Though our famed celebration is celebrated August 24 & 25, August 25th is the actual recognized feast day of the parish's patron saint, King Louis IX of France. A life-size statue of the "lieutenant of God on Earth" is displayed on the church grounds.
Long before 10 a.m. on St. Louis Day, things are buzzing on the Koenig Park grounds. The highlight of every celebration is the serving of the giant barbecue dinner — beef brisket, Alsatian-style sausage, potato salad, beans, fresh bread and iced tea.
After the huge metal barbecue pits have been fed an adequate supply of mesquite coals, a virtual mountain of prime, boneless beef is placed in the pits and cooked to perfection by some 50 volunteers. Only cured mesquite wood from area farms and ranches is used to slow cook the thousands of pounds of barbecued brisket each year.
Tons of potato salad, coleslaw, huge vats of pinto beans, thousands of slices of Alsatian bread and homemade cake, and a sea of iced tea and coffee, round out the menu that more than 500 volunteer workers will dish out at a pace of around 2,000 hungry diners per hour.
An incredibly efficient serving area avoids long meal lines. Diners may feast under the roof of the large dining pavilion or they may avail themselves of heaping plates to go, and eat their meals under the Biergarten Tent while enjoying the musical performances. Some prefer picnic style, beneath ancient pecan trees that have shaded picnickers for over a century.
Wash and clean beans; put in kettle and fill water 4 inches over top of beans. Heat to boiling and add all remaining ingredients. Cook slow until the bubbles that come up have a bubble inside. Turn off heat and let set to thicken. The Groff clan, pictured above, have been the "Frijole Kings" for over 30 years.
Mix salt, pepper and garlic powder and sprinkle on both sides of brisket. Cook over hot mesquite coals for hours and hours and hours. Mix basting sauce ingredients and boil in large pot for 10 minutes. Baste meat throughout cook time.
Many years ago, a local contest yielded the original recipe for the St. Louis Day BBQ Sauce. Over time, it's been perfected. Residents brag that it's "Number one" in Castroville and the surrounding area. Pictured are L-R Troy Haby and Nathan Lutz, the two men who have been concocting and guarding the sacred recipe for over 30 years. Tip #7: You would be wasting your time trying to get the secret from them; they don't even fly on the same plane together. These two men and one other Secret Sauce Society member are the only ones who know how to formulate the secret ingredient.


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Q: How do I switch from my integrated AMD GPU and set my Nvidia GPU as my main GPU? I'm new to Linux and in need of help.
I have an ASUS TUF FX505DT with a Ryzen 5 CPU and a GTX1650 GPU.
I need to switch my GPU from the integrated AMD GPU and set my dedicated Nvidia GPU as my main GPU.
Can anyone tell me how I can do that?
I have tried a few distros and the only one that seems to detect and set my Nvidia GPU as the main by default was POP_OS. However, I really want to get this to work on my Xubuntu.
I read somewhere that I should just install the driver and it would set my Nvidia as the main after that but it didn't work for me (I checked and it was still running software on the integrated AMD GPU. I really need to get it to detect and set my Nvidia GPU as I do a lot of work with 3D Blender.
I also read somewhere that you can set it from the bios menu but that also didn't work(or rather my bios menu didn't have the option).
I don't want to have to go back to Windows because I found that I like Linux way more because it's very customizable and snappy!
Any assistance/insight/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Please help! Thank you!

A: First, check if you have the GPU.
lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"

Then if you have Nvidia's Card, install drivers. Currently, I would recommend 440, but 450 is the latest.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-440

reboot, then run nvidia-settings.
And to chose different profiles:
prime-select query
sudo prime-select nvidia

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Balotelli must work harder - Rodgers
Written By Dejan Kalinic
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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers warned Mario Balotelli he needed to improve his work rate to get back into the starting line-up.
The Italian has found some goalscoring form recently, netting the winners in Liverpool's victories over Tottenham and Besiktas.
Both times Balotelli came off the bench to be Liverpool's hero, although some controversy surrounded whether he should have taken the penalty against Besiktas.
Rodgers said he was "not really" happy with Balotelli's performance, insisting he wanted to see more from the 24-year-old.
Rodgers plays down penalty incident
Balotelli plays down penalty 'drama'
"We need to ensure that whatever level of the game we are playing at we have everyone working as a team and once we get the penalty, Mario stops working," he said.
"So he needs to improve on that facet of his game to play in his position, rather than standing on the side of the football field.
"He has contributed on the night, he has got the penalty and scored the goal, but that is what he is paid to do.
"So he needs to keep that efficiency in his game and show that he can affect the team, whether he is asked to play from the bench or from the start."
Rodgers asked if Balotelli could become Liverpool's go-to man, but again the Northern Irishman pinpointed a need for improved work rate.
"Well, if he works harder than when he came on, he will be," he said.

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If you want to invest in a U.S stock mutual fund, you will find three different types such as aggressive growth, long term growth, and growth and income. This information may help you to decide which is best for you.
Growth funds: By investing in stocks of well known, large corporations, these funds get long term growth. These funds are less changeable than funds that invested in mid and small sized companies they don't provide as much growth. These funds are stable than aggressive growth funds.
Growth and income funds: These funds are invested in bonds and stocks. Bonds for their income producing and stocks for growth potential. These funds don't have high growth potential as growth funds but they tend to be less changeable in price.
Income funds: These funds produce a stable stream of income, generally quarterly or monthly through investing in bonds or other income producing securities. These offer more income and low risk than funds which are invested in stocks or a combination of bonds and stocks.
So according to investor requirements, he can choose any one of these to invest his money to get good returns in future.


Video: See what 21st Century Learning looks like at Sacramento New Tech High School and Napa New Tech High School in an award winning video from ASCD, "Learning through Projects".
'Soft Skills' in Big Demand -- Interest in teaching students habits of mind for success in life is on the rise, by Catherine Gewertz, Education Week, June 12, 2007.
Information on the New Technology High School Model -- Links to everything you ever wanted to know about the New Tech model.


The image of pathways suggests a crossroads with distinct options that call for clear decision-making or voiced guidance from some GPS of addiction recovery. The image conveys that one must choose A, B, or C—with some advocates of each standing at the crossroads claiming they represent the one true path to recovery.
There are millions of people living in recovery within these established frameworks of recovery, but there are also innumerable people in long-term recovery who have crafted a style of personal recovery at or beyond the boundaries of these approaches. But many recovery experiences are metaphorically more aptly described as an evolving patchwork, mandala, mosaic, medley, or hodgepodge rather than through the image of the well-marked path. This style of recovery may combine unusual and even contradictory elements, the whole of which may resemble no established style of recovery. Those experiences are "dynamically evolving" in the sense that critical ingredients are regularly being forged and exchanged without a predetermined map or fixed point of completion.
...that individuals may combine a potpourri of ideas and approaches to initiate recovery and that these critical ingredients may change over time?
...that people may initiate recovery within one framework of recovery but migrate to another framework to sustain recovery?
...that some people may simultaneously use two or more frameworks of recovery, e.g., co-attendance at 12-Step meetings and SMART Recovery meetings?
...that some people may initiate recovery without addiction treatment, but later seek professional help to enhance their emotional and relational health?
...that the person using needle exchange services today may in the future be sponsoring others in Narcotics Anonymous?
...that people may concurrently or sequentially combine addiction medications with participation in abstinence-based treatment and mutual aid?
...that one's secular, spiritual, or religious orientation may change, sometimes quite dramatically, over the course of recovery?
YES, it means all of these and far more. As my friend Richard Simonelli suggests, these support options are best conveyed, not as a straight line of menu options, but as resources on the perimeter of the circle of our lives—resources that remain available to us if and when we need to draw on them.
None of us are in a position to judge how others negotiate this process. We can only share what has worked for us and how what has worked for us has changed over time and circumstances. As a healing community and network of professional helpers and recovery researchers map long-term pathways and styles of recovery, we must not forget those whose recovery experiences do not fit within the boxes we have crafted to depict such varieties of recovery experience. Those outliers are also part of the recovery community, and their idiosyncratic stories must also be heard and celebrated.
Many find recovery within a well-trod path, while others find recovery on the road less traveled. Still others will find recovery where no one has traveled before. Such differences do not need to be cast into categories of superiority and inferiority. All progressive movements toward and within recovery are cause for celebration–no matter how different the journey from our own.


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Climate change II (with zero apologies)
Posted on January 27, 2020 | John Risley | 0 Comments
Those of you who read my previous column will know this is my second time talking about this subject in as many issues. I don't apologize for this. Climate change, social inequality and outer space are the signature issues of our time and therefore subjects which deserve to be at the forefront of our thinking and public discourse. Last issue, I lamented the lack of appreciation for what a hydrocarbon world has helped society accomplish, the lack of understanding for the extent to which the world is currently dependent on its use and the perception dramatic changes could be made on this dependence in the short term. Let me pursue this latter point a bit more as a segue to discussing the art of the possible.
We are guilty, as a global society, of doing dumb things. And we are hypocritical in our approach to this hugely important subject. In the aftermath of the Fukujima nuclear accident in Japan (an accident caused by human stupidity, not technology failure), Germany—a country that wants to be celebrated for its green agenda—banned the further development of nuclear energy and sunset its use in their power grid. The immediate effect of this was an increase in the consumption of coal in their generating plants. They banned a carbon-neutral source of energy to increase their use of one that's directly responsible for much of the current nasty stuff we are emitting into the atmosphere.
There are a lot of people who believe the use or consumption of coal is decreasing—that's a myth. China currently has under construction, or has plans to construct, some 120 new coal-fired generating stations, producing some 148GW (compare this to the 7GW coming from Muskrat Falls).
In their zeal to portray the Alberta oil sands as a shameful producer of emissions, climate activists label them negatively as 'tar sands'. Further, those activists fail to attribute any credit or recognition to the huge investment and progress being made by Alberta companies in reducing their carbon footprint, particularly in comparison to the heavy crude coming out of Venezuela and Saudi.
So here is my point: Let's park the emotion, try and get the facts straight and focus on the art of the possible.
The world came together in agreeing how to protect the oceans from illegal fishing. Surely if we can accomplish that we can figure out a mechanism to convert the world's coal-fired generating capacity to natural gas? The world has natural gas in abundance, it's cheap and it's significantly cleaner to burn than coal. Were we able to achieve this, the result would be a reduction in emissions greater than converting all the cars in the world to electric vehicles. Yup, that's pretty significant. Such a policy would create winners and losers. The winners would be countries like Qatar, a huge producer of LNG; the losers would be those jurisdictions who had to import the gas. But an international agency could fund such conversions through taxes imposed on the transport of gas internationally (in such a way that the 'winners' help pay for this conversion). No doubt other policies would be required to ensure such a transition and the newly-found dependence on gas was achieved in an equitable manner. Yes it would require the construction of pipelines, but do we want to reduce emissions or not? On that point, compare the emissions cost of extracting and transporting coal versus gas. The conclusion is clear.
Is this a stop-gap measure? Yes, but it would be profound in its impact and provide breathing room during which the world could continue to focus on really fundamental solutions. There can be no question that the ultimate answer to this and other vexing questions, like the cure for cancer, are resident in human ingenuity and innovation. Humanity has always been able to achieve progress. The difference this time is that we need to ensure it's sustainable progress. •
About John Risley
John Risley, president of Clearwater Fine Foods Inc., regularly engages in policy debate as a member of the World Presidents' Organization, the Chief Executives Organization and as a director on the Board of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.


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REVIEW: Educating Rita at Newcastle Theatre Royal
Educating Rita
Until Saturday 18 September 2021.
The 41-year old play has lost none of its power as it has been revived and brought to Newcastle for the final leg of a UK Tour. Starring two of the regions leading actors, it raises issues about cultural capital that still resonate today.
Of course the Royal Shakespeare Company's commission, written by Willy Russel was adapted by Russell for a 1983 film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters. However this was, first and foremost, a two hander play situated in the office of a university lecturer.
Stephen Tompkinson appears as Frank, a university lecturer of English Literature, with a drink problem. The show opens with him trying to remember which books hide the bottle of scotch that will provide his next drink. He is staying late tonight as he needs extra income in order to fund his alcohol habit. Such funds are going to be raised by tutoring an Open University student. When she arrives the new undergraduate is clearly from a different background to his usual cohort. This is not someone full of self-confidence bordering on arrogance. This is going to be someone who reads mass circulation fiction and who has never been to the theatre. In short, there is a large cultural gap.
But that is not to suggest that Susan, who wants to be known at Rita, is not keen to learn. She may be a hairdresser but she is desperate to level up her knowledge and understanding to that of the "regular" students so that she passes exams. Alas her initial impression of classic fiction is that it is "crap". However she is able to persuade Frank to take her on.
Jessica Johnson does a fantastic job of conveying the circumstance of a working class wife who has an unsupportive husband with a degree of Northern working class humour. The emotions in a scene can quickly change from laughs, due to the flippant answers to her work, to compassion, as she explores life beyond the office walls with adroit flexibility. Russell's writing gives both characters a three dimensional aspect that quickly makes the audience root for them.
This is a perfect marriage between well written and poignant material with two highly respected actors who have always added an element of class in any production that we have seen them in. Director Max Roberts, formally of Live Theatre, appears to have kept a light hand on the tiller in allowing these two performers explore the material. The show runs for 90 minutes without interval and this helps keep the momentum flowing.
We have been awaiting a chance to catch this show and it did not disappoint.
Photos: Nobby Clark
Educating Rita plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Monday 13 – Saturday 18 September 2021. Tickets are priced from £15.00 and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company's access charge).
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Q: How to make excel function to output array I want to use a function within sumproduct that doesn't take an array. For example, I have this dataset:
+---------+----------------------------------------------+--------+-----+
|  Topic  |                      Eq                      | Weight | Val |
+---------+----------------------------------------------+--------+-----+
| Topic 1 | LOGNORM.DIST(val,2.4,0.4, FALSE)*10.2027*D50 |     13 |   5 |
| Topic 2 | val/10                                       |     10 |   4 |
| Topic 3 | val^2                                        |      5 |   2 |
+---------+----------------------------------------------+--------+-----+

I wrote a Visual Basic module to evaluate the equations:
Public Function eval(s As String) As Variant
    eval = Evaluate(s)
End Function

And basically, I just want to be able to insert the "val" column into the equation, and then multiply against the weight and get an array of sums.
I tried this:
=SUMPRODUCT(IF(ISNUMBER(H$7:H$31),Dist(H$7:H$31,$D$7:$D$31,$E$7:$E$31))

where Dist is a lambda function:
LAMBDA(val,eq,weight,eval(CONCAT("=",SUBSTITUTE(eq,"val",val))))

But anytime I have a table longer than 1 row, it yells at me with an #N/A or #VALUE error, presumably because the LOGNORM.DIST function doesn't like having more than 1 value.
Is there a way to coerce an excel function into taking an array?

A: Thanks to the comments, I solved this with the MAP function. Posting an answer for visibility. I navigated to Formulas > Name Manager and created a new formula called Dist that does this:
=LAMBDA(val,eq,MAP(val,eq,LAMBDA(val,eq,eval(CONCAT("=",SUBSTITUTE(eq,"val",val))))))

So now, that SUMPRODUCT formula I posted basically looks like this (pseudocode):
=SUMPRODUCT(IF(ISNUMBER(ValsColumn),Dist(ValsCol,EqColumn), ...if false), WeightCol)

This will correctly input values to each of my equations with no yelling about it being an array, since I think Map goes row by row. Hopefully this makes sense to anyone in the future...


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{
    this->singletons.reverse();
    for (auto i = this->singletons.begin(); i != this->singletons.end();)
    {
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        i = this->singletons.erase(i);
        delete s;
    }
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    this->singletons.emplace_back(o);
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    this->singletons.remove(o);
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namespace net {

namespace {

using ::testing::TestWithParam;
using ::testing::ValuesIn;

const struct Expectation {
  const char* host;
  bool result;
} kExpectations[] = {
    {"wordpress.com", true},
    {"tf1.fr", true},
    {"wordpress.com.", true},
    {"www.wordpress.com", true},
    {"www.wordpress.com.", true},
    {"a.b.wordpress.com", true},
    {"a.b.c.d.wordpress.com", true},
    {"www..wordpress.com", true},
    {"www.wordpress..com", false},
    {"a-b-wordpress.com", false},
    {"com", false},
    {".", false},
    {"", false},
    {"..", false},
    {"ordpress.com", false},
    {"wordpress.co", false},
    {"a", false},
    {"a.b", false},
    {"a.b.c", false},
    {"a.b.c.d.e", false},
};

void PrintTo(const Expectation& expectation, std::ostream* os) {
  *os << "{\"" << expectation.host << "\" ," << std::boolalpha
      << expectation.result << "}";
}

class MatchTest : public TestWithParam<Expectation> {};

TEST_P(MatchTest, CheckExpectation) {
  const Expectation& expectation = GetParam();
  EXPECT_EQ(expectation.result,
            IsHostInStaleWhileRevalidateExperimentDomain(expectation.host));
}

INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(StaleWhileRevalidateExperimentDomainsTest,
                        MatchTest,
                        ValuesIn(kExpectations));

}  // namespace

}  // namespace net


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Teens party on as families cut thousands off budgets to host coming-of-age celebrations
By Ileana Morales, AP
Milestone parties shrink to survive for teens
MIAMI — For a generation of girls, coming of age during the recession calls for a celebration that can be as much DIY as it is mini-wedding.
Planning a quinceanera? Think about choreographing your own dance routine. Feeding a Sweet 16? Hope you know how to bake. Bat mitzvah on the way? You might want to share your party with a neighbor.
"You don't know if you're going to lose your job. You don't know what's going to happen. You don't want to go overboard," said Yanicet Ganuzas. For her daughter Yanelis's quinceanera, the lavish party many Latino families throw when their daughters turn 15, she spent $14,000 — a little more than half of what she spent two years ago on another daughter.
Other families like the Ganuzas are cutting thousands from the budgets for teenage girls' coming-of-age celebrations because of the sour economy, party planners said, but stopping short of canceling the bashes. After all, the parties mark a milestone in otherwise uncertain times.
"You never know if you're going to get married, but you know you're going to turn 15,'" said Deborah R. Vargas, an American studies professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
In Atlanta, Michelle Bruck and a neighbor are planning to combine their daughters' bat mitzvahs in two years to share the cost of renting a space, entertaining common friends and paying the photographer and the DJ. In all, each family expects to chip in $7,000, savings of about $5,000 apiece.
A bat mitzvah — like the bar mitzvah celebrations that boys have — marks the moment a Jewish girl comes of age and becomes responsible for obeying the tenets of the faith.
"Our girls are a week apart and they're very good friends at school and through our Temple," said Bruck, whose daughter Jenna and her friend Alena Skyer are both 11. "I just said … 'We could save a lot of money and have fun if we have this together.'"
Bruck's neighbor, Lisa Skyer, said the families are considering printing their own invitations.
"That's something most people throw away … I'm sure we won't be spending much on that," she said.
Vendors are also adapting to cost-conscious customers. Photographer Juan Escobedo of Austin, Texas, recently dropped his prices for the first time in eight years.
In the last year he's seen families end their parties at midnight, not 2 a.m. Mothers cook and decorate the candy boxes or other souvenirs for guests. Families hire disc jockeys instead of more-expensive bands.
During more flush times in his three decades in the industry, Miami party planner Angel Diaz has seen a belly-dancing birthday girl entertain atop an elephant and another escorted on stage by a tiger.
Now, he says he's not seeing fewer customers, but they are spending less. A party budget that would've been $17,000 two years ago is now $12,000. Instead of $35,000, a family is spending $25,000.
Having a smaller party didn't dampen Yanelis Ganuzas's excitement.
Two years ago, her parents hired a choreographer to create her sister's dance routine. Yanelis and her friends skipped the professional guidance this year, practicing their own dance routine for three months. At her bash in March, nine young couples moved stiffly to a mix of waltz, salsa, reggaeton and hip-hop to represent the blended culture of a Latin-American girl.
"It's like one of these once in a lifetime things with family and friends. It's the moment, it's so sweet," said Yanelis, a Cuban-American girl wearing four-inch heels. "I'm going to miss it."
That's why the Ganuzas family hosted another quinceanera. That's why mother Yanicet dipped pretzels and fruits in chocolate herself for dessert among other ways to save. For the family. For Yanelis.
"She's the last baby I have," Yanicet said. "Tradition."
Associated Press writer Dionne Walker in Atlanta contributed to this report.
Filed under: Art and Culture, Performing Arts
Tags: Austin, Birthdays, Dance, Entertaining, Family Gatherings, Florida, Miami, North America, Occasions, Parties, Recessions And Depressions, Texas, United States
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Mestre Bergman head back to London to meet the new band of the week: Pumarosa. a London five-piece, who assembled from unexpected and varied quarters. Isabel met drummer Nick at a rehearsal for a new band in a rundown pub forming a guitar-and-drums Punk duo and began writing and rehearsing in the basement. After moving to a warehouse they met Henry, Tomoya and Neville and began a period of intensely hot rehearsals.
In the summer of 2015, the band was offered a residency in the cavernous disused cinema of an Italian surrealist, situated within the cliffs of Calabria. Scraping together a van and driving non-stop to Italy, the band worked on new material in beguiling forty degree heat, developing further their expansive sound. It was also in Italy that they settled on the name Pumarosa: in part reflecting Isabel's Chilean roots, but also the lurid-looking jungle fruit of the same name. In September 2015 Pumarosa released debut single "Priestess' and just some few days ago the new single "Cecile".


How come they were in profit from 07-11?
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what's happened to the Mozzie Man...?
Not sure I'm happy that Carlton is going to be associated with such a horrible company.
What's wrong with them right at the moment?
Start with the toxic culture and work your way down to the way drivers are treated.
Ultimately the drivers won't be an issue, their end goal is autonomous vehicles (dependent on how Waymo's legal action against Uber goes I guess) as they're losing money on every trip. They need to move on that fast, their runway is supposedly as low as two years.
I probably wouldn't work for a company if they charged me to go to work! Interesting business model it appears.
Free rides for Carlton members?!
Better than scoring a deal because your name is Sam, FFS.
AGM will be at the end of Feb.
Really 600k. Profit is still a profit though.
Not sure if this is the right forum to slot this one in, but reading an article by Ross Gitten in The Age today, I couldn't help but be impressed by what he wrote about Harold Mitchell. Harold is an advertising man and life-long Carlton FC fan and member. would love to see him approached if the club ever looks to replace its President.
Harold Mitchell passed up an opportunity to move his company to Singapore to pay less tax.
Mitchell tells of being visited by representatives of the Singapore government, who invited him to move his head office there. Their advertised company tax rate was 15 per cent, but he'd get a special offer of 7 per cent.
He declined. "I believe in the Australian system that creates the sort of society that enabled me to build a successful business. Avoiding tax, even if it seems legal, is a very shortsighted ambition," he wrote.
What's wrong with the man? What a corporate dinosaur. He claims to have found at least one other rich person who thinks similarly – the Scottish children's author, JK Rowling.
"I pay a lot of tax, and I feel one of the reasons I stay and pay and why I'm not based in Monaco ... is I think my country helped me," she's said.
Mitchell even quoted the American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes' dictum that "taxes are what we pay for a civilised society".
Perhaps the problem is it also works the other way: more money-grubbing, rule-bending and tax avoiding are part of a society that's becoming less civilised."
Tell the world. He's not a cheat.


Apparently they recently found a wizard's wand in a tomb in the Levant. Crafted of lead that originated in the Anatolia means that the wand was either crafted in modern day Turkey or the lead was carted over the deserts of Syria (not sure they were deserts then, there was a time that the Levant was heavily forested).
They haven't determined what it was, but clearly it was a wizard's wand . . . and a pocket knife. Though maybe the pocket knife was put there later . . . but there is a picture of pocket knife on the pocket knife. I wonder if there is a picture of a pocket knife on the picture of the pocket knife . . .
Post Script: I'm not sure why I begin all these archaeologist articles with the world "apparently", as if I doubt the validity of the article or the ability of the archaeologists in question. I should defer to these people more often.
Are we sure this is a Wizard's wand? Perhaps it's a mace (lead weighted club) or a plumb bob a lead weighted stick that comes with a string to determine vertical.


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CyberLink's FaceMe® Achieves Perfect Score in iBeta's Advanced Level 2 Anti-Spoofing Test and Complies with ISO 30107-3
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CyberLink's FaceMe® Achieves Perfect Score in iBeta's Advanced Level 2 Anti-Spoofing Test and Complies with ISO 30107-3
In 2022, Cyberlink, Press Release
A 100% spoofing-prevention rate for both 3D printed and resin facial masks, confirms FaceMe® as a leading facial recognition solution for preventing biometric fraud in remote applications, such as online banking, requiring identity verification before granting access to sensitive data or valuable assets.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — March 22, 2022—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition, announced today its FaceMe® facial recognition solution achieved a perfect score in iBeta's Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) Level 2 test, indicating its compliance with the ISO 30107-3 testing and reporting requirements. This distinction requires protection from higher-level fraud attacks with 3D masks, and FaceMe® achieved a perfect score at 100% spoofing prevention, solidifying its position as a leading facial recognition tool for combatting biometric fraud.
iBeta is one of the world's few agencies accredited by US National Institute of Standards and Technology National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NIST NVLAP) for biometric testing. iBeta's PAD test is an international benchmark for spoofing tests as it confirms to ISO-IEC 30107-3, an industrial standard for facial recognition technology's anti-spoofing capability.
FaceMe® achieved iBeta's PAD test level 1 compliance in late 2021, which focuses on presentations from 2D photos and videos. The level 2 test uses more sophisticated presentation attacks from 3D masks, such as 3D printed masks, resin masks, or latex masks. FaceMe® has achieved an Attack Presentation Classification Error Rate (APCER) of 0%, meaning the technology is extremely reliable in preventing attacks from any form of 3D masks. In addition, the Bona Fide Presentation Classification Error Rate (BPCER) is as low as 1.5% on iOS devices and 2.5% on Android device. In other words, FaceMe® achieved respective success rates of 98.5% and 97.5% when the test subject was a real person, placing it among the top facial recognition solutions for preventing biometric fraud attempts from a variety of techniques. Robust anti-spoofing is necessary to validate users' identity for remote applications such as online banking, shopping for age-restricted products or even logging to the intranet at work.
"Biometric fraud prevention is one of the most critical imperatives for sectors of the economy such as fintech, where a security breach can take catastrophic proportions, but also wherever users are demanding remote access to sensitive data, fueling an explosive demand for remote authentication," said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. "The iBeta PAD test is widely recognized as the global standard for testing the spoofing prevention performance of facial recognition technology offerings. Our perfect score at iBeta's Level 2 test, which attests of its compliance with the ISO 30107-3 testing and reporting requirements, anchors FaceMe® as one of the very best facial recognition solutions to protect access from biometric fraud, even when presented with the most sophisticated attacks from 3D masks."
FaceMe® is optimized to run across hardware configurations, from high-end workstations to low-power chipsets frequently used in IoT and AIoT devices. It is the most versatile and adaptable facial recognition offering on the market today. FaceMe® provides solution builders and system integrators a fast, reliable, precise, and flexible facial recognition technology that can be deployed across multiple scenarios including security, access control, public safety, fintech, smart retail and home protection.
CyberLink FaceMe® iBeta Presentation Attack Detection Report:
Click to access 220304-CyberLink-PAD-Level-2-Confirmation-Letter.pdf
About CyberLink
Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is the world leader in multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology. CyberLink addresses the demands of consumer, commercial and education markets through a wide range of solutions, covering digital content creation, multimedia playback, video conferencing, live casting, mobile applications and AI facial recognition. CyberLink has shipped several hundred million copies of its multimedia software and apps, including the award-winning PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, and PowerDVD. With years of research in the fields of artificial intelligence and facial recognition, CyberLink has developed the FaceMe® Facial Recognition Engine. Powered by deep learning algorithms, FaceMe® delivers the reliable, high-precision, and real-time facial recognition that is critical to AIoT applications such as smart retail, smart security, and surveillance, smart city and smart home. For more information about CyberLink, please visit the official website at www.cyberlink.com
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Tag Archives: MGM Studios
Stallone news
Sly Stallone doesn't own any rights to Rocky character and said he didn't get paid much for first three Rocky films… plus Rocky 7 just maybe in the works soon…
Sly Stallone did this interesting interview with Variety and I think it's a really good read. Sly talks about a lot of things with them. Sly talks about how he was robbed by the studios of ownership of the Rocky character… the studios fully own the character rights and Sly doesn't own any of it. Sly says he didn't get paid much of the first three Rocky movies and says he would have gotten paid a lot more even if he did own the full rights to the character. Some of you may ask yourself, "Sylvester Stallone is a millionaire and very rich, why would he care about making more money off the character???" I'm sure some of you are thinking to yourselves that Sly is just a whiner but I don't think so… I think Sly totally deserves to own full rights for the Rocky character since the character was all his creation. After all the hard work and successes he did out of that character, I think he totally deserves to get paid fully and fairly. The studios obviously just didn't care. They own the full rights to Rocky when they shouldn't. It was Sly that helped make the studios millions… they should have thought about that but all the studios cared about was the money. Think about how unfair it is that when you create something and it was successful but you got paid less for your art? Sly has every right be pissed off, in my opinion.
Sly also talks about other things in his career… he talked about how his career almost came to an end and how nobody was interested in making Rocky VI ("Rocky Balboa"). Now that MGM finally agreed to make "Rocky Balboa" which came out in 2006, look where that got Sly? "Creed I & II" happened after that and now it's looking like that MGM studios really want to make Rocky 7 now.
Sly says in this interview that he has an idea for another Rocky movie and he says that MGM is all over it and they want the movie to get made real fast. MGM is dying for another Rocky movie after them refusing to make "Rocky Balboa" in 2006 at first.
The new Rocky movie is not going to have anything to do with the Creed spinoffs and it's looking like it's going to be a seventh installment of the original Rocky series. People never thought a Rocky 7 would ever happen but it looks like it's gonna happen 'cause MGM wants it pretty badly. Sly also says there might be a Rocky prequel TV series that will be streaming service exclusive which is also interesting.
Read the interview here:
Sylvester Stallone Feels Robbed of an Ownership Stake in 'Rocky': 'I Was Furious'
I'm all for another Rocky movie and I'm all for that Rocky prequel TV show too. I think a Rocky prequel is a good idea. Just imagine what a young Rocky Balboa's life would have been like? They would need to hire a young actor to play a younger version of Rocky Balboa which that idea would be very intriguing really. They would also need a younger Paully, a younger Mickey and maybe a younger Apollo Creed too.
Anyhow, I respect Sly so much. I admire him for going through so many struggles in life and somehow managed to get back on top again. He's a pretty strong guy too. I also respect him for his honesty too 'cause not many actors admit that he's been in some pretty horrible films. Sly's not afraid to admit that he's been in some pretty bad movies. I would think it's safe to say that Sly has gotten much better at choosing his films, though.
MGM StudiosRockySylvester Stallone
Saw "Creed II" yesterday afternoon and I thought it was an incredible film… very well done film… I was impressed…
December 4, 2018 Kev Brock Leave a comment
So yesterday afternoon after I did my Christmas shopping, I went and finally saw "Creed II". I thought it was an incredible and very well done film. Like the blog title says, I was very impressed. It's definitely one of the best Rocky films in the series. Still won't top the 1st one but "Creed II" is definitely the second best Rocky film.
I thought the film was very well acted by the whole cast, very well written and very well directed too. It was an all around great movie so no complaints at all and it was definitely way better than the first "Creed" movie. They really stepped their game up with "Creed II".
Michael B. Jordan's acting skills has been heavily criticized for the past several years of his career and I can understand why 'cause I haven't been too thrilled with his acting skills lately. I thought Michael was really good in "Creed II", though. It seems he is getting better and better with his acting. I wasn't too thrilled with his acting in the first Creed movie but he was actually impressive in the second one. Michael was actually watchable this time.
In the past, a lot of people thought it would be a silly idea to bring Ivan Drago back but I think it's a great idea and it makes total sense to bring Drago back. As a matter of fact, I always knew that Drago would come back in a Rocky film in some way whether it would be for Rocky 7 or a prequel, reboot or a spinoff. It ended up being for a spinoff. I was really impressed witih Dolph Lundgren's acting in this movie too. He still plays Ivan Drago really well after all these years and Ivan talks a lot more in this one too. Even though Dolph was originally from Sweden, he's very good at getting the Russian accent down. Why is Dolph so good at playing a Russian character? It's because he played a lot of Russian characters in his direct-to-video action movies that he played in over the years. Dolph played a very good villain in the movie. Dolph still played a very scary and evil villain that you really wanted to hate just like in "Rocky IV".
The movie had plenty of flashbacks and memories from the earlier Rocky films which is what made it interesting. I won't spoil anything but the film did had a few surprising cameos.
The Creed spinoffs makes it looks like that it's about celebrating the history of Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa but the way I see the Creed films, not really. The films are about avenging the death of Apollo. I see these as revenge movies 'cause that's what they are technically. Adonis wanting to get revenge at Ivan Drago for killing his father.
"Creed II" was more powerful than the earlier Rocky films. The new film had more heart and it was a lot more sad and emotional. "Creed II" had too many mixed emotions while you watch it… it'll also make you happy, laugh at the comedic scenes and make you have a blast watching the training scenes and boxing matches.
As far as Sly's acting goes, he kills it like he always does really. Sly announced that "Creed II" will be the final time he'll be playing Rocky. "Creed III" will probably end up happening but it's going to be without Rocky sadly. That's understandable 'cause Sly is getting old. He feels he can no longer play the Rocky Balboa character anymore due to his age.
With all this being said, "Creed II" was an amazing film and I was blown away by it. Will the film land some Oscar nominations? I don't know, we'll see. I can see it getting nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and that's about it.
If you're a Rocky fan, you definitely gotta go see this one.
CreedMGM StudiosMichael B. JordNew Line CinemaRocky BalboaSteven Caple Jr.
Release date set for "Bond 25″… we won't see another Bond movie until Nov. of 2019…
Contrary to reports that claimed Daniel Craig is returning to Bond 25, it is not yet clear on whether or not he will return… if he was confirmed to come back then the studios would have announced it themselves. A release date set for Bond 25 will be Nov. 8th in 2019. A couple of writers has been confirmed and producer has been confirmed as well.
No director has been named yet so that basically means that Sam Mendes is definitely out; he won't be directing the third one. This also means that a new director will have to be signed for the director's chair for the next installment.
Will Daniel Craig return? Don't know… he hasn't said anything yet but I'm sure we'll hear from him soon. I hope Daniel returns for one more 'cause I really like him as Bond. Daniel is more exciting to watch than Pierce Brosnan. The only Pierce 007 movie I liked was "GoldenEye"; that film was actually a very good one!
Anyhow, no cast has been confirmed yet for Bond 25 but I'm positive Ralph Fiennes will return as M and I'm sure Naomi Harris will return as Moneypenny.
I do hope the writers will bring Christoph Waltz back as Blofeld 'cause that was a phenomenal performance. I think Bond 25 should be a continuation of Spectre and think it would be an interesting concept. The movie "Spectre" was a new introduction of Blofeld, giving you a hint that the character will appear in more films.
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#include "slb.h"
#include <assert.h>

PRIVATE int copy_file _PROTOTYPE((char *, char *, FILE *, FILE *));
PRIVATE int extract_module _PROTOTYPE((char *, char *, FILE *, FILE *));
PRIVATE int add_module _PROTOTYPE((LISTPTR));
#if 0
#undef DBG
#include <stdarg.h>
#define DBG(p1) dddd p1
void dddd(char *a, int b, char *s,...)
{
    va_list ap;
    fputs(a, stderr);

    va_start (ap, s);
    vfprintf (stderr, s, ap);
    fputc('\n', stderr);
    fflush(stderr);
    va_end (ap);
}
#endif

/*============================================================= SEARCH_LIST */
PUBLIC
LISTPTR search_list(modname)
/*          ~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Search the file list for the given modulename.  If found, return
 *  a pointer to the relevant list entry, otherwise NULL.
 *
 *  Any normalisation of the modulename passed as a parameter
 *  should have been done prior to calling this routine.
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
char *modname;
{
  LISTPTR ptr = filelist;

  DBG(("SEARCH_LIST", 0x801, "Enter: modname='%s'", modname));
  for (ptr = filelist; ptr; ptr = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next) {
    DBG(("SEARCH_LIST", 0x801, "... comparing against '%s'", ptr->module));
    if (!stricmp(modname, ptr->module)) {
      DBG(("SEARCH_LIST", 0x801, "Exit: ptr=%ld", modname));
      return (ptr);
    }
  }
  DBG(("SEARCH_LIST", 0x801, "Exit: NULL (not found)"));
  return ((LISTPTR)NULL);
}

/*=========================================================== REMOVE_LIST */
PUBLIC
int remove_list(modname)
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Remove the entry containing the given modulename from the file list
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
char *modname;
{
  LISTPTR ptr, oldptr = NULL;

  DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x801, "Enter: modname=%s", modname));
  for (ptr = filelist; ptr; ptr = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next) {
    DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x808, "... checking against %s", ptr->module));
    if (stricmp(modname, ptr->module)) {
      DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x808, "... but no match found"));
      oldptr = ptr;
      continue;
    }
    DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x808, "... match found, ptr=%ld", (long)ptr));
    /* Entry found - so remove from list */
    if (ptr == filelist) {
      DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x804, "... remove first in list"));
      filelist = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next;
      DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x804, "... new first in list is %ld", filelist));
    } else {
      DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x804, "... remove middle - oldptr=%ld", (long)oldptr));
      oldptr->node.next = ptr->node.next;
    }
    free((void *)ptr);
    DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x801, "Exit: OK"));
    return (0);
  }
  /* This point reached when list exhausted */
  DBG(("REMOVE_LIST", 0x801, "Exit: NOT FOUND"));
  return (1);
}

/*========================================================== GET_MODULENAME */
PUBLIC
int get_modulename(fp, modname)
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Get the module name from the file.
 *
 *  The file pointer should be pointing at the FB byte to start it, or
 *  something is wrong.
 *
 *  Leave the file pointer at the next character after the name - this
 *  may be comment data.
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FILE *fp;
char *modname;
{
  int n;
  char *ptr = modname;

  DBG(("GET_MODULENAME", 0x801, "Enter: filepos=%ld, EOF=%d", (long)ftell(fp), feof(fp)));
  if (Is_Sroff(fp)) {
    Skip_Chars(fp, (size_t)2);
    n = inchar(fp); /* Read length field */
    while (n--)
      *ptr++ = inchar(fp);
    *ptr = '\0'; /* NULL terminate */
    DBG(("GET_MODULENAME", 0x801, "Exit OK: modname='%s'", modname));
    return (0);
  }
  if (!feof(fp)) {
    DBG(("GET_MODULENAME", 0x801, "ERROR: Not an SROFF file !"));
    error(20);
  }
  DBG(("GET_MODULENAME", 0x801, "Exit EOF"));
  return (EOF);
}

/*============================================================ COPY_MODULE */
PUBLIC
int copy_module(modname, lbfp, newfp, lstfp)
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  This is the heart of the SLB librarian as this module is
 *  called eventually whatever options you have selected.
 *
 *  Copy a module between the source and target files.
 *  Also list the module to the listing file.
 *
 *  On entry, the file pointer should be positioned just after the
 *  modulename (but before any comments, etc following it).
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
char *modname;
FILE *lbfp;
FILE *newfp;
FILE *lstfp;
{
  char filename[100];

  DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x101, "Enter: modname='%s'", modname));
  incount = 0;
  if (lstfp) {
    if (nflag) {
      sprintf(filename, "%03d_", nflag);
      if (newfp || lstfp)
        nflag++;
    } else
      filename[0] = '\0';
    strcat(filename, modname);
    if (!has_extension(filename))
      strcat(filename, DEFAULT_EXT);
    lprintf("%s", filename);
    if (stricmp(filename, modname))
      lprintf("/%s", modname);
    lprintf("\n");
  }
  if (nflag && (newfp || lstfp))
    nflag++;

  if (newfp) {
    outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp);
    outchar(SROFF_SOURCE, newfp);
    outchar((char)strlen(modname), newfp);
    fputs(modname, newfp);
  }
  /*
  Now go into a big loop - reading the library file and only doing
  special actions on the special escape character 0xFB.  We need to
  take into account, though, that some of the fixed fields following
  a directive may contain 0xFB bytes.

  The actions are:
      0xFB 0x01 - New object file - followed by byte of name length
                  then name itself.
                  NOTE.   This should not happen at this point as the
                          module name should already have been passed
      0xFB 0x13 - End of object file. All other FB codes are internal
                  to linker.
      0xFB 0x07 - Special XDEF (may contain one of the above sequences !)
  */
  while ((inchar(lbfp)) != EOF) {
    switch (ch) {
    default:
      DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4008, "Default character $%02.2x", ch));
      outchar(ch, newfp);
      continue;
    case SROFF_FLAG:
      DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_FLAG character at file position %ld", (long)ftell(lbfp)));
      switch (inchar(lbfp)) {
      case SROFF_FLAG: /* two FB's together are a directive to output FB */
      case SROFF_COMMENT:
      default:
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_FLAG/COMMENT/default character"));
        /* Linker internal control */
        /*- put out the two characters read */
        outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp);
        outchar(ch, newfp);
        break;
      case SROFF_ORG:
      case SROFF_OFFSET:
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_ORG/OFFSET character"));
        /* Copy across the longword following */
        outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp);
        outchar(ch, newfp);
        Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)4);
        break;
      case SROFF_SECTION:
      case SROFF_DEFINE:
      case SROFF_COMMON:
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_SECTION/DEFINE/COMMON character"));
        /* Copy across the short-word id following */
        outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp);
        outchar(ch, newfp);
        Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)2);
        break;
      case SROFF_XDEF:
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_XDEF character"));
        /* Copy across string, then longword, and finally id */
        outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp);
        outchar(ch, newfp);
        Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)1);  /* string length byte */
        Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)ch); /* ... now the string */
        Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)6);
        break;
      case SROFF_END: /* End of object module */
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_END character"));
        outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp);
        outchar(ch, newfp);
        incount = 0;
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x101, "Exit (SROFF_END found): modname='%s'", modname));
        return (0);
      case SROFF_SOURCE:
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_SOURCE character"));
        error(18, ftell(lbfp));
        __attribute__((fallthrough));
      case SROFF_XREF:
        DBG(("COPY_MODULE", 0x4004, "SROFF_XREF character"));
        outchar(SROFF_FLAG, newfp); /* Output the directive */
        outchar(SROFF_XREF, newfp);
        Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)(4 + 1)); /* Copy longword/trunc rule */
        for (;;) {
          /* Copy <op><id> combinations until another 0xFB */
          Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)1); /* <op> */
          if (ch == SROFF_FLAG)
            break;
          Copy_Chars(newfp, lbfp, (size_t)2); /* <id> */
        }                                     /* end of FOREVER loop */
        break;                                /* for case SROFF_XREF */
      }                                       /* end of SROFF_FLAG switch */
      break;
    } /* end of main switch */
  }   /* end of while loop */

  error(19);
  return (-1);
}

/*============================================================== COPY_FILE */
PRIVATE
int copy_file(filename, modname, lbfp, lstfp)
/*      ~~~~~~~~~
 *  Open the specified file, and then copy it to the library.
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
char *filename;
char *modname;
FILE *lbfp;
FILE *lstfp;
{
  int reply;
  FILE *newfp;
  char filemodulename[100];

  if (!(newfp = open_file(filename, "rb"))) {
    return (1);
  }
  get_modulename(newfp, filemodulename);
  reply = copy_module(modname, newfp, lbfp, lstfp);
  fclose(newfp);
  return (reply);
}

/*========================================================== EXTRACT_MODULE */
PRIVATE
int extract_module(filename, modname, lbfp, lstfp)
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  This creates a new output file, and extracts a single module
 *  from the library into it.
 *
 *  The source file pointer should be positioned just after the
 *  module name when this routine is entered.
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
char *filename;
char *modname;
FILE *lbfp;
FILE *lstfp;
{
  int reply = 0;
  FILE *newfp = (FILE *)NULL;
  char fullfilename[100];

  if (xflag) {
    if (nflag)
      sprintf(fullfilename, "%03d_", nflag);
    else
      fullfilename[0] = '\0';
    strcat(fullfilename, filename);
    if (!has_extension(filename))
      strcat(fullfilename, DEFAULT_EXT);
    if (!(newfp = open_file(fullfilename, "wb"))) {
      error(4, fullfilename);
    }
  }

  reply = copy_module(modname, lbfp, newfp, lstfp);
  if (newfp)
    fclose(newfp);
  return (reply);
}

/*============================================================= ADD_MODULE */
PRIVATE
int add_module(ptr)
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Add a module to the library
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
LISTPTR ptr;
{
  if (vflag) {
    eprintf("adding '%s", ptr->node.name);
    if (stricmp(ptr->node.name, ptr->module))
      eprintf("/%s", ptr->module);
    eprintf("'\n");
  }
  return (copy_file(ptr->node.name, ptr->module, newlibfp, listfp));
}

/*============================================================ CREATE_MODE */
PUBLIC
int create_mode()
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Create a new library file by continually adding modules to the end
 *  until the file list is exhausted.
 *
 *  NOTE.. This routine is also called by the add function.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
{
  LISTPTR ptr;

  for (ptr = filelist; ptr; ptr = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next) {
    add_module(ptr);
  }
  return (0);
}

#if 0
/*============================================================== ADD_MODE */
PUBLIC
int     Add_Mode ()
/*      ~~~~~~~~
 *  Add modules to an existing library.
 *
 *  Check that these modules are not already be present in the
 *  library.
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
{
    short  errors = 0;
    char    modulename[100];

    /*
     Scan through library to check modules not already present
     */
    while (get_modulename(libfp, modulename) != EOF) {
        if (search_list(modulename)) {
            eprintf ("module %s already exists in library\n",modulename);
            errors++;
        }
        copy_module (modulename, libfp, NULL, listfp);
    }
    /*
     * Now use "create" function to add to end of library
     */
    return (errors ? -1 : create_mode());
}
#endif

/*============================================================ DELETE_MODE */
PUBLIC
int delete_mode()
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Delete modules from an existing library.
 *
 *  If any modules are not found, then report the fact.
 *  Do not abort the run, however, and continue by deleting
 *  what routines you can.
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
{
  LISTPTR ptr;
  char modname[100];
  int deletecount = 0;

  while (get_modulename(libfp, modname) != EOF) {
    if (search_list(modname)) {
      if (vflag)
        eprintf("deleting %s\n", modname);
      copy_module(modname, libfp, NULL, NULL);
      remove_list(modname);
    } else {
      copy_module(modname, libfp, newlibfp, listfp);
    }
  }
  for (ptr = filelist; ptr; ptr = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next) {
    eprintf("Module %s not deleted (not found)\n", ptr->module);
  }
  return (deletecount);
}

/*=============================================================== REPLACE */
PUBLIC
int replace_mode()
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Replace modules in an existing library.
 *
 *  If they are not present, then merely add them at the end.
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
{
  LISTPTR ptr;
  char modname[100];
  int reply = 0;

  DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x41, "Enter"));
  while (get_modulename(libfp, modname) != EOF) {
    DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "next module = '%s', stackreport=%ld", modname, 0));
    if ((ptr = search_list(modname))) {
      DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "replacing module '%s'", modname));
      if (vflag) {
        eprintf("replacing %s", modname);
        if (stricmp(modname, ptr->node.name))
          eprintf(" from file '%s'", ptr->node.name);
        eprintf("\n");
      }
      DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "... start by skipping original"));
      copy_module(modname, libfp, NULL, NULL);
      DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "... then new one from '%s'", ptr->node.name));
      copy_file(ptr->node.name, modname, newlibfp, listfp);
      DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "... then remove entry from list"));
      remove_list(modname);
    } else {
      DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "copying original module '%s'", modname));
      copy_module(modname, libfp, newlibfp, listfp);
    }
    DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "module completed - go for next"));
  }
  DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "Finished replace phase.  filelist=%ld", (long)filelist));
  for (ptr = filelist; ptr; ptr = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next) {
    DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x44, "add module '%s'"));
    reply += add_module(ptr);
  }
  DBG(("REPLACE_MODE", 0x41, "Exit: reply=%d", reply));
  return (reply);
}

/*=========================================================== EXTRACT_MODE */
PUBLIC
int extract_mode()
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Take any modules specified out of the main library into individual
 *  files.
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
{
  LISTPTR ptr;
  char modname[100];
  int reply = 0;

  while (get_modulename(libfp, modname) != EOF) {
    if ((ptr = search_list(modname))) {
      if (vflag && actions) {
        eprintf("extracting '%s", ptr->node.name);
        if (stricmp(modname, ptr->node.name))
          eprintf("/%s'", modname);
        eprintf("\n");
      }
      reply += extract_module(ptr->node.name, modname, libfp, listfp);
      remove_list(modname);
    } else {
      reply += copy_module(modname, libfp, NULL, listfp);
    }
  }
  for (ptr = filelist; ptr; ptr = (LISTPTR)ptr->node.next) {
    eprintf("Module %s not extracted (not found)\n", ptr->node.name);
  }
  return (filelist == (LISTPTR)NULL ? reply : -1);
}

/*============================================================= SPLIT_MODE */
PUBLIC
int split_mode()
/*      ~~~~~~~~~~
 *  Take all modules specified out of the main library into individual
 *  files.
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
{
  int reply = 0;
  char modname[100];

  while (get_modulename(libfp, modname) != EOF) {
    reply += extract_module(modname, modname, libfp, listfp);
    if (vflag && (!tflag))
      eprintf("extracted %s\n", modname);
  }
  return (reply);
}


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Shwaasa Yoga Institute takes immense pride in presenting you the beginner's level of Yoga training program. Aimed at introducing the students to various authentic elements of Yoga, the program is an opportunity to dig deep into the depths of this ancient science and evolve into a cultivated yoga teacher. The Yoga certification in Nepal marks the dawn of a yogic career in the life of a yogi. The Yoga Alliance accredited school offers the 200 RYT certificate to all those who successfully complete the YTTC.
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PLENTY OF REASONS NOT TO TRUST STATE GOVERNMENT
FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014, OR THEREAFTER
Californians don't trust their state government. That's nothing really new, but right now there's as much cause for distrust as ever before in modern times.
There is, of course, the scandal that sees three indicted or convicted state senators under suspension after accusations of political corruption, gun-running and/or perjury, all refusing to resign. This leaves millions of Californians without Senate representation while the unconnected cases drag on and other senators refuse to expel their disgraced colleagues.
Then there's the behavior of the Senate's top officer, President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Sacramento Democrat who has vocalized in favor of action to regain the public trust in his tainted house of the Legislature. But what he's actually done so far is order his staff to delete the bulk of the official websites of the three troubled senators, wiping the Internet clean of their press releases, some records of their votes and the list of bills they've authored.
This makes it harder for the average citizen without hours to spend at it to track connections between bribes and votes, giving rise to speculation that Senate leaders are trying to protect their disgraced pals.
And there's Steinberg's designated successor, Los Angeles Democrat Kevin de Leon, due to assume the Senate's top slot when Steinberg is termed out later this year. He is mentioned 47 times in the 124-page FBI affidavit (https://archive.org/stream/813027-sealed-fbi-affidavit-supporting-search-of/813027-sealed-fbi-affidavit-supporting-search-of_djvu.txt) in the case against suspended Sen. Ron Calderon of Montebello. De Leon reportedly also brokered a sequence seeing Calderon pull out of a run for chairman of the Legislature's Latino Caucus, while $25,000 went from a caucus-aligned committee to a consulting firm owned by Calderon's brother, Tom, himself a former state senator.
In short, the Senate – specifically its big Democratic majority – wants the public's trust but kills public information and doesn't let questions about de Leon derail his progress toward its leadership. Not the usual way to earn trust.
So who can be surprised that a new Gallup Poll of 600 Californians shows only 49 percent with either a fair amount or a great deal of trust for their state government. That makes this one of just seven states where more people distrust their government than trust it.
Remarkably, even in New Jersey, home to the scandal-ridden Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a majority of the public trusts state government.
And it's not just charges of corruption that spur voters not to trust California government. There's also performance. The Gallup survey came within days of a report that the Los Angeles area has seen no net increase in the number of jobs over the last 25 years. Zero. That's despite a population increase of more than 10 percent and the emergence of hundreds of high-tech startups in the coastal area now known as "Silicon Beach." Not much achievement there by either state or local government.
There's also the growing public disenchantment with the California High Speed Rail project, where hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent so far without construction of an inch of track. When voters approved the project six years ago via Proposition 1A, it was clear the only way to achieve the promised two hour, forty minute travel time between Los Angeles and San Francisco would be to follow the Interstate 5 corridor much of the way.
But that route never got serious consideration, with state planners insisting they would buy up prime farmland in Kern, Kings, Fresno and Madera counties while building pricey railroad stations in Bakersfield, Fresno and Merced, where not many passengers figure to board or detrain. It's a classic bait-and-switch that has turned off even some of the original promoters of bullet trains in California.
And there's the state Public Utilities Commission, consistently setting rates at levels designed to benefit big utility companies at the expense of their customers.
Step back and look at the full picture and you see a government that hasn't grown jobs, hasn't kept its word on the biggest proposed project in two generations, doesn't look out for consumers and works to protect its own.
Does an outfit like this deserve much trust?
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Nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center, Hi-Desert Medical Center plan to strike Sept. 20
Nicole Hayden
Registered nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree plan to strike on Sept. 20 to urge hospital management for better working conditions.
The one-day strike was announced Tuesday after the California Nurses Association and management at Tenet, the parent company of the two hospitals, failed to resolve ongoing labor disputes. By law, the union had to give the hospitals a 10-day notice of the planned strike.
At the bargaining table, nurses are asking for a better contract proposal in order to retain and attract experienced nurses. The contract proposal needs to address salary and benefit needs, but also issues such as fair breaks, meals and on-call hours, said nurses under the union.
"If you have a really good contract proposal, nurses will stay," said Amy Gutierrez, a Desert Regional nurse who works with cardiac patients. Gutierrez has worked at the hospital for 20 years.
"We always advocate for safe optimal patient care and if we retain enough nurses then we will be able to have enough staff to make sure we all have meals and rest breaks," Gutierrez said. "We are trying to get actual break nurses — that's real important to us — to make sure we aren't over-using on-call staff. We want to make sure nurses have enough time to get rest in between cases and shifts even when on-call."
The 921 registered nurses at the Palm Springs and Joshua Tree hospitals are members of the California Nurses Association union and are in ongoing contract negotiations. Nurses at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, also a Tenet hospital and under the Desert Care Network, will not participate in the strike because they are represented by a different union, the Service Employees International Union.
The CNA strike spans numerous Tenet hospitals across the country, including sites in Arizona, Florida and other areas of California. Nurses in Texas will not strike but will hand out informational flyers and conduct outreach to encourage conditions for better patient care.
About 5,500 registered nurses in total at 12 hospitals will strike during for a full day on the Sept. 20.
"Our absolute priority as nurses is to provide excellent care to our patients," Janice Ames, a registered nurse at one of the Tenet hospitals, said in a statement. "With this strike action we are expressing our unity and commitment to win the conditions that support this goal."
During the Sept. 20 strike, Tenet said it will call in replacement nurses to cover the shifts.
"We have been negotiating in good faith with union representatives over the last few months in an effort to reach a new contract," Todd Burke, Tenet Healthcare communications director for California, said in a statement. "We are disappointed that the union is taking this approach. We have made progress toward a new contract and will continue to negotiate in hopes of reaching a successful resolution."
"We value our relationship with all our employees and we are committed to resolving the contract negotiations. While we respect the nurses' right to strike, patients and their loved ones can be assured that our patients will continue to be cared for by qualified replacement registered nurses and other caregivers during any strike action. We remain focused on providing safe, quality care to our patients," Burke said.
This isn't the union's first push for better working conditions.
On May 28, nurses at eight Tenet hospitals in California, including Desert Regional Medical Center, held an "informational picket … urging management to invest in nursing staff," according to a prior news release from the CNA, which is affiliated with National Nurses United.
Less than five years ago, nurses at Desert Regional filed numerous complaints with the state claiming the hospital underpaid them for overtime and missed breaks and contending they were each owed thousands of dollars. Tenet ended up paying about $8 million to registered nurses to compensate them for more than 140,000 missed meal breaks at eight California hospitals between 2016 and 2018.
The nurses argued that aside from the desire the be compensated fairly, they were concerned the working conditions were leading to poor patient care because staff was overworked. The amount of "on-call" overtime hours those registered nurses have been working after their regular shift hours has continued to increase over the past half-decade, they claim.
When a nurse is on-call, he or she is required to return to the hospital within 30 minutes if called. This practice includes calling nurses in to work after they already worked an entire shift and before they have had enough rest between shifts, according to the CNA.
In 2018, Tenet nurses in California worked more than two full weeks of overtime from this "on call" practice. Since 2016, this trend has increased 48%, according to a union analysis.
Gutierrez said that while working conditions have slightly improved since the payment for uncompensated hours in 2018, there still aren't enough nurses to cover the demand at the hospitals. Fewer nurses means those who are still on staff have to pick up extra hours.
"We know that if nurses are well-nourished and rested they will provide the most optimal and safest patient care and that is what we are advocating for," said Gutierrez. "It is our goal to advocate for our patients both at their bedside and at the bargaining table."
Sept. 20 strikes in California
Joshua Tree: Hi-Desert Medical Center, 7:00 a.m-6:59 a.m.
Los Alamitos: Los Alamitos Medical Center, 7:00 a.m. – 6:59 a.m., Rally 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m
Modesto: Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, 7:00 a.m. – 6:59 a.m., Rally 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Palm Springs: Desert Regional Medical Center, 7:00 a.m. – 6:59 a.m., Rally 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
San Luis Obispo: Sierra Vista Regional Med Center, 7:00 a.m. – 6:59 a.m.
San Ramon: San Ramon Regional Medical Center, 7:00 a.m. – 6:59 a.m., Rally 12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m.
Templeton: Twin Cities Community Hospital, 7:00 a.m – 6:59 a.m.
Turlock: Emanuel Medical Center, 6:45 a.m. – 6:44 a.m., Rally 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
More:Tenet makes $319M to $380M bid to purchase Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs
Riverside County delivers final denial to Paradise Valley, a proposed new 'town' near Joshua Tree Contractor fired, lawsuits filed over long-delayed Andaz hotel development in Palm Springs The Inland Empire is booming, but not for the women who live there A luxurious surf park is proposed for an impoverished part of the desert. Some residents are crying foul
Desert Sun reporter Nicole Hayden covers health, healthcare and homelessness in the Coachella Valley. She can be reached at Nicole.Hayden@desertsun.com or (760) 778-4623. Follow her on Twitter @Nicole_A_Hayden.


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San Francisco's Most Expensive Listing is a Replica of Marie Antoinette's Private Getaway
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Posted By: Marty E. September 15, 2014
With an asking price of 18 million dollars, you'd expect to be impressed—even in San Francisco, where a mediocre 1,100 square-foot row house goes for over a million bucks. Fortunately, this listing does indeed impress.
From the description:
Originally constructed in 1902 as a stunning replica of the Le Petit Trianon in Versailles France, 3800 Washington Street is San Francisco Landmark 95 and one of the City's most grand estates.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the original Petit Trianon:
Upon his accession to the throne in 1774, the 20-year-old Louis XVI gave the château and its surrounding park to his 19-year-old Queen Marie Antoinette for her exclusive use and enjoyment. Marie longed to escape Louis and his court, and he gave her just the place… Marie Antoinette thought of the Petit Trianon as a 'sacred place', so she never had visitors. Swiss guards, gardeners, and maids never followed her there.
It doesn't seem like this version would be much of an "escape," given its placement on just over half an acre smack in the middle of Presidio Heights. Although Presidio Heights is "San Francisco's most exclusive neighborhood" according to the listing agent, so there is that.
Most listings where the listing agent uses terms like "grand," "soaring," "copious," "stunning," and "irreplaceable" are barely even worth one such superlative.
I don't think it's going out on much of a limb to say that this listing is an exception to that rule.
Listing: 3800 Washington St., San Francisco, CA 94118
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5 Comments on "San Francisco's Most Expensive Listing is a Replica of Marie Antoinette's Private Getaway"
Anodean | September 16, 2014 at 8:11 AM |
Does anyone know what "Trianon" means in French?
On account of, if this is a little one, I wouldn't want to be run over by a big one, ne cest pas. [<Ignorfrench for "No sirree."]
Anodean | September 16, 2014 at 1:01 PM |
@Anodean: Ah, just in case of any possible misunderstanding, the term "ignorfrench" for my stilted attempts at the most beautiful of languages was meant as a self-deprecating shorthand for "my ignorance of French."
Emerald63 | September 16, 2014 at 2:42 PM |
@Anodean: According to answers.com…
Q: "What is the meaning of the word 'Trianon'?"
A: "It doesn't really have a meaning, it is an actual name, though in either French or Spanish, "Trianon" suggests a special place with pleasant surroundings, beauty and balance."
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_the_word_Trianon
According to the specialty site Tea at Trianon, The Trianon was a pre-existing tea house built by Louis XIV for his mistress, which was redecorated in the porcelain-clad style of a famous tea house reported on by some of the first official visitors to return from China. The idea caught on and soon everyone wanted one, even if they didn't have the means. The Mercure Galant, the first periodical geared towards women's interests, noted that even those much further down the social ladder (burghers) tried their hand. The MG article used the faddish term "Trianon" in jest to refer to these inferior attempts. It then became synonymous with "Hermitage" which in actuality referred to a rustic retreat used for contemplation, a la hermits. – http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2008/02/trianon-de-porcelaine.html
We still don't have a derivation for the term, but we do now know why it may sometimes be used to label something different than that for which it was originally intended. But then again, The Hermitage in St. Petersburg ain't too shabby itself.
Remember the mansion that looked like a museum on the outside? (https://looneylisting.com/2014/09/05/live-in-a-desert-museum-for-8m/) I think we've just met its interior cousin. With the marble-clad everything, the center court skylights, and the "X" over "+" style metal railings (Pics 4-9), we could be in any number of museums and the rooms beyond the atrium are appropriate for the staff of some high profile "Society" or even a top level charity.
What it doesn't look like, inside or out, is a home. (For that we need to look at the "guest house." Better size, better day-to-day amenities, etc.) Sadly, the main house (if the floor plans are to be trusted) has abysmal kitchen and bath facilities, with but ONE bathtub in the entire place! All that marble, and only one bathtub… (O_o) Retrofitting anything inside such a pile of rock (maybe even structural masonry?) would not be easy or cheap.
Another oddity – the google streetview, with a 2014 copyright watermark, shows nasty looking weeds on the public sidewalks. Other lawns in the area are well kept, so I don't think it's the city dropping the ball. Also, the large amount of ivy on the facade seems dead. It's obviously not winter in the pics so, again, what gives? If they can't be bothered to mow the weeds, what else has fallen into (perhaps much more expensive) disrepair?
Not an easy place to live in, let alone feel at home in, and possibly not well kept. No thanks. I'll wait to enjoy it for just a few hours (and just a few dollars) until it opens as a museum.
@Emerald63: Thank you! I keenly enjoy the education I receive here. :D
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Last year, we celebrated the 100th birthday of our landmarked home at 1208 Surf Avenue. Now, we're setting our sights on the next century. Join Coney Island USA as we "Raise the Roof" at our 2018 fall fundraiser – and help ensure that our beloved building – home to the Freak Bar, the Coney Island Museum, and the Sideshows by the Seashore Theater – remains a stable presence in the People's Playground for years to come. Proceeds from the "Raise the Roof" benefit will help fund vital structural repairs to our landmarked headquarters at 1208 Surf Avenue.
Immerse yourself in the essence of Coney Island as you enter the evening's "vintage circus," where go-go dancers, palm readers, contortionists, jugglers, stilt-walkers, magicians, and other entertainers roam freely. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks from our friends at the Coney Island Brewery, Deep Eddy Vodka, and The Green Fairy. Take in some themed music, special "speakeasy" performances, silent movies, and an array of novelty items from Denny Daniel's Museum of Interesting Things. Meet our incredible artist-in-residence Marie Roberts and get a glimpse behind-the-scenes at her on-site studio.
Our fall fundraiser is a rare opportunity to experience the wonders of old Coney Island… with an eye on the future. Come raise the roof with us!
Coney Island USA gratefully acknowledges the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, whose generous funding made possible the purchase of our landmark building. Thanks also to Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York City Councilman Mark Treyger, and former New York City Councilman Dominic Recchia.


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Pembrokeshire based Western Solar Ltd announced their intention today to build Wales' first Solar Hamlet at Glanrhyd in North Pembrokeshire based on their award winning Ty Solar zero energy home, exclusively for people local to the North Pembrokeshire area.
A development application has been lodged by Western Solar Ltd with Pembrokeshire National Parks for consideration to convert the former garage at Glanrhyd to erect six homes. The houses will be manufactured at Brynawelon Farm near Croft by a newly established eco factory that intends to meet, what it hopes will be, growing demand for zero energy housing.
The prototype which stands at Rhosygilwen was inaugurated by the First Minister Carwyn Jones last year and the company has since been engaged in gearing up its production facilities and finding a suitable site for what will be a showcase for rural contemporary sustainable living in the 21st century.
Occupants of the Ty Solar home will be offered an attractive package of free services to address many of the problems of rising energy costs and transport and communications. In addition to free energy, the new super broadband and sewage, residents will be offered low energy kitchen appliances and a subsidized electric car sharing scheme to slash the cost of short distance commuting to nearby Cardigan and Newport.
The south facing homes all enjoy passive solar gain and their triple glazed windows and 11" insulated walls give them a top A energy rating which few new houses enjoy in the area. The integrated solar PV roofs will provide more than enough all year round energy to meet domestic demand.
The homes are constructed with timber sourced from Wales and the surrounding national parks and supported by a strong network of local suppliers. Western Solar will create 10 jobs before the end of the year with at least half of them being apprentices. Further job creation will result with third party suppliers such as Thomas Joinery in Bynberian who intend to supply the company with its highly specified windows and doors.
Further details regarding availability of the units will be published in the local press towards the end of this year subject to the scheme being approved by Pembrokeshire National Parks in June.


Fourth-seed Maryland rolls over 13th-seed Quinnipiac - Women's College Basketball - Are You Watching This?!
Mar 23, 2013 - 7:35 PM College Park, MD (Sports Network) - Tianna Hawkins and Alyssa Thomas each registered double-doubles for the fourth-seed Maryland Terrapins as they cruised to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 72-52 victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats at the Comcast Center.
Hawkins had 23 points and 16 rebounds and Thomas finished with 29 points and 13 boards for Maryland (25-7). Alicia DeVaughn brought in a game-high 17 rebounds and Katie Rutan collected 11 boards as well for the Terps who await fifth-seed Michigan State.
Felicia Barron tacked on 13 points and collected seven steals for Quinnipiac (30-3).
Thomas scored 12 points in the first half as the Terrapins held a 27-23 lead going into the break. Maryland shot just 38.7 percent during the period but held the Bobcats to 28.1 percent.
Hawkins had a double-double in the second half alone when she scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Maryland pulled away by netting 45.7 percent from the field. Quinnipiac shot a dismal 19 percent from the field in the final period.
Maryland had a 59-41 edge on the boards and a 46-14 advantage on points in the paint. The Terrapins overcome 25 turnovers in the win.


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We are currently accredited with ISO 9001: 2000 for quality and ISO 9001: 2004 for environmental and these policies are maintained at all levels within the company.
All of our technicians are trade qualified and have successfully completed an approved refrigerant handling competence assessment and are registered in the ACRIB Refrigerant Handling Register. Our technicians are trained in the current Health & Safety Legislation and hold valid SCATS (Safety Competency Assessed Training Scheme) cards.


Entries are now open for Round 3 which is being held at Symmons plains Raceway, 2nd July. Regs, Briefing Notes & Entry form attached. All information pertaining to the event including payment information can be found in the attached regulations.
Entries will be $150. Entries received after 5pm Wednesday 29th June will be $170, including entries received on the day. Due to a considerable increase in our track hire we have increased the entry fee by $10, to try and off set this price rise a little.
As per last round we will be running the wild card entry system for the top 15 and 16 position. We will be having a 2 hour practice session in the morning (10am - 12pm) and there will be no free session in the afternoon. Qualifying will run between 12pm and 1pm. There will be an hour for lunch between 1pm and 2pm during which time we will hold the Drift-Khana Comp along the front straight. (You can decide on the day if you wish to enter the drift-khana).
The battles will kick off at 2pm, at which time we will be running the new wild card system in which 15th/16th place will be left open for wild card driver. At the beginning of the battles, we will hold a top 8 competition between the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st & 22nd qualifiers. The winner and runner up of these battles will go through to take up 15th & 16th position in the main competition.
You will be required to run the windscreen banners issued at Tas Drift Festival. The first one issued to you is free, so if you didnt enter Tas Drift Festival or round 2 you will receive one at Round 3. If you need a replacement for any reason they can be purchased for $15 at sign in.
Also, just letting you know that Drifting Tasmania now have embroidered hoodies for $65 each in womens & mens all different colours and heaps of sizes. If you wish to order one in time for Round 2, please email me or give me a call for more info.
are you able to right click and save the promo flyer above and then print that one out?


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GALLERY OF FURNITURE by CHYBIK+KRISTOF.
The new furniture showroom is located on the outskirts of a housing estate in Brno. The current building does not suit its proposed function from a formal point of view. The concept has two sides, the first of which involves work with the interior and a focus on the presentation of a wide range of products, which the company either produces or distributes. The large indoor space is segmented by a system of spaces which are defined by sling curtains. The second side of the concept solves the design of facilities for staff consisting of offices, warehouse and technical and sanitary facilities. The new outdoor shell is formed by a structure of chairs of the company´s production.
Client: MY DVA group a.s.