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Hurricane Dorian: Population Movement – A Live Story
Hurricane Dorian's path up the U.S. East Coast.
By Noah Smith September 10, 2019 1:30 pm
Throughout Hurricane Dorian's devastating path through the Bahamas, Direct Relief has been monitoring population movement via the latest Esri-hosted geographic information system map created by its research and analysis team. The population movement layer is comprised of exclusive Facebook-provided data, which shows the difference between the number of Facebook mobile app users three months ago and now.
All app users who are part of this data set have opted-in to location tracking and their data has been anonymized, according to Alex Pompe, lead spokesperson for disaster maps at Facebook. The anonymization methodology has been open sourced, allowing anyone to review it.
Check this page for ongoing updates as the latest data becomes available:
9/13- For the first time since the storm, Great Abaco is showing a positive change in population. Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief, said that this change, which is in the southern part of the island only, is likely related to an uptick in network connectivity as well as ongoing relief efforts.
Schroeder also pointed out that there is less movement between islands than would be expected. The bulk of the movement which exists, is between Grand Bahama and Nassau, which is consistent with the relocation of people to Nassau.
Further, the latest map shows that Nassau is the only island of the Bahamas that is seeing relatively significant increases in population compare to pre-storm levels. One of the implications of this movement is that the next phase of the relief and recovery effort should focus on the needs of displaced folks in Nassau, according to Schroeder.
The latest Facebook app user data showing high population movement to Nassau and the first positive movement into Great Abaco. (Direct Relief)
9/12- An update today from The The National Emergency Management Agency of the Bahamas and other regional organizations shows an increase in the number of at least partially operational health care facilities on Grand Bahama and Great Abaco.
Map showing the status of health clinics in Great Abaco and Grand Bahama.
9/12- According to Facebook app user data from September 10, population figures have remained consistent compared to the two days preceding it. One interesting change to note, however, is the increase in people offshore near Great Abaco and Grand Bahama. These increases represent those involved with relief efforts. Even as cell phone networks remained largely offline, app users with satellite phones can be counted.
Facebook user data shows an increasing number of people engaged with relief efforts. (Direct Relief)
9/12- Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief:
"The Carolinas and Georgia basically look back to normal– with the exception that the areas right along the coast still resemble what we'd expect to see in evacuation zones. Which means that communities right along the ocean front are definitely not back to a pre-storm "normal" situation."
Coastal areas still look like they are under an evacuation order. (Direct Relief)
9/10- Data provided by Facebook from yesterday shows that the number of app users in immediate coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia— north of Savannah only— are still low compared to the typical, pre-storm number of app users. The Georgia coast south of Savannah has returned to normal population counts, as have the rest of the those two states, according to Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief.
9/10- According to the latest NetHope report, only two cell phone towers on Great Abaco are operational and 50% of cell phone towers in Grand Bahama are operational. All of the outlying islands remain completely offline.
9/9- Yesterday, Direct Relief completed an airlift to Moore's Island, which is located west of the Abacos Islands and southeast of Grand Bahamas. There are a reported 800 people stranded there with no food or water.
Moore's Island, The Bahamas, highlighted for effect. (Direct Relief)
9/9- Before and after images of the Marsh Harbor Clinic, courtesy of the Direct Relief Research and Analysis team. Damage is particularly evident in the neighborhood next to the clinic.
Before Hurricane Dorian:
(Direct Relief)
After Hurricane Dorian:
9/8- An interactive before/after slider map showing the extent of Hurricane Dorian's aftermath, from Direct Relief's Research and Analysis team:
9/7 – Yesterday's dispatch from Andrew MacCalla, VP, Emergency Response, was from Freeport's Rand Memorial Hospital. MacCalla described a harrowing situation for the public hospital, which is now the only public option for 80,000 people. It has 86 beds. Of the seven associated clinics, only three are "near-term" functional.
There are 4 feet of flood water inside. The Coast Guard has been able to evacuate the most critical patients from a nearby landing zone.
MacCalla reported that all beds are damaged and an estimated 90% of their equipment and medicine supply is damaged. The operating room is also unusable, and all OBGYN capabilities are also offline.
The hospital is currently without power but does have a generator, even as none of the wall outlets work.
He saw about 50 people waiting for care outside. The hospital is full inside, with people waiting in the hallways. The hospital staff is "working their tails off," according to MacCalla, even as they were on strike just last week.
Other challenges facing the hospital include the loss of all records.
MacCalla said staff were beginning to fungal infections and days-old injuries.
Top expressed needs from hospital staff were:
-Hospital beds/bay chairs
-Disposable lines
-Gloves of all types
-Welch Allen sets
-Food and drink (canned)
-Ambulances
-Sanitation and cleaning supplies
-Crash carts
-Flashlights and floodlights and laptops
-Scrubs of all sizes
-Direct Relief tubs
9/6- Report from Direct Relief Program Specialist Luis David Rodriguez in Marsh Harbour:
"The clinic is pretty stable and running smoothly for the most part, still on a generator. They opened a shelter in town, so people who were hanging around the clinic have moved to a shelter."
"This morning I had the chance to walk from the Marsh Harbour Port to the clinic and saw the communities that were totally wiped out, where they are expecting many casualties once the flooding subsides."
9/6- Looking at the Carolinas, the latest data shows that coastal evacuees have not started to return in significant numbers yet.
9/6- Analyzing population movement using available cell phones connected to a network in The Bahamas, Schroeder reported that, "The only movement seen is between Freeport and Nassau– which is consistent with the evacuations.
Population Movement in The Bahamas for 9/5 showing movement from Freeport to Nassau. (Direct Relief)
9/6- Updates have been scant over the past couple of days due to a lack of cell phone network connectivity in The Bahamas. This is still the case, according to Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief: "Bahamas is a no go on population analysis via social media — networks still way too bad."
Bahamas Network Connectivity Map for 9/3 (Direct Relief)
9/3 – Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief, has been tracking where people have been moving to when they evacuate:
"People have moved away from coast, but haven't moved very far, usually just a couple towns away." This pattern was true for major population centers along the coast in Florida as well as Savannah, Ga. and Charleston, S.C.
9/3 – Cellular networks remain down in the Abaco Islands, so there is no updated Facebook data to report currently.
The map has been updated with Facebook data on population movement for coastal Georgia, the Carolinas, and parts of Tennessee and Virginia.
Data from yesterday showed decreases in population for all major cities in North and South Carolina, but that could be due to the holiday weekend.
There have been major decreases in population along the coast from Georgia to Virginia as of yesterday, except in Virginia Beach, which showed an increase, likely due to the holiday.
9/2 – Andrew Schroeder, Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief:
"The main takeaway in the Bahamas is that we can't say much about dynamics in the affected area due to network outage. It's wiped out in the affected area."
Expectedly, Schroeder found that coastal evacuations all along Florida picked up speed significantly over the weekend, though he was surprised by the number of people still at Disney World. That park will close Tuesday afternoon.
Facebook data has been been populated for parts of Georgia and Alabama. For Georgia, information is available for the southern part of the state, until just north of Brunswick. Population movement data for the rest of that state, as well as the Carolinas is scheduled to be added soon.
9/1 – Up to 93% of Facebook app users in the barrier cays of the Abaco Islands have left, according to data provided by Facebook from yesterday at 8 p.m.
Crossing Rocks, Marsh Harbor, and Coopers Town on Great Abaco Island have all seen triple digit increases in population by percentage.
9/1 – Andrew MacCalla, VP, Emergency Response:
"Direct Relief staff are slated to be arriving tomorrow, via seaplane, to Grand Bahama and Abaco with sufficient medication for up to 1,000 people."
9/1 – As Dorian makes landfall in The Bahamas, Andrew Schroeder's social vulnerability analysis reports that 6,785 people in the impacted area are under 5 years old. On Little Abaco Island, there are 87 children under the age of 5 who are still on the island.
The number of individuals over the age of 65, throughout the impacted areas in the Bahamas, is 6,758.
9/1 – From Andrew MacCalla, VP, Emergency Response:
Direct Relief has made offers to The Bahamas Minister of Health, Dr. Duane Sands, and NEMA Director Captain Stephen Russell. Direct Relief staff members are on standby to both oversee and personally deliver requested medications via boat and/or plane.
The Florida Department of Health accepted Direct Relief's offer of an Emergency Health Kit, which contains essential medications and supplies can treat up to 1,000 people.
8/31 – Because Dorian has changed course, Florida's Martin County cancelled its evacuation order for Sunday while Brevard County announced it would delay its evacuation order until Monday morning.
The overall rate of movement on the east coast of Florida has accelerated rapidly as of 8/30 at 8pm with some cities—notably Titusville and Cocoa Beach— seeing up to a 88% drop in users located there. All major population centers on the east coast from Miami to Daytona Beach have seen statistically significant percentage drops.
In the Bahamas, a similar rate of change, approaching 90%, has taken place on the Abaco Islands.
8/30 – According to the latest data available on the map from 8/29 at 8 pm, the trend Andrew mentioned yesterday still holds: population figures from Port St. Lucie to Boca Raton on Florida's east coast have remained relatively stable—and have actually increased in some areas, such as Boca Raton. However, the Miami metro area, around Melbourne, and in the northern part of the state's east coast from Jacksonville to Daytona Beach have seen marked decreases.
8/29 – Andrew Schroeder, Head of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief:
"The map indicates that– for whatever reason– the west coast of Florida has seen sharper drops in population than the east coast — which is a little counterintuitive. Data is from 8/28 at 8pm."
Filed Under: Central America and the Caribbean, Esri, Facebook, Florida, Georgia, Health, Health Mapping, Hurricanes, Maps, South Carolina, United States
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Online Social Networks (OSNs) are ubiquitous, with more than 70% of Internet users being part of them. The pervasive nature of OSNs brings many threats and challenges, privacy being one of them. Very often the available privacy protection mechanisms in OSNs do not meet users requirements. This results in users that are unable to define privacy settings (also known as privacy policies) that meet their expectations. Furthermore, current privacy settings are difficult to understand, which makes users sharing their personal information with more people than they actually intend to. In this thesis we explore novel techniques to protect users' privacy in OSNs. On the one hand, we define a formal framework to write privacy policies in OSNs and to reason about them. We use this framework to define and study current and new types of privacy policies that are not present in today's OSNs. In particular, we look into: i) protection against implicit disclosure of information, e.g., a user sharing someone else's information---without her consent; and ii) evolving privacy policies, i.e., privacy policies that change over time, e.g., "my supervisor cannot see my location during the weekend". These formalisms also provide a direct enforcement mechanism for this new type of privacy policies. We have developed a proof-of-concept implementation of the enforcement to show the practicality of our technique. We formally prove that this enforcement is correct, i.e., no privacy violations may occur. On the other hand, we look into the problem of embedding privacy policies into the data. Having policies and data as separate entities is prone to consistency issues. It might happen that the data is accessed by individuals who should not have access to it because the access policy is outdated or simply missing. This issue is particularly important in OSNs as they normally rely on geographically distributed databases or have a distributed architecture. Concretely, we use Attributed-Based Encryption (ABE) to "attach" privacy policies to pictures.
Online Social Networks (OSNs) such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram connect millions of people everyday. OSN users share mostly personal information, for instance, pictures, locations, relationship status, political views and so forth. Sharing these information to the wrong audience, or, misusing it, are examples of privacy issues that may have negative consequences, and affect the personal lives of the users. Developing the means for people to share information in a private manner is a difficult task. OSNs are very complex systems which are continuously evolving. Moreover, the current privacy protection mechanisms are too simple, and fail to provide OSN users with the tools to control their personal information. As a result, privacy breaches in OSNs occur on a regular basis. This thesis proposes novel techniques to offer users more control over the information they share in OSNs. Using our approach users can define who can access their information, as oppose to the current approach where the user who shares the information defines who can see it. We explore new dimensions such as time, which permits OSN users to express when the information is accessible. Our work has been developed using formal techniques which makes possible to mathematically prove that no privacy violations can occur.


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Q: Function being called twice due to handlers, how to fix it so it's only called once? I am new to Swift programming and am trying to understand the concept of handlers. My saveDataToFirestore function is being called twice - I'm pretty it's due to the completion handlers, but I can't figure it out
I have a button in the SignUpView that the user presses once they've inputted their information
struct SignUpView: View {
    @ObservedObject var user = UserViewModelTEMP()
...
    user.signUp(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName, email: email, password: password, reenterPassword: passwordReEnter) { (result, error) in
                        if error != nil {
                            self.error = true
                        } else {
                            self.isSignedUp = true
                            self.password = ""
                        }
                    }
...

This is the ViewModel where first the signUp function is called, then the user's name and email is passed to another function so that their info can be save to the database
class UserViewModelTEMP : ObservableObject {
    @Published var user = [UserTEMP]()
    var handle: AuthStateDidChangeListenerHandle?
    private let db = Firestore.firestore()

    func signUp (firstName: String, lastName: String, email: String, password: String, reenterPassword: String, handler: @escaping AuthDataResultCallback) {

        //Ensure that passwords match
        if reenterPassword != password {
            print("Passwords do not match") // make this into a popup
            return
        }
        //Authenticate with Firebase
        Auth.auth().createUser(withEmail: email, password: password, completion: handler)

        // Save user data to Firestore
        saveDataToFirestore(firstName: firstName, lastName: lastName, email: email)
    }

    func saveDataToFirestore(firstName: String, lastName: String, email: String) {
        print("entry one")
        // ensure user is signed in
        handle = Auth.auth().addStateDidChangeListener { (auth, user) in
            print("entry 2")
            if let user = user {
                //if we have a user, create a new user model and save to Firebase
                print("Got user: \(user.uid)")
                let ref = self.db.collection("users").document(user.uid)
                ref.setData([
                    "first_name" : firstName,
                    "last_name"  : lastName,
                    "email"      : email
                ]) { err in
                    if let err = err {
                        print("Error adding document: \(err)")
                    } else {
                        print("Document added: \(ref.documentID)")
                    }
                }
            } else {
                // when we don't have a user, set the session to nil
                //self.user = []
            }
        }
    }

Output looks like this
entry one
entry 2
Got user: <user_id_1>
Document added: <document>
entry 2
Got user: <user_id_2>
Document added: <document>

Side note, the user_ids in the output don't match, when they should (even if being called twice).
I am unsure how to fix this problem

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Accidents involving school buses or public transportation buses often result in serious injuries that rack up huge medical bills. Every year in the United States hundreds of passengers, pedestrians, and other motorists in Texas suffer serious injuries – or worse – from bus accidents. While bus drivers and operators have a duty to navigate the roadways safely and without distraction, this is not always the case. Due to the sheer size of school and public transportation buses, these types of accidents can leave victims with severe injuries that require years of rehabilitation and recovery. Many victims of bus accidents leave the scene confused and not sure how to proceed, which is why these types of incidents are not always taken to court. However, victims of bus accidents deserve compensation and for the emotional trauma they suffered to be recognized.
Our Brownsville bus accident attorneys understand that the above needs to be proven in order for a bus accident case to move forward and will do everything we can on your behalf.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration states there are more than 80,000 reported bus accident every single year in the United States. Of these accidents, more than 23,000 people suffer serious injuries. These numbers show that people are getting needlessly hurt in bus accidents that are often preventable. If you or a loved one has been injured in a bus accident, or if you lost a loved on in a bus accident, please contact Green Law Firm today. Our experienced Brownsville bus accident attorneys are here for you and are ready to fight for your rights.


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Джордж Наджент-Темпл-Ґренвілл, 1-й маркіз Бекінгем, KG, KP, PC (17 червня 1753 — 11 лютого 1813), відомий як Джордж Ґренвілл до 1779 року та як Ерл Темпл між 1779 і 1784 роками, був британським державним діячем.

Передісторія та молоді роки
Ґренвілл був старшим сином Джорджа Ґренвілла, прем'єр-міністра Великої Британії, і його дружини, колишньої Елізабет Віндем, дочки сера Вільяма Віндема, 3-го баронета. Він був племінником Річарда Ґренвілла-Темпла, 2-го графа Темпла (старшого брата його батька), і старшим братом Томаса Ґренвілла та Вільяма Ґренвілла (пізніше 1-го барона Ґренвілла, а також прем'єр-міністра Великої Британії). У 1764 році він був призначений казначеєм. Він здобув освіту в Ітонському коледжі з 1764 по 1770 рік і вступив до Крайст-Черча в Оксфорді в 1770 році. У 1774 році він здійснив велику подорож Італією та Австрією. У 1775 році він одружився з Мері Наджент, донькою Роберта Наджента, 1-го віконта Клер, і наступного року його тесть, лорд Клер, був названий графом Наджентом, з особливим правом успадкування (за відсутності його власних спадкоємців чоловічої статі, яких він не мав) для свого нового зятя.

Політична кар'єра

На загальних виборах 1774 року Ґренвілл став членом парламенту від Бекінгемшира. У палаті громад він став завзятим критиком американської політики лорда Норта. У вересні 1779 року він змінив свого дядька на посаді 3-го графа Темпла і перейшов до Палати лордів.

Ставши лордом Темплом він також взяв додаткові прізвища Наджент і Темпл згідно з королівським ордером, виданим 4 грудня, утворивши складене прізвище Наджент-Темпл-Ґренвілл. У 1782 році Темпл був призначений лордом-лейтенантом Бекінгемшира, а в липні 1782 року він став членом Таємної ради та лордом-лейтенантом Ірландії в міністерстві лорда Шелберна. Він зіграв важливу роль у прийнятті Закону про зречення 1783 року, який доповнював законодавчу незалежність, надану Ірландії в 1782 році. Як лорд-лейтенант Ірландії та за королівським ордером він створив орден Святого Патрика в лютому 1783 року, ставши його першим великим магістром. Він залишив Ірландію в 1783 році і знову звернув увагу на англійську політику. Він користувався довірою короля Георга III, і, виступивши проти законопроекту Фокса про Ост-Індію, отримав королівську згоду сказати, що «хто б не проголосував за законопроект про Індію, не тільки перестане бути його другом, але й вважатиметься для нього ворогом», і це повідомлення забезпечило відхилення закону. Він був призначений державним секретарем, коли Пітт молодший (його двоюрідний брат) сформував своє міністерство в грудні 1783 року, але пішов у відставку вже через три дні.  Це був найкоротший термін повноважень кабінету в історії, аже до випадку з кабінетом Мішель Донелан у 2022 році.

У грудні 1784 року лордові Темплу був наданий титул маркіза Бекінгемського. У листопаді 1787 року його знову призначили лордом-лейтенантом Ірландії, цього разу під керівництвом Пітта, але його друге перебування на цій посаді виявилося менш успішним, ніж перше. Ґраттан засудив його за марнотратство; палати парламенту Ірландії критикували його за відмову передати до Англії звернення, яке закликало принца Уельського прийняти регентство; і він міг зберегти свою позицію, лише вдавшись до підкупу у великих розмірах. Коли його тесть помер у 1788 році, Бекінгем змінив його як 2-й граф Наджент. Однак, оскільки він уже мав маркізат, він ніколи не був відомий під цим титулом. (Однак його дружина стала баронесою Наджент у 1800 році, з особливим правом успадкування для їхнього другого сина, лорда Джорджа Наджент-Ґренвілла). Ставши дуже непопулярним, він пішов у відставку у вересні 1789 року.

Пізні роки
Згодом Бекінгем брав дуже мало участі в політиці, хоча висловлювався на користь Акту про Унію 1800 року. Його дружина померла в 1812 році, а він помер 11 лютого 1813 року у своїй резиденції, Стоу в Бекінгемширі. Він був похований у своєму родовому маєтку Воттон. Він залишив двох синів: Річарда, графа Темпла (який змінив його на посаді 2-го маркіза Бекінгема, а пізніше став герцогом Бекінгема і Чандоса) і Джорджа, 2-го барона Наджента (який успадкував цей титул від своєї матері після її смерті).

Див. також

 Ґренвілліт

Зовнішні посилання

 Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess of Buckingham

Родина Ґренвілл
Міністри внутрішніх справ Великої Британії
Випускники Ітона
Кавалери ордена Підв'язки
Випускники Крайст Черч
Померли 1813
Народились 1753

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Diocletian 284 - 305 A.D.
Originally Diokles, a Greek name, Diocletian gained the Latinized form of his name shortly before masterminding a revolt against Carinus. When Carinus received news of this insolence he set out at once with a large army to confront him. The two sides met in a prolonged and bloody match the results of which were finally turning against Diocletian. Seeing that all was lost he prepared to flee with what was left of his army when the most amazing thing happened. It seems Carinus had seduced the wife of one of his bodyguards who, for whatever possible reason, chose during the waning moments of the battle to avenge this affront by murdering his master.
Diocletian was then hailed as emperor by the same army that almost defeated him and he marched towards Rome as victor. Soon after his arrival he named his friend Maximianus as co-emperor giving him rule over the western half of the empire. Both would then select subordinates who were not relatives of their own to help in the task and secure a line of succession unlike a blood dynasty. Diocletian's vision of this governmental scheme became known as the Tetrarchy and the first cycle of which was completed, as far as he was concerned, when he abdicated in 305 and demanded Maximianus do likewise to leave their subordinates to rule.
Modern historians with the gift of hindsight pinpoint Diocletian's choice of reforming the army as the key culprit of the empire's downfall almost 200 years later. He figured that rather than have weak concentrations of army outposts scattered over the length of the empire's borders it would be better to have a centralized large force which could respond quickly in the event of a military crisis. While the theory may have been sound in principle he never foresaw the obstacles that led to the successful deployment and logistical problems that this method required and, thus, over time Romans became increasingly susceptible to barbarian attacks.
Diocletian died an old, forgotten and heartbroken man in his retirement palace in what is now Croatia. In the end he was vilified for shattering the economy, wreaking political chaos in Rome and resorting to the now somewhat anachronistic practice of persecuting Christians. Finally, he had to witness in his own lifetime the utter failure of his power sharing format when the Tetrarchy disintegrated into the Constantine dynasty.
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        set(_output_tmp ${_output_tmp} ${DATE_LIBRARY_${LIB}})
    ENDFOREACH (LIB ${library_list})
    set(${_output} ${_output_tmp} PARENT_SCOPE)
endfunction(find_date_libraries _output library_list library_paths)

# DATE_CONFIG set from the configuration
if(DATE_CONFIG)

    # Helper to execute date-config with the given options in the DATE environment.
    # Output is sent to _OUTVAR.
    # Errors are fatal.
    macro(date_config _OPTS _OUTVAR)
        execute_process(COMMAND sh -c "source ${DATE_ENV} && ${DATE_CONFIG} ${_OPTS}"
                        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _OUTVAR_RAW
                        ERROR_VARIABLE _ERR
                        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
        if(_ERR)
            message(FATAL_ERROR "Error executing ${DATE_CONFIG} ${_OPTS}")
        endif()
        string(REPLACE "-lpthread" "-pthread" _OUTVAR_RAW "${_OUTVAR_RAW}")
        string(STRIP "${_OUTVAR_RAW}" ${_OUTVAR})
    endmacro()

    # Setting DIMDIR, ODIR and ROOTSYS in the environment, they are needed by date-config
    set(ENV{DIMDIR} ${DIMDIR})
    set(ENV{ODIR} ${ODIR})
    set(ENV{ROOTSYS} ${ROOTSYS})

    # Checking DATE version
    date_config(--version DATE_VERSION)

    # Extract major, minor, and patch versions
    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+" "\\1" DATE_VERSION_MAJOR "${DATE_VERSION}")
    string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)" "\\1" DATE_VERSION_MINOR "${DATE_VERSION}")
    message(STATUS "DATE version ${DATE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DATE_VERSION_MINOR} found.")

    # --cflags
    date_config(--cflags DATE_CFLAGS)
    set(DATE_CFLAGS "-DALI_DATE ${DATE_CFLAGS}")
    message(STATUS "DATE CFLAGS: ${DATE_CFLAGS}")

    # --ldflags
    date_config(--ldflags DATE_LDFLAGS)
    message(STATUS "DATE LDFLAGS: ${DATE_LDFLAGS}")

    # All DATE libraries
    date_config(--libs DATE_LIBS)
    message(STATUS "DATE libraries: ${DATE_LIBS}")

    # Fix for mysql bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1287374
    set(DATE_LIBS "${DATE_LIBS} -L/usr/lib64/mysql/")

    # DATE_LIBRARIES
    # Extracting the list of dynamic and static libraries from the --libs
    # The list is needed during the generation of the DAs
    # using a find_library in order to get the full path and not need to use -L during linking of the DAs
    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[-]l[^- ]+" DATE_LIBRARIES_TMP ${DATE_LIBS})
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[-]l" ";" DATE_LIBRARIES_TMP ${DATE_LIBRARIES_TMP})
    # Get the list of search path using -Lyyy -> yyy
    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[-]L[^- ]+" DATE_LIBRARIES_PATH_TMP ${DATE_LIBS})
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[-]L" ";" DATE_LIBRARIES_PATH_TMP ${DATE_LIBRARIES_PATH_TMP})
    find_date_libraries(DATE_LIBRARIES "${DATE_LIBRARIES_TMP}" "${DATE_LIBRARIES_PATH_TMP}")

    # setting the monlibs
    date_config(--monitorlibs=noshift DATE_MONLIBS)
    message(STATUS "DATE monitorlibs (noshift): ${DATE_MONLIBS}")

    # DATE_MONLIBRARIES
    # Extracting the list of dynamic and static libraries from the --libs
    # The list is needed during the generation of the DAs
    # Removing everything that starts with - to leave all the static libraries
    # Replacing space with ; to create a list that will be sent to the linked
    string(REGEX REPLACE "-[^ \r\n\t].+( |$)?" "" DATE_STATICMON ${DATE_MONLIBS})
    if(DATE_STATICMON)
        string(REPLACE " " ";"  DATE_STATICMON ${DATE_STATICMON})
    endif(DATE_STATICMON)

    # Extracting all the shared libraries
    # using a find_library in order to get the full path and not need to use -L during linking of the DAs
    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[-]l[^- ]+" DATE_MONLIBRARIES_TMP ${DATE_MONLIBS})
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[-]l" ";" DATE_MONLIBRARIES_TMP ${DATE_MONLIBRARIES_TMP})
    # Get the list of search path using -Lyyy -> yyy
    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[-]L[^- ]+" DATE_MONLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP ${DATE_MONLIBS})
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[-]L" ";" DATE_MONLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP ${DATE_MONLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP})
    find_date_libraries(DATE_MONLIBRARIES "${DATE_MONLIBRARIES_TMP}" "${DATE_MONLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP}")
    set(DATE_MONLIBRARIES ${DATE_STATICMON} ${DATE_MONLIBRARIES})

    # Fix for mysql bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1287374
    set(DATE_MONLIBS "${DATE_MONLIBS} -L/usr/lib64/mysql/")

    # setting the rclibs
    date_config(--rcproxylibs DATE_RCPROXYLIBS)
    message(STATUS "DATE rcproxylibs: ${DATE_RCPROXYLIBS}")

    # DATE_LIBRARIES
    # Extracting the list of dynamic and static libraries from the --libs
    # The list is needed during the generation of the DAs
    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[-]l[^- ]+" DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_TMP ${DATE_RCPROXYLIBS})
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[-]l" ";" DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_TMP ${DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_TMP})
    # Get the list of search path using -Lyyy -> yyy
    string(REGEX MATCHALL "[-]L[^- ]+" DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP ${DATE_RCPROXYLIBS})
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[-]L" ";" DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP ${DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP})
    find_date_libraries(DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES "${DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_TMP}" "${DATE_RCPROXYLIBRARIES_PATH_TMP}")

    # setting the monlibs
    date_config(--monitorlibs=dyn DATE_DYNMONLIBS)
    message(STATUS "DATE monitorlibs (dyn): ${DATE_DYNMONLIBS}")

    # unsetting all environment variables
    unset(ENV{DIMDIR})
    unset(ENV{ODIR})
    unset(ENV{ROOTSYS})

    set(DATE_FOUND TRUE)
else()
    message(STATUS "DATE not found")
endif(DATE_CONFIG)

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If you got shut out of yesterday's badge sale, you're probably careening between shock and anger today. I think it's harder with a Returning Reg failure, because you're a returning attendee and not a first-timer who has no idea what they're missing. You've gone before, you want to go again; you may even be someone who's gone every summer for the last 20 years. When Comic-Con is a big part of your life, not getting a badge is more than disappointing - it feels like being kicked in the teeth. It feels like an injustice.
And the fact is that the Darwinian nature of badge sales has, over the years, created a breed of Super Attendees. They live, sleep and breathe the Con. They know how to get tickets to every event, they know the 2 days a year a downtown hotel lets people book the right dates, they know how to get the best exclusives and autographs and Hall H seats. And as more and more people master the learning curve and join the ranks each year, it creates a gap between people who gamely take a stab at each sale on their own and people who have a master plan involving an extensive network. These people are in this to win it, and when they don't get a badge - or the badge they think they deserve - they can plunge into disbelief and rage.
Point being: I know how upset some of you are right now. And I genuinely empathize.
You probably already know your options at this point, but I'll go over them anyhow.
While the sale went smoothly, some people did experience glitches. My group had one. If you genuinely got compromised in some way, go ahead and contact CCI.
Prep for Open Reg but be realistic.
You're no doubt determined to score in April and I hope you do. But Open Reg has gotten rougher and rougher the last few years. Last year was nightmarish, with hardly anyone I know getting picked as the minutes passed. I've never seen a badge sale like it. I know everyone is hanging their hopes on the idea of additional badges being available this year, but let's be realistic - it wouldn't be an extra 30,000 badges.
Pre-reg/Returning Reg this year: 3 out of 7. (This is still being updated, as reports are still rolling in, mostly from people who did not get a badge.) Last year was 1 in 2.
Open Reg last year: 1 out of 9.5.
Work with a group you trust.
The usual tales of people double-timing their groups have filtered in, but they're rare; most people have had positive experiences. If you're terrified to trust people online, put some effort into finding local people you can meet up with. Ask at your comic shop or around your gaming league. See if any local cosplay, gaming or film club organizations have people who are interested in going. Connect on LinkedIn or Facebook so there's some kind of trackability involved. Don't think your town is too small for this - I know a kid in a rural Wisconsin town who managed to find 5 other interested would-be attendees.
As always, look at other Cons.
I know, you think only SDCC will do. But have you looked into Cons like New York (bigger than SDCC), Dragon (so much fun), Silicon Valley (for the networker in you) Salt Lake (highly recommended), Denver (same) or Gen Con (big favorite with SDCC people)? Start looking around now and making a plan B. Pick a city you've never been to before and make an expedition of it. Here's something I've heard from people who previously didn't get a badge in the past: once SDCC rolled around, they didn't feel any real sense of loss. The badge sale loss was worse than the experience of actually missing Comic-Con. You may find the same thing.
There isn't anything I can say to take the sting out of a complete badge shut-out. Just know that you're the rule, not the exception, because demand is that high. And that your other options can be just as inspiring as San Diego.
I don't think being a returning reg gives one more of a chance than going through open. There's that fate of chance hanging over all of us. And from some of the people I know the frustration level gets higher and higher each year. I know I feel that same way. But still we all try and hope for the best knowing the odds are so slim. But, man, the rewards are awesome.
Returning Reg sells to a smaller pool, so your chances are usually better than Open Reg, which sells to the general public. This year, though, there do seem to have been fewer badges, so the allocation may have shifted.
The rewards are definitely awesome.
I got nothing for the first time. I'm still pissed. Thinking I'm done with San Diego.
Where are you based? Don't write off SDCC completely, but you should definitely look into a Con near you.
Try WonderCon. I've gone a few times in the past and had a great time. It has a different vibe and I feel a bit more relaxed.


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ORFD photographer dies at 88
Posted at 6:38 pm January 29, 2021
Tom Scott (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)
Tom Scott—photographer for the Oak Ridge Fire Department who kept historic fire trucks, equipment, and literature at his home—died Saturday. He was 88.
Scott was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, but he spent the last three decades in Oak Ridge serving as the fire department's official photographer, the City of Oak Ridge said Thursday. Scott also took photos at other fires and crashes in the area, including in Blair, Marlow, and Oliver Springs.
Scott had moved to Oak Ridge in the 1970s to work on the development of the gas centrifuge process for enriching uranium.
In 1974, he joined the Oliver Springs Volunteer Fire Department, and in 1990, he joined the Oak Ridge Fire Department as their official photographer, the city said. That happened after ORFD responded to a large structure fire where Scott was taking pictures. When the fire chief at the time, William "Bo" Harris, saw the pictures, he decided the ORFD needed to have an on-site photographer at all incidents to document the fires for training, media, and historical preservation, the city said. Harris asked Scott to lead the effort.
Scott also served on the faculty of the University of Tennessee College of Engineering from 1986 to 2008, the city said. There he received the Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the Nuclear Engineering Department. He was also selected as the Outstanding Advisor in the College of Engineering and was given the Chancellors Award for Advising. When he retired, he was designated associate professor emeritus.
Tom Scott, left, Oak Ridge Fire Department photographer and grand marshal of the Oak Ridge 75th anniversary ceremony. (Photo courtesy Darryl Kerley)
Thomas Howard Scott had been a member of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge since 1973. He served as chairman of trustees, on numerous committees, and ushered for 42 years, including being head usher for 20 years and Sunday School greeter, the city said.
Before he moved to East Tennessee, Scott had been designated a lifetime honorary member of the Aiken (South Carolina) Fire Department.
Scott wrote a column for the "Enjine! Enjine!," a quarterly journal of the Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of Antique Motorized Fire Apparatus in America (SPAMFAA), for 42 years. All 145 columns were typed and proofread by his patient wife, Janet. He was awarded the SPAMFAA member of the year award in 1992, and he was also given The President's Award in 2017, the city said. He has been the only member to receive both national awards.
In April 2019, the Oak Ridge Fire Station Number 4 was named in honor of Scott. In 2016, the Oak Ridge Firefighter's Association named their annual ball the "Tom Scott Firefighters Ball."
Scott was known by many in the area for the fire museum at his home. It included three fire engines, an assortment of antique equipment, and an operating GameWell Fire Alarm system. Some of the antique pieces now live at the Fire Station Number 4 Training and History Room.
The Oliver Springs Fire Department said Scott affectionately called his department "Oliver's".
"In recent years, Tom has been the man behind the camera, capturing many different incidents and department functions," the OSFD said. "In addition to being the department photographer, he was passionate in passing on knowledge of firefighting and mentoring members of the department. He will be truly missed, but his legacy will live on."
Scott had received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Auburn University in 1958, served three years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, and earned a master's degree in nuclear science from Auburn and a doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida.
He worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and its successor agencies at the Idaho Falls, Savannah River and Oak Ridge Operations Offices. He retired as the deputy director of the Enriching Operations Division in 1985.
Scott also refereed high school football games for 40 years in four states, and he was selected to referee two TSSAA state championship games.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Oak Ridge TORCH, 152 Bus Terminal Rd., Oak Ridge, TN 37830. To leave a note for his family or to share a memory, you can sign the online guest book at jacksonfuneralservices.com.
Services for Scott are set for Saturday, January 30, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge.
Several local agencies will participate in a last ride on the apparatus from Jackson's Funeral Services in Oliver Springs to the First United Methodist Church. The Oliver Springs Fire Department and the Oak Ridge Fire Department will travel with Scott's urn down Highway 61 to the church, the city said.
His family and loved ones will receive his urn there. Due to COVID, the service is not open to the public but it will be streamed on the First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge Facebook page.
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Trump promised a health care plan before the end of August. It never came.
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In an August 3 press briefing, Trump said his health care plan would most likely be released before the end of the month. But August came and went and the President never released a plan. It marks the latest instance of Trump promising an Obamacare solution that never came.
"I do want to say that we're going to be introducing a tremendous health care plan sometime prior — hopefully, prior to the end of the month. It's just completed now," Trump said at the time. "We'll be doing, sometime during this month, the health care plan. And I think that'll be before the end of the month. And I think it'll be very impressive to a lot of people."
In an interview with Fox News in July, Trump said he would be signing a "full and complete health care plan" within two weeks.
"We're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan that the Supreme Court decision on DACA gave me the right to do," Trump said during that interview on July 19.
The President also said on August 7 that he was pursuing an executive order that would require health insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions.
"Over the next two weeks, I'll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers. That's a big thing. I've always been very strongly in favor — we have to cover pre-existing conditions," Trump said during a briefing at his Bedminster golf club. "So we will be pursuing a major executive order, requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all of its customers."
No such order was signed.
The President has blown through other deadlines he himself has set.
After a slew of defeats at the Supreme Court over the summer, the President promised he would release a list of nominees for the high court by September 1. That list was never released.
"I will be releasing a new list of Conservative Supreme Court Justice nominees, which may include some, or many of those already on the list, by September 1, 2020," Trump tweeted in June. "If given the opportunity, I will only choose from this list, as in the past, a Conservative Supreme Court Justice… Based on decisions being rendered now, this list is more important than ever before (Second Amendment, Right to Life, Religious Liberty, etc.) — VOTE 2020!"
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said during a press briefing Thursday that the list of possible justices would be released "within the next few weeks."
"You will see it soon, certainly within the next few weeks, but it will be after the Labor Day weekend," she said.
Trump has also said he would release an immigration plan sometime in September.
CNN has reached out to the White House about the status of these plans.
This story has been updated with additional background information.
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Coca-Cola Philippines bags three recognitions at 15th Philippine Quill Awards
Posted By: TLJ July 25, 2017
(Edited Press Release)
The Philippine Quill Awards recognized the communication efforts exerted by Coca-Cola Philippines for its sustainability programs. During the 15th annual ceremony of the award-giving body, the giant beverage company bagged three trophies.
Two merit awards in Philippine Quill Awards' communication management category was handed to the firm for its 5by20 Sari-sari Store Training and Access to Resources (STAR) Program, an initiative that empowers women in different sectors (in cooperation with TESDA or Technical and Skills Development Authority and DOLE or Department of Labor and Employment).
Coca-Cola Philippines also brought home another merit award, this time in the communication skills category, for its Agos Program publication 'Replenishing Communities, Replenishing Lives: The Coca-Cola Water Report,' which communicates the impact of the initiative to the lives of its beneficiaries.
"We at Coca-Cola Philippines are honored to receive these awards that recognize the effectiveness of our sustainability programs in making a difference in the communities we serve and the lives of Filipinos," said Coca-Cola Philippines Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications Adel Tamano.
The company also expressed its appreciation to its partners that made its sustainable programs successful. Those allies include government and non-government organizations, including bottling partner Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines and Strategic Works, Inc., which handles public relations of the company.
The 15th Philippine Quill Awards was recently held at the Marriott Grand Ballroom at Newport City. The annual competition, which aims to recognize excellent professional communications practices and programs in the country, is organized by the International Association Communicators (IABC) Philippines.
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Background How to compare studies on the basis of their biological significance is a problem of central importance in high-throughput genomics. Many methods for performing such comparisons are based on the information in databases of functional annotation, such as those that form the Gene Ontology (GO). Typically, they consist of analyzing gene annotation frequencies in some pre-specified GO classes, in a class-by-class way, followed by p-value adjustment for multiple testing. Enrichment analysis, where a list of genes is compared against a wider universe of genes, is the most common example.
Results A new global testing procedure and a method incorporating it are presented. Instead of testing separately for each GO class, a single global test for all classes under consideration is performed. The test is based on the distance between the functional profiles, defined as the joint frequencies of annotation in a given set of GO classes. These classes may be chosen at one or more GO levels. The new global test is more powerful and accurate with respect to type I errors than the usual class-by-class approach. When applied to some real datasets, the results suggest that the method may also provide useful information that complements the tests performed using a class-by-class approach if gene counts are sparse in some classes. An R library, goProfiles, implements these methods and is available from Bioconductor, http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/goProfiles.html.
Conclusions The method provides an inferential basis for deciding whether two lists are functionally different. For global comparisons it is preferable to the global chi-square test of homogeneity. Furthermore, it may provide additional information if used in conjunction with class-by-class methods.


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Separate entrances to the rooms provide guests with a sense of privacy. Guests have the option of relaxing in one of the lounges, or just lounging around the sparkling pool surrounded by the lush vegetation and royal palms.
We serve a full English and continental breakfast which is included in the accommodation fee. A daily laundry service is available and your vehicle is safely parked in a secure walled area with remote controlled access.
The town of Amanzimtoti is a popular tourist destination, particularly with surfers as it is renowned for its warm weather and beaches. The history of Amanzimtoti has quite the legend with stories reaching back to the days of King Shaka.
Palm Lodge is situated just 60 km from King Shaka Airport and a half hour dive away from Durban center. Generous space and tasteful continental decor provide a warm, welcoming stay for travellers and businessmen alike.
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An Ossining woman was among two people killed in a wrong-way crash on Route 15 that also involved a Queens motorist driving near New Haven, Conn., during the early hours of Monday morning.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday morning, Ossining resident Erica Farland, 27, was driving the wrong way on Route 15 in New Haven, when she struck a 53-year-old Long Island City resident head-on, sending both to the hospital, police said.
According to police, at approximately 1:10 a.m., Farland was traveling northbound in the southbound left lane on Route 15, near exit 59 (Route 63 / Route 69 – Woodbridge, New Haven), when she collided with her victim's Audi A6.
Both motorists sustained "serious, life-threatening injuries" and were transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where they died from their injuries, police said.
The accident remains under investigation, according to police, who noted that Route 15 is a "two-lane limited access highway with clearly marked travel lanes and a posted speed limit of 55 mph." Anyone with information regarding the crash has been asked to contact Connecticut State Police at (203) 393-4200.
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Unlike conventional dry cleaners who soak clothes in toxic chemicals which they then evaporate at very high temperatures, we use the much more planet-and-people-friendly 'wet clean' technology. Based on non-toxic, biodegradable detergents and pure water, wet cleaning does not require the use of toxic solvents to be highly effective - rather the use of very sophisticated machines, which were developed by Electrolux, programmed by us and calibrated to be just the right amount of gentle on fibres and tough on stains. These machines calculate individual cycles for each type of fabric (be it wool, cashmere, silk, lace, etc) or garment type. All in all, wet cleaning is a beautiful mixture of artisan care and expert tech: our specialists lovingly hand-treat fabrics with expert use of natural pre-spotting products, wet clean garments with biodegradable detergents in our specialist machines, and then hand finish and press them on our top of the range pressing tables. This sympathetic and individual care for garments leaves them softer, brighter and fresher.
1. Garment examination: it all starts with a full inspection of each garment entering our Atelier where all details about an item are recorded in our system. These notes will follow the garment through every step of the wet cleaning cycle, so that our colleagues are aware of what is required for each piece.
2. Stain spotting: this is where stains are assessed and treated by hand using a range of non-toxic agents. Depending on the nature of the stain our professional Stain Spotting Experts will choose the appropriate stain remover.
3. Machine cleaning: next, the garment is put into our intelligent cleaning machines, with the appropriate cycle. Their delicate and sophisticated mechanical action ensures fibres are respected and items can be cleaned safely, a bit like 'hand wash', only way more effective.
4. Drying and pressing by hand: we dry the items in gentle dryers or let them air dry, and steam shape on specifically designed machines to give the best finish. Our professional pressers hand finish away any and all remaining creases and make sure the item is pressed to the highest standard.
5. Quality-check: before being packed carefully ready to return to you, we perform an individual check of each garment, one after the other, to ensure that the process has worked its magic!
Despite its name, conventional dry cleaning is not dry at all - nor is it clean, as this process includes soaking the garments in solvent-based cleaners, such as 'PERC' (perchloroethylene). PERC is the dominating solvent in the "dry" cleaning industry, accounting for 80% to 85% of all dry cleaning fluids used by conventional dry cleaners to clean garments - this despite being toxic and known as a health and environmental hazard. PERC is a colourless, non-flammable chemical which has, since the 1950s, been used as the standard solvent for dry cleaning. It has more recently been banned in France, the US and other European countries because of the risks that come with using PERC.
Exposure to perchloroethylene can occur in the workplace or in the environment, when people use products containing PERC, spend time in dry cleaning facilities that use PERC, or bring dry cleaned garments into their home.
Wet cleaning is better for your health as it completely removes the risk of exposure to PERC - it doesn't use any! Consumers who use a wet cleaning service know that their clothes are well taken care of and will return home with a noticeably softer and fresher garment, free of any toxic chemicals that may be harmful to themselves and their families. Making it a habit to go to a wet cleaner instead of a dry cleaner is a simple solution to reduce the exposure to unnecessary chemicals in your life. It will make your skin and your health forever grateful.
Using wet cleaning also has a positive impact on clothes: while dry cleaning can damage your clothes and deteriorate the fabric fibres because of the high temperatures and harsher chemicals used in the process, wet cleaning helps your clothes last longer by using lower temperatures and natural detergents. Using water for cleaning restores the purity of whites and preserves the brightness of coloured items, which in most cases get dull after consistently being exposed to other cleaning methods. At BLANC, we want customers to have a sustainable alternative for clothing aftercare. We also want to prolong the lifespan of all garments entering our Atelier. We believe that caring for what you already have in your wardrobe well is the most sustainable option.
Finally, wet cleaning is the most environmentally friendly professional method of garment cleaning. It does not generate hazardous waste, nor does the process create air pollution. It reduces the potential for water and soil contamination. All our settings clean at much lower temperatures, water is heated on demand to reduce energy usage in machines that are already much more energy efficient, and steam resulting from this process is used in other parts of the cleaning process.
Protecting your health, your clothes and the environment is our number one priority at BLANC, and we strongly believe that our wet cleaning technology brings value to all three. At BLANC, we work hard to make every step of our process more sustainable, from recycling to packaging - you can read more about our approach in our blog post "BLANC's fight against plastic pollution".
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Urban legends are sometimes true. For example, it had been rumored for decades that the mask the killer Michael Myers wore in the Halloween films was in fact based on William Shatner's face. Not just Shatner's face, but a Captain Kirk death mask created for Star Trek. And the anecdote is very, very true.
"There are a number of historical threads through various production people over the years that validate that; I've got one of those threads here (I've told this story once or twice before). I was hired as an illustrator on Halloween 2 in 1981, working for production designer J. Michael Riva. In a supply cabinet at Pumpkin Pie Productions, we had one mask left from the original Halloween, and no idea where to get any others for the sequel. It appeared that we'd need to go check out some of the toys stores and such, but I noticed that there was some wording molded into the neck area. There was a model number, and 'Don Post Studios.' I made a call, read off the model number, and the word came back 'It's our Captain Kirk mask.' I asked if we could buy a number of them, and was told 'We'll give you a box, just give us credit.' With that, I turned the official dealings over to the higher-ups. Brush with greatness."
As if that weren't enough to confirm that Shatner/Kirk's mug indeed became that of the masked serial killer, here's an old video we found of Shatner himself discussing it -- and even revealing that he went trick or treating with his daughters one Halloween wearing a Michael Myers mask.


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Q: Powershell combine subroutes to a route In Powershell, I have a list of different subroutes and I need to define all possible start/end points from the route. Let me clearify by showing an example.
This is the list of subroutes. These are all objects with a property that defines whether it is a possible starting point or not. In this example, only $A is a starting point.
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For example: you can go from A to B and then from B to 3 other destinations. The final result would be:
- A ==> F (A to B to D to F)
- A ==> E (A to B to E) OR (A to C to E)
I am quite new to Powershell and have learned a lot already, but I cannot seem to find a decent piece of code to manage this. What is the best combination of cmdlets to traverse all possible subroutes and make sure I can find all possible routes?


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PLEASE, DON'T GIVE UP.. even Beckham was once described as one stupid boy
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A CIRCLE OF DESPAIR... Zimbabwe captain Knowledge Musona shows his frustration after missing another glaring chance in Wednesday night's African Cup of Nations Group A match against Uganda
Robson Sharuko in CAIRO, Egypt
FOR Knowledge Musona, this has been virgin and hostile territory — the fierce vilification on social media, the headlines in mainstream media pregnant with negativity and toxicity, the painful soul-searching exercise, the rejection by an ungrateful constituency, the confusion brought by the dark cloud that has stalked him here.
Like David Beckham, who woke up to a shocking tabloid headline describing him as ''ONE STUPID BOY,'' at the '98 Soccer World Cup, while praising his teammates as "TEN BRAVE LIONS,'' poor Musona has been like the golden boy fated to make the fatal mistake which has transformed him into a figure of hate, an effigy of animosity, a symbol of antagonism.
Beckham's fault was that he had been sent-off for reacting to a foul against Diego Simeone and became the fall guy for the English media for the Three Lions' elimination from that World Cup which sparked a toxic wave of hatred, across England, towards him.
Like Romelu Lukaku, who complained bitterly that he is referred to as a Belgian, by his country's journalists and fans, when he scores for Belgium, and then as a footballer of Congolese descent when he fails to do so, in a graphic illustration of the thin line that divides love and hate, reasonability and madness and sanity and absurdity.
The big striker, tired of being feted like a Belgian King every time he did well for his country, including becoming its all-time leading goal-scorer, and lampooned as some misfiring Congolese warlord every time he went on a bad spell, chose the eve of last year's World Cup to tell his story.
''I don't know why some people in my own country want to see me fail. I really don't. When I went to Chelsea and I wasn't playing, I heard them laughing at me. When I got loaned out to West Brom, I heard them laughing at me,'' Lukaku said.
''When things were going well, I was reading newspaper articles and they were calling me Romelu Lukaku, the Belgian striker. When things weren't going well, they were calling me Romelu Lukaku, the Belgian striker of Congolese descent.
"If you don't like the way I play, that's fine. But I was born here. I grew up in Antwerp, and Liège and Brussels. I dreamed of playing for Anderlecht. I dreamed of being Vincent Kompany.
"I'll start a sentence in French and finish it in Dutch, and I'll throw in some Spanish or Portuguese or Lingala, depending on what neighbourhood we're in.''
For Musona, that neighbourhood for the painful introspection has been the Heliopolis area of Cairo, one of the most affluent suburbs of this mega city where the Warriors' hotel is located and, which, ironically, is the area where most Egyptian footballers have their homes.
To say that it has, so far, been a horror AFCON adventure for the Warriors skipper will be an understatement — his fatal mistake led to the only goal which the Pharaohs scored to win the opening game and his horror miss, from about three metres with a yawning goal on Wednesday night against Uganda, still defies logic.
And, the backlash has been vicious, especially from a section of the fans who now hold him responsible for the fact the Warriors have a point, instead of three or four, including some who say he is now finished and even point to his visit to Nigerian prophet TB Joshua for his troubles in front of goal.
One social media respondent even had the audacity of calling him a "rubbish player, rubbish captain, who should pack his bags and come back home,'' while others have been feasting so much on his miserable it has been really a bad time to be Knowledge Musona.
Admittedly, being Knowledge Musona comes with expectations and responsibility — the expectation to lead the Warriors with distinction and the responsibility to deliver the goals, as he has done throughout his career, when the nation demands someone to lift his hand to find a way to give it a breakthrough.
That he has, until now, done that with both consistency and style has led many to believe he can't get it wrong, he can't let them down, he can't fail, he always delivers, he always makes the difference, he always gets it right and, when it matters most, he will be there for his country.
Like becoming the first Warriors skipper to score an AFCON hat-trick in that 3-0 mauling of Liberia, the first to score the winning goal for the team in Kinshasa, his five goals in the qualifiers for this tournament only beaten by Odion Ighalo's seven goals and Fiston Abdul Razak's six.
How could we forget?
That, for 10 years, between July 2004, when the Warriors beat Rwanda 2-0 in Kigali in an AFCON/World Cup qualifier, and May 2014, when they were eliminated from the 2015 AFCON finals by Tanzania in a preliminary battle, the team played 17 away games in these two huge tournaments, lost 13, drew four, and only Musona scored in those games away from home.
That the Warriors failed to score in 10 of those matches, while they also scored more than one goal in just two games against Algeria and Namibia, and between 2010 and May 2014, Musona was the only player for them to score in away matches in World Cup/AFCON qualifiers with four goals in nine matches.
That, since making his Warriors debut at the age of 18 years, eight months and 10 days, Musona has made 18 appearances for this country in AFCON qualifiers, scored 14 goals, provided three assists, while Sadio Mane, the Senegalese superstar, who made his international debut on May 25, 2012, at 20 years, one month and 15 days has made 18 appearances in AFCON qualifiers, exactly the same number as Musona, scored just five goals, nine less than the Smiling Assassin, for the Teranga Lions.
That Mohamed Salah, since making his international debut on September 3, 2011, at 19 years, two months and 19 days, has featured in 19 AFCON qualifiers, scored 14 goals and provided six assists and while he has scored the same number of goals as Musona, the Liverpool star has played one more match than the Warriors skipper.
That's a serious level of consistency, not seen since King Peter Ndlovu for anyone in the Warriors colours, and to turn a blind eye to all that, especially to the frightening reality the Warriors would probably not have been here without Musona's goals in the qualifiers, will be the biggest insult to the legacy of this great Warrior.
In an era where Salah's "Don't Give Up'' T-shirt has assumed greater meaning in football, and in the country where the Liverpool superstar is a god, Musona should try to borrow a leaf from the little magician.
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About E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes or vape pens are battery-powered devices that convert liquid nicotine into vapour. They were built to supply you with a similar sensation of smoking but without the burning of tobacco, which many former smokers find to be beneficial in stopping smoking. The regulation of e-cigarettes varies in various countries, and therefore the future for e-cigs stays uncertain.
Precisely What Are E-cigarettes?
E-cigarettes were created in China in 2003 by pharmacist Hon Lik who was moved to create the device after the death of his father, who had the same bad habit as he does. The device is offered in many styles and sizes by different brands, including NanoSTIX. Physical attributes aside, they all function the same way by heating the flavoured liquid and vaporising it for the user to inhale.
The Rising Popularity Of The E-cigarette
Years after the initial success of Hok Lin, e-cigarettes have garnered a huge global following. The hike in user numbers began in 2012, and the community is still growing today. Youths and young adults are the primary users of e-cigarettes as there is a widespread belief that e-cigs are a healthier option to traditional cigarettes.
What Are The Types Of E-cigarettes?
A lot of governments worldwide are still trying to figure out the best way to regulate the e-cigarette industry. In Malaysia, e-cigarette brands will have to learn to play by the rules, which means no promotion and advertisement whatsoever. This wouldn't be a problem for them though, as the consumers themselves are brand ambassadors for e-cigarettes and will recommend it to their social circles.
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The designs may vary from brand to brand, but vape pens generally have rechargeable batteries, vape cartridges, lightweight steel casings, a heating element and electronic circuits. To vape, a user breathes through a mouthpiece to vaporise the solution. Then, the user inhales the vapour. There are also flavoured liquid from brands like NanoSTIX.
Reasons For Vaping
Many smokers turn to vape because they are trying to stop smoking cigarettes. Quitting completely may be difficult for them, so using a vape pen like NanoSTIX is easier-not just for their health but also for their financials. For those not too bothered about these two factors, they are most likely vaping as a hobby, especially with the many flavours available in the market.
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One thing that cannot be ignored when it comes to e-cigarettes is the health risks that it is often associated with. While there are ongoing studies to determine how they affect a person's health, it still cannot be denied that it does lower cigarette usage. With that, a smoker also inhales a lower amount of chemicals.
How Are Countries Regulating E-cigarettes?
Each country has its own set of policies and laws on e-cigs. It's fine to vape in some countries but not so for states like Japan and Thailand where they've entirely banned e-cigs. For Malaysia, advertising e-cigs is prohibited, but vaping is not. Regulations by the Malaysian government towards e-cigs are expected to be stricter.
What Is The Future For E-cigarettes?
Globally, the number of e-cigarette users has increased rapidly. Despite its mixed reputation, the popularity of e-cigarettes continues to grow, especially among former smokers trying to quit smoking. Need help in quitting smoking? Visit NanoSTIX's website http://nanostix.com/ for more information.
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Q: Tree traversal explanation is required What is the purpose of empty return, step by step explanation is needed, when    printInorder(node.right) is executed and node become null then where control will be transferred.
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        {
            if (node == null)
                return;

            printInorder(node.left);

            System.out.print(node.key + " ");

            printInorder(node.right);
    }

A: If for the current node, node.left or node.right are null, calling printInorder(node.left) or printInorder(node.right) respectively should simply return without printing anything. Hence the if (node == null) return; statement.
As an alternative, you can simply avoid making the recursive call in such cases:
void printInorder(Node node)
{
    if (node.left != null) {
        printInorder(node.left);
    }
    System.out.print(node.key + " ");
    if (node.right != null) {
        printInorder(node.right);
    }
}

A: I tend to think of recursive methods at a higher level of abstraction. That way, they should be easier to understand.
The question here is "what are the steps to print a node". If you look at the method's implementation, the answer is pretty clear:

If the node is not null, print the left of the node, then the value of the node itself followed by a space, then the right of the node, otherwise print nothing.

If you were to describe every single step in printing a node, that would take a lot more words, but as you can see, this simple definition makes sense, is straightforward, and totally works.
The reason we need the return there is that when the node we are printing is non-existent, the only intuitive thing to do is to not do anything with it, isn't it? Practically speaking, this also provides and end to the recursion and avoids an NPE when you try to access left of a null node.


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Newport sit top of the table ahead of their visit to the Innocent New Lawn. They are 4 points ahead of Rovers with a game in hand.
Newport's strike force of Tristan Abrahams, Scott Twine and veteran Padraig Amond have been their main threats so far this season amassing 16 goals between them in all competitions. They lost at home to Cheltenham and away at Cambridge this season but, other than this, they have 9 league wins and 2 draws in the campaign so far. Their most recent league outing was a 1-1 draw at home to Walsall.
One familiar face to look out for is Welshman Liam Shephard who moved to Newport this season.
Liam in his Rovers days
Newport have become known for FA Cup runs in recent years (beating Leicester, Middlesborough and Leeds and worrying – but eventually losing to – Tottenham and Manchester City). The Exiles have a 2nd round home tie against Salford City on 27th November, so there may be another chapter of Cup success this season.
Tristan Abrahams – Newport's young player of the year last season.
Newport are one of only 2 EFL clubs that are majority owned by their fans (Exeter City are the other). The club finished bottom of the 4th tier in 1988 which meant relegation to the Conference and the end of a 60 year stay in the EFL. The following year they went out of business and were expelled from the Conference for failing to fulfill their fixtures. A group of supporters then reformed the club and they were admitted into the Hellenic League (4 divisions below the EFL). It was at this time that they became known as The Exiles as they were unable to play at their Newport home and had to play their fixtures in Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucestershire during the 1989/90 season. They finally made their way back into the EFL at the start of the 2013/14 season.
If you wondered where the 'County' came from, they were originally known as The Newport & Monmouth County Association Football Club, which got shortened.
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What a Creep: Alfred Hitchcock (Old-School Hollywood Creep)
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was the master of suspense, the creator of some of the best (and scariest) films of all time, a famous director and, at times, a world-class creep. (Ask Tippi Hedren!) In this episode we talk about his childhood, how he became the legend we all still talk about 40 years after his death and discuss some of his best films and his worst behavior. Enjoy!
Our sources for this episode:
Telegraph "Alfred Hitchcock Sadistic Prankster"
The Guardian: Tippi Hedren "Alfred Hitchcock Sexually Assaulted Me"
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Question: I received a san fernando, ca dui last year. then I was pulled over for driving on a suspended in van nuys. Now I received a court date for being on probation for my san fernando dui . I have my driver's license now. What will happen & what do i need to do?
Answer: I would recommend hiring an attorney to handle the probation violation hearing. It may be possible to get probation reinstated with little to no additional penalties. I was able to do that this week on a failure to comply, two failure to appears and a bail jumping (all in the same case)…it can be done!. Call me to discuss further.


Home News Spain End of the road for emergency warning triangles in Spain?
End of the road for emergency warning triangles in Spain?
SPAIN'S national roads agency has announced plans to bin the breakdown and emergency warning triangles that it is currently obligatory to carry in all vehicles.
The DGT, instead, plans to introduce 'more visible' amber flashing lights to warn of dangers on the road by 2025.
Current legislation requires drivers to place reflective warning triangles 50 metres ahead and behind vehicles that have come to a stop on the carriageway.
The initiative comes after more than 20 people were reported to have been killed while placing emergency triangles in the road in 2018 – despite a requirement to wear a reflective vest when leaving the vehicle.
The DGT plans indicate that the new amber flashing warning lights would be placed by vehicle drivers 'on the most visible part of it' – normally the roof.
It is understood the warning triangle will be gradually phased out ahead of 2025 but, in the meantime, the DGT has reminded occupants of the obligation to wear reflective vests when exiting the vehicle and find a 'protected place' away from the carriageway ideally behind a crash barrier.
It always was ridiculous. The first thing you see is a car or a lorry at the side of the road, and only when you get close do you see a tiny little triangle on the ground . . .


Tomorrow I'm meeting Sue K and we're off to the Get Knitted open day in Bristol - for which I'll need a list. So far, I need to look at what Addi needles I'd like to add to my collection, want to look at Cherry Tree Hill Yarns as recommended by Jordi, and see what Lornas Laces are like. I also want to get hold of the pattern for the Heartstrings "Flared Lace Smoke Ring" which I rather fancy. No doubt I will take the opportunity to find an interesting yarn to knit the wrap (#24) in the Holiday 2005 Vogue knitting magazine.
Those are my intentions. Let's see what reality brings at confession time tomorrow evening!
Thought I'd illustrate this entry with pictures I took on my last knitting shop expedition, to Colinette in Wales.


Trinity: God, Christ and Angel -- God, nimbed, wearing triple crowned tiara, raising right hand in gesture of blessing, resting left hand on tripartite globe inscribed with Alpha and Omega and surmounted by cross, is seated beneath canopy and before cloth of honor. He is flanked by Christ, nimbed, holding cross with right hand on right shoulder, extending left hand to the globe, and by Holy Ghost as angel, nimbed, extending right hand to the globe, resting left hand on lap. All are seated on bench (?).
Miniature and text surrounded by gold frame on three sides, terminating with floreate ornament. Margins decorated with border of rinceaux, foliate and floreate ornament.


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Q: Super-slow LAN speed, unless downloading through Chrome's FTP client I have connected 2 PCs using ethernet cable and set up FTP on one of them to transfer some >100GB of files. However, trying to download it, I run into a problem of speed not more than 50kB/s. It happens whether I download through Nautilus or Filezilla.
However, if I try to download a large file using Google Chrome, it downloads at speed around 50MB/s, which is pretty good. But Chrome cannot download directories.
What can be a solution to either speed up LAN or download a directory through Chrome?

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*UPD: I tried to create a torrent and send it that way, but it's no better, stays around 100kB/s...

*UPD1: I changed the cable and it didn't change, also it stops completely, if I turn on WiFi parallel to the cable.

*UPD2: I found an advise to edit /etc/default/grub to disable IPv6, but it didn't help as well.

A small detail: both sender and receiver file systems are NTFS, does it make a difference?

A: I found it. The problem was far not in the connection, it is in the file system. I was trying to copy from NTFS to NTFS. When I formatted the receiving FS to ext4, speed increased to 40+MB/sec.