Description Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.
she shot ANDY on the same day the CIA killed RFK in LA.
The man hating Valerie Solanas in real life was more interesting than the overrated Andy Warhol. Valerie seemed to really hate men. A lot of that due to her mental illness and paranoid schizophrenia. She was very smart, but suffered a lot mentally. She had a rough life. Lived poorly, homeless and as a prostitute for much of her life. Alone for most of her later life. Valerie's is a sad story. Her SCUM Manifesto is her treatise on men and women. I wonder if you could show Valerie her whole life in advance and ask her if she wanted to do it all over again, would she want to do it the same ? I think not. As for Andy Warhol ? Talentless Overrated media hack. Andy showed that anything can be art. If everyone thought that was a profound relevation, they must have been dropping too much acid.
The sad story of hate twisting another mind into thinking that more hate is the answer to all your problems. (Sigh) I've got a riddle for all feminists and SJWs out there; Why is it that, if no one truly WANTS to hate someone, their hate is one of the most painful things to let go of? Give up? The answer is because HATE IS A DRUG. This woman was high on her own hate and she used Warhol as a focal point to intensify it. When you drown yourself in something that gives you a momentary blissful high or winds you up (and don't deny hate doesn't do exactly that) it gets impossible to let go of. You, in fact, go into withdrawal without it and feel incomplete unless you feel that feeling every moment. The worst thing you can do is act on this need instead of trying to break free of it.
Did...they just give away the whole movie?


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A Civil Exploration of Religion
By: Connor Wood No Comments In: Uncategorized Tags: conservative, culture wars, evolution, global warming, liberal, moral, orthodox, progressives, religion, secularism, spiritual, traditionalists
Religion affects everything – and I mean everything – we do. From debates about global warming or evolution to disagreements about how to educate children, there's no area of social living that isn't deeply influenced by our religious commitments. Unfortunately, it's often difficult to untangle all the different ways that religious beliefs influence social, moral, and practical viewpoints, in part because these issues can be so polarizing. But just because something is difficult doesn't mean it's not worth trying! Our Boston University research team has developed a new set of religion surveys that will shed much-needed light on people's religious, spiritual, and moral convictions – particularly along the all-important liberal-conservative dimension. We'd you to check them out at ExploringMyReligion.org.
These surveys represent a new direction in research because for a long time, many social scientists who studied religion wrote from a skeptical – no, a downright disapproving – perspective. The majority of psychologists, influenced in part by the staunchly this-worldly writings of Freud and his followers, assumed that religious belief was a kind of mental disturbance, a symptom of repressive neurosis. Critical theorists, rooted in the Marxist tradition, saw religion as little more than a tool for social oppression. And many social scientific surveys were subtly biased against religion, so that people with strong religious beliefs showed up as being authoritarian, reactionary, or unintelligent.
In a way, these academic prejudices regarding religion reflected the broader social trend, identified most famously by sociologist James Hunter in 1991, of increasingly divergent worldviews in American public culture. Progressives, who according to Hunter saw society as constantly improving and who operated with a more scientific, less religiously informed viewpoint, formed one camp. The "orthodox," or traditionalists, made up the opposite camp. Traditionalists were more conservative, saw human society as depending on God for well-being, and understood the world in terms of sacred relationships rather than value-neutral scientific descriptions.
Interestingly, both progressives and traditionalists increasingly looked the same across denominations – that is, by the mid-20th century, a socially conservative Methodist had more in common with a conservative Catholic or Mormon than with a liberal Methodist peer. And certain areas of society found themselves much more aligned with one or the other viewpoint – academia, for example, was strongly progressivist in its outlook, while farmers and other agricultural workers were often traditionalists. In this increasingly polarized social environment, religion and tradition became a flashpoint for what Hunter famously called "the culture wars."
Like a real military conflict, the culture wars encouraged people to demonize and ridicule people on the other side. Thus, for example, religion was widely derided within the largely progressive world of social science, while religious conservatives irresponsibly caricatured media personalities as out-of-touch "Hollywood liberals" who lacked morals or personal responsibility. Within religious denominations, the more progressive members rolled their eyes at what they saw as the conservatives' blind adherence to tradition, while the conservatives mistrusted the progressivists' willingness to accept secular lifestyles and assumptions.
But in the face of all this mistrust and scorn, there have also been reasons for optimism. Starting in recent decades, a small group of researchers in the evolutionary and cognitive sciences began focusing their lenses on religion. What they've found has been a potential game-changer when it comes to the culture wars, in no small part because it helps make sense of religion from a secular viewpoint. Many of these researchers – for example, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson – found themselves convinced that religion was actually adaptive, helping humans to form strong, stable groups throughout history using ritual and other tools.
Among these researchers has been New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who has gained recognition in the past few years for helping develop the innovative "moral foundations theory." Haidt's theory posits that conservatives and liberals emphasize different basic moral instincts. The instincts themselves are innate to human social cognition, but traditionalists and progressives emphasize them differently and for different – valid – reasons. Importantly, Haidt's research transformed him from a dyed-in-the-wool liberal (and atheist) into someone who claims to be much more open to conservative perspectives (but who's still an atheist).
Between shifting views in the social sciences and increasing sophistication in the scientific study of religion, the debates about religion and its role in human societies, history, and ideology are becoming rapidly more complex, sophisticated, and interesting. Writers are bringing concrete evidence to bear on their various positions. And it's becoming less professionally risky for serious researchers to portray religion as more than simply a psychological aberration or set of delusions (although certainly some people still see it that way).
In this climate, the groundwork has been laid for a new model of religious, moral, and social attitudes that could go beyond the traditional "liberal is good, conservative is bad" view that has dominated in academic circles. If religion – often associated with more conservative social orientations – could potentially be adaptive, help communities function, or work to improve people's health, then perhaps there is more to the religion-society relationship than a simple right-wrong dichotomy. Religion's negative facets, including tribalism, religious violence, and oppression of women, might be balanced against its other, more agreeable, features to produce a nuanced model that does not demonize or valorize religiosity – or secularism.
The kind of research seen in the work of Haidt, D.S. Wilson, and others represents a new attitude toward religion in the academy, one that tries to be both rigorous and open, ideologically neutral yet aware of the flaws and benefits of different orientations. The dynamic religion quizzes we've put online for anyone to take at ExploringMyReligion.org are examples of this new attitude. We believe that we can actually learn something about religion, rather than just endlessly argue about it. And we can do so in a way that doesn't pit liberal against conservative, progressive against orthodox, or secular against religious – instead, we want to learn the benefits, drawbacks, and basic assumptions of these different worldviews, so that our cultural conversation can start moving forward.
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To the Jews who had believed in him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free".
There's a certain pride in men, and maybe in some women as well, that wants people to believe they can do things, without anyone else telling them how to do it! Commonly, for example, people will set about assembling a piece of equipment without first reading the instructions. Eventually when all their efforts have failed and somehow or other the equipment doesn't look or function like it should, they will dig out the instructions and start again!
Sadly, many believers adopt a similar approach to living the Christian life – they try and work it out for themselves, without reference to the instruction manual. Often, it's only when things seem to be getting really out of order that people begin to think they may have got something wrong. And by the time that happens there could be serious problems in their life.
Many people look to Jesus for the freedom He has promised, thinking that, as believers, such freedom is theirs by right. They can't understand why God isn't answering their prayers! Our Scripture for today contains one of the most important keys to the problem. Of course, it's true, that Jesus wants people to know His freedom and experience His healing. Jesus says as much when he clearly states that 'the truth will set you free'.
But before that, He equally clearly says there's a condition attached to the freedom He promises, and that is 'if you hold to my teaching'. Or, in other words, if you read the instructions and put them into practice in your life! A disciple is not just someone who believes in the truth, but someone who obeys it. And that is the vital point that Jesus is making.
As believers we can expect God to honour the promises in His word, but only when we fulfil any conditions that are attached to them. In order to fulfil the conditions, we first need to know what they are – or read the instructions! The Bible is God's instruction manual for the human race – if we ignore it our pride will always get us into trouble!
Prayer: Thank You, Lord, that You not only want us to know Your freedom, but You loved us enough to teach us what it means to follow and obey You. Forgive me Lord for my pride of wanting You to bless me when there are things in my life which are not in line with Your will and purposes. In Jesus' Name, Amen.


Some time ago, there was a link to a website (one would have to join) that had all sorts of SU/CTMH literature. Sample Stampers Six Flyers, Excel Order Forms, Stamp Camp Flyers etc..... Does anyone have the address for this website?
is it town and country?
No....it was a site that had all sorts of useful tools/forms for demonstrators. It's driving me crazy!!!!


Dear honourable minister you are youth and many people believes you that you are appropriate leader of Nepal , but when you seated in the minister your all actions and activities are not sound for the sustainab development of the nation . why you doing such kinds of controversial decisions whic affect the nepalese trust upon you. From buying new plane , appointment of tourism board , making international airport in bara in the enviromentally most important forest covered areas. Why your are not listening the voices of the people who really love the Nepal and its natural beauty . why your are not serious to solve the problems of international airport to Kathmandu and corruption prevailed there? . why You aren't taking actions to complete the works for Pokhara and bhairhawa internal airport . ? I request you that please think seriously about ecosystem and biodiversity of Nepal before implementing of this new project , and try listen the voices of people and make this matter subject a national wide debatable .
(1) Nepali people may not deserve "Lavish Big Airport". You can not maintenance, keep clean, develop, manage and secure Tribhuvan International Airport. Why you need another? We do not need another insecure and corrupted people's headquarter in the name of Airport. (2) You do not have brain, ethics, responsibility, accountability, skill, talent and guts to protect and preserve nature and to build another Airport. Just do not destroy wild animal habitats, forest and nature.
Sept. 14, 2018, 11:28 a.m.
भैरहवा र पोखरामा भएको विमान स्थल लाई बढाएर अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमान स्थल बनाउन पनि सकिन्छ भने किन हरियाली बन जङ्गल मास्ने ?
Sept. 14, 2018, 9:37 a.m.


What does " un secret de polichinelle " mean? How do you say 'hardly a secret' in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
un secret de polichinelle – a secret of Punchinello, the character from Italian 'la commedia dell'arte'. In everyday French, un secret de polichinelle means that there is something that everyone knows, but won't talk about. In English, t's 'an open secret', or 'hardly a secret'.
présent de l'indicatif : Ça, c'est un secret de polichinelle.
conditionnel présent : Ça, ce serait un secret de polichinelle.


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The Maxime Bender 4tet tries to take a bold step and definitely moves away from the typical jazz routine as we've come to know it. The safety of the usual harmonical and rhythmical structures that usually shape a jazz 4tet's identity and behavior are dissolved and recycled into something fresher, freer, newer and certainly more exciting, opening up new spaces of spontaneous composition, direct and instant musical communication, always aiming for a totally uninhibited flow of creative energy.
The Quartet recorded a New CD for the famous french label Laborie Jazz. We are very proud to be part of the Laborie family.
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Q: Python annotate type as regex pattern I have a dictionary annotation
class OrderDict(TypedDict):
    name: str
    price: float
    time: str

The value of time: will always be formatted like 2022-01-01 00:00:00, or "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S". I'd like a way to express this in the type annotation
Something like
class OrderDict(TypedDict):
    name: str
    price: float
    time: Pattern["%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"]

WIth the goal of IDE hinting through VSCode Intellisense and Pylance.
Are regex-defined type annotations supported?

A: Leaving out philosophical discussions about what should or should not be considered a type, what you are asking is not supported by the current type system.
It is valid syntax of course and you certainly can cook something up that abuses __class_getitem__ to return dynamically created subclasses of itself. From a runtime perspective you can implement your desired logic without much of an issue.
But no static type checker will recognize this (not least) because it does not conform to the specifications that are currently in place around types in Python. As others have pointed out, from the perspective of the Python type system, a string (literal) is not considered a type and thus cannot be passed as a type argument to a generic type.

A: It is not a type, therefore cannot be expressed and will probably not be supported either.
There is no difference between "%Y" and "%d". These are both strings. The typing annotations exist to statically check types, not string formats.
The only cases which do not fit are Literals, but they are relevant only for constants.

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The JESTER, Der PURIMSPIELER - A Joseph Green Film Classic Yiddish / English Subtitles
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"Poland, 1937, 90 minutes, b&w/sepia tone/blue tone, Yiddish w/ new English subtitles
Directed by Joseph Green & Jan Nowina-Przybylski
The Jester was co-directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylsk in 1937, following the great success of their film Yiddle with His Fiddle the previous year.
Green who had emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1924, returned to Poland with the American Yiddish theater stars
(and then married couple) Miriam Kressyn and Hymie Jacobson for the production.
Shot on location on a farm outside of Warsaw and in the predominantly-Jewish town of Kazimierz,
near Lublin, the film also stars Zygmunt Turkow, co-founder with Ida Kaminska of the Warsaw Yiddish Art Theater.
The film premiered in Warsaw in September 1937 and opened in New York City three months later
This musical drama stars a lonely wanderer, a circus performer and Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, whose family tries to marry her into a prominent family.
One of the film's centerpieces is a Purim shpil (Purim play) with its parade of costumes and music.
The Jester's lively circus and vaudeville music and set pieces provide a glimpse of Warsaw's then-thriving Yiddish revues and cabarets, which were destroyed soon after.
Many of the film's Polish-Jewish crew and actors were killed during the Holocaust, giving the film's touches of melancholy an even more profound reading for today's audiences.
Another important historical note: In 1941, the Nazis appropriated a segment from The Jester's Purim play scene
for use in their notorious antisemitic propaganda film Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew)"
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The APRELLEDUANY brand philosophy is based on minimal excellence for the sophisticated, diverse, and global accessories lover. The brand believes in marrying the highest quality raw materials with innovative designs to create investment pieces that will enhance any wardrobe from season to season.
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Hand made in Ethiopia, Sammy creates fresh and contemporary pieces with the dual aim of preserving the country's long history of weaving, while infusing the tradition with new inspirations. Each product is hand-woven, dyed, and embroidered by skilled artisans, ensuring integrity, beauty, and uniqueness. Sammy aims to showcase stylish products that are created with care in a manner that improves the lives of the artisans we employ.Our mission includes empowering and employing marginalized groups while ensuring quality products.
Mafi is a fashion designer based in Addis Ababa and has gained critical acclaim for her cutting-edge designs; winning the 2012 Origin Africa's design award, showcasing her work at African Fashion Week New York 2012, and winning the 2010 Designer of the Year award from Alliance Ethio-Française at European Fashion Day in Addis. Mafi works exclusively with hand-woven fabrics made by women. She creates clothing and accessories which are fresh and cutting-edge and at the same time very wearable. Working with hand-woven fabrics is a way for Mafi to give back and to support women weavers who are often marginalized within the male-dominated weaving community.
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Then Jim and I talked to third through fifth graders about putting together Marching for Freedom. We were in the library, with a great book display of my books. That's Lisa Moore in the upper left corner. Isn't that the most book-rich library you've seen in awhile? And in the middle of the kids coming and going and working at tables, Lisa is a calm center at her desk.
I explained how Martin Luther King and President Johnson worked together behind the scenes and got this question: "Was that president black or white?" The student was too young to have been dancing in the streets with the rest of us just over a year ago. Change does happen, in unexpected ways.
The third group, sixth through eight graders, were incredibly savvy. It was wonderful to talk to an international group of kids.
Good news: Marching for Freedom was featured in several book round-ups for Black History Month: USA Today, and The Washington Post. In addition to being on Best Books for Young Adults and Notable Children's Books lists, Marching made the International Reading Association 2010 Notable Books for a Global Society. Mitalia Perkins is also on the list for her new book, Secret Keepers, and has an excellent blog post on the award and the twenty-five books which got a shout-out. I'm honored to be in such great company!


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6 Gifts Of Christmas
Need Some Ideas? Just Look Around
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
While making gifts for family and friends, Sara O'Brien realized that she could not only bring a smile to someone at Christmas, but to her fellow cancer survivors.
"Tracy Abrams hasn't been able to do fundraisers for her Wigs for Wishes charity because of the pandemic," she said. "I took a few of the ornaments over to her, and she called me back that night and said they'd all sold."
•TO HELP:
Wigs for Wishes ($5)
TO HELP: Sara O'Brien's Rocky ornaments
They were in such high demand that she brought in Abrams, Gail Baden and granddaughter Susan Morell to help cut, glue and finish each handmade wooden ornament. "We're making 160 of them," she said.
The ornaments, which sell for a suggested donation of $5 each at Abrams Head to Toe salon, will help raise money to give free, custom wigs to women undergoing cancer treatments.
"Some people have donated more than $5," said Abrams. "But we wanted to make them available to everyone."
O'Brien's handmade Rocky ornaments are just one of many local gifts you can pick up this Christmas, with many stores offering curbside pickup, online shopping or shipping to keep shoppers safe during the pandemic.
• TO DO:
"Half Truths" ($34.99)
Billed as this year's big after-dinner party game by Nate Roberts, owner of Serenity Hobbies, "Half-Truths," created by Richard Garfield ("Magic: The Gathering") and "Jeopardy" champion Ken Jennings, asks players to place bets on which three of the six answers are truths, and which ones are lies.
"It follows the logic that everyone can play," said Roberts. "Even grandma and the little kids, who might not have that trivia knowledge, because it's multiple choice, so they can still guess."
The game, which got started on Kickstarter, includes more than 500 questions, plenty to keep the party going. "It's a party game that makes you feel smart," he said. "And it's a laugh riot."
• TO WEAR
TO WEAR: Roxanne Marcello shows off Artisan's Guild scarves
Poncho and scarves, Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, The Artisan's Guild, (Price Varies)
It's rare that you get to see exactly where your garment came from, but with each hand-spun and hand-woven scarf and poncho, you get a photo of the Icelandic sheep who gave the wool.
"This poncho came from Fosco," said Roxanne Marcellino. "All of these are made from the wool of sheep raised on the farm."
In addition to the Holy Myrrhbearers garments, the Artisan's Guild also offers handmade capes and children's clothing, hand-knit scarves and hats, dyed silk scarves and other locally made crafts.
• TO READ
Richard Duncan, "Otsego County: Its Towns and Treasures" ($39.99)
TO READ: Tour Otsego County through the photos in Richard Duncan's "Otsego County: Its Towns and Treasures." Order at fenimoreart.org
Photographer Duncan wants you to see his "Otsego County: Its Towns and Treasures" book as a window to the world.
"I hope it stimulates memories," he said. "Since there isn't a whole lot we can do right now, we can look at pictures of places we used to go."
The coffee-table book, his third, uses his own photos of the county, taken over two years, as well as photos from days past.
"I went to every historical society in the county and asked them to send me photos," he said. "There's a romantic bent to it, we have all of this precious land to take care of."
The Utica-printed book is available at The Farmers' and Fenimore museums, and through their website, and at the Green Toad Bookstore in Oneonta.
The photos range from a parade of elephants down Oneonta's Main Street, to an early 1900s Decoration Day in Unadilla Flats.
"If you have the COVID blues," he said. "Go for a drive with my book and try to find where I stood to take each picture."
• TO EAT
TO EAT: Everyone loves treats from Bill Michael's Fly Creek Cider Mill
Custom Gift Baskets, The Fly Creek Cider Mill, (Price Varies)
It's easier to survive these dismal times if you've got the right kind of snacks.
That's Bill Michaels' approach at the Fly Creek Cider Mill, where he's spent the last two weeks in his own version of Santa's Workshop. "We do 60 percent of our online business during the holidays," he said. "You can go online, fill your cart and we pack it up for you."
Pick out some of the mill's famous cheese, sauces and jellies, apple goodies and maybe some fudge, and Michaels will box it, tie it with a bow and mail it to the recipient of your choice. "This year, our corn salsa has been really popular," he said.
But if you're in a hurry, there are pre-made gift baskets ready to order, including a "Stay At Home Survival Kit" – with pancake mix, fudge, maple candy, apple crisp mix and more – or a "Celebrate Your Heroes" snack basket, with cheese, sausage and, most curiously, gummy frogs.
And he even throws in a few extras, including a catalog, a map of the Cooperstown Beverage Trail and an Otsego County Guide – for when the pandemic is over and they can come visit the mill for themselves.
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TO DRINK: Mike Shaughnessy sets up local teas and coffees at The Green Earth
Tay's Tea (from $4) and Roman Roaster Coffee (from $10) Green Earth Market
"Nini Ordoubadi is very particular about her tea," said Mike Shaughnessy, manager, The Green Earth. "And she does it very well."
Also from Delhi – and new to the Green Earth – is Roman Roaster Coffee, an artisanal, small-batch roaster owned by Andrea Ghersi, a former chef who moved to Delhi to open his business.
Both use sustainably sourced and fair trade ingredients in their blends.
"Buying local helps all of us stay in business," said Shaughnessy.
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Q: Spark SQL > Join (Shuffle) > Join query always failed because of "executor failed" I am using Spark SQL (1.5.1) to run JOIN query in Spark Shell. The data contains extremely amount of rows, and the JOIN query never succeeded. Anyway, if I process with Hive SQL on Hive with the same data set, everything went fine. So probably there is something wrong with my configuration
From the console ouput, I found
"[Stage 2:=========================>                             (92 + 54) / 200]15/10/29 14:26:23 ERROR YarnScheduler: Lost executor 1 on cn233.local: remote Rpc client disassociated"
On base of this Spark started 200 executors by default on base of the configuration spark.shuffle.partitions, and this definitely consumed all memory as I have a small cluster
So how to solve this problem?

A: Client disassociated error occurs mostly in case of Spark executor running out of memory. You can try the following options
Increase the Executor memory

--executor-memory 20g

You may also try to tune your memory overhead, if your application is using a lot of JVM memory.

--conf spark.yarn.executor.memoryOverhead=5000

Try adjusting the akka framesize, (Default 100MB)

--conf spark.akka.frameSize=1000

May be you may also want to try with smaller block size for the input data. This will increase the tasks, and each tasks will have lesser data to work with, This may prevent executor from running into OutOfMemory.


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Q: Why do we need allocate_shared instead of adding to make_shared the ability to pass in custom allocators? I know that shared_ptr has allocate_shared which has the following function signature(as an example, there are more overloads):
template< class T, class Alloc, class... Args >
shared_ptr<T> allocate_shared( const Alloc& alloc, Args&&... args );

... which allows us to have our own allocator implementation be used for the construction of a dynamically created object in a shared_ptr:
std::shared_ptr<int> ptr = std::allocate_shared<int>(std::allocator<int>(), 2);

I find this syntax strange and unintuitive compared to the stl containers which has a template allocator type:
std::vector<T, Alloc=std::allocator<T>>

I'm not sure if the combination of default template parameter class Alloc is possible along with variadic templates, so if it is indeed the case that the committee drove themselves into a corner and this was their only choice, then I'm willing to accept that as an answer. However, assuming that is not the case - why did the standard committee not opt for a syntax like:
shared_ptr<int> ptr = std::make_shared<int, std::allocator<int>>(std::allocator<int>(), 2)

or even
shared_ptr<int, std::allocator<T>> ptr = std::make_shared<int>(2)

(the allocator params' can be defaulted for backwards compatibility) but instead create a whole new function for it?


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6/28 to 7/5: Harborfest, Navy Week, Tall Ships
More cheap fun is forthcoming, but I felt like giving my angle on a couple of the big Boston events.
I didn't mention it below, but I've observed that bars around Faneuil Hall were teeming with sailors (men & women) during previous Navy Weeks.
It also looks like tonight's free beer & nosh (with RSVP) at the Tavern in Allston still has room...
Shhh!: There's a hot tip for checking out the USS Constitution on Wednesday 7/4 in the comments. (Thanks, aek!)
THUR 6/28 thru WED 7/4
Boston Harborfest
at City Hall Plaza and other spots around Boston
Many under $10 or FREE
It's a good week to have visitors in town. They have plenty to see and do after walking the Freedom Trail (which is a great way to see historical highlights and demonstrate that Boston is a walking town).
The majority of this historical/cultural infotainment (tours, presentations, reenactments, etc) are probably more interesting to visitors than residents, but it doesn't hurt to see something new/old in your town.
For example, non-politicians can get a tour of the State House on the weekdays (6/28, 6/29, 7/2, 7/3) from 10am to 3:30pm that probably start on the half-hour. If you make a reservation (617-727-3676), 45-minute tours of the grounds will begin at noon from 6/29 to 7/1.
The average Bostonian does benefit by the increase in free samples and entertainment as they walk through Government Center and Faneuil Hall. If you can stand listening to Mayor Mumbles -- or can time it right -- you could grab a piece of cake at today's opening ceremony at Faneuil Hall (scheduled from noon to 12:30pm).
Most of the cheap/free stufff on weekdays occur during the day, and many of the offerings repeat over the week around the downtown and surrounding areas.
Of course there's a lot to see on the weekends and Independence Day. On 7/4, one could hang out at Castle Island to see the USS Constition, tour Fort Independence, and have a carton of fried clams from Sully's. Take a look and see if anything piques your interest...
SAT 6/30 thru THUR 7/5
Boston Navy Week
at Various Locations
OpSail Tall Ships 2012
As we celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, we're reminded that the USS Constitution earned its nickname "Old Ironsides" 200 years ago and has been afloat ever since. So Navy Week and the visit of the tall ships are really entwined as quite a few of the tall ships will be US and foreign naval ships.
The Google map is my attempt at making a helpful resource that includes locations and visiting hours. I think this is accurate based on various sources. Besides the links above, I suggest the Harborfest ship schedule, the USS Constitution Museum info, and the BostonUSA page.
While most Harborfest activities occur every year, the special occasion is the parade of nautical grace of the upcoming week. I visited the Tall Ships by the World Trade Center in 2009, and it was a wonderful experience to see how they're put together around giant masts and miles of rope.
Of course, the Constitution's annual turnaround in the Harbor on Independence Day is special sight even though the old gal gets a lot of help these days. Besides touring the ships around the Harbor, there are other cool things to see.
Teams of sailors from international crews challenge each other in a tug-of-war tournament at City Hall Plaza on SAT 6/30 from 4:30pm to 6pm.
The Leap Frogs are parachuting onto Puopolo Park (North End) at 10am and Boston Common at 2pm on 7/2 & 7/3, then landing at the Seaport's Fan Pier at noon on 7/4. That's also around the time that the Blue Angels and other planes are flying over Boston.
The sailors in Charlestown perform "Early 19th Century Gun Drills" at least once a day from 6/28 to 7/3 with the US Coast Guard Silent Drill Team showing their modern tricks on 7/2 (3:30pm).
The open ship schedule is probably something like this. A matrix might have been a better format...
Fish Pier
SAT 6/30 -- 4pm to 10pm
SUN 7/1 -- Noon to 10pm
MON 7/2 -- 4pm to 10pm
TUES 7/3 -- 4pm to 10pm
WED 7/4 -- Noon to 10pm
THUR 7/5 -- 4pm to 10pm
Black Falcon Cruise Terminal
SAT 6/30 -- Noon to 8pm
SUN 7/1 -- Noon to 8pm
MON 7/2 -- 4pm to 8pm
TUES 7/3 -- 4pm to 8pm
WED 7/4 -- Noon to 8pm
THUR 7/5 -- 4pm to 8pm
North Jetty, Seaport
MON 7/2 -- Noon to 6pm
TUES 7/3 -- Noon to 6pm
Charlestown Navy Yard
THUR 6/28 to THUR 7/5 -- 10am to 6pm
USS Constitution -- 6/28 & 6/29 only
USCGC Barque Eagle -- 6/28 thru 7/3
HMCS Goose Bay (Canada), HMCS Moncton (Canada) -- 7/1 & 7/2 only
US Coast Guard Station
Some other things to consider: Visitors to ships should plan on wearing comfortable clothes and shoes. The ships are not handicapped accessible. US naval ships will have security checks similar to most airports (and photography is permitted).
Labels: free stuff, harborfest, history, navyweek, sneak peek
aek said...
You didn't hear it from me, but a great spot to watch all of the Inner Harbor festivities during the USS Constitution's turnaround is behind the Aquarium. There are free viewfinders, bench seating, few tourists and an unobstructed view toward Fan Pier and out toward the Boston Harbor Islands.
Warning: Very little shade: wear hats/use sunscreen.
rob v said...
Nice tip, aek!
Thanks a lot for sharing.
~r
FRI 6/29: Free Fun, Music, Dance, Comedy
Friday to 7/4 Calendar
THUR 6/28: Books, Beer, Opera, Rock
Fireworks on 6/28, 7/3 & 7/4
WED 6/27: Film, Ukes, Zines, Music
TUES 6/26: Exercise & Music
Monday in Brief
SUN 6/24: Fests, Cars, Poetry, Music
SAT 6/23: Explore, Sail, Laugh, Listen
6/22: Phantom Gourmet BBQ Beach Party - No Entry F...
Friday to Sunday Calendar
THUR 6/21: Party, Talk, Music
Goldstar Pick o' the Week: "Roller Disco the Music...
WED 6/20: Music, Philosophy, Comedy
WED 6/20: Free Hats in Copley Sq
Bostonia: Sweet T Map
TUES 6/19: Ferry, Food, Talk, Music
MON 6/18: Talk, Dance, Music
SUN 6/17: Fest, Art, Music
Sav-Mor's Father's Day Sign
SAT 6/16: Fest, Art, Music, Richman & McCartney Tr...
SAT 6/16: Day Cheapness
SAT 6/16: Walk for Charity (and Free Food)
FRI 6/15: Fests, Music, Film
THUR 6/14: Words & Music
Goldstar Pick o' the Week: Interactive Fun
WED 6/13: Talk, Beach Boys, Low Rock
TUES 6/12: Talk, Funk, Rock
MON 6/11: Bikes, Talk, Trivia, Jazz, Rock
SUN 6/10: Cars, Boats, Poets, Words, Tunes
Sunday to Friday Calendar
SAT 6/9: Photos, Herbs, Dance, Pride, Magic, Music
FRI 6/8: Photo, Film, Science, Dyke March, Art, Ro...
THUR 6/7: Ice Cream, Film, Photos, Talk, Rock
Goldstar Pick o' the Week: Laugh for Less
WED 6/6: Ice Cream, Music, Film, Comedy, Trivia
Now! The Transit of Venus, Last Night
TUES 6/5: Scooper Bowl, Venus, Music, Trivia, Video
Monday to Thursday Calendar
SUN 6/3: Sunday Night Off-Topic Video
SUN 6/3: Festivals, Chili, Music
SAT 6/2: Daytime Cheapness
Saturday & Sunday Calendar
FRI 6/1: Art, Tom Brady, Comedy, Music


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What's On Tonight
Mayans M.C. returns with an action-packed premiere
and Baraka Kaseko
Frankie Loyal (left), JD Pardo, Richard Cabral, Michael Irby
Photo: Prashant Gupta (FX)
Here's what's happening in the world of television for Tuesday, September 3. All times are Eastern.
Mayans M.C. (FX, 10 p.m., second season premiere): Season one of Mayans M.C., the Sons Of Anarchy spin-off from Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, took us for a bumpy ride—the series inherited the ponderousness and pacing issues of its predecessor along with several of its characters, including Marcus "El Padrino" Alvarez (an impassive Emilio Rivera) and Lincoln Potter (Ray McKinnon). But the story of the Mexican biker gang and the two brothers (J.D. Pardo and Clayton Cardenas) who made the Mayans their found family offered fertile ground for an exploration of migration and identity. Mayans M.C.'s "border story" is unlike any other on TV, and the season-two premiere, "Xbalanque" (speaking of brothers), wastes no time engaging with the current roiling debate about immigration. The episode picks up eight months after the events of "Cuervo/Tz'ikb'uul," with EZ (Pardo) now a much more willing participant in the Mayans' illicit dealings, though he has a shining new ulterior motive. The jam-packed hour catches up with folks on either side of the ever-growing wall (which makes an appearance), including Adelita (Carla Baratta) and Miguel Galindo (Danny Pino), who reached a truce last year. [Danette Chavez]
Regular coverage
The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO, 11 p.m.): LeBron James' unscripted HBO conversation series rarely reaches the levels of profundity for which it's clearly aiming, but that doesn't mean it can't be an entertaining watch. Past episodes have featured discussions about the intersection between politics and sports, the trappings of fame, and the art of ignoring rap beefs. Tonight's episode—the sixth in the series—is the first to not feature the four-time NBA MVP as part of the conversation, but makes up for his absence with an appealing lineup of guests: crossover singer-songwriter Lil Nas X, Kevin Hart, Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski, LeBron's former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Kevin Love, Portland Trailblazers guard CJ McCollum, and Charlamagne tha God. [Baraka Kaseko]
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Puerto Rico confronts the devastation wrought by hurricanes and Wall Street
By Rafael Azul
Already reeling from a bankruptcy crisis and demands of Wall Street for debt repayments, Puerto Rican society has now been devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Saturday began in San Juan with rising temperatures —a heat wave is predicted. Desperate patients and their families in the crowded emergency room of the Río Piedras Medical Center complained of the failure of the air conditioning system. Some of them were interviewed by San Juan's El Nuevo Día newspaper.
"I got here yesterday" said Edna Torres, whose husband was injured by a telephone cable that came down as he was helping clean up in the El Coco community in the city of Salinas, in the south coast of Puerto Rico over 40 miles away from the medical center; "there were lots of people that had no air". She appealed to family members, who brought in a fan to cool her husband's space in the hospital.
Frances Gonzalez brought her husband, who suffered a head injury and internal bleeding from falling while cleaning the roof of their home, to this emergency room from Ponce, 70 miles away said; "he suffered a blow to his head. Now we are here among many many patients, and with no air conditioning".
Jesus Velez, spokesperson for the Puerto Rican Medical Services Administration (ASEM) reported that this emergency room is serving 160 patients daily, up from 15 to 20 on the night of the storm. "We have attended all kinds of conditions, cut hands, falls, broken bones, everything," declared Velez. Many of these patients are forced to travel long distances by their own means.
Every hospital and clinic is taxed to its limit. Jose Sanchez Gonzalez, mayor of the city of Manati (pop. 45,000), west of San Juan, spoke in tears about the island's water shortage: "Hysteria is starting to spread. The hospital is about to collapse. It's at capacity; we need someone to help us immediately."
That so many where injured while helping their community and neighbors is an indication of the efforts and sacrifices of workers and youth in the aftermath of this storm. These efforts and the solidarity of Puerto Ricans and other workers living in the US stands in marked contrast to the indifference and criminal negligence of the corporate elites.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board, appointed in 2016 by the Obama administration to impose a bankers' dictatorship over Puerto Rico's budget, just announced that it will authorize a maximum of one billion dollars—barely one tenth of the island's approved debt-driven budget—to be used for hurricane response, a pittance, taking into account that preliminary estimates put the cost of the hurricane's destruction at over $30 billion.
Beyond being a natural disaster, Hurricane Maria is a social one. It devastated and flooded every Puerto Rican city, its electrical system, farms, industries and road network.
That all these damages, and those caused by Hurricane Irma, had been predicted is an indictment of the criminal system of capitalism that puts private property and profits ahead of human needs.
Also scientifically predicted is the growing frequency and intensity of hurricanes across the globe. They are affected by climate change which produces rising sea temperatures, caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere derived from industrial activity. The solution to this critical problem continues to be ignored by bourgeois governments around the world, because it interferes with the drive for profits.
This violent storm ravaged a Puerto Rico that was already suffering the assault of Wall Street. Puerto Rico has defaulted on $74 billion in public debt. Its publicly owned electric utility (AEE), starved for funds for many years, was forced to default on a debt of $9 billion. The collapse of the electricity system was in fact widely anticipated by political leaders as the storm was approaching.
It is not just electricity that is in short supply, but fuel, food, water and other basic necessities of life.
Public schools are shut down, as are many factories and places of business. With no electricity, no jobs, hospitals and clinics stretched to their maximum, Puerto Rico is being rapidly pushed back to the conditions of the nineteenth century.
The social fallout of Hurricane Maria and the indifference of the US and local financial aristocracies is bound up with the island's fiscal bankruptcy, the subordination and looting of the Puerto Rican economy by Wall Street's hedge and vulture funds and the economic slump and growing social inequality that make it impossible for many Puerto Ricans to find decent jobs, healthcare and education.
On Saturday, Puerto Rico's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, participated in the distribution of an initial shipment of emergency supplies sent in by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): one million quarts of water, half a million meals, four thousand cots, and 31 gas-powered generators.
Such a shipment represents little more than a small hand-out, spare change, a humiliation really, relative to the enormous needs.
Puerto Rico was occupied by the United States in 1898 during the Spanish-American War and transformed into a US colony. Following World War II and both in the context of the Cold War and violent resistance by Puerto Ricans themselves to US rule, part of the global wave of independence movements, US imperialism allowed limited autonomy to Puerto Rico in the early 1950s. It attempted to transform its "perfumed colony" into a showcase of "benefits" of US imperialism by providing tax exemptions to US corporations in order to take advantage of the island's low wages.
By 1996, when the tax exemptions were eliminated, and as cheaper labor platforms became available in Asia and elsewhere, there were over 150,000 industrial jobs on the island, mostly in petrochemical and drug industries. By 2010, after companies fled Puerto Rico, that number had been cut in half, feeding an exodus of Puerto Rican workers for the mainland United States.
At the same time, Wall Street investors funded succeeding Puerto Rican administrations with mountains of tax-free debt. Under conditions in which the Puerto Rican people bore all the risks and an increasing tax burden, hedge funds and Wall Street financiers reaped the benefits.
Weakened economically, with a decaying infrastructure and subject to the financial dictates of US imperialism, Puerto Rico was left open to the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and to the usurious demands of Wall Street racketeers.
What is urgent now is a massive public works program to reconstruct the island. For this, what is required is the repudiation of the debt to Wall Street, the abolition of the Financial Supervision and Management Board and the expropriation of the wealth of the financial oligarchy to meet the desperate needs of working people.
This cannot be accomplished by an isolated Puerto Rico. It demands the independent and united mobilization of Puerto Rican and US workers —who face the same enemy and the same attack on social conditions—armed with a socialist program
Anger mounts in Puerto Rico as workers discover warehouse full of unused aid
As refugees from earthquakes increase, Puerto Rican authorities prioritize repressive measures
Puerto Ricans speak out against government corruption as earthquake disaster unfolds
Thousands displaced as Puerto Rico enters third straight week of relentless earthquakes
More flood disasters
Local reports claim thousands dead in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian
Puerto Rico weathers threat from Hurricane Dorian
Millions displaced and hundreds killed by monsoonal floods in South Asia
Brazil's minister of culture fired after fascist speech plagiarizing Joseph Goebbels
Venezuela's Maduro offers Trump a "win-win" bargain
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe linked to international drug trafficking through Sinaloa Cartel
Bolsonaro backs Trump in war on Iran, while Workers' Party appeals to Brazilian military
The 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Protests erupt in Puerto Rico after leaked texts from governor reveal conspiracy to loot island
Puerto Rico raises Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975
US financial board spars with Puerto Rican authorities over how best to pillage island
US media turns blind eye to the death of 5,000 Puerto Ricans


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Work, study, rest: what goes first?
Every student needs to answer the main question: "Work, study, rest: what goes first?" This is one of the biggest problems of all students because young age passes by and they want to do as much as possible. How to prioritize correctly, what to choose to get both the degree and pleasant memories? Let us consider all options to realize what is more important. What should students aim for and how to behave?
Many students, especially seniors, look for the additional source of income, such as part-time employment. On the one hand, it is commendable because not everyone is able to combine work and study, and there is no time for rest and personal life, in addition. A student gets salary, feels convenient in the modern society, does not depend on parents, develops oneself, and prepares so-called "foothold" for the future profession.
However, the things are not that much great as they might seem. The point is that the "golden middle" that allows keeping balance between study, work, and rest is lost soon. A student, chasing financial well-being, neglects study and almost does not rest. Without even noticing this, a student becomes the fan of money and careerist. It can influence negatively academic performance or even lead to the expulsion from the university.
Advantages: new acquaintances, future perspectives, financial stability, opportunity for career growth, confidence in the future, sociability.
Disadvantages: sharp decline in academic performance, regular truancy without serious reason, professors' dissatisfaction, low average grade, risk for sudden expulsion.
Advice: work is always good profitable but it is important not to confuse such notions as "full employment" and "part-time employment". Main activity for a student should always be study at the university and the desire to obtain a degree and graduate. Speaking about part-time employment, you should remember that you cannot earn all world money. It would be nice if your job takes 2-3 hours a day, not during the studying hours and, especially, not during the examination periods. If you want to save money, we advise using an essay editing service for free.
There is another student category that can be called "studying fans" or "nerds", simply saying. Every university has such students, and every academic group has at least one or two suchlike scholars, who cannot imagine their life without classes. They never miss classes, believing that this is a kind of crime. They study in the morning, daytime, and evening. Professors are pleased with their answers, diligence, and responsibility. They always sit in front of the teachers, want to answer, and add something to the others' answers.
Such an approach to studying irritates someone, and others do not care at all. Such exemplary students have the highest grades and often receive a scholarship. The nerds usually do not rush to find a job. They do not want to have any obstacle on their way to knowledge, and they do not risk starting to be occupied with something else. They do not have many needs, consequently, they do not need much money. Also, they do not need to rest because studying is the best way to relax for them.
Advantages: high grades, huge knowledge base inside one's head, perspectives for career growth, scholarship, highly-qualified specialist.
Disadvantages: absence of friends and pleasant memories about studenthood, closed mind, difficulties with adaptation to new places, lack of money.
Advice: studying is good, necessary, and correct, however, do not stick to the knowledge gaining too much.
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There is one more student category that treats studenthood as the time of fun and holiday. It is hard to make such students interested in studying, and it can be hard to meet them at the university. They have fun at night, and later, they sleep in the daytime. The style of life is very intensive, so there is no time to study. Since they need money to spend time in such a way, except having fun, they need to work. This is usually a kind of occupation that brings money enough to party. For example, this can be copyediting or copywriting activities. There is a reasonable question: when do they study? The answer is obvious: there is no time for getting knowledge and higher education, as a consequence. Such a schedule of student life is doomed to fail because most often these students are excluded. If you do not want to be excluded, we offer you our professional help in college paper writing field, and the cost of essay editing service is pretty low, in addition.
Advantages: many positive emotions and memories about studenthood for the rest of your life, new acquaintances and rich private life, sociability, strong temper.
Disadvantages: regular truancy, professors' dissatisfaction, poor academic performance, low grades, expulsion.
Advice: have less fun and do not neglect studying. There is a good saying "Business before pleasure". If you manage to organize your week schedule correctly, you will have enough time to study well and rest with your friends. It is important to remember why you have entered university, and you will have motivation to study, leaving fun for later.
50% is study. Let's do not forget why you have entered university, spent many sleepless nights, preparing for entrance exams, studied well at school, getting good grades and gaining knowledge of life.
30% is work. If a student has an opportunity to work, why not use the chance? Of course, part-time employment should not interfere with the studying process. There should be no truancy, professors should not be angry, and no bad grades. We can help you improve your grades if required: http://essaycorrector.org/blog/college-essay-editing-service--magic-trick-for-students.
20% is rest. In this case, we speak about weekends, which you can spend with your friends as you want. This is a good opportunity to take a break from the working / studying week, get morally ready for the next week, get detached, and relax, eventually.
The most important is to stay within limits. This is the perfect option when you manage to combine something pleasant with useful, not ignoring the goals set in the very beginning.
1. Try to get maximum knowledge at the lectures so that there would be no necessity to spend hours in the library to fill in the gaps. The self-education process is useful, of course, but it usually takes too much free time. Do not waste your time: http://essaycorrector.org/blog/academic-proofreading-online-saves-your-time.
2. Do not miss the classes because it will influence your final grade. In addition, it is always easier to study altogether with other students, not when you are alone.
3. Warn your teacher in advance, if you are going to miss a lecture because of work or family reasons. A teacher will probably not like such news but it will be pleasant that a student worries about it.
4. Do not be rude, do not ignore your professor, be prepared for the classes. Otherwise, you risk failing the exams.
5. Some professors do not like students, who work, believing that they should not study at the university. That is why it is better not to tell everyone the reasons for your absence, or try to miss the classes not so often.
6. A student should fill in the gaps that appear because of work, demonstrating deep knowledge, interest in study, subjects, and higher education obtaining.
7. You need to find contact with professors, in any case.
There are no hopeless situations. The most important is to remember that the first and primary task at the university is to study and become a qualified specialist with good perspectives. It all is up to you. Define what you want, and then, you will have no problems in all spheres of life. We hope we have helped you realize what goes first, work, study, or rest. Anyway, the choice is always up to you.
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Most artists have received some amount of criticism, whether it's about their lyrics, their fans, things they've done in the past or statements they've made on social media. Almost everyone has received some amount of criticism, but so far in 2018, there are a few people who have received the most.
Unless you've been living under a rock, I think we've all heard and seen Chris Brown being criticised for his domestic abuse against Rihanna back in 2009, a whole 9 years ago. Even though it's been 9 years since the incident and he was remorseful, apologized to Rihanna and Rihanna forgiving publicly, people still hate him in 2018.
When he wished Rihanna a happy birthday on Instagram for her 30th people jumped on him for it and The criticism isn't only aimed at Chris, it's also aimed at anyone who decides to work with him.
In Lil Dickies new song 'Freaky Friday' featuring Chris Brown, if you haven't seen the video it's pretty funny. Kendall Jenner is seen at the very end of the Video for a few seconds. Kendall is literally in the video for 15 seconds, and that was enough for people to condemn her for being in the same video as Chris Brown. By the way, did you guys find that part of the video awkward and weird or was it just me?
Obviously, we couldn't go through this list without mentioning Tekashi 6ix9ine.
6ix9ine is a New York rapper who has been heavily criticised for multiple reasons, one of those reasons are for calling out other gangs, whether it's in Minnesota or LA. A fight broke between him and a group of guys in Minnesota and later shots were heard. Then again, another few weeks later another fight broke out in LA outside the airport. It's gotten so crazy, people are pretty much waiting for something bad to happen to him.
Knowing that his rise in popularity is pretty much due to him calling out other people, claiming to be untouchable and the king of New York, is he going to continue to do this throughout his career?
Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang! No, I'm joking, but that's one of the reasons why he's on this list. He has been criticised for making one of the shortest songs ever, lasting 2 minutes and 4 seconds long. He also hardly says any other words other than Gucci Gang. In total, he says Gucci gang 53 times throughout the song.
According to TMZ, Lil pump has now signed an 8 Million Dollar record deal with Warner Bros Records. Hopefully, with that amount of money, he can buy some more lyrics.
Lecrae is one of the most known unknown rappers who's had a massive come up, the production of his albums have gotten better, even his lyricism has gotten better, but as I said at the beginning of the video, people always find reasons to criticise someone.
A large section of his Fan based started to criticise him for talking about Colin Kaepernick and Black Lives Matter. On social media a wave of fans threatened to stop listening to his music or buy his new album All Things Work Together if he continued to talk about social issues.
Back in 2014, his Anomaly album sold 88,000 copies in its first week and when comparing that to his most recent album 'All Things Work Together' after he was outspoken on social issues, it only sold between 20-23 thousand units, If you factor in streaming, the number bumps up to 28 to 32 thousand units. People criticising him for being vocal actually affected his pocket.
Before I talk about NF, I'm gonna this to his Fans, because I know hold loyal you guys are.
If you haven't heard of NF where have you been? He reached number one on the Billboard charts with his latest album Perception and is now touring with Logic and Kyle on the Bobby Tarantino vs Everybody Tour.
NF is winning and I think he'll stay winning for a while, but he still gets criticised for two things. Sounding like Eminem and two, having depressing themes for the majority of his songs. Now that he's gaining a lot of new fans, many people are referring to him as Eminem lite.
Chance The Rapper Grammy Nomination Good Thing For CHH?


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package edu.uw.apl.tupelo.model;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

public class CompressionAlgorithmsTest extends junit.framework.TestCase {

	public void testNull() {
	}

	public void testWriteNuga2() throws IOException {
		File f = new File( "data/nuga2.dd" );
		if( !f.exists() )
			return;
		UnmanagedDisk ud = new DiskImage( f );
		ManagedDisk md = new StreamOptimizedDisk( ud, Session.CANNED );

		testWrite( md, ManagedDisk.Compressions.DEFLATE );
		testWrite( md, ManagedDisk.Compressions.GZIP );
		testWrite( md, ManagedDisk.Compressions.SNAPPY );
	}

	private void testWrite( ManagedDisk md, ManagedDisk.Compressions c )
		throws IOException {

		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
		md.setCompression( c );
		ManagedDiskDescriptor mdd = md.getDescriptor();
		File out = new File( mdd.getDiskID() + ManagedDisk.FILESUFFIX +
							 "-compress." + c.ordinal() );

		FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream( out );
		BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream( fos, 1024*64 );
		md.writeTo( bos );
		bos.close();
		fos.close();
		long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();

		System.out.println( out + " -> " + (stop-start)/1000 );
	}

	public void testReadNuga2() throws IOException {

		ManagedDisk.Compressions[] cs = {
			ManagedDisk.Compressions.DEFLATE,
			ManagedDisk.Compressions.GZIP,
			ManagedDisk.Compressions.SNAPPY,
		};
		for( ManagedDisk.Compressions c : cs ) {
			File f = new File( "nuga2.dd" + ManagedDisk.FILESUFFIX +
							   "-compress." + c.ordinal() );
			System.out.println( f );
			if( !f.exists() )
				return;
			ManagedDisk md = ManagedDisk.readFrom( f );
			InputStream is = md.getInputStream();
			long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
			String md5 = Utils.md5sum( is );
			is.close();
			long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();
			System.out.println( md5 );

			System.out.println( f + " -> " + (stop-start)/1000 );
		}
	}
}

// eof

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Dynamic karate techniques taught with an emphasis on kicks, punches, blocks, coordination, bullying prevention and beginning karate weapons training.
Situational self defense will be taught so our youngest can avoid conflict.
Class is designed to have a student develop into the more structured karate program that starts at 7 years old.
Emphasis on technique and coordination without the traditional forms patterns of movement.


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Gaius Julius Alexio
Roman Client Priest King of Emesa
Gaius Julius Alexio also known as Alexio II (Greek: Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Άλεξιὣνος, flourished 1st century) was a Syrian Prince and Roman Client Priest King of Emesa.
Alexio was a monarch of Assyrian, Greek, Armenian, Medes, Berber and Roman ancestry. He was the child born to the monarchs Sohaemus of Emesa and Drusilla of Mauretania. The father of Alexio, Sohaemus was an Emesene Prince and ruled as Priest King from 54 until his death in 73. He was the second son of the previous ruling Emesene Monarchs Sampsiceramus II and his wife Iotapa. Alexio's late paternal uncle was the childless Emesene King Gaius Julius Azizus who was the first husband of the Herodian Princess Drusilla, while he had two paternal aunts, Iotapa who married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor and Mamaea.
The mother of Alexio was Drusilla of Mauretania, a Princess from Mauretania North Africa. Drusilla was the child of the late Roman Client Monarchs Ptolemy of Mauretania and Julia Urania. The mother of Drusilla may have been a member of the Royal family of Emesa and her father was a maternal grandson of the Ptolemaic Greek Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Triumvir Mark Antony.
The name Alexio is a variant of the ancient Greek name Alexander. The name Alexander was a dynastic name in the Emesani Royal Family; the Seleucid dynasty; the Ptolemaic dynasty and perhaps Alexio's parents named him an intent to recover their heritage and connections to Alexander the Great. Alexio was a descendant of the Seleucid dynasty; the Ptolemaic dynasty and a distant relative of Alexander the Great through his paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather.
Alexio was born and raised in Emesa. After his father died, Alexio succeeded his father as Priest King of Emesa. Alexio ruled as a Priest King from 73 until his death in 78, thus he was a contemporary of the ruling Roman emperor Vespasian. He was the priest of the Syrian Sun God, known in Aramaic as El-Gebal. Little is known on him. What is known about Alexio is from surviving inscriptions from Emesa.
There is a noted sepulchral Greek inscription on a monument dated 78/79 at Emesa, dedicated by his son to his family:
Γαΐος Ἰούλιος, Φαβίᾳ, Σαμσιγέραμος ὁ καὶ Σείλας, Γαΐου Ἰουλίου Ἀλεξιῶνος υἱὁς, ζῶν ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ καὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις, ἔτους Οτʹ
Gaius Julius Fabia, Sampsiceramus, also called Silas, son of Gaius Julius Alexio, while still living made this for himself and his family, year 390
He married Cladia Arrius Calpurnius Silo of Syriëan (50-110) by whom; he had a son called Gaius Julius Fabia Sampsiceramus III Silas. When Alexio died in 78, his son ruled as Priest King from 79 until his death in 120. After the death of Alexio, the generations after him are not recorded sufficiently to accurately present a pedigree. A descendant of Alexio's is the Emesene high priest Gaius Julius Bassianus, who was the father of the Roman Empress Julia Domna and another possible descendant was the Syrian Queen of the 3rd century, Zenobia of Palmyra.
Ancestors of Gaius Julius Alexio
4. Sampsiceramus II of Emesa
2. Gaius Julius Sohaemus
10. Iotapa
5. Iotapa of Emesa
11. Mithridates III of Commagene
1. Gaius Julius Alexio
24. Cleopatra VII of Egypt
12. Cleopatra Selene II
25. Mark Antony
6. Ptolemy of Mauretania
13. Juba II
27. Juba I of Numidia
3. Drusilla of Mauretania
7. Julia Urania


Large imposing country house set on the edge of the stunning village of Zarhara de la Sierra,with far reaching views and walking to a local restaurant this make the perfect country home.The property is of new construction in a traditional Andalusia style, set within the 50,000m2 grounds, in a national park .Entry to the property is via a private drive, off a well made back road, with perfect access for any car, the road leads up to a flat parking area, to the side of the house with plenty of space for multiple cars. From here is a lawned area and swimming pool with amazing elevated views over the lake Zahara. A front terrace would make a excellent party terrace, again with fantastic views over the lake.The house has 3 bedrooms upstairs all in traditional style, as well as a large open plan living space downstairs, with snug sitting room off the main living space with staircase leading up and wonderful open fire next to the kitchen, as well as a functional kitchen , and family bathroom all coming off this family room. All the best materials have been used on this building. The owner uses as a rental property and has always done very well from it, recently letting it long term to one of our clients who loved living there, the owner now feels it needs to be owned and lived in by a family. It would make a excellent B&B due to the location.The land is mostly olives, which provide a good yield, stables and a shed are also situated on the land, on the lower part, the views and land are very well looked after.


Exclusive Yo Yo Honey Singh's New party song One Bottle Down Video Song in HD and One Bottle Down Lyrics here at IMSLV.com. The party song music is composed and sung by Yo Yo! Where as Lyrics of the song penned by Lil Golu with Yo Yo Honey Singh. The director of the video is DirectorGifty and Publicity/ Design taken care by RDM Goldstar. The song is mixed and mastered by Vinod verma only on T-series.
I am feeling so good..
Main toh daily peetaa hoon..
Kisi ke baap ki nahi..
Haan nashe mein.. hoon choor..
Fukre peete hain naap naap ke..
Khul ke peete hain ek baap ke..
Pet bhar ke peeta main phir..
Floor pe naachun taap taap ke..
Zindagi ke saare din jee rakh hain..
Ek jaam, do jaam, teen jaam, chaar..
Bas itne hi peg maine pee rakhe hain..
BCoz I am Honey Singh!


Hunters enjoy the great outdoors. They travel to forests, mountains, and rivers in search of small game, big game, waterfowl, and other animals. They spend time hunting, hiking, and camping in nature.
Suppose that you are hunting with friends or family in some foothills 100 miles away from home. It has been raining all morning; and now a heavy, thick fog rolls in. You are alone. You can't see your fellow hunters. When you call their names, nobody answers. What are you going to do now?
Are YOU prepared? Can YOU survive alone in the woods, fields, and mountains? Do YOU know what to do if you are lost?
All hunters should know basic survival rules. If they do, they can handle situations like the one above. If they don't know these basic rules, they may never return to their hunting camp.
The two most important things to remember are BE PREPARED and DON'T PANIC. You need to be ready for survival situations the minute you leave your home, your camp, or your vehicle. If you wait until you are wet, alone, and in a thick fog before you think about survival, you are already in deep trouble! Plan ahead.


"New York Italian Restaurant and Bar" in Tunbridge Wells.
For the Fima Martial Arts Christmas party, we started off having a meal at Frankie and Benny's, next to the Odeon Cinema in Tunbridge Wells. There was about 50 of us, so they did pretty well at fitting us in, but we had to wait quite a while for our food. There was a menu you could choose from for a 3 course meal costing £14.95; which isn't bad value I suppose. I had a starter of Mushroom Alfredo which was delicious; but after that it just went down hill. My main course was titled Traditional Roast Chicken Dinner. There was really nothing traditional about it. The chicken was like the sort of chicken you get in a chicken burger at a kebab shop; the small print does say the roast potatoes were "Italian style" which obviously meant chopped into tiny pieces and fried so there was more crunchy coating than there was actual potato, and the gravy was thick and lumpy.
My friend next to me had Smoked Salmon Penne which had so little actual salmon, it was more like a flavoured sauce. And the girl diagonally opposite sent her steak back because she couldn't eat it.
We'd pre-ordered our food, and 20 people had chosen apple pie for pudding. But they only had 5 available. Now, my favourite pudding in the world is a nice apple pie, so I thought I was one of the lucky ones who was actually getting some, but I really might as well have defrosted one from Sainsbury's; so that was a disappointment. And I was a bit annoyed because some of the people could choose from the pudding menu that wasn't part of the set Christmas menu; so a few had a chocolate crunchy thing that looked lovely. The people with the cinnamon waffles seemed pleased with it.
I suppose for the price and the amount of people there, it wasn't too bad. But I wouldn't choose to eat there again.


"Leaders learn from failures while most others avoid them," Orrin Woodward. The question is why such an avoidance of failure? Did you avoid failure when you were learning to walk? Did you avoid failure when you were learning childhood games? Why then do we fear it now? The older we get the more conditioned we become by our culture that "failure is fatal". "What will people think of me?" is the self talk we listen to. This mind frame then becomes the biggest reason we hold ourselves to a settle-for-lifestyle, a justification to not do our best!
In Orrin's book Resolved he states, "Perseverance is one of the traits that all long term successful people have in common." The ability to fail forward. Failure is not only part of perseverance but an essential part of success. Imagine making a decision to start a new hobby. You decide to take up golf. You watch the golf channel you go out to the local golf course and watch people hit balls, you talk with successful golfers but because of your fear of failure you don't ever swing the club. You say to yourself, I will study the game and then go out and show the world that I am a success! After three months you finally decide you are ready, so you go to the golf course and tee up the ball on the first tee. You address that ball, pull back the club and proceed to miss the ball several times before eventually shanking it into the trees!! WHAT DID YOU EXPECT WOULD HAPPEN?! You can study the game forever but if you don't get out and continue to swing the club through repeated failure to ultimately succeed you may as well just watch the golf channel and live through others' successes!
It is easy to see in this example that we wouldn't learn the game this way.We understand that we have to put in the time if we want to be good at THIS GAME. What about the game of life? We are capable of so much, but we allow a warped view of failure to hold us back. Success needs failure. Success does not come without it. It is a package deal.
Orrin and the Life Personal Development system have taught me that success is getting back up after each failure knowing because I did, I am that much closer to success. I don't fear failure anymore in life because I realize that I must welcome it as part of that package deal. If I want to succeed faster then the answer is fail faster! You must reframe your view of failure.
As far as the self talk, what will people think of me? As Chris Brady says "When you are on your death-bed the farthest thing from your thoughts is what people think of you!" Living a life of no regrets means to go for it all! Swing the club as many times as you can, all the way to success!
Amen brother!!! That's the difference between champions and not, willingness to fail and learn from it.


As you develop your skills as a Virtual Assistant, you may feel drawn to working with a favourite tool, system or project. Over time, with more experience under your belt, you can niche further to offer specific services and charge clients for 'specialist' skills.
Do you love creating online programs and building membership sites?
Perhaps you'd like to become a specialist in creating online programs and courses, offering a service that manages the project from start to finish. This could include creating the sales page, planning the launch, setting up the membership site, managing the program and providing customer service to members, whilst the client focuses on delivering awesome content.
Do you enjoy helping clients to set up their marketing funnels to attract new customers, such as lead pages, webinars, newsletters and social campaigns.
Why not expand your knowledge in this area by learning proven marketing techniques and offer specialist 'Online Marketing Services', including advice, technical setup and analysis of marketing campaigns.
If you're a whiz on websites and feel comfortable setting up online stores and membership sites, perhaps you could focus on offering web design.
As a new business owner, having a website created can be confusing, not knowing where to start and how it all works. Perhaps you could provide a trustworthy, affordable solution, offering guidance on how to create a stylish, yet simple website for their business?
Support with social media is one of the most popular requests from health businesses, especially when it comes to daily management, setting up social media tools and creating Facebook Ads.
So, if you love social media, perhaps you'd like to study the various platforms in detail, learn how to create effective Facebook/Instagram Adverts and offer this service as a 'Social Media Strategist'.
Becoming the Go-To person for webinar support is a great option for a Virtual Assistant. Particularly if you can also offer added features such as, setting up leadpages and email autoresponders for the pre and post marketing - the complete webinar solution!
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools offer the complete package for managing a business.
Infusionsoft and Ontraport offer 'Partner Training' where they train you to be 'consultants' and affiliates of the software. By learning these tools inside and out, you could consider becoming an 'Ontraport VA' for example and not only charge higher rates per hour to manage someone's account, but also gain referral rewards as an affiliate of the software.
Find out more about becoming an Infusionsoft Partner here or an Ontraport Partner here.


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Q: Database Version Control on Cloud I am currently looking for a version control tool for MySQL DB which is cloud hosted. The new application/tools needs to be cloud hosted as well.
I am interested in something which is free or have nominal charges. I looked over the internet but could not find a satisfactory solution. My requirement is very simple with the tools i.e. it should just capture all the changes to the DB and if required I can switch over back to the previous state of the DB.
Can you please advise some options which i can explore.
Thanks

A: There are a couple of tasks/tools you need to implement to consider the minimal DB version control support.

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*Source Control Repository - tool to physically keep track of changes made to files (i.e. git, SVN, TFS, etc.). Git is free.

*Extract a representation of the DB - the DB needs to be represented in some kind of file format in order to be version controlled. It is not recommended that the database files themselves be version controlled, nor is it recommended to take backups of the db and storing those. You'll want to store the DB in a semantic representation, such as .sql file(s). There are a couple free tools that can be used (i.e. mysqldump, HeidiSQL). I like using HeidiSQL as it has a feature that allows you to selectively create dump scripts. These script can be stored in the version control system.

*If you are looking at automation, you'll want to consider implementing a build server tool like Jenkins. Jenkins can be configured to poll a git repository and then execute build scripts (created by you) if it notices a change.
Some of my answer is subjective and I have glossed-over several intricacies of DB Version Control. You can research more questions about DB Version Control that have some pretty good answers and direction to well-written blog posts. There are also a plethora of paid tools out there that give significant DB Version Control functionality. To name a few, there's Red Gate, DBMaestro, Liquibase, RoundhousE, MySQL Workbench, and others.
I hope this helps.


Recently we've had an exciting new product to take a look at, called the 2 Week Diet system, by Brian Flatt.
Brian is a health and fitness guru, with credentials in personal training and health coaching. Even more significantly, he is the author of the award-winning 3 Week Diet system.
The 3 Week Diet program has helped many people in the past jump start their weight loss goals, but Brian Flatt clearly believed he could do something even more remarkable with this new 2 Week Diet program.
So what exactly are we getting into when we go into the 2 Week Diet system by Brian Flatt?
First, a little more about the author of 2 Week Diet system.
Brian Flatt graduated from San Diego State University in 1990, earning a degree in biology.
From there he pursued a career in the fitness and health industries.
He eventually managed a successful fitness center, Rev Fitness, in southern California.
Each of these achievements is something worth noting down, but it's the biology degree that made us pay particular attention to Brian Flatt's approach.
Many fitness and diet plans are put together by people with the best of intentions, but who lack hard, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) backgrounds. They espouse fine sounding words about all-natural products, forgetting that natural doesn't always mean better; arsenic and asbestos are naturally occurring substances, after all.
Brian Flatt also cites over 500 scientific papers and studies he's examined in the process of building his 2 Week Diet plans.
Brian uses the best science currently available to inform his advice, and attempts to improve his 2 Week Diet plans based on new knowledge.
This is an excellent trait in any kind of personal trainer or advisor – the willingness to admit that there is always something new to learn and try.
So what exactly is the 2 Week Diet System?
In essence, the 2 Week Diet program by Brian Flatt is a highly regulated diet that focuses on altering the content and frequency of the meals you eat.
You might well ask, "but don't all diets do that?" They do indeed, however this 2 Week Diet system uses a counter-intuitive arrangement of these factors to produce faster weight loss results.
How the 2 Week Diet System Works?
The first change to the 2 Week diet is a fairly common one for dieters looking to lose weight quickly, specifically a low carb, high protein diet.
Brian Flatt correctly points out that while protein is used to build muscle mass, it is not stored in the body the way other nutrition is.
The human body eliminates protein as waste, and it ceases to be processed in the body within a few hours.
Carbohydrates on the other hand are not as essential to the body as protein, but are readily converted to fat for later use by the body.
The 2 Week Diet system therefore establishes a diet plan that is extremely light on carbohydrate intake, increasing the proportion of protein and essential fatty acids (or EFAs) to replace the sugary calories.
This is well-established as a weight loss mechanism in other famous diets plans.
#2. Eat More Often, Lose Weight?
The 2 Week Diet program's second element is the one that might surprise most people.
Brian Flatt advocates eating five to six meals per day under the new 2 Week diet plan.
Eating more frequently definitely doesn't seem like the best way to lose weight, but he cites some very compelling science in his reasoning.
In short, the human body has a fairly short cycle in which it is processing protein using the 2 Week Diet program.
By eating less substantial meals more frequently, you can in essence trick your body into continuing to process protein calories for its nutritional needs instead of carbohydrate calories.
Brian Flatt points out that when the body doesn't have EFAs and proteins to draw on, it looks to your own lean muscle tissue to make up the difference, before it goes for stored fat calories.
Eating smaller meals more frequently prevents this process from detracting from your gains and weight loss goals, according to the 2 Week Diet program.
The 2 Week Diet System is very much more than just these concepts, however.
Brian Flatt discusses a variety of topics just in the introductory 2 Week Diet manual. He covers basic nutrition concepts, the difference between fat loss and weight loss, and the nature of the food pyramid.
The author goes into the concepts of metabolism, the mechanisms behind the body's fat storage, and the role of water.
Brian Flatt even discusses specific nutritional matters such as triglycerides, fiber, and the "14 days to make a habit" concept.
Brian Flatt 2 Week Diet Plan to Lose Weight?
This is the underlying, driving force behind the 2 Week Diet plan.
a new healthy practice to become a habit, but the new diet cites scientific studies that show good habits can be formed in as little as 2 weeks.
The goal of the 2 Week Diet eBook isn't to solve all of your problems, something Brian Flatt is up front and honest about.
The creator of 2 Week Diet system clearly states that he isn't promising massive weight loss in record time, merely substantial, noticeable weight loss within the stated period.
The main idea is that by sticking with the 2 Week Diet program for the full 2 weeks, you begin to ingrain the process not as a new thing you are doing, but as a habit that becomes easier and easier to stick with.
Healthier food choices and eating schedules become a pattern, a routine that you can stick with, instead of a temporary burden.
Here's the small free sample PDF download of 2 Week Diet program (small part of the eBook). You can easily download it from my Dropbox account.
By reading the eBook, you will get an idea about the quality and effectiveness of Brian Flatt 2 Week Diet system.
This is all very well and good, but what do the consumers say about the 2 Week Diet system?
After all, it's one thing for the promoter of a diet to claim how effective the material presented is. If the customers aren't satisfied with 2 Week Diet system, all those claims are so much hot air and wasted print.
Fortunately, the customer 2 Week Diet testimonials are quite glowing.
We had this big family reunion coming up and suddenly I realized… I was terrified. I didn't want to go because I didn't know what people were going to think. I had a really rough year, and I gained 30 ugly pounds of fat.
After starting The 2 Week Diet system, I lost 5 pounds in the very first week! And it just kept coming off. By the end of the month, I had completely reversed a whole year of bad eating and laziness. I'm still losing weight weeks later. I can't wait for Christmas!
After that, I tried all sorts of extreme diets that didn't work at all. That's when a friend recommended The 2 Week Diet program to me and it's honestly changed my life. Even after reading the eBook the first time, I was amazed to see how many things I believed about health and nutrition were just dead wrong.
After 2 weeks of following the diet plan, I lost a total of 17 pounds. It's amazing, I look great and haven't had this much energy in years. People have been telling me how good I look, and even my ex gave me a huge compliment last week.
Now, this is only few reviews of the 2 Week Diet system, but we noticed something quite interesting about them.
Neither of the reviews is mentioning impossibly high weight loss values. The common wisdom is that 2-3 pounds of weight loss per week is about what a person can expect.
These 2 Week Diet reviewers clearly lost more weight than that, but they aren't suggesting 25-30 pounds of lost weight in 2 weeks.
That wouldn't just be unhealthy, it is virtually impossible for someone who isn't suffering a major health disorder that will kill them.
They're mentioning exceptional, but definitely achievable, weight loss results using 2 Week Diet plan.
What you Get inside the 2 Week Diet eBook?
The 2 Week Diet ebook program is fairly simple.
For your investment (currently $35 as a promotion, down from the $90 it usually stands at), you receive 4 ebooks.
The first is the 2 Week Diet launch book, with detailed instructions on how to integrate the 2 Week Diet into your life.
Next comes the 2 Week Diet Plan itself, which helps you customize a variety of diet options to fit your needs.
Third, you have the 2 Week Diet activity handbook, with good advice on incorporating small scale exercises into a busy routine.
Finally there's the motivation handbook, which helps you stick to the 2 Week Diet plan when it feels difficult.
My Final Verdict: Should I buy 2 Week Diet System?
The 3 Week Diet was a very successful book, with a track record of solid, lasting results for many users.
If Brian Flatt feels confident that the 2 Week Diet system is a logical follow on, with similar results for dieters, then we are definitely inclined to believe him.