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'Broad City' Now Offers Collection of Branded Sex Toys Because of Course It Does
'YAS KWEEN'
By Brandon Katz • 08/10/17 3:13pm
Comedy Central is branching out. Courtesy Facebook
Comedy Central's Broad City is an absolutely fantastic show. It's really funny but it's also completely unafraid to tackle any and all topics no matter how cringe-inducing or taboo they may be. One of the most frequented topics from creators and stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson is sex and, to a slightly lesser degree, sex toys. Since we live in a capitalist world, someone had the brilliant idea to leverage Broad City's fascination with sex and sex toys into a lucrative money-making opportunity. Respect.
The company Lovehoney has teamed with the show to bring the world a 14-piece collection of branded sex toys including: vibrators, lube and butt plugs ranging from $13 to $90. Some of the gear even comes slapped with Ilana's patented "YAS KWEEN" sex quote. Talk about knowing your target audience.
time to get ya freak on with the Broad City x LoveHoney sex toy collab YUP this is real https://t.co/nkeJdULOxK pic.twitter.com/cgmh1Vlcgq
— Broad City (@broadcity) August 9, 2017
Something big is coming… #broadcity #2sleepstogo
A post shared by Lovehoney (@lovehoneyofficial) on Aug 5, 2017 at 8:24am PDT
"We love that Broad City's sex positivity carries into real life with these products, and we hope the world enjoys them," Glazer and Jacobson said in a statement (via Refinery29).
The sex toy collection is currently available on Lovehoney's website. Broad City found a good partner to collaborate with as Lovehoney has previously featured a sex toy line associated with the Fifty Shades of Grey film release. However, something tells us that Lovehoney will not be bringing you its own line of Broad City marijuana despite its popularity on the show.
Broad City Season 4 will premiere on Comedy Central on September 13.
Filed Under: Entertainment, TV, Comedy Central, Fifty Shades of Grey, Broad City, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Lovehoney
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Drake and Future Release 'What a Time to Be Alive' Mixtape
Following online rumours and a totally bogus countdown clock, Drake has finally set the record straight and confirmed that he's about to release a new mixtape with Future. Their What a Time to Be Alive drops tomorrow tonight (September 20) via Apple Music.
There had been plenty of hype behind the release since last week, stemming from OVO/Freebandz-mashing artwork uploaded by member OB O'Brien and comments made on New York radio show The Breakfast Club.
UPDATE (9/20, 12 p.m.): As promised, the full mixtape is now available on iTunes over here.
Last night (September 18), Drake weighed in on the matter during his performance at Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival, telling the crowd: "Took a break from Views now it's back to that, and me and Future got a tape before that."
He added: "On Sunday we about to make a motherfucking movie." You'll find fan-shot footage of this down below.
Now, via his Instagram, he's offered up the specifics, explaining that he and Future's What a Time to Be Alive lands on iTunes/Apple Music tomorrow night at 8 p.m. EDT. That's apparently the cover art up above.
Presumably, his follow up 'gram, which you can see down below, means that the OVO/Freebandz project will also be getting some love via an Apple Music stream a couple hours ahead of the commercial release.
OVO FREEBANDZ RADIO SUNDAY @ 6PM EST @applemusic @future @metroboomin @escomoecity
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Pac-12 Season Preview: Arizona State Sun Devils
Posted by Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) on October 20th, 2014
The Pac-12 microsite will preview each of its league teams over the next few weeks, continuing today with Arizona State.
Strengths: Goodbye Jahii Carson, enter Tra Holder. For a team that lost the quickest point guard in the country after last season, Arizona State's tempo on offense should still be faster than any other team in the Pac-12. Holder provides the speed and talent needed at the one spot for the Sun Devils' offense to run like head coach Herb Sendek wants, but inexperience might plague the true freshman early in the season. Senior shooting guard Bo Barnes provides some maturity in the backcourt, but he will definitely need to average more than his 4.5 PPG from last season.
Herb Sendek is Coming Off His Second NCAA Tournament Appearance in Tempe (Photo credit: US Presswire).
Weaknesses: This team has an extremely thin bench. Combo guard Chance Murray will be forced into playing most of his minutes at point guard, backing up Holder, and while this will be his second year in the system, he is still a big question mark for Sendek. Down low, the second team is filled with new faces. There is plenty of raw talent, but it could be a while before they develop into a Pac-12 ready group. It doesn't help that one of its biggest scrappers in the post, UNLV transfer Savon Goodman, will not be eligible until after the team faces Maryland, UNLV and Texas A&M.
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Pac-12 Early Entry Decisions: Winners and Losers
Posted by AMurawa on April 28th, 2014
With Sunday night's early-entry deadline come and gone, programs have now gotten past one potential source of damage to their rosters. Kids can still announce their transfers or get in trouble or get hurt, so the names on these rosters can still remain in a state of flux, but below we'll discuss the winners and losers in the conference after the going pro pothole has passed.
Arizona – It's not often that you can call a team that lost two players to early entry a winner, but the fact is, the Wildcats lose Aaron Gordon and Nick Johnson, but guys like Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Kaleb Tarczewski and Brandon Ashley passed on the temptation of the NBA to return for another year in the desert. Of the two who left, there was little surprise, as Gordon is a sure-fire lottery pick while Johnson played well enough this season to probably maximize his attractiveness to NBA scouts (he's projected as a second-rounder). Meanwhile, Hollis-Jefferson in particular was a serious threat to leave early, with a likely first-round selection awaiting. However, with his return to Tucson, he'll have a chance to not only improve his draft stock, but also keep the Wildcats near the top of the national conversation.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson's Decision to Return To School Keeps Arizona Among The National Favorites (Casey Sapio, USA Today)
Oregon – Joseph Young considered forgoing his final season of eligibility for a run at the NBA dream, but the 6'3" shooter likely got word back from scouts to return to school, work on his ballhandling and start playing some defense. As a result, Young will again be a part of what should be a high-flying Duck offense and have a chance to legitimately work himself into NBA Draft consideration next season.
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Posted by nvr1983 on April 17th, 2014
There were a few NBA Draft announcements yesterday, but nothing that was particularly surprising. Jahii Carson made it official that he would be declaring for the NBA Draft, but that was hardly a surprise as he said he would be doing so before the start of the season and never backed off that statement. The other big announcements also came from the Pac-12 where Kyle Anderson and Zach Levine declared for the draft. Anderson is considered a borderline lottery pick while Carson and Levine are closer to fringe first round picks. Carson is probably about where he would be in a year as a prospect, but Levine has significant upside so it is a little surprising to see him leave so soon particularly without what we would consider a legitimate guarantee of being a first round pick. On the other side, A.J. Hammons announced that he will be returning to Purdue for his his junior season. Hammons averaged 10.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks last season and with his size had a chance to be a late first round pick. Fortunately for Matt Painter and Boilermaker fans he will be back in West Lafayette next season.
The Andy Enfield experiment is not going as planned at USC. After coming to LA off the high of the Dunk City experience, Enfield made sure to let everybody know how great he was then followed it up with a 11-21 record including a putrid 2-16 in the Pac-12. It does not appear that next season will be much easier as Byron Wesley, the team's best player last season, announced that he planned to graduate from USC this summer and transfer for his final year of eligibility. If he does graduate, Wesley would be available to play immediately with a graduate student waiver and would be among the most sought-after transfers on the market as it is pretty rare to find a guy who averaged 17.8 points (47% FG), 6.4 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game on the market.
Jim Christian's challenge of turning around Boston College got significantly easier as Olivier Hanlan announced that he would be back next season. With Ryan Anderson already transferring, Hanlan's announcement is even more important. Hanlan averaged 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.9 assists last season so he will be the focal point of the Eagles' offense and with the the lack of support he will have opposing teams will be tailoring their defenses to stop him. Still next season should be a rough one for Christian as he takes over a team that went 8-24 last season and have lost a significant pieces from that team.
One of the more confusing aspects of the early entry system is the myriad of deadlines from both the NCAA and NBA (DraftExpress had a good explanation here). Both sided have pointed fingers at the other when asked about the issue of early entry and the age restriction. As John Infante notes the NCAA would be wise to take control of this issue before the NBA decides for them. As usual Infante offers a logical argument although we are not sure that the NCAA will follow his advice because as we all know the NCAA doesn't always follow logic when making its decisions.
And finally today we give you a somewhat surprising draft announcement… for the NFL. Miami forward Erik Swope announced that he will be entering the NFL Draft. Swope averaged 5 points and 2.7 rebounds last season so he was at best an overseas player so going the NFL route makes the most sense although the timing of his announcement (just a few weeks before the NFL Draft) seems a little strange. With the success of former basketball players in the NFL we are surprised that more marginal basketball players don't go this route.
| morning 5, Regular Features | Tagged: byron wesley, erik swope, jahii carson, kyle anderson, olivier hanlan, zach levine
Pac-12 Post-Mortems: Arizona State
Posted by Andrew Murawa on April 10th, 2014
Over the next couple of weeks, we'll go through each Pac-12 team one by one and recount the season that has just completed and begin to turn the page to what we might see next season. Up first, Arizona State.
Jermaine Marshall and Shaquielle McKissic were largely excellent in their only seasons in Tempe (McKissic will be petitioning the NCAA for an additional season of eligibility). Jordan Bachynski capped his stellar Sun Devils career with his best season and an all-time conference record for career blocked shots. And Herb Sendek and the Sun Devils earned their first NCAA Tournament appearance since James Harden was on campus.
Arizona State Went Dancing, But It Ended With a Heartbreaking Putback by Texas
Still, despite that major accomplishment, you've got to feel that this team left money on the table at the end of the year. First, just the way they lost their NCAA Tournament game, falling to Texas on a buzzer-beater when the Longhorns' last two buckets came on offensive rebounds after airballs – ouch! And Jahii Carson, the team's best player and arguably a more talented player than what he showed, struggled through a rough season, with questions about his game confirmed and others about his leadership raised anew. Sendek did a solid job with this team, a squad that had some obvious holes in it. But still, this feels like a team that had an NCAA Tournament win (or two) in them but failed to get the job done.
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Assessing an Awkward Coaching Situation in Corvallis
Posted by Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) on April 2nd, 2014
Craig Robinson said these words following Oregon State's season ending loss against Radford, a game played in front of fewer than 1,500 fans in Corvallis.
As he got up from podium, Robinson said, "If I get fired, it's been nice knowing you guys." Added that he was joking.
— Connor Letourneau (@ConnOregonian) March 20, 2014
That game ended his sixth season in Corvallis, with no single campaign resulting in a postseason finish higher than the CBI, and comprising the lowest attendance totals in Gill Coliseum history. Needless to say, Beaver fans aren't happy and would like to see a change. Still, with that all laid out on the table, I thought Robinson's joke was hilarious. Timely, self-deprecating, and unexpected — a perfect combination for a laugh in my book. Unfortunately, his boss, athletic director Bob DeCarolis, did not find it as humorous, which is understandable since he has been in Robinson's corner since day one. "A bad joke at a bad time," he said the next day. A little over a week later, DeCarolis penned a letter to his biggest boosters, telling them that he had chosen to retain Robinson as head coach for another season.
The relationship between Robinson, the athletic department and Oregon State fans has grown incredibly awkward. The coach needs fans to buy tickets in order to attract recruits. The fans have stopped coming until they start to see a winning product. And there won't be a winning product until the recruits head to Corvallis. It's a vicious cycle, one that Robinson has been tasked with breaking. What he doesn't seem to understand is that his mouth is getting him in trouble. And I'm not talking about his joke to reporters last month. It's the other quotes like, "Next year's team could be ranked in the Top 25." Not likely when he loses Roberto Nelson, Devon Collier, and Angus Brandt. Or, "If Eric Moreland returns, we will be one of the top teams in the conference." He's already building in excuses for next season six months before practice even starts. No one wants to hear that. And then there is his agent, Rick Giles, saying that the 2013-14 Beavers were "two wins away from the NCAA Tournament." Um, try two wins away from the NIT — maybe. The empty promises, excuses, and over-inflated expectations aren't cute anymore. It's annoying and a waste of time.
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Posted by Walker Carey on April 1st, 2014
Compiling preseason All-America teams is a difficult task because nobody knows what is going to occur during the season. There will always be players who will fail to live up to expectations and there will always be under the radar types who will unexpectedly emerge to stardom. When our group of eight RTC pollsters selected their preseason All-America teams back in November, nobody could have guessed that only six of the 15 names on that list would live up to the hype: Creighton's Doug McDermott, Louisville's Russ Smith, Kansas' Andrew Wiggins, Duke's Jabari Parker, Connecticut's Shabazz Napier, and Kentucky's Julius Randle. The only two players that were projected to to be a first team All-America and finished there were McDermott and Smith (actually, we recognized at the time that a 33 percent accuracy rate was the AP's historical norm, so we did a little better than that). The nine players we selected as preseason All-Americans who did not make our team — Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart, Michigan State's Gary Harris, Ohio State's Aaron Craft, Michigan's Mitch McGary (spent much of the year injured), Arizona State's Jahii Carson, Arizona's Aaron Gordon, Syracuse's C.J. Fair, Michigan State's Adreian Payne, and Virginia's Joe Harris — all had exceptional seasons, but they were surpassed in achievements by the names that rose to the top of our list. Here are the 2013-14 RTC All-America Teams.
Note on methodology: voters took postseason performance to date into consideration. Players earned three points for a First Team vote, two points for a Second Team vote, and one point for a Third Team vote. McDermott and Napier were the only two consensus First Team All-America selections. Coming tomorrow: The RTC Coach of the Year.
First Team All-America
Doug McDermott, Senior, Creighton (consensus) (26.7 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 52.6% FG, 44.9% 3FG). McDermott was the most prolific and talented offensive player in the country in a season that wrapped up his marvelous collegiate career. The senior led the country in scoring and his brilliant play was the biggest reason why Creighton finished the season with a sterling 27-8 record. The brilliance of "Dougie McBuckets" saw him reach several amazing career milestones this year. His career-high 45 points in March 8's Senior Night victory over Providence put him over the 3,000-point barrier, and he wound up finishing with 3,150 points, good for fifth on the all-time scoring list. There have been few players like Doug McDermott in college basketball history, and there will be few like him in the future. He was an amazingly unique talent that we were all privileged to watch play ball for the last four years.
Shabazz Napier, Senior, Connecticut (consensus) (18.1 PPG, 4.9 APG, 5.9 RPG, 1.7 SPG). You can make an argument that no player has meant more to his team this season than Napier has meant to Connecticut. The Huskies improbably took home the East Region title and are headed to the Final Four, thanks in large part to the heroics of Napier. After a sensational regular season where the guard took home the AAC Player of the Year award, he has only elevated his play in the postseason. In the Huskies' four NCAA Tournament victories, Napier is averaging 23.3 points per contest and has displayed his flare for the dramatic by hitting several important shots when his team needed them most. Connecticut won a national title in 2011 mostly due to the brilliance of then-point guard and NPOY Kemba Walker. If the Huskies are able to replicate that feat this season, it will be mostly due to the brilliance of Napier.
Jabari Parker, Freshman, Duke (22) (19.1 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.2 BPG, 47.3% FG). In a season when many freshmen around the country received a great deal of preseason hype, no other freshman lived up to the lofty expectations quite like Parker. The USBWA National Freshman of the Year became the first Duke freshman to earn consensus first-team All-America honors with selections to the AP and Wooden All-America teams. It is widely expected that Parker will enter the 2014 NBA Draft after just one season in Durham, and even though his Duke career did not include an NCAA Tournament victory, Parker's terrific season will not soon be forgotten.
Russ Smith, Senior, Louisville (22) (18.2 PPG, 4.6 APG, 2.0 SPG, 46.8% FG). "Russdiculous" entered the season with high expectations and he more than lived up them by leading Louisville to another terrific campaign. After an excellent junior season, Smith only improved as a senior. Known for erratic decision-making much earlier in his career, the talented guard reinvented himself during his senior season. Smith improved his field goal percentage from by five percentage points and his three-point percentage from by six points. That brilliance led a spot as Louisville's first consensus All-American since Clifford Rozier in the 1993-94 season.
Sean Kilpatrick, Senior, Cincinnati (19) (20.6 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 42.3% FG, 84.5% FT). Kilpatrick finished his outstanding collegiate career with legendary Cincinnati status, as he joined NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as the only two Bearcats to top 2,000 career points. Along with joining Robertson in the Cincinnati record books, Kilpatrick also became the program's all-time leader in games (140) and career minutes played (4,315). The elevation in Kilpatrick's play as a senior also meant great things for an overachieving Cincinnati squad that was the co-AAC champion and was ranked #15 in the final AP poll.
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Answering Six Questions About Texas vs. Arizona State
Posted by Brian Goodman (@bsgoodman) & Andrew Murawa (@AMurawa) on March 19th, 2014
In prepping for Thursday's #7/#10 matchup between Texas and Arizona State, Big 12 microsite writer Brian Goodman (@bsgoodman) and Pac-12 correspondent Andrew Murawa (@AMurawa) had a little Q&A session about both of these teams.
Andrew Murawa: Arizona State's offense is dictated by the play of speedy point guard Jahii Carson. What can Texas do to slow him down?
Texas Has Struggled With Speedy Guards Like Jahii Carson This Season (Joe Nicholson, USA Today Sports)
Brian Goodman: This season to date, Texas has faced its fair share of dynamic scoring point guards in Juwan Staten, Marcus Foster, Marcus Smart and Marcus Paige, and more often than not, their defense struggled to contain these players. Based on that track record, I'm not confident Isaiah Taylor and Javan Felix will be able to check Carson. The bigger question to me is how many of Carson's shots will come at the basket and how many will come as the result of creating space farther away from the hoop. Joel Embiid and Isaiah Austin have been the Big 12's best rim protectors, but Ridley is right there behind them. If he can alter Carson's angles when he attacks, there's a chance Texas comes out ahead; but if he can't, it's going to be a long day for the Longhorns.
BG: We know all about Carson. After the Sun Devils missed last year's Tournament, it's a decent bet that he's going to look to put on a show, but Jermaine Marshall enters Thursday's game in a funk over his last three outings. Specifically, what's been different for him lately and how important is it for him to return to form in Milwaukee?
| big 12, microsites, pac 12 | Tagged: arizona state, cameron ridley, Isaiah Taylor, jahii carson, jermaine marshall, jonathan holmes, jordan bachynski, ncaa tournament, texas
Eight Predictions For The Pac-12 On Selection Sunday
Posted by Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) on March 16th, 2014
Arizona will get a #1 seed in the West region. This one's almost too easy. Without a team west of Wichita vying for a seed above the four line, the Wildcats have no competition for this spot. They have been locked into a one seed ever since their dominating performance at Colorado on February 22, and losses to Oregon and UCLA in the final two weeks of the season doesn't change that. Expect Sean Miller's team to also be sent to San Diego for its opening games in the tournament.
UCLA is underseeded, and its opponents will pay for it. Without a signature non-conference win and losses like the 18-point one suffered at Washington State dotting its schedule, I think the committee slots UCLA as a #6 seed, instead of the four or five the Bruins probably deserve. This will hurt their second and third round opponents more than anything, as we've seen in recent years.
UCLA Guard Jordan Adams Is Averaging 17.2 PPG And Has Come Up Clutch In Big Games (Stephen Dunn)
Oregon avoids the 8/9 game, is gifted a #7 seed. The committee loves rewarding teams that finish the season strong, and Oregon closed the year on an 8-1 tear. I think the Ducks avoid the 8/9 game (and therefore a matchup with a top seed in their second game), and will play a #10 seed in their opener.
Colorado and Stanford do play the 8/9 game. Both the Buffaloes and Cardinal had a chance to pull an Oregon and avoid the eight or nine line, but some spectacular flameouts in Las Vegas make that impossible. Both will play in an 8/9 game. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rounding Up Pac-12 Quarterfinal Thursday
The big talk around the conference tournament on Wednesday was Utah's potential. A KenPom darling ranked in the upper 30s by that metric with a history of playing everybody – including conference elite Arizona – tough, they were usually somewhere around the "Next Four Out" section of most bracketology projections. A win over Arizona in Thursday's quarterfinal, and maybe they jump California for the seventh Pac-12 team in line for an NCAA bid. For the first segment of the game Thursday afternoon, things were fine, with the Wildcats holding a 7-6 lead at the under-16 timeout. And then. Well. Adjectives fail to adequately describe, so let's jump right to the numbers: over the remainder of the half, Arizona outscored the Utes 27-6 and 44-11 over the next roughly 23 minutes of game time. At the half, Utah was averaging less than a point every two possessions (0.48 PPP). Arizona was grabbing 92.9% of defensive rebound opportunities and 53.8% on the offensive end. They were leading 8-0 in fast break points, 9-2 in points off turnovers and 16-8 in points in the paint. Three Utes scored in the first half, and their top-three leading scorers on the year – Delon Wright, Jordan Loveridge and Brendan Taylor – were not among them. We could go on.
Arizona's Defensive Dominance Was Displayed Early and Often Thursday Afternoon (Casey Sapio, USA Today)
There are more stats to be spouted about how dominant the Wildcats were on Thursday afternoon, but there will be more opportunities for them to show off for the rest of the country. Put simply, if the Arizona team that showed up today, and that showed up a couple weeks back dominating the Bay Area schools, continues to be the default Wildcat team, they've got a very good chance of cutting down the nets in April. As for Utah, they'll have an opportunity to continue their season in the NIT, and they'll be a very tough out there. And next year, behind Wright and Loveridge, they'll be a favorite for an upper-division Pac-12 finish and an NCAA Tournament invitation. Neither of those things, however, give them much solace now.
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Pac-12 Player of the Year and All-Conference Teams
Before we announce our Player of the Year and our all-Pac-12 Teams, a quick note on our methodology here — we had each of our three voters – Andrew Murawa, Connor Pelton, and Adam Butler – rank their top 15 players in the conference and awarded points to each player based on those votes (1st place vote =15 points, 2nd place =14, etc.). Normally, when putting together an all-conference team, we'd make an effort to balance our team by position, with either three guards and two frontcourt players on each team, or vice versa. But in this season's guard-heavy conference we didn't get a lot of frontcourt votes, which is why you'll see a five-guard first team when you scroll down. As for our Player of the Year voting, it was simple enough. The player with the most points in our all-conference balloting was our Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Nick Johnson, Junior, Arizona – As expected, it came down to a close two-man race for Player of the Year, but Johnson squeaked out the win by one point over UCLA sophomore Kyle Anderson. Johnson is not only the leading scorer on the Wildcats, he is also their key defensive catalyst. As Adam Butler wrote justifying his vote for Johnson over Anderson: "Nick Johnson was the most critical player on the best team in the conference. As he went, the Wildcats went and more often than not (see 28-3), Nick Johnson played well. Nay, great." To look at it the other way, compare Johnson's performance in the three Arizona losses to their 28 wins. In those three losses, Johnson averaged fewer than 10 points per game on 23.9% eFG; in the wins, he posted a 50.8% eFG on his way to 16.8 points per win.
Nick Johnson's Prowess On Both Ends Of The Court For The Conference's Best Team Earns Him The RTC Pac-12 Player of the Year (Christian Petersen)
Nick Johnson, Junior, Arizona (16.1 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 1.2 SPG)
Kyle Anderson, Sophomore, UCLA (14.9 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.7 SPG, 48% 3FG) – The versatile Anderson has been one of the nation's most improved players, registering as not only a terrific play-maker but an elite rebounding guard.
Delon Wright, Junior, Utah (16.1 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 5.3 APG, 2.6 SPG, 1.3 SPG, 59.7% eFG) – The junior college transfer came out of nowhere to become arguably the most versatile player in the conference – if not the most versatile in the nation. These three players were almost unanimously the top three players in the conference this season.
Justin Cobbs, Senior, California (15.6 PPG, 5.8 APG) – Cobbs ranked no higher than fifth but no lower than eighth on any of the three ballots, a consistency which earned him a first-team all-conference spot.
Roberto Nelson, Senior, Oregon State (20.6 PPG, 3.7 APG, 3.6 RPG) – Nelson was in the top five on two of three ballots, but was left completely off of a third (ahem, Butler). He still had enough votes to sneak on to the first team.
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After putting your pet to sleep, you can decide to take your pet home with you, have your pet privately cremated, buried from a pet funeral home, or you can opt to have a communal cremation in which you will not receive any remains.
Because saying goodbye is difficult, we recommend having after death plans arranged prior to your visit for euthanasia. No matter what you decide to do, don't feel pressured to choose one option or another; choose the option that is best for you. Some pet owners feel that an urn with their pet's remains helps the grieving process. Others think leaving the pet with the vet is easier for them emotionally. Because your pet has peacefully passed, it is now your decision to do what is best for you.
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By Mary Tritsch , November 28, 2012 03:54 PM
Kathy O'Mara--2012 Recipient of the AARP Andrus Award for Community Service
AARP Kansas honored its 2012 outstanding community service volunteer during a luncheon banquet in Emporia on November 7. Each year, AARP presents its most prestigious award, the Ethel Percy Andrus Award for Community Service, to an individual or individuals who, through volunteer service, significantly enhance the lives of those in their community. This award symbolizes that individuals have the power and ability to make a difference in the lives of others.
The 2012 Andrus Award for Community Service was presented to Kathy O'Mara of Reading. O'Mara is a retired teacher and member of the Emporia Area Retired School Personnel (EARSP) who has been active in her community throughout her life.
"Kathy is well-deserving of the award that honors AARP founder Ethel Percy Andrus," said Ann Garvin, AARP Kansas Interim Volunteer State President who presented the award to O'Mara along with AARP Kansas Director Maren Turner. "Her record of service to her community demonstrates her commitment to making a difference in the lives of others.
O'Mara taught school for 38 years, 32 of which were at Neosho Rapids teaching mostly third grade. She was active in both the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) and the South Lyon County NEA while teaching. She joined the Alpha Delta Kappa international teacher organization in 1974 and is still actively involved as an officer. After retiring from teaching, O'Mara became a member of EARSP where she served as vice-president and then president. She also co-chaired the Community Service Committee and for two years assisted in the planning and implementation of the Lyon County and Kansas spelling bees. In addition, O'Mara is a hospice volunteer, an election board member and is active in her church in numerous roles.
O'Mara was nominated for the Andrus Award by Carolyn Kuhn and Mary Clare White, both members of EARSP. Other nominees for the award were Agnes Bernritter, Topeka; Rita Mae Buehne, Wichita; Pat Crabtree, Shawnee; Mary Ann Flunder, Kansas City, Ruth Hetherington, Bel Aire; and Bernard Neubaurer, Topeka.
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Flight feather, 2010
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I have had the opportunity to do some illustrations for the recently published book by Thor Hanson: "Feathers: the evolution of a natural miracle." This is the illustration of the flight feather.
Original pencil on paper drawing not available for purchase.
"Flight feather With its distinctive offset rachis, a flight feather can fit neatly between its neighbors to form a seamless wing or tail. But this shape also makes it remarkably aerodynamic on its own when those feathers are splayed. Flight feathers evolved from standard contour feathers and feature the same waterproof vanes with interlocking barbules. They can be brightly colored, elongated, or otherwise modified for breeding displays. In flightless birds, they often lose their aerodynamic qualities entirely and serve primarily for display, waterproofing, or other functions. Flight feathers are also known as remiges (singular: remex) for those on the wing and rectrices (singular: rectrix) when located on the tail. Remiges are further divided into primaries and secondaries, based on their position along the wing."
Text from "Feathers: the evolution of a natural miracle," by Thor Hanson. Copyright © 2011 by Thor Hanson. Used by permission of the author.
Copyright © 2010 - 2011 by Nicholas Judson.


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Always in Season/ Mike Jacobs: Merlins and grackles both deserve appreciation
The grackle is a gregarious and conspicuous species, while the merlin is much more shy.
Illustration by Mike Jacobs
By Mike Jacobs, Brad Dokken
Hard as I try to appreciate every bird I see, I have to admit that some are easier to appreciate than others. The case in point: Merlins and grackles.
While both are birds, these species have little else in common, except for a purplish sheen, obvious in the grackle and subtle in the merlin. The grackle is a gregarious and conspicuous species. Some would call it obnoxious, but I withhold judgment in deference to its status as a bird species – and an interesting one. The merlin is likewise fascinating, but it is a much more shy bird than the grackle.
Always in Season/ Mike Jacobs: Fox sparrows steal the show in the snow The fox sparrows aren't going to hang around. They're northward bound. The nearest nesting area for fox sparrows is in northern Manitoba.
Always in Season/ Mike Jacobs: Spring and ducks go well together Ring-necked ducks are not among the most common of ducks in the Red River Valley, even in migration. What's more, they closely resemble scaup.
Always in Season/ Mike Jacobs: House finches sing to greet the spring House finches can be devilishly difficult to see. They are small birds, smaller than house sparrows, and they tend to sing from perches high in the trees.
Both grackles and merlins seem to be increasing in our area, which increases my regard for the merlin and diminishes my appreciation of the grackle. This is perverse in a way, since both species are a nuisance to other species. Grackles are notorious nest robbers. Merlins are avian predators. They eat smaller birds.
For years, the merlin was commonly known as "pigeon hawk," and that was the term used in the field guides of my childhood. That's not because merlins eat pigeons, but because they are about the same size as pigeons, and a merlin in flight might be mistaken for a pigeon.
A closer look will disabuse an observer of that notion. The merlin is a faster, bolder flier. So fast, in fact, that it often doesn't offer an observer a second chance. The bird is gone before it's possible to make a positive identification. One helpful hint, however, is that merlins are usually seen alone while pigeons often gang up, often appearing in groups of a half dozen or so and sometimes in immense swarms, though these are more likely in urban areas than in open country.
Merlins don't discriminate as to habitat. They are interested in food. As a result, the number of merlins has been growing in mid-continent cities. They've become regular enough that they've spilled into the countryside. At least twice in the past decade, merlins have nested within a mile of our place west of Gilby, N.D., about a half hour's drive northwest of Grand Forks.
Wheatfield Township is a big open, flat space but with one important topographical feature. The Campbell Beach, once the western shore of Lake Agassiz, runs diagonally through the township from northwest to southeast, interrupting what is otherwise an expanse of tilled fields.
A second feature of the township are shelterbelts of various ages and, in some places – including the property that we own – volunteer bushes of various kinds. These the merlin likes. The shelterbelts provide nesting sites, and the patches of plum and chokecherry bushes provide cover for their prey.
The merlin is the third of three falcon species that nest in our area. Nesting peregrines have become celebrities. They are at home on the water tower on UND's campus. When I want to see a peregrine falcon, once among the most endangered of North American birds, I head north on Columbia Road and look left at the top of the overpass.
The merlin is a smaller bird than the peregrine, and its hunting methods are a little less dramatic. The peregrine is a stoop hunter known for high speed dives on vulnerable prey, including ducks, a trait that earned it the name "duck hawk" in those older field guides. The Grand Forks peregrines go in for smaller prey. Tim Driscoll's years-long study of local peregrines shows they have a taste for black-billed cuckoos, which are about the size of robins.
The merlin is a chase and pounce hunter whose pursuits are often not far above the ground. I've watched it pursue horned larks, for example, and once an upland sandpiper, which proved too large for the merlin to handle.
The third nesting falcon – and the most common – is the American kestrel, once known as the sparrow hawk, although its favorite foods are insects and small mammals, which it catches by dropping from a hovering position about a telephone-pole's height above ground. In fact, kestrels are often seen perched atop such poles.
Any of these are easy to appreciate for their swiftness and their grace in flight, if not for their dietary habits. The grackle, on the other hand, is a noisy bird that often occurs in large flocks. This is typical of its close relatives in the bird world, the blackbirds.
Grackles are the largest of local blackbird species (excepting the crows and ravens, of course, but these are not members of the blackbird family, but rather corvids, more closely related to magpies and blue jays than to grackles). They earn appreciation for a couple of reasons. First, they are quite beautiful. In good light, they display an iridescent sheen. Second, they are self-aware, even pompous in appearance. They neither hop nor walk about; instead, they strut.
Unlike the merlin, a grackle is not wary. Rather than an occasional glimpse, they're likely to put on a show.
Jacobs is a retired publisher and editor of the Herald. Reach him at mjacobs@polarcomm.com.
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While larger communities may have several hunter education classes, many North Dakota towns may have only one course each year.
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Shane Johnson of Minot caught 19-pound, 8-ounce burbot Jan. 3 from the Garrison Dam Tailrace.
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#include<iostream>
#include<sstream>
#include<vector>
#include"z3.h"
#include"api_log_macros.h"
#include"api_context.h"
#include"api_tactic.h"
#include"api_solver.h"
#include"api_model.h"
#include"api_stats.h"
#include"api_ast_vector.h"
#include"tactic2solver.h"
#include"scoped_ctrl_c.h"
#include"cancel_eh.h"
#include"scoped_timer.h"
#include"smt_strategic_solver.h"
#include"smt_solver.h"
#include"smt_implied_equalities.h"
#include"iz3interp.h"
#include"iz3profiling.h"
#include"iz3hash.h"
#include"iz3pp.h"
#include"iz3checker.h"
#include"scoped_proof.h"

using namespace stl_ext;

// WARNING: don't make a hash_map with this if the range type
// has a destructor: you'll get an address dependency!!!
namespace stl_ext {
    template <>
    class hash < Z3_ast > {
    public:
        size_t operator()(const Z3_ast p) const {
            return (size_t)p;
        }
    };
}

typedef interpolation_options_struct *Z3_interpolation_options;

extern "C" {

    Z3_context Z3_mk_interpolation_context(Z3_config cfg){
        if (!cfg) cfg = Z3_mk_config();
        Z3_set_param_value(cfg, "PROOF", "true");
        Z3_set_param_value(cfg, "MODEL", "true");
        // Z3_set_param_value(cfg, "PRE_SIMPLIFIER","false");
        // Z3_set_param_value(cfg, "SIMPLIFY_CLAUSES","false");

        Z3_context ctx = Z3_mk_context(cfg);
        return ctx;
    }

    void Z3_interpolate_proof(Z3_context ctx,
                              Z3_ast proof,
                              int num,
                              Z3_ast *cnsts,
                              unsigned *parents,
                              Z3_params options,
                              Z3_ast *interps,
                              int num_theory,
                              Z3_ast *theory)
    {

        if (num > 1){ // if we have interpolants to compute

            ptr_vector<ast> pre_cnsts_vec(num);  // get constraints in a vector
            for (int i = 0; i < num; i++){
                ast *a = to_ast(cnsts[i]);
                pre_cnsts_vec[i] = a;
            }

            ::vector<int> pre_parents_vec;  // get parents in a vector
            if (parents){
                pre_parents_vec.resize(num);
                for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
                    pre_parents_vec[i] = parents[i];
            }

            ptr_vector<ast> theory_vec; // get background theory in a vector
            if (theory){
                theory_vec.resize(num_theory);
                for (int i = 0; i < num_theory; i++)
                    theory_vec[i] = to_ast(theory[i]);
            }

            ptr_vector<ast> interpolants(num - 1); // make space for result

            ast_manager &_m = mk_c(ctx)->m();
            iz3interpolate(_m,
                           to_ast(proof),
                           pre_cnsts_vec,
                           pre_parents_vec,
                           interpolants,
                           theory_vec,
                           0); // ignore params for now FIXME

            // copy result back
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < interpolants.size(); i++){
                mk_c(ctx)->save_ast_trail(interpolants[i]);
                interps[i] = of_ast(interpolants[i]);
                _m.dec_ref(interpolants[i]);
            }
        }
    }

    static std::ostringstream itp_err;

    int Z3_check_interpolant(Z3_context ctx,
                             unsigned num,
                             Z3_ast *cnsts,
                             unsigned *parents,
                             Z3_ast *itp,
                             Z3_string *error,
                             unsigned num_theory,
                             Z3_ast *theory){

        ast_manager &_m = mk_c(ctx)->m();
        itp_err.clear();

        // need a solver -- make one here, but how?
        params_ref p = params_ref::get_empty(); //FIXME
        scoped_ptr<solver_factory> sf(mk_smt_solver_factory());
        scoped_ptr<solver> sp((*(sf))(_m, p, false, true, false, symbol("AUFLIA")));

        ptr_vector<ast> cnsts_vec(num);  // get constraints in a vector
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < num; i++){
            ast *a = to_ast(cnsts[i]);
            cnsts_vec[i] = a;
        }

        ptr_vector<ast> itp_vec(num);  // get interpolants in a vector
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < num - 1; i++){
            ast *a = to_ast(itp[i]);
            itp_vec[i] = a;
        }

        ::vector<int> parents_vec;  // get parents in a vector
        if (parents){
            parents_vec.resize(num);
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < num; i++)
                parents_vec[i] = parents[i];
        }

        ptr_vector<ast> theory_vec; // get background theory in a vector
        if (theory){
            theory_vec.resize(num_theory);
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_theory; i++)
                theory_vec[i] = to_ast(theory[i]);
        }

        bool res = iz3check(_m,
                            sp.get(),
                            itp_err,
                            cnsts_vec,
                            parents_vec,
                            itp_vec,
                            theory_vec);

        *error = res ? 0 : itp_err.str().c_str();
        return res;
    }

    static std::string Z3_profile_string;

    Z3_string Z3_interpolation_profile(Z3_context ctx){
        std::ostringstream f;
        profiling::print(f);
        Z3_profile_string = f.str();
        return Z3_profile_string.c_str();
    }

    Z3_interpolation_options
    Z3_mk_interpolation_options(){
        return (Z3_interpolation_options) new interpolation_options_struct;
    }

    void
    Z3_del_interpolation_options(Z3_interpolation_options opts){
        delete opts;
    }

    void
    Z3_set_interpolation_option(Z3_interpolation_options opts,
                                Z3_string name,
                                Z3_string value){
        opts->map[name] = value;
    }

    Z3_ast_vector Z3_API Z3_get_interpolant(Z3_context c, Z3_ast pf, Z3_ast pat, Z3_params p){
        Z3_TRY;
        LOG_Z3_get_interpolant(c, pf, pat, p);
        RESET_ERROR_CODE();

        Z3_ast_vector_ref * v = alloc(Z3_ast_vector_ref, mk_c(c)->m());
        mk_c(c)->save_object(v);

        ast *_pf = to_ast(pf);
        ast *_pat = to_ast(pat);

        ptr_vector<ast> interp;
        ptr_vector<ast> cnsts; // to throw away

        ast_manager &_m = mk_c(c)->m();

        iz3interpolate(_m,
                       _pf,
                       cnsts,
                       _pat,
                       interp,
                       (interpolation_options_struct *)0 // ignore params for now
                       );

        // copy result back
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < interp.size(); i++){
            v->m_ast_vector.push_back(interp[i]);
            _m.dec_ref(interp[i]);
        }
        RETURN_Z3(of_ast_vector(v));
        Z3_CATCH_RETURN(0);
    }

    Z3_lbool Z3_API Z3_compute_interpolant(Z3_context c, Z3_ast pat, Z3_params p, Z3_ast_vector *out_interp, Z3_model *model){
        Z3_TRY;
        LOG_Z3_compute_interpolant(c, pat, p, out_interp, model);
        RESET_ERROR_CODE();

        // params_ref &_p = to_params(p)->m_params;
        params_ref _p;
        _p.set_bool("proof", true); // this is currently useless

        scoped_proof_mode spm(mk_c(c)->m(), PGM_FINE);
        scoped_ptr<solver_factory> sf = mk_smt_solver_factory();
        scoped_ptr<solver> m_solver((*sf)(mk_c(c)->m(), _p, true, true, true, ::symbol::null));
        m_solver.get()->updt_params(_p); // why do we have to do this?

        ast *_pat = to_ast(pat);

        ptr_vector<ast> interp;
        ptr_vector<ast> cnsts; // to throw away

        ast_manager &_m = mk_c(c)->m();

        model_ref m;
        lbool _status = iz3interpolate(_m,
                                       *(m_solver.get()),
                                       _pat,
                                       cnsts,
                                       interp,
                                       m,
                                       0 // ignore params for now
                                       );

        for (unsigned i = 0; i < cnsts.size(); i++)
            _m.dec_ref(cnsts[i]);

        Z3_lbool status = of_lbool(_status);

        Z3_ast_vector_ref *v = 0;
        *model = 0;

        if (_status == l_false){
            // copy result back
            v = alloc(Z3_ast_vector_ref, mk_c(c)->m());
            mk_c(c)->save_object(v);
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < interp.size(); i++){
                v->m_ast_vector.push_back(interp[i]);
                _m.dec_ref(interp[i]);
            }
        }
        else {
            model_ref mr;
            m_solver.get()->get_model(mr);
            Z3_model_ref *tmp_val = alloc(Z3_model_ref);
            tmp_val->m_model = mr.get();
            mk_c(c)->save_object(tmp_val);
            *model = of_model(tmp_val);
        }

        *out_interp = of_ast_vector(v);

        return status;
        Z3_CATCH_RETURN(Z3_L_UNDEF);
    }

};

static void tokenize(const std::string &str, std::vector<std::string> &tokens){
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < str.size();){
        if (str[i] == ' '){ i++; continue; }
        unsigned beg = i;
        while (i < str.size() && str[i] != ' ')i++;
        if (i > beg)
            tokens.push_back(str.substr(beg, i - beg));
    }
}

static void get_file_params(const char *filename, hash_map<std::string, std::string> &params){
    std::ifstream f(filename);
    if (f){
        std::string first_line;
        std::getline(f, first_line);
        // std::cout << "first line: '" << first_line << "'" << std::endl;
        if (first_line.size() >= 2 && first_line[0] == ';' && first_line[1] == '!'){
            std::vector<std::string> tokens;
            tokenize(first_line.substr(2, first_line.size() - 2), tokens);
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++){
                std::string &tok = tokens[i];
                size_t eqpos = tok.find('=');
                if (eqpos != std::string::npos){
                    std::string left = tok.substr(0, eqpos);
                    std::string right = tok.substr(eqpos + 1, tok.size() - eqpos - 1);
                    params[left] = right;
                }
            }
        }
        f.close();
    }
}

extern "C" {

#if 0
    static void iZ3_write_seq(Z3_context ctx, int num, Z3_ast *cnsts, const char *filename, int num_theory, Z3_ast *theory){
        int num_fmlas = num+num_theory;
        std::vector<Z3_ast> fmlas(num_fmlas);
        if(num_theory)
            std::copy(theory,theory+num_theory,fmlas.begin());
        for(int i = 0; i < num_theory; i++)
            fmlas[i] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,Z3_mk_true(ctx),fmlas[i]);
        std::copy(cnsts,cnsts+num,fmlas.begin()+num_theory);
        Z3_string smt = Z3_benchmark_to_smtlib_string(ctx,"none","AUFLIA","unknown","",num_fmlas-1,&fmlas[0],fmlas[num_fmlas-1]);
        std::ofstream f(filename);
        if(num_theory)
            f << ";! THEORY=" << num_theory << "\n";
        f << smt;
        f.close();
    }

    void Z3_write_interpolation_problem(Z3_context ctx, int num, Z3_ast *cnsts, unsigned *parents, const char *filename, int num_theory, Z3_ast *theory){
        if(!parents){
            iZ3_write_seq(ctx,num,cnsts,filename,num_theory,theory);
            return;
        }
        std::vector<Z3_ast> tcnsts(num);
        hash_map<int,Z3_ast> syms;
        for(int j = 0; j < num - 1; j++){
            std::ostringstream oss;
            oss << "$P" << j;
            std::string name = oss.str();
            Z3_symbol s = Z3_mk_string_symbol(ctx, name.c_str());
            Z3_ast symbol = Z3_mk_const(ctx, s, Z3_mk_bool_sort(ctx));
            syms[j] = symbol;
            tcnsts[j] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,cnsts[j],symbol);
        }
        tcnsts[num-1] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,cnsts[num-1],Z3_mk_false(ctx));
        for(int j = num-2; j >= 0; j--){
            int parent = parents[j];
            // assert(parent >= 0 && parent < num);
            tcnsts[parent] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,syms[j],tcnsts[parent]);
        }
        iZ3_write_seq(ctx,num,&tcnsts[0],filename,num_theory,theory);
    }
#else

    static Z3_ast and_vec(Z3_context ctx, svector<Z3_ast> &c){
        return (c.size() > 1) ? Z3_mk_and(ctx, c.size(), &c[0]) : c[0];
    }

    static Z3_ast parents_vector_to_tree(Z3_context ctx, int num, Z3_ast *cnsts, unsigned *parents){
        Z3_ast res;
        if (!parents){
            res = Z3_mk_interpolant(ctx, cnsts[0]);
            for (int i = 1; i < num - 1; i++){
                Z3_ast bar[2] = { res, cnsts[i] };
                res = Z3_mk_interpolant(ctx, Z3_mk_and(ctx, 2, bar));
            }
            if (num > 1){
                Z3_ast bar[2] = { res, cnsts[num - 1] };
                res = Z3_mk_and(ctx, 2, bar);
            }
        }
        else {
            std::vector<svector<Z3_ast> > chs(num);
            for (int i = 0; i < num - 1; i++){
                svector<Z3_ast> &c = chs[i];
                c.push_back(cnsts[i]);
                Z3_ast foo = Z3_mk_interpolant(ctx, and_vec(ctx, c));
                chs[parents[i]].push_back(foo);
            }
            {
                svector<Z3_ast> &c = chs[num - 1];
                c.push_back(cnsts[num - 1]);
                res = and_vec(ctx, c);
            }
        }
        Z3_inc_ref(ctx, res);
        return res;
    }

    void Z3_write_interpolation_problem(Z3_context ctx, unsigned num, Z3_ast *cnsts, unsigned *parents, const char *filename, unsigned num_theory, Z3_ast *theory){
        std::ofstream f(filename);
        if (num > 0){
#if 0
            // Suggested shorthand:
            ptr_vector<expr> cnsts_vec;
            cnsts_vec.append(num, to_exprs(cnsts));
            cnsts_vec.append(num_theory, to_exprs(theory));
#endif
            ptr_vector<expr> cnsts_vec(num);  // get constraints in a vector
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < num; i++){
                expr *a = to_expr(cnsts[i]);
                cnsts_vec[i] = a;
            }
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_theory; i++){
                expr *a = to_expr(theory[i]);
                cnsts_vec.push_back(a);
            }
            Z3_ast tree = parents_vector_to_tree(ctx, num, cnsts, parents);
            iz3pp(mk_c(ctx)->m(), cnsts_vec, to_expr(tree), f);
            Z3_dec_ref(ctx, tree);
        }
        f.close();

#if 0

        if(!parents){
            iZ3_write_seq(ctx,num,cnsts,filename,num_theory,theory);
            return;
        }
        std::vector<Z3_ast> tcnsts(num);
        hash_map<int,Z3_ast> syms;
        for(int j = 0; j < num - 1; j++){
            std::ostringstream oss;
            oss << "$P" << j;
            std::string name = oss.str();
            Z3_symbol s = Z3_mk_string_symbol(ctx, name.c_str());
            Z3_ast symbol = Z3_mk_const(ctx, s, Z3_mk_bool_sort(ctx));
            syms[j] = symbol;
            tcnsts[j] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,cnsts[j],symbol);
        }
        tcnsts[num-1] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,cnsts[num-1],Z3_mk_false(ctx));
        for(int j = num-2; j >= 0; j--){
            int parent = parents[j];
            // assert(parent >= 0 && parent < num);
            tcnsts[parent] = Z3_mk_implies(ctx,syms[j],tcnsts[parent]);
        }
        iZ3_write_seq(ctx,num,&tcnsts[0],filename,num_theory,theory);
#endif

    }

#endif

    static std::vector<Z3_ast> read_cnsts;
    static std::vector<unsigned> read_parents;
    static std::ostringstream read_error;
    static std::string read_msg;
    static std::vector<Z3_ast> read_theory;

    static bool iZ3_parse(Z3_context ctx, const char *filename, const char **error, svector<Z3_ast> &assertions){
        read_error.clear();
        try {
            std::string foo(filename);
            if (foo.size() >= 5 && foo.substr(foo.size() - 5) == ".smt2"){
                Z3_ast assrts = Z3_parse_smtlib2_file(ctx, filename, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
                Z3_app app = Z3_to_app(ctx, assrts);
                int nconjs = Z3_get_app_num_args(ctx, app);
                assertions.resize(nconjs);
                for (int k = 0; k < nconjs; k++)
                    assertions[k] = Z3_get_app_arg(ctx, app, k);
            }
            else {
                Z3_parse_smtlib_file(ctx, filename, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
                int numa = Z3_get_smtlib_num_assumptions(ctx);
                int numf = Z3_get_smtlib_num_formulas(ctx);
                int num = numa + numf;

                assertions.resize(num);
                for (int j = 0; j < num; j++){
                    if (j < numa)
                        assertions[j] = Z3_get_smtlib_assumption(ctx, j);
                    else
                        assertions[j] = Z3_get_smtlib_formula(ctx, j - numa);
                }
            }
        }
        catch (...) {
            read_error << "SMTLIB parse error: " << Z3_get_smtlib_error(ctx);
            read_msg = read_error.str();
            *error = read_msg.c_str();
            return false;
        }
        Z3_set_error_handler(ctx, 0);
        return true;
    }

    int Z3_read_interpolation_problem(Z3_context ctx, unsigned *_num, Z3_ast *cnsts[], unsigned *parents[], const char *filename, Z3_string_ptr error, unsigned *ret_num_theory, Z3_ast *theory[]){

        hash_map<std::string, std::string> file_params;
        get_file_params(filename, file_params);

        unsigned num_theory = 0;
        if (file_params.find("THEORY") != file_params.end())
            num_theory = atoi(file_params["THEORY"].c_str());

        svector<Z3_ast> assertions;
        if (!iZ3_parse(ctx, filename, error, assertions))
            return false;

        if (num_theory > assertions.size())
            num_theory = assertions.size();
        unsigned num = assertions.size() - num_theory;

        read_cnsts.resize(num);
        read_parents.resize(num);
        read_theory.resize(num_theory);

        for (unsigned j = 0; j < num_theory; j++)
            read_theory[j] = assertions[j];
        for (unsigned j = 0; j < num; j++)
            read_cnsts[j] = assertions[j + num_theory];

        if (ret_num_theory)
            *ret_num_theory = num_theory;
        if (theory)
            *theory = &read_theory[0];

        if (!parents){
            *_num = num;
            *cnsts = &read_cnsts[0];
            return true;
        }

        for (unsigned j = 0; j < num; j++)
            read_parents[j] = SHRT_MAX;

        hash_map<Z3_ast, int> pred_map;

        for (unsigned j = 0; j < num; j++){
            Z3_ast lhs = 0, rhs = read_cnsts[j];

            if (Z3_get_decl_kind(ctx, Z3_get_app_decl(ctx, Z3_to_app(ctx, rhs))) == Z3_OP_IMPLIES){
                Z3_app app1 = Z3_to_app(ctx, rhs);
                Z3_ast lhs1 = Z3_get_app_arg(ctx, app1, 0);
                Z3_ast rhs1 = Z3_get_app_arg(ctx, app1, 1);
                if (Z3_get_decl_kind(ctx, Z3_get_app_decl(ctx, Z3_to_app(ctx, lhs1))) == Z3_OP_AND){
                    Z3_app app2 = Z3_to_app(ctx, lhs1);
                    int nconjs = Z3_get_app_num_args(ctx, app2);
                    for (int k = nconjs - 1; k >= 0; --k)
                        rhs1 = Z3_mk_implies(ctx, Z3_get_app_arg(ctx, app2, k), rhs1);
                    rhs = rhs1;
                }
            }

            while (1){
                Z3_app app = Z3_to_app(ctx, rhs);
                Z3_func_decl func = Z3_get_app_decl(ctx, app);
                Z3_decl_kind dk = Z3_get_decl_kind(ctx, func);
                if (dk == Z3_OP_IMPLIES){
                    if (lhs){
                        Z3_ast child = lhs;
                        if (pred_map.find(child) == pred_map.end()){
                            read_error << "formula " << j + 1 << ": unknown: " << Z3_ast_to_string(ctx, child);
                            goto fail;
                        }
                        int child_num = pred_map[child];
                        if (read_parents[child_num] != SHRT_MAX){
                            read_error << "formula " << j + 1 << ": multiple reference: " << Z3_ast_to_string(ctx, child);
                            goto fail;
                        }
                        read_parents[child_num] = j;
                    }
                    lhs = Z3_get_app_arg(ctx, app, 0);
                    rhs = Z3_get_app_arg(ctx, app, 1);
                }
                else {
                    if (!lhs){
                        read_error << "formula " << j + 1 << ": should be (implies {children} fmla parent)";
                        goto fail;
                    }
                    read_cnsts[j] = lhs;
                    Z3_ast name = rhs;
                    if (pred_map.find(name) != pred_map.end()){
                        read_error << "formula " << j + 1 << ": duplicate symbol";
                        goto fail;
                    }
                    pred_map[name] = j;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        for (unsigned j = 0; j < num - 1; j++)
            if (read_parents[j] == SHRT_MAX){
                read_error << "formula " << j + 1 << ": unreferenced";
                goto fail;
            }

        *_num = num;
        *cnsts = &read_cnsts[0];
        *parents = &read_parents[0];
        return true;

    fail:
        read_msg = read_error.str();
        *error = read_msg.c_str();
        return false;

    }
}

#if 0
/** Constant reprepresenting a root of a formula tree for tree interpolation */
#define IZ3_ROOT SHRT_MAX

/** This function uses Z3 to determine satisfiability of a set of
    constraints. If UNSAT, an interpolant is returned, based on the
    refutation generated by Z3. If SAT, a model is returned.

    If "parents" is non-null, computes a tree interpolant. The tree is
    defined by the array "parents".  This array maps each formula in
    the tree to its parent, where formulas are indicated by their
    integer index in "cnsts". The parent of formula n must have index
    greater than n. The last formula is the root of the tree. Its
    parent entry should be the constant IZ3_ROOT.

    If "parents" is null, computes a sequence interpolant.

    \param ctx The Z3 context. Must be generated by iz3_mk_context
    \param num The number of constraints in the sequence
    \param cnsts Array of constraints (AST's in context ctx)
    \param parents The parents vector defining the tree structure
    \param options Interpolation options (may be NULL)
    \param interps Array to return interpolants (size at least num-1, may be NULL)
    \param model Returns a Z3 model if constraints SAT (may be NULL)
    \param labels Returns relevant labels if SAT (may be NULL)
    \param incremental

    VERY IMPORTANT: All the Z3 formulas in cnsts must be in Z3
    context ctx. The model and interpolants returned are also
    in this context.

    The return code is as in Z3_check_assumptions, that is,

    Z3_L_FALSE = constraints UNSAT (interpolants returned)
    Z3_L_TRUE = constraints SAT (model returned)
    Z3_L_UNDEF = Z3 produced no result, or interpolation not possible

    Currently, this function supports integer and boolean variables,
    as well as arrays over these types, with linear arithmetic,
    uninterpreted functions and quantifiers over integers (that is
    AUFLIA). Interpolants are produced in AULIA. However, some
    uses of array operations may cause quantifiers to appear in the
    interpolants even when there are no quantifiers in the input formulas.
    Although quantifiers may appear in the input formulas, Z3 may give up in
    this case, returning Z3_L_UNDEF.

    If "incremental" is true, cnsts must contain exactly the set of
    formulas that are currently asserted in the context. If false,
    there must be no formulas currently asserted in the context.
    Setting "incremental" to true makes it posisble to incrementally
    add and remove constraints from the context until the context
    becomes UNSAT, at which point an interpolant is computed. Caution
    must be used, however. Before popping the context, if you wish to
    keep the interolant formulas, you *must* preserve them by using
    Z3_persist_ast. Also, if you want to simplify the interpolant
    formulas using Z3_simplify, you must first pop all of the
    assertions in the context (or use a different context). Otherwise,
    the formulas will be simplified *relative* to these constraints,
    which is almost certainly not what you want.

    Current limitations on tree interpolants. In a tree interpolation
    problem, each constant (0-ary function symbol) must occur only
    along one path from root to leaf. Function symbols (of arity > 0)
    are considered to have global scope (i.e., may appear in any
    interpolant formula).

    def_API('Z3_interpolate', BOOL, (_in(CONTEXT), _in(UINT), _in_array(1, AST), _in_array(1, UINT), _in(PARAMS), _out_array(1, AST), _out(MODEL), _out(LITERALS), _in(UINT), _in(UINT), _in_array(9, AST)))
*/

Z3_lbool Z3_API Z3_interpolate(Z3_context ctx,
                               unsigned num,
                               Z3_ast *cnsts,
                               unsigned *parents,
                               Z3_params options,
                               Z3_ast *interps,
                               Z3_model *model,
                               Z3_literals *labels,
                               unsigned incremental,
                               unsigned num_theory,
                               Z3_ast *theory);
#endif

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Ouch, Terminator: Dark Fate Had A Huge Second Weekend Drop
Gina Carbone
Nov. 10. 2019 5:07 PM
The news just keeps getting worse for Terminator: Dark Fate. It had a disappointing opening last week and a sharp drop in its second weekend at the box office. It also had the worst Friday-to-Friday drop of any other Terminator sequel in the franchise.
Not a great start to a potential trilogy, it must be said.
Terminator: Dark Fate opened last weekend to $29 million at the domestic box office. According to Forbes, it made only $2.8 million on Friday, November 8, marking a 73% drop from opening day on November 1. That's the worst for a Terminator Friday opening, but if we're getting technical about it, Terminator: Salvation decided to open on a Thursday and had an 80% drop in its next Thursday. That was in 2009 and mayyyybe it should've been a hint. The 73% drop is also not quite as low as Batman v Superman's 81% drop or Dark Phoenix's truly sad 83% drop in their own second Fridays.
But at this point, Terminator: Dark Fate is only expected to make just over $10 million this weekend, which would be a drop of 65% from last weekend. That is pretty big considering Dark Fate only started with a $29 million opening weekend. To go back to Terminator Salvation, that movie opened to $42.5 million 10 years ago, so even a slightly bigger week-to-week percentage drop gave it more money than Dark Fate.
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Terminator: Dark Fate is on track to make about $48 million domestic in 10 days -- just above what 2015's Terminator: Genisys made in five days and what Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines made in its opening weekend. To be even more brutal about it, Forbes estimates Dark Fate will end its domestic run with around $65-$70 million -- that's about what Rise of the Machines earned here in its first five days in 2003 and what Terminator: Salvation made from Thursday to Memorial Day Monday in 2009.
Not to beat a dead horse, but that's bad.
Here are the total worldwide grosses for the other Terminator movies to date, per Box Office Mojo, all unadjusted for inflation:
The Terminator (1984)
Domestic: $38,371,200
International: $40,104,771
Worldwide: $78,475,971
Domestic: $205,881,154
International: $315,003,693
Worldwide: $520,884,847
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Worldwide; $371,353,001
Terminator: Dark Fate picks up from Terminator 2, ignoring the subsequent sequels -- sequels which may have been disappointing, but may also make more money.
Terminator: Dark Fate cost between $185-$195 million to make, not including marketing costs. According to Deadline, the movie will have to make $470 million worldwide to break even. If it were making a killing at the international box office, that might happen. But it's not exactly crushing overseas either.
Going into this second weekend, the film was only at $135 million worldwide, with $94M of that from the foreign box office. That's a lot more than domestic, but the addition of this weekend's numbers, and whatever comes next week and beyond, probably won't be enough to hit that break even point.
So what do we know? Not many people went to see Terminator: Dark Fate in Week 1, and the OK-to-good scores out there from fans -- B+ CinemaScore, 84% rating from 8,607 RT users, 6.5/10 rating from 37,303 IMDb users --- didn't convince many newcomers to try it in Week 2.
So even if you too think you know where James Cameron was going with his Terminator trilogy plans after Dark Fate, it's unlikely now that those plans will see the light of day.
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Matthew Stogdon 12th November 2015
Can A Great Man Be A Good Man?
The story is divided into three acts, each set minutes before the launch of key products produced by Steve Jobs: Apple Macintosh (1984), NeXT (1988) and iMac (1998). Each time hop is prefaced with a little montage detailing how the computing world has moved on and how the titular character is viewed by the press and public. Each launch is fraught with chaos and hurried interactions before going on stage – the actual presentations themselves are almost irrelevant; it's the life behind closed doors that we are treated to (specifically underappreciated colleagues, a neglected daughter and the concept of legacy). Jobs [Fassbender] seems solely concerned with the product and getting his message out there as healthily and successfully as possible. It's evident from his manner, impatience and demands that he expects miracles from his staff and genuinely believes in his own egotistical mission statement. Trying to co-ordinate and filter everyone is Jobs' right hand, Joanna Hoffman [Winslet], a genuinely pleasant patient woman who believes in her employer and acts as personal assistant, friend and consigliere.
Watching this film, the first comparison that leaps to mind is Citizen Kane. Now, that probably means different things to different people. Many regard Kane to be the greatest film ever made and obviously I'm not drawing that particular conclusion with this release. What people may not be aware of is that Citizen Kane is effectively a loose biopic inspired by the image of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. The names were changed and plenty of liberties were taken but in essence it was Hearst's life as Orson Welles perceived it. Steve Jobs is the same; simultaneously a biopic and an entirely fictional work as perceived by Aaron Sorkin, only the names have remained the same. Much like The Social Network wasn't really about Facebook (more the combination of monumental success at an early age and a crippling social disconnection) Steve Jobs isn't really about its namesake or his products. The technical jargon and the real-life inspiration serve only as a platform for an entertaining work of speculative fiction.
Subsequently this makes Steve Jobs tricky for some to review. Personally, I don't like reviewing documentaries as separating the quality of the presentation of the subject matter from the subject matter itself is an unnecessarily demanding chore. With 2013's Jobs, reviews were easy and largely damning. The content was simplistic and sappy, the performances were acceptable but none of the tone seemed accurate. Boyle's Steve Jobs, on the other hand, uses the source material as an excuse for flamboyant witty wordplay. Case in point, end to end service is still stupid but the film doesn't really stand on the argument of whether Jobs was right or wrong with hindsight but his ability to manipulate the situation to what he needed, thereby giving a more powerful impression of the kind of man Jobs was, rather than some list of achievements.
Boyle has a very diverse style; you'll rarely see him do the same type of project twice. In truth this often means his films are without ego and presented to the fullest of their potential. The cinematography, direction and editing ensure that the pace is maintained brilliantly throughout and perform decently from start to finish, while Daniel Pemberton's score is very serviceable; a nice underplayed mix of Reznor and Zimmer. Having said that, there are a lot of very on-the-nose visual references but that could entirely be because the script refuses to yield to anything but the dialogue. I certainly wouldn't say this film is a character assassination but a very honest look at life off-stage, out of the public eye, inspecting the man under a very narrow microscope, giving an impression of a flawed individual. This unfortunately makes for a very blunt diagnosis; a lot of the mystery, supposition and ambiguity are robbed from both the narrative and the performances because of Sorkin's style. His style being Sorkin has something to say and everything else is disposable. But it's hard to slam Sorkin for too long, the dialogue, while completely spurious, is very engaging and entertaining, delivered with excellence by all involved. They may not be the words that were uttered but they certainly seem to represent the internal workings; like Hughes or Whedon's razor sharp wit feeling so intrinsically pinpoint to how teenagers wish they could express themselves, while simultaneously being completely fantastical and removed from how they actually engage with one another.
Several supporting cast members, such as Seth Rogen, Jeff Bridges, Michael Stuhlbarg and Katherine Waterston are wheeled out periodically to prompt Jobs into a frothing pool of intensity but don't seem to add much. This is mostly due to the fact that they all seem to have the same drive and objectives, displaying Jobs fatigue and confronting him about his manner. This leaves the bulk of the work to fall on the two leads. The chemistry between Fassbender and Winslet is wonderful, full of power and energy and tension. These two individuals clearly rely upon each other whilst supporting each other completely. It's an interesting portrayal of an interesting dynamic and one that thankfully sidesteps (almost completely) any form of sexual drive or involvement – as lesser scripts would have immediately leapt to.
The film falters only when audience opinion is concerned. There are going to be those who see this as an enthralling, gripping representation and others who see it as little more than a fanciful unpleasant diatribe. As with its central focus, this film brings with it all the foibles, ego and traits of its creators many audience members will either love it or hate it accordingly. From a technical standpoint it is a very well accomplished film that happily runs parallel to the truth openly stating, "I don't care what may or may not have happened, this is the better story" and cinematically speaking, the film benefits.
Interestingly, this film ends better than The Social Network. Admittedly, The Social Network is a vastly superior film executed magnificently but it ends a little lacklustre, owing to the source material. This is not the case here. Steve Jobs concludes at the dawn of where the general public jumped on. The rock star launches, the technological leaps, the cult of Apple, Jobs' philanthropy, for lack of better phrasing, we know how the story ends and that allows audiences to piece together their own perspective conclusions naturally.
Personally, I'll watch literally anything with Fassbender in, I find the man captivating. But at no point did I think Michael Fassbender looked anything like Steve Jobs. Not even in the slightest. I don't think he particularly sounded like Steve Jobs either. But from what I understand, he acted like Steve Jobs and that, from a filmic point of view, is much more important.
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Meet Daniel Tammet, born in 1979 in East London, England is a math genius who also happen to be an autist and can speak ten different languages, among them Romanian, Welsh, Gaelic and Icelandic.
Daniel had quite a troubling childhood, his parents and doctors didn't really know what was wrong with him. One day he experienced an epileptic seizure and started taking medication which luckily worked and Daniel's life was getting better.
Parents already knew his brain was working in different ways and that he had extraordinary capabilities of resolving complex riddles in a matter of seconds, but they didn't want to pressure or expose him as they only wanted for him to have a normal life.
Daniel loves the world of numbers, for him it works like a place he can retreat to and feel comfortable. As he was getting older he also discovered that he can process difficult calculations one would usually need a computer to resolve. In 2004 he broke the European record for reciting the largest number of Pi decimals, he was "spitting out" 22,514 digits from memory which took him five hours and nine minutes, and the funny thing is, he didn't even find it difficult.
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