ASU basketball succeeded a season ahead of schedule and is no longer a secret. Bobby Hurley expects more success in 2018-19 with six new players.
Bobby Hurley rates his third season with Arizona State men's basketball as a "major success," based on creating buzz about the program and setting a school record for home attendance as much as anything.
"There's steps you take," Hurley said Wednesday. "It's rare that you make a from-nowhere to Final Four-type move. For us to get in the (NCAA) Tournament, get a taste of that experience, that's all you want is to give yourself a chance to get there. From there, you've got to make the most of it."
The "make the most of it" part is next for ASU, coming off a 20-12 season and NCAA Tournament first-round loss. Six players return, but none of the top three scorers – Tra Holder, Shannon Evans and Kodi Justice – who combined to average 47.4 points as seniors.
So while ASU could be as good or better in 2018-19, it will be a different brand of basketball. Less reliant on 3-point shooting, bigger and perhaps better defensively and more versatile matching up with opponents.
"This roster gives me a ton of options to play a lot of different ways," Hurley said. "I could see scenarios with five guys out there 6-7 or bigger, which I've never had."
That would require playing 6-7 Mickey Mitchell as a point forward, which probably won't happen often. Still even in a more traditional lineup, the Sun Devils will be bigger at guard with the addition of 6-4 Rob Edwards and 6-5 Luguentz Dort, replacing the 6-1 duo of Holder and Evans.
Hurley said, "I'm not going to have to talk as much about rebounding. Just having more size, guys that could go get the basketball, I think we're going to be a much better rebounding team. We have the potential to be by far the best defensive team I've coached here with the type of athletes we have."
ASU's returning starters are post players Romello White and Vitaliy Shibel although the 6-9 Shibel averaged just 10 minutes per game. Mitchell (an 11-game starter), guard Remy Martin and forward De'Quon Lake received substantial time with forward Kimani Lawrence only playing in 19 games due to an early-season injury.
Martin could be the starting point guard as a sophomore in a backcourt combination with Edwards.
Edwards and 6-8 forward Zylan Cheatham were here last season, but sat out as transfers from Cleveland State and San Diego State, respectively. Both are central to Hurley's plans for next season, which will be Cheatham's only opportunity to star in his hometown (he went to Phoenix South Mountain High School).
"We have real good size at the wing positions," Hurley said. "Zylan has been outstanding in the offseason so far. I love what I'm seeing from him. We're just going to have more options, more depth in the front court."
Including 7-1 freshman center Uros Plavsic from Serbia, ASU's top 10-ranked recruiting class also brings Dort from Canada, Elias Valtonen from Finland and 6-8 Taeshon Cherry to Tempe.
Cherry "doesn't look like a freshman," in early summer workouts, Hurley said.
As for Plavsic, the coach said, "There aren't too many guys that have his skill set and move. That's the difference for me. I wouldn't necessarily love a plodding 7-footer. He's got great footwork and he's mobile so he fits in to how we like to play. But there's not a ton of pressure on him because we have experienced front-court guys so he's going to progress at his pace. He's got great upside."
Hurley still has one scholarship available but said he probably will not use it. He also has an assistant coach opening still to fill with the departure of Levi Watkins, now at Mississippi.
ASU's non-conference schedule is mostly set, including games against Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Nevada and at home vs. Kansas, expected to be a sellout.
For Hurley, the good residue (12-0 non-conference start, peaking at No. 3 in the national rankings, the first NCAA appearance since 2014) outweighs the bad (8-10 Pac-12 record, a 60-56 loss to Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament) but also puts a target on the Sun Devils.
"The secret is out," Hurley said. "We have good players and we had a great season last year, but we've got to make sure we're ready to do it again.
"I had a pretty good suspicion we would exceed expectations for last year, but really deep down I thought this (2018-19) was the year."


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Wojskowe Sądy Rejonowe (WSR) – terytorialne organy służby sprawiedliwości Wojska Polskiego w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej.

Wykaz wojskowych sądów rejonowych z obsadą personalną oficerów

Obsada w 1932
Struktura terytorialna wojskowych sądowych rejonowych i ich kierownicy w 1932:
 WSR Baranowicze: kpt. Władysław Trzeciecki
 WSR Bielsko n/Śl.: kpt. dr Stanisław Menhard
 WSR Brześć: kpt. Józef Lilejko
 WSR Bydgoszcz: kpt. Stanisław Mazanowski
 WSR Częstochowa: kpt. Antoni Broszkiewicz
 WSR Gniezno: kpt. dr Jan Madziara
 WSR Grodno: wakat
 WSR Grudziądz: kpt Karol Wirth
 WSR Jarosław: kpt. Czesław Kędzierski
 WSR Kalisz: kpt. Otton Grudziński
 WSR Katowice: kpt. Roman Sumowski
 WSR Kielce: kpt. Teofil Stankiewicz
 WSR Kowel: kpt. Ignacy Szablowski
 WSR Kraków: mjr dr Józef Jan Król
 WSR Lida: kpt. Eustachy Chrzanowski
 WSR Lublin w Zamościu: kpt. dr Jan Kazimierz Wilk
 WSR Lwów mjr Jan Krynicki (do 30 VI 1934)
 WSR Łomża: mjr Alfred Hausner
 WSR Łódź: kpt. Jan Antoniewicz
 WSR Modlin: kpt. Władysław Koreywo
 WSR Poznań: kpt. Ludwik Łańcucki
 WSR Przemyśl: kpt. Erwin Bordolo
 WSR Równe: kpt. Józef Hoszowski
 WSR Siedlce: kpt. dr Roman Zubczewski
 WSR Skierniewice: kpt. dr Arnold Tarczewski
 WSR Słonim: kpt. Albin Znamirowski
 WSR Stanisławów: kpt. Władysław Danko p.o.
 WSR Tarnopol: kpt. Jan Róg
 WSR Toruń: wakat
 WSR Warszawa: mjr dypl. Zygmunt Borawski
 WSR Wilno: kpt. Kazimierz Mianowski

Obsada w marcu 1939
Wykaz zawiera obsadę wojskowych sądów rejonowych według stanu bezpośrednio przed rozpoczęciem mobilizacji pierwszych oddziałów Wojska Polskiego w dniu 23 marca 1939, ale już po przeprowadzeniu ostatnich awansów ogłoszonych z datą 19 marca 1939.

Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Baranowicze
 kierownik sądu – mjr mgr Antoniewicz Jan Stanisław
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. mgr Przysziakowsld Stanisław Józef
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art) Trojanowski Władysław I
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Bielsko
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Bara Wacław Piotr Antoni
 oficer sądowy – kpt. piech. Stiller Ernest Ludwik
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Brześć
 kierownik sądu – kpt. Lilejko Józef
 oficer sądowy – por. adm. (art) Antczak Henryk
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Bydgoszcz
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Czaj Józef
 oficer sądowy – por. adm. (kaw.) Hryckiewicz Wacław
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Częstochowa
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Danko Władysław
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (żand.) Karol Wolkenberg †1940 Katyń
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Gniezno
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Downarowicz Witold
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (piech.) Piela Stanisław Walenty
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Grodno
 kierownik sądu –
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. aud. mgr Marian Stanisław Grossmann
 oficer sądowy – kpt adm. (piech.) Witold Stanisław Donten
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Grudziądz
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Tyrawski Stanisław Jan
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (żand.) Kalisz Marian Józef
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Jarosław
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Zygmunt Antoni Skoczek
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Wincenty II Rutkowski
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Kalisz
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Łukasik Antoni
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Marchlewski Józef Franciszek
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Katowice
 kierownik sądu – mjr dr Drzymała Stanisław
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. mgr Urbański Stanisław Tadeusz
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (piech.) Biernaciński Franciszek Jan
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Kielce
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Stankiewicz Teofil Michał
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Martynowski Tadeusz
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Kowel
 kierownik sądu – mjr mgr Józef II Hoszowski
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. mgr Cybulski Zygmunt Władysław
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art) Tomaszewski Bronisław
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Kraków
 kierownik sądu – mjr mgr Zieliński Jan Bolesław Marian
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt dr Zdrochecki Eugeniusz Marian
 oficer sądowy – kpt adm. (art) Weiss Zygmunt Antoni Stanisław
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Lida
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Błaut Antoni
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt mgr Lebiński Stefan Władysław
 oficer sądowy – kpt piech. Hopfen Czesław Zygmunt
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Lwów
 kierownik sądu – mjr aud. mgr Kazimierz Tabęcki †1940 Charków
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt mgr Sąsiadek Piotr
 oficer sądowy – kpt adm. (art) Duczyński Jan Julian
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Łomża
 kierownik sądu – kpt Schmidt Aleksander Józef
 oficer sądowy – kpt adm. (piech.) Szczęsny Czesław
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Łódź
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Pałczyński Włodzimierz Apolinary
 oficer sądowy – por. adm. (piech.) Mokrzycki Włodzimierz Hugon
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Modlin
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Marciniak Stefan
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) mgr Dembowski Jerzy Marian
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Poznań
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Gołębowski Wiesław Mieczysław
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art) Niewrzałkiewicz Maksymilian
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Przemyśl
 kierownik sądu – kpt. dr Kochmański Stanisław Marian
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (sap.) Mirek Stanisław
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Równe
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Adamczyk Leon
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt mgr Skorupski Janusz
 oficer sądowy – kpt adm. (żand.) Somogyi Zygmunt Seweryn
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Siedlce
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Stypułkowski Bolesław Teodor
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Dworakowski Zygmunt
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Skierniewice
 kierownik sądu – kpt Szczepański Jan I
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (piech.) Słupecki Bogusław Jakub Cyprian
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Stanisławów
 kierownik sądu – kpt. mgr Duszyński Henryk
 oficer sądowy – kpt adm. (art.) Zagórski Wiktor II
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Tarnopol
 kierownik sądu – mjr dr Chudzialdewicz Mikołaj
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. mgr Jan Hryckowian
 oficer sądowy – kpt art. Buntner Kazimierz Alojzy Leon
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Toruń
 kierownik sądu – kpt mgr Krupa Kazimierz
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Kowalski Tadeusz III
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Warszawa
 kierownik sądu – mjr Koreywo Władysław
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt mgr Borowiec Władysław
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. mgr Wiejak Jan
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Eugeniusz Dziwiłł
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Wilno
 kierownik sądu – mjr Trzeciecki Władysław
 sędzia rejonowy – kpt. mgr Skorupiński Stanisław
 oficer sądowy – kpt. adm. (art.) Miłkowski Edmund
Wojskowy Sąd Rejonowy Zamość
 kierownik sądu – mgr Kołbuszewski Władysław Stanisław
 oficer sądowy – kpt. art Hoffmann Paweł Stanisław

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Seth Herzog on Wonder Woman, bombing big and why he should be IFC's next adopted comic
Posted by Melissa Locker on March 27th
As Jimmy Fallon's warm-up comic, Seth Herzog has to be good at working – and being funny – under pressure. Luckily Seth has proven himself fearless when it comes to making people laugh to the extent that he willingly dons a Wonder Woman costume on stage, even if he's performing in front of the U.S. military. Seth has a lot of practice getting people to chuckle. In addition to being a warm-up comic on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," he has a stellar stand up career and has hosted a stand-up show Sweet for years. In fact, Sweet, the NYC stand-up staple, is the longest running show of its kind, where comics come to test new material. Alumnis and contributors to Sweet read like a who's who of comedy: Zach Galifianakis, Tim Heidecker, Jim Gaffigan, Donald Glover, Kristen Schaal, the list goes on and on of comics who want to test their material on Seth's stage, which is why the New York Times called him the "comedy world connector extraordinaire." After watching him perform in the aforementioned Wonder Woman costume at IFC's Crossroads House at SXSW 2013, caught up with Seth, who was fresh off the stage from dancing with The Roots, to talk about the art of stand up, bombing big and then he made a pitch why he and his mom should be IFC's next adopted comic.
Hi Seth, you barely look tired at all from your dancing.
I am tired and out of shape, but the trick is that you don't let the audience see that you're exhausted.
You claim you are out of shape, but you wear a Wonder Woman costume on stage.
Lately I've decided that the unitard doesn't fit in the same way. It's getting ripped in a weird way and it fits in a weird way. I've joined a gym, if that's what you're asking.
You look fine!
I could lose a good 20 pounds.
30 pounds.
Maybe. When did you first don a unitard?
Years ago, as the story goes – it's folklore, so who knows if it's real – I started dancing on stage as part of a comedy set when I was at a friend's house and he had a disc of TV theme songs. "Josie and the Pussycats" is a great song and we just started rocking out to it and he said, 'You have to do this on stage.' I was like, 'Eh, no one is going to think that's funny,' but he said, 'Trust me, they are.' So I started dancing on stage to it, but I didn't have a costume for it, I would just do it and people liked it, but I thought there was a better way to do it. So I started thinking about it and I got that disc and the "Wonder Woman" theme song was on there and I thought, 'This is a great song." It's really fun and upbeat and you can wear funny costume with it. So that's how it started once I got the funny outfit to go with it. I originally had a Wonder Woman costume that I built and it was so so ghetto. It was this weird red stretchy halter and I sewed in the yellow bird and it was so ghetto. This new one is, like, $40. It does the job. It's a small, which I bought on purpose, because the weirder the fit the better, the funnier it is. I used to fit the small. Not that I'm that fat, people reading this.
You wore that small Wonder Woman unitard in front of US Troops?
Yes, lots of them. Three different USO shows.
When you were packing for Iraq, you were, like, I'm bring the Wonder Woman unitard?
Originally we were supposed to go to Iraq, but there was something going on there, I don't know what, a festival maybe. They wouldn't let us in the week we were supposed to go, the planes were backed up and comics were the last thing on the agenda so we just stayed in Kuwait and did shows there, which was fine with me. I would have liked to go to Iraq, but I'm fine. But with the unitard, I agonized over it, for two weeks. I asked all my friends, 'Should I do this? Are they going to kill me? Are they going to get it?' I agonized over it and finally my friends said, 'Just do it. It's very patriotic. Go with that angle. It's silly. Just do it.' We did one Navy show, one Air Force show and one Army show and they all reacted differently, which is really interesting.
Who was the most pro-Wonder Woman?
The Army. The Army laughed the hardest and thought it was the funniest. The Air Force thought it was kind of cute. The Navy were weirded out and insulted. There were guys standing in the back of the Navy show with their arms crossed just staring at me like, 'We don't do that here.' Like they were mad.
As a performer what is it like having your audience mad at you?
It's not the first time. One of the funniest bombings I ever had was when I had to do a benefit at a hunting lodge in Syracuse. It was all these NFL players and people who had paid to have dinner with them. Enough said, right? I was supposed to do an hour and that's a long set. I wasn't going to do Wonder Woman, but I thought it was funny because, you guys are used to men in Spandex, because you all wear Spandex. They were okay with when I was making fun of them, they were okay with it, but they stopped listening after I stopped talking about them. At the time I was doing a joke about "The Passion of the Christ" the film, which goes, 'Have you seen it? If you have seen it, a lot of people ask me whether, as a Jew, I think it's anti-Semitic and I say, not if you think Jesus finally got what was coming to him, it's not anti-Semitic at all. The Jews were right. They did the right thing.' They didn't get the joke. All they heard was some Jew from New York telling them that Jesus finally got what was coming to him. They turned on me. It was five, maybe ten minutes into the set. They turned on me. There were boos, they were angry with me, it was so ugly. There were a bunch of football players sitting right by the stage and I said, 'I don't know if you guys have actually seen the movie, but it's about a Jewish who gets his ass kicked for an hour and a half in real time and judging by the looks I'm getting from this table we're doing a remake of the movie out back right after the show's over.' That was the only laugh I got. Then there was a hot mic at the other end of the room and some drunk idiot from the Jaguars gets on the mic and I have a mic and he has a mic and they think it's part of the show, but it's not part of the show. I'm making fun of him and he's making fun of me. The organizers started rushing the stage saying, 'This is over, this is over.' This is maybe 15 minutes in. Then I had to sit in the room with them and wait for my ride to show up.
That sounds awful. Now you work as a warm-up comic.
Yes, I'm the warm-up comic at the Jimmy Fallon show, which is not a job I ever thought I would have. I never thought it is something I would want to do and never thought I'd get into it, but it was a really great opportunity when Jimmy asked me to do it and it was a new show and it was really exciting to work on a new show. I'm so glad I did. It's been such a boon. I'm on the show a lot, too. I do a lot of characters and sketches on the show. It's so much fun. it's the greatest job I've had.
As a warm-up comic, do you ever feel pressure, like if you don't succeed the audience is just going to sit there and stare at Jimmy?
That's always a fear, but it's happened very rarely where we've had bad audiences. We've definitely had the occasional bad audience, but it's rare that they are really bad. There's a little bit of pressure. I'm lucky because most audiences that come to our show are psyched to be there. 10-20% of the time they are really psyched and I don't have to do much to get to them in the mind-set of thinking like a group. Really the job of a warm-up comic is to get 200 strangers to start laughing together and thinking together – a subconscious mob mentality.
Like a cult?
Like an hour-long cult. But the audiences have to be brought to a frothy frenzy, which is hard because I only have them for ten minutes. Sometimes they are really quiet when they sit down and you have to bring them into a frenzy and those are the days I work it and work it hard.
Do you have a go-to joke that always works? More "Passion of the Christ" material maybe?
Yes, "Passion of the Christ" gets everyone on board. What I do to get the audience involved, which is simple, but it's birthdays. Every day there are at least two or three or seven birthdays. I have the birthday people compete and I have them do a dance off and it gets everyone cheering and clapping. I make fun of their dancing and I make fun of them.
I hear you are also interested in becoming IFC's adopted comic.
Chris [Gethard], I hope you are enjoying SXSW, because it is the last time you are going to be involved with IFC. I would love to be IFC's adopted comic. A. I don't like my parents. I need new parents. B. I love IFC, even before they started being a comedy channel. I love their vibe, I love their take, I love their choices. I don't know if you know, but I do a bit with my mom every week at my show Sweet, my weekly show that I've been doing for eight years at the Slipper Room. I do a bit called "What's On My Mom's Mind," and it's often the highlight of the show and she's amazing. She sings, she talks to the audience, she tells stories from her life. I never know what she's going to do. She's very ripe for comedy. I might bring my mom with me to be adopted by IFC as a package deal. I know that sounds weird, but I think it's perfect for IFC.
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Israeli Agritech Outfit Taranis Wins $20m Funding Round
Taranis, a Tel Aviv-based startup that uses aerial imaging, field sensors and weather forecasts to optimize farming yields, has secured a $20 million capital funding round. The injection was led by Viola Ventures, with additional funds from Finistere Ventures and OurCrowd, among others.
Taranis, which has raised $30m since its 2014 foundation, will use the money to enhance its AI solution, and accelerate growth in the US, Russia, Argentina and Brazil, and launch in Australia.
"We are excited to advance our mission of providing farmers with the technology and know-how to effectively maximize crop yields while maintaining operational efficiency," Taranis CEO and co-founder Ofir Schlamin said via a statement. "We have already helped thousands of farmers monitor crops for potential hazards. Now we're looking forward to expanding our footprint around the globe."
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Lord of the Rings Coins for Isle Of Man – Isle Of Man Online
by theoneringNov 7, 2001Other News
Thanks to Gungir for sending this in.
As hype over the first Harry Potter film reaches fever pitch a memorabilia salesman has come up with a wizard idea to cash in on the Island's merchandising scheme.
The unidentified salesman is offering a set of coins produced for the Island to mark the launch of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for sale on an internet auction site for more than £100 of their value.
The sterling silver coins, featuring six designs based on characters and stories in the best-selling novels, can be bought from UK-based Pobjoy Mint, which produced the coins for Treasury, for £239.70, but on website ebay they are being offered for more than £360.
Although set to become collector s items, which will boost their value, the coins have not sold out. Pobjoy produced 15,000 sets of the silver coins and still have plenty available.
The film, which goes on general release on November 16, is set to be the biggest movie of the year and may become the most successful film ever.
Fevered fans of the schoolboy wizard, created by author J. K. Rowling, are eager to snap up any merchandise featuring bespectacled hero Harry.
Treasury struck a deal with Pobjoy which sees royalties from international sales of the coins, which are legal tender in the Island, paid to the Island and exclusive rights to sell the coins in the Isle of Man handed to the government department.
Treasury Minister Richard Corkill said he understood the eagerness to snap up merchandise, but advised fans not to pay inflated prices while coins were still available from suppliers.
"If someone is chancing their arm it's a matter for them, but obviously we would advise people to purchase them from the official suppliers, which are Pobjoy and the Treasury in the Isle of Man, to avoid paying over the odds," he said.
The coins, which have been advertised all over the world, have proved a huge hit. Although the limited edition gold and silver six coin sets are still available, Treasury has sold out of the cupro-nickel coin featuring Harry casting a spell and Pobjoy has seen a rush on the collectible coin.
Fans gripped by Pottermania will have another treat in time for Christmas, all six designs will be released in cupro-nickel on December 1 for less than £60.
That means fans can have all six designs in a special presentation pack for much less than the gold and silver sets which will set buyers back more than £200.
Mr Corkill denied the Island has struck a deal with Pobjoy to produce coins ahead of the launch of the year's other major blockbuster, Lord of the Rings.
The epic film of J.R.R. Tolkein's much-loved book is released in December and could rival Harry Potter as the year's biggest hit.
Pobjoy is rumoured to be in talks with the film's producers to secure international rights to produce coins ahead of the film.
There is speculation Pobjoy could offer the Island the chance to have its name on the coins. The Isle of Man already has links with the film through Island resident John Rhys-Davies, one of its stars.
Mr Corkill said no approach had yet been made.
"I think they are so busy with Harry Potter that they haven't had a chance yet," he said. "If they did we would consider it on the basis of Harry Potter being so successful. We would seriously look at it.'
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Written by Jennifer Allen
Tags: #playstation-5 #smartshift
Companies: #amd #dell
Back in those seemingly distant days of CES 2020, AMD unveiled a new technology called SmartShift that was set to make processors, well, smarter. It turns out that only one laptop in 2020 will use the technology.
Discovered via a tweet from AMD's Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions, Frank Azor, it seems only one laptop will have the tech - the Dell G5 15 SE. In the tweet, Azor explained, "it's a brand new technology and to Dell's credit, they jumped on it first. I explained reasons why during my interview with PCWorld. No more SmartShift laptops are coming this year but the team is working hard on having more options ASAP for 2021."
The interview in question was PCWorld's "The Full Nerd" podcast where Azor explained that laptop roadmaps are planned at least a year in advance and that a lot of PC vendors simply didn't expect the performance boost from Ryzen 4000 that actually came about, so they didn't go all in with AMD's tech. As it takes time to adapt, that's why we haven't seen such firms take advantage of Ryzen and Radeon parts so quickly just yet.
SmartShift is designed for use in systems that contain both an AMD CPU and discrete graphics card. It works by shifting performance resources between the two, depending on what you're doing with the laptop at the time. Basically, two brains are better than one. However, because it's such an advanced feature, it requires vendors to specifically plan for it. Even if a laptop has both AMD CPUs and GPUs, it doesn't automatically have SmartShift. Without the aforementioned roadmaps planning around the concept, it's just not possible.
For now, only the Dell G5 15 SE has the capabilities. That's a relatively unusual move given Dell's general preference for all things Intel, but one that could give them an edge amongst consumers keen to try out the new technology. The system uses a Ryzen 5 4600H CPU and a Radeon RX 5600M GPU with AMD reckoning that the hardware tweak gives "games up to 14 percent more performance averaged across select games".
As a side note, the PlayStation 5 will also utilise SmartShift when it launches later this year.
For many of us, that's going to be our only taste of SmartShift until more laptops embrace the technology.
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falling for this revelry isolating the mind's possession.
which is Still Streaming…but now without me!
streaming not with Us but only with me.
But in Spirit we Are One!
lift up my heart Into Being, Whole Being!
its clinging memory growing weaker.
and always have been tho' lost in self-consuming.
thru every form…all thru the night!


A fully-loaded commercial semi truck can weigh up to 20 times the average weight of a passenger vehicle. In addition to the weight disparity, semi trucks far outmatch passenger vehicles in the size department – 53 feet to 15 feet long, on average. Due to their increased size, semi trucks have larger blind spots, cannot stop as quickly, and begin to have mechanical problems faster than normal passenger vehicles do. Semi trucks are a hazard enough on their own, but combined with driver negligence, the problem worsens exponentially.
Driver fatigue – this could indicate an Hours of Service violation, where a driver is operating a truck without taking the necessary resting breaks.
Improperly loaded trucks – when trucks are overloaded or not loaded properly, it increases the likelihood of jackknife accidents, and can increase the severity of accidents.
Poor maintenance – large commercial vehicles deteriorate more rapidly than passenger vehicles do. If they are not maintained, accidents can occur, such as brake or tire failure.
Shelby County is consistently in the top three counties (per district) in terms of truck accident volume. Shelby County experienced the following number of heavy/medium truck accidents.
While the number of total truck crashes has been on a downward trend, anything more than zero is less than ideal. With more than 1,000 truck crashes happening in Shelby County every year, drivers have cause for concern.
If you or a loved one was injured in an accident involving a large commercial truck, we encourage you to contact the Memphis car accident attorneys at Reaves Law Firm today. We're here to evaluate your accident and determine your legal rights and options. Should we represent you, you can rest assured knowing that we will be your voice against your opposition, and fight to recover the financial compensation you deserve.


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Q: Google Plus share on ios directs to web page with broken links in share and cancel button Setup app to share using Google+ Platform for iOS but after share web page opens in Safari pressing the "Share" or "Cancel" buttons result in an error message and never returns to my app.
To see screen images look at this link: screen images
Pressing the share button does post a message to the google plus account but does not return to the app that launched it. Any help getting the share process to return to my app is greatly appreciated.
My view controller header file:
#import "UIKit/UIKit.h"
#import "GooglePlus/GooglePlus.h"
#import "GoogleOpenSource/GoogleOpenSource.h"

@interface TViewController : UIViewController <GPPShareDelegate>
- (IBAction)buttonClick:(id)sender;
@end

My View Controller .m file with google client id x'ed out:
#import "TViewController.h"

@interface TViewController ()
@end

@implementation TViewController
- (IBAction)buttonClick:(id)sender {

    [GPPSignIn sharedInstance].clientID = @"xxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com";
    id<GPPShareBuilder> shareBuilder = [[GPPShare sharedInstance] shareDialog];
    [shareBuilder open];    // opens share page in Safari
}

- (void)finishedSharing: (BOOL)shared {  // This event never fires
    if (shared) {
        NSLog(@"User successfully shared!");
    } else {
        NSLog(@"User didn't share.");
    }
}

@end

A: Something must be wrong with your google plus api setup. Google Plus is trying to reopen your app using a URL scheme that looks something like youdefinethis://somethingtodoinyourapp
If you have setup google plus to use a specific url scheme to reopen your app, you need to define this same scheme in your project settings under Info -> URL Types.
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The most violent women locked up in Yorkshire in 2021 - from brutal murders to violent brawls
They have been put behind bars for their crimes
Guy BellCourt reporter
Phoebe Fuller
Louise Conyers stabbed her partner in the armpit with a Stanley knife as he assaulted her in the street (Image: SYP)
From brutal murders, to violent street confrontations - Yorkshire 's courts have put many women behind bars this year.
Some, such as Savannah Brockhill, have committed heartbreaking acts of violence aimed at the most vulnerable; while others have been involved in petty street confrontations that have turned bloody.
Others have turned on their loved ones and some have even targeted complete strangers in their campaigns of abuse and violence.
For more crime news from YorkshireLive, click here.
Below are some of Yorkshire's most violent women that were locked up in 2021.
Frankie Smith and Savannah Brockhill
Savannah Brockhill (left) murdered Frankie Smith's (right) daughter, Star
Frankie Smith, 20, callously stood by as her evil girlfriend Savannah Brockhill, 28, subjected her 16-month-old daughter, Star, to months of horrific abuse.
The tot, who was killed by Brockhill in September last year, was punched and kicked by Brockhill, who left the little girl with "catastrophic" injuries similar to those seen in car crash victims.
Kerry Taylor
Kerry Taylor has been jailed for life after the brutal stabbing of Simone Hancock (Image: Facebook)
Kerry Taylor murdered her "defenceless" partner Simone Hancock by stabbing her 12 times in a frenzied attack that left Ms Hancock with "torrential bleeding".
The horrific attack, which took place in the couple's home in Sheffield, was so violent that Ms Hancock lost over a litre of blood and was found to have also suffered a punctured lung.
Barbara Aitchison
Barbara Aitchison subjected her victims to a torrent of racist abuse (Image: South Yorkshire Police)
Racist menace Barbara Aitchison subjected her victims in Rotherham, to a multitude of verbal and physical assaults, as well as following people to work.
Her behaviour left her victims scared to leave their homes and she was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment and racially aggravated common assault.
Sarah Cherowbrier
Sarah Cherowbrier held a knife to the stomach of a young boy
The 37-year-old mum was jailed in August for pulling a "zombie knife" on a terrified schoolboy in Doncaster.
She had been purchasing vodka in a shop in Hatfield when she knocked over some cans of lager and asked the boy to pick them up for her.
But, when he did, she pulled out the knife and held it to the boy's stomach, asking him if he wanted to "play with her little friend".
Louise Conyers
Pregnant Louise Conyers had been walking in Barnsley with her partner in July this year when she plunged a Stanley knife into his armpit.
The 29-year-old, who was five weeks pregnant at the time, had been punched and pulled to the ground by the father of her unborn child, when she stabbed him in the "brawl".
Tina Smethurst
Tine Smethurst caused an explosion when she set fire to bins outside food stores (Image: SYP)
In a desperate bid to be sent back to prison, Tina Smethurst hatched a plan that caused an explosion and £55,000 worth of damage to shops in Barnsley.
The ex-prisoner had intended to set fire to some bins behind a local Iceland shop, but her plan fell apart when the fire ruptured some gas pipes - causing a huge explosion.
Angela Thornton
Angela Thornton, 48, of Keighley (Image: West Yorkshire Police)
Angela Thornton played a part in the brutal murder of 49-year-old man in Keighley, who was stabbed in the chest.
She claimed that the victim, who died shortly after being admitted to hospital, had owed her money which was the reason for the brutal clash.
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Contribution of multiple electron trajectories to high-harmonic generation in the few-cycle regime
View accepted manuscript: Contribution of multiple electron trajectories to high-harmonic generation in the few-cycle regime (PDF, 1 MB)
Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.063421
Search for: Naumov, A. Yu1; Search for: Villeneuve, D. M.1; Search for: Niikura, Hiromichi
We use a few-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) stabilized laser system to generate high-harmonic emission in argon, neon, and carbon dioxide. The high-harmonic spectra consist of discrete harmonic orders whose positions shift as a function of the CEP. Near the cutoff harmonic, the peaks are separated by two photon orders, and can correspond to either even or odd harmonics of the driving laser frequency, depending on the value of the CEP. In the plateau region, harmonic orders are separated by only one photon order. We develop a simple model which predicts the observed behavior. We use the observed dependence of the harmonic peaks as a function of CEP as a method to measure the statistical CEP fluctuations of the laser system. The measured rms fluctuation of 0.17 radians agrees with optical measurements. The high-harmonic approach to measuring CEP stability has the advantage that it is less sensitive to laser intensity fluctuations than are optical methods.
American Physical Society
Physical Review A 91, no. 6, 063421.
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The only gentlemens club in the area that allows you to bring your own bottle. And that can be any kind of bottle – beer, liquor or wine. There is a $2 cooler rental fee and they can even provide cups and such if you need them.
There is a V.I.P. dance room where you can get up close and personal and the Executive rooms which allow you to spend some time with your favorite girl in a more intimate setting. They even have the Derriere's Jacuzzi room in case you are really feeling brave.


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Q: Двухцветный график с помощью FastReport Есть график погоды на весь год, на каждый день. Как сделать, допустим, если значение ниже 0, то цвет синий; если выше нуля, то красный? В одном графике, а не дорисовывать еще один график.
A: Если заполнение из базы, то в отчетах есть скрипты. Если нет, то прямо при заполнении из дельфей менять цвет фона текущего элемента.
Буду дома - смогу скинуть пример и того, и того.


Last night, was a strong rally upwards extending Thursday's rally. Well today is Friday the 13th, the dreaded date for Wall Street.
Bank of America has also confidently announced that they are profitable in the 1st 2 months of 2009 and expected to be in the BLACK by the end of 2009. Following Citigroup's lead. They really need to take into account the proverbial "counting the chick before the egg hatches"
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp is seeking to produce more "jumbo" mortgages, which can range from $417,000 in most areas to as much as $729,750, Barbara Desoer, the bank's head of mortgage, home equity and insurance services told Bloomberg in an interview.
"Bank of America has balance-sheet capacity and we've allocated it to jumbos given our presence in some of the states and regions where that's important," Desoer was quoted as saying.
Well, China the huge buyer of US treasuries is damn worried about the current state of the US economy.
China's leaders are worrying about the country's U.S. dollar assets. That's about all they can do.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Friday used his annual press conference to fire a shot across Washington's bows, saying he's "worried" about the safety of China's U.S. assets. His words sent a chill through the Treasury market, and urging the U.S. government to "maintain its credibility" will ruffle feathers, too.
China's central bank followed up later by raising concerns over the U.S.'s fiscal deficit.
Rhetoric aside, it bears repeating that China will find it hard to make a meaningful shift out of Treasurys, the prime current channel for investment of its $1.95 trillion foreign exchange reserves.


With 37.36 percent of the vote, Sacred Heart's Kylon Holder voted The Jackson Sun's boys athlete of the week for April 9-14.
Crockett County's Clayton Coulston finished second in the voting with 31.19 percent of the vote. Coulston 2,826 votes.
Holder tallied 3,385 votes over the four-day voting period. Holder Holder won two games on the mound, striking out 19, and was 4-for-6 at the plate with five runs scored.
Clayton Coulston, Crockett County: Coulston pitched a no-hitter against Obion County.
Jack Edwards, USJ: In three games, Edwards scored 6 goals and provided 3 assists for the Bruins last week.
Lane Forsythe, TCA: Forsythe had 4 hits, including a home run, as TCA defeated McNairy Central 15-5 on April 12.
Kylan Shaw, Haywood: Shaw went 9-for-16 at the plate with 2 doubles, 2 triples, 8 runs scored, 8 RBI and 4 stole bases for the Tomcats.
Andrew Reed, Haywood: Reed was 8-for-11 at the plate with a double, 2 triples, a home run, 8 runs scored and 2 stole bases for the Tomcats.
The poll will be open until Friday afternoon.
Who is the Jackson area boys athlete of the week for April 9-14?


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Alberta premier navigates rising electricity transmission costs, PPA dumping
Author Gene Laverty
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has her hands full jugglingthe high cost of building out the province's electricity transmission systemswhile power buyers are dumping power purchase agreements, or PPAs, citing newgovernment policies.
Notley inherited both situations from the previousProgressive Conservative government, which had ruled the province for more thanfour decades prior to the New Democratic Party's election upset last May. Aspower prices in the province's deregulated electricity generation sectorslumped to record lows, consumers started to feel the shock of a C$3.45 billiontransmission spendingspree on their monthly bills.
Backlash over the transmission grid rebuild was expected,Notley said. The decision to retool the province's main north-south power linesaround a pair of high-voltage, direct-current systems operated by and , a Canadian affiliate ofbillionaire Warren Buffett's BerkshireHathaway Energy, was opposed by the socialist New Democratsthroughout the regulatory process. The issue of PPA dumping is more complex,she said.
"The government knew well before we got elected thatthey had embarked upon on a process of approving infrastructure build that wasgoing to significantly increase costs to consumers," Notley told reportersApril 1. "We knew that, that's when our caucus fought against that changewhen it was brought in back about 2011ish, and we knew that the transmissioncost issue which people have raised today was one that was coming down thepipe. On the issues of the PPAs, you will hear more from us on it in greater detailin the days to come because we're evaluating both our negotiating and legalposition."
TransCanadaCorp., AltaGas Ltd.,ENMAX Corp. andCapital Power Corp.have all notified the Balancing Pool — a provincial government entity set up toadminister the PPAs — that they intend to walk away from the agreements, citinga stipulation in the agreements that allows that if in government policy make themunprofitable. When the PPAs were being negotiated in the late 1990s, the clausewas inserted to placate buyers of the contracts that sold the output fromcoal-fired generators that had been developed with ratepayer funds. The auctionof the PPAs was part of the government's deregulation scheme.
Alberta's oil- and natural gas-dependent economy hasfaltered since 2014 and brought electricity demand and prices with it. Power productionhas since become unprofitable under many of the contracts. Companiessurrendering their PPAs cite Notley's Climate Leadership Plan, which upped theprovincial levy ongreenhouse gas emissions, as a negative change in legislation. Notley disagrees.
"Any folks out there, expert or otherwise, who suggestthat the PPA issue is somehow secondary to our Climate Leadership Plan clearlyare wrong — don't know what they're talking about — because our climate changeleadership plan has not actually come into effect," Notley said. "Regardlessof how wide or narrow one's interpretation is of the clauses that were injectedinto these agreements over a decade ago, you don't get to take action on thebase of something that hasn't happened yet. So I think that that needs to bemade very, very clear."
The Balancing Pool was set up to administer funds generatedfrom the PPA sales and unsold contracts. Alberta's government used some of thefunds collected from the sale of the PPAs in the early 2000s to subsidizeelectricity costs that soared after deregulation. It is within the BalancingPool's power to either sell electricity under the contracts or pay terminationfees to the plant operators. In either situation, losses from power sales ortermination fees will be charged to Alberta's electricity consumers.
The carbon levy on Alberta's large producers was introducedat C$15 per metric ton in 2009 and under Notley's climate legislation wasbumped to C$20/tonne. It is eventually scheduled to rise to C$30/tonne by 2018.Under the New Democrats, Alberta is scheduled to shutter the coal-fired plantsthat provide about half of its power output by 2030.
The government recently hired former PJMInterconnection LLC CEO Terry Boston to help ease the transition.Notley would not say if the government plans to reregulate the electricity generatorsector, but did say Boston's work will straddle the regulated and non-regulatedparts of the industry.
"Reregulation itself is a deeply complicated issue. We'repleased that we've already been able to bring in the expertise of someone asknowledgeable as our coal facilitator [Boston] who will be coming in soon,"Notley said. "We'll be able to work with him and with officials within theministry, officials at [the AlbertaElectric System Operator], officials at the Balancing Pool tofigure out the best process forward. But, at the end of the day, we stillbelieve the long-term objective of phasing out coal as part of our climatechange leadership plan must still be pursued in the best interests of Albertanson a variety of different levels, and we are very conscious of the need toensure that consumers are protected in that process."
A report submitted to the Alberta Utilities Commission, orAUC, by a coalition of consumer groups blasted provincial bodies for increasesin transmission rates. The report was part of an application before the AUC.
On March 31 the AUC issued an order granting the AESO, theprovince's grid operator, an increase of C$214 million, or about 12%, over its2015 updated forecast costs, effective April 1.
"The increase primarily resulted from a forecastincrease of [C]$161.4 million, or 10.6%, in wires costs reflecting recentapplications for transmission facility owner tariffs," the AUC said in theapplication details section of the order. "Ancillary service costs wereforecast to increase [C]$19.6 million, or 12.1%, while losses were forecast toincrease [C]$35.5 million, or 46.5%. Administrative costs were forecast todecrease [C]$2.6 million, or 2.6%."
The AESO said on its official Twitter feed that the responseto increasing transmission costs was overblown. It estimates costs on anaverage residential bill of C$21 per month will increase to a projected C$27per month by 2021.
"Over the next 20 years, we project transmission coststo continue to make up 20% of the average residential bill," the AESOtweeted.
Gene Laverty


Government should create a fair and level playing field for all Americans. Healthcare. Fair and Just Elections. Logical Taxation.
United we stand. Divided we fall. Divisiveness is rampant, and we need to unite around our American ideals before they are lost: equality and opportunity for all.
Priorities should include healthcare, fair taxes, education, easy registration and voting, campaign finance reform, responsible gun ownership, and preparing for the dramatic changes that will come from both climate change and advances in artificial intelligence and robotics.
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Of known donations to campaigns, 54% are from people who give $10,000 or more. We need public financing of campaigns so representatives listen to everyone, not just their big donors.
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Graham Shiels to Guest on Premiere of Burn Notice
Jen Snyder January 22, 2009 / 9:51 PM August 28, 2015
True Blood alum to guest star on Season 3 opener of Burn Notice.
He won't be sucking blood or even stalking victims, Graham Shiels guest stars in tonight's much anticipated season premiere of USA Network's hit spy series, Burn Notice. Tonight's episode, "Do No Harm", kicks off the third season for this top rated series, which impressed many by becoming one of the most watched series on cable television.
Graham has been no stranger to primetime, and has appeared on such hit shows such as, The Closer, The West Wing, The District, CHARMED, NCIS, Shark and Saving Grace. He also appeared on the HBO hit vamp series, True Blood, as the tattooed vampire, Liam. He continues to land guest starring roles on hit primetime series as he will also be appearing on NUMB3RS (NBC), and CSI:NY (CBS) in the coming months. You can also catch a glimpse of Graham on the big screen in the new feature film, Yes Man, starring funny man Jim Carrey, which is now in theaters.
The USA Network series is an action-packed original series starring Jeffrey Donovan as blacklisted spy, Michael Westen. He's been dumped back in his hometown with nothing but the clothes on his back and as he struggles to survive, he tries to figure out why he's been burned by his former employer. Amidst his life being turned upside down, Westen uses his many talents and unique skills to help people who have been turned away by local law enforcement.
Burn Notice also stars Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona, a beautiful ex-IRA operative who happens to be Westen's ex-girlfriend. Bruce Campbell stars as Sam, Michael's closest buddy in town, a washed up military intelligence contact who is keeping an eye on Michael for the Feds. Also starring is Emmy® Award-winner Sharon Gless as Madeline, Michael's hypochondriac mother, who couldn't be happier to have her boy back in town.
Burn Notice, created and written by Max Nix, will air it's premiere episode of their third season, tonight on the USA Network at 10pm EST.
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Featherston , New Zealand, in the Second World War is a tough and bleak place for fourteen-year-old Bella. Her father is away fighting overseas, while his family fight to save their farm from ruin and keep his dreams alive. Bella, her mother, and older sister have to cope with a herd of dairy cows, an unscrupulous neighbour who covets the farm, and a crazy, bad-tempered racehorse called Gipsy. Bella is terrified of the horse and doesn't know where to turn. When help is offered from an unlikely source, will she have the courage to accept it or will Gipsy destroy her father's dreams?


Sometimes you can look back at history and think that nothing ever changes. And sometimes you find something that makes New York seem extraordinary unrecognizable, a city besieged by near barbaric crises.
The image above depicts a scene from February 21, 1862, in the courtyard of the famous Tombs prison in the Five Points neighborhood.
The notoriously dank and foul-smelling complex was the scene of a great many public executions since its opening in 1838, but the one which took place on February 21 was particularly urgent, the crime cutting to the core of America's central dilemma.
The man being hanged was Nathaniel Gordon, and his crime was international slave trade.
America was in the throes of a Civil War between the North and South, waged with slavery as its central issue. But the import and export of slaves into the United States has technically been banned decades earlier, and the U.S. Piracy Act of 1820 included human cargo in its definition of international piracy.
This did not deter Gordon, who sailed to North Africa in 1860 and loaded a boat with almost 900 people, intending to sell them to Southern plantations.
Gordon was caught just 50 miles offshore and brought to the United States for trial. He would have received a stern sentence even before the war, but with the conflict in full swing by the time of his trial in late 1861, Gordon's defense team never stood a chance.
Despite pleas from wealthy supporters, Gordon was sentenced to die on February 7, 1862. President Abraham Lincoln commuted the sentence by two weeks, and Gordon's supporters might have even convinced him to commute it further had Lincoln's young son Willie not died of typhoid on February 20.
One notable fact about this execution is the Tombs (pictured above, in 1863) is a city prison, but the crime was a federal offense, the only such national execution to have taken place here.
Most federal executions took place at military installations. For instance 'Pirate' Albert Hicks was hanged on Bedloe's Island, home of Fort Wood (and today the residence of the Statue of Liberty). Robert Cobb Kennedy, one of the Confederate conspirators who attempted to torch various New York hotels in November 1864, was executed at Fort Lafayette off the coast of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Gordon was also the last person ever executed by the U.S. government for violations of the Piracy Act.
For more details on the execution, check out the great Corrections History blog which details the messy particulars of the execution.


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Honduras Premiere "Mistake" Video
The story of Honduras isn't necessarily a new one, but if the internet age has taught us anything, new isn't always better. Friends since childhood, Patrick Phillips (vocals/guitar) and Tyson Moore (guitar/vocals) found each other again in a Bushwick basement where they began writing much of what would become Honduras' early material, 2012's self-released debut EP, Cahokia. Inspired by late 70's punk, but mixing in aspects of garage and indie music that followed, Honduras played Brooklyn's DIY venue scene tirelessly and garnered a repuation.
After bringing in Josh Wehle to play drums, the band added a new bass player in Paul Lizarraga (the Denzels) to round out the band's edge. The group has shared stages like Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg with Drowners and the Kaiser Chiefs over the past year.
NYC Dates
1.29 – New York City, NY – Bowery Electric
1.30 – Brooklyn, NY – Alphaville *
* w/ Beverly, Christines
Honduras Premiere video for "Paralyzed"
Dances shares single "Jones"
Honduras Premiere "Illusion" Single


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/**
 * @file   QATrain.C
 * @author Christian Holm Christensen <cholm@master.hehi.nbi.dk>
 * @date   Fri Jun  1 13:55:50 2012
 *
 * @brief
 *
 *
 * @ingroup pwglf_forward_trains_examples
 */

#include "TrainSetup.C"
#include <AliESDInputHandlerRP.h>
#include <AliCDBManager.h>

//====================================================================
/**
 * Analysis train to do full Quality Assurance train
 *
 * @ingroup pwglf_forward_trains_examples
 */
class QATrain : public TrainSetup
{
public:
  enum {
    kCDBConnect = 0x1,
    kEventStats = 0x2,  // Event Statistics (Jan Fiete)
    kCentrality = 0x4,  // Centrality (A. Toia)
    kDefaultFlags = (kCDBConnect|kEventStats|kCentrality)
  };
  enum {
    kVertex     = 0x000001,  // Vertexing (A. Dainese)
    kSymmetric  = 0x000002,  // TPC QA (E. Sicking)
    kVZERO      = 0x000004,  // VZERO QA  (C. Cheshkov)
    kTPC        = 0x000008,  // TPC (Jacek Otwinowski & Michael Knichel)
    kSPD        = 0x000010,  // SPD (A. Mastroserio) - Needs RP
    kSDD        = 0x000020,  // SDD (F. Prino) Needs RP
    kSSD        = 0x000040,  // SSD dEdx (Marek Chojnacki)
    kITS        = 0x000080,  //
    kITSSA      = 0x000100,  // ITS saTracks (F.Prino)
    kITSAlign   = 0x000200,  // ITS align (F.Prino)
    kTRD        = 0x000400,  // TRD (Alex Bercuci, M. Fasel)
    kZDC        = 0x000800,  // ZDC (Chiara Oppedisano)
    kCALO       = 0x001000,  // Calorimetry (Gustavo Conesa)
    kMUONTRG    = 0x002000,  // Muon Trigger
    kMUONEff    = 0x004000,  // Muon Efficiency (not used) Need geo
    kV0         = 0x008000,  // V0-Decay Reconstruction (Ana Marin)
			     // (not used) Need MC truth
    kBRes       = 0x010000,  // Impact parameter resolution
			     // (xianbao.yuan@pd.infn.it,
			     // andrea.dainese@pd.infn.it)
    kMUON       = 0x020000,  // MUON QA (Philippe Pillot)
    kTOF        = 0x040000,  // TOF (Francesca Bellini)
    kPIDRes     = 0x080000,  // PIDResponse (Jens)
    kPID        = 0x100000,  // PIDqa (Jens)
    kHMPID      = 0x200000,  // HMPID QA (Giacomo Volpe)
    kT0         = 0x400000,  // T0 QA (Alla Mayevskaya)
    kFMD        = 0x800000,  // FMD QA (Christian Holm Christiansen)
    kDefaultModules  = (kVertex|kSymmetric|kVZERO|kTPC|kSPD|kSDD|kSSD|kITS|
			kITSSA|kITSAlign|kTRD|kZDC|kCALO|kMUONTRG|kBRes|
			kMUON|kTOF|kPIDRes|kPID|kHMPID|kT0|kFMD)
  };

  /**
   * Constructor.  Date and time must be specified when running this
   * in Termiante mode on Grid
   *
   * @param name     Name of train
   */
  QATrain(const char* name="PilotAnalysis")
    : TrainSetup(name, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
      fRun(0),
      fFlags(kDefaultFlags),
      fModules(kDefaultModules),
      fTriggerMask(AliVEvent::kAnyINT),
      fTriggerHM(AliVEvent::kHighMult),
      fTriggerEMC(AliVEvent::kEMC7),
      fTriggerMUONBarrel(AliVEvent::kMUU7),
      fCollisionType(0) // 0: pp, 1: PbPb
  {}
  void SetFlags(UShort_t flags) { fFlags = flags; }
  void SetRun(UInt_t run) { fRun = run; }
  void SetModules(UInt_t m) { fModules = m; }
protected:
  AliVEventHandler* CreateInputHandler(EType type)
  {
    if (type != kESD) return 0;
    AliAnalysisManager::GetAnalysisManager()->SetRunFromPath(fRun);

    AliESDInputHandlerRP* ih = new AliESDInputHandlerRP();
    ih->SetReadFriends(kTRUE);
    ih->SetActiveBranches("ESDfriend");
    return ih;
  }
  AliAnalysisTaskSE* CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates(const char* macro,
							 const char* args="")
  {
    AliAnalysisTaskSE* task = CoupleSECar(macro, args);
    if (task) task->SelectCollisionCandidates(fTriggerMask);
    return task;
  }
  void CreateCDBConnect()
  {
    ::Info("CreateCDBConnect", "Loading CDB connect w/run=%d", fRun);
    AliAnalysisTask* task = CoupleCar("AddTaskCDBconnect.C", Form("%d", fRun));
    ::Info("CreateCDBConnect", "Loaded %p", task);
    if (!task) return;
    AliCDBManager::Instance()->SetDefaultStorage("raw://");
  }
  void CreatePhysicsSelection(Bool_t mc,
			      AliAnalysisManager* mgr)
  {
    // Event Statistics (Jan Fiete)
    if (!(fFlags & kEventStats)) return;
    TrainSetup::CreatePhysicsSelection(mc, mgr);
  }
  void CreateCentralitySelection(Bool_t mc, AliAnalysisManager* mgr)
  {
    // Centrality (A. Toia)
    if (!(fFlags & kCentrality)) return;
    TrainSetup::CreateCentralitySelection(mc, mgr);
  }
  void CreateVertex()
  {
    // Vertexing (A. Dainese)
    CoupleCar("AddTaskVertexESD.C", Form("kFALSE,0x%x", fTriggerMask));
  }
  void CreateSymmetric()
  {
    // TPC QA (E. Sicking)
    CoupleCar("AddTaskQAsym.C", Form("0,0x%x,0x%x,0x%x,0x%x",
				     fTriggerMask, fTriggerHM, fTriggerEMC,
				     fTriggerMUONBarrel));
  }
  void CreateVZERO()
  {
    //  VZERO QA  (C. Cheshkov)
    CoupleCar("AddTaskVZEROQA.C", "0");
  }
  void CreateTPC()
  {
    // TPC (Jacek Otwinowski & Michael Knichel)
    //
    // Optionally MC information can be used by setting the 1st
    // argument to true
    //
    // Optionally friends information can be switched off by setting
    // the 2st argument to false
    //
    // Optionally highMult axis can be used by setting the 3st
    // argument to true (for PbPb)
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/TPC/macros",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskPerformanceTPCdEdxQA.C",
					"kFALSE,kTRUE,kFALSE");
  }
  void CreateSPD()
  {
    // SPD (A. Mastroserio)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskSPDQA.C");
    // AliAnalysisTask* task =
    //   CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskSPDQA.C");
    // if (!task) return;
    // task->SetOCDBInfo(fRun, "raw://");
  }
  void CreateSDD()
  {
    // SDD (F. Prino)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddSDDPoints.C");
  }
  void CreateSSD()
  {
    // SSD dEdx (Marek Chojnacki)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskdEdxSSDQA.C");
  }
  void CreateITS()
  {
    CoupleCar("AddTaskPerformanceITS.C","false");
    if (fCollisionType == 0) return;

    gROOT->ProcessLine("AddTaskPerformanceITS(false,false,false,3500,10000)");
    gROOT->ProcessLine("AddTaskPerformanceITS(false,false,false,590,1570)");
    gROOT->ProcessLine("AddTaskPerformanceITS(false,false,false,70,310)");
  }
  void CreateITSSA()
  {
    // ITS saTracks, align (F.Prino)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskITSsaTracks.C",
					"false,false)");
  }
  void CreateITSAlign()
  {
    // ITS saTracks, align (F.Prino)
    CoupleCar("AddTaskITSAlign.C","0,2011");
  }
  void CreateTRD()
  {
    // TRD (Alex Bercuci, M. Fasel)
    gSystem->AddIncludePath("-I${ALICE_PHYSICS}/PWGPP/TRD");
    CoupleCar("AddTrainPerformanceTRD.C","\"ESD DET EFF RES PID\"");
  }
  void CreateZDC()
  {
    // ZDC (Chiara Oppedisano)
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/ZDC",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskZDCQA.C");
  }
  void CreateCALO(EMode mode, Bool_t par)
  {
    // Calorimetry (Gustavo Conesa)
    LoadLibrary("EMCALUtils", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PHOSUtils", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PWG4PartCorrBase", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PWG4PartCorrDep", mode, par, true);

    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWG4/macros/QA",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskCalorimeterQA.C",
					"\"ESD\",20011,false,false)");
    Long_t ret =
      gROOT->ProcessLine("AddTaskCalorimeterQA(\"ESD\",2011,false,false,\"\",\"EMC7\")");
    if (!ret) return;
    AliAnalysisTaskSE* task = reinterpret_cast<AliAnalysisTaskSE*>(ret);
    task->SelectCollisionCandidates(fTriggerEMC);
  }
  void CreateMUONTRG(EMode mode, Bool_t par)
  {
    // Muon Trigger
    LoadLibrary("PWG3base", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PWG3muon", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PWG3muondep", mode, par, true);

    CoupleCar("AddTaskMTRchamberEfficiency.C");
  }
  void CreateMUONEff()
  {
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWG3/muondep",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CoupleCar("AddTaskMUONTrackingEfficiency.C");
  }
  void CreateV0()
  {
    // V0-Decay Reconstruction (Ana Marin) (not used)
    CoupleCar("AddTaskV0QA.C","false");
  }
  void CreateBRes()
  {
    // Impact parameter resolution (xianbao.yuan@pd.infn.it,
    // andrea.dainese@pd.infn.it)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates(Form("AddTaskImpParRes.C",
					     fCollisionType == 0 ?
					     "" :
					     "false,-1,false,false"));
  }
  void CreateMUON(EMode mode, Bool_t par)
  {
    // MUON QA (Philippe Pillot)
    LoadLibrary("PWG3base", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PWG3muon", mode, par, true);
    LoadLibrary("PWG3muondep", mode, par, true);
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWG3/muon",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CoupleCar("AddTaskMuonQA.C");
  }
  void CreateTOF()
  {
    // TOF (Francesca Bellini)
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/TOF",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskTOFQA.C");
  }
  void CreatePIDRes()
  {
    // PIDResponse (Jens)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskPIDResponse.C");
  }

  void CreatePID()
  {
    // PIDqa (Jens)
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskPIDqa.C");
  }
  void CreateHMPID()
  {
    // HMPID QA (Giacomo Volpe)
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/HMPID",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskHmpidQA.C");
  }
  void CreateT0()
  {
    // T0 QA (Alla Mayevskaya)
    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/T0",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));
    CreateTaskAndSetCollisionCandidates("AddTaskT0QA.C");
  }
  void CreateFMD(EMode mode, Bool_t par)
  {
    // FMD QA (Christian Holm Christiansen)
    LoadLibrary("PWGLFforward2", mode, par, true);
    Bool_t mc = AliAnalysisManager::GetAnalysisManager()
      ->GetMCtruthEventHandler() != 0;
    CoupleCar("AddTaskForwardQA.C", Form("(%d,%d)",mc,(fFlags & kCentrality)));
  }
  //__________________________________________________________________
  /**
   * Create the tasks
   *
   * @param mode Processing mode
   * @param par  Whether to use par files
   * @param mgr  Analysis manager
   */
  void CreateTasks(EMode mode, Bool_t par, AliAnalysisManager* mgr)
  {
    // --- Output file name ------------------------------------------
    AliAnalysisManager::SetCommonFileName("QAResults.root");

    LoadLibrary("CORRFW", mode, par);
    LoadLibrary("TENDER", mode, par);
    LoadLibrary("PWG0base", mode, par);
    LoadLibrary("PWG0dep", mode, par);
    LoadLibrary("PWG0selectors", mode, par);
    LoadLibrary("PWGPP", mode, par);

    gROOT->SetMacroPath(Form("%s:$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/PilotTrain"
			     ":$(ALICE_PHYSICS)/PWGPP/macros",
			     gROOT->GetMacroPath()));

    mgr->AddStatisticsTask(fTriggerMask);
    if (fFlags   & kCDBConnect) CreateCDBConnect();
    if (fModules & kVertex)     CreateVertex();
    if (fModules & kSymmetric)  CreateSymmetric();
    if (fModules & kVZERO)      CreateVZERO();
    if (fModules & kTPC)        CreateTPC();
    if (fModules & kSPD)        CreateSPD();
    if (fModules & kSDD)        CreateSDD();
    if (fModules & kSSD)        CreateSSD();
    if (fModules & kITS)        CreateITS();
    if (fModules & kITSSA)      CreateITSSA();
    if (fModules & kITSAlign)   CreateITSAlign();
    if (fModules & kTRD)        CreateTRD();
    if (fModules & kZDC)        CreateZDC();
    if (fModules & kCALO)       CreateCALO(mode, par);
    if (fModules & kMUONTRG)    CreateMUONTRG(mode, par);
    if (fModules & kMUONEff)    CreateMUONEff();
    if (fModules & kV0)         CreateV0();
    if (fModules & kBRes)       CreateBRes();
    if (fModules & kMUON)       CreateMUON(mode, par);
    if (fModules & kTOF)        CreateTOF();
    if (fModules & kPIDRes)     CreatePIDRes();
    if (fModules & kPID)        CreatePID();
    if (fModules & kHMPID)      CreateHMPID();
    if (fModules & kT0)         CreateT0();
    if (fModules & kFMD)        CreateFMD(mode, par);
  }
  /**
   * Crete output handler - we don't want one here.
   *
   * @return 0
   */
  AliVEventHandler* CreateOutputHandler(EType) { return 0; }
  UInt_t   fRun; // Run number
  UShort_t fFlags; // Flags
  UInt_t   fModules; // Modules to load
  UInt_t   fTriggerMask;
  UInt_t   fTriggerHM;
  UInt_t   fTriggerEMC;
  UInt_t   fTriggerMUONBarrel;
  UShort_t fCollisionType; // 0: pp, 1: PbPb

  Bool_t fUseCent; // Whether to use centrality or not
};

//
// EOF
//

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18-Jan-2021 05:38 AM
U.S. Judge Restrains to Remove WeChat from App Stores
By Molly 21-Sep-2020 32
Image by Sinchen.Lin on Flickr
On Sunday the U.S. Judge halted the Trump administration from removing the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat from downloading that was scheduled to happen late Sunday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said that WeChat users had filed a lawsuit "have shown serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim, the balance of hardships tips in the plaintiffs' favor."
In the 22-page order, she has also mentioned without providing a substitute channel for communication – "burden substantially more speech than is necessary to serve the government's significant interest."
On September 18, the Commerce Department ordered to block the WeChat app, owned by China's Tencent on the grounds of national security and the Justice Department had requested Beeler not to hold the order.
Beeler's preliminary directive also charged the Commerce Department order that would have prevented other activities with WeChat in the U.S. that could have dramatically diminished the site's usability for current U.S. users or potentially made it unusable.
19 million people are using WeChat on a daily basis in the U.S. as well as American's staying in China, according to Apptopia's analytic report in August. It is said to be popular among Chinese students as well as people living in China or doing business with China. The WeChat app is an imperative component of everyday life for several in China and claims over 1 billion users.
The U.S. Judge also wrote that it is essential to establish or authenticate the threat the Chinese app has before taking any drastic steps of banning an app in the country.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler also wrote that till any alternatives are not found, it can be banned from government devices for safety issues.
On Saturday there was an announcement of one week delay in a verdict on banning TikTok. Donald Trump is in discussion with ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart Inc to create altogether a new company to handle TikTok's U.S. operations.
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Q: C++ vs C# and function commands I downloaded Microsoft Visual C from the Internet, and started to code. Issued some commands, but it is not working and I am confused.
When I entered the C expression gets(Name); the compiler said the function is unidentified, why??? How is this compiler different from a regular C++ compiler? Why did it not find the command? I have declared the libraries: <windows.h>, <stdio.h> and <math.h>. Not sure what is wrong.

A: std::gets was deprecated in C++11 and removed from C++14.  It was defined in cstdio.  If you're learning a new language you should be learning the latest and greatest version.
C++17 would be the most common version to learn at this time.
Please try this code which would be basically equivalent to what you were trying to use and doesn't rely on any outdated stuff:
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
    std::string name;

    std::cin >> name;

    std::cout << name;

    return 0;
}

You should be using Visual Studio Community 2019, or whatever the latest version is when you read this answer.  There are no issues with developing generic x86 software on a x64 system.
Microsoft Visual C++ is not based on C#.


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I LOVED reading these stories! The night after we had to put poor Murphy down due to cancer, I felt a weight on the mattress in the middle of the night just like he jumped up on the bed! I thought I was hallucinating due to my grief. The following week my little girl told me she heard his dog tags jingling in the hall. Sometimes I'm sure I hear him giving me little "grrrrfffff" in greeting when I come home from work. It's just the strangest thing but I like to think he's trying to communicate with me!
I would like ideas from anyone on the meaning of a dream I had 2 nights ago. My cat Neo died 7 weeks ago and it's been really hard coming to terms with it. In the dream I saw a black and white fluffy cat laying in the road. There seemed to be another black and white fluffy cat laying on top of it, which got up and walked away. (Neo was fluffy black and white by the way) In the next part of the dream, I was in a queue to get on a plane( I think it was a plane anyway) and in the doorway of the plane was the same cat! I woke up at this point. Maybe he's off to moggy heaven on a jumbo jet? It was rather a nice dream actually.
Maybe the cat that was on top of the other one -- the one that got up and walked away -- was Neo's spirit. That's how it sounds to me. I'm reading a book called "Animals And The Afterlife", byt Kim Sheridan, and there's an account of a woman who's cat died in her arms, and she says she actually saw the cat's spirit leave its body and go towards a door with two people standing by it, and through the door it was all light and a lot of activity.
I'm not one to look for the supernatural, but I had what I believe was a visit from my dog Lucy, and it was a very nice experience. I always thought I'd be freaked if anything like that happened, but I wasn't. There was just peace.
I hope these signs of Neo bring you peace. There's no reason to think they don't live on.
I hav'nt had any visits from Lucy yet.
I sometimes think I've seen her.
Then know she's not there.
The other night I thought I saw her upstairs.
And Evan went to check in the bedrooms.
I see through my friends eyes as i stare back at myself i'am helpless unable to move..
This was no dream when are love ones pass these friends have no words they touch are Hearts.
it's her Final Goodbye When words have no meaning Hearts speak for us.
and the endless joy that we share as you speak through me you heal my heart.
I just happened to come across this post, loved reading all the stories. Brought tears to my eyes!
Even though I am still not 100% sure what happened to Bubba after he accidentally got out of the house 3 weeks ago, about two weeks ago and almost a week after he'd gone missing I was outside and a single bird feather was drifting through the air. I just happened to put out my hand, and it drifted right into my palm. I didn't move my hand to meet the feather, it just landed there on it's own. I had a sense of peacefulness then. Even though Bubba never actually was outside to catch a bird, he would sit in the window and watch them for hours. We have since moved, but I sure hope that if that was Bubba and if he did pass over like the pet psychic said he did that he will visit me in our new place. I miss him terribly.
I believe wholeheartedly that our pets visit us to console us when we most need it. My dog Zena, who was euthanized at home last Saturday, hasn�t visited me yet, and maybe she never will. I was there, sitting by her head, and maybe she knows that I was there, releasing her from the pain. I regret not going up to the vet with Zeus, my other dog, when he was put down this past July. He was my first pet who I ever had to put down, period, and I didn�t know if I could handle it. My husband and daughter were with him, and that made me feel better, but still.. I will always regret not going myself. Anyway, that very night after he was put down, I had a brief dream of me facing a counter and hearing him coming up to my left side. He was panting loudly as he always did because he had such thick fur. I reached down and put my hand into his fur, and it felt so real, so vivid. I said to him, �Thank you for coming back to me,� and then I woke up. I believe he was coming to me to tell me that he was okay. I haven�t received a visit from him since.
Hi everyone. I just wanted to know...has anyone been visited by their furbabies after they've passed on??? I have and it is a truly remarkable experience-it really helps with the grief.
Yes I have had visits from Simba who quietly passed away last Wednesday 27th February, that same night I am positive I felt him bedding down between my hubby & myself which he had stopped doing because his arthritis prevented him from doing, also had to stop him jumping down because it clearly hurt him landing on the floor. Also the next day when i was on my own, I heard scratching in the utility where his loo was, in the same way he used to after he been to the litter - thought i was losing it but was so definite he was obviously carrying on as before. Later I was crossing the hallway into the bedroom i am convinced I heard him crying in distress because he could not understand his new form & he realized I was unable to see him so I could comfort him & reassure him. I was in real deep distress more usual for him the rest of day.
Next morning after the usual night of restless sleep since his passing, We both woke up early, & I said to hubby I had an overwhelming sense from him of acceptance of what had happened to him - hubby said he had the same sense of feeling, the feeling we both had was so marked distinct & strong. The house has seemed to creak in his favourite spots too as this was the house we all moved into under 4 years ago with Simba. At breakfast & tea time which was part of daily ritual together with Simba, we feel his presence very strongly & an aura of what is best described as cold air in a fixed spot before us, we both know it could only be Darling Simba trying to carry on as before because he knows he is very much loved & is still a part of this family,I get so desperate most of the time for him, just hope he stays until its time for us to join him.
Hi, gravessa, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing, and your and your husband's experiences of your beloved Simba's sweet Living Spirit letting you know he is still very much with you. I hope this brings comfort to you. You may notice as your deep grief eases that your experiences may not be as noticeable, but I want to assure you that your beloved Simba is always and forever a part of you - - for he is always and forever a heartbeat close to you.
I hope today is treating you and your husband kindly, gravessa, and that you both will have a very peaceful evening blessed with your beloved Simba's sweet Living Spirit to comfort you. Please know you and your husband are in my thoughts and prayers, and please let us know how you're doing.
Could be mind healing body this was very different Thank you once again.
I spoke to Dr. Neubert and she said that Elsa passed away shortly after 9:40am, so you are correct that her pain was relieved at that time.