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The judge has pronounced the judgment at 3 PM saying that he found the ʹaccused guiltyʹ and by 5 PM copies of 827 pages bound judgment in English were handed over to the accused, the defense lawyers and the prosecution. The court refused to allow even the earlier orders given by it regarding Prof. G.N. Saibaba to have his medicines, fruits etc. saying that the prison authorities will look after everything. This pre determined prejudice against G.N. Saibaba can be read in the judgment itself. It says that ʹthough G.N. Saibaba is 90 % disabled, he is mentally alertʹ.
The fact is 2 ½ years of prolonged incarceration in Anda cell in high security central prison Nagpur has caused further detariation of Saibabaʹs health. Six months spell of his life on bail in Delhi earlier till December 2016 and after ten months between April 2016 and March 2017 most of his time was spent in super specialty hospitals in Delhi and Hyderabad for multiple ailments he was suffering with not only as outpatient, but also being admitted. Even with this precarious health he had to attend the trial traveling hundredʹs miles from Delhi to Gadchiroli, except during dispensation of attendance. Particularly this time earlier to his travel on the day of judgment he was in the hospital admitted for chest pain. In the test it was found that his Pancreas has damaged in gall bladder, and he is to be operated in three weeks. The doctors advised him not to travel and take rest till then.
Even the case of Hem Mishra is not different. At the time of his arrest in Ballarshah, he was to go to Prakash Ampteʹs hospital in Gadchiroli district for the treatment of his injured and disabled hand. His incarceration is longest among this six accused. He was also tortured heavily in illegal custody for about a month along with Prashant Rahi.
The judgment repeatedly says that these people are the members of CPI (Maoist) and also maintain contacts with the Party and where trying to meet the Party, which is banned. So for having membership, relationship has been considered as a crime eligible for life imprisonment. It goes against the resent judgments of Supreme Court one in Arup Bhuyan case and other the judgment given by Justice Markandeya Khatju. In both these judgments propagating an ideology of a banned organization or membership cannot be considered as crimes unless the accused are involved in any violent action, criminal offence under Indian penal code. The sessionʹs court heard and noted these judgments referred by the defense counsel and mentioned in its judgment, but it said that doesnʹt apply here without substantiating it.


A town centre bar is looking to help charity on three fronts as part of its birthday celebrations.
Harry's Bar in Regent Street celebrates the third anniversary of it opening on Saturday December 7.
Manager of the bar Sam Phillips said: "We really want our third birthday to be something special.
"To celebrate our first birthday and 12 months of trading we had 12 acts perform and last year we saw a staggering 24 acts.
"But this year we just want to have three acts; all who have played a massive part here and we will have a collecting bucket where our guests can put three pounds in if they like what they see and hear.
Three charities will benefit - The Royal British Legion, the Hinckley and District Association for Disabled and The Muscular Sclerosis Society. There will also be a free buffet.
Acts playing are host Graham Piggon who will be playing a mixture of Brit Pop and mod classics and local singer/songwriter Marky T.
And the day, which gets underway at 3pm, will feature a jam session co-ordinated by Ian Johnstone of Nashville Blues, with Johnnie Eisenhower, Gary 'Elvis' Shires, Laurie Coultas, Kieran Hebden and Marcella Davies expected to play.


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Churcham is a small village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean District of Gloucestershire in England, located  west of Gloucester.  It has a population of 655.

Churcham Primary School, is a small C of E school with 59 pupils in two classes. The village was formerly the home of The School of the Lion, a small independent Christian school, for students aged 4–19.

There are a number of businesses situated in Churcham and the surrounding area.  Churcham Business Park, completed in April 2004, provides a base for several.

Sir Nicholas Arnold (1507–1580) a leading statesman of the reign of Elizabeth I, who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland, was born in Churcham and is buried in the parish church.

Alfred Henry "Harry" Hook VC (1850-1905) was born in Churcham. A private in the 24th Regiment of Foot, he received his Victoria Cross for his actions at Rorke's Drift. He is buried in St Andrew's churchyard.

References

External links

Churcham Primary School
Churcham Village Website
Churcham Parish Council Website

Villages in Gloucestershire
Civil parishes in Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean

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Q: Running Tasks from List I am trying to run a task List using the following method:
List<Task> tasks = new List<Task>();

tasks.Add(new Task(() => this.firstMethod()));
tasks.Add(new Task(() => this.secondMethod()));

However, if I use one of the two examples below I get the following issues:
foreach (Task task in tasks)
{
    await Task.Run(() => task);
}

In this first case, the tasks don't run at all.
foreach (Task task in tasks)
{
    task.Start();
    task.Wait();
}

In this second case, it runs only once, then I get the following error:

Start may not be called on a task that has completed

What am I missing?

A: Here's a unit test that shows how you can do this:
    public class TasksTests
    {
        private readonly ITestOutputHelper _output;

        public TasksTests(ITestOutputHelper output)
        {
            _output = output ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(output));
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task CanCreateAndRunTasks()
        {
            var tasks = new List<Task>
            {
                new Task(() => _output.WriteLine("Task #1")),
                new Task(() => _output.WriteLine("Task #2"))
            };

            tasks.ForEach(t => t.Start());

            await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
        }
    }

You first create the tasks. Then you need to start them. Lastly, you need to await them all, e.g., using Task.WhenAll.

A: You cannot re-use a Task. So let's start with creating an array of delegates
List<Action> tasks = new List<Action>();

tasks.Add(this.firstMethod);
tasks.Add(this.secondMethod);

and then run them sequentially, on additional threads (leaving the main thread free to update the UI):
foreach (Action task in tasks)
{
    await Task.Run(task);
}

but this loop could be done in many ways, depending on the context of the calling code and the nature of the payloads.
This may be not the best solution.

A: the first case sample
foreach (Task task in tasks)
{
    await Task.Run(() => task);
}

should be changed to
foreach (Task task in tasks)
{
    task.Start(); // there is no sense to await since tasks should be run in parallel I suppose
}

The second case is not clear however.
Do you run the second case after the first one ? It should be fine if you have tasks just initialized before the Start call, like
List<Task> tasks = new List<Task>()
{
new Task(() => this.firstMethod()),
new Task(() => this.secondMethod()),
};
foreach (Task task in tasks)
{
    task.Start();
    task.Wait(); // this causes tasks to be run in sequence (one by one) like with await in the first sample
}

the most simplest case is to use Task.Run
var tasks = new[Task]
{
Task.Run(firstMethod),
Task.Run(secondMethod),
}; // tasks are started immediately there is no need to start them later

Task.WaitAll(tasks); // wait until all tasks are finished

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I'm In Stitches!, Issue #001 -- Crafting with yarn - what could be more satisfying?
First of all I'd like thank you for joining me in Woolcrafting. I'm sure there's nothing more satisfying than crafting with yarn. It's always fascinated me how you can start off with only yarn and through the magic of stitching create something wonderful, functional and wearable.
Here's a little background about myself...I started knitting and crochet at the tender age of about 8 years old. My Mom studied as a needlework teacher and she taught me all she knew about knitting. I learned crochet from a neighbor down the road and the rest I either picked up on my own or made up as I went along. I had knitted a baby hat, mittens and booties by about age 9 or 10 for my "Knitters badge" at Brownies.
From an early age I was designing things. I remember drawing a graph of a 'splash' shape with Florida written across it and knitting a sun top in white, turquoise and yellow. This was at about age 15, as we'd just had our first family holiday in the 'Sunshine State'.
My Mom used to laugh at me as I was always 'experimenting' with crafting. I took to sewing for a while and would just cut into a piece of fleece, saying to myself, "This looks about right." Mostly everything worked out well.
I've dabbled in all kinds of crafts...knitting, sewing, crochet, macrame, rubber stamping, repoussage, kumihimo, origami, jewelery making, beading, felting, pencil drawing, oil painting, spinning, weaving. It's almost a case of "you name it - I've tried it!" I always come back to the yarn and fiber arts. That is absolutely where my heart lies.
I have a belief that there's a crafter inside everyone. Just give yourself a chance, your inner crafter will emerge and you can begin to create special things.
Build a Business With Your Passion!
Do you dream of owning your own business? Do you dread the drudgery of getting up and going to work every day? Would you love to work at something you really enjoy?
That was me, now I'm doing it. Anyone can. The home-based business is within everyone's reach, and it's all because of the Internet.
Really. I thought a lot about what I could do with 2 young chidren at home and the only thing I could come up with was a website. But where to start? There's all these "Get Rich Quick" schemes out there. It's so easy to get caught out.
I eventually stumbled across Sitesell. This set-up allows those who haven't the slightest clue about technology to learn how to build a profitable website.
It's not a throw it up overnight thing. You have to work at it, but you know what - it just doesn't feel like work. I'm loving every minute of building my site as it's my passion. Here's some results other Sitebuilders have had. What better excuse can you have to spend as much of your time as you can crafting, than the fact that you're building a business. Now that's life!
"Needful Yarns" is holding a "Be A Designer" competition. It's running until March 1st 2007, so that gives us plenty of time to enter.
Your original entry can be in knit or crochet or a combination of the two. You can design a coat, vest, sweater, dress, poncho, scarf, purse, hat, cardigan, etc., in any size for men, ladies or children.
Any style, gender or season goes. Wow - sounds like fun to me! The only stipulation of course is that you use any of their yarns - Filtes King, Lana Gatto or Needful Yarns.
The prizes are...the top 5 designs will have their original item published in Needful Yarns Knitting Magazine (having been photographed and modelled by professionals). Here comes another good part... 1st prize also wins $1500 worth of yarn, 2nd - $1000, 3rd - $750, 4th - $500, 5th - $250. Sounds like that's worth an entry or two to me!
If you're interested - you'll find all the details at the Needful Yarns Website.
If you're like me you see a yarn you love & you just HAVE to have it.
Well - a good place to find great yarn prices is Herrschners Yarns. They have a weekly sale of which they will notify you if you sign up with them.
You may find the colors are limited, but that's usually the same with yarn sales - you have to be there as soon as the sale starts to get the best colors.
Some other places I've found great deals lately are...One Dollar, Michaels Target and Joanns. I'm always on the lookout for great yarn deals. If you have any of these stores in your region, check them out - you never know what gems you might find.
This one comes from My Mom. She used to buy a lot of industrial yarns for use with her knitting machines. I wish we'd known about this tip back when we used to wind ball, after ball, after ball of 2 ply!!
wind in a figure of 8 around your index finger and thumb. Do this until you have a reasonably thick layer.
Remove the figure of 8 from your fingers and pinch it together. Begin winding a little more loosely than normal avoiding the foot long tail.
Keep turning the ball and winding until your ball is done, keeping the 'tail' loose. When you pull the 'tail' the ball will unwind from the middle. Ta-da!
If by some strange chance you can't get this to work for you, buy a cheap pop-up mesh laundry basket and drop the ball in there. It can bounce all it likes and can't get out. I also use mine as a yarn and project holder as it's big enough for an afghan or sweater too.
Oh boy - here we are at the end of this month's newsletter. Don't forget to check out all the great links I've given you above.


Hadiza Bala Usman was born on 2nd January 1976 in Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria. She started her education at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Staff Primary School and went ahead to complete both her secondary and undergraduate studies at the Ahmadu Bello University campus, Zaria with a BSC in Business Administration from 1996 - 2000. She later obtained an MA in Development Studies from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 2008 - 2009.
She started her career with Centre for Democratic Development and Research Training [CEDDERT] Zaria, a Non-Governmental Organization in June 1999- June 2000 as a Research Assistant. Following which she worked at the Bureau of Public Enterprise [BPE], the agency charged with the implementation of the privatisation programme of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She was then hired by the United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] for the Federal Capital Territory Administration [FCTA], Abuja as a Special Assistant to the Minister on Project Implementation. She later she worked as Director of Strategy of the Good Governance Group, a Non-Governmental Organisation.
In July 2015, she was appointed as the Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State Governor, a position she held until her appointment on July 11th 2016 as the Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority.
She was also appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve as a Member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption.
She was named by Financial Times [FT] amongst the most influential women of 2014, was named amongst CNN's most inspiring woman of 2014 and also named by Ebony Magazine amongst the 2014, 100 most influential black women in the world.


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Q: Loop with density lines in different colors in R I'm trying to create a loop to plot several different lines in different colors. I know this could be easily done using ggplot2 and I've used it a lot in the past, but now ggplot2 is giving me some extra lines that shouldn't be there.
I tried a lot of different combinations to create a new variable for color or an extra loop inside, but just could not solve this. The best I got so far was to have all lines with the same color (red, or green), but that's useless.
This is the code I'm using. I'd like to get a different color for each var2.
Thanks!
a <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.5, sd=1),
                 var2=c("a"))
b <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.6, sd=1.1),
            var2=c("b"))
c <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.7, sd=1.2),
            var2=c("c"))
mydata<-data.frame(rbind(a,b,c))

y<-unique(mydata$var2)

plot(1, type="n", xlab="", ylab="", xlim=c(-5,5), ylim=c(0, 0.5))
for (i in y){
  lines(density(mydata$var1[mydata$var2==i]))}

A: I just figured out how to solve this. I'll post here in case someone else needs it.
First, create a new variable with a color for each var2:
a <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.5, sd=1),
                 var2=c("a"))
a$color<-c("#FF0000FF")

Then assign a color for each curve:
col=mydata$color[mydata$var2==i]

The final code I got is this:
a <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.5, sd=1),
                 var2=c("a"))
a$color<-c("#FF0000FF")
b <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.6, sd=1.1),
            var2=c("b"))
b$color<-c("#00FF00FF")
c <- data.frame(var1=rnorm(500, m=0.7, sd=1.2),
            var2=c("c"))
c$color<-c("#0000FFFF")
mydata<-data.frame(rbind(a,b,c))

y<-unique(mydata$var2)
plot(1, type="n", xlab="", ylab="", xlim=c(-5,5), ylim=c(0, 0.5))
for (i in y){
  lines(density(mydata$var1[mydata$var2==i]),col=mydata$color[mydata$var2==i])}

Hope it helps someone


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Q: show that two roots of $a(x^2)-(a^2)x-x+a=0$ are reciprocals of each other I wanted to ask how can I find the reciprocals of the roots of this equation? What I tried was factorizing it however, the teacher was not satisfied with the answers even though I got $x=1/a$ and $a=1/x$
$a(x^2)-(a^2)x-x+a=0$

A: Hint
$$ax^2-(a^2)x-x+a=0\to ax(x-a)-(x-a)=0$$
$$(x-a)(ax-1)=0$$

A: Suppose $\alpha$ solves the equation. Then $a\alpha^2-a^2\alpha-\alpha+a=0$. Hence,
$$\alpha a(\alpha-a)-(\alpha-a)=0\\(\alpha a-1)(\alpha-a)=0$$

A: Iа $x_1, x_2$ are roots of the equation then by Vieta theorem we have that their product equals 1, so $x_1 x_2=1$   and $x_1=\frac{1}{x_2}.$


London, UK – Access is completely free to the world-class exhibition at Tank Storage Asia, to be held in Singapore on 27th and 28th September.
The exhibition will feature over 80 international and local suppliers showcasing a broad range of the latest products and services. Exhibitors will reflect the entire supply chain, from tank design, construction and maintenance, through to innovations in metering and measuring, pumps and valves, automation and loading equipment and inspection and certification services.
A Singapore Pavilion, where local companies from the world's second largest oil and gas trading hub will be exhibiting with the financial support of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation and iMAP funding initiative. Companies participating include Fire Fighting Systems (Far East) PTE, Viscoy, Dynaglass, NETZSCH Asia Pacific, UL International Singapore, Aquila Nova and Ichinose Emico Valves.
Timm Elektronik, in conjunction with partners OSK Industrial and Implico, will be presenting three of its products: the EUS-2 Overfill Prevention Controller (named "Most Invaluable Product' at this year's Tank Storage Awards), the new SEK-3 Marine Grounding System for equalisation of oil tankers, and the EKX-4 Grounding Control Device for grounding of tank trucks, silo trucks and railcars as well as containers, barrels and similar vessels.
Labuan International Business and Finance Centre (IBFC) will also be presenting its range of services and products, with a specific focus on its GIFT (Global Incentives for Trading) programme.
KROHNE, a world-leading supplier of custody transfer metering systems and other outstanding industrial process instrumentation, will be showcasing its breakthrough technology OPTIMASS 2000 S400, a large diameter mass flowmeter for bulk measurement and custody transfer of liquids and gases.
The event is supported by Horizon Terminals, Stolthaven Terminals, the Singapore Manufacturing Federation, the Independent Power Producers' Forum, RVB Tank Storage Solutions and the Corrosion Association Singapore. The official show sponsors are Emerson Automation Solutions, Labuan, Krohne and Rotary.
Through Easyfairs, the Group currently organises more than 200 events in 19 countries (Algeria, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States).
In the United Kingdom, these events include Packaging Innovations (Birmingham & London), Empack, Label&Print, Advanced Engineering, CCR Expo and Lab Innovations. Events organised by the UK & Global division internationally include: StocExpo and the Tank Storage portfolio of events (Rotterdam, Antwerp, Dubai, Singapore, Hamburg and Shanghai) and the publication, Tank Storage Magazine; ADF (Aerosol & Dispensing Forum) and PCD (Packaging of Perfumery, Cosmetics & Design) in Paris and New York, through Easyfairs Oriex; and Maghreb Pharma, Dentex and Medex in Algiers, through Easyfairs Northeral.
And through Artexis, the Group manages 11 events venues in the Benelux and Nordic regions (Ghent, Antwerp, 2 venues in Namur, Mechelen-Brussels North, Mons, Hardenberg, Gorinchem, Venray, Stockholm and Malmö). The Group employs more than 700 people and expects to generate revenues in excess of €169 million for its financial year 2016-2017.


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How to protect a user from accidentally deleting/redacting when Undo isn't available yet?


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Dubai has emerged as the world's most important hub for wealthy individuals and the number of millionaires projected to increase in UAE region by 14% in 2024, according to Knight Frank report. UAE needs more immigrants to meet the demand. Immigrants constitute nearly 90 percent of the UAE's population, only 20% are locals. Weak passports severely restrict the travel freedom…
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Many clients who come to us asking for golden visas, after seeing the prices, realize later that passports are cheaper and affordable than golden visa schemes, plus saves them a lot of time on the long run. Remember golden visas only offer residency (no citizenship or passport), while Citizenship by investment (CBI) offer Citizenship, Passport, and Permanent residence card if…
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It's been a little over a year since rave-worthy hair care line Oribe launched their makeup collection, and if you haven't heard of it or tried for yourself yet, it's time. Known for creating beautiful blowouts and giving your hair an effortless wave with their texturizing spray, Oribe is something of a cult when it comes to good hair care products. This past year, they've been coming out with products in every beauty category, including smooth and shiny nail polish with on-trend colors, decadently moisturizing body creme, and luscious kissable lipstick. Oribe is one of those beauty brands that could be in your purse for perfume, your makeup bag for lipstick and your bathroom cabinets for hair care, body care, and even nail care, and you wouldn't look crazily obsessed, you'd just look really, really good. Oribe's got so much good stuff in every category, here are some of my must-have favorites from their beauty line.


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The Aloha Festivals are an annual series of free cultural celebrations observed in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is the only statewide cultural festival in the nation. Highlights include the presentation of the Royal Court, a ho'olaule'a in Waikiki, and the Floral Parade. Approximately 30,000 people volunteer to plan, organize, and provide labor for the Aloha Festivals each year. Their efforts entertain over 1,000,000 people from throughout the state and visitors from all over the world.

History

Establishment
In the spirit of preserving the Hawaiian culture and heritage, the Aloha Festivals were established in 1946 as Aloha Week by former members of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce. The former manager of the festivals, Goriann Akau, has said, "In 1946, after the war, Hawaiians needed an identity. We were lost and needed to regroup. When we started to celebrate our culture, we began to feel proud. We have a wonderful culture that had been buried for a number of years. This brought it out again. Self-esteem is more important than making a lot of money."

Scaling down
The festival was celebrated on six of Hawaii's islands, but in 2008 festival organizers decided to hold most events on Oahu due to a lack of funding. There was also the chance that the Floral Parade would be cancelled altogether, but it was saved by private donors and funds from the City and County of Honolulu.

No Aloha festival was held in 2020.

Events

Presentation of the Royal Court
The court is selected from a pool of applicants, all of whom must be of Hawaiian ancestry and of certain ages. The festival itself begins with the presentation of the royal court during the opening ceremony. The ceremony takes place at Helumoa, a section of Waikiki near the Royal Hawaiian Center.

Floral Parade
The Floral Parade starts at the intersection of Ala Moana Boulevard and Kamakee st. and goes through Waikiki before finishing at Kapiolani Park. The parade features p'au riders, marching bands, hula halaus, and that year's Aloha Festival Royal Court.

Hoʻolauleʻa
The Hoʻolauleʻa is a block party held in Waikiki. There is Hawaiian music, hula, and food. Attendance is typically in the thousands.

Themes
Each year has a specific theme:

 2019:  Nā Mo'olelo ʻUkulele: 'Ukulele Stories.
 2018: No Ke Kai Kakou E ("We are of the Sea")
2016: Hāli'a Aloha ("Treasured memories")
2015: Hula Aloha ("Beloved Feather Treasures")
2010-14: ? (info needed for these years)
2009: Hula ("Let the Story Be Told")
2008: Hula ("The Art of Hawaiian Dance")
2005: Nā Honu Hawaii  ("The Spirit Within")
2004: No Nā Kamalii  ("For the Children")
2003: E Mau Ana Ka Hula I Ke Kanaka ("Hula Lives Through Its People")
2002: Ka Uhane O Ka Loea ("The Spirit of the Masters")
2001: Hoohanohano I Nā Holokai ("Honor the Voyagers")
2000: He Makana O Nā Lei Nani ("A Gift of Beautiful Leis")
1999: Hui Pū I ka Hula ("Together in Song and Dance")
1998: Ola Ka Ōiwi ("The Natives Endure")

References

External links
 http://www.alohafestivals.com

Celebrations in Hawaii
Festivals in Hawaii
Polynesian festivals
Cultural festivals in Oceania
Native Hawaiian culture
1946 establishments in Hawaii
Music festivals established in 1946
Folk festivals in the United States
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How the 'Hamilton' Movie Gives Disney+ Viewers a "Snapshot" of the Show at Its Height
Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2020 by Hoai-Tran Bui
The original cast of Hamilton remembers being very tired in June of 2016. They were a month away from taking their final bow after nearly a year of performing eight shows a week, to critical acclaim and astronomical popularity. Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda was in the middle of writing the songs for Disney's upcoming animated film Moana. And the cast and crew had taken on the seemingly impossible task of filming their show for a feature film that had no distributor and no studio over the course of three days.
"I look very tired in the movie and I paid for that look," Miranda said in a Zoom Q&A with the cast and team of Hamilton ahead of the film's upcoming debut on Disney+.
Since Hamilton debuted on Broadway in August 2015 and made its meteoric rise to global cultural phenomenon, the hip-hop musical about American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton has been a notoriously difficult ticket to get. Even five years into its incredibly successful run, the acclaimed original cast leaving, and productions opening in Chicago, London, on top of a national tour, Hamilton has built up a reputation — aside from being a modern Broadway classic — for being virtually impossible to see. But on July 3rd, we'll all finally get to be in the room where it happened.
"We all got strapped to a rocket, at some point in 2015," Miranda said. "There is nothing like what happened to all of us while we were doing our eight shows a week. And one of the things that we realized pretty early on was two things. One, this is worthless if we don't get kids into the show so we created the education experience so that students could come see Hamilton, even though tickets were getting crazy in the resale market at all, and to the issue of accessibility. It was a challenge, it continues to be a challenge, to get folks into the theater when we serve it to 1300 people at a time at the Rogers. And so we really worked hard to be able to document this incredible company before it started changing before that first year contract ran out, and we we got it done."
To get it done, the cast and crew filmed two live performances in June 2016 — a Sunday matinee and a Tuesday evening show — and worked extra on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday to film several numbers in close-ups with a Steadicam to create a unique cinematic experience for the audience, which replicates the feeling of "being in the theater and you sit in the dark with a group of people you've never met and you have this experience that is yours," director Thomas Kail said.
"My goal was to try to get inside of the show, honor the show and the stage," Kail said. "So, essentially and beautifully and consensually by the entire company, this is a show where everybody on stage, in the physical language of the show, is a huge part of the storytelling. So in film, the concept gives you agency, but it also can prevent you from seeing the whole picture, so it was a real conversation throughout as we were making the film."
In that conversation that Kail had with the camera and the stage, he couldn't catch all the little details that an audience member would see in the theater. Phillipa Soo joked to Kail, "Obviously can't catch everything, but some of those little moments that I would have — sorry, Tommy, you didn't catch it."
"But you know you got to get in close on some of these moments where you would not be able to see otherwise. Even as a cast member, you know I was seeing things that I've never seen before. So, I think that, in, in all of our tiredness, there was a lot of realness there. And that's, I think, the best way to capture people," Soo said.
But Kail said that he felt his responsibility was not to catch everything, but to "take this moment in time and serve it up and preserve it. And memorializing so that we could lower the barrier to entry and have more people have access to," Kail said.
"We have the gift of this show and the snapshot of this moment," added Miranda.
For all of the cast members, it's a snapshot that they look back on fondly, as it's been five years since they had been together on that stage. They struggled to remember the historical facts about their characters when quizzed by the Zoom moderator, but what they do remember is the "feeling" of performing a show that would change lives, Leslie Odom Jr. said.
Renee Elise Goldsberry, added, "The thing that still inspires me, even though I'm not in a show with these people at the moment, is the fact that you look around you, no matter how tired you were, no matter how scared you are, no matter how excited, whatever you were feeling, you were standing among giants. Every single day. And the best thing about them and all of their greatness is that you can't sit down, you can't talk, they lift you up. It was not possible that we would have filmed that and not have been lifted by the opportunity and by the fact that we're doing it together for forever."
Speaking of forever, what of a proper feature film adaptation of Hamilton?
"Tommy, as ever, has the right of first refusal," Miranda said, throwing the ball into Kail's court. "And it's hard to think about that because I'm just so proud of what this is. It is so rare that a piece of theatre you spent six years writing six to seven years of writing gets to be seen by the wider world in such an incredible cinematic vision, because this is a cinematic vision of a stage piece."
Hamilton debuts on Disney+ on July 3, 2020.
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Saponaria pumila is a species of perennial plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, commonly known as dwarf soapwort. It is native to the eastern Alps of Austria and Italy and the southern parts of the Eastern Carpathians in Romania.

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How to livestream the 90th Academy Awards on your iPad or other Apple devices
The 90th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 4 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. This year there are a variety of ways to watch, including on Facebook via the pages of ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Die hard fans can begin their Oscar parties at 6:30 ET/3:30 PT with a livestream of The Oscars: All Access. You can watch the Oscars pre-show on your Apple TV through the ABC News app. Everyone else can just point their browsers to Oscars.com. This includes your iPad, iPhone, laptop, PC and so on.
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Evoland 2 lands on the Apple App Store
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The original Evoland took players through the evolution of video games. Starting as a simple 2D RPG, players could unlock new graphics and technologies until they reached the HD age and a three dimensional world. The sequel, released today to iOS, is described as a "spiritual successor" to the original as players not only travel through time, but also discover new art styles and video game technology.
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SonarPen is an affordable stylus option for older iPad models
Hong Kong-based company Greenbulb has created a stylus for all iPad models "released after 2010." At only $30, or "the price of 5 cups of coffee" according to Greenbulb, the SonarPen is also more affordable than most stylus on the market, including Apple's $99 Pencil.
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New iOS Games and Apps of the Week: Alto's Odyssey and more
The long awaited sequel to Alto's Adventure is finally here. Join Alto and his friends as they sandboard through the windswept dunes of the desert. Alto's Odyssey includes a standalone, endless adventure with six unlockable characters, 180 goals to complete, and an one-touch trick system for chaining together combos. The game is now available for $4.99 on the Apple App Store.
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Civilization VI adds Poland and Viking Scenario Packs to iPad version
There wasn't much to complain about Civilization VI on the App Store besides that it didn't come with any extra content. Aspyr Media fixed that today by adding the Poland Civilization and Vikings Scenario Packs as IAPs.
The Polish Pack includes the complete Polish civilization with Jadwiga, Winged Hussar unit, and the Sukiennice building. It also comes Jadwiga's Legacy scenario. The Viking Pack includes three new Natural Wonders, six new City-States with new tile improvements, and the Vikings, Traders, and Raiders! Scenario.
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Save up to $160 on 10.5-inch iPad Pro [Deals]
B&H is offering $100 in instant savings on the 10.5-inch 128GB iPad Pro in silver. In addition, B&H will not collect sales tax on sales shipped outside of NY/NJ making the deal up to $160 cheaper for some out of state customers. To take advantage of the deal, just head on over to bhphotovideo.com and all discounts will be added during checkout.
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Feral Interactive announces new Total War series coming to Mac
Feral Interactive has announced that Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is coming to macOS and Linux next month. Thrones of Britannia is the first is a standalone series of games set in the British Isles in 878 AD. Players will control 1 of 10 factions fighting for supremacy. Each faction will include their own unique narrative as players make decisions that will "reshape history in unexpected and exciting ways," according to the official description.
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App Store Pre-Orders You May Have Missed: Lichtspeer and more
More and more games are going up for pre-order now that Apple has offered developers the option for a few months. Adding pre-orders was a smart move on Apple's part, as it allows fans to order long awaited titles, like Alto's Odyssey, before their official release date. It is also a much better option than the old pre-registration model, and it allows developers to entice new customers with special pre-order prices or other perks.
Here's a brief look at some current games availble for pre-order on the App Store that you may have missed.
Lichtspeer ($1.99 pre-order price, $3.99 regular) Lightspear-throwing simulator from Noodlecake Studios. Features more than 60 levels set in an ancient germanic future, 10 upgradeable "lichtpower," 6 boss battles, achievements and leaderboards. Expected release date: March 1
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Pad and Quill unveils leather HomePod coaster to protect wooden surfaces
That was quick. The same day Apple acknowledged that the HomePod might leave rings on some surfaces, accessory maker Pad & Quill launched its Leather HomePod Coaster.
Apple released a support document stating that it's not unusual for the HomePod to leave mild marks when placed on some wooden surfaces. While these marks should be easily removed by a damp cloth, some HomePod owners may want to invest in a surface protector like the one now being offered by Pad & Quill.
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Alto's Odyssey now available for pre-order on the Apple App Store
Submitted by Kevin Touch on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 12:34
Toronto-based developer Snowman has announced that the sequel to Alto's Adventure will be available for the iPad, iPhone and Apple TV on Feb. 22. Alto's Odyssey will continue the adventures of the characters in the popular endless-runner.
The game was originally set to launch last summer before being delayed so Snowman could deliver players the game that they "deserved" by building things "right." After the slight delay, Odyssey is now available for pre-order on the App Store.
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Inherit The Void is the second album by Finnish metal band Profane Omen. It was recorded in September–November 2008 at Petrax and Villvox Studios by Aleksanteri Kuosa. The album was mixed at Villvox by Aleksanteri Kuosa and Williami Kurki and it was mastered at the Cutting Room Studios by Björn Engelmann. Album was produced by Ville Sorvali and Profane Omen, except vocals were produced by Mikko Herranen

Track listing

Chart positions

Personnel

Jules Näveri: Vocals
Williami Kurki: Guitar
Antti Kokkonen: Guitar
Tuomas "Tomppa" Saarenketo: Bass
Samuli Mikkonen: Drums

External links

References

2009 albums
Profane Omen albums


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So if I create a window with SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS, it takes 4 calls to SDL_SetWindowBordered, toggling the value each time, to cause the problem. If I create a window without SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS, it takes 3 calls to SDL_SetWindowBordered, toggling the value each time, to cause the problem.
Just to be thorough I tried just calling 'SDL_SetWindowBordered(screen,SDL_FALSE)' without any 'SDL_SetWindowBordered(screen,SDL_TRUE)' in between, and nothing goes wrong there.
Someone in IRC suggested I give you my OS info. I'm currently doing all of this testing in Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. If you need any other info please let me know. My engine compiles for Linux and OS X as well, so I will try to get some tests run in those later.


Tumor suppressor SMARCA4 (BRG1), a key SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling gene, is frequently inactivated in cancers and is not directly druggable. We recently uncovered that SMARCA4 loss in an ovarian cancer subtype causes cyclin D1 deficiency leading to susceptibility to CDK4/6 inhibition. Here, we show that this vulnerability is conserved in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), where SMARCA4 loss also results in reduced cyclin D1expression and selective sensitivity to CDK4/6 inhibitors. In addition, SMARCA2, another SWI/SNF subunit lost in a subset of NSCLCs, also regulates cyclin D1 and drug response when SMARCA4 is absent. Mechanistically, SMARCA4/2 loss reduces cyclin D1 expression by a combination of restricting CCND1 chromatin accessibility and suppressing c-Jun, a transcription activator of CCND1. Furthermore, SMARCA4 loss is synthetic lethal with CDK4/6 inhibition both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that FDA-approved CDK4/6 inhibitors could be effective to treat this significant subgroup of NSCLCs.


Drinking water is considered the key resource of the 21st century for mankind and economy. Everyone needs the liquid raw material. Most importantly is to ensure permanently highest quality and purity of drinking water. The regulations for drinking water for the individual countries ensure the daily supply of hygienic impeccable drinking water.
In order to ensure sustainable and highest quality and purity, KORODUR developed with its product line MICROTOP a mineral, microsilica-modified shotcrete mortar for the repair and new construction of drinking water reservoirs. The MICROTOP products comply with the work sheets and guide lines of the DVGW (German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water) and provide a natural, hygienic, wear-resistant, sustainable and also optically appealing coating of the drinking water reservoir.
World-wide utility companies trust in the high quality of the MICROTOP products. In particular specialized installers are convinced of the superior processing features. The MICROTOP product line includes products for wet-mix shotcreting method as well as for dry-mix shotcreting method. Coloured variants in the same qualities are available.
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On behalf of Macco & Stern, LLP posted in Foreclosure on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
Each person's home is extremely important to them. Not only does a home provide shelter, but often has high emotional value and contains many memories. Therefore, it can be difficult when people are facing the loss of their home via foreclosure. Foreclosure can be an emotionally and physically taxing process for individuals in New York.
Often, foreclosure is the result of financial challenges that a New Yorker is facing across the person's life. However, these factors are often well beyond the control of the individual homeowner. A job loss, an increase in taxes, wage stagnation and increased expenses for heating and food all make it more difficult for homeowners in New York to afford their mortgage payments.
When individuals are facing foreclosure, they should know that there are specific laws in place to protect their interests. Foreclosure fraud can occur and result in people losing their houses unnecessarily. Individuals who are facing foreclosure should understand their legal rights and their options when it comes to keeping their home.
The attorneys at Macco & Stern, LLP understand the emotional and financial worry that goes into losing a home. Our compassionate attorneys can help individuals understand all of their legal options when their home is at risk. Chapter 13 bankruptcy, for example, may be one way for individuals to stop the foreclosure process and keep their home.
Through Chapter 13, individuals can get their debts and financial obligations in order and under control. The automatic stay can help to eliminate the pressure to pay all of their bills at once and give individuals the breathing room they need to catch up on their mortgage payments.
Our attorneys can help explain individuals' options in these situations. Whether its filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy or fighting the foreclosure proceedings, individuals can take steps to protect their home from foreclosure. For more information about our law firm and foreclosure proceedings in New York, please see our website.


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Posted by Yanick Rice Lamb | Dec 26, 2017
12. Nikole Hannah-Jones Preserves Ida B. Wells' Legacy
By Kendra Lee
Covering a desegregation program for her high school newspaper lit the journalism spark for Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Since her days on that youthful beat, Hannah-Jones has spent the past two decades entrenched in reporting on racial injustice in housing and education for print, broadcast and digital media outlets across the United States.
In addition to uncovering the policies and politics that maintain racial segregation in this country, her work has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including the Peabody Award, the George Polk Award, a National Magazine Award and the Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. She is a 2017 New America Emerson fellow and was named a 2017 MacArthur fellow.
"She combines analyses of historical, academic and policy research with moving personal narratives to bring into sharp relief a problem that many are unwilling to acknowledge still exists and its tragic consequences for African-American individuals, families and communities," the MacArthur selection committee said of her work and the reason for her selection.
Now an investigative reporter for the New York Times Magazine, Hannah-Jones also is writing The Problem We All Live With, a book about school segregation to be published by the One World imprint of Penguin/Random House.
In 2015, she co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentoring organization designed to increase the ranks and profile of investigative reporters and editors of color.
All this hard work and these accolades make Nikole Hannah-Jones the very definition of fierce, but if you need more convincing, listen to her words about school segregation earlier this month during an interview with The Atlantic:
"If the question is, 'Is there a single place in this country where black kids are getting the same education as white kids?' No. Not one. I challenge any listener, if you know of a place, and you can send me the data, send it to me. I can tell you places that are doing better than others. But I think the fact that we accept that most black kids will not get an equal education — I think that's immoral. And I don't accept it. More places should be trying."
Kendra Lee is a public information officer for Fairfax County, Virginia, and a freelance writer.
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Charles Waldron (December 24, 1874 – March 4, 1946) was an American stage and film actor, sometimes credited as Charles Waldron Sr., Chas. Waldron Sr., Charles D. Waldron or Mr. Waldron.

Early life
He was born and grew up in Waterford, New York. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Waldron, were themselves actors of some note, but they did not want their son to follow in their profession and tried to steer him to a career in finance. He worked in Philadelphia as a bank clerk. However, he jumped at the chance to "play the juvenile lead in Kidnapped".

Career

Nine years of stock and a tour of Australia and New Zealand performing in The Virginian and The Squaw Man followed. In 1905, he was praised for his performance in the leading role in the play The Eternal City at San Francisco's Alcazar Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 1907 in David Belasco's The Warrens of Virginia. (His father and Belasco had been fellow actors in a Portland, Oregon company.) From 1907 to 1946, he acted in more than 40 Broadway productions in New York City. He played the title role in the original 1914 production of Daddy Long Legs, opposite future film star Ruth Chatterton; both he and Chatterton were highly praised. He performed alongside his son, Charles Belasco Jr., in the latter's debut in Lucrece c. 1932.

Over his long career, he appeared in more than 60 films, starting with the silent film Big Noise Hank (1911). He played U.S. President James Monroe in The Monroe Doctrine, a short film released in 1939.  He is perhaps best known for his final film role, that of General Sternwood in the opening scenes of The Big Sleep (1946), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Death
Waldron died, aged 71, in Hollywood, California. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Partial filmography

Big Noise Hank (1911 short) - Julius Jones
When We Were Twenty-One (1915) - Dick Carew
Esmerelda (1915 short) - David Hardy
At Bay (1915) - Capt. Holbrook
Mice and Men (1916) - Mark Embury
Audrey (1916) - Lord Haward
Everyman's Price (1921) - Bruce Steele
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) - Mr. Virey
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) - District Attorney
Crime and Punishment (1935) - University president
The Great Impersonation (1935) - Sir Ivan Brunn
Ramona (1936) - Dr. Weaver
The Garden of Allah (1936) - Abbe of Monastery (uncredited)
Career Woman (1936) - Milt Clark
A Doctor's Diary (1937) - Dr. Ellery Stanwood
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) - Dr. Malchor - a Conspirator
It's All Yours (1937) - Alexander Duncan
Escape by Night (1937) - Pop Adams
 It's All Yours (1937) - Mr. Warfield
Madame X (1937) - President of Court (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937) - Cmdr. Carter
They're Always Caught (1938 short) - Mayor Fletcher
Marie Antoinette (1938) - Swedish Ambassador (uncredited)
The Little Adventuress (1938) - Herkimer Gould
Kentucky (1938) - Thad Goodwin - 1938
On Borrowed Time (1939) - Reverend Murdock
The Real Glory (1939) - The Padre
The Monroe Doctrine (1939 short) - President James Monroe
Remember the Night (1940) - Judge in New York
Women Without Names (1940) - Curtis Lawson (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful (1940) - Stephen Harridge
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) - Dr. 'Egghead' Squires, Messinger Inst.
Edison, the Man (1940) - First Commissioner (uncredited)
Untamed (1940) - Doctor Hughes
Three Faces West (1940) - Dr. William Thorpe
Sailor's Lady (1940) - Commander-in-Chief (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) - District Attorney
Street of Memories (1940) - Richard Havens
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) - Kurt Mirbach
The Case of the Black Parrot (1941) - Paul Vantine
Tobacco Road (1941) - Mr. Lester (scenes cut)
I Wanted Wings (1941) - Commanding Officer (uncredited)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) - Needles
The Nurse's Secret (1941) - Dr. Stewart
Three Sons o' Guns (1941) - Henry Gresham
Rise and Shine (1941) - President
Thru Different Eyes (1942) - Doctor Whittier
The Gay Sisters (1942) - Mr. Van Rennseler
Random Harvest (1942) - Mr. Lloyd
The Song of Bernadette (1943) - Bishop of Tarbes (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Dr. Quintard (uncredited)
The Black Parachute (1944) - Erik Dundeen (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time (1944) - Preacher (uncredited)
Wing and a Prayer (1944) - Admiral (uncredited)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) - The Curé of Cleresville
Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Doctor (uncredited)
The Fighting Guardsman (1946) - Monsignor at Inn (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi (1946) - Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Dragonwyck (1946) - Farmer (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946) - General Sternwood (final film role)

Broadway credits

 The Warrens of Virginia (1907)
 The Fourth Estate (1909)
 Mid-Channel (1909)
 Judith Zaraine (1911)
 June Madness (1912)
 The High Road (1912)
 The Painted Woman (1913)
 The Strange Woman (1913)
 The Dragon's Claw (1914)
 Daddy Long Legs (1914)
 The Woman in Room 13 (1919)
 The Passion Flower (1920)
 Mary Stuart / A Man About Town (1921)
 Swords (1921)
 The Elton Case (1921)
 A Bill of Divorcement (1921)
 A Pinch Hitter (1922)
 The Guilty One (1923)
 Mrs. Partridge Presents (1925)
 Hamlet (1925)
 Magda (1926)
 Pyramids (1926)
 The Heaven Tappers (1927)
 Madame X (1927)
 Coquette (1927)
 Those We Love (1930)
 The Vikings (1930)
 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1931)
 Electra (1932)
 Lucrece (1932)
 Alien Corn (1933)
 The Pursuit of Happiness (1933)
 Dance With Your Gods (1934)
 Romeo and Juliet (1934)
 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935)
 Flowers of the Forest (1935)
 Romeo and Juliet (1935)
 Saint Joan (1936)
 I Am My Youth (1938)
 American Landscape (1938)
 Deep Are the Roots (1945)

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1874 births
1946 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American male stage actors
Male actors from Hollywood, Los Angeles
People from Waterford, New York
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
20th-century American male actors


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#Migraines
#Success Story
New York's medical cannabis program currently serves nearly 35,000 registered patients, and Grace Buchanan has been a certified patient since August 2017. This is her story of how cannabis provides relief for multiple conditions, including severe chronic migraines.
Dozens of Medications, Limited Results
Grace manages bipolar disorder, insomnia, asthma, excess weight loss and general anxiety disorder, but her migraines are the worst. "Migraine is my most disabling condition," she says, explaining that the excruciating pain is just a portion of what she goes through during an attack.
"It begins with a day or two of battling excess energy, irritability and anxiety while my brain becomes unable to think straight," she continues. "Then the pain and other symptoms kick in and overwhelm me to the point where I can't even roll over in bed. Then I'm limp, depressed and exhausted as I recover for up to three days before the next attack begins."
Nearly as exhaustive is the list of medications Grace has tried in the hopes of finding relief. "I tried Lamictal, Lexapro, Welbutrin, Abilify, Depakote, Lithium, Zyprexa, Tegretol, Zofran, Topamax, Symbicort, Advair, dexamethasone, Benadryl, hydromorphone, tizanidine, prednisone, ketorolac, Compro, and dihydroergotamine," she explains. But the 58-year-old found that the side effects outweighed the benefits. "I wanted my life back," she says.
Cannabis as a Viable Option for Pain Relief
Grace and her husband started looking into alternatives. "I was searching for something that would kill the pain and knock me out until the migraine attack was over," she says.
But medical cannabis wasn't an option at first; she didn't even know it was legal in New York. "I wasn't aware of how widespread legalized marijuana had become, and how many people were in favor of legalization," she says, adding, "I thought that cannabis was only for recreational use, and I was not interested. I did not want to get high; I wanted to become more functional."
But what they learned while researching caused her to reconsider. "I was impressed by the stories that I read on a migraine forum about the effectiveness of CBD oil," she says.
Grace and her husband found out that not only did New York have a medical cannabis program, but that she was likely a qualifying patient: "We discovered that New York regulated CBD oil and had just added chronic pain to its list of legal uses of medical marijuana. I read the law and several dispensary application forms before I became a certified and registered patient. I'm impressed by the testing that New York requires … so I gave it a try."
RELATED: WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF NEW YORK'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM
Grace visited two different registered organizations, but left empty-handed after it became clear in both instances that "the pharmacist didn't know anything about how to use cannabis for migraine."
Her visit to PharmaCannis' Liverpool location would change everything. "Patient Care Representative McKenzie talks with me in a way that eases my mind about using cannabis," Grace says. "She has also done a lot of research into my conditions and shares with me what she found, which helps me to do further research."
Cannabis Helps Reduce Migraines & Much More
Grace, who became a certified patient on Aug. 4, 2017, started seeing results pretty quickly. "My asthma was the first thing to respond," she says. "I rarely struggle for breath anymore." She soon started seeing a shift in her most debilitating condition. "My chronic migraine symptoms decreased significantly in intensity and duration," Grace explains. "I have much less pain, nausea, vomiting, exhaustion, dizziness, vertigo and distorted perception."
Grace even noticed that the environmental factors that typically provoke a migraine attack now have a reduced effect. "I have less sensitivity to triggers such as most foods, many odors, weather changes, sunlight and other bright lights, and mild stress or excitement," she says. "I have fewer episodes of anxiety." She's working on treating her insomnia with cannabis and hopes that it will also help her gain weight.
Grace now only uses nerve stimulator Cefaly daily to help with migraine attacks and, to a lesser degree, four other medications if needed. These days she rarely uses Klonopin.
Using Cannabis to Suit Her Specific Needs
Grace uses tinctures and vaporizers to administer the medicine using a layered approach. "Tonight I'm feeling wound up and a slight threat of a migraine, and I want help sleeping well," she explains, "so I will use a little of the vape that calms me down and helps me get to sleep while reducing the risk of a migraine attack. I will also use my bedtime tincture to help me stay asleep and prevent a migraine attack."
The flexible nature of the medicine allows Grace to customize use in order to target specific symptoms, taking the tincture for sleep while the vape is more likely to stop the progression of an oncoming migraine. Medical marijuana also works well in cooperation with her other prescriptions.
"If I have a migraine when I wake up tomorrow," she explains, "I will probably take a small dose of my prescription medication, add a little of my night-time tincture that reduces the symptoms, support it with my normal dose of morning tincture that helps me to wake up and accomplish things, then add a higher dose of the vape that helps stop a migraine and relieves my anxiety."
Mind-Body Connection with Medical Marijuana
Grace has come a long way from not knowing medical marijuana existed to championing it as medicine that works. "Cannabis can be used to increase functionality, not just as a ticket to la la land," she says.
But she also wants folks to understand the many factors involved with taking medical marijuana. "Cannabis isn't easy to use: Many products are available, and each person responds differently to each product," she says. "A person's response can vary according to different conditions such as stress, severity of illness and prior experience with marijuana."
Understanding that many things can impact the effect of the medicine has resulted in Grace applying a truly holistic approach to her health and well-being. "Before I take a dose, I have to tune in to how I'm feeling and what effect I want," she says. "I think that it works so well for me because I work so hard at using it to its maximum benefit."
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All Blacks second-string team to tour
An All Blacks second-string team will tour the northern hemisphere this year in New Zealand Rugby's latest ploy to keep top-flight players in the country and raise revenue.
NZ Rugby hopes the "All Blacks XV" tour will become an annual event, beginning this year with a three-week trip which begins in late October.
Chief rugby officer Nigel Cass said the team will provide an aspirational target for players who are on the fringe of All Blacks selection.
"The All Blacks XV will be our second-tier team below the All Blacks and made up of New Zealand's 'next best' players," Cass said.
"The high-performance benefits of this team will be significant. It will help to develop the next group of players, many of whom will likely become our future All Blacks, as well as give further opportunities for our coaches and other team personnel."
Cass said the concept was also designed as a means to stem the departure of players to offshore club contracts.
Opponents for the three-match tour are yet to be revealed but are likely to comprise second-string line-ups from other nations.
The last time such a New Zealand team was formed was 2009, when there was a Kiwi presence in the Pacific Nations Cup.
NZ Rugby has undergone a wholesale review with a view to finding means to address a difficult financial marketplace.
It has linked with a sports promotion company to advertise and promote the All Blacks XV games for the next two years.
"It will play offshore in growing rugby markets that are of strategic and commercial importance, allowing us to showcase and grow New Zealand's brand of rugby in many more parts of the world," Cass said.
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package com.rbmhtechnology.eventuate

import akka.actor._
import akka.testkit._
import org.scalatest._

import scala.concurrent.Future
import scala.util._

object EventsourcedViewSpec {
  val emitterIdA = "A"
  val emitterIdB = "B"

  val logIdA = "logA"
  val logIdB = "logB"

  case class Ping(i: Int)
  case class Pong(i: Int)

  class TestEventsourcedView(
    val logProbe: ActorRef,
    val msgProbe: ActorRef,
    customReplayBatchSize: Option[Int],
    override val replayFromSequenceNr: Option[Long] = None) extends EventsourcedView {

    val id = emitterIdA
    val eventLog = logProbe

    override def replayBatchSize: Int = customReplayBatchSize match {
      case Some(i) => i
      case None    => super.replayBatchSize
    }

    override def onCommand = {
      case "boom"  => throw TestException
      case Ping(i) => msgProbe ! Pong(i)
    }

    override def onEvent = {
      case "boom" => throw TestException
      case evt    => msgProbe ! ((evt, lastVectorTimestamp, lastSequenceNr))
    }
  }

  class TestStashingView(
    val logProbe: ActorRef,
    val msgProbe: ActorRef) extends EventsourcedView {

    val id = emitterIdA
    val eventLog = logProbe

    var stashing = false

    override def onCommand = {
      case "boom" =>
        throw TestException
      case "stash-on" =>
        stashing = true
      case "stash-off" =>
        stashing = false
      case "unstash" =>
        unstashAll()
      case Ping(i) if stashing =>
        stash()
      case Ping(i) =>
        msgProbe ! Pong(i)
    }

    override def onEvent = {
      case "unstash" =>
        unstashAll()
    }
  }

  class TestCompletionView(
    val logProbe: ActorRef,
    val msgProbe: ActorRef) extends EventsourcedView {

    val id = emitterIdA
    val eventLog = logProbe

    override def onRecovery: Handler[Unit] = {
      case Success(_) => msgProbe ! "success"
      case Failure(e) => msgProbe ! e
    }

    override def onCommand: Receive = {
      case _ =>
    }

    override def onEvent: Receive = {
      case _ =>
    }
  }

  class TestBehaviorView(
    val logProbe: ActorRef,
    val msgProbe: ActorRef) extends EventsourcedView {

    val id = emitterIdA
    val eventLog = logProbe
    var total: Int = 0

    val add: Receive = {
      case i: Int =>
        total += i
        msgProbe ! total
    }

    val sub: Receive = {
      case i: Int =>
        total -= i
        msgProbe ! total
    }

    def change(context: => BehaviorContext): Receive = {
      case "add" => context.become(add orElse change(context))
      case "sub" => context.become(sub orElse change(context))
    }

    override def onCommand =
      add orElse change(commandContext)

    override def onEvent: Receive =
      add orElse change(eventContext)
  }

  class TestGuardingView(
    val logProbe: ActorRef,
    val msgProbe: ActorRef) extends EventsourcedView {

    val id = emitterIdA
    val eventLog = logProbe

    override def onCommand = {
      case "last" => msgProbe ! lastHandledEvent
    }

    override def onEvent = {
      case "e1" if lastEmitterId == "x" =>
        msgProbe ! "handled"
      case "e2" if lastEmitterId == "y" =>
        msgProbe ! "handled"
    }
  }

  val event1a = event("a", 1L)
  val event1b = event("b", 2L)
  val event1c = event("c", 3L)

  val event2a = DurableEvent("a", emitterIdA, None, Set(), 0L, timestamp(1, 0), logIdA, logIdA, 1L)
  val event2b = DurableEvent("b", emitterIdB, None, Set(), 0L, timestamp(0, 1), logIdB, logIdA, 2L)
  val event2c = DurableEvent("c", emitterIdB, None, Set(), 0L, timestamp(0, 2), logIdB, logIdA, 3L)
  val event2d = DurableEvent("d", emitterIdB, None, Set(), 0L, timestamp(0, 3), logIdB, logIdA, 4L)

  def timestamp(a: Long = 0L, b: Long = 0L) = (a, b) match {
    case (0L, 0L) => VectorTime()
    case (a, 0L)  => VectorTime(logIdA -> a)
    case (0L, b)  => VectorTime(logIdB -> b)
    case (a, b)   => VectorTime(logIdA -> a, logIdB -> b)
  }

  def event(payload: Any, sequenceNr: Long): DurableEvent =
    DurableEvent(payload, emitterIdA, None, Set(), 0L, timestamp(sequenceNr), logIdA, logIdA, sequenceNr)
}

class EventsourcedViewSpec extends TestKit(ActorSystem("test")) with WordSpecLike with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll with BeforeAndAfterEach {
  import EventsourcedViewSpec._
  import EventsourcingProtocol._

  var instanceId: Int = _
  var logProbe: TestProbe = _
  var msgProbe: TestProbe = _

  override def beforeEach(): Unit = {
    instanceId = EventsourcedView.instanceIdCounter.get
    logProbe = TestProbe()
    msgProbe = TestProbe()
  }

  override def afterAll(): Unit =
    TestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system)

  def unrecoveredEventsourcedView(): ActorRef =
    system.actorOf(Props(new TestEventsourcedView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref, None)))

  def unrecoveredEventsourcedView(customReplayBatchSize: Int): ActorRef =
    system.actorOf(Props(new TestEventsourcedView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref, Some(customReplayBatchSize))))

  def unrecoveredCompletionView(): ActorRef =
    system.actorOf(Props(new TestCompletionView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref)))

  def recoveredCompletionView(): ActorRef =
    processRecover(unrecoveredCompletionView())

  def recoveredStashingView(): ActorRef =
    processRecover(system.actorOf(Props(new TestStashingView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref))))

  def recoveredBehaviorView(): ActorRef =
    processRecover(system.actorOf(Props(new TestBehaviorView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref))))

  def recoveredGuardingView(): ActorRef =
    processRecover(system.actorOf(Props(new TestGuardingView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref))))

  def replayControllingActor(snr: Option[Long]): ActorRef = {
    system.actorOf(Props(new TestEventsourcedView(logProbe.ref, msgProbe.ref, None, snr)))
  }

  def processRecover(actor: ActorRef, instanceId: Int = instanceId): ActorRef = {
    logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
    logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
    logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))
    actor ! ReplaySuccess(Nil, 0L, instanceId)
    actor
  }

  "An EventsourcedView" must {
    "recover from replayed events" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView()

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b), event1b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event1b.vectorTimestamp, event1b.localSequenceNr))
    }
    "recover from events that are replayed in batches" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView(2)

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, 2, Some(actor), instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b), event1b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(event1b.localSequenceNr + 1L, 2, None, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1c), event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event1b.vectorTimestamp, event1b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("c", event1c.vectorTimestamp, event1c.localSequenceNr))
    }
    "retry recovery on failure" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView()

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b.copy(payload = "boom"), event1c), event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId + 1))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId + 1)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId + 1))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b, event1c), event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId + 1)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event1b.vectorTimestamp, event1b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("c", event1c.vectorTimestamp, event1c.localSequenceNr))
    }
    "replay from application-defined sequence number (not load snapshot)" in {
      val actor = replayControllingActor(Some(2L))

      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(2L, Some(actor), instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1b, event1c), event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event1b.vectorTimestamp, event1b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("c", event1c.vectorTimestamp, event1c.localSequenceNr))
    }
    "not replay from application-defined sequence number (load snapshot)" in {
      processRecover(replayControllingActor(None))
    }
    "stash commands during recovery and handle them after initial recovery" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView()

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! Ping(2)
      actor ! Ping(3)

      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b), event1b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(event1b.localSequenceNr + 1L, None, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(Nil, event1b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event1b.vectorTimestamp, event1b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(3))
    }
    "stash commands during recovery and handle them after retried recovery" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView()

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! Ping(2)

      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b.copy(payload = "boom"), event1c), event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId + 1))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId + 1)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId + 1))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event1a, event1b, event1c), event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId + 1)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(event1c.localSequenceNr + 1L, None, instanceId + 1))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(Nil, event1c.localSequenceNr, instanceId + 1)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event1a.vectorTimestamp, event1a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event1b.vectorTimestamp, event1b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("c", event1c.vectorTimestamp, event1c.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
    }
    "stash live events consumed during recovery" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView()
      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))

      actor ! Written(event2c) // live event
      actor ! Written(event2d) // live event

      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event2a, event2b), event2b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(event2b.localSequenceNr + 1L, None, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(Nil, event2b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event2a.vectorTimestamp, event2a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event2b.vectorTimestamp, event2b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("c", event2c.vectorTimestamp, event2c.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("d", event2d.vectorTimestamp, event2d.localSequenceNr))
    }
    "ignore live events targeted at previous incarnations" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredEventsourcedView()
      val next = instanceId + 1

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))

      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event2a, event2b), event2b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(event2b.localSequenceNr + 1L, None, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(Nil, event2b.localSequenceNr, instanceId)

      actor ! "boom"
      actor ! Written(event2c) // live event

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event2a.vectorTimestamp, event2a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event2b.vectorTimestamp, event2b.localSequenceNr))

      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, next))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, next)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), next))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(List(event2a, event2b, event2c), event2c.localSequenceNr, next)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(event2c.localSequenceNr + 1L, None, next))
      logProbe.sender() ! ReplaySuccess(Nil, event2c.localSequenceNr, next)

      actor ! Written(event2d) // live event

      msgProbe.expectMsg(("a", event2a.vectorTimestamp, event2a.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("b", event2b.vectorTimestamp, event2b.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("c", event2c.vectorTimestamp, event2c.localSequenceNr))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(("d", event2d.vectorTimestamp, event2d.localSequenceNr))
    }
    "support user stash-unstash operations" in {
      val actor = recoveredStashingView()

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! "stash-on"
      actor ! Ping(2)
      actor ! "stash-off"
      actor ! Ping(3)
      actor ! "unstash"
      actor ! Ping(4)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(3))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(4))
    }
    "support user unstash operations in event handler" in {
      val actor = recoveredStashingView()

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! "stash-on"
      actor ! Ping(2)
      actor ! "stash-off"
      actor ! Ping(3)
      actor ! Written(event("unstash", 1))
      actor ! Ping(4)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(3))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(4))
    }
    "support user stash-unstash operations where unstash is the last operation" in {
      val actor = recoveredStashingView()

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! "stash-on"
      actor ! Ping(2)
      actor ! "stash-off"
      actor ! Ping(3)
      actor ! "unstash"

      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(3))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
    }
    "support user stash-unstash operations under failure conditions (failure before stash)" in {
      val actor = recoveredStashingView()

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! "boom"
      actor ! "stash-on"
      actor ! Ping(2)
      actor ! "stash-off"
      actor ! Ping(3)
      actor ! "unstash"
      actor ! Ping(4)

      processRecover(actor, instanceId + 1)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(3))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(4))
    }
    "support user stash-unstash operations under failure conditions (failure after stash)" in {
      val actor = recoveredStashingView()

      actor ! Ping(1)
      actor ! "stash-on"
      actor ! Ping(2)
      actor ! "boom"
      actor ! Ping(3)
      actor ! "unstash"
      actor ! Ping(4)

      processRecover(actor, instanceId + 1)

      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(1))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(2))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(3))
      msgProbe.expectMsg(Pong(4))
    }
    "call the recovery completion handler with Success if recovery succeeds" in {
      recoveredCompletionView()
      msgProbe.expectMsg("success")
    }
    "call the recovery completion handler with Failure if recovery fails" in {
      val actor = unrecoveredCompletionView()
      logProbe.expectMsg(LoadSnapshot(emitterIdA, instanceId))
      logProbe.sender() ! LoadSnapshotSuccess(None, instanceId)
      logProbe.expectMsg(Replay(1L, Some(actor), instanceId))
      actor ! ReplayFailure(TestException, instanceId)
      msgProbe.expectMsg(TestException)
    }
    "support command handler behavior changes" in {
      val actor = recoveredBehaviorView()

      actor ! 1
      actor ! 2
      actor ! "sub"
      actor ! 3

      msgProbe.expectMsg(1)
      msgProbe.expectMsg(3)
      msgProbe.expectMsg(0)
    }
    "support event handler behavior changes" in {
      val actor = recoveredBehaviorView()

      actor ! Written(event(1, 1L))
      actor ! Written(event(2, 2L))
      actor ! Written(event("sub", 3L))
      actor ! Written(event(3, 4L))

      msgProbe.expectMsg(1)
      msgProbe.expectMsg(3)
      msgProbe.expectMsg(0)
    }
    "stop during recovery if its event log is stopped" in {
      val actor = watch(unrecoveredEventsourcedView())
      system.stop(logProbe.ref)
      expectTerminated(actor)
    }
    "stop after recovery if its event log is stopped" in {
      val actor = watch(processRecover(unrecoveredEventsourcedView()))
      system.stop(logProbe.ref)
      expectTerminated(actor)
    }
    "support usage of last* methods in pattern guards when guard evaluates to true" in {
      val actor = recoveredGuardingView()
      val event1 = event("e1", 1L).copy(emitterId = "x")

      actor ! Written(event1)
      msgProbe.expectMsg("handled")

      actor ! "last"
      msgProbe.expectMsgType[DurableEvent].payload should be("e1")
    }
    "support usage of last* methods in pattern guards when guard evaluates to false" in {
      val actor = recoveredGuardingView()
      val event1 = event("e1", 1L).copy(emitterId = "x")
      val event2 = event("e2", 1L).copy(emitterId = "x")

      actor ! Written(event1)
      actor ! Written(event2)
      msgProbe.expectMsg("handled")

      actor ! "last"
      msgProbe.expectMsgType[DurableEvent].payload should be("e1")
    }
  }
}


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Sidi Ziane is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census, it had a population of 3,282.

References

Communes of Médéa Province
Cities in Algeria
Algeria


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Wild Forest Whitepaper
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Meet Wild Forest
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Wild Forest is a single-screen RTS where players compete with each other in a fast-paced PvP battle. Players capture the territories, build structures and armies and try to destroy the main base of each other. In the battle, players use the Units and Spells from up to 7 cards in the Deck. Each card is different and has its type, stats, and abilities. Collecting card meta game opens up multiple strategic and tactical opportunities and unpredictable gameplay scenarios. The highly challenging skill-based gameplay reduces opportunities for unfair play, bot activity, and pay-to-win situations.
Wild Forest is free to play. No wallet, prior blockchain experience, or initial investment is required to start playing. Players get to the game immediately and gradually learn about the blockchain through a guided onboarding process.
Player onboarding
Our main focus is to build a smooth onboarding to attract a wider audience from traditional gaming. By eliminating the entry barrier, we open up the game for the player from PC, mobile, and console markets by releasing the game to those platforms.
Balanced economy
The Wild Forest token is the key component of the player's progression, giving very exact utility and predicted demand. The other important component is free-to-play monetisation loops. Additionally, a big portion of rewards is earned through play in the form of NFTs. Consistent demand for the NFTs created by players of all levels fuels a players-driven economy. Wild Forest token is used as an incentive and not as a direct reward of play.
Superb user experience
Wild Forest aims to set higher standards for web3 gaming by reducing blockchain interaction friction for the player with simple solutions for complex things, intuitive design, and guided tutorials.
Competitive gameplay
The skill-based nature of the game reduces unfair play, the pay-to-win model, and fraud activities. It also adds a fun competitive layer and opens up opportunities for content creation, streams, and cyber-sports tournaments.
Sensible web3
We have great reasoning behind all our blockchain components. We don't use it just for the sake of calling our game a web3. With player ownership over the in-game items, true player governance, open economy, and real economic incentives, we build a challenging and fun environment for players.
Team with a track record
To build a successful web3 game, the team has to be capable of building a successful game, to begin with. Blockchain adds more difficulties, so the team should have a solid background with commercially successful games for better chances. The team behind Wild Forest has built 6 award-winning games and released them to PC, mobile, and console platforms.


For more details on glyphs, see Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia/Glyphs.
Unlike previous Castlevania games, Shanoa's main attacks are glyphs. She has three glyphs: main glyph, sub glyph, and back glyph. Main and sub glyphs are attacks, while back glyphs are usually supportive. Each glyph uses a certain amount of MP, but MP recharges quickly when not attacking. Each glyph is also associated with a specific attribute.
Glyphs can be obtained in several ways. Some randomly appear after an enemy is defeated. Some can only be absorbed when an enemy is using a glyph. Others can be found in statues. Glyphs are absorbed by holding . Each glyph absorbed adds 1 point to all attributes and replenishes 10 hearts.
By pressing and either or , a glyph union will be performed, which is a stronger attack. Glyph unions cost hearts instead of MP.
Attribute points are gained when enemies are defeated with glyphs. There are six attributes: slash, strike, fire, ice, lightning, darkness, and light. The more points gained, the stronger the glyphs become.
There are four status effects that Shanoa can experience.
Drains HP and lowers stats.
Shanoa becomes immobile. Keep tapping the Dpad to break free.
Same with Stone. But cannot break free with just tapping until you get hit again.
For more details on equipment, see Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia/Equipment.
For more details on use items, see Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia/Use Items.
A variety of items can be found throughout the game. Shanoa can equip a head gear, body gear, leg gear, and two accessories. There are also several use items that replenish either HP, MP, or hearts. Many use items don't have a functionality other than a requirement for quests.
Throughout the game are five kinds of chests that contain various items. Each chest can only be opened once, except for wooden and green chests. They can be opened each time after revisiting a map. Each map has a set pool of items which the wooden and green chests randomly select from.
Wooden chests contain a random common item.
Green chests contain a random rare item.
Red chests usually contain a max up item.
Gold chests contain a relic.
Blue chests are hidden and can be revealed by pressing .
Each map has several save rooms where you can save your progress and restore HP and MP. Warp rooms transport you to other warp rooms that you can select on the map. Press to interact with them.
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Robots can make some human workers uncomfortable
Melanie Epp | Contributing Writer
Some 50 years ago the automotive industry saw the writing on the wall. Labor was getting harder to find, so they replaced humans on the factory line with robotics. Robotics, it would seem, don't tire, don't require breaks and can't go on strike. What's more, they take on tedious tasks that humans don't enjoy doing.
"They (companies in the automotive industry) don't rely on human labor that much anymore," said FTNON Delft Director Richard Van der Linde in a talk at Fruit Logistica earlier this year. "Please don't mistake me. There is no unemployment in the big cities where these robots make cars. People are still needed, but on a much higher level."
People, Van der Linde pointed out, are much better at supervising and making sure the factory runs 24/7. Robots are the perfect fit for those hard-to-fill tasks that humans don't enjoy taking on.
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Although robots take on those undesirable tasks, they're not always welcome on the factory floor. A big issue companies face when robots do enter the workplace is social acceptance.
"In your factory the people who work may feel threatened by a robot," Van der Linde said. "He's going to steal my job — that's the first thing that a human thinks."
The problem is so bad in some factories, Van der Linde said, that some workers steal parts, intentionally slowing or halting production in protest to the robots' presence. Van der Linde said to deal with this they place cameras in the factories for a few months until the robots are accepted.
"Then the workforce doesn't see it as competition, but as a colleague," he said. "The robot is there to help me."
In fact, Ven der Linde said, robots and humans can enhance production when they work together. Humans fatigue and get bored when robots do not, but humans have the ability to catch errors that robots cannot.
"What we've learned in the last year is that the most perfect solution is the marriage of humans and robots," he said. "If you have them both in your line, and they both work optimally, you have the maximum quality and output of the line."
Tags: labor, robots