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Jacopo Ciani holds a PhD in IP law from the University of Milan and currently is post-doc scholarship holder at the University of Turin. He is also IP & IT lawyer at Tavella – Studio di Avvocati in Milan. His research focuses on the intersection among intellectual property, data governance and new technologies, including the protection of AI generated works, the ownership of data and the digital public domain.To read more about him, see here.
Massimo Durante is Professor in Philosophy of Law and Legal Informatics at the Department of Law, University of Turin. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law, Department of Law, University of Turin, and a Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Paris IV Sorbonne. Member of the Board of the Joint International Doctoral (Phd) degree in "Law, Science, and Technology" and of the Doctoral Program "Right of Internet of Everything". He is Faculty Fellow of the Nexa Center for Internet and Society at the Politecnico of Turin. Member of the Scientific Board of the Master in Data Protection Law at the Department of Law, University of Turin, and member of the Executive Editorial Board of the Philosophical Studies Series, Springer. His main interests are law and technology, information ethics, digital governance and information technology law, privacy and data protection law, AI & law.
Ugo Pagallo is former lawyer and professor of Jurisprudence at the Department of Law, Universityof Turin (Italy), Vice President of the Italian Association of Legal Informatics, Ugo is Faculty at the Georgetown's Law School transnational center in London, UK (CTLS), and member of the Expert Group set up by the EU Commission on liability and new technology/new technologies formation. Ugo is also chairing the 2019 AI4People project, namely the first global forum in Europe on the Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence set up by the European Institute for Science, Media, and Democracy (Atomium) in Bruxelles (2019). Ugo is professor at the Joint International Doctoral (PhD) degree program in Law, Science and Technology, an interdisciplinary integrated doctorate of the EU's Erasmus Mundus EMJDs programs. Author of eleven monographs and numerous essays in scholarly journals and book chapters, his main interests are Artificial Intelligence & law, network and legal theory, governance, and information technology law (specially data protection law and copyright).


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'Walker' Star Mitch Pileggi Might Be Retiring After the Series
by Samantha Whidden May 6, 2022
written by Samantha Whidden May 6, 2022 12:29 pm
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With the season finale of "Walker" set to air next month, star of the hit TV series Mitch Pileggi talks about the possibility of retiring from acting once the show comes to an end.
While speaking to Looper, Mitch Pileggi shares his thoughts about retirement. "I don't know if there's much future left for me," he explained. "I think this is going to be it for me."
Mitch Pileggi also opened up about the directors that are making appearances on the "Walker" set. "The directors that we're bringing in right now, as a matter of fact, I just got a text from Tessa Blake, who is one of our directors, and she's coming back tonight. She was wonderful, and they've brought some really wonderful directors onto the show. Everybody they're bringing in, I've got no complaints. It's been awesome."
When asked if he is planning to reprise his role as Samuel Campbell in the "Supernatural" series "The Winchesters," Mitch Pileggi stated that he's only interested in playing his "Walker" character, Bonham Walker currently. He also doesn't see the Supernatural crew being interested in bringing him back to the show's universe. "I'm happy doing what I'm doing. And I don't have any desire to… Well, not that I don't have any desire, [but] I don't think they're going to have any need for any Campbells showing their faces."
Mitch Pileggi Talks the Future of 'Walker'
As he continued his discussion with Looper, Mitch Pileggi revealed what he hopes to see from "Walker" in the future. "A lot of good stories. After we got picked up the other day, Jared [Padalecki], he texted me, and he goes, 'We got a lot more stories to tell.' And I said, 'I'm with you to the end.'"
Mitch Pileggi then noted that the "Walker" writers are continuing to do a wonderful job bringing him and the rest of the cast great storylines. He really hopes the series is able to continue to be successful and be long-running. "Like I said, we've got a great group of writers, and our producers are amazing, too. It couldn't be a better situation. I know that probably sounds very Pollyanna and all that, but that's the way I'm feeling right now about this. This is actually 40 years of doing this. This is as good as it gets."
"Walker" is the reboot of the 1990s western drama "Walker, Texas Ranger" and it first premiered in January 2021. The show is now in its second season and has more than 30 episodes so far. Jared Padalecki, who is known for his role in "Supernatural," played the titular role. Also starring alongside Padalecki and Pileggi in "Walker" are Lindsey Morgan, Molly Hagan, Keegan Allen, and Violet Brinson. In March 2022, "Walker" was renewed by the CW Network for its third season.

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Claiming Our Schools and Districts to be "Sanctuary" Is Not Enough!
The US has over 11 million undocumented people living across the States. Some major cities such as New York, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, protect undocumented individuals by making their city a sanctuary place to live in. This means that the city limits its cooperation with the federal government effort to enforce immigration law. Sanctuary schools and districts also limit the cooperation with federal government efforts by withholding personal data collected on students and families, for example.
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and deportations have caused fear in the communities across the nation. In February, in just a span of four days, ICE arrested 232 undocumented residents in the Bay Area. The impact that these raids have had on students and their families goes beyond their personal lives. This has impacted students' ability to fully participate in their education, it has affected their ability to learn in our classrooms causing worrisome and distraction.
The education reform advocacy group, The Education Trust–West, released a report, which explains that in California alone, 250,000 students enrolled in school are undocumented, and one in eight schoolchildren have parents who are undocumented.
How are our public schools making sure that these students and families are safe on their campuses and that their information is confidential and secure?
Taking a stand like OUSD is a great start. There is so much more that districts across the country can do to continue to keep their families' and students' information and status protected.
1. Questions on Enrollment forms: Eliminating questions on applications or enrollment packets that may suggest that a student or their family may be undocumented. Information that isn't needed for funding purposes should undoubtedly be removed from any enrollment forms. For example, Oakland Unified Schools district has its application available online. Question 8b asks for "Student entry date to U.S." and question 8c asks for "Student entry date to U.S. school." These questions may not only bring fear to undocumented newcomers when applying to the district but could be problematic information to keep on record.
2. Training Staff: Office staff and school leadership at every campus should be trained on what to do in case ICE agents show up to their school. What they as school staff are legally able to do to protect families and students is extremely important. For example, schools are identified as sensitive locations and ICE agents are not able to make an arrest or force to make an arrest on campus without warrant issued by a judge. Knowing the difference between a warrant issued by a judge and an ICE warrant are crucial in these circumstances and it is very important for school staff to know the information that can help protect their students and their families. OUSD has very helpful resources for staff and families online. Specifically, their training for staff is readily available on their website.
3. Funding Community Resources: Districts can allocate money towards funding personnel in the district who can lead partnerships and collaboration with community organizations and funnel immigration resources to schools. A district staff member can partner with community organizations and law firms who can provide important information and guidance on immigration rights such as know your rights workshops or legal aid through citizenships processes, etc. Students and families living in fear of deportation or getting arrested are more likely to attend a know your rights workshop presented at their child's school than seek out for it themselves.
It is no longer enough to declare a school or district to be a "sanctuary space." As educators, we need to take stand and truly do everything in our power to protect our students and our families. Together we can take preliminary measures and support our undocumented community on our campuses. Together we stand.


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Biggest Losers From Week 5 of the 2019 NFL Season
By Ryan Phillips
Christian McCaffrey Panthers / Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images
Week 5 of the 2019 NFL season is in the books and we had yet another crazy weekend. Here's a look at the biggest losers from the fifth week of this campaign.
Anyone who faced Christian McCaffrey in fantasy football
You poor, poor humans. McCaffrey went for 237 total yards and three touchdowns, while racking up 47.7 fantasy points. In the process he's established himself as a legit MVP candidate.
Chargers PR department
I mean, how do you even try to start spinning this crowd as some kind of positive and talk about the "growth" of your fan base in Los Angeles:
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12:56 to play 2nd quarter in the middle of a #Chargers drive. #DENvsLAC pic.twitter.com/5oueCAwHP5
— Derek Togerson (@DerekNBCSD) October 6, 2019
It's Year 3, and the Chargers were hyped as a Super Bowl contender before the season and they can't even find 25,000 fans to fill their diminutive home stadium. What a disaster for the NFL.
The Steelers' quarterback room
Pittsburgh's quarterback room is going to be pretty empty this week. Ben Roethlisberger is out for the year after elbow surgery, and Mason Rudolph was concussed on Sunday after a brutal hit from Earl Thomas. They're down to third-string quarterback Devlin Hodges in Pittsburgh now.
A lot of people welcomed the news that Chase Daniel was going to start in place of Mitchell Trubisky for the Chicago Bears. They look silly now. Daniel was awful in a 24-21 loss to the Raiders in London.
He completed 22 of 30 passes with 231 yards and two touchdowns, but threw two interceptions, including the one that clinched the game for the Raiders. He also took four sacks and held on to the ball far too long.
Bengals fans
Bengals fans waited years to get rid of Marvin Lewis and their first season without him has been an absolute disaster. Andy Dalton is completely washed and the team's best player, A.J. Green, has missed the whole season. This seems like a lost season in Cincinnati and it might be time to just go full tank mode. The Bengals are 0-5 and going absolutely nowhere.
Dan Quinn
The Falcons have dropped quickly from NFC champion to a 1-4 squad that appears dead in the water. Head coach Dan Quinn runs the team's defense. That's the same defense that surrendered 53 points and 592 yards to the Houston Texans on Sunday. While Quinn's job appears safe for now, that might not be the case at the end of the season.
Anyone who watched the Bills and Titans play
A 14-7 game between two poorly-constructed teams? If that was your local game during the early window I feel like someone owes you a heartfelt apology. Woof.
Adam Gase's job security
Adam Gase was brought to the Jets to modernize the team's offense. The head coach has somehow made things worse. Yeah, starting quarterback Sam Darnold is out, but a good coach can work around injuries. Gase's offense is dead last in the NFL, averaging just 179.5 yards per game. The Jets are also last in passing offense (113.5 yards per game) and 30th in rushing offense (66.0 yards per game). At this point what does Gase bring to the table?
Dak Prescott's bank account
As the Cowboys sink to 3-2, Dak Prescott's value has dropped. The last two weeks, Dak has thrown two touchdown passes and four interceptions. Every week that goes by without a new contract his value could be dropping.
Baker Mayfield and the Browns are having an absolute bust of a season. Cleveland is 2-3, while Mayfield has thrown four touchdown passes against eight interceptions. On the season he's completed just 55.9 percent of his passes. Things are a mess for the Browns and don't appear on the verge of getting any better.


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Wall Street up ahead of Fed minutes
Frankfurt/New York, January 4 – Investors on Wall Street are cautiously optimistic ahead of the release of the minutes from the US central bank's December meeting. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.7 percent to 33,363 early Wednesday afternoon in New York. The broader S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent to 3,867 points. The index for the Nasdaq technology exchange rose by one percent to 10,492 points.
Transcript of the last Fed interest rate meeting is expected at 8 p.m. Investors are hoping for an insight into the internal discussion about the further course of monetary policy in 2023. According to analysts, the main focus is on nuances. "We will learn that the Fed needs to maintain its firm stance and fight inflation. Then there will be back-and-forth between different members about where the final course should go," said investment strategist Darrell Cronk of wealth manager Wells Fargo.
BONDS IN DEMAND – OIL PRICES PLYSK
US Treasuries were boosted by hopes that the Fed would stop its XXL interest rate hikes. The yield on the 10-year bond fell to 3.715 percent from 3.792 percent on Tuesday. Portfolio manager Dickie Hodges of investment bank Nomura sees the outlook for bond markets in the new year as "almost consistently positive". In the short term, the upward trend will probably be interrupted for the time being. The major central banks will still have to deal with unacceptably high inflation. "But the need to keep raising interest rates will soon disappear. And when the Federal Reserve finally tells us that it has stopped raising interest rates, then the rally in the bond markets will be truly sustainable."
Falling bond yields helped technology stocks such as Netflix, Apple and graphics card maker Nvidia gain between 2.3 and 4.2 percent. According to experts, rising inflation and higher interest rates will devalue future profits for high-growth technology companies.
At the same time, the price of oil fell. "Warning signs of a global recession, China's weak recovery with rising Covid-19 cases, renewed strength in the US dollar and muted risk sentiment are all triggers that kept oil prices trapped overnight," said Yeap Jun Rong, market analyst at IG. North Sea crude Brent and U.S. WTI extended their losses on Tuesday and were each just over four percent lower at $78.66 and $73.62 a barrel. barrel (159 litres).
CHINA STOCKS AND GENERAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND – MICROSOFT FALLS
Meanwhile, hopes of a long-term recovery from the recent coronavirus outbreak in China supported shares of US-listed Chinese companies. The prices of tech companies Alibaba, JD.com and Baidu rose by up to 15.1 percent. The China optimism also inspired the coffeehouse chain Starbucks. The coffee maker's shares rose 3.5 percent to $104.40. Cowen analysts raised their price target to $112 from $104 earlier, expecting a recovery in the Chinese economy.
The spin-off of the medical technology company has paid off for the shareholders of the American conglomerate General Electric (GE). GE HealthCare shares rose more than five percent to $58.88 in their first day of trading. GE shares also rose 3.8 percent. At the same time, Microsoft lost 4.3 percent to 229.38 dollars. The analysts at UBS set the paper at "neutral" from "buy" and lowered the target price from $300 to $250. After the boom in working from home, slower growth is expected for Azure cloud technology and the Office suite of applications.
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Last year, some of you may remember that we helped both Saidi's mum and Steven's mum to start new businesses; so we were excited to find out how they were getting on. Mama Steven, after some initial help from Rieder, is now up and running with her charcoal business and is regularly making enough money to support herself and Steven with their essentials such as food and household items. But the best thing of all is Mama Steven's new attitude towards the business. A recent ban on plastic bags, which she uses to package the charcoal, could have caused her to loose customers but she quickly worked out an alternative solution and has started to put it into place BEFORE running out of plastic bags! This showed us that her understanding of how to run a business has really grown over the last year - she now knows the importance of customers being able to rely on her stocks. Not content with resting on her laurels, Mama Steven is also very keen to expand the business and thinks she might be able to double the amount she sells with a better location.
Mama Saidi has also made some excellent progress with the solar panel business. She has definitely mastered the equipment (which is no mean feat for someone who has never had electricity at home!) and has got the hang of charging people and keeping records. At times, her business has been booming – such as when the next-door house was being built and there were tradesmen there all day needing their phones charging. She also makes some good sales at the weekends and when the power is out. However, she told us that recently new electricity lines to the local area have meant that many of her neighbours now have power to their homes. Of course this is great progress for the community as a whole, but it does mean they now no longer need to pay for phone charging, so she relies mostly on passing trade from people whose phone batteries have died whilst out and about.
Recently, their landlord has made some changes to the neighbouring properties and they feel it is no longer such a great place to live. We think this presents a good opportunity for the families to relocate to a slightly different area, which could be better for their businesses. Currently their location is not ideal as they are tucked away behind the main road and no one passing would know they were there and open for trade. A move could mean both families have better visibility from the road and would be able to maximise their sales.
Watch this space - we will keep you updated with any new location developments!


peers so that you can receive constructive feedback.
at least three of your peers and provide them feedback as well.
So conducting a thorough career investigation.
you to really understand why you're going into a selected career path or job.
Have you done the research?
Do you know why you're doing it?
Do you understand what's necessary for you to succeed?
What proficiencies and levels of competency do you need?
What's your plan for marketing?
come to pass so that you can land your job.
through as you conduct your career path interview and research.
So conducting a research for your career path, how can we do this?
Well, number one, there are various ways that I can conduct my research.
some type of interview, where I'm talking to someone.
do a Skype, or some type of business meeting look vs video conferencing.
You can also come someone on a telephone.
We can email, as well as talk to someone.
And there's also the ability to do internet research.
look at other people professional profiles on LinkedIn.
ideas that I necessarily did not mention in this video.
But the intent is for you to do your research.
For example, if someone asks you why did you chose your career path?
And say your career path is, I don't know, to become a dentist.
because they are a dentist, and so you really haven't thought it through.
practice on a person's mouth or tooth, you need to be proficient in the field.
there's a lot that go into it.
yourself as you do your research.
So as you do your research you can compose answers to these questions.
you're going to share these with your peers in order to receive feedback.
not only what path have you chosen, but why?
What is the true reason that you have chosen it?
Is there a passion behind it?
Is it something that you need?
create a strategic plan, so do what I call a mapping.
And on this mapping you say, this is where I'm at right here, right now.
video, and also give yourself a timetable to completing your investigation.
So, which competencies are also necessary for your selected job field?
and how do you match up?
that you worked through in these courses.
maybe against templates that you have collected in your T portfolio.
And also feedback that you might have receive from others.
we want to have timetables, as well as, measurables.
And let me explain the difference between the two.
what was needed for my particular job selection is a level ten.
level five to my level ten in let's say, eight months.
So that's a timetable, the measurable comes into play.
How do I know that I'm increasing?
So I should have some rubrics, as well as, some measurables.
from a level five, where I initially started off, maybe I'm a level six now.
What do you have to measure that?
Did you present it somewhere, you received feedback?
How do I know that I'm increasing and heading in the correct direction?
I realize that I'm at exactly the same level of proficiency.
how are you going to promote yourself?
also there should be a measurable with that as well.
So now that I'm advertising or promoting myself, I'm creating awareness.
How do I know that I'm going in the correct direction?
I'm getting a number of phone calls from people asking me to come in to interview.
I'm increasing my brand, which is another thing that we talked about in the course.
And if that's not improving, if I'm not having headway, what's my plan B?
How do I reassess and say okay, now I need to change course?
it goes in a straight line as we suppose.
to make sure it's heading toward its course.
sure you're on the correct course.
And so, again, this should take you between one to three pages.
aspiration of becoming whatever job you selected come to pass.
your colleagues and receive feedback.
to improve upon it, how are you going to take this information and apply it.
this is what I'm going to assess my colleagues against.
Did they define their particular career path clearly?
Did they articulate how they're going to improve upon incompetencies and skills?
a plan B if plan A is not working.
are providing as part of this assignment, and again, this is to help you.
hey, this is not what I want to do.
it's involving some competencies that I don't have any natural ability for.
labor, and money going into a career path that does not naturally line up for you.
And so you might say, based upon my research, I don't want to do this.
I want to maybe look at the feasibility of actually going to another field.
my natural ability and skills.
I wish the best to you as you complete your analysis and your assignment.


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Jean Pierre François Bonet, Count of Bonet (born 8 August 1768 in Alençon; † 23 November 1857 Alençon) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

During the Peninsular War, both he and his commanding officer, Marshal Marmont, were wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of Salamanca.

His is among the names of French military leaders inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

References
 Pope, Stephen (1999). The Cassel Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. Cassel. .
 Schneid, Frederick C. (2011). The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Mainz: Institute of European History.
 Gates, David (1986). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Pimlico 2002.

1768 births
1857 deaths
French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
French generals
French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
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Diabetes is one of the main health problems not only in the country but also in the world. And it is not something that can be ignored both in financially and health wise. When left on its own, diabetes can spell a helluva of complications, from heart disease to liver problems.
It is perhaps the disease that causes the most number of complications in the body. Money wise, it is not cheap to have diabetes. In fact in studies conducted, 1/10 of the spendings of United States in Healthcare goes to Diabetes and its complications.
Because it is expensive and difficult to treat diabetes when it is already in its complications stage, patients are advised to nip the problem in the bud as soon as they can. If they can prevent diabetes from occurring with a few lifestyle changes especially in eating habits, all the better. This need for change spurned the creation of various kinds of diets that are designed to help diabetic patients and would be diabetics cope with the problem.
Although it was primarily conceptualized for people with heart problem, Atkins Diet is also being used as an alternative diet for people with diabetes. In fact, many diabetic patients have actually testified to its effectiveness. Atkins diet is primarily a low carbohydrate diet that aims to cut pounds by forbidding people under the program to eat carbohydrate-rich food.
These include rice, potatoes, bread and pasta. According to Dr. Robert Atkins, who created the diet for patients with heart problem in his clinic, the diet can also benefit diabetic patients because the decrease in caloric intake can reduce fats in the body; thereby reducing the risk for Type 2 diabetes.
The diet, however, is only effective with people who have a Type 2 diabetes or those whose diabetes is brought on by lifestyle of the person and his or her eating habits. It cannot do much for people who are already born with a problem in insulin secretion. These are the people with Type 1 diabetes. They depend solely on regular injections of insulin.
Still, there are critics that say that Atkins diet is not effective and in fact can lead to further complications. According to experts, the metabolism involved in the burning of fats instead of carbohydrates can cause problems and complications. Also, the intake of animal fat which diet does not restrict can increase cholesterol to dangerous levels; resulting in diabetes and even heart disease.


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On March 5, 2010, Brooke, Jake and I headed down to Pike Place Market in Seattle for their FUN engagement session. We had a great time weaving in & out of the tourists and market shoppers. The weather was ideal and Brooke and Jake were super easy and fun to work with. My favorite shots come from shooting against the gum wall in Post Alley and underneath all the fluorescent brightly lit sign-age throughout the market. I'm very excited to be photographing their August wedding in Leavenworth, WA at the Pine River Ranch.
Congrats to you both and see you again in a few months!
Great pictures Nicole! Congrats again Brooke and Jake.
Nicole – thank you SO much!! It was a lot of fun working with you and I'm so glad we got a perfect sunny Seattle day! You have such an eye for creative, yet natural shots. We can't wait to work with you again in a couple months for our big day!!


I purchased one of these for my mum.
I was so impressed I got one for my self.
* its easier than I thought to pair up a wireless plug and get google to turn it on or off via voice commands.
If i get time i will describe how to do this.
For now enjoy the following list of commands.
CANCEL TIMER : (The Timer sounds nice and loud on Mini).
A reminder is not as loud as a Alarm so don't use for Turing off the oven use a TIMER instead. A reminder would also be sent to your phone.
A reminder is not saved in your calendar. Use Add to Calendar.
PLAY MUSIC BY : Susan Boyle	many songs.
PLAY : Someone to watch over me BY Susan Boyle 1 song .
REMEMBER : My car keys are in the top draw.
WHERE IS : My car keys ('is' seems to be the KEY word to get this working.).
ADD TO CALENDAR / What's the title : when is the event : what time : Save it ?
ADD TO CALENDAR / Doctors Appointment : 9am : 5th January.
There are so many more you can do.
How to set up a google mini ?
1. Download google home to your phone apple & android.
3. Train you voice in seconds.
To play music via google play or spotify.
Update the settings in the Google Home App and select the Music default.
To control lights or sockets via google mini.
Purchase a compatible plug or similar. These can be purchased from e-bay for about £10 each.
The wireless plug will come with an app, you use the app to connect to the plug via wireless connection using your home wifi to connect and control. Enter you home wifi into the plug app. Once that's done you can then add the device vial the Home app on your phone, and then say "Google Lights off" or this year is was "OK GOOGLE Christmas tree lights ON" and off lol.
Be sure you have a compatible brand.
If your an echo Dot or the amazon family please start a new Topic.
You can also play music from YouTube on a tablet once you have paired them up. Don't forget that every command you give it leaves it on your phone. You will have to go to google home on your phone and check My activity.
joke. That last one should have read play YouTube music from a tablet as an extra speaker.
Ask it how long you have left to live.. or "give me 6 numbers to win lottery"
The perfect companion if your on your own, its funny give it a go..
Last edited by Mark; 19th Jan 2018 11:17am.


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The Chinese Fine Arts Society
The Chinese Fine Arts Society (CFAS) was founded in 1984 as a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to the education and promotion of the Chinese cultural arts.
Main Stage Events
Music Festival in Honor of Confucius (MFHC)
Divisions and Repertoire Requirements
Piano Division
Violin Division
Cello Division
Chinese Instruments
Vocal Division
Chamber Music Division
General Rules and Deadlines
34th MFHC Application Form
Chamber Music Application Form
Need Based Financial Assistance Application
Congratulatory Ad Form
34th MFHC Finalists
33rd Music Festival in Honor Of Confucius Winners
32nd Music Festival in Honor of Confucius Results
2015 Music Festival in Honor of Confucius Winners
What is a Huang Zhong?
Booking & Events
« University of Chicago Presents Wu Man and Friends: A Night in the Gardens of the Tang Dynasty
Film Screening – Discovering a Musical Heartland: Wu Man's Return to China »
A Lunch Conversation with Wu Man
By eclawson | Published: September 12, 2019
Illinois 60637
Community Engagements
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 – 12:00 PM
Luncheon with Wu Man and the Center for East Asian Studies
FREE and open to the public, RSVP required
In addition to her performance "A Night in the Gardens of the Tang Dynasty" on Sunday, October 13th, Wu joins the Center for East Asian Studies at the University, which is co-presenting the residency, for a luncheon discussion in UChicago's International House, and she will participate in a screening and discussion of the documentary Discovering a Musical Heartland: Wu Man's Return to China. The film, which Wu produced and directed, documents her travels through China's remote regions as she unearths ancient musical traditions in danger of being lost. Wu says, "I hope that through the documentary film the audience can travel with me to China's remote countryside, to discover music rarely seen or heard outside of these areas, to see the inside of China."
For more information, please visit the UChicago Presents Website.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance should contact the Office of Programs and External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or [email protected].
Presented by the University of Chicago Presents and the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies with generous support from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the International House Global Voices Program at the University of Chicago, and the Chinese Fine Arts Society of Chicago. This engagement is further supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council and the Crane Group.
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The Chinese Fine Arts Society (CFAS) is a Chicago-based organization dedicated to promoting the appreciation of Chinese culture, enhancing cultural exchange, and pursuing excellence in Chinese music, dance, and visual arts. Since its founding in 1984, CFAS has been a leading champion of Chinese culture, bringing together people from diverse backgrounds to celebrate the beauty and majesty of both traditional and contemporary Chinese art.
Upcoming CFAS Events
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using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework;
using PlugToolkit.Helpers;

namespace PlugToolkit.UWP.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class UnixDateTimeHelperTests
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void ToUnixTimeInMilliseconds_DateTimeOffset_ShouldMatch()
        {
            var offset = new DateTimeOffset(2016, 1, 8, 4, 11, 28, TimeSpan.FromHours(7));
            var expected = offset.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();
            var actual = offset.ToUnixTimeInMilliseconds();

            Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void FromUnixTimeInMilliseconds_UnixTimeInMilliseconds_ShouldMatch()
        {
            long unixTime = 1452226288043;
            var expected = DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeMilliseconds(unixTime);
            var actual = UnixDateTimeHelper.FromUnixTimeInMilliseconds(unixTime);

            Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void ToUnixTimeInSeconds_DateTimeOffset_ShouldMatch()
        {
            var offset = new DateTimeOffset(2016, 1, 8, 4, 11, 28, TimeSpan.FromHours(7));
            var expected = offset.ToUnixTimeSeconds();
            var actual = offset.ToUnixTimeInSeconds();

            Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void FromUnixTimeSeconds_UnixTimeInMilliseconds_ShouldMatch()
        {
            long unixTime = 14522262884;
            var expected = DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(unixTime);
            var actual = UnixDateTimeHelper.FromUnixTimeInSeconds(unixTime);

            Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
        }
    }
}


Jermain Defoe grabbed a hat-trick as we completed the Barclays Asia Trophy with an emphatic 6-0 victory over South China at Hong Kong Stadium on Saturday night.
After the disappointment of the defeat to Sunderland earlier in the week, the lads were determined to put on a performance for the fantastic supporters who have followed their every step over the past week.
An own goal and two quick finishes from Clint Dempsey and Jermain Defoe made it 3-0 inside 45 minutes before the England striker completed his hat-trick in the second half, and an Andros Townsend free-kick ensured the scoreline reflected the one-sided nature of the match.
It was no more than the team deserved after a gruelling week of training in the extreme humidity and rain of the monsoon season in Hong Kong. Much of the build-up to the game had focussed on the bad weather but the match kicked-off in sunshine.
Andre Villas-Boas made two changes to the team that faced Sunderland; Lloris came in for Gomes and Defoe replaced Adebayor. And it was clear from the outset that Andre's side wanted to leave Asia on a high, playing with an intensity and determination from the first whistle. It did not take long for our early superiority to pay off.
Dembele, impressing with his strength and control in midfield, picked out Dempsey in the box before the American laid the ball off to Danny Rose. The young full-back's cross deflected off Tse Sean Ka Keung and past Zhang Chunhui at his near post.
The goalkeeper had Padilha to thank moments later as the Brazilian defender made a fantastic last ditch tackle to take the ball from Defoe's feet after the striker was sent through on goal by Dembele.
We zipped the ball around Hong Kong Stadium with ease and the inevitable second goal arrived after 34 minutes, albeit after we had spurned a couple of gilt-edged opportunities.
First Dempsey lifted a chip over the bar when through on goal and then Defoe hit the woodwork with a header, but the two players would soon combine to double our lead. Steven Caulker's header out from midfield found Defoe and he beat Tse Sean Ka Keung before cutting the ball back to Dempsey on the six-yard line, who slid the ball home.
Any hopes South China had of a comeback were effectively ended on the stroke of half-time when Kyle Walker's free-kick deflected through to Defoe, who took a touch in the box before slotting the ball home from 10-yards out.
And the home side's plight worsened shortly after the break when Zhang Chunhui could only kick his clearance into Defoe allowing the striker to collect the loose ball and finish into an empty net to make it 4-0.
Cheung Po Chun's side worked hard to score a consolation goal and Dhiego De Souza Martins dragged a shot a couple of yards wide of goal, but Lloris was merely a spectator for much of the night.
The rain returned after 75 minutes but that did not stop Defoe securing his hat-trick soon after, running onto Gylfi Sigurdsson's through ball hit with the outside of his boot and finishing with ease past Zhang Chunhui at the goalkeeper's near post.
Andros Townsend completed the rout with five minutes remaining, curling a 20-yard free-kick across goal and into the bottom corner of the net.
The fans in Hong Kong Stadium were desperate to see South China score and they almost got their wish when De Souza Martins first forced Lloris into a spectacular diving save before then dragging a shot wide of goal when one-on-one with the Frenchman, but it wasn't to be.
A 6-0 win; just the way to end the Club's week in Asia.
Spurs (4-3-3): Lloris, Rose (Fryers 68), Dawson, Caulker, Walker (Naughton 46), Dembele (Huddlestone 68), Parker (Livermore 68), Sigurdsson, Lennon (Townsend 68), Defoe, Dempsey (Carroll 46).


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Image by Chris RubberDragon on Flickr under Creative Commons License.
Banksy Tour in Bristol (Self Guided), Bristol
Bristol's home-grown and anonymous street artist and painter, Banksy, is world famous for his satirical and thought-provoking street paintings with underlying social commentary. Several pieces of Banksy's work can be seen free of charge in various locations around Bristol, so it would be a shame not to take this self-guided walk and see his amazing work firsthand.
How it works: Download the app "GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities" from iTunes App Store or Google Play to your mobile phone or tablet. The app turns your mobile device into a personal tour guide and its built-in GPS navigation functions guide you from one tour stop to next. The app works offline, so no data plan is needed when traveling abroad.
Banksy Tour in Bristol Map
Create Your Own Self-Guided Walks in Bristol
Guide Name: Banksy Tour in Bristol
Guide Location: England » Bristol (See other walking tours in Bristol)
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Sightseeing)
# of Attractions: 6
Author: stacey
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Banksy - Well Hung Lover
Queen Ziggy
The Mild Mild West
Rose on a Mousetrap
Take The Money And Run
1) Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (must see)
The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol. It is run by the city council with no entrance fee.
The museum includes sections on natural history as well as local, national and international archaeology. The art gallery contains works from all periods, including many by internationally famous artists, as well a collection of modern paintings of Bristol.
The highlight of the museum is the Banksy sculpture, Paint Pot Angel, which stands in the Museum's sculpture hall and is on permanent display. In true Banksy style, the sculpture features an angel covered by a can of pink paint. It has become an iconic piece of Banksy's work, attracting thousands of Banksy fans from all over the world each year.
Operation hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 10 am- 5 pm.
Image by Matt Brown on Flickr under Creative Commons License.
2) Banksy - Well Hung Lover
This is one of the many masterpieces painted by Banksy, a quasi-anonymous British graffiti artist. Banksy's style is known for its striking and humorous images, sometimes combined with slogans. A mural called "Love cheat", suitably located on the side of a sexual health clinic in Frogmore Street, shows Banksy at his finest, playing on words to his heart's content.
Image by Richard Cocks on Wikimedia under Creative Commons License.
3) Queen Ziggy
This painting mysteriously appeared on a wall on Upper Maudlin Street, near the Bristol Children's Hospital, just in time to commemorate Her Majesty's Jubilee. Banksy is believed to be behind the painting which shows the Queen as Ziggy Stardust. The crown-wearing monarch sports a jagged red stripe, just like the David Bowie creation in 1970.
Image by The Moog Image Dump on Flickr under Creative Commons License.
4) The Mild Mild West
Painted on the wall of a house, this is a scene with a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail. This mural is probably the most well-known piece of street art in Bristol.
Image by William Avery on Wikimedia under Creative Commons License.
5) Rose on a Mousetrap
The painting is found on the side of a house with a frame around it to protect the painting from vandalism. It's said that at least 20 residents put their money together to help protect this mural, making it the best protected Banksy street painting in Bristol. That tells a lot about the pride Bristolians feel for the home born artist.
Image by GPSmyCity under Creative Commons License.
6) Take The Money And Run
Take the Money and Run is one of Banksy's earliest work and longest surviving. The painting was a collaborative effort with two other street artists, Inkie and Mobz. The mural depicts the silhouettes of three thieves against a colorful backdrop. In his early work, Banksy painted freehand rather than using the stencils and the influence of graffiti on his painting was strong, which is evident in the abstract mix of swirling colors and in the style of lettering.
Image by eddiedangerous on Flickr under Creative Commons License.
Walking Tours in Bristol, England
Create Your Own Walk in Bristol
Creating your own self-guided walk in Bristol is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Bristol Introduction Walk
One of the prime destinations of Britain's maritime glory, Bristol is a colourful city sitting on the banks of the River Avon in southwestern England. Much of its eventful history is reflected in the local architecture and documented by the local museums. Modern-day Bristol is just as interesting. To learn more about and appreciate the city's social, cultural and industrial heritage,... view more
Bristol Architecture Walking Tour
Bristol offers a wide variety of architectural styles from many periods of Great Britain's history. Take this walking tour to familiarize yourself with Bristol's architectural heritage. Take this walking tour to familiarize yourself with Bristol's architectural heritage.
Bristol Museums Walking Tour
From time immemorial Bristol has been known as an historic port with stunning architectural masterpieces and a rich cultural heritage. The city features an incredible range of museums highlighting the most important periods of British history. Take this walking tour to visit some of Bristol's museums.
Bristol's Historical Churches Tour
The walls of the religious buildings contain many centuries of history. Bristol boasts churches established in the 13th through the 18th centuries. At the time of the Victorian and Edwardian reign, churches provided not only a place of worship but also educational and welfare services. Take this walking tour around Bristol to see the rich heritage of its churches and cathedrals.
Famous Bristol Statues Walking Tour
Bristol is an old city with a rich historical heritage represented in its buildings, sculpture and of course, its statues. Take this walking tour to see Bristol's most significant statues.
Bristol City Center Walking Tour
Bristol City Center is very rich in attractions, including sights such as monuments, museums, galleries and sculptures. Take this walking tour to explore the center of Bristol.
View all walking tours in Bristol, England


Made from high quality neoprene (mouse pad material), each mat is 24″ x 14″ and includes a convenient Icon Key along the bottom edge.
Please note, the Playmat is not a standalone product. A Ship Deck is necessary to play the Traveller Customizable Card Game.


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O2 to lose exclusive iPhone deal in October
Reports are reaching us that O2's exclusive deal with O2 is coming to an end in early October. So what are the options?
Richard Trenholm
Aug. 5, 2009 10:06 a.m. PT
Reports are emerging that O2's exclusive deal on the Apple iPhone will end on 9 October.
Mobile Entertainment claims to have seen documentation that marks the end of the deal on the iPhone, although O2 will continue to be the only provider to carry the iPhone 3GS.
O2 may have shot itself in the foot with recent comments blaming the high price of the 3GS on the Cupertino-based manufacturer. T-Mobile is already offering the iPhone 3G to power customers as a retention option, according to The Register. Meanwhile, Orange shop staff are telling customers that according to an internal magazine they'll be selling it soon -- but that's according to one Craver's mate's father-in-law, and he also claims he went to school with Elvis and once beat Pelé at table football.
The UK is not the only country to have an exclusive deal on the iPhone. In the States, dissatisfaction with AT&T has seen one high-profile casualty, a wave of bile on Twitter and an FCC investigation.
If you're an Orange customer and you fancy an iPhone but have resisted O2 up to now, it might be the perfect time to leg it from your contract in readiness. And whatever the provider options turn out to be, don't forget the secret one-month contract we revealed last month.
Discuss: O2 to lose exclusive iPhone deal in October


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namespace osrm
{
namespace engine
{
namespace plugins
{

// Filters PhantomNodes to obtain a set of viable candiates
void filterCandidates(const std::vector<util::Coordinate> &coordinates,
                      MatchPlugin::CandidateLists &candidates_lists)
{
    for (const auto current_coordinate : util::irange<std::size_t>(0, coordinates.size()))
    {
        bool allow_uturn = false;

        if (coordinates.size() - 1 > current_coordinate && 0 < current_coordinate)
        {
            double turn_angle =
                util::coordinate_calculation::computeAngle(coordinates[current_coordinate - 1],
                                                           coordinates[current_coordinate],
                                                           coordinates[current_coordinate + 1]);

            // sharp turns indicate a possible uturn
            if (turn_angle <= 90.0 || turn_angle >= 270.0)
            {
                allow_uturn = true;
            }
        }

        auto &candidates = candidates_lists[current_coordinate];
        if (candidates.empty())
        {
            continue;
        }

        // sort by forward id, then by reverse id and then by distance
        std::sort(candidates.begin(),
                  candidates.end(),
                  [](const PhantomNodeWithDistance &lhs, const PhantomNodeWithDistance &rhs) {
                      return lhs.phantom_node.forward_segment_id.id <
                                 rhs.phantom_node.forward_segment_id.id ||
                             (lhs.phantom_node.forward_segment_id.id ==
                                  rhs.phantom_node.forward_segment_id.id &&
                              (lhs.phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.id <
                                   rhs.phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.id ||
                               (lhs.phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.id ==
                                    rhs.phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.id &&
                                lhs.distance < rhs.distance)));
                  });

        auto new_end =
            std::unique(candidates.begin(),
                        candidates.end(),
                        [](const PhantomNodeWithDistance &lhs, const PhantomNodeWithDistance &rhs) {
                            return lhs.phantom_node.forward_segment_id.id ==
                                       rhs.phantom_node.forward_segment_id.id &&
                                   lhs.phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.id ==
                                       rhs.phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.id;
                        });
        candidates.resize(new_end - candidates.begin());

        if (!allow_uturn)
        {
            const auto compact_size = candidates.size();
            for (const auto i : util::irange<std::size_t>(0, compact_size))
            {
                // Split edge if it is bidirectional and append reverse direction to end of list
                if (candidates[i].phantom_node.forward_segment_id.enabled &&
                    candidates[i].phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.enabled)
                {
                    PhantomNode reverse_node(candidates[i].phantom_node);
                    reverse_node.forward_segment_id.enabled = false;
                    candidates.push_back(
                        PhantomNodeWithDistance{reverse_node, candidates[i].distance});

                    candidates[i].phantom_node.reverse_segment_id.enabled = false;
                }
            }
        }

        // sort by distance to make pruning effective
        std::sort(candidates.begin(),
                  candidates.end(),
                  [](const PhantomNodeWithDistance &lhs, const PhantomNodeWithDistance &rhs) {
                      return lhs.distance < rhs.distance;
                  });
    }
}

Status MatchPlugin::HandleRequest(const RoutingAlgorithmsInterface &algorithms,
                                  const api::MatchParameters &parameters,
                                  util::json::Object &json_result) const
{
    if (!algorithms.HasMapMatching())
    {
        return Error("NotImplemented",
                     "Map matching is not implemented for the chosen search algorithm.",
                     json_result);
    }

    if (!CheckAlgorithms(parameters, algorithms, json_result))
        return Status::Error;

    const auto &facade = algorithms.GetFacade();

    BOOST_ASSERT(parameters.IsValid());

    // enforce maximum number of locations for performance reasons
    if (max_locations_map_matching > 0 &&
        static_cast<int>(parameters.coordinates.size()) > max_locations_map_matching)
    {
        return Error("TooBig", "Too many trace coordinates", json_result);
    }

    if (!CheckAllCoordinates(parameters.coordinates))
    {
        return Error("InvalidValue", "Invalid coordinate value.", json_result);
    }

    if (max_radius_map_matching > 0 && std::any_of(parameters.radiuses.begin(),
                                                   parameters.radiuses.end(),
                                                   [&](const auto &radius) {
                                                       if (!radius)
                                                           return false;
                                                       return *radius > max_radius_map_matching;
                                                   }))
    {
        return Error("TooBig", "Radius search size is too large for map matching.", json_result);
    }

    // Check for same or increasing timestamps. Impl. note: Incontrast to `sort(first,
    // last, less_equal)` checking `greater` in reverse meets irreflexive requirements.
    const auto time_increases_monotonically = std::is_sorted(
        parameters.timestamps.rbegin(), parameters.timestamps.rend(), std::greater<>{});

    if (!time_increases_monotonically)
    {
        return Error(
            "InvalidValue", "Timestamps need to be monotonically increasing.", json_result);
    }

    SubMatchingList sub_matchings;
    api::tidy::Result tidied;
    if (parameters.tidy)
    {
        // Transparently tidy match parameters, do map matching on tidied parameters.
        // Then use the mapping to restore the original <-> tidied relationship.
        tidied = api::tidy::tidy(parameters);
    }
    else
    {
        tidied = api::tidy::keep_all(parameters);
    }

    // Error: first and last points should be waypoints
    if (!parameters.waypoints.empty() &&
        (tidied.parameters.waypoints[0] != 0 ||
         tidied.parameters.waypoints.back() != (tidied.parameters.coordinates.size() - 1)))
    {
        return Error("InvalidValue",
                     "First and last coordinates must be specified as waypoints.",
                     json_result);
    }

    // assuming radius is the standard deviation of a normal distribution
    // that models GPS noise (in this model), x3 should give us the correct
    // search radius with > 99% confidence
    std::vector<double> search_radiuses;
    if (tidied.parameters.radiuses.empty())
    {
        search_radiuses.resize(tidied.parameters.coordinates.size(),
                               routing_algorithms::DEFAULT_GPS_PRECISION * RADIUS_MULTIPLIER);
    }
    else
    {
        search_radiuses.resize(tidied.parameters.coordinates.size());
        std::transform(tidied.parameters.radiuses.begin(),
                       tidied.parameters.radiuses.end(),
                       search_radiuses.begin(),
                       [](const boost::optional<double> &maybe_radius) {
                           if (maybe_radius)
                           {
                               return *maybe_radius * RADIUS_MULTIPLIER;
                           }
                           else
                           {
                               return routing_algorithms::DEFAULT_GPS_PRECISION * RADIUS_MULTIPLIER;
                           }

                       });
    }

    auto candidates_lists = GetPhantomNodesInRange(facade, tidied.parameters, search_radiuses);

    filterCandidates(tidied.parameters.coordinates, candidates_lists);
    if (std::all_of(candidates_lists.begin(),
                    candidates_lists.end(),
                    [](const std::vector<PhantomNodeWithDistance> &candidates) {
                        return candidates.empty();
                    }))
    {
        return Error("NoSegment",
                     std::string("Could not find a matching segment for any coordinate."),
                     json_result);
    }

    // call the actual map matching
    sub_matchings =
        algorithms.MapMatching(candidates_lists,
                               tidied.parameters.coordinates,
                               tidied.parameters.timestamps,
                               tidied.parameters.radiuses,
                               parameters.gaps == api::MatchParameters::GapsType::Split);

    if (sub_matchings.size() == 0)
    {
        return Error("NoMatch", "Could not match the trace.", json_result);
    }

    // trace was split, we don't support the waypoints parameter across multiple match objects
    if (sub_matchings.size() > 1 && !parameters.waypoints.empty())
    {
        return Error("NoMatch", "Could not match the trace with the given waypoints.", json_result);
    }

    // Error: Check if user-supplied waypoints can be found in the resulting matches
    {
        std::set<std::size_t> tidied_waypoints(tidied.parameters.waypoints.begin(),
                                               tidied.parameters.waypoints.end());
        for (const auto &sm : sub_matchings)
        {
            std::for_each(sm.indices.begin(),
                          sm.indices.end(),
                          [&tidied_waypoints](const auto index) { tidied_waypoints.erase(index); });
        }
        if (!tidied_waypoints.empty())
        {
            return Error(
                "NoMatch", "Requested waypoint parameter could not be matched.", json_result);
        }
    }

    // each sub_route will correspond to a MatchObject
    std::vector<InternalRouteResult> sub_routes(sub_matchings.size());
    for (auto index : util::irange<std::size_t>(0UL, sub_matchings.size()))
    {
        BOOST_ASSERT(sub_matchings[index].nodes.size() > 1);

        // FIXME we only run this to obtain the geometry
        // The clean way would be to get this directly from the map matching plugin
        PhantomNodes current_phantom_node_pair;
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < sub_matchings[index].nodes.size() - 1; ++i)
        {
            current_phantom_node_pair.source_phantom = sub_matchings[index].nodes[i];
            current_phantom_node_pair.target_phantom = sub_matchings[index].nodes[i + 1];
            BOOST_ASSERT(current_phantom_node_pair.source_phantom.IsValid());
            BOOST_ASSERT(current_phantom_node_pair.target_phantom.IsValid());
            sub_routes[index].segment_end_coordinates.emplace_back(current_phantom_node_pair);
        }
        // force uturns to be on
        // we split the phantom nodes anyway and only have bi-directional phantom nodes for
        // possible uturns
        sub_routes[index] =
            algorithms.ShortestPathSearch(sub_routes[index].segment_end_coordinates, {false});
        BOOST_ASSERT(sub_routes[index].shortest_path_weight != INVALID_EDGE_WEIGHT);
        if (!tidied.parameters.waypoints.empty())
        {
            std::vector<bool> waypoint_legs;
            waypoint_legs.reserve(sub_matchings[index].indices.size());
            for (unsigned i = 0, j = 0; i < sub_matchings[index].indices.size(); ++i)
            {
                auto current_wp = tidied.parameters.waypoints[j];
                if (current_wp == sub_matchings[index].indices[i])
                {
                    waypoint_legs.push_back(true);
                    ++j;
                }
                else
                {
                    waypoint_legs.push_back(false);
                }
            }
            sub_routes[index] = CollapseInternalRouteResult(sub_routes[index], waypoint_legs);
        }
    }

    api::MatchAPI match_api{facade, parameters, tidied};
    match_api.MakeResponse(sub_matchings, sub_routes, json_result);

    return Status::Ok;
}
}
}
}


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The playing field for Eurobotopen 2005 is composed of 2 plaing fields with 5×7 squares of 30×30cm painted browN (mat) or beigE (glossy). This is the basic pattern used for localization.
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A few weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives, on a near party-line vote, passed a bill—"the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016"—that would, among other things, undo a major Supreme Court ruling of three decades ago, Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. A version of the bill is now before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Congressional efforts by Republicans to overturn Chevron (and by Democrats to preserve it) are noteworthy not just because Chevron is a very significant Supreme Court case—perhaps the most important ruling that most folks in the country have never heard of—but also because this episode is yet another instance (like the Independent Counsel Act, presidential power to issue executive orders, and executive non-enforcement discretion) in which the political parties' views about the proper constitutional roles of the three branches of the federal government seem to depend who occupies or is likely to occupy the White House for the foreseeable future.
A bit of background: in the Chevron decision—handed down in 1984—the Supreme Court ruled that certain federal agency interpretations of federal statutes are to be upheld so long as they are reasonable and permissible readings, even if they are not the interpretations that courts would embrace in the first instance. In other words, under Chevron, certain minimally plausible agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes carry the day, even if courts, left to their own devices, would find those interpretations to be less convincing than other interpretations.
Chevron was a relatively undernoticed ruling that became more controversial as it was invoked more often and more ambitiously by the executive branch and by the Court to uphold contested administrative readings of federal statutes. So-called "Chevron deference" became in the 1980s and 1990s a huge topic of academic commentary (mostly in the administrative law field), and the Court over time clarified and refined the test for when Chevron deference would come into play. The Court also created a number of separate but related deference doctrines—cousins of Chevron deference. Some of them are quite technical and are implicated by the proposed bill, but they don't require separate treatment here.
Supporters of the Chevron deference doctrine have advanced a number of justifications, including: (1) the federal agencies' technical expertise that might be relevant in administering (and thus giving meaning to) federal statutes that seek to regulate areas—like environmental pollution or telecommunications—in which technical knowledge is important to coherent regulation; (2) the political accountability of the executive branch (compared to the unelected federal judiciary) to make the value judgments that are inherent in many interpretations of sometimes opaque statutory language; and (3) the notion that, in part because of the first two justifications (and others), Congress likely wants agencies to have the interpretive power that Chevron confers.
These justifications (and others) did not convince many skeptics (which included some liberal justices in the 1990s), who viewed Chevron as a power giveaway to the executive branch during a time when conservative Republican administrations (e.g., Reagan and George H.W. Bush) were not on the same policy page with the Democratic Congresses (from the 1940s through the 1980s) that had enacted much of the major federal legislation on the books. The Reagan Justice Department (in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito served) was often quite forceful in invoking Chevron wherever it might apply.
Chevron deference has been thought by some to be anomalous in an era when the Court doesn't really defer to Congress. Although the Court sometimes pays lip service to the idea that congressional statutes come to it bearing a (strong) presumption of constitutionality, the ease and frequency with which the Court has been willing to strike down Congress's output over the last generation attests to the independence of mind the Court generally brings to its work. Of course, where Congress's enactments are being challenged, the question to be addressed is the meaning of the Constitution itself rather (as in Chevron settings) than the meaning of a federal statute. But if the Court doesn't give Congress (a body that, like the executive branch, is politically accountable—perhaps even moreso) the power to define its own powers in arguable cases, why should the executive branch be given the ability to define its own powers (which is often precisely what is at issue when an agency invokes Chevron to defend its interpretation of an empowering statute)?
The House Report in favor of the bill argues that Congress currently lacks an incentive to write statutes clearly, and that the executive branch that fills in the ambiguities will take the political heat for making the tough choices, and insulate Congress from the political backlash. It also suggests that agencies are currently encouraged to play politics rather than follow the law, and that courts have an incentive to shirk their job of reining agencies in.
In light of Congress's delegation of basic, essentially legislative, policy decisions to the executive branch, and given the president's inability or disinclination to meaningfully oversee all of the alphabet soup of federal agencies, the dissenters were fearful of construing Chevron deference too broadly, because doing so would reduce the power of the courts to keep agencies in any reasonable check.
Although the dissenters did not intimate that they wanted to get rid of Chevron altogether (which is what the proposed bill seeks to do), the dissenters would insist that, before deference is given, there be more of a demonstration that Congress actually wanted to give the agency the power to administer and interpret the specific provision at issue.
If the Separation of Powers Restoration Act does pass the Senate, I expect it will be vetoed by President Obama, even though 25 years ago I wouldn't have expected Mr. Obama to be a big fan of Chevron. But if the bill does become law, I think the courts should respect it. The question of what, if any, level of deference to give to agencies when they are interpreting federal statutes really is a question of statutory interpretation, which Congress should be able to control. This Supreme Court is often intent on not letting Congress tell it what to do or not do (and sometimes wrongly takes constitutional offense when Congress is simply trying to lay down a guide for interpreting its own statutes, as in Clinton v. New York), and some might suggest that Chevron saves courts time (by relieving them of what otherwise might be difficult choices between competing reasonable interpretations), but I don't think any workload increase generated by the undoing of Chevron creates any arguable separation of powers violation. For these reasons, I would expect in this instance the Court to accept and follow Congress's wishes.


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4. history class
5. oath
6. Frances
Father Michael had had a long day. Four days ago, a routine maintenance job had turned deadly when an airlock malfunctioned. A young engineer had been killed. He left behind a young wife and two toddlers.
This morning, Father Michael had held the service for the engineer. It was so heart-wrenching that he was relieved when it was over. But his mind drifted back to the toddlers all day.
Afterwards he had listened to four confessions. One was a mentally unstable woman. Anna suffered from insomnia, and no drug seemed to offer much relief. She had taken a rather self-destructive path in life, and perhaps simple insomnia lay at the root of all her problems.
It was the feeling of powerlessness that got to the Michael. What had the toddlers done to deserve growing up without their father? And Anna seems powerless to stop her glide to destruction.
Why did an omnipotent God make these things happen? Michael had no answer to this. And yet, people demanded an explanation from him. All he could offer them were empty, hollow words. And Father Michael knew this. He felt tired, and in some sense abused by his Ultimate Master.
He called his wife and explained that he needed some meditation. She understood, as she always did. Michael was still amazed by how good their marriage was. And so he set of to the one place where he felt that he could truly relax: the float room.
The ship had the shape of a rotating wheel. This created artificial gravity in the decks along the wheel. But the wheel had four spokes, and a center. As you took the elevator up one of these spokes, gravity gradually receded. In the center, where the propulsion engines sat, there was no gravity.
In fact, the propulsion engines had not operated in Father Michael's lifetime. The ship was on a steady, albeit high velocity course onto the Andromeda nebula. And with the engines inactive, it was safe to be in the center.
In fact, some of the rooms had been converted into floating chambers. They were not open to the public. Access was restricted to the upper echelon. These people enjoyed the luxury of an occasional zero-gravity float, with some music, perhaps a glass of wine.
As he got older, Father Michael's back had started giving him a bit of grief, especially after such a long day. And zero-gravity worked wonders on his back. So Father Michael was more than happy to find a vacant floating room. He squirted some wine into his mouth, selected the right music on his sound-device and just floated in the dark and the quiet.
When he awoke with a jolt, he was at first completely lost. For a second, he did not know who he was, let alone where and why. How long had he been asleep? He checked his watch and found that he had, in fact, slept though the entire night. He was overcome with a feeling of guilt for leaving his wife alone. This had never happened before.
As Michael stumbled to the out of the floating room, his dream started coming back to him. In fact, the memory was so vivid that he was unsure whether it had been a dream.
Michael had been walking on a planet. No doubt about that. The smells, the feeling of the wind on his skin, a sun peeking between the clouds. These were things he had seen in movies, but last night he had experienced them. He had actually felt them.
Michael had been overjoyed by the reality. But then he had been saddened by the poor life he and everybody he loved had known on the ship. He had been overcome with pity. He had thought that The Creator had wronged them by putting them on a ship, when they where meant to live on a planet. Once again, Michael felt abused and he had no explanation for it.
Michael saw a hill in the distance, and started towards it. Birds flew over head, he heard insects buzzing under foot. He looked for them, but could not find them. And still, there was this humming. He had come to a wild river and felt that he needed to cross it, in order to climb the hill. But when he had waded waistdeep in the river, he was surprised by the force of the water. It pulled on him, he lost his balance and got dragged along.
Of course, Father Michael had never learned to swim. The ship had no pool. Then, he felt a stinging pain in his chest, he must have gotten water in his longs. He was strangely aware of how he lost consciousness. His last thought was: "what a silly way to go." And then he must have died.
The next moment however, he was on top of the hill, and was looking back at the raging river. He saw his body being dragged along in it, but felt strangely indifferent. He turned and saw three men sitting at a rough stone table. The men were sitting in stone thrones, but the cushion made them look quite comfortable.
The man to the left called out him: "Michael, come here." Michael went towards them, but he did not seem to be walking. Again, he noticed this without wondering about it. He felt completely dull.
When Father Michael was quite close, the man to the right spoke: "You will be our messenger. You will take this message to your ship. You must stay on course."
"Do not get distracted." interjected the man to the left. The man to the right resumed: "You will meet the other ships at Mundus Melior. That is the planet you are travelling towards. You do not need to change course, it was set exactly right by us."
"You will meet the other ships there," concluded the man in the middle. It was the first thing he said, and he said it as if it explained everything. And that was the end of dream, if it had been a dream.
As Father Michael made his way back to his cabin, he was mulling over the significance of his experience. What other ships had the men been talking about? There was nothing in the scriptures, nor in the prophecies about other ships.
And there had been two foreign words, although Michael remembered them quite clearly. Mundus melior. That must be an unknown language. Was that the language that was spoken on their destination-planet?
After explaining to Anna, Father Michael reported back the magisterium. He had an appointment with Mrs. Severa, the second in command at the church. It was just a standard monthly debriefing.
Julia Severa was the foremost authority of the prophesies. Father Michael was very interested in her opinion on his dream, and told her in full detail. But she did not really respond. She just looked at him and asked him to relate it once again. Then she insisted that he put the dream in writing and have it on her desk before his shift was over.


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A lot of the success of large law firms is down to internal relationships that allow people to get things done when they need to get done. Here are some tips for how trainees can build effective relationships with different firm stakeholders.
Slotting into the culture of a large law firm can be daunting for new trainees; especially in larger firms where over one thousand people work together as parts in a well-oiled machine. A lot of the success of such firms is down to internal relationships that allow people to get things done when they need to get done.
Some firms send their trainees on professional development courses with titles such as "Impact and Influence" to fast track their relationship skills although much depends on the specific workplace culture of a firm, group or team. Others, though, are bound up with the nature of different roles in a law firm.
Here are some tips for how trainees can build effective relationships with different firm stakeholders.
DO – See other trainees as allies and share your knowledge. Feel free to call someone who sat in your current group previously for pointers. Similarly, share your knowledge about a transaction you worked on if you know someone will be drafted in to help on it in their next seat.
DON'T – Don't treat your training contract as an extension of university. You are not building a community from scratch; you are entering a well-established commercial environment and this means you should be sensitive to the existing culture and tensions.
In each seat of your training contract you will have a supervisor who oversees your work and trains you in their area of law. It's the most bespoke relationship you will form and one of the most important.
DO – To an extent, a trainee's job is to help their supervisor do his or her job. Some supervisors are very particular in how they want their trainees to work. It's best to get to grips with their preferences and work habits early on. You can also learn a lot from taking an interest in their clients and their practice area – you might be sitting with the next big fintech dealmaker or renewable energy arbitrator!
DON'T – Don't think of your supervisor as a mentor unless they position themselves in that way. Although it's important to find mentor figures, many supervisors are given trainees as a matter of firm policy and for whatever reason do not invest time in their trainees as people. You should expect to learn a lot about the job but lots of lawyers lack a pedagogical mind set and you are just one of many trainees on a pipeline that refreshes every six months.
A good relationship with your PA can make all the difference as a trainee – they will save you from bureaucratic processes, teach you how to use niche software programmes, help you plough through admin tasks and provide a warm ear in what can be a cold environment.
DO – Take the time to get to know your PA: say hello in the mornings, ask how his or her week is going, make a coffee at the same time for a quick catch up. The more you interact the more you will learn how to communicate with each other, which makes all the difference when a trainee inherits an emergency (e.g. when a letter needs to be signed by lunchtime or a matter needs to be set up by the end of the day).
DON'T – Never try to pull rank, especially at 4.50pm! Your PA technically works for you but s/he may have been at the firm 20 years and will have a better understanding of how the firm works than you. If you are having problems with your PA find a way to address it tactfully (e.g. ask your supervisor for advice in the first instance).
Partners are the seasoned explorers braving their way to the peak of the corporate law mountain. Most are approachable but have high standards and little time. Some may have been in the firm for thirty years and may look back fondly on a time before computers when smoking at your desk was acceptable.
DO – Get as much exposure to partners as you can and make an effort to come across as practical and reliable – never miss deadlines, suggest solutions to problems you encounter, and make judgment calls if you think a decision is necessary and there's no one else to make it.
DON'T – Don't avoid partners out of deference. Law firms are hierarchical but partners are people too and one day you might join them in their lofty ranks. You shouldn't wander into a partner's office for a chat about your weekend but when the occasion presents itself, such as over drinks, you have the perfect opportunity to connect with them. This is your chance to learn how their career developed, what they do outside of work and how you can help make their department a success.
Law firms and documents go hand in hand. Often your work product is a document and you will constantly be reviewing and commenting on client documents. This means you will get to know you print room extremely well; especially if you are in a disputes team where you might be tasked with organising a bundle of hundreds of thousands of pages.
DO – Take the time to meet people in print room and be honest with them about deadlines and if you make a mistake. They are under a lot of time pressure and if you set things out clearly, give realistic deadlines and turn up to collect your finished print jobs now and then it will help when you have a bit of work that's actually urgent (ninety level arch files by tomorrow).
DON'T – Don't fluster or give unnecessary deadlines. It undermines your credibility and can be annoying. If a pedantic associate gives you an unrealistic deadline, try to address it with the associate rather than passing the frenzy onwards.
Fee earners would be unable to do their jobs without the army of business development advisers, finance co-ordinators, project managers, conflicts specialists, graphic designers, IT support staff, events managers and other support group. As a trainee you are often at the interface between these departments and your team.
DO – Work with support teams on their terms. Some departments require certain forms to be filled in or sign-off from multiple people. Try to find out exactly what their process requires and don't be afraid to ask early on. Your PA is likely to have done it before and can probably help!
DON'T – Don't insist on work being done a certain way, even if "a partner said so". Hierarchy is not as effective as a management technique outside fee-earning circles. Most support teams also follow processes set by senior management that cannot be overridden e.g. certain requirements when using firm logos. Sometimes feeding this message back is better than ruining a relationship for the sake of following orders.


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Elizabeth Warren, Cherokees and 'Pocahontas': Why it matters
Jerry Adler
Yahoo News March 26, 2018
Pocahontas, 1595-1617, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (Photos: Getty Images, Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By now, most Americans have heard that Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator, scourge of Wall St. and liberal hero, falsely claimed to have French ancestry, leading President Trump to mock her as "Joan of Arc."
Wait, that's not right.
It was Native American ancestry, specifically Cherokee, that Warren claimed, and the nickname Trump bestowed on her, in a dozen tweets and numerous speeches, was "Pocahontas."
In principle, the situations should be equivalent. But they're not. Being mistaken about a French great-grandmother would barely rise to the level of a presidential tweet, even from Trump. But laying claim to Indian blood is taken very seriously in the United States, which tells us not much about Warren, but a great deal about how Native and non-Native Americans view their shared history, four centuries after their first fateful encounters.
Let's leave aside Trump's boorishness in bullying Warren over this obscure peccadillo, his utter lack of decorum and decency in bringing it up at a ceremony honoring Native American veterans, and even the fact that Trump himself claimed Swedish descent on his father's side, when in fact his grandfather was German. If he wants to call her Pocahontas, she should be able to call him Olaf.
We can stipulate — as Warren herself admits, although without quite retracting the original claim — that there is no evidence to support it. Her ancestry has been researched thoroughly, including by Twila Barnes, a freelance genealogist specializing in the Cherokee tribe. Since Warren's first Senate run in 2012, Barnes has been debunking her claims in dozens of blog posts under headlines like "Indian or Pretendian?" The usual media fact-checking websites have weighed in, and concluded that Warren's claim appears based on little, or nothing, more than family legend.
Warren has rejected calls to submit to a DNA test that could, in theory, shed light on her lineage. "I know who I am," Warren said recently in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press." "That's the story that my brothers and I all learned from our mom and our dad, from our grandparents, from all of our aunts and uncles. It's a part of me, and nobody's going to take that part of me away."
In fact, DNA is a blunt tool to determine Indian descent, especially going back more than four or five generations, by which time the genetic signature may be undetectable. Moreover, Indian ancestry is meaningful mostly insofar as it ties one to a specific tribe, but DNA tests don't (yet) distinguish among tribes. The leading commercial DNA services generally treat "Native American" as a unitary category covering the entire Western Hemisphere. Indian tribes set their own criteria for membership, typically requiring a documented paper trail. DNA tests don't qualify.
Warren never sought membership in the Cherokee tribe. Why would she? Politically, there wouldn't have been much to gain even if she were a full-blood Cherokee; there are only around 350,000 enrolled Cherokees in the world, and not many of them live in Massachusetts. (Shiva Ayyadurai, the Mumbai-born tech entrepreneur who boasts of having invented email when he was in high school, is running against Warren for the Senate as the "real Indian" in the race.) Trump accused Warren of inventing an Indian background to gain an edge in her career. It's true that in the 1990s, when she taught at Harvard Law School, the university cited her as a Native American to demonstrate the diversity of its faculty. This is information, or misinformation, that could only have come from Warren herself, who also, beginning in 1986, listed herself as a minority in a directory of law-school professors. But she was a recognized authority in her field when Harvard recruited her, and her heritage "simply played no role in the appointments process," according to Charles Fried, who was Ronald Reagan's solicitor general and sat on the law school committee that selected her. "Let me be clear," Warren said in a campaign ad during her first Senate run. "I never asked for, never got any benefit because of my heritage."
By contrast, when Trump claimed Swedish ancestry he was perpetuating a lie invented by his father for a very specific purpose. Trump's biographers claim that Fred Trump, a New York City real estate developer, sought to hide his German background during and after World War II so as not to complicate his business relationships, especially with Jews.
And contrary to what some people seem to believe, tribal citizenship is not a quick way to get rich. A few, mostly small, tribes distribute casino profits to their members in impressive amounts, but on the whole Indians are the poorest ethnic group in the country, according to the Native American Rights Fund. The Cherokee Nation, by far the largest of the three bands comprising the Cherokee tribe, has a territory that covers 14 counties in northeastern Oklahoma. (Warren was born in Oklahoma City, which is outside the territory.) The tribe provides certain housing, health and educational benefits to members within those 14 counties, but Warren would have had to move there to take advantage of them. For the majority of Cherokees who live elsewhere, says Barnes, "the benefit is the acknowledgment of your ancestry, the kinship, the link to your history, your ancestors' sacrifice."
Of course, those are the same motivations that drive people to research ancestors from anywhere, including those who never moved more than 20 miles from Ellis Island after getting off the boat. But you don't often hear about people inventing, or imagining, or repeating false family legends about, say, Russian ancestry, except for those trying to get their hands on the Romanov family's crown jewels.
It's different with Indians. The No. 1 question among clients of AncestryDNA is "where is my Native American ancestry," according to genealogist Crista Cowan, who guesses that if all the Americans who claim to have Indian forebears were right, they would make up half the population. She mentions some of the ways such legends get started, including ancestors who happened to look Indian, or who lived in what was called "Indian territory" before it became the State of Oklahoma. In Cowan's own family, the myth began with a photograph of a long-ago aunt dressed like an Indian; on investigation, it turned out to have been taken at a novelty booth in a fair. Barnes notes that over the years there have been promises, or actual payments, to compensate Cherokees for the seizure of their lands. This created an obvious incentive to apply to join the tribe. "People see records of those applications, they say, oh, great-grandpa wouldn't have lied. But maybe he did."
And the legends persist, because almost every American, whether or not he saw "Dances With Wolves," wants to feel a kinship with Indians. "One of the top five genealogical myths is 'My great-great-grandmother was a Cherokee princess,'" Barnes says. "There is no such thing." Being able to claim Indian blood is a way of being rooted in the very soil of America, the stuff that lies beneath the grass of Trump's golf courses. "Let's face it, being part Native American is cool," "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah remarked last fall, apropos of the Pocahontas controversy — "but just part, enough that you're interesting at a party, not so much that they build a pipeline through your house." In progressive circles, to claim Indian blood is a form of one-upmanship, a way to show you've pre-checked your white privilege. It inoculates you against the charge of being a colonizer. When Europeans are accused of stealing the Indians' land, you can say, not me.
But, of course, Europeans did steal the Indians' land, which may help explain why Cherokees like Barnes are so outraged by what otherwise might be excused as a harmless retelling of a family legend. ("Yep, I'm full-blooded Russian. Want to see my Cossack dance?") It adds the insult of cultural theft to the injury of ethnic cleansing under the Indian Removal Act, which displaced Cherokees and other tribes from their homes in Georgia and Alabama on a journey remembered as the Trail of Tears. Rebecca Nagle, a Cherokee writer and activist, wrote a harsh takedown of Warren recently that was especially notable for where it appeared, on the left-leaning website Think Progress. She wrote, imagining the apology she would like to see from Warren: "I am deeply sorry to the Native American people who have been greatly harmed by my misappropriation of Cherokee identity. … Native Nations are not relics of the past, but active, contemporary, and distinct political groups who are still fighting for recognition and sovereignty within the United States. Those of us who claim false Native identity undermine this fight."
Warren has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2020, although she recently announced she was not running. If she did run, Cherokee voters might face a difficult choice between the woman Republicans have been calling "Fauxcahontas," and Donald Trump, who has adopted as his role model Andrew Jackson — the president who signed the Indian Removal Act.
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