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Nearly nine years after the blockbuster romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" ignited hope in all would-be Cinderellas that Prince Charming did exist after all, the flick's major players have re-teamed to see if boxoffice lightning will strike twice. The resulting effort is "The Runaway Bride," a lighthearted summer release which, like its Julia Roberts/Richard Gere-vehicle predecessor, centers on the unlikely romance that blossoms between the almost too-attractive leads.
Roberts plays Maggie Carpenter, a small-town repairwoman/lamp designer who has become known as the perpetual bride. Having abandoned three of her weddings at the 11th hour (literally leaving her grooms waiting at their respective altars), her infamy spreads to USA Today reporter Ike Graham (Gere). Ike, who has developed a reputation himself as a bitter, slightly misogynistic columnist, eagerly writes about Maggie's exploits and the wake of brokenhearted men she leaves behind. Maggie, presently in the midst of planning her fourth attempt at nuptials, is infuriated by the article and threatens to sue the newspaper for printing factual inaccuracies. As a result, Ike is fired, and he decides to gain a bit of retribution and prove that he was correct about Maggie's man-devouring ways by venturing to her community to do some investigative reporting on the fickle femme.
There are relatively few surprises once Ike arrives in town. As expected, he works his way into the homes and hearts of Maggie's family and friends--and eventually wins the affections of the bride-to-be herself. Yet, despite the utterly predictable plotline and the consistently contrived feel of the dialogue, the chemistry between Roberts and Gere is not only out in full "Pretty Woman" force, it's the pic's saving grace. Of course, the script rather intentionally capitalizes on the romantic magic of the 1990 hit, incorporating scenes that recall some of "Pretty Woman's" most famous moments, including a price bidding debate between Gere and Roberts' characters (here it's over her fee for an interview; before, it was over her price as a "companion") as well as Roberts once again confronting a snooty dress shop saleswoman.
Coming on the heels of Roberts' hit romantic comedy "Notting Hill," "The Runaway Bride" should arouse a good deal of interest from its target audience. However, its true success will be among the most die-hard romantics, who not only waited nine years to see another Roberts/Gere love scene, but also believed that a hooker and a New York banker could live happily ever after. Considering that scenario, a woman-hating journalist and a marriage-fearing small town beauty's burgeoning romance should be a piece of cake to accept. Starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley and Christopher Meloni. Directed by Garry Marshall. Written by Josann McGibbon and Sarah Parriott. Produced by Ted Field, Tom Rosenberg, Scott Kroopf and Robert Cort. A Paramount release. Rated PG for mild sexual references. Running time: 111 min
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Dodgers CF Matt Kemp to Start Rehab Assignment Today
By Blaine Blontz Jul 3, 2012, 12:01pm EDT
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Jul 2, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp (27) before the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp told Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times that he remains on schedule to begin his minor league rehab assignment today.
Matt Kemp said he remains on schedule to begin his minor league rehabilitation assignment tomorrow.
— Dylan Hernandez (@dylanohernandez) July 2, 2012
Kemp has been sidelined since May 30 due to a hamstring injury. He is slated to begin his rehab assignment with the Dodgers' High-A affiliate.
Kemp hit the Dodgers' disabled list in the middle of May after initially injuring his hamstring. After being activated from the DL, the 27-year-old played in only two games before aggravating the strain and sustaining a new one.
The Dodgers owned an overall record of 32-18 when Kemp last appeared in a game for them, with a comfortable lead in the National League West. Now, just over a month later, LA has lost eight of their last 10 games, dropping the club to an overall record of 44-37 and 1 ½ games behind the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants.
On the season, Kemp has hit at a clip of .355/.444/.719 with 12 home runs, 30 runs scored and 28 RBIs.
Do you expect the Dodgers to rebound from their current slide?

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Q: Mostly sorted arrays: Insertion sort vs insert at sorted position I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way of maintaining a sorted ArrayList. I'm inserting items into the array one at a time. I'm deciding between two methods: inserting the item at the sorted position or inserting the item at the end of the end of the list and using insertion sort to sort the data because of its superior performance on mostly sorted arrays. I would think that inserting the item at the sorted position is more efficient, but I may be wrong.
Which method would be more efficient for this particular situation?

A: When inserting an item in the middle of the sorted array, you first need to find the correct location (e.g. via binary search), and you need to shift all the elements on the right of the insertion position one place to the right in order to make space.

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*Comparisons: O(log n) per insertion, O(n log n) for all elements

*Movements: O(n) per insertion, O(n²) for all elements

When inserting an item at the end and then using an insertion sort pass, you do not need to know the insertion position up front. However, the insertion sort pass will compare all larger elements, and move all larger elements one step to the right.

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*Comparisons: O(n) per insertion, O(n²) for all elements

*Movements: O(n) per insertion, O(n²) for all elements

Insertion pseudocode:
elements.add(newElement);  // at the end

// Move the new element forward in the array
// until it is at the correct position.
// This loop has O(n) average time complexity.
//
// Example ordering for ints:
//    boolean isOrdered(int a, int b) {
//      return a <= b;
//    }
int i = elements.size() - 1;
while (i > 0 && !isOrdered(elements[i - 1], elements[i])) {
  swap(elements, i - 1, i);
  i--;
}

This means using insertion sort instead of inserting the element at a position found through binary search involves the same number of movements, but requires far more comparisons. So inserting the new element directly at the sorted position is more efficient if the necessary comparisons are expensive, but both algorithms are essentially O(n²) (i.e. quadratic) over the course of all insertions.
If you want to be more efficient, you have to think about how you are using the data.

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*If you don't need the items to be always sorted: First insert all elements, then sort them with an O(n log n) sorting algorithm.

*If you need to access the sorted items before all elements are available:

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*If you only need access to the maximal or minimal element, use a Heap.

*If you need access to all current items in their order, use a self-balancing binary search tree, e.g. as implemented in Java's TreeMap.

Inserting elements into an ArrayList might still be the correct option, e.g. if the number of elements is very small.

A: There are two possibilities: One, you want your array always sorted after each new element. Two, you want to make multiple additions without having the array sorted, and then sort.
Forget what you heard about superior time for insertion sort for mostly sorted arrays if you want this fast. Look at the algorithm and find out why it is fast, and you'll see it doesn't work fast in your case. The expected number of operations is O (n*m) where n is the size of the already sorted array, and m the number of items added. Plus lots of time is wasted to make the first n items sorted when they are already sorted. Your array isn't "almost sorted" because the last m items could belong anywhere.
To add a single item and then sort, you can do just the very last pass of insertion sort. You changed n to n+1, and the first n items are sorted. Insertion sort would spend lots of time to make sure they are really sorted, which is wasted.
To add m items and then sort, that can be done easily in O (n + m log m) instead of O (n*m) which insertion sort would take. It's simple. Copy the m items into a separate array and sort them in O (m log m). Then move everything where it belongs: Let i = n-1, j = m-1, k = n+m-1. As long as i >= 0 and j >= 0 either set array [k] = array [i] and set i = i-1, or set array [k] = newarray [j] and set j = j-1; in either case set k = k-1. If j < 0 you quit, if i < 0 then you copy newarray [0] to new array [j] to array [0] to array [j].

A: If you know your list is almost sorted, you should try to sort it by insertion. But before you start to look for the correct position at which the element must be inserted, compare the element to be inserted with the last element of the sorted list: you will probably just have to insert the current element at the end of the list. For the few cases you actually have to find the correct position, you lost your time to compare two elements, which is a O(1) operation.
So in the worst case, this approach is O(1) + O(n log n) = O (n log n) for inserting an element, but in most cases it will be done in O(1).

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CMU-West Dean James Morris on higher education's role in the mobile revolution.
This spring in Santa Clara, CA, Carnegie Mellon University's West Coast campus (CA) and UC-Berkeley's Fisher IT Center at the Haas School of Business partnered to hold a conference on "The Mobile Future: Technology Revolutionizing Our Lives". The unique conference brought together both academics and industry leaders to discuss technology and the evolving mobile marketplace. CT sat down with James Morris, dean of CMU-West and a professor of computer science, to discuss higher education's role in fostering mobile technology innovation.
What was the thinking behind the Mobile Future event? Carnegie Mellon and Berkeley are leading universities in engineering and technology, and it's become apparent to us, as well as to many people, that the future of computing and internet expansion is going to happen more on mobile devices like cell phones than on computers like laptops. This move to mobile devices will be a significant change for everybody, and we wanted to provide useful information for our friends in Silicon Valley-- for technical managers and professionals, academics, and investors-- who are trying to stay ahead of this fastmoving force, but may be so much in the middle of it that they haven't stepped back to understand where it's going to be in several years.
What types of technologies does the conference look at in particular? The technologies we're most interested in are the hardware and especially the software involved in handheld devices like the Apple iPhone; software like Google's Android system; and lots of infrastructure, such as the whole cell phone system as it's provided by the wireless carriers in this and other countries. It's a huge technological system that is evolving around us, aimed basically at providing communications facilities for the people of the world. We talk mostly about software-- Carnegie Mellon emphasizes software in computer technology-- but also about new product ideas that may be supported by that software.
Could you comment on CMU's role in fostering technology change, either within higher ed or in a more generalized marketplace? Many years ago, I was one of the participants in Carnegie Mellon's Andrew [distributed computing] system. The system exploited personal computers and networking to transform our university into a modern campus leading the way for computer systems that not only supported higher ed institutions, but became the model for a lot of computing systems everywhere. So, the interesting lesson from that is that Carnegie Mellon didn't invent the personal computer, and didn't really invent the local area network, but instead made the campus into a huge test bed for demonstrating a new basis for computing, based on those technologies. And of course, we received wonderful support from IBM and other companies, including Apple and Digital Equipment [now part of HP], to show how these new products could be used to make computing at the time a much more dynamic and useful utility for a group of people.
We're now trying to do the same thing with mobility. We're not planning to invent new handsets, or even do research on how to invent new handsets. We have some people who work on new communications protocols, but in fact, many companies with research or development divisions are already creating a lot of this infrastructure. One of the things we hope to do is look deeply into the uses of technology by normal people, and understand those technologies and how they come together into systems that are useful for people. That's what we've done in the past. Carnegie Mellon isn't just an engineering school; it has a serious business school and a college of humanities and social science, which have been studying not how to build computers, but how computers should be used. We've always been interested in [technological] phenomena and the uses of computing, as much as the actual construction of these things.
"One of the things we hope to do is look deeply into the uses of technology by normal people, and understand those technologies and how they come together into systems that are useful for people."
Is there a role for higher ed institutions to play in fostering revolutionary technologies as they appear? Oh, sure! Aside from studying [technological] phenomena-- which actually is a very important thing to do-- and aside from building internets, social scientists at Carnegie Mellon and other institutions can tell society what the internet is doing for us or to us. And you would expect the same sort of thing to be happening with mobile computing. There are many reasons why universities might be innovators in this area.
For example, universities are full of young people, and if you look at 18-year-olds today, they generally don't own cars-- plus they have been told incessantly about global warming, and might not want to own cars. On top of that, they love using technology to communicate with each other. They might figure out whole new ways to conduct their lives using mobile devices and mobile communications. For instance, how would cell phones, which are aware of where you are all the time, help you get along without an automobile?
And since a university represents a community of people who trust each other, a lot of social networking activity can happen. So, one of the things we discuss is whether a university could greatly improve the quality of its carpooling and ride-sharing systems using technology.
Thus, there are a number of ways in which universities, simply as communities, end up being the first places to use some technologies. For one: Instant messaging, which now is very popular all over the world, was being used by graduate students at Carnegie Mellon 20 or 30 years ago. They weren't walking around with cell phones at the time; they were sitting in front of computers, but they were chatting with each other, and from the very beginning they discovered that IM is a very congenial way to communicate.
A more recent example is Facebook. Years ago, a group of Harvard [MA] students said, "Let's just automate the old freshman face book." And suddenly they had created a social networking site that's being used by millions of people-- and it originally came out of serving a simple university tradition.
So, I believe universities certainly will lead. They can't run the wireless infrastructure of the country-- there are many things they can't do-- but in terms of understanding and having imagination about how new technologies can be applied, it happens in higher ed first.
CMU-West always seems to very proactively take the initiative to get out there and talk to industry. Could you comment on that? It's part of the mission of our CMU-West campus here in Silicon Valley to be close to industry. We see it as our role to help industry. But the Mobile Future conference is as much to help ourselves as it is to help academic attendees understand what's happening with industry. We think of these conferences as industry/academia dialogs, designed to give some academic perspective to what's going on, and to help industry explain its next directions. We're committed to being catalysts for discussion.


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Cologne - After spending 48 hours in Kuala Lumpur, retired Bundesliga great Lothar Matthäus has already arrived in Singapore for the next leg of his part in the Bundesliga Legends Tour 2015.
Before heading across the Causeway, however, the 54-year-old, who got his hands on seven Bundesliga titles during his time at FC Bayern München and won the 1980 UEFA European Championships and 1990 FIFA World Cup with Germany, spent his time in the Garden City of Lights singing the many virtues of Germany's top flight and talking up the work ethic of the Bundesliga's numerous Asian stars.
"You have to work hard," Matthäus explained when asked by journalists at Kuala Lumpur's Hilton Hotel about the key to achieving international success. "Academies are the way forward. Develop young players. 20 years old is too late. You have to start early. The Germans did it very well and in the last 20 years we have qualified for the World Cup semi-finals four times and last year we won the title. We do not only follow our style. We can't say we are the best. We like to learn from other countries too."
Matthäus also discussed the thriving relationship between the Bundesliga and Asia as a whole. "We have 12 players from Japan, seven from South Korea," he said. "When you see the number, it's pretty clear that Asians are making their presence felt on our game. First, it is good for Asian football because the players can learn from the league and take it back to the national team. We profit from them too. They have the mentality of a German. They like to learn, they like to fight and they are team players."
With Matthäus busy opening south-east Asian eyes to the wonders of the Bundesliga, fellow Bundesliga Legends Tour 2015 representative, retired goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, continues to do his bit on the other side of the world.
Following a couple of days in New York (11-12 August) and Mexico City (13-14 August), the two-time UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year, who played for Bundesliga clubs FC Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart, will wrap up the tour in Rio De Janeiro, the scene of Germany's aforementioned 2014 FIFA World Cup triumph.


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Officials and businessmen of Kazakhstan and Moldova are interested in expanding economic cooperation. Last year, the trade turnover between the countries amounted to US$44 million, which is 30% higher compared to 2016. The representatives of the two countries have the potential and willingness to further develop business and trade ties. For that, they will organize an international business forum aimed at creating a meeting platform of the Kazakh and Moldovan entrepreneurs.
- We are planning to organize a business forum between Kazakhstan and Moldova with involvement of the European countries. Moreover, our neighbors such as Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and guests from Ukraine are going to attend the forum. We have not had such business forums in Moldova for more than 20 years. We hope the platform will give a new momentum to our ties. You will be able to see our advancements in financial, economic and agricultural areas.
Governments of Kazakhstan and Moldova signed an agreement on the duty-free trade. The free economic zone in the Eurasian Economic Union ensures the supply of the Kazakh goods to Europe through a transit corridor.
- I think that Moldova has huge projects and great prospects in the Eurasian market. I want to highlight the fact that this year we achieved the agreement with the Eurasian Economic Commission. We've got an observer status. We are expecting the increase of exports, including those to Kazakhstan.
Entrepreneurs from Moldova are particularly interested in the investment climate of Kazakhstan. The country's political and economic stability plays an important role in attracting the investors.
- Today Kazakhstan is part of the Commonwealth of Independent States which sees growth in manufacturing, population, GDP and social costs. The country retained its territory and maintained friendly relations with all its neighbors. I believe that we have a lot of mutually interesting projects in manufacturing, oil refining and transit. Kazakhstan is a huge market for us.
The representatives of Kazakhstan and Moldova are ready to discuss new opportunities of development at the forthcoming International Business Forum.


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Selective disposal of digital artifacts is the best way to deal with the aftermath, but you might need your friends and an algorithm to help get you there.
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"We might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."
Your first real break-up—the true, gut-throttling, ferocious-beast-hiding-in-the-weeds-setting-out-traps kind of break-up—is a transcendent experience. If you're unsure whether or not you've experienced one, you haven't.
Despite the literal blur in your eyes, you see things with, seemingly, greater clarity. The big revelation is that everything ends, so you must cherish what you have. Another worthwhile lesson is that you should trust no one, but this is only valuable if used properly. It's also fun realizing that every song ever written deals with the experience you're going through. (If you want to get into brain specs: The parts that deal with reward, motivation, addiction, and obsessive-compulsive disorder fire like crazy during a break-up.) Eventually, things mostly return to normal. There's a scar you carry around, and that's for good. But you do end up ditching the cast and regaining full motion.
Getting through the "cooling off" period was accomplished through a combination of action (carefully eliminating reminders of the relationship), inaction (the eroding power of time's passage), and alcohol.
I went through one of these years ago, long enough at this point to give it some distance and myself some clarity. Getting through the "cooling off" period was accomplished through a combination of action (carefully eliminating reminders of the relationship), inaction (the eroding power of time's passage), and alcohol. It was not a pleasant period of time, and one I was happy to get past.
But then, several months ago, something happened. A long dormant calendar my ex and I had shared over the cloud suddenly came back to life, and I couldn't find a way to properly delete it from my phone. Emails that had been buried deep within the archives began showing themselves during what I thought were harmless searches. My ex's face began popping into my Facebook feed in a flurry of posts, which showed her smiling in a wedding gown. Emotional corpses, long buried and thought-to-be dead, clawed through the dirt and mounted an attack.
I was lucky. This far gone, the power of that relationship had been weakened for good. But it did get me thinking about those not as fortunate. In this era of social media penetration and digital permanency, things don't go away. You can be minding your own business when some casual reminder of your former relationship surfaces, from anywhere, at any moment.
How are we supposed to navigate the digital remnants of break-ups?
"Digital possessions are very problematic," says Corina Sas, a lecturer at Lancaster University who specializes in human-computer interaction. These are photos, texts, linked calendars, phone numbers, emails, songs, mutual connections on Facebook, shared Netflix accounts. They are numerous, and because of the cloud and smartphones, they are omnipresent. They are fine when the relationship is going strong and poisonous when it's over. Break-ups are tough enough without having to navigate the double-threat of land mines on your hard drives and networks.
"We are not very well-equipped to deal with this multitude of reminders surrounding us," Sas says. "And most of them are just a click away."
Facebook is particularly troubling: "People feel quite motivated to watch over the ex-partner's life," Sas says. "And sometimes the ex-partner will move on at a different pace." Another obvious problem is the public component, which puts the break-up on a virtual stage. "It makes it more discussed, more public, more embarrassing," Sas says. "People demand loyalties, common friends have to be split." Personally, I remember watching a friend detail—on a day-by-day, sometimes hour-by-hour, basis—their emotional state as they went through a divorce; it was cringeworthy for me, and I can't imagine the conflicting feelings I'd have if I knew both parties involved.
In 2013, Sas and her co-author Steve Whittaker, a cognitive scientist at the University of California-Santa Cruz, published a study looking at how people (specifically those between the ages of 19 and 34, with a median age of 23) deal with digital possessions after a break-up. They found that most fall into three main categories, each with varying degrees of success in terms of moving past the break-up.
The first were the Full Deleters. They removed everything they could about the other person: phone numbers, old texts, email addresses, social networking links, personal photos on the hard drive, mutually tagged photos on Facebook. While this may seem cleansing, it was actually problematic. Primarily, by going through those archives, the person is re-experiencing the pain, which leads to all sorts of added heartache. But also, many Full Deleters later regretted the hasty removals. "They realize that the relationship, however problematic it might have been, was an important part of their lives," Sas says. "They wished to keep some of that."
The second group was the Keepers. "They try to re-engage with the material," Sas says. Listening to old songs, reviewing photos, re-reading emails, performing reconnaissance on the other person's life through their social networking profile. "It's all very, very sad." Occasionally, the respondents placed obstructions in their own path, like hiding artifacts deep within a hierarchical structure of folders, and maybe putting a password on them. But those efforts were easily bypassed when they were in the mood to scratch the scar. "The material is quite emotionally charged, and people are upset," Sas says. "But they couldn't keep themselves away."
The group that exhibited the most success used a strategy Sas dubbed "Selective Disposal." Immediately after the break-up, they didn't look at or engage with the artifacts, which forced a psychological distance. Months later, when the person was capable of looking at the material again, they combed through and curated a small group of digital artifacts to keep. "A treasure box," Sas says, which contained special photos, songs that were shared, maybe a handful of heartfelt emails. Then, in a ritualistic display not unlike the '80s rom-com trope of lighting a box of an ex's clothes on fire, they ditched the rest. "When they deleted, they were letting go of the relationships, and the resentments that went with it."
One way to help nudge people into that third group, Sas says, is through algorithms. A program—either installed automatically, or after a break-up—could scan a computer's metadata for keywords, dates, and times, and harvest those into a "Pandora's Box" (her words, not mine) that contains a relationship's digital artifacts. "We can then provide different mechanisms to block direct access," Sas says. A pre-designated period of time or a password that must be obtained from a trusted friend will be used to keep the heartbroken from making rash decisions. After that period of "cooling off," people can scan through, removing and keeping whatever they want. Or, rather than having to sift through on their own, Sas believes algorithms can handle that too, perhaps by keeping track of the most-viewed photos, most-played songs, and emails with the word "love" contained somewhere within.
As far as the social media problem goes, one of the issues with Facebook—and other platforms as well—is the lack of a profile page for a relationship. Each user has their own individual profile, but not everyone utilizes it as such. "It might make more sense if there was a relationship profile page," Sas says. This would allow the relationship to be fully celebrated—or, you know, ignored—when it's in a good place. If that relationship goes south, it can disappear into the ether without either party being forced to undergo that awkward ritual of changing their relationship status and removing shared photos.
Though these represent some technical solutions to the problem, one need only perform a brief search of writers discussing their own digital age break-ups to realize that real relief isn't easy to come by.
"Memories don't stop when we break up," says Pamela Rutledge, a media psychologist at Fielding Graduate University who studies the relationship between technology and human psychology. "There have always been complications to ending relationships, such as shared friends or coming across a forgotten jacket or old letters and photos. It just isn't online. Social media is just an extension of our social reality."
We need time to process a break-up, with or without the added intrusion of digital artifacts. Realistically, this means performing the same heart-mending acts in our analog reality (not constantly bothering mutual friends about how an ex is doing) as in our digital one (stop checking out an ex's Facebook page). "You have to be making conscious choices to not self-inflict damage," Rutledge says. "Set boundaries for yourself."
And when those boundaries are overrun by digital infiltrators outside our control? Then it's time to break out those tried and true solutions to mending the grief. Go for a long hike, cry it out, talk to friends, learn a new skill, date someone new, rent yourself a private karaoke room for hours at a time and sing that heart of yours right out. Or, simply: Hold onto something, tightly, and let time do its job.
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Not completely a direct sequel to William Malone's 1981 "Scared to Death", but "Syngenor" sees the return of Malone's alien creation (this time there's even more and a new creation to boot as well). As a low-budget, late-night b-grade offering, "Syngenor" is actually very well pulled off. I was expecting it to look much cheaper. It remains trashy fun throughout, namely due to the spontaneously intense and ham-fisted performance of David Gale. You could never tire watching this guy perform! It might be his show, but the rest the performances do shape up rather nicely. A delightful Starr Andreeff and snappy Mitchell Laurance agreeably work off each other. Riva Spier is enticingly manipulative. Also showing up is Melanie Shatner (William's Daughter) and character actor Lewis Arquette.
Carter Brown is the CEO of Norton Cyberdyne, a corporation that deals with military defence technology. His latest creation under the project name "Dark Skies" is that of some genetically made super-soldiers known as Syngenor — Synthesized Genetic Organism. However problems start occurring when one of them is released from its basement enclosure to leave a bloody aftermath, which involves the death of their original creator Dr. Valentine. Growing increasingly paranoid that somebody (within) is trying to knock him from his perch; Brown's sanity soon begins to spin out of control. Also he has to deal with a pesky news reporter and Valentine's daughter.
Pulpy hokum, which has many dumb and unintentionally humorous qualities… but in the end that's what makes it. Really it could have been more enjoyable than it was. The plot is nothing new (by starting off rather mild-mannered and then transcending into demented craziness) and the script is sub-standard, but bestowed a conceptual base of satirical barbs and tongue-in-cheek sparks. The tightly knitted execution at times was a bit shoddy (with some cheaply staged action — like the onslaught in the basement involving an oddly dressed security squad), but the pacing keeps on the move and the optical / special effects (done by Robert and Dennis Skotak) and make-up stand up better than you would think. The Syngenor designs (a man in a suit with an amatronic head) look quite decent, as they're crafted with specific details. Although when they go after their prey, it can be rather laughable with their slow movements as they dawdle around waving their arms. Super-soldiers? Locked away in the basement? The feature was mainly filmed in the Ambassador Hotel, in Los Angeles which has an infamous history. Some moments have an atmospheric edge, while other sequences are truly devoid of it. Composers Steve Rucker and Thomas Chase provide a typically unhinged music score.
Slightly enjoyably low-end creature-feature oddity that's brought to life thanks to David Gale.


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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) fended off the Congress to win a trust vote on Tuesday, reports Rahul Karmakar.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) fended off the Congress to win a trust vote on Tuesday. The MPA, however, lost majority in the 60-member House, following the suspension of five of its legislators. A senior MPA minister, however, hinted that some of the defectors might return to the MPA fold.
The trust motion saw both the MPA and the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) tied at 27 voice votes. The Speaker Bindo M. Lanong then voted for the MPA. Four of the five MPA legislators, who had withdrawn support last week, had also voted. But the Speaker declared their votes invalid as they had been suspended from the House with a show cause asking why action should not be taken against them under the anti-defection law.
After the trust vote, the MUA paraded 31 MLAs before Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahar challenging the speaker's "unconstitutional" conduction of the trust vote in the Shillong bench of the Gauhati High Court. "We are confident of winning the case and subsequently forming the government in Meghalaya," said Assam health minister and AICC observer for Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma.


Connecticut Audubon Society's education director, Michelle Eckman, has been selected as one of 26 recipients of a prestigious international fellowship to develop a climate change curriculum for high school freshmen in New Haven, with a goal of expanding the curriculum to high schools throughout the state.
Eckman being honored with the Tamar Chotzen Audubon Educator of the Year award during a meeting of the National Audubon Society Board of Directors at Audubon's Corkscrew Sanctuary in Naples, Florida, Jan. 29, 2011. The prestigious award, named for a pioneering Audubon education leader, has been bestowed annually since 2006. It recognizes outstanding commitment, professionalism and accomplishment in Audubon conservation education.
Cornell University in cooperation with the U.S. EPA and a consortium of partners, including the North American Association for Environmental Education and Environmental Education Exchange.
During the fellowship, Ms. Eckman will develop a climate change curriculum with Common Ground High of New Haven. The new curriculum will be integrated into freshman chemistry, biodiversity, environmental justice, world history, and environmental science courses.
Like all Connecticut Audubon Society's science education programs, it will fit within the framework of the organization's innovative Science in Nature curriculum and will emphasize hands-on outdoor learning as well as classroom activities. The climate change program will also include professional development workshops and service-learning experiences.
The curriculum will focus on how climate change is affecting Connecticut year-round and within individual seasons, and how young people and adults can mitigate and prepare for those effects. It will also demonstrate how actions that benefit public health can ease the effects of climate change.
Ms. Eckman, who became Connecticut Audubon Society's education director in January 2012, is one of 26 fellows from across the United States, Canada and Mexico who were selected based on experience in environmental education and community development as well as ideas for innovative solution to climate change.
She developed Connecticut Audubon Society's Science in Nature education program, which since the 2012-13 school year has provided hands-on, outdoor science education to 4,500 students from Bridgeport, Fairfield, Trumbull, Westport, Meriden, East Hartford and Manchester. Science in Nature is the foundation of Connecticut Audubon's education programs at each of the organization's centers (Fairfield, Milford Point, Glastonbury and Pomfret).
The Community Climate Change Fellowship lasts for eight months and includes an intensive five-day leadership and professional development workshop.
For a list of fellows and more information about the Community Climate Change Fellowship program, visit www.eecapacity.net.
Founded in 1898, Connecticut Audubon Society is the state's original and independent Audubon society. The organization uses the charismatic nature of birds to inspire this generation of conservationists, and the next. Based in Fairfield, CAS conserves Connecticut's environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state's birds and habitats.
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I remember "list object" command can be used for board.o and board_xy.o.
its not really that useful to list the object file of analog or digital - both test format should have a source code that can be read.
But you can use the command compile "digital/u94" ; list for example and this will create a .l file that you can read that contains compilation summary if you are encountering errors during compilation.
list object is used only on those files that have .o files, like wirelist or fixture. This command creates a source code.


A few days ago Google Home added a key feature: support for multiple users. This makes it much more accessible for families, where your device may be used by five or six different people regularly. The lack of voice recognition, as opposed to speech recognition, has prevented the device from truly being useful. After all, I can't create events on my calendar if the device doesn't know whose calendar to put it on. Someone else in the house would put events on my calendar too.
You could've gotten around that with a family Google account, but that can be a bit hacky and difficult for family members to setup after accumulating a lot of data in their personal Google accounts. While this feature has been enabled, it has seen some critiques that some features still aren't supported like creating reminders. It can read your reminders fine.
However, teams at Google should be thinking forward. What's next for multi-user support? The answer should be Android TV. It too is a device that exists in your home and is accessed by a large number of people. For a while, apps like Photos have not been optimized due to the potential for privacy concerns. Other apps like YouTube work with the primary user account and can clutter their recommendations by the video watching habits of many people.
Many years ago Android gained multi-user support, allowing one device to have multiple separate profiles with different apps and data. It is disabled by default, and isn't available on Android TVs at all. However, it might be time for the platform to look into this feature, especially with Google Assistant coming to TVs soon.
How would the user experience work? Like Restricted Profiles, a homescreen option could be used to switch the users. These logins could be restricted based on some on-screen pin, which wouldn't be too secure, or perhaps some other method. Users could use their voice through the remote microphone to verify the identity, even identify the person before selecting their profile. Perhaps users could use their phone to confirm who they are.
There could be general profiles that exist by default, for the whole family, or families may choose to have personal profiles. This would allow each person to have more personalized recommendations on the homescreen and in various apps. It would make account management better. When you set it up, which email is used? A family email? One person's personal email? This creates a lot of uncertainty and hacky solutions to access content, none of which are ideal.
Recently Google Play introduced Family Sharing, allowing content purchased to be shared among six different people. This doesn't really affect smart TVs, since you're locked in to a single account. While some Google Apps have added an account switcher on Nougat, it doesn't give users the same level of personalization across all apps.
This idea would not be without some downsides. Most media streaming apps will require a simple username and password. For most families, there is only one such account for HBO, Netflix, and others. How would this work in a multi-user world? Every user would need to sign in to the app again, which would be annoying and may go against limitations for the number of registered devices. Alternatively, they could just be placed in a single family account. Users would need to think about which app they want and which account owns it before launching.
This isn't a good experience, because most content providers do not support multiple users. If everyone shares a single HBO account, they share the same watchlist and views. Recommendations wouldn't actually improve since the apps wouldn't know how to handle this new data.
Where this feature would really make sense is around gaming. With Google Play Games, we can have our own individual leaderboards and achievements synced across all of our devices. This doesn't work well in a multi-user environment. By making user selection easier, instead of logging out and in constantly, each user is able to maintain their own records without intruding on the family account. If I play Crossy Road on my TV, I expect the same results to transfer to my phone to play away from home. I don't want my sister to be taking my achievements.
Maybe we should compromise. As discussed above, many media apps like HBO do not support multiple user accounts, but many games would benefit from the feature. As media and gaming are the two major components of TVs, it might make sense to come up with a dual approach, that comprises of a single user profile but smaller, less secure profile swaps.
Imagine an icon next to the Restricted Profile option that allows the user to change the default email or Google profile used for apps. This wouldn't be done in each app, but rather select the default which is used by different games when they initialize Google Play Services.
This would not really impact recommendations, although it may not make a major difference in the variety of apps. While true multiple profiles would be really neat, there are still a lot of questions as to how this would manifest itself in the most common Android TV apps. Still, this is still an area that should be explored as Android TV continues to develop and mature.


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Peacekeeping Needs Reform, Not Just Reinforcement
September 14, 2016 by Charles T. Hunt
Peacekeepers patrol the area around the UNMISS compound after rebel attacks. Juba, South Sudan, July 15, 2016 (Eric Kanalstein/UN Photo)
It costs $7.87 billion a year to deploy around 120,000 United Nations peacekeepers to protect civilians from direct harm and support rebuilding of state institutions, facilitation of humanitarian aid, implementation of peace agreements, and more. Peacekeepers are deployed in greater numbers and in response to more complex conflict situations than ever before. Yet many of their missions are failing to meet objectives.
The UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial held on September 8 in the United Kingdom sought to address some of these challenges. As a follow-up to last year's historic Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping, co-hosted by US President Barack Obama, the meeting brought together representatives of around 70 UN member states. It is thus indicative of widespread international support and momentum behind improving peacekeeping and making it fit for purpose in the 21st century.
Persistent capacity gaps mean that peacekeeping mandates cannot meet the high expectations placed upon them. The UN mission in South Sudan has failed to protect the thousands of civilians who have sought refuge inside and adjacent to its bases. In Mali, the mission is struggling to protect itself from extremist attacks, let alone provide a safe and secure environment for civilians and others working to assist them. Efforts to stabilize countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo rely on bargains with governments that can undermine the impartiality of the UN and leave peacekeepers susceptible to the whims of unpalatable leaders. The world body's reputation is also being eroded by instances of sexual exploitation and other malfeasance.
The recent UK gathering appears to have produced some laudable achievements in addressing these issues. A total of 31 countries made new pledges with a significant portion of these earmarked for rapid deployment, and vital commitments were made for much-needed "mission enablers"—assets such as intelligence gathering capacities, engineering units, field hospitals, and strategic air capabilities.
The meeting culminated with a blueprint for improving peace operations based on "three Ps" of better planning, additional pledges, and improving performance, which should all help peace operations become more fit for contemporary purposes. Yet the meeting also showed that peacekeeping policy continues to skirt over several important issues.
The majority of commitments from the recent meeting constitute technical treatments for the symptoms of under-performance rather than political responses to its causes. They fail to sufficiently take into account key findings of last year's High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations report and recent academic research highlighting the "primacy of politics" in enabling effective missions. As former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guéhenno has argued, there can be no exclusively military solutions to the conflicts that peace operations are sent to address. Peacekeeping must be deployed in support of a political strategy, not as a substitute for one.
Yet there is little understanding about what political planning needs to look like among UN member states, with the focus instead falling on military and technical planning for clear and sequenced mandates. There is no clarification on who is responsible for ensuring the primacy of politics or where it fits into the reform agenda of work going forward.
Peacekeeping also remains a highly militarized affair. While many civilian experts attended the UK meeting, this was primarily a gathering of ministers and chiefs of defense. This portrays a peace operations system where decision-making remains in the hands of defense personnel. While this might be perfectly logical when it comes to dealing with troop contributions and military hardware, it makes little sense regarding other vital civilian components or, more importantly, when crafting the political strategies that underpin peace operations themselves.
Peace operations should not be thought of as a panacea for responding to all conflict. The consequences of attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole may be severe. Where there is no peace to keep, the UN Security Council may need to consider enforcement action and stabilization operations in order to protect civilians and prevent the escalation of violence. However, to do this under the banner of peacekeeping may potentially jeopardize its established principles, lead to major troop-contributing countries stepping back from their roles, and possibly undermine the viability of the whole enterprise. Some have argued that it may therefore be necessary to develop another modality—with associated doctrine and frameworks—for executing the robust stabilization operations increasingly required.
In the meantime, UN peacekeeping must continue to muddle through. The UK meeting gives cause for hope that there are tangible efforts underway to close the contribution and capabilities gap plaguing current missions. "Doing better with more" sounds like a better proposition than "doing more with less," which was the mantra of the previous decade of austerity-shaped peacekeeping. However, what is urgently required is for member states to debate and negotiate what UN peacekeeping should look like in the 21st century. Without crucial structural reforms, explicit political strategies, and conceptual clarity, it will struggle in the face of enormous challenges and is likely to lose further legitimacy.
Charles T. Hunt is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Research at RMIT University, Melbourne.
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Dr. Charles T. Hunt is a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at the Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also honorary Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of UN Peace Operations and International Policing. Follow @CharlieKwame.
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The prospects for UN peacekeeping—indeed of peace operations—are inseparable from those of the UN as an organization.
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If sustainable reforms are not implemented then it is unlikely the goals to increase the number of women in peacekeeping will be realized over the next decade.
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A world that seems unmoored and in disarray has undeniable implications for the UN's work, particularly in the area of peace and security.


I was playing a catch up game today. Yesterday, was fun and tired. We were out until late at night and I was behind in all my to do list for yesterday. It has been a long time since we did shopping as a family.
Anyway I hope that today I can get all the outstanding things done and still can keep a decent schedule and meet my target for today.


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NFL Picks: Championship Round
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This week, the motto "keep it simple, stupid" really comes into play when picking these games this week.
Patriots (-3) over BRONCOS.
With a loss, this will probably be the final game of Peyton Manning's career. At least, I hope that's the case, because it's hard watching one of the best players of all time struggle so mightily at the end of his career like this. Most importantly, if he doesn't win a title this year, he's not going to win one in the future, because this is the best he will be for the rest of his playing days, and he's not playing too hot right now.
I have to pick the Patriots because, despite what the seeding may say, they've been the best team in the AFC this year. This is not meant to belittle what Denver has done all year, but the Pats are clearly the better all around team. Despite the fact that their running game has almost entirely disappeared, the offense is still incredible, and their defense will be able to force Manning to beat them himself, which is a questionable proposition in the year 2016.
And yet, I'm nervous about this pick, because the Broncos have probably the best defense in the league, and we all know what happens when teams are able to consistently pressure the Patriots. Brady will likely be under fire all game, and with no running game to help him.
But, I must repeat today's motto: keep it simple, stupid.
Patriots 21, Broncos 17
PANTHERS (-3) over Cardinals.
For most of the year, I've maintained that the Cardinals would beat the Panthers in a playoff game, but now that the moment is here, I can't bring myself to pick against the Panthers. They've just been so good all year, and despite the fact that on paper the Cards are the better team, but aside from one hiccup against the Falcons in Week 16, Carolina has not played a bad game all year.
Like I said, I'm going with the better team, even though Arizona could very conceivably come away with a victory. One thing is certain though, this is going to be a great game. Also, whoever wins this game will win the Super Bowl.
Panthers 27, Cardinals 21
Playoffs: 3-5
Overall: 129-123-7
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I love both Bargello and sunflowers. Absolutely gorgeous together!!! Thanks, Heather. I hadn't realized until now that I wasn't a good Ukrainian girl. It's now my life's mission to get a sunflower picture in my kitchen.


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Josia Nakash
Founder, Good Vibe Agency
What It Takes To Learn a Lesson
Josia Kersen - 5 years old. Rosemere, Quebec.
The universe is constantly providing us with opportunities to develop in a more efficient and beneficial way. Most of humanity ignores those opportunities.
The people in our HumansFirst meetings are just the opposite. They are very interested in exploring how to advance here in a smarter way, and spend most of their time and energy helping others feel okay about the necessary changes up ahead.
The universe sends us adversity that forces us to change. Otherwise the ego would not budge." Michael Laitman
Unlike others who are just letting life wash over them, my HumansFirst friends are actively working against the wave of apathy our society seems to be gripped in. We have all chosen to invest our time in participating in these meetings that are mainly about connecting simply for the sake of connecting.
Since I firmly believe that humanity will eventually discover this to be the solution to all our problems. I fully support this growing movement. This is why I have spent every Saturday morning for the last 6 months documenting this incredible example of human connection.
HumansFirst Club – January 10, 2020
In our calls we are all completely equal — and equally important. We all listen attentively when someone is speaking and try to add something positive to the conversation. Since we're essentially researching our humanity, we don't judge others. Everything is used for the good of our learning process. It's an experiment we've all agreed to participate in together.
And this is a global connection we are activating, with a very diverse group of people from all over the world. Yesterday we had someone from Hawaii, another from Singapore, and we often have friends joining from Australia. We've always had people like Nuria from Switzerland who was involved from before this movement got started. There are a bunch from the UK who also join the EMEA/London call on Monday, and lately we also have people from Sweden. We also had many Canadians yesterday — more than usual.
The topic of yesterday's call was: How we recover from face plants and failures. And what to do when you blow it big.
We all know there are certain situations that are going to trigger the worst side of us. That's why this discussion about failure very quickly became a discussion about how we keep getting the same situations sent to us over and over again, until we figure out the lesson.
We can view these incidents as negative — or as new growth opportunities that the universe went to a lot of trouble to design specially for us. But how evolved do we need to be to see the latter? It definitely doesn't come naturally.
The universe sends us adversity that forces us to change. Otherwise the ego would not budge. I hate to bring this up here today — but this is perfectly observed in the history of Jewish people. More specifically — in my personal history as a Jew.
Timeline of My Life as a Jew (and the lessons that came with it)
I am the granddaughter of a famous Jewish/German photographer on my father's side, who fled Germany before the second world war.
My mother's parents (Israel & Sarah) were farmers who had to leave Poland because of the persecution of the Jews in that country.
I grew up in a suburb of Montreal called Rosemere, where the 10 Jewish families used to meet a few times a year.
In grade 1 I was placed in a French school near my father's business. During the morning prayer I was allowed to skip kissing the Christian bible with a huge cross on it.
I remember getting slapped across the face by an older French girl once in a parking lot — for no other reason except being a Jew. (Juif! she screamed at me).
In grade 2, I was put in private Jewish school to encourage my big brother to study for his Bar Mitzva. I had to learn Hebrew quickly to catch up with the rest of the class.
My private Jewish school often received threats in the form of bomb-scares, which was a perfectly normal occurrence in the '70's. The principal would make an announcement and our parents had to come pick us up.
A few years later when the cultural war between the French and English speakers escalated and all the rich Jews moved to Toronto, we moved to Israel.
I loved living in Israel and was very thankful to have ended up here. But the lessons kept coming, so clearly it wasn't enough to simply reside in the land of the Jews. The universe had bigger plans for me.
Losing two of my sisters in the same year was an enormous wake up call on the largest possible scale. It would take me many years to discover what it was all about, but I eventually discovered the wisdom of Kabbalah and everything started to make sense.
I learned that the Jews have a special role in the world. That we really are different from all other nations. It's not enough for Jewish people to go to synagogue once a year and have Jewish friends to hang out with — we are supposed to help the rest of the world get along.
Authentic Kabbalah is about how to strengthen our human connection. And mainly for the Jews to unite, and present an example to the rest of the world. Knowing this is not enough — it is our duty to spread this knowledge and the method with the rest of the world.
Under normal circumstances, I would not bring up the subject of anti-Semitism in this sacred place where we come together as like-hearted individuals who are focused on uplifting humanity. But this subject has gotten too big to ignore. You may think this modern persecution of the Jews is something that has nothing to do with you — but you would be wrong. We are living in a time where fascist, right-wing, white-supremacist groups are on the rise throughout Europe, and also in America. This is typical of times of great transition where there is confusion about the way forward. Everyone subconsciously feels the Jews are to blame. And that is not far from the truth.
The Jews, who are made up of the 70 nations of the world, are meant to be providing the world with an example of unity. We are meant to be providing the method of connection that would allow everyone in the world to rise slightly above their differences, and get along together here in harmony. As long as we are not providing the world with the key to our happiness, division, bi-partisanship, hate and a growing lack of trust between humans will continue to eat away at the foundation of human society as we know it.
Why am I dredging all this up here? What's the connection between this subject of learning a lesson and the Holocaust? Between my family's history and the repetitive history of the Jews? In Kabbalah we study from the sources left to us by the last greatest living Kabbalist — Baal HaSulam. Our teacher Michael Laitman studied under his son the Rabash. Baal HaSulam went to Poland before the Holocaust and warned the Jews of the approaching danger. He urged them to come back to Israel with him. They refused. Now again we are living in a time with very similar conditions. I am part of a team sharing Michael Laitman's message about the impending danger with the Jews, and the world at large.
This is why I will continue to promote how good human connection is the key to our better future — for every individual, and for all of society as a collective. This is my motivation for joining these HumansFirst calls and why I'm so passionate about what we do here together. Failure is not an option.
Josia Nakash made Aliya from Canada at the age of 12 on a 28-foot Cape Dory sailboat. She loves sharing all the good Israel has to offer the world. Josia has a BA in International Relations and Political Science. She was the IDF's second female sniper instructor and is a top marketing consultant and copywriter.
The Berlin Bris
Hayim Leiter
Gantz: I'm bringing peace plan for Knesset vote; Likud: Get off our coattails


Kingston Town - UB40, Kendrick, P.
"If your reggae collection is going to include only one UB40 album, this one wins out over all the others hands down. Virgin released two 10-track "best ofs" in the mid-90s, but this 2000 release duplicates 15 of those tracks and adds "Cherry Oh Baby" from 1983's landmark LABOUR OF LOVE album, "Tell Me Is It True" from 1997's GUNS IN THE GHETTO, and the previously unreleased cover of the Door's "Light My Fire."While most American listeners only recognize UB40 for their covers of songs that hit the Top 40 like Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine," Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe," the band had hits in the U.K with original material like "Food for Thought" (No. 4, 1980), "If It Happens Again" (No. 9, 1984), "Don't Break My Heart" (No. 3, 1985), and "Rat in Mi Kitchen" (No. 12, 1987).While UB40 may be viewed merely as a populizer of reggae music, they do it exceedingly well. This album is a joy from start to finish. [Running time: 66:59] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED"
"This collection is a very good introduction to their music, there are the best selling singles ("I Got You Babe" and "Can't Help Falling In Love") and other 18 great tracks. I wasn't able to find in the whole collection a bad song... Personally I love "Come Back Darling", "Kingston Town", "Tell Me Is It True" and "Bring Me Your Cup". There is also a previously unreleased cover version of The Doors' "Light My Fire". Buy this CD, and you'll be satisfied!"
"I've always liked UB40, but never been so drawn to any one song that I felt compelled to purchase a CD. After seeing the track listing I recognized 3 or 4 songs, so I picked it up. It is fantastic!! Although I can't stand their version of Light My Fire, I see from the other reviews that others enjoy it...and I think that sums up this CD pretty well. My wife & I both like it, but we like completely different songs. With 18 songs, you're almost guaranteed to find something you'll like. So if you're on the fence about purchasing this or not, do yourself a favor & go for it....you won't regret it."
The other 16 songs are the same on both versions, except for the four "short" songs noted above on the US version. So it's a mixed bag, both excellent choices, but I'm sure preferences will vary.
I'm hoping someone may have more direct knowledge of an A/B comparison and will post a comment here to better clear this up. I hope this was helpful to those who were confused about varied song mixes noted throughout this review thread.
"I already own the other two "Best of..." CDs. Why still get this one? For the brilliant unreleased cover version of the Doors' "Light My Fire". The two other albums also miss 3 other songs and this one contains the best songs of the two.So this is a great album to get introduced to their music and save money as well. You probably already know their other hits already."


Most of Popular android apps especially in messenger app such as WhatsApp, BBM, Path, and Facebook Messenger display our profile pictures in circular shape. While android built-in views or widgets does not provide ImageView in circular shape, so the question is how to make the imageview to be circular. Well The answer is that we have to create our own custom imageview by extending the View or ImageView class. In this Project I do not Program the CircularImageview class from scratch by myself. But I downloaded the class from GitHub (https://github.com/Pkmmte/CircularImageView), some programmers has already programmed for it. In this Project I just want to show how to implement that CircularImageview in a minimum (simple) way, so it could be used and learned by students or beginners and also developers. Below is the image of the project's result when it is run in android.
And then in the folder res/values create a new xml file (attrs.xml), this is the attrs file that I downloaded from GitHub contains Custom Attributes to CircularImageView.
Then create a new Java Class (CircularImageView.java) in src/package folder of your project, this is a class file that I Downloaded from GitHub, this class extends the ImageView class where a circular image is shaped.
* Initializes paint objects and sets desired attributes.
* Sets the CircularImageView's border width in pixels.
* Sets the CircularImageView's basic border color.
* CircularImageView. Be sure to provide some opacity.
* during click events when the selector is enabled.
* Adds a dark shadow to this CircularImageView.
// The parent has determined an exact size for the child.
// The child can be as large as it wants up to the specified size.
// The parent has not imposed any constraint on the child.
* the Circle upon drawing.
* in its selected state.
And then finally in your MainActivity.java write this java code.


English Language graduate. English teacher.
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18 Is there a way to get the Skype logo in the cvtheme document class?
11 What does "E-Z" mean?
11 What can I use sawdust for in a garden?
11 How can I remove the moss growing on my lawn?


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import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, HostListener } from '@angular/core';
// import { DragulaService } from 'ng2-dragula';

import * as moment from 'moment';

import { ITeam } from 'app/model/ITeam';
import { IDiscipline } from 'app/model/IDiscipline';
import { ITeamInDiscipline } from 'app/model/ITeamInDiscipline';
import { Classes } from 'app/model/Classes';
import { ParticipationType } from 'app/model/ParticipationType';
import { TournamentEditorComponent } from '../tournament-editor/tournament-editor.component';
import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
import { Role } from 'app/model';
import { GraphService } from 'app/shared/services/graph.service';
import { CommonService } from 'app/shared/services/common.service';
import { ScheduleService } from 'app/shared/services/api/schedule/schedule.service';
import { FormControl } from '@angular/forms';
import { CdkDragDrop, moveItemInArray } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop';

/**
 *
 */
@Component({
  selector: 'app-schedule',
  templateUrl: './schedule.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./schedule.component.scss']
})
export class ScheduleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
  scheduleQuery = `{
    id,
    sortNumber,
    startNumber,
    markDeleted,
    startTime,
    endTime,
    publishTime,
    type,
    tournamentId,
    team{id,name,class},
    disciplineId,
    disciplineName,
    disciplineSortOrder,
    divisionName,
    scorable
  }`;
  tournamentId: number;
  schedule: ITeamInDiscipline[] = [];
  teams: ITeam[] = [];
  disciplines: IDiscipline[];
  classes = Classes;
  participationTypes = ParticipationType;
  isDirty = false;
  shouldCalculateTraining = new FormControl(false);
  editing: number;

  constructor(
    private parent: TournamentEditorComponent,
    private graph: GraphService,
    private scheduleService: ScheduleService,
    private common: CommonService,
    private translate: TranslateService) { }

  /**
   *
   */
  ngOnInit() {
    this.tournamentId = this.parent.tournamentId;
    this.loadSchedule();
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  ngOnDestroy() {
  }

  @HostListener('keyup', ['$event'])
  onKey($event: KeyboardEvent) {
    if ($event.key === 'Escape' || $event.key === 'Esc') {
      this.setEdit(null);
    }
  }

  drop(event: CdkDragDrop<string[]>) {
    moveItemInArray(this.schedule, event.previousIndex, event.currentIndex);
    this.recalculateStartTime();
    this.isDirty = true;
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  loadSchedule() {
    this.graph.getData(`{
      getTeams(tournamentId:${this.tournamentId}){id,class,name,divisionName,disciplines{id,name,sortOrder}},
      getSchedule(tournamentId:${this.tournamentId})${this.scheduleQuery}
    }`).subscribe(res => {
      this.teams = res.getTeams;
      this.schedule = res.getSchedule;
    })
  }

  mapToScheduleInput(s) {
    return {
      id: s.id,
      disciplineId: s.disciplineId,
      teamId: s.teamId || s.team.id,
      tournamentId: s.tournamentId,
      type: s.type,
      sortNumber: s.sortNumber,
      startNumber: s.startNumber,
      markDeleted: s.markDeleted || false
    };
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  saveSchedule() {
    // Remap to graphql input data
    const schedule = this.schedule.map(s => this.mapToScheduleInput(s));
    // Save schedule
    this.graph.saveData('Schedule', schedule, this.scheduleQuery).subscribe(result => {
      this.isDirty = false;
      this.schedule = result.saveSchedule;
    });
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  toggleStrikeParticipant(participant: ITeamInDiscipline, force?: boolean) {
    participant.markDeleted = force ? force : !participant.markDeleted;
    this.graph.saveData('Participant', this.mapToScheduleInput(participant), this.scheduleQuery).subscribe(result => this.loadSchedule());
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  deleteParticipant(participant: ITeamInDiscipline) {
    if (participant.id) {
      if (this.parent.hasStarted) {
        this.toggleStrikeParticipant(participant, true);
      } else {
        this.schedule.splice(this.schedule.findIndex(s => s.id === participant.id), 1);
        this.graph.deleteData('Participant', participant.id).subscribe(result => this.loadSchedule());
      }
    } else {
      const hash = this.stringHash(participant);
      this.schedule.splice(this.schedule.findIndex(s => this.stringHash(s) === hash), 1);
      this.recalculateStartTime();
    }
  }

  recalculateStartTime() {
    this.schedule.forEach((s, idx) => {
      s.sortNumber = idx;
      if (!this.parent.hasStarted || !s.startNumber) { s.startNumber = idx; }
      delete s.calculatedStartTime;
    });
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  canDeleteAll() {
    const now = moment();
    return this.schedule.length && (this.parent.user.role >= Role.Admin || !this.parent.hasStarted);
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  deleteAll() {
    const schedules = this.schedule.filter(s => s.id != null);
    if (schedules.length) {
      this.common.confirm().subscribe(shouldRemove => {
        if (shouldRemove) {
          this.graph.deleteData('TournamentSchedule', this.tournamentId).subscribe(result => this.schedule = []);
        }
      });
    } else {
      this.loadSchedule();
    }
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  setEdit(item: ITeamInDiscipline, $event?: MouseEvent) {
    if (!item || item.startTime != null) { return; }
    if ($event) {
      $event.preventDefault();
      $event.stopPropagation();
    }
    this.editing = item.id;
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  editChanged(item: ITeamInDiscipline, startNo: number) {
    this.setEdit(null);
    this.schedule.splice(startNo - 1, 0, this.schedule.splice(this.schedule.findIndex(i => i.id === item.id), 1)[0]);
    this.recalculateStartTime();
    this.isDirty = true;
  }

  @HostListener('click', ['$event'])
  onClick($event) {
    if ($event.target.nodeName !== 'INPUT') {
      this.setEdit(null);
    }
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  title(participant: ITeamInDiscipline) {
    if (participant.startTime) {
      return this.translate.instant('This team cannot be moved or deleted. Performance has allready started.');
    }
    return '';
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  startTime(participant: ITeamInDiscipline) {
    if (!this.parent.tournament.id) { return false; }
    return this.scheduleService.startTime(this.parent.tournament, participant, this.schedule);
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  isNewDay(participant: ITeamInDiscipline) {
    if (!this.parent.tournament.id) { return false; }
    return this.scheduleService.isNewDay(this.parent.tournament, participant, this.schedule);
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  stringHash(participant: ITeamInDiscipline): string {
    return CommonService.stringHash(participant);
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  hasChanges() {
    return this.schedule && this.schedule.some(s => !s.id) || this.isDirty;
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  calculateSchedule() {
    this.schedule = this.schedule.concat(this.sortSchedule(this.calculateMissing()));
    this.recalculateStartTime();
  }

  /**
   *
   */
  haveMissing() {
    return this.calculateMissing().length;
  }

  /**
   * Will return only the `ItemInDiscipline`s missing from the
   * current schedule. This will return an unordered array.
   */
  calculateMissing(): ITeamInDiscipline[] {
    const disciplines: Set<IDiscipline> = new Set();
    const schedule: ITeamInDiscipline[] = [];
    const divisions = this.teams.reduce((prev, team) => prev.add(team.divisionName), new Set<string>());
    const types = [ParticipationType.Live];
    if (this.shouldCalculateTraining.value) { types.unshift(ParticipationType.Training); }
    types.forEach(type => {
      divisions.forEach(div => {            // For each division...
        const teamsInDivision = this.teams.filter(t => t.divisionName === div);
        teamsInDivision.forEach(team => {   // ...and each team in division
          team.disciplines.forEach(dis => { // ...and each discipline, create a participant object
            disciplines.add(dis);

            const participant = <ITeamInDiscipline>{ id: null, disciplineId: dis.id, disciplineName: dis.name, disciplineSortOrder: dis.sortOrder, divisionName: team.divisionName, teamId: team.id, team: team, tournamentId: this.tournamentId, type: type };
            if (this.schedule.findIndex(s => this.stringHash(s) === this.stringHash(participant)) < 0) {
              // Only push if participant is not allready registerred
              schedule.push(participant);
            }
          });
        });
      });
    });
    this.disciplines = Array.from(disciplines).sort((a, b) => a.sortOrder < b.sortOrder ? -1 : 1);
    return schedule;
  }

  /**
   * Sort the schedule by the following rules:
   *
   *  1) Order by division first
   *  2) Must follow discipline areas in sequence. Each row must have the next sequence of discipline.
   *  3) Must not have the same team in two consequative rows.
   *
   * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43627465/javascript-sorting-algorithm
   * Manually reorder (using answer in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43627465/javascript-sorting-algorithm#answer-43629921)
   */
  sortSchedule(schedule: ITeamInDiscipline[]): ITeamInDiscipline[] {
    const result: ITeamInDiscipline[] = [];

    [ParticipationType.Training, ParticipationType.Live].forEach(type => {
      let currentSchedule = schedule.filter(s => s.type === type);
      while (currentSchedule.length > 0) {
        // Filter by classes first if we are in Live participation type
        let scheduleByClass = [].concat(currentSchedule);
        if (type === ParticipationType.Live) {
          scheduleByClass = currentSchedule.filter(s => s.team.class === Classes.National);
          if (!scheduleByClass.length) { scheduleByClass = currentSchedule.filter(s => s.team.class === Classes.TeamGym); }
        }
        currentSchedule = currentSchedule.filter(s => !scheduleByClass.includes(s)); // Remove from original array

        while (scheduleByClass.length) {
          const currDivision = scheduleByClass[0].divisionName;

          // Then find all in the same division
          const scheduleByDivision = scheduleByClass.filter(s => s.divisionName === currDivision);
          scheduleByClass = scheduleByClass.filter(s => !scheduleByDivision.includes(s)); // Remove from class filtered array

          let index = 0;
          let entry = scheduleByDivision[0];
          while (scheduleByDivision.length) {     // Loop over division schedule
            result.push(entry);                   // Push previous entry
            scheduleByDivision.splice(index, 1);  // Remove previous entry from original data

            // Get next entry which is not the same team, and has the next discipline in the sortorder index
            index = scheduleByDivision.findIndex(e => {
              return e.team.id !== entry.team.id && e.disciplineSortOrder === ((entry.disciplineSortOrder + 1) % 3);
            });
            index = index === -1 ? 0 : index;

            // Check if index of next entry is found. If not, default to first remaining entry.
            entry = scheduleByDivision[index];
          }
        }
      }
    });

    return result;
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


As a documentary filmmaker, my favorite storylines follow characters that are blindly determined to succeed in the face of slim odds. Enter Chef Frank Linn, my brother-in-law.
Knowing Frank's process of finding a lease would be long and difficult, I set out to find another young chef in the DC area who already had a lease lined up. A quick Google search pointed me toward a tattooed chef with an intriguing pedigree named Aaron Silverman. He was attempting to raise money for his restaurant concept called "Rose's Luxury" on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter.
Aaron's pitch was compelling: "We're not in the restaurant business, we're in the making people happy business." He wanted to do fine dining at a two-star price. His employees were going to be his priority, not the guests. Full health and dental benefits, days off. You know, like normal people. It was all very, very different. And then came the buttery popcorn soup with a chunk of lobster tail in the bottom. And the dark 'n stormy oysters soon after. I'm no foodie, but I am a storyteller, and I know special when I see it.
I had my characters, they had their blind determination and slim odds. With that, I began filming the two new chefs on the block in the spring of 2013 – and never could have predicted the filmmaker's gold that began to unfold.