It is important to understand that the common cold, like the flu is a virus. This virus is around us all of the time and when our immune system is functioning at its full capability we are easily able to fight off viruses. It is when our system of defense is compromised that the virus begins to build in our system and we are no longer able to fight it. This is when we begin to experience the symptoms of a common cold.
The body is extremely intelligent and has the innate ability to heal itself, when it is FUNCTIONING at its optimum. Often our bodies are not functioning optimally and this compromises our immune system as well as our innate ability to heal. When our immune systems are compromised we are left vulnerable to illness.
Alternately when we receive regular adjustments we give our bodies the ability at their greatest potential and be fully equipped to fight off illness.
Our immune system is our primary defense against illnesses and the key to treating colds is to enhance the immune response to produce white blood cells that fight off the infection. White blood cells, known as T-lymphocytes, are part of the body's immune system.
Adjusting the thoracic spine (upper and middle back) improves our immune function. Our immune system is our primary defense against illnesses. Receiving chiropractic adjustments is also an excellent way to help prevent colds and maintain optimal immune function.
Research highlighted in the 1989; 12(4) issue of the Journal of Physiological and Manipulative Therapeutics demonstrates that the immune system is in directly controlled by the nervous system. It was reported that white blood cells have neurological receptor sites on their surface for chemicals produced by the nervous system. The chemicals either stimulate or inhibit the productivity of the white blood cells. White blood cells also produce chemicals that suggest that cells also communicate with the nervous system.
The study concluded that spinal misalignments and subluxation can negatively impact the body's immune response by interfering with the communication between the nervous system and the immune system.
your white blood cells, immune system and nervous system.
adjustment and aligning your spine through chiropractic adjustments you are ensuring that your nervous system sends uninterrupted, full strength signals throughout your body.
adjustments for the optimal functioning of the nervous system which results in a healthier immune system and life.
By receiving regular adjustments this winter you would be increasing your innate immunity and vitality as well as assisting your body in maintaining its optimal state of health.
When the nervous system is optimally functioning, free of interference and subluxations, we are better able to fight off infections and maintain our health, even during cold season.
Even after our bodies have been exposed to a virus or are fighting off a virus, chiropractic adjustments can aid our immune system by increasing it' s function and assist our bodies in healing faster. Stay healthy this winter by receiving regular chiropractic adjustments.
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CWISS_BEGIN
CWISS_BEGIN_EXTERN

/// Control bytes and groups: the core of SwissTable optimization.
///
/// Control bytes are bytes (collected into groups of a platform-specific size)
/// that define the state of the corresponding slot in the slot array. Group
/// manipulation is tightly optimized to be as efficient as possible.

/// A `CWISS_ControlByte` is a single control byte, which can have one of four
/// states: empty, deleted, full (which has an associated seven-bit hash) and
/// the sentinel. They have the following bit patterns:
///
/// ```
///    empty: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
///  deleted: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
///     full: 0 h h h h h h h  // h represents the hash bits.
/// sentinel: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
/// ```
///
/// These values are specifically tuned for SSE-flavored SIMD; future ports to
/// other SIMD platforms may require choosing new values. The static_asserts
/// below detail the source of these choices.
typedef int8_t CWISS_ControlByte;
#define CWISS_kEmpty (INT8_C(-128))
#define CWISS_kDeleted (INT8_C(-2))
#define CWISS_kSentinel (INT8_C(-1))
// TODO: Wrap CWISS_ControlByte in a single-field struct to get strict-aliasing
// benefits.

static_assert(
    (CWISS_kEmpty & CWISS_kDeleted & CWISS_kSentinel & 0x80) != 0,
    "Special markers need to have the MSB to make checking for them efficient");
static_assert(
    CWISS_kEmpty < CWISS_kSentinel && CWISS_kDeleted < CWISS_kSentinel,
    "CWISS_kEmpty and CWISS_kDeleted must be smaller than "
    "CWISS_kSentinel to make the SIMD test of IsEmptyOrDeleted() efficient");
static_assert(
    CWISS_kSentinel == -1,
    "CWISS_kSentinel must be -1 to elide loading it from memory into SIMD "
    "registers (pcmpeqd xmm, xmm)");
static_assert(CWISS_kEmpty == -128,
              "CWISS_kEmpty must be -128 to make the SIMD check for its "
              "existence efficient (psignb xmm, xmm)");
static_assert(
    (~CWISS_kEmpty & ~CWISS_kDeleted & CWISS_kSentinel & 0x7F) != 0,
    "CWISS_kEmpty and CWISS_kDeleted must share an unset bit that is not "
    "shared by CWISS_kSentinel to make the scalar test for "
    "MatchEmptyOrDeleted() efficient");
static_assert(CWISS_kDeleted == -2,
              "CWISS_kDeleted must be -2 to make the implementation of "
              "ConvertSpecialToEmptyAndFullToDeleted efficient");

/// Returns a pointer to a control byte group that can be used by empty tables.
static inline CWISS_ControlByte* CWISS_EmptyGroup() {
  // A single block of empty control bytes for tables without any slots
  // allocated. This enables removing a branch in the hot path of find().
  alignas(16) static const CWISS_ControlByte kEmptyGroup[16] = {
      CWISS_kSentinel, CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty,
      CWISS_kEmpty,    CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty,
      CWISS_kEmpty,    CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty,
      CWISS_kEmpty,    CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty, CWISS_kEmpty,
  };

  // Const must be cast away here; no uses of this function will actually write
  // to it, because it is only used for empty tables.
  return (CWISS_ControlByte*)&kEmptyGroup;
}

/// Returns a hash seed.
///
/// The seed consists of the ctrl_ pointer, which adds enough entropy to ensure
/// non-determinism of iteration order in most cases.
static inline size_t CWISS_HashSeed(const CWISS_ControlByte* ctrl) {
  // The low bits of the pointer have little or no entropy because of
  // alignment. We shift the pointer to try to use higher entropy bits. A
  // good number seems to be 12 bits, because that aligns with page size.
  return ((uintptr_t)ctrl) >> 12;
}

/// Extracts the H1 portion of a hash: the high 57 bits mixed with a per-table
/// salt.
static inline size_t CWISS_H1(size_t hash, const CWISS_ControlByte* ctrl) {
  return (hash >> 7) ^ CWISS_HashSeed(ctrl);
}

/// Extracts the H2 portion of a hash: the low 7 bits, which can be used as
/// control byte.
typedef uint8_t CWISS_h2_t;
static inline CWISS_h2_t CWISS_H2(size_t hash) { return hash & 0x7F; }

/// Returns whether `c` is empty.
static inline bool CWISS_IsEmpty(CWISS_ControlByte c) {
  return c == CWISS_kEmpty;
}

/// Returns whether `c` is full.
static inline bool CWISS_IsFull(CWISS_ControlByte c) { return c >= 0; }

/// Returns whether `c` is deleted.
static inline bool CWISS_IsDeleted(CWISS_ControlByte c) {
  return c == CWISS_kDeleted;
}

/// Returns whether `c` is empty or deleted.
static inline bool CWISS_IsEmptyOrDeleted(CWISS_ControlByte c) {
  return c < CWISS_kSentinel;
}

/// Asserts that `ctrl` points to a full control byte.
#define CWISS_AssertIsFull(ctrl)                                               \
  CWISS_CHECK((ctrl) != NULL && CWISS_IsFull(*(ctrl)),                         \
              "Invalid operation on iterator (%p/%d). The element might have " \
              "been erased, or the table might have rehashed.",                \
              (ctrl), (ctrl) ? *(ctrl) : -1)

/// Asserts that `ctrl` is either null OR points to a full control byte.
#define CWISS_AssertIsValid(ctrl)                                              \
  CWISS_CHECK((ctrl) == NULL || CWISS_IsFull(*(ctrl)),                         \
              "Invalid operation on iterator (%p/%d). The element might have " \
              "been erased, or the table might have rehashed.",                \
              (ctrl), (ctrl) ? *(ctrl) : -1)

/// Constructs a `BitMask` with the correct parameters for whichever
/// implementation of `CWISS_Group` is in use.
#define CWISS_Group_BitMask(x) \
  (CWISS_BitMask){(uint64_t)(x), CWISS_Group_kWidth, CWISS_Group_kShift};

// TODO(#4): Port this to NEON.
#if CWISS_HAVE_SSE2
// Reference guide for intrinsics used below:
//
// * __m128i: An XMM (128-bit) word.
//
// * _mm_setzero_si128: Returns a zero vector.
// * _mm_set1_epi8:     Returns a vector with the same i8 in each lane.
//
// * _mm_subs_epi8:    Saturating-subtracts two i8 vectors.
// * _mm_and_si128:    Ands two i128s together.
// * _mm_or_si128:     Ors two i128s together.
// * _mm_andnot_si128: And-nots two i128s together.
//
// * _mm_cmpeq_epi8: Component-wise compares two i8 vectors for equality,
//                   filling each lane with 0x00 or 0xff.
// * _mm_cmpgt_epi8: Same as above, but using > rather than ==.
//
// * _mm_loadu_si128:  Performs an unaligned load of an i128.
// * _mm_storeu_si128: Performs an unaligned store of a u128.
//
// * _mm_sign_epi8:     Retains, negates, or zeroes each i8 lane of the first
//                      argument if the corresponding lane of the second
//                      argument is positive, negative, or zero, respectively.
// * _mm_movemask_epi8: Selects the sign bit out of each i8 lane and produces a
//                      bitmask consisting of those bits.
// * _mm_shuffle_epi8:  Selects i8s from the first argument, using the low
//                      four bits of each i8 lane in the second argument as
//                      indices.
typedef __m128i CWISS_Group;
  #define CWISS_Group_kWidth ((size_t)16)
  #define CWISS_Group_kShift 0

// https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/issues/209
// https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87853
// _mm_cmpgt_epi8 is broken under GCC with -funsigned-char
// Work around this by using the portable implementation of Group
// when using -funsigned-char under GCC.
static inline CWISS_Group CWISS_mm_cmpgt_epi8_fixed(CWISS_Group a,
                                                    CWISS_Group b) {
  if (CWISS_IS_GCC && CHAR_MIN == 0) {  // std::is_unsigned_v<char>
    const CWISS_Group mask = _mm_set1_epi8(0x80);
    const CWISS_Group diff = _mm_subs_epi8(b, a);
    return _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_and_si128(diff, mask), mask);
  }
  return _mm_cmpgt_epi8(a, b);
}

static inline CWISS_Group CWISS_Group_new(const CWISS_ControlByte* pos) {
  return _mm_loadu_si128((const CWISS_Group*)pos);
}

// Returns a bitmask representing the positions of slots that match hash.
static inline CWISS_BitMask CWISS_Group_Match(const CWISS_Group* self,
                                              CWISS_h2_t hash) {
  return CWISS_Group_BitMask(
      _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_set1_epi8(hash), *self)))
}

// Returns a bitmask representing the positions of empty slots.
static inline CWISS_BitMask CWISS_Group_MatchEmpty(const CWISS_Group* self) {
  #if CWISS_HAVE_SSSE3
  // This only works because ctrl_t::kEmpty is -128.
  return CWISS_Group_BitMask(_mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_sign_epi8(*self, *self)));
  #else
  return CWISS_Group_Match(self, CWISS_kEmpty);
  #endif
}

// Returns a bitmask representing the positions of empty or deleted slots.
static inline CWISS_BitMask CWISS_Group_MatchEmptyOrDeleted(
    const CWISS_Group* self) {
  CWISS_Group special = _mm_set1_epi8((uint8_t)CWISS_kSentinel);
  return CWISS_Group_BitMask(
      _mm_movemask_epi8(CWISS_mm_cmpgt_epi8_fixed(special, *self)));
}

// Returns the number of trailing empty or deleted elements in the group.
static inline uint32_t CWISS_Group_CountLeadingEmptyOrDeleted(
    const CWISS_Group* self) {
  CWISS_Group special = _mm_set1_epi8((uint8_t)CWISS_kSentinel);
  return CWISS_TrailingZeros((uint32_t)(
      _mm_movemask_epi8(CWISS_mm_cmpgt_epi8_fixed(special, *self)) + 1));
}

static inline void CWISS_Group_ConvertSpecialToEmptyAndFullToDeleted(
    const CWISS_Group* self, CWISS_ControlByte* dst) {
  CWISS_Group msbs = _mm_set1_epi8((char)-128);
  CWISS_Group x126 = _mm_set1_epi8(126);
  #if CWISS_HAVE_SSSE3
  CWISS_Group res = _mm_or_si128(_mm_shuffle_epi8(x126, *self), msbs);
  #else
  CWISS_Group zero = _mm_setzero_si128();
  CWISS_Group special_mask = CWISS_mm_cmpgt_epi8_fixed(zero, *self);
  CWISS_Group res = _mm_or_si128(msbs, _mm_andnot_si128(special_mask, x126));
  #endif
  _mm_storeu_si128((CWISS_Group*)dst, res);
}
#else  // CWISS_HAVE_SSE2
typedef uint64_t CWISS_Group;
  #define CWISS_Group_kWidth ((size_t)8)
  #define CWISS_Group_kShift 3

// NOTE: Endian-hostile.
static inline CWISS_Group CWISS_Group_new(const CWISS_ControlByte* pos) {
  CWISS_Group val;
  memcpy(&val, pos, sizeof(val));
  return val;
}

static inline CWISS_BitMask CWISS_Group_Match(const CWISS_Group* self,
                                              CWISS_h2_t hash) {
  // For the technique, see:
  // http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html##ValueInWord
  // (Determine if a word has a byte equal to n).
  //
  // Caveat: there are false positives but:
  // - they only occur if there is a real match
  // - they never occur on ctrl_t::kEmpty, ctrl_t::kDeleted, ctrl_t::kSentinel
  // - they will be handled gracefully by subsequent checks in code
  //
  // Example:
  //   v = 0x1716151413121110
  //   hash = 0x12
  //   retval = (v - lsbs) & ~v & msbs = 0x0000000080800000
  uint64_t msbs = 0x8080808080808080ULL;
  uint64_t lsbs = 0x0101010101010101ULL;
  uint64_t x = *self ^ (lsbs * hash);
  return CWISS_Group_BitMask((x - lsbs) & ~x & msbs);
}

static inline CWISS_BitMask CWISS_Group_MatchEmpty(const CWISS_Group* self) {
  uint64_t msbs = 0x8080808080808080ULL;
  return CWISS_Group_BitMask((*self & (~*self << 6)) & msbs);
}

static inline CWISS_BitMask CWISS_Group_MatchEmptyOrDeleted(
    const CWISS_Group* self) {
  uint64_t msbs = 0x8080808080808080ULL;
  return CWISS_Group_BitMask((*self & (~*self << 7)) & msbs);
}

static inline uint32_t CWISS_Group_CountLeadingEmptyOrDeleted(
    const CWISS_Group* self) {
  uint64_t gaps = 0x00FEFEFEFEFEFEFEULL;
  return (CWISS_TrailingZeros(((~*self & (*self >> 7)) | gaps) + 1) + 7) >> 3;
}

static inline void CWISS_Group_ConvertSpecialToEmptyAndFullToDeleted(
    const CWISS_Group* self, CWISS_ControlByte* dst) {
  uint64_t msbs = 0x8080808080808080ULL;
  uint64_t lsbs = 0x0101010101010101ULL;
  uint64_t x = *self & msbs;
  uint64_t res = (~x + (x >> 7)) & ~lsbs;
  memcpy(dst, &res, sizeof(res));
}
#endif  // CWISS_HAVE_SSE2

CWISS_END_EXTERN
CWISS_END

#endif  // CWISSTABLE_INTERNAL_CTRL_H_

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The Birth of a New World
The new positive reality we can expect after the coronavirus crisis
Michael Laitman, Founder of Bnei Baruch Kabbalah & Research Institute
FILE PHOTO: A trader wears a mask as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the building prepares to close indefinitely due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Uncertainty, fear and anxiety are the agents of massive contagion when people face a sudden and drastic shift like the one we now experience with the coronavirus pandemic, but the outbreak is actually a prelude to a profound positive change. The word mashber (crisis) in Hebrew means "the place of birth." This breakdown actually signals the beginning of something new.
Similarly, in the works of Hippocrates, the term "crisis" was applied to the end of an illness. Although in order to experience a new beginning, we need to overcome a transition period that might be painful and dramatic, as with labor pains. The world is coping with strong contractions set off by COVID-19 in every possible area of human society, as the planet can no longer put up with the person's attitude toward nature.
"The crisis is helping us attain that level of awareness—where we start feeling as parts of a single system, one mechanism. Within the circular structure in which we exist, only together can we give birth to a new reality, to a higher, positive degree of humanity."
The Purpose of Creation
Creation's plan is to elevate humanity to a new level of existence. Thus, the blows currently affecting humanity are in fact tremendous forces from nature to protect and heal itself, showing us what we do wrong: caring only about ourselves to the detriment of others—a misdirected human ego. We will understand its message by trying to become an integral part of the ecosystem—to which we all belong—instead of misusing and sabotaging it.
What we now perceive as an unbearable situation is, in fact, an accumulation and intensification of numerous crises on multiple levels we have been amassing for a long time, not only ecologically, but also financially; between couples, families and people; in every aspect of our lives. The epidemic did not arrive by chance, it serves a purpose: to cure our disconnection and imbalanced relations that harm nature.
Rethinking Our Priorities
We have built our world in such a way that we have become modern-day slaves, working 12-hour days, commuting back and forth. Children hardly spend time with their parents. The governments have printed money and created debt, and society has created piles of unnecessary products. The virus' appearance has forced us to scrutinize what we have in this world and ponder the question: what do we live for? Is it to make money? Or is it to have children and die? We have to go through a process of appraisal in order to find answers.
It would be naïve to think that the transition to a new reality would be light and easy, but the passage must take place. Thousands of lives are being lost while the global economy might be doomed to collapse. Thus, it is hard in these circumstances to foresee light on the horizon. Already thousands of years ago, the wisdom of Kabbalah referred to this time as a special one, a period when important changes would be revealed after we exceeded our egoistic development, a time finally leading us to a remarkable renewal. As Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) wrote: "The mind sees what it has been through, and corrects its future conducts." (The Writings of the Last Generation)
What will be the outcome of the current crisis? It is my hope that we will grow wiser as we will see what really matters in life more clearly. Also, I hope that we will arrange a new and more balanced world in which we will feel no fulfillment in taking advantage of others for personal gain and harming the environment, because of the realization that, at the end of the day, it will have negative consequences for all. This positive transformation will require a gradual process of adaptation to this new reality, and it will demand from each of us that we actively engage in the building of a society that is entirely connected. How? By studying and replicating the attributes of nature, where everything is interdependent, existing in homeostasis and reciprocal relations, where all the parts exchange the nutrients and information needed for the well-being of the entire system.
PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah. MSc in Medical Bio-Cybernetics. Author of over 40 books on spiritual, social and global transformation.
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by Giang Cao Ho My
Coronavirus and the New Humanity
by Michael Laitman
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Top Lead
By-Polls:Voting underway in 10 states Will Modi Wave Continue?
RAJEEV RANJAN NAG
NEW DELHI : Gujarat's Vadodara constituency vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the 36 Lok Sabha and assembly seats across 10 states where by-elections are being held.As polling began, the Prime Minister, in a tweet, urged voters "across the country today to vote in large numbers". Byelections to 3 Lok Sabha and 33 Assembly constituencies spread across 10 states in an exercise seen as yet another major test of Narendra Modi government's popularity since it assumed power in May.
The three Lok Sabha bypolls are in Vadodara (Gujarat), Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana) while 11 Assembly constituencies are in UP, nine in Gujarat, four in Rajasthan, two in West Bengal, five in Northeastern states and one each in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Counting of votes is scheduled for September 16.
Polling begins on brisk note in UP oters began to queue up at polling stations for the by-poll in Uttar Pradesh's one Lok Sabha and 11 Assembly constituencies. The state's ruling Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the main contenders in most of the Assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat. Stakes are high for BJP, Congress, Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh after the saffron party's near-total sweep of the 80 seats in Lok Sabha polls just four months ago while Trinamool Congress battles to retain two assembly seats in West Bengal in the face of Saradha chit fund scam that has already ensnared some of its leaders.
If retaining Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, vacated by SP supremo Mualayam Singh Yadav who had won from two LS seats including Azamgarh, is a matter of prestige for his party, BJP faces the challenge of holding on to the 11 assembly seats won earlier by the party. BJP chief Amit Shah also faces the challenge in the bypolls in UP as he is considered the main strategist behind the party's stupendous success in last Lok Sabha poll. SP is going all out to retain Mainpuri where the bypoll would mark the launch of Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, the gennext of the extended of Mulayam Singh Yadav family.
Tej is the grandson of SP chief's elder brother. The challenge for SP is not just to win the seat again but also to maintain the big margin with which Mulayama had romped home. In Mainpuri, BSP and Congress have not fielded their candidates, leaving a straight contest between Tej Pratap Singh and BJP's Shiv Singh Shakya. BSP, which drew a blank in Lok Sabha polls, is not contesting the byelections.
The 11 Assembly seats in UP, whose outcome may be a pointer to which way the political wind is blowing in the run up to 2017 assembly polls, are Saharanpur Nagar, Noida, Thakurdwara, Bijnor, Nighasan, Balha, Sirathu, Rohaniya, Hamirpur, Charkhari and Lucknow East. All of these were vacated by BJP MLAs who won the Lok Sabha elections. Aandiben faces first test in Gujarat bypolls In Gujarat, Narendra Modi's successor as chief minister in Gujarat, Anandiben Patel, faces her first big test when by-elections are held for Vadodara LS seat and in nine Assembly constituencies.
The nine Assembly seats that are going to polls are Maninagar, Anand, Limkheda, Deesa, Matar, Talaja, Tankara, Khambhalia and Mangrol. Vadodara is the lone Lok Sabha seat going for by-polls in Gujarat, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi vacated this seat after winning with huge margin. Voting starts in Telangana, Andhra The Medak Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana and the Nandigama Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh went to polls from 7 am on Saturday. The polling in both the constituencies will continue till 6 pm. Over 15.43 lakh voters are eligible to cast their franchise in the prestigious Medak parliamentary constituency, which was once represented by late prime minister Indira Gandhi.
A total of 14 candidates are in fray in Medak but it is mainly a triangular contest. West Bengal: Voting for Chowringhee, Basirhat Assembly seats begin Voting for the Chowringhee and Basirhat (South) Assembly constituencies in West Bengal began at 7 am on Saturday. Chowringhee in Kolkata was won by Trinamool's Sikha Mitra in 2011 Assembly polls, where the party fought jointly with the Congress. The 200,256 electors spread across 222 polling stations have to choose from nine candidates – Trinamool's Nayna Bandyopadhyay, BJP's Ritesh Tiwari, Congress' Santosh K. Pathak, CPI-M's Faiyaz Ahmad Khan and five independents. The Basirhat (South) constituency is a seat newly carved out in 2011. Nearly 235,843 people are eligible to vote in 286 polling stations.
Polling begins for bypoll in Raipur Amid tight security, voting began in the insurgency-hit Antagarh assembly constituency for the bypoll where only two candidates, including one from the ruling BJP, are in the fray in the tribal-dominated seat. "The polling has begun in Antagarh seat from 7 am," an election official said. As many as 1,51,894 electorates would exercise their franchise at 202 polling stations, including 190 hyper sensitive and three auxiliary booths, till 3 pm, he said. Around 10,000 security personnel have been deployed in the region to ensure fair and peaceful polling, he added. It is for the first time since its formation, that Chhattisgarh will not witness any contest between the BJP and the Congress in the Assembly poll as the main opposition's? candidate surprisingly withdrew from the contest at the last moment. Slow start to voting in Rajasthan bypolls
The voter turnout was lukewarm during the morning hours in the bypolls for four assembly constituencies in Rajasthan. "The polling has been peaceful so far and is expected to pick up in the afternoon. As per tentative information, over 14.80 percent of voters had cast their votes till 9.30 a.m.," an election department official told IANS. In 2013 assembly elections, the state had recorded a high voter turnout of over 75.67 percent.
"The voting began at 7 a.m. at over 961 polling stations spread in these four constituencies. We have made elaborate security arrangements for the peaceful polls," an election official said. The byelections were necessitated as BJP legislators Sanwar Lal Jat from Nasirabad, Om Birla from Kota South, Santosh Ahlawat from Surajgarh, and Bahadur Singh Koli from Weir got elected to the Lok Sabha. Brisk balloting in Assam bypolls Brisk voting took place Saturday for the byelections in Assam's three assembly constituencies – Silchar, Lakhipur and Jamunamukh, officials said. The polling started at 7 a.m. in almost all the 588 polling stations across the three polling stations, barring two polling stations under Jamunamukh constituency where voting could not start due to technical snags in the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Konsánszky Dóra (Budapest, ?) magyar divattervező, ruhatervező iparművész.

Tanulmányok
 1982–1986: Képző és Iparművészeti Szakközépiskola, Budapest
 1992: bőr- és ruhatervező-szak, Magyar Iparművészeti Egyetem, Budapest
 1989–1991: Nina Ricci- Air France ösztöndíj Párizsban, az École Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne-n
 1991: diplomát szerez  az École Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne-n
 https://www.ifmparis.fr/en/

Díjak, kiállítások
 1987: Párizs, Concours International des Jeunnes Createurs de Mode: Air France verseny, Premier Prix
 1988 • Divat, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
 1990: Rubik-ösztöndíj
 1990-1991 Parizs, Nina Ricci ösztöndíj
 1993 • Dorottya Galéria, Budapest.
 2004. június 10-én nyílt a Budavári Palotában a Budapesti Történeti Múzeumban önálló kiállítása "Fűzött ruhatár" címmel.
 2006-tól 2019-ig :Főbb nemzetközi kiállítások: Paris Fashion Week, Amsterdam Fashion Week, Modefabriek. Cutting Edge, CPD Düsseldorf, MQ Vienna Fashion Week, Tokyo EU- Gateway program, Coterie New York
 2006-os Fashion Awards Hungary Az Év Divattervezője"
 2008-as Fashion Awards Hungary, "Az Év Divattervezője"

 2010, Glamour Women of the Year  " Az év Divattervezője"
 2010, Vienna, Ringstrassen Galerien Design Awards, finalista
 2011, Budapest, HG.Hu Design Awards, második díj
 2012, Magyar Formatervezési Díj, finalist
 2019-2020  Kiállítások: Kiscelli Múzeum rendezésében: "Ragyogj" csoportos divattörténeti  kiállítás.
 média megjelenések:
 Média: Asahi Super Dry, Propaganda TV2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaiozZu8wmo   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-InaC3z2_E

Stílus
Konsánszky Dórát a Kisképző légköre meghatározta, így egyenesen a Mome soraiban találta magát, ahol diplomáját megszerezte bőr-ruhatervezés szakon. Egy nemzetközi divatverseny és a Rubik ösztöndíj elnyerése során Párizsban folytathatta tanulmányait a Les Écoles Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne magániskolában, ahol megszerezte másoddiplomáját. Külföldön szerzett tapasztalatai lehetővé tették, hogy számos nagymúltú francia divatcég kulisszái mögé betekintést nyerhessen. Így fél évet tölthette a Nina Ricci-nél és az iskolai tanulmányok közben gyakornokoskodott a Lanvin és Dior házaknál. Külföldön szerzett tapasztalatait egyesítette az angol és a francia szabászat terén. Sokan a fűző specialistájának gondolják hazánkban. Tervezői múltjára jellemző az alternatív és egyben klasszikus anyaghasználat a szabászat terén is. A dekonstruktív fashion esztétikájának híve. Dóra kialakult stílusa a visszafogottság iránti igénnyel párosul. Előszeretettel keveri a férfias, sportos vonalakat a női sziluettel. Kifinomult szabásvonalak alkalmazása mellett, fontosnak tartja a különleges részletekre való fókuszálást.

2006-ban indította el a "Konsanszky" márkát, amelyhez csatlakozott 2015-ban egy magyar Tőkealap nagyobb befektetéssel. 2006-ban és 2008-ban elnyerte a Fashion Awards Hungary "Az év Divattervezője "díjakat. 2010-ben a "Glamour Women of the Year" nyertese. 2006-tól 2019 ig folyamatos résztvevője a Paris Fashion Week-nek és mellette több hazai divathét résztvevője lehetett.

Kialakult stílusa a visszafogottság és a diszkréció iránti igénnyel párosul. 2019 óta szabadúszó designer. Jelenleg a divattervezést tanulók oktatásával foglakozik. Szakíró, óraadó több szinten divattervezéssel foglakozó intézményben. 2014-óta több, azóta joggal díjakat is elhozó fiatal tervezők– mentora, témavezetője.  Több hazai múzeum gyűjteményében láthatják munkáit.

https://fashionawards.hu/konsanszky-dora-divattervezo

Források
 https://asalon.hu/hu/designers/tervezok-noi_5/konsanszky_103
 https://www.metropolitan.hu/munkatarsak/konsanszky-dora
 https://www.glamour.hu/divathirek/a-konsanszky-160-millio-forintos-tokebefektetest-kap/1f5nwt9
 https://marieclaire.hu/tag/konsanszky-dora/
 http://www.museum.hu/kiallitas/2533/Fuzott_ruhatar_-_Konsanszky_Dora_divattervezo_iparmuvesz_kiallitasa
 https://www.notjustalabel.com/konsanszky
 https://models.com/work/various-campaigns-dora-konsanszky-aw-1415-1
 https://insiderei.com/die-insider/insider-budapest-dora-konsanszky-cet-szemlo-hill-cave-costes-deryne-bistro-eklektika-govinda-roxane-cafe-otkert-ruin-pubs-godor-club-kaszon-hortobagyi-cafe-gerloczy-rozsavolgyi-csokolade-gellert-szech/
 http://kiscellimuzeum.hu/eng/fashion_and_tradition
 https://schonmagazine.com/konsanszky/
 https://www.octogon.hu/trend/160-millio-forint-tokebefektetes-a-konsanszkynak/
 https://erebusstyle.com/blogs/news/144907271-konsanszky-autumn-winter-16
 http://chasseurmagazine.com/konsanszky-2014-ss-collection/

További információk
 Hivatalos honlapja
 http://www.kyclothes.com/wp/
 https://konsanszky.com/
 Konsanszky - ONE Fashion Budapest

Magyar divattervezők
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Olive Deering (* 11. Oktober 1918 in New York City als Olive Corn; † 22. März 1986 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. In ihrer über 40 Jahre umfassenden Laufbahn war sie in fast 50 Film- und Fernsehauftritten sowie mehreren Theaterproduktionen zu sehen.

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Olive Deering wurde als eines von zwei Kindern des Zahnarztes Max Corn und seiner Frau Zelda Corn geboren. Ihr älterer Bruder Alfred Ryder wurde ebenfalls Schauspieler. Sie nahm Schauspiel- und Tanzunterricht an der Professional Children's School in New York und gab 1933 ihr Bühnendebüt in einer kleinen Szene im Theaterstück Girls in Uniform. Es folgten Auftritte in Richard II. an der Seite von Maurice Evans sowie gemeinsam mit Paul Muni in Counsellor-at-Law. Deering war bis zu ihrem Lebensende Mitglied im The Actors Studio.

Ihr Filmdebüt gab Deering 1947 mit einer kleinen Rolle in Tabu der Gerechten. Bekanntheit erlangte sie 1949 durch ihre Rolle der Miriam in Cecil B. DeMilles Samson und Delilah. 1950 folgte die Rolle der June Roberts in Frauengefängnis. 1956 war Deering als Mirjam im Monumentalfilm Die zehn Gebote zu sehen. Zudem wirkte sie bis zu ihrem Karriereende 1973 in einer Vielzahl von Fernsehserien mit.

Von 1947 bis zur Scheidung war Olive Deering mit dem Filmschaffenden Leo Penn verheiratet. Die Ehe blieb kinderlos. Sie setzte sich für die Demokratische Partei ein und unterstützte deren Kandidat Adlai Ewing Stevenson junior während der Präsidentschaftswahl in den Vereinigten Staaten 1952. Deering starb am 22. März 1986 im Alter von 67 Jahren in ihrer Heimatstadt New York an den Folgen einer Krebserkrankung. Sie wurde auf dem Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla beigesetzt.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1947: Tabu der Gerechten (Gentleman's Agreement)
 1949: Air Hostess
 1949: Samson und Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
 1950: Frauengefängnis (Caged)
 1956: Die zehn Gebote (The Ten Commandments)
 1959/1965: Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert (Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Fernsehserie, zwei Folgen)
 1962: Preston & Preston (The Defenders, Fernsehserie, 1 Folge)
 1963: The Outer Limits (Fernsehserie, eine Folge)
 1964: Der Mörder mit der Gartenschere (Shock Treatment)
 1973: Howzer

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Theaterschauspieler
Filmschauspieler
⚭Olive
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1918
Gestorben 1986
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Q: Tooltip on heatmap and sparkline I created a heatmap and sparklines next to the heatmap.
Here the Plunker
There are errors in the code because the sparklines are not correct. The trend of the heatmap data is different from that of the sparklines. It seems that the data is read backwards.
Why?
Then, there are some data that are missing (colored in red). I wish in that case the sparklines were dashed or missing. How can I do that?
Assuming that the sparklines are right...
Now I would like that when the user hovers over a cell of theheatmap, a red dot is displayed on the corresponding sparkline.
On the other hand, when the user hovers over the sparkline, the corresponding cell in the heatmap is highlighted.
I hope it's clearer with some drawings:

I thought I could change the code at this point:
var cells = svg.selectAll('rect')
    .data(data)
    .enter()
    .append('g')
    .append('rect')
    //...
    .on('mouseover', tip.show) // <- HERE
    .on('mouseout', tip.hide);

I should keep track of the rectangle on which the mouse is located and somehow pass this data to the piece of code that controls the sparkline.
But I don't really know how to do it and I have not found similar examples.
Thanks!

A: You're asking three different questions here, which definitely qualifies your question as too broad. I'm answering the first two, regarding the sparklines, because they are related. I advise you posting the mouseover issue as a new post.
Back to the question:
The issue of the sparklines appearing to be inverted is easy to fix, just reverse the range of the y scale:
var y = d3.scaleLinear().domain([0, maxYvalue]).range([itemSize-2, 2]);

The issue with missing values is a bit more complicated. First, you are using...
const sparkData = groupedData[key].map(function(datum) {
    return Number(datum['m2']);
})

... which turns all the missing data (empty strings) into 0. That way, you simply cannot tell a real zero from a missing datum.
However, assuming that you indeed don't want to show 0 (which in your code is the same of a missing datum), you can use defined in the line generator:
var line = d3.line()
    .defined(function(d){
        return d
    })

Or more explicitly:
var line = d3.line()
    .defined(function(d){
        return d !== 0
    });

Finally, the last value in the third sparkline, which is not missing, will not show up because you cannot create a line with just one value... for showing that value you'll have to write a customised approach.
Here is the updated Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/JU11yj6p3VNtCBs5pjUF?p=preview

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life liberty happiness: Mars, Venus, and meaning.
Saith I, in the silence of my room. Woah, I am practically a philosopher, like Osisiye here.
The little phrase 'bob and weave' wouldn't leave me, so I thought about what it means, it reminded me of boxing, which my father used to watch back in the eighties, and I pictured a skilled boxer bobbing and ducking then throwing punches alternately, the rhythm and the beauty of it, like dancing.
Then I thought that few people in Nigeria would connect bob and weave with sculpted boxer bodies :-/ The bob is obviously a hairstyle, and the weave is also a hair thing - women would know that.
And Bob is a name. In America, not in Nigeria.
A month ago, I was pondering essential properties of love, and beginning yet another amazing online course The Fiction Of Relationship, and near the middle of A Brief History of Humankind, and deciding that love had to mean one thing, because what a silly idea that this love thing must remain so irreducible, mean different things to different people, etc.
I re-emphasize the efficient sparseness of the definition I came up with up there, and I suggest that if you analyze it and test it, you would find that it is a definitive definition of this stubborn, previously nebulous concept called love. Or not?
Where did I hear 'Bob and Weave' then? Ah. Show Dem Camp. Tec in O.D. on The Subsidy (Clone Wars II) album. Words enter your subconscious that way.
My ear is tuned to 'bob-and-weave' now, woah. Now I heard it in Jesse Jagz's 2011 Las Gidi Grinding single.
We have come now to the conclusion of our reading for The Fiction of Relationship. All of us on staff hope that your exposure to these novels, to Professor Weinstein's lectures, and to the discussion forum has invigorated, challenged—and perhaps changed—the way you think, read and write about life and literature. We believe great literature matters, and we hope our class has deepened your understanding of why it does."
This makes sense to me, my style.
It may be that the old (Hollywood romance) view is linked to sort of a monotheistic even Christian worldview, while the reviewed relaxed sense is more like the buddhist thing? In that sense, maybe it's not a right/wrong thing, just nice to see in context, to understand our assumptions, the larger context.
So far, in physics, light behaves like a wave and like a particle (depending). So also maybe love has a number of seemingly contradictory, yet valid forms? For now? For some?
I like my definition still. It's definitive and general. So is Prof. Frederickson's.
Love is the instinct to co-operate. Love is the instinct for co-operation.
(Sp) El amor es el instinto de cooperar.
(Sp) El amor es el instinto de cooperación.
(Fr) L'amour est l'instinct de coopérer.
(Fr) L'amour est l'instinct de coopération.
Help: Add languages. Correct the grammar.
Deeper: What is instinct? What is co-operation?
Dictionary/Google: an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli.
Wikipedia: the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour.
Dictionary/Google: the process of working together to the same end. Wikipedia: the process of groups of organisms working or acting together for their common/mutual benefit, as opposed to working in competition for selfish benefit.


Data munging is a fact of life for any data analyst. But if you're in the digital video space, it's really out of control. For example, what do you call content that's only accessible to consumers with the proper credentials? Okay, so what do your 250 partners call it? Count yourself lucky if 5% of them use the same terminology as you.
And here's the thing: Video is hot and growing rapidly. That's means data analysts are, literally, drowning in video data. That got me thinking: What if we, as an industry, got together and resolved some of these data challenges?
In fact, I laid out the major issues in this AdExchanger article, Digital Video Can't Thrive Until We Resolve its Data Challenges and called upon the industry to consider the benefits of the effort. IMHO, video is clearly a boon for our space, but we really need to get serious about its glaring data challenges before it hobbles the channel.
Your thoughts? Check out the AdExchanger article and leave comments. Who knows? If enough of us speak out, maybe we can push this needle forward.


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Q: Can I update or change a cuda kernel without stopping the process? I have a cuda kernel that I would like to udpate (ie., change anything between the checks and surf2Dwrite) without having to stop the process; is there a way to achieve some sort of JIT compilation or a microservice architecture equivalent ? If so, how to achieve this ?
Ideally I would like to edit a text with the equations and have it compiled and uploaded as a new kernel, while not exiting the process.
More explicitly, I would like to update the UpdateSurface pixel update functions on the fly:
int iDivUp(int a, int b) { return a % b != 0 ? a / b + 1 : a / b; }

__global__ void UpdateSurface(cudaSurfaceObject_t surf, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, float time)
{
    unsigned int x = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    unsigned int y = blockIdx.y * blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;
    if (y >= height | x >= width) return;

    auto xVar = (float)x / (float)width;
    auto yVar = (float)y / (float)height;
    auto cost = __cosf(time) * 0.5f + 0.5f;
    auto costx = __cosf(time) * 0.5f + xVar;
    auto costy = __cosf(time) * 0.5f + yVar;
    auto costxx = (__cosf(time) * 0.5f + 0.5f) * width;
    auto costyy = (__cosf(time) * 0.5f + 0.5f) * height;
    auto costxMany = __cosf(y * time) * 0.5f + yVar;
    auto costyMany = __cosf((float)x/100 * time) * 0.5f + xVar;
    auto margin = 1;

    float4 pixel{};
    if (y == 0)
        pixel = make_float4(costyMany * 0.3, costyMany * 1, costyMany * 0.4, 1);
    else if (y == height - 1)
        pixel = make_float4(costyMany * 0.6, costyMany * 0.7, costyMany * 1, 1);
    else if (x % 2 == 0)
    {
        if (x > width / 2)
            pixel = make_float4(0.1, 0.5, costx * 1, 1);
        else
            pixel = make_float4(costx * 1, 0.1, 0.2, 1);
    }
    else if (x > width - margin - 1 | x <= margin)
        pixel = make_float4(costxMany, costxMany * 0.9, costxMany * 0.6, 1);
    else
        pixel = make_float4(costx * 0.3, costx * 0.4, costx * 0.6, 1);
    surf2Dwrite(pixel, surf, x * 16, y);
}

void RunKernel(size_t textureW, size_t textureH, cudaSurfaceObject_t surfaceObject, cudaStream_t streamToRun, float animTime)
{
    auto unit = 10;
    dim3 threads(unit, unit);
    dim3 grid(iDivUp(textureW, unit), iDivUp(textureH, unit));
    UpdateSurface <<<grid, threads, 0, streamToRun >>> (surfaceObject, textureW, textureH, animTime);
    getLastCudaError("UpdateSurface execution failed.\n");
}


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Home Sports Baseball Blue Jays slug 5 homers in 7-2 victory over Red Sox
Blue Jays slug 5 homers in 7-2 victory over Red Sox
BOSTON — Marcus Semien hit a two-run homer — one of three longballs by Toronto in the fifth inning — to extend his club-record road hitting streak to 25 games, and the Blue Jays rebounded from a tough loss to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Saturday.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Reese McGuire also went deep for the Blue Jays, who had dropped four of their last five. They blew a late 5-1 lead and lost 6-5 in Friday's series opener,
Rafael Devers had an RBI triple for the Red Sox, who had won seven of nine.
Guerrero got Toronto's offense going early with his major league-leading 20th homer, a two-run shot estimated at 439 feet against Nick Pivetta that left Fenway Park over the Green Monster in the first inning.
Bichette sent one even further, belting an estimated 468-foot drive out of Fenway over the Monster, going back to back after Semien's shot.
Biggio opened the fifth with a drive into the first row of Monster seats.
Steven Matz (7-3) held the Red Sox to four hits and a run over 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight with two walks.
Pivetta (6-2) gave up a season-high six runs and allowed four — a career worst — of the Blue Jays' homers.
Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said Guerrero's outstanding start this season isn't getting noticed because how poorly the team's bullpen has been.
Guerrero entered the day batting .336, leading the majors in homers and RBIs.
"Nobody's talking about it because our bullpen's struggling," Montoyo said.
NICE ARM
Red Sox CF Kiké Hernández cut down Joe Panik at the plate, trying to score on a medium-deep fly for an inning-ending double play.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF George Springer, who has played just four games this season as he recovers from a quad injury suffered rehabbing an oblique strain, could start a rehab assignment soon. Montoyo said he ran the bases in Fenway on Saturday and was going to take batting practice. Springer signed a $150-million, six-year deal as a free agent during the offseason.
Red Sox: SS Xander Bogaerts, scratched from Friday's game because of a sore left knee, didn't play Saturday. "I'm not in a rush with this one because of how important he is," manager Alex Cora said. "If we have to stay away from him (Sunday), we will."
Toronto LHP Robbie Ray (3-2, 3.36 ERA) is set to start Sunday against Boston lefty Martín Pérez (4-3, 3.88). Pérez is coming off his worst start of the season Tuesday, when he gave up six runs in only two innings.
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/*
 * Oracle GPL Disclaimer: For the avoidance of doubt, except that if any license choice
 * other than GPL or LGPL is available it will apply instead, Oracle elects to use only
 * the General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) at this time for any software where
 * a choice of GPL license versions is made available with the language indicating
 * that GPLv2 or any later version may be used, or where a choice of which version
 * of the GPL is applied is otherwise unspecified.
 */

FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );

#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ipxe/mii.h>

/** @file
 *
 * Media Independent Interface
 *
 */

/**
 * Reset MII interface
 *
 * @v mii		MII interface
 * @ret rc		Return status code
 */
int mii_reset ( struct mii_interface *mii ) {
	unsigned int i;
	int bmcr;
	int rc;

	/* Power-up, enable autonegotiation and initiate reset */
	if ( ( rc = mii_write ( mii, MII_BMCR,
				( BMCR_RESET | BMCR_ANENABLE ) ) ) != 0 ) {
		DBGC ( mii, "MII %p could not write BMCR: %s\n",
		       mii, strerror ( rc ) );
		return rc;
	}

	/* Wait for reset to complete */
	for ( i = 0 ; i < MII_RESET_MAX_WAIT_MS ; i++ ) {

		/* Check if reset has completed */
		bmcr = mii_read ( mii, MII_BMCR );
		if ( bmcr < 0 ) {
			rc = bmcr;
			DBGC ( mii, "MII %p could not read BMCR: %s\n",
			       mii, strerror ( rc ) );
			return rc;
		}

		/* If reset is not complete, delay 1ms and retry */
		if ( bmcr & BMCR_RESET ) {
			mdelay ( 1 );
			continue;
		}

		/* Force autonegotation on again, in case it was
		 * cleared by the reset.
		 */
		if ( ( rc = mii_write ( mii, MII_BMCR, BMCR_ANENABLE ) ) != 0 ){
			DBGC ( mii, "MII %p could not write BMCR: %s\n",
			       mii, strerror ( rc ) );
			return rc;
		}

		DBGC ( mii, "MII %p reset after %dms\n", mii, i );
		return 0;
	}

	DBGC ( mii, "MII %p timed out waiting for reset\n", mii );
	return -ETIMEDOUT;
}


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from django.conf import settings
from django.template import Library, Node
from django.core import context_processors
from django.template.loader import get_template
from fluent_comments import appsettings
from fluent_comments.models import get_comments_for_model
from fluent_comments.moderation import comments_are_open, comments_are_moderated

register = Library()

@register.inclusion_tag("fluent_comments/templatetags/ajax_comment_tags.html", takes_context=True)
def ajax_comment_tags(context, for_, target_object):
    """
    Display the required ``<div>`` elements to let the Ajax comment functionality work with your form.
    """
    new_context = {
        'STATIC_URL': context.get('STATIC_URL', None),
        'USE_THREADEDCOMMENTS': appsettings.USE_THREADEDCOMMENTS,
        'target_object': target_object,
    }

    # Be configuration independent:
    if new_context['STATIC_URL'] is None:
        try:
            request = context['request']
        except KeyError:
            new_context.update({'STATIC_URL': settings.STATIC_URL})
        else:
            new_context.update(context_processors.static(request))

    return new_context

register.filter('comments_are_open', comments_are_open)
register.filter('comments_are_moderated', comments_are_moderated)

@register.filter
def comments_count(content_object):
    """
    Return the number of comments posted at a target object.

    You can use this instead of the ``{% get_comment_count for [object] as [varname]  %}`` tag.
    """
    return get_comments_for_model(content_object).count()

class FluentCommentsList(Node):
    def render(self, context):
        # Include proper template, avoid parsing it twice by operating like @register.inclusion_tag()
        if not getattr(self, 'nodelist', None):
            if appsettings.USE_THREADEDCOMMENTS:
                template = get_template("fluent_comments/templatetags/threaded_list.html")
            else:
                template = get_template("fluent_comments/templatetags/flat_list.html")
            self.nodelist = template

        # NOTE NOTE NOTE
        # HACK: Determine the parent object based on the comment list queryset.
        # the {% render_comment_list for article %} tag does not pass the object in a general form to the template.
        # Not assuming that 'object.pk' holds the correct value.
        #
        # This obviously doesn't work when the list is empty.
        # To address that, the client-side code also fixes that, by looking for the object ID in the nearby form.
        target_object_id = context.get('target_object_id', None)
        if not target_object_id:
            comment_list = context['comment_list']
            if isinstance(comment_list, list) and comment_list:
                target_object_id = comment_list[0].object_pk

        # Render the node
        context['USE_THREADEDCOMMENTS'] = appsettings.USE_THREADEDCOMMENTS
        context['target_object_id'] = target_object_id
        return self.nodelist.render(context)

@register.tag
def fluent_comments_list(parser, token):
    """
    A tag to select the proper template for the current comments app.
    """
    return FluentCommentsList()


Ali Ton, an Orange County high school product who played at Davidson and professionally in Turkey before going into coaching, will join the UC Irvine men's basketball staff as an assistant.
The official announcement is imminent as newly hired coach Russ Davis fills one spot on his staff that also includes returning assistant Doug Oliver.
Ton spent the last three seasons as an assistant at Radford. The former All-Orange County point guard at Los Alamitos High spent two seasons on the staff at Binghamton University and one season as an assistant at his alma mater.
Ton, who came to Los Alamitos from Turkey, is known as a recruiter with international contacts, an area Turner said he plans to explore as he tries to bolster the Anteaters' roster in the coming years.
Ton coached the Turkey Under-20 national team in the 2005 European Championships and his father, Necmi Ton, is a professional coach in Turkey.
Ton, who committed to Wyoming out of high school, started for three seasons at Davidson, amassing 646 assists, which was the school record when he graduated in 1999. He averaged 7.9 assists as a senior, which ranked No. 3 in the nation. He earned All-Southern Conference recognition and was Davidson's senior male athlete of the year.


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For visa applicants whose petitioners are elderly or in advanced age, the Filing Date chart should be monitored closely. Knowing when you can start processing is crucial especially if the petitioner's health and well being is compromised or the petitioner wants to return to the Philippines.
Crispin ArandaOriginally posted on February 13, 2018; updated February 13, 2018
Visa Bulletin For March 2018
This month, we have provided information on the visa movements for the Family and Employment-based categories so our viewing Immigrant public could have a good sense of when to start contacting the National Visa Center or when to get worried particularly if one's priority date has long been current and you have not received any notice of interview. Remember, a visa application could be cancelled or terminated if the visa applicant does not take any action after being notified of visa availability.
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Over a month movement. Filing Dates have remained stagnant for the first three years of 2018 except for F2A which moved forward 6 months. In the Employment-based preference categories, the EB3 and OWs moved 2 months.
Over a year movement: All categories moved forward except the F1 which retrogressed for 2 months. The F4 Family-preference category surprisingly moved forward the most- 1 year and 3 months. The EB3 and Other Workers moved forward fast at 4 years and 2 months.
Over 5-year movement. F1 moved fastest at 7 years, followed by F2A and F4 at five years and 4 months. The F2B moved forward 4 years and 6 months while the F3 category was the slowest over this 5-year period at 2 years and 6 months. The EB3 and OW categories moved 9 years and 8 months.
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The Second chart of the Visa Bulletin for both categories (FILING DATES) indicate when a visa applicant in any category may start communicating with the National Visa Center to start processing of his or her visa application. For applicants whose petitioners are elderly or whose health might be deteriorating, monitoring these dates is crucial.
In the first three months of 2018, only the F2A category showed any signs of movement in the Family-preference categories: from November 1, 2016 to May 1, 2017, a 6 month move forward. The other categories remained stuck as the figures show below. The EB3 and OW also moved forward 2 months.
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Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris doesn't believe he will finish his career at the London club. The Frenchman was taking part in a Q+A session with Telefoot (h/t Evening Standard) and was asked if Spurs would be his final club.
The report adds that should Lloris see out his current contract with Spurs, he would have spent a decade at the club.
The keeper helped the France national side to the World Cup in 2018 but claimed there were no offers for him post the victory.
Lloris has been one of the best keepers in the world in recent years and claimed his future at the club is dependent on our manager.
The report adds that Pochettino signed a new contract with Spurs in the summer but has been linked with Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Pochettino is one of the best managers in the world and it comes as no surprise that others are interested in him.
Lloris, for his part, has done very well at Tottenham and is only 31. The Frenchman seems to be hitting his prime at the club, which is a huge bonus for us. The only thing he has to work on is removing the minor errors in his game, which hasn't cost us much.


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Published August 30, 2016 at 11:33 AM CDT
In Texas, there's far more at stake in the 2016 election season than who takes the White House.
The state is battling with federal courts over the voter ID law. There's dysfunction in the Texas Democratic and Republican parties. And demographic change is accelerating.
We know you have questions, and Texas's public radio stations are working together to answer them. We're teaming up with KERA North Texas, Houston Public Media, Texas Public Radio in San Antonio and Marfa Public Radio for this project.
Curious about how the national landscape is affecting politics in Texas? Or are you just wondering why lines are so long at the polls? What stories do you want to hear leading up to the election?
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For the Winter 2009 issue of The Hudson Review, the quarterly's editors have assembled a primer on non-English works from around the world. This "Translation Issue" is a heady collection, featuring excerpts from seemingly every genre and time period: classics like Antigone and Le Cid up through A Doll's House; 19th century Japanese and Russian poetry; elegant contemporary reviews on books about language; and much, much more. Such a phenomenal swath of literary history in a single volume can't help but whet the appetite for more translated works (works that Utne, incidentally, has been championing for some time).


You probably own a wearable fitness device or perhaps you know someone who owns one. Apart from being informative, these gadgets also make working out fun and can come in handy in helping you track your calories to ascertain the effectiveness of your exercise regimen. However, the weight-loss industry is consistently jam-packed with the latest miracle cures that promise to fast track loosing those extra ponds.
This is why many people can't help but wonder whether wearable fitness technology products are just fads that will falter to give way to better versions. Although these wearable devices are the current hottest health trends, there is a great likelihood that they may quickly become redundant.
Here is a brief but detailed outline of a few reasons why fitness technology devices are not a worthwhile investment.
There is a great likelihood that you will regret investing heavily on these devices because as technology improves, these products will become cheap very quickly. What you buy now for close to $100 may be less than half the price in just less than a year. The bottom-line? Just as the advent of Smartphones rendered MP3 players obsolete, there is a real possibility that fitness apps and smart watches will end the reign of wearable fitness technology products. The latest Smartphone apps are just as efficient and accurate as efficient and accurate as popular wearable fitness devices.
According to a recent study published by the journal of The American Medical Association, a performance analysis between selected Smartphone apps and a few fitness devices from top sellers in the United States ascertained that the accuracy levels are about the same. For the average consumer who simply wants to know whether their work-out routine is productive, any of these two options are ideal. Sensibly speaking, why spend hundreds of dollars buying wearable fitness technology devices while you can easily and affordably download an app, install it and still get the job done!
If you need the device immediately then it is understandable to invest in one now. After all, numerous researchers have unequivocally proven that these fitness gadgets help fuel your motivation to adhere to a weight-loss routine. If you can afford it ad it can help you then it may be a worthwhile investment after all. Considering they are still expensive, your best bet is research, set a budget and buy a quality product that is at best cost-effective. The last thing you want is to spend over $200 on a product that falls short.
Are Wearable Fitness Technology Products here to stay?
The answer to this question completely depends on whether you are a supplier or a consumer. From a suppliers perspective; the introduction of better and more improved alternatives could well drive down profit margins largely because of increased competition. However, from the buyers perspective, the better the products the easier it will be to find a great product at an affordable price.


In a couple of games heard right here on KCHA last night, the Charles City Comet softball team was in Waukon for a Northeast Iowa Conference double-header. In the first game, the Comets got two home runs from Tayler Schmidt and another from Rachel Chambers in route to a 10-0 win. Sami Heyer threw the shut out inside the circle to win her fifth conference game of the season. Game two was a lot more interesting as the Indians hit a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh to get to within one run, but Heyer came in to shut the door and picked up the save as Charles City won the game 7-6. Ashlyn Hoeft had three hits in the second game including a home run and Schmidt earned the win inside the circle. The Comet softball team improves to 9-1 overall this season and they stay perfect in the NEIC at 6-0. Their next game will be at home tomorrow.
The Osage Green Devil softball team was at home last night for a Top of Iowa Conference meeting with Mason City Newman. The Green Devils could not avoid the big innings on defense as they gave up four runs in the third and six runs in the seventh and dropped the game 14-5. The Osage offense did have 15 hits on the night including three from Gabby Schwarting, but left a lot of runners on base as a team. The Green Devil softball team is now 1-4 overall and they are 1-2 in the conference. They will have their next game on Monday in Garner.
The Osage Green Devil baseball team was at home last night for a non-conference game against Crestwood. The Green Devil offense couldn't get things going as they managed just two hits in the game and lost 10-0 in six innings. The Osage baseball team is now 3-2 overall this season and they will play at home again tonight in a Top of Iowa Conference game against Mason City Newman.
The North Butler baseball team was in Saint Ansgar last night for a Top of Iowa Conference game. The Bearcats opened the game with five runs in the top of the first and held off the Saints to win the game 11-9. Levi Lubben, Kendrick Miller, Brandon Reiher and Colton Hobson each had two hits in the game for North Butler with Lubben scoring three runs and Miller driving in three. Miller was also the winning pitcher. The Bearcat baseball team improves to 4-0 overall this season and 3-0 in the conference and they will play at home tonight against Rockford. The Saints baseball team is now 4-2-1 overall this season and 1-1 in league play. They will be at home tonight against Algona Bishop Garrigan.
The Charles City Comet baseball team will be at home tonight for a Northeast Iowa Conference double-header against Oelwein. The Comet baseball team is 2-1 overall this season and 1-0 in the NEIC while the Huskies come in at 2-3 and 1-0. You can tune into both games right here on KCHA starting with a pre-game at 4:45 and first pitch of the first game will be at 5pm.


Yes it's true, I'm a girl that loves a bit of luxury. Or a lot of luxury, either way. I've been mocked by my colleagues for an appreciation of the finer things in life and that when we go on holiday we sometimes pay over the odds because we don't do things in the most economical way possible. Well, I have a few responses – one is that luxury is different to different people, it could be getting your nails done once a month or flying first class to the Maldives. It could be paying for the slightly more expensive seats at the cinema or saving up for that Chanel handbag. That's the beautiful thing about it, luxury can be as small or as big as you want it to be. Plus, like most people, I'm busy and work hard so a little treat every now and then feels totally justifiable.
This time around the treat in question was afternoon tea at one of the latest Shangri-La hotel offerings which happens to be conveniently located in The Shard at London Bridge, just a short train ride for us from home and as we were celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary we thought it might be nice to go and enjoy ourselves. Plus, it was partly paid for with a lovely gift token from my Mum for our last wedding anniversary which we just hadn't found the time to use.
The hotel itself takes up floors 34 to 52 of the Shard, which I've witnessed the building of via my daily commute to London Bridge since our office moved there back in 2010. I'm never sure what to make of the regeneration of London, of course it has to happen and no-one wants to live in a dirty, run-down place, but there is also the danger that history and identity get trampled underfoot in the process so I've always felt a little indifferent to these unusual new skyscrapers which seem to be springing up all the time. That said, it's here, it's not going anywhere and serves a purpose in terms of showcasing architectural magnificence and being popular with tourists owing to its viewing platforms.
The main Shangri-La restaurant is Ting, which presents a modern European menu with an Asian twist. It's located on the 35th floor of the Shard along with the hotel reception and we were given a warm welcome by the staff as we were shown to our window table – it's definitely worth requesting one should you pay a visit since if you're going to be that high up you may want to take in the views. It's incredible how diddy London seems when seen from so high up.
We could have had lunch or dinner there with our token but I LOVE afternoon tea, it's such a fun and special indulgence – sandwiches, tea and cake all in one meal? It's the perfect combination for me. Ting offers two variants on their menus, a traditionally classic English version and an Asian-inspired alternative. They can also provide a gluten-free equivalent of the English afternoon tea if given advanced notice so this is what I requested when I booked but it's not so different – gluten-free bread for the sandwiches, gluten-free scones and a slight variation on the cakes. There are over 30 teas to choose from (I chose a smoky Lapsang Souchong) and of course an anniversary celebration wouldn't be complete without a glass of bubbly so we threw those in too.
At £54 per afternoon tea, excluding champagne, it doesn't come cheap. However, the service is fantastic and of course in part what you're paying for is the setting, the ambience, the luxury element and you get the impression that nothing is too much trouble. Our booking was at 2.30 and we had plenty of time to sit back and unwind, watching people come and go and the world carrying on far below us at street level, creating the desired effect that we were just for a few hours part of an entirely different world. If that's not worth celebrating, I don't know what is.
This is not a collaborative or sponsored post, I just wanted to share this little adventure because we enjoyed it so much. All words, opinions and images are my own unless otherwise stated.
Looks lovely! I treated huns to Afternoon tea last year for Christmas in the very lovely Chester Grosvenor Hotel. As you say, a luxurious treat every now & again goes a long way!
Oh what a lovely place. Afternoon Tea is such a marvellous thing: always a treat and total luxury.


Boreal Owl at nestbox, Third Junction Pond, Brigus Junction.
I have updated the species, thank you for the correction!
do you know of any other species that are using you nest boxes ? is this nest box on prvite proprety ? if not would i be abel to construct more nest boxes in the spring to put in that aera ! we may have a small population on our hands !
Hi, I have 5 other large nest boxes within a kilometre of the active box. None of the others were in use. These predatory birds need a large home range to hunt over so that they can provide their young with voles, their primary food. Nestboxes should be widely spaced as a result. Smaller insectivorous birds don't require as much space, and as a result I regularly have Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee,Tree Swallow and northern Flicker use other boxes that I have installed near home over the years.
i went out saturday and checked my nest boxes one last time this season and in 2 out of 2 of my boreal owl nest boxes had Alot of feathers in them.not a nest just alot of feathers ? P.S my nest boxes are behind the chicken farms near paddys pond.
Did you have any action at the nest boxes this year ?


Linked paper: Age effects on survival of Amazon forest birds and the latitudinal gradient in bird survival by A.P. Muñoz, M. Kéry, P.V. Martins, and G. Ferraz, The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:2, April 2018.
Bold, recurring patterns are fascinating, and more so if they are unexplained. For biologists living in the tropics, perhaps the most striking examples are the various latitudinal gradients in community and life history metrics. Science excites our curiosity in the search for universal rules, but large-scale latitudinal patterns hint that some things may be fundamentally different in different parts of the world. Could there be really such a thing as "tropical biology"?
One of the best-documented of these latitudinal gradients is the tendency for avian clutch size to increase with increasing latitude. Since there is no evidence that high-latitude populations grow faster than equatorial ones, it's been widely assumed that some other life history trait must also change with latitude to compensate for the variation in clutch size. Thus, throughout the second half of the 20th century, the idea that adult tropical birds live longer than their temperate counterparts became widely accepted among ornithologists.
The acceptance of a latitudinal gradient in survival, however, was more based on common sense than hard data—so much so that when Karr et al. (1990, The American Naturalist 136: 277-291) challenged the idea in a paper subtitled "Will the dogma survive?" there were not many voices sounding in defense of the "dogma." Indeed, two decades later, Corey Tarwater and colleagues suggested that, if there is no latitudinal trend in the survival of adult birds, there could be a trend in the survival of juveniles (2011, Ecology 92: 1271-1281). Their work drew on detailed analysis of age-dependent survival in one Central American passerine species and proposed that tropical juveniles survive more than temperate juveniles. If adult survival shows no relationship with latitude this implies relatively little difference between adult and juvenile survival in the tropics.
For a paper just published in The Auk, Alejandra P. Muñoz, myself, and our colleagues used bird banding data to tackle the problem of the latitudinal gradient in bird survival on two fronts. First, we quantified the effect of age on survival for forty species of Amazon forest passerines, showing that adults at our tropical site had substantially higher survival probabilities than juveniles. Second, we compared our adult survival estimates with estimates from 175 species from Peru to Alaska and found that survival does decrease with increasing latitude. This latitudinal effect persists even after accounting for effects of migration mode, phylogeny, and time of data collection, and we conclude that the latitudinal gradient in survival is a fact after all, at least as seen among New World forest passerines.
Our work benefited a great deal from two recent advances. First, there is an ongoing transformation in how tropical ornithologists assess bird age. The Wolfe-Ryder-Pyle molt-cycle system, which we employed, is extremely useful for aging birds in populations that have poorly delimited breeding periods, which is typical of tropical regions. This was central for quantifying the effect of age on survival. Second, we tapped into the phenomenal database of Vital Rates of North American Birds made available by the Institute of Bird Populations (IBP), enabling us to include data from as far north as Alaska. The IBP estimates, combined with a wealth of tropical passerine survival estimates published since 1990, made it possible to take up Karr et al.'s (1990) challenge anew.
From the analytical perspective, we used a multi-species Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) approach, a standard method for estimating apparent survival from capture-recapture data on open populations, to model our Amazon data. We treated each of the forty species in our dataset as a random draw from a wider distribution of species, and the inference about age effects was made at the level of this wider distribution, strengthening the generality of the conclusions. The CJS accounts for the possibility of capture failure, and a "mixture" component of the model, developed by co-author Marc Kéry, makes it possible to incorporate birds of unknown age in the analysis. Our work thus addresses a variety of sources of uncertainty before reaching its final conclusions.
The observation of a latitudinal trend in survival probability helps explain the maintenance of a latitudinal trend in clutch size, but it need not be the only explanation. It's also possible, for example, that the number of clutches laid each year also varies with latitude in association with the length of the breeding season. With or without latitudinal change in number of clutches, one cannot tell whether the variation in survival we documented is a sufficient explanation for the current variation in clutch size. What's more, even if one explains the maintenance of current variation, there is still the question of how that variation evolved. There is certainly still much to explore in the latitudinal variation of bird life history traits.


Snow Falls by Gerri Hill – She Sighed!
It's light, but it's worth reading because Gerri Hill can do dialogue and wistful thoughts better than most. She's also quite good at people screwing up, or being screwed up, in quite plausible, human ways.
The plot is simple: slightly traumatised writer is living a reclusive existence up a mountain when she rescues a lost woman about to be buried under an avalanche. The avalanche happens every year, so our writer is well prepared for a couple of months as a recluse, and she ends up keeping her rescuee with her until the snow thaws. It sounds a bit sinister when I put it like that, but it's not. The rescuee is straight….. or so she thinks!
Charming, hopeful and a teeny bit convoluted. What's not to like?


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Q: How To Determine How Much Data Left In The Log I have 2 servers set up using MySQL. It's using a standard replication setup, with one slave, no circular replication.
Is there a way to programmatically tell how far behind the slave is in reading the data from the binary log?
If I run the statement:
SHOW MASTER STATUS;

On the master, and run
SHOW SLAVE STATUS;

on the slave, I can compare the Position column from master status, and the Read_Master_Log_Pos column from slave status to determine how far behind the slave is.
However, this only works if the slave is reading from the same file the master is writing to.  So if the slave is still reading a previous log file, because it is running behind, I can't figure out how to determine how much data is left until it catches up to the current position that the master is at.  A solution using only SQL would be optimal, but I'm open to other solutions.  Hopefully not one that requires reading the directory containing the log files.

A: I like to use the 'Seconds_behind_master' field from SHOW SLAVE STATUS in order to determine if the MASTER-SLAVE servers are caught up.  As a secondary guard I also to a COUNT(*) query on a specific table (ie one that gets updated frequently) on both servers and then compare the record counts.


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Coldplay is an English rock band formed in London in 1997. The group comprises vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion. Coldplay have been one of the most commercially successful acts of the new millennium, selling over 30 million albums.
Coldplay's musical style has been defined as alternative rock, being compared to Radiohead and Oasis. The band's music has been called "meditative"; it "[reflects] on their emotions" and lead singer/songwriter Martin "endlessly examine[s] his feelings". In a review for A Rush of Blood to the Head, the songs were considered to contain "lush melodies and a heartbreak" and that they had a "newfound confidence." The music on X&Y has been considered to be "ruminations on Martin's doubts, fears, hopes, and loves."
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Hopefully the substitution worked for you. Maybe almond butter next time.
I wish I could use almond butter, but I'm allergic to almonds too. 😦 The cashew butter worked pretty well though.
I love that you made little cakes! These came out so perfect!
Yours look great…the texture of mine was dryer than I had expected so it might just be the recipe not the peanut butter.
those look delightful! such a cute shape. and i really do love cashews.


The Power Of Being Thankful - Joyce Meyer believes that giving thanks to God daily will positively impact our lives. When we pause to acknowledge His blessings it restores us to a state of spiritual peace. In this reading plan you'll find fourteen inspiring messages that will spark an attitude of gratitude in our hearts. Through uplifting Scripture, she illustrates God's never-ending love, inexhaustible grace, and always-accessible presence in our lives. As we develop a renewed outlook, we will better recognize and be further blessed by God's abundant goodness.
Joyce Meyer believes that giving thanks to God daily will positively impact our lives. When we pause to acknowledge His blessings it restores us to a state of spiritual peace. In this reading plan you'll find fourteen inspiring messages that will spark an attitude of gratitude in our hearts. Through uplifting Scripture, she illustrates God's never-ending love, inexhaustible grace, and always-accessible presence in our lives. As we develop a renewed outlook, we will better recognize and be further blessed by God's abundant goodness.
What Is God's Purpose For My Life?