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HOLLIS BROWN RELEASE NEW ALBUM "3 SHOTS" ON May 5 + COUNTING CROWS TOUR
Posted on April 21, 2015 April 21, 2015 by The Planet Of Sound
HOLLIS BROWN SIGNS WITH JULLIAN RECORDS
New Album "3 Shots" Released May 5, Featuring Bo Diddley Collaboration "Rain Dance" And Nikki Lane Duet "Highway 1"
The Edgy, Roots-Rock Indie Band Known For Its Adrenaline-Fueled Energy & Tribute To Tradition Will Tour This Summer/Fall
Hollis Brown has signed with independent label Jullian Records for the release of 3 Shots available May 5, featuring a Bo Diddley collaboration "Rain Dance," and the duet "Highway 1" with acclaimed alt-country songstress Nikki Lane. The edgy, roots-rock indie band from Queens, NY, known for its adrenaline fueled performances, just wrapped 11 appearances at SXSW, where they signed with The Agency Group, preceded by a mini-tour with legendary band The Zombies. The 3 Shots pre-order goes up April 7 through May 5 on iTunes and Amazon, with instant grat track "Rain Dance" April 7 and "3 Shots" April 21. The band will tour this summer and fall, with dates to be announced shortly, followed by an international tour this October through November.
"Working with Jullian has been everything we could have asked for from a record label: They have given us complete creative control to make the record we want, and the chance to get it out to an audience our way. We can't wait for people to hear "3 Shots," says Hollis Brown lead singer/guitarist Mike Montali.
Check Out '3 Shots' (Live in Austin, TX 2015) at Jam In The Van:
Comments Jullian Records founder, Cynthia Brossy Hart: "There's a reason Hollis Brown's new release is called "3 Shots". The band brings the combination of great songwriting, musicianship, hard work, and lots of energy to their music and live performances. Something everyone should experience."
Hollis Brown is a self-defined American Rock 'n' Roll band, named after a Bob Dylan song ("The Ballad of Hollis Brown"). The band was formed by Queens-natives and songwriters Mike Montali (lead vocals/guitar) and Jonathan Bonilla (lead guitar). Both 2nd-generation immigrants (Italian-American and Puerto Rican-American, respectively), they soon found their musical brethren in the Mid-West, recruiting Dillon Devito (bass/vocals) and Andrew Zehnal (drums) from Ohio, and Adam Bock (keyboard/vocals) from Missouri.
The independent act has achieved a significant amount of success since their formation in 2009. They released their debut album Ride On The Train on Alive Naturalsound in 2013 (produced by Adam Landry), garnering song and video premieres from Rolling Stone, Paste, and American Songwriter, along with music placements on MTV's "Real World," Showtime's "Shameless," and the Willem Dafoe/Matt Dillon film "Bad Country". Following a Lou Reed tribute concert in NYC, Alive Naturalsound asked the band to record a tribute to the Velvet Underground's classic album Loaded, as a limited-edition vinyl release for Record Store Day 2014. Hollis Brown Gets Loaded took on a life of its own, with airplay on stations like KEXP, resulting in a full CD & digital release, and the band's first AAA/Non-Comm radio campaign. The band has toured extensively in America and Europe, building an impressive fan base on both continents.
3 Shots Track List
3 Shots
Rain Dance (featuring Bo Diddley)
Death Of An Actress
Highway 1 (featuring Nikki Lane)
Wait For Me Virginia
The Ballad Of Mr. Rose
For more information please visit www.Jullianrecords.com and www.hollisbrown.com
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The Microsoft Blog
Bill Gates left Facebook because of myriad friend requests
By Nick Eaton on July 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Buried at the bottom of a New York Times article on Bill Gates' winning the Indira Gandhi peace prize is the Microsoft chairman's reasoning for getting rid of his Facebook profile.
"Ten thousand people tried to be my friend," he told the NYT. "Do I know them? Don't I know them?"
"I had to give it up," he said.
I'll bet. I can't imagine Gates sifting through thousands of friend requests for hours on end.
Also from the NYT article:
Asked whether he ever "unplugs," abandoning e-mail messages, computers and his cellphone entirely, Mr. Gates laughed and said "I'm not a 24-hour technology person." He said he read a lot "and sometimes not on a screen." He added that he was not big on text messaging. "All these tools of technology let us waste our time if we're not careful," he said.
Mr. Gates said the buzzwords "social networking" applied to something that had been around for a long time — a way to communicate with numerous people at the same time.
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A Behavioral Margin of Safety
Thursday, January 24th, 2013 by Punch Investment Team
In 1991, one of the least-known, best investors of our time wrote a book called Margin of Safety. Seth Klarman, the author and Chairman of the highly-respected hedge fund, Baupost Group, did not take long to figure out that publishing was not going to be where his bread was buttered. He published only 5,000 copies and stopped printing what many value investors now consider "the bible". Today the book fetches $2500 a copy on Amazon but might be found used on eBay for $1000. Klarman could now likely turn a tidy profit publishing a few more copies but that clearly was not his objective in the first place. His objective was to get out of his head and on to paper what is the truth about why very few people are highly successful investors and most range from average to outright failures. Most investors, he concludes, focus on return and not risk.
In the book, Klarman goes out of his way to focus on risk. He notes, "A margin of safety is achieved when securities are purchased at prices sufficiently below underlying value to allow for human error, bad luck, or extreme volatility in a complex, unpredictable and rapidly changing world."
Klarman goes on to discuss several methodologies for examining what the true value of a company is versus the perception of its value as portrayed by its stock price. He mentions many methods for evaluating the "real" value of a company — practices which can be executed by most undergraduate-level finance students. Klarman knew that his formulas and assumptions could be perfect, but unless perception (stock price) and reality merged, he would not make money. The gap needed to be wide enough to account for uncertainties and peoples' perceptions needed to change.
While this all seems dull and mathematical so far, great investors like Klarman, Buffet, and Soros are acutely aware that current circumstances and the corresponding investor behavior they elicit is what leads to any disconnect between the market price and the true value of each of their holdings. They believe that the ideal circumstance for identifying the widest gap (best margin of safety) is when the fewest number of people agree with them. This happens when the behavior of other investors is contrary to their own. Great investors also know that extreme behavior is not permanent behavior. Attitudes can change more rapidly than fundamentals and money can be made anticipating these attitudinal shifts. Money can be made buying companies (or industries, or markets) with the highest "behavioral" margin of safety. Capital can be protected by avoiding (or shorting) those with the lowest behavioral margin of safety (crowded trades).
What is also quite clear to us is that the longer an investment behavior persists (e.g. buying bonds, selling energy stocks, buying large cap growth stocks, etc.) the greater the likelihood that this behavior will sow the seeds to its own reversal. At these "behavioral inflection points" the selling will dissipate and turn into buying and the buying into selling. Said differently, the stocks (or bonds, commodities, real estate) with the lowest behavioral margin of safety are those that have already gone up the most for the longest period of time.
When I think of recent history, I think of the stock of Apple. In September of 2012 the stock eclipsed $700 per share. Since October of '08 Apple ascended to that level in a mesmerizing fashion growing at an annual rate of more than 60%. Few managers who expected to beat their benchmarks could afford to be left out of this stock. At $700 per share there was still a cogent argument as to why the stock had a fundamental margin of safety. Excluding the over $120 of cash per share the company had on its balance sheet, Apple was still trading at under 12 times its forecasted earnings. This was cheaper than many slower growing, lower quality companies in the S&P 500. But how high was its behavioral margin of safety? Did everybody who was going to buy it already own it?
While this practice is difficult to quantify, I would hazard to guess that the behavioral margin of safety was not high for this investment. According to Nick Murray Interactive, Apple was one of the top ten holdings in over seven hundred equity mutual funds; four hundred had it as their single largest holding. 400 mutual funds quantitatively demonstrated that this was the single stock that was going to help them the most in beating the market averages over the foreseeable future after it had already gone up more than just about any other stock over the previous four years. It takes some courage to own any single company. With Apple it took a great deal more courage not to own it. I have no idea how this company will perform from current levels ($500 per share a/o 1/2012) but Nick Murray said it best when he commented, "We may no longer be willing to accept even excellence from Apple, because we have in some sense started pricing in magic."
The behavioral margin of safety for the stocks in general can vary over time. As we enter 2013 stocks have recovered over 100% from their lows in March of 2009. One would think that the average investor increasingly participating is one of the reasons for this recovery. This is not the case. According to Gallup, every year since the recovery began the "participation rate" of American household in stocks has declined. The participation rate sits at 54%, the lowest level since Gallup started measuring the data in 1999. Everybody who can own stocks clearly does not own stocks. Every dollar that could come into the stock market has yet to be committed. We would need to see more investors behaving with impunity before waving the caution flag to our loyal constituency.


Do I Need Three Estimates For My Kitchen Remodeling Project?
A: It's my opinion that the industry standard dictating that a homeowner get three estimates is flawed. What exactly is the contractor estimating?
Not only is there a vast range of finish materials available, but different finish materials also have different installation costs.
You may have decided that you want "middle of the road" materials. That's perfect. But how much does a middle of the road faucet cost? Three contractors plus one homeowner equals for different prices. That's why the standard is flawed.
At Moore Home Remodeling, we feel that until you have a design and a list of the exact materials you want to use, it is impossible to get an accurate estimate.
A contractor needs to know a great deal about the details of your project in order to price a job correctly. We believe a better approach starts with a phone call to our office. It's an opportunity for us to gain valuable information about your project and guide you at the same time.
We can then set up a free consultation for us to see the area you want to remodel. We can discuss a price range after this consultation. But only after the next step—the design phase—can we accurately give you a quote or estimate.
The design phase puts your ideas onto paper and gives us the ability to price materials to be used. We prefer to design to an amount the owner wants to invest. It's the best way for us to provide the biggest bang for the buck.
A low price, whether estimated or actual, does not determine whether or not you can have trust and peace of mind. Ask for references and unbiased reviews of previous work. How long has the company been in business? What is the planning process? Transparency in all these areas develops mutual trust and, in the end, happy homeowners.


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Leading recruiter Oscar opens strategic new U.S office in tech hub Austin, Texas
Celebrated global recruiter Oscar is expanding its United States services offering with the opening of a strategically placed office in Austin, nicknamed Silicon Hills and home to the world's leading tech giants. The Austin, Texas office will support Oscar in its ambitious growth plans as it strengthens its international standing and continues along its stratospheric financial trajectory. This comes after the business boasted a record turnover of £28m ($36m), its most successful year to date. The new location, home to a plethora of high profile tech firms, will allow Oscar to expand its already extensive network of client partnerships. The team there will also seek to grow the firm's considerable range of corporate recruitment services across its niche brand sectors, which encompass Oscar Tech, as well as Oscar Energy and Oscar Construction. Oscar selected Austin as a key location because of the sheer number of tech businesses which have opened offices there in recent years and the talent that comes with them. They comprise hardware and software makers, internet-based services, e- commerce and tech manufacturers. Household names to make their mark in the area include Apple, IBM and Dell, to name a few. According to the latest reports, Amazon has recently announced it will expand its Austin presence with 600 new tech jobs. In addition, venture capital investment in Austin has been consistently on the rise, with funding hitting £1bn ($1.3bn) in 2018, the highest on record since the 2000 dot.com boom, according to the MoneyTree Report from PwC and CB Insights. Lee Cohen, Talent Acquisition Partner, will play a key part in helping Oscar to realise its vision. He will achieve this by driving internal recruitment into Austin to develop an expert global talent resourcing team which is well-placed to serve Austin's prolific tech empires. Lee began his career at Oscar as a Trainee/Resource Consultant in the Manchester, UK office in 2014. After progressing through the business's School of Excellence training programme and developing his own vertical market, Lee was offered the opportunity to relocate to Oscar's Houston, Texas office to launch the tech arm of the business. During this time, Lee was promoted to the role of Senior Consultant and was also involved in the hiring and learning and development of trainees. After learning about Oscar's expansion into Austin, Lee was keen to progress his career whilst helping the business to expand its US footprint. Alongside Lee Cohen, Phil Dunn will be moving over from the Oscar HQ in Manchester heading up the Technology division in the Austin office. Phil, like Lee started as a Trainee in 2014 in the Manchester office, progressing to the position of Lead Consultant in 2017. Phil's team will be operating across the Tech space, with a focus on DevOps and Cloud technologies. Just minutes away from Texas Capitol and the Paramount Theatre, Oscar's newly built workspace boasts modern office facilities, along with a fully stocked kitchen, bar, break out space and a gym with Peloton equipment which is open to all employees based at the site. The location, which features stunning views of Texas Hill Country, was designed to promote productivity. Oscar's global head office is in Manchester, UK, with additional offices in London, UK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Houston, US. This expansive infrastructure has enabled Oscar to service multinational clients on a global basis and strategically deliver the best candidates, wherever they are in the world. Speaking about the new office and its team, Kevin Holt, Oscar's Managing Director for the US, said: "Austin was the prime place for Oscar to open a new office due to its reputation as a leading location for the world's best tech firms and the talent which they attract. We are delighted that Lee has joined the team to help us grow and prosper, not only in this region but across the United States and on a global basis. "We recently enjoyed our best financial year to date and we are confident that Lee and the team in Austin will channel their considerable sector experience and expertise to bring value to the business, alongside continued success." -Ends- Press Coverage https://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/oscar-opens-strategic-us-office-to-meet-tech-demand/
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The cogserver.log file is a good source of information when troubleshooting. But default the cogserver.log file is a 10 MB file (set in Cognos Configuration Manager) in xml format and hard to read.
Since Cognos 8.1 there is a handy tool called LogviewV2.exe and can be found in the c8\bin directory. Start LogviewV2.exe and load the cogserver.log file. Now all the messages and errors are formatted, can be read much better.
Command line switches are required to run transformer in batch mode from Scheduler.
? change the degree of detail for log file messages.
? The command-line syntax is not case-sensitive for Transformer running under Windows.
trnsfrmr -r2 july.mdl is valid.
The ? (question mark) in the extension .py? is replaced by the character that is used in your release of Transformer.
trnsfrmr -n -k"field three=CarlosR/pw462″ is valid.
How to run CognosScript macros?
CognosScript programs (macros) can be written, run, debugged and tested in the CognosScript Editor which comes default with the installation of Cognos Impromptu or PowerPlay. The CognosScript editor can be started on edmacro32.exe in the \bin\ cognos installation folder to open mac files.
The Macros are saved to a text format and have a mac extension. When the file is run it is automatically compiled to a binary file, with a mcx extension.
To run the macros from the command line the runmac32.exe in the \bin\ cognos installation folder is used.
Schedule a Planning job to run but it stays pending.
Schedule a Planning Job to run a macro. The job stays in pending status. The macro by itself can be set to run later. This occurs mostly in a multi server environment.
Change the monitor service to true on the Application server and Web Server, restart services.
How to deny access to Business Insight and Business Insight Advanced in Cognos 10 Portal?
2. Under the Capabilities link, click the 'Set Properties' on the Executive Dashboard capability. To deny access to a user, deny the execute and traverse rights.
2. Under the Capabilities link, click the Set Properties on the Report Studio capability. To deny access to a user, deny the execute and traverse rights.
How to check the version of an Oracle JDBC driver?
How to determine the version of an Oracle JDBC driver?
2. Make a copy of the classes12.jar file.
4. Use Winzip or some other file compression tool, extract the content of the classes12.zip to a temporary location.
7. Look for the line Specification-Version: "Oracle JDBC Driver version – 9.0.2.0.8" indicates that the version of this JDBC classes12 driver is 9.0.2.0.8.
This Oracle JDBC Driver version, must be exactly same as the version of the Oracle database server were you want to create a metric or content store. Ask the Oracle DBA how to obtain the correct JDBC version is necessary.


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Currency War Rattles Brazil, Wakes Up the People
by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2013 • Comments Off on Currency War Rattles Brazil, Wakes Up the People
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his ilk refuse to see the connection. They're too busy ogling inflation in the US that is suspiciously low. But China has its eyes riveted on the revolt in Brazil. Like all revolts, it's about deep-seated issues and inequalities, but the spark that lit it – after price and asset inflation had made life too expensive for the middle class – was an increase in bus fares.
The warning shot came in September 2010. From Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega. In a speech, he denounced the "international currency war" that the money-printers in Washington and elsewhere were waging against his and other countries, and the hot money that they sent sloshing around the world, particularly the developing world. "This threatens us because it takes away our competitiveness," he warned.
He'd taken aim at the Fed's "bold" efforts to hand trillions to the big players – the hot money – who didn't invest it in production and jobs in the US but plowed it into every conceivable "asset class," such as commodity and currency speculation and similar productive uses. It hit prices in Brazil and drove up the Real.
Brazil counterattacked last year. The Real plunged 24% against the buck. Prices of imported goods soared – adding to the inflation that had already been zigzagging up from 3.7% in 2007. In May, it hit a red-hot 6.45%.
It was just too much for the 40 million people who'd made the transition from poverty into (barely) the middle class since the turn of the millennium. Products they buy on a daily basis have jumped: tomatoes are up 96% over last year, onions 70%, rice 20%, chicken 23%. Since 2008, rents are up 118%. Rio de Janeiro has become the third most expensive city in the world.
But the economy is languishing. Last year, it eked out a minuscule gain of 0.9%, after having edged up only 2.7% in 2011, dreadfully slow for a developing nation. Stagflation!
So cities increased bus fares – in Rio by 6.7%, from R$ 3.00 to R$ 3.20 ($1.47). The spark that ignited the fire. On Thursday, 5,000 to 10,000 protesters rallied against the fare increases, set a bus on fire, smashed windows. The police responded with force, shot seven reporters of the daily Folha with rubber bullets, enthusiastically teargased TV reporters who were filming the mass arrests….
By Monday, 200,000 people were on the streets spread over the cities of São Paulo, Rio (100,000 according to independent observers), Salvador, Curitiba, Belém, and the capital, Brasília – where some of the demonstrators managed to get on the roof of Parliament to sing the national anthem before descending.
The ballooning size of the protests took authorities by surprise. Momentum is picking up. The social media play a crucial role in organizing the masses. And the next few days are going to be hot. Yet protests are not the norm in Brazil. There have been sporadic ones, but nothing major since the demonstrations in 1992 against the corruption of President Fernando Collor de Mello's government. And violent protests are rare – in contrast to the everyday violence in their neighborhoods.
This is a revolt of the young middle class, of students, of people in suits, of bystanders. Bus fares sparked it, but now they denounce the rising cost of living, the wasteful costs of the World Cup, the corruption of the elites, high levels of inequality, lousy public service, inefficiency, and crime.
"The entire Brazilian youth" was there, wrote a student participant. People "seemed determined to continue the movement." One likened it to the "euphoria of the Carnival." Many participants didn't see the violence and considered the protests peaceful – until they saw it on TV. Banners covered a spectrum of concerns and hopes. One of them read, "Here lies a conformist nation. Brazil woke up!" Some vandals were reprimanded by the crowd. A banner brimmed with youthful optimism: "We're the future of the nation." Government corruption was a favorite target. "Today I saw my country change," wrote a 38-year-old participant in Rio. "We don't need a new soccer stadium, we need a new country."
For the elite and political class, this mayhem comes at an inconvenient time: Brazil will host the soccer World Cup in 2014 and the summer Olympics in 2016 – events designed to goose the stagnating economy and line their pockets. While the country is plowing $15 billion into the Olympics, it's the less costly World Cup that is being targeted by protesters, whose bus fares were hiked, and who want hospitals and affordable housing, not glamorous stadiums.
On Tuesday, the government tried to diffuse the protests before they spiral out of control. They talked about dialogue. The mayor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad, was willing to meet with representatives of the protesters but refused to budge on the bus fares; there was a stadium to pay for, and his budget was squeezed. President Dilma Rousseff, a target of the protesters, admitted, "These voices, which go beyond traditional mechanisms, political parties and the media itself, need to be heard." She went all out to embrace the restive crowd: "The greatness of yesterday's demonstrations was proof of the energy of our democracy," she said.
Palliative words. Whether they will soothe the spirits, heal the wounds of police brutality, douse the fire of discontent, bring inflation under control, and make life more affordable remains to be seen. Whether this is just a blip, or a long-term event that will drag down further the seventh largest economy in the world also remains to be seen. Meanwhile, the effects of the Fed's monetary policy continue to ricochet around the world.
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Annotations (lat. annotatio) provide additional or supplemental information to an actual item. Annotating adds a second layer of information to a given object and is nowadays considered an important cultural skill. For centuries, annotations have played a vital role in the humanities and cultural sciences, especially with regard to textual criticism and the critical assessment of visual objects like paintings or architecture. During the last decades, the digital turn in science and society has produced new forms of annotations. From computer science (code annotations), linguistic studies (language annotation or annotation of speech) to areas like the social media (tagging) - annotations are abundant.
In 2018, the yearly "International Summer School" (ISS) of the MA programme "Digital Methods in the Humanities and Cultural Sciences" jointly conducted by the Johannes Gutenberg-University and the University of Applied Sciences Mainz will put a special focus on annotations. The main aim of the summer school is to build up expertise on foundational concepts, methods and tools for annotating research objects from a broad range of disciplines.
The schedule comprises introductory lessons on instruments for web based collaboration and annotation (like structuring and writing text with Markdown, Git and GitLab), as well as classes on annotating texts and images with markup languages or transcribing and annotating historical sources with online tools. Annotating music will also play an important part just as will be the modelling of annotation concepts for time and space in respect to cultural artefacts. Finally, more recent methods like graphbased annotations, visualization tools for annotations and historical network research on the basis of annotated research corpora will complete the picture.
Note: For students enrolled in the MA programme "Digital Methods in the Humanities and Cultural Sciences" the summer school starts one day earlier on Monday, 08.10.2018 at 10:00 (also in the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz).
The summer school will take place in the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 2, 55131 Mainz.
By car: Take the exit Mainz-Hechtsheim (Ost) from the A60, make a right turn into the Geschwister-Scholl-Straße and another right turn at the first crossing into the Emy-Roeder-Straße. After approximately 50m make a left turn into the parking area of the Academy.
With public transport: From Mainz main station take the tram lines no 50, 52 or 53 (towards Hechtsheim) or take the busses number 660 (towards Alzey) or 9 (towards Hechtsheim).
For lunch there are some convenient facilities nearby. The REWE-Supermarket is just next to the Academy. The shops and restaurants at the Berliner Straße also provide good food.
We can recommend one of the following hotels for accomodation: The Hotel am Hechenberg (close to the Academy), the Intercity Hotel Mainz (close to the main station) or the Youth Hostel Mainz (reasonable prices).
The summer school addresses an international audience and is open to all students and/or researchers with a BA degree in the humanities, cultural sciences, computer science or information science. For a successfull participation credits according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) will be awarded. Lessons will be held in German and/or English, depending on the amount of foreign speaking participants to a class.
The total amount of participants is limited to 40 persons. From this amount, 25 seats are booked for the students of the first semester of the MA programme "Digital Methods in the Humanities and Cultural Sciences" until the start of the semester. 15 seats are open for external application. We will maintain a waiting list to ensure a fair allocation if any of the seats is not taken by the start of the semester.
There is no fee for the summer school. Participants must cover their travel and accomodation expenses by themselves.


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Wednesday's Briefing: Oakland resumes talks with A's to sell Coliseum site, but doesn't drop lawsuit; Hayward meeting shut down by mayor
Piedmont voters approve two tax measures for schools
by Steven Tavares
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The city of Oakland and Alameda County jointly own the Coliseum complex. The A's hope to purchase the 155-acre property and redevelop it with housing.
News you don't want to miss for Nov. 6:
1. The Oakland City Council announced they have entered negotiations with the Oakland A's, who are interested in purchasing the city's half of the Coliseum complex, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. However, the council has not yet dropped the lawsuit that hopes to stop the county from also selling its half of the site to the A's. $$
2. A Hayward City Council meeting was moved behind closed doors after numerous disruptions by the public Tuesday night, the East Bay Citizen reports. Police accountability advocates and the family of Agustin Gonsalez, who was fatally shot by Hayward Police, were upset after one of the officers who killed their son last November showed up at the meeting.
3. Voters in Piedmont overwhelmingly approved measures to increase taxes in order to further fund schools, the East Bay Times reports. Voters backed Measure G, which extends an existing $2,763 school parcel tax through 2028; and Measure H, which enacts a 25 cent per square feet tax on home improvements.
4. Nail-biter in the San Francisco district attorney's race. After ranked-choice voting tabulations, Suzy Loftus has a slim 250-vote lead over Chesa Boudin, KRON reports. Alameda County deputy DA Nancy Tung is a distant third.
5. Scott Donahue, whose sculpture seen everyday by motorists driving on Interstate 80 in Berkeley, is threatening a lawsuit against the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. He believes the cost-cutting reason given by the city for removing his art work is insufficient and taking down the sculpture will damage his reputation. $$
6. La Bayadère, a 140-year-old ballet, contains a section where dancers traditionally wear skin-darkening makeup. SFGate reports the ballet at U.C. Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall faced controversy after some parents of young dancers invited by company to perform in the production balked at wearing "brownface." The dancers were later disinvited.
7. The California Department of Motor Vehicles allowed seven agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to illegally have access to 3,200 California resident's drivers license records, the Los Angeles Times reports. $$
$$ = Stories you may have to pay to read.
Oakland City Council lawsuit negotiations Oakland A's ballet La Bayadere brownface Piedmont parcel tax Nancy Tung Agustin Gonsalez Hayward Police Barbara Halliday DMV Homeland Security sculpture Scott Donahue


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* `python3 run_advisor.py --name isotropic --path <path-to-devito>/examples/seismic/acoustic/acoustic_example.py`
* `python3 run_advisor.py --name tti_so8 --path <path-to-devito>/examples/seismic/tti/tti_example.py --exec-args "-so 8"`
* `python3 run_advisor.py --name iso_ac_so6 --path <path-to-devito>/benchmarks/user/benchmark.py --exec-args "bench -P acoustic -so 6 --tn 200 -d 100 100 100 --autotune off -x 1"`

After the run has finished you should be able to plot a roofline with the results and export roofline data to JSON using:
* `python3 roofline.py --name Roofline --project <advisor-project-name>`

To create a read-only snapshot for use with Intel Advisor GUI, use:
* `advixe-cl --snapshot --project-dir=<advisor-project-name> pack -- /<new-snapshot-name>`

Prerequisites:
* Support guaranteed only for Intel Advisor as installed with Intel Parallel Studio v 2020 Update 2
  and Intel oneAPI 2021; earlier years may not work; other 2020/2021 versions, as well as later years,
  may or may not work.
* In Linux systems you may need to enable system-wide profiling by setting:
  - `/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope` to `0`
  - `/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid` to `1`

* `numactl` must be available on the system. If not available, install with:
	`sudo apt-get install numactl`
* Install `pandas` and `matplotlib`. They are not included in the core Devito installation.

Limitations:

* Untested with more complicated examples.
* Untested on Intel KNL (we might need to ask `numactl` to bind to MCDRAM).
* Running the `tripcounts` analysis takes a lot, despite starting in paused
  mode. This analysis, together with the `survey` analysis, is necessary to
  generate a roofline. Both are run by `run_advisor.py`.
* Requires python3, untested in earlier versions of python and conda environments
* Currently requires download of repository and running `pip3 install .`, the scripts
  are currently not included as a package with the user installation of Devito

TODO:

* Give a name to the points in the roofline, otherwise it's challenging to
  relate loops (code sections) to data.
* Emit a report summarizing the configuration used to run the analysis
  (threading, socket binding, ...).

Useful links:
* [ Memory-Level Roofline Analysis in Intel® Advisor ](https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/memory-level-roofline-model-with-advisor.html " Memory-Level Roofline Analysis in Intel® Advisor ")
* [CPU / Memory Roofline Insights
Perspective](https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/advisor-user-guide/top/optimize-cpu-usage/cpu-roofline-perspective.html "CPU / Memory Roofline Insights
Perspective")
* [ Roofline Resources for Intel® Advisor Users ](https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/advisor-roofline-resources.html " Roofline Resources for Intel® Advisor Users ")

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Home > Vol 105, No 8 (2015) >	Gray
Improving access to antiretrovirals in rural South Africa – a call to action
Andy Gray, Francesca Conradie, Talitha Crowley, Bernhard Gaede, Tinne Gils, Amir Shroufi, Bella Hwang, Desmond Kegakilwe, Jenny Nash, Prinitha Pillay, Stacie C Stende, Francois Venter, Philippa Matthews
South Africa already has the world's biggest antiretroviral (ARV) programme. With the introduction of extended criteria for initiating ARVs, the National Department of Health wishes to increase the number of people on ARVs by around two million over the next 2 years. Adoption of a chronic disease management model, with extended task shifting, decentralisation and new approaches to distribution of ARVs, must be embraced if this is to be successfully achieved without huge increases in resources. In this editorial we discuss the need for change, and the current substantial blocks to progress (principally in prescribing and dispensing legislation) that contradict national treatment guidance and should be addressed as a matter of urgency. In addition, we draw attention to threatened regulatory changes that may further worsen the situation.
Andy Gray, Division of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Francesca Conradie, President, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
Talitha Crowley, Division of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Bernhard Gaede, Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Tinne Gils, Médecins Sans Frontières South Africa
Amir Shroufi, Médecins Sans Frontières South Africa
Bella Hwang, Stop Stock Outs Project, South Africa
Desmond Kegakilwe, RuDASA, South Africa
Jenny Nash, Amathole District Clinical Specialist Team, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Prinitha Pillay, Rural Health Advocacy Project, South Africa
Stacie C Stende, Senior Technical Advisor, HIV/TB/ID (based in Cape Town, South Africa), Jhpiego
Francois Venter, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Philippa Matthews, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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South Africa; HIV; Access; Antiretrovirals
South African Medical Journal 2015;105(8):638-640. DOI:10.7196/SAMJnew.8265
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Science Space
Epic Photos Show SpaceX Starship Beaming on the Launchpad
The next-gen spacecraft poses for glamour shots as SpaceX aims for orbit.
Amanda Kooser
Jan. 13, 2023 8:35 a.m. PT
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.
A magical, misty moment in Texas as Starship poses on the launchpad in January 2023.
SpaceX's shiny new Starship is gearing up for a historic launch to orbit. Before the next-gen spacecraft takes to the skies, it must be stacked up on the launchpad and make it through a series of tests. On Thursday, SpaceX shared some impressive new looks at the ship and rocket together.
More pics of Starship fully stacked on the orbital launch pad at Starbase → https://t.co/095WHWN1zX pic.twitter.com/pYzC9nQYSc
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 12, 2023
The orbital launch attempt, which doesn't yet have a scheduled date, will take place at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas. It's a scenic spot along the coast that provides a lovely backdrop for the Starship glamour shots.
Starship looks like it's ready to get off this rock in a January 2023 SpaceX photo.
Narrowing down an actual launch attempt time has been tricky. SpaceX founder Elon Musk has a history of making optimistic projections that don't pan out. Earlier this month, he suggested Starship has a shot at a February launch, with a March date even more likely.
SpaceX has been building excitement for the launch through images and video. The company shared a thrilling top-down view of a fiery engine test late last year. More fancy spacecraft images are available on SpaceX's Flickr site.
Elon Musk Updates Timeline for Starship to Finally Launch to Space
SpaceX Shares Eye-Popping, Top-Down View of Fiery Starship Engine Test
Starship is meant to open new avenues of space exploration. The first goal is to get it safely to orbit. Then, SpaceX will work on getting humans on board. After that, SpaceX is aiming to send a group of artists around the moon and fulfill a NASA contract to take astronauts to the surface of the moon through the Artemis program.
There's a lot riding on this shiny, uncrewed Starship and the big rocket that will (hopefully) blast it to space. There are a lot of uncertainties with a new orbital launch of new equipment, so it's wise to enjoy the views of Starship in pristine condition while you still can.


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Tuning into teens
Written by Eric Tiansay
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 11:46 AM America/New_York
A growing subcategory adds edgy content to trendy design
Teen Bibles may not top best-seller lists or command huge endcap displays like adult editions, but the subcategory is a strong area for publishers and retailers. The segment has come far since The Way, the first teen/young adult Bible, published by Tyndale House Publishers in 1972, which used the Living Bible paraphrase and black-and-white photos of 16- to 30-year-olds throughout the text.
The grouping now offers a variety of trendy features and formats—including graphics, colors, compact-size and magazine-like versions as well as metal, manga-style and Italian Duo-Tone designs—all aiming to be visually appealing and teen-friendly to encourage young adults to read the Scriptures.
STRONG CATEGORY
"Today's teens are dealing with some issues that most generations didn't have to deal with until they were much older," Zondervan Senior Vice President and Publisher for Bibles Chip Brown told Christian Retailing. "We try to provide Bibles that will help teens spiritually navigate and thrive in this incredible period of their lives."
Brown noted that teen Bibles "have been and continue to be a strong category" of Zondervan's complete Bible line. "It's a growing category for us with more new full-featured Bibles coming," he said. "We anticipate the sales to grow as we continue expanding our teen Bible product line to the digital space."
Last month, Zondervan released the new NIV Student Bible with "refreshed" content and design, new Italian Duo-Tone SKUs and the updated NIV (New International Version) text. With more than 5 million copies sold since its release in 1986, the NIV Student Bible—for readers ages 16-19—is Zondervan's best-selling teen Bible. In addition, the NIV Teen Study Bible for ages 13-15 also has sold more than 5 million copies since its publication in 1984.
In November, Zondervan will release the NIV Youth Quest Study Bible for tweens and teens, ages 11-14, and the NIV Quest Bible for Teens (ages 15-19). Both of the Bibles are based on the successful NIV Quest Study Bible, Brown said.
Zondervan has published more than 16 Bibles targeting teens since 1984, including last year's NIV Textbook Bible for Students and Our Heritage and Faith Holy Bible for African-American Teens.
"The teen market is so big that we divide it up into two groups (ages 13-15) and (ages 16 and up)," Brown said. "The NIV Teen Study Bible sells extremely well and consistently appears on the best-seller list."
Other popular teen Bibles with strong sales from the Grand Rapids, Mich., publisher include the Teen Devotional Bible and the NIV Bible for Teens, now available in the thinline and Italian Duo-Tone designs.
Both originally released in 2003 for older teens, the NIV True Images: The Bible for Teen Girls and the NIV Revolution: The Bible for Teen Guys have consistently ranked among the top-selling Bibles this year, according to the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.
"With teen Bibles, there is a unique aspect in that even though the consumer is truly the teenager, the purchaser is the parent or youth group leader/pastor," Brown said. "This scenario means that we develop the content and design for the teenager, but make sure that the messaging and promotion are clear for the purchaser."
RELEVANT RESOURCE
At Thomas Nelson, the goal is to publish Bibles "that speak to the hearts of teens today," said Vice President and Bible Group Publisher Gary Davidson. "We use authors who work with and understand teens, and the issues they deal with. We are able to create content that is relevant and is a resource that teens can turn to in the midst of fear or sadness or joy."
Nelson has published three teen Bibles through the years—
Transformer in the New King James Version (NKJV), 1985, with more than 150,000 copies sold; Extreme Teen Bible, NKJV, 1999, with 600,000-plus sold; and Revolve Devotional and Revolve Teen Bible editions, New Century Version, 2003, with more than 2 million copies sold. The successful "BibleZine" format attracted widespread media attention for its creative packaging of the Scriptures.
Teen Bibles "are a growing part of Thomas Nelson," Vice President and Bibles Associate Publisher Bob Sanford said. With The Take Action Teen Bible coming out in the fall and an update of the Extreme Teen Bible next year, "we are making a greater commitment to the teen market," he added.
The trend for teen Bibles is "away from soft (content) toward hard," Sanford added. "It's getting away from fluffy into real serious stuff into authenticity," he said. "They (teens) need and want real answers."
To be released in September, The Take Action Teen Bible features real-life stories and color photos of teens "who are putting their faith into action" through social-justice issues and other causes.
Laura Bartlett, Bible marketing manager for Tyndale House Publishers, told Christian Retailing that the publication of The Way teen Bible had been "revolutionary" because it communicated that the Bible was for young adults, not just adults, and spoke into their lives.
Although The Way, the Teen Life Application Bible and The Jesus Bible are out of print, Tyndale House has published several teen Bibles, including the Metal Bible, iShine, the Manga Bible, The One Year Bible: Connect, Student's Life Application Study Bible and Live: The Teen Bible.
Based on the Life Application Study Bible, the Student's Life Application Study Bible is Tyndale's top-selling teen Bible. Published in June 2008, Live: The Teen Bible—touted as the only youth-oriented Bible with content created by teenagers—has sold more than 151,000 copies.
B&H Publishing Group's lone entry into the segment is the Apologetics Study Bible for Students. Released in February 2010, the Bible features the work of General Editor Sean McDowell and articles from popular youth leaders as well as "bite-sized" nuggets for teens, according to Tim Jordan, marketing manager of Holman Bibles.
Mardel Christian & Education carries more than 100 teen/youth Bible SKUs, spotlighting them prominently during gift-giving seasons, said Senior Buyer Dylan Hillhouse.
"Teen Bibles in general do very well as a category for us," he said. "The top (teen) SKUs do about as good as any SKUs we carry in the Bible department."
There are "loads more SKUs in this category than there were five to 10 years ago," Hillhouse said. "Overall, the content and visual appeal of these Bibles have improved substantially—lots of color and much more visually oriented. Most are very engaging with solid and relevant content."
Teen Bibles are "very good sellers" at Christian Supply in Spartanburg, S.C., said book and Bible buyer Norman Burleson. "It's a very strong (subcategory). ... The main trend in teen Bibles is they've made them more user-friendly."
Lighthouse Christian Bookstore in Bedford, Ind., stocks 15-20 teen Bibles, which are "strong sellers" especially during graduation and holidays, according to Cathy Speer, the store's manager. Tyndale's Student's Life Application Study Bible is one of Lighthouse's most popular editions.
"Stores need both compact and even large Bibles in the teen section," Speer said. "What really makes teen Bibles different from what is available in your regular Bible section is not only the cover, but also the extra insights/study notes in the Bible that are geared to the issues teens are facing."


This up-to-date blog and guide to Koh Lipe is packed with the best tips and travel advice to help you plan and enjoy this amazing piace of paradise. Don't head there without giving this a read. Because once you go Lipe, you don't want to go back!
Koh Lipe is known as the Maldives of Thailand, although I don't think that comparison is fair. Never been to the Maldives , but Lipe deserves its own individual praise as a tropical paradise.
The water is clear and warm, the beaches are paradisiac, the food is cheap and don't even get me started on the super friendly locals.
No, it's not a dream. Koh Lipe is very real and quickly become my favorite of all the islands in Thailand.
Might not be the most accessible place, but it will all be worth it when you're laying on that sun bed, trust me.
I love Koh Lipe. In fact, I liked it so much that I soon as I got back I've started compiling this ultimate guide to help you plan your trip to this amazing place as well.
It's packed with tips and with the most up-to-date and reliable insider information of the island. So let's put you ready for paradise!
Located about 60km from mainland, Koh Lipe is the southern-most island in Thailand and the only inhabited island in the Adang archipelago. It's also one of the smallest so many overlook it in their Thailand itinerary trip.
There are many possible routes to reach Koh Lipe .
Let's go through the more popular ones.
Location and accessibility of Koh Lipe.
AirAsia and Nok Air sell these packages and should be a seamless trip of around 5 hours with both.
You can also book all this individually, but make sure you have time to get to the ferry leaving Pak Bara and always allow yourself a comfortable buffer time. In any case, the total price is around the same as a combined ticket, so why bother?
Also, you can skip the flight to Hat Yai and get there by train or bus. It might be considerably cheaper, but expect journey times of about 12 to 15 hours.
The ferry that goes to Koh Lipe from Langkawi (Kuah Jetty).
A standard price would be 100 Malaysian Ringgit (approx 800 baht) per person one-way.
This speedboat departs from Telaga Harbour Marina, Since the pier is closer to Lipe, the journey time might take a bit inferior to the Kuah Jatty.
Note that these boats usually only run from late October to May. In both cases, you need to check-in, register and pass through some immigration procedures. Be there at least 1 hour before departure!
I bought my ticket to Koh Lipe in a tour agency in Langkawi, Malaysia. We haggled the price for theKuah Jetty to 400 ringit return (approx 3220 baht) ticket for 2.
Then, depending on weather and sea conditions, the ride can be… uncomfortable. There might or might not be people throwing up. On the day we went, the sea was rough and it was raining heavily, so we ended up having a very wobbly 2-hour ride. But to be fair, the way back was far smoother and actually enjoyable!
When we finally reached land, we were escorted to a van and headed to the Immigration Office on Pattaya Beach, right next to Bundhaya Resort. Meanhile, the passport bag was handed over to at least 5 different people until they were FINALLY returned to us in the Immigration office. I'm pretty sure a random local kid had it at some point!
This whole process got everyone a little apprehensive, but apparently it's a normal practice so don't panic!
If you're island hopping around Thailand, which I highly recommend, you might be interested in knowing only ferries to Koh Lipe. Well, here it is.
As per 2016, the only way you can reach Koh Lipe during the monsoon season is through a daily ferry coming Pak Bara pier in mainland Thailand.
Ferry departs daily at 11:30am. Arrives Koh Lipe at around 1pm.
If you're coming in the beginning or end of low season, double check if there are more boats running!
During the dry season there are plenty of boats running to Koh Lipe. Apart from the Pak Bara one which gets additional daily ferries, there are other connections from Koh Lanta, Koh Phi Phi, Phuket or Langkawi and even other smaller islands like Koh Muk.
This page might come in handy as it compiles all the ferry schedules.
You'll find many websites selling these ferry tickets, but I strongly recommend you get your ticket on the spot through a tour agency. From my experience you can save at least 10-30%, that's the commission these websites usually take for themselves.
There is no pier in Lipe, so you'll need to switch from the speedboat or ferry to a longtail to disembark on the island. Some fares don't include the ticket for this short journey (2 minutes), but it's usually a small fee payable directly to the driver.
High season, from November to April: you can expect warm sunny weather and little rainfall. Specially if you arrive in the absolute peak season – December and January – I recommended that you book your accommodation in advance.
Low season, from May to October: despite the temperatures in Lipe are around a comfortable 26-28C throughout the year, this period might have several rainy days. As a consequence some businesses close for the season. However with a lot less tourists around, you might get great deals on some hotels and resorts.
Rainfall in Koh Lipe along the year.
All year round, many Thai and Malay travelers choose Lipe for their weekend getaways. Make sure you take that into account when booking accommodation and transportation and book earlier in these cases.
Now for my personal experience. I was in Koh Lipe in early November, what could be considered the shoulder season. I had a previous accommodation reservation, although it was not really needed.
Almost all the shops and restaurants were already running but the volume of tourists was not too much. It never felt overcrowded. Weather was unstable, we had everything from sunny clear days to heavy thunderstorms that flooded some of the paved roads in the island. Altogether, a nice well-rounded tropical experience!
Looking for an affordable tropical resort?
It's not that you will get lost – the island is so tiny that's not even possible! – but it's good to know where to go. This map was the best I've seen and I used it a lot the first days.
It's such a small island there's no public transportation available. You can literally walk everywhere.
To give you an idea, you can walk from one end of the island to the other via the main street of Koh Lipe: the Walking Street (why complicate?). This will take you 15-20 minutes.
If that's too much for you, longtail boats on Pattaya Beach can take you anywhere on the island for 50 THB per person. Inland, there are also moto-taxis with a sidecar available can drive you anywhere for a similar rate. Drivers are identified by a purple vest.
Pro tip: when arriving Koh Lipe, check your accommodation details. Some resorts provide pickup for their guests.
It's no exaggeration if I say you can expect top-notch beaches in Koh Lipe. I mean, postcard material.
The water is of a bright turquoise – even in the cloudiest of days. It's clear enough and in several places, you can snorkel right off the beach. The soft white sands and the lush forest of the island complete a picture-perfect scenario.
This was my favorite beach of them all. Sunrise Beach faces east and is the largest beach on the island.
I stayed in a bungalow right next to this beach. Even though I hate to wake up early, at 6 am I was there sitting on the beach watching the sunrise show in the sky. When the weather allowed, it was magical and an empowered me to start off my day on a good note!
Sunrise Beach has got the most amount of hotels spreading out across the entire beach, for all budgets. This could be a huge drawback, but I was surprised to find out there are many tranquil spots where you can find a big enough space to relax on the sand.
We walked several times to the northern tip of the beach, right next to the fancy Mountain Resort to set ourselves the base for the day. It was amazing. Fewer crowds, it's the perfect place to go for a swim or even snorkel, right off the beach!
The only downside is that during the low season, this beach is used to disembark people arriving to Koh Lipe. For some reason, we still got that in early November and the boat traffic at some specific times was higher than we wanted.
Pattaya Beach with some bad weather in the horizon.
Spreading across a bay in the southern coast of the island, Pattaya Beach is the main one in Koh Lipe and the main point of entry for boats during high season.
There are many accommodation, restaurants and bars here and it has got access Walking Street directly. Despite all the movement, somehow it still manages to show off its white sands and the clear warm waters.
As for the cons, Pattaya might very well be the noisest of them all and the closest you'll have to island parties very typical of Phi Phi and Phuket. If you're looking to relax, this might not be your place.
Plus, on the last day when we were waiting for our longtail back to Langkawi, we saw Pattaya is where they put all the trash on a pile before being taken out on longtails. Maybe I'm being too picky, but it was not a pretty sight.
Even in a cloudy day you feel you're lost in paradise in Sunset Beach.
Smaller and more off the beaten track than the previous two, somehow Sunset Beach gave me a hippie vibe. It's definitely more secluded and the views to the neighbour islands in the Adang archipelago – specially Koh Adang – are amazing. There are some very chilled restaurants and hotels.
Sunset Beach is the perfect place to spend a lazy late afternoon in Lipe.
There are numerous dive shops in Koh Lipe and I can see why. The water around the island is shallow and clear, and there's a ton of reefs to explore in the underworld. Compared to other diving spots in the world, nothing is too expensive here.
Sea kayaking around Lipe is a good way to explore hidden snorkeling spots and see the island from a different perspective. Many resorts and diving shops have kayaks to rent. Prices start at 100 baht per hour or 300 baht per day.
You can even adventure yourself to the neighbor Ko Adang – the trip should take you around 1 hour each way. However play it safe and ask around about sea conditions and currents first!
Don't miss this in Lipe. If you are on a day with good weather, you're on to memorable sunrises and sunsets so do it like us and make both a ritual and important parts of the day.
Make sure you pick the right spot. For the sunrise, go to the southern end of Sunrise Beach where the sun appears right next to Koh Usen islet. For the sunset, head to Sunset Beach or the tip of Sunrise Beach next to Mountain Resort are great options. Grab a drink or two while enjoying the show (for the sunset I mean, but if you want it during the sunset, hey, I don't judge).
Just like in Chiang Mai, massages in Koh Lipe are still super cheap, even for Thai standards. They're the ideal way to finish off your hard tan-working day. There must be at least 15-20 massage places in the island. They ALL have the same prices, so our only criteria was trying to find the most popular places.
I had a back, head & shoulder massage and several foot massages and I enjoyed every. Single. Moment. Most massage places are open until 10pm in the Walking Street and the price is an incredible 300 baht for a full hour massage.
Pro tip: A Thai massage can be intense, so if you're going for it, make sure you agree beforehand the level of agressiveness you want them to put in. Also, if you have a sunburn, skip it completely and go for a refreshing Aloe Vera massage. Usually these are a bit more expensive.
The two main snorkeling programs in Koh Lipe.
The privileged location of Koh Lipe makes it a great hub to explore many other islands nearby. Apart from private longtail tours that can take you wherever, travel agents in the island will offer you the same 2 tours: Program 1 and Program 2.
Both are full-day tours and aside from water and sometimes snacks, they include a lot of beach, snorkeling and hiking time.
Program 1: goes to the nearby islands like Koh Rawi, Koh Jabaang, Koh Hin-Ngam, Koh Yang and Koh Adang. There are shorter boat trips involved which means more snorkeling time. The price is 550 baht.
Program 2: goes to the farthest islands in the Adang archipelago like Koh Lok Goi, Koh Hin Saun, Koh Dong and Koh Pung– where the snorkel is even better. Price: 650 baht.
In both of these you need to add the National Park fee – 200 baht. This is paid once and valid for one week.
After stressful experiences in the island hopping tour in Langkawi and in the Kuah Jetty, we were a bit fed up of boat rides so we skipped this tour. Next time!
Walking Street on a lazy morning.
The Walking Street that connects the Pattaya and Sunset beaches is the beating heart of Koh Lipe.
You'll find everything you need here: pharmacies, vintage clothes, relaxing massages and all kind of food specialties. Due to its remoteness, I was expecting Koh Lipe to have high prices but nope. Everything is fairly cheap here!
Seriously. One of the best things to do in Koh Lipe is… nothing. Nada. Niente. The island will quickly win you over to a laid-back lifestyle, so just let it go. The soft white sands – like I never seen before! – and the swimmable warm pristine waters are an open invitation to relax. Just lie on a hammock, read a book or simply float on the water. Whatever you do, keep working on that tan.
There is already a wide range of accommodation in Koh Lipe, from luxury resorts to backpackers dorms. Yet during the high season the demand is so high that is really convenient to book your stay in advance.
I highly recommend the place I stayed: Zanom Sunrise Resort. Offering comfy rustic bungalows, they're the right kind of accommodation in the island: not too frugal but not too fancy either. And the price is very reasonable. You can read my full experience in Zanom Resort here.
I usually use Booking.com to find accommodations. I've prepared a shortlist of the best resorts in Koh Lipe. They include only the best-rated hotels, with WiFi and with breakfast included in the top location of the island: Sunrise Beach.
After the mouth-watering food in Chiang Mai and the disappointing food experience in Koh Lanta, I honestly didn't know what to expect in Koh Lipe.
When I first put my feet in the Walking Street, I smiled. There is a wide range of affordable food from Indian to Thai, including more western influences like Italian. Although made for tourists, everything looked delicious and authentic.
We've tried many of these places, so let me suggest my top places to eat in Koh Lipe.
One of my orders: Grilled prawns and a fish kebab. YAM!
Let me put it out there: this is not the cheapest of options to eat. But if you can allow yourself to splurge on a meal, this is it. Along the Walking Street there at least two places where you can pick all the fresh fish and seafood you want and choose how you want it cooked. The tropical version of "All you can eat" places.
The place we went also had other already cooked specialities and I couldn't get enough of the prawns in tamarind sauce and the coconut & curry fresh crab. Prepare yourself for some shell-cracking finger-licking action!
Price for all this for two was slightly over 1,000 baht.
This place was recommended to us by two brazilian backpackers we met back in Langkawi and despite I don't like to repeat places when I travel we did go back several times. Right in the middle of Walking Street between Pattaya Beach and Sunrise Beach, it has got everything – breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There is an area specialised in coffee which is absolute gold in Koh Lipe.
Service can be slow, but it's for a good reason. Everything is freshly made at the time – it was here I had one of the best Pad Thai I had in my life. The prices were the best we saw in the island.
Taken while having breakfast @ Sunrise Beach Restaurant.
Like you might have guessed already, this restaurant is right on Sunrise Beach and is definitely one of the most scenic places to eat in Koh Lipe. They are open from early in the morning to late in the evening and even get a very good western breakfast (cheaper than other places in the island). Overall, prices were more than fair given the outstanding views!
This, ladies and gentlemen, is perfection in my hand.
Sorry but I don't remember the name of this place. If you're coming from Sunrise Beach, it's in the beginning of the Walking Street, in the first curve to the right just in front of the hospital. You'll find a small stall specialising in fruit juices and ice creams.
Everything is good quality but the key message here is: TRY THE COCONUT ICE CREAM. It comes inside a real coconut and it's refreshing, delicious and I'll be craving it for a long time!
How can you not love a place that has its name due to a lovely old lady who screams "Yoo-Hoo pancake Yoo-Hoo" to everyone passing by? And this is not only a gimmick.
I can confirm the banana pancakes here are the ultimate dessert in Lipe. There are dozens of possible add-ons and sadly I never tried what it seemed the best-seller: Nutella. In any case, everything is made fresh in front of you – it's delicious.
PS: This almost wins the prize for the most creative name of a business in Lipe. My #1 spot goes to a bakery called Flour Power. Genius.
Koh Lipe is pretty chilled – don't expect huge parties like in other Thai islands such as Koh Phi Phi or Koh Phangan. Most of the bars and nightlife spots you can find here are utterly relaxing. Most things are closing by 1am. The music I heard the most playing was a reggae version of "Paradise" by Coldplay which shows you the mood you can expect.
Cocktails usually come with a 200 baht price tag, while the beer is a lot cheaper. Expect to pay around 80 baht for a Chang beer.
Although they have cheaper drinks, I personally didn't see the appeal on the bars in the Walking Street. I much rather head to one of the beaches for a drink by the sea.
These are the best bars we found in the island for each one of the main beaches in Lipe. They should be open at least until midnight every day.
Reggae Bar, Pattaya Beach: loved the vibe here, although the smell to illegal (?) substances can be intense. There are fire performances every night by 10pm.
Bila Beach Bar, Sunset Beach: probably the beach bar with the best views I've ever been. It's just below The Hut right on the western end of the beach. Aim to go just before the sunset.
Sea La Vie, Sunrise Beach: very chilled vibe and cool interesting music playing (we had to use Shazam plenty of times!).
If you're coming from other places in Thailand , specially Bangkok or Chiang Mai, you will find things in Koh Lipe slightly more expensive. Remember that goods need to travel a long way to come to the island.
Interestingly, prices seem to be consistent around the island: almost everything is exactly the same price everywhere. This happened for everything from massages to snorkeling day trips. Ah and don't bother trying to haggle prices, they will politely refuse to lower the price even a single baht.
To give you a good grasp of the budget you can expect, I'll break down our average costs for a day in Koh Lipe. Remember this was for 2 people in November, the beginning of high season and please don't judge the amount of food we ate.
Breakfast: we opted for western breakfast (sorry, can't eat curry at 9 in the morning!). Average total price was around 300 baht.
Water: don't forget to hydrate. A big water bottle (1,5L) in 7/11 was 26 baht.
Ice Cream: two coconut ice creams served inside a coconut (inception!) costed us 140 baht.
Lunch: a typical lunch would be sweet & sour chicken, a chicken & garlic, two plain rice portions and two fruit juices. Total 310 baht.
Pad Thai Dinner: Pad Thai in Bamboo restaurant was our most frequent dinner. Together with drinks, the cost was 260 baht for both.
Beers: for two beers in either Reggae Bar or Sea La Vie we paid 160 baht.
Regarding accommodation, you can expect to pay somewhere between 800 and 1,800 baht for a day for a double room in most resorts. There are cheaper and more expensive rooms than this, but for the sake of simplicity let's average it at 1,300 baht.
Doing all the math, this means a very comfortable daily budget for two in Koh Lipe during high season is estimated at 3,156 baht. Or less than 90USD/EUR a day for two people.
If you are coming in Christmas or New Years, you most likely see these prices inflated. But you also can pay a lot less if you keep your mouth shut and don't eat as much as we do!
Koh Lipe works both as a standalone relax trip or as a fantastic addition to add to your island hopping itinerary in Thailand.
When I visited Koh Lanta I thought I had encountered my perfect tropical island in Thailand. Just hitting the sweet spot between commodities and remoteness, turns out Koh Lipe is even more my cup of tea. In many ways, Koh Lipe is the tropical version of Koufonisia in Greece.
While Koh Lipe does not get too "Pukhetized", it has got the minimal amount of infrastructure for travelers to feel like they got everything they needed. At the same time, it still provides the authentic experience of a remote tropical island.
I felt I was in a dream the whole time. You get up in a tropical bungalow and head to a paradisiac beach with clear warm waters to work on your tan. When you're hungry, there is a wide selection of delicious homemade food. When you want to relax (even more) there are super cheap massages available or stylish beach bars to unwind. And everything is within walking distance.
And the best of it all is that everyone will greet you with a big smile like only Thai people can do.
Yap. I think I found my definition of paradise on Earth.


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Okay, we're getting serious now. This is a 'buy me dinner' sort of commitment. At the end of the year, as well as everything else you get a handmade zine of all my favourite things I've written, full of annotations and notes.
If you want to spend this sort of cash on me, that's an extraordinary level of faith, and I will do my best to be equal to it. And if you're in the UK I'll send you a book, plus any new books I come out with, as soon as they do.
Good grief. If anyone actually donates this amount we can have a chat about what you want to receive in return, whether it's postcards from where I've been, copies of my books, or just more of what I do, better and braver and less inhibited. I really don't expect anyone to give me hundreds of dollars a month, and if you do I'm frankly a bit suspicious, but I will definitely write you a letter of effusive thanks and we can go for dinner if we're in the same city and I'm positive that you don't want to murder me and eat my skin.


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Composable memory transactions
by Tim Harris, Mark Plesko, Avraham Shinnar, David Tarditi - In Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP , 2005
"... Atomic blocks allow programmers to delimit sections of code as 'atomic', leaving the language's implementation to enforce atomicity. Existing work has shown how to implement atomic blocks over word-based transactional memory that provides scalable multiprocessor performance without requiring changes ..."
Atomic blocks allow programmers to delimit sections of code as 'atomic', leaving the language's implementation to enforce atomicity. Existing work has shown how to implement atomic blocks over word-based transactional memory that provides scalable multiprocessor performance without requiring
Distributed Database Systems
by M. Tamer Özsu
"... this article, we discuss the fundamentals of distributed DBMS technology. We address the data distribution and architectural design issues as well as the algorithms that need to be implemented to provide the basic DBMS functions such as query processing, concurrency control, reliability, and replica ..."
this article, we discuss the fundamentals of distributed DBMS technology. We address the data distribution and architectural design issues as well as the algorithms that need to be implemented to provide the basic DBMS functions such as query processing, concurrency control, reliability
Language Support for Lightweight Transactions
by Tim Harris, Keir Fraser , 2003
"... Concurrent programming is notoriously di#cult. Current abstractions are intricate and make it hard to design computer systems that are reliable and scalable. We argue that these problems can be addressed by moving to a declarative style of concurrency control in which programmers directly indicate t ..."
Concurrent programming is notoriously di#cult. Current abstractions are intricate and make it hard to design computer systems that are reliable and scalable. We argue that these problems can be addressed by moving to a declarative style of concurrency control in which programmers directly indicate
Nested Transactions: An Approach to Reliable Distributed Computing
by J. Eliot B. Moss , 1981
"... Distributed computing systems are being built and used more and more frequently. This distributod computing revolution makes the reliability of distributed systems an important concern. It is fairly well-understood how to connect hardware so that most components can continue to work when others are ..."
Distributed computing systems are being built and used more and more frequently. This distributod computing revolution makes the reliability of distributed systems an important concern. It is fairly well-understood how to connect hardware so that most components can continue to work when others
Parallel database systems: the future of high performance database systems
by David J. Dewitt, Jim Gray - Communications of the ACM , 1992
"... Abstract: Parallel database machine architectures have evolved from the use of exotic hardware to a software parallel dataflow architecture based on conventional shared-nothing hardware. These new designs provide impressive speedup and scaleup when processing relational database queries. This paper ..."
Abstract: Parallel database machine architectures have evolved from the use of exotic hardware to a software parallel dataflow architecture based on conventional shared-nothing hardware. These new designs provide impressive speedup and scaleup when processing relational database queries. This paper
Transactional Memory: Architectural Support for Lock-Free Data Structures
by Maurice Herlihy, J. Eliot B. Moss
"... A shared data structure is lock-free if its operations do not require mutual exclusion. If one process is interrupted in the middle of an operation, other processes will not be prevented from operating on that object. In highly concurrent systems, lock-free data structures avoid common problems asso ..."
A shared data structure is lock-free if its operations do not require mutual exclusion. If one process is interrupted in the middle of an operation, other processes will not be prevented from operating on that object. In highly concurrent systems, lock-free data structures avoid common problems
]: Languages—Query languages; H.2.4 [Database Management]: Systems—Distributed databases; query processing
Federated database systems for managing distributed, heterogeneous, and autonomous databases
by Amit P. Sheth, James A. Larson - ACM Computing Surveys , 1990
"... A federated database system (FDBS) is a collection of cooperating database systems that are autonomous and possibly heterogeneous. In this paper, we define a reference architecture for distributed database management systems from system and schema viewpoints and show how various FDBS architectures c ..."
A federated database system (FDBS) is a collection of cooperating database systems that are autonomous and possibly heterogeneous. In this paper, we define a reference architecture for distributed database management systems from system and schema viewpoints and show how various FDBS architectures
Software Transactional Memory
by Nir Shavit, Dan Touitou , 1995
"... As we learn from the literature, flexibility in choosing synchronization operations greatly simplifies the task of designing highly concurrent programs. Unfortunately, existing hardware is inflexible and is at best on the level of a Load Linked/Store Conditional operation on a single word. Building ..."
on the hardware based transactional synchronization methodology of Herlihy and Moss, we offer software transactional memory (STM), a novel software method for supporting flexible transactional programming of synchronization operations. STM is non-blocking, and can be implemented on existing machines using only a
Crowds: Anonymity for Web Transactions
by Michael K. Reiter, Aviel D. Rubin - ACM Transactions on Information and System Security , 1997
"... this paper we introduce a system called Crowds for protecting users' anonymity on the worldwide -web. Crowds, named for the notion of "blending into a crowd", operates by grouping users into a large and geographically diverse group (crowd) that collectively issues requests on behalf o ..."
this paper we introduce a system called Crowds for protecting users' anonymity on the worldwide -web. Crowds, named for the notion of "blending into a crowd", operates by grouping users into a large and geographically diverse group (crowd) that collectively issues requests on behalf


CCRES Educational and Behavioral Health Services is an organization of dedicated and highly-trained staff members who provide quality services to schools, children, adults, and families.
As an IRS-approved, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, CCRES is governed by a 23 member, volunteer board.
The mission of CCRES is to ensure quality educational and human service programs for children, families, and schools. Through innovative partnerships, we provide human resources and grant opportunities.
We believe interagency cooperation through partnership is crucial.
We believe we should deliver the highest quality services.
We believe we should create unique solutions that address customer needs.
We believe we should ensure professional development opportunities for staff.
We believe we should foster an environment of respect and diversity.
We believe we should display the utmost integrity in our dealings with clients, partners, staff and each other.


If you can't tell people what you do, then you won't be doing it much longer.
I am a personal branding expert. CNBC calls me "America's top job coach." I speak to audiences and coach individuals on how to package their unique qualities, skills, aspirations, and experiences in a crisp and memorable way. I teach them how to raise their visibility in every form of media, including social media and the web – and also on conventional channels like television, radio and print. This results in their getting job offers, new clients, selling products like books and their own speaking gigs, and getting sponsors for programs – or other goals we set. I often leverage the services of my company, Pegasus Media World. For example, this year we helped a first-time author produce a bestseller that made the list on BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon. I'm hoping to help more people find great satisfaction and success, and realize their career and ambitions, in business and media.
Maybe it is. If you are between jobs, or in a job that isn't your ideal gig, or you've never been put in the position to develop new clients, you may not be ready to take advantage of networking opportunities. And, these opportunities don't just come when you show up at an event. They're all around you, like when you strike up a conversation with someone on the train or at Thanksgiving dinner, which might include people who know you – but remember when you were all excited about winning MVP at your little league tournament.
I guess you know what I want you to do now. And, if you're not in the ideal job – so you don't want more of it – then consider how you can connect relevant current or past experience with the future one you desire, so you can prepare your own endings to my five starter sentences.
For example, one of my volunteers from Sunday's audience is a production assistant on The Bachelor. He wants to move into public relations. After the first depressing round of "can this networking opportunity be saved?" he totally got it.
We connected his proven ability to problem-solve under pressure, handle lots of personalities with grace, and his familiarity with media demands, with his new career aspirations.
Get ready for your own happy ending today. Take my 5-sentence challenge to start or re-start your personal branding effort. With the holiday dinner coming up, it will beat re-living the last game of the series when your 13-year old teammates carried you off the field on their shoulders. You'll not only get to sit at the grown-ups' table. You'll belong there.
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I am an Internet marketing and brand development expert. I excel at helping other people generate quality leads for their businesses and organizations. I do this via developing profitable websites that generate new traffic and multiply the attention your business receives online. My team at Infinite Communications and I employ the latest Internet marketing tools – from search engine marketing to social media to email marketing – which ensures your online dominance. For example, our marketing delivers about 10 new customers per month to a professional service business; this translates to approximately $4,000/month in additional revenue. I'm hoping to help more business owners thrive in their competitive environment, and realize they could be spending less time worrying about new business development.
Kayvan: Fantastic! You totally win a "tell me more!" after each sentence. That's probably the way it will look in real-time. Sentence by sentence – with YOU controlling the airtime. I am impressed.


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Hazel Crest honors fallen soldier Henry Mayfield Jr. with yellow ribbon ceremony
HAZEL CREST, Ill. (WLS) -- A fallen soldier from south suburban Hazel Crest was remembered Tuesday with a yellow ribbon ceremony. The community also officially named January 14 Henry Mayfield Jr. Day.
Army Specialist Henry Mayfield, Jr. was among three Americans killed last week when Al-Shabab extremists attacked Manda Bay Airfield in Kenya. Two American contractors with the Department of Defense were also killed.
"He was gone 105 days. He walked out the door into a war zone," said Mayfield's grandmother Annette Horton. "We're all hurting and I miss him so much."
Many who tied the ribbons did not know Mayfield, but said they wanted to pay their respects to the young service member who gave his life for his country.
"Growing old is a blessing and this young man didn't get that chance to grow old," said local resident David Ohlendorf. "He gave his life for his country so I can get my butt out of bed on a winter's day and thank him for his service."
"This became more than we thought it would be," said Hazel Crest Village President Vernard Alsberry, "but it really makes you feel good when the whole region gets behind this young man who gave the ultimate sacrifice."
Tuesday's ceremony took place at the New Hazel Crest Village Hall.
RELATED: Soldier from Hazel Crest killed in Al-Shabab terrorist attack at Kenyan military base
A 23-year-old soldier from south suburban Hazel Crest was among three Americans killed in a terrorist attack in Kenya Sunday, his family said.
"I'm just thankful that he was a hero," Horton said. "This is beautiful what they did [today]. Thank you Hazel Crest."
Mayfield's body is expected to be flown home Wednesday and escorted back to his hometown from O'Hare International Airport.
A visitation for Mayfield will take place Friday from noon to 8 p.m. at Doty Nash Funeral Home, 8620 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago.
The family of a soldier from south suburban Hazel Crest killed in Kenya gives a statement.
Another visitation will be held on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at House of Hope Church located at 752 East 114th Street. That will be followed by the Military Purple Heart Ceremony from 10:30 to 11 a.m. and the Homegoing Service from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
A funeral procession will then take place to Lincoln Cemetery, 20953 W Hoff Rd, Elwood, Ill.
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Ely Tigers will have to play a promotion waiting game
Club could end up champions, in the play-offs, or with nothing
Tim Street
Jacob Muncey in action against Woodbridge (picture by Steve Wells)
Ely Tigers have been told to rack up as many points as they can this weekend before sitting back and playing a promotion waiting game.
The Tigers host bottom side Ipswich YMCA in their final London 3 (Eastern Counties) game of the season, with both the title and a play-off place still possible, as is missing out altogether.
Only the champions go up automatically, a spot currently filled by Wymondham, and while they also have just one game left, their's will be in a fortnight's time.
Ely currently occupy second place, which is would see them play off against the second-placed team in London 3 (Essex) to join the champions in being promoted.
But Holt, who currently sit in third, have two games left and are just four points behind. So once the final whistle goes this Saturday, Ely will have an agonising week-long wait to find out their fate.
"All we can do is go out and get the maximum points on offer against Ipswich, and then sit and wait," said director of rugby Adrian Storey.
"Holt had a surprise home defeat on Saturday, which puts us right back in it. Realistically though, it's in other peoples' hands. Mathematically we can still win the league, but second place is our big hope.
Ely Tigers determined to go one better than last year
"It will be very disappointing if we don't do it, especially after finishing third last season too, but we lost to both Holt and Wymondham home and away, so we can't have too many complaints.
"We're confident we would do well in the league above, so it would be great to have the chance to test ourselves there.
"When Holt and Wymondham play their final games our seconds have a game at Lowestoft, so we'll do a big club trip up there and everyone will probably be glued to their phones for the results. Hopefully we can make it a big celebration."
Ely kept their hopes alive on Saturday with a 47-24 win at Woodbridge, Matt McCarthy setting up early tries for James Buckland and Luke Turner, both of which were converted by Joel Scott-Paul.
Jacob Muncey was next over, with Scott-Paul adding the extras, and when Jake Alsop was on the receiving end of a high tackle as he raced towards the line, a penalty try was awarded and Ely had a bonus point in the bag.
Woodbridge responded with their opening try, but Scott-Paul adding a try to his points tally as he crossed near the corner before converting his own score, and found his mark once again after McCarthy collected an Alsop kick to touch down.
Woodbridge pulled another try back after the break, but Ely had the final say through Mitchell Kennet's try, and Muncey had the chance to bring up the 50 but dropped the ball as he crossed the line.
Ely snapper completes million step challenge for Diabates UK
Cambridge United FCDan Jones on joining Cambridge United, moving on from a turbulent season with Notts County and the power of the collectiveThe 32-year-old spoke to CambridgeshireLive from United's pre-season training camp in Largs
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Cambridge United FCCambridge United Q&A LIVE: The latest on the pre-season tour of Scotland, Maris and Saturday's clash with HeartsThe latest news from Cambridge United pre-season tour of Scotland
Cambridge United FCInjury news: Harvey Knibbs won't feature for Cambridge United against HeartsThe former Aston Villa striker picked up a heel injury against Fulham earlier in the pre-season campaign


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{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}

module Main (main) where

import Test.Tasty
import Test.Tasty.HUnit

import Control.Monad.Loops

testTakeWhileM :: Assertion
testTakeWhileM = do
    actual      <- takeWhileM (return . id) [True, True, False]
    let expected = takeWhile  (         id) [True, True, False]
    actual @?= expected

testTakeWhileMEdgeCase1 :: Assertion
testTakeWhileMEdgeCase1 = do
    actual      <- takeWhileM (return . id) []
    let expected = takeWhile  (         id) []
    actual @?= expected

testTakeWhileMEdgeCase2 :: Assertion
testTakeWhileMEdgeCase2 = do
    actual      <- takeWhileM (return . id) [False, False, False]
    let expected = takeWhile  (         id) [False, False, False]
    actual @?= expected

testTakeWhileMEdgeCase3 :: Assertion
testTakeWhileMEdgeCase3 = do
    let emptyList :: [Int] = []
    actual      <- takeWhileM (const undefined) emptyList
    let expected = takeWhile  (const undefined) emptyList
    actual @?= expected

tests :: TestTree
tests = testGroup "unit tests"
    [ testCase
        "Testing `takeWhileM`"
        testTakeWhileM
    , testCase
        "Testing `takeWhileM (edge case 1)`"
        testTakeWhileMEdgeCase1
    , testCase
        "Testing `takeWhileM (edge case 2)`"
        testTakeWhileMEdgeCase2
    , testCase
        "Testing `takeWhileM (edge case 3)`"
        testTakeWhileMEdgeCase3
    ]

main :: IO ()
main = defaultMain tests


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