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Q: How to calculate mass from time dilation and radius? I'm new to this site and I'm been searching the internet all over for this solution. I'm looking for an equation, that if given the time dilation at the surface of an object and its radius, it will allow me to calculate the mass of the object.
However, the current way of calculating time dilation (dτ/dt) does not work for my model and is not what I am looking for.
I'm looking for the equation to calculate the mass of an object if given its radius and the amount of the time dilation based on a range of 0.0 - 1.0. Where 1 would be infinite time dilation.
To derive this new time dilation scale I use the formula $1-\frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}}}$ where v is the escape velocity in the percentage of c.
For example, if the escape velocity is .886 c the object has a time dilation of 0.5363147619
$1-\frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-.886^2/1^2}}}$ = 0.5363147619
Based off this scale (0.0 - 1.0) and given the radius of an object I'm looking for the object's mass.
To calculate the time dilation without the range 0.0 - 1.0 it's
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-.886^2/1^2}}$ = 2.15
This does not work for me. I need the output of mass from the unknown equation using the input time dilation range of 0.0 - 1.0
Thank you.

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2 What Is Evolutionary Biology and Where Is It Coming From?
This chapter rebuts irreducible complexity and creationism by explaining the reliability of dating techniques as well as sophisticated laboratory techniques that allow researchers to synthesize extinct genes (genetic archaeology, gene resurrection) and study their homology to other genes. These techniques clearly demonstrate that the irreducible complexity of the eye, the immune system, and the bacterial flagellum are subjective impressions. On the contrary, phylogenetic trees based on gene homology show a deep evolutionary link between simple life-forms and complex ones. Finally, the chapter gives several examples of "poor design" that cast doubt on the principle of Intelligent Design.


A new type of non-volatile memory based on carbon nanotubes and sports DRAM speed -- is now being produced in seven fabrication plants.
According to Computerworld Nantero, the outfit that invented NRAM, it also has more than a dozen corporate customers lined up to begin experimenting with the memory.
Schmergel said it will likely take a couple more years before NRAM drives begin rolling off production lines and it is one of the few technologies that's moved beyond the research lab into high-volume manufacturing CMOS facilities,.
NRAM has the potential to create memory that is vastly more dense that NAND flash, which is used to make thumb drives and solid-state drives today. The densest NAND flash process today is near 15 nanometers. NRAM can reach densities of below 5 nanometers.
One big advantage NRAM has over traditional NAND flash is its resistance to heat. It can withstand up to 300 degrees Celsius. Nantero claims its memory can last thousands of years at 85 degrees Celcius and has been tested at 300 degrees Celsius for 10 years. No data was lost.
Anpther advantage is that NRAM is being built using the DDR4 specification interface, so it could sport up to 3.2 billion data transfers per second or 2,400 Mbps -- more than twice as fast as NAND flash. Natively, however, the NRAM's read/write capability is thousands of times faster than NAND flash.


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I found out a little late today that today is Nate day, that's right, as in Nate Berkus day. So although I'm a little late posting, I definitely wanted in on the Nate Day Fun!
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Acceptable Performance of Bank Shahr in Provincial Book Fairs
Stating that Bank Shahr by providing modern and up-to-date services for the hobbyists of book and book reading has been shining well at helping the field of culture, the head of the Islamic Council of Yazd City said: "The bank's performance has been acceptable in the provincial Book Fairs".
INTRODUCING NEW SERVICES OF "SHAHR MOBILE" OF BANK SHAHR
Managing Director of Information Technology of Bank Shahr, referring to the customers' satisfaction with the "Shahr Mobile" software, announced the new and unique features of this software.
At the same time as the tenth anniversary of the establishment;
New Achievements of Bank Shahr Were Unveiled
Referring to the steps taken to implement the slogan "Innovation in the service", the Deputy Director of Planning and Information Technology of Bank Shahr announced the unveiling of two new software "Envelope" and "Dock", coincided with the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the bank.
Chief of Parliament's Committee on Industries and Mines:
"People's Trust" is the capital of banks
The representative of the Karaj people in the Islamic Consultative Assembly said: "The banking system continues its activities with health and stability, and everyone is obligated to protect the trust of the people as the main capital of the banking system".
The Director of Communications Center and Public Relations of Bank Shahr:
Dynamic and Productive Economy is ongoing in the Light of Peace
The second round of a series of "Art for Peace" conferences with the theme of "Arts, Peace and Sustainable Development" sponsored by Bank Shahr and attended by the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Islamic Republic of Iran
Conducting a Conference on Arts, Peace and Sustainable Development with the presence of the Dutch Ambassador and Head of the United Nations Information Center
The ceremony for the opening of the Arts, Peace and Sustainable Development Conference was held with the participation of the Netherlands Ambassador and Head of the United Nations Information Center at the Palace of the Palace Museum, in order to become familiar with the importance of world peace in today's world and its impact on preventing catastrophic wars.
Development of Subway Lines and Reconstruction of Mashhad's Worn Out Texture with Support of Bank Shahr
The mayor of Mashhad Metropolitan city, referring to the role of the Bank Shahr in the development and rehabilitation of the cities across the country, said: "The expansion of the urban subway lines in Mashhad and the reconstruction of the worn-out texture of this metropolis will be accelerated with the support of Bank Shahr
Bank Shahr Successful in Gaining Trust of Publishers and Book Hobbyists
The director of Iranian Institute of Cultural Exhibitions, emphasizing on the role of Bank Shahr in organizing provincial book fairs, said that:
Shiraz Metropolitan Mayor stipulated:
Necessity of Applying Bank Shahr's Capacities to Serve Tourists
Shiraz metropolitan mayor, pointing out the importance of expanding cooperation and increasing interactions with Bank Shahr, emphasized the use of its capacity to serve tourists.
Emphasizing on Continuation of Support for Line 6 of Tehran's Subway by Bank Shahr
The administrator of Bank Shahr, referring to the vast impact of Bank Shahr's support for public transport development,

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They were also commissioned to write a sitcom for BBC TV.
Fordham & Lipson - often referred to as beauty and the beast, have managed to survive the stresses and strains of working together as a double act and still really like each other (as long as there's an old mangy banana in Philippa's fruit bowl for Simon) and are available for writing and performing comedy for all genres and venues except post-op recovery.
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Review: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
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Series: Vampire Academy #3
Published by Razorbill on 11/13/2008
Genres: Paranormal Fiction, Romance, Young Adult
Is Rose's fate to kill the person she loves most? It's springtime at St. Vladimir's Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since Mason's death, Rose hasn't been feeling quite right. She has dark flashbacks in the middle of practice, can't concentrate in class, and has terrifying dreams about Lissa. But Rose has an even bigger secret . . . .She's in love with Dimitri. And this time, it's way more than a crush. Then Strigoi target the academy in the deadliest attack in Moroi history, and Dimitri is taken. Rose must protect Lissa at all costs, but keeping her best friend safe could mean losing Dimitri forever…
As Shadow Kiss is the third book in the Vampire Academy series, I was expecting a lot from this book. And boy did it deliver!
Richelle Mead brings you deeper into the society of Morio and Dhampirs, after the attack during winter break in Frostbite. Rose continues to be our heroine, the story being told in the first person. I honestly don't think these books could have been written any other way.
While Vampire Academy and Frostbite start out fairly light & airy, Shadow Kiss tends to dip deeper into the societal moors of this vampire species (and its sub-species, the Moroi, Dhampirs and Strigoi). It's definitely a darker novel, something I tend to enjoy in books such as these. Mead tells the most intense story yet with Shadow Kiss; Rose is continuing on her path to graduation, so she can be the best Guardian possible to Lissa, also her BFF, but with a great deal of introspection. She is forced to explore her mental stamina and determine whether or not she really wants to be a Guardian over being with Dimitri, the man she loves. Dimitri, the biggest, baddest-ass Guardian finally lets down his guard and accepts that sometimes life isn't as simple as he'd like it to be. And I think that's one of the messages here: Life throws curve balls at you. It is up to you to decide how you want to swing.
In past novels, Mead only touched briefly on the Vampire monarchy and politics. In Shadow Kiss, she dives deep and lets us examine Queen Tatiana and her own desires and motives for Princess Lissa, who, I think, will be a pawn in future political maneuverings. She gives us more of Adrian and his exploration of Spirit, which brings him to the Academy, even though he's a little older. She allows us to grieve with her characters for Mason, a kind-hearted, brave novice Guardian who was tragically murdered in Frostbite.
Most of all, she invests us in her characters and makes us want to read more. And that, my friends, makes a good book.
About The Author: Scorpio Richelle Mead is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington where she works on her three series full-time. Before becoming a writer, she considered a few different career paths. She received a liberal arts degree from the University of Michigan, an MA in Comparative Religion from Western Michigan University, and a Master in Teaching (Middle & High School English) degree from the University of Washington. In the end, she decided writing was the way for her but believes all of her education prepared her for it.
A life-long reader, Richelle has always had a particular fascination with mythology and folklore. When not writing,, she enjoys bad reality TV, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and shopping for dresses. Lots of dresses. She is a self-professed coffee addict, fights a constant (and losing) battle with procrastination, and has a passion for all things wacky and humorous.
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Lemelson Capital March 3, 2015 Position On Lumber Liquidators (NYSE: LL) Vindicated
Published in Finding Alpha
Lemelson Capital's March 3, 2015 position on Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL) has been proven correct. Previously Lemelson was the only firm to speak out publicly in support of LL and its founder and chairman Tom Sullivan on the issue of intent regarding LL's controversial wood flooring products based on a March 2015 60 minutes expose.
Despite the significant price correction Lemelson continues to believe that open-ended legal liabilities as well as brand-impairment at the firm continue to reduce any margin of safety even at the current depressed stock price, despite the Tilson turnabout (now agreeing with Lemelson) that the accusations of "intent" on the part of senior management at LL were unfounded.
Lemelson Capital at the time had spoke with LL founder and Chairman Tom Sullivan. The following is a brief history of the Lemelson comments following those discussion and the related controversy:
On March 9, 2015 Yahoo Finance quoted Lemelson Capital founder and CIO Emmanuel Lemelson in the following excerpt:
"Lemelson said it is "likely that LL was not the source of the directive to use the toxic substance" since one of the samples passed the emissions test. If Lumber Liquidators had directed the cost-cutting measures, he argued, it is likely that all samples would have failed. "The cost savings was most likely initiated by the factories themselves (perhaps aware that LL was not required by law to test)," Lemelson added"
Tilson's Lumber Liquidators Story Doesn't Add Up, Lemelson Capital CIO Says - Yahoo News March 03, 2015
On December 14, 2015 Whitney Tilson in the following SeekingAlpha article wrote:
"In the past week, I've received information (I can't reveal the details at this point) which leads me to believe that it's likely that senior management of Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL): 1) Wasn't aware that the company was selling Chinese-made laminate that had high (non-CARB2-compliant) levels of formaldehyde; and 2) Made the decision to continue selling the product even after the 60 Minutes story aired in large part because they genuinely believed that the product was safe and compliant."
The Yahoo Finance article continued with the following:
"Lemelson Capital Management Chief Investment Officer Rev. Emmanuel Lemelson told Benzinga that the appearance of a conflict of interest is troubling throughout "60 Minutes" story on Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE: LL)...
Yet Lemelson was not sure that all of Tilson's arguments add up, specifically Tilson's argument that Lumber Liquidators is behind the cost cutting measures. Instead, he argued that Lumber Liquidators may be guilty of not having the policies and procedures in place to check quality."
Lemelson's comments here are vindicated by Tilson SeekingAlpha admission some 9 moths later when he states:
"...it does change the narrative from a company that was knowingly endangering its customers to save on its sourcing costs to one that was duped by Chinese suppliers and/or middlemen into believing that it was receiving CARB2-compliant laminate. If so, Lumber Liquidators was sloppy and naïve, but not evil. Many companies, alas, have unwittingly bought low-quality, toxic and/or illegal products from Chinese suppliers."
Lemelson Capital also pointed out that although LL / Tom Sullivan were not guilty of impropriety per the March 3, 2015 commentary, the firm also said stock should be avoided - to quote:
Finally, Lemelson cautioned investors to stay away from Lumber Liquidators' stock while this all plays out.
"LL is not cheap, has fairly low operating margins, little liquidity and ballooning inventory. [...] This fact, taken with the complete absence of any margin of safety in the company's financial showing represents unacceptable risk."
Shares of Lumber Liquidators closed Monday at $38.83, down 24 percent. Shares were up about 5 percent in Tuesday's premarket.
Following these comments, the shares in LL then fell ~70% to hit a low on August 5th, 2015
See also: Benzinga - This Hedge Fund Manager Spoke With Lumber Liquidators' Chairman - Here's What He Thinks (March 11, 2015)
Lumber Liquidators shares spike as critic backs off - CNBC Dec, 14, 2015
As stated above, despite the precipitous decline in price, and the implied acknowledgement by Tilson that the accusations of "intent" were unfounded, Lemelson Capital still believes that outstanding litigation poses a significant open-ended liability (Adding to the risk is significant brand-impairment as well as the recent debt the company has taken on) and thus, despite the company's very consistent earnings, the current price of the shares still lacks a sufficient margin of safety to make a commitment.
Excerpt From The Amvona Fund, LP's 2015 Annual Report On Geospace Technologies
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If I were to get invited to a diaper party, I might imagine it was at its best like a Tupperware party with slightly different wares to hock and at its worst? It could range from a bad judgment call in decorating to a really weird potluck. In fact, it's more akin to a baby shower and yes, sometimes guests actually do bring diapers for the guest of honor.
Putting gender politics aside, there are events in our lives that have become elevated to the level of the ever-present exclamation mark. Things like a bachelorette party! A wedding! For the most part, many of these ever-exciting things are geared towards women and they now involve a bevy of required parties. If a proper lady wants to get married she must first watch strangers gyrate in front of her while donning glowing, be-necklaced, or edible versions of certain body parts. She also has to be confined in a room occupied primarily by her grandmother's friends while she opens gifts often involving a theme. 'Help stock the new couple's kitchen' for example.
If said woman, God forbid, would like to do something even more drastic, like produce offspring, well then there are classes, mommy groups, and some arcane ritual known as a baby shower. Not that it's all bad. Getting presents is always a good thing and it is nice to mark these types of occasions with something more than weird, inquisitive strangers asking if they can touch your belly in the supermarket. It's much more fun to have all your friends get all exclamation mark-y with you and yes, some if not all of the advice is welcome, especially if you're a first timer in the kid having game.
But who says that women need to have all the fun?
Diaper parties are a way of getting free diapers but even more than that, they're a celebration of a new stage in a soon-to-be daddio's life mixed with a pinch of mourning the loss of the freedom to play yard games involving sharp implements. Babies aren't good with lawn darts I hear.


RED BLUFF — Tehama County youth in middle and high schools are engaging in National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week through Friday, culminating in a family game night Friday at the Tehama County Department of Education.
Throughout the week, there will be several school-based events including morning announcements, poster displays, assemblies and students presenting to faculty, said Tehama County Drug-Free Community Coalition Project Coordinator Ulanda Hinkston. She will be doing lunchtime events at various sites, and started Tuesday at Berrendos Middle School.
Students are asked to take a picture with a statement of why they want to shatter the myths and post it to the Tehama County Community Drug Free Coalition Facebook and Twitter pages.
"Youth today are bombarded by false facts and myths regarding drugs and alcohol and we want to provide them with facts and information based on science and give them an environment where they can ask questions," Hinkston said.
In addition to information on vaping, which increased 78 percent nationwide among high school students, and a University of Michigan study on 2018 national adolescent drug trends, the coalition will be reaching out to ask parents and community members to take an online test.
To participate in the 2019 National Drug and Alcohol IQ Challenge, visit https://teens.drugabuse.gov/2019IQChallenge. Questions include what is dabbing, why is Fentanyl dangerous and what are symptoms of alcohol overdose.
The game night will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Tehama County Department of Education, 1135 Lincoln St. For more information call 528-7356.


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San Francisco Senior Deputy Sheriff Barbari Hailed as Hero after Detaining Suspect at Airport
San Francisco Senior Deputy Sheriff Barbari is something of a hero after he intervened in an incident at Midway International Airport in Chicago. Senior Deputy Barbari is currently assigned to the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital conducting general law enforcement duties and security of the hospital ward.
We've all heard the stories of unruly airline passengers. This latest was a San Francisco man taken into custody by Chicago police, accused of assaulting an airline supervisor. Those officers had help from someone used to dicey situations who stepped in when no one else would.
"I saw a threat and I knew that it had to be stopped," said Maz Barbari.
Maz's 20 years with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department kicked in at Chicago's airport Wednesday night. An unruly passenger in the boarding area allegedly punched a Southwest Airlines employee and the off-duty deputy jumped in.
He says his level of awareness was heightened by the mass killings in San Bernardino.
"It was playing all over the airport and I had my family with me so I wanted to make sure that this individual was not on the flight," he said.
Maz is assigned to the psych ward at San Francisco General Hospital and red flags were raised when the man began making odd comments.
Southwest says the incident occurred after the SFO-bound passenger missed his flight because he arrived late at the gate. Sarah Barbari says she knew her husband would be the one to intervene.
"So I'm proud of him," she said. "I'm glad he did it. It was a little intense."
He held the man in a twist lock until Chicago police arrived.
"A few people who were sitting in the area that it happened said thank you and applauded. I was getting treated pretty well by the Southwest attendants on the flight," he said.
And back in California, Maz is more than a husband and father, he's a hero. San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association Members are Protecting San Francisco and we care about you.
news report by Carolyn Tyler, ABC 7 News
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Taking a systems approach when exploring credit and Ordinary Working Families
Financial Conduct Authority visits Nottingham Civic Exchange
This week we welcomed Jonathan Davidson and Jenny Driscoll from the FCA to learn from our research and engage in a discussion about how the lived experience of people from across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire is impacted by precarity, economic insecurity and Government policy.
Academics from Psychology and Sociology presented research into Ordinary Working Families, Foodbank users and low pay and insecure workers. These presentations examined a range of different issues for local citizens and helped to frame a discussion about how credit plays a role in their lives.
Nottingham Civic Exchange was pleased to help the Director of Supervision at the FCA to gain a view on these topics and we look forward to working with the FCA in the future. The FCA undertakes regular location specific visits during the course of its work. They shared a range of examples of initiatives being explored to support people who suffer from a lack of access to good credit. Our hope is that they take on board the breadth of the challenge for people struggling with economic insecurity and can help play a role in supporting citizens to manage the challenges they face every day.
Slides from the meeting are available through Nottingham Civic Exchange. Email us to receive a copy. Academics from Psychology also shared their submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights who will be visiting the UK later in November. A copy of their submission is available to download here.
Nottingham Civic Exchange
Nottingham Civic Exchange has been established by Nottingham Trent University to maximise research, policy and practical impact by bringing together university expertise with partners seeking to address the needs of local communities. Nottingham Civic Exchange acts as a resource to look at social and economic issues in new ways. This means facilitating debate, acting as a bridge between research and policy debates, and developing practical projects at a local, city and regional level.
Visit our website - www.ntu.ac.uk/nce Contact us - notts.civicex@ntu.ac.uk Follow us - @NottsCivicEx
Published on 2 November 2018
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Nottingham's universities launch collaboration to change local lives
Nottingham's two world-class universities have launched a pioneering collaboration to help change the lives of local people for the better, as independent research reveals that every 22 seconds someone in Nottingham interacts with one of the city's universities.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2020/01/nottinghams-universities-launch-collaboration-to-change-local-lives
Perform Elgar's The Black Knight with the world famous Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Ever wondered what it feels like to perform with one of the UK's finest orchestras in one of the country's best concert halls? NTU students and staff are invited to find out by joining the NTU Choir for this year's blockbuster spring concert.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2020/01/perform-elgars-the-black-knight-with-the-world-famous-royal-philharmonic-concert-orchestra
Researchers of NTU: Laxmi Aggarwal
Meet the people behind our research, discover their areas of expertise and find out about life in NTU's research community
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March 2022 Calendar
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This march 2022 calendar is always useful for example to see if you have vacation.
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Turkish social media bill presages 'new dark era' of censorship,…
By Ali Kucukgocmen
istanbul Turkey Law Firm, July 28 (Reuters) – A proposed istanbul Lawyer Law Firm that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent, critics including a U.N.body said this week.
The Turkish parliament was to begin debate on Tuesday on the bill that is backed by President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party, which has a majority with an allied nationalist party. It is expected to pass this week.
As an overwhelming majority of the country's mainstream media has come under government control over the last decade, Turks have taken to social media and smaller online news outlets for critical voices and independent news.
Turks are already heavily policed on social media and many have been charged with insulting Erdogan or his ministers, or criticism related to foreign military incursions and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The law would require foreign social media sites to appoint Turkish-based representatives to address authorities' concerns over content and includes deadlines for its removal.
Companies could face fines, blocked advertisements or have bandwidth slashed by up to 90%, essentially blocking access.
"Social media is a lifeline… to access news, so this law signals a new dark era of online censorship," said Tom Porteous, Human Rights Watch deputy programme director.It would damage free speech in Turkey "where an autocracy is being constructed by silencing media and all critical voices", he added.
Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said the bill would not lead to censorship but would establish commercial and legal ties with platforms.
"What is a crime in the real world is also crime in the digital world," he said on CNN Turk, adding that these included terrorism propaganda, insults and violation of personal rights.
Turkey was second globally in Twitter-related court orders in the first six months of 2019, according to the company, and it had the highest number of other legal demands from Twitter.
Erdogan has repeatedly criticised social media and said a rise of "immoral acts" online in recent years was due to lack of regulations.
A spokesperson for the U.N.If you have any kind of concerns relating to where and how you can utilize Law Firm Turkey istanbul, Law Firm Turkey istanbul you can contact us at the web-site. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the draft Lawyer Law Firm in Turkey "would give the state powerful tools for asserting even more control over the media landscape".
It "would further undermine the right of people in Turkey to freedom of expression, to obtain information and to participate in public and political life", said spokeswoman Liz Throsell.(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Jonathan Spicer and Nick Macfie)


The choice to use a C++ feature should be based on maintainability and debugability, not just the ability to code it. In particular, take a good look at how badly most debuggers handle very complex templates, then think twice before building some kind of monster templated data model. (I've done this, and man does it burn you later.) It better be worth some pay off, because you will pay for it with debugging.
In that spirit, don't go too crazy with templates. Templates are cool and can do some things very well. By all means use vector and map. But at some point too many templates will cause your compiler to lose its mind and generate tons of slow code. Compiler technology continues to get better and better, but C++ templates can demand a lot.
Avoid operator overloading unless the use of the overloading is so blatantly obvious that even a monkey could figure out what you mean. It's too easy to get clever with operator overloading and make code that's totally impossible to understand. + should mean plus, * should mean multiply or dereference, and if you're not sure which one, don't overload operator* at all!
If you need a pointer to a member function, your design may be screwed up.
Think twice about function overloading. It's not inherently a bad idea (unless the function is virtual, no pun intended) but you can always make the names more descriptive and the code more maintainable.
I believe that private inheritence and pure virtual inheritence are both signs of a problematic OOP design, but that's a complex enough subject that I'll have to write a separate rant about it. I will just say here that private inheritence and virtual base classes are two features you shouldn't need to use a lot.
I have a psychotic hatred for iostreams. That'll have to be a separate rant too, but for now: if you're going to invest time to learn a byzantine cross-platform I/O API, learn stdio, not iostreams. You can use it in pure C code too, and someday when you have to write code with moderately good performance you'll be glad you did.
Scott Meyers said it best in Effective C++: say what you mean and understand what you say. By far the biggest challenge of programming is programming itself, that is, dealing with piles of code, especially when it's not yours or you haven't looked at it in three years. To that end, if a C++ feature makes it hard to understand what you're saying, I say don't use it.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/developertools/Conceptual/CppRuntimeEnv/Articles/LibCPPDeployment.html Little did I realize that Apple only started providing libstdc++ at the last second. My take on all this is: the GCC 3/4 transition is a little more painful for Mac developers than it would have otherwise been because of the Intel Macs. Normally the workaround would be to sit on GCC 3 for a while for compatibility, but only GCC 4 has x86 support on Mac.
What does this code do? It loops forver and overruns the stack. Here's a hint: two L's and one colon, not one L and two colons. Now here's the cute part…there is no entity GUI_Controll with two L's anywhere. Why does it compile? This is an exercise left to the reader, one that may make you want a drink.


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News archive - January/February 2019
New schools to be built as part of new West Lothian homes scheme »
More than 3,000 new homes are to be built along with state-of-the-art primary and secondary schools in a multimillion-pound development in West Lothian.
Lossiemouth primary school wins UK CCS »
A Balfour Beatty-supported competition entry with St Gerardines Primary in Lossiemouth has been announced as a UK winning entry in this year's Considerate Constructors Scheme Honor Big Build competition.
Wakefield college opens digital campus before building new home »
CAPA College (Creative and Performing Arts College) has rolled out its digital campus with Liverpool-based Collabco's myday - making it the first ever FE college to have a digital campus before having a place to call home. The FE college, which opened last term, is currently waiting on planning permission to build its physical campus environment for opening in 2020. It is Wakefield's first DfE-funded Free School.
UK public schools expand into China »
British independent school branches in China are expected to increase by nearly 50% in 2019, according to a report by Venture Education. According to the 'British Independent Schools in China: Annual Report 2019', 2019 will see a record 14 British independent school branches opening across the country.
Bobby Moore Academy opens in Olympic Park »
The Bobby Moore Academy Secondary School, a sixth-form secondary school for 1,140 pupils, recently opened on one of the smallest secondary school sites in London. A six-storey high building, it is situated in the heart of the Olympic Park, it provides much-needed education and community facilities to support the growing local neighbourhood.
Pressure builds on school spaces for Jewish children »
The number of Jewish children in Jewish schools in the UK is up by nearly 12 per cent over the past three years. A report from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and the Board of Deputies says there were 34,547 Jewish children enrolled in day schools in the last academic year - up 11.8 per cent from 30,914 from the previous report produced three years ago.
ANALYSIS: Scottish schools get new £1bn building boost »
The Scottish Government has committed to investing £1bn in rebuilding and refurbishing schools after the current school building programme ends in 2021. Andrew Pring examines the new deal and the philosophy of Peter Reekie, the man charged with delivering it.


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ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Violence in Baca's L.A. County Jails
Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Anonymous, Jan 18, 2012.
http://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/aclu-lawsuit-challenges-violence-bacas-la-county-jails
00anon00 Member
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/01/aclu_sues_sheriff_lee_baca_und.php
ACLU Sues Sheriff Lee Baca & Undersheriff PaulTanaka Over Long-Standing Deputy Violence Against Inmates
Throughout the lawsuit, the ACLU provides reams of examples of inmates claiming to have witnessed beatings or been abused. One of them is Gabriel Carrillo, whose beating by deputies in the visiting lobby of Men's Central Jail was first reported last spring by LA Weekly.
The lawsuit chronicles a history of evidence of abuse and provides plenty of examples of other related issues, including deputies using inmates to beat on other inmates, abuse victims experiencing retaliation and racially motivated violence against inmates.
In one instance this last August, for example, the lawsuit states that a deputy repeatedly slammed the face of an African-Ameican inmate into a wall, after which the deputy allegedly said, "I hate you motherfucking monkeys. Damn nigger!"
Overall, the violence against inmates is describes as:
Slamming inmates' heads into walls, punching them in the face with fists, kicking them with boots, and shooting them multiple times with tasers - and for these beatings to result in serious injuries to the inmates, including broken legs, fractured eye sockets, shattered jaws, broken teeth, severe head injuries, nerve damage, dislocated joints, collapsed lungs, and wounds requiring dozens of stitches and staples.
00anon00, Jan 18, 2012
More trouble for Baca
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deputy-cellphone-20120114,0,7696542.story
1st charge filed in FBI probe of L.A. sheriff's deputy misconduct
The case involves former Deputy Gilbert Michel, who admitted smuggling a cellphone and other contraband into Men's Central Jail for an inmate who promised him $20,000.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deputy-bribery-20120118,0,4319669.story
Deputy who pleaded guilty to bribery is cooperating with FBI
Gilbert Michel admitted smuggling a cellphone to an inmate in Men's Central Jail who promised him $20,000. He has agreed to work with agents probing brutality and misconduct in L.A. County jails.
The Wrong Guy Member
Deputies change stories on jail visitor's beating, court records show
By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2015
The sheriff's deputies all told the same story. A man visiting his brother in Los Angeles County Jail, they said, fought with them in a waiting area and had to be restrained. The five deputies involved in the struggle adamantly denied the man's allegations that he had been handcuffed and then beaten.
Their account remained unchanged under scrutiny from internal sheriff's investigators, the district attorney's office and the man's defense lawyers. No one wavered even when federal authorities obtained an indictment accusing them of assault and civil rights violations.
But two of the deputies have now changed their stories. With their trial set to open later this month, both have struck deals with prosecutors that require them to plead guilty to criminal charges and, if called on, to testify against their former colleagues, court records show.
Under the terms of the agreement he signed last week, Deputy Noel Womack gave prosecutors a new version of the violent 2011 encounter in a windowless, secluded room in the Men's Central Jail facility. Deputies, he said, beat the jail visitor even though the man was handcuffed and not resisting as he was held on the floor, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Times.
Womack has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge that he lied to FBI agents during an interview last month when he told them he did not know if the visitor was handcuffed, the agreement said. He admitted to lying again when he told the agents his supervisor had ordered him to punch the man and a third time when he said the strikes he inflicted on the man had been necessary, the agreement said.
The second deputy, Pantamitr Zunggeemoge, entered a guilty plea earlier this year, court records show. The agreement between prosecutors and Zunggeemoge, who faced several allegations of abuse and dishonesty, was sealed by U.S. District Judge George H. King, keeping its details secret.
But a court filing by another defendant last month said that Zunggeemoge, too, has told prosecutors that the visitor was handcuffed during the incident. In his statement to prosecutors, the filing said, Zunggeemoge said deputies had concocted a story that only one of the man's hands was cuffed to justify their use of force. The filing also said that Zunggeemoge has agreed to cooperate fully and testify for the government if prosecutors call him as a witness.
Though cutting deals to avoid lengthy sentences is a staple of the justice system, the prosecution's ability to extract guilty pleas in this case is striking because expectations of solidarity run deep among law enforcement officers. In their plea agreement with Womack, prosecutors said Womack's actions highlight the pressures deputies are under to put up a united front.
"Womack continued to lie because he had learned that once a deputy sheriff writes about an incident in a report, the deputy sheriff has to stick to that version of events, even if they are lies, from that point forward," prosecutors wrote. "Womack understood that he was never supposed to go against his partners."
Womack's agreement requires him to resign from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, and he will be banned from working in law enforcement. Prosecutors, for their part, will recommend to the judge that Womack receive no time in prison, according to his plea agreement. The judge could opt to disregard the suggestion and sentence Womack to as many as five years in prison, court documents show.
With Zunggeemoge's agreement sealed, what recommendation, if any, prosecutors will make on his behalf is not known. His attorney and Assistant U.S. Atty. Brandon Fox declined to comment.
The plea agreements mark the first time in the last two decades that a sheriff's deputy has been convicted in federal court of crimes related to excessive force, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office said. Last year, the office secured convictions against seven sheriff's officials accused of obstructing the FBI's investigation into claims of brutality by deputies in the jail.
The guilty pleas have scrambled the makeup of the approaching brutality trial, which is scheduled to begin June 16. In securing the deputies' help, prosecutors scored a potentially potent advantage in their effort either to extract more guilty pleas or convict the three remaining defendants at trial. Without the firsthand accounts from the deputies, the case would rest heavily on the ability of the beaten man and other alleged victims to convince jurors of what happened.
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The allegations against the group stem from several encounters with visitors to the Sheriff's Department's main jail facility in 2010 and 2011. In each of the episodes, some or all of the deputies are accused of detaining people without legitimate reasons and, in all but one of the incidents, assaulting them in a room deputies used during work breaks.
Prosecutors portrayed Gonzalez in the indictment as a ringleader who "would maintain, perpetuate and foster an atmosphere and environment … that encouraged and tolerated abuses of the law by deputies."
The case centers on the altercation in late February 2011 with Gabriel Carrillo. Carrillo, who had come to jail to visit his brother, was detained with his girlfriend after Zunggeemoge became suspicious that the woman was carrying a cellphone in violation of jail rules.
Carrillo said something combative that angered one of the deputies, which led to the beating, according to prosecutors' account. Based on the deputies' reports and their testimony in court proceedings, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office pursued a criminal case against Carrillo on charges of assaulting law enforcement officers.
Days before the trial, the district attorney suddenly dropped the charges. Carrillo's attorney found evidence he said showed that Carrillo had suffered injuries on both his wrists consistent with being handcuffed during the struggle. The county later paid Carrillo $1.2 million to settle a civil lawsuit.
In the statement he gave prosecutors as part of his plea deal, Womack said he copied another deputy's report of the incident involving Carrillo to make sure his account was in line with the others. He added that he watched as Gonzalez later laid out all the deputies' reports on a table to compare them and "ensure their consistency."
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-sheriff-flip-20150601-story.html
The Wrong Guy, Jun 24, 2015
Hm, seems Baca is teaching his deputies slappy-tech.
Random guy, Jun 25, 2015
Karma is a real bitch, ain't it Baca?
your tears are delicious.
Where's the cult ? now that you are in trouble huh?
No more float riding for you eh?
BWA HA HA
Should also be listed in the police brutality thread?
RightOn, Jun 25, 2015
Jasmyne Cannick @Jasmyne 20 hours ago
Sunday will be the five-year anniversary of the discovery of #MitriceRichardson's skeletal remains in a Malibu Canyon.
#IfIDieInPoliceCustody
I hope the death of #MitriceRichardson haunts retired @LASDHQ Sheriff Leroy Baca until the day he dies and all those who had a part in it...
...I hope they all don't rest easy and understand their role in #MitriceRichardson's premature and untimely death.
What Happened To Mitrice Richardson? | Los Angeles Magazine
A recent college graduate, she was jailed briefly for trying to skip out on her dinner tab in Malibu, then freed in the middle of the night in a neighborhood far from home. She had no car, no ride, no phone, and no money. When she disappeared, it raised a flurry of questions about how the sheriff's department handled her case. The discovery of her body a year later only raised more.
http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/what-happened-to-mitrice-richardson/
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=MitriceRichardson
The Wrong Guy, Aug 7, 2015
Deputies Convicted Of Beating Mentally Ill Inmate and Covering It Up | Cop Block
Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies face up to 40 years in federal prison after being convicted on Monday for the beating of a mentally ill inmate and a subsequent cover up.
Bryan Brunsting and Jason Branum are among the latest to be convicted of the more than 20 current or former sheriff's employees charged in connection with a federal abuse and corruption probe into the department.
The beating occurred on March 10, 2010 at Twin Towers Correctional Facility where a former deputy trainee said Brunsting had told him that an inmate identified as Phillip Jones had left his cell without permission and disrespected staff.
The trainee, whose testimony was used to procure the convictions, said Brunsting told him that he was going to "teach [Jones] a lesson," before he and Branum beat and pepper-sprayed the unresisting inmate until he was "screaming and crying."
The trainee, Joshua Sather, also testified that he saw Brunsting "spread [Jones'] legs and kick the inmate in his private parts." As a result of the incident, Sather said he immediately quit his job and left the department.
Prosecutors said on Monday that the deputies attacked Jones in a locked hallway of the jail that didn't have surveillance cameras and were attempting to teach deputy trainee Sather a lesson.
"That lesson was simple: This is how you beat an inmate," Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Fox told jurors. "This is how things are done at Twin Towers. It was as much a lesson as much as it was a test."
During the four days of testimony, prosecutors said the deputies attempted to cover up their misdeeds by lying in reports of the incident saying Jones was being combative. Sather testified that after the inmate was taken to the infirmary, the two huddled in a security booth "to get [their] stories straight."
Attorneys for the defendants argued in court that "there was no cover up… because there was no beating" and claimed "Sather made it up," but jurors deliberated for only 90 minutes before returning guilty verdicts against the deputies.
Brunsting, 31, and Branum, 35, were each convicted of three charges: conspiracy to violate Jones' civil rights, depriving him of his civil rights under color of authority, and falsifying records.
They face a maximum of 40 years in federal prison when they are sentenced on August 22. Brunsting is also set to face an additional trial later this year for another force incident that occurred at the jail in August 2009.
https://www.copblock.org/160253/deputies-convicted-of-beating-mentally-ill-inmate-covering-it-up/
The Wrong Guy, May 18, 2016
Quentinanon Member
I am sure that scientologist Lee Baca justifies this violence against "downstats" and "degraded beings":
Never feat to hurt another in a just cause. - L. Ron Hubbard
Quentinanon, May 18, 2016
There's another report here:
Los Angeles Deputies Convicted for Beating Schizophrenic Man in Jail, Marking 21 Convictions in Federal Investigation
https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/05/la-deputies-convicted-beating-schizophrenic-man-jail/
Schizophrenic? A good scientologist would see the victim as just another degraded being who pulled it in.
He's got Alzheimer's disease.
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca has been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, according to court documents filed Monday.
The diagnosis was revealed less than a month before Baca's sentencing in federal court for lying to authorities investigating corruption in the sheriff's department.
The 74-year-old Baca, who commanded the largest sheriff's department in the nation for 16 years before his abrupt retirement in 2014, also was known as a fitness buff who loved running.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Sekee, Jun 21, 2016
Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca has Alzheimer's disease, but he still faces a 6-month prison term
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, but he nonetheless should serve time in prison for lying to federal investigators during a probe into jail abuses by sheriff's deputies, the U.S. attorney's office has concluded.
In a court filing released late Monday, Assistant U.S. Atty. Brandon Fox confirmed rumors about Baca's health, writing that an expert on Alzheimer's had evaluated the former sheriff for the government and verified the diagnosis.
Calling Baca "a study in contrasts" for his high achievements in office and the ethical failures that were his downfall, as well as "a physically fit 74-year-old who is able to function in his daily life," Fox urged U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson to sentence Baca to six months in prison. Baca is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
The punishment, Fox wrote, is "appropriate after taking into account all sides of defendant Baca, including his crime, his current health and his likely prognosis."
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-baca-alzheimers-20160620-snap-story.html
I ain't buying it.
JohnnyRUClear Member
A criminal who has developed a bad memory? No way!!!
JohnnyRUClear, Jun 21, 2016
Does he remember riding on the COS float?
Lightattheendofthetunnel Member
Scientology's bought and paid for political hack Lee Baca's crimes would make a magistrate's hair stand on end.
Lightattheendofthetunnel, Jun 21, 2016
DeathHamster Member
DeathHamster, Jun 21, 2016
I don't think it's difficult to feign symptoms of Alzheimer's.
http://www.alz.org/10-signs-symptoms-alzheimers-dementia.asp
But, the blood tests and brain imaging in the diagnosis can't be faked.
http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_steps_to_diagnosis.asp
I wonder if he was "diagnosed" by a scientology-friendly doctor?
After he gets released from prison, will he get auditing and proclaim that scientology cured him of Alzheimer"s?
(It's a progressive, incurable disease that only gets worse.)
Quentinanon, Jun 22, 2016
Quentinanon said: ↑
A doctor chosen by the court agreed to the diagnosis but there a lot of people with early Alzheimers running around. Until it gets to a later stage it's not much of a disability
Alzheimer, Jun 22, 2016
Early Alzheimers is ONE of the following symptoms
http://m.alz.org/10-warning-signs.asp
The very first signs of early Alzheimer's in Lee Baca's case manifested itself upon receipt of a federal indictment. In fact these symptoms are considered contagious only for the criminal element.
The cowardly Sheriff Baca will answer any and all questions regarding these charges with a question, one of these two questions exclusively in a slow slurry voice:
''......Do..........fish...........swim.......?'' or ''......Where's........my.......oatmeal.....?''
Faking Alzheimer's for one's defense shows the true nature of this scheming fraud who's been taking cult cash and providing them cover for decades.
Alzheimer said: ↑
I wonder if the good doctor did a brain scan and genetic test.
That doctor would be I. M. Gullible, M.D. friend of Megan Shields, M.D.
Is there any difference between scientologist stupidity and Alzheimer's?
Pete Demetriou @knxpete 19 hours ago
#Baca US judge kills plea agreement between Lee Baca and Feds.
Baca stunned. Next hearing 8/1/16.
#knxnews @KNX1070 @CBSLA
Judge says 6 months in prison for former LA county sheriff is not enough | RT America
A judge has rejected a plea deal that would have given former Los Angeles County sheriff up to six months in prison. Lee Baca pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during a probe of his department's attempts to cover up abuse by deputies at county jails.
US District Court Judge Percy Anderson said the plea agreement between Baca and prosecutors in the case "would trivialize the seriousness of the offenses … the need for a just punishment, the need to deter others," the Los Angeles Times reported. Anderson said Baca could withdraw his guilty plea. The deal would have meant up to six months in prison for Baca.
The agreement required Baca, 74, to plead guilty to lying to FBI investigators during an interview in April 2013 related to department corruption and deputy conduct. During the interview, Baca had said he did not know of attempts to intimidate an FBI agent who was involved in an investigation of the LA County Sheriff's Department's conduct, specifically allegations of deputy brutality at county jails, as well as corruption accusations.
https://www.rt.com/usa/351938-lee-baca-plea-judge/
Judge throws out ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca's plea deal, saying six months in prison not enough | Los Angeles Times
Baca must now choose among several unappealing options. He could go ahead with the sentencing and accept whatever punishment Anderson has in mind. He could withdraw his guilty plea and go to trial, taking his chances with whatever charges the government might decide to bring. He could negotiate a new deal with federal prosecutors for a longer sentence that the judge would find more acceptable.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-baca-sentencing-20160718-snap-story.html
The Wrong Guy, Jul 19, 2016
Delicious tears are delicious
RightOn, Jul 19, 2016
AnonymousVanAllen Member
Unappealing choice is unappealing. Jail, broke and in jail, or just broke.
Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
AnonymousVanAllen, Jul 20, 2016
Lee Baca indicted for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to FBI
KABC-TV, August 5, 2016
A federal grand jury indicted former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstructing justice and lying to the FBI over corruption inside county jails.
In 2010, the FBI launched an investigation into civil rights abuses and corruption inside the jails. In February, Baca had agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of lying to the FBI about his knowledge that sheriff's officials approached and threatened to arrest an FBI agent in 2013.
Baca ended up withdrawing his guilty plea when a judge rejected a plea deal with a maximum six-month sentence. The judge called it "too lenient" and said that it did "not fairly measure this defendant's culpability."
The 74-year-old was charged Friday in a three-count indictment. If convicted on all counts, Baca could face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.
He is expected to be arraigned at a later date, which has not been set yet.
Following news of the indictment, Baca's attorney, Nathan Hochman, said in a statement, "These new charges represent punishment by this United States Attorney's office for our client's decision to seek a trial. The United States Attorney's Office has already admitted in court the weakness of its obstruction case against Lee Baca. This trial will be vastly different than the others. We look forward to this process and believe that Mr. Baca will be vindicated after all of the evidence is finally presented."
As a result of the FBI's investigation, 20 current or former member of the sheriff's department have been convicted on federal charges for helping to cover up corruption in the jails.
http://abc7.com/news/lee-baca-indicted-for-conspiracy-obstruction-of-justice-lying-to-fbi/1458753/
Yes one you have to pay for.
RightOn, Aug 7, 2016
Hey Lee! Maybe you should give Scientology a jingle?
Maybe they can help you out?
ohhhhhhh
BWAH AH HA HA HA AHA AHA HAHA AHAHA HAHAH!!!
KittyKatSpanker Member
KittyKatSpanker, Aug 8, 2016
Lee arriving to speak for Scientology in 2010
Oh Lee, that was a LONG time ago, the COS has forgotten all about you.
L.A.'s DA Allows Cop to Quietly Plead to Lesser Charge in Recorded Beating of Black Man
JasmyneOnline, August 8, 2016
If you can pull yourself from the drama that is former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, we have an update for you in the case of Los Angeles Police Officer — or soon to be former Officer Richard Garcia.
When last we spoke about Officer Richard Garcia, I detailed for you how then 22-year-old Clinton Alford was allegedly riding his bike on Avalon Boulevard near 55th Street in South Los Angeles when undercover detectives approached him. He thought he was being jacked for his bike and so he took off running. The chase was on from there but Alford didn't get very far because I'm told one officer managed to use his baton (in a very questionable way) to take him down in a most heinous fashion. As a couple of more officers joined in the fray, another officer rolled up, jumped out the car and kicked Alford right in the head as if he was kicking a field goal for the score. Alford continued to receive punches to his head, body blows by an officer using his elbow, all while he was lying motionless on the ground.
That officer was Newton Division's own Richard Garcia who at the time was a ten-year veteran of the Department working in the Parole Compliance Unit. He allegedly hasn't worked in the field since the incident became public. We'll come back to this later.
With much fanfare, in April 2015, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced filing felony assault under the color of authority criminal charges on Garcia, charges that could have resulted in three years in prison for Garcia. Could have. (People v. Richard Garcia, BA435794)
What D.A. Lacey didn't come back and tell the good people of Los Angeles was that on May 26, 2016 her office allowed Garcia to quietly plead to one felony count of PC 149 (assault under color of authority) with his sentencing stayed for one year so that he could complete 300 hours of community service and make a donation to an organization that services victims of crime or a similar organization. At the end of that year, Garcia will be allowed to withdraw his plea, plead to a misdemeanor count of PC 149 and be placed on two years probation. Garcia is also ordered to stay away from his victim Mr. Alford and remain free of any new arrests or convictions during this time period.
If Garcia fails to comply he will be sentenced to the felony violation of PC 149 which is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or both.
http://www.jasmyneacannick.com/blog...sser-charge-in-recorded-beating-of-black-man/
Eric Leonard @LeonardFiles 4 hours ago
Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca pleads not guilty to new corruption indictment.
@kfiam640
Baca's attorneys told the judge they'd like to delay trial to 2017. Judge set October, 2016 trial date.
Ex Sheriff Baca leaves federal court without comment.
John and Ken @johnandkenshow 3 hours ago
Hour 2 of today's show!
[Follow that link for a recording of reporter Eric Leonard discussing Baca's court appearance today.]
The Wrong Guy, Aug 12, 2016
Tonight, CNN aired an episode of This Is Life With Lisa Ling titled Locked Angeles. The description in the TV listings reads "Lisa Ling gets access to the Los Angeles County Jail, like no one before her, to understand what goes into managing the country's busiest jail."
Baca is mentioned briefly but only in passing. The report centers on the challenges involved and how they are being addressed now. I found it worthwhile and if the prison staff's comments are to be believed, encouraging.
CNN repeats the program this coming Sunday.
The Wrong Guy, Sep 25, 2016
failboat Member
LA Times: Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca found guilty on obstruction of justice and other charges
by Joel Rubin and Victoria Kim
March 15, 2017, 4:15pm
Lee Baca, the once powerful and popular sheriff of Los Angeles County, was found guilty Wednesday of obstructing a federal investigation into abuses in county jails and lying to cover up the interference.
The verdict, which jurors reached on their second full day of deliberations, marked a devastating fall for a man who in his 15 years as sheriff built himself into a national law enforcement figure known for progressive ideas on criminal justice issues. Baca, who is 74 and suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, now faces the likelihood of time in federal prison.
Baca showed no emotion as the verdicts were read in a packed downtown courtroom.
"I disagree with this verdict," Baca told reporters afterward. "My mentality is always optimistic. I look forward to winning on appeal."
Speaking outside after the verdict was read, the jury foreman, a 51-year-old salesman from Los Angeles, knocked down Baca's central claim that he was unaware of the malfeasance others in the department were carrying out.
"The leader runs the ship," the foreman said. "He made the choice to be there. Step up to the plate and be responsible."
The conviction is a significant victory for a team of public corruption prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office who opted to retry Baca following a mistrial late last year. In that trial, the jury deadlocked 11 to 1 in favor of acquitting the former sheriff.
Acting U.S. Atty. Sandra Brown said "this verdict sends a clear message that no one is above the law.... With a career in law enforcement, he knew right from wrong. And he made a decision that was to commit a crime … and when the time came, he lied — he lied to cover up his tracks."
To get to Baca, prosecutors methodically worked their way up the ranks of a group of sheriff's officials who were accused of conceiving and carrying out a scheme to impede the FBI jail inquiry. In all, 10 people — from low-level deputies to Baca and his former second in command — have been convicted or pleaded guilty. Several other deputies have been found guilty of civil rights violations for beating inmates and a visitor in the jails.
Prosecutors argued that Baca was part of a conspiracy, hatched in the summer of 2011, to obstruct attempts by the FBI to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse by deputies in his jails.
Although Baca delegated day-to-day handling of the obstruction plot to his trusted undersheriff, Paul Tanaka, he helped direct it and was kept apprised of developments from his place at the top of the command chain, prosecutors led by Assistant U.S. Atty. Brandon Fox told jurors. The scheme, prosecutors argued, included efforts to keep FBI agents away from an inmate who had been working for them as an informant, manipulating potential witnesses in the federal inquiry and intimidating an FBI agent.
In his closing words to the jury before they began deliberating, Fox excoriated Baca, comparing him to a cowardly chess king who remained safely back while dispatching pawns and other underlings to do his "dirty work."
Baca's defense attorney, Nathan Hochman, had tried to convince jurors that while Baca was upset over the FBI's decision to secretly infiltrate his jails, he never attempted to get in the way of the federal investigation. It was Tanaka alone who directed the effort to foil the federal inquiry, Hochman contended, saying the undersheriff took advantage of the trust Baca put in him to pursue his own agenda. Baca, his lawyer argued, did not know what was going on.
Jurors convicted Baca of three felonies: obstruction of justice, conspiracy and making false statements to federal investigators.
More at source - http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-baca-verdict-20170314-story.html
failboat, Mar 15, 2017


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Q: Laravel - User table, make id uuid type 1- User table, make id uuid type.
No problem
php artisan migrate:refresh

But this error
php artisan db:seed

Error : ("SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1364 Field 'id' doesn't have a default value")
2- Also companies want to be randomly distributed to users. In the user table, uuid type will be held in the user_id column.
Thank you from now...
User Model :
use UsesUuid;

protected $fillable = ['name', 'email', 'password', 'role', 'slug',];

protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token',];

protected $casts = ['email_verified_at' => 'datetime',];

public function companies()
{
    return $this->hasMany('App\Company', 'user_id', 'id');
}

UsesUuid trait:
protected static function boot()
{
    parent::boot();

    static::creating(function ($post) {
        $post->{$post->getKeyName()} = (string)Str::uuid();
    });
}

public $incrementing = false;

public function getKeyType()
{
    return 'string';
}

Users migration:
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->uuid('id')->primary()->unique();
        $table->string('name',100);
        $table->string('email',100);
        $table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
        $table->string('password',100);
        $table->string('role',20)->nullable();
        $table->string('slug',100);
        $table->rememberToken();
        $table->timestamps();
        $table->softDeletes();
    });

Companies migration:
Schema::create('companies', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->string('user_id',36);
$table->string('name', 100);

$table->timestamps();
$table->softDeletes();

$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade');

});
User factory:
$name = $faker->name;
return [
    'id' => Str::uuid(),
    'name' => $name,
    'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
    'email_verified_at' => now(),
    'password' => Hash::make(123), // password
    'remember_token' => Str::random(10),
    'role' => 'user',
    'slug' => Str::slug($name),
];

Company factory:
$name = $faker->company;
return [
    'user_id' => Str::uuid(),
    'name' => $name,
];

DatabaseSeeder :
factory(App\User::class, 5)->create();
factory(App\Company::class, 1500)->create();

A: modify your trait like this:
static::creating(function ($post) {
    empty($post->{$post->getKeyName()}) && $post->{$post->getKeyName()} = (string)Str::uuid();
});

there is no need to make UUID unique,
in your migration, because it is already!
$table->uuid('id');
$table->primary('id');

and factory must create primary UUID itself, don't add it yourself
I think with these changes, seeder must run successfully


An education with the American School of Dental Assisting is an investment in your future. ASDA has payment plan options for everyone, as well as access to grants that pay in full for your education. When enrolling in class, the Registration Fee is due up front to reserve a seat and cover the cost of books and supplies. The cost of Tuition, however, can be financed over 3 to 12 months, with NO interest! We guarantee everyone will be approved for financing – NOBODY is denied! Contact ASDA for more information, or to apply to financing.


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The campus is asking all faculty and staff to update their UC Davis Directory listings online by January 22, so that the printed directory to be distributed this spring will have current information.
Directions on how to update directory listings online are included in a letter to staff and faculty from Jill Blackwelder, associate vice chancellor for safety services in the Office of Administration, and Pete Siegel, vice provost for Information and Educational Technology and chief information officer.
"We appreciate in advance your support of this initiative," Blackwelder and Siegel wrote, "and your help in ensuring that your campus directory listing is updated by mid-January."


The Gomeroi Culture Academy is a culturally focused mentoring program enabling participants to connect with their culture, strengthen and develop their own personal identity and build a strong foundation for future pathways. At the beginning of the year students identified individual areas of learning and have spent time with cultural mentors on a weekly basis to reach their goals. During this learning process participants have created many amazing things, some of which are included in this exhibition.
The Schools participating in the Gomeroi Culture Academy in 2018 include Peel High School, Tamworth High School and McCarthy Catholic College. We kindly thank all the schools and the students for their contributions.
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Q: OpenGL Shader vs CUDA I was using this FXAA Shader for anti-aliasing in my OpenGL program. Now I reimplemented this code in CUDA and tested it. The resulting images are the same, but the CUDA version is much slower. (Shader runs at 60 FPS with vsync, while CUDA drops down to ~40 FPS)
Here is the CUDA code:
__device__ uchar4 readChar(int x, int y){
    return surf2Dread<uchar4>( surfaceRead, (x)*sizeof(uchar4), (y),cudaBoundaryModeClamp);
}

__device__ uchar4 readFloatBilin2(float x, float y){
    int x1 = floor(x);
    int y1 = floor(y);

    uchar4 z11 = readChar(x1,y1);
    uchar4 z12 = readChar(x1,y1+1);
    uchar4 z21 = readChar(x1+1,y1);
    uchar4 z22 = readChar(x1+1,y1+1);

    float u_ratio = x - x1;
    float v_ratio = y - y1;
    float u_opposite = 1 - u_ratio;
    float v_opposite = 1 - v_ratio;
    uchar4 result = (z11   * u_opposite  + z21   * u_ratio) * v_opposite +
                    (z12 * u_opposite  + z22 * u_ratio) * v_ratio;

    return result;
}
__device__ float fluma(const uchar4 &c){
    return c.x*0.299 * (1.0/255) + c.y *0.587 * (1.0/255) + c.z*0.114 * (1.0/255);
}
__global__ void filter_fxaa_opt(TextureData data)
{

    int x = blockIdx.x*blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    int y = blockIdx.y*blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;

    if(x >= data.w || y >= data.h)
    {
        return;
    }

    uchar4 out_color;

    const float FXAA_SPAN_MAX = 8.0;
    const float FXAA_REDUCE_MUL = 1.0/8.0;
    const float FXAA_REDUCE_MIN = (1.0/128.0);

    float lumaNW = fluma(readChar(x-1,y-1));

    float lumaNE = fluma(readChar(x+1,y-1));

    float lumaSW = fluma(readChar(x-1,y+1));

     float lumaSE = fluma(readChar(x+1,y+1));

    float lumaM = fluma(readChar(x,y));

    float lumaMin = min(lumaM, min(min(lumaNW, lumaNE), min(lumaSW, lumaSE)));
    float lumaMax = max(lumaM, max(max(lumaNW, lumaNE), max(lumaSW, lumaSE)));

    float2 dir;
    dir.x = -((lumaNW + lumaNE) - (lumaSW + lumaSE));
    dir.y = ((lumaNW + lumaSW) - (lumaNE + lumaSE));

    float dirReduce = max((lumaNW + lumaNE + lumaSW + lumaSE) * (0.25 * FXAA_REDUCE_MUL), FXAA_REDUCE_MIN);

    float rcpDirMin = 1.0/(min(abs(dir.x), abs(dir.y)) + dirReduce);

//    float2 test = dir * rcpDirMin;
    dir = clamp(dir * rcpDirMin,-FXAA_SPAN_MAX,FXAA_SPAN_MAX);

    uchar4 rgbA = (
                readFloatBilin2(x+ dir.x * (1.0/3.0 - 0.5),y+ dir.y * (1.0/3.0 - 0.5))*0.5f+
                readFloatBilin2(x+ dir.x * (2.0/3.0 - 0.5),y+ dir.y * (2.0/3.0 - 0.5))*0.5f);
    uchar4 rgbB = rgbA * (1.0/2.0) +  (
                readFloatBilin2(x+ dir.x * (0.0/3.0 - 0.5),y+ dir.y * (0.0/3.0 - 0.5))*0.25f+
                readFloatBilin2(x+ dir.x * (3.0/3.0 - 0.5),y+ dir.y * (3.0/3.0 - 0.5))*0.25f);
    float lumaB = fluma(rgbB);

    if((lumaB < lumaMin) || (lumaB > lumaMax)){
        out_color=rgbA;
    } else {
        out_color=rgbB;
    }

    surf2Dwrite<uchar4>(out_color, surfaceWrite, x*sizeof(uchar4), y);
}

Setup:
//called for the 'src' and 'dst' texture once at the beginning
checked_cuda( cudaGraphicsGLRegisterImage(&res, gl_buffer,gl_target, cudaGraphicsRegisterFlagsSurfaceLoadStore));

//called for the 'src' and 'dst' texture every frame
checked_cuda( cudaGraphicsMapResources(1, &res, 0));
checked_cuda( cudaGraphicsSubResourceGetMappedArray(&array, res, 0,0));

//kernel call every frame
dim3 block_size(8, 8);
dim3 grid_size;
grid_size.x = (src->w) / (block_size.x) ;
grid_size.y = (src->h) / (block_size.y) ;
checked_cuda(cudaBindSurfaceToArray(surfaceRead, (cudaArray *)src->d_data));
checked_cuda(cudaBindSurfaceToArray(surfaceWrite, (cudaArray *)dst->d_data));
filter_fxaa_opt<<<grid_size, block_size>>>(*src);

System:
Ubuntu 14.04
Opengl version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.113
Renderer version: GeForce GTX 760M/PCIe/SSE2
CUDA 5.5

Question:
What does the OpenGL Shader do better and why is it so much faster?

A: As njuffa pointed out the main problem was the manual interpolation and normalization. After using a CUDA texture instead of a CUDA surface the build in interpolation can be used by calling tex2D(..) instead of surf2Dread(...).
The modified CUDA code is now almost indentically to the OpenGL shader and does indeed perform equally well.
__global__ void filter_fxaa2(TextureData data)
{

    int x = blockIdx.x*blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    int y = blockIdx.y*blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;

    if(x >= data.w || y >= data.h)
    {
        return;
    }

    uchar4 out_color;

    const float FXAA_SPAN_MAX = 8.0f;
    const float FXAA_REDUCE_MUL = 1.0f/8.0f;
    const float FXAA_REDUCE_MIN = (1.0f/128.0f);

    float u = x + 0.5f;
    float v = y + 0.5f;

    float4 rgbNW = tex2D( texRef, u-1.0f,v-1.0f);
    float4 rgbNE = tex2D( texRef, u+1.0f,v-1.0f);
    float4 rgbSW = tex2D( texRef, u-1.0f,v+1.0f);
    float4 rgbSE = tex2D( texRef, u+1.0f,v+1.0f);
    float4 rgbM = tex2D( texRef, u,v);

    const float4 luma = make_float4(0.299f, 0.587f, 0.114f,0.0f);
    float lumaNW = dot(rgbNW, luma);
    float lumaNE = dot(rgbNE, luma);
    float lumaSW = dot(rgbSW, luma);
    float lumaSE = dot(rgbSE, luma);
    float lumaM = dot( rgbM, luma);

    float lumaMin = min(lumaM, min(min(lumaNW, lumaNE), min(lumaSW, lumaSE)));
    float lumaMax = max(lumaM, max(max(lumaNW, lumaNE), max(lumaSW, lumaSE)));

    float2 dir;
    dir.x = -((lumaNW + lumaNE) - (lumaSW + lumaSE));
    dir.y = ((lumaNW + lumaSW) - (lumaNE + lumaSE));

    float dirReduce = max((lumaNW + lumaNE + lumaSW + lumaSE) * (0.25f * FXAA_REDUCE_MUL), FXAA_REDUCE_MIN);

    float rcpDirMin = 1.0f/(min(abs(dir.x), abs(dir.y)) + dirReduce);

    float2 test = dir * rcpDirMin;
    dir = clamp(test,-FXAA_SPAN_MAX,FXAA_SPAN_MAX);

    float4 rgbA = (1.0f/2.0f) * (
                tex2D( texRef,u+ dir.x * (1.0f/3.0f - 0.5f),v+ dir.y * (1.0f/3.0f - 0.5f))+
                tex2D( texRef,u+ dir.x * (2.0f/3.0f - 0.5f),v+ dir.y * (2.0f/3.0f - 0.5f)));
    float4 rgbB = rgbA * (1.0f/2.0f) + (1.0f/4.0f) * (
                tex2D( texRef,u+ dir.x * (0.0f/3.0f - 0.5f),v+ dir.y * (0.0f/3.0f - 0.5f))+
                tex2D( texRef,u+ dir.x * (3.0f/3.0f - 0.5f),v+ dir.y * (3.0f/3.0f - 0.5f)));
    float lumaB = dot(rgbB, luma);

    if((lumaB < lumaMin) || (lumaB > lumaMax)){
        out_color=toChar(rgbA);
    } else {
        out_color=toChar(rgbB);
    }

    surf2Dwrite<uchar4>(out_color, surfaceWrite, x*sizeof(uchar4), y);
}

Update:
Performance meassured with cudaEvents:

*

*Old Version: ~12.8ms

*New Version: ~1.2ms

Conclusion:
Use CUDA surfaces only for writing and not for reading textures!