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Q: Comparing iterators in Python This
from __future__ import print_function

from functools import partial
from itertools import imap, product

identity = lambda x: x
identity.__repr__ = 'id'

map_identity = partial(map, identity)
map_identity.__repr__ = 'map'

imap_identity = partial(imap, identity)
imap_identity.__repr__ = 'imap'

prod_map = partial(product, repeat=1)
prod_map.__repr__ = 'prod'

list(map(
    lambda (f, g):
        print(
            "{f_repr:4}(range(10)) compare {g_repr:4}(range(10)):  "\
            "{{ less: {less:1}, equal: {equal:1}}}".format(
                f_repr=f.__repr__,
                g_repr=g.__repr__,
                less=f(range(16))<g(range(16)),
                equal=f(range(16))==g(range(16)),
            )
        ),
    product([identity, map_identity, imap_identity, prod_map], repeat=2)
))

returns
id  (range(10)) compare id  (range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 1}
id  (range(10)) compare map (range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 1}
id  (range(10)) compare imap(range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 0}
id  (range(10)) compare prod(range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 0}
map (range(10)) compare id  (range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 1}
map (range(10)) compare map (range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 1}
map (range(10)) compare imap(range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 0}
map (range(10)) compare prod(range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 0}
imap(range(10)) compare id  (range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}
imap(range(10)) compare map (range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}
imap(range(10)) compare imap(range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}
imap(range(10)) compare prod(range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}
prod(range(10)) compare id  (range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}
prod(range(10)) compare map (range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}
prod(range(10)) compare imap(range(10)):  { less: 0, equal: 0}
prod(range(10)) compare prod(range(10)):  { less: 1, equal: 0}

what is the reason for the iteratorsimap and prod_map to behave differently from the lists id/map when comparing?

A: There are a couple of separate issues here.

First, the result of map in 2.x is not an iterator but a list. Two lists are compared by lexicographically comparing their elements.
The same is not true for iterators, and many other iterables (because doing so would consume the iterators, making them useless). So, like most types in Python that don't have any other obvious way to compare them for equality, most iterator types (including generators, and the special C-implemented iterators from itertools) compare by id. Two different iterators that happen to iterate the same sequence are, in general, not going to be equal.
Of course the result of identity is also a list if you pass it a list. And range(16) is a list. So, in the cases where both functions are in (id, map), the result will be equal; in cases where either function is in (imap, prod), the result will not be equal.

Second, using < (or other ordering comparisons) on values of two unrelated types gives you a consistent-within-any-run but arbitrary order. Asking why one is less than another is pointless. It has to be one or the other; it doesn't matter which it is. (If you really want to know the details, you can read the source code for your chosen interpreter. CPython's implementation is as simple, and as silly, as you can imagine: values of unrelated types are effectively ordered by their types' canonical names.)

So, what if you want to know whether two iterators iterate the same sequence?
In general, you can't. For example chain(0, count(1)) and count(0) clearly iterate the same sequence… but it will take you an infinite amount of time to figure that out. (Of course in this case, with enough information about how chain and count work and access to their internals, you can do it in finite time—at least I hope so, or you're still verifying the "clearly" bit earlier in the paragraph. But you can't do it in general, without solving the halting problem.)
In simple cases, you can just call list on each, compare the two lists (and then subsequently use the lists instead of the original, now-empty iterators). In some cases (e.g., you can rely on them to be either different-pretty-early or equal-but-small, but you can't rely on them to be small if different), you can use tee and only iterate up to the first difference (and then use the teed copies instead of the original iterators), but this is basically the same idea.
But really, what you probably want is just this:
equal_values = (x1 == x2 for x1, x2 in izip(i1, i2))

Then you have exactly the same issues as with any other iterator, which you already know how to deal with, right? For example, if you're sure they're not infinite, and you're willing to consume the iterators just to find out if they're equal:
equal_sequences = all(equal_values)

Python 3.x nearly eliminates the first problem by discouraging you from building up lots of intermediate lists for no good reason, and instead encouraging you to keep things in an iterator until you need to iterate them (usually once, at the very end). In particular, range doesn't return a list—although it does return something that compares equal to itself—and map returns an iterator. So, only when both functions are id will you get equality.
Python 3.x completely eliminates the second problem by just not letting you compare values of unrelated types. You'll get a TypeError if you try. So, you can't be mislead into searching for the non-existent reason why one value is less than the other.

A: I suspected that you weren't comparing the same things to each other, so I decided to walk through it manually. Here's what happened...
>>> import functools
>>> from itertools import imap, product
>>> identity = lambda x: x
>>> map_identity = functools.partial(map, identity)
>>> map_identity(range(16))
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
>>> map_identity(range(16)) == [x for x in range(16)]
True

Of course, that makes sense.
>>> imap_identity = functools.partial(imap, identity)
>>> imap_identity(range(16))
<itertools.imap object at 0x10aeb6f50>

Uh oh.
>>> imap_identity(range(16)) < identity
False
>>> imap_identity(range(16)) > identity
True

Yep, that'd do it. This actually tripped me up a day or two ago. I thought I was working with a function, but I was working with a generator. You could of course do something like this:
>>> im = imap_identity(range(16))
>>> [x for x in im]
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

imap is great, but since it is a generator, which evaluates its sequence only when necessary, you have to ask it to give you some numbers explicitly. With your code, you don't end up doing that. You could do this with your code instead:
less=[x for x in f(range(16))]<[x for x in g(range(16))],
equal=[x for x in f(range(16))]==[x for x in g(range(16))]

It would be just as fine to use list(). Of course, as abarnert has pointed out, it doesn't seem that you were asking for how to get them to compare equal to each other, so I may have said this last bit in vain.

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Westlake City Schools closed due to power outages
by: Darcie Loreno
CUYAHOGA COUNTY — Westlake City Schools are closed today due to widespread power outage issues on the west side of Cleveland.
ALL WESTLAKE CITY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TUESDAY, 2/16, DUE TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IN WESTLAKE.
Due to… https://t.co/WmgA6SFhyK
— Westlake Schools (@WestlakeSchools) February 16, 2016
Students who were picked up by buses will be transported to their buildings, according to the district. Parents are then asked to pick up their children at their respective buildings.
If parents are unable to pick up their child, they are asked to contact their child's school office.
More than 7,500 customers in Cuyahoga County were without power this morning.
According to FirstEnergy, as of 8 a.m. about 7,865 were without power. The bulk of the outages were in Westlake, where there were about 4,300 outages. In Bay Village, about 1,187 were without power. In Lakewood, there were 1,800 outages.
As of about 8:15 a.m., FirstEnergy officials said the power was restored to most customers.
The outage was weather-related, according to FirstEnergy.
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Four Sports Leisure Stocks to Acquire While Russian-made Missiles Continue to Fire
Four sports leisure stocks to acquire while Russian-made missiles continue to fire feature a U.S. motorcycle company, a sporting goods provider, a large health club operator and a wildlife entertainment business.
The four sports leisure stocks to acquire should benefit from renewed interest among people to venture out of their homes and resume many of the activities they enjoyed prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the companies still need to surmount growing economic problems that include high inflation, continuing interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and recent layoffs, especially in the technology sector and financially struggling social media business such as Twitter Inc., which billionaire Elon Musk recently purchased.
Meanwhile, Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine is creating a humanitarian crisis as temperatures drop below freezing in the capital of Kyiv and plunge even further in the countryside. The four sports leisure stocks to acquire are not as vulnerable to the conflict as many other companies that either do business in the area of the fighting or had operations they own disrupted by the continuing conflict.
In addition, Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been decimated in many places and severely impaired by Russia's attacks in many parts of the country. The situation deteriorated so badly that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced $53 million in new aid to help restore Ukraine's power grid.
Russia's continuing attacks of neighboring Ukraine even led to the death of two Polish civilians on farms when Russian-made missiles hit their village roughly four miles, or 6.4 kilometers, west of the Ukrainian border on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 15. The Russian missiles reportedly came from Ukraine while fending off Russia's attacks or misfires and unintentionally reached Poland. Regardless of how missiles killed the two civilians in the NATO nation of Poland, they died because of Russia's so-called "special military operation" that began on Feb. 24 and has killed more than 100,000 people on each side of Russia's war against Ukraine, according to Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. He further estimated Russia's invasion caused 15 million to 30 million Ukrainian civilians to become refugees.
Four Sports Leisure Stocks to Acquire as Russian-made Missiles Still Relentlessly Fire
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG), a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903, is rated a 'buy" with a $60 a share by BofA Global Research. The valuation is based on 11-12x the investment firm's fiscal year 2023 earnings per share estimate of $5.15. Key reasons for the optimistic outlook include new rider interest, increased focus on per unit profitability with a goal of improving Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC) margins to 2014-2015 levels and demographics shifting to a tailwind as the U.S. population of people aged 35-55 grow to add core customers for HOG U.S. retail sales.
Supply chain constraints have dramatically restrained new motorcycle sales, but total new and used motorcycle sales, according to IHS registration data, are up. BofA's HOG full year 2022 new motorcycle sales forecast assumes worldwide shipments are more than 10% below 2019 levels. Due to HOG's recent production shutdown, 10,000-12,000 shipments were impacted in 2Q 2022, but BofA predicted HOG should recapture lost production in the second half of the year.
Mark Skousen, PhD, has successfully recommended Harley-Davidson in the past through his Home Run Trader advisory service. The last time he did so, subscribers who followed his advice should have achieved a 12.64% gain in the stock and 144.44% in related call options.
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Skousen, who also leads the Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter, is a free-market economist who uses his knowledge of emerging trends to help him invest in sectors when they have favorable tailwinds. The recent share-price performance of Harley-Davidson shows the company's prospects are on the rise.
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Four Sports Leisure Stocks to Acquire: Demand Signals Stay Strong
Harley-Davidson recently reported third quarter 2022 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.78, compared to BofA's estimates of $1.52, led by a 19% year-over-year increase in global shipments, which jumped 57,061 versus estimates of 56,469 as HOG recovered the "lion's share" of volume from a second-quarter production shutdown. Motorcycle and related revenue increased 23.8%, and the financial services earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) margin reached 38.3%.
Michelle Connell, a former portfolio manager who leads Portia Capital Management, of Dallas, Texas, spoke favorably about the outlook for Harley-Davidson, which no other motorcycle brand exceeds in reputation and prestige. Ownership of a Harley motorcycle is seen as an entrance into an elite club of members seeking adventures, she added.
Those purchases play into the theme that consumers are seeking experiences when buying the products, Connell continued. They aren't simply motivated by purchasing "things," Connell counseled.
Concerns of Harley-Davidson losing relevance with baby boomers is not valid, Connell opined. The company has established programs that help their motorcycles appeal to younger riders, including females, she added.
Michelle Connell heads Portia Capital Management, of Dallas, Texas.
"Harley-Davidson is starting to reap the rewards of the five-year plan that it announced in May 2020," Connell conveyed to me. "This plan is three-plunged in approach: expansion of the Harley-Davidson brand into new markets and buyers, as well as products; improve profitability; and introduce electric motorcycles."
Due to its solid brand recognition, five-year corporate plan and its compelling and attractive financial metrics, Connell said the stock has a place in a long-term investor's portfolio that needs consumer discretionary names. But on weakness, she recommended, to capture potential upside of 20-25% by the end of 2023.
Four Sports Leisure Stocks to Acquire: Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)
Pittsburgh-based Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) is the largest sporting goods company in the United States and offers differentiated product lines and elevated private label assortment, according to BofA. The investment firm gave the stock a $140 price objective and a "buy" rating. The company continues to benefit from the shift to solitary leisure activities, as well as improving demand for the footwear it sells.
Downside risks to meet that price objective are a weakening of the macro environment and rising gas prices, as well as potential secular headwinds in the golf category, weakened customer traffic trends, higher-than-expected cost pressures and the risk of a more competitive pricing environment. The company's stock has surged since the summer but has further room to rise, BofA assessed.
Connell said she likes Dick's Sporting Goods but prefers Harley-Davidson for the reasons she provided. Dick's Sporting Goods sells virtually every imaginable athletic product and is where I bought my last softball glove.
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Four Sports Leisure Stocks to Acquire: Planet Fitness Positioned as Health Club Leader
Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT), of Hampton, New Hampshire, is one of the world's largest health club companies. BofA ranked it as the top-positioned fitness company in a recession. Key reasons include club use exceeding 2019 levels for clubs opened since 2017, according to foot traffic data. Plus, membership sign-ups should follow as fitness club members likely return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022 or early 2023, BofA forecast.
Jim Woods, who leads the Bullseye Stock Trader advisory service and the Successful Investing newsletter, is a weightlifter and fitness buff who previously recommended Planet Fitness. Subscribers to his Bullseye Stock Trader service who followed his guidance could have notched returns of 23.54% in the stock and 100.76% gain in the related call options he chose.
Paul Dykewicz, head of Bullseye Stock Trader meets with Jim Woods in Washington, D.C.
Downside risks to BofA's price target are near-term headwinds related to club closures caused by COVID-19, the competitiveness of the fitness industry, execution risks related to club growth, risks associated with its franchise model and high financial leverage, according to BofA. Other challenges are macroeconomic concerns that could hurt membership growth, same-store sales growth largely dependent on expanding its membership base, heavy reliance on one major vendor for equipment and mergers and acquisition risk, the investment firm added.
With COVID becoming less of a problem than during the past couple of years, fitness aficionados like me may be tempted to consider joining health clubs again. I canceled my previous membership with a relatively upscale club that provided a towel service and that tried to keep its fitness equipment modern and clean.
However, other members and I noticed the condition of the clubs in that regional chain deteriorating. Those who became my friends as we worked out about the same time in the evening talked about canceling our memberships or changing clubs. We likely were not alone, especially when COVID struck with a vengeance.
William Blair's Sharon Zackfia, CFA, an analyst who covers lifestyle and leisure brands, also recommends the stock to outperform the market.
Four Sports Leisure Stocks to Acquire: Skousen Does Backflips for SeaWorld
Another stock that Skousen likes is SeaWorld Entertainment (NYSE: SEAS), of Orlando, Florida. The theme park and entertainment company is a key beneficiary of the post-pandemic economy, he added.
The company's revenue hit $1.7 billion over the last 12 months, while third-quarter earnings jumped 32% on an 8.4% increase in sales, Skousen cited. Shares of SeaWorld further have soared nearly 300% over the past five years, despite the pandemic. With U.S. lockdowns over and consumers choosing to spend more on experiential services, the outlook for SeaWorld is exceptional, Skousen wrote to his Home Run Trader advisory service subscribers.
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Michelle Adams recently purchased 39,000 shares at $51.03, an investment of nearly $2 million. She now owns more than 75,000 shares.
In addition, Chief Commercial Officer Christopher Finazzo purchased 8,950 shares a couple weeks later. He owns over 72,000 shares.
These are two savvy insiders, Skousen wrote to his Home Run Trader advisory service reader. He advised his subscribers to own the stock, too.
Plus, Skousen's daughter Hayley, a professional figure skater, is performing in a principal role in the SeaWorld Christmas show in Orlando, Florida. The following link shows her doing a backflip. Her husband, Pablo, also works with her at SeaWorld as a musician.
The company's recognized brands include SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Sea Rescue. The latter entity rescues and rehabilitates marine animals that are ill, injured or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild.
China's COVID-19 Lockdown Protests Intensify
China's security apparatus moved quickly to quash mass protests that followed strict lockdowns as cases of COVID-19 swept the country during the past week. Police patrolled streets, checked cell phones and called some demonstrators to warn them against continuing their civil unrest. That response has reduced protests about the country's zero-COVID policy that is slowing economic growth and had led many people to publicly oppose the controversial zero-COVID policy of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Cases in the United States totaled 98,676,688 and deaths reached 1,079,888, as of Nov. 30. America has the dreaded distinction of amassing the most COVID-19 cases and deaths of any nation. Worldwide COVID-19 deaths totaled 6,633,364, as of Nov. 30, according to Johns Hopkins University. Global COVID-19 cases reached 642,731,461.
Roughly 80.7% of the U.S. population, or 267,804,921 people, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as of Nov. 24, the CDC reported. People who obtained the primary COVID-19 doses totaled 228,390,445 of the U.S. population, or 68.8%, according to the CDC. The United States also has given a bivalent COVID-19 booster to 36,001,216 people who are age 18 and up, accounting for 13.9% of the U.S. population in that age group.
Despite Russia's leaders calling their country's attacks against Ukraine that began on Feb. 24 a "special military operation," firing into Ukraine unrelentingly and recently causing the death of two Polish civilians, good investment opportunities exist. The four sports leisure stocks to acquire highlighted in this column give investors a way to navigate risk and pursue reasonable returns amid growing economic risks.
Paul Dykewicz, www.pauldykewicz.com, is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, the Journal of Commerce, Seeking Alpha, Guru Focus and other publications and websites. Paul, who can be followed on Twitter @PaulDykewicz, is the editor of StockInvestor.com and DividendInvestor.com, a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. Paul previously served as business editor of Baltimore's Daily Record newspaper. Special Holiday Offer: Paul is the author of an inspirational book, "Holy Smokes! Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain," with a foreword by former national championship-winning football coach Lou Holtz. The book is great holiday gift and is endorsed by Joe Montana, Joe Theismann, Ara Parseghian, "Rocket" Ismail, Reggie Brooks, Dick Vitale and many others. Call 202-677-4457 for special pricing on multiple-book purchases.
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Miss USA 2015 Contestants: Meet the Finalists in the Running?
The Miss USA 2015 pageant is upon us. Judging by the official head shots, there are some stunning ladies in the line up this year. Miss New York has been a personal favorite from the on set and I have spotted some others. The winner of the Miss USA pageant will represent the USA at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.In recent times the USA contestants have been forces to be reckoned with. Olivia Culpo won the coveted crown in 2012 and Nia Sanchez came pretty close when she was awarded the position first runner-up at the recently concluded 63rd edition of the Miss Universe pageant in Doral, Miami. What do you guys thinks? Will USA do it again?
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Bethesda's New Digital Card Game Elder Scrolls Legends Get Full PC Launch
The Elder Scrolls: Legends is Bethesda's latest digital card game that has finally received a full PC launch. If you are a fan of free to play digital card games 2017 will be a crazy year as Elder Scrolls Legends, Faeria, Hearthstone, Gwent, Magic The Gathering Online, Shadowverse and Duelyst all compete for attention. It's a crazy amount of free content to play but how much grinding can one person actually do in a day? That said, Elder Scrolls Legends does offer a different experience and if you love the world of Tamriel you need to check this out.
I've played The Elder Scrolls Legends in very early alpha and whereas I wasn't too happy with what I played, I am very interested to try the game now that it has reached 1.0. If you have played Elder Scrolls Legends recently let me know what you think of it in the comments.
"It's been almost a year since we revealed The Elder Scrolls: Legends, and in that time we have built the game into a strong, fun experience for Elder Scrolls and strategy card game fans alike. The feedback we've received from the player community has been invaluable and we are endlessly grateful. We wouldn't be where we are today without our amazing fans and we want to thank them for helping us grow during our closed beta.
And where are we today, exactly? We're officially launching The Elder Scrolls: Legends! We're pleased to announce that the PC version of Legends is now out of beta. Start the game today, play with friends, grow your collection, and begin your adventures across Tamriel. If you've already been playing Legends, nothing changes. As we said previously, you keep all your cards and the rewards you've earned.
But that's just what's happening on PC. We've run surveys throughout the last year and we heard players loud and clear: You want to play on your tablets and phones. With that in mind, we're pleased to announce The Elder Scrolls: Legends will soon be available on the following platforms:
iPad – March 23
Android Tablets – April
Mac OS – May
Mobile Phones – Early Summer
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The Mighty Haag Shows
For roughly half a century the Haag name was a force to be reckoned with in the realm of American traveling shows, especially in the Southeast.
Founder Ernest Haag (1866-1935) was the son of German immigrants. He grew up in Plymouth, Indiana, but lit out for the road in his early teens, traveling as far north as New York. He bummed around in odd jobs, hawking newspapers, shining shoes, traveling with small circuses. Then he attempted his first fledging operations, a tiny minstrel show, and a sideshow at a fairgrounds. In 1890 he founded "The Big Show", which performed on a floating barge on the rivers around Shreveport, Louisiana. After working the river system on his barge he transferred his operation to wagons pulled by horses and mules and moved it out over the roads. He began using the name The Mighty Haag Shows in 1895, tweaking it slightly with variations over the years. He gradually expanded his orbit to include Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma, et al. Eventually they went as far North as Canada and as far west as Montana.
In 1909, the outfit had gotten so big he began to move it by rail on its own dedicated train. His menagerie (and performing animals) included elephants, camels, lions, tigers, bears, an ocelot, a hyena, monkeys and ponies. Everett James was the bandleader. His son, big band leader Harry James, grew up with the show. At its height, the circus had a company of 100. In later years they moved the show by truck:
After Haag died in 1935, some of the company split and formed The Bud Hawkins Circus. Haag's son and nephew formed The Haag Brothers Circus, which lasted until 1939.
To learn more about variety arts, including the circus, please see No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous,
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The very first exercise bike was 'designed in Finland'. It marked the start of today's professional fitness market.
In 1969 Tunturi was the pioneer in this field and has been the leading innovator ever since, offering a healthy, safe and comfortable workout. From cardio fitness to the home treadmill, all in the comfort of your own home, where exercise bikes are popular.
Back in 1922 two brothers with a passion for nature started a bicycle factory. Roughly 50 years later, the natural way of moving can be found back in exercise bikes and a growing collection of fitness equipment.
Today, Tunturi is the leading bicycle brand in Scandinavia.
Different, quirky, simple and beautiful. The unique Tunturi design finds its origin in Scandinavia its distinctive tradition for design. Compact, clear lines and always characterized by specific details.
The smooth and quiet operation of our trainers are one of the most important features. It is our vision to make fitness part of your daily life and see our trainers as an essential part of your furniture.
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import unittest

from touchdown.core.utils import force_bytes, force_str, force_unicode

class TestStringHelpers(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_str_str(self):
        self.assertEqual(force_str("foo"), "foo")

    def test_str_u(self):
        self.assertEqual(force_str(u"foo"), "foo")

    def test_str_b(self):
        self.assertEqual(force_str(b"foo"), "foo")

    def test_str_exception(self):
        self.assertRaises(ValueError, force_str, [])

    def test_unicode_str(self):
        self.assertEqual(force_unicode("foo"), u"foo")

    def test_unicode_u(self):
        self.assertEqual(force_unicode(u"foo"), u"foo")

    def test_unicode_b(self):
        self.assertEqual(force_unicode(b"foo"), u"foo")

    def test_unicode_exception(self):
        self.assertRaises(ValueError, force_unicode, [])

    def test_bytes_str(self):
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Die TSG Oßweil war ein Sportverein aus Ludwigsburg-Oßweil.

Geschichte

Gründung
Der Verein wurde am 6. Oktober 1895 im Gasthaus «Zur Rose» als Turnverein Oßweil gegründet. Nach Kriegsende wurden die bestehenden Vereine 1945 von der amerikanischen Militärregierung aufgelöst. 1946 kam es zur Gründung des SKV Ludwigsburg-Oßweil, der 1948 in VfL Ludwigsburg-Oßweil umbenannt wurde. 1968 wurde der VfL in seine einzelnen Sparten aufgelöst, worauf am 30. Oktober 1968 die TSG Ludwigsburg-Oßweil entstand.

Handball
Die erfolgreiche Handballsparte ging auf die 1923 im Turnverein gegründete Handballabteilung zurück. Der größte Erfolg der Handballmannschaft gelang 1951 zunächst mit der Süddeutschen Meisterschaft und im Anschluss zum Endrundenturnier zur Deutschen Meisterschaft die "Deutsche Vizemeisterschaft 1951."
In den 1970er Jahren wurde die männliche A-Jugend 1973 und 1974 Deutscher Handballmeister. 1976 stieg die Männermannschaft unter Trainer Kurt Boll in die Handball-Bundesliga auf, der man ein Jahr angehörte. Es folgte der Abstieg bis in die Oberliga.

1991 und 2002 stieg die 1. Mannschaft im Männerhandball in die 2. Handball-Bundesliga auf. Im Jahr 2003 wurde die 1. Männermannschaft aus dem Hauptverein in eine GmbH & Co. KG ausgegliedert. Diese spielte in der 2. Handball-Bundesliga. Nach finanziellen Problemen musste die GmbH 2006 Konkurs anmelden. Anschließend gründete man gemeinsam mit dem Turnverein Kornwestheim die Spielgemeinschaft HBR Ludwigsburg. Nach einer Saison wurde der Vertrag aufgelöst.

Auflösung und Neugründung
Als Nachfolgeverein der TSG Oßweil wurde ein neuer Verein unter dem Namen SV Ludwigsburg-Oßweil gegründet. Der Gesamtverein wurde zu 100 % übertragen. Die 1. Männermannschaft spielte zuletzt in der Württembergliga Nord. Aufgrund von Sponsorenmangel wurde die 1. Männermannschaft vom Spielbetrieb in der Saison 2009/10 freigestellt und stand somit als erster Absteiger fest. In der Saison 2010/11 spielte die 1. Männermannschaft in der Landesliga, nach einigen Abstiegen und dem zwischenzeitlichen Fall in die Bezirksklasse schloss sich die Abteilung 2019 der HB Ludwigsburg an.

Erfolge im Handball
 Deutscher Vizemeister 1951
 Süddeutscher Meister 1972
 Deutscher A-Jugendmeister 1973, 1974
 Relegationsspiele gegen SV Post Schwerin für die 1. Bundesliga 2005

Einzelnachweise

Handballverein aus dem Landkreis Ludwigsburg
Sportverein (Ludwigsburg)
TSG Ossweil

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A Falterona-hegy Olaszország Toszkána régiójában található, 1654 méter magas. A hegy a Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona és Capmigna Nemzeti Park része. Homokkőből épül fel, javarészt bükkösök találhatóak rajta. Itt ered az Arno folyó. Keleti oldalán található a Lago degli Idoli (Bálvány-tó), melyben számos kisebb etruszk szobrot találtak.

Fordítás

Olaszország hegyei, hegységei


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The annual Geneva Motor Show runs from 8-18 March 2018. It is one of the biggest motor shows on the calendar and this year's show will be jam-packed with exciting new machinery on display.
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NHS leader praises Blues players for vaccination support
NHS leader, Dr Ed Garratt, has praised players at Ipswich Town Football Club for giving their backing to the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Members of the club's first-team squad have been getting jabbed and are encouraging others to ignore the dangerous misinformation on social media, listen to the NHS experts and make the right choice to get vaccinated.
Dr Garratt, who is chief executive of the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System, and is a keen football fan, said: "It's fantastic to see the Blues players getting their vaccinations and encouraging others to do the same.
"The vaccination programme in our area is progressing incredibly well. 91% of adults have had one dose and 84% have had both doses, but there are still some people who need to take up the offer of the vaccine and they can do so by booking an appointment or going to one of the many pop-up clinics.
"The team's players are setting a brilliant example for others and I thank them for taking the time to share with others this important vaccination message."
You can watch the videos HERE
The Blues brand-new goalkeeper Christian Walton, winger Sone Aluko and striker Joe Pigott, along with the team's Head of Sport Science and Insight Andy Costin, have each given their own personal reasons for choosing to have a COVID-19 jab.
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Joe Pigott, 27, who signed a three-year contract with the club earlier this year, emphasised the importance of protecting others, saying; "I had the vaccination to protect others. I have a few vulnerable people in my family and I want to make sure I'm doing my best to look after them. Morally, to protect ourselves and others we need to get vaccinated. The vaccines have passed every test that's going….so come on, get vaccinated."
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The Strange Fruit Endures
May 17, 2020·14 min read
Ahmaud Arbery (Photo courtesy of family)
Sometimes the news seems totally disjointed and anarchic, a torrent of disconnected events. Other times there is a gestalt to it that arrives with lightning bolt-like clarity.
Last week was one of the latter.
The centerpiece of that clarity was a trio of shotgun blasts, fired on a street in south Georgia, on a Sunday afternoon.
THE GALLANT SOUTH
On Sunday February 23, two white men armed with a shotgun and a .357 Magnum pistol got in a pickup truck and followed an unarmed 25-year-old black man named Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging down a suburban street in Brunswick, Georgia. They accosted him and shot him dead while a third white man, a friend of theirs, filmed the incident.
No charges were filed for two months, until public outcry and the emergence of that video forced it.
I spent my last two years of high school in that part of Georgia, near the Florida state line, and quite a bit of time in other parts of Georgia too. When you hear the phrase "the Deep South," this is it. I can assure you that, in the late '70s and early '80s at least, the spirit of the Confederacy was alive and well there. I don't imagine it has become a model of progressive race relations in the intervening years.
But at the risk of stating the obvious, that a couple rednecks would commit this hate crime is one thing; it's quite another for the mechanisms of government to abet and excuse it.
In a letter to Glynn County police directing them to make no arrests, the elected District Attorney for the Waycross Judicial Circuit, George Barnhill, wrote that he thought the shooting was justified, and that the killers had committed no crime under Georgia's citizen's arrest law. In Barnhill's view, Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34, had "solid firsthand probable cause" to chase Mr. Arbery, because they suspected him of being involved in a recent series of break-ins.
What was their "solid firsthand probable cause"?
They thought he looked like the alleged trespasser.
("No such string of break-ins was ever reported to police in more than seven weeks preceding the shooting, Glynn County police Lt. Cheri Bashlor told CNN.")
But the rote notion that Ahmaud Arbery was a criminal is par for the course in these cases. From the Scottsboro Boys to Michael Brown, such violent race-based vigilantism is often predicated on the claim that blacks are dangerous outlaws from whom white people must defend themselves…and since "the system" won't do it, whitey often has to take matters into his own hands.
That irony is neck deep. Ask the African-American community what they think of the idea that the criminal justice system is rigged in their favor.
Similarly, the habit of white people, especially those with a credible racist streak, to confuse one black person for another is lethally well established. But even if Ahmaud Arbery had been a burglar (which I am positing only for the sake of argument), and even if he was fleeing the scene of a robbery (which he wasn't, remotely) what possessed these two crackers to take it upon themselves to personally accost him with a pair of firearms, creating a dangerous situation where none existed or needed to?
I'll tell you what possessed them to do that.
These guys were hunting.
Barnhill was not the first prosecutor on the case. The original one, the DA for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, Jackie Johnson, recused herself because of a conflict of interest: Gregory McMichael had been an investigator in her office before he retired. (He had also worked for the Glynn County police department from 1982 to 1989.) Barnhill was then forced to follow suit, because his son had worked with McMichael in that same office, and was still employed there.
The third prosecutor, District Attorney Tom Durden of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit, was based in the nearby town of Hinesville, where I went to high school. He asked to be removed from the case. The Georgia Attorney General has now assigned a fourth prosecutor, Joyette M. Holmes, the DA for Cobb County, who is a black woman, for what it's worth. (The previous three would-be prosecutors were all white.)
Lest we forget, this is a state governed by inveterate election robber and minority-vote-suppressor Brian Kemp, a Republican of course, who seems to be permanently channeling Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke, and who ran an allegedly humorous campaign ad in which he pointed a shotgun at a teenage boy who wanted to date his daughter. (Hilarious!) These days, Kemp seems most focused on getting Georgia's tattoo parlors and bowling alleys open to hasten the spread of the coronavirus.
In declining to prosecute, Barnhill blithely accepted the McMichaels's argument that they acted in self-defense — another standard excuse in these cases, from the Simi Valley PD to George Zimmerman.
I don't know about you, but when I am barehanded and approach two men brandishing a shotgun and a .357 Magnum, I don't usually pick a fight.
The video shows that Arbery was indeed shot in a struggle over the shotgun, but the self-defense claim is specious. The killers initiated the confrontation, they were the ones who were armed when their victim wasn't, and the other guy wound up dead. Sound like self-defense to you?
The McMichaels also seem poised to claim that Arbery himself accidentally fired the second of three shots during the struggle, two to the chest and one that hit him in the hand. As if that matters. And while we can correctly say that they pursued Arbery — stalked might be a better term — let's not fall into their trap of calling it "hot pursuit," as some sloppy news reports have. That implies the legitimate chase of a perpetrator fleeing the scene of the crime, not a defenseless jogger chased by armed men in a pickup truck….and lest we forget, at the risk of repeating myself, these guys were not law enforcement officers.
There is some small solace in the fact that their claim doesn't figure to hold up in court. According to Michael J. Moore, formerly a US attorney in Georgia who reviewed the video of the murder:
…..the McMichaels appeared to be the aggressors in the confrontation, and such aggressors were not justified in using force under Georgia's self-defense laws. "The law does not allow a group of people to form an armed posse and chase down an unarmed person who they believe might have possibly been the perpetrator of a past crime."
As reported in USA Today, Sarah Gerwig-Moore, associate dean for academic affairs at Mercer University School of Law, adds:
……Georgia law does not allow for a self-defense defense when the person carrying out the shooting initiated the encounter. "A struggle over the gun does not establish self-defense," Gerwig-Moore said. The McMichaels brought the guns into the incident, and she said they initiated the encounter by first approaching Arbery with the firearms. "He tried to disarm them really because that was his only hope of survival."
POLICE ON MY BACK
It is telling that not one but two District Attorneys had to recuse themselves from the case because of their affiliations with one of the accused. That tells you all you need to know about how deeply "law enforcement" is intertwined with both racist vigilantism and institutionalized oppression and violence toward black people. But it has historically always been so.
During and after Reconstruction and into Jim Crow, it was commonplace in the South for members of the Klan to put on badges and become sheriffs, allowing them to carry out their terrorism under the imprimatur of the law. (Today, just pointing that out is likely to raise angry hackles.) But it isn't just a matter of the past. The FBI continues to monitor the alarming presence of white supremacists in law enforcement.
The civil rights lawyer and anti-death penalty advocate Bryan Stephenson of the Equal Justice Initiative has written at length about the direct line from slavery to lynching to capital punishment. Violent white vigilantism and the codified, institutional oppression of black people have always gone hand in glove in America. (See also Michelle Alexander and The New Jim Crow.)
Anecdotally, I can tell you that I've heard appalling racism from cops and even prosecutors, firsthand. Are those just "bad apple" exceptions, rather than indicative of a systemic problem? See above. Even if that were so, how much better does that make it?
But the personal racism of individual members of the criminal justice system pales in comparison to the overall weaponization of that system against people of color, even as those examples reflect and perpetuate it on a granular level.
In a bitter irony, Mr. Arbery was killed three days before the eighth anniversary of the murder of Trayvon Martin, whose killer also claimed self-defense and was also not initially charged. When he finally was indicted for murder, George Zimmerman was let off scot free by a Florida jury, and by the DOJ which declined to press civil rights charges against him. That howling travesty of justice, of course, that helped launch the Black Lives Matter movement, which has itself become the target of outrageous vitriol from right wing Americans, to include prominent members of the GOP and of course its leader, the President of the United States.
So Ahmaud Arbery becomes yet another in a grim parade of African-Americans — mostly but not exclusively male — who have been violently murdered by white assailants, often directly by or with the assistance of members of the criminal justice system that is supposed to protect us, and had justice either denied or delayed by that same system.
But it gets worse. For let us now take a look at how the other half lives.
INSTITUTIONALIZED
News flash: the law treats white people differently, especially rich, connected white people. That phenomenon was on hideous display this week at the highest levels of American public life.
The understandable, all-consuming focus on the coronavirus provided cover for Bill "The Institutionalist" Barr to continue to act as a mob consigliere to the Trump crime family, issuing a de facto pardon for Mike Flynn, even though Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. No legal scholar can cite a previous case where a US Attorney General intervened to void the conviction of a defendant like that.
How excited is Roger Stone right now?
Asked by CBS's Norah O'Donnell how he thought history would view his actions, Barr even openly snickered that "History is written by the winners."
I'm not so sure Bill Barr should be so confident about how history is going to remember him and his pals.
As Adam Stein of The Daily Beast tweeted, "The head of the American justice system now saying publicly that there is no good or bad except what the strongest want. The definition of autocracy." In other words, Barr and Trump and their band of pirates are no longer even pretending to respect the rule of law.
Thousands of former DOJ officials howled in protest, calling for Barr to resign, reprising the outrage of a few months ago when he similarly intervened to reduce Stone's sentence. As of this writing, the judge in the Flynn case, Emmet G. Sullivan, has expressed such concern that he has delayed the implementation of Barr's order and appointed a retired federal judge, John Gleeson, to look into the matter — a glimmer of hope that the judiciary is resisting Barr's effort to eviscerate it, cold comfort though that is.
Another well-heeled white dude getting a break was Paul Manafort, who last week was given early release from prison and remanded to house arrest due to the covid pandemic. It's a different story if you're an enemy of the president, like his fixer-turned-accuser Michael Cohen, who was also supposed to be released from prison early because of the pandemic, but for some reason is still in. Weird, right?
The really worrying thing, as former FBI agent and Yale Law School professor Asha Rangappa writes, is that Barr is behaving so brazenly because he has inside information that makes him confident that Trump and the GOP won't pay the price at the ballot box in November, or from Congress, in — oh, I don't know — an impeachment:
Barr believes he'll be on the winning side because he is creating a space where Trump can get foreign election assistance (voluntarily or involuntarily given); the FBI can't investigate him or others for it and DOJ can't charge anyone who helps; people who witness it and try to blow the whistle get buried; Congress (and therefore voters) remain in the dark; and allies who might step up to raise the alarm will have their intel leaked and sources blown.
Last week Franklin Foer had a terrifying piece about Russian election interference and the GOP's unwillingness to stop it. Which is ironic, since the Flynn decision is part of an ongoing, brazen campaign by the White House to erase the public record of Moscow's assistance in getting Trump elected the last time.
As part of that same effort, last week the DOJ was also in court arguing that the administration should not have to turn over to Congress grand jury material related to the Mueller probe, and before the Supreme Court arguing that neither the Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance nor even Congress have a right to see Trump's tax records, not even in pursuit (or is it hot pursuit?) of a criminal investigation.
How the hyperpolarized Supreme Court will rule is anyone's guess, even though it has twice before, under Nixon and Clinton, ruled unanimously against such outrageous claims of presidential immunity, as Jeffrey Toobin eloquently wrote in the New Yorker. We know that John Roberts is said to be deeply concerned about the legacy of the Court that bears his name. He ought to be. The Court's decisions in the Trump era, and Chief Justice Roberts' own conduct during the impeachment trial, don't exactly bode well for his reputation as a dispassionate home plate umpire. If the Court hands down a 5–4 defense of Trump, its already hemorrhaging credibility will take another massive hit, as will the rule of law in this once proud country.
Not exactly a criminal justice matter, but also in the While You Were Sleeping Department, the administration and its Republican handmaidens in the Senate are currently trying to ram through the confirmation of Trump's DNI nominee, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), the same wildly unqualified partisan attack dog who got his nomination slapped down a few months ago, before we were all preoccupied with the prospect of dying in a global plague.
Johnny Rat will make a fitting successor to Richard Grenell, the Internet troll who is now the acting Director of National Intelligence. Last week he was in front of the Senate, Barr-like, swearing up and down that he would uphold the law and stand up to Trump. "Trump's top spy pick vows he won't politicize intelligence" as the AP headline put it. Expect to see those words boomerang back in a few months when Ratcliffe eviscerates the Intelligence Community and turns its rancid remains into another arm of the Trump kakistocracy.
So the system really works for the likes of Trump, Manafort, and Flynn, and may yet work for Greg and Travis McMichaels.
For Ahmaud Arbery, not so much.
THE RACIAL CONTRACT
Notwithstanding the tragically naive delusion that the election of Barack Obama marked the dawn of a "post-racial society," the irrational hate that laid Ahmaud Arbery out in a pool of blood on the black macadam of a suburban Georgia street has always been with us, and always will be until we reckon with it.
But between, say, 1968 and 2015, that hate had to hide its face in shame in polite society. No more.
Now we now live under a government whose leader openly cheers and supports these troglodytes, who praises the "very fine people" wearing swastikas and waving Confederate battle flags in Charlottesville, who talks of the "very responsible people" in body armor and carrying tricked-out AR-15s storming the offices of Democratic governors, demanding the right to die from covid-19. (I guess Trump knows from responsibility, even as he declines to accept any.)
These same people find it outrageous that Colin Kaepernick had the gall to take a knee in peaceful, silent protest, and what the hell was he so upset about anyway?
In The Atlantic, Adam Serwer writes blisteringly of the implicit "racial contract" that defines how American culture operates:
A 12-year-old with a toy gun is a dangerous threat who must be met with lethal force; armed militias drawing beads on federal agents are heroes of liberty. Struggling white farmers in Iowa taking billions in federal assistance are hardworking Americans down on their luck; struggling single parents in cities using food stamps are welfare queens. Black Americans struggling in the cocaine epidemic are a "bio-underclass" created by a pathological culture; white Americans struggling with opioid addiction are a national tragedy. Poor European immigrants who flocked to an America with virtually no immigration restrictions came "the right way"; poor Central American immigrants evading a baroque and unforgiving system are gang members and terrorists.
And it doesn't matter who you are or how high in public life you are; no person of color is exempt from this dynamic. On the contrary, in some ways.
As if to underscore the resilience of racism in America, Mitch McConnell decided to throw a hissy fit over the fact that last week Barack Obama criticized Trump's handling of the pandemic in a private phone call. "I think President Obama should have kept his mouth shut," complained Kentucky's finest. "I think it's a little bit classless, frankly, to critique an administration that comes after you."
You could almost feel Mitch yearning to use the word "uppity."
Maybe no living black American has had to endure more verbal abuse and character assassination than Obama, and done it with more grace and aplomb. But at this point I am ready for Luther, his anger translator. New York magazine's Jonathan Chait said it all with his headline, "Mitch McConnell Upset at 'Classless,' Norm-Breaking President."
Serwer's piece in the Atlantic is titled, "The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying." Its gist is that Trump's new strategy of declaring victory over the coronavirus and pretending everything is fine is motivated in part by statistics showing that the virus is disproportionately affecting people of color.
In other words, while Trump is more than happy to use the mechanisms of governance to protect his criminal enterprises and cover up his corruption and reward his accomplices, he has no interest in using it to help the American people, especially the black and brown ones.
This is not just shameful policy that ought to make us cluck our tongues as we change the channel; it's a crime against humanity. Gregg Gonsalves, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health and co-director of its Global Health Justice Partnership, tweeted:
How many people will die this summer, before Election Day? What proportion of the deaths will be among African-Americans, Latinos, other people of color? This is getting awfully close to genocide by default. What else do you call mass death by public policy?
And I am being serious here: What is happening in the US is purposeful, considered negligence, omission, failure to act by our leaders. Can they be held responsible under international law?
So, what does it mean to let thousands die by negligence, omission, failure to act, in a legal sense under international law?
Attention International Criminal Court.
There is always the self-flattering temptation for a disconnected public to rationalize an event like Ahmaud Arbery's murder as an aberration, tragic though it is. But when it keeps happening over and over and over again, it can't reasonably be denied that it is anything but an anomaly, especially in the context of the brazen white privilege, and a deliberate policy of mass murder by laissez faire criminal negligence at the highest levels of our national so-called leadership.
It is who we are. This is our strange and bitter crop.
Photo courtesy of Marcus Arbery
"Strange Fruit" by Abe Meeropol (aka Lewis Allen)
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Q: Problema con el observer en firebase estoy teniendo un problema en el sistema web que estoy creando con firebase, explico:
Al momento de poner el codigo que te brinda la documentacion para configurar el observer, me sale este error en consola:

Cuando voy a la linea 69 del file de javascript, me lleva a lo siguiente:

Mis links de scripts son los siguientes:
      <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta1/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"
    integrity="sha384-ygbV9kiqUc6oa4msXn9868pTtWMgiQaeYH7/t7LECLbyPA2x65Kgf80OJFdroafW"
    crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

<script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/7.23.0/firebase-app.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/7.23.0/firebase-analytics.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/7.23.0/firebase-auth.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/7.23.0/firebase-firestore.js"></script>

<script>
  var firebaseConfig = {
    apiKey: "--",
    authDomain: "--",
    projectId: "--",
    storageBucket: "--",
    messagingSenderId: "--",
    appId: "--",
    measurementId: "--"
  };
  // Initialize Firebase
  firebase.initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
  firebase.analytics();
</script>

Quisiera saber si esto tiene algun tipo de solucion, estoy hace dos dias con lo mismo y no se me ocurre como solucionarlo, pegue otros scripts de firebase y no se soluciona, y otra de mis dudas es si el observador me sirve para que cuando el usuario acceda con su cuenta a mi web, esta cuenta permanezca logeada, ya que al refrescar, automaticamente tengo que volver a logearme.
Gracias a todos


22 Apply fixes also to live ebuilds.
36 Stable for HPPA (bug #452202).
43 Subslot also libav 0.8 for the fun.
47 Add subslots to the libav-9 play.
56 Version bump to 0.8.5. Contains security fixes.
63 Version bump to 9.1 add live version and remove older 9 release.
77 Trim down amount of versions.
97 Update to global useflag.
112 Redux versions a bit.
127 Stable for HPPA (bug #439052).
154 ppc stable (bug 422537).
172 Stable for HPPA (bug #422537).
175 0.8.2 works on ppc64 stable too, so stabilise.
180 Version bump to latest release.
200 Postproc is no longer here.
206 Sort IUSE to not contain dupes. Expand tools with all the available binaries.
209 is handled by configure. Quote configure params.
220 Actually ffmpeg has openal, libav does not. My overlook.
224 Drop code that is commented since ever.
228 Fix the cosmetic also on 0.8 branch as requested.
232 Unmask tests as they pass.
246 Sync and update 0.8 branch with configure switches.
249 Remove redundant check for sse3 handled by configure.
253 Update live ebuild, cleanup various parts. Line up some changes from ffmpeg.
256 Delete security affected version.
268 Stable for HPPA (bug #408555).
280 Version bump to latest version. Punt older with security issues.
295 effectively loosing stable on amd64 and hppa again.
305 Complete rename on live ebuilds, and fix overwriting of the variable on all.
339 Do not create symlink for utilities that weren't built.
342 Stable for HPPA (bug #401017).
346 Add missing GPL requirement over x264. Ack by Luca.
357 Add 0.8 live branch ebuild.
396 USE description for flag "neon" is in use.desc now.
440 Drop quite few overshadowed versions.
496 Version bump to rc1, drop older beta.
499 Bump dependency over x264.
505 Version bump to beta2 drop beta1.
509 Migrate to git-2 eclass.
518 Try to split up gpl code so user can compile just LGPL version.
521 Update deps to match latest reality.
529 Drop frei0r option that is availible only in trunk.
571 Initial commit for ffmpeg fork/alternative. Ebuild adjusted from ffmpeg ones.
573 testing on current ffmpeg deps still needs to be done.


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Shrink Obamacare's Costs By Removing Rule Driving Up Young People's Premiums
By John R. Graham
Also published in Forbes Mon. June 22, 2015 « Show Fewer
The Supreme Court will soon decide King v. Burwell, the case that will determine whether tax credits being paid in at least 34 states without their own exchanges are legal. If the Supreme Court makes the administration follow the letter of the law, billions of dollars of federal tax credits will continue to flow to 16 states, but not the rest. This will result in a political crisis giving Congress and President Obama the opportunity to fix the worst aspects of Obamacare.
Here is one suggestion: Remove Obamacare's rule forbidding accurate premiums by age. The difference in rates between young adults and older ones can be no greater than three to one. The actuarial consensus is that average health spending for 63-year-olds is five times that of 22-year-olds. However, instead of reducing premiums for older applicants, the rule dramatically increases premiums for younger ones.
John R. Graham is a former Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute.
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The Downsides to Biden's Plan for Free College Tuition
What Will the Stimulus Stimulate?


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Fashion rental startup Armoire aims to reimagine the dressing room experience at new pop-up store in Seattle
7:41pm, 27th March, 2019
Armoire CEO Ambika Singh in front of the company's new pop-up store. (Armoire Photos) aims to help women access new clothes without having to enter a physical store. But now the Seattle startup is testing a brick-and-mortar strategy to compliment its online fashion rental service. Armoire will open its first pop-up location this week in downtown Seattle, taking over an old Sprint retail store and using it as a place for members to learn about new clothes and styles. Armoire CEO Ambika Singh and Lili Morton, community development, inside the company's new store. Starting at $149 per month, the 3-year-old company ships designer clothes to customers who can swap out the items at any time or purchase them at a discounted rate. The pop-up store will allow new and existing members to try on clothes, experiment with different styles, and take home anything without pulling out their wallet. It will be open seven days a week and staffed by Armoire employees and stylists. Armoire CEO Ambika Singh told GeekWire that the company aims to improve the dressing room experience, which she said "has historically been a negative experience for women." "We set ourselves up for failure as soon as we walk into that room," she said. "With guidance from Armoire staff and stylists, we hope to create a shift where women instead see everything they love about themselves. We're creating an environment where women choose self-confidence in the dressing room and in life, by armoring them with clothes they feel great in." The startup also hopes that because the clothing is rental and "temporary," its service will help women stop agonizing over size and body perception in a relaxed gathering place, which was designed by Fernish, a furniture rental startup that . "Our hope is that members come to think of this space as home — dropping in for a new item or just a chat," Singh said. Armoire follows a similar playbook to Rent the Runway, the 10-year-old New York City-based company that was recently at nearly $800 million. Rent the Runway also operates physical locations; it its fifth store last year. Starting with digital and expanding to physical is also a recent retail strategy used by Amazon, which built a massive online e-commerce business and now has several brick-and-mortar locations, including Whole Foods stores and Amazon bookstores. Speaking of Amazon, the Seattle-based tech giant is also testing new ways to help people buy clothes. It recently rolled out a try-before-you-buy service . Armoire has raised $4.2 million from investors such as Zulily co-founder Darrell Cavens; Foot Locker exec Vijay Talwar; and a number of female backers who decided to invest after first becoming customers. They include Sheila Gulati of Tola Capital, former Drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore, and Angela Taylor of Efeste.
Dressed with data: Seattle fashion rental startup Armoire uses curation to change how women buy clothes
1:53pm, 26th February, 2019
The Armoire team has grown from four to 28 in the past two years. (Armoire Photo) If has its way, women can say goodbye to cluttered closets and hundreds of wasted hours shopping for clothes. The Seattle startup is picking up traction with its monthly subscription clothing rental service geared toward professional women. Starting at $149 per month, the 3-year-old company lets customers rent designer clothes and exchange for something new at any time. If they like something enough, members can purchase items at a discounted rate. At an event this past Thursday at Ada's Technical Books in Seattle, the company lifted the hood on its tech-fueled recommendation engine that powers Armoire's user experience. "We're not really like a fashion company," , co-founder of Armoire who leads engineering, told the crowd on Thursday. "We are more like a data company." Armoire follows a similar playbook to Rent the Runway, the 10-year-old New York City-based company that was recently at nearly $800 million. Its rental business model is built on buying from brands at wholesale prices, constantly shuffling clothes in and out of its dry cleaning warehouse below The Riveter in Capitol Hill. Armoire aims to be cheaper than hiring a wardrobe consultant and more efficient than browsing through racks at various stores. But what makes the company stand out, according to co-founder and CEO , is technology. "[Rent the Runway] has really not taken advantage of the fact that they can service customers better through curation," she said. "We call it the hunter-gatherer method — women are still tasked with digging through literally the entire Rent the Runway inventory." Inside the curation process (Armoire Photo) At a basic level, Armoire aims to match people with clothes they want to wear — a task that sounds simple, but is actually quite complex due to varying individual preferences for style, fit, and other needs. Armoire's recommendation algorithms are based on vectors that represent both customer preferences and item attributes (brand, color, tightness, occasion, etc.). The technology multiplies those vectors to determine strength of correlation between the two datasets, and ultimately to figure out what to show customers in their virtual closet. Owen called it a "big matrix multiplication problem." (Armoire Photo) The vectors can be plotted as arrows on an axis. In the example below, since the customer vector is close to the green dress, that would be a good match. The more data Armoire collects from customer feedback, the better its recommendation algorithms work. It also analyzes information such as the temperature in a given zip code to help drive the curation process. "There are a lot of holes we need to fill in to truly understand what your style and fit preferences need, and how that translates into a digital product that you can actually interact with," said Miriam Subbiah, head of product at Armoire. A sample package of rented clothing from Armoire. (Armoire Photo) Yet despite the push for more automation, Armoire also provides in-house stylists that can help when algorithms can't complete the job. "There is always a human element to fashion," Owen said. From buying to renting (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The traditional way women shop for clothing is broken. That's been the thesis ever since Singh and Owen first launched Armoire while at MIT's accelerator program. Ambika Singh got the idea for Armoire when she was working on her MBA at MIT. (Armoire Photo) "We're trying to change the relationship with clothes from owning to renting," Singh said. Sustainability, efficiency, and risk are core tenets of Armoire. Singh said that 20 percent of new garments sit in a closet and are never actually worn, instead ending up in a landfill. She also said women spend more than 200 hours shopping every year. "It's an extraordinary amount of time in terms of the productive hours that could translate to," Singh said. "We really want to be a one-stop shop for her, and because of the power of curation, we are able to do that." The CEO added that women can tend to fall into pattern wearing, or using the same clothes over and over because of wardrobe risk aversion. "Renting clothes gives you an opportunity to step outside what is standard for you on an individual consumer basis," Singh said. "That is a really powerful experience." Armoire has "thousands" of customers, with 40 percent of members living in Seattle, Singh said. The target market is professional women in the 30 to 50 year old range — a group that Singh said "has largely been ignored by the market yet is so important to the economy." Amy Nelson, CEO of The Riveter, the Seattle-based women-focused co-working space company where Armoire is based, is a big fan of the service. Nelson said she started using Armoire after welcoming her third daughter, noting it was "perfect for that post-baby period when my size was fluctuating." Now that Nelson is pregnant again, she's excited that Armoire recently expanded its inventory to offer maternity clothes. "My time is my scarcest resource and Armoire allows me to change up my wardrobe on the fly — and do away with dry cleaning entirely," she told GeekWire. Subbiah, the company's product leader, noted how Armoire looks at fit "not as size but how people like the garment to actually drape on them." "We know that size is constantly in flux," she explained. "If a service like Armoire can actually understand that and support that instead of inhibiting it — that's super liberating to me. It's a much more positive way of thinking about sizing and interacting with clothing, than trying to fit in a numeric standard. It's not a fashion-first approach but it's something we can do because of the data." From left to right: Armoire Head of Product Miriam Subbiah; Co-founder Zach Owen; and Lili Morton, community development. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Rent the Runway originally started as a rental service for party wear but now earns a bulk of revenue from its Unlimited program, which launched two years ago and, like Armoire, aims "to solve the problem of what to wear to work, for everyone from new hires to C-suite executives," according to a story from October. "Unlimited frees mental space for women to think about more important matters: what to say in that big meeting; how to describe their employment history in a crucial job interview; how to, in the grand scheme of their professional lives, get ahead," wrote Times reporter Sheila Marikar. Other startups trying to disrupt how we buy clothes include Stitch Fix, which went public in 2017 and is valued at $2.7 billion. And just down the road from Armoire's office sits Amazon, a tech giant that recent rolled out a try-before-you-buy service . "Our differentiation from Stitch Fix is that we offer variety to our customers through the rental model," Singh noted. "We're also high end contemporary from an inventory perspective — average MSRP is $250-plus — and we strive to work with women owned and ethical fashion brands." Armoire has raised $4.2 million from investors such as Zulily co-founder Darrell Cavens; Foot Locker exec Vijay Talwar; and a number of female backers who decided to invest after first becoming customers. They include Sheila Gulati of Tola Capital, former Drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore, and Angela Taylor of Efeste. The company is currently raising more investment.


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MediaGuardian: ITV suspending ITN news on website
MediaGuardian reports:
"ITV is to suspend carrying news supplied by ITN on its website from next month after ending its contract, resulting in the loss of five journalists from the content supplier.
"ITN On, the division of the TV news producer that supplies video and text to websites and mobile internet services, will stop supplying content to the ITV website on 22 July."
Full story at this link…
This entry was posted in Broadcasting, Editors' pick, Job losses, Jobs and tagged content supplier, ITN, ITN On, ITV, mobile internet services, news producer, the TV news, TV news producer on June 29, 2009 by Judith Townend.
#Digital Britain: Ten good links
Yesterday it arrived: the final version of the Digital Britain report. Landline users among us will have to sacrifice around three lattes a year to meet the 50p a month levy for the Next Generation Fund.
Director of digital content for Guardian News & Media, Emily Bell, asked, via Twitter, for two words to sum it up other than 'colossal disappointment'. An advanced Twitter search showed these responses from her followers: 'as expected,' 'damp squib,' 'disappointingly colossal,' 'wasted chance' and 'too cautious'. However, Bell is now worried she might have been 'too negative' in her reaction – but that could just be her going soft, she says.
Ten good links*:
1. Universal access of 2 Mbps by 2012, but will it be achievable, asks the Guardian's Jemima Kiss.
2. ThinkBroadband's summary. It's clear and rectifies misunderstandings that might arise from second-hand summaries of the report.
3. Ben Bradshaw's announcement in the House of Commons, ITN video on YouTube.
4. No word on Channel 4 or BBC Worldwide partnership, as reported by Paul McNally on the Press Gazette blog.
5. PageFlakes page with related links for Digital Britain content: including video, Twitter and blog searches.
6. Bill Thompson's thoughts, also here on the BBC's pages.
7. The BBC opposes top-slicing of the licence fee for independent news consortia, stated by the Trust's chair Michael Lyons in a BBC press release.
8. The paidContent:UK overall verdict is 7/10. Read it a bullet-point summary on the new-look site.
9. OFT report on local and regional media ownership rules released to coincide with Digital Britain report. Nothing will change. It's a decision welcomed by the National Union of Journalists.
10. Oh, and the report itself, at this link.
*with an extra two, for luck.
This entry was posted in Editors' pick, Events, Journalism and tagged BBC Worldwide partnership, Ben Bradshaw, Bill Thompson, Chair, director of digital content, Emily Bell, House of Commons, ITN, Jemima Kiss, local and regional media ownership rules, Michael Lyons, National Union, Next Generation Fund, Paul McNally, pence, The Guardian, Twitter, YouTube on June 17, 2009 by Judith Townend.
Amnesty International Media Awards winners in full
Here are the winners from last night's Amnesty International Media Awards; nominees and judges were reported here. The awards, designed to recognise 'excellence in human rights reporting', feature ten categories spread across print, broadcast and online journalism.
Gaby Rado Memorial Award
Aleem Maqbool, BBC News
International Television & Radio
World's Untold Stories: The Forgotten People, CNN, Dan Rivers and Mary Rogers
Nations & Regions
The Fight for Justice, The Herald Magazine by Lucy Adams
MI5 and the Torture Chambers of Pakistan, The Guardian by Ian Cobain
Kenya: The Cry of Blood – Extra Judicial Killings and Disappearances, Wikileaks, Julian Assange
Periodicals – consumer magazines
The 'No Place for Children' campaign, New Statesman, Sir Al Aynsley Green, and Gillian Slovo
Periodicals – newspaper supplements
Why do the Italians Hate Us? The Observer Magazine, Dan McDougall and Robin Hammond
No One Much Cares, Newsweek, Eugene Richards
Forgotten: The Central African Republic, BBC Radio 4 – Today Programme, Edward Main, Ceri Thomas, Mike Thomson
Television documentary and docu-drama
Dispatches: Saving Africa's Witch Children, Channel 4 / Red Rebel Films / Southern Star Factual, Mags Gavan, Joost Van der Valk, Alice Keens-Soper, Paul Woolwich
Kiwanja Massacre: Congo, Channel 4 News / ITN, Ben De Pear, Jonathan Miller, Stuart Webb and Robert Chamwami
This year's Special Award for Journalism Under Threat was awarded to Eynulla Fәtullayev, from Azerbaijan.
This entry was posted in Events, Journalism, Press freedom and ethics and tagged africa, Al Aynsley Green, Alice Keens-Soper, Amnesty International, amnesty international media awards, Azerbaijan, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 4, Ben De Pear, Central African Republic, Channel 4 News, CNN, Congo, consumer magazines, Dan McDougall, Dan Rivers, Edward Main, Eugene Richards, Gillian Slovo, Ian Cobain, ITN, Jonathan Miller, Joost Van der Valk, julian assange, Kenya, Lucy Adams, Mary Rogers, Mike Thomson Television, New Statesman, Newsweek, Online Journalism, Pakistan, Paul Woolwich Television, press freedom, Red Rebel Films, Robert Chamwami, Robin Hammond, Southern Star, Statesman, Stuart Webb, The Guardian, The Herald, The Herald Magazine, The Observer Magazine on June 3, 2009 by Judith Townend.
ITN launches iPhone news app
ITN has launched a free news application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
It is the first, video-focused news application created for the Apple products and its special offline function allows users to access UK, world and sports news when they are out of wifi range, according to a press release from ITN.
"News is one of the biggest services on handsets and ITN has built a great reputation as a provider of high quality videojournalism on mobile," said Nicholas Wheeler, managing director of multimedia division ITN On, in the release.
The application is available to download at the iTunes' store – and at time of writing is the seventh most downloaded free news app from iTunes.
FT.com is also looking to tap into the iPhone market with plans to introduce a new site for the handset.
This entry was posted in Mobile and tagged apple, Apple iPod Touch Portable Audio Device, director of multimedia division ITN On, FT.com, iPhone, ITN, ITN On, iTunes Application store, managing director of multimedia division, Nicholas Wheeler, recent iPhone product, United Kingdom on February 9, 2009 by Catherine Jones.
Rebekah Wade's first public speech in full
If the Wordle and other coverage isn't enough, here's the Hugh Cudlipp speech by the editor of the Sun, Rebekah Wade, in full [note: may have differed very slightly in actual delivery]:
The challenging future of national and regional newspapers is now the staple diet of media commentators.
If you have been reading the press writing about the press you'd all be forgiven for questioning your choice of career.
I'm not denying we're in a tough place – we are.
But I don't want to use this speech to make grand statements on the future of our industry.
I want to talk to you about journalism.
This entry was posted in Events, Journalism, Newspapers and tagged advertising revenue, Afghanistan, associated newspapers, Barak Obama, BBC, Becky, camp Bastian, car crash, case law, Charles, Daily Star, deputy editor, digital cameras, distinguished chair, Ed Balls, Eddie Shah, editor, executive, Family Liaison officer, farmer, GBP, Geoff Hurst, George Pascoe, George Pascoe Watson, Germany, Helmut Haller, Help, High Court, Hugh Cudlipp, Inexplicably Mike, Iraq, ITN, ITV, journalist, kabul, Major, Matt Drudge, Max Mosley, media commentariat, media commentators, media outlet, Mike Payne, Moon pub, Munchausen syndrome, News International, News of the World, newspaper advertising revenues, newspaper editor, pence, Perez Hilton, political editor, Portsmouth, Press Complaints Commission, Prime Minister, Prince, privacy law, Professor, Rebekah Wade, Rome, Roy Whiting, Royal Military, Sara Payne, Sarah Payne, Secretary, Sergeant, short haul travel, Sky News, Spain, Sundance, Sunday Times, Sunny Blackpool, Taliban, Terry Leahy, Tesco, The Daily Mail, the Daily Star, The Guardian, The Mirror, the News of the World, the Press Complaints Commission, The Prime Minister, The Sun, The Sun. Sky News, the Sunday Times, the Telegraph, The Telegraph Group, The Times, the World Cup, Twogood, United Kingdom, Victor Burnett, Wayne Rooney, world cup, Yasser Arafat on January 27, 2009 by Judith Townend.
That DEC Gaza Crisis appeal video the BBC would not show…
This entry was posted in Broadcasting, Multimedia and tagged BBC, Channel 4 News, DEC, Disasters Emergency Committee, Gaza, ITN, Sky on January 26, 2009 by John Thompson.
BBC and Sky News abstain from DEC Gaza appeal; Al Jazeera and Number 10 site show support
The BBC has been on the receiving end this weekend of some fairly heavy criticism for not broadcasting an appeal from the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) for donations to help people in the Gaza region.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, a group of 50 MPs launching an Early Day Motion, 11,000 viewers and protestors outside Broadcasting House have urged the corporation to reconsider its stance.
"What we're not going to do is run a free-standing appeal on our airwaves. We do want to cover the humanitarian story, we want to cover it in our news programmes where we can put it in context and we can do it in a careful, balanced objective way," said director-general Mark Thompson on BBC Breakfast.
Thompson also explained the decision via the BBC Editors Blog.
Sky News joined the broadcaster today in saying it will not show the DEC message – following up the announcement with an online debate with foreign news head Adrian Wells.
But elsewhere Al Jazeera will run public service announcements relating to the campaign from today and the 10 Downing St website is carrying a news release and link to the DEC site.
Meanwhile Tony Benn used an appearance on the Today programme to mention the appeal despite the BBC's stance.
As such, there's an argument that the BBC's refusal to broadcast the charity's appeal is generating even more coverage for it.
Blogger Martin Belam points out that an info box on DEC is carried on several pages of bbc.co.uk.
"Depending on where you stand, the BBC decision over the DEC appeal is either a fig-leaf to cover a previous lack of impartiality, evidence that the BBC will do absolutely anything to appease their Israeli masters, or a cunning ruse to to gain even more publicity for the appeal than merely broadcasting it ever would have done," writes Belam.
As such, what is inarguable is the heated response that any coverage of the Gaza situation by the BBC will receive and the disagreement it will cause, says Belam.
A lose-lose situation for the Beeb?
UPDATE: The video has now been aired on ITN and you can view it here.
This entry was posted in Journalism, Press freedom and ethics and tagged Adrian Wells, Archbishop, BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, Canterbury, Director General, Disasters Emergency Committee, foreign news head, Gaza, ITN, Mark Thompson, Martin Belam, online debate, Sky News, Tony Benn on January 26, 2009 by Laura Oliver.
Telegraph's Ed Roussel on outsourcing: Newspapers need to focus on what they do best
Confirming the Telegraph's plans to outsource some of its sub-editing operation to Australia in comments on Jeff Jarvis' blog, Ed Roussel, digital editor of Telegraph Media Group, made the following statement:
"Reducing the cost of manufacturing and distribution is an imperative for any newspaper group that is determined to remain profitable, as we are (…) The principle holds true on the digital side. ITN creates our video content, providing quality and value that we would struggle to generate internally; Brightcove handles our video distribution; Google powers our search; Escenic provides our web publishing tool; we use software developers in Bulgaria and India.
"Newspaper-web companies should focus internal resource on what they do best: creating premium editorial content."
Similar to Jarvis' own mantra of 'do what you do best and link to the rest', Roussel's 'outsource the rest' makes sense in a journalism industry where partnerships and collaboration, especially online, seem to be the way forward.
So, outsourcing – not all bad?
This entry was posted in Journalism, Newspapers and tagged Australia, Bulgaria, digital editor, Ed Roussel, google, India, ITN, Jeff Jarvis, manufacturing, newspaper, Outsourcing, software developers, Telegraph Media Group, web publishing, web publishing tool on January 13, 2009 by Laura Oliver.
ITN maps news items with Google mash-up
British news company ITN has started to develop Google Maps to its advantage: a new mashed-up map of its news stories uses Google Gears Geolocation API to determine the user's location and provide them with geographically relevant news.
The site provides a map with pinpoint flags highlighting the location that a particular news item is related to. All the user has to do is click on the individual flag and read on for the full story.
The reader can change the destination to view worldwide stories, while also being able to access archive stories stretching back to the previous month.
Website mibly.com has also used Google Maps, on this instance, working in conjunction with BBC iPlayer, tagging where a certain programme was located, allowing UK residents to view the selected show by clicking on a flag.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged API, BBC, google, ITN, Mapping, mibly.com, United Kingdom on October 27, 2008 by Stuart Goodwin.
MediaGuardian: IRN swaps ITN for Sky News
Independent Radio News (IRN), supplier of news to commercial radio stations, has ended its partnership with ITN after 16 years and signed up Sky News.
This entry was posted in Broadcasting, Editors' pick and tagged ITN, Sky News on October 16, 2008 by Laura Oliver.


Nollywood actress and producer, Genevieve Nnaji lauded Israel Adesanya for winning the UFC middleweight interim belt.
The Lionheart producer took to her Instagram page to celebrate the Nigerian on his victory as he defeated his American opponent Kelvin Gastelum twice in the main event of the UFC 236 and claimed the UFC interim middleweight title on Sunday morning.
Also, Popular Nigerian music artiste, Davido also congratulated Adesanya and thank him for making the nation proud.
Concise News reported that the Nigerian was announced the winner via unanimous decision in an epic five-round fight that would go down as a classic.
Adesanya (17-0) repeatedly dropped a bloody Gastelum late in a savage Round 5 en route to a unanimous decision (48-46, 48-46, 48-46) following a see-saw battle that left the State Farm Arena crowd in hysterics on its feet.