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Q: Question about syntax of a C function I found I'm looking through this project klib, and in one of the files (kseq.h, 75-77), there is macros this function:
#ifndef kroundup32

#define kroundup32(x) (--(x), (x)|=(x)>>1, (x)|=(x)>>2, (x)|=(x)>>4, (x)|=(x)>>8, (x)|=(x)>>16, ++(x))

#endif

How does this function work?  Does it return 7 things?  I have an idea of the basic operations inside, I just don't get what is the form of its operation or output.

A: Normally you'd define this as a function and let the compiler figure out the rest, but if you're implementing it as a macro you need to consider the context.
Remember macros get expanded in the source, so they need to be syntactically valid in the context they appear. Within a function call you can't use ;, so , is used instead as a substitute.
Like this function might be called:
int v = 5 + 3 << 2;

if (other_fn(kroundup(v)) { ... }

Where using ; there would obviously break things badly. It needs ,:
if (other_fn((--(v), (v)|=(v)>>1, (v)|=(v)>>2, (v)|=(v)>>4, (v)|=(v)>>8, (v)|=(v)>>16, ++(v))) { ... }

Now the (x) part is a tradition to handle complex expressions:
if (other_fn(kroundup(5 + 3 << 2)) { ... }

Yet it doesn't handle those correctly due to using operators like -- that make no sense on anything but variables:
if (other_fn((--(5 + 3 << 2), (5 + 3 << 2)|=(5 + 3 << 2)>>1, ..., ++(5 + 3 << 2))) { ... }

It should be just x in the macro to catch problems like this.
In all honesty this macro shouldn't exist, the macro is just a terrible idea because it's buggy, it impedes understanding, and you should just let the compiler inline it as a regular function it if it thinks it can, like this:
int kroundup32(x) {
  --x;
  x |= x>>1;
  x |= x>>2;
  x |= x>>4;
  x |= x>>8;
  x |= x>>16;
  ++x;

  return x;
}

Where that is way more readable.


"On December 2, 2015, at 10:59 a.m. the Inland Regional Center (IRC) in San Bernardino, California, came under attack. The incident began as what is now known to be two shooters, dressed in all black, entered the IRC --a building in which San Bernardino County Environmental Health Department employees were meeting--and began shooting. An intensive and chaotic search for the shooters began initially within the vast IRC complex and then in the city and surrounding areas. During the initial and subsequent witness interviews, law enforcement received differing accounts of the number of individuals--including shooters-- involved in the attack. Quick investigative work by a San Bernardo Police Department (SBPD) civilian analyst and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (SBCSD) Criminal Intelligence division developed an address for one of the shooters: Rizwan Farook (the male assailant). Before long, officers located the suspect vehicle and two suspects, which led to a midday shootout between the police and Rizwan and his wife Tashfeen Malik (the female assailant), as well as a search for a third subject some officers believed had fled the suspects' vehicle. Ultimately, law enforcement officers killed both assailants on a normally quiet residential street--but not before two officers were wounded. It was later determined that there was not a third suspect. The aftermath of the gun battle was witnessed in real time across the country as news helicopters hovered overhead. Press conferences were held throughout the day and evening as well as for several days following the attack as authorities attempted to quell rising fears and investigators scoured the region, as well as the Internet, in search of clues to determine why the couple had committed such a brutal attack that ultimately left 22 civilians wounded, 14 civilians dead, and 2 officers injured. Two days later, the answer came: a premeditated act of terrorism. San Bernardino had joined the ranks of New York City; Washington, D.C.; Paris; and Brussels as cities that have all dealt with extreme violence at the hands of terrorists."
Braziel, Rick; Straub, Frank; Watson, George . . .
From the Introduction: "'Active shooter' events in a healthcare setting present unique challenges: a potentially large vulnerable patient population, hazardous materials (including infectious disease), locked units, special challenges (such as weapons and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines (these machines contain large magnets which can cause issues with firearms, or remove it from the hands of law enforcement), as well as caregivers who can respond to treat victims. There is no single method to respond to an incident, but prior planning will allow you and your staff to choose the best option during an 'active shooter' situation, with the goal of maximizing lives saved. The best way to save lives is to remove potential targets from the shooter's vicinity. We address some difficult choices that will need to be made in this document."
"A second Active Shooter/Hostile Event working summit (Summit II) was held in Charlotte, N.C. from January 11 to January 14, 2016. This second summit was jointly sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Health Affairs and the InterAgency Board (IAB). Over 80 representatives from 14 agencies and organizations worked together to meet Summit II's goal of developing and publishing a set of guidelines for municipalities to use to build their own Active Shooter/Hostile Event (ASHE) plans and procedures or modify existing plans and procedures customized for their requirements and resources. ASHE incidents are characterized by a variety of means, weapons, and tactics used to cause physical injury or death. These incidents present an operational range of hazards, confronting first responders with a wide range of weapons and coordinated small unit tactics, requiring a more complex response strategy that blurs the lines between traditional law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services duties and responsibilities. To meet the goal of Summit II, the agenda was organized into two parts. Part One was to build on what was accomplished in the initial summit by sharing new information through focused presentations on specific topics and exchanging updates from the participating agencies and organizations. Part Two of the Summit was the primary focus of the agenda and where participants collaboratively prepared detailed, implementable standard operating procedures for ASHE that were designed to integrate all first responder disciplines into an ASHE response and to ensure procedures were scalable for municipalities of all sizes and resources. This guide has been built from the input received from Summit II participants and is designed to serve as a template and checklist for preparing ASHE-specific plans and procedures. The guide has also been prepared to follow the logical process of developing and implementing an incident-specific set of procedures beginning with a comprehensive plan and policies formulated by representatives of all responsible agencies and jurisdictions working together. Throughout the document, lists of action-items to be completed by the readers are noted by a checkbox to the left of the statement. The checkbox allows readers to mark each action-item off as it is completed."
"The tragedies at Columbine High School in 1999 and Virginia Tech in 2007 made the phrase 'active shooter' part of the lexicon of organizational safety and security. Active shooter incidents have occurred in shopping malls, schools, government buildings, and a wide range of business facilities, including factories, warehouses, and company offices. Unlike a barricaded suspect, an active shooter is on the move with an unknown destination and is difficult to isolate. In the event of an active shooter incident, chemical facilities have unique and specific considerations that must shape preparedness and response protocols. DHS has worked with its partners and security experts within the Chemical Sector to develop this booklet. The booklet draws upon best practices and findings from participants in active shooter tabletop exercises. It presents key guidance for chemical facility planning and training, and poses specific questions that an effective active shooter response and recovery plan will answer. It is designed to help both chemical facility management and employees prepare and respond by designating roles and needed actions. Employees and management who understand their respective roles during an incident can positively influence response. […] The information included in this booklet is not exhaustive, but meant as an introduction applicable for both regulated and non-regulated facilities. The material does not constitute a regulatory requirement, nor is it intended to conflict, replace, or supersede existing regulatory requirements or create any enforcement standard."
"Recent improvised explosive device (IED) and active shooter incidents reveal that some traditional practices of first responders need to be realigned and enhanced to improve survivability of victims and the safety of first responders caring for them. This Federal, multi-disciplinary first responder guidance translates evidence-based response strategies from the U.S. military's vast experience in responding to and managing casualties from IED and/or active shooter incidents and from its significant investment in combat casualty care research into the civilian first responder environment. Additionally, civilian best practices and lessons learned from similar incidents, both in the United States and abroad, are incorporated into this guidance. Recommendations developed in this paper fall into three general categories: hemorrhage control, protective equipment (which includes, but is not limited to, ballistic vests, helmets, and eyewear), and response and incident management."
From the Introduction: "Our Nation's health care facilities (HCFs) are entrusted with providing expert medical care in safe and secure environments for patients, staff, and visitors. HCFs include hospitals, health clinics, hospices, long-term care facilities, academic medical centers, group medical care facilities, and physicians' and other health care providers' offices. HCFs are faced with planning for emergencies of all kinds, ranging from active shooters, hostage situations, and other similar security challenges, as well as threats from fires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and pandemics of infectious diseases. Many of these emergencies occur with little to no warning; therefore, it is critical for HCFs to plan in advance to help ensure the safety, security, and general welfare of all members of the health care community. This document is primarily designed to encourage facilities to consider how to better prepare for an active shooter incident. Though hospitals and many other HCFs have emergency operations plans (EOPs), this document provides emergency planners, disaster committees, executive leadership, and others involved in emergency operations planning with detailed discussions of unique issues faced in an HCF. This document also includes discussions on related topics, including information sharing, psychological first aid (PFA), and law enforcement/security."
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"The primary mission of the ISC [Interagency Security Committee] Active Shooter Working Group is to streamline existing ISC documents on active shooter into one cohesive policy and guidance document that agencies housed in Federal facilities can use as a reference to enhance prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts related to an active shooter incident. The goal of the ISC's Active Shooter Working Group is to promote the highest chance of victim and responder survivability through awareness, prevention, education, and training. This guidance is designed to be applicable to all buildings and facilities in the United States occupied by Federal employees. These include existing buildings, new construction, or major modernizations; facilities owned, or being purchased, or leased; stand-alone facilities; Federal campuses; where appropriate, individual facilities on Federal campuses; and special-use facilities."
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"In 2013, the president signed into law the Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012, which granted the attorney general the authority to assist in the investigation of 'violent acts and shootings occurring in a place of public use' and in the investigation of 'mass killings and attempted mass killings at the request of an appropriate law enforcement official of a state or political subdivision.' To provide further clarity on these threats, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2014 initiated a study of 'active shooter' incidents . The goal of the FBI study is to provide federal, state, and local law enforcement with data so they can better understand how to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from these incidents."
Blair, J. Pete; Schweit, Katherine W.
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"Active shooter attacks appear to occur more in the United States than other countries and some data shows that their rate of occurrence has increased in the past several years. In response, institutions such as the Department of Defense (DoD), other federal agencies, police, and education systems have increased security and adapted response procedures. Despite ongoing efforts, active shooter attacks occurred in Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, the Washington Navy Yard in 2013, and Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2015. Regardless of the level of security, it appears that the proliferation of firearms in combination with radicalization through the Internet have facilitated more individuals to perpetrate active shooter attacks. These attacks also appear to have similar characteristics whether conducted on DoD installations or in other areas. This thesis studies a variety of available military documents, active shooter case studies, and other active shooter defeat strategies to determine if the military could benefit from increased numbers of armed personnel to augment military and civilian law enforcement personnel. The benefit to the DoD includes increased probability of prevention and deterrence of active shooter events, and a more efficient mitigation and defeat mechanism to reduce casualty rates and terminate the event."
From the thesis abstract: "The average duration of Active Shooter incidents in Institutions of Higher Education within the United States is 12.5 minutes. In contrast, the average response time of campus and local law enforcement to these incidents is 18 minutes. In the majority of Active Shooter incidents affecting U.S. IHEs [Institution of Higher Education], the emergency response time greatly exceeds the incident duration and affords law enforcement authorities no opportunity to interdict the shooter or prevent further casualties. This stark contrast between response requirements and response capability produces a considerable delta of dead, injured or potential victims and provides the unfortunate motivation for this project. The primary focus of this project is aimed at reducing the Rate of Kill of Active Shooters in U.S. IHEs. This thesis contains 14 case studies that examine lethal Active Shooter incidents that occurred in U.S. IHEs, as well as the Oslo and Utoya Island Active Shooter event that occurred in Norway. Data analysis on each of these incidents revealed facility composition as a critical vulnerability common to all of these incidents. Accordingly, the recommendations included in this thesis suggest a practical implementation of facility upgrades capable of mitigating the deadly effects of Active Shooters."
Ergenbright, Charles E.; Hubbard, Sean K.
From the thesis abstract: "The response to active shooter attacks is not as effective as it could be. People die before receiving care because most jurisdictions have a policy in place that stipulates emergency medical services (EMS) wait to enter a scene until law enforcement (LE) announces that the scene is clear or secure. Since this can take some time, life-saving care is not immediately available to the people who most need it, and consequently, there can be a greater loss of life. How can a combined LE and EMS response, based on combat medical care, be effective in saving lives during an active shooter incident? Utilizing 10 historic active shooter cases ranging from the Texas tower shooting in 1966 and concluding with the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, I analyzed the responses to consider the response times of the responders, time of access to the victims, and transport time to medical facilities. The basis for the responses utilized data collected by the U.S. military from combat injuries sustained from World War II through the current conflicts in the Middle East. From these analyses, I am able to show that fast field intervention based on training, policy, and operational planning with the Incident Command System component, which includes both law enforcement and fire/EMS entry teams, will provide better patient viability prior to hospital care. This will not be a critique of right and wrong, as the responders did what was needed at the time; however, in current-day hindsight, there are points that can be noted for future response growth."


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In some places (like here in SoCal) it seems that success requires having "the right look." That may be debatable in some areas but it is certainly true when it comes to closing the spiritual gap between what we believe and how we behave. James teaches us that just listening to God's Word (looking into it) and believing it's true is not enough. We have to look into the mirror of God's Word the right way!
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does. (James 1:19-25)
What is the "right look"?
Look Carefully… Consistently… and Consciously keeping it before you. As we do, we will enjoy a growing freedom from sin and favor from God.
May God's Spirit go to work closing those gaps between what we believe and how we behave this week as we make small, sustainable, Spirit-empowered steps. Major changes don't always happen in large, sweeping chunks. Sometimes… probably most of the time they take place in incremental but sustainable steps.
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That weary winter feeling is a real thing this time of year. The holidays are over and it is COLD. A great way to break-up the monotony of this long winter stretch is to volunteer! We've got some easy, rewarding volunteer opportunities at EmBe.
Our state championship tournament for FIRST LEGO League is February 2 and we need a few more friendly faces. We need someone to check-in teams at our registration table from 7am – 10am at the Augustana University Elmen Center. This incredible robotics tournament will leave you feeling inspired!
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Larry S. Logsdon's Profile
Larry Logsdon joined Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt in 1997. He practices in the area of general commercial litigation and has represented general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and suppliers involved in all aspects of the construction industry.
Larry was selected to the Birmingham Business Journal's Best of the Bar for Construction Law and was named to the list of 2016 Top Lawyers by Bhm Biz Metro Birmingham Business magazine. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, all Alabama federal district courts, and all Alabama state courts. He is an associate member of the American Subcontractor's Association and the Association of General Contractors
Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Larry attended the University of Alabama. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing in 1987. He graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992. Larry was honored with induction into the Order of the Coif and served as a senior editor of the Alabama Law Review.
The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL, J.D, 1992
Honors: Order of the Coif, Senior Editor of Alabama Law Review
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, B.S., Marketing, summa cum laude, 1987
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Anderson Society, Jasons
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1995
Larry S. Logsdon's Affiliations and Civic Involvement
American Subcontractor's Association, Associate Member
Association of General Contractors, Associate Member
Alabama Utility Contractors Association, Board of Directors Member
Larry S. Logsdon's Articles And additional Info
Insurance Coverage and Disputes, What You Need to Know About Coverage, Exclusions, Remedies, and Bad Faith, National Business Institute, October 2012
Avoiding and Resolving Extra Work and Delay Claims: Practical Strategies for Creating Realistic Work Schedules, Dealing with Delays and Resolving Overage Costs, American Conference Institute, Construction Litigation, Orlando, Florida, February 29 - March 1, 2012
The B Word, What's a Contractor to Do?, Ala. Construction News, Feb/Mar 2010 at p. 20.\
Substantive Issues Related to Publicly Bid Work; Important Provisions in Construction Contract; and Prompt Payment Acts, Presentation to Alabama Utility Contractor's Association, 2010.\
Legally Speaking – Customer Bankruptcy! – What's a Subcontractor to Do? Co-author, Contractor's Compass, First Quarter, 2009
Overcoming the Waiting Game for Final Payment, Contractor's Compass, Second Quarter, 2007
Construction Law for Alabama Architects and Engineers, Half Moon, LLC, 2007
Resolving Problems and Disputes on Construction Projects, National Business Institute, Inc., 2006 and 2007
The Construction Project, From Beginning, Middle, to End, Birmingham Business Journal, January 6, 2006
Construction Law Update, Cumberland School of Law, Continuing Legal Education, December, 2006
Alabama Construction Law: What Do You Do When...? Co-author, National Business Institute, Inc., May 2003 and May 2004
Payment in Alabama for Construction Work - Prompt Pay Acts and Mechanic's Lien Law and Construction Lien Law in Alabama, National Business Institute, Inc.
A Practical Guide to Construction Liens, National Business Institute, Inc.
Cases of Note
Consolidated Construction Company of Alabama and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company v. Metal Building Components, L.P., et al ., 961 So.2d 820 Ala. 2007
Whatley Construction Company, Inc. v. Reese, 875 So. 2d 274 Ala. 2003
Boackle v. Bedwell Const. Co, Inc., 770 So. 2d 1076 Ala., 2000
Ex parte Employers Modern Life Co., 772 So. 2d 433 Ala. 2000
Represented owner in defective construction case and obtained arbitration award of over 1.7 million dollars.
Obtained six figure verdict from trial court for construction materials supplier recovering on claims for extra work and amounts owed and obtained "zero" verdict on counterclaim against supplier.
Successfully defended general contractor on over $400,000 claim by subcontractor for work on federal projects and received counterclaim award in arbitration in favor of general contractor of approximately $100,000 with no recovery to the subcontractor.
Obtained defense verdict from jury representing subcontractor defending claim for alleged defective work.
Obtained $950,000 jury verdict representing an Estate in Circuit Court in Alabama.
Represented subcontractor in international arbitration with contractor related to construction project in Mexico. Obtained seven figure award and defended multi-million dollar claim by contractor against subcontractor for back charges, delay damages, and liquidated damages.
Obtained favorable judgment in favor of contractor in arbitration in claim for amounts owed for construction work at hotel in Georgia.
Represented contractor in jury trial in claim for amounts owed where owner was seeking significant amounts against contractor for construction defects. Obtained verdict for full amount of principal value claimed.
Represented contractor and received favorable arbitration award of substantially all amounts asked for in case involving claims for amounts due under contract and for disputed change orders.
Obtained "defense" or zero verdict defending general contractor in case involving claims against contractor for construction defects, moisture intrusion and mold.
Received an approximately half million dollar arbitration award for claim of amounts owing on a commercial construction project.
Represented contractor and obtained a six-figure award in arbitration in case seeking damages on commercial construction project in connection with claims for retainage, inefficiency, delay and acceleration damages.
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Exhibition - York Chang: The Signal And The Noise
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York Chang: The Signal and the Noise considers relationships between images and text, and ways in which collective action is influenced by public spectacle and new forms of propaganda. In this project, Chang employs mixed media strategies, appropriating newspapers, graphic displays, found images, and sculpture, to create an immersive environment with artworks that question how information is disseminated and consumed.
Chang considers what artist Hito Steryl has referred to as a prevailing condition of groundlessness in our present moment, where the social foundation for political belief systems has lost stability, and in which images compete for relevance across a sea of data, registering some patterns of information as truth (the signal), while other important information gets dismissed as invalid (the noise). The exhibition include works such as a collapsed balcony, signaling a lost horizon line, a floor piece comprised of thousands of photo-collages of images drawn from political, cultural, and mass entertainment sources, and constructed newspaper clippings that co-mingle excerpts from poetry, fiction and cultural theory.
As the boundaries between entertainment and politics collapse in our visual environment, aesthetics in political images can work to desensitize the viewer to the pain and suffering of others, or it can overwhelm through distraction and spectacle. But aesthetics in politics can also bring attention to covert disasters, transmit the emotional weight of narratives of oppression, and clarify moral truths. Chang's exhibition questions how we find our bearings, how do we find truth in poetry, prose, and reportage when they all exist on the same groundless plane, when we may all be descending together in freefall.
Trained as both a lawyer and an artist, York Chang's (b. 1973, St. Louis, MO) visual art practice employs strategies of collage, décollage, redaction and interlineation as interventions into information systems, often appropriating legal contracts, books, archives, documentary films, and newspapers for use as material in his projects. Chang's work is concurrently on view in a solo exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), and he has exhibited his work at Commonwealth & Council, Greene Exhibitions, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Charlie James Gallery, 18th Street Arts Center, LACE, MAK Center for Art & Architecture, MassMOCA, and Edel Assanti. He is a 2014 California Community Foundation Fellowship Grantee.
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Brightwater Harley is one of two Smokey Black colts offered for sale in New Zealand and Australia as he carries one copy of the cream gene. He has a 50% chance of passing this well sought after colour gene on to all his progeny producing smokey blacks, as well as buckskins if bred to the right colour producing mare. Harley is just shedding out his foal coat and is beginning to reveal his true adult colouring of jet black. He has the sweetest little head I have yet to see and like a good wine, this boy just gets better with age. This is a chance to buy a colour producing smokey black colt at half the price of importing from overseas. He comes from exceptional bloodlines, ie, Tonka and The Lottery Horse, both now deceased. More updated photos will be coming soon.
Harley has very expressive eyes.


The Scientific Digital Library On-line - SciELO is an digital library masking a specific assortment of Brazilian scientific journals. The objective of the site is to implement an electronic digital library, offering full entry to a group of serial titles, a group of issues from particular person serial titles, as well as to the full text of articles. Add to that, Brazil's biodiversity: legendary in scope, its numerous ecosystems boast the best collection of plant and animal species found anyplace on earth.
sixteen Its Amazon River basin includes a huge tropical forest , home to various wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and intensive pure resources spanning quite a few protected habitats 15 This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one in all 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of great international interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
Brazil's most well-known celebration, Carnaval, storms via the country's cities and towns with hip-shaking samba and frevo, dazzling costumes and parties that last till solar up, but Brazilians hardly restrict their revelry to a couple weeks of Luiz Gastão Bittencourt the year. Though defined by law, Brazilian regions are useful mainly for statistical functions, and in addition to outline the distribution of federal funds in improvement initiatives.
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This New Project Could Make It Easier For Musicians To Get Their Royalties
Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, and more have signed on to the Open Music Initiative.
By Jordan Darville
Today, The Berklee College of Music's Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (BerkleeICE) in conjunction with the MIT Media Lab announced the Open Music Initiative (OMI). This proposal seeks to simplify how artists and labels are verified and receive compensation for their music.
Over 50 labels and streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, SoundCloud, Universal Music, and Warner Music have all signed on to the proposal, OMI said in a statement, "the first time that [such an] effort is led by a broad coalition."
Panos Panay, co-founder of OMI and Founding Managing Director of BerkleeICE, said that he believes OMI will help the music industry catch up to the listening habits of modern audiences. "We want to use the brainpower, neutrality and convening ability of our collective academic institutions, along with broad industry collaboration, to create a shared digital architecture for the modern music business. We believe an open sourced platform around creative rights can yield an innovation dividend for creators and rights holders alike."
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Special 7-3 is the third level of Special 7 in Super Mario 3D Land. It is based off of World 7-4.
The player starts out on a metallic platform, in front of some gears. Tail Bob-ombs float down onto these gears as the player progresses. At the end of the gear section is a swinging platform that leads to some rotating platforms that leads to an area with Fuzzies. At the end of this section is a Warp Box.
In the next area is the Checkpoint Flag, which is in front of a gear platform with a Magikoopa on it. These gear platforms eventually lead to some yellow rotating platforms which lead to some rotating platforms which are in front of the Goal Pole.
Star Medal 1: Near the swinging platform, there are several Wooden Blocks placed together as a platform, with an Exclamation Mark Block on it, when the block is hit it will create some Platform Blocks that will lead to the Star Medal.
Star Medal 2: At the end of the middle path, after the rotating platforms.
Star Medal 3: On a yellow rotating platform, that is on the far right.


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Many managers take symptoms of defensiveness, resistance or a lack of sustained behavioral change from their direct reports as a sign that so-and-so is simply "not right." Not right for the job, the title or the company.
And sometimes that is true. But from our experience, that is far less frequently the case than most believe. People can and do change their behaviors—they simply need to be "ripe" enough to do so. That is, the right conditions and psychological factors need to be in place for them to be open and willing to change.
After decades of experience as coaches and as psychologists, my colleagues at Avion Consulting – with whom TakingPoint Leadership works very closely with – developed a model that outlines the conditions and psychological factors that determine how open and willing a person is to changing their behavior: RIPEN. Our model lays out the five factors – realization (R), incentive (I), pressure (P), expectation (E) and natural inclination (N) – that determines how open a person is to changing their behaviors, regardless of what the change is.
Here are five tips for managers, on how to help defensive or resistant employees become "ripe" for behavioral and attitude change.
Assessing a person's "ripeness" for changing in a specific area is a critical first step before making further coaching and teaching investments.
When people feel like they are being asked to change a core part of who they are, they will likely feel threatened and push back. It is much more effective to frame the "change" as a change of behavior—a tweak, an adaptation—rather than a change of self. That way you, as a manager, are not making a "judgment" on who they are, but rather an "assessment" of how their effective behaviors are in the current workplace.
Savvy managers understand that it is not enough to simply command a certain change in behaviors—they have to ensure that their employees have the right incentives to do so. But many managers unfortunately operate based on what they think the right incentives should be, instead of what natural incentives their employees have.
One of our clients is a SVP who was dealing with a Director who had a fairly tough-minded, abrasive communication style that was turning people off within her team. The SVP, who is fairly ambitious, tried to appeal to the Director's ambition: For you to get to the next level, you need to work better with people. But the message just wasn't getting through.
What ended up waking the Director up to the impact of her behavior was receiving honest, anonymous feedback from her team about how they perceived her. The dissonance between how she saw herself and how others saw her woke her up to the need to change her behavior. Social approval turned out, for her, to be a more powerful incentive than a promotion, which was a big lesson learned for our client.
Managers: Understand what motivates your direct reports and lean on that in getting them open to change.
Ownership and accountability are bedrocks of the SEAL Team culture. Team members will fight over the scraps of blame when a mission goes south. Success and failure are shared together. But one of the most common defensive responses that managers or coaches receive in the civilian workforce is: But that's not my fault.
Each of these responses attributes blame to external forces, which may, in some cases, be quite legitimate.
The key, as a manager, is to first acknowledge to your direct report there are indeed things that are outside of their control. But if she or he truly wants to make progress and is dissatisfied with the status quo, the first step is to focus on what they can control and own. It may be helpful to emphasize that this does not necessarily mean that the employee is "at fault" or "ought to be blamed," but simply that there are multiple options available to them on how to act and behave, and that they have the freedom, at the very least, to decide which option they choose. Focus on what they can choose, not what they can't.
Tim, one of our clients, was a rising star in his company who was known for relentless work ethic and willingness to take on any project. It was a winning strategy for Tim, until he was promoted to become VP. He quickly became overwhelmed with all his commitments and responsibilities in his new scope of work. His manager observed this and repeatedly told Tim that he needed to "let go" more, stop taking on new things, and micro-manage less. Still, Tim's manager saw no real behavioral change and after some time decided to contact us.
When we worked with Tim, we realized that one of the key issues was that Tim was receiving mixed signals from his manager. His manager would tell him to "delegate more," and five minutes later, dump three new projects onto his lap. Tim had chosen to pay attention to his manager's behavior, not his words, which was partly why he wasn't changing his habits.
Managers: This tip requires some self-reflection and examination. Understand what message you are sending through your actions, not just through your lips. It may be helpful to collect feedback from your direct reports or peers in order to become more socially aware about how you are coming off.
Obviously, there are times when team members aren't coachable, which is something each manager must assess. When that reality comes, it's time to move on quickly. Resistant or actively disengaged employees rarely make the full transition to highly engaged team members that are all in.


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				Ryanair W17 new routes as of 10JUL17

				Posted <time datetime="2017-07-12 03:30">12 July 2017 03:30</time>

  Ryanair in the last few weeks gradually opened reservations for additional new routes scheduled for winter 2017/18 season, previously announced...

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				Ryanair cancels Ukraine launch from Sep 2017

				Posted <time datetime="2017-07-12 03:00">12 July 2017 03:00</time>

 Ryanair on Monday (10JUL17) announced the cancellation of planned service to Ukraine, including 4 routes from Kiev Borispil and 7 routes from...

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				Ryanair plans fleet growth as European opportunities beckon

				Posted <time datetime="2017-05-31 09:25">31 May 2017 09:25</time>

 Ryanair is planning to accelerate its fleet growth in 2018/19 to take advantage of opportunities created by European legacy carriers restricting....

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				Bristol Airport confident on Americas and Middle East network targets

				Posted <time datetime="2017-05-25 09:17">25 May 2017 09:17</time>

 In its own quiet way, Bristol Airport’s been on the rise for some years now. From 5.7 million passengers in 2011, it reached 7.8 million in...

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				Northern Ireland could double tourism market if £20m investment is used wisely, claims Ryanair CMO

				Posted <time datetime="2017-04-24 16:36">24 April 2017 16:36</time>

 The upcoming £20m investment in Northern Ireland has the potential to double the Northern Ireland tourism market – if used correctly....

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				Ryanair moves forward London Stansted new route launch to Sep 2017

				Posted <time datetime="2017-04-21 08:30">21 April 2017 08:30</time>

 Ryanair last week announced planned new route launch acceleration for  London Stansted  market. Following routes to be launched from the week of...

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				Ryanair launches Lviv service from Sep 2017

				Posted <time datetime="2017-04-13 12:00">13 April 2017 12:00</time>

 Ryanair last week announced planned adjustment for new routes from Lviv, which will now commence from September 2017, initially to Berlin...

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				Airlines should tap into Big Data for route planning - Skyscanner

				Posted <time datetime="2017-04-05 09:50"> 5 April 2017 09:50</time>

 Airlines could be missing out on successful routes by relying on “outdated methodologies” for network development, the commercial...

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				Ryanair chief issues Brexit warning

				Posted <time datetime="2017-03-29 11:48">29 March 2017 11:48</time>

 There is a “distinct possibility” that the UK could be left without flights to the EU, according to Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs....

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				Ryanair W17 new routes as of 05MAR17

				Posted <time datetime="2017-03-05 11:00"> 5 March 2017 11:00</time>

 Ryanair within the last few weeks announced planned service expansion for winter 2017/18 season, effective 29OCT17. Majority of these new routes,...

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				Europe's five biggest airlines registered for Routes Europe

				Posted <time datetime="2017-03-02 13:19"> 2 March 2017 13:19</time>

 Ryanair, easyJet, Lufthansa, Air France and British Airways are the five largest European carriers by ASK. These airlines have already confirmed...

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				Ryanair reveals rapid capacity growth at new Frankfurt base

				Posted <time datetime="2017-03-01 10:10"> 1 March 2017 10:10</time>

   Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to put further low-fare pressure on German national carrier Lufthansa by significantly expanding its operations...

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				Ryanair S17 Aberdeen operations as of 09FEB17

				Posted <time datetime="2017-02-10 11:00">10 February 2017 11:00</time>

 Ryanair yesterday (09FEB17) announced planned summer schedule for  Aberdeen , as the airline resumed operation. Existing 2 routes to Spain will be...

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				Ryanair adds 15 new routes from Eilat and Tel Aviv for winter 2017/2018

				Posted <time datetime="2017-02-02 08:15"> 2 February 2017 08:15</time>

   Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair is to significantly increase its presence in Israel from next winter with the introduction of 15 new...

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				Ryanair S17 Brussels Charleroi operation changes

				Posted <time datetime="2017-01-18 03:30">18 January 2017 03:30</time>

 Ryanair last fall announced planned service expansion at  Brussels South Charleroi  in 2017 previously not covered on  Airlineroute . Planned...

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				Ryanair updates planned Brussels Zaventem frequencies in S17

				Posted <time datetime="2017-01-18 03:00">18 January 2017 03:00</time>

 Ryanair recently revised planned operational frequencies at  Brussels Zaventem  for summer 2017 season, effective from 26MAR17. A number of routes...

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				Ryanair expands London Stansted service in S17

				Posted <time datetime="2017-01-13 06:15">13 January 2017 06:15</time>

 Ryanair yesterday (13JAN7) announced new service expansion at London Stansted, including the launch of nine new routes. Additional service to...

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				Ryanair expands Lamezia Terme / Naples routes in S17

				Posted <time datetime="2017-01-10 06:30">10 January 2017 06:30</time>

 Ryanair last week announced planned route additions for Italian market, focusing on Lamezia Terme and Naples. Planned new service, due to commence...

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				Newquay's New Year regional connectivity boost

				Posted <time datetime="2017-01-06 14:35"> 6 January 2017 14:35</time>

   Not content with a 40+ per cent growth in passenger traffic in 2016, one week into the New Year Cornwall Airport Newquay has already confirmed...

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				Ryanair expands Spanish base routes in S17

				Posted <time datetime="2016-12-20 05:00">20 December 2016 05:00</time>

 Ryanair last week announced service expansion for three of its bases in Spain, with additional routes and frequencies being added for Palma...

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"We have our battle in life, and like Jesus, we carry our cross every day. It is for us to take it or to give up; to move forward or surrender; to follow or redirect."
The 40-day Lenten season is one of the most significant events among Christians all over the world. The last week of the season before Easter Sunday is the celebration of the Holy Week which is the commemoration of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
During Holy Week, we celebrate the most important events such as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday. These are all celebrations by devout Christians who reflect on the life and death of Jesus.
Holy week is the time of repentance. It does not only mean we are sorry for our sins. It's the time where we have to change our thinking, actions, and visions. It's the best time to reflect on our lives and to change them for the better.
It's good to repent as it gives a feeling of being a renewed person. Someone complete and whole. What I have learned about repentance is the act of humility to acknowledge that I have sinned and to ask for forgiveness.
Being renewed gives us the courage to stand up and face the world with selfless love and compassion for others. We extend our service wholeheartedly to those who need it but cannot pay us back. Such an act makes us become 'Christ-like which is the message of the lent.
We may be living in today's world that's full of material aspirations and worldly ambitions. But it is good to ponder on what are the necessary things in life and what is our true life purpose. It's not only material possessions, it is not just the daily survival, but it is through following the right path and what God has commanded us to do.
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The season of Lent is not just about repentance, praying, and fasting. It's also the season of sacrifice. Like Jesus, He suffered the consequence of being upright and moral, and in the end, was sentenced to death. We can also sacrifice condemnation for being righteous. We can persevere in humiliation. We can endure persecution. However, in the end, what matters is the sense of righteousness we have chosen that leads to fulfillment in life.
We can compare the struggle of Jesus in today's modern world by becoming more courageous to speak for ourselves. Jesus did righteousness even though he knew his life lead Him to persecution. He never got scared of the people in authority. Just like us, we can stand up for what we believe is right. We can be ourselves as long as we live a good life and sacrifice for the common good. We have our battle in life, and like Jesus, we carry our cross every day. It is for us to take it or to give up. To move forward or surrender. To follow or redirect.
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Proposed express lanes on I-64 designed to help drivers skip traffic jams
Posted 4:14 pm, September 23, 2019, by Erin Miller, Updated at 05:24PM, September 23, 2019
CHESAPEAKE, Va. - When it comes to sitting in traffic on I-64, we've all been there.
A crash shuts down the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel or merging traffic puts you at a standstill - sometimes for hours.
Regardless of where you are going, the journey can be frustrating. State and regional transportation officials hear you and they're trying to put changes in place to help.
The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization is proposing a 45-mile network of toll lanes on I-64 that would help drivers skip the traffic. It's set to stretch from Jefferson Ave in Newport News to Bowers Hill in Chesapeake.
"Let's say you were at the HRBT right now and traffic is all backed up. If you had that extra lane, you could pay a toll and be through there in way less time," said Deputy Executive Director for HRTPO, Michael Kimbrel.
The High Occupancy Toll lanes, or HOT lanes for short, would charge solo drivers, while people with passengers travel free. The price will also vary based on how many cars are using the lane.
"If they start getting enough vehicles where it looks like the speed is slowing down then they increase the toll a little bit," Kimbrel said. Kimbrel said he cannot predict how expensive the tolls could get, but he doesn't expect them to be as steep as prices in Northern Virginia.
With a HOT network, each car would need to have an E-ZPass to use the lane. Kimbrel said if you are already a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) you can get the E-ZPass flex. The E-ZPass flex is designed with a switch that allows you to dictate if you have more than one person in your vehicle. This innovative transponder will specifically benefit those who are traveling with the number of people in their vehicle required to qualify for an HOV discount (2 or 3 depending on the roadway).
Digital signs will indicate how expensive the express lane is at any given time, giving drivers the option of utitlizing it or not.
The HOT lanes are totally option and designed to cut down on congestion.
News 3 spoke with drivers who are forced to sit in traffic daily. When we told them about the proposal they had mixed reactions.
Keishauna Copeland lives in Chesapeake and said "I'm 50/50 on it. Okay the tolls - that's good and whatever, but not everybody has the funds to pay the tolls to get everywhere."
Jordan Garris on the other hand said "I know plenty of people that are like 'if I could have any other way to get through this mess I'd take it!' So they could have some biters."
Transportation officials projected what traffic patterns are expected to look like over the next 20 years. They said the amount of cars on the road are expected to increase by 20%, meaning thousands of more vehicles will travel in Hampton Roads everyday.
However, by being proactive and managing existing lanes, they're hoping to cut down on traffic jams during peak hours.
"Everytime you take a person out of the general purpose lane and put them in the HOT lane you get a little bit of space in the general purpose lanes as well," Kimbrel said.
Considering the HOV lanes would be turned into HOT lanes, there aren't many sections of roadway that would need construction. Kimbrel however said the section between Mercury Blvd. and Settlers landing may need widening.
For a full breakdown of lanes that will be impacted in the new approach, click here.
A decision on the network isn't expected until December and folks are encouraged to offer their opinions as leaders work through the planning process.
Topics: HOT lanes, HOV lanes, hrbt, HRTPO, I-64, toll lanes, Traffic
Toll lane expansion to lead to revenue for other road projects, regional transportation organization says
75 vehicles involved in I-64 crash that injured 51 people
Congestion, delays expected in Hampton Roads during Thanksgiving weekend travel
Traffic shift coming to I-264 E in preparation for flyover construction
Documents reveal 'reckless' and 'malicious' charges against driver in I-64 road rage shooting incident
Traffic woes lead to frustration for people living near Naval Station Norfolk
100 gallons of fuel spilled during Hampton tractor-trailer crash on I-64, State Police say
Construction on Laskin Road set to start next month; VDOT says it will take 42 months to complete
Dozens of bridges labeled structurally deficient in our region – are drivers safe?
Tolls to increase in 2020 for Elizabeth River Tunnels
Police officer caught on camera asleep at the wheel in lane of traffic
VDOT discusses efforts to clear emergencies on bridge-tunnels


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package org.apache.commons.imaging.icc;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageReadException;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.common.BinaryFunctions;

public class IccTag {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(IccTag.class.getName());

    public final int signature;
    public final int offset;
    public final int length;
    public final IccTagType fIccTagType;
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    public void dump(final String prefix) throws ImageReadException, IOException {
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            dump(pw, prefix);
            pw.flush();
            sw.flush();
            LOGGER.fine(sw.toString());
        }
    }

    public void dump(final PrintWriter pw, final String prefix) throws ImageReadException,
            IOException {
        pw.println(prefix
                + "tag signature: "
                + Integer.toHexString(signature)
                + " ("
                + new String(new byte[] {
                        (byte) (0xff & (signature >> 24)),
                        (byte) (0xff & (signature >> 16)),
                        (byte) (0xff & (signature >> 8)),
                        (byte) (0xff & (signature >> 0)), }, StandardCharsets.US_ASCII)
                + ")");

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            pw.println(prefix + "data: " + data.length);

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                    + ")");

            if (itdt == null) {
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                pw.println(prefix + "IccTagType : " + itdt.getName());
                itdt.dump(prefix, data);
            }

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        pw.println("");
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    }
}


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Q: could "further" refer to "later" or "afterwards/then" regarding a context?
Next, the bricks are dried in an oven for 24-48 hours, before baking them in a kiln, first at moderate temperature of 200-980C followed by extremely high temperature of 870-1300C.They are further cooled for 48-72 hours in the cooling chamber, and are later packed and loaded in trucks, thus, preparing them for delivery to different places.

Does "further" in the context above mean later or afterwards? Could this word mean later or afterwards at all, regard a context?

A: Because of the context, we know that the "cooling" occurs after the "baking".
However in

They are further cooled for 48-72 hours in the cooling chamber

"further" describes the cooling process meaning additional cooling and the additional time is implied through the context (things take time to cool down)
whereas

They are cooled for a further 48-72 hours in the cooling chamber

describes the additional time of 48-72 hours.

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In talking of his work Whitehead likes the terms 'magic-realism' or 'hyperrealism', and his paintings' combination of empathy, strong design and skilful detail give them an almost surreal atmosphere that is instantly memorable. Whitehead's subject matter is now principally involved with landscape and often features aspects of the moors, wolds and coast of North Yorkshire, where he resides. His style has echoes of Neo-Classical and Romantic painting of the 19th century as well as the influence of 20th century British and American Realists.
STUDIED: MA, Visual Art, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
WORK: He has twice won the Wales Open and has also been a prize-winner at the Manchester Academy and Hunting Art Prize exhibitions. His paintings are held in the collections of the Contemporary Art Society of Wales, Accenture, Prudential, Skye Pharma and the Bank of Scotland.
Whitehead's process typically involves a thorough exploration of the landscape subject, making photographs and drawings over several visits at different times of day and under different weather conditions. A composition is then generated, which may be a composite or rearrangement of the elements of the subject. Sometimes watercolour studies are made before the painting is begun on canvas. The final painting starts with a drawing and sketchy underpainting that is then reworked and tightened over a period of weeks or months.
Whitehead became interested in art from about five or six years old. He was fortunate to be encouraged at home and at school and gradually developed a facility for drawing and painting realistically. He didn't become aware of American Photorealism until his teens, by which stage he had already encountered a lot of other 'Realist' influences: Friedrich, Holman Hunt, Degas, Eakins, Wyeth, Hopper, Hillier - to name just a few. His earlier paintings tended towards urban landscape and interiors, usually with figures and an implied, sometimes mysterious, narrative. He found natural landscape harder to engage with. Now Whitehead feels at home in the landscape of his locality, and in his favourite places that he likes to keep visiting. He describes painting them as a kind of immersion and an attempt at possession: trying to instil or capture a sense of magic. He tries not to have projects or a particular sense of direction as he believes "serendipity is more enjoyable" but sometimes these are thrust upon him, such as commissioned pieces which he does enjoy, or collaborating in themed exhibitions. Alongside the 'hyperreal' paintings Whitehead sometimes makes more painterly and abstract studies which are for his own interest and rarely get exhibited.


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November 22, 2017 / 10:53 AM / 2 years ago
France's Le Pen says victim of 'banking fatwa' over account closures
Ingrid Melander, Simon Carraud
PARIS/NANTERRE (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused two banks on Wednesday of launching a "banking fatwa" to silence her National Front party by closing bank accounts of hers and her party's.
Marine Le Pen, head of France's far-right National Front (FN) political party, speaks during a news conference at the party headquarters in Nanterre near Paris, France, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
The banks said they had acted within regulatory requirements but declined to offer fuller explanations.
Le Pen is smarting from defeat in this year's presidential and parliamentary elections, during which she accused French banks of being politically biased for not lending to her campaigns.
"This is an attempt to suffocate an opposition party, and no democrat should accept that," Le Pen told a news conference, calling on President Emmanuel Macron and other political parties to back her National Front (FN).
Le Pen said the FN would file a complaint against Societe Generale and its subsidiary, Credit du Nord. She also plans a complaint against HSBC for closing a personal account of hers.
The FN says Societe Generale closed its accounts earlier this month, and when the central bank ordered a subsidiary, Credit du Nord, to manage an account for the party, the bank refused to process cheque and credit card payments.
Societe Generale rejected the accusations. "Decisions to open or close a bank account depend purely on banking reasons ... without taking into account any political consideration," it said in a statement.
It added that Credit du Nord offered an FN representative banking services required by law but gave no more details.
HSBC said it complied with all necessary regulations and could not publicly discuss client relationships.
'THANK YOU AND GOODBYE'
In France, banks are allowed to close accounts with advance notice and do not have to say why.
Holding an account is a right, however, and a customer can ask the Bank of France to designate a bank that would be forced to open one. But the designated bank can choose to limit the use of the account to basic banking services.
The Bank of France would not comment.
The FN has long said it struggled with financing. It came under scrutiny for a 9 million-euro loan it got in 2014 from a now-defunct Russian bank.
It spent 12.5 million euros ($14.70 million) on the presidential election alone this year. Party supporters have since been asked to lend it money directly.
At her news conference, Le Pen asked party supporters to react to the account closures. Hours later, the hashtag "JeQuitteLaSG", or "I Leave Societe Generale", was the top trending topic on Twitter in France.
Government spokesman Christophe Castaner said the FN should be allowed to have a bank account and use it normally.
"But I do not know why the bank told its client, the National Front, 'Thank you and goodbye', so I cannot comment on the substance of the case," he told a weekly news conference.
Additional reporting by Brian Love, Mathieu Prottard, Maya Nikolaeva, Yann Le Guernigou, Jean-Baptiste Vey; Editing by Peter Graff, Larry King


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Forget the debt: Why Trump and pols want a trillion-dollar bailout
We are about to embark on a trillion-dollar effort to bolster an economy being ravaged by the coronavirus.
And given the magnitude of the problem, everyone in politics is scrambling to get on board.
Never mind that Republicans have long been the party of limited government, shrinking deficits and battling bailouts. Perhaps it's true that in a pandemic, we're all socialists. In any event, President Trump is leading the effort, and he has virtually total control over the GOP as he runs for reelection.
I've long argued that both parties are hypocritical when it comes to red ink, denouncing it only when the other party controls the White House. But that argument is moot right now. A virtual shutdown of America requires a response akin to war — a term the administration is now using regularly.
BIDEN'S VICTORIES SWALLOWED BY VIRUS, LIKE MUCH OF AMERICAN LIFE
The damage to the economy grows by the day. The stock market has nose-dived, giving up all its gains since Trump took office. Businesses across the country, especially retail outlets, are laying off workers or slashing their pay (jobless claims, up 70,000 last week, are starting to soar). And tens of millions of Americans are hunkered down at home and not spending money.
Trump is pushing Congress to approve $500 billion in cash payments to Americans, $300 billion to help small businesses, $50 billion to shore up the airlines now that travel has plummeted, and $150 billion for other industries. The details, of course, will be hotly debated.
But as the Washington Post points out, "The president and many of his conservative allies rose to power on the strength of a grass-roots movement forged in opposition to the bank bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis and President Obama's subsequent economic stimulus package."
It was easy to hate TARP, since big and reckless banks got bailed out, with no one going to jail, while ordinary Americans lost their homes and jobs. But the virus is just as much an existential threat to financial stability, or more, and some on the right are calling it an act of God–the better to justify their support of massive government spending.
At stake, says the Post, is whether Trump is remembered as Herbert Hoover or FDR.
The paper quoted one White House official as saying Trump "doesn't give a [expletive]" about the plan's impact on the federal debt. "It's all about the markets and the economy for him. It's all about the jobs numbers." And politically, most Americans would probably agree. The debt seems a far-off and abstract concern.
But while a massive bailout (or stimulus or other euphemism) is a virtual certainty, there will be a debate about the role of government. Is sending people $2,000 checks more than a Band-Aid? How small does a small business have to be to get aid? Should the airlines, like the car industry a decade ago, be limited to loans that have to be repaid?
Jonah Goldberg, in the Dispatch, says that "every five minutes, someone on Twitter or TV says that this crisis proves the need for government, as if the opposite view dominated public life. It doesn't." Virtually everyone on the right, the conservative pundit says, believes the feds should go full steam ahead in a pandemic.
"This is one of most infuriating rhetorical sleights-of-hand in ideological debates: Take an example of a problem the government should deal with, and then claim it proves that there is no problem the government shouldn't deal with. I want the government to nuke a meteor heading our way. That doesn't mean I must think we should have a federal minimum wage."
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But that argument is for another day. Mistakes were made, in Ronald Reagan's famous phrase. A Trump administration simulation last year of a killer virus that would start in China "drove home just how underfunded, underprepared and uncoordinated the federal government would be for a life-or-death battle with a virus for which no treatment existed," says the New York Times.
We can and will fight about what happened in the past and what will happen down the road. But politicians are casting their usual beliefs aside over the clear-and-present danger that urgent action is needed right now.
Trump's team, senators to negotiate $1T economic rescue deal
Two GOP senators face questions over stock sales ahead of the market's coronavirus slide


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Q: In-app product details in different languages using the google play billing library I'm using the Google Play Billing Library version 3 to fetch available in-app products.
After calling querySkuDetailsAsync on the BillingClient object, I'm correctly getting the SkuDetails for each product.
In the Google Play Console, I translated the product details into multiple languages. However, I'm getting the details only for the main language.
How can I fetch the in-app product details in different languages?

A: You will receive the details translated in the language that you set in the device settings.
Try to change the language of your device and you should see that the product details will be fetched in the correct language.


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Cocktail Talk with CureDuchenne Cares
Join us for a virtual cocktail with families and friends from our Duchenne community! The purpose of a Cocktail Talk is to create a supportive and "safe" space to talk about our shared experiences -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Let's get together to connect and support one another from the comforts of our homes. Lounge-wear is encouraged!
Jan 27, 2023 06:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jan 27, 2023 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrcuyvrj0pGNCdwIySA6l7Q4_bSdMq_r3b After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


Welcome to the world of Animal Country. In this world, there exists thousands of animals except for 1; man. That is, until a strange baby was found by the young raccoon Monoko. Now, she has made it her duty to be the child's mother in this world where the strong eat and the weak are eaten!


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'Autumn Girl' Ending & Stanislaw's Influence, Explained: Did Kalina Get Her Role Back?
By Shikhar Agrawal
Netflix's Polish film, "Autumn Girl," is a musical biographical film that mainly focuses on a controversy in the life of Kalina Jędrusik, one of Poland's greatest film actresses and style icons, who was considered Poland's answer to Marilyn Monroe.
The center narrative, through its magical realism, musicals, and satire, points out the hypocrisy of a prude society where women are required to be modest no matter in which profession they are. On the contrary, Kalina Jędrusik, who wants to be stylish, flamboyant, and seductive, mocks the double standards of society, which make her a target of her own people and its government. The film, directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, plays around those layers where its protagonist ignites a war with society only to change it for the better.
Plot Summary – Why Did Ryszard Molski Fire Kalina Jędrusik?
The film, without wasting any moment, brings to screen the central conflict that revolves around stereotypical modesty. Kalina Jędrusik (Maria Debska), who walks the night streets of Warsaw with her husband, Stanislaw Dygat (Leszek Lichota), asks him why women in the 1960s needs to be modest or demure even when they have achieved great heights. Why is it still that their success or achievements depend on a man's approval? While Stanislaw doesn't answer the question directly, the film tries to explore the question further.
"Autumn Girl" begins in 1961–62, where Kalina lives in a small apartment with her husband, Stanislaw, a young live-in boyfriend, Lucek, and a pre-teen son, Krzys. Kalina works in a satirical cabaret television show, Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret, in which she performs the most cherished Autumn Girl. Everything is going perfectly well for Kalina, except for her growing insecurities due to her growing age, but suddenly an event gives her a more important question to ponder.
On December 4th, 1962, Kalina performs on stage for Miner's Day and puts on a revealing dress, thereby catching the eye of her past admirer, Ryszard Molski (Bartlomiej Kotschedoff), who had performed with Kalina in a play years before and has now become the head of the television department. After her performance, Molski invites Kalina to dinner, which she bluntly refuses, finding Molski painfully boring. However, the next day on the television set, she tries to make amends with Molski and even goes out with him when Molski reveals his desire to sleep with Kalina.
Molski, quite not understanding the meaning of consent, accuses Kalina of sleeping around with men, which makes him question why not him. Hence, Kalina's refusal hurts Molski's feeble pride, and he suspends her from all future television appearances. When Kalina asks the reason why, Molski states that she has offended the people by wearing a revealing dress on Miner's Day, and thus they don't want to see her anymore.
The film further follows Kalina's downfall as she struggles to get validation and approval from the men around her, only to understand in the end that a woman has to fight her own battle, and she doesn't necessarily need to be modest as much as she needs to be fierce. It's the transformation in the character that drives the narrative to its end, only to teach her offenders a valuable lesson and a slow burn to their egos that they very much deserve.
'Autumn Girl' Ending Explained – How Did Kalina Fight Back?
Even at the beginning of the film, the narrative suggested what Kalina needed to do to protect herself in a man's world. As she arrived outside her house, a neighbor named Mrs. Klimczakowa yelled at Kalina for bringing shame to a peaceful and posh neighborhood. Her modesty made her stand still and listen to the curses being thrown at her, but Stanislaw didn't bother to defend his wife and moved ahead.
Thus, the narrative subtly pointed out the fact that Kalina would never stand by herself, as yelling at people or fighting back would taint her public image, which bothered her the most. Yet, Stanislaw kept pushing her through his sarcastic comments, and during an interview, he even pointed out that he neither takes people seriously nor himself. It was a direct hint for Kalina to take Stanisław's advice, but words won't transform people as much as humiliation and actions would. Finally, during the fashion show night, a man humiliated Kalina when Stanisław intervened and punched him, and later, while returning home, Kalina complained to Stanisław for not letting her punch the man. At this point, Stanisław finally held the mirror up to Kalina and pointed out that she was just talking about fighting herself, while in reality, she wouldn't even protect herself from their grumpy neighbor, and it was when Kalina finally understood what she needed to do to get back her honor.
So far, it was men who made decisions in Kalina's life, except for Stanisław, who'd let Kalina do whatever she wanted to do, and even let her bring her young boyfriend to share the roof without any fuss. Though Stanisław might be hurt, he never really expressed his feelings, and thus it was Kalina who had to make that decision because, after all, it was her life. After a humiliating experience with Jeremi, Kalina asked Lucek to pack his bags and leave, as he was the one who urged Kalina to visit Jeremi.
Kalina knew what Stanisław was trying to convey and thus not only confronted her neighbor, Klimczakowa, but also decided to face the man of all evils in her life, Ryszard Molski. She found out about Molski's affair with his secretary Nina and humiliated him for his vulgarity and hitting on every woman he came into contact with, but this was just the anger that Kalina wanted to discharge upon him. Her words wouldn't have changed anything or gotten her back to the job she yearned for, but then destiny heard her cries.
The director of the department, Comrade Mikosz, suddenly barged into Molski's office and informed her about the Wieczornego Express survey, through which people had bestowed upon her the prestigious Golden Mask award. Believing that people loved her again, Mikosz sought forgiveness from Kalina and begged her to make a comeback to the show, thereby performing the role of Autumn Girl again. Kalina used the opportunity to demand a raise in her pay and finally celebrated her little victory with Stanisaw.
Kalina finally returns to the television set and, with her song, takes a dig at her rival, Ryszard Molski, while also influencing her best friend and dresser, Xymena, to confront her husband, Janusz, for cheating on her and finally leaving him for her own good. The film ended as these two women faced their fears and celebrated their victory, thereby breaking the stereotypes of society.
"Autumn Girl" is a 2022 Polish musical biographical film directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz.
Shikhar Agrawalhttps://dmtalkies.com
I am an Onstage Dramatist and a Screenwriter. I have been working in the Indian Film Industry for the past 8 years, majorly writing dialogues for various films and television shows.


A busy Tuesday night of football beckons with Ascot United, Wokingham & Emmbrook and Sandhurst Town all at home while Slough Town entertain Sutton United in an FA Cup replay.
After four draws in a row, the Yellamen were beaten 2-1 at Wantage Town 10 days ago in the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division and face a Reading City side on Tuesday night undergoing some big changes that has seen Rob Creech take sole charge. United have the leagues top scorer in Nathan Minhas back from international duty on Saturday with the Panjab FA.
Creech's side were beaten 4-1 at Brackley Town Saints on Saturday but will want to bounce back in a Berkshire derby that will be Football in Bracknell's featured game.
Follow live updates from Ascot United vs Reading City on the FiB twitter profile here.
Sandhurst Town are at home against Hellenic League opposition when they face Chalvey Sports in the Berks & Bucks County Cup while Wokingham & Emmbrook host AFC Aldermaston in the Hellenic League Subsidiary Cup.
Adam Cornell wore a face mask against Hanwell Town. Photo: Neil Graham.
Bracknell Town are away in the Bostik League South Central Division 1 to Cheshunt, a side they haven't faced since the Robins pipped the Ambers to the 1993/94 Isthmian League Division 3 title.
Main image: Harry Laflin by Rob Mack/Shooting Stars.


My first instinct was to think this condition may be currency related, but the Pound has been relatively stable over the last few weeks while the shares of companies like Fresnillo and Hochschild have pulled back sharply.
However, I wonder whether the relative position of UK miners relative to their international peers might be the cause of recent underperformance. The Pound collapsed in 2016, particularly following the Brexit vote, and that lent a significant tailwind to the miners you mention. With the Pound being quite stable, but confidence in the ability of gold to rally in a rising interest rate environment waning being at a low ebb then they have further to decline relative to the depressed levels of miners listed elsewhere.
More importantly, silver is back testing its April high and gold is at least steady in the region of the psychological $1300 level and the trend mean. If they can improve upon recent firming that is likely to represent a tailwind for gold miners.
Randgold Resources is firming from the region of the upper side of the 2013 through 2015 range and a sustained move above the trend mean would confirm a return to medium-term demand dominance.
Hochschild is at least steadying from the lower side of a two-year range.
Fresnillo is currently testing the region of its lows while Centamin Mining has a similar pattern.
At the more speculative end of the spectrum Acacia Mining is back testing the psychological 100p level which has offered support in the past.
Petropavlovsk fired its CEO last week, posted an upside weekly key reversal and following through on the upside this week to test the upper side of a two-year range.