Its been a while since I said I'd colour my hair with the Liese Bubble Hair Colour chosen by majority. The colour chosen by majority vote was Mocha Orange – a colour I was a little concerned with because i wasn't sure if it would be too warm or, horrors! Turn out orange like on the box!
Before I tell you how this experiment went, let me tell you about my one and only home hair colour experience many years ago. The intention was to colour my hair black. My old hair colour was a light blond brown and i wanted to go back to my natural color without going back to the salon and paying a mint. I bought a box of color and with my mom's help got down to business. Long and short of it is that I ended up with purple black splotches on my face and back of my neck and a headful of colour that kept staining my towels and pillow case. I never coloured my hair at home again.
Until last weekend when i found myself free to do it. So Kao Liese Bubble Hair colour in hand I got down to business.
The box gives you everything you need – 1. colour, 2. activator, 3. nozzle, 4. rubber gloves and 5. leave in lotion.
The box we get here gives you the full instructions in English but if your box only shows Japanese writing you can't read, here's how to do it.
Pour the small bottle of colour into the big bottle. Cover it and turn the bottle up and down about 2-3 times. Do not shake it just upturn it to mix it up.
Remove the cap and fix the pink nozzle on.
Wear the rubber gloves, head to the bathroom and get started!
Squeeze the body of the bottle and the nozzle will squirt out foam or mousse. Apply this on DRY hair. Repeat till all your hair is covered.
Once all your hair is covered with foam, massage in the foam to the roots and throughout your head. This is to ensure you have even color. As you massage it in you might notice that it foams up a bit more – for me anyway, rather like how it is when you shampoo your hair.
Leave it for about 20-30 minutes. I left it for 30 minutes and then rinsed it out and shampooed. The box has a sachet of leave in hair treatment to help your hair stay soft.
For my short hair I used only slightly more than half a bottle. Bit of a waste really.
Point to note: the colour mixture has a strong ammonia smell. Pretty much like what it smells like in the hair salon. Also when I had the colour on, my scalp felt tingly and sensitive. I get that way too at the hair salon. Perhaps its my skin but its a point to note. The smell doesn't last (thank goodness!) although I caught whiffs of it the following morning and for days thereafter whenever I wash my hair. Pretty much like how it is when you colour your hair in a salon. I don't like that.
When I washed out the colour, and in the following days when I shampoo my hair, my hair feels a bit stiff and hard. But nothing a bit of hair mask or conditioner can't fix. I used MoroccanOil Oil Treatment too before blowdrying and airdrying and my hair felt fine thereafter.
Colourwise, I didn't turn into Carrot Top but to my surprise, my hair did look lighter. There are obvious warmer brown tones and a touch of orange/red. Nothing too obvious – its a home colour after all and I didn't bleach my hair prior to applying colour.
I don't have obvious white or grey hair (yet! Thank goodness!) so I cannot tell you if it covers white or grey hair but some readers have said that it doesn't so you might want to take note. Also, I realized that the new colour is brighter in the sunlight and less obvious indoors. Its only been under a week so I cannot say if it fades easily yet, but I'm using a colour protect range of hair care for now.
A very honest friend told me when I upended my head, that my handiwork was not as even as I first thought. The front of my head and wherever I can see my hair is coloured pretty evenly. But the back of my head is less so especially underneath so once my hair grows I'm going to face problems 😛 So my advice is, if you can, get someone to help you with the back of your head to make sure your hair colour is even there too.
I had a box of Chestnut Brown on standby just in case something went wrong but I think I'll hang onto this colour for a while more 🙂 From start to finish took under 1 hour which I thought wonderful!
Just don't expect your hair to look like it does on the model on the box.
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Looks great! I tried this brand before and it was good. How to make hair softer after color? Any advice?
Thank you Joyce. After colour, I use hair masks regularly and now I'm using MoroccanOil treatment which helps my hair feel and remain soft. I'll tell you about it soon, but we can't get it here. Perhaps find a leave in conditioner or hair treatment for dry coloured hair. It should be the same.
Don't you think its a bit too orangey? I stay far far far faraway from orange tone. I've seen a lot people with straw hair for it.
Err… actually I didn't think it too orange. Maybe its because I've gone quite to the extreme before this so this is really quite mild for me LOL! I usually handle reddish/orangy hair tones quite well 🙂 Which colours have you tried from Liese? This is my first and I'm curious about the pink one.
The beautiful part about this one? No mess. I had the foam on my head while watching tv! And I didn't even use a towel around my shoulders etc.
Great results! I've heard that the application process for this is much easier than other hair dyes as it uses the 'bubbles' which help it stay up + not drippy and cause less of a mess. Have to try it now!
Thanks. I actually found this a little "mild" compared to the other home colour I tried. As in the colour doesn't feel so harsh. Some of the bubble dye got onto my skin and it didn't even stain it, even though I took a while to remove it. My previous one left a stain the minute it touched my skin. So perhaps its a bit "mild" for those wanting something more dramatic.
That is nice ~~~ It does really gave you "what you see is what you get" eh ?
I love this product. Marshmallow Brown is my favorite color. The color looks even better as time passes.
Just a tip: You really should finish a whole bottle for the length of hair that you have. So that you will be sure to color all your hair evenly.
Hmmm the next time you do colour your hair better get more butterfly clips or some other clips to section your hair. Now I'm tempted to play haha 😛 NooOOooo….
The first time I colored my own hair at home was ages ago. I have thick black hair, and as a result (since I didn't bleach before coloring, and probably I chose a 'safe' dark brown shade), my hair, post coloring, is just the same as before coloring. Suffice to say, I never really bothered buying a box to try coloring my own hair again.
My BF has grey hair problems…so instead of having to go to the salon and spend a fortune, I nagged him to let me do it for him…which turned out nicely 😀 . Once I used the leftovers and colored my hair (his hair was really short then) and I think I saw a tinge of color this time. Haha!
I haven't had my hair colored professionally…but my general conception about it is that…I'd rather not kill my hair that much by bleaching it. It wouldn't be so bad if I'd go to a proper professional salon to do it but to do it myself……I'm imagining myself standing in the bathroom and screaming while holding a whole clump of my hair that dropped off. Yikes!
Hair colour never show up like it is on the box and I have to say, the colour looks much nicer on you than on the box! I'm on the lookout for DIY hair dyes that carries purple undertones.


WASHINGTON – In an announcement Tuesday at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Executive Council Winter Session, the White House invited tribal leaders to join the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) challenge. Earlier this month, the White House launched the Gen-I challenge, an initiative focused on building a bright future for Native youth. Existing elements of the Gen-I challenge include the recently launched Cabinet officials' Native Youth Listening Tour and a steering committee of Native youth to plan the first ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering.
The White House is inviting tribal leaders to take concrete steps to engage with Native youth in their communities including: working with or creating a youth council; hosting a joint meeting between youth and tribal leaders; or partnering with youth to plan a program to support positive change in their community.


Hopscotch Home Care project provides personal and domestic care for vulnterable Asian adults 18 and over living in their own homes in the boroughs of Camden, Islington and Westminster. Carers speak seven different languages - Bengali, Sylheti, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Somali.
Escorting service to accompany people to college, assisting with health and social wellbeing activities including attending day centres, the gym, swimming and other day to day activities.
Our services are provided by trained, qualified and experienced carers. All services are flexible and tailored to meet individual needs and carers can assist with all aspects of care.


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Scot Gov legal advisor could have prevented lengthy Named Person battle
Former Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland.
Court action on the Named Person scheme could have been avoided if Scotland's Lord Advocate had listened to concerns raised by The Christian Institute in 2014.
A week before Named Person legislation completed its passage through Parliament, the Institute wrote to Frank Mulholland – the Scottish Government's chief legal advisor at the time.
In a letter, the Institute's In-house Solicitor Sam Webster expressed "considerable doubt" as to whether the legislation behind the Named Person scheme was "compatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights".
'Interference'
He urged Mr Mulholland to refer to the UK Supreme Court the question of whether the legislation would be "within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament".
And he drew attention to data sharing provisions, warning that they "appear to fail the test of being in 'accordance with the law'".
Click here to read the full letter. (PDF 1.2mb)
Strikingly, the UK Supreme Court recognised these exact points when it issued a ruling against the Named Person scheme in July this year.
Paragraph 106 of the judgment stated that the data sharing provisions mentioned were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, " because – as Mr Webster pointed out – they are not 'in accordance with the law'".
It concluded by stating that the legislation is not "within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament".
Extract from the UK Supreme Court judgment on the case of The Christian Institute and others vThe Lord Advocate (Scotland).
Protracted legal battle
The Lord Advocate could have taken the Institute's concerns on board and halted the progress of the legislation while the issues were addressed – preventing a protracted and costly legal battle in the Scottish courts, leading to the Government being defeated in the Supreme Court.
Instead, an Assistant Legal Secretary wrote back to say he had "taken account of the points raised" but did not consider them "appropriate to make a reference".
The Christian Institute joined with other charities, individuals and concerned parents to form the campaign group No to Named Persons (NO2NP) in 2014. A petition by the group has so far secured the support of more than 36,000 Scots.
'Swept aside'
Spokesman Simon Calvert expressed disappointment that concerns were "swept aside" from the very start.
"People involved with NO2NP have been raising human rights and information sharing concerns for years.
"Tymes Trust, Home Education Forum, CARE and others all raised concerns during the passage of the legislation, but Ministers and MSPs ignored them.
"The Christian Institute's letter to the Lord Advocate precisely identified problems in the Named Person legislation and urged him to use his power to consult the Supreme Court – but this advice was swept aside as well.
"If he had listened, he could have saved the Government and many other people a lot of time, money and effort. And saved families a lot of anxiety."
After the Supreme Court judgment, the Scottish Government tried to present the result as a victory for its legislation.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney repeatedly stated that the Supreme Court had found the Named Person scheme to be 'unquestionably benign'.
But the main plank of the scheme was struck down by the court when the key information sharing provisions were deemed to be illegal. The Supreme Court described these provisions as "central to the role of the named person".
Wholesale rewrite
The Government has given itself a year to address the concerns of the court, demonstrating the level of revisions needed. Any new legislation will be very different to what the Government proposed before.
After the Supreme Court ruling, John Swinney announced that he would consult with key stakeholders to determine how best to move forward – but he has so far refused to meet with NO2NP.
Mr Calvert added: "The Government doesn't seem to have learnt from its mistakes. Many people involved in NO2NP correctly forecast the illegality of the Named Person scheme before the legislation was passed. Perhaps it's time they started listening to people who take a different view."
More about the Named Person case.
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Abdul, Meaning of Abdul, What Does Abdul Mean?
More often used as a Muslim name. The name Abdul means "servant of", and is commonly referred to servant of Allah, a god.
Abdul originates from the Arabic language.
We think the name Abdul should fall under the following style category: Biblical.
In one word, you might describe Abdul as a(n) "sporty" person.
See other "sporty" names for boys.
As a baby boy name, Abdul is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Abdul in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam , born on 15 October, a famous president. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 's background: The eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007. A distinguished engineer, he is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work and is considered a progressive mentor, innovator and visionary in India. He is also popularly known as the People's President. His term as president ended on July 25, 2007.
Paula Abdul, born on 19 June, a famous dancer. Paula Abdul's background: An American, multi-platinum selling, Grammy Award-winning singer, dancer, television personality, jewelry designer, actress, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. Married to Emilio Estevez between 1992-1994, she is the former daughter-in-law of actor Martin Sheen. In the 1970s, Abdul rose from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team to being a sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a Pop-R&B singer with a string of hits in the late-1980s and early-1990s. After her initial period of success, she suffered a series of setbacks in her professional and personal life, until she found renewed fame and success in the 2000s as a judge on the television series, American Idol. A new album by Abdul is reportedly set to be released in mid-2008.


the farming npc doesnt say coords of the 4 other npc to job over 75 lv. he doesnt talk at all after 75.
The NPC that gives the killing Quest for farming, is bugged, I think.
I killed the cows and went back to him, but the bad NPC keep asking me to kill 20 cows..
Fixed the cows bug. About the troll bug, can you tell me which nation you are and which map you are killing the trolls?
GMTempest wrote: Fixed the cows bug. About the troll bug, can you tell me which nation you are and which map you are killing the trolls?
I had killed 20 Ettin , but NPC just repeat " I will give you the Scroll only if you kill 20 Ether Ettins . "
Please help me ... Thank you .
But she said that the quest said to kill ether etins, so she'd need to kill the dark green ones, not the normal ones.


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A Guide to the Best Places to Go On Vacation World Travel Adventures!
Is wanderlust beckoning you to go explore the world? If so, here are some of the destinations well worth planning a vacation too, where unforgettable adventures await!
Maldives| Img by: Chi King via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
The Maldives features secluded island resorts with all the fun in the sun, sand, and surf that you crave. One of the best travel tips would be to make use of the special packages on offer here be it to explore underwater worlds, indulge in spa bliss or stay in an overwater villa above the ocean.
The Lion City is a modern marvel and while it has towering skyscrapers and hotels belonging to hospitality chains such as Park Hotel Group, it also has unique cultural precincts like Little India. Orchard Road is a shopaholic's dream destination, thrilling nightlife awaits at Clarke Quay and Sentosa Island is home to famed attractions like Universal Studios Singapore.
The City of Light with its iconic Eiffel Tower is easily one of the most beloved cities in the world. The Notre Dame Cathedral, the Champs-Élysées and the Louvre are amongst its top draws along with its sense of romance and adventure which are very much a part of the Parisian experience.
The Big Apple is a melting pot of cultures, communities, and cuisine! Shop for fashion at SoHo, take in a Broadway show, explore Central Park, peruse The Metropolitan Museum of Art and visit the Statue of Liberty. You can also head to the top of the Empire State Building and watch the city transform at night..
Catalina Forbes is a travel writer who bases her content on many thrilling escapades experienced across the world. Google+
A Guide to the Best Places to Go On Vacation
Family tours in China -Let the adventure begin!
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We were on the lookout for a mattress that was comfortable to everyone. So after coming across a Ghostbed video where the reviewer tested it to be perfect for anyone, we decided to do a review of our own.
We reviewed the Ghostbed mattress on its comfort, truthfulness to the claim of being universally comfy and value for money.
Even if it wasn't the best mattress in the market, the Ghostbed mattress definitely came close. Read the review further to find out more.
If ordered through Amazon, you get a 100-night free trial on this bed, along with a warranty that lasts 20 years.
And the Third layer is high-density base foam.
The mattress has a cooling feel because the gel foam in the second layer cools the latex foam considerably because it is aerated. Both layers are supported by the high-density base foam.
The Ghostbed comes with a removable cover which can be washed easily.
The Ghostbed mattress comes in a vacuum sealed package.
When opened and used first, you may notice it is quite firm. Do not be too alerted since it gets considerably softer when you break into it after a couple of uses.
If it is still too firm for you, you can order the Ghostbed protector. The Ghostbed protector will make the bed softer and it will protect the mattress as well.
Keep in mind that the protector does not take advantage form the cooling effect of the mattress and you will probably sleep very warm if you live in a hot region.
The cooling system of the Ghostbed mattress is quite efficient. It does not function too well in areas that are very hot, though.
When you break into the Ghostbed mattress, you will realize that it tends to sink in the middle. This may prove to be a bane for many people but it is really not that uncomfortable.
If you have any orthopedic conditions, this mattress is not for you. Many elderly people have complained that they have woken up with shoulder and back pains in the morning when using this mattress.
Do not buy this mattress to relieve yourself of any preexisting pains either. It is mainly for people who want a universally comfortable mattress.
The actual cover of the Ghostbed mattress is really what makes it comfortable. It is best to sleep with sheets and maybe a protector to keep the mattress clean but its cover will tempt you!
Even so, the mattress really is not very good for side-sleepers. Many Ghostbed reviews on Amazon which were written by side sleepers said that they ended up returning the mattress because it just wasn't for them.
The Ghostbed mattress is not very good for overweight people. This is because the heavier you are, the more the Ghostbed mattress will sink and create pressure points.
For average weighted people, the Ghostbed mattress also has the ability of not creating any pressure points. So you will not wake up in any pain or feel any discomfort throughout the night.
Despite the initial firmness, the Ghostbed mattress gives great bounce. This is relieving for many people.
And what's wonderful is that the Ghostbed mattress has almost no motion transfer despite the bounce.
Unfortunately, the Ghostbed mattress has no edge-support. You need to be really careful to not slide off the bed.
The Ghostbed prices around $795 for the Queen size, which makes it really good value for money.
Let us move on to comparing the Ghostbed mattress with other popular mattresses. This will give you a better idea of how the Ghostbed mattress actually feels, especially if you have experienced any of these other mattresses before.
The Leesa prices at $865 for the Queen size which makes it slightly more expensive than the Ghostbed mattress.
Whereas the Ghostbed has excellent cooling technology in its layers, the Leesa actually tends to get very hot. So the Ghostbed mattress is the clear winner if you live in a hot area.
The Leesa is actually a very firm mattress as well. That said, it is actually a tad softer than the Ghostbed mattress.
Like the Ghostbed mattress, the Leesa also has no edge support.
The Leesa is soft but tends to sink much less than the Ghostbed mattress. Therefore it is the better option for heavier people.
In the Leesa, like the Ghostbed mattress, there is hardly any motion transfer. Also like the Ghostbed, it is not very good for side sleepers.
The Purple mattress is $999 for the Queen size which makes it considerably more expensive than the Ghostbed mattress.
The Purple mattress is another disappointment for side sleepers, like the Ghostbed mattress.
Whereas the Ghostbed mattress is thick and aerated, the Purple mattress is actually very thin and dense.
It tends to sink a lot more than the Ghostbed, even though both regain their shape after you get up.
The Purple mattress has edge support, unlike the Ghostbed mattress.
There is also minimal motion transfer in the Purple mattress.
While the Ghostbed has a satisfying bounce quality, the Purple mattress is easily the least bouncy mattress we have ever come across.
The Casper mattress prices in at $950 for the Queen size, which makes it more expensive than the Ghostbed mattress.
The greatest complaint about the Casper mattress is that it causes motion transfer. So Ghostbed is the better option for sharing with a partner.
The Casper mattress is really good for orthopedic purposes. It successfully gets rid of a lot of back, neck and shoulder pain.
The Casper mattress also offers no edge support, like the Ghostbed mattress.
Neither mattress is good for side sleepers.
The Casper mattress, like the Ghostbed mattress, gives aconsiderable bounce, though.
Unfortunately, most people tend to sleep hot on the Casper mattress.
The Tuft and Needle mattress cost $575, which makes it considerably cheaper than the Ghostbed.
The Tuft and Needle mattress does not offer any cooling. So you most likely sleep very warmly on it.
compared to the it offers more bounce and softnessEven so, Ghostbed mattress.
The Tuft and Needle mattress also tends to sink in the middle but regains its shape after you leave it.
It offers no edge support like the Ghostbed.
The Ghostbed was created as a universally comfortable mattress. We reviewed it on the basis of its comfort, features, value for money and truthfulness to the claims.
The Ghostbed mattress easily falls true on its claims of being a universally comfortable mattress, even if it has some shortcomings. But we do suggest you look elsewhere if either you or your partner is overweight.
Cocoon Mattress by Sealy Reviews: Comparisons and Coupons Info.
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Summary: The story of a quiet, sweet tempered housewife who endures small slights from her well educated husband and daughter everyday because of her inability to speak and understand English. She is resourceful and open-minded but somehow these traits don't get noticed by them. Then one day on a trip to visit her sister in Manhattan she decides to enroll in an English Learners class and meets a host of new people who teach her to value herself beyond the narrow perspective of her family.
English Vinglish is the story of a woman who does not know English and is made to feel insecure by her family and society at large. The film is a light – hearted yet touching and transformational journey of Shashi. Circumstances make her determined to overcome this insecurity, master the language, teach the world a lesson on the way to becoming a self assured and confident woman.
The film is shot mostly in New York and captures the inherent struggle of many people all over the world with the English Language. Hilarious, touching, sensitive, and this film marks the comeback of India's biggest female star…Sridevi.


Fastlane does not support default langauges.
iOS test cases are now compatible with both iPhone and iPad.
Note that only German, French, and English have been added so far.
Note that the list of supported devices and languages is random for now.
Define a new lane to run the current test suites of the project, and make a few fixes in the tests itself.
This adds an initial ci lane to fastlane for use on PRs.


Technical talent can become innovators, successful entrepreneurs and inspiring leaders. Learn the seven deadly career-limiting mistakes techies make and how to avoid them. Be inspired to rock your career by a metalhead turned gearhead engineer, MBA, yogi, and global innovation leader.
Every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, UCI Applied Innovation hosts a Lunch & Learn series at the Cove where subject matter experts present on a particular topic within or relevant to innovation and entrepreneurship. Topics range in breadth from branding and marketing to pitching mistakes to avoid, investor relations, prototyping, and more.
Previous Lunch & Learn presentations are available on our SlideShare website and YouTube channel.


Spring is just around the corner! As the cold weather fades and the days get longer and warmer, trees and flowers begin to bloom. For many, this time also means seasonal allergies are not too far behind. Sneezing, wheezing, runny nose, and itchy, watery red eyes are just some of the symptoms that more than 35 million Americans face each year as the pollen from trees, grass, flowers and plants make their way into the air.
For many, relief is just a drugstore counter away. However, synthetic antihistamines can cause drowsiness and a feeling of fogginess. A number of allergy sufferers prefer wisdom from Mother Nature. Natural remedies (without side effects) can address seasonal allergies and give relief safely.


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	    <groupId>org.openecard.ifd</groupId>
	    <artifactId>ifd-core</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.ifd.scio-backend</groupId>
	    <artifactId>pcsc</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.gui</groupId>
	    <artifactId>swing</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.sal</groupId>
	    <artifactId>tiny-sal</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.management</groupId>
	    <artifactId>tiny-management</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.wsdef</groupId>
	    <artifactId>wsdef-client</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.wsdef</groupId>
	    <artifactId>jaxb-marshaller</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard</groupId>
	    <artifactId>event-manager</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.bindings</groupId>
	    <artifactId>http</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.bindings</groupId>
	    <artifactId>javascript</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.transport</groupId>
	    <artifactId>dispatcher</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.ifd.protocols</groupId>
	    <artifactId>pace</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>

	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.addons</groupId>
	    <artifactId>genericcryptography</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.addons</groupId>
	    <artifactId>pin-management</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.addons</groupId>
	    <artifactId>tr03112</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.openecard.addons</groupId>
	    <artifactId>status</artifactId>
	    <version>${project.version}</version>
	</dependency>

	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
	    <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>openjdk</groupId>
	    <artifactId>java-plugin</artifactId>
	    <scope>provided</scope>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
	    <groupId>org.json</groupId>
	    <artifactId>json</artifactId>
	</dependency>
    </dependencies>

</project>

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If you are a property owner or developer starting a residential or commercial building project, you have a wide array of insurance coverage options to choose from. One of the most effective options that you should consider is a wrap insurance policy. A wrap is an insurance product that covers the owner, general contractor, and most subcontractors under one product – so each party doesn't have to get their own individual policies. Wraps typically provide for General Liability coverage, and may include Workers' Compensation and other coverages as well.
Wrap Insurance Programs can be either Owner Controlled (OCIP) or Contractor Controlled (CCIP). An OCIP is purchased by the owner or developer and they are first Named Insured on the policy. With a CCIP, the contractor purchases the policy and they are the first Named Insured on the policy. Below we'll lay out other key differences and benefits of the two types of wraps.
Under a wrap there is clarity of coverage because all participants fall under the same policy; compared to the traditional approach, where the owner, general contractor and subcontractors all have different policies from different carriers, with different coverages, different exclusions, different deductibles and different limits. Without this overarching policy, there may be gaps if one subcontractor has different coverage or limits. With an OCIP or CCIP, you'll have the comfort of knowing that everyone on the project is covered. Receiving a contractor's Certificate of Insurance (COI) doesn't offer the same peace of mind, because you don't know the policy details or even if what is showing on the certificate is accurate!
Even after a project is complete, there is a potential for liability. A wrap oftentimes provides coverage for all participants through the statute of limitations for completed operations/construction defect exposures. In California, you can have exposure for a decade after completion for construction defects. Under a traditional insurance structure, if a sub or general contractor doesn't renew their annual policy or if they go out of business and an incident occurs, liability could fall solely to you as the owner or developer. With an OCIP or a CCIP, you can have a policy in place through the statute of limitations for one price that doesn't have to renew each year.
Purchasing individual policies tends to be more costly than buying one aggregated policy. By purchasing a wrap that covers many of the parties involved in a development project, you get the benefit of economies of scale that individual policies just can't offer. As a result, you can realize significant cost savings.
By purchasing a wrap, you will get higher limits on an OCIP or CCIP than individual subcontractors would have provided or could obtain. Where a modest sized general contractor or subcontractor will only be able to obtain $2 to $5 million in policy limits, as an owner you can buy $25 million, $100 million or more in policy limits using a wrap. So when an individual subcontractor causes a large problem, you will have adequate coverage to defend and remedy.
By having a wrap that covers all parties, there will be less finger pointing if there is a suit, a construction defect, or other incident that triggers a general liability claim. With separate policies, the insurance companies for each sub will blame each other's insureds, jockey for position, try to sue each other for reimbursement (subrogation) and avoid liability. Legal expenses can be astronomical, not including the time that is wasted in discovery, depositions and overall distractions. With a wrap, you're all in the same boat – so insurance companies won't try to prioritize another policy and shift blame. When you work together to defend against a claim, the outcome will be better for all.
As an owner or developer, with an OCIP, because you purchase the policy, you have the ability to customize certain aspects of the policy with your broker to best fit the project and your risk profile. Usually the general contractor will have an ongoing, "Rolling Wrap" program in place, and will press the owner to use their program. After all, it is already in place and they will take care of everything for you. Be aware though, that this program could have many pitfalls for you as the owner.
Assume that the coverages in the CCIP policy are crafted to best suit the general contractor, not you as the owner. If the wrap provides for a certain limit per project and you would have selected a higher (or lower) limit, you may be finessed into agreeing to something that wasn't exactly what you had wanted. Does the policy fully cover certain risk characteristics or are there substantially reduced sub-limits? Are there shared limits among projects? Is the carrier financially strong and do they pay claims? When a copy of the policy is provided, are there redacted sections? How do you know certain endorsements weren't pulled from the copy provided to you? There are many potential hazards that you and your broker need to be cognizant of when using your general contractor's CCIP.
In case of a claim, the first named insured is the one most in control of the claims process. With an OCIP, you are the conduit and will be 100% informed, with the least filtering of information. With a CCIP, the general contractor will have that control, not you, and this can become disadvantageous if you believe the process is not being managed properly.
As an owner or developer, when you buy the wrap, the costs are discernible and understandable. You know the premium, administration, third party peer review, risk assessment and total costs. With a CCIP, it may be harder to obtain the true costs. The purchaser of the wrap will reap the benefit of savings from the economies of scale. If you purchase the wrap, the contractors deduct the cost of those insurances from their contracts.
If the general contractor goes out of business or becomes insolvent, or you get into a dispute with the general contractor, coverage can become a leverage point. Although the policy covers many parties, the policy owner controls important aspects of the policy and therefore some additional control over the project. If you needed to replace the general contractor, it may be much easier to do so if you control the wrap.
As an owner or developer of two or more construction projects within a three year period, an OCIP Program can be put in place to cover multiple projects, each with their separate per project limits. This allows for great economies of scale, and coverage enhancements. Having a pre-negotiated OCIP allows the owner to price the Insurance costs with certainty during the project planning and budgeting stage.


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giant.moe - Stephen Tordoff's game reviews
E3 2016: Bethesda Roundup
The highlights of Bethesda's E3 Showcase
Bethesda have just held their E3 Showcase. Here are the highlights:
Opening the show was Quake Champions, a new multiplayer game in the Quake series. Billed by Bethesda as delivering "the mythos of the first Quake with the groundbreaking multiplayer mayhem of Quake III Arena", it introduces Champions to the game - a roster of characters with unique attributes and abilities. No gameplay was shown; Bethesda will have more to say later this year at QuakeCon.
A pre-recorded video from Todd Howard next introduced the next three DLC releases for Fallout 4. Contraptions is a settlement-building focused expansion, adding items such as logic gates and conveyor belts. Vault-Tec Workshop allows the player to build their own Vault, Fallout Shelter style, and finally Nuka-World, a theme-park inspired DLC park was shown. Speaking of Fallout Shelter, that game will also now be released on PC.
Todd Howard also introduced the well-rumoured Skyrim remaster for PC, Xbox One and PS4. Known as Skyrim Special Edition, this new release will be a free upgrade for PC players who own Skyrim and all of its DLC.
Bethesda also showed off a teaser trailer for the reboot of Prey, which at times felt like it was drawing heavily on Portal.
Doom is also getting new stuff - a variety of multiplayer modes will be added to the game for all players, and a premium DLC pack featuring, amongst other things, new maps called "Unto The Evil" will be released. Bethesda also announced that a "shareware" version of Doom is out today, allowing people to download and play the first level of the game for free.
The Elder Scrolls Online was also shown, featuring the most enthusiastic crowd member to date ("Hell yeah!"). A Dark Brotherhood questline is being added to the game, and Bethesda are introducing a new level scaling system, allowing players of any level to experience any of the game's content ("Wooooooo!")
Bethesda also teased some new VR experiences for the Vive. Firstly, a tour of Hell was offered, allowing players to explore the environments from Doom in VR. Bethesda also announced that Fallout 4 will be playable in VR.
A big block at the end of the press conference was devoted to Dishonored 2. Showing a wide swathe of teasers and gameplay, this segment at times felt a little drawn out, but showing so much of the game was certainly appriciated.
Created and maintained by stordoff, and is not affiliated with Giant Bomb in any capacity. This site is non-monetised. OpenCritic


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Q: CMake dependencies: force recompile on external library change I'm trying to correctly manage a dependency of a target on a externally built library, and somehow I'm not succeeding. I have read tutorials, posts and examples aplenty and yet, since I'm new to CMake, I guess I'm missing some obvious thing.
Setup is as follows. An external library built in another (CMake unsupported) language produces a libadatest.a. I've used ExternalProject_Add for this. Then, there is another regular C target that uses this lib. Everything works fine, but if I change the original lib, even if I recompile it, the C target is not recompiled. Here is a complete sample. I'm using CMake 2.8.12:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
include(ExternalProject)

ExternalProject_Add(
    AdaTestExternal # Not important
    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
    BUILD_COMMAND gprbuild -P${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/adalibtest -XOBJ_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY} -XLIB_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
    ALWAYS 1    # Force build, gprbuild will take care of dependencies
    # BUILD_ALWAYS 1 # For 3.0 higher versions?
    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
)
add_custom_target(AdaTest DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libadatest.a)
link_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}) # Needed or won't find it

add_executable(main_ada main.c)
add_dependencies(main_ada AdaTest) # We must depend on the final output lib
target_link_libraries(main_ada adatest)

What I've attempted is to create an intermediate custom target which depends on the actual library, and in turn make the main C target depend on this target.
When I remove the externally built library (libadatest.a), that's properly externally recompiled but the main executable is not re-linked. Plainly seen in that the timestamp of the library is fresher than the executable which uses it.
I've also tried this instead of the custom target, with same negative result:
add_library(AdaTest
    UNKNOWN IMPORTED
    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libadatest.a)

A: Found the proper solution (which was, as expected, simple) in this old post: http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2010-November/041072.html
The gist is to use the actual file in target_link_libraries, so its timestamp is checked. So no need for intermediate or custom dependencies:
set(AdaTestLib ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libadatest.a)

add_executable(main_ada main.c)
add_dependencies(main_ada AdaTestExternal)
target_link_libraries(main_ada ${AdaTestLib})

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Living in the oceans of a dense metal rich planet, the Swordswallower moves through the sea on a single undulating ventral fin. As it moves, its jaw sweeps planktonic life into its small mouth at the back of the 'net', where it is filtered and any food swallowed. The membrane it uses to hunt may look delicate, but is make from silk-like secretions and is easily repaired by glands in the egg shaped 'mouth'.
To alter its depth, a gas bladder fills much of its insides and can change volume at will, letting the Swordswallower feed using minimum energy.
Under the shadow of this specimen, a school of smaller fish-size relations of the Swordswallower seek shelter under its shadow. If I predator attacks, the feeding mouth of the large creature can be retracted, and the fish size creatures will hide inside. In return for this shelter, the fish like animals keep the Swallower free from parasites.
Trailing from the rear of this specimen are two long pale strings of gametes, releasing hundreds of reproductive cells into the sea as it swims, to mix in the water with the eggs and sperm of others swimming nearby.
To see the internal anatomy of this critter check out my gallery.
It was painted in Photoshop using standard fuzzy brushes set to between zero and 70% hardness, with hard brushes used for fine details.
Funny how this was the first work of yours that I found. It still amazes me every time I see it. This is very nice.
yea! ive only seen playthroughs of the game from youtubers i watch (i stink at videogames) and it seems like a challenging yet fun experience!
Are you aware this piece of art shows up in this design for this concept yacht: www.tuvie.com/luxury-bairim-ya… ? I have a piece of art from the interior of the yacht which has this image on a moniter inside the boat. I can't find the image anywhere on the internet so I think it might have been removed.
Thank you! It is one of my favourite things to paint, the open ocean.
Just beautiful. Well drawn, and well done.
I do enjoy this drawing. The way the creature was drawn give a sense of familiarity to Earth very own ocean and at the same give off the sense of being on a foreign world due to the way you drew a majestic lifeform of an alien world. Keep up the great work man.
Such an amazing creature. Outstanding work.
Wowza! Looked like a photo at first glance. Well done!
wheres the eyes? how does it eat? what inspired you to draw this? Wheres the head? How does it swim? Can i eat it? How does it have bbies? are you going to answer any of these? Is it dangerous? Does it have any defense techniques?
I love this clear texture!
honestly, I've always loved dinosaurs. Idk really know why, but discovering a new animal, something that will never be in front of me makes me wonder about how it survives, how it lives and everything that comes about it.
So, your drawings are incredibly detailed, very realistic and the best in that ; you create such amazing creatures !
Damn it looks so realistic!


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Q: Meaning of "without replacement" in a specific exercise This is my question:

Suppose you have $20$ marbles, each marked with a number from $1$ to $20$.  Two marbles are drawn without replacement.

Compute
a.  P(both marbles have numbers less than 12)
b.  P(the smallest number is greater than 4)
c.  P(one number is 8)
Does this mean the balls were taken out simultaneously or one after the other? I am confused. And what will be the answer?

A: Drawing two marbles with replacement means that you draw a marble, put it back in the bag, then draw another marble. Thus it's possible to draw the same marble twice.
Drawing two marbles without replacement means you don't put the first marble back in the bag. Thus you cannot draw the same marble twice.

A: a) Just the odds the first marble you draw is less than 12, times the second being less than twelve $\frac{11}{20} \times \frac{10}{19}$
b) Similar to above, odds you draw a marble larger than 4, and then another one larger than 4 $\frac{16}{20} \times \frac{15}{19}$
c) Its the complement of the odds of not drawing the number 8, $ 1 - (\frac{19}{20} \times \frac{18}{19})$


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Conserving biodiversity: threats and solutions.
Bradstock, R. T. et al.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $104. The book begins by exploring why biodiversity is important. The main part of the book deals with the major factors threatening our biodiversity: habitat loss; degradation and pollution of water resources; weeds and feral animals; commercial use of native plants..... More
Animals of arid Australia: out on their own?
Dickman, Chris, Daniel Lunney and Shelley Burgin, editors.
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, 2007. Quarto, paperback, photographs, maps, other illustrations. WAS $75. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. This book records an RZS forum that discussed whether the animals of arid Australia are 'out on their own' in terms of their unique adaptations for..... More
Sydney flora: a beginner's guide to Australian native plants.
Edmonds, Tony and Joan Webb.
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, (1998. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, keys. This book is an introduction to a study of Sydney sandstone flora. The text is supported by many explanatory illustrations and references to familiar and not-so-familiar plants.	More
Paradise revealed: natural history in nineteenth-century Australia.
Finney, Colin.
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1993. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. WAS $45. Colin Finney's first book and companion volume To sail beyond the sunset. This book looks at the development of scientific thought in colonial Australia and the inevitable associated controversies.	More
Now or never: why we must act now to end climate change and create a sustainable future.
Flannery, Tim.
New York: Grove Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper. WAS $30. Utilizing the most up-to-the-minute data available, Tim Flannery examines the environmental challenges we face and their potential solutions in both the big picture and in specific detail. This brilliant book explores everything from techniques for storing the carbon that dead plants..... More
Climate change adaptation plan for Australian birds.
Garnett, Stephen T. and Donald C. Franklin.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. Quarto, paperback, maps, tables. WAS $70. Presents the first climate change adaptation plan produced for a national faunal group anywhere in the world. This book outlines the nature of threats related to climate change for the Australian bird taxa most likely to be affected by climate..... More
The action plan for Australian birds 2010.
Garnett, Stephen, Judit Szabo and Guy Dutson.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2011. Quarto, paperback, tables, maps. WAS $50. This book analyses the IUCN status of all the species and subspecies of Australia's birds, including those of the offshore territories. For each bird the size and trend in their population and distribution has been analysed using the latest iteration..... More
The biology and evolution of Australian snakes.
Greer, Allen E.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, line drawings. WAS $88. A 'companion' volume to the same author's The biology and evolution of Australian lizards, published in 1989.	More
Forests of ash: an environmental history.
Griffiths, Tom.
Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. WAS $40. This beautifully written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which is the world's tallest hardwood. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling..... More
Biological control of weeds: a handbook for practitioners and students.
Harley, K.L.S. and I.W. Forno.
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1992. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. WAS $44. A concise authoritative book about the background and procedures involved in this important method of weed control. It provides guidance on all aspects of a biological control project including the selection of the target weed; finding..... More
Ecology of reptiles.
Heatwole, Harold and Janet Taylor.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1987. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $44. Includes chapters on the Australian environment and the distribution of reptiles; thermal ecology; water relations; feeding ecology; reproductive ecology; population dynamics; ecological energetics; social organization; and reptilian assemblages.	More
Gondwanan heritage: past, present and future of the Western Australian biota.
Hopper, S. D. et al., editors.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1996. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, text illustrations. WAS $88. Deals with the plants, fungi and animals of Western Australia and their place in the environment.	More
The birds of Sydney, County of Cumberland, New South Wales, 1770-1989.
Hoskin, Ern.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, (1991. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, black and white illustrations, colour photographs. WAS $39. The first edition was published in 1958 (authors Keith Hindwood and Arnold McGill). This updated version contains observations and records made by the Ern Hoskin since the death of Keith..... More
Ecology of Australian freshwater fishes.
Humphries, Paul and Keith Walker, editors.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings, maps. WAS $130. This volume reviews our past and present understanding of the ecology of Australian freshwater fishes. Comparing patterns and processes in Australia with those on other continents, this book discusses the local relevance of ecological..... More
Australia's most threatened ecosystems: the southeastern lowland native grasslands.
Kirkpatrick, Jamie et al.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white illustrations, maps. WAS $19. In Australia only 0.5% of the original area of lowland grasslands remains in even semi-natural condition.	More
Pest or guest: the zoology of overabundance.
Lunney, Daniel, Peggy Eby, Pat Hutchings and Shelley Burgin, editors.
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, 2007. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. WAS $75. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. In an era when the decline in biodiversity is widely presented as an extinction crisis, there exists the converse problem of overabundance both of native..... More
Exotic insects in Australia.
New, T. R.
Adelaide: Gleneagles, 1994. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. WAS $40. Discusses insects introduced to Australia either accidentally or deliberately. Some of these introductions have had a tremendous economic impact, for example sheep-blowflies, dung beetles, aphids and various insects of medical importance.	More
The flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001.
Robin, Libby.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs. WAS $70. The Flight of the Emu is a history of Australian birding in the twentieth century. The Emu of the title comes from the hundred-year old journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (later Birds Australia)..... More
Nature conservation, [volume three]: the reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems.
Saunders, D. A. et al., editors.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1993. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $90. Third volume in this series is based on material presented at a workshop held in 1991 on the need for reconstruction of framented ecosystems, and the role of ecologists and conservation biologists in integrating their research and interpreting it in..... More
Nature conservation [volume two]: the role of corridors.
Saunders, Denis A. and Richard J. Hobbs, editors.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1991. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $95. The contents are arranged under four major headings: inventory and assessment of corridors; values of corridors; movement of biota; and management, establishment, maintenance and rehabilitation. Companion volume to the first volume Nature conservation: the role of remnants of..... More
The botanical endeavour: journey towards a flora of Australia.
Webb, Joan B.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2003. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. WAS $40. Joan Webb has gathered together information on the development of an independent botany in Australia; the lives of the principal players as well as the fate of their collections. Illustrated with portraits and maps, her story starts with William..... More


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package org.jcodec.containers.mp4;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import org.jcodec.common.NIOUtils;
import org.jcodec.common.SeekableByteChannel;
import org.jcodec.common.logging.Logger;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.Box;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.ChunkOffsets64Box;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.ChunkOffsetsBox;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.Header;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.MovieBox;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.SampleToChunkBox;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.boxes.TrakBox;
import org.jcodec.containers.mp4.muxer.MP4Muxer;

public class WebOptimizedMP4Muxer extends MP4Muxer {
    private ByteBuffer header;
    private long headerPos;

    public static WebOptimizedMP4Muxer withOldHeader(SeekableByteChannel output, Brand brand, MovieBox oldHeader)
            throws IOException {
        int size = (int) oldHeader.getHeader().getSize();
        TrakBox vt = oldHeader.getVideoTrack();

        SampleToChunkBox stsc = Box.findFirst(vt, SampleToChunkBox.class, "mdia", "minf", "stbl", "stsc");
        size -= stsc.getSampleToChunk().length * 12;
        size += 12;

        ChunkOffsetsBox stco = Box.findFirst(vt, ChunkOffsetsBox.class, "mdia", "minf", "stbl", "stco");
        if (stco != null) {
            size -= stco.getChunkOffsets().length << 2;
            size += vt.getFrameCount() << 3;
        } else {
            ChunkOffsets64Box co64 = Box.findFirst(vt, ChunkOffsets64Box.class, "mdia", "minf", "stbl", "co64");
            size -= co64.getChunkOffsets().length << 3;
            size += vt.getFrameCount() << 3;
        }

        return new WebOptimizedMP4Muxer(output, brand, size + (size >> 1));
    }

    public WebOptimizedMP4Muxer(SeekableByteChannel output, Brand brand, int headerSize) throws IOException {
        super(output, brand);
        headerPos = output.position() - 24;
        output.position(headerPos);

        header = ByteBuffer.allocate(headerSize);
        output.write(header);
        header.clear();

        new Header("wide", 8).write(output);
        new Header("mdat", 1).write(output);
        mdatOffset = output.position();
        NIOUtils.writeLong(output, 0);
    }

    @Override
    public void storeHeader(MovieBox movie) throws IOException {
        long mdatEnd = out.position();
        long mdatSize = mdatEnd - mdatOffset + 8;
        out.position(mdatOffset);
        NIOUtils.writeLong(out, mdatSize);

        out.position(headerPos);
        try {
            movie.write(header);
            header.flip();
            int rem = header.capacity() - header.limit();
            if (rem < 8) {
                header.duplicate().putInt(header.capacity());
            }
            out.write(header);
            if (rem >= 8)
                new Header("free", rem).write(out);
        } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            Logger.warn("Could not web-optimize, header is bigger then allocated space.");
            new Header("free", header.remaining()).write(out);
            out.position(mdatEnd);
            MP4Util.writeMovie(out, movie);
        }
    }
}


According to Hofstede's the five dimensions of culture, masculinity and femininity refer to the value placed on the male or female values in traditional. In "masculine" cultures, people look more competitive, assertive, ambitious, and enjoy in accumulating of wealth and possessions. In contrast, in "feminine" cultures, people prefer to focus on the relationships and quality of life (Hofstede, 2001).
In this case, it is not hard to find out that the attitude on the work shown by the local contractor is not good. According Thomas NG the local contractor is lazy, and not following the schedule, in other word he or she has little competitiveness awareness and ambition on the work, although he or she has the workers with good skills. Therefore, this local constructor belongs to feminine culture.
But for the owner of the company (the author), he presented both masculine and femininity role in managing his contractor problems. On one hand, he has a professional and serious attitude on the work, that's why he was worried about the finishing according to the schedule which to some extent is decided by the nature of the construction work to finish the project according to the contract. At this point, the owner of company shows a masculine role. However, when he managed the local constructor in term of dispute, he "had to literally beg him to continue and finish work with inducement of a price increase". It is obvious that when the owner acted as a manager, he was managing in a more emotional way which appears to fit more the role of femininity in his management style. Another evidence of the femininity is that even after being in cooperation with a Indonesian sub-contractor rather than a local one which lasts to present, the owner of the company still want to hire local workers provided that they open their eyes and show positive working attitude even hiring them will be more expensive. In conclusion, with my opinion, the owner of company tried the both masculine and femininity role when he managing his contractor problems.
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The final space shuttle launch in NASA history, the Shuttle Atlantis launches from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.
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Minute by minute: Atlantis shuttle lifts off for final time
Editor's Note: Atlantis' journey to the International Space Station will be NASA's 135th and final mission in the space shuttle program, which began 30 years ago. Tune in to CNN's live coverage of the launch Friday, on CNN.com/Live and the CNN mobile apps. As part of our coverage our teams are the ground are sharing what they are seeing and hearing during this historic day.
[Updated at 1:36 p.m.] Astronaut Julie Payette, a Canadian flight engineer who flew two shuttle missions told CNN: "I feel good about it being a grand finale for an extraordinarily successful program."
"This program has inspired so many people," she said. "It is very inspirational when we do things on the edge and this is one of the edges that's hard to reach."
[Updated at 12:37 p.m.] Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American in Space, said the launch today was a "really bittersweet feeling."
"[It's like] you've had a good friend or a car that did a really good job, but now its time to move on," she said.
[Updated at 12:20 p.m.] @NASA tweets: "The STS-135 post-launch news conference now will be held at 1 p.m. EDT."
[Updated at 12:06 p.m.] Linda Johnston from Palestine, Texas wiped tears away from her eyes as the shuttle blasted into space. This was her first launch and the moment was overwhelming. She rose from her wheelchair and looked by the brim of her straw hat as her husband and grandson stood by her side.
She said the shuttle symbolizes patriotism. Why its ending, she doesn't know - she's just happy that she and the three generations of her family got to see this one in the flesh.
Another family from Warren, Michigan came to see the last launch.
"It was something I could never see again," one woman told CNN's Brooke Baldwin as she cried. "But I've never seen it and I wanted to."
5-year-old Parker Mills, who was with the rest of his family explained, "It was ginormous! It just went up into the clouds."
[Updated at 11:57 a.m.] @NASA tweets: Watch Administrator Bolden's video blog about the final shuttle launch and what's next for NASA: http://t.co/wDqXVRK
[Updated at 11:55 a.m.] Astronaut Leroy Chiao is here to do an interview with CNN International. He's got a"celebration" cigar lit and in hand and said the final launch was "fantastic."
Chiao was the commander of Expedition 10 and lived aboard the International Space from October 2004 to April 2005 and has been aboard three shuttle flights.
[Updated at 11:41 a.m.] "When we saw the bright glare of the shuttle and the chants of U.S.A., U.S.A. started going up, it was hard not to cry, frankly," CNN's Carol Costello says.
[Updated at 11:33 a.m.] Space Shuttle Atlantis has achieved main engine cutoff.
[Updated at 11:31 a.m.] The solid rocket boosters continue to travel upward another 150,000 feet after they are ejected, former astronaut Cady Coleman explains.
[Updated at 11:29 a.m.] A half a ton of fuel per second is being drained from Atlantis' main fuel tank. Engines performing perfectly, NASA says.
[Updated at 11:28 a.m.] "Atlantis flexing its muscles one final time," flight commentator says.
[Updated at 11:27 a.m.] Atlantis is in the middle of its eight-minute ride into orbit.
[Updated at 11:26 a.m.] Space Shuttle Atlantis has lifted off, marking NASA's final mission in the space shuttle program.
"The space shuttle spreads its wings one final time for the start of a sentimental journey into history," launch control said.
Post by: CNN news blog editor Mallory Simon, CNN's Allan Chernoff, CNN's Eric Marrapodi, CNN's John Couwels, CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Rich Phillips
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Proceeds from "Weird Al" Yankovic's Lady Gaga parody will go the the Human Rights Campaign.
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Tuesday's intriguing people
The man who is famous for his musical parodies has taken on one of the biggest names in music: Lady Gaga. Yankovic has redone Gaga's latest hit, "Born This Way," and the video for "Perform This Way" premiered on YouTube on Monday. The song was not without controversy, as Entertainment Weekly reported that Lady Gaga's manager initially told Yankovic that Gaga wasn't in support of the song. But after Yankovic took to the Internet to express his frustration, Gaga's manager admitted that the singer had never seen the video or heard the song.
On his blog, Yankovic wrote of the manager: "Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that's what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own. He's sorry." Proceeds from the single will go to the Human Rights Campaign.
Post by: CNN's Kay Jones, Justin Lear, Paul Caron, Stephanie Gallman
Filed under: Celebrity • Lady Gaga • Music • Showbiz • Technology • YouTube
Monday's intriguing people
The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland became the U.S. Open's second youngest champion since World War II when he ran away from the competition over the weekend, posting the lowest four-day total in U.S. Open history, besting Tiger Woods' record set in 2000.
McIlroy's feat is even more impressive after he had a well-documented collapse on the final day of the Masters, costing him the coveted green jacket, which is given to the winner of the famed golf tournament. As one of the games biggest tweeters, McIlroy was noticeably absent the week leading up to the U.S. Open. However, on Sunday, he tweeted a photo of the U.S. Open trophy as well as two words that sum up the weekend: #winning #bounceback.
Post by: CNN's Justin Lear, CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Maria White
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University of Central Florida football player Ereck Plancher died in 2008 after a workout. His parents have sued the school.
Ereck Plancher
The University of Central Florida football player's death is in the spotlight this week in an Orlando courtroom, just 11 floors below where the Casey Anthony trial is under way. Plancher's family filed a wrongful death suit against the school, and jury selection for the trial began Monday, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Plancher, 19, died in March 2008 following an off-season workout that head coach George O'Leary conducted. An autopsy confirmed that Plancher died from complications of a sickle cell trait, and his parents allege the school and its football medical support staff did not properly treat their son, according to the newspaper.
The Sentinel's Mike Bianchi reports the trial's outcome could affect college football programs in the future. He also notes the case is unique because it's going to trial rather than being settled out of court.
Post by: CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Mia Aquino
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Dallas Maverick's star Dirk Nowitzki hoists the MVP trophy after his team beat the Miami Heat.
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The Dallas Mavericks star overcame illness and injury during the NBA championship series against the Miami Heat and was named MVP of the series after the Mavs beat the Heat in six games.
The 7-foot German has been the face of the franchise for 13 years, but the championship has always eluded him and the Mavs.
Nowitzki and the Mavs lost to the Heat in the 2006 championship series, and as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports wrote Monday, "He's been the most awkwardly graceful star the sport's ever seen, a testament to a game played far below the rim, and deep within the mind."
Post by: CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Maria White
Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, assists Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, during congressional testimony.
The wife of Rep. Anthony Weiner is a central, and silent, figure since her husband's sexting admission Monday. Many have asked: Will their 11-month-old marriage survive?
The Washington Post column The Reliable Source praised Abedin for not appearing alongside Weiner on Monday as the suffering wife.
Abedin, 34, was born in Michigan, grew up in Saudi Arabia and returned to the United States to attend college, according to the New York Daily News. Her late father, a college professor, was from India and her mother, also a professor, was born in Pakistan.
A headline Tuesday on the ethnic news site New America Media asked, "Will Huma Abedin Remain Weiner's Good South Asian Wife?"
Abedin is a longtime senior aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, starting out as an intern to the first lady in 1996, according to a 2007 Vogue magazine profile. Abedin and Weiner met during Clinton's 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Daily News said.
Not only did Clinton throw Abedin and Weiner an engagement party, but former President Bill Clinton officiated at their wedding. Abedin is Muslim and Weiner is Jewish.
"Abedin has the energy of a woman in her 20s," Clinton said in the Vogue article, "the confidence of a woman in her 30s, the experience of a woman in her 40s and the grace of a woman in her 50s."
Post by: CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Matthew Mochow, CNN's Pam Sellers, CNN's Rick Martin
Filed under: Anthony Weiner • Most Intriguing People • Politics
Laura Deming, Faheem Zaman and John Burnham put their college graduation on hold to use a grant to start a tech company.
Thursday's intriguing people
Laura Deming, Faheem Zaman and John Burnham
These three students dropped out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and mentorship to start a tech company. They are part of the first group of Thiel Fellows - 24 people under age 20 who have agreed to put their formal education on hold for two years for this one-of-a-kind opportunity.
Deming, 17, is developing anti-aging therapies; Zaman, 18, is building mobile payment systems for developing countries; and Burnham, 18, is working on extracting minerals from asteroids and comets. Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and Facebook investor, announced the first group of Thiel Fellows on Wednesday through his Thiel Foundation. He says the fellowship addresses two of the country's most pressing problems: a bubble in higher education and a dearth of Americans developing breakthrough technologies.
"We're not saying that everybody should drop out of college," Thiel told The New York Times.
The fellows can always go back to school. The problem, he said, is that "in our society, the default assumption is that everybody has to go to college."
"I believe you have a bubble whenever you have something that's overvalued and intensely believed," Thiel said. "In education, you have this clear price escalation without incredible improvement in the product. At the same time, you have this incredible intensity of belief that this is what people have to do. In that way, it seems very similar in some ways to the housing bubble and the tech bubble."
Post by: CNN's Anna Shcherbakova, CNN's Kay Jones
Wednesday's intriguing people
Dr. Lawrence Egbert
Egbert, an 83-year-old anesthesiologist, is being called "The New Doctor Death" by Newsweek. Egbert told The Baltimore Sun he's helped in the deaths of over 300 patients with illnesses ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's.
Egbert, who runs a right-to-die nonprofit called Final Exit Network, faces charges in Georgia, according to The Daily Beast, and was just acquitted in Phoenix in a case involving the death of a woman.
"I never thought of myself as having done anything that I should feel guilty of," he told the Sun. "I don't feel any conflict about helping someone stop suffering."
The group says it will help those who "have an incurable condition which causes intolerable suffering," according to its website . The group says there is a full and rigorous evaluation to decide whether to approve an applicant. When a person is accepted, FEN assigns "exit guides" who offer advice on how to "hasten death," though physically they will not do anything to help.
Post by: CNN's Jackie Castillo, CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Pamela Sellers
Japanese pro golfer Ryo Ishikawa promises to donate all his Tour earnings this year.
Friday's intriguing people
Ryo Ishikawa
The 19-year-old native of Japan says he will donate all the money he wins on the PGA Tour this year, including this weekend's Masters, to his earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged homeland.
Ishikawa, who shot a 1-under-par 71 in the first round of the Masters, won $2 million last year, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. He said he hopes to inspire his country by playing well.
"I understand that people, especially in Sendai, they are living in hell, and I would love to show the energy and power of what golf can bring to those people."
Ron Thatcher
The "non-essential" government worker is one of 800,000 who will not get paid if the government shuts down. The Montana resident works for the U.S. Forest Service and doesn't consider the work he does "non-essential," since some of the work he does includes protecting the U.S.-Canadian border. Thatcher tells CNNMoney.com, "I've worked with the Forest Service over 30 years and I'm damn proud to be a Forest Service employee."
Sandy Almon
The baseball player at Mount Pisgah, a small private school in Johns Creek, Georgia, is turning heads as a relief pitcher with a reported 85-mph fastball.
But it's not the fastball that has people talking. It's the fact that Sandy is a girl, one of just a few across the country playing high school baseball.
"I've seen and coached with a lot of boy pitchers the same age, and she has got just as much or more talent than half of them," Joey Hamilton, a former major-league pitcher and one of Sandy's private coaches, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"I love baseball; it's my favorite sport and always has been," Almon told the paper. "I don't know how to explain it other to say that baseball just comes natural to me. Other sports, like basketball, are work. Baseball is not that way."
Casey Robbins
The Sacramento, California, high school senior has achieved an honor few of her peers can match: A school in Liberia has been named for her.
Robbins founded Textbooks for Liberia when she was in eighth grade. The organization has sent more than 10,000 books to the West African nation, CNN affiliate KXTV reports.
In gratitude for her work, officials named a new school in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, for her.
"The school is taking enrollment now and it should be starting in the fall. It's the Casey Robbins International School," said Robbins, who visited the site in February. "It's definitely a cool thing for me. I got to have a picture with the sign for my school."
Robbins said she plans to continue and possibly expand the program while attending Stanford University after graduation.
Post by: CNN's Jackie Castillo, CNN's Kay Jones
Filed under: 2011 tsunami • Golf • Japan • Most Intriguing People • Sports
Bob Dylan performs with his band at The Worker's Gymnasium in Beijing on Wednesday.
The rocker played a show in China on Wednesday night to a crowd who mostly didn't know who he was, just days after artist and activist Ai Weiwei was arrested for alleged "economic crimes." Dylan's set list had to be approved by the Ministry of Culture, and a few of his most popular songs, including "The Times They Are a-Changin'," were not played, the Los Angeles Times reported. "Foreign acts coming into China are watched much more closely than native Chinese bands," said Nevin Domer, booking manager at D-22, a mecca for student rock in Beijing.
Post by: CNN's Kay Jones
Filed under: Bob Dylan • Budget • China • Economy • Georgia • Golf • Human rights • Most Intriguing People • Music • Politics • Showbiz • Sports • U.S. • Wisconsin
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida will become the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
The Florida congresswoman will be named chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, replacing Tim Kaine, who is running for the Senate from Virginia. Two women have previously been the chairs of the DNC: Jean Westwood in 1972 and Debra DeLee in 1994 and 1995. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has risen in the ranks of the Democratic Party since she took office in 2005. The congresswoman is a breast cancer survivor and the mother of three children. Many Americans may recognize her as one of the friends present at the hospital when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords first opened her eyes after being shot in January.
Rep. Curt Weldon
The former Pennsylvania congressman has arrived in Libya to meet with Moammar Gadhafi. Weldon wrote in a New York Times op-ed piece, "I've met him enough times to know that it will be very hard to simply bomb him into submission." Weldon wrote that he's going on the invitation of Gadhafi's chief of staff and called for an immediate U.N.-monitored cease-fire, "with the Libyan army withdrawing from contested cities and rebel forces ending attempts to advance."
Roxy Kurze
The Warren, Michigan, native found a kidney donor for her husband on Facebook. Though an infrequent user of the popular social networking site, Kurze wrote a post lamenting her husband's deteriorating condition, according to the Detroit News. She wrote, "I wish a kidney would fall out the sky," and "If someone knows a living type O donor, let me know." Not long after, Ricky Cisco replied, offering up his kidney.
Cliff Forrest
The 10-year-old from Pittsburgh gave the Super Bowl ring he bought with his college savings for $8,500 back to retired Chicago Bears player William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Perry had to sell the ring several years ago after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and falling on hard times. Forrest wanted to buy the ring and give it back to Perry, and the avid sports memorabilia collector told ESPN on Monday, "When I Googled Mr. Perry after I got the ring, I saw he had the disease and went through rough times. And I thought he needed it more than I did."
Post by: CNN's Jackie Castillo, CNN's Kay Jones, CNN's Sarah Baker, CNN's Sarah Edwards
Filed under: Debbie Wasserman Schultz • Democratic Party • Gabrielle Giffords • Most Intriguing People • Politics
Kelly Gneiting prepares to wrestle during the 2005 USA National Sumo Championship in North Bergen, New Jersey.
Kelly Gneiting
The 40-year-old sumo wrestler, who weighs 405 pounds and has a 60-inch waist, is training to run 26.2 miles in the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday. Should he manage it, Guinness World Records is prepared to recognize him as the heaviest person ever to finish a marathon.
Gneiting took up sumo wrestling in the late 1990s and has won three U.S. championships. Running a marathon has been his goal since grade school, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.
Gneiting lives on an Indian reservation in Arizona, the Times says, and has a master's degree in geography from the University of Idaho, according to a bio at nostringsattachedenews.com. His wife and five children live in Idaho.
"I honestly think I'm one of the best athletes in the world," he says.
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Filed under: Arizona • California • Hurricane Katrina • Libya • Most Intriguing People • Natural Disasters • Running • Sports • Virginia


When my husband first mentioned to me the idea of going on a short-term missions trip this summer, I felt two completely opposite emotions.
First, I was excited at the thought of going to a short-term trip for the first time! It seems that all of our missions trips have been long-term (Manila, then Nashville). I have also never been on a missions trip with Robert.
The other reaction was a sense of exhaustion at the thought of raising money again. As youth workers in Franklin, we raise our support almost all-year-round.
I love how God has shown Himself faithful every single day since we moved to Nashville. And yet, even in His constant demonstration of meeting our needs, my faith was weak at that moment.
It felt like an impossible task. Good thing I am married to one of the biggest encouragers I know!
He was quick to pray for me and spoke words brought life to my spirit.
As I write this today, we are only five days away from our missions trip to Baja, Mexico through Ten Days Missions Experiences. And even in my lack of faith, God showed how faithful He is, providing every step of the way through financial and prayer partners.
To all who give generously given through finances and prayers, you have no idea the impact you have made in our lives; way before this trip has begun. Many people will know and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior because of you.
I cannot believe we are actually going and leading a group of high school students to what I expect will be a life-changing journey! Twenty three individuals/families poured their finances into this trip, enabling us to cover our airfare and most of the ground expenses.
I do not take this for granted for a single second. I know that times are hard. Seeing people give in faith is one of the most beautiful things that I have had the privilege of witnessing.
We are almost at 100% of our trip costs. I do not doubt for a second that God will finish the work that He started.
1) Building Project 1: 16 x 60 church building, parsonage, baptismal, and 4 latrines for a local church. 2) Building Project 2: 16 x 40 school classroom and outlying buildings to be repainted.
I have reasons why I am sharing this with you today. I humbly ask you to read on.
1) Please pray for us. The list of prayer points is long but I do believe in the power of intercession.
That we may be done coordinating all travel details with our team.
That the next days will be a period of preparation of our hearts for this journey.
Safe flights as we travel from Nashville to San Diego to Baja (Rosarito).
Protection from any kind of disease, accidents, and theft.
100% financial provision in time for our departure on Wednesday.
That more people will know and accept Jesus as we pour love on them in Baja.
The courage and boldness to share the Gospel to whoever the Holy Spirit instructs us to.
For unity among the team members so that we may be able to accomplish our goals together with complete joy.
2) Please consider helping us meet 100% of our trip. We need to raise $500 more to cover expenses: rental car, building supplies, gas, Bibles, and gifts for the children/classrooms. Every single dollar goes a long way and it will make a difference.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through today's blog post. Your journey with me makes it possible to go to places and make a difference in other peoples' lives.


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Q: Prove that a function is uniformly continuous - without L'Hôpital's rule
Let $f: [0,∞)→[0,∞)$ be a differentiable function, such that $ \lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\big(f(x) + f'(x)\big) = 5$. Prove that $f$ is uniformly continuous.

Now, both my tutor and my friends have proved this with a "trick" - multiplying and dividing by $ e^x $, and then using L'Hôpital for infinity over infinity.
Is there a different way of proving this?

A: Consider $f(x)-5$ instead of $f$ so that the given limit is $0$ instead of $5$, just to simplify things.
By the limit, there exists $x_0$ such that $|f(x)+f^\prime(x)|<1$ for all $x\ge x_0$.
Suppose $f$ is not bounded from above. Then there is a sequence
$x_0<x_1<x_2<\cdots \to \infty$ with $1<f(x_1)<f(x_2)<\cdots \to \infty$.
By the MVT, there must be intermediate $y_n$ with $x_n<y_n<x_{n+1}$ and $f^\prime(y_n)>0$ and hence $f(y_n)<1$.
On $[y_{n-1},y_n]$, $f$ attains its maximum not at the boundary because alread $f(x_n)$ is bigger. So the max is attained at some interior point $z_n$.
Then $f^\prime(z_n)=0$, hence $f(x_n)\le f(z_n)\le1$, contradiction.
We conclude that $ f$ is bounded from above. By the same argument, $f$ is bounded from below. Then $f^\prime$ is also bounded on $[x_0,\infty)$, hence $f$ is Lipschitz there and consequently uniformly continuous on $[0,\infty)$.

A: We will prove if $f(x)+f'(x)\to 0$ then $f(x)\to 0.$ We can then apply this to $f(x)-5$ in the original problem.
This is a little complicated, and Hagen's answer to show $f$ is bounded is a quite a bit easier, and is enough for uniform continuity.
We will assume that it is not true that $f(x)\to 0.$
So, there is an $\epsilon>0$ such that the set $X=\{x\mid |f(x)|\geq \epsilon\}$ is unbounded.
Let $U=\{x\mid |f(x)|>\frac\epsilon2\}=f^{-1}((-\infty,\epsilon/2)\cup(\epsilon/2,+\infty)).$ Then $U$ is an open, since $f$ is continuous, and unbounded, since $X\subset U.$
Now, since $f(x)+f'(x)\to 0,$ there is an $N$ such that, for $x>N,$ $f(x)+f'(x)\in(-\epsilon/4,\epsilon/4).$ For any $x\in U$ with $x>N,$ we get $|f'(x)|>\frac\epsilon 4,$ and $f'(x)$ has the opposite sign of $f(x).$
Let $U_0=U\cap(N,\infty).$ Then $U_0$ is still unbounded and open, and for every $x\in U_0,$ $|f(x)|>\epsilon/2,$ $|f'(x)|>\epsilon/4$ and $f(x),f'(x)$ have opposite signs.
Now, if $U_0$ contains some interval $(x_0,\infty).$ Then, either,

*

*For all $x>x_0,$ $f(x)>\epsilon/2,$ or

*for all $x>x_0,$ $f(x)<-\epsilon/2.$
For $x>x_0,$ by the mean value theorem, $$f(x)=f(x_0)+(x-x_0)f'(c)$$ but we know
$|f'(c)|>\frac\epsilon4$ and has the opposite sign of $f(x_0),$ which
would mean we'd eventually get to an $x>x_0$ such that $f(x)$ is the
opposite sign, and thus, by the intermediate value theorem, an
$x>x_0$ where $f(x)=0,$ reaching a contradiction.
So $U_0$ is an unbounded disjoint union of bounded open intervals $(a_i,b_i).$ Pick any $a_i>N.$ The sign of $f(x)$ is constant in this interval. But then $f(a_i)=f(b_i)=\pm\frac\epsilon2,$ or else one of $a_i, b_i$ would be in $U_0.$ By the mean value theorem, there is a $c\in(a_i,b_i)\subset U_0$ such that $f'(c)=0.$  But $f'(c)\neq 0$ in $U_0.$
Contradiction.
So $f(x)\to 0$ and $f'(x)\to0.$

A direct proof.
Given $\epsilon>0$ there is some $N$ such that, for all $x>N,$ $|f(x)+f'(x)|<\frac\epsilon4.$
Is it possible for $f(x)> \epsilon/2$ for all $x>N?$ Then $f'(x)<-\epsilon/4$ and for all $x>N$ $$f(x)=f(N)+(x-N)f'(c)\leq f(N)-(x-N)\frac\epsilon4\to-\infty.$$
Similarly, it is not possible for $f(x)<-\epsilon/2$ for all $x>N.$
So there must be and $x_0>N$ such that $|f(x_0)|\leq \epsilon/2.$
Now, if $x>x_0,$ and $|f(x)|>\epsilon/2.$ Find the largest open interval $(a,b)$ containing $x$ such that $|f|((a,b))\in(\epsilon/2,\infty).$ Then since $x_0$ can't be in the interval, $a\geq x_0$ and $b<+\infty$ because of what we just proved.
We easily see that $f(a)=f(b)=\pm \frac\epsilon2,$ or else we could pick a larger interval including one of the $a,b$ Thus there must be a $c\in(a,b)$ such that $f'(c)=0.$ But then $|f(c)|=|f(c)+f'(c)|<\epsilon/4$ since $c>a\geq x_0>N,$ contradicting our assumption about the elements of the interval.
So for all $x>x_0,$ $$|f(x)|\leq\epsilon/2<\epsilon.$$
I suppose this is still an indirect proof. I just pulled the indirect assumption inside the proof, rather than assuming the limit doesn't exist.


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Cloakroom es una banda de rock estadounidense del Noroeste de Indiana. Actualmente se encuentran firmados con Relapse Records.

Historia
La banda se formó en junio de 2012. El cantante y guitarrista Doyle Martin estaba previamente en las bandas Grown Ups y Lion of the North, y el bajista Bobby Markos estaba en la banda Native. La banda firmó con Run For Cover Records en 2013. La banda lanzó su primer EP, titulado "Infinity", en el año 2013 a través de Run for cover. En 2014, la banda lanzó un sencillo de 7 "titulado Lossed Over a través Run for cover. el 20 de enero de 2015, la banda lanzó su primer álbum de larga duración, titulado Further Out a través de Run for Cover.

El 18 de agosto de 2017, la banda lanzó su segundo álbum, Time Well, a través de Relapse Records.

El 28 de enero de 2022, la banda lanzó su tercer álbum, Dissolution Wave, a través de Relapse Records, y del cual se desprenden los sencillos A Force at Play, Lost Meaning y Fear of Being Fixed. El álbum también incluye una aparición especial de Matt Talbott de la banda Hum.

Miembros

Actuales
Doyle Martin – Voz, Guitarra (2012–presente)
Bobby Markos - Bajo (2012–presente)
Tim Remis – Batería, Voz (2019–presente)

Anteriores
Brian Busch – Batería, Voz (2012–2019)

Discografía

Álbumes de estudio
Further Out (2015)
Time Well (2017)
Dissolution Wave (2022)

EPs
Infinity (2013)
Cloakroom on Audiotree Live (2013)

Sencillos
Autumnal Equinox Singles (2013)
Lossed Over (2014)
Big World (2016)
Steve Albini's Blues (2017)
You Don't Know How (2018)
A Force at Play (2021)
Lost Meaning (2021)
Fear of Being Fixed (2022)

Referencias

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Q: Should I Make Variables for Paths? $backup = "c:\users\public\document\backup
$file = "$Home\documents\Win213Notes.txt
If (Test-Path $file) {
    mv $file $backup
}
Else {
    Write-Host "File Not Found"
}

Is it smart to put pathnames into a variable?

A: It depends. Do you use the path more than once? Will you re-use the script or function in a context where you might want to change the path? If you answered yes to either of those, then yes, you should probably use a variable for the path.
However, if you're using the console interactively, and you're going to use the path once, there's not much point in assigning it to a variable first. There's nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't really serve any purpose.


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Fractals seen in throbs of pulsating golden stars
Space 28 January 2015
By Liz Kruesi
A pulsating star's song could be the result of fractals at play. Pressure changes inside a star can make portions of its surface expand and contract, so observers see it appearing to "breathe" as its brightness fluctuates. The star's oscillations form a sort of melody with harmonies on top: our sun has a simple tune, variable stars have a complex one.
William Ditto and his colleagues at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, compared the two strongest oscillations, or tones, made by the variable star KIC 5520878, using observations by NASA's Kepler space telescope. They noticed that dividing the frequency of the secondary note by that of the primary, or lowest, note gives a value near the "golden ratio" – a number that shows up often in art and nature and is close to 1.618.
They then realised that its frequencies exhibited a fractal pattern: separating the tune into its constituent parts yielded more frequencies at weaker strengths, similar to the way coastlines retain their complexity as you zoom in. Three other pulsing stars with "golden" ratios also showed fractal patterns, while two non-golden stars did not. This could mean the golden songs could reveal insights into stellar physics.
Astronomers who study pulsating stars aren't convinced the golden ratio finding is significant, however. "The fact that this period ratio (or its reciprocal) lies close to the golden ratio may be a coincidence," says Robert Szabo of Konkoly Observatory in Hungary, "and in my opinion, more evidence is needed to demonstrate that it has a privileged role in the dynamics of [these] stars."
Journal Reference: Physical Review Letters, in press (arXiv.org/abs/1501.01747)


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£30,000 raised of £140,000 target to convert church into village hall
By Ciaran Duggan @CiaranDugganLT News Reporter
United Reformed Church in Read
A COMMUNITY group has secured £30,000 in their attempt to transform a church into a village hall.
Read and Simonstone Village Hall Community Team have asked people to offer donations to buy the United Reformed Church in Read.
The group said they need to raise £140,000 to buy the church and so far have raised around 20% of the total target.
The Christian Church was formerly a Victorian boys and girls school in the 19th century and remained so until the 1960s when it was converted into a church.
Secretary of Read and Simonstone village hall community team, Geoff Hodbod, said: "We're raising funds to buy the church so it remains a community asset.
""This building is being bought by the community to be run by the community, for the community.
""Read and Simonstone is the only small community in the Ribble Valley that doesn't have a village hall.
" "Most likely a developer will take over to demolish it or build houses on the site.
"We really need donations from locals and local businesses. It honestly doesn't take much."
To contribute visit https://www.gofundme.com/4c84w-read-simonstone-village-hall
Nursery celebrates 'good' Ofsted rating, a year after forced closure


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