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"Growing up on a grain and cattle farm, Catherine's style largely focuses on country, but also melds into other genres such as adult contemporary and blues. All 13 songs on this debut album were written by Catherine and touch on subjects of heartache, freedom, love and inspiration. The song "Home" was written in 2005 for a classmate who passed away suddenly, becoming the initial inspiration for this project." Produced by: Cory Miller. Recorded at: CRM Recordings, Eastend. More Info: www.catherinelewans.com.


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Europe, US Frustrated with Iranian Stance in Nuclear Talks
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Tony Blinken, President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State, speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
BERLIN — European diplomats are expressing frustration with Iran's stance in talks aimed at salvaging its tattered 2015 nuclear deal, saying they are wasting "precious time" dealing with new Iranian demands and that "time is running out." U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday diplomacy remains the best option but that Washington is engaging with partners on alternatives.
Talks in Vienna between the remaining signatories to the 2015 agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, resumed last week in Vienna.
Diplomats from Britain, France and Germany had urged Tehran to come back with "realistic proposals" after the Iranian delegation — representing the country's new hard-line government — previously made numerous demands that other participants deemed unacceptable.
Senior diplomats from the three European powers made clear on Monday night that things have not improved although "all delegations have pressed Iran to be reasonable." Russia and China also are part of the agreement with Iran.
The United States has participated indirectly in the ongoing talks because it withdrew from the accord in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden has signaled that he wants to rejoin the deal.
"As of this moment, we still have not been able to get down to real negotiations," the European diplomats said. "We are losing precious time dealing with new Iranian positions inconsistent with the JCPOA or that go beyond it."
They said the situation is frustrating because the outline of a "comprehensive and fair agreement" that removes all sanctions related to the nuclear deal while addressing nonproliferation concerns had been visible last summer.
"Time is running out," they warned. "Without swift progress, in light of Iran's fast-forwarding of its nuclear program, the JCPOA will very soon become an empty shell."
The accord, sealed in Vienna in 2015, was meant to rein in Iran's nuclear program in return for loosened economic sanctions.
Following the U.S. decision to withdraw and reimpose sanctions on Iran, Tehran has ramped up its nuclear program again by enriching uranium beyond the thresholds allowed in the agreement. Iran has also restricted monitors from the U.N. atomic watchdog from accessing its nuclear facilities, raising concerns about what the country is doing out of view.
Speaking to reporters in Jakarta, Blinken pointed to the frustration expressed by the European powers.
"We continue at this hour, on this day to pursue diplomacy because it remains at this moment the best option, but we are actively engaging with allies and partners on alternatives," he said.
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It is the piece of merchandise which has sent shoppers into a frenzy.
And the Beauty and the Beast mug craze shows no sign of slowing down.
Primark started selling the cute mugs last month, but shoppers were dismayed to learn they had quickly sold out.
Many Coventry and Warwickshire shoppers at the discount retailer were left crestfallen.
And many took to social media to complain.
But there is light at the end of the tunnel for Disney fans in the city and the surrounding region.
That's because a new store has started stocking the official Disney chinaware.
Firebox, an online retailer, is offering the cute tokens as the live-action remake thrills viewers in cinemas across the country.
The film, based on the 1991 classic animation, stars Emma Watson as Belle.
The store tells shoppers: "Whether you're a fan of hot drinks (most people) or a lover of Disney (everyone) – you need the Beauty and the Beast Chip Mug in your life.
"This perky lil' guy won't sing and dance (or turn back into a boy) but he will stare up at you adoringly as you drink.
"Be our guest, be our guest, put this enchanted mug to the test."
The mug, available to pre-order now, costs £12.99.
Primark has revealed stores will be getting the cup again in May.
Both the purse and cup are being sold on ebay with bids up to £25 for the Beauty and the Beast merchandise.


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My favourite game: Rossi v Lorenzo, 2015 Valencian MotoGP Grand Prix | Dan Rosato | Sport
"Márquez would prefer Lorenzo to win." So said a frustrated Valentino Rossi, leading the 2015 MotoGP standings and gunning for world championship number 10, lighting a fuse that would eventually result in his title aspirations disintegrating before his eyes.
The Italian was clearly feeling the pressure of heading the points table for the entirety of the year, and his accusation towards Marc Márquez, a rider who was out of the title picture, before the penultimate round of the season in Malaysia, led to one of the most acrimonious ever finishes to a season.
He was referencing the previous race in Australia, where the Italian thought Márquez had "helped" his Spanish compatriot Jorge Lorenzo by putting up less of a fight against him than against Rossi. The pair had also shared two previous on-track battles that year in Argentina and the Netherlands, both of which the Italian came through to win.
The frustration felt by "the Doctor" came to an explosive head in the race at Sepang, where he was adjudged to have kicked Márquez off his bike in a wheel-to-wheel battle for the final spot on the rostrum. Rossi was allowed to keep his points for the race but was demoted to last place on the grid for the season's conclusion, in Valencia.
In the weeks leading up to the race in Spain, cries of conspiracy and collusion filled the air. An Italian was being pushed to the back of the grid for the finale in Spain, which would benefit the Spanish rider Lorenzo? It was too much of a coincidence for some of the Italian's more irate fans. Such was the animosity directed towards Márquez in particular that the Thursday press conference was cancelled.
Valentino Rossi in the pit-lane before the start of the race. Photograph: Heino Kalis /Reuters
Rossi led Lorenzo by seven points going into the race. With the latter looking odds-on to take the win and the 25 points that came with it, Rossi had to climb from 25th on the grid to second, a gargantuan task on a track where is notoriously difficult to pass.
As the lights went out Lorenzo, Márquez, and Dani Pedrosa got off the line smoothly. However, all eyes were directed firmly towards the back of the grid, where Rossi was making his charge. The Italian made a lightning start, slicing his way through to 16th place before the first corner, picking up seven places within seconds of the start. With the crowd at fever pitch, you would have thought the race was being staged in Italy, for everyone's attention was on No 46 as he made up place after place, lap after lap.
Jorge Lorenzo leads into a corner as Valentino Rossi (second right) attempts to scythe through the field. Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP
By lap seven, Rossi was up to seventh. His pace was electric, but he was losing vital seconds to the front three as they ran their own race at the front of the pack in clean air. The tension was almost unbearable, as Rossi finally made it up to fourth. He needed second place, or he needed Márquez and Pedrosa to overtake Lorenzo, with the latter looking good for the win.
My Favourite Game
As the laps ticked away, so did Rossi's pace and his hopes for world title number 10. His charge through the field left his tyres in poor condition, and with Lorenzo riding as smooth as ever at the front, only a fleeting attempt by the third-placed Pedrosa to go for the win stood between the Mallorcan and a fifth world title.
Lorenzo crossed the finish line with Márquez right on his tail (0.263sec back to precise) and Rossi almost 20 seconds further behind. The Mallorcan had kept his head down and avoided all the controversy that had engulfed the finale of the championship. Where others had floundered, he had flourished.
Valentino Rossi is congratulated by spectators for his valiant effort on arrival to his pit garage after the race. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images
Despite the failure to seal a 10th title, Rossi was welcomed into the pits as if he had won the championship. He had passed up the potential to win another world title through one moment of madness a few weeks earlier, and there was nothing he could do about it
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Q: Linker errors even though I prevent them with #ifndef I am getting linker errors that suggest I am not using #ifndef and #define.

1>TGALoader.obj : error LNK2005:
  "struct TGA tga" (?tga@@3UTGA@@A)
  already defined in main.obj
  1>TGALoader.obj : error LNK2005:
  "struct TGAHeader tgaheader"
  (?tgaheader@@3UTGAHeader@@A) already
  defined in main.obj 1>TGALoader.obj :
  error LNK2005: "unsigned char *
  uTGAcompare" (?uTGAcompare@@3PAEA)
  already defined in main.obj
  1>TGALoader.obj : error LNK2005:
  "unsigned char * cTGAcompare"
  (?cTGAcompare@@3PAEA) already defined
  in main.obj 1>LINK : warning LNK4098:
  defaultlib 'LIBCMTD' conflicts with
  use of other libs; use
  /NODEFAULTLIB:library

I have included a header file Texture.h and tga.h from the nehe opengl tutorials into my
project. I have
#ifndef TGAISCOOL
#define TGAISCOOL
#endif

in my tga.h file. If I include this more than once, I get the errors from the linker that I pasted above. The first two are from texture.h though the situation is the same.
Any ideas on what is wrong?

A: The problem is you are putting definitions in your header file instead of declarations.
Include guards only work for multiple includes of a single translation unit (i.e a source file).  If you compile multiple translation units, each one will see the contents of your header file.
So, instead of putting this definition in your header file:
struct TGA tga;

You want to put this declaration in your header file:
/* whatever.h */
extern struct TGA tga;

And then add the definition in a source file:
/* whatever.c */
#include "whatever.h"

struct TGA ta;

The rule of thumb is that definitions go in source files and declarations go in header files.

A: You're not doing anything wrong. The problem is with the Tga.h file you got from NeHe. This header file defines four objects which means that if you include the file in different translation units the symbols for these will appear multiple times and that is what the linker is complaining about.
The solution is to move the definitions of these objects into the Tga.cpp file.
The lines in Tga.h that previously had the definitions should now read
extern TGAHeader tgaheader;
extern TGA tga;

extern GLubyte uTGAcompare[12];
extern GLubyte cTGAcompare[12];

with the original versions of these lines now in Tga.cpp

A: There's no reason to conclude that #ifndef isn't working properly. What the error message is saying is that you have items with the same name defined in multiple translation units (.obj files). The link process is therefore failing.
As for how to fix it, we need to see more code.

A: Change your Tga.H like this:
#ifndef Tga_H
#define Tga_H
#include "Texture.h"

struct TGAHeader
{
    GLubyte Header[12];                                 // TGA File Header
} ;

struct TGA
{
    GLubyte     header[6];                              // First 6 Useful Bytes From The Header
    GLuint      bytesPerPixel;                          // Holds Number Of Bytes Per Pixel Used In The TGA File
    GLuint      imageSize;                              // Used To Store The Image Size When Setting Aside Ram
    GLuint      temp;                                   // Temporary Variable
    GLuint      type;
    GLuint      Height;                                 //Height of Image
    GLuint      Width;                                  //Width ofImage
    GLuint      Bpp;                                    // Bits Per Pixel
} ;

extern  TGAHeader tgaheader;                                    // TGA header
extern  TGA tga;                                                // TGA image data

extern GLubyte uTGAcompare[12]; // Uncompressed TGA Header
extern GLubyte cTGAcompare[12]; // Compressed TGA Header
bool LoadTGA(Texture * , char * );
bool LoadUncompressedTGA(Texture *, char *, FILE *);    // Load an Uncompressed file
bool LoadCompressedTGA(Texture *, char *, FILE *);      // Load a Compressed file

#endif

Add the following lines in your TGALoader.cpp file on top:
TGAHeader tgaheader;
TGA tga;
GLubyte uTGAcompare[12] = {0,0,2, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
GLubyte cTGAcompare[12] = {0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};

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Welcome to Daft as a Brush Bluebell Bus! A 7,000 mile, 2 year walk to create 1,000,000 Cancer Patient Journeys.
Join us on our 7,000 mile walk to travel the length of the coastal footpath walk of both Great Britain and Ireland. This epic journey is to promote nationally, the Charity Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care transport service. This is a free of charge service for cancer patients that require to get to and from hospital for treatment.
The charity proposes that with Bluebell Bus and her travelling team will get the word out about how "HUBS" can be managed and run locally, to create a Daft as a Brush Service in their local area and therefore, provide nationally, 1,000,000 (1 million) high quality cancer patient care journeys each year. We're walking anti-clockwise around Great Britain and Ireland then back to Newcastle in circa two years, back in June 2020! Wish us luck!
We're taking the Daft as a Brush charity NATIONWIDE!
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Please help Brian and Bluebell on their 7,000 mile walking challenge!
A HUGE thank you from Bluebell and her team to everyone who can help her!
Did you know…? Everything from food to fuel on the 7,000 mile walk is funded privately by Brian Burnie.This means every penny donated goes directly to the charity to bring FREE cancer patient transport all over Great Britain and Ireland.
Bluebell Bus is aiming to raise £4m to take the Charity Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care NATIONWIDE with the creation of a network of hubs and the provision of support, financial and administrative, to those persons who wish to set up and operate Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care service in new areas.
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CRUEL TWIST
Dad saved by heart transplant loses fiancée to cancer 48 hours before their wedding
Gemma Mullin, Digital Health Reporter
A DAD whose life was saved by a heart transplant was left heartbroken when he lost his fiancée to cancer 48 hours before their wedding.
Sam Rudland was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia which causes the thickening of the heart muscle when he was just 18.
Sam Rudland with his fiancee Amy and their daughter Esmee before she tragically died from cancerCredit: PA Real Life
Doctors told the systems engineer, from Bristol, he wouldn't live past 35 and his low life expectancy ruled out hopes of a heart transplant.
But then he met psychologist Amy Watts through a dating app in 2012 and fell in love - having a daughter, Esmee, together in December 2013.
Over the years, Sam's health was their focus - leaving them blindsided when Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2016.
Astonishingly, his condition improved and he was finally accepted for a transplant in May 2017.
But Amy's cancer spread to her liver and she died in April last year, aged 42.
It was just two days before their wedding - and heartbreakingly she was cremated in her bridal gown.
Sam, 42, said: "Amy was an incredible mum to Esmee, who is the most precious, amazing little girl.
"It is a very cruel twist of fate that she so badly wanted to be a mum, then had it snatched away.
"We probably had two good years together which weren't plagued by illness. They were as close to perfect as you could expect.
"Esmee has wonderful memories of Amy, but I worry they'll fade. She's come so close to losing both parents, it doesn't bear thinking about."
It is a very cruel twist of fate that she so badly wanted to be a mum, then had it snatched away
Sam Rudland
Sam, who has an 11-year-old son named Tobias from a previous relationship, said that despite his heart problems, the couple were really happy.
He proposed over a candle-lit dinner at their home at the end of 2014, but his health had started to worsen and made them nervous about making any firm wedding plans.
"My heart rate would get to 140bpm, rather than the normal 60 to 100bpm, so I'd regularly end up in hospital," he said.
"I had five cardioversions, where an electric shock delivered from a defibrillator is used to restore the heart's rhythm to normal.
Amy with her daughter Esmee when she was youngerCredit: PA Real Life
Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2016Credit: PA Real Life
"I also had two cardiac ablations – procedures where surgeons burn away areas of the heart to destroy the tissue allowing incorrect electrical signals to cause the abnormal heart rhythms.
"Sadly, they didn't work and in November 2015, I was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), which uses an electrical signal to regulate my heartbeat.
"Amy often drove me to hospital, then paced the corridors while the doctors fixed me up.
"She did this all while trying to keep things as normal as possible for Esmee."
Shock diagnosis
With everyone focused on Sam's health, Amy had discovered a small lump in her right breast while showering.
In October 2016 she was sent for tests and sadly diagnosed with breast cancer, which had spread to her lymph nodes.
Sam said: "We were totally shocked – but convinced the treatment would work. We even discussed having another child when she was better."
In November that year, Amy had her right breast removed, followed by a three-week round of chemotherapy, then radiotherapy a month later.
We were totally shocked – but convinced the treatment would work
Then, in March 2017, Sam was hospitalised with intense swelling of his feet, fluid retention and dangerously low blood pressure – all linked to his heart.
"I kept fearing I'd die, Amy's cancer wouldn't get sorted out and Esmee would lose both her parents," he said.
Constantly in and out of hospital, Sam asked doctors if they would reconsider a transplant.
Fortunately, his results from a five-week assessment at Cambridge's Royal Papworth Hospital, combined with the fact he had exceeded his life expectancy, made him eligible – leading to a successful six-hour heart transplant operation in May 2017.
Friedreich's ataxia is the most common type of hereditary ataxia.
It's thought to affect at least 1 in every 50,000 people.
Symptoms usually first develop before the age of 25, although it can develop in people much older than this.
Signs and symptoms of Friedreich's ataxia can include:
problems with balance and co-ordination, often causing wobbliness, clumsiness and frequent falls
increasingly slurred, slow and unclear speech
increasing weakness in the legs – many people find walking difficult and need to use a wheelchair after around 10 to 20 years
abnormal curvature of the spine
total or partial vision loss and hearing loss
thickening of the heart muscles which can cause chest pain, breathlessness and an irregular heartbeat
loss of sensation in the hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy)
The symptoms of Friedreich's ataxia usually get gradually worse over many years. People with the condition tend to have a shorter life expectancy than normal. Many people live until at least their 30s, and some can live into their 60s or beyond.
Source: NHS
Allowed home in January 2018, while his health improved, Amy's cancer had spread to her bones.
On doctors' advice she continued having chemo every three weeks for a year.
But, in January 2019, her treatment was halted as her white blood cell count was dangerously low, putting her at risk of infection.
Further tests showed the cancer had spread to her liver, where she had a rapidly growing tumour the "size of a small child's head."
In February, Amy's cancer became terminal and the couple planned their wedding for the end of April.
"It was devastating," said Sam. "Amy had been given a death sentence, while I had been given a chance with my new heart.
"She was so upset thinking she wouldn't see Esmee grow up, graduate and get married. That was all she wanted.
"She wanted to have the same last name as Esmee, so we planned our wedding for the end of April.
"Amy sat down and explained Mummy was poorly and while Esmee knew something was wrong, we didn't push the fact – we wanted their time together to be unspoilt."
Sam was desperately hopeful that Amy would pull through - especially after a heart transplant saved his own lifeCredit: PA Real Life
The couple pulled their wedding forward so that they could marry before Amy died and they would all share the same surnameCredit: PA Real Life
Tragically Amy's condition took a turn and she died two days before they could marryCredit: PA Real Life
Towards the end of March 2019, in considerable pain, Amy asked to be taken to St Peter's Hospice in Bristol.
"She was crying, so afraid that she would never see the house again," Sam recalled.
"I thought Amy would spend a few days in the hospice, then come home.
"But her liver was pressing against her stomach and diaphragm, causing pain and breathing problems.
I thought Amy would spend a few days in the hospice, then come home
Sam cancelled their planned wedding, instead booking a registrar to marry them in the hospice the following week, on April 3.
"We had room for 10 guests and the hospice cafe was going to do some food," he said.
"Esmee's whole outfit had been picked and chosen. I never got to see it but I know she had the whole kit – pretty dress and tiara."
By March 31, which was also Mothering Sunday - just days before the wedding - Amy was fading rapidly.
"Esmee visited, giving her a Mother's Day card, but Amy didn't even register what was happening. She was drifting in and out of consciousness," said Sam.
"The last thing she said to me that Sunday was, 'Please don't leave me on my own'.
"I slept that night in the armchair in her room. The following morning, she would not respond to anything.
Amy died on Mother's Day last year after cancer spread throughout her bodyCredit: PA Real Life
She was desperately sad that she wouldn't see Esmee grow upCredit: PA Real Life
Esmee had hoped doctors would be able to 'fix her mummy' as they had done with her dadCredit: PA Real Life
"I sat there holding her hand and, over the course of an hour and a half, her breathing just slowed down and stopped.
"She didn't seem in pain and it was very peaceful at the end."
He added: "I had to break Esmee's heart by telling her that her mum was dead," he said.
"Like all of us, Esmee struggled to accept Amy was going to die. Because she'd seen the doctors sort me out, she expected that for her mummy too."
Movingly, when Amy was cremated on April 24, last year, at Memorial Woodlands, Bristol, she was dressed in her white lace-necked bridal gown.
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Recalling seeing her beforehand at the funeral home, Sam said: "It was very difficult, but she looked beautiful.
"Esmee asked me a few months later, 'Are you sad that you and Mummy didn't get to marry? I said 'of course' and Esmee replied, 'I'll marry you Daddy."
Describing Esmee as his rock, Sam said: "She misses her mum so much, but we talk about her all the time and have a shelf with pictures of Amy on it."
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Penile subincision is a form of genital modification or mutilation consisting of a urethrotomy, in which the underside of the penis is incised and the urethra slit open lengthwise, from the urethral opening (meatus) toward the base. The slit can be of varying lengths.

Subincision was traditionally performed around the world, notably in Australia, but also in Africa, South America and the Polynesian and Melanesian cultures of the Pacific, often as a coming of age ritual.

Disadvantages include the risks inherent in the procedure itself, which is often self-performed, and increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The ability to impregnate (specifically, getting sperm into the vagina) may also be decreased.

Subincisions can greatly affect urination, often resulting in hypospadias requiring the subincised male to sit or squat while urinating. The scrotum can be pulled up against the open urethra to quasi-complete the tube and allow an approximation to normal urination, while a few subincised men carry a tube with which they can aim.

Cultural traditions

Subincision (like circumcision) is well documented among the peoples of the central desert of Australia such as the Arrernte and Luritja. The Arrernte word for subincision is arilta, and occurs as a rite of passage ritual for adolescent boys.  It was given to the Arrernte by Mangar-kunjer-kunja, a lizard-man spirit being from the Dreamtime. Some academics theorise that a subincised penis is thought to resemble a vulva, and the bleeding is likened to menstruation. This type of modification of the penis was also traditionally performed by the Lardil people of Mornington Island, Queensland. The young men who underwent the procedure were the only ones to learn a simple ceremonial language, Damin. In later ceremonies, repeated throughout adult life, the subincised penis would be used as a site for ritual bloodletting. According to Ken Hale, who studied Damin, no ritual initiations have been carried out in the Gulf of Carpentaria for half a century, and hence the language has also died out.

Another indigenous Australian term for the custom is mika or the terrible rite.

Indigenous cultures of the Amazon Basin also practise subincision, as do Samburu herdboys of Kenya, who are said to perform subincisions on themselves (or sometimes their peers) at age seven to ten. In Samoa, subincision of the foreskin, skin located along the tip of the penis, was ritually performed upon young men, as in Hawaii, where subincision of the foreskin is reported to have been performed at age six or seven.

See also
 Meatotomy
 Modern primitive
 Body modification

References

Further reading
General

 Bettelheim, Bruno (1962) Symbolic Wounds: Puberty Rites and the Envious Male. New York: Collier.
 Farb, Peter (1968) Man's Rise to Civilization New York: E. P. Dutton p98-101.
Polynesia
 Firth, Raymond, (1963) We the Tikopia: A Sociological Study of Kinship in Primitive Polynesia. Boston: Beacon.
 Martin, John (1981) Tonga Islands: William Mariner's Account. Tonga: Vava'u Press.
 Diamond, M. (1990) Selected Cross-Generational Sexual Behavior in Traditional Hawai'i: A Sexological Ethnography, in Feierman, J. R. (Ed.) Pedophilia: Biosocial Dimensions. New York: Springer-Verlag, p422-43
Melanesia

 Hogbin, Ian (1970) The Island of Menstruating Men: Religion in Wogeo, New Guinea. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland
Australia

 Montagu, Ashley (1974) Coming into Being among the Australian Aborigines: The Procreative Beliefs of the Australian Aborigines. 2nd ed. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

 Abley, Mark. Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages.
Africa

External links

 Commons.wikimedia.org (Warning: shows picture)
 A mention of penile subincision in Hawaii during the early Twentieth Century
 A mention of penile subincision among Papuans
 Rickharrison.com
 "The story of my subincision" at Kuro5hin.org

DIY culture
Male genital modification
Hawaii culture
Human male reproductive system
Indigenous Australian culture
Kenyan culture
Melanesian culture
Human penis
Samoan culture
South American culture
Urologic surgery

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Q: Matthews correlation raising divide-by-zero error I am classifying some samples (number of classes: 117) with a trained model that outputs a matrix with shape n_samples x n_classes. Each row is the output of a sample, and each column is the output given by a neuron in the output layer of my model. Something like that:
[[0.3, -0.47, 0.1], #sample 1
 [0.124, 0.442, -0.111], #sample 2
  ... # and so on
]

The final prediction is then calculated:
pred_labels = np.argmax(predictions, axis=1).flatten()

and then i calculate matthews correlation using sklearn.metrics.matthews_corrcoef:
matthews = mattews_corrcoef(true_labels, pred_labels)

This is raising a warning:
invalid value encountered in double_scalars
Doing some research in SO, this is mainly caused by a division-by-zero operation. Then i set np.seterr('raise) to debug where is this operation, and then i get to this line:
 --> 900 mcc = cov_ytyp / np.sqrt(cov_ytyt * cov_ypyp)
It makes me believe that the denominator of this operation is 0 for some reason.  I double checked prediction and training phases, but there are no errors found.


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El Delftse Poort (en inglés: Delft Gate Building) es un complejo de rascacielos de dos torres junto a la Estación Central en Róterdam, en los Países Bajos. Hasta mayo de 2009, la Torre I era la torre de oficinas más alta de los Países Bajos.

Características
La Torre I mide 151,35 m y tiene 41 pisos y en el momento de su construcción se convirtió en la más alta del Benelux tras superar a la Tour du Midi de Bruselas. La Torre II mide 93 m y tiene 25 pisos. Ambas están construidas sobre un podio multifuncional de 4 pisos que linda con la estación central de Róterdam. Todo el complejo cuenta con 28 ascensores. El área bruta del piso en el complejo es de 106.000 m², y las oficinas ocupan 66.000 m².

El complejo fue diseñado entre 1987 y 1989 por Bonnema Architecten y fue construido entre 1988 y 1991. Costó 240 millones de florines (unos 110 millones de euros). Debido a un túnel subterráneo excavado debajo del complejo, se requirieron métodos de construcción avanzados, lo que permitió la construcción de un solo piso subterráneo.

Véase también

 Anexo:Edificios más altos de los Países Bajos

Referencias

Edificios y estructuras de Róterdam
Rascacielos de los Países Bajos
Edificios y estructuras terminadas en 1992
Torres gemelas
Rascacielos inaugurados en 1991


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WATCH: Memphis WR Anthony Miller with early candidate for catch of the week
By Kevin McGuireOct 6, 2017, 8:11 PM EDT
If you were not already aware of Memphis wide receiver Anthony Miller, allow me to introduce you to him right now.
Miller caught 84 passes for 1,283 yards and 11 touchdowns last season for the Tigers, and he absolutely shredded UCLA for nine catches and 185 yards and two touchdowns earlier this season. Tonight, on the road in AAC play at UConn, he added one more impressive highlight to his reel with a nifty one-handed snag on the move.
Memphis WR Anthony Miller with an early candidate for catch of the weekend https://t.co/d8CLbFOEgr
— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) October 6, 2017
Miller has now caught a pass in 30 straight games, once again proving to be as reliable an option in the passing game as you can find. Miller would go on to finish this drive with a catch in the endzone for a game-tying touchdown (14-14) in the second quarter.
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ATM robbers strike again at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in CityCentre, police say
Posted: Jun 20, 2018 / 10:46 AM CDT
Updated: Jun 20, 2018 / 11:42 AM CDT
HOUSTON — It was an action-packed Wednesday morning for a local security guard who was reportedly assaulted, held down and shot at by armed robbers inside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel at CityCentre.
Investigators said at least four men wearing ski masks and jackets stormed the hotel lobby about 2:15 a.m. The security guard tried to stop the bandits before they entered, but one of the men pulled out a gun and fired two times at him. The suspect then forced the security guard inside, where the victim was pinned to the floor and punched in the face, police said.
"They held [the guard] down on the floor and threatened to shoot him," Houston Police Lt. Larry Crowson said. "While one male held him down, the other males went and got the ATM, took the ATM into the parking lot."
The suspects loaded the machine onto a pickup truck, which may have been stolen, and then sped off.
When paramedics arrived, the security guard was treated at the scene and then released. He had no gunshot wounds and is expected to be OK.
It's the second time an ATM has been stolen from the hotel within the year, Crowson said.
With no possible suspects and few leads, police continue to search for the alleged robbers and their vehicle.
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Chevrolet Task Force – samochód dostawczo-osobowy typu pickup klasy wyższej produkowany pod amerykańską marką Chevrolet w latach 1955–1959.

Historia i opis modelu

Model Task Force pojawił się w połowie lat 50. w ofercie Chevroleta jako gruntownie zmodernizowany następca linii półciężarówek Advance Design. Nawiązując do osobowych modeli producenta, nadwozie zyskało bardziej awangardowe linie z wysoko umieszczonymi, zabudowanymi kloszami reflektorów, a także dużą atrapą chłodnicy w kolorze nadwozia i wypukłą, obłą maską. W zależności od wariantu, Task Force w głębokim stopniu różnił się wizualnie.

Wersje
 Apache
 Cameo
 Viking
 Spartan

Silnik
 L6 3.9l
 V8 4.3l
 V8 4.6l

Przypisy

Task Force
Samochody dostawcze
Samochody tylnonapędowe
Samochody z lat 50.
Pickupy


Kristina Hagström-Ståhl is Professor of performative arts at the Academy of Music and Drama, and PARSE (Platform for Artistic Research Sweden). She works at the intersection of critical theory and performance practice, with research interests in feminist and decolonial theory, questions of visuality, dramaturgy, and translation, and interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts.
Kristina has a Ph.D. in performance studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and has held research and teaching positions at UC Berkeley, California College of the Arts, Lund University, and Stockholm University of the Arts. She is a member of the artistic advisory board at Gothenburg City Theatre and has previously served on the board of the Nordic Theatre Scholar's Association (2010-14) and on the Swedish Research Council's Committee for artistic research (2010-16).
She also works as a director, with recent productions at Folkteatern Göteborg and Scenkonst Sörmland, among others.