still active).
Of that list, the "easiest one" for Americans to spot are trolls from China as "their digital influence operations are extremely clunky," said Scott, who published a book this February on information warfare. The Chinese have yet to master our syntax and to date seem more focused on spreading almost mundane pro-Chinese propaganda as opposed to sowing confusion and chaos with hateful rhetoric.
The Philippines and Turkey also have large troll armies and while they have yet to turn their attention to the US, our foreign relations with both countries are weakening. The Philippines are cozying up to China in the wake of a US-Chinese trade war and American relations with Turkey have deteriorated significantly since the US began arming the Kurds.
As for the Cyber Caliphate and Muslim Brotherhood mentioned above, they appear especially interested in infiltrating Antifa and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Part of this is for recruitment, and their strategy, explained Scott, is "fanning the flame of the illusion that there is rampant xenophobia here." As I pointed out last month, the online Black community -- and in particular Black feminists, the main drivers in the BLM movement -- have been the most difficult for foreign trolls to penetrate as witnessed during 2016 and in the years running up to the election. This reason is multifold and includes higher media literacy and a more cohesive culture than the rest of the population as well as years of experience dealing with outsiders pretending to be Black Americans. (There is ample evidence to suggest the American neo-Nazi troll apparatus that began harassing the Black community in 2014 was harnessed by Russians in a multi-year operation that combined paid actors and American "useful idiots" working for free.)
Despite Black Twitter's relative success at repelling troll infiltration between 2014 and 2017, be they domestic or foreign, it could all be moot in regards to our upcoming elections. Russia (and those mentioned above) have been pouring massive amounts of money into artificial intelligence to talk like us on social media and pass as ordinary citizens.
The US government's response countering these efforts have been slow so far. In July of 2017 the US Cyber Command announced they were increasing their ranks from 700 to 6,200 and the State Department announced a $40 million initiative to combat disinformation only in February of 2018. The countries that have most to teach the US about combating disinformation and state-sponsored troll armies include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (Hopefully this is what the meeting of Baltic state heads last week at the White House was about!)
Surprisingly, the very platforms where this disinformation spreads via troll and bot armies -- Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube and Facebook, for starters -- have also proven themselves relatively slow to implement in the face of state-sponsored threats. (Perhaps because said armies exploit inherent design flaws in their platforms?) For instance, Facebook only announced last week a verification system for large page owners and political ads. Cyabra CEO and co-founder Dan Brahmy described the new Facebook rule in an emailed statement as a "welcome step," adding however, "it is still only the tip of the iceberg." Cyabra is an Israeli tech company specializing in protecting brands and politicians from disinformation threats and whose ranks include Ram Ben Barak, the former deputy director of Mossad (Israel's National Intelligence Agency). It remains to be seen if any new Facebook changes will be made after this week's Congressional hearings.
As for the rest of us ordinary American citizens, this Brookings report titled "How to combat fake news and disinformation" is a good place to start.
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South Lyon — A South Lyon High School student was arraigned Tuesday after he hid a knife on school property, authorities said.
Ethan James Smith, 17, is charged with misdemeanor possession of a weapon in a weapon-free school zone and was arraigned in 52-1 District Court in Novi. He was given a $25,000 bond.
A deputy with the Oakland County Sheriff's Department responded to South Lyon High School at noon on Monday after being notified by the assistant principal that a student may have had a weapon inside the school.
The assistant principal was notified by a youth assistance caseworker that Smith, a junior at the high school, had brought a knife to school.
Deputies said the Smith admitted to both the assistant principal and the caseworker that he had brought the knife to school to protect himself from another student.
Smith claimed that he had been threatened by another student on Feb. 1. Afterward, he hid the knife inside one of the classrooms for his protection, officials said.
A school officer found the knife in the classroom and it was taken into evidence. Smith was arrested and taken to Oakland County Jail.
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How to get rid of a paperless life
June 16, 2021 by admin Beauty
How to get rid of a paperless life June 16, 2021 June 16, 2021 admin
The first thing that came to mind when I heard that we were going to get a new iPhone was paperless.
I had a feeling that we'd have to make this as paperless as possible, and the fact that we have two-thirds of the world's population already doing this made me optimistic.
But that optimism quickly turned to concern when we got the news that Apple was about to introduce a new phone with a metal frame.
The metal frame was supposed to be the new material for its new iPhones, and it was supposed at first to be lightweight, and to last a long time.
But it turns out the aluminum frame on the iPhone X and the iPhone 8 Plus is going to be heavier, and, at least according to Apple, "not as light."
While it's not yet known exactly what Apple's new metal iPhone X will weigh, the new iPhone X has reportedly been estimated to weigh about 7.2 pounds (3.5 kilograms).
That would make it the heaviest iPhone yet.
What's more, the metal frame has been rumored to be less rigid than the aluminum iPhone 8 and the aluminum iPhones 8 Plus.
While it may be less sturdy, it's definitely more resistant to the forces of gravity.
But even with that resistance, this is still a much lighter phone than the iPhone 7 Plus or the iPhone SE.
And the iPhone's design has not changed much in the past decade.
So while we might be concerned about the new aluminum iPhone X, it may not be as much of a concern as we might think.
We'll find out when the new iPhones hit the market.
Why the aluminum frames are the new metal iPhones I already talked about the different materials Apple uses to make its iPhone.
In order to make the aluminum components, Apple uses an anodizing process.
Anodizing is a process in which metals are melted at high temperatures and then bonded together in a specific shape.
The result is that the metal is more durable and it can be more flexible.
So what's interesting about the aluminum and aluminum-on-metal assembly process is that Apple does this without breaking the bonds between the metal parts, unlike many other phone makers.
Instead, it takes a small amount of aluminum, and a few other ingredients, and heats them up in an oven.
At high temperatures, the aluminum melts into a solid, which allows the aluminum to bond to each other without breaking them.
The results are much better than the original iPhone's "bond-breaking" design.
I think it's worth mentioning, though, that some aluminum-metal phones that have been used for other phones have been criticized for having "bumpy" or "cheap" looks.
It's true that the new models of iPhone are made with aluminum, but they're not cheap, and some of them are a lot lighter.
We've already discussed the new design of the aluminum phone in a previous post, and we're going to explore that again.
The new aluminum iPhones aren't going to cost a lot of money.
The aluminum frame is only about 20 percent as heavy as the aluminum phones in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 7.
That's a good start, but we'll get to why the aluminum parts will be much more expensive and why it will make the iPhone 9 and iPhone X less powerful and durable.
Why is the aluminum the new plastic?
It's easy to get confused about the difference between the two materials.
I've talked about how Apple's metal iPhone 7 is supposed to last longer and look nicer, but it's actually only going to last about 12 months on a single charge.
The iPhone 8, by comparison, will last up to three months.
What that means is that even though the aluminum has been designed to last for a long, long time, it won't have a life of its own.
It will still have to be charged and used, but there won't be any structural problems or other physical damage.
What does this mean for the iPhone in the future?
It may be a while before the new Apple iPhone is released, but I think we can expect it to have the same design as before.
I have to admit, I was a little skeptical about the metal iPhone design for the first couple of months after I got it.
There were lots of rumors that it would be a phone that looked like an iPhone 7, but at some point in time, Apple decided that the aluminum wouldn't be the best option.
So the aluminum isn't going away anytime soon.
Apple may not make a new aluminum phone, but its aluminum iPhone is already in the market already, and I think there's a chance that we'll see it in the next couple of years.
What to do if you're worried about a new paperless iPhone I've written a lot about how to make your iPhone paperless in the last few years.
I would suggest that you take this information with a grain of salt.
You don't have to start using a paper-based phone right away.
There are ways
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Q: Wordpress get_the_term_list include class name for heirachy I have a custom post type which uses custom categories (taxonomy) - called project-type with 2 levels of heirachy which are tagged to different posts.
When viewing the custom post page I want a way to be able to render the custom categories it is tagged with - I have this working using get_the_term_list as per code below:
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So for example: Custom categories:
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How can I achieve this?
I'd also like the parent > child, parent > child format in the outputted UL as this is being rendered as a breadcrumb showing which custom taxonomies the custom post is tagged with on the page.
If there is a better way to achieve this I am open to changing how this breadcrumb is created.


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The Balance, Inc's giant mech fighting game, Override: Mech City Brawl, is out today for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. There's a single-player campaign and you can duke it out 1 v 1 against another human, or you can gather three of your best friends and make like you're out to defeat the Galra Emprie as you each control part of a giant mech in the Party Co-Op mode.
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Wallace Woods
Wallace Woods is a Senior Academic Advisor responsible for advising graduate students on degree milestones, Graduate Council and campus policies, graduation requirements, mentorship issues, and admission requirements. He serves the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science programs, including the School of Education. Prior to his arrival at Graduate Studies, Wallace was the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Cultural Studies Graduate Group. He also worked as the Admissions and Curriculum Coordinator for the Division of Social Work at CSU-Sacramento. Wallace has a BS in Criminal Justice from CSU-Sacramento and is a qualified US Army Paratrooper.
Brad Wolf
Brad Wolf is a Senior Academic Advisor responsible for advising graduate students on degree milestones, Graduate Council and campus policies, graduation requirements, mentorship issues, and admission requirements. He serves a variety of programs across campus, including Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, and Ecology. Brad has been at UC Davis since 2014 and prior to his arrival at Graduate Studies, he worked as the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Graduate Program in Chemistry. He earned his M.S. degree in College Student Personnel Services and Administration from the University of Central Arkansas and his B.S. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Eastern Washington University.
Melanie Brown
Melanie Brown is a Contracts & Grants Officer in the Sponsored Programs unit of the Office of Research at the University of California, Davis since 2017. She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Davis and a JD from The University of Northern California Lorenzo Patiἦo School of Law. She has been on campus since 2007 and was employed in various positions in the public and private sectors before joining UC Davis. Prior to serving as a Contracts & Grants Officer, she was a team member of Business Contracts in the UCD Procurement department for ten years.
Mikael Villalobos
Mikael Villalobos, Ed.D. serves as the Associate Chief Diversity Officer at UC Davis in the Office of Campus Community Relations, a unit in the Office of the Chancellor. Mikael leads the campus diversity education program and is frequently called upon by academic and administrative departments and units regarding diversity and inclusion issues. In his consulting practice, he serves both public and private sector organizations as a diversity educator and consultant on related workplace issues. Prior to joining the Office of Campus Community Relations in 2008, he served as a Regional Outreach Coordinator, Assistant Director and Educational Partnership Manager with the Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), an academic preparation program within the UC Davis Division of Student Affairs. Active in social justice work and diversity education, Mikael is also a senior member of Diversity Trainers Institute, a team of UC Davis diversity educators who develop, teach and facilitate workshops and courses to students, staff and faculty on topics related to diversity and inclusion. A UC Davis alumnus, Mikael has been a UC Davis staff member since 1993. He holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from UC Davis. He also has a consulting practice in diversity education, conflict mediation and organizational development.
Kelly Gilmore
Kelly Gilmore is an Associate Director of Sponsored Programs, with primary responsibility for the Proposals team. She has more than 16 years of experience specific to contracts and grants, including time with the State of California and UC Davis' Procurement & Contracting Services. Kelly is a UC Davis alumna, holding a BA in Political Science.
Erica Ballinger
Erica Ballinger is a Contracts & Grants Officer on the Negotiation Team in Sponsored Programs. Erica holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from San Francisco State University, and a J.D. from the University of California Davis, School of Law. She joined Sponsored Programs in 2012. Erica negotiates research agreements with industry sponsors as well as master agreements, federal contracts and collaboration agreements. Prior to joining the University, Erica worked as a law clerk to a civil rights firm in Sacramento
David Blancha
David Blancha is the Assistant Director of the GradPathways Institute for Professional Development, where he supports graduate students and postdocs to systematically acquire career and professional development skills to prepare them for success in their chosen career paths and in their graduate or postdoctoral programs. He comes most recently from the UCLA Career Center, where he served as the Assistant Director for Graduate Career Services and worked with Master's and PhD students on all aspects of professional development, developed graduate-level career programming, and managed advanced degree industry relations. Prior to his work at UCLA, David coordinated a Teagle Foundation grant for the Teaching Center at Columbia University, where he finished a PhD in Philosophy. David is a devoted design-focused educator with a particular interest in leveraging technology and gamification for educational purposes.
Valeri Garcia
Valeri Garcia has worked in higher education for 20 years in various capacities. She has served as a college coach, academic advisor, and as a program coordinator/retention specialist. For the last 11 years, Valeri has served as the Coordinator for the Guardian Scholars Program and as an EOP Retention Specialist. She also represents UC Davis and Guardian Scholars locally and statewide on various committees, organizations, and consortiums related to foster care. Valeri is also an Adult Liaison for the California Youth Connection.
John L King
John L. King is Director of Analysis & Policy in Graduate Studies at the University of California, Davis. His unit oversees policy, administration, and institutional data for graduate and professional programs and postdoctoral scholars. As a researcher, he is the author of several studies on innovation, research & development, and intellectual property, including Measuring the Economic Value of Research: The Case of Food Safety (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Prior to working at UC Davis, he was a research economist at the USDA Economic Research Service and served as acting director of the USDA Office of the Chief Scientist. Mr. King holds a Ph.D. in economics from Vanderbilt University.
Katherine Parpana
Katherine 'Kat' Parpana, M.A. serves as a Diversity and Inclusion Educator for the University of California, Davis in the Office of Campus Community Relations, a unit in the Office of the Chancellor. Kat supports the campus diversity education program, which includes being called upon by academic and administrative departments regarding diversity and inclusion issues. Kat worked for Academic and Student Affairs since 2011 in various advising capacities, in addition to working for the UC Davis campus since 2008. This allowed her to gain experience and knowledge in the various intersections of diversity, equity, and inclusion education and advocacy work, especially as it relates to underrepresented and underserved student populations. Prior to joining the Office of Campus Community Relations team in 2019, Kat served on many campus initiatives and constituency groups dedicated to the advancement of marginalized and underrepresented scholar and staff organizations on campus, including the "Developing Deeper Advising Relationships" modules.
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This summer we have done a few mini road trips around Alberta. There are so many hidden gems in this amazing province we live in. We traveled down to Ma-Me-O Beach, just south of Edmonton. It's about an hour away, which is a good amount of time when you are traveling with a baby and toddler. We met up with Aaron's siblings & their kids, plus his Mom and Dad.
Even though there is some shaded spots on the beach, the shade kept moving. Having this little pop-up tent was awesome. I just picked the top seller under baby tents on Amazon. It does get a little warm inside, so try and position it so you can get a little breeze through the back vent.
The beach is perfect for babies, toddlers and smaller children. It has some shade with trees near the back, sand and rocks which are both always a hit with my girl, and the best part is the shallow water. The water is shallow for what seems like miles out. You don't have to worry about the kids going over their heads. It was also pretty clear water, which was nice.
We brought our trusty DockATot which was awesome to have for Alder to hang out in. He could just spread out and kick, and had a few naps in it. I will be doing a whole blog post on this awesome thing later this month, so keep your eyes peeled.
Emery's adorable swimsuit is from Shop The Skinny. It's on sale right now, so you should go scoop one up! If you haven't been to their shop in Kingsway Mall, you need to go check it out! So many beautiful goodies for the whole family, plus it's just the most gorgeous space!
Obviously the best part about coming to the beach is getting Ice Cream, haha! There is a cute ice cream shop ran by the sweetest man right by the sign to the beach. Emery ended up dropping her ice cream cone. I went to pay for another one, and he just gave me a brand new one for free. He said he only did it for the kids though, haha!
This beach is definitely one we will be going back to. I just love watching Emery play on the beach with her cousins, and I can't wait till Alder is old enough to join her. So many fun memories!
Cheers to summer & ice cream!
Where are some of your favourite places to go to in Alberta? Let me know!


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'One of the best music books ever written, because Michael Odell knowsmusic isn't about the musicians - it's about what it does to the listener, evenif what it does ends up being wholly disastrous. It's sad, funny, fascinatingand wise.' Michael Hann, former Guardian music editor
'Hilarious and disarmingly honest; a journey into the neurosis of rockfame, but through doors you don't expect.' Rachel Joyce, author of The UnlikelyPilgrimage of Harold Fry
A tale of loving, living and surviving rock music
Michael Odell is a rock music writer who takes his responsibility ascultural gatekeeper seriously; he asks rock stars the forbidden questions todiscover whether they're worthy of readers' admiration.
But after interviewing Mick Jagger and Keith Richards - two of the 'Big Six'icons - Michael is depressed. He has a public meltdown while chaperoning Oasisat an awards ceremony; he's lost joy in his bathroom full of rock'n'rollmemorabilia; and his young son is in trouble at school for emulating rock starbehaviour.
Reluctantly Michael consults Mrs Henckel, a no-nonsense therapist with zeroexperience of pop culture. As Michael addresses his feelings about the past, inparticular his failed teenage band, Mental Elf, he's forced to confront thequestion: is it finally time to grow up and forget rock'n'roll?
Music, Movies & Stage
Rock bottom - Michael Odell
Rock bottom - a music writer's journey into madness
Michael Odell
Michael Odell is a former contributing editor to Q magazine and has written about music for NME, the Guardian, the Independent and Spin, among others. Currently he does interviews and writes on family matters for The Times. He lives in Bristol.
'Hilarious and disarmingly honest;
a journey into the neurosis of rock fame, but through doors you don't expect.'
Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
'Rock Bottom is one of the best music books ever written, because Michael Odell knows music isn't about the musicians - it's about what it does to the listener, even if what it does ends up being wholly disastrous. It's sad, funny, fascinating and wise. And everyone who ever claimed a record changed their life should read it, and then think again.'
Michael Hann, former Guardian music editor
'One of the funniest books I've ever read. Ultimately a moving and very tender look at modern masculinity.'
'"Please don't put your life in the hands of a rock 'n' roll band, who'll throw it all away." So advised Noel Gallagher in 1995 and Michael Odell ignored him anyway ... One of Britain's most fearless rock interrogators, Odell turns his merciless searchlight on himself in this wry, compelling odyssey into the heart of his own - and rock n roll's - madness. Larks with the legends are all here (Bowie, McCartney, Mick 'n' Keef . Michael Bubl) but it's his inner life which illuminates, his psyche traumatically crumbling as he confronts his chaotic past. Hilarious, tragic and timely, this is high farce in high (and low) places, uncovering why rock's lost highway is littered with the bodies of the righteous dreamers. Could it be because "the music people are all mad?" (Clue: yes.)'
Sylvia Patterson, author of I'm Not with the Band
'It's a fantastic book. A really new angle on rock. I've never read anything like it before and I've read a lot of music books.'
Dave Fanning, RTE Radio
'A great book dealing with childhood friendships, failed idealism and those who got left behind. I would really recommend this book.'
The Afterword
'[A] entertaining and offbeat mental health memoir.'
'Featuring highly enjoyable scenes with artists including Oasis, U2, Shakira and David Bowie, this is an extremely absorbing and well-written offering.'
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Base Flood or 100-year Flood: The flood having a one percent chance of occurring in any given year.
Base Flood Elevation (BFE): The BFE is the elevation, expressed in feet above sea level, that the base flood is expected to reach. The BFE is the elevation used by financial institutions and insurance companies to determine if flood insurance is needed and to determine the flood insurance rate for a particular property. BFEs are shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs).
Albany's participation in FEMA's CRS program allows reduced flood insurance premiums by 20 % for those in the Special Flood Hazard Areas and 10 % for those in the Non-Special Flood Area.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): The federal agency charged with implementing the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA provides floodplain maps to the City of Albany.
The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.
Floodplain: The combined area of the floodway and the flood fringe. Also known as the 100-year floodplain, and the Special Flood Hazard Area. Note Floodplain Relationships diagram below.
Floodplain Development: Any man-made change to real property, including but not limited to, construction or placement of buildings or other structures, fencing, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavating, land clearing, drilling, or Continuous Storage Operations in the Special Flood Hazard Area (100-year floodplain).
Flood Fringe: Those areas on either side of the floodway within the Special Flood Hazard Area (100-year floodplain). This area is subject to inundation by the base flood but conveys little or no velocity flows. Zone designations on Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Albany include A and AE. Note Floodplain Relationships diagram above.
Floodway: The regulatory floodway is the stream channel plus that portion of the overbanks that must be kept free from encroachment in order to discharge the 1-percent-annual-chance flood without increasing flood levels by more than 1.0 foot. Note Floodplain Relationships diagram above.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM): The official map on which FEMA has delineated the Base Flood Elevations, regulatory floodways, and Special Flood Hazard Areas.
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR): A formal review and comment by FEMA as to whether a proposed project complies with the minimum National Flood Insurance Program floodplain management criteria. A CLOMR does NOT amend or revise effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps, or Flood Insurance Studies.
LIDAR: A newer technology that uses lasers to measure ground surface elevations from the air.
National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has three basic components – flood hazard mapping, flood insurance, and floodplain regulations. The combination of the three all work together to reduce flood damages. NFIP is founded on a mutual agreement between the federal government and each participating community. Local, state and federal governments and private insurance companies must share roles and responsibilities to meet the goals and objectives of the NFIP. The City of Albany joined the NFIP in 1985. The community's role is of paramount importance. Residents and property owners can get federally-backed flood insurance only if the community carries out its responsibilities. The community enacts and implements the floodplain regulations required for participation in NFIP. The community's regulations must meet the regulations set by its state, as well as the NFIP criteria.


[14.10.2015] Renner Italia is one of the protagonists of the beautiful docufilm "F.I.L. Felicità Interna Lorda" (a pun on the Italian version of the Gross Domestic Product) created by Chiara Cusani and dedicated to ehics in the Italian industry.
Along with Renner Italia experience in the wood coatings field, we find also those of Illy, Fernet Branca, Banca Etica, Davines, Locciani, Passodue, Piada 52.
"Eight Italian realities – says Chiara Cusani – that conquered the market keeping an ethical approach to business. They show us that ethics and business are not opposite to each other and that it is possible to have profits respecting people."
The entire reportage will be published at the end of October.


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Noble person and the aristocratic (grand) house of prince like- palace, etc.
House of Gods like- temple, etc.
Public (common) buildings like- waiting hall, library, cinema hall, etc.
Conveniences for common people like- swimming pool, pond, small pond, well, etc.
Aayadi sadwarga- six prinicles of Vedik vastushilpa.
Architecture works have been divided into five process- vastupooja, sacrifice, halakarshana, ankuraropana and foundation.
In fact, vastupooja and sacrifice are considered as religious activities. But, in India they are just similar to architecture, where on a plot is not enough for constructing a house, but it is known as a converted existence of divine life. Narad has said about it that practical use of vastu is mechanical in its own nature and vastu purush has been called as a device. Acording to Vastukala, vastupooja should be done in north-east direction of a house in any auspicious moment. In the chapter 5 (part -1) of 'Samarangana Sootradhara', it has been described about sacrifice that praying or requesting is done by giving gift (sacrifice) to the God, spirits and evil souls for leaving that place. In this way too, the plot is become balanced and pure or holy. After becoming free from previous lord, it becomes ready to maintain new powers.
After that, the plot can be made even which is known by 'Halakarshana'. In old or ancient books, it has been said to plough the selected plot with ox and plough, because when this plot is being ploughed well, it is become pure and holy after become free from its past and the plot gets new life in auspicious nakshatra, new cycle of production is started. In this way, the natural rhythm is also remained unchangeable.
Sowing germination means that it is the last gift for those who are gone away by leaving that place and in new plot; it is considered as the first gift which means that one work has been done with germination.
Foundation is a technique as well as an anushthanic side. It is the celebration of keeping stone along with all the similar religious activities. At the time of doing worship, the stone which had been kept in north-east direction is bring out and is kept in the pits made in south-west direction.
Giving reward and respect to architecture, engineer, carpenter, mason, labors and other related people is considered as the sixth and last religious activities, because the success of that architecture is hidden in their happiness and satisfaction.
Directions and their representative lord- There are 8 representatives (lord) considered for 8 directions.
One, four, sixteen, twenty-five, thirty-six, forty-nine, sixty-four, eighty-one or hundred squares can also have in the vastupurursh mandal. The mandal of sixty-four parts for residential house and the mandal of eighty-one parts for the planning of city are considered as the best.
Bathroom should always be constructed in east direction of a house.
In this way, storeroom for oil and ghee should always have in east and south-east direction only.
Kitchen should be constructed in the south-east direction of a house.
Bedroom and drawing room should always be constructed in south direction.
Toilet and urinal should be constructed in south and south-west direction only.
Dressing room, makeup room and room for keeping devices and tools should be constructed always in south-west direction inside a house.
According to Vastukala Study room should have in south-west and west direction only.
Having a dining room always in west direction is considered as very auspicious.
Toilet should be constructed in the middle of west and north-west direction.
Constructing storeroom in north-west direction is considered as very good.
According to Vastukala Pooja room should be constructed only in north-east direction.
Room of praying or meditation should be constructed in between north-east and east direction.
In the central part of a plot, there should have appropriate space for a courtyard or household works.
One's relations are considered as true fact and established along with the worldly arrangement. All the Indian customs, traditions and religious activities indicate about such facts.
Snanagaram dishi prachyan aajneyyam cha mahanasama.
The shloka (stanza) given above means that bathroom should always be constructed in east direction only. South-east direction should be left for kitchen. Bedroom should be constructed in south direction and south-west direction should be used for keeping clothes and as makeup room. Acording to Vastukala, dining room should have in west direction and north-west direction should be used for storing grains for cows and animals. North direction is considered as very auspicious for keeping wealth, etc. in this series, north-east direction should be used for worshiping or praying purpose. If one constructs different rooms in his house like this, he gets all types of happiness and prosperity.
If one follows he principles said above strictly, appropriate amount of air and sunlight go on circulating in the house as well as the personally secrecy of that person should also be maintained. The walls of south and west directions of a house should be thick completely not for tolerating bright sunlight, but it should also have open place or gate for proper circulation of air. If extra trees and plants would be planted in west and south directions, it proves much benefit.
The principles of Vastukala are applicable not only for temples and residential houses, but these principles are also beneficial for flats, offices, industries, cinema hall, hotels and hostels, etc.
Normally old and new temples are being constructed according to Vastukala only, but the principles of vastu shaastra are ignored in many of them resulting its affects fall on everyone, because temple architecture is not our subject, so we will not discuss about any of such subjects.
Presence of nine planets in a house- When a house is constructed according to the principles of Vastukala, nine planets are also present along with it and these nine planets affects the people living in this house.
The place of sun is in pooja room i.e. north-east direction. Bathroom i.e. east direction is considered as the place of Moon. The place of Mars is always in south-west direction i.e. kitchen. The front verandah or center room is considered as the place of Mercury where reading-writing work and study are done. The place of wealth is in north direction and the place where spiritual or other type of study is done is known as the place of Jupiter. This place may be at the right or left side of the north-east corner. Dining room, makeup room and resting (drawing) room and bedroom in the south, south-west and west directions are known as the place of Venus. Dark room or cow's shed in west or north-west is known as the place of Saturn. The right and left sides of the main door are known as the place of Rahu and Ketu respectively. Rahu and Ketu always go on protecting the house from all the sides.
In the given figure, only the location of main rooms have been described, because the main gate or door, door terrace, toilets, kitchen, etc. are also based mainly on the facts that in which direction the main gate or door should be constructed.
In addition to them, minimum three elements among all the five fundamental elements like- earth, fire and water should be kept in the mind while construction of a house according to ancient religious books. Other two elements- air and sky get their position by their selves.
Meaning– According to Vastukala, The sun (God) gives good health; the Moon gives fame due to her purity; the Mars gives all types of wealth and property; the Mercury gives wisdom, good behave or character; the Jupiter gives respect and dignity; the Venus gives expertness in talking; the Saturn gives happiness; Rahu gives victory and reputation and Ketu gives enrichment to the entire family and generation.
Auspicious signs- In the way of going to the house, if the master of the house sees cow or beautiful girls coming from opposite direction, or sees fruits, curd, any picture or scene of using flowers or vermilion, mirror, rising of moon, foods, pot filled with milk, water, last journey of a dead body without carry fire along with it, flying of garoor towards right side or in a circular movement, flying of crows in the right side, running of fox towards right direction, naked child (boy), washer man, a woman in red saree, elephant, etc., all these are considered as very useful.
Inauspicious sign- If he sees carrying fire woods, any new pot or utensil, blind, lamb, patient, fighting saints, dried grass, bones, fire, cat, beggar, alcoholists, animal as crying and moving leftwards in a circular motions, rabbit, serpentine (snake), moving of garoor rightwards, walking of ants separately, fighting of dogs, buffaloes, widows, fish net, man with holding stick in his hand, etc., all these are considered as very inauspicious (harmful).
In this series, if the Deepak is being extinguished before going to the new house, it is considered as very harmful and inauspicious.


Astute Executive Services are working on this first class opportunity for a commercially focused, senior level finance leader to make a significant contribution to the development of this highly acquisitive business. Looking to strengthen the management team with the appointment of a first class finance professional, you will be instrumental in taking the finance function to the next level whist the business continues its exciting growth plans.
An acquisitive PE backed multi site / service business continuing to buck market trends, growing year on year through an established brand and market share.
Degree educated and a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or ACMA ), you will possess significant commercial experience, ideally gained within a PE backed environment. Also whilst sector experience is always an advantage, my client is not focusing on this as attitude, aptitude and personality are more important.
Either way, your core expertise will be in the operational leadership of a modern finance department, where robust financial systems and controls deliver enhanced commercial value.
Your style will be "hands on", positive and engaging with the ability to build great relationships across the group. Most importantly, you will combine the presence and personality to influence positive commercial outcomes with the drive and enthusiasm to achieve great results.


Oak Table or writing Desk that can fit well with contemporary furnishings. Can be used as small conference room table — or dining table! Although the pencil drawer is missing, it is very finely crafted and built to last for many years of enjoyment.


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Why Doom Eternal could conquer the FPS scene
by Brad Ballanger
Doom was released in 2016 to critical acclaim, silencing the franchise's critics once and for all. Its single player campaign was praised as one of the best first-person-shooter experiences in decades. That said, it's also a game in a franchise that boasted, once upon a time, a very competitive multiplayer scene. This is unfortunate because if there's any area of Doom that warrants criticism, it's the multiplayer features. It released with missing features, rampant cheating, and many limitations. Many players felt that Doom's multiplayer was designed as an afterthought. The boys over at id Software appear to have taken note of this and are promising a far better multiplayer experience in Doom Eternal.
Doom Eternal will have a far more "traditional" multiplayer experience — with some exciting new surprises as well.
Doom Eternal's invasions
A major game changer with the upcoming Doom Eternal is its invasion mechanic. Similar to mechanics present in the Dark Souls franchise, this allows players to assume the form of a demon and invade other players' single player campaigns. Players can even team up to form Slayer-killing groups, which brings an interesting new dynamic to online first-person-shooter play. There's a lot of potential in competitive gaming with invasions. For example, matches that pit a Slayer trying to complete a campaign against a horde of would-be saboteurs would make for great entertainment.
You only die once in Doom Eternal?
One thing the gameplay in Doom Eternal indicates about the invasion system is the possible presence of lives. This could introduce an additional challenge to multiplayer play, with players potentially having limited chances to complete a mission. With the proper balance, this could see the single player campaign becoming a deathmatch in and of itself. The devs also promise that this mode will delve further into Doom lore, offering additional incentive to rip and tear with your buddies against — or as — the Slayer himself.
Players may only have so many chances to win as — or defeat — the Slayer in invasion mode.
What else is new with Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal also promises a lot of new elements and features that lend further excitement to its multiplayer potential. The first major upgrade that can be seen is one of movement. The Slayer can now quick-dash — similar in nature to mechanics in other first-person-shooter games — to avoid attacks or projectiles. The player can also now swing on nearby objects and climb certain terrain to cover more ground in a shorter amount of time. There is also a grappling hook in the Slayer's arsenal, now. This allows players to attach themselves to surfaces and demons to rapidly close the distance. These changes could make for some very quick-paced multiplayer gameplay.
A multitude of new features and abilities could see the Slayer's enemies, or other players, quivering with fear.
What platforms and when it's dropping
There's sadly still no concrete release date for Doom Eternal. What's known for certain is that it's set to release at some point for 2019. In addition to its standard release to PC, the sequel will also release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch.
What are your thoughts on Doom Eternal? Do you think we'll see it break into esports and reclaim its shoot-'em-up multiplayer throne? You know the drill.
Brad Ballanger


If you are a music lover looking for a unique Austin music experience in a one of a kind venue, then you should head over to One World Theatre. Located west of Austin, the short drive to the hill country can quickly take you to experience this somewhat quaint European Italian-esque villa nestled in the hills of Westlake.
Austin One World Theatre. Photo by Cory Ryan.
One World Theatre is also a perfect place for an intimate concert with your favorite artist. The theater only seats 299 people, so there isn't a bad seat in the house. The acoustics are amazing because of this small, setting and the theater feature acts from A-list performers of classic rock, pop, jazz, flamenco, etc.
This space also serves as a gorgeous venue for private events like corporate parties or wedding receptions. You will definitely be impressed by the lavish indoor and outdoor tented space, complete with twinkle lights, flowering vines and sweeping hill country views at sunset.
This past fall, I was lucky enough to experience an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G show by Arrival From Sweden, the world's greatest ABBA show ever, with ABBA original musicians. #nojudgement because, honestly, who doesn't love the opportunity to be a Dancing Queen? I'm also looking forward to their entire summer lineup, but especially Red Riding Hood.
Before a show, you can choose to enjoy a delicious sit-down catered dinner under a clear top tent, in addition to your ticket price (the cheesecake at the dessert table is almost worth the price by itself- trust me). If you choose to forgo the food option, you are free to arrive early and partake in the cocktail hour(s) before your event. I was lucky enough to get to enjoy the sounds of Austin's own James Speer during the cocktail hour - a huge bonus to the amazing show that night!
Parking is easy and valet parking is available for free - but be warned that they do not have a paved, flat lot and it can get a little dusty. Wear heels if you dare; most ladies (like yours truly) needed assistance traversing the rocky terrain and going up the hills to the venue.


First off, I'll start by saying that, if you wanted a punchline: Stop at the 2nd panel, and consider the rest a bonus. Otherwise, enjoy my attempt at ironic cuteness.
I had a part 3 planned for next week, but now I'm kind of burnt out from all these many-panel, color/shadow/highlight-comics. I might take a smaller approach, next week, then come back to the conclusion the week, following. Who knows.
You may have noticed I finally crammed the actual comic's name at the top-left of the comic. Bytes of Life. Yep.
Nothing much else to report. We've been having many blankets of snow, this past week, and it's stopped life as we know it for a while (my LBP2 order has been delaaaaaaayyyyed!). But that's all. See ya' next Tuesday!
I just wanted to drop by and say great job! Someone was posting some of these comics on FunnyJunk, so I looked at them and thought they were hilarious!


What Can Your T-Shirt Do?
A Ferrari F1 car made out of 1,500 T-shirts and 88 pairs of jeans. It was all done for the PUMA store in London's Carnaby Street. Check out the pics and see the video of the PUMA "pit-crew" making it happen after the jump.


The German philosopher Hegel had proposed a dialectic approach to history of human ideas. He suggested that every idea (thesis) becomes a trigger for the opposite idea (anti-thesis) to emerge. The resultant tension generates a synthesis which can incorporate both sides and becomes the new thesis, which in turn generates its own anti-thesis, and so on. Now imagine a scenario, where no synthesis emerges, then all that one is left with is a continuous oscillation between thesis and anti-thesis. I believe, this process can only be sustained by creating false binaries.
Virtually all spheres of present day life are full of false binaries. While this seems to be so all over the world, it is certainly true in India. Either Tipu Sultan was a great benevolent brave secular ruler ,or he was a religious bigot and a mass murderer. Either there are no difference between men and women except biological or that men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. Every issue is pushed to the extreme- whether it be the issue of insipid secularism vs. religious fundamentalism, or self-hate vs. jingoism, or cultural pride vs. intolerance for differences, or state regulation vs. privacy, or discipline vs. individual freedom, it is virtually impossible to find any common ground for dialogue. All you can have in this scenario are Win-lose type of debates in a battle ground.
I believe that one of the main contributors to this state of all pervasive false binaries is non-recognition of difference between Intent and Impact.
Most of us, most of the times operate from the belief that our choices and actions are governed not just by our own selfish interests but also collective good. We almost take it for granted that we are working towards enhancing the well-being for ourselves, our kith and kin, our families and organisations and society at large.
For most of us, this belief is crucial for our self-esteem, and hence difficult to challenge. Therefore, when the consequences of our choices run counter to our expectations, we are unlikely to go beyond making some tactical improvements and refrain from asking any serious questions which may shake up the basic foundations of our belief structure. On the contrary, we are more likely to stick to our position with even greater determination. The situation is akin to that of a gambler who after losing, increases the stake, with the firm belief that in the ultimate analysis, things will work out well.
This is where the Hegelian principle comes into play. The more stubbornly a thesis is adhered to, the more space it provides for the anti-thesis to flourish. A stark example of this process was witnessed during the Emergency days. In the early 70's, it is quite likely that Mrs. Indira Gandhi genuinely believed that she was acting in the best interests of the country, and a handful of unruly elements were creating unnecessary obstacles and hence needed to be put in their place. A false binary got created between "discipline" and "protest". Ironically, the more she tried to enforce discipline, the more "suspect" her "intent" became and eventually she was forced to take an extreme step.
Interestingly, "order and discipline" which were presumably her original intent became the biggest casualty. For several subsequent years, all that we saw was utter chaos. More importantly, in our collective psyche, the false binary between "discipline" and "freedom" continues to call the shots.
Something similar may be happening with the Hindutva brigade. Presumably, they have the honourable intent of cultural resurgence and national pride. However, the shriller they become, the more they alienate, which in turn causes them to take even more extreme positions. This can only be supported through false binaries like between "patriotism" and "dissent". Ironically, in this process ,all that happens is that perfectly honourable notions like patriotism and cultural heritage, become tainted with narrow -mindedness and jingoism . Similarly, another set of people, who have their own honourable intent, have ended up ensuring that terms like secular or liberal, become equated with cultural insensitivity and disdain for tradition.
The net result is that both groups have done more "harm" than "good" to their own respective agendas, and in fact, should thank each other for keeping them alive. I have often heard people say that the only reason that they support BJP is because they can't stand Congress, just as I have heard people say that in order to get rid of BJP, they will be willing to support even the Congress.
This is an interesting situation where no thesis can stand on it's own feet and must derive the legitimacy for its existence from its anti-thesis i.e. becoming anti-thesis to its anti-thesis. Such a situation can only be sustained through false binaries. Imagine a situation ,where dissent is not equated with being anti-national OR where "Bharat Mata ki Jai" is not held with disdain or seen as oppressive. In such a space survival for both Hidutva-wadis and their opponents will become rather difficult.
While these false binaries reinforce each other, they do so by ensuring that no dialogue can take place and hence no synthesis can emerge. The entire focus shifts to questioning each others' intent rather than engaging with the gap between intent and impact.
b) willingness to accept that there may be a gap between one's own intent and the impact of one's choices and action.
The main difficulty in this endeavour is posed by the mother of all false binaries- the binary between good and evil. In this binary, the intent of the "other" is always suspect, and hence will be seen as a threat to be eliminated rather than as a resource which compliments.
Fortunately, the Indian tradition does not place too much emphasis on good/evil binary. Instead our focus has been on Avidya i.e. error/inadequacy of perception and/or interpretation. Thus it is possible to accept that the intent of the other may be as honourable as one's own and the gaps between intent and impact can be dialogued upon.
There is very little scope for dialogue between good and evil- they can only fight and try to eliminate each other. Acknowledgement of Avidya (both in self and other) opens the door to dialogue and emergence of a synthesis.
I wish we would treasure and embrace this great part of our heritage rather than focus on all the historical hurts and humiliations.
Post the world cup, interest in women's cricket has risen exponentially. Undoubtedly the performance of the Indian team has much to do with it, but it is also a fact that this is not the first time that our women's team has made it to the final. Consequently, it is reasonable to assume that at least in part, some non-cricketing factors have also contributed to this new fascination with women's cricket.The live T.V. coverage was a big factor, but I think, the whole process began with Maithali Raj's interview. Several people who had no idea about her or her massive achievements on the cricket field, started taking notice of her.
When Raj was asked by the interviewer as to who her favourite male cricketer was, she retorted with a counter question- would you ever ask a male cricketer about his favourite female cricketer? This was not a plea for Gender Equality- it was an un-ambiguous demand to be recognised in her own right and a refusal to piggy back on men's cricket. Fortunately she and her team more than justified her stance.
While I sympathise with the intent, I also believe that this propensity to look at women's cricket through the lens of men's cricket is counter-productive because it will keep the women's cricket in a never-ending "catch- up" mode. The 60% will rise to 90 % or 95% but it will still remain behind men's cricket. The reason for this is very simple- the rules of the game have been laid down by men.
One may or may not agree with Gavaskar's view but what it clearly highlights is that the same game can have two very different interpretations and appeals. This can be easily witnessed in case of Tennis. It is meaningless to look at women's tennis as some kind of an inferior version of men's tennis. They are two different kinds of games with their unique respective appeal. Personally, I enjoy the long rallies and deft placements of women's tennis as much, if not more than the quick fire and power packed serve and volley game of men's tennis.
When this distinctiveness is not appreciated, we end up with a monolithic interpretation which is essentially defined by men. Since several spaces of human endeavour have been traditionally dominated by men, invariably women are compelled to prove themselves in situations where the rules of the game have been laid down by men. This phenomenon is is not confined to the cricket field only and can be witnessed in virtually all spheres- be it the world of corporate houses or academia or any other field for that matter.
Perhaps it is time that the gender narrative moves forward from the usual discourse of bias and prejudice and starts examining how do we value and cherish differences. If we only value what men bring to the table, we will keep the women in a perpetual "catching up" mode. More importantly, we will deprive ourselves of the tremendous unique gifts which they bring. Simply put, we need to enjoy women's cricket for itself and recognise that it is a different game and not 60% or 95% of men's game.


Go on and tell me when the boys get here.
Want to get a belly full of beer.
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots with a handful of grease in her hair.
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, get a little action in.
I get about as oiled as a diesel train, gonna set this dance alight.
Well, we're packed pretty tight in here tonight and I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right.
I may use a little muscle to get what I need, and sink a little drink and shout out, 'She's with me!'.
I may use a little muscle to get what i need, and sink a little drink and shout out, "she's with me!".
A couple of the sounds that I really like are the sound of a switchblade and a motorbike.
I'm a juvenile product of the working class, who's best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.
Don't give us none of your aggravation, we've had it with your discipline.
Saturday Night's Alright for fighting, to get a little action in.