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Evan Dossey February 13, 2018 June 26, 2020
There's a lot to be said for Black Panther, much of it already available elsewhere, conveyed by writers and reviewers and audience members whose personal connection to the movie is much stronger than mine. So I don't have a whole lot of interest trying to speak for them. That's not this review.
The movie has a political energy that its other Marvel Cinematic Universe brethren lack, a sense of existing in the here-and-now. Where it fails, it fails of a kind with the other movies, but never to the same degree. Where it soars? It brings the entire enterprise up a level and then some, with a keener eye for character development, villainous motivation and world building.
Black Panther is a direct sequel to 2016's Captain America: Civil War, which introduced T'Challa, new King of the hidden African nation of Wakanda. Wakanda is the richest, most technologically advanced nation on Earth. Their access to Vibranium (the alien metal in Captain America's shield and the metal the Avengers tussled with Ultron over in 2015's Age of Ultron) allowed them to jump ahead of every other country while also keeping their developments cloaked from the rest of the world. The previous movie gave us T'Challa's first mission as the Black Panther, the super-powered dual-identity wielded by Wakanda's King to protect the nation from outsiders and usurpers. Black Panther takes T'Challa, and the audience, back to Wakanda, where the political dynamics of the isolated nation, and the debate over what role it could — or should — play in the international community, cause problems for the King.
Because it is a sequel, the narrative structure of Black Panther — co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) — is freed from the expository burden of a traditional superhero origin story and instead uses the space for first-act exposition to flesh out Wakandan culture. There are five tribes; four living in the main city or its outskirts with one divorced from the rest, which lives in the mountains surrounding the nation. Trial by combat is a practiced tradition to determine the leader of the nation. The Panther Cult is the predominant ruling tribe. They worship Bast, and the person who carries the mantle of Black Panther drinks from the "heart-shaped herb," which endows both superhuman strength and spiritual enlightenment. The Panther, as ruler, is also the avatar of Wakanda. His or her family is protected by the all-woman warrior guard called the Dora Milaje. Although isolated, the Wakandans have spies in every country on Earth, keeping track of threats to their country and cataloging the development of the outside world.
The exposition is mostly delivered effortlessly as T'Challa officially becomes King. We meet his ex-girlfriend, the spy Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o); his warrior friend, Okoye (Danai Gurira), who leads the Dora Milaje; his mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), and his sister, Tony Stark-level genius Shuri (Letitia Wright, who steals every one of her scenes). Unlike other worlds presented by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Wakanda feels fleshed out, fully existing as a place in the present with real political turmoil. It's what they should have done with Asgard. Wakanda is a country whose inhabitants' stories are as important as T'Challa's. Black Panther represents Wakanda in the fictional realm of the MCU, so it's fitting his movie is truly about the nation itself.
A hero is only as good as is villain, and Michael B. Jordan is electric as antagonist Erik Killmonger, a former U.S. Special Ops soldier whose knowledge of Wakanda hides a dark national secret. Jordan has always been Coogler's not-so-secret weapon, and he's unleashed here in full fury. Comparisons have been made to Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight (as will every villain in one of these movies, forever), and, sure, performance-wise that is absolutely the case. But Killmonger is a villain whose motivations are much more sympathetic, whose pain is real and whose vision for Wakanda challenges every single character in the film in unique ways. It's an ensemble film, but his performance is the true standout.
Other notable performances, for the sake of completion: Martin Freeman is back as Everett Ross, and he's fine. Andy Serkis is back as Ulysses Klaue and is impossible not to enjoy.
My review of Thor: Ragnarok touched on that movie's dalliance with actual thematic depth through Thor's realization that the dark colonial past of Asgard had to be destroyed to move his culture forward. That film never really commits to being about that, though. Black Panther does. It's explicitly about, well, a number of very relevant political themes I don't want to spoil. It is, more than Ragnarok, truly a battle for the soul of a nation with competing political perspectives on how it should move forward. Ragnarok and Panther both deal with new kings coming to grips with their fathers' sins, learning what it means to lead and finding a path forward for their people under the shadow of colonial impulses. They're an interesting thematic duo, and perhaps a broader (and minimally spoiler-ific) lesson to take from both is that Marvel Studios, as a company, is working hard to translate the more archaic elements of its 1960s-based storytelling into the more complex moral universe of contemporary popular culture.
And yet I mentioned "where it fails." One problem Marvel has run into is that its stories and characters are so charming and interesting that the requisite action set pieces sometimes feel overlong and superfluous. I've long been an apologist because Marvel has done such a good job creating action sequences that still convey character and story, but nonetheless several sequences felt like they could have been cut further down here. It's a matter of taste. Certainly the final action sequence needed to (and does) provide payoff for a half-dozen characters, but it still feels longer than necessary. It is not the worst offender in their oeuvre, but the world of Wakanda is so fleshed out and interesting, the characters so well-defined and insightful, that I would have enjoyed more of them sitting around, talking, debating, emoting.
Again, there are other writers and critics who can speak for what Black Panther means to black audiences and women audiences, and everyone else who is now represented by an A-list superhero movie, and even more writers who will talk about how Black Panther is the perfect movie to kick off the 10th year of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, pushing the franchise into newer, more challenging stories. You should find those articles. They're everywhere, and insightful. Those aren't my articles to write. My bottom line is that Black Panther is a great entry into the franchise and a great movie in its own right, a unique take on the characters and a broadening of what superhero movies can take on. Highly recommended.
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The students approached the dining room at the Montefiore Club on Guy St. cautiously, as though it was a minefield. Employers are increasingly using the dining room as a hiring venue, and these students were about to learn how to wield their knife, fork and wine glass with aplomb. They were attending a session on business dining etiquette.
Yitian Su, an urban studies student, exercises her napkin at a workshop held by Alumni Relations on the finer points of business dining etiquette.
Turn your cell phone off for a business cocktail or meal, etiquette expert Monique Lallier told them. Don't offer your business card unless you're asked for it. When you receive a card, look at it before putting it away. It's better not to greet an old client with a two-cheeked Quebec kiss, especially in front of the boss.
Arrive on time if the meal is in a restaurant, but if it's at a private home, delay your arrival between 10 and 20 minutes. Serve the ladies first. Don't start eating until everyone else is served and your host starts — unless you're at a big dinner where waiters are rushing about with plates. In that case, you can start after at least four or five people at your table have been served; otherwise, the food will get cold. Hold your wine glass by the stem so as not to overheat it — unless it's cognac, in which case you want to cradle it to warm it.
This was complicated stuff, and the students had many questions. When can we start talking business, a student wanted to know. It depends on the length of the meal, Lallier answered. Right away at breakfast, just after the order is placed at lunch, but take your time at dinner.
The students complied, some of them awkwardly. They were used to the American style: cutting the meat, then transferring the fork to the right hand and using it like a shovel. What do I do if my boss eats that way? one student wondered. Just don't stare at him, Lallier said.
While table manners are culturally based, she told the students that they are based on simplicity, sanitation, security and social ease. Don't put your purse or eyeglasses on the table, because they might be unclean. When you get up to go to a buffet table, put your napkin on your chair, for the same reason. Wipe your mouth after taking a sip of wine. Women should put their purses under their chair so the waiter doesn't trip on them.
This was the last of five related workshops for students given by the university's Alumni Relations office. Many of the students were recent arrivals in Canada.
Oatlhotse Gaborone, an engineering student from Botswana, said he was intrigued to learn in the session on personal finance that if he starts saving now, he could be rather well off by the time he retires. Ziyan Lu, an accountancy student, enjoyed the session on dressing for success.


It was a surprise to many when the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear New Jersey's challenge to the federal ban on sports betting.
The case will be argued in the fall, when the justices said they will review a lower court ruling that prohibits sports betting at casinos and racetracks in New Jersey -- and ultimately in most states in the country under the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. That was 25 years ago and the same year as the first casino opened in Biloxi.
Sports betting is legal, however, in Nevada and to an extent in three other states that had some form of sports betting before the federal law was passed.
The American Gaming Association has relentlessly pushed to get Congress to repeal PASPA, recently establishing an American Sports Betting Coalition to build a system that protects the rights of states and fans and the integrity of sports. Geoff Freeman, AGA president and CEO, said Tuesday he believes the Supreme Court decision to review the law increases the likelihood of congressional hearings on the law this fall. A Supreme Court decision could come as late as this time next year, he said.
A decision in favor of New Jersey would be a big opportunity for Mississippi, which is one of five states that supported New Jersey in asking the Supreme Court to hear the case.
The Mississippi Legislature took another step this year to give the state a competitive advantage, said Rep. Scott DeLano, R-Biloxi. House Bill 967 legalized fantasy sports in Mississippi and also opened the door for sports betting.
"We did make modifications to Gaming Control Act that would allow for the Gaming Commission to regulate sports betting if it were ever to be overturned at the federal level," he said.
Since the Mississippi Legislature has already determined that sports betting is legal, that puts the state ahead of the game should the Supreme Court declare the federal law against sports betting unconstitutional and leave it for states to decide.
"I think that opens up an opportunity to offer it as a legal game," said Allen Godfrey, executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Sports betting would only be legal at a casino, he said, and as the state did when legalizing casinos, he believes Mississippi will look to Nevada as a good model of regulation for sport betting.
In terms of economic potential, "We feel this could be another 1990s for the state of Mississippi," DeLano said. That was a decade of boom in construction, jobs and tax revenue for Coast cities and state.
Mississippi is preparing to be among the first states to capture some of the $150 billion wagered each year in illegal sports betting should the federal ban end, he said.
"We want to be ready for any new investment that we can do in a responsible way," he said, and that includes a state lottery.
" I would be surprised if we don't get it this coming session," he said.
New Jersey state Sen. Raymond Lesniak, a Democrat who has led that state's effort to legalize sports gambling, told the Associated Press a win for the state would give an additional boost to casinos.
"Atlantic City is going to be packed when we win this case," said Lesniak, who first introduced legislation to overturn the ban in 2009. "Sports betting will lead to people staying for several days, not just playing a few hours and going home. During football season, the NCAA tournament, the World Cup, people will be flocking to Atlantic City to bet on them."


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Boost the recognition of cycling by handing David Beckham £150 000. That's the big idea of US-owned PR and political lobbying consultancy Golin Harris Ludgate, called in to make a presentation at yesterday's AGM of the Bicycle Association of GB. Ian Beasant of Giant had a more down-to-earth idea - £85k could fund a professional roadshow at mainstream public events that attract 1m consumers a year
Spend it like Beckham
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Amy Leonard of Golin Harris Ludgate had two plans. A long-term promotional campaign with a budget of £210 000 per year over five years (£120 000 in fees, £90 000 for school information packs), and a short-term filip for the industry by getting a major figure such as David Beckham to be seen astride a bike (on the plus side, he and Victoria bought a JCB bike for Brooklyn at Xmas but on the downside most professional footballers are banned from cycling because it's too "dangerous").
£150 000 would be the one-off fee to the celeb, £20 000 would be spent on support materials and Golin Harris would pocket £60 000.
Both of these campaigns could be funded by BA members if they stopped discounting their products, said Leonard in a disjointed presentation. AGM visitors listened politely and the post-presentation applause was respectful but there was little apparent enthusiasm for paying an outside agency a whopping retainer, plus a 'success fee', for a mish-mash of unfocussed ideas (to top it all even the tired 'virtuous circle' was wheeled out and dished up as fresh thinking).
There was also much potential for confusion as a key element of the long-term Golin Harris pro-cycling plan was to target schools with pro-cycling information packs. Laudable, of course, but getting schools turned on to cycling is already being implemented by both Sustrans and British Cycling.
However, Golin Harris Ludgate has impeccable political credentials. As well as clients such as Lego through to the John Lewis Partnership, it was Golin Harris Ludgate which ran the year 2000 London mayoral campaign of Steven Norris, the pro-cycling ex transport minister who helped get the National Cycling Strategy off the ground and who is now the first Chair of the National Cycling Strategy Board.
Ian Beasant's ideas were accepted more readily by those at the AGM, partly because they were relatively cheap to implement but also because they were tightly focussed, eminently achievable and could be run under the direct control of the industry. Beasent (seen below) wants the BA to organise a consumer-facing roadshow to be rolled out at major summer shows such as the Town and Country Festival (110 000 visitors) and the East of England Show (150 000 visitors).
Attending the ten shows he highlighted would get cycling in front of one million people over the year, said Beasant. His Pedal Power plan is based on the success of the Giant/IPC/SRAM roadshows of 2001 where Beasant saw at first hand the potential of taking cycling to a non-cycling audience. For £85 000 a year the BA could pay for an roadshow organiser, a well-equipped trailer full of pro-cycling information, and the kit to lay out a 200 sq m test track. Beasant believes the BA and 'stakeholders' could easily pool resources to raise £50 000 with commercial sponsorship making up the shortfall. The stakeholders in the Pedal Power roadshow would be the BA, the ACT, CTC, Sustrans and British Cycling.
"My experience last year shows this sort of roadshow works," said Beasent.
"Funding it costs a tiny amount compared to the visibility benefits a roadshow brings. There are lots of good things happening in cycling, but no bugger knows about it. This could be a start."
BA president Patrick Barker agreed, confirming that the set-up costs were minimal. He also upped the stakes by saying such a roadshow could take a central position at next year's The Outdoors Show. The ACT, CTC and a few bike companies attended this new NEC show earlier in the year, and reported good business being done.
"We could spend £50 000 and have a central presence at The Outdoors Show," said Barker.
"35 percent of those who attended the show included cycling as one of the outdoor activities they took part in. Two percent said it was their main sport. There's a huge potential to convert more outdoor people to cycling."
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Q: Counting Bipartitions Numerical evidence suggests that $p_2(n) \geq n p(n)$ for large $n$.
Here $p(n)$ is the number of partitions of $n$, and $p_2(n)$ is the number of bipartitions of $n$, i.e., ordered pairs of partitions $(\alpha,\beta)$ with $|\alpha|+|\beta|=n$.  I would be grateful for a proof or a disproof.
Edit:  Here is a formula for $p_2(n)$:
$$p_2(n)= \sum_{a+b=n}p(a)p(b),$$
with $0 \leq a,b \leq n$ integers.  This gives $p_2(0)=1, p_2(1)=2,p_2(2)=5$.

A: Asymptotically
$$
p(n) \sim \frac{1}{4 n \sqrt{3}} \exp\left(\pi \sqrt{\frac{2n}{3}}\right),
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which gives (Well, technically this is valid only for even $n$, but odd $n$ wouldn't be much different.)
$$
\frac{p(n/2)^2}{p(n)} \sim \frac{1}{n\sqrt{3} } \exp\left( (2-\sqrt{2}) \pi \sqrt{\frac{n}{3}} \right).
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Because $p_2(n)>p(n/2)^2$, we know that $p_2(n)/p(n)$ grows faster than any polynomial, as Amritanshu Prasad suggested in a comment.

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Om Puri's wife, Nandita Puri and son, Ishaan Puri accepted the award on his behalf.
Hosted for the first time by comic genius, and winner of the 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Television award, Sanjeev Bhaskar, The Asian Awards was attended by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and glittered with A-listers like Meera Syal, Ding Junhui, Richard Osman, Amy Jackson and Anupam Kher.
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England: 1896-1899
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1 - World Graeco-Roman Championship
Tom Cannon (c) def. Antonio Pierri
This is according to an 1897 newspaper.
JANUARY 27, 1896 (SATURDAY)
Larkhill Grounds, Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England
Referee: Sam Burton
Seconds: Estock (Clayton) & "Cousin Amael" (Ahmet)
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can - Two out of Three Falls
Tom Clayton (of Farnworth) def. Kara Ahmet (of Constantinople),
Two Falls to None (F1 00:00:35 - F2 00:02:55 - C 00:03:30)
Amael is said to have trained Ahmet.
APRIL 28, 1896 (MONDAY)
Hengler's Circus, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Antonio Pierri Vs. Tom Cannon,
AUGUST 8, 1896 (SATURDAY)
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
1 - Lightweight Championship
James Mellor def. Tom Jones "Burgy Ben"
Jones' nickname was reported in Victor Silberer's Vienna sports newspaper.
MARCH 1, 1897 (MONDAY)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Referee: Ted Reece
Tom Cannon (c) def. Antonio Pierri "the Terrible Greek"
Forfeit (00:37:40)
Said that Cannon has held the title for eight years.
Pierri dislocated his shoulder when thrown by Cannon and could not continue.
JULY 30, 1898 (SATURDAY)
Goodison Park, Walton, Merseyside, England
1 - Graeco-Roman Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Tom Cannon (of Liverpool) def. Paul Pons "the French Giant"
Two Falls to One (F1 00:11:00+ - F2 00:05:00+ - F3 00:18:00 - C 00:24:00+)
SEPTEMBER 14, 1898 (WEDNESDAY)
The Teutonic steamship, a part of the White Star Line, set sail from here today with Halil Adali & Antonio Pierre on board.
NOVEMBER 16, 1899 (THURSDAY)
1 - Jack Carkeek Vs. Joe Carroll,
DECEMBER 18, 1899 (MONDAY)
Trade Hall, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Attendance: "Large"
1 - Lancashire Style - Two out of Three Falls
J. Carroll (of Hindley, Lancashire) def. J. Carkeek (of America)
Two Falls to One (F1 00:25:38 - F2 00:16:10 - F3 00:11:25 - C 00:53:13)
Possibly happened slightly before this date.
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Marián Tvrdoň (born 18 August 1994) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň.

Club career
Tvrdoň is a youth product of the Slovak side Nitra, and had a brief loan with the youth side of ViOn Zlaté Moravce. He began his senior career in Czechia with Ústí nad Labem in 2014, and had several loans with lower-league Czech teams in his first couple of years. Returning to Ústí nad Labem, in the 2020–21 season, he was named goalkeeper of the season in the Czech National Football League. This earned him a move to the Czech First League with Viktoria Plzeň where he signed a 3-year contract. Normally acting as their backup goalkeeper, Tvrdoň was the starter for the club in a UEFA Champions League match against FC Bayern Munich on 4 October 2022.

Honours
Viktoria Plzeň
 Czech First League: 2021–22

References

External links

 FC Viktoria profile

 Livesport profile
 Sportnet SK Profile

1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nitra
Slovak footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Czech First League players
Czech National Football League players
Slovak expatriate footballers
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United Nations: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has turned down UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' offer to mediate between him and the opposition in the ongoing political crisis, Guterres's deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
"He offered to the President (Yameen) UN mediation but the President conveyed that mediation was not wanted at this stage," Haq said on Wednesday.
Asked about Maldives extending the state of emergency that was set to expire on Wednesday for another 30 days, he said: "The Secretary-General is following the situation in the Maldives closely and with concern."
The crisis in the island nation began on 1 February when the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the terrorism conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed as well as that of eight other politicians on several charges.
In response, Yameen clamped down the state of emergency and arrested Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another judge along with several politicians on 6 February.
The three judges remaining on the Supreme Court overturned the court's unanimous ruling ordering the release of the nine politicians.
On Wednesday, Yameen reiterated his offer to hold negotiations with the opposition.
Responding to an earlier offer of talks by Yameen, the Joint Opposition led by Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party wrote to Guterres asking him to mediate and to oversee the talks.
The opposition leaders expressed scepticism about the talks offer saying they was concerned that it was a ploy to ease international reaction to its recent actions, according to the Colombo Gazette.
Earlier this month Guterres, who has called for restoration of democracy, reiterated "his belief in finding a solution to the political stalemate in the Maldives through all-party talks, which the UN continues to stand ready to facilitate".


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Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (7. prosince 1924, Lisabon – 7. ledna 2017, Lisabon) byl portugalský politik, představitel Socialistické strany (Partido Socialista), v jejímž čele stál v letech 1973–1986. Byl premiérem Portugalska v letech 1976–1978 a 1983–1985 a prezidentem Portugalska v letech 1986–1996.

Životopis
Vystudoval historii a filozofii na Univerzitě v Lisabonu a posléze zde působil jako vyučující. Na studiích se zapojil do opozičního hnutí proti Salazarově diktatuře a vstoupil i do Portugalské komunistické strany. Byl několikrát zatčen a musel odejít z univerzity. Vystudoval proto práva a stal se právníkem.

V 60. letech se vzdálil komunistickému hnutí a v roce 1964 založil sociálnědemokratické hnutí Acção Socialista Portuguesa (Portugalská socialistická akce), z níž roku 1973 vznikla portugalská Socialistická strana (v německém Bad Münstereifelu, pod patronací Willyho Brandta).

Působil jako obhájce v politických procesech, byl např. právním zástupcem rodiny generála Humberta Delgada, kterého v roce 1965 zavraždila portugalská tajná policie PIDE. O rok dříve Soares Delgada navštívil poté, co byl generál operován a hospitalizován v Praze ve Státním sanatoriu Sanopz.

Za svou politickou činnost byl Soares dvanáctkrát vězněn, např. v roce 1968 byl téměř na rok deportován na ostrov sv. Tomáše v Guinejském zálivu. Od roku 1970 působil v exilu, nejprve v Římě, poté ve Francii, kde vyučoval na univerzitách ve Vincennes, Paříži a Rennes. Do Portugalska se vrátil během takzvané Karafiátové revoluce roku 1974. Vznikla prozatímní demokratická vláda pod vedením Vasco Gonçalvese, v níž se Soares stal ministrem pro kolonie a začal přispívat k rozbití koloniálního panství – zahájil například jednání se Samorou Machelem o nezávislosti Mosambiku. Vláda však byla brzy paralyzována spory mezi socialisty a komunisty, které vzplály zejména kvůli vlivu v levicovém deníku República.

Ve volbách roku 1976 socialisté zvítězili, sestavili vládu a Soares se stal premiérem. V kabinetu byli nejprve i komunisté, ale brzy odešli. Menšinový kabinet pak udělal řadu nepopulárních opatření ke zkrocení rozpočtových deficitů. Nebyl proto dlouho udržitelný a Soares roku 1978 rezignoval. U moci se pak střídali úřednické, středové a konzervativní vlády, až do roku 1983, kdy se Soares stal podruhé premiérem. Jeho druhá vláda prosadila vstup Portugalska do Evropského hospodářského společenství, přičemž se Soaresovi podařilo v této věci otočit portugalské veřejné mínění.

Roku 1986 zvítězil v přímých prezidentských volbách o pouhá dvě procenta, při znovuzvolení roku 1991 však již jednoznačně triumfoval se ziskem 70 procent hlasů. Jeho prezidentství bylo založeno na spektakulárních cestách po Portugalsku, které byly vždy tematické (například životní prostředí apod.). Aktivně též kritizoval konzervativní vlády, s nimiž musel během svého prezidentství spolupracovat, což někteří komentátoři kritizovali jako překračování ústavní role prezidenta. Dne 27. prosince 1989 se stal první hlavou státu, která přijela do Československa v průběhu sametové revoluce, před Havlovou volbou prezidentem. Došlo také k osobnímu setkání, když přicestoval na pozvání Koordinačního centra Občanského fóra. Osobním darem Havlovi byla první prezidentská limuzína.

Po skončení prezidentského mandátu se roku 1999 stal europoslancem za Socialistickou stranu, europarlament opustil roku 2004. Roku 2005 znovu kandidoval na prezidenta, získal však již jen 14 procent hlasů a skončil až třetí za konzervativcem Aníbalem Cavaco Silvou a nezávislým kandidátem Manuelem Alegrem. V anketě Naši velcí Portugalci (obdoba ankety Největší Čech či 100 Greatest Britons) z roku 2007 skončil na 12. místě.

Byl členem největší portugalské zednářské lóže.

Zemřel dne 7. ledna 2017 ve věku 92 let v nemocnici v Lisabonu.

Vyznamenání

Soares získal během svého života řadu státních i nestátních vyznamenání a ocenění jak portugalských tak zahraničních. Mezi lety 1977 a 1998 získal čestné doktoráty na 36 univerzitách po celém světě. Během svého funkčního období prezidenta Portugalska byl velmistrem portugalských řádů.

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In today's IT world, both python and R were the major programming languages. These two languages were launched in the 1990's. Moreover, both the programming languages were launched at the same time. And in addition, these two have mostly the same advantages and applications. And today many youngsters do have a question Which is better for development? Python Vs R . IF you people have the same question, read the complete article. This article clears you which languages you should learn in the current situation.
The 1990 decade creates a sensation in the IT market. Because two popular programming languages Python online training and R programming were arose in the IT market. Today even after the three decades of their arrival the demand of each technology has not yet decreased. And today most of the application development was being developed using any of the languages. But ultimately one is better.
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According to media reports, there are plans to start Seaplane services to the Statue of Unity from Ahmedabad. At the moment, technical studies to start the services are underway. Once technical feasibilities are given a green light, we will go ahead with the project, Gujarat Tourism Managing Director Jenu Devan told The Indian Express.
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I don't think I've talked about my novel too much here, so I might as well now. It's titled "Alexander Hayes vs. The Seven Deadly Sins." It started as an idea of a series of short stories about a cowboy preacher fighting evil. You know, "Alexander Hayes vs. The Poltergeist of Whisper Canyon," "Alexander Hayes vs. The Obsidian Steam Tank," etc etc. Now he fights his toughest challenge yet, as the embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins from Catholic mythos are trying to bring about the apocalypse, and he has to protect the young girl who holds the key to it all.
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Q: Applying the rounded corners to a CardView inner element I have a CardView with an inner layout which has a different background color than the CardView. I want the inner layout to be aligned to one side of the CardView and take the 2 rounded corners of that side.

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            android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
            android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
            android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
            app:cardCornerRadius="20dp"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <RelativeLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content">

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_margin="10dp"
                    android:text="Pediatric Drugs"/>

                <LinearLayout
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                    android:padding="10dp"
                    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
                    >
                    <TextView
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:text="HELLO"
                        android:textColor="@color/white"
                        android:textStyle="bold"
                        />
                </LinearLayout>

            </RelativeLayout>
        </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

A: I resolved the issue by setting a custom background to the inner layout with top & bottom radius values the same as the CardView radius value.


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require 'chefspec'

describe 'prosody::default' do
  let(:chef_runner) do
    cb_path = [Pathname.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..')).cleanpath.to_s, 'spec/support/cookbooks']
    ChefSpec::ChefRunner.new(:cookbook_path => cb_path)
  end

  let(:chef_run) do
    chef_runner.converge 'prosody::default'
  end

  it 'installs prosody' do
    expect(chef_run).to install_package 'prosody'
  end

  it 'places localhost example config in conf.avail' do
    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content "/etc/prosody/conf.avail/localhost.cfg.lua", "VirtualHost \"localhost\""
  end

  it 'downloads plugins into modules directory' do
    chef_runner.node.set['prosody']['plugins'] = {
      "pubsub" => {
        "modules/mod_pubsub.lua" => "http://example.org/mod_pubsub.lua",
        "util/pubsub.lua" => "http://example.org/util/pubsub.lua"
      }
    }
    chef_run = chef_runner.converge 'prosody::default'
    expect(chef_run).to create_remote_file("/usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_pubsub.lua").with(:source => "http://example.org/mod_pubsub.lua")
    expect(chef_run).to create_remote_file("/usr/lib/prosody/util/pubsub.lua").with(:source => "http://example.org/util/pubsub.lua")
  end

  it 'places a config for every VirtualHost in conf.avail' do
    chef_runner.node.set['prosody']['hosts'] = {
      "example.org" => {}
    }
    chef_run = chef_runner.converge 'prosody::default'
    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content "/etc/prosody/conf.avail/example.org.cfg.lua", "VirtualHost \"example.org\""
  end

  it 'links all enabled configs into conf.d' do
    chef_runner.node.set['prosody']['conf_enabled'] = [
      "example.org"
    ]
    expect(chef_run).to create_link "/etc/prosody/conf.d/example.org.cfg.lua"
  end

  it 'configures prosody' do
    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content "/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua", "-- Prosody Configuration File generated by Chef"
  end

  it 'configures VirtualHosts' do
    chef_runner.node.set['prosody']['hosts'] = {
      "example.org" => {
        "proxy65" => {
          "hostname" => "proxy.example.org"
        }
      }
    }
    chef_run = chef_runner.converge 'prosody::default'
    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content "/etc/prosody/conf.avail/example.org.cfg.lua", "Component \"proxy.example.org\" \"proxy65\""
  end

  it 'enables and starts prosody' do
    expect(chef_run).to start_service "prosody"
    expect(chef_run).to set_service_to_start_on_boot "prosody"
  end
end

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Ракетен крайцер тип CSGN () е проект за атомен ракетен крайцер на ВМС на САЩ, разработен през 1970-те г. Разработката на проекта стартира през 1973 г. на база нереализирания проект DLGN. Планира се да носи най-новите системи въоръжение, в т.ч. бойната многофункционална система "Аеджис". Привържениците на строителството на крайцерите от типа CSGN предполагат, че тези кораби могат не само да изпълняват ролята на ескорт на авионосните съединения, но и да водят самостоятелни крайцерски операции, по примера от Втората световна война. Предполага се да се построят 8 крайцера от проекта, а в допълнение към тях още 16 по-евтини крайцера на базата на разрушителя "Спрюенс". Стойността на CSGN се оценява на 1,5 милиарда долара за единица. Толкова високата цена води до това, че през 1977 г. работите по проекта са спрени. Комисията на Сената на САЩ го определя за прекалено скъп за ескортен кораб.

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Ravens release Alex Collins after arrest on gun, drug charges
Published: Friday, March 1, 2019
Baltimore Ravens running back Alex Collins (34) plays against the Cleveland Browns during overtime in an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore Ravens running back Alex Collins is out on bond after being charged with drug and gun violations.
Collins was arrested after an early-morning car crash Friday and subsequently cut by the Ravens. The single-car accident occurred near Baltimore's training complex in Owings Mills, Maryland.
Collins has been charged with possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute and having a handgun in a vehicle. He was released on $7,500 posted bond following an initial bail hearing shortly after midnight Saturday morning.
The 24-year-old Collins led Baltimore with 973 yards rushing in 2017 and scored eight touchdowns in 2018 before a foot injury ended his season in late November.
Rookie Gus Edwards took over and led the Ravens with 718 yards rushing.
Collins was a restricted free agent before his release. If not claimed on waivers, he becomes a free agent.
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8 32081090 "Paints And Varnishes, Incl. Enamels And Lacquers, Based On Polyesters, Dispersed Or Dissolved In A Non-Aqueous Medium"
14 32082090 "Paints And Varnishes, Incl. Enamels And Lacquers, Based On Acrylic Or Vinyl Polymers, Dispersed Or Dissolved In A Non-Aqueous Medium"
18 32089019 "Solutions As Defined In Note 4 To This Chapter,Other"
21 32089091 "Other,Based On Synthetic Polymers"
22 32089091 "Paints And Varnishes, Incl. Enamels And Lacquers, Based On Synthetic Polymers, Dispersed Or Dissolved In A Non-Aqueous Medium (Excl. Those Based On Polyesters And Acrylic Or Vinyl Polymers)"
27 32149000 "Non-Refractory Surfacing Preparations For Facades, Inside Walls, Floors, Ceilings And The Like"
30 35061000 "Products Suitable For Use As Glues Or Adhesives Put Up For Retail Sale As Glues Or Adhesives, With A Net Weight Of <= 1 Kg"
31 35061000 "Products Suitable For Use As Glues Or Adhesives, Put Up For Retail Sale As Glues Or Adhesives, Not Exceeding A Net Weight Of 1 Kg"
32 35069100 "Adhesives Based On Polymers Of Heading 3901 To 3913 Or On Rubber (Excl. Products Suitable For Use As Glues Or Adhesives Put Up For Retail Sale As Glues Or Adhesives, With A Net Weight Of <= 1 Kg)"
34 35069900 "Glues, Prepared, And Other Prepared Adhesives, N.E.S."
37 35079090 "Enzymes And Prepared Enzymes, N.E.S. (Excl. Rennet And Concentrates Thereof, Lipoprotein Lipase And Aspergillus Alkaline Protease)"
39 38011000 "Artificial Graphite (Excl. Retort Graphite, Retort Carbon And Goods Of Artificial Graphite, Incl. Refractory Materials Based On Artificial Graphite)"
41 38081090 "Insecticides Put Up In Forms Or Packings For Retail Sale Or As Preparations Or Articles (Excl. Such Products Based On Pyrethroids, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Carbamates Or Organophosphorus Compounds)"
42 38140010 "Organic Composite Solvents And Thinners And Prepared Paint Or Varnish Removers, Based On Butyl Acetate (Excl. Nail Varnish Remover)"
50 38249099 "Chemical Products And Preparations Of The Chemical Or Allied Industries, Incl. Those Consisting Of Mixtures Of Natural Products, N.E.S."
54 39073000 "Epoxide Resins, In Primary Forms"
58 39095090 "Polyurethanes In Primary Forms (Excl. Polyurethane Of 2,2'-Tert-Butyliminodiethanol And 4,4'-Methylenedicyclohexyl Diisocyanate, In The Form Of A Solution In N,N-Dimethylacetamide)"
64 39119019 "Condensation Or Rearrangement Polymerisation Products Whether Or Not Chemically Modified,Other"
66 39191019 "Plastic Strips, Coated With Unvulcanised Natural Or Synthetic Rubber, Self-Adhesive, In Rolls <= 20 Cm Wide (Excl. Such Products Of Polyvinyl Chloride, Polyethylenes Or Polypropylenes)"
67 39191019 "Strips, The Coating Of Which Consists Of Unvulcanised Natural Or Synthetic Rubber,Other"
88 392690 "Articles Of Plastics And Articles Of Other Materials Of Heading 3901 To 3914, N.E.S"
89 39269092 "Other,Made From Sheet"
95 40070000 "Vulcanised Rubber Thread And Cord (Excl. Ungimped Single Thread With A Diameter Of > 5 Mm And Textiles Combined With Rubber Thread, E.G. Textile-Covered Thread And Cord)"
99 54071000 "Woven Fabrics Of High Tenacity Yarn, Nylon, Other Polyamides Or Polyesters, Incl. Monofilament Of >= 67 Decitex And With A Cross Sectional Dimension Of <= 1 Mm"
101 54074100 "Other Woven Fabrics, Containing 85 % Or More By Weight Of Filaments Of Nylon Or Other Polyamides,Unbleached Or Bleached"
102 54074100 "Woven Fabrics Of Yarn Containing >= 85% By Weight Of Filaments Of Nylon Or Other Polyamides, Incl. Monofilament Of >= 67 Decitex And A Maximum Diameter Of <= 1 Mm, Unbleached Or Bleached"
105 56021019 "Needleloom Felt, Not Impregnated, Coated, Covered Or Laminated, N.E.S.(Excl. That Of Jute Or Of Other Textile Bast Fibres Of Heading 5303)"
106 56021019 "Sin Impregnar, Recubrir, Revestir Ni Estratificar, Fieltro Punzonado, Needleloom Felt,Of Other Textile Materials"
108 56021090 "Needleloom Felt And Stitch-Bonded Fibre Fabrics, Impregnated, Coated, Covered Or Laminated, N.E.S."
111 68151010 "Carbon Fibres And Articles Of Carbon Fibres, For Non-Electrical Purposes"
118 70193900 "Webs, Mattresses, Boards And Similar Nonwoven Products, Of Glass Fibres (Excl. Mats And Thin Sheets Voiles)"
119 70195900 "Woven Fabrics, Incl. Narrow Fabrics, Of Glass Fibres, Of A Width Of > 30 Cm (Excl. Plain Weave, Weighing < 250 G/M², Of A Linear Density Of <= 136 Tex Per Single Yarn, And Fabrics Made From Rovings)"
123 70199099 "Articles Of Non-Textile Glass Fibres (Excl. Electrical Insulators Or Parts Thereof, Optical Fibre Bundles Or Cable, Brushes Of Glass Fibres, Lighting Cables And The Like)"
134 72092690 "Flat-Rolled Products Of Iron Or Non-Alloy Steel, Of A Width Of >= 600 Mm, Not In Coils, Simply Cold-Rolled Cold-Reduced, Not Clad, Plated Or Coated, Of A Thickness Of > 1 Mm But < 3 Mm (Excl. Electrical)"
138 72143000 "Bars And Rods, Of Non-Alloy Free-Cutting Steel, Not Further Worked Than Hot-Rolled, Hot-Drawn Or Hot-Extruded (Excl. Containing Indentations, Ribs, Grooves Or Other Deformations Produced During The Rolling Process Or Twisted After Rolling)"
141 72149979 "Con Un Contenido De Carbono Superior O Igual Al 0,25 % En Peso, De Seccion Circular Y Diametro, Of A Circular Cross-Section Measuring In Diameter,Less Than 80 Mm"
147 722090 "Flat-Rolled Products Of Stainless Steel, Of A Width Of < 600 Mm, Hot-Rolled Or Cold-Rolled Cold-Reduced And Further Worked"
151 722220 "Bars And Rods, Not Further Worked Than Cold-Formed Or Cold-Finished"
152 72222021 "Bars And Rods Of Stainless Steel, Not Further Worked Than Cold-Formed Or Cold-Finished, Of Circular Cross-Section Measuring >= 25 Mm But < 80 Mm And Containing By Weight >= 2,5% Nickel"
153 72222021 "Of A Diameter Of 25 Mm Or More, But Less Than 80 Mm, Containing By Weight,2,5 % Or More Of Nickel"
155 72222039 "Of A Diameter Of Less Than 25 Mm, Containing By Weight,Less Than 2,5 % Of Nickel"
156 722691 "Flat-Rolled Products Of Alloy Steel Other Than Stainless, Of A Width Of < 600 Mm, Not Further Worked Than Hot-Rolled (Excl. Products Of High-Speed Steel Or Silicon-Electrical Steel)"
157 722830 "Other Bars And Rods, Not Further Worked Than Hot-Rolled, Hot-Drawn Or Extruded"
158 72283069 "Las Demas, De Seccion Circular, Con Diametro, Of Circular Cross-Section, Of A Diameter Of,Less Than 80 Mm"
165 731815 "Other Screws And Bolts, Whether Or Not With Their Nuts Or Washers"
166 73181510 "Screws Of Iron Or Steel, Turned From Bars, Rods, Profiles, Or Wire, Of Solid Section, Threaded, Of A Shank Thickness Of <= 6 Mm"
167 73181510 "Screws, Turned From Bars, Rods, Profiles, Or Wire, Of Solid Section, Of A Shank Thickness Not Exceeding 6 Mm"
170 73181530 "Los Demas, Sin Cabeza, Without Heads,Of Stainless Steel"
174 73181559 "Slotted And Cross-Recessed Screws And Bolts, Of Iron Or Steel Other Than Stainless Whether Or Not With Their Nuts And Washers, With Heads (Excl. Wood Screws And Self-Tapping Screws)"
175 73181570 "Hexagon Bolts,Of Stainless Steel"
176 73181570 "Hexagon Socket Screws And Bolts, Of Stainless Steel Whether Or Not With Their Nuts And Washers, With Heads (Excl. Wood Screws, Self-Tapping Screws And Screws And Bolts For Fixing Railway Track Construction Material)"
182 73181610 "Nuts Of Iron Or Steel, Turned From Bars, Rods, Profiles, Or Wire, Of Solid Section, With An Inside Diameter Of <= 6 Mm"
183 73181610 "Turned From Bars, Rods"
185 73181630 "Nuts Of Stainless Steel (Excl. Nuts Turned From Bars, Rods, Profiles, Or Wire, Of Solid Section, With An Inside Diameter Of <= 6 Mm)"
187 73181650 "Self-Locking Nuts Of Iron Or Steel Other Than Stainless (Excl. Such Articles Turned From Bars, Rods, Profiles, Or Wire, Of Solid Section, With An Inside Diameter Of <= 6 Mm)"
189 73181691 "Nuts Of Iron Or Steel Other Than Stainless, With An Inside Diameter Of <= 12 Mm (Excl. Such Articles Turned From Bars, Rods, Profiles, Or Wire, Of Solid Section, With An Inside Diameter Of <= 6 Mm, And Self-Locking Nuts)"
190 73181699 "Nuts Of Iron Or Steel Other Than Stainless, With An Inside Diameter Of > 12 Mm (Excl. Self-Locking Nuts)"
192 73181900 "Threaded Articles, Of Iron Or Steel, N.E.S."
198 73182400 "Cotters And Cotter-Pins, Of Iron Or Steel"
200 73182900 "Non-Threaded Articles, Of Iron Or Steel"
204 74072210 "Bars, Rods And Profiles Of Copper-Nickel Base Alloys Cupro-Nickel, N.E.S."
211 741300 "Stranded Wire, Cables, Plaited Bands And The Like, Of Copper (Excl. Electrically Insulated Products)"
214 74142000 "Woven Copper Wire Cloth, Incl. Endless (Excl. Woven Products Of Metal Fibres Of A Kind Used For Cladding, Lining Or Similar Purposes, Cloth Coated With Flux For Brazing, Or Made Into Hand Sieves Or Machine Parts)"
215 74149000 "Grill And Netting, Of Copper Wire, Expanded Metal, Of Copper (Excl. Grill And Netting Made Into Hand Sieves Or Machine Parts)"
217 74199910 "Cloth (Including Endless Bands), Grill And Netting, Of Wire Of Which No Cross-Sectional Dimension Exceeds 6 Mm, Expanded Metal"
219 75089000 "Articles Of Nickel, N.E.S."
223 760410 "Of Aluminium, Not Alloyed"
224 76041010 "Bars, Rods And Profiles, Of Non-Alloy Aluminium"
231 76042990 "Solid Profiles, Of Aluminium Alloys, N.E.S."
234 76052100 "Of Aluminium Alloys,Of Which The Maximum Cross-Sectional Dimension Exceeds 7 Mm"
235 760611 "Rectangular (Including Square),Of Aluminium, Not Alloyed"
237 76061199 "Other, Of A Thickness Of,Not Less Than 6 Mm"
240 76061291 "Other, Of A Thickness Of,Less Than 3 Mm"
241 76061291 "Plates, Sheets And Strip, Of Aluminium Alloys, Of A Thickness Of > 0,2 Mm, Square Or Rectangular, Of A Thickness Of < 3 Mm (Excl. Such Products Painted, Varnished Or Coated With Plastics, Strip For Venetian Blinds, And Expanded Plates, Sheets And Strip)"
243 76061293 "Other, Of A Thickness Of,Not Less Than 3 Mm But Less Than 6 Mm"
244 76061293 "Plates, Sheets And Strip, Of Aluminium Alloys, Of A Thickness Of > 0,2 Mm, Square Or Rectangular, Of A Thickness Of >= 3 Mm But < 6 Mm (Excl. Such Products Painted, Varnished Or Coated With Plastics)"
245 76061299 "Other, Of A Thickness Of,Not Less Than 6 Mm"
246 76061299 "Plates, Sheets And Strip, Of Aluminium Alloys, Of A Thickness Of > 0,2 Mm, Square Or Rectangular, Of A Thickness Of >= 6 Mm (Excl. Such Products Painted, Varnished Or Coated With Plastics)"
248 76069200 "Plates, Sheets And Strip, Of Aluminium Alloys, Of A Thickness Of > 0,2 Mm (Other Than Square Or Rectangular)"
250 76071910 "Aluminium Foil, Not Backed, Rolled And Further Worked, Of A Thickness Of <= 0,021 Mm (Excl. Stamping Foils Of Heading 3212, And Foil Made Up As Christmas Tree Decorating Material)"
251 76129010 "Rigid Tubular Containers, Of Aluminium"
252 76161000 "Nails, Tacks, Staples (Other Than Those Of Heading 8305), Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Screw Hooks, Rivets, Cotters, Cotter Pins, Washers And Similar Articles"
253 76161000 "Nails, Tacks, Staples, Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Screw Hooks, Rivets, Cotters, Cotter-Pins, Washers And Similar Articles, Of Aluminium (Excl. Staples In Strips, Plugs, Bungs And The Like, Threaded)"
255 76169100 "Cloth, Grill, Netting And Fencing, Of Aluminium Wire (Excl. Cloth Of Metal Fibres For Clothing, Lining And Similar Uses, And Cloth, Grill And Netting Made Into Hand Sieves Or Machine Parts)"
256 76169100 "Other,Cloth, Grill, Netting And Fencing, Of Aluminium Wire"
260 81089030 "Bars, Rods, Profiles And Wire"
261 81089030 "Titanium Bars, Rods, Profiles And Wire, N.E.S."
263 81089050 "Plates, Sheets, Strip And Foil"
264 81089050 "Titanium Plates, Sheets, Strip And Foil"
266 81089090 "Articles Of Titanium, N.E.S."
272 82023900 "Other, Including Parts"
275 82055990 "Hand Tools, Incl. Glaziers' Diamonds, Of Base Metal, N.E.S."
277 820750 "Tools For Drilling, Other Than For Rock-Drilling"
278 82075050 "Los Demas, Para Mecanizar Metal, Con Parte Operante, For Working Metal, With Working Part,Of Cermets"
280 82077010 "For Working Metal, With Working Part,Of Cermets"
281 82077010 "Interchangeable Tools For Milling Metal, With Working Parts Of Sintered Metal Carbide Or Of Cermets"
287 83082000 "Tubular Or Bifurcated Rivets, Of Base Metal"
292 84669490 "Parts And Accessories For Machine-Tools For Working Metal Without Removing Material, N.E.S. (Excl. By Bending, Folding, Straightening Or Flattening, Incl. Presses, Of A Kind Used In The Manufacture Of Semiconductor Devices)"
294 84679200 "Parts Of Pneumatic Tools For Working In The Hand, N.E.S."
303 84828000 "Roller Bearings, Incl. Combined Ball/Roller Bearings (Excl. Ball Bearings, Tapered Roller Bearings, Incl. Cone And Tapered Roller Assemblies, Spherical Roller Bearings, Needle And Cylindrical Roller Bearings)"
304 848330 "Bearing Housings For Machinery, Not Incorporating Ball Or Roller Bearings, Plain Shaft Bearings For Machinery"
305 848330 "Bearing Housings, Not Incorporating Ball Or Roller Bearings, Plain Shaft Bearings"
312 880330 "Parts Of Aeroplanes Or Helicopters, N.E.S. (Excl. Those For Gliders)"
315 880390 "Parts Of Aircraft And Spacecraft, N.E.S."
318 903039 "Instruments And Apparatus For Measuring Or Checking Voltage, Current, Resistance Or Electrical Power (Excl. Recording Device, Multimeters, And Cathode-Ray Oscilloscopes And Oscillographs)"
319 903190 "Parts And Accessories For Instruments, Appliances And Machines For Measuring And Checking, N.E.S."
322 96034010 "Paint, Distemper, Varnish Or Similar Brushes (Excl. Artists' And Similar Brushes Of Subheading 9603.30)"


Dawn Le is a seasoned campaigner with 16 years of experience managing large-scale political, legislative, communications, community organizing, and union campaigns in 34 states and 12 countries. She has spent her career organizing, training, and empowering women, immigrants, and low wage workers to lift up their voices and fight for progressive change to win a better life for themselves and their families.
As Chief Strategy Officer at generate.group, Dawn is leveraging her extensive experience with project management and issue advocacy to advise national and state groups on campaign planning, voter turnout, coalition building, press relations, fundraising, research, leadership development, while also investing in long-term organizational infrastructure, online/offline member engagement, and branding. Since the Trump administration, Dawn works closely with immigrant youth leaders and Latino and Asian American organizations to fend off the administration's assault on immigrants and refugees. At the local level, Dawn's area of focus is winning statewide ballot measures for independent redistricting commissions and Medicaid expansion and down-ballot federal and state candidates' races.
During the 2016 elections, Dawn was with American Bridge 21st Century, the Left's research and rapid response arm, where she ran the war room. Before that, she was the Deputy Campaign Director for the national immigrant rights coalition, Alliance for Citizenship, where she was responsible for driving the national communications strategy, integrating voices from the business and tech world with local activists from urban and rural communities in support of comprehensive immigration reform. Earlier on, Dawn led the communications and media outreach for the worker-led "Black Friday strikes" at Walmart stores across the country with the United Food & Commercial Workers Union where workers won a starting pay of $12/hour, family healthcare options, and maternity and paid sick leave. For a dozen years prior, she worked at the Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, the National Democratic Institute in the former Soviet Union, oversaw the outdoor advertising for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and co-produced an Emmy Award-winning documentary "Haiti in Ruins," which told the personal stories of survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Although her heart always yearns for home in the West Coast, Dawn lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Adam, and their fleet of bicycles.


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Archive For The "K.B. Asante" Category
Know Your 2014 Opponents: Monmouth
By LFN | August 22, 2014
By definition, every team I profile in this "Know Your 2014 Opponents" series is new. There are new faces, a fresh, new 0-0 record, and a fresh start for the football season.
For Monmouth, though, who visits Lehigh on September 27th, there's a whole lot more new stuff.
Start with a new football conference. The Hawks (or Jersey Hawks, as I call them) move to the Big South in football only, where they will be competing against some football powers like Coastal Carolina and Liberty. Gone is their independent schedule from 2013.
Then head to the helmets and uniforms, where it shows off Monmouth's status as an up-and-coming athletics program. Gone are the gothic interlocking "M" and "U", and in its place a silver helmet, with a classic looking "M", takes its place.
Perhaps unfortunately for the Mountain Hawks, though, the players who inhabited the old uniforms last season return to inhabit the new ones, meaning Lehigh will face a team with a boatload of experience.
Brandon Hill, Football, K.B. Asante, Kevin Callahan, Know Your 2014 Opponents, Lehigh, Monmouth, Neal Sterling, Pat O'Hara
Lehigh Keeps Calm And Beats Monmouth, 28-25
By LFN | September 15, 2013
(Photo Credit: Justin Lafleur/Lehigh Athletics)
"I'd never seen it," head coach Andy Coen said, adding a "whew" for good measure.
He was referring to a very strange play this Saturday, a play that happened in Lehigh's favor that felt like the decisive play of the game.
Down 25-21, and senior P Tim Divers readying to punt, speedy Monmouth CB Tevrin Brandon blocked his punt – the ball deflecting almost straight up, then falling back down to earth behind the line of scrimmage, where alert senior FB Zach Hayden kept calm, grabbed the ball out of the air, and started to go for the first down marker.
He did more than get enough yards for the first down. He rumbled 37 yards, thus turning the momentum of the game completely on its head.
Two plays later, senior QB Brandon Bialkowski hit senior WR Lee Kurfis with a 40 yard dagger to make the score 28-25.
It would be a death blow from which Monmouth wouldn't recover.
"I've been coaching and playing a long time," Coen said, "and I've never seen a blocked punt picked up by one of our own guys and run for a first down, which ends up being the biggest play of the game."
2013, Brandon Bialkowski, Brandon Hill, Football, Game Recap, K.B. Asante, Kevin Callahan, Lee Kurfis, Lehigh, Monmouth, Neal Sterling, Tyler Ward, Zach Hayden


Ondra has decided to give his all to indoor climbing in hopes of taking home the gold in Tokyo in 2020.
Adam Ondra is arguably the best rock climber in the world. In the past, he's also been dedicated to competition climbing—a format he has excelled in, with countless podiums and world championships—but recently his focus has been on the real stone.
However, with the competition scene entering the big stage during the 2020 Olympics, Ondra has decided to give everything to indoor climbing in hopes of taking home the gold. The first big test? Next week's Innsbruck 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships. Check out this video that documents Ondra's recent training on the long road to Tokyo.


Eighteen Portland police reserve officers, including their commander, defected to the county sheriff's office last summer when they couldn't convince the bureau to provide them federal-mandated training given to all other bureau officers.
The volunteer officers – who complete a reserve academy, carry guns, wear the standard police uniform and can make arrests -- now back up Multnomah County deputies.
The switch came after Portland police in late November 2017 ordered the reserves off the street because their training didn't meet the higher standard required by the city's 2014 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over officers using excessive force against people with mental illness. It's unclear why it took the Police Bureau until then to recognize that its reserve officers were out-of-compliance with the settlement agreement.
The bureau left the reserves in limbo for months without providing any new training program.
The U.S. Department of Justice also wasn't informed that the reserve officers had been working without the necessary training until after the reserve unit disbanded, according to Kevin Sonoff, a spokesman for Oregon's U.S. Attorney's office.
The defection was first reported last week by Willamette Week.
The reserves needed to get up to speed on new use of force and deadly force policies, de-escalation tactics, crisis intervention and implicit bias instruction, among other training.
The bureau tanked an effective unit that helped out at a time when the bureau is struggling to fill vacancies and can't hire recruits as fast as retirees head out the door, several former Portland reserves said. They stressed that the reserve officers have given thousands of hours to the bureau, and the only cost has been training and equipment.
The reserves often rode together in two-person patrol cars and assisted patrol officers on calls, usually providing backup or cover. They also helped at scenes of traffic collisions and staffed parade, Sunday Parkways and marathon routes.
Ball and former reserve Lt. Tim Bailey, who also went to the sheriff's office, said they pressed for more training in meetings with then-Portland police Training Capt. Bob Day, who is now deputy chief, and then-Commander Steve Jones, who led the Professional Standards Division. Ball also met with staff from Mayor Ted Wheeler's office.
Assistant Police Chief Chris Davis said the bureau estimated the reserve officers would need about 500 hours of additional training. Because many of the reserves hold full-time jobs elsewhere, the training likely would have had to occur every Saturday for at least a year, Davis said.
The training division had challenges figuring out how to fit in training for the police reserves while delivering the federal mandated training to the nearly 1,000 sworn officers on the force, and maintaining annual review training and an advanced academy for new police recruits, Davis said. It also was difficult to get reserves to attend training, he said.
Gary Moore, who served as a reserve officer for Portland police from 1996 until the summer of 2018, when he transferred to the sheriff's office, said he responded to traffic crashes, shots-fired calls and made arrests for Portland police, usually working Friday night shifts. He also holds a full-time job as a service writer for an auto repair shop.
He said sometimes the Police Bureau would offer training at 8 a.m. on a weekday, when most reserves couldn't attend. The unit offered to pay overtime to bureau instructors to train reserves at night or on weekends, Moore said.
The two biggest reasons for failing the background investigations: past drug use and dishonesty.
Moore said he took a week off of work to get the needed 40 hours of crisis intervention training in Columbia County with other area officers only to learn that Portland wouldn't accept the instruction under the new federal Justice Department standards.
Portland police policy requires the training division to annually update its training curriculum for all sworn officers, which includes reserves, who under state law are "peace officers,'' although they're not certified by the state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.
The police reserves usually got training at their monthly Wednesday night meetings, and on some scheduled Saturdays, but bureau leaders were concerned the reserves' lack of ongoing "practical applications'' of the training created a liability for the bureau, according to bureau supervisors.
Police reserves said the training division lost records of the instruction they received, and on one occasion, bureau trainers stood reserves up at one of their scheduled firearms training and qualification sessions on a weeknight at the bureau's training center.
Months after the unit was taken off the street, Ball wrote to Chief Danielle Outlaw in March 2018 that the reserve members were getting "restless'' and starting to lose interest.
With no training plan in place, Ball spoke with Sheriff Mike Reese, a former Portland police chief, and Reese offered to adopt all the Portland reserves into the county office. The unit met with Reese one night at the Police Bureau's North Precinct and then voted to leave Portland.
"When you go out and you work for nothing, the best thing is when you have a sergeant who tells you, 'thank you.' That's what you're working for,'' Moore said.
Davis said he understands why the reserve officers decided to leave.
Mayor Ted Wheeler, who serves as police commissioner, said he's appreciative of the reserves' volunteer service, but "it became apparent that the program was no longer feasible.'' Reserve officers are only required to commit to 20 hours of monthly service, though he acknowledged many exceeded that.
"It was not reasonable to expect them to meet the onerous training and accountability systems applicable to full time'' Portland police officers, nor was it reasonable to exempt them from those standards, said the mayor, in a statement issued by his spokeswoman Eileen Park.
"It lacks a true understanding of the training we had and were willing to do,'' Ball said.


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Bojan Veličković (; born December 18, 1988) is a Serbian mixed martial artist and sambist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2010, he has competed for the UFC, Professional Fighters League, and RFA, where he was the Welterweight Champion.

Background
Born and raised in Novi Sad, Serbia, Veličković began training in judo at the age of ten, before transitioning to Muay Thai at 14. Then at the age of 22, he began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts. In Muay Thai, Veličković holds a record of 14–2.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career
Veličković was a gold medalist in amateur MMA at the FILA World Wrestling Federation before making his professional debut in 2010 as part of the "Road to the Ring of Fire" reality show. Veličković won all four fights and the show. He then began competing for the Tesla Fighting Championship in his native Serbia, where he was also Welterweight champion.

Resurrection Fighting Alliance
After compiling a professional record of 9–2, Veličković signed with the promotion in 2014. After losing his promotional debut to former UFC competitor and Ultimate Fighter Season 17 contestant Gilbert Smith, he won his next four fights with the promotion, capturing the Welterweight Championship in his final fight before signing with the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Veličković signed with the UFC after compiling a record of 13–3 first and relocating to Colorado.

Veličković made his promotional debut against Alessio Di Chirico on April 10, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 86. He won the fight via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 30–27).

Veličković next faced Michael Graves on July 30, 2016 at UFC 201. The bout was declared a majority draw.

Veličković faced Sultan Aliev on December 17, 2016 at UFC on Fox 22. He lost the fight via split decision.

Veličković faced Nico Musoke on May 28, 2017 at UFC Fight Night 109. He won the fight by knockout in the third round. This win also earned Veličković his first Performance of the Night bonus award.

Veličković fought Darren Till on September 2, 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Struve vs. Volkov, losing the bout in a unanimous decision.

Veličković faced Jake Matthews on November 19, 2017 at UFC Fight Night 121. He lost the fight via split decision, and was subsequently released from the promotion.

PFL
After the release from the UFC, Veličković signed with Professional Fighters League, participating the inaugural season's welterweight bracket. He advanced from the regular season to quarterfinals where he eventually was eliminated, but was brought back to semifinals due to an injury of Abubakar Nurmagomedov. He lost the semifinal bout against Magomed Magomedkerimov via second round knockout.

Veličković also participated in the 2019 season of the Professional Fighters League, ending up losing both of his regular season bouts and not advancing to the playoffs.

Post-PFL career
Veličković was expected to face Escley Araujo at Serbian Battle Championship 27 on March 14, 2020. However, Araujo withdrew from the bout due to an injury and was replaced by Danillo Santos. Veličković won the fight via second-round submission.

Veličković then challenged Vladislav Kanchev for the SBC Welterweight Championship at Serbian Battle Championship 29 on November 7, 2020. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

OKTAGON
As the first bout of his three-fight contract with OKTAGON MMA, Veličković faced Emmanuel Dawa at OKTAGON 25 on June 19, 2021. He won the fight via technical knockout after the first round.

In his sophomore appearance he faced Carlo Prater at OKTAGON 27 on September 11, 2021. He won the fight via first-round technical knockout.

Veličković faced David Kozma for the Oktagon MMA Welterweight Championship on December 4, 2021 at Oktagon 29. He lost the bout via TKO in the 4th round.

Veličković faced Máté Kertész on March 26, 2022 at Oktagon Prime 5. He won the bout via unanimous decision.

Veličković faced Leandro Silva on October 15, 2022 at Oktagon 36. He lost the bout via split decision.

Veličković faced Ion Surdu on March 4, 2023 at Oktagon 40 in the Oktagon Welterweight Tournament Round of 16, winning the anaconda choke in the first round.

Championships and accomplishments
 Resurrection Fighting Alliance
Welterweight Champion
Tesla Fighting Championship
Middleweight Champion
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Performance of the Night (One time) vs. Nico Musoke
 Serbian Battle Championship
SBC Welterweight Championship (one time; current)

Mixed martial arts record

|-
|Win
|align=center|22–12–2
|Ion Surdu
|
|OKTAGON 40
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:55
|Ostrava, Czech Republic
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|21–12–2
|Leandro Silva
|Decision (split)
|OKTAGON 36
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Frankfurt, Germany
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|21–11–2
|Máté Kertész
|Decision (unanimous)
|OKTAGON Prime 5
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Samorin, Slovakia
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|20–11–2
|David Kozma
|TKO (punches)
|OKTAGON 29
|
|align=center|4
|align=center|3:16
|Ostrava, Czech Republic
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|20–10–2
|Carlo Prater
|TKO (punches)
|OKTAGON 27
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:44
|Bratislava, Slovakia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|19–10–2
|Emmanuel Dawa
|TKO (doctor stoppage)
|OKTAGON 25
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|5:00
|Brno, Czech Republic
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|18–10–2
|Vladislav Kanchev
|Decision (unanimous)
|Serbian Battle Championship 29
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Novi Sad, Serbia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|17–10–2
|Danillo Santos
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Serbian Battle Championship 27
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:59
|Vrbas, Serbia
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|
|João Zeferino
|Decision (unanimous)
|PFL 4
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|16–9–2
|Handesson Ferreira
|Decision (unanimous)
|PFL 1
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Uniondale, New York, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|16–8–2
|Magomed Magomedkerimov
|TKO (punches)
|rowspan=2|PFL 10
|rowspan=2|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:13
| rowspan=2 |Washington, D.C., United States
|
|-
|Draw
|align=center|16–7–2
|Abubakar Nurmagomedov
|Draw (unanimous)
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|16–7–1
|Magomed Magomedkerimov
|Decision (unanimous)
|PFL 6
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|16–6–1
|Jonatan Westin
|TKO (punches)
|PFL 3
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2:50
|Washington, D.C., United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|15–6–1
|Jake Matthews
|Decision (split)
|UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Sydney, Australia
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|15–5–1
|Darren Till
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Rotterdam, Netherlands
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|15–4–1
|Nico Musoke
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|4:37
|Stockholm, Sweden
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|14–4–1
|Sultan Aliev
|Decision (split)
|UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Sacramento, California, United States
|
|-
|Draw
|align=center|14–3–1
|Michael Graves
|Draw (majority)
|UFC 201
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|14–3
|Alessio Di Chirico
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Zagreb, Croatia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|13–3
|Benjamin Smith
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|RFA 34: Veličković vs. Smith
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1:51
|Broomfield, Colorado, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|12–3
|Vardan Sholinian
|Decision (unanimous)
|RFA 31: Smith vs. Marunde
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|11–3
|Charles Byrd
|Decision (unanimous)
|AXS TV Fights: RFA vs. Legacy Superfight
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Robinsonville, Mississippi, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|10–3
|Chris Hugh
|TKO (punches)
|RFA 24: Smith vs. Romero
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:40
|Prior Lake, Minnesota, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|9–3
|Gilbert Smith
|Decision (majority)
|RFA 20: Sanders vs. Mercado
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Broomfield, Colorado, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9–2
|Nikolay Aleksakhin
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Tesla FC 4
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2:35
|Pančevo, Serbia
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|8–2
|Krzysztof Jotko
|Decision (majority)
|MMA Attack 3
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Katowice, Poland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8–1
|Tomáš Kužela
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|MMA Attack 3
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Prague, Czech Republic
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7–1
|Jiří Procházka
|TKO (punches)
|Supreme FC 1: Balkan Fighter Night
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Belgrade, Serbia
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6–1
|Svetlozar Savov
|Decision (split)
|WFC 17 - Olimp: Live & Fight
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|N/A
|Ljubljana, Slovenia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|6–0
|Marko Lukačić
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Tesla FC 2
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Belgrade, Serbia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5–0
|Jason Lee
|KO (punches)
|Ring of Fire 41: Bragging Rights
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:39
|Broomfield, Colorado, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4–0
|Nemanja Uverić
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Tesla FC 1
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Belgrade, Serbia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3–0
|Svetislav Nikolajev
|Submission (armbar)
|Tesla FC 1
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Belgrade, Serbia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2–0
|Marko Ignjatović
|Submission (heel hook)
|Ring of Fire Europe 2/3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:57
|Subotica, Serbia
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1–0
|Vladimir Jovanović
|Submission (armbar)
|Ring of Fire Europe 2/3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:59
|Subotica, Serbia
|

References

External links

Living people
Serbian male mixed martial artists
1988 births
Sportspeople from Novi Sad
Welterweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai
Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters
Serbian Muay Thai practitioners
Serbian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Serbian male judoka


text:
require 'capybara'
require 'active_support'
require 'active_support/core_ext'

# Remove this monkey patch after fixing the bugs in selenium-webdriver / capybara
# :nocov:
class Capybara::Selenium::Driver # rubocop:disable Style/ClassAndModuleChildren
  #
  # https://github.com/teamcapybara/capybara/issues/1845
  def title
    return browser.title unless within_frame?

    find_xpath('/html/head/title').map { |n| n[:text] }.first.to_s
  end

  # Known issue, works differently for real browsers
  # https://github.com/seleniumhq/selenium/issues/1727
  def current_url
    return browser.current_url unless within_frame?

    execute_script('return document.location.href')
  end

  private

  def within_frame?
    !(@frame_handles.blank? || @frame_handles[browser.window_handle].blank?)
  end
end
# :nocov:

module Howitzer
  module Web
    # This module proxies required original capybara methods to recipient
    module CapybaraMethodsProxy
      PROXIED_CAPYBARA_METHODS = Capybara::Session::SESSION_METHODS + # :nodoc:
                                 Capybara::Session::MODAL_METHODS +
                                 %i[driver text]

      # Capybara form dsl methods are not compatible with page object pattern and Howitzer gem.
      # Instead of including Capybara::DSL module, we proxy most interesting Capybara methods and
      # prevent using extra methods which can potentially broke main principles and framework concept
      PROXIED_CAPYBARA_METHODS.each do |method|
        define_method(method) do |*args, **options, &block|
          if options.present?
            Capybara.current_session.send(method, *args, **options, &block)
          else
            Capybara.current_session.send(method, *args, &block)
          end
        end
      end

      # Accepts or declines JS alert box by given flag
      # @param flag [Boolean] Determines accept or decline alert box

      def click_alert_box(flag)
        if %w[selenium sauce].include? Howitzer.driver
          alert = driver.browser.switch_to.alert
          flag ? alert.accept : alert.dismiss
        else
          evaluate_script("window.confirm = function() { return #{flag}; }")
        end
      end

      private

      def capybara_scopes
        @capybara_scopes ||= Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = [Capybara.current_session] }
        @capybara_scopes[Howitzer.session_name]
      end
    end
  end
end