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Dubai hospitality group looks to open beach clubs in Saudi Arabia
Sunset Hospitality is expanding Black Tap to Saudi, Iraq, and opening Arabic nightclub in Bahrain
Dubai-based Sunset Hospitality Group, which operates brands Black Tap, Azure (pictured) and Drift beach clubs among others, is expanding heavily into the Middle East with eight various openings planned in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain and the UK by the end of 2020.
Dubai-based Sunset Hospitality Group is "actively looking" at opening beach clubs in Saudi Arabia, according to CEO Antonio Gonzalez.
The company, which operates brands Black Tap, Azure and Drift beach clubs among others, is expanding heavily into the Middle East with eight various openings planned in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain and the UK by the end of 2020.
Speaking to Arabian Business, Gonzalez said the company is considering opening outlets in $500 billion futuristic city Neom but is currently focusing on Jeddah.
In June, Dubai hospitality group Addmind opened nightclub brand White as a pop-up in Jeddah to massive backlash from consumers who argued that the venue's dancefloor and 'halal bar' go against its conservative principles.
Gonzalez said the openings were "a very good experience to see how the market reacted," adding that Sunset Hospitality has "been looking at mainly beach clubs in Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea next to Jeddah, and we believe there is potential for that probably by combining the beach experience in some sort of boutique resort.
"So we're actively looking at that. We're also looking at bringing a lounge - not so much as White did [in Saudi] but some sort of laid back lounge with a shisha element to it, and bring lifestyle into the concept. We believe in Saudi for the long term but we want to make sure we do it right," he said.
Gonzalez added that finding the right partners is key to operating in the kingdom.
"Things are changing very fast in Saudi and sometimes you don't know if reality is still there from one day to another so we want to enter with the right partners and operations and deliver the same experience we're able to bring in Dubai," he said.
Arabic nightclub
The company will also open Arabic nightclub Stage in Bahrain, which currently operates in Meydan Hotel Dubai, and is allegedly the "world's largest Arabic nightclub" spread across over 24,000 square feet, according to the group.
It will also expand New York brand Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes in "a couple of weeks" in Jeddah's Mall of Arabia, followed by another one in Riyadh' University Boulevard Mall and Iraq' Erbil by the end of the year.
"Black tap is the obvious one [opportunity]. We expect to land around 6-8 outlets of Black Tap in Saudi Arabia over the next 3-4 years," CEO Gonzalez said.
In addition, the kingdom will welcome Brooklyn casual friend chicken and waffles concept Sweet Chick for "younger groups who eat out most frequently" next year, according to Gonzalez, while pizzeria Luigia, which currently operates in Dubai, will open in Bahrain in Q1, 2020, followed by Riyadh and Jeddah later in the year.
In October 2019, it will also open its latest concept Mood Rooftop Lounge in Dubai in Meydan Hotel where it will boast a 180 degree city view.
UK plans
As for Sunset Hospitality's UK expansion, it will include the opening of Sweet Chick in Central London in September 2019 and then in Birmingham in April 2020.
The group is planning on introducing new brands and expanding Greek restaurant Ammos and Sushisamba, which blends Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian cuisine, and currently operates in London, Miami, Las Vegas, and Amsterdam and is set to open in Dubai.
Sunset is a hospitality investment and management founded in the UAE in 2011 by CEO Antonio Gonzalez, COO Nazih Hafez and Serge Dfouni to bring international brands to the country and develop home-grown concepts across dining and nightlife.
Its other outlets include Joe's Backyard, a rooftop on the 19th floor of the Holiday Inn in Dubai Festival City, as well as ChickInn and L'Occitane Café Dubai.
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Investing in real estate in New Orleans can be profitable for many but the cost of rental property insurance can put a dent in your profits.
If you are House flipping or going to renovate a property and put in a tenant, either way you go, one thing that may complicate your wallet and ultimately determine if your real estate venture will be profitable and that is the cost of rental property insurance.
RENTAL DWELLING INSURANCE rates have gone down.
Depending on the type of property you like to invest in will determine the amount of insurance you pay.
Rule #1 in real estate investing in New Orleans is check to see how much is flood insurance.
Ask your real estate agent or the seller how much they pay and get a copy of the actual flood policy cover page or declarations page "dec page".
If neither works, you may want to get an elevation certificate from a land surveyor to determine where the property is in reference to the base flood elevation in the area to properly rate the flood insurance.
No insurance agent or real estate agent can guess how much flood insurance will be on a property.
If the seller has an active flood insurance policy, you can assume the policy at closing into your name.
You will not be able to assume the hazard property policy.
Only the flood insurance policy.
Singles, doubles, tri plexes and four plexes.
Finding a competitive policy should not be a problem.
What factors determine the Rental property insurance premium?
What if I put the rental property in an LLC?
Most companies will write the policy but not offer any liability on the policy.
You would have to purchase a stand alone liability policy.
we do have a company that will write the property and liability on one policy.
Consult an attorney and an accountant to determine if you should put the property in an LLC.
Its not as clear as you think.
Some investors believe that they are personally shielded from any liability.
I would recommend one LLC and a 5,000,000 Excess liability policy.
On the Excess liability policy, you can list all your rental properties owned in the LLC.
This could keep things simple for you when you file your taxes.
just make sure you have liability on each policy.
Your New Orleans Homeowners policy will not extend liability to a rental property owned in an LLC and most homeowners policies don't automatically extend liability to rental property.
Vacant Land is automatically covered for liability from your homeowners policy.
but it only takes one claim from a tenant to try to take every thing you worked so hard to accomplish.
Protect yourself with the proper liability protection.
Give us a call at 504.348.3131 so we can help your with your rental dwelling insurance needs.
Here are two resources to reach out to if you need them as a real estate investor.


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Oxford researchers receive EU funding boost
Researchers in Oxford are set to receive millions in EU funding to continue carrying out their cutting-edge work, after the European Research Council announced its latest round of grants to universities across Europe.
The UK has received more grants than any other country and is set to receive the biggest share of the £476 million made available in funding.
A total of nine University of Oxford research projects have won grants worth an average of £1.5 million each.
The funded projects include one examining the evolution of infection and immunity and a project looking into the brain mechanisms behind the development of parenting.
Commenting on the announcement, Liberal Democrat MEP, Catherine Bearder, said:
"Oxford University is a world leader in conducting ground-breaking research and developing new technologies. This EU funding will allow some of our brightest minds to stay one step ahead in a range of cutting-edge sectors.
"Liberal Democrats have fought hard for a smaller EU budget that prioritises growth and jobs, including millions of pounds worth of extra research funding.
"We're now starting to see the fruits of these reforms through more cash for local universities that will create more jobs in the local economy."

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STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Arizona legislators are setting the standard when it comes to finding ways to help veterans.
"We are staying ahead of the curve on veterans issues in Arizona," Rep. Jonathan Larkin, D-Glendale (District 30), said.
Yesterday in Washington, D.C., members of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs introduced new bipartisan legislation that will, if passed, assist veterans pursuing a college degree. The proposed federal law would require schools eligible for GI Bill education benefits to charge veterans in-state tuition rates, regardless of what state the veteran is from or where the schools are located.
Larkin, a founding member of the Arizona Veterans Caucus, said Arizona instituted a similar policy in 2011.
This past week, Larkin co-sponsored a bipartisan bill, HB 2420, that if enacted would provide grants to qualifying veterans who have exhausted their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and who have not yet completed a bachelor's degree program.
For more information on the federal legislation, go to http://veterans.house.gov/press-release/chairman-miller-and-ranking-member-michaud-introduce-bipartisan-gi-bill-tuition.


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ISIS - Le reclute del male (The State) è una miniserie televisiva britannica, scritta e diretta da Peter Kosminsky, che drammatizza le esperienze di quattro giovani musulmani britannici che volano in Siria per unirsi allo Stato islamico.

La miniserie è stata trasmessa sul canale britannico Channel 4 dal 20 al 23 agosto 2017.

La serie è stata trasmessa da National Geographic; in Australia dal 23 agosto 2017, e negli Stati Uniti tra il 18 e il 19 settembre 2017. In Francia, la serie è stata trasmessa da Canal+ a partire dal 4 settembre, mentre in Italia è stata trasmessa dal 30 maggio 2018 su Focus.

La serie è stata distribuita in DVD negli Stati Uniti il 28 novembre 2017.

Trama
Uno sguardo alle vite di quattro cittadini britannici che si uniscono all'ISIS in Siria.

Puntate

Personaggi e interpreti

Principali

 Shakira Boothe, interpretata da Ony Uhiara
 Jalal Hossein, interpretato da Sam Otto
 Ushna Kaleel, interpretata da Shavani Cameron
 Ziyad Kader, interpretato da Ryan McKen

Ricorrenti

 Umm Salamah, interpretata da Hiam Abbass
 Umm Walid, interpretata da Jessica Gunning
 Isaac Boothe, interpretato da Nana Agyeman-Bediako
 Abu Omar, interpretato da Ali Suliman
 Dr. Rabia, interpretato da Haaz Sleiman
 Sayed, interpretato da Amir El-Masry
 Munir Hossein, interpretato da Nitin Ganatra
 Abu Issa, interpretato da Yasen Atour
 Abu Sahl, interpretato da Samer Bisharat
 Abu Akram, interpretato da Karim Kassem
 Abu Lut Al-Almani, interpretato da Sebastian Griegel
 Abu Ibrahim Al-Brittani, interpretato da Jack Greenlees
 Abu Ayoub Al-Brittani, interpretato da Charles Mnene
 Abu Jihad Al-Brittani, interpretato da Fayez Bakhsh
 Maqqir Amir, interpretato da Zafer El-Abedin

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Da'esh

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Use real caps from fallen acorns you've foraged from your yard or on nature walks for these stunning, artful creations. You'll be gluing the felted acorn balls to the caps. For a variation, drill two tiny holes through the acorn cap and thread a string for a felted acorn necklace, make an ornament to hang on a tree branch, or hang several in a windowsill. So many possibilities!
1. Roll up the first inch or so of the wool, then twist slightly and continue rolling it into a tight ball. Smooth the loose end over the ball. It will be about the size of a large cotton ball, but will become half the size as fibers eventually mesh.
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3. Rinse the ball in cold clear water. Gently squeeze out water. Let dry overnight.
4. Glue acorn cap to the felted ball.
Note: If you wish to paint the acorn cap, do so before attaching to the felt ball.
Online resources: livingfelt.com and joann.com.
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At least seven people were charred to death and 11 others injured when a luxury bus collided with a diesel tanker near Thane district's Kude village on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early today, police said.
The death toll in an accident involving a luxury bus and a diesel tanker in Thane district's Kude village on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early on Wednesday rose to eight and the number of injured went up to 14.
According to the police, the luxury bus was going to Ahmedabad from Pune when it collided with the tanker at Kude village within the Manor police station limits in Palghar taluka.
The bus immediately caught fire after the collision and a sedan is said to have rammed into it.
"The mishap occurred at around 1.30am at Kude village, about 10 km from Manor. Ten of the injured passengers are being treated at Manor rural hospital while one has been moved to Thane. Those who were injured have sustained medium to minor injuries," said an official.
He also said that the seven charred bodies have been recovered from the bus.
"The bodies could not be identified as they are charred beyond recognition. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The district administration is in the process of contacting the bus operator to get the names of the passengers travelling in the bus," Thane district collector P Velrasu told PTI.
Officials said that they are in the process of recording statements of those injured while the families of those killed in the mishap are being contacted.
The tanker belongs to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, one of the largest public sector oil marketing companies in India, and was carrying diesel towards Hazira in Gujarat.
The highway from Shirsad (Virar) to Manor was closed for three hours since 2am. Traffic was diverted from Wada-Bhiwandi road.
In May last year, 14 people were killed and 40 injured in a similar accident involving a luxury bus and tanker close to this spot.


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After actively maintaining a full great year of production league lead in Ghana's reggae-dancehall terrain without fail, the Irie Ites Studio climaxes its already laudable unprecedented contributions towards the growth of the nation's reggae-dancehall fraternity with a would-be massive outdoor rave on the fore street of its office premises.
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Nine out of ten hottest places are in India; Khargone in MP tops list
Sravani Sarkar April 29, 2019 01:04 PM IST
Summer heat
Even before it is May—considered the hottest month in the year for this region—day temperatures are soaring through the roof in Madhya Pradesh and neighbouring Vidarbha in Maharashtra, setting world records.
On Sunday, Khargone in southwestern part of MP recorded maximum day temperature of 47.5 degrees celsius—the hottest in entire world according to weather website, worldweathertoday.info. Neighbouring Khandwa town recorded a high of 46.1 degrees to become the seventh hottest place in the world.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Bhopal has confirmed the high temperatures and issued warning of heat wave conditions in parts of the state, especially in Sagar, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Indore and Hoshangabad divisions, for the next 24 hours.
Screenshot of the worldweathertoday.info
People have been asked to increase intake of water, wear light coloured cotton clothes and keep their heads covered when out in the open to prevent possible heat stroke.
Maharashtra, too, boils
Six other towns in Vidarbha and Marathwada of Maharashtra have been placed in the list of top ten hottest places in the world by the website. Nine out of the ten hottest places in the world are thus from India, the only non-Indian city being Chauk in Myanmar.
Akola, Chandrapur and Parbhani in Maharashtra each recorded a maximum of 47.2 degrees celsius respectively. Other Maharashtra cities in the list are Amravati, Wardha and Brahmapuri. Kandla Aerodrome in Gujarat also found place in the list of hottest ten.
Khargone of MP remained hottest in the world on April 26, too, with maximum temperature of 46.6 degrees. Same temperature was recorded in the town on Saturday (April 27), too, but Akola of Maharashtra pipped it to be listed as the hottest in the world with temperature of 46.7 degrees.
Bhopal records season's hottest day
Meanwhile capital Bhopal recorded season's hottest day on Sunday with maximum temperature of 43.3 degrees celsius. This was the hottest April day in last 8 years, the Regional Meteorological Centre said.
(The article first appeared in The Week)


Conversation starts @ 3:05 – Emily (from OffPlanet Radio) and I have a conversation about health and diet. She talks about her own trials and tribulations in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and her personal relationship with Ann Boroch, author of the Candida Cure. We get into the Vegan/Vegetarian diet and discuss some potential pitfalls as well as some red flags to consider in regards to Occult agendas; specifically in regards to the promotion of this diet by the United Nations. We also talk about many other topics such as sugar, soy, drinking water, the so-called 'toxic' masculinity of meat-eating, climate change and transgender agendas; and of course dinosaurs… yes, dinosaurs. Emily is available for consultations in regards to health and diet, and is currently taking additional courses on the topic to help expand her knowledge on the subject. Enjoy.


Factors To Consider When Choosing The Right CCTV Security Equipment.
The cost of a CCTV camera security will depend on the features it has whereby the more the features the more expensive and the vice versa. The first thing that you should consider when choosing CCTV security equipment is whether you would like the information to be recorded in color or in black and white form. Those CCTV cameras that capture the footage are termed to be cheaper than the colored ones and therefore it would be your decision. However, what most people don't know is that there are some colored CCTV cameras which do not give clear images at night and others do. Choose the best one according to the use you would want it for and also consider your budget as well.
Another one is determining the output video resolution that you would like. To read more about CCTV Security Cameras, visit Hikvision CCTV Distributor. Resolution is the number of lines that form the footage on the monitor and therefore the more the lines, the clearer the output. It is very important once you decide on having a high-resolution CCTV camera, you should have a monitor which can withstand that resolution power otherwise you might be wasting your money and time.
Another factor to consider is how fast you would like the camera rate of capture. This always for most CCTV cameras range from six to thirty frames per second. Actually capturing footage at thirty frames per second can actually be data heavy and this is the reason as to why most people prefer cameras that roll at six frames per second for data management.
Determine whether you want your CCTV camera to be in one position or you would like it to be able to pan, zoom and tilt. Most cameras are actually mounted to take footage of a specific area without moving. However, with the increased technology we have today, many designers have come up with some cameras which can tilt to get footage at 360 degrees. Read more about CCTV Security Cameras from Samsung CCTV AbuDhabi. This is termed to be PTZ cameras. It would be upon your decision which one to buy having this information.
Again we have wireless cameras and the wired cameras. You should actually consider what type of camera will suit your business. Wired cameras need to be planned where to be placed since it will stay there permanently. However, this is not the case with wireless cameras since they are potable.
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Review: Jessica Jones #5
Posted on February 11, 2017 by SHAY REVOLVER
David Mack kills, as usual, with his cover art for Jessica Jones #5 which sets a great tone and gets you into the mood for the story that Brian Michael Bendis is going to weave for us about the currently on the outs Jessica Jones. The set up is the kind of film noiresque opening that you'd want for a murder mystery with superhuman undertones. It starts in a police station with Jessica's client's husband in custody for killing his wife and drinking her blood and refusing to talk to anyone but, Jessica. As gruesome as the first page's story set up sounds it draws a hard line when it comes to the tone and gets you ready to read more. Her client's husband not only confesses to the crime but, tells Jessica that he's from an alternate reality, which is totally plausible for all of us comic book readers. Bendis tells this story with a bit of skepticism that calls into question what we know can happen. I liked that I couldn't tell if he was being genuine or if it was a red herring and something else was going on.
Meanwhile, Luke Cage is on a mission of his own, still unaware of the truth behind Jessica's mission and worries about his friends and his daughter. The panels involving Cage left me uneasy because nothing every goes right in comic book land and him thinking that he and Jessica would be over for good if he doesn't see his daughter means that Jessica isn't going to make it back with his daughter. Back at the station, Jessica is still trying to figure out what's going on with her client's husband as he weaves a tale of "Cosmic Calamity" and paints the superheroes of her world as villains who killed every other reality to save their own. Their conversation plays over and over in her head, filling her with dread and flashbacks of it keep her up at night which adds to the tension of the story. This issue comes to an end with a secret meeting between Jessica and Ms. Marvel in the sketchiest car ride shakedown ever and Jessica still unsure of what her next move should be since the lingo on her face says she just wants her family back.
Michael Gaydos serves up some wicked good artwork for a tense and dark story. There is a sense of dread beyond the words and his lines made it possible. Each panel has so much detail embedded in at that it takes a moment to snap out of it after the last page because you're so immersed in the story.
Overall this issue was pure fire. It evoked actual emotion and managed to create tension, dread, and mystery. It was a full color, well drawn, well written, film noir mystery in comic book form and I was here for it. As a whole, I was still on edge when I finished reading and it took a moment for me to calm down enough to write my review. The issue felt real and there's something marvelous about picking up an issue of a comic book and having fit take hold of you by pulling you into the story.
Story: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Michael Gaydos
Story: 9.9 Art: 9.8 Overall: 9.8 Recommendation: Buy
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Former Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert re-signs with Bucs to become Tom Brady's backup
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-signed former Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert to a one-year contract Thursday, the franchise announced.
He will serve as a backup behind Tom Brady, who signed a two-year, $50 million contract with the Bucs in free agency.
Gabbert, an eight year veteran, was the No. 10 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Jaguars. He spent nearly all of the 2019 season on injured reserve after suffering a dislocated shoulder during the preseason.
Gabbert won only five games in 27 starts for the Jaguars from 2011-13. In March 2014, the Jaguars traded Gabbert to the San Francisco 49ers for a sixth-round pick, clearing the way for Blake Bortles to become the starter in Jacksonville.
Gabbert spent three seasons with the 49ers before playing for the Arizona Cardinals in 2017. In one of the highlight games of his career, he led the Cardinals to a 27-24 upset of the Jaguars in 2017 after passing for 241 yards and two touchdowns.
In 2018, Gabbert moved on to the Tennessee Titans, playing as a backup behind starter Marcus Mariota.


Inspired by a special issue submission for the Journal of Intercultural Studies. Animals have long been entangled with global cultural politics of nation-building and nationalism. In North America, both cattle and horses, as domesticated laboring animals, have been foundationally deployed as tools of colonialism, the settler-colonial project (Anderson 2006). Cultural narratives rescript ideas of the North American 'West' through animals' use in dispossessing indigenous peoples from their land and native animal species from their habitats (Anderson 2006; Fischer 2017), and through the contemporary dairy and beef industries (where cattle and the consumption of their bodies and reproductive outputs are drawn into narratives of US patriotism and what it means to be American) (Gillespie forthcoming; Orzechowski 2012; Sharpes 2006).
India exemplifies the animal-nationalism collapse to an extent where the Mother Cow is Mother India – specifically a Hindu Mother India. The prohibition of cow slaughter and criminalization of beef in India advances the narrative of the 'beef-consuming' 'cow-butchering Muslim', obscuring the role of milk, valued as sacred by Hindus, in cow slaughter (Narayanan 2017). In a similar vein, Buddhist nationalists demand an end to cow slaughter in Sri Lanka to marginalize Muslims, even as the state increases its investment in the dairy sector. In both India and Trump's America, the resurgence of right-wing nationalism asserts the 'whiteness' of milk as a sign of white racial superiority for neo-Nazis (Freeman 2017), and the pre-eminence of upper-caste Hindu extremism respectively. In the Netherlands, genetic modifications of bovine animals bring up questions of Dutch national identities, a cultural preoccupation with 'purity,' and a historical contextualization within the Nazi occupation (Taussig 2004).
Cultural and religious uses of the lives and deaths of animals are also profound in nation-making. Worldwide, domesticated animals feature in nation-building narratives via masculinist performances of settler colonialism and animal dominance. Such culturally infused practices include the rodeo in America, horse-racing in England and the former British colonies, bull-fighting in Spain and Colombia, buffalo-racing in India, and rooster and dog-fighting in many parts of the world. Nationalist narratives of control and eviction of animals, operate alongside religio-political and cultural discourses that celebrate and even deify them. Monkeys and rats are simultaneously pests in India, and worshipped as divinity. In Australia, the native kangaroo is a pest but also on the Coat of Arms. The ritual worship and sacrifice of animals across religions is intertwined with religious, cultural, and nationalist identities (Govindrajan 2015). The sacred and economic value of animals is often indistinguishable, and as the case of temple elephants of India, Sri Lanka or Thailand show, these intertwined systems of value enact significant violence on animals in an increasingly neoliberal era (Iyer 2016).
This symposium has two mandates. One, we ask why and how animals are foundational to cultures of nationalism and racial demarcation. Postcolonial critical animal studies scholars have drawn attention to the ways in which racialization (as a process frequently foundational to projects of nation-building) is intimately entangled with what Maneesha Deckha calls a kind of "species thinking" wherein categories of human, subhuman, and nonhuman operate to create a violatable Other (Deckha 2010; Kim 2015; Ko and Ko 2017). We are interested in how animals themselves are used to reproduce and sustain animality and its role in nationalistic practices of exclusion, violence, and supremacy.
Two, we aim to re-imagine how animals may feature in more 'inclusive nationalisms' or 'just nationalisms' that attend to difference within and across species. Variations of environmentalism and eco-citizenship are interwoven with nation-building narratives, and are beginning to variously unsettle and reframe the nation-state (Yeh 2009, Goldman 2005). The Constitution of India directs its citizens to 'have compassion for living creatures' since its inception in 1950. In 2015, New Zealand recognized animals as 'sentient' beings. However, such mandates are yet to manifest meaningfully worldwide, in ways that protects animals from human exploitation and there remains a question of whether legal reforms can even substantially represent the interests of nonhuman animals when law itself is an anthropocentric institution (Deckha 2013).
– How are nationalistic agendas advanced by and through animals' role in the cultural politics of nation building or destruction?
– How are nationalist discourses, imbued with racial politics, also a project of rendering animal or subhuman those who fall outside of and beyond a particular formulation of human (see Wynter's  formulation of Man 1/2; also McKittrick 2014; Weheliye)?
– How is legislative action framed around the cultural use of animals in nation/identity-building by animal advocacy, as well as nationalist groups?
– How can/has the burgeoning animal advocacy movement worldwide responded to the cultural uses of animals in nation-building projects, through legislation or advocacy?
– How does international trade, international political coalitions, increased militarisation, and the resurgence of right-wing extremism and local parochialisms globally impact cultural practices and uses of animals of particular states or regions?
We invite abstracts of 150-200 words from scholars studying animals in different regions, nations, cultures and religions across the Global South and North. Please send to y.narayanan@deakin.edu.au by the 30th of September 2018.


Shackleford broke his maiden going seven furlongs November 27 at Churchill Downs in his second career start. That day was Churchill's semiannual "Stars of Tomorrow" card, which attracts some of the most promising 2-year-olds on the backstretch.
In fact, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch finished second in the split division of Shackleford's maiden race.
Breaking from the 11-post, Shackleford stumbled slightly and bumped at the start. He quickly recovered and dueled between horses through a half mile in 46.69 seconds, a solid pace that day. Shackleford grabbed the lead along the rail heading into the far turn. Turning for home he was pinned on the inside and looked beaten, but he re-broke in the final sixteenth of a mile to win by three-quarters of a length. It was a tenacious victory. Shackleford ran his final three-eighths of a mile in 36.96 seconds, and the final time of 1:23.65 was the fastest of three seven-furlong races that day.
Shackleford made his 3-year-old debut in a 1 1/8-mile allowance race at Gulfstream Park. Again pressing the pace, Shackleford looked a little green early, and he was all over the place in the stretch, but he won by open lengths and seemed to get his stride together galloping out past the finish line.
Next up was the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes. Shackleford broke badly from the outside post, never got to the lead, and tired to finish fifth. He was beaten 23 1/2 lengths by Soldat, who cruised on the lead from the rail.
Shackleford bounced back strongly in the Grade 1 Florida Derby, turning the tables on Soldat but just failing to hold off Dialed In by a head. Shackleford set fast fractions in the Florida Derby — a half-mile in 46.35 seconds and three-quarters of a mile in 1:10.65. By comparison, older horses went 48.38 and 1:12.89 in the Grade 3 Skip Away on the same card.
The hot fractions (and weather) took their toll in the Florida Derby, as the final three-eighths of a mile was timed in a very slow 39.44 seconds. Shackleford won the pace battle but lost the war. Although winner Dialed In got his head in front at the wire, Shackleford showed good fight and actually galloped out past that rival.
Shackleford is by Forestry, a speed sire who is not considered a positive influence at classic distances. However, Shackleford has a good female family; he is out of a mare by 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled. Shackelford's half sister, Lady Joanne, won the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at 1 1/4 miles, and she is by another speed sire, Orientate.
Shackleford is a talented, game colt. His odds were 68-1 in the Florida Derby, and there is a good chance he will be underestimated again in Louisville, pace and distance concerns notwithstanding.
Yes, he will be the unobserved object of underestimation.
I hope he's downright invisible, because on Derby Day, it just isn't normal to have the desire to share a good thing with 1000,000 people.


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Duterte orders dismissal of PNP execs over body cam extort case
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he has ordered the dismissal of three police majors accused of extorting money from bidders in the acquisition of 3,000 body-worn cameras.
Duterte bared this during a speech at the 80th anniversary of the Department of National Defense (DND) in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
"The three majors who were working on the body camera. They were arguing because maybe…because of money, because of corruption. So I said, 'Fire them. Dismiss them,'" Duterte said.
"If they do not want to be dismissed, just do not allow them to enter the camp. Just tell him you are no longer a policeman,'" he added.
He said it did not matter to him if the accused police majors complained about being dismissed while investigation is ongoing.
"Never mind the investigation. We'll come to that later," he said.
Earlier, Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge, Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa, identified the three cops as Majors Emerson Sales and Rholly Caraggayan, who are now both AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave); and Angel Beros, who is still in active service.
Gamboa bared that the PNP Internal Affairs Service had concluded its probe on the three police majors and had recommended their dismissal from service.
The three cops' illegal activities were exposed by one of the losing bidders in the PHP334-million body cam project, Gamboa said.
He noted that the trio allegedly asked for PHP5 million from the bidder who supposedly paid the amount but was still disqualified from the bidding.
Gamboa said he plans to sign the dismissal order for the three cops on Monday.
The trio will be given 10 days to appeal his decision, he said. PNA.GOV.PH


A TAP source is something that produces a stream of TAP for the parser to consume, such as an executable file, a text file, an archive, an IO handle, a database, etc. TAP::Parser::Sources encapsulate these raw sources, and provide some useful meta data about them. They are used by TAP::Parser::SourceHandlers, which do whatever is required to produce & capture a stream of TAP from the raw source, and package it up in a TAP::Parser::Iterator for the parser to consume.
Unless you're writing a new TAP::Parser::SourceHandler, a plugin or subclassing TAP::Parser, you probably won't need to use this module directly.
Returns a new TAP::Parser::Source object.
Chaining getter/setter for the raw TAP source. This is a reference, as it may contain large amounts of data (eg: raw TAP).
Chaining getter/setter for meta data about the source. This defaults to an empty hashref. See "assemble_meta" for more info.
True if the source has meta data.
Chaining getter/setter for the source's configuration, if any has been provided by the user. How it's used is up to you. This defaults to an empty hashref. See "config_for" for more info.
Chaining getter/setter for the flag that dictates whether STDOUT and STDERR should be merged (where appropriate). Defaults to undef.
Chaining getter/setter for the list of command-line switches that should be passed to the source (where appropriate). Defaults to undef.
Chaining getter/setter for the list of command-line arguments that should be passed to the source (where appropriate). Defaults to undef.
Get the shebang line for a script file.
If a fully qualified $class is given, its abbreviated version is checked first.


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@import UserNotifications;

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN

@interface UNNotification ()

+ (instancetype)notificationWithRequest:(UNNotificationRequest*)arg1 date:(NSDate*)arg2;

@end

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END


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The Nanny Diaries (2007)
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A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Director: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
Actors: Alicia Keys, Chris Evans, Donna Murphy, Laura Linney, Nicholas Art, Paul Giamatti, Scarlett Johansson
Two If by Sea (1996)
Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which involves stealing a valuable…
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Fuck You Immortality (2019)
A couple of hippies are searching for Joe, a long time friend from the 70s who seem to be stuck in time and never aged a day since then. Through…
Just Friends (2005)
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned…
Stir Crazy (1980)
New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to…
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His…
Run, Fatboy, Run (2007)
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Tinseltown (1980)
Mary Jo Harmon is a small town country girl who dreams of moving to Hollywood to pursue her ambition of becoming a famous movie star. But no sooner than arriving,…
Chaos (1984)
Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.
Night of the Comet (1984)
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With…
On their way to Spring Break, college kids take a detour through an old Southern town. The people of Pleasant Valley insist the kids stay for their annual barbecue celebration……
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there…
Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
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Five men arrested in connection with home burglary on Tangier Way in Sarasota
August 25, 2022 by Rachel Brown Hackney, Editor & Publisher
Sarasota Police Department continuing to investigate alleged theft of property valued at more than $200,000
The Sarasota Police Department has arrested five people in connection with a burglary that was reported on Tangier Way in Sarasota on Aug. 4, the department has announced.
The victims told officers that they left the house just after 6 p.m. to have dinner at Michael's on East, near downtown Sarasota, the Probable Cause Affidavits in the case point out.
Just after 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 4, Sarasota Police patrol officers were dispatched to the home, a Police Department news release explains. When the victims returned from dinner, the release says, they found that the glass door to the master bedroom had been broken, and a large safe in a closet had been cut and pried open, the affidavits add. Passports, vehicle titles, and designer handbags and jewelry valued at more than $200,000 in were missing from the safe, they reported.
The victims were not identified in the affidavits, and the exact location of the incident was redacted from the affidavits. Tangier Way is just south of San Remo Terrace — and Siesta Drive — and east of Siesta Key.
"Sarasota Police detectives do not believe the suspects and victims knew one another," the news release points out.
Each of the suspects has been charged with felony counts of grand theft of more than $100,000; residential burglary with property damage; and possession of burglary tools, a news release says.
Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office arrested the suspects in Orlando on Aug. 8, Judge reported late last week. The suspects were transferred to the Sarasota County Jail on Aug. 11, that release noted.
Those arrested are as follows:
Andres Felipe Suarez Lopez, 28, address unknown (extradited to Broward County).
Jefferson Javier Nunez Suarez, 32, address unknown.
Oscar Daniel Londono Rubiano, 35, address unknown.
Juan Camilo Cuartas Castellanos, 32, a resident of Bogota, Columbia.
Juan Quinones, 50, address unknown.
An Aug. 24 Sarasota News Leader search of the inmate records for the Sarasota County Jail found no records for Suarez, Rubiano or Castellanos. However, Quinones remained in confinement that day, with his total bond put at $41,500. A separate record for him noted that he was being held for release to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel in Miami-Dade County.
In a follow-up advisory, issued on Aug. 22, Genevieve Judge, the Police Department's public information officer, wrote that several of the items and some of the U.S. currency that was recovered after the execution of a search warrant in Orlando "did not all belong to the victims on Tangier Way."
She added, "This is a multi-agency investigation. Sarasota Police detectives believe the five people arrested are connected to similar types of burglaries in Pinellas Park and the Orlando area. The investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with any information is asked to call the Sarasota Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 941-263-6070."
An individual also may leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers by calling 941-366-TIPS, or going online at www.sarasotacrimestoppers.com.
Details of the incident
During their investigation, Sarasota Police detectives obtained surveillance video from outside the house that showed three Hispanic men entering the residence wearing gloves and masks, the affidavits say. As shown in the video, the time was 6:35 p.m., the affidavits note.
While the suspects were outside the house, one of them was talking on a radio, the affidavits continue. Detectives believe that the person to whom the suspect was speaking was another member of the group "who was on the lookout for the victims to return," the release says.
The video showed the suspects leaving the house at 7:33 p.m., the affidavits add.
Sarasota Police detectives saw a white Honda Odyssey mini van in the video, which they believe the suspects used, the affidavits point out.
After reviewing that video, the affidavits note, an unnamed officer began to scan through red-light camera footage taken at the intersection of Bee Ridge Road and South Tamiami Trail, looking for the Odyssey van, which had a temporary Florida license tag, the affidavits continue.
At 6:26 p.m. on Aug. 4, as shown in the footage, the van was traveling southbound on South Tamiami Trail. It made a westbound turn onto Bay Road, heading in the direction of Tangier Way, the affidavits add.
Then, at 6:29 p.m., the Odyssey reappeared, the affidavits note.
The officer then watched red-light camera footage taken at the intersection of Bahia Vista Street and South Tamiami Trail, as well as surveillance footage shot outside Michael's on East. The officer spotted the van driving by the restaurant, the affidavits say. The officer saw it traveling west on Lincoln Drive, the affidavits continue, and then it reappeared in the direction of Tangier Way. At 7:33 p.m., the Odyssey was observed heading east on Bay Road and then turning north onto South Tamiami Trail, the affidavits add.
As they reviewed the surveillance footage taken from outside Michael's on East, the affidavits point out, detectives began to think that the radio communication they saw in the victims' home surveillance video was taking place with someone other than an individual in the Odyssey, the affidavits say.
Then one detective observed on the restaurant's surveillance footage that a silver SUV had backed into a parking space that had a view of the victims' vehicle, the affidavit says. No one exited that SUV, and it did not leave the spot while the victims were in the restaurant, the affidavits add.
After the victims were seen leaving the restaurant, the affidavits point out, the SUV left the parking lot and followed the victims' vehicle north on South East Avenue. That occurred at 7:33 p.m., the affidavits add, which was approximately the same time that the home video surveillance showed the suspect speaking on the radio. Thus, the affidavits say, detectives believe that someone in the SUV was telling the suspect at the house that the victims were heading home.
A check of the SUV's license tag enabled detectives to learn that the vehicle was registered to Saver LLC in Fort Lauderdale, which is a rental car company, the affidavits note.
Detectives subpoened Saver LLC for documents relating to the rental of the SUV, which was a Hyundai Santa Fe, after they determined it was the "lookout vehicle," as the affidavits describe it. They learned that it had been rented on July 31 in Fort Lauderdale, with the transaction calling for its return on Aug. 9. The person who rented the Santa Fe was Juan Camilo Cuartas Castellanos, the affidavits point out, who provided a Colombian driver's license and a cell phone number.
On Aug. 7, the affidavits point out, detectives were able to locate the Santa Fe in the parking lot of the Hyatt House Hotel in Orlando; they also found the Odyssey in that parking lot.
At the Sarasota Police Department's request, the affidavits indicate, an Orange County judge approved a search warrant for a room at the Hyatt registered under the name "Leduan Leon," on the basis of the hotel parking pass information. Warrants also were obtained for a search of the two vehicles, the affidavits note.
Orange County deputies and Sarasota Police detectives detained the five people they found in the room at the Hyatt, the affidavits add. The men refused to speak with the officers, the affidavits note. Nonetheless, they "were in possession of multiple identification cards from different countries and the U.S.," the affidavits say.
Among the items found in the hotel room were the following, the affidavits point out:
Clothing worn by the suspects as seen on the surveillance video from the Tangier Way home.
Cash totaling $122,212.
Louis Vuitton handbags,
Jewelry, including watches, necklaces, earrings and rings, plus gold bars.
Multiple cell phones.
Evidence collected from the two vehicles included the following, the affidavits add:
Jewelry, including watches, necklaces, earrings and rings.
"High-end liquor bottles."
"GPS electronic trackers."
A DeWalt saw with several blades.
Screwdrivers and crowbars.
Three walkie-talkies and two microphone speakers.
A radio frequency jammer.
Several pairs of black and gray gloves.
Clothing worn by the suspects during the alleged crime.
City residents urged to take precautions against crimes
In the aftermath of the Tangier Way incident, the Police Department news release says, officers are urging residents throughout the city of Sarasota to take measures to prevent themselves from being victims of crimes. Police Department personnel recommend the following steps:
Lock front, back, and side doors, and install additional locks if possible.
Install and use home security systems, if possible.
Make sure garage doors are locked, and lock the door within a garage that has access to a home.
Lock car doors and do not keep garage openers or keys inside vehicles.
"Remain vigilant. Familiarize yourself with your community.
"Exercise caution when answering the door.
"Do not keep valuables and documents in plain sight. Try to find an unusual spot to keep expensive property.
"If you see something suspicious, report it to law enforcement immediately.
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Super Comics: Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) – #16
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We're back already with even more Sonic the Hedgehog! Apparently we just can't get enough of the little blue bugger, what with his trailer dropping, the Annual last week, and now this issue that gets us back on track with the ongoing story of Eggman trying to take over the world! All we need now is for SEGA to announce both a good Sonic game and a bad Sonic game for the ritual to be complete and usher in the apocalypse! It's in revelations I think. That beast they talk about? Actually a hedgehog! ANYWAY! With the last issue ending on quite the interesting cliffhanger, can this issue capitalize on it and deliver a satisfying narrative for the good guys, or will this storyline falter; leaving the bad guys to continue being the highlight of the series? Let's find out!!
So remember at the end of the last issue where Sonic got infected with the Robo-virus and it was only a matter of time before he turned into a cybernetic killing machine? Yeah, it's all fine now! Nothing to see here, just move along!
"Despite all my rage, I'm still just a hedgehog in a cage!" "He's been saying that for three hours, and yet I don't think it has anything to do with the virus."
Yeah so apparently Sonic is all better now because as it turns out you can OUTRUN this robo-virus which you'd think Eggman would have thought run a few tests for considering who his adversary is, though I guess reckless abandon is half the fun of being a super villain. Still, I'm not a fan of what they did here because once again the writing on the good guys feels needlessly anemic as everyone seems determined to have them deal with as little conflict as possible, and in return it does a disservice to the fantastically written villains who are now shouldering even more of the plot and overall interest because no one else is picking up the slack. Sonic has felt rather static in this incarnation of the series leaving it up to the secondary characters (especially the new ones) to feel the most fleshed out and dynamic, but it felt like that was going to change at least temporarily with the way the last issue ended! The story line they were setting up with him being infected felt like it could BE something and yet has been drastically undercut almost immediately. Seriously HOW DO YOU OUTRUN A VIRUS!? Why couldn't we have an issue where everyone else has to solider on while Sonic fights this, or even have him turn into an outright bad guy that the rest of them either have to fight or contain until they can find a cure? Now it's clear the virus thing hasn't gone COMPLETELY away yet, but in an issue that should be shaking up the status quo it just fails to accomplish anything more than refreshing the readers on the status quo; made that much more obvious by the inclusion of numerous references to previous issues.
"It all happened over a six month period of monthly issues, but it feels like it was just yesterday!"
But hey, if this series is gonna continue to make the heroes feel like cardboard cutouts then at least we have the villains to fall back on who are STILL great… but I'm getting a bit worried that they're running out of steam. We've basically been doing the same thing for about five issues now where half the book is about the heroes doing something more or less inconsequential (did the fight with Dr. Starline in issue 14 accomplish anything? What about the hidden base in issue 15?) while Eggman and Starline further their villainous schemes. I mean it's been great for as many issues as we've been getting it, but it feels like we're repeating ourselves a bit here with Starline not fully grasping Eggman's evil machinations until his mentor fills him in and then they both congratulate each other for being so awesome. If nothing else, at least the plan seems to be going forward in this one and now there's almost no avoiding a confrontation soon, and we get the visual of Eggman's latest flying machine which is enjoyably on brand.
"The gunk is good! The hedgehog is evil!" "I may not like what he has to say, but he's REALLY good at saying it!"
So if the plan isn't clear yet, Eggman is using his face-ship to vomit up the robo-gunk onto the unsuspecting populace of this town. Oh wait it's not just ANY town, now is it? This is in fact the town that took him in when he was known as Mister Tinker (issue 5) and he specifically targeted it for that reason which is yet more proof that the writers REALLY like writing for Dr. Eggman as he's easily the most well written character in this. His dastardly deeds are not just EVIL but seem to give him an immensely dark sense of satisfaction. Sure we know that he prefers robots and technology to nature and animals, but he's also just into it for the cruelty he gets to inflict. Not only that, but Dr. Starline is still a rather fascinating character mostly because he's still something of a wild card here. I've maintained that he's going to betray Dr. Eggman at some point and that his admiration for him is a clever ploy, but he seems genuinely affected by the sheer effectiveness of the plan, so either he never expected Eggman to be THIS competent or this isn't really an act. I'm curious to see where that's all heading, but let's take a moment to really take in what's going on here. Eggman dumped a tidal wave of the robo-virus gunk onto the town and many of its citizens who then proceeded to turn into zom-bots and hunt down everyone else who didn't get turned in the initial deluge. Now sure, I've basically been done with zombie stories for like ten years now and it's not like they're reinventing the wheel here, but kudos to the team here for going for broke on this concept in a book that's intended for general audiences. Fine, there's no actual gore here, but it's still rather messed up to see play out.
That's about all there is to the story though and we'll have to see how that whole "zom-bot" thing works out once our heroes are made aware of that situation. The only thing else to note here is that in regards to Sonic's new condition, it seems to come back after a while if he stops running so he has to keep running periodically to keep the virus at bay. Not too big a problem though because this isn't like Speed where he has to constantly move at a certain pace or else, but I guess this is the closest we'll get to pathos as Sonic grimly reflects on the danger he poses to himself and others. Meh. I mean the robo-virus thing is somewhat still effective when we're following Eggman around, but Sonic until we see some ACTUAL consequences instead of a vague threat, I don't have much investment in this story really going anywhere with the virus. Prove me wrong, comic!
I don't know, as much as the second arc has been an improvement, it feels like we are very much in a holding pattern here and are just waiting for things to come to a head. I don't think we're getting there just yet as the teaser for the next issue indicates a Choatix heavy story (because the one thing I always wanted to see was Charmy the Bee in a Resident Evil game!) so chances are we're gonna be stuck with the zom-bot story for a while longer. It's a shame that something with so much promise and great writing on the part of Eggman is starting to feel tedious, but that's gonna happen if the main characters aren't really pulling their weight in order to keep things engaging. I'm still interested to see where this is going and if nothing else they've set up a rather credible threat with such an easily spread and all-consuming outbreak, but the Tangle and Whisper mini-series has grabbed my immediate attention and it's a shame that we're not gonna see the first issue until the end of July. Well I guess seeing more of Vex will keep me going until then. Seriously, when's he gonna get HIS mini-series!?
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Q: matlab running all linprog algortithms (is there a matlab-list of algorithms?) Matlab offers multiple algorithms for solving Linear Programs.
For example Matlab R2012b offers: 'active-set', 'trust-region-reflective', 'interior-point', 'interior-point-convex', 'levenberg-marquardt', 'trust-region-dogleg', 'lm-line-search', or 'sqp'.
But other versions of Matlab support different algorithms.
I would like to run a loop over all algorithms that are supported by the users Matlab-Version. And I would like them to be ordered like the recommendation order of Matlab.
I would like to implement something like this:
i=1;
x=[];
while (isempty(x))
    options=optimset(options,'Algorithm',Here_I_need_a_list_of_Algorithms(i))
    x = linprog(f,A,b,Aeq,beq,lb,ub,x0,options);
end

In 99% this code should be equivalent to
x = linprog(f,A,b,Aeq,beq,lb,ub,x0,options);

but sometimes the algorithm gives back an empty array because of numerical problems (exitflag -4). If there is a chance that one of the other algorithms can find a solution I would like to try them too.
So my question is:
Is there a possibility to automatically get a list of all linprog-algorithms that are supported by the installed Matlab-version ordered like Matlab recommends them.
I think looping through all algorithms can make sense in other scenarios too. For example when you need very precise data and have a lot of time, you could run them all and than evaluate which gives the best results.
Or one would like to loop through all algorithms, if one wants to find which algorithms is the best for LPs with a certain structure.

A: There's no automatic way to do this as far as I know. If you really want to do it, the easiest thing to do would be to go to the online documentation, and check through previous versions (online documentation is available for old versions, not just the most recent release), and construct some variables like this:
r2012balgos = {'active-set', 'trust-region-reflective', 'interior-point', 'interior-point-convex', 'levenberg-marquardt', 'trust-region-dogleg', 'lm-line-search', 'sqp'};

...

r2017aalgos = {...};

v = ver('matlab');

switch v.Release
    case '(R2012b)'
        algos = r2012balgos;
    ....
    case '(R2017a)'
        algos = r2017aalgos;
end

% loop through each of the algorithms

Seems boring, but it should only take you about 30 minutes.
There's a reason MathWorks aren't making this as easy as you might hope, though, because what you're asking for isn't a great idea.
It is possible to construct artificial problems where one algorithm finds a solution and the others don't. But in practice, typically if the recommended algorithm doesn't find a solution this doesn't indicate that you should switch algorithms, it indicates that your problem wasn't well-formulated, and you should consider modifying it, perhaps by modifying some constraints, or reformulating the objective function.
And after all, why stop with just looping through the alternative algorithms? Why not also loop through lots of values for other options such as constraint tolerances, optimality tolerances, maximum number of function evaluations, etc.? These may have just as much likelihood of affecting things as a choice of algorithm. And soon you're running an optimisation algorithm to search through the space of meta-parameters for your original optimisation.
That's not a great plan - probably better to just choose one of the recommended algorithms, stick to that, and if things don't work out then focus on improving your formulation of the problems rather than over-tweaking the optimisation itself.

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