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Honduran government cracks down on strike by teachers, doctors and nurses
By Andrea Lobo
Educators in Honduras have been on a general strike since Thursday, and university students, doctors and nurses have carried out demonstrations and partial strikes since May 20 against the government of Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) of the National Party (PNH).
All regions of the country have seen roadblocks, marches, and university occupations, including a march of tens of thousands of people Monday and Tuesday in the country's capital, Tegucigalpa. Virtually all have been met with violent repression by the Honduran police and military.
Mass demonstration on Monday in Tegucigalpa (@TONYDIAZGALEAS)
This follows an initial week of strikes that began on April 26 against two proposed reforms aimed at privatizing health care, pensions and education. The reforms are dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and involve expedited budget cuts and mass layoffs.
On Monday night, a large contingent of demonstrators protested in front of the US embassy in Tegucigalpa in an acknowledgement that the social attacks imposed by the Honduran ruling class originate in Wall Street boardrooms and in Washington DC.
Amid a growing resurgence of the class struggle, including among tens of thousands of US teachers fighting in defense of public education, the Honduran trade unions and the opposition parties have done everything possible to keep workers from appealing to their class brothers and sisters across the region and particularly the United States for a common political struggle against social austerity, militarization and corporate attacks led by US imperialism.
On May 21, as the protest movement reached new proportions, the Trade Union of Public Education Employees (SIEMPE) and the Honduran Medical Association convoked a "National Assembly of Departmental Platforms for the Defense of Health and Education," as a negotiating table to contain the protests and channel them behind talks with the ruling National Party.
The corporate media, along with the student and pseudo-left organizations, including those that orbit the ostensible opposition party, Libre, have promoted the president of the Medical Association, Dr. Suyapa Figueroa, as the spokeswoman of the protests, citing her vocal condemnations of the social crisis.
In an interview with CNN last Friday, for instance, Figueroa said "the health care system has not been able to perform surgeries. There have been instances of no water for developing x-rays. No water at operating rooms to wash one's hands." She soon added, however, that the protest movement was "apolitical" and that "this struggle has a lot of people that belong to the ruling party, which is only natural, and they are supporting us."
The government, however, has made clear that it will respond to any challenge to the interests of the Honduran and international financial elites in a totally uncompromising and ruthless fashion.
The corresponding ministers announced yesterday sanctions and firings against teachers, along with criminal charges against medical personnel and the hiring of replacement scabs.
A new criminal code that went into effect May 15 criminalizes demonstrations in the broadest terms with up to four years in prison and 15 years for leaders or promoters. It also establishes a prison term of 3 to 10 years for carrying out abortions.
During the last week, teachers have repeatedly denounced to reporters and in social media the presence of the Tigres special forces participating in the repression against demonstrations. National Police officers and the lethal Tigres were recorded accompanying a plainclothes agent on Monday unsuccessfully trying to kidnap two teachers seeking refuge at a restaurant in the town of Santa Cruz de Yojoa.
On April 29, a plainclothes police officer shot a teacher protester in Tegucigalpa with live ammunition.
The Honduran special forces deployed against workers and youth were trained by the US Green Berets for "urban combat." In 2015, the US Army described their training: "Many periods of instruction focused on instilling fundamental principles of close quarters battle and knowing how to execute them amidst the chaos that is combat." The commander of the US 7th Special Forces Group in charge of the training, Col. Christopher Riga, declared during the graduation, "I promise you at some point in time, together, we'll be on target killing terrorists and drug traffickers together."
The last decade has been marked by deadly military and police crackdowns against mass antigovernment protests and activists in Honduras to resist the dramatic deterioration of living standards. This escalation of the police-state measures to enforce social attacks has proven to be the purpose of the military coup orchestrated by the Democratic Party administration of Barack Obama in June 2009 to topple president Manuel Zelaya.
Emails released in 2010 by WikiLeaks showed that the State Department under Hillary Clinton backed the coup and used the Organization of American States to undermine opposition by other governments. It is the preparation of new imperialist crimes, including the continued backing of the murderous regime in Tegucigalpa, that is fueling the ongoing persecution by Washington of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, and the jailing of the former army specialist who leaked those diplomatic cables, Chelsea Manning.
The Honduran congress approved the education and health care bills after a month of negotiations between the regime and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which finally agreed to a two-year deal involving a credit line and policies to "improve the framework of macroeconomic policies, elevate the quality of public spending and strengthen the rule of law."
The immediate step announced by the chief IMF negotiator, Esteban Vesperoni, was a $311 million loan to the Honduran government, partially to "rescue" the state-owned National Electric Company (ENEE). Ironically this money will facilitate the "implementation of the structural electric sector law," which privatized the distribution of electricity in 2014. Vesperoni also ordered "revising the contract with the [private] Empresa Energía Honduras (EEH) to incorporate the necessary incentives."
In 2016, in the words of EEH general manager German García, "the whole distribution network of the country was given in a trust to Ficohsa [Honduran Commercial Finance Bank] and we won the bid."
The example of ENEE spells the fate for the still unannounced measures regarding health care and education. The latest loan adds to hundreds of millions more flushed by the IMF in this period through the bankrupt ENEE, the privatization of which has channeled vast wealth to the Honduran and international financial elite—handing out slices to Wall Street creditors through the IMF. Other beneficiaries include Ficohsa owner and Honduran billionaire Camilo Atala as well as Colombian magnate William Vélez, the majority owner of EEH through his Grupo ETHUSS. One of the other uses for these funds has also been expanding the Honduran military, which became a top debtor of ENEE.
In the final analysis, the working class has paid the cost through more than 2,000 layoffs and other concessions at ENEE as well as constant hikes of the electricity rates.
Thousands more have been fired under the Hernández administration in the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (SANAA), Honduran telecommunications Hondutel, the National Port Company, the state tax agency (DEI) and other public agencies as part of the escalated drive of privatizations and social cuts dictated by the IMF.
The government has denied that the education and health care bills will result in mass layoffs, but it has openly stated their goal: "saving" $300 million, the bulk of which will go to servicing the public debt to financial vultures and building up the repressive apparatus. The wreckage of the health care system, including the outward stealing of hundreds of millions of dollars by the PNH regime under Porfirio Lobo, has led to thousands of unnecessary deaths while feeding the business of private clinics.
While expanding the ranks of the super-rich in Honduras, the effects for most of the population have been calamitous, with the poverty rate increasing more than 10 percent since the 2009 coup to roughly 70 percent of the population. Economists at the National Autonomous University (UNAH) predicted that 110,000 more people will fall below the official poverty line this year.
Despite the brutal repression by the Honduran state, the struggles against these intolerable conditions, which in turn fuel thousands of yearly killings from gang warfare, will only grow larger and more militant.
Hundreds of thousands of educators, doctors, students, other workers and peasants from Honduras and the region continue to seek safer and better conditions for themselves and their families by migrating north in the face of the anti-immigrant policies by both Democratic and Republican administrations that have culminated in the militarization of the border, squalid detention camps, family separation and the gradual destruction of asylum rights by the Trump White House.
The number of apprehensions at the US-Mexico border, mostly of migrants from northern Central America, topped 100,000 per month in March and April, nearly doubling the record highs in 2014.
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Gordon received his B.S. from Duke University and his Ph.D. from MIT, where he worked with Dr. Mark Bear to settle a long-running debate on the mechanisms of ocular dominance plasticity by demonstrating in vivo a requirement for homosynaptic LTD in the loss of visual responses. As a post-doc with Dr. David Fitzpatrick at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, he developed cutting edge in vivo imaging techniques that permit following the plasticity of both single neurons and large populations across development. By applying these tools to address the seemingly contradictory effects of correlated neural activity—which both drives circuit formation but also limits sensory information—he demonstrated for the first time a developmental decrease in correlated activity within a neural population, and showed that this leads to an increase in stimulus discrimination within the population.
How are the neural circuits that process sensory information built during the course of development? As the development of a circuit inevitably constrains its future function, addressing this question is critical to understanding both the function of mature circuits and how neurodevelopmental disorders give rise to sensory deficits.
Ongoing work has shown that large-scale distributed functional networks spanning millimeters exist in visual cortex well before they can be visually driven. We're working to determine the circuit mechanisms that give rise to these early networks and guide their refinement during development.
Network function critically depends on the structure and organization of inhibition within the network, but little is known about the organization of inhibition in developing cortical networks. Using novel viral tools, we're measuring and manipulating inhibitory neurons in the early cortex.
How does early SA sculpt future perception?
Correlated activity in early development is a critical driver of circuit formation and future perceptual processing. We're using cutting edge optical approaches to explore the causal role of early patterned network activity in visual processing, and determine whether abnormal spontaneous activity is a common theme linking neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Uttar Pradesh health dept plans trial run of disease surveillance portal on Jan 16
To kick off this process, the health department will send 24 doctors for a training session on January 12. After that, there will be a trial across facilities on January 16.
Besides lab test reports, details include diagnosis, tests, and line of treatment, along with other credentials like name, address and phone numbers of patients.
On the lines of the Covid-19 portal, a unified disease surveillance portal managed by Uttar Pradesh health department will start the trial runs of recording patient details, provided by government and private hospitals and pathological labs, across the state from January 16.
"The portal will require all government, private and pathological labs to report all tests and details of patients. The doctors, who will receive training on January 12, will become master trainers and take forward the process," said Dr Rakesh Gupta, district surveillance officer.
Officials said that besides lab test reports, details include diagnosis, tests, and line of treatment, along with other credentials like name, address and phone numbers of patients. All of these will be available on the platform.
"During the Covid-19 waves, the day-to-day updating of data helped control the spread of disease. Similarly, the unified disease surveillance portal will help assess the numbers of patients of different diseases, deaths if any, and help the government take timely measures," added Dr Rakesh Gupta.
All facilities were registered during Covid-19, and the registered facilities can start updating data on the new portal after training.
The first phase will focus on 64 diseases, including fever, cough, heart-, kidney-, liver- and intestines-related disorders, diabetes, mental health, hernia, hepatitis A, B, C and D, cancer, pneumonia and abdominal diseases.
Rakesh Gupta
district surveillance officer
disease surveillance portal

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This post is meant for startup founders, growth marketers in early stage startups, developers working on side projects, aspiring professional bloggers, and anyone else who wants to be a data-driven decision maker.
When your product is past your MVP phase and in a growth phase you can afford premium analytics tools. But in early stages you probably don't have a lot of data and there are plenty of free tools to help you collect conversion and engagement data, and learn what channels and tactics work best for your product. Conversion and engagement data you are able to collect and analyze in early stages of your product development can become a critical factor in your startups success or failure.
There are a lot of free and premium analytics tools but none can claim the wide adoption and proven value like Google Analytics. In this post I assume you already have Google Analytics tracking setup on your website, so we can dive straight into conversion tracking that requires additional steps from site owner or developer.
The Basics – Conversion Tracking Using GA Goals.
Effort: Minimal – you define your goals in GA UI, no code updates required.
You can setup Goals in Analytics for your main non-sale conversions – email signup, free account/trial signup, and product activation step. These metrics can help you understand your conversion from site visitor to member, trial, or email subscriber. For many products you can also add goals as steps that indicate product usage – using certain functionality that allows users to evaluate your product and its value.
Using a unique name=value string that your site might be using to indicate an action completion. For example, you might be redirecting a user to the page they started on before they created an account and appending ?regi=true or ?email-signup=yes or similar parameter to indicate to your application that user just joined the site or mailing list in order to display a custom welcome message or launch a tutorial style widget to tell them more about your site/product.
NOTE: GA allows you to assign a $ value to your goal, but unless you are actually using Goals to track sales or other actions that you monetize (say you auto opt-in all your members into partner email list or product during regi step), I recommend you don't assign any monetary values to Goals. Exception: If you only sell 1 product at 1 price point (say an ebook) you can actually use Goals to track your sales in which case you don't need to read the rest of this post!
Email <> Web Engagement Tracking Using GA Goals.
Effort: Medium, depends on how/where you currently manage your emails.
If you send ANY kind of emails to your customers make sure to tag all your emails (marketing and transactional) with utm_ parameters. If you are new to utm_ parameter tracking, check out this guide. At bare minimum pass utm_medium=email on all links in your emails to attribute your traffic, engagement, and sales to Email channel. Many email providers actually have click tracking disabled by default (like SendGrid, MailGun, and many others) so make sure to turn it on and define values.
If your email links don't pass utm_medium=email your stats will be attributed to either catch-all "Direct", "Referral", or "Other" channels depending on email provider you use, but also email clients your email subscribers use (some of those will appear under "Referral" channel). Once you add utm_medium=email your stats will shift from 1 or more other channels pre-defined in GA to "Email" channel.
IMPORTANT: utm_medium should always be set to "email" on your email links. Some email providers automatically append this parameter to all your emails (leaving you no room for making a mistake), while others will allow you to define the values of some or all GA utm_ parameters yourself (like BigMailer). So if you set utm_medium to something you came up with (and isn't a convention), like email-[provider] then all your data will be attributed to "Other" channel.
Effort: Medium, requires your developer to drop the code in the right place, but without customizing code.
IF you run any PPC campaigns, simply drop the conversion tracking pixel/code from the network you use to your subscription confirmation page. PPC platforms like Google AdWords, Facebook, and Pinterest (and many others) all offer the option of adding tracking code (aka "pixel") to your site. This will allow you to track ROI for your campaigns/ads inside those platforms.
Effort: Medium to Large, requires your developer familiar with checkout setup to drop the code and and add values from the application into the code.
The best thing you can do for your conversion-to-paid tracking is to add e-commerce tracking from GA and pass the value of the sale or initial (1st month/year) subscription from the sale/subscription confirmation page to GA – this will assign sales/revenue to the appropriate channel automatically and you will even know what landing pages the user originated from, for example individual blog posts.
IMPORTANT: If you sell in more than 1 country and display prices in multiple currencies on checkout or receipt/confirmation page make sure to convert the value to your desired currency before adding the info to e-commerce tracking code or your e-commerce data in GA will be irrecoverable mess till you fix it.
Effort: Large, requires development work including database work.
Typically, when someone signs up for a free trial with CC required, they are moved onto paid plan after free trial ends. IF your product has free trials with CC required, then goal and e-commerce tracking described above will only track your free trials but not actual revenue you collect, unless you have a custom step where user manually upgrades and chooses a plan or adds a payment method.
One way to track your sources of revenue after free trial is to record the sources in your database on the conversion to trial step so you have a referral source on each trial record. Implementation: record referral source (check HTTP referer and/or utm_ parameters on query string) into a cookie, then on trial signup step record source from cookie into your DB along with account record. You can later cross-reference that record with subsequent renewals and determine your churn, LTV, and ROI for all your channels.
For a more detailed implementation of custom conversion tracking, check out Building Your Own User Analytics System in SQL from Periscope. This article is written for developers and outlines an implementation in great detail (data tables, columns, etc).
Happy conversion tracking and growth hacking!


The Krona Roaster has a 5mm thick TRI-PLY ENCAPSULATED BASE.
The Lid has a 3mm TRI-PLY ENCAPSULATED BASE that can also be used on a burner as a saute pan.
The heavy duty rack can be placed on the base of either the roaster or lid, while allowing juices to drain.
Offset handles provide more room in oven.
Unrivaled design of 2-IN-1 holds 18 to 24lbs of meat.


October 2014 – Theologians, Inc.
– It may be helpful to distinguish the UoC from the binding problem, however, in the following way: the UoC is a metaphysical 'problem', while the binding problem is a psychological/biological 'problem'.
– Breakdowns within various perceptual modalites does not = breakdown in consciousness.
Hopefully I can do a bit of writing on philosophy of mind later on.
To understand Moltmann we must understand Classic Marxism as interpreted by Marxist/atheist Ernst Bloch (esp. his masterwork 'Das Prinzip Hoffnung' (The Principle of Hope, 1959) and more general conversations between secular Marxists/socialists and Christian intellectuals of the time regarding which Moltmann's The Theology of Hope (1969) is a mere footnote that became very popular in the context of the Ecumenical Movement. Central to dialogue was the category of hope as a major issue of common concern, rethinking this issue in a manner facilitating achievement of common goals was a common task. "The past is prologue" of Classical Marxism found development and expression in Marxist/atheist Ernst Bloch's masterful analysis of hope which fed directly into to Moltmann's. Bloch recovered the root metaphors of apocalyptic literature as a manner of portraying the nature of man and political reality e.g. oppression. Key to Bloch's use of hope is the conviction that our being in the world necessarily involves the not-yet – a form of "transcendence" even apart from considerations of otherworldly eternity (compare Moltmann's theological elimination of this latter category correlates to his understanding of not just God and the Word of God, but the Trinity -vertically, i.e. a world-historical understanding of transcendence and Trinitarian theology). Whereas for St. Basil, "No one has ever seen the essence of God, but we believe in the essence because we experience the energy", leftward leaning Christian intellectuals within the Ecumenical movement regarded this as if not a point of contact, at least an agreement relative to common praxis. Moltmann regarded God's ousia as self-defined in the historical process (psychology of God an even more fruitless enterprise than psychology of the living or psychology of the dead IMO). So (1) the essence of God is knowable; (2) it is known not only in the historical process, but only in the historical process. Bloch would surely not have objected.
Moltmann's vertical perspective of things divine included a denial of the epiphanic. On this view there can be no union or theosis in the classical sense of the earliest apostolic fathers. Moltmann was wrong to view classical Trinitarian and Christological thought as abstractions; they were over safeguarding the Church's experience of salvation as union (as described in Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, ch 1). As church historian J. N. D. Kelly has noted there was no other view of salvation among the apostolic fathers besides this. Politics aside or not aside, to find an entirely divergent epistemology, soteriology, ontology, ecclesiology, and so on than the apostolic fathers which explicitly contradicts the heart of their faith and casts Christianity in an entirely alien key is to my mind no less dubious than something like the Scofield Reference Bible; I do not say that simply because I'm Eastern Orthodox. That is not to say everything in Moltmann is disagreeable, but his understanding of God, Trinity, Christ, the Church are clever innovations incommensurable with classic Christianity as understood by the Eastern Church.


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Bb::Collaborate::Ultra::DAO is an abstract base class for various resource classes (e.g. Bb::Collaborate::Ultra::Session) and contains both builder and inherited methods from implementing these classes.
The following methods are inherited from this class.
Creates object on the server. E.g.
Fetches one or more objects from the server.
Attempts a get on the object. If that fails, creates an new object on the server.
Computes a RESTful resource path for the object.
Returns any parent class for the object. May be used to compute the path.
Returns a list of fields that have been updated since the object was last saved via a `patch`, or `post`, or fetched via a `get`.
Returns the connection associated with the object. Will be set if the object has been fetched via a `get`, added via a `post` or updated via a `patch`.
This is used to specify any additional payload fields that may be passed as query parameters, or returned along with object data.
Serializes an object to JSON., with data conversion.
Booleans are converted from numeric (0, 1) to 'true', or 'false'.
Nested objects are recursively serialized.
The reverse of `freeze`. Deserializes JSON data to objects, with conversion of dates, boolean values or nested objects.
Constructs a new object from server data.


The Section 199A deduction for qualified business income is widely regarded as the most complicated and least understood provision of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Now that the IRS has just issued final Section 199A regulations, we can find answers to questions about which many tax practitioners were concerned, because they were not addressed in the proposed regulations or elsewhere.
The just-released final regulations are designed to provide much needed guidance to practitioners regarding this deduction. It is critical that tax practitioners understand the details of this provision now so that they can correctly prepare 2018 tax returns for those entitled to claim this deduction. This 4-hour course provides the insights necessary to understand this complex guidance.


White Caps is located 5.5 miles east of Hwy 59S at 24900 Perdido Beach Blvd in Orange Beach, AL.
White Caps is direct beachfront, built in 1996. It has 14 floors consisting of 84 three bedroom, two bath units 1260+/- Sq Ft. Units ending in 01 and 06 units are corner units.
Amenities include: BBQ Area, Common Lobby, Exercise Room, Fire Sprinkler System, Sauna, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Tennis Court, Private balcony overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.


"Upgrading from tools 8.44 to 8.46.
In the current system we have the more frequently used menus names highlighted eg Vendors, Purchasing. When testing in the new 8.46 environment we cannot find how to reapply the highlight to the menu name.


For our next instalment of Late Night Drum Club we are super excited to welcome Addison Groove to the toon for a set at SR44 Warehouse on Good Friday!
As a producer it's difficult to define Addison Groove's sound, with an extensive discography spanning releases on some of the most renowned label's in the business. After his rise to fame in 2010 with seminal Swamp 81 release 'Footcrab', the producer went from strength to strength with regular releases on 50 Weapons alongside Hyperdub and Tectonic. Further defining his own sound in recent years with self released afro bangers 'Changa' and 'F1nk' and a collaborative E.P with Sam Binga on Unknown To The Unknown.
Across all his productions there is a clear style and originality with a focus on drum machine rhythms, percussion and sampling, with bass driven groove's drawing reference from his home town of Bristol and dubstep origins under the alias of Headhunter. This versatility is also clear in his dj sets which push the boundaries of dance music, joining the dots between house, techno, afro, electro, uk bass, dubstep, jungle and footwork. We cant wait to hear what he brings to the Club on the 19th April, kicking off the bank holiday weekend in the finest possible fashion!
Support from Late Night Drum Club Dj's alongside artwork installation and decor from Ink & Dub artists.
An underground venue in the heart of the newcastle gay scene, which offers a unique dance venue catering for the LGBT community!


SterGen provides a breakthrough 3D sport production solution based on true and real 2D to 3D conversion.
No need to invest in costly 3D production equipment to start a high quality 3D sport broadcast channel. Existing 2D production equipment and infrastructure can be used.
High operational flexibility – the system can be placed in the studio for full 2D to 3D conversion; or in the stadium for a hybrid 2D+3D -> 3D production.


Design and direction for USAA's "Million Fan Salute" promotion site. As part of USAA's role as Official Military Appreciation Sponsor of the NFL, USAA wanted a way to engage fans to express their appreciation for members of the military.
The resulting responsive site design was the centerpiece of an integrated campaign calling upon fans to "salute" their favorite NFL team. The team with the most salutes won rewards for their local military. Fans ended up making nearly 600,000 "salutes" in support of their teams and the military.
Note: Designs shown are from an initial design exploration, which differs a bit from the final product; which I also worked on.


What, for Javert, was an idyllic summer came to an abrupt end one evening—he and Jewelle had their first disagreement. He had discovered over the course of three weeks that he liked being a husband. He took his duties very seriously, and he attempted to "get to know" Stephan, but the boy, while respectful, never made conversation easy. And for Javert, who was no great conversationist, trying to find topics to discuss was agony. He finally gave up, deciding that he would just have to come to know Stephan gradually. Nor did he attempt to join the boy and his uncle on any of their fishing expeditions, preferring to keep his inexperience to himself. Besides, it gave him more time to spend with Jewelle, and that was what he preferred to do anyway.
But now, when their guests had gone, he had found her packing a bag, and she told him she was going to spend a few days with Claudia and Gerald, Girard's brother and his wife because their daughter was having her baby any day now and she was needed to help out.
"I will not allow it," Javert said firmly, as stern as he'd ever been. "It is unacceptable."
"Don't be unreasonable, Javert," she said calmly, not seeming to take him as seriously as he thought she should. "They'll need me. Guy's family are all very close, and she is young. It's her first child."
"They will not need you. There are plenty of women in his family to help. Your place is here."
"It is only a few days, then I'll return home." She returned to folding some of her clothing and putting it into the bag.
"I will not allow you to take such a journey, Jewelle. You are my wife. You will remain here." The thought of her spending a night somewhere else made him indescribably angry. It did not ease him to see her continuing to pack either. "You have not taken up some career in midwifery, have you?"
She stopped and looked at him. "Javert, you are my husband. I will respect any decision you make, but I have an obligation here. Girard is away. I will need you to look after Stephan."
"No!" He felt the blood rushing to his face. "That is unacceptable. You belong with me. Here." He pointed to the floor. He saw the first fleeting signs of anger on her face, a slight flush to her cheeks, her eyes more intense and fixed on him.
"So it is all right for you to spend the night elsewhere, but not I? I do not belong to you, Javert. You are my husband, I am your wife—not your slave."
"I have never suggested such a thing. A man may be called away by the necessities of his duties as provider for a night or two occasionally. But a wife should remain at home. Especially a wife with a child."
Jewelle just looked at him angrily. "I thought you would be supportive of me. Guy always was."
Javert felt the sting of her words in a way that was utterly new to him. He could not acknowledge how much they hurt him, instead he let his anger boil over. "Do NOT compare me to your previous husband!" he roared at her. "I support you! Are you saying that I cannot?! You are not supposed to leave me, Jewelle! That is not my understanding of our marriage!" He felt the blood in his face, and she became a blurry vision in his eyes.
"I'm not leaving you!" Jewelle said a bit loudly, having flinched under his rage. "If you can't understand that. . ." She suddenly softened. "I understand why you are reacting this way. You are jealous of them, taking me away from you. That is very sweet of you, Javert, but no one can take me away from you for long."
For some reason, her words made him more angry than ever. "Jealous? I have never been jealous in my life!" That was true. He wasn't even sure what it felt like.
Jewelle came over to him. "And if you are worried about me, then accompany me there. There is an inn not far from where they live. You and Stephan can stay there."
"No! It is not right." Javert felt himself trembling. For a moment he regretted everything. These feelings made him so vulnerable. This pain was too terrible to bear. He wanted to weep now, and he hated that.
Jewelle touched his arm tentatively. "If you come with me to their house, I can't promise they'll have enough room, and you might have to spend the night sitting in a chair while I am busy helping with things. Then, we can all go to the inn if I'm not needed." She touched his still deeply frowning face. "I understand that you do not want to be separated from me. After your life, I can't blame you. And I don't want to be separated from you either. Come with me, then."
He felt his heart twisting painfully at the sight of her dark, gentle eyes so full of compassion. His anger fled, and he fully understood why he had been so affected. She was right. He could not bear to be apart from her. He took her hand, brought it to his lips, managing to keep the tears from falling. "Very well, I will come. You are right about me. I suppose I may have been jealous. I didn't know what it was like. It was not pleasant."
She threw her arms around him. "Oh, I love you, Javert. Besides, it will give me a chance to show you off to the rest of the family. I'm sure they'll all be there at one time or another."
"They were good to you?"
"Oh, very good to me. I had nothing, you know. Girard's family took me in as if I were their sister even before I married Guy. Thanks to you."
He almost smiled as he held her against him. "I never would have thought that one night could have led to this. I think now that you struck a chord in me even then. I would never have acknowledged it at the time. You have made me appreciate so many things in life. I feel lost without you, I think. It is a pain I have never felt before. It is terrible."
"Oh, I know!" She squeezed him. "But we'll be together, Javert. I promise. Now, let's pack a few things for you to take. We should leave as soon as possible."
He nodded, but gave her another hug, then kissed her tenderly on the head. "I love you, my angel." He felt her arms tighten around him a moment, and he said a silent prayer of thanks for her presence with him.
Jewelle knew that Javert was miserable, though she doubted anyone else knew how much he hated being here with all of her deceased husband's family. He had suddenly found himself in a social situation where he was not an outcast, not an authority, but just a citizen like any other. And he did not know how to interact easily. She kept watch on him when she passed through the room where he and the other men stood around. Only once had he met her eyes and the look in his made her cringe. At least Danielle's labor was not going to be as prolonged as many a first time mother's was. The girl was already close.
But it was late in the night, and Jewelle had to force herself not to go to Javert and tell him to be patient a little while longer. Already he had spent an inordinately long time looking after the horse and carriage before entering to stand by the hearth with the other men present. Stephan had joined the other children in their bedroom, though he was older than any others present. Now when Danielle started screaming, if she did, the children would all probably wake.
She watched her husband, standing stiff and formal as ever, and sighed. It was not easy for him to make small talk.
"Let me take that, Jewelle," Claudia said and took the bowl of water she was carrying toward the bedroom where Danielle lay in labor.
"Merci." She let her take it, smiling until she heard Javert's voice say something in a dark and dangerous tone.
"This is intolerable. I will hear no more of it!"
Jewelle looked at Claudia and turned to go to her husband to soothe his ire if possible. But the smacking thud of flesh on flesh silenced the entire room before she could even turn around.
Girard's brother-in-law Michel was on the floor gingerly holding his jaw.
"Javert!" Jewelle said and grabbed him by the arm which was still poised to strike another blow. "What have you done?" The other men helped Michel to his feet.
"I will not hear such remarks from anyone, monsieur," Javert said, ignoring Jewelle. "It is unseemly and reprehensible."
"Now, monsieur," Gerald said, "he meant nothing by it." He looked at Jewelle. "It is merely man's talk."
"Perhaps, but I will have none of it." Javert looked down at Jewelle, started to say something, then changed his mind and took her hand gently off his arm. "I will be outside, Jewelle, if you need me."
She could see that nothing was going to dissuade him from leaving. "I'll come out to you when I can."
"Very well." He strode away from her, some of his thick white hair was still bound by a black ribbon, but some had come loose and fanned out from his head as he went out.
"I'm sorry, Michel," she said to the man who still held his jaw.
"Ah, your husband could have hit me harder. He is very protective of you, Jewelle. You should be glad."
"Oh, I am. He has been so isolated from. . .from casual relationships I don't think he quite knows how to fit in."
"I think that's an accurate description of him," Gerald said. "But Michel deserved it for being crude." He playfully mimed a punch to the other man's jaw.
"You are harsh, monsieur," Michel said.
"And you are a mannerless whelp."
Jewelle left them to their jibes and went back to help the other woman tend Danielle.
Javert stood on the porch, holding his aching hand and cursing himself for being a fool. Oh, he was still just as indignant, but he deeply regretted embarrassing Jewelle in front of her family. Yet he could not say he would not do the same thing again. Jewelle was everything to him, and he gladly would give his life defending her honor or her life. He took his duty as a husband and protector every bit as seriously as he had his duties as an inspector. Only now, it was more than a way of life, it was his heart and soul, two things he had kept buried in a vault so deep it had taken the desperation of suicide and the intervention of God to unlock them. And now that they were unleashed, his emotions were always there at the surface, ready to humiliate him with a flare of temper or touch of despair, or even the joy of love.
He turned slightly when he heard the door behind him open. He knew it was Jewelle; he recognized the sound of her step. She put her arms around him and hugged him from behind. Javert put his hands on hers and brought them to his lips.
"I am sorry, Jewelle." His voice was filled with regret.
"No, Javert, it is I who's sorry." She rested her cheek against his back. "I should have known that you need me more than they do."
He turned around to face her, looking down at her in the lamplight and cupping one side of her jaw in his hand. "I have never needed anyone before, Jewelle. All my life I relied on no one but myself. There was no one in my life, and now you are every part of it. I do not breathe without thinking of you. You might label me obsessed, and you would be right. I did not mean to embarrass you, I'm sorry."
She smiled gently and put her arms around his neck. "You are so much a man of honor, Javert. You cannot imagine how important that is to me. When I'm with you I feel so safe." She hugged him to her.
He returned the embrace with considerable intensity. "I promise to behave myself from now on. I will walk away before striking anyone else."
"Good. And I think you will not have too long to wait. Danielle will deliver soon."
He nodded, uncomfortable with the subject. "We'll do whatever you feel you need to, my angel."
"Am I not the most blessed woman in all of France?"
He looked down at her and smiled. "The most beautiful certainly."
She smiled sweetly at him. "I knew there was some reason I married you."
He kissed her softly. "I will try to make certain that you never regret it."
"Nor I." He held her close again and closed his eyes. "Nor I."


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REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA - EQS - 26 March 2019 - MTN South Africa has partnered with global customer engagement company, Clickatell, to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage with the telco over WhatsApp.
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Clickatell is a WhatsApp Business solution provider. The WhatsApp Business API provides brands the ability to send out notifications and conduct two-way conversations with consumers within WhatsApp once they have opted in. Clickatell's Touch Flow and Connect platforms gives MTN the capability to unify its communications channels, customise user workflows and connect to internal systems.
"It is imperative that companies focus on improving their self-service experiences in order to retain and grow customers. The Clickatell offerings provides an easy, secure and convenient way of giving users control over their accounts through WhatsApp, a platform they already have an affinity for," comments says Jacqui O'Sullivan, Executive for Corporate Affairs at MTN SA.
De Villiers says Clickatell's low effort, high return offerings can propel mobile network operators onto a digital transformation road that differentiates them from their competitors.
"Clickatell has worked hard to ensure that its solution deployments are far less challenging than typical enterprise platform integrations. With over 1.5 billion people in 180 countries using WhatsApp every month, delivering chat commerce experiences on WhatsApp is one of the most efficient ways to reach a majority of consumers who can immediately benefit from the services offered on the channel. There is no doubt this solution is perfect for MNOs around the world where WhatsApp is frequently used."
With over 1.5 billion people in 180 countries using WhatsApp every month, delivering chat commerce experiences on WhatsApp is one of the most efficient ways to reach a majority of consumers who can immediately benefit from the telecom services offered on the channel. There is no doubt this solution is perfect for MNOs around the world where WhatsApp is the dominant social engagement channel."


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The Chrome Web Store Is Live!
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A music and tech junkie who calls Nashville home, Brad is the Director TNW Academy. You can follow him on Twitter @BradMcCarty. (show all) A music and tech junkie who calls Nashville home, Brad is the Director TNW Academy. You can follow him on Twitter @BradMcCarty.
We've waited, and now it's here. The Chrome Web Store is now live.
First off, we have to say that it looks a lot like iTunes. A lot. There are featured, popular and even top sections for each category, as well as Staff Picks and a breakdown by extensions, applications and more. A huge congratulations goes out to our friends at Sliderocket for being a top Staff Pick, as well!
What else are we seeing? It looks like there are some great games, of course Seesmic pops up in the list of applications, and we even have live applications from Gilt, the New York Times and HootSuite. We're continuing to look through the applications, but the initial 500 offerings are really strong.
There's an interesting section that we find handy, as well. The team has put together a Getting Started section that gives you some great options for photo editing, communication, reading and even games. Make sure to stop by and check it out, as well. We're compiling our list, and we'll let you know what we find to be awesome.
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Q: How to pass basic authentication in flutter? In my flutter app I would like to implement basic authentication. The project is like user need to login to the app, after the login they have to give a test. After successful login using Django knox authentication(a token is generated for login) when the Test page comes, Basic authentication need to implement.
Here is the following code snippet.
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'dart:convert';

Future TestAPI(String question1, String question2, String question3, String question4) async{

String url = 'https://someapi.com/api/test/';
String username = "myusername";
String password = "mypassword";
String basicAuth =
  'Basic ' + base64Encode(utf8.encode('$username:$password'));

var response = await http.post(url,
  headers: {
      "Content-type": "application/json",
      "Authorization": basicAuth
      },
  body: jsonEncode(
        {
        "question1":question1,
        "question2":question2,
        "question3":question3,
        "question4":question4,
        }
    )
);
var convertedDataToJson = json.decode(response.body);
return convertedDataToJson;

I want to use dynamic username and password. How can I implement the logic??
I have gone through this logic but this is not what I am looking for. Can anyone help to solve this problem?

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Q: How to get uncompressed size of a > 4GB .gz file in python So there is this super interesting thread already about getting original size of a .gz file. Turns out the size one can get from the 4 file ending bytes are 'just' there to make sure extraction was successful. However: Its fine to rely on it IF the extracted data size is below 2**32 bytes. ie. 4 GB.
Now IF there are more than 4 GB of uncompressed data there must be multiple members in the .gz! The last 4 bytes only indicating the uncompressed size of the last chunk!
So how do we get the ending bytes of the other chunks?
Reading the gzip specs I don't see a length of the
+=======================+
|...compressed blocks...|
+=======================+

Ok. Must depend on the CM - compression method. Which is probably deflate. Let's see the RFC about it. There on page 11 it says there is a LEN attribute for "Non-compressed blocks" but it gets funky when they tell about the Compressed ones ...
I can imagine something like
full_size = os.path.getsize(gz_path)
gz = gzip.open(gz_path)
pos = 0
size = 0
while True:
    try:
        head_len = get_header_length(gz, pos)
        block_len = get_block_length(gz, pos + head_len)
        size += get_orig_size(gz, pos + head_len + block_len)
        pos += head_len + block_len + 8
    except:
        break
print('uncompressed size of "%s" is: %i bytes' % (gz_path, full_size)

But how to get_block_length?!? :|
This was probably never intended because ... "stream data". But I don't wanna give up now.
One big bummer already: Even 7zip shows such a big .gz with the exact uncompressed size of just the very last 4 bytes.
Does someone have another idea?

A: First off, no, there do not need to be multiple members. There is no limit on the length of a gzip member. If the uncompressed data is more than 4 GB, then the last four bytes simply represents that length modulo 232. A gzip file with more than 4 GB of uncompressed data is in fact very likely to be a single member.
Second, the fact that you can have multiple members is true even for small gzip files. The uncompressed data does not need to be more than 4 GB for the last four bytes of the file to be useless.
The only way to reliably determine the amount of uncompressed data in a gzip file is to decompress it. You don't have to write the data out, but you have to process the entire gzip file and count the number of uncompressed bytes.

A: I'm coming here to leave an estimate of what you are looking for. The good answer is the one given by Mark Adler: the only reliable way to determine the uncompressed size of a gzip file is by actually decompressing it.
But I'm working with an estimate that will usually give good results, but it can fail at the boundaries. The assumptions are:

*

*there is only one stream in the file

*the stream have a similar compression ratio compared to the whole file

The idea is to get the compression ratio of the beginning of the file (get a 1M sample, decompress and measure), use it to extrapolate the uncompressed size from the compressed size, and finally, substitute the 32 least significant bits by the size module 32 obtained from the gzip stream.
The caveat comes at the multiple of 4GiB boudaries, as it could over/underestimate the size and give an estimate +/-4GiB displaced.
The code would be:
from io import SEEK_END
import os
import pack
import zlib

def estimate_uncompressed_gz_size(filename):
    # From the input file, get some data:
    # - the 32 LSB from the gzip stream
    # - 1MB sample of compressed data
    # - compressed file size
    with open(filename, "rb") as gz_in:
        sample = gz_in.read(1000000)
        gz_in.seek(-4, SEEK_END)
        lsb = struct.unpack('I', gz_in.read(4))[0]
        file_size = os.fstat(gz_in.fileno()).st_size

    # Estimate the total size by decompressing the sample to get the
    # compression ratio so we can extrapolate the uncompressed size
    # using the compression ratio and the real file size
    dobj = zlib.decompressobj(31)
    d_sample = dobj.decompress(sample)

    compressed_len = len(sample) - len(dobj.unconsumed_tail)
    decompressed_len = len(d_sample)

    estimate = file_size * decompressed_len / compressed_len

    # 32 LSB to zero
    mask = ~0xFFFFFFFF

    # Kill the 32 LSB to be substituted by the data read from the file
    adjusted_estimate = (estimate & mask) | lsb

    return adjusted_estimate

Workarounds around the stated caveats could be to check the difference between estimate and adjusted estimate, and if bigger than 2GiB, add/substract 4GiB accordingly. But at the end, it will be always an estimate, not a reliable number.


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Welcome to Only You, a new monthly feature in which we recommend one (and only one!) piece of recently released content for you to stream!
Jane Campion's improbably successful 1993 drama, The Piano, was added to Amazon Prime's ever-growing list of free streaming titles on Monday, and—whether you've seen it before or not—and you should give it a watch. Don't spend an hour mulling between your options while your dinner gets cold. Just turn on The Piano and be done with it.
The movie, a sort of feminist poem written and directed by Jane Campion, tells the story of a mute pianist named Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and her fiercely protective daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) as they adjust to life in some muddy village off a particularly desolate coast of New Zealand. The only reason they're there is because she's been forced into marrying some temperamental rich guy (Sam Neil) with whom she has negative sexual chemistry, so—trapped in a dreary new land and horny as hell—she decides to start up an affair with a local brute (Harvey Keitel) who thinks she's the bee's knees. She discovers pleasure and passion—even her voice—and ultimately deals with the fallout of her secret romance.
I'm not recommending this as some kind of underrated discovery, by the way. It's a classic by most definitions and I'm sure you've at least heard of it. After winning the Grand Prix at Cannes (well, sharing the Grand Prix), the film received near-unanimous critical acclaim, spawned a best-selling soundtrack (which remains incredible), and won three Academy Awards—all of which went to women. Harvey Keitel even famously shows his dick in it! For a while!
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It's that time of year. Office holiday parties are coming up, families get together for the holidays, and we slowly start to dread the fancy, formal parties that flood our calendars. Don't worry! As long as you know what to expect, formal affairs aren't difficult. With a little knowledge and some common sense, you can even enjoy them. Here's how.
Whether you love or hate fancy affairs, the key is to learn what you should expect before you go and plan accordingly, then just remember to be courteous while you're there. I personally love fancy affairs, because the rules that surround them—while stuffy and obstinate to many people—are so regimented that once you know them and follow along, you can relax and enjoy yourself without worry or social awkwardness.
If you get an invitation to a fancy dinner party this season, have to go to a formal dinner of any kind, or even if the office party is a bit classier than pizza and beer in the cubicle next to yours, here's how to survive.
RSVP as soon as possible (at least within the first week.) It should go without saying, but if an RSVP is required, make sure to send one as soon as possible, preferably within the first few days or the first week of you having gotten the invitation. This makes things easier on the host or planner, and lets them get a feel for how many people will attend their event with more than enough time to plan—trust me, they'll thank you, and the event will be better for you having done so.
Dress appropriately, if for no other reason than to respect your host. You don't have to throw on a suit and tie unless you know the event will be formal, but there's no excuse to show up to a social affair looking less than professional. Sure, if you're just headed to a friend's house to watch the game, no one cares, but if you're headed to your boss's house for a holiday dinner party, or you've been invited to a dinner hosted by a local civic society, you should at least put on a pair of pressed slacks and maybe a jacket or button-down shirt or blouse. It shows tact and class, but it also gives the nod to your host that you appreciate and planned for the event.
If you're unsure of anything, ask your host. When you RSVP, get any questions you may have out of the way. If you have an invitation from your boss to a dinner party at their house for the holidays, ask them at work when you give them your RSVP what the general dress will be like—are you guys kicking back and having beers, or will there be other people from work there? If you see that the event is taking place at a banquet room or a private dining room at a nice restaurant, it's a sure bet that it'll be a dressy affair. Still, if you're not sure, ask for details.
Remember, the invitation should have all the information you need for the event, but if it doesn't, remember, asking questions is a good thing, especially beforehand. The person planning the event obviously wants the affair to be a success, so they're likely more than willing to answer your questions.
When it's time to head out, make sure you give yourself enough travel time. The more formal the event, the closer to the start time you should arrive. If you're headed to an informal affair where you know everyone will be standing around with plates and will serve themselves, you can play it loose, but I'd suggest not being more than a half-hour or so late. If it's a dinner party and everyone will be seated, make sure you're on time (or call ahead if you won't be) so you don't hold up the meal for everyone else.
Whatever you do, try not to show up early unless you've been asked to—the planner or host is probably scrambling to finish up and make sure everything is just right. The last thing they need in those last moments is their first guest at the door while they're changing clothes, tidying up, or finishing the place settings.
Also, if you're going to someone's home (or any event where it's called for), bring a gift, like a bottle of wine, some cheese, or a dessert (if that's okay). It may seem like common courtesy, but common things are surprisingly uncommon, especially if no one's ever told you. A small token like a bottle of wine shows your host that you appreciate the invitation. Don't expect them to use it that night, but it's just a gesture to say thank you. Don't get too hung up on it, or on picking the perfect thing.
Finally, make the rounds when you're invited in or first arrive at the event. If it's a seated dinner and there's some time to talk before dinner, offer to lend the host a hand if they need one, and talk to the people who are there with you. It is a social affair, after all. You'll have a better time for having met some new people or caught up with friends, and your host will be happier that things are going off smoothly. Try not to sit in a corner with hors d'oeuvres and a glass of wine staring at your phone.
The basic rules of etiquette and common courtesy apply when you're dining at an intimate dinner party, a formal banquet, or headed to your company's office party. Chew with your mouth closed, be considerate of other guests, don't take more than you can eat (and eat lightly, at that). Bring your food to your face, not the other way around. Put your napkin on your lap (it catches spills, and makes it easy to wipe your mouth or hands discreetly). If something's out of your reach, ask for it to be passed to you. This is all basic stuff, but it bears repeating, mostly because it's even more important in a formal or semi-formal setting.
The video above is from this excellent guide from The Art of Manliness that covers these points and many others we've mentioned. Their guide also touches on specific situations, like when you're expected to drink but you don't consume alcohol, or you have a restrictive or special diet.
Take a cue from your hosts. They'll probably invite everyone to start eating, or make sure the food gets around the table once before they start eating, which is when you can start eating. If the dining atmosphere is informal, with everyone sitting in the living room or perched in chairs with self-serve plates of food, eat whenever you're comfortable eating. Watching your hosts for behavioral cues and following their lead will serve you well.
If you do make a faux pas, clean up after yourself (that should go without saying), and ask the host if you can make it up to them, especially if you're damaged or destroyed something. Spilled a glass of wine? Clogged the toilet? Be self-effacing and polite, and try not to let it ruin the evening. Own up and apologize directly to the host—the more up-front you are, the more likely you'll share a laugh about it and move on. Oh—and before we forget; don't drink too much.
The images above and below are also from the Art of Manliness' guide to table etiquette (originally from Replacements, Ltd), and are quick visual guides to your place setting at a formal or informal dinner party. Their rules are a little more stringent than most events call for, but they're good to know. At least, you can expect a plate, a bowl if there's soup, a water glass and wine glass, your flatware, and your napkin. You may have a side dish or bowl for a small salad or bread.
Formal affairs will have more on the table. Glasses for red and white wine, a water goblet, bread plates, soup and salad bowls, if the affair is really fancy, you may even have multiple plates and flatware for different courses, like a salad fork, cheese fork, dinner fork, and dessert fork, a soup spoon, a tea or coffee spoon, and a dessert spoon. The image above is a good example of what a formal dining affair may look like, although the more formal the event, there more there may be on the table (or, if you're being served, you may be brought different utensils at different points in the meal). The image below however is a more informal affair, with the usual fork, knife, maybe two spoons, and a couple of glasses involved. There's also the "family dinner," which is a place setting you're likely used to, with a napkin on the plate and one set of flatware.
Whichever type of event you attend, the rule is generally that you use your utensils from the outside in towards the center. That means that whatever dish you're first presented with usually calls for the fork and/or spoon or knife the furthest away from it. When you're finished with that course, leave the utensils on the plate or just next to it so they'll be removed at the end of that course, and move in to the next set. It may seem daunting, but even if you have no idea whether the fork second to the left is for soup or salad, relax, don't worry about it, and use it when it's that fork's turn.
As the night progresses, keep an eye on when things wind down (or when the event is scheduled to end), and make sure you're not the last person out. You don't want to overstay your welcome (unless you're asked to stay, of course). Before you leave, make sure to thank your host (or hosts, if there are more than one), and take your leave. If the event is huge, make the rounds and hit the important folks who put everything together, or the guest of honor. If you have to leave in a hurry, designate someone you trust to pass along the word that you have to leave, but follow up with the host later to thank them for the affair.
Obviously if you're at a large, anonymous event, you don't have to say goodbye to anyone, but it's always a good idea. I learned the benefit of this when my company CEO (at my last job) hosted a house party to thank our division for all the work we did to facilitate the move of our corporate headquarters. It was a long and arduous process, and he wanted to say thank you. It would have been easy to slip out as things were winding down, but after I made a point to thank him and let him know I had a wonderful time, he's remembered me ever since.
It may seem like the rules of etiquette are dense and imposing, but their intention is quite the opposite. By creating a set of social standards everyone can agree on, you remove the worry and doubt that comes with being in a situation where you want to relax, have fun, get to know some new people, and enjoy a nice meal or glass of wine with the people who invited you. Since the rules are (ideally) universal, knowing them lets you put yourself on autopilot and focus instead on being in the moment and having a good time—not on whether or not your napkin is in the right place, or whether it's time to eat yet. Consider it a little structure or guidance, and as long as you look at it that way, you'll have a better time.
Do make sure you have a good time, too. The reason the host or organizer is throwing the event is to celebrate, or give everyone the opportunity to get together and celebrate a specific cause, event, or person, whether it's the holidays, a charity dinner, a campaign dinner, or just a friendly dinner party. No one has a party because they want everyone who attends to be miserable.
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VRCP14SS—Compute Approximate Reciprocal of Scalar Float32 Value

Opcode/Instruction
Op /En
64/32 bit Mode Support
CPUID Feature Flag
Description

EVEX.NDS.LIG.66.0F38.W0 4D /r

VRCP14SS xmm1 {k1}{z}, xmm2, xmm3/m32

T1S
V/V
AVX512F
Computes the approximate reciprocal of the scalar single-precision floating-point value in xmm3/m32 and stores the results in xmm1 using writemask k1. Also, upper double-precision floating-point value (bits[127:32]) from xmm2 is copied to xmm1[127:32].

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En
Operand 1
Operand 2
Operand 3
Operand 4

T1S
ModRM:reg (w)
EVEX.vvvv (r)
ModRM:r/m (r)
NA

Description

This instruction performs a SIMD computation of the approximate reciprocal of the low single-precision floating-point value in the second source operand (the third operand) and stores the result in the low quadword element of the destination operand (the first operand) according to the writemask k1. Bits (127:32) of the XMM register desti-nation are copied from corresponding bits in the first source operand (the second operand). The maximum relative error for this approximation is less than 2-14. The source operand can be an XMM register or a 32-bit memory loca-tion. The destination operand is an XMM register.

The VRCP14SS instruction is not affected by the rounding control bits in the MXCSR register. When a source value is a 0.0, an ∞ with the sign of the source value is returned. A denormal source value will be treated as zero only in case of DAZ bit set in MXCSR. Otherwise it is treated correctly (i.e. not as a 0.0). Underflow results are flushed to zero only in case of FTZ bit set in MXCSR. Otherwise it will be treated correctly (i.e. correct underflow result is written) with the sign of the operand. When a source value is a SNaN or QNaN, the SNaN is converted to a QNaN or the source QNaN is returned. See Table 5-16 for special-case input values.

MXCSR exception flags are not affected by this instruction and floating-point exceptions are not reported.

A numerically exact implementation of VRCP14xx can be found at https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/refer-ence-implementations-for-IA-approximation-instructions-vrcp14-vrsqrt14-vrcp28-vrsqrt28-vexp2.

Operation

VRCP14SS (EVEX version)

IF k1[0] OR *no writemask*

THEN DEST[31:0] (cid:197) APPROXIMATE(1.0/SRC2[31:0]);

ELSE

IF *merging-masking*

; merging-masking

THEN *DEST[31:0] remains unchanged*

ELSE

; zeroing-masking

DEST[31:0] (cid:197) 0

FI;

FI;

DEST[127:32] (cid:197) SRC1[127:32]

DEST[MAX_VL-1:128] (cid:197) 0

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent

VRCP14SS __m128 _mm_rcp14_ss( __m128 a, __m128 b);

VRCP14SS __m128 _mm_mask_rcp14_ss(__m128 s, __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b);

VRCP14SS __m128 _mm_maskz_rcp14_ss( __mmask8 k, __m128 a, __m128 b);

SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions

None

Other Exceptions

See Exceptions Type E5.

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В парному розряді жіночого тенісного турніру Ameritech Cup 1985,що проходив у рамках Світової чемпіонської серії Вірджинії Слімс 1985, Кеті Джордан і Елізабет Смайлі виграли титул, у фіналі перемігши пару Еліз Берджін і Джоанн Расселл 6–2, 6–2.

Сіяні пари

 Кеті Джордан /  Елізабет Смайлі (чемпіонки)
 Гана Мандлікова /  Венді Тернбулл (чвертьфінал)

 Барбара Поттер /  Шерон Волш (півфінал)
 Світлана Чернєва /  Лариса Нейланд (півфінал)

Основна сітка

Посилання

Ameritech Cup

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Wheaton College (Ill.) Brooke Barnes earns All-American honors at NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Brooke Barnes highlighted Wheaton's performances with an All-American performance in the 50-yard freestyle. Barnes qualified fifth in the prelims on Wednesday morning with a time of 23.25 seconds b...
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Wheaton College student Brooke Barnes of Fayetteville, NC, was named to the Dean's List for the fall semester. To earn Dean's List honors at Wheaton, an undergraduate student must carry 12 or more...
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Wheaton College (Ill.) Brooke Barnes named CCIW Women's Swimmer of the Week
Wheaton senior Brooke Barnes has been honored as the Women's Swimmer of the Week by the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Barnes won the 100-yard freestyle in Saturday's dual me...
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Wheaton College (Ill.) Student-Athlete Brooke Barnes Named Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year
Wheaton College (Ill.) student Brooke Barnes of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was recently named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Female Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Ye...
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Wheaton College student Brooke Barnes of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was honored as Swimmer of the Week by the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. At the recent Phoenix Fall Classic, h...
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Wheaton College student Brooke Barnes of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was named to the 2017-2018 Wheaton Thunder women's swimming team roster. Wheaton College sponsors 21 varsity sports, and Thun...
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package dotty.tools
package dotc
package repl

import core.Contexts.Context
import reporting.Reporter
import java.io.{BufferedReader, File, FileReader, PrintWriter}

/** A compiler which stays resident between runs.
 *  Usage:
 *
 *  > scala dotty.tools.dotc.Resident <options> <initial files>
 *
 *  dotc> "more options and files to compile"
 *
 *  ...
 *
 *  dotc> :reset  // reset all options to the ones passed on the command line
 *
 *  ...
 *
 *  dotc> :q     // quit
 */
class REPL extends Driver {

  /** The default input reader */
  def input(implicit ctx: Context): InteractiveReader = {
    val emacsShell = System.getProperty("env.emacs", "") != ""
    //println("emacsShell="+emacsShell) //debug
    if (ctx.settings.Xnojline.value || emacsShell) new SimpleReader()
    else InteractiveReader.createDefault()
  }

  /** The defult output writer */
  def output: PrintWriter = new NewLinePrintWriter(new ConsoleWriter, true)

  override def newCompiler(implicit ctx: Context): Compiler =
    new repl.CompilingInterpreter(output, ctx)

  override def sourcesRequired = false

  override def doCompile(compiler: Compiler, fileNames: List[String])(implicit ctx: Context): Reporter = {
    if (fileNames.isEmpty)
      new InterpreterLoop(compiler, input, output).run()
    else
      ctx.error(s"don't now what to do with $fileNames%, %")
    ctx.reporter
  }
}


WASHINGTON, DC—In his State of the Union address to the nation last night, President Bush announced a new cabinet-level position to coordinate all current and future scandals facing his party.
President Bush announces his plan to manage the numerous scandals of his administration.
"Tonight, by executive order, I am creating a permanent department with a vital mission: to ensure that the political scandals, underhanded dealings, and outright criminal activities of this administration are handled in a professional and orderly fashion," Bush said.
The centerpiece of Bush's plan is the Department Of Corruption, Bribery, And Incompetence, which will centralize duties now dispersed throughout the entire D.C.-area political establishment.
The Scandal Secretary will log all wiretaps and complaints of prisoner abuse, coordinate paid-propaganda efforts, eliminate redundant payoffs and bribes, oversee the appointment of unqualified political donors to head watchdog agencies, control all leaks and other high-level security breaches, and oversee the disappearance of Iraq reconstruction funds. He will also be responsible for issuing all official denials that laws have been broken.
"Many of the current scandals in Washington are crucial to the success of my priorities for the nation," Bush said. "The Department of Corruption will safeguard these important misdeeds."
White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card characterized the president's announcement as part of a larger effort to usher in a "new era of scandal management."
"The entire DCBI budget will come from private donors and investors, through an illegal slush fund," he said. "The money we'll save by eliminating redundancies and reducing scandal-related overhead will come back to citizens tenfold in the form of offshore corporate tax savings."
The Scandal Secretary will choose the elected official or business leader who will assume full responsibility for each scandal once it reaches fruition. His department will pen all tearful apologies and plea agreements and make all necessary arrangements for the designated scapegoat's transition to a think tank, consultancy, law-partner position, or, if unavoidable, cursory stint in a minimum-security prison. Scapegoats who cannot be placed will be given oversight positions within the Department of Corruption itself.
Candidates for Scandal Secretary, from left: Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist at the center of a public corruption scandal; Scooter Libby, former vice presidential chief of staff indicted on five counts; Tom DeLay, former House majority leader charged with conspiracy to violate election laws; and Michael Brown, who resigned from FEMA over his criticized handling of Hurricane Katrina.
Congressional supporters of the post expressed hope that the new secretary will bring a sense of order and accountability to what has so far been a fragmented, inconsistent set of controversies.
"Every week, it feels like another new scandal breaks," said F. Tyler Jones, a convicted felon and Texas oil executive who has been cited as a leading candidate for a position within the new department. "Washington needs to run a tighter ship and get all this corruption in order. It should feel less like a weekly thing and more like once a month."
"Quality's been going down, too," Jones said. "You can't just slap 'gate' on the end of something and call it a scandal. We need higher standards in this country—we used to lead the world, you know."
Many conservatives have criticized Bush's proposal, saying that it only creates more big government.
"Teapot Dome and the fraud scandals of the Grant Administration proceeded splendidly without government oversight," National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg said. "Officials received kickbacks and granted favors without any knowledge beyond their circle until after the fact. They knew what they were doing and didn't need any oversight. We need to return to the days when unfettered capitalism and enlightened self-interest led the way."
Bush defenders, however, said today's corruption scandals are far too complex to be allowed to take an unregulated course.
"We can't afford to have the American people lose faith in the government's ability to spearhead an effective scandal," TV commentator Sean Hannity said. "The sheer number of major scandals has gone way up in the past few years—but the level of scandal coordination has remained at Clinton-era levels. The system is obsolete. Plain and simple. I for one applaud Bush for bringing corruption management into the 21st century."


Welcome to #MartinGoesToHarvey, our fundraising effort to keep those Texans who suffered devastating losses when Hurricane Harvey hit in August 2017, in mind. We haven't forgotten you, Texas!
Holly Tucker Music is proud to partner with the Bowen Family Foundation and Rebuild Texas to raffle this beautiful Martin guitar filled with over 25 Texas Country Music Artists' signatures! Raffle tickets start at just $10. With your generosity, we hope to raise 20-thousand dollars for our fellow Texan. The need is still there, y'all.. 100% of the proceeds will go towards Hurricane Harvey relief. The winner of the raffle will receive the guitar as well as a commemorative photo album of all of the artists signing the guitar. The raffle will end and the winner will be announced on January 31, 2018.
#MartinGoesToHarvey is a fundraising movement started by Holly Tucker, Texas Country Music artist. In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated thousands of people and flooded them out of their homes and everyday lives. In the aftermath, the state of Texas and the rest of the nation came through in many big ways, offering help financially, physically, and by donation.
Around this same time, Holly was given a brand new Martin guitar from a Facebook friend who told her that he just wanted to help with the hurricane efforts any way he could. He asked her for no credit, but just that she take her platform, sign the guitar herself, and use it somehow to raise money for hurricane relief funds. Holly loved the idea but wanted to make an even bigger impact. Holly had the idea to gather as many signatures as she could from her fellow artists who, like her, care so deeply for their fellow Texans. So Holly carried this gorgeous Martin with her on her independent Texas regional tour for her new album, Steel. Everywhere she went, so did the Martin.
In three months, Holly was able to gather over 25 autographs on the Martin, including signatures from Restless Heart, Kevin Fowler, Parker McCollum, Koe Wetzel, Bri Bagwell, Chad Prather, Zane Williams, Sam Riggs, and many more. Photos for authenticity were taken of all of the artists while they were signing the guitar.
We invite you to share and take part in this true Texas-inspired effort to let our neighbors in the flood and hurricane ravaged areas near Houston, RockPort, Corpus and more know that we haven't forgotten them.
Drawing was held on January 31, 2018.


West Sound for Social Justice presentsSunday, April 15 @ 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Join us as we hear from the leaders in this work and learn how to support them in their efforts.
===================Updated========================We will have three panel discussions, the last two each followed by an interactive Q & A with the audience.
Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. for mingling, coffee, and light fare, and the program will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m.
We'll conclude the afternoon with Monica Bernhard of Kitsap Mental Health Services, and a half-hour facilitated session to give our input on Kitsap County's 2018 Homeless Housing Plan.
Find out what's needed most here, and we'll have collection barrels on site.
We are also pleased to welcome special musical guest, Rick Cortes. Rick is an acoustic guitarist / singer / songwriter who arrived in Bremerton over a decade ago intent on starting a new life, but soon found himself homeless. His experiences moved him toward music with a conscience, and together with his "forever sweetheart" and co-writer Lana Taylor, he penned songs addressing societal injustices, including "Broken Man," a song submitted for Richard LeMieux's Breakfast at Sally's film project. Retired from the Bremerton School District, Rick currently serves as a staff member at Benedict House.
Children are welcome at the event and an activity area will be available.


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'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice': Henry Cavill Says Superman Will Win
By Rhea Pruto ( [email protected] ) Jan 27, 2016 01:24 PM EST Comment
Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice will officially hit the screens on March 25, 2016. Warner Studios
With "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" just around the corner, more and meatier details on the movie are now being released. The latest ones are from the very lips of Henry Cavill, who plays Superman.
Speaking with Empire Magazine (via We Got This Covered), Cavill revealed how his character will fare in combat with Batman. He claimed Superman is not the inexperienced superhero people once knew him to be in "Man of Steel." He can, therefore, definitely hold his own against Batman.
Cavill revealed that Superman is now more experienced as a superhero so he will not be committing the blunders he once committed. Superman is also doing his best to save as many lives as he can. As such, he is now more calm about the whole business. "He is no longer frantic. He's no longer a wet behind the ears kind of superhero," Cavill revealed.
Even if Batman is essentially doing the same - saving lives and being the superhero the world needs him to be, Superman is said to be unimpressed with Batman's methods. Therefore, the two are naturally going to butt heads. ""He doesn't agree with [Batman's] form of justice. For this farm boy, who tries to do things the right way, justice at any cost is not something he can come to terms with. It's not about one on one. Of course, Superman is going to win. But it's deeper than that. It's more that these two great powers exist and are actually trying to achieve the same thing, but in such different way..." Cavill explained.
It is not a hidden fact that Cavill is set to play Superman after Christopher Reeve had so much fun with the role already. However, Cavill is positive he can deliver something Reeve was not able to, pulling off a great Superman performance. Foremost, he is going to avoid doing what Reeve's Clark Kent did, acting all clumsy and insignificant just to hide his true identity. He said that it is certainly not going to work.
He already explained this in an earlier interview with French magazine Studio Cine Live (via Batman-News). He said that instead of acting clumsy, he will just act invisible. Clumsy just make people take more notice, he said. "My Clark Kent is trying to be as small and invisible as possible. If you're awkward and spilling things constantly, people are going to notice you, and that's not the best way to go unseen. You have to admit, it's not a remarkable disguise, just a pair of glasses. He'd like to think that no one will believe he could be Superman. How could such a delicate flower be a living god? Preposterous," he scoffed.
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Amos Yee's mother took him to see a psychiatrist but he stopped after two visits
A doctor found that teenage blogger Amos Yee may be suffering from autism spectrum disorder. -- ST FILE PHOTO
May 6, 2015, 2:15 pm SGT
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Selina Lum
Law Correspondent
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SINGAPORE - Teenage blogger Amos Yee's mother brought him to the Institute of Mental Health to see a psychiatrist on April 3. But after two sessions, the 16-year-old refused to go anymore, it was revealed in court on Wednesday.
During the hearing, the prosecution offered to lower his bail amount and do away with the requirement that he reports to Bedok Police Station every morning as part of his bail conditions, if he agrees to continue to see a psychiatrist.
Yee said no, which led the High Court to deny his application to challenge his bail conditions, which include not being allowed to post online. He continues to be remanded in custody pending his two-day trial for attacking Christianity and transmitting an obscene image. His trial is scheduled to start on Thursday.
Yee's lawyers, Mr Alfred Dodwell and Mr Ervin Tan, argued on Wednesday that the court should set aside bail conditions which require Yee to undertake not to post content online while the case against him is ongoing and to either take down or make private a YouTube video and his blog posts.
Mr Dodwell said that being on social media was "the equivalent of him drinking water" and the conditions were "taking away a lot from him."
During the hearing, Justice Tay Yong Kwang asked Mr Dodwell what was so difficult about complying with these social media conditions. "They just have to learn to curb themselves," he said.
Deputy public prosecutor Hay Hung Chun told the court that the prosecution only became aware on Tuesday that Yee's mother had taken him to the IMH on Good Friday. Yee went for two appointments but refused to go for a third.
The judge asked Yee's lawyers if their client was prepared to accept the prosecution's offer to continue his appointments. Yee flatly refused.
Justice Tay said that in view of that, he saw no reason to vary any of the bail conditions.
AMOS YEE