The Assistance League of Carlsbad awards the Eleanor Haroun Memorial Scholarship to a graduating senior each year.
Carlsbad High School 2016 graduate Augusta Edwards has been awarded the Eleanor Haroun Memorial Scholarship by the Carlsbad Chapter of the Assistance League.
Edwards was chosen based on her outstanding scholastic record and volunteer activities in the community. She has earned a high grade point average while volunteering by coaching Carlsbad Youth Soccer and volunteering during Ducky Affair and Operation School Bell. She is also a member of Key Club and St. Edwards Youth.
Edwards plans to attend The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in the fall to study biomedical engineering.
The Assistance League of Carlsbad awards the Eleanor Haroun Memorial Scholarship to a graduating senior each year. It is renewable for three additional years with qualifying grades.


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Dr. Nguyen Thi Huong Lien worked with Prof. Fabian Froese (Goettingen University)
Within the framework of KITFEM project funded by European Union on Knowledge Exchange and Innovation in Emerging Markets, Nguyen Thi Huong Lien - Lecturer, Faculty of Accounting and Auditing, VNU University of Economics and Business has participated in a research exchange program at Goettingen University in the Federal Republic of Germany within a month from 15th Oct 2018. UEB is the only partner in Vietnam to participate in the project.
KITFEM project is designed to study how knowledge management and innovation in emerging markets work as well as to learn lessonsfrom developed countries in promoting innovation, creation and transfer of knowledge in European Union. With the participation of 15 partners from 9 countries around the world, KITFEM combines research on knowledge and innovation among emerging markets with European businesses,andshare and disseminates knowledge around the world to enhance the impact of European innovation. Project has involvedparticipation of 54 researchers, administrators, scientists and management to enhance exchanges between the scientific community and other stakeholders including research institutes, business and social community. With the scale ofproject and competitive advantage of15 participating partners, KITFEM project is expected to generate significant global impact both academically and socially.
Goettingen University, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta in Goettingen city near the center of Germany, is one of the leading universities in Germany and Europe. In 2007, Goettingen University was selected as one of the nine outstanding German universities and consistently received major research grants fromGerman Ministry of Education and Research. In 2010, Goettingen University was ranked 43rd among the 200 best universities in the world and ranked eighth among European universities.
Participating in the KITFEM project, UEB's lecturer also seeks for partnership development in joint research, organization of international seminars, exchanges of undergraduate and postgraduate students, organizing short-term training courses between the two sides. The establishment of cooperation with a leading university of Germany is a vivid proof for the implementation of the goal of education internationalization of VNU University of Economics and Business.
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Pregnant woman lost unborn child after crash on A50
Rashminder Singh Gill's Mercedes allegedly veered across the central reservation and collided with an oncoming car
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A pregnant woman was seriously injured and lost her unborn child after a crash on the A50.
The tragedy happened when Rashminder Singh Gill lost control on the A50 between Groby and Markfield, in Bradgate Hill.
His Mercedes C250 allegedly veered across the central reservation and collided with an oncoming Audi.
The teenage son and wife of Gill (41) died in the collision.
He denies causing the death of his wife, Amrit Gill, and 14-year-old son, Taran, by careless driving on the evening of January 29 last year.
Rashminder Singh Gill, 41, outside Leicester Crown Court (Image: Chris Gordon)
Dad 'caused death of wife and teenage son by driving too fast on A50 in torrential rain' - jury hears
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The Audi driver was returning from visiting relatives in Coalville, travelling home to Beaumont Leys, with both his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter - in a child's seat - in the back of the vehicle.
He said in a statement read out: "All of a sudden my car was hit by another car.
"I didn't have time to react.
"I didn't see the car that hit me – it seemed to come out of nowhere.
"My car spun round to the left and the car that hit mine spun round and ended up in the bushes."
Flowers at the scene of the A50 crash (Image: Alex Hannam)
He described his two-year-old being unconscious for a short time, but making a good recovery.
His wife was screaming in pain.
She suffered a fractured sternum, a broken left arm and three broken ribs.
She was due to give birth a week later, on February 5, but lost the baby, and was in hospital for two weeks.
The Audi driver suffered whiplash and a bruised leg.
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ATI Boeing Accelerator Announces the 10 Startups Joining its Second Cohort
The latest startups to join the ATI Boeing Accelerator have been announced today with 10 companies joining the programme. The startups for the second cohort were selected from nearly 200 applications, from more than 40 countries and range from Hull to Queensland, and the US to Germany. Providing solutions for the aerospace industry such as software to support inflight medical events and emergencies and behavioural science technologies to reduce airlines' greenhouse gas emissions.
To date, the nine companies that have been a part of the ATI Boeing Accelerator's first cohort have raised over £8M, created more than 60 jobs, and received £1.2M in grant funding in the final quarter of 2020. They have gone on to partner with businesses including Rolls-Royce and Chevron Technology Ventures. Most recently, Intellegens, part of the first cohort to join the programme, has announced it is leading a new project in partnership with Boeing and the University of Sheffield, applying it's machine learning technology to make the additive manufacturing (AM) process of metallic alloys for aerospace cheaper and faster, to support net-zero targets for aviation.
The accelerator was created in partnership by the Aerospace Technology Institute and Boeing and is delivered by European accelerator Ignite. GKN Aerospace is the programme's corporate sponsor and Rolls-Royce recently joined as a programme partner. The first cohort was in person in London and concluded just as Covid-related travel restrictions were beginning. The second cohort will be virtual.
Of the almost 200 applications, 90 per cent of the businesses applying were focussed on Industry 4.0 technologies and products, while 10 per cent were providing sustainability-focussed solutions. 44 per cent of the applicants were from outside the aerospace industry, 26 per cent of the founders were female, 42 per cent were minority-founded, and 33 per cent were first-time founders.
Gabriela Matic, Programme Director of ATI Boeing Accelerator, said, "The quality of applications for our second cohort was exceptional and we're delighted to welcome our 10 new startups to join the programme. Like everyone, we've had to adapt our ways of working due to the pandemic and we noticed an increase in the number of companies applying from outside the UK as virtual programming becomes more common due to restricted travel. This period in time also presents a great opportunity for startups, and for our partners in aerospace, to work together and solve industry problems."
The startups benefit from a possible £100,000 equity investment from Boeing HorizonX Global Ventures and access to ATI, Boeing, GKN Aerospace and Rolls-Royce strategists and technical experts. Mentoring is available from a global network of experienced entrepreneurs, mentors and investors, and introductions will be made to the programme's network of angel investors, venture capital firms and the wider aerospace industry.
The 10 startups joining the programme in January include:
Ai Build (London, UK) Has developed an AI-powered software platform that delivers the world's fastest and most reliable large-scale additive manufacturing
AireXpert (Buffalo & Minneapolis, US) Enables real-time collaboration tools for airlines and other aircraft operators to reduce delays, lower labour and operating costs, and reduce compliance risk
Datch (San Francisco, US) An intelligent voice AI for industry, enabling frontline workers to capture system information using voice in real-time and intelligently integrating into company databases
HiiROC (Hull, UK) Unique and innovative plasma technology enables a low cost and low emission process for synthetic fuel and hydrogen generation
Makersite (Munich, Germany), A cloud-based product management platform that uses artificial intelligence and graph technologies to understand and improve products from the perspective of their regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk and cost of production
MIME Technologies (Edinburgh & Inverness, UK), Remote medical software to support inflight medical events and emergencies, specifically designed for altitude
Phycobloom (London, UK) Using synthetic biology to reduce the cost of algae biofuels by forcing them to secrete their oil where it can be cheaply
Productive Machines (Sheffield, UK), Delivers software that maximises sustainability of machining processes by reducing costs, eliminating waste and improving productivity
SensaWeb (Queensland, Australia), Real-time radiation monitoring solution
Signol (London, UK), The world's first software to use behavioural science to reduce airlines' greenhouse gas emissions and increase profits and job satisfaction
The second cohort comes from three continents, 40 per cent are female and minority ethnic founded, 40 per cent are first-time founders, 40 per cent are from outside the aerospace industry and 20 per cent are re-applicants. Six of the startups are sustainability-based, two are focused on Industry 4.0 and two are focused on energy. Collectively they have raised nearly £13 million to date, with 20 per cent at the pre-seed stage (bootstrapped or grant-funded), 40 per cent at seed stage and 30 per cent beyond the seed stage.
Brian Schettler, Boeing HorizonX Global Ventures, Senior Managing Director, commented: "We're thrilled to be leading this programme again with ATI, especially given the focus on sustainability. Boeing is committed to developing innovative technologies and solutions that allow for safe and sustainable air travel for generations to come but it takes partnerships and collaboration like this to be successful. Given the success of the first cohort, I'm confident that we will again work together with these startups and program partners to address our industry's most critical issues."
Gary Elliott, Chief Executive of the Aerospace Technology Institute, added:The ATI are very excited to welcome ten innovative startups to the second cohort of the ATI Boeing Accelerator. This year's programme will be in a different environment to last year's. We have moved most of our content to the virtual world and we'll be making connections digitally rather than in person. We're also pleased to be joined by Rolls-Royce, who will provide an excellent team of mentors and experts alongside our existing programme sponsors – Boeing and GKN Aerospace.
"Despite the challenges that the sector continues to face, we must continue to find areas of innovation and growth as the world slowly but surely recovers from the pandemic. This accelerator programme is an opportunity to bring innovators, investors, experts and entrepreneurs together in the same (virtual) space. Good luck to each of the ten startups in this year's cohort and we look forward to working with you in the coming months.
ATI Boeing
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El Rally de Montecarlo de 1996 fue la 64.ª edición del rally y la primera ronda de la Copa del Mundo de Rally de 2 Litros por lo que por primera vez desde 1973 no era puntuable para el Campeonato del Mundo. Se celebró entre el 20 y el 25 de enero.

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Every ball in Premier League history: a look through all the top flight footballs used since 1992
By Mark White 13 November 2020
The current ball used by the Premier League is the Nike Flight - but which is your favourite ball in Premier League history?
While most Premier League balls over the last few years have followed a gentle evolution, the Flight is a drastic upgrade. Eight years in the making and featuring prominent grooves along the sides, this is unswervingly the most impressive ball that the league has seen in its 28-year history.
YES, YOU WANT ONE Find out how to pick up a new Premier League ball here
Having enjoyed the new one so much, we decided to take a stroll back through every single football used in the Premier League since 1992. And we even had a little scope online for you, so you can get your own.
With so many iconic designs though, which one are you taking to the park?
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1992-95 - Mitre Pro Max
It all began with the modest Mitre Pro Max. An old-school football with leather panels that soaked up an English field like a sponge.
The Pro Max is still iconic, let's face it. It paved the way for many modern matchballs, too.
The Pro Max is pretty rare to find online, but the Delta is a suitable substitute - buy it on Ebay here
1995-2000 - Mitre Ultimax
Three years into the Premier League's existence, the Mitre Pro Max was replaced by the Mitre Ultimax. The 'V' patterns became a little more embellished, as the Prem established itself as the most exciting division in the world and stars from further afield came to play with our matchball.
With five years in service, this is still the longest-serving Premier League matchball in existence. It'll probably keep that record to itself, too.
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Ultimax, Mitre re-released the iconic ball in the exact same specifications and materials as the original and it's a work of art. There are only 600 available, and they come in individual numbered boxes.
There are also replica versions, though, if you wan to get your hands on one and take it for a kick about with your mates.
Purchase the 25th anniversary Mitre Ultimax here
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2000-02 - Nike Geo Merlin and Geo Merlin Vapor
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Nike's first couple of offerings to the Premier League were classy and understated.
Boasted as "the roundest ball ever", the 'Geo' part of the name referred to the technology that allowed the bladder of the ball - that's the squishy bit in the middle - to fill out evenly against all sides of the leather when it was pumped up. Nike then followed this classic up with a greyer option, the 'Vapor', which aimed to reduce drag.
The Golden Boot winner with the first-ever Prem Nike ball was Chelsea's Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink. 992 goals were scored in that 2000-01 season - but it didn't make that much of a difference to Manchester United, who still stormed to a third Premier League title.
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2004-06 - Nike Total 90 Aerow I
At Euro 2004, Adidas went for a silver offering with the Roteiro ball, and new designs were along for Nike too as the Total 90 brand developed; this was when national sides would have squad numbers in a ring on the front of their shirts.
The Total 90 Aerow ball that made it to the Premier League also had the ring around it, and for the first time, we got a separate yellow ball for the winter months. That ring pattern had a function though, other than looking cool - it allowed players to see the spin on a shot.
This ball is a classic.
2006-08 - Nike Total 90 Aerow II
Then came the Total 90 Aerow II ball. Building on the technology of the last ball, this one altered the design a little for an asymmetrical pattern, as Nike realised that such a unique design would be even easier to see flying through the air.
Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas completed 2,100 passes the first season that this beautiful ball was in service. Nike switched it up with a red one for the next Prem campaign.
2008-09 - Nike Total 90 Omni
With six-layer casing and Nike's greatest accuracy with a ball yet, the Omni was in use for Manchester United's renaissance in the Premier League. This was also the first time that the Nike Swoosh logo had been embedded in the graphic itself.
Cristiano Ronaldo loved this thing, with 57 shots on target with it in its first Premier League campaign. The arched panels were a good look and apparently made for even distribution across the sphere.
2009-10 - Nike Total 90 Ascent
With HD TV now much bigger than before and technology in football getting even better, this is where we see a much more detailed, futuristic matchball than ever before.
The Ascent featured a micro-texture and 'RaDaR' visual technology. The pattern was developed from the previous models but this was a much busier design that we'd ever seen before. The 2000s were a maximalist decade for design anyway; it's fitting that Nike went overboard before scaling things back for a new era.
2010-11 - Nike Total 90 Tracer
It's perhaps a surprise that it took a decade for Nike to introduce their trademark Volt green shade into the Premier League ball - but the Tracer is an absolutely beauty, nonetheless.
With all the same tech that the Ascent brought to the ball, this Tracer stripped back the design for a timeless look. For many, this was the Berba ball, as Dimitar Berbatov rolled back the years to fire United to another title. Chelsea's Michael Essien actually passed this thing more than anyone else, though.
2011-12 - Nike Seitiro
The Aguerooooo ball from when Manchester City first lifted the Premier League title, Nike went more vibrant and created a pattern that reflected the Prem logo itself.
This particular ball was upgraded to nine layers of casing, as Robin van Persie snatched the Golden Boot. It's a lovely design.
2012-13 - Nike Maxim
The Maxim went up to ten layers of casing and integrated 'fractualated' glass layers a unique visual appearance.
Despite the tech, however, this was always one of the less futuristic-looking matchballs. The simple design was a big hit; not for the goalkeepers who had to save 73 of Gareth Bales shots, though.
2013-14 - Nike Incyte
This was Luis Suarez's ball: the season that Nike brought in a purple/orange colour scheme just to mix things up a bit coincided with Liverpool's near-miss at the title.
The new colour palette actually opened the doors to Nike bringing in wilder designs than ever before. This was the ball that Asmir Begovic scored with for Stoke City, by the way.
2014-15 - Nike Ordem 2
This is a big change in the ball world. No, the design doesn't look all that different. But the fluorescent lines around the ball are key: they indicate the grooves of this ball. This was the first to feature such grooves, with the ball being welded along some of them.
Yes - welded. This was a first in football and with synthetic leather casing, this genuinely felt space-age when it first hit the back of the net. Sergio Aguero was the first to win a Golden Boot with a welded ball.
The following season, Nike built upon the Ordem technology, bringing even more attention to it with a black webbing all along the grooves. The ball was as much white as it was red - which felt pretty new, too - though Nike opted for traditional hexagonal and pentagonal patch patterns, similarly to Adida's classic 1970s Telstar design.
Perhaps this ball should've been blue rather than red - it's forever associated with Leicester City.
The rainbow ball had so much more technology that went into it aside from just pretty colours. This was the season that the Premier League rebranded its logo, so it needed a modern ball to match.
The Ordem 4 used 3D ink to create a touch texture, which allegedly provided some kind of grip. Nike called this pattern "Flow Motion", but opted for just red on the yellow winter ball.
2017-18 - Nike Ordem V
Once more, Nike stripped it back for a simpler ball, as the Prem brought in a simpler typeface for the names and numbers on players' shirts. This particular Ordem ball kept the dark "Cage" pattern of the last one, but went with fluorescent flickers.
Nike-sponsored Man City won their first title under Guardiola - which must have had useful marketing results - though we're still no clearer as to why they switched the numbering to Roman numerals five versions in.
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2018-19 - Nike Merlin
In the end, a good idea is a good idea forever. Nike certainly thought so when they took inspiration from their original Merlin design to reshape that "cage" around the ball, with the equaliser-style pattern that they were putting on every club's sleeves that season.
Nike integrated All Conditions Control (ACC) technology in a ball for the first time with this one, ensuring optimal control in all weather conditions. They also reduced the number of welded panels from 12 to four. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all shared the Golden Boot on this one.
2019-20 - the latest Nike Merlin
Since Nike's partnership with La Liga to produce their matchballs ended at the start of this campaign, the 2019/20 Nike Merlin football became the first version produced solely for the Premier League. To mark 20 years of producing balls for the Prem, it became a little more personalised.
The winter ball was designed to hark back to the mid-2000s Total 90 Aerow balls, while the ball in circulation for the first third of the season is said to have "featuring pearlised ink inspired by the reflection that comes off the Premier League trophy".
The post-February 'Tunnel Vision' ball - the Corona ball, let's face it - twisted the design a little more, with bigger orange spots and an edited Nike Swoosh.
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2020-21 - Nike Flight
A lot of thought has gone into the new Nike ball. There are iridescent graphics featuring technical details of the ball, taking influence from "in-flight instrumentation", hence the name. The "Angular Chevrons" are a reference to the Prem being the fastest league in Europe.
Those grooves are bigger than ever, and they disrupt airflow across the ball for less drag and more stable flight. 30% truer flight, in fact, than the last ball. We've come a long since the early 90s...
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Cristiano da Silva (Campo Mourão, 12 de janeiro de 1987), conhecido como Cristiano, é um futebolista brasileiro que atualmente joga pelo V-Varen Nagasaki.

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Ele começou a jogar futebol com ADAP/Galo. Sua primeira equipe profissional foi Coritiba em 2005. Depois de jogar por diferentes equipes que vieram para o Metropolitano. Ele foi então para fora em empréstimo para a Chapecoense e Juventude. Em 2011 ele assinou um contrato com a Red Bull Salzburg. Em 11 de dezembro de 2012, foi anunciado que Cristiano estaria juntando Tochigi SC por empréstimo para a temporada de 2013. Em 2014, ele se juntou ao Ventforet Kofu.

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Italians in Paris in 1914. The germs of the "Return to order"
Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Andrea Pellegrini's lecture
Five Italian Futurists spent the month of March, 1914, in Paris: Ardengo Soffici, Giovanni Papini, Carlo Carrà, Aldo Palazzeschi and Umberto Boccioni. The "memorable expedition" would offer the chance for surprising encounters, in particular those with Pablo Picasso and Guillame Apollinaire, that were to deeply change the attitude of those travelers towards themselves and art: a plural and versatile story showing experiences blending painting and literature, books, novels and exhibits' catalogues, letters and autobiographies. This Parisian stay, at the threshold of war and of the end of an era, was the background for the end of the Futurist experience and the beginning of modern classicism. Usually identified by the most traditionalist critics only in the period between the wars, the seeds for the phenomenon called "Return to order" were planted during this sojourn, in its most obscure developments and, starting from this forgotten adventure, can be anticipated to an earlier period, seeing it as the surprising culmination of the avant-garde movements themselves.
Andrea Pellegrini is the author of the novels titled Lettera dalla Norvegia (Fara, 2006), and Come una madre (Joker, 2008), he won the 32° Premio Firenze 2014 – Fiorino d'Argento for essay writing with the volume La seduzione del classico negli anni del moderno. Cultura e arte italiana dal 1914 al 1920 (Helicon, 2014). He teaches literature at the Istituto Alberghiero "F. Martini" of Montecatini Terme, he is Doctor of Research in Italian Literature and for years he has been focusing his interest on authors and themes of the Italian culture of the early twentieth century.
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Chelsea's Story
Chelsea joined Watsi on December 2nd, 2014. Seven years ago, Chelsea joined our Universal Fund, supporting life-changing treatments for a new Watsi patient every month. Chelsea's most recent donation traveled 1,500 miles to support Angélica, a baby girl from Guatemala, for malnutrition treatment and formula.
Chelsea has funded healthcare for 17 patients in 6 countries.
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Angelica is a newborn baby girl from rural Guatemala. She was born one month prematurely. She was small and weak when she was born, and acquired an infection in her eyes and now her lungs. When she came to see us at the clinic, she was very sick, but now she is doing much better after receiving hospital care. Unfortunately, her mother had to receive antibiotics that are unsafe for breastfeeding. Since her mother had to stop breastfeeding while taking the medications, she lost her ability to make milk and now Angelica is acutely malnourished. Her mother says her heart breaks because she is unable to give her daughter enough milk to make her stop crying. Angelica lives with her parents and her older siblings in a humble one-room wood house with a tin roof. Her mother is worried because she can see her daughter losing weight, and she does not have enough milk to feed her. Since she spends so much time caring for Angelica and her father works as a day laborer in the coffee fields, barely making enough money to support basic living costs, they cannot afford the extremely expensive formula Angelica needs to survive. Although Angelica's life is in danger now, the treatment she needs to be a healthy and happy baby is simple. She will receive formula with the protein, calories, and nutrients she needs to grow and develop. Her immune system will grow stronger with the formula, and she will no longer cry from hunger. This treatment will not only save Angelica's life, but will mean she is no longer at risk for seizures, diarrhea, and long-term developmental delays due to her lack of milk. "My desire is that my daughter gets better and can grow healthily," her mother said. "I want to see her get big so that she can go to the school and study and be a person like you all that helps the people that need it."
Meet Layoni, a two-year-old boy from Tanzania. Our medical partner, African Mission Health Foundation (AMHF), tells us that Layoni was born to a large, loving family. His parents are both small scale farmers and tend a few livestock to support their five children. "Layoni was born with multiple deformities; Spina bifida, hydrocephalus and bilateral clubfoot," AMHF tells us. His neural tube defects were addressed with surgery when he was young, and he is doing much better because he received the medical treatment he needed at the time. "He likes to crawl and sit together with other children drawing on the ground," shares AMHF. He is getting eager to stand and walk, but with clubfeet, a musculoskeletal malformation where the feet are twisted out of shape, his feet and ankles are unable to support weight. With $1160, Layoni will receive surgery, stretching, and casting to reshape and strengthen his muscles. AMHF will provide a surgeon and hospital respite for his recovery, so that Layoni will be able to run around and play with other children. "I hope my grandson will one day be able to walk," Layoni's grandmother shared in their pre-operative interview with AMHF. With our help, Layoni will be able to walk normally.
40-year-old Taw is a farmer who lives with her husband, son, and four daughters in Burma. Her family practices swidden agriculture—a rotational farming method in which different plots of land are cleared for cultivation each year—to grow rice, green beans, and cucumbers to feed themselves. Taw spent several months away from her husband and children while receiving treatment for choriocarcinoma, a cancer of the uterus that occurs during pregnancy. The fast-growing cancer cells develop within the tissue that becomes the placenta. Costs associated with Taw's previous medical care have left the family with a large amount of debt. With no income from the farm and no external sources of financial support, they have no means of paying for additional treatment for Taw or even education fees or clothes for the children. In addition, the shifting of roles within the family has decreased productivity on the farm and puts them at risk of not producing enough food to feed themselves. "Taw's current symptoms include gripping abdominal pain and tight muscle spasms in her lower back that force her to lie down," our medical partner, Burma Border Projects (BBP), tells us. "She experiences ongoing bleeding, has spells of dizziness and headaches, and is easily fatigued." "Taw has been unable to work, and her husband has taken time off to care for her and their sick daughter," BBP continues. "This has forced their 14-year-old daughter to drop out of school and to take up considerable responsibility to support the family." For $1500, Taw will undergo a hysterectomy to remove her uterus. Funding also covers the costs of pre- and post-surgical consultations, seven days of hospital care, and transportation to and from the hospital. "It is hoped that surgery will improve the health condition and comfort of Taw so that she can return to her family," says BBP. "When I recover, I will work hard to provide for my children," Taw shares.
"I hope to become a primary school teacher when I grow up," says Lucy, a 17-year-old student from Tanzania who is the sixth of seven children in her family. At school, Lucy works hard in her classes and enjoys playing netball, and at home, she helps her mother with the evening chores. "Lucy has a mass on her left radial bone which became visible when she was nine years old," our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), tells us. "Very slowly, the mass has been increasing in size, and it is now painful when she goes about her activities such as lifting a bucket of water or washing clothes." Treatment for Lucy entails surgery to remove the mass to prevent further growth and relieve the pain that she experiences with activity. "If not treated," AMHF explains, "the mass may become cancerous as it continues to grow." Lucy's father owns a small shop where he sells spare parts for bicycles and motorcycles, and her mother makes soap to sell. They also maintain a small farm to raise food to feed their family. Despite their hard work, they are unable to afford the surgery that Lucy needs. For $920, Lucy will undergo surgery to remove the mass on her arm. Funding also covers the costs of pre and post-operative consultations, six days of hospital care, lab work, imaging, medicine, and six weeks of accommodations at the Plaster House for recovery and rehabilitation. After surgery, "The pain and swelling on the radial bone will be gone, allowing Lucy to perform various activities comfortably," says AMHF.
38-year-old Dah lives in Burma with her husband, her 18-year-old niece, and her three children. Our medical partner, Burma Border Projects (BBP), says that both Dah's niece and 13-year-old daughter are in school. To support the family, Dah's son earns a modest income working as a hunter. This past August, Dah felt a palpable mass in her abdomen caused by ovarian cysts. When her symptoms persisted, Dah initially sought medical care locally, but her condition was misdiagnosed and left untreated. Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled masses that develop within the uterus. BBP explains that without treatment, "Dah's abdomen is growing bigger everyday and she suffers from back pain. She did not want to seek treatment for her condition in Burma, because she knows that she would not be able to afford the medical costs." For $1,500, Dah will receive a total abdominal hysterectomy--removing her uterus, cervix, and painful masses during a single operation. This treatment will alleviate Dah's immediate symptoms and prevent her condition from recurring in the future. "Following surgery for ovarian cysts, Dah will no longer have bloating of her stomach and back pain," BBP states. "After recovering, she will be able to commence looking for work in a local clinic." Burma Children's Medical Fund, an organization that facilitates the transportation and treatment of Burmese people at Thai hospitals, is subsidizing this surgery by $1,421. "I want to get surgery for my condition so I don't have to worry about that anymore," Dah shares. "When I have recovered from that, I would like to start working in a clinic and helping people. My first priority now is to get healthy and feel better. Then, I can continue with my dreams."
Ronald is a 13-year-old boy who lives in Kenya with his mother, father, and two younger siblings. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF) describes Ronald as, "shy, calm, and quiet." Ronald was born with hypospadias, a congenital condition in which the urethra does not grow to its full length. As a result, the urethral opening is located on the underside of the penis, which in turn causes an irregular stream. If left untreated, hypospadias can lead to frequent urinary tract infections, infertility, and social stigma. When Ronald's parents first noticed his hypospadias when he was a baby, they took him to the nearest hospital. At the time, however, it seemed like a minor problem that may later improve. AMHF tells us, "It wasn't until Ronald had reached the age at which many young boys in his culture transition into manhood—through a rite of passage commonly known as circumcision—that they noticed nothing had changed." At this point, Ronald's parents decided to, "aggressively seek treatment." However, Ronald's father works at a mini-market and his mother tends to their home, so they are in need of financial support. For $655 Ronald will receive hypospadias repair and 10 days of recovery in the hospital. This surgery will provide a long-term solution to Ronald's condition by extending the length of the urethra. Ronald shares, "I can't pass urine near my friends because I am quite sure they will laugh at me. I hope to get treated soon because I don't want to carry that feeling with me into high school." Ronald, who will be starting high school soon, plans to work hard, get good grades, and pursue his dream of becoming an engineer.
Meet Timothe, a three-year-old boy from Haiti. Timothe lives with his parents and five siblings. Timothe has a congenital neurological condition called hydrocephalus, which causes excess cerebrospinal fluid to build up in his brain. According to our medical partner, Project Medishare (PM), Timothe's head first began to swell a month after he was born. "The situation of my son affects me very badly," shares Timothe's father. "The other kids of his age are now going to school while my son cannot even sit to carry his own head. This makes me very sad." If untreated, hydrocephalus can lead to long-term health complications, including delayed mental development. For $1,260, Timothe will receive brain surgery to treat his hydrocephalus. A shunt will be inserted into his head, draining the excess fluid and releasing the intracranial pressure from his brain. Timothe's mother works as a saleswoman while his father teaches at the local school. Together, they produce a modest income that is not enough to cover the cost of Timothe's medical expenses. "I will be very excited to see my son doing well after the surgery," Timothe's father tells us. "I just want him to be healthy."
"Fabrice became very ill with rheumatic fever when he was 13 years old," shares our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance (HCA). "This fever severely damaged his mitral and aortic valves, leaving his heart unable to properly pump blood through his body. As a result, he has been very weak and unable to attend school for the past five years." "18-year-old Fabrice lives in Haiti with his grandmother and his aunt. He lost his parents when he was young," HCA continues. "He has many friends even though he cannot attend school. He likes watching soccer on TV and would like to study to become either an engineer or a doctor." $1,500 will fund overseas transportation and preparation for Fabrice's heart surgery. Maine Medical Center has contributed $25,000 to fund the procedure itself. "Following surgery, Fabrice will require lifelong anticoagulation and blood testing but should otherwise be able to lead a full and normal life," HCA adds.
"I really hope Watsi will support me and that my treatment will be successful so that I can support my children and see them grow," says Vonta, a 38-year-old single mother of two from Nairobi. Vonta works as a house cleaner, and barely makes enough money to support herself and her children. For over a year Vonta has suffered from uterine fibroids, a condition that causes heavy uterine bleeding and lower abdominal pain. The fibroids are affecting Vonta's ability to care for her family; she explains, "This bleeding and the pain is making it difficult for me to go to work." Without treatment, Vonta's fibroids will continue to grow and she will be at risk for anemia. A fellow Watsi patient brought Vonta to our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), to seek help. For $790, Vonta will receive a total abdominal hysterectomy to remove her multiple intramural fibroids. According to her doctors at AMHF, after the procedure Vonta will be relieved of bleeding, anemia and pain, and will be able to resume work and raise her children.
Meet Jane, a 45-year-old woman from Kenya. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), tells us, "Jane is a joyful mother of five children. Two of her children are in school, while three have cleared high school and are in casual employment. Jane works as a clothes seller specializing in selling sheets and bedding." AMHF explains, "Jane found a lump in her left breast during a self-examination three months ago. Since then she has been referred to three different hospitals in search of treatment. " AMHF determined that the lump is cancerous, and Jane thus requires an immediate mastectomy to remove the cancerous tissue. Following surgery Jane will also need chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Even before getting sick, AMHF reports, "Jane's business was very small and barely enabled her to pay rent, buy food and educate her children." Now that she is ill, Jane has not been able to work often and has spent all of her savings on doctors' visits. Thus, she cannot afford the lifesaving care she needs. With $740 in funding, Jane will receive the full scope of treatment she requires. Jane shares, "The breast is not painful but I know cancer is dangerous and it should be treated fast. I really hope to get well so that I can concentrate on my business and work with my older children to make our family better.'' AMHF adds, "Jane's children are very determined to see their mother get the treatment she needs."
"The symptoms make it difficult to focus on my studies and that upsets me. My mind wants to study, but my body will not allow it," says Mu Eh. Meet Mu Eh, a 19-year-old woman who lives in a refugee camp in Thailand with her parents and three younger siblings. "Mu Eh was 15 years old when she first noticed the symptoms of her condition," shares our medical partner, Burma Border Projects (BBP). "She has made multiple visits to health clinics and hospitals over the past four years and been prescribed several different types of medication, however her symptoms have become more severe over time." Mu Eh has nasal poylps. Nasal polyps are soft, sac-like growths on the lining of the nose or sinuses. BBP tells us they cause her pain and "make it difficult for her to breathe through her nose." The growths also lead to "frequent headaches and her nose will sometimes swell and turn red." Mu Eh passed grade 10 and is about to begin her post-term education. "She enjoys school and is interested in studying medicine," BBP continues. "She occasionally misses school because of her condition and the pain makes it difficult to concentrate when she is studying." $1500 will fund the procedure to remove the polyps along with transportation to and from the hospital. "With treatment, Mu Eh can be expected to make a full recovery and live symptom-free. She will able to return to her studies and work toward her dream of becoming a doctor."
"Israel is a friendly and talkative six-year-old boy," says our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). "Even though he is not the last born in the family, he looks like he is the youngest. The severe bowing of both of his legs has made him look shorter compared to his age mates." 6-year-old Israel is a young boy from Tanzania, and has developed genu valgus (knock-knees) due to fluorosis, or high concentrations of fluoride in drinking water. "Israel walks with difficulty. He walks as if he has a problem with his hips," AMHF adds. "He is unable to run around with friends and at times he feels left out when other children are busy playing outside and no one is willing to slow down for him to catch up." Treatment for Israel's condition will cost $940. This will improve his gait and allow him to walk and grow normally. "Just like the rest of my children who are able to walk to school, I wish that Israel can also walk to school without difficulties," says Israel's mother.


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I am pretty busy. Everyone is pretty busy, especially at this time of year. I have places to be and things to do – period. I know it sounds rather impatient, even humbug-like; however, it's true. I need to get in and out, search, find, and buy, and get the heck on my way. That being said, I need people to get to the point. Tell me what you have to say, let me weigh the pros and cons, and let me make my decision. There – done.
Thanksgiving is upon us and I feel very grateful for all that has been bestowed upon me. I am thankful for my family and friends and our health and happiness. I am truly thankful for the opportunity to work from my private office dedicating myself to my clients doing what I truly love. It just doesn't get much better than that.
One of the latest ideas in the business world, especially in this economic climate, is the four day work week. Be more productive in less time. In theory, it's a good idea; however, there are drawbacks. Not everyone wants to work four days for 10 hours, they prefer five days and some time (actual awake time) at home. Some people already put in 10 or more hours per day and still work five days per week. Mind you, there are many pros to this idea as well.
Recently I had a conversation with a manager at a local company. He mentioned his assistant and how indispensable she is. I asked, "why?" He said, "she knows more about what I do than anyone else and she's a self-starter. She knows what has to be accomplished on any given day and she accomplishes it. We make a good team because we can almost read each other's minds and I like her personally." What a terrific relationship to have.
Have you ever heard the question, "what would you do if you had all the money in the world?" It is supposed to help you find your passion. Many people are asked this question when they are looking for a job or wanting a career change. If you would spend your time rehabbing houses, you might want to consider a career in housing development, et cetera, et cetera.
As I turned the ignition on my car this morning, I heard – BRACE YOURSELF – Christmas music. The entire station is devoted to Christmas music from now until the end of the year. I'm still stealing my kids' Halloween candy. Every year; though, I look back and feel like I've "missed" the entire season, so I'm giving in. I am going to listen to the music, enjoy the television commercials, and browse the aisles (and aisles and aisles) of the local stores without grousing about how it's just too early.


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Why Losing To PSG Is The Lesser Of Manchester City's Evils
By Manc Pete Sep 29, 2021, 6:15pm BST
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Well, one night in Paris was a bit crap, and not the result that Manchester City wanted, and a far cry from that glorious semi final, when Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez gave the blues a memorable 2-1 victory in Les Parc des Princes.
And while Saturday's victory over Chelsea was viewed by some City fans as revenge for the Champions League final that followed last April's win in Paris, PSG supporters will have been thinking the same last night.
It must have been fate that drew the two teams together in what was viewed as the 'oil derby,' or the 'battle of the chequebooks,' but it was an eagerly anticipated clash of two teams who let the talking be done on the pitch.
And while it didn't exactly go to plan for City, it can be viewed as a match that the blues could afford to lose, particularly when the fixtures either side of this match were against potential Premeir League title contenders.
It was City's first group stage defeat since Lyon beat the blues in September 2018 and it had to happen sometime, and in the middle of the blues fixtures week from hell, it was the one that mattered the least.
City won their opening fixture 6-3 against RB Leipzig, and travel to Club Bruges on 19th October. They then face the Belgians in Manchester at the beginning of November, before welcoming PSG for the return fixture. If the blues win both their matches against Bruges, it will put them five points clear of their opponents, meaning qualification will be almost a certainty.
And qualification from the group stage is what is important, as finishing top of the group should no longer take a priority. If City want to win the Champions League, we shouldn't rely on so called 'easy' matches in the last 16 - simply because there are no easy matches. All the teams who play in the last 16 have earned their place in the knock-out stage and shouldn't be taken lightly.
However, there are four matches to go and, contrary to what some blues may think, the sky isn't falling just because of a defeat to one of the strongest teams in the Champions League. Let's face it, they're a different class to a certain Swiss team called Young Boys!
The blues now need to put the PSG match behind them and fully focus on Sunday's big match. After dominating at Chelsea on Saturday, the blues face a tougher test at Anfield, with the winners being top of the league by the evening. Last season City recorded their first win on the red half of Merseyside since 2003, and the blues won't want to leave it so long again before claiming another victory.
Just as PSG were a different opposition to Chelsea, Liverpool will be different from PSG, and the blues will need to adapt their game to counter the threat from Liverpool, who will be on a high after hitting Porto for five on Tuesday.
While it was disappointing to lose a match after having so many shots on target, no doubt City will be fired up for the trip to Anfield, and hopefully, they will come away with the three points their performance in Paris deserved. If they play like they did last Saturday, we should emerge victorious.
Provided we take our chances this time!
Manchester City Represented in FIFA FIFPro World XI A good day for City.


Three years ago, the city of Medellín adopted a novel approach to manage and conserve biodiversity, launching Colombia's first local action plan on urban biodiversity: "Medellín, a city of life." Maria Mejia and Juliana Echeverri argue that this effort should inspire other cities to explore new methods and concepts that link biodiversity to human well-being, resilience, and economic development.
In the UN Convention of Biological Diversity, 196 nations have agreed to put 17% of the earth's surface under protection. Author Richard Weller calls for additional land to be protected in the world's "hotspots", where biodiversity is threatened by urban sprawl. In his text, he discusses why regional ecology is an issue for urban planning.


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The Parish House building which serves as the museum for the Hummelstown Area Historical Society was built in 1815 as the Zion Lutheran Church, the second congregation organized in 1753, which had dedicated its first edifice, a log structure, in 1766.
Upon erection of the new brownstone church in 1893 the old building was used for community activities including a public library and reading room. Literary and musical programs were held to share both local and outside tales, but these activities succumbed to declining interest by the end of the century. In 1911, the tower was completely removed and the entire building was remodeled to accommodate the Sunday School which had outgrown its quarters in the 1893 building. Since then its appearance has remained essentially unchanged. During a period when the Hummelstown Public Schools were overcrowded the lower rooms served as classrooms. The rooms became available for public use in 1965 and after a time of declining use, the Lutheran congregation granted the building's use to the Historical Society in November of 1971.
In this building you will find more than 14,000 items which reflect the way of life in Hummelstown for more than two centuries.
The Parish House and the adjoining cemetery stand on land deeded to the Lutheran congregation by Frederick Hummel who founded the town in 1762, laying out into lots a tract of land originally warranted to Henry Chambers in 1744. This section for which he paid 200 pounds sterling became the center of the present town. The founder's last resting place is marked by a monument in the cemetery just north of the building.
The Hummelstown Area Historical Society leased the Parish House from the Lutheran Church from 1971 until 2012, when the building was officially purchased by the Hummelstown Area Historical Society after an incredibly successful Community Campaign.
This virtual tour of the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery was done as my Eagle Project. By doing this I hoped to preserve the tombstones and their inscriptions which are being lost to time and weather and to allow those who are unable to physically visit the cemetery to look up information on it, and see the tombstones. In order to accomplish this, I used a book compiled in 1999 by Janet Snyder Welsh which included the inscriptions that are in this document. I also used a map of the cemetery provided by the Hummelstown Historical Society as well as numerous visits to the cemetery to both take the pictures and match them to their inscriptions. The information provided is correct to the best of my ability but is limited by the illegibility of many of the stones and some discrepancies between the sources and the actual stones found in the cemetery. I hope that you will find this to be a useful source of information as well as a way to preserve this important piece of local history.


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Stupid Statements
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Now that former UC Police Officer Ray Tensing has been indicted for the murder of Sam Dubose, let's look back at some of the stupid comments about this case. UC President Santa Ono announced broad reforms for his police department before he even knew the facts! Media editorials demanded County Prosecutor Joe Deters release Tensing's body cam video, even though deters warned it would compromise the investigation.
But the most irresponsible remarks came from State Senator Cecil Thomas, a former cop, who encouraged protestors to pressure Deters to turn over the tape. He said a groundswell of anger was developing. In other words, give us the video or we'll riot. The hard truth is a principled leader would have urged the crowd to give Tensing the presumption of innocence, but that wouldn't play on the evening news.
Fortunately, Deters preserved the evidence instead of pandering to politicians and media loudmouths.


Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Tuesday, Feb. 5, that the state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will receive special fiscal discounts in order to help make the company financially viable.
"The Treasury Secretariat is placing far too many taxes on Pemex," AMLO told reporters during his daily early morning press conference at the National Palace.
The president went on to give an example in which he pointed out, in some cases, the Mexican oil giant pays as much as 95 percent of its earnings in federal taxes and duties.
"We are going to take that fiscal weight off Pemex," he said, adding that, within the next few days, his administration will be announcing a series of "extraordinary measures" to help the financially crippled oil giant regain its economic footing.
AMLO said that the reduction of tax revenues generated from Pemex would hurt the federal budget, but that the loss of income would be compensated through austerity measures now underway.
At $107 billion, Pemex's debt is the highest of any national oil company in Latin America, and in late January, the U.S.-based Fitch credit rating agency downgraded its stock value two notches, from BBB+ to BBB-, just a peg above junk.
The move angered AMLO, who responded by accusing Fitch of being "hypocritical" and compliant in the financial mismanagement that occured under former Mexican administrations.
In March 1938, then-Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas signed an order to expropriate the assets of foreign oil companies operating within the country.
Cárdenas later Pemex, and oil became a political sacred cow until former President Enrique Peña Nieto opened the door to some foreign investment through his Energy Reform in 2014.
AMLO has sharply condemned that reform package, insisting that foreign investment has not major place in Pemex.


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Q: Confused about diagrams of Yampa switches There is some diagrams of Yampa switches at:
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yampa/switch
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yampa/rSwitch
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yampa/kSwitch
(and so on).
I've found that the switch, the only one diagram with description, is the easiest one to get understand. The others seems hard to follow the similar symbols to read the diagrams. For example, to try to read the rSwitch with the symbols used in the switch may be:

Be a recursive SF which is always fed a signal of type 'in' and
  returns a signal of type 'out'. Start with an initial SF of the same
  type but someone outside the switch function (the ?[cond]) square) may
  also pass a new SF via an Event (the type Event (SF in out) at the
  signature) while the condition is satisfied (for the '?' before the
  [cond] square). In case of the Event, Yampa would use the new SF
  instead of the existing one. This process is recursive since '?' (can't
  get it from the diagram except the signature of the rSwitch seems
  recursive).

And after I look into the source of rSwitch, it looks like it use switch to switch to the same init SF recursively while the t is fired (according to what described in the diagram, although I don't see what the special t would be fired in the source code).
In the Yampa Arcade it explains the dpSwitch with the code and example. And the paper about the game 'Frag' also uses dpSwitch. However the rSwitch seems absent in these tutorial. So I really don't know how to use r- or the k-serial switches, and in what cases we would need them.

A: All of the switch functions are ways to change a signal function to behave like another signal function. I personally find the Yampa diagrams to be somewhat difficult to parse, but the type signatures of the various switches give good indication for how to understand them. Once you understand the type signatures, the diagrams become much clearer. switch itself is the most basic:
switch :: SF a (b, Event c) -> (c -> SF a b) -> SF a b

If we look at the type, it tells us exactly what it does: It takes a SF sf and a SF generator sfg. sf produces values of type (b, Event c), and the input to the signal function generator happens to also be of type c. So, whenever sf's event occurs, the SF will switch to the result of the SF generator. Until an event occurs, the resulting SF will return the value of the original SF.
This idea is also used in the rswitch and kswitch variants but a bit differently.

rswitch : This is known as an "extrinsic switch", meaning that the SF will switch without any analysis of its input or output. Let's look at the type signature:
rswitch :: SF a b -> SF (a, Event (SF a b)) b

It takes a single SF that takes as input values of type a and outputs values of type b. rswitch creates a new SF that also produces output b, but takes an additional input of type Event (SF a b). Note that the Event value's type matches the input type. This means that whenever the event happens, this SF will switch to that event value. However, the type of the SF remains SF (a, Event (SF a b)) b. This means that the SF is free to receive additional events with new SFs, which will influence the behavior of the overall SF. One use for this could be AI behaviors in a game:
moveFollowTarget :: SF TargetPosition Velocity
moveShootTarget :: SF TargetPosition Velocity
moveIdle :: SF TargetPosition Velocity

aiMovement :: SF (TargetPosition, Event (SF TargetPosition Velocity)) Velocity
aiMovement = rswitch moveIdle  -- Initially idle...

aiMovementManager :: SF a (Event (SF TargetPosition Velocity))
aiMovementManager = ... whatever ...

Here, the aiMovementManager will fire an event whenever the movement behavior of the AI needs to change, and the value of the event will be the SF that the movement should change to.

kswitch: This is known as an intrinsic switch, since the contents of the SF are analyzed to figure out what the proper switch should be. Let's go over the type signature
kswitch :: SF a b -> SF (a, b) (Event c) -> (SF a b -> c -> SF a b) -> SF a b

Here, kswitch takes three arguments, sf, analyzer, and mapping. sf is simply a standard SF with inputs of type a and outputs of type b. sf is how the signal behaves initially. analyzer is a SF that takes the input and output of sf and may or may not fire some sort of event whose value has type c. If it doesn't fire an event, then nothing happens, and the SF continues to behave like sf. If it does fire an event, then both sf and the event value are passed to mapping which determines the new SF to switch to. kswitch is useful when changing the way systems behave based on their outputs.
One example where this is useful is the algorithm for TCP Congestion Avoidance. Here, we look at whether or not we lose network packets, and either increase or decrease the speed at which we request data.

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Q: Valgrind memcheck programmatic enable I don't suppose there is a way to programmatically enable/disable Valgrind memcheck the way you can with callgrind? (Start/stop instrumentation).
It's painfully, unusably slow (which is okay if the code you want to test starts automatically and you just leave it running), but I can't actually get into the code that's important without clicking a few buttons in the app, which is rendered completely unresponsive. (My code is a plug-in to another app)
Thanks

A: It's pretty nearly impossible in principle. If valgrind doesn't know the complete history of all your memory, how can it know for sure that something is a leak, or even a reference to invalid memory?

A: You can't stop/start instrumentation but you can programmatically do incremental leak checks. See http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/mc-manual.html#mc-manual.clientreqs and specifically VALGRIND_DO_LEAK_CHECK, VALGRIND_DO_ADDED_LEAK_CHECK and VALGRIND_DO_CHANGED_LEAK_CHECK.


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