Destroy 120,000 People, but Save the Plant!!
Jonah's anger for Nineveh being spared with Jonah's anger with the plant perishing.
realized the plant had perished.
with Jonah's "concern" for a single "this plant."
the very reason God sent prophets in the first place.
the animals were more important and more valuable than Jonah's dead plant.
on the corner of their clothes so that they would remember God's Word.
Is my selfishness preventing me from doing or saying the right thing?
I will replace a selfish thought or action with an act of love that considers others before myself. "Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves."
The ages or dispensations of history.
remainswe have today called bullae.


You could select to skip breakfast. There's sufficient science about intermittent fasting to justify that call. Or, you can get up in the morning and put together your self a decent meal, one to get you out the door and on along with your day. The people who construct careers round wellness and being in form normally go for the latter. Here, 4 trainers describe their wholesome morning consuming routines.
While Johnson is finest identified for her fitness DVDs (she has the Guinness World Record for producing essentially the most workout movies), she's spent the previous couple of years transitioning into extra of a self-help guru. Her newest endeavor, the SmartLife Push Journal , is a planner on steroids—and she or he says it is the key to how she's been capable of handle her chaotic life.


Purchased from the artist (Knapping Fund) 1947.
Exh: Tate Gallery, May–June 1959 (9).
Lytton Strachey, the critic and biographer, and his sister Marjorie, also a writer, were Duncan Grant's cousins; it was through the Strachey family that Grant entered the Bloomsbury circle. These portraits were painted c. 1909 at the Stracheys' home in Belsize Park Gardens. For a note on Lytton Strachey see Lamb, T00118.


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Health IT adoption skyrocketed in 2020 as hospitals, health systems and patients increasingly relied on digital health technologies for care delivery during the pandemic, setting the stage for continued growth and innovation in 2021.
Becker's health IT team has compiled 10 of the top health IT trends on CIOs' radars for next year, from telehealth to cybersecurity and big data.
1. The CIO and IT teams evolution. Health systems relied on technology to swiftly move to virtual care, remote work and more coordinated communication and data management during the pandemic. Cybersecurity was also a new priority as ransomware attackers hit hospitals and health systems. As a result, the CIO's expertise was in high demand in 2020, and that will likely continue in the new year.
"At Providence we are seeing firsthand the expansion of the CIO role and its elevated value in the health system," said B.J. Moore, executive vice president and CIO of Renton, Wash.-based Providence. "I now report to our CEO, Rod Hochman, MD, and my role has expanded to include our real estate and operations function. This is in recognition of the future of a modern digital workforce and the evolution of our facilities in the future of modern digitally enabled care delivery."
Organizations will continue accelerated digital transformation next year, and the CIO's role will evolve to look more like that of a COO's, overseeing the organization's strategy and risk management. IT teams also are evolving to include more people with clinical backgrounds, data scientists and senior security professionals.
2. A new age of cybersecurity. Hackers stepped up their efforts to attack healthcare providers in 2020 to go beyond phishing attacks and stealing information to sell on the dark web. Ransomware attacks, especially during the second half of the year, shut down IT systems and slowed operations at hospitals and healthcare facilities across the U.S. As a preemptive measure, even organizations that didn't have a security incident cut off external emails and increased screening of incoming emails in October after hackers hit six hospitals with ransomware in 24 hours.
The attacks emphasized the importance of strong cybersecurity and investment in secure data storage. IT teams will need to effectively communicate good cyber hygiene to staff members to prevent attacks and troubleshoot vulnerabilities as more work goes permanently remote. In 2021, it won't be surprising to see more health systems investing in cybersecurity technology and talent as a top priority and planning for cyberattacks as a "when" and not "if" scenario.
3. Telehealth and remote care expansion. While CMS and big payers relaxed regulations on telehealth to help providers continue safely offering care during the pandemic, hospitals and health systems will continue addressing how to incorporate virtual care as part of their long-term care strategy after the public health emergency ends.
The pandemic also has accelerated advances in remote managed care both for patients with chronic conditions as well as those who have COVID-19 but don't need to be hospitalized. These developments have signaled a shift to a hybrid care model, which will replace mostly in-person visits with a combination of both telehealth and in-person visits for services ranging from follow-ups to urgent care.
4. EHRs evolving with new capabilities. As digital voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Home have secured a place in consumers' living rooms, hospitals and health systems are inviting similar technologies into patient rooms. With tech developments increasingly focused on natural language processing and ambient listening capabilities, EHR vendors Epic and Cerner both inked deals to integrate Nuance's virtual assistant in their software this year, and Epic is working on its own ambient voice tech called Hey Epic!
AI startup Saykara launched a new voice assistant this year that operates both ambiently and autonomously, so it can listen to and understand the context of a patient-physician conversation without being prompted by voice commands. The company counts New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian's innovation arm as an investor, and Seattle-based Swedish Medical Group is a customer.
5. Blossoming of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare. AI is not new in healthcare. Organizations have used artificial intelligence and machine learning in hospital administration and operations for years, specifically in the revenue cycle process. Before the pandemic, researchers began testing AI models to read medical images, yielding mixed results and leaving some wondering whether AI and machine learning would live up to the hype.
But in the last year AI became crucial in developing predictive models for COVID-19 cases spreading across the country. Academic institutions and health systems, including New York City-based Mount Sinai; Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins; Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic; and University of California-Irvine developed predictive tools and models to track the virus and estimate the risk of COVID-19 patients developing severe symptoms. The field will continue to evolve and become more integrated with clinical care in the coming years.
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6. Big data management becomes a need. The digital transformation among health systems was well underway when 2020 began, and the pandemic underscored the need for centralized and efficient data management. Data-gathering and reporting efforts sped up during the pandemic, and even small organizations are eyeing cloud implementations to securely store and coordinate data. Microsoft, Amazon and Google all have healthcare-specific clouds.
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"I really think investment in our cloud-based research platforms around high performance computing, artificial intelligence and the machine learning toolkits and integrating them back into our EHR is really key," said Michael Pfeffer, MD, assistant vice chancellor and CIO of UCLA Health during an interview on the Becker's Healthcare Podcast. "We are continuing to invest heavily in that, from a cost and resource standpoint. We are incorporating our EHR data with genomics data and other kinds of data, such as real-time wait forms and radiological images.
"All of these things are so critical to our research mission and improving patient care — that translational aspect of taking research-derived algorithms or other type of technologies and applying that into the operations and patient care-delivery aspects of what we do — that is a real area of investment for 2021."
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Pittsburgh-based UPMC has been on the forefront of using data analytics with its clinical data warehouse that provides insights to clinicians and patients. The health system continuously improves upon their system by layering on new tools, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, bringing them closer to predictive analytics.
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Before I get into our conclusions on House Rules I would like to take a moment to discuss the biggest problem I have with the new version of Risk: Cards. In the older Risk games bonus units were determined on a sliding scale as more players turned in sets of cards the number of troops the players gained increased. This system had a lot of problems so at first I was very glad to see them eliminate it. However, after playing a number of games of the Revised version of the game I don't feel they have done a particularly good job with the current rules in this department.
One argument that can be made is that a player who is not taking objectives will see more cards and normally see more two star cards. While this is fine in the grand scheme of things in that it will eventually even out it doesn't hold true in each individual game and often causes frustration and irritation as one player (so far me on a couple of occasions) gets more two stars than the rest of the players.
I commented on this in my last post about the game and mentioned the design space that was unused regarding the territories represented on each card but there are still other ways they could have handled this. I simply feel very disappointed that in their playtesting (I assume they playtested the game but then, it is mass market so who knows) they didn't ever feel that this randomness was a problem. I am nearly tempted to try using a system where players simply get one star if they take one territory in a turn and leave it at that. If there was a way to get a second star which didn't automatically mean you were doing well that might be good too.
A Completely off the Top of My Head House Rule: This hasn't been remotely tested and has all sorts of problems but one way to do stars without cards would be to give a player one star if they took one territory and a second star if they took three territories controlled by three different players. In many situations this would force a player to decide how valuable that second star is to them and give them another choice to make during the game. This system would result in the two stars no longer being arbitrary but certainly does give an advantage to a player who is winning in a way since they will often be spread out more and have more opportunities for attack.
One other worry about a rule like this would be that it might cause too much balancing, something I love but some people get frustrated by. It would also mean that because of player elimination two stars could become impossible towards the end of the game and would always be impossible during a three player game. Of course you could simply say you get two stars if you took a territory by three players or one territory from each remaining player. This would mean that if it got down to two players with no one winning things would get really bloody really fast. Obviously if you used any kind of rule like this you would not be able to gain stars if you took a mission.
Random Placement: After the cities have been dealt out those cards are reshuffled and placed on the top of the deck. Starting with player who rolled high (to go first), cards are dealt out in full. The first player looks at their cards and chooses one on which to place a unit and their capital. Each other player follows in turn. Then all players place one unit on each remaining territory from the territories in their hand.
I very much like the random placement but it is not universally loved. Some players feel that it can too easily screw a player in a five player game by spreading them out to the point that they never really get a chance at the game. While we have seen this, we have also seen players with terrible placements do fairly well in the long run so I'm still a fan of this House Rule.
Bonus Units Instead of Bonus Cards: The rules as written say the players going third and fourth get a bonus card while the player going fifth gets two bonus cards. Instead we started allowing the players going third and fourth to simply add two units to their first draft pool and the player going fifth adds four units.
While we have only played this way once I feel that it is a far more balanced way of playing than with the cards. Two and four units are the max those players could get should they get two star cards and this is designed to make certain they can recoup some of their losses due to their position. While the cards could potentially be saved for a later turn and these bonus units cannot I still prefer this as it aims to make the beginning of the game slightly less devastating for the players who go later in the round.
Currently these are the two House Rules we use. I'll let you know if we decide to do something about the stars and cards problem. Feel free to ring in with your opinions. I would love to hear them!
Posted on September 28th, 2008. Tags: Game Articles, Board Games, Game Design, Hasbro, House Rules, Risk.
I actually had a different idea, but as I was writting it I came up with this one instead.
Another thought would be if you take at least one territory with at least 6 or more armies defending at the start of the turn. This solution may make players think twice about loading up a defensive position, but I don't think it will affect decisions to do so. And it gives those on attack a reason to attack well defended areas and replensh their numbers seeing as those battles tend to be a blood bath. It's obtainable by all players and it won't need additional rules to handle situations that might come up that the other solution might.
That might not be bad but it too leads to trouble for down and out players. When a player is only getting three bonus units a turn it is unlikely they will be capable of taking out a territory with six or more units on it.
Another idea I was sort of kicking around was to have a table that the players roll on that gives them a mini mission for that turn. One result could be the original one I mentioned while another could be matt's suggestion and others could be similar.
I was thinking there should probably be six results possible but I'm not coming up with any more options at the moment. It might add too much randomness to the game however as a player could potentially constantly roll results that are far to challenging for them.
I feel like the main problem I'm having is our rules for random placement. It's happened to me at least three times that I've started in fifth place and been hammered the entire game as a result of that and my starting position being poor – it makes it really hard to even consider gaining victory objectives. I don't know if two cards or four troops honestly compensate for that sort of raw deal.
I don't know, it could just be my rotten luck though.
While I still think the random placement is the fairer approach to the game, and the inevitable strategy that comes from the strategic placement rules (being player 1 places in Australia, player 2 places in South American, and players 3 thru 5 assume the position) I think giving the strategic placement another go might be a good idea, if only as an experiment.
Now that we know how important it is to obtain objectives (and the mounds of guys you can get from having cities (as opposed to taking continents) I think you will see different options and strategies emerge from the strategic placement then we saw before. Sure it's pretty likely that Player 1 still places in Australia, but doing so puts them at risk of never making it back to their capital and thus never able to win the game (something that happened to me last game). If someone conquers the continent they will need to be prepared for the inevitable backlash that always seems to follow with such a move.
Basically what I'm saying is that placing there first is not the extreme advantage that we originally thought and hence the original reason of moving to random placement (more interesting game play) isn't as needed as before. Basically the only person that won by taking Australia was Colin on the first game. Since then it's been the Josh era of conquest until Pat finally broke the trend. None of those games were won through what was deemed broken (Australia) and in Josh's case I think he purposefully avoided taking the continent on the principle of said brokenness.
Perhaps, and a 5th could be take any four territories. Of course, three adjacent is kind of easy since most of the time you WANT to take three that are adjacent which is why the other ideas were to force division of forces.
Another, possibly simpler, idea would be to deal out all the cards evenly (discarding remainder) after set up. If a player takes a territory pictured on one of their cards during their turn they get two stars but must discard the card (meaning two players cannot constantly fight over one territory and keep getting two stars) otherwise a player that takes one territory will only get one star.
While some of the other ideas we were shooting around sound fun, this idea feels the simplest.
We experimented with the idea of handing out cards for territories that needed to be taken over to get the bonus star (my above idea) and it seemed to work fairly well. We also thought that having a max of four units on any normal space and five on a capital was a good cap to set to prevent players from placing all their units in one territory. This is especially important since a player knows when they will be going first and thus might as well place all their units in one territory.
One the question of design I too have been disappointed by these sorts of decisions to include cards which are strictly better than others.
In trading card games I can essentially buy Mark Rosewater's arguments for the necessity ("Inevitability" in my best Agent Smith voice) of bad cards.
Yet in a non-collectible game having cards which vary significantly in power level seem to require balancing factors. Maybe drawing a high number of cards, so the probability works itself out, or some external mechanism, but no balancing factor? Bad design is what that smells like.
I guess it comes down to the amount of luck one likes in one's games.
Luck is one factor where it's ok to be part of the game as long as it doesn't break open the game for the lucky person. This game did just that. A person could with 2 cards get 7 bonus armies which can quickly turn the tide when the other guy needs 4 cards to do the same. With the orginial rules player 5 could start with that and could have 5 or 6 stars to turn in on their next turn which can just break open the game such that either they become an unstoppable juggernaut, or one or more of their opponents is eleminated or forced to play another hour without any hope of a comeback (in my mind the worst case scenario).
I did like the lastest rev. of our changes we made but there was, in my opinion, a big hole with the cards still. In the game we tested it out one player had cards with territories that they had no chance to take over or they already controled them. Meanwhile every single one of mine were neighbooring territories or close. Basically the other player would get 1 star a turn while I would have access to 2 stars a turn. However the arguement was that it's not too overpowered because I didn't win the game (not even close, I was eliminated first). But I also think that I just don't have the skills in this particular type of game and as such I still contend if this happens to a more skilled player this could easily just hand the game over to them.
In anycase it is still better then the orginial verison as far as game balance is concerned, but it still not great. I think that bonus army system is just a lost cause at this point.


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The symbol symbolises people's gradual recognition of the eternal truth, which is made possible by the development of their sensory capacity. Information about the truth was hidden from very primitive people because they could not possibly understand a complete, scientific, comprehensive analysis of this truth. But gradually, as people's intelligence and love developed, the explanation of the truth had to be changed to a corresponding extent. Veil after veil has been removed as people have developed and have become capable of understanding more and more. After the last veil has fallen, people ? with their completely evolved mentality ? will be able to experience the eternal truth or the solution to the mystery of life as a scientific fact.
The orange area with the many black and white sections at the bottom symbolises the unfinished human being at various stages during its evolution from animal to human being.
The framed black and white area above the orange area symbolises how the being experiences the eternal light in a veiled form. The veiling decreases as the being's primitive and deadly behaviour, indicated by the black section, gradually decreases, and universal love, indicated by the white section, develops.
The skull and crossbones further to the left symbolises that the beings here live in spiritual darkness and the culmination of devil consciousness.
The yellow drawing of a town with a radiance around it symbolises the way of being of absolute light and love.
The last evolutionary stage further to the right in the orange area symbolises the finished human being with cosmic consciousness. Here the last veil has fallen. The being can thereafter experience without hindrance the truth and the rays from the divine light, which is symbolised by the large white ray figure with the triangle.
The coloured sections behind the ray figure symbolise the cosmic planes of existence.
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2021 Co-work
The theme of Co-work 2021 is "Bird-and-flower Painting, Version 2021". The traditional painting style is distinct and its subject matters such as flowers, insects, fish, birds and small mammals all express the beauty and endearing charm of nature that exists in close proximity to human beings.
In this year's Co-work, students created animated short films that show the joy and wonder of these familiar natural forms in a modern interpretation, in sync with music consisting of five parts.
The Carnival of Life
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Team Fish
Team members: XU Shuang, SHINKAI Daigo, KIM Sorin, WANG Zhen, LUO Sijia(Supporter)
Technique: Digital Painting, Cutout Animation, Compositing, Editing
Running time:1'02"
Concept: In this short film, we mainly want to use the image of fish to show the longing for freedom and beauty.
A lonely fish who lived in the fish tank saw the fish in the picture. He wanted to play with the painted fish. So he jumped out of the fish tank and into the painting.
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Team Insect
Team members: JEONG Haeji, TANIMURA Izumi, YANG Zhennan, XU Xiaoyu, YU Yilang (Supporter)
Technique: Digital Painting, Hand-drawings, Stop Motion animation,
Compositing, Editing Running time: 1'08''
Concept: It's about the communication and integration of different painting styles. Famous artworks have enduring charm and can tell us infinite stories about nature, society and ourselves. We chose the ink-style butterfly to lead us on a journey through colorful art styles. Similarly, we humans can meet, choose and love different styles of living. It's better to look at everything with an inclusive mind.
The butterfly picture recently hanging in the museum has no friends. Awakened by the moonlight, the little white butterfly goes on an amazing adventure into famous paintings to find different art styles and make friends.
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Team Bird
Team Members: HARMANDAR Çağıl, SUZUKI Rina, CHOI Hansol, ZHAO Xiangtan, XING Danli, OKADA Shiika(Supporter), CHEN Jiangyu(Supporter)
Used Techniques: Digital 2D Animation (Drawn frame by frame in Photoshop), Motion Design (Blender), Stop Motion (Premiere), Digital Composition and Visual Effects (After Effects)
Concept: The film is about overcoming our language barriers by using visuals. It connects four different cultures and languages with the simple motif of birds.
Information on Turkey, Japan, Korea and China appears in a notebook. Soon we see eggs made out of different alphabetical characters from the four languages. The word for "bird" in each language comes out of the egg and soon transforms into a real bird. The birds interact with each other on paper, and soon they leave the paper for a new adventure.
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Team Flower
Team member: FU Meijun, NAKAGAWA Sawako, JANG Dongin, JIANG Dan, SHI Qiqi, SUN Yifeng
(Support Member)
Technique: Digital Painting, Key Frame Animation, Compositing, Editing Running Time: 1' 15"
Concept: Based on the poetry of Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, the film shows the beauty of the lotus pond and the artistic conception of the Orient, and it expresses the life of the lotus with poetic drawings.
The lotus flowers bloom after the dragonfly's kiss in the morning. It is so beautiful, but the beauty is not eternal. In the evening, the petals fall with the sunset.
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Team Small Mammals
Team members: CHEN SiYu, KAWABATA Nana, LEE Jihaeng, LEE Sanghwa, MENG Ying, LIN Xinqi (Supporter)
Technique: Digital Painting (TVPaint Animation, ClipStudioPaint), Hand Painting (Watercolor), Compositing, Editing (Adobe After Effects)
Running time: 1'09''
Concept: Our goal is to capture the adorable nature of the small mammal characters that are depicted in our film. Each animal has its own distinctive charm, and we planned out the composition in order to emphasize those elements. Our animated film consists of two parts; the first half, portrayed in a traditional style, and the latter half, where everything is toned down for the coarse modern atmosphere. We hope the audience would feel compassion for the small animals, thus being inspired to resolve their current predicament.
Long ago, animals roamed freely, throwing dance parties for themselves and living their lives to the fullest. Now, in the modern days, they stay constrained, living in a dull, eventless world. Still, perhaps they will be able to find joy from something that might be considered small, even trivial. The animals dream of enjoying their frolic once more.
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Skip Arnold: Truffle Hunt
Jan 28 2018 - Apr 8 2018
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA)
Truffle Hunt (1998) illustrates some of the more distinctive, recurring themes of longtime Los Angeles-based artist Skip Arnold's pioneering performance practice—the desire "to explore the relationships between self, place, and particular time."
Originally conceived for the late Jason Rhoades's International Museum Project About Leaving and Arriving (I.M.P.A.L.A.), the work follows Arnold, Rhoades, and Hans Weigand's journey to Italy via Switzerland in search of truffles, and includes maps of their journey to different locations in the countryside, Polaroids, video clips, and related ephemera, as well as one of the truffles smuggled back to Los Angeles by the artists.
Skip Arnold


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MASCHINE 14
10 SEP 2022 | 23:00 – 04:00 | Effenaar, Eindhoven
Something seems to be happening in Portugal, since there's been a constant stream of quality techno from that country lately. Cravo is at the forefront of the wave of Portuguese producers who have been highly influential in the last years. Together with his friends VIL and Temudo, he has shaped the sound of techno and made it faster, but also groovier again and brought the soul back into the machines.
As the co-founder of MASCHINE he stands for its signature sound of dark and hypnotising techno. This enthusiastic DJ has been playing all over to spread the love for techno and bring good vibes to the party!
M.Y.R.A.
This musical talent is a rising star in the techno scene. After releasing her own tracks she has been invited to play in clubs like Doornroosje and BASIS. She's recently graduated from the Electronic Music Academy at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, which can be heard in the quality of her own productions and DJ sets.
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È noto soprattutto per il ruolo di Magnus Fossbakken nel dramma per adolescenti norvegese Skam e per il ruolo di Magne Seier nella serie drammatica di Netflix: Ragnarok.

Biografia
Stakston è nato il 22 novembre 1999 a Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, ed è cresciuto sia in Florida che ad Oslo, Norvegia.

Nel 2015 Stakston ha recitato come uno dei personaggi principali della webserie drammatica norvegese Skam. Negli anni successivi ha fatto alcune apparizioni più brevi alla televisione norvegese. Dal 2020, interpreta Magne Seier, il personaggio principale della serie drammatica norvegese di Netflix Ragnarok.

Filmografia

Cinema
 Vill Ni Åka Mere – cortometraggio (2018)

Televisione
 Skam – webserie, 19 episodi (2015-2017)
 Ragnarok – serie TV (2020)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Q: Send Variable values from QDialog to QMainwindow function My UI MainWindow has a QListWidget and , upon clicking of its items ,a corresponding QDialog box must pop up , which prompts the user to enter some values in QDialog box, The values entered into line_edits of QDialog box must stored into a QString variable and this variable should be accessed/used in a function of MainWindow,
for Example: I have a QListWidget, with 3 items "New York","Glasgow","Mumbai", and when i double click item named "New York", a pop-up shows up asking me this

and after i enter 3 and Hilton , the item in QListWidget which was initially "New York" must be changed to
"New York -3 , The safehouse is in Hilton"
my code for MainWindow.cpp is
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QtCore>
#include <QtGui>
#include <sstream>
#include <QtWidgets/qmessagebox.h>
#include <QtWidgets/qlistwidget.h>

using namespace std;

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
    , ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->My_listwidget->addItem("New York");
    ui->My_listwidget->addItem("Glasgow");
    ui->My_listwidget->addItem("Mumbai");
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

void MainWindow::on_My_listwidget_itemDoubleClicked(QListWidgetItem* item)
{
    QString test = item->text();
    std::string test_s = test.toStdString();

    if (test_s.find("New York") != std::string::npos) // check if item contains text "New York"
    {
        WinApp winApp;
        winApp.setModal(true);   //Displaying the window here
        winApp.exec();
    }

    if (test_s.find("Glasgow") != std::string::npos)
    {
    // show another dialog box asking some questions
    }
    if (test_s.find("Mumbai") != std::string::npos)
    {
    // show another dialog box asking some questions
    }
}

My code for mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QtWidgets/QMainWindow>
#include "ExecutionContext.h"
#include <QtWidgets/qlistwidget.h>
//#include "secdialog.h"
#include <qregexp.h>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
namespace Ui { class MainWindow; }
QT_END_NAMESPACE

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{

    Q_OBJECT                      //Used to handle events

public:
    MainWindow(QWidget* parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();                    //Destructor used to free resources

private slots:

    void on_xml_scripts_textbox_itemDoubleClicked(QListWidgetItem* item);

    Ui::MainWindow* ui; // pointing to UI class

private:

};
#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

my code for WinApp.h , winapp is the name of my dialog
#include <QtWidgets/qdialog.h>
#include "ui_WinApp.h"

class WinApp : public QDialog, public Ui::WinApp
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    WinApp(QWidget *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
    ~WinApp();

private slots:

private:
    Ui::WinApp ui;
};

WinApp.cpp
#include "WinApp.h"

WinApp::WinApp(QWidget *parent)
    : QDialog(parent)
{
    ui.setupUi(this);
}

WinApp::~WinApp()
{
}

A: Have the function initiating the QDialog object pass the QString argument in the constructor and override accept().
#include <QtWidgets/qdialog.h>
#include "ui_WinApp.h"

class WinApp : public QDialog, public Ui::WinApp
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    WinApp(QString& stringToModify, QWidget *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
    ~WinApp();

private slots:
void accept() override;
private:
    Ui::WinApp ui;
};

and define the acccept() slot which will get the QString from lineEdit and update the stringToModify with it.
void WinApp::accept(){
//do stuff with QString
this->close();
}

A: you need to add in the WinApp dialog class the test getter, it should be something like:
QString getFavouriteHotel() const {
    return ui.<favourite-hotel-label>.text()
}

In the MainWindow after the line winApp.exec(); I suggest adding an if to check if the user accepted or declined the dialog (docs). If the user accepted the dialog then you can retrieve the text with the getters you just added.
Tips: avoid using exec, as said in the docs use the open
-- UPDATE -- QDialog accept --
Always check the docs
connect(&WinApp, &QDialog::finished, this, [this](int result) {
    if(result == QDialog::Accepted){
       // do aswomness
       return
   }
});

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use aptos_config::config::{Peer, PeerRole, PeerSet, RoleType};
use aptos_crypto::noise::{InitiatorHandshakeState, NoiseConfig};
use aptos_crypto::{noise, x25519, Uniform};
use aptos_types::network_address::Protocol::{Dns, Handshake, NoiseIK, Tcp};
use aptos_types::{
    account_address,
    chain_id::ChainId,
    network_address::{DnsName, NetworkAddress},
    PeerId,
};

use serde_json::json;

use crate::context::JsonWebTokenService;
use crate::types::common::NodeType;
use crate::{
    tests::test_context::new_test_context,
    types::auth::{AuthResponse, Claims},
};

fn init(
    peer_role: PeerRole,
) -> (
    rand::rngs::ThreadRng,
    NoiseConfig,
    ChainId,
    PeerId,
    std::collections::HashMap<PeerId, Peer>,
) {
    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
    let initiator_static = x25519::PrivateKey::generate(&mut rng);
    let initiator_public_key = initiator_static.public_key();
    let initiator = noise::NoiseConfig::new(initiator_static);
    let chain_id = ChainId::new(21);
    let peer_id = account_address::from_identity_public_key(initiator_public_key);
    let protocols = vec![
        Dns(DnsName::try_from("example.com".to_string()).unwrap()),
        Tcp(1234),
        NoiseIK(initiator_public_key),
        Handshake(0),
    ];
    let addr = NetworkAddress::from_protocols(protocols).unwrap();
    let peer = Peer::from_addrs(peer_role, vec![addr]);
    let mut peer_set = PeerSet::new();
    peer_set.insert(peer_id, peer);

    (rng, initiator, chain_id, peer_id, peer_set)
}

fn init_handshake(
    rng: &mut (impl rand::RngCore + rand::CryptoRng),
    chain_id: ChainId,
    peer_id: PeerId,
    server_public_key: x25519::PublicKey,
    initiator: &NoiseConfig,
) -> (noise::InitiatorHandshakeState, Vec<u8>) {
    // buffer to first noise handshake message
    let mut client_noise_msg = vec![0; noise::handshake_init_msg_len(0)];

    // build the prologue (chain_id | peer_id | public_key)
    const CHAIN_ID_LENGTH: usize = 1;
    const ID_SIZE: usize = CHAIN_ID_LENGTH + PeerId::LENGTH;
    const PROLOGUE_SIZE: usize = CHAIN_ID_LENGTH + PeerId::LENGTH + x25519::PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE;
    let mut prologue = [0; PROLOGUE_SIZE];
    prologue[..CHAIN_ID_LENGTH].copy_from_slice(&[chain_id.id()]);
    prologue[CHAIN_ID_LENGTH..ID_SIZE].copy_from_slice(peer_id.as_ref());
    prologue[ID_SIZE..PROLOGUE_SIZE].copy_from_slice(server_public_key.as_slice());

    // craft first handshake message  (-> e, es, s, ss)
    let initiator_state = initiator
        .initiate_connection(
            rng,
            &prologue,
            server_public_key,
            None,
            &mut client_noise_msg,
        )
        .unwrap();

    (initiator_state, client_noise_msg)
}

fn finish_handshake(
    jwt_service: &JsonWebTokenService,
    initiator: &NoiseConfig,
    initiator_state: InitiatorHandshakeState,
    resp: serde_json::Value,
) -> jsonwebtoken::TokenData<Claims> {
    let resp: AuthResponse = serde_json::from_value(resp).unwrap();

    let (response_payload, _) = initiator
        .finalize_connection(initiator_state, resp.handshake_msg.as_slice())
        .unwrap();

    let jwt = String::from_utf8(response_payload).unwrap();

    jwt_service.decode(&jwt).unwrap()
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn test_auth_validator() {
    let context = new_test_context().await;
    let server_public_key = context.inner.noise_config().public_key();

    let (mut rng, initiator, chain_id, peer_id, peer_set) = init(PeerRole::Validator);

    context
        .inner
        .peers()
        .validators()
        .write()
        .insert(chain_id, (1, peer_set));

    let (initiator_state, client_noise_msg) =
        init_handshake(&mut rng, chain_id, peer_id, server_public_key, &initiator);

    let req = json!({
        "chain_id": chain_id,
        "peer_id": peer_id,
        "role_type": RoleType::Validator,
        "server_public_key": server_public_key,
        "handshake_msg": &client_noise_msg,
    });
    let resp = context.post("/auth", req).await;

    let decoded = finish_handshake(
        context.inner.jwt_service(),
        &initiator,
        initiator_state,
        resp,
    );

    assert_eq!(
        decoded.claims,
        Claims {
            chain_id,
            peer_id,
            node_type: NodeType::Validator,
            epoch: 1,
            exp: decoded.claims.exp,
            iat: decoded.claims.iat
        },
    )
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn test_auth_validatorfullnode() {
    let context = new_test_context().await;
    let server_public_key = context.inner.noise_config().public_key();

    let (mut rng, initiator, chain_id, peer_id, peer_set) = init(PeerRole::ValidatorFullNode);

    context
        .inner
        .peers()
        .validator_fullnodes()
        .write()
        .insert(chain_id, (1, peer_set));

    let (initiator_state, client_noise_msg) =
        init_handshake(&mut rng, chain_id, peer_id, server_public_key, &initiator);

    let req = json!({
        "chain_id": chain_id,
        "peer_id": peer_id,
        "role_type": RoleType::FullNode,
        "server_public_key": server_public_key,
        "handshake_msg": &client_noise_msg,
    });
    let resp = context.post("/auth", req).await;

    let decoded = finish_handshake(
        context.inner.jwt_service(),
        &initiator,
        initiator_state,
        resp,
    );

    assert_eq!(
        decoded.claims,
        Claims {
            chain_id,
            peer_id,
            node_type: NodeType::ValidatorFullNode,
            epoch: 1,
            exp: decoded.claims.exp,
            iat: decoded.claims.iat
        },
    )
}

#[tokio::test]
#[should_panic]
async fn test_auth_wrong_key() {
    let context = new_test_context().await;
    let server_public_key = context.inner.noise_config().public_key();

    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
    let initiator_static = x25519::PrivateKey::generate(&mut rng);
    let initiator_static2 = x25519::PrivateKey::generate(&mut rng);
    let initiator_public_key = initiator_static.public_key();
    let initiator = noise::NoiseConfig::new(initiator_static);
    let chain_id = ChainId::new(21);
    let peer_id: PeerId = account_address::from_identity_public_key(initiator_public_key);
    let protocols = vec![
        Dns(DnsName::try_from("example.com".to_string()).unwrap()),
        Tcp(1234),
        NoiseIK(initiator_static2.public_key()),
        Handshake(0),
    ];
    let addr = NetworkAddress::from_protocols(protocols).unwrap();
    let peer = Peer::from_addrs(PeerRole::Validator, vec![addr]);
    let mut peer_set = PeerSet::new();
    peer_set.insert(peer_id, peer);

    context
        .inner
        .peers()
        .validators()
        .write()
        .insert(chain_id, (1, peer_set));

    let (initiator_state, client_noise_msg) =
        init_handshake(&mut rng, chain_id, peer_id, server_public_key, &initiator);

    let req = json!({
        "chain_id": chain_id,
        "peer_id": peer_id,
        "role_type": RoleType::Validator,
        "server_public_key": server_public_key,
        "handshake_msg": client_noise_msg,
    });
    let resp = context.post("/auth", req).await;

    finish_handshake(
        context.inner.jwt_service(),
        &initiator,
        initiator_state,
        resp,
    );
}

#[tokio::test]
async fn test_chain_access() {
    let mut context = new_test_context().await;
    let present_chain_id = ChainId::new(24);
    let missing_chain_id = ChainId::new(32);
    context.inner.chain_set_mut().insert(present_chain_id);

    let resp = context
        .get(&format!("/chain-access/{}", present_chain_id))
        .await;
    assert!(resp.as_bool().unwrap());

    let resp = context
        .get(&format!("/chain-access/{}", missing_chain_id))
        .await;
    assert!(!resp.as_bool().unwrap());
}

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Thrown from black stoneware infused with chunky grog and trimmed and chattered* to create a striated texture. Patterns are masked off using tape and wax resist and finished with a satin-matte ivory glaze. Why not cluster three on a mantle or a bookshelf to create an haute hippie skyline?
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Q: Does lua_sethook trigger even in registered C functions? Let's say I created a boost::thread that eventually calls lua_pcall which is blocking the thread until the end of the return of the script. I would like to use lua_sethook to monitor an escape condition and probably set a boost::this_thread::interrupt_point(), but does it also trigger during a call to a registered C function that the lua script calls?
The documentation specifies that the hook could be called after/before each instruction (or after each n instructions), but I think the C function call is compiled down to a CALL bytecode instruction. Therefore the hook would only be called when I return from the C function.
Is there anyway to have a cooperative thread termination in this case? I would like to avoid TerminateThread from the windows API. Everyone's saying to not use it.
EDIT: After testing it locally, I can answer my first question

Does lua_sethook trigger even in registered C functions?

As I thought, no. Now, how can someone use cooperative thread termination in this case?

A: To answer the question in the title: No, the lua_sethook doesn't trigger in registered C functions that can be called from the Lua side.
Also, to save some time for any people that might have the same idea that I did, I investigated a bit more about what kind of mechanism could be used to essentially stop the execution of a running C/C++ thread, save the context (memory, variables, etc.) go execute some custom code/thread termination condition monitoring piece of code (executed within the same thread) and then go back to the saved context or return to the lua script with a lua_error call to unwind the call stack and release resources properly. I tested all of these tools/mechanism and none could solve the issue to have a cooperative thread termination mechanism

*

*TerminateThread from the main thread to kill the lua/worker thread. Avoid at all cost, since it leaves the process' memory in an undefined state, doesn't release any resource, sometimes generate memory access violation

*LibEvent which can execute signal handlers within the same thread. For some reason when I tried it with example code it simply wasn't being called and didn't stop the thread execution

*boost::asio's deadline timers which are async timers that can execute some custom routine in between the triggers. The worker's routine must be placed in the timers handlers code and won't stop a while(true) to execute for instance in the timer's routine.

*Windows' API SetTimer function  will create another thread to handle the signals, which just moves the problem (cannot exit the lua thread from the newly created thread)

*Interrupt signal handlers (in the particular case of Windows the SIGTERM signal is unhandled so I thought maybe I could use some custom routine with it): They can't be used because a lua_error call essentially comes down a longjmp which is not recommended by the MSDN documentation on interrupt signal handlers:

Do not use longjmp unless the interrupt is caused by a floating-point exception (that is, sig is SIGFPE). In this case, first reinitialize the floating-point package by using a call to _fpreset.

So once you're in a registered C++ function called from the Lua side you can't really get out of it forcefully without consequences.
EDIT:
It was possible for me to get out of the thread forcefully. In my case, I used boost::thread and called the interrupt function from the main thread. By putting a try/catch block around the lua_pcall instruction with a boost::thread_interrupted exception handler, I was able to safely call lua_error from C++, unwind the callstack properly and end the lua thread in a semi-cooperative way.


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Author : Jessie Clever
Publisher : Someday Lady Publishing, LLC
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Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Book 1)
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Download or read book in PDF Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Book 1) written by Lisa McMann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: X-Men meets Spy Kids in this instant New York Times bestseller! Here's the first book in a new middle-grade fantasy/adventure series from the author of The Unwanteds. Fifteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled Estero City to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Over time, seven of them disappeared without a trace, presumed captured or killed. And now, the remaining one has died. Left behind to fend for themselves are the criminals' five children, each with superpowers of their own: Birdie can communicate with animals. Brix has athletic abilities and can heal quickly. Tenner can swim like a fish and can see in the dark and hear from a distance. Seven's skin camouflages to match whatever is around him. Cabot hasn't shown signs of any unusual power—yet. Then one day Birdie finds a map among her father's things that leads to a secret stash. There is also a note: Go to Estero, find your mother, and give her the map. The five have lived their entire lives in isolation. What would it mean to follow the map to a strange world full of things they've only heard about, like cell phones, cars, and electricity? A world where, thanks to their parents, being supernatural is a crime?
The Unwanted
Author : Michael Dobbs
Publisher : Vintage
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Download or read book in PDF The Unwanted written by Michael Dobbs and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a riveting story of Jewish families seeking to escape Nazi Germany. In 1938, on the eve of World War II, the American journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote that "a piece of paper with a stamp on it" was "the difference between life and death." The Unwanted is the intimate account of a small village on the edge of the Black Forest whose Jewish families desperately pursued American visas to flee the Nazis. Battling formidable bureaucratic obstacles, some make it to the United States while others are unable to obtain the necessary documents. Some are murdered in Auschwitz, their applications for American visas still "pending." Drawing on previously unpublished letters, diaries, interviews, and visa records, Michael Dobbs provides an illuminating account of America's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930s and 1940s. He describes the deportation of German Jews to France in October 1940, along with their continuing quest for American visas. And he re-creates the heated debates among U.S. officials over whether or not to admit refugees amid growing concerns about "fifth columnists," at a time when the American public was deeply isolationist, xenophobic, and antisemitic. A Holocaust story that is both German and American, The Unwanted vividly captures the experiences of a small community struggling to survive amid tumultuous world events.
Cryer's Cross
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Download or read book in PDF Cryer's Cross written by Lisa McMann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kendall loves her life in small town Cryer's Cross, Montana, but she also longs for something more. She knows the chances of going to school in New York are small, but she's not the type to give up easily. Even though it will mean leaving Nico, the world's sweetest boyfriend, behind. But when Cryer's Cross is rocked by unspeakable tragedy, Kendall shoves her dreams aside and focuses on just one goal: help find her missing friends. Even if it means spending time with the one boy she shouldn't get close to... the one boy who makes her question everything she feels for Nico. Determined to help and to stay true to the boy she's always loved, Kendall keeps up the search--and stumbles upon some frightening local history. She knows she can't stop digging, but Kendall is about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried.... "Cryer's Cross is an eerie, gripping, totally addictive, breathtaking whirl of a book with an ending that left me haunted for days. Lisa McMann has done it again—this book is unputdownable!" --Alyson Noël, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Immortals series. "A brilliant, engaging, scary piece of fiction. Every word had me sliding closer to the edge of my seat and gripping the cover tighter and tighter. There are books in the world that make you question your reality and the things that go bump in the night--this is one of them." --Heather Brewer, New York Times bestselling author of the Chronicles of Vladmir Tod series
Summary Book Review Crash :
Download or read book in PDF Crash written by Lisa McMann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Jules, whose family owns an Italian restaurant and has a history of mental illness, starts seeing a recurring vision about a rival restaurant, a truck crash, and forbidden love.
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Summary Book Review Helvetica Chimica Acta :
Download or read book in PDF Helvetica Chimica Acta written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Public Health Papers
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Download or read book in PDF Public Health Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Publisher : Simon Pulse
Summary Book Review Bang :
Download or read book in PDF Bang written by Lisa McMann and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Sawyer's seeing might mean murder. The second "dramatic, quick-paced thriller (Kirkus Reviews)" in a series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy. Jules should be happy. She saved a lot of people's lives and she's finally with Sawyer, pretty much the guy of her dreams. But the nightmare's not over, because she somehow managed to pass the psycho vision stuff to Sawyer. Excellent. Feeling responsible for what he's going through and knowing that people's lives are at stake, Jules is determined to help him figure it all out. But Sawyer's vision is so awful he can barely describe it, much less make sense of it. All he can tell her is there's a gun, and eleven ear-splitting shots. Bang. Jules and Sawyer have to work out the details fast, because the visions are getting worse and that means only one thing: time is running out. But every clue they see takes them down the wrong path. If they can't prevent the vision from happening, lives will be lost. And they may be among the casualties…
Author : Claude Alphonso Alvares
Publisher : Other India Book Store
Summary Book Review Unwanted Guest :
Download or read book in PDF Unwanted Guest written by Claude Alphonso Alvares and published by Other India Book Store. This book was released on 1991 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles arguing the environmental and socioeconomic implications of the establishment of a nylon plant in Goa, India.
The Wake Trilogy
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Download or read book in PDF The Wake Trilogy written by Lisa McMann and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lyrical, shuddersome novel whose images linger with you long after you've turned the last page, like the most haunting of dreams." --Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices, on Wake This boxed set contains all three books in the bestselling WAKE trilogy: Wake, Fade, Gone. Janie Hannagan gets sucked into other people's dreams. It's an ability she always kept secret—until she met Cabel, and found herself with the best (secret) boyfriend ever. But Janie and Cabel are about to find out just how dark Janie's future as a Dream Catcher is... and whether Cabel will be a part of it.
Noise: the Unwanted Sounds
Author : David M. Lipscomb
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Download or read book in PDF Noise: the Unwanted Sounds written by David M. Lipscomb and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Off Magazine Street
Stand a Little Taller
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Addiction (The Hunted, #2)
The Macos Adventure
The Lonely Londoners
Joy of Man's Desiring
The Three Musketeers (The D'Artagnan Romances, #1)
Rage Therapy
The Post-Birthday World
The Diabolic (The Diabolic #1)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Gaebrel's Gamble (The Nine Suns, #1)
The Courtesan and the Samurai (The Shogun Quartet #3)
Hell Hath No Fury (Devilish Debutantes, #1)
Livingston Parish: Livingston Parish: Ghost at Sand Hill
The Devil's Triangle (The Devil's Triangle, #1)
Home on the Range (Double S Ranch #2)
Der Brief für den König
I Married a Billionaire (I Married a Billionaire #1)


Which is the most expensive whisky in the world? A record that should be quite hard to beat is the price for two extremely rare bottles of The Macallan 1926 that were sold in april. At the time, it was a new world record for the most expensive whisky bottles ever sold after they changed hands for US$1.2m. The pair are labelled with original artworks by renowned artists Sir Peter Blake and Valerio Adami. The bottles were sold by Le Clos, the Dubai-Airport based luxury spirits retailer, to an international businessman for his private collection. Each bottle was sold for US$600,000.
Le Clos is owned and operated by Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI), headquartered in Dubai with a vision to becoming one of the world's leading independent beverage distributors in emerging markets. Le Clos has nine outlets located within Dubai International, and in 2017 was awarded "Airport Drinks Retailer of the Year" at Drinks International Travel Retail Awards.


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PESHAWAR: Another 22 demining teams are being formed by the army to defuse and remove improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines in the erstwhile Fata, a senior security official said on Saturday.
The official said these de-miners would be in addition to the 43 teams already working in the seven former tribal agencies. The de-mining teams are active in all the tribal districts, particularly in North Waziristan and South Waziristan.
Though the de-miners have cleared mines in many places, they still have to do lot of work in certain areas as explosions continue to happen occasionally causing loss of life and injuries.
According to experts, defusing mines is a tedious and risky job as clearing one square kilometre area normally takes two hours. Many soldiers and civilians have lost their lives due to explosions caused by the mines.
Removal of mines in the ex-Fata has been one of the major demands of members of the civil society and the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).


Islamabad: Former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the historic meeting between the US and North Korea can be an example for Pakistan and India to talk out their hostilities and make peace with each other. This came after the United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint agreement, according to which Kim committed for 'complete denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula' and Trump pledged 'security guarantees' to the North.
In a series of tweets, the PML-N president, Sharif suggested that Pakistan and India should resume their dialogue and pave way for lasting regional peace. "Singapore Summit between USA & North Korea should set a good precedent for Pakistan & India to follow. Ever since the start of Korean War, the two nations have been at odds with one another; both threatening to use military force with their nuclear arsenals facing each other(1/3)," he tweeted. "If the United States and North Korea can return from the brink of a nuclear flashpoint, there is no reason why Pakistan and India cannot do the same, beginning with a dialogue on Kashmir whose heroic people have resisted and rejected Indian occupation. (2/3)," Sharif tweeted.
"It's time for comprehensive peace talks in our region. international community must focus on the peace process in Afghanistan. Dialogue b/w Pakistan & India over Kashmir should also resume so that the long-festering Kashmir dispute is resolved in accordance with UN resolutions," he tweeted. In December 2015, India and Pakistan had announced the resumption of talks during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to Islamabad. The dialogue, however, hit a roadblock after the Pathankot terror attack in January 2016. There has been no formal communication between the two sides since then.


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By Andy Hayler
Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.
2018Mystery, Thriller
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
Title Red Sparrow
Director Francis Lawrence
Director of Photography Jo Willems
Producer Garrett Basch, David Ready, Steven Zaillian
Certification R
Release Date 1 March 2018
Tagline Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.
IMDb Id tt2873282
Homepage https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/red-sparrow
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons, Ciarán Hinds, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joely Richardson, Mary-Louise Parker, Charlotte Rampling, Douglas Hodge, Thekla Reuten, Sakina Jaffrey, Sergei Polunin, Sergej Onopko, Kristof Konrad, Joel de la Fuente, Nicole O'Neill, David Z. Miller, Sasha Frolova, Simon Szabó
A "sparrow" is the term for a Mata Hari style secret agent, trained to seduce men in pursuit of secrets. Ballerina Dominika Egorova (played by Jennifer Lawrence) is inducted into this life by her uncle Vanya (I know, I know; the Chekov references could be subtler), a spymaster, when her ballet career is cut short by a serious injury. Trained at spy school by the cynical Matron (Charlotte Rampling) and directed by General Korchnoi (Jeremy Irons), Dominika is soon thrust into the cut and thrust world of espionage.
Red Sparrow has a complex plot involving plenty of double (perhaps triple?) dealing as Dominika interacts with CIA agent Nate (Joel Edgerton) against the backdrop of a wintry eastern Europe. The film does not hold back on the violence, and the numerous torture scenes are quite brutal and vivid, a long way from the glossy fantasy world of the "Hunger Games" where Francis Lawrence first directed a youthful Jennifer Lawrence. This is an altogether more adult role and she throws herself wholeheartedly into it, along with the good supporting cast. The film is more interested in exploring themes of trust and betrayal than in out-and-out spy action, and at times the pace of the film, at an overlong 139 minutes, feels drawn out. Still, the plot has some neat twists and turns, and manages to generally keep the audience guessing as it snakes from Moscow to Vienna and beyond.
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Join us as we head back in time to a good ol northern english town, where good ol hard working people have a good ol poltergeist running amuck.
Haunted houses may just be a common trope, but this one seems to have more credibility than others....or does it?
Also we have a cracker of a "Story you shouldnt have heard", 4 and against, and an update of the resident flat poltergeist!! (or do we).
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To start the paranormal ball rolling lets take a look (glance) at Amityville, was it one of the most horrific hauntings in history? Or a naughty puppy with no self control?
Is this the most famous English ghost story? Possibly.
We take a look at all things gruff voiced and also have another "Story you shouldnt have heard" plus paranormal news and all the usual stuff.


These wings are not a traditional New Mexican dish, but since it's one of our favorites, and we serve it in New Mexico, we have dared to adopt it as one of our hot and spicy favorites. Because of the high sugar content in the sauce, use it toward the end of grilling so it doesn't burn.
Cover the chipotles and New Mexican chiles with hot water in a bowl and allow to steep for 20 minutes to soften. Drain.
Saute the onion in the oil in a saucepan until soft. Add the garlic and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, including the softened chiles, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes to thicken. Remove from the heat, place in a blender and food processor and puree until smooth. Strain if desired.
Grill the wings over a medium fire, turning often, for 10 minutes. Baste with the sauce frequently during the final 10 minutes of cooking, taking care not to burn the wings.


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Q: Can a high load on a VPS be caused by the underlying infrastructure? My VPS started to have random stints of high load (around 2-3, but the system becomes extremely slow, running ls takes like 30 seconds). I hadn't changed anything on it, there was pretty much nothing but a Shadowsocks server running on it (with less than 15 users), the CPU usage percentage was consistently low (around 10), there was almost no IO usage, and the processes having the most TIME on CPU were mostly Ubuntu's system processes. This problem has persisted for some weeks now, and there is no pattern to when the load gets high. Can this be a problem not with my VPS, but with the host it is on (the seller, that is)?

A: It can. You can track IOWAIT and 'steal CPU' with htop (when you enable detailed stats), or track it with a tool like Munin.
This is how you enable the detailed stats in htop:

And this is a Munin example of a somewhat overloaded backup server, causing a lot of IOWAIT:

How to set up Munin is described well on the net.

A: It can.
Resources on physical hardware are not unlimited. If other actors use up all the resources, then a seemingly low load can suddenly explode.
This is not specific to VPS - the same can happen on any shared resource, like LAN, storage. SAN are particular nasty on that - someone else makes a backup, all your IO is gone.


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The Merlin Theme In English Literature
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Murphy, Leo
Of all the cycles of the Arthurian Legend the cycle of Merlin is the greatest for the others are based on Merlin's prophecies. As Arthur represents the physical force in the world so Merlin represents the intellectual force, which is the guide, prophet and protector in the Arthurian Epic. In point of time Merlin is prior to Arthur, being adviser and counselor to Vortigern and to Uther who was the father of Arthur. In fact Arthur owes his birth, and victories to the wise counsels of Merlin. In treating the subject of the Merlin theme four natural divisions can be made. Those four divisions will be followed beginning with the legend as narrated by the bards, chroniclers, romancers and the modern writers. Each division of writers has made its contribution to the legend, though continuing the general tradition. Down through the history of the literature of England the theme can be traced, however dim its path may become at times. In searching back "through the dazzling period of the Romancers, where the brilliant imagination of the medieval writer has clothed all the scenes he depicts with a glow of noonday splendour; back through the sombre era of the Chroniclers, where, in the gray dawn of early romance, the grand outlines of the more prominent figures can be discerned with tolerable accuracy; back to the thick misty shades of bardic times, where amid the darkness of pre-historic days, the figures of heroes and enchanters loom colossally forth, like dim supernatural forms, the very haze which obscures them, magnifying their true proportions", we find Merlin first represented as a Welsh bard. (1)Of all the cycles of the Arthurian Legend the cycle of Merlin is the greatest for the others are based on Merlin's prophecies. As Arthur represents the physical force in the world so Merlin represents the intellectual force, which is the guide, prophet and protector in the Arthurian Epic. In point of time Merlin is prior to Arthur, being adviser and counselor to Vortigern and to Uther who was the father of Arthur. In fact Arthur owes his birth, and victories to the wise counsels of Merlin. In treating the subject of the Merlin theme four natural divisions can be made. Those four divisions will be followed beginning with the legend as narrated by the bards, chroniclers, romancers and the modern writers. Each division of writers has made its contribution to the legend, though continuing the general tradition. Down through the history of the literature of England the theme can be traced, however dim its path may become at times. In searching back "through the dazzling period of the Romancers, where the brilliant imagination of the medieval writer has clothed all the scenes he depicts with a glow of noonday splendour; back through the sombre era of the Chroniclers, where, in the gray dawn of early romance, the grand outlines of the more prominent figures can be discerned with tolerable accuracy; back to the thick misty shades of bardic times, where amid the darkness of pre-historic days, the figures of heroes and enchanters loom colossally forth, like dim supernatural forms, the very haze which obscures them, magnifying their true proportions", we find Merlin first represented as a Welsh bard. (1)Of all the cycles of the Arthurian Legend the cycle of Merlin is the greatest for the others are based on Merlin's prophecies. As Arthur represents the physical force in the world so Merlin represents the intellectual force, which is the guide, prophet and protector in the Arthurian Epic. In point of time Merlin is prior to Arthur, being adviser and counselor to Vortigern and to Uther who was the father of Arthur. In fact Arthur owes his birth, and victories to the wise counsels of Merlin. In treating the subject of the Merlin theme four natural divisions can be made. Those four divisions will be followed beginning with the legend as narrated by the bards, chroniclers, romancers and the modern writers. Each division of writers has made its contribution to the legend, though continuing the general tradition. Down through the history of the literature of England the theme can be traced, however dim its path may become at times. In searching back "through the dazzling period of the Romancers, where the brilliant imagination of the medieval writer has clothed all the scenes he depicts with a glow of noonday splendour; back through the sombre era of the Chroniclers, where, in the gray dawn of early romance, the grand outlines of the more prominent figures can be discerned with tolerable accuracy; back to the thick misty shades of bardic times, where amid the darkness of pre-historic days, the figures of heroes and enchanters loom colossally forth, like dim supernatural forms, the very haze which obscures them, magnifying their true proportions", we find Merlin first represented as a Welsh bard. (1)


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Ford has recalled more than 550,000 trucks and SUVs due to a problem with the vehicles seat backs.
Ford is saying the third pawl required for seat-back strength may be missing from these vehicles. In case of a crash, this poorly-assembled recliner mechanism might be unable to restrain the passenger adequately, thus escalating the risk of injury.
Ford has stated that it is unaware of any crashes or injuries. The company's latest action will affect 483,325 vehicles in the United States and the federal territories, 58,712 in Canada, and 8,149 vehicles in Mexico.
According to torquenews.com the recalls include:
2018-20 Ford F-150 vehicles built at the Dearborn Assembly Plant from Sept. 14, 2018, to Aug. 7, 2019; the Kansas City Assembly Plant from Sept. 11, 2018 to Aug. 2, 2019.
2019-20 Ford F-Series Super Duty vehicles built at the Kentucky Assembly Plant from Sept. 9, 2018, to July 22, 2019; Ohio Assembly Plant from Sept. 11, 2018 to July 17, 2019.
2018-19 Ford Explorers built at the Chicago Assembly Plant from Sept. 9, 2018, to March 3, 2019.
2019-20 Ford Expeditions built at the Kentucky Assembly Plant from Oct. 16, 2018, to July 24, 2019.
2020 Ford Explorers built at the Chicago Assembly Plant from Nov. 21, 2018 to Aug. 21, 2019.
2020 Lincoln Aviators built at the Chicago Assembly Plant from April 12, 2019, to July 16, 2019.
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Judge makes exception, allows inmate to meet 1-month-old son for first time
Posted 5:08 PM, August 8, 2016, by Tribune Media Wire
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge, who recently made headlines because she was furious over an inappropriately dressed inmate, is making headlines again after she allowed an inmate to meet his one-month-old son for the first time during a court hearing.
Judge Amber Wolf had just wrapped up a hearing for James Roeder and was about to begin a hearing for his wife, Ashley Roeder, when the judge did "probably one of the best things" she has ever done, according to WDRB.
James and Ashley are co-defendants in the same burglary case and were ordered to have no contact with each other. Despite the ruling, when the judge learned James had not met his one-month-old son, she made a special arrangement.
"I saw her try to hold the baby up when he came out for his case to be called with his attorney," Judge Wolf told WDRB. "And I thought that he hadn't seen that. And it occurred to me after we finished this case that he had not met his baby — who was 30 days old — and that he was not going to get an opportunity to meet his baby anytime in the near future."
In the video, you can hear the judge giving clear instructions about the special meeting:
Judge Wolf: "I don't want you to say anything about your case at all. Don't say anything. Your lawyer is not present right now. But I understand that there is a chance that you're going to go back to Todd County, and your baby is a month old, and you haven't met that baby yet. Is that right?"
James Roeder: "Yes maam."
Judge Wolf: "Mrs. Roeder, do you want to come up here?"
Ashley Roeder is shown in the video carrying their one-month-old child up to the podium. She hands the infant to James, who holds the baby for the first time.
Judge Wolf reminded the couple their no-contact order is still intact, and that this was a "temporary exception."
The judge told WDRB, "It wasn't really a judge thing. I think it was just more of a human thing."
The couple faces burglary charges connected to a Feb. 9 incident in which police say they broke into a business and stole six televisions, according to WDRB.
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