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Emmerdale star Rik Makarem can't wait to play a panto baddie in Norwich
Published: 4:07 PM October 31, 2018 Updated: 3:18 PM October 10, 2020
Norwich Theatre Royal panto stars. Rik Makarem as Abanaza and Kiera-Nicole Brennan as The Genie.Picture: ANTONY KELLY - Credit: Archant
Soapstar Rik Makarem chats to Louisa Baldwin as he gets ready to hop on the magic carpet in this year's Norwich Theatre Royal pantomime.
Rik is best known for playing factory manager turned entrepreneur Nikhil Sharma from 2009 to 2016 before leaving the Dales for Canada after being left heartbroken.
He later played Sebastian Grayling in Casualty but this Christmas will swap A&E for Agrabah this Christmas as he takes on the role of Abanazar in Aladdin.
Ahead of the show, Rik told us his favourite moments of his time on Emmerdale and why he can't wait play a baddie.
Are you excited for your role in Aladdin?
I'm absolutely over the moon to be playing Abanazar and I think playing the baddie is one of life's greatest joys and as an actor you get licence to have a bit more fun because you're pushing the boundaries to a place which is not normally you.
I can't wait to play him and with a baddie you can make bold choices vocally and physically and get to bounce off the audience.
It's a role I have played before, in Glasgow 14 years ago, and I feel ready now to revisit it with the experience I've had through my career.
Rik Makarem. Photo: PA Archive/PA Images - Credit: PA Archive/PA Images
When you're in panto, does your character change as the show goes on?
For sure, it is like an amoeba and it will constantly change and adapt depending on how the audience and cast are bonding together on each night.
Panto is a licence to have fun in the right way - we've still got an important story to tell and for a lot of children, and even some adults, it will be their first theatrical experience.
Panto is often seen as quite slapstick, fun and entertaining but there is also a lot of hidden value and messages as well which is why Disney films are so successful.
It's a privilege to get our teeth into a script that is hopefully going to do all those things for an audience.
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What do you think of Norwich?
I came here in 2015 for murder mystery Dead Simple where I played a very different character to Abanazar but I was a baddie too. It was an easy decision when the role came about to play Abanazar.
The city is fantastic and there is so much culture and energy and the one thing I remember last time was the audiences were really warm and that is the final ingredient of good theatre.
You've done a lot of TV and stage work but which is your favourite?
When I chose to be an actor, what excited me was approaching the work playing different characters and finding qualities in them.
In TV and stage there are different skills but there is something quite magical with the adrenaline rush you get with live theatre and you get to perfect over a run but with TV you get one or two takes and it's in the camera and you can't go back and change it.
There is no buzz like the theatre.
What was it like playing Nikhil Sharma in Emmerdale?
The role was a gift and the character morphed with all these different layers and was fun to play.
I was thankful to be paired with wonderful actors and in particular Sian Reese-Williams who played Jenny and I had an on-screen partnership with - probably because Sian chose to leave the show and go on to amazing things it ended a little prematurely with more to be discovered but I will treasure it.
It's amazing the fans of the show valued the character and it changed my life in a lot of ways.
I had been working hard on guest appearances but that was the role that platformed my profile in the public eye.
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What was your favourite moment on Emmerdale?
There was one particular moment where my character against his nature trashed the house trying to prove his love to Jenny.
He had untreated OCD and aspergers qualities we chose to keep as an undercurrent of the character and he had these odd quirks and idiosyncrasies.
He also eats a piece of bread to prove he loves her which is something he would never do as he was trying to say I would even eat carbs for you Jenny.
I loved it because it was ridiculous.
The live episode was also a highlight when we played out to 10.5 million people and with the amount of things that could go wrong we did it with one tiny error no one saw.
Finally, if you had a genie who could grant you three wishes what would they be?
I want health and healing to all of my family and close friends and that would probably be my second and third wish too.
Aladdin is at Norwich Theatre Royal from December 12 to January 13 and you can purchase tickets at the box office, online or by phone on 01603 630000


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China now has 420 million Internet users according to official figures released by the Chinese government today. This is nearly a third of China's population (31.8% penetration) and is up by 36 million since the end of 2009, making China the first country in the world to have over 400 million Internet users.
The China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) released the figures that included other staggering numbers: 277 million mobile users in China access the Internet over their phones and 142 million shop online. The numbers reflect up until the end of June.
Even with such staggering numbers, however, China still has a relatively low penetration rate: consider that Finland, which on July 1 made broadband access a legal right (not Internet access, mind you, broadband), which before that had roughly 96% penetration – i.e. 96% of the population (of a relatively small country, granted) used the Internet already. The US, a much larger country had a penetration rate of 76.3% at the end of 2009 with over 234 million people online.
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American Physicist Wins IAEA Nuclear Fusion Prize for Model that Will Help Design Containment Wall
November 18, 2015 November 18, 2015 by
Richard Kamendje, IAEA Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Sophia Jane Le Masurier, IAEA Division of Conference and Document Services
Robert J. Goldston, winner of the 2015 IAEA Nuclear Fusion Journal Prize
Robert J. Goldston, professor of astrophysics at Princeton University and a former director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, has won the IAEA's 2015 Nuclear Fusion Journal Prize for his development of a theoretical physics model that will ultimately enable engineers to design the wall for a vessel containing fuel used in nuclear fusion to generate electricity. The discovery, presented in the paper 'Heuristic drift-based model of the power scrape-off width in low-gas-puff H-mode tokamaks,' fills a gap in the development of the tokamak, one of several types of magnetic confinement devices used in fusion research.
Nuclear fusion is an almost inexhaustible source of clean energy akin to natural processes occurring in the sun, and harnessing commercially-viable fusion power has been the focus of worldwide research for years.
During the operation of a tokamak reactor, the plasma that holds the hot fuel generates heat, which is directed towards a particular area of the containment wall called the divertor. What had not been clear until now is how much heat the divertor will be exposed to, and how that heat is distributed on its wall. As such, engineers had not been able to properly select materials for this section of the containment wall.
"Potentially one of the most important results obtained in recent years in fusion, this paper provides a simple yet well-designed model that will help calculate the size of the wall regions of the tokamak that will be subject to heat and particle loads from the plasma," said Ralf Kaiser, Head of the Physics Section at the IAEA.
"This model is of crucial significance as it will contribute to making accurate predictions of the loads to be expected on the walls of future larger tokamaks," Kaiser said. It will drive an informed decision on suitable materials with required thermo-mechanical properties that should be used to build these devices.
Since 2006, the IAEA has celebrated excellence in its journal, Nuclear Fusion, by means of an annual prize. This is awarded to the authors of papers which are judged to have made the greatest impact in the two years following the paper's publication. The selection process involves consideration of citations and recommendations by the journal's Board of Editors. The shortlist and eventual winner are decided by confidential votes by the journal Board.
The winner of this annual award was announced yesterday by the co-publisher of the Journal, the Institute of Physics Publishing, at the 57th annual meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics in Savannah, Georgia in the United States.
Details on Goldston's award winning paper can be accessed here.
Nuclear Fusion was launched in 1960. It is the most frequently cited journal in the field. It is steered by an international board of eminent scientists, who give direction on content and policy. It facilitates communication between research groups worldwide, disseminating results and concepts and aiding collaboration. The journal now regularly receives submissions from over 30 countries and its geographical balance reflects the significant body of work being done globally in fusion. Every major advance in fusion has been reflected in the journal's published articles.
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Kana je zajednički naziv za japansko slogovno pismo koji se sastoji iz hiragane (ひらがな), katakane (カタカナ) ali i manjogane koja se smatra pretečom oba pisma.
Osim ovih pisma Japanci koriste kanđi (漢字) kineske karaktere i romađi ローマ字 koji predstavlja japansku verziju latiničnog pisma.

O pismu
Kana je najučestaliji naziv za brojne slogovne sisteme pisanja razvijenih u Japanu a koje su zasnovane na kineskim karakterima (kanđi), korišćene za izražavanje zvukova japanskog jezika, pre nego značenja pojedinačnih reči, (etimološki, kana proističe od kari "privremeno, nezvanično, neuobičajeno" zajedno sa na "ime " ili "zapis", izraz osećaja da je korišćenje kineskih karaktera ne za njihovo značenje već za njihov izgovor "neuobičajeno". Reč karina ili kana je prvo korišćena u suprotnosti sa rečju mana "stvarno ili odgovarajuće pisanje", gde se potonji odnosi na kineske karaktere korišćene kao jedinica značenja.)

Pošto kana može izraziti sve glasove japanskog jezika, on može biti u potpunosti ispisan kanom. Ipak, uobičajeno je koristiti mešavinu kineskih karaktera i kane; kineski karakteri se koriste za izražavanje značenja većine reči (čije se značenje može zaključiti) dok se kanom pišu prevojni završeci, rečce i pojedine reči koje su zvanično određene da se ne pišu karakterima. Dve grupe kane se koriste danas u japanskom sistemu pisanja: hiragana, nakošena forma (koja se najčešće koristi za domaće reči i reči kineskog porekla koje se ne pišu karakterima) i katakana, koja nije nakošena; potonje se može koristiti umesto hiragane, ali se najčešće koristi za pisanje pozajmljenica iz evropskih jezika. I katakana i hiragana vode poreklo od ranije grupe kana pisma poznatije kao man'joogana, gde hiragana posebno proističe iz nakošene forme man'jogane poznate kao soogana.

Manjogana

Manjogana ili Man'joogana (koja se smatra prvom kanom) je grupa nepromenjenih kineskih karaktera koji su se nekada koristili kao fonetski simboli za izražavanje japanskih slogova. Kako sam naziv govori, man'joogana (man'joo+kana), je bio sistem pisma korišćen u Manjošu (, zbirci iz 8. veka koja sadrži poeziju od 5. veka do 759. godine. Većina pokušaja da se ispiše japanski pre Heian perioda (794—1185.) pada u kategoriju man'joogane. Nadalje man'joogana daje podstrek drugim formama kane.

Man'joogana se razlikuje od trenutno korišćenih kana sistema u bar tri bitna polja. Prvo, ne postoji odnos jedan za jedan između slogova i karaktera. U japanskom 8. veka postojalo je 87 slogovnih vrsta (88 u jeziku Kođikija), ali je korišćeno preko 970 kineskih karaktera da bi se oni ispisali. Na primer, preko 40 kineskih karaktera je korišćeno na smenu da bi se napisao slog ši, a 32 za ka.
Drugo, kineski karakteri su korišćeni kako su napisani i na samom kineskom, bez promena ili pojednostavljivanja. Zbog toga, tekst ispisan man'jooganom nalikuje onom napisanom na kineskom; ipak, zato što su mnoga slova korišćena samo zbog njihovog izgovora, a ne zbog njihovog značenja, i zato što je predstavljeni jezik japanski, najverovatnije je da bi tekst bio nerazumljiv govorniku kineskog jezika.
Treće, tipovi izgovora karaktera predstavljenih u man'joogani su raznovrsniji nego u hiragani i katakani, uključujući i on i kun čitanja karaktera, kao i vrstu čitanja poznatog kao gišo (doslovno, "razigrano pismo").

On i kun čitanje
On čitanje je japanizirana verzija kineskog izgovora karaktera. Na primer, kineski karakter 阿, koji znači planinski lanac, izgovarao se kao ʔa u rastućem tonu i Srednjem kineskom- jezikom Ćang'ana, oko 600. godine. Japanci su koristili ovaj karakter za predstavljanje sloga [a] na japanskom. Kineski karakter 安, koji označava mir ili spokoj, izgovarao se kao ʔan sa ravnim tonom na Srednjem kineskom; takođe je počeo da se koristi za označavanje japanskog sloga [a], odsecajući n na kraju. Ovo su dva od sedam ili osam kineskih karaktera korišćenih za slog [a].

Kun čitanje je izgovor japanskih reči sa istim značenjem kao i kod kineskih karaktera. Na primer, kineski karakter 吾, sa značenjem "Ja" izgovarao se kao ŋo sa ravnim tonom na Srednjem kineskom. Osmovekovna reč za "Ja" je bila a. Karakteru je dodeljen potonji izgovor kroz man'jooganu, tako da je i on bio korišćen za predstavljanje sloga [a]. Kao još jedan primer možemo navesti i karakter 足, sa značenjem "stopalo" izgovarao se tsiok sa prekinutim tonom na Srednjem kineskom. Japanska reč iz osmog veka za "stopalo" imala je dva oblika, vezanu formu a-, i slobodnu aši. Kineski karakter za "stopalo" imao je takođe korišćen za pisanje sloga [a] u japanskom jeziku.

Gišo ili razigrano pismo uključuje, između ostalog, onomatopeju. Jedan primer bila bi kombinacija od dva karaktera 蜂音. Prvi karakter, 蜂, znači "pčela" ili "osica" i izgovarao se kao phöuŋ sa ravnim tonom u Srednjem kineskom; Drugi karakter, 音, izgovarao se kao ʔiəm (ravan ton), sa značenjem zvuk. Zvuk zujanja pčela se po svemu sudeći predstavljao kao bu u japanskom 8. veka, i ova dva karaktera u paru su se koristila za pisanje japanskog sloga [bu]. Slično, 牛鳴, "mukanje krava", predstavljalo je slog [mu] a 馬鳴, "njikanje konja", predstavljalo je slog [i].

Od tri varijante čitanja upravo navedene, on čitanje se najviše koristi, dok je gišo čitanje naređe korišćeno. Po ovim karakteristikama kvalifikovanja vidimo očigledno naslućivanje kasnijih trendova. Moderni kana sistemi se gotovo u potpunosti sastoje od on čitanja kineskih karaktera od kojih potiču.

Soogana
Soogana se sastoji od kineskih karaktera man'joogana sistema napisanih soo nakošenim stilom. Tri razlike između moderne kane (hiragana i katakana) i soogane su:
(1) u soogani, kao i u man'joogani, nema jedan za jedan slaganja između slogova i karaktera jer broj potonjih prevazilazi broj pređašnjih;
(2) Kineski karakteri se koriste u njihovoj potpunoj nakošenoj formi, a ne u stilizovanoj, manje nakošenoj formi poput one koja se povezuje sa hiraganom;
(3) Kun, kao i on čitanje se odražavaju u izgovoru. Ono što karakteriše sooganu je njena nakošena ili soo forma, i ona je prelazni stepen pojednostavljivanja između potpuno uobičajene ili kai forme (koja nije nakošena) kineskih karaktera korišćenih u man'joogani i potpuno stilizovane moderne hiragane.

Katakana

U njenoj modernoj, stilizovanoj formi, katakana je sistem od 48 slogova - pisanih jedinica za ispisivanje pozajmljenica koje nisu kineskog porekla, onomatopeje, naglašenih reči, i naziva flore i faune. Kata u katakani znači "nepotpun", "delimičan" i "izdeljen". Takvog je naziva jer je većina katakane deo a ne potpuni kineski karakter.

U svojim ranijim fazama katakana se koristila kao pomoćno sredstvo za izgovaranje budističkih tekstova pisanih na kineskom. Zatim su se pojavili japanski tekstovi poput Todaiđi fuđumon kooa (rani 9. vek), napisan mešavinom kineskih karaktera i katakane. Ovaj sistem pisma se naziva kanamađiri bun (rečenice koje mešaju kanu i karaktere). Do sredine 10. veka , zbirke japanske vaka poezije poput Gosen Vakašua (955—966.) počele su se pisati katakanom i do kraja 12. veka zbirke narodnih pripovedaka kao što je Konđaku Monogatari su pisane mešavinom kineskih karaktera i katakane. Na ovaj način, korišćenje katakane se širilo od budističko-kineskih tekstova do tekstova japanske poezije pa onda i do japanskih proznih tekstova.

Među najranijim postojećim primerima katakane su oni nađeni u kopiji Đođicurona koja datira iz 828. godine, budističkog teksta na kineskom, gde se koristi kao pomoć pri izgovoru. U početku, kao i u slučaju man'joogane, postojalo je više od jednog znaka katakane koji se mogao koristiti za pisanje bilo kog pojedinačnog sloga, ali do Muromaći perioda (1333—1568.) postepeno je uspostavljen jedan za jedan odnos između katakane i slogova japanskog jezika (oblik koji se trenutno koristi je ustanovljen početkom 20. veka). Prethodno korišćene varijante katakana simbola koje se razlikuju od ustanovljenih formi nazivaju se itai-gana (varijantna katakana) ili kotai-gana (stara katakana).

Hiragana

U svojoj modernoj, standardnoj formi hiragana je sistem od 48 slogovnih pisanih jedinica za pisanje domaćih japanskih reči kao i pozajmljenica iz kineskog jezika koje ne mogu biti napisane sa 1945 karaktera zvanično prihvaćenih za opštu upotrebu. Hira znači "obično korišćen", "lak", "zaobljen" pa je hiragana tim imenom nazvana jer se slova smatraju zaobljenim i lakim u poređenju sa potpunim formama prvih kineskih karaktera. Hiragana je pojednostavlja i stilizovanija verzija soogane ili nakošene forme man'joogane. U svojim ranim oblicima hiragana je korišćena od strane žena dok su neuprošćene karaktere koristili muškarci pa je zbog toga najranija hiragana nosila naziv onnade (ženska ruka).

Već 762. godine pojavila su se slova nalik hiragani ali je u Heian periodu onnade počeo naširoko da se pojavljuje. Tokom ranog Heian perioda, veoma učestali članovi iz celokupne soogane su izabrani i blizak jedan za jedan odnos između izvučene grupe hiragana pisma i slogova japanskog jezika je uspostavljen. Do kraja 9. veka, onnade je prestao da bude sistem isključivo korišćen od strane žena i postao je prihvaćeno ortografsko sredstvo za zapisivanje poezije. Kada je carska poetska zbirka Kokin vakašuu napisana onnaideom, hiragana je pridobila potpun status kao zvanično priznat sistem.

Kako su umetnost i poetske kompozicije postajale sve složenije, rani jedan za jedan odnos je izgubljen i (kao u slučaju man'joogane) više od jednog znaka hiragane je koriščeno za jedan slog. Sve do 1900. godine početni princip hiragane, jedan za jedan, nije povraćen. Godine 1946. kana simboli za "wi" i "we" su uklonjeni sa liste. Kana za i i e ih prikladno predstavlja pošto je japanski izgovor prestao da razlikuje wi od i, i we od e već tokom 14. veka). Prethodno korišćene varijante hiragane nazivaju se hentai-gana.

Literatura
 JAMASAKI-Vukelić, Hiroši: Japansko-srpski, srpsko-japanski rečnik : sa kratkom gramatikom japanskog jezika / Hiroši Jamasaki-Vukelić. - 2. izd. - Beograd : Zavod za udžbenike, 2008 .

Spoljašnje veze
 Real Kana Program za vežbanje hiragane i katakane.
 Poreklo hiragane
 Poreklo katakane
 Kana web translator - Transliteracija kane u romađi
 Kana Copybook (PDF)
 KanaQuest Sajt za učenje karaktera.

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Research Highlights Protein's Role in Cell Health
by Jennifer Nachbur, University of Vermont
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple, but necessary human actions like breathing oxygen can damage our cells' DNA. If left unrepaired, this damage can cause multiple mutations and the type of unregulated cell division common in cancerous tumor formation. Fortunately, our body is equipped with special proteins designed to deal with these injuries.
Gaining an understanding of how these enzymes recognize DNA damage and how to increase this repair function could help decrease the DNA damage that results in the development of cancer.
The DNA repair system includes glycosylases — a family of maintenance enzymes that are responsible for "patrolling" DNA strands in search of damage and have the ability to remove these lesions. Each of these glycosylases has a very different and specific task.
Recent research published by Susan Wallace, Ph.D., University of Vermont professor and chair of microbiology and molecular genetics, and colleagues at UVM, University of Utah, Vanderbilt University and National Institute of Standards and Technology, reported new findings regarding a key protein involved in DNA repair.
The Wallace lab, for the first time, was able to purify fully active NEIL3 and her team discovered never-before-identified activities specific to this protein. Wallace and colleagues confirmed that NEIL3 is one of these DNA-maintenance enzymes and determined that it was larger and more complicated than its related enzymes NEIL1 and NEIL2, both of which were previously discovered through UVM research.
The researchers discovered that NEIL3 is highly successful at removing a lesion called FapyGua, which was also found to have a potential role in causing dangerous DNA mutations. According to Wallace, earlier research by a separate group demonstrated that the NEIL3 protein is predominantly found in stem cells, where scientists presumed it was responsible for repairing DNA damages in dividing cells.
As an internationally-recognized DNA repair expert, the more Wallace learns about these repair functions, the better able she and others are to figure out how to increase these repairs, thus helping to decrease the potential for the end product of DNA damage — cancer.
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Asteroids are pretty easy to miss: they are generally small and dark and they flit about in odd orbits. So astronomers were elated when they realized that the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous probe, on its way to a 1999 encounter with the asteroid Eros, would also get a passing glance at a 43-mile-long asteroid called Mathilde. During the 25-minute flyby last June, NEAR snapped pictures of Mathilde's black surface from a distance of 750 miles. The thing has been battered. It's really smashed up, says Cornell astronomer James Bell. It's incredible that it even exists. Five gaping holes, created by giant impacts, dominate one side of Mathilde, and the asteroid is so lightweight, says Bell, that it must be either full of ice (but there's no sign of water) or a loosely packed pile of rocks held together by their own weak gravity. Those rocks are probably rich in carbon: Mathilde is uniformly blacker than charcoal. The real fun starts in January 1999, when near begins a year in orbit around 25-mile-long Eros, culminating with a crash landing on that asteroid's surface.
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Every Casualty and International Law: presentation to the ISMLLW
First published 19th Apr 2013
The Every Casualty team is dedicated to tracking developments in international law relating to casualty recording. On Friday February 15th, we presented on the topic of 'Casualty Recording: Legal Obligations and Current Practice', to the UK National Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW).
Outreach to legal academics and international and military lawyers is a central part of our engagement with the legal concepts and frameworks that impact on the practice of casualty recording.
Bringing together law and practice is a constant challenge in conflict situations, and the existence of the International Practitioner Network (IPN) of casualty recording organisations is testament to the gap in the practice of states and non-state groups where individuals would, without the IPN, remain unidentified and unrecorded.
Presentation on 'Casualty Recording: Legal Obligations and Current Practice'
The UK National Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) invited Every Casualty to present at an afternoon session hosted in the London headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the British Red Cross on February 15th 2013. The ISMLLW is an organisation that seeks to bring together academics, military and government legal practitioners with an interest in all aspects of international law and armed conflicts.
Rachel Joyce, Every Casualty's Consultant on international law, and Elizabeth Minor, Every Casualty's Research Officer, presented on the topic of 'Casualty Recording: Legal Obligations and Current Practice':
The Every Casualty team introduced the concept of casualty recording as a field of practice and explained the various benefits.
Rachel Joyce presented a summary of the research conducted by the Every Casualty legal team on casualty recording obligations within international humanitarian law, human rights law and customary international law, based on the working paper by Rachel Joyce and Professor Susan Breau. The findings of the authors' research on the responsibility to record casualties caused by drone strikes was also presented with reference to recent media coverage on the issue of civilian casualties from CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, and the need for knowledge about them, in the context of the confirmation hearing of John Brennan as CIA director.
Elizabeth Minor presented the key findings of our recently published research on casualty recording practice worldwide. The research was based on a study of 40 casualty recorders, who were mainly NGOs, and was the largest ever study of its kind, to our knowledge.
Given the expertise and interests of the audience, the benefits of casualty recording from a military perspective were also outlined, based on the article 'In Everyone's Interest: Recording All the Dead, Not Just Our Own', co-authored by the directors of Every Casualty and Brigadier General Richard Iron, which was published in the British Army Review in 2010.
The forum was an excellent opportunity for an afternoon of discussion and debate with a diverse range of legal experts and practitioners. The Every Casualty team were fortunate to present to this knowledgeable audience and benefited greatly from the lively conversation generated by the presentation.
The engagement of the Group was an indication of the contemporary importance of the issues raised and debate centred on the challenges faced by the military in collecting casualty data, the question of whether legal responsibility to record can be concluded, and the issue of engagement with non-state groups.
Working relationships have been formed with members of the ISMLLW and dialogues have begun with key individuals and institutions, in which the advocacy message of Every Casualty will continue to be discussed in a productive manner.
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In comics, splash pages are simply full-page panels meant to grab your attention.
However, we're here to talk about opening splashes.
Set the mood and setting.
Wally Wood's splash page to 'V-Vampires!', (a parody of EC Comics from "Mad" issue #3) is AMAZING! It's a shame they didn't leave the original alone. It tells you everything you need to know about the setting, the mood, and grabs your attention... A beautiful, young lady named Godiva walks the fog-shrouded streets of London... alone... at 5 to midnight. The 'Klek klek klek klek klek' of her high heels along the cobble stones gives the panel a sense of motion, urgency... perhaps even a little fear. Yet the 3 silly looking vampire bats flying above and title tell you this is a parody.
Jeff Jones' "An Axe To Grind" from Vampirella #5 is perfection for an opening splash.
The sense of isolation and fear is palpable. We know this girl's alone, in the dark, and in serious trouble. The negative space surrounding the title character is your setting highlighting the mood. In fact, the darkness almost seems to creep up from underneath, as to engulf the girl.
And if there was ever a splash that was made for page-turning, go no farther than Johnny Craig's opening to "Dead -Ringer" from Crime Suspenstories #2.


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In 2016, Ennovent, IRC and TARU Leading Edge forged a partnership alliance to develop a Sanitation Innovation Accelerator for India's rural markets. This report captures the highlights of the first phase of the Accelerator project, which was piloted from March to September 2016. A total of 88 innovations were submitted to the Accelerator, of which six were shortlisted for a coaching trajectory to improve their business.
After sketching the rural sanitation situation in India, the report describes the process of sourcing and selecting the shortlisted innovations. It provides lessons learned and recommendations on investment ready business models, breakthrough approaches to solve sanitation challenges, start-up approaches and partnership/relationship management.
Short profiles of the six shortlisted innovators and the lead team members can be found in the appendices.
Authors Das, S.B., Shiva, R., Salunke, P., Kumar, V., Krukkert, I.J., Prakash, M.
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In this Rabbit Island pilot video, we visit Ōkunoshima (大久野島), a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is often called Usagi Jima (ウサギ島, "Rabbit Island") because of the numerous feral rabbits that roam the island; they are rather tame and will approach humans. The Japanese island of Okunoshima, a rabbit paradise!
The Japan's Rabbit Island Web Series can be watched here!


This system began in Atlantis and moved through the Middle East and came to the west about 100 years ago. It is astrology and numerology and an icon system of clubs, hearts, spades, and diamonds. This system is the origin of our playing cards.
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New EPA Ruling Slams Texas Power Plants, Threatens TX Electricity Market
by txelecadmin · July 11, 2011
Don't Mess With Texas:
What amounts to 'common sense' clean air standards in Washington may not seem so sensible to millions of Texans that will be adversely affected by the Environmental Protection Agency's latest ruling aimed at reducing air pollution.
The EPA has cast quite a large stone in a very big pond, and the ripples are still reverberating, but we have the breakdown on the ruling and the effects it has already caused, although the full impact has yet to be realized. Texas is arguably the hardest-hit state, and could very well face an array of problems, the least of which involves an unpredictable energy crisis and an uncontrollable volatility in the Texas electricity market.
The New EPA Ruling in a Nutshell:
It's called the "Cross-State Air Pollution Rule", developed to resolve out-of-control air pollution that not only affects the states who are producing the pollution, but unfairly harms other communities as it travels across the country.
"No community should have to bear the burden of another community's polluters…"
–EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
Power plants in compliance with the ruling will need to reduce harmful emissions comprised of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and various Nitrogen oxides (NOx) that have myriad detrimental health effects, and billow out of smokestacks at coal burning power plants and similar electric generation facilities. Enforcement begins January, 2012.
The notion that these pollutants drift for hundreds, if not thousands of miles (all the while mixing and swirling with other horrible chemicals to produce an inescapable fog of doom) across states which are otherwise completely innocent of such air-slaying ills is a key concern of the EPA and the solution is touted as 'long overdue'.
Just because this map is utterly confusing and looks like a toddler was unleashed on it with map pencils (a toddler who was VERY enamored with Indiana), it doesn't mean we can ignore the obvious effect Texas is having on our neighboring states, and pretty much the rest of the eastern states and vice versa (according to the EPA).
The lines represent the routes by which air pollution travels across the country. So in effect, you can now consider yourself either "Upwind" or "Downwind" in terms of geographic location relative to the pollution sources.
The simplest way to determine whether you're upwind or downwind using this map is to either untangle those hundreds of colored arrows, or ask yourself the following question: Do you live in Texas? If you answered "Yes" , then you are Upwind. If you answered "No", then you are Downwind. (This method is unofficial and unconfirmed)
A Quick 'Cost vs Benefit' Analysis:
Here's what the new ruling looks like in terms of a cost/benefit analysis, in the eyes of the EPA:
The Cost: $800 million annually (for power plants maintaining compliance standards)
The Return: $280 billion annually (from improved health standards nationwide)
Note that the $800 million price tag doesn't include all the initial costs and investments required for Texas electricity generation facilities to even start a project that will satisfy the compliance goals (not to mention the impact on the entire energy market, job stability and power grid / power plant infrastructures).
Since everyone loves easy-to-read pie charts instead of boring numbers, I've composed this nifty graphic that indicates what the EPA predicts will be a reduction in the number of adverse health issues that previously stemmed from too much air pollution:
Again, as Washington's 'common sense' approach gets lost in translation in the eyes of Texans, we have a different view of the costs vs benefits, especially considering Texas is one of the largest producers and consumers of electricity in the country and home to about 325 power plants employing hundreds of thousands of hard-working people producing over 100 Gigawatts combined (that's 100 MILLION Kilowatts, kids).
So for our breakdown on the cost / benefit analysis from the Texas point of view:
The Cost: Way more than $800 Million, probably more like in the billions
The Return: Unstable economy, energy crisis, unemployment, market volatility, and possibly cleaner air
"Today's EPA announcement is another example of heavy-handed and misguided action from Washington, D.C., that threatens Texas jobs and families and puts at risk the reliable and affordable electricity our state needs to succeed."
-Texas Governor Rick Perry
The EPA also claims that an astounding 1.8 million sick days annually will be averted starting in 2014, as a result of the air getting cleaned up. They did not, however, mention the fact that unemployed energy industry workers who will lose jobs as a result of the new measure don't really need sick days.
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Adriana Cohen | Mar 25, 2019 | Fresh Ink | 0
Talk about doublespeak.
Democrats en masse insist President Donald Trump is "unhinged" and must be removed from office, while simultaneously taking bold strides to upend the U.S. Constitution and abolish long-standing norms and institutions that have served our country well for decades, if not centuries.
Presidential candidates including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and other liberal lawmakers are calling for the abolishment of the Electoral College, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and any humane limits on abortion. Add to it Democratic leaders including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who wants to lower the voting age to 16, while California Senator Kamala Harris champions "Medicare For All," which, if implemented, would not only abolish consumer choice — it'll torch the private health care industry.
But that's not all. A growing number of far-left lawmakers and presidential aspirants also want to reconfigure the U.S. Supreme Court so they can stack the judicial bench with like-minded activist judges to advance their political agenda at any cost. If all that's not radical enough, the majority of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates also support the preposterous "Green New Deal," which would take a sledgehammer to tens of millions of jobs while demolishing countless time-honored industries and norms, such as the automobile and airline industries, as we know it.
Yet these are the same elites that tell Americans on the campaign trail — and on any TV outlet they can find — that Trump is unhinged and unfit to lead our nation.
Seriously, folks? If that's the case, it must be April Fools' Day or a modern rendition of "The Twilight Zone."
With respect to the Electoral College, it's quite ironic that left-wing politicians who claim to champion "equality" in all its manifestations including income, gender and marriage equality now want to abolish sections of the U.S. Constitution that protect us from voter inequality — meaning that the Electoral College was created by our founders to prevent a tyranny of the majority living in big populous cities. The Electoral College also compels presidential candidates to campaign nationwide, thereby learning the plight and concerns of all voters versus just catering to the coastal elites.
Something the president tweeted about this week: "Campaigning for the Popular Vote is much easier & different than campaigning for the Electoral College. It's like training for the 100 yard dash vs. a marathon. The brilliance of the Electoral College is that you must go to many States to win. With the Popular Vote, you go to just the large States – the Cities would end up running the Country. Smaller States & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power – & we can't let that happen. I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A."
Notwithstanding, Democratic presidential candidates and a growing cabal of high-profile Democratic lawmakers and officials want to upend how we elect U.S. presidents, despite that the Electoral College has served our country well for the past two and a half centuries.
This illustrates quite definitely that, counter to what they tell us on partisan media outlets, Democrats today are the real radicals.
Adriana Cohen is a syndicated columnist with the Boston Herald. Follow her on Twitter @AdrianaCohen16. To find out more about Adriana Cohen and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.
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A: You are importing a PostgreSQL v12 pg_dump into something that is obviously based on an earlier version of PostgreSQL.
This error is harmless (the parameter default_table_access_method was introduced in v12), but you may have more interesting problems with other new v12 features. If the rest of the import works without error, you are probably fine, but keep in mind that downgrading PostgreSQL is not supported.
You would be best off using the same version throughout. If you cannot have that locally because the hosted database is a closed source fork, that is a good point against using it.

A: Here is my workaround:

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*Dump using pdAdmin, set as SQL, Plain, and "Only schema", and save to a local folder.

*Edit the SQL file, (text format)

*comment out "-- error from V 12 : SET default_table_access_method = heap;"

*run the SQL scripts file using pgAdmin or other tools.

*Dump the source database again, with "Only Data", "backup" options

*Restore the data-only dump file.

It works for me.

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The Tecma Group of Companies Promotes Marisela Molina to Director of Customs
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EL PASO, TX, June 21, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ — The Tecma Group of Companies, specializing in helping companies foreign to Mexico reduce manufacturing costs, today announced the promotion of Mrs. Marisela Molina to Director of Customs. She will have the primary responsibility of managing all Customs operations for all of Tecma's facilities located in Cd. Juarez, Tijuana and Torreon, Mexico and El Paso and San Diego.
"Marisela has been a key part of Tecma's success and we are thrilled to promote her to this important position," said K. Alan Russell, President and CEO of Tecma. Marisela joined Tecma in 2002.
Client companies are not exclusive to the US and include European, Canadian and Asian companies as well.
With over 31 years of service to hundreds of companies Tecma is proud of the 7,000 member work force that has been created within Tecma. The promotion of Marisela Molina is an example of the company's policy of 'promoting from within' whenever possible. This sets an example for all personnel that the company is tuned to the quality of work being performed by each employee and that advancement is available to all who aspire to professional achievement.
The Tecma Group of Companies provides services for companies who would like to reduce manufacturing costs by moving portions of their labor intensive functions to Mexico. Customs is just one of a multiple number of services provided to its clients as part of its service package. To learn more about services provided by the Tecma Group the reader is invited to go to Tecma.com and review a quick snapshot of services provided.
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I posted this on the XXXX forums, but thought someone more "local" might have some ideas.
As you can see, the game display does not fit the screen, and despite adjusting the physical hardware aspects of the cabinet, this variant of the display is the best I can achieve.
Could this be a hardware issue despite the fact everything was fine when I had the other board inside? Any ideas?
I think you'll find it is just slight timing differences between boards/systems that cause this - some boards are just a bit more different than others.
Depending on the chassis involved, there may be a jumper to allow a different range of adjustment for horiz or vert size.
Wow, I had no idea! So I should look on the display PCB for jumpers, etc? Is it likely they will be labeled? Might have to attempt to gather some more info on the display PCB. It's clearly marked, so I hope there is some information on the net for it.
I found "some" kind of solution, hopefully temporary, to my problem. My monitor chassis is a dual resolution chassis, meaning it outputs at 24khz (or SEGA mode as know by the XXXX in 1) or 15khz mode (such as PAL).
Additional research gave me enough information on how to change the resolution via the hardware. Interesting this is that the XXXX in 1 supports the native resolution for the SEGA mode, but the picture looked stretched and did not fill up my display. It looks good on the 15khz, but if the monitor supports a higher resolution and the XXXX in 1 is capable of supply the higher resolution, then I don't see why it shouldn't work.
Most of the games look soooo much better with the higher resolution, especially the beat em ups such as "Star Gladiator" and SF: EX", etc. Is there any way, or perhaps something I don't know, that will be able to change the system to 24khz, and enable a full picture?
24K is not suitable for anything but dedicated hardware like Sega games , Atari and few others , attempting to run Mame , XXXX in 1 games at this freg can and often damages the chassis , especially Nanao's .
You need to remember that XXXX in 1 boards are not genuine arcade boards they are just Mame emulators built onto a PC main board and you are trying to get a chassis to display multiple games somewhere close to acceptable.
I dont recall ever having 2 standard game boards that you could plug into a cabinet and end up with a perfect picture on both , the chassis always needs to tweaked to suit each game.
I am only talking about 2 different game boards , you are talking about 100's and expecting an acceptable picture which is impossible to achieve.
The best you can hope for with any multi game is something average across the range , but if you picked just one game on your system and spent some time tweaking the chassis you would get it fairly close to perfect , but as soon as you flick over to something else it will probably look crap.


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OSCAR WILDE: THE HAPPY PRINCE
2014-45 Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince
Oscar Wilde [1854-1900]
Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright and poet. His rich and dramatic portrayals of the human condition came at the height of the prosperity that swept through London in the late 19th century.
Wilde wrote many short stories, plays and poems that continue to inspire millions around the world. We shall see two of his best fairy tales: "The Happy Prince" in this post and "The Selfish Giant" in the next.
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind.
All day long he flew, and at night-time he arrived at the city. "Where shall I put up?" he said; "I hope the town has made preparations." Then he saw the statue on the tall column. "I will put up there," he cried; "it is a fine position, with plenty of fresh air." So he alighted just between the feet of the Happy Prince.
"I have a golden bedroom," he said softly to himself as he looked round, and he prepared to go to sleep; but just as he was putting his head under his wing a large drop of water fell on him. "What a curious thing!" he cried; "there is not a single cloud in the sky, the stars are quite clear and bright, and yet it is raining." Then he looked up, and saw - Ah! what did he see?
The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity. "Who are you?" he said. "I am the Happy Prince." "Why are you weeping then?" asked the Swallow; "you have quite drenched me."
"When I was alive and had a human heart," answered the statue, "I did not know what tears were. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the misery of my city, and I cannot chose but weep."
"Far away in a little street there is a poor house. I can see a woman seated at a table. In a bed her little boy is lying ill. He has a fever, and is crying. His mother has nothing to give him but river water. Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword-hilt? My feet are fastened to this pedestal and I cannot move."
"Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "will you not stay with me for one night, and be my messenger? The boy is so thirsty, and the mother so sad." The Happy Prince looked so sad that the little Swallow was sorry. So the Swallow picked out the great ruby from the Prince's sword, and flew away with it in his beak over the roofs of the town.
At last he came to the poor house. In he hopped, and laid the great ruby on the table. Then he flew gently round the bed, fanning the boy's forehead with his wings. Then the Swallow flew back to the Happy Prince, and told him what he had done. "It is curious," he remarked, "but I feel quite warm now, although it is so cold." "That is because you have done a good action," said the Prince.
When day broke he flew down to the river and had a bath. "To-night I go to Egypt," said the Swallow, and he was in high spirits at the prospect. Wherever he went the Sparrows chirruped, and said to each other, "What a distinguished stranger!" so he enjoyed himself very much. When the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince. "Have you any commissions for Egypt?" he cried; "I am just starting."
"Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "far away across the city I see a young man in a garret. His hair is brown and crisp, and he has large and dreamy eyes. He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre, but he is too cold to write any more. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint."
"I will wait with you one night longer," said the Swallow, who really had a good heart. "Shall I take him another ruby?" "Alas! I have no ruby now," said the Prince; "my eyes are all that I have left. They are made of rare sapphires. Pluck out one of them and take it to him. He will sell it to the jeweller, and buy food and firewood, and finish his play."
So the Swallow plucked out the Prince's eye, and flew away to the student's garret. The young man did not hear the flutter of the bird's wings, and when he looked up he found the beautiful sapphire lying on the withered violets. "I am beginning to be appreciated," he cried; "this is from some great admirer. Now I can finish my play," and he looked quite happy.
The next day the Swallow flew down to the harbour. He sat on the mast of a large vessel. "I am going to Egypt"! cried the Swallow, but nobody minded, and when the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince. "I am come to bid you good-bye," he cried. "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "will you not stay with me one night longer?"
"It is winter," answered the Swallow, "and the chill snow will soon be here. In Egypt the sun is warm on the green palm-trees. Dear Prince, I must leave you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea."
"In the square below," said the Happy Prince, "there stands a little match-girl. She has let her matches fall in the gutter, and they are all spoiled. Her father will beat her if she does not bring home some money, and she is crying. She has no shoes or stockings, and her little head is bare. Pluck out my other eye, and give it to her, and her father will not beat her."
"I will stay with you one night longer," said the Swallow, "but I cannot pluck out your eye. You would be quite blind then." "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "do as I command you." So he plucked out the Prince's other eye, and darted down with it. He swooped past the match-girl, and slipped the jewel into the palm of her hand.
Then the Swallow came back to the Prince. "You are blind now," he said, "so I will stay with you always." "No, little Swallow," said the poor Prince, "you must go away to Egypt." "I will stay with you always," said the Swallow, and he slept at the Prince's feet.
All the next day he sat on the Prince's shoulder, and told him stories of what he had seen in strange lands. He told him of the Sphinx, who is as old as the world itself, and lives in the desert, and knows everything; of the merchants, who walk slowly by the side of their camels, and of the King of the Mountains of the Moon.
"Dear little Swallow," said the Prince, "you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery. Fly over my city, little Swallow, and tell me what you see there."
So the Swallow flew into dark lanes, and saw the white faces of starving children looking out listlessly at the black streets. Then he flew back and told the Prince what he had seen. "I am covered with fine gold," said the Prince, "you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor; the living always think that gold can make them happy."
Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey. Leaf after leaf of the fine gold he brought to the poor, and the children's faces grew rosier, and they laughed and played games in the street. "We have bread now!" they cried.
Then the snow came, and after the snow came the frost. The streets looked as if they were made of silver, they were so bright and glistening; long icicles like crystal daggers hung down from the eaves of the houses, everybody went about in furs, and the little boys wore scarlet caps and skated on the ice.
The poor little Swallow grew colder and colder, but he would not leave the Prince, he loved him too well. He picked up crumbs outside the baker's door when the baker was not looking and tried to keep himself warm by flapping his wings.
But at last he knew that he was going to die. He had just strength to fly up to the Prince's shoulder once more. "Good-bye, dear Prince!" he murmured, "will you let me kiss your hand?" "I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow," said the Prince, "you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you." "It is not to Egypt that I am going," said the Swallow. "I am going to the House of Death. Death is the brother of Sleep, is he not?" And he kissed the Happy Prince on the lips, and fell down dead at his feet.
"Bring me the two most precious things in the city," said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird. "You have rightly chosen," said God, "for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me."
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Q: Online judge keeps telling i have wrong answer This is the problem:
Lili is organizing a competition at her school. There are N × N people in a room-sized N × N and each one of them belongs to a team. The team is numbered between 1 to N. In the room, people wear a shirt with numbers between 0 to N indicating team number they come from. People that wears number 0 is spectator.
Lili wants to know whether each team consists of at least N members and are in the room. Help Lili to count how many incomplete teams in the room.
Input:
Input consists of one integer N , number of team participating in this competition followed by N lines consisting of N integers Aij with value between 0 and N inclusive, each representing the numbers in the people's shirts.
Constraints:
1 ≤ N ≤ 100
Output:
Output the number of incomplete teams in the room.
Sample input 1:
2
1 0
2 2

Output 1:
1

Sample input 2:
3
3 0 2
2 0 2
1 3 3

Output 2:
1

This is my current code but it keeps saying wrong answer
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  int n, array[101][101], i, j, count = 0, k, x = 0;

  scanf("%d", &n);

  for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
      scanf("%d", &array[i][j]);
    }
  }

  for (k = 0; k < n; k++) {
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
        if (array[i][j] == k + 1) {
          count += 1;
        }
      }
    }

    if (count != n) {
      x += 1;
    }
    count = 0;
  }

  printf("%d\n", x);
  return 0;
}

A: First of all you do not need a 2D array of size NxN, but a single 1D array of size N (or just N-1) to count how many people are in each team.
And as you need a dynamic size array (N is only known at run time), you can simply use an allocated array of integers. Because I would bet a coin that you problem comes when N > 101...
Algo in pseudo-code:
read N
alloc an array teams of size N-1 and initialize it with 0
loop N * N times
| read a shirt number i
| if i > 0
| | increase teams[i - 1]
let incomplete be a 0 value integer
loop N-1 times
| if teams[i] < N
| | increase incomplete
output incomplete

A: At first glance your solution seems correct excepting for two flaws:

*

*count != n expression should be count < n

*It might be too slow. @Serge Ballesta solution is O(N^2) but yours is O(N^3)
a 101x101 array is big enough, you could even use a 100x100 array instead. You can also allocate a NxN array using malloc, which would make your code more flexible but also a bit more complex.

A: Although StackOverflow is not the right site for this question, here we go. The mistake lies here:
if (count != n) {
    x += 1;
}

The problem statement mentioned that the size of the incomplete team is less than N. Change the sign != to <, and the algorithm is correct. But, It may not be accepted by the online judge since it can be optimized further. Here's the optimized version:
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int N;
    scanf("%d", &N);
    /**
     * arr[i] stores the size of (i + 1)th team.
     * it's not necessary to store the spectator's count.
     */
    int arr[N];
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        arr[i] = 0;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
            int team;
            scanf("%d", &team);
            if (team > 0) {
                /* incrementing the size of team */
                arr[team - 1]++;
            }
        }
    }
    int incomplete_teams = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        if (arr[i] < N) {
            incomplete_teams++;
        }
    }
    printf("%d\n", incomplete_teams);
    return 0;
}


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Bacterial agglutination is performed using either P. aeruginosa cells autoclaved at 120oC for 1 hour, then centrifuged and resuspended in saline or live P. aeruginosa cells grown to mid log phase, then centrifuged and resuspended in saline. (For either method resuspend the bacteria so the concentration is 5 X 108 bacteria/ml.) In both methods the cell preparations are incubated with serial dilutions of antiserum for 1 hour at 37oC. The agglutination of live cells is characterized by a coarse granular bacterial clumping, as opposed to the finer granular clumping of heat-killed P. aeruginosa with homologous LPS O-antigen-specific serum. Bacterial agglutination is scored on a scale of +1 (weak agglutination) to +4 (strong reaction). The agglutination can also be performed on glass slides using a drop each of antiserum and bacterial preparation, and the results observed after 3 to 5 minutes.
Passive agglutination is performed using tanned sheep red blood cells and P. aeruginosa LPS (heated for 1 hour at 100oC prior to use). Sheep erythrocytes are washed three times in saline (0.9% NaCl), adjusted to 4% erythrocytes (v/v) in PBS, pH 7.5 and 2.5mg of tannic acid in 50ml PBS is added to 50ml of the cell suspension. After a 15 minutes incubation at 37oC with occasional mixing, the cells are centrifuged (100 x g for 20 minutes) and washed with 100ml PBS. One half of the cells are kept as a control in PBS containing 1mM NaN3. To the other half of the cells, 20µg/ml LPS or protein is added, and the mixture is incubated for 1 hour at 37oC with very gentle agitation at regular intervals. The antigen-coated cells are washed three times in saline and 1mM NaN3 is added for storage at 4oC. The cells are made up to 1% (v/v) in saline before use.
Passive agglutination is performed in 96 well conical bottom plates (Linbro, Flow Labs) using 50µl of antiserum serially diluted in saline and 50µl of 1% (v/v) antigen-coated sheep erythrocytes. Control wells contain the antiserum and tanned, non-antigen-coated sheep erythrocytes. The plates are incubated at 37oC for 1 hour. The titre is the inverse of the highest serum dilution showing agglutination. Non-agglutinated cells give a tight button of cells at the bottom of the well, while the agglutinated cells form a mat at the well bottom.


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Disabled boy, 5, left 'humiliated' after Legoland staff force him out his wheelchair to prove he can walk
2 October 2019, 11:13 | Updated: 2 October 2019, 11:14
Five-year-old Sebby has been left humiliated by the incident. Picture: PA
Five-year-old Sebby Brett was visiting the resort as a treat following four operations
A mother has slammed Legoland after her five-year-old disabled son was made to get out of his wheelchair and prove he could walk before going on one of their rides.
Sebby Brett suffers from an undiagnosed condition similar to celebral palsy - which has left him unable to walk even short distances without help.
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His mother Joanna took to Facebook to reveal that Legoland staff made him get out of his chair to prove he could walk three steps in case of an evacuation, which he managed to do while holding her hand, but that staff made him do it again.
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She added: "When I challenged them (anyone who knows me, knows I'm a fiery character and don't take things that annoy me lightly, especially when it comes to my children), and they said it was because if they evacuate they need to see he can walk. Crazy! As a parent, if we're evacuated I'm carrying him, and Lottie who isn't disabled!! What did those 3 patronising and embarrassing steps prove to them?!"
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Joanna went on to say that Sebby has asked her why anyone would make a disabled person walk, and went on to reveal that he had been left affected by the incident.
Sebby was made to prove he could walk by Legoland staff. Picture: PA
"Sebby has mentioned it several times today, it's really affected him. And it's not from us, I hid my anger from him. I actually couldn't complain at the time as I was so close to tears and didn't want to cry in front of him!"
She went on to reveal that when she had complained she'd been given a disabled access guide, and called on Legoland to do more for disabled visitors.
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"How can Lego, a massive company, be so lacking in disability inclusion? I understand health and safety and not everything can be accessible, but for so little to be accessible is shocking. I have a friend in a wheelchair that can't walk, so if she wants to take her kids to legoland she wouldn't be able to see her kids on the vast majority of the rides, how is that fair??"
Five-year-old Sebby has been left 'humiliated' by the incident. Picture: PA
Legoland have now released a statement saying: "We were very sorry to hear of Mrs Brett and her family's experience at the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort on the weekend.
"The health and safety of our guests is always our priority and we have a number of requirements in place to allow our guests with disabilities and additional needs to enjoy our rides.
Legoland have now released a statement about the incident. Picture: PA
"On some rides, such as LEGO NINJAGO The Ride, guests are required to walk unaided.
"This is necessary in the case of guests being evacuated from the ride, as they would be required to walk during the evacuation process.
"These requirements are set out in our Accessibility Guide, which is available on our website, on our Ride Access Pass system, as a printed leaflet and on the restriction boards at the entrance to each ride.
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Based on the belief that universities have obligation to work together to address the economic, social, cultural and environmental challenges in the world and to find solutions so as to make our world more just, inclusive, peaceful and sustainable, the University Social Responsibility Network (USRN) was established in 2015, bringing together a group of thought leaders to exchange ideas, resources, practices of varied scope and scale to steer global discussion and development of USR in higher education.
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Marshall faculty member receives grant for documentary
Peggy Harman (shown right), assistant professor of social work with the Marshall University College of Health Professions, said she wants audiences to remember two things after watching the documentary: "We are a nation of immigrants" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Harman will complete the project with her husband, documentarian Jason Harman (shown left), over the next several months.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Dr. Peggy Harman of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has been awarded a $1,500 grant from the West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council to film a documentary on "The Leper of Pickens," which will focus on how a man's life was forever changed due to discrimination and bullying.
"The Leper of Pickens" was a man from Syria who came to the United States around 1901 looking for a better life, according to Harman. After gaining employment, Harman said he developed sores on his face that became so severe that he was forced to quit his job and was forced from the town in which he was working.
"He traveled from town to town trying to gain employment, but was forced to leave because of his affliction. Naturally, he had very little money and thus, he could not afford medical care," Harman said. "Eventually he ended up in West Virginia and was diagnosed with leprosy. The remainder of his life was horrific. The documentary will chronicle his life and death and highlight the effects prejudice and bullying have on the individual and society."
Harman, an assistant professor in the college's Department of Social Work, said the purpose of social work is to assist in the well-being of society. If the profession of social work had been as advanced as it now, "The Leper" could have been assisted and possibly could have lived a healthy and prosperous life, according to Harman.
"Immigrants often face discrimination and bullying for 'being different' and the addition of having a medical affliction, especially one that is disfiguring and that people perceive as communicable or 'catching,' is especially devastating," Harman said. "Recent studies indicate that bullying and discrimination have devastating effects not only on the victim and their families, but have an overall impact on the quality of life on all members of the community. This type of violence is significantly associated with increased costs of health and social services. Studies also suggest that bullying and discrimination are highly associated with devaluation of property and lower productivity."
The documentary will be entered into several West Virginia film festivals in 2016. Harman said she is eager to reveal the name of "The Leper" in the project so that audiences will evolve from viewing him as an object and begin to see him as a deserving human being. Harman said she would also develop a curriculum focused on bullying and discrimination for a workshop to be presented to sixth graders in Cabell County.
To learn more about Harman's work with this project, contact her at 304-696-3146 or email proudfoothar@marshall.edu. For more information about the college's Department of Social Work, visit www.marshall.edu/cohp online.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2015/08/web1_PeggyHarman.jpegPeggy Harman (shown right), assistant professor of social work with the Marshall University College of Health Professions, said she wants audiences to remember two things after watching the documentary: "We are a nation of immigrants" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Harman will complete the project with her husband, documentarian Jason Harman (shown left), over the next several months.
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Q: Как задать константу в padding ссылки У меня есть константа объявленная как
* { --offset: 10px; }

И я хочу задать, при наведении на ссылку, смещение на константу, чтобы вместо
.menu a:hover {
   padding: 10px 0 10px 20px;
}

я мог написать
.menu a:hover {
   padding: var(--offset) 0 var(--offset) var(--offset)*2;
}

Возможно ли вообще такое реализовать?

A: Проблема оказалась в умножении константы на числовой литерал.
Если писать
.menu a:hover { padding: var(--offset) 0 var(--offset) 20; }

то все работает хорошо. Так же к константе можно прибавлять литерал, то есть если написать
.menu a:hover { padding: var(--offset) 0 var(--offset) var(--offset)+10; }

будет тоже работать.