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University Challenge 2019 - Round One Heat 2 - Emmanuel, Cambridge v. Glasgow University
Emmanuel, Cambridge v. Glasgow
Hello again, Dearly Beloved, and how was your week? Mine? Well, to be honest, pretty good, thanks for asking. Start of the school summer holidays is always a time for celebration. So, who would be celebrating after this second heat? First off we had Connor Macdonald, Vedanth Nair, Ben Harris and skipper Daniella Cugini, representing Emmanuel, Cambridge. Their opponents were Glasgow University, in the shape of Lewis Barn, Freya Whiteford, Cameron Herbert, and captain James Hampson. If these two teams could provide as good a match as we'd been served up in the first heat, then I wouldn't be complaining.
5 letter word – symphonic poem by Mussorgsky. That was enough to give me night for the first starter, and a poem by Auden and painting by Rembrandt saw James Hampson win the buzzer race. This earned Glasgow a set of bonuses on Heligoland, of which we both took a brace. Ben Harris opened Emma's account, recognising a definition of the word metabolism. Renaissance court painters provided a relatively tricky set of which they took 1. Both Lewis Barn and I took a flier on the next, offering Alfred Hitchcock for a film maker born in London in 1899. Nobel laureates in Chemistry saw me set off around the living room for being able to dredge up the name of Dorothy Hodgkin. A couple of correct answers saw Glasgow extend their lead. So to the picture round. We saw the island of New Guinea, and the first to identify it was Connor Macdonald. More international islands whose territory is divided between two or more nations saw Emma take an impressive full house. I felt that identifying St. Martin's – which I couldn't – was particularly good. Connor Macdonald took a second consecutive starter, coming in early to identify the playwright and actor Sam Shepard. The Hindu goddess Durga didn't necessarily promise a great deal, but gave me a full house to Emma's one. Now, when the words – in a mathematical magic square – passed JP's lips for the next starter, I thought that there was no chance of me getting it. In desperation, after JP had read out 8 numbers, I said 5 which was the only one he hadn't mentioned. Lewis Barn buzzed in with the same number. It was right. Flabbergasted enough to break my 'too old for more than one lap of honour per show' rule, when I sat back down Glasgow had taken 1 bonus on animal names which comprise of two other animal names, for example raccoon dog. This had the effect of levelling the scores at 55 apiece on the ten minute mark.
Daniella Cugini recognised that Myron was the sculptor of the Discobolus, and buzzed in early to earn bonuses on photographic self portraits. We both ook two bonuses, missing out on Cindy Sherman (altogether now – also known as Cindy Who in Lam Towers). Lewis Barn buzzed in early to supply us with the term bionic, in a question which alluded to the 10 year old me's favourite TV show, the Six Million Dollar Man. 6 million dollars. Today that'd maybe get you half a bionic fingertip. The solar system bonuses saw captain James Hampson at one point say one of my favourite quiz observations – 'I don't even understand the question'. They still took a bonus. A really lovely UC special question alluded to the word byte in the middle of Presbyterian. Freya Whiteford zigged with bit, allowing Vedanth Nair to zag with byte. A set on German political parties gave Emmanuel a full house, putting them into triple figures as we headed to the music starter. The unique tones of Debbie Harry singing about a chap called Dennis allowed James Hampson to buzz in with Blondie. Three more songs by anglophone acts including refrains or interludes from other languages saw Glasgow take a timely full house, and thus earn the much prized Paxman well done. The next starter, about the insect order dermaptera, was one of those which suddenly becomes obvious, and this time it was Connor Macdonald who won the buzzer race to identify earwigs. An impressive full house on optimism followed. Asked for the political office held by John Aislabie who was found guilty of corruption in promoting the South Sea company- Chancellor of the Exchequer was always going to be worth a punt, and the first to take the opportunity was Cameron Herbert. Bonuses on physics gave Glasgow a full house – and I answered Joule for a Lancashire born physicist, but declined the third lap of honour this offered me. Vedanth Nair came in too early for the Appalachians – the American Mountain range including various named series of hills, losing five, but James Hampson couldn't capitalise, zigging with the Rockies. The big clue was the mention of the Shenandoah. Neither team could quite dredge up the Royal Academy of Arts for the next starter. Now – how about this. The next starter asked "A letter of the Swedish alphabet is the official symbol used to measure wavelengths – and at this point I came up with Angstrom, literally as Freya Whiteford was buzzing in to offer the same answer. Yes, dearly beloved – for me an unprecedented fourth lap of honour worthy answer in the same show. National trails in England and Wales failed to provide them with any further points. This mean that right on the cusp of the 20 minute mark Glasgow held a slender lead of 130 – 120. What a good match.
The second starter showed us a still of the character Alan Partridge. The time it took for either team to buzz suggested that we at home got to see the photo several seconds before they did. James Hampson won that buzzer race. Stills from three more TV series created or co created by the great Armando Ianucci saw Glasgow take a full house – I should think so too. The Glasgow skipper took another flier for the next starter, knowing that the piers and Brighton and Aberystwyth are particularly known for their populations of starlings. English words of Arabic origin saw Glasgow take two. Even if they didn't get another answer all night, their score of 175 would surely see them into the repechage round at the very least. Both teams thought for a moment before Vedanth Nair gave us Egypt and Saudi Arabia as the two countries either side of the Red Sea through which the Tropic of Cancer passes. Good shout, that. Bonuses on British royalty brought 2 bonuses, and for the second week running it looked as if both teams on show would have a good chance of playing a second match. Freya Whiteford took a flier with plankton for the next starter and lost five. She was unlucky since within a second or two it became obvious that the creatures being described were jellyfish. Ben Harris took that one. Hans Sloane (was he a bit of a square? I'm here all week, ladies and gents.) gave Emmanuel two bonuses and reduced the gap between the teams to just ten points. Cameron Herbert identified David Hockney as the subject of a 2017 retrospective exhibition for the next starter. Winter and poets only yielded five points, which meant that the teams would be all square if Emma could take a full house on the next set. Instead Ben Harris lost five, but can't be blamed for slinging buzzer at this stage of the game. James Hampson couldn't capitalise, neither team giving the sought after term of glycine. The musical term alla tedesca means after the style of the people of Germany. How did I manage to guess that? Well, in my youth I was known to read the odd war comic, and distinctly remember times when the German soldiers were called 'Tedeschi'. Sad. Neither team guessed that one. Now, the fact that Hardy's novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" takes its title from a line in Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" is a bit of an old chestnut, meant I was a little surprised that both teams rather sat on their buzzers before Daniela Cugini buzzed in with the right answer. Wars fought by the Brits in Asia saw them take two very quick bonuses, though it was interesting to see Ben Harris seemingly advising his excitable skipper to exercise a little caution at this stage. With a ten point gap and at most a couple of minutes to go, it really was squeaky bum time. The unflappable Glasgow skipper was first to buzz in with the term distal for the next starter. Bonuses on Michael Vaughan pushed them to 200. Emmanuel could still tie the scores with a full house, but was there enough time? No. We were gonged halfway through a Jane Austen starter.
Well played both teams, that was a great match. Emmanuel must have an excellent chance of a repechage play off with 175 points. As for Glasgow, congratulations on a fine performance. Best of luck in the second round.
Right then Jez, since you insist on correcting perfectly good answers, here's a correction for you. You asked for a 6 LETTER TERM. Lewis Barn correctly answered Bionic. "BIONICS, yes" you replied. Jez, for heaven's sake, count the number of letters in bionics. That's just embarrassing.
When weighing up options for one of the optimism bonuses Emmanuel decided that Schopenhauer was 'a bit miserable' and when offered this as an answer, JP replied , "Correct – a very miserable man indeed." Altogether now – takes one to know one, Jezza.
Brit Frederick Sanger is the only person so far to have won two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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University Challenge 2019 - Round One - Heat One - Warwick v. Exeter
Yippee! It's mid-July, and University Challenge is back. The 2018 series after a dodgy start proved to be an absolute cracker. Here's hoping the latest edition will prove to be so too, and if it can do so with fewer first round mismatches, so much the better. Now, I may be wrong, but I fancy that this might well be JP's 25th year of presenting the show, in which case it sees him equal the great Bamber Gascoigne's run in the show's original incarnation. Many congratulations if that is the case.
And so to business. First up we had the universities of Warwick and Exeter. I've never been fortunate enough to visit the University of Warwick but had a wonderful day a couple of months ago where a party of my pupils were hosted by Exeter University for the day, and a most beautiful place it is. Warwick were represented by Emily Wolfenden, Jacopo Sartori, Robert Gowers and captain Ben Beardsley. Exeter's team were Simon Waitland, Will Klintworth, Jessica Brown and their skipper Danny Lay.
The first starter gave us several clues to the word fever. The last being the 1977 film whose soundtrack features 'Stayin' Alive', Jacopo Sartori got the right film, but the wrong word with night. This allowed the Exeter skipper in. He earned bonuses on words marked 'origin unascertained' in the OED. Exeter took the first two, but for the last they zigged with Tory when they should have zagged with Whig. The next starter asked for the name of a ship. As soon as it mentioned setting out in 1831 I took a flier with HMS Beagle. Moments later Will Klintworth did the same just before JP was about to give us the name of Robert Fitzroy. Right – here we go. The next question gave us the first (very mildly) controversial moment of the series. Asked for the French artist who depicted the oath of the tennis court amongst other things, Exeter answered Jean-Jacques David. JP awarded them the point, although he took care to correct them that the painter's name was actually Jacques Louis David. "Yes, David is correct – it was Jacques Louis in fact." OK, now, to the best of my knowledge there's no internationally accepted hard and fast written set of rules for quizzing. But what I've observed I many if not most of the quizzes that I've played in is that UNLESS the forename is specifically asked for in the question, then the surname alone is acceptable for an answer. However, EVEN IF the question does not ask for the forename, if the player chooses to give the forename and gives it incorrectly, then even if the surname is correct the answer is adjudged wrong. – AS I say, there's no hard and fast set of written rules which applies to all quizzes, and not every quiz that I've played in follows this convention. I mention it though because it sets a precedent, and if it's allowed in this question, then in the interests of fairness it should be allowed throughout the series. – OK, 1 – 2 -3 we're back in the room and out of pedantry corner. Exeter took the full house on David. Did you know that mebi denotes 2 to the power of 20 – I think? Me neither, and nor did either team, with Warwick losing five for an early buzz. For the next starter I took a flier on tall tree like grasses of Asia being bamboo, meaning that the only two consonants in the word were b and m. Other clues bore this out. Emily Wolfenden was first in to wipe out the Warwick deficit. Physics and astronomy gave me nowt but Warwick took 10 points. So to the picture starter and , wonder of wonders, something I actually know a little about in Science, the periodic table. We were shown a small section and asked to work out the missing element. "Gallium!" I shouted, and set out on my lap of honour, before hurriedly sitting down again as Danny Lay gave the correct answer of Germanium. I was one out. Still, I took a full house of bonuses of more of the same. You can bet your life I completed my lap of honour then. Ben Beardsley atoned for losing five on the previous starter by coming in very early to identify a Fresnel lens for the next starter. Economics and economists did nothing for me, nor for Warwick for that matter. This left the score at 65 to 20 in Exeter's favour at just after the ten minute mark.
I knew that it was Gore Vidal who coined the term The United States of Amnesia. Neither team twitched until JP mentioned Myra Breckinridge, which saw Will Klintworth buzz in for the points. This gave Exeter bonuses on Chien-Shiung Wu (yes, quite right, also known as CHien-Siung Who? in LAM Towers) . Doesn't matter – I still got Uranium 235 and 238. I'm too old for two laps of honour, but for me it was worth one. Exeter took two bonuses to my one. I knew that the Glomma is a river in Norway though, which neither team did. Fair play to Ben Beardsley of Warwick, though. He had answered Angels in America for the next question while I was just starting to process the question. Albums of Bob Dylan should have given me more, but I only managed the first and last. Warwick took one bonus. The Warwick skipper clearly had the bit between his teeth when he took the starter knowing something about calculus to which the answer was lambada – sorry - lamda. Fair enough. Biology answers beginning with the letters co – gave Warwick a couple of correct answers, and me an unexpected full house. Cotyledon? Really? Where the hell did I dredge that answer from? No idea. So to the music starter. Now, played part of a symphony I thought – sounds like 20th century, which for me narrows it down to two composers – Stravinsky and Shostakovitch. I zigged with Stravinsky, while Danny Lay knew it was Shostakovitch. More classical works with a title or nickname taken from the name of a city. I recognised the first two, but missed Haydn's London symphony, as did Exeter. Now, for the next starter, after the date of birth, and the fact he started as a Conservative MP, then an Independent, then became a Labour MP I confidently asserted it was Oswald Moseley. As JP was halfway through mentioning the British Union of Fascists, Robert Gowers came in with the correct answer. Place names beginning with Ak gave Warwick two correct answers and me one. Danny Lay pounced on the next starter knowing the founders of the video game company Valve. Performers who are also Companions of Honour saw the funniest moment of the show, as Exeter offered Mick Jagger when the answer was Dame Vera Lynn. Which reminds me of a nice story. When jazz legend George Melly once remarked on Jagger's growing number of crow's feet, he replied that they were laughter lines. Quick as a flash Melly retorted "Nothing's that funny!" No? Well, please yourselves. They failed to take either of the other bonuses on offer. Right then, ladies and gents. Believe it or not I had a third lap of honour-worthy answer when I supplied the word organelle just before Ben Beardsley did for the next starter. I only knew it through past editions of UC. Aquatic ecology provided both of us with just the one correct answer. Neither team knew that the 1946 Peace Constitution was that of Japan – I thought that one was guessable if you didn't know it. Still, on the cusp of the 20 minute mark the scores stood at 115 to 85 to Exeter. They'd looked well in control in the first 10 minutes, but now we certainly had a game on our hands. Good show.
A rush of blood to the head saw Will Klintworth lose five for suggesting the Brownlee Brothers won medals in the decathlon. This allowed Ben Beardsley in for triathlon. Medical radio isotopes promised me but little, still I managed the second. Warwick took the last. The second picture round saw the impressive Warwick skipper provide the title of a painting – The Last Judgement – all the time shaking his head as he did so. More paintings on the same subject brought just 5 more points. Emily Wolfenden buzzed early to identify Tchaikovsky's words about Rome and Juliet. Bonuses on British History and specifically Princes of Wales were all gettable, and they managed two. That set had put Warwick into the lead for the first time in the match with just 5 minutes remaining. I was impressed with the way Simon Waitland identified the Oystercatcher from its description and the fact it is the national bird of the Faroe Islands. The musician and performer Wendy Carlos (yes, alright, Wendy Who? in LAM Towers), gave Exeter a timely full house. Both teams were tied, and this was turning into an excellent match. Warwick looked in trouble when Jacopo Sartori took a flyer that Warsaw was the city being described for the next starter. It lost them five, and let in Will Klintworth with Krakow. ("KRAKOFF is correct" sniffed Jex). Microbiology offered a chance to stretch the elastic between themselves and Warwick, but they failed to add to their score. None of us had a clue about a Leclanche cell for the next starter. The next one was a buzzer race, though, with Emily Wolfenden the first to work out that the capital of the US State named after Elizabeth I is Richmond. One bonus to tie the scores – any more and Warwick would lead. The Islamic Calendar gave them 10 points, and a sender lead. With only a minute to go, it looked like it would all come down to the next starter. Quite rightly Will Klintworth gambled on speed – but his answer was wide of the mark. Robert Gowers gave the correct name, the Italian mathematician Peano, and bonuses on Romantic poets and birds took their score to 165. Even a full house for Exeter would only tie the teams again now. On a flag starter I was pleased I could identify Rwanda, as did Danny Lay. I reckon that could be an important answer. We were gonged before they could answer a bonus, so it didn't mean that Exeter won. However, 150 makes them more likely to take a repechage slot than 140 would have. Warwick's 165 though put them through as of right.
Well played both teams. This is the kind of match we want to see and was a great start to the new series.
Hardly anything to report. He still corrects punctuation does Jez, though. When Warwick offered AYKron he replied somewhat pointedly, "ACKron, yes."
On the second picture bonuses, where Warwick came up with the sensible suggestion of Dore, he poopoohed this, "No it's William Blake - Very distinctive." Yeah, well, it's easy to say that when you've got the answer written down in front of you, Jez. Try it from the other side of the desk. Not so easy now, matey boy.
The OED lists the origin of the word tantrum as possibly deriving from a Welshman's mispronunciation of the word 'anthem'. (Personally, I think that's probably a load of cachu. If you don't speak Welsh, guess or look it up.)
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Q: How do I fetch the data from database and then post it This program will let you login first then what I need to do is to have something like edit their profile/info. I cannot fetch the data from the database, when I click the page for profile and nothing is shown.
MODEL
function login($username, $password) {
    $this->db->select('username, password');
    $this->db->from('tblsec');
    $this->db->where('username', $username);
    $this->db->where('password', MD5($password));
    $this->db->limit(1);

    $query = $this->db->get();

    if ($query->num_rows() == 1) {
        return $query->result();
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}
public function get_id($username) {
    $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * from tblsec WHERE username = '$username'");
    $r = $query->result();
    return $r;
}

VIEW
<?php foreach ($username as $user): ?>

        Name

            <?php echo $user->firstname; ?>  <?php echo $user->lastname; ?>

        Password

            **********

        Last Name

            <?php echo $user->lastname; ?>

        Email

            <?php echo $user->email; ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

CONTROLLER
function __construct() {
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load->model('secretary_model', '', TRUE);
    $this->load->library('form_validation');
    $this->load->helper('date');
}

public function index() {
    if ($this->session->userdata('logged_in')) {
        $this->header();
        $this->load->view('secretary/sec_login_view');
    } else {
        redirect('secretary/sec_login_view');
    }
}
public function profile() {
    if ($this->session->userdata('logged_in')) {
        $username = $this->session->userdata('username');
        $data['username'] = $this->secretary_model->get_ID($username);
        $this->header2();
        $this->load->view('secretary/secretary_profile', $data);
    } else {
        redirect('secretary/login', 'refresh');
    }
}

A: First of all, Make sure you have set the logged_in session, that will ensure that the user is logged in or not. Something like
// After checking the username and password
$this->session->set_userdata('logged_in', true);

Second If username or related data not found then return the false or appropriate error in model.
/**
 *@return mixed object|false
 */
function get_id($username) {
    $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * from tblsec WHERE username = '$username'");

    return $query->num_rows() > 0 ? $query->result() : false;
}

Then check in your view value in your view like this:
if( is_array($username) && count($username) > 0 ) {
    foreach ($username as $user):
        // Set data accordingly
    endforeach;
}
else {
    echo "Sorry! Related Data not found!";
}

Its a good approach to fetch and debug things accordingly.

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Hanaya En
Hanaya En manga
Tsubame-chan Chi no Kateinai Renai
From Rayns&Lele Scans: For the second son Takeda Yoh, love is to be able to choose "the one" who stands above all others, to choose the her who is the most precious to him, and the her who he wants to protect the most. He found love in Tsubame, an adopted sister, and everything was fine... ...until his two brothers confessed their feelings to Tsubame. It's time for her to make her choice. Who will be her precious "one"?"The only person who I can give happiness to... The only person who I like is..."
Genre: Romance, Shoujo, Harem
Chap 0 one shot (4 years ago)
Ookamitachi no Gohoubi
Sarashina Tsumugi is a new transfer student who is thrilled to finally be able to go to the school her mother graduated from. It's still summer break, but Tsumugi arrives at the school early for an assembly. Almost immediately after setting foot on campus, she encounters two guys and a girl arguing apparently fighting over a ring. The girl is trying to break up the argument, but her actions don't help much. In the scuffle, the ring goes flying through the air and lands down Tsumugi's uniform blouse! One of the guys pounces on Tsumugi, tearing her blouse open chasing after the ring! Shocked and horrified, Tsumugi slaps him, and desperately tries to covering herself. What is wrong with this school! Anger immediately sets in, and she yells at both guys, reprimanding them for their actions. Her anger is so fierce, that they immediately apologize. Tsumugi learns that these guys are cousins: Ibara Chitose and Ibara Hajime. Although Tsumugi has a bad impression of them, it turns out that Hajime and Chitose are extremely popular. They are even related to the school superintendent and currently serve as co-vice presidents of the student council! And whats this being super close? After the scene earlier she knows they are nothing but liars: they didn't get along AT ALL! Now at the morning assembly she hears her name being called, whats this!? Ibara Chitose, looking rather smug, has just declared that Tsumugi is their endorsed candidate for the next Student Council President! What will become of her peaceful school life!?
Genre: Romance, Shoujo, School Life, Ecchi
Nufu nufu no Shima
Yuu lives in Miyakoshima. She Wants to leave the island, but shes too worried about her slacker father. But one day...
Genre: Shoujo, Drama, One Shot
Honnou Chocolate
~From Zeroz ~A Combination of One Shot's ~Chocolat of Instict Ever since we were small, I've been good friends with Keigo, who's as cute as a girl. However, I started to be conscious of his body holding mine, his long and slender fingers, and his full lips... Before I knew it, my heart started to race for this cool Keigo... Hey, Keigo, what should I do with this feeling...? ~Little Devil Gelatto Sei was a playboy throughout middle school who did it with every girl. Then, the next day he would break that girls heart and leave. That changed when a girl he had done it with actually falls in love with him. ~Flower Trap "Under the wilting Cherry Tree, He laid a blanket of pink flowers." While I walked the cherry tree lined street i noticed him carrying a boquet of flowers. The flowers belonged to the girl he liked. Then why, did he give one to me? ~Substitute Camellia When i was confessed by him I was happy. I really loved him. Still, the pain of my brother getting married and going away hurt me. Is that why Kei thought he was a substitute?
Genre: Romance, Shoujo, One Shot
Chap 4 Vol 01Substitute Camellia (4 years ago)
Chap 3 Vol 01Flower Trap (4 years ago)
Chap 2 Vol 01Little Devil Gelatto (4 years ago)
Chap 1 Vol 01Chocolat of Instict (4 years ago)
Hanjuku Kajitsu
Dakishimete Ii desu ka
"I can't bear to be separated from you, because you're so cute." Because of Ushio's excellent grades, he is forced to leave his beloved girlfriend, Ruka, and go to Tokyo University. Ruka is very beautiful, but also a little stupid, and other men frequently mess around with her, so he is worried that someone might take her from him, but if their relationship turns into a long-distance one…
Asa Chun!
Living together with a boy under the same roof, approved by the parents!? Story 1: Asa Chun! The childhood friend she reunites with after 4 years has become super handsome!? And for one month, the two of them will be living together alone under the same roof!? Akane's daily life is going to be a string of heart-pounding situations and...!? Story 2: Ai ni Ikuyo (I'll Come See You) Yui who was so happy with her relationship with kouhei but unfortunately kouhei's family have gone bankrupt. He suddenly disappeared and the promise that they both kept to meet on the july 30th was broken. A year had passed and a letter came, saying it's kouhei's... will she finally met up with the boy she loved and promised to one more time? Story 3: Kinmoku Seishounen Syrup Story 4: Ame Tomuchi (The Carrot and the Stick)
Genre: Romance, Shoujo, Drama, School Life, Supernatural, Comedy
Harem 1

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Q: CULA multiGPU.c I'm trying to run CULA's multiGPU example but I get the following error. Did someone try the example and manage to get it to work? I have two GPUs on board.
[xxxx@xxxxxxxxxx multiGPU]$ ./multiGPU
Found 2 devices, will launch 2 threads
Thread 0 - Launched
Thread 0 - Binding to device 0
Thread 1 - Launched
Thread 1 - Binding to device 1
Thread 0 - CUDA Error:  exclusive-thread device already in use by a different thread (see Programmer's Guide)
Thread 1 - Allocating matrices
Thread 1 - Initializing CULA
Thread 1 - Calling culaSgeqrf
Thread 1 - Shutting down CULA
Thread 0 - Failed

A: I was able to reproduce this problem by setting the compute mode on a 2-GPU system to EXCLUSIVE_PROCESS and running the multiGPU example from CULA.
The problem is that the multiGPU process becomes bound to the GPU and prevents one of the threads spawned by pthreads from accessing that GPU, resulting in the error messages indicated (CUDA Error: exclusive-thread device already in use by a different thread).
One solution to this problem is to set the GPUs to the "Default" compute mode so that they can be accessed by multiple threads at once.
# nvidia-smi -c 0
The program can also be run with the GPU devices in EXCLUSIVE_PROCESS compute mode, but the CUDA Multi-Process Service (MPS) must be used. This daemon will manage processes on the device so that spawned processes interact with the device as if it were in DEFAULT compute mode. For me, the program ran properly once the MPS daemon was running for the conflicted device. The directions for starting the daemon can be found in the Appendix of the MPS documentation.
https://docs.nvidia.com/deploy/pdf/CUDA_Multi_Process_Service_Overview.pdf
-Dan


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The Trial: Season 1 – Netflix Review [Il Processo]
THE TRIAL is a new crime series on Netflix. The series is from Italy (org. title Il Processo) and features murder and court drama. If that's your kind of thing, then you should check it out on Netflix. It's full of great twists. Read more in our full The Trial season 1 review here!
The Trial is a new Netflix series. It's in the crime genre but we're not dealing with a true-crime this time around. Not in any official capacity anyway. This is an Italian production that previously aired on TV in Italy prior to this Netflix release.
In case you're not familiar with Italian TV series, I would highly recommend checking out My Brilliant Friend on HBO. It's absolutely breathtaking and works almost as a period piece. It's not a genre production, but just very good.
For the record, this new series on Netflix is a genre-production in terms of being a crime-thriller series that revolves around a murder. Season 1 of The Trial has eight episodes and we've watched the first two episodes for this review.
Continue reading our season 1 The Trial review below.
The cast of Il Processo
The real star of this series is Vittoria Puccini who plays the prosecutor Elena Guerra. Vittoria Puccini is a very well-known Italian actor. Especially known for working on several TV series though she has also done many movies. This includes the mystery-thriller The Place from 2017 which I highly recommend checking out!
Elena Guerra is a total badass in this series and immediately made me want to keep watching.
Francesco Scianna is the defense lawyer Ruggero Barone. He has actually done some international productions, so you may find him familiar. These include Timur Bekmambetov's Ben-Hur from 2016 and Mary Magdalene (2018) which starred Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix.
In this series, his character is a real show-off who only wants to use this case to make a name for himself. He isn't particularly likable but he is doing his best to win, which is his job as a defender.
Camilla Filippi stars in a key role as Linda Monaco. She's the one accused of having murdered the 17-year-old girl Angelica. I wasn't familiar with Camilla Filippi prior to watching her in The Trial but she does a great job.
Should you watch The Trial on Netflix?
I know the main reason for reading reviews is often to find out whether you should spend time watching it. In this case, you're trying to find out if watching The Trial on Netflix is worth your time. In my opinion, the answer is a resounding yes!
Especially if you find the basic plot interesting, of course.
The Trial does deliver a lot about the actual trial, which is something we're used to with many crime movies and series. I mean, the Netflix anthology Criminal even took place entirely in an integration room and its immediate surroundings. And it was awesome – for the most part anyway.
You'll probably like: Our review of all four Season 1 national segments of the Netflix series Criminal here >
This kind of series is usually all about telling a story more than showing it. However, for The Trial, we get to see things happening as both the prosecutor and the defense lawyer go through the evidence. It's done in a very respectful and realistic way that stays true to the high production quality of this series.
Still, I know these legal dramas are not for everyone, but you should give it a try if you're the least bit intrigued. Also, if you're okay with watching something with subtitles. Dubbing really doesn't do it justice so unless you're already used to the off-kilter vibe of watched dubbed productions, then please don't do that for this series.
Watch The Trial on Netflix now!
The Trial was created by Alessandro Fabbri who has worked on several TV series in the past – and even created some of them. I'm not really familiar with any of his previous work, but it certainly tells me that he has a lot of experience.
Something I would say is obvious when watching The Trial (org. Italian title Il Processo). Both in terms of pace and character development. Whether you like this style and pace is another thing.
The heart of this story is a murder, but much of the storyline revolves around a court drama. I mean, this is a series titled "The Trial", so I would assume as much. Also, if you're watching a lot of true crime documentaries, then this is a nice break from "real life" while staying with something familiar.
You can watch all eight episodes in season 1 of The Trial on Netflix now.
Season 1 of The Trial is out on Netflix from April 10, 2020.
Creator: Alessandro Fabbri
Stars: Vittoria Puccini, Francesco Scianna, Camilla Filippi, Alessandro Averone
The murder of a teen girl impacts a public prosecutor linked to the victim, a lawyer seeking a career-making case and a suspect who says she's innocent.
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MOHAI: Is mayor looking ahead?
Mike McGinn seems to be intent on dividing people. This may make political sense, but how long can it work for the city?
Jordan Royer
Mayor Mike McGinn is continuing his efforts to alter a deal reached with Museum of History and Industry over several years. Admittedly, the city is facing a very tough budget deficit and needs every dollar of revenue it can find as well as a review of every program and government function to be able to operate the core municipal services of government.
But there are some interesting and troubling aspects to this latest "us versus them" strategy against MOHAI. First, there are several misrepresentations of the mechanics and history of the deal, which I wrote about recently. Second, there is the now familiar strategy of pitting groups against one another.
Remember during the campaign when we were told that the tunnel project would take resources away from education and cost the city $927 million? A couple truths that were inconvenient to this narrative: The state's funding for Alaskan Way Viaduct comes out of the transportation budget (there are three state budgets: transportation, capital, and operating). Education funding comes out of the operating budget. The revenues do not come from the same sources and can't be mixed. Second, the $927 million in city expenditures has to be spent regardless of what form of replacement is chosen — this is for replacement of the seawall and utility relocation.
And now relocation assistance to MOHAI from the state will supposedly take money away from immigrant families. Actually, the MOHAI move saves the city money because the museum will maintain and operate the Armory — a facility the city can't afford. This is the reason the city asked MOHAI to make a deal. (Having so many facilities creates budget pressures previously discussed.)
Using the new "logic," it would be just as easy to say MOHAI's taking over a city facility will free up money to help immigrant families.
But there is a more troubling issue with these debates: It appears the mayor is trying to divide Seattle in order to score political points. And his strategy may work in the short term. He can be seen as the defender of the poor and dispossessed, while the council is cast in the role of defenders of the powerful and greedy. One problem with this strategy is that many of the people he is attacking are key to helping the people he is fighting for. Many are, for instance, on boards of organizations like the YWCA, Compass Center, DESC, and others. They care about helping people, too.
They also raise private funding to help accomplish the goals the mayor professes to work towards. These people will be key in raising investment dollars to complete the new waterfront plan still in the works. And with the budget situation, public-private partnerships are more important than ever.
You know, like getting a museum to take on fundraising to create a new facility in a property the city can't afford.
The mayor has three more years to show he can be a leader and accomplish things that benefit the whole city. Dividing the city will not accomplish anything. His strategy may make good political sense for a time, but in the long term it is bad for governance and bad for the city.
Jordan Royer is the vice president for external affairs in the Seattle office of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association.


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Bull World Health Organ. 1994;72(2):213-20.
Global tuberculosis incidence and mortality during 1990-2000.
Dolin PJ1, Raviglione MC, Kochi A.
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Radcliffe Infirmary, University of Oxford, England.
Forecasts of tuberculosis morbidity and mortality are presented for the decade 1990-99. An estimated 88 million new cases of tuberculosis, of which 8 million will be attributable to HIV infection, will occur in the world during the decade; 30 million people are predicted to die of tuberculosis in the same period, including 2.9 million attributable to HIV infection. The number of new tuberculosis cases occurring each year is predicted to increase from 7.5 million (143 cases per 100,000) in 1990 to 8.8 million (152 per 100,000) in 1995 and 10.2 million (163 per 100,000) in the year 2000. In 1990, 2.5 million persons were estimated to have died of tuberculosis; at the same level of availability of treatment, it is predicted that 3.0 million tuberculosis deaths will occur in 1995 and 3.5 million in 2000. Demographic factors, such as population growth and changes in the age structure of populations, will account for 79.5% of the predicted increases in new cases. Age-specific incidence rates in sub-Saharan Africa are increasing due to the HIV epidemic and will account for the remaining 20.5% of the forecast increase in new cases. In WHO's South-East Asian Region and in Central and South America the age-specific incidence rates are expected to fall during 1990-2000, but at a slower rate than in previous years because of the expected increase in HIV seroprevalence.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).
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Over the period 1990-99, an estimated 88 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) will occur worldwide, of which 8 million will be attributable to HIV infection. 30 million people are predicted to die of TB over the period, including 2.9 million attributable to HIV infection. Given a constant level of treatment availability, the numbers of new cases and deaths will both increase each year over the period. Demographic factors such as population growth and changes in the age structure of populations will account for 79.5% of the predicted increases in new cases. Age-specific incidence rates in sub-Saharan Africa, however, are increasing due to the HIV epidemic and will account for the remaining 20.5% of the forecast increase in new cases. In the World Health Organization's Southeast Asia region and in Central and South America, age-specific incidence rates are expected to fall during 1990-2000, but at a slower rate than in previous years because of the expected increase in HIV seroprevalence. Finally, in the Western Pacific and Eastern Mediterranean regions, intervention strategies should reduce the age-specific incidence rates during the period, but population growth will fuel an increase in the total number of new cases until the year 2000.
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology
Tuberculosis/epidemiology*
Tuberculosis/mortality
Tuberculosis - Genetic Alliance
Tuberculosis - MedlinePlus Health Information


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package org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.config;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Field;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Index;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Store;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.ContentStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.GdataCategoryStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.GdataDateStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.HTMLStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.KeywordStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.MixedContentStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.PlainTextStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.XHtmlStrategy;
import org.apache.lucene.gdata.utils.ReflectionUtils;

/**
 * Each field in the search index is defined by a instance of
 * {@link IndexSchemaField}. The schema definition will be loaded at startup
 * and the defined values will be set to instances of this class. Each
 * constructed field will be passed to an instance of
 * {@link org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.config.IndexSchema}.
 *

 * IndexSchemaField contains all informations about how the content from
 * incoming entries has to be extracted and how the actual content has to be
 * index into the lucene index.
 *

 *

 * Each field will have a defined
 * {@link org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.ContentStrategy} which does
 * process the extraction of the field content from an incoming entry.
 *

 * @see org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.analysis.ContentStrategy
 * @see org.apache.lucene.gdata.search.config.IndexSchema
 *
 * @author Simon Willnauer
 *
 */
public class IndexSchemaField {
    /**
     * Default value for Field.Store
     * @see org.apache.lucene.document.Field
     */
    public static final Store DEFAULT_STORE_STRATEGY = Field.Store.NO;
    /**
     * Default value for Field.Index
     * @see org.apache.lucene.document.Field
     */
    public static final Index DEFAULT_INDEX_STRATEGY = Field.Index.TOKENIZED;
    private static final float DEFAULT_BOOST = 1.0f;
    private static final float MINIMAL_BOOST = 0.1f;
    private float boost = DEFAULT_BOOST;

    private String name;

    private ContentType contentType;

    private Index index = DEFAULT_INDEX_STRATEGY;

    private Store store = DEFAULT_STORE_STRATEGY;

    private String path;

    private String typePath;

    private Class<? extends Analyzer> analyzerClass;

    private Class<? extends ContentStrategy> fieldClass;

    /**
     * Constructs a new SchemaField

     * Default values:
     *

     *
boost: 1.0

     *
index: TOKENIZED

     *
store: NO

     *

     */
    public IndexSchemaField() {
        super();
    }
    boolean checkRequieredValues(){
        /*
         * This class will be inst. by the reg builder.
         * Check all values to be set. otherwise return false.
         * false will cause a runtime exception in IndexSchema
         */
        boolean returnValue = (this.name != null&&this.path!=null&&this.contentType!=null&&this.index!=null&&this.store!=null&&this.boost>=MINIMAL_BOOST);
        if(this.contentType == ContentType.CUSTOM)
            returnValue &=this.fieldClass!=null;
        else if(this.contentType == ContentType.MIXED)
            returnValue &=this.typePath!=null;

        return returnValue;
    }
    /**
     * @return Returns the alanyzerClass.
     */
    public Class<? extends Analyzer> getAnalyzerClass() {
        return this.analyzerClass;
    }

    /**
     * @param alanyzerClass
     *            The alanyzerClass to set.
     */
    public void setAnalyzerClass(Class<? extends Analyzer> alanyzerClass) {
        this.analyzerClass = alanyzerClass;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the fieldClass.
     */
    public Class<? extends ContentStrategy> getFieldClass() {
        return this.fieldClass;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the class or strategy is used to extract this field Attention: this
     * method set the contentTyp to {@link ContentType#CUSTOM}
     *
     * @param fieldClass
     *            The fieldClass to set.
     */
    public void setFieldClass(Class<? extends ContentStrategy> fieldClass) {
        if(fieldClass == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("ContentStrategy must not be null");
        if(!ReflectionUtils.extendsType(fieldClass,ContentStrategy.class))
            throw new RuntimeException("The configured ContentStrategy does not extend ContentStrategy, can not use as a custom strategy -- "+fieldClass.getName());
        if(!ReflectionUtils.hasDesiredConstructor(fieldClass,new Class[]{IndexSchemaField.class}))
            throw new RuntimeException("Can not create instance of "+fieldClass.getName());
        this.fieldClass = fieldClass;
        /*
         * set custom - field class is only needed by custom
         */
        this.contentType = ContentType.CUSTOM;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the index.
     */
    public Index getIndex() {
        return this.index;
    }

    /**
     * @param index
     *            The index to set.
     */
    public void setIndex(Index index) {
        this.index = index;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the name.
     */
    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    /**
     * @param name
     *            The name to set.
     */
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the path.
     */
    public String getPath() {
        return this.path;
    }

    /**
     * @param path
     *            The path to set.
     */
    public void setPath(String path) {
        this.path = path;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the store.
     */
    public Store getStore() {
        return this.store;
    }

    /**
     * @param store
     *            The store to set.
     */
    public void setStore(Store store) {
        this.store = store;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the type.
     */
    public ContentType getContentType() {
        return this.contentType;
    }

    /**
     * @param type
     *            The type to set.
     */
    public void setContentType(ContentType type) {
        this.contentType = type;

    }

    /**
     * Sets the content type of this field by the name of the enum type. This
     * method is not case sensitive.
     *
     * @param type -
     *            type name as string
     */
    public void setType(String type) {
        ContentType[] types = ContentType.class.getEnumConstants();
        for (int i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
            if (types[i].name().toLowerCase().equals(type)) {
                this.contentType = types[i];
                break;
            }

        }
    }

    /**
     * Defines the {@link ContentStrategy} to use for a
     * <tt>IndexSchemaField</tt> to extract the content from the entry
     *
     * @author Simon Willnauer
     *
     */
    public enum ContentType {

        /**
         * HTML content strategy {@link HTMLStrategy }
         */
        HTML,
        /**
         * XHTML content strategy {@link XHtmlStrategy }
         */
        XHTML,
        /**
         * Text content strategy {@link PlainTextStrategy }
         */
        TEXT,
        /**
         * GDataDate content strategy {@link GdataDateStrategy }
         */
        GDATADATE,
        /**
         * KEYWORD content strategy {@link KeywordStrategy }
         */
        KEYWORD,
        /**
         * Category content strategy {@link GdataCategoryStrategy }
         */
        CATEGORY,
        /**
         * Custom content strategy (user defined)
         */
        CUSTOM,
        /**
         * Mixed content strategy {@link MixedContentStrategy }
         */
        MIXED

    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the boost.
     */
    public float getBoost() {
        return this.boost;
    }

    /**
     * @param boost
     *            The boost to set.
     */
    public void setBoost(float boost) {
        if (boost <= 0)
            return;
        this.boost = boost;
    }

    /**
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(this.getClass()
                .getSimpleName()).append(" ");
        builder.append("field name: ").append(this.name).append(" ");
        builder.append("path: ").append(this.path).append(" ");
        builder.append("content type ").append(this.contentType).append(" ");
        builder.append("field class: ").append(this.fieldClass).append(" ");
        builder.append("analyzer: ").append(this.analyzerClass).append(" ");
        builder.append("boost: ").append(this.boost).append(" ");
        builder.append("INDEX: ").append(this.index).append(" ");
        builder.append("STORE: ").append(this.store);
        return builder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the Store class by simple name
     *
     * @param name -
     *            one of yes, no, compress
     */
    public void setStoreByName(String name) {
        if (name.toLowerCase().equals("yes"))
            this.store = Field.Store.YES;
        else if (name.toLowerCase().equals("no"))
            this.store = Field.Store.NO;
        else if (name.toLowerCase().equals("compress"))
            this.store = Field.Store.COMPRESS;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the Index class by simple name
     *
     * @param name -
     *            un_tokenized, tokenized, no, no_norms
     */
    public void setIndexByName(String name) {
        if (name.toLowerCase().equals("un_tokenized"))
            this.index = Field.Index.UN_TOKENIZED;
        else if (name.toLowerCase().equals("tokenized"))
            this.index = Field.Index.TOKENIZED;
        else if (name.toLowerCase().equals("no_norms"))
            this.index = Field.Index.NO_NORMS;
        else if (name.toLowerCase().equals("no"))
            this.index = Field.Index.NO;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the typePath.
     */
    public String getTypePath() {
        return this.typePath;
    }

    /**
     * @param typePath
     *            The typePath to set.
     */
    public void setTypePath(String typePath) {
        this.typePath = typePath;
        /*
         * set Mixed - this property is only needed by mixed type
         */
        setContentType(ContentType.MIXED);
    }

}

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Our oak wood clothes hanger is perfect for shirts, suits and pieces of clothes are delicate and need extra care.
The frame is wider than our aluminium clothes racks and thus does not leave marks on your clothes.
The clothes rack has round edges that let your clothes glide off.
Apart from these practical features, the clothes hanger is also super stylish and essential for an organized clothing rack.
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An extended method to measure overall consumer satisfaction with packaging
Tuesday, 24 March 2015 - Anders Gustafsson
Anders Gustafsson
Research Professor Department of Marketing
Open version
There are several reasons why people find it troublesome to use and handle consumer packages. A test method for evaluating the ease of opening of such packages was presented in the "Technical Specification" (TS) [1]. The present study has expanded the procedure by including consumer satisfaction measurements in two steps and engaging panels comprising two separate age groups. The expanded method, which used six different packages as test objects, engaged 75 panelists, 40 in the older group (65–80 years), and 35 in the younger group (25–40 years). The expanded method included the same operations as described in the TS, but also included panelists who graded each handling element separately on a "smiley" scale, along with feedback for their grades, and an overall judgment of the package handling.
The grading feedback differed between the two groups. The younger panelists mainly noted issues that were not connected to openability, while older panelists noted openability as the most influential factor. Further analysis revealed that openability was also a key issue for the younger panelists, despite their claims to the contrary. Satisfaction was the most critical TS element for describing a package as being easy to open.
Pousette, Sandra et al. 2014. "An extended method to measure overall consumer satisfaction with packaging." Packaging Technology and Science, 27(9):727-738


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The two top hopefuls for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Texas remain out in front of their likeliest Democratic opponent, but now the tea party activist who is the third GOP contender is edging ahead as well.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Texas voters finds incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry leading former Houston Mayor Bill White 48 percent to 39 percent. Five percent (5 percent) like some other candidate, and eight percent are undecided.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison still runs best against the Democrat, leading White by 13 points, 49 percent to 36 percent. Seven percent (7 percent) prefer another candidate, while another seven percent (7 percent) are not sure.
The findings for both these match-ups are little changed from mid-January.
The surprise, as in the new Rasmussen Reports survey of the GOP gubernatorial primary, is the growing strength of Debra Medina, a businesswoman active in the state's tea party movement.
Medina now edges White 41 percent to 38 percent. Last month, White had a 44 percent to 38 percent lead on her. In this contest, six percent (6 percent) favor some other candidate, but a more sizable 16 percent are undecided.
Voters not affiliated with either major party prefer the Republicans in all three match-ups by double-digits.
All three possible Republican candidates post broadly similar results among both Democrats and unaffiliated voters. However, Medina currently attracts only 62 percent of the GOP vote, well below the totals for Perry and Hutchison. With Medina as the nominee, 23 percent of GOP voters say they would either prefer a third option or are undecided.
All three Republican contenders carry male voters over White by double-digit margins. Women favor Hutchison over the Democrat but break even when Perry is the Republican in the race. White wins female voters by six points against Medina.
Perry's lead over Hutchison has grown a little bigger in the GOP primary contest. Medina has seen her support grow from four percent (4 percent) in November to 12 percent in January to 16 percent now. She was invited to participate in a televised debate with Perry and Hutchison last Friday night based on the growing voter support shown in the previous Rasmussen Reports survey.
Texas is a challenging state for Democrats and the overall political climate adds more difficulties for White early in this election season.
John McCain carried Texas over Obama 55 percent to 44 percent in November 2008, and now just 41 percent of Texas voters approve of the job Obama is doing as president. Fifty-eight percent (58 percent) disapprove of the president's performance. These figures include 27 percent who strongly approve versus 48 percent who strongly disapprove. This is a higher level of unhappiness than is found nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
Forty-eight percent (48 percent) of Texas voters say reducing federal spending is more important than reducing the deficit. Thirty-seven percent (37 percent) disagree and say reducing the deficit is more important.
Sixty-three percent (63 percent) of voters in Texas say the government should cut government spending. Six percent (6 percent) favor an increase in spending, while 21 percent think a freeze on spending is the best way to go.
Sixty-six percent (66 percent) say cutting taxes is the best way to create new jobs. Just 12 percent think more government spending is a better job-creator, and 14 percent say neither will work.
But 62 percent like the three-year freeze on discretionary government spending proposed by the president. However, only 12 percent think it will result in a big reduction in the federal deficit. Eighty percent (80 percent) say it will have little or no impact on the deficit.
Despite the November shooting incident at Fort Hood, Texas voters are more optimistic about the war on terror than voters nationally. Forty-six percent (46 percent) in Texas say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, while only 22 percent say the terrorists are ahead.
Forty-one percent (41 percent) believe America is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but 40 percent disagree.
Twenty percent (20 percent) of Texas voters have a very favorable opinion of White, while 15 percent view him very unfavorably.
Just 33 percent of Texas voters think it's at least somewhat likely that Congress will be able to agree on a smaller, bipartisan health care plan this year. Sixty-two percent (62 percent) say it's not very or not at all likely.
Perry is viewed very favorably by 14 percent and very unfavorably by 21 percent. For Hutchison, very favorables total 17 percent and very unfavorables 13 percent. Fourteen percent (14 percent) have a very favorable opinion of Medina, but 12 percent see her very unfavorably.
At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with a strong opinion more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers.
Texas voters are almost evenly divided at this point over Perry's performance as governor. Fifty percent (50 percent) approve of how he's doing, down three points from a month ago and 13 points from November. The new number includes 11 percent who strongly approve. Forty-eight percent (48 percent) disapprove of his job performance, including 24 percent who strongly disapprove.
Rasmussen Reports has released recent polls on the 2010 governor's races in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
Rasmussen Reports also has surveyed Senate races in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. Most portray a troubling electoral picture for Democrats in this November's midterm elections.
Former state House Speaker Marco Rubio has now jumped to a 12-point lead over Governor Charlie Crist in Florida's Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate.


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Dubai announced yet another ambitions project. This time, however, the new entertainment facility will focus on the preservation of a particular type of endangered species – crocodiles. The emirate will build its very first crocodile theme park. In addition, the city has the ambition to make the preservation park for crocodiles one of the best in the world.
The cost of the project is estimated at over $2.72 million or AED10 million. Also, the park will occupy a massive area of 20,000 square meters.
Apart from preserving crocodiles, Dubai's park will also aim at boosting the city's reputation of a preservation location. In addition, the municipality plans to use the crocodile reserve as an alternative educational method for students in the region. It will help children learn more about these unique animals and possibly encourage and stimulate their interest in natural science.
Of course, the park is also expected to attract many tourists. That is why it is planned to follow an interesting concept that will offer a mixture of adventure and nature to curious visitors.
The idea for the project was shared yesterday at a press conference by Dubai Municipality's director-general Hussain Nassir Loootah. The general-director stated that Dubai's crocodile park will have an important role in the city's tourism sector, as well as in the research activities conducted in the area.
Dubai Municipality has already signed an agreement for the project with a contracting company. The contractor that will work on the park is called White Onyx Investment LLC.
The crocodile preservation park in Dubai will be located 10km from the Dubai International Airport, which is also known as a travel hub. It will be built outside the city in a Northeast direction.
The project is reported to be constructed on a BOT (build-operate-transfer) basis. This means that a private-owned company will build and operate the park. After that it will transfer the ownership to the government. It is estimated that it will be finished after about two years.
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Cindy Rietveld November 23, 2014 At 3:02 pm
i think this park your building is a bad idea because its just a waste of time and your taking the crocodile away from its habitat!!


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What is the temperature 55 km beneath the surface of Mars?
What is the temperature 55 km (34.18 miles) beneath the surface of Mars? The reason I ask is that I want to know if it might be habitable for a possible future colony if they could dig that deep (which might be easier in the lower gravity environment). If the answer to my previous question is correct, this is the depth that the atmospheric pressure would be equivalent to that on Earth. At what depth on Mars would the atmosphere have equal pressure of that on Earth?
Gimelist 6 years ago
Just for a comparison, the deepest hole drilled on Earth was around 12 km. It was extremely hard to do it, and it was a small borehole. Not a "dig" where you can live.
If we look at Mars' possible geothermal gradient (see Earth's) which is about 25 °C per km ..
The (administrative) capital city of Bolivia is at 12,000 feet and nearly a million people live there.
Pelinore 3 years ago
It may not be possible to go much deeper than 7 km below the Geoid of Mars (the ground zero altitude all our measurements of Mars average atmospheric density, temperature & wotnot are calculated for) What's the deepest a trench could theoretically be dug on Mars?. How thick the crust is may be less relevant than how far above or below that line you are?
If we look at Mars' possible geothermal gradient (see Earth's) which is about 25 °C per km. Using the low estimate of Mars's gradient to be 1/4 that of Earth's Source, that's a bit over 6° C per km. so 55 km, 330° C. Added that to Mars' average surface temperature of -55 C, you're talking 275° C or 527° F at 55 km underground, and that's a low estimate.
Estimates of the thickness of Mars' crust are often less than 55 km and if you're talking about digging into mantle or even, half way to the mantle, that's both an unsustainable dig and unlivable temperatures.
The average thickness of the planet's crust is about 50 km (31 mi),
with a maximum thickness of 125 km (78 mi)
Also, small point, but the 55km estimate assumes uniform temperature. The simpler pressure calculations don't take into account temperature fluctuation. With warmer temps and warmer lighter air at the bottom of the dig, which would be inevitable, you'd probably need 60 km, maybe 65 km of depth to achieve 1 atm. There's also circulation issues when you have cold heavier atmosphere above warm lighter atmosphere and there's drainage/flooding problems for the lowest part of a valley, so to avoid flooding, you might want to keep the surface temperature below freezing, to avoid runoff and silt build-up, or dig even deeper so there's a lake of sorts that catches the melting ground-ice around the dig and the living area is above the lake.
This doesn't mean that deep valley living on mars will never be possible, but it's likely impossible with it's current atmosphere. With extensive terraforming, tapping gases from underground and/or from it's ice-caps or by crashing comets into Mars (that would take a lot of comets), over time, enough of an atmosphere could be created where deep valley living might work. A simulated atmospheric pressure can also be created with a bubble-dome of sorts, or one of my favorites, a stretch-wrap around the entire planet, but for now that's way beyond our means.
For the near term, living underground on Mars is probably the way to go. Dig 50 or 100 feet underground and you'd have the means to create a near vacuum seal, which on Mars, you'd want to do, you could create earth like air pressure and you'd be protected from solar and cosmic rays and access to plenty of underground water. underground on Mars is likely the way to go, at least, in the near future. There's no shortages of articles on this. Here's one 6.
Humans can also live at less than 1 atm. People have settled as high as 16,700 feet, which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 55% of 1 atm.
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Q: How do i generate different new objects with random attributes every time i run a function? I am making a project where you can manage the passengers on a buss. I have created the class system, and know how to generate the random attributes. But I don't know how to generate multiple new persons, with different attributes, when you choose to pick up a new person. I don't know how to make it so all of them doesn't save in the same variable and overwrite eachother when a new person is picked up, and given random attributes. I've been trying to utilize lists, but I'm not getting that to work either.
I also don't know how i would be able to manage every person using their name, since it will only be an attribute.
import random as rand

nameList = ["Jack", "Erik", "Bob", "Anna", "Leo", "Nikodemus", "Samuel",
            "David", "Lucas", "Marcus", "Noah", "Simon", "Harley", "Abigale"
            "Magdalena", "Marie", "Lewis", "John", "Gus", "Robin", "Jakob"]

"""
Something similar to this to make it random
self.namn(rand.choice(nameList))
self.age(rand.randint(1, 120))
"""

class Person():
    """
    Person is a class for representing the persons in the bus. Each object that
    is created from the class has a name and a age, as well as methods to return
alternativly modify resepective attribute.
    """
    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.namne = namne
        self.age = age

    # Stringrepresentation of object.
    def __str__(self):
        return f"This is {self.namn}. He/she is {self.ålder} years old."

    # Setters
    def setNaem(self, newName):
        self.name = newName

    def setAge(self, newAge):
        self.age = newAge

    # Getters
    def getNaem(self):
        return self.name

    def getAge(self):
        return self.age

# Adds a new person to the bus.
def pickUp():
    amountUp = input("How many passengers do you want to pick up?" "\n-> ")
    something.append(amountUp)
    print(f"Picked up {amountUp} persons.")

A: Is it what you are trying to do? create several unique Person objects to include in a list:
import random

class Person:
    """ Person is a class for representing the persons in the bus. Each object that is created from the
     class has a name and a age, as well as methods to return alternativly modify resepective attribute."""

    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age

    # Stringrepresentation of object.
    def __str__(self):
        return f"This is {self.name}. He/she is {self.age} years old."

    # Setters
    def setName(self, newName):
        self.name = newName

    def setAge(self, newAge):
        self.age = newAge

    # Getters
    def getName(self):
        return self.name

    def getAge(self):
        return self.age

# Adds a new person to the bus.
def pickUp():
    nameList = ["Jack", "Erik", "Bob", "Anna", "Leo", "Nikodemus", "Samuel", "David", "Lucas", "Marcus", "Noah",
                "Simon",
                "Harley", "Abigale", "Magdalena", "Marie", "Lewis", "John", "Gus", "Robin", "Jakob"]

    amountUp = int(input("How many passengers do you want to pick up?" "\n-> "))
    bus = []
    for counter in range(amountUp):
        name = random.choice(nameList)
        nameList.remove(name)
        age = random.randint(1, 120)
        person = Person(name, age)
        bus.append(person)

    print(f"Picked up {amountUp} persons.")
    pass

pickUp()

Then you can check what is inside the bus variable.


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MARTA Enters New Year With Safer System, Enhanced Security Programs Thanks to Efforts of MARTA Police Department
MARTA January 10, 2022 1:53 pm
Advanced Training, Social Service Partnerships, & Collaborative Police Work Among MPD's Accomplishments in 2021
The MARTA Police Department (MPD) ensured MARTA remained a safe, secure system for another year, accomplishing a significant reduction in violent crimes in 2021, providing additional training and certification for officers, and partnering with social service organizations to improve the customer experience.
In 2021, MPD reported a 17 percent reduction in Part 1 crimes (violent and property crimes) compared to 2020, specifically a 32 percent reduction in robberies and 20 percent reduction in aggravated assaults. Additionally, the department boasted an almost 100 percent clearance rate for aggravated assault cases and an 87 percent clearance rate for robberies, meaning a criminal was arrested, charged, or turned over to the court system for prosecution.
In the past year, MARTA police officers responded to over 100,000 calls for service from customers using 851 or MARTA's See&Say app. New technology such as handheld fare readers and RapidID monitors, along with new weapons, and upgrades to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot helped officers better handle crimes from fare evasion to a suspicious package. Officers underwent advanced training in crisis intervention, de-escalation techniques, and implicit bias, further assisting them in navigating situations where emotions and stress levels are high.
MPD's partnerships with fellow law enforcement agencies in the past year provided additional officer visibility and security to the MARTA system and surrounding communities. Last July, MPD's Central Precinct partnered with the Atlanta Police Department and Georgia State University law enforcement on a joint crime suppression detail where an officer from each agency patrolled the Georgia State rail station and nearby neighborhoods. A similar detail consisting of MARTA and Atlanta bicycle officers patrolled the Lindbergh/Morosgo area and reported a seven percent reduction in crime.
"These joint details are important community-style policing efforts that ensure people feel safe and that their property is secure whether they are riding MARTA or working and living near a rail station," said MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher. "I truly believe there is no more noble profession that law enforcement and I am proud of the work our officers are doing during a challenging time as the pandemic enters its third year."
MARTA Police Department Field Protective Specialists remain an integral part of the Authority's MARTA Hope Program. These trained, unarmed specialists accompany social service professionals from HOPE Atlanta as they assist and support homeless individuals on the MARTA system. The program, started in August 2020 as COVID-related homelessness increased, is designed to find solutions that safeguard customers and employees, minimize the need to involve MARTA police in non-criminal activities, and treat everyone with dignity and respect. Since its inception, the program has engaged over 3,000 individuals and in many cases connected them with resources and support services.
MPD's accomplishments in 2021, that included certifying 19 new Tactical Field Officers and improving regional law enforcement partnerships with updated memorandums of understanding, earned the department an important recertification of state and federal accreditation standards.
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IAmCVH talks The Elder Scrolls: Legends' new look, expansions, and evolving meta
The Elder Scrolls: Legends' Christian Van Hoose discusses the game's constantly evolving meta as well as its upcoming visual overhaul.
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Fans of the Elder Scrolls series of games have likely played or at least heard of The Elder Scrolls: Legends, the Bethesda-published CCG featuring characters and lore from the Elder Scrolls universe. Shacknews had a chance to sit with Christian Van Hoose, the Legendary streamer turned community manager better known as IAmCVH, to learn more about the constant evolution of The Elder Scrolls: Legends and provide some insight into the game's upcoming visual overhaul and future expansions.
Most of the buzz among the Elder Scrolls: Legends community right now centers on the game's upcoming shift in development from Dire Wolf Digital to Sparkypants, the likes of which coincides with a near-complete visual overhaul. According to Van Hoose, the shift hasn't necessarily been straightforward.
"Legends has had its unique set of challenges. I don't know if many other games have ever done the whole switching developers thing. [...] A lot of our community is really waiting for that new content to come out, a lot of which is sort of hinging upon the new build of the game by Sparkypants."
As for ongoing development and new expansions, IAmCVH spoke toward the game's constant balancing of cards, card powers, and interactions, with the developers reportedly being unafraid to make mistakes in the greater interest of serving the community.
"It's always interesting to take into account the different players' perspectives. We wanted to always make sure it's fun for newer players but also have enough depth for competitive play. A lot the time the decks that offer the most stuff can be sort of the most overpowered in the long run, but I think one of the most important things is that we're not afraid of making changes, and we're not afraid of changing things again if those changes didn't necessarily get the job done."
The Elder Scrolls: Legends is available now for PC and mobile platforms as a free-to-play release, with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch releases "ideally" planned to launch later this year. For more in-depth interviews and games industry coverage, be sure to follow Shacknews and GamerHub.tv over on YouTube.
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Good to see technology being put to good use.
A Swiss journalist has created a Twitter bot that tracks dictators' flights to and from Geneva, as part of a crowdsourced effort to shed light on potentially shady dealings. The bot, called GVA Dictator Alert, tracks planes registered to authoritarian governments and automatically posts their arrivals and departures to Twitter.


I'm thrilled to unveil my new 3D printed AM radio! I was inspired by the diy crystal and foxhole radios of the early 1900's, but I created my own design to be as simple as possible. I made a few animations to help assist in explaining how this mystifying device can work with so few parts.
The video will explain the assembly so I hope you like it and thank you for watching!


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Unilateral ischemic maculopathy associated with cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS: Optical coherence tomography findings
J Fernando Arevalo MD, FACS 1, Reinaldo A Garcia MD 2, Fernando A Arevalo BS 3, Carlos F Fernandez MD 4
1 Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
2 Department of Retina and Vitreous, Ophthalmology Clinic El Viñedo, Valencia, Venezuela
3 Department of Retina and Vitreous, Ophthalmology Clinic Centro Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
4 Department of Retina and Vitreous, Ophthalmology Clinic Oftalmolaser, Lima, Peru
J Fernando Arevalo
The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Maumenee 708, Baltimore, MD 21287
DOI: 10.4103/2008-322X.176903
To describe the clinical and optical coherence tomography (OCT) characteristics of ischemic maculopathy in two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Two patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis developed ischemic maculopathy. Both patients presented with central visual loss and active granular CMV retinitis. The presence of opacification of the superficial retina in the macular area and intraretinal edema suggested the diagnosis. Fluorescein angiography changes were similar in the two cases with enlargement of the foveal avascular zone and late staining of juxtafoveal vessels. OCT changes were suggestive of retinal ischemia: Increased reflectivity from the inner retinal layer and decreased backscattering from the retinal photoreceptors due to fluid and retinal edema. Ischemic maculopathy may cause a severe and permanent decrease in vision in AIDS patients. Fluorescein angiography and OCT should be considered in any patient with AIDS and unexplained visual loss. The mechanism of ischemic maculopathy may be multifactorial.
Arevalo J F
Garcia RA
Arevalo FA
Fernandez CF
Unilateral Ischemic Maculopathy; Cytomegalovirus Retinitis; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Optical Coherence Tomography; Foveal Avascular Zone


Draugr's Heritage is a heavy armor set. When you take damage while you are under 35% Health, you knockdown all enemies within 4 meters of you for 2 seconds and heal for 7000 Health. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds.
This set's 5-piece bonus is identical in terms of stats to Dreamer's Mantle.
Draugr's Heritage is a nice choice for tanks who want an automatic failsafe, because the moment you drop low you will get a 7k health boost, which can save you from death.
The Draugr's Heritage set is part of the base game and drops in The Rift in the Overland content. You can also buy it from Guild Traders. Each set item is bound on equip. You can acquire heavy armor, weapons and jewelry of this set in the Draugr motif style.


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Email Louise Price on louise.price10@nhs.net if you'd like to get involved.
The medical museums are always looking for people to assist with open days and events. This usually involves supervising a 'station' of activities or crafts, with members of the public, or something specific like assisting with photography or giving tours.
Many of the museums' volunteers enjoy helping the curatorial staff with activities 'behind-the-scenes'. This could include helping to transcribe our collection of fascinating oral histories, assisting with collections documentation or researching objects for projects and exhibitions.
The George Marshall Medical Museum has an annual clean of its displays.
The medical museums have a full programme of schools workshops including formal tours of the museums and the former Worcester Royal Infirmary building along with workshops like Victorian Surgery, Skeletons & Muscles and Purge the Plague. Whether you would like to assist during a workshop, or help with ideas to create new ones, please get in touch.


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Underground Wellness has come a LONG way since I first started here.
Things were rocky at times, with Sean even shutting down all social media and his YouTube channel. But he changed his mind and stuck it out. And I can say for certain, he's never been happier.
One of the key components of his success is value, something that everyone should assess in their lives. Do you value yourself? Are you creating value for others?
To be successful in the business of helping others, or what Sean calls "help mastery", the answers to both of those questions should be an emphatic YES.
But if they're not, our friend Cynthia Pasquella is coming to your rescue — to help you live the life you deserve to live.
Because if you have a message to share that can change lives, but you're not sharing it for whatever reason (fear, "not knowing enough", lack of time, etc.) then you are doing a disservice to those who need you most.
To help you overcome the inertia of fear and uncertainty, Cynthia has put together a FREE video series to help get your rear in gear — in other words, to transform your mindset, relationships, health, and finances.
In this week's episode of Underground Wellness Radio, she reveals her 3 Simple Secrets To Transform Your Body and Life, Help Others Do The Same, and Finally Experience Financial Freedom – Without Struggle or Compromise.
So if you're in that place of "feeling stuck", I highly encourage you to check this out.
Find your value. It's there, I promise.
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9:35 – Get Cynthia's free videos!
10:40 – The importance of transformation.
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24:37 – Do you need to change your money story?
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Wu & Wu(Hao) Style Taichi Intro - The China Taichi Guide is a Directory of Tai Chi Schools & Tai Chi Teachers in China.
There are in fact two different styles of Tai Chi named Wu created by different teachers.
Both were inspired by Yang Style Tai Chi although Wu(Hao) recombines techniques from the Chen tradition.
The Beijing Wu Style is based on the small circle (Xiao Jia) form of Yang Taichi, and so students learn with more of a focus on the internal turning of the dantian from the beginning.
The founder Wu Quanyou (1834-1902) was a student of Yang Lu Chan's son, Yang Banhou and the story goes that Yang Banhou only taught him large circle movements and so was always able to beat him easily in Pushing Hands practice, and caused him to go lame.
Yang Lu Chan saw this and decided to teach Wu Quanyou, the small circle movements himself and afterwards Yang Banhou was never again able to beat him.
The interesting points from this story are that Yang Banhou was famous for a very hard aggressive style of taichi and he had returned to Chen Xiao Jia for more martial training, but his father Yang Lu Chan was famous for being soft and slow in his martial combat, never killing anyone, just pushing them away into nets which he required to be set up around the sparring area.
Wu Quanyou learnt this soft, sung way of 'fighting', mastering the 'neutralising' skill of Tai chi chuan, allowing him to use the other person's energy against him and so Yang Banhou despite his obvious hard taichi power couldn't beat him. This for me is an example of the highest level of hard dantian power taichi versus a very high level of natural Tao taichi and the gentle way wins. Both practitioners used Xiao Jia small circles so this was the ultimate match.
After this experience he only taught his students small circle taichi in an unforced natural way.
Like Yang Taichi, Wu Taichi has evolved over time and so there are different styles available today.
Wu (Hao) was created by Wu Yu-hsiang (1812-1880). A member of a wealthy family, with high level experience in the martial arts, he went on to learn Yang style with Yang Lu Chan and then Chen Xiao Jia with Chen Qin Ping.
The Wu(Hao) system is very internal and appear to have a clearer understanding and explanation of the role of the yin / yang in taichi and what the whole art is really about, then seems to be available in other styles.
Master Liu's teacher Hao Shaoru taught many students in China in his life and so there are no doubt many good people to learn with there.
The China Taichi Guide : An Introduction to Wu Style Tai Chi & Wu (Hao) Style Tai Chi. There are senior teachers of these styles in China.


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The GO Virginia Board is the state-wide oversight group for the GO Virginia initiative; there are nine Regional Councils that will work at the regional level to develop strategies to grow the region's economy. The Regional Councils will submit recommended projects to the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board for approval and funding.


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African Arguments Op-ed: Sudan – A genuine, peaceful people's revolution in the making
Note: This op-ed originally appeared in African Arguments and was written by Dr. Suliman Baldo, Senior Advisor at the Enough Project, and Dr Lutz Oette, Director of the Centre for Human Rights Law at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.
Sudan has been gripped by daily popular protests for the last month. The Western media has largely ignored these developments.
George Clooney and John Prendergast in the Guardian: In Support of Sudan's Protestors
Clooney and Prendergast write, "This is a catalytic moment for the people of Sudan. We and our team – which includes Sudanese experts – are working in every way we can to support the aspirations of the people of Sudan for a peaceful transition from three decades of violent, kleptocratic dictatorship."
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Ambassador Nikki Haley's Africa trip: 'Mission Possible' for fixing peacemaking model
Note: This op-ed originally appeared in Fox News and was written by John Prendergast.
The region of the world U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is traveling to this week isn't in the headlines very often, but it has been one of the most dangerous neighborhoods globally for decades. Ambassador Haley will visit South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, part of the deadliest region in the world since the Second World War.
New Report – Demand the Supply: Ranking Consumer Electronics and Jewelry Retail Companies on their Efforts to Develop Conflict-Free Minerals Supply Chains from Congo
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Today, Enough released its latest company rankings report. The report, "Demand the Supply: Ranking Consumer Electronics and Jewelry Retail Companies on their Efforts to Develop Conflict-Free Minerals Supply Chains from Congo," by Advocacy Manager Annie Callaway, examines what 20 of the largest companies in the world are doing to source conflict-free minerals and support peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
New Report: Ominous Threats Descending on Darfur
Note: This blog originally appeared on enoughproject.org and contains excerpts from the report "Ominous Threats Descending on Darfur."
In this report, Enough Project Senior Advisor Dr. Suliman Baldo, analyzes tensions and dynamics surrounding the mandatory weapons collection and unlicensed vehicle regularization/ confiscation campaign that is currently underway in the five Darfur and three Kordofan federal states in Sudan.These tensions are rooted in the Sudanese government's years of divide-and-rule tactics, and the tensions have grown with an uneven and ill-conceived government disarmament campaign that selectively targets regime opponents and privileges regime allies instead of applying equally to everyone. The campaign prioritizes narrow security interests and regime political survival considerations rather than seeking comprehensive solutions that would end the violence and bring back social peace to regions affected by the proliferation of arms in the hands of primarily paramilitaries and government-sponsored tribal militias. A war of words and a series of defiant statements involving warlord Musa Hilal and Second Vice President Hassabo Abdelrahman have exacerbated the situation and prompted what Dr. Baldo describes as "a volatile, high-stakes armed standoff that could dramatically alter the balance of power of a resource-rich region." Rival leaders are aligned with powerful armed groups whose internal rivalries threaten to inflict further harm on Darfur's marginalized population. If the crisis is not managed, there is a risk of what Dr. Baldo describes as "large-scale fratricidal bloodshed."
Ambassador Haley's Visit to South Sudan and Congo
During her trip to Africa this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is traveling to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Both South Sudan and Congo are regions of focus for the Enough Project and its recent work has put forth a number of recommendations that U.S. policymakers can implement.
A Nobel Laureate, an Indicted War Criminal, and What They Have in Common
The international community has bestowed very different labels on Aung San Suu Kyi and Omar al-Bashir: Burma's de facto leader is a Nobel Laureate, while Sudan's head of state is an indictee of the International Criminal Court. Today, however, as they both face worldwide condemnation, the United States is on the dangerous path to lose leverage to influence either.
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