A good union member is extremely careful when confronted with a picket line situation.
Picketing has been described by the Supreme Court as "the working (person's) means of communication." A picket is a message to you that some of your fellow workers are engaged in a labor dipute and need your help. It is your constitutional right as an American citizen to decide how you will respond to the picket. Under the law, your union and union officials cannot help you make that decision.
LEAVES. DOES NOT TALK - JUST LEAVES.
READS the PICKET SIGN while leaving.
DOES NOT hang around near the job.
Knows that ONCE A PICKET LINE IS ESTABLISHED, Field Representatives and other Union Officials are legally gagged and handcuffed from giving advice pertaining to THAT JOB. They can only tell if the picket line is AUTHORIZED.
Does NOT ALLOW THEMSELVES to be drawn into conversation with ANYONE at the job site.
· You have the right NOT to work behind ANY picket line.
· You have the right to decide whether to walk off a job being picketed.
· They understand that their trade may be under attack next.
· Knows that a two gate system means a PICKET LINE and they have the RIGHT NOT TO WORK, no matter how may gates the employer sets up.
"WHICH SIDE AM I ON?"


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The room was spacious. Location of hotel was good too.
Impeccable property with staffing that is friendly and goes above and beyond.
We always stay on the club level in the Ritz properties around the world. We thought this was the best club experience we've had. Soft classical music, hard-working & courteous staff (attentive but not obsequious), and wonderful breakfast selection with lots of fruit. Our room was rather spacious and well appointed. A fantastic fitness center with Technogym equipment.
Club level was very convenient- buffet save hours in restaurants. Staff super helpful.
I missed my flight, they checked me in early to a superior room in club. It made my layover so much better.
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
Just 10 minutes' walk from Union Square and the Financial District, this luxury hotel offers on-site dining and spa services. A fitness center is also available.
Rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco offer a flat-screen TV. Private bathrooms include an Italian marble bath tub, complimentary luxury soap and shampoo products, bathrobes and slippers. In room dining is available 24/7.
Guests of The Ritz-Carlton can enjoy exclusive amenities on The Club Level, which features all-day food and beverage services as well as a full-service concierge to assist with any requests.
The Lounge offers a large collection of single malt scotch. Contemporary American cuisine is served at the restaurant Parallel 37, which is located in the hotel lobby. In-room dining is also available.
San Francisco International Airport is 15 mi away from this hotel. Chinatown is just 5 minutes' walk away. San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood is 1.9 mi away from The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco.
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This luxurious room has a minibar and a flat-screen TV with cable. Tea and coffee-making facilities and a fridge are included in this spacious room. This room is on the upper floors.
Private parking is available on site (reservation is not possible) and costs USD 75 per day.
This room is located on the higher floors and offers views of San Francisco and club lounge access with complimentary food, cocktails, nonalcoholic beverages, business services, and pressing. Access to Club Lounge and the fitness center is included.
Showcasing city views, this luxurious one-bedroom suite features a minibar and a flat-screen TV with cable. Tea and coffee-making facilities and a fridge are included.
This room features views of San Francisco and features Club Level access with complimentary food, cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages, business services, and pressing.
This air-conditioned club level guest room includes an Italian marble bath, a flat-screen TV, an iPod dock and a DVD player. Room offers exclusive club lounge access.
This room includes guest bathrobes, a flat-screen TV with a DVD player and a mini-bar.
This suite includes guest bathrobes, a flat-screen TV with a DVD player and a mini-bar.
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco stands ready to create unforgettable travel moments, right from the heart and soul of this iconic California destination. This downtown San Francisco hotel attracts guests as a sophisticated urban retreat.
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The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
All reservations including pets must be made through the Executive Offices.
- There is a 30 lb. weight limit for dogs.
- All dogs must be leashed when riding hotel elevators and be carried by their owners through the lobby of the hotel.
-All public areas, including hotel restaurants are reserved for owners only, with the exception of service dogs.
-A nonrefundable pet fee will be applied to each guest folio. Please contact hotel for more information.
A $200 deposit is required upon check in for incidentals. The deposit will be refunded based upon inspection of the room.
Please note, the credit card used at the time of booking must match the credit card presented at check-in.
The bed was stiff and the extractor fan in the bathroom wasn't working. The entire room was really humid when we had a shower. The shower was OK, but not up to par with that type of room.
All of the staff were very obliging and the bed was superb with a deep topper. We were in a club room and the club food and drink offering was excellent with very helpful dedicated concierges.
Used Spa, the experiences were superb.
Worth a splurge but sure shakes the wallet!
Location and staff are top notch!
The Club lounge was excellent with very attentive and professional staff with special thanks to Vicky who went out of her way to be helpful and courteous.
We were treated with respect and courtesy and there was not anything left undone.
Lovely hotel, spacious room and good restaurant and bar areas. Would definitively book again.


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[Q: Pete Tessier]: How have the two external entities - the personal injury lawyers (the legal community) and the insurance adjusters communities taken to this? How do they see the PainWorth product and model? And do they support it? What's their impression of it?
Aaron Budnick: There are two groups there that need to be three groups. There has been some pushback from personal injury lawyers in some cases, but I think, for the most part, it's unwarranted.
I would back it up to talk about middlemen in general, and maybe be a saving grace to you on this. Middlemen make sense when they're adding value, helping people negotiate processes that they don't have experience with, and they bring something to the table, and there is room for personal injury lawyers and other types of middlemen in this area, regardless of whether an app like PainWorth exists or others.
There are claims that are:
Very complicated;
Need to go in front of a judge;
Unusual;
Large.
They need legal expertise.
There are also some claims that are very simple and straightforward that adjusters see often but they don't necessarily need that.
In the case of personal injury lawyers, specifically, that ends up with them doing a lot of work they may not want to do that they're maybe not well positioned to do. And that doesn't necessarily add a lot of value, just puts more work on their plate.
For PainWorth, we have the opportunity to help with the claims that are best positioned and don't necessarily need legal representation to get settled.
The real issue in their case is that there's a lack of trust between the insurance company and the claimant. Mostly, it's an information asymmetry problem. They deal with claims like this every day, and the insured may be dealing with it for the first time and possibly the only time in their entire life.
They don't know what they don't know, they don't understand the process. It can be very opaque if you're not used to it. And there's no way for them to make an assessment of whether an offer that comes to them is reasonable or not, because they just don't have any expert experience or information on the matter.
PainWorth can solve problems very quickly for people by giving them access to data in a way that they can comprehend, that only takes a few minutes of their time.
So those sorts of cases can be solved without there needing to be a middleman, because middlemen don't necessarily add any value in that scenario. And many of them might agree with that as well, because it just takes up their time.
Even speaking to the access to justice problem that Mike was talking about earlier, a lot of these claims end up being say, five or $10,000. They're just not economically viable for a personal injury lawyer to get involved in. So they may not even want to get involved with them anyway.
A lot of those claims, we're not taking anyone's lunch, the personal injury lawyers wouldn't get involved anyway. We're helping people that would otherwise not have access to justice.
Mike Zouhri:
I just want to add to that real quick. So one of the things that we've noticed over the last 12 months is that the professionals who we have engaged with and who have taken the time to actually get to know the product have all become resounding supporters. Evidence of that is as simple as looking at our team page on our website. Most of them have either an insurance or a legal background.
If you just Google search us, you can see some of the community support, which comes from the legal community and from the insurance community resoundingly.
It's really because they end up clogged up with really low value work, which is what Aaron touched on. It's a lot of low value work that clogs them up. It's demoralizing and burdensome. And that, in truth, ends up with them providing very poor customer service.
If you Google search, right now, the number one complaints from people who have legal representation is that they have poor customer service, they're just like, "I can't get ahold of my lawyer, I don't know what's going on with my case." And the same statements are exactly true. On the other side of the coin as well, when you're talking about insurance adjusters: "I can't get ahold of my insurance adjuster, I don't understand what's going on with my case." And it's not because these are bad people. It's not because they don't want to do their work to the best of their ability. It's just because they're clogged up with all this low value work.
Platforms, like PainWorth, really have the ability to increase their bandwidth and just chug low value work along.
Aaron Budnick:
We actually hear similar complaints from some of the insurance adjusters that we talk to. They can't get responses from the claimants that they're trying to work with. The claimant won't provide the information or documentation that they need to, to be able to fairly evaluate the claim. It's a problem across the board. Some of that is trust.
Certainly, when you're not sure that you can trust sharing information, whichever direction you choose tends to be slow. But when there's just a lot on your plate, you're busy, there are lots of different priorities in life that slows everything down. It's exactly what Mike said, people are not necessarily malicious. We're just so busy. So this can take a lot.
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Kenyans turned out in large numbers at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in Nairobi.
Many braved the long queues and hot weather, to behold the iconic trophy, with some coming from as far as Mombasa.
The 6.1 Kg, 18 carat gold with malachite base trophy landed into the country yesterday and was received by Sports CS Mohammed Echesa and Youth and Gender Affairs CS Margaret Kobia. It was later taken to State House and presented to the President.
This is the third time that the trophy is coming to Kenya. According to FIFA, the trophy tour is targeting 51 countries and 91 cities, Kenya and Nairobi being among them.
The tour is as a result of a partnership between football's governing body, FIFA and Coca-Cola company.
This year's tournament will be hosted by Russia, in June, where teams drawn from all over the world will be seeking to dethrone Germany, which won the tournament four years ago.


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A folktale from China.
There was once an Emperor who had but one child—a daughter. She was his pride and joy, his treasure. He cherished her above all else. As he became old and his health began to fail, he realized that he might not always be there to care for and protect this precious daughter. He determined that it would be best if he were to find a husband for his daughter. When it became known that the Emperor was seeking a husband for the Princess, many men found their way to the palace to request his daughter's hand in marriage.
The Princess pleaded with her father. "Father, let me remain with you to care for you. I have no wish to marry and leave you."
But her father was adamant. Finally he said he would allow her to name one qualification that her chosen husband must meet—be it wealth or looks or special ability or whatever. The Princess said she would name that qualification on the morrow.
That evening the Princess went to the garden to talk with the gardener's son—her childhood playmate. "If I say my husband must be handsome, he might be handsome but have a cruel heart. If I say my husband must be kind, he might also be terribly old. Oh what qualification should I specify?"
As they discussed the problem, the Princess and the gardener's son determined that it should take the form of a test—difficult but not so difficult as to be impossible. "And it must be ambiguous," said the gardener's son, " so that it is up to you to determine if the man qualifies." Late that night they finally determined what that qualification must be.
The next morning the Princess told her father, "I will marry the man who can bring me a blue rose."
The never ending stream of suitors ended for none could find a blue rose. A wealthy merchant, not wanting to waste time looking for the blue rose, went to a flower vendor. "I will give you a bag of gold if you can find me a blue rose," he said. After a long, fruitless search, the flower vendor gave up. He bought a strong dye and dipped the stem into it. The petals of the rose turned a pale blue. "Keep the rose in the vase with the dye," he told the merchant, "until just before you give it to the Princess."
The merchant brought the rose to the Princess. The Princess reached out and took the rose from his hand. As she looked at the rose, a drop of blue dye fell from the stem and puddled in her hand. She looked at the bluish-green leaves and then looked into the merchant's eyes. He could not meet her gaze. "I cannot marry you," she said. You have tried to deceive me. I would have a husband who is true."
There was a handsome young warrior who would marry the Princess. He was strong and powerful. None dared to stand against him. The young warrior went to the king of a neighboring kingdom. "Bring me the blue rose," he said, "or I will kill you and half the people in your kingdom." The king, who valued peace and did not wish to fight, presented the warrior with a blue sapphire that was carved in the shape of a rose. The young warrior presented the sapphire rose to the Princess. She looked into his cold eyes—eyes that were as hard as the rose of stone. She said, "I cannot marry you. I must have a blue rose that is real—not one that is cold and hard."
The youngest of the king's advisors also sought the Princess' hand. He conceived a clever plan. He commissioned an artist to make a blue bowl. On the side of the bowl was painted a blue rose. The rim of the bowl was edged in gold. It was fragile and delicate—a thing of rare beauty. The young advisor presented it to the Princess on bended knee. The Princess looked at the bowl and looked into the eyes of the young man. "Marry me, Princess," he said, "I will help you rule your kingdom."
The Princess shook her head, "I must have a rose that is real."
That evening the Princess sat in the garden talking to the gardener's son. "None of them could bring me the blue rose. I must marry someone who will be honest and true with me—as you have always been. He cannot be hard and cruel. I need someone who is kind and patient—as you have been. I do not want a husband who seeks only for power and riches. I want one who will value me for myself—as you have. . . . ."
"Princess," said the gardener's son. "Tomorrow I will bring you the blue rose. Wait for me in the blue room just before sundown."
The next day when the sun was almost gone, the Princess sat in the blue room. The gardener's son approached bearing a plain white rose in his hands.
"But it is a common white rose," said one.
"He is the gardener's son," said another.
"Surely the Princess will send him away," said a third.
The gardener's son knelt before the Princess. Through the blue stain glass windows, the rays of the setting sun shone touched the petals of the white rose. As the Princess reached out to take the rose, a murmur arose. "He is only the gardener's son."
"The rose is not truly blue."
The Princess stood. "My people, let me tell you what I see. I see a young man who has always been honest and true. I see a young man who has had the courage to be patient and kind enough to wait until I knew what was in my heart. I see a young man who values me for myself. In his hands he hold a gift of love. And it is blue. And if you cannot see that the rose is blue, I say that you are colorblind."
The old Emperor took his daughter's hand and he took the hand of the gardener's son and joined them. And the Princess married the gardener's son and they lived happily ever after—not because this storyteller said so—not because that's the way that love stories should end. But because the Princess and the gardener's son knew that their happiness was in their own hands and that each was responsible for making sure that the other was happy.
Retold by Rose Owens
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MPAA Rating: for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements
Reviewed by: Rosemarie Ute Hoffman
Moral Rating:
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Adults Teens
Drama, Musical Performing Arts
Year of Release:
USA Release:
October 14, 2004 (festival)
October 29, 2004 (wide)
Featuring: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Richard Schiff, Aunjanue Ellis
Director: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin
"The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. A man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible."
Here's what the distributor says about their film: "This is the musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business. "Ray" provides an portrait of Charles' musical genius as he overcomes drug addiction while transforming into one of this country's most beloved performers."
Ray is a compelling biographical drama of Ray Charles Robinson that will have you mesmerized due to Jaime Foxx's realistic representation. Foxx's classical training on the piano lend to his brilliant performance.
As a young boy at age seven, Ray Charles becomes blind, but more alarming, he turns into a cripple as an adult from the wiles of the world—sex and drugs. As his life progresses, Ray becomes painstakingly more immobilized with his addictions. However, recovery and restoration are attained, but only when he reaches the bottom—facing federal jail time. It is only then that he starts to push himself through physically, psychologically, and spiritually to find true peace.
Throughout the film, there are mysterious depictions of water and a dead body—a haunting of the premature death of Ray's younger brother, George. Ray also has frequent flashbacks of his life on the farm with his mother. It is only after Ray's recovery, as a drug addict, that he finally makes good on his promise to his mother.
As a blind black man in the 1950s, Ray eagerly sets out to share his passion of music with America. His quick-witted nature develops into good business strategy later on in his career. Still, his disability often made him feel like an outsider, even among his peers.
It was not long before Ray hooked up with a seedy manager and band members who saw him as nothing more then their "golden goose." They were greedy, womanizers, and drug addicts, but Ray chose to live in their world. During this flesh-pleasing season of his life, there are many disturbing scenes of excessive drug use and conversations with sexual overtones. Not only does the movie show the use of heroine and its paraphernalia, it also illustrates the smoking of marijuana.
One of the few uplifting events is when Ray is alone "having church" while reading the Bible in braille with Gospel music playing in the background. It is then that a representative (Curtis Armstrong) from Atlantic Records pays him a visit to make a deal. Signing with Atlantic Records proves to be a success. It is a nurturing environment where Ray finds his own unique style and expresses it—blending Gospel with Rhythm and Blues. Though some dubbed him an innovator, there were many who opposed his misuse of God's music for sex as sacrilegious. Although, this would not be the only time Ray would experience opposition.
The state of Georgia banned Ray Charles from performing there for life because he refused to entertain to a segregated audience. It is here that Ray finds his inner voice speaking out loudly and boldly. The ban was reversed in 1979 and done with a public apology, and with a proclamation that the state song would be Georgia on My Mind.
A hard lesson was learned early on when a young Ray falls in his family's one room shack crying for help, while only a few steps away stood his silenced mother. At that instant, he finds an inner strength to rise, and turns up the dials on his remaining senses. This laid the foundation and gave Ray the strength to carry himself through to live successfully with his blindness. And, with diligence and persistence, his mother instills in him that the world would not be so forgiving, and that he would have to do things for himself regardless.
Ray was in love with his wife (Kerry Washington), but with the antics of the flesh coupled with negative influences quickly changed a dedicated man into a man who lived two lives. While he financially takes care of his family and occasionally visits the home front, most of his time is on the road touring and committing adultery with various women. One of the women in the band, Marjorie (Regina King) becomes pregnant with his son. She later dies from a drug overdose, which had a profound effect on him.
Ray Charles Robinson was born with a gift to reach beyond his small town borders, and as he set out to fulfill his destiny he discovered false securities. Nevertheless, he found his way back to where he had begun, with a promise in his heart and love to carry him through it all.
God's Word reminds us also of His promise in our hearts, and love to carry us through.
John 16:33—"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
John 17:13-16—"These things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Violence: Minor Profanity: Moderate Sex/Nudity: Moderate
Positive—Ray depicts the life of the singer Ray Charles in every aspect. His life was not one that would be defined as moral or righteous. But his life was filled with many obstacles such as witnessing his brother's death, going blind and falling to the way side by indulging in drugs and adulterous affairs. It seems that his fall was based upon his desire to escape the pain of blaming himself for his brother's death. This is a real life story which can be used to examine the pitfalls of turning to people or drugs to ease our pains. It can, also, be used to show what can be accomplished in spite of our handicaps.
The movie, Ray, was excellent in terms of the acting and directing. There were moments where I felt as though I was looking at Ray Charles and not Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles.
My Ratings: [Average/5]
Stephanie Kim, age 42
Negative—This movie had fabulous performances, but horrible editing. Whatever you do, do NOT watch the extended version. Even the regular version was just way way too long, and the story was all over the place. Your kids would be bored to death, and to be honest, adults will be, too; I actually fell in and out of sleep during chunks of this movie and did not actually see it's entirety, but I have a feeling I didn't miss much. The actors all gave amazingly believable performances though and definitely deserve kudos for this. If you can appreciate a movie for purely the actors performances then go see this. If not, don't bother.
My Ratings: [Average/1½]
Kat, age 19
Negative—I did not view the entire movie "Ray." I shut it off half way through. I think we have become so "sophisticated" as Christians that we forget the words of David "I will set no vile thing before my eyes." and the words of Paul "It is shameful even to mention what the wicked do in secret." Garbage in = garbage out of our lives.
I knew that the movie would try to cast some positive light on a life of adultery and excess, but to me, the ends did not justify the means, i.e.: a good ending doesn't justify taking in all the cr*p along the way. The question here is not weather Jamie Fox did a brilliant job of acting which may well be. The question is, was it spiritually healthy to watch at all? I think not.
My Ratings: [Very Offensive/3]
Roger J. Blager, age 34
Positive—Because of the issues of sexual sin and drug addiction, this would certainly not be a film suited for the younger or immature audience. That being established, I personally feel it is an excellent study in how a naive young man can be drawn into serious sins when he finds himself in the spotlight with enormous talent and cheering fans… and then corrects his course through determination and re-dedication. Reminds me of certain Biblical accounts. Should we not be cautious in our readiness to judge? Additionally, the film IS a biography of a very well known and generally admired American. We should draw wisdom from the study of how others recover from their sins… again, as from Scripture or in local support groups dealing with personal and marital problems.
Paul, age 59
Positive—It is refreshing in that it does not sugarcoat any aspect of his life, despite the fact that Mr. Charles was still alive while it was being filmed. Jamie Foxx does an excellent job. The famed musician's life is a journey that eventually leads him home in a sense. It reminded me of the story of the prodigal son, who has to learn the hard way that following the world and living for the world brings nothing but heartaches. A good film for discussion about being in the world, but not of it.
Hillari Hunter, age 43
Positive—This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. I was surprised that it wasn't rated "R" with all the sexual and drug content. (I definitely wouldn't let my 13 yr. old see it and he's pretty mature for his age.) I realize the content was necessary to accurately portray Ray Charles' life, but should have earned a higher rating. With that said, Ray is sad, funny and very moving. Jamie Foxx did an amazing job!! It's a movie you won't soon forget.
Rachelle Smotherman, age 31
Negative—Well, I almost finished watching this long movie. What a depressing life this guy led. I feel sorry for him now more than I appreciate his music. As I was watching this Academy Award nominee, all I kept thinking was "what a travesty that this movie was nominated and 'The Passion' was not." I can only hope there was a happy ending, but I was too bored to stick around and find out.
Michael A., age 36
Positive—Jamie Foxx deserves an Oscar nomination for his performance as Ray Charles in "Ray." That is the best thing I can say about the movie. I am not personally a fan of Ray Charles. And this film does have offenses for the christian viewer such as drug use. But overall, mature viewers will probably be caught up in this interesting story about Ray Charles and his music. The plot is worthwhile, the music is performed well and the acting is great. And there is even an element of redemption in the story. Worth watching, even if you are not a Ray Charles fan.
Todd Adams, age 37
Negative—I watched this movie expecting to see a biography on the life of a wonderful musician, but sex, drugs and profanity were the only thing displayed. I was very offended.
Angie Smith, age 22
Positive—This is one of the best films I've ever seen in my life. The acting is incredible. Jamie Foxx deserves not just the nomination, but the Oscar for best actor. Also, there were numerous moments in the movie that brought me to tears. Well worth viewing.
As for the drug and sexual content, I disagree that that makes it unsuitable for children to watching but I would strongly recommend parental guidance. The fact is that such things are a reality in our world. Prevention has always been the best strategy against combating these problems. The more ignorant a person is, the more susceptible they are to fall.
On the other hand, the better someone is educated and informed, the more likely it is that they will make the right decisions.
"Ray's" portrayal of adultery, drugs and drug addiction, and the consequences of such is realistic, but without being gratuitous, and so can serve as a good starting point for a parent to talk with their teen about these things and why they should avoid doing such things.
Jeremy, age 32
Neutral—Ray is by far one of the best biopics that I have ever seen. Though not completely accurate (Ray Charles was an even worse adulterer than shown), it doesn't attempt to show Ray Charles as anything other than what he was: a very gifted musician who's sin almost destroyed his life and the lives of those around him. Jamie Foxx deserved the Best Actor award he won. It was a fabulous performance.
Michael, age 47
Movie Critics
…The performance is sure to garner a Best Actor nomination for Foxx…
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
…it never once crosses your mind that you're watching an actor play Ray Charles…
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
…the music is simply glorious…
…Definitely worth watching…
Annabelle Robertson, Crosswalk


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@echo off
setlocal

REM Directions:
REM  (Go to http://officeperf to find out more about the Office profiler.)
REM  Open a new cmd shell
REM     Use a different colour to indicate it may have CSHARP ON - see below.
REM  Change to the msradt\tedhar\msagl directory.
REM  test\run_perf        (this creates appropriately-named .opf files in the test\bin\release directory)
REM
REM If running with 'time', nothing special is required except to ensure the machine isn't
REM thrashing CPU on other tasks.

set run_time=
set one_off_args=
set one_off_opf=

echo.
if /i "time" == "%1" (
  echo Generating *.time.txt
  set run_time=y
) else if "prof" == "%1" (
  echo Generating *.opf
) else (
  goto :usage
)

if not "" == "%~2" (
  if "one_off" == "%2" (
    if "" == "%~3" (
      echo one_off requires TestConstraints cmdline
      goto :usage
    )
    if "" == "%run_time%" if "" == "%~4" (
      echo run_prof one_off requires output .opf filename
      goto :usage
    )

    echo Generating %1 %2 run with TestConstraints args:
    echo   %3
    if not "" == "%~4" (
      echo to output file %4
    )
    set one_off_args=%~3
    set one_off_opf=%~4
  ) else (
    goto :usage
  )
)

echo.

set test_dir=%~dp0..
set prof_dir=%test_dir%\bin\profile\run_perf
set exe=%test_dir%\Bin\Release\TestConstraints.exe

REM Set up output directory.
if not exist %prof_dir%\ProjectionSolver md %prof_dir%\ProjectionSolver
if not exist %prof_dir%\OverlapRemoval md %prof_dir%\OverlapRemoval

if "" == "%run_time%" (
  call offprof_on %exe%
)

if not "" == "%one_off_args%" (
  if "" == "%run_time%" (
    if exist "%one_off_opf%" del "%one_off_opf%"
    %exe% %one_off_args%
    call :move_opf "%one_off_opf%"
  ) else (
    %exe% %one_off_args%
  )

) else (

  REM Run a representative subset of tests - one file per TestConstraints call
  REM Format is:
  REM    :run_file <run_type> <filename_without_extension> <params to TestConstraints>
  REM    :run_test <run_type> testName <params to TestConstraints>
  REM    :run_cmd <run_type>  cmdName <params to TestConstraints>
  REM The first two arguments are read by :run_* to do its commandline generation and file-copying operations;
  REM for :run_cmd, the cmdName is just an identifier used for the filename, not related to any test method name.
  REM the <params to TestConstraints> are inserted into the appropriate place in the final commandline to TestConstraints.
  REM The -perf option is because the smaller files are so fast that running them just once has too much
  REM file-load overhead etc. relative to the meaningful time spent.

  echo.
  echo ProjectionSolver...
  echo.

  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver1_Vars100_ConstraintsMax3               -perf 24000
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver1_Vars100_ConstraintsMax10              -perf 12000

  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver1_Vars500_ConstraintsMax3               -perf 1500
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars500_ConstraintsMax3_WeightMax1K    -perf 1500
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver1_Vars500_ConstraintsMax10              -perf 600
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars500_ConstraintsMax10_WeightMax1K   -perf 600
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10              -perf 120
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10_WeightMax1K  -perf 120

  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax50              -perf 60
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars2500_ConstraintsMax10              -perf 24
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars5000_ConstraintsMax10              -perf 12

  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10_VarWeights_1_To_1E6_At_10_Percent    -perf 60
  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Solver_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10_VarWeights_1_To_1E6_At_25_Percent    -perf 60

  call :run_file ProjectionSolver Neighbors_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10_NeighborsMax10_NeighborWeightMax100_VarWeights_1_To_1E6_At_10_Percent      -perf 30

  call :run_test ProjectionSolver StartAtZero1000X100                           -perf 10
  call :run_test ProjectionSolver StartAtZero10000                              -perf 20

  call :run_cmd  ProjectionSolver TestStartAtZero5000x100 -TestStartAtZero 5000 100

  echo.
  echo OverlapRemoval...
  echo.
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars100_ConstraintsMax3                -perf 24000
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars100_ConstraintsMax10               -perf 12000

  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars500_ConstraintsMax3                -perf 6000
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars500_ConstraintsMax3_WeightMax1K    -perf 6000
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars500_ConstraintsMax10               -perf 1500
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars500_ConstraintsMax10_WeightMax1K   -perf 1500
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10               -perf 900
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap1_Vars1000_ConstraintsMax10_WeightMax1K  -perf 480

  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap_Vars5000_ConstraintsMax3                -perf 240
  call :run_file OverlapRemoval Overlap_Vars5000_ConstraintsMax10               -perf 270
)

if "" == "%run_time%" (
  call offprof_off
)

goto :eof

:run_file
echo Running File: [%2]

call :get_data_dir %test_dir%\..\MSAGLTests\Resources\Constraints\%1\Data

if "" == "%run_time%" (
  if exist %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf del %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf
  %exe% %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 -file %data_dir%\%2.txt
  call :move_opf %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf
) else (
  %exe% %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 -file %data_dir%\%2.txt | findstr Elapsed >  %prof_dir%\%1\%2.time.txt
)
goto :eof

:run_test
echo Running Test Method: [%2]

if "" == "%run_time%" (
  if exist %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf del %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf
  %exe% %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 %2
  call :move_opf %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf
) else (
  %exe% %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 %2 | findstr Elapsed >  %prof_dir%\%1\%2.time.txt
)
goto :eof

:run_cmd
echo Free-form command named: [%2]

if "" == "%run_time%" (
  if exist %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf del %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf
  %exe% %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7
  call :move_opf %prof_dir%\%1\%2.opf
) else (
  %exe% %1 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 | findstr Elapsed >  %prof_dir%\%1\%2.time.txt
)
goto :eof

:get_data_dir
REM Due to the 260-char limit we must compact the path.
set data_dir=%~f1
goto :eof

:move_opf
waitprof
move %test_dir%\bin\release\TestConstraints.opf %1
goto :eof

:usage
echo usage: %~nx0 time^|prof [one_off "quoted TestConstraints cmdline with args" outFileName.opf]
goto :eof

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Home Foreign News Real Madrid wins its 1st Spanish title since 2012
Real Madrid wins its 1st Spanish title since 2012
Real Madrid won the Spanish league for the first time in five years on Sunday, avoiding its worst title drought since the 1980s and keeping Barcelona from its third straight championship.
Zinedine Zidane's team secured its 33rd league title with a 2-0 win at Malaga with goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.
The last-round victory gave Madrid a three-point advantage over second-placed Barcelona, which rallied from two goals down to beat Eibar 4-2 at the Camp Nou.
Madrid entered the final weekend needing a draw to guarantee its first title since 2012.
Ronaldo put Madrid in control early in Malaga, entering the area and rounding the goalkeeper before finding the open net following a pass by Francisco "Isco" Alarcon two minutes into the match at the Rosaleda Stadium. It was his 14th goal in his last nine matches in all competitions.
Karim Benzema sealed the victory in the 55th minute off the rebound of a close-range shot by Sergio Ramos, securing Madrid its second league title in the last nine years.
Madrid hadn't gone five straight seasons without a league title since 1981-85. It will pursue its third Champions League title in four seasons in a final against Juventus in Cardiff on June 3.
It was the first league title for Zidane, the former France great who took over Madrid for his first head-coaching job less than 1 + years ago.
"It is very important to lift this trophy again after so many years without being able to win La Liga," said Zidane, who was thrown up and down by his players after the final whistle.
Players wore shirts with the No. 33 – in a reference to the 33rd title – as they celebrated on the pitch before heading back to Madrid to meet their fans in a major public plaza.
Madrid celebrates their La Liga title win
Madrid has already won the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup this season.
At the Camp Nou, Barcelona saw its chances of another league title take a hit after Japanese midfielder Takashi Inui scored in the seventh and 61st minutes.
Barcelona started its comeback with an own-goal by Eibar defender David Junca in the 63rd, and Luis Suarez equalized in the 73rd after Lionel Messi had missed a penalty kick a few minutes earlier.
Messi, the league's scoring leader with 37 goals, converted another penalty in the 75th and closed the scoring in injury time.
Eibar played a man down from the 74th as defender Ander Capa was sent off.
It was Barcelona's last game at the Camp Nou with coach Luis Enrique, who is leaving the club after the season ends.
Barcelona will play the Copa del Rey final against Alaves next Saturday.
Tales Azzoni, AP
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Alonso's Indy 500 dream ends in all-too-familar Honda engine failure
By Luke SmithMay 28, 2017, 3:37 PM EDT
From a story that started six weeks ago when he shocked the racing world by announcing his entry to the 101st Indianapolis 500, Fernando Alonso's dream of winning the Greatest Spectacle in Racing came to an all-too-familiar end when he was sidelined by an engine failure late on.
Two-time Formula 1 champion Alonso had been a force at the front of the pack throughout the first half of the race and even looked capable of taking a famous victory at the Brickyard, only for his engine to give up on the main straight and his hopes to go up in smoke.
Given his Indy 500 entry was put into motion as a way to ease his gripes with McLaren's F1 struggles with ailing engine partner Honda, for it to end in such fashion weighs heavy with irony and, for Alonso, disappointment.
Thrown into a rolling IndyCar race start for the first, Alonso made a slow getaway on the opening lap to lose four positions and sit ninth, only to then pick his way back through the order with some fine overtakes on the likes of Will Power and JR Hildebrand.
A swift first pit stop of 8.2 seconds from the McLaren-Honda-Andretti crew lifted Alonso to third after the opening cycle, with the Spaniard then putting down the hammer to take the lead of the race from Alexander Rossi on Lap 37.
Alonso and Rossi spent the next 15 laps drafting, swapping the lead back and forth in a bid to save fuel, with the McLaren man sitting as race leader when the red flag was thrown for the crash between Scott Dixon and Jay Howard on Lap 52.
Alonso shuffled back to fourth before the next caution was shown following Conor Daly's crash, and the Spaniard continued to sit in the top five despite being frustrated by former F1 colleague Max Chilton's bold defense at one point.
Running second behind Andretti teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Rossi, Alonso was able to battle his way back through to the lead on the restart with 70 laps to go following Buddy Lazier's shunt.
Honda's engine concerns were justified when smoke began to seep from the rear of Hunter-Reay's car, sparking another caution on Lap 138. While it did rule out one of Alonso's win rivals, it was one less bullet in the gun for Andretti at the front.
Alonso made his penultimate stop under the caution, dropping him to ninth behind the drivers that opted to stay out. Just a single lap followed when Ed Carpenter's front wing broke, leaving debris on track, but there was enough time for Alonso to fall back to 12th ahead of the sixth caution.
The loss of position also cost Alonso his net advantage over the field. Now on the same strategy as Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan and Oriol Servia – all of whom ran ahead – Alonso had ground to make up heading towards the final round of pit stops.
Alonso's final visit to pit road was sparked by another caution called for a Honda engine failure, this time leaving Charlie Kimball on the sidelines. The majority of the pack came in, leaving the field with a straight sprint to the flag. Sat ninth for the restart, Alonso had to mount a charge with 30 laps to go on the restart.
Having passed James Davison early on the restart, Alonso picked up another spot with a brave move around the outside of Kanaan with 24 laps to go, giving him P7.
As Alonso continued to push, he became the third Honda driver to suffer an engine failure as he came towards the start/finish with 21 laps remaining, his car grinding to a halt.
"I felt the noise, the engine, the friction, I backed off and saw the smoke. It's a shame. We deserved to at least finish today," Alonso told ESPN.
"The whole day was a very nice experience from the very beginning, from the presentation, and I think the performance was good.
"We led the race for a couple of laps. We led at the red flag. It's been a very nice surprise to come here with these names, the best of oval racing, and be able to be competitive.
"This one stings. But I feel competitive. If I come back, I come back with something I know, and it would be easier the second time. It's been a really good time.
"Thanks to INDYCAR, Indianapolis and the fans for one of the best experiences of my career."


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Q: Read an array from string I think if I try to research this info more time then I'll find an answer, but I just don't have any energy anymore.
Maybe it's silly question, but I hope that you'll try to understand and help without any ridicules.  (I've been studying more than 16+ hours some other topics and always missing this one).
Question:
I've a file which contains:
Email name surname patronymic "\n"
Email name surname patronymic "\n"
etc
and I just stock on the reading this info on the array...
I need an assyc array:
$array = ["email" => $myEmail, "wholeName" => $name+$surname+$patronymic];

Maybe it could be done something in this way:
  foreach (explode("\n", $str) as $pair) {
            list($key, $value) = explode(' ', $pair);
            $final[] = ['email'=>$key, 'value'=>$value];
    }

But this code will generate only this array:
$final[] = ['email'=>$email, 'value'=>$name];

But I need surname and patronymic as well too.
Maybe someone from you know the good way for this?
It would help me a lot.
One more time: I think I'll find an answer, but I'm really tired and go to sleep and just want to wake up and find an answer here.
Thanks in advance.

A: I think you're already good to go with your existing functionality. Make a try to list the remaining variables called surname and patroymic like this https://eval.in/881233
$str = 'Email name surname patronymic
Email name surname patronymic';

foreach (explode("\n", $str) as $pair) {
            list($key, $value, $surname, $patroymic) = explode(' ', $pair);
            $final[] = ['email'=>$key, 'value'=>$value,'surname'=>$surname, 'patroymic'=>$patroymic];
    }
print '<pre>';
print_r($final);
print '</pre>';

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The explainer: Could the EU really expel Hungary?
Milana Nikolova
Hungary's recent law banning all content aimed at minors which references the LGBT+ community is just the latest in a series that goes against the fundamental laws and values of the European Union. But what action can Brussels take?
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Even the ongoing European football championships, Euro 2020, have not been exempt from the controversy surrounding the bill. European football's governing body, UEFA, last week refused to allow a tournament venue in Munich to be floodlit in rainbow colours to protest against the law.
UEFA drew criticism from LGBT+ groups for claiming that as a "neutral" organisation it was obliged to decline a "political" request from Munich's mayor, who wanted to show solidarity with Hungary's LGBT+ community.
The controversial bill, which the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has called "shameful" has further highlighted a cultural gap between West and East, which increasingly resembles a chasm, with many in Western Europe now calling for Hungary to simply be expelled from the EU for its ceaseless breaches of EU norms and values.
But would such a sanction even be possible?
The Hungarian law ostensibly sets out to prohibit minors from consuming any content that is perceived to "propagate or portray divergence from self-identity corresponding to sex at birth, sex change or homosexuality".
If applied to the letter, popular TV shows such as Friends or Modern Family would be banned from Hungary's screens until after 10pm.
Widespread condemnation
The bill has understandably been met with widespread condemnation from the EU's institutions. The majority of member states have signed a joint declaration expressing "grave concerns" and von der Leyen has threatened legal action against Hungary, saying that it goes against "the fundamental values of the European Union".
Nonetheless, on the same day, Hungarian President János Áder signed the bill into law, posting a statement online: "Since the new law does not restrict the constitutional rights of persons over 18 years of age, but fulfils the constitutional obligation to protect persons under 18 years of age, I have ordered the promulgation of the law."
On June 24, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said that the EU is ready to begin an infringement procedure against Hungary, which could lead to financial penalties against the country.
Democracy is a key EU membership requirement enshrined in its 1993 Copenhagen criteria – the rules that define whether a country is eligible to join the European Union.
Hungary's persistent backsliding has, however, seen it shift from being one of very few fully consolidated post-socialist democracies to what the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index terms a "hybrid regime".
EU institutions are under increasing pressure to take action.
Since becoming prime minister for the second time in 2010, Viktor Orbán has led a government that besides its more visible violations of human rights has also overseen a dramatic drop in the quality of Hungary's democratic institutions, once described as being of the same quality as those of western democracies.
The power of the country's constitutional court has been diminished, media freedom eroded and civil society impeded from acting as a watchdog.
EU concern for deteriorating democracy in Hungary (and in the majority of other Central and Eastern European member states) is further driven by a concern for its own fragile status. When an undemocratic state contributes to decision-making on the European Council, it affects citizens in every country of the European Union.
Asking the question
Last September, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte broke the ice by asking, "Can you found an EU without Hungary and Poland?" during a discussion over whether to make EU Covid-19 recovery funds rule of law-dependent.
In reality, the only legal provision for a state to be entirely disassociated from the EU is the infamous Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU), which has to be triggered by the member state that wants to leave.
Only the United Kingdom has ever done so.
However, provisions for a member state to be stripped of all rights and responsibilities do exist in the TEU, in Article 7 of TEU. In theory, the possibility exists for a country to remain an EU member but completely unbound by its rules.
Facilitated by Austria and Italy as a precaution just prior to the 2004 enlargement that saw a raft of countries, including Hungary, join the EU, the possibility of a member being stripped of all of its rights, including the loss of its voting and veto rights on the European Council, is also known as the "the nuclear option" because prior to the current democratic backsliding in some member states, it was thought that it would serve as a deterrent. It was never designed to be used.
Indeed, the first time part of Article 7 was ever triggered was in 2017 – against Poland over its judicial reforms. It was triggered again in 2018 – this time against Hungary over breaches of EU values – but was vetoed by Poland.
The crucial, procedural step of determining if a member state is in breach of EU fundamental values (such as democracy and the rule of law) requires unanimity among the remaining EU members. What some EU scholars have referred to as "regional solidarity" usually prevents this. This solidarity was again exemplified by the joint declaration against the recent Hungarian bill, which was not signed by the EU's eastern states.
The answer then, is "no". It is highly unlikely that Hungary (or any other country) could ever be stripped of its European Council voting rights.
When, in 2000, the far-right Austrian Freedom party, led by the late Jörg Haider, entered a coalition government, the other (then 14) EU members imposed sanctions on Austria by freezing bilateral relations. No contacts or ambassadorial meetings at an intergovernmental level were held and Austrian candidates were not supported when EU international offices were assigned.
At the time, Article 7 could not be brought into play as it did not enter into force until February 2003.
But the sanctions were lifted within months, in large part because of a backlash against the EU from ordinary Austrians who felt that they, and not their government, were being punished.
Now armed with Article 7, the conundrum the EU faces is today much the same: Hungarians are overwhelmingly pro-EU. Anything that jeopardises that would be counter-productive.
With a Hungarian parliamentary election set to be held next year, one that a newly-united opposition has a real chance of winning, the EU is likely to delay any sanctions as long as possible in the hope that Hungarians will simply decide they have had enough of their prime minister.
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Companies House suspends strike-offs
By Amy Austin
Companies House has temporarily paused its strike off process to prevent companies being compulsory dissolved amid the coronavirus crisis.
The government announced changes to Companies House's enforcement action last week (April 16), which it said will help businesses avoid being struck off the register as they deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Currently, Companies House is able to dissolve a company through its strike off process if it fails to submit an annual confirmation statement form or file accounts on time.
A common cause of companies being struck off is due to a change of registered office address that is not notified to Companies House.
The government said suspending this power will give businesses "affected by the coronavirus outbreak the time they need to update their records and help them avoid being struck off the register".
For companies who make an application for voluntary dissolution, the application will be registered at Companies House but any further action to strike off the company will be suspended for the time being.
However, this does not apply to businesses which are being dissolved as the result of an insolvency procedure such as administration or liquidation.
Martin Swain, director of strategy, policy and communications at Companies House, said: "We know that many businesses are finding it difficult to keep up with their filing requirements at the moment.
"We're committed to helping them meet their legal responsibilities while keeping the register as up to date as possible.
"We will continue to contact customers to remind them of their responsibilities, and we encourage all companies to file their statutory documents as soon as they're able to do so."
Meanwhile, companies issued with a late filing penalty due to Covid-19 will have appeals treated sympathetically.
Last month (March 20), Companies House allowed for a two-month extension to file accounts and then another month if companies can demonstrate extreme circumstances.
All companies must send their accounts, reports and confirmation statements to Companies House every year. If these are filed late the law imposes an automatic penalty.
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Q: RealmSwift: Count number of unique words Given the following setup:
class Message: Object {

    @objc dynamic var name: String = ""
    @objc dynamic var message: String = ""
}

class Chat: Object {

    var messages = List<Message>()
    var people = List<Person>()

    @objc dynamic var name:String = ""
    @objc dynamic var path:String = ""
}

Is there a more efficient way using functional programming to calculate teh number of unique words within the message variable within Message?
let messages = Array(chat.messages)
let wordDictionary = [String:Int]()
let peopleDictionary = [String]()

for messageObject in messages {

   let words = messageObject.message.components(separatedBy: " ")
   for word in words {
      if wordDictionary[word] != nil {
          wordDictionary[word] += 1
      }else{
         wordDictionary[word] = 0
      }
   }
}

A: Yes you can use enumerateSubstrings(in: Range) .byWords to break your sentence down into words and use reduce method to calculate its frequency. Don't forget to lowercase the words to make sure they don't count as different words:

extension StringProtocol {
    var byWords: [SubSequence] { components(separated: .byWords) }
    func components(separated options: String.EnumerationOptions)-> [SubSequence] {
        var components: [SubSequence] = []
        enumerateSubstrings(in: startIndex..., options: options) { _, range, _, _ in components.append(self[range]) }
        return components
    }
}

extension Sequence where Element: Hashable {
    var frequency: [Element: Int] { reduce(into: [:]) { $0[$1, default: 0] += 1 } }
}

Usage:
let sentence1 = "Given the following setup:"
let sentence2 = "Is there a more efficient way using functional programming to calculate the number of unique words within the message variable within Message"

let sentences = [sentence1, sentence2]
let frequency = sentences
    .joined(separator: "\n")
    .lowercased()
    .byWords
    .frequency

print(frequency.sorted(by: {$0.value > $1.value }))

This will print

[(key: "the", value: 3), (key: "within", value: 2), (key: "message",
  value: 2), (key: "following", value: 1), (key: "way", value: 1), (key:
  "more", value: 1), (key: "to", value: 1), (key: "calculate", value:
  1), (key: "number", value: 1), (key: "there", value: 1), (key: "a",
  value: 1), (key: "is", value: 1), (key: "unique", value: 1), (key:
  "setup", value: 1), (key: "using", value: 1), (key: "programming",
  value: 1), (key: "given", value: 1), (key: "words", value: 1), (key:
  "variable", value: 1), (key: "functional", value: 1), (key:
  "efficient", value: 1), (key: "of", value: 1)]

A: You asked for functional programming and you're using .componentsSeparatedBy(" ") so the assumption is that all the words have space between them.
Lets use the power of a .map, .flatmap and a Set, which are guaranteed to be unique elements. For example:
let sentence = "Every good boy does fine does" //6 total words, 5 unique
let words = sentence.components(separatedBy: " ")
let wordSet = Set(words)
print(wordSet.count)

output is
5

So then applying that to the question:
let messages = Array(chat.messages) //makes the Realm list a Swift Array
let x = messages.map { msgString -> [String] in
    let y = msgString.message.components(separatedBy: " ")
    return y
}
let uniqueWords = Set( x.flatMap { $0 } )
print(uniqueWords.count)

The map function will take each message in the array of messages and break it down into an array of array strings so it looks like this
[ [word0, word1, word2], [word3, word4, word5] ]

Then the flatMap maps the array of arrays into a single array of words
Finally Set takes all of the words and creates a set of unique words.


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Bernie buys a lake home, igniting Twitter snark
Dan D'Ambrosio
Free Press Staff Writer
Earlier this month, real estate agent Franz Rosenberger closed a deal with Bernie and Jane Sanders for a $575,000 lakeside home in North Hero — a second home where the Sanders family could gather with children and grandchildren for weekends on the water, the Realtor said.
"It has a nice gradual pebble beach that's protected, which was important for them, for their grandkids," he said. "It has big views of the lake and the Green Mountains. They really wanted to be looking at Vermont."
Cue the Twitter snark, and take your pick of unsubstantiated allegations that flowed from news of the sale earlier this week. The story, first reported by the weekly newspapers the Lake Champlain Islander and Seven Days, was picked up widely, from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair.
False rumors flew: Bernie bought the house with campaign contributions. He used a payoff he received for endorsing Hillary Clinton, who defeated the Vermont senator for the Democratic presidential nomination. In the era of making claims without proof, the purchase received the response that has come to be expected in a politically divided nation. The supposed hypocrisy of a self-proclaimed democratic socialist owning three homes — the Sanderses are long-time Burlington residents and also have a Washington, D.C., residence — was too much for some people to resist.
Jane Sanders did not respond to a request for comment from the Burlington Free Press, but Rosenberger explained that she sold a property in Maine a year or two ago that had been in her family for many years. The Realtor said Bernie and Jane Sanders wanted to find something closer to home, and easier to visit.
Rosenberger said the Sanderses are "incredibly nice, down-to-earth people." He described the lakeside home as "a modest property." The original cabin was built in 1920, part of which still exists as the master bedroom, Rosenberger said. In 1986, the owners added a log home to that structure, which is now the main cottage, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Rosenberger said there's a "nice screened porch" on the Lake Champlain side of the 1.13 acre property.
"Then there's a guest cottage with an additional bedroom, bunkroom and bathroom and a nice porch," he said. "It's very private, which was appealing to Jane and Bernie."
The property occupies a point of land on the east side of the Champlain Islands community, with beachfront that wraps around to the north and east. The site is about 36 miles northwest of Burlington — about an hour's drive.
Rosenberger first listed the property in the spring and began working with the Bernie and Jane Sanders in June.
"We looked intensively over a couple of weeks," Rosenberger said.
The Sanders family got a good deal in the property, considering that Rosenberger said he originally listed the home a year ago for $659,000. The owners were Roger and Caroline Sorg, who operated The North Hero House Inn in the 1970s and 1980s.
"It was their summer home," Rosenberger said of the Sorgs, who live in the Florida Keys.
The buildings total 1,883 square feet, and the property has 500 feet of lake frontage, complete with a dock. Taxes are $9,156 annually.
Rosenberger, who lives in Grand Isle, believes the Bernie and Jane will fit right in with the island culture. He said they also might help boost house sales.
"I'm excited for the community if this creates a buzz for the area, which is special and unique," he said.
This story appeared online on Aug. 13, 2016. Contact Dan D'Ambrosio at 660-1841 or ddambrosio@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DanDambrosioVT.
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Crows Can Apparently Hold Grudges For Years – Just Like Humans
By Anastasia Arellano
We see crows found almost everywhere throughout the world. As widely spread as they are, most of us probably don't know much about them beyond them being those annoying birds that constantly make noise.
But crows are actually quite interesting and complex animals. Beyond the many different superstitions and mythologies from around the world that involve crows, there is actually a lot of scientific research that shows crows to be extraordinary animals. And you definitely don't want to be getting on their bad side after this.
The British trivia quiz show "Quite Interesting" shared some scientific research on their Twitter page, which suggested that crows can hold grudges! Who would've guessed?
Crows not only hold grudges, they tell their friends and family about them. pic.twitter.com/MaN3aCuSBz
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) June 28, 2020
Back in 2011, Seattle researchers discovered that crows who've been captured can actually remember the face of their abductors – even up to years after the incident. Throughout the experiment, it was found that the captured crows would harass their former captors. This behavior suggested that crows are capable of not just forming grudges but also holding onto them for a long time.
We definitely don't want to be making these birds angry. The follow-up research, which was gathered a year later, showed that the brains of crows work similarly to that of humans whenever they spot a familiar face.
Back in 2012, the lead researcher, John Marzluff from the University of Washington, shared some insight, saying, "The regions of the crow brain that work together are not unlike those that work together in mammals, including humans."
He continued, saying that up until that point when the research had been conducted, it had only been speculated that the regions of the birds' minds worked in that manner – but the research the team had done was what finally documented it.
During the experiment, as many as 12 adult male crows were captured in order to be studied by researchers. All the team members involved wore the same exact mask in order to keep the captor's identity the same. It was found that when the birds were given food by people dressed in different masks to that of their captors, the birds' behaviors changed. The research gathered suggested that crows are also capable of using tools like humans, meaning that there is a section of their brains that are capable of higher cognitive functions.
It's not usually shared enough, but these birds are quite smart. And the fact that they are capable of holding onto grudges for years has me seriously questioning why it's called a murder of crows? Thoughts?


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Q: How do I read the whole file in wchar_t buffer on Win32? I'm having trouble reading a file in UTF8 encoding into a wchar_t buffer as I don't know the file size in advance.
Does anyone know how I can read the whole file in a buffer?
I imagine I'd have to keep a wchar_t * (pointer) and resize it as I read. However that sounds very scary as I haven't ever resized pointers before.
I'm doing Windows C++ programming with Microsoft Visual Studio.

A: Have you considered using a vector?
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <iterator>

:::

std::wifstream in(file_name);

//Will automatically reallocate to the require size
std::vector<wchar_t> store {
    std::istream_iterator<wchar_t, wchar_t>(in),
    std::istream_iterator<wchar_t, wchar_t>()};

//to access wchar_t* you can call data();
my_func(store.data());

A: If you want to allocate a buffer the size of the file you first need to find the file size.  To do that, you call the stat() function, with appropriate arguments, and it fills in a field containing the file size.
Suppose you store that size in the variable filesize.
Then you can
wchar_t *buffer = reinterpret_cast< wchar_t * >new char [ filesize ];

and then read the whole file into that buffer, using read(), after having called open() on it to get a file descriptor, or  fread() after having called fopen() to get a FILE *.


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