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Vol. 3 No. 5 (2013): October, 2013 /
Two-dimensional Numerical Estimation of Stress Intensity Factors and Crack Propagation in Linear Elastic Analysis
A. Boulenouar Mechanical Engineering Department, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
N. Benseddiq Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille (LML), University of Lille1, France
M. Mazari Mechanical Engineering Department, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria.
Volume: 3 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 506-510 | October 2013 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.363
Corresponding author: A. Boulenouar
When the loading or the geometry of a structure is not symmetrical about the crack axis, rupture occurs in mixed mode loading and the crack does not propagate in a straight line. It is then necessary to use kinking criteria to determine the new direction of crack propagation. The aim of this work is to present a numerical modeling of crack propagation under mixed mode loading conditions. This work is based on the implementation of the displacement extrapolation method in a FE code and the strain energy density theory in a finite element code. At each crack increment length, the kinking angle is evaluated as a function of stress intensity factors. In this paper, we analyzed the mechanical behavior of inclined cracks by evaluating the stress intensity factors. Then, we presented the examples of crack propagation in structures containing inclusions and cavities.
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Uniaxial Fatigue of HDPE-100 Pipe. Experimental Analysis
A. Djebli, A. Aid, M. Bendouba, A. Talha, N. Benseddiq, M. Benguediab, S. Zengah
Volume: 4 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 600-604 | April 2014 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.422
A Numerical Approach for the Determination of Mode I Stress Intensity Factors in PMMA Materials
F. Khelil, M. Belhouari, N. Benseddiq, A. Talha
Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 644-648 | June 2014 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.442
Modeling of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Aluminum Alloys Using an Energy Based Approach
F. Khelil, B. Aour, M. Belhouari, N. Benseddiq
Volume: 3 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 488-496 | August 2013 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.329
Rectangular Strain-Rosette Method for Measuring the Mode I Stress-Intensity Factor KI and T-stress
A. Hamdi, N. Benseddiq, F. Mejni


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By Gary W. Kronk and George W. Gliba
Unexpected meteor activity was independently observed on the night of September 12, 1993, and subsequently reported to the International Meteor Organization (IMO). The observations were made by long-time ALPO members Gary W. Kronk (Troy, Illinois) and George W. Gliba (Greenbelt, Maryland), with Kronk being assisted by Kurt Sleeter (Swansea, Illinois).
Kronk and Sleeter were observing deep sky objects from 4:00 to 5:15 UT and noted 11 meteors from the Aries-Triangulum region, including two which were seen through the telescope. The brightest meteor was estimated as magnitude 1, while all of the others were between magnitudes 3 and 4.5. There was no reasonable guess as to the actual amount of time spent watching for meteors, so no ZHR estimate could be made.
By 5:15 UT, Kronk and Sleeter began looking exclusively for meteors, and continued to observe until 6:15 UT. They unfortunately were severely hampered by clouds for over one-half hour, but still detected 5 meteors of which 3 were from the Aries-Triangulum region. The magnitudes were all between 3 and 4.
Gliba began observing meteors at 5:18 UT. He was located near Mathias, West Virginia, at a private observing site for members of the Westminster Astronomical Society in Maryland. He had just finished some extensive deep-sky observing and decided to put in some time looking for meteors. During the next two hours, under very clear skies, he observed 35 meteors, of which 11 seem to have radiated out of the Aries region. Of these eleven, one was magnitude -2, another magnitude 1, and the remaining were between magnitudes 3 and 5.
Kronk visually estimated the radiant as RA=35 deg, DEC=+30 deg, Sleeter plotted five of his observed meteors on a star chart and obtained a radiant of RA=30 deg, DEC=+30 deg, and Gliba estimated his radiant was near Gamma Arietis, which indicated a radiant near RA=28 deg, DEC= +19 deg. Kronk and Sleeter had the good fortune of observing a short-trailed meteor just 10 degrees south of Triangulum which generally confirmed the right ascension of the radiant and indicated a declination more northerly than Gliba's +19 deg, but Gliba noted his right ascension was more accurate than his declination because of the meteor distribution he observed. He suggested the radiant was diffuse and noted his radiant could subsequently be off by as much as 5 deg in any direction.
Taking the three radiants and adding high weights to the declinations of Kronk and Sleeter, and the right ascension of Sleeter and Gliba, the resulting average radiant was RA=30 deg, DEC=+29 deg. This radiant is less than 2 deg from Alpha Trianguli.
Gliba, Sleeter, and Kronk all reported the meteors were moving at slow to medium speeds. Kronk and Sleeter noted the meteors were much slower than Perseids, and comparable to the speeds seen for the Aquariids and Capricornids.
In an attempt to try and find other observers of this event, Kronk posted notices to several computer bulletin boards within 48 hours of the observations. He requested positive and negative observations of enhanced activity, with no radiant or general location in the sky given. In addition, Kronk also contacted Peter Brown (Coordinator of the North American IMO Section) and Robert Lunsford (Recorder of the ALPO Meteor Section). He gave them the complete details of his observations and asked them to send him any confirmatory reports. Over the course of the next three weeks, a few telephone discussions and numerous e-mail discussions uncovered more information.
Several observers in Europe indicated no unusual visual activity was seen during the period of 21:00 to 24:00 UT on September 11. However, between 0:00 and 2:00 UT on September 12, Maurice De Meyere (Deurle, Belgium) was operating a forward scatter radio meteor detector and registered enhanced activity that was 17% to 83% higher than during the same hours on all other dates during the period of September 1 to 15.
Among the many United States reports that were received, were a few which supplied some interesting details.
Brandon Craig Rhodes (Windy Gap, a camp in North Carolina) had been looking at the stars with a friend and wrote:
"I noticed that during the fifteen or twenty total minutes we spent looking up...we saw an unusually high number of meteors for an inter-shower period when one would expect only a few erratics an hour. We together saw about seven or eight meteors...in that period of time, suggesting an hourly rate of perhaps as high as 20 to 30 meteors.... I commented on the high frequency, but upon arrival home did not find that any shower was strongly active at that time."
Tim Hager (New Milford, Connecticut) spent the entire night observing variable stars and conducting his routine photographic nova patrol program. He wrote:
"I did notice an unusual number of meteors that night. So many in fact that I went inside to check to see if there were any minor showers active." He added, "Some seemed to radiate from the Perseus-Cassiopeia area. Now, I know that the Perseids are long over and the radiant has moved somewhere else by now but that's where two or 3 of the brighter ones seemed to radiate from."
Although Hager's estimated radiant is about 30 degrees from that accepted above, his additional description of the three meteors pinpointing this radiant showed they were all moving east to west, either towards or through Cygnus some 50 to 70 degrees away. Only slight alterations in the remembered paths would be needed to move the radiant closer to the Triangulum region.
Paul Martz wrote:
"I was camping with a friend who's vision is far superior to mine. We were in the southern Uinta mountains, about 200 miles ESE of Salt Lake City, Utah. My friend's limiting magnitude was around 5.0-6.0. He claimed to see much more activity than usual, mostly east to west. This was for observations done from 8:15pm (dusk) to 10pm MST (1:15 -3:00 GMT)."
Several additional observers reported meteors moving from east to west during observations in early evening hours. Considering the radiant did not reach the zenith until 2:31 a.m. (local time), the east to west movement at least suggests the radiant producing higher-than-normal activity was in the eastern half of the sky, which would include the Aries-Triangulum region.
It should be noted that other minor radiants were active at the time of the above observations, most of which could produce meteors with an east to west movement. Kronk and Sleeter noted a total of two Piscids and two sporadics, while Gliba saw six Piscids, one Gamma Aquariid, and 17 sporadics during 2 hours. These figures indicate that the observed activity levels of these radiants were about typical for the date of the observations, which might lend support to the possibility that any abnormal activity observed in an east to west direction would likely be from the same radiant observed by Kronk, Sleeter, and Gliba.
The question now most prevalent was whether this radiant had ever been observed in the past, and a search was conducted through previously published radiant observations which quickly revealed potential support.
A search through nearly 10000 visual radiants, reveals several likely candidates. In particular, there are several probable observations in the records of the American Meteor Society (AMS) during the period of 1934 to 1967. They are as follows:
Desig.
Solar Long.
1934, Sep. 10.0 34.0 +31.0 166.6 Smith, Franklin W.
1940, Sep. 8.0 26.0 +19.0 165.2 Khan, Mohd. A. R.
1940, Sep. 12.3 36.0 +20.0 169.4 Anderson, Paul
1945, Sep. 9.7 32.0 +26.0 166.6 Komaki, Koziro
1950, Sep. 6.2 30.0 +23.0 163.0 Worley, Charles E.
1950, Sep. 7.2* 27.5 +21.0 164.0 Worley, Charles E.
1951, Sep. 9.3 26.0 +32.5 165.8 Knowles, Jeremy H.
1951, Sep. 10.8 26.0 +27.0 167.3 Knowles, Jeremy H.
1951, Sep. 13.3 27.0 +24.0 169.7 Worley, Charles E.
1967, Sep. 11.8* 25.0 +29.0 168.3 Menzel, R.
*Means date was an average of two or more nights of observation.
Another strong group of radiants comes from Cuno Hoffmeister's book Meteorstrome (1948).
1915, Sep. 12.9 35 +21 169 Hoffmeister
1921, Sep. 9.0 34 +17 165.8 Hoffmeister
1923, Sep. 12.7 25 +25 168.9 Hoffmeister
1929, Sep. 9.6 33 +34 166.4 Richter
Interestingly, there are no traces of this radiant in the records of Alphonso King, Alexander S. Herschel, Eduard Heis, and Robert P. Greg. However, William F. Denning included a radiant called the Beta Triangulids in his 1899 catalog, which he observed during the period of August 24 to September 14, 1872, from a radiant of RA=34 deg, DEC=+35 deg. Denning's supplement to that catalog was published in 1912 and included a radiant detected during September 3-17, 1885, from RA=29 deg, DEC=+36 deg, and a radiant detected during September 3-7, 1902, from RA=30 deg, DEC=+37 deg.
For the most part, Denning's radiants were typically higher in declination than those of the AMS and Hoffmeister, and were certainly of a greater duration. It should even be noted that Denning's 1902 radiant was the only radiant to average more than one meteor per night, which indicates the overall weakness of this data. Therefore it seems likely that the earliest recorded radiant from the Aries-Triangulum region would be that of Hoffmeister's in 1915.
Arguments might still be made by some meteor stream researchers that the strength of the pre-1993 support is too low to consider as confirmed, but there are key observations within the visual data that are indisputable. First on September 10, 1934, the radiant was observed by Smith in the United States and Hoffmeister in Germany. Second, in both 1940 and 1951, the radiant was detected independently by two AMS observers.
There is reason to put a high confidence upon the AMS data. First, the observers of the radiant in 1934, 1940, and 1951, were among the most prolific and experienced observers in the organization's history. Second, in the days of Charles P. Olivier, the AMS criteria for radiant determination was the intersection of four or more meteors within a circle of no more than 2.5 deg, which is more stringent than what some groups accept today.
When all of the apparent visual confirmations are considered, the average radiant derived from the 1993 observations appeared little changed and Kronk computed a series of hypothetical orbits. Although the meteors were obviously not moving at speeds indicative of a parabolic orbit, it was decided to start from there and then determine three elliptical orbits. The results were as follows:
304.2 169.5 127.5 0.221 1.0 ---
Ellipse #1
321.5 169.5 117.4 0.143 0.929 2.83
337.4 169.5 93.7 0.078 0.922 1.00
343.5 169.5 42.5 0.082 0.882 0.586
No comets were found with orbits anywhere within the range defined by the parabola and ellipse #1. It is curious that comet Machholz (1988 XV) moved in an orbit nearly identical to ellipse #3, but the ellipse would be indicative of an Aten-class minor planet, while the comet's orbit was a parabola. Although comet Machholz' orbit was defined on less than a month's worth of precise positions, all attempts by Kronk to generate a short-period orbit drastically fails to represent the available positions as well as the parabola.
It was obvious that visual observations would do little to isolate the orbit. A search through other sources was needed. The next search was among nearly 7000 photographic meteors. Searches by radiant and orbit were made for the period of mid-August to the end of September, but absolutely no matches were made. This could offer additional support to the 1993 evidence that the stream meteors are primarily faint.
Next, the results of the various radio-echo surveys conducted during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were checked, and two probable candidates were found. Zdenek Sekanina's 1969 survey revealed streams which he called the Alpha Triangulids and the Alpha Arietids. The Alpha Triangulids were based on 13 radio-echo meteors which indicated an average radiant of RA=30.4 deg, DEC=+29.5 deg. The Alpha Arietids were based on six radio-echo meteor orbits which came from an average radiant of RA=32.6 deg, DEC=+21.8 deg. The resulting orbits were as follows:
Alpha Arietids
Since these streams were detected after the 1969 survey, Kronk decided to go to the raw data obtained by Sekanina, which amounted to nearly 40,000 orbits, and find all meteors detected during the period of 1962 to 1965, as well as 1969. It was hoped that if any members were found for the period of 1962 to 1965 their orbits could be combined with those detected in 1969 to more precisely determine the orbit. Unfortunately, where the solar longitude of the radiant's appearance in 1993 was 169.5 deg, Sekanina's surveys never operated while the radiant was above the horizon after solar longitude 168.1 deg, or more than a day earlier than the potentially observed maximum in 1993, but as the visual radiants indicated a visibility of several days, it was assumed the radio-echo data would confirm this. A radiant ephemeris was computed for the period preceding a solar longitude of 169.5 deg, and the search was conducted for meteors seen during the first half of September, with a right ascension between 20 deg and 40 deg, and a declination between 10 deg and 40 deg.
The result of the initial search was the detection of 47 meteors. Among those were perhaps five potential streams. Both the Alpha Triangulids and Alpha Arietids were detected among this group, as well as three potential minor radiants which produced 4 meteors or less. The Alpha Arietids exclusively appeared in 1969, so that the above orbit could not be improved upon. The Alpha Triangulids produced meteors in 1962, 1963, and 1969 (the equipment did not operate between August 23 and September 21 during 1965, and no meteors were detected in 1964), which subsequently increased the overall number of radio meteors. However, it was then noted that a strong core of 9 meteors was apparent. The orbit of this core was as follows:
Radio-echo
The average radiant for solar longitude 165.8 deg was RA=27.5 deg, DEC=+28.8 deg, which was less than one degree from the extrapolated radiant of ellipse #3. Subsequently, if the probable radiant motion was added to this radiant the predicted position for a solar longitude of 169.5 deg would be about RA=30.8 deg, DEC=+30.3 deg.
Despite the evidence presented above, much still needs to be learned about this radiant. The only solid facts that seem to be indisputable from the above discussion is that the radiant probably produces annual activity and its perihelion distance is well within the orbit of Mercury.
The next possible date of maximum was September 12.5, 1994 (UT). The most extensive set of observations was made by Gliba and these revealed the stream was still active one year after the discovery. Gliba observed on the nights of September 10/11 and 11/12 and recorded the following hourly numbers from this radiant:
September 10/11
8:07-9:07 UT--4 meteors
Sources: Denning, W. F., Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 53 (1899), p. 231. Denning, W. F., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 72 (May 1912), p. 632. Olivier, Charles P. Flower Observatory Reprint, No. 58 (1942), p. 20. Olivier, Charles P., Flower Observatory Reprint, No. 63 (1943), p. 41. Hoffmeister, C., Meteorstrome. Leipzig: Verlag Werden und Werken Weimar (1948), pp. 1-286. Olivier, Charles P., Flower Observatory Reprint, No. 84 (1951), pp. 1 and 26. Olivier, Charles P., Meteoritics, 1 (1954), pp. 260 and 272. Olivier, Charles P., Meteoritics, 1 (1955), p. 369. Olivier, Charles P., Flower and Cook Observatory Reprint, No. 131 (1961), p. 9. Olivier, Charles P., Flower and Cook Observatory Reprint, No. 149 (1964), pp. 12 and 14. Olivier, Charles P., Flower and Cook Observatory Reprint, No. 184 (1968), p. 12. Sekanina, Zdenek, Icarus, 27 (1976), p. 284. Sekanina, Zdenek, Personal Communication (March 19, 1985). Sekanina, Zdenek, Personal Communication (May 8, 1985). Murray, Carl, Personal Communication (July 1986). Gliba, George, Personal Communication (October 5, 1994).
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Playing the role of a different person mixes with the psychology and perspective of actors and sometimes also breaks their winning streak. It's then hard for them to show creativity in their work as they cannot think from their point of view. This is why actors take breaks, but sometimes they are too long. These are the actors who took the longest breaks:
Emma Watson – After the Harry Potter film series, Emma Watson started giving time to her education. In 2011, she only worked in The Perks of Being a Wallflower. After graduating from Brown University in 2014, Watson became the gender equality ambassador for the UN. In 2016, she announced that she would focus more on her personal and social development work. Since then, she has taken a year-long break and worked at her own pace.
Gwyneth Paltrow – In 2016, Paltrow stated that she wished to focus more on her company, Goop, and took a break from acting. Since then, she has reprised her role as Pepper in the MCU and done other small-scale projects. In 2020, Paltrow produced and hosted The Goop Lab, a Netflix documentary about the importance of inner nourishment and how her organization is working towards it. Although Paltrow says she will return to acting, she is currently busy with Goop.
Eddie Murphy – Murphy took a break from acting in 2011 after he received Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. Murphy said that he understood he wasn't making good movies and was ready to go on a break. His break lasted for six years. The actor stated that he didn't notice when those six years passed. However, he later returned to Hollywood and even won an Emmy.
Selena Gomez – Selena suffers from a disease called lupus, in which the immune system can't differentiate and attacks its tissues. It's an acute disease and requires extreme care. Selena also stated that she had symptoms of depression and anxiety, and therefore wished to spend some time on her health. In 2019, she announced her break and returned for Only Murders in the Building (2021).
Winona Rider – Winona was arrested for shoplifting and possession of illegal prescription drugs in 2001, after which the actress went on a hiatus. Winona Ryder starred in films like Beetlejuice (1998) and Little Women (1994) and reached mainstream fame, but after the break, she didn't get noticed worldwide until she appeared in Stranger Things.
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Jennifer Lawrence – After Red Sparrow (2018), Jennifer Lawrence took off from the acting world. Though she was in Dark Phoenix (2019), the appearance wasn't long enough. She came back to the screen with Don't Look Up (2021), acting alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Ok, yes, technically this is a fruit pizza, but a really, really good one. Not one of those sad, soggy, lonely fruit pizzas sitting untouched at the holiday potluck.
This recipe was adapted from a roasted grape crostini I made a few years ago for a holiday work party. I thought it was pretty tasty back then, it's even more delicious in pizza form (what isn't, really?).
Fingers crossed people aren't as averse to grapes on pizza as they are pineapple.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. If you are using a pizza stone, place stone in the lowest rack of oven while it preheats.
Roll out room temperature pizza dough to desired shape. (Round, square, triangle - whatever you want! I don't judge). If you're using a pizza peel, make sure to dust peel with cornmeal or flour before placing dough. A piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet also works just fine.
Spread about half of the goat cheese in an even layer. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, drizzle with a bit of oil, making sure to get a bit on the edges of the crust. Layer grapes across the pizza.
Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 12 minutes, or until crust is browned. Remove pizza from oven and sprinkle with crushed Rosemary-Pistachio Brittle.
* You can also "burst" the grapes like the tomatoes in this Garlicky Ricotta and Burst Tomato Pizza recipe, which results in soft, caramelized, jammy grapes. But raw also works just fine!
**I like to spice up my goat cheese with herbs and acid - rosemary and lemon juice are a great combo with this recipe. You could also buy the herbed variety of goat cheese. instead of plain.


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Retrofitting the world's existing housing stock with energy efficiency improvements will be crucial to climate success. Energy efficiency has had an enormous impact on the residential sector: IEA has reported that efficiency levels in residential buildings in its member countries are 20% greater than they were in 2000 and have accounted for a 6% reduction in total final consumption.
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A Saints Row Movie Is Happening With Fate Of The Furious Director
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Yet another video game is getting spun into a movie. Deadline reports that a film based on Saints Row is in development, with F. Gary Gray attached to direct. Gray directed Straight Outta Compton, The Fate of the Furious, and the upcoming Men in Black: International.
Greg Russo is writing the script; it's at least his second video game job, as he's also writing the script for the Mortal Kombat reboot movie in the works at Warner Bros.
The movie is produced in part by Koch Films, a division of Koch Media, which owns Deep Silver and the rights to Saints Row. THQ previously held the rights, but Koch Media acquired the rights and developer Volition out of THQ's bankruptcy auction. Last year, Volition and Saints Row returned to THQ ... sort of ... when THQ Nordic (which itself acquired the THQ name) acquired Koch Media and all of its assets.
Game Of Thrones: What Did Melisandre Say To Arya In Season 3?
The Red Woman Melisandre has been wandering around Westeros for most of the run of Game of Thrones, trying to prepare people for the Great War--the big throwdown between the living and the dead. When the Night's Watch was trying to convince the lords of Westeros that the White Walkers were coming, Melisandre believed it immediately, and convinced Stannis Baratheon to help the Night's Watch prepare for them.
When the army of the dead finally reached Winterfell in Episode 3 of Game of Thrones Season 8, The Long Night, Melisandre had already had a big influence on everything that happened leading to that point. She resurrected Jon Snow after he was betrayed by his Night's Watch brothers; she led Stannis to his doom fighting the Boltons at Winterfell, which led Davos to join up with Jon; and she suggested Daenerys meet with Jon and hear what he had to say about the threat of the Night King. And when Melisandre ran into Arya Stark during the battle, she had an influence on her, as well--one that recalled their earlier meeting, way back in Season 3.
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Blizzard, the gaming giant behind franchises like World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch, will not attend Gamescom this year. The company said in a statement that it's not attending the show in Cologne, Germany as part of its "renewed effort" in 2019 to focus on game development.
Blizzard plans to return to Gamescom someday, but it's not clear when.
"As part of a renewed effort this year to maintain our focus on development, for our current games and our future projects, we won't have a booth at Gamescom 2019," Blizzard said. "The show is an important one for the European and global gaming community, and we're going to miss meeting players in Cologne this year. You'll still be able to find Blizzard gear in the gamescom 2019 shop area, and we're looking forward to returning to the Gamescom show floor in the future."
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Game of Thrones fans expected a lot of characters to die during the massive battle at Winterfell in Episode 3, "The Long Night," and technically, the episode didn't disappoint. All told, seven minor-to-main characters were killed, if you including the Night King--not to mention the entire Dothraki horde, down to the last man, and by the looks of it, most of the Unsullied too. On paper, it sounds glorious.
So why were so many fans--myself included--disappointed once the credits began rolling? Despite being viewed by a record-breaking 17.8 million people, "The Long Night" has emerged as Game of Thrones' second-lowest-rated episode ever on Rotten Tomatoes, next to only the Season 5 episode in which Sansa got raped. Plenty of people thought the episode was great--trust me, I've heard from them on Twitter since writing my review--but many fans also agree that the episode was oversimplified, underwhelming, and just plain disappointing.
Technically speaking, this episode was full of good deaths. So why did it leave me feeling so cold? As I watched characters like Dolorous Edd, Theon Greyjoy, Beric Dondarrion, Jorah Mormont, and even little Lady Lyanna die gruesomely on the battlefield, I felt nothing but a growing dread that this most crucial of episodes was shaping up to be a major letdown. And I think I know at least one reason why.
Avengers: Endgame Is Now 10th Biggest Movie In History
Avengers: Endgame has been in theatres for less than a week, and it's already one of biggest box office successes in the history of cinema. It's now made an astonishing $1.342 billion worldwide, which makes it the 10th biggest movie ever.
It edged out Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($1.341 billion) to take the No. 10 spot. Endgame will surely continue to make lots more money as its run in theatres continues, so it'll be interesting to see where it lands when all is said and done.
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In one of the wilder and more unexpected pieces of film news in recent years, it was reported that legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino--who is known for his original scripts and creative control over projects--was attached to a new Star Trek movie that he would direct. With the future of the Star Trek series seemingly in question, it was believed that Tarantino may no longer be involved. But now, Tarantino says it could happen--but probably not soon.
"It's a very big possibility," he told SlashFilm.
Tarantino has been busy with his next movie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, so he hasn't caught up with Star Trek producers Paramount recently. However, he said the script for the new Star Trek has been written, and he expects to return to the project after he recovers from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
Game Of Thrones: What Actually Was Jon's Plan For The Battle Of Winterfell?
When the Night King and his armies of the dead finally reached Winterfell in Game of Thrones Season 8's third episode, The Long Night, it marked the show's greatest battle. After seven seasons of preparation, the forces of the living would finally face their most fearsome enemy in one final showdown.
After watching the Battle of Winterfell, though, a lot of viewers have wondered what the hell Jon Snow and his comrades were thinking. The battle seemed like a disaster from the start, and whatever game plan the heroes had for fighting the Night King didn't make a ton of sense. A lot of people died seemingly needlessly (sorry, all the Dothraki), and their most powerful weapons, like Daenerys's dragons and the castle's huge trebuchets, weren't much of a factor.
Game Of Thrones: Chris Stapleton Appeared In Battle Of Winterfell Episode
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In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment from Sunday's episode, "The Long Night," Stapleton appears as a White Walker in the dramatic Battle of Winterfell. His bass player J.T. Cure and tour manager also appeared in the episode as White Walkers. A big fan of the show, Stapleton asked his management to reach out to the producers for a bit role, and it all worked out.
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Q: Narrow down a union produced with template literal type based on passed values I have a union type which is a result of a template literal type containing two other string union types. It contains all possible permutations of the values as expected. The template literal type is constructed based on generic types on a function, which takes a tuple. Is it possible to narrow the union based on the values passed to that function, so that only the combinations determined by the tuple are present?
Hard to explain, so here's a simple code snippet:
function get<T extends string, K extends string>(vals: [T, K][]) {
  type FullKey = `${T}${K}`
  const answer: FullKey[] = []

  for(const v of vals) {
    const fullKey: FullKey = `${v[0]}${v[1]}`
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  }

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const answer = get([['1', 'a'], ['2', 'b']])
//     ^?
// How to make this ('1a' | '2b')[] instead?

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I looked at Distributive Conditional Types, that seem like maybe could be the solution here, but I don't know how to apply them here.

A: Instead of trying to mingle our complex types with the implementation, let's move all of that outside into the return type:
// actual type magic happens outside of the implementation
function get<A extends [T, K][], T extends string, K extends string>(vals: [...A]): { [K in keyof A]: `${A[K][0]}${A[K][1]}` }[number][];
function get(vals: string[][]) {
  const answer: string[] = [] // now just string[]

  for(const v of vals) {
    const fullKey = `${v[0]}${v[1]}` // who CARES that this is just a plain string
    answer.push(fullKey)
  }

  return answer // string[]
}

We use another type parameter A, and infer vals as a tuple. Then in the return type we can "map" over the tuple to create the desired result.
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Egemen Bağış (, à Bingöl, Turquie) est membre du parlement et ancien conseiller sur les questions de politique étrangères auprès du premier ministre.

Fonctions occupées
 Ministre des affaires Européennes, négociateur en chef
 Député d'İstanbul

Protestations de 2013
Au cours des protestations de 2013 en Turquie, Egemen Bağış avait déclaré que la police «interviendrait contre quiconque chercherait à pénétrer sur la place (Taksim)» et le traiterait «comme un terroriste».

Dans une déclaration publiée officiellement, et malgré les affirmations et les preuves présentés par des organisations comme Amnesty International, Bağış a affirmé que «Il n'ya pas de violence d'État en Turquie». Dans la même déclaration, il a affirmé que «la Turquie a le gouvernement le plus réformiste et le plus fort en Europe et le leader le plus charismatique et le plus puissant dans le monde. Si quelqu'un a un problème avec cela, alors je suis vraiment désolé. Seulement pour ceux qui se sentent dépassés, le leadership du Premier ministre Erdoğan est un problème.».

Bağış avait sévèrement mis en garde Angela Merkel contre toute tentation de faire de l'adhésion de la Turquie à l'Union européenne un enjeu de politique intérieure allemande.
« Merkel doit savoir que ceux qui s'occupent de la Turquie finissent mal. Regardez ce qui est arrivé à (Nicolas) Sarkozy», avait ajouté Bağış en rappelant la défaite de l'ex-président français.

Notes et références

Liens externes
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 Biographie sur le site du Brussels Forum

Personnalité politique turque
Naissance en avril 1970
Étudiant du Baruch College
Personnalité du Parti de la justice et du développement (Turquie)

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Ravens-Cardinals scouting report
By Jeff Zrebiec
Arizona Cardinals cornerback and returned Patrick Peterson is chased by Ravens linebacker Albert McClellan on an 82-yard punt return for a touchdown in 2011. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
Analysis of the Ravens and Arizona Cardinals' offense, defense, special teams and intangibles.
RAVENS: It's beginning to look a lot like 2013 for quarterback Joe Flacco, who is struggling to connect on big plays down the field and making far too many mistakes. Only four NFL quarterbacks have thrown more interceptions than Flacco's seven, and Flacco ranks 30th in the NFL in passing yards per attempt (6.5 yards). Flacco has been sacked one time or fewer in four of six games, so protection hasn't been an issue. However, reliable and consistent receiver play beyond Steve Smith Sr. has been.
CARDINALS: Carson Palmer looks like the quarterback that he was years ago, and Larry Fitzgerald again looks like one of the NFL's best receivers. Fitzgerald is fourth in the league in receiving yards (583) and tied for first in touchdown receptions (six) after finishing last season with 63 catches and two touchdowns. Palmer has other weapons, too. Second-year wide receiver John Brown had 10 catches for 196 yards last week. Palmer's 14 touchdown passes are the most in franchise history through the first six games. (EDGE: CARDINALS)
RUNNING GAME
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RAVENS: Justin Forsett and his sore ankle held up last week against the San Francisco 49ers and the Ravens will need to rely heavily on their lead back again. The best way to keep the Cardinals' explosive offense off the field and to keep the ball out of harm's way is to control the clock with the running game. Forsett, who is fourth in the league with 457 rushing yards, has proven capable. The Ravens rank 11th in the league with an average of 4.2 yards per carry.
CARDINALS: Arizona leads the NFL in total points (203) and total touchdowns (25) because it has maintained offensive balance. They average 121.5 rushing yards per game, and have seven rushing scores. Veteran Chris Johnson heads an explosive three-man rushing attack that includes Andre Ellington and rookie David Johnson, who has five touchdowns (three rushing). The Cardinals averaged a league-worst 3.96 yards per carry last year but they rank third in the NFL with an average of 4.7 yards per attempt this year. (EDGE: CARDINALS)
RUSH DEFENSE
RAVENS: This unit and special teams continue to be the Ravens' chief strengths. The good news is the Ravens rank ninth in the NFL against the run, allowing only 94.5 rushing yards per game, and they're tied for fourth in the league in surrendering 3.6 yards per carry. The bad news is that the Ravens' opponents are abandoning the run game earlier and earlier. That's both a show of respect for Brandon Williams and company, and a testament to how vulnerable the Ravens pass defense is.
CARDINALS: The Cardinals have been pretty average against the run, allowing 104.5 yards per game on the ground. That ranks 17th in the NFL. Two weeks ago, St. Louis Rams rookie Todd Gurley gouged them for 146 yards on just 19 carries. However, the Cardinals have been stingy in the red zone, giving up just two rushing touchdowns. Veteran defensive tackle Calais Campbell is a force inside. Rookie Rodney Gunter has filled in well for big defensive tackle Corey Peters. (EDGE: RAVENS)
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PASS DEFENSE
RAVENS: At this point, it's all been said so many times. The Ravens can't get a consistent pass rush without blitzing, they struggle mightily to cover and tackle, and they allow too many big plays. What has been just as problematic is they haven't forced a turnover in three games. The Ravens have three interceptions all season, fewer than all but three teams. Lardarius Webb's return should help. Brynden Trawick is in line for his first career start at safety.
CARDINALS: Arizona's secondary is loaded with playmakers, from star cornerback Patrick Peterson to safeties Tyrann Mathieu and Deone Bucannon. The Cardinals have a league-high 11 interceptions and 10 of them are from defensive backs. Dating back to 2013, the Cardinals have returned 10 interceptions for touchdowns. Peterson will probably spend a significant part of the game shadowing Steve Smith Sr., forcing another Ravens receiver to beat them. Arizona has nine sacks this season. (EDGE: CARDINALS)
RAVENS: The Ravens relied on Justin Tucker's right leg to get their only victory, in Pittsburgh. However, Tucker has missed a potentially-impactful field-goal attempt in the Ravens' past three losses. Tucker, the league-leader in touchback percentage, has nullified opposing return games. Sam Koch is having another strong year and ranks second in the NFL behind Indianapolis' Pat McAfee with a 45.2-yard net punting average. Returner Jeremy Ross continues to look dangerous with the ball in his hands.
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CARDINALS: Kicker Chandler Catanzaro has picked up where he left off after a strong rookie season, making nine of his 10 field-goal attempts. Thanks to rookie David Johnson, the Cardinals lead the league with a 31.2 yard average on kick returns. Peterson, the team's punt returner, scored on an 82-yard punt return the last time these two teams met. The Cardinals have blocked 19 field-goal attempts since 2008, nine more than any other team. (EDGE: EVEN)
RAVENS: The Ravens say confidence is not an issue. They say that they are still ultra motivated. They've taken accountability for mistakes and seemingly stayed together as a team. What they haven't done is play well enough for any of that to matter. They haven't been able to break the trend of slow starts and mistake-prone finishes. The Ravens have beaten the Cardinals in four consecutive matchups, although they had a similar streak against the 49ers and that mattered little last week.
CARDINALS: The Cardinals have a league-best, plus-88 point differential, and they've been particularly dominant in their two home wins, outscoring the opposition, 78-26. Arizona has held opponents to 20 points or fewer in 13 of its 19 home games under coach Bruce Arians, and the Cardinals are 13-0 in those games. Not only do the Cardinals have the league's fifth-ranked offense and sixth-ranked defense, they are one of the least penalized teams in the league. (EDGE: CARDINALS)
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Over the years, the Ravens have been at their best in situations like this, when they go into a hostile environment and nobody expects them to come out with a victory. However, it's been an exercise in futility this year to predict what the current Ravens will do based on what has happened in the recent past. This is a far different Ravens team, one that has an absence of playmakers, makes far too many mistakes and can't finish games. It should surprise no one if the Ravens keep the game close. Ultimately though, they won't get enough stops or enough big plays to keep up. CARDINALS, 31-20
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Q: Mysql with bad performance and high cpu load tuning - cs-cart linux I have a cs-cart installation based in Mysql (MyIsam) with about 3,000 items and a database size of 700MB and index size of 247MB.
In the last month for a reason i don't know the performances falled down and are very inconstant. I optimized the DB as I usually do and tried to change some Mysql variables according with some suggestion I found over the internet.
The dedicated server is quite old
Cpu dual core pentium E2180
6GB RAM
160GB SATA
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innodb_buffer_pool_size

8388608

innodb_checksums

ON

innodb_commit_concurrency

0

innodb_concurrency_tickets

500

innodb_data_file_path

ibdata1:10M:autoextend

innodb_data_home_dir

innodb_adaptive_hash_index

ON

innodb_doublewrite

ON

innodb_fast_shutdown

1

innodb_file_io_threads

4

innodb_file_per_table

OFF

innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit

1

innodb_flush_method

innodb_force_recovery

0

innodb_lock_wait_timeout

50

innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog

OFF

innodb_log_arch_dir

innodb_log_archive

OFF

innodb_log_buffer_size

1048576

innodb_log_file_size

5242880

innodb_log_files_in_group

2

innodb_log_group_home_dir

./

innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct

90

Variable_name

Value

innodb_max_purge_lag

0

innodb_mirrored_log_groups

1

innodb_open_files

300

innodb_rollback_on_timeout

OFF

innodb_support_xa

ON

innodb_sync_spin_loops

20

innodb_table_locks

ON

innodb_thread_concurrency

8

innodb_thread_sleep_delay

10000

innodb_use_legacy_cardinality_algorithm

ON

interactive_timeout

28800

join_buffer_size

131072

key_buffer_size

367001600

key_cache_age_threshold

300

key_cache_block_size

1024

key_cache_division_limit

100

language

/usr/share/mysql/english/

large_files_support

ON

large_page_size

0

large_pages

OFF

lc_time_names

en_US

license

GPL

local_infile

OFF

locked_in_memory

OFF

log

OFF

log_bin

OFF

log_bin_trust_function_creators

OFF

log_error

/var/log/mysqld.log

log_queries_not_using_indexes

OFF

log_slave_updates

OFF

log_slow_queries

OFF

log_warnings

1

long_query_time

10

low_priority_updates

OFF

lower_case_file_system

OFF

lower_case_table_names

0

max_allowed_packet

1048576

max_binlog_cache_size

4294963200

max_binlog_size

1073741824

max_connect_errors

10

max_connections

100

max_delayed_threads

20

max_error_count

64

max_heap_table_size

16777216

max_insert_delayed_threads

20

max_join_size

4294967295

max_length_for_sort_data

1024

max_prepared_stmt_count

16382

max_relay_log_size

0

max_seeks_for_key

4294967295

max_sort_length

1024

max_sp_recursion_depth

0

max_tmp_tables

32

max_user_connections

50

max_write_lock_count

4294967295

multi_range_count

256

myisam_data_pointer_size

6

myisam_max_sort_file_size

2146435072

myisam_mmap_size

4294967295

myisam_recover_options

OFF

myisam_repair_threads

1

myisam_sort_buffer_size

8388608

myisam_stats_method

nulls_unequal

net_buffer_length
16384

net_read_timeout
30

net_retry_count
10

net_write_timeout
60

new
OFF

old_passwords
OFF

open_files_limit
20000

optimizer_prune_level
1

optimizer_search_depth
62

pid_file
/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
plugin_dir

port
3306

preload_buffer_size
32768

profiling
OFF

profiling_history_size
15

protocol_version
10

query_alloc_block_size
8192

query_cache_limit
1048576

query_cache_min_res_unit
4096

query_cache_size
0

query_cache_type
ON

query_cache_wlock_invalidate
OFF

query_prealloc_size
8192

range_alloc_block_size
4096

read_buffer_size
131072

read_only
OFF

read_rnd_buffer_size
262144

relay_log
relay_log_index
relay_log_info_file
relay-log.info

relay_log_purge
ON

relay_log_space_limit

0

rpl_recovery_rank

0

secure_auth

OFF

secure_file_priv

server_id
0

skip_external_locking
ON

Variable_name
Value

skip_networking
OFF

skip_show_database
OFF

slave_compressed_protocol
OFF

slave_load_tmpdir
 /tmp/

slave_net_timeout
3600

slave_skip_errors
OFF

slave_transaction_retries
10

slow_launch_time
2

socket
/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

sort_buffer_size
2097144

sql_big_selects
ON

sql_mode

sql_notes
ON

sql_warnings
OFF

ssl_ca
ssl_capath
ssl_cert
ssl_cipher
ssl_key

storage_engine
MyISAM

sync_binlog
0

sync_frm
ON

system_time_zone
CDT

table_cache
64

table_lock_wait_timeout
50

table_type
MyISAM

thread_cache_size
0

thread_stack
196608

time_format
%H:%i:%s

time_zone
SYSTEM

timed_mutexes
OFF

tmp_table_size
33554432

tmpdir
/tmp/

transaction_alloc_block_size
8192

transaction_prealloc_size
4096

tx_isolation
REPEATABLE-READ

updatable_views_with_limit
YES

version
5.0.95

version_bdb
Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.1.24: (December ...

version_comment
Source distribution

version_compile_machine
i386

version_compile_os
redhat-linux-gnu

wait_timeout
28800

Can anybody please help me tuning the system?

A: According to the status dump, your innodb_buffer_pool_size is the default 8mb (ie - tiny compared to the size of the database) and the MyIsam key_buffer_size is 350mb. Your machine also has 3GB of ram or so. A good chunk of it isn't being used - or is used by the OS for cache (which is where database may be - but it's not being actively controlled by Mysql, hence is slower).
I'd imagine that all the tables in the main database are set up as MyIsam tables. My first action if I were to go to optimise the server would be to increase the innodb_buffer_pool_size to around 1GB (a little more than the database size) and then convert all the databases to InnoDB. This brings the entire database into memory, under control of the database server.
Just changing those when you don't know what you are doing though, would not be be a good idea - but may give you enough thoughts to properly investigate Mysql server optimisations.

A: What CS-Cart version do you use? Try to upgrade up to 4.3.3 one. CS-Cart team made a good work to optimize the core and speed up page loading speed (especially pages with filters)


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/ Cory Doctorow / 12:34 pm Thu Sep 6, 2018
"Free market" conservatives, aghast at Big Tech's hostility, become overnight Roosevelt-style trustbusters
They say "a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged" -- whether or not that's true, it's becoming abundantly clear that "a trustbuster is a neoliberal who's been on the wrong side of the online platforms' monopoly power" -- Big Tech was the first beneficiary of Reagan's assault on anti-trust law and has perfected a number of next-generation, bleeding-edge tactics for suppressing competition during 40 years' worth of free rein.
At yesterday's Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Foreign Influence Operations' Use of Social Media Platforms, right-wing elected officials who never met a monopolistic practice they didn't love staged an Olympic-grade pearl-clutching exhibition on the market dominance enjoyed by Big Tech, and the threat this represents to the ability of the right's disinformation machine to function (see also: Alex Jones).
Now, Trump's Department of Justice has announced an inquiry into anti-competitive practices by the platforms. This is doubtless informed by partisan hackery and intended to intimidate, but it is, nevertheless, long overdue. The platforms play all kinds of games, blocking interoperability and fencing their users in with walled gardens, creating outsized consequences for their mistakes.
A friend of mine recently quit a senior job at Facebook and confessed that when he took the job, he was relieved to discover that the company was run by garden variety fools no smarter than anyone else -- and not by invincible supergeniuses.
But of course, no one is an invincible supergenius. Everyone is a fallible idiot. No one is qualified to be the undisputed digital overlord of two billion people.
Further Reading For weeks now, some conservatives lead by President Donald Trump have claimed with scant evidence that tech companies are plotting against them. Even Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), recently encouraged the Federal Trade Commission to re-examine Google's dominance in search and advertising.
Trump, in an interview with The Daily Caller also on Wednesday, reiterated this perspective, saying that he believed tech firms "already" had interfered with the 2016 and 2018 elections.
Given that Trump obviously won the 2016 election, it is hard to discern what exactly is meant by this claim.
DOJ: We will examine social media firms that "may be hurting competition" [Cyrus Farivar/Ars Technica]
antitrust / big tech / chickens coming home to roost / doj / elections / petard / trumpism
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More than a decade ago, a federal prosecutor named Alexander Acosta set up a secret sweetheart deal for Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy, Trump-connected admitted multiple rapist of underaged teen girls who was thought to be running a trafficking ring for wealthy, well-connected sexual predators, that saw Epstein serving only 13 months in a minimum security […]
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Adventures of DinoRiki
Genre: Action | Licensed
Life is hard for Dino Riki, a kid growing up with the dinosaurs. Dino Riki can jump or shoot weapons (fireballs, axes, boomerangs, and a superfire spread-shot) to kill the various enemies around him. He progresses through three types of worlds (land, ruin (more...)
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Bomberman II
Genre: Arcade | Licensed | AKA: Dynablaster
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Published by: Nintendo, 1988 | Developed by: Hudson Soft
Genre: Adventure | Licensed
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Genre: Platform | Licensed
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Mickey Mousecapade
Published by: Capcom, 1989 | Developed by: Hudson Soft
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