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Both Alfresco and Drupal are great platforms for delivering content to users. Sometimes though, you want to be able to publish content from Alfresco to Drupal 7.
Alfresco Share's Blog module allows users to create and publish blogs within an Alfresco site. Out of the box, you can also publish blogs to both WordPress and Typepad.
Drupal isn't a publishing option by default, however, with a few extra modules within Drupal, you can easily publish externally from Alfresco.
The easiest way to talk to Drupal is to install the Blog API module. This API module exposes MetaWeblog API via the XML RPC handler within drupal and allows you to update an external blog accordingly.
This makes the assumption that you are using the generic blog type within drupal.
Alfresco does not need much configuration at all, as it already supports publishing to WordPress out of the box, we can reuse this functionality for drupal.
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If you have a Restful Client such as Postman or Cocoa Rest Client, you can create some simple POST requests to the above URL handler and see if you receive a valid response.
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Delivering powerful, intelligent voice interface technology for mobile, wearables, and the Internet of Things.
Contextual Voice Control
Natural Language Search
Intelligent Conversational Assistant
Customised to understand your application and powered by leading-edge artificial intelligence.
Capito Systems brings together an elite team of technology visionaries, industry leading natural language processing & machine learning engineers, world class research scientists in speech & dialogue systems, and product specialists.
Our mission is to continue raising the bar in delivering exceptional contextual spoken language understanding that consumers now expect from voice-driven applications.
All our products, below, are easy to integrate into any application using our APIs
Many applications are difficult to operate because of their deep navigation menus or require form-filling so as to display the desired content.
This makes them inconvenient to use in certain situations, yet this may be when the content is needed or particularly desirable to have. E.g. comparing prices whilst out shopping, or finding your departure platform at a train station, or when operating machinery.
Our contextual voice control overcomes these limitations, and removes the constraints of menu-based navigation.
Searching product catalogues, timetables, and large data sets is time-consuming and often frustrating because most in-app search today is keyword based, requiring precise search terms to yield results.
For businesses with consumer-facing apps this can mean lost revenues. Our natural language search understands the semantics of naturally spoken, or typed, search phrases.
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Our dialogue manager (in development) will facilitate intelligent interactions to bring human-like conversation to applications.
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We are constantly evaluating the industry's leading ASRs to ensure the best fit for your application.
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*Automatic Speech Recognition, also known as "speech-to-text".
We have developed our own industry-leading spoken language understanding technology, based on advanced machine learning algorithms and computational linguistics.
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These are critical in delivering a commercially viable service to applications. We measure and log the performance of each system component traversed by each interaction with our system, from the device through to the completion of semantic processing in our cloud.
We aim for a sub 2 second end-to-end response time, and often achieve response times sub 1.5 seconds. Our cloud service also supports dynamic (elastic) scaling to adapt to different load conditions so that performance is not affected under load.
Our technology can be easily integrated into applications via our APIs.
Our APIs enable us to capture user interaction data (anonymised) across voice, text and touch inputs. This data enables us to build detailed user profiles on behalf of our clients which can be used to provide a personalised app experience. For example, in eCommerce this forms the basis of recommendation engines.
Cloud-based natural language understanding
Web dashboard analytics
These short videos showcase our intelligent voice control technology applied to two different mobile app contexts.
Intelligent voice control takes the convenience factor of this type of app to a different level. Conventional train apps are not much use on-the-go when you are rushing to catch a train. Imagine you have just 1 minute to get to the departure platform but you don't know which platform to head for. Now you can just ask the app!
Sports betting apps are amongst the most complex of all apps to use because there are so many deep navigation pathways to find your market and runner, then you have to input a stake before confirming your bet. With our intelligent voice control, navigation, search and bet slip completion are just one step away, regardless of where you are in the app. And voice control adds a new dimension to in-play betting, making bet placement possible within just a few seconds.
A leadership team with strong sector skills
Tony Ballardie has been involved in technology research and innovation since the early 1990s when he was actively involved in Internet communications research and developing Internet protocol standards within the IETF. Over the past 10 years he has been involved in the early stages of a number of technology start-ups. From 2006 until 2011 he was Head of Emerging Technologies at Betfair, and set up Capito Systems in 2012. Tony has a PhD in Computer Science from University College London (1995).
NLP Scientist
Sabine Buchholz received a Master's degree in Computational Linguistics from Saarland University (Germany) and a PhD from Tilburg University (the Netherlands), specialising in machine learning and syntactic analysis. A Natural Language Processing expert with extensive industry experience. Sabine has worked on applications including Spoken Language Understanding, Text to Speech and Question Answering systems. Prior to joining Capito Systems she was in the Speech Technology Group of Toshiba Research Europe.
R&D Lead
Filip Jurcicek is an assistant professor at the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics at the Charles University in Prague. Before joining Charles University, he worked as a research associate at Cambridge University on the development of statistical methods for spoken dialogue management, in particular POMDPs (Partially-Observable Markov Decision Processes). Prior that he worked as an IT software consultant. Filip received his PhD in 2007 from the department of Computer Science at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic) on the subject of semantic parsing for spoken dialogue systems.
Martyn Holman is Investment Director at Oxford Capital Partners, leading new investments and managing existing portfolio companies. He joined Betfair in its infancy as Director of New Ventures delivering many of the high profile initiatives that helped drive the company's success, and later co-founded LMAX, a financial trading platform he spun out of Betfair. Prior to joining Oxford Capital, Martyn worked at Google. Martyn has a first class degree in Engineering from Cambridge, and gained his MBA with Distinction from the Said Business School, Oxford University.
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Ever since Steve Jobs announced the white iPhone in June, 2010, fans have been waiting for it to come out. And waiting. And waiting.
While this isn't the biggest development in the world, Apple might very well sell a lot of these, considering the mystery around the elusive device. It's certainly gotten a lot of attention above and beyond what's normal for a new color for an existing product.
The white iPhone never shipped, and Apple never explained what the problem was. Supposedly, the white back of the iPhone 4 reflected so much light from the LED flash that photos taken with the device were overexposed. Apple reportedly dealt with this by giving the white iPhone a brushed aluminum back.
Of course, Schiller didn't specify that this white iPhone was an iPhone 4, which has some folks speculating that maybe the white iPhone will be an iPhone 5, which is expected this summer.


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Just 4″ More Snow Will Break 57 Year Record in MN
The previous snowfall record was set in 1962.
If there's a silver lining to more snow on the horizon, it's the high possibility of setting a new snowfall record in Minnesota!
Just four more inches of snow will break the previous record of 26.5 inches of snow set in 1962. According to KARE 11 meteorologist Belinda Jensen it's a "safe bet." The National Weather Service says 4-7 inches is likely Tuesday night through Wednesday in Central Minnesota, and a Winter Storm Watch is in effect from midnight tonight through 6pm Wednesday.
"In Duluth, they have more snow on the ground right now than they have in over five years," says Jensen. "Many parts of the (Twin Cities) metro have more snowpack on the ground than we've seen in around five years as well. So it's pretty remarkable."
Projected weather forecasts also show chance of 2-3 inches of snow over the weekend.
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Марина Францівна Поплавська (9 березня 1970, Новоград-Волинський, Житомирська область, Українська РСР, СРСР — 20 жовтня 2018, біля с. Мила, Києво-Святошинський район, Київська область, Україна) — українська акторка, учасниця проєктів «Дизель Студіо» (скетч-ком «На трьох», концертне шоу «Дизель Шоу»). Лауреатка Міжнародного музичного фестивалю КВН (імені Ріхтера), двічі чемпіонка Асоціації КВН України, керівниця і продюсерка телевізійної команди КВН «Дівчата з Житомира», багаторазова учасниця телепрограм на ОРТ, 1+1, ТЕТ, ICTV, Інтер.

Життєпис
Народилася 9 березня 1970 року в місті Новоград-Волинський Житомирської області. Тут пройшло її дитинство, мріяла стати вчителькою і працювати з дітьми. Після школи вступила на факультет української філології Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка, де університетська самодіяльність відкрила в ній акторські таланти. Понад 20 років викладала українську мову та літературу, суміщаючи акторство та вчителювання.

Поплавська закінчила університет, де проявилась як співачка, акторка і педагогиня. Запрошена в команду «Дівчата з Житомира», проте добитися в прем'єр-лізі особливих результатів не вдалося. Зате відзначилася на музичних фестивалях. Працювала у гумористичній передачі «DIZEL Шоу».

Після успішного виступу на музичному фестивалі в Юрмалі керівництво телестудії НТВ запросило її вести телепередачу «На трьох».

Все життя Марина Поплавська присвятила КВК і дітям. Велику кількість телевізійних пропозицій, зйомок відкидала, якщо потрібно було порушувати графік роботи в школі. У 2017 році в інтерв'ю розповіла, що звільнилася зі школи через нестачу часу. Останній рік життя присвятила повністю телебаченню і роботі в улюбленому шоу.

У шлюбі не була, дітей не мала. Опікувалась племінниками.

20 жовтня 2018 року загинула в автокатастрофі на Житомирській трасі біля села Мила (автобус із акторами влетів у вантажівку).

21 жовтня 2018 року у київському Жовтневому палаці відбулося прощання з Мариною Поплавською. 22 жовтня похована в Житомирі на Корбутівському кладовищі. У жовтні 2020 року колеги Поплавської виготовили пам'ятник, який планують встановити у центральній частині Житомира.

Артисти «Дизель Шоу» запустили у соцмережах флешмоб «Марина з нами». Зірки проєкту та фани опублікували фото і відео, зроблені за життя Поплавської..

Фільмографія
 2004 Фільм «Чотири кохання», епізод
 2006 Фільм «Повернення блудного чоловіка», епізод
 2007 Фільм «Дні надії» (бармен)
 2013—2015 Серіал «Як гартувався стайл» (комендант)
 2015 «Країна У» (Тамара Василівна)
 2015—2016 «Це-любов», епізод
 2015—2018 «Дизель Шоу»
 2015—2018 «На трьох»
 2018 «Кохання. Побічний ефект» (пацієнтка).

Родина
 Батько — Франц Петрович Поплавський.
 Мати — Ніна Олександрівна Філіпова.
 Сестра — Людмила Францівна Поплавська.

Нагороди
 Орден «За заслуги» III ст. (1 грудня 2018, посмертно) — за значний особистий внесок у державне будівництво, соціально-економічний, науково-технічний, культурно-освітній розвиток Української держави, вагомі трудові досягнення, багаторічну сумлінну працю

Примітки

Посилання
 Марина Поплавська: Мою долю підкоригував перстень
 «Я живий. Вона ні»: колега загиблої Марини Поплавської прокоментував трагічне ДТП під Києвом

Випускники Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка
Українські телеакторки
Українські кіноакторки
Українські коміки
Українські педагоги
Педагоги Житомира
Актори, відомі під псевдонімами
Поховані в Житомирі

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module AuthenticateS3Url
  class Configuration
    include ActiveModel::Validations

    class Invalid < StandardError; end

    attr_accessor :aws_access_key_id, :aws_secret_access_key
    attr_accessor :expire_after
    attr_accessor :s3_directory         # e.g. 'the-bucket-name'
    attr_accessor :s3_region            # e.g. 'eu-west-1'
    attr_accessor :should_expire

    validates :aws_access_key_id,     presence: true
    validates :aws_secret_access_key, presence: true
    validates :expire_after,          presence: true, if: :should_expire?
    validates :s3_directory,          presence: true

    def initialize
      @expire_after = 30
    end
  end
end

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Nova Analytics Sale to ITT Provides "Very Good" Outcome for Battery Ventures
AstraZeneca Taps Gatehouse Bio to Identify Potential Drug Targets
Art Mellor
Software Engineer at Skelmir
Locale App for Android Phones "Wouldn't Even Be Possible on the iPhone," Says Winner of $275K Developer Challenge
Wade Roush
@soonishpodcast
Last week's unveiling of the first phone running the Android operating system—the T-Mobile G1, which will be available to consumers on October 22—suddenly made Google's vision of an open source smart-phone platform to compete with Apple's iPhone seem much more real. But developers writing applications for Android phones have been immersed in the new operating system for months, and one of the teams that's gotten the most pre-launch publicity is right here in Boston. It's the group of current and former MIT students behind Locale, an application that automatically changes an Android phone's settings based on its location.
If you're a movie or music fan, for example, you could use Locale to teach your Android phone to shut off its ringer whenever you go to your favorite cinema or concert hall. Or you could program that risqué Gisele Bundchen or Tyson Beckford wallpaper to change into a staid nature scene when you walk into the office. It's such a bright idea that the Google-led Open Handset Alliance picked Locale last month as one of 10 winners of the $275,000 top prize in its first Android Developer Challenge, a contest designed to stimulate outside programmers to come up with useful apps for the Java-based operating system.
That's a cool $55,000 each for the five members of the Locale team—Clare Bayley, Carter Jernigan, Jasper Lin, Jennifer Shu, and Christina Wright—and comes on top of the $25,000 the team won for making it through the first round of the Android contest. The group was one of six teams participating in an experimental spring-semester course, "Building Mobile Applications with Android," taught by well-known MIT computer scientist Hal Abelson. Though the students had only four months to come up with a functioning application, "All of them actually produced things that worked, which was amazing to me," Abelson told Bob.
Not only does Locale work—it's one of the applications that will be available starting October 22 from the Android Market, Google's answer to the iTunes App Store for the iPhone. That's according to Carter Jernigan of the Locale team, who's now a full-time software engineer for Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, MA. Jernigan met me for lunch in Kendall Square this Tuesday, and I asked him how his team came up with the idea for Locale, what it was like to win the Android Challenge, and how he thinks Android compares to other mobile platforms. (Locale "wouldn't even be possible on the iPhone" thanks to restrictions put in place by Apple that keep third-party programs from running in the background while other programs are active, he says.) An abridged version of our interview follows.
Xconomy: Did you have the idea for Locale going into Abelson's class, or was it something you came up in the course of the semester?
Carter Jernigan: The brainstorming began before the class. One of the prerequisites was that you needed a team and a project—not necessarily a final idea, but some idea of what you wanted to be. So we did a lot of brainstorming and came up with the idea for the application and assembled the group before we applied to be in the class.
X: Did you also know ahead of time that you wanted to enter the Android developer contest?
CJ: We knew about the contest going into the class, but entering it wasn't our primary goal. Our primary goal was to do well and get an A. But entering the contest was certainly doable within the context of the class.
X: Why did you pick the problem you did— a location-based application for changing a phone's settings?
CJ: I was looking for an application that would solve a problem that people have on a daily basis. The idea hit me when I was just observing friends and family members and coworkers having their phones go off all the time. Having the phone behave differently depending on where you are is a way to solve the problem.
X: Haven't there been previous attempts to get at this problem of cell phones ringing at inappropriate times? For example, I've read about movie theaters and playhouses experimenting with jamming devices that would prevent audience members' phones from receiving calls.
CJ: My understanding is that jamming devices are illegal. And blocking people's communications is such a blunt way to solve the problem. I don't think that's the right solution. One of the things Google is trying to do with Android is … Next Page »
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23 responses to "Locale App for Android Phones "Wouldn't Even Be Possible on the iPhone," Says Winner of $275K Developer Challenge"
I call FUD. There are location based apps that turn settings off and on for the Mac, and there have been for years. This is certainly possible on the iPhone.
Wade Roush says:
@Dean: Yes, the iPhone could run such an app, in principle. Jernigan's point was that Apple's ban on third-party apps running in the background prevents the kind of inter-app communication needed to make a service like Locale usable on the iPhone.
Bravia says:
Not Possible? what are they smoking?? A regular phone has "profiles" and you normally enable it via a single key, if a regular phone had GPS/LBS it's a matter of setting a variable to kick in via auto update.
– The iPhone SDK doesn't allow third party developers to modify phone settings.
– The iPhone SDK doesn't allow third party developers to run background applications.
– The Android platform allows third party developers to modify phone settings with user permissions.
– The Android platform allows third party developers to run background tasks.
– You can develop an application like Locale for the iPhone if your name is "Apple". Otherwise you can't.
– Everybody can develop an application like Locale for Android phones.
Grant Hutchins says:
Saying that it "wouldn't" be possible implies that it is never going to be possible. I think that the answer is more along the lines of:
It is not currently possible, when following Apple's rules.
Certainly it is possible on something like a jailbroken iPhone.
So there's nothing inherent about the iPhone that prevents this sort of app from ever being developed. Last year someone could have written a tip calculator for Android and said that it "wouldn't even be possible on the iPhone".
mokomoko says:
"Other platforms have their own limitations. The openness of Android creates an environment for applications that just aren't possible on other platforms."
OpenMoko has fewer limitations than Android — none, in fact. You aren't even forced to use Java.
In fact, it's kind of hilarious (if it wasn't so sad) to see people talking about the power of Java, which Alan Kay called "the most distressing thing to happen to computing since MS-DOS".
@Bravia – Yes normal phones COULD do all that, but currently no phone does that automatically till this app came along for Android. Were talking a fully automatic setting change. Not some remember to change profile when I get to somewere.
You miss the point, COULD doesn't mean it will be done! Apple COULD allow Mac X to be installed on dell hardware, but they haven't and wont at stage.
@justme
Yes, I think that is the important point. So far my phone couldn't do that. You have to select the profile yourself.
@mokomoko
Openmoko would have been a better platform if they had made their phones appeal to mainstream customers and polished their work. It still has fragmentation & portability problems so far. Yes, Android loses lots of flexibility compared to Openmoko (ie. your java comment), but I think Google is trying to strike a good balance so that Android can survive commercially & still is flexible enough for most developers.
For people leaving the comments about the "not possible" bit, they were talking specifically about the iPhone. I know WinMo had a similar program called phoneAlarm. Don't have to read too much into it, it is obvious they are referring to the limitations of the current iPhone SDK.
Spinlock says:
– The unofficial iPhone SDK allows modification of all phone settings.
– The unofficial iPhone SDK allows background applications.
– The unofficial iPhone SDK allows kernel extensions.
– The official and unoffical iPhone SDKs allow (even force) native code execution.
– The Android platform forces developers to use Java.
– To those willing to jailbreak, the iPhone will be the more responsive, more capable system.
I was worried myself when I heard about Android – a google attempt at a linux based phone platform? But then I heard it was all Java, and my buyers remorse was replaced with bitter sweet relief. No emulators? No easy porting of any existing non Java nix apps? What a total waste :[ Guess I'm still holding out for the linux multi-touch EVDO Tegra platform.
sleebus.jones says:
Sad little whiny iPhone fanbois. You just don't get it do you?
G1 = it just works (tee hee)
iPhone = works if you hack it (if the app is out there) and after you put your warranty at risk.
Obvious winner: G1, the iPhone if you're blind, stupid and ignorant.
@Spinlock = What are you on about?
So to do what the Android can do out of the box, you have to go jailbreak your phone so you can run 'unoffical' software? Cause apple won't allow you to out of the box?
Why are you even reading this? go read apple.com
Carlos still waiting for Linux to take over the desktop too? Ha! Java and Linux are still not primetime tools. And have they come up with a biz model yet? O wait, I remember: give away crappy software for free, charge through the nose for support, close up shop and go back to teaching students (they are the only naïve ones who will listen to you).
gman says:
Mike, please, shut your mouth and don't embarrass yourself. Linux is not some company or corporation that COULD have a business model. It is a free foundation, and most applications are free because their developers want them to be free, not because it is their "business model".
Linux is not trying to take over anything, when are you lamos going to understand that? It is already dominating on servers and even getting bigger in desktops, but it is not the same as windows or mac, and has never tried to be.
And hearing about your complaints about java just makes me laugh at your ignorance and incompetence. Java IS NOT THE SAME THING as C++, delphi or any other compilable language. Just like assembler is not the same as php. YES, assembler is like 500 times faster than php and perhaps 10 times faster than java, but that's not the point. There is a reason for creation of high level languages and speed is not the only thing that is important in development of applications.
And android's choice for using java for its apps is just perfect. It is the only feasible way to make all of the applications directly (without porting) compatible with ANY device running android, whether it is running a qualcomm or intel processor, whether it has any special processor features or not, and so on and so on.
So go buy some another overpriced and overhyped piece of garbage with a picture of an apple on it and don't consider yourself with things your cannot comprehend.
Apple's bitch…


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Welcome to the Department of English at Rutgers!
We are a vibrant group of scholars, teachers, students, and staff who are dedicated to the study of literature in English and to the arts of careful reading and effective writing. The largest unit in the School of Arts and Sciences, the English department encompasses multilingual language learners and those pursuing doctoral research, undergraduates taking their first courses in literary study and renowned poets and scholars at the forefront of their fields. Our department includes creative writers, book historians, literary theorists, film and media specialists, and experts in writing in English from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present, in the British Isles, the Americas, and across the globe.
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We are proud to have graduated close to 300 majors and minors in English and Creative Writing in 2021. Our undergraduate majors persevered through challenging times, completing a rigorous course of study that includes the analysis of literary texts from a wide range of historical periods as well as courses in African-American literature, Literature of the Global South, and Literary Theory. Twenty-five undergraduates completed honors theses. Sixteen were works of literary criticism on topics from John Milton to Toni Morrison, and nine were creative theses, including collections of poems, stories, memoirs, and novels-in-progress.
In the past academic year, over 5,500 undergraduates successfully completed Expos 101, a significant achievement and a rite of passage for students at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Teachers in RELI worked across formidable time differences to deliver instruction to approximately 350 student who, due to the pandemic, had to attend their classes from abroad. Thanks to the Rutgers Overseas Semester Experience program, RELI students stayed closely connected to the Rutgers community even though they were far from New Jersey.
Seventeen graduate students completed their PhDs in 2020-21. English Department graduate students published essays in premiere journals and won numerous awards, including fellowships from the Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. In 2020-21, the Center for Cultural Analysis brought together faculty and graduate students from across campus to explore the topic: "What is Photography?" In 2021-22, CCA will convene an interdisciplinary seminar on the topic of The Commons, as well as supporting numerous smaller faculty-student working groups.
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We are proud of our work as scholars and teachers, and of the imaginative and resourceful staff who hold the department together and keep things running smoothly. The creativity with which English department members have responded to shifting and uncertain circumstances during the pandemic has been inspiring. We very much look forward to being back together in Murray Hall in September; until then, we will be working in two modalities, both on-site and remotely. We would be happy to respond to your questions by phone and email, and we look forward to seeing you back on campus at the end of the summer.
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This Framework should provide the abitlity to envolve a "calculation-graph" from a set of input->target signals minimizing the processing error through genetic algorythms.

#DNA-Structure

The basic gene structure consists of four Types of Objects:

- Operators ( J = Join | M = Modify)
		J: The Join Operator joins one or more different Nodes together by an given Modificator eg. f(x,y)
		M: The Modify Operator modifies one singel Data Stream with a given Function f(x)

- Weighted Arethmetics ( + , - , * , < , > , exp, sin )
		A Weighted Aretmetic should provide the possibility to calculatate an Error for a Aretmetic operation.
		The generall arethmetic is described as following:

			- f(x,y) = w(+)*(x+y) + w(*)*(x*y) + w(<)*(x<y) + w(>)*(x>y)
			... for the J Operator
			and
			- f(x) =  w(+)*(+x) + w(-)*(-x) + w(sig)*(sigmoid(x)) + w(exp)*(exp(x))
			... for the M Operator

			So each node is described by an weighted operation defined by a weight-vector v4b which will be modiefied later by evaluation and correction.
			Note that the v4 - weight vector is normed after each modification to the length 1 so that the maximal amount of one arethmetic is limited to 1
			whereas the other arethmetics fall to 0.

- Adressators & Constants ( # = Input | $ = Target | ~ = Transterminal & c = ConstantFloatNumber)
		# : The Input-Adressators refers to a given Input adressed by "#" followed by the Index of the Inputcell
		$ : The Target-Adressator refers to a given Target adressed by "$" followed by the Index of the Targetcell
		~ : The Transterminal-Adressator is a genericly generated Adress Point which is generated in runtime its weather a targetcell nor a inputcell
		c : The Constant is a floating point number envolved by the system and can be used like in normal calculations as a constant factor

- Allocator & Sepperator ( = & ; )
		= : The allocator links the given Adressators to the operation given on the right side of the equation
		; : The sepperator sepperates the Arguments from each other

	Example:
		The input length is given as two cells, The output length is defined as one cell so here's a code-example describing a process:

		~0		= J(0.32;...)[#0;#1]
		~1 		= M(...)[~0]
		~2		= J(...)[#0;c=3.1415]
		~3		= J(...)[~1;~0]
		~4		= J(...)[~2;~1]
		$0		= J(...)[~3;~4]

	Notes:
			- Every line of code represents a node in the graph
			- Branching is made by using the same ~/Transterminal multible times
			- The order of the Nodes is determined by the Transterminals which are already declared
			- Only TWO (2) Transterminals can be joined at the same time
			- Branching is not restricted

#Random Inital Population Generation

The inital population is generated as following:

	1st:	Generate a empty Input Target Graph.
	2nd:	Generate several Transterminals wheras the number of Transterminals is limited by a PARAMETER defined by the user.
	3rd:	Generate a varying number of lines of Code wheras the Adressators are choosen randomly from the pool of existing Adressators
			and the Operats and Modificators are choosen randomly.
			The maximal number of codelines is limited by a user-choosen PARAMETER.

#Global Error Evaluation

#Selection Algorythm (Global Selection)

Two selection algorythms are provided by the programm both are determined by the parameter "n" which is the number of individuals which remain in the DNA-Pool for population:

	1st: Russian Roulett elemination till "n" GraphIs' remain. Higher error causes higher probability to be eleminated.
	2nd: Take the "n" top GraphIs' with the lowerst error.

#Crossing (Local Selection)

The crossing is basically done by local error evaluation whereas we have one dominating DNA which is ---more likely--- to push trough is a part of the graph with the lower error.
The error is calculated backwards through the graph whereas each node of the Graph gets a Error-Quantifier depending on input and the error to the target.
The Error-Quantifiers are accumulated over the several Input Target exercises the Graph has to solve for survial.
The exact process is described below:

(Prenote: Mutations are not included at this point !!)
(4Me_PapesToRead: http://www.math.drexel.edu/~tolya/propagationarithmetic.pdf)

	1st: Evaluationg an Error-Quantifier for each Node

			!!! Warning !!! Experimental - Theory :
							In this approach i'll use a stocatical iterative algorythm to get the Error-Quantifier for each Node in the DNA Code
							For that we'll have to make some experimental hypotheses which could be emphasize as wrong. So note that from this point the Programm could be completly false.
							It's just a coding experiment so join me on this journey if you want to.

							1.0 The "everything is any before it's prooven wrong"-hypotheses:
										The problem you could see when try to backpropagate the calculated error through the Graph is how to distribute it "correctly" in the graph.
										So what is "correctly" ? In my case the correctness of the number behind the equation is not so important.
										It's more important that the propotions between the numbers are approximated fast and these numbers are meaningful and compareable to each other and between
										different Graphs.

										So lets make a weired try to get these numbers:

										$0 = J(0.32;...)[#0;#1]
										The target is defined as:
										$0 = J(1.0;0.0;0.0;0.0)[#0;#1]

										So here the first approach is to modifie the weighted arethmetic correctly (or as best as we get it).
										So the equations we've now is:

										Error = Output - Target
										whereas:
										Output = w(+)*(x+y) + w(*)*(x*y) + w(<)*(x<y) + w(>)*(x>y)

										So if we suppose that Error(y) = 0.0 and Error(x) = 0.0 but Error(Output) = E(xoy) we have to adjust the weights in a way we get less error.
										But how we can find that "way" ?
										Let's try it with a random momentum driven error weighted approach we already know from neural networks. Basically it works like:

										If my next random step is better in error than the last one was add him highly to the new weights. If not so add him less high to the new weights.

										The "highness" or "lowness" of the random step is basically defined a function over the current Error (@Me_search4theBestFittingFunction).
										So in general the random momentum error minimasation looks like:

										weights_n+1 = normalize( weights_n + momentum )

										whereas the momentum is defined recursivly as:

										momentum = momentum + sigmoid(Error_n) * normalize( randomChoosenVector[0..1] )

										For the evaluation of the "completness" of the graph we need another variable determine the JITTERING of the momentum. Lower jittering indicates that the nod is stable
										higher jittering indicates that we have to change something "around" the node for that we introduce a fluctuation factor flux.

										flux = flux + momentum + sigmoid(Error_n) *

										For that we trace ONE Path of the error backwards assuming that the other Path is already calculated correctly (what we can assume bcs. the other branch is linked to the input).

#Mutation (Local Modifications)


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Star-studded group announced as 2018 College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Mack Brown will be part of the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Image Source: Flickr | RD W
The College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018 was announced on Monday.
by Ken Kluska
January 8, 2018 at 8:30 PM January 8, 2018 at 8:30 PM
Thirteen new members of the college football Hall of Fame were announced on Monday. The class features two high-profile coaches, as well as some superb college athletes who also went on to have much success at the NFL level. Here are the notable coaches and players who are part of the Class of 2018 as well as the others who will be inducted.
Mack Brown
Brown was the head coach at Tulane from 1985-87, North Carolina from 1988-97, and Texas from 1998-2013. In his 29 years, he finished with a career record of 238-117-1. His Texas Longhorns were National Champions in their undefeated 2005 season when they defeated USC in the Rose Bowl.
That same year, Brown received the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award. His 238 wins is tied for the ninth-most in FBS history.
Frank Beamer
Beamer spent 29 years as the head coach of Virginia Tech from 1987-2015 and previously was the head coach from 1981-86 at Murray State. His overall record at Virginia Tech was 238-121-2, tied with the aforementioned Brown for the ninth-most FBS wins. He was also 42-23-2 at Murray State, who was a Division I-AA school at the time. Three times he was named Big East Coach of the Year, twice he was named ACC Coach of the Year, and he was the AP Coach of the Year in 1999. In 13 of his last 21 years, the Hokies were able to record a double-digit win total.
Kerry Collins
Collins played quarterback at Penn State from 1991-94. His senior season saw him finish fourth in Heisman voting, a year where he completed two-thirds of his passes for 2,679 yards and 21 touchdowns. That same year, he was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and won the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien Awards.
Charles Woodson
Woodson played at Michigan from 1995-97. His magical 1997 season saw him win the Heisman Trophy (Peyton Manning finished second), a year where Michigan was also co-National Champions along with Nebraska. In his three collegiate years, he intercepted 16 passes and also had three receiving touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns, and one punt return for a score.
Reed spent four years with Miami (Fl.) from 1998-2001. He was an All-American in his junior and senior seasons, and he was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year in 2001. He intercepted 17 passes in his last two years, four of which he returned for touchdowns. His Hurricanes were crowned National Champions in his senior year.
Johnson, later known as "Megatron" with the Detroit Lions, played at Georgia Tech from 2004-06. He was an All-American, ACC Player of the Year, and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner (given to the nations' best wide receiver) in his junior year. That season, he caught 76 passes for 1,202 yards and 15 touchdowns. He finished his collegiate career with 178 receptions, 2,927 receiving yards, and 28 receiving touchdowns.
Others inducted
Trevor Cobb (RB, Rice 1989-92)
Dave Dickenson (QB, Montana 1992-95)
Dana Howard (LB, Illinois 1991-94)
Paul Palmer (RB, Temple 1983-86)
Matt Stinchcomb (OT, Georgia 1995-98)
Aaron Taylor (C/OG, Nebraska 1994-97)
Mel Tjeerdsma (Head Coach, Austin College 1984-93 & Northwestern Missouri State 1994-2010)
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Ex-Homeless Single Mom Evelyn Wynn-Dixon Thrives As Mayor of Riverdale, Georgia
Dr. Evelyn Wynn-Dixon, the mayor of the City of Riverdale
RIVERDALE, Ga – Dr. Evelyn Wynn-Dixon, mayor of the City of Riverdale, has come a long way. Her story is a testimony to her ability to overcome the odds and persevere through difficult times. At her lowest point she was a homeless single mom raising four young kids and contemplated suicide by throwing herself off a bridge.
In a frantic attempt "to find a way out" Wynn-Dixon made her way to Pryor Street Bridge in Atlanta, overlooking I-75, and was prepared to jump. "I felt as if everything was gone and I'd ruined my life with one poor decision."
She says her life spiraled out of control after she became pregnant during her first semester at Fort Valley State University. Dixon, a high school honors student, was forced to abandon her scholarship and drop out. Upon returning home, her mother passed away, leaving her with a six-month-old baby to care for.
Soon afterwards she got married, partly to avoid the stigma of being a single mom. She had three more children, but then the relationship fell apart, her husband walked out and subsequently Dixon was evicted with four infants, aged between 8 weeks and 6 years old.
A vision saved her life
Dixon, an Atlanta native, says she only snapped out of the overwhelming desire to give up when she saw a vision of her mom. "I was selfish but in the end I couldn't do it." It took many years to recover. But Dixon knew her only option was to educate herself out of welfare. She went back to school, earned an associate degree and later a Bachelor of Science. In her early forties, Dixon graduated with a Masters from the University of Georgia with her two sons.
Later she completed a PhD in public health and forged a successful career as a case worker at Atlanta's Grady Hospital, specializing in neurology, before taking on a new challenge as director of a hospice. Still, it has been a difficult journey. When she first returned to higher education she made a six-mile trek from school to home because she was unable to afford public transportation.
"If one person can hear my story and think, 'if she can do it, so can I,' then I have done my job. I didn't let my zip code make me. I made it for myself." In 2007, at the age of 59, with no prior political experience, Dixon launched a campaign to become mayor of the City of Riverdale in Clayton County, Georgia.
"I never desired to be in politics, never ever." But Dixon, a devout Christian, says a prophetic visionand the hand of fate opened doors for the start of a new chapter in her life. "I prayed for it to be a sweat-less victory and for God to order my steps," says Dixon, who was already well-known in the Riverdale for her commitment as a community foot soldier. "The campaign cost less than $3000. We had a runoff and I won." The highly-accessible 'People's Mayor' says from the start her dream has been to "change the branding and imaging of the City of Riverdale."
A struggling city
Since the early 1990s the city has been blighted by unflattering crime statistics coming out of the county that are higher than Georgia's state average. Clayton County district also lost its accreditationin 2008 and regained it in 2009 on a two-year probation.
Outsiders have "misconceptions" about residents who live on the south side of Atlanta. "I want to make Riverdale a family-oriented city that people are proud to call home."
Indeed, since Dixon was elected mayor of Riverdale her administration has made tremendous effort to transform the predominately African-American city of 16,000, nestled in the Southern Crescent of Metro Atlanta.
During her first term, residents have taken pride in a brand new City Hall and a new, state-of-the-art town center and amphitheatre, which is fast becoming the new epicenter of culture and entertainment in south Atlanta.
'Mama of the City'
Dixon, 64, who is affectionately known as the "Mama of the City" has also been instrumental in establishing a Riverdale Business Coalition, Citizen Advisory Committee, COPS Program and Senior Triad, has partnered with Clayton Board of Education as a motivational speaker and has implemented and participated in many youth programs.
She says her vision is for "Riverdale to be the new Buckhead of the South." Buckhead is an affluent neighborhood north of Atlanta.
She says she finished her first term with a balanced budget, a nominal surplus, and economic growth. The mayor, who has an open door policy, was unopposed for her second term and still has big dreams ahead.
Plans are already in place to boost the local economy with the development of a plush hotel, luxury apartments and a training center to create 900 jobs through the railroads.
She believes the city has so much potential. It is only 15 minutes south of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world. The area is a commutable drive to downtown Atlanta.
She says her biggest goal, though, is to use her inspiring journey to "empower, motivate and give people hope."
"You can't become a victim of your circumstances. Nobody owes you anything. If you don't work you won't eat, unless you're disabled."
article by Kunbi Tinuoye via thegrio.com
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New TLC Show Ghost Brothers Stars Two CAU Alumni
The GHOST BROTHERS, a Friday night supernatural television show on the TLC network, features TV's first African American ghost hunters, Clark Atlanta University's alumni Dalen Spratt ('07, '08), Juwan Mass ('08) and Marcus Harvey as budding paranormal enthusiasts on a mission to find out if legendary haunted locations are the real deal. These charismatic characters blend natural curiosity with comedic flair, bringing humor and good manners to the spirit world.
Clark Atlanta University is one of the United Methodist-related historically black colleges and universities supported by the Black College Fund apportionment.
This show takes a passionate hobby to the next level investigating historically haunted and often abandoned locations, testing their own spirit along the way. All raised in religious households, the GHOST BROTHERS were taught that "messing" with the dead is dangerous business, but some unexplained experiences of their own drove them to find out firsthand just how spooky the supernatural can be. Dalen, Juwan and Marcus enlist local historians and caretakers to provide the history of the property to better understand what they are facing. When night falls, viewers join the antics of their afterlife investigation as the trio uses local experts, investigative equipment, trigger objects, and most importantly, their southern charm, to help make contact with the other side.
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Two senior Harlow Labour councillors back Sir Keir Starmer for next leader
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TWO senior Labour councillors have backed Sir Keir Starmer to be next leader of the Labour Party.
YH caught up with councillors' Tony Durcan and Chris Vince as they were tree planting in Sumners Park on Sunday.
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MickyB77
Knight of the realm, multi millionaire, barrister at law, yea, he's one of us !
tony edwards
Keir's father was a toolmaker, his mother was a nurse, he went to Leeds University and was knighted in 2014 for "services to law and criminal justice". Yes - he certainly is "one of us". A talented successful man who has not forgotten his roots.
His parents are definitely, "one of us".
kthe5
Anyone doing just a bit of research will find that the "Sir" went with his previous job, like some managers might get a company phone or a sales rep get a company car. It is reported he, like many people, shuns titles or letters and prefers to be called "Keir Starmer". Unlike Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, he didn't have a privliged education at Eton College and Oxford. Instead of reading Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, he studied for a real profession - law. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has told lies when writing for The Times, and made up stuff about europe. As a barrister, Keir worked on human rights issues, and the McLibel case. For free. I don't remember Keir standing in front of a bus making up numbers that could go to the NHS. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson - "We're upgrading 20 hospitals and building 40 new ones." - Lie.
kthe5, yet again you're off track with your blurb, nothing to do with Boris, it's about the two councillors opinions. You really must try harder.


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Wake up sheeple! The Four Horsemen are approaching! And they're bringing doom lest we subscribe to the New World Order and join forces with the lizard people. Or, at least that's what QAnon wants us to believe in the latest conspiracy theory to infiltrate the web.
In recent days, a conspiracy that "something big" is about to happen on September 24 has taken over both alt-right forums and mainstream platforms such as TikTok in recent weeks. Although there's absolutely no proof to back this up, the date has become subject to baseless online theories speculating about the end times.
The rampant online speculation began on German QAnon channels on Telegram earlier this month when followers began circulating a video of Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party, giving a speech about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.
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In his speech, Merz misspeaks and says that everyone will remember where they were on September 24, rather than February 24, the day of the invasion. Merz corrected himself in the official record of the Bundestag, but this hasn't stopped countless QAnon followers, apocalyptic conspiracy theorists, and TikTok users from sharing sensationalist theories surrounding the date.
According to Vice, the reason the date is significant hinges on the fact that The Simpsons' ninth episode in its 24th season is about a group of preppers readying for the end times. The episode also features an electromagnetic pulse device, which QAnon followers believe will bring "mass cyberattacks" and the beginning of "ten days of darkness".
There's no denying that The Simpsons has made some spookily accurate predictions in the past – most notably the election of Trump as president – but, then again, the show has aired for 35 years, so there's bound to be some overlap with reality.
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But this hasn't stopped people from spreading wild claims about the otherwise inconsequential day, ranging from nuclear armageddon to the reelection of Trump, to a huge solar flare.
Last weekend, a conspiracist at the Reawaken America conference told audiences that "the day of vengeance" was a week away, adding: "We're going to watch it happen." Similar claims can be heard on Truth Social, Trump's social media platform.
Given the lack of evidence, it's highly unlikely that anything remotely out of the ordinary will go down on Saturday. The claim of "something big" coming is no less weighty than a DJ announcing a new mixtape, or a hypebeast unveiling their latest drop. While the idea of America collapsing under the deep state, or crazy-eyed preppers anticipating doomsday is certainly amusing, September 24 is just another day, so please, just enjoy your weekend.


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One of the biggest challenges to the recovery of 'ill-gotten gains' in many countries including Nigeria has been establishing the nexus between suspicious assets, and a specific offence. The requirement to establish this link is a pre-requisite to the lawful confiscation of assets in many common-law jurisdictions (which includes Nigeria). The prosecutions usually await a finding of guilt on a particular criminal offence, and then seek a forfeiture order with respect to property derived from or used in the commission of that criminal offence[1].
Recently, the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the case of Dauda v Federal Republic of Nigeria (2018) 10 NWLR (Pt.1626) 169 had the opportunity to decide on the issue of burden of proof with respect to unexplained wealth. This article seeks to examine the issues in the decision, particularly in relation to burden of proof and the effect of the decision on the Nigerian criminal law jurisprudence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred a 208 counts charge against the accused/appellant before the Federal High Court, Lokoja. The appellant was however convicted on 75 counts. The appellant appealed against this decision to the Court of Appeal, Abuja which was dismissed and further appealed to the Supreme Court.
The appellant in the case appealed among other grounds on the basis that the trial judge contended that the onus is on the appellant's to establish the lawfulness or legality of each lodgment made into the accounts. The appellant submitted that the trial judge by postulating such position reversed the time-honored rule that "the burden of proof in criminal matters lies on the prosecution." The appellant contended that the trial court and the Court of Appeal court failed to ascertain whether the ingredients of the offence of money laundering was established beyond reasonable doubt by the prosecution but decided to shift the onus of proof to the appellant.
The appellant argued that by shifting the burden of proof to the appellant, his presumption of innocence, which is a right constitutionally guaranteed was breached by the trial Court and the Court of Appeal whilst arguing that the Nigeria Criminal jurisprudence puts the burden on the prosecution to prove that the appellant has committed a crime or illegal act.
In resolving the issues raised by the appellant, the Supreme Court stated that:
"Proving Money Laundering cases is a herculean task because it requires a prior establishment of the predicate offence before the money laundering aspect can be established. To obviate this problem a remedy was introduced by statutorily inferring money laundering from not only the conduct of the defendant but his lifestyle which is similar to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 of the UK. Even though Section 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution provides that every person charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed to be innocent until he is proven guilty, the proviso allows for shifting the burden of proof on the defendant. The Section provides thus:-
"36(5) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty provided that nothing in this Section shall invalidate any law by reason only that the law imposes upon any person the burden of proving particular facts".
By Section 19(3) of the Money Laundering Act, if an accused person is in possession of pecuniary resources or property which is disproportionate to his known source of income, or he obtained an accretion to his pecuniary resources or property, the burden of giving a satisfactory account of how he made the money or obtained the accretion shifts to him. The prosecution is relieved of the burden of having to prove that the money so found in his account or in his possession is proceeds from illicit traffic in narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or of any illegal act.
To explain the point further, where A is a fixed salary earner and suddenly his account is credited with an amount beyond his income or has property which his legitimate income cannot afford, the burden shifts to him to explain how he got the money with which he bought the property or the legitimate transaction he was engaged in for which the account was credited".
Many legal practitioners have argued in that the decision of the Supreme Court in Dauda v Federal Republic of Nigeria has significantly altered the age-long principle of our jurisprudence, which stipulates that it is the burden of the prosecution to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt[2]. The decision of the Supreme Court appears to reiterate and reinforce the age-long principle of our criminal jurisprudence.
Generally, the prosecution bears the legal burden of proving the defining elements of an offence, as well as the absence of any defence. However, the accused will generally bear an evidential burden of proof in relation to defence. The prosecutor has to adduce evidence in support of the facts in issue, which pertain to the ingredients of the offence beyond reasonable doubt. The principle of presumption of innocence to which any criminally accused person is entitled compels prosecuting authorities to bear this initial evidential burden. After the prosecution closed its case, the accused is to enter into its defence. It is at this point that the accused will be required to shoulder and to discharge its burden by leading rebuttal or counter-evidence. This is the point whereupon there would be a "shift of burden of proof"[3].
More appropriately, this is referred to as the 'placing of an evidential burden on an opponent' or, as 'a shift of the evidential burden of proof from the prosecutor to the accused. The evidential burden of proof would continue to shift in a criminal proceeding on the party who would fail if no evidence at all, or no more evidence, as the case may be, were given on either side.
In the instant case, once the prosecution is able to establish the ingredients of the offence beyond reasonable doubt having placed sufficient evidence on the guilt of the appellant either by direct or circumstantial or presumptive evidence beyond reasonable doubt required by law, the onus is on the accused to attack or rebut the evidence so presented by a contrary evidence to what the prosecution has laid out. The request of this obligation would not amount to shifting of the burden of proof on the accused to prove his innocence.
Zamira's case
The decision of the Supreme Court on the accused obligation to explain how he acquired the wealth seems to align with global developments and trends on unexplained wealth. A few months ago, the High Court of England ordered Zamira to explain how the properties were obtained within a short period of time as her income appears to be insufficient to afford those properties and lifestyle. Zamira was the subject of an unexplained wealth orders (UWO) obtained by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA). The UWO is the power of law enforcement agents to combat suspected corruption.
The legal burden to prove beyond reasonable doubt continues to rest on the prosecution in the Nigerian criminal justice jurisprudence. An accused person is not required to open the case and to lead evidence to show or to prove his innocence. It would be antithetical to the principle of presumption of innocence and other fundamental societal values to require an accused to make a defense or to disprove guilt (or to prove innocence) before the prosecutor has successfully established guilt. However, once the prosecution is able to prove the ingredient of the offence of money laundering, the accused is required to show the court the legitimacy of the said funds.
[1] Ben Clarke, Confiscation of Unexplained Wealth: Western Australia's Response to Organised Crime Gangs, 15 S. Afr. J. Crim. Just. 61 (2002)
[2] The principle that the onus is on the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt was first espoused in the landmark House of Lords case Woolmington v DPP [1935] UKHL 1 is, where the presumption of innocence was first articulated in the Commonwealth.
[3] Section 20(2) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act has a similar provision mandating the Federal High Court to take cognizance of accused persons who "is in possession of pecuniary resources or property for which he cannot satisfactorily account and which is disproportionate to his known sources of income."


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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Sets Christmas Day Record
Episode IX has a huge holiday haul.
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Posted: 26 Dec 2019 4:36 pm
The Rise of Skywalker, which debuted big (but still behind both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi), just set a new box office record for Christmas Day.
Episode IX is now the second-best Christmas Day earner ever, per Deadline, with an estimated $35 million.
This is behind The Force Awakens' $49.3 million but ahead of The Last Jedi's $27.4 million. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story earned $25.8 million on Christmas Day back in 2016.
The Rise of Skywalker's total domestic take to date is at $261.8 million.
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An epic conclusion awaits in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the third and final film of the "Sequel Trilogy" based on George Lucas' space opera.
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Mumbai, Dec 8: Actress Richa Chadha, who rose to fame with her character of Bholi Punjaban in the Fukrey franchise, became nostalgic as the second instalment of the franchise "Fukrey Returns" completed one year of its release on Saturday.
Reminiscing about the film's memories, Richa said in a statement: "'Fukrey' is a very special film. I am personally a huge fan of Bholi. She is brave and extremely intelligent and it has been amazing to play her twice. I have made lifelong friends...thanks to 'Fukrey'. The success the film has had has been surprising and rewarding."
It seems the actress wants to take her Bholi Punjaban character ahead as she wrote to the film's director Mrigdeep Singh Lamba that it's time a third film should be made.
"I definitely do hope to work again with the team again on part 3 of the film, it would be amazing to reunite for the third time. I think we definitely deserve part 3 of 'Fukrey'", she added.
Richa also posted a few photographs with the film's cast including actors Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma, Pulkit Samrat and Manjot Singh on social media. She is currently dating her "Fukrey" co-star Ali.
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75 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) was formed in February 1941 at Ealing, by conversion of 75 Searchlight Regiment. The Regiment was placed in suspended animation in September 1944 and re-constituted as 610 (Middlesex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) in January 1947.
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Some might say the POWER COUPLE is the epitome of a relationship perfectly in sync and thriving. However, what happens when that "power couple" feeds off everyone around it like an unforgiving Cthulu beast? Meet Rich and Ellen, a married couple who run a charity for the blind and visually impaired. When they're not making the world outside their office a better place, they're making their employees' lives a living hell. Enjoy!
POWER COUPLE: Unity Sweaters – In an effort to jumpstart office morale, Rich and Ellen turn everyone's attention to debilitating work attire.
POWER COUPLE: Carpool – A simple ride to work becomes a nightmarish power couple driver hunt for the employees.
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Turkey elections: On the campaign trail with the man hoping to deliver Erdogan a body blow
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not only facing the most serious crisis of his 11-year leadership. His slipping popularity also means he faces the possibility of humiliation in his own back yard - with defeat for his candidate in elections for the mayor of Istanbul
Mustafa Sarigul greets his supporters during a rally in Istanbul Photo: REUTERS
By Damien McElroy, Istanbul
8:00AM GMT 16 Feb 2014
He has dominated Turkey's politics for more than a decade and for much of that time has been regarded as one of the strongest Turkish leaders since the death of Ataturk, the country's founder.
But now Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country's prime minister since 2003, is not only facing the most serious crisis of his 11-year leadership, as members of his inner circle are mired in a corruption investigation that has thrown him into a power struggle against some of his previously staunchest allies.
For the first time, his slipping popularity also means he faces the possibility of humiliation at the polls in his own back yard.
Mustafa Sarigul, a former MP and Istanbul politician, is the opposition standard bearer in next month's election for mayor of the city - which, with more than 14 million inhabitants, is by far the most important electoral prize in local elections across this country of 80 million.
Istanbul, on the Bosphorus, has long served as Mr Erdogan's power base and he himelf was its mayor between 1994 and 1998. But the schisms and scandals that have engulfed him, and his ruling AKP party of moderate Islamists, have put the city up for grabs.
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Now Mr Sarigul believes he can win over voters who have been loyal to Mr Erdogan for a generation to the opposition Republican party, known by its Turkish initials, CHP - a result that would cause a political earthquake across Turkey.
He is campaigning to prove it - and an event in Umraniye last week - a district whose devout working-class residents, the women mostly in headscarves, used to be the bedrock of Mr Erdogan's support - showed why he may be right.
After years of Turkish prosperity, slums have been replaced by blocks of flats. A small army of women wearing yellow flowers and blouses - Sarigul means yellow rose in Turkish - assembled as Mr Sarigul, 57, displayed his populist charms.
Atop a campaign bus he steadily pumped his fist in time to his campaign song, pointing at faces in the crowd as he sang along. He appealed to elderly women to vote for him, declaring: "I want to be a son to you."
Singling out an almost toothless man he declared: "I have watched you inside and outside. You are a handsome man! Why haven't you had your teeth fixed? Go and get some dentures, and send the bill to me."
Paying the bills of supporters is an undisguised fact of Turkish political life, and allegations of favours and corruption are now dogging Mr Erdogan. Among a raft of recent allegations have been claims - strenuously denied - that his associates were involved in a complex sanctions-busting, gold-smuggling ring worth billions between Iran and the Gulf, via Turkey.
At the same time he has been weakened by the bitter power struggle that has broken out with the Hizmet religious movement run by his former ally, Fethullah Gulen. Mr Gulen, an Islamic preacher, fled to exile in the US in the 1990s but his middle-class religious movement has deep roots in Turkish politics and the bureaucracy.
The litigious Mr Ergogan has accused foreign intelligence agencies and the media of orchestrating a campaign of defamation but his party's support has slipped, none the less, from above 50 per cent in the 2011 general election to 38 per cent in recent polls.
His allies regard police and prosecutors involved in the investigations as being part of a "parallel state" that is determined to hound him from office, and eventually into jail.
"It is quite clear that those involved are smearing those around him in order, ultimately, to target him," said one official close to Mr Erdogan. "He will not allow this to change the game."
Feyzi Isbasaran, a former member of Mr Erdogan's party who was once executive assistant to former president, Turgut Ozal, said: "Sarigul is lucky. The election for the mayor of Istanbul is not only a local vote but a moment for the Turkish republic. Because of that, people who are against the prime minister have united behind Sarigul. The wind is turning against Erdogan."
Pressure on Mr Erdogan has grown steadily since the death of seven protesters in central Istanbul last year, when riot police crushed demonstrations against proposed redevelopment of the city's central Gezi Park by developers close to Mr Erdogan. The clashes were a turning point for a younger generation which had previously shunned politics.
Mr Sarigul is exploiting anger over that incident for all it is worth, even though he too favours some more limited development. He has pledged to commission a range of architects to draw-up competing designs for the park, and to put the winning submission to a referendum.
Aready the mayor of a smaller and up-market Istanbul district, Sisli, Mr Sarigul has accumulated photographs of his encounters with other big city leaders whom he wants to emulate. Among them is Boris Johnson, and Mr Sarigul believes that a Turkish equivalent of the London Eye is what Gezi Park, and Istanbul, needs.
"Like Boris, I want to have a landmark to sell Istanbul to the world," he said. "The Gezi deaths happened as a result of wrong decisions of the municipalityand the first thing that must happen is that the people responsible must go. Then, when I am mayor, Istanbul will have a democratic vote on the park."
He seeks to win over supporters of Mr Erdogan's AK party by identifying the prime minister as his true opponent in the mayoral election. "This is a political battle between Erdogan and me. My direct opponent is himself and everywhere he goes he tells his supporters how key the battle is for Istanbul."
Three sweeping victories in successive general elections since he took office in 2003 ensured Mr Erdogan enjoyed a global reputation as the leading democratic politician from a majority Muslim country.
But the suppression of the protests has seen the enthusiasm of Western allies cool. "Erdogan was praised as a model of Islamic leadership but we did overlook the fact that Turkey was not much of democracy," said a Whitehall official.
Now former Gezi Park protest organisers are channelling their energies into ensuring the Istanbul election is not "stolen" by the ruling party.
Burcak Unsal, a lawyer for Google Turkey and activist, runs a 1,000-strong network, Democracy and Justice Volunteers, who have committed to working with the opposition to develop alternative policies to those advocated by the AK Party. His tech-savvy volunteers are also determined expose any potential irregularities in the March 31 local elections across Turkey.
"Gezi style protests are not sustainable in the face of the police response, so we won't see the street clashes like before," he said. "But we remain as committed as ever to physically ensuring that our rights are respected. We have 45 days to mobilise for democracy in Turkey."
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