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const AcDb::OpenMode kForRead = AcDb::kForRead;
const AcDb::OpenMode kForWrite = AcDb::kForWrite;
const AcDb::OpenMode kForNotify = AcDb::kForNotify;
// enum AcDb::ShowImagesMode
const AcDb::ShowImagesMode kNeverShow = AcDb::kNeverShow;
const AcDb::ShowImagesMode kAlwaysShow = AcDb::kAlwaysShow;
const AcDb::ShowImagesMode kBoundingBoxShow = AcDb::kBoundingBoxShow;
// enum AcDb::SaveImagesMode
const AcDb::SaveImagesMode kNeverSave = AcDb::kNeverSave;
const AcDb::SaveImagesMode kAlwaysSave = AcDb::kAlwaysSave;
// enum AcDb::CoordAxis
const AcDb::CoordAxis kX = AcDb::kX;
const AcDb::CoordAxis kY = AcDb::kY;
const AcDb::CoordAxis kZ = AcDb::kZ;
// enum AcDb::CoordSystem
const AcDb::CoordSystem kWorldCS = AcDb::kWorldCS;
const AcDb::CoordSystem kUserCS = AcDb::kUserCS;
const AcDb::CoordSystem kCurDisplayCS = AcDb::kCurDisplayCS;
const AcDb::CoordSystem kPaperDisplayCS = AcDb::kPaperDisplayCS;
const AcDb::CoordSystem kEntityCS = AcDb::kEntityCS;
// enum AcDb::Intersect
const AcDb::Intersect kOnBothOperands = AcDb::kOnBothOperands;
const AcDb::Intersect kExtendThis = AcDb::kExtendThis;
const AcDb::Intersect kExtendArg = AcDb::kExtendArg;
const AcDb::Intersect kExtendBoth = AcDb::kExtendBoth;
// enum AcDb::Visibility
const AcDb::Visibility kInvisible = AcDb::kInvisible;
const AcDb::Visibility kVisible = AcDb::kVisible;
// enum AcDb::DxfCode
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfInvalid = AcDb::kDxfInvalid;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXDictionary = AcDb::kDxfXDictionary;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfPReactors = AcDb::kDxfPReactors;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfOperator = AcDb::kDxfOperator;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXDataStart = AcDb::kDxfXDataStart;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfHeaderId = AcDb::kDxfHeaderId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfEnd = AcDb::kDxfEnd;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfStart = AcDb::kDxfStart;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfText = AcDb::kDxfText;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfShapeName = AcDb::kDxfShapeName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfSymbolTableName = AcDb::kDxfSymbolTableName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfBlockName = AcDb::kDxfBlockName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfAttributeTag = AcDb::kDxfAttributeTag;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfAttributePrompt = AcDb::kDxfAttributePrompt;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfDimStyleName = AcDb::kDxfDimStyleName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXRefPath = AcDb::kDxfXRefPath;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfHandle = AcDb::kDxfHandle;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLinetypeName = AcDb::kDxfLinetypeName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfTextStyleName = AcDb::kDxfTextStyleName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfCLShapeText = AcDb::kDxfCLShapeText;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfCLShapeName = AcDb::kDxfCLShapeName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLayerName = AcDb::kDxfLayerName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLayoutName = AcDb::kDxfLayoutName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXCoord = AcDb::kDxfXCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfYCoord = AcDb::kDxfYCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfZCoord = AcDb::kDxfZCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfElevation = AcDb::kDxfElevation;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfThickness = AcDb::kDxfThickness;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfReal = AcDb::kDxfReal;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXReal = AcDb::kDxfXReal;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfInt8 = AcDb::kDxfInt8;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfBool = AcDb::kDxfBool;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLinetypeScale = AcDb::kDxfLinetypeScale;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLinetypeElement = AcDb::kDxfLinetypeElement;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfAngle = AcDb::kDxfAngle;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfVisibility = AcDb::kDxfVisibility;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLayerLinetype = AcDb::kDxfLayerLinetype;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfColor = AcDb::kDxfColor;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfHasSubentities = AcDb::kDxfHasSubentities;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfViewportVisibility = AcDb::kDxfViewportVisibility;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfViewportActive = AcDb::kDxfViewportActive;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfViewportNumber = AcDb::kDxfViewportNumber;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfInt16 = AcDb::kDxfInt16;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXInt16 = AcDb::kDxfXInt16;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXXInt16 = AcDb::kDxfXXInt16;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfInt32 = AcDb::kDxfInt32;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfInt64 = AcDb::kDxfInt64;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfControlString = AcDb::kDxfControlString;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfSymTableRecComments = AcDb::kDxfSymTableRecComments;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfDimVarHandle = AcDb::kDxfDimVarHandle;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfUCSOrg = AcDb::kDxfUCSOrg;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfUCSOriX = AcDb::kDxfUCSOriX;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfUCSOriY = AcDb::kDxfUCSOriY;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfSubclass = AcDb::kDxfSubclass;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfEmbeddedObjectStart = AcDb::kDxfEmbeddedObjectStart;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfNormalX = AcDb::kDxfNormalX;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfNormalY = AcDb::kDxfNormalY;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfNormalZ = AcDb::kDxfNormalZ;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXTextString = AcDb::kDxfXTextString;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfBinaryChunk = AcDb::kDxfBinaryChunk;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfArbHandle = AcDb::kDxfArbHandle;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfSoftPointerId = AcDb::kDxfSoftPointerId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfHardPointerId = AcDb::kDxfHardPointerId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfSoftOwnershipId = AcDb::kDxfSoftOwnershipId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfHardOwnershipId = AcDb::kDxfHardOwnershipId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfLineWeight = AcDb::kDxfLineWeight;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfPlotStyleNameType = AcDb::kDxfPlotStyleNameType;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfPlotStyleNameId = AcDb::kDxfPlotStyleNameId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXXXInt16 = AcDb::kDxfXXXInt16;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfComment = AcDb::kDxfComment;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdAsciiString = AcDb::kDxfXdAsciiString;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfRegAppName = AcDb::kDxfRegAppName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdControlString = AcDb::kDxfXdControlString;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdLayerName = AcDb::kDxfXdLayerName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdBinaryChunk = AcDb::kDxfXdBinaryChunk;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdHandle = AcDb::kDxfXdHandle;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdXCoord = AcDb::kDxfXdXCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdYCoord = AcDb::kDxfXdYCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdZCoord = AcDb::kDxfXdZCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldXCoord = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldXCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldYCoord = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldYCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldZCoord = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldZCoord;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldXDisp = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldXDisp;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldYDisp = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldYDisp;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldZDisp = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldZDisp;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldXDir = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldXDir;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldYDir = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldYDir;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdWorldZDir = AcDb::kDxfXdWorldZDir;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdReal = AcDb::kDxfXdReal;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdDist = AcDb::kDxfXdDist;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdScale = AcDb::kDxfXdScale;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdInteger16 = AcDb::kDxfXdInteger16;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfXdInteger32 = AcDb::kDxfXdInteger32;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfColorRGB = AcDb::kDxfColorRGB;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfColorName = AcDb::kDxfColorName;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfAlpha = AcDb::kDxfAlpha;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfMaterialId = AcDb::kDxfMaterialId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfViewportGridDisplay = AcDb::kDxfViewportGridDisplay;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfObjVisualStyleId = AcDb::kDxfObjVisualStyleId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfVpVisualStyleId = AcDb::kDxfVpVisualStyleId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfDragVisualStyleId = AcDb::kDxfDragVisualStyleId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfShadowFlags = AcDb::kDxfShadowFlags;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfFaceStyleId = AcDb::kDxfFaceStyleId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfEdgeStyleId = AcDb::kDxfEdgeStyleId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfVisualStyleId = AcDb::kDxfVisualStyleId;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientObjType = AcDb::kDxfGradientObjType;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientPatType = AcDb::kDxfGradientPatType;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientTintType = AcDb::kDxfGradientTintType;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientColCount = AcDb::kDxfGradientColCount;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientAngle = AcDb::kDxfGradientAngle;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientShift = AcDb::kDxfGradientShift;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientTintVal = AcDb::kDxfGradientTintVal;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientColVal = AcDb::kDxfGradientColVal;
const AcDb::DxfCode kDxfGradientName = AcDb::kDxfGradientName;
// enum AcDb::DwgDataType
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgNull = AcDb::kDwgNull;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgReal = AcDb::kDwgReal;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgInt64 = AcDb::kDwgInt64;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgInt32 = AcDb::kDwgInt32;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgInt16 = AcDb::kDwgInt16;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgInt8 = AcDb::kDwgInt8;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgText = AcDb::kDwgText;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgBChunk = AcDb::kDwgBChunk;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgHandle = AcDb::kDwgHandle;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgHardOwnershipId = AcDb::kDwgHardOwnershipId;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgSoftOwnershipId = AcDb::kDwgSoftOwnershipId;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgHardPointerId = AcDb::kDwgHardPointerId;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgSoftPointerId = AcDb::kDwgSoftPointerId;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwg3Real = AcDb::kDwg3Real;
const AcDb::DwgDataType kDwgNotRecognized = AcDb::kDwgNotRecognized;
// enum AcDb::OsnapMask
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskEnd = AcDb::kOsMaskEnd;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskMid = AcDb::kOsMaskMid;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskCen = AcDb::kOsMaskCen;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskNode = AcDb::kOsMaskNode;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskQuad = AcDb::kOsMaskQuad;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskInt = AcDb::kOsMaskInt;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskIns = AcDb::kOsMaskIns;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskPerp = AcDb::kOsMaskPerp;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskTan = AcDb::kOsMaskTan;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskNear = AcDb::kOsMaskNear;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskQuick = AcDb::kOsMaskQuick;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskImmediate = AcDb::kOsMaskImmediate;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskAllowTan = AcDb::kOsMaskAllowTan;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskDisablePerp = AcDb::kOsMaskDisablePerp;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskRelCartesian = AcDb::kOsMaskRelCartesian;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskRelPolar = AcDb::kOsMaskRelPolar;
const AcDb::OsnapMask kOsMaskNoneOverride = AcDb::kOsMaskNoneOverride;
// enum AcDb::OsnapMode
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeEnd = AcDb::kOsModeEnd;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeMid = AcDb::kOsModeMid;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeCen = AcDb::kOsModeCen;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeCentroid = AcDb::kOsModeCentroid;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeNode = AcDb::kOsModeNode;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeQuad = AcDb::kOsModeQuad;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeIns = AcDb::kOsModeIns;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModePerp = AcDb::kOsModePerp;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeTan = AcDb::kOsModeTan;
const AcDb::OsnapMode kOsModeNear = AcDb::kOsModeNear;
// enum AcDb::TextHorzMode
const AcDb::TextHorzMode kTextLeft = AcDb::kTextLeft;
const AcDb::TextHorzMode kTextCenter = AcDb::kTextCenter;
const AcDb::TextHorzMode kTextRight = AcDb::kTextRight;
const AcDb::TextHorzMode kTextAlign = AcDb::kTextAlign;
const AcDb::TextHorzMode kTextMid = AcDb::kTextMid;
const AcDb::TextHorzMode kTextFit = AcDb::kTextFit;
// enum AcDb::TextVertMode
const AcDb::TextVertMode kTextBase = AcDb::kTextBase;
const AcDb::TextVertMode kTextBottom = AcDb::kTextBottom;
const AcDb::TextVertMode kTextVertMid = AcDb::kTextVertMid;
const AcDb::TextVertMode kTextTop = AcDb::kTextTop;
// enum LineSpacingStyle
const AcDb::LineSpacingStyle kAtLeast = AcDb::kAtLeast;
const AcDb::LineSpacingStyle kExactly = AcDb::kExactly;
// enum AcDb::Planarity
const AcDb::Planarity kNonPlanar = AcDb::kNonPlanar;
const AcDb::Planarity kPlanar = AcDb::kPlanar;
const AcDb::Planarity kLinear = AcDb::kLinear;
// enum AcDb::PointIndex
const AcDb::PointIndex kMPoint1 = AcDb::kMPoint1;
const AcDb::PointIndex kMPoint2 = AcDb::kMPoint2;
const AcDb::PointIndex kMPoint3 = AcDb::kMPoint3;
const AcDb::PointIndex kMPoint4 = AcDb::kMPoint4;
// enum AcDb::EdgeIndex
const AcDb::EdgeIndex kMEdge1 = AcDb::kMEdge1;
const AcDb::EdgeIndex kMEdge2 = AcDb::kMEdge2;
const AcDb::EdgeIndex kMEdge3 = AcDb::kMEdge3;
const AcDb::EdgeIndex kMEdge4 = AcDb::kMEdge4;
// enum AcDb::Poly2dType
const AcDb::Poly2dType k2dSimplePoly = AcDb::k2dSimplePoly;
const AcDb::Poly2dType k2dFitCurvePoly = AcDb::k2dFitCurvePoly;
const AcDb::Poly2dType k2dQuadSplinePoly = AcDb::k2dQuadSplinePoly;
const AcDb::Poly2dType k2dCubicSplinePoly = AcDb::k2dCubicSplinePoly;
// enum AcDb::Poly3dType
const AcDb::Poly3dType k3dSimplePoly = AcDb::k3dSimplePoly;
const AcDb::Poly3dType k3dQuadSplinePoly = AcDb::k3dQuadSplinePoly;
const AcDb::Poly3dType k3dCubicSplinePoly = AcDb::k3dCubicSplinePoly;
// enum AcDb::PolyMeshType
const AcDb::PolyMeshType kSimpleMesh = AcDb::kSimpleMesh;
const AcDb::PolyMeshType kQuadSurfaceMesh = AcDb::kQuadSurfaceMesh;
const AcDb::PolyMeshType kCubicSurfaceMesh = AcDb::kCubicSurfaceMesh;
const AcDb::PolyMeshType kBezierSurfaceMesh = AcDb::kBezierSurfaceMesh;
// enum AcDb::Vertex2dType
const AcDb::Vertex2dType k2dVertex = AcDb::k2dVertex;
const AcDb::Vertex2dType k2dSplineCtlVertex = AcDb::k2dSplineCtlVertex;
const AcDb::Vertex2dType k2dSplineFitVertex = AcDb::k2dSplineFitVertex;
const AcDb::Vertex2dType k2dCurveFitVertex = AcDb::k2dCurveFitVertex;
// enum AcDb::Vertex3dType
const AcDb::Vertex3dType k3dSimpleVertex = AcDb::k3dSimpleVertex;
const AcDb::Vertex3dType k3dControlVertex = AcDb::k3dControlVertex;
const AcDb::Vertex3dType k3dFitVertex = AcDb::k3dFitVertex;
// enum AcDb::SpaceValueType
const AcDb::SpaceValueType kUndefined = AcDb::kUndefined;
const AcDb::SpaceValueType kStubPtr = AcDb::kStubPtr;
const AcDb::SpaceValueType kEndOfFile = AcDb::kEndOfFile;
const AcDb::SpaceValueType kBackwardBranch = AcDb::kBackwardBranch;
const AcDb::SpaceValueType kForwardBranch = AcDb::kForwardBranch;
const AcDb::SpaceValueType kDetour = AcDb::kDetour;
// enum AcDb::BoolOperType
const AcDb::BoolOperType kBoolUnite = AcDb::kBoolUnite;
const AcDb::BoolOperType kBoolIntersect = AcDb::kBoolIntersect;
const AcDb::BoolOperType kBoolSubtract = AcDb::kBoolSubtract;
// enum AcDb::SubentType
const AcDb::SubentType kNullSubentType = AcDb::kNullSubentType;
const AcDb::SubentType kVertexSubentType = AcDb::kVertexSubentType;
const AcDb::SubentType kEdgeSubentType = AcDb::kEdgeSubentType;
const AcDb::SubentType kFaceSubentType = AcDb::kFaceSubentType;
const AcDb::SubentType kMlineSubentCache = AcDb::kMlineSubentCache;
const AcDb::SubentType kClassSubentType = AcDb::kClassSubentType;
const AcDb::SubentType kAxisSubentType = AcDb::kAxisSubentType;
const AcDb::SubentType kSilhouetteSubentType = AcDb::kSilhouetteSubentType;
// enum AcDb::GeomId
const AcDb::GeomId kNoGeom = AcDb::kNoGeom;
// enum AcDb::GeomType
const AcDb::GeomType kInvalidGeom = AcDb::kInvalidGeom;
const AcDb::GeomType kPointGeom = AcDb::kPointGeom;
const AcDb::GeomType kLineGeom = AcDb::kLineGeom;
const AcDb::GeomType kCircleGeom = AcDb::kCircleGeom;
const AcDb::GeomType kPlaneGeom = AcDb::kPlaneGeom;
// enum AcDb::UnitsValue
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsUndefined = AcDb::kUnitsUndefined;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsInches = AcDb::kUnitsInches;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsFeet = AcDb::kUnitsFeet;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMillimeters = AcDb::kUnitsMillimeters;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMeters = AcDb::kUnitsMeters;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMicroinches = AcDb::kUnitsMicroinches;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMils = AcDb::kUnitsMils;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsYards = AcDb::kUnitsYards;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMiles = AcDb::kUnitsMiles;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsAngstroms = AcDb::kUnitsAngstroms;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsNanometers = AcDb::kUnitsNanometers;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMicrons = AcDb::kUnitsMicrons;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsDecimeters = AcDb::kUnitsDecimeters;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsCentimeters = AcDb::kUnitsCentimeters;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsDekameters = AcDb::kUnitsDekameters;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsHectometers = AcDb::kUnitsHectometers;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsKilometers = AcDb::kUnitsKilometers;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsGigameters = AcDb::kUnitsGigameters;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsAstronomical = AcDb::kUnitsAstronomical;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsLightYears = AcDb::kUnitsLightYears;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsParsecs = AcDb::kUnitsParsecs;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsUSSurveyFeet = AcDb::kUnitsUSSurveyFeet;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsUSSurveyInch = AcDb::kUnitsUSSurveyInch;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsUSSurveyYard = AcDb::kUnitsUSSurveyYard;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsUSSurveyMile = AcDb::kUnitsUSSurveyMile;
const AcDb::UnitsValue kUnitsMax = AcDb::kUnitsMax;
// enum AcDb::OrthographicView
const AcDb::OrthographicView kTopView = AcDb::kTopView;
const AcDb::OrthographicView kBottomView = AcDb::kBottomView;
const AcDb::OrthographicView kFrontView = AcDb::kFrontView;
const AcDb::OrthographicView kBackView = AcDb::kBackView;
const AcDb::OrthographicView kLeftView = AcDb::kLeftView;
const AcDb::OrthographicView kRightView = AcDb::kRightView;
const AcDb::OrthographicView kNonOrthoView = AcDb::kNonOrthoView;
// enum AcDb::CellType
const AcDb::CellType kUnknownCell = AcDb::kUnknownCell;
const AcDb::CellType kTextCell = AcDb::kTextCell;
const AcDb::CellType kBlockCell = AcDb::kBlockCell;
// enum AcDb::CellEdgeMask
const AcDb::CellEdgeMask kTopMask = AcDb::kTopMask;
const AcDb::CellEdgeMask kRightMask = AcDb::kRightMask;
const AcDb::CellEdgeMask kBottomMask = AcDb::kBottomMask;
const AcDb::CellEdgeMask kLeftMask = AcDb::kLeftMask;
// enum AcDb::FlowDirection
const AcDb::FlowDirection kTtoB = AcDb::kTtoB;
const AcDb::FlowDirection kBtoT = AcDb::kBtoT;
// enum AcDb::RotationAngle
const AcDb::RotationAngle kDegrees000 = AcDb::kDegrees000;
const AcDb::RotationAngle kDegrees090 = AcDb::kDegrees090;
const AcDb::RotationAngle kDegrees180 = AcDb::kDegrees180;
const AcDb::RotationAngle kDegrees270 = AcDb::kDegrees270;
const AcDb::RotationAngle kDegreesUnknown = AcDb::kDegreesUnknown;
// enum AcDb::CellAlignment
const AcDb::CellAlignment kTopLeft = AcDb::kTopLeft;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kTopCenter = AcDb::kTopCenter;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kTopRight = AcDb::kTopRight;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kMiddleLeft = AcDb::kMiddleLeft;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kMiddleCenter = AcDb::kMiddleCenter;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kMiddleRight = AcDb::kMiddleRight;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kBottomLeft = AcDb::kBottomLeft;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kBottomCenter = AcDb::kBottomCenter;
const AcDb::CellAlignment kBottomRight = AcDb::kBottomRight;
// enum AcDb::GridLineType
const AcDb::GridLineType kInvalidGridLine = AcDb::kInvalidGridLine;
const AcDb::GridLineType kHorzTop = AcDb::kHorzTop;
const AcDb::GridLineType kHorzInside = AcDb::kHorzInside;
const AcDb::GridLineType kHorzBottom = AcDb::kHorzBottom;
const AcDb::GridLineType kVertLeft = AcDb::kVertLeft;
const AcDb::GridLineType kVertInside = AcDb::kVertInside;
const AcDb::GridLineType kVertRight = AcDb::kVertRight;
// enum AcDb::GridLineTypes
const AcDb::GridLineTypes kAllGridLines = AcDb::kAllGridLines;
// enum AcDb::RowType
const AcDb::RowType kUnknownRow = AcDb::kUnknownRow;
const AcDb::RowType kDataRow = AcDb::kDataRow;
const AcDb::RowType kTitleRow = AcDb::kTitleRow;
const AcDb::RowType kHeaderRow = AcDb::kHeaderRow;
// enum AcDb::RowTypes
const AcDb::RowTypes kAllRows = AcDb::kAllRows;
// enum AcDb::TableStyleFlags
const AcDb::TableStyleFlags kHorzInsideLineFirst = AcDb::kHorzInsideLineFirst;
const AcDb::TableStyleFlags kHorzInsideLineSecond = AcDb::kHorzInsideLineSecond;
const AcDb::TableStyleFlags kHorzInsideLineThird = AcDb::kHorzInsideLineThird;
const AcDb::TableStyleFlags kTableStyleModified = AcDb::kTableStyleModified;
const AcDb::SliceModelType kKeepBothSides = AcDb::kKeepBothSides;
const AcDb::SliceModelType kUseCurrentColor = AcDb::kUseCurrentColor;


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Questa voce contiene trame, dettagli e crediti dei registi e degli sceneggiatori della sesta stagione della serie televisiva Saranno famosi

Negli Stati Uniti, la serie fu trasmessa dalla NBC dal 6 ottobre 1986 al 18 maggio 1987, mentre in Italia andò in onda nel 1989.

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The A-Team series reboot in the works
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Deadline reports that 20th Century Fox has plans to update the A-Team for the small screen.
The A-Team doesn't now have a network home, but 20th Century Fox is expected to shop it around.
More importantly, the show is being produced by Chris Morgan, one of the lead creative forces behind the Fast & Furious franchise, who has retooled the series slightly as far as the backstories. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, the group attempts to clear their names by uncovering the black-ops conspiracy that set them up. Pictured is the cast of the original 1980s TV series.
Seeing as this new team will consist of male and female members, it's hard to say whether we'll be getting different versions of the classic foursome or totally new creations in a series which follows the same formula.
The new take hails from Morgan, with Sleepy Hollow executive producer Albert Kim set to pen the script and original The A-Team creator Stephen J. It's described as a fun episodic mission-of-the-week show that mixes big action-adventure sequences with compelling characters, inventive cons and lots of humor.
The A-Team was remade as a movie in 2010 with Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper. The film grossed about $77 million at the domestic box office.
Created by the prolific team of Cannell and Frank Lupo, "The A-Team" aired for five seasons on NBC, from 1983 to 1987, and starred George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz and Mr. T.
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EASTLAKE, Colo., June 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The Kiosk Industry Association is proud to announce the 2017 Hall of Fame inductees. This year our inductees are Tommy Woycik of NEXTEP SYSTEMS, Traci Martin of Olea Kiosks, Ben Wheeler, Nigel Seed (UK) and James Vande Castle is the media inductee.
Posthumous inductees are Tommy Wincent of Swecoin (Sweden) and Eric Dumouchel of Ultimedia (France).
The leading vote getter for the 2017 edition is Tommy Woycik, Founder and President of NEXTEP SYSTEMS, which specializes in self-order for QSRs, Restaurants and Fast Casual and counts SUBWAY, Wow Bao, and Which Wich among its clients. NEXTEP self-order includes indoor, outdoor, drive-thru, and mobile solutions.
The Kiosk Industry Association and Advisory Board congratulate all the inductees and thank them for their dedication to the kiosk industry over the many years. Their success is our success.
In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the Association gave out two Special Recognition awards posthumously to Eckhard Reinmann of Germany and James Bickers, editor. See the Hall of Fame page for more details.
The Association thanks KioWare for sponsoring the Hall of Fame for 2017. Thank you. The complete Kiosk Hall of Fame list is located here.
Along with our Hall of Fame inductees in 2017 we also have some special recognition posthumous awards for people instrumental in the industry which might not otherwise be noted.
Eckhard Reimann — some of his many articles are located here. A nice In Memoriam for Eckhard is here. Excerpt: The only worldwide independent, all-embracing competence ("gray eminence") for interactive kiosk, media, digital signage & room installations, comprehensive e-kiosk know-how as "Mr. Kiosk "(DMMK), Father of the Kiosks (NCR), multimedia pioneer (Prof. Swoboda, Trier), contacts, network, long-term (1999-2005/6) e-kiosk speaker at BVDW, , Jury chairman for kiosk / room installations at the German Multimedia Award (2002 – 2005), long-standing kiosk author at the HighText publishing house and the "Reimann commentary" at www.friendlyway.de Extensive literature source archive, moderator of the "E-Kiosk & Digital Signage Networking ". Co-author of "Handbook Practice Customer Relations Management", October 2007, author of the "DIGITAL MEDIA Best Practices Report – Digital Signage & Kiosks in Practice", Volume 1 (Trade) March 2011. "I was friends with Eckhard and worked with him on creating a stronger industry. He was a mentor for me.", Craig Keefner.
James Bickers — Nice In Memoriam on Digital Signage Today. From LinkedIn — Senior editor of the web news portal Retail Customer Experience, Bickers was founding editor for Digital Signage Today portal which launched digital signage into prominence. "James was one the most creative, talented people I've ever worked with," said Joseph Grove, the former executive editor of Networld Media Group, who hired Bickers in 2005 after being impressed with his freelance work.
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What is a Chauncey?
The definition of Chauncey is a man's name. An example of a famous Chauncey is Chauncey Davis, the football player. noun. 1. (person, proper) A masculine name.
Is Prof A slang word?
Definitions include: exclamation of displeasure; "crap!"; "shoot!".
What does drope mean?
Noun. drope m. vocative singular of drop ("bustard") vocative singular of drop (in golf)
What does a guinea a minute mean?
that is great fun
Guinea a minute means something or someone that is great fun, and worth a "guinea a minute." A guinea was "a gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling." " That day made a high festival for her, and, to use her own expressive phrase, 'was worth a guinea a minute to her.'"
Is Chancey a word?
1. Uncertain as to outcome; risky; hazardous. 2. Random; haphazard.
How do you spell Chauncey?
Chauncey Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com.
Is exam a slang?
exam Add to list Share. An exam is a test. Many high school and college classes have a midterm exam and a final exam. The word exam is short for examination, from 19th century student slang.
What is Crope?
(krŏp) n. Zoology. a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.
Whats a Ginnel mean?
a narrow passageway between buildings
/ (ˈɡɪnəl, ˈdʒɪn-) / noun. Northern English dialect a narrow passageway between buildings.
What does it mean to go through in Downton Abbey?
In a castle, after diner, the countess says that and all the ladies stand up and "go to the other room". After that, servants are speaking together and are wondering how long the ladies will stay here and one of them says : "if you have settle the ladies, then it won't be long once they go through."
What does swag mean?
In short order, this particular meaning of swag broadened and soon referred to anything given to an attendee of an event (such as a conference) as a promotional stunt. This swag didn't gain much use until the 1990s, but it also didn't appear out of thin air.
What is Chauncey?
Not to be confused with the term " Chauncy ", which is without the E . A Chauncey is a person who tends to be more talented, smarter, and better over-all in numeruos ways than the average person. They tend to be deserving of reverence and are thought of highly, but sometimes due to this are envied.
What are some good swag quotes?
"Yo, that dude's got so much swag, it's not even fair. Nah, he's lame he just rips off other people's looks." 2. What does Swag stand for? "He gave me a SWAG for the project, but said he'd provide a more thorough estimate by COB Friday." 3. What does swag mean?
When did swag become a thing?
This swag didn't gain much use until the 1990s, but it also didn't appear out of thin air. The newer meanings were based on an older, more established meaning that referred to goods acquired by unlawful means: Silverware in those days was the choicest swag known to burglars…
What are all of the properties of exponents?
How do I calibrate my Garmin Foretrex 401?


As part of the wider RSPCA it's our vision to live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion. Our mission is to, by all lawful means, prevent cruelty, promote kindness to and alleviate suffering of all animals.
We are a volunteer run branch and are limited to what we can and cannot do.
Stafford Wolverhampton and District Branch is able to offer some financial assistance to help local animals in need. This is intended for owners who have experienced unexpected veterinary costs for their pet and are having difficulty with payment. Due to the high level of demand for this service the financial contribution is restricted to certain treatments and fixed amounts. It does not include routine treatments such as vaccinations and other preventative treatment. Proof of means tested benefits or low income is required before any financial assistance is granted, which will be in the form of a voucher, redeemable at the veterinary practice where treatment is to be provided.


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Songs Are Dangerous: Renowned and beloved music instructor (and award-winning composer and recording artist) Jane Ellen began her recent OASIS Albuquerque class Ronnie, Lee, Fred, & Pete: The Weavers by quoting Ronnie Gilbert:
Songs are dangerous.
The OASIS Albuquerque course description tells us
The Weavers, one of the most significant popular music groups of the postwar era, was formed in 1948 by Ronnie Gilbert (1926-2015), Lee Hays (1914-81), Fred Hellerman (1927-2016), and Pete Seeger (1919-2014).
After securing a steady gig at New York's Village Vanguard, the group was discovered by Gordon Jenkins who put them on the charts with original arrangements of "Goodnight, Irene" and "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena."
The Weavers saw their career nearly destroyed during the Red Scare of the early 1950s.
And Abq Jew's dear relative Ronnie Gilbert (see Starting With Aunt Bea) explains exactly what was going on in the first words of her memoir.
Songs are dangerous. So said HUAC (the House Un-American Activities Committee) in the1950s, and its anti-communist investigators did their best to prevent us from being un-American in public. Nevertheless, the Weavers endured ....
Which brings us to ...
The Little Red Hen. You know - the old folk fable that (ostensibly) teaches children the virtues of work ethic and personal initiative.
Red Hens, Little or not, have certainly been in the news lately. Especially this one -
The Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Virginia
About which Abq Jew will have more to say a bit later on.
But first - let's talk about Malvina Reynolds. Who, as Abq Jew has said (see Morningtown Ride), was, God bless her, a real piece of work.
Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her song-writing, particularly the songs Little Boxes and Morningtown Ride.
Malvina Milder was born in San Francisco to David and Abagail Milder, Jewish and socialist immigrants, who opposed involvement in World War I.
She married William ("Bud") Reynolds, a carpenter and labor organizer, in 1934. They had one child, Nancy Reynolds Schimmel (a songwriter and performer in her own right), in 1935. She had earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and later earned a doctorate there, finishing her dissertation in 1938.
Though she played violin in a dance band in her twenties, she began her songwriting career late in life. She was in her late 40s when she met Earl Robinson, Pete Seeger, and other folk singers and songwriters. She returned to school at UC Berkeley, where she studied music theory.
She went on to write several popular songs, including "Little Boxes," "What Have They Done to the Rain," recorded by The Searchers and Joan Baez (about nuclear fallout), "It Isn't Nice" (a civil rights anthem), "Turn Around" (about children growing up, later sung by Harry Belafonte), and "There's a Bottom Below" (about depression).
Reynolds was also a noted composer of children's songs, including "Magic Penny" (a traditional London folk song during the 1940s) and "Morningtown Ride," a top five UK single (December 1966) recorded by The Seekers.
Remember - Songs are dangerous. One of Malvina's songs (amazingly, not mentioned in her Wikipedia entry) is The Little Red Hen.
Which starts out sorta regular - just like the nursery rhyme.
The Little Red Hen found a grain of wheat,
Said "This looks good enough to eat,
But I'll plant it instead, make me some bread,"
Said to the other guys down the street,
"Who will help me plant this wheat?"
And has an understandable, repeatable chorus:
"Not I!" said the dog and the cat.
"Not I!" said the mouse and the rat.
"I will then," said the Little Red Hen,
And she did.
But which ends as sort of an anti-nursery rhyme.
The bread looked good and smelled so fine
The gang came running and fell in line;
"We'll do our part with all our heart
To help you eat this chow!"
She said, "I do not need you now."
"I planted and hoed this grain of wheat,
Them that works not, shall not eat,
That's my credo," the little bird said,
And that's why they called her Red.
Which brings us back to ...
The problem with incivility is ... It Isn't Nice. Yes, Malvina wrote a song about that, too. Here sung by Judy Collins, because - why not?
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it,
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
Yes, the song is from another era of fighters and martyrs.
But it still rings true, doesn't it?
Romans 13, Tolerance Zero
Not here. Not now. Not in our name: We have seen the pictures, watched the videos, heard the voices. Children being separated from their parents - by agents of our government - as they cross the US-Mexico border to plea for asylum.
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Our Attorney General has supported this new and purposefully frightening US policy, in part, by quoting Romans 13, a passage from Paul's epistle to the Romans.
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
But Abq Jew recalls the words of Antonio in The Merchant of Venice.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
Oh, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
We Jews, Abq Jew is proud to report, are not Christians.
We need pay no attention to what Paul may (or may not) have said as he was trying to sell (you should forgive the expression) his particular brand of Christianity to what would become, through the mystery of history, the Holy Roman Empire.
But we Jews do, in fact, have our own version of Romans 13.
Allow Abq Jew to present
דינא ד׳מלכותא דינא
Dina d'malkhuta dina (the law of the land is the law) is a Rabbinic / Talmudic statement that Jews must observe the laws of wherever they live.
The blog Jewish Treats explains:
"Dina d'malchuta dina," the law of the land is the law, is a phrase repeated numerous times in the Talmud, and always attributed to the sage Samuel. According to Samuel, there is no question that a Jew must obey the laws of the land in which he/she resides... unless that law directly contradicts halacha (for instance a law ordering everyone to worship idols).
In certain cases, the rabbis determined that certain rulers and their unfair and harsh laws were dangerous to the Jewish people, and therefore permitted the local Jews to "skirt the laws" or even to ignore them (such as the anti-Semitic decrees of the Russian Czars). In a country like the United States, however, there is no question that dina d'malchuta dina must be strictly observed.
What does this mean? This means that being a law-abiding citizen is more that just one's civic duty, it is one's religious obligation as well. Taxes, civil law, even the "rules of the road" are our responsibility to uphold.
But let's hold our horses.
Our Rabbis of Blessed Memory, however, were not unequivocal about the matter.
And Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) points out the degree of the Rabbis' uncertainty about dealing with the government.
On one hand:
[Rabban Gamaliel the son of Rabbi Judah the Prince said:] Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They appear as friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not stand by a man in his time of need. (Pirke Avot 2:3)
But on the other hand:
Rabbi Chanina, an assistant of the High Priest said: Pray for the welfare of the government, since but for fear of it men would swallow each other alive. (Pirke Avot 3:2)
Both of these statements - both of these viewpoints - are, Abq Jew fears, true. Yet, as F. Scott Fitzgerald informs us:
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
From which, Abq Jew claims, we must ask each other
Which side are you on?
Most of the major and minor American Jewish institutions - 27 or more - have issued statements strongly opposing our government's immoral treatment of refugees.
Just one example: Bend the Arc has declared a state of Moral Emergency. Here is their statement:
The Trump Administration's inhumane immigration policies can only continue if good people stay silent. Add your voice to this communal declaration from the Jewish community.
To this country, in whose promise we still believe, to the millions of people who are outraged and horrified, and especially to the thousands of children who have been separated from their families, we declare our nation to be in a state of moral emergency.
This Administration has established border policies unprecedented in their scope and cruelty, that are inflicting physical, mental, and emotional harm on immigrants and punishing those seeking refuge at our borders.
We are anguished by the stories and images of desperate parents torn from their babies and detention facilities packed with children. We shudder with the knowledge that these inhumane policies are committed in our name, and we lift our voices in protest.
The Jewish community, like many others, knows all too well what it looks like for a government to criminalize the most vulnerable, to lie and obfuscate to justify grossly immoral practices under the banner of "the law," to interpret holy scripture as a cover for human cruelty, to normalize what can never be made normal. We have seen this before.
When crying children are taken from their parents' arms, the American Jewish community must not remain silent.
To those who are targeted by these cruel policies, know that the Jewish community hears your cries. We will take risks to support you, and we will demand that our nation's leaders take action. We will not abide the claim that people didn't know or understand the extent of your suffering; we will not allow your torment to be in vain.
Our government can persist in this inhumane behavior only if good people remain silent.
And so we declare a state of moral emergency, and we rise to meet this moment. Even as our democratic institutions are under duress, we raise our voices and take decisive action. United by the wisdom of our tradition, we stand with immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, with the children, and with their parents.
We declare: Not here. Not now. Not in our name.
Korach and the First Tongs
Ten Things, Say the Rabbis: As Abq Jew pointed out all the way back in 2012 (see Explain Me Three Things) - and has been confirmed in nearly every Abq Jew blog post before and since -
Abq Jew does not understand the universe. At all. Except for the answer 42 to the ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything, the universe rarely crosses what remains, after all these years, of Abq Jew's mind.
In Pirke Avot (Chapters of the Fathers), the Rabbis state (Chapter 5, Mishna 8b):
Most of Chapter 5 deals with numerology: numbers, and their meanings. Starting with the perfect number 10:
With ten utterances the world was created.
There were ten generations from Adam to Noah.
With ten tests Abraham, our father, was tested.
Ten miracles were performed for our ancestors in Egypt,
Ten [miracles were performed] at the [Reed] Sea.
[With] ten trials did our ancestors test the Omnipresent, blessed be He, in the Wilderness.
Ten miracles were performed for our forefathers in the Temple.
And the last '10' thing:
were created on the Sabbath eve at twilight.
Now, even though the text may seem plain enough (some say: because the text seems plain enough), Abq Jew must fall back (ouch!) on his technical writing roots to make it into numbered lists:
Ten things were created on the Sabbath eve at twilight. They are:
The mouth of the earth [which swallowed Korach and his co-conspirators]
The mouth of the well [which accompanied Israel in the desert]
The mouth of the donkey [which rebuked Balaam]
The rainbow [that God left as a sign for Noah and his family]
The Manna
The staff [of Moses]
The shamir worm [which could eat the hardest stone to build the Temple]
The script [of the Ten Commandments and the Torah]
The inscription [on the Tablets of the Ten Commandments]
The Tablets themselves [which could miraculously be read from either side]
Some say: also
Destructive spirits
The burial place of Moses
The ram of our father Abraham [which he slaughtered in place of Isaac]
And some say, also:
Tongs - which are made with tongs
Rabbi Dovid Rosenfield (mispocha? Abq Jew comes from a family of Rosenfields) comments on Torah.org:
[T]ongs deserve an honorable mention - if nothing else because they make an interesting diversion. :-) I don't know if they too represent a merging of physical and spiritual realities, but they address one of those logical dilemmas which has plagued man throughout the centuries.
It takes a pair of tongs to shape a second pair over the fire. Who made the first one? Did the first blacksmith torture himself for the benefit of the future of mankind?
It too could have only been an act of G-d - not during the Six Days in which He created the natural world, but as a special gift to allow man to get on with the task of living and prospering in the world we know.
In other words: the Rabbis postulated that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, gave us all we need to live in the world. The world - in terms of matter, of material, physical things - is complete.
So everything's just fine, right?
Except for Thing #1
The mouth of the earth
[which swallowed Korach and his co-conspirators]
MyJewishLearning provides a swift summary of this week's parashah:
In this Torah portion, Korach and his followers accuse Moses and Aaron of taking power and prestige for themselves at the expense of the community. Moses defends himself against the rebels by saying that the Lord will make God's presence known by how God kills these rebels. Then God opens the ground and swallows Korach and his followers.
The mouth of the earth was waiting for Korach?
Whatever happened to free will?
As it turns out, Abq Jew has already covered this in a previous (and recent) kvetch (see Ship of State Hits the Sand). Where he wrote
It turns out that Judaism, the religion (civilization!) we all know and love, has a lot to say about Fate and Fortune. But boiling it down in our Bunsens, what we draw from the beaker is
There are theological problems with the idea of human free will. Jewish tradition depicts God as intricately involved in the unfolding of history. The Bible has examples of God announcing predetermined events and interfering with individual choices. Rabbinic literature and medieval philosophy further develop the notion of divine providence:
God watches over, guides, and intervenes in human affairs. How can this be reconciled with human free will?
There is also a philosophical problem, which derives from the conception of God as omnipotent and omniscient: If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, then God must know what we will do before we do it.
Doesn't this predetermine our choices? Doesn't this negate free will?
Our beloved Rabbi Akiva (Avot, Chapter 3, Mishnah 15) has cut to the chase:
Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted
Now Korah (the parashah, not the person)
has (arguably) bigger problems than free will.
For, as Richard Elliott Friedman and the Documentary Hypothesis (see JEPD (and MMLJ) Visit ABQ) show us, what we've got this week are two stories wrapped as one.
Even more revealing is the way that the author of P transformed a JE story of a rebellion in the wilderness. The two are wound around each other in the Bible now like the two flood stories.
Which may be why a lot of it doesn't seem to make sense when we read it straight through. But in the meantime -
Justify has won the Triple Crown
North Korea and the USA have declared
peace in our time
Five (5) Jewish baseball players
have hit home runs on the same day
Pushkin on Jeopardy!
Or, How Do We Know What We Know? Tuesday, May 22, 2018 is a date that will be implanted in Abq Jew's otherwise cloudy with a chance of meatballs memory until he forgets it.
For on that date, Abq Jew heard Alex Trebek - in the category 'Famous Russians' - provide the Final Jeopardy! answer
In November 1836 this writer got a letter naming him
to the Most Serene Order of Cuckolds;
in February 1837 he was dead.
And Abq Jew immediately, without thought or contemplation, correctly, from his greyhound-adorned couch, responded
Who is Alexander Pushkin?
Now Abq Jew must remind you that he is, by the skin of his teeth, a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Where he received, appropriately, a BS degree in Engineering & Applied Science.
And Abq Jew must remind you that he is, without honors for utterly failing at the somber task of academic writing - but with tremendous gratitude - a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS). Where he received, somehow, an MA degree in [Jewish] Education.
Where is Russian literature?
Abq Jew has read Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Many years ago, and more than once. Just don't ask him who's who in patronymic or, for that matter, matronymic.
Abq Jew has also read Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment - also, many years ago. A delightful, thoroughly enjoyable axe-murder romp that reminds us that you can't chop your mama up in Massachusetts or in Saint Petersburg.
At least, not without some small measure of remorse.
There are those who, perhaps unkindly but not without some small measure of truth, suggest that Dostoevsky wrote one of his classics about Abq Jew.
And Abq Jew has - of course - seen David Lean's wonderful, award-winning film made from Bernard Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago. But he's never read the book.
The point - and it's a major one - that Abq Jew is trying to make here is that
On Tuesday, May 22, 2018 ...
Abq Jew knew nothing of the life and work of
Alexander Pushkin, 'The Father of Russian Literature'.
So, Abq Jew hears you, his loyal readers, ask, where did his immediate 'Alexander Pushkin' response come from?
To answer that question, Abq Jew turns to the purported master of Knowns and Unknowns, our former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.
There are known knowns is a phrase from a response United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave to a question at a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) news briefing on February 12, 2002 about the lack of evidence linking the government of Iraq with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups.
Rumsfeld stated:
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.
The statement became the subject of much commentary, including a documentary by Academy Award–winning film director Errol Morris.
In regular American English, Mr Rumsfeld claimed that there are
Known Knowns = Things we know we know
Known Unknowns = Things we know we don't know
Unknown Unknowns = Things we don't know we don't know
What is missing from this series of statements?
4. Unknown Knowns = Things we don't know we know
How can there be such things - things we don't know we know? Where could such hidden knowledge come from? Where did such hidden knowledge go when we needed it? How can we get it back? How much will it cost? Will Medicare cover it?
The universe is full of mysteries.
Or, as Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel said -
Our goal should be to live life in
radical amazement.
Get up in the morning and look at the world
in a way that takes nothing for granted.
Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible;
never treat life casually.
To be spiritual is to be amazed.
But back to Final Jeopardy! The Jeopardy! Fan website tells us that, of the three contestants that day
Two responded 'Who is Tolstoy?'
One responded 'Who is Dostoevsky?'
Only Abq Jew, from his greyhound-adorned couch,
was able to question the answer correctly.
And in case you were wondering -
In the fall of 1836, Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (author of the play Boris Godunov and the novel Eugene Onegin) was facing scandalous rumours that his wife Natalia was having an affair with French military officer Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès.
In amongst the scandal was a letter lampooning Pushkin. Heeckeren was accused of being the anonymous author of the lampoon. In an attempt to save Natalia's reputation, Heeckeren married Natalia's sister Yekaterina, but this was not enough to settle the conflict, and Pushkin was killed in the eventual duel.
In the aftermath, Heeckeren was removed from Russia and lived out the rest of his life in France, serving as a Senator in the Second French Empire from 1852 to 1870.


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Preston & Fylde
Fabulous Fulwood
With an abundance of schools, shops, eateries and leafy suburban streets, Fulwood has always been a desirable and attractive place to live. Situated just a couple of miles north of Preston city centre, the area has a distinct personality and a wealth of opportunities for residents and visitors alike
Home to some of the finest Victorian buildings in Lancashire, including Fulwood Barracks, Fulwood Union Workhouse and the Harris Orphanage, the area dates back to the 12th century and has a proud tradition of protecting and preserving its culture and heritage.
With Preston city centre on its doorstep, opportunities for entertainment, shopping and dining have never been in short supply. However, the area itself also has many local amenities, including shops, primary and high schools, pubs, libraries, a gym, the Booths supermarket complex and a range of beautiful parks.
Independent businesses are also flourishing, so residents and visitors, definitely aren't stuck for choice when it comes to looking for something different.
There's plenty of choice for house buyers, and a mixture of beautiful old traditional properties and modern homes. Fulwood caters for everyone, from first-time buyers, to professional couples commuting and families and due to its accessibility to the M6, M61 and M55, it is also easy to get to most places.
In December 2017 Fulwood library reopened after being closed down due to county council cutbacks. Since reopening, the library has an extensive events calendar and now a Friends of Fulwood Library group has been launched.
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CASE Reports. 9788371786730. CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, 2018. No. 495.
Virtual currencies are a contemporary form of private money. Thanks to their technological properties, their global transaction networks are relatively safe, transparent, and fast. This gives them good prospects for further development. However, they remain unlikely to challenge the dominant position of sovereign currencies and central banks, especially those in major currency areas. As with other innovations, virtual currencies pose a challenge to financial regulators, in particular because of their anonymity and trans-border character.
Мазалова М. К. В кн.: Современные подходы к исследованию и моделированию в экономике, финансах и бизнесе: Материалы 4-й Ежегодной конференции Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге и Санкт-Петербургского экономико-математического института РАН. Вып. 4. СПб.: Издательство Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, 2010. С. 63-66.
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We consider multistage bidding models where two types of risky assets (shares) are traded between two agents that have different information on the liquidation prices of traded assets. These prices are random integer variables that are determined by the initial chance move according to a probability distribution p over the two-dimensional integer lattice that is known to both players. Player 1 is informed on the prices of both types of shares, but Player 2 is not. The bids may take any integer value.
The model of n-stage bidding is reduced to a zero-sum repeated game with lack of information on one side. We show that, if liquidation prices of shares have finite variances, then the sequence of values of n-step games is bounded. This makes it reasonable to consider the bidding of unlimited duration that is reduced to the infinite game G1(p). We offer the solutions for these games.
We begin with constructing solutions for these games with distributions p having two and three-point supports. Next, we build the optimal strategies of Player 1 for bidding games G1(p) with arbitrary distributions p as convex combinations of his optimal strategies for such games with distributions having two- and three-point supports. To do this we construct the symmetric representation of probability distributions with fixed integer expectation vectors as a convex combination of distributions with not more than three-point supports and with the same expectation vectors.
We argue that the result of dynamic inconsistency of optimal policy is based on an unrealistic assumption that expropriations of property rights or defaults of government debt may be optimal. If we pose an exogenous constraint, which forbids all implicit forms of government debt defaults or expropriations, we get that optimal policy is always dynamically consistent. We demonstrate this result in the Chamley-Judd's framework of an optimal capital taxation problem. We show that under the No Implied Default Condition optimal policy starts with a revision of consumption and labour taxes, afterwards all taxes are about constant and the capital income tax is about zero. The No Implied Default Condition, which guarantees property rights and dynamic consistency, requires that household's wealth be considered as predetermined in the same units as the household's objective function.
This paper analyzes a stylized model of an export-oriented economy. It investigates the impact of macroeconomic policies on the dynamics of the exchange rate, inflation, output and stabilization fund and consider different forms of strategic interaction between the government and the central bank. It is shown that the effective interaction of fiscal and monetary policies is possible under Stackelberg interaction with the government as leader and under cooperation.


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SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported fewer than 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus for the fourth day in a row Wednesday, but health authorities still remain wary of an increase in new infections amid the eased social distancing campaign.
The country detected 11 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,694, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Six of the newly added cases were imported, the data showed.
Over the past two weeks, 57 percent of the new COVID-19 cases were from overseas, with another 14.5 percent linked to medical facilities, such as nursing homes, the KCDC said.
"Citizens are urged to actively participate in social distancing that will be carried out until May 5," KCDC chief Jeong Eun-kyeong said.
Starting Monday, the country applied a relaxed social distancing advisory to some facilities, including gyms and cram schools, as the number of new COVID-19 infections here showed clear signs of slowing down.
The KCDC said an average of between 2,000 and 3,000 people entered South Korea every day in April, compared with an average of between 7,000 and 8,000 entrants in March.
An average number of new confirmed cases detected at quarantine check points also dramatically shrank from a maximum of 15 every day in March to about five recently.
The average fatality rate of elderly patients, however, still remain relatively high with those aged 80 or older logging a whopping 23.4 percent, the KCDC said.
The country announced a single-digit increase in cases Sunday for the first time in two months at eight, followed by 13 cases the following day and nine on Tuesday.
The plateauing figures mark a drastic drop from the Feb. 29 peak of 909 new cases. The country confirmed its first COVID-19 infection on Jan. 20.
Seoul said it has formed a task force composed of various government agencies to systemically deal with requests from other countries asking for quarantine tips.
"The task force will unify a single channel in sharing our quarantine experience and supporting demands from the international community," Yoon Tae-ho, a senior health ministry official, told reporters.
Yoon said a total of some 40 countries have since sought help from local health authorities on quarantine measures.
Seoul has also already shipped test kits to more than 60 countries, including some of the most hard-hit countries such as Italy.
The nation's death toll from the coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, rose by one to 237, the health authorities said.
In total, 8,277 patients in South Korea have recovered from the virus, up from 8,213 a day earlier.
The number of new infections continued to slow in the southeastern city of Daegu, the nation's worst virus-hit region that accounts for around 64 percent of the total cases, adding just one additional case.
Seoul, the most populous city of South Korea, reported two new cases, with the surrounding Gyeonggi Province reporting no COVID-19 infections.
In regards to possible infection cases connected to general elections held last week, the health authorities said there has not yet been a single reported case.
On April 15, South Korea became the first major country to successfully hold nationwide polls since the COVID-19 crisis began sweeping the globe.
The authorities, however, said they will wait one more week to see whether quarantine measures on the voting day have really worked as the incubation period of COVID-19 is about two weeks.
Meanwhile, the authorities said they will soon announce more detailed guidelines regarding the so-called everyday quarantine measures that will soon be adopted.
Authorities had initially planned to shift to "everyday quarantine" from social distancing when daily infections fell below 50 and cases coming from unknown infection routes accounted for less than 5 percent of all cases.
A total of some 20 guidelines that the public has to abide by during everyday life will be announced this week, the authorities said.
The KCDC also said half of a group of 25 patients who made fully recoveries had traces of the virus despite having protective antibodies against the coronavirus.
Of the 25 patients, 12 tested positive again for COVID-19 despite having created the so-called neutralizing antibody that possess properties that can resist the virus.
"We assume that the virus is not completely destroyed and remains in the body despite having created antibodies depending on the patient. Further studies are under way," Jeong said.
Jeong further said the KCDC has divided and incubated the virus of 39 patients who tested positive again for COVID-19 after full recoveries to analyze their genes, with six of them confirmed to have tested negative.
"They showed signs of positiveness during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests but tested negative during virus culture tests, indicating that the contagiousness level is nearly none or very low," she said.


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Considered Amongst World's Sexiest Women Claudia Romani Reveals Secrets To Her Fit Body & Glowing Skin!
April 12, 2018 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)
Photo Credits: Ulora Photography, Swimsuit: @Lybethras, HMU: @beautyKeg
Claudia Romani has appeared on covers of GQ and Maxim, and in 2006 was voted one of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World by FHM Denmark. She was voted best Bikini Body 2012 on the VH1 website in the supermodels category, beating Adriana Lima and Naomi Campbell. Afterwards she won in round 2 with Selena Gomez and in round 3 with Drita D'Avanzo. She was in the final with Beyoncé at the VH1 Bikini Awards Finals; Beyoncé won 52.88% against 47.12% Claudia.
Lets get to know more about the stunning supermodel from herself, in a candid interview with Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness.
Born in 1982, you have been featured in magazines such as FHM (Denmark, Turkey and Slovenia), GQ,Maxim (Italy, Greece, USA), Cosmopolitan (UK), More!, and Playboy Italy and Romania and have been voted as one of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World by FHM Denmark. Share with us your incredible journey in the field of the modeling.
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I have been modeling for so long.. I have worked all over the world and I m so blessed!!! I started way before the internet when there were real models, real agencies.. printed magazines, printed model books. Not every pretty girl was a model.. A Lot of effort was required not just a snap and lots of filters. There was the whole process of booking a job, doing it and then the wait for it to come out.. to see posters at the bus stops, to see it at the news stands on a magazine cover!! The digital world is fantastic and brought us the chance to go global in a click, but images are consumed at the speed of light these days !
I'm glad a curvy fit girl like myself, from a small town in Italy could achieve so much but I want to do so much more and keep speaking for who doesn't have a voice, starting with the Pets on death row.


I am a first time mom and this is my second failed pregnancy (last one at 7 weeks). A few weeks ago (16 weeks) I had an ultrasound and the doctor saw that the baby was measuring behind especially in the stomach area and I also had very low amniotic fluid. Doctor advised waiting two weeks and rescanning. At the rescan I had a level two ultrasound done and doctor saw multiple abnormalities including issues with the brain, feet, hands and possibly the heart. Went to go get a second opinion and they saw the same things.... Amniotic fluid was so low that they didn't suggest a amnio. Both doctors recommended termination bc they don't think things are going to end well. They recommended taking fetal tissue to do the testing once I terminated in order to find out what the chromosomal abnormality or deletion was. I was really struggling with the idea of a termination and am heart broken. Went in to get ready for the termination today and found out the baby's heart stopped, probably sometime yesterday. I am going to now deliver our baby and hope that we eventually get some answers. I honestly feel sick to my stomach right now and don't know how I am going to get through this delivery.
So sorry to hear, I know it's hard to believe now but I would consider your beautiful baby passing a blessing as now the decision isn't yours to make. Most of us in this group know all too well the guilt that goes along with that and I know you were struggling with it, as is to be expected. Wishing you so much strength today during the delivery. Cherish the moments you spend with baby if you decide to do that. We are hear for you when you need us.
I hope you find peace too. I'll be thinking about you today.
I am so sorry for your loss. My baby boy also had many abnormalities that were deemed fatal. I recently got my autopsy results back, and I am glad that I didn't let him suffer any longer. There were so many things wrong that he would have never survived. As much as it is a painful experience, I hope you take the time to be with your baby. You will cherish that time for the rest of your life. Sending strength and love in this difficult time. Hugs!
Ditto to what the other ladies have said. It is still extremely painful, I know. Sending you strength in the days to come and I'm truly so sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry. I agree it's a blessing the baby passed before. I have so much lingering guilt I had to make that decision to end my baby's life. Even though my baby's diagnosis was fatal. Thinking of you and sending comfort strength and love your way. Please use this group as much as you need. These ladies are amazing, loving, supportive, strong women.
Thank you so much to everyone for the support. After 36 hours of labor my little boy came into the world. It makes me so sad to know I will never get to hold him, but I know that this was for the best. My doctor is going to do everything in her power to find out what went wrong so we know what is ahead of us when trying again in the future.
Sending you strength and a quick physical recovery. Not getting answers is extremely difficult. I will keep you in my thoughts that an answer is found so you know what you are dealing with. Having an answer is bad, not having an answer is worse :( I have been in both situations. Take care of yourself.
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Any bindings that use the property should receive the event and update their target property.

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San Francisco: The city where it's normal to be different
The Summer of Love may be one for the history books, but you can't get far in San Francisco without being reminded of what it once was.
With its steep hills, colorful Victorian homes and remnants of the hopeful hippie life, San Francisco is like an unforgettable character from your favorite book.
Eclectic and evolving, clever and friendly, it will challenge your travel expectations and leave you breathless in more ways than one.
San Francisco has a magnetic pull — it's what keeps visitors returning again and again and what keeps creatives alive, in spite of an ever-changing industry landscape.
Soraya Matos
A walk through the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, more commonly just referred to as the Haight, you may get the sense that not much has changed.
A clock on the corner of the famous intersection is permanently set to 4:20, which is a well-worn reference to smoking marijuana, a substance legal in California and available for purchase in dispensaries throughout the city.
But the Haight isn't a haven for drugs, though experimentation continues to be a defining characteristic as seen through the art and surviving -- and thriving -- local businesses.
To wit: Distractions, a shop that's been around since 1976. It is one of the longest-standing merchants in the former "psychedelic" neighborhood, and it caters to a new generation of locals and visitors. Flapper dresses and other Victorian-era attire, which Distractions' owner Jimmy Siegel says was worn by the original hippies, is now most often sold to people with capital, an inevitable part of San Francisco's growth.
Colorful Victorian houses are what many have come to associate with San Francisco architecture.
Siegel, who came to San Francisco as a street kid from Pennsylvania in 1972, embodies the Victorian era and hippie culture today in 2019. His passion is on display at his eclectic shop as well as in his five-story, meticulously restored Victorian home.
"We were trying to create an alternate society where money wasn't very important," Siegel explains. And although Siegel admits that his idea of him and his fellow hippies dropping out and creating their own society seems naive now, he has no desire to embrace the slick side of San Francisco.
He has an email address but prefers the phone.
Jimmy Siegel's Westerfeld House includes a psychedlic room that feels like stepping into a time machine.
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A long-time participant in and proponent of Burning Man, an annual event typically associated with drug experimentation, live music and community-building, Siegel's house contains a bright psychedelic room. Wall-to-wall posters, a covered ceiling and lava lamps depicting the creative artists and musicians of the 1960s is an immersive experience, bordering on sensory overload.
What seems far out elsewhere finds a home in San Francisco.
A city of rebellion and defiance
But in San Francisco, and particularly in its neighboring Silicon Valley, about 40 miles from the city's center, money is important. It's a driving force behind the venture capitalist boom.
In fact, small-business owners like Siegel and other aspiring artists find dissonance in the burgeoning tech scene and a desire to be creative and form communities. And yet they stay in an act of defiance or perhaps simply because San Francisco, regardless of its changing industry landscape and recent sophistication, nonetheless encourages and embraces individuality.
The iconic Golden Gate Bridge provides glorious views from all over the city on clear days.
Fred Turner, professor of communication at Stanford University, says that San Francisco got started as an alternative space as early as the 19th century. People migrated to the West for freedom back then, but according to Turner, moving West for freedom and to be seen, is a modern phenomenon too.
In an office with a seemingly infinite number of books, Turner pulls one title in particular: "The Last Whole Earth Catalog," a book was originally seen as a catalog for people starting out in communes. Steve Jobs, Turner points out, who lived on a commune for a year, talked about the book as a "proto-internet."
And when Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to build a Facebook system to connect people, "he's using the language of the communes," Turner explains.
The story of San Francisco
In spite of tech's strong presence and associated greed as many perceive it, if there's one thing that San Francisco still stands for, it's happiness.
Victorian homes still dominate San Francisco's streets, but now there are also a lot of new buildings — tall and shiny, they exemplify the growing tech scene.
For Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists, maybe money equals happiness, though Turner argues that this is simply the story of San Francisco: "Silicon Valley absorbs the creative energy, the self-centeredness, the consciousness orientation that is the San Francisco counterculture."
Each new tide brings change to the city and fortifies its spirit.
While at the outset, the entrepreneur lifestyle may seem to reside on the opposite end of the spectrum from the artist's way of life, the question is: Are they really all that disparate?
Like a moth to a flame
In 1974, artist Steve Silver and a group of his friends donned outlandish costumes and performed a theater of sorts on a San Francisco street corner. Enraptured viewers dropped bills in a jar, and Silver and his amateur entourage walked away that first night with $200.
While $200 was worth a lot more 45 years ago than it is today, according to the late artist's wife, Jo Schuman Silver, it wasn't the performers' driving force.
Now the show's producer, Schuman Silver carries on her late husband's legacy with back-to-back performances of "Beach Blanket Babylon" night after night. Housed in a theater in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, not far from the city's Little Italy district, the outlandish, hilarious and confident musical revue is known for its creative costumes.
Tammy Nelson has been a "Beach Blanket Babylon" cast member for 25 years. Her San Francisco skyline hat is impressive in both size and scope.
Huge and heavy headpieces, including one of San Francisco's skyline, are one of the show's defining, if frivolous, characteristics. That and the fact that the performance can change on a dime — or, rather, on the quick turn of a breaking news cycle.
"If there's something in the news, and I think the audience will care about it, and it's relevant," Schuman Silver says she will add it to the show immediately — that night.
"Beach Blanket Babylon" responds to pop culture phenomenon and trends and the Trump Administration's latest headlines, but it's not "too techy, or too slick," and, says Schuman Silver when pressed about what makes it so dynamic and enduring, "It's just San Francisco. It pulls you in."
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Shahid Afridi was ruled out of the 2013 Champions Trophy for being consistently inconsistent. The axing was a lesson for him. That is why when he returned today in Providence, Guyana, he went on the rampage. At a time when Pakistan had lost five wickets on 47 and there was a bleak prospect of the team reaching even 100, Afridi played a tremendous innings of 76 off 55. The need of the time was to stay at the crease as long as you could and play only the bad deliveries. Studded with five sixes and five fours, Afridi played an innings that he owed to the team for a long time. He played a similar innings in a recent tour of South Africa, but it proved fruitless. However, today's innings was a nightmare for the opponents.
And he did not just stop there. With a low score of 224, Pakistan needed a bowling performance as well. It was Afridi again this time who bowled superbly with a personal best of seven wickets for 12 runs in nine overs. It was also the best innings by a Pakistani in ODIs. Had he taken a one more wicket, he would have broken Chaminda Vaas' world record of eight wickets.
The performance earned Afridi the man-of-the-match award – 30th time in his 355-match career. This has made him the top Pakistani player to achieve most man-of-the-match awards. He is also among the top 10 international players to have claimed the award most of the times.


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Q: How to pick a thesis advisor? This sort of question is probably in bad taste for math.stackexchange, but is probably in high demand. (I tried to start a site on Area 51 to house questions like this, but my request was closed due to the existence of math.stackexchange.)
I am advising talented students about graduate school. I believe that the most important thing one must be sure to do is pick the right PhD thesis advisor.

Question: What is your best advice on picking a good thesis advisor. (For the sake of levity, feel free to answer an opposite question regarding how to pick a bad thesis advisor. Just be sure you are clear whether you are indicating how to pick a good or bad advisor!)

A: This is an interesting take: http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2010/11/17/the-minimalist-approach-to-an-advisor/
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A: When sizing up a potential advisor it's helpful to chat with their current students, especially those nearing graduation.  How much help do they get, both in choosing problems to work on and in working on them?  How do they balance their desire for you to improve your thesis with your need to graduate in a timely manner?  How likely are they to make the effort to help you with your career (placement, tenure review) after you get your degree?
I could rattle off quite a few tragic cases, where extremely talented mathematicians of my generation were irrevocably derailed and are "flipping burgers" due to either failing to ask those questions or ignoring the answers they got.

A: My lecturer in homological algebra, Hal Schenck, has some advice on this http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~schenck/grad.html (item II in the list). I quote the relevant paragraph:
"1) Compatibility.
It is really important that you and your advisor get along well; grad school is difficult enough without having a chilly (or worse, hostile) relationship with your advisor. The best time to figure this out is BEFORE you ask someone if they'll work with you. One way to determine this is by taking a course with the person, and seeing how you interact when you go to office hours to ask questions. It goes without saying that you should make sure you do a good job in the class, because if you do poorly, it is likely that the potential advisor will not be interested in taking you on as a student.
2) Track record and reputation.
It is important that your advisor be respected as a scholar. You will quickly find that one of the first questions mathematicians ask a graduate student is: "and who is your advisor?". You may also want to find out how many theses the professor has directed, and how many students have dropped out (this should be done tactfully, of course, by talking to former students or the director of graduate studies).
3) Good thesis topic.
Most professors supervising dissertations have a set of problems that they think might make an appropriate thesis; you should ask about this, 'cause getting a bad problem can cause you to waste years of your life."

A: I agree compatibility is the main thing to look for. Since we're assuming the student is talented and ambitious, the question to ask is "which professor thinks the most highly of me?" This can be hard to measure, because some people are naturally more or less bubbly or expressive, so spend time getting to know a prospective advisor mathematically through a reading course or mini-research project. Wait at least a full semester or so, and see how the meetings are going. Are they productive? Is the material interesting? Does the professor seem to like how you work? Is he or she becoming engaged and interested in continuing working with you?
Next, don't overthink it. As with all important life decisions, the outcome of this one depends largely on factors you can't hope to predict. Don't obsess too much about the status of your advisor, first because this is harder to gauge than you might think, and second because it's even harder to gauge how much this status will be used in your favor. Mathematical brilliance is a similar issue.
Finally, here is one major pitfall I've seen a number of friends fall into. Beware the charismatic lecturer! This is why I recommended a reading course. Of course many people are wonderful lecturers and also wonderful advisors, but many are also great on stage and then distant in person. Watch out for the advisor who keeps you at an arm's length, even if you loved the course you took with him or her.

A: I'm quite fond of the advice given in the article How to be good graduate student although it's actually aimed towards students of computer science. There's also a section on how to pick one's advisor. I think a link to this article was posted on mathoverflow some time ago.


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Jermain Defoe seals switch to Sunderland from MLS side Toronto FC
Posted on January 16, 2015 by Ben Ashton in Featured, MLS News, MLS Transfer News, Premier League, Premier League Transfer News, Top Stories, Toronto F.C // 1 Comment
Jermain Defoe has signed for Premier League side Sunderland from Toronto FC on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
The 32-year-old is a renowned prolific goalscorer and has previously been successful for every club he's played for with 124 Premier League goals already to his name.
Sunderland will become the sixth team that Defoe has played for in his professional career, having previously been at West Ham United, Bournemouth (on loan), Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Toronto FC.
"I've always enjoyed coming up here and playing against Sunderland because of the stadium and the supporters. It is a great place to play and I'm really looking forward to it," Defoe told the Sunderland website.
Manager Gus Poyet said, "I know all about his attributes and his qualities first-hand and his exceptional goalscoring record speaks for itself. He has something different, something special."
In his overall career, Defoe has scored an astonishing 245 goals for club and country in 586 appearances.
Jozy Altidore is expected to be heading in the other direction as part of the deal and it seems like only a matter of time until the move is completed.
Altidore's move to Toronto FC is more complicated than Defoe's switch to Sunderland due to the implications in place because of the MLS allocation ranking rules.
Is Jermain Defoe the right man for Sunderland?
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Q: Draw a tree with tikz I have some problems I am not able to fix with this tree in TikZ:

*

*how can I avoid the empty space near the root?

*how can I write a text on branches? I used edge from parent  but does not work how I expect.

This is the code I'm using:
 \begin{tikzpicture}
 [ level 1/.style={sibling distance=6em},
   level 2/.style={sibling distance=4em}, level distance=1cm,
   level 3/.style={sibling distance=2em}, level distance=1cm]
\node (root) {}  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
   child {  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
    child {  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
        child {}
        child {}
    }
    child {
    }
}
child {  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
        child {}
        child {}
}
;
\node at (root)[right]{I};
\node at (root-1)[left] {II};
\node at (root-2)[right] {II};

\end{tikzpicture}

And this is what I get:

A: In order to avoid the empty space at the root, you want to make the root a coordinate, rather than a node, since nodes have some minimal dimension, whereas a coordinate does not.
As for text on the branches, you can, in fact, do it with edge from parent. It's hard to say where you're going wrong, since there isn't an example in your MWE, but the MWE below includes an example where it's working.
You might want to look at page 326 of the TikZ and PGF documentation.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
    level 1/.style={sibling distance=6em},
    level 2/.style={sibling distance=4em}, level distance=1cm,
    level 3/.style={sibling distance=2em}, level distance=1cm
    ]
\coordinate (root) {}  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
    child {  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
        child {  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
            child {}
            child {}
            edge from parent
                node[left] {a}
        }
        child {
        }
    }
    child {  [fill]  circle (1.5pt)
        child {}
        child {}
    }
    ;
\node at (root)[right]{I};
\node at (root-1)[left] {II};
\node at (root-2)[right] {II};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A: Because trees need a forest...
... and I like automated solutions...
\documentclass[tikz, border=5pt, mult, varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{forest}
\begin{document}
  \forestset{
    filled circle/.style={
      circle,
      text width=3pt,
      fill,
    },
    phantom/.append style={label={}},
    my label/.style n args=2{
      edge label={node [midway, #1, font=\scriptsize] {#2}}
    },
  }
  \begin{forest}
    for tree={
      inner sep=0pt,
      outer sep=0pt,
      tier/.wrap pgfmath arg={tier #1}{int(level)},
      where n=0{
        s sep=4em,
        label={right:\csname @Roman\endcsname{1}},
        for descendants={
          s sep=2em,
          l sep=10mm,
          where n=1{
            label/.wrap pgfmath arg={left:\csname @Roman\endcsname{#1}}{int(level()+1)}
          }{
            where n'=1{
              label/.wrap pgfmath arg={right:\csname @Roman\endcsname{#1}}{int(level()+1)}
            }{},
          },
        },
      }{},
    }
    [, filled circle
    [, filled circle, my label={left}{some text}
        [, filled circle
          []
          [, phantom]
        ]
        []
      ]
      [, filled circle, my label={right}{some text}
        []
        []
      ]
    ]
  \end{forest}
\end{document}


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Saint-Hilaire-la-Gérard est une ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l'Orne en région Normandie, peuplée de  habitants. Depuis le , elle est une commune déléguée de Mortrée.

Géographie

Toponymie

Le nom de la localité est attesté sous la forme Sanctus Hilarius la Gerarde en 1252.

La paroisse serait dédiée à Hilaire de Poitiers.

Au cours de la période révolutionnaire de la Convention nationale (1792-1795), la commune a porté le nom de Roulard.

Histoire
Le , Saint-Hilaire est absorbée par Mortrée qui devient une commune nouvelle à la suite d'un arrêté préfectoral du .

Politique et administration

Démographie

Économie

Lieux et monuments
 Architecture civile : le Logis d'origine .
 Architecture sacrée : église Saint-Hilaire, avec fenêtres plein cintre, voûte lambrissée ; retable en pierre, Dieu le Père au fronton, Christ  sur croix, pierre tombale armoriée.
 Réserve naturelle régionale géologique de Normandie-Maine.

Activité et manifestations

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi
 Liste des communes de l'Orne

Notes et références

Notes

Références
 Altitudes, coordonnées, superficie : répertoire géographique des communes 2014 (site de l'IGN, téléchargement du  mars 2015)

Liens externes

 Résumé statistique de Saint-Hilaire-la-Gérard sur le site de l'Insee

Ancienne commune dans l'Orne
Commune déléguée dans l'Orne
Commune ayant porté un nom révolutionnaire dans l'Orne
Commune membre du parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine


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President Donald J. Trump to address "Howdy, Modi!"
The Texas India Forum is excited to welcome President Donald J. Trump to address over 50,000 Americans as we host Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in Houston on September 22 at NRG Stadium. The "Howdy, Modi! Shared Dreams, Bright Futures" Community Summit attendees represent 48 states, coming together to emphasize the shared values and aspirations of two great nations whose partnership is important to global peace, prosperity, and human progress. This unique event brings together the President of the world's most influential democracy, the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, and a bipartisan delegation of Governors, Members of Congress, Mayors, and other public officials.
Unique Cultural Program Set for "Howdy, Modi!"; Close to 400 performers and 27 groups; 2 original songs
Attendees to "Howdy, Modi!" will be in for a once in a lifetime cultural program at the start of the event. They will
get to see "Woven: The Indian-American Story", a 90 minute cultural program that is a celebration of Indian-Americans and their contributions to the cultural, intellectual, and social landscape of the United States. The over 50,000 attendees and those watching at home will experience the vibrant expressions of a people empowered by their identity and driven to enrich the communities around them.
The program will start at 10:00 am before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the stadium. Presented by the Texas India Forum, Woven is a 90-minute music, dance, and multimedia show featuring close to 400 artists and community members from Texas and across the nation. There are 27 groups performing in a seamless live and multimedia experience that will showcase the diversity in the
Indian-American community. 2 original songs have been written for the program, which will trace the journey of Indian-American youth learning their roots to understanding how to put that together with the contemporary world.
"A challenge that many second and third generation Indian-Americans go through is navigating the complexity of having a hyphenated identity as an Indian and an American. Woven showcases the multiplicity of Indian-American experience. Our hope is that each person sees themselves in at least one form of expression and recognizes that whatever mix of Indian and American they are, it is just right,"
said Heena Patel, CEO of MELA Arts Connect and co-producer of the program.
The show will also shine a light on unsung heroes in the Indian-American community who have undertaken selfless acts benefiting the broader American community without any need of recognition. From the classical and folk traditions passed on in basements across America to the creative exchange between Eastern and Western arts and ideas, Woven illuminates the stories of generations of IndianAmericans and snapshots of home, and builds on the theme of "Shared Dreams, Bright Futures" that is the foundation of the event.
"We really look forward to presenting this unique and interesting cultural show at the event, which will tell the story of our community in a way that's never really been done before. We want all the attendees and those watching from home to connect with a program that shows the Indian-American community and understand what drives our community to be part of the larger American experience," said Gitesh Desai, spokesperson for the event.
For more information about the "Howdy, Modi!" community summit, please visit http://www.howdymodi.org.
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