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Kia Motors America and the L.A. Clippers Delight Fans with Cape Night
Kia Motors America (KMA) and the Los Angeles Clippers are teaming up to give away "Griffin Force" capes to help fans cheer on the Clippers when the team takes on the Miami Heat tonight at the Staples Center. The Clippers are currently leading the Pacific Division, and fans will be asked to show off their team spirit by donning the capes and posting their best super hero poses using hashtag #griffinforce to the Clippers' Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages for a chance for two lucky winners and their guests to be invited back to a future Clippers game where they will have the opportunity to meet Blake after the game.
To promote the redesigned 2014 Optima, Blake Griffin and funnyman Jack McBrayer banded together to form the Griffin Force in a series of eight ads that debuted during the tip off of the current NBA season. The ads portrayed Griffin and McBrayer as super heroes who attempt to save the world wearing their "Griffin Force" capes and driving the refreshed 2014 Kia Optima.
"We're big fans of basketball at Kia, and Blake Griffin has become an important part of building awareness and consideration for our growing brand," said Tim Chaney, vice president of marketing, KMA. "Amplifying our Optima advertising campaign with Cape Night allows us engage fans in a fun way, leverage social media channels – and cheer on Blake and the team as they continue their successful season."
After famously slam dunking over an Optima at NBA All-Star 2011, Griffin became a brand ambassador for Kia and has starred in numerous advertising campaigns for the brand. Griffin is recognized for his deadpan delivery and famous sense of humor that enables him to connect with basketball fans across the country. Fans can see Griffin in action as the Los Angeles Clippers take on the Miami Heat on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at the Staples Center. "Griffin Force" capes will be available on a first come, first serve basis.


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This category includes both fiction and non-fiction titles dealing with war.
Life Savers and Body Snatchers by Dr. Tim Cook
From Tim Cook, Canada's top war historian, comes a definitive medical history of the Great War.
In Our Youth by Angus Scully
In Our Youth explores the lives of thirty-two young Canadian military and civilian flyers, viewed through the medium of archival…
The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War by Lezlie Lowe
Thoroughly researched and compellingly told, and with a dozen archival images, The Volunteers examines the untold stories of the hardworking…
The Mystery Ships of Nova Scotia in the First World War by John N. Grant
n 1917, a small fleet of six schooners sailed from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ports as live bait for German…
What Is Written on the Tongue by Anne Lazurko
Anne Lazurko's "What is Written on the Tongue" is a transportive historical novel about finding morality in the throes of…
Muggins: The Life and Afterlife of a Canadian Canine War Hero by Grant Hayter-Menzies
The unusual and moving tale of Muggins, a famed fundraising dog who became a mascot of the Canadian Red Cross…
Amid the Splintered Trees by Heather McBriarty
A sweeping novel of the Canadian experience in the First World War, Amid the Splintered Trees is loosely based on…
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War: The Diaries of Ruth Loggie, 1915-1916 Edited by Ross Hebb
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War grants a peek, through the diary of Ruth Loggie, into a little-known moment…
Three Non-Fiction Flash Reviews
Flash reviews of three recent non-fiction books that deal with WWII, the Atomic Bomb and a Victorian-era serial killer from…
The History of Rain by Stephens Gerard Malone
Literary historical fiction set in a war-torn Europe and glamourous Old Hollywood, following a lonely landscape gardener, from author of…
Silence by William Carpenter
This dynamic novel from William Carpenter examines the legacy of war and destruction through the eyes of a returning Iraq…
Heard Amid the Guns by Jacqueline Larson Carmichael
A rich and varied tapestry of the First World War, highlighting the personal stories of over 150 men and women…
Somewhere in Flanders: Letters from the Front by Heather McBriarty
Heather McBriarty's novel, Somewhere in Flanders: Letters from the Front, is a remarkable true telling of what is what like…
Land Beyond the Sea by Kevin Major
Land Beyond the Sea is a startlingly good feat of historical fiction, based on the torpedoing of the passenger ferry…
"Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers"| Canadian Internment Camp B, 1940-1945 by Andrew Theobald
Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers is volume 26 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series published by Goose Lane Editions.

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There are always new mobile phones emerging on the market and the autumn release window is looking pretty exciting this year because a fifth iPhone is promised. Here are five other recently rumoured handsets that might pique your interest ahead of the Christmas rush.
Appealing to the budget-conscious buyer, the Curve 9360 will pick up from where its predecessors left off, providing a compact, slim smartphone with great email and messaging credentials. With BB OS 7 onboard it will be geared towards social networking to a greater degree than previous BlackBerry handsets and as contract phones go this should be an affordable option.
Nokia has proved that the Symbian operating system is not as dead and buried as many had assumed with the speculation circulating around its new 700 smartphone. Running Symbian Belle, the latest augmentation to this ageing platform, the 700 will reportedly have a 3.2 inch OLED screen, a 1GHz processor and an interesting, elongated design which helps it to stand out from the other contract phones on the market at the moment.
An alteration in the naming strategy for the Galaxy range has seen Samsung announce the M Pro, a mid-range Android 2.3 smartphone with its eye firmly on the business and enterprise market. Like the Curve 9360 it has a full physical QWERTY keypad and a modest display, although it is actually thinner than the BlackBerry rival, measuring just under a centimetre thick. A five megapixel primary camera, 1GHz processor and custom TouchWiz interface will make sure that the Galaxy M Pro is competitive despite its inevitably affordable price point.
Details about this handset are thin on the ground, but it is likely to be manufactured by Samsung and feature a range of class-leading hardware features to make even Apple quake in its boots. Recent rumours suggest that it could have a 4.65 inch Super AMOLED Plus display with a native resolution of 1280×720. A dual core processor is a certainty, with clock speeds of up to 1.5GHz per core implied via industry insiders. Google has already confirmed that a third Nexus-brand smartphone will be emerging and given that the Nexus S was built in partnership with Samsung it would make sense for it to continue using this manufacturer in the future.
HTC has been working on a new batch of contract phones designed to run the Mango update for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform and an early September launch is anticipated to coincide with the software's release. Specifications are still hazy at this point but it would not be a surprise to see dual core processors, full HD video capture and larger displays put on the table by this Taiwanese firm in an attempt to win over more users to WP7.
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Family Animation 'Agathe-Christine: Next Door Spy' Streaming Now
November 09 20:40 2020
AGATHE-CHRISTINE: NEXT DOOR SPY // TRICOAST ENTERTAINMENT
Put on your detective hat and snoop around with the witty and wise 'NEXT DOOR SPY' and you'll find that things aren't quite what they seem.
Los Angeles, CA – Nov 9, 2020 – "A great mystery film for children and families," wrote Geek Tyrant.
From writer/director Karla von Bengtson (Tigers and Tattoos, Princess Rita, The Shadow in Sara), AGATHE-CHRISTINE: NEXT DOOR SPY is a Danish animation feature enjoyable for ages young and old, now avaliable on FlixFling: https://bit.ly/38lNndw.
NEXT DOOR SPY follows ten-year old Agathe-Christine, who dreams about mystery from her new family's basement, where she's established a little detective bureau. But while solving the first mystery, she soon finds herself involved in a much more complicated case, bigger than she ever imagined.
Visually unique, NEXT DOOR SPY uses "cut-out" animation, which looks hand drawn on the computer. There are 39 characters drawn for the movie and each character consists of more than 600 layers. "Vibrant hues capture the emotional strength of each scene. Of special note are the noir scenes Agatha imagines herself in, which feel reminiscent of old '50s films," wrote CBR.
The movie's mystery plot is an opportunity for writer-director Kara von Bengston to touch on issues kids often encounter, like moving to a new town, exasperating sibling relationships, and asserting one's specialness.
On the festival circuit, the family animation was featured worldwide, from Sweden's Göteborgs Lilla Film Festival, to Argentina's Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema and to its U.S. premiere at New York's International Children's Film Festival.
TriCoast Entertainment has AGATHE-CHRISTINE: NEXT DOOR SPY onto various digital platforms. Stream the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9oiXreie8w.
Produced by Copenhagen Bombay and in co-production with CB Sverige AB, AGATHE-CHRISTINE: NEXT DOOR SPY was funded with support from New Danish Screen, The Danish Film Institute and with production support from the Swedish Film Institute. The family animation features voiceovers by Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Simone Edemann Møgelbjerg, Oliver Bøtcher Herlevsen, Søs Egelind, Tommy Kenter, Kristine Sloth, Dar Salim, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Mille Lunderskov and Harald Kaiser-Hermann.
Agathe-Christine: Next Door Spy (2017, 77 min.) Written and directed by: Karla von Bengtson. Executive Produce: Sarita Christensen. Producers: Mette Valbjørn Skøtt & Fie Ørnsø. Film editor: Linda Jildmalm. Music Composers: Nathan Larson & Lanre Odunlami. Denmark, English. Copenhagen Bombay, TriCoast Entertainment.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Copenhagen Bombay: Copenhagen Bombay was established in 2006 and is currently owned by film producer and director Sarita Christensen. The goal of the company's productions is to create original content for children and young people. Company attaches particular importance to the development of new talents, original tales and unique looks and designs. With films like Carsten & Gittes Film Ballade (2008), The Apple & The Worm (2009), Tigers & Tattoos (2010), The Secret of the Ice Flower (2012) The King of the Poems (2014) and Get Santa (2016), the company has been behind a long list of original films for children and young people.
About TriCoast Entertainment:
TriCoast Entertainment is a premium Domestic Distributor, representing the best of U.S. and international films: in theaters, on VOD, on DVD and TV. Sister company to TriCoast Worldwide and TriCoast Studios, the company is located at the Studio facility in Culver City, Los Angeles.
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Q: Do fixtures defined within a Nose test class get called between functions? Suppose I have a test class:
class testFoo():

    def bar():
      #assert stuff

    def baz():
      #assert stuff

    def setUp():
      config = {"stuff": "morestuff"}

    def tearDown():
      cleanup()

Are the fixtures(setUp and tearDown) supposed to be called between function calls (bar and baz)? Or does setUp only get called when the test class gets instantiated? Ideally, the fixtures would be called between function calls.
I read the documentation on this and it wasn't clear enough to me.

A: setUp() and tearDown() methods are called right before and after every test method.
If you need something to be called once before any of the test methods in the test case class are executed - define setUpClass() class method, if once after all the methods were executed - define tearDownClass() class method.

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   namespace TAO_PEGTL_NAMESPACE
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      namespace internal
      {
         template< typename Char >
         bool contains( const Char c, const std::initializer_list< Char >& l ) noexcept
         {
            return std::find( l.begin(), l.end(), c ) != l.end();
         }

         template< result_on_found R, typename Peek, typename Peek::data_t... Cs >
         struct one
         {
            using analyze_t = analysis::generic< analysis::rule_type::any >;

            template< typename Input >
            static bool match( Input& in ) noexcept( noexcept( Peek::peek( in ) ) )
            {
               if( const auto t = Peek::peek( in ) ) {
                  if( contains( t.data, { Cs... } ) == bool( R ) ) {
                     bump_help< R, Input, typename Peek::data_t, Cs... >( in, t.size );
                     return true;
                  }
               }
               return false;
            }
         };

         template< result_on_found R, typename Peek, typename Peek::data_t C >
         struct one< R, Peek, C >
         {
            using analyze_t = analysis::generic< analysis::rule_type::any >;

            template< typename Input >
            static bool match( Input& in ) noexcept( noexcept( Peek::peek( in ) ) )
            {
               if( const auto t = Peek::peek( in ) ) {
                  if( ( t.data == C ) == bool( R ) ) {
                     bump_help< R, Input, typename Peek::data_t, C >( in, t.size );
                     return true;
                  }
               }
               return false;
            }
         };

         template< result_on_found R, typename Peek, typename Peek::data_t... Cs >
         struct skip_control< one< R, Peek, Cs... > > : std::true_type
         {
         };

      }  // namespace internal

   }  // namespace TAO_PEGTL_NAMESPACE

}  // namespace tao

#endif

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Johnson, Escobedo deliver late in Abilene High's win against Richland boys basketball
Jordan Hofeditz
Abilene Reporter-News
It took another strong finish for the Abilene High boys basketball team to pick up a key District 3-6A win against North Richland Hills Richland and remain undefeated on Tuesday night.
The Eagles (20-6 overall, 7-0 district) trailed by six in the fourth quarter before mounting a comeback. They used a 10-1 run to go up 48-45, but the game was tied back up at 50-all. That's when Khristian Johnson hit a corner 3-pointer with 1:31 to play for what would be the game-winner in the 54-50 victory at Eagle Gym.
AHS won by one at Richland in its district opener and it took everything the Eagles had to pull off the season sweep and open the second half of the district slate with a win.
"To be honest, I think that's our gutsiest win of the year," Abilene High coach Justin Reese said. "That was a team that you could tell they were fighting for their playoff lives tonight. They gave us every punch they had and they played really hard and really good ... It was just a gutsy win for our guys. I'm really, really proud. We've had some big wins this year but, to me, that was the gutsiest."
Johnson stepped into the starting lineup for Dylan Wright and, with a short bench, didn't leave the floor often. He only scored three points, but they were the biggest points of the game, coming at a key moment.
"We had a starter out with the flu, so Khristian Johnson came in and played almost 32 minutes for us and made the big 3 at the end," Reese said. "He's been an energy guy all year for us. He doesn't care about points or shooting or scoring, he just wants to do the dirty work, but he's hit some big shots for us this year. That was a really big 3 that he hit in the corner to give us a three-point lead late. Really proud of him."
The Rebels (2-5 district) led 12-11 after the first quarter, but it didn't last long. Abilene High scored the first eight points of the second quarter and led by as many as nine before taking a 29-24 lead into the break.
Joe Joe Escobedo pushed the AHS lead back to eight early in the third quarter, but Richland made a push and ended the quarter on a 10-0 run to take a 39-37 lead into the fourth quarter. The Rebels added a basket to start the final frame to lead by four.
The lead grew to six, 44-38, but the Eagles had the answer. They went on a 10-1 run to lead 48-45 on a Jalen McGee three-point play. The two teams traded 2 for 2 trips at the free throw line before Richland tied the game up at 50-all with 1:56 to play.
Johnson hit the game-winning 3-pointer and Nathan Watts finished the scoring with a 1 for 2 trip at the free throw line in the final seconds. In between, Escobedo delivered the defensive play of the game.
Coming off missing the front end of a 1-and-1, Escobedo blocked a Richland 3-point attempt with about 16 seconds left.
"I'm proud of our guys for executing out of a timeout," Reese said. "We had repped and we knew they were going to run him off a screen. Joe Joe was ready for it, was coachable, did a good job and got in position. That's a big difference between last year and this year, late in close games our kids poise. Poise under pressure and confidence. That was a big block."
McGee led the way with 20 points as Watts and Modest scored 10 points each. Escobedo added eight points in the win.
Things don't get any easier for the Eagles, coming off home games against Euless Trinity and Richland. Now Abilene High travels to Hurst Bell, which sits just behind it in the district standings following a 49-47 win against Trinity on Tuesday.
"That's the grind of district," Reese said. "The challenge is, you've got to go play the No. 2 team in the district on the road Friday, L.D. Bell. They're going to be fired up to play us and our kids know that. We have to do a really good job prepping this week to get ready for those guys and then go bring a lot of energy."
DISTRICT 3-6A
Abilene High 54, North Richland Hills Richland 50
Richland 12 12 15 11— 50
Abilene 11 18 8 17— 54
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS RICHLAND (n/a, 2-5) — Jourdyn Grandberry 2 0-2 4, C.J. Nelson 4 0-0 9, Cecil LaCour 0 0-0 0, Ikechi Osondu 1 2-2 5, Jayden Rhinehart 4 1-3 11, Yontaye Pead 2 0-1 4, Kyron Walton 4 1-1 9, Kendle Arnold 2 4-6 8. Totals 19 8-15 50.
ABILENE HIGH (20-6, 7-0) — Pooh Johnson 0 0-1 1, Jalen McGee 5 8-8 20, Joe Joe Escobedo 3 0-1 8, Khristian Johnson 1 0-0 3, Dylan Wright 0 0-0 0, Sammy Kanayo 0 0-0 0, D.J. Modest 4 1-2 10, Nathan Watts 4 1-2 10, Devyan Wilkins 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 11-15 54.
3-point goals — NRH Richland 4 (Nelson 1, Osondu 1, Rhinehart 2), Abilene High 7 (McGee 2, Escobedo 2, K. Johnson 1, Modest 1, Watts 1). Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — NRHR bench, Walton. Total fouls — NRH Richland 15, Abilene High 16.
Jordan Hofeditz covers Abilene high schools and colleges, Big Country schools and other local sports. Follow him on Twitter at @jhofeditz.