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In The Scope: Boogie Only Skirts Hard Choices Temporarily With GSW Stop
July 6, 2018 · by weareregalradio · in Basketball, Current Events, NBA, Regal Radio, Sports. ·
"In The Scope With Joshua M. Hicks" is a weekly column from the lead columnist of WARR
The Los Angeles Lakers made a big splash in this latest NBA free agency period when "The King" himself, LeBron James, decided to switch from reigning in the Eastern Conference for eight straight years to living it up in Western Conference.
With its obvious life improvements on and off the court, LeBron made what eventually looked to be the smartest move for him as he enters his mid-30s and the potential multi-media mogul stage of his life.
Subsequent signings by the Lakers — including former Warriors center JaVale McGee and mercurial yet still-talented guards Lance Stephenson and Rajon Rondo — may look shaky under enough scrutiny, but they are signs that team president Magic Johnson and the Lakers front office their aren't hesitating to put around their greatest acquisition a team that could at least spark the imagination on-court and possibly lead to an even better season than even die-hards can imagine.
By Monday evening one could even ask what, if anything, could the Lake Show do to clinch its status as the biggest winners of the Summer of 2018. The answer to that question emerged the next day and given the overall price of the move, the lack of risk involved and the team who pulled it off, it couldn't have been a bigger stick in the back to the Purple and Gold.
The #Lakers signed Lebron and the #Warriors still had a better offseason than them. 😂
— Myles Gorham (@MylesGorham85) July 3, 2018
How much bigger could the Lakers' free agent splash have been if they took advantage of the 1-year/$5.3 million dollar deal that landed DeMarcus Cousins with the Warriors? Although the interest was mutual on both sides, the Lakers reportedly took a deal off the table due to not wanting to risk getting nothing out the comeback process from Cousins' Achilles injury.
So with the Lakers, and really the entire league, not on the ball the Warriors just shrugged and created a potential five All-Star lineup for themselves.
This may be the biggest signing in this free agency period so far, even bigger than the LeBron decision, on paper, but in reality it is still a risky venture with a lot that could possibly go wrong depending on how Boogie immerses himself in the upcoming experience.
Boogie is arguably the best big man in the NBA, averaging 25 points and 13 rebounds a game while shooting 35 percent from three and 47% from the field with an ability to create off the dribble for himself and others, contributing five assists a game at his best. Adding that to a Warriors team that already has two stars that average over 25 points a game just seems like another positive addition to the puzzle, but we know those numbers will drastically change and his role on the team could change as well.
The Warriors have a history of playing with small lineups, more specifically the Death Lineup/Hampton 5, to keep versatility on the defensive end while still playing fast-paced on the offensive end. That's what made big men JaVale McGee and Kevon Looney, who just re-signed with the team, so valuable. At 6'11 and 270 lbs., Boogie does not fit a fast tempo offense and does not have that lateral quickness/versatility defensively to keep up in a pick and pop game.
Due to the small lineups that the Warriors play pretty consistently with much success, the role of Boogie may come from an everyday starter to a role player on the bench that may or may not receive a lot of playing time, if any, depending the situations the opponents present. The situation may not look great, but it can be a good move for both parties.
Boogie can learn what it takes to win within a winning organization. The championship culture can help shape Boogie physically and mentally, he gives the Warriors a low post presence on both ends of the floor, which is something that can be beneficial when they have to play big lineups.
Another positive for the Warriors is the offensive talent Cousins provides in the half court. Putting him in a pick and roll with Stephen Curry or Kevin Durant can be lethal due to his dominant presence on the glass and his ability to stretch the defense by shooting the three, also providing a nice spark off the bench.
Not to mention that provides Boogie the ultimate opportunity to be himself emotionally on the court with some controlled guidance, especially being paired with Draymond Green and Durant, who were top 3 in technical fouls received last season and led by a coach, who is relaxed but also fired up when the situation is needed.
Being with the Warriors is a beneficial situation for Cousins, he will be working with a first-class medical staff, quality rehab and can really take his time with his comeback.
Boogie may not be the same person when he comes back, but when he does he can contribute to a championship team in a big way while potentially getting a championship under his belt and ultimately prepare himself for a big pay day in next year's free agency period. But at the end of the day, it all starts and ends with Boogie's approach to a foreign situation.
Joshua M. Hicks is a Chicago-based sports writer and broadcaster, follow him on Twitter @jhicks042; Follow We Are Regal Radio on Twitter @regalradio1 and on Facebook under We Are Regal Radio
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text: Q: How do we get waiting queue size, throughput, time in the queue for play framework 2.1.0 in java? Play framework maintains a queue to serve client side requests. Is there a way that we can get how many requests are in queue, what's the delayed time for each request before it is served by play server and what's the throughput?

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namespace Omnipay\RentMoola\Message;

use Mockery;
use Omnipay\Tests\TestCase;

class AbstractRequestTest extends TestCase
{
    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->request = Mockery::mock('\Omnipay\RentMoola\Message\AbstractRequest')->makePartial();
        $this->request->initialize();
    }

    public function testUserId()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setUserId('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getUserId());
    }

    public function testTransactionReference()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setTransactionReference('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getTransactionReference());
    }

    public function testDestinationAccountId()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setDestinationAccountId('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getDestinationAccountId());
    }

    public function testPaymentMethodId()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setPaymentMethodId('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getPaymentMethodId());
    }

    public function testCode()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setCode('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getCode());
    }

    public function testUserName()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setUserName('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getUserName());
    }

    public function testPassword()
    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->setPassword('abc123'));
        $this->assertSame('abc123', $this->request->getPassword());
    }
}

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Q: Intersection between line and triangle in 3D I have a line and a triangle somewhere in 3D space. In other words, I have 3 points ([x,y,z] each) for the triangle, and two points (also [x,y,z]) for the line.
I need to figure out a way, hopefully using C++, to figure out if the line ever crosses the triangle. A line parallel to the triangle, and with more than one point in common, should be counted as "does not intersect".
I already made some code, but it doesn't work, and I always get false even when a visual representation clearly shows an intersection.
ofVec3f P1, P2;
P1 = ray.s;
P2 = ray.s + ray.t;

ofVec3f p1, p2, p3;
p1 = face.getVertex(0);
p2 = face.getVertex(1);
p3 = face.getVertex(2);

ofVec3f v1 = p1 - p2;
ofVec3f v2 = p3 - p2;

float a, b, c, d;

a = v1.y * v2.z - v1.z * v2.y;
b = -(v1.x * v2.z - v1.z * v2.x);
c = v1.x * v2.y - v1.y * v2.x;
d = -(a * p1.x + b * p1.y + c * p1.z);

ofVec3f O = P1;
ofVec3f V = P2 - P1;

float t;

t = -(a * O.x + b * O.y + c * O.z + d) / (a * V.x + b * V.y + c * V.z);

ofVec3f p = O + V * t;

float xmin = std::min(P1.x, P2.x);
float ymin = std::min(P1.y, P2.y);
float zmin = std::min(P1.z, P2.z);

float xmax = std::max(P1.x, P2.x);
float ymax = std::max(P1.y, P2.y);
float zmax = std::max(P1.z, P2.z);

if (inside(p, xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax)) {
    *result = p.length();
    return true;
}
return false;

And here is the definition of inside()
bool primitive3d::inside(ofVec3f p, float xmin, float xmax, float ymin, float ymax, float zmin, float zmax) const {
    if (p.x >= xmin && p.x <= xmax && p.y >= ymin && p.y <= ymax && p.z >= zmin && p.z <= zmax)
        return true;

    return false;
}

A: To find the intersection between a line and a triangle in 3D, follow this approach:

*

*Compute the plane supporting the triangle,

*Intersect the line with the plane supporting the triangle:

*

*If there is no intersection, then there is no intersection with the triangle.

*If there is an intersection, verify that the intersection point indeed lies in the triangle:

*

*Each edge of the triangle together with the normal of the plane supporting the triangle determines a half-space bounding the inside of the triangle (the corresponding bounding plane can be derived from the normal and the edge vertices),

*Verify that the intersection point lies on the inside of all the edge half-spaces.

Here is some sample code with detailed computations that should work:
// Compute the plane supporting the triangle (p1, p2, p3)
//     normal: n
//     offset: d
//
// A point P lies on the supporting plane iff n.dot(P) + d = 0
//
ofVec3f v21 = p2 - p1;
ofVec3f v31 = p3 - p1;

ofVec3f n = v21.getCrossed(v31);
float d = -n.dot(p1);

// A point P belongs to the line from P1 to P2 iff
//     P = P1 + t * (P2 - P1)
//
// Find the intersection point P(t) between the line and
// the plane supporting the triangle:
//     n.dot(P) + d = 0
//                  = n.dot(P1 + t (P2 - P1)) + d
//                  = n.dot(P1) + t n.dot(P2 - P1) + d
//
//     t = -(n.dot(P1) + d) / n.dot(P2 - P1)
//
ofVec3f P21 = P2 - P1;
float nDotP21 = n.dot(P21);

// Ignore line parallel to (or lying in) the plane
if (fabs(nDotP21) < Epsilon)
    return false;

float t = -(n.dot(P1) + d) / nDotP21;
ofVec3f P = P1 + t * P21;

// Plane bounding the inside half-space of edge (p1, p2):
//     normal: n21 = n x (p2 - p1)
//     offset: d21 = -n21.dot(p1)
//
// A point P is in the inside half-space iff n21.dot(P) + d21 > 0
//

// Edge (p1, p2)
ofVec3f n21 = n.cross(v21);
float d21 = -n21.dot(p1);

if (n21.dot(P) + d21 <= 0)
    return false;

// Edge (p2, p3)
ofVec3f v32 = p3 - p2;
ofVec3f n32 = n.cross(v32);
float d32 = -n32.dot(p2);

if (n32.dot(P) + d32 <= 0)
    return false;

// Edge (p3, p1)
ofVec3f n13 = n.cross(-v31);
float d13 = -n13.dot(p3);

if (n13.dot(P) + d13 <= 0)
    return false;

return true;

Some comments on the code posted with the question:

*

*Predefined operations of ofVec3f (.dot() and .cross() for geometric products, etc...) should be preferred when available (more readable, avoids implementation mistakes, etc...),

*The code initially follows the approach above but then only checks that the intersection point is in the 3D axis-aligned bounding box of the line segment [P1, P2]. This combined with possible other errorscould explain why the results are incorrect.

*One can verify that the intersection point is in the 3D axis-aligned bounding box of the (whole) triangle. While this is not enough to guarantee intersection, it can however be used to cull points clearly not intersecting and avoid further complex computations.

A: 1) If you just want to know whether the line intersects the triangle (without needing the actual intersection point):
Let p1,p2,p3 denote your triangle
Pick two points q1,q2 on the line very far away in both directions.
Let SignedVolume(a,b,c,d) denote the signed volume of the tetrahedron a,b,c,d.
If SignedVolume(q1,p1,p2,p3) and SignedVolume(q2,p1,p2,p3) have different signs AND
SignedVolume(q1,q2,p1,p2), SignedVolume(q1,q2,p2,p3) and SignedVolume(q1,q2,p3,p1) have the same sign, then there is an intersection.
SignedVolume(a,b,c,d) = (1.0/6.0)*dot(cross(b-a,c-a),d-a)

2) Now if you want the intersection, when the test in 1) passes
write the equation of the line in parametric form: p(t) = q1 + t*(q2-q1)
Write the equation of the plane: dot(p-p1,N) = 0 where
N = cross(p2-p1, p3-p1)

Inject p(t) into the equation of the plane: dot(q1 + t*(q2-q1) - p1, N) = 0
Expand: dot(q1-p1,N) + t dot(q2-q1,N) = 0
Deduce t = -dot(q1-p1,N)/dot(q2-q1,N)
The intersection point is q1 + t*(q2-q1)
3) A more efficient algorithm
We now study the algorithm in:
Möller and Trumbore, "Fast, Minimum Storage Ray-Triangle Intersection", Journal of Graphics Tools, vol. 2, 1997, p. 21–28
(see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6ller%E2%80%93Trumbore_intersection_algorithm)
The algorithm is in the end simpler (less instructions than what we did in 1) and 2)), but sightly more complicated to understand. Let us derive it step by step.
Notation:

*

*O = origin of the ray,

*D = direction vector of the ray,

*A,B,C = vertices of the triangle
An arbitrary point P on the ray can be written as P = O + tD
An arbitrary point P on the triangle can be written as P = A + uE1 + vE2 where E1 = B-A and E2 = C-A, u>=0, v>=0 and (u+v)<=1
Writing both expressions of P gives:
O + tD = A + uE1 + vE2

or:
uE1 + vE2 -tD = O-A

in matrix form:
            [u]
 [E1|E2|-D] [v] = O-A
            [t]

(where [E1|E2|-D] is the 3x3 matrix with E1,E2,-D as its columns)
Using Cramer's formula for the solution of:
   [a11 a12 a13][x1]   [b1]
   [a12 a22 a23][x2] = [b2]
   [a31 a32 a33][x3]   [b3]

gives:
       |b1 a12 a13|   |a11 a12 a13|
  x1 = |b2 a22 a23| / |a21 a22 a23|
       |b3 a32 a33|   |a31 a32 a33|

       |a11 b1 a13|   |a11 a12 a13|
  x2 = |a21 b2 a23| / |a21 a22 a23|
       |a31 b3 a33|   |a31 a32 a33|

       |a11 a12 b1|   |a11 a12 a13|
  x3 = |a21 a22 b2| / |a21 a22 a23|
       |a31 a32 b3|   |a31 a32 a33|

Now we get:
  u = (O-A,E2,-D) / (E1,E2,-D)
  v = (E1,O-A,-D) / (E1,E2,-D)
  t = (E1,E2,O-A) / (E1,E2,-D)

where (A,B,C) denotes the determinant of the 3x3 matrix with A,B,C as its column vectors.
Now we use the following identities:
  (A,B,C) = dot(A,cross(B,C))  (develop the determinant w.r.t. first column)

  (B,A,C) = -(A,B,C)           (swapping two vectors changes the sign)

  (B,C,A) =  (A,B,C)           (circular permutation does not change the sign)

Now we get:
u = -(E2,O-A,D)  / (D,E1,E2)
v =  (E1,O-A,D)  / (D,E1,E2)
t = -(O-A,E1,E2) / (D,E1,E2)

Using:
N=cross(E1,E2);

AO = O-A;

DAO = cross(D,AO)

We obtain finally the following code (here in GLSL, easy to translate to other languages):
bool intersect_triangle(
    in Ray R, in vec3 A, in vec3 B, in vec3 C, out float t,
    out float u, out float v, out vec3 N
) {
   vec3 E1 = B-A;
   vec3 E2 = C-A;
         N = cross(E1,E2);
   float det = -dot(R.Dir, N);
   float invdet = 1.0/det;
   vec3 AO  = R.Origin - A;
   vec3 DAO = cross(AO, R.Dir);
   u =  dot(E2,DAO) * invdet;
   v = -dot(E1,DAO) * invdet;
   t =  dot(AO,N)  * invdet;
   return (det >= 1e-6 && t >= 0.0 && u >= 0.0 && v >= 0.0 && (u+v) <= 1.0);
}

When the function returns true, the intersection point is given by R.Origin + t * R.Dir. The barycentric coordinates of the intersection in the triangle are u, v, 1-u-v (useful for Gouraud shading or texture mapping). The nice thing is that you get them for free !
Note that the code is branchless.
It is used by some of my shaders on ShaderToy

*

*https://www.shadertoy.com/view/tl3XRN

*https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3ltSzM

A: @BrunoLevi: your algorithm does not seem to work, see the following python implementation:
def intersect_line_triangle(q1,q2,p1,p2,p3):
    def signed_tetra_volume(a,b,c,d):
        return np.sign(np.dot(np.cross(b-a,c-a),d-a)/6.0)

    s1 = signed_tetra_volume(q1,p1,p2,p3)
    s2 = signed_tetra_volume(q2,p1,p2,p3)

    if s1 != s2:
        s3 = signed_tetra_volume(q1,q2,p1,p2)
        s4 = signed_tetra_volume(q1,q2,p2,p3)
        s5 = signed_tetra_volume(q1,q2,p3,p1)
        if s3 == s4 and s4 == s5:
            n = np.cross(p2-p1,p3-p1)
            t = -np.dot(q1,n-p1) / np.dot(q1,q2-q1)
            return q1 + t * (q2-q1)
    return None

My test code is:
q0 = np.array([0.0,0.0,1.0])
q1 = np.array([0.0,0.0,-1.0])
p0 = np.array([-1.0,-1.0,0.0])
p1 = np.array([1.0,-1.0,0.0])
p2 = np.array([0.0,1.0,0.0])

print(intersect_line_triangle(q0,q1,p0,p1,p2))

gives:
[ 0.  0. -3.]

instead of the expected
[ 0.  0. 0.]

looking at the line
t = np.dot(q1,n-p1) / np.dot(q1,q2-q1)

Subtracting p1 from the normal doesn't make sense to me, you want to project from q1 onto the plane of the triangle, so you need to project along the normal, with a distance that is proportional to the ratio of the distance from q1 to the plane and q1-q2 along the normal, right?
The following code fixes this:
n = np.cross(p2-p1,p3-p1)
t = np.dot(p1-q1,n) / np.dot(q2-q1,n)
return q1 + t * (q2-q1)

A: I have a different way to do it which I found in my renderer to be far faster than the first way given by BrunoLevy. (I haven't implemented the second way)
Points A, B, C are vertexes of the triangle
O is the origin of the ray
D is the direction of the ray (doesn't need to be normalised, just closer to the origin than the triangle)
Check if the direction (D+O) is inside the tetrahedron A, B, C, O
bool SameSide(vec3 A, vec3 B, vec3 C, vec3 D, vec3 p)
{
    vec3 normal = cross(B - A, C - A);
    float dotD = dot(normal, D - A);
    float dotP = dot(normal, p - A);
    return signbit(dotD) == signbit(dotP);
}

bool LineIntersectTri(vec3 A, vec3 B, vec3 C, vec3 O, vec3 D)
{
    return SameSide(A, B, C, O, O+D) &&
           SameSide(B, C, O, A, O+D) &&
           SameSide(C, O, A, B, O+D) &&
           SameSide(O, A, B, C, O+D);
}

If D varies, and everything else stays the same (for example in a raycasting renderer) then normal and dotP don't need to be recalculated; This is why I found it so much faster
The code came from this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/25180294/18244401


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New Report: Under *Democratic* Leadership Virginia Makes "Huge Leap" From WORST State for Workers to Top Half in the Country!
So now, under Democratic leadership, Virginia's #1 for business AND in the top half for workers (up from #51 under Republican "leadership")
lowkell
For years, Virginia has been ranked towards the top (if not AT the top) of "best state to do business" rankings, at the same time that it's been ranked towards the bottom (if not AT the bottom) for workers. Of course, during the vast majority of those years, Virginia was controlled – partly or in full – by Republicans, including in the House of Delegates, where they held a huge edge for years, and where they blocked basically any/all pro-worker legislation (and passed ANTI-worker legislation). The result? Virginia was actually ranked #51 in the country for workers – behind Alabama and Mississippi – in 2019. Appalling – and again, the fault of Republicans' assault on workers.
Fortunately, things began to change dramatically in January 2020, after Democrats took control of the Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates in November 2019, in addition to having a Democratic governor. The result? Check it out, per Oxfam's newly released report, "Best and Worst States to Work in America 2021"!
Virginia, which was at the bottom of the index in 2018 and 2019, made a huge leap in 2021 to the top half of the index. This enormous improvement, from 52 in 2019 to 23 in 2021 is a direct result of communities and workers organizing for policy change, leading to important actions taken by the Virginia legislature and Governor Ralph Northam. Virginia became the 10th state to provide protections for domestic workers, and it expanded accommodations for pregnant workers, bolstered protections against sexual harassment, and raised its minimum wage, all policies that especially benefit working women. This previously lagging state has proactively demonstrated a new and serious investment in the well-being and dignity of all workers. Virginia also was the first state to pass an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for workplace safety during COVID-19, a policy the state legislature passed in late July 2020.
Again, this is what happens when *Democrats are in charge*, and when *Republicans are NOT in charge*. Oh, and for those who falsely claim that we can't be ranked highly BOTH as a place to do business AND for workers, recall that in June 2021, again under *Democratic* leadership, Virginia was named by CNBC as the Top State for Business in America – the "first ever back-to-back winner." So at this point, Virginia is #1 in the country for business and in the top half for workers – all thanks to *Democrats*. Something to celebrate this Labor Day, and also something to keep in mind as you go vote this fall. 🙂
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The motives are tabulates, inspired by the Roman mosaics, with strong narrative elements.
MASQUERADE Standing with both feet on earth. A cross section through the soil.
Water and air are joined by the hero, standing with the feet in the water and head in the blue.
A mirage (Hägring) is an optical phenomenon, caused by bent light rays.
The hero (Hägern), is a common sight at Bergundasjön, the lake just by the school.
The sun is spreading when it is dazzled by the mirror. It makes a Sun Cat.
Through the three pictures we are moving out towards the solar system.
In the third picture, Sun Cat, we no longer see the horizon.


How do I disable personal Microsoft Outlook signatures?
How do I disable and remove current Outlook signatures from Outlook Desktop application?
You have enabled Crossware Mail Signature for Exchange on-premises, but users can still add and apply personal signatures to their emails by using the native tool in Microsoft Outlook. This can result in some users with two different signatures - one from Outlook and one from Crossware Mail Signature.
This method will ensure that Outlook signature options will be disabled and prevent signatures in Outlook from being applied (existing signatures included). However, existing signature files saved to your local drive will not be deleted from client computers.
To disable Microsoft Outlook signatures centrally, you can use a Group Policy Object (GPO). This must be created on a domain which you have full administrative access to, on your Domain Controller or another machine responsible for Group Policy configuration.
Please ensure that your version of Office 365 supports Group Policy creation by following this link and scrolling down to the Group Policy support row.
1. Use Windows search to find the Active Directory Administrative Center tool.
2. Right mouse click on Users and click New > Group.
3. Name the group something recognisable such as Users with Disabled Local Signatures and ensure that Security is selected under Type. This will now appear under the User list.
4. Go to Members > Add and type in the Group name or individual user names of each person you would like to disable Outlook signatures for, then click Check Names and save.
1. Download and extract appropriate version(s) of the Microsoft Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX/ADML) for the version of Microsoft Outlook you are running in your organisation by clicking the appropriate link below from the Microsoft website and following the download sequence.
These files are provided by Microsoft. If they do not work, please visit the Microsoft Download Center to find the latest download URL.
Note: If you are running multiple versions of Outlook in your organisation, you should download an Administration Template for each version.
Both the applicable ADML and the ADMX file are a significant part of the disabling process and need to be copied from the extraction folder to your Windows PolicyDefinitions folder (steps below). For more info on these file formats click here.
Note: These steps assume that you are running Windows Server 2008 or above.
1. Navigate to the folder that you extracted the Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX/ADML), open the AMDX folder and locate outlk14.admx (Outlook 2010), outlk15.admx (Outlook 2013) or outlk16.admx (Outlook 2016).
3. Open the AMDX folder again and navigate to the applicable language folder (e.g. en-us).
4. Copy the Outlook ADML file (outlk14.adml / outlk15.adml / outlk16.adml) to the corresponding languages folder in Local Disk (C:) > Windows > PolicyDefinitions (e.g. if the language folder in PolicyDefinitions is en-US, copy the outlk14.adml / outlk15.adml / outlk16.adml file from under the ADMX > en-us folder).
5. Open the Group Policy Management Console by selecting Start > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management (this should be included in Windows Server 2008 and beyond).
6. In the left menu pane, right click on your domain and select Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here... and name your GPO.
7. Click the newly created GPO.
8. On the Scope tab, click Authenticated Users in the Security Filtering pane then click Remove.
9. In the same pane, click Add in and select the name of the Security Group that you created earlier (e.g. Users with Disabled Local Signatures).
12. Enable the Do not allow signatures for email messages policy to disable signatures for Microsoft Outlook 2010 /2013 / 2016.
13. All users must now log out then log back in for changes to be applied. A manually forced policy update is also recommended using gpupdate / force. Remember that changes may not be applied immediately as it depends on your environment's configuration.


Two Dalit youths Killed in Allahabad for 4 rupees.
A clash over payment of mere Rs 4 turned deadly when a group of brahmans fired at two dalits, killing them, and injuring three others in Mohddinpur village in Ghoorpur, 25 km from Allahabad on Friday.
In the backlash that followed, angry dalit mobs set fire to the flour mill and a portion of the house of the people who had shot and killed the dalits.
Those killed were identified as Rahul Bhartiya (19) and Shubham Bhartiya (18) of Mohddinpur and Dandi village. Trouble began when Rajat (22) reached the flour unit of Suresh and Rakesh Dubey and demanded 154kg of flour that he had given them for grinding on Thursday.
When Suresh told them the cost of grinding was Rs 154, Rajat paid him Rs 150 and said the remaining Rs 4 would follow. At this, Suresh began arguing with Rajat and allegedly made some coarse remarks. Rajat left and returned to the shop with Rs 20, and allegedly threw it at Suresh's face, asking him to take his Rs 4 and return the rest.
Feeling insulted, Suresh and his brothers attacked Rajat with a sharp edged weapon, leaving him bleeding. Suresh then ran to his cousins Rahul, Ashu, Gulab, Vikas and others, exhorting them for revenge. When the relatives and other villagers saw Rajat bleeding, they moved towards Dubey's mill and surrounded the house and the shop.


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POLICE have uncovered an allegedly illegal tattoo parlour, claiming it was flouting health and hygiene standards.
Richmond Police District crime prevention officer, Senior Constable David Henderson, said the raid took place on January 10 at Alstonville.
"NSW Police executed a search warrant at a private home in Alstonville after receiving information that a backyard tattoo parlour was operating from the home," he said.
Snr Const Henderson said on arrival police found a tattoo parlour had been set up in a room at the home.
He said a large amount of tattoo equipment was uncovered during the search.
"Police seized 30 tattooing guns, five tattooing gun transformers, 58 containers with tattooing ink, 411 tattooing needles, 228 tattooing needles with holders, 50 tattooing needle holders, 37 tattooing tips, two fold out tattooing tables, a large number of tattooing stencils and various tattooing related equipment and paraphernalia," he said.
"Police also located in excess of 200 used tattooing needles that were overflowing out of a sharps container within the room.
Snr Const Henderson reminded the community of the health dangers of going to an unlicensed tattoo business.
He said legitimate tattoo parlours have their Tattoo Operator's Licence displayed and are registered with their local council.
"It is a requirement in NSW that all tattoo parlours and their tattooists are licensed by the Department of Fair Trading and they need to be registered with local council," he said.
"Registered tattoo parlours are inspected by health officials to ensure they are meeting health and hygiene standards."
Police are seeking information from any person who may of received a tattoo from a home in Alstonville over the past six months.


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John Russell (died 30 December 1494) was an English Bishop of Rochester and bishop of Lincoln and Lord Chancellor.

Life
Russell was admitted to Winchester College in 1443, and in 1449 went to Oxford as Fellow of New College. He resigned his fellowship in 1462, and appears to have entered the royal service.

He was appointed Archdeacon of Berkshire and served from 1466 to 1476.

In April 1467 and January 1468 Russell was employed on diplomatic missions for Edward IV of England to Charles the Bold, at Bruges. He was there again in February 1470 as one of the envoys to invest Charles with the Order of the Garter: the Latin speech which Russell delivered on this last occasion was one of William Caxton's earliest publications, probably printed for him at Bruges by Colard Mansion.

In May 1474 Russell was promoted to be Lord Privy Seal, and retained his office even after his consecration as bishop of Rochester on 22 September 1476, and translation to the post of bishop of Lincoln on 7 July 1480.

As a trusted minister of Edward IV, Russell was one of the executors of the king's will. After Lord Chancellor Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, had been dismissed due to his mishandling of the great seal, Russell was appointed to succeed him on 13 May 1483. Reportedly, Russell accepted the appointment only with reluctance. He remained chancellor under King Richard III until being dismissed on 29 July 1485.

Russell was above all things an official, and was sometimes employed by Henry VII in public affairs. But his last years were occupied chiefly with the business of his diocese, and of the university of Oxford, of which he had been elected chancellor in 1483. He died at Nettleham, and was buried at Lincoln Cathedral.

Sir Thomas More called Russell "a wise manne and a good, and of much experience, and one of the best-learned men, undoubtedly, that England had in hys time." Two English speeches composed by Russell, for the intended parliament of Edward V, and the first parliament of Richard III, are printed in Nichols's Grants of Edward V. Some other writings remain in manuscript.

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Dario Sattui has seen a lot in his half-century in the wine business, but never a year as brutal as this one. "First of all, we had the COVID shutdowns for three months. Then, after the first fires in the hills, visitors didn't come," Sattui, 78, said of blazes in […]
Dario Sattui has seen a lot in his half-century in the wine business, but never a year as brutal as this one.
"First of all, we had the COVID shutdowns for three months. Then, after the first fires in the hills, visitors didn't come," Sattui, 78, said of blazes in August that converged nearby into the LNU Lightining Complex fire, the fourth-largest in California's history.
That was before the Glass Fire struck the Napa Valley region, and became the most destructive in the history of the fabled California wine country. The blaze, sparked on Sept. 27, burned 67,484 acres and destroyed hundreds of homes.
For Sattui, the Glass Fire destroyed an estimated $9 million worth of wine and ravaged his stone farmhouse, but left his iconic Castello di Amorosa winery in Calistoga unscathed. But business has been slow to return, and he sees struggles all around for local businesses, from restaurants to beauty parlors to motels catering to tourists.
"In 48 years in the business, this is, by far, the most horrific, devastating and catastrophic year."
The farmhouse at Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga, Calif.
Mountains see brunt of fire
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Sattui already has begun plotting out the restoration of his farmhouse, down to its handmade roof tiles from Europe. His Tuscan-style castle Castello di Amorosa also reopened to visitors about a week ago. But despite the return of blue skies across Napa's billion-dollar wine region, Sattui said the castle only has seen about a third of the visitors from the same month last year.
"Most of what burned was in the hillsides," Sattui said. "Napa really makes great wine. I want to encourage people to come and visit."
Napa's wine region consists of 46,000 acres under cultivation, but with its hotels, restaurants and other tourism-related businesses, it provides an estimated $9.5 billion annually to the local economy and $34 billion nationally, even though its crop production accounts for only about 4% of California's wine grapes.
Jon Moramarco, managing partner of wine analytics and advisory company bw166, estimates that the Glass Fire's property damage alone, with nearly three dozen Napa Valley wineries hit, could total hundreds of millions of dollars, while lost wine inventory could add another $20 million to $50 million.
Crop damage from smoke and fire, per his estimates, could also threaten up to one-third, or about $200 million worth, of the region's wine grapes and deal an $800 million blow to wineries' revenue over time.
"Unfortunately, we'll know more when the grape crush reports come out in February," he told MarketWatch.
The hardest-hit areas from the Glass Fire were the wine grape-growing regions of Howell Mountain and Spring Mountain, which like many of Napa Valley's hundreds of wineries, typically are family run and produce fewer than 10,000 cases of wine a year.
Matt Sherwin said his parents' home in Spring Mountain was fine, since the vineyard acted as a firebreak, but that the family's 24-year-old Sherwin Family Vineyards winery, which burned and collapsed into the cellar and barrel storage area, was a total loss.
"Basically, we lost 2019 and 2020," the assistant winemaker told MarketWatch, adding that sales of its older vintages bottled and stored off-site will help sustain the business as they rebuild.
"It is one of those things where we won't feel the pain from the lost vintages immediately," he said. "We won't feel that for three years, when there's a big hole for the two years where we won't have anything."
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David Nassar, a co-founder of the destroyed Flying Lady Winery on Spring Mountain, also plans to rebuild.
"My private collection, including the '15 and '16 vintages and virtually all of 2017 burned in the fire. That was the missile shot for us," he said.
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"We look at this as an unfortunate risk that hit us," Nassar said. "It will not keep us down."
Despite the fire's destruction, Linda Reiff, president and chief executive of Napa Valley Vintners, stressed that about 80% of the group's 550 winery members plan to move forward with their 2020 vintage.
"It is too soon to speculate on volume, yet we can say it will be smaller than usual," Reiff said in emailed commentary, adding that only wine worthy of the Napa Valley label will make it into the bottle.
Kathryn Hall, owner of Hall, Walt and Baca wines, who is raising funds for wineries impacted by the Glass Fire, said that for this year's vintage, it's likely going to play out in terms of "quality, instead of quantity."
"I don't think we will ever recover this tourism season," Hall said, pointing to the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic on hotels, restaurants and wine-tasting rooms. "But folks are coming back. That's been really encouraging."
Even before the fires, Moramarco at bw166 in April pegged the pandemic's toll as potentially costing the nation's nearly 10,000 wineries up to $5.9 billion this year, with the biggest drain being reduced tasting-room sales.
The Glass Fire could add another $1 billion in losses for wineries. Here are details of its known damage:
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Works to upgrade Lexden Road, a key route into Colchester have been completed.
Engineers carried out improvements to numerous locations along the route, designed to support traffic flow in the area, reduce journey times and build in resilience for future growth.
Public realm improvements were also made as part of the scheme as illustrated belowRescheduled dates are now available to undertake surfacing works as follows:
About the scheme:
Lexden Road is a key corridor allowing access to Colchester town centre from the west and currently suffers from congestion at peak times. Improvements to this link aim to manage traffic flow, reduce journey times and build in resilience for future growth.
Public information events were held on 13 June and 3 August 2016 to invite members of the public to comment on initial proposals to manage congestion on Lexden Road, Colchester. Plans have now been reviewed and preparations made for works to begin Spring 2017.
Proposals include:
Keep clear road marking installation by Aldi on London Road. Amendments to road markings at the London Road/Straight Road junction to improve the flow of eastbound vehicles (plan to be available in due course).
Introduction of a 'no waiting' zone in the vicinity of the Lexden Crown Public House and relocation of existing eastbound bus stop to allow two-way traffic movements to be consistently maintained.
Improvements to the Norman Way junction with Lexden Road by upgrading existing zebra crossing to a signalised crossing.
New bus waiting areas on the south side of Lexden Road between Norman Way and Maldon Road Roundabout to assist with school and regular bus services.
Change the existing zebra crossing at St Mary's School to a signalised crossing.
Line marking improvements to install right turn lanes at the Avenue and West Lodge Road junctions.
Public realm improvements to the area between Southway and Crouch Street west (East End Works).
Plans to improve the corridor can be found in the Document Section below.
When will the work take place?
In order to minimise disruption on the road network and to take advantage of the school holidays, work started on the first element of the scheme on 3 April 2017 near St Mary's School (sheet 4 on the location plan).
Works will then continue on Lexden Road, with the final element of the scheme concluding with improvements to the approach to the Maldon Road roundabout (East End Works and Public Realm).
The East End works and Public Realm improvements are targeted for completion Winter 2017/2018.
Programmed dates may be subject to change, for example if the works are completed earlier than planned or delayed due to unsuitable weather conditions or unforeseen issues.
How will this affect you?
Throughout the Lexden Road improvements, appropriate traffic management will be used to manage two way traffic flow with the use of stop and go boards/traffic signals as appropriate. Delays may be experienced at certain times during phases of the work however we aim to minimise this as much as possible.
Pedestrian diversions will be in place during working hours.
Work will generally be undertaken during off peak times during the day (for example between the hours of 9.30am and 3.30pm) as we recognise this is a traffic sensitive site, however there may be occasions during phases of the works when different working hours and temporary lane restrictions will be necessary.
Where lane closures are necessary to facilitate certain elements of the work (for example carriageway resurfacing) information will be published in advance on site signage and on this webpage.
Every effort will be made to maintain resident and business access during the works, however there may be delays depending on the works being undertaken at the time.
You may have some questions about the scheme. Please read through these questions and answers found in the document section below before contacting Essex County Council as your question may already be answered.
We aim to keep residents informed of progress on the scheme by providing updates on traffic management and by providing updates about the work programme on this web page as the scheme progresses.
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GUWAHATI – As protests against a divisive new citizenship law raged on Saturday, several countries, including the US, UK, Israel Canada and Singapore, have asked their citizens to exercise caution while travelling to the Northeast India which has witnessed violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
Many in the far-flung, resource-rich northeast fear the new legislation will grant citizenship to a large number of immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, who they accuse of stealing jobs and diluting the region's cultural identity. Several thousand protesters rallied in the capital New Delhi on Saturday evening, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s government to revoke the law, some holding signs reading: "Stop Dividing India". "People are not gathered here as Hindus, or Muslims, people are gathered here as citizens of India. We reject this bill that has been brought by the Modi government and we want equal treatment as enshrined in our constitution," said protester Amit Baruah, 55, a journalist.
The protests turned violent in the West Bengal state, a hotbed of political unrest, with at least 20 buses and parts of two railway stations set on fire as demonstrators blocked roads and set fire to tyres. No injuries were reported. Tensions also simmered in Guwahati in Assamstate, the epicentre of the unrest, where medical staff said two people were shot dead and 26 hospitalised late Thursday after security forces fired live rounds.
On Friday, a funeral procession of 18-year-old Sam Stafford, who was killed in the firing, was attended by hundreds of angry and distraught mourners who shouted, "long live Assam". "We were watching news all day on TV about the protests when my nephew left home in the evening. We asked him not to go out but he went with his friends," the student's aunt Julie Stafford told AFP. Anticipating further unrest, authorities extended an internet ban across Assam till Monday. Most of the shops were shut and anxious residents stocked up supplies on Saturday when the curfew was relaxed during the day.
The Citizenship Amendment Act allows for the fast-tracking of applications from religious minorities including Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, but not Muslims. Samujjal Bhattacharya from the All Assam Students Union, which has been at the forefront of the protests, told AFP the group would continue its fight against the new law "in the streets and in the court".
Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe postponed a summit that was reportedly due to be held in Guwahati from today (Sunday), and the United States and Britain warned their nationals to "exercise caution" if travelling to the wider northeast region. The Islamic groups, the opposition and rights organisations say the law is a part of Modi´s Hindu nationalist agenda to marginalise India´s 200 million Muslims. He denies this and says that Muslims from the three countries are not covered by the legislation because they have no need of India´s protection. Modi´s right-hand man Amit Shah on Saturday sought to reassure the northeastern states, saying the government would protect their "culture, social identity, language and political rights".
Assam has long been a hotbed of ethnic tensions. In 1983 some 2,000 people, mainly Bengali Muslims, were butchered in what became known as the Nellie massacre. This year a citizenship registry left off 1.9 million people — many of them Muslims — unable to prove that they or their forebears were in Assam before 1971, leaving them to face possible statelessness. "There has been this agitation (against) illegal migration from Bangladesh over many years," Sanjoy Hazarika, a professor at Delhi´s Jamia Millia Islamia University, told AFP. "They feel that their rights to land, to jobs, and the entire social fabric education, existing social services and so on will be impacted by this."
On Friday university students in Delhi clashed with police, who used batons and tear gas shells to quell the protests. Rahul Gandhi of the opposition Congress party has called the law "an attempt to ethnically cleanse the northeast".
So far, France, Israel, US and the UK have issued travel advisories for nationals travelling to India in view of the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. In a statement issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the United Kingdom has urged visitors to the northeast to avoid "all but essential" travel and "monitor local media" for the latest information about the circumstances around them. The UK also asked citizens to avoid all travel to Kashmir, Ladakh and all areas (except Wagah) near the border with Pakistan. The US also asked citizens to "exercise caution" in the context of protests and violence against the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). "The US government has temporarily suspended official travel to Assam," the US has announced. The French and Israeli governments have also urged their citizens to stay alert while travelling in India. The advisories were issued after the office of the High Commissioner of UN Human Rights body expressed concern saying that the CAB was "fundamentally discriminatory in nature".
Meanwhile Amnesty International said the CAB passed by the Indian Parliament legitimises discrimination on the basis of religion and stands in clear violation of both the constitution of India and international human rights law. The bill amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to enable irregular migrants to acquire Indian citizenship through naturalisation and registration. However, it restricts the eligibility to only Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered India on or before 31 December, 2014. The bill also reduces the requirement of residence in India for citizenship by naturalisation from 11 years to five years for these particular communities. Besides adversely impacting the refugees and asylum seekers, the amendments also impact the human rights of Indian citizens – particularly Muslims.
Avinash Kumar, Executive Director of Amnesty India, said: "The Government of India denies any form of discrimination, but the amendments clearly weaponise the NRC process against Muslims. "It is difficult to view the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in isolation and not look at the larger picture where both the amendments and the NRC may deprive minorities of their citizenship in India. The amendments also set a dangerous shift in the way citizenship will be determined in India. Worryingly, they also stand to create the biggest statelessness crisis of the world causing immense human suffering," said Kumar, adding: "Welcoming asylum seekers is a positive step, but in a secular country like India, slamming the door on persecuted Muslims and other communities merely for their faith reeks of fear-mongering and bigotry."
Meanwhile, a Muslim lawmaker from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Saturday filed a petition in the country's Supreme Court against the CAB. Owaisi, the head of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), vociferously opposed the bill in the lower house of parliament during the debate and even tore its pages on the floor of the house. "AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act," a local news gathering agency quoted Owaisi's lawyer Nizam Pasha as having said. Owaisi alleged the bill was aimed at making Muslims "stateless" and warned it would lead to another partition in India.
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In addition to the permanent exhibits and hands-on interactive activities, Science Central brings in three traveling exhibits each year. Last fall saw the timely Apollo 11 exhibit which allowed visitors — most of whom weren't even born for that historic moment 50 years ago — to relive and understand the science behind that remarkable achievement.
This spring brings something entirely different, an exhibit which will be both familiar and new.
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A-MAZE-D, the brainchild of maze expert Dave Phillips, will allow kids and adults alike a chance to navigate through some unusual configurations created by assembled boxes.
Martin Fisher, executive director of Science Central, knew when he first saw Phillips's work that it would fit nicely into the mission of Science Central.
"When we're looking at traveling exhibits, we want anything related to science," Fisher said. "That can be physical science, applied science, or natural science, and it has to be hands on. We are not a science museum, we're a science center, and that's important. Museums are collections of things that you can look at but not touch. A science center has exhibits you can interact with, and we like to bring in a variety and not have two in a row that are the same.
"This exhibit is more applied science with a lot of math and logic involved. When I first saw this exhibit, I saw it was something more than just entertainment and went into the educational realm. I was intrigued."
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Phillips began his fascination with mazes as a very small boy, gradually taking his skills to building increasingly more sophisticated mazes. Since there seemed little practical way to make a career of mazes, so he turned his attentions to commercial art and illustration.
But as computer games came into vogue, Phillips turned toward designing games, moving from company to company, finally able to put his gift for mazes to use.
"Then corn mazes started popping up a lot," Phillips said. "The first one was in 1993, and it was designed by Adrian Fisher. Then one day I was waiting in line at Walmart, and I saw someone wearing a Maize Quest jacket and asked about it. I found out that Maize Quest designed corn mazes, and I started doing a few mazes for them. I ended up doing 75 corn mazes in the United States and Canada and one in England. It just grew from there and was pretty stable by 1999."
Phillips moved into other areas of mazes as well, working with tires, bamboo, and hedges as he experimented with other maze materials and configurations. Eventually he turned his eye toward making mazes for museums and places like Science Central.
"I always wanted to do a maze for exhibits for museums, something that would last four or five years," Phillips said. "The first one was in Wilmington, Delaware, and I put it together with used boxes. They were all different sizes so it was a lot of work. I realized that that took too much time."
Instead Phillips moved to boxes he designed to be more uniform in their application. He was able to construct the mazes in a couple of days with the help of four to five volunteers.
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The maze he brings to Fort Wayne is his fifth in this design, and he knows that for an interactive exhibit made from something less sturdy than corn requires some planning.
"When I'm putting it together, I think to myself, 'How can a kid break this? How can he abuse it?' I'm deliberate about designing it so it can take that."
Phillips wants visitors to do more than work their way through the maze and actually come away feeling that they can build a maze, too. The maze that visits Science Central through Memorial Day weekend will have interactive elements while still allowing people to get lost, as Phillips said, "in a good way."
"There's a game in there so little kids can run around and look through holes and see people, areas one foot by one foot that they can climb through. There are four stations so they can make a rubbing, and there's an activity puzzle. It's not a corn maze. It's finite. It's more of a trail maze where you get to the center and then find your way out again."
While it took a few years for Phillips's maze expertise to become his career, it has taken hold in a major way. In addition to more than 50 maze books and his many mazes he's designed for people to enjoy, he also designed an Aerosmith CD cover and a maze for Steven Spielberg's film The Haunting.
Martin Fisher thinks the exhibit, which officially opens Jan. 18, will provide both fun and learning for those who visit Science Central.
"We'll do a soft opening a few days before to test it out, see what might need to be moved," Fisher said. "And visitors should know that the exhibit is included with admission to Science Central, so there's no additional fee for visiting the maze exhibit. It's all part of a visit to the center."
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By John Duarte May 11, 2014 in Sports
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"My lap time was saving fuel, being off the throttle," he said. "I don't like racing off throttle. But it worked out."
Pagenaud became the fourth different winner in four races this season.
Hunter-Reay, who is off to a great start to the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series with a win and two second-place finishes, said he too was saving gas, a strategy that he hopes will carry over to the Indianapolis 500.
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"I'm a little stiff and sore," Hinchcliffe said. "I'd love to be back in the car tomorrow, but I suppose I should probably let the doctors make that decision."
Hinchcliffe was diagnosed with a concussion and will have to medically cleared before he can take part in qualifying and practice for the Indy 500. In the past, IndyCar has ruled that drivers suffering concussions must not participate in racing activity for a minimum of seven days.
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Will Power keeps his spot at the top of the drivers' standings, but only by one point over Hunter-Reay. Pagenaud's win moves him within six points of the leader.
The Greatest Spectacle in Racing is the next race on the Verizon IndyCar Series. The 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 goes on May 25, 2014, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Traditionally, Harry has relied upon the younger generation as a stronghold of support that helped to fuel his popular image, and just a month ago he held a 20 per cent net approval rating among the group.
But by the end of last week, with just days to go until the publication of 'Spare', this support had slumped to zero – suggesting the group's opinion on the duke had nosedived.
Prince Harry 's popularity among young people in Britain sank to a record low in the days leading up to the publication of his bombshell memoir, a new YouGov poll suggests
Almost two-thirds of Britons have a negative view of the Duke of Sussex, up from 58 per cent in May, with just a quarter seeing him in a positive light, the YouGov survey shows.
Harry's net favourability among the public is at an all-time low of -38, with his wife Meghan recording -42.
Despite the duke's popularity slipping, his wife still boasts a positive net favourability score of 10 among 18-24-year-olds, but this has dropped from a high of 55 in 2017.
Harry has also come under attack from younger social media users following his explosive revelations and deeply personal attacks on the royal family.
Members of 'Gen Z' appear to be changing their tune on Prince Harry, with those aged 18-24 having neither a negative nor positive view of the King's youngest son, according to a YouGov survey conducted between January 5 and 6
Traditionally, Harry has relied upon the younger generation as a stronghold of support that helped to fuel his popular image, and just a month ago he held a 20 per cent net approval rating among the group
Harry's book has sparked headlines amid claims he was physically attacked by the Prince of Wales, his revelation he killed 25 Taliban members during the Afghanistan war, admissions of taking drugs including cocaine, cannabis and magic mushrooms, and losing his virginity in a field behind a pub to a cougar 'horse enthusiast' when he was 17.
Regarding his father, Harry said his 'Pa' was 'never made' for single parenthood but had tried, and told Tom Bradby in an interview broadcast on ITV on Sunday night, that he will 'always love' his father.
Narrating his autobiography, the Duke said: 'Over dinner one night at Highgrove, Pa and I spoke at some length about what I'd been suffering.
'I gave him the particulars, told him story after story. Towards the end of the meal he looked down at his plate and said softly "I suppose it's my fault. I should have got you the help you needed years ago". I assured him that it wasn't his fault, but I appreciated the apology.'
He also questioned whether Charles had the 'patience' and 'time' for parenthood.
'He'd always given an air of not being quite ready for parenthood: the responsibilities, the patience, the time. Even he, though a proud man, would have admitted as much. But single parenthood? Pa was never made for that. To be fair, he tried,' he wrote.
Almost two-thirds of Britons have a negative view of the Duke of Sussex, up from 58 per cent in May, with just a quarter seeing him in a positive light, the YouGov survey shows
Harry, Meghan, William and Kate at Windsor Castle in September last year
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla attending the Christmas Day service
Speaking of his affection for Charles, Harry told Bradby: 'Of course, he's my father. I will always love him.'
Harry describes the King as liking 'his routines', adding: 'He wasn't the kind of father who played endless rounds of tag, or tossed a ball long after dark.'
But when a picture of Harry romping naked in Las Vegas, just weeks before his deployment to Afghanistan, was splashed across the newspapers, he said Charles, to his surprise and relief, was gentle.
'He felt for me, he said, he'd been there, though he'd never been naked on a front page,' said Harry.
The King's youngest son's net favourability score among 2019 Labour voters is minus seven, while among 18-24-year-olds, the proportion of positive and negative views of him was equal (41 per cent).
Meghan holds a score of -11 among 2019 Labour voters and -30 among Remain voters, with -81 and -72 among 2016 Conservative voters and Leave voters, respectively.
In television interviews, the Duke has said he is 'not texting' his brother, described the Queen Consort as 'the villain' and criticised 'family members' for a 'really horrible reaction' when the Queen died.
He spoke to Bradby, denying branding the royals racist and accusing his family of 'getting into bed with the devil'.
YouGov surveyed 1,693 adults in the UK at the end of last week.