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Q: Hbase scan operation: How to provide a conditional end row instead of an exact row key? The row key is in the following format:
UserID-ResourceID
I know that the rows in Hbase are sorted, which is why I have the row key format shown above. Resources belonging to the same user will be stacked together. Lets say that the UserID is random, but ResourceID is a simple counter and is incremented each time a new resource is added.
Now to get resources, I do not want to scan the whole table which is why I want to provide a start row and an end row. I can provide the start row since I know the UserID and I know that ResourceID starts at 0, but I do not know how many resources there are,(or I do not want to store that information). Can I provide a condition, which if is not valid, should stop the scan? Something like if the UserID changes then stop scanning.
Essentially, I want it to find the first resource belonging to that person and then walk down the list, since all resources are stacked together, and finish after all the resources have been found.

Follow-on-question:
is it possible to provide a condition so that it only returns a subset of the resources such as the last 10 resources belonging to that person in the list.

A: For your first question, this is what I do (and I should note that the start and stop row you provide to the scanner do not have to be real):
I open a scanner and provide the start row as UserID- and the stop row as UserID. (the trick is that when you look at an ASCII table, the dot (.) is just after the dash (-), so when it finishes with all the rows starting with UserID- the scanner stops)
This way you don't need to know that actual first resource or even the last one, you just need to know the user
As for your second question, There are some things called Filters that you can add to your scanner, and they can do lots of things, but none of them has a way to get only the 10 last rows

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	#include "xbox/gsSocketXBox.c"
#elif defined(_WIN32)
	#include "win32/gsSocketWin32.c"
#elif defined(_LINUX)
	//#include "linux/gsSocketLinux.c"
#elif defined(_MACOSX)
	//#include "macosx/gsSocketMacOSX.c"
#elif defined(_NITRO)
	#include "nitro/gsSocketNitro.c"
#elif defined(_PS2)
	#include "ps2/gsSocketPs2.c"
#elif defined(_PS3)
	#include "ps3/gsSocketPs3.c"
	#include <sys/select.h>
#elif defined(_PSP)
	#include "psp/gsSocketPSP.c"
#else
	#error "Missing or unsupported platform"
#endif

// Disable compiler warnings for issues that are unavoidable.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#if defined(_MSC_VER) // DevStudio
	// Level4, "conditional expression is constant".
	// Occurs with use of the MS provided macro FD_SET
	#pragma warning ( disable: 4127 )
#endif // _MSC_VER

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int SetSockBlocking(SOCKET sock, int isblocking)
{
	int rcode;

#ifdef _NITRO
	int val;

	val = SOC_Fcntl(sock, SOC_F_GETFL, 0);

	if(isblocking)
		val &= ~SOC_O_NONBLOCK;
	else
		val |= SOC_O_NONBLOCK;

	rcode = SOC_Fcntl(sock, SOC_F_SETFL, val);
#else
	#if defined(_PS2) || defined(_PS3)
		// EENet requires int
		// SNSystems requires int
		// Insock requires int
		// PS3 requires int
		gsi_i32 argp;
	#else
		unsigned long argp;
	#endif

		if(isblocking)
			argp = 0;
		else
			argp = 1;

	#ifdef _PS2
		#ifdef SN_SYSTEMS
			rcode = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, (isblocking) ? SO_BIO : SO_NBIO, &argp, sizeof(argp));
		#endif

		#ifdef EENET
			rcode = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NBIO, &argp, sizeof(argp));
		#endif

		#ifdef INSOCK
			if (isblocking)
				argp = -1;
			else
				argp = 3; //added longer timeout to 3ms
			sceInsockSetRecvTimeout(sock, argp);
			sceInsockSetSendTimeout(sock, argp);
			sceInsockSetShutdownTimeout(sock, argp);
			GSI_UNUSED(sock);
			rcode = 0;
		#endif
	#elif defined(_PSP)
		rcode = setsockopt(sock, SCE_NET_INET_SOL_SOCKET, SCE_NET_INET_SO_NBIO, &argp, sizeof(argp));
	#elif defined(_PS3)
		rcode = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NBIO, &argp, sizeof(argp));
	#else
		rcode = ioctlsocket(sock, FIONBIO, &argp);
	#endif
#endif

	if(rcode == 0)
	{
		gsDebugFormat(GSIDebugCat_Common, GSIDebugType_Network, GSIDebugLevel_Comment,
			"SetSockBlocking: Set socket %d to %s\r\n", (unsigned int)sock, isblocking ? "blocking":"non-blocking");
		return 1;
	}

	gsDebugFormat(GSIDebugCat_Common, GSIDebugType_Network, GSIDebugLevel_Comment,
			"SetSockBlocking failed: tried to set socket %d to %s\r\n", (unsigned int)sock, isblocking ? "blocking":"non-blocking");
	return 0;
}

int SetSockBroadcast(SOCKET sock)
{
#if !defined(INSOCK) && !defined(_NITRO)
	int optval = 1;
	if(setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, (char *)&optval, sizeof(optval)) != 0)
		return 0;
#else
	GSI_UNUSED(sock);
#endif

	return 1;
}

int DisableNagle(SOCKET sock)
{
#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_UNIX)
	int rcode;
	int noDelay = 1;

	rcode = setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (char *)&noDelay, sizeof(int));
	return gsiSocketIsError(rcode);
#else
	GSI_UNUSED(sock);

	// not supported
	return 0;
#endif // moved this to here to silence VC warning
}

#ifndef INSOCK
	int SetReceiveBufferSize(SOCKET sock, int size)
	{
		int rcode;
		rcode = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (const char *)&size, sizeof(int));
		return gsiSocketIsNotError(rcode);
	}

	int SetSendBufferSize(SOCKET sock, int size)
	{
		int rcode;
		rcode = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, (const char *)&size, sizeof(int));
		return gsiSocketIsNotError(rcode);
	}

	int GetReceiveBufferSize(SOCKET sock)
	{
		int rcode;
		int size;
		int len;

		len = sizeof(size);

		rcode = getsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (char *)&size, &len);

		if(gsiSocketIsError(rcode))
			return -1;

		return size;
	}

	int GetSendBufferSize(SOCKET sock)
	{
		int rcode;
		int size;
		int len;

		len = sizeof(size);

		rcode = getsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, (char *)&size, &len);

		if(gsiSocketIsError(rcode))
			return -1;

		return size;
	}

	// Formerly known as ghiSocketSelect
#ifdef SN_SYSTEMS
	#undef FD_SET
	#define FD_SET(s,p)   ((p)->array[((s) - 1) >> SN_FD_SHR] |= \
                       (unsigned int)(1 << (((s) - 1) & SN_FD_BITS)) )

#endif
#endif

#if !defined(_NITRO) && !defined(INSOCK)
	int GSISocketSelect(SOCKET theSocket, int* theReadFlag, int* theWriteFlag, int* theExceptFlag)
	{
		fd_set aReadSet;
		fd_set aWriteSet;
		fd_set aExceptSet;
		fd_set * aReadFds   = NULL;
		fd_set * aWriteFds  = NULL;
		fd_set * aExceptFds = NULL;
		int aResult;
// 04-13-2005, Saad Nader
// Added case for SN Systems that would
// handle errors after performing selects.
#ifdef SN_SYSTEMS
		int aOut, aOutLen = sizeof(aOut);
#endif

		struct timeval aTimeout = { 0, 0 };

		assert(theSocket != INVALID_SOCKET);

		// Setup the parameters.
		////////////////////////
		if(theReadFlag != NULL)
		{
			FD_ZERO(&aReadSet);
			FD_SET(theSocket,&aReadSet);
			aReadFds = &aReadSet;
		}
		if(theWriteFlag != NULL)
		{
			FD_ZERO(&aWriteSet);
			FD_SET(theSocket, &aWriteSet);
			aWriteFds = &aWriteSet;
		}
		if(theExceptFlag != NULL)
		{
			FD_ZERO(&aExceptSet);
			FD_SET(theSocket, &aExceptSet);
			aExceptFds = &aExceptSet;
		}
#ifdef _PS3
		// to do, port what is below in the else
//int socketselect(int nfds, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds,fd_set *exceptfds, struct timeval *timeout);
	aResult = socketselect(FD_SETSIZE, aReadFds, aWriteFds, aExceptFds, &aTimeout);
#else
	// Perform the select
	aResult = select(FD_SETSIZE, aReadFds, aWriteFds, aExceptFds, &aTimeout);
#endif
	if(gsiSocketIsError(aResult))
		return -1;

// 04-13-2005, Saad Nader
// Added case for SN Systems that would
// handle errors after performing selects.
#ifdef SN_SYSTEMS
		getsockopt(theSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, (char *)&aOut, &aOutLen);
		if (aOut != 0)
		{
			return 0;
		}
#endif
		// Check results.
		/////////////////
		if(theReadFlag != NULL)
		{
			if((aResult > 0) && FD_ISSET(theSocket, aReadFds))
				*theReadFlag = 1;
			else
				*theReadFlag = 0;
		}
		if(theWriteFlag != NULL)
		{
			if((aResult > 0) && FD_ISSET(theSocket, aWriteFds))
				*theWriteFlag = 1;
			else
				*theWriteFlag = 0;
		}
		if(theExceptFlag != NULL)
		{
			if((aResult > 0) && FD_ISSET(theSocket, aExceptFds))
				*theExceptFlag = 1;
			else
				*theExceptFlag = 0;
		}
		return aResult; // 0 or 1 at this point
	}
#endif // !nitro

// Return 1 for immediate recv, otherwise 0
int CanReceiveOnSocket(SOCKET sock)
{
	int aReadFlag = 0;
	if (1 == GSISocketSelect(sock, &aReadFlag, NULL, NULL))
		return aReadFlag;

	// SDKs expect 0 on SOCKET_ERROR
	return 0;
}

// Return 1 for immediate send, otherwise 0
int CanSendOnSocket(SOCKET sock)
{
	int aWriteFlag = 0;
	if (1 == GSISocketSelect(sock, NULL, &aWriteFlag, NULL))
		return aWriteFlag;

	// SDKs expect 0 on SOCKET_ERROR
	return 0;
}

#if defined(_PS3) || defined (_PSP)

#else

HOSTENT * getlocalhost(void)
{
#ifdef EENET
	#define MAX_IPS  5

	static HOSTENT localhost;
	static char * aliases = NULL;
	static char * ipPtrs[MAX_IPS + 1];
	static unsigned int ips[MAX_IPS];

	struct sceEENetIfname * interfaces;
	struct sceEENetIfname * interface;
	int num;
	int i;
	int count;
	int len;
	u_short flags;
	IN_ADDR address;

	// initialize the host
	localhost.h_name = "localhost";
	localhost.h_aliases = &aliases;
	localhost.h_addrtype = AF_INET;
	localhost.h_length = 0;
	localhost.h_addr_list = ipPtrs;

	// get the local interfaces
	sceEENetGetIfnames(NULL, &num);
	interfaces = (struct sceEENetIfname *)gsimalloc(num * sizeof(struct sceEENetIfname));
	if(!interfaces)
		return NULL;
	sceEENetGetIfnames(interfaces, &num);

	// loop through the interfaces
	count = 0;
	for(i = 0 ; i < num ; i++)
	{
		// the next interface
		interface = &interfaces[i];
		//printf("eenet%d: %s\n", i, interface->ifn_name);

		// get the flags
		len = sizeof(flags);
		if(sceEENetGetIfinfo(interface->ifn_name, sceEENET_IFINFO_IFFLAGS, &flags, &len) != 0)
			continue;
		//printf("eenet%d flags: 0x%X\n", i, flags);

		// check for up, running, and non-loopback
		if(!(flags & (IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING)) || (flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
			continue;
		//printf("eenet%d: up and running, non-loopback\n", i);

		// get the address
		len = sizeof(address);
		if(sceEENetGetIfinfo(interface->ifn_name, sceEENET_IFINFO_ADDR, &address, &len) != 0)
			continue;
		//printf("eenet%d: %s\n", i, inet_ntoa(address));

		// add this address
		ips[count] = address.s_addr;
		ipPtrs[count] = (char *)&ips[count];
		count++;
	}

	// free the interfaces
	gsifree(interfaces);

	// check that we got at least one IP
	if(!count)
		return NULL;

	// finish filling in the host struct
	localhost.h_length = (gsi_u16)sizeof(ips[0]);
	ipPtrs[count] = NULL;

	return &localhost;

	////////////////////
	// INSOCK
#elif defined(INSOCK)
	// Global storage
	#define MAX_IPS  sceLIBNET_MAX_INTERFACE
	static HOSTENT   localhost;
	static char    * aliases = NULL;
	static char    * ipPtrs[MAX_IPS + 1];
	static unsigned int ips[MAX_IPS];

	// Temp storage
	int aInterfaceIdArray[MAX_IPS];
	int aNumInterfaces = 0;
	int aInterfaceNum = 0;
	int aCount = 0;

	// Get the list of interfaces
	aNumInterfaces = sceInetGetInterfaceList(&gGSIInsockClientData,
		                 &gGSIInsockSocketBuffer, aInterfaceIdArray, MAX_IPS);
	if (aNumInterfaces < 1)
		return NULL;

	// initialize the HOSTENT
	localhost.h_name      = "localhost";
	localhost.h_aliases   = &aliases;
	localhost.h_addrtype  = AF_INET;
	localhost.h_addr_list = ipPtrs;

	// Look up each address and copy into the HOSTENT structure
	aCount = 0; // count of valid interfaces
	for (aInterfaceNum = 0; aInterfaceNum < aNumInterfaces; aInterfaceNum++)
	{
		sceInetAddress_t anAddr;
		int result = sceInetInterfaceControl(&gGSIInsockClientData, &gGSIInsockSocketBuffer,
			                    aInterfaceIdArray[aInterfaceNum], sceInetCC_GetAddress,
								&anAddr, sizeof(anAddr));
		if (result == 0)
		{
			// Add this interface to the array
			memcpy(&ips[aCount], anAddr.data, sizeof(ips[aCount]));
			ips[aCount] = htonl(ips[aCount]);
			ipPtrs[aCount] = (char*)&ips[aCount];
			aCount++;
		}
	}

	// Set the final hostent data, then return
	localhost.h_length = (gsi_u16)sizeof(ips[0]);
	ipPtrs[aCount]     = NULL;
	return &localhost;

#elif defined(_NITRO)
	#define MAX_IPS  5

	static HOSTENT localhost;
	static char * aliases = NULL;
	static char * ipPtrs[MAX_IPS + 1];
	static unsigned int ips[MAX_IPS];

	int count = 0;

	localhost.h_name = "localhost";
	localhost.h_aliases = &aliases;
	localhost.h_addrtype = AF_INET;
	localhost.h_length = 0;
	localhost.h_addr_list = (u8 **)ipPtrs;

	ips[count] = 0;
	IP_GetAddr(NULL, (u8*)&ips[count]);
	if(ips[count] == 0)
		return NULL;
	ipPtrs[count] = (char *)&ips[count];
	count++;

	localhost.h_length = (gsi_u16)sizeof(ips[0]);
	ipPtrs[count] = NULL;

	return &localhost;
#elif defined(_XBOX)
	return 0;

#else
	char hostname[256] = "";

	// get the local host's name
	gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));

	// return the host for that name
	return gethostbyname(hostname);
#endif
}
#endif

int IsPrivateIP(IN_ADDR * addr)
{
	int b1;
	int b2;
	unsigned int ip;

	// get the first 2 bytes
	ip = ntohl(addr->s_addr);
	b1 = (int)((ip >> 24) & 0xFF);
	b2 = (int)((ip >> 16) & 0xFF);

	// 10.X.X.X
	if(b1 == 10)
		return 1;

	// 172.16-31.X.X
	if((b1 == 172) && ((b2 >= 16) && (b2 <= 31)))
		return 1;

	// 192.168.X.X
	if((b1 == 192) && (b2 == 168))
		return 1;

	return 0;
}

gsi_u32 gsiGetBroadcastIP(void)
{
#if defined(_NITRO)
	gsi_u32 ip;
	IP_GetBroadcastAddr(NULL, (u8*)&ip);
	return ip;
#else
	return 0xFFFFFFFF;
#endif
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Re-enable previously disabled compiler warnings
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning ( default: 4127 )
#endif // _MSC_VER

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Maintaining a historic property can be a financial challenge. But when that building is walloped by 130-mph winds, it's especially problematic.
The THC's Fulton Mansion State Historic Site received a direct hit from Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017. After ensuring the safety and well-being of the site's staff and family members, the THC set to work determining the scope of damage to the namesake 1877 building.
The hurricane completely destroyed the mansion's metal roof and chimneys, and left major water damage to interior collections, carpets, and plaster walls. Over the following two years, the THC oversaw major repair projects and upgrades, culminating in the site's official reopening at a ceremony on December 14, 2019.
To assist with returning the mansion to its former grandeur, the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission (FTHC) organized fundraising efforts. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided a $30,000 grant to address the museum's many recovery needs, and grants from Humanities Texas ($6,000) and the San Antonio Conservation Society ($5,000) helped with water-damaged collections.
FTHC also received thousands of dollars from individual donors who chose to support the mansion because of their personal connections to the site.
According to Fulton Mansion Site Manager Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, neighbors Sharon and Cliff Weber donated $5,000 to the Friends of Fulton Mansion after the storm for tree trimming. Cliff's family has owned a lot next to the mansion for 75 years.
Another donator with a long-time connection to the mansion is Peter Flagg Maxson, an architectural historian who researched the Fultons and their home in the 1970s.
"I believe the Fulton Mansion is one of the greatest Victorian villas in the Southwest. When the old girl was injured by Hurricane Harvey, I felt obligated to contribute toward the restoration for the benefit of generations to come," Maxon said. "I think the mansion has so much to teach Texans and visitors about their heritage. I very much want the public to see that Victorian architecture was not dark and boring but vibrant and beautiful, with much to teach us today."
The San Antonio Conservation Society's (SACC) gift was completely unsolicited and came very early. The THC's Historic Sites Division staff considered it "first aid" that enabled the agency to conserve many of the Fultons' books that had been drenched in the storm. SACC representative Barbara Hall brought the idea to her board, which approved the request quickly.
"We must preserve our heritage and culture, which includes our historic buildings," Hall said. "This is the reason why I chose to support the ongoing preservation efforts at the Fulton Mansion."
Efforts are still underway to fund the mansion's continued maintenance. To learn more or to contribute to ongoing maintenance and restoration efforts at the mansion, visit the Fulton Mansion's and FTHC's sites.


On her proper debut, St. Louis, spreads her wings and expands on the promise hinted at on First Songs. To achieve that end, St. Louis enlisted Kyle Thomas (King Tuff) and Kevin Morby to produce the album, which was engineered by Thomas in his home in Mount Washington, LA. The collection of 11 songs also features Justin Sullivan (Night Shop) on drums and multi-instrumentalist Oliver Hill (Pavo Pavo). While hints of influences like Loretta Lynn, John Fahey and Townes Van Zandt peek out of the corners of the songs, If Only There Was a River is not a nostalgic affair. Rather it marks the emergence of an artist fully coming into their own.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a vicious hit Saturday into a concrete wall during the Xfinity Series race. He'll miss the Daytona 500 on Sunday and is out indefinitely.
Busch sustained a right lower leg compound fracture and left mid-foot fracture in the crash with eight laps remaining. Joe Gibbs Racing said he had surgery to repair his left leg, was resting comfortably and will remain hospitalized for observation.
Later Saturday night, NASCAR's final appeals officer upheld Kurt Busch's indefinite suspension for an alleged domestic assault on an ex-girlfriend last fall. It means the Daytona 500 will not have one of the Busch brothers in the field for the first time since 2000.
Matt Crafton, a two-time Truck Series champion, will replace Busch in the No. 18 Toyota on Sunday in the season-opening Sprint Cup Series race. It will be Crafton's Daytona 500 debut.
Busch's injury occurred when his car slammed head-on into an interior wall that did not have an energy-absorbing SAFER barrier. It's a similar injury to the one suffered by Tony Stewart in an August 2013 sprint car crash, but not as severe as Stewart's was a double compound fracture.
Stewart missed the final 15 races of 2013, couldn't get in a race car until February, 2014, and underwent a fourth surgery in December to replace the rod in his leg. He walked with a limp for more than a year.
Stewart tweeted that he ''felt terrible'' for his former teammate. ''He's tough and will bounce back soon. Thinking about you bud!'' the three-time NASCAR champion posted.
Track officials will install tire packs along that 850-foot linear square foot of wall that Busch hit in time for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Chitwood said planning on covering the entire 2.5-mile facility would begin Monday.
Following the hit, Busch was only able to climb halfway through his window and was pointing in the direction of his right leg when rescue personnel arrived.
Busch was pulled from the car and laid on the ground, and his leg appeared to be stabilized in a splint before he was placed on a stretcher then into an ambulance. His wife, Samantha, was crying as she left the infield care center with team owner Joe Gibbs and team president J.D. Gibbs. Samantha Busch is pregnant with the couple's first child, a boy due in May.
Busch was transported to a hospital, and NASCAR announced roughly an hour later that Busch won't participate Sunday in the Sprint Cup Series' season-opening Daytona 500.
As Busch was being treated in a hospital, older brother Kurt was in front of NASCAR's final appeals officer trying to get his indefinite suspension lifted.
Stewart-Haas Racing will use Regan Smith in the Daytona 500 as Kurt Busch's replacement.
Ryan Reed won the race, his first career national series victory, in the debut event for Xfinity as sponsor of NASCAR's second-tier series.
Reed, the 21-year-old driver for Roush Fenway Racing, passed Brad Keselowski for the lead on the last lap to grab the win. Diagnosed four years ago with Type 1 diabetes, Reed thanked sponsor Eli Lilly, which runs a ''Drive to Stop Diabetes'' campaign.
But the focus was on Busch's injury, which occurred when his car slid fast through the grass and slammed into a wall that did not have the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction barriers that were one of the many safety initiatives that came about after Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001. The SAFER Barrier debuted in 2002 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The walls were developed by Dr. Dean Sicking at the University of Nebraska and are currently installed in some form at every track used by NASCAR's top series.
The barriers, a combination of steel and foam, cost about $500 a foot which can be a hefty bill at a 2.5 mile superspeedway like Daytona. The soft walls absorb the energy during impact and lessen injuries sustained to a driver.
Tracks only install SAFER barriers where NASCAR recommends to them they should be placed. NASCAR, meanwhile, cites evaluations of high-impact areas in deciding where the material should be placed.
Reaction was swift after Busch's wreck on social media from drivers calling on NASCAR to install the energy-absorbing material everywhere at race tracks.
''It's beyond me why we don't have soft walls everywhere,'' tweeted six-time champion Jimmie Johnson.
And Smith, who earlier in the race rolled his car for the first time in his career, said it was inexcusable in 2015 for tracks hosting national events not to have SAFER barriers everywhere.
''I'm genuinely furious right now,'' tweeted Smith, the driver who will replace Kurt Busch in the Daytona 500.
NASCAR executive vice president Steve O'Donnell said the series will accelerate talks with all tracks in the series about the installation of additional SAFER barriers.
''We all know that racing is an inherently dangerous sport, but our priority is safety, and we'll continue to put things in place that make this sport as safe as possible,'' O'Donnell said.


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Q: How to load a class by it's name stored in a variable I have some classes each in a file with the same name as the class itself. I want to dynamically load the related file from a given name and return the class object, but I have only the file/class name stored in a variable. How's that possible?
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A: Try this, You can use Autoloading
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A: You should do it like this:
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2020.11.09 [Event Reports]
Acclaimed Filmmaker Discusses his Cannes Premiere 2020-Labeled Latest
©2020 TIFF
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Koji Fukada is the Japan Now Director in Focus at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival, and audiences have been able to catch up on screenings of five of his short films as well as four of his features. His latest work, The Real Thing, is the first movie he has made based on a story that he didn't originate. Based on a manga by Mochiru Hoshisato that Fukada read when he was 20 years old and always wanted to adapt as a movie, The Real Thing is a four-hour epic about the sexual politics of modern Japan that earned the Cannes Premiere 2020 label earlier this year.
During a post-screening Q&A session on November 8, 33rd TIFF Selection Committee member Kohei Ando suggested that it had a happier ending than the typical Fukada story, and wondered if it was because of the source material. Fukada demurred, saying that some viewers told him the ending was happy while others found it to be anything but.
The difference in opinion may have something to do with the essential thrust of the plot. Tsuji (Win Morisaki) is a mid-level employee at a toy manufacturer who is already carrying on two affairs with company colleagues when he meets Ukiyo (Kaho Tsuchimura), who seems to be in need of a rescuer. The two fall in love, which complicates the relationships with his other two lovers, but also complicates Ukiyo's situation, which involves a husband from whom she's separated as well as a love affair with a prominent executive of a startup who may or may not have attempted suicide on her account. Fukada
expands this Netflix-worthy storyline in a way that is both romantically intriguing and ethically problematic. Who, he seems to be saying, is the real victim here, Tsuji or Ukiyo?
Neither protagonist is particularly sympathetic, and during the Q&A, the emcee asked Morisaki if he was concerned about this aspect when he was first offered the role. Morisaki stressed that he had "many questions" when he first received the script. "Tsuji is a very indecisive person," he said, "but I am not. I don't think I would ever act in the way that Tsuji does in the film."
Similarly, Tsuchimura said that while she was excited about playing the character, she did not think of herself as being as "strategic" as Ukiyo. "It's important to Ukiyo that other people need her, and while I think I could feel the same way, I would never go [as far as she does]."
Fukada admitted that when he first read the comic he was fascinated by Ukiyo's character, "who said things that drew men to her, but they were always making sure they could protect themselves." In a male-dominant society like Japan, Ukiyo's situation can be considered disadvantageous, but in the latter half of the film, Fukada tried to show how the "balance" could shift in the favor of Ukiyo, even if it didn't necessarily accrue to women's advantage.
In fact, he said, one of the reasons he chose Tsuchimura for the part was that, during the auditions, she didn't try to use seduction as a means of conveying Ukiyo's attitude.
Still, Fukada thought the wages of sin were equally balanced. "Both main characters were serious and honest," he said. "And in the latter half of the film I wanted to portray Ukiyo as being more mature, but in the end I think she essentially didn't change."
What seemed to be a dilemma for the audience was whether Ukiyo was a classic femme fatale. Tsuchimura revealed that Fukada told her not to act "too sexy or calculating," but that didn't seem to be the issue with the audience. Morisaki said that he felt his character was "confusing and only occasionally straightforward," but he was a lonely person, and that's what he wanted to convey through his performance.
In conclusion, Fukada referenced the coronavirus pandemic, noting that "People are losing their jobs, and, therefore, losing their value in life," just as Tsuji loses his job and ambitions after his affair with Ukiyo is exposed. "I want to make more movies," said the auteur, "that reveal how our culture works."
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Nevada On Cusp Of Ratifying Equal Rights Amendment 35 Years After Deadline
By Colin Dwyer / NPR
Published March 21, 2017 at 9:32 AM PDT
Lance Iversen AP
Spectators look down on the Nevada Assembly on the opening day of the legislative session in Carson City, Nev., in February. On Monday, members of the Assembly voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment.
Hazel Hunkins Hallinan, who fought for women's suffrage, rests after marching with supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment in Washington, D.C., in 1977. The last state to ratify the ERA, Indiana, did so that same year.
Nevada has taken a crucial step closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment — roughly 35 years after a deadline imposed by Congress. The state's Assembly approved the long-dormant measure in a largely party-line vote on Monday, sending it back to the state Senate for a final blessing.
Earlier this month, state senators approved the ERA, which among other things guarantees that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Now they they are expected to sign off on the minor technical changes added to the resolution since it left their chamber.
It has been a long, twisty path for the ERA, which was first passed by Congress in 1972 and last approved by a state (Indiana) in 1977. Since then, the amendment has teetered just three states short of the threshold necessary to see it adopted into law nationwide — a threshold it failed to achieve by the time Congress' deadline came and went.
But for ERA supporters such as Democratic state Sen. Pat Spearman, that deadline is little more than a paper tiger.
"It was in the resolving clause, but it wasn't a part of the amendment that was proposed by Congress," she tells KNPR. "That's why the time limit is irrelevant."
After all, Spearman and others argue, Congress' original ratification deadline was 1979, and national lawmakers already bumped that forward to 1982 — so what's stopping them from bumping it forward again?
"The Equal Rights Amendment is about equality, period," says Spearman, the Nevada bill's chief sponsor. A former Army lieutenant colonel and one of two openly gay senators in the Legislature, she says that regardless of timing, the goals of the amendment endure.
"We have delayed passage long enough," she says. "Now is the time to show the country, and the global neighborhood, we as Nevadans lead when it comes to equality for all."
The measure's Republican critics aren't convinced.
Many of them argue the ERA would be a detriment to families and a boost to abortion rights activists, while still others find the exercise useless, given the lapsed deadline. They say the more laudable aspects of the amendment have been rendered obsolete by the enactment of separate laws that fulfill the same function.
And then, there's the matter of that deadline, which Republican Assemblywoman Robin Titus is far less inclined to dismiss. She says she was "deeply disturbed by the theatrics" of ratifying an overdue amendment, according to the Los Angeles Times. As she tells the newspaper, "I don't believe my constituents sent me to cast symbolic votes with no chance of success."
"I would argue that this chamber is full of symbolism," Jill Tolles, the sole Republican assemblywoman who voted for the measure, tells the Reno Gazette-Journal, adding:
"On my left hand, I wear a ring that symbolizes my promise to love and respect and be faithful to one man for the rest of my life. We stand underneath a seal that reminds us that we are a battle born state and home means Nevada. We pledge allegiance to a flag every single day to celebrate the freedom that was so hard fought for."
For pro-ERA groups such as the National Organization for Women, the matter is more than simply symbolic. After Indiana became the 35th state to ratify the amendment, in 1977, the group pursued what it called a "three-state strategy" — a plan to identify and persuade the states it needed to put it over the threshold.
That plan didn't succeed, but Nevada has given NOW President Terry O'Neill new cause for hope.
"Now it's a two-state strategy," she tells the Times. "It's very exciting. Over the past five years, Illinois and Virginia have come close. I think there is clear interest in this."
For now Nevada lawmakers — who don't need GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval's signature but have his support — still aim to finish what they started this month. The final state Senate vote is expected to take place Wednesday, 45 years to the day since Congress passed the ERA.
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Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts Hosts January Events
David Gay
Events include exhibits from the School of Art and an opera from the School of Music.
Texas Tech University's J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts (TCVPA) houses the School of Art, the School of Music and the School of Theatre & Dance. Each school gives students, faculty, staff and visiting artists the opportunity to exhibit and perform works on campus and in the community throughout the year.
Here are some of the ones to watch for in January.
Jess Peri: Accuracy Test
The Texas Tech School of Art will host the "Jess Peri: Accuracy Test" exhibition beginning Wednesday (Jan. 16) in the SRO Photo Gallery in the School of Art building. Peri uses GPS technology with photography to etch within an image the performative memory of a body's presence in a space. The exhibit runs through Feb. 10.
Miguel Brieva: Welcome to the World
The School of Art also will host, in collaboration with the Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures the "Miguel Brieva: Welcome to the World" exhibition beginning Jan. 19 in the Studio Gallery in the School of Art building. The exhibition spans Brieva's career and reflects his sharp political wit and talent for incisive commentary through his cartoons. There will be a reception featuring the artist at 7 p.m. March 1. The exhibition runs through March 3.
The Graduate Opera Project: Orfeo ed Eurydice
The School of Music's Graduate Opera Project will perform "Orfeo ed Euridice" at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 in Hemmle Recital Hall. Directed by Rebecca Wascoe Hays, assistant professor of voice, graduate vocal students will perform with early instruments and vocal melodic treatments that were prevalent in the late 18th century.
For more information on these and other TCVPA events, visit:
School of Art event calendar / School of Art on Facebook
School of Music event calendar / School of Music on Facebook
School of Theatre & Dance event calendar / School of Theatre & Dance on Facebook
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J.T. & Margaret Talkington
The J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech offers a diverse array of programs and courses in art, music, theatre and dance.
The college seeks to prepare students who will be leaders in the profession by employing the highest standards in performance, teaching, research, and artistic and creative vision.
The college includes the:
School of Theatre and Dance
Fine Arts Doctoral Program
The School of Art is part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University which also includes the School of Music and the Department of Theater and Dance.
The School offers undergraduate degree programs in art history, communication design, studio arts and visual studies as well as MEA and MFA graduate degree and Fine Arts Ph.D. opportunities.
The program also supports the Landmark Arts Galleries and the Standing Room Only Gallery (SRO).
Texas Tech School of Theatre & Dance is part of the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts. It is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre, and fosters the highest standards of scholarship and creative activity, providing opportunities for students and faculty to work actively in both areas. It champions training and education in a breadth of specialized programs, encourages students to cross boundaries between them, and prepares them for careers in both practice and pedagogy. By integrating theory, artistry, performance and scholarship, and striving to promote an inclusive and equitable environment, the school serves as a vital force in the cultural and intellectual life of our communities.
The university is one of two in Texas to offer all traditional degrees in theatre, and one of only three in the southwest to offer a Ph.D. in fine arts.
Students in the School of Theatre & Dance pursue a core curriculum that includes training in the areas of design, acting, directing, dance, stage management, history and playwriting.
The School of Music is part of the J.T. and Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts.
With more than 500 students, the size is ideal for creating larger ensembles as well as ensuring individual attention with private study.
Faculty includes a performing specialist on all band and orchestral instruments as well as piano, voice, organ, harp and guitar, and specialists in conducting, composition, electronic music, music education, musicology, world music and music theory.
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WWI Film Review – The Lost Battalion (2001)
Scott Head June 13, 2017 September 20, 2017 US Perspective, WWI
Good use of angles and obscuring smoke help make few men seem like a large mass.
The Lost Battalion (2001), directed by Russell Mulcahy, was aired on telvision's A&E network in 2001. It is a historical film based on real events. The story follows the brave and dedicated actions of former New York lawyer, now Major Charles White Whittlesey (don't read the biography of Whittlesey until after you've seen the film). The action takes place in the Great War in 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne Sector in France. Major Whittlesey, brilliantly played by Rick Schroeder, is assigned what amounts to a suicide mission by General Robert Alexander (Michael Brandon). Though he voices objections and reasonable concern, he is curtly silenced. His sense of duty drives him to lead his men, and to lead well. The film depicts good leadership in the midst of hardship, abandonment and death. I'm not a hyper-patriot, flag-waving, unquestioning "Yoo-Ess-Ay!"-shouting robot, and this film does in fact skirt the line of "American troops are super-humans" nonsense. But I managed to appreciate the movie despite that. The tale stands, as Whittlesey's men do indeed follow him – not Uncle Sam – into the forests against seemingly impossible odds. As the title implies, they become trapped, surrounded and outnumbered.
Color grading and uniforms seem to capture the period and the mud well.
The film is a tense an suspenseful look at a real case of hardship and bravery and the grueling nature of combat is portrayed well. Viewers gain a real sense of mud-laden, brutal, late-WWI battle. But the story really is a human tale of leadership, overcoming odds and perceptions, and of men devoted to their work. The writer took liberty, according to some historians, by depicting General Alexander as a deliberate liar, sending Whittlesey out with prejudice and false assurances. The character does come across as a typical high-brass, hard-nosed and pompous war hawk, adding tension to the film. It is rather unethical though to portray men's character in such a poor light when they were not, in fact, that way. You cannot call it "based on real history" when you take such irresponsible liberty. This is a disappointment.
Combat scenes are filled with up-close, hand-to-hand action.
That point aside, the film does present Whittlesey and his band of New York City kids in a positive and praiseworthy manner. There is a very strong ethnic presence of the soldiers from New York, and that is quite accurate for the day. Immigration between the 1890s and 1930s brought many to America through New York City, and as history shows, men clash when cultures blend. There is a lot of unsavory banter between the Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish and "appleseeds" in the film. These men, from ethic groups that would otherwise be hostile to one another in the great melting pot of the USA, learn to work together as brothers in arms. Adversity strips away that unsavory and rather immature rivalry that too often mars the relations of one ethic group toward the other. Today we still have silly racial conflict; how little we have progressed!
Though there is far too much open-space in the forest, we don't notice that inaccurate setting until we go to write reviews. Hah!
Rick Schroeder, who played a spoiled rich kid in the miserable 1980's sitcom Silver Spoons, overcame that rather embarrassing role like a master actor should. For one of my generation, who could hardly overcome that childhood image of "Ricky" Schroeder, I was at first disposed to think that this made-for-TV film would be terrible. I was very glad to discover that Schroeder not only excelled at the role, but buried the past completely. Amen and pass the ammo. This is a first-rate acting role.
Period weapons seem well chosen, though WWI experts might find nitpicks. The 1911 pistol features prominent as Whittlesey's chief weapon.
The character of Whittlesey impressed me with his leadership. He intentionally kept morale up both by insisting on military decorum and propriety (a rather elementary 'constant' that can be laid over any tragic or stressful situation to provide a sense of normal), and by being the first guy over the top in the assaults. He led his men with bravery and won their loyalty. Further, he led his men with good character. I was particularly surprised when Whittlesey was depicted as a man of Scripture.
One of the dying men lying in his blood asked the major to read from his Bible. Whittlesey stooped down to pry the book from the young soldier's hand, yet the pages were so saturated with clotted and thick blood, he could not possibly read. Instead, he cited Psalm 71:1-5, almost word-for-word, in a moving lament for a dying soldier. In this act of devotion to Christ, Whittlesey demonstrates a truly Christian character that is rarely seen in film today. I thought it was refreshing, and know (to my delight) that rank heathen will find it annoying. But it is a reflection of a day when men concerned themselves with the greater good and things that matter much more than mere temporal existence.
Twenty or thirty men in German trenches represent the whole German Army in this shot, but we do not notice the slim budget in the midst of the film.
As for production value, my version is a DVD release in that keeps the original and annoying television aspect ration of 4:3, something I got used to almost immediately. I've seen some folks post reviews with wide aspect ratio shots that look really nice and I have to wonder if there is a re-release that features the full scenes, or if it was cropped. I'm not motivated enough to find out…
Some have criticized the sets and location as being too clean for a Great War battlefield and the forest too light and sunny. The actual forest is said to be a brooding and dense place, dark and wild, though sadly I have never been there. Still, the overall story is not too terribly tainted, though freedom of movement and long sight-lines certainly did not contribute to the sense of difficulty the men faced. There is no time when you really feel like a whole battalion is really out there lost in the woods, and that is likely due to the TV-production small budget. But the flip-side is that the production value, cinematography and action sequences are very well done. The color grading is appropriately drab and gritty, and the viewer gets to have just enough sense of gore and misery to get the grisly point without going overboard. There are no lingering shots of blood and guts, though there are some shocking blood-and-gut scenes.
Schroeder filled some big shoes and did it well.
I appreciated the film as a reasonable look at a small scene in the late "Great War." This global conflict was a colossal and history-shaping event of great loss of life and immense political and worldview hubris. This global and worldview conflict is grossly under-presented in film. We can expect that because of post-modernism's stupid knack of eschewing and diminishing the lessons of history.
I appreciated the film's attempt to depict the toil of grueling combat, the loss of life, and the misery that takes a great toll on the inner man. We get to see human drama and not just raw names and dates in the troubled face of Whittlesey. The soul of such a man is surely is forever changed. The biography of the historical Major Whittlesey will indeed demonstrate the deep consequences of such internal psychological damage. If you read his bio from a Biblical worldview POV, you see immediately that he needed Jesus.
Though this is a story of grit and gumption and the resolute wills of men, we do see the futility of WWI quite clearly. This futility, in the Ecclesiastes sense, is seen in the mass-disregard for the sanctity of life by national and rear-echelon upper leadership. That flippant view of divisions and battalions as mere fodder for the machine, and the nonchalant manner of discussing acceptable losses, is frankly a soul-damaging danger of warfare. Perhaps it is the mental casualties of war that are the worst. The brutality of war is never something people get used to. We see the culturally acceptable form of this outlook in all who embrace the term "human resources." When people become merely a resource to be expended and utilized, its no wonder they get, well, expended.
This film is worth viewing, and while there is a bit of distasteful "American bravado makes Germans look stupid," the film stands firm as a good story of a good leader.
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Facebook reacted with astonishment yesterday after it was revealed that a 90+ year-old gran had been ordered to attend a jobcentre interview.
Mrs Campbell received a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ordering her to attend a 'service compliance interview' at a local jobcentre office.
Grandson Colin took to Facebook to ask others why his gran was being told to attend a jobcentre interview. "On the back of the letter they wanted proof of everything, property bank accounts etc", said Mr Campbell.
Colin said his family had kept the existence of the letter away from him for "obvious reasons", and that now he had discovered the letter he was determined to "make a noise about this".
People can be asked to attend a 'local service compliance' interview to determine whether they are receiving the correct level of state support, such as benefits and tax credits, they are entitled to. They can be chosen randomly or as a result of suspected fraud, possibly triggered by an accusation of fraud by a member of the public.
One facebook user responded to Colin's post on Facebook saying: "Its to see if she is alive & if she is really receiving the benefits. Many people don't inform the pensions [office] when they pass & money keeps coming and is taken by anyone with there [sic] account access".
Adding: "that would be the only logical reason I see why they would do this".
Another user described the letter as "systematic bullying", adding: "compliance office really do see anyone on benefits as scum, regardless of your situation".
"I live in a country where one half of the population is employed to make the other halfs [sic] lives a misery", said another of Colin's Facebook friends.
Colin phoned the DWP to ask why his grandmother had received the letter. An official admitted a "clerical error" and that "the letter should not have been sent".


As i'm sure many of you are aware, last week myself and a group of designers created footwear concepts for Takashi Murakami's "Sneakers For Breakfast" event at ComplexCon in Long Beach, California. The idea of the event being that we could each create a concept that was pure creativity and void of any of the constraints of mass production, and we of course all used Takashi as our muse for the project.
After a week of meetings and realising how everything in LA takes atleast a fkn hour to get to, I'm finally back in London and able to give a bit of a synopses of the event. So, I'll be doing a peice on each of the concepts that were showcased – the first concept being from the super talented dutch knitting machine that is, Suzanne Oude Hengel.
As you can see below, Suzanne created an incredibly unique knitted shell toe/tabi concept. The details on these were beautiful, as Suzanne actually created a one-peice knit pattern at the TextileLab that featured Takashi's infamous jelly eye's throughout, as well as embroidering large eye patches that fastened/held the shoe together.
This was a classic case of a shoe that would garner more attention from people that "know shoes" – or atleast that's what I initially thought – as the shoes grabbed a lot of attention from everyone passing by the booth, from young sneaker heads to indsutry vets and ended up raising $4050.00 when sold at auction (proceeds going to XQAmerica).
You can see some of the initial development, as well as some final beauty shots of Suzanne's Sneakers For Breakfast concept, below.


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1993 - 1998 Toyota Supra
Cars Reviews Toyota Toyota Supra Coupe Classic cars Sports cars
by Christian Moe, on June 22, 2014, 12:00
The Toyota Supra was designed to be a sporting machine that could compete with many of the major powerhouses of the day, but it wasn't until the fourth generation Supra bowed in 1993, that the car gained its status as one of the all-time greats.
It featured an all-new exterior design that was more aerodynamic and much sportier looking than its predecessor. Gone were the sharp edges and pop-up headlamps to be replaced with long smooth curves. Along with the new look, the car also went on a diet losing 200 pounds or more, depending on the trim level.
As is the case with almost all major changes, fans of the car were worried Toyota was softening the intentions of the car. That was until they turned the key on the new drivetrains. While everyone thought Toyota was creating a friendlier, slower Supra, what it actually created was a supercar-eating monster that would grow into a cult icon.
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The exterior of the fourth generation Supra was a major departure from the Supras of the past. The car still had the hallmark long hood and short overhangs that signified its sporting pretentions, but the aggressively angled body had given way to a more 90's-friendly rounded style. The signature pop-up headlamps had been dumped, and a rear wing that could be seen form space become an option. That rear wing would soon come to be one of the most defining characteristics of the car.
With the new body and chassis changes came a fairly drastic drop in curb weight. Depending on the exact model configuration, this generation car could weigh more than 200 pounds less than its predecessor. This weight loss would go a long way in helping to solidify the new car's performance credentials.
The heaviest car you could order was a turbocharged model with the automatic transmission, and the weight came in at just over 3,400 pounds. A base-level machine with the manual only weighed a hair over 3,200 pounds.
1993 - 1998 Toyota Supra - Exterior Dimensions
100.4 Inches
Curb weight (Turbo)
While the exterior received its massive overhaul, it seems like the interior designers took a vacation. The interior had exactly zero changes from the last year of the third-generation car to the first year of the fourth-gen. There was some modified standard equipment choices, but the overall layout, design and shape of every part and piece was identical.
It may be that Toyota felt the car was perfect the way it was, and to be fair it still receives precious few complaints, but it is striking to think about the work that transpired on the outside to have Toyota change nothing in the cabin.
The cabin was well designed and filled to brim with standard equipment, and that made the Supra an expensive car when compared to its peers. In 1996, three years after the car debuted, Toyota created a new SE trim package that cut down some of the amenities to cut the price of the car down. Incidentally, this also helped cut some more weight from the car as well.
The outside changed a lot, and the interior wasn't changed at all. So what did Toyota do under the bonnet? A hell of a lot actually. For the fourth-generation car, Toyota completely threw out the old engines. The base engine was now 3.0-liter straight-six that was good for 220 horsepower and 210 pound-feet of twist. Transmission choices included a nicely-built five-speed manual and rather tragic four-speed slushbox.
The base engine gave the Supra enough speed to keep up with its main rivals, but it didn't exactly set anyone's hair on fire. If you really wanted to experience the true capability of the new Supra the Turbo model was the only choice. Powered by the now legendary 2JZ-GTE engine, this twin-turbocharged mill sent 320 horsepower barreling towards the Supra's rear tires. The standard transmission was a six-speed manual unit from Getrag, a big deal back in the early 90's. If you were afraid to row your own gears, the same awful automatic from the base car was available.
During the Supra's lifespan very little was altered under the hood. The base engine received a modest bump of 5 horsepower and 10 pound-feet thanks to the addition of variable valve timing in 1998, but that was it. Thanks to a collection of emissions issues some model year cars were only available with the automatic transmission. Something to be wary of if you are looking to buy one of these machines.
1993 - 1998 Toyota Supra - Drivetrain/Specifications
Naturally Aspirated I-6 Twin-Turbocharged I-6
210 LB-FT @ 4,800 RPM 315 LB-FT @ 4,000 RPM
6.8 Seconds 4.6 Seconds
- 155 MPH (electronically limited)
In 1993, the Supra based at $33,900 and the Turbo model started at $39,900, and the price continued to balloon up to $38,600 for the base model and $50,400 for the Turbo model. Shockingly, Toyota revealed massive price cuts on the Supra in 1997, when the base model dropped to just $29,500 and the Turbo fell to $39,900. In its final year, 1998, the base model shot back up to over $30k and the Turbo model crested the $40k mark again.
Toyota Supra Turbo
Everytime the Toyota Supra moved to a new generation model, it seemed that it was always in response to Nissan's Z sports cars. In 1990, the fourth-generation Z model made its debut with a new and completely redesigned 300ZX that came with a new look and even more power under its hood.
The 300ZX became so popular that it achieved the rare feat of being among the top 10 best cars in America for all seven years it was in production, culminating in winning "Import Car of the Year" and "Design of the Year" awards from Motor Trend.
The model was technically coined as the 300ZX Z32 and upon its arrival, it was offered in a choice of two engines: a 3.0-liter, naturally aspired, V-6 engine that produced 222 horsepower and 198 pound-feet of torque and a twin-turbo version that netted 300 ponies and 280 pound-feet of torque, allowing the 300ZX to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in six seconds to go with a top speed of 155 mph.
Today the Supras of this era are some of the most sought after cars Toyota has ever built. The engines are capable of incredible power under higher levels of boost, and the chassis can be tuned to out handle the best modern sports car. Sadly this was also the last of the Supra's Toyota has ever built. There has been talk of a new car coming for more than a decade now, but it never seems to materialize.
If you ever wanted to see a true representation of the power and engineering ability that Toyota possesses, there is no better specimen than this Supra.
Capable of achieving incredible power and speed
Features now iconic looks
Solidified Toyota's position in the world sports car arena
It was very expensive
Several years only have automatic transmissions
Difficult to find one that hasn't been destroyed
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A collection of PDF tools and utilities to modify and optimize your PDFs.
PDF Shaper Pro 5.1 was available as a giveaway on March 11, 2016!
PDF Shaper is a powerful PDF software, which offers a collection of PDF tools and utilities to modify and optimize your PDF documents and its content. With PDF Shaper you can easily split and merge any PDF documents, extract text and graphics from PDF files, encrypt/decrypt a document with a password, change users permissions, convert images to PDF or PDF to images, convert Word DOC/DOCX to PDF, view and print PDF documents.
How would you improve PDF Shaper Pro 5.1?
This is the best app given here this year, maybe last year too.
I get an error message when I try to extract the text from a PDF file - every PDF file I have tested. It says, "Unable to extract text" with the big red X. It is incapable of converting PDF files to editable text files, at least the ones I need to convert.
I get an error message when I try to extract the text from a PDF file - every PDF file I have tested. It says, "Unable to extract text" with the big red X. It is incapable of converting PDF files to editable text files, at least the ones I need to convert. Worthless to me. Uninstalled.
I did a comparison test.
For brevity's sake, let's call them SP vs. MS.
My 2 page Word .doc test file contains headings, paragraphs (some with indents), lists, tables, boxes, and 2 images.
1. Both the SP-converted file and the MS-converted file looked presentable. At first glance they looked very much like the original source file.
2. Upon closer inspection, I noticed there were several issues in both output files. So, I opened both files with a PDF object viewer to see how they were built.
1a. MS kept the original Word "style" information intact for the most part. Headings were still headings, with the proper levels. Paragraphs were still paragraphs.
1b. SP threw out the heading styles and changed them to paragraphs (this presents a major Accessibility issue).
2a. MS kept the tagging structure information (tab order).
2b. SP threw out the tagging structure information (this presents a major Accessibility issue).
3a. MS kept the alternate text and annotations for the images.
3b. SP threw out the alternate text and annotations for the images (this presents a major Accessibility issue).
4a. MS kept the table structure intact: rows; table headers; table descriptors; and regularity of rows and columns.
4b. SP did not retain the table structure. (this presents a major Accessibility issue).
5a. MS kept the list structure intact: tags; labels; and content.
5b. SP did not retain the list structure. (this presents a major Accessibility issue).
There were additional issues but, in my opinion, they would not have as much impact as the ones listed above.
Compliance with Accessibility standards for web-based information is required in most countries now. Any PDF posted to a website must meet certain requirements in those countries (WCAG; Section 508; AODA; BS 8878; etc.). Output produced by PDF Shaper Pro 5.1 simply does not meet the required thresholds.
For me, the points listed above are show-stoppers.
I realize PDF Shaper Pro 5.1 has many more features, but I can't trust the integrity of those operations either, without conducting an in-depth review.
Therefore, thank you GAOTD and Burnaware, but I will pass on your offering today.
The program installed and activated on Windows XP sp3 without a hitch. It is reasonably compact by modern standards and offers several PDF manipulation tools which do not amount to a full PDF editor, but could be sufficient for many users. An improvement I would suggest would be the inclusion of an effective compression tool, as many PDFs created from other files are larger than necessary.
Manual on line says "This tool allows you to convert PDF document(s) to MS Word RTF format." The Giveaway of the day — PDF Shaper Pro 5.1 does not have this function. The other functions it has will be useful.
Another GOTD I can't get to install.. "Giveaway of the day Stopped Working" a box tells me, shortly after double clicking Setup.exe... This happend quite a few times (for me) the last 10 days or so.. Any solutions to this!?
It's a win 8.1 machine and only got problems with the GOTD setup/installer..
Another GOTD I can't get to install.. "Giveaway of the day Stopped Working" a box tells me, shortly after double clicking Setup.exe... This happend quite a few times (for me) the last 10 days or so.. Any solutions to this!? It's a win 8.1 machine and only got problems with the GOTD setup/installer..
When I run into this problem, I temporarily disable my anti-virus software and setup will continue.
Ch(A)osproduction Limited When I run into this problem, I temporarily disable my anti-virus software and setup will continue. Good luck.
Never had to turn of my AV before to install these giveaways.. Or anything else for that matter..
Jim Thanks a lot :) That actually worked :D Never had to turn of my AV before to install these giveaways.. Or anything else for that matter.. So GOTD´s new method to install known or unknown programs is - Turn off your AntiVirus ;) Brilliant :D Thanks Jim..
I frequently have this problem with my Kaspersky antivirus. As advised by some learned person here earlier, I disable the antivirus and restart the computer and then the setup usually executes without any problems.
Ch(A)osproduction Limited I frequently have this problem with my Kaspersky antivirus. As advised by some learned person here earlier, I disable the antivirus and restart the computer and then the setup usually executes without any problems.
The free version is almost portable, with an .ini file added to Users\ [UserName]\ AppData\ Roaming, with an interface or GUI that features icons for the different functions in the app's window.
Tried the Crop Pages tool. Also tried Delete Pages tool.
In Crop, the amount of pixel width to crop on the left margin and right margin can be specified.
This is not accurate. For example if the measured margin width is 220 pixels, you must specify about 140 pixels.
Otherwise the software will over-crop into the text.
Once you get the hang of it, the tool is useful for cropping.
In Delete Pages - you specify the pages that you wish to delete. Not the pages you want to keep.
e. you have a 26 page PDF document. You want to delete pages 11 to 26. You want to keep pages 1 to 10.
Then in the tool, you input 11-26.
Tried the Crop Pages tool. Also tried Delete Pages tool. In Crop, the amount of pixel width to crop on the left margin and right margin can be specified. This is not accurate. For example if the measured margin width is 220 pixels, you must specify about 140 pixels. Otherwise the software will over-crop into the text. Once you get the hang of it, the tool is useful for cropping. In Delete Pages - you specify the pages that you wish to delete. Not the pages you want to keep. e. you have a 26 page PDF document. You want to delete pages 11 to 26. You want to keep pages 1 to 10. Then in the tool, you input 11-26. and click Process.
Installed without a hitch on my Win 7 Pro x 64. Simple, clear interface with many helpful options. I think it will be very useful. Thanks so much, GOTD and Burnaware!
Since upgrading to Windows 10 I have found that the GOTD Activation box just hangs and the set-up dialogue box doesn't appear. Following help from GOTD I found that this is caused by Windows Defender and the solution is to go to 'Settings - update and security - Windows Defender' and turn off real-time protection before clicking on set-up exe. It all works OK after that and you can turn protection back on again. Hope that helps some one.
I'm using windows defender and windows firewall and I didn't have to turn them off, even when the computer OS was windows 8 and when it was windows 8.1.
DaveSuffolk I'm using windows defender and windows firewall and I didn't have to turn them off, even when the computer OS was windows 8 and when it was windows 8.1.
Installed OK on Windows 10 64-bit, thank you for the easy activation.
Like the simple UI, thanks GOTD Installed OK on Windows 10 64-bit, thank you for the easy activation.
Took 3 tries to get it to install, appears the GOTD installer 'thought' the installation was complete before it had even started.
Application is 'OK'. It works and has several options but leaves out the option to convert from PDF to Word format. The option to convert from Word to PDF is available but isn't really necessary considering there are free printer driver software applications available (such as FreePDF xp) that can convert any printable file to pdf, thus making the function in this application rather useless and very limited. Additionally, the same mentioned print driver, will also append pdf files.
In all fairness, this can be a useful application if the author would add the missing functionality (convert from pdf to X, compression, etc), but the $30 price tag for this application in the current form cannot be justified. Although there are 16 functions available, most, if not all, are available in freeware packages.
Took 3 tries to get it to install, appears the GOTD installer 'thought' the installation was complete before it had even started. Application is 'OK'. It works and has several options but leaves out the option to convert from PDF to Word format. The option to convert from Word to PDF is available but isn't really necessary considering there are free printer driver software applications available (such as FreePDF xp) that can convert any printable file to pdf, thus making the function in this application rather useless and very limited. Additionally, the same mentioned print driver, will also append pdf files. In all fairness, this can be a useful application if the author would add the missing functionality (convert from pdf to X, compression, etc), but the $30 price tag for this application in the current form cannot be justified. Although there are 16 functions available, most, if not all, are available in freeware packages.
Why would you mention the price when GOTD is providing it for free?
Matt Why would you mention the price when GOTD is providing it for free?
'cause these functions are available in many other application for free, by defult. Again: by default.
--> Matt  'cause these functions are available in many other application for free, by defult. Again: by default.
Oz Price is mentioned because these giveaways are intended to build interest, and users not getting the program today will pay the quoted price to get it later. Thus the price comparison.
Oz Price is mentioned because these giveaways are intended to build interest, and users not getting the program today will pay the quoted price to get it later. Thus the price comparison.
Could you name some of these free applications?
Tezzino Could you name some of these free applications?
Certainly, search for "briss" and "pdfsome", n.1 for pdf cropping, n.2 for pdf manipulation. But you must have Java running.
Jim Certainly, search for "briss" and "pdfsome", n.1 for pdf cropping, n.2 for pdf manipulation. But you must have Java running.
Oz ----> MATT. Look at the For Developers link at the bottom of this page. Developers use GOTD to get useful feedback about their new and existing products. A comment like "$30 is too much" could be very useful to them. Mentioning that some freeware has most of the facilities is useful to them AND to us.
Oz ----> MATT. Look at the For Developers link at the bottom of this page. Developers use GOTD to get useful feedback about their new and existing products. A comment like "$30 is too much" could be very useful to them. Mentioning that some freeware has most of the facilities is useful to them AND to us.
I understand now. Thanx for clarifying.
fried haggis I understand now. Thanx for clarifying.
Try Google, you will find several.
Jim Here is just one example of a product that offers basically the same thing as this, and for free: https://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html Try Google, you will find several.


This was absolutely perfect for my Circus party!
Welcome to "Lady Goes To Market". I'm so excited to share some of my handmade goodies with you! I have always enjoyed creating things to eat, wear and use in my home.
So, if I'm not busy designing a new headband you just might catch me behind the sewing machine whipping up a new apron to take to a gift exchange. One of my families favorite things to catch me doing is making homemade cinnamon rolls. If I could figure out how to get those to you I'd do that too!
At Lady Goes To Market you'll be able to find everything from Aprons, Tablecloths and Runners w/matching flour sack towels smartly adorned with colorful ruffles. To sweet and delicate Headbands and Hair Clips adorned with gorgeous silk flowers, feathers, designer fabrics and even berries and birdies. I will also offer freshly canned Relishes, Pickles, Jams and Spreads when seasonal fruits and vegetables are available in abundance.
I can't wait to create something for you!!
Oh, and did I mention rick rack? One of my most favorite things to see and say!!
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"Matt and I always dreamed of owning a ranch of our own, but we never thought it was a reality," says Stacy Crabb, as she looks out over the 9,000 acre ranch she and her husband managed for 11 years.
The Rocky Mountain front of Montana is a magical landscape, but like so many landscapes in the west, it is at risk of development. Both wildlife and the ranching lifestyle that has co-existed for generations is being threatened.
Crabb Ranch: A film by The Conservation Fund and Sprout Films (Trailer)
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By Susie Madrak on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 3:00pm
Frank Gaffney On The Iraq War: Yes, Americans Did Have To Die, But He's Delighted We Did What We Did!
[media id=6973] In the wake of Dick Cheney's steadfast refusal to admit any wrongdoing, Chris Matthews and David Corn absolutely demolish wingnut/neo
By SilentPatriot on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 6:00pm
Russia, China See End To American Hegemony
Seven years ago the Bush administration brought neoconservatives into a position of power with a dream of everlasting American hegemony, a unipolar s
By Steve Hynd on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 7:00pm
Make Stuff Up, Bomb Iran
Caroline Glick, deputy editor at Murdoch's Jerusalem Post and fellow of the neoconservative Center For Security Policy, is back on the Iran warpath in
By Steve Hynd on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 8:30am
Four More Neoconservative Years?
David Sanger at the NY Times is one of those top-level reporters who often willingly carries water for the Bush administration - promulgating "unoffic
By Steve Hynd on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 7:00am
Desperately Blaming Biden
[media id=6138] [media id=6139] (h/t BillW) The Washington Post yet again manages to produce an op-ed only fit to wrap fish in, as neocon Michael R
By Steve Hynd on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 7:00pm
"Like A Flamethrower In A Fireworks Factory"
The Glasgow Herald's veteran political correspondent Iain McWhirter wonders wtf is wrong with America, that John McCain is actually level with Obama
By Steve Hynd on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 7:00pm
McCain's Terror Gap
[McCain speaking in front of the NRA in May, 2008] John McCain's campaign won't say whether he's for or against allowing suspected terrorists to b
By Steve Hynd on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 7:30am


An old desk in front of two ruins in the ghost-town of Bodie. Bodie is in the eastern Sierra of California in the west of the United States. This photo was taken on a sunny afternoon in early October of 2002. This photo is part of the Bodie and Mono Lake gallery. This photo was taken with a digital camera.


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